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This major retrospective exhibition rediscovers and celebrates the work of Anne Brigman (1869-1950), who is best known for her iconic landscape photographs made in the early 1900s depicting herself and other female nudes outdoors in the Sierra Nevada. Brigman's photography was considered radical for its time. To objectify her own nude body as the subject of her photographs at the turn of the twentieth century was groundbreaking; to do so outdoors in a near-desolate wilderness setting was revolutionary. Although the term feminist art was not coined until nearly seventy years after Brigman made her first photographs, the suggestion that her camera gave her the power to redefine her place as a woman in society establishes her as an important forerunner in the field.
Brigman's significance spanned both coasts: in Northern California, where she lived, she was known as a poet, a critic, a proponent of the Arts & Crafts philosophy, and a member of the Pictorialist photography movement. On the East Coast, her work was promoted by Alfred Stieglitz, who elected her as a fellow of the prestigious Photo-Secession. From 1903 to 1944 Anne Brigman maintained ongoing correspondence with Alfred Stieglitz, exchanging nearly 100 letters during this time. Brigman is also noted for her honest art criticism and opinioned voice on cultural and fine art topics, and as a published poet.
This exhibition, the largest ever undertaken, brings together over 300 works spanning the entirety of Brigman's career from the collections of Michael Wilson and the Wilson Centre for Photography in London, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the George Eastman Museum, the Oakland Museum of California, MoMA, New York, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and many private collections.
The exhibition is curated by Ann M. Wolfe, Andrea and John C. Deane Family Senior Curator and Deputy Director at the Nevada Museum of Art.

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KVUE -- A fatal drunk driving crash during the SXSW Festival has claimed a fourth life.
De'Andre Tatum, 18, of Fort Worth, had been in a medically induced coma at University Medical Center Brackenridge since the crash on March 13. He was pronounced dead on Thursday, March 27, according to KVUE's sister station, WFAA in Dallas.
Rashad Owens, 21, is charged with capital murder after driving drunk and fleeing police. Officers believe he intentionally drove through barriers set up for the music festival at Red River and Ninth Streets.
As of Thursday, March 27, four people were killed and more than 20 were injured.
Tatum was on Red River with his girlfriend Kurtisha Davis, who was injured but survived.
Read the full story on KVUE.com.


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A thousand years ago, the greatest wizard of all time, Evil Fred, was cast away into another dimension, but now he is about to return and threatens to conquer the world!
Sound familiar? It is the basis of a zillion fantasy stories including The Lord of the Rings. But I have an issue with this plot. If Evil Fred was alive during the technological equivalent of medieval Europe, what would the world look like upon his return? If the fantasy world in question progressed as our real world did, wouldn't his deadly fireballs seem a bit dated when he showed up to rule the 21st century? At best, he could get a job at a Renaissance Fair.
The heart of the issue is that most of us (directly influenced by Tolkien?) want our fantasy worlds to be forever set in a medieval world, albeit one with 'magic'. This obviously begs a few difficult questions. Unless the world was created in an iron age, the technology must have developed from earlier techs, so did it stop developing or are we just witnessing a certain a point in the world's history? If this is the case, what is the time-span of the fabula, including the history that is necessary to make it function (e.g. is there a relic that was created 1000 years earlier and, if so, was the knowledge and craft available)? If a culture was able to make a really cool sword 1000 years previously, why are they still only making swords (not nukes) and why is that old sword still important?
Before exploring possible answers, you may need to consider what constitutes 'magic' in your world. I will address this question more deeply in a separate blog post, but what's important here is the methodology of the magic. If the power can or must be learned and it relies on a set of rules, then there is probably a science to it. I would suggest that the typical fantasy wizard casts 'magic' that operates in this fashion. Again, using The Lord of the Rings as an example, when the elves are asked about their 'magic', they seem confused because, to them, it is simply science
[1] (thus demonstrating
Clarke's "law" that any technology advanced enough will indistinguishable from magic
to the uneducated [2]). Why does this matter? Because, if
magic is the science of the day, then it should advance along with the
technology (in fact, it probably drives it forward). In my early example, Evil
Fred's fireballs are outdated not because he returned to a world that had nukes
simply growing on trees, but because those nukes are the direct intellectual
descendants of Fred's fireball spell. For this reason, you really can't
separate technology from 'magic', and both should become more sophisticated
through time.
So, if this presents a problem for your plot, how do you fix the time-tech conundrum? Well, to be honest, you probably don't need to. I think most fantasy readers will give you a pass on this. Still, addressing the topic would make your world more interesting. Here are a few ideas that I have toyed with. None of them are perfect, but they may be good starting points.
Science and industry, at a high level, may require the support of a centralized government. If this collapses, a golden era may go with it. Baghdad, a city not currently known for its scientific prowess, was one of the brightest intellectual lights in the western world from the 9-12th centuries
[3]. Historians are not
really sure why it all fell apart (though it is easy to blame theocratic
repression, this can't be the sole issue because the city was a religious centre
during its apex as well [3] – certainly the
Mongol invasions didn't help [4]). The important thing
about a golden scholarly age such as Baghdad's, however, is that information
was diligently recorded and travels to and from the city was extensive enough
that much of the knowledge was translated into other languages and locations
before the collapse. Even if Baghdad had burned to the ground, the knowledge
would not have perished from the earth (this is partially true for the material
at the library at Alexandria as well, though the destruction of the library
occurred approximately 1000 years earlier and it is not known how much unique material
was lost [5]). If you are going
to propose that a large amount of advanced technologies were lost, you may want
to consider how those technologies advanced so far in secret and died with
their generations of creators.
You could rationalize your world's scientific stasis by limiting its population. The industrial revolution required much more than just knowledge; it required large cities and a society with loads of specialization in its population
[6]. If a world (such as
Middle-Earth) has only a few million people [7], then it probably
would not undergo such a shift. Why the population of this world has not
increased due to technological
advances (in agriculture, for example), as it did in real world history [6], is a more subtle
problem that you may want to consider. Furthermore, if your magic is a science,
you might still be stuck explaining how research could have progressed far
enough to create powerful spells, yet other technologies have lagged behind.
One possible answer to the time-tech conundrum may be to set a tech ceiling. Production of 'magic' or a certain technology (if you can even separate those two concepts) could lead to a specific type of global catastrophic event (with more powerful magical spells fuelling the problem proportionally). This would knock everything back until the cycle started again. If the set-backs were global in scale, affecting all aspects of society, then it would also help to address the idea that scientific discoveries can't be stopped from happening once the societal and technical pieces are in place to drive them (for example, even if Darwin had never existed, we know that the mechanisms of evolution would have been established, as Alfred Russell Wallace independently found them shortly after Darwin did -- but would it have been so if all of the world's intellectual progress had been set back?). Of course, some of the earlier knowledge (pre-collapse) would persist, so the cycle would be shorter each time, but only a certain level of industry could be reached. This answer (my favourite one) is obviously influenced by real world concepts of global warming and the threats of global thermonuclear war, each of which may set limits on our real-world global prosperity, so it might sound too modern for your setting, but it might also lend the explanation credibility.
And so, as Evil Fred is led away in energy-binds, he can overhear the elvish children's schoolyard banter through the chain-link fence:
"A fireball?! Did that old dude really just cast a fireball?"
"Yeah, totally lame, right?"
"We did that in class, but we didn't bother with the fire; we just started with atomics."
"Really!? I can't wait til I'm in 6th grade; our teacher still has us doing plasma-based stuff."
"Aww, man, don't wait til 6th grade, just look it up on Magipedia; it's all there..."
Works Cited
H. Gee, The Science of Middle-Earth: Explaining the Science Behind the Greatest Fantasy Epic Ever Told!, Cold Spring Press, 2004.
A. C. Clarke, "Hazards of prophecy: the failure of imagination," in Profiles of the Future, London, Gollancz, 1962.
J. Al-Khalili, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance, New York: Penguin Press, 2011.
A. Y. al-Hassan, "Factors Behind the Decline of Islamic Science," [Online]. Available: http://www.history-science-technology.com/Articles/articles%208.htm. [Accessed 23 March 2014].
M. Bragg, Composer, In Our Time: The Library of Alexandria. [Sound Recording]. BBC UK radio program. 2013.
J. Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years, London: Vintage Books, 1998.
T. Loback, "The Kindreds, Houses and Population of the Elves During the First Age," Mythlore, vol. 14, no. 51, 1987.


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Scientific Name
Aeonium x barbatum
Aeonium barbatum, Aeonium 'Barbatum'
Scientific Classification
Family: Crassulaceae
Subfamily: Sedoideae
Tribe: Sedeae
Subtribe: Sedinae
Genus: Aeonium
Aeonium x barbatum is a hybrid of Aeonium spathulatum and Aeonium simsii, up to 20 inches (50 cm) tall, which is compact and clump forming and very free flowering. The rosettes are up to 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter. The leaves are up to 0.2 inch (0.5 cm) wide, green, which become reddish in intense cold or full sun, with dark strips and reddish longitudinal line.
How to Grow and Care
Aeoniums do not like really hot or dry weather. They may go dormant in summer and do not require any water, except in very dry conditions. In extreme heat, their leaves will curl, to prevent excessive water loss. Growing them in moist shade will keep them growing, but their true growth season is winter to spring, when temperatures are cool (65–75˚F / 18–24˚C) and damp. In the winter, water whenever the soil has dried out. Test by poking your finger down into the soil an inch or two. Too much moisture or allowing them to sit in wet soil will cause root rot. A sandy loam or regular potting mix is better than a mix specifically for cacti and succulents, since Aeonium need some moisture.. – See more at: How to Grow and Care for Aeonium.
Propagate Aeoniums by stem cuttings, except for unbranched species which die after flowering and are propagated from seed. Take cuttings when the plant is actively growing, usually fall in USDA zones 9 through 11. Aeoniums go dormant in summer; cuttings taken while plants are dormant don't root. Each leaf rosette dies after it blooms…. – See more at: How to Propagate Aeonium.
It is a hybrid of Aeonium spathulatum and Aeonium simsii.
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Pathos or the emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions.
Authors use pathos to invoke sympathy from an audience; to make the audience feel what what the author wants them to feel. A common use of pathos would be to draw pity from an audience. Another use of pathos would be to inspire anger from an audience; perhaps in order to prompt action. Pathos is the Greek word for both "suffering" and "experience." The words empathy and pathetic are derived from pathos.
Pathos can be developed by using meaningful language, emotional tone, emotion evoking examples, stories of emotional events, and implied meanings.
Types of Emotional Appeals
Appealing to sadness - Sad anecdotes, such as those involving death (especially of those who are powerless i.e, children), severe injury or unjust treatment have the power to move audiences in huge ways. These types of stories are especially powerful if the audience can somehow identify with the victim involved in the anecdote. For example, if a presenter used the story of someone's child dying, the notion that whatever tragedy befell that child - could in fact happen to the children of audience members could move an audience to take action immediately, possibly in the form of signing a petition or electing a new sheriff for example.
Appealing to Anger - Anger many times naturally foments after tragedies or large events that impact entire populations. In many cases, presenters and writers do not have to inspire anger, but simply appeal to it, and guide it towards the goal presented in the argument. In cases where anger is not already inspired, reciting tragic events, such as those mentioned above, but then assigning a particular blame to the tragedy or assigning a motive as well, can easily transform sadness into outrage.
Appealing to a sense of danger or fear - Danger comes in many forms, and there is a long history regarding its use as a rhetorical tool. In ancient roman times, Julius Caesar used the fear of the Gauls as a pretext for their invasion (they themselves were previously invaded by the Gauls). Another example can be found in automobile commercials, which stress their safety features, stressing that the driver and passengers would be safe in the event something went wrong.
Appealing to Happiness and Enthusiasm - While happiness may not seem as strong of an emotion as sadness or anger, it too can be used to help a presenter make a case to an audience. A good example of this can be found in the presentations of motivational speakers. Motivational speakers commonly use success stories of others to help their audience realize that their goals are in fact obtainable. One particular example of this could come in the form of a speech to rehabilitating drug addicts. The speaker in this case would bring up the story of someone who turned their life around after quitting their addiction, and is today a much happier person than they were as a drug addict. Multi-level marketers will also typically use these kinds of stories in order to sell their clients a dream of future success.
Another way of using happiness and enthusiasm in an appeal to pathos is to simply recount happy and touching anecdotes. Recounting these anecdotes will naturally associate them with the argument at hand, as well as the speaker, giving the audience the impression that a speaker is a warm-hearted and caring person.
Pathos in Academic Writing
Appealing to your readers emotion when writing for an academic purpose may at first seem counter-intuitive, given the fact that academia is supposed to be governed by cold hard logic (logos). However, emotional appeals can cause any reader, whether a professor conducting a peer review, or a professor grading a paper, to reconsider their original opinion, and look closely into the logic provided in an argument, rather than brushing it aside all together.
With this being said, the appeal to pathos should not be exaggerated in academic writing, as the reader is likely approach claims with more skepticism than any normal audience. This is because those involved with reviewing papers likely see techniques like this used on a regular basis, and can be quick to determine whether or not it is relevant to the case being presented in the paper. In any case, one should not attempt to be disingenuous when presenting emotionally charged stories, especially those related to tragic events, or else the writer risks discrediting his/her argument all together.
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Persuasive Writing
Persuasive writing is an essential skill, it is useful whether you are selling something, writing for a cause, for business purposes, or even for your class! Persuasive writing can be described as an argument or piece of writing that an author uses to convince his audience of a point or topic. This could potentially be to call the reader to action, or it could merely be to convince the reader of an opinion or view.
Topic & Thesis
The first step in persuasive writing is choosing what you want to write about. Usually, the most natural and most effective topics focus on something specific, rather than an extremely broad topic. More specific topics generally can be explained and supported more easily than extremely broad topics.
After you have determined your topic, you should then develop your thesis. A thesis is the primary argument that your essay will attempt to support. Theses should be arguable points, not facts; for example, if you are selling something, your thesis will be "why you should buy this."
Click here for a list of Persuasive Writing Topics
The next part of writing effective persuasive essays is choosing your supporting points. Supporting points are the reasons used to prove and support thesis. Support is the largest part of your essay, and it is used to show your reader why your thesis is true. Within these supporting points, you should include facts, logic, expert opinions, and statistics to further your point and thesis. Additionally, you can use emotion evoking stories to attempt to connect with your audience. Research should be done to support your points.
Your supporting points should be mapped out before you begin to write your essay, developing an outline is a good way of doing this. The structure of your supporting points is critical; one supporting point should usually lead to another, although they don't always have to.
After you have determined your topic and thesis, you should begin to target and make research your audience. In order to convince somebody of something using writing, you must first know the impact the writing will make on that person and you must also understand who you are writing to. For example, one might take a different approach in writing to industrialists about climate change than when writing to college students about the same subject.
Choosing an audience is extremely important, and is a crucial step that many people forget to take into consideration when writing. Many people think that they are writing to everyone when they write persuasively, this may be true for some subjects, like "why breathing oxygen is important," but for most, there is usually a target that you may not even realize. The reason this step is so important is that different audiences will have different reactions to what you write, and you want to target the right reactions – you want to connect with people.
The next step in this process is to attempt to identify what the beliefs and characteristics of the audience you are writing to are. This includes the reasons why your audience might disagree with your views or what inhibitions they would have before doing what you are trying to persuade them. Also, it is important to know why this cause is relevant to an audience.
Understanding your audience is also vital because it is imperative not to offend your audience, as this will definitely turn them off to any persuasion.
Modes of Persuasion
The next step in persuasive writing is knowing how to connect with your audience. There are three basic ways to do this, which are known as the modes of persuasion.
Persuasion through the authority of the author, known as Ethos,
Ethos can be developed by choosing language that is appropriate for the audience and topic (also means choosing proper level of vocabulary), making yourself sound fair or unbiased, introducing your expertise or pedigree, and by using correct grammar and syntax.
Persuasion through use of logic and facts, known as Logos,
Logos can be developed by citing facts and statistics (very important), using advanced and well-developed language, using historical incidents, analogies, and by constructing logical arguments.
Persuasion through use of emotion and sympathy, known as Pathos
Pathos can be developed by using meaningful language, emotional tone, emotion-evoking examples, stories of emotional events, and implied meanings.
Much of the work in persuasive writing is knowing how to use these methods effectively.
Anticipating and responding to arguments against your point are important parts of persuasive writing. A response to counter arguments varies based on the validity of the counterargument.
In some cases, when a counterargument is completely frivolous, you can completely dismiss it using facts and logic. However, sometimes you may have to concede some parts – or even the entire argument to the opposing point. In these situations, it is important to show the audience why this argument is not important or less important to the big picture of your argument. Acknowledging counterarguments contributes to Ethos, and makes the author seem more fair and balanced in the eyes of the reader.
More Tips and Techniques for Persuasive Writing
Using Sympathy:
Drawing sympathy (using pathos) from your audience is one of the most effective forms of persuasion. This is especially true if your paper is focused around a certain problem or is a passionate topic. This technique is called using pathos. You can use this to draw both negative and positive emotions.
Emotions are a powerful tool. To use your audience's emotion to your advantage, you must understand why something is important to your audience. Then you should focus on this importance, and make your audience feel the emotions associated with it. After you draw on their emotions, you should present your thesis as a solution to their pain or pleasure.
For example:
If you are writing about wind as a source of renewable energy, to an audience of predominately older people, you could describe to them the consequences their children will face if this level of harm towards the environment persists. In this case, the fate of your audience's children is important to your audience. After you have drawn upon their sympathy, you should present to your audience why wind power will offer a solution to this.
If you are writing about equal rights to a predominately white audience, you could try to place your audience in the shoes of someone who is being discriminated against. After you have drawn upon your audience's sympathy, you could show them why policies about equal rights are important.
Make Your Reader a Part of Something:
Feeling like a part of a group or club makes everyone feels good. Make your reader feel like they are a part of a group of people by agreeing with your thesis, while seemingly excluding those who don't.
For example:
If your topic is convincing readers of climate change, you could make your readers feel like a part of a progressive group, enlighten people by agreeing with you.
Look into the Future:
Making assumptions about the future gives your audience a clear choice in deciding what to think after reading your writing. This technique can be especially useful if you are attempting to call your audience to action. Painting a grim future for the inaction of your thesis can be a powerful tool for persuading your audience; likewise, you should describe a brighter future where your thesis is enacted. I.e., this is what will happen if you listen to me, this is what will happen if you don't.
However, this technique should only be used if you can adequately convince your readers that what you are saying will happen or is likely to happen. Misusing this technique can discredit your entire essay and make you seem like a fool!
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I have a running list of people I want to thank for their extraordinary kindness to me personally during the days surrounding Jackie's funeral. People all over the world sent condolences to the family and to Terry. People sent flowers and food. People are so amazing and wonderful, but the ones who keyed into me specifically touched my heart in a way I honestly can't describe. Words are inadequate.
I was sitting on Terry and Jackie's dining room floor and we were talking about the order of service for Jackie. My brain was very close to critical overload and I felt tears welling up. Valaree was watching me and she touched my arm and asked me if I needed some water. She laughed at me later when I told her how much it meant to me. But that kindness and sensitivity was so what I needed at the exact moment I needed it. I was able to take a breath, regroup, and focus on getting our job done.
Liz Williams touched my arm and brought me water at the visitation.
I guess I looked really thirsty this last week.
Johnathan stayed by my side faithfully in case I melted down or fell over.
Lynn went down to Utica Square to pick up shoes for me because they didn't have my size at the mall.
Jennifer applied apocalypse-level waterproof makeup on me… twice.
Jaxon's teachers and coaches were beyond kind and understanding.
Text messages beeped in all day and night with love and prayer and support.
God used His people to minister to me when I was hurting. And God used His people to lift me up so I could help lift up the Mize family.
God uses people. I've talked about this before; God uses people because we're all He's got. (You're the best God's got) We are His ambassadors, we are His Christians, His Christ-like ones.
The person who brought me a bottle of water and a handful of Kleenex may not deserve the Nobel Prize, but a group of people from all over the world who supported a family in need, that group, they deserve jewels in their crowns.
I'm very grateful for the outpouring of love I have received through these days. And I have a renewed sense of responsibility to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit in how to help people when they are hurting. Jackie would be very proud of that.


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Stepping Stone Cafe
Stepping Stone Cafe has become my favorite brunch in Portland, so I felt it would be appropriate to make it the inaugural post for my new Brunch Blog (the blog where I ramble about breakfast).
I was first introduced to this place back in January and have since become smitten with the diner-y decor and oversized portions.
What makes this place truly special, though, is THE SMOTHERED BADASS OMELETTE.
Chicken Fried Steak
My friend and I have made an unofficial tradition of visiting Stepping Stone and splitting The Smothered Badass and one of their awesome sweet breakfast dishes. Then we roll out of the restaurant (because we are so full) and watch television for the rest of the day. #adulting
Other favorites:
Banana Nut Bread French Toast
The Mancake
If you're in the Portland, OR area, I'd HIGHLY recommend checking it out.


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Looking into the effectiveness of mind and its virtual attempt towards the correlation in irregularities is the motive of this section. We may call it as a fun activity which is more or less similar due to the resemblance with puzzles, fun exercises, etc. We may not go through all of it as of time which has had the major impact in our life and still shows inadvertent effect. The darkness of mind needs continuation with spontaneity which requires fun at this moment or the other, for the reason these alertness exercises are chosen.


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Black umbrellas have long been a favorite theme of mine in both paintings and photography. The first time I saw the painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte I was mesmerized. There is something about the way the light kisses the umbrellas in that painting that captivates me.
I have always had an affinity for umbrellas anyway. They embody the romance of a rainy day and seem to be among the most feminine of utilitarian objects, with their sensuous lines; fabric stretched tightly over sheltering ribs, like a corset; the perfect curve of the wooden handle, the elongated tip at the top pulling it all together.
This series of photographs pays homage to the umbrella, to its flirtation with the morning light, and the mystery created beneath its protective arms.
The lake in which I am standing in these photographs further adds to the mystery, the whimsy, and the painterly quality of these images. And the umbrella brings a new element to my Ladies of the Lake Series. To me, this seems the perfect marriage of light and shadow, of depth and atmosphere, of the practical and the improbable.
Until next time...


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School Council
The School Council is made of a group of very responsible representatives from across the academy. Each week they meet to discuss issues close to the hearts of the pupils at Ingoldmells Academy. They are involved in fund raising, competitions and in the running of activities during events when parents and carers are invited into the Academy.
Our School Councillors are:
|Caitlyn - Class 6
|Blake - Class 6
|Connor - Class 5
|Lexus - Class 3
|Harmony - Class 2
|Connor - Class 2
|Kian - Class 1
Our councillors have been voted for by their class mates during recent elections.
Their first task is to ascertain the views of everyone in our academy and compile a list of prizes that can be used to reward pupils with 100% attendance each term. Plus the ultimate prize awarded for 100% attendance all year!


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The Polish Verterinarian
Sheena Cook
Inside the Moniack Moor Inn, the Polish vet sat at the bar, waiting for the policeman. She tried to stop the ice cubes rattling as she brought the glass to her lips. Her vodka tasted of raw potatoes and straw. The cigar smoke from the farmers by the fire caught at the vodka in her throat and sent her straight back to Poland and priests.
That priest had it coming, she thought. I didn't realize how hard I was pressing.
Another sip of vodka.
Whenever she heard the door, she looked into the mirror behind the bar to see who it was.
Brenda, the barmaid, set another vodka in front of Zofija.
—On your own, Zofi?
—Yes. There is a thing I need to do tonight.
—Manage to get your papers?
Zofija took a plum from the fruit bowl on the bar and tested her thumbnail against it. How much pressure before the skin gave?
—Nope. Have to present myself back at the police station again next week.
—What a nightmare having to go and plead with that Pole-hating policeman, Brenda said.
The plum skin gave way and Zofija's fingernails filled with orange-yellow
fruit flesh.
—Brenda, she said, squeezing until she reached hard stone, you have no idea.
Brenda took the plum away and washed Zofija's hand with a warm cloth.
Every week, Zofija attempted to collect her papers from the police station, but every week she left empty-handed. That morning, the policeman had done something different, turning the day from average to exceptional.
She had pinged the bell on the station counter, then knocked on the frosted sliding window. She could see the policeman bite the sandwich his mother had made, place it on the brown paper bag, and swipe his mouth with the back of his hand. Swinging around on his stool, he opened the top drawer of the filing cabinet and pulled out his ferret. He slid the window partially open, revealing a rectangular slice of himself holding his ferret under his chin.
—Our little Polish immigrant. What is it we can do for you today?
—Same as always. My papers. She stretched out her hand.
The policeman cradled the ferret against his stomach, stroking its length with his forefinger.
—You know you want to stroke him. He's not been himself lately. Could you take a look?
He plopped the ferret into her hand.
—Need lots of loving, ferrets, he said. They can die of loneliness.
The ferret puffed out musk while the policeman breathed out tuna fish. Zofija held the ferret away from herself, remembering their carpet-tack teeth. She spilled it onto the counter.
—Can't examine your ferret without my papers. Weeks ago I was told they were in the mail.
—Mother won't have him in the house. Malodorous little rodent, she calls him. Have to keep you here at the station, don't I? You're not a rodent, he said into the ferret's fur. You munch on rodents for breakfast. We'll never have rats in our jail, will we?
He popped the ferret back into the drawer, squeezing a raisin flat before inserting it between the ferret's pointy teeth. Opening the second drawer, he stooped down, stopping at each file to read its label.
—Still mopping the floors, Zoefeeyaah? Bit of a comedown for you, cleaning up after the vet. He addressed this to the filing cabinet while he picked out a file, his body blocking it from Zofija.
—The second I get those papers, she said, I'll have my scalpel back in my hand.
—Until then, a proper British vet will suffice, the policeman said.
His neck bulged over his collar. Pig, Zofija thought. What expressions would move over his face if she pressed her thumbs below his earlobes, and let him drop, slowly, into unconsciousness?
He leaned down to open the bottom drawer with his foot, showing half moons of, Zofija assumed, unexplored flesh.
—Nope. He straightened up. File's empty. See you next week.
Zofija leaned over the counter, into tuna fish and ferret-musk.
—You know I only have one week left on my permit. Please check again.
—I shouldn't be dealing with paperwork for people like you. I have detective work of serious gravity to be getting on with.
He paused, sucking half his lower lip under his teeth, forcing the other half into a rawish protrusion.
—I'm detecting a terror of being sent back to Poland. Did you run away? Something fishy about you. I could have you deported tomorrow, you little
Polish bitch.
Turning to leave, she gave the skirting board a kick.
—I'd rather be a little Polish bitch than a middle-aged virgin living with
his mother.
He squeezed himself around the counter with his mouth open, panting, and grabbed her arm. There was shaving cream in the crease below his earlobe. Right where she could press her thumbs.
He steered her into the only cell and locked the door. A concrete bed hung from the wall. The toilet reeked of stale urine. He pushed her against the back wall.
—I could lock you up in here for as long as I liked. Nobody would come and
get you.
With her head back against the wall Zofija remembered the cold stone in her church in Poland. That priest. Told me it brought him closer to God and salvation. I would be doing my duty to God.
She covered her face with her arm and kicked unsuccessfully at his groin.
—Let's see how tough Polish girls really are, he said, unfastening his belt.
And now, it was evening at the bar, Brenda was wiping plum juice from Zofija's palms as she waited. The door opened, bringing Zofija back to the task in hand. She saw who had come in.
—Brenda. Another double please.
The policeman heaved himself up onto a barstool. Brenda kept her back to him.
—My usual, pet. Whenever you've a minute.
Brenda slapped down a pint of beer in front of him.
—I'm not your pet. Stick to your ferrets, she said.
He threw a crumpled ten pound note in her direction.
—One for yourself. Poppet. He nodded in Zofija's direction. And one for your little foreign friend over there.
Brenda looked at Zofija, who rolled her eyes upwards until they hurt.
The policeman slid off his barstool and hoiked himself up on the one next
to Zofija.
—We had fun this morning.
Beer mingled with fish and musk on his breath.
—It wasn't that bad, Zofija said.
—Fancy another go? Plenty more where that came from.
—Let's try the office this time.
—One for the road, then, Brenda. Poppet.
In the surgery, Zofija poured whisky.
—Drink first?
He wiped his palms on his trousers then reached both hands out for the drink, slurping it like milk.
—Take off your belt and trousers and lie on the operating table, Zofija said.
He handed her his belt then folded his trousers onto the chair, as his mother had made him do, every day of his 40 years. He lay on the table and turned his cheek to the steel, half-closing his eyes.
—Look at me now, Mummy. Not so worthless as you thought, am I? he said, into the table.
—What did you say? Zofija asked.
Zofija buttoned her white vet's coat, then switched off the lights. She fastened his belt around his arms into the unused tightest hole, then flicked on the overhead surgery light.
—Laser or scalpel? She held up both instruments.
—Doctors and nurses?
—Just a little surgery.
A hint of fear crept across his face. He struggled to get up off the table. She pushed him down.
—This will hurt a little.
He tried to reach out for whatever pointy instrument she was holding, but his arms were pinned by his belt.
—You can't. They'll get you.
—After what you did to me? You won't have the balls to tell them.
—You've had your game. We're even. I'll hand over your papers.
She held some gauze over his face.
—We'll be even before the sun's up.
He floated far away, somewhere deep.
Zofija hummed a Chopin Nocturne as she worked. She pressed the scalpel until his skin gave way, muttering to herself in time to the music. I didn't want that priest to die in the church. Priests and policemen. Chose the wrong girl, didn't you both?
As the policeman floated up from his faraway place, disinfectant burned his nostrils and heat seared around his thighs. He groped for his groin. No trousers. Fat bandages. What has she taken? She can't have. She wouldn't dare. How was he going to explain this to his mother?
He looked around. No Zofija.
Outside in the dark, milk bottles clinked, then the milkman's electric van whirred into the distance. His mother would be wondering where he had been all night.
His trousers hung from a hook, a limp ferret peeping out of the crotch. A note was pinned to his trouser leg:
Your ferret will come round. Got my papers from your file-cabinet. I'm your vet now. You report me, I'll report you.
He would tell his mother he'd been with a woman all night: a first. And that she had been demanding in the bedroom, leaving him tender in the groin area.
Zofija sat at Brenda's kitchen table watching the sun paint the tops of houses all the colors of morning. Brenda put warm floury buns on the table and poured coffee.
—Why didn't you kill him? I would have.
—Enjoyed it too much the first time. I was worried I would get a taste for it.
—So did you leave him intact?
—He'll think I didn't.
Brenda stroked her finger over the flour on Zofija's upper lip. Zofija opened her mouth a little, letting Brenda's finger fall onto her bottom lip.
—Let's have him over for dinner, then, Brenda said. Scottish meatballs in Polish sour cream.


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Time magazine calls the Affordable Care Act a "broken promise" on the cover of its latest issue. The image splits a pill with "Obamacare" inscribed on it in half, separating "Obama" and "care."
The cover story, by Nancy Gibbs, looks at how President Barack Obama needs to fix what has been a disastrous rollout of the federal health law— and fix it fast:
So the sign that the Obama presidency had reached a turning point came not when his poll numbers sank or his allies shuddered or the commentariat went hunting for the right degree of debacle to compare to the rollout of Obamacare.
It happened when he started apologizing. In triplicate. For not knowing what was going on in his own Administration. For failing to prevent his signature achievement from detonating in prime time. For not telling the whole truth when he promised people that Obamacare would not touch them without permission: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan."
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Weekend Challenge: Express Gratitude
Friday, July 26, 2013
This weekend, take a moment to genuinely thank someone in your life. It can be someone you work with, your neighbor, a family member, or the person who makes your coffee every morning. Take the time to thank them for what they do and make sure they accept your thanks. Don't let them brush off your compliments.
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in things we forget to let people know we appreciate them. Hopefully the person you thank will pass it on.
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False lashes are more almost as important as mascara and/ or concealer to me... My natural lashes aren't long nor voluminous enough to be picked up by camera nor a mascara wand. Any type of sparse or natural style of false lashes will help even on a daily basis. Yes I know, the idea of "natural fake" lashes is rather absurd, but in this post I'm gonna share with you one of these lovely creations.
Asian brands make amazing lashes, not only are the factories good - Chinese and Indonesians are some of the best - but the design/ quality control work is even more impressive - Koreans and Japanese rule this area.
Koji (link) is a Japanese company that makes lashes under different brand names, including Spring heart (link), Dolly Wink (link), Takako (link). I love their lash glue, too!
You can get really good quality and crafted lash curlers for different lengths and curves from Koji. On the other hand, they make double lid glue and tapes (probably more popular amongst mono-lids Asians) under brand names Eye Talk (link).
These are ordinarily 380 yen per pair, and they sometimes go on different sales. It comes with a very decent use-able lash glue that can definitely last quite a few applications. These lashes are durable and you can re-use them if you take care of them.
Style: Koji Spring Heart, Eyelash #06 Elegant Long
It tells in the back using hearts to represent, that it has 2/3 eyeline effect, 3/3 long effect, and 3/3 volume effect. Very helpful for beginners to pick lashes for their likings or effects to achieve!
This style has straight lashes, not criss-crossed. Length is medium, and not uniform through-out. On my eyes, they are perfect. The band is clear. Super soft and comfortable to wear. Feels like nothing on!
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- Shiro Cosmetics, Baker's Boy - inner corner highlight
- Shiro Cosmetics, Mockingjay - main eyeshadow colour
- Rimmel London (Japanese line), Chocolat Sweet Eyes #003 - only the liner shade to darken up the outer corners.
- Stila, Kajal Eye Liner #Topaz - lower waterline
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Acupuncture for Sports Injuries
While acupuncture for back pain is one of the most commonly seen (and resolved!) complaints, acupuncture is also very effective for relief of chronic pain relating to all joints and muscles in the body.
Our musculoskeletal system is a dynamic entity and pain symptoms should not be observed and treated merely at the local area. Conditions need to be assessed holistically to locate the source of pain and devise a treatment plan that will not only relieve the pain but prevent recurrence.
Many of you may have heard of or seen the figure skater, Yuna Kim, of South Korea. She was the gold medalist during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Her technique and artistry were praised highly by many in and out of the industry.
Despite her impressive accomplishments at such a young age of 19, it's been said that she has gone through many hardships to be where she is now.
In 2007, she had suffered through severe back pain and had even considered retiring from the sport. During the 2007 World Figure Skating Championships held in Tokyo, Japan, she received acupuncture treatments while preparing for the Championship.
Besides Yuna Kim, there are several other high-profile athletes who continue to maintain their health and performance with the help of acupuncture treatments. Yong-Eun Yang is a professional golfer who, in 2006 and 2009 respectively, took first place in the Korea Open and PGA Tour, beating even Tiger Woods. Yang suffers from chronic neck pain and he receives regular acupuncture treatments as well.
While figure skating and golf are very different sports, the type of stress incurred by the body is very similar. Figure skating requires balancing on one leg and foot, while golf requires the use of one shoulder for every swing. Such repetitive motion and strain on the body will inevitably create imbalance in the body. In order for athletes or any sport-enthusiast to see great results in their performance, the muscle area that is most used while playing these sports must be maintained at a healthy state, allowing for proper recovery and preventing injury to the area.
Athletes may suffer injuries from repetitive motion while playing sports but many other non-athletes are subject to the same type of injuries as well. Today, most of us suffer from imbalances that come from activities of daily living (ADL) – driving through traffic, high computer usage, hours of sitting or standing, etc. All of these activities, while necessary and seemingly innocuous, gradually tax our systems and create imbalances. And if left untreated, what started as a minor imbalance can develop into chronic back pain, shoulder/neck pain, disc herniation, arthritis, migraines, and the list goes on.
In order to treat such conditions, the 3-dimensional aspect of the body must be taken into consideration. While commonly seen acupuncture charts show acupuncture points in a 2-dimensional perspective, it is important to remember what lies beneath the surface of these acupoints and treat the underlying muscular imbalances. At Trinity Acupuncture, we use traditional methods of acupuncture as well as dry needling to help correct musculoskeletal imbalances by releasing the adhesions between muscle layers. Our treatments involve comprehensive examination and assessment of the musculoskeletal system and identifies not only the injured area but the imbalance located at the vertex, in which most always the source of pain resides. This identification and diagnosis allows thorough treatment with acupuncture.


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The 2018 Global Hymn Sing featured over 1 million people singing "Jesus Shall Reign" ... 5,020 churches, 77 countries and 32 languages! This compilation video is created from submissions from many of the churches who participated. Thank you to all that joined with us! #TheTaskUnfinishedRead More
One of the Getty's guitar players, Zach White, walks through how to play the Getty's latest missions hymn, "Jesus Shall Reign," featured in the 2018 Global Hymn Sing Sunday, Feb. 25.Read More
We've just uploaded music and lyrics from our Portuguese translators in Brazil.
Chord sheets, Lyrics and a Guitar and Vocal video are available.Read More
So far, 439,298 people from 2,274 churches in 55 countries have sign up to join the Global Hymn Sing.
Join with hundreds of thousands of people in thousands of churches all over the world as we sing "Jesus Shall Reign" as an act of unity in God's Mission.
We pray that you will be spurred on to witness to Christ where you are and to partner in what God is doing around the world.Read More
We've created a set of videos that you can sing along to in your language. Videos are available in English, Tagalog (Philippines), French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
Sign up to join the event and download the videos.Read More
We've just uploaded onscreen lead and four part harmony slides for "Jesus Shall Reign". Sign up your church for the global event to download.Read More
Keith Getty shares the vision for our 2018 #TheTaskUnfinished Global Hymn Sing featuring the song "Jesus Shall Reign." Sign up to join.Read More
We've just updated the music score resources for Jesus Shall Reign.
You can now download the following sheet music for the Global Hymn Sing.
PDF files of the Piano and Vocal, Lyrics Sheet, Vocal Rhythm , Choir Piano, Full Orchestration, Chord Sheet and Hymnal versions are available.
Just released: Watch the "Jesus Shall Reign" lyrics video to learn the song and the new chorus by the Getty team.Read More
The Global Hymn Sing '17 montage video is finally here! On June 25, almost 600,000 believers representing 67 countries joined in singing the hymn "For the Cause" in their worship gatherings as an act of solidarity for Global Missions.Read More
Milhões de crentes — Milhares de igrejas — Dezenas de idiomas – Uma só voz
Em 25 de junho, domingo, Getty Music, em parceria com a OMF, promoverá o segundo #TheTaskUnfinished Global Hymn Sing, um evento anual que apresenta a nova canção dos Getty: "For The Cause" [Pela Causa]. Junte-se a milhões de crentes em todo o mundo, ensinando essa canção à sua igreja como um modo de enfatizar a necessidade urgente de que o evangelho seja anunciado a todas as nações.Read More
Keith and Kristyn Getty invite you to join this year's Global Hymn Sing. Watch the video to learn more.Read More
Millones de creyentes - Miles de iglesias - Docenas de idiomas - Una sola voz
El domingo 25 de junio, Getty Music, en asociación con OMF, acogerá nuestro segundo evento anual #TheTaskUnfinished Global Hymn Sing con la nueva canción de los Getty - For The Cause (Por la causa). Únete a millones de creyentes en todo el mundo enseñando esta canción a su iglesia como una manera de enfocarnos en la necesidad imperiosa de que el Evangelio vaya a todas las naciones.Read More
Dr Patrick Fung, OMF General Director shares why the the song, For the Cause, resonates with him.Read More
NEW Lyric Video for "For The Cause" Children's Edition!
"For The Cause" was written as an urgent call to mission and Christian service. Featured on the upcoming album of the same name, this new version of the song features Children singing from 5 continents with musical inspiration from around the world.Read More
6月25日(日)、第2回「まだ果たされぬ使命、グローバル一斉賛美」が、ゲッティさんたちの新しい賛美「キリストのため」をもって、ゲッティミュージックとOMFの共催でもたれます。Read More
We've just received the Hindi and German translations of For The Cause. We're delighted to be able to share them with you as we gather as a global family to sing.Read More
Last year's event saw over 1.1 million people in 100 countries, representing 5,429 churches and 11 languages took part. We sang China Inland Mission worker, Frank Houghton's hymn - Facing A Task Unfinished, rearranged with a new chorus by Keith & Kristyn Getty.
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Getty Music, OMF International and thousands of churches world-wide joined on 21 February 2016 for the global hymn sing of 'Facing a Task Unfinished' – a call to reach the nations with the Good News of Jesus and to stand alongside the global church.Read More


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JewelryMaking: Learn the Technique first
"I am person who also likes to create jewerly and clothes. I am writing this e-mail in hopes that you will be able to help me on something. I like to sketch and design clothing, with clothing you have to sketch befor you create; however with jewelry i am at a loss. Should one sketch before they create, or is sketching just a waste of time. Some other questions revolving around jewelry making and sketching is. If one does sketch do they sketch not knowing what materials they are going to use and just do a design, should you gather materials then sketch knowing the materials you have or.... "
I understand your question completely. Let me explain to you how it works, at least for me: there are two ways to go about designing jewelry and they are totally based on your experience and confidence in using specific TECHNIQUE and CONSTRUCTION:
1) If you are confident with a specific technique and have practiced it repeatedly, then it becomes easier to allow your mind to experiment WHILE you are working on the piece. You just KNOW how the materials are going to behave with that technique. For example, I had a bangles phase, when I created hundreds of coiled bangles strung on wire. I felt so comfortable with that particular technique/construction style that I allowed myself to play with it, adding changes here and there, until new designs appeared which didn't seem at all like the previous bangles. Still, the underlying structure and construction was the same.
2) If you are trying to develop a new technique or construction: this is MUCH more difficult, because you need to be comfortable with the medium altogether (for example, in my case wire and beads) to know its potential and limitations. You need to EXTRAPOLATE and use the medium in a completely different way.
In both instances, you can sketch or not. In the first case, where you are comfortable with the technique and construction, you can just draft something since you KNOW it can be made. In the second case, sometimes drawing helps to develop a new design altogether.
I think the main problem here that it doesn't seem like you know your preferred technique or construction – at no point you mentioned it in your message. What is your favorite medium? What materials do you like to use? How do you like to manipulate them? How are the materials joined together?
Jewelry Making has such a large variety of materials and techniques, it would be very difficult to just generalize. Get your TECHNIQUE and CONSTRUCTION down (and if that means working with other people's tutorials over and over so you get the hang of it, then so be it), and when you are comfortable with it, the new designs will just come flowing out, on paper or not.


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We ensure our patients have a remarkable eye care experience. Everyone you meet at Ansley Eye Care is focused on building a long-term relationship. Our patient communication & high level of service is our specialty.
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Wallace spoke little about his troubles with Revenue
The developer made no secret of his bank debts, but was less vocal about his VAT shortfall
DEVELOPER MICK Wallace has made no secret of his problems with the banks but has spoken less often about debts to the Revenue Commissioners before this week.
On Wednesday, Mr Wallace said that before he stood for election in February 2011, he "made it plain" that he owed Revenue €1.4 million.
Speaking to Bryan Dobson on the Six O'Clock News on RTÉ, he said he had mentioned his debt, and the amount involved, to Vincent Browne and Mary Wilson on their respective shows. He said he had also referred to it at numerous public meetings in Co Wexford during the election campaign.
However, an online search of various media reports yesterday turned up only one reference by Mr Wallace to his tax debts before this year. This was when he was interviewed with footballer Kevin Doyle by RTÉ presenter Miriam O'Callaghan in June 2011.
In that interview, he said he didn't feel good about owing the banks money "and I feel a lot worse about owing the Revenue and sub-contractors money".
"I do owe some money to both and I've done my best to pay off as many of the subbies as I could. I also have an arrangement with Revenue where I pay so much a month. If the banks decide to stop working with me, it will collapse and I will owe more money to the Revenue and sub-contractors, and that's not a great place to be.
"It's actually not a crime to owe money," he said. "There's some people going to owe the taxpayer a lot more than me."
Asked by Ms O'Callaghan how much he owed the Revenue, he replied: "I'm not sure. It's VAT and we just couldn't pay it but we're paying it back on a monthly basis."
This arrangement unravelled after ACC Bank secured a €19.4 million judgment against Mr Wallace last November.
There is no mention of the issue in an election canvass article in The Irish Times in February 2011, which quoted the property developer as saying "owing money to the banks, that doesn't make me a criminal". Neither is there any reference to the matter in local media articles in Co Wexford at the time.
Mr Wallace stood for the Dáil at short notice last year under the slogan "For a New Politics".
He was elected on the first count with over 13,000 votes. His election leaflet promised that "I will make no empty promises to deliver the usual 'stroke' politics. But I do promise to bring an honest approach in working to change the way we are governed".
Ms Wilson conducted a lengthy interview with Mr Wallace in November 2011, after the ACC Bank judgment.
This dealt with his bank debt but made no mention of Revenue issues.
Mr Browne's shows from this period are not available online but the presenter said yesterday he had no recollection of the issue being mentioned during Mr Wallace's appearances, though he would have to check.


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How has everyone been?? It has been a such quick week. No school tomorrow for Veterans Day! So I am going to take this time to offer some more freebies in honor of all the service men and women who have worked hard to make America a safe place to live, laugh, and love. Here are some new math games that I have created and recreated. I have taken taken some of the ideas I have found on pinterest and I have recreated these games. If you know who is the original creator of these ideas, please give credit where credit is due. Thanks for your inspiration. Here you go!
Here is a take on my Domino Kaboom. It is the same idea, but here we are subtracting! I hope you enjoy! Just click on the pictures to get the google doc!
And here is race to 15¢ inspired by a fellow pinner!
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Eat red for a healthy heart
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Couples Therapy
Sometimes it is difficult to address relationship concerns without both (or all) people in the therapy room together. My role in this type of work is to discuss and observe your interactions and help explore ways to improve your communication. I will guide you in your communication while we meet and discuss changes you can make in your interactions and activities between sessions. I can also help you better express your thoughts and feelings to your partner.


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Blaise Pascal's chief accomplishments included the invention of a mechanical calculator, the development of Pascal's triangle and the refutation of the belief in the impossibility of vacuums. Pascal was also a devout Christian whose two theological works are widely considered among the most important in Western literature.
Biography.com states that Pascal was the son of a tax collector. To make his father's work easier, he invented a mechanical calculator known as the Pascaline. Pascal's invention had eight numerical dials that represented numerical digits such as ones, tens and hundreds. It could add, subtract and multiply. Although the Pascaline had glitches and fell off the market a year after its introduction, it remained an influential predecessor to the modern calculator.
Pascal was a skilled mathematician. According to Wikipedia, one of his most important contributions to mathematics was the introduction of Pascal's triangle, a triangular display of the binomial coefficients. In the realm of physical science, Pascal used mercury in an experiment that demonstrated the existence of vacuums. This sparked controversy in the scientific community, which had long held with Aristotle's assumption that vacuums did not exist.
Pascal became a Christian believer after a personal religious experience in 1654. His first theological work, "The Provincial Letters," was a controversial assault on prevailing religious tenets that Pascal felt justified moral laxity. His second religious treatise, "Pensées," was a sweeping defense of Christianity against popular secularist trends. Scholars rate it as one of the greatest works in French prose.


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Winter Geauga County, Ohio Feb. 13, 2017
The Fair Share
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What's cropping up!
Winter Warehouse Sale Feb. 25!
National CSA Signup Day is Feb. 24
Spring Into the Garden with us at Lowe's in March!
Important info for Summer 2017 CSA
Corporate pop-ins
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Join us for our first-ever Winter Warehouse Sale!
We know you aren't used to hearing from us in the middle of winter, so we are happy to have a good reason to contact all of you now about
our first-ever Winter Warehouse Sale
. 25! This is an opportunity for you to fill your freezers and pantries and a chance for us to empty out ours before the summer CSA program begins.
We planned this event for Saturday, Feb. 25 not only to beat the winter blues, but to coincide with National CSA Signup
an entire day dedicated to the celebration of community-supported agriculture.
Read more about it below.
Come meet our farmers and farm reps and get a little winter pick-me-up before the home
stretch until your veggies start arriving weekly in June. We will be offering
discounted pricing
on everything from
eat (grass-fed beef filets and
ground beef, chicke
n breasts and thighs, ham steaks, pork
chops and ribs, breakfast sausage and sweet Italian sausage links) to fresh greens like lettuce, kale and spinach, staples like honey, syrup and jams
and even
some items leftover from fall.
We will also have
cheese, fresh eggs and baked g
for sale.
Winter isn't over yet, so come pick up all you need to make comfort food like beef stew and chicken noodle soup and shepherd's pie. Stock up on maple syrup to sweeten your pancake breakfasts and honey to sweeten your hot tea.
Please let us know if you'll be stopping in by RSVPing to Laura at
or Rachel at
Hope to see you there!
Laura Dalheim
~ with Rachel Machesky and the farmers and families of Geauga Family Farms
National CSA Signup Day is Feb. 24
In 2015, Small Farm Central released the
2014 CSA Farming Annual Report
, which gathered data from more than 250 CSA farmers and almost 53,000 memberships. Among other interesting facts, the report showed that the most popular day for CSA Signups in 2014 was Friday, Feb. 28. So in 2015, the first National CSA Signup Day was held Saturday, Feb. 28.
CSA farmers offered special CSA Signup Day discounts and promotions and enjoyed an influ
x of signups from members wanting to support local agriculture. This year, CSA Day is about more than getting lots of CSA signups; it's a whole day dedicated to the celebration of community-supported agriculture.
This is why we are holding our first-ever
Winter Warehouse Sale
the following day, Feb. 25. Please join us and help us celebrate community-supported agriculture.
Spring into the Garden with GFF at Lowe's Greenhouse
Can't make it to our Winter Warehouse Sale? Join us
March 18
at Lowe's Greenhouse, 16540 Chillicothe Road, in
Bainbridge for Spring into the Garden which
will be held March 17 - 19.
GFF will be
presenting our CSA program and introducing our farmers. We will also have our locally produced items for sale, including meat, fresh greens, honey, syrup, jams, cheese, fresh eggs and baked goods.
Lowe's will have sales on fruit trees and berry bushes and a demonstration of basic vegetable planting.
Fresh vegetable snacks will be available. Lowe's
weekly winter farmers market will be that Satu
rday as well.
Come join us!
Important info for Summer 2017 CSA program
We have new CSA software this year, so
even if you are a returning member, you will need to sign up as a new member. Here is the step-by-step process to sign up, beginning from our website
1. Click on Sign Up Now.
2. Choose your size and extras.
3. Scroll to bottom of page and click on submit and continue.
4. Choose farm or pick-up site to be announced.
5. Enter contact information (add additional emails if more than one).
6. Read member agreement.
Check "understand and agree" to acknowledge that you have read and understand the member agreement so there are no surprises or misunderstandings during the season.
7. Click on submit and continue.
8. Check order is correct - it will give you a total cost and the cost for the three separate payments in the payment plan if you choose that option.
You must pay in full to apply the returning member discount.
9. Enter your coupon code (RETURNING17).
10. To pay in installments by credit card, you must click on Member Assembler Payments - it will automatically take you to the payment plan page.
11. To pay in full by credit card, click on PAY IN FULL near the bottom of the page to exit the payment plan page and pay in full.
12. Enter credit card information.
13. Click on sign me up.
Returning members may take advantage of a
5 percent discount.
You must use the discount code
to receive the discount.
Share sizes/options
New this year is a customizable share.
Many of you have been requesting this option for years!
This share is equivalent to the medium share in volume. Members will select $23 worth of
produce only
from the farm store to fill each week's share. The total regular price of $700 includes a $12 fee each week to cover the cost of special packaging and the extra labor required to hand-select each item ordered by the member. Since this is a new option, we are only offering a limited number of customizable shares. This means quantities will be limited, so order early to get one of these customizable shares.
There are no small shares this year.
Pick-up Sites
For now, select
"Pick-up sites to be announced" or select the Farm location to complete your order.
We will finalize our pick-up sites in the spring and follow up with you then to select your location. An additional savings of $50 is applied to those picking up at our farm location.
You may pay for your share with a check by mail or online with a check or credit card.
We offer a payment plan which breaks down the total cost into three equal payments. If you are paying by check, it requires mailing in all three checks at once. If you are paying online, three payments will be automatically deducted from your credit card, each one month apart. Please be sure to use a credit card that does not expire before the final payment is due, or make a note to update it when your new card arrives.
This year, returning members can take advantage of a 5 percent discount.
Medium share - $441.75
Large share (returning members) - $736.25
Customizable share - $665
For our new members, regular pricing remains the same as last year.
Medium share - $465
Large share - $775
Customizable share - $700
*Enter discount code
when ordering.
to order your share now.
Corporate pop-ins
We would love to bring the farm to your employees. Our farm representative Rachel Machesky will be making
visits to local businesses to talk about the opportunity to bring farm-fresh goodness to your employees, right where they work. She will share information on our programs and accept sign-ups.
Rachel will be accompanied by one of our farmers, who will bring along over-wintering vegetables including potatoes and onions
, as well as
farm-produced items such as maple syrup, honey and jams.
Schedule a pop-in visit now. To set up a convenient time for Rachel and the farmers to come out to your company, please contact Rachel at 216-246-8254 or email her at
Follow us on Instagram
GFF is now on Instagram! Share photos of your shares and favorite veggies during the season,
otos of the delicious meals you make with our produce and more. We plan to have photo
contests, offer
discounts and feature you, our members, on our Instagram account.
(Between the regular business hours of 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday
Farm Representatives
Laura Dalheim
, 440-478-9849, firstname.lastname@example.com
Rachel Machesky
216-246-8254, email@example.com
Geauga Family Farms, Middlefield, Ohio 44062


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Welcome to the first episode of the Shameless Podcast! (Title is tentative). My buddy Atreyue and I sit and talk about the music industry, ask why so many members are leaving bands, and why Spotify isn't paying artists as much as they should.
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California Forum
Remembering Mom is easy; missing her is anything but
Mom died 35 years ago, and like all of us who have suffered such a loss, I don't need an earmarked day to remember her.
And I certainly didn't need it when she was alive to remind me to tell her how much I loved her.
But that doesn't diminish the significance of what we are celebrating on this May day. Or what we have celebrated in the past.
For those moms who are with us, we do it with flowers and candy and brunches, or some other gifts, or maybe just a card, a hug and some loving words. For those who are no longer here, we do it by embracing and cherishing our memories.
Remembering Mom is easy. Missing her is anything but … even after all these years.
She taught me so many things – some I pray I do as well as she did, others I am not even close.
She was the mother of 10, grandmother and great-grandmother of dozens before her death, 98 direct descendants at that moment. Since then the numbers have spiraled, and all of them, as well as the unborn, will know her only through the wealth of stories that will be passed from generation to generation.
They will talk about her kindness and her goodness; about her sense of humor and her laughter; about her concern for others and her service to many.
They will talk about how she taught us more by doing than by preaching; about the strengths she modeled for us when faced with the crucibles of suffering.
They will talk about her pride and her tolerance and about the queenly way she faced challenges and obstacles without complaints.
And the grandchildren, many of whom have grandchildren of their own now, will laugh and cry happy tears as they recall how their Maw Maw created her own sanctuary city in her kitchen. Once they entered that sacred place they were safe from any who might seek to render judgment about their childhood behavior. She was the judge and the jury, and they were almost always innocent.
Oh, Mom could be stubborn and on rare occasions she could show a little anger, but she couldn't be mean. And like my dad, she truly understood the biblical meaning of forgiveness.
She was widowed at age 51 and died at 82, and for those decades in between, her family, her work and her faith were the center of her world.
After my dad died, Mom and my oldest sister had a cake business that was run out of that same sanctuary kitchen. And she also worked for the newspaper that used to belong to my dad and which she inherited and later sold.
For years she wrote all of the social notes, marriages and engagements, births and deaths, who was visiting whom, news that is vitally important for a weekly in a small town.
Then one day Mom called to say that the new owners had decided she was no longer needed, and I soon learned a lesson about trust that I have related to journalists in many conversations.
She was crushed. It wasn't about salary; that's not why she did it. She did it out of love. And it kept her connected.
A couple of weeks later, she called with new news. The owners hired her back. Why? The people in town knew her and trusted her. They understood she would treat them fairly and report accurately. Their connections couldn't be replaced so easily.
As I stood speaking at her funeral and looked out at the crowded pews, I understood even better what I always knew:
Mom brought people together to heal and to resolve their differences. And she was loved.
Last Christmas. I thought about that when our oldest granddaughter Melitta gave her grandmother Bea a handmade and engraved necklace. She has always called her Beadaddy.
The engraving simply says: "The best mothers are promoted to Beadaddy."
Mom's grandchildren would say: "The best mothers are promoted to Maw Maw."
Both would be correct.
Happy Mother's Day.
Gregory Favre is the former executive editor of The Sacramento Bee and retired vice president of news for The McClatchy Co. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bovinus Rex
Music & Libretto by Rudolf Rojahn
Directed by Copeland Woodruff
World Premiere - May 4, 2012 by Guerilla Opera
"Guerilla Opera's Bovinus Rex is a raunchy, poignant and musically interesting short piece of opera." (@bostonlowbrow)
A cattle farm in rural Ohio faces imminent bank foreclosure. With only a trophy wife and a slow-witted man child as laborers, the owner and operator invents a machine to quickly slaughter his herd. Trouble unfolds when his long-lost daughter, now a militant animal rights activist, returns disguised as a heifer to sabotage her father's operation. As events begin to spin out of control she is forced to confront the practicality of her once-puritanical worldview.
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Several years ago I had become very interested in animal rights and issues surrounding the production of our food in America. There were a plethora of horrors and injustices to be found and it didn't take long to become morally outraged. On deeper examination it became more and more clear however, that mistreatment and a certain moral relativism was present not just in American agribusiness but in the entire construct in which animals provide us food and other products. There is no way to live in our society with completely clean hands because the use of animals as commodities is inextricably interwoven with our societies and historical success as a species.
That creates a paradigm in which everyone must decide for themselves what an acceptable amount of suffering is, a decision dictated not only by ethics but by social and financial factors as well There is a beauty to black and white, righteous moral positions but they usually disregard the knotty complexity of real life. As a younger man I felt much more confident in the value of moral certitudes. Like fundamentalist religions however, the simplification of multi-faceted issues usually creates more problems and injustices than it ultimately resolves.
A large impetus for writing this story was to investigate both the beauty and danger of fanatical belief and the moral righteousness of youth; a study of how our identities are defined by the issues and beliefs we hold dear. -Rudolf Rojahn
As with any one-act opera or play, the scenes are condensed and every moment counts in uncovering these complex characters and their extreme desperation. This production builds upon the environment created by Rojahn's music and libretto – a B-horror movie aesthetic.
The title of the opera suggests a primitive sacrifice out of antiquity, and begins with iconic shadow play in the overture. This ritual dance reaches a fever pitch when the Bovinus-Man is sacrificed. This moment is accompanied by the "machine music" which reappears throughout the opera and embodies a dangerous and ominous presence in the space.
The slow consumption of the set, covered by butcher paper, alludes to the consumer nature of the meat and food industries. A large piece of butcher paper is hung to conceal the farmer's machine and is ripped up as the opera progresses, which slowly reveals the "Precision Kut 5200" cattle-slaughtering machine. The actors not only "consume" the set by ripping up the paper, but there are other machine-like elements in the staging, such as eating and assembly-line dressing.
Two actors play multiple characters, which continues dynamics between the fictional characters they portray and additionally explores the meta-relationship the two actors have with each other. The near-palindromic libretto pits these actors against one another as their characters change and shift back into view, ignoring the fact that other actors may be playing their original scene partner.
Though one might expect more of dialogue about the pros and cons of the meat industry or animal husbandry, Rojahn's opera only uses it as a backdrop to examine how far we will go and how much we are willing to sacrifice for our own needs and for those we love. – Copeland Woodruff


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Breaking Italian Booking Terms & Conditions
Breaking Italian Hired Services Terms & Conditions
This agreement outlines what Breaking Italian, a venture of Maiarts, LLC, agrees to provide when you hire our services, as well as your responsibilities. Please read these terms carefully before you book our services.
Hired services can include but are not limited to the arrangement of:
airport pickup and ground transportation
cleaning of your apartment (for stays one week or longer)
a stocked kitchen upon your arrival - tell us what you want and it will be waiting when you open the door
a bicycle
full-time services of on-site company manager
Pre-trip consultation via email, phone or video chat
Extras available at additional cost:
laundry service
Personal chef
The cost of the items listed above is separate from those for hired services of Breaking Italian personnel.
Emails:if you have chosen a package that includes "unlimited emails," it is understood that the applicable time window for unlimited emails is before and during your trip. Once your trip has concluded, so have the services with its associated booking. If you do not use all of the included emails with any given service, no pro-rated refund will be given.
Payments: Full payment is due at the time of booking. Should any hospitality, lodging, or bookings be made on your behalf, the payment will be due upon receipt of an invoice from Breaking Italian.
Travel insurance: You are strongly advised to get travel, medical, accident, cancellation, and baggage insurance independently. Breaking Italian/Maiarts LLC carries no insurance whatsoever its clients. You are advised to consult the following non-profit informational web site: http://www.insuremytrip.com
Passports & visas
You are responsible for obtaining any travel documents and verifying entry requirements necessary for each country of travel on your selected tour itinerary, including any required vaccinations, as Breaking Italian/Maiarts LLC is not responsible for providing this information or documentation. U.S. citizens are required to have a passport for all trips outside of the United States, which must be valid for at least six months beyond the completion date of the tour. Entry laws differ with respect to travelers' citizenship. You are responsible for any expenses incurred as a result of delays or itinerary changes related to your lack of appropriate travel documents and are therefore ineligible for any refund from Breaking Italian/Maiarts LLC. We recommend that you apply for any necessary visas with a visa service. If you decide to apply for your visa directly with the applicable consulate(s) and require additional assistance and/or documentation from Maiarts LLC/Breaking Italian, you may be subject to a special arrangements fee of $95. For more information on countries requiring visas for U.S. citizens, please refer to the U.S. Department of State website: travel.state.gov.
Required information:
In order to plan a wonderful experience for you, you will be required to submit certain information to us within a deadline (outlined in your welcome emails), and in the format we request - usually an online form or an email. If you fail to provide us with the proper information by the required deadlines and/or within the format we have requested, we will not be able to provide certain services in a timely manner or perhaps even at all. Sending us an email when we have requested that an online form be filled out may mean that we cannot fill a request. Failure to provide services due to lack of information on your part is not cause for refunds.
Cancellations and refunds:
Payments for services are non-refundable. If for some reason you need to cancel your trip, we may be able to apply part or all of your fee to future services, though this falls entirely at the discretion of Breaking Italian. Other bookings made on your behalf may be partially refundable, but are subject to the terms and conditions set forth by the vendors. Breaking Italian/Maiarts LLC has no control over the booking terms of outside vendors and is not responsible for any loss of funds due to cancellation on your part. Partial refunds will not be given for non-use of all or parts of services packages.
Cancellations must be in writing: sent via email to email@example.com. Cancellations become effective on the date received by Breaking Italian.
You should consider purchasing optional comprehensive travel and health insurance for your trip.
Vacation forms, obligations, and risks: When requesting our on-site, on-call services, you are required to agree to a waiver and statement of responsibility when booking. Any pre-existing physical, mental, or emotional disability that may require attention or treatment must be reported prior to the beginning of your trip. Omitting important information could result in termination of our services with no refund. Breaking Italian has no additional travel or health coverage to protect its clients. Clients intentionally assume the many risks inherent in international travel.
Traveling in Italy is somewhat physically active: On any vacation you should be capable of participating in the following levels of activity:
- Be comfortable on your feet with climbing stairs and using public transportation (which involves stepping up onto and off of a bus, train, etc.), plus standing and walking for up to four hours, without assistance from us.
- Be comfortable walking up and down stairs to reach your apartment, stores, etc.
- Be comfortable walking to and from restaurants and other sites within historic centers.
Cars are not allowed in most historic centers in Italy and will only be used for your personal transport on your initial arrival and your departure.
Smoking is not allowed in bars and restaurants, or in your accommodations. Failure to comply with this will result in cleaning fees and/or additional penalties. Please be considerate of those in your group and smoke outside, away from others in your group, and downwind, during scheduled outings.
Children under age 18 must room with and be accompanied by a parent or guardian, who is responsible for participating in all vacation activities in which the child partakes.
Governance: this agreement is governed by the laws of Hamilton County, Ohio, United
States of America.
Arbitration: All claims and disputes arising under or relating to these Terms & Conditions are to be settled by binding arbitration in the state of Ohio. An award of arbitration may be confirmed in a court of competent jurisdiction.
The information provided during the vacation is for your own personal enjoyment and not for professional use.
Breaking Italian is a venture of Maiarts LLC.
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After months of seemingly never-ending debates, the Greek negotiations finally came to a close this week as the country went forward with the proposed bond swap. A financial industry group dubbed Greece's debt restructuring a "credit event", in which holders of Greek credit default swaps will be entitled to compensations. On the home front, investors welcomed more good news as U.S. nonfarm payrolls data came in better than expected, pushing markets higher on hopes of further economic recovery. Despite the slight uptick in equities, gains were tempered by poor U.S. trade deficit data and an unchanged unemployment rate [see also The Turkey ETF Is Cooking].
The ETF industry cooled off a bit this week with just one new product hitting the markets. WisdomTree debuted their new first-to-market product, the Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund ( EMCB), which will offer investors exposure to dollar-denominated corporate bonds from issuers in the developing world [see also WisdomTree Launches Emerging Markets Corporate Bond ETF (EMCB)].
Below, we outline three of the best ETF stories from around the web this past week:
Solar ETFs Wait For Their Day In The Sun at Weiss Money Network:
Over the last few years, interest in establishing exposure to alternative energy industries has surged, as investors continue to search for high growth segments within the global energy market. Although this asset class is promising over the long term, investments in alternative energies have a tendency to exhibit significant volatility. In this video, Ron Rowland examines solar and other alternative energy ETFs to determine if they are good buys right now.
Take 'B' Out Of BRIC For Now at IndexUniverse:
By far, the most popular foreign investment destinations remain the four largest emerging market countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China, collectively known as the BRIC economies. Until recently, investors thought of these four countries as a force to be reckoned with on the global stage for years to come. What has been pulling down the BRIC powerhouse this year has been Brazil's lagging performance and its dismal economic projections. This article, by Paul Baiocchi, discusses Brazil's future and its impact on the BRIC market.
Understanding Some Misunderstood ETFs at ETF Database:
With now more than 1,400 ETFs available on the market, many investors have struggled to grasp the investment objectives of some of the newer and more complex products. In particular, there are three classes of ETFs that have been commonly misunderstood by the financial community: hedge fund, socially responsible, and commodity ETFs. In this article, Michael Johnston sets the record straight by delving into these commonly misunderstood ETFs.
Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.
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