Shout out to Kelow, Dame, Losz and FHF. Ya'll up next!

los que no me conocen me preguntan por qué no quiero volver a tener una pareja al menos por un par de años. los pocos que realmente me conocen, cruzan los dedos.

Radiohead y el lobo a la puerta.

A Wolf at the Door

Walking like giant cranes
and with my X-ray eyes I strip you naked
in a tight little world and are you on the list?
Stepford wives who are we to complaint?
Investments and dealers.
Investments and dealers
Cold wives and mistresses.
Cold wives and Sunday papers
city boys in First Class
don't know we're born now
Someone else is gonna come and clean it up
Born and raised for the job
Someone always does
I wish you'd get up go over
get up go over
and turn this tape off

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Un lobo en la puerta

Caminando como grullas gigantes
y con mis ojos de rayos X te desnudo
en un mundito apretado y tú, estás en la lista?
Esposas perfectas, quiénes somos para quejarnos?
Inversionistas y corredores.
Inversionistas y corredores
Esposas y amantes frías.
Esposas frías y diarios del domingo
chicos de la ciudad en Primera Clase
ahora ni saben que existimos
Alguien más va a venir a limpiarlo todo
Nacido y criado para el trabajo
No faltará quién
Desearía que te levantaras y fueras allá
te levantaras y fueras allá
y apagaras esta cinta

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Il est maintenant 9h., elle se retourne sans cesse comme si elle ne trouvait pas sa place. Les contractions sont visibles, tout son ventre se tend puis se relâche.......

9h40' le premier chiot est né, c'est un mâle.

9h45' déjà le deuxième, c'est une femelle.

10h15' le troisième est un mâle.

Visiblement ce n'est pas fini, son ventre est encore trop gros. Je me demande combien elle en aura ! 

Elle s'occupe magnifiquement de ses petits, les lèche et les guide vers son ventre, ils têtent immédiatement. Leurs yeux sont fermés, leur poil déjà bien blanc. Pas un instant Louve n'est inactive, elle les lèche les uns après les autres.

Cette fois l'attente est plus longue..........10h50' et toujours rien.

11h10', toujours rien, les petits têtent, Louve a fermé les yeux et se repose....... . Il y a quelques minutes je lui avais présenté un bol d'eau, elle a bu avec avidité.

12h30' enfin , je n'y croyais plus : le quatrième est né, c'est une femelle.

Louve reste gentiment couchée, les quatre petits têtent.

13h14' encore un mâle.

13h26' une femelle.

Elle me fait ça bien dans l'ordre, mâle et femelle alternativement ! Mais c'est juste un jour trop tard pour la fête des pères, pauvre Bodo  ;-))

14h02' en voilà un septième ! C'est un mâle.

Je pense qu'elle a terminé, sept c'est déjà une belle famille. Elle s'est levée pour boire et j'en ai profité pour la mettre au jardin. Elle s'est soulagée et est rentrée illico presto !

14h48' et de huit, une femelle comme il se doit. Elle a vraiment décidé de faire autant de mâles que de femelles, bravo Louve.

Maintenant c'est fini et bien fini. Voila le travail, regardez comme elle est heureuse avec toute sa marmaille....

N'oubliez pas de regarder de temps en temps, j'ajouterai des photos comme cela vous pourrez les voir grandir en même temps que moi.

à bientôt..........

Kampen mot Brann var bra den, bare synd den endte med tap.

My trip to Paris was AWESOME!! Anita happened to be a wonderful host, and a great tour guide! we got to see almost all there is to see in Paris in one day, plus Le Louvre for free! You can check out the pictures here and here.

After Paris, Anita came to visit for five days and we had a blast!! it was hard for me as I was working, and I felt that leaving her alone in the city wasn't very good hosting. But I didn't have a choice :( On Thursday, May 1st it was a holiday, so Anita, I, and another friend of mine (also called Anyta) went to the city of Valencia for the day. I had never visited the city and I have to say it is GREAT!! however, it is very crowded, even the buildings are too close from each other. The Gulliver park was the BEST! Pictures coming in the near (i hope) future!

A week after Anita left, I emailed Clemson University to get an update on my assistantship application. They told me that all the assistantships had been given to PhD candidates, and they weren't expecting any other assistantship to open up. It certainly was a disappointment but God has shown himself faithful, and gave me grace to go on, and peace knowing this was not his plan for me at this point. This was an answer to my prayer!! As an extra, he has given me joy in pursuing the other options that Ben and I still have to be together!! I was not expecting that :) GOD IS GREAT!!!

Sooooo, now I am preparing to go to the US with VIF, an agency that hires international teachers to work in the US public schools. VIF works with the states of California, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, SOUTH CAROLINA, Georgia, and Florida. After reading my resume (CV for Spaniards) they asked me if I wanted to return to Greenville, and I said and emphatic YES!! So they told me they'll try to place me as close as possible. They require ridiculous amounts of paperwork and preparation, but I am working diligently to finish it all soon. And this is my next request to the Almighty God: my former principal, JF Lucas, has told me that he might have an opening to teach Physical Science next school year!! So there is the chance I might return to the same school! It depends on what VIF says I am certified to teach and the intimidating process of getting a J1 visa... but God knows what is best for me, and He will show me at the right time.

I think that's it for now... till next post!

La hierarchie celeste-texte de Denis Areopagyte

la-hierarchie-celeste

]]> http://trineamalie.wordpress.com/?p=145 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:44:03 +0000 trineamalie http://trineamalie.wordpress.com/?p=145 Idag har jeg faktisk tatt rene vårvasken, rydda rommet, støvsugd, vaska og ommøblert. Kanskje ikke den lureste måten å ommøblere det på, for rommet ble for lite igrunn, men det ble jo sånn. Herlich. Så også VIF-RBK idag, fyfaen for en spennende kamp, men deilig at enga fikk et mål i første omgang, men satan så dårlig RBK spilte ;p Men det endte uavgjort, kunne blitt bedre, men det er da bra nok. Ellers har jeg ikke så mye mer å skrive om, sitter å drikker opp den siste ølen nå, må nesten det før mamma kommer hjem, haha. Skulle egentlig til molde imorgen, men jeg har faktisk blitt skolelys og vil ikke ha mer fravær på skolen, det er meg liksom, whattafakk har skjedd? Men det er bra da. Hiih.  godnatt, øhm..

If everything works out, I'll be studying towards an M.D. in Secondary Education with a concentration on Natural Sciences. I am SO EXCITED!!

these last 10 days from the time i completed my application package--which in itself was a pain--until now have been a bunch of juggling with options, what ifs, what if nots, daydreaming, and a bunch of other activities that lead to an state of uncertainty about the future that was not healthy for my mind. Well, I am exaggerating... Actually, this being the THIRD time I attempt to return to the US in 2 years I think I finally learned to keep the cool besides what was going on. However, I still do not have the winning hand with me...

To be able to go finance going to Clemson, I need an assistantship. Because I applied to the School of Education, and because I applied for a Master's instead of a Ph.D. the program coordinator already gave me a heads up that there aren't many positions available. I do not know what kind of assistantships they offer but at this point I would take ANYTHING!! Even teaching SPANISH!! For those of you that know me well... I do not like teaching languages--the grammar, structure, and everything else involved makes me cringe! BUT to be able to go to Clemson I would accept ANY position available. I am scared they may offer a lab section, which is HUGE, but I would shape up and commit to be ready to fulfill my responsibilities. And if they offer a grading assistantship... it will be great to work in that too. What ever they offer (IF they do) i'll take it. I have God on my side to help me!!

BTW, on March 29th I went to Madrid for 24hrs to go to an interview with VIF (Visiting International Faculty). VIF is a private recruiting company that hires teachers from all over the world to work in the US. This interview was the final step to get accepted in their program and the immediate step before them looking for a teaching position for me. Well, at the beginning of the week I got an email from my VIF advisor that the interview had been successful and that I was in the program!! However, they still need some information and paperwork to be able to look for a job and a visa. I am excited that this went well, however VIF is my plan B--it has many strings attached and does not precisely fit on Ben's and my plans for our lives ;) First of all, placement near your desired area is not assured--I could end anywhere on the East Coast, although most of the school districts they wok with are in NC. Still that is not close enough to Clemson. Ben and I have been on a distance relationship for too long, and we both agree we need proximity. Second, the visa they apply for is an exchange J-1 visa, and it has a requirement that once your visa ends, you need to return to your country for TWO years... I'd rather leave returning to Spain an option, not a requirement. The good thing about VIF is that they have partnerships with universities that would lower the tuition costs to VIF teachers, and in 3 years I could teach and get a master's degree... And I'd make a lot more money than in Clemson!

Soooo now I am praying and waiting that Clemson would decide I am worth one of their assistantships and offer one. Otherwise... I'll improvise something ;) Please pray with me that God would show me HIS way and that I learn to accept and understand whatever may come.

Good night everybody!!

Jeg leser på Nettavisen at politiets beredskapstropp er stilt til disposisjon foran hatoppgjøret mellom LSK og VIF. Det er i så fall en tragisk utvikling vi er vitne til, men det er viktig at alle som ønsker fotballen det beste, tar avstand fra vold i fotballens navn. 

Jeg håper virkelig at ryktene er feil og at de som kommer til Åråsen søndag kan få med seg en god fotballkamp uten bråk av noe slag.

Måtte det beste laget vinne!

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Start with a six-story brick warehouse on the edge of New York's Soho District. Wind up with an 11-story "smart loft" building, topped with a four-story glass and steel penthouse. That's the tale of the 497GW Renovation (or Greenwich Street) Project, one of many case studies presented in Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition .

Beginning with architect Winka Dubbeldam, everyone connected with this project, located at Manhattan's lower west end, is justifiably proud. There are a ton of great photos of the Greenwich Street Project on the website of the client, TakeOne LLC, exploring all its aspects. Archi-Techtonics offers a lovely animation by Alex Pincus.

The main, and unarguably most spectacular, feature is a glass curtain wall reminiscent of a waterfall, which seems to float right off the structure. From inside, the blue-tinted glass cascade offers spectacular views of the Hudson River.

Digital analysis of the façade's structure led to the decision to actually bend the glass panels to minimize forces and to create completely transparent seams. The result was that the glass was folded in Barcelona, Spain, the aluminum mullions custom-extruded in Hong Kong to match the façade's angles, and all was assembled in Brooklyn. Installation was then a matter of suspending the glass panels off the steel structure on-site.

For the way it folds around and partially engulfs the old brick façade, the resulting exterior has been called a "parabuilding". The rippling glass flood certainly seizes the eye and captures the attention, guaranteeing that the structure will not stop looking startlingly new for years to come.

The building's interior was completely gutted, and then filled with 23 residential "smart lofts." An army of electronic devices takes care of the residents when they are home, and automatically tends to everything when they're not. Each loft is open-plan and has a full bathroom. The building also contains a fitness center and other amenities, while the ground floor and basement have been refitted to welcome an art gallery and other retail establishments. Every part was designed with attention not only to energy efficiency, but to good acoustics as well.

All the custom-designed innovations were made possible by the newest building information modeling technology.

The (electronic) communication was simply through digitally transmitted three-dimensional computer drawings between Barcelona, Hong Kong, and Brooklyn. The two-dimensional drawings were no longer made by the architect, but rather by the manufacturers, thus minimizing mistakes, and facilitating a fast manufacturing process. The installation was no longer based on verify in field (VIF), but rather on verify in computer (VIC). Site installation moved away from a site-oriented construction method to a construction method based on the digital data of abstract computer drawings.

It looks as if the human/machine partnership is here to stay. In fact, Wiley also offers a separate volume that covers the topic exhaustively: BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors.

The next question is, do these buildings turn out to be as livable as the software says they will?

SOURCE: Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition
Photo courtesy of Phil Ritz, used according to its Creative Commons License

en el momento que la escuché por primera vez, intentaba recuperarme del estrés post-traumático que me dejó como regalo una relación violenta que ya llevaba un tiempo sepultada, pero cuyas secuelas me asaltaron por demasiado tiempo. necesité terapia y mucho apoyo, y gracias a personas como el que me regaló esta canción logré retomar la vida más menos donde la dejé (gracias, Negroperro).

como habrán notado, es un cover de la setentera canción que hizo mundialmente famosa a Gloria Gaynor. en mi humilde opinión, la versión de Cake es muy superior en cuanto a lo que logra transmitir. siempre he sentido que la música es mucho más que una lucida ejecución, y aquí los riffs simples y sentidos, la voz rasposa y la trompeta trasnochada dejan muy claro mi punto.

abajo están la letra y mi traducción. enjoy.

I will survive

At first I was afraid
I was petrified
I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
Just thinking how you'd done me wrong
And I grew strong I learned how to get along
So now you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here
With that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my fucking lock
I would have made you leave your key
If I'd have known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me

Oh now go,
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with desire
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
As long as I know how to love I know I'll be alive
I've got all my live to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive
I will survive
Yeah, yeah

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Sobreviviré

Al principio tenía miedo
Estaba petrificada
Seguía pensando que nunca podría vivir sin ti a mi lado
Pero entonces pasé tantas noches
Pensando en todo el mal que me habías hecho
Y me hice fuerte
Aprendí a arreglármelas
Así que ahora volviste del espacio exterior
Entro y te encuentro aquí
Con esa mirada triste en tu cara
Debería haber cambiado mi puta cerradura
Tendría que haberte hecho dejar tu llave
Si hubiera sabido por un segundo
Que volverías para molestarme

Oh ahora vete,
Sal por la puerta
Date la vuelta ahora
Ya no eres bienvenido
No eras tú el que trataba de doblegarme con el deseo?
Pensaste que me derrumbaría?
Pensaste que me iba a echar a morir?
Oh no, yo no
Yo sobreviviré
Mientras sepa cómo amar sabré que estoy viva
Tengo toda mi vida para vivir
Tengo todo mi amor para dar
Sobreviviré
Yo sobreviviré
Yeah, yeah

Il y a plusieurs panneaux comme celui-ci, indiquant la présence de véhicules lents sur l'autoroute, entre ce point, sur la route 131, juste avant la séparation des voies de l'A-31, et la sortie 2, au nord de l'A-40.

Ce panneau lance un message évident; des tracteurs de ferme ont droit de passage sur l'autoroute!

Malgré que celui-ci soit quelque peu abîmé, il indique une vitesse, comment dire, un peu particulière pour une autoroute.

Au passage de la sortie 2, on se débarasse enfin des tracteurs de ferme.

Plus au nord, près de l'échangeur de la route 158, la nouvelle sortie qui mènera au parc industriel du chemin Lasalle, à Joliette, quand elle sera terminée, quelque part en 2008.

Dernièrement, la ministre des transports, Julie Boulet, indiquait que la limite minimale de 60 km/h devait être rehaussée, question d'augmenter la sécurité sur les autoroutes à accès limité. J'avais même écrit un billet sur ce sujet. Par contre, je ne sais pas ce qu'elle fera pour cette situation bien particulière. Idéalement, l'échangeur A-31/A-40 devrait être complètement reconfiguré, celui-ci datant de l'époque des anciens postes de péage. Une telle reconfiguration permettrait de construire un viaduc distinct pour permettre aux tracteurs de ferme d'éviter les autoroutes. Sauf que rien n'est prévu pour l'instant concernant l'échangeur. Seul l'avenir nous dira si des changements auront effectivement lieu.

Greit, jeg skjønner de som er fra vålerenga og øst i byen at de holder med vif, men det er så forbanna mange andre som er "vif-supportere". Det er teit å se folk fra oslo vest og bærum som holder med vif, de har jo både Lyn og Stabæk! Men hvorfor heier de på VIF?

Det kan ikke være pga av fotballen VIF spiller, for den er driiiiiit kjip! Det kan ikke være pga av spillerne heller, for de fleste av dem er ikke spesielt gode. Jeg tror det er pga klanen. De synes klanen er kule fordi de er mange og brøler høyt på lobotomisk vis "øl og vold, skamslåtte bønder". Om og om igjen.

Så til alle dere som ikke har noe direkte tilknytning til stedet eller klubben; jeg synes dere er teite! Da var det sagt og det var deilig ;)

Synes det var kjip at Martin Andresen gikk til VIF.. skulle gjerne sett han i Stabæk-drakta igjen, den kledde han best. Men jeg håper for tippeligaen og for fotballens skyld at vif kan bli et litt mere underholdene lag. Det bør de kunne klare, nå som VIF skal kjøpe seg til suksess..

"I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know, right now you can't tell
But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be"
[Unwell - Matchbox 20]

Flere sanger, ofte lyttet til i det siste, mye grunnet tekst:
"The botten is nådd" og "Det löser sig" av Timbuktu
"Dere får meg ikke til å le" av Jokke
"Tidløs" og mange andre fra Postgirobygget

Sanger for å kickstarte dagen, eller humøret:
"I love rock and roll", "Crazy crazy nights", "Walk this way", "Paradise City", "London's burning" og "Noen å hate"
Kunne nevnt mange andre her og. Kan du forresten ikke artistene bak disse bør du finne deg en skammekrok. Kun en person har tillatelse til å spørre. Du vet selv hvem du er ;-)

For rememberance: "Good riddance"... Tenk, det er seks år siden vi møttes første gang.. Slå på tråden, if in Oslo eller nærheten..

C'est avant tout un berger allemand blanc, mais non albinos.

Tout d'abord, les éleveurs de berger allemand Européens éliminent ces chiots blancs des portées.

Par contre, au Canada , ils continuent à les élever et constituent bientôt une race nouvelle: le berger canadien.

Ce n'est que bien plus tard que cette race sera reconnue en Europe sous le nom de ......berger suisse.