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The New Urban Question
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The New Urban Question is an exuberant and illuminating adventure through our current global urban condition, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism.
From Haussmann's attempts to use urban planning to rid 19th-century Paris of workers revolution to the contemporary metropolis, including urban disaster-zones such as downtown Detroit, Merrifield reveals how the urban experience has been profoundly shaped by class antagonism and been the battle-ground for conspiracies, revolts and social eruptions.
Going beyond the work of earlier urban theorists such as Manuel Castells, Merrifield identifies the new urban question that has emerged and demands urgent attention, as the city becomes a site of active plunder by capital and the setting for new forms of urban struggle, from Occupy to the Indignados.
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Preface: Neo-Haussmannization and Its Discontents
1. Whither Urban Studies?
2. Old Urban Questions Revisited (and Reconstituted)
3. Cities Under Tension
4. Strategic Embellishment and Urban Civil War
5. Sentimental Urban Education
6. Urban Jacobinism
7. Old Discourse on New Inequality
8. Every Revolution has Its Agora
9. Taking Back Urban Politics
10. Whose City? The Parasites', of course...
Afterword: The Parasitic Mode of Urbanization
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Driving around a new city isn't for us–instead, we take whatever double decker bus tour is available. In Boston, we had several options, and chose the Boston Super Tours for a couple of reasons, the main one being their Super Duck Tour with the amphibious vehicle that drives right into the Boston Harbor!
The extra free days and free admissions didn't hurt our feelings either, of course. It was, in fact, one of the best deals we found in what was a pretty expensive city.
Cost aside though, I loved the historic aspects of the city, especially as we got a bird's eye view from the trolley. The tour has 21+ stops, hitting all of the Boston attractions that were on our list of things to do in Boston.
Here's the link to the Boston Super Tours map: http://bostonsupertours.com/maps-and-guides/ Just click on the green map point for the name of the attraction.
Our favorite spot was #13, 84 Beacon Street, home of the Cheers bar!
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Why it's not your client's fault
If you've ever been frustrated with your prospects or clients because you feel as if you're being treated like a design slave, you're not alone.
What's the real problem? It's your perspective.
What do I mean by that?
I hear many designer complain (and I've done it myself) that the clients don't understand how hard they work and that they are actually underpaid.
Here is what is happening. You're thinking about what you want and expect instead of what your client wants and expects.
It's common to think about what we want out of a transaction with a client especially when business is slow and we need a project. However, that is the wrong approach if you want to build a sustainable business.
Our clients come to us wanting a result. They really don't care about the process until they are in the middle of a complete gut and remodel, and then they want the subcontractors and mess out of their homes as quickly as possible.
Unless your client has experienced a remodeling project before, they are totally unprepared for the upheaval and emotional trauma. When they started the project, they really weren't thinking about the painful process, they were focused on how exciting it would be to have a brand new gourmet kitchen or fabulous spa bath.
How well do you prepare your clients for the reality before your project begins? Do you offer solutions to the negative experiences that are inherent to the project? What do I mean by this? Provide alternatives and options that minimize their pain:
• If you are a kitchen designer and you work with the same contractor over and over, can you design a temporary kitchen that can be set up in a basement or garage?
• Could you work with a personal chef to provide custom prepared meals prior to a major renovation that could be warmed up quickly?
• Do you have a fast-track process to minimize the down-time for your projects?
• Can you arrange a schedule that corresponds with their summer travel?
• Do you wait to start the demolition after all of the materials are on site?
• Do you coach your general contractor and subcontractors about best practices and concerns of your clients?
• Do you prepare your clients for potential challenges so they aren't surprised? Do you have a list of these you discuss prior to project commencement?
• Can you arrange discount gift certificates with local restaurants to help them through the down-time?
• Can you work out a special rate with a local hotel for your clients during the "peak pain periods?"
• If you're creating as spa bath for a client, how about providing an in-home massage gift certificate for the after reveal?
Designers also complain about clients not sharing their budgets. Do you have a scripted process for walking them through the budget conversation? This is one of the most sensitive discussions you can have with your clients and it is best to prepare them by showing them typical price ranges for kitchens or baths based on size and quality of materials.
Bottom line, your job is to educate your clients about the price, process, products and pains that are common to each project and uncover their concerns. You'll have happier clients and better referrals when you carefully prepare your clients based on what is important to them.
Find out your client's hot buttons and prepare your team to handle the potential problems that might arise. For example, I had one client who HATED dust. I didn't know about this prior to one remodeling project, and before the husband returned from a trip, the wife was extremely agitated because she knew her husband would go ballistic.
I called a concierge friend and hired a cleaning crew of 10 people (20,000-sq.-ft. house) to come in at 3 in the afternoon and completely clean every square inch of the house before the husband arrived. When the husband purchased another house two doors down from their mansion for a conference center, I knew it was critical to budget for cleaning every week.
—Gail Doby, ASID, is the cofounder of Design Success University, your shortcut to a more profitable and passion-filled design business.
Find out how your fees and income compare to your colleagues. Download Design Success University's latest Interior Design Fee & Salary Survey eBook ($79 Value). Then, if you're ready to build a more profitable and enjoyable business, please join us for a complimentary webinar ($97 Value) that has helped thousands of interior designers globally…New How To Avoid Interior Design Fee Fiascos…And Attract Your Ideal Client. Once you download the eBook, you'll receive an invitation to the next webinar.
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Books, Film & TV Monday, February 20th
Borderlines Film Festival 2017: what to see, when and where
Borderlines Film Festival runs across the region from Februray 24 to March 12.
We caught up with Independent Cinema Office programmer Jonny Courtney (who handpicked the 80+ films that'll screen at this year's festival) to find out which 10 titles he tips as 'must-not miss'.
Download the full programme here.
Friday, March 10 at 8.15pm | Saturday, March 11 at 8pm | Sunday, March 12 at 3.30pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford.
One of the films of the year, Moonlight is a revelation. Directed by Barry Jenkins, it tells its beautiful, vital and devastating story in three acts.
Meet Little (Alex Hibbert), a young African-American boy in Miami who lives with his drug-addicted mother (Naomie Harris) and deals with his frequent victimisation at school by befriending local drug dealer Juan (Mahershala Ali). Revisit him as teenager Chiron (Ashton Sanders), who lashes out when he becomes unable to cope; and finally as Black (Trevante Rhodes), an adult whose hardened exterior belies his extreme vulnerability and who dreams of reconnecting with childhood friend Kevin (André Holland).
Artistically striking and viscerally powerful, Moonlight is a breathtaking achievement, an unforgettable film and feels like a landmark in the portrayal of blackness (especially black gay masculinity) onscreen – a story you haven't seen before, at least not like this.
Friday, Feb 24 at 4.30pm, Saturday, Feb 25 at 1.30pm, Sunday, March 26 at 4pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Sunday, March 5 at 7.45pm, Thursday, March 9 at 2pm @ Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire
Monday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 8 at 7.30pm @ kinokulture cinema, Oswestry
German filmmaker Maren Ade's (Everyone Else) astonishing Toni Erdmann was hailed as one of the standout films of Cannes in 2016, where it premiered in Competition (the first German film to debut there in 10 years) and won the FIPRESCI Best Film award. It's a broad and outrageously funny comedy about the relationship between a father and daughter.
Peter Simonischek is Winifried, a divorced teacher with a baffling penchant for wacky humour; frequently donning comedy wigs and false teeth. His daughter Ines (Sandra Hüller) – a sleek oil company executive – is less amused by such jokes; but Winifried suspects she is unhappy and so kindly decides to show up at her offices in a new guise: that of 'Toni Erdmann', to help out. A highly original and hilarious arthouse comedy, it's been selected as Germany's 2017 Oscar entry.
Sunday, Feb 26 at 7.45pm, Monday, March 27 at 7.30pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu's Graduation screened in Competition at Cannes last year, where it won him Best Director (shared with Olivier Assayas). It's as brilliantly constructed as you'd expect from the man who took home the Palme d'Or in 2007 for the searing pregnancy drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
The story depicts a doctor in a small Romanian town and the moral complexities of the decisions he makes to provide a better life for his daughter. As the film progresses, the consequences of these decisions slowly unravel to reveal the shifty, shabby layers of corruption and ensuing shame still present in Romanian society, as citizens compromise on ethics in the (understandable) hopes of gaining something better for themselves, or in this case, their loved ones.
It's masterful stuff, superbly made, and gives you the rewarding sense of watching a director in complete command of his craft.
Friday, Feb 24 at 2pm, Saturday, Feb 25 at 11.15am, Sunday, Feb 26 at 7.30pm, Monday, Feb 27 at 4.45pm, Tuesday, Feb 28 @ 5pm, Thursday, March 2 at 2.15pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Friday, Feb 24 at 7.30pm, Saturday, Feb 25 at 1.30pm, Monday, Feb 27 at 7.30pm @ kinokulture cinema, Oswestry
Fans of writer-director Kenneth Lonergan's two previous features, the perfectly pitched dramas You Can Count on Me (2000) and Margaret (2011), will be thrilled by the shattering, superlative Manchester by the Sea. Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a solitary Boston janitor who after a family tragedy, returns to his North Shore hometown to visit his nephew. There, he must take on new responsibilities while coming back into contact with his ex-wife Randi (Michelle Williams) and confronting the weight of the past.
As with his previous films, Manchester by the Sea evinces Lonergan's eye for comedy amidst tragedy, a sprawling interest in an array of supporting characters and most of all an investigation into what constitutes the texture of real life, as well as brilliant performances. It's also perhaps his most fully realised film to date, offering us a glimpse into a near complete, emotionally overwhelming world.
Friday, March 10 at 6pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, award-winning filmmaker Raoul Peck (Murder in Pacot, Lumumba)'s stunning cinema essay – stirring and timely – utilises the words of author and thinker James Baldwin and expands upon a book he planned, but never wrote: Remember This House, a radical narrative of race in America focusing on the lives and assassinations of Baldwin's friends, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers.
Anchored in these lives, Baldwin's own and the broader mid-20th century Civil Rights movement, it's also very profound on the contemporary black experience; with a powerful mosaic of interviews, music, archive footage and imagery laying bare the continuing violence and inequality faced by African-Americans.
Friday, Feb 24 at 7.45pm, Sunday, Feb 26 at 7.45pm, Monday, Feb 27 at 4.30pm, Tuesday, Feb 28 at 10.30am, Wednesday, March 1 at 7.45pm, Thursday, March 2 at 2pm @ Malvern Theatres, Worcestershire
Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4 at 7.30pm, Wednesday, March 8 at 1.30pm @ kinokulture cinema, Oswestry
Friday, March 3 at 5pm, Saturday, March 4 at 11.30am, Sunday, March 5 at 7.45pm, Monday, March 6 at 2pm, Tuesday, March 7 @ 11am, Wednesday, March 8 12pm @ The Courtyard Hereford
Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) may well win a second Academy Award for her virtuosic performance as Jackie Kennedy in acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín's (No,, Neruda) daring, protean study of the former First Lady in the days following her husband's assassination in 1963; one of the most extraordinary and shocking events of the 20th century.
She plays Jackie to show how Jackie played herself: as a controlling, very private woman who fully understood the business of mythmaking and helped propagate Camelot's image of youth, beauty and grace. But after JFK's brutal murder she must cope with overwhelming trauma, comfort her children, lead a nation to grieve and define her family's legacy, all while being watched by millions. Eschewing genre tropes, Jackie is an intimate, visionary and startlingly eerie film documenting one of the most epoch-making incidents in American history, as well as one of its most complex and elusive characters.
Monday, Feb 27 at 7.45pm, Tuesday, Feb 28 at 1.45pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Thursday, March 2 at 7.30pm @ kinokulture cinema, Oswestry
New from celebrated Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi is The Salesman, which screened in Competition at Cannes, winning awards for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (for male lead Shahab Hosseini). It covers similar territory to Farhadi's last two films, the acclaimed A Separation and The Past, examining as it does the strained relationship of a middle-class married couple, Rana (Taraneh Alidoosti, a long-time collaborator with Farhadi) and Emad (Hosseini).
Emad is a teacher and Rana his stay-at-home wife. In their spare time, they're also part of a theatre group, working on a production of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' in which they play Miller's careworn Willy Loman and his wife, Linda. Preparations for the play are going well until Rana and Emad suffer a disturbing domestic incident which triggers emotional fault lines across their marriage. Exploring challenging questions of morality and retribution, The Salesman is beautifully observed, painstakingly crafted drama.
Sunday, March 5 at 7pm @ Booth's Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye
Tuesday, March 7 at 7.30pm, Wednesday, March 8 at 4.45pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Stoker) erotic psychological thriller – adapted from Sarah Waters' historical novel Fingersmith – screened to great acclaim in Competition at Cannes in 2016. It relocates Waters' story from Victorian Britain to 1930s Korea during Japanese colonial rule. New girl Sookee (Kim Tae-ri) is hired as handmaiden to Japanese heiress Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee), who lives on a rural estate with her domineering uncle Kouzuki (Cho Jin-woong). But Sookee has a secret: she was recruited to carry out a devilish plan of robbery, seduction and imprisonment which seems set to succeed, until she and Lady Hideko fall prey to unexpected emotions.
The Handmaiden's simmering exploration of lesbian sexuality, sublime set design and sensational plot twists are more than met by its cast, who deliver performances of genuine emotional power. This is wildly entertaining, consummate filmmaking from Chan-wook.
Friday, Feb 24 at 7.45pm, Saturday, Feb 25 at 7.30pm, Sunday, Feb 26 at 11am, Monday, Feb 27 at 2pm, Tuesday, Feb 28 at 8pm, Wednesday, March 1 at 2pm, Thursday, March 2 at 5.30pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Friday, March 10 at 7.30pm, Saturday, March 11 at 7.30pm @ kinokulture cinema, Oswestry
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone give terrific performances in Whiplash director Damien Chazelle's beguiling musical romance, La La Land. The setting is contemporary Hollywood, the tone light and airy, the story simple, but lent immense verve by the style of Chazelle's direction and the chemistry and sheer charisma supplied by Stone and Gosling, who radiate charm, sincerity and vulnerability as they open up to each other. They play wannabe movie star Mia and pianist Seb, both hobbled by frustrated ambition when they meet and fall in love. But success, when it finally arrives, comes at a personal cost.
Rejecting cynicism in favour of sweet-natured, open-hearted romance and full of smartly choreographed musical numbers performed with heartfelt grace by its stars, Chazelle's musical is being hailed a masterpiece – a contemporary Singin' in the Rain – and a hot tip for awards season.
Monday, March 6 at 7.45pm, Tuesday, March 7 at 5.45pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Un Certain Regard winner at Cannes and Finland's Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film, director and screenwriter Juho Kuosmanen's irresistible sports biopic is inspired by the real-life showdown between Finnish boxer Olli Mäki (Jarkko Lahti) and American champion Davey Moore in 1962 Helsinki.
Shot in black and white with scrupulous period detail, it depicts Olli as a wistful, vulnerable small-town boy, whose innocence is at odds with the hyperbolic showmanship of his bombastic manager Elis (Eero Milonoff). All he has to do is lose weight to qualify and concentrate on his training, but there's just one problem: he's falling in love.
Full of trenchant commentary about the sports and media industries and their symbiotic relationship, which tends to pressurise and corrupt competitors, the film is also a charming and comedic depiction of Finland's excitement about its appearance on the world stage and a startlingly sweet romance.
Friday, March 10 at 1.15pm, Saturday, March 11 at 5.45pm, Sunday, March 12 at 1.15pm @ The Courtyard, Hereford
Certain Women sees a return to form from American Indie auteur Kelly Reichardt in this acutely observed triptych of female character studies. The film explores the lives of three women in small town, mid-West America who are each experiencing moments of personal introspection in their lives. A world-weary lawyer (Laura Dern), a misunderstood mother (Michelle Williams) and a lonely ranch hand (Lily Gladstone) with a misplaced love for her travelling local authority teacher (Kristen Stewart) form the tapestry of this film, as each of their narratives reverberate and intersect with one another, with fleeting, deep resonance.
In Reichardt's customary slow-burning style, the film allows each character the space to suffer and ultimately to expand. Though not a Western as we know it, Certain Women is a film about the personal frontiers we face throughout our lives.
What you need to know about Borderlines Film Festival 2017
One of the UK's biggest rural film festivals, Borderlines is spread across Herefordshire, Shropshire, the Marches and Malvern.
Running from February 24 to March 12, the 2017 line-up includes 28 films shown ahead of their UK release; pop up screenings in Hereford city centre; a celebration of the F-Rating and international work of female directors; the chance to see rarely screened silent films in a cinema setting; and, in the shadow of Fidel Castro's death, a timely strand exploring the complex cultural and political identity of Cuba.
Venues range from village halls on country lanes to the sumptous surroundings of Malvern Theatres. Ludlow Assembly Rooms will devote an entire weekend (Friday March 3 to Sunday, March 5) to film, showing Chinese-American animation Rock Dog, acclaimed dark British drama Lady Macbeth and an exclusive performance of 60s classic Blow-Up, introduced by the ghost writer of David Hemmings' autobiography Peter Burden.
A highlight of the rural festival, one of the biggest in the UK, is its run of previews - titles we'll get to see ahead of their UK release. The previews now make up an one third of the programme and include brand new films like Park Chan-wook's erotic psychological thriller The Handmaiden, which transposes Sarah Water's historical novel Fingersmith from Victorian Britain to 1930s Korea, and British World War 2 drama Their Finest, starring Gemma Arterton as a script-writer for propaganda films and Bill Nighy as a fading matinee idol.
The previews are complemented by strong awards contenders including open-hearted musical La La Land, which has already won 6 Golden Globes and secured 11 Bafta nominations, the understated Manchester By the Sea, starring Casey Affleck as a dour janitor with a suppressed past, and Jackie, a portrait of the former First Lady Jackie Kennedy in her darkest hour by Chilean director Pablo Larraín that moves right away from biopic conventions.
Tickets are on sale via The Courtyard in Hereford on 01432 340555.
Herefordshire Live is a co-sponsor of Borderlines Film Festival 2017.
This article was originally published in January 2017


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10 Reasons Why Campaign Monitor Rocks
E-mail marketing apps are a dime a dozen now a days. Each one claims it has better delivery rates than the other, more pre-designed HTML templates than the other and better support. However, I found an e-mail marketing app a while back that has just differentiated itself from the rest of the pack completely. The program is called Campaign Monitor (CM) and it's not just your typical e-mail marketing app. CM has been built with designers and developers in mind. You can completely rebrand this hosted application to make it look and act like your own application and then resell it to your customers for additional revenue… totally cool!
Below are my 10 reasons why Campaign Monitor rocks:
1. Very easy to use.
E-mail marketing can be a complex activity if you aren't real tech savvy. Especially in today's market with so many different e-mail clients and spam filters around. Campaign Monitor has an extremely simple user interface. They don't clutter the screen with unnecessary icons or graphics. Most operations are in a step by step wizard format with plenty of helpful notes and explanations along the way.
2. It speaks our language.
When you really get into e-mail marketing and start looking into why messages are bouncing, etc. you start to come across terms like Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DNS records. Your general user, who just wanted to send a message to their list, doesn't know what all that is about… and they don't care. Campaign Monitors reports get the information across in plain terms that anyone can understand. Their bounce report lists all recipients whose messages bounced back along with the specific reason why it bounced.
3. You only pay when you send.
E-mail marketing is one of those things that I refuse to pay a monthly fee for. I don't send enough e-mails to warrant such a fee. That's why Campaign Monitor is so great; you only pay when you send a message. So all the list and subscriber management tools are available for free. When it's time to send a message it's just $5.00 for the e-mail and $0.01 per recipient. So, if you're sending a message to 100 people the cost will be $6.00 for the message. And the price doesn't go up for more recipients. Of course you will pay more for sending to more people, because of the penny per recipient, but it's still just $5.00.
4. Helps you get your messages to your recipients.
Getting e-mail's to their intended destination is not a simple process. Spammers have clogged the pipes with so much junk that poor e-mail systems are having a hard time determining what's legit and what's not. To help ensure your mail get's delivered you are encouraged to look into the Sender Policy Framework and adding TXT records to your DNS so e-mail services like Hotmail, AOL and Yahoo don't file your message as SPAM. Campaign Monitor does all the hard stuff for you by allowing you to add authenticated sending domains to your client accounts. Then CM provides you with the necessary DomainKey and Sender ID TXT records to just copy and paste into your domains DNS.
5. Not your typical affiliate or referral program.
Programs like this usually work off an affiliate or referral program. You link to or recommend the program to your clients who end up sign-ing up and you receive 15-20% of what they spend. Not a very attractive offier. Campaign Monitor, however, actually allows you name your own price and still use their system. The deal is that you name your own price and then the client gets charged your price. At the end of every month CM does the math and sends you a Paypal transfer with your profit (minus their cut of course). CM only takes $5.00 for every message sent plus $0.01 per recipient.
6. Over 30 pre-designed HTML templates.
Campaign Monitor is a full featured e-mail marketing app in a box. All you have to do is gussy it up to look like you want and your off. They even offer 30 pre-designed HTML templates for you and your clients to use.
7. 100% Rebrandable
You know as well as I that rebrandable can mean anything from being able to change colors to being able to change the URL. With Campaign Monitor you can change pretty much anything you want. You can upload a logo for the main log-in screen, a logo for the main application interface, you can choose from a number of different color schemes, you can even set your own pricing scheme. To top it off you have the ability to change the URL of your app to anything you want. So users don't visit http://something.campaignmontior.com. You can make the program look completely like your own.
8. A wealth of design resources.
On top of a great program, the makers of Campaign Monitor have a Resources section on their website chocked full of useful tips and tools. They have ideas on how you can offer e-mail marketing services to your clients and information on how CSS is supported in HTML e-mail design. They also have detailed explanations and resources to help your users understand permissions and what is and is not acceptable use of someones e-mail address.
9. Segmentation and custom fields.
You can have 5 different mailing lists for a single site if you want. But with Campaign Monitor you have the ability to create segments within a given list. Using custom fields you can group members of a given list into segments and then send messages to certain segments without affecting the other members of your list. This allows you to keep track of all your subscribers using just one list instead of many.
10. API Access
As if the items I have already mentioned aren't enough, Campaign Monitor also provides it's users with API access to their program. This allows developers like myself to integrate the program with their own apps to help streamline mailing list management and cut down on all the exporting and importing that typically needs to take place. If you offer other web based applications this is a great opportunity to upsell Campaign Monitor because you can integreate it with your apps thereby making the process seamless for your clients and that's what it's all about.
Those are just some of the reasons why I think Campaign Monitor rocks. Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think.


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Fragile, vulnerable, having a sensitive heart(sappy) these are some of the things I have never wanted to be or let anyone see in me. Strong, independent, relying on no one this is who I have always strived … Read More
Disquiet- lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness. to deprive of calmness, equanimity, or peace; disturb;make uneasy: The news disquieted him. Sometimes we are robbed of peace, and ease.. We try to take steps ahead of Christ and make our own plan (Like maybe He forgot to tell us our plan, I mean … Read More
Last night I was up pretty late, just spending some time with God. Listening for His voice in my worship and prayer. These are my favorite nights. I feel like these are the times when … Read More
September 30, 2011 40% In junior high. 45% In high school. 10% In college. Four years ago I was sitting on the floor of the sanctuary at my church listening to my youth pastor's word … Read More
Bittering Passion : September 1, 2011 First off.. I do know bittering isn't a word, especially since my computer just changed it to 'buttering' four times before I could get it to stay. Alright, here … Read More
Life Changes : April 7, 2011 First of all I am sorry I barely ever post blogs! I am going to do better. Promise. 🙂 Change. Moving from my home town. Graduating high-school. Becoming an adult? … Read More
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This is a follow up to my last blog. 🙂 I talked about how God calls us to be humble servants, and how it could really change the world. But now I have another challenge for … Read More
Sickness… of the heart? July 6, 2011 This morning I woke up feeling worse than usual..Not that I wake up feeling bad every morning, but it wasn't the usual groggy, tired feeling. I just went … Read More
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Kate and William's Royal Wedding schedule
Kate and William's Royal Wedding schedule has been confirmed – find out the running order of Friday 29th April below.
The butlers have been working around the clock to prepare for Friday's jolly posh British Royal Wedding. Prince William and Kate Middleton's day will run to the following timetable (unless Kate decides to throw a last minute Bridezilla hissy fit over her hair).
The Royal Wedding schedule (timings for those watching in the UK)
8.15 – 9.45am The majority of the guests arrive at the Westminster Abbey
From 9.50am The really important people like Governors-General, Prime Ministers, Diplomatic Corps, and other distinguished guests arrive
10.10am Prince William and Prince Harry leave Clarence House for Westminster Abbey, to arrive at 10.15am.
10.20am The really posh people like members of Foreign Royal Families arrive at Westminster Abbey
10.20am James (Kate's brother aka the who dressed up in the polka dot dress) and Carole Middleton (Kate's mother) leave London's Goring Hotel for Westminster Abbey, to arrive at 10.27
10.25am Stragglers of the Royal Family leave Buckingham Palace for Westminster Abbey, to arrive at 10.30am
10.35am Senior members of the Royal Family leave Buckingham Palace for Westminster Abbey, including: Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence
10.38am Prince Charles (The Prince of Wales) and The Duchess of Cornwall aka Camilla leave Clarence House for Westminster Abbey
10.40am The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh (e.g her Hubba) leave Buckingham Palace for Westminster Abbey
10.48am The Bridesmaids and Pages leave the Goring Hotel for Westminster Abbey
10.51am Kate Middleton, accompanied by her father, leaves the Goring Hotel for Westminster Abbey
11.00am The wedding service kicks off
12.15pm The Bride and Groom, Kate and Wills leave the wedding ceremony with a Captain's Escort of the Household Cavalry, followed by The Queen's Procession leaves Westminster Abbey for Buckingham Palace
12.30pm The Bride's Carriage Procession arrives at Buckingham Palace
12.40pm Members of the Royal Family and Members of Foreign Royal Families arrive at Buckingham Palace
From 12.40pm Other guests for the Reception arrive at Buckingham Palace
1.25pm The Royal Wedding kiss from the balcony – imagine snogging in front of your Grandma who also happened to be the Queen!
1.30pm Plane fly over.


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The woman in the blue jumpsuit
Is unsure of her new surroundings;
But the fare she will find is fair.
The man with the bushy mustache
Both scowls and smiles with ease,
Expressive but not charming.
The woman in the blue jumpsuit
Is unsure of her new surroundings;
But the fare she will find is fair.
The man with the bushy mustache
Both scowls and smiles with ease,
Expressive but not charming.
Choose a comfort box;
Pack this box and move away.
Ideas are more like cars on a
highway than golden blocks.
They don't stockpile neatly. They pile
Up at speed or inch along behind
A roadblock of self doubt or discomfort-
Or time pressure - either too little or too much.
perched at the edge of a lake,
bathed in stillness, gazing at your reflection.
guzzling its contents then
splashing back to preen.
dropping off, you take flight and wing away.
Bobby pins and hair ties are everywhere.
6 inches from where they are supposed to be, yet never there.
Children of the bobby pins make the floor their playground.
Hair ties frolic with dust bunnies;
Both are the vile offspring of thoughts' thoughtlessness.
Bobby pins and hair ties, keepers of tidiness, creators of tiny messes.
Cast aside for the new, the straight, the firm.
Homewreckers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
If beauty stirs one's heart, and the story
Of their heart stirs the appreciation for beauty
In your own heart; was it their heart that stirred
Your heart, or was it beauty all along?
Let's fill our house with empty canvases
and watch them paint themselves.
Let's fill our house with broken things
and fix them a day at a time.
Let's fill our house with empty picture frames
The memories will stay the same.
The quest for ambiance is the great journey of our time.
Perspective on one's own country is singularly worth the money and time spent getting out of it.
"Experiences!" and "Ambiance!" are the war-cries of my generation.
Laziness should not masquerade as art
Can an architect execute a space in a place where she does not live?
You can't stop living life to talk about life
Doing something later doesn't guarantee it will be better, it guarantees it will be later
If everyone in a given room agrees with you, you need fresh air.
At Hove. In a stranger's home.
We could be friends, Daniel.
You and me. Though I doubt
Even then I'd feel more at home.
The seagulls are drowning out the Beatles;
The English air smells friendly,
Like salt water.
I write more in winter.
Sadistically I enjoy cold hands
And letting old man winter think he's won;
Or in summer I'm lost in the grip of life well lived.
Summer needs sonnets like winter needs melancholy ramblings
Or drams of the hard stuff.
Winter in paris is severe.
She wears her grey coat
Long and heavy
With an air of grace.
Autumn is like a favorite
Sweater - pulled from the corner
Of the closet. Fitting just right
On the wrists and laying across the shoulders.
Full of promise and memories,
Like the first pour of whisky from the bottle
You know you'll share it with celebrations, rejoicing, and tears
Company, loneliness and cold nights.
Autumn is a breath of fresh air when you'd forgotten the room was stale.
Cradled in the seine's cold embrace;
Not wet, but watching
Ships bludgeon their way through
Her murky waters.
If I were a child I would fancy a frolic in her hold;
Now my mind strays to needles, bodies and hypothermia.
Oh to be a child again.
Foreign country,
Languages melt together.
Bouillon cubes in boiling water
Flavoring what was not.
I cannot remember life before her.
Fragments, pieces, but no picture,
My mind sometimes places her there;
At my 10th birthday, round glasses, cheeks red
From February rain.
We began a decade later,
No meeting, no beginning, no end;
That's how we will remember it.
Sitting in the shadows
Of the Tour Eiffel.
The world seems small,
Accessible and fair!
Flags rest in windows
Reminding that it is not.
If I should die a death untimely,
You must take another lover;
Have a family, live in the sun.
In doing so you give your gift of beauty
To this errant world,
And carry on a part of me;
For my soul lives with you.
Shout at the dinner table
Shout at the edge of a mountain
Shout underwater
Shout to a piano
Shout in traffic
Shout with a paintbrush in your hand
Shout with your partner
Shout in the dark
Shout until you cannot breathe
Whisper while skydiving
I've seen a hundred people today
And haven't yet been truly seen.
No one knows me like the owner of my corner bodega.
if you stand at the edge of a crevasse and scream into the abyss below "I AM A WRITER"
you are not.
if you gaze out from a stage upon a crowd of eager eyes and proclaim "I AM A WRITER"
you are not.
but if you whisper your secrets to a page and hold it up for all to see:
then yes, you are a writer.
Site design by the lovely Lindsay Cox


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Who is Bran?
Bran is a bard who focuses his music on Peace, Nature, and storytelling. With guitar in hand, Bran crafts his unique, down-to-earth folk songs that aim to tell stories that are fun, inspiring, insightful, and ofttimes humorous. Bran has been nominated for Best Male Vocalist by the International Pagan Music Association for two consecutive years.
Songs of world peace and interfaith dialogue; earthy ballads of Nature; epic myths and stories; tongue-in-cheek tunes…there's sure to be something in Bran's music for any groovy, tree-huggin', peace-lovin' soul!
What Kind of Music Does Bran Make?
Bran is a self-taught folk singer-songwriter, so you never know what you might get! From Celtic-flavored folk to one-man-and-his-guitar ballads, from mantra-like chants to folk with a hint of blues, you're sure to find something that jives with you.
His first album Four Branches: Tales of the Mabinogi in Song tells the stories of the Welsh book of myths, The Mabinogi in a light-hearted, humor-filled Celtic-inspired set! His second album, The Hour Before the Dawn, is a down to earth Nature-centric journey of Peace and Mother Earth. His third album, The King of Dreams, dares to dive into the realm of the dreamworld, meshing his folk sound with tastes of the ethereal.
He is currently working on several projects, including The Lost Trail, an instrumental collaborative album with his identical twin brother Mark Van Unen. Also, his 4th solo album, Bardic Dharma, an album inspired by, and in celebration of, the Buddha's teachings is coming soon!
Where is Bran?
Based out of Kansas City, you can find Bran in various corners of the internet! Here are just a few of his favorite places to frequent!
Bandcamp (You can buy his music here!!)
His main site, paganbran.com, has all the links and information you may need.
Check out his links page to discover where else Bran is active on the web.


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Economics Hidden
Transfer Course Information: Current ILLINOIS StudentsGo Back
Taking courses off-campus and want to transfer them here?
You are taking an Economics course OR you are an Econ Student?
...this is your guide, so please read closely
- Determining how transfer credits are applied to satisfy your graduation
requirements can be complicated.
- Some credits may transfer as specific U of I courses, and therefore satisfy specific degree requirements. Others may transfer only as hours of credit in a general area, and therefore as open electives only. Work with your academic advisor to determine how your transfer credits may be applied in your program.
- Transfer courses must be taken for a letter
- When you transfer them to UIUC, they will show on your transcript as 'CR' or 'TR' (see GPA Section).
- Transfer courses may be used to fulfill requirements (gen eds, econ major requirement, and supporting coursework), despite showing as 'TR' or 'CR' as they were initially taken for a letter grade. (Only courses taken at UIUC as CR/NC may not be used for requirements).
- Study Abroad Courses: Please go to the Study Abroad Website, or the Econ Study Abroad Page as the below information does not apply
Please meet with an Economics Advisor, contact your Admissions and
Records Officer in LAS (Economics/LAS Students), and/or the Office of the Registrar if you have
Courses within the United States:
Some courses may already be 'articulated,' or the University of Illinois already has an agreement to accept a course at another U.S. institution and has evaluated how the course will transfer. If the course is already approved, you may take the course and have the transcript sent to the University- see the section below). **Make sure you discuss any courses you plan on taking off-campus with your Department and College Advisors BEFORE you take the class, as there are some restrictions (certain courses required on-campus).**
Check Transferology www.transferology.com to view any courses already articulated/evaluated:
- Create or login to an existing account and select "View Equivalancies"
- You may search either by "Instituion" or by selecting "Find a replacement course"
- Pay close attention to these equivalency listings: If there are multiple courses on the left side, you will most likely need to take all the courses shown to get transfer credit for any course (or courses) shown on the right; taking anything less than all the courses shown on the left will likely earn no credit at all at U of I or only partial credit
- If the Illinois number isn't specific (for example, it reads HDFS 1--), then the transfer course will earn credit, but won't count as any specific Illinois course
- Pay attention to the effective date information listed (make sure that it is still an active articulation)
Not in transferology/the institution is not listed?
Request a pre-articulation (evaluation) following the steps below (ONLY for courses taken in the United States)
- Students should send all syllabi as attachments (PDF preferred) to email@example.com. We ask that students include the following information in the body of their email message:
1. Full name as it appears in Illinois records
3. Transfer course subject and number
4. College of enrollment
- It is important to do this as soon as possible as the process takes time to process (you may submit any courses taken within the U.S. prior to taking/completing the course)
- Once you have completed the course, contact the transfer institution and have them send your transcript to the UIUC Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Register for transfer courses following the transfer institution's policies/procedures
- Contact the other institution directly with questions about enrolling, prerequisites, costs, etc.
Mail Transcripts to UIUC Office of Undergraduate Admissions
- See our Transcripts Section to read about officially transferring the course(s) to UIUC, and our Concurrent Enrollment section if you have questions about taking the courses while a UIUC student
- See our GPA Section to know how these courses transfer
Outside the United States (all International Institutions):
International coursework is NOT reviewable prior to completion of the course, per International Admissions Processing policies.
Historically, the campus has discovered that course titles can change from term to term and the course documentation can differ from the formal official transcript. Irrespective of term, coursework completed at an international institution that is not affiliated with a UIUC Study Abroad program will be reviewed by syllabus submission after completion of the course. Additionally, the International Admissions Unit must have processed the official transcript and the coursework added to the student's academic record before they may be articulated (transcripts must have been received). At that time, the syllabus from the term completed can be submitted and formally reviewed. Exceptions to this are military/political/philosophical propaganda course content offerings which are always NON-transferable.
Steps for Courses Taken Internationally:
Complete the course (courses taken internationally are not guaranteed to transfer or articulate in a certain way, so you are taking the course at your own risk)
Make sure to take for a letter grade (will not transfer otherwise)~ see our GPA Section to see how they transfer
Have official transcript sent from the international institution to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (see our Transcripts section)
- Once transcript has been received by UIUC:
- Students should send all syllabi as attachments (PDF preferred) to email@example.com. We ask that students include the following information in the body of their email message:
1. Full name as it appears in Illinois records
3. Transfer course subject and number
4. College of enrollment
How do Transfer Courses Count into your GPA?
Courses must be taken for a Letter Grade!
- Courses with a passing grade (all grades except a failing 'F' grade) will transfer if you send the transcript
- Pass/Fail or Credit/No-Credit will not transfer or count
- You are NOT able to grade replace an on-campus course with a transfer course (or replace a transfer course with an off-campus course)~ see the LAS Grade Replacement Policy
- Repeat courses will both be count into your respective GPAs (see below)
Within the U.S.
- Show on your transcript as 'TR' for transfer (the letter grade will not show on your UIUC transcript/DARS, only the 'TR')
- The GPA for these courses will be counted in your 'transfer GPA' and also your 'overall GPA'
- Your 'UIUC GPA' will not be impacted (only counts classes taken through UIUC), and it will not count in your 'UIUC Major GPA'
Outside the U.S. (International Transfer Courses~ Not counting Study Abroad)
- Show on your transcript as 'CR' for credit (international transfer)
- International coursework will not count into any of your GPAs at UIUC (will not show in transfer, combined, major, or UIUC)
Re-articulation of Courses
Believe your course should be Articulated (transferred) as another course?
Sometimes course articulations need to be re-evaluated as they may count within a couple of disciplines (similar to a cross-listed course) or it was articulated incorrectly previously. You may submit the course to be re-articulated:
- Send an email from your Illinois email account to email@example.com or Jessica Morgan email@example.com
Provide a message stating you would like the course re-evaluated to see if it counts as ____ (list the other course or provide the department)
Include the following: Name, UIN, Course Information (term you will take, course number, description), and Attach a Copy of the Syllabus (and all other course information you are able to obtain)
- If they agree the course should be re-articulated, the course will be officially processed (this will take time) and it will be reflected on your DARS and student report when complete.
Sending Transcripts to UIUC (Officially Transferring the Course)
When you've completed the course at the other institution, ask the institution to send your transcript to the University's Office of Undergraduate Admissions by U.S. Mail or Electronically.
Don't deliver the transcript yourself or submit directly-- the Undergraduate Admission's office will not accept transcripts directly from students.
It generally takes about three to six weeks for the credit to show on your record; you may check your DARS report to see if the credit has posted.
Please go to the University's Transfer Website for all information.
U.S. Mail (sent directly from the institution):
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
901 West Illinois Street, Suite 103
Urbana, IL 61801
Electronically (sent directly from the institution):
Currently electronic transcripts submitted through Docufile, eScrip Safe, and the Illinois Electronic Transcript Exchange (XAP) are accepted. Electronic transcripts can also be sent to email@example.com directly from the institution. If a transcript is received through this account from a student, it will not be considered official.
Where Can You Take Courses?
You may take courses at another institution while enrolled at Illinois, even if you are taking the maximum courseload on-campus. Please make sure to check the course to ensure you know how it will transfer (following the guidelines above) and that you follow all directions from the University's Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the other institution. Questions about enrolling in the course, fees, timeline, etc. should be directed to the other institution. Many institutions will require you to provide your academic history or a transcript, which you may obtain through Self-Service (unofficial and official transcripts available).
Parkland College
UIUC has a strong partnership with Parkland College, located in north-west Champaign. They offer various online and on-campus courses, and students may drive (free parking) or take the MTD buses to the campus. Students must complete the UIUC/Parkland Concurrent Enrollment Form and apply/register for classes through Parkland.
UIUC/Parkland Concurrent Registration Form: http://provost.illinois.edu/programs/advising/ConcurrentEnrollment.html
Parkland College UIUC Website: http://www.parkland.edu/getstarted/uistudent.aspx
Community Colleges
You may search for the Community College in your district or a particular area if you are within the United States here.
Other Colleges
There are many other colleges where students may take transfer courses, both online and on-campus (Richland Community College and Oakton Community College are just a couple, but you may search in Transferology for additional institutions. If the courses are not already listed in Transferology, make sure that you check with your College Office and the Records Office to ensure it is an acceptable institution.
Financial Aid
Please check with the University Office of Student Financial Aid for questions about funding. Students using Financial Aid must still complete the Student Financial Aid Concurrent Enrollment Agreement available at: http://www.osfa.illinois.edu/aid/special/concurrent.html.


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Life is full of uncertainties. Some of our friends leave early. But, life moves on. The show must go on, it's said. Life's celebrations are often sweetened by our favourite sweets. Sarika shares the recipe of Pantua, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths.
Our life is on an uncertain journey in an uncertain universe. Our plans, strategies, dreams, all gone in the blink of an eye, this is how our life is. Probably he also had some beautiful plan for his career; he might have some dreams for his only son. I am talking about my childhood friend, who just passed away and left behind his family, mother, wife, and his only son.
Three weeks ago, a friend pinged me and I came to know that he is no more. My heart wrenched and recollecting all the old memories from our school days. His artwork, project work, ideas in the creative field was just incomparable. He was extremely creative with a big heart, and he decided to become a chef, that is the best decision he took and was really doing well. But God had some other plans for him. I was wondering about his son, how he will see the world without the father, how challenging it would be for the mom who will be a single parent now…it gives me goosebumps when I was looking at my Memo's face and thinking how kids react when they lose their parents? It is hard, but life is like that, it will never pause for anyone.
I am sure his son will also turn into a very good human being. Today, wherever my friend is, he will be always there with his son. May his soul rest in peace!
I know our journey is uncertain so we should live every bit of it, and try to make it worthy. Now, coming to food, I prepared Pantua during Diwali. Pantua is one of the favourite Indian Bengali sweets. Here is the recipe:
1 cup paneer
2 tbsp. khoya
A Pinch of baking powder
1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
Cooking Oil for deep frying
For the Sugar Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
3-4 cardamoms
For sugar syrup
Add water, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron in a deep saucepan and bring to a boil until it gets one string consistency.
Once done, keep it aside.
First mash the paneer very well without any lumps.
Knead it with the help of palm, just the way we kneed rasagulla.
Make it into a very smooth dough.
Now mash the khova with very soft hands.
Mix paneer, khova, floor and ghee
Finally, add baking soda and prepare final mix and prepare a smooth dough.
Now make a smooth round ball. Make sure there should not be any crack on the surface.
Once all balls are ready, heat the oil.
The oil should not be too hot when we put the raw balls in the oil or else it spoils.
Now put the balls carefully without touching the other balls, leave them in low to become golden brown on medium flame.
While frying it will turn double in size.
So once these are perfectly brown, take them out and keep them on a paper towel.
When the balls are warm, but not too hot, release them in warm sugar syrup.
Now, leave them to soak for three to four hours, I prefer overnight.
And it is ready to gulp!
©Sarika Sarkar Das
Photos by the author
#Food #Dessert #IndianCuisine #Pantua #BengaliSweets #FridayFoodie #DifferentTruths
A teacher, day dreamer, random experimental cook and some hit and miss photography, and at last love to call myself a full time mother.


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Here are the top 5 reasons I like to run.
1. 1. It makes me feel productive, especially after sitting in a chair for like at least eight hours of the day.
2. 2. It helps me clear my head.
3. 3. It makes me feel stronger.
4. 4. It helps me sleep better.
5. 5. I hear it (eventually) will make my legs look better.
You see, I kind of lied. One of the main reasons I run isn't really for any of those reasons. It's to get a smaller tummy of course! I've been culturally predisposed to think that my stomach is NEVER small enough, not has been, not will be, not is, e v e r small enough. Honestly it's quite exhausting if you ask me, but none the less my head believes that my stomach is not pretty* unless in six-pack form (or you know some versions and angles in four pack form). You may now ask, has my stomach ever been in six-pack or even four-pack form? Why no it hasn't which is preciously the reason I've never liked it.
Anyway, isn't this a silly idea? It's stupid really, I don't judge other peoples stomachs. Well okay honestly I might judge a few but all in all I try hard to not do that to other people. With myself I am truly 100% my own worst enemy. My husband thinks the whole thing is RIDIC, he tells me "everyone is supposed to have a stomach, your trying to achieve a non-stomach" a 'non-stomach' huh? "No" I say, "I'm just trying to"…. to well to be something I'm not.
The fact that in my whole 23 years of life I have never even been that close to having a four pack (let alone six pack) should give me a pretty good heads up that if that's what I want, I'll have to devote a lot more time than I am. Who wants to live that way anyway? I don't… I'm too hard on myself already and I'm definitely not doing 2 a day work outs just have the same stomach as an airbrushed workout magazine model.
So, where is my point in all this? Besides talking and probably sharing TMI about my tummy? Hmm… Well I'm not sure I have a point just some random thoughts. While running today and thinking about all of this, I realized that I'm so quick to jump on extremes, If I let myself I'd be sugar free, carb free,gluten free, chocolate free, plastic free, immunization free,
republican free, idiot free, face book free, red meat free, conventional fruit free, social interaction free ETC… every other day.
It's like my head is wired to think that if I want to achieve a goal, a standard, or an idea of the person I want to be I have to give up these certain things along the way. Maybe that means no caffeine, or maybe that means not speaking to someone to prove a point, maybe I try and live without ANY sugar, or maybe I give rude looks to people I think are ignorant. That's not very tolerant of me, honestly it just makes me look naïve. At 23, I don't know much but I know I don't want to be naïve, I also know I'll probably never have a six-pack. So… why do I keep making decisions that ultimately set me up to fail, fail myself, fail others, fail a relationship, fail a goal? I think I'm giving up the wrong things, I think I've been giving up my humanity to be more what.. More robotic like? Non-human…. I mean really, who can live the rest of their life without sugar, but really more importantly who would want to? In the same notion I've been giving up my humanity to be bitter, bitter towards people I think don't think like me, who see things differently. I have NOT agreed to disagree I simply have written people off. I haven't given people enough patience to just be people.
One of the only things we can control in life is our attitude and the way we choice to respond to life's situations. It's important for me to remember that, to take things lightly, and to most importantly not be afraid of messing up, falling down, not getting that six-pack, and focus more on life, finding joy, keeping joy, laughing, loving, sharing, and having patience with myself and with others.
Moral of the story:
- I need to keep running, it helps me sort my
s h i tout.
- I need to give up things that are [actually] bad for me like bitterness, not having patience, and materialist or vain goals. NOT things like sugar, common courtesy communication to other people, chocolate, the news, coffee, friends- you get the picture…
- I also need to reconnect with the people I love, enjoy life more, laugh cry – whatever I just need to NOT be afraid to do it, and to do it in community!


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Re: Holbrook and Absher in tn 1870
In reply to:
Re: Holbrook and Absher in tn 1870
Virginia Singleton 11/26/09
Hi Virginia,
Thank you for the info. Afew years ago my sister and I went to NC as we have alot of kin there. Over by Traphill there is a cemetary there where there are Holbrooks buried, and going to Hays there is a cemetary with Holbrooks.I will get my papers out next week and give you the info. Edmond Absher is my 3rd great grand-father. I have a picture of James Gilman Absher. A 3rd cousin Harold Absher kin to him.
My dad Coy Philmore Absher Feb.15, 1916, was born in Dockery, NCdied July 09, 1962Battle Creek, MI
My Grand-father, William Lloyd Absher
Great Grand-father, William Hardin Absher
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Fun examples with video and canvas including Chroma Key effect and backdrop mood lighting. We will work with the raw pixel data and show some interesting manipulations. We will discuss the speed and power available to us now in JavaScript and what that means for the future.
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The Ulster Cup team travelled to the Hilton at Templepatrick on Sunday 7th April but unfortunately lost to a 6-1 scoreline.
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Police believe arsonist at large
Police say it's very unlikely the woman who died after being burnt in Aotea Square early yesterday morning was responsible for the earlier fires in Auckland City's CBD overnight on July 15.
Detective Senior Sergeant Jon Moss, who's leading the inquiry into her death and the series of 14 fires, said he believed the deceased woman was in south Auckland at the time the first fire in a vehicle in Grey's Ave was attended by the Fire Service.
"We have recovered the woman's car and within that there were shopping receipts that show she made purchases at a petrol station and a supermarket in Mangere and Manukau at 8.55pm and 9.11pm respectively," Mr Moss said.
"It would be stretching it to hold her responsible for any of the three early fires out of the 14 and we now believe it's doubtful she was responsible for any of the fires discovered after she died.
"This, of course, strongly suggests whoever lit the bulk of the fires is at large and we're appealing to anyone who has any information about who might be responsible to contact the Operation Fire investigation team at Auckland Central."
Mr Moss said the woman's car had been recovered in Cook St yesterday afternoon and that the keys to it had been handed in to the Auckland Central Police Station watch house sometime on the night of the 15th.
"I believe the circumstances around this woman's death were a tragic and uncanny coincidence with the series of arsons we're investigating."
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's coast guard has received a distress signal from a passenger ship with about 350 people on board off the southwest coast, an official said on Wednesday, with Korean media reporting the vessel was sinking.
Korean television news reports also said many of the passengers on board were students on the way to Jeju island on school trips. Those reports could not be confirmed immediately by the coast guard.
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Viscira, a leading provider of digital marketing solutions and software products for the life sciences industry, was listed as the #1 player in the recently launched new market research report "Global Virtual Reality in Healthcare Sector Market 2016." The research study provides a strategic assessment of the global virtual reality market and profiles leading companies in the healthcare sector. Viscira leads the list, which includes developers of augmented reality eyewear and surgical simulators for medical training, virtual reality software technology companies, and companies developing virtual reality games for pain management.
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stella-azzurra wrote:ultyguy wrote:The kid has got balls, I like balls.
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stella-azzurra wrote:ultyguy wrote:The kid has got balls, I like balls.
That came out wrong didn't it? Or not
wingguy wrote:stella-azzurra wrote:Can only worn by people that can crank out 400 watts per hr.
I can get from zero to 400 watts in way less than an hour. I probably can't hold it for very long though. Can I wear them?
petepeterson wrote:A couple things bothering me after catching up on this thread:
2.) Pro bike riders with horrible tattoos. WTF - you got Olympic rings tattooed on your arm for winning a silver on the track? And are bragging about it in your victo salute? Brutal.
HammerTime2 wrote:I'm not so sure. If there's several km to go and they're still sucking his wheel, Fabian can kick in the Gruber Assist and pull free of Sagan and Iglinsky.
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Parents tend to brag about their children, and God the Father loves to brag about us, His children. When God bragged about Job to the devil (Jb 1:8), the devil put Job down by maintaining that Job only loved God because He had spoiled Job so much (see Jb 1:9-10). Then God permitted the devil to destroy in one day Job's farm equipment business (oxen and asses), his sheep ranch, his car dealership (camels), and his ten children (Jb 1:14-19).
Imagine having in one day ten children die, several employees also dead, and three major businesses go under. Job's wife reacted predictably to these tragedies by saying to Job: "Curse God and die" (Jb 2:9). Nevertheless, Job reacted by praying one of the greatest prayers of faith ever prayed: "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord!" (Jb 1:21) Job loved God with a deep commitment. God had even more to brag about in Job, and the devil was exposed as a liar.
Our Father is bragging about us. Is our love for Him deep or only skin-deep? Will we love and praise our Father no matter what happens to us, or will we let the devil manipulate us into cursing, doubting, or withdrawing from God? Sufferings tell us who our real friends are. Sufferings tell us if we're real friends of God the Father.


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Every little girl loves to have her toes painted. Unfortunately, once the socks and sneakers go on they can't show their toes off. Bobbi-Toads changes all of that!
If you look closely at the next picture you'll see the toes on the shoes.
Bobbi-Toads recommends using a non-toxic nail polish. Which they also sell, along with remover. Then just have fun and paint your toe nails on your shoes! How cute is that! The sneaker alone are adorable, then add the fun of painted toe nails! Fashionable and Fun! Want to change the color? No problem, use a non-toxic polish remover.
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|i finally found a computer to update on. yay. i've been doing ok i suppose. today wasn't a good day though. too many things were just not going my way and i'm really getting sick of people. i want them all to just... go away sometimes. i guess i know what you mean now Ben. seniors are gone now. the hallways seem so empty and most of my friends are gone now. you will all be missed greatly. me and adam went to "the club" today. it was depressing. just me and him. no joe. no em. no brent to walk me to bio. it was like the cherry on top of a horrible day. then i went to practice and it was cold and raining and i rolled my ankle on the ball and it KILLS now. but we dont have practice tomorrow so thats good. our last game is wed. its pretty crazy. but i'm ready for it to be done. dont get me wrong, i love it but i need a break really really bad. i'm so stressed out lately and it makes me not a fun person to be around as i'm sure you all noticed. i've been trying to get a handle on things but i just cant for some reason. i feel like blowing up at people for no reason at all. so i keep to myself and of course theres always the person who keeps on asking you over and over again if you're all right and no matter how many times you say you are they just keep asking and then you want to go off on them and its just not good. *sigh* i'm gonna stop now. i've complained enough for all my missed entries put together.
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Dead or Alive frontman Pete Burns is suing his plastic surgeon for negligence after a lip augmentation procedure left him looking "physically repulsive".
The Lover Come Back To Me hitmaker claims Dr Maurizio Viel from the London Centre for Aesthetic Surgery botched his cosmetic surgery in 2000, leaving him with side effects including painful swelling, blisters and heavy discharge.
He alleges the damage is so severe doctors have warned him his lips might need to be amputated, adding, "What happened to me after a series of injections was far worse than any nightmare I could have envisioned. Not only was it agonisingly painful but it was physically repulsive in the extreme.
"It was impossible to lead any life whatsoever. I was unable to leave my house as I was so distorted with swelling and I might begin to discharge yellow pus that was coming from the holes in my face. At times it leaves me seriously suicidal and depressed and I could have problems for the rest of my life.
"If I can prevent at least one person from undergoing this hell and point them in the right direction to a doctor who can manage their problem, then at least I can help stop someone else suffering."
Burns has had 100 operations over a 17 month period in a bid to reconstruct his face.
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UMMA has a long tradition of service to K-12 students and educators of southeastern Michigan. Over 5,000 children visit the museum each year, most in class tours. Young students tour the Museum in small groups and are encouraged to discover their own relationship with the art.
Academically enriching and great fun, docent-led tours enable K–12 students to understand art, history, culture, geography, and much more. Tours may also focus on a particular culture such as monuments of China, ceramics in Korea, or American history. Alternatively they may be thematic and address units like neighbors and communities, shapes and colors, friends and family. Explore our new menu of curricular offerings for tours that integrate classroom and gallery learning.
UMMA's creative and experienced docents will always work with teachers to tailor tours to make them appropriate to the individual classroom curriculum. A docent will contact the classroom teacher to discuss the theme, content, and logistics of the tour. Docent tours develop observation skills and visual literacy, confidence and critical thinking.
UMMA Docent tours are always free. Tours for school groups are available by request at least three weeks in advance. The Museum can accommodate up to sixty students in one visit.
Subsidies to defray school bus charges are available. Please see Bus Parking and Reimbursement.
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Shape Up! Colors and Shapes
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Family Portraits: Who am I? What is a Family?
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Spring into Art! Weather, Seasons and Art
Art on the Move: The science of Motion Seen in Art
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Cooperation Central: Getting Along
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Art Rocks! You Need Rocks and Minerals to Make Art
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Write for understanding, Look for inspiration
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Picturing America: American History and Culture Through Art.
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Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters
A Design Workshop for Teachers
Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 4:30-8 p.m.
In the 1980s, Japan's strong economy was causing antagonism overseas. In response, three renowned Japanese artists—Ikko Tanaka, Shigeo Fukuda, and Kazumasa Nagai—took on the challenge of changing Japan's global image through graphic design. These designers fostered creative relationships with the international design community creating lasting impact across geographic boundaries. The exhibition, Red Circle: Designing Japan in Contemporary Posters, features their work, and provides an exciting opportunity for educators to consider the principles of design for their own enrichment and teaching.
Participants will have a private tour of Red Circle with Susan Dine, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow. They will also be introduced to the magnificently designed installation Cosmogonic Tattoos by the artist, Jim Cogswell, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, UM Stamps School of Art and Design. Finally, we will tie design ideas together with a hands-on exercise taught by Rebecca Cifaldi, with materials provided specifically for this event by Dick Blick.
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Namely, with Medicaid work requirements. A tiny, perverse part of me kind of wishes that Governor Mark Dayton actually would sign it (not really, but you know what I mean), presuming that it gets through the Senate with its big old 1-vote GOP majority. Because, for example, from last July:
James Acker is a Donald Trump supporter deep in Minnesota Trump country. Cass County voted two-to-one for Trump over Hillary Clinton in last fall's presidential election.
Acker and some of his neighbors, however, are not sold on what they've heard from Trump and other Republican lawmakers on Medicaid. The federal health safety net plays a crucial role here and many residents are worried now about the GOP's push to remake health care and how that will affect them and their communities…
Many in Cass County are watching intently. Despite the overwhelming support for Trump, people are wary about changing a program that for many is a life-or-death necessity.
This is about another really intellectually stellar proposal:
OK, Minnesota State Legislators: What is going on with SF 2487? It requires schools to adopt a "written academic balance policy" that must "prohibit school employees, in their official capacity, from requiring students or other school employees to express specified social or political viewpoints for the purposes of academic credit, extracurricular participation, or as a condition of employment," among other things.
On its face, this seems simple enough. But what does it mean? I understand that, as a professional educator, I won't be telling my students that they should vote for a specific candidate. I don't know any professional teacher who would do that. Of course we wouldn't say "only conservatives are allowed on the debate team," or "only socialists are allowed to try out for the basketball team."
But what is a "social viewpoint?" Is Black Lives Matter a social viewpoint? Because that's not really negotiable: the lives of my black students, friends, colleagues, and fellow citizens do matter, unequivocally. How about supporting LGBTQ students' rights to have a safe place to learn, or that their lives matter? Is that a social viewpoint? Because that's not really negotiable either. How about "women are equal to men?" There are so many different things that fall under the idea of "social viewpoint" that are basic rules of safe classrooms and healthy schools.
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