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Tuesday, 4 October 2011

It’s pretty palette # 29 already!!! WOW…the time has just flown by. I know iam late …again, i’ve  had an awful migraine for nearly 3 days and it’s made me soooo behind with everything.

Here is this weeks pretty palette for you to work with.

…and here is what i did with it.

I really like these colours together.

All papers and sentiment are from My time made easy.

The sentiment is from the SENSATIONAL digi set

I love the sentiments in that set. I really love creating cards using just sentiments. Why not POP over and see what the other dt girlies created using this weeks pretty palette colours.

Shaz xxx

Lynn said...

Shaz, hope you feel better soon. Gorgeous card...love all that patterned paper!

jo said...

OOOO a fellow migraine sufferer - aren't they the worst? I know just how you feel! Hope you feel better soon. gorgeous card, colours work so well together.
Jo x

Lisa Kind said...

Very pretty Shaz! Love how you used the colors! Hoping your migraines subside very soon!


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Brooklyn MLS and aim for transparency

May 18, 2009 03:36PM
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Brooklyn’s biggest Multiple Listing Service has partnered with to place some 2,500 of its listings on the site, signaling a new era of transparency for real estate in the borough.

All member listings from the Brooklyn New York MLS, which represent neighborhoods like Sheepshead Bay, Flatbush and Midwood, are now visible for the first time on, according to Dawn Doherty, the vice president of strategic development at the real estate listings Web site.

That means information on price changes and the number of days on the market — data that compiles for each listing on its site — will be available to consumers for the first time, she said.

In the past, listings information for the Brooklyn New York MLS, including listings’ specific addresses, was available only to the group’s members.

“This is unprecedented,” Doherty said.

With the addition of the new data, now has nearly 8,750 total Brooklyn listings — 7,000 sales listings and 1,750 rental listings — versus a total of 6,250 previously, an increase of 2,500 listings.

When was first launched in 2006, it operated by “scraping” the Web for real estate listings and posting them, allowing users to access and search nearly all of the city’s listings for free. Now, however, most of’s listings are provided directly to the site by industry feeds and by brokers themselves, though some are still found by scanning the Web.

Until now, Doherty said, the site’s accumulation of Brooklyn listings has been hampered by the fact that the borough is dominated by small, independent real estate brokerages, making it harder to ensure that all of the listings are represented on the popular site. In Manhattan, by contrast, very large firms like Prudential Douglas Elliman and the Corcoran Group have a large majority of the listings.

The acquisition of the BNYMLS will help fix that, she said. “Now we’re really representing the area.”

Brooklyn previously had five different MLS systems, but they have merged over the years into two: the Brooklyn New York MLS and the smaller Brooklyn MLS, according to Gerard Longo, the president of Brooklyn brokerage Madison Estates and Properties and president of the BNYMLS.

In the coming months, the Brooklyn MLS also will be absorbed into the BNYMLS, which is currently the largest MLS in the borough with members from over 200 companies, he said.

The partnership with represents a recent change in philosophy for BNYMLS, and for the Brooklyn real estate industry in general, Longo said.

“Over the last five or six years, Brooklyn has transformed dramatically,” he said. “The trend is more towards transparency.”

For example, he said, the BNYMLS only recently started publishing the exact addresses of its listings.

“That was the old-hat thinking that many brokers had to keep control of that information,” he said. “But the customer [became] very frustrated with the way real estate was done. People crave information.”

When was launched, many brokers and sellers were resistant to it because it publishes data about price cuts and recent sales, data that had been accessible only by brokers.

“It’s taken us a while to get comfortable with that fact,” said Longo, who is also the developer of new Tribeca residential projects the Fairchild and the Pearline Soap Factory, where price drops this fall in the neighborhood of 20 percent were reported on

But most have now warmed to the idea, Longo said, especially in the current market, where the information available on seems to make buyers more confident in their purchase decisions, not less.

“It makes them much more comfortable and allows them to make more informed decisions,” Longo said. “At the end of the day, it helps all of us — consumers and developers.”

Brokers all over the city report that “people are coming to open houses with pages and pages from Streeteasy,” Doherty said. “Transparency feeds confidence in this market.”

That’s evidenced by the growing popularity of the site despite the recent market downturn. now receives 12 million page views per month, up from about 4 million at this time last year, she said.

“It’s just exploded,” Doherty said. “People are looking for confidence.”

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Nader: Helen Thomas apologized - she was attacked with such ferocity because she always asked 'why' -   June 12, 2010
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Nader says reinstate Helen ThomasPAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Washington. It was only about a week ago Helen Thomas retired, I think obviously under pressure after some comments she made when what we're told is a rabbi put a camera in front of her face, asked her what she thought of Israel. And I think everybody by now has seen the comments. If you haven't, you can find them on our site. Now joining us to discuss this affair is Ralph Nader. Thanks for joining us.

JAY: So what's your take on what happened?

NADER: She should be reinstated. She's a courageous journalist. She came here in 1942, blazed the way for women like no one didthe first president of the Correspondents' Association of White House correspondents, the head of the Gridiron Dinner. She demanded that all these doors that were closed to females be opened up, and she was the courageous pioneer. She also set a standard for journalism, asking the tough questions on the minds of most Americans that the weak-kneed White House press corps would never ask, like to Bush, why did you invade Iraq? A million people have died. Et cetera. She would ask questions that started with why, and that's almost a taboo in the White House press corps. You know, you ask softball questions, but you don't ask questions about violating international law, violating our constitution, violating our statutes, questions dealing with torture, with surveillance of Americans without a court review. And she also asked questions about the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Now, she's sitting on a bench in the White House during Jewish Heritage Week, and a rabbi comes up, and he said, hi, Helen; what do you think about journalism? She said, I think it's a great profession; you can't lose; young people should go into it; let everybody learn it. He said, what do you think about Israel? She said, well, they should get out of Palestine. And hardly a controversial statement. You know, I mean, the UN resolutions say they should get out of the West Bank and Gaza, 242 and so on. And then he asks her, well, what would they do? And that's when she said something which I don't think she believes. She apologized right away. She said something that basically was an offhand comment. Like, a lot of people make an offhand comment. You know how many peopleand we've all heard the Washington press corps privately (she didn't do this as part of her job; just an offhand comment) say bad things about Arabs. Anti-Semitism against Arabs is rife in politics today, not just talk radio. I mean, you've got [Michael] Savage, you've got [Sean] Hannity, you've got [Rush] Limbaugh. I mean, the things they say about Muslims and Muslim Americans. And how about Ann Coulter? She didn't lose a $30,000 speech, she didn't lose any gig, she didn't lose her column, and she said horrific things about going over there and slaughtering Muslims if they can't be converted to Christianityshe added that point. So, I mean, one mistake like thatwhich she apologized forand they terminated her column, they terminated her career. They're going to replace her in the White House press corps. It's like a professional execution. And now the polls, I'm told, are highly in favor of her coming back.

JAY: Yeah, there was a Washington Post poll yesterday which showed 88 percent of the people were opposed to her removal from the White House press corps. She asked something specific. I mean, this is what people say [inaudible] some people have called her anti-Semitic and all of this, and that's the idea that where should they go, and she said they should go back to Germany, they should go back to Poland, they can go back to America. Now, most of the critique forget that she said go back to America.

NADER: And elsewhere.

JAY: And elsewhere. And they don't talk about the fact that Poland was an antifascist population on the whole. Of course there was anti-Semitism there, but the Polish people fought the German invasion, and amongst those Polish people fighting were Jews alongside non-Jews. So that doesn't get talked about. But the wholeI mean, people know, a lot of people watching The Real News know I wrote a piece about this, so they know where I'm coming from on this, which was called "In defense of Helen Thomas," if you didn't see it, so you can at least know where I stood on it. But I think one of the points that's being missed here is that what she saidwhether a lot of people disagree with it and think people are there and they're there and they have to sort it out, but she said it's not so outrageous that there should have been an atmosphere of lynching here. One could discuss that the same way one could discuss should Europeans get the hell out of North America. So talk a bit about the atmosphere.

NADER: Well, I mean, I'm sure she regrets the way she phrased it. But, I think, in back of her mind she sees the White House not condemning the kidnapping of the ship, the Turkish ship, not condemning nine dead, six missing; she sees what's happening to the people of Gazaopen-air prison, anemia, serious anemia with 40 percent of the kids there, the blockade, and the siege; I mean, she sees all these things, going back to the navel ship the Liberty and a White House just rubber-stamping the Israeli version of it, keep selling or giving weapons that are used against the Palestinians. She's of Arab origin, for heaven's sake. I mean, just put the shoe on the other foot. Like, you have Jewish-American reporters, where a massive Arab power is pummeling and slaughtering and occupying the lands of the Jews, they would do a lot more than a casual comment, sitting on a bench, you know, at the White House. There's no proportionality here. The agenda is there are people in this town (like Ari Fleischer and Lanny Davis, who were the two ring leaders to try to get her out), they have been waiting to get her out of there. She asked controversial questions about the Israeli-Palestine issue.

JAY: But the White House press corps, it seems on the whole, turned on her very quickly and very easily.

NADER: She shows them up. Even though they know her and they like her personally, she shows them up. When she says to president Obama, do you know a country in the Middle East that has nuclear weapons, in the back of their mind they say, that's a pretty important question to ask, given Iran, given the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which Israel does not belong to, so it doesn't have to be inspected by the arm of the United Nations. And they're saying, you know, that is an important question, and I'm afraid to ask it. That's what they're saying, because the White House press corps is selected for people who want to get along by going along, who don't want to embarrass the president on behalf of the big media moguls.

JAY: Because if you do, you'll never get to ask a question, which is what happens to Helen. She almost never gets to ask a question anymore.

NADER: Yeah. That's the daily restraint. But the big restraint is that these giant media companies do not want to alienate the White House. They've got all kinds of fish to fry in the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] and everything else. I once asked Brit Hume, who was on the Sunday talk showshe was the host a few times for ABC. And I said, why do you all ask such softball questions to these senators, these people from the White House? He said, don't you understand? He said this is the networks' way of giving the politicians a platform, because they don't want to alienate them. They want other things from the government. So they give them a platform to say their thingsecretary of defense, Cheney, you know, Hillary Clinton, all these people. It was quite an eye-opening admission by him, because nobody could be as dumb as the Washington press corps asking those questions. I mean, 11-year-olds replacing the White House press corps would ask much tougher questions of both presidents and press secretaries. So she shows them up in that way. You know, she asked direct questions. They were short questions. They go right to the core of the issue. Why are you doing this? Why aren't you doing that? And most of the reporters don't ask that, and if they do they're out.

JAY: Thanks for joining us. Thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.

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After months of speculation, Steven Tyler and fiancee Erin Brady have broken up after a six-year relationship and a year-long engagement. The news was reported by the New York Post on Sunday (Jan. 13), who heard it from an unnamed source.

Questions were raised when it was noticed that Brady did not accompany the Aerosmith singer on his family vacation to Hawaii over the holidays. Tyler had proposed to Brady in Hawaii the previous Christmas, which made her absence all the more conspicuous.

“Steven was just not that nice to her in the end,” The source, who appears to be in Brady’s camp, told the Post’s Page Six gossip column, “His family and entourage never really accepted her and she can do better.”

Back in October there were rumors of a split, with Tyler’s desire to stay sober cited as a reason for their break up. But the Aerosmith singer, via statement, said that the reports were “false and misleading,’ while acknowledging that there were problems with their relationship.

The source also said that, although they are no longer romantically involved, the couple remain friends. There has been no official statement from either Tyler or the band.

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The Little Love's winner is #144 (!

Congrats Emily!

Thanks everyone for entering! Don't forget the coupon code. ; )
I chose this design to be donated in Reese's honor. I think the feathers did it for me.
I love it! Thanks again, Mandy.

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Kelley said...

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Re: Is it Worth it to Buy a Ball Retriever?

A Quick Question Here for those of you who have the Callaway Ball Retriever:

How exactly does it work? I know there's an up-and-down lever, but I don't kow exactly how it works.
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Re: Is it Worth it to Buy a Ball Retriever?

To be honest, 99% of retrievers are all the same, but there actually is one that works VERY well. And it's cheap. It's called the mud weasel (used to be called the Gopher) and the design is just stellar: It actually works, and is easy enough that it's not a total pain

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Re: Is it Worth it to Buy a Ball Retriever?

No, I find it easier to just take my clothes off and go get the ball. I can reach out farther that way.
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reviving a thread since i was followed by someone using one of these.

for the record.. ball retrievers are for dorks.
post #41 of 50

but, what about the 15' callaway.gif ball retriever?

in all seriousness, if it's too far to reach in with your wedge and grab it, just let it go.

post #42 of 50

Since I happened to miss this thread the first time around I will answer it now.

post #43 of 50

I don't have one but when we walk I will find a couple here and there, keep my eyes open and my mind active on other things then a bad shot or two.

If you play a course you are not backing everyone up who cares.

My father in law has one and goes fishing, looking behind fences or in the bushes  all the time, slows everyone down drives me f-ing nuts watching him drive around fishing out balls. Then after every one is backed up he like hey I just got 10 new balls. Great you got 10 balls and we now have 10 people who want to kill us!

My son came to me the other day when I was talking to my wife and said we should get one.......All I could say was are you kidding, bad enough your grandfather has one and slows everyone down now you want one too. I refuse to play with them both if he happened to get one also!

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I have a ball retriever and use it sparingly, usually for the couple that I golf with.   I'm agreeing with the golfers that believe that it is just another tool like an umbrella, glove or spike wrench.

The question I ask, is it considered a club, in the fact like a training club and part of the 14 clubs I can carry in my bag?  Can I carry a Medicus and my Orange Whip, are they any different than a ball retriever?

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I picked one up for $10 and use it to fetch my ball or my playing partner's ball from the water. Recently, I used it to retrieve a ball that went underneath a dried up bush/ cactus plant that would inflict a nasty wound. I've seen the Callaway retriever that comes in its own case but personally, I don't think it's worth the money.

post #46 of 50

definitely worth it i chip a lot and having to bend over and pick up 12 scattered balls is a hassle 15 is worth the possible back problems

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I've carried the same one for 25 years.  Sorry to those who are too good for one, but it saves me money.  I paid $5 for in the mid 80's and it's paid for itself many times over just recovering the balls I've hit into the drink.  Maybe yo all play courses with muddy water, but on my home course the water is fairly clear most of the time, so when I roll one in 6 or 7 feet from the shore, I pluck it out and continue to play with it.  With the cost of premium balls, I'm not about to just throw it away when it takes 10 seconds to salvage it.  I reiterate my position from any previous comment I may have made - that I don't fish for balls aside from my own or those of the guys I'm playing with.

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I bought a 25 foot one for $12 at wal mart and love them.. My home course has a lot of water and I usually fish balls out when it's slow. I'm very mindful of people behind me when I fish.. I've definitely got my money's worth plus more.. I use balls that I find on the course as my game balls.. I figured the $20 to buy brand new balls I can put towards green fees..
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>Selecting Snow Shoes

Snow shoeing is a great Scouting activity.  Giving you the ability to go where you can’t wearing a pair of boots.  Snow shoes open up trails and adventures that make memories.
But there is a lot of confusion when picking the right pair.
Let me see if I can help a little with that.  First of all know that there are many styles, types, and sizes of snow shoes out there.  I am going to talk in general terms here, because by and large the sizes, shapes and types are pretty much universal between snow show manufactures.
First of all lets talk about types.  The type is basically the type of snow shoe for the type of conditions you will find yourself along with the type of activities you will be engaged in.  For example;  powdery snow and trail running.
Essentially you have a five categories when selecting the snow shoe right for you; Trail Walking, Mountain Hiking, Back country, Speed, and Youth.
Having picked the activity type, its now time to look at the size and style.
If you are trail running or snow shoe running, you are pretty much looking at getting the lightest shoe you can.  The typical length of a snow shoe running snow show is 22″ this length on a durable light weight platform provide a great snow shoe to meet you speed needs.
If you are trekking through the back country, and I mean breaking trail through bush.. you will want a snow shoe that is robust and able to take a beating. Typical lengths of a Back country snow shoe is 24″.
Now for Mountain Hiking and Trail walking the biggest differences are going to be in the frame and platform durability.  The Mountain Hiking series’s may offer a better crampon style for better traction but by and large these two styles bare similar features.  The actual biggest difference is in what you will end up spending.
So when it comes to picking the shoe for you consider this:  What am I doing it with it, how much do I weigh, what kind of load am I carrying, and what is the average combined weight?
Your weight is a huge consideration as it will determine the length of the snow shoe.
The average Scout will wear a 25″ snow shoe.
A 25″ snow shoe will carry a load between 120 and 200 pounds.  A 30″ snow shoe will host between 150 and 250 pounds.  It is important to factor your pack weight in to get the right shoe.
Here is what I know for sure.  If you want a good all around snow shoe get a Trail walking/hiking snow shoe.  I am 189 lbs and have an average pack weight of about 30 lbs.  I own a pair of Tubbs snow shoes they are an 8 25.  That means a trail walking 25″ snow shoe.  I have worn them in varied conditions and with and with out a pack.  They have never let me down.
When we rent snow shoes for our Troop, we always rent 25″ shoes for everyone except the really small guys.. we will go with a 22″ shoe for them (good up to 120 lbs).
The weights are guidelines and obviously not a number that you can not swing one way another… but I would stay in the ball park for the best results.
Snow Shoeing is a great way to keep your Troop active in the winter months.  It is a fun and easy way to head out on your favorite trail no matter what the conditions.
Get out there and snow shoe!  Here is a cool web site that you should check out for your next winter adventure.  http://www.snowshoes.com/
Have a Great Scouting Day!

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>#100daysofscouting – Day 6 Recap

Well really nothing much today… spent a great day hanging with the family.  Did a little work on the blog, but really not a Scouting day.
I posted earlier today about the FISH program.  I really encourage you to follow those links and see what they have to offer.  I am not sponsored or get a push from them.. but I love their philosophy.
So check it out.
Now on to your Scouting habit…
Remember that when the family (Wife) is happy.. you can do Scouting!  So don’t forget about Valentines day!
Took my family out for a Valentines dinner tonight… it was nice a relaxing and a great night out with the wife and kids.
OK… lets all make a commitment to have a Great Scouting Week!

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A brief overview of Robert J. Sternberg’s three-fold view of intelligence (or triarchic intelligence)
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Summarized from: Sternberg, Robert (1988) The Triarchic Mind: A New Theory of Intelligence. NY: Viking Press.

In studying different views and theories on intelligence and creativity I have become a fan of the works of Dr. Robert J. Sternberg – his writings are quite prolific. While I confess I am intrigued by many alternative definitions of intelligence, what initially intrigued me about Dr. Sternberg’s early work in this area was that he not only describes three distinct subtheories or metacomponents, but he also takes into consideration how the varied aspects can be used and balanced.

One of Sternberg’s very succinct definitions of intelligence states:

Intelligent behavior involves adapting to your environment, changing your environment, or selecting a better environment.”

If we look at his early work on reconceptualizing what intelligence is we can see that there is a close link to that of Aristotle’s ancient premise that intelligence is composed of three aspects theoretical, practical, and productive intelligence. In Sternberg’s view intelligence revolves around the interchange of analytical, practical, and creative aspects of the mind. He notes on many occasions that what most IQ tests measure is only the componential/analytical component in intelligence.

Over the course of his career Sternberg seems to be intrigued by the ways different people actually use their intelligence — the interplay of the varied “metacomponents.” He contends that what makes the difference in determining if one is smart depends on how folks use and balance their mental aptitudes. Early on, in describing these aptitudes Sternberg keyed in on our methods of mental self‑government, as well as how we balance and use them situationally. Thus in his view measuring intelligence not only entails assessing how much of a certain ability we each have, but also how we use and/or combine our abilities to solve problems or adapt to certain environments. In contrast to others’ descriptions of intelligence, the governmental model leads to the assessment of how intelligence is used, directed, or exploited. Two individuals of equal intelligence might use or combine metacomponents quite differently. It then might be the recombination, use or directed application of the metacomponents that could make one seem more intelligent or more successful than the other in tackling certain tasks.

Metacomponent subtheories:

Componential intelligence (later know as analytical intelligence) This is the traditional notion of intelligence and includes:

  • Abstract thinking & logical reasoning
  • Verbal & mathematical skills

Experiential intelligence (later know as creative intelligence) This is creative thinking which uses:

  • Divergent thinking (generating new ideas)
  • Ability to deal with novel situations

Contextual intelligence (later know as practical intelligence) This could be termed “street smarts” and embraces:

  • Ability to apply knowledge to the real world
  • Ability to shape one’s environment; choose an environment

Key components from The Triarchic Mind:

Initially mental self‑government included 5 separate but interactive categories ‑ function, scope, form, plus levels and leanings.

Sternberg was at Yale University when he developed a concept of intelligence that equates to combinations of individual preferences from three levels of mental self-management. These three areas correspond with:

  1. Functions of governments of the mind,
  2. Stylistic preferences, and
  3. Forms of mental self-government.

Examples: As a combination a person might prefer legislative functions, internal variables and hierarchical habits of mental self-government; while another individual might prefer executive functions; external variables and anarchic habits of mental self-government, and so forth.

I. Functions of governments of the mind are:

  • Legislative – creating, planning, imagining, and formulating.
  • Executive – implementing and doing.
  • Judicial – judging, evaluating, and comparing.

II. Scope – stylistic variables:

  • Internal – by themselves
  • External – collaboration

III. Forms of mental self-government:

  • Monarchic people perform best when goals are singular. They deal best with one goal or need at a time.
  • Hierarchic people can focus on multiple goals at once and recognize that all goals cannot be fulfilled equally. These people can prioritize goals easily.
  • Oligarchic people deal with goals that are of equal weight well, but they have difficulty prioritizing goals of different weight.
  • Anarchic people depart from form and precedent. Often they don’t like or understand the need for rules and regulations. These people operate without rules or structure, creating their own problem-solving techniques with insights that often easily break existing mindsets.

Levels and leanings were also initially part of this discussion.

  • Global ‑  Large, abstract issues.
  • Local ‑ Concrete problems, practical issues.

  • Conservative ‑ Adhere to existing rules.
  • Progressive ‑ Advance beyond existing rules.

Sternberg’s discussions on intelligence are very different from a lot of others because he appears to think that other than a static score, intelligence is somewhat malleable and should take into consideration things like culture, gender, age, parenting style, personality, and schooling.  In this context, intelligence can be manipulated by ones contexts and experiences and it might even be improved with practice. Some of his other views are just as surprising as he sees intelligence as the ability to cope with novelty and the purposeful adaptation to, selection of, and the shaping of real‑world environments relevant to one’s life and abilities.

Think about it:light on head

On the surface many of Sternberg’s descriptions appear to equate to some of the aspects of personality type theory. For instance, it may be apparent to those who have studied some of Carl Jung’s work on personality preferences that Sternberg’s “scope variables” of internal and external might equate to preferences for either introversion or extraversion in Jungian typology. In this context, preferences for internal (introversion) or external (extraversion) mental operations might be accurately calculated on popular personality tests like the Myers-Briggs or Kiersey-Bates.

Looking at Sternberg’s other descriptors in the areas of “forms” and “functions”, see if you can find any other parallels between his descriptors and aspects of traditional personality typologies.

Also, in varied combinations (3 [functions] x 2 [scopes] x 4 [forms] = 24) Sternberg’s Triarchic Model would yield 24 different combinations for mental preferences. Within Sternberg’s patterns, see if you can categorize and profile your own mental preferences and those of others you know well.

 Successful Intelligence:

Many of the elements above were both expanded and yet simplified in his later work on Successful Intelligence. Here Sternberg contends that successful people learn to combine and use aspects form all three components of intelligence – analytical, creative, and practical forms. It is not enough to be proficient in just one area – there has to be interplay between all three.

Sternberg spells out his definition of intelligence upfront when he says:

Successful intelligence is the kind of intelligence used to achieve important goals. People who succeed, whether by their own standards or by other people’s, are those who have managed to acquire, develop, and apply a full range of intellectual skills, rather than merely relying on the inert intelligence that schools so value. These individuals may or may not succeed on conventional test, but they have something in common that is much more important than high test scores. They know their strengths; they know their weaknesses. They capitalize on their strengths; they compensate for or correct their weaknesses.” (12)

Key functions in each aspect of intelligence:

 sternberg chartSummarized highlights from Sternberg, R. J. (1997) Successful Intelligence: how practical and creative intelligence determine success in life. NY: Penguin/Putnam.

Next Layer: The Kaleidoscope Project

Many avenues of psychology seem to have permeated, impacted and directed Sternberg’s research interests over the breadth of his career. (Observing and reading about his interests and related research keeps followers busy.) In addition to popularizing his theory of Successful Intelligence, or perhaps because of that concept, more recently he has also been fascinated with the concept of “wisdom.” As a strong advocate for alternative views of intelligence in 2010 Sternberg incorporated wisdom and his observations into it in a book on college admissions entitled College Admissions for the 21st Century . In this newer work he discusses his work on something called the Kaleidoscope  Project  which encourages updating college admission standards to go beyond traditional academic criteria and look at candidates adeptness at wisdom, creativity, and practicality.  Sternberg believes the addition of these filters is a much better predictor of college GPA, success, and completion than conventional admission processes.

Sternberg, R. J. (2010) College admissions for the 21st Century. MA/Harvard University Press.

Sternberg discusses creativity and the Kaliediscope Project in this great article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Comments – A priceless list:

From: Why do intelligent people fail? (Sternberg, 1986) As you will see from this array many of these overlap into social and emotional intelligence, or have to do with the failure to find balance between Sternberg’s components of his Successful Intelligence – analytical, creative, and practical components.

1. Lack of Motivation: A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it.  Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well done).  External sources tend to be transient, while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance.

2. Lack of Impulse Control: Habitual impulsiveness gets in the way of optimal performance. Some people do not bring their full intellectual resources to bear on a problem, but go with the first solution that pops into their heads.

3. Lack of perseverance and too much perseveration: Some people give up to easily, while others are unable to stop even when the quest will be fruitless.

4. Using the wrong abilities: People may not be using the right abilities for the tasks in which they are engaged.

5. Inability to translate thought into action: Some people seem buried in thought.  They have good ideas but rarely seem able to do anything about them.

6. Lack of product orientation: some people seem more concerned about the process rather than the result of the activity.

7. Inability to complete tasks:  For some people nothing ever draws to a close.  Perhaps it’s a fear of what they would do next or fear of becoming hopelessly enmeshed in detail.

8. Failure to initiate: Still others are unwilling or unable to initiate a project.  It may be indecision or fear of commitment.

9. Fear of Failure:  People may not reach their intellectual performance because they avoid the really important challenges in life.

10. Procrastination.  Some people are unable to act without pressure.  They may also look for little things to do in order to put off the big ones.

11.  Misattribution of blame.  Some people always blame themselves for even the slightest mishap.  Some always blame others.

12.  Excessive self-pity: Some people spend more time feeling sorry for themselves than expending the effort necessary to overcome the problem.

13. Excessive dependency: Some people expect others to do for them what they ought to be doing for themselves.

14. Wallowing in personal difficulties:  Some people let their personal difficulties interfere grossly with their work. During the course of life, one can expect some real joys and some real sorrows.  Maintaining a proper perspective is difficult.

15.  Distractibility and lack of concentration: Even some intelligent people have very short attention spans.

16.  Spreading oneself too thin or too thick:  Undertaking too many activities may result in none being completed on time.  Undertaking too few can also result in missed opportunities and reduced levels of accomplishment.

17.  Inability to delay gratification: Some people reward themselves and are rewarded by others for finishing small tasks, while avoiding bigger tasks that would earn them larger rewards.

18.  Inability to see the forest through the trees: some people become obsessed with details and are either unwilling or unable to see or deal with the larger picture in the projects they undertake.

19. Lack of balance between critical/analytic thinking and creative/synthetic thinking:  It is important for people to learn what kind of thinking is expected of them in each situation.

20.  Too little or too much self-confidence:  Lack of self- confidence can gnaw away at a person’s ability to get things done and may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.  Conversely, individuals with too much self-confidence may not know when to admit they are wrong or in need of self-improvement.

Where is Sternberg now? After a series of administrative positions, Robert Sternberg is currently at Cornell University in the College of Human Ecology.


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Aug 312015

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Unless you’re a very experienced Zen buddhist monk on a secluded island, BALLS DEEP in transcendental meditation, you’re going to experience stress. Such is life. Hopefully it’s just a little, and in short bursts.

Because a little is okay, a lot isn’t. Prolonged exposure to stress is unhealthy. Plus, the high strung crazy stressed out person is not fun at office parties.

I have been approached by (initially a) Kickstarter Project The Pip: The biofeedback device that measures your stress responses and helps you regulate your stress levels.

Based on the data (acquired though electrodermal activity), you can learn a lot about your stress levels:  I’m very excited to start trying it (figuring out the stats is going to be a bit of a brain buster) but it’s still making its way to me as we speak. Additionally to the Stress Stat app, there’s also two apps that help you regulate your stress levels.

I LOVE biofeedback stuff. I’m super excited to review this product.

Until I can add the Pip and its magic to my bag of stress reducing tricks (still on its way to me), I’m sharing some of my tried and true stress-battling techniques to show you how to deal with stress.

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Aug 092015

(Ph by Aline Bouma)

I wrote an article about blogging before, and I was a total bitch about everything.

You promoting your sub-par articles (three times a day), following-and-then-unfollowing-as-soon-as-they-follow-back strategies, leaving comments on other blogs that are mainly so you’ll generate traffic (you’re fooling nobody, not even when you attempt to make the comment ‘meaningful’), schmoozing up to the big-timers, buying your audience?

I’m not here for it. I will never be here for it.

However, I am here, and you’re just going to have to deal.

And I have more tips. So I figured I’d be a total bitch about blogging some more. These blogging tips from a bitch might help make you the awesome and interesting person you can be if you drop all the nonsense.

Of course, this is all my personal opinion. But it’s worth listening to.

I know blogging, I know people and sweetie?

I don’t care enough about you to lie.

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Aug 052015

Greetings, earthlings. It’s back.

I wanted to write one for June but the charger of my (ancient) MacBook stopped working and I couldn’t use my laptop for a few days, which was a bitch. When my new charger came in the mail I was already wildly distracted by other things in my life, and decided to do a two-for-one month combination after July.

So. Here we are. Let’s not make things awkward and just go ahead.

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Aug 012015

What do you do when you have a friend who is WAY into Cosplay and awesome at it too?

You steal one of her costumes, put on one of her wigs and you let her take you to one of the fantasy-hippie festivals she likes.

No, seriously. Cosplay was something I always wanted to try. I love nerd-stuff and I love dress up, so this is pretty perfect.

You wanna see what I did all day?

Shit ton of pics in my Castlefest report after the jump. Continue reading »


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Nursery: Calvin & Hobbes

The nursery is done! I decided to do a Calvin & Hobbes theme. Now, you can't go out and buy Calvin and Hobbes gear since Bill Watterson never wanted to market it. Which means, a nursery in this theme requires a lot of crafting and do-it-yourself projects. I wanted to do it on a budget so I didn't go overboard but I'm happy with the result. It's pretty simple. Sorry I couldn't take better quality pictures to share with yall, but you get the idea. :) Here's how it came out:

Calvin wears red and Hobbes is orange so I went with those colors and added navy to tie it all together.

(Orange boxes - Michaels; Hobbes crocheted plush - Etsy)

(Navy checkered bedding - Ebay; Red/Navy/Cream sheets - Babies R Us)

(Fabric garland - crafted; Fabric squares - crafted)

I've seen a couple other Calvin and Hobbies nurseries online and I really wanted to do a mural because that seems to make them. But alas, we're renting so I decided to just do a painting. I think we're going to add his name to the left top corner after he's born.

(Light switch cover - crafted)

(Framed comic strips)

It was fun being crafty and putting together the theme. I love Calvin & Hobbes. I hope our son loves them sometime too.
Well, the nursery is ready, bags are almost packed, and nesting is well under way. Now all we gotta do is have this baby!

  1. where was my stuff incorperated

  2. so cute! and i love how you didn't go with a 'typical' nursery theme.


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Sunday, 11 November 2012

An attempt to make some crochet slippers for the boy goes slightly wrong but curiously end up looking like how I would draw high heeled shoes- or little trotters.

JustineBurton said...

Wow they are so cute!!! x

Melissa Kojima said...

I thought you did it on purpose. I really like them. Hehehee.


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Kate Middleton's Hair Almost Steals the Spotlight From Baby in Royal Family Portrait (PHOTO)

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Well, I guess we really shouldn't be all that surprised -- but have you seen just how perfect Kate Middleton looks in Prince George's official baby photos?

She's absolutely glowing. Her complexion is flawless. She doesn't have one hair out of place. Her dress is simply stunning. And considering her father was the one who took the pictures, it's not like she had a whole team of people there to make her look camera ready (other than a hairdresser), which makes her post-baby appearance even more enviable. And speaking of her hair -- doesn't it have more shine and volume than ever? It always looks good, but man, it's ridiculously gorgeous in this pic.

But before we delve even further into how much better she looks than your average new mom, it's important to point out that the dress she's wearing in the pics is a maternity frock, believe it or not.

It's made by Seraphine and retails for $79, which is actually pretty inexpensive considering she's royalty and all. But even though the dress is made to fit a woman's post-pregnancy body, it appears as though Kate has shed most, if not all of her baby weight in a few short weeks.

(Excuse me while I pause to go get a brownie to console myself with before continuing on with this post.)

Again, it's really not surprising that Kate is already thin again, since she didn't really gain a lot of weight during her pregnancy. But still -- it's hard not to be just a little bit jealous, as most of us spend months and months trying to get back to our pre-baby size to no avail.

Ok, back to the glow she has going on. Isn't there something so ... motherly about Kate in the new photos? She just looks so calm, relaxed, and blissfully happy -- which makes her even more beautiful than she already is. (And if George isn't sleeping through the night, you'd never guess. Kate looks well rested, don't you think?) Being a mom certainly agrees with her, and seeing her in that role makes us love her even more.

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Monday, December 24, 2012

One More Dawn, One More Day, One Day More!

I cannot wait for the movie!

Les Miserables!

I'm prepping by refreshing my memory by re-listening to the complete Broadway recording on CD.

Here's a video of One Day More that has excellent audio.

But I may have to wait until December 26th to see it!

Movie trailer one:

Movie trailer two:

The only thing that could happen to make things better than being able to watch this as a movie is if they bring back the stage production if the movie is a hit. If it returns, I vow to see it numerous times! I've seen the live production twice and I need it to return! Pretty please?

I was a complete Les Mis nut in the 90s. I used to commute to work blasting the music and singing at the top of my lungs. It was even more fun while driving home in the dark from my college night classes.

(And you can bet I am excited to dive into Les Mis with my sons. I haven't exposed them to it yet, the movie will be a starter.)

One more fun thing, a Polish flash mob of One Day More. If you know the song you will love this even though it's not in English.

Karen said...

I'm looking forward to it too!
I watched one filmed at the Royal Albert Hall and it was so amazing!

Mental multivitamin said...

We saw the first show at the theater in the next town over. So glad we went early: The crowd waiting for the 2:30 p.m. show was large and pushy! Our group was about fifty-strong.

And we give it four enthusiastic thumbs up. I had worried that the film would prove disappointing to the girls since they had just seen a pretty excellent stage production, but they loved it.

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

ChristineMM said...

Can't wait to go. Could not go on Christmas day as we lost power at 10am and had a tornado warning. The sky was dark, thunderstorm, with rotating clouds. The power was out for 3 hours.

We planned to go on Dec 26. My plan was to arrive 30 minutes before it started, thought that would be enough. Wanted to go with husband so could only go at night since he is working. The stupid theatre had it running in just 1 theatre and the line was 300 feet long to get seats for that one showing. We drove for 25 minutes in circles and finally a spot opened up, looking at the theatre, street, and the mall, it was crazy. I decided to leave at 15 minutes before it began to just leave because the line was still 150 feet long, barely moving, and I had a feeling we'd not get 4 seats together.


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Former state Sen. Robert J. Mellow was an effective legislator who used his seniority to get things done, often for the good of the region. For example, the simple fact is that the Commonwealth Medical College probably could not have been developed without him.

That, of course, is what lawmakers and other public officials are supposed to do. It isn't written anywhere that being effective and being ethical somehow are mutually exclusive.

Mr. Mellow, who pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Scranton by U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky. A pre-sentence memo filed by U.S. Attorney Peter A. Smith, recommending a two-year prison sentence, is a disturbing window into the operation of the state Legislature. (The full memo:

Mr. Mellow has followed the path of other senior, effective legislators who couldn't recognize bright ethical lines between politics and governance, between public duty and personal privilege. The bipartisan list includes former Sens. Vincent Fumo of Philadelphia and Jane Orie of Allegheny County, and Reps. Michael Veon of Beaver County, H. William DeWeese of Greene County and John Perzel of Philadelphia, all of whom are in state or federal prison.

In his memo, Mr. Smith described Mr. Mellow's use of his public office as an adjunct of his campaign office, from conducting opposition political research to organizing political fundraisers to printing campaign materials in the Senate graphics office. And, according to Mr. Smith, Mr. Mellow engaged in those activities even while some of his predecessors were being investigated or prosecuted for similar conduct.

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The most remarkable thing about the ongoing convoy of legislative leaders from Harrisburg to prison cells is that it has produced so little true reform - most of which has been in the form of chamber rules rather than laws.

The roster of fallen lawmakers includes two former House speakers and Mr. Mellow, who led the Senate Democratic Caucus in the majority and minority. Their falls from power should prompt lawmakers to conduct comprehensive reforms, rooted in transparency.


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It's been a few years since a boxing movie has been a true blockbuster hit. But the upcoming Grudge Match from Warner Bros. aims to reverse the genre's bum luck at the box-office by casting a couple of ringers: Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro.

Stallone and De Niro star in Grudge Match as Henry "Razor" Sharp and Billy "The Kid" McDonnen, two boxers whose lives and careers were defined by their lifelong rivalry. Though the duo squared off in the ring twice, which each man scoring a victory, Stallone's Razor retired before they could fight the tie-breaking match. The film picks up the story 30 years later, when the men show up to record motion-capture for a boxing video game and end up boxing for real.

That's the story of Grudge Match — but the real hook, of course, is that the movie features Sylvester "Rocky" Stallone squaring off against Robert "Raging Bull" De Niro in the ring. This is stunt-casting of the highest order, and the trailer stops just short of openly acknowledging it. (There's even an eyeroll-worthy scene in which Stallone's trainer, played by Alan Arkin, chides him for attempting to punch a hanging piece of meat.)

That said, there is something undeniably stirring about the stars of the two greatest boxing movies in cinema history getting back in the ring, and the trailer for Grudge Match packs in a few great moments. In recent years, both Stallone and De Niro have sold out portions of their legacies for weak movies that sell themselves as nostalgia for their earlier, better roles — De Niro is doing it again this weekend with The Family — but Grudge Match has the potential to be a worthwhile movie on its own terms.

"A great performer knows when it's time to get off the stage, Kid," says De Niro's trainer in the trailer. Let's hope that's not what critics are saying when Grudge Match debuts in December.


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September 30, 2009

Are you ready?!

For Halloween?? I LOVE LOVE LOVE Halloween! Can't explain why, but it's such a fun holiday! I decided to make a necklace for my daughter to wear this year-

I made one just like this one at CHA this last summer and thought it was such a fun idea! I stamped the ghost from Spooked (Lizzie Anne Designs) with staz-on onto the fragment. I then set it aside to dry, overnight, and covered it with glossy accents and paper on the same side as the image was stamped.

I also did a smaller one with a spider from the same kit. And if you have an extra ball chain, you can make them for any holiday/occasion and just swap them out.
And if you have the fragments with out the pre-punched holes, slap a pin on the back with some zip dry! Pin It Now!

StampinCathy said...

This is so cool. What a fun and inspiring project.

Mandy said...

Oh, AJ! That's so adorable! Did you remember to make one for me?? JUST KIDDING! :) But I do love it!

the whimsical butterfly said...

HOW stinkin cute are THESE???? LOVE them! This is fabby project, lady!

Leslie Miller said...

You are so clever! This is super cute! I especially love the one with the spider charm added. These stamps are just the right size!


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Friday, January 18, 2008

Rodriguez: 'Apologize for What?'

The war of words between Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia continued, with Rodriguez holding a conference call with reporters to defend his departure from Morgantown.

Rodriguez acknowledged shredding documents and making calls to Michigan recruits on this West Virginia cell phone. He said the papers that were shredded were all personal and that he made no recruiting calls before resigning to take the Michigan job.

He also said he is the victim of a smear campaign.

"You read the thing about erasing all the academic files, and then the next day, you read, 'Oh, no, we have the academic files.' So the corrections are on Page Six, and the lead story is on Page One. I'm thinking, OK, so you just let it pass because, eventually, people will realize there's a different agenda why they're doing this. But I just want everybody to move forward."

A report in Thursday's Charleston Daily Mail detailed phone calls made by Rodriguez, including 112 "suspicious" calls made to the same number Peterstown in his final two months on campus. But it turns out those calls were made to Rodriguez's voicemail box. Peterstown has the AT&T cell tower that routes Morgantown voicemail.

As some people put it, West Virginia, get a life!

ACeer said...

It's important to not confuse the facts with the emotional outbursts in this situation.

RR secretly met with UM in Toledo. The news of his moving to UM was first revealed by a recruit. He resigned via grad assistant. RR is trying to get out of the contract he signed... it's been nothing but a string of shady moves on his part--that and his promise to be in WV for a long time is what people are most upset about.

RR is playing the PR war just as much as everyone else.

He pays his buyout (via UM donors), gives a half-hearted apology, and everyone can move on.

boz said...

this is looking worse and worse for/towards WVa fans every day IMO.

the only thing RR is not doing is paying his buyout in a realistic time. Then again, I have no idea what an approproate time is??

coaches leave. players leave. get over it.

Anonymous said...

Most coaches who sign a contract with a $4 million buyout don't leave four months after signing the deal and then refuse to pay the buyout. In fact, can't think of any off the top of my head. Calling Michigan recruits before resigning also looks like a no-no. Again, can't think of another coach who has done this. Those are probably the two things that have WV in a tizzy and rightfully so IMO.


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 British avant pop artist Alexander Tucker releases his much anticipated new album, Third Mouth, on Thrill Jockey in 2012. This album builds on the strengths revealed by his landmark debut for the label, Dorwytch released in April 2011, culminating in his finest work to date.

Using songs written over a 12 month period he achieves his own inimitable blend of psych rock and ambient pop using a variety of studio crafted effects, rudimentary beats, guitar and bass, as well as synth and cello drones. He pushes himself even further however as he breaks new ground on the electronics only track "Rh" and heads further out into the deeper reaches of space with the sci-fi influenced cosmic meditation "Andromeon" as well as experimenting with more progressive song structures like those in "The Glass Axe".

Tucker's sound has developed over the years since his first self-titled solo album, which featured acoustic finger-picking, experimental electronics and was released on Jackie O Motherfucker's U-Sound Archives label. He went on to combine compositional song structures, drones, layered vocals and improvisations on his 2005 album Old Fog released on ATP Recordings. This collection of spectral moods, eerie landscapes and fragile emotions was followed by Furrowed Brow (2006) and Portal (2008), where the songs and melodies became more pronounced, whilst infecting the tracks with underlying drone currents, traditional finger-picking, doom riffs and David Crosby inspired harmonies. There was a shift in direction away from improvisation and toward scored pop music for Dorwytch (2011) with its nods to Brian Eno's Another Green World, while still retaining the organic drones of Cluster and Lichens.

But it is as if all of his fearless experimentation has finally come together on Third Mouth, an album that has both equal spiritual and psychedelic resonance for Tucker. He explains: "Third Mouth is a little bit like therapy for me. It's about the fact that when I was younger my mum would say she could speak in tongues because spirits were talking through her which used to freak me out. It is also about the idea of having a third mouth instead of a third eye. It was the idea of a voice coming through a person, as if they were a conduit from another world beyond this one."

Tucker, who has a reputation for seeking out the most interesting people to collaborate with, signed up Karl Brummer to play saxophone on "Amon Hen" but also turned to old friends to appear on the album. He says: "Frances Morgan is singing on 'Third Mouth'. She played violin with me as part of the Decomposed Orchestra. I've known her for years. Recently we both played this Cambridge psych festival and I saw her singing and I thought, 'Ah yeah, I love her singing. Her voice is so pure and clear.' Daniel O'Sullivan is someone I have known for years as well, since he was about 17 or 18. Something has happened with my music over the last few years that has led to me collaborate with him more. My music takes a leap forward when I work with Dan. He's very open and he's not afraid to be quite cheesy or baroque or over the top. He loves really outrageous proggy stuff like Magma. He's not afraid to try stuff out where other people are so uptight and more worried about what other people will say."

In addition to being a solo artist Tucker continues to collaborate with Daniel Beban in their tape loop project Imbogodom - the pair will release their second Thrill Jockey album And They Turned Not When They Went early in 2012. His other bands include Grumbling Fur with members of Guapo and Circle and past collaborative projects include duets with Stephen O'Malley on his Ginnungagap side project and the larger Decomposed Orchestra. Tucker is also a visual artist, creating artwork for all of his album covers and side projects, including ongoing paintings drawings, and comic artwork.

Alexander Tucker talks us through Third Mouth:

A Dried Seahorse: "Seahorses are the only creatures where the man can carry the baby. This song is kind of about my dad actually. One of my earliest memories is going up to the shed at the bottom of the garden. It was one of those musty, old, cobweb filled sheds and my dad went inside. When he came out again he held his hand out to me and when he opened his hand it held a dried seahorse in his palm."

The Glass Axe: "I think in a way this is kind of a prog referencing number because there are a few parts to that song and it's in two different sections. It was named after the fact that I found a really gorgeous shard of broken glass down at Dungeness which looked like an axe head. It was a very fairy tale image, the idea of something very fragile being very sharp at the same time."

Mullioned View: "Mullion is the kind of Victorian glass that where everything you see through it looks distorted, so this song has a psychedelic, old fashioned overtone to it." Window Sill: "There was a track on Dorwytch called 'Sill' but they're not really connected. The lyrics say, 'Window sill, it's dusty there…' And it has this banal imagery but it is about things being left, being abandoned and turning to dust."

Andromeon: "This has a totally sci-fi name, which doesn't really have any real meaning but I imagined a sci-fi novel called 'Andromeon'. On the track I'm playing the tambura with mallets which gives it that unique sound but the rest of the track has that real Spacemen 3, Loop, driving sound to it."

Amon Hen: "This is named after a place in Lord Of The Rings, which means the Hill Of Eyes. It's at the end of Fellowship Of The Ring and it's when Boromir tries to take the ring off Frodo and runs away up this hill called Amon Hen, an old lookout post. And he has this apocalyptic vision of everything that is going on around him."

Third Mouth: "My mother was very Christian. On my first album, the one I did for Jackie O Motherfucker's label, there was a song called 'Black Bear' which contains the line, 'When I was little my mother told me should could speak in tongues.' And it freaks me out a little because I never saw my mum as being very out there or anything other than straight but then she was telling me this information. It's part of my fascination with the ordinary and how it interacts with the supernatural."

Sitting In A Bardo Pond: "I've been mates with the American band Bardo Pond for ages since they first came to England and I've been to pretty much every gig they've done over here. I've jammed with them quite a lot and added lyrics to their Latitudes session. This is kind of about how in 1999 when I was getting deeper into psych and experimental music, my mind was opening up for various reasons and it's how I'm still kind of stuck in that place really. It's about wanting to move on but not quite yet being able to."

Rh: "My girlfriend's name is Rhona and it's about us in a way. And that's about it really!"


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Facebook Removes Jihadist Preacher’s Page

The social media site is thought to have removed his page on the grounds that it violated restrictions on promoting violence

Facebook confirmed Thursday it removed the page of a radical preacher from Australia who reportedly used social media to encourage terrorist acts, The Guardian reports.

Musa Cerantonio, a Muslim preacher from Melbourne, was using his Facebook page to urge followers to kill American politicians. Cerantonio posted in December, for example, that “if we see that Muslims are being killed by tyrant leaders of the U.S.A. then we must stop them with our hands. This means that we should stop them by fighting them, by assassinating their oppressive leaders, by weakening their offensive capabilities etc [sic].”

The removal of his page comes after academics at London’s King’s College found that Cerantonio was among the most “liked” preachers among western jihadists who’ve traveled to Syria to fight. That finding came after researchers analyzed for more than a year the social media behaviors of 190 Syria-based Western fighters fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The Guardian claimed another radical preacher from the U.S., Ahmad Musa Jibril, has twice praised the deaths of British Muslim fighters killed in Syria on Twitter. Jibril reportedly deleted his account after the researchers published their report.

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British PM David Cameron has finally decided to amend the wording of the historic European Union referendum planned for 2017.
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"With closer proximity to Titan's Hosur watch manufacturing facility, the new stainless steel case manufacturing unit at Coimbatore possesses state of the art technology with special processes, world-class machinery and a work force with culture focusing on creating bench mark process standards," said H G Raghunath, Chief Executive Officer - Watches and Accessories, Titan Company Limited.
H G Raghunath, Chief Executive Officer - Watches and Accessories, Titan Company Limited said: By investing in a new stainless steel watch case manufacturing plant at Coimbatore, we aim to cater to the emerging demands in premium segment.
Bhaskar Bhat, MD, Titan Company Limited said: Since its inception, Titan Company has always been at the forefront of transforming the industry with our products, practices, processes and people. We are the sixth largest manufacturer of watches globally with a manufacturing unit in Hosur and three assembly units in North India. Titan has been proudly Making in India since inception in all our businesses.
Titan Company, India's leading manufacturer and retailer of watches, has commenced production of stainless steel cases at a new facility in Coimbatore. Set up at a cost of over Rs 75 crore, the new plant will manufacture around one million cases per annum and scale it up to two million cases per annum eventually.
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The Bihar state power (Holding) Company Limited (BSPHCL) and its allied companies on Thursday disposed off   total 87 cases pertaining to  pending  department proceedings out of which  52 cases were from South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited and 34 from North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited.
TVS Motor Company posted a sales growth of 36 percent growth during the month of November 2014, with total sales increasing from 161,908 units recorded in the month of November 2013 to 220,046 units in the month of November 2014.   Vijay Karnataka, 15 years of trust, of truth, of winning, of excitement and of celebration.
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Added Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director of the Company: The coming quarter will have to be observed and tackled appropriately as some channels are beginning to report lower walk-ins. All our brands will invest in new campaigns in this quarter to improve our connect with the consumer.
We have also seen an improvement in consumer sentiment in the second quarter and many of our brands ran successful activations to build on this sentiment and the festive mood. Gold prices have been stable and inflation is falling which would help in providing a lift to the economy, said Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director of Titan Company.
The jewellery business of the company experienced an extra-ordinary growth due to redemption of Golden Harvest accounts of existing customers which had to be closed due to regulatory changes. The income for April to September 2014, the first half of this financial year, stands at Rs 6418.33 crore, registering a growth of 19.3% over last year.
The net profit for Q2 is Rs 239.98 crore, up from Rs 186.65 crore last year. The net profit for the six months ended September 2014 is Rs 417.25 crore, up 13% over last year. The profit before tax is Rs 320.11 crore for Q2 and Rs 560.58 crore for the first half.
Titan Company Ltd reported a growth of 28.6% in net profit in the second quarter over last year. The income from operations in the second quarter, July to September 2014, was Rs 3564.67 crore, a growth of 55.7% over last year's income of Rs 2290.02 crore during the same period.


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November 18, 2009

Where to find drug treatment

The pressures of this modern world are such that some of us, rather more of us than there probably should be, find ourselves sinking into either addiction or dependency. Neither are conducive to the living of a happy or productive life and thus the rise in the need for drug treatment. It isn't though just those pressures which lead to the increase of those addicted: it's more complex than that.

For example, the huge increase in wealth over recent centuries has made it much easier to be such an addict: whereas once, just as an example, the cost of getting seriously drunk every day was such that very few could afford it, these days just about anyone can. But then that hugely increased wealth also means that the costs of being an addict are, in a different manner, much higher.

For a medieval peasant the costs of being a drunkard were that he slept in the pig sty, not all that different from the mud floor of his shack. Now addiction leads to us missing on the complex and varied joys of the modern world. So addiction is easier and cheaper to achieve, more expensive once we've managed it and well, I think we're beginning to see the rise in the need for drug treatment, no?

The final part of the puzzle is that we've actually found a number of things that actually work in drug treatment as opposed to what we used to do which was essentially pray and hope. We know that there can be underlying problems which lead to the addiction and these should be treated alongside the addiction itself: what is known as dual diagnosis treatment. The 12 step program we know works, there are drugs that when used carefully can reduce the impacts of withdrawal. Perhaps most importantly we can see that others have been able to recover from their addictions, just the solace that we might need ourselves.

The Pat Moore Foundation offers all of these and more: might be worth clicking through the links to see what they might be able to offer you.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Girls' b-ball goes (more) prime time in Indiana

Two years ago this month, the lawsuit initially filed by a former girls' basketball coach in an Indiana high school was dismissed. It was appealed, and last January an appellate court found sufficient violations of both Title IX and the Equal Protections Clause in the way the state high school athletic association scheduled girls' and boys' basketball games. The boys received the "prime time" spots--weekends, while girls' games where scheduled on weeknights.
This week a consent decree was filed with the court, which states that over the next few years two more girls' games will be moved to prime time slots (each year).


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Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Back on the wagon

This is so true in my family. Except for this girl, who has been kicking ass and taking names. I've completed all my planned runs for the last two weeks and this week I've already done one of my three 3-mile runs. Yes, I'm finally back to running 3-milers again. It feels good.

As long as things continue to go smoothly (*knock on wood* < --not a euphemism), I'll be starting a 10K training program next week. I'm still debating whether or not to time my runs. I haven't worn a watch on a run since May 2011. I know I'm extra slow now which will not do my ego too much good to see at first, but part of me wants to have numbers so I can see my improvement as I build mileage. I have a feeling I'll cave and wear the watch. I'm a glutton for punishment...and number crunching.

This should be the title of the next book in the series.

On the Game of Thrones front--the first episode was good, but too short. With the crazy large cast, not everyone showed up in the episode. I've heard that this season will cover about half of Book 3. The question is, which of the numerous important events will end the season? It's obviously going to be one of the weddings, but which one?

All right, that's enough nerd talk. Hope you're all doing well.

Later gators.

Viper said...

Whoa! I've like missed posts, as in you've actually been blogging regularly. What the hell is happening to the world today? Well done. Cheers!

Keith said...

Good luck running without the watch. I twitched a bit on vacation, not knowing how far, or how long I ran, but really, I didn't care. It wasn't important.

I don't know where I'm going to find the time to get started on GoT. Do you suggest the books first, or the shows? Both together?

Carolina John said...

Slow and steady wins the race! Keep it up girl. you're doing great.