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Rector dedicates memorial quilt at terrorism victims and survivors meeting in TCD
A reception was held in Trinity College Dublin on Friday 10th February to launch a commemorative quilt remembering victims and survivors of the Troubles who are living in Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The quilt is a project of the South East Fermanagh Foundation (SEFF) and was dedicated at the TCD event by the Revd Alan Irwin, rector of Lack, Co. Fermanagh, whose father and uncle were both murdered by the Provisional IRA during the Troubles.
Commenting to the Gazette on the event, entitled 'Terrorism Knows No Borders', Mr Irwin said: "It was a privilege to be part of the 'Terrorism Knows No Borders' event in Trinity and to have offered prayers of dedication for the memorial quilt which has patches reflecting the lives of innocent victims of terrorism from throughout the Irish Republic and the United Kingdom."
Already before last week's Church of England General Synod 'take note' debate on the report of the House of Bishops upholding the teaching that marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman, a group of 14 retired bishops raised the temperature in an open letter to the serving bishops expressing concern that the report did not allow the authentic voice of LGBT people to be heard or the real theological argument to be advanced, and therefore would not enable the Church to engage credibly with wider society.
The statement was couched in decidedly lecturing tones, which will not have helped its cause. The retired bishops told the serving bishops: "Your statement is the product of enormous time and effort, our memories of such situation suggesting perhaps too much time and too much effort. The 'too much' comes from the enormous sense of responsibility your document shows to manage a conflict that you and we know causes huge amounts of grief and argument. The result, dare we say, is that whereas it used to be said that bishops often sounded as though they spoke with a pipe in their mouths, now that pipes are rare they sound more as though they see their task as managing – rather than perhaps enabling or leading – the conflicts that are bound to occur. And we remember how exhausting that is, and how it seems to blunt the edge of bishops' own passionate convictions, which might divide them but also invigorate the conversation."
The report from the House of Bishops recommended that the Church of England's law and guidance on marriage should be interpreted to provide "maximum freedom" for gay and lesbian people without changing the Church's doctrine of marriage itself, intending to uphold the teaching, recognised by canon law, that marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman, as is also taught by the Church of Ireland.
In their report, the English bishops also called for a "fresh tone and culture of welcome and support" for lesbian and gay people and those attracted to people of the same sex throughout the Church of England, and recommended that bishops prepare a substantial new teaching document on marriage and relationships to replace or expand upon documents drawn up in the 1990s.
In the bishops' report, which was an attempt to sum up the Church's position after a two-year process of shared conversations on the subject of human sexuality, involving clergy and laity, the bishops also spoke of the need for the Church to repent of the homophobic attitudes it has sometimes failed to rebuke wherever and whenever it is to be found.
When it came to the synodical debate, the bishops' report was rejected by a narrow majority in the House of Clergy only. As far as going forward from here is concerned, one thing is sure, and that is that the debate will go on. However, it is very difficult to see the English General Synod actually changing the current teaching of the Church on marriage but it would seem that there will be a continued attempt to reach some compromise, within the bounds of current teaching, between the two deeply divided, traditional and liberal, camps. As things stand, however, the Church of England's traditional Christian teaching on the subject remains unchanged. (Report, page 9)
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Church of Ireland 'quango-land'
AS A RETIRED clergyman, I can take a fairly detached view of the somewhat farcical census-taking inflicted upon perfectly harmless members of the clergy and laity.
On one Sunday I was present in church both morning and evening but was informed, to my considerable indignation, that I could only be counted once.
I wished I could take the second attendance back but could not think how to do it. Perhaps I should have said in my prayers, "I wasn't really
there, Lord, I only appeared to be. Sorry!"
To my great satisfaction, I was taking services in three different churches the following Sunday and signed myself in each time, and so, I think, did the organist, who travelled around too, and a Reader who happened to be with us, turning, I suppose, three people into nine!
I feel really good about this. Down with it all!
Michael Kennedy (Canon)
Vicar's Hill Armagh
Kate O'Brien stained glass window
IS THERE a stained glass window by Kate O'Brien called Crucifixion in a Church of Ireland church?Originally, it was in the chapel of Brook House Preparatory School, Monkstown,
Co. Dublin, which was dedicated in 1959 by Archbishop G. O. Simms. The chapel no longer exists.
Another of the stained glass windows, St Brigid, has been in Kilbride Church in the parish of Powerscourt with Kilbride since 1990.
I have a photograph of Kate O'Brien's window and may be contacted by email (firstname.lastname@example.com). Andrew Furlong
Dalkey Co. Dublin
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- Benedict Anderson's "Strange Hierarchies" in Thailand
We came to know Ben rather late. In person, that is. The work, we knew well. His four great pieces on Thai politics (Anderson 1977, 1978, 1985, 1990)1 greatly influenced our understanding. We stole his phrase "the American era" for the title of a section in our Thailand: Economy and Politics. Like many others, we began to use the phrase "imagined communities" as if it had been around since the origin of the world.
We met in person for the first time on Songkran Day in 2002. We had decided to complete a project that Ben had started almost twenty [End Page 166] years earlier—the translation of Nidhi Eoseewong's classic, Pen and Sail. With the help of Craig Reynolds, we had secured Ben's cooperation and arranged a meeting at a restaurant overlooking the Chaophraya River beside Thammasat University. As the streets were crammed with Songkran revelers, we had to abandon the car and walk the last three kilometers, dodging the water-throwing, and arrived about an hour late.
We were rather nervous about meeting this erudite, world-famous figure, and were now also embarrassed about being so late. Ben handed over a file on the translation and we exchanged a few words on the project. Ben then sparked a question and we plunged into a discussion that ranged over history, politics, and literature, and rambled from Thailand out through Southeast Asia to most of the world. For about an hour, we forgot even to order any food. By the end of a very long evening, we felt we had known Ben all our lives.
Many others have had this experience. Ben loved people, loved ideas, loved conversation, loved argument. His writing gives the feeling of someone talking to you, arguing with you, persuading you—an effect that is impossible to achieve by craft alone, but is the mark of a natural teacher.
This first meeting set the style for what followed, a series of evenings during Ben's cool-season sojourns in Thailand when we would meet at a restaurant at dusk, perhaps with Ajarn Charnvit Kasetsiri and some others too, perhaps just the three of us, and then talk till we tired ourselves out.
Ben was generous with his time and his talents. When we were asked to run a workshop on "Populism in Asia" in Kyoto over 2008–2009, Ben agreed to sit through the seminar as rapporteur, and to deliver a concluding remark. For the book that followed, he sent a revised version of the talk, with a note "I've tried to do the minimum (polish a little) so that the oral flavour doesn't disappear." At the end of this piece, Ben noted how Bangkok middle-class figures criticized Thaksin's policies "by claiming it was wrong to give money to peasants because they would not know how to use it and would waste it on such things as mobile phones. Inherent in this language is a clear sense of distance. I am not like a peasant, and the peasants are not like me—as if the two were members of different countries." He went on:
Talking about the mass of the people in a way which positions them miles away is a powerful form of distancing in the imaginary of the state, which in some ways is a response to the fear that large [End Page 167] social distances actually create. Real oligarchs, of course, are not afraid of the people. But urban middle class—especially the Chinese middle class—are very afraid, and that is why they do not trouble the oligarchs or the police. They fear they will become the victims of subaltern rage, greed, and envy. In a city like Bangkok, this feeling is palpable. The fine talk about democratic values, the separation of the powers, respect for the judiciary, and the rule of law conceals a big hypocrisy. The middle class talk about democracy, but when challenged politically they resort to wholly undemocratic methods, and are capable of terrifying brutality.(Anderson 2009, 220)
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Synchronizing Arms & Legs on Serve
In this video you will learn a unique explanation and demonstration on how to synchronize your arms and legs in your serve, so you have a much better rhythm and execute a smooth stroke. This leads to having more power and accuracy, so you can win more points, games, sets and matches!!
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Meet the easiest, most delicious pie crust you've ever seen. It's gluten-free, vegan, and so much healthier than your traditional pie crust! It's also much easier to make. This Gluten Free Pie Crust is made with almond flour and has just 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, though you could leave it out if you need an oil-free crust!
I have been working on this Gluten Free Pie Crust for a while now. I have tried a few other ones and never felt like they were good enough to share on the blog. But now, I finally have it! The perfect, easy and healthy pie crust! No butter, shortening or vegan butter. ONE tablespoon of melted coconut oil, but even that could be left out if you need to.
I have tried making this pie crust with almond meal which turned out well, but it's not quite as pretty. It's darker and more rustic. Sometimes I can find almond meal cheaper than almond flour, so if that's what you have on hand it will certainly work!
I made this Gluten Free Pie Crust in my food processor, but you could mix it up by hand if you want. I love to make things in my food processor, because my 2 year old likes to stand on a chair and push the buttons with me. That and the blender are his absolute favorite things to help me with!
He's my little chef-in-training, and always has to taste whatever we are making! Look at all this cuteness.
Anyhow, back to the recipe…..
So you put in the dry ingredients first and pulse. Then, while it's running, pour in the flax egg and melted coconut oil. It will form into a ball pretty quickly like this:
Now, refrigerate the dough in plastic wrap for 30 minutes. Roll it out between plastic wrap to prevent sticking as best as possible, then carefully place in the prepared pie pan.
It's okay if it doesn't look pretty at first, and if some pieces fall off in the process of getting it in the pan! Don't panic.
Just press it with your hands until you have an even crust.
It should look something like this when it's ready to bake. It doesn't have to be perfect.
Then bake it for 10-12 minutes, until the bottom looks dry. Remove and fill with whatever you want (Apple Pie recipe is in the works!). That's it!
If you make this recipe, let me know how it goes! Rate it, leave a comment and tag a photo @noracooksvegan on Instagram. Enjoy!
Gluten Free Pie Crust (Vegan + Healthy)
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseeds
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 cups almond flour*
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil*
- Make the flax egg by combining the ground flax and water together in a small bowl. Stir and set aside for 5 minutes, until it thickens.
- Melt the tablespoon of coconut oil in the microwave if it is solid.
- To a food processor, add the almond flour, sugar and salt. Pulse several times.
- With the food processor turned on, pour in the flax egg, followed by the melted coconut oil. Pulse until it forms a ball.
- Wrap the ball in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9 inch pie pan.
- Place the ball of dough on a sheet of plastic wrap. Take another large sheet of plastic wrap and put it on top of the dough. With your hands, start flattening the dough. Use a roller and roll the dough pretty thin, about 1/4 inch thick. It's okay if it's not perfectly round yet, just do the best you can. It will stick without the plastic wrap.
- Now, remove the top layer of plastic wrap and carefully flip the pie crust onto the pie pan, using the bottom plastic wrap. Some pieces might fall off, that's okay. Now use your hands and push the pie crust evenly into the pan. If pieces have fallen off or are going over the edge of the pan, push them into other areas that are bare, until you have an even crust, like in the photos above.
- With a fork, prick the crust several times over the bottom. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the bottom looks dry.
- Now your pie crust is ready to be filled and baked in any way you want! Use for apple pie or even savory recipes like a vegetable pot pie.
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Saleh launches, lays foundation stones for 208 projects in Capital
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- President Ali Abdullah Saleh inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 208 developmental projects in the Secretariat Capital at a cost YR 55 billion on Saturday.
Saleh was received at al-Sabeen Square by Mayor Abdul Rahman al-Akwa'a, municipal Secretary General Ameen Jumaan and a number of officials.
Arriving at the square, he launched 139 strategic projects including completed al-Zubairi, Saba roundabout and al-Amri roundabout bridges and subways.
Saleh also familiarized with final preparations for opening subways in Alhasaba and Aljame'ah districts.
He urged the competent authorities to exercise maximum accuracy when completing the two projects to open them over the next weeks.
Moreover, he was briefed on other accomplished projects that covered areas such as roads, sanitation, parks, youth and sports and technical education and vocation training.
On the other hand, President Saleh laid the foundation stones for 69 projects including 5 bridges and subways and a project for boosting the capacity of the Sana'a sewage treatment station being implemented by a specialized German company with finance from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
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The 22nd East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition – EMITT, which is one of the five biggest tourism exhibitions in the world, will take place at Tüyap Fair and Exhibition Center between 25-28 January 2018. EMITT 2018, which aims to bring together 5,000 companies and brands from more than 80 countries, has already increased the number of exhibitors by 25 percent compared to last year. EMITT, which sheds light on the tourism sector, will be organized in the corporate sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Turkish Airlines, with the support of KOSGEB and with the cooperation of Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TÜROFED) and Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD). The exhibition will host colourful events this year as it is every year.
Hosted Buyer (invited tour operator) Program, which will be held during the exhibition, will attended by 550 invited tour operators from 81 countries including Asia, Europe, Far East, Latin America this year. EMITT 2018, which creates new purchasing, business development, new business and cooperation opportunities in the international arena, aims to host 70,000 visitors this year.
The Eastern Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition - EMITT, organized by EUF - E International Exhibitions incorporated by ITE Turkey, which organizes leading exhibitions in Turkey 's leading sectors, will take place at Tüyap Fair and Exhibition Center between 25-28 January 2018. Organized in the corporate sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Turkish Airlines, with the support of KOSGEB and with the cooperation of Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TÜROFED) and Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TYD), participation to exhibition from all over the world continues rapidly. EMITT 2018, which increased the number of exhibitors by 25% compared to the previous year, aims to bring tourism professionals from 81 countries.
Hosted Buyer (invited tour operator) Program continues this year, creating opportunities international sector business development, new purchasing, new business and cooperation opportunities for tourism sector representatives. Within the program, 550 invited tour operators from Asia, Europe, Far East and Latin America countries are expected to participate.
ITE Turkey Tourism & Travel & Fashion Group Director Hacer Aydin stated that they are satisfied with the intense interest shown to EMITT 2018: "While the tourism sector continues to rise in our country, EMITT exhibition, which plays an important role in the sector, continues to increase the number of participants and to add new countries within its scope. EMITT is one of the biggest meeting points not only of the Turkish tourism sector but also of the world tourism sector... Despite the fact that the exhibitions is four months away, we were able to increase our exhibitor count by 25% compared to last year. As the exhibition approaches, we expect that this number will increase to 30 percent. We are bringing together representatives of the tourism sector with their colleagues from all over the world. This year we are organizing Hosted Buyer (invited tour operator) Program. Within the scope of the program, we will host 550 sector representatives from 81 countries this year. Companies from Asia, Europe, Far East and Latin America are showing great interest in EMITT and apply the program".
Hacer Aydın said "Countries that will participate in our exhibition as exhibitors will also try to introduce their countries with colorful events this year. EMITT is a platform where cultural richness of all regions of Turkey are also introduced... We will once again introduce all the regions of our country to the World with activities unique to them. At EMITT, we have also expanded our room with hotel support equipment this year. Thus, the companies that address the sector will reach a broader platform. In addition, Winter Tourism Special Section, Outdoor Tourism Special Section will offer hundreds of options for holiday enthusiasts."
EMITT, which brings together the tourism professionals, resorts and organizations from different regions of the world and Turkey each year, will be held at Tüyap Fair and Exhibition Center on 25-28 January 2018 this year.
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Samsung is well-known for releasing quite a few devices per year, and even though the company cut back on the amount of different models they release, we're still looking at a lot of Galaxy phones. That being said, Samsung has released quite a few devices this year, and the most notable ones are the company's new flagships, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. These are the premium offerings by this Korea-based tech giant, but not the only compelling devices they'll release this year. Samsung has filed a trademark for three mid-range devices back in March, the Galaxy A6, Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A9. We've already seen some spec info when it comes to the Galaxy A8, and the first real life images now surfaced as well.
If you take a look at the gallery down below, you'll notice quite a few hands-on images with the Galaxy A8. You'll notice that this handset features a metal frame, which should give it a more premium feel in the hand. As far as general looks go, well, this handset definitely looks like a Galaxy smartphone. The physical home button / fingerprint scanner is present here, and located below the display itself. According to the previously-leaked info, the Galaxy A8 will feature a 5.7-inch 1080p (1920 x 1080) Super AMOLED display along with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable internal storage. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 64-bit octa-core processor will power this thing on along with an Adreno 405 GPU for graphics. The 16-megapixel camera will be located on the back of the Galaxy A8, and a 5-megapixel snapper will be available on its front side. This handset offers 4G LTE connectivity, and will ship with a 3,050mAh battery on the inside. Android 5.1.1 Lollipop is also expected to ship out of the box with Samsung's TouchWiz UI on top of Google's operating system.
There you have it folks, this is the Galaxy A8 in the flesh. In case you're interested in rather powerful mid-range phablets, the Galaxy A8 might be the device for you. We still don't know when will Samsung release this thing, but it will certainly happen in the next couple of months, stay tuned.


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I had planned for quite a while to get away for a few days during the vacation week. Tony had taken the week off work, as it's been a traditionally very hard week for years. I was planning to go up to Maine and visit my parents on Wednesday, and then Friday have a long-awaited special treat getaway weekend at an inn as a early birthday gift from a dear friend (thank you, Julie!) I was (and am) looking down the barrel of, let's just say, a milestone birthday, which would have been stressing me without any tough Janey times. And I kept thinking---I can't go. I can't leave Janey here with Tony alone. But on the other hand, I kept thinking---I have to go. I NEED to go. I felt at the end of my rope, hanging on by a single thread. Each time Janey screamed, I tensed and felt waves of stress and despair wash over me. I felt like I couldn't take one more second. But I kept telling myself "I can't go. I can't leave Tony to deal with this" Tony, who I will right now nominate for husband and father of the year, kept telling me I should go, that he would be okay, that he'd manage somehow. It's hard to even explain my state of mind as I tried to decide. It wasn't sane. But finally, after getting Tony to promise that if it was too hard, he'd call and I'd come back, I did go.
And Janey was fine. Not perfect, but fine. She often seems to do a little better when it's just one of us with her, because all the attention is focused on her, we think. Tony took her for lots of rides, changed her videos as demanded, and slept when she slept.
|Janey views the sunrise
It took me a little while to calm down once I left. I took a bus to Portland to meet my parents, and the bus ride helped. I sat and decompressed, and played word games. By the time I reached their house, I was much, much better, and by the next day, I felt great (although I woke with a horrible headache, probably from all the days of stress) It was great to have a few days with my parents, and then a few days at an amazing inn with my friend and her fiancee.
|Crescent Beach, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
I learned a lesson, one I've tried to learn before, but I think this time it really will stick. Sometimes, I really do need to take care of myself to be able to care for Janey. I don't need to be a martyr to care for Janey, to love her. We don't have a lot of respite, but Tony and I can switch off at times and allow the other party to get a breath. And Janey will manage. The toughest times don't last forever. They come and go. And I am much better able to to be a creative, patient mother if I am not at the edge of the cliff.
Now, to face tomorrow's birthday and the start of being AARP eligible.....


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I am showing two paintings in EAST POP RED, an exhibition at Red Gallery, following on from the EAST POP WEST exhibition. I will also be doing a performance with Marco, the second part of our 'Pins and Needles' East-West performance, which began in West London. Details below.
Not No Un (She Is Not Being Moved)
The opening night is on Tuesday 11th October 2011, from 6pm - 9pm.
The exhibition is open from Wednesday 12th October to Tuesday 18th October, from 11am to 8pm.
'Pins and Needles' performance will take place in the gallery from approximately 6pm on Thursday 13th October.
Red Gallery
3 Rivington Street
Nearest tube stations are Old Street and Shoreditch High Street.
More information on the Red Gallery and Eastpop websites
Details of the previous exhibition, EAST POP WEST, and the first part of my and Marco's performance Pins and Needles - West, are in the posts below.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
EAST POP RED Exhibition and Performance
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Saturday, 1 October 2011
East Pop West / Not No Un / Pins and Needles
I will be doing a performance with Marco at 7.30pm on Saturday 1st October 2011, as part of the East Pop West event. Our performance is called Pins and Needles.
I am showing two new paintings in the exhibition; together they are called Not No Un (She Is Not Being Moved).
East Pop West is open from Friday 30th September to Sunday 2nd October,
12 noon - 10pm.
Admission price £5 / £3 concessions
East Pop West
Unit 1
Goldhawk Industrial Estate
Vinery Way (off Brackenbury Road)
Nearest Tube is Shepherd's Bush (Central Line).
Vinery Way is a 10 / 15 minute walk down Goldhawk Road (on the left).
More information on the East Pop West website.
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
NOT NO UN, my installation of nine paintings for the exhibition SEXY100.
SEXY100 is a group exhibition of 100 artists at 'wall to wall', a temporary space in an old office block, that's usually a makeshift warehouse for a food re-distribution charity. As well as three open-plan floors, dingily-officey-carpeted, the building has many small cubicle-style rooms, with sliding doors, louvred blinds, dusty shelves and office detritus. I made my installation, NOT NO UN, in one of these small rooms, creating nine new paintings to fit in the space of three wall-mounted shelves (dust left in-tact). I also created a tenth, related, painting, 'SHE IS NOT BEING MOVED (RED)', which was hung on the top floor amongst work by other artists. Each painting is 10 X 12 inches, in acrylic paint.
The exhibition is at:
'wall to wall',
8 - 9 Spring Place,
Kentish Town
SEXY100 is open from 9th to 30th September 2011, daily by appointment.
Call 07587 454 613 or email stimulusltdworldtour.co.uk.
More information about the exhibition and the curators, Stimulus Ltd, can be found at BIG DEAL and Stimulus Ltd websites. The invitation and map are on my previous blog post, below.
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Monday, 5 September 2011
I am showing ten new paintings in the exhibition BIG DEAL SEXY100, curated by Stimulus Ltd. The private view is on Thursday 8th September 2011, from 5pm until 9pm, with performances and work by 100 artists. The exhibition is at wall to wall, 8-9 Spring Place, London N5. It's a ten minute walk from Kentish Town tube on the Northern Line.
Here are links to BIG DEAL and Stimulus Ltd websites.
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Thursday, 7 July 2011
Wrapping: Sun and Moon Performance
Tin foil and crumpled flag, after the performance
On Saturday April 23rd 2011 I did a performance with Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly as The Sun and Moon. We were invited to perform by Micalef, for the final event of his exhibition The Wine Presses of Luvah. The event, at the Freedom Bookshop gallery, Whitechapel, was the third during Micalef's exhibition, where he read his new Blake poems, and hosted various performances, including The Hoova of Luvah. Micalef added new poems for each event, which were based on things that happened in the previous readings and performances.
Micalef's request/instructions/suggestions for our performance were only that Marco would be the Moon and I would be the Sun ('wear something diaphanous'), and that we 'do something about Blake's Albion'. Marco suggested we buy lots of tin foil – we decided on two large, wide rolls – and use two balls of grey wool; he suggested I wear yellow. We found nothing suitable and yellow in the charity shop, so Marco brought a yellow T-shirt of his own, with a mythological print on the front and back, for me to wear over my green dress. I wore my hair – which is long and yellow-ish – down. Marco brought a silver suit, trimmed with gold, for himself, and wore gold trainers with it. We changed into our costumes in the tiny toilet underneath the Freedom Bookshop gallery.
It was unseasonably hot weather on the Easter weekend, weather for shorts and dresses. At the event both Calum and John had arrived in shorts and intense, bright yellow T-shirts. This was coincidental, and not part of the exhibition, but perhaps the same awareness of energy and heat had prompted their choice of clothing as informed ours in the performance.
Micalef read a set of three Blake poems, after which we began our performance. There was already a large and worn Union Jack lying on the gallery floor. In a previous performance Marco had lain under it as Albion, with a horn held erect like a giant penis, sleeping and then rousing. This was referred to in one of Micalef's subsequent poems. I began our performance by taking the flag and carefully folding it into a neat pile, placing it back on the floor. As I did this, the small but noisy audience paid little or no attention, continuing to talk and to encourage a dog to scamper around noisily on the wooden floor-boards right beside me. Marco felt afterwards that he liked the way people kept talking at the beginning, but also found it sexist – they talked as I folded, but when he arrived in the performance they began to watch and be quiet. Perhaps it appeared I was just tidying up for Marco. I felt the tension and ambiguity of performing, unnoticed, wondering 'when will people realize we've begun?', and the gradual focussing of attention on our activities. There was a juncture between being there 'just doing', and 'performing'. I thought, as I folded the flag, of the women in the launderette folding sheets, and of times with my mother, folding sheets, 'me to you and you to me'. The lack of attention - or respect? – for this part of the performance seems consistent with the quiet invisibility of such tasks. The folding was a preparation, a preparatory meditation, a clearing away before a beginning, and an allusion to bed-making (itself entwined with the cycles of day and night, sun and moon).
When the flag was folded, Marco walked over to me, in his thick, wool, shiny silver suit, and I helped him to sit on the floor. He sat with his legs straight, outstretched, and his back vertical, forming a right angle, parallel to the wall. He sat extremely still. I took one of the rolls of tin foil, which I had been holding like a wand, and began to unwind it, wrapping it around Marco's head. His head was recently shaved and so as I wrapped it in foil I could press the thin metal directly on to both his skull and face. As I did so I thought of the lampshades I make at home by wrapping my own head in foil to form a lampshade-like shape, and a residue of my facial features, which then hangs from the ceiling, shedding out light. I was careful to press gently but firmly onto the foil to capture Marco's head without hurting him. I felt I was looking for his features, looking for and making the 'Man in the Moon'. Marco said afterwards it felt very caring, as I pressed the foil to his face.
I began to wrap the foil further down, towards Marco's neck. I wrapped by circling him, moving my whole body around him, orbiting. As I wound myself and the foil around him, concealing his neck, and shoulders, I followed my progress by unwinding a ball of soft, grey wool, binding and tying it over the foil, holding the shape in place. Marco said this part of the process felt precarious at times, that the foil 'case' might slip off, or burst apart. It would have spoiled the effect if bits of the moon had broken off. Breaking the illusion – however nursery rhyme-like or absurd the illusion was – would undermine the potency of the performance, the ritual. The precariousness of the 'encasing' demanded my focussed attention and careful application of pressure, a certain amount of balance and quick dexterity to get the 'moon' wrapped up. It was important to entirely encase Marco, to make a solid and complete shape of him – to transform him into a shape, an object, but an abstract entity too. I felt as I wound and bound him that I was making something precious that could be broken – the 'object moon' and the 'idea moon'.
It was such a hot evening that as I circled round Marco, bent over doing it, I began to feel light-headed and a little dizzy, over-heating slightly. Marco, I realized, inside a thick suit and an ever-growing tight foil casing, must be starting to sweat, heating up with the radiating, reflecting, intensification of the foil. His whole head was entombed, his mouth and nostrils covered. I hoped he could breathe ok.
I encased Marco's torso, with his arms strapped to his sides, with swathes of foil. I tied him up with more wool. Then I put one hand on his back, and one under his legs, stretched out on the floor still, and guided him backwards to lie on his back. As he tipped back he retained the 'L' shape, his legs rising up into the air, to form the inverse 'L', or almost-crescent shape. The movement was comical, absurd – a 'tipping up', as Marco said afterwards. The cartoon-ish-ness of this movement suited the foil 'moon' we were making. I began to complete the crescent, this time winding the foil from the top of Marco's gold toes downwards to his belly. Part way through this process I heard a muffled sound from his foil-head which made me aware that he was overheating and struggling to breathe. I poked a hole through the foil, where I guessed his mouth was, for him to breathe better and steam to escape.
Time was pressing, with the audience's short attention span, the heat, and Marco starting to steam inside the foil and his legs becoming exhausted – 'it was like being at the gym', he commented about the legs-aloft posture afterwards. Marco was blind for the duration, his eyes enclosed in foil, his hearing similarly muffled, suffering a strange sensory deprivation combined with sensory-intensification, of the heat and posture. There was finite time to complete the moon wrapping. Timing was all important; duration was palpable, emphasized by the condition of heat and tiredness, energy manifested. I thought of the cycles of sun and moon, imagining the sun as having tasks, tasks to achieve before night, preparations to complete, routines that must be performed and punctual. The darkness dependant on the energy of the light. The formation of rituals by the intertwining of light and dark. Marco said afterwards that I was dancing round him like a maypole, as I wound him with foil. It had felt like an abstracted, dance-like ritual.
Marco, his back flat to the ground, his legs outstretched, was now entirely encased in foil. His body became an object – a crescent, a silver-moon-crescent. An absurd toy, improvised moon. Man in the moon. I took hold of his legs and guided them to the floor, stretching him out flat, almost feeling like I was breaking him in half. No longer the moon crescent, now a body, a 'mummy', a light and heat emitting presence. John said it felt as if Marco was emitting radioactivity, that the audience should be protected from the energy – that the foil was to protect the audience from radioactivity, like a special suit. I was conscious of Marco and my heat, from the activity, the circling, the wrapping, the reflectivity. I had the impression of a piece of salmon or meat wrapped for baking. Geraldine commented that 'You trussed him up like a kipper'.
Once Marco was stretched out I took the folded flag and shook it out, like shaking a blanket or duvet. I laid it over him like a bed cover. I felt I was putting the moon to bed, completing a point in a cycle. The moon going in. I felt caring, patient, protective. I sat at his feet, crouched, like at the foot of a bed – watching, guarding, paused, waiting. Though the pause was brief – necessarily as Marco was too hot and the audience distractable – my moment crouched at the foot of the moon was a clear, weighted punctuation.
I rose from my post and pulled the flag-cover from the sleeping moon and cast it aside. Then, I held up Marco's legs back into a crescent and began quickly to unwrap them. I roughly unwound the wool binding, tangled, and tore off shards of foil, ripping and scattering them like sun-moon-light across the floor. I held his legs, revealed now to the innard of silver and gold suit and gold trainers, and pushed the legs down as I guided his body up to sitting, into the 'L' shape, his torso still wrapped. I continued the reverse process, of unwrapping, tearing the foil from his body, feeling the heat beating out. When I pulled the last pieces from around Marco's head, his face emerged, red and streaming with sweat, having endured the intense reflective heat, basted inside the foil shell and in the thick wool suit. He was the heat emitting core. I squeezed and gently shook his shoulder to 'wake' the moon, a gesture of 'time to get up'. He opened his eyes, and I helped him to his feet, the silver core now animate, amidst the scattered foil shards.
More crumpled foil and flag, after the performance
The performance 'proper' came to an end here, but after a minute or so I returned and began to gather the foil shards and compress them into a ball, in a gesture of tidying. Marco joined me, scavenging on the floor for foil, to create a huge sphere of foil, a 'full moon', from the remnants of the performance. The foil-moon-ball was later placed, by Marco, on top of one of Micalef's sculptures, to become a final element in the sculpture, a full moon hovering above a Loovah-lampshade.
The foil-moon on top of Micalef's Loovah-Lampshade sculpture
To read about other performances I've done, including more with Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly, please click here.
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Monday, 14 February 2011
AISLE Performance
As part of GHost III, an evening of performance and film in St. John's Church, Bethnal Green, Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly and I created AISLE, a ten minute performance resonating with ideas of penance, pilgrimage and ritual. Ghost III took place from 6pm to 10pm on Friday 17th December 2010, organized by Sarah Sparkes and Ricarda Vidal.
View inside St. John's Church, Bethnal Green, looking towards the altar end of the church. Taken during the rehearsal for AISLE - you can just see the blurred crawling figures near the white screen.
The dark pews in the dimly lit church interior for the AISLE performance.
The lights in the church were low, the pews dim, so that their occupants were barely distinguishable. The aisle of the church was comparatively more illuminated, its flattened well-worn pink-red carpet singled out by the lighting as the one route through the church. As the audience mumbled and rustled, after the previous performance ended and whilst waiting for ours to begin, Marco and I made our separate ways from where we had been sitting to the top of the aisle. We knelt down and began to untie our shoe laces. We took off our shoes, and then our socks. Our naked feet indicated the beginning of a ritual, with a sense of awe or respect for the forthcoming actions; coupled with intimations of a dance; and suggestions of insanity and deprivation. Observing shoeless people I notice that they are perceived as the abject, the utterly vulnerable, the insane. On the occasions I've removed my shoes in public I've been met with concern and consternation. Perhaps looking comfortably hippy-ish or high-heeled exhausted mitigates against this – but as an otherwise-outwardly-normal person shoelessness is a breach of sanity and comprehensibility. In our performance we wanted to evoke the ritual and niceties of religious and other ceremonies where shoe removal is involved - outside a house or a temple, in a newly carpeted home – suggesting reverence, occasion, respect – but to destabilize these ideas during the performance. We wanted to unsettle readings of our rationale, to make interpretation awkward. Bare, naked feet felt liberating, comfortable, practical. It was a route into closeness with the ground and integration with our movements – and a nod to nakedness. Our bare-footedness was carefully planned, yet it went barely noticed at first.
Kneeling to remove shoes at the start of the aisle.
Ghost-blur kneeling to remove shoes.
Starting to crawl.
From our bare-foot-kneeling position we lowered our whole bodies onto the ground and stretched out our arms before us, prostrated. We began to slither-crawl forward. The moment of transition from not-crawling to crawling had the sensation of diving into a swimming pool; of being on a clear and significant threshold - a sensation which was familiar from previous crawl performances. We had done a practice crawl at my studio a few days earlier, where we used the hallway, at the end of a long corridor. The floor is stone, or concrete, and was freezing. We slid side by side on our bellies in the narrow space, negotiating our movements and interactions. The cold slammed into our stomachs, my top riding up so that my belly and midriff were directly in contact with the freezing surface. When we arrived at the church to rehearse on the day of the performance we saw that the aisle was carpeted, and I had a sense of almost-guilt, that the crawl would be so much more comfortable and warm than I had expected and intended. Yet, during that rehearsal we were responded to with the comment 'You must have done something really awful to have to do that much penance!' So the resonance of pain and suffering seemed still to be present.
The carpet of the aisle, ant's-eye view. And ghost-blurred crawling figures.
The screen at the end of the aisle, with two 'will o' the wisp' lights, which we are crawling towards. Crawlers'-eye-view.
When we began our AISLE crawl, the audience, attuned perhaps to vertical or louder events, carried on chatting and drinking and glancing around for the first few moments where we silently, subtly moved. Our crawl was a belly-flat-to-the-floor type of crawl, dragging ourselves along with outstretched arms. We moved towards the altar, slowly, painfully, painstakingly. Whilst we crawled, from above our heads on the balcony, a choir began to sing a repeated refrain of 'again and again and again and...' As each phrase was fading out a solo voice emerged from the opposite balcony to respond with another refrain of 'again and again and again...' the single and multiple calls merging, overlapping and pulling each other onwards. The music was mantra-like, enigmatic, ambiguous, but insistent. It was gentle and soothing in the tone of the voices, yet its cyclical and unceasing nature carried an element of threat and desperation, of compulsion and castigation. 'Again', a word which was embodied in its performance - an 'onomatopoeic' singing. Again, a word which I have repeatedly painted and drawn, on tissues, rizlas, canvas, and which Marco has sung in the lyrics of Rex Nemo songs. A word we have both pondered, and returned to; repetition, repetition, repetition. Again: I think of compulsion, addiction, meditation, repetition, history, pattern, inscription. As the 'again' refrain began, eyes were drawn around the church, and to the lit aisle with our crawling bodies, and our presence dawned on the audience.
Crawling heads down.
Crawling head up.
There was silence from the audience as we dragged ourselves forward. Marco pulled himself forward with his fists clenched, his legs a dead weight; tiring, he sighed and groaned at the effort, communicated visually and audibly. His body clad in lighter-coloured clothes than mine, and his accompanying sounds, drew attention to his figure, dominating the dual-crawl. I wore dark clothes, contrasting to Marco's in colour, but similarly normal everyday type of clothing, baggy trousers and jumper, so that our crawl appeared perhaps spontaneous, part of the everyday world. I crawled differently - silently, smoothly, stretching out my arms and fingers, clawing into the carpet, dragging myself, legs slightly bent to give a little propulsion. I felt lost and contained within the world of crawling, the slithering movement, the sensation of the floor against my stomach, tops of my feet and palms. The visual and stylistic contrast emphasized the difference between the two crawlers – unified in an activity, a purpose, but possibly in competition, or negotiation.
Crawling down the aisle.
Our movements were low to the ground, an inversion or perversion of a conventional procession/perambulation down the aisle. I was aware of the history of processions along the aisle – the routine church services, communions, marriages and funerals that take place there - and of our laying our own ritual over these, our intervention in ritual. As a crawling couple perhaps we prompted thoughts of Adam and Eve, and the serpent, forever crawling and eating the dust – an image of conflated Christian mythology, contorting ideas of sin and shame and temptation into an ambiguous and malleable spectacle. Pilgrimages and penitent journeys which process hand and knee through villages and towns, streets and floors, to end in the church, echoed through the crawl – events of endurance and tradition in some places, but which are unfamiliar in Bethnal Green. Mexican and Polish friends pointed out these histories to me, after previous crawling performances, though the impulse to crawl, for me, came from somewhere internal and unorganized – perhaps informed, osmotically, by centuries of others' crawls? Our crawl necessitated the audience to suppose their own idea of our purpose. Ahead of us, at the altar end of the aisle there was a large white screen on which two tiny 'will o' the wisp' lights were roaming, flitting, searching. We moved towards these - drawn, beckoned, impelled, seeking, the lights giving a logic and object to our movements. 'Never underestimate the power of ritual,' Marco had said to me some time before we made the performance, words which continue to turn over in my mind.
Crawling towards the table-obstacle.
Our crawl had been intended to be, at times, something of a 'battle' - we would verge across each other's path, tussle, barge. This battle would have its climax in our negotiation of an obstacle placed half way down the aisle – a table covered with a heavy velvet cloth, and a film projector mounted on it. The obstacle occupied half the width of the aisle and, we realized in rehearsal, that from our awkward horizontal positions it would be a case of under or around, one at a time. We decided to use the obstacle to further dramatize our struggle. When we were near to the obstacle Marco got ahead of me. I crawled faster and, there not being space for us both to pass through the gap side by side, I began to pull myself onto Marco's back. I crawled and dragged myself up his legs, across his back, and slightly kicked in order to get over his head and beyond the obstructed bit of the aisle first. It became something of a race. I felt myself pushing my foot back into Marco's hand or head, ruthlessly, attempting to 'win' - at the same time realizing the playful and sexual connotations of this over-body crawl, with its intimacy and familiarity and entwining. Marco's passive acceptance of my over-crawl unsettled the gendered idea of competitiveness.
Crawling around the obstacle.
Gail crawling beyond the obstacle.
Hood up.
Gail crawls ahead of Marco.
On the other side of the aisle obstacle Marco's hood fell over his head, concealing his face, making him appear monk-like. We again crawled side by side, the pace increasing as we saw our destination of the altar nearing. The choir's refrain had continued to repeat, the lights on the screen continued to flit, and our movement and Marco's groaning continued too. The build up of repetition in movement and sound, its cycle, progress and yet getting-nowhere-ness, created both tension and meditativeness – a sense of expectation and waiting, and also of being lulled, held, suspended...
Arms outstretched.
Crawling towards the light.
Marco elbows Gail.
Nearly at the altar and screen.
At the end of the aisle, by the altar, screen and lights.
...I arrived first by the altar, dragged myself onto it, still on my belly, and crawled off behind the screen. Marco followed, hauling himself up heavily, legs still unused. We concealed ourselves behind the screen, and listened as the choir's refrain of 'again and again …' faded away. There was a pause, as, we presumed, the audience figured out that the performance had ended. Silence of the audience at the end, after their noise at the start. Then some kind applause, and a shout of 'Again! Again!' from someone in the audience. Later, we were asked of the time we spent behind the screen, 'Were you shagging at the altar? I hoped so.'
Crawling round the corner...
...and onto the altar...
...Marco's feet disappearing...
Music performed by members of the Hackney Secular Choir and Kate Kotcheff.
'Will o'the wisp' lights by Sarah Sparkes and Ricarda Vidal.
All photos by Matt Rowe, except last two (below), by Sarah Sparkes.
You can see a short film of AISLE by Sarah Sparkes and Helen Bee on YouTube.
There's more about GHost events on the GHost blog...
...and on the GHost facebook page.
You can read about two previous performances I did involving crawling, 'Dishclout: The Human Duster' and Crawl on these earlier posts...
...and my first collaborative performance with Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly, 'Silent Bell Ringing'.
Here's a link to my AGAIN painting in the exhibition 'East End Promise'.
Rex Nemo & the Psychick Selfdefenders + Hackney Secular Singers play Girls Division and Set Your Spirit Free ...at Supernormal Festival, in this YouTube video.
For GHost II, at St John's Church in 2009, I made Crossbones, a short film of the ephemeral memorials at the unconsecrated graveyard...
...and for GHost Hostings, at Senate House in February 2010, the Reverand Marc Vaulbert de Chantilly gave a sermon-performance - you can see a short film of the sermon here
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It's a simple matter to say all is God's will,
But are we then truly staying out of the picture?
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Unless the fact of what we truly are starts sounding an alarm.
Consider what might happen should we value Presence more,
Valuing it more than our absence from it.
Might the scope of our dreaming decrease,
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Balance: Working Inside and Outside of the Home
Being a mother is a tough job. Whether you work outside the home, inside the home, or both…our job is hard. We make decisions for tiny people that put all of their trust in us. We take care of sick kids, change diaper after diaper, and somehow make it through those early months of sleepless nights. So…when I see or hear mothers talking like we are on separate teams (between working and stay at home) I am so sad. Instead of banding together and sharing common ground, sometimes we look at the other side of the career / home mix with negative viewpoints. Working part-time outside of the house, I sit somewhere in between those two groups, so I hear both sides of the career statements… "I don't know how you stay home that many days a week. It's just not for me." Or, "I don't know how you can leave them to travel for work. Don't you miss them?" "Don't you worry that you will miss a milestone while you are at work?" Is it possible that it is just our own insecurities about the decision we made (or may not have had the choice to make) that causes disdain for the other "team"? I think we need to support each other through the tough parenting decisions that we have to make. In today's world, is one choice better than the other? Of course not. Working outside of the home is a very personalized issue that only has to be right for one person. You (and your family). My decision to work part-time works for me. It may not work for you for a dozen or so reasons, but for me…it works.
Over the last several years, I have been asked a countless number of questions about working part-time. How did I get them to let me do it? How could you get off the "career track"? How can you do your job part-time? What made you decide to do it? Will you ever go back full-time? And the list goes on…
Before I had Myles, my career was my top priority (along with my marriage). I had held four positions in five years and I loved every minute of it. A corporate relocation to
had let us live our dream to live in the big city for a while, and brought us back home, just as we had hoped. I wanted a baby, but there was no way it would change how I felt about work. I wondered how I would manage all of the travel that I did, but I knew I would find a way. A great husband and a daycare I trusted, and I could continue to climb the corporate ladder with a baby in tow, no problem. Chicago
Then, I saw him. I still cannot fully explain what happened to me. Maybe some sort of short in my system. I tried, but I couldn't fix it. I had to find a way to stay home with him, at least a few days of the week.
Looking back, I still can't believe what I did next. Despite the exhaustion of a newborn, I decided that becoming a real estate agent was the only way I could stay home, at least part-time. Honestly, I assumed that working part-time for my current employer just wasn't an option. I travelled quite a bit, and as a product manager for the largest accounts that my division sold to, there was just no way (at least that I could see) that they would allow me to work part-time. What if my customer called? It's not like they could just wait until tomorrow! So, during every sleeping moment Myles had, I studied and took an online class to get my real estate license. I took the test and made a plan to leave a company that I loved, for more time with Myles. Financially, it was going to be tough. Really tough. BUT – we could work it out, I was sure of it.
All too soon came the dreaded day that I would have to resign (I can't bring myself to say quit) from my job. I had talked through the meeting in my head a dozen times, came with a formal written letter, and was as prepared as I could be for the meeting. All the prep in the world didn't change the fact that I was preparing to leave something I loved, but I was sure that I wanted more days at home with Myles. What I wasn't prepared for was their response. They wanted some time to work out a position that I could do part-time. I never expected such a progressive response. They could tell I was having a hard time with the decision and wanted to try and make something work that would be mutually beneficial for both parties. (Just as a side-note… I would never advise resigning from a job with the hopes for a counter-offer to stay part-time. Only quit if you truly plan to quit. I have heard of people trying to use leaving after maternity leave as a way to negotiate something further. Quite a risky venture if you ask me.)
Fast forward four years… I am still loving my part-time working arrangement. As a Market Development Manager, I love my job, the people I work with, and the company that made it possible. I have "pulled over" on the career highway, but I still feel like I am on the road (with carseats in the backseat).
Sometimes I think that working part-time just makes both parenting and working harder on me. Conference calls and emails can make my days at home harder. Trips for work or extra meetings can make scheduling care for my days off extra hard as well. It almost seems like if I worked full time (the care would always be there) or stayed at home all the time, some things would be easier. Yet, I wouldn't trade the balance I have found for anything. It works for me. That is what is important. Just like each mother has to find a balance that works for her. I'm sure someday I will return to work full-time. My husband asks me at least once a month when that will be… not yet, Ben.
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I have started struggling with it myself. And I never thought that would be me. I love my job so much. Luckily I can still work full time but be "part time." I will be middle of the road with you and a car seat in the back too! love you!ReplyDelete
How wonderful that your company was willing to work with you like that!! Best of both worlds! And I agree every mom has to find what is right for her!ReplyDelete
That's great that you're able to balance the two. And that your job was able to accommodate you in that way. I also work outside the home, except I own my own business, so often times work and worries come with me. Loving your blog and following...ReplyDelete
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Best Thermostat Practices for Fall
The fall season is here and that means it's time to make changes around your home to improve the comfort level for both household members and anyone you invite over. Some of these changes will involve the use of your thermostat, so let's take a look at the thermostat best practices that you should attend to right away.
Check the Batteries
The first thing you should do for the new season is check to see if the thermostat's batteries need to be replaced. Luckily, modern units have indicator lights or make beeping sounds to indicate a low battery, but it doesn't hurt to check manually, just in case.
Upgrade to a Programmable Model
While newer homes often come equipped with programmable thermostats, some older ones still utilize manual units. Programmable models, however, allow you to set the temperature during specific days and times. This gives you more control over your home's comfort needs and will help you lower energy costs. Plus, "smart" units also allow you to control heating and cooling through a wi-fi connection.
Stick to a Schedule Whenever Possible
While programmable thermostats give you the option of making changes on the fly, as briefly discussed above, it's always best that you stick to your desired temperatures as much as possible. If the temperature isn't ideal, you may also want to consider other options such as bundling up when it's colder than expected or bringing out the fans when it warms up.
Call a Qualified Technician
Before each new season or immediately after it begins, it's a good idea to call on the help of a qualified technician to make sure everything is in good working order. He or she will check both your HVAC system and the thermostat that controls it. That way, if there are any problems, you can fix them right away and keep your home running smoothly.
For more expert advice on thermostat best practices or other home comfort concerns, contact the friendly professionals at Beyer Boys. We've been serving the HVAC needs of San Antonio and the surrounding area since 1990.
Our goal is to help educate our customers in the greater San Antonio, Texas area about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems).


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Shannon Cowley
Hello! My name is Shannon Cowley. My career at Friends Child Care Center began in 1994 when I came to work as a student teacher. Several months later, I accepted a position as an assistant teacher, eventually becoming a lead teacher first in the infant room and later with young toddlers in our Cuddle Cubs class.I have an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education. I have a large extended family of three kids, six bonus kids and 11 grandchildren. My three children are all graduates of FCCC and it's not unusual to see one of them visiting their former teachers.
Barbara Banks
Barbara has worked at FCCC since 1998. She attended Temple University to obtain her CDA Credentials. Barbara has 5 children, 25+ grandchildren and 15+ great grandchildren. She loves her young toddlers, her coworkers and the office staff. Barbara loves getting up each morning, and you can often hear 'I love you' each morning as Barbara greets each family.
Ericka Davis
I was born in 1987. I'm the oldest of five kids. I have three sisters and one brother. I have a daughter (Naiyana) and son (Naikeem).
I graduated from Edison H.S. in 2005. I started working at Friends Select School for Metz Culinary Management in 2006. I started working in the After School Program at Friends Select in 2011. For four years, I did both jobs there, food service and the ASP Program.
In the summer of 2012, I started working at Friends Child Care Center. My position there was a Summer Sub. I have returned to work every summer. I love it here.
I'm now currently enrolled in a CDA program. I love working with children, which is what persuaded me to take CDA classes. I hope to further my education in Early Childhood Education in the near future.
Ashley Osborne
Hi! My name is Ashley. I attend Community College of Philadelphia. My major is Early Childhood Education. I am a part time floater at FCCC. I enjoy working with children because of their eagerness to learn. I enjoy being able to watch them grow and develop new skills over time.
Darlene Turner
I was born ad raised in North Philadelphia, the youngest of three. I have one amazing daughter and two wonderful grandkids, Kenndi and Kori. I have held many positions from hairstylist to case manager for a non-profit organization, but my greatest reward has been with working with children.I started this journey in 2013 working with kids in kindergarten through 5th grade. I am now working with toddlers. It is a new experience everyday but I love it!
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Some topics included: mediation statements that succeed, successful mediation strategies, how to close a tentative deal, tips for memorializing the deal and tax considerations. Wendy Johnson Lario of Greenberg Traurig and Arthur Raynes of Wiley Malehorn Sirota & Raynes also served as moderators.
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Stock Investing: Finding Direct Purchase Program Alternatives
Although several hundred companies offer DPPs, the majority of companies don't. What if you want to invest in a company's stock directly and it doesn't have a DPP? Keep reading for some alternatives.
Buying your first share through a broker to qualify for a DRP
Yes, buying your first share through a broker costs you a commission; however, after you make the purchase, you can contact that company's shareholder services department and ask about its DRP. After you're an existing stockholder, qualifying for the DRP is a piece of cake.
To qualify for the DRP, you must be on the book of record with the transfer agent. A book of record is simply the database the company uses to track every single outstanding share of stock and the stock's owner. The transfer agent is the organization responsible for maintaining the database.
Whenever stock is bought or sold, the transfer agent must implement the change and update the records. In many cases, you must have the broker issue a stock certificate in your name after you own the stock. Getting a stock certificate is the most common way to get your name on the book of record, hence qualifying you for the DRP.
Sometimes, simply buying the stock isn't enough to get your name on the book of record. Although you technically and legally own the stock, brokers, for ease of transaction, often keep the stock in your account under what's referred to as a street name. (For instance, your name may be Jane Smith, but the street name can be the broker's firm name, such as Jones & Co., simply for administrative purposes.)
Having the stock in a street name really doesn't mean much to you until you want to qualify for the company's DRP. Be sure to address this point with your broker.
Getting started in a DRP directly through a broker
These days, more brokers offer the features of the DRP (like compounding interest) right in the brokerage account itself, which is more convenient than going to the trouble of setting up a DRP with the company directly. This service is most likely a response to the growing number of long-term investors who have fled traditional brokerage accounts for the benefits of direct investing that DPPs and DRPs offer.
The main drawback of a broker-run DRP is that it doesn't usually allow you to make stock purchases through optional cash payments without commission charges (a big negative!).
Purchasing shares via alternate buying services
Organizations have set up services to help small investors buy stock in small quantities. The primary drawback to these middlemen is that you'll probably pay more in transaction costs than you would if you approached the companies directly. Check out the most prominent services, which include the following:


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It doesn't matter where you live. What are you doing, and who you are. No matter where you are, it is enough to lift your eyes up to contemplate the stars.
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Even if you do not see them, you know the stars are there.
Above the clouds, and millions of kilometres away, there are millions of shining stars. You do not see the suns though. But you see the light. Those are the kind of people you love. That's how people must be. Shiny. It doesn't matter how close or far away they are. It is important to illuminate your life. Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.
Keep the shiny stars and dissolve the dark planets that surround you. They have nothing to give you. Receive the light and share it with the universe. Because you are part of this universe. You are also a star that gives light to the universe.
It doesn't matter if some people can not see you. It doesn't matter if there are clouds around you. The light you emit is important. Maybe there is a star hanging on your neck. Like that one Pentagram wooden pendant.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
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What a great account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the documentary called "Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush". Throughly enjoyed the complete history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Growing up on the west coast and not knowing why the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, this documentary tells you everything that went on up to the move to LA. Highly recommend watching and learning about the Dodgers in "Brooklyn Dodgers Ghosts Of Flatbush."


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Laclede's LAN 12 marked a bittersweet first: our LAN had become popular enough that we ran out of space and had to turn away gamers at the door. Those who hadn't pre-paid to reserve their seat ended up losing it to an earlier arrival. The staff, meanwhile, could not get Valve Anti-Cheat to work at all the night before the event, and finally managed to restore it at 5 AM, mere hours before the first walk-ins. Despite the close calls and some disappointment at the front door, this was (in our opinion) our best event – because once everyone was in the door and seated, every part of the LAN experience ran smoothly. LL had finally hit its stride, and our Ranken and U.S. Army sponsorships allowed us to back up our tournaments with big prizes. Wedge, Bean, and Lodsiek's new Wii all joined the staff at this LAN (although the Wii didn't last long as a staff member, since it didn't know what online multiplayer was). Our LAN was growing faster than we could have imagined – pro gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel attended this event, and one of our door prizes was an entire gaming PC.
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Anders Samuelsen, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs
EU Accession Cannot Be Rushed
Serbia has achieved substantial progress, but the implementation of real reforms is crucial. A credible market economy, rule of law and an empowered civil society with free media and secured fundamental rights are important elements for any country preparing for EU membership. I would also mention Serbia's ability to fight corruption and organised crime as being of particular importance – Anders Samuelsen
H.E. Tomáš Kuchta, Ambassador of Czech Republic
Fear of Populism Ahead of EU Elections
Many EU member states must actually solve serious internal problems, and that creates space for different political options to also present themselves with some "simple" or, if you like, populist solutions to EU agendas - Tomaš Kuchta
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Kosovo, Between Camp David and the Kremlin
Whether or not Serbia will free itself in 2019 of the shackles of the Kosovo problem - the alpha and omega of its foreign and domestic policies - depends largely on the diplomatic capabilities of its president
Gordana Popović, Panel Coordinator, ERC, EC
Serbian Researchers Should Be More Visible
The European Research Council funds excellent scientists and their most creative ideas, supports cutting-edge research in all fields and helps Europe to attract and retain the best researchers of any nationality. Despite their potential, there still aren't many Serbian researchers applying to this exciting programme
Intellectual Emigration: Brain Drain
As part of the strategy for Serbia's development and the country's chance on the international scene, the number one priority and potential that is often mentioned is a knowledge-based economy, highly skilled people and new technologies
Davos 2019
Calls for Global Cooperation
World leaders in favor of international cooperation and free trade struck back against the wave of populist nationalism that has featured more prominently than usual at the latest gathering of elites in Davos, Switzerland
Olivera Zulović, Affluent Clients Manager, Societe Generale Bank
Avantage – Keeping Up With Your Success
Avantage premium business model offers clients superior banking expertise and service, which saves time, but also money
Tanja Jelić, Expositur
Facilitating Serbian Business in Germany
Agency "Expositur" makes it easier for enterprises from Serbia to enter the world of entrepreneurship in Germany, providing them with support before, during and after the establishment of their company, advising on conditions for working and hiring employees, as well as help in running their business
Vladimir Bošković, Sberbank member of the Executive Board
Reliable Partner to Exporters
The international rating agency Brand Finance has pronounced Sberbank the strongest bank brand in the world. A new member of the Sberbank Serbia Executive Board speaks about the great responsibility that this recognition imposes on all of its staff
Frank Baumann, Director, Goethe-Institut Belgrade
Bridge Between Serbia and Germany
The Goethe-Institut is a cultural institution from Germany that has been promoting and advancing German language learning for nearly 50 years and that fosters international cultural cooperation
Vesna Kukić Lončarić, JYSK Country Manager WB
Scandinavian values
The Danish Royal Court has been our regular customer for years and we're very proud of that fact
Guy Laliberte
From Homeless to Multi Billionaire
The story of how Guy Laliberte went from being a broke street performer to a space traveling circus CEO with a personal net worth of $2.6 billion, is amazing and inspiring
Professor Milena Dragicevic Šešić, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management of the University of Arts in Belgrade
New Cultural Policy Essential
Cultural policy is today often led routinely and without much imagination from the government and various levels of state bodies
Contemporary Russian Art
Art Explosion
Recent years have seen a boom in Russia's contemporary art scene. In addition to renowned art institutions such as The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Multimedia Art Museum or the Tretyakov Gallery, a contemporary art explosion is sweeping an entire country; with art galleries and workshops opening, street art moving into the spotlights and festivals like Moscow's Biennale of Contemporary Art showcasing works by today's finest artists, while Russian artists are showcased in an increasing number of institutions and exhibition spaces all around the world
Simon Trpčeski, pianist
Virtuoso With an Ethno Soul
Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski (1979) performs alongside the world's foremost orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Dutch Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Cologne, the Helsinki Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, Real Filharmonia de Galicia, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, the New Japan Philharmonic, the China Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He also regularly performs solo recitals in all cultural capitals
Best Watches In The World: Not Only a Status Symbol
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Business Philosophy of Simplicity
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