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I teach school for a living. From time to time, I will have trouble with a student, trouble that rises to the level of a call home. I dread these calls. They're embarrassing, actually, because I teach juniors and seniors in high school. "My brethren," as James said, "these things ought not so to be."
But what is most distressing is when the misbehavior stems not from a lack of self control but from a truly foul attitude. A student with a bad attitude can, if he's smart enough, make me look bad both in front of the class and in front of his parents when I call home.
Picture the situation: It's been a rough day and I'm at the end of my tether, and everyone in the room can see it. (I often tell people that a teacher without a sense of humor is like fresh meat floating in the water. The sharks always smell blood.) At precisely the right moment, when the tension is at its peak, the smart-mouth utters under his breath a single sentence that has an effect just short of a slap to the face. Everyone in the room freezes. How will the teacher respond to this defiance?
But this kid's smart: it's not what he said, it was how and when he said it. I know that if I call home that night and report the incident, I'll be stuck with a difficult story:
Me: "Your son was disrespectful in class today."
Parent: "Oh really? What did he say?"
This is where I'm stuck. What he said was actually innocuous on its face. It could have, under different circumstances, been taken as harmless, witty banter. It was all about his timing and delivery, which were impeccable.
Me (lamely): "I guess you had to be there."
What does all this have to do with politics? Sometimes it seems that the smart-mouths who used to plague their high school classrooms have hijacked our national debate. Think of the voices that get the most attention in our conversations about important issues: it's Michael Moore vs. Rush Limbaugh. It's Jon Stewart vs. Sean Hannity. It's Bill O'Reilly vs. everybody else. It's not hard to imagine what these guys were like in high school. Why haven't they grown up? More important: why have we let them dominate our political and cultural discourse?
One of the courses I teach is current social problems, an examination of the controversies that fuel much of the national debate: abortion and gay rights, of course, but also racism, bio-ethics, criminal justice issues, religious liberty, and the like. Occasionally I'll get a student who has been so thoroughly indoctrinated in one point of view that he cannot seriously contemplate the issues. All he can contribute to the discussion is talking points he's heard from a pundit. When that student dominates the discussion of the issues, the anger is so fierce and the polarization so deep that all the two sides can do is shout past one another. There's no listening, no serious consideration of other points of view. In other words, that loud and unproductive classroom discussion takes the form of our national debate, writ small.
It's no wonder voters are disgusted and disillusioned. What they're hearing from the pundits is the same thing I sometimes get from my ill-informed students: mischaracterization, cynicism, and constant attack. People are weary of the rants, from both the left and the right. (Was anyone else sick to death of the constant cynicism in the political ads that bombarded Ohio broadcasting in the weeks leading up to the last general election?) I would hate to think that our nation's most important questions will be settled on the basis of who shouts the loudest or who mounts the most relentlessly cynical attack or who most skillfully manipulates public opinion.
But this is not just a jeremiad on the quality of our national debate. It's a call for something better. And I think we are capable of much better.
We need people who are willing to conduct a new kind of discussion. When we talk about serious matters like immigration reform, abortion, gun control, and the legal definition of marriage, we need to hear from serious, thoughtful people. Loud-mouthed showmen (the Michaels Moore and Savage and their ilk) are more entertaining, but they don't move the conversation forward. They just foul up the air.
True, the dominance of the loud-mouths is one of the reasons that thoughtful and serious people are reluctant to enter the fray. They can't get much of a hearing in such a toxic and volatile atmosphere. Since they don't breathe fire and call down damnation on their enemies, their careful words and reasonable ideas can sound, by comparison, weak and indecisive. But it's the exchange of carefully worded and reasonable ideas, not an ideological slug-fest, that will lead us out of this gridlock.
Can we can talk about gay marriage without resorting to name-calling?
Can we can discuss gun control without hyperbole?
Can we create immigration reform that actually works?
We need serious, thoughtful, and reasonable people who can discuss volatile issues without rancor. I believe they are there, on both the left and the right. I call on that cadre of intelligent and thoughtful men and women to bring their insight and perspective to these debates. We need to hear from them.
Paul William Pyle has taught high school for 36 years and serves as an elder in a Dayton-area church. He studied English and music at Evangel University and holds the M.A. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife have four children, ages 18-33. His blog, "Noticing," can be found at paulwpyle.blogspot.com.
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HERE WE ARE...LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT...These are my final two outfits of my 30 for 30 remix challenge! Tomorrow I'll wrap up the challenge with a big ole bow so you can see all 30 outfits in one place (along with my musings and learnings from the process).
Today, we celebrate the last two outfits of the remix. They're hardly inspired; in fact, I could have made about 20 more interesting outfits, but they represent something I'd forgotten - boots make everything cuter. Even if you're wearing just a poncho and a bra, slap some boots on and you'll look like a true fashionista. Don't tell the cop that arrests you for indecent exposure that I was the one who told you that.
Even though this challenge can be frustrating, boring, and even...challenging at times, I still love it. It's a great way to dig into your closet and get to know what works a lot of different ways and what doesn't. I've become a more conscious shopper because of this challenge; I used to buy things because they were SHOWSTOPPERS for one time wear only and then never wear them again. Now, I'm more careful to look for things that I know I can wear over and over in many different ways. I highly recommend challenging yourself to remix your own closet once in a while! Especially in small chunks...and perhaps not killing a whole month.

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With infrastructure projects such as real estate investment growth slowed, the domestic economy decelerating, the rigidity of the steel needed is also reduced, stainless steel tube is naturally no exception, all the markets showed signs of weakness.
But if put together versus stainless steel tube and pipe, welded pipe market seems better. Biggest reason welding offers advantages. Compared with seamless call precious quote, quotes easier to let people suffer of stainless steel pipes. Nickel price instability of vibrations, stainless steel pipe remained generally stable price, everyone looks to, seamless tubes of stainless steel pipe-offer a low, fluctuations are not very large. Many manufacturers suggests that various types of pipe, like decoration pipes, fasteners and other sales are still good. But because of the negative elements in the market comparison, it is estimated that all stainless steel tube market continues weak adjustment.


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Sharing and growing in faith, prayer and understanding of what it means to be a Christian is very important and we do not expect it to happen within the context of Sunday and weekday worship alone. Meeting together in smaller, more informal groups strengthens us in our fellowship together and in our desire to become better disciples of Jesus Christ.
There are both regular and seasonal groups to get involved in which meet in different venues, both in our churches and in people's homes. For details about our regular groups please click on the links below and for forthcoming seasonal groups please explore our website further (Upcoming Events) or visit our Facebook page.
Mothers' Union
We have a very active branch of Mothers' Union in Gainsborough and more information can be found here.
The Shed
This Men's Group meets once a month. Click here to find out more.
Bell Ringers
The eight bells at All Saints' Church are rung regularly by a dedicated group of ringers who are always pleased to welcome anybody interested in learning the ropes to join them at their practice sessions. Further details about the bells and this group can be found here.
The choir at All Saints' Church helps to lead our worship at the 10.30am service. It is a mixed robed choir of varying ages and is always ready to welcome new members. For further details please contact the Parish Office – 01427 611036
Children & Families
We support and welcome children and families in our community. Within our worship participation we offer activities like 'JaM (Jesus and Me) Club' and Saturday Fun Day Workshops.
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"Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." ~ Isaiah 43:19
Every December, I buy a new daily calendar for the year ahead. And every January, I sit down and fill in the blanks—the birthdays, anniversaries, school dates, and vacations we planned in advance. I find it comforting to know a few of the things that lie ahead, giving me something to look forward to as I flip the year's pages. In spite of my few notes, the ocean of blank space in the months ahead leaves me wondering how everyday life will sneak in and fill them.
As I scribble here and there on the fresh pages, I thumb through the previous year and remind myself of the many ways life writes itself into being. All the detailed plans, game schedules and kids' practices rub shoulders with unexpected surprises, both good and bad. Every year, I think, "What a full life I've led!" I smile at all I experienced over the course of 12 months. Yet, when I look at my day-to-day life, it often feels frozen in time, one laundry load, grocery run, and rejected article after another.
When I open a fresh calendar, so full of opportunity and promise, I want to believe God will do a new thing in the coming year. <<Click to Tweet
I envision big things, dream-come-true things, the newest of new things for me to scribble down. And then I look at the old year, and I notice how many of my weeks bleed into months that look exactly the same. Drop off, pick up, buy the gift, pay the bill, attend the concert.
When Isaiah speaks of new life springing forth, of water in the desert, or of a path appearing where there was none, I often envision these things as instantaneous, bold moves by the hand of God. But, when I look at real life, I wonder if I have the vision wrong. What if the stream starts as a trickle, a damp patch in the dry, hard earth? What if the life springing forth begins as a seed, and needs time and nourishment and patience to grow? What if the path only reveals itself one solitary step at a time?
What if this new thing God is doing in our lives looks like imperceptible change across our soul's blank pages? What if He writes newness into our everyday, into the schedules and quotidian rhythms that sustain us?
Our day-to-day life is not about the big, new thing coming our way. It is about pointing our feet to walk in the same, obedient direction. Next year, as we flip the new pages on a fresh calendar, I hope we look back at this one and celebrate the new thing God is doing in the seemingly small. It's in the everyday He sustains us.
Kimberly Coyle is a writer, mother, and gypsy at heart. She tells stories of everyday life while raising a family, and shares her faith on her blog. She writes from the suburbs of New Jersey, where she is learning how to put down roots that stretch further than the nearest airport.


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I finally got around to photographing focal length comparisons again this week - I know these can be really helpful as a reference point so it's about time I got around to it!
We are going to be comparing a multitude of lenses - the 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 100mm, 135mm and 20mm focal lengths to be exact.
I've also got a handy little guide for you that will be really helpful when considering which focal lengths might be useful for you - my which lens quick guide. It goes through different scenarios and which focal lengths will be ideal, along with example images from each focal length! Go here to get your copy!
I gave up on trying to get someone to model for me - since one certain little boy wouldn't stay in the same place for long enough whilst I went through all my lenses (twice!) we have the lovely Dave as our model instead.
I'm pretty fond of Dave, he's very obliging :)
So, each of these photos has been taken with a different lens, and therefore a different focal length, so you can see how your field of view changes with each one.
For this first set I'm sitting in the same location for each shot, just changing my lens to get the different focal lengths. Just scroll through to see each image or click on the thumbnail to get to the next image in the gallery.
You can see just how much more you can fit in the frame with a 35mm compared to a 200mm!
This is why wide angles are great for landscapes, because you can fit so much of the scene in. They are also great for those times when you want to show more of your surroundings in lifestyle images, and - a plus point if you have little ones - they allow you to still be close to your subject, whilst still being able to get them in the frame.
Longer lengths, like the 135 or 200mm are obviously useful for when you are far away from your subject, or you want to narrow down your field of view, which can be great for keeping clutter out of the frame! With that in mind, you can absolutely use a 200m indoors if you don't want to get too much of the surroundings in the scene - assuming of course you have the room to back up to use it!
Now, let's look at the same focal lengths again, but this time, I've tried to have Dave occupy the same amount of space in the frame for each one - this way you can see the difference in the final image depending on the lens you choose.
Can you see the difference in the background with each one even through the subject is taking up the same amount of room in the frame? It's most obvious between 35 and 200mm. That's lens compression in action!I
This difference in how the scene looks (even if framed in the same way) is the reason why the workable distance from our subject is only one of our considerations when choosing which lens to use, as we will also want to think about what it does to the final look and feel of the image. Lens compression deserves a whole post all of it's own, since it's a pretty important factor when choosing a lens, so I'll be back with more on that tomorrow!
(updated - you can find the post on understanding lens compression here!)
Don't forget to download your Which Lens Kickstarter Guide to get example images by focal length, along with your handy guide to which focal lengths are best of different types of images:


text: There is a lot to know when it comes to senior housing. Thinking about future housing arrangements can be a stressful topic for both you and your family. There are so many options, types of housing and so much to know. In order to find the best fit you will have to learn about the different types of senior housing available, which choices may be best for you, and how to navigate the terminology. A great resource SeniorHousingNet has created a glossary of commonly used terms and the different senior housing and care choices available. You can find it here.


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How to Make a Kukui Nut Lei
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If you want a kukui nut lei in custom colors, it's not always possible to find someone who sells the right pre-made combination. Using the tips in this wikiHow, you can fairly easily create your own if you have the right tools and supplies.
1Start with 32 loose kukui nuts and ribbon (3/8" or 1/4" / 9.5mm or 6.35mm width) in the colors you want included in the lei; It helps to have a kukui nut threader which will help you get the ribbon through the holes in the kukui nuts.
2Cut two pieces of ribbon to 82 inches (208cm) length.
3Tie a knot in the two pieces of ribbon approximately 10 inches (25cm) from the end.
4Place a kukui nut on the threader by pushing the metal through the pre-drilled hole in the kukui nut. If you have a variety of sizes, use the smallest kukui nut because this will be the part of the kukui nut lei that ties behind the neck. If you can place smaller kukui nuts toward the tied end and the biggest ones right in the middle, it will create a higher quality end product.
5Thread the ribbon through the threader tool wires above the kukui nut.
6Pull the kukui nut over the ribbon. This will result in the kukui nut being threaded by both strands of ribbon.
7Pull the kukui nut to the end of the ribbon where you created the knot earlier.
8Tie a knot after the kukui nut so that it is surrounded by two knots which will hold it in place. The closer you get the second knot to the kukui nut, the better the final quality of the kukui nut lei will be.
9Alternate colors if you want and continue to strand kukui nuts onto the ribbon. Remember to use larger kukui nuts near the center of the lei and place a tight knot in between each kukui nut.
10After all 32 kukui nuts have been added to the lei, tie a bow at the end using the 10 inches (25cm) of extra ribbon on each end.
11Share your Aloha with someone by giving them your creation!
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Ut omnes unum sint︱"May they all be one" John 17
English Martyrs' Catholic School has its traditions and values derived from the belief and love of the Gospel message.
The young people entrusted into the care of the school will be encouraged to deepen their knowledge, understanding and love of God.
We will foster the talents of our pupils, both academic and personal, in an atmosphere of mutual respect, compassion joy and hope.
We recognise that prayer and celebration form the bed-rock of our community and we will provide opportunity for praise, worship and thanksgiving.
We shall strive to ensure that all who work in the school are made to feel part of a community.
We acknowledge that each of us has an equal worth as brothers and sisters in Christ.
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|China annual chromium salt production by type in tons for 2005 to 2009
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China's chromium salt output (thousand tons)
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Sodium XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX dichromate
Chromic XXX XXX XXX XX XX anhydride
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X. Steady growth in production
Chromium compounds are important inorganic products. There are now about XX types of inorganic chromium compounds commonly used in China. Sodium dichro-matc is the most basic chromium compound, because all other chromium compounds are derived from it. In recent years, China's chromium salt industry has made great progresses, but still lags behind developed countries. For example, China still cannot produce water-soluble chromated copper arsenate (CCA), which is a commonly used wood preservative in the USA.
During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period (2006-2010), China's chromium salt industrial structure had undergone great changes. From 2006 to 2009, China's total sodium dichromate production capacity increased from XXX XXX t/a to XXX XXX t/a, and the number of sodium dichromate producers dropped from XX to XX, and their average production capacity rose from XX XXX t/ a to XX XXX t/a.
In recent years, China's chromium salt production has increased steadily, with an annual growth of X.X% from 2005 to 2009. Sec Table X for details.
Table X China's chromium salt output (thousand tons)
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Sodium XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX dichromate
Chromic XXX XXX XXX XX XX anhydride
China is a net importer of chromium salts. In recent years, its annual net import volume of chromium salts (equivalent of sodium dichromate; the hereinafter the same) fluctuated dramatically, with the lowest level - only X XXX tons in 2008 and the highest level - XX XXX tons in 2007. See Figure X for details.
Chromitc is one of major raw materials for the production of chromium salts. It is one of the most deficient minerals in China. In recent years, China's imports of chromite have increased year by year. India and South Africa arc major exporters of chromite to China, and Vietnam, Pakistan and Philippines are also important exporters of chromite to China. China's chromium salt industry is highly dependent on imported chrome ore. Thus, international chromite price hikes and foreign policies on mineral resources have great impacts on the production costs of chromium compounds in China.
In recent years, China's consumption of chromium salts has grown slowly. Its consumption of sodium dichromate increased from XXX XXX tons in 2005 to XXX XXX tons in 2009, with an annual growth rate of X. XX%, much lower than the XX.X% level during 2000 - 2005. Chromic anhydride is the most important consumer area for sodium dichromate. About XX.X% of sodium dichromate is used to produce chromic anhydride. The consumption of sodium dichromate by other chromium salt products, including chromium sulfate, chrome oxide, chromates and dichromates and organic chromium compounds, increased from XXX XXX tons in 2005 to XXX XXX tons in 2009, with an annual growth rate of X.XX%. China's consumption of chromium salts in recent years is shown in Table X.
Table X China's consumption of major chromium salts (thousand tons)
Item 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Sodium XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX dichromate
Chromic XXX XXX XXX XX XX anhydride
(equivalent XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX to sodium dichromate)
Other XXX XXX XXX XX XXX chromium salts (equivalent to sodium dichromate)
In the next five years, the consumption of sodium dichromate and chromic anhydride will grow moderately, and China will make breakthroughs in the application of trivalent chromium plating and water-soluble wood preservatives, which will become important potential consumer markets of chromium compounds. It is expected that in 2015, China's consumption of sodium dichromate will reach XXX XXX - XXX XXX tons, and its consumption of chromic anhydride will increase to XXX XXX to XXX XXX tons (equivalent to sodium dichromate).
X. Significant advance in cleaner production
X) Heat recovery from rotary kiln exhaust gas
In the production process of chromium salts, the kiln temperature can be up to more than XXX degree centigrade. To recover the heat from the kiln exhaust gas, waste heat boilers are installed in the tail of the rotary kiln. This can make the exhaust gas temperature drop below XXX degree centigrade, not only improving the utilization efficiency of waste heat, but also helping dust removal by electrostatic precipitators. The production of X ton of sodium dichromate can lead to more than X tons of byproduct steam, which can be used as the heat source of the waste heat boilers and reduce the coal consumption of the boilers by XX%. By electrostatic precipitators, the dust concentration of the exhaust gas can be reduced to less than X.X g per cubic meter.
X) Recycling of wastewater
Making X ton of sodium dichromate needs to consume more than XX tons of water. The waste steam can be condensed into water, part of which can be used to wash aluminum slag and Glauber's salt. The remaining condensed water can be repeatedly used after being cooled down. This can reduce not only water consumption but also the cost of water softening. By taking these measures, the water consumption per ton of product drops to less than X tons. After wastewater is treated with ferrous sulfate, lime and pressure fdters, its hexavalent chromium content, total chromium content, pH, COD and other indicators can meet the national emission standard.
X) Purification and absorption of chromic anhydride exhaust gas
The production of chromic anhydride can lead to a large amount of highly oxidative and corrosive exhaust gas. In the past, such exhaust gas was directly discharged into the air through high chimneys, causing great damages to surrounding equipment and factories, and heavily polluting the environment. Now, such exhaust gas is first cooled down by water washing and then absorbed and purified with caustic soda to meet the national emission standard.
X) Use of clean energy
In China, chromic anhydride producers generally use coal as fuel. Manufacturing X ton of product needs X.XX tons of standard coal, and the resulting smoke is difficult to deal with, leading to serious pollution. In recent years, more than half of chromium salt producers in the country have begun to use clean energy like natural gas and water gas as fuel to replace coal. If natural gas is used as fuel, the production of X ton product can consume XXX -XXX cubic meters of natural gas, equivalent to X.XX tons of standard coal. If water gas is used as fuel, the consumption of water gas in the production of chromic anhydride is equivalent to X.XX tons of standard coal per ton of product. So, this can save standard coal by X. XX - X.XX tons per ton of product. Some producers also use heavy oil and coal slurry as the kiln fuel, reducing energy consumption to varying degrees.
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profile: Mira Gonzalez
Nue Studio's storefront sits inside a grandiose block-long building called the Hollywood Historic Hotel. The exterior is composed of old brick, and the ground floor is lined with large windows that open up to the hotel lobby and to Nue. Arched divots above house shining, golden gargoyle statues that look down at the patrons below.
By day, Nue Studio functions as a café and hair salon; by night, it is a bar and arts venue, which is when my friend and I arrive. Inside, the space appears red-hued and dim. From the sidewalk, I can see a woman lying on the ground, wearing a hoodie that is vertically divided into black and white halves. She is setting up a projector. It seems too early to go in, so we kill thirty minutes at the bar next door. When we finally enter, we walk into a room that's about the size of a tennis court. A red light strikes the drywall and moves down to the tile floor. In the center, there is a square of upside-down CDs covered by a clear surface, so that people can walk on them. When the light hits them, it reflects like a laser, darting around the room.
Mira Gonzalez sits on a bench against the wall, directly across from me. She looks almost royal in her black long-sleeved dress, her forearms coated with gold bangles. She wears her hair halfway up, its tips tinged with pink and green. I recall one of her recent Tweets: "i'm in the midst of dyeing my hair to look like a watermelon." With her left hand, she interlaces fingers with her boyfriend, Tyler; with her right, she cradles a glass of white wine. Everyone is either beside her, glancing over at her, or actively inching toward her. The crowd is cozy and intimate, made up of performers and close friends. It is the kickoff event of a new series called NO READINGS, in which writers are allowed to do anything but read their own work.
Each writer does something different. One author shows a slideshow of screenshots from The Hills and narrates an imaginary plotline in which Heidi Montag is almost indoctrinated into her boyfriend Spencer Pratt's cult. Sorry House publisher Spencer Madsen breaks the rules by reading his stand-up routine, but everyone loves it and nobody cares. A duo performs an improv skit, and an intermission follows.
After about fifteen minutes of cigarettes, bathroom breaks, and trips to the bar, Gonzalez finally stands at the front of the room. She asks for three pre-selected volunteers to join her. She has them stand, spaced out, in front of the windows. She then picks six random volunteers from the crowd, two to accompany each of the aforementioned three. By pure luck, I am chosen as one of the crowd participants. Gonzalez gestures toward a wall of toilet paper behind her and then dumps out a bag of Halloween decorations: plastic spiders, green finger-wraps topped with witch nails, a pot leaf lei, vampire fangs, fake mustaches, and a creepy clear mask with painted eyelids. She tells the six of us to wrap the first three volunteers in toilet paper and then decorate them with this assortment of cheap costume goodies. We are told that "whoever has the best mummy will get a prize."
Once Gonzalez tells us to begin, we swoop at the goodies as if they are the contents of a broken piñata. Toilet paper tears as it winds up the legs of our mummies, the wrappers rushing, worried time is running out. My partner and I wrap our mummy's head so that she can't see anything. She giggles as we stick a creepy clear mask over her toilet-papered face, then adhere a fake mustache. We adorn her neck with the weed lei. At the end of our five minutes, we are told to stop. Each mummy is voted on by the volume of the cheering crowd. When the voting is finished, Gonzalez comes over and crowns our mummy with a little plastic tiara.
Mira Gonzalez is a 23-year-old poet, columnist, essayist, Twitter celebrity, and self-proclaimed "fake DJ." Her first book, i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together, was the first book published by Sorry House Press, and it was released when Gonzalez was only 20.
Gonzalez's poetry and Tweets have received a great deal of attention. i will never be beautiful enough was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award as well as The Believer Poetry Award. She has received praise from a wide variety of media outlets, including The Quietus, VICE, The Rumpus, The Guardian, and Publisher's Weekly. Emma-Lee Moss at The Guardian described Gonzalez best: she is "both punk and disinterested, both promiscuous and not particularly sexual." Gonzalez's poetry, she argued, sums up the confusion of existing in our modern, Internet-ubiquitous age.
The poems in Gonzalez's collection are written in all lowercase letters. They do not draw from an excessive vocabulary, nor is there anything superfluous about her work. However, the titles of her poems are often quite long and they sometimes seem only loosely connected to the content that follows. When asked why she does this, Gonzalez confidently explains, "There's no length limit to your title; it can express an idea unto itself. The space is not utilized enough."
In some poems, she simply narrates personal experiences without directly expressing their emotional effects. For example, in "untitled 6," she writes
last night you told me that everything in your life is a shade of light green I touched your leg under the table you spilled wine on my shoe the next morning we woke up thirsty and alone in our respective beds we allowed tenuously beautiful memories to momentarily occupy our minds
Often through intimate descriptions of life experiences, Gonzalez's work explores themes such as dissociation, sex, and drugs. Her poetry also responds to a deep loneliness. Gonzalez repeatedly expresses frustration with boundaries, as manifested in skulls, atoms, or miles between bodies. "Your molecules are never mixing," she tells me, creating a space between her hands. "There's always an emotional and physical gap." She informs me that her ideal form of communication would be telepathy. "You can express with your hands, your words, with your body, with smells. You know, anything," she says. "But each one is imperfect in its own way, and you can't really do all of them at once."
Gonzalez's most recent book, Selected Tweets, looks like a Bible. With its 1" x 4.2" x 6" dimensions, it is short and thick. The cover is black and resembles leather. On one side it reads MIRA GONZALEZ in small, gold letters, and on the other side it reads TAO LIN.
Many people know Tao Lin as the father of the alt lit community. The term "alt lit" was coined in 2011 to describe the kind of writing that was being published by places such as Muumuu House, a website and independent press that Lin founded in 2008, as well as at websites like HTMLGIANT and Pop Serial. Alt lit was heavily influenced by the Internet, often utilizing different social media such as Twitter or Facebook for both the creation of texts and to maintain the Internet presences that these writers utilize for self-promotion and online networking. Its texts incorporated many forms of expression, including but not limited to Tweets, Facebook statuses, and Gchats. As a genre, alt lit was usually self-deprecating, its content impulsive and sincere; it encompassed the immediacy and brevity of a Tweet.
In 2014, alt lit "died" due to multiple rape and sexual assault charges against men in the community. Some literary blogs and publishers shut down, and some of the accused men completely abandoned their public lives as writers, but most of its members have continued writing while still attending to similar styles. Though they now renounce the label "alt lit," many of these writers continue to work together for the purposes of publishing and promotion.
Although alt lit has willed itself out of existence, Gonzalez's work fits snugly into the Twitter-logo-shaped void it left behind, and it is no coincidence that Lin was the first person to publish her writing, in 2012. He found her Tweets to be "insanely funny," and after receiving an appreciation e-mail from Gonzalez, he asked to post a selection of her Tweets on the Muumuu House website. He subsequently published some of her poems, most of which appeared later in her debut collection.
Both Lin and Gonzalez wanted Selected Tweets to be viewed as literature, rather than "just random thoughts on a website," Gonzalez explains. The goal was to have a plotline for those who wanted to read something more like a novel, and to have a lot of Tweets that were funny on their own. They wanted the book to be something that "somebody who wants to read a novel-type thing could enjoy, and also somebody who has a Twitter-length attention span could enjoy, too."
Gonzalez's part of the collection includes amusing Tweets like "screamed and knocked over a glass of water because I thought my left foot was a rat" and "if you're happy and you know it what the fuck." There are silly drawings scattered about, which Gonzalez and Lin drew; the best one is a camel with human eyes and long eyelashes. And at the back of her side there are two "extras." The first reads like a journal entry but is a review of sorts of the movie Blue Is the Warmest Color. In the essay, she explains that it was originally supposed to be a review of Blue, but she took too long to do it and didn't want to tell other people how to feel about something so subjective. She then goes on to describe a bad breakup and an off-and-on relationship with another guy. She tells the story of how she and Lin got high and live-Tweeted Gravity (and how they were unable to live-Tweet 12 Years a Slave because of its serious and difficult content). It ends with the off-and-on boyfriend breaking up with her, but forgetting about it later when sober. "Luckily I have enough Xanax to kill a small army," she writes. "I'm ready to face the world."
The second "extra" reads like a story. In it, she and a guy named Peter do lots of drugs, drink a lot, go to a party, and have sex in a construction site, where they're caught by cops. It ends when the cops leave, deciding they "have better things to do."
Contained within a loose narrative, Selected Tweets supplies a palatable juxtaposition of extremely depressing and laugh-out-loud Tweets. Gonzalez and Lin work together to showcase a full qualitative spectrum of 140-character thoughts, staying true to the tenets of alt lit by making full use of the Internet as a platform for literary creation.
Gonzalez was born at home in Venice Beach, California, via midwife. She was raised in her mother's childhood home, which her mother purchased from Gonzalez's grandmother. She comes from a family of artists: her mother is a successful painter and collagist, her grandfather is a director, her great-grandfather was a screenwriter, her great-grandmother was a poet, and her stepfather is Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag. Her mother, brother, and Dukowski were in a band together, The Chuck Dukowski Sextet, while Gonzalez was growing up. Although she acknowledges that being surrounded by music and lyrics has greatly informed her writing, she laughs when I ask if she can play instruments or sing. "To this day, if you ask my mom she'd be like, 'Mira has a beautiful voice, but she refuses to sing!'"
Gonzalez went to school in LA for psychology, but once she began getting published by Muumuu House and literary magazines such as Illuminati Girl Gang and The Quietus, she decided to focus on writing her book and then dropped out of school to move to New York. In most families, this might be a cause for concern, but not hers. "In my family, going into the arts is very much viewed as a viable career path," she says, "and it's something that's okay to do and encouraged to do.
"Chuck, specifically, was a huge influence on me leaving school and pursuing writing. He would talk about how he was in school for neuroscience when Black Flag was becoming popular, and he was like, 'Okay, well this band is becoming popular, and if I want to do this I've got to dedicate myself 100 percent,' so he left school and started touring with Black Flag." She is amazed when people go on to pursue careers in the arts without family support. "To grow up in a family of non-artists and then decide to become an artist must take so much determination, a lot of stubbornness, and a lot of believing in your own skill."
Though she published her first book in New York, she quickly grew tired of the weather, the social pressure, and being away from her family. She lived there for only about a year before returning to LA. "I'm a real homebody," she says with sincerity. "I like being at home. I like being able to isolate myself from people to be able to get things done or not get things done or whatever. It's really hard to do that in New York."
Gonzalez now writes a comedic bi-monthly column for VICE's feminist channel, Broadly, where she fantasizes about New York parties from her apartment in LA. She has been working on a collection of personal essays for a long time, but does not expect it to come out any time soon. She says that she won't ever quit writing poetry, but that her next project will likely be prose. She tells me that the prose she likes to read contains individual lines that can stand on their own as beautiful. The ability to put that into a longer prose piece is her ideal. She mentions how much she adores Chloe Caldwell's Women.
When she isn't traveling for readings or book tours, Gonzalez spends most of her time in LA. She often goes to Koreatown to babysit her little sister, Matilda, and she listens to a lot of One Direction and Taylor Swift. "Growing up in the family I grew up in," she tells me, "you don't get to like pop music. Chuck and my mom are very much punk rock." She laughs. "I think it must be some form of latent rebellion."
Gonzalez repeatedly expresses frustration with boundaries, as manifested in skulls, atoms, or miles between bodies. "Your molecules are never mixing," she tells me, creating a space between her hands. "There's always an emotional and physical gap."
Gonzalez, like many other writers in her cohort, is trying to move away from and beyond the limited confines of alt lit.
"It's hard," she explains. "I feel aversion to that term at this point. I think that I consider myself a part of the writing community and that I have found people through the alt lit community that I love and cherish and that have helped me so much, and whose writing I respect. And, mostly, I think that I wouldn't have any kind of following if it weren't for the alt lit community. But…"
Her voice trails off as she glances down, carefully considering her words. "It's weird, because writing in general and the literary world is something that is very old and tends to be kind of run by people of a different generation. I think that it's really easy for people from big presses or people who've been in literature for a long time to view alt lit as something that isn't valid or not worthy. Like, 'Oh, you're just another alt lit writer,' like it's just some person on the Internet who Tweets or whatever. It's really easy for those type of people to dismiss you as being another alt lit whatever." For that reason, she feels averse to any labeling at all.
But Gonzalez needs no label; her voice is a label in itself. Whether it be a fictional account of an absurd party in New York, a witty Tweet, or a gut-wrenching poem, her cadence and sense of humor are easily identifiable and uniquely hers. Her work reminds us that, although literary values are always evolving, insightful, honest writing will always stay in style.
Profile by Shy Watson. Photography by Jade Cruz Quinn and Shy Watson.
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Maybe you travel as a family, and the kids are along, or maybe the grandkids are traveling to Crossing Creeks RV Resort to spend some time with you.
If they came down from the North, one of them is bound to say, "I miss snow. It's winter. There ought to be snow."
Hmm. Unless you travel out of state and hit a ski resort (there are none left in Georgia), that's not likely to happen. And if you don't ski, well ….
Go to Atlanta. Atlanta? For snow? Well, it's not far from there.
It's at Stone Mountain Park, about 16 miles east of the city.
The snow is made by machine, and it gets the job done. Many ski resorts on the edge of snow country make their own snow, especially in warm winters.
And what exactly do you do with manmade snow outside Atlanta?
Go snow tubing.
Kids love this.
The side of a hill — call it Snow Mountain, please — has lanes created in the snow, so it looks like a giant white sliding board. Starting at the top, tubers park themselves in the doughnut hole of their tubes. And off they go, down the hill — for run after run. A Snow Mountain session is two hours. You can get your own adult pass to go tubing, too. It's a pretty gentle ride, so don't be afraid. With the lanes separated, you won't go bounding into other tubers, and they won't crash into you. There are even family-sized tubes — rafts, really.
After sunset, the Snow Mountain tubing run turns into Galactic Snow Tubing. It's along the lines of nighttime laser bowling, or spooky miniature golfing around Halloween — lights, but with snow rather than bowling lanes or putting greens. The colors on the white snow make for quite a show. Remix versions of Top 40 tunes play over the sound system, with the lights keeping time to the music.
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Your daily pass includes two hours of tubing, so reserve time at 4:30 or later to experience the Galactic light and sound show, which starts at 5:30.
When they're not tubing, kids can just play in the SnowZone, building snowmen, getting on their back to make snow angels and just plain having fun. Snow Mountain runs Nov. 8 Feb. 25.
Make sure you dress the kids appropriately. If they don't have snow pants, layer them and get them into something warm and dry as soon as you get back into the RV. Hats, gloves and boots are all good ideas, especially the gloves.
You can get a variety of passes, some including entertainment and/or a meal, if you plan to be there for the day. There's also a daytime Christmas exhibit. Holiday packages are available for RVers and must include an arrival or departure date that falls within Dec. 2-3, 8-10 or 15-31, and Jan. 1-3. There's also an early New Year's Eve party for kids on Dec. 31 that ends before midnight.
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Price: $31.95 to $54.95 per person (daily). Holiday RV cost (2-night stay): $159 (includes 2 single-day park passes) to $262 (4 single-day park passes), plus $15 parking fee; additional passes @$25/person. Check for snow park availability. Camp open Christmas Day, but park closed.
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Hussein is experienced in general dentistry and has undertaken further training in Orthodontics, Periodontics and Implants. He qualified from Kings College London and gained his diploma of Membership to the Joint Facilities of the Royal College of Surgeons. He has been working full-time in general practice for over 10 years, and is very involved in postgraduate education. In 2006 he was awarded the Frank Ashley prize from the British Society of Periodontology, and he has recently achieved certificate in competency from the renowned PerioAcademy.
In his role as a director at Elite Dental Seminars, he has worked with some of the country's most renowned dentists in running courses for fellow professionals in topics including smile design, denture design, artistic composites, endodontics and dental photography. Hussein is an avid sports fan and in his spare time enjoys the cinema and spending time with his family.
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Lakis has worked in general dental practice and hospital for over 27 years. He is a university teacher to dental undergraduates at King's and is currently studying for an MA in Clinical Education. He is also a UKCP accredited Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and is passionate about bringing all his varied skills into the experience of dentistry. He writes and has been published in all his fields of interest. He is married and cherishes family life.
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We are one of 10 chosen members of the Creative Class of 2016; a collaboration between Nottingham City Council, the Creative Quarter and Nottingham Means Business, with sponsorship from PwC. The Creative Class celebrates Nottingham's creative and innovative culture and demonstrates what a great place it is to do business.
In addition to this, in 2015 we were awarded the East Midland's Chamber Award for Best Use of Technology to Improve Business Performance in Nottinghamshire. Fancy, right? It celebrates our use of technology in the workplace to reduce time spent planning and measuring our workload. This means our clients get better value for money and we can quickly identify bottlenecks, identify training needs and generally get more done.
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Home feel helps push Katie Lee into the round of 64 at Public Links
Katie Lee stood on the driving range with a 3-wood in her hands hitting the same shot over and over again.
A 200-yard rainbow, with just a little fade at the end.
But still, she wasn't happy.
"It's just off," she said.
Lee was half an hour away from teeing off in the second round of the 38th and last U.S. Women's Public Links Championship. The 18-year old lives in Silverdale, just 50 miles north of The Home Course in DuPont, where the championships are being held. She and her sister, Erynne, both go to UCLA, where Katie will serve as the golf team manager next fall.
But Silverdale is home, and being so close to home adds even more pressure than usual to a national championship.
"I try not to let the pressure get to me," she said. "But it's there. A lot of people talk to me, wishing me luck and telling me I should make the cut, which I might not. It's a lot of pressure."
Despite efforts, the pressure got to Lee in her first round, at least at the beginning. Her caddie, Spencer Jacobsen, said it was clear Lee's game wasn't at it's best. Her fade was turning into a hook, and she was leaving putts short.
"She wasn't feeling too good," he said. "Everything was starting to go to the right on the practice range, and when we went out to the course, it stuck around."
She shot four-over par 76 on Monday, just one stroke below the projected cut-line of five-over. On the bubble after the first round, she and Jacobsen looked at her swing and tried to correct a few problems.
But deep down, they knew it was mostly a case of nerves.
"We have similar problems in our swing," he said. "And with the pressure, those problems kind of came out. But we talked after the round and started to get things straightened out."
Lee did have one advantage she hoped would help her play better on Tuesday: an intimate knowledge of the course. She estimates she's played The Home Course over 20 times in her life, and knows it well from various USGA qualifiers and high school tournaments.
"It was set up pretty tough for this tournament," she said. "But I've been playing this course for so long, it suits my eyes. Up until this week, it didn't really sink in that this was the U.S. Amateur Pub Links, it just felt like a normal tournament because I'm so familiar with it."
Lee is one of seven Washington golfers competing in the championships. Two other local golfers are playing in the championships: Kendall Gray, of Federal Way, and Alexis Keating, of Elma.
Gray shot 85 on Monday and 82 on Tuesday for a two-round score of 167, which landed her out of contention to move into match play, while Keating shot one-under par 71 on Tuesday to finish tied for 30th, well below the cut line.
Being near home wasn't enough to save Gray. But it came in handy for Lee when she set out Tuesday. Lee birdied two of the first three holes, before running into trouble on hole No. 13. An errant second shot led to a double-bogey six on the par four.
That shot put her at one over par.
"I hit it right, and just had to rescue myself," she said. "I played a lot of rescue golf today."
Birdies on 16 and 18, however, sealed the deal. A final score of 71 gave Lee a two-day total of 147. The cut line was 149.
"I'm just so relieved," she said. "I can't even think right now. I was forgetting to breathe after I doubled (the 13th), and Spencer told me to just calm down and hit it straight, and that's what I did."


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Often it seems that everything must be a hyper-sensation. The infectious reblogging, retweeting, pinnings and sharings of the fangirls and fanboys of their respective fields of fashionable geekiness has taken the internet by storm. Indeed, one could almost be forgiven for thinking at times that the internet is the sole preserve of the fandom kingdoms.
Everything is an obsession. Every press release is poured over and adored by thousands. Millions of photos are transformed into 'Memes' and reinforce their cliques and in-jokes; these people gain a form of pseudo-community, a random collection of accounts spamming on the same topic and being devoured passionately by a range of people who are very well divided by geography, class, wealth, religion or language and yet are united with every 'like', 'share', 'pin' and 'retweet' of their favourite photos and fanfictions. With each new picture the pulse of the internet quickens, with each new quote the global symphony of 'Oh My Gosh!!!' rings forth and with each new fanfiction the grammar Nazis and Geeks line up to do battle over every last piece of incorrect grammar, or minute inconsistency between the micro-narrative and its respective macro-mythologies. The pulse of the internet is measured in the peaks and troughs of its cardiograph. The more pictures, the more content; the more peaks. Yet as with any drug, the more you take the more that is required to provide your fix.
What once started as an interest, an art, rapidly degenerates into an obsession. Quantity becomes the name of the game. How many photos can I see? How many 'likes' can I get? How many followers did I gain today? Quality is reduced, diminished. The same photo appears on a thousand different sites with different watermarks or quotes overlaid upon it. Old quotes are recycled onto new/different/any photo available. Emotions become adjectival, rather than verbs. A picture might make someone happy, or they could cry. They hate it or they love it.
As one Meme said of an Oxford Don speaking of another: On the surface it's profound, on a deeper level it's superficial.
There's nothing 'wrong' with these pictures or with the hungry need to consume ever more in the vain hope of belonging whilst maintaining the illusion of individuality, however there is something lacking.
I think about other areas of my life. I turn my mind and its wondering thoughts away from the path oft travelled and stray forth over hills and through the valleys and by the winding streams of my subconsciousness. Away from the traffic of routine day to day life I find myself feeling, experiencing, being. I've walked through the barren deserts of my mind and lived through the echoes of the scorching sands as the wind lashes at my body. I've dismantled buildings and places and memories and emotions to find what lies underneath. The temporal pleasures of photos ultimately never satisfy. Neither do the physical touches, or the memories of them. Words have power and yet they are empty, for I've exchanged powerful words that have evoked strong feelings in others and myself and yet once the voice of the words has faded on the breeze, it's nothing more or less than a memory.
Consuming is empty. Wine shall not slake thirst nor shall fruit satisfy hunger. This is the secret that was hidden in plain daylight, which has been written in creation and preached throughout the centuries. Yet I have been blind and not seen, I have been deaf and not heard. It took a Baudrilliardian map of lies to shipwreck my heart, my soul, my 'me', for me to see what I should have seen and to hear what I should have heard. Our lives will never be completed nor satisfy if we voraciously stumble from sensation to sensation, instead our lives will be found to the extent to which we abandon everything.
The locus of fulfilment is found within the extent to which we place our identities and our worth in what we each give to the other.
Love is not a meme, or a quote or an adjective. Love is sacrificial, redemptive and generous. Love is the offering up of oneself to the other and fearlessly exposing every hidden nook and cranny. My life and my past are not just green pastures and clear blue streams but it's churned up battlegrounds stained with blood. I've been both a Saint and a Viper, and love isn't to present only the Saint so that I might receive a medal. It isn't a clever line to win a photo or a charming smile to steal a kiss. Love is nakedness, vulnerability, exposure and trust.
To love is to risk everything.
To be loved is to be faced with someone else's nakedness, their risk. To love and be loved is greater than fandom and memes. To love and be loved isn't about the number of people you can sleep with. To love and be loved is to both expose yourselves utterly as two individuals of light and darkness, as two people with pride and shame, pleasures and hurts, smiles and scars.
When I say I love something, I often fall into the trap of the internet; I devalue that which makes me 'me'. Because love isn't an adjective; it's a verb and it's the ontological foundation of personhood and relation. I don't love a meme, I am in and of myself love for another. That love isn't just an adjective to be bandied around; it's a fundamental that constitutes who I 'am'.
The internet says #lovewins #loveislove #loveyourself but Love is not a hashtag, it's not an adjective, and it's not even political or legal. Love is knowing that you would live and bleed for someone, exposing yourself and experiencing their wholehearted exposure of themselves and going through the pain that this encounter entails — and through this, pursuing a genuine engagement with that person. Real love, for every person; real equality, for all people; is found only in the eyes of the carpenter who lived and bled for everyone, exposing himself to experience the consuming pseudo-communal hunger for the 'fix' of self-validation and distraction. It was and is in his sharing this hunger we all share, that he became and is the only food that will satisfy. No more do we cling to our pain and chase pleasure, instead we find our pain has been embraced and this embrace brings a contended joyfulness that endures all things.
You see, ultimately that's all that we can do, to let go of the our personal reflexive pronouns and to resist the hubris of self-definition by continually and repeatedly allowing ourselves to be stripped bare and seen by the one who loves us the most. We want to say that we escaped the cave ourselves #pro #winner #followme, but the truth is that we are dragged out of the dark and the flickering shadows into the sunlight by another and in that light of love find ourselves undone and made anew. Eyes adjusting, the light shows us the one who loves us.
Originally published at samuelsthorpofficial.wordpress.com on July 11, 2015.


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See anything you like in that Nintendo release list from yesterday? Yeeeaaahhh...no. Of particular disappointment was Nintendo's first-party lineup, but then like all dark clouds, even that has a silver lining.
Where? You've got to dig a little. Head down past the Wii and to Nintendo's first-party DS release list. There you'll see a game called The Legendary Starfy, due on June 8. Never heard of it? That's because the Starfy series, which has been running in Japan for around six to seven years now, has never made an appearance in the West.
Obviously, it is now. And while in Japan it's pitched at kids, take a look at this clip from Densetsu no Starfy Taiketsu! Daiiru Kaizokudan (or Legendary Starfy Confrontation! Dire Pirate Squad), the last DS game in the series (it began on the Game Boy Advance) out in Japan and presumably the title due for release in the West.
Put aside your cynicism for both Nintendo and kid's stuff for a minute and just watch the trailer...it looks kinda great, doesn't it?
Doesn't it? After all, this is just the kind of thing people normally squeal "why can't we get this in America?", etc etc.


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H.E. Ambassador Karen Cantrell has vast knowledge in Communications and Public Affairs, including having a background in Community Relations, Business Ownership, Local Governance, and International Affairs. She is truly committed to seeing that those in need receive the best possible help available. Her entire life has been to volunteer services to Humankind, including receiving the President's Call to Service Award congratulating her for helping to address the most pressing needs of those less fortunate. H.E. Ambassador Karen Cantrell's educational background is of such, a Doctor of Humane Letters from Becket Theological Institute Wesley Synod- Canterbury England for her great service to create peace, harmony, fraternity, understanding and tolerance. In addition, to other various educational degrees.H.E. Ambassador Karen Cantrell professional memberships include being a Goodwill Ambassador, a member of the Global Diplomatic Corps and a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace- in the area of International Human Rights. Her actions speak for themselves. President's Call to Service Life time Award
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Apparently, some publicists have taken this quip literally. One in particular sent an e-mail encouraging me to interview her client, Dan Neiman of the Neiman Funds about his Balanced Allocation Fund. Rarely do I even read these notes, but this time I decided to see what was special about this product.
What I discovered surprised even me (and I've seen a lot). Neiman Balanced Allocation is a fund of funds. The fund doesn't select its own stocks and bonds. Instead, they invest in other people's mutual funds. In the process, you end up with fees from the fund in which you invest and fees from the funds in which the fund invested.
Since higher fees have been shown to be detrimental to shareholders' returns, you would think that an executive of an expensive fund would be reticent to talk with someone who tells his publicist "I plan to ask some tough questions about the funds' portfolio and expense ratios and whether or not these meet the firm's fiduciary responsibilities to its clients." Bravely or foolishly, Mr. Neiman scheduled the interview anyway.
Before we get to the interview, let's look at the Neiman Balanced Allocation Fund compared with a fund that comes as close to being a typical balanced fund, Vanguard Balanced Index:
As you can see the Neiman balanced fund is more expensive, riskier, and has performed worse than the Vanguard balanced fund. So, why would anyone choose the Neiman offering. Neiman argues that using his fund is a better option than using an investment advisor who creates a balanced fund.
However, to use that argument, Neiman assumes that an investment advisor charges about 2% per year and uses expensive actively managed funds. I suggested that there are low fee investment advisors using no-load, low fee funds who could create a personalized portfolio for close to 1% per year.
Neiman's response: "You could do that… the thing that you're going to be missing is the actively managed portfolio…"
When I mentioned that the evidence shows that most active managers don't have value, he agreed with me, but added, "…what we're trying to do is choose those funds… that have a historical track record of reducing the risk in our portfolio."
After pointing out that his balanced fund has been rated as riskier than Vanguard's balanced Index and yet has underperformed, he blamed the fund's relative youth; "…we may have been late to the game in picking up some of those better-performing funds."
As for Balanced Allocation's higher risk, Neiman chose contradictory obfuscation; "On the risk side, we've cautious, (but) we've been taking more of a riskier approach into bonds than we maybe should have…"
He added. "…hindsight is 20/20…"
Yes, and no one has consistently accurate foresight. I pointed out the studies, once again, "…that showed active management outperforms less than 1% of the time when adjusted for luck."
While Neiman found the studies fascinating he continues to believe that he offers a "solution for investors that want 'best in breed' mutual funds… that will, hopefully, outperform with less risk over the long-term." So far, his results don't look so good:
Neiman's self-delusion continued throughout the interview, as he continued to argue that, despite reams of evidence to the contrary, his firm's brilliance will overcome the effect of outrageously high fees and somehow, eventually provide his clients' with a market-beating returns with less risk. I argue that that is the "hope" of every active money manager.
To quote my grandmother, "Hoping doesn't make it so."
Listen to Dan Neiman interview on Talking Real Money podcast.
Fama/French Study: "Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns"
Barras/Scaillet/Wermers Study: "False Discoveries in Mutual Fund Performance: Measuring Luck in Estimated Alphas
Morningstar: "How Expense Ratios and Star Ratings Predict Success"


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I luv it! May was a month of many realisations. I've been catching up on a lot of everything (books, cooking, movies, my personal opinion on things, you know, life basically). During May I sometimes felt burdened by my own incompetence, while simultaneously I felt as though "as long as I put in the work, I can achieve anything". May was a flippin' whirlwind of thoughts and emotions. But life is like that recently, isn't it? Makes me wonder if it wasn't always this way?
Meanwhile in May, while my head was figuring out all this existential/trivial matters, I also did a lot of fun stuffs too. Looking back, really feel as though May was a good month, even though not a lot of things happened. That's OK too. Loads of phone-pics this time round. I will try and make June more photogenic, I promise. ;)
Another thing that happened this month was the new Tom Rosenthal album: Fenn! My favourite song so far is "Throw the fear" and I really urge you to give it a listen. I hope you feel inspired to chase after your dreams after listening to it! I adore the lyrics!
I started doing loads of exercise again this month, so one day I'm going to be fit. But until that day, I will try and make myself enjoy exercising. You know, as long as I put in the work…bla bla bla. Now that I've announced it here, I'm gonna do it!
Books read:
I've started three books this months that I didn't finish yet: Holding by Graham Norton, Doing It by Hannah Witton and my favourite so far: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. A book that I actually did start and finish this month was A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida Kenkō.
Movies seen:
I think it was just one: Doctor Strange (3/5). And while it's not movies, I've been binging on kdrama again, this month I was all over 'Marriage, not dating'. Bloomin' hilarious.
Recipes tried:
Gyudon, apple salad, miso soup, amaretto sour… it was a fine month for my belly.
Through all the bad things that happen, life during spring somehow always feels a bit special, doesn't it? It seems a bit more full of hope, as the days lengthen and it's still that first half of the year where I feel like "anything can happen". I've been having an interesting few weeks, mostly mentally. But I'm very happy that I've recently really been consciously practising self-care and self-compassion. And still, I've been baffled at myself to find the following books on my night-stand, it's almost I've been trying to tell myself something:
I got together with my friends quite a few times this months and I really appreciated it. I tried a few new restaurants and bars, had some of my favourite carrot cake and enjoyed the Japanese garden a little more this year.
"It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met."
― Yoshida Kenkō, A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
I'm all over the place when it comes to my blog this month. I have a bunch of draft-posts lining up, which are all a bit 'meh' once I was done with them. So I feel as if I've been blogging loads, but in reality it's been pretty quiet around these parts. I feel so self-indulgent, ego-centric and silly blogging. But at the same time I love, love, love it. In June my six year blogiversary will come up, and each and every year I get these doubts and feelings of incompetence and I start questioning my motives for blogging again. But each year I keep on keeping on, because I love this space to bits.
Thanks for keeping up with me. Until next time, folks!


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Withers, Josephine. "Feminist performance art: Performing, discovering, transforming ourselves." The Power of Feminist Art: The American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact (1994): 158-173.
"Feminist Art is neither a style nor a movement but a value system, a revolutionary strategy, a way of life" -Lucy Lippard, 1980
My second comps reading book was a chapter from The Power of Feminist Art, the impressive art/text book, with a beautiful Frida Kahlo painting on its cover. While I was only assigned the chapter on performance art, I also read the introduction. What follows is a brief overview of this vast historical text book, along with a list of artists mentioned within its pages, as they apply to my overall research on the female body in 20th theatre and performance art.
"Through feminism, women were among the first to arrive at the realization that the self may only exist in the social framing, and so the cliché of the individual vs. the society, which has been a malemyth all along, was brought into question by feminist women , who now saw the categories as not only interdependent but also problematic" (22).
Without introducing its readers to a problematic 'origin' story, the introduction to The Power of Feminist Art provides a few unique starting point to consider feminism in art throughout history. A history of feminist art mirrors a history of feminism itself. As such, the editors begin by locating the emergence of the personal as political in feminist politics. The introduction also points toward the Arts and Crafts movement in England, as well artwork done during the suffragette movement as possible sites of emergence. And while there are many female artist doing work unconnected with the feminist movement (Lee Bontecou, to name one), they suggest it is in the 1970s that women's art is connected, for the first time, to the agendas of social politics and art. In other words, it is then we begin to see the 'feminist' in feminist art emerge in a conscious and explicit way. The introduction provides a survey of different female artist working from the 1970s to approximately the 1990s, locating a certain trends in their work, as well as addressing ongoing concerns. Trends include:
- use of alter egos (22)
- a focus on the body through dieting and fasting (Faith Ringgold, Adrian Piper and Eleanor Antin). This analyzes the societal expectations that literally shape the body and exploring interesting themes of body as sculpture, and female control of the body
- inversion of gender roles
- goddess images and rituals
- public art— blending the personal with the public/political.
- sensory/tactile/pink artwork (24)
- vagina imagery (24)
A common concern addressed in the intro, and one that continues today, is that of essentialism in feminist art. This is especially a concern when analyzing artist who focus on the female body. 'Essentialist art' arose in the 1980s, and was foregrounded by artist such as Judy Chicago (Cunt Art) and Miriam Schapiro. The fear (as expressed by Patricia Mainardi) is that this approach restricts (or reduces) women to their female anatomy. The authors attempt to reclaim this reading of essentialist art, contextualizing it within the repression of female sexuality in the 1950s and 1960s. They quote Adrienne Rich, who eloquently argues: "[p]atriarchial thought has limited female body to its own narrow specifications. The feminist vision has recoiled from the female biology for these reasons: it will, I believe, come to view our physicality as a resource, rather than a destiny" (24). While Chicago's work certainly responds (for better or worse) to the freudian line that biology is destiny, the authors seems more inclined to read redemptively these presumed essentialist works. They see the body as a tool that can be used by artists, in the endlessly complex toolbox that is the social world. Indeed, they go even further: "the 1970s feminist articulation of a body-based female aesthetic gained political credibility and power when coupled with a self conscious definition and revival of a female tradition in art" (28). As such, through a historicization of identity within a female art tradition, essentialism can be political.
FEMINSIT PERFORMANCE ART: Performing, Discovering, Transforming Ourselves
"Perfromance is a paradigm of feminism itself," Josephine Withers explains at the beginning of this chapter. "[D]espite the claims of it's detractors [it] has never been a monolithic movement nor a single philosophical system" (158). What Withers intends to foreground here is the multiplicity, varieability, and indeed the interdisciplinary with which feminist performance artists approach their craft. There is no 'one' reason feminist performance arts come to be. And while there are many themes which link their work, what truly distinguished feminist performance artist, according to Withers, is a "desire to communicate an alternative vision of themselves, and the world they live in" (160). What follows in this chapter is a survey of feminist performance artist, and their major works. For the sake of the limited space in this post, (a mere surey in itself), I will list them below.
Some key questions that speak across some of these works: What is the difference between ritual and performance? What is the boundary between life and art? Personal and political?
- Carollee Schneeman, Interior Scroll (161, 163)
- Yvonne Rainer (160, 161)
- Pauline Oliveros, sound experiments (160)
- Adrian Piper, Catalyst (turning body into an art object) (161)
- Laurie Anderson, Duets on Ice (161)
- Donna Hesse, Spider Woman (163)
- "knots and webs a mediations and energy connection
- "Revenge Taker"
- The coming out of Spider Women
- Betsy Damon, 7,000 year old woman (164)
- Linda Montano, Art in Everyday Life (164)
- Chicken Women
- Mitchell's Death
- Faith Ringgold (164)
- White Face
- "The Wake and Resurrection of the Bicentennial Negro"
- Martha Rosler, Vital Statistics (165)
- Elanor Antin, Invented Biographies (167)
- Martha Wilson & Jackie Apple, Claudia (167)
- Faith WIlding, Waiting (188)
- Ablutions


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This week Google has shook the digital marketing world and the SEO world in particular. Google have now started to expand 'keyword not provided' to all organic searches by redirecting all Google searches to a secure search. If you are unclear about what 'keyword not provided' means and what this change means, I am going to simply explain the situation and the implications it will have for search marketing.
This move to 100% 'keyword not provided' for organic search means that the searched keyword that drove traffic to your site will not be passed onto you or be visible in any analytics tool. In the above image you can see 'not provided' in the Google Analytics interface. This means that website owners and search marketers will no longer be able to see ANY of the organic keywords that drove traffic to their site, unless a paid search campaign is running.
Well it didn't just happen overnight. This secure 'keyword not provided' search was first introduced back in October 2011 when searches were made through a secure Google search. A secure Google search would apply if the searcher was either signed in on any Google account, if they just signed out of a Google account (as you will still remain on secure pages), if they were using Firefox 14 or higher (as it makes all Google searches secure) or if they opted in to secure search for their own privacy reasons. Google have started to redirect all Google searches to secure. If you go to http://www.google.com, it now automatically redirects to: https://www.google.com, which makes it a secure page.
At the beginning secure searches resulted in about an average of less than 1% (not provided) Google traffic. As the usage of Google products has risen such as Gmail, YouTube and Google phones, the amount of people signed into Google accounts has risen; therefore there has been a fast upswing of secure searches. As a direct impact, secure search according to Keywordnotprovided.com is averaging at 77.68% of 'not provided' Google organic traffic. Their estimated date when 'not provided' will hit 100% is November 26th.iProspect manages some of Ireland's highest traffic sites and we can see an average of 79% 'not provided' keyword traffic
Average % of not provided Google traffic. Source: www.notprovidedcount.com.
There are two general views on why Google have made this move; to provide 'extra protection' for Google searchers from the National Security Agency (NSA) in the USA or use this tactic to boost ad sales while using the NSA to justify their actions. What do you think?
The interesting and possibly most questionable part of this whole move is that Google aren't making keyword data entirely private but are providing the keyword data to paid search campaigns through Google's Adwords platform. So therefore, it's an easy assumption to presume that Google are moving towards 100% 'keyword not provided' for organic searches to push paid search on Google.
There are many other reasons why organic keyword data is critical for search engine optimisation.
At iProspect, we have been adapting to these changes since the percentage of keyword not provided organic traffic started to rise. To compensate for Google's missing keyword level data, we must shift our approach and rely on using organic traffic data from other search engines, paid search data and historical analytics data. I am going to briefly explore some tactics search marketers can use.
Analysing keyword conversions will have to be retrieved from paid search data, but organic keyword impressions and click throughs can still be monitored and reported by using Google Webmaster Tools. The accuracy of Google Webmaster Tools is questionable as it rounds off figures but it allows you to analyse the last 90 days of organic keyword data for the top 2,000 queries on any particular day to some extent. Google have recently announced that this data will be available for a year. However, without bounce rates being available for organic keywords, the value of each keyword can not be measured.
The new Paid vs Organic report in Adwords gives paid search users a snapshot view of keyword performance across organic and paid search. The report analyses key performance metrics such as clicks, average page position and impressions for when paid ads and organic results are shown both separately and together. This report does give useful data regarding organic keyword opportunities for brands and you can additionally use the organic results to find valuable keywords for paid campaigns. However, vital information it does not provide are bounce rate information for the organic keywords. The different report metrics are explained over at SEO Round Table.
Paid vs Organic report
Analysing SEO and keyword optimisation on a page by page basis is an approach iProspect have been taking to adapt to the increasing volume of keyword not provided search. This is done by deciding what keywords are most likely going to drive traffic to each page a site and optimising each of those pages for that keyword.
What do you think about this move by Google and to what extent is it going to effect your search marketing? This is a topic which is surrounded by quite a lot of controversy, so let us know your views.


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photo shoot
with Jan von Holleben
€450,00 includes VAT
Get shot by Jan von Holleben!
Well, have your picture taken by him.
You and your family, from 1 to 5 people.
In his Studio in Berlin.
In his famous style – like in the series "dreams of flying".
So you will be laying on the floor!
And the world around you?
Invent something together with Jan! There are no limits!
(Well, there are… he can't bring you an alive pink elephant to the shoot, but I guess there is enough stuff in his studio to build one…)
– a phone call with Jan to discuss the first ideas
– 2 to 3 hours in the studio: the pinpointing of the idea, the building of the world around you, the shooting with you
– shooting of 1 to 3 pictures, depending on content and effort
– 1 to 3 beautiful digital files – for you to print in any size you want
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