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Friday, November 01, 2013

A religion that rots the brain

Father who started fire in attempt to stop daughter 'dishonouring family' by marrying for love is found guilty of murdering wife and three other daughters

Mohammed Riaz Inayat, 56, flew into a rage when his daughter, Kalsoom Bibi, told him she planned to move to Dubai to marry a policeman.  He said she had brought ‘dishonour on the family’ before pouring gallons of petrol over his family home and setting it alight.

On the night of April 17 Inayat killed his wife Naika and injured his three daughters in a blaze that took seconds to engulf the house.

Naika died of carbon monoxide poisoning and one of his daughters, 16-year-old Saimah, who jumped from a bedroom window, suffered 50 per cent burns.

He was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of murdering his wife and arson but was cleared of attempted murder of his three daughters.

During his trial the court heard how the father-of-six soaked seven parts of his home in petrol at about 5am as his family slept - only hours before Miss Bibi, 28, was set to fly to Dubai to marry the CID officer.

After initially telling police the fire was started by ‘a gang led by a white middle-aged woman’, he admitted one count of manslaughter.

Philip Bennett QC, prosecuting, told the court: ‘For this defendant a love marriage was not appropriate.  ‘He was traditional in his beliefs that marriage should be arranged.’

Miss Bibi, who is already divorced from a marriage arranged by her father, met her lover in 2011 but had to travel in secret to see him in Dubai.

When her family discovered the affair in December last year, they disapproved, and her father became increasingly angry and upset, the jury heard.

Miss Bibi, who works for World Duty Free, told the court: ‘He told me he would kill me and that he would poison himself if I married him.  ‘He said I would bring disgrace to the family. He was not happy with it. I understand why he wasn’t happy, it was because he had never met the man.  ‘It took him a long time to accept it, but he did in the end because he could see it was what I wanted.’

On the night of the fire Miss Bibi woke to find flames coming under her bedroom door.

While his wife, three daughters and a family friend slept upstairs, Inayat used petrol as an accelerant both upstairs and downstairs in the family home and then set it on fire, trapping his family upstairs.

Neighbours called the emergency services and they tried in vain to rescue the occupants of the house.

The three daughters and family friend jumped from the first floor bedroom windows resulting in them suffering broken bones.

When the fire service arrived they entered the house and the found the body of the defendant’s wife in one of the upstairs bedrooms. She had died as a result of smoke inhalation.

Miss Bibi suffered a broken arm and three broken vertebrae after leaping from the window of the terraced house in Tyseley, Birmingham.

Inayat, who is originally from Pakistan, told the jury he tried to kill himself on the night of the fire, using three kitchen knives.

After the verdict, Zafar Siddique, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor from West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service, said: ‘Crimes committed to supposedly defend a family’s honour will not be tolerated in our society and today’s conviction of Mohammed Inayat demonstrates that.  ‘Honour-based violence and forced marriages are ultimately about men policing the behaviour of women.

‘This can include rights as fundamental as a choice of partner, as in today’s case, and this abuse can escalate frighteningly quickly from controlling behaviour to murder.

‘Inayat committed a dreadful crime, a crime which he committed because he was unable to accept the fact that his daughter wanted to get married to someone that she loved, cared for and wanted to spend the rest of her life with.  ‘This he felt brought dishonour to him and his family, but today’s conviction has shown that the shame is his to bear.

‘The CPS will not shy away from tackling honour-based violence. It is a fundamental abuse of human rights and should not be tolerated in any civilised society.  ‘Our thoughts are today with the family and friends of Naika Inayat.’

Frightening scale of reoffending revealed: 148,000 criminals caught this year in Britain had at least FIFTEEN previous convictions

Almost 150,000 criminals convicted or cautioned last year had committed 15 or more previous offences,  figures revealed last night.  The ‘frightening’ re-offending rates mean this group alone have been responsible for  more than two million crimes between them.  And shockingly, the number of such career criminals has increased by 14 per cent in just five years.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the figures exposed the abject failure of the criminal justice system to get to grips with repeat offenders and showed the desperate need for action to tackle persistently high reoffending rates.

Mr Grayling said the public – and the Government – were ‘fed up with crooks doing their time and going straight back to crime’. The Justice Secretary has proposed radical reforms to the Probation Service aimed at reducing recidivism among hardened criminals.

Charities and private firms will be paid ‘by results’ to engage with criminals and help them turn their lives around.

But his reforms have faced fierce opposition from unions – who are planning strike action next week – and probation chiefs.

Last night Mr Grayling said: ‘People should stop and think about what these bleak figures represent – too many devastated victims, too many wasted lives and broken families, and millions in taxpayers’ money squandered.  ‘Simply put, the situation is grim and it will only get worse by sitting on our hands and doing nothing.

‘Our reforms will help us put a stop to this, for the first time making it possible for every offender coming out of prison to receive at least 12 months’ support and supervision.

‘And we will only pay for services in full where they are proven to cut reoffending, making sure public money goes further.’

The statistics also show that more than half a million offenders with at least one previous conviction or caution committed a further crime in the same period.

That includes 95 per cent of those given short jail sentences of less than 12 months.

In addition, more than 350,000 of those convicted or cautioned in the same period had served some kind of community sentence.

Justice officials said the statistics exposed the ‘frightening scale’ of reoffending.

Experts say crime is increasingly committed by a small group of hardened offenders who return to crime again and again.

Peter Cuthbertson, director of the Centre for Crime Prevention think-tank, said: ‘These are appalling figures. Thugs are going through a revolving door of probation and soft justice and then reoffending time and again.  ‘We need to do far more of what works – tough prison sentences. Locking up serious, repeat offenders cuts crime and protects the public.’

Under the new reforms Mr Grayling’s department will award contracts worth £450million to private and voluntary groups who will supervise some 225,000 low and medium-risk offenders.

The remaining rump of 31,000 high-risk offenders, including  dangerous violent and sexual  criminals, will remain under State control.

Criminals given short-term jail sentences, who currently are not supervised at all after their release from jail, will be given at least 12 months supervision and rehabilitation on release from prison.  This ‘Rehabilitation Revolution’ will, it is hoped, make a significant dent in reoffending rates.

The figures expose how reoffending remains persistently high – despite some recent falls – and  tens of thousands of criminals  continue to offend after completing community service or probation programmes.

Members of the National Association of Probation Officers (Napo) union are due to strike next Tuesday over the policy.

And yesterday the Guardian reported that the chairmen of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire probation trusts have told the Justice Secretary the plans will risk public safety.

The Ministry of Justice has said that more than 700 organisations worldwide have expressed an interest in carrying out the work, including hundreds of British firms.

In a letter to the Justice Secretary, Jane Wilson, chairman of the Leicestershire and Rutland probation trust, said the current timetable had ‘serious implications for service delivery and therefore increases the risk to public safety’.  [Increases their workload, more like it]

More Twisted Tales From the Pink Rainbow

The cases of the homosexual wrecking crew are mindnumbing in their frequency and insanity. While I have offered plenty of recent examples of this, the following story certainly does take the cake. Just how utterly mindboggling. You would almost think it has to be a joke.

But tragically it is the real deal. It comes from California, a land known for its fruits and nuts. And behind it all is Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown. He has long been known to be lost in space, but this one removes him from the galaxy altogether. Read and weep:

“The governor of California has signed into law a bill that mandates insurance companies in the state to provide coverage for infertility treatments for homosexuals. As previously reported, AB 460 was proposed this past spring by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco, whose partner died of AIDS in 1994. He asserts that some insurance companies are discriminating by denying coverage to homosexuals because they did not have ‘an opposite sex married partner in which to have one year of regular sexual relations without conception.’

“Current law requires that spouses try to conceive for one year, and may claim coverage if they remain barren after that time. ‘Reproductive medicine is for everybody’s benefit,’ Ammiano wrote in a statement following the signing of the bill this month by Governor Jerry Brown. ‘To restrict fertility coverage solely to heterosexual married couples violates California’s non-discrimination laws. I wrote this bill to correct that’.”

Wow, I am still trying to recover from that one. So let me get this straight: those who deliberately choose to engage in a sterile lifestyle are being discriminated against and thus need taxpayer-funded fertility treatment. Ol’ Jerry might as well pass a bill requiring those who have taken a vow of silence to be eligible for voice lessons.

Umm, has anyone informed these meatheads in the California government that two men can’t reproduce, just as two bowling balls can’t reproduce? Will they mandate fertility treatment for bowling balls as well to overcome “unjust discrimination”?

I am not sure which has reached rock-bottom the most: our moral freefall or our utter stupidity. Can it get any worse? Sadly yes: wait – there’s more. Check out this headline: “A couple who rake in a staggering £53k a year in benefits are demanding a bigger house from the council because they are lesbians.”

The story opens: “Civil partners Lisa and Carrie-Ann Beaney currently live in a single B&B room with their four children, and claim that they are too stressed to work because of homophobic bullying. Lisa, 30, quit her job in McDonald’s after just three months because it made her too anxious, while Carrie-Ann, 23, has never worked at all.

“And due to tough new benefit cap rules their housing payments were slashed and the pair were evicted from their £850-a-month rented home. However, their £608-a-week B&B room is paid for by the taxpayer, and makes up a £53,000-a-year benefits handout on top of income support and child benefit. The pair now want the council to give them a bigger house for their brood.”

Yeah right. Hey, I get bullied all the time: can I demand a bigger house as well? I get subjected to so much heterophobic and Christophobic bullying, that by their standards the government ought to be offering me at least a mansion – and maybe a castle in Bavaria as well. Hey, I deserve it after all.

And the sporting world is not even exempt from gross moonbeamosity. Get a load of this homo-baloney: “U.S. athletes who want to participate in the Olympics must now take a vow that they will not engage in ‘discrimination’ based on ‘sexual orientation.’ USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said the committee changed the rules last week ‘to address the legislation in Russia prohibiting advocacy of non- traditional relationships among minors,’ its anti-gay propaganda law.”

So the IOC is throwing a hissy fit over Russia, yet this same body did zippo when the Olympics were held in Beijing. China’s reprehensible human rights violations mean nothing to the IOC, but pro-sodomy activism means everything to it, it seems.

Not everyone is keen about this idiocy: “Steve McConkey, a Christian pastor who ministers to top track and field athletes, says he worries that the new USOC rules may set the stage for discrimination against those whose religious beliefs oppose homosexuality and other non-traditional sexual orientations.

“‘The policies are set-up for discrimination against gay athletes, but there could be reverse discrimination in the future,’ McConkey said in a statement, adding that it ‘is a matter of time’ before traditional morality is discriminated against by ‘the law of the land.’ McConkey said he found it disturbing that the Olympic Committee took no similar action in 2008, when the games were held in Beijing, where Christians are jailed or even executed for their beliefs.

“‘The IOC allowed the Olympic Games to be in China in 2008 while hundreds were in prison for being Christian and the country has 100 million underground Christians,’ McConkey said. ‘They did not speak up about this, but now a sin category is added to non-discrimination policies.’ McConkey summed up the difference in public reaction to the two host nations in one word: ‘Hypocrisy’.”

So what’s new? Just another example of blatant hypocrisy and double standards on the part of the homosexualist lobby and their many cronies in positions of power. We expect such nowadays. Just part of a world turned upside down by the militants and their supporters.

But keep your moonbat-o-metre handy. I will soon be back with more twisted tales from the culture wars crypt.

More Military Political Correctness

Another U.S. Army briefing and yet another incident of Christians and Tea Party members cast as a threat to America. This time, the briefing took place at Fort Hood, where, as you'll recall, an Islamic fanatic killed 13 people and an unborn child in a murderous rampage based solely on his religion. Earlier this month, we noted that soldiers at Camp Shelby in Mississippi were told that the American Family Association is an extremist group. The same thing happened at Fort Hood. And last year, Army Reserve troops were briefed about Evangelical and Catholic “religious extremism.”

In each case, the Army insisted that the soldiers responsible for the presentations did their own research on the Internet and that these were isolated incidents. Once is isolated and twice might be coincidence, but three times is a pattern. Combined with the restriction of chaplains, and the mysterious removal of “so help me God” from Cadet and Officer oaths at the Air Force academy, there is obviously a more widespread effort to undermine our tradition of faith in the military.

In what we fear is a related note, the list of senior military commanders fired by Barack Obama continues to grow, including nine more this year. Active duty senior commanders are keeping their heads down. Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely notes, “Obama will not purge a civilian or political appointee because they have bought into Obama's ideology. The White House protects their own. That's why they stalled on the investigation into Fast and Furious, Benghazi and ObamaCare. He's intentionally weakening and gutting our military, Pentagon and reducing us as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged.”

Political correctness is most pervasive in universities and colleges but I rarely report the  incidents concerned here as I have a separate blog for educational matters.

American "liberals" often deny being Leftists and say that they are very different from the Communist rulers of  other countries.  The only real difference, however, is how much power they have.  In America, their power is limited by democracy.  To see what they WOULD be like with more power, look at where they ARE already  very powerful: in America's educational system -- particularly in the universities and colleges.  They show there the same respect for free-speech and political diversity that Stalin did:  None.  So look to the colleges to see  what the whole country would be like if "liberals" had their way.  It would be a dictatorship.

For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, GREENIE WATCH,   EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, FOOD & HEALTH SKEPTIC, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and  DISSECTING LEFTISM.   My Home Pages are here or   here or   here.  Email me (John Ray) here

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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Bleaklow Blizzard

Its a while since since I've been on bleaklow, hard to believe it's almost three years. I started a walk from where the doctors gate path meets the Snake pass GR SK096928. Its approximately 2.5 miles to Bleaklow hill from here (plagiarising an earlier post).

The day had started bright, but the skies were now significantly darker. Earlier, I'd been lulled into a false sense of fine weather the conditions here sending me a reminder that I was approximately 1680feet above sea level. My route took me along the course of the old roman road towards Glossop.

There is so much history in this area. The roman fort near Glossop known as Ardotalia (Melandra) castle, the prehistoric Torside castle on Bleaklow and the bronze age burial site on shire hill (also near Glossop). The dominant tribe around 70AD was the Brigantes tribe the Romans, supported their legions by the provision of roads one of which joined with the roman road between Buxton and Sheffield. This route known by the name Doctors gate was still use in the 18th Century drains were built on either side and it was supplemented with a course of large stones. The Snake path road between Glossop and Sheffield has superseded it. To add to the excitement the haunted britain web site claims that whole spectral legions have been witnessed along here! Apparently the best time is the night of the full moon after the spring equinox. Is this a good plan for a Castle Climbing club meet?

I walked along the track for about a mile and half losing a lot of height but enjoying the surroundings with patches of snow high lighted with the darkened skies. At SK067943 I followed the dry stone wall toward the rock outcrops known as Shelf benches, walking along Wigan clough I enjoyed a mini scramble over rocks to the top of the The Pike, there were lots of hares, I counted 12 and I managed to catch a couple on camera.

From the Pike I donned my waterproofs and enjoyed the mini blizzard and the drop in visibility from the top of Yellowslacks brook the wander took me to the Hern Stones. Finding a suitable position around the boulders I stopped for a snack.

The Hern Stones are shown above, I couldn't resist a view of the Wain stones so I headed north for approximately 500m.
The route naturally took me to the site of the B29 stratofortress aircraft wreck on Higher Shelf stones, with its wreathes, crosses,memorial and history there is an air of solemnity here.

Above is a picture showing the view looking west from the trig point on Higher shelf stones. The following pictures show pictures of some of the boulders here littered with curious array of graffiti.

After visiting the waterfall (above) at SK093942 I headed roughly south across the moor to join up once again with the Doctors Gate path. This was an excellent quick route, I'd almost been tempted with the sunshine of Australia by the recent program "Poms in Paradise" but changed my mind after this walk!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

White Peak Walk

It was great to meet up with some friends of Amanda's we met for lunch in the Bulls Head at Monyash. Amongst our discussions we came up with the idea of attempting the White Peak walk. This 25 mile circular route starting from Monyash takes place annually around the 14th July. Priority is always given to the walkers who have attempted the walk in the past. Apparently it is already fully booked! Well we're not put off and I've considered doing another walk of a similar length. Maps and details for the White Peak walk are at

On a rather fine day I decided to attempt part of the walk. I didn't want to return too late so I did half of the walk. Starting the route from Monyash I walked as far Bakewell and returned to Monyash. The return route took me through some steep back streets of Bakewell and a eventually I arrived at Conksbury bridge. It was getting later and I made a rather rapid walk/run along the beautiful Lathkill dale. I'm looking forward to attempting the full circuit and may even put an entry in for next years event extra early!

Lambs in the field near Priestcliffe ditch.

The old school at the village of Brushfield.

The view south west looking along the river Wye from Monsal head viaduct.

Hassop station is a good place to stop and for bike hire too. Unfortunately I wandered too far along the old railway track. The path turns off just before this!

People having fun in the river at Lathkill dale

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Saturday, October 29, 2016

Lest We Forget

A happy combination of circumstances resulted in Louis and myself waking ridiculously early for a Saturday morning to go trail running. One of my running friends had recommended a run to the B29 Flying Fortress on Higher Shelf Stones for remembrance day. Keisha had said that she didn't really like to visit the aircraft wreck, she was thinking of the aircrew their lives as a result of the crash. Keisha's point made me think that we should participate in the rememberance run

The run was called "Lest we Forget" and set up by a group of fell runners through a community on facebook.

Lest we forget on Facebook

We met on the summit of Snake Pass at around 0730 on a foggy and drizzly morning, Louis was quite excitable about the prospect of an early morning trail run to higher shelf stones. As we would probably be the slowest members of the party I let the group know that we were OK with map reading ( well almost :-)  ). We were at the back of the group and made our way along the Pennine Way both Louis and myself enjoying splashing around in the mud and water.

 Since we were the slowest I decided to start heading upto Higher Shelf Stones from around the Hern stones. I set the bearing and we were soon bog trotting properly across the moor. As luck would have it we arrived directly at the memorial site and paid our respects. Louis had done a fabulous job of making his way across the moor with me. We were moving fairly quickly and Louis kept this up, excellent effort.

The foggy day added to the atmosphere and the single poppy in Mats phot ( above) lends itself to the solemnity and the reason why were doing this run. We all decided to make a donation to the Royal British Legion poppy appeal for rememberance day.
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Bleaklow Wander

It was good to arrive in Old Glossop on a bright and breezy morning. We parked up near the factory buildings on Shepley street. Rather head out in the obvious direction of the Doctors Gate path, Alan suggested heading up the road a liitle where there was a track heading out onto the moor.

We ended up on an excellent path taking us to the top of Cock Hill and then onto Torside castle. This mound was thought to have been the site of a wooden castle there appears to be some uncertainty though. There will lots of slippy wooden duckboards over here some sinking into the quagmire!

 We dropped down to a grouse butt overlooking Torside Clough and labelled "The Pulpit" and offering fine views.

 After dropping down slightly into Torside clough we headed in a Northerly direction towards the northern edge of Bleaklow. Walking across Shining Clough Moss  was not to difficult, we were well above wild boar clough, it was slightly easier. However we were proceeding in a more north easterly direction and were not where we expected to be.

Aiming cross country towards near Black Clough  we stopped in the shelter of a pleasant grassy clough for sandwiches. The path along near Black clough was excellent and we were soon at Bleaklow head.
 At the trig point on higher shelf stones I realised that we had missed the B29 memorial. I was surprised because a group of people enquired about it. After walking in a small circle we had retraced our steps and eventually found the memorial.
We returned to Old Glossop along the Doctors  Gate path and enjoyed a pint in the pub.

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

One thing about the prairie I must say: consistent pink and gold sunrises, enjoyed with my Former Feral in my lap. I am awaiting the arrival tomorrow of my parents direct (via Chevy Malibu) from the Mile High City to the plains. My husband says he used to fly to Denver for $40, and the parking was free at the Pwello airport, which made it cheaper than driving. Those days are gone. I'd fly my folks down but it's $180 per person for a 40-minute flight. I can make that drive with my eyes closed (not recommended) 20 minutes from downtown Denver to Castle Rock; 15 minutes from Castle Rock to Monument; 15 minutes from there to the Springs; 15 more minutes to Fountain; 30 more to Pwello. Don't forget: the rest stop outside Larkspur is permanently closed. Say hi to the folks at Pinon on your way down.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Be mindful of mixing up your relationship to God with your patriotism.

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Monday, 18 January 2016

Around Sale.

I have not been doing very much birding lately, family commitments. Managed to get up early last Saturday and went for a walk  around Guyatt Reserve and Lake Guyatt.
The Kookaburras at Guyatt Reserve were plentiful, parents and their young.The Golden Whistlers were calling and managed to get a couple of photos of a Crested Shrike Tit.
Lake Guyatt produced its normal array of species all lounging on the small mud flats, and the Mistletoe birds were busy along flooding creek.
 Butcher Bird.
 Female Mistletoe Bird.

 This Male Mistletoe Bird was very high in the tree and would not sit still. same with the one below.

 Golden Whistler.
Crested Shrike Tit.

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Want to see improvement in your art this year? Start using reference!

When I was younger I used to think that a good artist didn`t need to use reference. That a sign of becoming better at drawing was that you needed less and less reference. You`d learn how to draw all kinds of architecture, clothing, anatomy and landscapes from memory and your creativity did the rest and helped you with your ideas to bring in the variation.

Boy, was I wrong. Reference will improve your art, whether if you`re a beginner or a professional. I know that a lot of people do not use reference or have the same ideas about it as I had. In this post I will go into why gathering and drawing from reference is a good thing and give you some pointers on how to start looking for reference.

At the bottom are some great resources about using the reference you`ve found. I might do a blogpost about that later myself if I see the need for it.

Who knew fog could look this awesome? You would, if you looked at a ton of fog pictures. This was shot by myself on a winter morning.

I now know that, not only will you become better at drawing faster when using reference, but you`ll never run out of new things to draw. And unless you have a great photographic memory that can remember everything you ever drew up to the smallest detail, then you will also need reference for things you haven`t drawn in a while.

Some things, when you draw those a lot, will stick more than others, like the human skull or the shape of a cat. Sure, I can draw a face without reference and I can draw most basic things from memory, but those things will always look the same and have not much creativity in them, because I`m only drawing from one or a few limited options that are in my head.

You need to build up a visual library in your head for designing new things and coming up with good compositions or colour schemes and you do that by drawing and painting a lot from reference. And even all those things you studied at some point in the past will fade in time. At least it does in my head.

Some skull studies I did.

There are more possibilities now to find reference than ever before. Sites like Google, Flickr, Youtube and Pinterest make it very easy to see all kinds of things from all over the world. It also gives us access to a lot of art so you can see what has already been done and how other people approach certain artistic problems. Of course, we still have libraries to help immerse ourselves in a subject, we can watch movies or go to a museum. Better yet, you can grab a camera or your phone and shoot the reference yourself. Sites like DeviantART have a lot of stock photos that you can draw from as well.

You can use reference for:

  • Looking at how to draw certain things
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  • Getting to know more about a subject to make your story or drawing/illustration more plausible.

Things to look out for when using reference:

Never just copy something and claim it as something original you made.

Everything you see has copyright, even if it`s just a simple stick figure. Stock photo`s, holiday pictures, books, art, it`s all copyrighted and just copy it in a drawing you use for commercial purposes is a no go in my opinion. Some creators of stock photos will not mind if you copy it and publish it on the web, as long as you give them proper credit. Always look at the terms on sites that offer things for reference use.

If you make fan art of something, always credit the person or studio who has the copyright. If the original creator has a website, provide a link to that website.

Use more than one source of reference.

I learned to draw by watching animated movies and copying the art. Sure, Disney made use of a lot of different art styles in their movies over the years but it`s still, overall, Disney. If I had not looked further for inspiration my art would have looked very Disney-like. (or better said, even more Disney-like, haha)

I see a lot of people drawing only in anime and manga style on the web. But by using someone`s style to dictate how to draw things you are really limiting your choice in artistic possibilities and this might even get in the way of developing of your own style.

By using more sources of reference, including different photos, info in books but also by looking at how other artists draw something you`ll see the many possibilities you have in drawing one thing. It also gives you more ideas to make your art more creative and unique.

Draw from life, or at least from photographs.

On that same note, Disney and Miyazaki already use a very stylized version of reality. I think true understanding of shape, form, light and shadow, texture and all those things comes from drawing from life. By seeing things as they are without any artistic filter.

If you`ve got a real life model or objects in a still life setting you can draw, you can walk around the subject in 3D, see what the light does because you understand where that light is coming from (ever see those photos or movie stills and think: what is that light source and where is it coming from?) and won`t have the limitation of a flattened out scene, like photos tend to do.
If you don`t have that possibility, then photos work as well.

When I was in Norway I made sure to capture all interesting things I saw there that I could maybe use later. (I actually find this fun to do, plus it was all pretty and I wanted to photograph everything anyway)

Gather reference for everything you need in your painting or story.

This can make the process of reference gathering rather long. But it will save you time and will make your art more awesome in the long run. (bonus: it will make you smarter, and don`t forget it can be fun to learn new things)

This is my reference board for my Painting Drama 1 project of illustrating two scenes of Jule Verne`s book “20.000 miles under the sea” in a Scandinavian setting. It`s only two scenes but I gathered extensive reference for the setting, the characters, the lighting and the colours on this board. It gave me far more ideas than I originally had. This is a sketch version of the first illustration I did that I used for colouring in Painting Drama 2. I had never been able to come up with the design for the monster if I didn`t look at all the reference I had of scary animals.

I could tell you how I use reference, but it`s similar to how other artists use it, and there are great resources about how they go about it, I recommend you take a look at these links if you`re interested:

Great post from Claire Hummel (Shoomlah) about reference

Blogposts from Paolo Rivera about using and finding reference – part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Great video from Will Terrell about using reference and making all you`ve learned your own:

Last link is from Chris Oatley, a podcast about how to improve art before you start.

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I wanted to be a writer, a rich and famous one. My mother, though, discouraged me a long time ago so I have to scratch the rich-and-famous part. But eversince I discovered bloggoing about two years ago, something in my head keeps nagging at me to write, write, write!

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Most times, I would write then I rewrite it. And rewrite it all over again until it becomes too "dry".

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Riding tricycles down your driveway and on sidewalks around town was a lot of fun when you were a kid, but now tricycles have traded in their all plastic construction for steel frames and treaded rubber tires that can survive a trek across the South Pole.

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Erica Lafferty and Carlee Soto first remember seeing each other at the Newtown firehouse on Dec. 14, awaiting word of their relatives’ fate.

Earlier that morning, Erica’s mom, Sandy Hook school principal Dawn Hochsprung, 47, had rushed out of a meeting when she heard gunshots. As she ran toward the shooter, he gunned her down. He then burst into Vicki Soto’s first-grade class, just moments after she had herded a group of children into a closet.

Lanza shot the 27-year-old teacher, her aide, Anne Marie Murphy, and the five children Soto and Murphy tried to shield.

“Someone so close to Carlee and someone so close to me reacted in such a similar way without giving it a second thought. It makes me feel like I was meant to find her,” says 28-year-old Erica, Hochsprung’s youngest daughter.

In the months that followed, Erica and Vicki Soto’s youngest sister, Carlee, 20, bonded in their mutual grief. They have grown so close that Carlee says they are “now like sisters.”

“People forget there were six adults that were willing to do anything to stop this gunman from hurting the kids,” says Carlee. “My sister Vicki loved those kids more than anything and would do anything to protect them.”

After the massacre, the 11 students in her class who survived told police and their parents that Carlee’s sister, Vicki, was the first to be shot. “They saw her fall,” says Carlee. “She did whatever she could to save them.”

Says Erica, “From everything I know about Vicki and how she ran her classroom, she was just like my mom. No one was going to hurt her kids.”

An Unspoken Understanding

Still numb with grief, both Carlee and Erica began volunteering this summer with Mayors Against Illegal Guns and taking bus trips across the country to speak about the need for background checks before purchasing a gun.

“I could only sit around and watch horrible things happen for so long,” says Erica.

Both women remained haunted by memories of how they lost their loved ones, and their understanding of each other’s pain was at times unspoken. One day, while walking down the street on a trip to the Virginia Tech campus, Carlee heard a jackhammer and began to panic.

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“I didn’t know what a shotgun sounds like but I think of fast loud noises and I thought, ‘Is that what my sister heard when before she was killed?’ ” she says. “Erica told me to take deep breaths and assured me I would be okay. I didn’t have to explain anything.”

The support is mutual. “I can be crying or upset and she doesn’t have to ask me what’s wrong,” says Erica. “I’m the big sister Carlee needed and she’s the little sister that I’ve always wanted. I never had anybody that looks up to me like Carlee does. It’s helpful to me to be able to help her, but I don’t think she has any idea how therapeutic she is for me.”

Adds Carlee, “No way am I replacing my sister Vicki, but Erica is always there for me.”

A Principal and Her Teacher

“My mom loved Vicki,” says Erica. “She would come home with crazy, happy, bubbly stories about her. She would talk about those eyes because Vicki had these huge glowing eyes. She was trying to do the matchmaker thing.”

In turn, says Erica, “Vicki would go home and tell ridiculous stories about the crazy things my mom did, coming to school in a wedding dress as the book fairy.”

Now the two young women remember their loved ones through laughter and tears. When Erica didn’t want to be alone the night before Thanksgiving, she invited Carlee for a sleepover.

“Thanksgiving was the last holiday I had with my mom, and it was not an easy day,” says Erica. So the two spent the evening swapping memories: how Erica’s mom had hosted her last holiday meal at her new weekend home in the Adirondacks and how Carlee’s sister, Vicki, was “a Christmas diva” who insisted on picking out the perfect tree every year.

“Even if we are crying, it’s not a sad place for us to talk about them,” says Erica. “We can remember the good and we also understand the bad.”

Along with shared memories, the women have a bond they hold tight.

“With Carlee, I have a whole new family, two new sisters, a little brother, a mother and father,” says Erica of Soto’s family, which includes her older sister, Jillian, 25 and a younger brother, Matthew, 16.

“Now, they look out for me. The heartbreak of losing my mom will never go away, but my family grew on Dec. 14 because of the Sotos, and that is absolutely healing for me.”

Both the Soto and the Hochsprung families have launched college scholarship funds in memory of their loved ones. For more information, visit the Dawn Hochsprung Memorial Fund and The Official Vicki Leigh Soto Fund.

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I report today from the sunny shores of St. Thomas with the sounds of “SoCa” music still ringing in my ears. St. John’s music carnival is going on – just a 15-minute ferry ride away – and I can hear the music loud and clear. I plan to attend Tuesday night and I could not be more excited. This is my 21st year coming to the island, but it will be my first ever St. John’s Carnival. Luckily, I will not be alone on this adventure as I will be joined by a new friend who will be my tour guide for this yearly music event. Since I cannot compare the artists at the show to more popular ones quite yet, for this week’s blog I have decided to share my first encounter with SoCa music, and give a brief glimpse of the Carnival lineup. You might not have never heard of the bands I will mention, but try to keep an open mind and give them a listen after the read.

“SoCa” music – as it was explained to me by new friend and carnival guide, Amanda – is “an upbeat, very rhythmic musical style similar to calypso with hints of hip hop and reggae.” She explained that it is very difficult to compare the bands I will hear to the ones stateside, but Bob Sinclair would be the closest. After listening to a few tracks by an unknown artist on our way to meet some of her friends – pros when it comes to SoCa – I realized that the music of the Caribbean really is something totally unique. Sure I have heard similar sounds at local bars in the area, but I have never had the chance to really listen to the beats, and to hear how easy it is to get wrapped up in the groove.

Her friends tried to explain the difference between Michael Montano and SugarBand to me, but after seeing my glossed over eyes, they took to simply playing their favorite songs on the car radio… “You’ll get it mahn — have a listen.”

From what I could gather, SugarBand is more hip-hop than Michael Montano, but with fewer vocals. Destra, who I will be seeing on Tuesday night, could be considered the Beyonce of SoCa music with her great vocals and incredible stage presence. Burning Flames is a bit of a mix between hip-hop and reggae but, like Sugarband, they sing in a language I am barely able to comprehend. Destra on the other hand, combines Caribbean slang with American English in perfect harmony.

After about an hour of music, each song blended into the next and it became difficult for me to differentiate between the bands. However, I was assured that by Wednesday I would have it down — but I have my doubts.

The rest of the day was spent on a secluded beach with no access to music but it didn’t stop them from giving me the inside scoop on what to expect at the carnival. “Get ready for a night filled with loud music, Caribbean love, flashing lights and of course, the SoCa dancing: swaying back and forth in unison,” they said.  Bring it on.

Now I won’t give a SoCa inspired poll for the week but stay tuned for next week when I try to compare these artists to some popular ones we have stateside. In the meantime, here’s a poll about an artist everyone knows and loves:

Which Bob Marley album is your favorite?

“Burnin” (“Get up Stand Up”, “Rasta Man Chant”)

“Catch a Fire” (“Stir it up”, “Midnight Ravers”)

“Exodus” (“Jamming”, “Three Little Birds”)

“Uprising”  (“Could you be Loved”, “Redemption Song”)

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If you’re an air batoner like me, you’ve enjoyed conducting some mighty fine movie soundtracks. Classics such as Superman (1978 John Williams, thank you), Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Danny Elfman’s Batman (actually everything Elfman), and my personal favorite, Alan Silvestri’s Back to the Future, have been played loud and often to perfect imaginary baton movements.  The 80s and 90s provided some stellar material to blow your arm out on in the privacy of your own bedroom.

I semi-retired the baton for a while until the 2000’s hit and I found Hans Zimmer and Howard Shore. ::Sigh:: These guys are an air batoner’s dream; the gifts that kept on giving.  Not only for the quality of their music (you can have a grand old time creating  a one wo/man show contorting your way through The Riders of Rohan or A Dark Knight) but by their output. Hans had his hands in nearly 50 titles from 2000-10 alone, assisting Christopher Nolan with the rebooting of Batman (and giving Elfman a run for his money for best theme), as well as giving us the stellar Gladiator soundtrack,  The Last Samurai, Da Vinci Code, and Kung Fu Panda among others. Howard Shore could’ve called it a decade and just dropped the mic with his moving, amazing, shoulder tendonitis inducing Lord of the Rings trilogy soundtrack but he too kept on giving by cranking out two dozen titles in the early 2000’s, The Aviator and The Departed standing out among them.

You thought it couldn’t get better after The Dark Knight with Hans, but then he just blew it out of the water with the 2010’s Inception soundtrack; not just for the music itself but the thought put into creating that signature vibrating, wall shaking horn and the story behind it (  It still stings that he lost that well-deserved Oscar to Trent Reznor’s Social Network score, which, yes, is awesome, but it didn’t move me to play it on a loop on my iPod like the Inception soundtrack or even another Oscar nominee for that year, John Powell and his How to Train Your Dragon score. By the way if you download any music from that soundtrack it should be Test Drive. Such a fun, exhilarating, loud bit of music you’ll have fun accidentally hitting yourself in the face with because you got so caught up in your conducting.

This summer has offered up some goodies to get your groove on: Alan Silvestri of Back to the Future fame gave The Avengers it’s manly, large-and-in-charge theme song. James Horner (Legends of the Fall, Braveheart, Apollo 13) made The Amazing Spider-Man amazing, Hans nailed it once again with The Dark Knight Rises, and James Newton Howard (who worked with Zimmer on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) hit a double with Snow White and the Huntsman and The Bourne Legacy.

In other words I’ve got plenty of tunes to rock out on for the rest of the year. Guess I better stock up on shoulder compresses and Bengay.

What summer movie soundtrack will you be air batoning to?

The Dark Knight Rises

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Avengers

None. Bring back John Williams!

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My Winning Fast Food Toy

Guess who came to say hello to Kitty
Virgie Ramos was happy.
The president of the Gift Gate Group of Companies was happy because families turned out at the activity center at the Glorietta, Makati to celebrate “Hello Kitty! Hello Gift Gate! Day” last Sunday.
She was happy, especially because, of the people who attended, over 70 percent responded to a survey which usually they could not be bothered with. Just by looking around, one could see a lot of happy faces on the people participating in all activities.
People attended the different events and activities including Switch to Swatch, Lego-building contests, Sanrio Festival games, the Benetton Interactive disco Booth and Personal Style Consulting, Russ Christmas in September, the Kinder Zoo animal petting area and Montblanc’s fairy tale hour.
One of the highlights was the 32” Hello Kitty doll that is a life-size replica of a painting President Cory Aquino gave to her granddaughter Jia Dee. Because they were so excited with the “Dress Up Your Kitty” event, Sanrio flew in this honorary entry to the contest to encourage other contestants to really make the best dioramas they could.
Among the many celebrities in attendance were Vina Morales, Jolina Magdangal, Deither Ocampo, KC Montero, Paolo Bediones, Kris Aquino and Mikee Cojuangco.
During the”Dress Up Your Kitty” contest sneak preview, early entries impressed judges Ana Buenaventura, China Cojuangco, Girlie Rodis, March Ventosa and Inno Sotto who chose five winning dioramas: “Queen of the Flowers of Kitty’s Fairyland” by Joy Yanong, “Hello Kitty as Catwoman" by Percival R. Lugue, “Señorita Kitty” by Ma. Teresa Buenaobra, “Debut Kitty” by Ana Villaroman and “Millennium Bride” by Analyn Sarmiento. Winners received Php 10,000 worth of gift certificates, and automatic entry into the “Dress Up Your Kitty” finals on Oct. 15.
Prizes up to Php 100,000 await the grand prize winner on that day, also at the Glorietta. Any kind of Hello Kitty or Dear Daniel doll can be used for the various dioramas, and since electricity will be provided for the entries, contestants can light up their entries with whatever electronic gimmickry their imaginations and creativity can come up with. Entries in particular categories are limited to 2x2 ft. However, entries for the grand prize are not limited in size. All entries must be brought to Club Fun, 3/F Glorietta 2 from Oct. 1-10. Fifty thousand pesos await all winners in each of the 10 categories. All category entries are also eligible for the grand prize. All winners will be features in the upcoming Hello Kitty memories book.
The finals of the “Dress Up Your Kitty Contest” will be part of the activities at “Hello Kitty! Hello Gift Gate! Glam Jam” at the Glorietta on Oct. 15, another day-long party of style, trends and glamour where visitors are invited to show up in their party wear.

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Friday, 24 March 2017

Chatham island black robin

A Chatham Island black robin bird which is a really small songbird that sings. But most of all this bird is 10 Cm height, this little black bird was found on the Chatham islands they lived at Rangatira (south east) island. This bird loves to eat insect in deep layers of litters found of flat areas in the forest.

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Who likes wetas

Bug descriptions

Walt: Using different vocab.
Task description: This is about learning insects. So we had to chose
four insects like a ladybug, mosquitoes, dung beetle's, and last but not least
bumblebee. I picked a bumblebee because these are hard working little
bumblebee's that is why i chose this one and we had to watch videos of
them and had to write what they always do that we had to write a long
sentence which was only supposed to be 5 - 3 but i did?

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

My Creative insect Selatapedia

Walt: Make connections across multiple texts.
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This bug is called selatapedia it is a good bug that goes and lives in the forest. It eats some leaves on trees that are only green, but especially this bug selatapedia can stick on green leaves and when it comes to rotten leaf's they will fall easily and hit. Sometimes it can’t see where it’s going, sometimes it digs holes in the trees which will be really deep to make a home for it. It doesn't really like dark but love's light.

Task Description: Room 7 literacy are learning about everything from bugs and the fun thing we did was we created our own fun insect bug mine had a really funny looking bug and had a interesting name called selatapedia. It was only the colors blue and yellow it looked of course like a spider but really spiders have 4 pairs of legs on each side except for three like a bug and of course a spider is not a insect.

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Year 5 & 6 camp.

Walt: write about our experiences on camp.

Have you ever been on a cold windy camp before? Year 5 & 6 went to camp and had heaps of activities to do at summer. I was so excited that we were going to camp on Wednesday 8th of march.

The year 5 & 6 are going to camp starting on Wednesday till friday. When we got to camp we saw tents which is only 2-4 kids only in the tent, and we had started camp at Pt England School there were helpers and teachers to. It also has a activity rotation which are get lost, kayaking, basketball, rollerblades, and loads more fun things but the one that i was waiting for that i didn’t get to do was bike track i was wanting to go on but never mind any ways there were heaps of things to do.

My favorite part about camp was kayaking. When we first started kayaking it was raining really hard and the wind hit us and we got goose bumps everywhere and we all had to run to Pt England beach. Just when we got there at Pt England beach we had to go by the sand where Mr Burt was so we all ran to the sand and had to sit down and get squashed up so we don’t lose each other.
So then our team had to walk all the way to the water where the kayaks were dragged and while we were walking there was heaps of sharp shells and crabs that dig in the sand to hide themselves but i kept standing on sharp shells. Just when we got there we went on a kayak with 2 or 3 but i went with my friend Naomi so we jumped in and paddled but some of us got stuck and all of us were struggling to go away from the shallow place. But when we paddle we have to go around the green pole but i didn’t go around the pole couple of times.

Thank you helper teachers families and also leaders for helping us team at dancing and making a funny dance for us. But also helpers thanks for helping us and looking out for us if we need help. Of course the teachers were really helpful and taking our teams to the right places were supposed to go.

At camp where it is at Pt England School i learnt tons of things at camp. I learned how to do things that i didn’t know or done before in a short time. Because there is prizegiving for year 5 & 6’s, there was a lot of kids at the hall and heaps of parents and some from Pt England School cheering for every team. This was a amazing camp this year at Pt England School i wouldn't done this without you all.

Task description: What we did at Pt England School was go to camp on Wednesday 8th march and we had a activities rotation there were loads of fun things to do i really like kayaking on camp for the first day but not when it was cold and raining but it was loads of fun anyways. But although there was a problem that we didn't go on the bike track on the last day and i thought that i was going to go on the bike track but we didn't get to and i felt sad.


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I am fortunate enough to have my dream job of staying at home with my two beautiful daughters. I've been happily married for 6 years and counting! I am a lover of all things french, all things pink, and anything that sparkles. Serioulsy, my husband calls me a crow. I love baking, crafting and throwing big parties, especially if they have a theme. Right now, I'm in love Pinterest. My Hero is Heather from Sprinkle Bakes and my mom.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Hard Cider Caramel Pretzel Bites

I really can't take any credit for this recipe.

It all goes to my blogger hero, Heather of SprinkleBakes.
She originally did the Ale and Pretzels Caramels.
I just sent off an email to see if it would work with apple cider.

Apparently it does.

To make these beauties you will need:

A cookie sheet, lined with tin foil, and greased
1 bag of large pretzel rods
2 bottles of hard apple cider (I used Growers brand)
 And SprinkleBakes Recipe which can be found here.

Just substitute the ale for the cider and the 9x13 pan for the cookie sheet.
Everything else is the same.

And super delicious!!

I ended up rolling the caramel around the pretzel rods.
I found it easier to wrap and eat.

Pinch that caramel!!

and added my own text.
Then ran some plain paper bags from the Dollarama through the printer!

Also I gained 5lbs in the process.
Consider yourself warned.

I'm always amazed that the more 'famous' bloggers still make time for us small frys.
I really appreciate that even though they are writing books and answering tons of questions from their some 3000+ followers,  they still are just awesome to talk to and don't make you feel silly for asking questions.
Thanks to all my blogging heroes:)

SprinkleBakes said...

Ali, your caramels look perfect! The original recipe with ale is very mild as well. The bag with the graphic is just perfect! Such a nice touch. I love pretty presentation.

You are too sweet, girl! Baking hero!?

The Alexanders said...

SOOO yummy! Thanks for sharing, they are on my must make list!

Heath said...

Your dad is hoarding these!! Love your pictures ( and your famous commentor!) FUN!


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- Nike motivational poster

November 2017

- 30 minutes of some form of exercise 5 days a week
- Core strength & conditioning
- Rowing, cycling, paddling, kettelbells
- Slow movement hikes
- Natural movement workouts
- Olympic Lifts (adjust loads as needed)
- Sand bag training
- Play different sports
- Sprint workouts

November Workouts

Days This Month: 30
Some form of exercise: 0 of 0 days
Exercise hours: 0.0
Hiking/Climbing miles: 0.0
Paddling miles: 0.0
Cycling miles: 0.0

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling/MTB - Rancheria Creek Trail/Half A Canoe Trail

Time: 01:04:35
Miles: 6.8

Location: PFC Gym
Workout: Something to get started
Workout with light weights to work on form
Warm Up
3X 20 @ 44# tow handed Kettlebell swing

3 Rounds Of @ 50# Sandbag
3X Get-up (each R/L)
6X Dead Clean & Pesss
6X dead Clean squat
3X Clean & Lunge (each R/L)

3X 5 @ 65#
3X 5 @ 85#

Dead Clean
3X 5 @ 90#

Time 00:50:00

Location: Lava Beds National Monument

Jan. 12 -14
Workout: General - Climb, Hike and Crawl
I spent a few days crawling around in lava tubes, climbing cinder cones and hiking trails.

Monday - Jan. 12
-Took the direct route to the rim of Gillem's Bluff out of Gillem's Camp. Hiked south along the rim and picked up the trail for the hike back down.
-Hiked out to the Thomas Wright Battlefield and over to Black Crater on the return.
Count as 04:00:00 work

Tuesday - Jan. 13
- Climbed through several of the lava tubes and caves. from Valentine to the south, up to Merrill Ice Cave and Skull Cave.
- Climb to the lookout on Schonchin Butte
Count as 05:00:00 work

Wednesday - Jan 14
- I hiked out to caress the summits of The Three Sisters in the wilderness area, but they would show me no love. A thick fog moved in which prevented me from making the 1/2 mile cross country hike through Sage and Bunchgrass covered lava flows and collapsed lava tubes. When I got far enough away that it was to far to go back and try again, the fog moved off, revealing the saucy siblings.
Time: 02:45:00
Approx. Miles: 7

Total Time: 11:45:00

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling / Road Bike - Asti Out & Back
From home @ 85% output

Time: 00:32:29
Miles: 8.9

Location: Point Reyes National Seashore

Friday - Jan. 9
Workout: Endurance >90
Hiking - Tomales Point Trail
Out & back on a great trail. I spent a lot of time off the trail checking things out and taking pictures.

Time: 05:20:00 (count as 4 hours work)
Miles: 9.5

Sunrise and fog at the Pierce Point Ranch Traihead

Leaving the fog at the trailhead

Early morning Elk encounter

Sunrise on a rockpile with the Pacific in the background

Looking back at the distant Point Reyes

Sparring Elk

Breakers and rocks @ Tomales Point

Bull Elk above Tomales bay

More Elk

Looking down on McClures Beach - off trail on the bluff

Pierce Point Ranch from the road above

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Location: Cloverdale Backroads

Workout: Endurance <90
Cycling / Road Bike - Preston Loop
@ 75% output. It was COLD!

Time: 00:41:00
Miles: 7.0

Saturday, January 03, 2009

Location: Lake Sonoma

Workout: Trail Hike
Boat Launch Trail Loop
Easy hike to to get going again.
Time: 01:19:00
Bald Eagle

Skaggs Springs Arm

Boat Launch Lot & Bridge

Friday, January 02, 2009

December Hours: 0.0
November Hours: 1.75
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The logs listed on this site are workouts I have put together for myself. They are not meant as examples to teach others, but only as a way for me to track my own progression.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

WANTED: Identity of Suspect Sought in Attempt Armed Robbery of CITGO in Upper Marlboro

The Prince George’s County Police Department is working to identify the suspect shown in the above surveillance photograph. On February 12th, 2012, at approximately 7:29 p.m., the suspect attempted to committ an armed robbery at the CITGO Gas Station, located at 7538 Crain Highway SW in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Anyone with information that may assist in this investigation is asked to call CRIME SOLVERS at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477) or CID-Robbery Unit at 301-772-4905 as soon as possible. Please refer to case number 12-043-2153. Whenever information is given to the Prince George’s County Crime Solvers Line, you do not have to leave your name. A CASH REWARD OF UP TO $1000.00 is being offered for the tip that leads to the arrest and indictment of the suspect(s) responsible for this robbery.

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American Idol Runners-up

American Idol Season 11 has finally come to the end. It was a season full of shocking moments and drama as many favorites were ousted from the competition. The final two were Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez. Many were dismayed with the results as power belter Jessica did not get the title. But as many says, the title does not guarantee great success in the music world. So how many runners-up in the competition are now respected singers? Here is a run-down of the runners-up in the eleven seasons of American Idol.

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For Primary Dysbetalipoproteinemia (Type III hyperlipidemia) that does not respond adequately to diet.

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Clofibrate is an antilipidemic agent similar to gemfibrozil. It acts to lower elevated serum lipids by reducing the very low-density lipoprotein fraction (Sf 20-400) rich in triglycerides. Serum cholesterol may be decreased, particularly in those patients whose cholesterol elevation is due to the presence of IDL as a result of Type III hyperlipoproteinemia. Several investigators have observed in their studies that clofibrate may produce a decrease in cholesterol linoleate but an increase in palmitoleate and oleate, the latter being considered atherogenic in experimental animals. The significance of this finding is unknown at this time. Reduction of triglycerides in some patients treated with clofibrate or certain of its chemically and clinically similar analogs may be associated with an increase in LDL cholesterol. Increase in LDL cholesterol has been observed in patients whose cholesterol is initially normal. Animal studies suggest that clofibrate interrupts cholesterol biosynthesis prior to mevalonate formation.

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Gnosis: Language of the Self

~Frithjof Schuon

There are various ways of expressing or defining the difference between gnosis and love—or between jnâna and bhakti—but here we wish to consider only one criterion, and it is this: for the “volitive” or “affective” man (the bhakta) God is “He” and the ego is “I”, whereas for the “gnostic” or “intellective” man (the jnânin) God is “I”—or “Self”—and the ego is “he” or “the other”. And one sees immediately why it is the first and not the second perspective that determines all religious dogmatism: it is because the majority of men start out with certitude about the ego and not the Absolute; most are individualists and are therefore but little suited to make a “concrete abstraction” of their empirical “I”, which is an intellectual and not a moral problem: in other words few have the gift of impersonal contemplativity—for it is of this we are speaking—that allows us to “let God think” within us.

The nature of pure intellection will be better understood if one takes account of this fact: the Intellect, which is One, appears in three fundamental aspects—at least to the extent we are situated in “separative illusion”, which is the case for every creature as such: first, the divine Intellect, which is Light and pure Act; second, the cosmic Intellect, which is receptacle or mirror in relation to God and light in relation to man; and third, the human Intellect, which is mirror in relation to both of the foregoing and light in relation to the individual soul; one must therefore be careful to distinguish within the Intellect—the divine Intellect excepted—an “uncreated” aspect, which is essential, and a “created” aspect, which is “accidental” or rather “contingent”. This synthetic view of things “results”, one might say, from the principle of non-alterity: that which is not “other” in any respect is “identical” under the relationship here being considered, so much so that intelligence as such—whether that of a man conforming to the truth or that of a plant causing it irresistibly to turn toward the light—“is” the intelligence of God; intelligence is “human” or “vegetal” only in relation to its specific limitations, and similar considerations apply to every positive quality, hence to all the virtues, which are always those of God, not of course in their diminishing accidentality, but in their content or essence.

These considerations allow us to see that the great Gospel virtues— charity, humility, poverty, childlikeness—have their final end in the “Self ”: they represent so many negations of that ontological tumescence which is the ego, negations that are not individualistic and thereby contradictory, but intellective, that is, taking their point of departure within the Self as such in conformity with the profound nature of things. In a similar way, if a sage cannot be satisfied in a definitive way with any created bliss—“the (created) Paradise is a prison for the Sufi”—this is not because of any pretension or ingratitude, far from it, but because the Intellect tends toward its Source or because the Self in us “wishes to be delivered”. If Christ “is God”, this is because the Intellect—“come down from Heaven”—“is the Self ”; and in this sense every religion is “Christian”: on the one hand each postulates the uncreated Intellect—or the Logos, the “uncreated Word” of God, which amounts to the same thing in regard to the “radiance” of the Intellect—and on the other hand it postulates the earthly manifestation of this Word and the deliverance brought about through it; every complete tradition postulates in the final analysis the “extinction” of the ego for the sake of the divine “I”, an extinction for which the sacred Law provides an elementary framework, though the Law must remain “dualistic” in its common letter owing to the needs of the majority and consequently for reasons of social psychology. “Inwardly” every religion is the doctrine of the unique Self and its earthly manifestation, as well as the way leading to the abolition of the false self or the way of the mysterious reintegration of our “personality” in the celestial Prototype; “outwardly” the religions are “mythologies” or, more precisely, symbolisms designed for different human receptacles and displaying by their limitations, not a contradiction in divinis, but on the contrary a mercy. A doctrine or way is exoteric insofar as it is obliged to take account of individualism—the fruit not so much of passion itself as of the influence of passion on thought—and to veil the equation Intellect- Self under a mythological or moral “imagery”, whether there is an element of historicity or not; and a doctrine is esoteric insofar as it communicates the very essence of our universal position, our situation between nothingness and Infinity. Esoterism looks to the nature of things and not merely to our human eschatology; it does not view the Universe starting from man, but “starting from God”.

The exoteric mentality, with its unilateral logic and a “rationalism” that is somewhat “passional”, scarcely conceives that there are questions to which the answer is at once “yes” and “no”; it is always afraid of falling into “dualism”, “pantheism”, “quietism”, or something of the kind. In metaphysics as in psychology it is sometimes necessary to resort to ambiguous answers; for example, to the question: the world, “is it” God? we reply: “no”, if by the “world” is understood ontological manifestation as such, that is, in its connection with existential or demiurgic separativity; “yes”, if by the “world” is understood manifestation insofar as it is causally or substantially divine, there being nothing outside of God; in the first case God is exclusive and transcendent Principle, and in the second, total Reality or universal and inclusive Substance. God alone “is”; the world is a limited “divine aspect”, for it cannot—on pain of absurdity—be a nothingness on its own level. To affirm on the one hand that the world has no “divine quality” and on the other that it is real apart from God and that it never ceases to be so amounts to admitting two Divinities, two Realities, two Absolutes.

What is “incarnation” for Christianity is “revelation” or “descent” for the other two monotheistic religions. The truth that only divine manifestation “is the Self ”, to the exclusion of every human counterfeit, becomes exoterically: only a particular divine manifestation—to the exclusion of all others—is the Self. It could also be said on the level of the microcosm that the Intellect alone, and no other human faculty, is the Self—not reason nor imagination nor memory nor feeling nor the faculties of sensory perception—even though, in connection with existential structures, everything reflects or “is” the Self in some way or another. This exclusive value of “incarnation”, besides its spiritual significance, clearly possesses a historically literal meaning as well, which is legitimate when one considers the particular human cosmos where this divine manifestation has taken place, this being in the case of Christ the world of the Roman Empire and in a larger sense the world of those whom the particular grace of Christ “has chosen”, whatever their country of origin; but the literalist interpretation becomes unacceptable whenever an attempt is made to add some fact or other, even a sacred fact, to metaphysical truth, as if the latter were incomplete without it—whereas all possible facts are already included in this truth—and as if metaphysical truth were subject to time. Let us take another example: the Koranic affirmation that “God alone is God” means that there is no Self but the Self, but exoterically it implies that God could not manifest Himself as such “outside Himself ”, which amounts to denying the phenomenon of “incarnation”; but in every case of this kind esoterism “restores” the total truth on the plane of principles. All things considered the difference between Christian and Muslim gnosis is essentially this: whereas Christian gnosis projects the mystery of the God-Man, and thereby the mystery of the Trinity, into the soul of the gnostic, as is shown for example by certain Eckhartian texts, Sufism for its part sees “unification” (tawhîd) or the “unity of Existence”—or rather of “universal Reality”, wahdat al-Wujûd, sometimes translated as the “Supreme Identity”—as rising from the very nature of the divine Unity.

The exoteric distinction between “true religion” and “false religions” is replaced for the gnostic by the distinction between gnosis and beliefs or between essence and forms.10 The sapiential perspective alone is an esoterism in the absolute sense; in other words it alone is necessarily and integrally esoteric because it alone reaches beyond all relativities.

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A New Translation with Selected Letters


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Monday, December 5, 2011

Social Pressure

Sharma says:
At this moment I am sitting in a session on obesity in ethnic populations listening to talks on why, for e.g., the very concept of weight loss goes against many traditional cultures and indeed, losing weight or being skinny is neither socially desirable nor a sign of good health.
Emotional, social pressure is not just in "ethnic" population. I was raised in such an environment, but of course that was a "ethnic" home. What home is not "ethnic"?

It was likely less hassle for my parent to overfeed me, than anything else. It was all about get through life, getting through this summer, getting through winter, more than living in the present. Weight control was not an issue of interest to them. That was life. Today the Canadian government does not support low carb life style in there food guide, nor does Sharma. How can I believe they are serious about having a healthy population?

Does the belief system of my youth, that I am attempting to revisit, and root out all the non-rational beliefs, effect or control my attitude to weight management? So perhaps I still retain some wrong beliefs that are causing me problem in today's society. More reason to abandon anything that is not based on logic. Ban all religion from my life. Christmas be gone. It is one more pagan/religious occasion where the compulsive over feeders and competitive cookers of the world shine. I will just have steak, thank you.

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Friday, August 31, 2012

the call

in the riverbed
i bend to wash my hands
as water-worked stones

in the forest
i scratch my face against the ghost of moss
constricted upon the poplar's coarse bark

as the morning lifts
i breathe
readying my bloody heart

oh, my dirty dirty soul
oh, my one tooth in time
- living

somewhere there exists a quiet and empty room
it calls me back through the slag of my matrixed marrow

yes, it says, one day, yes
perhaps today, perhaps tomorrow

Thursday, August 23, 2012

emerging from the dream of longing

to become

for a moment

one word, bird

and then to return to the dream

Monday, August 20, 2012

investigation of the self, x: the yellow flower

the yellow flower leans toward its reflection
if i can only see myself, it says, perhaps i can know myself
and the world around me

but where does the real yellow flower exist?

where the real world?

Monday, August 13, 2012

the one

i take one photograph
i only ever take one photograph
it doesn't matter where i point my camera
i take only one photograph of this journey
i take only one photograph of myself, of what lies behind me, beyond me
i only ever take one photograph

this is much the same as
i only ever say one word
there is only one word
(there are, however, many letters)

we all speak the same language if we stop long enough to listen

Saturday, August 11, 2012

autobiographical landscape

Morning again.  Wind.  Shadows
of clouds trench and fill the fallow ground.

A difficult light staggers across the stubble.

Crows drag their saws toward the trees.
Everybody knows they exaggerate their torments.

If you begin with, "I remember..."
you must translate "the foot's worn threshold,
an hour is the doorway..."

Reader whom I will never see again,
the sun throws its hooks into the frost,

and wind is dialogue - the light comes and goes,

comes and goes.

poem by: james owens

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

existence, part viii (form as root?)

we are just spirits trying to be here

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

investigation of the self, ix: intimacy of self, turning toward sleep

we do not know what it is, can not know what it is, to be beyond our particular bodies.  (as i write this i know the error of this statement, for i have gone beyond this particular body, but it is a rare occurrence, so short in duration and impossible to hold.)

this, and to be defined by our senses through the shield of these particular bodies, and as chase twichell says in her poem, horse,

i've never seen a soul detached from its gender, but i'd like to.  i'd like to see my own that way, free of its female tethers.  maybe it would be like riding a horse.  the rider's the human one, but everyone looks at the horse.

to be subject to this accidental state of gender which is the fodder on which (through which) we experience all life, there exists the great divisiveness of i, self, and of gender too.

but unhooked, unguarded in the moment of turning toward sleep, relenting our hold on life and allowing life's gentle touch upon us, regardless of gender we are all one thing, human.  we are alive, vulnerable and temporary.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

the summer when (?)

what of time?
the photo taken years ago, the limbs since lengthened
and yet the water never dries.


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35 photos from Orlando Pride’s 3-0 win against Washington Spirit

Marta, Camila, and Alex Morgan all reached the back of the net to give the Pride a 3-0 victory in yesterday's match with the Washington Spirit. This marks the first time Orlando has beaten Washington.

August 8, 2017

Photos by Jeremy Reper