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How to Survive a German Wedding
I always cry at weddings. I never used to, but apparently that is what I do now. In fairness, most of the emotion I feel his stimulated by pre-wedding drinking, a British tradition I scrupulously observe. This is slightly at odds with the German traditions you will discover should you ever be invited to a German wedding. It should not be surprising that Germany does things differently when it comes to marriage, but it helps to be aware of what to expect when you receive a "save the date" letter. There might be lederhosen, there will definitely be beer, but you might be confused by the amount of balloons or why so many guests are wearing jeans. Hopefully I can answer some of those questions.
The wedding might be the main event, but it isn't necessarily the beginning of festivities. The night before a German wedding, many couples host a Polterabend (loud noise evening) at their homes. Like a mini wedding reception, guest are invited for a drink and something to eat. Of course, this is not the only reason. During the Polterabend, it is common that guests will smash plates which are in turn cleaned up by the wedding couple. It doesn't always have to be plates either, it can be pots, pans and even old sinks and toilets. There are many reasons that are given for doing this, from a connection to luck to letting off steam, but mostly I think it is because it is very funny to watch people doing manual labour while everyone else gets drunk.
Wedding vs Law
If watching romantic comedies has taught me anything, it is that no matter the obstacle, love will find a way. Although Germany is happy to enjoy the sentiment in the cinema, as soon as marriage is suggested in the real world, the law begins to construct all manner of obstacles. In Britain you can choose to have a religious ceremony or, if you're a godless heathen, marriage by an officially licensed registrar. That is it, one or the other. Germany, on the other hand, demands the happy couple be officially married by a Standesbeamter or Bürgermeister (essentially a registrar or the mayor) at the town hall first. Only after that can there be a church wedding with all the expected elaborations. This whole process, although logical, can cause chaos in planning. For instance, some town halls will only allow couples to get married on one day a week and between a very narrow window of time (08.00 – 10.00). Then again, if you want to get married in a month where school holidays are taken, for instance in August, don't be surprised if all the employees who could marry you are actually on three week vacations. Should you finally manage to get an appointment at the town hall, it may not actually correspond with the availability of the church you also wish to use. This leads to the quite common situation of a couple getting officially married in the spring and then waiting months or years to actually do the church wedding. This can inspire some strange interactions in which you ask an acquaintance if they are married and the reply "Yes...officially".
Be prepared for the long haul
With marriage being restricted to certain days and certain times, weddings in Germany can take the whole day. I have been to a number that have started at 9 in the morning and didn't finish until well after 1 in the morning. This marathon wedding style means that the British mentality of all day drinking has to tempered, if only for self preservation. It also can add some extra costs. The term "Wedding Breakfast" in the UK often refers to some canepes and a glass of bucksfizz after a morning ceremony, in Germany you can easily find yourself eating a bowl of museli, while conducting small talk with the brides great-aunt. There can be a lot of slow moments too, as things lesurily progress towards the evening. In some cases, the bride and groom will organise tours for guests from out of town or take groups to the cinema while the evening venue is prepared. For those relatives who feel inclined, they can help decorate or be given some other task. This does add to the communal spirit of the wedding, as only using family as free labour can do.
Formally Informal
German weddings are often informal affairs. There is generally a much more relaxed atmosphere than can be found at the fairly formal weddings I've attended in Britain. It is not uncommon in the UK for the groom, the best man, the ushers and the father of the bride to wear matching suits, in Germany there is no such requirement. Furthermore, there are often people invited to the wedding who feel no need to dress up at all, arriving in jeans and t-shirt to congratulate the bride and groom. The relaxed nature of German weddings also extends to one of the common traditions of giving a speech. Speeches are a highlight of most British wedding, with the best man speech being seen as the main event. Although there are speeches given at German weddings, they aren't coordinated or even written down. I have seen my brother-in-law give two speeches at weddings, neither of which were preprepared or obsessed over. At no point did he feel the need to google search "best man speech" or feel inclined to include a series of terrible jokes. He just did them, off the top of his head. Insane!
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There are many ways to solidify a relationship, sharing of interests, experiences or baring your soul to your partner are common ways to do this. In Germany or more specifically Bavaria, one of the simplest ways to ensure a long lasting relationship is to saw a piece of wood in half. This might sound odd, but the tradition of newly weds sawing a log in half is frequently practised. The idea is that the log represents all the possible problems a relationship could face and the act of the bride and groom sawing a log in half shows that they are ready to face all life challenges as a team. If sawing a log is not your style, Germany also has some more competitive wood based wedding activities, such as who can hammer nails into a block of wood the fastest. This has created a cottage industry for companies selling attractive pieces of wood that couples can either hammer or saw, depending on their particular preference. What the couple does with the wood after we can only guess.
You only have one cake? We have a table.
Cake in Germany is a serious business. In the UK, most couples will settle for a decorated fruit cake, in Germany, couples won't settle for anything less than a range of cakes, often made by relatives. The ritual of Kaffee und Kuchen is similar to the British idea of afternoon tea, except that in Germany it is still seriously practised. Meetings, football matches, political events and even weddings will pause to enjoy a caffeine/sugar fix mid way through. If you are lucky, you might find that there are a series of Kaffee und Kuchen pauses throughout a German wedding.
Free the Balloons
As the important cultural study '99 Luftballons' by the eminent essayist Nena categorically proved, balloons are an intrinsic part of German culture. Every wedding I have attended has involved blowing up, distributing and releasing of balloons. On one occasion, I even missed the actual wedding service because I was required to pick up the balloons from the shop. Why balloons? Well, aside from looking nice, most couples release balloons with their names and addresses on to see how far away the balloons will go. This is not often practised in the UK as it is more likely the happy couple will receive something terrible in the mail from some joker who found a balloon in their garden. Unlike the UK, I have heard of German couples receiving congratulations cards and even gifts from people who found a balloon released at a wedding.
Organised Fun
Nothing says fun like strict order and rules. At German weddings, there comes a time for the fun to be administered in carefully prepared amounts, but despite my misgivings I have come to see this inevitable part of a German wedding as a pure expression of love and fondness. Most weddings will have a section where guests put on some kind of show for the entertainment of everyone else. Nothing says we care more than standing up in front of a group of people you barely know and singing a rewritten version of a popular song. Alternatively, your best wishes for the married pair can be in the form of a carefully prepared quiz or a well edited video. They can be cringe worthy and they can be spectacular and more often than not they require audience participation. Just remember, if everyone looks stupid, no one looks stupid.


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K8 Hardy
October 2 – November 12, 2016
This is not a perfect copy of the Untitled Runway Show (2012). I'm prepared not to
include every single solitary look. The jockstrap dress (!) wasn't even in the show, I
made it a few years later.
For the 2012 Whitney Biennial, the idea was to carry my looks off, a fashion show with
an out and impolitic product, one not even being hocked, in a seamlessly realized
runway show. Oscar Tuazon built a brutal runway structure on the museum's fourth
floor. All the right conduct *except* for the clothes, hair, make-up (and the music, and
the model's slowed-down movement). The looks are my thrift store, bargain store,
sewing machine, cut, craft, and recycle style job.
This time the looks are fit on mannequins, not on models who walk the runway. They
have the looks on, plus shoes, and wigs for hair (except for a few headless mannequins).
A question: Do I like the idea of making this show as if it were a costume exhibition? It
will be some kind of mise-en-scène: a dance party, cliques. All these people. What are
they doing?
The mannequins are new and used; light brown and dark brown; yellow and silver. I
painted them and fucked them up a bit. This is not a celebration of an optimistic race
rainbow or a celebration of whiteness, but maybe an acknowledgement that the
mannequins project a Western Euroethnic Grecian norm of gender, beauty, and body
image. There is a plus size mannequin. If a mannequin is too large-breasted, it's a
problem for the clothes. Then there are the positions: one is flying from the ceiling.
Some of the cheaper mannequins had pre-painted makeup on their faces. But not
anymore! Some are expressing slut power.
Express Looks (Outfitumentary) (2016), an "express" edit of Hardy's feature-length film
Outfitumentary (2001-2012/2016), will screen in the gallery.
This is K8 Hardy's sixth showing with Reena Spaulings. Recent exhibitions include
YDRAH 8K at KM– Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (2014), New Cuts
(curated by Rhea Anastas) at the University Art Galleries, Clare Trevor School of the
Arts, University of California, Irvine (2015) and Human Interest: Portraits from the
Whitney's Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY (2016). Hardy's work is
included in the permanent collections of the Whitney and Guggenheim museums. She
has also exhibited at the Tate Modern, the Dallas Contemporary, Tensta Konsthalle,
Karma International … Hardy is a founding member of the journal LTTR.


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We all know that reliable power supplies are a must when building a system. Beefy power supplies, however, are not necessities, but a commodity. There is no reason why you should use a 600W power supply in an average computer system. 400W of power from a reliable provider is more than enough, that is if you are not overclocking. So when does a 600W+ power supply become useful? A fully stacked server, high end gaming machine, or an overclocked rig will definitely need a robust power supply. It is quite surprising how much power the CPU and GPU can eat up after some voltage increase and overclocking.
SilverStone is slowly gaining reputation as a solid power supply provider. Our previous encounter with their 520W solution was more than satisfactory and should be able to handle everything you throw at it. SilverStone certainly did not stop there. Their current flagship is 130W more beefier than the ST52F, resulting with a 650W rating.


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Vo Nguyen Giap (pronounced vo nwin ZHAP), the relentless and charismatic North Vietnamese general whose battlefield victory at Dien Bien Phu drove France out of Vietnam and whose tenacious resistance to the United States in a long and costly war there eventually sapped America's political will to fight, died on Friday in Hanoi. He was believed to be 102. The death was reported by several Vietnamese news organizations, including the respected Tuoi Tre Online which said he died in an army hospital.
General Giap was among the last survivors of a generation of Communist revolutionaries who in the postwar decades freed Vietnam of colonial rule and fought a superpower to a stalemate. In his later years, he was a living reminder of a war that was mostly old history to the Vietnamese, many of whom were born after it had ended.
But he had not faded away. He was regarded as an elder statesman in a unified Vietnam whose hard-line views had softened with the cessation of war. He supported economic overhaul and closer relations with the United States while publicly warning of the spread of Chinese influence and the environmental costs of industrialization.
A teacher and journalist with no formal military training, Vo Nguyen Giap joined a ragtag Communist insurgency in the 1940s and built it into a highly disciplined force that through 30 years of revolution and civil war ended an empire and united a nation.
He was charming and volatile (!) an erudite military historian and an intense nationalist who used his personal magnetism to motivate his troops and fire their devotion to their country. His admirers put him in the company of MacArthur, Rommel and other great military leaders of the 20th century.
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The avg cap rate is different in each area for different types of property classes.Cap rate is calculated by the NOI over the price. It is essentially the most or the cap, like the top internal return that you can get from the building if you were to purchase it with all cash. With leverage, especially today's very low rates, it is possible to gain from the leverage and have the cash on cash return exceed the cap rate. The cap rate is a good way to compare buildings, since we assume that the financing will be the same, the cap rate shows how much money a building or income property is generating after the normal expenses as a function of the total price for the building.
Right now it ranges from 5%-8% depending on the level of risk involved in the
In general if you pay more than 100x gross monthly rent, you will be paying too much. Cap rates are much to subjective to be a reliable index guide -- however in general if you aim for anything less than an 8% cap rate you will be overpaying.too much and only the tax assessor will be happy. , taxes and other expenses will eat up
Depending on the location and the product type the average cap rate is between 4.5 to 8% cap rate. In office product your looking more closer to a 7 to 8% cap rate on stabilized asset. The cap rates on office buildings have dropped significantly compared to last year however it will not be too long from now to see the market shift again.
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There is no such thing as an average cap rate unfortunately. The Cap Rate is the Net Operating Income (NOI) divided by the Price. What determines the price and therefore the Cap Rate is how much the Seller and/or their Advisors are willing to pay for that income stream (the NOI). Examples. (1) a Building with Fedex as a tenant may sell at a 5% Cap Rate as the covenant value and strength of the tenant is presumed to be outstanding. (2) a building with single location non-publicly traded manufacturing company may sell at a 10% Cap Rate, as strength and stability of the Tenant is not considered as strong as example (1). Hope this helps.
The Cap rate is the economic return on an investment and is influenced by various factors. In the current economic climate, the cap rate in real estate has to be compared to alternative investments, including stocks, bonds and cash investments (money market accounts, certificates of deposits). With interest rates as low as 1% per annum, major real estate investment firms are now considering prime commercial, multifamily and mixed-use properties at a 3% cap rate. So, far a $10 million dollar building, the investor would want to see net operating income (gross rents, less all operating expenses, real estate taxes and a management fee) of at least $300,000. In addition to the cap rate, the major real estate investor is looking at the potential for rent appreciation, the building future appreciation in value, and development potential of the property.Investors who are seeking properties with 8% to 10% cap rates are either looking at lower value properties with risk factors, or are living in the past and will lose out in the coming real estate boom.
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The golf club has now completed its major irrigation upgrade and new cart path project. These works are a major step forward for the golf course and lay the foundation for improving the conditioning and playability of the course to a whole new level. In order to maximize the benefits of this new infrastructure, the club has a significant program of turf renovation scheduled for the upcoming summer months.
Renovation is the removal of organic matter from the soil which is essential to maintaining healthy and smooth playing surfaces. After some small disruption to the playing surface, new higher quality turf quickly re-establishes and provides a superior playing surface for months to come. The club also takes the opportunity to remove weeds and unwanted varieties of turf during the strong summer growth period as this minimizes the recovery period. Once again the objective is to promote a more uniform surface for the peak playing months.
Please note , during this period of renovation, we will be operating 9-hole closures, midweek, throughout July and August.
The Address Montgomerie Dubai is also currently engaged on a number of new landscape projects which will beautify our hotel and academy surrounds. There will also be a focus on several high impact areas of the golf course. These improvements not only provide an aesthetic effect – they also allow our agronomy team to more efficiently target overall resources across the entire property.
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Kodachrome film is dead. All of these horses are now dead. It's possible all of the actors are dead. Same for the camera crew and the director. Wild West plots with red-lipsticked-perfectly-curled-platinum-blond-cowgirls and bandanna-masked-bad-guys are dead. The photographer is probably dead too. We don't know who took these pictures. 20 slides among 300 bought in a Southern California thrift store. They are technically proficient. Expertly composed and correctly exposed. They capture a desert location shoot for an unknown movie filmed sometime in the 1960s. Nostalgia and the photographer's skill make them easy to look at although they portray movie making as tiresome. All of the expressions are of dusty folks ready to move on. It might be a mistake to give these images their own exhibition, but this is a bathroom so it's probably alright. No better place to contemplate the demise of the West than in the can.


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We are delighted to announce we will be returning to Bloomsbury House on the 20th November to showcase a range of 2016s from the Northern and Southern Rhône.
"Moving on to the 2016 reds, it appears that the early hype is justified. These are wines that combine immense power (and sometimes alcohol levels) with elegance, perhaps most similar to the reds from 2010 or 1990... it will be a vintage to buy and cellar……..one of the most exciting Southern Rhône vintages of my lifetime." Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate Nov '17
We will be giving a more extensive overview of our thoughts on the 2016s once we have returned from tasting the wines and talking to the vignerons in person, but initial impressions are that the red 2016s from the North, while perhaps a little less even and certainly less powerful than the stellar 2015s, are pure, elegant and highly expressive of terroir. The whites are finer than their 2015 counterparts, with higher acidities and more expressive fruit profiles.
Things are even more exciting in the South, with some producers talking about the vintage of a lifetime and favourable comparisons being made to 2010 and 1990. The wines are said to combine the intensity of fruit of the 2015s with a slightly fresher profile and more backbone making them tremendous candidates for cellaring.
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I am a self-proclaimed professional! I've been up in the Highveld for the last six years and I have moved FIVE times already and this does not include the initial move up here!!! Sourcing boxes, finding newspaper or bubble wrap to pack the millions of things I own (read hoard) and finding a way to get it all there without any casualties is all part of moving. We haven't moved yet and its unofficially official but I do need to air my thoughts so hang tight with me and feel free to give me your advice.
I've got to be very careful in what I say because you never know who's watching out. I am by no means that popular that anyone would want to know where I live but the process has not started yet. Yet in true Corinne-style, I love to dissect issues and make a bigger deal of them than they are so that by the time, that actual event comes around, its' not that big of a deal anymore.
Here goes. My handsome, charming and very smart husband got a great promotion and with that we have been offered a place to live in and it is just over half an hour away from where we live now. In Joburg terms, that makes a very big difference when you take into consideration: traffic on its own let alone the routes that one must navigate to reduce the traffic (because there is NO getting away from it); petrol allocation that goes with how far you live from where you work or in my case study; the time you'll have to leave home and when you're MOST likely to get back; the location of the nearest stores and so forth.
Understand that I LOVE WHERE I CURRENTLY RESIDE. Yes, full stop. I envisioned us one day buying a home in that area to raise our family and entertain to our heart's content. But I'm not the only one who lives with me and that means that I have to consider my family as well. The area that we are moving to would have never in a million-gazillion-catrillion years been a consideration, here's why – IT'S OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE…. The Bundus! The Sticks! Rolling hills! Where horses run wild! Oh there are horses, they're just not mine. You could call it a farm but it's not actually. The beauty of it is that there is plenty fresh air and a ton of space for Sunny Bunny to run around to his hearts' content. Another plus is that my helper will finally be able to come live with us and that is truly an answer to prayer.
In all honesty, I don't know. I don't know that I want to move that far. I don't know how bad, bad really will be with the traffic from there. I don't know that I want to be that far away from my parents who are literally ten minutes away. I don't know that I want to be even further from my church, although I see that a few churches a stone's throw away from the new place. I don't know that I want to be more than 15 minutes away from the nearest mall – yes I am that shallow, I do love to window shop! And I don't know that I want to awake before dawn actually cracks!
I do however want what's best for my family. It's not permanent or set in stone and I have to remind myself that I am not moving to another city, or country or known universe! Come to think of it, I might just start a little vegetable patch of my own while I'm out there.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today Oct 31st, arraigned former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, before a Federal High court in Lagos over money laundering charges. Kalu who was governor of the state between 1999 and 2007, had approached the Court in Abuja to stop the EFCC from prosecuting him in Lagos, but his request was denied.
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Tips when visiting Havana & Varadero, Cuba for your honeymoon or any vacation
Hola amigos!
We are back from our honeymoon with sun-kissed skin. I now understand what Camila Cabello was talking about... Havana really does have my heart. Although it was only a 3-hour flight away, Havana really felt like another world; a quant Latin-European city right out of the 1950's. I thoroughly enjoyed the architecture, the bright colours and the people with such a strong sense of community. Anyone thinking of where to go on their honeymoon that does not have more than a week away from work but wants a good mix of culture and relaxation, consider a Havana and Varadero get-away. It is also a more cost-effective option but remember, foreigners are always given a different currency so Cuba is actually quite pricey when you're outside of your all-inclusive resort. If visiting Havana, be sure to at least stay overnight for 1 day if not so a couple days.
Here are some of my tips when going to Cuba on your honeymoon or on vacation:
- Bring lots of sunscreen and a hat. Of course you want a tan but trust me, it can get scorching especially mid-day! Bring some aloe versa just in case you fall asleep in the sun.
- Bring lots of anything you need. Cuba is not like other countries where if you forget anything, it's easily purchased. It is most likely not available or super expensive! This includes any personal items like lotion, conditioner, hair spray and tampons/pads.
- Don't bring American money. There is a 10% surcharge for American currency so bring that Canadian cash. You can exchange it upon arrival (just enough until you can get to to a bank or another place or exchange). There are 2 currencies, one for foreigners and one for locals; the key is that the convertible pesos (foreigner money) is the equivalent of the US dollar and will have monuments on them instead of faces. Be sure when you get back your change it's always the foreigner peso or else you're losing 25x face value (1 CUC = 25 CUP).
- Make lots of change. You'll need to tip lots and it is about 10% however tip 15% if you liked the service. Many places won't be able to give you change since they may be operating in CUP (local pesos) or they don't want to give you their change so it's on you to have exact change. Banks will give you the best rate (bring your passport to exchange money) but oddly enough, our hotel in Central Park in Old Havana gave us the best rate we could find!
- Adaptor. Some hotels and resorts can differ but usually they will use a euro adapter so bring a universal one if you have one.
- A travel guide or download the offline map. I have been to plenty of third world countries but this is the one that has been the hardest to get internet. Even if you get it, it's 99% not free even at your 5-star hotel. This may be the best time to make sure you have space on your phone, an offline map, and all the places and directions you wanted to visit/eat at saved on your phone. Either way, it's a great way to disconnect from the real world and work emails!
- A good relaxing book. Since you'll be soaking in some sun and disconnecting from the world, bring a good read.
- A lock for your suitcase. So, it sounds a little terrible to be untrusting but regardless, it's better to be safe than sorry. Make sure you take care of your cash and have photo copies of your ID. Overall, Cuba is a safe country but just to be safe side.
- A towel. Some casa particulars are known to be missing some items so bring a towel just in case.
- Umbrella and a windbreaker. It can be very windy along the beach or malecon at night so make sure you have something to keep you warm and dry.
- Stomach pills. Your stomach may not be used to their food and as we mentioned, the pharmacy doesn't have much so bring this with you.
- TP and hand sanitizer. Self-explanatory. There aren't many public washrooms, especially ones that have soap and/or toilet paper.
- Flash light. As a communist country, there may be be power outages. If there isn't, it is still very dark at night to reserve energy even in highly populated tourist areas so a flash light isn't a crazy idea. We couldn't even see on the beach a few metres ahead of us if the moon wasn't visible and on the sometimes bumpy cobble stone roads in Havana, a flash light would've come in handy.
- Bug spray. Havana wasn't an issue but I sure did get bitten in Varadero even by the beach.
- Bring some gifts for the locals. Here are some items they desperately need or would like: Tylenol/Advil, bars of soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, nail polish, band-aids, razors, spices, baby toys, clothes, sweets/chocolate, and of course, a little tip here and there where ever you can.
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Good grief! March is 2/3 of the way over and I have hardly taken any pictures, and I hadn't uploaded ANY.
Elijah practices his t-ball skills with Pete during "spring training"
Leah discovers her shadow
Leah models the hand-me-down dress that my mom made for Hannah. Yay for hand-me-downs!! I sold all of Hannah's clothes that were smaller than 2T, so these are the first that I had saved.
I was in charge of the St Patrick's day party for Leah's playgroup. Hannah and Elijah opted to skip school that day and come to the party! They are decorating the green cupcakes the day before.
Friday, March 20, 2009
March pictures so far
Good grief! March is 2/3 of the way over and I have hardly taken any pictures, and I hadn't uploaded ANY.
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- Emily said...
Cute photos! I especially love the "discovering the shadow." Very cute! Have a great weekend!
- March 20, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- Lori Beth said...
the shadow picture is just priceless!!
- March 21, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Knotty Britta said...
The shadow one is the winner, put that on your wall, I LOVE it!
- March 23, 2009 at 8:05 AM


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Morning by Morning (8/19/17)
August 19, 2017
My daily gratitude for:
- PCN friends, like Lavender Kelley, Lindsey Bona, Dan Roberts, Gloria Kroeze, Bob Flory, Mark Brown, etc. The list is quite long as full of people I am grateful to learn from as we serve and share experiences together.
- Getting a haircut…while my scared son melts down in my lap! Oddly enough, it was a reminder of how he thinks of me as safe- he leaned in, burrowed, dug in, all in finding comfort in his daddy. Though the haircut was stressful, it was a gracious reminder!
- Soccer- all forms of it. I am more and more fascinated and captivated by the skill and nuances of the game, especially as I am going to more Dynamo games.
- Living in Houston…what a great place to live!!!
- Facetiming my mom and dad and letting them see Ryan!


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It sounded like something from the 1960: About 180 minorities were purged from the voter rolls just before a major election where a white candidate won by a narrow margin (African-Americans make up about 85% of the population). But it wasn't, it's a situation that many in Sparta, Ga., have dealt with recently. The Times sent me there to take portraits of some of the main players in the story, and to document a bit of what life is like there.
The Times called me last week and asked if I'd be interested in doing a ride-along with law enforcement. I didn't have to think about it … of course I would. Crime was one of my beats when I started out as a reporter for The Moultrie (Ga.) Observer in 2001, and it has remained something I love to cover. But this assignment was different than previous law enforcement stories. For one, I was one of several journalists dispatched by the Times across the country to do ride-alongs on the same day. We were covering one shift of law-enforcement, from as many officers' perspectives as possible.
I shot this feature back in April for the Post, but considering the RNC is underway this week, I believe it's still as timely as it was then. I photographed two people of color here in Atlanta, one who heads up the National Diversity Coalition for Trump and the other, a Tea Party activist who thinks Trump is alienating people of color.
Alabama is like a second home to me … I've traveled there quite a bit in the past couple of years, mostly for The New York Times. This last time was back in April when I went to the University of Alabama and to nearby Central High School, where I attended a seniors awards ceremony. The story was about how large universities, such as UA and the University of California, are pursuing out-of-state students (critics argue) and leaving many in-state students behind. Above, a man walks in front of the Gorgas Library stairs at UA.
For a Southern boy like myself, who grew up thinking every man aspired to be Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit, getting an assignment to head down to Tallahassee to photograph TransAms being made ranks pretty high. It was for The Drive, a new online publication from Time Inc. that covers anything with a motor (but mostly fast cars!).
A couple of weeks ago, I had a first in my photography career: covering professional video gaming. I photographed the finals of the first week of ELeague, a partnership between WME | IMG and Turner Broadcasting. It was absolutely electric in there! Fans, many of whom waited hours for a seat in the studio, cheered and hissed at the humongous LED screen as the two teams battled each other in the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. In the photo above, Epitacio de Melo, whose gamer name is TACO and plays with Luminosity, is shown on the screen as the crowd cheers.
A pro-white rally of a few dozen folks waving Confederate flags inside a gated parking lot today drew hundreds of anti-protesters who clashed with police most of the day. The rally, called "Rock Stone Mountain," was held by a group of white supremacists who secured permits from Stone Mountain Park. Many of the anti-protesters were part of a "All Out ATL," whose goal was to shut down the rally. Though the park didn't shut down completely, all attractions and events at the park were closed for the day.
Back in January, I traveled to Mobile, Ala., for Sports Illustrated to cover the circus that is the Senior Bowl. For most folks involved, it's not about the game on Saturday, it's about the week leading up. Players meet with NFL agents, coaches, financial planners, sales people of all sorts, including suit tailors peddling their services. It's also where scouts and coaches find out as much as they can about players, including using written personality and temperament tests. It can be a dizzying few days for these players. To start if all off, players are measured, weighed, and sized up on stage in front of a few hundred folks, all while wearing only underwear while scouts and coaches fill out spreadsheets. Above, players head to the stage for the weigh-in.
Donald Trump made a stop in Atlanta on Sunday, the day after winning the primary in South Carolina. This was my third assignment covering Trump on the campaign trail. His rallies are never disappointing: the people, Mr. Trump's antics, the atmosphere, it all mixes together for the brightly colored and dizzying show that is American politics. Here are a few of my favorite frames from the rally, which was held at the Georgia World Congress Center this past Sunday.
Last year was unbelievable. It was my fourth year as a full-time independent photographer, and definitely my most exciting and rewarding. I worked for clients that I used to dream of shooting for, and I got to cover some of the biggest stories of the year and meet some incredible people along the way. I am forever grateful to the folks who hire and trust me to tell stories with my camera, whether it be The New York Times covering the Charleston shootings or the Atlanta Falcons to show a behind the scenes of what it's like to be a professional football player. I also got featured (twice!) by Instagram and blogged by them, helping me gain over 90k followers! It has been a great year for sure, but I definitely have a long way to go.


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It's that time again – time to prepare for the 2015/16 Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (Grants Program) grant cycle. Workshops for the upcoming grant cycle are scheduled for the week of January 11, 2016.
The two-day workshop, one held in Southern California and one held in Northern California, will be two full-day sessions. Please see the attached agenda for the information on the workshops.


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Day Three of SLJ's Children's Novels Poll has a few newer titles, but most are again older titles. Again I have linked to Betsy's posts at Fuse 8.
80. The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
The only Enright book I have ever read is Gone Away Lake. I haven't read the quartet of books that this is the second one of. They are sibling stories though so I probably should.
79. The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
I remember liking this book as a child, but haven't read it since. I tried to entice Bit to read it this past year as she was studying Ancient Egypt but she found it uninteresting and didn't finish it. (Unlike Eloise Jarvis McGraw's Egypt novels, The Golden Goblet, which she read herself, and Mara Daughter of the Nile, which I read to her. Those she couldn't get enough of and wanted more.)
78. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
There is a lot I like about this book. It is a sibling story. It is British. There are three very different main characters. It has a very real sense of time and place. I have had several students (including my own daughter) tell me they think it is boring. (I really like the recent BBC movie version starring Emma Watson. They changed stuff but it may actually be a way to get kids to read the book.)
77. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
My sixth grade teacher made me read this. I hated it. One of my students wanted to do a book report on it so I had to read it again. I hated it. If you like nature and completely implausible stories about city kids who can survive it on their own and become one with the animals around them this book is for you. If, like me, you require clean comfy beds and clean bathrooms to enjoy yourself (preferably in a noisy city) reading this book will feel like torture.
76. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
I haven't read this. (Gasps of horror.) I know. It is current and popular so why not? I only have so much time on my hands. I am not going to teach this book or put it on a book report list. This is the book my students are reading without needing my encouragement to do so. I do have it on the TBR and will read it if/when my own kids want to if I haven't gotten to it before that.
75. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
Two books from the same quartet in the same 10. Interesting. (See #80)
74. Are You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume
While this is a book that helped many a young girl through the confusing time of adolescence I wasn't one of them. I read it in the fourth grade when I was making my way through every Judy Blume book on the shelf at the library thanks to my teacher reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing aloud. Fortunately my wonderful and insightful mother was ahead of the game and had already discussed with me everything in the book that would have otherwise thrown me into a completely uncomfortable tailspin at the age of 9. (Thanks for never being afraid of these subjects Mom!) Said amazing Mom also made it impossible for me to identify with Margaret in any way. So I left the book in fourth grade and never looked back.
73. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
This is a special book and Betsy covers why in her write up of it: It has staying power. It is funny and touching without being trite or sappy. The reason so many people love this book is because it is so easy to identify people we know in the characters within its pages.
72. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
This book is a work of art. No kidding. If you haven't read it you need to go out and get a copy. Then flip through and look at the illustrations. See what I mean? Now read it. See what I mean? It is wonderful and beautiful is it not? I'm very much looking forward to when Starry River of the Sky comes out later this year.
71. Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
I haven't read this one. I live in the south and so try to avoid reading novels that take place here whenever I can manage it. Especially if anyone has described the characters in it as being "quirky". They usually make me cringe. (Seriously everyone who doesn't live here, we are not all that quirky.)
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I laughed at your comments on us "quirky" Southerners. We're only quirky in the same way that any region has its own unique culture. Don't you think? More American than Southern, but hey--there are some definite differences between Us and those Yankess or the West Coast folk or the mid-Westerners or... :-)
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Girls' volleyball: State College players earn All-State honors
State College's Christine Irwin and Taylor Leath were named the the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association All-State team recently. A total of 50 players throughout the state made the squad.
Irwin, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter, led Lady Little Lions with 88 aces and was second with 236 kills and 185 digs. Irwin will play collegiately at Juniata.
Leath, a 6-foot-3 outside hitter, led the Lady Little Lions with 384 kills and 223 digs and was second on the squad with 42 blocks. Leath will play collegiately at North Carolina.


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There's a common train of thought that's catching on across the creative industry and advises business owners to pick and choose who they should work with. And while I agree with branding a business to attract an ideal customer within its niche, I disagree with turning down paying clients who desire to work with you. Today I'm offering an alternative point of view on this controversial topic, not to create a heated debate, but to encourage you to be purposeful and well-informed on the decisions you make for your business.
Before I jump in with my reasons, it's important to note a couple things that I do not mean by never turning down a paying customer.
Never turning down a paying customer does not mean...
...taking on customers that you disagree with morally or ethically. If someone is asking you to perform a service or conduct your business in a way that conflicts with your morals, or ethics, it's best to turn them down and refer them elsewhere.
...coming down on your prices. Your time and effort is valuable. Never turning down a paying customer does not mean taking on paying customers at price points that are lower than what you're currently charging.
...agreeing to provide products or services that aren't a part of your business model. It's wise to narrow the scope of your business and find a niche. If someone is asking you to do something completely outside of your current offerings that will conflict with your mission statement and business model, it's best to turn them down.
I've turned down numerous inquiries due to a lower price point or a request for something that's out of the scope of my services, but I've never turned down a prospective client because they were less than my ideal client. And here's why.
1 | You can't judge a book by it's cover
We can all agree that you can't judge something - especially a person - by an initial email or 20-minute phone conversation. It's difficult to predict how an entire project could pan out from a simple inquiry, and it seems wrong to turn down someone who wants to work with you based off of a first impression.
Have you ever booked a client who seemed like the perfect fit, only to be proven wrong after a day or two of working with them? If you only work with people who rub you the right way from the start, you might never experience the opposite: clients who may not have been your ideal and didn't have the chance to prove you wrong.
In my 6 years of freelance design experience, I can tell you of numerous clients who might not have been what I had in mind when thinking about my ideal design client, but they turned out to be wonderful to work with and left me with designs and experience that I'm proud to display in my portfolio.
2 | You could be passing up on a big opportunity
In last week's post, Creative Entrepreneurs: Don't Make These 15 Common Business Mistakes, I referenced a fantastic article on Entrepreneur.com by Steve Tobak called Never Turn Down a Paying Customer. In the article, Tobak tells a story of Bill Gates taking on a customer that he had passed up once before because the client was less than ideal. It turns out that the customer was IBM, and that undesired project started Gates on his journey to becoming the richest man in the world.
If you're passing up paying customers purely because they don't measure up to your standard, you could be missing out on a great opportunity. A project may appear to be more of a challenge at the outset due to a difference in style or a strong personality, but you never know what could come of that working relationship. You might be cheating yourself out of an opportunity to get creative and demonstrate your versatility.
Back in my earlier freelancing days I took on a project for a client whose style was very different than mine. I agreed to the project before I understood the colors, graphics, and style they wanted, and when I left the initial meeting I was in a panic. They wanted me to do what? Had they not seen my portfolio and my design aesthetic? How was I ever going to give them something they would like and feature it on my blog (this person faithfully followed along with my blog and saw me posting all of my other freelance projects). Not only did the project push my creativity and turn out to be something I was proud of, but it ended up being the top pin from my former blog. I still see it pop up on Pinterest today! Had I refused that client from the outset, I would have missed out on thousands of pageviews from Pinterest and a handful of other design inquiries that came as a result.
3 | New businesses need money and experience
If you're new to entrepreneurship, especially if you're full-time, you may not be able to afford to be choosy about your clients. In order to pay the bills and keep the lights on, you have to work with paying customers.
I've shared this statistic before, but it's worth mentioning again: 8 out of 10 businesses fail within the first 18 months. While it might sound great to do the business you want to do and work with the people you want to work with, it's not practical, especially when you're first starting out. You may be starting your business because you're passionate about your field, but a business can't run on passion alone; you have to be bringing in money in order to keep your business afloat.
4 | We're being hired for a service
I'm going to be bold here, but sometimes we can get so concerned with our own wants that we forget that we're being hired to perform a service and meet our client's needs. We're putting ourselves out there and marketing our businesses to attract clients, and it seems a little backward to attract them only to send them away. Telling prospective clients to go elsewhere when they want to work with you, are willing to pay your prices, and identify with your services seems counterintuitive.
Furthermore, the longer I'm in business, the more I realize that my greatest source of learning comes through my clients. They challenge me to adapt and refine my creative process, and like Tobak says in his article, my clients typically know their needs and how I can serve them better than I do. When they come to me with an inquiry, they've seen something that they like and are willing to invest in.
But what about the people who don't appreciate your work? What about those who are going to cause you hours of stress, headache, and extra time? I don't believe turning clients away is the answer to these questions either, but I do think that there are a few ways to prevent their inquiries from coming your way in the first place. Here's how.
Raise your prices. If you're tired of people not taking you seriously and undervaluing your work, it might be time to raise your prices. I understand that the pricing game can be tricky, but one way to weed out those difficult clients who only want a cheap solution is to raise the cost of your services.
Make it worth your while. My dad owned a business for over 15 years while I was growing up, and his words of wisdom for a difficult customer were to make them worth your while. In other words, if a project is going to take you extra time and cause you extra stress, quote the person higher or negotiate the terms of the contract to make the project worth the extra energy.
Set boundaries. This is huge. People can't walk all over you if you don't let them. If you happen to book a difficult client, setting boundaries is your way to keep things on task and protect your time. List the terms of your working agreement in your contract and hold firm to your limits. To guard against limitless revisions in my design process, set expectations and stick to a schedule, I write out the number of revisions for each stage of my process within my contract.
All in all, if someone is willing to spend the money to work with you, identifies with your services, and doesn't challenge your morals or ethics, I don't believe in turning them down or referring them elsewhere. Each client and inquiry should be treated with respect, especially if you've done your part on the front end to bring in the clients that value your work and are excited to work with you.
What is your stance on this topic? Do you agree?


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If Cadbury is being closed down in Dunedin it will rock the city. It is a local icon (despitebeing international owned now) and a significant employer.
Hundreds of worried staff are gathering at the Cadbury factory in Dunedin ahead of an expected announcement about the closure of the plant.
The Otago Daily Times understands owner Mondelez International has decided to close the factory, effective next year.
It is not yet known what the announcement will mean for the popular tourism attraction Cadbury World.
It is understood night shift staff were sent home early and among those asked to attend this morning's meeting.
A few years ago Cadbury moved a lot of finished product manufacturing offshore (Tasmania and elsewhere), changed chocolate recipes, lost market share to Whittakers (I think) and now may have to close.
Dunedin continues to lose businesses and employers and car parks (including along both sides of the Cadbury block), but gains cycleways.
UPDATE: closure next year has been confirmed, with 350 jobs going.


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Listening in the Car
One of the great habits we have fallen into is listening to audio books in the car, no matter how short the trip (this saves me from having to argue about whose music or radio station to listen to and keeps us all happy). I have different books that we are listening to, depending on who is in the car (thank goodness for my favoriate all time app, Bookmark).
For all three of us, the book of choice is Story of the World Volume 4: Modern Times. Full disclosure, after having just listened to SOTW Volume 2: Middle Ages and SOTW Volume 3: Early Modern Times, I lobbied to take a break from history and listen to Rick Riordan's new book The Lost Hero, but Jason (my history kid) really wanted to do Volume 4 and Kyle (my usually non-history kid) amazingly agreed, so who am I to argue.
Jason and I are listening to The Looking Glass Wars which is an interesting take on the orginal Through the Looking Glass story.
Kyle and I are just starting Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy with the Amulet of Samarkand. Jason and I read these a couple of summer ago and Stroud just came out with a prequel, Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon so I figured that this was a good time to read them with Kyle.
I am currently re-listening to Parker Palmer's Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation which is resonating very deeply with me right now. All about "living the life that wants to live in me." Hoping to write more on this at some point.
It is amazing how much book reading you can get done in the car.


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According to gamespot its coming to x360, pc, ps3 and xone. What about PS4?
Is this coming to PS4?
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WOW seeing thison the X-box one and not the PS4 doesn't make my purchase fo the PS4 very valid now.....
The thing is it was Demon SOuls was on the PS3 and not the X-box while baffles wtf is up with that?
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It damn well better, it makes sense not to
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From what I have read PS4 and Xbone ports have not been ruled out. However it could be six months to a year after the initial Dark Souls 2 release.
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The official Namco Bandai website only shows Dark Souls II being available for PC/360/PS3.
Hope the Playstation Now streaming service will feature Dark Souls II as I sold my PS3 straight after obtaining the PS4.
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Me personally, I can't go back to the ps3. And, I haven't bought a next gen system yet and don't intend to until Destiny comes out. I just can't bare the 720p resolution. That's right, this game will not be in 1080p on the xbox or ps3. And, granted dark souls looked pretty good on ps3, but when compared to pc graphics, I sometimes make a sick face. The game will be ported to the ps4 but the graphics won't be any better, just upscaled. And, because it will be a port, it will probably have alot of latency issues. There will also be no mods to save it this time either.
The reason I say port is because sony just announced their idea to solve the issue of the ps4 not being able to play ps3 games. But really, it's to help aleve the major problem that even newer, huge titles like dark souls ii and gta 5 aren't being developed for the ps4. That idea is playstation now. It allows you to "stream" certain ps3 games from their cloud. I'm guessing dark souls ii will be in that mix. You just know that's going to be a lag filled disaster for a game like dark souls. It just sounds like a bummer to me. I'm going pc for dark souls ii and I would rather go ps4 all the way if they develoved it for the ps4. But they didn't, and that's that. It's a pretty big bungle by sony and microsoft in my opinion. This game is coming out months after the the next gen consoles' release, and microsoft and sony should have done a better job at ensuring developers were making hit titles for those new consoles.
The good news (for me at least) is that dark souls ii has been developed side by side for the pc this time around. No port. So it should be really good for the pc. It's still alittle sad. It's mostly just disappointing that there won't be any attractive games coming out for the ps4 (again, for me) for as far as the eye can see. I'd love to buy the ps4. But Destiny seems to be my only motivation and that won't be until september 2014.
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I saw a developer interview on IGN and one of the devs was saying how they developed the game with next gen in mind ; in the lighting and everything else. No reason to develop this game with next gen in mind if your not planning to release it on next gen
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Leadership development consultancy Impact International has been announced as the UK's No 1 Best Workplace for 2013 (medium category) by the Great Places to Work® Institute.
The award has been given to Impact for its effectiveness in understanding how to motivate and lead a workforce. The company advises more than 400 businesses - many of them global brands including Sony, Thomson Reuters, Swiss Re, United Nations, Barclays, P&G, Lend Lease, BP and UBS - from its headquarters situated on the shores of Lake Windermere.
By blending industry expertise with investment in sector research, Impact helps its clients to understand what motivates their employees to be happy and effective at work. One aspect of the company's unique approach to running a successful business is their 'Acts of Leadership©' methodology which focuses on unlocking leadership qualities in all employees, not only at senior management level. This approach, alongside employee engagement and sustainability, is something that Impact puts into practice in its own company as well as encouraging other organisations to do the same.
David Williams, Impact's founder and CEO, said: "At Impact, we believe that everyone has some capacity for leadership action, with our core aim being to encourage every individual in the business to reach their full potential so that the business can perform to its very best. Winning this Best Workplace award is a fantastic testament to the team's hard work in ensuring that we create the right environment in which we can work together to do the best work for our clients."
With 17 offices across Asia Pacific, America and Europe, Impact International also owns three country house hotels in the heart of the Lake District. The company's unique locations are purposely far removed from the traditional corporate world. They aim to offer a unique environment for employees to learn and develop, to re-energise and focus on personal and business priorities.
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As the ruling Chinese Communist Party gears up for a crucial, five-yearly congress next month, President Xi Jinping is taking far-reaching steps to ensure that no critical voices are raised against him, analysts said.
A popular chat show on the Hong Kong-based satellite station Phoenix TV, known for its pro-Beijing stance, was pulled off air this week, less than a month before the 19th Party Congress on Oct. 18, with scant explanation.
"Behind the Headlines" is off air temporarily, due to "adjustments to network programming," Phoenix said via its official account on Chinese social media, while searches for the show's title were blocked on the Twitter-like service Sina Weibo.
Journalism professor To Yiu-ming, of Hong Kong's Baptist University, said the move appears to be part of an overall clampdown on any media that isn't directly produced under the aegis of the ruling party.
"There really is little room for public speech now, if they are even going after Phoenix," To said. "From the point of view of the Chinese government, Phoenix is pretty much like [Communist Party-backed newspaper] the Wen Wei Po; the acceptable face of the Hong Kong media."
"From Hong Kong's point of view, it is the more relaxed face of the mainland Chinese media," he said.
To said Xi's administration is busy stamping out even the slightest traces of dissent ahead of the party congress.
"They aren't messing about; they want everyone present and correct, and to minimize noise," he said. "Perhaps we will see dissenting voices within party ranks being amplified in the overseas media instead."
Former ideologue detained
In the southwestern Chinese province, a former party ideologue is being held under criminal detention following a recent call for direct elections to choose the next generation of Chinese leaders.
Zi Su was taken away from his home in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu on April 28 after he posted an open letter online calling on Xi to step down as head of the party in favor of Hu Deping, son of late ousted premier Hu Yaobang, whose death in 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square democracy movement.
"Xi Jinping was elected general secretary ... in 2012 and has served for five years," Zi's letter said. "His achievements ... have been to punish a number of corrupt officials, but his faults have been to imitate [late supreme leader] Mao Zedong with a personality cult around him and a focus on centralization of power."
The letter also called for "direct elections" to choose the next head of the Communist Party.
The outspoken professor had previously told RFA as the party celebrated its 95th birthday on July 1, 2016, that Xi was using "controls and political struggle of the kind used by Mao Zedong."
Zi's defense attorney Li Guisheng said his client had been detained for breaching the terms of a previous bail.
Party boss investigated
In July, President Xi Jinping ordered an investigation into Sun Zhengcai, party boss of the southwestern megacity of Chongqing, former political fiefdom of Bo Xilai, who is currently serving a life sentence for corruption and abuse of power.
Like his doomed predecessor, Sun was a charismatic politician and Politburo member widely tipped for entry into the highest echelons of the party leadership at the next reshuffle of top jobs at the congress, which opens in Beijing on Oct. 18.
Many under his political patronage, or implicated in the investigation into his activities were also held, leaving a significant gap in the city's elite, according to political commentator and former Xinhua news agency reporter Jiang Weiping, who fled to Canada after being accused of endangering national security.
"In a few days, Chongqing will have to choose its delegates to the 19th Party Congress, but the number of gaps requiring by-elections is unprecedented," Jiang wrote in a recent commentary for RFA's Mandarin Service.
"In the past year, large numbers of the high-ranking officials in a single city have been detained," he said. "This is really unusual, and the impact will be ... far-reaching."
Jiang said Xi's anticorruption campaign, waged since he took power in 2012, can only be selective, because of the endemic nature of graft in China's body politic.
"Everyone is tainted," Jiang wrote. "There is no doubt that what we have here is the rule of man, not the rule of law,"
"Under the current system, ordinary people have no choice, and it matters little which particular ideology politicians are motivated by; what is most important are the results, whether or not they are able to promote social progress," he wrote.
"If there are no political reforms and no judicial independence, then it hardly matters who is reshuffled, or who wins the power struggles; China won't progress, and its people will have no way of averting disaster," he wrote.
Reported by Lam Kwok-lap and Hai Nan for RFA's Cantonese Service, and by the Mandarin Service. Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie.


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The Curse of the Shepherdess
by Bob Brill
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"That's got to be the ugliest thing I've ever seen."
"No kidding. It's truly hideous."
"Why does your Aunt Penelope keep sending us stuff like this? Could she believe that we actually like it?"
"Yes, she thinks we like her gifts because we don't have the nerve to tell her how awful they are."
"This has got to stop. This is the worst yet." Jack Farley turned the object over in his hands. It was a ceramic statuette about five inches high, depicting an Alpine shepherdess complete with a Little Bo Peep shepherd's crook. The paint had been applied hurriedly. Clearly the workers in the kitsch factory were paid by the piece and had rushed through the job without regard for proper placement of color.
His wife, Nancy, said, "I'd love for it to stop, but I haven't got the heart to hurt her feelings, so we'll just have to go on accepting her gifts and letting them accumulate in the basement."
"Is there anything coming up where we have to give a gift?"
"Yes, in fact, there is. Marge Toller's son, Brad, is getting married next month. We scarcely know the boy, haven't seen him since his high school graduation. Don't know the bride at all. The wedding will be in Massachusetts, so we won't be required to attend. We can just send the young couple this charming piece as a gift. Let them figure out what to do with it."
"Perfect," agreed her husband.
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The newlyweds opened their gifts to the chorus of ooh's and aah's from the assembled guests. When the little shepherdess made her appearance the guests fell silent, except for Uncle Tobias, who could not entirely suppress a guffaw. The bride studied the card and asked her new husband, "Who are the Farleys, dear? I've never heard of them."
"Friends of my folks. Distant friends, isn't that right, Mom?"
"Well, it's very cute, don't you think?" asked the bride.
"Yes I do," replied the groom. "It'll look great out in the garage, next to the bicycle pump and the lawnmower."
This tickled Uncle Tobias. A few others joined him in laughter and snickers. The bride quickly moved on to opening the next gift.
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When Uncle Tobias reached his home in Florida the following night, he went straight to bed, but in the morning as he unpacked his suitcase and put his clothes away, he found a lump in one of his socks. He reached in and pulled out the little shepherdess, whose lopsided smile seemed to say "Surprise!"
Uncle Tobias collapsed in uncontrollable laughter. He rolled on the floor, holding his sides, guffawing and sputtering, barely able to get out the words, "Those two rascals. I love 'em." All day he went about smiling, occasionally breaking out in laughter and repeating the phrase, "Those rascals."
By evening he knew that the joke was just too good to end there. By the next day the little shepherdess was wrapped in tissue, snugged into a little shepherdess-sized box, a card written and inserted, the box sealed, addressed and taken to the post office, where the ugly little charmer sallied forth to Des Moines on the next leg of her adventures.
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Dr. Preston Payne studied the card, examined the statuette, studied the card again and said to his wife across the breakfast table, "My esteemed brother seems to think this is funny. It is not funny. Listen to what he writes."
Dear Brother,
I knew when this little gem came into my possession that it would arouse your professional interest. Of course, it doesn't begin to match the consummate artistry with which you bring into being your dental constructions, which require the skill of the engineer, the aesthetic grace of the artist and the passion of the creator, but in its own unassuming way it possesses a charming naiveté that cannot be duplicated by the expert. Clumsy as it is, does it not affect you with its sense of soul?
Your loving brother,
"He is incorrigible," Dr. Payne concluded.
"Quite so, my dear. I wish you would say something to him."
"I have, on numerous occasions. It's no use."
Dr. Preston Payne, DDS, had a more sober disposition than his brother. Tobias theorized that a dentist named Dr. Payne should not take himself too seriously and might even profit by changing his name to Dr. Payneless.
Dr. Payne was offended by his brother's gesture. He felt a strong urge to smash the thing to bits. His wife saw the dark flush of anger that clouded his face and hoping to discharge this anger, she said, "My dear Preston, there's nothing you can do about Tobias. He is who he is. Let's turn this into an opportunity. I've been accumulating items for the church bazaar and this will be added to my collection. Someone may offer a quarter for it and go home happy."
"Very well, my dear. Please get it out of my sight."
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The little shepherdess stood on the table at the church bazaar all day, waiting for a buyer. All around her, items had been selected, paid for and taken away. An ancient glass orange juice squeezer, a set of steak knives, numerous jelly jars without lids, a pair of pewter candlesticks still coated with wax, even an old backgammon board with some pieces missing, all these had disappeared one by one from the table. Finally, just before closing, along came Dorothy Malone, carrying a bag filled with purchases she had no possible use for, but simply could not resist. They were such bargains. She spied the lonely shepherdess and thinking of her friend, Isabella, she was able for fifty cents to add the little figurine to her bag of goodies.
Dorothy never discarded any cardboard boxes. She often said, mostly to herself, since no one else was much interested, "You never know when one of those boxes will come in handy." And sure enough, as though to justify her packrat mentality, she found just the right box, and dipping into her seemingly infinite supply of styrofoam peanuts, she packed up the little shepherdess, added a note to her friend, Isabella, and sealed it up. Off she went to the post office in time for the five o'clock pickup. Home again, exhausted but happy, she kicked off her shoes and made herself a cup of tea. As she sipped it, she enjoyed the feeling of having done her good deed for the day.
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Isabella Immelmann, who wrote under the pen name of Mary Markely, was the popular author of the amusing and light-hearted Peggy Plimpton series of murder mysteries. Peggy Plimpton was the quintessential air-headed, ditsy, blonde bimbo, who stumbled, fumbled and bumbled her way through the plot, yet somehow managed in each book to solve the mystery. Secretly, known to the reader, but not to the other characters, behind this persona she was a brunette with a blonde wig, had a doctorate in history and another in criminal forensics, and her real name was Diana Dove.
The rationale behind this disguise was the same as given for Clark Kent never revealing his identity as Superman. It was to protect innocent friends and loved ones from retaliation by disgruntled evil doers. But the real reason for Clark Kent's deception, and for that of dozens of copycat superheroes — and this applied to Diana Dove as well — was that the tension introduced by keeping the identity secret, while simultaneously engaged in the action of the story, added delicious complications to the plot. Like the time Peggy Plimpton's wig blew off when she was chasing the crooks in her convertible.
Isabella and Dorothy had been roommates in college years ago and had kept up a correspondence, even though Isabella had long since left Iowa for Seattle. She opened Dorothy's package and diving into the styrofoam peanuts, which she liked to call ghost poop, she fished out the statuette and Dorothy's note.
Dear Isabella,
When I saw this homely little creature at the church bazaar, I immediately thought it had all the earmarks of a clue, and I know you're always on the lookout for good clues for your Peggy Plimpton books. I hope you can use it. If not, just toss it and don't be cross with your good friend,
Good old Dorothy, thought Isabella. She certainly has a nose for clues. Won't she be surprised when The Case of the Chinese Fingertrap comes out and she finds one of her clues right in the title? Now let me see. I think I can use this statuette in my cat burglar story.
Now where did I leave off? Oh, yes. The big party is taking place in the grand ballroom at Lord Drillingtool's mansion. Meanwhile the cat burglar climbs up the side of the house and enters a window in the mansard roof that leads into the bedroom of one of the maids. As the evening is winding down, a scream is heard from above. The maid, on retiring, discovers the body of the cat burglar on the floor of her room, in a pool of blood, the little shepherdess figurine clutched in his hand. Yes, that's perfect.
The remaining guests, among them Peggy Plimpton, ascend the stairs to discover the maid in hysterics, the body, the blood, and yes, clues. The mysterious figurine. And what's more, now let me think, yes, the dead man's clothes are inside out, with the exception of one sock, which is missing. How's that for clues? Oh, this is going to be good. New title: The Curse of the Shepherdess.
Isabella kept the statuette on her desk for inspiration all during the writing of the book, but as she was winding up the final edit, she tucked it back into Dorothy's box amid the ghost poop and sent it off to her publisher, who had requested it for a cover photograph. "No need to return it," Isabella wrote. "I'm done with the ugly little thing now."
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On his way home from work Jack Farley stopped off at the local tavern for a whiskey and spent a pleasant half hour with his friend, Porky, discussing the complexities and nuances of the art of pitching a baseball, especially as it applied to a famous major league pitcher, who had that very day come within one out of pitching a no-hitter, only to allow a home run and so lose the game.
The face with which his wife greeted him at the door caused his good mood to leak away instantly. He started to mumble an apology, but she cut him off. "It's not you, Jack. It's my Aunt Penelope. She called this morning to say that she is expecting to die any day now and would like us to visit her as soon as possible."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, my dear." His face showed the proper degree of sympathy, while he was secretly relieved that for once he was not being blamed for some thoughtless behavior. He put his arms around her and murmured what he hoped would be interpreted as comforting sounds. Now we're going to have to go all the way to New York, he thought, and sit in her sterile living room with all the doilies and antimacassars.
"Jack, that's not the worst part. She's been expecting to die for years, so it's probably no different this time. But she insisted that when we come we should bring the little shepherdess statuette she sent us. On no account must we fail to do so."
"But that's..." He nearly said that's crazy, but he didn't want to say that, and in fact, he knew it wasn't crazy, but what was it? He couldn't begin to guess why she would make such a request.
"I know what you were going to say. That it's impossible. How well I know it. What are we going to do, Jack?"
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Name: Molly Lyons
Occupation: Student and FLIP Instructor at Dartmouth, Staff Member at Mighty Yoga
Favorite yoga pose: Half Pigeon Pose. My hips are always tight and absolutely nothing beats a good adjustment in this pose.
Yoga is… a time to let go and be in the present.
What do you love most about yoga? I love that yoga offers me the opportunity to reconnect with myself. No matter how stressed I am, yoga always re-centers me and helps me to understand the bigger picture. It brings me back to reality and my own abilities, reminding myself that all is well and all will work out.
What fuels you? I am fueled by the people around me. Working at Mighty Yoga has connected me to such wonderful people, staff and student alike, allowing me to find an amazing support circle. In addition, it is so rewarding to watch my spinning students realize their own body's abilities, both mentally and physically.
My NON-guilty pleasure is… trashy TV shows, because they let me shut the world off and take the time to relax.
What makes you Mighty? My loyalty to others and determination to do my best.
What's your yoga story? How did you start practicing? I started practicing yoga in high school with my mom and really enjoyed the practice but didn't truly fall in love with it until college. During my sophomore year at Dartmouth, I had a chance to restart when a shoulder injury sidelined me from other activities – it was then that I discovered Might Yoga and I haven't looked back since.
What's the best advice you've ever received? It isn't really a piece of advice, but a mantra to live by. In one of Maddie's classes a couple of weeks ago, she repeated a simple intention for our practice over and over again and it really stuck with me: "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." Ever since then, that same idea has come into my head at least twice a day, reminding myself that everything will be fine, I just have to trust myself and the process, letting go of the fear.