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Mark 16: 1-8
There are some of us here, I am sure, whose English teachers were real sticklers about how we began and ended our essays. Well, some might think that Mark could have used such a teacher, because his beginning and ending are---quite frankly--- a bit disappointing. There's no birth narrative in Mark, no dramatic scene of an angel making a scandalous announcement to a virgin, no angels filling the skies with glorious words of peace and good will, no wise men making a long journey to Jerusalem to worship the new born baby. Mark has none of this; he just begins at the beginning with "the good news of Jesus Christ." And then there is the ending, which is our concern for this Easter Sunday. All Mark tells us is that after the two Marys had been told by a young man dressed in a white robe that Jesus has been raised and has gone ahead to Galilee, the women fled, "because terror and amazement had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." And this (verse 8) is where the original gospel ended.
Unlike the other gospels, Mark never shows us the resurrected Christ. After his resurrection we never hear him utter one word or see him do one deed, and so in comparison with the other three gospels, Mark's ending does seem disappointing, which is probably why someone later tacked on verses 9 to 19. New Testament scholars believe that this additional ending is a much later addition, perhaps centuries later, because the older versions of Mark simply do not have it. Someone thought the original ending needed work.
And we can understand why. Not only is the risen Christ absent, but also the two women at the tomb completely fail in their understanding. Though they were given some pretty clear instructions about what they were to tell the disciples, they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. Afraid, because when the world does not work as expected, when the usual rules and procedures are overturned, we human beings often do respond in fear, which is why Jesus spent so much of his ministry telling people, "Do not be afraid; do not be anxious." And, of course, when it comes to death and dying fear is rampant.
Now the people of Jesus' day knew death far more intimately than we do, because while we are successful at pushing it away—into hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, or even in execution chambers, closed to the public, the people of Jesus' day were intimate witnesses. They had seen Jesus suffer and die. They knew he was dead, and the women, who were the caretakers of the dead, knew the sight and smell of death. But they did not know what to make of the news that he was resurrected. They did not understand; they were clueless, and when we feel completely clueless, fear is neither uncommon nor inappropriate.
Don't most of us feel pretty clueless when it comes to the resurrection? We are people, after all, who believe in and respect science. When someone dies, and we ready ourselves to attend a memorial service, we don't expect to arrive and be told, "He or she is alive, risen from the dead." Since the resurrection is so outside the realm of normal human experience, none of the four gospels attempt to describe it, so we do not know what or how it happened. What we do know is that after the initial shock and fear of Jesus' arrest and execution, the same disciples, who had abandoned Jesus, came together and proclaimed that God had done something new in Jesus Christ. "He is risen," they said, and from that proclamation, the church grew.
Though none of us can explain or describe the resurrection, we still struggle to interpret it, that is, say something about how it impacts human life in the here and the now as well as in the future. And to me the resurrection is all about the persistence of God. God persists, no matter what we human beings do or say. No matter how many times we reject God and the new creation, God does not reject or give up on us. In the crucifixion, we human beings said and say NO to God, but in the resurrection God says NO to our NO. God persists in love, and that is what the resurrection is all about.
About five years ago, my husband and I went to Poland for two weeks. Kaz, who is Polish, had been a student intern at my church in New Haven for three years, and we became very close. After graduation, he was called to a church in Massachusetts, and every summer he would return to Poland, where his parents and brother still lived. One summer he invited my husband and me to come, so we spent a week with Kaz and his parents, and then went on a guided hiking tour in southern Poland with an English hiking company. In mid week we had a day off, and since we had rented a car, we decided we would visit Auschwitz and Bikenau, notorious concentration camps. It felt to us like a kind of pilgrimage, something we owed to the victims of history. The night before our pilgrimage, we mentioned to our hiking group that we planned to go, and this one man, a retired teacher from England, asked us if we would take something he had written, and place it in one of the women's bunkers. I have been to Auschwitz once, he said, and once is enough. I was hoping someone from our hiking group would be going. And then he told us the story.
"My 35 year old daughter had recently died of breast cancer," he said, "and I was in the depths of despair. I simply could not get out of my depression, and one afternoon I was outside in my garden, looking at the blooming flowers, trying to embrace new life, when my neighbor, an elderly gentleman, came out of his home and joined me in the garden. We spoke for a while about the lovely weather, and because it was such a warm day, he had no jacket on, and for the first time, though I had lived next door to him for over 40 years, I noticed his arm with a number on it. I knew he was Jewish, and so I blurted out, "You were in a concentration camp? I asked in astonishment. You never told me; you never talk about it.
Why would I want to remember such pain and sorrow, he said. I lost my wife and my eight year old daughter at Auschwitz, and after they died, I had no will, no reason to live. One morning I refused to rise for my work detail. The guard was screaming at me, telling me to get up or I would be shot. But I didn't care; death would have been a welcome release, but suddenly I felt this heavy push against my shoulder and then against my back and a voice in my brain, saying, "Get up and live. I will be with you." And I did get up and live, and whenever I was tempted to give up, I felt this push and pull. I had no doubt it was God. God just doesn't give up, my neighbor said to me, even when so many people around us, do, even in the midst of great evil or great pain. And so I survived; I have lived all these many decades; I married again and have three children, 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. That is my revenge against all that evil.
That man helped me as no one else could, the teacher said to me, and then he handed me the words he had written, a free verse poem, dedicated to the 8 year old daughter of his neighbor. And the name of the poem: "God Persists."
God persists in love, even when we are tempted to hate.
God persists in mercy, even when we might rightly choose vengeance.
God persists to call us to new life, even when,
especially when our lives have been pulverized by an evil and sorrow so bitterly deep we cannot begin to understand or name it.
Yes, God persists in love, a deep heart wrenching love for the victim
And most appallingly of all, a deep heart wrenching love for the victimizer.
We cannot understand this.
We do not want to understand this: why God persists in this kind of tormented love.
And yet it is this love and mercy of God that move the universe and make all life new.
And so I placed the poem on one of the wooden bunkers in the women's barracks and walked away, thinking, God persists. Indeed, this is what the resurrection of Christ is: the persistence of God's love and mercy, even when, especially when we reject what God so graciously gives. God will not take our No for an answer.
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4/25/2018 10:02:14 pm
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Kelsey Jorissen
Creator // Producer // Director
Kelsey Jorissen hails from Cottage Grove, Minnesota. She has been making movies since the age of seven when she recreated Grease in her garage with a VHS camcorder. She graduated with a BFA in Acting from DePaul University's Theatre School in 2011. After graduation she collaborated on a number of film projects with DePaul film students as well as finished her first feature film SANCTUARY. Alongside film she has worked as a professional stage actress. Alongside acting she works as a freelance photographer and runs her own small business at Kelsey Jorissen Photography. She aims to live a fulfilling life of adventure and mayhem with her beloved cat, Evie. So far so good.
Dane Ohlrogge
Producer // Director of Photography
Dane/Company was created by Dane Ohlrogge, an alumnus of DePaul University to showcase the work done by passionate filmmakers and artists. Creating films and television takes a village and all those a part of the village are necessary and respected. The professional trajectory we young filmmakers will create among the filmmaking community as a whole, beginning with student films and moving onto full feature films and full television seasons is one of note. My philosophy is simple: the company you surround yourself with is a reflection of yourself. Only having the most hardworking, positive, progressive team around you can we therefore find fulfillment in our dreams. My goal is to showcase my talents and the talents of my peers, for we are all a team striving for the same thing. We want to create content that anyone can enjoy.
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Assistant Director // Music Coordinator
Born in St. Louis, Coco Chanel Fernandez is a proud art school drop out turned filmmaker living in Chicago. She studied Musical Theater Performance at Columbia College in Chicago as well as American Theatre Arts and European Theatre Arts in London, England. Coco directed and co-produced her first short film, Dream Boat, last summer, as well as interning at a media production company where she continued to hone her filmmaking skills. Along with film, Coco is a passionate yoga instructor and photographer.
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Co-Producer // Events Manager
Eli has been involved in the art of storytelling since he could talk. As an adult he has looked for every way possible to continue telling the stories that need to be heard. Whether though singing, acting, directing, or production it didn't matter as long as the project was bringing light to that which was in the dark. Eli currently resides in Chicago and is a member of the A cappella group Listen Up!
Eli also serves as Coordinator of the Association for Jewish Theatre. He received a BFA in Theatre Arts from The Theatre School at DePaul University in 2011. Sine graduation he has helped produce four international theatre conferences as well as worked with several musicians and artist to showcase their work. Eli hopes that throughout his career he can continue to work on projects that illuminate the human experience while continuing to boogie through life.
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Kaitlyn Griggs is a Chicago native, but grew up in the small town of Southport, Connecticut before returning to Chicago to attend DePaul University. She received her BFA in Acting from DePaul University's Theatre School as well as a minor in Early Childhood Education. She currently pretends to be adult and lives with her husband (who also pretends to be an adult) in the West Loop with their awesome cat-dog named Stella.
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Calder Wood Veterans
Calder twisted limb beech, Charcoal on paper
My most recent charcoal works form the beginnings of what I think may be a much larger series. 'Veterans' encompasses trees which may not necessarily be very old for their species but have some of the characteristics of ancient trees, perhaps due to damage, past management or a challenging environment. Rot holes, water filled hollows, fungal growth, broken branches or damaged limbs all give these trees an aesthetic appeal I can't resist drawing, as well as creating a rich range of habitats which sustain multiple other lives.
Calder bundled beech, Charcoal on paper
For me, it's these veteran qualities which make these particular trees stand out: their visual richness demands attention. I've returned to these six trees numerous times over the last 3 years since my first visit to the wood. The tree drawn below had one large surviving limb when I first encountered it, which had broken by last autumn, seemingly under its own weight. It must have happened shortly before my visit as the leaves were still fairly fresh, and I couldn't help feeling like I was witnessing a death. It now stands like a slowly decaying monument to itself.
Calder collapsed beech, Charcoal on paper
Read more about how to recognise ancient and veteran trees at the Ancient Tree ForumTags:
Project Paint Part 2
Following on from Alan McGowan's workshop and my first attempts at oil painting (see Part 1), I've begun to make some experiments with the technique of oil glazing. This has meant doing my favourite kind of shopping – buying more art materials, and moving stuff around in my studio to set up for painting rather than charcoal drawing.
I've decided to use Windsor & Newton's Artisan oils which are water mixable but otherwise behave like any other oils, it makes cleaning up easier and less smelly. I've also collected various mediums to try out.
For the initial wipe out underpainting I prepared the canvas with a spare coating of one part PVA mixed with three parts water, having learned the hard way that more PVA does not equal a better surface. The canvas needs to have some resistance to the paint to enable you to wipe it off, but too much or uneven PVA application results in the paint not adhering to the surface at all.
I used an image I'd already created in charcoal, so I could concentrate on what the materials were doing without worrying about the composition. I mixed Prussian Blue with a little Burnt Umber to give a nice neutral tone, thinned with turps. Making the image by removing the paint came naturally as it's a very similar process to my charcoal drawing, though the paint does behave differently, giving more options for interesting mark making.
After allowing a day or two for the underpainting to dry, I've started to add glazes. This is a slow process as each has to dry before the next can be added, so there are a few paintings at various stages. There is no real plan here – I'm just trying out the colours I have in a variety of combinations and trying to find out what works and doesn't work. The many mistakes are very valuable and the happy accidents are wonderful, but it's too early to tell yet whether glazing is an approach which will earn a more permanent place in my studio.
This is an informative book which has kept me company on my painting journey, with a substantial section on glazes. This blog has detailed information about the principles and recipes and here is a demo of the method.
Oily doodles
When does a drawing become a painting? I think of these as drawings made in oil paint and oil pastel.
Above are Dalkeith oaks, below a beech tree near the Cromarty Firth. All are done in the studio from photographs and sketches.
The painting experiment continues...
European Wood Pastures
Reflections on 'European Wood Pasture', a UKEconet international conference at Sheffield Hallam University, 4th - 7th September 2018...
Fellow artist Anne Gilchrist and I attended the three day event in Sheffield and presented some of the work we have made in response to Dalkeith Oaks, including drawings, paintings and our book 'Dead Wood and New Leaves'. We both enjoyed the connections and conversations sparked by our stand, provoking new ideas to feed our creative processes.
As always at UKEconet events, the speakers were varied and informative, giving a wide range of perspectives on the subject. Details of the conference and presenters can be found here.
From Nicklas Jansson's presentation on a unique and threatened oakwood landscape in Turkey
As an artist I am of course interested in images of trees and woodlands, but I really value the opportunity to learn about the science, history and ecology of these landscapes too – I have a need to understand the cultural and ecological significance of the trees which are aesthestically interesting to me. What is striking is that the researchers I hear and speak to also connect with trees and woods aesthetically and emotionally as I do.
From the presentation by Jeremy Dagley, Head of Conservation at Epping Forest, picturing the late Oliver Rackham with an Epping pollard.
Since it was Anne's first time in Sheffield we spent one evening exploring Padley Gorge in the Peak District, where gnarly oaks grow through gritstone boulders in a steep valley. It's not a wood pasture but is a fantastic ancient woodland site with some stunning trees.
Dead Wood and New Leaves
Fellow artist Anne Gilchrist and I worked together for the first time during the Grown Together exhibition at St Margaret's House, though we have long shared a fascination with Dalkeith Old Oaks and have both made work there for many years.
The site sits within Dalkeith Country Park in Midlothian and is bounded by the North and South Esk rivers. The oakwood is grazed by cattle and managed as park woodland by Buccleuch Estates.
During the spring of 2018 we walked, talked and drew our way around the oaks, discovering shared favourites and introducing each other to their unique perspectives. At that time, the contrast between the copious dead and decaying wood and the vibrant green of the emerging new leaves was striking - two points on the complex cycle of woodland life.
We decided to collaborate on a collection of 'things' to present at the European Wood Pastures: Past, Present & Future conference, 5-7 September 2018 Sheffield, run by UKEconet which I worked with on 'Tree Stories'.
Along with original artworks we'll be presenting this new book, which brings together a selection of our art, photographs and writing made in response to the oakwood. Though we produce quite different work, we share a great deal in the way our art has developed as a kind of conversation with the trees. In the process of making this book and on our walks through the woodland, Anne has taught me to look down as well as gaze up, to notice the small and fleeting wonders of the habitat as well as the monumental aged oaks.
The book is available to preview and order here »
How do I make my drawings?
It's a question I'm often asked. I do workshops and demos for groups but thought a timelapse video of the process might be an interesting way to share a little of what I've learned too.
So, the blank white paper is taped to the board, the preparatory sketches made, materials collected and it's time to begin. First I make large gestures with a charcoally hand to quickly give the drawing structure and movement. Lively lines help to begin to define the big shapes. There's a magical feeling early on in a drawing when the forms begin to emerge from the dust. I can draw with energy and excitement. "This is going to be a good one!" my internal monologue says. Then, gradually the drawing morphs into the 'smudgey grey mess' stage when it seems like it's all going nowhere... time for a tea-break.
However, I've learned to persevere through this – I know it will happen and I know I just have to keep going, keep walking away, looking through squinted eyes, looking at it upside down, all the usual tricks to help spot what's not working. A few years ago I read on American artist Stapleton Kearns' blog that drawing was like herding sheep – you should always be paying attention to the ones straying or lagging behind, rather than the ones way out ahead. So pay attention to the bad bits of the drawing, try to fix the things that are not working and eventually they will all catch up with each other and hopefully resolve into something ok.
Dalkeith burred oak 7
The end result of all that herding turned out to be quite pleasing and I found that I really enjoyed knowing that I could review all the previous stages of the drawing on the time lapse. Being able to rewind time has proved a useful tool – I won't do it for all my drawings but I'll definitely do more little films.
Here's the video of several hours work condensed into 3 minutes...
Project Paint Part 1
Paint is an unfamiliar material to me, though I've tried periodically to make friends with it, we've never really been pals. For some reason this makes me want to keep trying though. I adore drawing and charcoal is by far my favourite medium, but paint can do things that dry media can't and oil paint in particular has an affinity with charcoal and shares its malleable qualities.
In the studio with Alan, making a painting using the 'wipe out' technique
So I decided to seek some expert tuition and booked a place on Alan McGowan's 'Drawing in oils' two day workshop in Edinburgh. He is a resident artist of my former studio building St Margaret's House and I love the strong draughtsmanship, energy and movement evident in his figurative oils. He is also an excellent and experienced tutor. The aim of the weekend was to show how oils can be used for drawing the figure and how to move from drawing to painting, so it seemed like the perfect course for me to begin with.
We worked solidly over the two days, producing a lot of drawings/paintings and gaining both knowledge of our materials and an insight into Alan's approach. He shared some of the works and artists that inspired him and showed us many different surfaces and ways of combining materials. For the final session I chose the wipe out method to spend more time exploring, since it seemed to me to be a painty parallel to my charcoal technique.
Once back in the studio I carried on playing, this time using tree images I'm familiar with. I came away from the course feeling like I had a whole new toolbox to play with, though very much aware of how much I have to learn – colour is still like a foreign language to me but at least now I have a few basics to begin with. It will be a long time before the will be any oil paintings of sufficient standard to exhibit as a great deal of rubbish needs be generated first, but I'm excited that 'Project Paint' has properly begun.
About Grown Together
Here's my thinking behind the exhibition...
This exhibition brings together 18 artists, makers, poets and designers whose work is intimately connected with trees and woodland.
Though their works span a wide variety of media they are all united by a strong affinity with woodland; as a place to observe and connect with nature, as a rich source of metaphor, as a place for reflection and healing, as a link to distant myths and inspiration for new writing, as a sustainable resource to work with. For some, trees are their singular subject or their raw materials, for others they represent a starting point for their imagination.
The diversity of creative responses here is indicative of the richness of our cultural relationships to trees. The Finnish concept of 'sisu' encompasses the kind of endurance which continues in the face of all obstacles, a quality which artists here have sensed in the trees they know. Without wishing to anthropomorphise the tree, which is an utterly different kind of living thing to ourselves, it is hard not to draw parallels with our own struggles and scars.
The way humans relate to trees while they are alive may be sensitive and respectful, or destructive and indifferent and there are examples of both in this exhibition. However, when a tree becomes wood our relationship with it changes: we no longer have to consider it as a living thing, and artists can begin to explore it as a material which tells the story of its own making.
Timed to coincide with the launch of the new national Tree Charter, 'Grown together' seeks to highlight the relationship between artists and trees and remind us of the reasons we should value and protect them. By considering trees in new ways, we can learn much about ourselves.
'To enter a wood is to pass into a different world in which we ourselves are transformed. It is where you travel to find yourself, often, paradoxically, by getting lost.' Roger Deakin, Wildwood 2007
The exhibition has been curated by Tansy Lee Moir and includes St Margaret's House residents and invited artists.
Read Giles Sutherland's review in The Times here>
Read Rachel Mackie's review in Edinburgh Napier news here>
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Introducing Grown Together artists
I am curating Grown together for St Margaret's House this autumn and it's been such a pleasure to work with artists from different disciplines who share my passion for trees. Here's a flavour of their work, and the exhbition details can be found here>
Anne Gilchrist
Anne Gilchrist has a deep connection to trees:
"My work has evolved within the woodlands of Midlothian, Perthshire and Argyll. Out of a lifetime's love and fascination for the natural world and through long term acquaintance and observations, my work has gradually become more about the woodland, and – I hope – less about myself, or the human world."
Anne will be showing paintings, sculpture and installation
Charlotte Eva Bryan
Charlotte Eva Bryan is a Glasgow based Artist and Art Therapist with a background in Painting and Printmaking.
She will be showing a drawing of the famous Pollok Beech.
"I have returned to observational drawing in an attempt to preserve the memory of a much-loved local tree which was recently attacked by vandals and set on fire. By drawing the remains of the tree, I intend to reflect on resilience and healing, while processing the attack and working with others in order to help keep the Pollok Beech's legacy alive. "
Chris Dooks
Chris Dooks is an Edinburgh based multimedia artist with a large portfolio of publicly engaged work, in what could be described as a 'medical humanities art practice'.
"Although I have a fairly eclectic style I am niche in one aspect of everything I do - it is usually a response to creative problem solving of restrained opportunities."
Chris will be showing his film 'Gardening as astronomy' from Tiny Geographies.
Alan Kay
Originally from Fife, Alan Kay is a painter based in St. Margaret's House.
"Trees seem to pepper landscapes but are often seen as secondary. Recently, I have started to paint trees and I have tried to capture the idea of trees in the foreground obscuring the wide expanse of background. It is about looking through things to get beyond - a bit like living in the future and not recognising and dealing with what is immediately in front of us."
Alan will be showing some of his recent paintings.
Teresa Hunyadi
Teresa Hunyadi is an Austrian sculptor living and working in Edinburgh, with a studio at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.
"Trees mean lots of different things to me. Mainly they mean growth and adaption. Regarding my work they are a very substantial resource as well as a "friend". Every interest in timber starts for me with the tree and its environment."
Teresa will be showing a series of her recent sculptures in wood.
Adele Gregory
Originally from San Jose, California Adele now lives in Edinburgh and has a studio at St Margaret's House.
"As a child I was lucky to have grown up with two large backyard trees and a small creek with woodland nearby. Trees were my upstairs playrooms. The twists and turns of their branches were like the stairs in a cosy two-story home. A few years on I would be camping with friends and gaze up at the ring of trees above our heads. No matter what spot you chose, you'd see this circle of guardians and somehow knew to be on good behaviour."
Adele will be showing some of her pencil drawings of wooded areas around Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Kenris MacLeod
Kenris MacLeod is an Edinburgh based textile artist. She uses freemotion machine embroidery to describe the textures and complexity of the natural world – specifically trees and woodland.
"Using the sewing machine needle as a pencil or brush, I sew complex designs that combine repetitive forms and abstract shapes with elemental natural imagery. My work seeks to connect us to our ancient roots, tapping into a memory that is almost, but not quite, lost. Sometimes I think I should widen my remit and leave trees behind for a bit but it feels impossible when they are such a constant source of amazement and fascination to me."
Steve Smart
Steve grew up in Edinburgh, but for a long time lived in rural areas, now living just outside Dundee. Amongst other things on his fifty-seven year trip he has been a photographer, a designer, a technologist, an animator, a hill walker, but always a person who makes.
"Trees can be very big, some of them are very old. Their character and way of life is complex, in many ways hidden, and very different from our own. They can make us pause, and they can make us gasp. I've had a fascination with the forms and shapes of trees, and a joy in walking in woods for longer than I can say."
Steve will be showing his new multimedia work 'Drawing Breath'.
Rona MacLean
Painter and printmaker Rona MacLean grew up on Loch Lomond side and is now based in Edinburgh, with a studio at St Margaret's House.
"Having grown up in the countryside trees have always been part of my childhood memories. Now they provide me with an enduring focus for my work. Their majestic silhouettes and structure, particularly in winter, are very compelling and a gift to a printmaker. A tree without its summer plumage never fails to intrigue me."
Rona's screenprints will be on show in the exhibition.
Katherine Sola
Katherine Sola grew up surrounded by ancient forests in Eastern Europe. She now works in ceramics, painting and drawing from her St Margaret's House studio.
"Woodland fed us, and woodland gave us shelter. We have very strong respect for each tree and we see them as a living individual, not just a tree. In Slavic folk Culture we celebrate woodlands, forests and each individual tree. It is our way of life."
Katherine will be showing new ceramic works.
Aliisa Hyslop
Aliisa Hyslop is a Finnish/Scottish artist, living and working in Edinburgh and the Scottish borders, making paintings and sculptures.
"In the woods, through the woods, out of the woods - the symbolic nature of trees in our lives is a theme I have instinctively been following. My mother was Finnish and perhaps because of that, I feel a natural affinity with trees and forests."
Aliisa will be showing paintings, drawings and sculpture.
Isabell Buenz
Isabell Buenz taught photography and expressive arts in Germany and Scotland, then established herself as an artist focusing on using paper and discarded books. She has a studio in St. Margaret's House.
"I have always been connected to trees and woods in the shape of paper, the material of choice since I was a young child. I grew up in a family where big pieces of paper were always available. My father worked for the local newspaper supplying me with seemingly endless amounts of paper. I started building with newsprint, creating useful items, such as bags, bowls and picture frames. As an adult I learnt to make my own paper, using fungi growing on tree trunks and other natural materials collected during forest walks."
Isabell will be showing a series of new works in paper.
Aileen Grant
Aileen Grant draws, paints and makes prints at her home in Lochcarron, Wester Ross and at her St Margaret's House studio.
"I like to celebrate trees as they are so important to us as absorbers of carbon in the efforts to combat climate change. Up here in Wester Ross the climate is a bit harsher for trees and there are not so many around. This rarity is another reason to cherish trees."
Aileen will be showing some of her photopolymer gravure prints.
David Mola
Originally from Spain, glass artist David Mola works in stained and bespoke kiln glass from his St Margaret's House studio.
"Trees and woodland are places of inspiration for me. There is something magical about trees, and in the way they grow, slowly, long lived... they are the best example of continuous movement, almost invisible but also unstoppable."
David will be showing his sculptural works from the Kelburn Never-ending Glen.
Wildchild Designs (Robin Wood)
Robin Wood is the founder Wildchild Designs, dedicated to creating exciting outdoor play structures, seating, sculpture and adventure trails.
"I've always been outdoors with my first happy memories in Suffolk where we lived by a huge woodland and the river Orwell: even then at the tender age of 7 I was allowed to play all day well away from our home and explore. I'm passionate about getting people out into the real world of nature, and my business encourages children of all ages to explore and re-discover the joys and freedom of outdoor play."
Robin will be showing a series of illustrations for his Glingbobs and Tootflits sculpture trails.
Lynn Ahrens
Lynn Ahrens is a painter based at St Margaret's House.
"For me, woodland and forest landscape played an important role in developing an approach to imagery based on memory and imagination. The experiences which were particularly stimulating occurred during lengthy periods of working in fields close to or bordered by woods and forests and of course the surrounding landscape, sounds and sights of the creatures inhabiting them."
Lynn will be showing some of his oil and gouache paintings.
Full Grown (Gavin Munro)
Full Grown founder Gavin Munro, lives and works in Derbyshire, where he and the team tend the furniture field.
"Central to the original idea, and therefore to the ethos of the company, is a recognition that, somewhere along the line, the human race's relationship with nature broke down, and the efforts of Full Grown are an opportunity to redefine this relationship in a mutually beneficial collaboration with nature."
The exhibition will feature some of Full Grown's furniture and design illustrations.
Tansy Lee Moir
Tansy Lee Moir has been drawing trees for almost 10 years and is curating 'Grown Together' for St Margaret's House. Originally from Derbyshire, she is now based just outside Edinburgh.
"My dialogues with trees always begin with walking, investigating areas of ancient woodland and historic land use, poring over old maps and new satellite imagery. My trips to these landscapes are partly aimless wanderings, partly focused foraging and I'm always on the lookout for the special trees which have a story to tell, in their contorted forms, broken branches or undecipherable graffiti."
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The Latest in High Tech Conveyor Systems
Back in the middle of the 20th Century conveyor belts or conveyor systems where rather basic compared to the high-tech systems used today. At that time they would be likely to be a basic belt system which moved objects from A-B.
Back in the present day, conveyor systems are now critical components in complicated material handling applications including both assembly of products and packaging. Conveyor systems can also be used for moving, inspecting and processing products in highly specific processes.
Here are some of the newer conveyor system applications that are currently supporting businesses here in the UK:
Backlit Conveyors
Backlit conveyors are used to visually inspect products as they move along a packaging or assembly line. The items on the belt are illuminated by light fixtures fitted along certain sections of the frame.
Metal Free Conveyors
These are often used where metal detection systems are required, which are quite common in the food industry. Part of the frame of the conveyor system is removed and replaced with plastic parts which cannot be detected by the metal detector mounted over the conveyor.
Pacing Conveyors
Sometimes products need to be gathered together or "herded" on a conveyor line or alternatively spaced out. Pacing conveyors can carry out these processes by using more than one conveyor belt on the same production or assembly line. Lines can then be merged when required.
Miniature Conveyors
These small conveyors are often used in the medical or pharmaceutical industry where many small or fragile parts need to be moved around. Some of these conveyors are only a few inches wide
Sanitary Conveyors
These are conveyors with minimal fastenings and and rounded frames and they are also designed to withstand repeated high pressure cleaning daily and can be easily disassembled for ease of cleaning. The food industry continually updates regulations and standards for conveyor systems to ensure contamination of food products is at a minimum.
Vacuum Conveyors
These normally have conveyor belts which are perforated which allow a vacuum to continually pull air through the holes and keep the products "sucked" to the belt. This helps keep small and lightweight products in place.
For a chat about your conveyor system requirements contact our team at Mobility Engineering for a free consultation or advice.
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Verreum is the first brand to put Prague on the world design map and is showing the first time in its own booth at Maison&Objet in Paris from 23rd thru 27th January 2015, Hall 7, Stand # H129 and also together with Czech Selection booth at Hall 8, A105-B106.
The new collection consists of side tables and table ware / table accessories designed by Luca Nichetto, Sacha Walckhoff and Sebastian Herkner.
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After surgery for colon cancer, you are still at risk, both for cancer recurrence and for development of another new colon cancer. Because of this it's important for colon cancer survivors to be followed closely and monitored carefully. But new research has found that many such survivors aren't getting the proper follow-up care. And it looks as though the fault lies more with the doctors than it does with the patients. If you or someone you love is a colon cancer survivor, it's important to know the guidelines for follow-up in order to ensure you're getting the right tests.
In the study, published online in the journal Cancer on September 8, 2008 - only 40 percent of colon cancer survivors who were followed for three years had all the right doctor visits and tests. But since 92 percent of patients had all the proper office visits, the fact that only 74 percent had all the right colonoscopies and, more importantly, that only 47 percent had all the recommended blood tests suggests that it was their doctors who were not fully following the guidelines (an alternative explanation is that the doctors recommended the other tests but the patients failed to have them done). The study's lead author, Dr. Gregory Cooper, of the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying "I would probably put most of the blame on the providers."
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IDB Launches USD 3.0 Billion 1.75% 5-year Fixed Rate Global
January 14, 2020
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IDB" or "IADB"), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), today priced a new USD 3.0 billion 5-year global bond. The transaction pays a semi-annual coupon of 1.750% and matures on 14 March 2025. It priced with a spread of 8.3 basis points over the 1.750% UST due 31 December 2024, which represents a yield of 1.762% s.a.
IDB announces Green Bond Transparency Platform at COP25
December 11, 2019
MADRID, Spain ‒ The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the creation of the Green Bond Transparency Platform (GBTP), an innovative digital tool that brings greater transparency to the Latin American and Caribbean's green bond market. The announcement was made at an event hosted by the IDB during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25), under the presidency of Chile, in Madrid, Spain.
IDB launches inaugural Colombian Domestic Bond
December 04, 2019
Proceeds from COP 100,000 million transaction will finance IDB projects in Colombia. Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), priced a new COP100,000 million 5-year fixed rate Colombian domestic bond. The COP100,000 million issue (equivalent to approximately US$29 million) priced on November 25 and was structured by Credicorp Capital Colombia. The issue was priced at 100 percent (plus on day of accrued interest).
Damages and other impacts on Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian estimated at $3.4 billion: report
November 15, 2019
GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas – A new report estimates the total cost of the impacts and effects of Hurricane Dorian on The Bahamas at $3.4 billion, with hundreds dead or missing and impacts on the economy that will last for years.
Colombia leads the 2019 Global Financial Inclusion Microscope for the 2nd consecutive year
October 31, 2019
Dominican Republic – Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico lead the ranking of the Global Microscope on the environment for financial inclusion, an index that focuses on regulation, political strategies, and infrastructure to address this issue. In these four countries, financial inclusion is a priority and incorporates digital approaches. While Colombia and Mexico lead public policy and consumer protection categories, Uruguay and Peru stand out in stability and financial integrity.
IDB issues new Climate Action Sustainable Development Bond with Okasan Securities
November 01, 2019
Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Development Bank ("IDB" or "IADB"), rated Aaa/AAA, issued two new MXN deals, 3.5y and 7y respectively under the sustainable development goal (SDG) 13, which promotes climate action. Okasan securities is the distributor of the bond with J.P. Morgan being the sole arranger.
IDB launches inaugural GBP Sustainable Development Bond ("SDB")
October 10, 2019
Proceeds from GBP275 million transaction will finance IDB projects aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), priced a new GBP275 million 7-year fixed rate l Sustainable Development Bond ("SDB").
IDB launches inaugural Sustainable Development Bond ("SDB")
September 30, 2019
Proceeds from CAD600 million transaction will finance IDB projects aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), priced a new CAD600 million 5-year fixed rate l Sustainable Development Bond ("SDB").
Public and private-sector leaders highlight IDB's role in transforming the region
September 27, 2019
The IDB invited leaders from across the region to celebrate its 60th anniversary Washington, D.C. -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today concluded its official 60th anniversary celebration with a "Voices for Development" seminar, where leaders discussed the importance of women's empowerment, sustainable infrastructure and the challenges that the digital revolution represents for institutions.
IDB Group launches Open Innovation Challenge to reduce plastic use
September 26, 2019
Washington, D.C. — The Inter-American Development Bank Group together with MIT Solve launch an Open Innovation Challenge that seeks to find the most innovative solutions that substantially reduce or eliminate single-use plastic and plastic waste in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Rethink Plastics Challenge offers the selected solutions prizes totaling 60,000 USD.


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Obama: US on Target to Reduce Emissions by 17%
Well there's an interesting statement. In Rolling Stone's recently published and widely circulated interview with Barack Obama, the president explains his thoughts on climate change and current US energy policy. Discussions of his frustration with the failure to pass national climate policy, how a new strategy to implement clean tech is needed, and so forth seem more than reasonable--and then he says this:
The progress that we're making on renewable energy, the progress that we're making on retrofitting buildings and making sure that we are reducing electricity use -- all those things, cumulatively, if we stay on it over the next several years, will allow us to meet the target that I set, which would be around a 17 percent reduction in our greenhouse gases.Can that be right?Remember, the climate bill passed in the House of Reps was designed to make that exact level of emissions reduction -- and it put a price on carbon. The Senate was unable to pass a similar bill, so it was left for dead. Nonetheless, Obama made a public pledge that the US would reduce its emissions by 17% at the Copenhagen climate talks. But without a price on carbon, without a renewable energy standard to stimulate clean energy development, and without far-reaching energy efficiency measures, is it possible to achieve such reductions? Are we truly on track to meet the figure the president cited? It certainly doesn't seem so to me.
Sure, there's the increased fuel efficiency standards he set, an aggressive executive order designed to reduce emissions in the federal government 28% by 2020, some good programs for retrofitting buildings, and major investments in renewable energy R&D;, electric car batteries, and so forth. All of which is clearly a colossal improvement over his predecessor in the realm.
But is that enough to bring the nation's GHG emissions down 17% in about 9 years? I'm skeptical -- to say the least. Obama offers a hint as to how he plans on meeting the target legislatively elsewhere in the interview:
One of my top priorities next year is to have an energy policy that begins to address all facets of our overreliance on fossil fuels. We may end up having to do it in chunks, as opposed to some sort of comprehensive omnibus legislation. But we're going to stay on this because it is good for our economy, it's good for our national security, and, ultimately, it's good for our environment.So perhaps he's factoring in whatever achievements he believes he can get through a more Republican-dominated Congress in "chunks". Maybe that means something like a national renewable energy standard, that would require utilities to purchase a certain amount of clean energy. But as it is, on our current emissions path -- especially assuming the nation emerges from the recession and becomes more comfortable consuming and using energy again -- seems far, far away from 17% below 2005 levels.
More on Obama and Climate Policy
Was Obama's Choice to Pass on Climate a "Blunder of Historic Proportions?"
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Colorado men's cross country returns every starter from 2013 championship team
BOULDER — Look up the term "prohibitive favorite" and you may find a photo of this year's Colorado men's cross country team.
CU returns all seven runners that competed for the Buffs in winning the 2013 NCAA Championship. Also 2012 All-American senior Jake Hurysz returns to the squad after redshirting last year.
The 2014 NCAA Championship returns to Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 22. The top five placers count toward the team total.
"We're hoping to have the same team or better this year," said junior Connor Winter, a former standout at Arapahoe High School. "But you know you're going to have a target on your back."
Seniors Morgan Pearson and Blake Theroux, junior Pierce Murphy and sophomore Ben Saarel earned 2013 All-American honors.
The 2013 NCAA Championship was the fourth for a CU men's team. On paper, the Buffs will be, yes, the prohibitive favorite to successfully defend their title. Colorado's men's team has won each of the three Pac-12 Championships since the school joined that conference.
"Yeah, we're the defending champion," longtime CU coach Mark Wetmore said. "But the landscape could be very different. This is a sport where freshmen can come in and make a team a (championship) contender."
The CU women's cross country team hopes to improve on its seventh-place finish in the 2013 NCAA Championship. The Buffs returned a talented core group of runners, led by junior Carrie Verdon and sophomores Erin Clark and Melanie Nun. But CU must replace four-time All-American Shalaya Kipp.
"We can be very good," Wetmore said of the CU women's team. "We can be better than (seventh)."
The 2014 schedules for the CU men's and women's cross country programs begin Aug. 30 at home with a time trial that will include alumni runners. The regular season starts Sept. 5 at the Colorado State Invitational in Fort Collins.
The University of California hosts the Pac-12 Championships this year: Oct. 31 in nearby Oakland.


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D: Chicken and rice I just use a chicken box of rice.
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The Pastry Box Project: Andy Griffith
The Andy Griffith Show ran from 1960-1968. Quite a bit "before my time," but plentiful reruns allowed me to become a big fan.
I don't like the show for its humor. It has some, but it's pretty hokey and outdated. I don't like the show for its stories. It's just a sitcom with contrived little occurrences that always resolve themselves like any other sitcom. I like the show because it's a masterclass in How To Be A Man.
Andy always treats people with respect, whether they deserve it or not. Even the town drunk, Otis, isn't reviled and is given a chance when he needs one. And not just respect, but concern and fairness.
Andy almost never carries a gun. He doesn't need one to control situations. He could defuse problems with a firm voice and presence.
Andy rarely loses his temper. And when he does he always apologizes for it.
Andy was smart. He often got to the bottom of things before anyone else.
Andy knew how to have fun and relax. He was the sheriff and a serious man, but he went camping, fishing, out on dates, and often played the guitar.
Yep, he's a fictional character. Shouldn't we have real people as role models? Sure, and I do. But just as a schoolyard kid might think of Batman to summon courage to stand up to a bully on the playground, I too sometimes think of ol' Andy Taylor when I'm trying to figure out how to react to something. At the risk of beating an overused phrase into the ground even more, I often think to myself: What Would Andy Taylor Do? I think if I did it even more I'd be a better person.
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Now that we're slowly coming into the Winter season, it's time to start thinking of what we'll wear during the ultimate party season.
I feel like, during Winter and Christmas, anything goes from super sparkle to a daring hemline and it's a great time to have fun with our looks.
I personally love piling on the sparkle and glam for a Winter party and love any excuse to dress up.
During my usual online shopping jaunt, I spotted some of the new prom dresses from the promtimes.co.uk and thought they were so pretty.
PromTimes.co.uk is a website that aim to give you the most up to date fashion at a bargain price.
They are one of the world's leading online retailers and offer a wide array of fashionable brands.
I love the sheer variety when it comes to their special occasion dresses, whether you want to be the belle of the ball in a floor length sweeper or want to dance the night away in a shorter number, they have something for you.
One of my favourite dresses has to be the navy blue floor sweeper, it just screams class and elegance and I feel like it would look amazing with a tan.
Another favourite of mine would have to be the short and sassy red dress, the bright colour is perfect for the festive season and the length is perfect for dancing and having fun at a party.
Feast your eyes girls!
I also love how they cater to every body type with the large range of dress shapes so that every girl can feel comfortable.
If you feel uncomfortable with your legs, simply opt for a full length beauty and if you have an hourglass figure then choose an a line offering to show off that waist.
All in all, I really like the PromTimes.co.uk website and the pieces they offer, they're current yet timeless and really make the wearer feel beautiful.
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How to avoid Internet liability lawsuits
Enterprises face numerous potential liabilities online. Avoiding lawsuits requires a sound cyber risk management plan.
Businesses are facing new risks and increasing liabilities related to their Internet presence and use of the Internet. A decade ago the focus was on Internet privacy issues, but the spotlight has shifted to Internet liabilities and high-profile lawsuits are commonplace. Take Cecilia I. Barnes vs. Yahoo! Inc. In that case, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, finding that the ISP failed to remove offensive material provided by a third party. Delta Airlines, eBay, iVillage and Ticketmaster are other prominent defendants in cyber lawsuits. Many lesser known organizations also have faced cyber lawsuits, or are vulnerable to one.
Understanding the risks associated with the Internet is no longer a necessity solely for ISPs, big business or e-commerce sites. All organizations must become knowledgeable about their cyber exposures and take steps to implement a sound cyber risk management plan. This is especially true now as many Internet liability lawsuits seek class-action status, raising the stakes even higher.
There are several categories of law governing Internet-related activities:
- Intellectual property (IP) law prohibiting copyright and trademark infringement such as the U.S. Copyright Act;
- Privacy legislation regulating the use and protection of personal information including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (107) and Privacy Act of 1974, HIPAA, and the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act;
- Communications decency law regulating user-generated content and requiring ISPs and bloggers to make sure their content does not violate federal laws;
- Spam legislation requiring that unsolicited commercial e-mails be identified accordingly and recipients given the option to opt-out.
Each federal law and related state legislation demands a new level of responsibility regarding websites, email marketing, blogs and general use of the Internet. For example, a company that posts a link to a particular copyrighted material on its site without the expressed permission of the copyright holder would be in violation of copyright law. Financial institutions or retailers that lose personal financial data would violate the Privacy Act. An ISP or website operator that allowed a third-party to post offensive material to a website they hosted or owned would violate the Communications Decency Act, as was the finding in Cecilia I. Barnes vs. Yahoo! Inc..
Cyber liabilities pose first-party and third-party risks. Examples of first-party risks include failing to install the latest security patches, which then exposes IT systems to a virus resulting in business interruption and extra expenses; regulatory claims for failure to notify in compliance with applicable law; and expenses related to privacy notifications, public relations, and cyber extortion. Third-party risks include an Internet advertising company tracking the behavior of a consumer on a retailer's website using "cookies," which many privacy advocates believe constitutes both deceptive practices and an invasion of privacy; a vendor posting an ad to an organization's website that contains slanderous content against one of its competitors; and privacy liability claims brought by others, caused by a hacker breaching your own system or using your system to access and breach a third party's network.
To control Internet exposures, businesses should take a three-pronged approach: educate, mitigate and insure. They should develop an Internet liability and risk management policy handbook that lists the potential risks and steps to prevent and/or reduce those risks. Minimum risk controls include enforcing an information security policy that must be followed by all employees, contractors or others with access to the network; ongoing monitoring of system security; automatic virus and threat notifications; a tested disaster recovery plan; and storing backup files in a protected location.
Many insurance carriers offer Internet-specific liability policies, which vary greatly from carrier to carrier and are meant to be in addition to a company's commercial general liability and other policies. To provide the best coverage, many carriers will assess an organization's various cyber liabilities by reviewing its Internet marketing and/or e-commerce practices, its overall IT system security and the scope of its Internet reach. The policy will then be designed to cover both first and third-party risks.
When purchasing Internet liability coverage, it's important to inquire about the definitions and exclusions in the policy. Read a sample policy prior to purchasing the insurance. Require your vendors to sign a contract including a hold harmless or indemnification agreement in your favor, require evidence of their professional liability insurance including contractual liability coverage in the form of a certificate of insurance, and follow up to make sure their insurance is maintained.
Taking these steps can help keep your company out of the courtroom or protect them in the event of a lawsuit.
Jeanne Debus is vice president at Cook, Hall & Hyde, Inc. , a regional provider of commercial and personal insurance, employee benefits and risk management services. Send comments on this column to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Cancer of the womb (uterus)
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer of the womb, we can provide the information you need, from understanding the cancer itself, to choosing the right treatment, to finding support.
Cancer of the womb is also known as cancer of the uterus or uterine cancer.
What you should know about cancer of the womb
- Cancer of the womb (uterus) is when normal cells lining the womb change and form a cancer. It can affect how the womb works normally.
- The cause of womb cancer is unknown. Your chance of developing it increases if you are have had the menopause, are overweight, taking HRT for a long time, have a family history of faulty genes, have polycystic ovaries or have never been pregnant and had children.
- The main symptoms of womb cancer are bleeding after the menopause, bleeding between periods, heavier periods, and an abnormal vaginal discharge.
- Womb cancer is diagnosed by tests such as a transvaginal ultrasound, hysteroscopy, biopsy, and dilatation and curettage (D&C).
- The main treatment for womb cancer is surgery.
- Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy can also be used
What is the womb?
The womb is part of the female reproductive system together with the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, the cervix and the vagina. The womb is also called the uterus. It is a muscular, pear-shaped organ found in your lower abdomen, between your bladder and back passage (rectum).
The lining of your womb is called the endometrium. Every month this lining thickens and grows and then falls away from the womb as a monthly period. There are also layers of muscle in the womb. The lower part of the womb is called the cervix or sometimes 'the neck of the womb'. During pregnancy, your womb protects the growing baby.
What is cancer of the womb?
When cancer develops in the womb, the cells change and grow in an abnormal way. A group of these cancer cells can form a tumour. Womb cancer is often called cancer of the uterus or uterine cancer. There are different types of womb cancer but the most common type is endometrial cancer. This affects the lining of the womb or endometrium. When cancer cells occur in the muscle layers of the womb, it is called sarcoma of the womb. The most common type is leiomyosarcoma.
Other types include:
- papillary serous carcinoma
- endometrioid adenocarcinoma
- clear cell carcinoma
There are also some benign conditions of the womb such as endometriosis and fibroids.
How common is womb cancer?
In 2017 it was estimated that 486 women in Ireland are diagnosed with womb cancer each year. It most commonly occurs in women after the menopause.
Cancer publications
For booklets and factsheets, including information about cancer types, treatments, side-effects, emotional effects, financial information and more. Visit our publications section.
Useful resources
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Brussels, Belgium, a review
Brussels wasn't the first city in its own country - Brughes, Ghent and Ypres were hopping by the 14th century - but at one million strong, it is the modern jewel of Belgium.
Still, it is often called a stop-over. It's a major hub of transit lines destined north through Amsterdam and south through Paris. We were told that it is boring and without sights to be had. A handful of young, haggard Australian 20-something travelers had Brussels as a resting stop - a few nights of drinking beer and resting for more worthwhile adventure.
It is the most European city to which I have been, I'd say. Let your camera fall to the cobblestone of some unnamed Brussels thoroughfare and let it echo over four hundred years of history. Watch dour, stone-faced row homes - some five stories tall - crowd the winding paths you expect. Walk into big, beautiful cathedrals without the pretensions of tourist flow of others in the continent.
We got a comment recently from a new travel buddy - Ian from New Zealand, a hitchhiker whom we met in Brussels.
"Actually I found Brusselians really friendly and I found it seemed like everyone spoke English, Dutch and French…last night I had to draw a diagram to some guys taking me from the Belgian border to Germany, because I was having trouble telling them I didn't care where in Germany they took me, as long as they dropped me off at the train station, as I was going to catch a train across Germany…they got it in the end, but they laughed at my picture of a train. It was pretty bad, in all honesty."
Point is, folks in Brussels did seem friendlier than most Euro stereotypes, particularly of French speakers.
Brussels also has a great spot for young tourist info. Live it, love it. Don't just pass through.


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The closest word capturing how I feel right now.
Our third cat in as many months began his transition process yesterday.
Writing is difficult.
Doing much of anything is difficult.
Other than wait and be present for whatever he needs –
stroke his chin, hold his paw, bring water to drink, find new dark sleeping spots, prevent a fall down the stairs.
But I've crossed the line into hovering.
He wants to be alone now.
I want to be near him.
This is his moment, not mine.
So I come to write about Naked ~ with a finely tuned mother's ear in place.
Even apart we are connected, and always will be.
Death is not a time to hide or run away.
A lesson learned long ago carried forward to this day.
I can be here, not a hero.
Soldiering on, juggling everything – everything will wait.
He won't.
Being with another through this process is an honour.
An opportunity for all else to fall away, leaving souls bared as one.
If only remembered all the time, what a different world we would see.
Our way forward is together.
Of that I have no doubt.
We can bring the naked Truth of birth and death into being with one another in each moment,
or continue to flounder believing we are separate.
See the beauty in these raw moments.
Our coming together in openness is not vulnerability, but the force of Life expressed full out.
Living Bliss is a jump-in-with-both-feet look at where Life bumps into the everyday – whether at work, play or times in between. Bliss knows no separation in the end. From a deeper dive into the ordinary pops forward the extraordinary life we search for – and has been there waiting for us to be.
Blissed by cats, potatoes and clouds, Lorraine is a "left-brained creative big picture idea" type who never stops questioning or connecting the dots to make real what isn't yet seen. She uses her knack for combining intuitive abilities and logic to help re-ignite what Lights you up inside and make real "there's something more". Lorraine's deepest wish is for you to be full of yourself in everything you do – a life truly lived in bliss.


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Quaker buttons, Poison nut (Semen nucis vomicae) .
Nux vomica consists of the dried, ripe seeds of Strychnos Nux-vomica, Linn. (N. O. Loganiaceae) , a small tree widely distributed over India and the Malay Archipelago. It produces a fruit resembling a large orange, which contains several seeds embedded in a whitish, bitter pulp. The seeds are removed when ripe, cleansed, dried, and sorted. They are exported chiefly from Cochin, Madras, and other Indian ports. The seeds are also official in the U. S. P. They have the shape of flattened discs, from 2 to 2. 5 centimetres in diameter and about 6 millimetres thick. They are densely covered with closely appressed satiny hairs, radiating from the centre of the flattened sides, which give to the seeds a characteristic sheen. The seeds are very hard, and consist of a copious, dark grey, horny endosperm, in which the small embryo is embedded. They have no odour, but a very bitter taste. A section cut parallel to the radiating hairs, exhibits the characteristic hairs and the cells of the endosperm with very thick walls; the former, which are strongly thickened and pitted at the base, are long and tubular, and bent near the base so as to lie close to the surface of the seed; the upper part of the hair bears longitudinal bar-like thickenings, which are lignified. The powdered drug is characterised by numerous fragments of the nearly transparent thick-walled cells of the endosperm, and fragments of the hairs; the latter are much disintegrated by the pulverisation, the bar-like thickenings being mostly quite separated from one another.


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Reuters – Fitch Ratings says in a new report that the average sovereign ratings of energy exporters and importers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have further diverged in 2014, following the upgrade of Saudi Arabia (to AA).
Credit fundamentals across the energy exporters are expected to remain strong, driven by triple digit oil prices. Fitch forecasts that Brent crude will average $105/b in 2014 and $100/b in 2015. As a result, all energy exporters are expected to record external surpluses and all except Bahrain ('BBB') are forecast to post fiscal surpluses in both years. Non-oil economic growth is forecast to pick up across the region, with the gains most pronounced in Qatar and UAE.
Fitch assumes that economic performance should improve in most energy importers in 2014 due to greater external financial support, a recovering euro zone and, in some cases, improved political stability. Nonetheless, the energy importers face significant challenges, from raising growth to levels that will lower unemployment through to implementing fiscal consolidation in a volatile political environment. These pressures are reflected in the Negative Outlooks for both Lebanon (B) and Tunisia (BB-) and in Egypt's rating being the lowest in the region at 'B-'/Stable.
Israel (A) is the only sovereign in the region with a positive outlook. Fiscal consolidation during 2013 kept the debt/GDP ratio on a downward trend and further measures are set to narrow the budget deficit in 2014. Despite the fiscal consolidation, and exchange rate strength toughening the environment for exporters, economic growth is forecast to remain over 3%.
The ratings of MENA energy importers range from 'BBB-' (Morocco) to 'B-' (Egypt). Energy exporters' ratings range from 'BBB' in Bahrain to 'AA' in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.


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The crime gripped the public's imagination, for both its magnitude and its moxie: In the predawn hours of Dec. 11, 1978, a group of masked gunmen seized about $6 million in cash and jewels from a cargo building at Kennedy International Airport.
The Lufthansa heist, as it was known, was billed as the biggest cash robbery in United States history, and it played a starring role in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas." It remained unsolved for four decades, perhaps because many of those who might have known something turned up dead.
But more than 35 years later, federal authorities on Thursday charged a 78-year-old man, Vincent Asaro, with playing a role in the robbery, saying they had four cooperating witnesses from organized crime families who linked Mr. Asaro, a reputed capo in the Bonanno crime family, to the robbery.
It is an unexpected turn in a famously unsolved case that had long been attributed to the Lucchese crime family. The indictment makes clear that the authorities now are convinced that the Bonanno family was also involved.
The man thought to be the mastermind, a Lucchese associate named James (Jimmy the Gent) Burke, died in 1996 in prison, where he was serving a life sentence in a different case.
Indictment Against Members of the Bonanno Family
Read the full indictment against several members of the Bonanno crime family.
The only person ever convicted in the robbery was a Lufthansa cargo agent, described as the "inside man" in the plot.
The indictment, alleging a racketeering conspiracy from 1968 to 2013, represents the first time an organized crime figure has been charged in the $6 million robbery — the equivalent, adjusted for inflation, of $21.4 million today. But Mr. Asaro, a resident of Howard Beach, Queens, does not appear to have grown rich from the crime; as late as 2011, he was recorded complaining about his take, according to prosecutors.
"We never got our right money, what we were supposed to get," Mr. Asaro said to another mob figure, who is cooperating with the government.
"Jimmy kept everything," he added, apparently a reference to Mr. Burke, according to legal filings by prosecutors.
The indictment charges Mr. Asaro; Jerome Asaro, 55, his son; Jack Bonventre; Thomas DiFiore; and John Ragano with a conspiracy that plays like a Mafia highlights reel: robbery, extortion, murder and more.
Mr. Asaro, for example, was accused in the far-ranging indictment of muscling his way into the pornography business, and of robbing Federal Express of $1.25 million worth of gold salts, which are sometimes used in medicinal treatments. The indictment also accuses him of seeking to have his cousin murdered after the cousin testified in court about an insurance swindle.
"Those suspected of cooperating with law enforcement paid with their lives," said the United States attorney in Brooklyn, Loretta E. Lynch, whose office is prosecuting the case.
Some of the crimes alleged in the indictment predated even the airport heist, including a homicide committed in 1969.
The federal investigation became public in June, when agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation descended on a home owned by Mr. Burke's daughter in the South Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens and began digging in the basement, soon finding human remains.
The remains, the indictment states, belonged to Paul Katz, who was identified in court papers as an associate of Mr. Burke's who had a warehouse used by Mr. Asaro and Mr. Burke to store stolen goods. After the warehouse was raided, Mr. Asaro began to suspect that Mr. Katz was an informant. He later told a government informant that he and Mr. Burke had killed Mr. Katz in 1969 with a dog chain and buried him under cement in a vacant house, according to a legal filing submitted by prosecutors.
Years later, according to a filing, after a police detective reopened the Katz murder case, Mr. Asaro directed his son and another man to dig up the remains, which were then buried under the home of Mr. Burke's daughter.
The five defendants, who investigators said were all linked to the Bonanno family, were arraigned in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, where they were ordered held. Each stood with his hands behind his back. Vincent Asaro, who wore a black sweatsuit, running shoes and tinted eyeglasses, pleaded not guilty.
His lawyer, Gerald J. McMahon, said in an interview outside the courtroom, "Literally and truly this is the sequel to 'Goodfellas.' "
"Marty needs a screenplay; Loretta said she would help him out," Mr. McMahon said of Mr. Scorsese and Ms. Lynch, the prosecutor.
"We're confident," he said, noting, "Vincent Asaro said categorically, 'We're going to trial.' "
Prosecutors say that Mr. Asaro is currently a captain in the Bonanno crime family, but that his standing has varied over the years, and that at one point he was demoted for taking too much money from his underlings.
The legal filings by prosecutors do not say precisely what Mr. Asaro's role in the Lufthansa heist might have been, although he is charged with the robbery itself as well as with planning it.
"Asaro himself was in on one of the most notorious heists — the Lufthansa robbery in 1978," the F.B.I. agent in charge of the New York field office, George Venizelos, said. "It may be decades later, but the F.B.I.'s determination to investigate and bring wiseguys to justice will never waver."
Prosecutors believe that Mr. Asaro gave some of the stolen jewelry to a superior in the Bonanno crime family. That superior later became an informer and is helping prosecutors with the current case, according to a legal filing. The cooperator is not named in court papers but appears to match the description of a former boss of the Bonanno family, Joseph C. Massino.
The F.B.I. agent who supervised the investigation decades ago, Steve Carbone, said in an interview that he had always suspected that Mr. Asaro was "in the mix as a player" who had connections at the airport. But Mr. Carbone, who retired in 1998, said it would be a surprise to him "if Asaro was physically involved in the heist" as one of the gunmen.
Investigators believe that about a half-dozen gunmen were involved in the robbery. Among the suspects, Mr. Carbone said, were Frank Burke, James Burke's son; Thomas DeSimone; Angelo Sepe; and Anthony Rodriguez. They all are dead or presumed dead.
Mr. Burke was eventually sent to prison on information provided by Henry Hill, the mobster-turned-informant of "Goodfellas" fame, who helped plan the Lufthansa heist. But the conviction was unrelated: It involved fixing college basketball games. While in prison, Mr. Burke was convicted in a murder.
The only person convicted of the Lufthansa robbery was the cargo agent, Louis Werner, who had gambling debts to pay off. Mr. Werner took the idea for the crime to his bookmaker, who introduced him to another bookmaker, a beautician from Long Island, who is believed to have passed along the tip to Mr. Burke's crew. Mr. Werner was indicted in March 1979, within four months of the robbery.
Only a tiny fraction of the money stolen at Kennedy Airport was ever recovered.
By 1980, when Mr. Hill began cooperating, several corpses of people connected to the robbery or to its participants had already been discovered.
Mr. Hill died in 2012, having had heart disease and other health problems. It is thought that Mr. Rodriguez might have died from a bite by one of the dozens of pet snakes he kept in his home, according to his lawyer, Marvyn Kornberg. But Mr. Carbone said that over the years, "I got to believe 15 people were killed solely because of this case."