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December 28, 2008

I said that this next year was going to be my best year. I said that I  resolve to try new things and this is what happens when you actually do go for it.

I entered a cookoff today. I had only made this cake once before and had even modified the recipe so I gambled.

It was a pumpkin-caramel cake with pecans on top and pumpkin/Cool Whip filling in between the layers.

There were other desserts as contenders.

There were lots of different types of entries.

but people seemed to like mine.

“You like me, you really, really like me,” was Sally Field’s most stupid line uttered so I didn’t say it.

Betty Crocker called. She is not happy. She wants her cut.

I hope everybody reading this blog takes the challenge to live the next year with more gusto and willingness to take that extra step and really involve yourself in living life. I refuse to passively watch others living life actively and enjoying it. I plan to go for it and relish every moment I can. It feels great to try and win, instead of not try and let life pass you by. May we all enjoy this next year as best we can.

For Ruslan and my Other Friends up North

December 10, 2008

I am amazed at how much the readership of this blog has increased. I am now receiving feedback from all over the world and people are loving this blog. I will be forever grateful to JW, of the South Padre Network, for showing me enough about technology to have made this blog possible and glad I can bring smiles to so many people’s faces, all over the world now. That is amazing. This is for Ruslan, Matvey and Ludmila in Moscow, to show them that it is beautiful down here. The people are wonderful and we welcome you to our beautiful part of the world. Keep sending me emails at padreprincess23@gmail.com and send pics of your part of the world too. Thanks for all the well-wishers. I only learned how to blog in August so I only have few pictures in my gallery of photos. These are but a few.

South Padre Island is an island that is next to the southernmost tip of Texas. We are celebrating the Christmas holidays right now. A local sandsculpting master, Sandyfeet, created this masterpiece for the public to enjoy.

We even have a pirate ship docked here that is guaranteed fun.

We have a beautiful lighted boat parade that people come for miles around to enjoy.

We are right next to Mexico so you can get great Mexican food here.

We have areas with beautiful wildlife close by.

But when you are on Padre, the main draw is the beach.

This was a Valley Christian High School outing that was so much fun to be a part of.

The island has a beach side and a bay side. The beautiful sunsets over the bay are absolutely magnificent and awe the spectator.

The colors meld together in an amazing fashion.

The fishing is good. Gladiator II Offshore Adventures can take you on a private, personalized offshore or bay fishing trip.

Fresh fish is delicious and many island restaurants will prepare your catch for you. This is a typical catch when you choose Gladiator II Adventures for your bay fishing trip.

 The fishing is exciting and a learning experience here. These fish had a real bite!

It is a very tropical scene and the most populous tree  is the palm tree.

I am no photographer but this place is so beautiful anyone can take a gorgeous picture.

Especially if the model is gorgeous.

My dog, Princess, says come on down, the water’s fine! I only learned from my friend, JW, how to blog in August and these are just a few of the pictures I have taken since then. You can see the island through his camera eyes here. All I can tell you is that the people here are genuinely kind, friendly and helpful. The food is really good and affordable here. My other project of the best things to do in this area is a project in the works but you can see it here. I will post more later on but I have to help my daughter with a computer crisis. Know that if you choose to come here, you will have made a choice that your family will love!

Christmas Tree Decorating Party

December 6, 2008

Princess knew something was up when she heard a gaggle of giggles in the front room.

You can’t have a Christmas Tree Decorating Party without popcorn.

You gotta hook up the jams.

The menu was very healthy and included: pizza, candy, chocolate cake, root beer floats, and sodas.

These girls are the sweetest girls you could ever meet.

Taking off the blue makes it shine in only silver now.

We have a collection of ornaments that include family heirlooms.

 We don’t live in a fancy house or have fancy things but we have love and good friends and that is what life is all about.

My awesome photography skills with my new camera make it look like the tree shoots lasers.

Frikken lasers!

 This is Princess’ mom, Belle. Like I said there is lots of love in the house.

The Showdown

August 26, 2008

A dear friend of mine said, “Here, do you want some of this cake?” before I left his house today. I said, “Are you sure?” He assured me that if I did not help him out that it would go to waste. Wellllll, far be it from me to leave a friend high and dry so I brought a chunk home. Cake is nothing but love in sugar form. It spurred a desire in me to go ahead and try something.

I had tried a new recipe last week called “Banana Pudding Cake” where you add a box of banana pudding and mashed banana to the cake mix. It did not turn out well. The recipe said to bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. The aroma emanating from the oven was so strong that after 35 minutes, I couldn’t take it anymore and took it out. I was right; it was done, overdone in fact, and beginning to blacken on the bottom. “Well, there went that recipe,” I thought and scratched it off the drawing board.

My friend’s generosity gave me an idea. I had seen a recipe for an upside-down banana cake. “Well, why not combine the two and see what happens?” I thought. I put slices of banana on the bottom of a cake pan and added brown sugar then drizzled melted butter over the base. I then added the yellow cake mix with the banana pudding and bananas added into the batter. I put it into the oven for 35 minutes at 350 degrees. At the end of 35 minutes the top was browned beautifully but the middle was still fluid. I had to go to a meeting so I told my daughter to keep trying, not to check on it by opening the oven too much but to give it some time and to not worry if I ruined it. I told her that was not that expensive to try and sometimes we have to learn by making mistakes.

When I opened the door to the dining room, she smiled and said, “Mom, your cake came out.” I smiled back and said, “It did?” and it did, beautifully. Baked to a golden brown and flipped over to expose the golden brown sliced arcs of banana baked gently in a buttery brown sugar goodness the cake stood there in the light, the arcs forming little smiles saying, “Yea! I am a new creation and I am going to be good.”

Well, the first thing I did was have a cake-off. Yep, as spontaneous as spontaneous can be. I took the big chunk of pineapple cake that started this whole thing and cut it into three squares, one for each of us. Then I put a piece of banana cake next to the pineapple and took it to my husband. My daughter put a piece of banana on a plate and I put a piece of pineapple next to it while her back was turned and walked off with the plate at the same time she said, “Nooooooooo,” like an adorable Mr. Bill. Whoops, too late. I discovered that was her plate and her banana piece she had cut. She decided she was not going to participate in the cake-off.

So I made that disqualify me from having to serve her and she had to get her own plate then. I had such a hard time deciding which was the better recipe. I still can’t decide so I am going to take this to a picnic I have been invited to on Saturday and let the public decide. Pineapple upside-down cake will always be a classic as far as sugary, brown goodness is concerned, but this new banana-pudding upside-down creation is going to impress many, I believe, and compel people to make room on the table for this new treat.

My daughter said the secret to the cake is to lower the oven’s temperature. Here is the banana-pudding cake recipe. Remember to prepare the pan as if you were making a pineapple upside-down cake only substituting slices of banana for the pineapple before you put in the batter and you will have a new creation: a banana pudding upside-down cake.

Banana Pudding Cake

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant banana pudding mix
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup mashed bananas
  • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 dash vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and pudding mix. Make a well in the center and pour in eggs, water, oil and mashed banana. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until cake tests done. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
  4. To make glaze: In a small bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar, milk and vanilla. Whisk until smooth and of a drizzling consistency. When cake is cooled, drizzle icing over cake with a zigzag motion. Sprinkle chopped nuts over wet icing if desired.


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In Praise of Fathers, All Hail To ‘The Emperor’ ….

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Katie-Ellen Hazeldine:

In view of the fact that today is ‘Father’s Day‘, as if for a father,  every day is not, I thought I’d talk about the ultimate Tarot card of Masculinity with a capital M,  The Emperor.

In general, ‘The Emperor’ appearing in a Tarot reading signifies the current extra significance of an important man in your life, at an individual level. He’s a father, husband, employer, friend or advisor.

At a conceptual level,  The Emperor stands for government, law and order, other big, hierarchical organisdations. He is the Armed Forces. He is the principle of protection and of the guardian at work in society and in the home.

See those ram’s heads on the arms of his throne? The Emperor is associated with the sign of Aries, the fiery ram. It may indicate a future event occurring at that time of year.

Image below is The Emperor from The Gilded Tarot, by kind permission of Ciro Marchetti

Not surprisingly I’ve drawn this card when doing readings for police officers, both male and female. Women too can embody The Emperor’s qualities.

But once – and I won’t handle any more requests for lawsuit predictions; I drew the Emperor card, and it was talking about a real live  judge. This judge was in the US. We won’t say where. My client was very anxious on her son’s behalf. He had been accused of sexual assault.

The details of the charge sounded so minor as to be almost laughable, but even so, and whatever the truth, the man faced serious consequences. He was a teacher and had been suspended from his employment as it involved work with minors, although the woman making the accusation was not a minor. He faced the possibility of being debarred from his home , denied unsupervised access to his children. He was, at the time of the reading, due to appear in court four days later.

A Tarot reading is not a substitute for suitable, professional legal, medical or financial advice.  Forecasting is offered in good faith but is by law to be treated as being  for interest’s sake. In consulting ANY oracle, you need always to be prepared for the possibility you really might not like the answer.

My client, his mother, wanted to be prepared for the worst, ready to support her son.

In the Outcome position I drew:

Based on this, I didn’t KNOW because a reader cannot KNOW for certain, ever. But I felt as certain as I could be, she was going to like this judge.  I felt that the man was not guilty and that the judge would decide so.

Three weeks and several new grey hairs later, I learned the  The Judge had thrown the case out. He had also offered this personal opinion:-  verbatim (pardon me)

‘What a crock of sh*t.’

The Emperor at his very best represents order, structure, logic, sense and reason.

He is a chevalier, a sheltering tree, nests held safely in his branches. He is rule with mercy, compassion for the weak. He upholds fair play raising his shield so not everyone sheltering behind it gets splattered with rubbish and,  er…manure.

He has another side to him of course: war, dictatorship, tyranny, petty officialdom, overbearing bureaucracy. The card may alternatively signify absence of structure and leadership. As a person, it may be pinpointing weakness or conversely, a bully boy. The Emperor Reversed is no joke, no doubt about it.

Historically, Emperors have often been catastrophic for the peace and happiness of their fellow humans, and Alexander the Great is no hero of mine; I’d rather nominate Dr John Snow or Charles Darwin, not only for their achievements, but for their humanity; as tender as tough.

The Creation of Adam: detail from Michaelangelo’s Fresco in the Sistine Chapel.

But greetings are due to The Emperor at the top of his game –  best friends to womankind; those men that we love, and what we love best in men, the sons and heirs of the red earth.

Let your Emperor wear his crown and ermine every now and then.  And after all, you may be an Empress, and wish to wear yours.

Greetings to the Tarot’s Emperor.

Author: Katie-Ellen Hazeldine

Tarot Reader, Consultant & Writer in Lancashire, UK. Not fortune telling. Advisory readings with a focus on specifics and with forecasts as appropriate.

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Just Some Pictures of the Kids (and us)

Well, I know my "normal" family blog has been rather impoverished in the photo department lately, so I thought the Grandmas and all would like to just see some pictures of the kids, who just don't stop growing!

Two days ago, on Monday, we were finally all well enough to leave the house! We had been invited to the Japanese pastor's house, and we were finally able to take them up on the invitation. We had a nice visit and it was a very welcome change of pace and scenery.

There really isnt anything special about this next picture, since the kids aren't even looking, lol, except that I am in it, which is rare indeed. :-)

I just LOVE this picture of Johann, because it is SO hard to get a good picture of him these days! He is so on-the-go, and does not stop for a second, much less look at the camera, and even less to smile too! So, this is a rare treasure of a picture. He is nearly 17 months now! And, he rarely wears clothes. It is too hot to put him through the torture, and it cuts down on laundry that way too. ;-)
This is Fabio's father, about a month ago, when we took a walk with the family:
We've gotten to enjoy lots of family togetherness, even at nighttime and naptime:
And, on January 19th, Fabio celebrated his 31st birthday - the first birthday he had celebrated in Brazil since he turned 17.
Also about a month ago:

The last day we were in São Paulo, my sister-in-law Carol's family took us to the zoo! Especially after a full week of not stepping foot outside the door, it was also a very welcome change of scenery. :-) It is a nice zoo and we enjoyed our time there. I also enjoy new locations to photograph my beautiful treasures (children).

I think this pic was a fave of the day because it was not posed. How wonderful to catch a moment of spontaneous brotherly love. :)
It has been neat to see these two interact as Johann gets older. They really play well together most of the time. Two peas in a pod! And, if any of you remember these shirts, I took advantage of the cooler weather in São Paulo to take a snappie of these two in them. Here is a pic of Joshua and Dominique in them, and then of Dominique and Israel in them.

And I ask again.... I wonder where these shirts will be in two more years??

Lori O. said...

Such beautiful pictures! It's good to see your smiling face. The church stood and prayed for you during worship yesterday. Joyce Prince led us in a faith-filled prayer for you all. Sending our blessings, Lori

Anonymous said...

Really beautiful pictures
but even a more beatiful family :)
I love checking your blog and see how are you doing, it makes me feel like if I were talking to you haha
Take care !Love from Spain

Grandma Carol said...

What great pictures of all of you! It's so good to get to "see" how you are all doing, and not just read about it. The kids are all so cute and photogenic. Give them all a hug and kiss from Grandma Carol! Luv ya!

Anonymous said...

DEAr Girl,

Have thougth of you often and prayed for you as well knowing that the Lord only gives good gifts to His children. I am thankful for your attitude in this time of trial and perserverance, may the Lord direct the doc and the work there. The pics are invaluable to me, thanks. There is a lot of dengue here as well, so please take care of your health.

Love ya, dad

Faith said...

I sure can't wait to see your adventure unfold and see where those shirts are in two years.
God Bless!


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It’s been a rough week, and even I thought an hour of optimism was in order.  Maybe that was the hour we gained with “Fall Behind.” And so, does that mean now it’s back to business as usual?  Tune in next week to find out.

Here’s last night’s music list.

(SONG  / Artist  /  album or CD title)

  • I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW  /  Holly Cole Trio  /  “Don’t Smoke In Bed”
  • ON A CLEAR DAY  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Live In Concert”
  • ON A WONDERFUL DAY LIKE TODAY  /  Veronica Nunn  /  “American Lullaby”
  • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra – Vegas”
  • MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Make Someone Happy”
  • IT’S DELOVELY  /  Julian Yeo  /  “You and the Night”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  [mystery vocalist]  /  Drew Barrymore  /  “Grey Gardens Soundtrack”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • I’M FLYING  /  Connie Evingson  /  “I Have Dreamed”
  • NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live at 30th Street”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Best of Tony Bennett”
  • WHO WILL BUY?  /  Andrea Wolper  /  “Parallel Lives”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  [theme music]  /  (Unreleased Master)

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  1. Michael Carman November 7, 2011 at 9:21 PM #

    Hi Bill,

    Ok, so I’m behind the times, but I’m loving the Desert Island show. I was making vegetable soup when you said which version of Them There Eyes you’d pick; you must have chosen Peggy Lee, right? Hands down. But I did hear you bypass the King of nonsentimental heart-sense, Nat Cole, in favor of Lizzy Walker. How COULD you? I have to admit, I loved hearing Lizzy’s version, especially since I’ve never heard of her and really enjoyed meeting her on your show; and I did love the package of it, the arrangement and the musicians, and maybe especially the time/rhythm. But voice for voice? Oh please, it’s Nat all the way.

    I know you’ll be happy to know, I got the mystery guest! Kevin Spacey! I did not see him play Darin in the movie, so I’m tickled that my ears, which haven’t heard one-millionth of what yours have, are tuned–as they always are–drum roll–to your fabulous show.

    Rock on! (Oh, did I say something wrong?)

    Michael Carman

    • Michael Carman November 7, 2011 at 9:25 PM #

      Hmmm. My comment immediately appeared with the notation, “Your comment is awaiting moderation.” You don’t like excessive enthusiasm? You want me to put a lid on it?

      • H. William Stine November 8, 2011 at 10:35 PM #

        That notation is “blog-speak” for the administrator is holding your comment in limbo while he decides if he has a clever reposte as a last word. In this instance, clearly he does not.

    • H. William Stine November 8, 2011 at 10:30 PM #

      Dear Michael —

      Thanks for listening and for writing. Both mean a lot to me. I don’t remember now if I chose Peggy Lee over Melissa Stylianou for my trip to Elba. Peggy’s swing is mannered, but effortless and I love the band behind her; while Melissa’s jazz is spontaneous and always grabs my attention. Nope, don’t think I could choose. And as for Nat versus Lissy: though I play Nat Cole frequently, both at home and on the program, on that particular record, I think he was caught with his passion down. Kinda sleepy. You are inarguably right about his voice compared to Lissy’s (everyone who has written to me about her though I was saying Lizzy with a Z), and you are right about the “package” of that recording, and that’s what thrills me – the musicians and singer are so tight. I’m going to play her again in a few weeks, this time tackling a Sinatra classic and I’ll be eager to hear what you think.

      You guessed Kevin Spacey???? Get out of here! That’s impressive. Or maybe just scary.

      Thanks again for such a nice note. Maybe you’d like to contribute to the Thanksgiving Show? I’m curious to know who or what has caught your ear in the last year. Check out that page if you have a chance.

      Take care –

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Bukit Mertajam, Penang

GUI Controlled Flexibot by Using SKXBee

This project main purpose is using GUI (Graphical User Interface) panel to control the moving direction and rotating direction by wireless communication.  For this project, we need two SKXBee Pro, USB cable, PR19 Flexibot, 12V LIPO Batterry or 12VDc adapter and computer. In fact, this project is used computer (GUI) to interface with SKXBEE 1 (wireless communicate send command to SKXBee 2) for control the Flexibot action. So, we have to plug in the USB cable from SKXBee 1 to computer USB port such as figure below:

NOTE: The GUI panel is not able to setting the ID address for SKXBee Pro 1 and SKXBee Pro 2. Before using this GUI, both SKXBee ID address has been set by X-CTU software or microcontroller.

The GUI (Graphical User Interface) Panel for this project has 3 different parts on the platform which is ComPort section, Flexibot_Direction_Control sectionand Flexibot_Rotate section. Now, open the GUI panel application (1st time open GUI application, user should install the GUI setup.exe first) and the GUI window will shown as figure below:

After that, we should select the COM Port and click the “Connect” button. The ComPort has connected with SKXBee1 and we can click any button from section from Flexibot_Direction_Control or Flexibot_Rotate to control the Flexibot action.

For example, whe we click the “Backward” button, the command will be send from SKXBee1 to SKXBee 2 (on Flexibot). The Flexibot will moving to backward direction with continuosly and the LCD on Flexibot will shown as figure below:

Now, you can notice the GUI panel receive message text box. It will display the message which is a feedback transmitted by Flexibot SKXBee Pro2 to SKXbee Pro1 as figure below:

The “RESET” button use to restart whole control system but the COM PORT section will not disconnect except user press “Cancel ” button.

Demo Video:

  1. XBee with Microcontroller Sample Code.zip
  2. PR19 XBee GUI Setup.zip
  3. PR19 XBee GUI Panel Project File.zip

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Dear. pheysia

PR19 XBee GUI Panel Project File.zip Link’s broken down can’t open. rar file.

does this gui project need xbee pro only, can we use xbee instead?

Yes, the GUI does not know what XBee you are using and it does not care 🙂

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I am Max Di Capua a 20 year old web and graphic designer. I am a freelance designer working with agencies across the UK and clients internationally. I am also a founding partner in the agency Pinpoint Designs offering web design in Yorkshire. You can find my personal site here with links to the many social sites I'm on.


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The Broadcast

I’ve been thinking more and more about the idea that everything is relative. Less of an idea, more of a proven theory courtesy of Albert Einstein but surely, if everything is relative, what does that make us? Human beings on Earth, shaping our little patch of reality through culture and science in ways that may seem alien to aliens and even ourselves. I got a glance of an article scrolling through Reddit that said NASA had received a strange radio broadcast not originating from Earth and are currently investigating its nature and origin. If Einstein is to be believed, is the whole point of that futile? Considering what may be a ‘hello’ from a being from say, Alpha Centauri, maybe a ‘fuck off’ to a being from Pocklington, Yorkshire, UK.

If the article is true and not another bit of wonderful clickbait, and NASA does identify extra-terrestrial intelligence, is that not a testament to relativity? In my opinion, relativity and perspective are two sides of the same coin if not the same, as truth is all about perspective as well as human history as I doubt that if the Nazis won World War II, Winston Churchill wouldn’t be on so many damn tourist coffee mugs. So, with that being said, truth is relative comparatively to empirical fact. Yet if facts are true doesn’t that make them inherently relative themselves for a historian or hell, even a simple true-false computer program. That in itself is an ironic notion considering that our brains run on electrical signals similarly to a computer – electrical signals that can be quantified into easy-peasy ones and zeros. Look out Elon Musk because the digital revolution happened way-back-when in the primordial soup, right?

Perhaps we are all just fleshy machines, each with fluctuations in programming along with error messages and decaying moving parts. We see ourselves as so much more. We see metaphysical beings with souls and a purpose in the cosmos. I see no purpose and the absence of purpose and the idea of the divine soul and most would probably call me a depressing twat. Yet doesn’t the freedom of having no purpose and acknowledgement of the finite give us all infinite potentials? Who needs gods when we are all gods in our own right, each of us individuals determining the advancement of an entire species and the physical landscape of the universe around us; creating, elevating, mastering and sometimes destroying. From what I’ve read, that pretty much covers what gods do. Hell, even Zeus was a bit of a fuck boy.

So, I hope that the broadcast from the final frontier did happen and the best and brightest of us do manage to decipher its meaning. To make contact with another species, even if it’s just for a single moment will change the world, humanity and just maybe our perception, and relativity in the universe. Single moments have a habit of doing that in our history. Maybe this one will be the decider to whether we are just meat bags clinging to the surface of the Earth or divine fucking entities destined to just reach out and tame the stars.

Like I say though, the whole thing could have been clickbait.

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Vinyl Stickers

Our vinyl stickers are printed on high quality, easy to apply and fault tolerant vinyl.
Your order package will include detailed instructions on how to apply the vinyl to your furniture or wall.

Procedure Overview:

  • Make sure the surface is clean and dry. Remove all dust and humidity;
  • Apply the vinyl, from one of the top corners and gently proceed from that corner to the opposite corner;
  • Use a cloth to ensure the vinyl is glued without air bubbles or wrinkles;
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Our canvases are light weight and have a hanging hole on the top side.
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You can also frame the canvas just like any other painting.

Light Letters

Our light letters have a battery operated led lights. The are very efficient so the battery should last about a year depending on the amount of time the lights are turned on.

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Tivoli and Le Tour

I really enjoyed Copenhagen and one of my favorite places was Tivoli Gardens.  Tivoli is the world’s second oldest amusement park, opening in 1843, right in the center of the city.  Tivoli reminded me a lot of Disney World, and I must admit that I am a closeted, but proud, Disney fanatic.   Continue reading

Hot Dogs and Oysters

Continuing on a previous theme, Denmark, like Iceland, is extremely expensive.  Iceland actually experienced a financial crisis in 2008 and though things have stabilized somewhat, it’s still by far the most affordable Scandinavian country.  Denmark is pricier and it will probably only get more painful for us in Norway and Sweden.

Which is unfortunate because Copenhagen is currently a culinary hot spot.  The restaurant Noma has been named ‘best in the world’ the past few years.  Top chefs are flocking to the city to train and there are great restaurants everywhere.  On the flip-side, we’ve been eating at hot dog stands (also awesome, and covered in mayo) and prowl the grocery stores to occasionally find some fruit and veg.  And even that is expensive.  But as you might remember from your elementary school days, you can only eat hot dogs so many times in a row (three) before you feel like it’s time to curl up in a ball and lie down for a while.

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At Home in Copenhagen

With a three-hour flight, we left behind rugged Iceland and arrived in Copenhagen.  One of the huge perks of flying Icelandic Airlines, is that not only is it cheap, but our time in Iceland was actually our ‘layover’ and it didn’t cost us anything more to continue on to Denmark. Continue reading


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Centre for Public Law, ILS Law College, Pune is organizing The Fifth ILS Alternate Judgment
Writing Competition 2017-18. The judgment for the competition is Karan Dileep Nevatia vs. Union of India.

The judgment reflects an interface of Constitution of India and GATT law. The same was delivered by the Bombay High Court, and a Special Leave Petition against it under Article 136 of the Constitution has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.

To enable the students to:

1. Rethink the earlier Judgments of Supreme Court & High Court.

2. Sharpen the Research & writing skills.

3. Reimagine the reasoning underlying the cases.

Structure of the Contest

The competition has 2 segments, Submission of written drafts and oral submissions. A distinguished panel of examiners will shortlist 5 entries for oral presentation.

First Round – All alternate judgments received will be assessed, and 5 will be selected for the second round.

The Draft of the Judgment shall be divided into five Sections:

a. Relevant Legislations

b. The arguments of the petitioner

c. The arguments of the respondents

d. Issues

e. Reasoning of the court

The format is only by way of suggestion and restructuring is permissible. During the reconstruction of the arguments and the reasoning; the participant shall also undertake legal research on the matters left out or given less significance to in the Judgment.

Second Round – Student authors whose judgments are shortlisted shall make oral presentations of their drafts at ILS Law College, Pune. The structure of the same shall be:

a. The arguments of the petitioner;

b. The arguments of the Respondents; and

c. Reasoning of the court

Requisite modifications may be made by the students. Each participant shall be allotted 20 minutes to
make the presentation, and 10 mins shall be reserved for Q and A.

Any Law College or Law University can send in entries. There is no restriction on the number of entries from any college or university.

The student authors of the alternate judgment shall be pursuing the 5 year or 3 year law course.

Judgment shall be drafted by sole author, and co-authorship is not permissible.

Important Dates:

The draft of the alternate judgment should be submitted on or before 20th December, 2017

The shortlisted candidates for the second round will be informed on 13th January, 2018.

The oral presentation will be held on 5th February, 2018.

In unavoidable circumstances, the date for final presentation may undergo change.

Registration Procedure

Click HERE.

First Prize: Rs. 10,000

Second Prize: Rs. 8000

Third Prize: Rs. 5000

For further details, click HERE.

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The Network for International Law Students (NILS) is inviting submissions for NILS Law Review (Vol. 2).

It is a peer-reviewed, double-blind Law Review, and professionals from the field of academics, legal practitioners, researchers, students and others interested in the field may send original, unpublished papers.

1. Alternative Dispute Resolution

2. Antitrust Law

3. Intellectual Property Rights

4. International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

5. International Trade & Investment Law

6. Maritime Law

Submission Guidelines

I. Word Limit

a) 5,000 words (exclusive of footnotes) in case of Articles

b) 2,500 words (exclusive of footnotes) in case of Case Notes

c) 1,500 words (exclusive of footnotes) in case of Book Reviews

II. The main text of the paper should be in font size 12, Times New Roman, 1.5 line

spacing and footnotes in font size 10, Times New Roman, 1.0 line spacing. Legal

maxims should be in italics.

III. All manuscripts submitted shall accompany

a) A covering letter with the Name(s) of the Author(s), Institution/Affiliation, the Title

of the manuscript and contact information viz. Email ID and Mobile number.

b) An undertaking as to the work submitted is genuine and the author is the original

owner of the work, and the same is not published anywhere before.

c) An abstract of not more than 300 words describing the submission.

d) Electronic submissions shall be made in Word Format (.doc)/(.docx) only.

Text and citations should ideally conform to the rules in THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION (19th edition). The Review employs footnotes as the method of citation.

30th December, 2015

To read NILS Law Review (Vol. 1), click HERE.

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Name of the organization. City.

Chambers of Mahesh Jethmalani, Mumbai.

(See the Wikipedia page here.)

Duration of the internship. No. of days/week. Timings.

December 19th 2013 – February 3rd 2014.

6 days/ week ( timings- 10:30 am-6:00 pm)

How big was the office? Team strength?

The office was located on 2 floors , and was big enough and sufficient for everyone to work well.

The team consisted of 8-10 lawyers

Application procedure. Internship contact details

Applications can be done by sending your CV to Ms. Sana Usman on her email id

Accommodation: how, where, how was it?

Accommodation is a little difficult around the office. But the city is well connected by the local trains and travelling isn’t a problem and very cost effective. You can found accommodation at a distance of 15 mins from the office in places like fort and colaba easily.

First impression. First day, formalities etc.

The obvious nervousness was casted away the moment I had the opportunity to interact with the team and the supervisor. The impression about the workplace was the same as the I had visualized before joining.

The friendly and co-operative yet professional attitude of the colleagues and the supervisors besides the excellent ambiance of work and the ease in availability of resources for research have cast a long lasting impression on me and shall be remembered by me throughout my life.

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Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani

Main tasks (in detail)

We went to the Sessions Court and saw various court proceedings. We accompanied Mahesh Jethmalani Sir to High Court and Sessions Court and saw him argue with such ease and efficiency. We handled a few high profile cases and it was very interesting.

I learnt drafting and formed complaints, replies, Revision Applications, Anticipatory Bail Applications etc.

The people are very friendly and the work environment was very good. It was casual yet strict striking a great balance in the work atmosphere.

Work environment, people

The work environment at the chambers of Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani was well-suited for a fresher like me and I was glad enough to realize that her nervousness was futile as there were highly friendly and co-operative colleagues/supervisors.

I generously, acknowledge the abovementioned experiences of the internship and wishes to thank the organization and its constituent employees/supervisors for extending an opportunity to the internee to get a first-hand experience of the work done at the practical level.

Best things? (Nothing is all bad)

Going to the court all the time and getting first hand information and being involved directly in any case including high profile matters.

The feeling which you get when the cases you have studied about are witnessed by yourself, it gives you goose-bump effect.

Bad things? (Nothing is all good)

Sometimes there was no work at all and we interns just sat and did nothing which got a little boring at times.

What did you do to chill? Co-interns, colleagues

The thing is there are a lot of places to chill. Nariman Point, Fort, Colaba are all packed with good restaurants, street food stalls, movie halls, malls. 15 mins of train ride away is Phoenix Mall and it is one of the best places to hang out.

My co-intens were super fun to be with, they were from different NLU’s.

No Stipend but lots of experience.

Anything else you’d like to tell; Biggest lessons.

People who are really interested in litigation should at least once intern here and experience the charisma of interning here themselves.

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Your Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID

Neha Sahgal

Name of Organisation, Location city, Team Strength

Naz Foundation (India) Trust, East of Kailash, Delhi. The entire team consisted of 10 coordinators and volunteers.

Application Process

The application process was itself very easy.I called up Mr.Ramachandran Srinivasan who was the coordinator for the MSM programme and handles internships.

I was required to send in my resume at

You will receive a reply within the following week ,however follow ups are required.This was followed by an interview.

Duration of internship and timings

I interned for a period of 4 weeks.

1st May, 2015 to 30th May, 2015.

First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure

Being the first day, I arrived well before time.Contrary to my expectations the office had a very laid back atmosphere which takes a while getting used to .

On my very first day I was given a brief introduction about the foundation’s primary projects. I was made to sign an NDA and a basic set of rules and regulations was handed over.

Main tasks

My primary task was making case notes on the quarterly developments of the HIV Positive children living in the care home .

I researched extensively on correlation between homosexuality and religion and the impact it has on present day law.

Work environment and people

The work environment was very casual and laid-back. The coordinators were friendly and supportive. I was given the freedom to do the work according to my own judgement and was given the freedom to voice my opinion.

Best things

Easy accessibility

Exposure to the problems faced by the LGBT community.

Freedom to voice my opinion

Bad things

The deadlines were unrealistic at times.

There wasn’t much legal work.

Biggest Lessons

Enthusiasm is your best friend. You have to ask for work and get involved.

The harder you work, the more appreciation and incentive you get .

Any Other Thing

I also had the opportunity to get scholarships for the care home children from Bal Bhawan.

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The Unforseen Costs of Civilisation

By Samyak Sibasish

We are seeing the same kind of unconscious shift in peoples’ thinking towards an enlightened perspective of openness. They’ve been exposed to the entirety of knowledge that the human race has accrued and cataloged – at least that which has survived the years.

The problem is that we are a society of breadth with no centralizing force to channel that ultimate, untapped well of human creative potential.

There is a book by a geneticist at Cornell entitled, “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforseen Costs of Civilization“.

He argues that since the advent of agriculture and the development of a modern civilization, until the enlightenment in the 1700s, there was an absolutely horrifying restructuring of society towards greater and greater disparity.

That as we have become progressively addicted to excess simply to elevate ourselves as individuals, we’ve created ways of legitimizing the deification of production, namely a consumer society and a rational mode of governance & law.

So while, discoveries in science and inventions in technology have led us forward, we have kept ourselves back my repressing the part of ourselves that craves a simpler lifestyle, a more peaceful environment, and more time to simply enjoy the world around us.

This is becoming evident in the sorts of diseases that plague countries that have adopted this fiercely materialist brand of capitalism, such as Diabetes (or insulin resistance in general), COPD (Problems with connections between the vascular system and the lungs), heart disease, Obesity, etc. etc. They are all diseases of excess.

A psychiatrist also took a look at the same effect in American Mania, and argued that the cycles in the market economy reflected a similar cycle in psychiatry – manic depression.

He went on to do a number of interviews with executives, and to argue that the fast paced lifestyle of today is simply not sustainable for the human mind or body.

Eventually we break down, and we wear out — we get sloppy, we get lazy, we started to automate things, we lose our moral compasses, etc. It’s exactly like mania.

That’s what happened with the recent economic crash. A bunch of traders on Cloud 9 with billions of dollars thought they could game the system because they were caught up in the game themselves – they tricked themselves into believing what they were doing didn’t have real consequences, they were manic!

Why is it the starving artist? Why not the starving banker?

pandora's seed, the unforeseen costs of civilisation

Going back to Pandora’s Seed, there was a point he made that really struck a chord with me.

He said at this point in the evolution of civilization, we have all but forgotten the element of Mythos that was pivotal to a healthy society, as thought by the Greeks who ventured a guess based on their interactions with every culture on Eurasia.

Every great civilization included in their guide to a healthy society a prescription for a system that fostered the creative energies that are the very things that make us human.

Instead we are sprinting headlong into our demise by chasing a truth hidden behind the disguises of Logos.

The truth is that Logos in only the other side of ourselves, made meaningless without the tempering forces of Mythos to allow us to abide by the tyranny of the truth by reveling equally in the freedom of our own unique minds.

It is only fair to allow people to choose their own destiny without fear of making enough money because their skills aren’t marketable. Because they can’t get a job. Because they were never taught that their skill was valuable.

Why is it the starving artist? Why not the starving banker?

All one needs to do is to take a lesson from nature, simply look at the human body. There are numbers of cells, and each with a unique job, each cared for equally well with what is provided to whole, each work in sync with the next, and each never questioning what they were born to do. We can’t fight an idea that’s worked for billions of years.

We can’t fight the laws of this place we inhabit by using equations and technology – if we overproduce, eventually equilibrium re-establishes itself.

So people ARE talking!

All kinds of people, rich, poor, inside the system, outside the system – they’re starting to talk. I think the real remaining issue is that there is no truly “independent” entity that could mobilize the resources for a campaign to spread this message.

I think while people are realizing it, it remains untapped. That potential can only be unlocked when there’s power to make it flow.

Power in this society has all been monopolized by a pretty small group, relative to the population. There has to be a united front that rises to challenge the notion that there is no value to art and general creative activities beyond a monetary one. One with a substantial backing of force, not necessarily violent, but with a presence.

It’s going to happen within the next few generations, that’s for sure, but eventually, we’ll either fester in our unconscious realizations for enough time and be taken hostage by the collapse of everything we’ve worked to keep standing, or we’ll rise to meet the challenge of a new era and stop rejecting an essential component of a fulfilling life.

I just hope it’s the latter, and I hope this thing bursts wide open soon – otherwise, underneath the surface, we’ll all fall apart soon knowing that something is missing.

Samyak is a 1st year student at NUJS, Kolkata.

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  1. Glad to know another feels similarly!
    I have always felt that art is the expression of the meta-human in us; it is the closest we can get to the eternal in a temporally-bound life. Yet, it is repressed. What runs the world isn’t even Logos anymore – look at what is truly the nature of ‘securitization’ – it’s layered speculation! Oddly enough, not many seem to notice, as long as the fat paycheck keeps coming.
    Anyway, all the best with law school. From someone who’s been through it – you’re going to have a tough ride! 🙂

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Name, College, Year of Study, Email ID

Ritwick Shrivastav, Amity Law School, Delhi, IInd yr, ritwick9a@gmail.com

Name of Organisation, Location, Team Strength

Chambers of Sr. Adv. Ms. Rebecca John, New Delhi.

Duration of internship and timings

1st July – 1st August, 2014.

Timings: 10 am – 6 pm. The timings are however flexible depending on the amount of work you have.

No. of days working: 6 days a week. Saturday’s timings differ depending on the work.

First impression, first day formalities, infrastructure

First impression was how humble the advocates were and how good they were at what they did.

I did not expect it but the lawyers were so reputed that each and everyone recognises the lawyers at all fora.

No formalities as such. Just introduced myself to ma’am and her associates.

The office is very well maintained. Was fully air conditioned and cleanliness was of the paramount there.

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Ms. Rebecca John

Main tasks

1) We were mainly asked to file replies.

2) Researching on topics related to the case allotted.

3) Finding judgments related to cases.

4) Assisting the advocates during arguments and witness examination.

Work environment and people

It was wonderful. All the associates are fairly young and conversed with us about their experiences and how they got to work with ma’am. You never get bored.

Even the seniors, though they don’t have a lot of time, but they still put in the effort to teach you as much as they can about law.

The best thing about everyone at the office is that of achieving success in the field of criminal law, they still find time to talk to the interns about what they are doing.

They sit with the interns and ask them about what they understood at the end of every case. If an intern was unable to understand they would open the Criminal Manual and teach them about it.

All in all the people were all very humble and most importantly they don’t make the interns feel out of place. Treat the interns as part of the office and not a visitor.

Best things

Get to witness the biggest and high-profile criminal cases. For eg: I saw the 2G scam case, ponty chadha murder case, batla house encounter case, etc.

Rebecca John ma’am herself. She’s what a lawyer should be according to me. Her arguments are a perfect blend of case law, facts and persuasion.

Bad things

No stipend. Not a lot of cases were there so there was a lot of idle time while we were at court.

No stipend

Biggest Lessons

First lesson I learnt was that Criminal Law is the best and most interesting field of law, undoubtedly. It takes a lot of time, experience and patience to become a litigation lawyer.

Second lesson a lot of cases are heavily influenced by media trials. The police and the public prosecutors do not put their best foot forward.

Always stick to the basics of procedural law because a lot of cases are won and lost purely on technical grounds and not on merits.

For some inspiration, read Ms. Rebecca John’s interview in Bar and Bench here.

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Oct. 27th Meeting Minutes

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The minutes from  the Oct. 27th meeting are posted on the Meeting Minutes page.  Highlights from the meeting include:

The Wine and Cheese Soiree is going to be 7pm next Friday, Nov. 6 at Elaine Dean’s apartment.  If you are interested in attending please RSVP to Elaine at ehdean @ buffalo dot edu by Tuesday, Nov. 2nd.  Elaine will give directions to her house if needed when you RSVP.  Please bring your own wine/beverage.

The next UB-ALA meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 6:00 p.m. in 553 Baldy.

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Los Santos County Sheriff's Office

Welcome to the Los Santos County Sheriff's Office

LSCSO Sheriff

Office of the Sheriff

Sheriff of the LSCSO

Position Open

Undersheriff of the LSCSO

Divisions Within the Los Santos County Sheriffs Office

(Some sections under development.)

Responsibilities of a Deputy

Respond to calls for service

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March 13, 2018 / 3:34 PM / 5 days ago

Russian associate of late tycoon Berezovsky found dead in Britain

LONDON (Reuters) - British counter-terrorism police were on Tuesday investigating the unexplained death of a Russian associate of late tycoon Boris Berezovsky but said the death was not thought to be linked to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent.

Police vehicles and officers guard the home of Nikolai Glushkov while his corpse is removed, in New Malden, Britain March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was discovered dead late on Monday at an address in Clarence Avenue in suburban south-west London.

British police, who did not name Glushkov, said that they were investigating the death of a man in his 60s who lived on Clarence Avenue.

Police said the death was not linked to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury.

“There is no evidence to suggest a link to the incident in Salisbury,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

A police officer stands guard outside the home of Nikolai Glushkov in New Malden, Britain, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Counter-terrorism police were leading the investigation “because of associations that the man is believed to have had.”

Berezovsky was found dead in March 2013 with a scarf tied around his neck in the bathroom of a luxury mansion in Ascot, an affluent English town near the Queen’s Windsor Castle, west of London.

The 67-year-old tycoon had been one of Russia’s most powerful figures in the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He was known as the “godfather of the Kremlin” before fleeing to London in 2000 after a row with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Britain granted Berezovsky political asylum three years later on the grounds his life would be in danger if he went back home.

His family feared he might have been murdered by enemies in Russia, but British police and forensic experts concluded Berezovsky had committed suicide.

Glushkov had worked for Russian airline Aeroflot and at Berezovksy’s LogoVAZ car company.

Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout; editing by Stephen Addison

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World Superbike

The 12th and penultimate race weekend of the 2010 season takes the FIM Superbike World Championship teams to the renowned Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit outside Imola. Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport is keen to demonstrate the potential of the BMW S 1000 RR once again at the Italian track.

As the season enters its closing stages, Troy Corser (AUS) and Ruben Xaus (ESP) are aiming to notch up more podium finishes for the recently formed Bavarian team.

Both BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders have very special memories of Imola. Ruben and Regis Laconi (FRA) are currently the most successful Superbike riders here, having recorded three wins apiece at the track. Indeed, Ruben won the series’ first ever race at Imola back in 2001, with Troy crossing the line in second place.

In 2003 Ruben claimed his first Superbike pole position at Imola and went on to celebrate the race double that weekend. Troy, meanwhile, wrapped up his second Superbike World Championship title here in 2005.

Returning to the 2010 season, Troy’s 159 points put him 11th in the drivers’ standings, while Ruben is lying 13th on 85 points. In the manufacturers’ table BMW is in sixth place on 190 points.

Troy Corser says: “After the poor luck I had at the Nürburgring I’m looking to turn our potential into race results at Imola. Under normal circumstances we’d have secured a podium finish at least at the Nürburgring. Imola is a very different kind of race track, but I’m confident that, with our bike, we’re in the position to compete at the front of the field again. My aim is to clinch a place on the podium.”

Ruben Xaus says: “I really can’t wait for the races at Imola. The track is one I like very much and I always enjoy riding there. Indeed, I would go as far as describing it as my favourite track in Europe. There’s absolutely no time to take a breather here. It’s a circuit with a lot of character, like the Hockenheimring and, in the past, the long course at Assen. There are a lot of fast chicanes and corners, and the track is always going up and downhill.”

“We were able to set consistently fast times in both races at the Nürburgring, which makes both me and the team very optimistic. We still have to work on one or two small things which have so far prevented us from challenging the leading guys. But I know that my team will give everything so than we can make further improvements to the bike. We just have to find that extra half a second and we’ll be up there at the front. At Imola it’s important that the bike works well through the two tight corners and the chicane; if you get that right then a good result is possible. I’m really looking forward to riding there.”

Berthold Hauser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director) says: “We’re determined to finish the season with two successful race weekends at Imola and Magny-Cours. At the same time, we’re already focusing on preparing for next year. We know we have good speed, and we’ve shown that already. At the Nürburgring we were up there with the leaders until midday on Saturday. But then our fortunes took a turn for the worse, and it was partly just bad luck that stood between us and a place on the podium in our home races. Now our task is to turn our speed and performances into good points on a consistent basis. We know we’re capable of getting some top results in the last few races of the season, so we’re travelling to Imola in highly motivated mood.”

Imola History

The history of motor racing in Imola – population 66,000 – stretches back to the 1940s, when the first races here were held on public roads. The foundation stone for the first purpose-built circuit was laid in 1950, and the track hosted its inaugural races in 1952. On 7th September 1967 the first World Motorcycle Championship race took place at Imola, while the Superbike World Championship made its debut in the Emilia Romagna region in 2001. Extensive modifications were made to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in late 2006, including improvements to safety.

It is not only the surface bumps that make Imola such a challenge for motorbikes, in particular. The riders are greeted by the first of several chicanes not long after the start/finish straight, putting a premium on the bikes’ ability to brake, steer into the corners and accelerate out again as effectively as possible. Added to which, kerbstones lying in wait in almost every chicane unsettle the bikes through the twists and turns. Bike stability is therefore extremely important at Imola.


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The Winter and Summer Kings

Long ago, when men had only just begun to gather in cities, there were two kingdoms in the up in the lofty mountains unlike anything the world had seen.  One lay in a shadowed valley where many sweet things grew, and the other was perched on a high cliff.  These were the kingdoms of Winter and Summer.  They were ruled by two brothers who had bickered all their lives, using the armies of the Two Kingdoms to settle their quarrels.

One year, after a very long summer of fighting, the Two Kingdoms hunkered down to weather the snows of winter.  This year, the snows piled higher than they ever had, and many people in the Winter Kingdom died.  Even in the Summer Kingdom, where hot springs protected its people from the worst winter’s storms, many people took ill and died, though they had food in plenty.  No scouts left from either of the castles of the Two Kingdoms, for no one could travel the roads without great peril.

And so it happened that one night in the middle of winter the Summer King laid himself down to sleep.  He kicked and sweat through most of the night, and in the quiet hour before dawn he jerked upright in his bed.  “Who goes there?” he bellowed, frightful eyes darting to and fro.  “Who disturbs the sleep of the King?”

For a long time, there was no response but the sound of the wind as it rushed by outside.  But then, without warning, the great wooden shutter of his window burst inward, filling the room with wind and cold.  The Summer King clutched his heavy blankets close, but nothing came of the wind and noise.

Some days later, the Summer King went walking through his gardens.  The sun was high in the sky as he came to one of his favorite hot pools, where he saw a beautiful woman.  She wore robes all of white, and she sat gazing into the pool while she brushed her long, golden hair.

When the Summer King approached, she turned her head and met his gaze.  “I know you,” she laughed, eyes sparkling.

“I am the Summer King,” he replied, tossing his thick cape, “I am known far and wide.  Who are you, woman, and what are you doing in my gardens?”

The woman laughed at him as the sunlight danced with her hair.  “I have seen you all abed, shaking beneath your sheets.  You are not so big and brave as you wish.”

At those words, the Summer King became enraged, and pulled his sword from its scabbard.  “Quiet, wench!” he shouted, “Or I’ll have your tongue out!”

But the woman laughed all the harder, and so the king raised his sword to strike at her.  But as soon as he took one step, he was thrown back with great force as the beams of the sun blossomed into a great light.

The woman stood, and her bearing was regal and terrible to behold.  “Take care with your deeds, child of Man.” the woman said, her voice aglow with the power of command.  “You chide defenseless women for their harmless mirth, and think to raise blades against them.  All the while, your brother the Winter King lies at the door of death in his northern fortress.  Mend your ways, foolish man, or I and my sisters will take you away into great light and heat, and you will surely die.”

It was then that the Summer King saw the wonder before him, as though he had never seen before.  This was a White Woman, come to herald great woe.

The Summer King rose to one knee, bowing his head and making a sign to ward off evil intentions.  “Forgive me, my lady.”

“If your brother the Winter King should die by your deeds or your negligence, know that all his folk and all yours too shall melt like the snows melt with the dawning of spring.  You have been warned.”  The White Woman turned, and all the light in the garden dimmed as she left.  Alone with his thoughts, the Summer King hied himself to his castle, there to meet with his council and to make ready his plans.

When he reached the great hall, his champion saw that he was distraught, and said “My liege!  Show me the foe, and I will take their heads and lay them at your feet!” Thinking that the Winter King and his armies had come raiding through the storms.

His master of trade reached for his tallies, lamenting.  “Have they damaged the roadways in their descent?”

His judge, recalling his precedents, shook his bearded head.  “The Winter Peace is broken.  The people of Winter must pay!”

And the fool, who wanders from Kingdom to Kingdom at a whim to bring news and secrets, was silent because he had heard nothing of this treachery.

“Fools!” the Summer King said, his great voice booming off the walls.  “My brother lies in his bed, sick unto death from starvation.  I cannot sit by and allow him to die, though long have I cursed his every breath.”

And so the Summer King and his court gathered up many of their provisions, and piled them high on great sleds.  They hitched mighty oxen to the sleds, and set out with great haste for the Winter Kingdom.

The winds and snows vanished before them as they rode, their sleds going faster and faster with every league.  As they drove, the Summer King felt a great joy seize his heart, and as he began to laugh the sun began to shine brighter.

Soon the sleds flew over the earth like birds, and the Summer King’s laughter could be heard far and wide.  They came to the gates of the Winter Castle and smote upon the door three times.  “We bring gifts!” The Summer King cried, mirth in every word.  “We bring salvation!”

The people of the Winter Kingdom were amazed when they opened the door, for the Summer King shone like the sun, and his mead glittered like gold as it splashed upon the floor.  The Summer King went to his brother, who drank from the Summer King’s own horn, and as he did the Summer King bellowed laughter and spoke.  “It is an ill omen that kin should come to blows.  Drink, brother!  Remember the summer you have lost, and let us know peace.”

And so the Winter and Summer Kings feasted in the Winter King’s own hall in the midst of winter.  The snows returned, but they were easier to bear with the Summer King’s provisions.

And after many months, when summer reached its height, the Winter King gave charge of his kingdom to his castellan.  “I owe my brother a great debt, and you must guard this land until I return.”

And the Winter King piled his own wagons high with the work of his finest craftsmen, and with the written histories of his wisest elders, and set out for the Summer Kingdom.  There he met with his brother the Summer King, saying “The land yields great riches when kin are at peace.  Take these gifts, my brother.  Store them against the coming winter, and let us know peace.”

And since those days, the Kingdoms of Winter and Summer have lived in peace in their mountain lands.  The fates decide which kingdom shall reign with the coming of each new season, and each comes to bow before the sovereignty of the other.  Their lands know great peace, and woe betide any who should seek to disturb them.

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Creating: Writing Attitude

Own it.

Two little words.

Joanne at Whole Latte Life often talks about owning your passion. Go visit her if you haven't. If you have, go visit again. You'll have fun.

I want to talk about showing that you own the fire that burns inside. Strut your stuff.

When I was a little girl, my mother signed me up for ballet almost as soon as I could walk. Actually she enrolled me because I had such trouble walking - I was a klutz. Or to hear her tell it ... a KLUTZ! Still am, but not quite so bad. Magic happened on the dance floor, and all my klutziness went away. I even showed a little promise. I wanted to be a ballerina, but life had better plans.

I still love dance in all its forms. I even love watching Dancing with the Stars. At the beginning of each season, especially, you can spot the Stars who don't own their performances. They're hesitant. Their faces are stiff, their movements wooden. They are not having fun. The best dancers are not always the most technically perfect. The best dancers are the ones whose movement touches your heart. They own it.

We're writers. We may, from time to time, write in our jammies. With pillow hair. Not caring that dust bunnies have taken control. Just saying this is possible :)

But when we sit down to write, all of our perfectly groomed self needs to go bye-bye. We must open our writing hearts and let the contents flow through our fingers to the screen or the paper. We have to own our words, our characters, our stories. It's our job to make them touch the reader's heart. When we do that, we own it.

Saying and doing live in two different worlds. We can begin by creating a positive attitude within ourselves. And by lots of hard work. We must know every word is the best we can make it. Every character is as fully formed as we can make her. Every story is the right story for that particular character.

We must be willing to share all the feelings and emotions stored away in the nooks and crannies of our hearts and souls. The good, the bad, the ugly. The sad, the funny. The inspired and the bizarre. All of them - without scrimping. For letting the reader empathize with our characters is the movement we create to make our stories touch their hearts. No matter that if doing so scares us silly. It's what shows our readers that we do, indeed, Own It.

How do you show that you own your work?

Joanne said…
Thanks so much for the shout-out, Carol! I've found that owning our passion often has a lot to do with attitude, and confidence in our decision. It makes the craft an undeniable part of our lives, and becomes a part of who we are. I talk about my Coffee-With interviews on my post today, and part of my intent with them is to find people really living what they love, and get at the heart of the way they own it.
Lydia K said…
Man, Carol. I think you said it as I would have. It's taken me a while to strip off all the layers and just get down to the writing, pure and simple.
notesfromnadir said…
Glad to meet another person who was enrolled in ballet very early in life!

I sometimes watch DWTS & it's fun to watch the people who are having fun w/ it & those who are so uptight they make me cringe. Kendra had problems w/ that uptightedness [is that a word?] early on but she got better.

You're right, writing & all art forms have so many similarities. But w/ writing we can wear what we want! :)

Thanks for the blog recommendation.
Talei said…
Definitely, I derive a lot of the feelings and emotions from my own experience and I give them to my characters as needed. I feel like we breath life into our characters and writing that way.

Happy Monday!
Good point, Carol--so much of our writing depends on our attitude and approach to the project. Thanks for the reminder!
Colette said…
Carol, what a great post. How we approach life, work, our writing... it's all better when it's positive!
Great points here, Carol. We have to be honest even if we're writing fiction.
Talli Roland said…
Very well said. It's something I've learned over the course of writing a few novels, and you've expressed it here so well!
Jennifer Shirk said…
Saying and doing are two different things. I think as a writer if you're not "feeling" your story it shows in your writing.
Great post!
Carol Kilgore said…
Joanne - My pleasure. I've learned a lot from your posts.

Lydia - It's taken me a while, too. Some days I think I'm still stripping.

Lisa - Those were the days-LOL. I love dressing for my job :)

Talei - Exactly.

Elizabeth - I think so, too. We all need reminders about a lot of things from time to time.
Carol Kilgore said…
Colette - When we look for the positive, we find it. Likewise the other way around. I choose positive.

Elspeth - Yes. Honest feelings resonate with the reader more than a lot of other things, no matter the genre.

Talli - And it's SO hard.

Jennifer - I think so, too.
Clarissa Draper said…
What a great post! YOu're so right, the passion for writing should be like a dancer's passion for dance. I haven't watched Dancing with the Stars but I think it would bother me if they didn't express their joy. Slowly over the years I've learned to love words more and more. They are like my little babies.
J.L. Campbell said…
If I can get my story down so that it flows and my readers relate to the story in such a way that they remember the characters a while after, it means that I have a handle on things.
Holly Ruggiero said…
You're right, you can't hold back when you're writing or readers will sense it just like a dancer whose not committed to his or her dance.

I've close my eyes and "live" the moment then write it and try to capture the sensation.
I was a clumsy ballet kid, too! I agree that we can't hold back in our writing. That honesty that you mentioned is so important. I know if I can feel it, there's a better chance the reader will feel it, too.
Carol Kilgore said…
Clarissa - On DWTS, those who do show their passion more than make up for those who don't. And those who don't usually don't last too long.

J.L. - I love when that happens :)

Holly - I've closed my eyes and lived the moment, too.

Miss Good on Paper - I still have strong leg muscles. It's all about the reader.
Janet, said…
Great post. All my stories have come to me in a moment of inspiration. When I am inspired, the words flow and I get excited and fall in love with my stories.
lbdiamond said…
This is an EXCELLENT post. LOVELY!
BECKY said…
Carol, another thing we have in common....I am a huge klutz!! I bump into furniture, break my nails, get bruises, name it!! :)
And I agree, We should strut our stuff....but, you and I?....maybe we should do it VERY carefully!!
Carol Kilgore said…
Janet - I've had two short stories come fully formed. And some novel premises. But I always have to work on character and plot.

lbdiamond - Thank you.

Becky - I have a quarter-size bruise on my arm now. Not a clue.
Julie said…
What an inspiring post! And I so agree about Joanne's site, it's wonderful.

Another klutz here, I always have mystery bruises. I spent my entire childhood with skinned knees!
Glynis Jolly said…
This is one of my problems. It was instilled in me to be CORRECT when I write. Letting go is difficult for me. I really should use the voice-activated equipment for my PC but I hesitate.
LR said…
I tried to comment yesterday but it failed (my fault, slow substitute-Internet stick thing).

But this was a great post! And something I've been thinking about lately too. That I need to work a little harder with the writing. Dig a little deeper.
Medeia Sharif said…
I've stopped working on a wip if it doesn't feel real to me. I don't want to wear any masks, even if I'm writing fiction.
Carol Kilgore said…
Julie - Same here.

Glynis - I've never used a voice-activated software. I understand some are better than others.

Medeia - I hear you. Real is good.
Carol Kilgore said…
LR - Duh. I got interrupted in my responses and missed yours. Sorry. And about your not being able to post, too. FREAKY! I continue to try to dig deep. Sometimes I'm happy with the results, sometimes not. I continue to try.
Carol, I know I'm owning my writing if I cry, laugh or curse while doing it! Love this post!
I took ballet, too. But life got in the way of that dream so I turned to writing. I still admire those who can dance on point.
Jayne said…
Oh, Carol, I loved this! I'm working on that positive attitude. But boy do I need discipline! (Not to mention a little confidence.)
And I danced, too! Hmmm, just realized how much I miss it. ;)
Carol Kilgore said…
Conda - Yes, that's a pretty good indicator :)

Kathi - I still remember the excitement when I got my pointe shoes.

Jayne - I miss dance, too. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Don't stop your search :)


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Archive for February, 2015

How to speak to expectant mums – a guide for existing mothers

Following on from my previous post, I have decided to do a list of advice for mums on how to deal with pregnant women.

I’ve only been a mum for 9.5 weeks, so I claim no expertise, but I do understand where a lot of you come from. I’m not berating you, but just hoping that this post will help you to help others through their first pregnancies.  I’ll try make this as succinct as possible.

1. Listen.

Pregnancy to a first-time mum, is an incredible experience. Some may find it terrible, some may find it amazing, but most of us find it a roller-coaster of new experiences. A friend’s response to my pregnancy announcement was ‘congratulations on becoming a living science experiment,’ which is absolutely true. Every pregnancy is different and most women want to share that experience. It’s the biggest thing that’s happening in our lives at that time (if we’re lucky) and we may find it difficult to talk about anything else.

Expectant mums know that you know better, but what’s happening inside of us is huge. Let us experience that and tell you. I found it increasingly difficult to finish a sentence after announcing I was pregnant. I was constantly interrupted with unwanted advice or someone else’s pregnancy story. I remember one morning announcing that I felt like death. I wasn’t able to continue because I was interrupted with a lecture that started off with “Hah!  You think you feel bad now, wait until you’re 9 months pregnant.” I’m not exaggerating when I say that only a half hour later was I able to interrupt the tirade with ‘I feel like death…because I have a cold.’

It had nothing to do with pregnancy. Try to realise that you may know more about pregnancy and childbirth, but that sometimes, we just need to talk and you may not know what we’re about to say.

2. Wait until…

These words were incessant throughout my pregnancy. As I mentioned in the first post, you have experienced your first pregnancy, let us have ours. The tiny flutters you first feel when you start to feel your baby moving are possibly the most exciting thing that has ever happened to you. The last thing we want to hear is “wait until the kicks start, then you won’t be smiling.”

Some women experience intense round ligament pain. The appropriate response to this is not “wait until you give birth, then you’ll know what pain is like.”

Likewise for new mothers: what we feel when our little human grabs our fingers for the first time is indescribable. We don’t want to hear “Awww, wait until s/he gives you their first smile, then your heart will melt!” It’s melting now. Let us experience every second of this amazing journey, in the moment – not waiting for the next milestone to amaze us.

3. Horror stories (expectant mums please skip ahead)

Come on, guys. You know the drill – don’t bombard pregnant women with horrific child birth stories. You all know this, and yet, that’s all I seemed to hear when pregnant. We know it’ll be bad, we know we are completely unprepared, but your stories certainly won’t help us sleep at night.

I heard some doozies during pregnancy: blood on the ceiling, near-death experiences, stillbirths (Seriously? Mentioning miscarriages or stillborn babies around a pregnant women is completely unacceptable. I shouldn’t have to tell you this) and botched c-sections. I heard one positive birth story in the whole ten months.

I now understand where you’re coming from, having my own horror story. Part of healing after a trauma is talking it out of your system and birth can be extremely traumatic. Mine was and I talk about it all the time…to people who have been there before, or people who were there. I found myself retelling the story to a friend who hasn’t any children yet and I really regret this. She did ask and she was well aware it was a bad birth, but it’s still not something she should know. There are plenty of easy births that happen. On the day I gave birth, there were two women that I know well who gave birth to two healthy little boys, in under three hours. It’s not uncommon.

So, quit using pregnant women as your psychologists. Seek counselling and heal yourself properly – don’t spread the fear.

4. It’s still early

Three of the harshest words you could say to a pregnant woman. Does the fact that I’m only 7 weeks pregnant make my pregnancy null and void?

You are basically telling me that there is a high probability of me losing my child.

5. Sympathy goes a long way

As aforementioned, every pregnancy is different. Your round ligament pain could have been a light ache, whereas another women’s could land them in hospital. Don’t assume that the woman complaining about pain at 7 weeks pregnant is experiencing the same pain you experienced. Try to sympathise with her and realise that she isn’t being a hypochondriac; she, quite possibly, is in agony. I felt like I was being split in two when John started to move, as the adhesions caused by my endometriosis were literally tearing.

Morning sickness is not amusing. I remember rushing to the bathroom every hour and when  I returned with mascara running down my face and blood-red eyes, people would laugh. And yet, when someone came down with a bug and vomited once, there was endless parade of people ‘checking up’ on them. I felt isolated and as if my pain and discomfort were somehow less important than that of a non-pregnant woman.

Pregnancy doesn’t make it easier to deal with sickness, pain or discomfort.

Perhaps this wasn’t as succinct as I’d hoped. There are many other snippets of advice given to pregnant women (sleep while you can? What a joke.), but, in short, just try for a little compassion and put yourself in her shoes.

It is simultaneously the worst and most wonderful time in a woman’s life and it’s okay for her to feel that way.

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Clemson Players Were Fed Sour Patch Kids In Their Sleep And Had No Idea

02.16.17 1 year ago

On the one hand, this is great content. It’s a bus full of sleeping Clemson football players and a first-person view of someone putting Sour Patch Kids into their gaping mouths. How are you not watching that? It’s like that thing from the Jackass movies where they attach each other with hair clippers only more delicious. There’s also more drama here, as anyone could wake up at any time and rightfully commit murder.

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Your Life and Breath

This set illustrates some of the parts of the body that help humans breathe. Set contains ten identical sets of eight photomicrographs, ten instruction texts, ten student worksheets and a reproducible teacher’s guide. Elementary and middle school grades
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2. Windpipe – xs. – Stained (6x)
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4. Air Sacs of Lungs – xs. – Stained (130x)
5. Blood Vessels in Lungs – xs. – Stained (325x)
6. The Power Plant – Electron Microscope (60,000)
7. Healthy and Diseased Lungs – xs. –Stained (65x)
8. Lining of the Windpipe – xs. – Stained (175x)

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Soft Hazelnut Easter Eggs Milk Chocolate

A soft hazelnut cream filling in Belgian milk chocolate Easter egg.  Our chocolatiers are completely in the Easter mood and created a full range of Easter chocolate!

The allergens below are based on the recipe used for this product. Nevertheless, they come with the warning that nuts, dairy, gluten and soy are present in our workshop and therefore a risk of cross contamination does exist.

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