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Hong Kong's art market may be thriving, but the nonprofit sector needs your support today.
Hong Kong's Asia Society is aiming to welcome 40,000 visitors through its doors by 13 April 2014, with an exhibition that sees work by four Hong Kong contemporary artists hang beside one of the most famous paintings in the world.
The Asia Society in Hong Kong is on a mission to reach a target of 40,000 visitors with a jewel of an art exhibition called "Light and Shadows: Caravaggio the Italian Baroque Master".
At the heart of this stunning exhibition curated by Professor Frank Vigneron of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is the painting Supper at Emmaus by the seminal Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610). Hong Kong truly has a rare chance to appreciate the work of a master artist whose techniques have influenced generations of artists over the last 400 years.
Vigneron has masterfully illustrated how echoes of Caravaggio's work can even be seen in the pieces made by Hong Kong artists working today. On display are artworks by four important Hong Kong artists: Chow Chun-Fai, So Hing-Keung, Tsang Kin-Wah and the illustrious old man of New Ink art, Wucius Wong.
Juxtaposing traditional and contemporary art is au courant in the abstruse world of curatorial trends, but it is a smart approach for the Asia Society in Hong Kong to adopt. Not only does this curatorial stance stimulate serious and useful academic debate about definitions of traditional versus contemporary art, it also broadens the appeal of the show for the general public. Newcomers find different points of entry to explore the art world. And, for those who have some experience of art, juxtaposition of the traditional and the contemporary highlights the links between the past and present and East and West, providing a gentle nudge to explore beyond the familiar.
"To be able to do exhibitions like this in the future we need to prove to the government that we can attract 40,000 visitors" says Executive Director Alice Kong. "Surely we can do that in a city of 7 million people."
Today the visitor count stands at 7,500 with 24 days to go. So ask your friends, take your family and urge your colleagues to visit the show before it ends on 13 April 2014. Thanks to sponsorship by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust there is no charge.
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- The continuous reinvention of Hong Kong art – Caroline Ha Thuc book review – January 2014 – people and place come together in the works of Hong Kong's young artists
- Museums of the future: Asia Society Arts and Mueum Summit 2013 – video bite – December 2013 – what will Asia's museums look like in 100 years? Experts discuss
- Transcending borders: "No Country" at Asia Society Hong Kong – June Yap interview – October 2013 – June Yap tells Art Radar about the diversity of Southeast Asian art
- 7 art podcasts that take you behind the scenes at the museum – August 2013 – enthusiasts and experts alike get a new resource to feed their hunger for knowledge and information on the arts as more art institutions launch free online podcasts
- Top 10 Hong Kong art gallery picks – The Guardian – July 2012 – The Guardian's top ten picks in the Hong Kong gallery scene
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1. Lil' Kim's birthday just passed. Have you paid homage?
2. Doesn't Kourtney Kardashian's boyfriend, Scott, look like an 80s villain from Revenge of the Nerds?
3. What the hell is a Dez and why should I care if Mario is (sadly) using it for attention?
4. Has anyone else been disappointed with the final season of The Boondocks?
5. How long before Mel Gibson announces that he's going to rehab to seek treatment for being a racist and misogynistic jackass?
6. At this rate, would anyone be surprised if McDonalds came up with a new dance to promote a Big Mac?
7. So no one wants to tell Ciara that she needs to give Jazze Phae a call?
8. Is it me or are the strangest things in life always found in a public restroom?
9. Shouldn't "Make Up Bag" be the national anthem for dontdatehimgirl.com?
10. Is this the new one-stop shop (shout out to New Orleans)?
11. Can we send both the Tea Party and the "new" Black Panthers to some island far, far away from every facet of the media?
12. One day people are going to realize quasi-fame doesn't necessarily pave the way to a check, right?
13. Does Jesus have to hop on Jay's next album to convince folks that he's not apart of some devil worshipping secret task force?
14. Speaking of the Illuminati, given the state of Rihanna's American tour, is Satan mad at her?
15. Although the vultures are still swarming around the headquarters of the four major record labels, album wise has 2010 been an OK year in music?
16. Are ya'll serious with "Pretty Boy Swag?"
17. Even though it's clearly blown up in her face, why were people so willing to make fun of Mary J. Blige for wanting to go to school?
18. Would people realize that not everything is a sign of the Apocalypse?
19. Are any of the words that come out of Roscoe Dash's mouth English?
20. Have you supported the wonderful writer and super sweet, Aliya S. King by purchasing her debut novel, Platinum, yet?


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Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, so that must mean it's time for another fantastic pairing of best place to get Neapolitan Pizza in the St. Louis area, The Good Pie, and a chance to enjoy some delicious cask beer from Schlafly.
This Friday, April 2nd, starting a 5PM, a representative from the St. Louis Brewery will be tapping a cask of the Schlafly Export IPA. They'll be serving it until the cask runs out or The Good Pie closes.
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Funny though.* They all noticed today's news about South Eastern's 140mph high-speed commuter train... and missed the completion of Belgium's high speed network, which means Brussels and Paris are now directly connected to Cologne and into Germany's high speed rail network.
That means you can go to the Deutche Bahn UK website (yes, there is one) and buy a cheap high-speed rail ticket from St Pancras to Cologne via Paris Nord (change trains), a journey of 4¾ hours...and on to Berlin!
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Weekend Games Thread/
Is it time to admit that Michael Pineda simply isn't very good?
After Friday night's outing, Pineda owns a 97 ERA+ as a Yankee. Since the beginning of the 2015 season, he has pitched an 85 ERA+ over 261.0 IP. Over the last calendar year, 89 starting pitchers have thrown at least 150 IP. Among those, Pineda ranks 88th in HR/9, ERA, and ERA+. Folk keep pointing to his age (he's still only 27), previous success, and FIP (it's 1.49 below his ERA, which is fairly staggering), and suggesting (or hoping) that a turnaround is coming.
Unfortunately, for every step or two forward we see from Pineda (such as his solid month of June), we see a tumble backwards (such as his first two starts in July). So it goes.
Saturday's probable starters are Eduardo Rodriguez and fellow FIP-victim CC Sabathia. The first pitch is scheduled for 4:05 PM.
Sunday's action kicks off, of course, at 8:00 PM. It's a battle of the aces, with David Price squaring off against Masahiro Tanaka.
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I wouldn't mind this potential mock draft, but I doubt that Dallas will use two of their first four picks on secondary players. Also, I think the pass rush is a more pressing need than the secondary with Orlando Scandrick back after tearing his ACL last offseason. I think, in all likelihood, that Jalen Ramsey will end up going number 3 anyway to the San Diego Chargers.
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Dallas just hosted Wrestlemania 32 in Jerry's bilion-dollar stadium. It was an amazing event, but the fans of Dallas would like to celebrate an ever bigger event next year.
With Tony Romo coming back from his back injuries and Dez Bryant in the prime of his career its either now or never for the Cowboys. They are getting a lot of guys back on defense, the distraction of Greg Hardy is gone and they found a more than serviceable replacement for Demarco Murray in Darren McFadden.
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ABBOTTABAD: At least four people were killed and two others injured during a clash between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) groups here on Tuesday.
According to police, the clash which took place at Fawara Chowk was a result of both groups accusing each other of rigging during the local bodies elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
At least 12 people have been killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in post-election violence.


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At a midnight showing of the latest Batman in Aurora, Colo., a gunman, identified by police as 24-year-old, opened fire killing 12 people and wounding 59.
Jeff Logan went to sleep Thursday looking forward to a blockbuster weekend for his independent movie theater chain after a successful advanced midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises. "
When he woke up, he heard about the shooting in Aurora.
"I was, as everyone, shocked and saddened that this would happen and thought of the victims and their families and friends," Logan said. "And after there were those human feelings, I started thinking operationally about what we would do, what we could do. "
At a midnight showing Friday of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colo., a gunman, identified by police as 24-year-old James Holmes, opened fire killing 12 people and wounding 59.
Logan, the owner of Logan Luxury Theaters Corp., which includes three theaters and one drive-in in South Dakota won't implement TSA-level security in response to the shootings, he said. "I think it's premature to say we're going to need metal detectors, pat-downs or policemen required at every theater. I think it would be an overreaction to a horrible, tragic event. We are not at that point, and I don't think this justifies that kind of response. "
In Logan's theaters, there are alarms on all the exit doors, primarily to prevent people sneaking in for a free movie. Plus, Logan points out, "this shooter snuck in the exit door, so he would have bypassed a metal detector anyway. "
Besides relying on the existing alarms, Logan contacted the local police department Friday to clarify procedures and discuss security plans. "We're going to rely primarily on local law enforcement and coordinate with them, and make sure we have good communication," he said.
The National Association of Theatre Owners, which represents hundreds of independent theater owners as well as the large cinema chains, expressed its gratitude to police and law enforcement personnel in Colorado. . "Guest safety is, and will continue to be a priority for theater owners. NATO members are working closely with local law enforcement agencies and reviewing security procedures," it said in a statement.
Patrick Corcoran, spokesperson for NATO, said the organization distributed a Department of Homeland Security emergency-plan checklist to members on Friday, and told The Huffington Post, "As far as we know, it's going to be up to each company to implement procedures as they think best and in consultation with their local law enforcement and own security officers to make decisions tailored to them. "
Because security decisions are up to individual owners, "we don't anticipate any disparate effects on independent theaters," said Corcoran, adding that he had not heard concerns from NATO's members about increased expenses.
Though Logan does not anticipate his business being affected by increased costs of security, he said those who incur greater security costs, will probably "have to pass those costs along, and raising prices always hurts. "
"It's a tough business environment anyway, with increased competition from megaplexes and all the other media out there, plus the economy. Obviously, any increased costs are going to be hard on anyone, and perhaps even more on a small operator. "
While industry experts were mixed on whether earnings would be affected on what was anticipated to be one of the biggest box-office weekends of 2012, Logan isn't concerned.
"We have had strong matinee showings, are getting lots of calls asking about showtimes and are not seeing any adverse effect," he said. "Obviously, everyone is talking about it, but we don't see any dampening effect on the enthusiasm for this movie. "
He believes the continued flow of moviegoers to his theater shows that many, like him, believe "this is an isolated incident. After a mall shooting, we all still went to the mall, and after Columbine, kids still went to high school. This was a random thing that unfortunately happened in a theater, but I don't necessarily think it's going to happen in a theater again. "
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We have been fortunate enough to support and host events for many fine local authors. The following list contains the last three years of book signings, readings & events, and is constantly being updated. If you would like more information on any of the following authors, or are interested in contacting them about an event, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gid B. Adkisson, III
Gid B. Adkisson, Jr., was one of eight million American men swept into the U.S. Army during the turbulence that was World War II. An earnest West Texas farm boy attending Texas A&M so he could be a better independent farmer, Gid Jr. found himself vying for a lieutenant's commission a full year before he was scheduled to graduate, and fighting in France, Luxembourg, and Germany as an infantry company officer between August 1944 and the end of the war. He was recuperating from his third combat wound when peace finally settled on Europe. Gid Adkisson, Jr.'s book of war was written by the former lieutenant's oldest child, Gid III, who made it his business to record the war memoir of a man whose preference was to speak and remember little of the war. Thus the book before you is more homage from a proud son than willful memoir from a modest, dutiful man who did his level best to live his life out of the limelight. Along the way, up to and beyond his father's death in 2012, Gid III located and exchanged letters and phone calls with many of the men who served in battle with Gid Jr. in the 80th Infantry Division's Able Company, 317th Infantry Regiment. It was heartwarming to both father and son to learn that Gid Jr. remained in so many good memories of an absolutely awful time of life now falling beyond the reach of memory.
James Ardaiz
James A. Ardaiz is the former presiding justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in California. Before that he served as a deputy district attorney in Fresno County, California. He was a key figure in both the investigation and prosecution of the notorious Clarence Ray Allen, the last man to be executed in the state of California. He lives in Fresno, California.
Paul H. Betancourt
Paul Betancourt farms with his family in California's Central Valley. They currently grow Pima cotton, wheat and almonds. In addition to being active in the community, Betancourt is an instructor at the University of Phoenix in Fresno, California and Madera Center Community College. Betancourt's observations on life and farming can be heard on 940ESPN radio every weekday in Fresno, California. You can also follow him on his blog, "This Week on the Farm".
Beth Bridges
Beth Bridges is The Networking Motivator™ and has attended over 2,300 networking events in the last ten years. As the Chief Networking Officer of a large chamber of commerce, she has interacted with tens of thousands of people in person and online. She created the Five Part Networking Success Plan™ when she saw new and experienced business people struggling to network effectively. Beth is widely recognized by chamber of commerce executives across North America as a leading networking authority. She is an Expert Author on www.EzineArticles.com with over two hundred published articles and is a Top Author in the Business Networking category. Beth is a Summa Cum Laude and Dean's Medalist graduate of CSU Fresno with a degree in Agricultural Economics. Beth has leveraged her in-person networking skills to build large social media networks on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Santiago Camarena
Santiago Camarena grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of California during the 60′-80's era. His grandparents had orchards of orange, avocado, lemon, grapefruit, pomegranate and olive. Working the land was a family part of life but it was his mother who taught him the value of work. Having good family values didn't always equate to a good life style. His parents separating during various times of his life exposed him to foster-homes and juvenile facilities early on. This temporary alternative care meant to protect him inadvertently exposed him to law enforcement, the judicial system and correctional facilities throughout Calif. He spent approximately fourteen years incarcerated by his 33rd birthday. His desire to write developed during this time. He taught himself to write in calligraphy and would write short phrases in letters and cards for other inmates as a hustle for necessities. His audiences for his writing were his children who were too young to write back. His book Voir Dire mirrors his life style, hence the reason he was asked to write it. Aside the extremities in the book, he knows its story intimately.
Judi Charbonneau
Judi Charbonneau is a woman of faith, a woman of prayer, and a woman whose pursuit of love was not fully realized until she heard God whisper her name. Her passion is to bring hope and healing to generations of families who have suffered under the poor choices their ancestors made. She's living roof that God wants to redeem the past and break destructive cycles. Judi lives in central California. Her eight grandchildren are her heart, and her three children are her life – for whom this book is written.
Hazel Dixon Cooper
Hazel Dixon-Cooper has been a professional astrologer for more than twenty-five years, and is the author of the internationally bestselling Rotten Day astrology book series. She is a research member of the American Federation of Astrologers and a member in good standing of the National Council of Geocosmic Research.
Tim Desmond
Retired high school science teacher Tim Desmond is an artist and author in Fresno. He has been writing since the 1970s and his first novel, For Thou Art With Me, published 2006, is a World War II love and war story. He was raised in Madera and on a rural California grain ranch. His scholarship to attend California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland, was the first art scholarship in the history of Madera. His influences were Heinz Kusel and Bob Trestrail. Later he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Fresno, with a major in zoology, and has since taught at various middle school, high schools, and colleges throughout the Central Valley. The Doc is his second novel.
Dr. Thomas Dickerson, DD
Tom experienced early life in Vevay Indiana; a small farming community entrenched in old traditions. His teenage years cultivated curiosities and explorations regarding fast cars, girls, and beer, interwoven with church and family. During these early years, he developed a driving desire to understand his world and choices. However, the inconsistencies between Sunday morning rhetoric and exhibited personal choices exhibited everywhere perplexed him. During the 1960s, he studied with multiple philosophical and spiritual teachers in America and overseas. His professional movements required attendance in several colleges and universities, and his formal education includes Registered Nurse, Health Care Management, Law, Finance, Business, and a Doctor of Divinity. He began writing in 1961, and during the 1990s authored a weekly newspaper column entitled 'Pets Corner' that educated the reader by combining pet issues with philosophical, legal inconsistencies, and social contradictions.
Amy Dixon
Amy Dixon grew up as one of seven siblings, so the only peace and quiet she ever got was inside a book. Once she had her own kids, she rediscovered her love for picture books at the public library. It was the one place she knew all four of her kids would be happy . . . and quiet. She writes from her home, where she lives with her four little inspirations and her marathon-running husband, Rob.
Kenneth Eaton
In Missing Dog Tags: An American GI in North Korea author Kenneth Eaton recounts what it was like to be a prisoner of war in North Korea. His story of his capture while surviving as a corporal in the 9th Tank Company of the 2nd division, U.S. Army, begins early in 1951 with a Chinese attack on his unit. After the tank he was in was severely disabled, he was forced to abandon it. In the confusion of battle and troop movement he was unable to get onboard another tank and was soon captured while on foot as were other soldiers. Captured by the Chinese soldiers he expected to be quickly executed along with the other men of his unit. Instead, they began a forced march that ultimately would result in a nightmarish captivity that would last over 30 months under brutal conditions. Despite three failed escape attempts, starvation, and various horrors he endured, Kenneth Eaton survived and came home to be reunited with friends and loved ones.
Margarita Engle
Margarita Engle is a Cuban American author. In 2009, she was awarded the first Newbery Honor ever awarded to a Latino for The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom. She was a botanist and professor at California State Polytechnic University. Engle is also the author of picture books Summer Birds, When You Wander, and middle grade novel in verse Mountain Dog. She lives in central California, where she enjoys helping her husband with his volunteer work for wilderness search and rescue dog training programs. Her picture book When You Wander, illustrated by Mary Morgan, is about search-and-rescue dogs. Her middle-grade novel Mountain Dog was released in August 2013.
Marcus Ruiz Evans
Marcus worked as a liaison between the State of California government and the Federal government for over 10 years, forcing him to develop a personal understanding of this federal and state relationship. During this time, he also had the opportunity to work on Goods Movement efficiency studies, looking at how the international freight system operates and especially California's role in the World economy. He has traveled to Europe, Canada and Mexico, observing firsthand their domestic infrastructure and connection to the Global economy. In addition, he traveled to many states in America, comparing views on international trade, but with a California perspective. Evans lived throughout California, in Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento, and the Central Valley.
Lorenzo G. Flores, Ph. D.
Lawrence Flores, Ph.D. is the premiere speaker in the field of Career Advancement Dynamics. He has pioneered research into the Theory and Practice of Promotion Politics. He feels that Career Advancement skills are on the same level of importance as Leadership and Management skills. In addition to this book, he has designed a fun learning game The Multi cultural Promotion Track Game. The simulation has earned national recognition. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies, Master of Public Administration and Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. Undergraduate degree in Police Science/Corrections from San Jose State University. Background includes work as a Director of Social Work, probation officer and college instructor.
Gloria Getman
Gloria Getman grew up in Southern California and graduated from California State University, Bakersfield with a BSN in nursing. She lives in Exeter, California and began writing in 1994. She has been published in Yesterday's Magazette and Reminisce Extra, won third place in the 2010 Lillian Dean First Page Competition for a novel at the Central Coast Writer's Conference. She has three short stories in an anthology, Leaves from the Valley Oak, and recently released a mystery, Lottie's Legacy, available through Amazon. She is a member of both Central Coast and San Joaquin Sisters in Crime, plus SLO NightWriters and the Tulare-Kings Writers.
Heidi Gill
Heidi Gill is a writer of multicultural childrens books. After coming up short in her search for bilingual/multicultural books for her kids, she decided to fill the void by producing her own children books. Inspired by her kids' curiosity, she is determined to provide a basic introduction to children of five of the most common languages spoken in the world: Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French. To begin her educational children's books, Heidi developed the brand 2 Kurious Kids. The series initially targets elementary aged children with a desire to enourage unity and wellness in children all around the world. From here she intends to incorporate other languages and expand to other age groups. She enjoys speaking at Elementary Schools all over California as well as organizing book making events and crafts at various bookstores and children stores.
Dorina Gilmore
Dorina Lazo Gilmore grew up in a Filipino-Italian family in the kitchen with her mama, aunties and grandmas. She loves to create healthy recipes and share stories in the kitchen with her friends and daughters. Dorina has a B.A. in English and Journalism and is completing an M.F.A. degree in Children s Literature at Hollins University. She is also the author of two other children s books, Children of the San Joaquin Valley and Stone Soup: A Hmong Girl's Journey to the United States. Dorina is originally from Chicago and lives with her husband and two daughters in Fresno, California.
Che Gilson
Che Gilson is the author of "Avigon" and "Avigon: Gods and Demons", graphic novels published by Image Comics and illustrated by Jimmy Robinson. She went on to write "Dark Moon Diary volume 1 and 2" published by TOKYOPOP and illustrated by Brett Uher. Her short fiction has appeared in the e-zines "Drops of Crimson" and twice in "Luna Station Quarterly". Most recently her urban fantasy novella "Carmine Rojas: Dog Fight" just came out from Black Opal Books.
George Gruner
George F. Gruner is the former executive editor of The Fresno Bee and a World War II combat veteran. Gruner saw action in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany during World War II, including the Battle of the Bulge, as a member of the 440th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, first with corps artillery and later attached to the 75th Infantry Division. He returned to Germany in 1952 to serve two years on the civilian staff of The Stars and Stripes, the newspaper delivered to Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel stationed at posts from the United Kingdom to North Africa and Turkey. He joined the news staff of The Fresno Bee in 1955 and retired as executive editor. Into the Night is his third book; his previous books are Blue Water Beat and The White Flyers.
Steven Hammond
Steven Hammond is a Sci-fi/fantasy author, artist and photographer from California's Central Valley. His first book RISE OF THE PENGUINS has spent time on Amazon's Top-Seller list in the U.S., U.K. and reached number 2 in Germany. At one point in his life he believed that his debut novel RISE OF THE PENGUINS would win the Pulitzer prize for best penguin fiction. Then he discovered there was no such category. Undeterred, he continued to write stories about penguins with the follow up novella THE WARLORD, THE WARRIOR, THE WAR. A lifelong fan of SciFi and fantasy, his earliest memories were that of reading Danny and the Dinosaur and Curious George. From there he took the next logical step and delved deeply into the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Watching television shows such as Lost in Space and Star Trek as a young child fueled his love for the genre. The art of Frank Frazetta adorned his walls as a youth and movies such as "The Giant Spider Invasion", "Planet of the Apes", "Sssssss", just about any movie that involved Ray Harryhausen, a slew of Godzilla films and, of course Star Wars, left their ineradicable impressions upon his psyche and can be seen in his work. Life has taught him to never take himself too seriously because that just takes all of the fun out it.
Doug Hanson
Doug Hansen was born in Fresno, California, and is the eldest of six children in an artistic family. Doug has worked as a Fresno Bee newsroom artist, freelance illustrator, and cartoonist, and he illustrated David Mas Masumoto's books Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories and Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer, as well as Mother Goose in California. He teaches rendering and illustration at his alma mater, California State University, Fresno. More information on his work can be found at www.doughansenart.com.
Chuck Hanzlicek
C. G. Hanzlicek was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, in 1942. He received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1964 and an M.F.A. from the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1966. He is the author of eight books of poetry: Living in It, Stars (winner of the 1977 Devins Award for Poetry), Calling the Dead, A Dozen for Leah, When There Are No Secrets, Mahler: Poems and Etchings, Against Dreaming, and, most recently, The Cave: Selected and New Poems, which appeared in 2001 from University of Pittsburgh Press. He has translated Native American Songs, A Bird's Companion, and poems from the Czech, Mirroring: Selected Poems of Vladimir Holan, which won the Robert Payne Award from the Columbia University Translation Center in 1985. His work has appeared in over a dozen anthologies and in many journals, including Poetry, Kenyon Review, Southern Review, North American Review, Hudson Review, and Iowa Review. In the summer of 2001, he retired from California State University, Fresno, where he taught for 35 years and was for most of those years the Director of the Creative Writing Program.
Allan G. Hedberg, Ph.D.
Dr. Allan G. Hedberg is a clinical psychologist and maintains a private practice in Fresno, California. He received his doctorate in 1969 from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Hedberg is the founding principal of Avante Health, a managed care health insurance company. He and his wife, Bernice, live in Fresno and have three children.
Bonnie Hearn Hill
Bonnie Hearn Hill worked as a newspaper editor for 22 years, a job that, along with her natural nosiness, increased her interest in contemporary culture. Prior to her new Star Crossed series from Running Press/Perseus Books, she wrote six thrillers for MIRA Books, as well as numerous short stories, nonfiction books and articles. A national conference speaker, Bonnie founded The Tuesdays, a bonded and successful writing workshop in Fresno, California, and she also teaches an occasional online class. On Fridays she meets with her private critique group (humorous astrology author Hazel Dixon-Cooper, prescriptive nonfiction writer Dennis C. Lewis, and musician/thriller novelist Christopher Allan Poe). What happens in those groups ranges from spontaneous applause to "getting filleted," as Bonnie's students and colleagues call it.
Evelyne Holingue
Born and raised in a small town in Normandy, France, Evelyne Holingue spent her childhood buried in books when she wasn't playing outside. Her writing was first published when she was 11, a poem about a man spending Christmas behind bars. In 1990, her husband decided to start a new career in the USA, and they and their new baby left their beloved Paris behind. Because of her husband's career, they have moved from the West Coast to the East Coast twice and called both California and Massachusetts home. Maine is their summer getaway since the day they gave new life to a wooden cabin tucked on the shores of a sparkling lake, and they are now living in the Sierra foothills, in central California, a step away from the splendor of Yosemite National Park.
L. Marie Horton
Lisa Horton is an attorney practicing law in Fresno, California. After completing her degrees, she gave the left side of her brain a rest and became devoted to writing fiction. Now she can't imagine a day when she is not writing. Lisa is also a photographer, avid speed-reader, and an obsessive fan of movie soundtracks. She has a supportive husband and two fur children, Scottie a.k.a. Daba D and Gunnar a.k.a. da Gun Gun's.
Christian Johnson
Christian Johnson is a freelance writer, one-time online blogger, and now book author living out in a tiny slice of paradise known as Fresno, California. Born in 1981 and growing up with all of the classic 80′s cartoons, his imagination quickly took over as his dominating trait, drawing him into the world of science-fiction, on both the page and the big screen. When not rescuing those in need of technical support, he dabbles in video games, board games, card games, and watching sci-fi – Movies, TV shows, cartoons & anime – all of which has had an influence in his writing, and hopes that the end result is a blend of action, intrigue, and imagination that the reader finds enjoyable.
Kim Sherouse Krewson
Kim Sherouse Krewson, a long-time employee of the New York Times Company, developed a calling in the midpoint of her life. About five years ago, through a succession of supernatural events, the concept for the book began to reveal itself, and Kim intently sought for guidance and answers. By investigating the meanings of names and incorporating any words that the names happen to enunciate, she proves that there is a code written in the names which will ultimately become a human being's divine destiny in life.
David Kulczyk
David Kulczyk is a historian and journalist whose work has appeared in the Chico News and Review, the East Bay Express, the Sacramento News and Review, and the San Francisco Guardian. He is the author of California Justice and Death in California. He lives in Sacramento, California. Born to first-generation Americans in Bay City, Michigan, David Kulczyk (pronounced Coal-check) is a Sacramento-based historian, freelance writer and award-winning author of short fiction. He entered college at the age of 40 after working as a factory worker, sous chef, musician, warehouseman, fish butcher, process server, barista and bike messenger. Kulczyk's work has appeared in the SF Guardian, the East Bay Express, the Chico News and Review, Maximum Ink Music Magazine, The Isthmus, Madison Magazine, the Seattle Times, Pop Culture Press, Strange Magazine and the Sacramento News and Review. He is the author of Death in California: The Bizarre, Freakish, and Just Curious Ways People Die in the Golden State, and California Justice: Shootouts, Lynchings and Assassinations in the Golden State (available from Craven Street Books).
Captain Dave Leue'
As a very young man, Captain Leue' prayed to be a fighter pilot. He cautions you be careful what you pray for. Instead of the promised peace after WWII, he flew a hundred missions in Corsairs and F9F Panthers from USS Boxer, Valley Forge and Philippine Sea, dodging red balls of fire over Korean. These tales are recorded in Volume 1, "Korean Combat." Now, in Vietnam, you are in his A4C Skyhawk cockpit as he dives through flak and missiles, surviving over two hundred more combat missions. In this volume, he leads Navy Light Attack Squadron 153 as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer, flying from the carriers USS Coral Sea and Constellation. His Light Attack Squadron loses many of its aircraft and pilots, all close friends, to massed anti-aircraft fire and missiles. His tales of personal combat are masterfully woven into the political drama and tragedy of Vietnam.
Dennis C. Lewis, Ph. D.
Dr. Dennis Lewis is a practicing psychologist specializing in the treatment of family dysfunction. For more than twenty-five years, he has been on the clinical faculty of the University of California San Francisco. He serves as a national consultant, expert witness, and media spokesperson. He divides his time between clinical work and research on the effect of trauma. Dr. Lewis is a specialist in the effects of maternal drug use and the impact on their infants and children. He developed the PATHS Program, a perinatal treatment facility for substance-abusing women which combined traditional treatment with an early child development program for children ages zero-to-five. He has published research in the area of neurobehavioral problems with alcoholics. He also has an active psychotherapy consultation practice and leads a weekly stress reduction group.
Betsy Lumbye
Betsy Lumbye is a California-based writer who worked three decades in newspapers around the United States, most recently as executive editor of the Fresno Bee. Originally from Virginia, she's an honors graduate of the University of Virginia. She counts dressage horses and rescue dogs among her immediate family.
David "Mas" Masumoto
A third generation farmer, David Mas Masumoto grows peaches, nectarines, grapes and raisins on an organic 80 acre farm south of Fresno, California. Masumoto is currently a columnist for and The Fresno Bee and a regular contributor to the Sacramento Bee. He was a Kellogg Foundation Food and Society Policy Fellow from 2006-2008. His writing awards include Commonwealth Club Silver medal, Julia Child Cookbook award, the James Clavell Literacy Award and a finalist in the James Beard Foundation awards. He received the "Award of Distinction" from UC Davis in 2003 and the California Central Valley "Excellence in Business" Award in 2007. He has served as chair of the California Council for the Humanities. He is currently a board member of the James Irvine Foundation and serves on the Statewide Leadership Council to the Public Policy Institute of California. In 2013 he also joined the National Council on the Arts through an appointment by President Obama. Masumoto is married to Marcy Masumoto, Ed.d., and they have a daughter, Nikiko, and a son, Korio.
Marilyn Meredith
Marilyn Meredith is the author of the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series as well as the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. One of the first authors to embrace e-publishing, she has several books that are available in both e-format and trade paperback, and among them is the award winning mystery Guilt by Association. Christian horror is another of the genres she writes in, and she also has a chapter in the best seller, "THE PORTABLE WRITERS' CONFERENCE" from Quill Driver Press. As a writing teacher, Marilyn has been a featured speaker at several writers' conferences and is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, EPIC, and the Public Safety Writers Association. She has served as the Editor of the California Residential Services Association monthly newsletter, and a free-lance writer for the Tule River Times in Springville, CA.
Gina Meyers
Gina Meyers is best known for her popular culture television trivia and cooking expertise books related to the Twilight Saga and the iconic television show Bewitched and is the proud winner of the prestigious Gourmand International Cookbook Award for Best Charity Cookbook, Hope For Haiti. Gina's Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook, first edition, has been listed in OK! Magazine's top Twilight merchandise must-haves and featured on Comedian Alan Carr, Chatty Man's late night show. From an early age, Gina has had a passion for the culinary arts, experimenting in the kitchen with baking breads, muffins, cookies and cakes. From 1997 to 2009, Meyers taught a plethora of entertaining and fun cooking classes for kids from Easy Meals in Minutes to Storybook Cooking and Crafts.
Tony Miller
Tony Miller is a freelance writer, poet and internationally known hairstylist. He lives in Fresno, California with his wife. He has a passion for research, history and writing. His current venture is into quantum physics and its correlation to spirituality. It has inspired him to create his story, "I'll See You In Your Dreams." He is currently working on the sequel, "Dream Sleuth."
Karen Moore
Karen is a grandmother. She was a literacy tutor and, for many years, an instructional aide with the Sierra Unified School District. She has a deep desire to inspire parents and children to read, read, read.
Diana Morales
Diana Morales is an energy medicine practitioner, Certified Massage Therapist, Neuro Linguistic Practitioner, and accountant. She is a successful accountant for more than twenty years until some life-changing events forced her to search for a different way of thinking and living. Diana holds workshops that have helped many people to tap into their inner power. Diana will walk you through her struggles and insight of living with a sex addict. This is a story of a sex addict out of control and crossing that line of no return into molestation. Learn how she survived lies, deceit, and betrayal.
L. Garcia Muro
L. Garcia Muro has been married for almost thirty-seven years, has three children, Christine, Gina and Brian, and enjoys spending time with three grandchildren, James, Rayleen and Samantha. She currently lives in Fresno, California, with her husband, Raymond and has a career with the State of California. This is her first book.
Patricia Newman
Patricia Newman is the author of several fiction and nonfiction trade books, school and library titles, and magazine articles for children, including Jingle the Brass, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Smithsonian-recommended book; Nugget on the Flight Deck, a California Reading Association Eureka! Silver Honor Book for Nonfiction; Navy SEALs: Elite Operations and Army Special Forces: Elite Operations; Energy Lab: Water Power and Energy Lab: Biofuels. Upcoming spring 2014 releases include Plastic, Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (a Junior Library Guild Selection) and Surviving Animal Attacks. She is a frequent speaker at schools, libraries, and conferences and volunteers as a regional advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Tanya Nichols
Tanya Nichols is the author of the novel, The Barber's Wife. Her work has appeared in North Carolina Literary Review, Sycamore Review, In the Grove, and San Joaquin Review. Nichols received her MFA in fiction writing in 2004 at Fresno State University where she won creative writing awards in both fiction and creative non-fiction. For the past eleven years, Nichols has taught writing and literature at Fresno State. She also serves as the coordinator of the Young Writers' Conference and editor-in-chief of San Joaquin Review. As a child, her family moved often, up and down the state of California. Frequent moves and new homes fueled her love for stories as constant companions. Tanya is also a musician who plays mandolin and sings in a folk band. As a writer, she is naturally drawn to music with lyrics that tell a story. Tanya has one daughter, Mary Kate Monahan-Zolin, a video producer living in San Francisco with her husband, Maksim Zolin.
Garner Scott Odell
Garner Scott Odell, retired after fifty years as a clergyman, therapist, and chaplain on cruise ships. He and his wife have traveled over a million ocean miles to 175 countries, and now turns his passion to writing. After writing a successful historical novel, Sir David: The Life and Loves of a Welsh Knight, his written pages now open to thrillers surrounding the lust and intrigue that surround beautiful "rocks". The first novel in this series, Emerald, is just off the presses. Garner lives in California with his wife Grace, also a published writer, surrounded far and wide with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. In between pounding away on his computer he eats Hagen Daz ice cream, prunes his roses and thinks up more chaos to commit to print.
Robert O'Hanneson
Robert's first book was launched in Las Vegas this year. Possum Belly Queen is set on carnival midways in Virginia where Andy Zartanian spirals into the carnie culture and collides with a syndicate of human traffickers. With over twenty years in the amusement business, selling rides to carnivals and parks worldwide, he writes what he knows: the amusement business and his Armenian heritage. He and his wife Carol wrote BLOODY SOIL, a historical fiction novel that captures the pain of the Armenian Genocide. Though never published, portions of it were read on Fresno's NPR station. Capturing tense moments during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert wrote INSIDE THE SILOS OF DOOMSDAY, an article that was published in Military History Magazine. As one of two men responsible for launching megatons of nuclear weapons, he tells what it was like as a young man to serve in that position when the U.S. and Russia were at the brink of a nuclear war. This native Californian was born in San Francisco and later moved to Santa Clara Valley at a time when the major product was agriculture and not computer chips. He now resides in Modesto with his wife Carol.
Gene Perret
Gene Perret has been a comedy writer since the early 1960's working for comedians such as Slappy White and Phyllis Diller. He's been a television comedy writer and producer since 1968. Perret has earned 7 Emmy nominations, including one for original music, and 2 Writer's Guild Award nominations. He has captured three Emmy awards and one Writer's Guild Award as part of the Carol Burnett Show writing staff. Gene produced "Welcome Back, Kotter," "Three's Company," and "The Tim Conway Show." Gene also worked on Bob Hope's writing staff for 28 years, from 1969 until the comic's retirement -many of those years as Hope's head writer. During that time, Gene wrote for all of Bob's personal appearances and TV Specials. traveling with the Bob Hope troupe to the war zones of Beirut, the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and on a peace time military jaunt around the world that featured stops at the Berlin Wall and in Moscow. Besides his humorous books and how-to books on the craft of comedy, Gene teaches comedy writing through various avenues, including via e-mail.
Christopher Allen Poe
Christopher Allan Poe (a southern California author with local ties) is an author and touring musician from Los Angeles, CA. He writes paranormal fiction, with an emphasis in themes that shed light on social problems for women and children. His award-winning novel, THE PORTAL, is now available on Black Opal Books. On Fridays, he meets with his private critique group, featuring best-selling thriller and YA author Bonnie Hearn Hill, humorous astrology author Hazel Dixon-Cooper, and prescriptive non-fiction author Dr. Dennis Lewis.
Dot J.B. Powell
Dot Powell, after retirement as an elementary school principal, served as Executive Director of the nonprofit, READFresno, which focused on community-wide literacy in a region of high poverty and illiteracy. Dot saw dire consequences in the lives of non-readers and the "hometown hardships" due to the lack of reading. She wanted to do something about it and recruited hundreds of volunteers to read to young students. Dot Powell's influence in education has had a significant impact on teachers and students throughout Fresno County. She mentored nine Hmong girls in developing life skills and building academic success from primary grades through college. Dot is co-founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit, SALT Fresno, based on Matthew 5:13-16. Her purpose is to inspire Christ-followers to go public with their faith through good deeds. She is a magazine publisher, author, and co-founder of a Central California Christian writer's critique group, Twinklings.
Cora J. Ramos
Cora J. Ramos is a writer of short stories of mystery and suspense that have won awards and been published in the anthology "Valley Fever, Where Murder is Contagious", and outside the United States in the German anthology "Murder Between Knife and Fork". Retired from teaching elementary students with learning disabilities, she now gives her full attention to writing, family, pet dogs and her garden. She is a trained artist and loves to paint for her own pleasure. Her first novel is a result of a paranormal incident that happened to her while vacationing on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The seeds of inspiration from that trip lay dormant until she had to do a writing exercise during a teacher training seminar. The seeds sprouted into a story idea that she decided to write about seriously. She has always kept journals of her dreams, poems and inspirations for paintings and stories, and always knew she would write.
Karlene Kay Ryan
Karlene Kay Ryan celebrates self-expression as an accomplished Writer, Artist, and Interior Designer. A mother of four and grandmother of eight. Karlene and her husband make their home in the San Joaquin Valley and the Carmel Coastal area of California.
Dixie Salazar
California artist Dixie Salazar is a talented artist, author, activist, and educator. She has been a working artist and writer for more than forty years. Her work is alive with the passion of life, and rich in the color and iconography of her Spanish heritage. Her paintings are a delightful combination of flowing forms, vivid color, and provocative abstraction, tempting fantasies that stimulate the imagination, and leave the viewer hungry for more. Salazar works in many media including oil painting, acrylics, watercolor, collage, and photography. Her work has been shown extensively on the West Coast, including exhibits in San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, the Merced Multicultural Art Museum, and Fresno City Hall. Dixie is a successful poet and published author, publishing her first novel, LIMBO in 1995, and three volumes of poetry, HOTEL FRESNO, REINCARNATION OF THE COMMONPLACE, and BLOOD MYSTERIES by University of Arizona Press.
Joan Schoettler
Joan Schoettler grew up in the San Francisco area and now lives in the Central Valley. Her first children's picture book is Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth. Joan received the Asian/Pacific American Literature Award for Best Picture Book for 2013 for Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth. She won the 2010 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award for her middle grade novel, ON THE RUN.
Jude Slack
Jude Slack is a native of Northern California who has also resided in Alaska. She graduated with an A.A. in Interior Design from Modesto Junior College and B.A. in Fine Art from California State University, Stanislaus, thereafter-earning certification in Graphic Design thru an awarded University of California, Davis Scholarship. She possesses two California Teaching Credentials (Multiple and Single Subject) and has been employed in many fields of retail, and public and private education, teaching both children and adults. With a passion of freelance work in illustration, Bet Borgeson, author/artist of several art books such as, "Basic Colored Pencil Techniques," has influenced Judy's artistic ability through workshops in Monterey, California. Judy's inspiration for writing a nutritional picture book for kids came to her as she witnessed the dreadful eating habits of our youth in the public school system. With a great commitment for healthy living and a desire to make a contribution to help all children, Judy concluded that now is the time to take immediate action. She combined her skill of illustration and a desire to research and write, and as a result "Crunching Carrots, Not Candy" has culminated into a compelling reality. While she researched information for CCNC, she learned that 40% of all children are overweight in the state of California. In addition, she discovered that the Hispanic population is suffering from alarming diabetic problems related to obesity. But she sympathetically comprehends that all people are exposed to this eating condition so language has also become an important element in writing"Crunching Carrots, NOT Candy." Although CCNC is formatted in English/Spanish, she invites multiple language translations to serve all people.
James R. Smith
James R. Smith is a California historian and the author of The California Snatch Racket, San Francisco's Lost Landmarks, and San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, as well as a number of historical articles. He is a member of the California Historical Society, the San Francisco History Association, the San Francisco Museum & Historical Society, and the Library Fund at the University of California, Berkeley and is active in the preservation and promotion of history and historical lore. A well-respected authority in California history, he has spent years chronicling the stories of San Francisco and California, and is a frequent lecturer and discussion leader at universities, historical societies, libraries, and bookstores. Smith is a fourth-generation native of San Francisco and a sixth-generation Californian. He is often found haunting the libraries and archives of his native city and enjoying its social life with his wife Liberty.
Janice Stevens
Janice Stevens is a Fresno, California, based author and instructor since 1993 who has been associated with State Center Community College, most recently at the Willow International College, as well as Clovis Unified School District. She has co-authored with watercolorist, Pat Hunter, her business partner at Gallery II, Fresno's Architectural Past, Volumes I and II ; William Saroyan: Places in Time, and Remembering the California Missions. In 2006, Janice compiled Stories of Service, Valley Veterans Remember WII primarily from the veterans' military experiences shared in a class co-sponsored by Clovis Memorial District and Clovis Adult Education. A second volume of Stories of Service was published in 2011. Janice holds an MA and BA from California State University Fresno in English Composition and Literature. She also holds a State of California Clear Teaching Credential in the designated subjects of Gerontology and Communication. Janice was a former staff writer for the Business Journal, a freelance writer for The Fresno Bee/Central Valley Magazine and other community publications, and is a frequent contributor to KVPR Valley Writers Read, sharing her memoirs and creative nonfiction writing. As a result of Janice's collaboration with veterans and subsequent publication of Stories of Service, Valley Veterans Remember WWII, in 2007, she received the prestigious Crystal Award from the Clovis Unified School District, and in 2008, the Certificate of Award for Women in American History from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Janice was also nominated to the Clovis Hall of Fame in 2010.
Gary Wayne Walker
Gary Wayne Walker was born in Los Angeles in 1941; the third of three sons, Gary grew up in North Hollywood where he attended public schools through the eighth grade. Following the death of his father in 1955, Gary was awarded a competitive four-year scholarship to Black-Foxe Military Institute in Hollywood, from which he graduated with honors in 1959. In 1963, he graduated from Occidental College with a BA degree in political science. Now retired in Fresno and writing full-time, Gary is a member of the Valley Writers and Artists Association. Gary's debut novel, Vengeance Is Mine, has been available on Amazon.com since July, 2013 as a trade paperback and Kindle download. He is currently writing a sequel, Vengeance Unbound, which is scheduled for publication in November, 2016.
Kasie West
Kasie West is the author of four books with Harper Teen: Pivot Point, it's sequel Split Second, The Distance Between Us, and On The Fence. She graduated from Fresno State University with a degree that has nothing to do with writing. She lives with her family in Central California where the summers try to kill her with their 110 degree stretches.
Betty Winter
Betty Winter grew up in Kingsburg, California, and later moved to Fresno and Clovis while attending California State University, Fresno., where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree. Betty began her career as a Home Economics teacher in the Clovis Unified School District. Later, while raising two children, she worked in several school libraries in the Fresno Unified School District. It was there she developed an appreciation for the children's literature that was enhanced as she studied with Dr. Arne Nixon at CSU Fresno. Eventually, she returned to the classroom as a kindergarten and second grade teacher in Fresno at Wilson & Viking schools. In these roles, she was able to use her background and interest in children's literature to make learning both fun and productive for students. Now retired, Betty and her husband currently divide their time between Fresno and Cambria, California. In both settings, she continues to pursue her interest in children's literature by developing a variety of stories and poems.
Nzong Xiong
Nzong Xiong was born in a refugee camp in Nam Phong, Thailand. She immigrated as an infant to the United States with her parents and older brother in March 1976. She spent her childhood in Omaha, Neb., and her teenager years in Detroit. In 1997, she earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the Missouri School of Journalism. She has been a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky and The Fresno Bee in California. She continues to live in the Central Valley with her husband, four children and a dog.


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After the recent announcement earlier this week of Ouya about bringing its platform to non-Ouya devices via its Ouya Anywhere initiative, Mad Catz and Ouya announced earlier today a content agreement has been reached to make Ouya games playable on Mad Catz's M.O.J.O. Micro-Console.
Along with the agreement, Mad Catz announced a price reduction of $50, bringing down the price to US$199.99.
"Up until now, the game console experience has been locked inside a box," said Julie Uhrman, CEO & Founder of OUYA. "Together with the hardware veterans at Mad Catz, we end that. Today's announcement signifies the inception of a truly open platform where independent developers can bring their creations to the platforms where gamers actually play: everywhere."
Owners of the Android-based M.O.J.O. console will soon be able to experience games released on Ouya. The M.O.J.O Micro-Console features a Tegra 4 chip, while Ouya features a Tegra 3 chip.
[Source]: MadCatz: Mad Catz® and OUYA® Announce Content Agreement to Bring OUYA to the M.O.J.O.™ Micro-Console™ for Android™ [http://ir.madcatz.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=69024&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1906714&highlight=] & OUYA Content Coming Soon to M.O.J.O. [http://madcatz.com/ouya-content-coming-soon-m-o-j-o/].


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Today is my birthday and it is therefore exactly one year since I crossed the Rubicon and announced to my family, friends and work that I was leaving London to become a nomad. My travels are all about personal growth, and so it feels right to dedicate my birthday post to exactly that.
Reflecting on the personal growth I've had over the years, I see a distinct pattern. My growth has not been slow and steady; it has been a series of explosive bursts. One such burst came when I moved to London. I became a new man in those first few years. I remember feeling like I had just been released from a cage that I had not known I was in, and suddenly I had space to spread my wings and explore a whole new life.
I felt the same way when I left London and became a nomad. London had been a bigger cage, but a cage nonetheless. It took longer to grow enough that it became a limitation, but now that I walk the open roads, I recognize that London had held me back. The explosion of new experiences and life lessons I've had since I became a nomad proves that.
These and similar events make me to think of personal growth as the breaking through of a series of nested cages, one within the other, like a Russian Matryoshka doll. For each such cage, we go through three phases.
In the first phase, we have plenty of room within our cage. We are free to live and grow within the boundaries of our cage, which may be so large that we don't even recognize that it is there. As we explore our cage, our lives expand to fill the room within.
The second phase comes when we have grown so much such that the confines of our cage become a problem. There are parts of life that we want to experience and areas of growth that we long for, but the cage holds us back. Our wings are pressed against the bars of the cage, and there is no room for us to grow. We have outgrown our old life, like a snake ready to shed its skin.
The second phase is both frustrating and painful, but it also necessary. It is in this phase, pressed against the bars of our prison, that we truly get to know the things that hold us back. Without knowing the nature of our cage, we won't know how to tear it down. The pain and frustration also act as motivation. It is frightening to leave the safety of the known and brave the fear of the unknown, and we need the pain and the frustration to push us out of our comfort zone.
The third phase is short and explosive. This is where we burst through the cage and suddenly find ourselves free to spread our wings and fly again. For a few days or months, we ride strange new winds to exciting heights and places. It is a thrilling time of exploration and growth. Eventually we adapt to the new cage and we start the whole process over again, now in a larger cage.
However, there are risks involved with personal growth. The main danger in the third phase is that we might not be able to handle what is beyond the cage, or we can't handle the speed with which we are released into the new life. For example, I've seen plenty of people be swept away by the London clubbing scene and end up in really bad places, doing things they cannot handle. It is as if they damage their wings when they break out of their cage. Broken, they fall and fall, seeing their old cage vanish above as they rush towards the bottom.
The second phase is dangerous only if we get stuck in it. We need to feel the pain and frustration of the cage to motivate us to break through it, but some people never build enough strength to do so. Then the pain and frustration become lifelong torments, and the person is doomed to sit deformed and stumped by the shape of his cage.
There are no real risks inherent in the first phase. We know the world within our cage, and it is big enough to be happy. But we often don't have a choice of staying in this phase. If we are meant for greater things and if there is yet more growth left in us, it will come and we cannot and should not stop it. If the cages we build for ourselves are too small, then we will eventually grow into the second phase, and we must escape those cages, no matter how hard it is.
There are many sorts of cages. Most are self-made, and those we can tear down ourselves. The fear of rejection, for example, may hold us back from coming out as gay. Some cages are imposed on us by other people, like a controlling partner. These can usually be dealt with, but it can be very painful. Finally, some cages are simply impossible to break out of, such as an incurable medical condition. For those cages, learning to live with them and accept them as they are is better than to rage against them and beat yourself bloody against their walls.
Personally, I am currently in the first phase. The rush of excitement of the third phase, when I first hit the road, has subsided. My travels are still exciting, but I've broken in my nomadic boots and I feel in control. I think I am a long way from hitting the second phase. The world seems impossibly large at the moment; yet I know that somewhere out there, there will be another cage. I just don't know the shape of it yet.


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Two women were extricated from a car that crashed into a ditch Friday, July 10, in Highgrove.
Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department firefighters were dispatched to the collision at 4:53 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Tolouse Avenue and La Cadena Drive West, according to a Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department news release.
Upon arrival, firefighters found the women trapped inside the vehicle, the news release said. By 5:39 p.m., they had been freed and transported by ground ambulance to a local hospital. Both women suffered minor injuries in the crash.


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What traditions are embodied in everyday lives that go unquestioned, in regards to "The Lottery?"
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Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" can force some to question what things happen in life which go unchallenged. Although many places no longer partake in human sacrifices, some of the other actions in the story still take place (and go unquestioned).
First, men are still (for the most part) recognized as the head of the household in many nations. This is seen when the men are called up to draw for their family, prior to the individuals within the family drawing. Therefore, as tradition has stated, men are primarily recognized as the head of the household.
Second, not only is the man recognized as the head of the household, the man of the family is typically recognized as having the last word when it comes to conflicting ideas within the family. When Tessie begins to argue the fairness of the lottery, Bill tells his wife to "shut up." At this point, Tessie succumbs to her husbands authority.
Lastly, not only are men recognized as the head of the household, they are typically the ones who run the political aspects of community life. This is seen by the running of the lottery by Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves. Not only are they responsible for the conducting of the lottery, they are also responsible keeping the "paraphernalia" in between lotteries.


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Donkeys' years ago, when Jake was born, England was getting a new queen, Mount Everest was being conquered for the first time and bananas had just been reintroduced to the nation's tables after the war years.
Today Jake is a venerable 50 years old, which is ancient in donkey years and his good health is put down in part to a regular diet of bananas.
Jake's owner, Northumberland farmer Marie Fairless has no doubt he is one of the oldest donkeys in the country, if not the oldest.
"He has a bit of arthritis and I have to help him get up but apart from that he is fine," she said. "Bananas have all kinds of trace elements and I am sure they are good for him."
She has owned Jake and his pal Dasher for the past three years after taking over High Broadwood Farm in Allendale. Mrs Fairless and her husband Alistair run a dairy heifer rearing unit at Thornleygate Farm, next to High Broadwood.
They bought High Broadwood when its previous owner, Eva Robson decided to sell up.
"Eva, who is now 87, bought Jake and Dasher about 12 years ago and we used to help her out with them so when she decided that she was too old to keep running her place we bought it. She said she was happy for it to go to us because she knew the donkeys would be able to stay along with her hens and cat."
When Eva bought Jake, he was still attached to the cart he used to pull but his new owner decided his hauling days were over and put him into immediate retirement.
"Over the last two years his condition has improved a lot with the help of a very good farrier who comes out and keeps his feet right, which is one of the most important things you can do for a donkey," added Mrs Fairless.
"Dasher's feet were terrible at first. They were like cobblestones but they are a lot better now."
Vets who have checked Jake's teeth have put his age at 50. The oldest ever recorded donkey in Britain was aged 60 and when a donkey reaches 40 it is regarded as ancient.
Mrs Fairless said: "I got a pack of bananas once and thought I would try them on him. He absolutely loved them and he improved a lot after having them.
"I don't know whether it is a fluke but he started to build up muscle at his back end after taking to them.
"We give him other fruit as well so that he doesn't get sick of bananas."
Jake and Dasher, who is a few years younger, pass their time wandering from the farm's donkey house to a nearby grazing area.
"Jake often just stands looking out of the donkey house with the pigeons that live in its roof perched on his back or his head," Mrs Fairless added. "Other than that he wanders where he likes. He has the life of Riley."
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Having the time of his life
While Jake was growing up and hauling his cart across the fields world events he was blissfully unaware of included:
1953: Everest conquered on eve of the June coronation that made Princess Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth II.
1963: President John Kennedy assassinated. Profumo scandal. Great Train Robbery.
1979: Margaret Thatcher elected first woman prime minister.
1982: Falklands War. Intruder in Queen's bedroom. Pope visits Britain.
1989: Hillsborough disaster, 96 die.
1991: Gulf War. Gorbachev resigns. Jake and Dasher retire to Eva Robson's farm in Allendale.
1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in Paris car crash at age of 36. Labour wins General Election.
2000: World celebrates the Millennium and Marie Fairless becomes Jake's new owner.
2002: In March, Queen Mother dies at the age of 101.
2003: Jake is also very old but still going strong.
Donkeys are related to horses and ponies but are adapted for marginal desertland so their food needs are less.
In the wild they live further apart than horses and so have a louder voice that can be heard from further away, particularly with the help of their large ears.
The phrase Donkeys' Years may just be a corruption of Donkeys' ears.
Several types of donkey live in the wild around the world, the Kiang (India and Nepal), the Onager (Mongolia, Turkestan, Iran and Syria), the Somali and the Nubian ass (Africa).
Donkeys were among the first animals, after cats and dogs, to associate with man and one of the first draught animals used by man when he turned to farming.
They were brought to Britain by the Roman legions and at the peak of their popularity 100,000 worked in London.


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Low Calorie, Gluten-Free Roasted Onion Dip
Norma DeRemer
While watching the races today with Woody; I came up with this great onion dip. It was satifying and dilicious. Just enough to hold us over until dinner tonight. Took some over to my neighbor and she really liked it too. This will be a keep for our next party here at the house for sure.
- 2 large
- vidallia or other sweet onions, peeled and quartered
- 1 Tbsp
- olive oil, light
- 1 tsp
- kosher salt, divided
- 1
- whole garlic head
- 1/3 c
- reduced fat sour cream
- 1/4 c
- chopped freah parsley
- 1 Tbsp
- fresh lemon juice from a lemon
How to Make Low Calorie, Gluten-Free Roasted Onion Dip
- 1Preheat your oven to 425
- 2Place onions in a large bowl and drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt and toss to coat.
- 3Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate cloves).
- 4Wrap in foil and place onions on a baking sheet.
- 5Place in preheated oven and bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven,unwrap and let cool for 10 minutes.
- 6Chop onions and separate garlic cloves and squeese to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins.
- 7Cover and chill in your refrigerator for 1 hour.
- 8Remove from frigerator and place dip in center of serving platter with mixed fresh vegetables. and gluten free rice crackers
About Low Calorie, Gluten-Free Roasted Onion Dip
Course/Dish: Crackers, Vegetable Appetizers
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Series: Harry Potter,
Published by Scholastic on 21 July 2007
Genres: Action & Adventure, Adolescence, Death & Dying, Emotions & Feelings, Family, Fantasy, Friendship, Magic, Social Issues, Young Adult
Pages: 759
Format: Hardcover
Source: Purchased
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Place(s) Traveled to: London, England // Godric's Hollow, England // Hogsmeade, Scotland
First Line: The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.
Today marked the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the 7th and final book in the series by JK Rowling. Today was a day that I both longed for and dreaded. I longed for this day because ever since I read the last word of Half-Blood Prince (HP 6) I have wondered what was next for the boy who lived and his friends. I have dreaded this day because it also marks the end of an era. The final chapter of a story over ten years in the making.
I came under the influence of Harry a little late, starting to read the series shortly after the publication of Goblet of Hire (HP 4) but the moment that I first stepped foot on Privet Drive and followed Harry to platform 9 3/4 I was hooked. Like so many others I was standing in line awaiting the midnight release of Deathly Hallows and after dropping off the friend who kept me company I eagerly began to read the final chapter of the Hogwarts world.
Book 7 opens like the previous 6, it is summer and Harry is at No. 4 Privet Drive with the Dursley's. Harry should be preparing to leave for his final year of Hogwarts and worrying about his upcoming NEWTs and what he wants to do after graduating. However, The Dark Lord has also risen and is swiftly taking back the power that he had prior to his run in with Lily and her year old baby. Also, this year Harry is just about to turn 17 and with his birthday marks the end of the protection given to him by his mother when she gave up her life to save his. Without this protection then if Harry is caught by the Dark Lord then it will almost certainly result in his death. So rather then return to Hogwarts, Harry goes on the run accompanied by his two best friends Ron and Hermione. Together the three of them must work together in order to follow the last task that Headmaster Dumbledore set for Harry. Find the remaining Horcruxes that Voldemort used to hide his soul and destroy them. For while they are intact Harry will have no chance in winning a battle with him.
What follows next is a fast paced journey in which Harry and his friends suffer many ups and downs while they search for the Horcruxes and at the same time avoid getting captured by the Death Eaters or Scavengers. The Death Eaters search for Harry in attempt to gain favor with the Dark Lord. Scavengers hunt for Harry and all wizards who are not of the pure blood in order to collect the reward money. And if Harry didn't have enough to worry about but Rita Skeeter is about to publish a book entitled The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore which causes him to begin to doubt the man that he loved and trusted as a mentor and father.
This book has it all love, loss, adventure and brings the reader to both laughter and tears. (Those who have finished the book know what I mean). Like all the books that came before it I was unable to put this book down and loved almost every word. My only disappointment came with the very end, the epilogue. To me the epilogue seemed a little hurried and the phrasing just didn't seem to mesh well with all that came before and while it answered some questions it also left many unanswered. As much as I want to know what happens to the surviving characters I feel that I think the better ending would have been to leave off the epilogue. Or at least leave off this epilogue.
Overall, I thoughly enjoyed this book and the series. I have loved getting to know Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sirius, Ginny, Neville, Fred, George, Dumbledore, Hagrid, Snape, Draco and all the other characters in this series. In turn they have all made me laugh, cry or gotten me so mad that I could spit. I am glad that I got to know them and while there may be no new adventures about Hogwarts these stories will always live on in my heart and I look forward to one day introducing the boy who lived to any kids and grandkids that I might have.