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I live in Springfield and I think I know who wrote this..but granted Bob Ross is the shit.
lol @ 9:18. Awesome.
Don't take the name of Ross in vain, simpletons!
I now want to try to leave heartshaped jizz stains
Should've left a cum stain in the shape of Bob Ross (amorphous blob) on your heart.
this is definitely one of the best tfln i've read.
I'd say represent, but nobody is proud to live in Springfield.
my boyfriend jizzed a heart onto my jeans once, wickedly awesome and very cute
Fuck people who post "First" Eat a black dick!@
creampie, pullout, or jizz to the face?
Sweetie, that isn't love.
9:18, I love you.
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[Solved] Making a QRect that surrounds other QRects
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Is there a quick way to create a
QRectthat surrounds other, specified,
Context: I have to implement the
boundingRect()method in a
QGraphicsItemclass. The class contains two things: A
QPainterPathfor a symbol and a
QRectfor text that goes next to the symbol. In the
boundingRect()method I need to return a
QRectthat surrounds the two.
Do I need to calculate the position and the size of the rectangle manually or is there some easy magic way of doing this?
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@Joel-Bodenmann said:
QRectF QRectF::united ( const QRectF & rectangle ) const
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@Joel-Bodenmann said:
Just do not be confused. You need QRectF not QRect
virtual QRectF boundingRect () const = 0
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That's exactly what I have been looking for! I definitely searched for the wrong terms.
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1380. We have had a lot of evidence that delays
do not in any way mean better security for animals. I put the
same question to you that I put to the previous witnesses: suppose
that these delays and the element of bureaucracy actually makes
the suffering of animals worse and it means that more are killed,
would it not be better to simplify the procedure and have less
(Mr Ward) I was interested in that. I would ask you
before I answer, how would more animals be killed? Why would more
animals have to be killed because of bureaucracy?
1381. We have had examples of people who have
done experiments on rats but their licence does not allow them
to kill mice, so then they have to spend weeks or months waiting
for the new licence and in the meantime the rats or whatever it
is have to be killed because they are no longer of any use.
(Mr Ward) That is not a failure of the system, that
is a failure of the scientist and the scientific community. I
would say that is an appalling state of affairs where the scientific
community are incapable of deciding the choice of animals that
they should be using. This law that we have was introduced in
order to protect animal welfare at the same time as protecting
science. If scientists cannot get their act together then it is
no fault of the law or the Act. Animals should not lose their
lives because of that. I would hope that those individuals would
be reprimanded for their lack of judgment.
1382. May I follow that up. Let us assume that
during this experiment it becomes clear that the course of the
experiment has to change because of what they have learned during
that. That is the delay to which Lord Taverne is referring, not
the general human tendency to bog things up, with which I am in
complete agreement one sees around us all the time, there is nothing
new in that, that is the way of humanity. There are occasions
when from knowledge of what has been learned you actually have
to change the format of the experiment and getting approval for
this does, as far as we have learned, take an enormously long
time to the detriment of science and to the detriment of animal
welfare. You do not accept that is possible?
(Mr Ward) I am absolutely astonished. In my time as
a member of the APC I was in sufficient contact with the Inspectorate
to know that once a project licence is issued the cost benefit
analysis continues right throughout the experiment if it is three
years, four years, that goes on all the time. Circumstances change,
the level of severity might change, the types of procedures might
change, a need to move on to a more relevant animal might change,
but the system copes with that. I cannot understand where the
logjam lies. For example, how on earth could you have a logjam
if you have 100 rats which you have put a cancerous tumour into?
You could not wait a month or two months while they got approval
because the cancerous tumour would grow and you would have to
put down the animals. There is a system within the system which
allows for fast track approval and that was how I always understood
the system.
1383. The evidence that we have had is that
our system in many ways, as you rightly say, is an extremely good
one but we have also got evidence that it is actually very sclerotic.
I am not allowed to say "constipated" because the alternative
gets us into serious trouble. What one is trying to do by making
the system in some ways quicker is actually to ease suffering.
Your implication in answer to Lord Taverne was it is only through
scientific incompetence that that extension comes about. I thought
your second answer agreed almost identically with what Lord Taverne
and I are possibly saying, that you do get changes. Our evidence
is that there are delays in licensing which are producing extra
suffering but you do not accept that.
(Mr Ward) There were two questions put. One by Lord
Taverne that I answered because I was shocked by it. I took your
question, and I have given you the answer to that, that there
is a system within the 1986 Act that actually allows for that
situation. I was totally unaware of what you are suggesting, that
there seems to be such a delay that would result, possibly, in
some animals having to be put down. I cannot believe that happened,
that is not my understanding of the system. I could facetiously
say that whoever gave you that information may well not be coming
from the welfare side, it may well be someone who is pro-research,
I do not know. I think you have to go back to them and ask them
to come back with more information and then go to the Home Office
for clarification. It is not what I recognise.
1384. What prompted your decision to set up
and participate in the Boyd Group? What do you consider it has
achieved? How can it be made more effective?
(Mr Ward) I, like many others, was frustrated with
the way we, the animal welfare and scientific communities seem
to always be fighting a trench warfare; we are in trenches, letting
fly about why animal experimentation is wrong. The scientific
community comes back and says why animal research is right, always
wishing, when you see comments in the paper, if only I could have
put in another comment. I was on that terrible programme Kilroy
one morning and whilst on Kilroy, as he was flitting
about smiling to the camera, we were not getting anywhere on the
subject of animal experiments, it was not a serious programme.
I had had enough. On that programme was Professor Colin Blakemore
and he asked me, and he did not expect the answer he got, whether
or not I condemned the activities of those who plant fire bombs
and I said, without reservation, I did. I then said to him after
the programme, maybe, you know, if you feel the same way as I
do, we could get together and see if it is possible to bring together
the scientific and anti-vivisection and animal welfare movements.
We could all sit round the table and rather than slagging each
other off in the press we could do so round the table. We would
then have an opportunity, to hear all the arguments, they could
hear mine, we could test the arguments, and we could see if there
was someway of finding common ground to move this whole controversial
subject of animal experimentation forwardto avoid situations
where a certain Chancellor of a university once said, "we
need to man the barricades against the anti-vivisection movement."
That will get us nowhere. With Colin Blakemore we managed to bring
together a wide range of people and opinions. I regret I have
to disagree with the NAVS that this is a PR exercise. If it was
a PR exercise I would not be with the Boyd Group. It is not totally
fail safe. There are still people there who I believe are holding
entrenched positions. I would greatly welcome the inputs of the
NAVS, BUAV and the other mainstream anti-vivisection organisations
to get in their and test the arguments of the scientific community.
If they do not like any of the reports coming out they can make
it clear they do not like any of the reports coming out. Not everyone
is there as an individual, as they have suggested. Advocates is
there as an organisation and we are prepared to stand up and be
counted on what we believe. What have we have achieved? Interestingly,
there was a circular that went round all of the group recently
and one of the initial things when the Boyd Group was established
that I hoped to get out of it was for people to understand where
I was coming from. In the questionnaire, when returned, were comments
like "now I understand why the anti-vivisectionists hold
such a strong view on morals, on ethics, on why animals should
not be used in particular areas", and similar comments like
that. I wanted to test the scientific community who said, "we
dislike using animals", I wanted to test the authenticity
of this statement. Before cosmetic testing was abolished by the
government, or a ban introduced, the Boyd Group called for it
to be banned. That was great, here was the animal welfare and
the scientific community going together to the Home Office with
a powerful voice and putting the case forward. Lord Taverne was
there when they were discussing household products, it seems we
are getting very close to the scientific and anti-vivisection
movement going to Government to say household product testing
is wrong. I have hopes for the Boyd Group. However, I am not naïve.
If it looks if the Boyd Group is becoming no more than a talking
shop, it is turning into a PR exercise, and that is why it is
important to get the other anti-vivisection groups in, but if
it did turn into those things then Advocates for Animals would
have to walk away from it.
1385. That is a very comprehensive explanation.
If you can go to the crucial question, how could alternatives
to animal procedures be developed more effectively, published
more widely and accepted by regulatory bodies more rapidly?
(Mr Ward) To be brief, I am not an alternatives expert.
However I believe the following would help. A centralised database
most certainly. I do not believe scientists know where all of
the alternatives exist at the moment. As I touched on earlier,
there should be more funding and there should be more effort put
into funding alternatives. At the present time alternative science
lacks status and I think we would really benefit if those who
use animals, scientists who use animals, were to get in contact
with those scientists who did not use animals and together matters
could be moved forward considerably. I would love to see the United
Kingdom establish, and I believe the NAVS touched on this, its
first centre for alternatives, where resources could be pulled
and minds could be put to good use in finding these alternatives.
There are difficulties of comparing the alternative tests to the
flawed animal tests that exist. In toxicity testing, I believe,
as NAVS have also indicated today, there are a number of toxicity
tests where alternatives exist. I believe that with greater effort
and pressure we could bring an end to a considerable number of
toxicity tests. I think we should avoid duplication. I think there
should be a sharing of data with these commercial companies. If
there is any concern over confidentiality claims then I believe
there should be an honest broker, an ombudsman who can look into
the claims and decide whether or not that is the case or not.
I would be all for placing a levy on every animal that is used
in a laboratory, it would not only concentrate the minds of the
scientist over the number of animals used but I think it could
raise an amount of money that could then be targeted into alternatives.
I think we should also set targets to reduce animal numbers, and
so on.
1386. Some of us were in the United States a
couple of weeks ago and we were told that in the library of the
US Department of Agriculture there was a very big database on
alternatives for animal experimentation, and indeed, before anyone
could have a grant application processed they must have shown
that they consulted that database. Do you know of that database?
If you do, could we build on that in this country?
(Mr Ward) Absolutely Lord Soulsby, that is why I believe
the United Kingdom should establish its own database in this country,
that takes Medline and all of the other databases that exist and
put them into one central database so when a scientist puts in
a project licence that he or she, in their opinion, believes there
is are no alternatives available, then at least the public can
have some sort of confidence that if they have gone to a central
database they would have found all of the alternatives available.
1387. Unfortunately I did not go to the United
States but have heard reports on it. Do you think that the American
model of having a Centre for Alternatives is something that we
should copy?
(Mr Ward) As someone who does not like to give too
much credit to the Americans however, if the Americans have got
a system that works well and we can learn from that system and
the system is as good as people say it is, then absolutely. If
we can learn lessons in this country then we should. My understanding
is that in the UK there are enough minds around, both within the
pro-research community and in the alternatives community, to come
up with a very, very good central database for the UK.
1388. There is also a centre in Utrecht in Holland
and we are taking evidence from them later.
(Mr Ward) Indeed.
1389. Your view is that there should be perhaps
minimally one but preferably more than one centre which particularly
prosecutes the whole research for alternatives?
(Mr Ward) My own view would be that we have one central
database that takes in everything.
1390. You do not think there is a case for dispersing
this a bit, that in other words we should have more than one?
(Mr Ward) At the moment it is dispersed all over the
place in three or four different databases. We have heard already
this afternoon, claims that scientists research is being held
up. Here they could go to the one central database, programme
in the details and out comes the information that they require.
They could also go to individuals working within the database
for confirmation that that is the case or further advice.
1391. Perhaps we will go back to a question
which I missed out. How might more information on animal procedures
be made publicly available without compromising the personal safety
of researchers? You touched on the intellectual property side
and the commercial interest side, what about the safety of researchers?
You said that you have condemned the harassment of them.
(Mr Ward) Yes, I have. I think I have already touched
on that, which is the project licence system. It is the secrecy
that causes so much concern in the UK over animal experiments.
Before I was a member of the APC I was never allowed in a laboratory,
no-one would let me in. But when I was on the APC it was open
doors and it was great. At last I could meet scientists and other
research staff and discuss directly with them their own and my
concerns. I think that is what also needs to happen. Organisations
like the NAVS, the BUAV, should be invited into laboratories if
they are willing to go so they can discuss their concerns at face
to face with those who use animals in research.
1392. Now you are not on the APC can you get
into laboratories?
(Mr Ward) I have not tried, but who knows? I think
I am seen as the moderate face of the anti-vivisection movement,
maybe I possibly could get in.
1393. I find myself in agreement with a considerable
amount of what you are saying and I am nearly on the point of
saying you seem to be mainstream, but there are people of such
nastiness in the "animal rights" movement who will do
really barbaric things to people who are involved in any way in
the scientific experiments or experimental work and those people
do have to be condemned and the others protected. Surely that
is the concern which question five is designed to address rather
than somebody of such eminent respectability and such mainstream
views as yourself.
(Mr Ward) If you maintain the secrecy that surrounds
animal experiments then I think the point that the NAVS made,
and I thank the clerk of this committee for sending me their written
submission, is a valid one, ie that unless they and the other
responsible anti-vivisection groups are able to see what is going
on and alleviate the concern that is out there, the extremists,
who are in the minority, will continue to gather apace. I think
the anti-vivisection movement has to be able to see these project
licences on a website or wherever appropriate it might be so they
can see what is going on as well as being given the opportunity
to suggest alternatives but of course remove from these licenses
all of the details of the research team and also the research
laboratory. I think that is possible.
1394. We heard in America that even if you take
those sorts of details out it is not too difficult to identify
the researchers.
(Mr Ward) I think it is possible to identify a research
team in a specific field, ie Parkinson's research, but again that
is why I believe there should also be this ombudsman who would
decide. That would be something that when a project licence is
submitted the team would suggest by having that particular research
on to a website that would identify them and where they work.
I think steps can be taken to overcome that. I think it would
be completely unworkable, as the NAVS has suggested, for the APC
to see all project licences, there is just no way the APC could
take on board that work. When I was there, and as I believe is
the case now, the APC is just overstretched with work. I do not
think that is possible but I think what the NAVS is trying to
secure is right and if we are to take on these extremists and
maintain the support of the majority within those who support
anti-vivisection then there has to be some give by the scientific
community or, regretfully, those who do plant firebombs will continue
to do so.
Chairman: One last question from Lord Soulsby.
Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior: I would just like
to challenge you a little about making research public, putting
it in the public domain, because the majority of research is,
in fact, put in the public domain through scientific publications.
What you are saying in a way looking at the grant applications,
the proposals, and many of these do not get funded of course,
is what you are concerned about is those that do get funded and
what is happening, but eventually they get published in journals
that are available to the general public and you can see what
has happened, the number of animals used, the methods used, materials
and methods of conclusion and the rest.
1395. Lord Soulsby is primarily talking about
academic research, there would not be too many papers coming out
from the pharmaceutical industry.
(Mr Ward) In my opinion there are a couple of problems
with that. One is it would be very unusual for a project licence
application to get all the way to the Home Office if funding is
not already there because otherwise to go through all this system
only to find that they have not got the money to do the work would
be a . . . . I know what you are going to say.
1396. Quite frankly, I would agree with that.
(Mr Ward) It would be very, very unusual in my opinion
for that to happen. When the research papers are published they
are often published three years, five years sometimes, after the
research ended. What we are saying is we want to be given the
opportunity to suggest whether there are alternatives available
because once the work is done and once it is published there is
no way we can do that and that is what we seek.
1397. The point I was making was that research
is put into the public domain eventually so you can in fact read
it, analyse it, see who has done it, where it has been done, and
so on.
(Mr Ward) But the problem with that is on the research
that is put into the public domain it is very, very difficult
to get a real handle on what has actually been done to the animals,
their welfare, what thoughts were given to enrichment, the suffering
the animals had to undergo. Advocates for Animals have had experience
of this. We had a senior scientific panel, we got the research
papers, we passed them to them and they said some of it was okay
in their opinion, other work was not. We then published a report
only for the scientists to come back and say, "you misunderstood".
We only misunderstood, if that was the case, because the details
were not there. The project licence contains all the details you
need to be able to assess the project licence and that is not
in the published papers.
1398. I was going to ask whether a small step
in the right direction of public relations might be through the
Home Office itself improving the way that it publishes the statistics?
(Mr Ward) Absolutely. I think there is
great scope for the Home Office statistics to be improved. Certainly
it would be good to know what was actually done under the mild,
moderate and substantial bands.
Chairman: Mr Ward, thank you very much indeed for
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find a yachtCharter companies operate around the world in all major ports of call, matching renters with owners. It's important to use a reputable charter company that will provide you with the very best in ship and crew. Furthermore, you should always take the time to inspect a yacht before taking possession of it, and feel free to reject the charter if it does not meet your safety or quality standards.
A yacht can go anywhere, but you'll have to comply with local harbor rules, which may charge more to dock bigger yachts. Also, keep in mind that smaller harbors may not be able to physically accommodate some yachts. If you captain your own yacht, these intricacies are just some of the things you'll be forced to learn about sailing.
As for international borders, be prepared to present passports, pay taxes and undergo inspections. Check with each country before entering. As for the charter itself, you rent it by time, not distance, so feel free to go wherever you want with it.
yacht safety & etiquetteNo matter where you go on your yacht, you'll want to think about safety at all times. While you can't be stopped for operating a yacht while intoxicated out at sea, it's still never a good idea to do so. As for drinking and boating in harbor, you will be responsible for any damage you cause, and the local authority will have jurisdiction — which means that the consequences you face will vary dramatically in severity from country to country. Other necessary safety measures may not even occur to you — for example, in parts of Asia or Africa, local pirates have been known to board and rob vessels as they pass close to land. You'll want to guard against them.
Here are a few yacht etiquette tips:
life on a yachtPaul Allen is a guy who knows what a good vacation is all about. His yacht, the Octopus, cost over $200 million and comes with a permanent crew of 60. You may not have Allen's income, but you can still live like him for a week or two, and know how it feels to master your own vacation.
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Funding has supported set up and operational costs of Lindengate since its founding in 2014
"I am learning so much and loving being out of the house, in the fresh air, with nature, with others and getting exercise – Thursday tired me out but it was a really satisfying tired when I got in." – Lindengate participant.
Lindengate offers Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) to support people with mental health needs. Funding from the Rothschild Foundation has supported set up and operational costs of Lindengate's unique service, enabling eighty participants, referred to as Gardeners, to attend since commencement in November 2014. Operating from a five acre site in Wendover, Gardeners can take part in a wide range of gardening, construction, conservation and art & craft activities within a calm and safe environment.
Lindengate offers Social and Therapeutic Horticulture to support people with mental health needs.
Lindengate offers Gardeners a range of activities from planting and cultivation through to constructing practical objects such as bird boxes and bug hotels and many of the things grown end up in the cooking pot. Activity sessions and numbers of Gardeners attending have steadily increased and, using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental wellbeing scale, evidences an improvement in mental well-being for the majority of Gardeners.
"D has a diagnosis of anxiety and depression and before attending Lindengate had very little interaction with society… His support worker had tried to persuade him for months to come and visit Lindengate, but D wouldn't leave his house. Finally, he was persuaded and showed great anxiety coming through the gate, finding it very difficult to interact with members of staff and other people.
D has been coming to Lindengate for just over a year and is now achieving all of his original goals. He has become a vocal member of the group, often initiating conversation, making jokes and joining in group chats. He takes the lead on projects and is able to welcome new members and help them feel included in the group. At present, he is taking steps towards joining Lindengate's site maintenance volunteer sessions." – Lindengate staff member


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Rumpus Women
1. Justine Blau, Elissa Bassist, & Marie Myung-Ok Lee. 2. Diana Spechler & Jami Attenberg.
Rumpus women know how to pack a room even in below-zero windchills. Opening last night's reading, Elissa Bassist, who co-edited Rumpus Women, Volume I with Julie Greicius, explained that the collection came together in about 3 weeks. Bassist & Greicius made a list of favorite women writers, and lucky for them, all the picks have contributed. Seven contributors read last night, but the reading didn't feel long, maybe because each writer was so incredibly honest and forthcoming about life, as Bassist characterized it midway through the reading.
You should really get the collection. To inspire you, a brief round-up of last night's work. Elissa Bassist, who also MCd the evening, read first from a guide to moving to San Francisco, so that "others can make the same mistake, titled "The Power of Negative Thinking" (title suggested by Stephen Elliott). Justine Blau read about her "chronically homeless" childhood family experiences. Nell Boeschenstein's essay dealt with her familial predisposition for the "breast cancer gene" (the joke to look forward to in context: a man always travels with a bomb on an airplane, since the chances of two bombs are quite low). Jami Attenberg recounted her trip to Italy ("Italy makes you want to smoke like nowhere except for maybe the Carolinas") after she had recovered from a broken ankle, but not quite from a terrible break-up. Diana Spechler's essay (or "story" if you're a cop) dealt with 19 year olds, cocaine, and Boulder. Marie Myung-Ok Lee shared her experience of receiving a "Welcome to Holland" poem from the doctors when she had learned of her child's disability, "like when you're on a plane to Italy, but you end up in Holland," is the idea of the poem, and "Fuck That," the response this poem elicited from the women in her support group. Finally, Michelle Orange shared "Recommencement," a reflection on her father's retirement from his long life as an English professor.
Early in the night, Bassist mentioned that it was pretty nice to see an internet website publish a book, undoing demises, etc. — experiencing this community of women in a non-internet space was equally inspiring.
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Monday, February 27, 2017
Genealogy And Other Family Stuff
The last 10 years of my working life, finding people was what I did, so Genealogy was a natural choice. I also picked up MyHeritage.com and Family Search.org.
Those of you familiar with the LDS (Morman's) Church know that Genealogy is a BIG part of what they do.
I'm sure Emily (aka River Damsel) can relate to Genealogy. Did I mention that my Grandmother's name was Emily?
Anyway, after all that, I've had my nose buried in my computer since. I've also made contact with a cousin I haven't seen since her mother passed away in 1961. I also found out I have a cousin that is a published author (just like Moi).
But it's not just that. After collecting any and all paperwork from the previously mentioned Cousin and what paperwork was all the family papers my sister had when she died, I've come up with so much information it's almost taken on a life of it's own. Kind of like a blog.
I won't go into a lot of what I've found, but I did find a picture of my Grandfather, Grandmother, and all eleven Aunts and Uncles circa 1932 or so. I also found a picture of my Mother, Father, and yours truly at the age of about 3 or 4.
It's mind boggling what you find and if you're not careful, you find your nose still stuck to the computer late into the night.
So what I'm trying to say is that I'm following all your blogs, but maybe not until the next day or so because I got lost in the "family" that day.
Thanks for being patient. Fishing this week. Probably New Melones because it's filling FAST. Really good news.
Stay tuned.
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It's a fun hobby Mark. I recently got involved in genealogy myself and I've been really surprised at all the information you can find if you search hard enough. Keep us posted.ReplyDelete
Well, well, well. I will tell you right now, that you have entered into something that you won't be able to drop. It gets more fascinating as you dig deeper into your family tree. Good for you! This should keep you out of trouble for awhile. Lol. And come on out to SLC anytime and I will take you to the genealogical library...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2017 at 7:48 PM
Nice going, Mark. Hope this new interest in finding out about your past meets with continued enjoyment. My wife has done that for both sides of our family for awhile now. Hint: Not all finds are good finds. Sometimes there are some real surprises!ReplyDelete


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Sometimes I feel as though the girl I was and the woman I am are two completely unrelated people. There are similarities, of course. But life is so full of bumps and turns and chances to change… each year molds me into a person who is a little different from the year before.
I think those who get sick (and especially those who stay sick) often feel a sense of mourning and loss over the person they used to be – an identity they've left behind somewhere.
A common response to trauma in life is splitting the years into before and after. We wrestle with identity. Who am I now that I can't be athletic or stay up late or hollar at the top of my lungs? Am I the same person? No! Of course not. None of us are. All of us change as time unfurls.
The real question, I think, is: Have I been able to hold on to the parts of me that are essential to who I am? Do I still have value? Am I still loved?
Someone once said "To love someone long term is to attend a thousand funerals of who they used to be." I read this on a blog recently, and I like it. It resonates.
What is essential to who you are? What makes you you? I encourage you to focus on your values, the things you love, on spiritual aspects of who you are.
On the same blog, I read this: I don't know who [the author of the quote is], but it must have been a very wise person. The best friends, the ones who last a life time, are the ones who encourage the funerals of our former selves. The ones who change with us. Who celebrate and value the person who is today and not some past or idealized self that you can never be again.
All of this reminds me of the Robert Munsch book Love You Forever, about a mother who is always sneaking across the hall, or across the town, to cuddle her son while he sleeps and to tell him "Love you forever, like you for always, as long as you're living, my baby you'll be."
Years ago I taught day care and part of my job involved leading a spiritual circle each afternoon. My students were only two, and English was their second language, so I kept things as simple as possible. One story I loved reading to them was an adaptation of the famous poem How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I read this children's book as if it were a love poem from God to them.
I encourage you to dig up this book – read it, or watch a video of someone else reading it, and treasure it as a message that captures the heart of God for you.
It is comforting to know that we are loved by a God who isn't thrown by who we have been or who we have become. He loves us now, just as we are. He'll love us forever; He likes us for always; as long as we're living, His children we'll be.
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I just returned from a month-long working vacation to teach screenwriting workshops in Hungary at the Budapest Film Academy. My family, friends, and colleagues were tucked away in their busy lives, so I traveled solo back to the city where I worked for four months in the fall of 2017. I immediately recognized the ornate art-deco door to the courtyard of my old apartment from the backseat of my cab. I even remembered which of the multiple keys belonged to the four locks on my gated door and how you had to turn the key counter-clockwise twice to unlock it.
I unpacked one suitcase and, slightly jet-lagged, ventured out to my favorite grocer for supplies: water and yogurt. The street where I once lived basked in the hazy light of late afternoon. I passed a tiny tot on a scooter followed by her bear of a father, gently guiding her past the street cafes. I breathed in the familiar smell of cigarettes wafting my way. I listened to the cacophonous refrain of a language I neither speak nor understand.
And halfway down the block, I literally ran into a former Hungarian student strolling toward me. He hugged me and said, "Karol, I was just thinking about you."
I was back in my Hungarian hood experiencing the exhilaration of being in a foreign city that no longer feels foreign. After a good night's sleep, I ambled down half-empty side-streets to the Central Market, a once cavernous train station that was now a bustling farmer's market. Later, I was swept up by crowds on a busy boulevard leading to the Danube. And remembered how much faster Europeans walk than Californians! The pace in Budapest brings to mind a high-speed autobahn, while strolling in Los Angeles more closely resembles the steady slog of the 405 Freeway during rush hour.
I developed a theory that explains the difference, and stick with me, because in that theory resides a moral lesson for writers. Throughout the morning, I passed hundreds of people. But I did not see one person talking or texting on their cell. Not one.When I boarded a crowded tram at Kalvin ter for the square at St. Stephen's Cathedral, I did note two tourists on their cells. But the locals were gazing out the window, lost in the sweep of city scape.
I wondered if Hungarians pocket their cells because of the distances they travel on foot; maybe they want to keep their hands free for cigarettes or street food – my personal favorite being langos, warm fried bread bubbling with cheese. In Los Angeles, the farthest we walk is from a parked car to our destination. We cross streets, heads down, cell phones in hand, checking messages, Instagram, and funny cat videos. Because we can't bear the thought of missing anything.
And in doing so, we miss everything.
The inner working of a writer's life is defined by the interplay between experience and writing. But the backbone of experience begins with noticing. I decided to put my cell away for the rest of the trip. That night, I had an Aperol spritz at the tiny café next door and eavesdropped on a conversation by three expats. I pretended to be writing in my journal; instead, I wrote down what they said. Among their more memorable comments were the following two:
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"My five-year-old niece said that Daddy's most senior but mommy's in charge."
I have no idea where those lines will lead or what they will unlock, but they are worth noting. Since most of my overheard conversations were in Hungarian, I began to focus not on what people said, but how they behaved. And suddenly, standing in lines no longer felt annoying; eating alone no longer seemed lonely. Both were opportunities to observe life I might miss if I was scrolling through my emails.
I amused myself by making up stories about the people I saw, like the woman in a half-empty restaurant who left her four friends at the bar to answer her cell. She crouched on a footstool near the door, her head bowed, her brow furrowed. She spoke in forceful staccato beats. I surmised she was either breaking up with a bad boyfriend or plotting the demise of a mortal enemy. I also considered that she might be in real estate and closing a deal.
But the point is when we cannot participate in language, our sensory awareness heightens. I found it so much easier to journal in Europe, not because I had more time. But because I had noticed more during the day and therefore had more to write about at night.
What marks us as writers is that we are a noticers of life. We are born observers. We are expert spies, listening in on other's people's lives. We not only pay attention to details, we wallow in them. But if we walk through life glued to our cell, we're not in the world. And if we're not in the world, we miss out on the stories that surround us in plain sight. So, as writers, let's stow our cells. Ignore the pings. And aspire to become chroniclers of life because we took the time to notice the details.
Karol Hoeffner is the Chair of Screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She has fourteen film credits including several Danielle Steel adaptations, a television mini-series Harem, movies-of-the-week based on true stories – TheMaking of a Hollywood Madam and Miss America: Behind the Crown. Among her other credits are the original movies, Voices from Within and Burning Rage. She has penned two young adult novels, All You've Got, and Surf Ed.


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Federal appeals courts in California and New York handed the Bush administration's war on terrorism two stunning legal setbacks Thursday, ruling that the government doesn't have unchecked power to jail enemy combatants without access to the courts.
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In San Francisco, a federal appeals panel said the government can't keep some 660 foreign fighters captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan locked up indefinitely at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


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The number of homeless people in Vancouver is the highest in a decade, underscoring an affordability crunch that has worsened even as the local government has spent millions on new housing.
Vancouver recorded 1,847 people without permanent housing during its annual homeless count in March – a 6-per-cent increase from a year earlier – in a city whose mayor came to office promising to end homelessness by the end of 2015.
In releasing the tally on Tuesday, the city highlighted steps it had taken in recent years to build new homes and protect affordable housing, including changing its bylaws to make it more difficult for the owners of single-room occupancy hotels to evict low-income tenants.
But critics say those measures aren't enough, especially when skyrocketing real estate prices make it tempting for building owners to evict tenants so they can sell or redevelop their properties.
"We are not surprised by the numbers. What we are seeing in the Downtown Eastside – and it is happening across [Metro Vancouver] – is the loss of low-income housing," Maria Wallstam, a spokeswoman for Carnegie Community Action Project, said Tuesday after the city released its report.
"The existing low-income housing stock is being demolished, the rents are going up, or it's being developed," she added. "There are simply no options for people to live."
The homeless count, conducted over two nights in March, found 1,847 people who were homeless, compared with 1,746 in 2015. The total comprises less than 1 per cent of Vancouver's population – 603,500 in the 2011 census – but is slightly higher than the level in several other Canadian cities, including Toronto and Saskatoon, the report said.
The count showed that 61 per cent had been homeless for less than a year and 78 per cent were facing at least one physical or mental-health concern, or both.
"What jumps out at me is the complexity of the issues behind these numbers," said Jonathan Oldman, executive director of the Bloom Group, a non-profit organization that provides housing and support services in the Downtown Eastside.
A more comprehensive response toward mental health and addiction issues could prevent some people from becoming homeless and help those who have been chronically homeless for years or decades to become more stable, he added.
"We have to build our way out of this, but we also have to think our way out of this by creating better systems that support really vulnerable people," he said.
During his successful campaign for mayor in 2008, Gregor Robertson made a high-profile pledge to end street homelessness by 2015.
In a statement, Mr. Robertson called the results of the homeless count disappointing. But he said the city has done more than its share when it comes to tackling the issue, and he called on the provincial and federal governments to help build more housing.
There are more than 4,000 people on B.C. Housing's waiting list for social housing in Vancouver and 9,500 across Metro Vancouver, the statement said.
Although the city has built hundreds of new social and supportive housing units since 2012, a relatively small percentage of those – less than 6 per cent, according to CCAP research – will rent at the "shelter rate": the $375 a month available through social assistance, Ms. Wallstam said.
"What we are seeing is that the new social housing is not going to the people who are at most risk of homelessness, which are people on welfare," she said.
Calum Scott, director of youth services at Family Services Greater Vancouver, said he would like the city to develop a youth housing strategy, adding that many of the young people he encounters have become homeless as a result of "aging out" of government care when they turn 19.
"Housing youth is very different than housing adults, and there is no separate strategy at this point," Mr. Scott said.
Last winter, Family Services ran a temporary homeless shelter funded by the provincial government for youth 19 to 24. The 10-bed shelter was full most nights, with many clients saying they would not stay at a conventional shelter because of safety concerns.
"We had a number of youth who stayed with us who just absolutely wouldn't stay at any other shelter because they didn't feel safe there," Mr. Scott said.


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Amphipolis Greek Tomb Discovery: New Photos of Mosaic Floor and Excavation Released
Greek archaeologists currently excavating a massive Alexander the Great-era burial mound complex at Kasta Hill, in the northern Greek region of Serres, have released new photographs showing stunning mosaic floors made from pieces of white marble on a red background.
Last month, the Greek government formally announced to the world that the tomb had been discovered in Amphipolis, a Greek city that was founded by the Athenians in eastern Macedonia on the Strymon River in 438-437 BC.
It is believed that the tomb houses a very important figure from 320-300 BC, as the burial complex is ten times larger than the tomb of Alexander's father, Philip II of Macedon.
Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras paid an official visit in August to the site with his wife and the Greek culture minister Constantinos Tassoulas, where the archaeologists explained their findings from a two-year excavation (see more photos).
"The land of Macedonia continues to move and surprise us, revealing from deep within its unique treasures, which combine to form the unique mosaic of Greek history of which all Greeks are very proud," Samaras told reporters during the visit.
In recent weeks since the tomb visit, Greek media has been accusing Samaras of using the discovery as a distraction to the political troubles facing the rather shaky new coalition government, likening Amphipolis to an "archaeological Disneyland" attracting streams of tourists.
One of the most exciting discoveries from the dig so far has been two statues of sphinxes carved from marble, guarding the entrance to the tomb. The sphinxes lost their heads and wings in antiquity.
The burial mound measures 497m across, with a wall that is 3m high. Although it is almost a complete circle carved in marble, it is built in levels similar to the way an Egyptian pyramid is built. A wide path leads to the tomb where the entrance is guarded by the sphinxes, which would have been imported from the nearby island of Thassos.
It has taken two years for the archaeologists to excavate the burial mound on Kasta hill to discover the entrance of the tomb.
According to the Greek Reporter, the archaeologists have discovered three chambers behind the sealing wall with the sphinxes. On the back of the sealing wall was the remains of a fresco with traces of blue colouring.
The walls that made up the three chambers, on the other hand, are diaphragmatic walls. The archaeologists believe that the gap in the sealing wall and the gaps at the top of the chambers were part of the tomb sealing process, designed to support and contain the loose sand that was poured in up to the top of the tholos (a subterranean domed tomb chamber shaped like a beehive).
The famous Lion of Amphipolis, one of the best preserved monuments from 4<sup>th century BC, was found in 1912 by the Greek army in the river bed of the Strymónas.
Acclaimed architect Michael Lefantzis believes that it once stood at the highest and most central point of the Kasta Hill mound. It now stands next to the old bridge over Strymónas river, on the street Amphipolis-Serraiki Akti.
Some of the Greek media have theorised that Alexander the Great might lie in the Kasta Hill mound, but that is unlikely as the tomb was built after his death, and his tomb is believed to be somewhere in Egypt.
At the moment, the leading theory is that someone close to Alexander the Great is buried in Kasta Hill, possibly the general Laomedon.
Others believe the lion statue was erected on the hill by Agnon and dedicated to the 10,000 people killed in the battle of Draviskos, another ancient city in Serres.
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Monday 25 April 2011
We will remember them
In Bendigo, they had their Easter Festival a day early, on Sunday, in order to leave Anzac Day free of frivolity. They will have pulled out the latest substitute for Loong, their Chinese Imperial Dragon (oldest in the world!) for the annual parade through the town - quite probably the route led past their mini-Cenotaph at Pall Mall. The original one in London is on the Royal Wedding route; but we have one here too, at the War Memorial Museum in the Domain in Auckland, which is where we were today, trying out the 11am ceremony.
It was ok, but had nowhere near as much atmosphere as at the dawn service, when it's cold and dark, and in the big crowd it's hard to see, but in the silence you can hear the tramp of the old soldiers' feet starting it off. There are little kids on their fathers' shoulders, wondering why on earth they've been dragged out of bed in the middle of the night; there are gaggles of pierced teenagers with poppies pinned to their hopelessly impractical clothing; there are Baby Boomers choking up, proudly wearing their parents' medals; there are all sorts of organisations in uniforms with wreaths and banners; and there are the piper and the bugler fizzing with excitement on their instruments' one day of glory. Hymns, prayers, anthems (cheery Australian and dirge-like NZ), the Ode, wreaths, flags lowered and raised; and real solemnity in the crowd. It's a great occasion.
At Albany, WA, we visited the memorial on top of Mt Clarence where the first ever Dawn Service was held, in 1918, looking out over the bay where the convoy assembled in November 1914 that took the first contingents of Australian and NZ soldiers to Egypt and all the horrors of war. Per head of population, NZ lost more men even than the UK, so for very many of them it was their last view of Downunder. I'm glad it was a lovely one.
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Public Policy Polling's latest survey of Mississippi included a hypothetical presidential election between Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. The result?
Lincoln would win out 55-28. That's largely because of Lincoln's overwhelming support from Democrats, 76-10. He only narrowly edges Davis with Republicans, 45-36, and the match up is actually a tie with independents at 44 percent.
That the state's Republicans would give Lincoln only a plurality victory over the leader of the Confederacy is somewhat disappointing. But the poll contains some good news as well. Earlier this year, as you may remember, PPP found that only 40 percent of Mississippi Republicans thought interracial marriage should be legal. Now that number's up considerably—to 52 percent.
(Via David Nir at Daily Kos Elections)
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It had been a longtime dream; I had thought about it and wanted it since childhood. But then, with my dream in hand, my only response was a small nod and a sotto, "oh, alright." Akin to a tepid "how nice." My book was to be published by a well-regarded NY publishing house, and I couldn't even muster a facade of enthusiasm. I assumed I was numb; that it hadn't sunk in yet. So I went about my business and I waited for the thrill to fill me up.
It never did. The process had been long--a cryptic agent who condescended to take my once-a-month call, a fake chuckle to hide her irritation as she complained about having to hold clients' hands. It was on one of my monthly calls that she told me that I had sold a book. I wonder if she would have bothered to mention it if I hadn't phoned. I guess I'll never know.
The production process was--subliminal. I spoke with the book's ostensible editor for a grand total of about 5 minutes--in my entire life. A proof showed up with a picture of a flirty, naked black woman on the cover--when the only black female character died before the beginning of the book and she wasn't the flirty type. It was a nice cover, but it had little to do with the book beneath it.
The publicist sent the requisite press release to the usual suspects, who probably gave it the attention it deserved (They ignored it). Gamely, I stepped into the breach, purchasing some cheap online ads, hawking the book to reviewers, etc., all to middling success, but infinitely greater satisfaction than I got from any other stage of the process save the writing. Finally, I had some control, and I began to suspect that I was a sophomoric clichà � of the passive writer-victim--passively awaiting my agent's actions; passively awaiting publisher response; passively awaiting for someone to design my book, passively awaiting critical and commercial reaction. Yes, I began to suspect... but I was still to programmed and scared to do anything about it.
As the next novel hit editors' desks (from a new, and altogether more suitable agent) and I passively awaited reaction, my agent received notes like these:
"It's an impressively gripping story, and a fascinating story about a time and topic I knew little about."
"I can see what you mean about the strong pacing of Gaiter's narrative, and the novel's strong sense of place, which seems to stem from deep research into and thorough knowledge..."
"I thought this was a really well-written and fascinating story. I loved the historical details and enjoyed the book on a personal level."
Each of these statements preceded a "pass." One editor told my agent that "the market" was telling her that only frothy, "feel good" books have a chance at sales success today. This was an odd statement, considering that it presupposes that the publishing industry has a good idea of what "the market" wants. I quote author and business writer Michael Levin from Forbes Magazine:
...the books that publishers choose are almost entirely of zero interest to actual book-buyers. After 9/11, there were a ton of books about 9/11, which nobody bought. Same thing with the Iraq War, the rise of Obama, the economic meltdown... Or the books are rehashed business lessons, religious truths, sports clichà �s, motivational babble, exercise fads, weight loss techniques, or pandering to the political left or the right. Who wants these books? Almost no one.
Most of the major publishers today are owned by international conglomerates who, at some point, will awaken to the realization that English majors in their employ are spending millions of dollars on books that no one wants to read.
Levin further points out the antediluvian hilarity of the publishing "business model," in which "the publisher bears the entire risk of buying, editing, printing, and shipping copies of the book to bookstores all over the country on a 100% returnable basis. If your local Barnes & Noble doesn't sell a particular book, it goes right back to the publisher, at the publisher's shipping cost, for a full refund. Especially in the Internet era, you can't make money putting books on trucks and hoping someone buys them."
After my first book was released, I was scheduled for a radio appearance. The day prior, I was informed that Amazon was out of my book. Publicity can generate sales. It's bad form to generate publicity for a product, and then inform prospective buyers at a primary outlet that the product is unavailable. When I screamed loudly about this to my agent and editor, the editor said, and I quote, "If they want the book badly enough, they'll wait for it or find it." My jaw dropped. Apple Computer can afford to be that lazy and arrogant. James Patterson can. Leonce Gaiter and Carroll & Graf Publishers could not. This man was so clueless to business realities, he expected people to seek out or wait for a product about which they knew little or nothing from someone they had never heard of. To him, the reader had to do all the work. Our job was to look pretty while we sat back and waited for them to do it.
I read reports
from one of the large book conferences in which a major editor insisted that
the "intrinsic value" of a book justified their exorbitant price
tags. ($12.99 for an ebook? f*ck
you! Even Amazon wanted to sell
them for $9.99.) Again, the
ignorance is blinding. In a market
economy, no product qua product has "intrinsic value." Suggesting that it does stinks of the
arrogance of decay drenched in decadence.
See also this shamefully smug op-ed.
With respect to my own work, I had to realize that some NY Editors are sufficiently egotistical to believe that they are so advanced in their educations and outlook that a book they find "fascinating" could not possibly engage a more general audience (unless it includes vampires or comes with pictures, of course). That, and the fact that their marketing sense and infrastructures are as outmoded and inefficient as the rest of their business, so they only have the ability to sell books that run the gamut from A to C to audiences that are equally diverse.
Finally, I had to accept both the death of my romantic vision of publishing and the gross facts of the corporate publishing reality. With my agent's help and blessing, I found the tools and mustered the will to do things differently.
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By Namphuong Van
Spring is Here… I think.
Winters in Chicago require the ability to endure extremes, both in temperature and the hassles of snow. The winter of 2013-2014 was the fourth worst in Chicago history. If you have been alive since 1960 you have lived through all four of the worst. I have.
The month of March is two-thirds over and yet we are still seeing temperatures in the teens and the possibility of more snow.
Yet, there is hope. We have experienced a couple days in the fifties; the sun is out much more; daylight savings time is over, the snow is nearly gone; I saw my first robin.
The robin is always my harbinger of Spring. I love to see them and hear their song.
It is amazing how much more alive you feel when you're exposed to sunshine. It is why I could not live in Seattle. Even though it is beautiful there and the weather is mild and the geography is fantastic; the skies are grey the majority of the time. It is depressing, the grey skies that greet you stare down like an angry teacher, threatening to strike, making you live your day under threat of punishment.
My wife and I have thought, seriously, of moving to Florida. It is the first time that my wife has considered it. She has always hated it, but even she is sick of winter. The thought of living near the ocean and enjoying warm weather year round has enticed her, it is luring her like the smell of bacon coming from the kitchen. "Come to me, come to me."
The story goes that people from the north are flocking to the south after this winter. We might have to wait a year until the atmosphere calms down. I would still like to travel down there and scope out the territory in search of greener pastures, or at least a decent home in a nice neighborhood, for a reasonable buck, or two.
Would moving to Florida eliminate the joy that comes each year when Spring arrives? Would celebrating Christmas in my shorts diminish the joy in my world? I don't know. I suppose I would miss the change of seasons, at least for a few days or weeks per year. But we could always travel. I would miss Fall the most. It is my favorite time of the year. I love the weather. Nowhere is it finer than Chicago in October; seventy-five degrees and blue skies await you. The trees put on their yellow and orange gowns, school starts, the football season is in full swing and you approach the holiday season, such a great time to be alive.
It does give one time to pause, doesn't it? Would I miss it? I'd like to be given the chance to miss it. Like I said, I could always come back and visit. Whereas most people, flock to Florida in the winter to escape the cold, we could flock to the north to go skiing, sit by the fire in a lodge, celebrate the holidays with family and friends, all the while smiling on the inside, knowing we can go home to our warm weather. Kind of like being a grandparent, where you can babysit your grand kids, but know they will go back to mom and dad and you can return to your quiet abode.
Yes, I think I am ready to be a southern gentleman.
Are you sick of the winter? Come on, let it out!