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Excerpts: State of the Union
Tuesday January 23, 2007
The following press release was issued by the White House, exactly as released. "Nine-Eleven," presumably referring to "9/11," is as it was in the original.
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 23, 2007
As Prepared for Delivery
The American people expect their elected leaders from both parties to work together on the important issues facing the Nation. Tonight the President will lay out an ambitious agenda, driven by bold and innovative concepts. He will discuss the importance of forging common ground with the new Congress and explain that to keep America safe, we must prevail in the war on terror.
"Some in this Chamber are new to the House and Senate - and I congratulate the Democratic majority. Congress has changed, but our responsibilities have not...We are not the first to come here with government divided and uncertainty in the air. Like many before us, we can work through our differences, and achieve big things for the American people."
"Our citizens don't much care which side of the aisle we sit on - as long as we are willing to cross that aisle when there is work to be done. Our job is to make life better for our fellow Americans, and help them to build a future of hope and opportunity - and this is the business before us tonight."
On our growing economy:
"A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy - and that is what we have...Unemployment is low, inflation is low, and wages are rising. This economy is on the move - and our job is to keep it that way, not with more government but with more enterprise."
On the importance of strengthening and re-authorizing No Child Left
Behind this year:
"Five years ago, we rose above partisan differences to pass the No Child Left Behind Act...And because we acted, students are performing better in reading and math, and minority students are closing the achievement gap."
"Now the task is to build on this success, without watering down standards ... without taking control from local communities ... and without backsliding and calling it reform...And we can make sure our children are prepared for the jobs of the future, and our country is more competitive, by strengthening math and science skills."
On the President's new health care initiatives:
"[I]n all we do, we must remember that the best healthcare decisions are made not by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors."
On comprehensive immigration reform:
"Extending hope and opportunity in our country requires an immigration system worthy of America - with laws that are fair and borders that are secure. When laws and borders are routinely violated, this harms the interests of our country... Yet...we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border - and that requires a temporary worker program."
On strengthening America's energy security:
"Extending hope and opportunity depends on a stable supply of energy that keeps America's economy running and America's environment clean. For too long our Nation has been dependent on foreign oil. And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists - who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments ... raise the price of oil ... and do great harm to our economy. It is in our vital interest to diversify America's energy supply - and the way forward is through technology."
On the war on terror:
"For all of us in this room, there is no higher responsibility than to protect the people of this country from danger...[T]o win the war on terror we must take the fight to the enemy. From the start, America and our allies have protected our people by staying on the offense. The enemy knows that the days of comfortable sanctuary, easy movement, steady financing, and free flowing communications are long over. For the terrorists, life since Nine-Eleven has never been the same."
"[O]ur military commanders and I have carefully weighed the options. We discussed every possible approach. In the end, I chose this course of action because it provides the best chance of success. Many in this chamber understand that America must not fail in Iraq - because you understand that the consequences of failure would be grievous and far reaching."
"The war on terror we fight today is a generational struggle that will continue long after you and I have turned our duties over to others. That is why it is important to work together so our Nation can see this great effort through."
"Both parties and both branches should work in close consultation. And this is why I propose to establish a special advisory council on the war on terror, made up of leaders in Congress from both political parties. We will share ideas for how to position America to meet every challenge that confronts us. And we will show our enemies abroad that we are united in the goal of victory."
On American foreign policy:
"American foreign policy is more than a matter of war and diplomacy. Our work in the world is also based on a timeless truth: To whom much is given, much is required. We hear the call to take on the challenges of hunger, poverty, and disease - and that is precisely what America is doing. We must continue to fight HIV/AIDS, especially on the continent of Africa."


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Having said that, when the situation demands it, you need to be able to play a good forte or fortissimo. Developing a good dynamic range will take time and patience but if you work on it daily, you should see some fast progress.
Here are a few things you can do to make more sound:
1) long tones with 8 beats crescendo and 8 beats diminuendo. Doing a few of these daily will help your tone and increase your dynamic range.
2)Breathing exercises. Take deep breaths and stretch your harms at the same time making a "T" shape with your body. This will expand your rib cage and increase the air intake. Immediately pick up your instrument after a few breaths and play something. You'll be amazed how good it feels.
3) Fool around a bit. A few years ago, I asked a colleague who could play super loud how he did it. He said that he just spent a few weeks playing ridiculously loud just to fool around and that it worked for him...
4)Embouchure building techniques. If your chops are stronger, you will be more relaxed in the high register and will get a better air flow to make more sound.
5)Don't be shy! Play with confidence. Go for it and don't worry about missing some notes. Your audience wants to be entertained. They don't mind you missing as long as you really try. Fear of missing notes will make you hold back and you won't be able to play as loud as you want.
I'm sure there are a lot of other things you can do to turn up the volume but these 5 ideas should make a difference.
Have fun!


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so even though out planned shoot didn't happen (it'll probably be rescheduled should she be back in edmonton or if i'm in vancouver), i still had my gear with me. time to bust out the photojournalistic, behind-the-scenes, "practice for a wedding day preparation" photoshoot:
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2.26 Jens Drolshammer/ Michael Pfeifer, The International Practice of Law: The Swiss Experience, in Tulane European & Civil Law Forum, Volume 14, 1999, p. 66-99
a) Background
The text at hand is the first joint text of Jens Drolshammer and Michael Pfeifer. The article in its present form was written in May 1999. The article originally appeared at the request of Thomas Cottier in a slightly different form in the reader Der Beitritt der Schweiz zur Europäischen Union, L'Adhésion de la Suisse a l'Union Europeenne (the accession of Switzerland to the European Union (edited by Thomas Cottier and Alvin Kopse, 1998, p. 887-924). This pioneering volume was an early attempt to access the effects of a possible full adhesion of Switzerland to the EU on the Swiss legal system. The volume contains a representative cross-section of about forty articles addressing the challenges of a possible full accession of Switzerland to the European Union. The German title of the article was Beitritt zur Europäischen Union als Herausforderung für die schweizerische "International Practice of Law"? – Lagebeurteilung und Thesesn (Is the Accession of Switzerland to the European Union a Challenge for the Swiss "International Practice of Law"? – Appreciation of Facts and Theses). A purpose of the article is to take into account the most recent pan-European developments in the legal profession and to develop an agenda for enhancement of the international competitiveness and compatibility of the international practice of law in the areas of legal systems, legal professions and legal educations. Although legal professionals in post World War II Switzerland have been more influenced and driven by Anglo-Saxon, in particular American developments, it was obvious that possible adhesion of Switzerland to the EU would have serious impacts on international practice of law as well.
The text has to be read in conjunction with the text by Jacot-Guillarmod 2.22, Le juge national face on droit d'Européen, Perspective Swiss et communitaire, which attributes to both judges and practicing attorneys a constitutional and pivotal role in forming the Swiss law and legal culture in the process of Europeanization.
Michael Pfeifer is a senior partner of an international commercial law firm in Basel and Zurich and a lecturer at law at the University of St. Gallen and Basel. He has also practiced internationally for many years. He is one of the few pioneering Swiss attorneys who have regularly dealt with issues of the legal profession.
Drolshammer and Pfeifer have frequently worked together. They edited the book, The Internationalization of the Practice of Law (2001), which is a collection of articles by leading authors from all over the world in practice and academia dealing with the dramatic changes of the practice of law during globalization. The text is the first and major publication result of Drolshammer's research visits at Harvard Law School starting in 1999.
Jens Drolshammer is an emerite (2009) professor of law at the University of St. Gallen and a former founding and senior partner of an international commercial law firm in Zurich. He practiced internationally for many years dealing with issues of globalization. He has worked in that context from 1999 to 2008 seven times in fall term as a visiting research professor at the center for European Law Research at the Law School of Harvard University, developing a new personalistic approach in analyzing the effects of globalization on legal professions, which lead to the publication of twenty essays in A Timely Turn to the Lawyer? – Globalization and the Americanization of Law and Legal Professions – Essays (2009).
b) Summary
The text at hand is a scholarly article that appeared in the Tulane European and Civil Law Forum (1999). It is a rare example of a text by Swiss authors published in an American Law Journal.
The text deals with observable trends in the framework of the international practice of law. It raises the issue of whether Switzerland's experience is relevant for other European jurisdictions. It goes on to establish and argue for the necessity to focus on the International Practice of Law and underpins the observations of the trends by novel aspects of quantification. It addresses as major conditions and trends significant for the topic: the reorganization of the social environment; aspects of mobility, communication and efficiency affecting the economic environment; efforts and obstacles in the international perception and paves the way for a professional environment allowing to form – in sports terminology – a Champion's League of law firms engaging in the international practice of law.
The second part of the text states theses and agenda items for further analysis of the "international practice of law." This agenda and future orientation was necessary, since law firms deal with an emerging new field of legal observation and analysis, which at the time, was not yet established in Switzerland as an academic and professional subject. The text then deals with theses and agenda items in the clusters of "legal systems", "legal professions" and "legal education".
The conclusion of the text reads as follow:
"Swiss attorneys active in the international practice of law, like their counterparts in EU member states will have to take a path to integration parallel with the business integration paths of their main clients. A quickening economic integration process, even within the EU, will play a greater role than the political process. One's own plans should in the short and middle-term be determined by the actual integration design. Those who timely recognize the described economical political trends are not indifferent to integration. Among Swiss practitioners, an indifference to the EU could have more important long-term consequences than the full entry of Switzerland into the EU. Anglo-Saxon developments now dominant in the European market, including the Swiss market, are more important than developments originating in the European or Swiss area. These Anglo-Saxon influences exist independent of whether Switzerland joins the EU, remains isolated from the EU, or achieves a mixed form of integration. Swiss international attorneys will therefore have to take into account globalization "à tout azimut." Accordingly, the more isolated Switzerland or other Continental European countries become, the more likely that global trends for the international practice of law will be missed. The decreasing significance of Switzerland and Swiss law – or of other continental European jurisdictions – should spur participants in the legal business to steer the other way and to strengthen their relatively successful positions.
The authors suggest that the factors attributed to the specific Swiss situation are ceteribus paribus valid for the situation of attorneys in continental European countries, which are all affected by the hurricane called "globalization." It is demanding for squadrons of European lawyers in their own intellectual and culturally sovereign jurisdictions to stand up against a superior Anglo-Saxon juggernaut consisting largely of American and English representatives of the legal profession.
Time waits for no one, as the artist Remy Zaugg suggests in his artwork "Titanic" displayed in the Swiss Federal Administrative Building, in Berne. The insular Swiss must engage with the outside world: The World – but I – I see you."
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SPARK GAP, a blog by YA author Julie Bertagna. Words and ideas spark across the ether...
Friday, November 16, 2007
Am beginning to feel like a travelling prophet of doom.
It began the very week that Exodus was published - my home city, Glasgow, which I had fictionally drowned in sea 100 years in the future, was engulfed in floodwaters. Orkney was the fictional model for Mara's sinking island, Wing, and last winter my cousin Carol, who lives in Orkney, emailed me photos of its streets turned to rivers of sea. Last summer, I was no sooner off the train after speaking about Exodus and Zenith in middle England than the entire region was submerged in catastrophic floods. This month, as my publishers mapped out a promotional tour of East Anglia, the entire east coast was threatened by a tidal surge (yes, that's it above).
Just off the train from a few author talks in various places but no bad news as yet....
Off to Luxembourg next week, taking my 'Apocalyptic Powerpoint' to British Council school pupils (the slideshow has been going down very powerfully, and there is hope amid the apocalyptic images, I promise). Fortunately Luxembourg has no sea coast so I can't see what damage I can possibly do there. I keep thinking of a film I saw as a child, starring Richard Burton, who dreams of disasters that come true. Maybe I should stay home quietly and write happy, pink, glittery tales.
But seriously, because obviously it is serious, I'm getting together an EARTHSPACE page (http://earth-rise.blogspot.com). It will grow as time goes on but it already has some fantastic links and inspirational info - and even eco-games - for anyone with an inclination to join the planet's gathering army of eco-warriors: the single necessary world war we really should all be joining up to fight.
On a much happier note, ZENITH (above) has been nominated for the 2008 Cilip Carnegie Medal. The Carnegie is awarded by the UK's librarians to an outstanding novel for young readers. All five of my older books have now been nominated so I know not to hold my breath for the shortlist - it's just great to be chosen out of the 10,000 or so novels for young readers that are published in the UK each year.
The Carnegie Award is brilliant for readers and writers as many schools read and judge the books, 'shadowing' the official awards process - but even if you are not part of the shadowing process, the nominations list is a great guide to a good read out of this year's crop of books.
As a Scot, I'm especially proud as the award is named after fellow Scot, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). Pictured above, he looks a bit like Santa Claus, and maybe that's no coincidence. Carnegie rose from rags to being one of the richest men in the world after making his fortune in steel in the USA and his memory of using a library as a child made him vow 'if ever wealth came to me it should be used to establish free libraries.' And he did - he gifted almost 3000 of them in the UK and all across the world. Quite some Santa.
Wouldn't it be good to see much more of that bygone grace of 'giving back' in today's privileged and super-wealthy? The amazing legacy of philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie lives on.
* www.carnegie.greenaway.org.uk
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
One of my books, SOUNDTRACK, is about a catastrophe that befalls Lagandall, a fictional village by the sea. A comet hangs in the sky over the sea, where the disaster happens, like a portent of doom. The uncanny fictional event mirrored a shocking real one that occurred off the coast of Scotland: the Antares disaster. The comet was real too. I would look out of my window and see the Hale-Bop comet flaring like a ghost or an angel above the rooftops as I wrote. And I discovered all kinds of superstitions and fears and fascinations trail in a comet's wake. In ancient times, when a comet appeared in the sky, the world held its breath and wondered what might follow.
So on this sparkling, cold and clear November night I will stand at the top of the hill where I live and search the skies for the exploding Comet Holmes: 'the strangest comet to burst onto the celestial scene in our lifetime'.
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USGS/DOI Santa Barbara Channel Workshop Held March 26-27, 2008, in Santa Cruz, California
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), hosted a USGS/DOI workshop focused on coastal and ocean science in the Santa Barbara Channel. Held at the USGS Pacific Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, on March 26-27, 2008, the workshop attracted 45 participants, including representatives from several DOI bureausthe USGS, the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)as well as State agencies and academia. The Santa Barbara Channel is a DOI focus because of ongoing offshore oil production in Federal waters (MMS), the presence of endangered species (FWS), Channel Islands National Park (NPS), the California State Waters Mapping Program (USGS), important coastal-zone-management issues, and numerous Federal, State, and local stakeholders. The goals of the workshop included the following:
The workshop featured 26 presentations organized in six sessions: (1) Introduction; (2) Geologic, Sea-Floor, and Habitat Mapping; (3) Coastal Watersheds; (4) the Nearshore Coastal Zone; (5) Island Ecosystems; and (6) the Coastal Ocean. Several major multidisciplinary themes were raised and reinforced repeatedly throughout the workshop; they are summarized below.
Important DOI/Federal land-management responsibilities are numerous in the Santa Barbara ChannelDOI has specific land-management responsibilities in the Santa Barbara Channel because of Channel Islands National Park (NPS), ongoing petroleum production and infrastructure in Federal waters (MMS), and responsibilities for managing and monitoring endangered species (FWS). The Santa Barbara Channel is also host to Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). No other part of the densely populated Southern California Bight has this DOI/Federal land-management focus. This Federal role commonly requires scientific information to inform decision making, and the USGS has a long history of partnering with other Federal agencies to conduct scientific work in the Santa Barbara Channel. Given increasing environmental stress due to onland development, climate change, and significant natural hazards, the scientific role of the USGS should continue to grow in this area.
The Santa Barbara Channel area is a natural laboratoryFor the workshop, we defined the "Santa Barbara Channel" as extending from the steep Santa Ynez Mountains on the north to the Channel Islands and adjacent continental shelf on the south, and from Point Conception on the west to Mugu Submarine Canyon (about 20 km east of Anacapa Island) on the east. This highly dynamic landscape is characterized by diverse ecosystems, intensive resource management, varying human impacts, and dense population centers. It is thus an ideal and stimulating place to conduct investigations of the links between ecosystems, hazards, climate change, wildlife and human health, natural-resource management (water, mineral, wildlife), and landscape-scale human impacts.
Scientific partnerships and collaboration are extremely importantMaximizing the impact of scientific studies in the Santa Barbara Channel area will require developing and maintaining long-term relationships with other active and ongoing scientific efforts.
Coastal watersheds have significant impacts on the coastal oceanGiven the varying geomorphology and land-use practices described above, the Santa Barbara Channel is an ideal place to study the impacts of coastal watersheds on the coastal ocean.
USGS mapping provides an important multidisciplinary opportunityThe USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team (WCMG) is in the middle of a significant mapping campaign in the Santa Barbara Channel. This important effort will result in several map folios, including map sheets and geographic-information-system (GIS) layers that show high-resolution bathymetry, bathymetric perspective views, backscatter (the strength of sound energy reflected by the sea floor, which yields information about sea-floor composition), sea-floor characteristics, ground-truthing imagery of the sea floor, benthic habitats, and shallow stratigraphy and structural geology as revealed by seismic-reflection data. Other USGS disciplines have an opportunity to add to this landmark effort by contributing additional spatial data, such as land-use data from geographers and information about flora and fauna from biologists.
Climate change may significantly affect humans and ecosystems in the Santa Barbara ChannelPotential changes in ocean temperature, upwelling, and currents will likely affect basal marine food webs and upper-trophic-level predators. Sea-level rise will likely result in increased coastal erosion, beach loss, increased inundation from coastal storms, wetland loss and degradation, and associated negative impacts on nearshore marine and adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. Potential changes in rainfall (and important coastal moisture from fog) could significantly affect water availability and terrestrial-ecosystem function. Changes in local and regional rainfall patterns and local ground-water levels are all expected to result from climate change. Forecasts and modeling of these impacts, which link processes across geographic and temporal scales, are needed to inform public planning and policy.
Removal of Matilija Dam presents an important scientific opportunityMatilija Dam in the Ventura River watershed is slated for decommissioning and removal in the next 3-5 years. The dam currently serves no practical purpose, and the lake behind the dam is almost completely filled with sediment. Investigation and monitoring of this dam removal is an important opportunity because (1) anticipated increased sediment loads may affect watershed and coastal ecosystems, and (2) the pace of dam removal in the Western United States is expected to grow significantly in coming years, and policy makers will need information to develop science-based forecasts of dam-removal impacts. Designing a coordinated research plan will require significant collaboration with numerous agencies and entities: the FWS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the California Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Forest Service, Regional Water Quality Boards and Water Districts, and local county and city governments.
Beach health and the role of submarine-ground-water discharge are important issuesBeach closures and warnings triggered by high bacterial levels are becoming increasingly common in the Santa Barbara Channel area and elsewhere. USGS multidisciplinary studies can help determine the relative importance of such factors as shorebirds, submarine ground-water discharge, sewage infrastructure, and coastal circulation.
Multidisciplinary science is needed to understand and manage ocean ecosystemsThe USGS can bring a multidisciplinary, holistic approach to understanding marine ecosystems, collecting and synthesizing important information about physical, chemical, and biological/ecological processes. Some specific issues that the USGS could address are:
in this issue:
Palos Verdes Shelf Experiment: Whatever Can Go Wrong
Submarine Landslides and Large Earthquakes
USGS/DOI Santa Barbara Channel Workshop
USGS Part of Law of the Sea Delegation
Carolinas Coastal Change Processes Project
USGS Circular Wins Blue Pencil Award
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I have noticed a transformation in strangers' interest in our family, now that I'm very visibly 7 months pregnant with #5. When we had 3 under 3, I felt cut down by the "you have your hands full" comments. Yes, jerk, I sure do, why don't you hold the door for us rather than reminding me how overwhelmed I am.
These days, though, people really want to talk about it when we're out and about. It's more like: "Wow, are they all yours?" Yes. "Almost 5?" Yep. "Wow. So how is it? I mean they look great. How is it?"
I don't feel insulted, because the comments don't seem intended that way. I actually think people are hoping to hear that it's possible to do family planning the big family way and still thrive.
And the comments are at least as rewarding for my kids. My 7 year old daughter, who relishes attention and is quite the performer, has interpreted this ongoing dialogue with strangers in her own way:
"Mom, it's true! We're famous!! Everyone wants to look at us and interview you everywhere we go."My other kids have internalized this, so now when I'm stopped, they nudge each other, stand up a little straighter, and put on their best Academy Awards smiles and postures. No joke.
On a typical day last Saturday at Trader Joe's, with all 4.8 kids in tow, we took it to a new level.
At the sample station, the sample lady counted our kids to distribute samples and lost count, so the kids got handed an entire bag of dried strawberries.
And at the checkout, when my kids used their best manners to ask for stickers, the checkout guy also lost count (it was a busy Saturday). He handed us the entire industrial size roll of Trader Joe's seasonal stickers. More glorious than treasure, in my kids' minds.
And as we walked out of the doors eating free dried strawberries from the bag and covering our shirts in Trader Joe's Summertime stickers, my 7 year old daughter proclaimed:
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DOH just realised the account I used for my Tesco shop was not the one that needed the points bumping. Darn. My main account will probs not get a mailing unless my Bzzz points have gone on.
Morning folks (I'm a late riser!) Lol
Much better tone on this thread - the other one was so depressing - can't we just get on with finding glitches & saving money now!
Just off to Tesco to get the last of my accounts up to 150 points before cut off - then a nice relaxing swim (although I only need to go as far as the garden for that!) & maybe a sauna & jacuzzi
Have a nice day everyone
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DOH just realised the account I used for my Tesco shop was not the one that needed the points bumping. Darn. My main account will probs not get a mailing unless my Bzzz points have gone on.
LOL nice plan! Sadly I live 20 miles from the nearest Tesco. I wonder however, if you order them and then can't collect them, they refund you but would the points have already been allocated... hmmm.
How do you politely tell someone to close there legs because despite wearing some items of clothing, you can just about see everything bar what they had for breakfast that morning? Dilema I know...
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Morning work then physiotherapist at 11am (when stupid bint drove into my drivers side)
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Morning. Currently through the mother of all Tesco shops. Got to feed the 5,000 (well not quite that many but about 45) for 6 days. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night snacks. I have a budget of ?1000. As I don't drive and the venue is in the middle of nowhere I've got Tesco and Sainsburys delivering. Went to the cash & carry but the offers on in the shops are better quality and as cheap in comparison for most things!
Larping? Well the nice doctor has recommended physio for my neck/shoulder and it will take between 3-6 months and the pain will go! WHOOP thrilled not on the plus side he was very handsome lol
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You and sodding uniforms! Makes a nice change from firemen though! Hmm isn't that how you really did your shoulder in? Drive up past Lidl, turn at the top and the car moves but your head is still straight ahead gawping lmao
Live Action Role Playing LARP or LRP. I'm catering the event. A week long of people in character trying to solve something with or without killing each other and fighting a lot. A bit like Lord of the Rings. You get all different types Pirate Larp is cool as is Steampunk. Not to everyones taste but fun and the kids love it.
Poppy was learning about Castles recently and they went on a trip to see one so we provided them with shields, swords, helmets, chainmail for the teachers was really funny.
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September and October has been all about catching up for me. I wanted to give everyone a look at what I did during my trip to Japan and it was hard to blog without internet and without much time to focus on it. It amazes me that every other blogger I know welcomed Fall and is talking about it yet I posted Hawaiian Theme cupcakes just a few days ago. It's almost like I am disconnected from what's going on in the real world when the opposite is true!
Once I returned from vacation, there was a lot to catch up with and a bunch of events kept popping up that I just had to attend! (I will work on sharing outfits soon from the iFabbo Blogger Conference I attended and a store opening event)
I like that blogging has allowed me to meet so many amazing people but on the flip side it means I spend less time in front of a computer screen to share my day-to-day life. Case in point, this outfit is from last month from my first box with LE TOTE. The color palette felt appropriate to me to welcome Fall. I like how easy it is to plan an outfit around an item that they send me. Somehow my stylist just knows my closet really well because of how easily I was able to style everything in my box.
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Unfortunately, while a few popular books and now one popular movie has been produced on Peshwa's love affair, the actual conquest of Bundelkhand by Peshwa Bajirao and its importance has somehow been lost. Here is my small attempt to rectify the same.
The strategic importance of Bundelkhand —
The region of Bundelkhand is located on the border of today's Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. As the below map will show, it borders the Malwa and Terai on the west and south , the very important Ganga – Jamuna doab on the east and ofcourse the capital Delhi to the north. Control over Bundelkhand meant exercising influence over these regions. Naturally, it was a coveted area.
Chhatrasal Bundela's swarajya —
Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela was present as a sixteen year old in the Mughal camp during Mirza Raje Jai Singh's famous invasion of the Deccan. His father had been killed fighting the Mughals.During this campaign (1665), he realised that the person he was fighting – Chhatrapati Shivaji , was opposing the Mughals for a very noble cause ! He met Shivaji, who inspired him to rise against the Mughals and free Bundelkhand from the Mughal yoke.
Likewise, he raised a small army around 1671. Taking full advantage of Aurangzeb's absence from Delhi (1681 to 1707) , he freed Bundelkhand. Jhansi, Orchha, Sagar, Panna, Banda etc were some places which came under his rule.
Mohammed Khan Bangash – Bundelkhand campaign
( Probable region covered by Mohammed Khan Bangash)
In 1721, the Mughal emperor had named Mohammed Khan Bangash as the subhedar of Allahabad. From his capital he carried out raids at Agra and various places. He was also an important part of politics at Delhi.
Around 1727, wary of Maharaja Chhatrasal's growing influence, the Mughal ordered Mohammed Khan Bangash to cut him to size. The latter sent his son , Pir Khan – who was killed in a battle with the Bundelas. Then he sent an able general – Dalel Khan , who was also killed battling the Bundelas. Highly incensed, at the head of a large army, Mohammed Khan Bangash set out in person to defeat Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela. Starting from Allahabad , he proceeded to various places such as Mahoba , Bhind, Maudaha , Simoni etc , before reaching Jaitpur. A number of forts in Bundelkhand – such as Barigad, Lauri , Jhunar , Kulpahar etc in the Bundelkhand region were captured by him. Finally, he laid seige to the fort at Jaitapur, where Chhatrasal had retreated. Heavy fighting ensued, with Bangash receiving plenty help from Delhi courtesy the emperor and Khan Dauran. Also, his son Kaim Khan was at the Red Fort.
By December 1728, Jaitapur passed into the hands of Bangash. Maharaja Chhatrasal surrendered to Mohammed Khan Bangash. The Mughal subhedar occupied the fort and it seemed a matter of time before his rule was consolidated in the all important region.
Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela decided to appeal to the Peshwa for help.
Chhatrasal Bundela's appeal to the Peshwa —–
He decided to take help of the Peshwa, who at the the time was involved in the Malwa region, winding up operations against Giridhar Bahadur. Infact Chimaji Appa had laid seige to Ujjain at this point of time.
Chhatrasal Bundela invoked the tale of Gajendra and Shri Vishnu when asking Bajirao for help. Just like Shri Vishnu had saved Gajendra from the grasp of a crocodile, so must Bajirao save him from the grasp of Bangash.
The letter goes thus —
" जो गती ग्राह गजेंद्र कि , सो गति भई हैं आज
बाजी जात बुंदेलकि , राखो बाजी लाज "
. The interesting part of this stanza is the word 'Baji' which has two meanings. In the first instance, it means a pawn in a game of chess; while in the second it directly alludes to Bajirao!! The letter was sent in the hands of one Durgadas.
Now comes the most interesting and inspiring part of this whole incident.
Bajirao began proceeding to Bundelkhand without bothering about the "advantages" of doing so. There was no talk of sharing tributes, granting jagirs etc. There was no mention in that letter of even sharing the cost of transporting a large army from Satara to Bundelkhand. What prompted Peshwa Bajirao to immediately say yes ? A knowledge of history ? Affinity for a fellow Hindu ? Perhaps both. But this selfless act of Bajirao is perhaps the high water mark of this campaign.
The Peshwa , having met the Chhatrapati , started out by way of Bir , Pathri and Deogarh. He then proceeded to Mahoba and Mahur. With him were Pilaji Jadhav, Naro Shankar, Tukoji Pawar and others. His army was around 25,000 strong.
On the 4th of March 1729, was the festival of Holi. Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela managed to convince Mohammed Khan Bangash to allow the Bundela chieftains to gather for the festival some distance away from Jaitpur. One of his sons also joined them.
The Peshwa's army swiftly neared Jaitpur. He took the Bundela forts and met Chhatrasal Bundela's son on the 10th of March.
Defeat of Mohammed Khan Bangash —
The Bundelas, seeing the arrival of Bajirao, quickly rallied around his flag and the Maratha army swelled to over 70,000 !
Mohammed Khan Bangash was first attacked at Mahoba. The Peshwa's cavalry ran roughshod over the hapless Mughal subhedar's troops.
From the north, Kaim Khan approached with an aim to relieve his father. The Peshwa let him reach Supe, around twelve miles from Jaitpur , where his army was completely surrounded and annihilated. The Mughal emperor, wary of the Peshwa, took the wise decision of staying away.
Mohammed Khan Bangash now retreated to the fort of Jaitpur. Bajirao promptly laid siege to the fort. Typical siege tactics were followed here — that of cutting off all supply routes and starving the garrison inside. Pilaji Jadhav carried out the siege with great vigour.
A letter by him, sent around a month or so into the siege, states that in a week's time Bangash was either bound to be completely defeated or come to terms.
Finally, in May 1729 Mohammed Khan Bangash retreated from Jaitpur. He agreed never to enter Bundelkhand again .
With monsoons nearing , Peshwa Bajirao also hastened to the south, bringing to an end a short but glorious campaign.
So what did he gain ? Quite lot more than just Mastani …..
Effects of the campaign :
- The twin victories over Giridhar Bahadur and Bangash stamped Bajirao's authority over north India.
- Chhatrasal Bundela gave one third of his kingdom to Bajirao. Thus, Maratha rule started in Jhansi , Sagar , Banda etc.
- Marathas got a launch pad to push further north and consolidate the Malwa region.
- Marathas became major players in the all important Ganga Yamuna doab region.
- Chhatrasal Bundela gave Bajirao his daughter – Mastani.
The butterfly effect :
" The flutter of a butterfly can create a storm half way around the world "
Maratha rule over Bundelkhand gave us important personalities such as Govindpant Bundela , Naro Shankar Motiwale and in 1857 – the Nawab of Banda Ali Bahadur and Jhansi ki Rani – Manikarnika Tambe !
© Aneesh Gokhale –
Author of " Sahyadris to Hindukush" – The Maratha conquest of Lahore and Attock . Find out more here
Author of " Brahmaputra" – The Story of Lachit Barphukan, Assamese contemporary of Chhatrapati Shivaji . Find out more here
References :
1. Marathi Riyasat – G.S Sardesai
2. Bajirao and Expansion of Maratha empire – Dr Dighe
3. Jaswant Lal Mehta
© Aneesh Gokhale.


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COAST CITIES — MiraCosta College has installed a new, high-tech science building that promises to help relieve some of the student demand for chemistry courses.In May of 2012, the Board of Trustees authorized spending up to $4.7 million on several new modular laboratory buildings at the Oceanside and San Elijo campuses. These buildings, based upon permanent structures included in the 2011 Comprehensive Master Plan, are needed to help relieve student wait lists in high-demand courses.
The district planned to spend some $2.8 million on modular science labs and a prep room at the San Elijo Campus, and roughly $1.5 million for modular chemistry labs and a prep room at the Oceanside Campus. When the vote was taken, trustees hoped the temporary structures would be in place only until permanent buildings funded by a facilities bond could be completed.
Plans have also changed at the San Elijo Campus, Benard said. When college officials began crunching the numbers, they realized they could build the first phase of a permanent structure there for an additional $1 million. Construction of a new science building at the San Elijo Campus is set to start in December, Benard said, and should be completed in time for the fall 2014 semester. Resources to pay for the buildings are coming from the district's reserve funds.
However, after the failure to pass a 2012 facilities bond, it became clear the temporary buildings in Oceanside would be needed longer than originally expected. Changes were made that increased the total cost.
The first fully sustainable modular science labs – twin Gen 7 models at a cost of $1.9 million – were delivered to the Oceanside Campus on June 17. The labs will be ready for occupancy for the beginning of classes this fall.
"This delivery will allow us to expand our course offerings in modern, updated facilities," said Mary Benard, vice president of instructional services.
A lack of space has made it difficult for students to register for lab courses in the biology, chemistry and nursing programs.
"It will help alleviate a backlog of students who are waiting to take science classes," added David Broad, Board of Trustees president. "It will serve MiraCosta College well."
The purchase of these buildings fits in with a Strategic Plan that says "MiraCosta Community College District will become a vanguard educational institution committed to innovation and researched best practices, broad access to higher education, and environmental sustainability." Among the district's Institutional Objectives is "to develop and implement environmentally sustainable policies, practices, and systems."
"We decided to build one that was completely sustainable," said Tom Macias, MiraCosta College's director of facilities. The 3,360-square-foot labs delivered June 17 run on photovoltaic power and are LEED Platinum Level-worthy.


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A great summer day out with Jim as he led eleven of us on his medium ride. First stop at Chalfont St Peter for cake and coffee, then via Beaconsfield to the Falcon at Wooburn Moor for lunch in the garden. Unfortunately Dave took a tumble as we swooped* down the A40, resulting in a rather badly grazed knee. As a point of interest the Conjuress was in close proximity at the time of the tumble (be afraid, very afraid). The staff in the Falcon kindly provided a first aid kit to clean Dave's wound.
Post lunch, we headed back toward Maidenhead partly utilising the track along the Thames. Arriving in Slough Jim took us down the tow path along the Slough arm of the Grand Union canal. Much to our surprise the path has been renovated and is no longer like the front line of the Somme (see the cunning way that I have woven in something topical to pad this ride story out a bit?).
Afternoon stop was at Iver Golf Club where following a long loiter in the sun, we headed back to Uxbridge for dispersal. Well done Jim an excellent ride.
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- Here is a PDF link to my acting resume for TV/film/stage and other performance credits in my career; this is updated with every new project I'm involved with. It was created on the Screen Actors Guild website link "iActor", a new addition to this site that allows casting directors to find SAG actors at a moments notice. [the above link is a PDF file so you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it).
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