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So your child has been asked to participate in a festival, audition, adjudication or competition! The first question is probably "What is it?" as the terms are used interchangeably and can create lots of confusion.
For example, Guild Auditions as sponsored by the American College of Musicians, which used to be called "tournaments," states as their primary function: "...to establish definite goals and awards -- in non-competitve auditions -- for students of all levels. Students are judged on individual merit..." -- and not compared to other participants.
Festivals like those sponsored by RMTA (Dorothy Sutton Performance Festival, RMTA Spring Festival) are categorized as "semi-competitive," meaning that there can be several or many receiving top ranking.
The word "audition" is defined as a 'a systematic process to select a performer based on the talent displayed." Similarly, the purpose of a competition is to identify and award the outstanding performance. The awards can be anything from trophies, ribbons and certificates to cash and even musical instruments.
Some of the events are called "closed auditions," that is, there is no audience allowed. Only the student and the judge(s) are in the room. Other events, like the MTNA Performance Competitions are called "open auditions" and allow an audience to listen to the performances. Check with your teacher as to the parameters of your particular event.
Most all of these events include a written critique -- the adjudication portion of the experience -- which totally blurs the lines between the various names for the particular event. The primary purpose of an adjudication is to provide a concise evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of a performance and to offer recommendations for continued growth. In general the evaluation takes into consideration accuracy (notes, tempos, dynamics, articulations, rhythms), tone, intonation, balance, phrasing, expression, clarity, memorization, repertoire selection, stage presence and artistic maturity, and sometimes even repertoire choices. Your teacher can inform you of the requirements of your particular event.
Regardless of what it's called, the performance event is an ideal platform to help child learn how to focus, to learn goal-setting, develop consistent practice skills and gain confidence -- all traits that will be an asset both within the musical performance world and in the real world.
HOW CAN THE PARENT HELP their child prepare for such events and make it a positive musical experience?
- Establish consistent daily practice, particularly in the weeks preceding the event.
- Help the child review the teacher's instructions and follow through at home with the desired goals.
- Keep the practice area free of distractions -- toys, televisions, siblings, etc.
- Arrange 'mini-recitals' or performances before the main event.
- Encourage the child to record himself and listen while reading the music.
- Make sure the child is rested. (No sleep-overs the night before!)
- Don't schedule too many events the same day.
- Help the child stay calm and positive the day of the event. Allow plenty of travel and prep time before the actual performance time.
Most importantly -- DO encourage, support and offer praise for what he or she has accomplished for a positive musical experience!
Feel free to explore the other pages under "Audition Central!"
Click here for information on some of the performance events RMTA members participate in.
I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment. ~Yo-Yo Ma

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In recent studies performed by the Public Religion Research Institute and Berkley Center for Religion and Peace, more and more STUDENTS are moving away from religion and becoming unaffiliated. Some of their main reasons for leaving are: Christianity is too judgemental, the students feel like Christianity has become too stringent and angry towards people in general.
Interesting facts from the study:
Only 23% of respondents felt that the Bible is the word of God. This is a move in the right direction, education takes the blinders off and the students start to see religion for what it is.
6 in 10 respondents feel that religion is "judgemental" and "Anti-Gay". It is, nice of you all to see it.
Less than 1/2 of the respondents list any religious affiliation on their facebook page or anywhere else.
Maybe, moving forward into the future, these millennials will lead the way to a more secular world where science and fact trump fear and superstition.
We can only hope.
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Description of problem:
This limit is a major headache to many that don't use command line or understand how to get xargs to work with other programs. This can affect the ability of a new user from using Linux as I have read on many lists that I came across while trying to find a way around it.
While trying to delete a large number of files this error can occur. Or if trying to process a large number of files with long file names and/or sequential files this error can be a problem.
Now Bugzilla "Bug 215510: argument list is too long" says that this is not a bug against core-utils but it is a bug or major headache with the kernel. It is an issue with usability for those that want to replace Windows. This limit is from the days of limited memory.
I ran into this issue trying to uudeview a multipart usnet post that Pan couldn't process automatically. I was required to download all the parts for a second time and then do some fancy work to get things to work.
Now with the greater amount of memory available, this isn't such a big risk to increase this limit. If it can be set to a variable that can be configure at boot time, then the option to increase this limit can be done later by the administrator.
As my experience taught me, it takes into account all the characters in the paths as well.
In my experience, I was trying to work with files that were over 60 characters in length. Even a simple grep of a large list of text files can cause this issue if you are not in the directory of the list.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have a large list of files with long names or long paths.
2. Try to copy them or run them through another command.
3. Grep a word from a large list of *.txt files.
Nothing special.
Actual Results:
Error message:
"Argument list is too long"
Expected Results:
The command should have worked as expected.
Additional info:
This isn't a bug in the normal sense. It needs to be fixed to recognize the changes in hardware. As a boot time variable for MAX_ARG_PAGES to change it from the default, this could be changed as needed.
From the above link.
One of the advantages of using an open-source kernel is that you are able to examine exactly what it is configured to do and modify its parameters to suit the individual needs of your system. Method #4 involves manually increasing the number of pages that are allocated within the kernel for command-line arguments. If you look at the include/linux/binfmts.h file, you will find the following near the top:
* MAX_ARG_PAGES defines the number of pages allocated for arguments
* and envelope for the new program. 32 should suffice, this gives
* a maximum env+arg of 128kB w/4KB pages!
#define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32
This is entirely expected since even with MAX_ARG_PAGES set to 64, the longest possible command line I could produce would only occupy 256KB of system memory--not very much by today's system hardware standards.
#define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32 to 64
This would be nice by FC7, at least for the desktop version.
This change was proposed upstream and rejected.


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Between this dragon's jet-black scales run glowing rivulets of lava, and veins aglow with heat shine in the membranes of its wings.
Young Magma Dragon CR 8
CN Medium dragon (extraplanar, fire)
Init +6; Senses dragon senses; Perception +14
AC 22, touch 12, flat-footed 20 (+2 Dex, +10 natural)
hp 85 (9d12+27)
Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +10
Immune fire, paralysis, sleep
Weakness vulnerable to cold
Speed 40 ft., fly 150 ft. (average)
Melee bite +17 (1d8+12 plus 3 fire), 2 claws +17 (1d6+8), 2 wings +12 (1d4+4)
Special Attacks breath weapon (30-ft. cone, 6d6 fire, DC 17)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 9th; concentration +10)
At will—burning hands (DC 12)
Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +2)
1st (4/day)—flare burst (DC 12), grease (DC 12)
0 (at will)—bleed (DC 11), detect magic, open/close, spark
Str 21, Dex 14, Con 17, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 13
Base Atk +9; CMB +14; CMD 26 (30 vs. trip)
Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack, Vital Strike
Skills Acrobatics +11 (+15 jump), Climb* +17, Fly +14, Intimidate +13, Perception +14, Sense Motive +14, Stealth +14, Swim* +17
Languages Common, Draconic, Ignan
SQ superheated
Superheated (Su)
At young age and older, a magma dragon's bite attack deals additional fire damage equal to its age category.
Environment any mountains or underground (Plane of Fire)
Organization solitary
Treasure triple
Temperamental and prone to violent outbursts, magma dragons are regarded by most other dragons as dangerously insane—an assumption that, more often than not, proves correct. One can rarely predict a magma dragon's state of mind until it either attacks or attempts to engage in conversation. For their part, magma dragons can justify all of their actions—they just rarely feel the need to do so.


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We'll work hard for YOU, the buyer
As a local Independent Estate Agent the advice you receive will be impartial, knowledgable and we'll keep our promises. You can have the peace of mind that we'll work with you with integrity, honesty and without hidden agendas.
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We will always maintain a high level and quality of staff- nothing less than the best will do. Oakleys are focused on attracting, training and retaining the very best people for the job. Your needs are paramount – and we empower our team to put you before anything else.
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Oakleys staff will be friendly, smart, polite and helpful, ensuring that all your questions can be answered at every stage of the process. Continuous professional development, including weekly training of all staff, keeps our skills and local market knowledge up to date.
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We'll return your calls as soon as possible - we can also be contacted outside office hours. Oakleys are there when you need us – to answer any questions and allay any concerns.
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Where possible Oakleys staff accompany all viewings seven days a week; our professional insight and local market knowledge can really help you as you visit prospective properties.
We promise to listen and respond to your questions and understand your unique needs to make sure you're happy and kept fully informed.
The Buying and Moving Process
We qualify sellers!
Oakleys trys to ensure that our sellers are well qualified to put their property on the market. Having the sellers commitment means there is less chance of your purchase falling through later in the process.
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The office will always be friendly and well organised. Property details will be sent immediately to you by email or post when you request further information and all emails are answered the same day. Your questions are always welcome!
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Once you've agreed your purchase, Oakleys 'Sales Progressor' increases the chances of a successful move and reduces the risks of your home purchase falling through. We guarantee to keep the right amount of communication between you, your 'Seller' and all solicitors and Estate Agents involved right through to moving day.
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...and your HD...this time, with a free anti virus, e.g. AVG [google and download.] Then perhap you can find ways to undo the damage. Norton has its own way of describing 'virus'...
Hi. I have a USB pendrive 8GB kingston, in good shape, and with lots of information with virtually all sensitive data.
But the pendrive got infected by a malicious virus or trojan from another computer. Not sure. But once i inserted the pendrive into my home PC, all the folders in the USB pendrive were converted into exe files while some other folders dissapeared.
The only antivirus i have at hand is Norton Internet Security 2010. In order to solve the issue i did the most obvious action for a newbie like myself, so i did scan the USB drive but Norton was unable to find the virus.
I really dont know what to do?. But i think the same happened to other people. I have lots of sensitive data on my pendrive. What should i do?. Is there any webtool or software that can restore my files?
Please help! .SOS! (I do have Windows XP latest service pack SP3, and my processor is an AMD64 athlon, 1.5 GB RAM)


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Three women loved him. Two betrayed him. One fulfilled his destiny. Desired tells the story of the legendary strongman through the eyes of the three most important women in his life. The fiercely loving Jewish mother who nags him toward greatness … and rebellion. The impoverished Philistine girl, Amara, who becomes Samson's bride. And the emotionally damaged seductress-the legendary Delilah-who becomes the instrument of his destruction and the key to his tragic triumph. Poetic, meticulously researched, and jaw-droppingly honest, Desired ultimately celebrates the God of Israel's ability to work mightily despite our human weakness.


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Addiction specialists recognize relapse as a symptom of addiction. It is the hope that a recovering addict will not relapse, but sometimes it occurs. A short-lived relapse doesn't do too much harm and the addict is able to begin the recovery process again without too much trouble. A long-lived relapse may put an addict back into a downward spiral of addiction causing serious consequences. If a relapse takes a turn for the worst, the addict may never have the chance at recovery. Relapse can be a serious matter if the addict does not get back on the path of recovery quickly.
The word relapse means to "slip back" in Latin. It does not matter how long the addict has remained sober. Once the addict starts using drugs or alcohol again, he has relapsed. A "slip" refers to an addict who starts using again for a short time, but is able to stop before he falls back into full addiction. When an addict slips, he can prevent a relapse by immediately getting back on track. When an addict regrets their choice to use and still wants to recover from substance abuse, they will make the right choice and stop using. These individuals are still motivated to remain sober and avoid relapse.
There are numerous reasons that provoke an addict to relapse. Cravings are a big trigger for relapse. They can occur at any time and are difficult to control, especially during early recovery. If an addict does not use his coping skills at the onset of a craving, he may succumb to a relapse.
Having a bad day can make anyone feel irritated. Maybe it was a difficult day at work, or the addict had an argument with a loved-one. Stressful situations can make an addict feel anxious, depressed, angry, etc. When negative emotions flood an addict's mind, they stop thinking clearly. Former negative behavior patterns brought about by emotional stress may surface and provoke an addict back into relapse as a form of escape. If this begins to happen, an addict must block the negative thoughts and behavior patterns and begin to engage positive, healthy ones in order to cope with his problems in a constructive way. By changing how the addict responds to stress is a big step in his being able to overcome problems and avoid relapse.
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And lo, yesterday was the Day to Give Thanks. Today is the day to either A.) get up early, lured in by electronics at drastically! reduced! prices! or B.) the Day to Listen, according to StoryCorps. I love the StoryCorps mission. What's better than personal storytelling or discussing shared history, with the process formalized and preserved for posterity? It makes me so happy that there are such organizations -- and that their work fans out across the country. Check out more of their podcasts here.
All that said, today's listening activities mostly consisted of snorting over Aziz Ansari stand-up, while spending a fruitless afternoon sketching. That and overhearing random snippets from one cafe table over (dubious math category: "On average your friends have more friends than you do"///completely random category: "Every time a 'girl' is in a song, we just change it to squirrel. If a squirrel walks in with an itty bitty waist. I kissed a squirrel and I liked it.")
Speaking of stories, I have recently encountered a spate of people who don't read. Or, even worse, those who actually *hate* reading. In theory, I know they're out there. They must be out there. We all know publishing houses have been taking a bath. The newspaper industry is undergoing a slow evisceration. That as Amazon flourishes, local bookstores have dimmed their lights.* What with all the TV watching, game playing, obsessive internet perusal** and whatever else out there, the prospect of sinking into solid hours of reading an actual BOOK book is almost inevitably less appealing. Which is not to say that the non-readers are a newly developed branch of the population. I remember the horror of once hearing a neighbor who suggested to my parents that they could de-clutter by getting rid of all the books in the living room. I can understand that some people are more into art than others, or into being creative, or have a better handle on math or sciences, so this really shouldn't fall beyond my grasp. And yet...reading is such an intrinsic, essential part of my life, that to encounter the opposite feeling brings me up short.
*Vast simplification. I know, I know, vast simplification.
**Hello, duh, that's clearly reading as well. But, I would say, it's the super-fast ADD reading.
To wit: last week, I had a conversation which I later realized was exactly parallel to an exchange I had with a janitor at Borders many, many years ago. The guy was unfailingly sweet, pleasant; though between his Spanish and my English, our conversation remained sparse. One day, he said something to me about God, which I nervously side-stepped. I don't even remember what it was at this point. I remember thinking: Here we go.
He touched the gold cross dangling at his collar. "But. You're Christian."
"Um, well, no, I'm not actively religious." I edged away from our shared counter.
He furrowed his brow. "But. You believe in God." He leaned toward me. He willed faith in my direction.
"Oh, um. Well, I think there's something--" I swiveled one foot another step away.
"But you're so nice! You must believe in God!" He was utterly confounded.
"I, well I *am*--"
"You're so good! You're a nice! good! person!"
He looked utterly crestfallen. I found myself smiling apologetically. He gazed at me with aggrieved sadness. Were the flames of hellfire already flickering about me? Had my good person card been fully revoked? Good assumptions had to be replaced by something. But the idea that someone likeable to him could fall outside of his
belief system was so jarring, that he kept trying to reframe it in ways
that would guide me to utter something acceptable... Seemingly out of nowhere, this stranger was disappointed and I felt oddly guilty for having messed with his world view. Even though coming to know a person's goodness could be independent of faith is a good piece of knowledge to have.
But the point is this: simply swap out "nice" and "good" for interesting/engaging/worthwhile and faith for reading, and you've pretty much got the updated version, with me as the confounded janitor. It's always disconcerting to round the corner and run into an unfamiliar version of yourself. But it's a good reminder that zealotry/rigid thinking/snobbery can rear their ugly heads anywhere...As well, we are lucky that life gives us those corners to round; and in the best case scenario, we pay proper attention.
And on a related literacy/reading/creative writing note! 826 Michigan executive director Amanda Uhle spoke about surprises, learning and being 8 years old, at TedX Detroit 2012.
Woodblocks, printmaking, art. Minor quibbles and major delights. Tantalizing comestibles.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
That's Weird, You Seem Interesting.
Labels: aziz ansari, hypocrisy, literacy, reading, storycorps
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Fine piece of writing - glad I'm a reader.ReplyDelete
Thank you for taking the time to read my posts, Stone Bridge. Happy you're here!ReplyDelete
We love books here at Casa Johnny. It was THE biggest charge when it came to moving out here to New Jersey. The books were the bulk of the weight for the move. Not the furniture, not the electronics, the books. And in our house they will always be proudly displayed.ReplyDelete
@JASP Totally worth it and the way it should be! I loathe the idea of whenever I should move next: books and kitchen stuff will be the huge items...ReplyDelete
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"Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy..."
Making a stellar mark in history as the first Muslim actor ever to nab an Oscar on Sunday (Feb. 26), Mahershala Ali's Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal in Moonlight has officially thrust him into film Hollywood's exalted winner's circle.
But if we hadn't first seen the 43-year-old's name scrolling through the film credits on the big screen and a couple of silver-screen debuts, we would have seen it on the front of a rap album cover as Prince Ali.
Speaking with XXL, Ali revealed that hip-hop has long been the strongest impetus of his life and career, which might also explain his 2006 album release, Corner Ensemble. The 18-track project was followed by another only a year later in 2007 titled Curb Side. From the listen of things, Ali's sound and message is mostly consciously driven, imbued with nods to his Muslim and Black heritage as well. Admitting that he's more of an underground music fan, Ali also said that he also dipped into break dancing in the past.
"Hip-hop has definitely had a strong, perhaps the strongest, influence on my life," he said. "I don't think I'm at all unique with that. I think there's so many people of color, and even White kids, that have been tolerating the stresses of their own problems and what not and were able to navigate so many things through the culture of hip-hop and create jobs, have opportunities and been able to express themselves and finding their identity in."
Despite sifting through underground artists, the Luke Cage actor also took his hat off to Nas for Illmatic, an album he believes is the greatest hip-hop opus to date. A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Digable Planets and the Notorious B.I.G., whose universal crown photo makes an appearance beside Ali in his Luke Cage cameo, have also made their way to the actor's playlist.
*Checks off another box beside Ali's name on the list for Black excellence*
Listen to the Prince Ali side of Mahershala below.
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- Crime, Drama, Foreign, Mystery, Postmodernism , produced in 2002 France
- Actors: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel
- Directed by: Gaspar Noe
- Rating: 7.3 out of 10
- Plot Summary: After what would normally be the end credits (which run backwards), IRREVERSIBLE begins with a heated hunt through a gay S&M club. It is a chaotic sequence shot from a wildly spiraling camera seamlessly edited together to appear as one single shot and culminating in one of the most violent murders ever portrayed on celluloid. Following this crescendo, Gaspar Noe's (I STAND ALONE) film uses a reverse narrative structure similar to MEMENTO through which the audience learns the motivations for the murder and the relationships of three parties directly involved, the beautiful Alex (Monica Bellucci) and two men who adore her (Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel). The frenzied style of the opening gives way to increasingly static camera work throughout leading to an idyllic final shot of Alex, who the audience has long known is a doomed woman, set to Beethoven and alive with color and youthful innocence otherwise absent from this bleak urban nightmare. The film disregards conventional editing by ending each scene with a dizzying camera whirl. Since each scene is intended to look like a single take (although there are seamless cuts throughout), this gives the film the appearance of one continuous shot.
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I saw Vincenzo Bellini's Norma on DVD last night: another utterly enjoyable opera which moved me by its music and fascinated me by its story too.
This is an ancient tale long Before the Common Era when the Romans were in Gaul as occupiers. At the time the Druids were practicing their religion in Gaul, or so we gather from this opera. I suspect that Alexandre Soumet took some liberties with ancient history when he wrote the story of Norma with another title also: the Infanticide. Actually there was only the threat of infanticide which was emotionally jolting, but was not central to the story.
They had a priestess by the name of Norma. The Roman consul Pollione falls in love with Norma, and the two have had two children (they looked like twins) when the opera opens. In fact, by now Pallione's fancies had shifted to a younger lady at the temple, by the name of Adalgisa. She reciprocates the Roman's advances, and is all ready to go with him to his country, abandoning her Druid heritage.
She reports her new-found amour to the elder Norma who is very happy for her and wishes her well, until she discovers that the object of her love is also Pollione, the Roman Consul who had fathered her kids. Now Norma becomes furious and sings angrily about the Roman's disloyalty.
In her frustration she decides to kill her beautiful little children with her dagger, but is unable to do that. Instead she begs Adalgisa to take the children with her and not let them become Roman slaves. When Pollione come to the temple to take the younger Druid back to Roma, Norma condemns him. The Druids snare him, but Norma declares she too is guilty of trespassing Druid vows of temple chastity and is willing jump into the pyre as atonement. Pollione recognizes her true character, repents that he had not fully know her before, and with operatic exuberance decides to follow her to the fire in the pyre. The opera ends with his climactic fire and the customary death aria.
Dame Joan Sutherland, the great (Australian) Diva of yester-generation sang absolutely wonderfully well as did the Turkish Leila Gencer. The scenes were modest, the orchestra under the baton of Richard Bonynge was at its best, all the bel canto was thoroughly delightful, and the choruses were remarkable too.
The aria Oh! di qual sei tu vittima Norma! De' tuoi rimproveri, Oh! qual traspare orribile, which Norma, Pollione, Adalgisa belted out was truly magnificent.
Deh, con te, con te li prendi , Mira, o Norma, Cedi! Deh, cedi!, Si fino all'ore estreme, sung by Norma and Adalgisa was truly simply superb.
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Here is a very helpful tool for "dealing with discharge"...By "discharge" I am referring to the stuff we carry around that we might not want to see, or might not even know exists, having tucked it away somewhere. The problem with "burying stuff" is that it still exists in the body somewhere--and will wreak havoc on our well-being if we don't allow it to be expressed.
Journaling is an empowering emotional support system you can turn to at any time...It is about creating a strong, kind, insightful best-friendship with oneself.
Purchase a blank page journal/scribbler/doodle pad for daily "stream of consciousness" journaling. When you write, imagine that the words are streaming through your veins and out through your pen. Let the thoughts flow easily. No censorship.
Write 3 full pages--- first thing in the morning is best because we are still tapped into "that fluid, creative dream world." If nothing comes to mind, relax and write "Nothing comes to mind" and keep with writing that sentiment, and it will eventually shift to a new thought, like "Why is nothing coming to mind?... I've usually got lots on my mind...Hmm, now that's weird..." And on it goes and goes. Soon the thoughts are flowing.
If writing in the morning makes you sleepy, as it does me, switch to evening writing. This allows me to "let go of the day," find clarity and peace of mind--- It is my true "safe and effective" sleeping pill!
Also, note that legibility is not an issue as you do not bother to read the notes. This is a letting go, and opening up, process. You throw the writing away. It is literally "discharge."
This was a practice I learned years ago, through Julia Cameron's teachings, called "Morning Pages." As she says, "There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages– they are not high art. They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyes only."
You saw a few piles of my journals going up in flames in the film during a "letting go of the past" burning ceremony. I used this very personal writing exercise every day for a few years during an intense healing period--sometimes twice a day, morning AND night. Yes, I had a lot of "stuff' to sort through.
Through regular practice, I was able to identify areas of grief and "stuck-ness," resentments and pains, as well as my passions and joys. I found I could turn to this practice for calm and clarity, and it became a rich and expansive playground of wonder and possibility, re-igniting the glorious gift of curiosity and the joy of creative exploration and expression.
Over time, I noticed an inner-spaciousness developing, allowing for gradual, but very tangible, changes to take place --where the world around me shifted and fell into a new order, a safe and comfortable order...and I really got to know, and appreciate, ME.
Recommended for more "reclaiming of self" and "igniting creativity": The Artist's Way Workbook, by Julia Cameron
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Chronic illnesses often lead to complications and secondary conditions. It's the nature of the beast. Anemia of Chronic disease, or ACD, is a prime example. When the body doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells, the result is a condition known as Anemia. Although there are many types of Anemia, ACD is one of the most common. This form of Anemia is prevalent in patients with Chronic illnesses that involve inflammation, malignancies, chronic infections and cardiovascular disorders, i.e. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's, Lupus, Cancer, HIV/AIDs, Hepatitis, Diabetes, etc.
The exact cause of ACD can vary. Often times, it depends upon the patient's underlying condition. Research has also discovered that individuals with ACD have an imbalance of iron in the body. Because of this, they cannot effectively use iron to create new blood cells. Researchers believe that the immune system, which is constantly active in Chronic diseases, produces substances that can influence the development, storage and transport of iron within the body. The lack of functioning iron hampers the development of hemoglobin. As a result, this creates a negative impact on the amount of oxygen delivered through the body. In easier terms, "a relentless cycle". One that can take its toll on the patient. Especially, if it is left unchecked.
Symptoms of Anemia include:
- Headache
- Cold hands and/or feet
- Fatigue
- Chest pain
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Shortness of breath
- Pale skin
- Irregular heartbeat
Although these symptoms may go unnoticed, at first, as the anemia worsens the symptoms will worsen. If you or a loved one are experiencing any of the above, it's time to see your doctor. A simple blood test can confirm the diagnosis.
Living with a Chronic illness is an adventure, to say the least. And it may be impossible to prevent yourself from getting ACD. However, there are ways to help yourself through diet. Try to get enough iron, daily. This can be done by incorporating foods like lean beef, chicken, turkey, oysters, beans, leafy greens, baked potatoes, enriched whole-grain breads, fortified breakfast cereals, cashews, etc., into your meals. Folate and Vitamin B12 are also important. If you aren't taking a good multi-vitamin, now is the time to start. Managing your condition will help you to feel better and live life to the fullest. So, please, don't hesitate. Bottom-line, you're worth it!
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Letters: Uncomfortable truth
Thank you, Aaryn Belfer, for your column of Sept. 14, "Keeping Kaepernick in the headlines." Keep it up, sister. Don't back down, don't tone it down, don't sugarcoat the truth. Read more
The Tourism Marketing District's moot suit
When news broke last week that the four-year nuclear war between activist attorney Cory Briggs and the Tourism Marketing District over the agency's funding method was headed for a fizzling conclusion, the reaction from Briggs haters was swi... Read more
Letters: Witness reveals self
Homeless people were camped in an Escondido building that was mysteriously/deliberately burned (by the campers?) ["Does Red Cross exclude homeless from aid?," July 6]. Read more
Broken but never bowed
Most people who know me don't question whether this story is true. "Nice!" they say, not at all surprised. Most people who don't know me also don't question whether this story is true. "Were you at a Trump rally?" they ask, not at all surpr... Read more
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Does it make you uncomfortable to take shits in public? Well, most homeless people would like to do private things in private, too, but they don't get that choice. Either give people a place to shit— public dedicated or mobile restrooms—or ... Read more
Letters: No refugees
Nice article by Ron Donoho on the homeless in San Diego ["Homeless stats get worse," Dec. 2]. I volunteer at a couple of nonprofits that deal directly with the homeless: Uptown Community Service Center (uptowncsc.org) and Dreams for Change ... Read more
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The Spiral of the Horned King's maze (not to be confused with The Labyrinth as a whole). Is Gash a friend or foe? The modrons' long, sad March to Nowhere. Prologue to Yeenoghu's Hunt (and how the heck do you say Yeenoghu, anyway). Readied actions. Sneak attacks, at range and otherwise. Damage from a character being pushed into another creature or wall, etc.? More short rest / long rest discussion plus a house rule from a viewer. Some DMs would rather their players not have Daern's Instant Fortress.
This is an ongoing series of Shane's notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.
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When Josh Pollack opened Rosenberg's Bagels & Delicatessen just over a year ago, there was a reason he banked on success: "I was my target customer," he says. Turns out, there were a lot of East Coast transplants like New Jersey-born Pollack hankering for a decent bagel in the Mile High City (and droves of Coloradans who were ready for the "roll with a hole" revolution).
Perhaps just as key to Rosenberg's success is Pollack's innate understanding of business. He's a warm and friendly guy, smiling and shaking hands with regulars as they pass through the bustling dining room, but make no mistake—he's also a shrewd businessman. After a year of staggering growth at the Five Points shop, Pollack and Co. are working on a string of new projects: The Rolling Pin, a European bakery next door (spearheaded by Rosenberg's pastry chef Jay Thomas and his partner Michael Martinez), a second location of Rosenberg's for Aurora's upcoming Stanley Marketplace, a frozen bagel line for retail, and the City Pretzel Co., a mobile pretzel tuk tuk that should take to Denver's streets sometime in September. We caught up with the busy entrepreneur so he could give us some of the delicious details.
5280: Tell us about the pretzel cart, and why you decided to house the business in a tuk tuk rather than a more traditional food truck.
JP: A tuk tuk is a three-wheeled motorized vehicle; they're commonly seen on the streets of Asia. It's a very eye-catching alternative to a food truck. They're pretty expensive, and at first we didn't know if we were going to be able to do it. We wanted to think of a way to do something other than just bagels with it, so we settled on pretzels. We'll also be able to use it for Rosenberg's events by swapping out the signage, so this way we'll get a little more use out of it.
We've been dialing in the pretzels for a while now. As with the bagels, we took inspiration from the East Coast and the pretzel vendors all over street corners in New York and Philly. We'll be using the same mineralized water that we do for the bagels. We don't have the menu set yet, but we are looking at starting with three pretzels and five sauces, including a few mustards and a cheese dip.
Meanwhile we continue to get better and better at Rosenberg's. With the new bakery [the Rolling Pin], we'll have more kitchen space but also an avenue to grow our pastry offerings. And something I'm excited about is that we just took some of the core members of our staff to New York City. Like Frasca and Barolo have done, I wanted to take them to where the culture originated and go to some of the places that inspired me. I wanted them to be able to experience it firsthand.
Bonus: It's safe to say that Denverites will probably be sharing the road with more tuk tuks over the next few years. eTuk USA has begun manufacturing these golf-carts-on-steroids in a RiNo warehouse. The eco-friendly trikes are the first street-legal, electric tuk tuks in the United States, and they can be built for personal or commercial use. The company is working on a tuk tuk taxi service for shuttling passengers around Denver. In the meantime, look out for Bhakti Chai's bright orange model (affectionately known as "Ginger"), which is currently on a nation-wide promotional tour.
Article was originally posted by 5280 Magazine on April 29, 2015.
Written by Callie Sumlin. View the original article here.
About eTuk USA, LLC
Headquartered in Denver, CO eTuk USA manufactures 100% electric, eco-friendly tuk tuks to suit a variety of customer needs throughout the USA. The company's electric vehicles are well suited for a variety of applications. eTuk USA licenses the design from their partner, The Tuk Tuk Factory, and is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the eTuk in the United States. Check out the company's passenger eTuks for shuttle and tour operator applications or its commercial eTuks for vending, delivery, or food truck applications.
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A blog about where to buy what in Cebu. Products, services, reviews, complaints, etc. This blog will try to help you find what you are looking for.
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Aspen Heights Subdivision on July 31, 2010 at Bo's Coffee Parkmall. This is a project by Robinsons Homes. Aspen Heights is located in Consolacion, Cebu. The project is still pre-selling and you can own a lot for as low as P3,800 a month.
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The Srinagar airport, which serves all major airlines is at a distance of 70-odd km from Pahalgam. You can take the Govt. run bus services or hail private cabs to reach Pahalgam from where you commence the journey to Amarnath. Major helicopter services like Hans ply to and fro Baltal (near Pahalgam) and Amarnath.
Nearest Airport: Srinagar International Airport (SXR) - 72 kms from Amarnath
How to Reach Amarnath by Road
Amarnath is on a very treacherous terrain, hence it is not very well connected by road. One can travel to Jammu and then one has to go by road to Srinagar and then to reach Baltal or Pahalgam. Baltal is the shortest trek on the way up to Amarnath, but slightly difficult. Pahalgam trek is longer and relatively safer and more suited for families and elder people.
People can also hire ponies and palkies to counter the strenuous terrain. From Baltal, it is a 1-2 day trek (15 km) to reach Amarnath. However, the Pahalgam route is relatively longer and takes around 3-5 days (36-48 km).
How to Reach Amarnath by Train
There are no direct trains to Amarnath. The nearest station is Jammu, at a distance of 178 kms from Amarnath. From Jammu, one can hire cabs to reach either Baltal or Pahalgam. From Baltal, it is a 1-2 day trek (15 km) to reach Amarnath. However, the Pahalgam route is relatively longer and takes around 3-5 days (36-48 km).
Local Transport in Amarnath
The Amarnath cave is the most important attraction in this city. There are two ways of reaching there, one is by taking a helicopter from Srinagar and landing at Panjtarni, which is 2 kms away from the cave or by travelling by car upto Baltal from which it is a 13.5 kms journey, traversable only by foot upto the cave.
Apart from these, the most popular way is to trek from Pahalgam which takes 3-5 days. The helicopter packages range upto Rs. 50,000 inclusive of stay at Srinagar and also railway station drop services.
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Since mother's day is coming up really soon I thought I might help some of you with a list of gift ideas for the mom that loves to read. I will also link the items, just click on the title!
You can find a candle for any book that she likes and they are also made of soy which is awesome! I know you can't go wrong with a candle no matter if you're a mom or not.
Society6 has some really awesome and also diverse designs on pillows. I'm sure you can find something beautiful for your lovely mom (and you) and you will also get to support smaller designers!
You can always find cool stuff on Etsy, especially these awesome pieces of bookish jewelry which I'm sure she will wear proudly everywhere. I'm all up for supporting small shops like the shops on Etsy so why not?
Moms always like to cozy up, why not do it with a unique literary scarf? There are so many to choose from on Etsy!
5. Mismatched Banned-Books Socks.
I'm a fan of these socks! I love everything about them and I'm sure any mother would think they're fun.
Make it easy for your mom to track the books she has read, thoughts and books she wants to read with this awesome journal.
7. Tote Bags.
Get her a tote bag that will fit all the books she's going to buy on her shopping spree like the good child you are!
8. Bookish Mug.
Every mom deserves to drink her coffee in the prettiest mug! In spirit of supporting smaller artists, I definitely recommend ordering one off of Redbubble. There are plenty to choose from!
I'm a huge Thriftbooks fan, almost all of my books are from them and I recommend them to anyone searching for books on a budget! It happened that I stumbled upon this cool cookbook that contains recipes inspired by literature. I'm definitely thinking of buying it right now.
To finish it up all nice and cozy, of course you can't buy a mug without a bag of tea! Of course I come back to Etsy for this kind of stuff. Whether she's a potterhead or an Agatha Christie lover you will surely find a perfect tea blend for her.
I hope you found something helpful scrolling through the list I made. I wish all the mothers a life full of happiness and love!
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A paranoid sci-fi espionage series, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" was the "X-Files" of its day (1964-68). It may not have had the same cool quotient, but it did have, in addition to aliens, a variety of monsters, rogue madmen and evildoers with foreign accents. It also had the Seaview, a futuristic sub with fins that resembled those of a '64 Cadillac, and its creator and captain: Adm. Harriman Nelson (Richard Basehart) and Capt. Lee Crane (David Hedison). These two had a father-son relationship, though Nelson's paternalism could be prickly and Crane's dutifulness made him on occasion too much of a Boy Scout. Perhaps this irritability and overseriousness was the result of Nelson's coffee habit and Crane's continually having to wiggle into a wetsuit. Not to mention being buffeted by underwater impacts, showered with sparks and soaked to the skin, all courtesy of "Master of Disaster" producer Irwin Allen, who specialized in that sort of thing ("Lost in Space," "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno"). A collection of the first season's episodes is being released Tuesday.
David Hedison has had a long career, spanning 50 years, mostly in television, although he's had the distinction of being the flyblown scientist in the original "Fly" and playing James Bond sidekick Felix Leiter twice ("Live and Let Die," "License to Kill"). He's also the king of the guest spot, having appeared repeatedly on such disparate shows as "Cannon," "Charlie's Angels," "Dynasty," "Fantasy Island," "The Fall Guy," "The Love Boat," "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Young and Restless." He spoke to The Chronicle from Los Angeles.
Q: How do these episodes look to you?
A: I must say that when I was making them back in the '60s I would be so irritated by some of the things I had to do, but over the past couple of years I happened to see some of the shows on cable and I thought, "Hey, this is pretty good." I would be amazed at how good the shows were. So I do look back fondly on those four years, particularly working with Richard Basehart, who I thought was a phenomenal actor.
Q: What bothered you at the time?
A: I liked the first year, and I thought it was an espionage kind of thing, which was kind of interesting. And then it went along into some of the monsters, particularly at the beginning of the second year with "Jonah and the Whale," where we're inside the whale. And I thought, "This is ridiculous, this doesn't make any sense, there's no reality to this." Some of the monsters that they had, the Lobster Man and the Fish Man, it got to be a grind having to do them, and there was a sameness to them that I didn't like.
Q: When that sort of thing happens on a series I assume the writers have run out of ideas.
A: Actually what happened was I think that since we were on at 7 on a Sunday night, the network thought that kids would enjoy more monsters, more of these ridiculous situations. Maybe that's why we went in that direction, because we did have some very good writers.
Q: I know in some long-running series the actors get a shot at directing an episode. Did you?
A: I wanted to direct one of the episodes, but Irwin Allen wouldn't hear of it. He didn't want the actors to direct at all. We were there to act, and that's what we were getting paid for. Irwin thought we would have taken too much time and we would have gone over budget.
Q: Was his control pretty tight?
A: Oh yes, it was very tight. He wanted a particular kind of show. He wanted his characters to be fairly grim and very heroic and didn't want anything light or comedic. I remember I once played a scene with Richard that I thought was wonderful, and so did the crew and the director. It was done with a twinkle in the eye, kind of a light thing, although it was a serious situation. But Irwin made us reshoot because he wanted it to be much more serious. So we went back and reshot it and did it the way we did everything else, very grimly.
Q: I was thinking how irritable Richard's character was half the time.
A: I know. Maybe he was irritable with the script, but he'd be using it as an actor. I thought it was very effective, whatever he was doing. At least it was alive.
Q: Did you feel boxed in by that role?
A: Oh, definitely. It was getting claustrophobic. It was too much of the same thing. I was so pleased when it finally went off the air. After the fourth year, I knew it couldn't possibly continue because there was all the same thing, it was all the different monsters and whatnot. I just hated doing it.
Q: I'm amazed at how long your career is.
A: It's a wonderful career. You never get bored because you're not doing the same thing all the time. One minute you're on the stage, the next minute you're doing a movie and traveling to God knows where, and the next thing you're doing an episode of television. I could play in every medium. I look back on it and think it's been a lot of fun.


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As the name suggests, these knives were specifically designed for cutting cheese. Either with a square end or with a handle at both sides, cutting cheese with one hand can be very hard, especially with a large, hard cheese. So for ease and safety, a cheese knife is always recommended.


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[Edgar Hopida is the director of public relations for the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego). He may be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com]
A recent opinion piece by columnist Larry Stirling ("The Blue Scarf Society," June 27, The Daily Transcript) shows that just as extremist fringe groups can misinterpret the Quran and Islamic law, anti-Muslim polemicists can do so as well. Observations and conclusions that were mentioned in his piece show us that Mr. Stirling is either painfully ignorant about the religion of Islam or is a true Islamophobe.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has extended his contract until 2020, with an option of activating a further year.
Mourinho, who was appointed as Louis van Gaal's successor at the start of last season, led United to the League Cup and Europa League titles in his first year in charge.
"I am really honoured and proud to be Manchester United manager," the 54-year-old Portuguese, whose previous deal was due to expire in 2019, said in a statement on the club's website. (www.manutd.com)
"I am delighted they feel and trust that I am the right manager for this great club for the foreseeable future.
"We are creating the conditions for a brilliant and successful future for Manchester United. I love my players and it is a pleasure to know that we are going to be together for at least the next three years."
United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward praised Mourinho for his "exceptional work rate and professionalism", as well as for embracing the club's desire to promote young players.
"He has brought an energy and a sense of purpose to everything that he does and I am sure that will continue to bring results for the fans and the club," Woodward added.
United are second in the Premier League, behind runaway leaders Manchester City, with the club still competing in the Champions League and FA Cup.


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Well done, how exciting, can't make it up there to cambs that day but will
think of you and hope to se you and the book soon, S
On 14 November 2013 21:57, bronac ferran <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear New Media friends and colleagues
> I am delighted to invite you to the launch of a new book which I have
> edited, called 'Visualise: Making Art in Context', which will be launched
> at the Ruskin Gallery in Cambridge, on Friday 29th November, between 4.30pm
> and 6.00pm (speeches at 4.50 pm). It relates nicely to some of the themes
> recently explored on this list relating to art history, time and evolution.
> The book has essays by some of the artists featured in the Visualise
> programme of exhibitions and events which took place from Autumn
> 2011-Summer 2012 in and around Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge with
> reflections on the development of the programme by Professor Chris Owen
> Head of Cambridge School of Art and Andy Robinson, Project Manager of
> Visualise and Director of Futurecity's Cambridge office. Among the essays
> are newly commissioned pieces relating to poetry, composition, music, code
> and language by Liliane Lijn, Eduardo Kac, Tom Hall, Alan Sutcliffe and
> Ernest Edmonds as well as interviews with Duncan Speakman and William
> Latham, a reflection on an art and industry collaboration by Giles Lane of
> Proboscis and David Walker of Philips Research and a previously unpublished
> holograph by Gustav Metzger. The ISBN number for this new publication is
> 978-0-9565608-6-5 and publication date is 28th November, 2013. Contributors
> to the book will be available to sign copies which will be free to
> attendees to the launch. It has been published by Anglia Ruskin University
> and designed by Giulia Garbin.
> About Visualise: Making Art in Context
> From tales of a transgenic green bunny to a singing painting, from
> computer-generated lifecharms to a soundwalk at dusk in Cambridge's
> fashionable arcades, this publication conveys some of the myriad happenings
> which characterised Visualise a programme of public art, curated at Anglia
> Ruskin University in 2012. Funded by the University from Percent for Art
> sources, Visualise brought new life to hard streets, providing
> opportunities for public engagment in challenging visual art and sound
> installations, temporary events and exhibitions. It connected in direct and
> indirect ways to perceptions of Cambridge as context and site of scientific
> discovery and technological inventiveness. The book weaves the history of
> Cambridge School of Art and the Ruskin Gallery (the place where Syd
> Barrett of Pink Floyd played his first gig and Gustav Metzger, renowned
> founder of auto-destructive art, had his first arts education before the
> end of the Second World War) with today's digital developments. A series of
> newly commissioned essays provide intriguingly personal insight into how
> world-leading international and local artists create lasting 'mark and
> meaning' (Eduardo Kac) working in contexts of historical time as well as in
> physical space.
> Any questions do get in touch.
> Many thanks
> --
> Bronaċ
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I had great fun making this patchwork cushion for my mum's Christmas present. I took pics whilst I was making it, so that I could also show how it was made. I took the finished images once mum had opened up the parcel, so that I could convince her to be in the pictures too. So, outside we went to get some shots and here's my lovely mum and the nearly as nice cushion…
I used a layer cake pack in gorgeous red and yellow tones from the Simple Marks Summer collection by Malka Dubrawsy for Moda. Aren't the colours just so rich and vibrant? My mum has plenty of cushions but I couldn't resist making her just one more!
I arranged the squares into a layout I liked and took a photo to remind me how I wanted it to look.
To make the triangle sets, I laid one solid and one print square right sides together and drew a diagonal line from corner to corner. Stitched either side, 1/4" from the line and then cut along the line to get two triangle sets. I repeated this with the other sets.
When opened up, the seam allowances were pressed to one side – toward the darker of the two fabrics, so the seam wouldn't show up on the right side.
I stitched the squares together to make each row, following the layout I'd planned, pressing the seam allowances to alternate sides so that they locked easily together when joining each row. The horizontal seams were then pressed to alternate sides.
I sandwiched the block with a layer of batting and lining, pinned together and did some simple machine-quilting – just some diagonal lines and some 'in the ditch'.
I had a few left over squares which I thought would look nice as a border on the back of the cushion. I decided on doing a simple two part, overlapping cushion back. Once I'd added the patchwork border to the upper half, I added a layer of batting and a layer of lining fabric. I brought the lining fabric around the raw edges of the border to form a self-bound edge which I topstitched into place. (I'll need to update later with a pic of the self-binding, as forgot to take one!!)
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text: That's right, you knew I'd come back. There's just so much to talk about on a show about Nazis in the 1960s. I know talking about spoilers is a rarity on my blog. Example, Pitch Perfect 2; didn't care to. But, sure let's talk about alternate history. In case the title wasn't already obvious, MAJOR SPOILERS LIE AHEAD. So if you aren't through watching the first season of Amazon's Man in the Castle, don't read this unless you really don't care. In which case, you should care, because this is a great show. So the surprise with Joe Blake's character I wasn't expecting was he was actually a Nazi spy for John Smith, who is coping from an assassination attempt and his son's predicaments on fascism. Over the course of his mission, he grows strong feelings for Juliana, who is trying to carry on her deceased sister's duty of delivering the film to the Man in the High Castle. Meanwhile, back in the Pacific States, three interconnected story arcs occur simultaneously. Frank Frink is a factory worker for fake antiques who gets accused of practicing Judaism, as his grandfather was a Jew. Though he is freed, his sister, nephew, and niece are all killed by gassing before the truth was discovered. Wrought with grief, he crafts a real gun to take his revenge on the Japanese, to his friend's objections. This leads into the second arc, where he changes his mind on revenge just when the Crowned Prince of Japan is mortally shot. The Chief Inspector works tirelessly to find the culprit, even going so far as to take support from the Yakuza. Though he and his right-hand man find the shooter to be a German Nazi and kill him, they realize they can't reveal the truth to the public in order to keep civility between nations. This burden almost drives him to commit sepuku, but relieves when Frank's friend, Ed, is caught with a gun matching an eye witness's description of a drawn weapon from the shooting. Frank arrives at the last minute to save his friend. Finally, the Trade Minister is secretly meeting with a high-ranking Nazi official named Rudolph Wegener, who poses as a representative from Switzerland. They're trading secrets from each other's governments in order to maintain peace, as a German party from the Nazi Reich wants to use the Americas as a guise to launch a war against Japan and rule over all the world. Feeling guilty for his treachery and sadness over his wife's death, contemplates suicide a couple times. Now we're just going to skip to the finale of this season. The show itself wasn't completely realistic to begin with, but then the last episode absolutely blows the mind to pieces. So Juliana and Frank realize that Joe is actually a Nazi, and intend to kill him with the help of Resistance members. But Frank turns himself into the police to save his friend while Juliana let's Joe take a ship ride to Mexico for safety. Meanwhile, SS Officer Heydrich reveals his plans to John Smith, whom he is holding captive and tries to convince to join his cause. He has sent the German Nazi official on a mission to Germany to kill the Fuhrer and ignite a war against Japan. But Hitler convinces his old friend to kill himself to spare his children shame, and Smith captures Heydrich as a traitor. But when we finally see Hitler for the first time, he's in a room with various films, and the one he's watching bears striking similarity to the ones that were being carried around the country the majority of the season. Plus the fact that his headquarters are situated in a castle in the tall mountains, I have devised the theory that Hitler is the Man in the High Castle, and he's just feeding the Resistance false hope. In the last scene, the Trade Minister is sitting on a bench with Juliana's necklace, closes his eyes, and then wakes up in an alternate 1962 where San Francisco is as it would be in our timeline. It's not like this is a dream sequence, apparently it seems the necklace is capable of traveling across time/space. Yeah this is weird. I'm worried that this will turn out to be another case of Lost. Despite that confusing finale, Man in the High Castle is undoubtedly one of the strongest shows in 2015. I don't care if you already have Amazon Prime or are a die hard Netflix loyalist, but this show is worth it. You won't regret it.


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This time last night I was sitting in a strange Greek restaurant in Vienna reflecting on the days events and other fixed gear and cycle related topics over a glass or two (maybe bottle) of wine and eating some odd food that seemed to consist mostly of vinegar. Juliet Elliott (wifey) and I were in Austria for the Red Bull Fuxjagd, a fixed gear race that is a mixture of a minidrome and a hay bale slalom.
Participants gathered on the Saturday to record their fastest lap time of the course, it was approximately 200 meters long and consisted of 2 banked 180 degree corners, a horrible plastic thing to hop (thanks Austin Horse), and each of the 2 straights contained 2 tight chicanes. The fastest 64 qualifiers would go through to Sunday's main race for a series of knock out rounds. The qualifiers would race in 1 minute 30second heats, then 3 minutes and finally a 9 minute finale for the final 2 competitors. Fellow State Bicycle Company team rider Addison Zawada set the fastest time of the day at a staggering 20.93 seconds.
I managed to qualify right in the middle of the pack in 30th one place below messenger champion and top guy; Austin Horse. I was excited to get my first round underway, though after a late night, lots of food, some drinking and partying and a whole bunch of random goldsprint variations I must admit I wasn't feeling my best. Though the great thing about the event was it was all about having fun. Anyway…I didn't have to put much effort in to win the first heat as my opponent was a no show. It was a bit frustrating as I hadn't really ridden and I really wanted to get a few laps in to get a feel for the course again.
The next round I was to face the number 3 seed, and whilst I would never want anyone to crash I knew that was probably the only way I would win that round, but that wasn't going to stop me giving it my all. Off the gate I gave everything I had, though as I approached the corners I just bottled it.
The key to getting a good lap was smooth cornering going as fast as possible though the berms, I have only ridden a minidrome once so I was still a bit sketched out and found myself backing off a lot. I held off my opponent for as long as I could until the inevitable loss came my way. But with the racing out the way I could relax and watch my team mate smash the opposition (thanks Juliet for the snaps).
In these elimination races there is an element of luck of the draw, if you get lucky you can get a fairly easy ride, although luck will only take you so far. It was obvious from watching the racers who would be in the final round. Addison Zawada, Greg Falski, Stefan Schott and Christian Striedner were absolutely flying around the course and it was clear a fast paced final was on the cards.
The final round saw Addison face off against Stefan. Addison dominated the race from the start, the 9 minute final ended after just under 3 minutes as he rode like a man possessed in order to catch fellow finalist Stefan to take the win. The final standing was Addison (State Bicycle Co) 1st, Stefan (8Bar Bikes) 2nd and Christian 3rd.
The ladies were also killing it, Sami Moreno, Juliet Elliott and Alice Kralikova all qualified beating a number of guys and battled it out both in the men's event and then a women's final. The after the final races the results were in Sami showed an impressive display of bike handling and power putting down some solid riding to get the win. The final results were; Sami (8Bar Bikes) 1st, Alice came in 2nd and my awesome wife Juliet (Charge Bikes) came 3rd. Check out a video Juliet made of the event and our weekend in Vienna here!
It was an amazing event that was made even better by the friendly racers, hyper crowd and great organisation by Red Bull Austria. Special thanks to everyone at Red Bull Austria for the hospitality and to Juliet, Austin, Addison, Sami, Greg and anyone else I have forgotten to mention, for making the weekend so much fun. I'm already looking forward to next years race and the Red Hook Crit in Brooklyn in a couple of weeks.


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This page highlights the differences between Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger and White Tigerzord.
|Mythical Chi Beast Won Tiger
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Guest Blogger: Else Hamayan
Dr. Else Hamayan, long-time friend of Nancy and her husband Roger, is a specialist in bilingual education. Roger met her when they were both working with refugees in SE Asia in the 1980s. She grew up in Lebanon, speaking Armenian and Arabic, spent many years in Canada and the U.S., and now lives in Argentina with her husband and daughter. While facilitating a workshop on bilingual education in Saudi Arabia, she shared these observations, which we would like to offer to our readers this week. She thanks Sarar Hany Maalouf for her editing assistance.
There are two seas in Saudi Arabia: the sea of black and the sea of white. It's the first image that I saw on my one week trip to Saudi Arabia in August 2015 as an educational trainer. Upon exiting from baggage claim, I saw every female shrouded in black and the majority of males in white. Before landing I had slipped on my black abaya, just as one of the expat internet sites advised me to do. When I walked outside, I must admit that my first thought in the extremely humid heat was: "How clever of the males to claim the cooler white for themselves. This black abaya must be a nightmare during the day." But the abaya turns out to be a most comfortable garment, even in black and even during the day, at least for a brief period of time.
I arrived at 2 a.m. at the airport and went to the short line of passport control for people entering the country for the first time. Apparently, not many people enter Saudi Arabia for the first time. The queue for return residents who were not Saudi citizens was long. I was behind four young Pakistani men who were also first timers. As soon as the passport control agent saw me at the back of the line, he beckoned me to the front. I knew there had to be some advantage to being a woman!
Very few people spend any considerable time outdoors. Those who do are the laborers, most of whom are foreigners and seem to lead a harsh life in dire conditions. The foreign laborers make up a large proportion of the population, both in Saudi Arabia as well as in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). They are mostly from Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines, and I assume are Muslim. The men are in construction or work as guards and drivers, either for individuals or for businesses. The women work inside the house as servants, child caregivers, or cooks. These laborers are hard-working individuals living far from their families and in crowded dwellings.
One of the female administrators at the school where I worked for a week, Salma,* had offered to pick me up at the airport. I met Salma, a beautiful Palestinian in her early thirties, at a conference in Berlin the previous year. At the airport, she was shrouded in black, with only her face and hands as clues to her identity. Wearing the "niqab" which covers the face in addition to the abaya, women can get away with doing things they are not supposed to do, or being in places they are forbidden to go, hidden beneath the shroud of black. I wondered if either of the two women in my training sessions who wore the niqab had sent their servants to sit in while they went shopping!
For Salma to pick me up implied that her husband would have to be drafted since women are not allowed to drive. Later, this administrator commented about how hard it is to have to plan every move, to ensure that she gets driven to wherever she needs to go and get there on time, or to get picked up without having to wait a long time. I thought to myself: My sixteen-year old complains about having to depend on my husband and me to drive her places and pick her up. "I have to depend on you all the time," she whines. My teenager also complains about how every move must be planned so that a ride can be arranged. No spontaneous decisions to go pick up some food or meet your friend for coffee. I wonder what it's like to be a grown woman and feel that way.
Driving is against the law, but other areas of daily life also exclude women. Exercise is one such convention: it is assumed that women will not do any kind of exercise. The swimming pool at the hotel, as well as the exercise room, was not open for women, and this was at the Holiday Inn, an international chain! It is too hot outdoors to do any kind of vigorous exercise, and I must say that pool which I looked at longingly from my window was awfully tempting. However, on a stroll on the coastal walkway after dinner one night I did see a few women speed walking, holding up their abaya so as not to trip on it. There was even a woman using the outdoor exercise equipment in the park, again, holding up the abaya with one hand. At 44 ̊ C and about 95% humidity, this was true dedication to exercising.
Covering oneself in a black abaya is a social convention that is not an option, even for non-Saudi women. However, unlike local Saudi women, I was not obligated to cover my hair. There was one aspect of wearing the abaya that I found liberating, especially since I knew I could take it off as soon as I left the country. I did not have to worry about what outfit to put on in the morning. Saudi women did not have that option until they went abroad, which many of them did, but infrequently and for a limited time, and only with the approval of the family male figure.
The only time that I was in the presence of other people and took off my abaya was at the house of one of the school administrators, Amal, who had organized a luncheon in my honor. As soon as we entered the house, we removed our abayas. It was a little shocking to see women in western dress, some with long sleeves and long skirts, and others with short dresses. Some of the guests wore quite revealing clothes. Sixteen women were invited to the luncheon, which took place in the women's side of the house. Earlier, I had been amazed at the size of houses seen from the street. It made sense when I realized that each house has two sitting rooms, two dining rooms, and two common area bathrooms—one for men and one for women!
During lunch, Amal announced that her husband was returning home early and would be coming in through the main door. She informed us that he would immediately go up the stairs so it shouldn't be a problem for any of the ladies to be seen by him. Three women who had their backs to the stairs panicked when they heard Amal's husband coming in. One of them who had on a long diaphanous shawl quickly pulled it over her head and two women ducked under this temporary protection from would-be male eyes!
Women, I thought, must be completely accustomed to not being seen by men. The school where I was working had two separate sides: the girls' school and the boys' school. Girls and boys attended the girls' school until Grade 3, after which they were separated. The boys' school had only male teachers and the girls' school only females. In fact, the teachers were separated during my sessions. At all times, participants sat on either side of a screen that separated the males and females. I was free to go to the men's side, but no male was allowed to enter the women's side. Non-Saudi women would reluctantly approach the men's side, but only after covering their hair. If any male came too close to the partition, some of the female teachers, whose scarves had slipped down from their heads, would quickly cover up. Those who had taken off their veil would rush to cover their faces.
Being seen by a male who is not a family member must elicit tremendous anxiety for women because for their entire adult life they have been invisible to males. I felt the comforting shroud effect of the abaya myself even after only 6 days of wearing it. On my way back home, after going through passport control, I entered the lounge area in the airport where I could take off my abaya. I found myself hesitating just for a second: I had not only been mostly invisible, but I was also comfortable inside my little tent. It did not matter what I looked like or whether my clothes were stylish. I had to wonder: Aren't many Western women oppressed by the whims of fashion? If fashion provided women looser, more comfortable and less revealing clothing, wouldn't we be a more relaxed group of people?
Other aspects of society are also perplexing. There are strict laws about bringing in or using pornography, and movie theatres do not exist. On the other hand, television channels are plentiful, including some that show rather explicit sex scenes and characters using foul language. So, a social event, such as watching a movie with strangers is controlled, but one can do and watch anything in the privacy of one's home… or hotel room.
The Saudi people, both women and men, were most welcoming, respectful and extremely hospitable. The women, in particular, were very warm, and, in general, seemed to be quite content with their lives. Groups of women, whether in the shopping malls or the school staff, could be seen talking animatedly, laughing and having a good time. So, what do I tell people when they ask me about the state of women in Saudi Arabia? Seeming to have a good time and being most welcoming to visitors cannot negate the oppression in other aspects of these women's lives. They make do with what they have. The resilience of these women and their intent to enjoy life as they are obligated to live it is remarkable and inspiring.
* Names have been changed.
- Do you think Western women are oppressed by the whims of fashion? Why or why not? Would women be more relaxed if they wore more comfortable clothing? Why do you think fashions come and go so often?
- If you were a Saudi woman and wanted to make changes in your social situation, how would you go about making these changes?


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