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Difference between the Temple of Diana and the Z Budapest lineage of the Dianic Tradition.
When Z Budapest revived the ancient Dianic theology in 1970 and applied it to Feminism and Wicca, she created a new pagan path call the Dianic tradition. This Dianic tradition has two core aspects to it: Women's Mysteries and the Kouretes.
Women's Mysteries is exclusive to a female-born women-only aspect, and the Kouretes is the male-born aspect. All of this is explained in the Holy Book of Women's Mysteries by Zsuzsanna Budapest.
Z Budapest fully developed the Women's Mysteries herself, creating a safe and sacred space for female-born women to celebrate themselves. No male-born individuals are ever allowed into the Women's Mysteries aspect of the Dianic tradition.
It took 50 years for Z Budapest to find a male she deemed worthy of the Kouretes ordination, which activated the men's aspect of the Dianic tradition. In August of 2014, Z ordained the first Kouretes priest in her lineage's Dianic tradition.
The division between Z Budapest and the Temple of Diana (Ruth Barrett) occurred at the time right after the first Kouretes ordination. In truth however, Ruth had already parted from the Z Budapest Dianic tradition when she established the role of the Guardian within the Temple of Diana framework in the year 2000. According to Ruth Barrett:
Kouretes often served as caretakers of children, dancers, initiators of male children into Men's Mysteries, and guardians. As Dianic separatists we have no need for Kouretes, we have our own Priestesses of the Guardian Path who provide spiritual service by protecting our circles from possible intruders, plus we do our own dancing and child care.
The Z Budapest lineage is based on the revival of the ancient Dianic spirituality which was not separatist. Thus, the Z Budapest Dianic tradition is not separatist, but Women's Mysteries is exclusively for female-born women only. More information about the ancient Dianic theology can be found in Jane Ellen Harrison's Epilegomena To the Study of Greek Religion & Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion.
Both groups do not allow for any male to participate in Women's Mysteries, given their physical/cellular differences and socialization from birth. Both exclude males and trans-individuals wishing to attend or be included in their Women's Mysteries rites, and this is why no male priest is ever allowed into Women's Mysteries nor allowed to teach Women's Mysteries.
The difference between Z Budapest and the Temple of Diana has to do with the Kouretes aspect of the original Dianic spirituality. The Temple of Diana no longer recognizes the Kouretes aspects and has replaced it with their own female Guardian aspect, making that variation on the Dianic tradition completely female-born separatists.
The other Dianic High Priestesses to support the Temple of Diana departure from the original Z Budapest lineage of the Dianic tradition are Leilani Birely (Daughters of the Goddess) who practices the Guardian aspect and Oloya Adedapoidle Tyehimba-Ford who threw her support behind Ruth's departure after the ordination of the first Kouretes. All other High Priestesses ordained by Z Budapest have remained in her lineage.
Bottomline, the only difference is the separatist Guardians vs. the Kouretes aspect. Women's Mysteries is just as sacred and exclusive to female-born women as it ever was.
Both sides have acknowledged their differences, and both have value for all female-born women. There should be no us vs. them mentality. It is only natural that groups hive off and meet the needs of their community. Thus, it is with a full heart that the members of the Sisterhood: Blessing All Communities (formerly Susan B. Anthony Coven #1) hold only loving energies for those sisters who follow this separatist path. We support and welcome Temple of Diana sisters into our Women's Mysteries circles any time.
From August 18, 2014 Z Budapest Press Release
Our additional information regarding this press release - Z Budapest blatantly lied about her ordination of her first Kouretes when confronted about it by the greater Dianic women's community (namely Ruth Barrett and Bobbie Grennier). This happened because Z did an impromptu ordination without any discussion about it with the greater Dianic women's community. Instead of sharing the truth about her Kouretes ordination, she chose to lie initially causing a great deal of confusion and hurt feelings. The following press release came after the initial lies were told by Z herself. Z lied to everyone, including Bobbie Grennier who wordsmithed the following press release for Z Budapest. The initial lie on Aug. 13th was that instead of an ordination... it was merely a blessing that she'd bestowed on Claudiney Prieto, when in fact it was indeed an ordination. Bobbie Grennier helped set the record as straight as possible and this press release was issued.
Members of the Dianic tradition in the Zsuzsanna Budapest Lineage
Today Zsuzsanna Budapest announced that she was prepared to amend her previous press release from August 13, 2014 based on a shared understanding of all events, and given appropriate time to formulate descriptions of these events and to respond to the misinformation spread on social media. We support her decision to take a step back from the flurry of disinformation being spread while she did what any Elder should do, which is to listen to her community, ultimately document the truth and explain its ramifications.
On August 10, 2014 Zsuzsanna Budapest honored Claudiney Prieto of Brazil with a ritualized blessing awarding him the esteemed honor of being the first male Kouretes ordained by her within her Dianic tradition. We recognize his ordination into the the Z Budapest Dianic lineage as a Kouretes, and his right to claim it. We recognize that his ordination as a Kouretes has no place in our Women's Mysteries, and we understand that Claudiney holds Women's Mysteries as a sacred female-born aspect of the Dianic tradition.
The foundation of our Dianic tradition is female-centered, but as explained in the Holy Book of Women's Mysteries Chapter 5 - Sacred Sons, "Sons of the mothers in Goddess-worship became Kouretes, members of the Goddess-serving priesthood."
Since the inception of this tradition and in its revival by Zsuzsanna Budapest in the 1970's, there has been a place for male priesthood. Until now, Z Budapest had not found any male worthy of a Kouretes ordination.
For clarification on the role of the Kouretes within the Dianic tradition, we point to the Holy Book of Women's Mysteries by Z Budapest, upon which all Dianics in the Z Budapest lineage have built their foundations. Here are quotes from Chapter 5:
"Kouretes were sons saved by the Goddess, becoming Her helpers to save the rest. They, as protectors and teachers of the young, constitute the Sacred Priesthood of the Mother Goddess."
"Kouretes is a role model for matriarchal manhood."
"Dianic tradition is one of teaching, and from early times on, we taught both sexes of the young. In our manifesto, we mean that we are not averse to teaching parts of the usual craft curriculum to men, such as medicinal herbology, because more healers means that we are all better off. Philosophy is another craft that we would definitely teach both sexes, since if there are more thinkers, there are more ideas. Dances, sports and songs are other ways to spread Goddess consciousness without divulging Women's Mysteries to men."
On August 17, 2014, Ruth Barrett under the auspices of the Temple of Diana Board of Directors issued a press release which came after Z Budapest had privately requested that she and other members of this Tradition be present at the International Goddess Festival (Sept. 5-7) to discuss the recent events in Brazil openly as a community without malice and without prejudice. It was Z's intent to answer any and all questions posed.
Contrary to Ruth's statements, the actions of Z Budapest are completely aligned with the Holy Book of Women's Mysteries that is the foundation of this Dianic tradition. Claudiney Prieto, in his gratitude and enthusiasm, made the announcement on social media before Z was able to return to North America and digest what Spirit had moved her to do for this man as a direct result of all his good works. Z partially responded on social media after 48 straight hours of air travel with the hope that such an announcement would be met with joy and acceptance. Instead, it was disappointing to find that many had misunderstood her intentions and felt that she had betrayed the tradition. Hence, Z chose to take a step back in order not to exacerbate any miscommunications while she recovered from a brief illness from her travels.
It is our hope that Ruth and any other Dianics who are part of our Dianic lineage will avail themselves of the outcome of this announcement and our communal discussions without perpetuating any malice directed towards Z Budapest or Claudiney Prieto.
The Women's Spirituality Forum, Inc. and the Susan B. Anthony Coven No.1, the current members and the original members of the coven, stand in support of Z Budapest's ordination of Claudiney Prieto as a rightful Kouretes in this Dianic tradition. We stand firmly in support of Z Budapest as this tradition's Elder and support her right to ordain a Kouretes, as we know it has absolutely no bearing on any male involvement in Women's Mysteries, nor will it ever, as Women's Mysteries are an exclusively female-born aspect of this tradition. The Susan B. Anthony Coven No.1 will continue its work with Women's Mysteries under the standard of the Manifesto of the Susan B. Anthony Coven No.1.
Moreover, we respect Z's right as the High Priestess of the Dianic tradition to slow down the spread of disinformation and misinformation until such time as she deemed appropriate to deliver an accurate and detailed public message.
We continue to support the tenants of the Holy Book of Women's Mysteries and all of Z's teachings through her 50 years of service to the Goddess and Her women.
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The Women's Spirituality Forum, Inc. is the nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization founded by Zsuzsanna Budapest to help promote the Goddess' sacred work and is an inspiring shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations. As a 501(C)3 non-profit, we provide spirituality-based education and social connectivity through the Goddess College, global conferences and festivals, and our expanding feminist-centric programs, including: The Goddess Magazine: Nature & Goddess radio series and Goddess Magazine publication; Women's Spirituality Forum Publisher's book series and online store; television/film programs and a vast online community and presence. We act as a key source for the media and our materials are used by colleges, schools and organizations. We conduct essential programs involving Women's Leadership, Women's Spirituality, and Feminism. The Dianic tradition is a feminist, Goddess and female-centered, earth-based denomination of an ancient religion which was revived by Zsuzsanna Budapest in the early 1970's as a denomination of Wiccan religion.


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A Castle Douglas firm who admitted breaching health and safety regulations after an accident at a Stranraer farm were fined £12,000 by a sheriff at Stranraer Court on Wednesday.
McKeown Groundworks Ltd, based at King Street, pled guilty to failing to ensure the safety of their employee, Samuel Wallace, who suffered severe injuries after falling through a roof at Whiteleys Farm on May 24, 2016.
Representing the company in court, defence agent Vicky Watt said McKeown Groundworks were "unequivocal in their acceptance of its failure" in this case and had pled guilty at the earliest opportunity.
Ms Watt said the firm admitted failing to ensure the work at height was planned, carried out and supervised safely.
Initially the work undertaken at the farm had no work at height envisaged, but storm damage to a building meant the firm was asked to replace a small section of roof. The week before the accident, a company representative had looked at the roof, but just from ground level, and there was a genuine belief that the work would be of a short duration.
Mrs Watt told the court that the breach was not deliberate or calculated and was an 'isolated incident'.
She pointed out that McKeown Groundworks Ltd had no previous issues with Health and Safety and in the aftermath of the accident had appointed an independent health and safety executive at a cost of £70,000.
Sentencing, Sheriff Kenneth Robb said that he acknowledged the company's failure here but, in mitigation, the company owner had since taken responsible action. But he also recognised that Mr Wallace had suffered serious injury.
He accepted this was a "one-off" incident, adding that these type of incidents were often "agriculture-related".
He said McKeown Groundworks had learned a serious lesson by not taking time to assess the dangers.

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Now I can hear you asking what does this have to do with Jenga and where the heck is my twist. Hold on, I am getting to it. My sister is the most amazing of us all. She created Drunken Jenga. It's played like Jenga, but there are things written on each block. When you pull out a block you read it and who ever it applies to has to do what it says. They say things like: If you're a red head, take a shot and If you sweat next to the air conditioner, take a shot. I have only had the privilege of playing a few times, but can tell you it is the best craft ever and my favorite drinking game.
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In Chapter 4 of The Ethics of Identity, Appiah notes that while the United States has never been less culturally diverse, there have never been more celebrations of, or demands for, cultural diversity. He questions the values of both culture and diversity as good things, arguing that cultural change is commonplace and that a lack of diversity is not always a bad thing. Appiah ultimately argues that fears about homogeneity are actually concerns about the loss of autonomy, and that we should not value diversity simpliciter, but instead should value autonomy.
I want to argue (though tentatively) that perhaps when white middle class people proclaim they "have no culture,†what they are really lamenting is a lack of autonomy. (I also want to make clear that "culture†is also often a codeword for race, and the claim is part of making whiteness invisible.) I have heard a number of white middle class people complain that they have no culture and express their envy of Others who are "more diverse.â€1 This proclamation that "I have no culture,†cannot be true, for surely white people have "knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, customs, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society†(Tyler, qtd. in Appiah 119-120).
I think this look toward a "diverse†other (such as African-American culture or Jewish culture) as a model of culture is a concern about homogeneity — that white people fear seeing themselves as being the same as one another. Appiah writes that "often when we worry about homogeneity […] it's because we take it to be evidence of a previous crime against autonomy†(153). If my suspicion about white homogeneity is correct, then the claim that "I have no culture†might actually be a claim about autonomy — that white folks are lamenting their autonomy having been taken away. Here's my reasoning: the culture industry has eliminated many choices, and I think white people (as a generality), who probably most identify with the cultural industry, have lost their autonomy (at least partially) to the domination of the cultural industry, to draw on T.W. Adorno's critique. Perhaps this "lack of culture†also has to do with an alienation from others that leaves one without a "community.â€2
What is your take on why some white people claim "I have no culture�
1 I put "more diverse†in scare quotes because I doubt the ability of an individual to be "more diverse†than another individual; I think "more diverse†is code here for "not mainstream,†"other,†or "exotic.â€
2I want to admit my limits epistemologically: I am assuming that this is a phenomenon of white people because I have never heard a person of color make the claim that he or she has no culture.


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Ephesians 6:13-20 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
God knew that as believers we would be in a battle. This is not a physical battle. This is a spiritual one. God has given us tools for spiritual warfare. Our enemy is not only the devil, it's also our persecutors. How apostle Paul writes here is compares the armor we need in battle with that of the Roman soldier. We need to put on the full armor of God. The armor is obedience to God. These pieces the girdle, breastplate, shield, and helmet were worn in battle with that of the Roman soldier. He says "stand therefore". Apostle Paul calls Christians to take a strong position on the spiritual battlefield. The breastplate was a tough piece guarding the Roman soldier in the physical battle. Righteousness and holiness are key features to God. He wants us to use his righteousness to guard us in battle against Satan and his attacks. This means full obedience to Jesus Christ also protects us in battle. The Roman soldier wore special boots in combat. Believers have peace with God and he is on our side. There is also the shield of faith. Our full trust in God protects us from Satan's temptations and fiery darts. The helmet protected the soldier's head. The helmet of salvation protects those that are already saved. Satan wants to deceive us into making us think we are not saved but we are.


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Anyway. It was blanket - a baby shower in a box! :) The idea came from something like this - having baby shower guests decorate squares for a blanket for the new baby, then putting them together in a quilt.
Well, my sister was living across the country from everyone else at the time, and having her first baby! So I got ahold of family and friends in a couple of other states, sent them all a piece of fabric, and put them all together in a quilt for Baby -
|Basting the quilt together w/ pins - I ended up tying it with yarn!
|I think this picture actually got (a little of) every square. :)
Excuse the weird angle. I am NOT a professional or even semi-professional photographer, though once in a while I get a good shot by accident. This was not one of those times. I was trying to get the whole blanket. :) I interspersed brightly patterned fabric between the hand decorated squares. The quilt is very bright and busy and I hear that Baby loves it!


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Newspaper Rheinpfalz, 23.10.2017
Schule im Erlich
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Tuana (12), Elvin (11) und Tyler (11) are a bit excited when they enter the film studio of "Offener Kanal" with their teacher. The seventh-graders from the school "Im Erlich" are supposed to moderate a chat show with foreign guests. This is a highlight of the fourth meeting of the two-year Erasmus project "Activating innovative Learners", which is about the reasonable use of new media.
Twelve teachers from the other project schools in Wales, Spain, Belgium and Norway visited Speyer in the past week for five days. The Erlich students surprised them with their idea to produce a chat show. Everyone has got a job: teachers are helping to film, record sound, clapper board etc.
During filming Wibke Levens asks Vicky Griffiths on stage and takes over the job of translator because the interviews need to be held in English. It's the job of Tyler to interview the Welsh teacher. He would like to know how big the school in Wales is, where exactly the school is, how many students they have and how old the students are? The three students are interested to hear the English being spoken which is unfamiliar to them. Tyler is stunned when he hears that the children in Wales are going to school at the age of three.
Then the film, which two students from Wales have filmed about their school, is played and Mrs. Griffith explains what is happening. Tuana is amazed when she sees the whiteboards in the classrooms. "Why don't we have that?" she asks. In the end, Tyler asks the teacher Vicky Griffith to say something in their language. Mrs. Griffiths sings a Welsh song and Tyler comments spontaneously, "Pirate Language".
In the end, an interesting film is created, which the teachers of the Erlich school still have to cut in the next few days. Then you will be able to find it through the project website: www.ail4kidz.eu. The Erasmus project still has another year to run.


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Underneath a Richmond neighborhood along the James River, preservationists say, lies the history of this city's crucial role in the national slave trade — and it's about to be buried further.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced Monday that the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood is urgently threatened by a proposal by Revitalize RVA, a plan by the mayor to build a baseball stadium and other businesses in an area where slaves were once penned and sold. The National Trust listed the neighborhood as one of the 11 most endangered places in the country, a list it has been compiling annually for more than 25 years.
"I would put right at the top of that list, from a significance standpoint and an urgency standpoint, Shockoe Bottom," said Stephanie Meeks, president of the trust. The issue is politically charged in Richmond, she said, but the site is nationally significant. "It's part of our nation's story that needs to be remembered, needs to be documented and appropriately commemorated. We see this as a site of conscience and one that shouldn't just be quickly covered up with a baseball stadium."
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones (D) has argued that the area could be revitalized with a stadium, hotel, grocery store and other development that would provide much-needed jobs and spending by tourists. He had also proposed using city and state money to commemorate some relics of the slave history in the area, such as a notorious jail.
Business leaders in the community recently announced their strong support of development.
A spokeswoman for the mayor did not respond to requests for comment Monday. The plan, which the mayor recently withdrew as he sought to shore up City Council support, would include archaeological work in the area.
Rob Nieweg of the National Trust said that plan was not adequate because "it's fundamentally monitoring what comes up when the construction begins . . . an archaeologist standing at the edge of the pit watching to see what the backhoes pull up."
The area's history wasn't well known until recent years, when groups such as the Richmond City Council Slave Trail Commission began investigating records and digging in. They learned that in the mid-1800s, the city was the second-busiest slave-trading site in the country, with hundreds of thousands of people bought and sold. They uncovered evidence of infamous sites such as Lumpkin's Jail and the jail where Solomon Northup, whose memoir was the basis of the Oscar-winning movie "12 Years a Slave," is believed to have been held after he was kidnapped.
Supporters of development have said that private investment would help ensure that those sites are appropriately commemorated, with a pavilion designed around Lumpkin's Jail, for example, that would let visitors see into the archaeological dig. The buildings are long gone, some under fill dirt from nearby Interstate 95, some paved over as parking lots.
"The most challenging thing about this place is that what we're trying to preserve is buried under the ground," Nieweg said.
The neighborhood was also listed as endangered this year by Preservation Virginia.
The National Trust also warned that the following 10 sites, noteworthy for things such as their architecture, natural beauty or cultural history, are threatened by forces ranging from earthquakes to demolition plans: Battle Mountain Sanitarium in South Dakota, Bay Harbor's East Island in Florida, Chattanooga State Office Building in Tennessee, Frank Lloyd Wright's Spring House in Florida, Historic Wintersburg in California, Mokuaikaua Church in Hawaii, Music Hall in Ohio, the Palisades in New Jersey, the Palladium Building in Missouri and Union Terminal in Ohio.


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Eleven NSW representatives have been selected in the Australian 17/U and 19/U Squads following the conclusion of the 2015 National Netball Championships at Netball NSW's $35 million centre of excellence, Netball Central.
NSW 19/U Captain Keira Austin, teammates Claire O'Brien and Amy Parmenter, and Tournament MVP Toni Anderson were selected in a 22-athlete Australian 19/U Squad, while NSW 17/U Captain Kristen Kessler and teammates Demi Evans, Tayla Fraser, Veronika Jukic, Lauren Moore, Teigan O'Shannassy and Laura Towell were selected as part of the 36-athlete Australian 17/U Squad.
The athletes, selected following the six-day tournament, will attend national training camps at Netball Australia's Centre of Excellence with many getting their first taste of a national program.
The 19/U National Squad, coached by Tania Obst and Australian Diamonds Assistant coach Michelle den Dekker, will travel to New Zealand and compete in the Trans-Tasman tournament at Rotorua in May, with the squad to be split into two teams.
"The opportunity for these athletes to gain international experience at such a young age is invaluable to their development and we hope this opportunity will help push for future Australian 21/U and Diamonds selections," Obst said.
"We have the privilege of playing two Australian teams in New Zealand, which allows for more of our squad to gain this exposure."
Obst said the selection panel, which also included Maria Lynch and Paula Stuart, were impressed with the standard and quality of netball played at the Championships.
"The squad we have chosen really impressed us throughout the Championships we think we have selected the best group of young 19/U netball talent in the nation, and are happy with the depth our squad will provide us," Obst said.
Netball Australia National High Performance Pathway Manager and 17/U selector Stacey West said the selection panel, which also included Cathy Fellow and Lenore Blades, were spoilt for choice with the quality of netball the athletes played at the Championships.
This year's 17/U National squad will regroup at Netball Australia's Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in May for a training camp with all eight state and territory coaches, den Dekker and Australian Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander.
"The calibre of talent we had available for selection was very impressive and I am very happy with who we have selected," West said.
"The opportunity for these young promising athletes to work with some of the country's most experienced coaching and support staff at the Centre of Excellence will be very beneficial for their ongoing growth and development for the future."
Congratulations to our 2015 Australian underage representatives.
The 2015 Australian 19/U squad is: Casey Adamson (VIC), Toni Anderson (NSW), Jessica Anstiss (WA), Lucy Armfield (SA), Kiera Austin (NSW), Emily Burgess (SA), Jane Cook (VIC), Kate Eddy (VIC), Sophie Garbin (WA), Samantha Gooden (VIC), Tayla Honey (VIC), Cara Koenen (QLD), Annika Lee-Jones (WA), Nicole Lendich (WA), Alison Miller (ACT), Jacqueline Newton (VIC), Claire O'Brien (NSW), Amy Parmenter (NSW), Hannah Petty (SA), Emma Ryde (VIC), Ashlee Unie (QLD) and Phoebe Wilcox (WA).
The 2015 Australian 17/U squad is: Brooke Allan (VIC), Alexia Baker (QLD), Natalie Bright (WA), Georgia Brown (SA), Jacoba Clough (ACT), Mardi Cunningham (VIC), Demi Evans (NSW), Tayla Fraser (NSW), Jada Gafa (QLD), Matilda Garrett (VIC), Sasha Glasgow (SA), Zoe Haseler (ACT), Maddison Hinchliffe (QLD), Tara Hinchliffe (QLD), Rylie Holland (QLD), Binnian Hunt (QLD), Kimberley Jenner (QLD), Veronika Jukic (NSW), Kate Kelly-Oman (VIC), Kristen Kessler (NSW), Sharni Lambden (VIC), Hannah Lee (TAS), Olivia Lewis (WA), Isabella Macdonald (NT), Morgan Millar (WA), Lauren Moore (NSW), Courtney Murphy (NT), Emily O'Connell (SA), Teigan O'Shannassy (NSW), Kaitlin Petrie (TAS), Danielle Phillips (VIC), Rahni Samason (VIC), Annabella Sorby (QLD), Nicola Sulley-Beales (SA), Helen Taylor (WA) and Laura Towell (NSW).


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The rumors were true! Hasbro is indeed releasing a Millennium Falcon in a few months exclusively at Walmart, sans action figure compatibility. It's big, it's cheap, and it's pictured after the break - with pricing and other useful information.
A giant X-wing is en route from Hasbro, and YodasNews.com shows it won't be alone. A Millennium Falcon of generous proportions - seemingly the 2008 Big Millennium Falcon minus figure compatibility and electronics - is on the way. The packaging boasts it's over 2 feet long, and Yoda's News says it may be a Walmart exclusive. Click here to see it.
Has Mustafar frozen over? Sponsor Entertainment Earth posted two assortments - Hot Wheels Star Wars cars and Track Sets - with no pictures as of yet, but a September release date. Mattel's first step into a larger world should prove exciting, as they have made die-cast metal vehicles from numerous licenses in many forms.
Earlier in the week, a few Disney and Star Wars bloggers were whisked away by the House of Mouse to check out a number of upcoming toys in development for sale in The Disney Store retail outlets. An example of something taught in schools as "vertical integration," we now have a company absorbing numerous parts of a business - not only do they make the movie, own the rights, hire the actors, own the characters, and sell the product, but they're going to design and manufacture it in house, too. This article looks at the die-cast vehicle segment, which brings back metal in a meaty way with $10-$20 ships. Each of the 12 new vehicles has moving parts, is due later this year, and will likely remind the very older and infirmed of us of Kenner's lovely and memorable offerings from 1978-1981-ish.
Read on for more! Or don't.
Patrick in Easton, PA wrote in to say he found the MTT Multi-Troop Transport for a mere $39.99 at his local TJ Maxx store! (They share similar toy inventory with Marshalls.) It's probably worth taking a look in your area if you're still in the market for this beast - I even saw one at my closest Walmart today, still at around $90 though. Good hunting!
While not fun enough to warrant $130, the figures alone are probably worth the $40 - you get some slug Battle Droids, some decent droids, plus Obi-Wan Kenobi and a ton of guns in this box.
Amazon's Cyber Week Lightning Deal Toy Page has two Lightning Deals of interest today. One, the Slave I, will be on sale at 10:00 AM PST. The TIE Interceptor will be on sale at 1:00 PM PST. Click here to see the deal page, and scroll over the Lightning Deals box to see these and other items.
Update #1: Slave I live now. Click here and add to cart. It's
$41.99 over!
Update #2: TIE Interceptor live now. Click here to add to cart. It's
$29.99 over!
Many of you have written in lamenting the vanishing Boba Fett's Slave I Vintage jumbo vehicle on Amazon on and off over the last week and change. As of right now it's in stock for $69.99, so if you were waiting go ahead and grab it. And the Droid Factory set. And the TIE Interceptor. And maybe some Black Series figures. For the first time in months, there are actually new things to buy!
Super-site BFads.net posted the Toys R Us ad for Black Friday, and page #23 has a great deal - the 2012 MTT is returning for $89.99 (not a great deal) and the 2013 The Vintage Collection Republic Gunship is $89.99 (slight improvement). These all start at 5:00 PM on Thanksgiving. If you have a 20% off coupon, you could just buy it now and pay the extra six bucks. Click here to page through the beastly ad!
The very hard-to-find second wave 2012 Star Wars Naboo Fighter is in stock at Amazon.com for a mere $24.98, or about what it would have cost at a big box store had it actually ever arrived there. Free shipping with Amazon Prime is included. Click here to grab one while you can!
If you're collecting, you no doubt know that the Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Toys R Us Exclusive Republic Gunship is in stores now for $119.99. Hasbro has shown multiple iterations of which figures will be included - and now the Jedi Temple Archives posted a few shots.
The Toys R Us Exclusive Star Wars The Vintage Collection Republic Gunship is out now - it includes Yoda, a Clone Trooper, a Clone Pilot, 2 gunner pods, and a ship. That's the good news, as our pal @MattGuzy confirmed he found on in Arizona on the Twitter. The bad news? It's $119.99.
So I got the new Amazon Exclusive Vintage Collection TIE Interceptor here, and the big question I've been hearing - a lot - is "is it different?" The answer is yes, actually - the plastic color is different enough from other movie versions of the ship to be notable, so let's find out more.
It's here! Amazon's TIE Interceptor is in stock and ready to ship right now, with many orders having processed and gone out the door. It's similar to a previously-released model, with a few minor deco differences and a new box. How different is it?
Were you waiting on the Hasbro Star Wars Amazon Exclusive Slave I? Well... uh... it looks like it's going through some more drama. Also, the TIE Interceptor had a price cut of a few bucks - you may wish to call Amazon to change your order. Want to know more? Or would you like the phone number? Sure ya would. Read on!
After almost a year of waiting since it was teased at Celebration VI in Orlando last year, we finally started to get our Amazon exclusive The Vintage Collection jumbo Slave I vehicle. It's 20-inches long, almost 50% bigger than the previous releases of Boba's vehicle, and has more features than ever. One of these features is a rotating wings and a gravity-centered pilot's station inside the cockpit, and in the 2010 The Clone Wars Rise of Boba Fett Battle Pack it worked great. This new version needs some work - a bad spring prevents things from locking properly. Want to fix it? Go get a Phillips head screwdriver, an old clicky pen, and read on.


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Monday, March 30, 2009
Ever feel like giving up?Posted by Vinodh at 10:53 AM
At times you may fall -
from a tower, very tall,
Your back against the wall,
And when its not your call,
You just want life to - uninstall!!!
When times are tough,
'n the ride is rough,
You think – U've had enough!!
When everything is dried up
'n you are tied up
You feel like giving-up.
When you just can't cope,
You lose all hope!
But remember,
the hour darkest
'n times blackest
are right before dawn!!
When you fall,
get up and Fight ..
When you fail, try again
harder this time!
You may badly bleed,
Take a break, if you need.
But - don't ever concede!!
In the end, you'll succeed.
Life is such a wonderful gift!!
Why would anyone ever quit?
Inspiration: When I was looking for hope 'n pep-up online, I stumbled on this guy.. Great video here video of Nick Vujicic.
7 comments:
- Vinodh said...
Feel free to drop in a line..
- 10:36 AM, March 31, 2009
- Naveen said...
inspiring lines!
- 9:24 AM, April 01, 2009
- DJ said...
Man... what happened to you:? Nice poem though... Never seen this side of yours :D .. We should meet sometime!!
- 1:13 AM, April 02, 2009
- Vijay said...
Good one.
I saw that video before and it brought me to tears.
- 8:59 AM, April 02, 2009
- enkay said...
Never knew u write poems !
They are really good :)
- 6:39 PM, April 03, 2009
- Gayatri said...
Hey, you write very well !!
- 3:09 PM, May 04, 2009
- Kavitha said...
a poem that is totally opposite compared to ur creation "ENOUGH"
This is very inspiring indeed...
you could have read this when you were emotionally upset rather then writing the poem "ENOUGH":)
- 7:52 AM, May 18, 2010


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What's Supposed to Happen AFTER You Shut Up and Listen
For the last several weeks, I've felt growing jealousy toward those friends and acquaintances who have had the opportunity to attend the second Women In Secularism conference. I felt that twinge of envy die back considerably watching the twitter and liveblogging reactions of surprise and disappointment when the conference kicked off with the remarks of Ron Lindsay, who is the president and CEO of the conference's sponsoring organization, the Center for Inquiry. Now while I still wish I could have been present for those panels, in many ways I'm relieved I have not given (for my budget, considerable) funds to an organization whose highest leadership seems to fundamentally not understand the purpose of something that means so much to me.
I'd also like to extend my greatest sympathies and support to Melody Hensley, whose task in successfully managing this event has been made harder and harder by the management of her own organization. It is absolutely not her fault that this has become disastrously mismanaged, and my admiration for her dedicated work has only grown in the face of this "PR disaster" as she described it last night (can't direct link to the comment, which is #40 on this latest doubling down by Lindsay). Ms. Hensley said,
Half of the Slymepit have shown up to support these series of blogs. These are not our supporters or donors. They are harassers and sexists.
I'm completely embarrassed. I feel betrayed that that my allies are upset and the people that wish me ill will are cheering this on. I wish we could go back in time and delete this PR disaster.
I agree. And while I've watched this in increasing frustration, the thought occurred to me that maybe Ron Lindsay never actually read far enough to understand what's supposed to happen after someone with privilege shuts up long enough to listen to the experience of someone who has a better view of the social and legal deck stacking in society. In the hopes that he can learn to listen long enough for understanding, I'll try to give him a concrete example of how this is supposed to work.
Privilege is one of those remarkably sneaky things where it's inherently part of having privilege that it is hard to see how you are benefited and how a thousand little things create the microaggressions that wear others down every single day. It can be something as simple as not having choices created with you in mind because you are not considered the default.
A while back, Greta Christina wrote about something that drives her crazy. (Me too!) When organizers for events order merchandise, somehow it seldom seems to occur to them to order t-shirts in women's styles for their female attendees.
Here's where the shutting up and listening portion comes in: my spouse, after hearing about this concern, one he never would have known about had he not been receptive enough to listen and learn (the shutting up and listening part), realized he's seen this done on a particularly egregious scale in his own professional life.
Spouse's office has to do with programs that feed children, and so disproportionately deals with women rather than men. Far more women than men attend their conferences and training sessions. Yet every single time they've ordered shirts for these, events, they've ordered
unisex men's t-shirts. How is it that for years, it had never occurred to anyone to order women's style shirts for these events when they vastly comprise those they work with?
Simply put, shutting up long enough to be receptive to a criticism of Greta Christina's, spouse has learned something he can be aware of and implement that will make one less message these women will receive in their day that men are the default and nothing can be done about it. It makes their lives slightly better and costs my spouse nothing but a moment of consideration during the planning stages of events. This isn't about silencing. It's about caring enough to learn how to be a better person.
Now I realize that Lindsay does not believe his opening remarks were primarily about how he fears privilege is used to silence critics. He may certainly not have intended his speech to launch Women in Secularism to tell attendees, speakers and panelists to say that asking others to check their privilege is a silencing tactic, but that is what he did.
I've read his prepared remarks. They open by discussing religious traditions of deliberately disempowering and silencing women, move on to telling this audience he does not welcome them because there's too much work to do, then express concern over what kind of feminist foundation is being built in the secular movement before they get directly into criticism of the critically important concept of privilege. Your remarks are about how uncomfortable you are with how many of us use privilege as a key tool to educate and change behavior. There is a clear line of reasoning (that you yourself cite!) that links the opening statements of religious silencing tradition with the straw-stuffed explanation of privilege checking in your remarks.
Mr. Lindsay, I ask you to take this opportunity to stop, listen, reflect and learn. Stop and consider that the criticism of your remarks came from your own hosted panelists as well as attendees at at the conference while the loudest applause you are getting is coming from the very people who want to tear down the work of Women In Secularism and the dedicated efforts of those in your own organization.
Not Again, Ezra Klein
Like most Americans, I am outraged that the United States Senate is procedurally broken. I'm incensed that the always dubious filibuster has been used to obstruct popular and necessary legislation. I'm beyond merely angry that the minority Republicans successfully blocked debate on a bill addressing long-overdue gun sale regulation.
But there is a world of difference in recognizing the Senate is currently broken & non-functional because it requires a super majority for normal legislating business and insisting that part of the problems creating the gridlock is the system designed to protect small states from neglect. I am not only upset that he still fails to recognize the merits of system that gives small states a meaningful voice in policies that affect them, but that he's implicitly blaming the system that protects me as a resident of a small state for the fact that gun control just failed.
STOP DOING THIS, Ezra Klein. You're better than this.
Sorry they got caught?
UPDATE: Hospital Is Fucking Lying Their Asses Off, Plus Police Abuse, Homophobia, AIDS Hysteria
I have to say I was not surprised to hear that the hospital in the Kansas City area was lying. I was surprised just how blatantly they were lying because the truth is so much more sickening and horrible than I suspected. A new interview on AMERICAblog is just utterly horrifying and heartbreaking. Please read it.
Here are some highlights.
- Gorley's husband, Allen Mansell, although in and out of consciousness, clearly expressed his wish that his husband stay & his brother leave. As Roger Gorley was physically hit & pulled by police, Mansell attempted to hold his husband's hand to keep him from being removed.
- The "belligerent" conduct being referred to is the outraged reaction Gorley had when Mansell's brother challenged the spouse's right to make medical determinations under their power of attorney. Hospital staff, despite knowing better, sided with the brother, and insisted & facilitated a violent removal of his husband over the patient's objections.
- Police were brutal, discriminatory, unnecessarily violent and utterly cruel.
- In order to break his hold on the hospital bed & hand of his husband, police bashed at his wrists
- When they knocked him to the ground, they dislodged his glasses & hearing aids and drew blood
- Massive homophobia and AIDS stigma and ignorance
- One officer would not touch Gorley with his bare hands, even refusing to touch his own handcuffs (because they recuffed him three additional times) when they were handed back to him
- All officers acted as if there was an AIDS concern obviously because Gorley was gay, and not because of any routine reason
When I first read this, I cried. I got weepy again writing this update. These assholes are not only liars, they are brazen asshole liars who treated a gay couple like dirt.
Today we've learned about a man in Lee's Summit, MO who was removed from his hospitalized husband's bedside, handcuffed, escorted off the property and arrested because he refused to leave. There have been some conflicting reports about a restraining order*, but that much of it has not been disputed by anyone.
Since this morning, the local Fox affiliate (the ultimate first source on all the pieces I've seen written) has put up an update that Roger Gorley is now free to visit his husband again, but there is no detail or explanation of how & when this development occurred.
It definitely was not there when the Change.org petition to have the hospital stripped of its Medicare and Medicaid access was started. So the cynic in me is wondering whether they actually realized they did a bad thing or whether they just want people to shut up about it so they stop looking bad.
Hospital statements have been cagey about the details of how & why Gorley was removed and frankly what is reported as part of a statement to the police is in direct contradiction to how he describes what happened. What I think explains the difference is that the hospital staff probably has different rules for family and non-family visitors of patients.
According to Roger Gorley, he arrived at the hospital and found that his husband's family was already present in the hotel room, and it was one of them that told him to leave, even though he and Allen have been in civil union for years and Gorley has power of attorney for medical issues. (What's more, apparently that power of attorney is on file and Allen has received treatment at this facility previously so there can be no reasonable claim of ignorance one the part of hospital staff.)
The local news report says that hospital staff asked Gorley to leave because they "did not want to have any visitors to Allen's room." To be frank, I do not believe the hospital here and this is why:
- No mention of Allen's family in any statements about visitors
- Allen has previously been treated here without any problems of visitation for Gorley & Allen
So yeah, I think they're trying to cover their asses here. Especially because they keep claiming they're totally respectful of same-sex couples and the only problem was that Gorley was "belligerent," "disruptive" and physically resisted being removed. I won't believe them until they answer one key question: Why was it necessary to remove a spouse from a patients' room?
Because I do not blame Gorley one bit for causing a scene when he was told to leave by his spouse's family. I would be belligerent and disruptive too.
I don't think this is just some misunderstanding. I think the hospital was sorry they got caught so publicly & are covering themselves to make it go away.
*The local affiliate may have updated the story to remove reporting about issuing a restraining order, because I have seen sources linking that site as the source of a restraining order filing. The most recent public statement by the hospital was on their Facebook page claiming they never asked for or issued a restraining order.
"Turd-Pong" Or, Some of the Best Feminism 101 I've Read in a Long Time
Today someone linked* to a wonderful piece by Lindy West explaining feminism to the dude who wants to talk debate the existence of privilege and misandry. And it's fucking wonderful.
I was sold before I hit the phrase "turd-pong" which just made my damn day. Here's the end of the introduction:
It is nearly impossible to address problems facing women—especially problems in which men are even tangentially culpable—without comments sections devolving into cries of "misandry!" from men and replies of "misandry isn't real" from women. Feminists are tired of this endless, fruitless turd-pong: hollow "conversation" built on willful miscommunication, bouncing back and forth, back and forth, until both sides throw up their hands and bolt. Maybe you are tired of this too. We seem to be having some very deep misunderstandings on this point, so let's unpack it. I promise not to yell.
The rest is organized by sections.
Part One: Why Feminism Has "Fem" in the Name, or, Why Can't We All Just Be Humanists?
Part Two: Why Claiming that Sexism Isn't Real Is a Sexist Thing to Say
Part Three: Why People Being Shitty to You Is Not the Same as You Being Systematically Disenfranchised
Part Four: A List of "Men's Rights" Issues That Feminism Is Already Working On
Part Five: I'm Sorry That You Are in Pain, But Please Stop Taking It Out on Women
You should read it.
* I don't regularly read Jezebel, mostly because stuff there is problematic more often than I'm happy with, but feminists write some wonderful pieces there that I usually find through links and/or Twitter.
Yes, the United States Senate is "Very, Very Unequal." And that's a good thing.
I normally love the kind of numerical/graphical analysis Ezra Klein does. So it was with great shock and frustration I watched him do his signature challenge while he was guest hosting the Rachel Maddow Show last Monday and he explained the Senate structure giving influence to less populous states as a bug, not a feature. (His shorter writeup post is up at the Washington Post here.)
It's factually correct that the way that the US Constitution sets up the Senate, it decreases the proportional power of the residents of populous states in a major way. More so now than it did when the Constitution was first drafted (from approximately 11:1 to 66:1). He includes this big and shocking looking graphic showing the seemingly over-weighted influence the same population has at the federal level.
What he doesn't really talk about is why the architects of our federal government would choose to create an inherently lopsided seeming system of representation. There was the idea that a number of checks would be required to ensure that risk inherent in democracy, the "tyranny of the majority," was balanced. Small states feared (reasonably I might add) that because they were small their interests and needs would likely be swallowed if a majority of highly populous states ignored the need.
Our Constitution and federal government is structured in such a way to recognize that and mitigate harms. To protect individuals, we have the Bill of Rights, later amendments and a judiciary system to ensure that the rights of of individuals don't get trampled. But what about the representation needs of people in less populous states? Well for that, we have the United States Senate.
A major function of government and taxation is to ensure that vulnerable and poor people in our population are given the support they need; it's the "common welfare" idea from the preamble. But there is no reason why that allocation would be proportional by state. In fact, when you look at the states with lower populations, there is a decent correlation between states that are lower in population but significantly higher in terms of poverty and strained infrastructure.
What's more, some states are burdened in ways others are not. As a concrete example, the Intermountain West has two things that either directly govern or highly influence every important aspect of life here: lots and lots of space and very little water. That reality means our populations are clustered around areas where we can find enough water to survive, mainly around mountain ranges with reservoirs. What does that mean? Lots and lots of infrastructure costs; without federal transportation funds, we couldn't function in a modern way*. We rely on interstate highway corridors for transportation in a way that other states don't need to. Does that mean we're "making out like bandits?"
I don't think so. States will smaller populations are going to necessarily have a harder time generating comparable tax revenue to cover the needs of their citizens than highly populous states with affluent urban centers. Okay you say, but what does that have to do with the original idea of super-lopsided representation in the Senate?
Imagine for a moment what it would be like if the Senate were proportional body like the House of Representatives. What would happen to the federal aid, infrastructure and other funds that small states rely on? Well, it seems safe to say that we wouldn't get most of it. It's a lot easier to ignore the needs of constituents of small, poor states with two or three representatives when their votes have zero clout and impact in how federal legislation is passed in D.C.
So stop telling Californians they should hate the Senate, Ezra Klein. It does what it's supposed to.
*In Utah, the town of Boulder got its postal delivery by pack mule well after World War II because of how remote & isolating the geography is.
Chile Verde Recipe Updated: All Fresh Ingredients
Thrackerzog very much treats cooking as a hobby. He's joked that it's in some ways an unfortunate one because he can't sell his chicken cacciatore on etsy. He came up with an initial recipe that included a few of non-fresh ingredients in canned or pre-packaged form, and won the chili cookoff in his office using that recipe. But since the end of 2011, our recipe has had a few revisions and is now completely fresh (with the obvious exception of some seasonings). We're happy to share out delicious cooking if only digitally, so I'm updating that recipe to reflect the more fresh construction. I'm giving proportions based on the pounds of pork purchased, so it's a highly scalable recipe. (The last time we made it, we used 8 pounds of pork and used a giant stockpot to start cooking down the sauce.)
This recipe is one of the most delicious things we do in the kitchen. It's also incredibly time-intensive and we only do it a few times a year. But oh, is it worth it.
The ingredients:
- The amount of tomatillos you want will vary based on how large a pork roast you're planning on cooking. Buy at least twice as many pounds of tomatillos as pork. You can use a small amount for just a couple people or cook for a bunch.
- Poblano chiles. For the proportion on these, plan on halving the pounds of tomatillos and using that number of poblanos and anaheims each. Obviously adjust to taste for spiciness and flavor. (Some supermarkets label these "pasillas" rather than poblanos, but that's wrong. Pasilla is the dried form of a chilaca, rather like how dried poblanos are called ancho chiles.)
- An equal number of anaheim chiles to poblanos. (Again, this is adjustable according to taste)
- A yellow onion for approximately every 5 pounds of pork
"My Wife"
I had one of those everyday sexism recognition moments this morning while I was driving in to work. It was a subtle, seemingly trivial thing so internalized that I had never noticed it. Until I noticed it.
When interacting with coworkers (regardless of where I worked), I noticed a marked difference in the way that male and female coworkers talk about their romantic partners. Women I've worked with almost exclusively mention their spouses by name. Men I've worked with almost exclusively refer to their partners as "my wife." I don't even know the names of my male coworker's partners; I've worked here three months. I knew the name of a female coworker's in the first week.
It is incredibly subtle, but the implicit message is clear. Women's partners are full autonomous people with names. Men's partners are defined only as how they relate to them.
Coverture: not as dead as you thought.


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In the above graphic note that France has closely tracked the agreed EU inflation target of 2%, while Germany violated the agreement, largely by repressing wage increases (and hence Unit Labor Costs).
Heiner Flassbeck has been studying the impact of Germany's wage deflation policy for at least six years. E.g., from 2006 he wrote:
The European Monetary Union can only function if nominal wage increases in all member countries are in line with the inflation target set by the monetary authorities. Given the close correlation of unit labor cost growth (nominal wage growth minus productivity growth) and inflation, the implicit rule of the monetary union asks for real wage growth in each member state following strictly national productivity progress and for unit labor costs not exceeding and not undershooting a 2 percent growth path in each member state.
Violations of this rule will either lead to inflation or deflation in the union as a whole or to deviations of national real exchange rates and national levels of competitiveness bearing grave long-run consequences for the appreciating countries. This kind of aberration started with the beginning of the currency union in 1999–with Germany, due to its deflationary wage policy, being the main culprit. Without fundamental changes in wage policies throughout Europe, a deflation or a transfer union, comparable to the German transfer union after unification, is an imminent danger.
That quote is from "Are German workers killing Europe? In other words, have their low relative wages created a "beggar-thy-neighbor real devaluation"* policy highly destabilizing to the Eurozone?"
A much more detailed investigation is in Intereconomics vol 46, 2011, Flassbeck and Spieker, The Euro – a Story of Misunderstanding.
From the very beginning of the European Monetary Union the crucial institutions, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, led by mainstream economic thinking, were not up to their task of controlling the core of the system effectively. A huge gap in competitiveness among the member states has arisen due to German wage-dumping policy on the one hand and, on the other, wage growth in Southern Europe which is above the growth of productivity plus the infl ation target of 2%. A European-wide coordination of wage policy is the only promising way to close this gap. However, as wages and competitiveness are not high on the agenda of the politicians responsible and their advisers, time to save the euro is running out.
For another perspective on the same core problem, see Michael Pettis "If no trade reversal now, then when?". Prof. Pettis puts it this way:
Europe's underlying problem is not budget deficits or even unsustainable debt. These are mainly symptoms. The real problem with Europe is the huge divergence in costs between the core and the periphery – in the past decade costs between Germany and some of the peripheral countries have diverged by anywhere from 20% to 40%. This divergence has made the latter uncompetitive and has resulted in the massive trade imbalances within Europe.
Trade imbalances, of course, are the obverse of capital imbalances, and the surge in debt in peripheral Europe in the past decade – debt owed ultimately to Germany and the other core countries – was the inevitable consequence of those capital flow imbalances. While European policymakers alternatively sweat and shiver over fiscal deficits, surging government debt, and collapsing banks, there is almost no prospect of their resolving the European crisis until they address the divergence in costs. Of course if they don't resolve this problem, the problem will be resolved for them in the form of a break-up of the euro.
The best resolution, and the one Keynes urged without success on the US in the 1920s and 1930s, is that Germany take steps to reverse its trade surplus. It could boost disposable household income and household consumption by cutting income and consumption taxes, and as German household income grows relative to the country's total production, the national savings rate would automatically drop and the trade surplus contract and eventually become a deficit. Or Germany could engineer a massive increase in infrastructure spending.
I highly recommend a careful read of both Pettis and Flassbeck.


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Whilst I was painting this fox, he certainly taught me about patience, as my eyes kept tricking me as far as the perspective of the nose is concerned. I let him sit a couple of times before going back and looking again to see what was illusion & what was real. Quite fitting for the … Continue reading Foxy
Peta Rabbit
Painting this rabbit was a great lesson on not being hard on myself. When I first painted it, I was having trouble connecting with its spirit and it was looking very hard/harsh, and very masculine – almost aggressive! This was mirroring how I was treating myself over a few issues. When I took some time … Continue reading Peta Rabbit
Utter Bliss
Connecting to the spirit of this animal was an added challenge, without eyes to look into. When I first saw the picture of this fox with its eyes closed, I was drawn in by its blissful state. This is what I was seeing and feeling….Utter Bliss!
As I ponder on the role of the emu as a parent, and one that embodies spiritual excellence, the expression on the emu's face encapsulates my own feelings about how I am identifying with my role as a parent at this particular point in time.
When I was painting this horse, it gave me a sense of deep peace & serenity. I can now see that this was because of the compassion being shown to my by its beautiful spirit. I am so loving connecting with the spirit of the animals I am painting.
Fading Away
My aim when painting this one was to stay loose and I achieved that. However, I put my page on an angle, so my Tassie Devil would not be looking square on at me….looks like my left brain self-corrected that though! LOL! Staying loose has allowed him to blend in to his environment to the … Continue reading Fading Away
Turtle Wisdom
My turtle is a special one to me because he brought a special lesson with him. He took me considerable time to do, as I was not taking on a life lesson. When I first 'finished' him, I wasn't really happy with the form of the shell. This was because I was doing the pattern … Continue reading Turtle Wisdom
My koala has emerged. Teaching me some lessons along the way, with the help of Irena Kirpichnikova. I have learned more about focus, perspective, lighting and patience along the way, allowing this delightful chap to be seen in the forest at night. Given that the Koala is listed as a Vulnerable species in South East … Continue reading Endangered
This is a young male bear, coming out of hibernation, hungry for what the world has to offer….much like me really! As I learn more about how to express my creativity, I see how long I have been in hibernation. Exciting times lie ahead, now that I am awakening and developing my style. I think … Continue reading Awakening
Grandma's Dog
Buster – Out Of The Blue
This is our beloved Tasha, who passed on many years ago….she's back!
Spirit Guide
What a lovely relationship I have developed with my wolf along this journey of refinement. My wolf is looking to me to lead the way. I see complete trust in his eyes and a look that says "I know that you know". What a powerful message that I carry the wisdom inside of me. A … Continue reading Spirit Guide
I feel like I am developing my style. I am enjoying the 'impressionist' approach to pastel painting, as opposed to the 'realist' approach and am finding that the end result is more real anyway. My Eagle brings me a serenity with a great depth of wisdom and feels very much a part of me. For … Continue reading Egalitarian
He Lives In Me
The lion is telling me that it's all about illusion. As I lost myself in the music of the Lion King, he started to emerge. Whenever I was looking at the reference, picture 'too hard' trying to literally reproduce what I was looking at, the left brain kicked in. When I recognized this and went … Continue reading He Lives In Me
Peaceful Panda
Panda is all about peace & harmony to me. Another lesson from Awaken Creativity
Beauty in Humility
Painting this was an amazing experience. In my mind, I followed Irena's instructions carefully (in her course, Awaken Creativity) and had full belief that I had 'done a good job'. (Note the self assessment/judgement). Upon receiving feedback, I realised that I had omitted to 'notice' a key element was missing and that my angles were … Continue reading Beauty in Humility
First in a series of online lessons with Irena Kirpichnikova in her Awaken Creativity course.
The Girlfriend
She is named "The Girlfriend" because by the time I had finished painting her, I had fallen in love with her! 🙂
The Guardian
My first pastel painting, thanks to the skilled guidance of Irena Kirpichnikova from Byron Bay Art Studio
One thought on "Pastels"
These are a work of art (excuse pun)


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ColourStrip RGBW LED strip lighting with the RGB + a white chip (cool or warm white) for a full colour range as well as a pure white when required.
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Tanmiyat Launches Handover Of First Phase AED7Billion Living Leg
>> Keys to hundreds of units now in the hands of owners after DEWA confirms utilities connection to 184 villas and one residential tower.
>> Handover signals Tanmiyat's long-term commitment to Dubai property market with additional project launches scheduled for later this year.
The real estate development firm Tanmiyat Group is handing over hundreds of homes to investors in its flagship Living Legends project following connection to Dubai's electricity and water grid.
The Saudi Arabia-based private company has distributed keys to the 184 villas and one tower block that make up Phase One of the single biggest residential project in the Dubailand master development.
The move paves the way for full delivery of all 500 villas and 12 residential towers within the 15 million sqft Living Legends gated community. The residential units will be complemented by a 9-hole golf course, schools, clinics, a shopping mall, a five-star hotel, and a wide range of recreational facilities.
Mohammed bin Odah, CEO of Tanmiyat, said: "Tanmiyat is delighted to receive confirmation from DEWA that phase one of Living Legends is fully powered up and ready for investors to receive the keys to their dream homes. This is a proud moment for us as we reach a hugely significant milestone in the most important project in our portfolio.
"Living Legends is a fantastic addition to Dubai's property market. It offers a tranquil living environment amid large areas of open green space and amenities, a wide range of attractive unit sizes, and a healthy return on investment. We can't wait for residents to start calling Living Legends their home."
Living Legends is Tanmiyat's flagship project in terms of size, value and number of units. The entire AED7billion community is made up of 12 residential towers containing 2,600 spacious apartments in total, as well as 500 luxury villas and an impressive range of amenities and leisure facilities.
The road and utilities infrastructure is fully completed, and sales are gathering pace with 88 percent of the entire project sold out. Market analysts anticipate an average 10 percent rental return on investment, as well as strong capital appreciation.
The handover launch represents Tanmiyat's commitment to ensuring 100 percent completion of Living Legends following the demands of the financial crisis of 2008/09.
"The journey to this point has come with many challenges as we and the rest of the real estate industry faced the property crash and its aftermath," said Mohammed bin Odah.
"As a private developer, we self-funded the entire Living Legends project and, despite being badly hit by the financial crisis, managed to restructure without external financial support or bank bailout.
"To now be able to reward the faith and patience of our investors gives us a real sense of pride. It also demonstrates our long-term commitment to the Dubai property market and that going forward we can fulfill our obligation to buyers."
Tanmiyat is now fully focused on completing the second phase of Living Legends, which is scheduled for handover in the last quarter of 2016. The entire community, including the full line up of facilities, will be ready by end of 2017. In a display of commitment to Dubai's long-term growth, the group is planning to launch a series of new projects, details of which are due to be released later this year.
Hassan Bahloul, from key investor Sidra Capital remarked "We monitored Living Legends for some time before making the decisions to invest in it and our research showed great potential in the project, with it being one of the most growing areas in Dubai. It's a simple rule; if you want to make money then invest in areas with clear potentials that still have growth opportunities. We are delighted to take over our villas in Phase 1 and we would like to thank the developer who showed real commitment toward making it happen".
Tanmiyat Group boasts an impressive portfolio of ground-breaking projects. The firm's prominence in the regional real estate arena has grown exponentially, with the development of its investment programs and successful launches.
The group's portfolio includes Living Legends, The Exchange office tower at Business Bay, and The Court Tower at Dubai Water Canal.
> Project pipeline in GCC valued at USD$2Trillion, led by Saudi Arabia and UAE
The pipeline of projects planned in the GCC as of May 2...
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The Healing Power of the Group:
Leadership Training for Effective Grief Support Groups
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Who Should Attend? Community members, clergy, teachers, mental health and other
healthcare professionals.
Includes: Lite Breakfast & Lunch
Credits: 6 Hours of Psychodrama Group Training
Certificate of Attendance
Cost: $99.00
Where: Jack Aaronson Conference Center
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The Checkered Cloth: A Lesson About Loss
Our memories can serve to sensitize us throughout our lives to things we may not otherwise have empathy for. One memory from my childhood has come back to me many times as I have worked with children, parents and loss.
I could not have been more than five years old when this experience happened to me. It was summer and I, my parents and older sister, Audrey, went on a rare vacation to the Catskills in NY. We visited a farm that was turned into a hotel and as a city child everything was exciting and new to me! I loved all the green, the wild flowers, the fresh air and the farm animals. It was here that I fell in love with chickens, an affection I hold to this day! Continue reading on GIERS blog >
GIERS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides services to assist individuals, families and organizations recovering from a wide range of losses. We use a large variety of therapeutic modalities including psychodrama, creative arts, action techniques, education and counseling to help people develop coping skills and facilitate a successful transition toward healthy recovery. GIERS will also educate and train professionals and other community members to understand and aid people experiencing grief.
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As we obtain additional funding, we will add more innovative programming.
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A new version of Unito's Wrike-Jira Sync is now available!
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For users having on-premise Jira instances, you can now access them using the custom port of your choice. To do this you just have to include the custom port number to your Jira url when adding a new Jira account (see screenshot below).
Required fields support
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