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Marmot – “Gentleman” Jim and the ARSS

“Gentleman” Jim and the ARSS

James Edward Hardwycke Gilderslieth was born on October 5th 1953.  His mother, Fiona, was part of that great Hardwycke family whose roots ran so deep in the Marmot area.  His father’s name was lost on Fiona: alas, Jim was almost without a name.  Out of the depths of the one real conversation she’s had with this fellow who travelled around the countryside selling a diarrhoea cure-all, she remembered that his favourite radio show was The Great Gilderslieth  – and that was the only surname she could recall in reference to her tiny baby, so Gilderslieth would be his name. Young Jimmy G., as he was known as a lad was told early of his doubtful lineage, and also told that ne needn’t be ashamed at all.  He was part of the Hardwycke empire and would do great things one day.  How right his mother was.

When he was nineteen, as a project for his grade thirteen Law, Ethics and History class, he registered as a candidate for Councillor of the Township of Marmot.  His girlfriend at the time (now his wife), the lovely Prunella Robeson, encouraged him, “What do you have to lose?” she asked.

After a hard-fought battle in which Jim ran uncontested, his elevation to the high title Councillor of the Town of Marmot took place in the Council Chambers in November 1972.  Within four years, Young Jimmy had become ‘Gentleman’ Jim, known for his exceptional manners and sense of chivalry.  Also within those four years, he was elected Mayor of Marmot.  His Worship ‘Gentleman’ Jim Gilderslieth was sworn in by Judge Horatio Hardwycke, his grandfather on December 5th 1976.  The whole family was there. His cousins and his aunts came in droves to see the ceremony that made Jim the town’s twenty eighth mayor.  More than twenty five years later, he is still the mayor.  In fact, on the occasion of the twenty fifth anniversary of his swearing in, the town gave him a large sterling silver plate to recognise his extraordinary service to Marmot and Marmot County.

In a life filled with remarkable days, May 16th  1975 stands out in Gentleman Jim’s memory.  It was on that day that he went to Toronto to meet with Premier William ‘Bill’ Davis.  The premier had asked Jim to the provincial capital to discuss the new issue of acid rain.  Hardwycke’s Lagoon in Marmot had been tested by the Ministry of Natural Resources and found a pH level that was off the chart.  Acid rain was an issue about which little had been done, and Davis wanted Ontario to be a world leader in the salvation of waterways and lakes.  Gilderslieth and Davis hit it off right away, and the premier appointed Jim to the newly formed Acid Rain Sensitivity Seminar of Ontario (A.R.S.S.), joining mayors from Sudbury, Kapuskasing and Thunder Bay with scientists from prominent universities across the province.  As Jim would tell it later, it was the bureaucrats that made the A.R.S.S. a real problem for him.  They didn’t want to commit to a policy, a thought, or even an idea.  They strove to maintain the status quo at all costs.

For the first time in Marmot’s history, a Deputy Mayor had to be appointed, as Gentleman Jim was going to be often on fact-finding missions and round table meetings in Toronto.  Hunding Schlussmayer, as retired funeral director was appointed by general acclaim as the deputy mayor by the Council, and he served well.  He would be deputy mayor to this day, except for the letter of resignation written by his wife which was accepted by the township with deepest regret.  He had been forced to resign because of his death earlier that same week. His elaborate funeral at Ein Feste Burg Lutheran Parish had been attended by all the local who’s who and even the Bishop of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada was there and delivered a heart-felt benediction.

For Gilderslieth’s part, by the time his deputy resigned, Jim was long off the A.R.S.S. and so he had little practical need for an aide of Hunding’s variety.  Schlussmayer’s widow, Herda, had offered to stand in for the deceased but her generous offer was rejected with gratitude for her sense of duty.  Even without Hunding, the work of the town went on.  A pet project of Jim’s was the cleaning and preservation and reclamation of Hardwycke’s Lagoon.

Sunrise on Clear Lake

 The contacts Gentleman Jim made on the A.R.S.S. served the town well in finding environmentalists willing to work on this relatively small undertaking.  The Marmot Shopper-Express had a banner headline “Gilderslieth’s ARSS Connections Useful to Town”.  Naturally, it was taken the wrong way.

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Granny I

Granny, as I call her, is of course Sara’s Granny, but I love her as if she were my own grandmother.  Here are two pictures of her that I love.  One was taken two years ago and one about two weeks ago in the last days of December 2009.  The older photo won a ribbon at Rockton Fair Photography Competition in the portraits department.

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I’m planning to share some of Granny’s stories here in the blog, too.  She grew up in Kirkcaldy on the Firth of Forth in the Kingdom of Fife, then after her marriage moved to Rhodesia, where my Mum-in-law and Uncle George were born.  The family in time moved back to Kirkcaldy and then to Canada.

Hymn for Elmvale Presbyterian Church

The Decades of our Mission

 1. We hear our praises echo with love felt round the Earth,

We are renewed, forgiven – God validates our worth!

We’re changed because we’ve been here, profoundly made anew!

We see the world with vision that God’s love filters through.

2. The decades of our mission fulfilling God’s command,

Have changed our singing spirits just as our Maker planned.

The faithful generations have taught in this great land:

“Seek first God’s holy wisdom (kingdom) and righteous, healing hand.”

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We seek to help a stranger, and walk the narrow way –

This place has shown God’s love that we live through ev’ry day!

 4. Our babies are baptised here, the young , they hear the call,

And many blesséd unions shine God’s great love for all.

As we remember loved ones whose final prayers were here,

We know that countless people found God’s compassion near.

5. God’s love is still creating, around us every day,

And Jesus calls us closer in words we sing and pray,

We feel the Spirit moving, our hearts and souls ablaze,

Where all our Alleluias sing universal praise!

 for the tune Aurelia 7676D

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This hymn was commissioned by Anne Stuttaford (my wife Sara’s Granny, whom I love very much) to honour her friend Ellen MacLean, and Elmvale Presbyterian Church’s Sesquicentennial.

Elmvale is a beautiful little town and the Presbyterian church is a wonderful red-brick structure.  Ellen has been a great friend to Granny – always so kind and she often goes over and above the call of duty.

Granny stayed with Ellen for a while in early 2009 and I talked to Granny about being commissioned to write another hymn, and she thought of this as a thank-you gift for her chum.  I thoroughly enjoyed writing it, and, using the well-known tune Aurelia, I think most congregations could sing it easily.

If you wish to use this hymn, please seek permission from me at  Everyone one in a while on this blog I’ll offer free hymns for churches to use.  Please do let me know, though, so I can keep track of their use.  If you want to see more of my hymns, check the Hope Publishing web site for their online hymnody section.

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Fur babies fill our lives with love! God put a love for dogs in my heart so big, it spills over into jewelry!

Being a pet parent, you would choose to stay home – every day – with your fur babies. Right? That’s just a given in our world. No question about it. Let’s face it, they’re your children. We love them that much!

Once a Dog Mom, Always a Dog Mom. My fur babies have wings now, but when I ABSOLUTELY had to leave them, even for a short time, I really didn’t like it. I was content to be with them 24/7. One day I made myself a bracelet with a puppy and heart charm which was a connection, if you will, to them. As a pet parent, you know how strong that connection and love is to your fur kids and you simply don’t like to be away from them. That simple bracelet I made, brought me peace and happiness by just glancing at it. I would imagine their sweet brown eyes, soft fur and loving touch of their paws. Instant Joy! I want that for you too.

I started Paw Blessings so you can feel that every day too. Lovingly and meticulously crafted by me, Julie, a fellow member of the Pet Parent Pack, that centered my world around my fur babies. I put that ultimate love into every design that only we can understand. You can be confident this is imaginative jewelry, made with the highest standards that will allow you to stand out from the crowd and shout to the world — I’m A Proud Dog Mom! Dedicated. Deserving. Full of Love. This is the jewelry you’ve always dreamed about and now it can be yours!

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At my family’s Mother’s Day celebration, I was surprised to discover that the “hot” gift of the day was a smart wristband that connects to the wearer’s smartphone, tablet, or laptop, which was used to count how many paces were necessary to work off our high-calorie luncheon.

This led me to ponder the potential for mobile banking from the wrist. A March 26 article in American Banker suggests that with the recent introduction of Google’s Android Wear operating system for smart watches, large financial institutions such as U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, and ING Direct Canada are beginning to develop banking apps to enable consumers to check their bank balances, receive alerts, and transfer funds just by tapping the face of wristwatch. Westpac New Zealand was one of the first to introduce a banking app for checking balances on a Sony Smartwatch. Other forms of wearable technology include eyewear (Google Glass), wristbands, large-faced watches, and clip-on devices. It is widely anticipated that later this year Apple will launch its “iWatch,” which is likely to be a trendy design that will serve as game changer and boost adoption of “wearable” technology.

Mobile and tablet banking is growing rapidly according to the results of Mercator Advisory Group’s latest Insight Report, Mobile and Tablet Banking: Key to Customer Retention. The report presents results of a CustomerMonitor Survey Series Banking and Channels survey conducted in November 2013 with an online panel of 3,003 U.S. adults who had at least one banking relationship.

Our survey finds that nearly half (45%) of U.S. adults use their mobile phone or tablet to communicate with their financial institution or conduct banking activities, up from 31% who did so in 2012. And nearly one-third (31%) have used mobile devices for banking transactions to transfer funds to another person’s account, deposit checks, or pay bills, an increase from just 14% who transacted via mobile in our 2012 survey.

While visiting the branch to speak with tellers is still consumers’ most preferred channel for making bank transactions, in this year’s survey for the first time more mobile banking app users indicated they prefer to use their mobile banking app than to go to a teller at the branch to make banking transactions.

With growth in mobile banking, wearable banking to make payments “hands free” by tapping a wristwatch or by a verbal command could be a reality in the not too distant future.

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Are Industrial Organizations Really Hiring Fresh Graduates with Lifelong Learning Skills?

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Pradeep Kashinath Waychal NMIMS University

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Dr Pradeep Waychal is a founder trustee and the chair of Guruji Education Foundation that provides holistic support to the education of underprivileged students and operates on funding from friends. The foundation has recently extended its work in diverse areas such research in engineering education, youth employability and teaching computer science to adolescents. Earlier, Dr Waychal has worked at Patni Computer Systems for 20 years in various positions including the head of innovations, NMIMS as the director Shirpur campus and at College of Engineering Pune (COEP) as the founder head of the innovation Center.

Dr Waychal earned his Ph D in the area of developing Innovation Competencies in Information System Organizations from IIT Bombay and M Tech in Control Engineering from IIT Delhi. He has presented keynote / invited talks in many high proﬁle international conferences and has published papers in peer-reviewed journals. He / his teams have won awards in Engineering Education, Innovation, Six Sigma, and Knowledge Management at international events. Recently, his paper won the Best Teaching Strategies Paper award at the most respected international conference in the area of engineering education - Annual conference of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). His current research interests are engineering education, software engineering, and developing innovative entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.

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Pramod Jagan Deore R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India

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Pramod Deore is Professor of Electronics and Telecommunication Department at the R. C. Patel Institute of Technology, Shirpur, India. He is also serving as a Senate Member and Member of Board of Studies in Electronics and Telecommunication at the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India.
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Jayantrao B. Patil is working as the Principal at the R. C. Patel institute of Technology, Shirpur, India and holds appointment as a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering. He is also serving as a Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Member of Senate, Member of Academic Council, and Chairman of Board of Studies in Computer Engineering & Information Technology at the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India.

Jayantrao’s research interests include Web caching, Web Prefetching, Web data mining, Biometrics, and digital watermarking. He is the author/co-author of over 10 papers in refereed journal publications and over 10 papers in conference proceedings. He is also associated with many international conferences like ICICT 2014 at Chengdu, China, ICICT 2013 at New Delhi, India, and DNCOCO 2007 at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago as a Session Chair and Program Committee Chair.

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The ongoing pace of technological changes has been enhancing criticality of lifelong learning skills of engineering students. Therefore, all the leading accreditation systems have included lifelong learning as one of the graduate attributes. The education systems require leading indicator for the attribute to better manage development of the attribute. Further, the industrial organizations need to inferentially evaluate the attribute while hiring fresh graduates.

We used an instrument to measure lifelong learning developed by John R. Kirby, et al. based on the five characteristics of lifelong learners identified by Knapper and Cropley. We chose an engineering school that has more than 600 students in the final (senior) year; out of which only forty six students were placed in a large Information technology services company. We administered a survey using the Kirby form and found statistically significant difference among students who are placed and who are not placed in questions such as, ‘I prefer to have others plan my learning’, ‘When I approach new material, I try to relate it to what I already know’, ‘I feel others are in a better position than I am to evaluate my success as a student’, ‘I often find it difficult to locate information when I need it’, ‘I prefer problems for which there is only one solution’ and ‘I feel uncomfortable under conditions of uncertainty’. The remaining eight questions did not have significant difference between the two samples.

The experiment needs to be repeated in different academic and industrial organization combinations to validate the findings.

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lisbon symposium, day 1: exploring chiado

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The 2nd International Urban Sketching Symposium began on the morning of July 21 at FBAUL in the hilly but central Chiado district of Lisbon, and after meeting lots of familiar faces and new people at the morning meet-up, and getting our bag of goodies (free sfrank ching exploring chiadoketchbooks, including a gorgeous one by new company Stillman and Birn), it was time for the first workshop. The last workshop that I took in Portland was that of Frank Ching, the famed architecture professor emeritus from the University of Washington in Seattle, and so it was that my first workshop was also led by him, alongside Lisbon Urban Sketcher Pedro Cabral (great sketcher, and a nice guy). It was a very exciting workshop to be part of; also in attendance were Eduaro Bajzek from Brazil, whose work I’ve loved for ages, Melanie Reim from New York, who is an  inspiration, and Joao Pinheiro, also from Brazil, who was the winner of the Urban Sketchers fellowship to come to Lisbon as the official symposium correspondent. Frank came around to everyone offering good solid advice, pointing out what could be improved, and same as last time you come away really remembering what he has said. Above, a yellow tram pulls itself up to the Largo Chiado, as an urban sketcher busily sketches away on the street corner.

Exploring Chiado

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Above is the famous cafe “A Brasileira” on Rua Garrett. Below, the statue of ‘O Chiado’ himself, the poet António Ribeiro. while sketching this, a very loud street shouter stood next to me and announced to the world in several languages, via the medium of a plastic glass, that he was the emperor of the world or something. We were being filmed by Portuguese TV at the time, and so perhaps he felt that it was an opportunity to spread his message of global overlordship, though I’m sure he is there every day. Well I had to sketch him. If it turns out he does rule the world, I can say I did a drawing of him when he was just a simple street shouter.

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Exploring chiado with frank Ching and Pedro cabral

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  1. Sigrid Albert says:

    hey Pete. Enjoyed meeting you after seeing your Davis drawings online. And sketching with you. I like how you hold your pen. Very unique. Definitely only one Pete Skully. I just saw the new movie “The Trip” with Steve Coogan. Almost enough to make me an anglophile, if not already. Wonderful time in Lisbon. If you ever come to Vancouver, let me know, and we can sketch together. We also have a guest room and bath to accommodate you, wife and baby. I mean it. We have guests all the time though, so we just need some notice. Cheers!

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Memes of New York

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I have always been a big fan of the late, great Dave Barry. I say late because, as of the writing of this post, he is fifteen years late responding to my fan mail. Seriously though, his writing style has been truly inspirational to me. Every word so carefully crafted, it’s as if his filter was not a six pack of Budweiser, but a chain mail of brilliance. A lot of what made his writing so ingenious was his ability to pull together the most random of objects or discussion points, find a hidden link and tie them together to a wonderfully resounding denouement.

In the hopes of following in his steps, I want to talk about the memes that have recently been littering my Facebook news feed (I am referring to the images with a clever quote overlaid ..or something like that). Where did this phenomenon originate? Who came up with this crazy thing? To find out, I decided to use some investigative journalism. [Note to the IRS: Yes, it has been a long time since I’ve done any investigative journalism, but if you take a look at my previous articles, you will see I definitely do it for business reasons.] This time, my professional journalistic nature took me to the grand city of New York.

For those of you who have not yet been to New York City, let me tell you a bit about this wonderfully stuffed berg. It houses two of the most hated baseball teams in the Major Leagues and is the only logical city for Spiderman to sling around in. Let’s be honest – imagine if Spiderman lived in Omaha, NE. All he could do would be to spin a huge net between the Woodmen Tower and the First National Bank Building. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think he’d be very effective that way unless criminals were sling shooting themselves through the air.

Back to New York. While there, I ran into the tremendously helpful Jolene Smithers. When asked about her knowledge of the funny card corporation, Someecards, she excitedly responded, “Who?” To help jog her memory, I told her I was talking about those funny cards that get passed around a lot on Facebook. Now clear on what I was asking about, she said, “Oh, I don’t do that Facebook thing. Sorry.” That confirms only 1 of the 18 million people living in New York are not familiar with these memes, proving these are obviously significant no matter where you live.

Why does this matter? It matters because these memes are so completely helpful to our daily life. Thousands of barely surviving business struggle on Facebook trying to provide relevant and informative information to their constituent base, but they’re not doing anything for the gazillion Facebookers out there; nobody cares about helpful information anymore – mindless entertainment is the way to go! I could not agree more, as I am certainly a huge fan of mindless entertainment. I must say though that I am not a fan of the letter games going around; I’ve spent all day trying to figure out how many states do not have any vowels and I’m now way behind on work.

That is why I am so fond of Dave Barry’s work; his mind is as disconnected as mine and he doesn’t use words more complicated than “potato”. I’m pretty sure if they had memes back in the 80s, he would have become a millionaire (but only if he had been the one to invent them). [Note to the IRS: I admit this does not seem like a lot of research for an entire trip to New York, but I can assure you that I have more crackpot investigations to come; such as, what would happen if the Incredible Hulk got trapped in the subway? Or, what exactly does crab juice taste like? Trust me, there is a ton more where that came from.]

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Find your own style

On request of a very good friend, i decided to write today about a more general topic, like not being afraid to show more creativity, to find your own style and to learn putting together a smarter look.
First of all, we have to open our wardrobe and find the strongest pieces starting with ones we love the most, because i’m guiding after the principle that if we wear a piece we love, we will always look pretty and special by feeling comfortable and happy.
The rest of it, the one’s we didn’t wear for ages, the mother’s shirts or skirts, old accessories, the one’s are too big or too small, standing in the way to our new look and state of mind, have to go.
Depending of our age, of our personal and professional life we can dress more casual, more elegant or out of ordinary. But there are some pieces of garment that should not miss in our wardrobe. The last days i presented the history of dress and i gave a lot of reasons to wear it as much as you can, but today i want to focus on other important items we should pay attention too.
There are many types of pants, trousers and all kind of jeans. We just have to find the one’s will make us feel beautiful, comfortable and the one’s fit us the best.
The Bell-Bottoms jeans flare out to a bell shape of our feet. This style emerged from the uniforms of the sailors and in the ’70s the bell-bottoms earned their reputation after being worn by divas Cher and Diana Ross.
You can rock them with a pair of platforms(they should be your best friend-high and super comfy), a top in muted colors and accessorized depending of occasion.
If the weather requires, you can add a elegant blazer for a chic look.

Bell Bottom Jeans Style

Bell Bottoms Jeans for Weekend Getaway

 7 For All Mankind Jeans
OASIS Embellished Collar Top
Steve Madden Xcess Wedge Sandals
Mint Front LOck Shoulder Bag by Chic+
Noir X Lamb Enamel Set Bracelets
Red Ponte Blazer Jacket
Marni Earrings

Boyfriend Jeans are with straight-legged fit relaxed around the bum and thights, and back in the days had to be stolen from man’s wardrobe to be feel supercomfy. In the ’70s the manufactures began mass-producing jeans for women and called them “the boyfriend cut”.
They look best worn faded and dressed down with flats, favorite top and a lether biker jacket for daytime and pumps, chic blouse and accessorized for a party.

Boyfriend Jeans

Boyfriend Jeans For Party

Boyfriend Jeans H&M
H&M Blouse
Vintage Double Breasted Peak Power Suit Army Coat
Nelly Shoes Yin
Authentic Vintage & Modern Chanel Handbag
Mawi Sunray Tube Necklace
Pearl Vine Earrings

Breeches or Riding Pants fit like leggings and taper down to the ankles. They look like 1980’s -style stretch pants, but made with thicker, more rugged fabrics.
The best look for riding pants is a pair of knee-high riding boots that slide over the pants, and a thick, oversized sweater or cardigan, perfect for a cold autumn day.

Breeches or Riding Pants

Breeches for a Casual Day

H&M Trousers
Amanda Riding Boot
Zara Shopper Basket
Wildfox Heart Cropped Vest Top
Knit Scarf
Silver Cable Ladder Stitch Cardigan

The Cigarette Pants sit right at the natural waistline and tapered pants fall right above the ankle.Pair it with something form-fitting up top and masculine shoes.They are perfect for a busy business day.

Business Look-Chinos

Black&White Puppytooth Skinny Smart Trousers
Black Oxford Shoes
Hermes Birkin 35 Bag Parchemin
Chiffon Simple Blouse
J.Crew Peacoat Popover
Tom Ford Islay Crossover Sunglasses
Nelly Accessories Rebecka Scarf

No matter what style you will choose, you have to be careful that it fits your body, and make you look perfect.
There is still a lot to say about other pieces that have a right to stand in your wardrobe, to help you to accomplish all your dreams and make you feel like a queen, but it has to come step by step.
Everything depends on you. Don’t be afraid to release the new you.

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By Gregor

Once upon a time, from a bedroom suspiciously close to the one that I normally sleep in, there came a series of noises that I suspected weren’t entirely devoid of something marginally more sinister than the usual sounds of my Chinese neighbours snoring, or engaging in the kind of hardcore oxygen-deprivation sex that they appear to enjoy.

Not that it’s my place in the world to judge them for that – whatever floats your boat (or bursts all the blood vessels in your eyes while heightening your sexual experience at the point of clinical climax) – I’m not in any position to draw any valid conclusion about the kind of person I live next door to.

Except for the fact that they own a small, white dog. Pure white, it is. And really, really small.

At first I thought it was some form of ambulatory cleaning equipment – a hypothesis proved incorrect when it actually deposited a series of tiny pellets of shit on my driveway, proving irrefutably that it was designed to do the precise opposite of any cleaning equipment I’ve ever seen before.

The animal in question might appear tangential to this story thus far, but follow along – the high-speed, turd-emitting fluffball plays a starring role in what happened next.

As my neighbours engaged in their usual nocturnal activities, with the gentleman’s shouts of encouragement punctuated in a weird syncopation by the guttural, bilious grunts of a woman in the throes of sexual ecstasy and severe respiratory distress reverberating through the paper-thin adjoining wall of our bedrooms, I crammed my head beneath two pillows in a vain attempt to silence the noise. But the cacophony continued for an hour or more, and I began to fear for the safety of the young lady next door.

Surely, such prolonged attempts to stop her breathing would result in severe brain damage at best – and a suspicious death that would be hard to explain at worst.

But then I heard him shout. “Poko! No!” he bellowed. “Poko!! No!! Fuck off Poko!!”.

I don’t speak Chinese, so I might have the wording slightly wrong here, but above her desperate gasping for breath, along with his near-orgasmic grunts and imploring for Poko to “Fuck Off”, I heard a tiny, tiny noise… the unmistakable sound of a small, furry dog’s razor-sharp teeth puncturing the scrotum of the man choking that poor little pup’s mistress in pursuit of a cheap sexual thrill.

As I said, my Chinese is rusty – but when I heard him shriek the words “不要咬我的睾丸“, I knew that Poko had finally turned out to be useful…

Not only had he bitten through the softest and most sensitive portion of his master’s anatomy, he had achieved what I can only describe as a miracle – the near-cessation of sound from next door.

I fell asleep to the music of gentle sobbing that night – and in the morning, when Poko was shitting in my driveway once again, I rewarded him with a gentle scritching under the chin.

He gave me that weird look that dogs give you when you bother them when they’re pooping – but I could tell from the pattern his tiny little turds made that morning that he was, in his own way, wagging his tail with happiness.


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Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis

December 9, 2008 at 11:58 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
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This is a divergence from my usual post.  I recently rewatched the Jimmy Stewart movie, Spirit of St. Louis.  Even though it got luke warm reviews when it came out, I still conisder it one of the best non-war aviation movie ever made.

The movie resonates with me for many reasons.  Being a pilot, I admired Lindbergh’s skill and appreciate the task he undertook to fly across the Atlantic when he did.  His dead reakoning skills were fantastic.  He came within 6 miles of his intented European landfall during his flight.  That is not bad if you have no modern meteorological forecasts, gps, etc.  He just had a map, erratic compass, and the stars.  He did not even have  a sexton since that took up too much weight.  Just incredible.

I was so taken by his spirit and fortitude when I studied the man, that I named my daughter, Lindy, after what he stood for and accomplished.  Sadly, his beliefs during WWII which included being a Nazi sympathizer tarnished the rest of his life.  I consider Lindbergh as two people – the younger who flew across the Atlantic and the older who was a Nazi sympathizer later in life.  The younger is an icon, while the older can be forgotten.

Below is a compilation video from the movie, Spirit of St. Louis.  The book, with the same title, being authored by Lindbergh, is wonderful and really gets into the nitty gritty of the flight and its preperation.  A great read for any level of aviation enthusiast.

If you can not view the video, please click here.

The Cleanest Tub in Sandy Springs….

December 7, 2008 at 5:55 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
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Don’t you hate when you want to take a nice warm bath after a long day of work and the tub is absolutely filthy?  Well, I am posting a video which will teach you how to clean that disgusting bath tub so you can enjoy a nice warm soak.  There are not many things in life that can beat a nice soak!  See the video below.  If you can not see it, click on the link.  Enjoy and please feel free to comment.  If you want me to help you find that home with the perfect bathroom so you can have the dreamy soak, please let me know.

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To FSBO or Not? A Tale Of A Great Sandy Springs Realtor!

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How long have you listened to all the low cost real estate companies encouraging you to sell your  home by yourself (FSBO) with the aid of their resources for only  a few bucks?  My response to those thinking about using those companies and marketing the home on  your own is the old saying, “You shell out peanuts and get monkeys”.  I have often listed many homes for owners that tried with their companies and FSBO’d their homes.  FSBOing your home has many challanges for the untrained real estate professional.  Please listen to a little audio I made about the pitfalls of selling your home without an agent and what I can do for you.  The link may take a few minutes to download so please be patient.

Also, see why and how I PILOT THE PERFECT MOVE.  Call me if I can help you withyour real estate needs.

Don’t Want to Sell Your Home – Follow This Advice!

November 25, 2008 at 12:28 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
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Today’s real estate market is a great time to buy since interst rates are fantastic and people are willing to negotiate on their homes. On the other hand, sellers need to be realistic about their properties and not get too carried away with their demands.

I figure I will give you a list of things that you can do to not sell your home. Here’s a cynical list to be followed only by those intent on not selling their house. These are situations that I have encountered during my real estate career.

10. Stage it like you are big Civil War fan and have rebel flags and Confederate memorabilia all over the place.

9. Refuse to have open houses.  I mean, hey, weekends are for watching sports games and sleeping.  Let the prospective home buyers find a time that’s not inconvenient for me.

8. Don’t let agent list home on FMLS and MLS.  Don’t tell anyone I am selling my house!

7. Refuse to have your agent put a lockbox on the property.

6. Insist on keeping your four cats each with their own litter boxes in a small two bedroom condo.  (This one smelled real nice!)

5. Don’t want a for sale sign.  Don’t want passers-by to know home is for sale.

4. Hire your cousin who is not a full time agent who travels for work to sell your home. After all, it’s more important to hire somebody you have a connection with than a real local professional who will be available for you almost all the time.

3. Insist on the buyer to pay for your commission when you are the listing agent.

2. Paint the house in a bright blue color and have it clash with all the homes on the street.

1. Overprice the home because my home is much better than anything else in the subdivision.

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Diagnosis: The Big “C”

Published October 12, 2017 by lynn k scott

My blogging isn’t up to par as I have slacked off considerably with making sure I post at least once a day.

I grew tired of primary care physicians passing the buck, their staff refusing to schedule appointments (while in severe pain) because I wasn’t ‘nice enough’, being ignored when discussing symptoms or just regurgitating a previous ailment.  I took myself to the emergency room (at an expensive cost; considering my copay).

Well, I was right!  There was something wrong; seriously wrong.  When all the testing was said and done…a mass about five inches long, blocking 80% of my colon was discovered.  Major surgery was in my immediate future.

After a scheduling fiasco with the hospital, the surgery was finally completed.  The mass sent to pathology for testing.  A week later, the report was in:  Stage 3 colon cancer.  I had managed to convince myself the mass would be benign.  I recovered so quickly from surgery.  All was well again…silly me…I knew better than that!

Let’s recap (if you don’t follow my blog)….

  • Father:  Stomach cancer – Stage 4 (passes within 3 weeks of diagnosis)
  • Mother:  Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (beats it – but passes for another reason)
  • Younger Sister:  Breast cancer – Stage 4 (passes within 9 months of diagnosis)

I now have joined the rest of my family.  There are only two of us left, out of the original five members in our immediate family.   Four out of five people in one family being diagnosed with cancer…what are the odds?  Don’t answer that!

If my faith wasn’t so strong, I’d be a complete basket case.  Have I shed a tear or two?  Of course!  You’d have to have a heart cold as ice not to have such a diagnosis elicit some type of emotion when learning you have cancer and stage 3; at that.  Truth be told, this is the calmest I’ve been about a major life event.  I know that’s God’s grace.

I know He has a plan for me.  I wish it didn’t involve this disease.  However, I have many friends and family praying for me.   I have found an amazing church that has been incredible in supporting me.  As it stands, I have a 57% chance, without any further treatment, the cancer is gone.  Treatment will increase those odds, as there isn’t a test to say I still have the cancer.

What hit me hardest?  Telling my older children, who watched their grandparents and aunt pass away, that their mom was now sick.  Then, telling my youngest, who only knew a little of what claimed her aunt, at the tender age of 37, her mom had a similar disease.

Most days I’m good.  Very tired as I am extremely anemic at this point.  Other days, I’m angry.  I’ve dealt with so much already.  I didn’t, “why me?” the issue.  It is what it is.  I am doing my best to stay positive, especially for my youngest; the only child at home.

My perspective has sharpened a bit.  I’ve jotted down some details should the worst case scenario come full circle.  Not being a stranger to cancer and what it can ultimately do, I am capable of making decisions that I don’t want to leave to family.  It’s unfair to make them have to make decisions on my behalf.

I will go through the motions.  I’ll probably be in debt trying to pay for medications, increased insurance premiums and everything else that goes with having to say, “I have cancer”.

I will not be pitied.  I will accept prayers, visits, bonding with family and friends and knowing making memories is extra special now.  I am also continuing to work on the Kathi Cares Program, which supports local cancer warriors.

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T500FC, 436th: Doomsday (Neil Marshall, 2008)

It could’ve been a good on paper to mix up the genre and feel of George Miller’s Mad Max and other films. And then you add a little bit of the zombie virus on the side to create a new world. Now, the thing is if you are going to mix a little bit of, let’s say medieval and other things on the side, might shake the supposed material that you have. Doomsday looked promising, it should’ve.

Basically, Doomsday is a supposedly one of those future films with a messed-up civilization. It happened when somewhere in Europe a supposed virus changed the lives of a lot of people and obviously there are the survivors on the other side. The story takes place when a group of survivors, led by Rhona Mitra, to find a cure in the area of the infected. With the group’s awareness of their team having a small possibility of surviving the investigation, they try to fight their way into the dark parts of the infected universe and try to bring back the supposed cure, and at least bring everything back to its proper place.

I know I still remember the Mad Max feel when I started watching a lot of films years ago. It was something new. It was kind of slow but you kept on waiting for something to pounce out of the screen. It was a feel good crazy adventure; of course you have to add Mel Gibson’s style of acting at that time. And it was supposedly fun, which this film definitely missed.

As I was plying myself watching the movie, I lost interest with certain parts of the film, and I don’t know why. Maybe, it was the homage that this film tried to present that didn’t pull through. Maybe, the film lacked its campy appeal that it tried to put itself in something that is definitely mainstream and it indeed up in dog muddle. Or maybe, it was not funny, which is always a sort of must for a so-called adventure film like this.

Well, basically, it seems that the movie lacked focus. It was like mixing chocolate candies, fruit candies, and coke in a bowl; we all know that they taste good individually. Everything didn’t jive.

The funny thing is that they also included the so-called virus probably to give good judgment of the situation. I know that Sam Raimi’s Army Of Darkness really worked. So, maybe the director and the scriptwriter weren’t aware of what they were doing hence a forgettable film released in 2008.

However, though this statement of mine is highly predictable, if you enjoy Rhona Mitra kicking the asses of the infected, then you might enjoy this. Or if you just want to waste a few hours of your time, then probably this film is still worth a watch.

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Piano Lessons

piano1It was common for most parents those days: get the children signed up for piano lessons. They signed us up and we took those #@$#@ lessons.

The first year, when I was in 1st grade, was nice. I liked my teacher, Mr. Kingsbury. He was a school teacher and our church organist and a family friend.

The second year, it went downhill from there!

We moved. Mr. Kingsbury got a promotion to Principal. My mother found a new piano teacher a block away from my new school. My brother and I would walk there after school every Wednesday. Mrs. Bossert was old and snarky. She overused her perfume and sat too close on the piano bench next to me. The most fun piece was Boogie Woogie. Yikes!

She would always criticize my finger positions, calling them “flat-fingered flugie.” Is that even a word? My brother, Mr. Perfect, would be sitting on the sofa waiting his turn. I could hear him snicker. He was her pet. Yuck.

Fortunately, Mrs. Bossert did not have recitals for her students so I was only intimidated in front of her – and Mr. Perfect, of course.

Year after year ensued and no amount of pleading would budge my mother from her mission of a lifetime of torture, er, piano lessons for me.

Well the ultimate affront came when Mrs. Bossert decided it would be divine if Mr. Perfect and I would learn duets. That’s right: sit-on-the-same-piano-bench-at-the-same-time piano duets. ARGHHHH.

That was pretty short-lived because my mother put a stop to it before there was actual bloodshed.

My brother was the rigid legalist and would do the counting, counting, counting. I, on the other hand, played with feeling! 🙂 It just did not work. He was totally accurate but I’m sure my sound was much more enjoyable to the listening ear. I just could never get my mother to admit that though.

Well, my lessons continued even after my brother was in college. (He was two years ahead of me.) After 11th grade I finally brokered a deal with my mother. If I could give up piano lessons, I’d take voice lessons. I loved to sing and was always in the church choir and school chorus so it seemed like a win-win.piano3

And she bought it!

Of course that didn’t work out so well either. The voice teacher wanted me to be a soprano when I knew I was an alto. And she wanted me to sing in German!

Today, I neither sing nor play the piano. Sigh.

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  1. Oh my goodness! I soooo identify with this! My torturous piano lessons only lasted 3 years, however. And I, too, then took voice lessons & much preferred them to the piano. I sang in every choir & chorus around for many, many years — such delight! (I was a first soprano & loved “soaring” above the G clef lines!)
    Alas, along came the kids & jobs & life-full-throttle … & there went making music out the window. Singing in the congregation was my only outlet, but it thrilled by heart to sing God’s praises!! Then at the age of 44, along came asthma. Asthma stole my ability to sing … all I could do was “make a joyful noise.” It broke my heart.
    But at the age off 66, I asked the Lord to restore my breath & enough of my voice so I could robustly sing the praises He soooo deserves! AND HE DID!! It occurred over several months. I realized it in church 3 weeks ago as we sang, “Your breath fills my lungs & I sing out praises to You….” My breath & my voice now more completely express my heart’s gratitude & praises to Him!! I thank God for this sweet restoration of expression!!!!

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Two Years

I’m Kara. I’m quite the plain Jane, so no fancy fonts from me. I’m fond of orange and I’m still waiting for my Hogwarts letter.

Forever a real Hufflepuff

My name is Steffi and I speak largely in italics. I have a fondness for purple and picking my nose. I’m in a perpetual state of wishing I was in Disneyland.

Remember when I had pink hair! /weeps

This is our Prahjeckt: In Review times two.

So, how’s the blog going?

Great! I’m perplexed at how we’re still coming up with ideas for this thing! I love doing it though – reading Kara’s post – at least – is one of the highlights of my week!

It’s awesome! I am unbelievably proud that we’ve been going strong for 2 years! Whenever I feel like I’ve run out of ideas or I may not want to keep up with it, Steffi’s Saturday post comes around and makes me all warm and fuzzy and who wants to quit after that?

What was your favorite post you did this year?

25 Things Every HP Fan Did Before Deathly Hallows Was Released. This was so fun for me to post, I got to go through a lot of old pictures, and all the HP feels.

New Vanity and What I Kept. It was very esthetically pleasing to me. I’m very proud of those pictures.

What was your favorite post the other person did?

Kara’s Bubblegum Challenge – hands down. That video has made me smile for the last 48+ hours.

From Rags to Riches: The True Story of Sir Scrump, First Knight of the Derpsgurd. (Derpsgurd was too good to correct) I love a good story post!

Any new interests?

I’m trying to pretend I really love reading. I’d still rather be crocheting, which I am doing live on twitch now! I’m very excited about our trip to Japan so I am attempting to be more cultured by watching Simon & Martina and eating delicious ramen.

I am reading more than I’ve read in a really long time (years) – which is a very wonderful thing. I’ve let my travel bug lose and I’m very excited for the next few years in travel. And I’m dipping my toes into home decor. It’s a very expensive pool. I’m obsessed with Hamilton and it’s made me a bit musical-mad. Food. This is an always obsession but Andrew and I are experimenting with new recipes and it’s really fun. Cooking with your spouse is an underrated luxury.

How will you celebrate the blogs two year anniversary?

To be perfectly honest, we managed to forget this anniversary. BUT we are going to the midnight release of HP and the Cursed Child one month from today so we’ll make sure to post a picture of us looking all googlie-eyed at each other!

With this post! And yes, we will take extra googly pictures for you at the Cursed Child book release.

Anything fun planned for this year?

JAPAN TRIP HYPE! This will be an epic vacation to an amazing place with the best of friends; once in a lifetime folks! I’ll also be selling my crochet creations at Tucson Comicon again this year and possibly at Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest.

JAPAN!! Kara, Grayson, Andrew and I are all going to Japan in October and it’s all I can think about. We’re going on our #pollensunrise and I just can’t wait! We will be in TOKYO DISNEY. ON. OUR. FRIENDVERSARY. HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG.

Goals for the new blog-year?

Okay. 1) We’re not allowed to punish each other with the Bean Boozled Challenge. It’s cruel. Bertie Botts are fine. 2) I submit that if I don’t post on Saturday (unless there’s a legitimate reason) I will be punished. 3) I want to make some videos! 4) I want to do more stuff together. I miss doing stupid surveys and I think we did less of that this year. Let’s do more together. Maybe once a month/once every two months we have a mandatory together post?

1) I want to take/post more pictures of myself. 2) I want to do more joint posts too! 3) I vow to actually punish you when punishment is due.

How many days has it been since you’ve been to Disneyland?

I count 209 days. Two-hundred anything is just crazy. I can’t believe it’s been that long. Usually Kara’s Disneyland meter freaks out at 3 months. I do admit I am missing it by now though, but it’s easier to get by this year.

We have the same one for this I think! 208. Damn. Why am I so okay with that?

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In New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards’s latest heart-pounding romantic suspense novel, a reckless former detective knows too much, and a hostage negotiator is forced to join him on the run for his life.

’Twas the night before Christmas . . . and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. Reed’s out for truth, and will stop at nothing to get it—including waging a coup among the city’s most elite, including the mayor, the council chairman, the sheriff, and the superintendent of police . . . who just happens to be hostage negotiator Caroline Wallace’s father.

Cool, calm, controlled. That’s Caroline’s reputation. But when Reed, looking even hotter than he did years ago when seventeen-year-old Caroline tried to seduce him, becomes her next case, she’s swept up by their still-sizzling tension.

Nothing about tonight is what it seems, and it’s up to Caroline to put the pieces together—if she can think fast enough over the pounding of her heart. But the harder Caroline tries to do her job, the more she begins to wonder whose side she’s really on.
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Karen Robards once again electrifes the page with hardwired passion and thrilling suspense in this heart-pounding novel.

Suspicion. It burned through every nerve and fiber of Julie Carlson—the heartbreaking, infuriating suspicion that her husband was having an affair. To the rest of the world, Sid Carlson was a wealthy contractor with friends in highly influential places. But to Julie, he was a man who had cheated on their marriage vow—and she knew she had to take desperate measures. Who can she trust? Heartbroken by her husband, Julie turns to a handsome stranger.

Mac McQuarry knew better than to mix women and work: the private detective had tracked enough cheating spouses to know unbridled desire usually has no good end. And he had enough trouble of his own: the disgraced former cop had been bumped way down to his current status after an explosive shakedown of the Charleston police department. But when Julie Carlson hires him, Mac can't resist. Not only is she drop-dead gorgeous, but her husband, a longtime enemy, was a player in Mac's inglorious downfall—and he'd love nothing more than to catch the corrupt jerk with his pants down, so to speak.

But what begins as a run-of-the-mill assignment spiced by a fiery flirtation with beautiful Julie suddenly spirals into a harrowing race for survival. Tracking the Carlsons' car down a lonely road one night, Mac witnesses an incredible hit that targeted Julie—and suddenly Mac and Julie have become the hunted. With the mob and the police in hot pursuit, they can rely only on each other as they crash their way through a maze of buried secrets and deadly deceptions.

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Finally, the popular Pokémaker app for iOS has arrived on Android; Pokémaker is the app card gamers, Magic: The Gathering (mtg) fans, and everyone else has been waiting for!

Design your own unique character cards and trade with friends across the globe through the Pokemunity. Name your Pokémon, load it up with attacks, resistance, weakness and retreat points, custom pokepower, pokebody, pokedex, and more. Invite friends to battle or download thousands of cards already on www.Pokemunity.com.

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I can’t stop going on it. I’ve always wanted to do something like this! UK

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This app is great and definitely takes up all your time! I recommend it to everyone, especially people who collect cards.. USA

Create your own virtual trading card game! This interactive platform for creating and swapping Pokémaker cards is so addictive, leaving little time in your day for much else.

Take pics from the internet, email or your photo album and design a one off character. Give your character a list of attributes, select card series, stage and type.

Create, collect and swap with friends. Show off your awesome characters to friends via the free global Pokémaker community, email them, or post them on Flickr and Facebook.

The Pokémaker app is a free download, allowing you to try it out before you purchase the unlock; it will provide you with non-stop entertainment. After unlocking, take on new card packs and expand your card collection (more packs coming soon).

Pokémaker is constantly updated! Check in regularly to find out what’s new.

Why watch fantasy cartoons and anime when you can be building and sharing your own novelty trading cards? This is a fantastic app for card traders everywhere and anywhere. Download it now and start your Pokemon domination!

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The fastest way to build online games without breaking a sweat.

Sitebox for Facebook Apps

Building and hosting Facebook Apps/Social Games with Sitebox

Making Facebook Apps can seem like a daunting task. The Facebook Platform is constantly evolving, making it complicated to get started because you have to figure out which parts are old, which are new and which are the current preferred solutions. That also makes it hard to keep an existing App working since you have to change it every time Facebook changes.

With Sitebox we want everyone to be able to get up and running quickly. We take care of all the hard parts such as authentication and hosting, so you can concentrate on making the App itself. We supply a fully featured sample game when you make a Facebook App through Sitebox, that you can study or modify as you see fit to quickly get your own App running.

When you build a Facebook App with Sitebox we will make sure the basics stay the same, so you don't have to worry about reacting to any change Facebook does. We will make sure to update the Sitebox when Facebook changes so you'll get the flexibility of having access to all features that Facebook provides now and in the future.

Most recently, Facebook is standardizing on OAuth 2.0 for authentication and a new Graph API, and naturally Sitebox fully supports both of these.

At some point you probably want to dig into the capabilities of Facebook Apps and wonder how to ask for more permissions (FB.login()), or find out which friends are using the app (FQL), or get data about users and apps (Graph API). When this happens, you should go to the Facebook Developers Site to get more information.

Creating a Facebook App with Sitebox

In order to create a Facebook App with Sitebox, you’ll have to create a Facebook App with Sitebox in the Games Control Panel and a Facebook App on Facebook that points to the Sitebox App from before.

This sounds a bit complicated, but not to worry, the process is actually very easy. Simply login to PlayerIO, go to your Control Panel, and go to the Sitebox section for one of your games.

In there you’ll find a button to create a Facebook App. Click the button, and you’ll be taken to a page where you can name your new site. This name will correspond to a folder in GameFS and cannot be changed later, so be sure you pick a name you’re willing to stick with. Once you’ve picked a name, click the create button. Your site will be created and you’ll be taken to a guide that takes you through the steps needed to properly configure your app on both PlayerIO and Facebook.

The guide ends with a test to check that everything is configured correctly.

There is also a screencast in the showcase section that starts by showing how easy it is to setup a facebook app with Sitebox.

Seedlings Sample Game

In order to get you started quickly, Sitebox will preload your new Facebook app with the example game Seedlings. Seedlings is a complete Facebook game with all the required bells and whistles (friend-invites, wall-post-bragging, facebook graph api, Facebook Javascript SDK, etc…) supplied for free by us. In addition Sitebox can serve your app over https for people that browse Facebook securely.

You can edit the files in GameFS directly and reload the app on Facebook to see live changes, or just delete the files if you’d rather start from scratch.

All the source code for Seedlings is available as part of the PlayerIO SDK, and we consider it a great starting point for building your social game.

Authentication with QuickConnect

In order to authenticate the flash file inside your Facebook App against the Backend Service, you'll need to use the QuickConnect for Facebook method facebookOAuthConnect().

For this method to work, you'll need to input exactly the same Facebook App ID and App Secret into both Sitebox and QuickConnect.

The setup guide in the Control Panel will correctly set the QuickConnect details when you first enter the Facebook details, so just follow the Setup Guide and you won't need to worry about it.

Putting flash on a page

Since Facebook apps are just regular websites running in an iframe, you can embed Flash content just like you would on any other website. Most likely you’ll want to use a library such as SWFObject to embed the flash file, since it takes care of all the various browser differences.

If you want the flash content to be able to communicate with the Backend Service and know the identity of the user browsing the app, you’ll need to pass information to the Flash file with FlashVars.

For instance, you can get a Client in ActionScript that’s authenticated as the current Facebook user by passing in the fb_access_token template variable as a FlashVar to the flash file, and then using the facebookOAuthConnect() actionscript method inside the flash file to connect to the Backend Service as that Facebook user.

Since this is such a common use-case, Sitebox templates include the {% swf %} template tag which does two things for you:

  1. It outputs the javascript and html required to use SWFobject to insert a Flash file in the page
  2. It passes all template variables into the flash file as FlashVars, so everything that’s available to the template is available inside flash.

You can read the complete documentation for the {% swf %} here.

Template Variables

Here is a list of the most important variables that are passed to Sitebox templates when using Sitebox for Facebook Apps.

Note that you can always print out all the variables passed to a template with the {% print_variables %} tag.

Flash Graph API

In order to communicate with Facebook from inside Flash, you’ll need to communicate with either the old, deprecated REST api or the new Graph API.

Some time ago, Adobe worked with Facebook to provide an offical ActionScript 3 API for the old Facebook REST api. However, it has not been updated to support the new OAuth access tokens nor the new Graph API. Furthermore, it’s really complicated and convoluted.

Instead, we recommend that you use the open-source Facebook-Graph-AS3 provided by us.

The api is a port of the new official Javascript Facebook SDK, works with OAuth access tokens, supports both the Graph and REST apis, and is way simpler than the old Adobe/Facebook API.

Facebook Graph AS3 homepage ».

Requiring Authentication

When a user initially goes to your app on Facebook, no information will be sent to the app about who is browsing the app.

In order to get this information, your app must explicitly ask for the users permission read his or her details.

With Sitebox this is simply done by including the {% require_session %} tag in any template for a page that requires information about the current user.

Any user that then reaches this page without having authenticated the app will be shown a standard Facebook dialog that asks for permission for the app to get access to user details.

You can even control which permissions are requested from the user beyond the standard "who is browsing" information, in the Control Panel for your site.

You can read more about these permissions on the Facebook page about extended permissions.

If you are using the {% extends %} tag, you can put the {% require_session %} tag in the master template, and then all templates that extends from that master will automaticlally require authentication.

Facebook authentication methods

If a Facebook user goes to your app, and has given your app access, Facebook will send additional authentication arguments to the target website with information about who is browsing the app. For instance, with iframed apps, the arguments will be added as query string arguments to the page in the iframe.

Sitebox then takes these arguments, validates them, and makes them available as template variables to the template that handles the request.

Facebook has used many different arguments, formats and authentication methods over time, but are currently settling on OAuth 2.0.

Sitebox supports all the different methods of authentication, but since OAuth 2.0 is the future of Facebook Apps, only OAuth 2.0 variables are passed to the template. This means that if one of the older authentication methods are used, the authentication variables will automatically be converted into OAuth 2.0 variables.

The main variable is called fb_access_token and contains the OAuth 2.0 access token. As an example usage, you might pass it to a flash file and use the facebookOAuthConnect() actionscript method to connect to the Backend Service with your authenticated Facebook User

Sitebox will try the authentication methods in this order, and stops when it finds valid authentication information.

  1. "signed_request" querystring

    Facebook calls this "OAuth 2.0 for Canvas". It’s currently in beta, and you’ll have to switch it on manually from their Control Panel, but it will eventually become the default choice.

  2. "fb_sig_*" querystring variables

    This is the pre-oauth method. A bunch of fb_sig_* variables were passed to the iframe with the authentication information.

  3. "session" querystring

    Includes a 'session' parameter for canvas apps, which contains an OAuth token that can be used with the Graph API. Currently you have to actively select that you want the argument in the Facebook admin panel. We recommend that you use the "signed_request" parameter instead, since it covers more cases.

  4. "fbs_[Facebook Application ID" cookie

    The Facebook Javascript SDK stores authentication information in a named cookie.

    This is the only authentication method that is not sent in a query string.


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'Resurgam' (re-ˈsu̇r-ˌgäm) is a Latin phrase that simply means "I shall rise again".

Resurgam is a branch of Pneuma Coffee that is focused on partnering with our friends at Lemonade International who work in the Limonada slum in Guatemala City. Home to 100,000 people, La Limonda is the most dangerous slum in Central America.

Our Resurgam line features direct-trade coffees from Guatemala that support not only the farmers and their families, but Lemonade International as well. A portion of every bag sold goes directly to their efforts to help the residents of La Limonada


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when you use sleep talk on a already asleep choiced scarf/specs Pokemon is it able to do another move?

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that sounds great in theory but put it into practice: the pokemon would have to be put to sleep by your opponent (the choice item would lock you into rest if you tried that), you would have to waste two turns swapping out and back in again, and when your pokemon wakes up, there goes a third turn swapping out again, not to mention loosing a move slot to sleep talk in the hope that this happens to you. You are also not guaranteed the best move for your scenario. In short, there are too many risks for the payoff in this strategy

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I tested it as well but it seems it does perform the other moves as long as it could normally perform them with sleep talk despite the choice item. Cool strat idea!

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thank you  now i can use the strategy that i wanted to do with my noivern


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The Leftovers “The Book of Kevin” Review (3×01)

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“We can’t just be going through all this for nothing, man.”

Most of these characters are probably thinking something along these lines. After all, this series is built upon faith, upon belief, upon the everlasting search for meaning in an increasingly confusing world. This is something that’s been well established over the course of the first two seasons, and it’s out in full force in the season three premiere. This episode wants to throw us back into the show’s world, but it also wants to paint a portrait of what essentially amounts to mass soul searching. We see an entire town that’s surprisingly content with the idea of an impending apocalypse, and we see people reverting to old patterns while other issues bubble to the surface. All of these are in service of something greater–or so they believe–and it’s a universal feeling that the series taps into here.

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Porkins Policy Radio episode 125 North Korea Anthrax Propaganda with Robbie Martin

Robbie Martin joins us for an in-depth look into the most recent saber rattling between the US and North Korea. We start off by talking about the general hysterical political rhetoric that we see here in the US. Robbie and I touch on the size of Trump’s nuclear button as an example. Next Robbie and I explore the strange stories that emerged just before the new year talking about North Korea’s anthrax weapon program. Robbie and I talk about the Ashai Shimbun article that kick started the bogus story, as well as the multiple reports of a North Korean defector with anthrax antibodies in his system. Robbie talks about the problems with this narrative and its similarities to the 2001 Anthrax Attacks. We also look into the science behind these claims and debunk the notion that you can even house anthrax in an ICBM. Later Robbie and I talk about the anti-war movements continued decay, and the lack of voices speaking out against the threat of war in North Korea. Robbie talks about the difficulties in defending the North Korean people. We talk about the ways in which they have become so demonized that most average people could care less if they were murdered by the US military.

In the second hour Robbie discusses his work looking into the 2001 Anthrax Attacks. We discuss how they have fallen off as a topic of discussion and research. Robbie talks about the widespread use of Cipro during this time, and the dangers of using antibiotics unless you are truly sick. We also talk about whistleblower Matt DeHart and his connection to the anthrax investigation. Later Robbie and I dive head first into the latest iteration of Pizzagate by looking into “Qanon”. We discuss what the QAnon story is, its origins, and how it is just the latest example of controlled opposition. The two of us explain why this should not be taken seriously, and look into the sad state that the MAGA movement finds themselves in.

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Show Notes:

A Very Heavy Agenda

Media Roots

North Korea said to be testing anthrax-tipped ballistic missiles

Anthrax antibodies detected in blood of North Korean defector, raising biological weapons fears

North Korea: Building Missiles Armed with Anthrax That Can Hit America?

U.S. Forces Are Training To Capture North Korea’s Weapons Of Mass Destruction

American Anthrax v1.5

Matt DeHart

Welcome To Waterbury: The City That Holds Secrets That Could Bring Down Trump

Porkins Policy Radio episode 116 Hollywood Sex Crimes with Robbie Martin and Ed Opperman

On today’s show we discuss the ongoing expose of sexual abuse and violence in Hollywood. In the first hour Robbie Martin joins me. We explore how the scandal unfolding in Hollywood is indicative of a larger problem with sexual violence all through out society. Robbie talks about the larger implications of this, and how a serious societal shift may be in the making. We then look at Hollywood itself and discuss how they will survive the mounting allegations. Later we talk about the politicization of this, and how many on the alt-right are exploiting this crisis for political points. Robbie touches on several high profile figures in the alt-right who have their own sexual assault or rape allegations against them. We look at how they fit into this, and the role they are playing in manipulating the situation. I also talk about my own experience of sexual harassment and why many people don’t come forward. Robbie finishes off by talking about Kink.com and the rape allegations against porn star James Deen.

In the second hour we continue the conversation with Ed Opperman. We talk about Corey Feldman and his most recent promise to name names. Ed and I look at some of the serious problems with Feldman including his close relationship with Michael Jackson. We also touch on the serious allegations against magician David Copperfield. Ed and I then move onto Kevin Spacey and Courtney Love and their relationships with Jeffrey Epstein. We talk about Ed’s interview with Spacey’s estranged brother Randall Fowler, and Ed’s interactions with Hank Harrison, the father of Courtney Love. Ed also touches on how these predators can be dealt with legally. Ed and I also discuss Bryan Singer, David Geffen, Digital Entertainment Network, and their connections to pedophilia in Hollywood. We end by talking about Roger Stone and the recent RussiaGate indictments.

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Show Notes:

Hollywood Breaks the Silence on Sexual Assault, Rape & Abuse

The Opperman Report – Mike Parziale : Corey Feldman Saga / Steven Snyder : Matamoros Drug Smuggling Cult

Media Roots – Erik Prince’s Afghan Mercs, interview with Pearse Redmond

I joined Robbie Martin to discuss the proposed plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan. We talk about the plan itself and the key players involved such as Erik Prince of Blackwater and Stephen Feinberg of Dyncorp.

Porkins Policy Radio ep. 45 Robbie Martin on The New Neocons

We are joined once again by our friend Robbie Martin to discuss the latest installment of his documentary series A Very Heavy Agenda.  In part two, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New Neocons, Robbie picks up where he left off by exploring the rise of a new breed of neocons.  Robbie and I discuss how deeply entrenched with in the media this new brand of neocon has become.  Going beyond the likes of Bill Kristol and think tanks, the neocons have now infiltrated organizations such as The Daily Beast, Buzzfeed, Vice, and other media outlets.   We go into great detail about the orchestrated “resignation” of Russia Today’s Liz Wahl.  We explore the idea that she was a neocon mole and break down who Jamie Kirchick and the Foreign Policy Initiative was behind this media stunt.  We also discuss the new brand of intellectual neocon’s such as Peter Pomererantsev, and how the neoconservative agenda is becoming even more influential and powerful then under the Bush administration.

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A Very Heavy Agenda

Media Roots

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Porkins Policy Radio episode 84 The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders with John Potash

Author John Potash joins me in the first hour for a discussion of his book The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders. John describes the radical political life that Tupac was born into; mother Afeni Shakur and step father Mutulu Shakur were both prominent Black Panthers. We talk about the impact that this had on Tupac and how this would ultimately shape his life and his untimely death. John talk about the political messages with in Tupac’s songs, as well as his efforts behind the scenes to broker peace between gangs such as The Bloods and Crips. These efforts along with the politicization of the gangs would contribute to the FBI and US Intelligence targeting Tupuac relentlessly. We explore the numerous assassination attempts on Tupac including the infamous Atlanta and Marin Music Festival shootings. Later we delve into the New York shooting and the trumped up sexual assault case that would land Tupac in jail. John and I also break down the influence of Death Row Records and Suge Knight on Tupac. We discuss the intelligence connections behind Death Row, including CIA cocaine money, mafia lawyers, and the deep relationship it had with the LAPD and their elite police units. We discuss how Death Row was able to orchestrate Tupac’s killing in Las Vegas at the behest of the FBI/ATF and others. We finish off by talking about the impact that Tupac’s killing had on the rap world and the activist community.

In the second hour I talk about my article in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology. I talk about the issue as a whole which deals with CIA and DOD influence in Hollywood and talk about the other writers involved. Later I rant about the growing corporate take over of America and the misuse of the term Deep State. I discuss the notion that corporations are becoming countries, and countries are become nationalist corporations. I look at this through the lens of Trumps administration and the Keystone Pipeline as a case study. I attempt to show how this is really what the Deep State is up to.

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John Potash

The FBI War on Tupac Shakur and Black Leaders

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology Vol. 76 Issue 2

Porkins Policy Radio episode 76 The CIA as Organized Crime with Douglas Valentine

My guest today is the great Douglas Valentine. Doug joins me to discuss his latest book The CIA as Organized Crime. We begin by looking at why Doug decided to write this book and the way in which it is structured. Next we delve into Doug’s relationship with the CIA and how he came to write about it’s inner-workings. Doug talks about his relationship with the agency and how he began getting access to operatives and officials while writing The Phoneix Program, including his meetings with former CIA Director William Colby. Doug also talks about how the agency attempted to co-opt him with money and a job, and their monitoring of his activities and research. Doug and I also talk about how the agency has grown and evolved from the late 1940’s to the present. We also touch on the recent anti-Russian media operations the CIA is involved with. Doug explains how this is both a distraction and a divide and conquer tactic that the CIA has perfected over the years.

In the second hour Doug explains how his research into the CIA led him to explore and write two books chronicling the narcotics trade and the War on Drugs. Doug talks about the way in which the CIA took over the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and later the DEA. We talk about how important the drug trade is to the CIA and how it is a cornerstone of the agency and its operations. I finish off by talking about several exciting upcoming episodes coming out in the next two months.

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Douglas Valentine

The CIA as Organized Crime

CIA documents on Douglas Valentine

Excerpt from The CIA as Organized Crime

Anti-Imperialist U

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Portable GIMP 2.2.11 Beta

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image editor for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter etc

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* Fixed launcher issues with directories and INI files

Homepage – Portable GIMP

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