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If you haven't done so already...
Please do take the time to read Hoi Polloi's ...
The 80-page Vicsim Report was put together by Hoi Polloi (assisted by yours truly) during Hoi's six-month-long stay in my home back in 2009. It represents the seminal groundwork for what has developed over the years into an extensive collective investigation - enriched and refined by the fine efforts of all our dedicated forum members. Throughout these last three years of unrelenting 'vicsim' research, we have collected a vast body of converging findings which, taken together, strongly suggest that our tentative, initial postulation - i.e. that no one perished on 9/11 - was correct. To this day, we have not encountered any substantial, compelling or - much less - official refutation of our working thesis - nor have we ever been formally confronted by any verifiably legit family member of the alleged "3000" 9/11 victims.
The VICSIM REPORT (uploaded on Scribd - it will open faster than the original pdf file)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55676319/9-11 ... sim-Report
ORIGINAL PDF FILE: http://septemberclues.info/vicsims/9-11 ... Report.pdf
OUR MAIN FORUM THREADS containing the bulk of our collective Vicsim research:
9/11 Memorial Scams: (from Oct18, 2009 > to Feb16, 2011)
9/11 Memorial Scams, Vicsims, Etc : (from June 29, 2010 > to this day)
To anyone wondering what possible rationale may lie behind the faking / digital creation of the 9/11 victims, I suggest you to read this relevant page on my website, titled : "Deconstructing 9/11".


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Chufa seed (Cyperus esculentus) is a warm season bunch grass planted in food plots for deer, turkey, ducks, hogs and other wildlife. Chufa is a legume species that produce a tasty under ground nut or tuber that wild turkey scratch up and eat. Chufas are similar to peanuts and are especially appealing to wild turkey as well as other wildlife. Chufas take between 75 and 125 days to mature and start producing nuts or seeds. If the turkeys and other wildlife have not located the seeds after 75-100 days pull a few plants and see if the plants have seeds. If they do then pull up, scratch or disk a small section of the plot to expose the seeds to the turkeys and other wildlife. After they figure out where to find the chufa seeds you will see scratching and digging everywhere!
**Chufa Seed is GMO-Free**
Chufas have other names such as tiger nut, zulu nut, yellow nutgrass, ground almond, edible rush, and rush nut. It is one of two major species of the nutsedge genus Cyperus found throughout Florida on all types of soil from rockland to muck. Its close relative, C. rotundus, is purple nutgrass, a severe problem weed. Both are weed pests, but rotundus is much more of a problem than the chufa, which has been cultivated as a livestock food. On occasion, it is cultivated for human consumption of the tubers, which are eaten raw or baked.
Planting Chufa Seed
Chufa seed should be planted on well prepared soil free of weeds and other grasses. Broadcasting is the easiest way to apply the seed. Try to plant at least an acre of Chufa for best results. Make sure to cover the seed well to 1 inch as well as possible. If Turkeys locate the seeds after you plant they can consume the majority of your food plot before it even comes up. Hogs are a problem as well so keep that in mind when selecting a planting location. If this is the first time you have ever planted Chufa in your area it is a great idea to uncover a portion of the food plot by scratching or disking to reveal the Chufa nuts or seeds after the plants have began producing nuts or seeds. Turkey and deer will have a hard time locating the seeds for the first time.
Planting other seed varieties with Chufas.
Planting a seed producing summer pea, soybean, dwarf deer corn, summer clover, millet or wild game sorghum will not hurt the chufas if planted sparingly. A good stand of Chufa is considered as 3-4 plants per sq. ft.
Will Chufa come back next season?
Chufa plants can produce as many as 75 "nuts" or "seeds" per plant. It is very possible that Chufas will re-seed or come back the following season. The problem is weed control. We recommend planting every year to insure a stand and a clean food plot.

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"Jesus said to them, 'Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows Him all that He Himself is doing; and He will show Him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished.'" (Jn. 5:19-20)
Jesus Christ, as a divine person, enjoyed the Beatific Vision of the Father from the moment of His conception. Jesus had a divine consciousness in which He continuously perceived God the Father, face-to-face with infinite knowledge and beatitude. As Jesus reveals, "I declare what I have seen in the Father's presence." (Jn. 8:38) And again, "Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; He has seen the Father." (Jn. 6:46) Scripture is clear on this: Christ beheld the Beatific Vision. From His first second on Earth, Jesus' human nature was assumed by the Logos, the Word of God, and had immediate and direct knowledge of God and the knowledge of all things. St.Thomas understood this as Christ knowing "whatsoever is, will be, or was done, said, or thought, by whomsoever and at any time." (Summa, III, Q.10, a.2) He was both fully human and fully divine, with two natures, two intellects, and two wills, that worked perfectly together, in the hypostatic union, as the one divine person. The finite, in all its humanly facets, was linked seamlessly to the infinite. In this same way, Christ's consciousness was also both human and divine, united together in the hypostatic union. His finite human brain and human consciousness were united to the infinite mind and infinite consciousness of the Logos. Not that these are two separate beings. They are not. This was the error of Nestorianism, a fifth century heretical movement that wrongly espoused Christ as two separate persons, one, the divine Logos, and the other, the human Jesus of Nazareth. Rather, there is only one Christ, one divine being, one divine person, who is concurrently both the eternal Logos and the human son of Mary. This is the mystery of Christ, and the theandric mystery of the hypostatic union.
Yet, because His human body, human brain and human consciousness were created, they were necessarily finite. He did not perceive the infinite number of possibilities of all things of all eternity at any given moment. For, the finite cannot fully realize or actuate all that is infinitely possible simultaneously in any one moment. Following this Aristotelian logic, St.Thomas surmised, "and thus in Himself God knows many more things than the soul of Christ." (Summa, III, Q.10, a.2, a.3) This is the great paradox of Jesus. As a divine person, Jesus knew all things, but at any given moment, He did not contain infinite knowledge. In effect, Christ is theandric in nature, in His intellect and operation, as both God and man, where the human side works in perfect harmony with the divine side. His human soul was united perfectly with the infinite Word of God. Although His finite human consciousness could not hold the infinite possibilities in every moment, He did still have access to the divine infused knowledge and Beatific Vision, from which, to draw knowledge towards anything He turned His attention. The infinite knowledge of Christ was manifested in specific, finite instances in His life. The Beatific Vision remained intact, from which, Jesus drew from it as necessary in His finite, human consciousness.
This in no way undermines dignity of Jesus as the divine Word. He is ontologically always the Son of God, meaning He was never at any point anything less than the divine being. Of this, He was acutely aware. Throughout His whole life He understood His own divinity and being eternally begotten of the Father. From the first instance of His Incarnation into human nature, Jesus enjoyed infused divine knowledge and the Beatific Vision of God. No one had to teach Christ who He was. No one ever had to show Him the Father. Jesus Himself knew all this innately. Jesus says, "No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made Him known." (Jn. 1:18) There was at no point in His life when He did not know of His own divinity, or did not perceive the Beatific Vision of the Father, or did not have access to all knowledge. We read in scripture that at the age of twelve, the boy Jesus was sitting amongst the teachers of Israel in the Temple, and "And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers." (Lk. 2:47) When His distraught parents found Him after three days of searching and questioned Him, He reveals His divine self-consciousness as already present, saying, "Did you not know that I must be in My Father's house?" (Lk. 2:47) He was ignorant of nothing, or no thing to which He directed His gaze. This has been affirmed and reaffirmed through the centuries from the trajectory of teaching of the Church Fathers to the Magisterium. This truth still holds true. As the Catechism instructs, "The human nature of God's Son, not by itself but by its union with the Word, knew and showed forth in itself everything that pertains to God. Such is first of all the case with the intimate and immediate knowledge that the Son of God made man has of His Father." (CCC 473)
However, this truth has been sporadically under attack through the millennia. The First Council of Ephesus in 431 AD had to deal with the error of Nestorianism by declaring Jesus one person, fully God and fully man, united in the hypostatic union, and consubstantial with the Father. Yet, from that, another heresy quickly emerged in the sixth century, the Agnoites, or "the Ignorants," who espoused that there were things that Jesus did not know, or for which, He was ignorant of. They attacked Christ's divinity in particular by saying He did not know the day or hour of the final judgment. In response, Pope Vigilius declared in his "Constitutum" on May 14, 533 AD:
"If anyone says that the one Jesus Christ, true Son of God and true Son of Man, was ignorant of future things, or of the day of the last judgment, and says He could know only as much as the divinity dwelling in Him as in another made known to Him: let him be anathema." (Fr.Most, Consciousness of Christ, p.137)
Yet, the error has persisted into modern times, focusing primarily around questions that Jesus grew in knowledge, and that He did not know the hour of the Parousia. In regard to the former, the Gospel of Luke says, "And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years." (Lk. 2:52) In regard to the latter, the Gospel of Mark says, "But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." (Mk. 13:32) The historical deniers of Christ's divine knowledge, and indeed, some modern theologians use these passages as the primary proof that Jesus was ignorant. But, are they correct? The arc of Church Father teachings and the Magisterium, again, say no. They are not correct. Jesus had infused divine knowledge, beheld the Beatific Vision, and knew all things. St.Thomas argues that Jesus, in addition to His divine knowledge, did in fact, possess acquired or experiential knowledge, and advance and progress in the acquisition of experiential knowledge. (Summa, III, q.12, a.2) To grow in wisdom, then means perhaps, Christ manifested His wisdom more and more as He grew older. Another explanation is that Christ advanced in acquired knowledge, but possessed the full Beatific Vision and infused divine knowledge from the moment of His conception. Hence, there was no growth in His divine knowledge. He possessed it fully from His first moment. Christ did have two channels of knowledge, divine and human. His knowledge and consciousness, like all the other aspects of His being, are theandric in nature, operating at two separate levels, human and divine, yet in complete harmony together. So, even if, as a child, He learned, for example, the Aramaic word for bread, this is the human, experiential knowledge. At the same time, He already knew this, and everything besides, from the divine knowledge within Him.
And, what of the knowledge, or lack of knowledge, Jesus had of the day and hour of the End? Most scholars and theologians ascribe that Jesus was using oikonomia, a dispensation, or an adaptation to the human conditions Jesus found Himself in. It was not fitting that humanity should know the day and hour of the End. Jesus knew in His divinity the day and hour of the End, but He had not come to reveal that. It was not part of His mission, and it was of no benefit to humanity to know this exactly. Thus, Jesus chose to not reveal this in order to preserve, as St.Cyril said, "the order proper to humanity." This was an assumed unawareness, where Jesus identifies with His human brethren, in our human nature, as part of a divinely providential oikonomia. The Catechism answers this directly: "By its union to the divine wisdom in the person of the Word incarnate, Christ enjoyed in His human knowledge the fullness of understanding of the eternal plans He had come to reveal. What He admitted to not knowing in this area, He elsewhere declared Himself not sent to reveal." (CCC 474) In the Book of Acts, Jesus replies to the Apostles' questions about the End, "It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority." (Acts, 1:7) Or, in other words, Jesus tells them it is not fitting for humanity to know when the End will come, and it is not His mission to reveal it to them. This does not attest to ignorance, but to the fitness of humanity to have this knowledge of the Parousia. For, in other parts of the Gospels, such as Matthew 24, Jesus speaks with great specificity about future events and the signs of the End and what would happen.
The Magisterium continues to address these issues and errors, Neo-Nestorianisms, if you will, up till today, as the current manifestations of old heresies keep popping up, cloaked in the veneer of modernity. In 1907, Pope Pius X issued Lamentabili Sane ("It is Lamentable") in condemnation of "The Errors of the Modernists." One such error condemned in the Syllabus is that Christ having "knowledge without limits…cannot be historically conceived." (LS, 34) In condemning this error, the Church affirms the infinite knowledge of Christ. In 1928, Pope Pius XI published Miserentissimus Redemptor, "Merciful Redeemer," in which he addressed reparations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He argues that Jesus' Sacred Heart was oppressed as He foresaw our future sins, and was consoled as He foresaw our future reparations. Jesus in His infused divine knowledge and Beatific Vision continuously beheld God, and as part of that, He also perceived His Mystical Body, made up of His believers and followers through the centuries. The encyclical attests to this saying, "Now if, because of our sins also which were as yet in the future, but were foreseen, the soul of Christ became sorrowful unto death, it cannot be doubted that then, too, already He derived somewhat of solace from our reparation, which was likewise foreseen.." (MR, 13) In 1943, Pope Pius XII wrote the encyclical, Mystici Corporis Christi, "On the Mystical Body of Christ." In this document, the Church addresses the question of the knowledge of Christ in one of the most clear and profound statements ever on the topic. It is worth quoting it at length:
"Now the only-begotten Son of God embraced us in His infinite knowledge and undying love even before the world began. And that He might give a visible and exceedingly beautiful expression to this love, He assumed our nature in hypostatic union: hence – as Maximus of Turin with a certain unaffected simplicity remarks – "in Christ our own flesh loves us." But the knowledge and love of our Divine Redeemer, of which we were the object from the first moment of His Incarnation, exceed all that the human intellect can hope to grasp. For hardly was He conceived in the womb of the Mother of God, when He began to enjoy the Beatific Vision, and in that vision all the members of His Mystical Body were continually and unceasingly present to Him, and He embraced them with His redeeming love. O marvelous condescension of divine love for us! O inestimable dispensation of boundless charity! In the crib, on the Cross, in the unending glory of the Father, Christ has all the members of the Church present before Him and united to Him in a much clearer and more loving manner than that of a mother who clasps her child to her breast, or than that with which a man knows and loves himself." (MCC, 75)
In this, with the authority of the Apostolic teaching commissioned to the Church, we can see that Christ had infinite knowledge, beheld the Beatific Vision, and perceived us always, as part of His Mystical Body, all from the moment of His conception, indeed, from before the foundation of the world. In 1951, Pope Pius XII also issued Sempiternus Rex Christi, "Christ, the Eternal King," reaffirming the truths of the Council of Chalcedon, that Christ was both fully human and fully divine, united together in the hypostatic union, as one divine person. Moreover, he reiterates, "Each nature possesses its properties without defect." (SR, 21) Jesus is "perfect in His divinity, perfect in His humanity, true God, and true man." (SR, 23) Again, Pope Pius XII, in 1956, published another encyclical, Haurietas Aquas, "You Will Draw Waters" in regard to the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He speaks again of Jesus' divine knowledge, saying: "since 'in Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily.' It is, besides, the symbol of that burning love which, infused into His soul, enriches the human will of Christ and enlightens and governs its acts by the most perfect knowledge derived both from the beatific vision and that which is directly infused." (HA, 55-56) In the year 2,000, Pope John Paul II put out the encyclical Novo Millenio Ineunte, "At the Beginning of the New Millenium." In it, he refers to Jesus in the Garden of Olives as "oppressed by foreknowledge of the trials that await Him." (NMI, 25) The Church consistently teaches that Jesus is divinely aware, knowing the intimate details of future events and all that would befall Him, as predicted in His Passion. Lastly, in 2013, Pope Francis put out his first encyclical Lumen Fidei, "The Light of Faith." In it, Pope Francis alludes to the divine understanding Christ has of the Father. He says, "Christ's life, His way of knowing the Father and living in complete and constant relationship with Him, opens up new and inviting vistas for human experience." (LF, 18) The infinite knowledge and consciousness is important because it is united to Jesus' humanity. God reached down to become part of man, so man could be lifted up to become part of God. We are adopted children of God, who are made partakers in the divine nature, through Christ's humanity. This is the new and inviting vistas for human experience Pope Francis refers to, and which, is an intimate aspect of the sacramental life.
Scripture, too, repeatedly and unequivocally affirms and reaffirms Christ's divinity, and in doing so, incidentally professes His divine knowledge and consciousness. Jesus takes for Himself the name of God, declaring Himself "I Am." (Jn. 8:58) And, He openly declares, "The Father and I are one." (Jn. 10:30) Jesus takes to Himself special titles, such as "The Son of Man" and "The Son of God." He refers to God as Abba, or Father. He declares Himself "greater than the Temple" and "Lord of the Sabbath." (Mt.12:6; 8) Authority for, both of which, belongs only to God Himself. Jesus can read the interior thoughts of other people and knows future events. He ascribes for Himself the power to forgive sins and the power to judge, particularly as the eschatological final judge of all humanity. He can only be the true and just judge of all humanity if He truly knows all the deeds and interior motivations of all humans, as He does in His divine knowledge. Occasionally, Jesus uses simple rhetorical ploys, often times to elicit a response from someone. For example, when Jesus is talking with the Samaritan woman, He asks her, "Go, call your husband, and come back," even though He already knows that she has had many husbands, and the one she is with now is not her husband. (Jn. 4:16) He gently elicits her moral conscience to sins she has committed, and at the same time, reveals His divinity. This is reminiscent of God coming into the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve sinned, asking "But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" (Gen. 3:9) God, of course, knew where Adam and Eve were, but elicited a moral response from them after they had sinned. This is the same oikonomia that Jesus practiced in His lifetime, in tempering down His divine knowledge and consciousness to the human condition. Nevertheless, we should not be fooled by Christ's humility and fall into error by questioning His divine knowledge and consciousness. For, in His final revelation to humanity, Jesus proclaims His omnipotence saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev. 1:8)


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As told to Kara Cutruzzula
In December 2009 I was flying to Buenos Aires to meet some friends and celebrate New Year's Eve. When I lined up to board my flight, I was thrilled to see a group of cute guys line up too, and even more thrilled when they sat across the aisle from me. I was, of course, in my international travel uniform of high ponytail, glasses, no makeup, yoga pants and a hoodie, so an hour before landing I ran to the bathroom, switched to contacts, brushed my teeth, threw on some blush, lipstick and mascara and sashayed back to my seat.
One of the guys — we'll call him Matt — started chatting me up. People are really intrigued by a young woman flying by herself. He was traveling with friends who worked in San Francisco — all tech guys, of course — to celebrate New Year's as well. I mentioned that I was meeting my friends and we were renting an apartment in the beautiful, leafy Palermo Soho district. We exchanged emails and went our separate ways.
I didn't think I would hear from him because, well, we met on an airplane. But when I arrived at the apartment my friends and I were renting and realized we had a rooftop pool I immediately thought, I'm throwing a party.
I got into the vacation spirit, eating steak and going to see flamenco. A day later I saw my opening: an email from Matt. "What are you up to? Having fun?" I said we're having a great time, and oh, we're having a party at this amazing apartment and you should come.
On New Year's Eve a dozen people came over, a pretty good turnout considering I'd arrived only two days earlier. We made drinks for the guys, put on some hip hop and took ridiculous group photos. It felt like such a wild, spontaneous event. Matt was hot, friendly, funny — and very confident. He was sending out a "don't worry, this is going to be great" vibe. We headed out to a club for the New Year's countdown.
At the Club Museum dancing didn't start until 3 a.m. and went all night. When we walked in he put his hand on the small of my back. He was obviously trying to move things along while I was playfully ducking him to keep up at least a little bit of a chase. Except with a vacation boyfriend, the chase has to be a sprint not a marathon otherwise you'll run out of time.
All night we kept dancing and then splitting up and circling back together, until he pulled me into a dim corner away from all of our friends. Kissing him was amazing. I felt so wild being in Argentina with some strange, hot guy I'd just met on the plane. We were making out when the clock struck midnight. He kept trying to talk me into getting in a cab with him but I just couldn't pull the trigger on our first night.
The next day we met for cocktails and a tour of the gorgeous cemeteries in Buenos Aires, but I still didn't sleep with him. I pictured our romance as a PG-rated rom-com. Saying goodbye was hard, but he lived in San Francisco and I was in LA, so it was what it was.
Two years later, I opened my inbox to a "Remember me?" email. He was coming to LA. It was on. After some nervous primping, we got dinner, drinks, and were making out in the club when he invited me back to his hotel. This time I said yes. He had his hands all over me in the cab and as soon as we got to the hotel he tugged my dress over my head. I started laughing when he took his shirt off because his body was so amazing — he was insanely ripped. He was probably expecting me to swoon, but instead I said something like, "Damn!" and then dissolved into giggles. He started laughing too because this sexy moment that had been building for years suddenly turned ridiculous. But when he took control and playfully pulled my hair while kissing my neck, the night got really hot. It was passionate and steamy and then he lifted me up and held me with my legs wrapped around his waist, my back against the wall. When it was over, we were spent.
Before he left the next morning to catch a flight, he brought me a glass of water, kissed me sweetly and told me to stay in his hotel room as long as I liked.
Since then our relationship has continued in the friends with benefits vein, but it's never moved further because of the crazy way we met. Vacation boyfriends are beautiful in their fleetingness; they can't live in the real world.
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of course, there's always something to fall in love with: asexual perspectives on pop culture and much more.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Cupid's Footsoldiers
But, if you look at presumably asexual characters, they never play this role, even though I would sort of expect them to. It would be hard for me to imagine any of them, even the always-perky Gerald, bringing two sexual people together in a romantic way. You could come up with theories as to why this is, but I haven't found an explanation that makes sense to me yet. For example, you could say it's because homosexuality is somehow scarier or more threatening to people than asexuality. However, in Shortland Street, Hunter is very threatened by Gerald. And people who are unaccapting of any sexuality tend to be motivated by their own fears. Perhaps there just aren't enough asexual characters to say, although goodness knows I try.
What's strange is that I saw myself as a "cupid" figure, even before I identified as asexual with certainty. I remember having an acquaintance who, infamously, had never been kissed*. However, after knowing me a short time, she did manage to kiss someone. At the time, I was wondering why everyone was having all these experiences that I wasn't-- while I didn't want to have the actual experiences, I wanted to be "like everyone else". So I reflected on this, and came to the conclusion that I must somehow be causing the romantic exploits of others. Perhaps I had some sort of...powers. This seemed to be the only fitting explanation as to why these experiences eluded me. No, it wasn't just a fact that as people got older, most tended to gain sexual experience. Nope, I can (unconsciously!) control what happens to other people. I know that's probably not the case, but still...I can't find much evidence that that's definitely not the case. Okay, we're traveling a little too far into the bizarre recesses of my mind now. I suppose I was just wondering if "asexual as cupid figure" would be our pop-culture future. I can only guess that it probably won't be. As we all know, our culture doesn't always see us as we may see ourselves...and our questionable magic powers. Bullseye!
*The passive language with which most sexual/romantic rites of passage are discussed merit further exploration.
4 comments:
- KC the MoUsY spell-checker said...
Wow... after reading this, my title "Cupid domestique" in the "Love me love my bicycle" Facebook group doesn't seem so ironic any more. xD
(At first I found it ironic because an asexual Cupid seems kind of self-contradictory, but I like your idea of an asexual cupid who brings others together.)
- November 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM
- Lanafactrix said...
Perhaps it's due to the stereotype that no interest in sex equates to no interest in romance? I suppose the logic runs that an ace with no personal interest in a relationship wouldn't bother fixing up someone else. (By the way, I think the "gay male as matchmaker" trope is born of the stereotype that gay male relationships are ephemeral and meaningless--such men, unable to find true love, encourage it in others out of redirected frustration.)
- November 4, 2008 at 6:27 AM
- Adrain_on_society said...
I feel the weight of wanting to be "like everyone else" without actually doing what they are doing. All through my life, I was looking for explanation for why I could never "be like everyone else". In actuality, I didn't really want to, because it would have involved doing the things that repelled me. It surprises me to think how long it took for me to figure out what seems now to be such a simple thing.
- February 28, 2012 at 3:09 PM
- Ily said...
"I feel the weight of wanting to be "like everyone else" without actually doing what they are doing."
Well said...me too.
- February 28, 2012 at 9:52 PM


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From hieroglyphics painted with crushed berries in the time before speech, humans have embraced storytelling as the way to define what is important to a society. Alabama Funk, an artist's collective in Birmingham that creates visual and wearable art, is following the storytelling tradition in their own way: constructed from found objects and natural elements, each piece is a preservation of Alabama's heritage and lifestyle, handcrafted to tell the story of who or what inspired it.
Shoppers have seen their work at Harold & MOD, Soca Clothing, Wheelhouse Salon and other Magic City venues and events that welcome those who have an appreciation for earrings made of snake bones, lace bustles, wooden bangles and the like.
Alabama Funk is made up of Anne Conway, who creates jewelry and pen and ink line drawings; Sandra Swann, who works with textiles; Drew Lormand, who does woodworking and visual art; Ron Crutchfield, who works with wood; and Rob Clifton, who creates visual art.
They began as close friends that shared a passion for art and handmade creations, so the move to forming an artist's collective was a natural progression.
"Chasing bands and making pieces together was what we were already doing, so making the choice to refer to ourselves as a collective was easy. I wish I could say I handpicked this group of artists. The truth is we were Alabama Funk long before we started printing stickers and vending together," said Crutchfield, who comes from a family of seamstresses and carpenters and had the tools of the trade at his disposal from a young age.
Each person in the collective had been creating art individually for some time and would periodically gather together to bounce ideas off one another.
"We all were making on our own and mostly from what we had salvaged, found or thrifted. We met at coffee shops with a notebook and sat around sharing our ideas. From there, we sought opportunities to share and promote our work," said Conway, who was originally inspired to make art by her Uncle Charles, who, although homeless for most of Anne's life, found ways to create his art and bring her art supplies to spend time creating with her.
Most of Alabama Funk's sales have been face-to-face with customers at events or commissioned pieces, but now that the collective's work is featured in Harold & MOD and Soca, they have a chance to meet their supporters.
"Having a retail presence is a way for us to continue doing what we love. Alabama Funk recently got a new retailer — Soca Nashville and Soca Tuscaloosa will be carrying jewelry. It's exciting to expand into other markets and stay true to making one-of-a-kind pieces without mass producing," added Conway.
"We're so thankful for Harold & Mod because we can share our art with the community every day. It's a fantastic location for our creations since it's solely stocked with locally produced or reclaimed items," said Swann.
One of the values the collective agreed upon was a commitment to repurposing materials to create one-of-a-kind pieces. From scrap wood to vintage fabric, from shotgun shells to snake bones, each piece is made to tell a story.
"As a result of developing my own personal style, I started shopping at secondhand stores where I could find high quality clothing and textiles, vintage and new, that were unique and had potential to be perfect or made into something wonderful," said Swann, who discovered her love of making things for others by first making things for herself, since her personal style, she says, was underrepresented or nonexistent in malls and chain stores. "It's exciting to take an item that has been discarded and forgotten about and make it into a new creation."
"The reward of seeing something come together from nothing is no doubt the reason for creating art," said Lormand, who, now better known for his murals and live painting at concerts, was originally drawn to woodworking because his father was a cabinetmaker. "I was completely mesmerized by the screams of power tools and the towering stacks of wood. As I grew older and my knowledge grew, I realized the world of square corners and smooth surfaces of cabinetmaking didn't necessarily have to apply. The access to scrap wood, that to most seemed invaluable, intrigued my artist's eye and got me into creating things with little cost."
The collective's commitment to reduce, reuse, recycle is telling of their values as artists and as citizens of the world. Through their work, they're showing that looking good doesn't have to come at the price of sacrificing environmental conscience.
"Fashion is a horribly wasteful industry. People are accustomed to buy and discard, rinse and repeat. I want to create things that people can wear to express their individuality, and I want these things to be made from recycled materials. If I can take these items and make something that makes someone feel special — magical, even — then I stay inspired to do more," Swann explained.
"I was raised by traditional, hardworking Southerners who taught me everything from patching my jeans to building barns, but mostly to be creative with what little we had," said Crutchfield.
For each member of the collective, art is personal and integral to their lives, and that passion gets translated into their work.
"For high school, I went to a boarding school out of state and my art teacher would let me come in during my off period and lunch break to draw," Conway said. "Art was the only way I coped with being somewhere I couldn't leave."
Today, Conway uses her artistic ability not merely to design jewelry or link elements together to form a necklace, but to intimately understand her creation, its relationship to the wearer and the feeling evoked from the pairing of the two.
"The intimacy of handcrafting jewelry is special to me because of its relation to the body. I like to think of the piece as an ornamental structure for the wearer and envision how it will lay on her skin or hair, how it will move with her body and how it will make her feel," explained Conway.
"Taking what I need and leaving the rest, keeping close the ones who invoke the artist in me, and hearing my daughter say, 'My daddy made that,' are the reasons I call myself an artist, craftsman and proud father," Crutchfield said.
Since starting Alabama Funk, the collective has received much positive feedback from the Birmingham community — including other artists and arts supporters. This support has fostered collaborations with Little Forest, Made in the Magic City, Digs Design, MAKEbhm, Charity Ponter and more.
Collaborations are a big part of Alabama Funk's work. Currently, Lormand is partnered with local band Festival Expressions and creates their concert posters, album art, occasional stage production and does live painting at their shows. He recently designed the cover for their second album, Conversations, and was able to include elements of woodworking, the Birmingham skyline and a passion for music all into one piece.
Crutchfield is working with West Elm Birmingham on a line of furniture and plans to lead more woodworking workshops at MAKEbhm.
After collaborating on a custom jewelry line for the H&M show at Birmingham Fashion Week, Conway and Swann are now helping to create a custom jewelry line for Harold & Mod's summer fashion show, REVIVAL, on July 26 at Trim Tab Brewing Company. Additionally, both Conway and Swann are working on the YWCA's Art Camp for kids this summer.
"I remember my Papaw saying, 'I'd rather be lucky than good,'" Crutchfield said. "I'm lucky to have this family of artists. We just happen to be pretty damn good at what we do."
For more on Alabama Funk, visit etsy.com/shop/AlabamaFunk, or connect with Alabama Funk on Facebook and Instagram. They will be launching a website this fall.


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- Placement Location: Mandeville
- Requirements: Fully qualified as a midwife, have a relevant license and 2 years of experience; temporary license from the Jamaican Medical Association
- Accomodation: Host family
- Length of placement: From 2 weeks
- Start Dates: Flexible
This volunteer medical project helps treat patients in a hospital in Mandeville, Jamaica.
Jamaica has a decent standard of healthcare. However, it lacks specialist staff in key areas such as midwifery. You can help look after mothers and babies as well as helping local staff.
This project is perfect for anyone qualified considering volunteer work abroad or midwives on a career break. You can contribute to the development of healthcare in Jamaica.
Here you will find answers to the following questions:
How can volunteer midwives help in Jamaica?
What will I gain from this project?
What will Projects Abroad PRO provide?
What skills or qualifications do I need?
How can volunteer midwives help in Jamaica?
You can use your knowledge and training to help local staff as a volunteer midwife. You can work on tasks such as:
- Helping existing staff to treat patients, including:
- Diagnosing, monitoring and examining women during pregnancy.
- Developing, assessing and evaluating individual programs of care.
- Supervising and assisting mothers in labor.
- Producing literature for new parents giving advice on the daily care of the baby, including breast feeding, bathing and making up feeds.
- Helping with medical outreach programs within nearby towns and villages.
- Observing and assessing the work of local trainee midwives.
The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) has a capacity of 164 beds. It offers a variety of specialist treatments and is Mandeville's main hospital. You will be expected to work at least 5 hours a day from Monday to Friday.
Alternative hospitals and medical clinics are available if you have a specific area of interest that is not offered at MRH.
This project runs all year round. You decide how much time you can spare and we will help you get the most out of it.
What will I gain from this project?
This voluntary work abroad will allow you to gain experience from working with professionals in the developing world. You will be able to share ideas and learn from fellow staff. You will also get to see how mothers and babies are cared for in Jamaica. You will have to work under pressure and improve your abilities as a midwife.
You will spend a lot of time with local staff and patients. This will teach you about their culture and way of life. They will all want to hear about your life back home and your family and friends. We call this "cultural exchange" and we think it helps our volunteers gain a new perspective on life.
What will Projects Abroad PRO provide?
We have over 25 years' experience of running volunteer projects. We provide you with the following support to make sure your time in Jamaica is successful and enjoyable:
- Safe accommodation with a Jamaican family close to your project.
- Friendly and dedicated local staff available to help 24 hours a day.
- A member of staff to meet you at the airport when you arrive.
- Comprehensive medical and travel insurance.
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You need to be fully qualified as a midwife, have a relevant license to practice in your country of residence and 2 years of experience
Volunteers also need to obtain a temporary license from the Jamaican Medical Association in order to treat patients independently. This process normally takes around 3 months.
You can apply for the license before you leave. Our staff in Jamaica will give you full support, including the required forms and how to fill them in.
Please contact us if you think your knowledge may be useful on this project but do not have the required qualifications.
Additional Registration Fees for certified Midwives
If you are a midwife participating in a Project for Professionals, you will be required to register with the local medical council before your arrival. You will be required to pay an extra licensing fee, which is currently US$50.


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Summit County Community Notes: 12-22-2012
The FIRC Bag Shop will be open Saturdays until Christmas from 1-4 p.m. in Suite 22 at La Riva Mall in Dillon. Get unique holiday gifts and help the community. All bags are made from donated material by volunteers and 100 percent of sales are donated to the Family & Intercultural Resource Center's emergency assistance and food bank programs.
Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church present their fifth annual "Candlelight Festival of Lessons and Carols" on Sunday at 6 p.m. at 56 Highway 6 in Dillon. More than ninety years ago in England, the first "Festival Service of Nine Lessons and Carols" was held on Christmas Eve in 1918. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, who at the age of 34 had been appointed Dean of King's College Chapel in Cambridge, England. A revision of the service was made in 1919, involving rearrangement of the lessons and from that date the service has always begun with the hymn "Once in Royal David's City." Some carols have been changed over the years and new ones introduced but the backbone of the service, the lessons and prayers, has remained virtually unchanged. Lord of the Mountains welcome all those whose wish to participate in the special worship experience.
The town of Frisco and the Frisco BBQ Committee are accepting applications for the 2013 BBQ Nonprofit Partnership. Nonprofit organizations with current 501(c)3 status are encouraged to inquire and apply. The BBQ Non-profit Partnership is a great opportunity to fundraise and market your organization. The nonprofit partners selected will have the ability to generate funds based upon the agreed partnership responsibilities; a total of $35,000 is available to be awarded to six Summit County non-profit organizations. Information and applications are also available online at http://www.townoffrisco.com/events/nonprofit.
Summit County's answer to holiday shopping is Summit Unchained, produced by the Summit Independent Business Alliance. Win prizes in independent locally-owned businesses this holiday season. All entries in individual business drawings will also be eligible to win grand prizes. About $6,000 worth of prizes are available to win. Visit http://www.summitindependentbusiness.com and click on Events for the full prize listings.
Boy Scout Troop 187 in Breckenridge is holding its annual Christmas Tree Sale through Monday or while supplies last.Start you holiday season with a fresh, beautiful tree and support your local Boy Scouts. Varieties include Scotch Pine, Concolor Fir and Fraser Fir and are available in sizes ranging from 5-12 feet. Wreaths and tree stands are also available.Location is again at the Riverwalk Center/Tiger Dredge Lot which is on the corner of Park Avenue and Washington in Breck. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 4-6:30 pm, Friday from 4-7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. This is the troop's one-and-only fundraiser.
The organizers of the 2013 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships are looking for volunteers. They have opportunities available from Jan. 15 through Feb. 3, indoors and outdoors. If you are interested in volunteering your time, contact Heather Bridges at (970) 453.3187 ext 3 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Cochran Cottage on Ballast Island, 1888
Lying a mile northeast of Put-in-Bay is Ballast, one of Lake Erie's twenty islands. According to legend, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry used rocks from the island to provide ballast for his ships before sailing out to meet the British fleet during the War of 1812. A shallow reef connects the 13-acre island to a sliver of land known as Lost Ballast.
Life on Ballast was shaped by one of its earliest owners, commercial shipping magnate and two-time Cleveland mayor George W. Gardner. At age nine, he ran away from home to sail aboard a lake schooner bound for Buffalo. While still a teenager, Gardner became head clerk of the Northern Transportation Company, managing the accounts and cargoes of the firm's Great Lakes vessels. After a 5-year stint in the banking business, Gardner purchased two tugs that plied the Cuyahoga River. In partnership with John Rockefeller and others, he shipped grain throughout the Great Lakes, making Cleveland one of the largest grain markets on the Great Lakes.
Cottage on Ballast's North Cliffs, 1888
Few men loved the water more than Gardner. Well before the Civil War, he founded the Ivanhoe Boat Club, bringing rowing to the Cuyahoga River. He later founded the Cleveland Yacht Club and organized the Inter-Lake Yachting Association. He canoed the Mississippi River from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
In 1874, Gardner purchased Ballast Island and a short time later sold undivided interests to his friends who enjoyed sailing nearly as much as he. Eventually, the cooperative association of wealthy friends built nine cottages along the east and west shores of the island. The Gardners' cabin was built of logs from hackberry trees found on the island. A hotel and dining hall were constructed on the cliffs to the north. The families planted vineyards and fruit trees. At the invitation of Commodore Gardner, the Western Canoe Association transported its boat house from Ross Lake, Michigan to Ballast.
Lost Ballast Island, 1888
Those at Ballast formed their own canoe association, naming it the Longworth Canoe Club after the father-in-law of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. According to Commodore Gardner's great granddaughter, Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, McKinley, Garfield, and Cleveland all visited at Ballast. And, each summer the resident canoe club and other canoe associations held their annual races in the sheltered waters surrounding Ballast.
Eventually, an ice house, caretaker's home, and work shed were added. All were protected by a curving breakwall made of log cribs filled with stone. Passing steamers and Ballast's proximity to South Bass Island made travel to and from the island convenient. Good friends, good conversation, and great sailing made summering on Ballast in these early years an idyllic time.


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So, remember how when you were younger you used to read Sweet Valley High books and feel kind of terrible about yourself because of the constant insistence on how Jessica and Elizabeth were a "perfect size 6"?
Well, I guess Random House felt bad that size 6 teenagers were being denied the profound sense of failure that comes with seeing "perfect" juxtaposed with a size you can't achieve. So in their re-released versions, the twins are a "perfect size 4." After all, you've got to up the ante sometimes or girls get complacent. We can't have the size sixes thinking they've achieved perfection — you can't even get a modeling gig at that size, you cow!
Can't wait to read about how they write down everything they eat and leave themselves notes saying "what will the scale say in the morning?" Gotta combat that there CHILDHOOD OBESITY!


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If I'd known how easy it is to build a raised bed garden plot, I'd have done it years ago instead of having a patchwork, haphazard home kitchen garden.
So, you may ask: Why not just turn over the soil in my backyard? Well, we tried that one, and here's the thing…
The first spring after we moved into our country home, I decided to plant all of my favorite vegetables and try my hand at gardening. It was the first time I'd ever had my own house with my own dirt to dig in. The front yard was the only option, as our woods come right up behind the house, and there's not enough sun to grow much of anything back there—except for a lot of moss that grows there naturally. Besides that, we live on the top of a hill on a rocky ledge, where the soil is thin, poor and, well, rocky. That first summer, the only vegetables that grew were quickly eaten by a groundhog. (What is it with groundhogs? They could have any weed or blade of grass in the yard, but they apparently think that fresh veggies are candy, and candy's better than weeds any day!)
After the first season's failure, a friend suggested growing things in oversized flowerpots with purchased topsoil, and so for many successive summers, I planted tomatoes and basil this way, plus a variety of herbs. This method was sufficient up to a point, but as time went on, I wanted to grow more vegetables.
And then, two years ago, I had the chance to help a local sustainability organization build a community garden with 25 raised beds. I discovered that even I, who grew up in a family with three boys and never had to wield any kind of tool to build or repair anything—even I could build a raised bed garden plot.
I want to share with you how simple it is.
Basically, you're going to build a four-sided open wooden box (4 feet x 8 feet x 10 inches tall) and fill it with dirt.
Here's what you need:
2 pieces rough-cut sawmill hemlock – 8 feet long by 10 inches wide by 2 inches thick
2 pieces rough-cut sawmill hemlock – 4 feet long by 10 inches wide by 2 inches thick
(Note: Our community garden chose hemlock because it's more resistant to rot and to insects; cedar is also good, but more expensive. Whatever you do, don't use pressure-treated wood that's been treated with chemicals.)
Lay out the wood on the ground where you will build your four-sided wooden box, placing the two 8-foot sides opposite each other (four feet apart) and then placing the two 4-foot pieces at either end to form 90-degree angles to complete the box.
12 coarse-thread deck screws – 3.5 inches long
Using a power drill with appropriate screwdriver attachment, use three screws at each corner to connect the pieces of wood. (Presto! You have made a box!)
6 two-foot-long road pins
(A good hardware store will have these; they look a bit like rebar, but they have predrilled holes.) These will anchor the box firmly to the ground and will help keep the sides from bowing out during winter's freezing and thawing.
Determine where you will place the road pins on the inside of the box, spacing them two feet in from each corner. There will be two along each of the two long sides of the box, and one in the middle of each short side (see diagram). With a sledgehammer or other heavy, sturdy hammer, drive the road pins into the ground on the inside of the box making sure they touch the wood and that the top of the exposed part of the road pin does not stick out above the top of the 10-inch-tall box.
12 small diameter wood screws – 2.5 inches long
Note: The diameter of these must be small enough to fit through the pre-existing holes in the road pins.
Screw three of these through each road pin directly into the hemlock.
1 roll black plastic – 25 feet long x 1.5 feet wide
Line the inside of the box to keep the dirt away from the wood; this will protect the wood from direct contact with the dirt and will increase the longevity of your raised bed.
1 small box of one-inch aluminum roofing nails
Note: These have a nearly one-inch round plastic disc on the head of each nail. Use these to nail the plastic to the inside of the box in this manner: fold about two inches of the plastic over on itself (the double layer will make it stronger) and nail this doubled layer all the way around the inside top lip of the box with the plastic touching all the way to the top (but without sticking over the top) of the box.
Now, you're ready to buy your topsoil and mix it with compost and other soil amendments.
1+ cubic yards of topsoil and one-half cubic yard of compost
Get out your wheelbarrow and shovel and fill your raised bed; stir in the compost before or after you fill your garden plot—it's your choice.
A pile of fieldstones
Use these where the ground is uneven, and along the outside of the box, fill any gaps between the bottom of the wooden box and the ground.
Landscaper's fabric and wood chips
Around the outside of the plot, put black landscaper's fabric on the grass and cover it with wood chips. Be sure the black fabric goes right up to the wood. The landscaper's fabric will keep the weeds out of your bed for a couple of years.
And there you have it. You have built your own raised bed garden plot. Buy your seeds; choose your starter plants; and happy gardening.
[The garden construction sketch is courtesy of soil consultant Roger Hill, who can be reached at email@example.com.]


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We only played a tiny bit of the Nintendo 3DS remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, but what we did told us one thing. This is definitely a Metal Gear Solid game.
We struggled with the controls. Hey, it's a Metal Gear. Those controls are never that easy to handle. Unfortunately, the demo didn't include some of the more interesting features shown in the game's trailers, including a stealth-camouflage system that utilises the 3DS' cameras.
We couldn't find Yoshi, either! We did tranquilize a crocodile. As you'll see, that wasn't a smart move. (Well, maybe lingering nearby was the mistake).
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012
While publishers play safe, authors create the brands of the future - By Roz Morris
20 comments:
- Susan Price said...
Says it all, Roz!
- 20 November 2012 at 08:53
- Stephanie Zia said...
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- 20 November 2012 at 08:57
- Stephanie Zia said...
Way to GO! is what I meant to say...
- 20 November 2012 at 08:58
- Dan Holloway said...
VEry nicely put
- 20 November 2012 at 09:45
- Catherine Czerkawska said...
Well put, Roz. We need the courage of our own convictions, and the confidence to keep saying it!
- 20 November 2012 at 09:53
- Bill Kirton said...
Nothing to add, Roz - a terrific, succinct summary of the group's ethos. Thanks.
- 20 November 2012 at 10:32
- dirtywhitecandy said...
Thanks, guys! Never had a set of comments before that said 'nothing to add...'
- 20 November 2012 at 10:42
- Chris Longmuir said...
Well said, Roz, I agree with everything tha's already been said.
- 20 November 2012 at 11:08
- James Scott Bell said...
Write on, Roz. I was on a panel recently about (big shock) the future of publishing. Someone said, "But what about curation? Who will be doing that?"
And I simply said, the writers themselves. With "quality controls," some of which you suggest here.
It's just like starting a business (in fact, if you go indie, it IS starting a business). You need product, quality systems and delivery. It used to be there was only one route to get all this in book publishing.That's no longer true.
- 20 November 2012 at 13:25
- Jessica Bell said...
Amen. :-)
- 20 November 2012 at 19:16
- dirtywhitecandy said...
James, I'm not sure the industry (with Porter's !) is reassured at the idea that authors can take control, but since we've been left to, that's what we're going to do! This also sheds some interesting light on the question of whether it's worth blogging about writing. If we reach writers, we all form a big network of gatekeepers. Hmmm... Great to see you here!
And Jessica, great to see you here too.
- 20 November 2012 at 20:46
- John A. A. Logan said...
Beautifully put, Roz!
I always want to give Quality its capital Q because I can't think of the word without thinking of the big book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which Robert Pirsig constructed around his Theory of Quality and that word.
Or the Greek arrete/excellence...the pursuit of the ideal of excellence which inspired Pirsig.
It's fascinating that the mainstream has betrayed that ideal so woefully, in book/film/even TV...(from Dennis Potter to...X Factor/Big Brother)...and that it is now the independents, or the independent collectives, who are free to produce quality work to fill the void (interesting to note too the tandem movement of AE and League of Extraordinaries just now, towards what is effectively a branding as Quality, which you have brought into focus and consciousness here)...
It's exciting!
If a film-maker wanted to try to follow Kurosawa or Bergman along the Road of Quality now, he'd have to be an indie film-maker...no doubt about that.
Writers likewise.
- 20 November 2012 at 21:44
- John A. A. Logan said...
(And loved the penguins!)
- 20 November 2012 at 22:01
- julia jones said...
This is really good. Please may I talk to you / swipe some for the anthology intro?
- 21 November 2012 at 07:00
- Pauline Fisk said...
I'm all for quality. And Robert Pirsig's book. I seem to remember something about the 1990s being touted [in advance] as 'the decade of quality'. What happened to that?
- 21 November 2012 at 07:29
- dirtywhitecandy said...
Thanks, John & Pauline! No one seems to think quality is enough of a distinctive value these days, but in publishing eras gone by it was how many of the big houses were founded - a bunch of people picked because they could write.
Julia - I'd be honoured to work on the intro, let's talk about what's needed!
- 21 November 2012 at 09:32
- Bill Kirton said...
Ah John, thanks for the reminder. Back in the days when I was a university lecturer and students were there to get a real education (i.e. not only to acquire specific vocational qualifications but to develop and enrich their social and cultural awareness as well), we had time to stray outside the confines of set texts and prescriptive learning. I spent many hours discussing Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance and the notion of Quality. It shakes students out of their passivity, makes them question assumptions, forces them to articulate their ideas with more precision. (Mind you, Fungus the Bogeyman also helped to open their eyes to existentialism. Those definitely were the days.)
- 21 November 2012 at 11:01
- Reb MacRath said...
Brilliant, Roz. So true, and none of it is done over high-status lunches at Elaine's. Indie is the word now for the passionate commitment to quality and excellence and boldness that drove some of us to read in the first place. Can't wait for your next one.
- 21 November 2012 at 22:16
- Katherine Roberts said...
"We write books" - love it!
I think there's too much pressure on an author to be a brand these days, especially with blogging and tweeting etc. But brands don't leave much room for creativity.
- 22 November 2012 at 14:36
- dirtywhitecandy said...
Thanks, Bill, Reb and Katherine! Let's spearhead a return to appreciating writers for their creative and adventurous souls!
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The judge at the Court of First Instance in Muscat also convicted Adel al-Raisi, a former aide to the minister of the now-dissolved economy ministry, of organizing a bribe made by a senior official at a South Korea-based firm to Oman Oil Company CEO, Ahmad al-Wahaibi, and sentenced him to 10 years in jail.
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Australian Minister of Resources Martin Ferguson said he would step down, joining departing Cabinet colleagues Simon Crean and Chris Bowen, as well as junior minister Kim Carr. All had backed Gillard's chief rival, Mandarin-speaking former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, as the party's best hope to reverse polls pointing to a thrashing by conservative opponents at the Sept. 14 elections.
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Gillard stamped her authority on Labor by being re-elected unopposed, after Rudd conceded he did not have the numbers to topple her after a tumultuous day of backroom plotting that is to do even more damage to the government's fading popularity.
Treasurer Wayne Swan, widely derided by voters despite having steered the G20 member through the last financial downturn with 5.4 percent unemployment and a 21st year of unbroken economic growth, was re-elected as Gillard's deputy.
Crean was sacked immediately by Gillard on Thursday for backing Rudd, in what newspapers called a political "suicide bombing" that appeared to have delivered no gains for Labor except the near-certainty of a thumping election defeat.
Rudd, ousted by Gillard in 2010 amid another round of plummeting polls, said yesterday he would never again run for the leadership — unless it was already vacant.
"I don't think it's worth raking over the coals. What's done is done and let's get on with the future," Rudd said. "It's really important that we bind together and that's what the Australian people expect of us."
Bowen, one of Rudd's key backers and a former immigration minister, said he would also quit, stripping Gillard's top ranks of another of its most effective political talents.
Ferguson, in particular, had been an influential advocate for the country's mining industry and helped broker a 2010 deal with major resource companies, including BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, to abandon a damaging campaign against a mining profits tax introduced by Labor and later watered down.
Gillard, the plain-speaking daughter of Welsh migrants, has consistently failed to arrest a slump in opinion polls, which predict a major defeat in September, with Labor losing about 20 seats in the 150-seat parliament.
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Would certainly make a great video game monster
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The eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano shut down much of Europe's airspace for six days, affecting more than 10 million people and costing $1.7 billion.
An Airbus A400M test plane on Wednesday dispersed one tonne of ash over the Bay of Biscay, off western France, creating conditions similar to that of the 2010 eruption, said the team, which also included Norwegian sensor maker Nicarnica Aviation.
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EasyJet, Europe's second biggest budget airline behind Ryanair by market value, now plans to fit the volcanic ash detection equipment on some of its planes by the end of 2014.
"The threat from Icelandic volcanoes continues and so we are delighted with the outcome of this (test) ... finding a solution is as crucial now as ever to ensure we never again see the scenes of spring 2010 when all flying ceased across Europe for several days," said Ian Davies, easyJet's engineering director.
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