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A 60-inch light source illuminates the eight pounds of confetti in the middle of a 2,000 square foot room. Humans of all shapes, sizes, colors, dispositions and vibes walk through, transforming within seconds in front of my eyes every single time. The first person to be photographed was a TimeOut Editor who filmed me on their Instagram Stories. We were sold-out. Hundreds of others walked by and played with the public installation part of pop-up that week. We were in-demand. Tears, anger, joy, melancholy, and relief emitted and released amidst the thousands of particles of confetti, creating a tornado of raw expression. Every slot was full and then some. I was on top of the world. A nearby bakery even sent me a dozen glittery cupcakes with unicorns on them when they heard about what I was doing. Friends and strangers were feeding me all week amidst the flurry of only photographing, commuting and sleeping for seven days straight. I gained 1,000+ followers on Instagram. A dozen of my supportive sisters volunteered in shifts. The profits exceeded a few thousand dollars. Most importantly, for the first time in my life I felt like I was perfectly engulfed in a universe where I was in complete alignment with what my purpose is here. I'd tapped into fragments of it prior to this moment but now, I was on fire and living in a world that I had created. But freeze. Even though this highlight reel really happened, it's ultimately a lot of smoke & mirrors because sometimes when things looks really good on paper, they can be completely falling apart in front of you, vis a vis.
It's always easy to glorify the snapshots in time that everyone else sees. But, the reality is that on a daily basis, we are all faced with twists, turns, surprises, challenges and tests amidst the gradualness of whatever we're trying to do. My own reality check of what this has looked like for me is a formula that was never to be expected and can't necessarily be repeated: 200+ stories, 3 studios, 999 moments of self-doubt, $13K worth of equipment, 6 opportunities of learning the hard way and infinity grief after losing my father. All anyone can ever do is have a degree of equanimity to whatever life throws at you, where you react the same way when something "good" or "bad" happens - cherishing both equally. The older I get, the more I notice how my moments of glory are typically followed by double the pain. And debuting a milestone week-long October pop-up in Soho proved to be no exception. So my isolation begun, both mentally and physically, where I needed the space to shamelessly avoid, distract, wallow to ultimately learn and come back. Even as I write these words, I'm still healing.
It all began with my tendency to over-promise. What can I say? I'm extremely passionate and get really excited in the moment. I want to make people happy and cater to the impossible. So when I graduated from being a push-over two years ago, I still couldn't kick the habit of putting myself in suffocating situations. So what did I do? I told everyone that participated in the pop-up that their photos would be done in a week. To give a little perspective: that's uploading 10K photos, curating 7K+ photos, editing 1K photos and releasing them right after finishing the actual pop-up. At that point, I was breaking out into hives on a daily basis. In front of the computer for 8 hours a day, post-producing away. All while I was getting correspondence asking for photos or requesting for more throughout the entire process. It was a visceral lose-lose and I was in a black hole trying to churn out a hopeless amount of work. There had also been a miscommunication about what type of revenue split there would be. I began to spiral down this hole further, feeling hurt - all while having 60 hours more of invisible work to do that was the actual finish line between me and this pop-up concluding. So yes: I couldn't even enjoy any of my triumphs with how many lessons I was learning at the same time the hard way.
But, if you take anything away for this: it's that there's always a lesson and it's our responsibility to discover it, especially during struggle so that it doesn't follow you wherever you go moving forward. As Quincy Jones once said: you have to hope you can make all the mistakes you can so you learn. If you don't make mistakes, you don't learn a thing. So, I made a literal list of things I learned. I LLC'd The Confetti Project at the Ace Hotel on a rainy weeknight as I wore my all-red outfit, sitting next to one of my best friends incorporating her own company. A dear friend and the first person who ever paid for a confetti shoot became an organic partner to begin to grow this world I've begun to create. Days later, I hopped on a plain to my home-away-from-home: LA. With my nose pressed up to the window for the past half an hour, I begin to write stream-of-consciousness: do not forget this moment. You are brushing up right above the hazy clouds above the Rockies. You have just finished The Four Agreements and are looking at a rainbow on the brim of the plane wing going 416 mph. You are sitting next to a former South African who left during the Apartheid and takes twenty minute stretching breaks in the back. Next to him is an Orange County boy, hungover and friendly after his first time in New York. You are in a moving box that beautifully reminds you that collisions into Mother Earth are always possible. You want to run into the dissipating fog as you bounce to the beat amidst turbulence. You palms are sweating. Remember this moment when you're in chaos.
A week later, I'm on a mountain deep in a 8-mile hike with my god sister, her husband and their nine-month old baby. It was the perfect interruption to my S.A.D. that always instantly comes when it drops below 40 degrees. My tendencies: over-sleeping, under-believing, emotionally-eating, anti-social smoking. Some people call it depression while others call it being lazy. Or at least that's what my parents did. For me, it's probably a mix of both. So when the sky began to coalesce in different shades of warm hues as we descended down the mountain, I began to smile to myself. This baby I was with, straddled in a fancy hiking carrier, has only been alive for nine months yet was this beautiful cluster of matter: crying, humming, screaming, giggling, smiling and ultimately passing out on her very first hike. She was already was acquainted with how to exist, moment-by-present-moment. So, I decided to have a conversation with the universe the next day. Outside, in an open space with my arms wide open, surrounded by trees and big buildings, telling the world that I'm ready. I'm ready to dye my hair pastel blue. I'm ready to shed pounds of anxiety and misguided padding. I'm ready to finish my first novel. I'm ready to stop hiding after something wonderful happens. To ready to manifest my most enhanced state. I'm ready to exist in my wildest dreams every single second while I'm here.


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Many of us have a friend that seems to have problems juggling their finances. Some of them own their short fallings and do what they can to overcome them, and others blame external issues or other people's mistakes. At the end of the day we have to take responsibility for managing our money and keeping our finances in good health. In order to do this in an easy and manageable way it helps to hone certain skills.
Planning your budget and limitations for the month ahead is something you should be doing at the end of each month. If you do that, you will know exactly how much you have to spend, how much you can save and how much you have left to spend on other non-essential things. It'll make your finances so much better if you have the planning skills to make this happen.
Being able to work well alongside another person will certainly help you get better at managing your finances. If you're married and you'll have joint accounts, managing your money should be something that you do as a team. That means making compromises and working together to achieve the best long-term outcomes for your money, so it's something to work on.
Planning out your budgets and committing to certain spending frameworks is one thing. But all of that work is worth nothing at all if you don't have the willpower or the self-control to implement those budgets and stick to them as they were intended to be stuck to. It's about being able to say no and take the cheaper option even when it would be easier and more convenient to spend cash.
A Drive To Improve Continually
Managing your money is so much easier if you're able to earn an increasing amount over time. It's something that is only really possible if you have that drive within you though. The faster you improve, the faster you'll climb up that pay scale. You could do a leadership masters if you want to step up to that next level in your career. It'll certainly help you earn more.
Researching is something that you're going to have to do a lot of if you want to get better at managing your money. It's something that many people hate doing, but being able to scout out the best price and the right deal will mean that you never end up throwing money away on things. It's something that many people get wrong, so make sure you get it right.
Managing your money might sound like the most simple and straightforward thing in the world. Unfortunately, the reality of it is far harder. However, you can certainly start to by finding and developing the qualities mentioned to help you achieve this.
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The Benefits of Yoga
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In the hustle and bustle of everyday modern life, it's easy to forget that the spiritual side of our life needs nourishing in much the same way as our smart phones need charging and our cars need gas. Yet so many of us carry on, shuffling through our urban streets, without the fuel or charge we really need to feel thrive and fulfilled. Think about your day, today; what did you do? What were your concerns? How much of your time was spent focusing on the here and now, the trivial daily thoughts that cloud our thinking and stop us from reaching higher, which stop us from thinking higher and subsequently being higher.
It's hard to explain to those who aren't in touch with their spiritual just how beneficial the engagement with it can be. One thing is for sure, however – it's only when you breathe deeply and allow yourself to listen clearly to that inner voice that you can truly understand how much bigger you are than daily life; that is a drop in the ocean of all that is you. Let's discover the rest.
Sync your mind, body, and spirit
We like to think of our bodies in terms of their functions. The mind is for thinking, the body is for athleticism, and the spirit is that core of you that is sometimes prominent but is more often buried deep within. Through yoga, you learn to disturb these conceptions and recognize yourself as a whole, to realize that every atom of your being flows through all of the other parts of your body, too. You are not an amalgamation of useful tools; you are a human being who is capable of a great awakening if you're ready to be awoken. It may be the greatest journey of your life, one that transcends time and space, if you're willing to open your mind and take the first step.
Calm Yourself
Even if you don't feel like anything is wrong, there are usually one or more things that have an effect on your wellbeing, even if they're not evident on the surface. It might be the constant flash photography on a television screen, a nagging sense of some imperfection (or the nagging sense that you need to maintain perfection), or simply an uninspiring commute. Whatever it is, it is holding you back from the freedom of the mind that we all need to feel nourished. One of the chief benefits of practicing yoga is that it guides you to discover an inner peace which helps melt away the superficial problems of modern life.
Free Your Body
Don't shy away from a cliché if it's true: your body is a temple. Unfortunately, most of us only begin listening to it when something is wrong. Instead, listen to it when it's feeling its absolute best – you'll be surprised what you hear. After all, the body wasn't just designed to toil in the farm (or gym), it was built for pleasure, and for the ones who practice yoga the benefits of that pleasure can be divine. Aside from the many physical benefits of yoga, such as adding strength and flexibility to your body, specific positions have the virtue of enhancing your libido by amplifying the "vibrations" that release your sexual appetitive and energy.
Become one with the Universe
Many people initially begin practicing yoga as a way to socialize or further their career. But the true student knows that these goals can only take you so far, and in fact what becomes clear early on in yoga is that the earthly goals are not goals at all: they are obstacles. Instead, the student of yoga finds their place in a universe where we are all connected; they strive to see and sense things that their eyes and nose could never detect; they search for the deeper meanings of life that will guide them to become a better human being. It is here where the true pursuits begin and the short-term benefits fade into insignificance. It is here where we realize that the atoms that flow through our veins have also traveled across the whole universe. It is here when you recapture the wonder of life and say goodbye to the rest.


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The online gambling industry has seen many changes over the course of the last year, and the introduction of cryptocurrencies and crypto-based casinos was one of the biggest developments in 2018. Forecasts predict that 2019 should be a marking year for online gambling and new trends are set to redefine and disrupt whole sectors of the industry. Let's take a look at some of the biggest trends to watch out for in 2019 and their possible impact on the industry as a whole.
One of the things that cryptos brought to the online gambling world is anonymity, which allows players from all over the world to access online gambling options in areas where it is outlawed. Places like Taiwan, for instance, are now seeing a boom of online casinos that accept cryptocurrencies. Sites like Online Casino TW allow Taiwanese players to browse through a variety of online casinos that accept Bitcoin. And we can only expect the demand to keep growing over the next few years.
Changing Consumer Habits
Mobile and social gaming is having a huge effect on the online gambling world and more people than ever are turning to this option. We can expect an increasing number of F2P (free to play) gaming options to be introduced. While free to play games do not generate direct revenue, profits can still be made by charging players to access certain features or buy a variety of virtual goods.
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More players than ever are showing a preference towards more realistic online casinos that allow them to replicate a real live casino experience from the privacy of their home. More and more casinos are now using this, not only to promote their online option, but to promote their live casinos as well.
Live dealers in games like Baccarat and Blackjack are especially popular with online casino players and many casinos are concentrating their efforts on this sector by providing a better experience through all platforms.
VR Based Gaming
Another way that online casinos are trying to create a more immersive experience is through virtual reality. Virtual reality technology is becoming more and more accessible to the general public, which could push VR based casinos to the forefront. Net Entertainment, one of the industry's leading software providers, has already made clear that they are ready to lead the way when they recently introduced a VR version of their popular Jack and the Beanstalk slot machine. And we can expect them to release more VR versions of their more popular games as the demand increases.
Land Based Casinos will be Lagging Behind
Land based casinos are slowly but surely feeling the pressure from their online counterparts and are experiencing somewhat of a decline with the recent explosion of online gambling options. Online casinos have the advantage of not only offering more privacy and convenience to their players, but of offering a better gaming experience as well. Some online casinos have a quasi-infinite number of games to offer players, something land based casinos can't compete with.
The online gambling world is constantly changing and evolving to meet new realities and challenges. These few trends are set to completely change the online gambling landscape and open a whole new set of possibilities.
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I Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Crying and Whining
Boy does this little man know what he wants....now if only he knew all the words to go with it! Unfortunately with gusto does not include a lot of words yet. His gusto comes complete with pulling, pointing and yes...the all important crying.
Sometimes the crying works and well....sometimes it doesn't.
Like in many families there is some differences in parenting methods. My husband is a bit more "what I say goes" type of parent. I'm a fairly lenient parent but there are somethings that I do say no to as well. AND I'm learning that what my hubbie says no to, often there is good reason for as well. :) In time I'm sure my boyo will come to the understanding of why we say no, but right now he's just not there yet.
All I can say is he keeps me leaning on God....and that my friends is not a bad thing. :)
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- Mary said...
I have 3 children, and my first was an angel in every way till she turned 4. Then we had a few months that were rocky getting back on track! My second had her moments every so often...she was the one coloring on the walls, cutting comforters, etc, but she didn't throw temper tantrums or do "in your face rebellion" only sneaky stuff. My last, is two and we KNOW what terrible twos is now! Esp this last week. Whew!
Crying and whining and just plain meanness...
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I LOVE my warm climate clients. In the deep of winter they give me an escape. Nothing warms up a winter day more than working on a great coastal or surf-inspired design. It was so much fun designing this loft playroom for two pre-teen boys and a mom who love to surf!
My client had already ordered the rug. It is absolutely one of my favorite rugs ever…teal and moroccan are a match made in heaven. My favorite part of the design is the upholstered folding chairs. The colors and patterns remind me of mis-matched bathing suits. They are the perfect flexible seating for two video game playing boys.
My client's loft space is open to a stairwell and the upstairs hallway. I recommended leaving the modern white walls, except in one key area. The large wall-mounted TV stuck out like a sore thumb on the white wall. I recommended painting the wall a deep teal to help the TV blend in. Now the white credenza below the TV is the star.
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Week 3 of a 3 week Ayurvedic Detox
21 Day Ayurvedic Detox - Easing Out
And so it is. I've come to the end of my first 21 day Ayurvedic detox.
I've heard many people speak of when they get to the end of their cleanse or detox in a celebratory way - like it'll be over and they'll be fixed and they're excited to go right back to all the things they were doing that brought them to the place of needing to detox in the first place.
The thing is, people say it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. How convenient that this detox was 21 days! Unfortunately for all of us,
that's Bullsh*t.
Studies have shown that real changes and creating permanent healthy habits takes somewhere from 66 to 84 days.
But, three weeks was long enough to reinforce that all the things I do and 'stuff' I take on that don't feed my soul, just aren't worth it. This detox brought me closer to the real me. I've been given priceless moments with someone who is clear headed, optimistic, powerful and who can move mountains.
And I want to spend the rest of my life with her.
The journey of the Ayurvedic detox goes through three phases - Easing in, going deep, and easing out. (read the details here). The final week being a time when we slowly emerge back into our daily responsibilities & lives. For many this means slowly shifting back to eating the wrong things and forgetting about that sacred time we shared with our one and only bodies. For many it's taking one last week to give thanks to our sacred selves, before stepping out of balance for another season.
I am so blessed to have recognized that easing out week is basically a week spent living the foundational habits of thrive taught in Ayurvedic culture; something I have studied for the past year. The fact that easing out week looked so very similar to every other week in my life (as I know it now); I felt a deep level of gratitude and success.
Does this mean I think I don't have to do it again? Lord no.
We could all use a reset. We all stumble and backslide and let ourselves get in our own way. This detox helped me realign to the path I want to walk in this life. And when I stray, so shall it bring me back again. And the more I do it, the more clear on my path I'll become. With each round I may deeper understand and connect with myself and my dharma (my calling in this life).
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One of the ways I like to honor my pup that passed away last year is to help out with a local rescue called Forgotten Dogs Rescue. They specialize in adopting dogs that often linger at shelters and are at risk of euthanasia so they pull them and put them in foster homes and find them forever homes. They do great work, and every few weeks they hold adoption events at Petco Interbay so last weekend I headed along to take some photos of their adoptable pups, read more about them below!
Nancy is a deaf Bull Terrier whose previous owner unfortunately couldn't keep her, and asked us to help find her an amazing home. She is now in one of our foster homes and is looking for a forever home. She was born in December 2014 and weighs about 50 pounds.
Nancy's previous owner trained her with hand signals, and her current foster home is continuing that training. Her adopter also needs to be willing to make the commitment to working with a deaf dog. Nancy is food motivated and very smart, so training has been a breeze with her.
Nancy is great with the other dogs in her foster home, and has done well meeting other dogs with an introduction. She loves hanging in the sun with her foster siblings and going on walks around green lake. She's great on a leash and pays no attention to dogs that pass by.
Nancy is a very curious girl and is constantly cruising her foster home looking for "treasures". We were told by her previous owner that she has a penchant for swallowing large objects that she finds, including rocks and childrens toys, and has had to have three surgeries in the past to remove items that she swallowed. Her adopter will need to be diligent in making sure there aren't objects laying around for Nancy to try and make a meal of. Bull terriers are notoriously overly curious, and Nancy certainly fits that description!
Nancy is an affectionate girl who wants nothing more than people to love her.
Meet Lulu! Lulu is a beautiful, smart, sweet, curious, affectionate, and confident pit bull. We estimate she was born around the beginning of 2014 and she weighs about 55 pounds. Lulu was originally rescued over a year ago from a life in squalor by an eastern Washington rescue. After she had been in their care for over a year without finding her forever home, they asked Forgotten Dogs if we could help. After hearing about Lulu and meeting her ourselves, we could see she was an absolutely wonderful dog and likely wouldn't have a problem finding a home in the much more pitbull-friendly Seattle area. She has been with our rescue since April and is doing very well, and she's ready to finally find her forever home!
Lulu loves to sit close and put a paw on your foot as you pet her, or she will put her head in your lap to remind you that she is cute and deserves some attention. If you sit on the floor with her, she will flop down in your lap for her scratches. Lulu makes an adorable piggy sound when she's happy or excited. She is very calm and focused – she doesn't seem to mind when her doggie foster brother repeatedly smacks her in the face with his tail. Lulu will always sit when it's time to put the harness on to go for a walk.
Lulu is very smart and eager to please, which makes training with her a breeze! She knows sit, down, stay, bed, leave it, and heel, and will surely learn anything you try to teach her! Being so smart, Lulu will also try to push boundaries at times (she's also a bit strong willed!) to see what she can get away with, so being firm and consistent is important with her. If she thinks she can get away with something, she'll try it a few times, but is extremely quick to learn what is and is not allowed.
She has lived with other dogs of all sizes in past foster homes and has gotten along well with them. Lulu can get a bit excited and overwhelming when she starts playing with other dogs sometimes, so she needs to be managed when playing with another dog. She does very well with mellow dogs (if they don't engage in play she just ignores them), and Lulu and her foster brother snuggle on a single dog bed regularly, though there are two beds to choose from. She is non-reactive when seeing other dogs out in public and when on walks. In fact, Lulu is pretty much the perfect dog out in public places! Lulu would do best in a home without cats or other small non-canine animals.
Lulu is wonderful with people and has never met a person she doesn't love. She is good with kids, although might knock little ones over by accident.
One of the main reasons Lulu didn't find a home with her original rescue is that she has a reputation for being a 6-foot fence jumper, even when her people are standing right there. If she goes to a home with a fenced yard, she will need to be on a tether (leash or tie-out that is well secured) when she is outside, under supervision of course. She would also be fine going to a home without a yard, provided she gets daily on-leash exercise. She does well with one walk a day but would also likely be a good running buddy.
Are you looking for a sweet, lovable, and affectionate dog to add to your family? Lulu could be for you!
Meet Pepper, a very playful and spunky pitbull mix! She was born in February 2016, is approximately 45-50 pounds, and still has the puppy spirit! She spent the first 8 months of her life in a home with a family who did not have much time for her, where she spent a lot of time in a crate by herself and wasn't worked with at all. She is now in a foster home where she is to learning the basics of training and good behavior. She is super friendly with people and LOVES everybody she meets.
Pepper would be the perfect dog for an active person who wants an outgoing and friendly companion. Whether a walk around the neighborhood, a hike, or trip to the beach, she'd love to join you on all of your adventures! She is also wonderful in the car and is always up for a road trip!
Pepper didn't receive any early socialization with other dogs, so doesn't always understand "proper dog etiquette". She LOVES to play, but does best with patient, laid back, yet still somewhat playful other dogs who won't be overwhelmed by her exuberance.
Are you looking for a happy-go-lucky dog who greets every day with a smile? Pepper could be for you!
Rusty was adopted from us in October 2015 but unfortunately recently in his new home their older dog became less than tolerant of Rusty, so his adopters made the extremely difficult decision to return him to us. Forgotten Dogs will always take our dogs back, so we immediately arranged for him to move back to one of our foster homes. He's doing wonderfully in his foster and is ready to find a new home.
We originally rescued Rusty from the Yakima Humane Society in December 2013. We estimate he was born in 2011, weighs 60 pounds when at an ideal weight, and we think he's likely a Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix. He was labeled as a pit bull at the shelter, and while he could have some pittie in him, he appears to be more Chessie, or possibly a mix of many other breeds! Anyone's guess is as good as ours!
Rusty is a sweet and affectionate dog that would do best with someone who can give him all the love he desires but also help him build his confidence. Rusty at times gets nervous and does best with a calm confident handler that can assure him of himself. He gets along well with other dogs with a proper introduction, and is currently being fostered with numerous other dogs. Rusty would do best in a lower energy environment, and we recommend a home with no small animals or kids.
Look at Banner, what a guy! Cutie pie Banner caught our eye in early May at the Yakima Humane Society and we decided we couldn't resist his cute face and took him in as a Forgotten Dogs recruit. Banner was in the shelter for two months and no one could figure out why!? All the shelter volunteers loved him because he is such a sweet boy and they all loved getting to take him out for walks.
At first, we weren't sure what breed he might be but after some research, he is likely an Anatolian Shepherd. He certainly has the features of an Anatolian although his smaller size for his age suggests he may be mixed with another breed. We do know he is a beautiful bear! We estimate that Banner was born around June of 2016 and he weighs about 50 pounds.
Banner is the definition of a little brother to his older foster brother; Banner follows him everywhere, teases him with his stuffed animal and nips at his tail and toes - all in an effort to get him to play. Chasing and being chased is his favorite thing! As playful as he is, Banner is calm for his age. He is gentle and affectionate, and good with other dogs and with children. He is potty trained, walks well on a leash and is learning basic commands.
True to his breed, Banner is quick to learn and is loyal, but can have some guarding tendencies in terms of his family and home. He will need to continue to be socialized and trained. Preferably, his adopter will have some experience with Anatolians or other guardian breeds.
Not only were there adoptable dogs there but a couple alumni came by including one pup, Viggo, who just went to his furever home that same day!


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Forgetting the Truth of the Story
Late this last Saturday as I tried to kill time, I found myself watching the pilot episode to "This is Us", an NBC contribution to the fall line up. It was that or kids TV programming and I just didn't have the wherewithal to watch the cartoon network. Granted for the last few months images from this show have been plastered all over city buses and in between television shows. Yet none of these marketing attempts gave any idea to what or who the show was about. They were just tryptic panels filled with three groups of two to three people in some form of connection. Even as I watched the trailer I was given no indication of what the show might behold, except that there was a fat character trying to lose weight, a man reconnecting with the father who abandoned him and a couple who were pregnant and who you just knew something bad was going to happen to. Honestly, from the marketing of this show, I thought it was going to be a horrible thing, created to grab cheaply at your heart strings and pluck the pedantic notes for the basest of emotional plays. With this perspective and nothing else to watch for the next two hours I jumped in, figuring that if it was terrible I could always try to watch cartoons or read a book.
And surprisingly (opposed to the poor marketing) the show was incredible. It was smart and funny and (at least so far) kind to all of its characters. They were constructed as beautifully broken people who are doing their best to function well in the world. EVEN THE FAT characters were well done, which if you pay attention, is often so hard for writers to do. The writers and actors engage in brilliant and interesting cultural criticism weaving it wryly into the narrative in such a subtle way that it gave it more power and depth. These deeper elements were so well constructed and part the characters and story instead of outside it. Everything about this show is well made and smart, so why did those who make the decisions choose to market it in such a way that, the key power of the story doesn't show? Was it because they didn't trust their audience? Was it because, they the marketing department, didn't know their content? Whatever the reason, those who were supposed to champion this story didn't and that potentially fatal flaw could have cost the show. Luckily, at least so far, it hasn't. But this failure, the failure to understand the story is becoming a trend these days. I can think of several other films, books, or television programs that I waited a long time to engage with because the way they were marketed completely missed the point and the power of the story, ultimately undermining the visibility and connect the piece to its audience.
This lack of understanding isn't just limited to art or media, as someone who possesses three degrees in religion and theology and has spent her whole life in and around church and Christianity, I am often amazed at how many people who claim to be informed by the biblical narrative fail to understand it. But often this isn't their fault because they have been marketed a faulty version of the story. They have been told that they should follow the examples of Christ and The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) but in the same breath are told that they must lock up their churches, national borders, and homes to those in need. Often they are sweet well-meaning people who truly want to engage well in the world through the lens of Christ, people like the father of the man who writes under the pen name Lord Castleton;
"My dad is like Mike Ditka. In my dad's case, he's 86 years old and a truly wonderful human being: but misguided and easily manipulated by propaganda and not at all able to navigate the gray areas of politics. For him, you're either "good" or 'bad.'" (Castleton)
In this perspective, everything becomes a tale of moral propaganda and in doing so diminishes the text and it's tradition because it is not allowed to be the poetic holy narrative of a God who engaged and pursues the beautiful and flawed people who said Deity created. The biblical narrative like This is Us, connects because it is a tale of beautiful and flawed people not in spite of that fact. It is the truthfulness of the characters and situations and stories that make these real, not their lack of connection. Therefore, David can be one after God's heart and a terrible father and king who's selfish and self-indulgent actions cost his family and his kingdom. To admit this doesn't lessen David's faith or ours, in fact, if anything it makes it more real, truer because it lives in the real space of real people instead of a marketing campaign that fails. The word Gospel means GOOD NEWS, but too often what is being presented as "Christian" fails to offer anyone GOOD NEWS. We like the creators of "This is Us" need to be called back to the root of our story, to the heart of what is being told, so that we might re-imagine how to "market" this good story.
Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without the doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself.
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(No.5, Vol.8,Oct-Nov Vietnam Heritage Magazine)An worshipping item used by royal family of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945)A crown, a royal seal, a box, and a sword used by kings under the Nguyen DynastyDragons and phoenixes are among the four sacred animals in Vietnamese culture, the other two being kylins and turtles. In the group of four, dragons are always at the top position.This royal creature has been introduced to audiences in an ongoing exhibition of treasured items created in the era of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), currently being held in the city of Hue.Dragons first appeared in Vietnamese culture in the Dong Son era, which occurred from 1000 BC to the 1st Century AD. At first, the dragons were depicted only in simple structures, and they were often shown in pairs.The imaginary animal became complicated in structure and patterns in art and cultural works when the country gained independence from feudal China, particularly in the eras of the Ly Dynasty (1010-1225) and the Tran Dynasty (1225-1400).Experts said the eras' dragons experienced a breakthrough in structure and art values compared to those existing in China at the time. They also carried the profound identity of Vietnamese culture.Dragons later became vivid and typical in the era of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last monarchy in the country. Along with dragons carved intricately on wooden items, pottery makers in this era succeeded in creating dragons in different styles on items used for ritual and royal buildings. They might appear alone, in pairs or in groups.Materials for carving or embossing dragons were diversified, from items for worshipping altars, poles in pagodas and temples to stone panels, and ceramic items as well as gold, ivory, enamel, and silk items.Dragons in this era represented the monarchy and they were presented in many places and items owned by the royal family.They were engraved in the objects showing the supreme power of the kings, including the royal hall chairs, seals, swords, scepters and crowns.The crowns, for instance, were categorised in several types for official meetings, daily use, and ritual ceremonies, but they were all engraved with up to 35 dragons in tiny structures. Royal costumes designed for kings also had embroidered patterns of dragons on their laps. Dragons were present on all items designed for kings and are rarely seen on those for queens. Phoenixes were popular for queen and princess items and sometimes carved on the items for male members of the royal family as well.Experts said those sacred animals not only represented for the monarchy but they also carried the desires of a better life of the artisan who created them, as well as the artistic side of the products, reflected by the powerful beauty of kingly items and the utmost charm of queenly items.At the exhibition, which started in early September and will end 5 December, more than 80 precious items carved with dragons and phoenixes are on display.The exhibition is taking place at the Royal Antiquities Museum at 3 Le Truc Street, which is located on the right hand side of the former royal palace in the city of Hue.The exhibits include those owned by the Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities, a place conserving almost all treasures left by the dynasty in Hue, and other items borrowed from the Vietnam Museum of National History in Hanoi.Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, a local government body managing relics built by the dynasty in the city, said all displayed items were from the dynasty.Phan Thanh Hai, the centre director, said the exhibits were used in dressing, daily use and administration by kings and other royal members. They are made of rare, precious materials including gold, silver and precious stones.Every item in the exhibition is engraved with dragon or phoenix patterns, using techniques of carving or embossment.Hai said the exhibition was part of the efforts to showcase the luxurious effects owned by the kings as well as the quintessence in craft by Vietnamese artisans in ancient times.
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Come out to ACA's first general meeting of the quarter! Meet new friends and come for some snacks & fun games as we take a quick trip to learn about the cultural diversity around us. You'll get the chance to win some prizes! :)
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Pride Month Submission - Kelly Mozulay
Exist by Kelly Mozulay
When I was two, I learned to speak coherently.
I loved the way the words felt on my tongue.
I longed to be heard, to be noticed.
I would rattle off until my lips grew tired.
Talk. Talk. Talk.
When I was four, I was an inventor with a creative mind.
I turned away coloring books and made my own.
I would carefully plan and record my own ideas.
I created solutions for problems that hadn't even existed yet.
Create. Create. Create.
When I was six, I stopped living in the present.
I realized there was such thing as the future.
I let my imagination run wild with passion.
I played pretend, becoming a veterinarian, a painter, a scientist.
Dream. Dream. Dream.
When I was eight, I was told not to talk so much.
I became quiet.
I believed I was obnoxious, a nuisance.
I sat back and followed what those above me had to say.
Listen. Listen. Listen.
When I was ten, I was nearly destroyed by the silence.
I discovered writing.
I wrote everything I wanted to say to the world.
I filled pages upon pages with thoughts and feelings no one would ever read.
Write. Write. Write.
When I was twelve, I couldn't find any more words.
I scoured dictionaries to find a word that would describe how I felt.
I realized that words weren't enough.
I took a pencil to paper to express myself through images.
Draw. Draw. Draw.
When I was fourteen, I kissed a girl.
I realized it was wrong to like it.
I knew my actions and feelings were not accepted.
I pushed these desires deep down inside of me.
Hide. Hide. Hide.
I am sixteen now, I just simply


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With the 2016 NFL Scouting Combine in full swing, I'll be unveiling my picks for the safest prospects at each position.
Selecting an offensive tackle in the first or second round is generally a safer pick than other positions. While it is true that some highly rated quarterback protectors haven't met expectations in recent years, they still typically become at least average starters for six or seven years, moving from left to right tackle or kicking inside to guard, if necessary. As long as a player has enough length, strength, durability, and athleticism to stay on the field, the team can prioritize other positions in future drafts.
NFL Scouting Combine
Dates: Feb. 23-29
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- Winners and losers: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
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- Mayockisms: Glossary of Mayock terms
- Decade's best combine performances
- 2016 combine schedule of events
These three tackles are my safe bets in the 2016 draft class. As with every position group in this series, there is a mix of top-rated prospects and others for whom I project a long NFL career without the early-round hype.
1. Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss: Athleticism, strength, length, tenacity. Tunsil possesses those traits, as do most trusted starters on the blind side. His suspension last season should not worry NFL decision makers, especially after they review his game film from the past couple of seasons.
Potential landing spots: Tennessee Titans, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens
2. Jack Conklin, Michigan State: Conklin's not the most athletic of left tackles in recent drafts, but he doesn't lose battles against quick pass rushers. He will lay into his man on every play, owning the edge in the run game. Bull-rushers simply hit a wall when trying to go through him into the backfield. Put him down for a decade as a starter at left or right tackle.
Potential landing spots: Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Taylor Decker, Ohio State: Conklin and Decker could easily be 2a and 2b on this list, as both have the physical characteristics and nasty attitude to battle elite NFL defensive ends. Decker overcomes his 6-foot-7 frame with good natural bend and foot quickness. He doesn't take plays off, and is willing to block two or three defenders before the whistle blows. I expect him to have at least a solid Jeff Backus-type career.
Potential landing spots: Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelersâ Follow Chad Reuter on Twitter @chad_reuter.


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Sports talk often centers on how teams are "like family"; in the case of the Judges of New Rochelle this old adage is actually true. With his arrival at Rose Hill in 1949 as a freshman, Francis Xavier Judge launched what is now a multi-generational rivalry between the men's water polo programs at Fordham University in the Bronx and Iona College in New Rochelle.
Last month the annual Judge Cup match — named after Dr. Judge —saw Fordham down Iona by 10-3 and take a 3-2 lead in the annual grudge match between the two schools. Rooting on BOTH sides of the stands at Fordham's Col. Francis B. Messmore Pool were members of the Judge family who been intimately involved with Ram and Gael polo.
Read more about this fascinating rivalry between schools that stretches through three generations of one New York City's most prominent water polo families on the Collegiate Water Polo Association's website.


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Los Angeles Ukulele Teachers
Jane Witzenburg
Jane Witzenburg is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer and producer who recently graduated from CSU Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. She has studied Jazz Theory, Classical & Contemporary Vocal Technique and is skilled in singing in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French. She began performing in Musical Theatre Productions at 5 years old and has performed alongside many industry professionals such as Miles Robinson, the drummer from the 5th Dimension, Mark Pender, the trumpet player from the Conan O'Brien Show and many more.
Ms. Witzenburg is extremely passionate for passing the knowledge and love of music and quickly caters to the needs of each individual student, meeting them on their level.
Jordan Hemphill
Jordan Hemphill has been performing and teaching music for over 10 years. At 19 years old he studied at Musicians Institute with world class musicians such as Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X), Chris Broderick (Megadeth, Nevermore), Scott Henderson and session guitar legend Carl Verheyen.
As a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Jordan worked alongside notable industry professionals like Grammy-winning engineer Robert Margouleff and has done recording work for movies including the title track to Drive Angry (2011).


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My friend and her three children lived in a snug and clean chicken coop behind my friend's father's house. Her children were neat, mannerly, and highly intelligent. Every week she checked out library books for them and stored the books on a shelf above the bunk beds she had constructed out of used lumber. She fed the children with food stamps when she couldn't afford food otherwise, and they were basically healthy.
Nevertheless, the poverty in which they lived was shaming in our affluent culture. I recently read an article by William Bole, "Relative Poverty: The Indignity of Gross Inequality" (Christian Century, Dec. 27, 2011) that helps to explain the shame.
Bole talks about a school of thought about inequality in the United States that he calls the "We Got Stuff" school. The "We Got Stuff" school claims that ". . . even the down-and-out [in the U.S.] have a standard of living that eludes most people in destitute nations. That's what matters. . . Widening gaps between rich and poor are beside the point."
But Bole counters, "As is customary for humans, Americans inhabit a particular space and time. They live in communities and need access to the resources that will help them participate fully in those communities. This means they need basics, such as a decent-paying job, health insurance and retirement security. At present it also often means needing cell phones, computers, and reliable cars." Such people must be dealt with "within their social contexts."
Bole has read a new book by Ronald J. Sider, Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America. Sider quotes Leviticus 25:35-36. "If members of your community become poor in that their power slips with you, you shall make them strong. . . that they might live with you." Sider's emphasis is on the "with you" part. That was important to my friend's children. In order to feel a part of their school community, they needed to believe that they deserved more than a chicken coop.
Today some political voices are calling for drug testing of all those getting unemployment insurance in addition to those on welfare. It is another example of shaming the poor–of emphasizing that the struggling are not part of the legitimate American community. In contrast, Boles states that the Jewish prophets and Jesus called for the integration of the poor into society. They did not conclude that because the poor of Jesus' time were well off compared to people who had previously lived in caves, they should not be included as an integral part of their vision of a sacred community.
All the children in my friend's family had serious problems believing in themselves as adults, despite the fact that my friend was a very loving mother. I have spent years trying to analyze the causes of their difficulties. I believe that part of it was that they were treated by their community as social outsiders. Unworthy. Cast aside children. Two of the children died tragically. The costs of that stigmatization were heavy indeed.


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SXSW just wrapped up in Austin, TX. It's a huge 10 day festival that features technology, film, and a whole bunch of music. I have to admit that I'm not a fan of big festivals like this and I generally don't go near the downtown area while it's here. I hate to miss out on the great music though, especially when I have friends playing gigs down there. I was delighted to hear that my buddy's band, The Mooks, was doing a non-SXSW affiliated gig at Carousel Lounge, a bit north of the mayhem that was going on in downtown Austin. Now that I was down for!
The Mooks rocked this place with a great set. The lighting was pretty dim and funky colored (common theme in Austin bars) and I initially shot in black and white. I prefer monochrome, so I probably would have done that anyway. Lately I've been tweaking my in-camera settings on the Fujifilm X-T1 to get a look that is closer to what I'd post process. I decided to go with a very noir look and cranked up the shadows and boosted the highlights a little. These are camera JPEGs that I adjusted for a bit more contrast yet in Lightroom. For Fuji folks, this is the base B&W film simulation with shadows at +2, highlights at -1, NR at -2 and sharpness at +1. This is ISO 6400 and I even added some grain in Lightroom. I wanted some gritty shots to go with this crunch rock n roll! Hopefully y'all know this already but just in case, click the images to make 'em bigger.
Once I got some decent B&W shots I decided to switch the X-T1 to a relatively new film simulation I've been playing with, Classic Chrome. This simulation tones down the color a bit and after having some success with it on some nighttime urban landscape outings, I decided to see what it would do with the funky bar lighting. As it turned out I was quite pleased with the result. Classic Chrome seems to help tame weird color casts and render things naturally, although slightly muted. I kept the in-camera contrast cranked up and I liked the contrasty crushed black look I got. For Fuji folks, the following JPEGs used the same settings as my black and whites except for the film simulation. I didn't do anything to these in post other than crop as needed and boost the mids a slight bit.
I arrived a little early to the show and got to check out a set by a really awesome new band, The Frightened City. This all instrumental band had a great sound - rock, punk, surfer...not easy to categorize but I thought they had a fresh sound with a driving edge. Their high energy set got the place going and I enjoyed getting a few shots. Grungy, grainy B&W photos seemed to suit their style.
If you're in Austin and looking for some great music, look around for either of these bands. Good, good stuff.


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Liminality of the Numinous
Chai W. Green
"Liminality of the Numinous" is a project that came out of a period of two years of doing peace and reconciliation work with Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland. The work revolves around ideas of the numinous revealed in tensions that are found within nature, such as the tension created when a stream flowing out is checked by an incoming tide or wind. In these volatile places, a light is allowed to float and then is photographed with a long exposure. These long exposure pieces are serve as a meditation on the thin place where the physical and the spiritual meet. Meditative photography has been a means for me to deal with the conflict in Northern Ireland by focusing on the spirituality that both religious groups have in common. The creation of these photographs has become a way of expressing my own sense of the numinous within a community of tenuous peace that is caught in the current's strife.


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McKean Studio at The Finders Keepers Market Sydney
McKean Studio is packing up all of our goodies and heading to the Australian Technology Park this weekend, for the winter Finders Keepers Market! We love being involved in this Sydney event, and this market is shaping up to be our biggest yet. We're hiring a van for the first time to fit everything in, so you can bet your bottom dollar that we'll be packed to the hilt with all sorts of fun stuff!
We've got a few new products debuting at the markets this weekend, like our Tokyo City bangle, our Martini Mirror and the cute little Fairy Bread pins! Lots of the good stuff! If you're in Sydney, the market takes place this weekend, from Friday night (6pm - 10pm) Saturday (10am-6pm) and Sunday (10am - 5pm). Full information can be found on The Finders Keepers website here.


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June 26, 1932 – January 22, 2004
Orville L. Chapman was born on June 26, 1932, in New London, Connecticut. The son of a Naval officer, he grew up in several cities in the United States and Central America. He attended high school in San Diego and received his undergraduate degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia with a double major in Chemistry and English. Orville received his Ph.D. with Jerrold Meinwald at Cornell University in 1957. He became an Instructor at Iowa State in 1957 and moved up the ranks to Professor in 1964. Orville was an early pioneer in the emerging field of organic photochemistry.
Chapman moved from Iowa State to UCLA in 1974, on the heels of his exciting successes in applying matrix isolation spectroscopy to the characterization of cyclobutadiene and benzyne. The years 1975-85 were an extremely productive period for the investigation of a wide variety of organic reactive intermediates: carbenes, nitrenes, propadienones, silenes, carbonyl oxides, strained alkynes, etc. At UCLA, Orville's ideas concerning the novel molecule, C60, germinated in 1980, and in 1981 he initiated efforts directed at the chemical synthesis of C60. This work was but one part of a new effort in the synthesis and characterization of various types of strained, non-planar aromatic compounds. In retrospect, these efforts are now recognized as pioneering contributions to materials chemistry.
In 1984, Orville and his colleague, Arlene Russell, formed a company that offered in-house short courses in technical writing. They continued their collaboration in the production of a laser videodisc for teaching NMR spectroscopy and in pioneering the use of 13C NMR spectroscopy as a method for introducing the topic of organic chemistry. This was the first effort in Orville's emerging interest in revamping the undergraduate curriculum using technology. In 1989, he became Associate Dean for Educational Innovation at UCLA, a position that he held until his death. In 1995, Orville spearheaded an NSF-funded systemic reform project, which led to a widely-adopted, computer-based instructional program for managing writing and peer review in large undergraduate classes.
Chapman received many national and international awards, including the Pure Chemistry Award and the Arthur C. Cope Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Havinga Medal from the Stichtung Havinga, Leiden, the Netherlands, and the Texas Instruments Foundation Founders' Prize. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1974. Professor Chapman received the ComputerWorld Smithsonian Institute Award for the best use of computers in education and academia in 1995. He was a long-term consultant for Mobil Chemical, and was involved in the invention of a significant number of their processes.
Professor Chapman was internationally recognized as a brilliant, creative scholar and an intellectual leader in various fields of endeavor. He was a trailblazer and innovator in photochemistry, matrix isolation spectroscopy, reaction intermediates, chemical communication, the mechanism of olfactory perception, polymers, and materials design. He also achieved a worldwide reputation for bringing the best of information technology to higher education.
Orville is survived by his mother, Mabel; his wife, Susan; his two sons, Kevin and Kenneth; and three grandsons, David, Daniel, and Timothy.
A memorial service followed by a reception will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 2:30 PM at Westwood Presbyterian Church, 10822 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to "UCLA Foundation/Orville Chapman" and mailed to the Chair's Office, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, P.O. Box 951569, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569.


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Thousands of social media users across the Arab world have been sharing a photo they claim shows a French secret agent, apparently named Jean-Claude, who allegedly went undercover as a leader in the Islamic State (IS) group. But the man isn't a spy. He isn't even French. His name is Asim Hafiz, and he is an advisor to the British Army.
A tweet from Saudi Arabian user @SF_SKD claims that "officer Jean-Claude is back at work in France after finishing his mission as a sheikh of the Islamic State", during which he "conceived the most dangerous and destructive plot (on an international scale) against the Sunnis, their towns, their provinces, their sacred beliefs..." The user also alleges that many members of the IS group "returned to their jobs in Iran".
The text was copied and pasted by several other users on social media and treated as fact in an article published on March 7 by the Yemeni news site Aden News.
A look at the comments below the tweet shows, however, why the statement isn't true.
"That's a British officer," one Twitter user commented. "And here's the link to the British Armed Forces Muslim Association. There's no Jean-Claude and there's no connection to the French intelligence services."
The Armed Forces Muslim Association provides support for Muslims in all branches of the British army, and its website prominently features the photo used in the misleading tweets. The man in the centre of the photo is neither French nor named Jean-Claude. He is in fact one Asim Hafiz, who has served as imam to the British Armed Forces since 2005 and is the Islamic advisor to the chief of the Defence staff.
In the photo, Hafiz is seen laughing alongside two British soldiers. The Union Jack is visible on the left upper arm of the uniform of the woman on his right, another indication that these are members of the British, not French, army. Hafiz has frequently been profiled by various news outlets, including The Times and Arab News.
Other hints that the original tweet contains falsehoods include the claim that members of the IS group returned to their jobs in Iran. The IS group practices a fundamentalist branch of Sunni Islam, while Iran's population is predominantly Shiite. The use of terms like "plot" and "on an international scale" should also be taken with caution.
The FRANCE 24 Observers team has reached out to the Armed Forces Muslim Association for confirmation of when and where the photo was taken, and will update the story if and when they respond.
This article was written by Liselotte Mas (@liselottemas).


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Put Me On It Live at Soundwave Festival Croatia, 2012
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It almost sounds like a memory I've created - Heidi Vogel singing the words Fontella Bass burned in to our souls ten years ago - as The Cinematic Orchestra flooded the Dalmatian sky at sunset with music that may have been created for just such a moment. We turned to each other, crying and singing and hugging, vowing to remember and to return.
Soundwave Festival in Croatia (there's one of the same name in Australia I cannot vouch for unless you like Limp Bizkit and Marilyn Manson), has become something of an annual pilgrimage for the artists, DJs, labels and supporters who make up a chunk of the UK's eclectic independent music scene. It is run by the same team behind Outlook Festival (Soundcrash and New Bohemia), so at first I was tentative about getting involved having heard horror stories of gurning 18 year olds tagging up an idyllic Croatian fishing village and peeing on the church a few years ago. Outlook has since moved to a more appropriate location in a disused fort, and Soundwave has emerged as a festival for lovers of live music.
I'm the kind of girl whose ideal festival involves being able to go home at night (after refusing to drink anything all day in a bid to avoid the toilets), food you can't smell frying from the end of the three hundred strong queue, and preferably not staring at a giant screen watching "chart toppers" like Example (whose music I've still never heard), jumping about to a PA 10 miles away. I have been known to turn down free tickets to Glastonbury, and at the Guardian-readers-dream-fest Big Chill I camped in the middle of the sobbing and distraught Mika fan club as a security measure (they refused to leave their glitter encrusted tents for the entire festival because he didn't show up).
Soundwave is definitely better than spending the day in a damp field. I arrived at the village at night and headed to the local restaurant to find my friends who were sitting outside tucking in to giant plates of fresh seafood. I'd heard it was a rocky beach so I was expecting Brighton, sewage and all. I woke up to a white hot, pond flat, turquoise clear scene from a movie. Even my friends who can't swim were straight in the sea when they realised the rocks on the bottom were smooth (like an enormous tiled swimming pool).
The tiny festival site was 15 minutes walk around the bay and I won't lie, it takes a moment to adjust to seeing people you usually see in Dalston wandering around swim wear casual (super awkward hello hugs on the first day). I asked the veterans for the guided tour of the site and it took 5 minutes; main stage, club, beach stage, all right next to each other. It was like I went on holiday with my friends to Croatia and my iTunes came to life and started performing (apart from Ja Rule, thank god).
When I got the call to put together another line up this year I was ecstatic. I called my artist friends and asked if they would like to go on holiday and get paid for it - luckily for me they said yes. We're throwing a beach party on the Saturday afternoon, with Ghostpoet, Eric Lau and Eska DJing in the sunshine right by the sea. The next day we'll be on the main stage in the afternoon, Tawiah with her amazing full live band, Tanya Auclair (and her amazing one man band), Szjerdene with a paired down intimate live set, Oddisee performing his debut album, Tranqill trying to deliver his gritty realism with an enormous sunshine induced grin on his face, and Anna Meredith - my wildcard - the first electronic musician I've been this excited about since I first saw Fly Lo at his first London show.
That's just the PMOI parties, over 5 days there are over 50 acts. I'm particularly excited about seeing De La Soul, Fink, Eska, Dele Sosimi's Fela tribute (the band probably need a whole plane to themselves), Kwes, Kutmah, and following Olugbenga from Metronomy around whispering "I love your band" then hiding. I might even venture on a boat party this year, though considering I got travel sick on a punt on the river in Cambridge last year it's probably not a good idea. Those with sea legs claim the boat parties are the heart of Soundwave Festival, but I have the feeling this years most memorable moment will come when the whole site sings "Me, Myself and I" as the sun goes down.
FAQs Soundwave are probably not being asked but we are.
- There is no guestlist, flights will not be cheaper nearer the time, deciding in early July you want to come is not an option, the festival will be sold out. Book your travel (there are lots of options), tickets and accommodation as soon as you can - rooms in Tisno start at €15 - cheaper than a fancy tent.
- Croatian people are pretty cool with multicultural folk. We found them to be incredibly friendly and kind, maybe a little curious but not in a bad way. We cannot say the same about Poland.
- Plenty of Croatian people speak English (and probably loads of other European languages). Those that don't speak the international language of point and shout.
- Do not bring drugs with you or buy them when you get there (that includes weed). Croatian people do not play, you will go to jail.
- The toilets at the festival are clean, but if you're funny about hygiene your villa will probably be close enough to go back to.
- Bring mosquito repellant and bite cream - try to avoid too much sugar the week before you arrive to minimize your tastiness.
- The food is good if you like seafood, red meat or pizza (it's opposite Italy). If you are vegetarian or vegan you may want to bring a few supplies or head to a supermarket on arrival.
- This is the last year Croatia will use the Kuna before joining the Euro which will means your money won't go as far so make the most of it. It's not super cheap but it's definitely a lot cheaper than London. If you don't drink budget £15 a day (if you do drink budget for alcohol and potentially having to get a new passport/ phone/ losing all your money etc).
- There is no need to bring heels, your most limited edition kicks or your best imported calf skin leather cape. You do need rubber flip flops for the beach (rocks), but you don't need to hire a stylist, it's not Field Day Festival.
You can find all the other info you need at soundwavecroatia.com - see you there.


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From the same writer/director who made the excellent film The Station Agent comes another excellent drama which explores the relationships between humans in such a perfectly acted and finely written way that you understand why critics have showered the film with rave reviews (93% percent on Rotten Tomatoes).
Richard Jenkins (who was excellent in Six Feet Under) is a lonely professor who one day is forced to travel to New York City. Upon arriving at his apartment there he is surprised to find an immigrant couple who have been living there for the past couple of weeks. Instead of kicking them out he decides to let them stay the night and through the next couple of days during his stay there he begins to form a friendship with the couple that begins to change his life.
The Visitor is just simply excellent. I feel like if I were to write a little bit here in this paragraph about why it is excellent I would just be rewriting what I mostly said in the first paragraph. McCarthy delivers an oscar worthy script and everyone in his cast, especially Jenkins, deliver oscar worthy performances as well. It's these elements combined with McCarthy's great but subtle direction plus a simple, yet very deep, story about people getting to know eachother and becoming friends that makes The Visitor not only one of the very best of this year so far but also the best film that deals with the issues of living in a post 9/11 world so far.
Really, it is just excellent stuff. It's a shame that it is a little bit too subtle and low key to be remembered come oscar time. I hope that the script will at least be remembered.


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Topics Map > UWGB Help Desk > Macintosh
Topics Map > UWGB Help Desk > Network / File Shares
Macintosh - remote file access to network shares via WebDAV using Transmit (commercial software)
Transmit is an application for your personal Macintosh computer to connect to your campus files shares from off campus using the secure WebDAV technology. While the campus does not directly support this product, we have provided the information below for configuring it for home use.
This document shows the proper settings for configuring the program Transmit to connect to campus shares
You can purchase / download Transmit here: http://www.panic.com/transmit/
One you have downloaded and launched Transmit, you want to go to the WebDAV tab and enter your information in the fields:
- fpsa.uwgb.edu is for faculty/staff home folders as well as department shares
- fpsb.uwgb.edu for student home folders and course shares
Password: enter your campus password
Initial Path:
- M: / personal drive: Your username
- Departmental / class shares: Share name without the $
You can now click the blue + button to add to your favorites:
Give the share a name and click Save
You will now see your shares listed under the favorites tab. You can either double click on the shares to open them within Transmit or click on the small drive icon to mount them on your Desktop like a traditional network share.


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Rebuilding and Reforming God's Temple
Psalm 69:8-9; Isaiah 56:6-7; Jeremiah 7:8-11; John 2:13-25 (text)
November 1, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF)
Dear Congregation of Christ: Yesterday, many people celebrated a most unbiblical event, Halloween. It's not only unbiblical, but God calls it an abomination, since it glorifies evil spirits and demons. He forbids us from all kinds of divination, "Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them" (Lev 19:31; Acts 16:16).
But for most Reformed Christians, October 31 is better known as Reformation Day. Instead of celebrating evil spirits, we commemorate the Holy Spirit's work in the hearts of Martin Luther and many other Protestant Reformers, most of whom were persecuted and martyred by the Roman Catholic Church. They were not seeking to establish a new church, but to bring the Church back from its corrupted doctrine, worship and practices. The Reformers rejected the Mass, selling indulgences, the teaching of salvation by good works, relics, praying to the saints, and many other unbiblical doctrines and innovations.
In our study today, we find Jesus going to the Jerusalem temple during a Passover feast. And what does he do? He cleansed the temple of moneychangers and other merchants. He wanted the temple to be reformed back to its true function as a place of worship and prayer. His shocking action has generated reaction from many pastors and teachers. Some say the moral lessons from this story is controlling your anger, or allowing Jesus to disrupt your life of comfort. Liberals say Jesus is a revolutionary who questions tradition and establishment. Contemporary worship promoters say Jesus opens worship to allow non-traditional worship. But what was the real significance of this to John and the other three Gospel writers?
We must also note the most significant differences between John's narration and those of the other three Gospels. John places the cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus' ministry, while the other three places it at the end, just before he was arrested and crucified. Is this one more contradiction in the Bible that liberals gloat about? Some Bible scholars explain that Jesus did this action twice. But because of the similarities of the two cleansings, it is more likely that this was a single event. The difference in the timing in John may possibly be in John's arrangement of his gospel: it is a thematic, not chronological arrangement. John narrates Jesus' presence in Jewish institutions and feasts and then places Jesus' teachings about himself as the fulfillment of these Old Testament institutions and feasts. So in the cleansing of the temple, Jesus is teaching about his relationship to the Jewish temple. We see this teaching again in John 4 when he talks to the Samaritan woman at the well.
Today, we will study "Rebuilding and Reforming God's Temple" under three headings: first, The Father's House Made Into a Market House; second, The Sign of Rebuilding the Temple; and third, False Belief Because of the Signs.
The Father's House Made Into a Market House
First, a few things to clear up. Jesus was not a violent man. He did not hurt people, and probably did not hurt the animals either. He did not come charging into the temple's court of the Gentiles with a whip, but fashioned a whip out of cords he found in the court. He drove out the animals, overturned the tables, and poured out the coins. And the moneychangers and merchants selling oxen, sheep and pigeons were legal business authorized by the Jewish and temple authorities. But why was Jesus angered by this scene?
Jesus commanded the merchants, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade." John uses word-play here. He uses the same word for "house," but contrasts his Father's house with a house of trade. The Greek word for "trade" is emporion, which means "market" or "business." But why was this business going on in the temple's Gentile court?
You see, during the annual Passover feast, pilgrims from all over Palestine traveled to Jerusalem and worshiped at the temple. Jesus was committed to attending the annual Jewish festivals. John mentions three Passovers in which Jesus was present, so we know that Jesus' ministry spanned over three years. We know from Exodus 12-13 that God commanded the Israelites who escaped from Egypt to commemorate Passover every year. On the night that the angel of death slew Egypt's firstborn children, the angel also spared or "passed over" the Israelites' homes marked by the blood of sacrificial lambs. In this commemoration, God commanded his people to offer animal sacrifices (Exo 12:3, 21; Luke 22:7).
The merchants and money-changers were rendering a service to the pilgrims so they can buy the animals right there instead of bringing them from far places. Also, all males over 20 years old were taxed. To ensure the purity and quality of the coins that the people were bringing, they had to exchange them with authorized coins. Money-changers made a profit out of this requirement. But as happens all too often, the law is abused by greedy merchants overpricing the animals and charging too much for exchanging money.
Jesus was not outraged not only because of greed or corruption, but that this business is even happening in the temple. It was not happening in the temple itself, but in the outer courts, including the court of the Gentiles. Still, the outer courts were a part of the temple, which in Jesus' words, was his Father's house and a house of prayer, a quotation from Isaiah 56:7. When his disciples saw what he did, they recalled Psalm 69:9, "Zeal for your house will consume me." In driving the merchants out of the temple courts, Jesus was driven by his zeal to defend and honor his Father's glory. His Father's name was being trampled and dishonored in his very own house. Jesus must have recalled the words of his ancestor King David, who lamented that his own brothers have rejected and scorned him (Psa 69:8-9). Jesus knew that it would not be long before he would suffer the same persecution as David, even death.
In the accounts of Matthew, Mark and Luke, they also mentioned that Jesus said to the merchants about the temple, "You have made it a den of robbers" (Matt 21:13, Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46). This is a quotation from Jeremiah 7, where the prophet condemns robbers, murderers, adulterers, liars and idolaters who go to the temple and say, "We are delivered!" So the prophet says to them, "Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?" The word "den" also means "cave" or "hideout." Jesus is saying that those crooked merchants use the temple courts as their hideout in planning their corrupt moneymaking schemes.
What does this remind us of today? We see all around us big churches, especially megachurches, turning their churches into lucrative business enterprises. I'm reminded of our former church, a big church in Walnut Creek, when they served coffee, donuts and other pastries after the service. However, later on, those things were not free anymore. And in many megachurch campuses today, there are Starbucks, McDonalds, and other concessionaires, plus bookshops and other stores. Are those things in their churches for the sole purpose of serving the people? Obviously not! They are there for making a profit. The house of worship and prayer has truly become a mall, even a hideout of merchants and robbers!
The Sign of Rebuilding the Temple
Only in the Gospel of John do we find an account of the first confrontation between Jesus and the Jews after this event. The Jews were astonished at what Jesus did. They might have remembered the prophet Malachi's words about the Day of the Lord, "And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple" (3:1). Is he claiming to be the Lord, Adonai himself? So they asked Jesus, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?" Throughout his Gospel, John tells us that the Jews always asked him to show them a sign that he has authority from God to teach what he taught and to do what he did. For example, after Jesus fed 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish, he taught them that God the Father has "set his seal" on the Son of Man who gives food for eternal life. It is astonishing that right after this miracle, the Jews again asked him for a sign that they might see and believe in him. And Jesus confounded them even more, saying he is the Bread who came down from heaven (John 6:27-33).
So here in John 2, the Jews asked Jesus on whose authority did he cleanse the temple, and what sign can he show them for doing such a thing. Jesus' answer again confused them and his disciples, saying, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" What arrogance! Is this man crazy? It has already taken 46 years to build this temple, and you're saying if this temple is destroyed, you can rebuild it in three days? You see, in 20 BC, about 27-30 years before Jesus did this action, Herod the Great started his massive temple rebuilding program. He wanted to please the Jews, so his temple would be more glorious and majestic than Solomon's temple destroyed by the Babylonians. He employed 18,000 men and 1,000 priests. Some of the stones were massive, weighing 70 tons. Sadly, only six years after Herod's temple was finished in AD 64, the Romans razed it to the ground. Jesus' figurative statement became a literal fulfillment.
Thankfully, John gives an explanation of what Jesus meant in rebuilding the temple. He commented, "But he was speaking about the temple of his body." He was talking about his atoning sacrifice on the cross, and his resurrection on the third day. So the "third day" at the beginning of John 2 has symbolic meaning. On that third day, Jesus will fulfill the Old Testament prophecies of a rebuilt temple in Malachi 3-4 and Ezekiel 40-48, a temple that will never be destroyed again. The Jews were looking forward to that day.
But when Jesus has fulfilled his temple restoration, there would be no more need for a physical temple, the priesthood, and the animal sacrifices. Jesus is now the new Temple, the great High Priest, and the once-for-all Passover Lamb of God. But no one, including his disciples, understood this until after his resurrection.
Note also that in our reading in Isaiah 56:6-7, foreigners will "join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants." He says that they will be "joyful in my house of prayer… for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." The new temple, the rebuilt temple of the Lord will not be a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, as most evangelicals think. But the rebuilt temple is the universal church composed of Jews and Gentiles like you who believe and trust in Christ as Savior and Lord who cleanses and purifies our idolatrous, immoral, corrupt and greedy hearts.
False Belief Because of the Signs
The Jews were outraged by Jesus' declaration of rebuilding the temple even more than his cleansing of the temple. This is why when he was being tried before the high priest, false witnesses testified, "'We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands'" (Mark 14:58). John's account of the confrontation was proven by Mark's account. The testimony was false because Jesus never said he would destroy the temple. Also, the witnesses at his trial is a strong argument that this event took place only once – shortly before his crucifixion.
After his resurrection, John writes, "his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken." What Scripture did they recall? Again, these are from the psalms and prophets. David writes, "For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption," a prophecy attributed by Paul to Jesus (Psa 16:10; Acts 13:35). Isaiah also prophesied that the Suffering Messiah will "prolong his days," meaning he will have eternal life after his death (Isa 53:10).
What a contrast with those who believed only after they saw the signs he did! John says they "believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing." Is this true faith, assent to the Scripture's truths, and trust? These Jews were like the disciple Thomas, who only believed after he had seen the wounds of the resurrected Jesus. These people remind us of those today whose faith depends on all sorts of false signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and prophecies. They never read God's Word, so they are deceived by these false teachers.
This is why John says that Jesus "did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people… he himself knew what was in man." He knew what was in man's heart and mind because he is God. In the next two chapters, we will see that Jesus knew what was in the heart of Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman. Knowing the evil in man's heart, Jesus knew that the faith of the Jews is not true saving faith.
Dear Friends: As we commemorate the Protestant Reformation this weekend, know that Jesus was zealous to rebuild and reform the temple. He started rebuilding it 2,000 years ago during his earthly ministry and after his resurrection. He is the new temple, and all those who believe in him are part of his temple. Every Christian is also indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and therefore a temple of God. And it is the Spirit who also enables each of you who believe to live a holy and righteous life before God. This is why Malachi wrote that when the Lord suddenly comes to his temple, "he will purify the sons of Levi" (Mal 3:1, 3). You are all royal priests to God, giving your lives as living sacrifices to him.
As zeal for God's house consumed our Lord, so also we are to be zealous for God's people, loving God with all our heart, soul and mind; and loving our brethren in the church with as much love as we love ourselves. We are to be zealous for the church's Lord's Day worship services, Bible studies, fellowship, and other God-glorifying church activities.
As a Reformed church and as Reformed Christians, our task is to help our evangelical brethren recover the thoroughly Biblical teachings of the 16th century Reformers. The 21st century church needs to repent of its worldly entertainment as worship, its rejection of doctrines, creeds and confessions, its man-centered preaching, and its bent on the false gospel of health and wealth. It needs to repent of its obsession with the new and improved, the spectacular, and the signs and wonders of false teachers. Most importantly, it needs to recover "the article by which the church stands or falls": that we are justified by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone; and that our only authority of faith and practice is Scripture alone; and that our chief purpose in life is to glorify God alone.
And when Jesus returns one last time to gather his temple on earth, he will take you to heaven, where there is no temple, "for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb" (Rev 21:22). And because Jesus has cleansed you, his temple, from all sin, in that place, "nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Rev 21:27). God's temple will finally be a pure house of worship and prayer.