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Hello you guys!
Well, because blogging is now a bit of a irregular affair, I've decided… to hell with keeping to the order of things, I'm going to put things up when I can even if it means jumbling about with collection release dates.
Which means Bao Bao Wan is getting mentioned before Cinderella and Toledo, though I still hope to get around to talking about Toledo eventually even though it's all over the internet because it has been released in the US for awhile now.
So anyway, Bao Bao Wan!
The reason this gets bumped up is because I've come to really like the pieces I have from the collection which is a seemingly bejewelled and flamboyant eyeshadow palette and a vibrant tangerine lip color in Forbidden Sunrise.
In the scale of MAC collections, I'd say that Bao Bao Wan is considered small. Or maybe a little bit medium.
It's a nice-sized collection without too much to overwhelm but just enough items within to catch your attention as well.
Just to put a personality to the name, Bao Bao Wan (for those who don't know, me included prior to this) is a Jewellery Designer from China who is also a stylish socialite, or so I've heard. Hence it's no surprise that her collection comes in a beautiful packaging twist!
Instead of MAC's usual glossy finish, the packaging in Bao Bao Wan's collection takes on a matte or rather more suede-like finish that isn't flat in dimension either as it appears like a deep bronzey grey yet flashes green when it hits the light.
It's stunning (to me, at least) and the darkened rose-gold accent running through the products (save the polishes of course) is a nice classy touch. The whole collection has a premium air to it while the prices are still kept very much similar to their usual – polishes and lipsticks are the same price as those in the permanent range.
So anyway, enough talk about that, lets have a look at the pieces, starting with Bao Bao's Jewels (S$75)!
My first impression of this, and by that I mean before putting my finger to swatch it, was that this is probably a highly impractical eyeshadow palette that looks good and grand but wouldn't be of much use.
Boy was I so wrong!
It looks like it's all shimmer and glimmer, which isn't wrong, but underneath all that sparkle there is a decent amount of pigmentation to the colors making them discernible from each other.
I don't know what I was expecting but I guess it was along the lines of getting the same golden sparkly wash of shimmer no matter which pan I swatched but it was nice to know that they are distinguishable and while scarily sparkly in the pan, they do swatch on to be wearable colors that can be paired together for a look.
Granted it's a look that is going to be sparklier and shinier than your average but given the jewelry theme of this collection, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, right?
Especially when 2 of the 5 colors are all about jam packed sparkles – that very top pale beige and the starry charcoal beneath.
I'll definitely be putting a look of this palette up because it is quite gorgeous and apart from the high shimmer factor the colors are something I would reach for and use. It's so warm and beautiful my heart can't take it.
Look to come, for sure, but in the meanwhile let's move on to the lipstick!
There are 4 lip color variations in MAC's Bao Bao Wan collection and they each other an aspect of the lip spectrum – oranges, reds, neutrals and purples.
Of the lot, I received the straight out orange toned lipstick in Forbidden Sunrise (S$33) and I couldn't be happier about it because straight out oranges are usually a little rarer to find.
While they do take some thought and look contemplation to wear, as compared to a red which easily goes with many looks, it ends up being such a lovely and unique bold look that I can't resist it.
It's bright, colored and fun but in a different way and mood from the usual reds and pinks. I think orange lips paired with a peach or golden hued face is going to be my new thing!
So, Forbidden Sunrise is a little different from this other straight-out orange lipstick I have in my stash. My goldfish memory is forbidding me from recalling what it is right now – I'm thinking Shu Uemura, but I can't be sure…
But anyway, Forbidden Sunrise is an mid-tone orange that seems to have a bit of a white base so it can appear a little stark if you're quite deep in skintone. In my pictures it photographs a little more saturated in intensity but I do urge you to swatch it in person first incase it comes out a milky orange on your skintone.
Though that said, it isn't pastel either and has a nice bright almost-neon quality to it.
It doesn't seem to lean towards the red spectrum so it stays a true orange once on the lips and while it's quite an acquired look I think it's perfect when you're looking to play up your makeup looks or want that perfect summer-ish neon orange pout.
In all, I think the MAC Bao Bao Wan collection was one that really caught my attention and I wasn't expecting that at all because firstly I wasn't too familiar with the name of said designer they are collaborating with and secondly at a glance I guess it didn't look like much but I take that back now.
The packaging of this collection is quite lovely and the pieces within are nice as well in terms of colors and formulation. The polishes do swatch a little runny and sheer at first but after some building up I think they're not too bad as well.
If you're interested in the MAC Bao Bao Wan pieces then check out where to find it below! Prices of the other products within the collection is listed within my MAC SS2015 Round Up entry over here.
Thanks for reading!
MAC x Bao Bao Wan will launch 6th March Ngee Ann City and Robinsons Orchard. 12th March at TANGS Orchard.
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An Islamist political party has vowed to deepen the role of Islam in Bangladesh to avenge the execution of a party leader for war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
Abdul Quader Mollah, 65, was hanged on Thursday night in a case that has exacerbated the political divide in Bangladesh. Mollah was a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami and a key member of the opposition.
Opponents of Jamaat-e-Islami say it is a fundamentalist group with no place in a secular country. Bangladesh is predominantly Muslim but is governed by largely secular laws based on British common law.
The execution sparked violent protests on Friday as activists torched homes and businesses belonging to government supporters. At least five people died in the violence.
But the execution also prompted hundreds of people rejoiced in the streets of the capital, Dhaka, saying justice had been served. In an editorial, Bangladesh's English-language Daily Star newspaper congratulated the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, for bringing to trial Mollah "40 long years" after he committed his crimes.
A Jamaat-e-Islami leader, Makbul Ahmed, said in a statement late on Thursday that "people will take revenge on this killing by establishing Islam in Bangladesh, which is stained with the blood of Abdul Quader Mollah".
He added: "I urge all the people who support the cause of the Islamic movement to show utmost patience to build a strong resistance."
Jamaat-e-Islami says Mollah's trial was politically motivated and an attempt to eliminate Islamic parties. Those who support the execution say he was hanged for serious crimes and that the punishment had nothing to do with Islam.
Ataur Rahman, a political analyst, said attempts by the government to neutralise Jamaat-e-Islami could backfire and the party could become more radicalised despite Hasina's determination to suppress fundamentalist groups.
"Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party has been in operation for a long time, so it's natural that it will hit back with what it has in its possession when you hit it in an extreme way," Rahman said.
Mollah was the first person to be hanged for war crimes in Bangladesh under an international tribunal established in 2010 to investigate atrocities stemming from the independence war.
On Friday Jamaat-e-Islami activists attacked supporters of the ruling party and minority Hindus in parts of Bangladesh, setting ablaze their homes and shops. Hindus are generally believed to be supporters of Hasina.
In Dhaka, Jamaat-e-Islami activists set fire to at least four cars and a motorcycle near the main railway station, said Shahzadi Sultana, a fire official. Several homemade bombs were detonated during the attack, Somoy TV reported.
The special tribunal convicted Mollah of killing a student and a family of 11, and of aiding Pakistani troops in killing 369 other people during the nine-month war against Pakistan.
Bangladesh says Pakistani soldiers, aided by local collaborators including Mollah, killed up to three million people and raped 200,000 women during the war, according to estimates.
The case remains politically volatile because most of those being tried are connected to the country's opposition. Mollah was a key member of Jamaat-e-Islami, which is barred from taking part in national elections next month. The group is closely tied to the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party.
The execution could complicate an already tense political situation in Bangladesh, where the opposition has carried out violent protests that have left almost 100 people dead since October, demanding an independent caretaker government to oversee the elections.
The government has rejected that demand, and an opposition alliance led by the former prime minister Khaleda Zia plans to boycott the vote on 5 January.

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"Similar to the initial car2go Hamburg joint-venture, founded last October, the new company is built around a balanced cooperation between the same two strong partners," said Robert Henrich, CEO of car2go GmbH. "car2go Europe will be able to swiftly launch large-scale rollouts and strengthen our first mover advantage as the world's first free-floating, one-way, car-sharing service."
Headquartered in Stuttgart, car2go Europe GmbH will be a limited liability company owned 75 percent by car2go GmbH of Ulm, Germany and 25 percent by Europcar of Guyancourt, France. Branches and subsidiaries of car2go Europe GmbH will be established throughout Europe as operating companies.
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Since the first launch in the southern German city of Ulm in March 2009, more than 900,000 trips have been made and approximately 9 million kilometres have been covered.


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This blog post is to demystify about Object Oriented Programming or more commonly known as oops. OOPS is a fundamental concept to know if you want to pursue a career in Software Development.
The formal definition of OOPS is
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which are data structures that contain data, in the form of fields, often known as attributes; and code, in the form of procedures, often known as methods.
Objects are not typically tangible somethings that you can pick up, sense or feel but they are models of somethings that can do certain things and have certain things done to them. Formally, an object is a collection of data and associated behaviours.
Oriented means directed towards. So object-oriented simply means,"functionally directed toward modelling objects " . It is one of many techniques used for modelling complex systems by describing a collection of interacting objects via their data and behaviour.
What is the difference between an object and a class ?
Classes describe objects. They are like blueprints for creating an object.
Eg: We might have three oranges sitting on the table in front of you. Each orange is a distinct object, but all three have the attributes and behaviours associated with one class: the general class of oranges.
Association is the most basic way for two classes to be related.
Attributes and Behaviours
Objects are instances of classes that can be associated with each other. An object instance is a specific object with its own set of data and behaviours; a specific orange on the table in front of us is a said to be an instance of the general class of oranges.
Data describes objects
Data typically represents the individual characteristics of certain object. A class of objects can define specific characteristics that are shared by all instances of the class. Each instance can then have different data values for given characteristics.
For example, our three oranges on the table could have different weight. The orange class could then have a weight attribute. All instances of the orange class have a weight attribute, but each orange might have a different value for this weight. Attributes don't have to be unique thought; any two oranges may with the same amount. Or two objects representing different customers might have the same value for a first name attribute.
Behaviours are actions
Behaviours are actions that can occur on an object. The behaviours that can be performed on a specific class of objects are called methods. At the programming level, methods are like functions in structured programming, but they magically have access to all data associated with each object. Like functions, methods can also accept parameters and return values.
Parameters to a method are a list of objects that need to be passed into the method that is being called. These objects are used by the method to perform whatever behaviour or task it is meant to do. Return values are the results of the task.
For example; if our objects are numbers, the number class might have an add method that accepts a second number as a parameter. The first number object's add method will return the sum when the second number is passed to it. Given an object and it's method name, a calling object can call, or invoke the method on the target object. Invoking a method, at the programming level, is the process of telling the method to execute itself by passing it the required parameters as arguments.
Adding models and methods to individual objects allows us to create a system of interacting objects.
Each object in the system is a member of a certain class. These classes specify what types of data the object can hold and what methods can be invoked on it. The data in each object can be in a different state from other objects of the same class, and each object may react to method calls differently because of the differences in state.
Hiding Details and creating the public interface
The key purpose of modelling an object in object oriented design is to determine what the public interface of that object will be. The interface is the collection of attributes and methods that other objects can use to interact with that object.
Example is the television. Our interface to the television is the remote control. Each button on the remote control represents a method that can be called on the television object. When we, as the calling object, access these methods, we do not know or care if the television is getting its signal from an antenna, a cable connection, or a satellite dish. We don't care what electronic signals are being sent to adjust the volume, or whether that volume is being output to speakers or a set of headphones. If we open the television to access the internal workings, for expel to split the output signal to both external speaker sand a set of head phones, we will void the warranty.
This process of hiding the implementation, or functional details of an object is suitably called information hiding. It is also sometimes referred to as Encapsulation. The public interface is very important. It needs to be carefully designed as it is difficult to change it in the future. Changing the interface will break any client objects that are calling it. Program objects represent real objects, but they are not real objects. They are models. The model is an abstraction of real concept.
Abstraction is dealing with the level of detail that is most appropriate to a given task. It is the process of extracting a public interface from the inner deitilas. A driver of a car needs to interact with steering, gas pedal, and brakes. The workings of the motor, drive train, and brake subsystem don't matter to the driver.
Abstraction is the process of encapsulating information with separate public and private interfaces. The private interfaces can be subject to information hiding.
The important to bring from all these definitions is to make our models understandable to the other objects that have to interact with them. This means we should pay careful attention to small details. Ensure methods and properties have sensible names. When analyzing a system, objects typically represent nouns in the original problem, while methods are normally verbs. Do not try to model objects or actions that might be useful in future.
Composition and Inheritance
Composition is the act of collecting together several objects to compose a new one. Composition is usually a good choice when one object is a part of another object.
Example: A car is composed of an engine. transmission, starter, headlights, and windshield, among numerous other parts. The engine, in turn is composed of pistons, a crank shat and valves. In this example, composition is a good way to provide he interface required by a driver, while also providing access to its component parts, which offers a deep level of abstraction suitable for a mechanic.
But the objects in an object oriented system occasionally represent physical objects like people, books, or telephones. More often, however they represent abstract ideas.
A game of chess is played between two players, using a chess set featuring a board containing sixty-four positions in an 8X8 grid. The board can have two sets of sixteen pieces that can be moved, in alternating turns by the two players in different ways. Each piece can take other pieces. The board will be required to draw itself on the computer screen after each turn.
Possible objects in italics and a few key methods using bold.
Aggregation is almost exactly like composition. The difference is that aggregate objects can exist independently. If we take the chess example again, it would be impossible for a position to be associated with a different chess board, so we say the board is composed of positions. but the pieces, which might exist independently of the chess set, are said the be in an aggregate relationship with that set.
Another way to differentiate between aggregation and composition is to think about the lifespan of the object. If the composite (outside) object controls when the related (inside) objects are created and destroyed, composition is most suitable. IF the related object is created independently of composite object, or can outlast that object, an aggregate relationship makes more sense. Composition is aggregation; aggregation is simply a more general form of composition . Any composite relationship is also an aggregate relationship, but not vice versa.
The is a relationship is formed by inheritance.
For example, there are thirty-two chess pieces in our chess set, but there are only six different types of pieces (pawns, knights,rooks, bishops, king and queeen), each of which behaves differently when it is moved. All of these classes of piece have properties, like colour and the chess set they are part of, but they also have unique shapes when drawn on the chess board, and make different moves.
Inheritance provides abstraction
Polymorphism is the ability to treat a class differently depending on which subclass is implemented.
When we think of inheritance in our own family tree, we can see that we inherit features from more than just one parent. When strangers tell a proud mother that her son has, "his fathers eyes", she will typically respond with the lines of, "yes, but he got my nose".
Object-oriented design can also feature such multiple inheritance, which allows a subclass to inherit functionality from multiple parent classes. In practice, multiple inheritance can be tricky business, and some programming languages(most notably, Java) strictly prohibit it. But multiple inheritance can have its uses. most often, its used to create objects that have two distinct sets of behaviours. For example, an object designed to connect a scanner and send a fax of the scanned document might be created by inheriting from two separate scanner and faxer objects.As long as two classes have distinct interfaces, it is not normally harmful for a subclass to inherit from both of them. But it gets messy if we inherit from two classes that provide overlapping interfaces.
In future blog posts I will explain how to implement oops concepts in python.
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Just recently found out that the folks at SL have confirmed an eBiz webinar where I'll be speaking with colleague Ted Wilson about BAM: The Killer App for CEP.
Webinar: BAM: The Killer App for CEPJanuary 31, 2008
Key Indicators (KIs) Versus Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)January 31, 2008
SL's new web page, Solutions for CEP Engine Users, discusses how CEP is a "technology that is used to help companies detect both opportunities and threats in real-time with minimal coding and reusable key performance indicators (KPIs) and business models."
I agree with SL, but would like to suggest my friends at SL expand the notion of KPIs in CEP to include the idea of KIs. In my opinion, the SL phrase should read, "technology that is used to help companies detect both opportunities and threats in real-time with minimal coding and reusable key indicators (KIs) and business models."
The reason for my suggestion is that KPIs are a subset of KIs. KIs designate, in my mind, more than just performance.
CEP is used to both detect opportunities and threats in real-time which may, or may not be, performance related. For example, when a CEP engine detects evidence of fraudulent behavior, this is a KI. The knowledge, or pattern, used to estimate this situation is a KI not a KPI, per se. Also, when a CEP application is processing market data and indicates that it is the right time to purchase an equity and enter the market, the knowledge used in this decision support application is a KI, not a KPI.
Therefore, I recommend when folks think about the notion of "key performance indicators" (KPIs) in CEP and BAM, they should also think in terms of "key indicators" (KIs). Detecting opportunities and threats in real-time are much broader than the traditional notion of KPIs.
BAM Solutions for CEP Engine UsersJanuary 23, 2008
Today I noticed that SL Corporation has revamped their website with a new page, Solutions for CEP Engine Users. The page is well written, reinforcing some of my earlier posts on the value proposition for CEP; so I hope the folks at SL don't mind if I repost their excellent thoughts on BAM and CEP here.
Solutions for CEP Engine Users by SL Corporation
© 1999-2008 Sherrill-Lubinski Corporation. All rights reserved.
Complex Event Processing (CEP) is a relatively new technology that is used to help companies detect both opportunities and threats in real-time with minimal coding and reusable key performance indicators (KPIs) and business models. Just as services are shared and reused in a SOA, CEP permits the sharing and reuse of KPIs in business activity monitoring while efficiently processing events so businesses can act on situations that impact business and take advantage of real-time processing.
Business activity monitoring, often referred to as BAM, is the capability that Gartner and other distinguished analysts use to describe this visualization capability in the business world. BAM introduces a human element to CEP. It is well-established that the human mind is, today and for the foreseeable future, far superior to machine intelligence in making sense out of complicated situations and events. Therefore, BAM is critical to the success of any complex event processing (CEP) solution.
Depending on an organization's mission, BAM can be used in various levels within an event processing solution to help users visualize and understand the dynamics behind rapidly changing situations and critical business events. In other words, BAM plays a key role wherever there is a need for better insight into the myriad events that effect your business operations.
BAM provides real-time visualization and alerting capabilities for users to better understand how business events impact their organization. BAM software permits users to quickly prototype, build and deploy event processing business solutions. For example, a telecommunications company would find BAM useful to achieve event-driven SLA monitoring and management; and a large retailer would find BAM important as they stay on top of business-critical events in their supply chain.
Insight gained from BAM, in concert with event processing solutions, enable organizations to make better and faster business decisions so they can rapidly sense and respond to threats, problems and opportunities. BAM solutions permit applications to be designed, deployed and modified rapidly with minimal or no coding resulting in significantly lower development costs. Therefore, a key benefit of BAM in real-time event processing solutions is that KPIs can be deployed, monitored, revised, reused and utilized, economically and rapidly.
Depending on the business application, BAM-enabled visualization is required at numerous levels in an event processing architecture. For example, events from across the enterprise are typically processed by a CEP software platforms from companies such as TIBCO, BEA (soon to be Oracle), Progress Apama, StreamBase, Aleri, and Coral8.
Long before KPIs are displayed to the business users, BAM tools can be configured to assist application developers to monitor and visualize the raw event stream. For the developer, their business is developing applications, and BAM can be very useful when designing KPIs for event processing applications.
Fine-tuned KPIs that have been derived from an event processing application are displayed to the business user. These KPIs can indicate risks, threats, problems, opportunities and other emerging business situations that impact the business.
BAM, in concert with state-of-the-art event processing software, provides the framework for a complete sense-and-respond capability for businesses. Processing raw events and event streams for business opportunities and threats requires robust and rapidly deployable visualization solutions. This is the reason that many distinguished analysts believe that BAM and CEP are complementary and critically interdependent core business capabilities. We at SL Corporation agree, and are pleased to be the leading BAM visualization platform in the event processing/CEP ecosystem today.
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Apama: Fraud Detection and Heat MapsJanuary 2, 2008
A few days ago in Visualization Reloaded I touched upon the subject of heat maps. In that post the application context was monitoring a massively parallel online gaming platform using a combination of event processing technologies by StreamBase and SL
Today, I was reminded of another heat map created by Progress Apama during a leisurely morning viewing of a Fox Business New video interview with John Bates. This time the context is the detection of patterns of insider trading.
In this graphic above (click the image for a larger view) Apama uses a heat map to visualize suspicious trading activity in real time. Also, you might be interested to know that the cool heat map in this use case is based on the event processing visualization platform by SL Corporation, similar to the heat map in this use case by StreamBase, Simultronics and SL.
Amazingly, in the Fox Business interview John mentions an interesting statistic. During certain business situations, like mergers and acquisitions, experts have estimated that up to 30 percent of trading activity can be linked to insider trading. The event processing goal, of course, is to detect fraud sooner than later, minimizing fraudulent market transactions and their influence on the market.


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The Inheritors by William Golding. My review for Nudge.
A chewy but fascinating and impressive prehistorical novel by the author of Lord of the Flies. Golding himself thought it his best.
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'The people' are returning from their winter quarters by the sea. They are troubled by a sense of 'other'. The familiar landscape has changed and there are signs and shadows that worry them. One by one they meet the new thing, something beyond their understanding.


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Key facts about SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies is the first private company to attempt to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station and back.
Read: SpaceX private rocket blasts off for space station
Here are some key facts about the company, known as SpaceX, and its mission.
SpaceX was founded in 2002 by billionaire Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, the co-founder of PayPal. Musk is also currently the chief executive officer of Tesla Motors, which builds and sells electric cars.
The Hawthorne, California-based company's mission is "to revolutionize space transportation in order to eventually make it possible for people to live on other planets."
The company aims to be able to send people to space aboard its Dragon craft by 2015.
SpaceX employs more than 1,700 people, including a number of former NASA astronauts.
Launch facilities are at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Vandenberg Air Force Base; rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas; and offices in Chantilly, Virginia and the US capital, Washington.
The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket stands at a height of 48.1 meters (158 feet) with the Dragon space capsule on top, and is capable of producing one million pounds of thrust in a vacuum.
All structures, engines, avionics and ground systems are designed, manufactured and tested in the United States.
It is named after the Millennium Falcon, the personal spaceship of the Star Wars characters Han Solo and Chewbacca.
The rocket is powered by nine Merlin engines in the first stage and one in the second stage.
Falcon 9 is powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene.
Its first successful launch was on June 4, 2010, followed by a second on December 8, 2010.
The first attempt to launch Falcon 9 to the space station was canceled on May 19 when computers detected high pressure in the central engine. A faulty check valve believed to have caused the problem was replaced the same day.
Dragon is a reusable spacecraft that was built to carry and return both astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station.
The white capsule stands 4.4 meters (14.4 feet) high and is 3.66 meters (12 feet) in diameter. With its two solar array wings extended, the span is 16.5 meters (54 feet) wide.
Dragon can carry over 3,310 kilograms (7,297 pounds) split between pressurized cargo in the capsule and unpressurized cargo in the trunk.
On this mission, it will carry 521 kilograms (1,148 pounds) of cargo for the space lab and will also aim to return a 660-kilogram (1,455-pound) load to Earth.
Dragon is also built to carry up to seven astronauts to the ISS on future missions.
The capsule is maneuvered by 18 Draco thrusters powered by nitrogen tetroxide/monomethylhydrazine propellants.
It is protected by the most powerful heat shield in the world, designed in cooperation with NASA and made of a material called PICA-X.
In December 2010, it became the first private spacecraft to reach orbit and back.
May 22: Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 3:55 am (0755 GMT).
May 24: A flyby of the International Space Station is planned for the early morning hours.
May 25: If the fly-by tests are successful, Dragon will rendezvous and berth to the ISS.
May 26: Live coverage of the hatch opening and entry of the Dragon spacecraft.
May 31: The ISS crew will detach Dragon from the space station, and the capsule will perform a series of engine burns that will move it away from the orbiting lab.
About five hours later, the Dragon should reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splash down in the Pacific Ocean, about 450 kilometers (250 miles) off the West Coast of the United States.
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In October 2013, The BC Ministry of Education introduced a Draft Curriculum for most Kindergarten to Grade Nine subjects. While this curriculum is not in place, teachers have been examining it since last fall This video is a quick look at four areas of BC's new Draft Curriculum:
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Whether you're passionate about supporting Queenslanders in need, or like to think you would have made a fantastic judge on So You Think You Can Dance, you're going to want to know what these two things have in common. The answer? An annual fundraising event for Women's Legal Service Queensland by the name of Dancing CEOs.
Each year, twelve CEOs take the stage at Brisbane City Hall to bust out their best moves for an even better cause. That cause is Women's Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ), a specialist community legal centre providing free legal and social work services to Queensland women and their children in instances of domestic violence.
We took five with Women's Legal Service Queensland Fundraising Manager, Natalie Davidson, to find out what Dancing CEOs is all about and why you should consider getting involved.
In your words, who is Women's Legal Service Queensland?
Women's Legal Service Queensland gives women and children information and support to create safer futures after domestic violence. Thousands of women and children throughout Queensland rely on the free legal and social support provided and I know first-hand how many lives are changed forever.
Tell us about your team and the work that you do.
Our small team looks after fundraising and raising awareness of WLSQ. We write grant applications, organise events and work with our valued supporters to ensure that more women can be helped. We are fortunate to have a team of amazing volunteers who assist with every aspect of the Service.
How did Dancing CEOs start?
Dancing CEOs was started by a group of businesswomen who recognised the need for a different way to engage the corporate sector in ending violence in our community. The event has built on this foundation and has tripled in size to become the largest gala hosted at Brisbane City Hall. The support received, and incredible contributions of the CEOs, sponsors and donors, has made Dancing CEOs a not-to-be-missed event on the Brisbane calendar.
How can the general public get behind the cause?
For too many years domestic violence was kept behind closed doors and people felt shame in coming forward. The increased public awareness has been incredibly important and has helped people seek help. It is important that domestic violence remains on the agenda. Women's Legal Service greatly appreciates any support in helping us help more women. Donations can be made on our website or by helping any of the Dancing CEOs in their fundraising initiatives. In fact, fashion-lovers will enjoy the Gucci Soho Leather Bag we are currently raffling off ahead of Dancing CEOs. Tickets are just $50 and can be purchased here.
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George W. Bush set down his peanut butter and raspberry jelly sandwich and wrinkled his nose, as though the aide on the other side of the tiny campaign plane had tossed him liverwurst by mistake. But it wasn't the sandwich. It was that word someone just said.
''Dynasty,'' he repeated with a sour edge. ''In a dynasty, you don't have to earn anything. In a democracy, you've got to earn it.''
The 52-year-old Mr. Bush was bouncing around the state on one of the final swings of a steamroller of a campaign that, today, saw his re-election as Governor of the nation's second largest state. On the same day, his brother, Jeb, 45, won the Governorship of Florida, the nation's fourth largest state, rebounding from a narrow loss in a race for the job four years ago.
George W. Bush's crushing margin over his Democratic challenger, Garry Mauro, helped propel the entire Republican statewide slate into office and gave the party a shot at control of the entire executive and legislative branches of government for the first time in 120 years. Jeb Bush's smaller margin over Buddy MacKay in Florida also gave the Republicans control of the governorship and the Legislature for the first time this century. And it put the Republican Party in control of redistricting following the 2000 census in two populous, linchpin states.
Their grandfather was a United States senator from Connecticut. Their father was President of the United States.
Maybe it's not a dynasty. But it's not liverwurst, either.
This was supposed to happen four years ago, when Jeb Bush made his first run for governor in Florida. Many close to the family had considered the younger brother the more astute politician, and it surprised some that it was the older brother alone who won in 1994.
George W. Bush said he had a photograph from his inauguration that he found himself looking at every now and then. In it, he is taking the oath of office while, in the background, his father can be seen wiping away a tear. ''And there, on the other side, is Jeb,'' he said. ''He's looking happy and proud, but also something else, maybe a little sad, too. It's a tough moment, tough for me to look at. I love my brother, you see.''
Something else has happened in those intervening years. George W. Bush emerged as the early frontrunner in virtually every poll for the Republican nomination for President in 2000, a goal that he has not yet said he desires but that today's Bush victories will go a significant way toward making more possible.
''There is no doubt that having two brothers and two sons of a former President as Governors of two of the largest and most politically pivotal states in the country, and one of them as a potential Presidential candidate, makes the Bushes one of the most remarkable political families of the 20th century,'' said Ralph Reed, a Republican strategist in Atlanta.
''It's the legitimate manifestation of a Republican dynasty,'' said Rich Bonds, a former Republican national chairman who has known the Bush family for many years.
Less clear is what it means to the two states. What's a dynasty to do in the 1990's?
Most government officials and political observers in Austin and Tallahassee believe that it will do neither brother much good at home to have a sibling running another state, no matter how sizable. They will have to make their own way with their own legislatures.
But there is no doubt that if George W. Bush does decide to run for President, having a brother in the governor's mansion in Tallahassee will be very, very helpful.
It is rare for American political families to produce two governors at the same time, said Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington who wrote the book, ''America's Political Dynasties,'' in 1966. Usually, he said, such dynasties are centered in a single state -- the Tafts of Ohio, the Adamses of Massachusetts, the Frelinghuysens of New Jersey, the Longs of Louisiana -- though there are exceptions, which Mr. Hess calls ''free-floating dynasties.''
The Kennedys began in Massachusetts, but later made their mark in New York and Maryland. The only other family to hold two governorships at once was the Rockefellers, in New York and Arkansas.
One has to go back to the Washburns of the years during and just after the Civil War to find a family with so many political stars of such national reach, Mr. Hess said. During that period, four Washburn brothers were Congressmen from Maine, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, two later became governors, one became a senator and one was Secretary of State under Ulysses S. Grant. But the Washburn dynasty burned out in one generation.
''And when you talk about the Bushes, you are not talking about a family of ward bosses in Chicago,'' Mr. Hess said. ''These folks are U.S. Senators, Vice President, President, Governors of two of the largest states in the country. We're talking about quite a powerhouse. It is sure going to be an advantage if George W. Bush decides he wants to run for President.''
Mr. Bush crumpled up the paper that held his sandwich and glanced out the plane's window toward the flat, green fields of north-central Texas, striated with wriggling creeks and their bright yellow flood plains.
''We inherited a great name,'' he said. ''It's a great political legacy. It's obviously a political advantage. But to me, the election of two sons as governors is a tribute to George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. It's a great tribute to my mom and dad.''
The former President and First Lady showed up on Monday at a raucous rally in downtown Houston while their eldest son was making his final campaign swing, but neither spoke or took part in the news conference that followed. They were with Jeb Bush tonight.
''We never sat around our house discussing issues,'' George W. Bush said. ''We talked about what the Astros did that day or whether Marvin had finished his peas yet. My father never tried to put his stamp on my life.''
In a letter to The New York Times in August, responding to written questions for a profile of the Texas Governor, former President Bush said that ''both George and Jeb are strong enough to take it,'' referring to the stresses of public life. ''They are men of conviction and integrity,'' he wrote. ''Both Jeb and George were at my side in some pretty tough times.''
The two oldest Bush brothers are seven years apart in age, a significant difference when they were younger. But now, as middle-age men with their own families, the difference seems almost trivial. Geography and the demands of their campaigns have kept them apart, but they have tried to keep in touch and, through their parents, their three siblings and the friends of the family keep tabs on the other's advancing prospects. ''The truth is, we're very close,'' George W. Bush said.
None of the other Bush children -- Marvin and Neil Bush and Dorothy Koch -- have shown any inclination to enter politics. Neil Bush was a director of the Silverado Banking, Savings and Loan Association, which failed in 1988, costing taxpayers an estimated $1 billion.
The oldest brothers are products of a intensely driven and tightly knit family. ''It's a competitive family,'' said Chase Untermeyer, who was President Bush's appointments secretary and has known the family for many years. ''I don't think it's competitive with a hard edge to it, but if you ever see the Bushes playing tennis or even backgammon, it can be pretty frightening.''
When asked to describe the relationship between the two brothers, Mr. Bonds answered instantly. ''Spirited,'' he said.
George Strake, a former Texas secretary of state and Republican chairman who also knows the family well, said: ''They may be competitive on one level. But when it comes to politics, they go back to being blood brothers and allies.''
Jeb Bush was the first to take an interest in a political life and it came as a surprise to many when it was not him, but his older brother, who was successful in 1994 when the brothers first ran for governor.
The younger Bush alienated many black Florida voters in 1994 and stridently pushed a conservative message that scared off some moderates. His older brother, although just as conservative as Jeb on many issues, ran a more upbeat, unconfrontational campaign and has governed in such close partnership with Democratic leaders that Texas's retiring Democratic Lieutenant Governor backed Bush for reelection.
This time around, Jeb Bush seemed to have learned a lesson from his brother's success.
He aggressively courted liberal Democrats and voter groups usually ignored by Republican candidates in Florida, stressing compassion and inclusiveness as campaign themes. He also reached out to blacks and stressed his own family's diversity.
''My children are Hispanic,'' he said of his two sons and daughter during campaign stops in South Florida in fluent, slightly accented Spanish while his Mexican-American wife of 24 years, Columba, appeared on his Spanish-language television ads.
Susan A. MacManus, a political scientist at the University of South Florida in Tampa, said she believed that Jeb Bush had ''seen that a middle-of-the-road strategy has been extremely effective in Texas.''
Those who know Jeb Bush say that the 1998 campaigner -- the one who adopted a style more like his brother's -- was the result of soul-searching and personal growth over the last four years and that they expect it to continue.
''There was no epiphany,'' said Mr. Bush. ''Life is a journey. I hope I never stop learning.''
Both brothers said they look forward not only to leading their respective states but to working together on issues of common interest.
''It's a great moment for me,'' George W. Bush said. ''It's going to be great to see him at that first Republican governor's conference.''
The brothers intend to be at each other's inaugurations.
And then, George W. Bush will face a decision.
Despite his standing in the polls and a network of political supporters who once supported his father, Mr. Bush has consistently tried to deflect presidential speculation by saying that his focus was on winning re-election in Texas (''I hardly ever think about it,'' he said, ''Except every day when people ask me about it.''). He has also said that he had some reluctance about putting his family into a national political spotlight.
Jeb Bush said he had not encouraged his brother to run for President because ''that decision has to be personal'' but that he hoped he would.
This week, George W. Bush still insisted that he had not made up his mind but said he knew that he could not wait much longer.
First, he said, he needs to work on his inauguration address. Then, he needs to make sure that the legislative session that opens in January is off to a solid start. Sometime, probably around April, he said, he will take some uninterrupted time and think through the whole notion of a presidential bid. An answer will most likely come soon afterward, he said, later in the spring.
The campaign plane began to dip down along the edge of East Texas, the thick, dark Sabine River twisting languidly along the Louisiana line. The Governor didn't want to talk about delegate counts or Presidential strategies. That's for later.
But surely he had to acknowledge that having a brother running the fourth largest state in the union wouldn't be a bad thing for a presidential candidate?
He cocked his head and a smile crept up one side of his face.
''That would be helpful, wouldn't it?'' he said.


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Introduction: Welcome to Dance with Babies: The Babywearing Dance Book!
This book will introduce you to some of the wonderful benefits of dancing with your baby and the ways in which you can gently and joyfully add this practise to your daily life. We wrote this book as a means of welcoming our readers to the world of babywearing dance and movement. In it you will find information on many different aspects of active babywearing, including specific health and bonding benefits. You will also find detailed health and safety information that we have gathered over the years to help individuals wear and dance safely with a baby in a carrier or sling.
You might be thinking, I've never worn a baby before. Is this book for me? Yes! We can help you learn all about babywearing and active babywearing. That is our goal! Find out about what goes into finding the right carrier for both you and your baby. Learn how to move and dance with your baby. Discover why we love dancing with our babies and why mothers, fathers, and caregivers all around the world are joining this loving movement.
Of course, we also want our readers who are experienced babywearers to enjoy our book. You might say, I know my baby is safe in his or her carrier and we already do gentle moves at home as a part of our sleep routine. That is fantastic! We believe that within this book you will find lots of ideas and joyful approaches to family dancing in this book. Safety is a high priority for us — it has to be — but we also want to instruct and encourage babywearers of all experience levels to get moving in fun, safe, caring ways and to know what to expect from a safe babywearing dance experience.
The information you will find in this book is the culmination of:
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Through Joimove, we have worked with experts in a range of relevant fields and have gathered advice on topics that are both directly and tangentially related to babywearing. One person could not be expected to be an expert in all of these areas; that is why Joimove and the Joimove International School's (JIS) Babywearing Dance and Movement Safety Program reaches out to experts in each of these areas for advice. We were excited to engage with professionals to make the babywearing dance world a safer place; as a result we have developed an internationally recognised babywearing dance programme, Joimove Babies, the Babywearing Dance and Movement Safety Library, and a depth of information and expertise that is unparalleled in the field.
That is why we wrote this book!
We want to get this information out there to help parents bond with their children, to help babywearing dance instructors grow in their knowledge and confidence, and bring enjoyment to your life. We hope that by the end of this book we will have helped you to make great choices in babywearing and babywearing dance for a future of safe, fun, active bonding for you and your loved ones.
Dance with Babies®: The Babywearing Dance Book
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A&E Network will debut two-hour A&E in Concert special Aerosmith: You Gotta Move Friday, June 4 at 9 p.m. (EST/PST), the network said Monday.
The network will get up close and personal with the band as they embark on their latest tour and create their newest album.
"Our cameras had unlimited access to a world that has seldom been witnessed, but by only a few, throughout the band's four-decade-old career," the network said in a prepared statement.
"We are in the recording studio, we travel along the road that has been traveled so hard, we get inside the rehearsals where the band works up new material and reinvents the old, we hear their comments -- even when we shouldn't -- and we load-in with the crew and load out when the show moves on," the network added.


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Course Overview
The WSET Award in Wines and Spirits is a recognised qualification around the globe that will give you a solid grounding in wine tasting, enable you to focus on the key grape varieties and regions of the world, and explore the principle varieties of spirits.
This course runs on Mondays 6-9pm. It runs for one day per week for 7 weeks.
You will be taught the basic principles of:
- How to taste wine.
- Food and wine matching and how this is affected by cooking.
- Factors affecting wine production.
- How and why different grape varieties are affected in terms of style and quality depending on where they are from.
From completing this it will give you a comprehensive overview of wine and spirits and the different styles that exist and how they are produced.
You will complete one multiple choice exam taken in a maximum time of 1 hour that will consist of 50 multiple choice questions.
Entry Requirements
You must be over 18 years of age and have an interest in Wines, Spirits & Liqueurs and a desire to increase your knowledge. The course is intended for those who are employed in areas such as Restaurants, Hotels, Off - Licences or Wine Stores or just want to improve their knowledge.
After Your Course
The opportunities from completing this course are varied, and include progression within the hospitality industry, where you may use it towards becoming a sommelier or it could be used as a tool for enhancing staff/ own knowledge and increasing sales. Other areas to use this qualification are within the pub trade - for landlords who want to improve knowledge and/or upgrade their wines and increase sales. Other students may have a keen general interest in wine and want to improve their own knowledge for home use.
Course fees are per year for full-time & degree-level courses, and per course for part-time ones. The current full-time & degree-level fee information is related to the 2019/20 academic year and is subject to change before the start of the course. Fees for 2020/21 will be updated in the Spring Term. There may also be additional costs associated with the course.
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Jamie Oliver has started a food revolution. I'm excited someone with media clout made some noise about American's poor eating habits. He's not just talking about how to change it, but actually doing something about it. I signed his petition to save cooking skills and improve school food. My hope is that more Americans will follow.
Jamie's message is simple,
This food revolution is about saving America's health by changing the way you eat. It's not just a TV show, it's a movement for you, your family and your community. If you care about your kids and their future take this revolution and make it your own. Educate yourself about food and cooking. Find out what your child is eating at school. Make only a few small changes and magical things will happen. Switching from processed to fresh food will not only make you feel better but it will add years to your life.
America needs this revolution. Our kids need it and future generations will definitely need it. Saving cooking skills may seem a bit old-fashioned, but think about how much processed food is in the average American diet. Does anyone cook from scratch anymore? How many times does a family dinner consist of prepackaged ravioli with a jar of pasta sauce, or lasagna in a box? Let alone the fast food drive thru window. Families are so busy, they've put cooking fresh meals last on their list of priorities. Unfortunately at the cost of their health.
Our bodies need whole food to sustain, grow, and function properly. Whole food is a food in its most natural state. Our body thrives on whole foods because it is more easily recognized by the digestive system. A diet that consists of primarily whole foods will help your body control weight or even lose it, depending on the amount eaten. Processed food on the other hand has been modified and striped of its nutrients so that it doesn't go rancid on the supermarket shelf. Additives extend the shelf life and further separates the whole food from it original state. This refining process results in a reduction of taste so sugars, flavors and other artificial additives are added to make it taste good. The nutritional value is lost in this process and is so far down on the list that it's questionable what value processed foods have in our diet.
We really do need to get back to the basics. Parents need to learn how to cook whole foods from scratch if they don't already know. We need to teach our children how to cook and place an emphasis on the importance of eating healthy. Teach your child how to read ingredient labels so they can see the additives in processed food. Our kids are smart, but they won't stay that way if they are fed a diet filled with sugar, artificial colors, hydrogenated vegetable oils, MSG and high fructose corn syrup. Their body and brain need good, whole foods to thrive and grow the way it was designed.
Jamie Oliver is one cool dude in my book. Join the revolution! Live a healthy life.
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Work placement operates for those students where the experience of work is a compulsory component of their VET (Vocational Education and Training) program.
Work placement is also a compulsory component of the VCAL program where students are required to undertake an ongoing or block work placement.
The length of time students undertake in work placement varies from one VETis program to another and teaching staff will relay information associated with this during class time.
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Moonlight Cinema – the best night out for your family this Summer!
Gather the kids, a few snacks and snuggle in for a night of cinema as nostalgic as the drive-ins of yesteryear, Moonlight Cinema returns this December – just in time for the summer school holidays!
The full program for Moonlight launches is on the website but some of the stellar family films you can expect in the program include the summer's hottest animations – think Coco, the big hearted classic Ferdinand, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, and last and not least, the new release of Paddington 2.
A family night out doesn't need to break the budget either, family passes to select G and PG rated films at Moonlight are just $50, so it's one of the most affordable outings a family of four can have!
On gorgeous green lawns in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Moonlight Cinema brings a relaxed festival atmosphere to film-watching. The kids can run around and make new friends before the film starts, then cuddle up with Mum and Dad as the film begins to roll.
Being a BYO* event, Moonlight Cinema is a low-cost, easy night out for everyone. If you're too busy to BYO don't stress, Moonlight can provide you with everything you need – hot food, drinks, snacks and bean bed rental. For a luxury experience, Moonlight's Gold Grass offers reserved bean beds in a premium viewing location and waiter service.
Brisbane: New Farm Park at Brisbane Powerhouse, Dec 7 – Mar 4
Melbourne: Central Lawn at Royal Botanic Gardens, Dec 1 – Apr 1
Perth: May Drive Parkland, Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Dec 2 – Apr 1
Sydney: Belvedere Amphitheatre in Centennial Park, Dec 1 – Apr 1
* BYO alcohol is not permitted at Brisbane's Moonlight Cinema
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What an emotional episode of Blue Planet recently and one that made many viewers take to social media to declare "I'll never use a carrier bag again". It was the shot of the large whale cradling her newborn who had been dead for days, it was poisoned by plastic, potentially by his mother's contaminated milk.
David Attenborough said, "Unless the flow of plastics and industrial pollution into the ocean is reduced, marine life will be poisoned by them for many centuries to come."
Another very emotive image was the rubber ducks floating on the ocean, a container carrying the bath toys had apparently tipped up years ago, and yet the yellow plastic toys were seen washed up recently on Scotland's shores.
So, what on earth can we do? It's worth taking the 'small change big difference approach'… we can't do much about pollution and environmental issues, but we can take responsibility for the purchases we make. It seems too simplistic to settle for 'not buying plastic bags' but certainly that's a start. Around 500 million plastic bags are in use, and they take over a thousand years to degrade. Aim to buy as few products as possible that are packaged in plastic, how ridiculous to buy an avocado (which comes in its own 'wrapper') sitting on a polystyrene container and then wrapped again in more plastic. Take a basket and buy from a market or at the very least buy products that come in recyclable containers. Buying in bulk will help cut down on plastic waste too. Don't buy expensive unsustainable plastic water bottles and remember most coffee shops now allow you to bring your own reusable mug.
Think about packed lunches too, when you're preparing packed lunches ditch the cling-film, there have been warnings about its use in a microwave, it shouldn't come into contact with food, so best not use it at all. I once sent my kids to a 'sustainable' picnic with a cabbage leaf wrapped around their food tied with string! It didn't go down well, but there are many healthier, safer and more environmentally friendly options out there – innovative solutions that don't involve cabbage… such as fabric sandwich wrappers. It's important to look at personal care products too, I've written before about the tiny microscopic plastic beads that are found in beauty scrubs and creams. Choose products that are organic where possible, any company who has made the effort to avoid sodium laurel sulphates, artificial fragrances, parabens and preservatives usually wants to boast about that on their (recyclable) packaging so support those brands.
If you have children or grandchildren think about returning to cloth nappies, so easy to wash and will save you a fortune, take a look at the great options from Tots Bots including super soft nappies made from stretchy bamboo giving fantastic absorbency. www.totsbots.com
Similarly, sanitary pads do not have to be disposable, check out the fabulous funky range from Bloom and Nora. Great quality and environmentally friendly cloth sanitary pads that allow you to have a cycle without irritations from harsh chemicals. Perfect if you prefer natural fabrics next to your skin. The unique stay dry binding is a barrier against leaks and keeps everything in the absorbent bamboo core. www.totsbots.com/bloom-and-nora
When choosing skincare products, you do have the option to go for glass packaging rather than plastic and look at the company ethos around packaging. Silvan skincare have gorgeous face and body oils, creams and balms formulated without mineral oils, petrochemicals, parabens, artificial fragrance, sodium lauryl sulphate, colourings or silicones and they have a great eco-friendly packaging mantra which is reduce, reuse, recycle and the company consistently looks for ways to reduce packaging, and chooses recyclable packaging to send out orders safely. www.silvanskincare.com


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Myrtle Vansickle Pratt was born Feb 07, 1872 in Morrow Co. Ohio and died September 03, 1942. She was the daughter of John Vansickle and Matilda (Hibbard) Vansickle. She was the wife of William A. Pratt. They are buried side by side at Fargo Cemetery.
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Back In the Saddle…
I'm back from my vacation with the Sisters, which was very nice. I got to see Son and DIL and even spend time with Lily, my granddog. I tasted a lot of good wine; ate at several great restaurants, including Federicos Tapas and Wine Bar, where I learned about ceviche, sea bass, and other wonderful tidbits. I went to a play at Cal Shakes; and I got to lay around a pool and read for pleasure, which was delicious! But now, I'm back home and back to work.
While I was on vacation, I got a rejection on my first novel–the one that is my heart. (Note to self, don't check email while on vacation.) Much to my sisters' chagrin, the rejection, which was pretty much a "this book sucks as it is" type of pass, hit me hard. I've been rejected before, but this one cut me to the quick. It was as if someone had told me my baby was ugly. Yes, it was just one woman's opinion and yes, I have a wonderful agent who believes in me and a terrific crit partner who listened and sympathized as I wept on the phone to her, but this one really hurt!
I tried not to let it ruin the rest of my vacation, but it was there, like a little gray cloud over my head the whole time. Now, it's been a week and I can read the criticism with a little bit more objectivity. Today, I reread the comments and reminded myself that this was no form rejection. This editor took time to tell me exactly what she believed was wrong with the novel. I may not have agreed with all she said, but it's actually pretty cool that she took the time to tell me what she thought. I'm taking that to mean that I shouldn't give up…I'm a writer worth having a discussion with and that's not a bad thing at all.
So, tonight I worked over the first few chapters of the book, tried creating more tension between my characters, and punching up the conflict some. I just sent the chapters over to my crit partner for review. Writing is more than hard work. It's also a constant learning and growing experience, sometimes painful, but always valuable. A week ago, I was devastated, but now, I'm back in the saddle…writing, revising, editing, creating…because (here it comes…) I am a great writer!


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Juan Perez Jr. and Grace WongContact Reporters
Published: October 5, 2016
Pedestrians walk past the green silhouettes of children displayed on the glass windows at the Chicago Public Schools headquarters Tuesday, April 21, 2015 on West Madison Street in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle / Chicago Tribune)
Juan Perez Jr. and Grace WongContact ReportersChicago Tribune
Chicago Public Schools said Tuesday it will keep schools open for students if teachers go on strike, as negotiators prepared to resume contract talks with less than a week to go before a threatened walkout.
The Chicago Teachers Union, which has said its members will strike if a tentative agreement can't be reached, plans to go over goals for a new contract and details of a possible strike at a meeting of union delegates Wednesday.
On Tuesday, a group of CTU allies crowded outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office to show support for the union's contract demands and call on the city to provide more money to the cash-strapped district.
"Enough of blaming our teachers, enough of making our children's education a political game" said Ana Centeno, a CPS parent and member of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association.
"The fight isn't against our teachers, it's not to fill their pockets with money," Centeno said in Spanish. "The fight is to create a public education system of equality and quality for everyone."
Several parents interviewed as they picked up their children from school Tuesday afternoon said they were worried about the potential for a strike and its effect on their children's education.
"No strike," parent Kowanna Henderson said after the dismissal bell at Dett Elementary School on the Near West Side. "The kids need to be in school; parents need to work."
"I'm for the teachers. They need to get paid." Henderson said. "But they need to come to a solution."
CPS unveiled a strike contingency plan for students that in addition to keeping schools open would involve park buildings and libraries. The school board has budgeted up to $15 million for the plan. The district suggested, as it has in past teacher walkouts, that families keep students at home "or at a non-CPS facility" in the event of a strike.
Students would be able to spend strike days at any school — with high school students required to report to high schools and elementary school students to elementary schools — and receive two free meals, the district said.
The Chicago Transit Authority plans to offer students free rides between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. "for the duration of any strike," CPS said. Safe Passage routes will operate as normal during a strike.
Students who do show up at school during a strike would be supervised by CPS employees who aren't CTU members. All extracurricular activities, including sporting events, would be canceled.
The district said that even if there's a strike, it expects to have enough student attendance days to meet the minimum state requirements so makeup days won't have to be scheduled. But CPS acknowledged it would begin to lose state aid if a strike stretches beyond seven regularly scheduled school days.
Tension over a strike wasn't limited to district-run schools. Teachers at the UNO Charter School Network, among the largest of Chicago's largest charter school operators, planned to begin a strike-authorization vote Wednesday.
UNO's teachers are represented by the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, a branch of the American Federation of Teachers, but have received organizational and legal help from the CTU. No strike date has been set for the charter network.
With the CTU's strike date set for Tuesday, several parents said they were in a tough position.
Paul Gustafson, of Lakeview, who has three children at LaSalle Elementary School in Old Town, called the strike a "no-win situation for both sides."
"I understand the position of the teachers but I also understand we're in a system where we're trying to find more money to cover it and, yet again, I also believe that there is a lot of waste in CPS that can be fixed, but how they're going about it, it's a struggle," Gustafson said Tuesday.
Outside Dett Elementary School, Felicia Hall said she would spend time with her children at the local library if there's a strike. But she's also thinking about following a course taken by other parents she knows: pulling her kids out of CPS.
"If it gets to the point where CPS strikes for too long, I'll have to work hard to put my kids in private school," she said. "If it leads to that, I'll just have to do it.
"I'm just hoping that things will get better."
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West Virginia state parks are offering opportunities for residents and visitors who want to take part in the "Governor's Day to Serve" this upcoming weekend.
West Virginia State Parks Chief Ken Caplinger says the Saturday event is a chance for people to lend a hand with state parks projects and to help others in need.
Several hikes have been scheduled to help clean up trails across the state, including ones at North Bend State Park, Tomlinson Run State Park, Twin Falls State Park, Pipestem State Park and Cacapon Resort State Park.
In addition, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources says Tygart Lake State Park is conducting a non-perishable food drive for the Taylor County Food Bank.
More information can be found on the agency's website at http://www.wvdnr.gov.