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Help our Making Memories roses bloom by growing your tenner
#Welldone Wednesday
Localgiving's annual Grow Your Tenner campaign is now open and the funding pot is quickly emptying, with over 35% of it being used in last than 30 hours.
During the campaign Localgiving will match all online donations up to £10, and monthly donations up to £10 per month for 3 months. This means (with Gift Aid) a £10 donation will generate £21.67* towards the Belgrade Theatre Trust.
We are asking for donations towards our Making Memories campaign to help us provide tickets for Beauty and the Beast to families facing financial hardship, offering families quality time together and the opportunity to reduce the sense of isolation that some people feel at Christmas.
Making Memories aims to help 100 families and, as a thank you to our kind donors, a "leaf" will be placed on each purple rose hanging in the foyer of the Belgrade Theatre, every time the campaign raises enough to support a family.
The Grow Your Tenner runs from Tuesday 13 October at 10am until Localgiving's match fund pot runs out. Please help us Make Memories by donating at www.localgiving.com.
Lets make memories and grow those tenners!
The Belgrade Theatre Trust is a registered charity (number 219163). This means that all the money given, raised or earned is not distributed as profit but kept and reinvested in the work that we do. To find out more, please visit: www.belgrade.co.uk/support-us
*£10 donated via Direct Debit for 3 months will generate £67.50.

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A new service setup in the UK is offering mobile phone users a way to communicate with others without having to divulge their actual mobile phone number.{ad}
The service is called Loaf and replaces your phone number with a username. By doing so Loaf aims to offer you a new layer of safety when talking to certain people you don't yet fully trust. For example, it could be someone who asked for you number in a bar, communication with an eBay seller, someone you are interested in at a dating website, or new customers for a business.
The service is free to the user who receives a Loaf text message, but costs 25 pence (37 cents) to send a message on top of whatever your network charges per message.
Sending a text using your Loaf name has been kept very simple. Instead of contacting recipients directly, you specify their Loaf name, then the message, and then send that text to the Loaf service number. That message then gets redirected to the number matching the Loaf recipient. Loaf also allow you to divert text messages to an e-mail address.
Read more at The Inquirer
Matthew's Opinion
The service only works if both the sender and receiver have signed up to Loaf, but I think that's the right thing to do otherwise you could send anonymous texts to anyone. Only having one user with a Loaf account doesn't limit the service either. You can tell the other person your Loaf name and direct them where to sign up.
Adding this layer of anonymity will help in a number of situations including those mentioned above. Rather than adding your mobile number to a business card you could add your Loaf name and their web address instead. Some brave users may even start listing it on their social network profiles.
Loaf may catch on, but it won't take long for all the nice short names to disappear. Longer names, or those with lots of numbers at the end, were bad enough for e-mail addresses, but typing them into a mobile phone will get tedious very fast.


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About Us
The Youngstown Area Youth Soccer League (YAYSL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching and actively promoting:
- The sport of youth soccer.
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- Life skills.
We're dedicated to serving children and youth players of all levels of interest and ability in a safe and healthy environment. We will make ethical decisions based on what is in the best interests for all our members.


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Traditionally, baby showers were given only for the family's first child, and only women were invited. The original intent was for women to share wisdom and lessons on the art of becoming a mother. Over time, it has become common to hold them for subsequent children. It is not uncommon for a parent to have more than one baby shower, such as one with friends and another with co-workers.
There is no set rule for when or where showers are to be held. The number of guests and style of entertainment are determined by the host. Most hosts invite only women to baby showers, although there is no firm rule requiring this.
Some hosts arrange baby-themed activities, such as games to taste baby foods or to guess the baby's birth date or sex.
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The steering group behind the new community action plan for Banchory has announced open days for the public.
Group members have been sifting through results of the survey which was launched at the beginning of June.
Local people and visitors were encouraged to give their views on what changes and improvements they would like to see in the town for 2020 and beyond.
Steering group chair Mary Lennox told the Piper: "We have now almost finished analysing the results. This has been an interesting if lengthy task as there were around 800 responses to the survey plus responses which came from sessions run in the town's schools and other groups.
"The next exciting stage is to let the residents of Banchory know what ideas have been suggested and to ask for people's views on what projects the community should try to put into practice."
Open days have been arranged as follows: Sunday, September 25, in Banchory Town Hall from noon-5pm; Monday, September 26, also in the town hall from 2-8pm, and Tuesday, September 27, in Hill of Banchory Community Centre from 2-8pm.
Mrs Lennox added: "Anyone with an interest in Banchory is welcome to attend any of these events where there will be displays showing the ideas and opportunities to leave comment.
"The steering group really wants people's views whether or not they responded to the survey. This is another chance for people to have their say before we move to produce a draft document."


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Reebok has agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that the shoe and clothing company falsely advertised that its toning shoes could measurably strengthen leg, thigh, and buttock muscles.
New Balance and Skechers have also faced lawsuits regarding the advertising claims of their toning shoes. The FTC had issue with claims made by Reebok that their EasyTone shoes were proven to increase strength and tone in the buttock muscles by 28 percent, and increase strength and tone in hamstring and calf muscled by 11 percent more than regularly walking shoes.
Reebok spokesperson Dan Sarro said in a statement that "Settling does not mean we agree with the FTC's allegations. We do not. We have received overwhelmingly enthusiastic feedback from thousands of EasyTone customers."
An attorney for the FTC said, "We think this is a real victory for consumers. We hope it sends a message to businesses that if they are going to make claims they must be justified."
Customer who want more information about the settlement, or who want to complete a refund application for EasyTone or RunTone shoes or apparel can do so at www.ftc.gov/reebok.


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Above and beyond…
A community built by fans of the Star Wars.
The Rebel Legion is an inclusive, equal opportunity global club made of thousands of Star Wars fans from around the globe . We do not discriminate members on the basis of sex, race, religion, creed, nationality, sexual orientation, age (as long as the minimum age of at least 18 years or higher if required by local law has been reached), or physical handicap.
Although costuming is a large portion of our Rebel Legion community, we also love to participate in local events, charity fundraisers and more…plus, it's a great place to meet new friends. Often referred to as their Star Wars family, many members love to also get together for build parties and other social gatherings.
There's a little bit of everything for the avid Star Wars costumer!
Would you like to make or wear a costume to get involved? Please see our costuming standards and costume reference galleries.


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BOOK: Faithless Part One (Faithless #1)
MY RATING FOR IT : 3 1/2 stars
She's a stripper. He's a preacher. Her name's Faith, and he's been faithless since the day she went away.
Faith Richards knows she'll never be able to outrun her demons, but she's not looking for absolution. She's looking for release. When she's forced to return home by circumstances she'd rather not discuss, she runs straight to Noah. The only boy who could ever make her feel alive. The only boy who ever truly broke her heart. The only boy who could possibly save her from herself.
But Noah isn't a boy anymore…
Noah Parker is a man torn, fighting to understand his place in this world after his latest run-in with tragedy. Everyone he's ever loved has left him, either on a greyhound bus or in a casket. He no longer believes the words he preaches and his life hangs in the balance of honesty. Reuniting with Faith might be the only thing that can save him, but based on their tumultuous history, it's more than likely it'll destroy him.
Faithless is the story of two broken people searching for the impossible: a love strong enough to put the pieces of their broken hearts back together. Their romance is forbidden. Their love is undeniable. Their lives hang in the balance. And when their world begins to burn to the ground, they'll be faced with one impossible decision: can they live with who they've become?
*****ARC received by Netgalley for an honest review*****
Well this book was one that I was waiting to read ,the blurb seemed so perfect and I just knew I was going to love it … I mean a stripper and a preacher !!? And step brothers to top it all … I just saw it coming , it was going to be a good one and I love the cover)
The book didn't disappoint, it was good , maybe a Little on the darker side , but good none the less.
The story revolves around Faith and her brother Noah, they seemed to had a relationship in their teens and a Family tragedy separated them. Faith, after a series of bad decisions , needs to come back home and see her brothers, especially the oldest one Luke, but after her arrival to Old Town , she can't seem to fin luke , but runs in to Noha who is a preacher, and apparently is very resentful towards Faith.
Well the rest you have to discover for your selves , but let me tell you , this is a gritty , dark , forbidden love , and sex full story, it may not be what you are expecting it to be ,It may be a Little slow in the start but I¿m willing to wait and see what I'll feel after reasding the next parts, but it sure is worth the read!!


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As I've shared in the past, I prefer to buy a pattern that I know I'll sew at least three times. The Linden Sweatshirt from Grainline Studio has been on my list for years. I bought the pattern over holiday break and purchased fabric for four hack versions (I'm a planner!), since I'm not keen on the hemband: a curved hem, high-low, peplum and a dress. I sewed a curved hem in striped french terry earlier this month to test the fit and was ready to tackle the dress version! Here are the basic steps for that process, which will work with any raglan pattern.
Working on the front pattern pieces, mark your natural waist. You can also use another top you like to find the right placement for the ruffled skirt. For my dress, I measured down from the center front upper edge 12″. Cut or fold the pattern along the line.
Use the side seams to match and then draw a matching line along the bodice back. Fold or cut the pattern along the line.
Cut out the bodice front and back, adding 5/8″ beyond the cut/folded edge for the seam allowance. Because I'd sewn the pattern before, I knew I'd want a closer fit. I took off about 1 1/2″ from the side seams, blending that into the armscye.
To determine the size of the skirt panels, measure the lower edge of the bodice front – this measurement should be similar to the bodice back. Multiply this measurement by 1.5 to determine the skirt panel width.
Measure down from the bodice cut edge to your desired skirt panel length. Add 1 1/2″ to account for the seam allowance and the hem. For my dress, the skirt panel measures 24″ long.
Cut two skirt panels and four pocket pieces. I used a basic pocket pattern piece from another garment.
Sew the sweatshirt following the provided instructions but do not sew the side seams/arm seam.
Gather the upper edge of the front skirt panel with 2 rows of gathering stitches. Pin it to the bodice front with wrong sides together and stitch it in place with a stretch stitch. Repeat for the back bodice. Remove the gathering stitches. TIP: I attached each skirt panel separately before sewing the side seams so it would be easier to take them in later if I need to. I did eventually add a little additional shaping through the bodice.
Attach the pockets about 5″ below the bodice/skirt seam. Sew up each side/arm seam, attach the sleeve bands and hem the skirt.
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Please complete the form below so that we can get an accurate number of attendees who will be attending. Deadline to RSVP: February 15, 2018
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*The fee will be used to pay for reunion expenses, such as equipment rentals and other necessities (chairs, tables, paper goods, toilet paper, condiments, i.e. shoyu, oil, coffee, cocoa, tea, juice, etc.). Note that individual ohana will have the kuleana to purchase the food items for the meal that they signed up for.
I will send out payment instructions soon. All accounting records for monies received and spent will be open for everyone to access and will be discussed with everyone who attends ZOOM meetings as planning progresses.
The t-shirt design is forthcoming. The t-shirt price will be at cost and no more. It should be anywhere between $6 – $10 per shirt or cheaper.


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Bad news for fracking naysayers: it seems they may have lost a significant card in their deck, as a new study published early this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the methane leaks from fracking sites, long cited as a major concern, may not be nearly as bad as anticipated by the EPA and others. The study, sponsored by both the Environmental Defense Fund (representing the belief that shale gas extracted from fracking may in fact be more environmentally sound and thus a better short term fuel solution than coal) and nine petroleum companies (whose participation is perhaps more dubious), concludes that the sum total of methane (a toxic greenhouse gas, as we all know by now) leaking from the 190 onshore natural gas sites and 500 wells surveyed in the study is decidedly lower than expected, while still certainly within the realm of "significant."
What does this mean for the future of fracking? Well, the EPA has already imposed regulations requiring additional control over methane leaks, and many companies have already begun imposing stricter controls over escaped green house gases. However, as Peter's post from yesterday points out, it would seem we still have a long way to go before reaching anywhere near "total control."


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vulnerable children
Why current assessment systems are letting children downAs expectations for all pupils rise higher and higher, the achievements of our most challenged children risk becoming marginalised. Here assessment expert Sue Hackman takes a critical look at the DfE's current advice for assessing children who are working below the expected standards of the new National Curriculum.
Student X: A case study in managing difficult behaviour
What causes a student to behave well in one class but disrupt another? In this special report, Lloyd Hughes shares the findings of his small scale research into behaviour management, revealing the impact of teacher attitude and demeanour on the conduct of their class.
Document highlights: Tackling the mental health crisis in secondary schools
Nowhere is the crisis in young people's mental health felt more acutely than in secondary schools. This report pleads for early intervention and also suggests Ofsted inspect schools' mental health provision more thoroughly and more frequently.
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Pedestrian struck, killed on Main Street in Hesperia; roadway closed
UPDATE @ 9:00 AM — Hesperia Sheriff's station spokeswoman Jackie Chambers confirmed this is a fatal hit-and-run traffic collision via email. According to Chambers, officers are currently out with the suspect vehicle and are searching for the driver who fled the scene.
HESPERIA, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A stretch of Main Street is closed after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday morning.
At about 7:45 am, firefighters with San Bernardino County Fire responded to the scene and located a pedestrian down in the roadway on the north side of Main Street.
The pedestrian was pronounced deceased at the scene and a sheet was placed over the body.
Hesperia Sheriff's Department tweeted that east and westbound Main Street between 11th Avenue and Cottonwood Avenue will be closed for an unknown amount of time due to an accident investigation and advised motorist to avoid the area.
Sheriff's officials have not released any details regarding the fatal collision.
The story is developing and information will be updated as it becomes available.
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Oh how I wish we could hit rewind and do it all over again. Christmas was so wonderful this year! Here's a little recap.
We started with Christmas Eve at Nana and Pop's. For Christmas Eve dinner my mother inlaw taught me how to make California Tamales. Oh my! These were so good! They're a sweeter tamale packed with deliciousness. For dinner we had chicken and steak fajitas to go along with the tamales as well as cheese enchaladias and homemade cherry cheesecake. It was all so yummy!
After we ate we opened some presents and played around the tree.
We had such a wonderful time together with Nana and Pop Christmas Eve!
At the end of the day we headed home to get ready for Santa and the birth of Jesus! Daddy put together the slide Nana and Pop gave Ava for Christmas and then we got Ava ready for bed.
This year Santa kept it simple and brought Ava a kitchen play set and a mac daddy bubble machine. Her bubble machine is seriously the best! It spits out tons and tons of bubbles!
After we opened presents up at our house we headed to Orlando to see Nona and Papa and all the Aunts and Uncles! My dad smoked his annual prime rib, which was lip smackin' good and of course we had ravioli and all the other fixins'! Oh my it was delicious! For dessert my Momma made her delicious southern pecan pie.
Somehow Ava forgot to put some leftovers in her shopping cart Nona and Papa gave her for Christmas. Hmmm…we will have to work on that for next year.
I got to snuggle with my sweet nephew Easton!
We had a wonderful time Christmas day at Nona and Papa's and it was so good to see everyone! Oh and this year Joey and I walked away lucky winners again from our Strazi stocking scratch offs! I believe we won $11 together!
The day after Christmas we spent relaxing at home and playing with all of the toys.
I guess Daddy and Ava played and played until they couldn't play anymore. I went to take a shower and when I returned this is how I found them. What a great way to end such a wonderful Christmas! We are so blessed to have each other and to be able to spend this Christmas with our loved ones!
We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


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Botswana is another African safari destination that you can not miss while on safari holidays in Southern Africa. Although landlocked, Botswana safari holidays will include tours to the neighboring Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. More than 85% of Botswana overland safaris will be in the Kalahari Desert and trips to the river delta called Okavango. As a result of Botswana's this diversity, the country boasts of different habitats that have made this country one of the top safari destinations in Africa.
Safari in Botswana
Through the Okavango Delta, the biggest inland delta worldwide, enormous and dry Kalahari desert; from the Moremi Game Reserve to the deserted Nxai Pan; within the verdant Chobe River to Deception Valley, a Botswana safaris would be the adventure of your lifetime. The best Botswana safari includes visit to the game parks like Moremi, Chobe national park and Linyati game reserve which are home to great concentrations of wildlife, such as African Elephants, lions, giraffes, leopards, kudus, wild dogs and so much more.
With over eighty five types of mammals, 1075 species of birds, and 150 types of reptiles, Botswana tours have some thing for everybody, whether pursuits lie within a game drive or boating expedition. Experience the Elephant back safaris in the Okavango Delta or take Botswana walking safaris or game drives in the wild parks, to the salt pans of Magadikgadi, board a boat ride on the Chobe River where you have sights at the famous Victoria falls at a distance.
Chobe Safari in Botswana
Chobe National Park is situated in the north-east of Botswana and combines river flood plains with open pans and riverine woodlands. The best time to visit is from May to September when you will be thrilled by the huge herds of elephant and buffalo that have made the park famous. In addition there are big numbers of hippopotamus, giraffe, kudu and impala and more than 250 species of birds have been recorded.
Makgadikgadi, Pans National Park were once a huge prehistoric lakes, they dried up only 10,000 years ago and today they are salt plains, grasslands and isolated "islands" of vegetation, baobab and palm trees. Most of the time they appear as glaring, white, endless plains but during the rainy season they are one of the most important wetland areas in Botswana. There are Bushman hunting shelters and sacred sites and the shorelines of Makgadikgadi are littered with archaeological relics including Stone Age tools.
Linyanti, Savuti and Selinda, areas are home to huge quantities of wildlife including big herds of buffalo and elephant, and predators, particularly lions and hyenas. The Linyanti Wildlife Reserve is a private reserve shared by a very small number of private camps, ensuring that guests are able to view the abundant wildlife privately and exclusively. The Savute channel is a now dry "waterway" that connects the Linyanti River with the interior of the Chobe National Park, ending at the Savute marsh. The Selinda (or Magweqana) Spillway is a shallow channel connecting the Panhandle region of the Okavango Delta with the Chobe River system.
Moremi Safari Tours Botswana
The Moremi Game Reserve on the north-eastern edge of the Okavango Delta packs acacia forests, wetlands, lagoons and swamps into 1,800 sq km (700 sq miles). As varied as the terrain is, so is the game. From lion and leopard to elephant and buffalo right down to the bird-life, even the least inspired ornithologists will be amazed.
Okavango Safari Botswana
Okavango river which originates in Angola and spills back inland to the sands of the Kalahari Desert where it fans out and forms a vast delta of wetlands and waterways. At the flood this is quite literally a land of water; lagoons dotted with lilies, narrow channels that are invaded by papyrus reeds, islands and shallow sheets of water that glisten in the sun. This bounty attracts a huge variety of mammals and bird species, though on occasion they are almost secondary to the sheer wonder of the setting.
You can combine your Botswana safari packages to include visits to Mozambique Island, South African game parks or to Namibia. Botswana Safari tour guides are useful and friendly, and very knowledgeable concerning Botswana safari wildlife along with the best Botswana safari attractions and safety precautions. The most difficult facet of Botswana safari tours could be the truth that at some point you'll definitely depart.
Botswana Travel
The major airport is situated in the city of Gaborone, and the majority of incoming flights are via Johannesburg, South Africa. Direct charter flights are to Maune and Kasane Airports located near all preferred Botswana safari destinations. No visa is needed for 67 countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, even though, passports are necessary. Car hire and rentals are available, and may perhaps be integrated in numerous travel deals of wilderness safaris.
Get the best deals for Botswana safari tours from low peak season, October to April, the dry months however associated with intense heat, high temperature and insect bites. May to August is the best time to have safaris to Botswana although it's quite expensive during this time! It is invariably sunny during the days and chilly for the nights especially from south western Botswana.
For tourists, the best months for Botswana wildlife safaris are from April through to October, when several animals tour the water pools every morning to quench their thirst giving you th e best game viewing spot and take some good pictures.
Northern Botswana is regarded in the malaria zone and travellers are recommended to be conscious, pack your Malaria prescription and medication, appropriate clothing-long sleeved shirts and trousers.
Main roads are smooth and well kept and accessibility is excellent, although individuals do will need to beware of animals that crisscross the Highways. Public transport is readily available through bus routes, even so service may be spotty away from big cities and buses tend to fill up quickly.
Safari Lodges in Botswana
While you are here for Botswana safaris, you don't have to worry about where to stay. Botswana safari accommodation is available from
everywhere, near each of the attractions such as Chobe, Okavango delta, Kalahari, Savuti and Linyati. Northern Botswana is home to Camp Okavango, Mambo Camp, Duba Plains Camp, and also the Abu Camp in which Botswana family safaris offer the very best big game viewing in Africa.
Other Botswana accommodation options include a tented safari camp or even a vacation within a Botswana safari lodge. Some of the luxury safari lodges include Savute safari lodge, Chobe safari lodge, and Elephant valley Chobe lodge among others. A Botswana lodge not only offers an close up look at the unique wildlife of the region such as lions, buffalo, along with a variety of bird wildlife, what's more, it offers deluxe lodging that may be surprising when contemplating of Botswana safari camps.
When considering a Botswana safari package, be keen on the prices and safari itineraries that the package has. Tailored safaris normally include Botswana flights, accommodations and safari lodges and the number of days you'll be on safari. Book your Botswana safari through Botswana safari and tour operators or through the any of the Botswana safari and travel websites.
Why Visit Botswana?
Botswana is a country of spectacular contrasts – ranging from the very clear waters of the beautiful Okavango Delta to the huge herds of elephants found inside Chobe National Park as well as the unstable Savute Channel that runs dry and also floods apparently at random. the country is Endowed with a number of the most beautiful reserves on the African continent and a range of excellent wildlife, this is definitely an unique safari destination.
The Okavango Delta is a marvelous oasis – seeing water in the middle of a desert is a definitely a breathtaking sight. The extensive, grassy floodplains serve as habitat to an impressive variety of wild animals, such as the exclusively adapted sitatunga plus lechwe antelopes. crossing into Chobe National Park which is well known for having the biggest single number of elephants is another spectacle, while Moremi Game Reserve is popular for its outstanding bird life.
Why take a safari in Botswana?
Taking a safari into Botswana will offer you the opportunity to encounter the plentiful wildlife around the Okavango Delta, which is the largest inland delta on the planet. Here, Mother nature's drama of life shows up at each and every turn, regardless of whether during regular game drives in safari vehicles that are uniquely designed to provide exceptional views or on the thrilling water safaris using mokoros (the local dugout canoes) in the flooded plains. Then the Mombo Concession found inside the Moremi Game Reserve is regarded as the "predator capital," of Botswana with views of leopards, cheetahs, large prides of lions as well as the endangered and uncommon African wild dogs seen hunting their prey. in addition, Botswana is home to the largest population of elephants on the African continent, and during your Botswana safari, you will walk with the semi-habituated elephants and even learn about these huge animals from their keeper experts. A lot of the Botswana safaris likewise incorporate chances to travel to the powerful Victoria Falls, which is a must-see destination in Botswana.
What to see on a safari in Botswana?
The big numbers of different types of wildlife found in Botswana include several diverse species of antelopes, buffaloes and elephants, in addition to predators such as lions, cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs, brown & spotted hyenas and more than 1075 types of birds. Not so long ago, six rhino were generously donated to Botswana.
Which Safari Company or Tour Operator?
You will find a large number of different safari companies inside Botswana. Fortunately, most of these companies provide different safaris in Botswana such as boat rides, birding safaris and wildlife safaris. Important to note is that you should find out if the tour operator you are using is registered with any of the recognized Tourism professional association such as Africa Tour Operators, Association of Botswana Tour Operators and Tourism Botswana.
Where to Stay On a Botswanan Safari?
Despite the fact that Botswana has several good hotels, the tourists that go to Botswana have a tendency to do this for the luxury safari experiences which it presents. The kind of accommodation available in the safari areas of Botswana such as the Okavango Delta, Tuli Block, Chobe, Savute and the Linyanti include primarily tented safari camps, in addition to several game lodges. In a number of the small centres associated with tourism, like Maun plus Kasane, the guest houses are as well popular. Nevertheless generally speaking, safari camps (especially luxury tented camps) are the most widely used type of accommodation within Botswana. Then Game lodges come second as the most widely used and then follow the hotels in the traditional perception of the word are limited to the larger business centers such as Francis town plus Gaborone.
When to Go on a Safari in Botswana?
Game viewing is at its best throughout the dry months starting in May up to October when the number of wild animals is ever increasing around the water sources while the dry season progresses. Most professionals regard the colder months from June up to August as the most ideal time of year as wildlife viewing is persistently excellent, there is hardly any rainfall and the likelihood of malaria is at its least.
Attaining the highest numbers in the hot and dry months of September or October, the wild animals have a tendency of spreading out through the rainy months from January to April but a number of destinations provide great summer game viewing, not least since they lie along the pathway of migrating the animals especially zebras. Without a doubt, this is an all year round destination for those interested in bird watching as they will find several migrant species during the summer months from December to march as the most ideal time to visit this country not only for the numbers but also for the diversity of bird species.
How much does a Safari To Bostwana Cost ?
A basic three day safari into Chobe National Park that will include game drives and be conducted as a medium group safari with accommodation offered in Mid-range lodges will cost $55o per person.
Are the people of Botswana Friendly?
The people of Botswana are very friendly and so welcoming. They pride of a diversity of tribes and cultures each with a unique language however the formal language is English, and Setswana is the most extensively spoken language across Southern African. There are 8 main Tswana tribes and each of these occupies its separate territory and features its own traditional chiefs, and every tribe retains communal ownership over its land.
What is the Weather like in Botswana?
Summer begins in the month of November to the finish of March and normally is characterized with extremely high temperatures. Additionally it is the rainy season and the cloud coverage plus rain help cool down the environment, although just usually for a brief period of time.
The winter months begin in May and end in August. This is as well the dry season as hardly any rain falls. The winter days are usually sunny and between cool and warm; however, the temperatures in the evenings and nights may drop below 0C- the freezing point in a number of places.
The periods in-between which is from April to early May as well as from September to October – are usually dry, however the days are cooler than in the summer while the nights are hotter than during the winter months.
Botswana Wildlife Safari Reserves
More than 17% of the land in Botswana has been put aside for establishment of both game reserves plus national parks. These areas can best be toured using Four Wheel vehicles to easy maneuver past the rough sandy grounds. Touring through these protected areas will give you an opportunity to fully explore the rich flora and diverse wildlife abundance together with the plentiful birdlife. Some of the National parks in this country include: Chobe National Park, Kgalagadi Tran-frontier National Park and Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
Kalahari Desert
Close to three quarters of the total expanse in the western part of Botswana are covered by the Kalahari Desert. The terrain is majorly featured by golden sand dunes plus huge amounts of sand together with open grasslands, shrubs, acacia-trees and landscapes with unending horizons. The habitats of this vicinity are the San community who are best at gathering fruit and hunting.
Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is the largest inland-Delta in the whole world. It has outstanding views and supports countless lives of wild animals among which are hippos, crocodiles, several fish species and water bucks. Through the various safari trips, you can best tour this area to the fullest.
Khama Rhino Sanctuary
The Khama Rhino Sanctuary covers a total expanse of 4300 hectares and is a haven to the small population of the remaining rhinos in the whole of Botswana. In this sanctuary you not only enjoy wonderful views of rhinos, but also other wildlife species such as leopards, jackals, wildebeests, gemsbok and the brown hyenas.
Tuli Block
The Tuli Block is found at the Far East of the country. It is in this area that the confluence of river Limpompo and river Shashe is found. The area is characterized by numerous game plus cattle farms. Many say that the topography of Tuli Block is so dissimilar to that of other regions within Botswana. The beauty of the area is made better by the rolling hills plus the at-times outrageously shaped rock plants.
Gemsbok National Park
In the south eastern part of Botswana lies the Gemsbok National Park which amazingly is gifted with a variety of animals among which are: lions, cheetahs, springboks, gemsboks and elands among others. Although this park is located in Botswana, it is accessed through the neighboring South Africa via the newly constructed Trans Kalahari Hih Africa. This is majorly because the park lies at the border of Botswana and South Africa.
Night life in Botswana is generally very lively with quite a lot of entertainment to engage in. There are several night clubs, cinemas, bars and cafes in addition to casinos and dance halls to give you a wonderful night. Most of these night spots close late in the night and are normally well packed with several people.
If you need to travel to Botswana on holidays, honeymoon, or African safari, you'll never be disappointed with Botswana tourism. Botswana is actually one of the best African safari destinations with impressive wildlife, interesting tourist hotels and accommodation, a variety of places to visit from national parks, to vast salt pans, and much more all included in one wholesome Botswana holidays and safari package
Botswana safari and holiday packages are readily available, and so they may be some of the best options with regards to saving money and genuinely taking advantage of your time in Botswana. Secure a good Botswana safari and tour operator and you won't be disappointed with this South African safari.
What to see
Botswana has many national parks but the most popular is the Kgalagadi Tran frontier Conservation area that is located south of the country and its well known for its large number of resident eagles for example the black Breasted, snake along with Martial Tawny
If Botswana wildlife safaris are what you are looking for… there is much to see from northern Botswana, Moremi Game Reserve as well as Chobe National park, these are famous for both wild and bird-life. Okavango delta is an amazing attraction in Botswana, it's among the few inland deltas in the world and the second in Africa. The most exciting aspect about this delta is that the waters of the Okavango River floors to arid Kalahari Desert thus forming a beautiful garden for both wild along with bird-life species. Regular sights on Botswana wildlife safari holidays include elephants, leopards, lions, giraffes, warthog, antelopes and so much more.
Makgadikgadi Pan Complex is also popular with pelicans, flamingos and wildlife that visit the flooded territory after the heavy rainy seasons. In case you want an experience of a Botswana wildlife safari, Botswana is the best destination in Africa that will give a perfect guide.
Matsiend Rock Carvings features some the best pieces of Botswana traditional art, counting 3,000 years ago. Gaborone is the capital city and the largest city in Botswana, but in terms of tourism there really isn't a lot to do here. It is the city with the main airport and easy to reach with several hotels and accommodation facilities.
Botswana Travel info
You need to also take the time to obtain a Botswana holiday map, so that you can identify the places you want to tour, where to stay and the like. You can buy maps from Botswana tourism offices in Gaborone or from gift shops around the country.
Book a good and reputed Botswana safari and tours provider in case you want to make the best Botswana holiday.
When to visit
Botswana is quite dry most of the year but has a summer from November to March, perhaps the best time to visit but in case you are there for wildlife tours, May to September has slightly drier conditions, cooler weather and temperatures. Bird watching is good for December to April is an ideal time to see the migrating birdlife in the Kalahari Desert and in Makgadikgadi pans.


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On one of the first days of class at Dos Puentes Elementary School in Upper Manhattan last month, a new student named Michelle peered up through pale blue glasses and took a deep breath.
"Can I drink water?" Michelle, 6, said.
"Diga en Español," her first-grade teacher, Rebeca Madrigal, answered.
Michelle paused.
"Can I drink agua?" she replied.
It was a start.
Dos Puentes, a three-year-old school in the Washington Heights neighborhood, is a dual-language program, which means that subjects, like reading and math, are taught in two languages with the goal of making students bilingual. Once seen as a novelty, dual-language programs are now coming into favor as a boon to both native and nonnative English speakers, and in areas around the country their numbers have been exploding.
In New York City, there were 39 new or expanded dual-language public-school programs this fall, in addition to an increase of about 25 programs two years ago. The city has about 180 such programs, according to the Department of Education. Languages offered now include Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian-Creole, Hebrew, Korean, Polish and Russian, as well as Spanish.
In Utah, 9 percent of the state's public elementary students are enrolled in dual-language programs. In Portland, Ore., 10 percent of all students, and nearly one in five kindergartners, participate. Statewide efforts to increase the number of programs, and expand access to them, are underway in states including Delaware and North Carolina.
Libia Gil, assistant deputy secretary and director of the office of English language acquisition at the federal Education Department, said that while there was no definitive count of dual-language programs nationwide, "there are clear indications of a movement."
In some localities, like New York City, the primary goal of expanding dual-language programs is to increase access to them for English-language learners, officials at the city's Education Department said.
Traditionally, these children were taught almost exclusively in English. But new research suggests that while these students can take more time to get on grade level in a dual-language program, by late elementary or middle school they tend to perform as well as or better academically than their peers and may be more likely to be reclassified as proficient in English.
"If someone is teaching you 'A, A, Apple,' and you're thinking 'A, A, Manzana,' you're not building on the knowledge you already bring to the table," said Victoria Hunt, the principal at Dos Puentes.
But these programs also offer a partial solution to the intractable problem of de facto school segregation. John B. King Jr., a senior adviser at the federal Education Department who will soon become President Obama's acting education secretary, said dual-language programs "can be a vehicle to increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in schools" by drawing more affluent parents.
At the School for International Studies, a sixth-through-12th-grade school in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, the enrollment recently shot up to 100 sixth-grade students this year from 30 last year. The principal, Jillian Juman, estimated that half of that interest came from the school's recently added International Baccalaureate program, and the other half from families looking for a dual-language program, which is offered there in French.
"It does allow for much more diversity," Ms. Juman said. "In terms of language, culture and socioeconomically, too."
More and more, native English-speaking parents see biliteracy in their own children as important in a global economy. In Delaware and Utah, statewide initiatives to increase dual-language education were largely conceived as a way to increase bilingualism among English speakers.
"I want two things," said Gov. Jack Markell of Delaware, a Democrat. "I want students from Delaware to be able to go anywhere and do any kind of work they want to do, and I also want to attract businesses from around the world, to say, 'You want to be in Delaware because, amongst other things, we've got a bilingual work force.' "
For native English speakers, there is relatively little research on how dual-language programs affect their performance on standard metrics like state tests.
But Jennifer Steele, an associate professor at American University's School of Education who is finishing research on Portland's dual-language programs, said her work had found performance increases for both native English speakers and English-language learners in some grades and certain subjects once they reached late elementary school.
The climb to that advantage, however, can be daunting. Depending on the model, classes are generally taught from 50 percent to 90 percent of the time in the target language, with the rest taught in English. Some programs switch halfway through the day, while others switch every other day or by subject. Especially early on, many words spoken in class are ones a child has never heard.
Liz Menendez, a kindergarten teacher at Dos Puentes, said she had regular conversations with her students to reassure them that this challenge was one they could master.
"If you set the tone from the beginning, then they kind of know, 'Hey, I'm going to get it in just a second, let me see what she's doing,' " Ms. Menendez said. "They are sponges. They start attuning."
To help them along, language at Dos Puentes is color-coded, especially in the lower grades. In one classroom, a label near a jar of pencils read "sharpener" in royal blue and "sacapunta" in fire engine red. On a poster, the words "read quietly" had a blue border and "leo en voz baja" a red one. As a kindergarten teacher sang in Spanish with her students, she made sure to use a red marker as she wrote on a dry erase board.
Shane LeClair, whose son, Tuck, 7, has been at Dos Puentes since kindergarten and is now in second grade, said that the boy spoke no Spanish when he started, but managed.
"It was strangely always O.K.," Mr. LeClair said. "It was his first real school experience, and having nothing to compare it to, he jumped right in."
Arilda Crisostomo, who was born in the United States to Dominican parents, said she chose the program to enable her daughter, Brooke Lynn Jackson, 7, to speak to older members of the family in Spanish, but also to give her a professional advantage in the future.
"We are conscious of the edge she will have when she's out in the world because she will be biliterate," Ms. Crisostomo said. "That's different from being able just to speak in Spanish."
Educators caution that not all dual-language programs are equally good. If a program is not run properly, they say, the pace might be catered to native English speakers, so content in English becomes more difficult and content in the other language is too easy. And even at well-run programs, hiring qualified teachers can be a challenge.
Sean Reardon, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education who has researched dual-language programs, said there might also be a difference depending on what two languages are being taught. While Spanish and English are phonologically similar, sharing an alphabet and many sounds, character-based languages like Chinese are quite different, he said, and that might make it more difficult for students to follow along.
"I don't think there's one answer in the research, is dual-language immersion good or bad," Professor Reardon said. "I think it might well depend on what the other language is relative to your home language."
That said, he added, there is only so much that can be measured.
"There is great value in having a kid grow up to be bilingual, and even if your kid didn't do quite as well on the standardized math test, maybe that's worth it," he said. "In the end, they come out with this whole extra skill they wouldn't otherwise have had."


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Yates' Husband Takes Stand
The husband of the woman who drowned their five children testified on her behalf Wednesday.
CBS News Correspondent Maureen Maher reports that through the testimony of a devastated but loyal husband, the defense painted a picture of a family that had no concept of the magnitude of his wife's mental illness, or any real idea how to deal with it.
Rusty Yates described how just weeks after wife Andrea first tried to kill herself with sleeping pills in 1999, he found her in the bathroom with a knife to her throat.
He told jurors he said, "Andrea, give me the knife."
He said she unemotionally responded, "Let me do this."
Yates wrestled the knife away, but he didn't take her to the hospital until the next day.
CBS News Legal Consultant Andrew Cohen points to this as an example of how Rusty Yates' decisions may have contributed to the situation.
Yates told jurors that after the knife incident, after one injection of the powerful antipsychotic drug Haldol, Andrea went from completely catatonic to being "more open with me than she ever had been. It really gave me a lot of hope."
Yates also told the jury a psychiatrist removed her from an antipsychotic medication in 1999, contradicting the doctor's testimony at the Houston woman's capital murder trial.
He said the doctor, Eileen Starbranch, initiated the decision. Starbranch testified earlier the couple decided to stop taking the medications and that they were considering having another child against her warnings.
Yates told jurors the doctor simply discouraged the Yates' from having more children. He said the doctor told the couple if they were to have another child there was a 50 percent chance Andrea Yates would again suffer from psychosis.
"She said if we did have any more children she would like to start Andrea on an antidepressant early," Russell Yates said.
Andrea Yates, 37, is on trial for capital murder in the June 20 drowning deaths of the couple's five children and could face the death penalty if convicted. She has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
After Yates attempted suicide twice in 1999, Starbranch treated her for about five months for postpartum depression with psychotic features following the birth of the couple's fourth son, Luke.
Russell Yates told jurors the doctor discouraged, but didn't forbid, the couple from having more children.
"Did (Starbranch) seem adamant about not having another kid?" defense attorney George Parnham asked.
"Not really," Russell Yates testified.
Earlier Wednesday, prosecutor Joe Owmby asked Starbranch if she had ever advised the couple that psychosis symptoms were likely to resurface if they had another baby.
"No," said Starbranch. "I never plan for psychosis."
Starbranch said when she counseled the couple against having more children neither of them reacted strongly. She added that she "definitely" did not recommend Andrea Yates quit her medication.
A medical chart note on Aug. 18, 1999, the day Starbranch gave the advice, reads:
"Apparently patient and husband plan to have as many babies as nature will allow!" the psychiatrist wrote. "This will surely guarantee future psychotic depression."
Russell Yates also described how his family lived in a converted Greyhound bus, exchanged letters with a traveling preacher and his wife's suicide attempts.
In earlier testimony Starbranch, a defense witness, said she remembered Yates being "warm and loving" with her four sons.
Yates, 37, is on trial on two murder charges for the drowning deaths of three of the five children. She has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
To prove insanity, defense lawyers must show the Houston woman suffered from a severe mental disease and didn't know the difference between right and wrong at the time of the drownings.
Yates is charged in the deaths of 7-year-old Noah, 5-year-old John and 6-month-old Mary. Charges eventually could be filed in the deaths of Paul, 3, and Luke, 2.
Starbranch was questioned by prosecutors Wednesday morning about a handful of lawsuits filed against her and her contact with Dr. Mohammad Saeed, who treated Andrea Yates in the three months before the drownings.
"I've never spoken with Dr. Saeed," Starbranch testified. "I wouldn't know Dr. Saeed if he was sitting in this courtroom now."
Starbranch said she went through her office records before coming to court and found she had no messages from Saeed or any requests for Andrea Yates' medical records.
Prosecutor Joe Owmby then produced a fax cover sheet sent May 9, 2001, with a handwritten note from Starbranch's assistant to Saeed.
"Here are the medical records on Andrea Yates," the cover sheet on the 20-page fax said. "Thanks for your (patience.)"
Starbranch said she didn't know how to work a fax machine and couldn't confirm that the fax had been sent.
"I don't know," Starbranch exclaimed. "I've been known to fax things upside down."
Defense attorney George Parnham asked Starbranch to look at a timeline of Yates' medical history which showed the fax was sent in May during Andrea Yates' second stay Saeed's Devereux Texas Treatment Network. She first became his patient March 31.
Andrea Yates' brother and mother are also expected to testify on her behalf.
On Tuesday, Starbranch told jurors the extent of Andrea Yates' mental illness was worrisome.
"If left to her own devices she wouldn't have physically survived because she wasn't taking care of herself," Starbranch said.
"She would rank up there with the five sickest patients I've ever seen," added the psychiatrist, who has been in practice since 1975 and seen thousands of patients.
A little more than a year after Starbranch last saw Andrea Yates on Jan. 12, 2000, the psychiatrist said she received a call from Russell Yates saying his wife was sick again after giving birth to a fifth child.
Starbranch said she made a note that Andrea Yates needed to be admitted as soon as possible, but Yates never arrived.
The psychiatrist said she later learned that Yates had been admitted to a treatment center closer to the family's home. Starbranch told jurors she never was contacted by doctors at the facility where Andrea Yates was taken.


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The link between emotion an body
The Link Between Emotion and Body!
It's true! The present emotion you are experiencing affects the state your body is in. In this Kevala Yoga post, we are going to share the links that your body has with your emotional state. Following the ways you can unblock these tensions!
Our back provides the support system for our physical body. When it comes to stressing about money, family, relationships, and work this can cause some back pains. The reason why you may be experiencing this is the lack of support you are feeling around you. Your root chakra is all about feeling supported and connected to your physical health. There can be tension within your shoulders also which indicates the strain you feel with responsibilities.
The neck is the area in the body that is the link between logic and feelings! When you are at a point of inflexible thinking this can cause tightness in your neck and throat! Your throat chakra is the area that allows you to speak your truth and be able to vocally state your opinion safely. When there is lack of communication you block this chakra!
When emotions such as grief, loss, betrayal, rejection, sadness – your heart and lungs may feel like they are tightening/closing up. When we are not expressing love, your heart and lungs are deeply affected. By giving out love – your will be rewarded with more love. Your heart chakra opens your body to feel more alive and worthy of love!
Feelings such as shame can greatly affect the digestion area of your body. This causes low self-esteem and discipline in our lives. Also the area in our hips may feel strain when we are fearing to move forward and make changes in our lives!
Fear plays a huge part in the tension we find in our body. If you are experiencing fear at any point, Kevala Yoga is a great place to start! We offer fantastic classes in a non-judgemental environment where you can learn to release any burdens. By releasing fear, you can definitely feel safe and secure in the life you are living.
The process of releasing tension within the body is something you can do today! Kevala Yoga suggests that you start meditation and yoga! These two tools are fantastic ways to release any sort of guilt, fear, tension, issues you are facing. Meditation allows you to be able to move your mind from the negative into a more present positive state. Yoga gently moves your body physically to release these tense places.
If you are new to yoga or meditation, we highly recommend coming to our Kevala Yoga classes. They are simple and safe for anyone to come along. Any age, any fitness, any size…..
Best Classes For Beginners:
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2 weeks (4th - 18th June) now £419 per person which also includes return coach & entry to the 5th June Live Wire/The P.L.O.T. double header show in Rhodes Town.
The final price will depend on the air fare available at the time of booking. We will give you a specific quote for flights on request.
Flights are available from most UK airports with airlines such as ThomsonFly, Thomas Cook, Jet 2, Monarch, EasyJet, Ryanair* etc. Full VIP ticket package is included in this deal.
*Ryanair fly from Stansted & Liverpool on Thursday 9th June. These are morning flights arriving in Rhodes at lunchtime so you will be in plenty of time for the Welcome Party that night. Accommodation dates can be moved to suit these flights i.e. 9-16th June.
We also have available 3*, 4* & 5* hotels & also a range of villas with pools outside of the village & traditional villas in Lindos itself. Prices for the villas will depend on the number sharing the property. We also have a 3* hotel special offer on a full package including flights :
3* Finas Hotel, Pefkos. 1 week from £469. 2 weeks from £599. Package includes accommodation, flights, best tickets to all shows & entry to the parties with the bands.
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Planet Rock has teamed up with Classic Rock Tours to bring you a never to be forgotten rock holiday in the beautiful Greek village of Lindos.
The dates for 2011 will be 8th – 15th June or 4th – 18th if you want more chill out time on the beach. We are pleased to announce that the following bands are booked to appear at Rhodes Rock 2011 : Are You Experienced?, A Foreigners Journey, Letz Zep, Think Floyd, The ZZ Tops, Live Wire, The Bohemians, Viva Santana & The P.L.O.T. These are Europe's top tributes & covers bands & will be faithfully recreating those classic tracks from Jimi Hendrix, Foreigner, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, ZZTop, AC/DC, Queen, Santana, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Rainbow & Deep Purple. The bands will be around all week to share the fun with you. Click below for more info on the bands appearing at Rhodes Rock 2011:
Rhodes Rock 2011 will be bigger and better than ever before, with a whole lot more packed into two weeks of rock fuelled fun.
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5th June : Live Wire & the P.L.O.T. double header at the Colorado Club, Rhodes Town. Free coach transfer & entry to those on the RhodesRock VIP accommodation/ticket package. Others can pre-book at £30 for the return coach & entry to The Colorado Club.:
9th June : Welcome Party at the open-air Paradise Club in Lindos with extra live sets from the bands. Free & exclusive to those on the RhodesRock VIP accommodation/ticket package.
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Pointing out the obvious – bye for now
I haven't posted since October. For a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with writing screenplays, I don't see that level of activity changing soon. So I'm mothballing the blog.
And I'm okay with that. This was fun, and it may be fun again, but right now it's not much more than a source of occasional guilt. Rest assured, I'm writing, or revising, or tracking contest results, or flying off to film festivals to mingle and learn.
Thanks for stopping by, and whatever creative thing it is that paddles your canoe, keep at it.
That magical moment
When you finish a screenplay and you realize you have no idea in hell what genre it is.
Could be worse. In publishing it makes your life much harder (unless you're established). In filmland it just means you can enter it in more competitions. It's horror! It's comedy! It's fantasy! It's a floor wax and a dessert topping!
Dumpster fire diving
Just a quick and sobering thought that has been making my brain hurt: for a writer, the Trump campaign demonstrates a basic truth about storytelling.
The more you engage someone emotionally, the less they will care about details like logical consistency or empirical evidence.
This truth is why religion, fiction and confidence games work, though I will refrain from commenting on the degree of overlap between them, or how this makes me in any way like Paul Ryan.
It's also why most people will forgive lapses of logic in a movie easier than they will a novel. The visual is visceral, if done right. That, and fridge logic has more time to creep in when you're reading.
I was taking one the last week of May and the first two weeks of June. It was by turns epic, lovely, frustrating (one day soon, Edinburgh. One day soon…) and then pretty much epic again. Some places required cineramicpanomascope treatments:
I got to meet some cool people IRL, reconnect with old friends, learn fascinating things and drive a right-hand RV with a stick. I even got to write, not just on the flight there and back again, but while eating breakfast overlooking Loch Ness (if you must write a synopsis of an unfinished work in a hurry, there are worse places to do so).
What I didn't do was blog. And then I got back and got busy writing and not blogging, until a combination of guilt and dental pain (do crowns know it's a holiday weekend? I bet they do, the bastards) brought me here to play catch up.
Which I have now done. Now to run tests on which single malt performs best as a topical anesthetic…
At some point…
…I need to pick a better name for this supporting character than "Dr. Frenchname."
Which touches on what's actually a serious issue for the creative process: when does a decision become a distraction…and are all distractions bad things? I'm thinking of similar tangents in past projects, and at what point I realized the decision had tendrils that ran deeper into the rest of the plot or theme or whatever than I thought at first.
The only criterion I think works for me is annoyance level: if I really, really feel like I need to decide on a detail before I write any more, I do, whether I'm doing true pantsing or sketching out the story or (heavens forfend) outlining. Otherwise NOT dealing the distraction becomes a distraction in itself.
So far I don't feel that way about this one, but then, the character hasn't actually appeared yet. It will be interesting to see whether I start getting the itch to name him when he starts interacting with the protagonist et al.
My unconscious kicks serious butt
a) my agent reading my middle-grade novel
b) the screenplay version of that novel entered in a number of contests, after winning or being a finalist in a dozen or so.
c) another screenplay entered in more contests
d) a TV pilot entered in a contest
e) a screenplay ready to go to a mentor I'll be working with for six months
f) other projects in other places
So it's not like I'm slacking off. Except I have been feeling like I am, in fact, slacking off, because all of the above are versions of existing work, anywhere from a year to five years old, that I either rewrote, repackaged, or otherwise reconstrued.
I didn't have a new idea in the works, and that bothered me.
It evidently bothered me a lot, because right before I woke up this morning I had a Grade-A cinematic nightmare. We're talking full-fledged horror plot with five ironic reversals, four well-defined characters, three supremely creepy visuals, two zombie French Hens and a partridge being eaten by a combination pear tree and Venus Flytrap.
Okay, I made the last two up. But still. I recall enough to outline it. I could probably write a half-dozen scenes from it right now.
So, fellow writers and other creative types, if you ever feel like you're running on empty, eat something vile, or turn the heat up a little too high, or do whatever it takes to make your brain go apeshit in REM. What's the worst that can happen?*
*–Note: the author assumes no liability for nor implies any warranty against something much worse happening.
Screw you, stoichiometry
I really, really wanted a grain elevator explosion in the screenplay. But it's hard to justify when a crucial plot point revolves around the atmosphere having about two percent oxygen.
*writes in superfluous liquid oxygen tanks at grain elevator*
Much better.
In other news: for all its travails and rage-inducing injustice, a world where This Is Spinal Tap has 8 out of 11 stars at IMDB can't be all bad.


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For those interested in progress on the Mrrshan diplomat, here's a colorized version. Still a few details missing, but it gives you a good idea.
There are a lot of intentional visual cues taken from the original MOO1 Mrrshan, which I consider to be probably the most iconic alien from the original series.


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This entry is further to the previous post about Christmas Eve Yarnbombing.
As suspected, the yarnbombing exhibit in the square was installed by Radical Craft Adelaide on the 5 December 2012. The group's Facebook page has more photos and photo albums of this installation and others.
Radical Craft Adelaide's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/notifications#!/groups/142928827216/
Radical Craft Adelaide's Victoria Square photo album: https://www.facebook.com/notifications#!/media/set/?set=oa.10151127552937217&type=1
There was also an exhibit in Goolwa during December as part of the "Just Add Water" arts festival 2012 (http://www.alexandrina.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=1899). Some photos are posted in Radical Craft Adelaide's Facebook page and photo album. https://www.facebook.com/notifications#!/media/set/?set=oa.10151123454732217&type=1
Here is another link to Australian yarn bombers - the Facebook page for the Australian Yarn Bombing Network:
Do you have any other useful links to share on the topic of yarn bombing or textile art? Please let me know and we can compile them. I'm particularly keen to gather up Australian resources. So much that I find online comes from overseas.
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
More December Yarnbombing
Posted by Jodiebodie at 15:14
Labels: art, craft, crochet, knitting, yarnbombing
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Today I found a link to a flickr page by Roxanne Crook which has photographs of the Victoria Square yarnbombing dated 9 December 2013:ReplyDelete
These are better quality pictures of some of the same yarnbombs we came across on Christmas Eve in Victoria Square.
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Mommy: "Addison, Jackson it is time to get ready for a nap. Come on Addison, go potty and get in bed."
Addison: "But mommy I am still so hungry."
Mommy: "Come on Addison, it's nap time."
Addison: "But I AM so starving!" one of her favorite ways to delay a nap
Mommy: "How can you be so starving? You had a bowl of cereal, two pancakes, two pieces of bacon, a bowl of grapes & blueberries and two cups of chocolate milk; there is no way you are hungry."
Addison: "Fine. I'm not so hungry but my butt is!"
Mommy: "Well your butt will just have to get in bed and stay hungry."
What are your toddlers saying?


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