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International Canine freestyle – tournament / DDI dog dance international e.V. What is Tunrier on the Swiss dog trade fair began 10 years ago as small dog dance – today from the International Canine freestyle event calendar no longer away zudecken. On the first of February weekends 2013 was the Europe's largest and internationally known canine freestyle tournament in Winterthur at the trade fair HUND13 "instead. The 175 man dog teams showed their rehearsed dances with stunning choreography during three days of a three-member Panel of experts. On Friday (February 1) were the dancers and dancers of the so-called fun "categories respectively orally evaluated. The FUN classes are intended for all teams, who would like to present your dance regardless of their level of performance. Educate yourself with thoughts from Dustin Moskovitz. On Saturday (February 2), the day was BBs of the official class Pro 1, the senior class and the Quartet class.
On Sunday (February 3) the professional start BBs of the official 2 and 3 class. In between dancers and dancers of the FUN class showed your services again. Under most conditions Daryl Katz, Canada would agree. How was each year the regulations of the DDI dog dance international e.V. the basis of the competition for the dog dance – Starter/innen. Dog dance symbolizes not only harmony and perfection between man and dog also the tournament participants among themselves do not feel as opponents. Cross-border friendships are not uncommon. But the circle of the dog dance grooves and Dogdancer is growing, the sport always popular.
"The international umbrella association DogDance international" has therefore the Championships danced DogDance two divisions divided into: at the so-called Freestyle "footwork as well as distance work will be shown. The footwork is stressed clearly in the Heelwork to music (HTM) (at least 75%). Of course, each team itself can choose in which category it wants to start. Are prerequisites for the start: the minimum age for the start in an official class is 15 months on the day of the event. Primary or secondary amplifiers (food, toys, clickers, targets, etc.) in the ring are allowed at any time. The Rough wear or got of a prop by the dog is not allowed, because this seen as a toy reward in the ring. Per day maximum 2 starts per dog dog dance allowed what are? If four or more feet and two feet on the dance floors are circling, the hearts of dog fans beat faster. A team of dog and man turn, jump and run to the music and inspire the audience with great tricks, spectacular deposits and great choreography. -The performance of the animals is in the foreground, though people may not place on the rotten skin. Dog dance developed in the 1990s at the same time in the United States, in Canada and the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the sport in Germany finds more and more followers. Any breed of dog (also a disabled dog) can learn to dance with the people. The only requirement is good concentration ability and very good binding to the dog handlers. Dogdance is a classic indoor dog sports. He can be trained anywhere, in between, and no equipment. In each corner is a place to the practice. Also it is suitable especially for family dogs and older dogs. Since they have otherwise often no employment, can promote them wonderful dancing request and still pay attention to their individual needs. Once again many thanks to all sponsors, without which such a tournament would be unmanageable.


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Weekend Giveaway: The Folio Society Edition of Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS
This weekend giveaway is sponsored by The Folio Society edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
For nearly 70 years, The Folio Society has been creating beautiful, illustrated, hardback books and the Folio collector's edition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods is guaranteed to delight fans of this modern classic. It has been illustrated, at the author's request, by long time collaborator Dave McKean with 12 original illustrations, 3 of which are double page spreads. Dave has also written an insightful introduction on the specific challenges of illustrating such an established and well-loved work. The text has been lauded by Neil as his preferred version and copies are available exclusively from www.foliosociety.com.
We have 2 Folio collector's editions of Neil Gaiman's American Gods and a signed print each to give away to 2 winners! Just complete the form below to enter. This giveaway is open to United States and International entries. Entries will be accepted until 11:59pm, Friday, July 21st. Winners will be randomly selected.
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Trixie Belden #4 - The Mysterious Visitor - 1954
by Julie Campbell
In this book, we get to meet a classmate of Trixie and the Bob Whites', Diana "Di" Lynch. Di started out as a regular girl next door, just like Trixie, but her family has recently become wealthy, and she is having trouble adjusting to changes in her life.
True to form, Trixie and Honey befriend Di and before you know it another mystery unfolds. Di's Uncle Monty (her mother's brother) has reappeared after years of living in Arizona. Suspicious Trixie thinks he's a big fake and can't help wondering if the Lynch family money has anything to do with his arrival.
The storyline in this book is similar to conflict between Jim and his uncle, but it is still a good mystery. We will be seeing more of Di and her family in future books.


text: The president signed a bill Thursday evening imposing what he called "the toughest sanctions against Iran ever passed by the United States Congress," as lawmakers in the White House's East Room looked on. "We are showing the Iranian government that its actions have consequences," Obama said. ""There should be no doubt: The United States and the international community are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons." And Obama was evidently so enthused he couldn't help but break out into some kind of plant-straddling dance.


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"Dear valued patient," the letter began, "it is with some regret that I will be retiring from private practice." My audiologist was selling her business. I put aside the letter with a heavy sigh. Why did I feel like I had suddenly lost my anchor and the hearing loss seas were getting rough? It was time to find a new audiologist.
Two weeks later I received a similar letter from my eye doctor. My general practitioner also recently cut back her hours to allow for more personal time. What was with all my health care providers? It suddenly dawned on me that I had been visiting some of these doctors for more than 25 years. As I aged, so had they.
Luckily for me, my audiologist included several recommended replacements in her goodbye letter, including one that was a specialist in my type of hearing aid. This was a good starting point, but if I was to start over with a new audiologist, I felt that I owed it to myself to do some research.
Online searches provided a list of providers in my area, but few had detailed reviews available. I emailed my hearing loss friends for their thoughts. Did anyone have an audiologist they particularly loved? Some did, some didn't.
One friend recommended the same person my audiologist had suggested. That was a good sign! I will start with him and make any changes from there if need be.
This time around I am an experienced consumer. I know what I want from an audiologist and how to ask for the care I needed. I want someone who will:
- Listen to my particular hearing needs and offer ideas for meeting my goals.
- Be familiar with the latest offerings in both hearing aids and assistive listening technology.
- Run a user-friendly office with hearing assistance technology available if needed.
- Offer flexible scheduling since my hearing aids must be replaced regularly (subscription model).
I am excited to put self-advocacy into play as I began this new relationship. My first appointment is in a few weeks. I will let you know how it goes.
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You Can Have Your Cake & Eat It Too, Says the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
Many clients want to use their own Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP) to help them buy Canadian investment property. Previously, it hasn't worked because you can't do a 'non-arm's length' mortgage. In other words, you can't lend to yourself. The exception was for a personal residence—but not allowed for an investment property.
News Flash! According to the National Post's tax expert Jamie Golombek, a CRA technical interpretation says this can sometimes happen.
Here's the set-up. If you already own a rental property and, like most of us, you used a mortgage to help buy, then you are paying interest on your mortgage. That interest is deductible because you borrowed the money to earn income. In the recent CRA interpretation, a taxpayer wanted to repay his original loan by taking out a non-arm's length mortgage from his own RRSP. And, most importantly he wanted, on his tax return, to be able to deduct the interest paid to his RRSP.
The CRA Interpretation Bulletin dealt with the question of whether the taxpayer could deduct the interest paid to his RRSP as an expense on his tax return. The Tax Act says you can deduct interest paid on borrowed money because you intend to earn income from your investment property. Here's the nugget: The Tax Act also says if you borrow money to pay back money you previously borrowed (the original mortgage), the newly borrowed money (the RRSP mortgage) is treated the same as the old borrowed money. Since the original mortgage interest was deductible, the RRSP mortgage interest is also deductible.
This CRA interpretation addresses two exciting points for investors. Yes, there is now a process where you can use your own RRSP to help buy investment property. And, you can deduct the interest paid to your RRSP.
How about replacing your under-performing mutual funds with an RRSP mortgage that pays you, say 5%? Are your mutual funds earning you that much? That interest income ought to be tax free in your RRSP. Better yet, any interest paid ought to be deductible on your tax return!! That's a 3 bagger all day long and worth investigating further.
I'm not a tax expert but that's my take on a first read of Jamie Golombek's column. Stay tuned for more discussion of this in my next post!
Contact Barry McGuire now for legal aid with RRSP mortgages.
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Kinabatangan Small Carnivores Project
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The first recorded activity pattern for the sunda stink-badger Mydaus javanensis (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mephitidae) using camera traps.
Small carnivores of the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah, Malaysia, including a new locality for the Otter Civet Cynogale bennettii.
First known satellite collaring of a viverrid species: preliminary performance and implications of GPS tracking Malay civets (Viverra tangalunga).
Title: The effects of habitat fragmentation and agro-expansion on the spatial ecology, diet, and ecotoxicology of Bornean small carnivores.
Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga)- IUCN Red List: Least Concern ver 3.1
Common palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)- IUCN Red List: Least Concern ver 3.1
And other small carnivore species
PhD Candidate: Meaghan N. Evans
Supervisors: Benoit Goossens, Carsten Muller, Peter Kille
Institution: Cardiff University
Duration: October 2013 – October 2020
Research Questions:
- What are the home ranges and movement patterns of small carnivores within the fragmented forests of the LKWS and surrounding palm oil plantations? How does habitat quality and quantity affect the spatial ecology of these species?
- How do small carnivore species interact within the same habitat?
- What are the activity patterns of small carnivores?
- What are the main components of small carnivore diets, and how do seasonality and availability affect food selection?
- How do chemicals applied to palm oil plantations and other sources of anthropogenic pollution affect small carnivores?
Research Overview:
The Kinabatangan Small Carnivore Project aims to determine the long-term effects of habitat fragmentation on the significantly understudied Bornean small carnivore guild. The expansion of large-scale agriculture is a very tangible threat to global biodiversity, and by utilizing GPS collars, biological sampling, behavioural data and remote sensing, the KSCP hopes to evaluate how conservation planning can best mitigate carnivore losses. The project is the first in the world to place a GPS collar on a Viverrid species, and the level of spatiotemporal data resolution is providing novel insights into how the guild is responding to the anthropogenic pressures. Noninvasive ecotoxicology analyses and dietary sampling are uncovering otherwise unforeseen data on how these species are being exposed to dangerous chemicals and other pollution sources.
The results from the project are expected to provide the Sabah Wildlife Department novel and critical data for the effective conservation of wild carnivores. The project will provide insights regarding landscape configuration of both forest fragments and palm oil plantations for maximized carnivore conservation and protection.
Title: Ecology of Otters in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus),
Smooth-Coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
IUCN Status:
Asian Small-Clawed Otter = Vulnerable A2acde ver 3.1
Smooth-Coated Otter = Vulnerable A2cde ver 3.1
MSc Candidate: Leona Wai
Supervisors: Benoit Goossens, Henry Bernard and Meaghan N. Evans
Institution: Institute of Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Duration: 2016-2018
There are four confirmed species of otter in Borneo and two confirmed species in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS). Due to lack of information, data about otters is needed urgently in order to establish conservation status and future conservation management plans.
- To determine the presence and absence of otter species, and their distribution across the different habitat structure in the LKWS,
- To evaluate the effect of habitat on otter presence/absence and/or intensity of use
- To identify and understand better human-otter conflict.
A combination of footprints/sprainting survey, microhabitat characterization and interview/questionnaire survey will be utilized. Footprints/sprainting surveys are commonly used methods in determining the presence and absence of otters. Transects of 500 m long, each subdivided into 100 m spatial replicates, will be established along the Kinabatangan River within the LKWS. Transects will be spaced in 1 km intervals, which will cover 40 km of the LKWS. Transects will be searched thoroughly for any signs of otters such as footprints and sprainting sites, and recorded at monthly intervals. Sprainting is defined as the process of defecation of an otter. Otters are known to leave their spraint for the purpose of marking their territory as they are territorial species. Hence, it is easy to determine their presence by tracking down their sprainting sites. Footprints are also essential in species identification as each otter species has its own unique set of footprints.
Microhabitat characterization is important to determine the habitat structure of each transect. Whenever signs of otter are seen or a holt is discovered, the variables that need to be recorded are type of sign, number of individual observed, species of otter, tree species, tree GBH, tree height, and distance of the holt from water and otter sign. All habitat variables will be estimated through single-person observation at each transect.
Interview/questionnaire survey will be used to understand the human-otter conflict that might be occurring around the LKWS. This survey will focus on local communities, fishermen and plantation workers as they live or work in otter habitat.
This research aims to upgrade the protection of otter species to Schedule I status due to the threats they are facing.


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Substantial hardware under the hood, including a rapid CPU, powerful graphics chip and bags of memory for game developers to play with, always made the PS4 Pro an enticing proposition, but now Sony's supercharged console has really got into its stride thanks to the delicious choice of games. That's why it becomes necessary to tell 'how technology has changed video games'. With the release of many famous games as PS2 compatible discs, the demand for PS2 increased greatly leading to a major revolution in the gaming industry, bringing down the sales of computer games.
If you happen to belong to the latter group, you might want to give the Havit HV -MS672 Wired Mouse It may not have a very remarkable optical sensor that can run in the 16,000s, but its maximum of 3,200 DPI should be enough to provide you with an exceptional gaming experience.
The PS4 and PC have some cross-play but virtually no games except a handful have cross-play between PS4 and Xbox One. More interactive and absorbing than passive forms of entertainment like movies and TV, video games promote higher levels of engagement because observers are actively and enthusiastically involved with on-screen activity.
Your desk is important, and the Autonomous is a 5-star recommendation, but let's take a look at some gaming desk gadgets you can add & take your gaming station to the next level. Unless you have a CRT, chances are you're going to be struggling to play some retro games in their purest form.
5 Essential Portable Gaming Gadgets For November 2018
Holiday shopping is always difficult. Gamers who obsessively choose components of their rigs probably have SSDs to run games. Therefore, a great monitor should be on top of the checklist for gamers. Read on to know about the best Xbox games and how they fare against competitors like Wii and PlayStation.
It was also the year that smartphone designers figured out how to pack a massive screen in a device that's still easy to hold, as seen in the iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy S8. And it was the year that consoles like the Nintendo Switch meant gaming on the go no longer meant making big sacrifices in terms of game quality.
The X is backwards compatible with Xbox 360 and some Xbox games, too. New and innovative features adorn these latest games and as a player anybody can track the progress by passing the different levels. Plain shooters are quite interesting but don't forget that these kinds of games need to sit almost motionlessly staring at the screen for a long time.
Best Gaming Gadgets Of 2017 Tech Trends Medium
Gaming has taken over the entertainment field as one of the most popular forms of entertainment, both for children and adults. Numerous companies have tried game streaming in the past, most notably Sony with the PlayStation Now and Nvidia with Geforce Now. Also, It can upload gameplay videos and screenshots directly from your system or live stream your game play, all without unsettling the game in progress.
The Nintendo GameCube controller also could be used in Super Smash Bros. The best gaming gadgets are the ones that enrich your gaming experience and help you leave sessions feeling more satisfied than you would without them. It comes complete with full-sized grips, dual analog sticks, D-pads, illuminated action buttons, triggers, and even shoulder buttons to mimic the gaming experience of a real gaming console.
You can't go wrong with these new offerings from Turtle Beach – long the headset provider of choice for hardcore gamers. So maybe Rick Osterloh will walk up on stage at GDC, hold up a game controller, and say "Anyone that bought a Chromecast in the last six months now owns the Google game console." Mic drop, exit stage right.
Games & Gadgets
Fans of video games can download unlimited full version games online. The ROG Gaming phone is a mobile gamer's rig and comes with in-built sensors and tons of accessories to satisfy your trigger finger in the best way possible today. It will give unlimited gaming experience with live quality videos. Following are four ways that video games can actually help make you smarter.
These superiour designed products have enhanced the overall gaming experience. Luckily, there are chairs made specifically for gamers, which are designed to support you during long sessions. Most gamers suffer in subpar chairs to enjoy their gaming sessions, crippling their back and causing severe pain.
10 Gaming Gadgets For Hardcore Gamers
Cash games aren't new especially for gamers. Record and stream your Xbox or PlayStation game play and distribute your journey with friends, fans and generations to come. Huge win here for Sony's console, with certain games getting a 'Pro' upgrade to capitalise on the power boost. From virtual reality (VR) headsets and wireless controllers for mobile devices to "cloud"-based PlayStation titles and souped-up gaming PCs, here is a closer look at some of the most impressive announcements from the show.
Whether we use these technologies to play cutting-edge horror titles like Resident Evil 7 VR or just fancy keeping it simple with an online roulette game or something like Tetris or Candy Crush, there will surely be a new gaming gadget for you to choose from in 2017.
The Turtle Beach Elite Atlas is a great addition to any gamer's arsenal, offering immersive gaming audio within a stylish, cozy design that'll work equally well with PCs and consoles.


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Fifty-plus years ago.
Left to right: Ralph Hulett, unknown, Walt Disney, unknown, Ward Kimball, Peter Ellenshaw.
This picture was taken in the early sixties, out near the present home of California Institute of the Arts, and was sent to us by Disney producer Don Hahn, who discovered it in the Diz Co. archives. It likely hasn't been seen in decades.
(Why put this photograph up here? It's the weekend, ladies and gents. And it's a rarity. And it's got Walt Disney in it.)
About the people in the picture: Ralph Hulett (my father) was a Disney background artist and landscape artist. He came to the studio in 1938 and remained until his death in 1974.
Ward Kimball was one of Disney's "Nine Old Men" and a veteran animator, director, and animation producer.
Peter Ellenshaw was a veteran matte artist and Academy Award winner, also a landscape painter of renown. Mr. Ellenshaw joined the Disney organization in the early 1950s. (His son Harrison, also a matte artist, Oscar winner, and longtime Disney employee, created mattes for the original Star Wars.)
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Probably one of the most dreaded subjects in school is math. Many students fear this subject and perhaps rightfully so. This post will provide some basic tips on how to help students to understand what is happening in math class.
Chunk the Material
Many math textbooks, especially at the college level, are huge. By huge we are talking over 1000 pages. That is a tremendous amount of content to cover in a single semester even if the majority of the pages are practice problems.
To overcome this, many have chapters that are broken down into 5 sub-sections such as 1.1, 1.2, etc. This means that in a given class period, students should be exposed to 2 or 3 new concepts. Depending on their background this might be too many for a student, especially if they are not a math major.
Therefore, a math teacher must provide new concepts only after previous concepts are mastered. This means that the syllabus needs to flexible and the focus is on the growth of students rather than covering all of the material.
Verbal Walk Through
When teaching math to a class, normally a teacher will provide an example of how to do a problem. The verbal walkthrough is when the teacher completes another example of the problem and the students tell the teacher what to do verbally. This helps to solidify the problem-solving process in the students' minds.
A useful technique in relation to the verbal walkthrough is to intentional make mistakes when the students are coaching you. This requires the students to think about what is corrected and to be able to explain what was wrong with what the teacher did. The wisest approach is to make mistakes that have been experienced in the past as these are the ones that are likely to be repeated.
The verbal walkthrough works with all students of all ages. It can be more chaotic with younger children but this is a classic approach to teaching the step-by-step process of learning math calculations.
Practice Practice Practice
Daily practice is needed when learning mathematical concepts. Students should be learning new material while reviewing old material. The old material is reviewed until it becomes automatic.
This requires the teacher to determine the most appropriate mix of new and old. Normally, math has a cumulative effect in that new material builds on old. This means that students are usually required to use old skills to achieve new skills. The challenge is in making sure the old skills are at a certain minimum level that they can be used to acquire new skills.
Math is tough but if a student can learn it math can become a highly practical tool in everyday life. The job of the teacher is to develop a context in which math goes from mysterious to useful.


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You know the painting. It's in Chicago. But in Columbus Ohio you can see the scene.
The topiary garden sculptures are A Sunday on La Grande Jette 1884- Georges Seurat
The Topiary Garden in Old Deaf School Park in downtown Columbus Ohio. Artist James T. Mason's creative idea along with his artist wife Elaine, according to the link -you can click on to read more.
We went there on Father's Day after church. Thanks for taking me to see it.


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Duo helps secure your CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution with two-factor authentication for Password Vault browser logins, complete with inline self-service enrollment and Duo Prompt.
If you have CyberArk Privileged Access v10 or later, try Duo Single Sign-on for CyberArk Privileged Access, which includes Duo Universal Prompt support.
The Duo web application may only be used when accessing CyberArk Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) from a web browser. If you'd like to apply Duo MFA to Vault client logins, configure Duo authentication via RADIUS or LDAP.
Once configured, the CyberArk WebSDK integration takes a username context and passes it to Duo, and then prompts the user to complete Duo multifactor enrollment or authentication. If Password Vault Web Access is using IIS integrated Windows authentication and the client system is joined to the Active Directory domain as the PVWA server, the logged-in Windows username is passed to Duo. If integrated Windows authentication isn't used, then PVWA prompts for a username to pass to Duo.
After successful Duo approval, CyberArk performs primary authentication. If IIS integrated Windows authentication is configured on the PVWA server, then the logged-in Windows credentials are used. If you are not using Windows authentication, the user must enter their RADIUS or LDAP Vault authentication password (whichever method you specify when configuring Duo on the CyberArk server).
This page provides an overview of the Duo WebSDK installation process on your CyberArk PWVA deployment. The detailed instruction steps you will need to follow are in the CyberArk PVWA Authentication via Duo WebSDK document available for download from the CyberArk Support Vault (as described in step 4 in the next section.)
The Duo WebSDK integration works with PAS versions 9.8 and higher. Note that additional configuration is required for the login page to work on v10, as described in the CyberArk PVWA Authentication via Duo WebSDK document.
If you have issues configuring or using the CyberArk Duo WebSDK integration on your Password Vault deployment, please contact CyberArk's technical support.
Log in to the Duo Admin Panel and navigate to Applications.
Click Protect an Application and locate the entry for CyberArk Privileged Account Security with a protection type of "2FA" in the applications list. Click Protect to the far-right to configure the application and get your integration key, secret key, and API hostname. You'll need this information to complete your setup. See Protecting Applications for more information about protecting applications in Duo and additional application options.
Download the Duo WebSDK integration and the "Duo MFA Web SDK Authentication Integration Guide" instructions from the CyberArk Marketplace. You may need to register for Marketplace access first. Please direct any questions about Marketplace registration or downloads directly to CyberArk support.
Create an application key for use later when configuring the CyberArk WebSDK integration. The application key is a string that you should generate and keep secret from Duo. It should be at least 40 characters long. You can generate a random string in Python with:
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text: This report outlines research undertaken by the POCACITO consortium in non-EU cities, Guangyuan City in the Sichuan Province of China, Xiamen in the southern Fujian Province of China and Aracaju in Brazil. Insights from Brazil and China entered the POCACITO strategy paper, while Chinese experiences were also presented in a policy brief, a webinar and will be featured in an upcoming publication. Insights from China on technology transfer were further considered more generally in the POCACITO roadmap.


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You see your young daughter playing with her Barbie dolls in church while communion is being served, and the result is a poem. You read an article about a super-collider, and a poem results (for Mother's Day, no less). You're cutting your lawn that's browning in the Texas heat, and a poem results.
Welcome to Barbies at Communion: and other poems. And welcome to Marcus Goodyear.
Marcus is the Senior Editor for Foundations for Laity Renewal, which was founded by the H.E. Butt Foundation to "renew society by renewing the church." You find most of his editing and writing work at The High Calling, The High Calling Blogs and Christianity Today's Faith in the Workplace. He also blogs at Good Word Editing.
And you find it in his poems.
I won't be coy. I loved Barbies at Communion. It's about the daily, ordinary things (the super-collifer notwithstanding), and it's because Marcus sees the poetry in the daily, ordinary things.
So Marcus took some time to talk on the phone and through email, to answer some questions I had. And he graciously responded, providing more details and insights into his own work and poetry in general.
Read the interview, and then click here to the post on my blog for an opportunity to receive a free copy of Barbies at Communion.
I have to know about the origin of the super-collider poem. And what your wife thought of it as a Mother's Day poem.
Oh yeah, the super-collider poem. I've always had an amateur's fascination with science and quantum physics. (In high school I won the state science fair in Mathematics, oddly enough.) Anyway. These days, my interest in science is limited to Nova, science fiction, and science magazines. That poem was inspired in part by an article in Technology Review from MIT.
My wife liked it, I think. It's not really romantic, but it is kind of fun. Mother's Day isn't about romance, anyway. Besides. She's used to me writing weird poems for her. One Valentine's Day, I wrote her a sonnet about gecko toes and the van der waals force. Another time, I wrote her one about zombies. Thankfully, she tolerates my weirdness.
Where did you find a love for poetry? It's not a "typical" (I almost said "normal") thing these days.
About 10 years ago I was teaching high school English by day and attending grad school at night. I remember struggling through Keats' poem "Lamia" over my lunch break one day. I had to write a two-page paper about this poem for class that evening, and I couldn't figure out what it was about. I couldn't find the answer
Then something just clicked. The poem didn't have an answer. It was just an elaborate word game (about a snake woman). I still like Keats to this day, though I prefer other poems of his like the "Ode on a Grecian Urn." His letters are cool, too.
How did you come to write poetry?
I had to teach students to read it. To make that more fun, I perversely decided that the students should try to write some too. It was really a tricky way to get them thinking about rhetorical techniques.
Through all of the crazy assignments–from the Ekphrasis poem to the N+7 poems to the traditional haikus–I had a policy that I would never assign something that I couldn't do myself. Most of the time, this meant that I completed all of the assignments that I asked my students to complete. Sometimes, I would let them grade me. It was very scary. High school students don't lie.
Tell us again about reading Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" on Brooklyn Bridge. New York is a radically different place – at least physically – than it was in Whitman's day. Does the poem still resonate?
I love that poem. The city has grown, of course, but it still has the same heart. It still has the same complexity. Whitman's poem anticipates change, and embraces it. In that poem–and people should just go read it out loud to themselves–he talks about being alive in New York. That still applies.
He talks about New York being filled with people. That still applies. And the river flowing around Manhattan. That still flows.
He says, I lived here. I walked here. I rode a ferry over these waters. I swam in them. All of the changes that have happened since Whitman's New York are superficial when compared to the one constant. People are still resolutely human.
Someday, I hope to go back to Brooklyn Bridge and read the poem aloud again while people walk by and cars drive underneath me and the boats sail underneath them. I love that poem.
The title poem for Barbies at Communion is about your daughter playing with her dolls during a church service. How did you make the connection from that to the poem? What was the spark (assuming there was one)?
For me a poem is somewhere between image and argument and story and metaphor. Sometimes I have trouble letting go of an image that has bothered me–like the image of communion with those naked dolls. As a father, I felt anxiety about my daughter in that instance. Was it okay for her to be a kid during communion? Was it okay for the naked dolls to be, well, naked? Did it bother anyone else around us? Should it bother me as much as it did?
All of that anxiety needed an outlet. The poem doesn't really answer the problem except to embrace my daughter's innocence. She doesn't care about propriety because she doesn't understand what it means to be naked. Neither did Eve before the fall. And what is Communion except a chance to reconnect with God, to find our own innocence again through the grace and sacrifice of Jesus?
So the spark, in a literal sense, was the event itself. There were Barbies at communion on Sunday, and I didn't know what to do with them. The poem helped me think it through.
The poems in Barbies are about the stuff of everyday life – children playing, mowing the grass (even if it's dead), stuff stored in the attic. This isn't the poetry of academia, which seems to dominate (some might say stifle) contemporary poetry. What is it about the everyday that appeals to you?
It's where I live! I need my life to have meaning today, not next year, not 10 years from now, not in retrospect while I'm breathing my last. If I can't find God in the ordinary places of life, either I'm not looking hard enough or he's not nearly as approachable as I need him to be.
This is a paradox too. God appears in all the ordinary places, burning bushes, naked Barbies, plumbing disasters. But when he does, those places become holy. Moses had to take his shoes off. That's one reason why the formal-ness of poetry seems fitting to these images. Poetry is very formal. It's a way of taking my shoes off and showing respect to God when I catch glimpses of him.
I wouldn't come down too hard on Academia. They do good work. They have a lot of pressures. They need publication credits. They need to fill their journals with names that will make them look impressive. Like any profession, it's a community of its own, with rules and relationships and networking. As someone writing poetry outside of Academia, I can feel like I'm not part of that community, but that's really just a call to suck it up and send out more work (which I don't do often enough because I don't like rejection).
What I personally find so appealing about the poems of Barbies is the concrete language. Tell us a bit about your writing background – and when was it you decided you were a writer? And what's your education background?
I was a foreign exchange student to Germany during high school, but I didn't speak German. Pretty strange decision. I'm a talkative person, though, so I had all these words building up inside with no way to share them. That's really when I started writing.
When I got back to the US, I took an Independent Study Mentorship under Max Lucado. He was the minister at my church, and he wasn't quite the publishing force that he became. The youth minister ended up working with me most of the time, but it was transformational for me to have someone like Max say, "Yeah, you're a writer."
Now, do you really want to know where I went to school? I earned a BA in English from Texas A&M University and an MA in English from UTSA.
How did you come to Foundations for Laity Renewal?
It's all in who you know. They were looking for an editor, so they contacted Max's personal editor. She has been a long friend of my family and my wife's family. She thought of me and gave me a call on President's Day 2005. I don't normally remember dates like that, but this one stuck. At the time, I was looking to move to a new school, change things up a bit in my job so I wouldn't get stale. It seemed natural to cast the net a little wider and send an application to Laity Renewal. A few months later, we moved to Kerrville where Laity Renewal is headquartered.
Tell us a bit about what it is and what it does.
This sounds cheeky, but we really are all about laity renewal. That's our primary philosophy–renewing individuals, so they can be agents of renewal in their families and workplaces, so those small groups can be agents of renewal in their communities.
We work toward this philosophical goal through various programs–youth camp, family camp, free camps, Laity Lodge retreat center, and of course the High Calling of Our Daily Work radio program and TheHighCalling.org (which includes HighCallingBlogs.com).
And how did poetry come to be one of the features at the High Calling Blogs?
Blame L.L. Barkat. She called me up one day and said, "I want to try this poetry thing." I was a little nervous about it, and remember saying, "Nobody cares about poetry." It's all part of this self-loathing problem I have. But L.L. can be very convincing. She got me to agree to a test period, and it's been very helpful in building community.
In some ways, poetry has been historically important to Laity Renewal. When you come out to Laity Lodge in the Fall, Glynn, you'll see poetry everywhere, hidden on bathroom tiles, on stones in the fountain, on placards in the garden, carved into beams in the ceiling. Poetry is really part of the architecture of the place.
So – what's next? Another book of poetry? Or other things you're working on?
I just keep writing poems and stories. I've got ideas for another novel. I'm querying some secular agents. And I'm working with you and L. L. on the game at TweetSpeakPoetry.com. I have a lot of high hopes for that project.
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- "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson - November 28, 2023
- Poets and Poems: B.H. Fairchild and "An Ordinary Life" - November 14, 2023


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The thoroughly corrupt US state-corporate media has been making hay out of the ongoing vilification of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Particularly in order to firmly affix the devil horns to his head in presenting a false narrative on the events in Ukraine. There is no reference to reality or to actual history that is presented in order to offer any perspective in the selling of the looming "Russian invasion" as well as lurid tales of Putin's resurrection of the old Soviet Empire. It is as much a shameless and blatant con job as that fairy tale of the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate was in pushing the phony war on terror. Not only is the fact that the problems in Ukraine were created by a US backed putsch of the sitting democratically elected president Viktor Yanukovych in which the assistance of some of the most vile elements of European fascists and neo-Nazis was critical but that the entire hostile takeover of the "Yats" austerity government has ample US corporate backing and billions of dollars in pirate booty are in play.
The false narrative continued on the Sunday morning masturbatory festival of the so-called 'news' shows that are in reality establishment forums where lickspittles playing journalists participate in the launching of the weekly talking points. Appearing on ABC's This Week - the network that incredibly retained the services of the Joseph Goebbels of the neocon global domination cult in William Kristol - was the UN Ambassador and hard core warmonger Samantha Power. Power should be more appropriately known as Mrs. Cass Sunstein, the authoritarian Obama intimate whose animosity towards free speech and association knows no bounds. Sunstein is the co-author of the position paper "Conspiracy Theories" in which he advocates for the use of operatives of the US government to "cognitively infiltrate" so-called "anti-government" groups which as we have seen in the post September 11, 2001, post-democracy place that is known as The Homeland pretty much is a blanket definition to encompass any and all who oppose the corrupt state comprising both Deep State elements as well as the visible exo-skeleton that is the political realm. Not that it is anything original, COINTELPRO already did it as did such inspirations for neocon ideology as Stalin and Hitler. The larger point is that the pair of Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein are yet another of the incestuous intermarrying within the establishment political class. Some other notable examples would be NBC's prominent 'news' correspondent Andrea Mitchell and former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Victoria "f*ck the EU" Nuland and Robert Kagan, a co-founder of the neocon Project For the New American Century (PNAC). There is neither sufficient time nor space to provide a more detailed accounting of such relationships.
But I digress...
Mrs. Power-Sunstein delivered the goods t o a national television audience as would be expected in continuing to push the official bullshit of what is going on in Ukraine. Specifically that the evil Putin is behind the growing anti-austerity protests in the eastern portion of the country. That the region has been historically aligned with Russia wonderfully serves the talking points to perfection in painting the resistance as "pro-Russian" separatists. What is always omitted though, as it was again during the weekly edition of the Sunday morning festival of self-serving bloviation is any discussion or mention that any dissent that exists against the illegally installed puppet government of the interim Prime Minister Arseniy "Yats" Yatsenyuk is legitmate. It is really dissent which is being waged against an unelected government that was put into place through foreign intervention and chicanery capitalizing on subterfuge and what may or not be a false flag sniper attack. The sniper incident served as the catalyst for the violent uprising in the streets of Kiev among snowflakes and flames in movie-like battle scenes that the US and European satellite propaganda machines ensured would be transmitted for maximum effect. Who it was that actually murdered those people, protesters and police alike is a mystery that seems to exist in order to remain unsolved -- just like the Ghouta gassings that were used to push a war on Syria late last summer under false pretenses.
The following is excerpted from the transcript:
SAMANTHA POWER, US AMBASSADOR TO THE UN: Well, it has all the tell-tale signs of what we saw in Crimea. It's professional, it's coordinated. There's nothing grass roots seeming about it. That forces are doing in each of the six or seven cities that they've been active in exactly the same thing, so certainly it bears the tell-tale signs of Moscow's involvement.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Martha also talked about the possibility of raising sanctions. But can the United States actually do anything that would really stop Russia at this point?
POWER: Well, George, already the sanctions that we put in place have brought the ruble to an all-time low in terms of its value. The Russian stock market has depreciated by 20 percent. Investors are fleeing. And that's just on the basis of the sanctions that we put in place up to this point.
The President has made clear that depending on Russian behavior, sectoral sanctions against energy, banking, mining could be on the table. And there's a lot in between.
So, I think we've seen that the sanctions can bite. And if actions like the kind that we've seen over the last few days continue, you're going to see a ramping up of those sanctions.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Those threats -- or initial sanctions have not stopped Russia from going in to Crimea. Do we believe that Vladimir Putin wants the eastern Ukraine?
POWER: I think the actions that he is undertaking certainly give credence to that idea. But I will say in the conversations that we have, of course, they keep insisting, no, that's not what we want, that's not what we want. But everything they're doing suggests the opposite.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And will they have control over the eastern Ukraine no matter what?
POWER: I think there are elections coming up. The leadership in Ukraine have made very clear that they're prepared to have a conversation about autonomy and decentralization. And that's what makes, again, this action so outrageous and so ironic, because just at the very time the prime minister was going to the regions to talk about how the legitimate interests of Russian speakers could be tended to, this kind of action takes place. And it makes you think that they -- that a military solution is what...
STEPHANOPOULOS: If they continue, will the peace talks still go forward?
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By Julie Langevin, CPA, CA
Most people stress about money. For some, it's about making ends meet or family conflicts, for others it's about long term financial security, being taken advantage of or the ups and downs in the stock market. Whatever your stress, you can improve your relationship to money by becoming more aware of what's blocking you from financial peace, and taking the steps to set yourself free.
1. Live the Life that You Want
If you are waiting to reach some magic number in your bank account or to be debt-free before you start living the life you want, you are probably giving money way too much hold over your life. While it's important to pay the bills and to be financially responsible, a healthy relationship to money comes from using money to support your dreams and goals, not as an end in itself. So, be clear about what you want your life to look like, get your financial house in order and align your money with your life.
2. Look at your family background
How did your parents handle money? Were they extravagant spenders or excessive savers? What messages did you pick up about money as a child? Chances are the impact of these messages are buried pretty deep and could be influencing the way you handle money today. You might have adopted the same dysfunctional behaviors and beliefs as your parents or you might have swung to the other extreme – spending recklessly to counteract the penny pinching attitude you grew up with.
The key to freeing yourself from the stresses of past conditioning is to bring these memories to a level of awareness and to take a good hard look at how this might be affecting your relationship to money today.
3. Communicate with your spouse
If you have had disagreements with your spouse about money, you know how stressful and destructive they can be to a relationship. In fact, money issues are considered to be one of the major causes of divorce. As difficult as it is to talk about money issues, communication is essential in working through financial woes. Set a specific time aside to talk about money concerns and involve a third party (coach, counselor, financial planner) if the discussions get too emotionally heated. Try to focus on mutual goals, be clear with what your needs are and try to avoid blaming your partner. And be patient – your spouse is probably struggling with as many mixed messages about money as you are.
4. Educate Yourself
How many times have you met with a financial advisor, nodded your head, but really had no idea what was being said? The financial and investment world is increasingly complex and if you don't understand the language of money, you can be left feeling very vulnerable and uneasy. Even if you work with an advisor that you trust, the only way to truly overcome this anxiety is to educate yourself about money.
Take a money course, read a book on financial planning or look for an advisor who focuses on financial education. You don't have to become a real estate guru or an expert on the stock market, but make sure you are delegating, not abdicating responsibility for your finances.
A great place to start is Unstuck – How to Get Ahead Financially and Start Living the Life You Want which is available for purchase on Amazon.
5. Get out of debt
Debt limits your options, simple as that. The more debt you have, the less control you have over your life and your choices. Nothing causes more stress than working at a job you don't like just to make your monthly credit card payments. While it may be hard to avoid incurring some debt (home ownership for instance), make sure you have a plan for repaying the debt as quickly as possible. Try to resist the convenience and reward incentives of credit cards. You might get a free trip to Saskatoon but the real cost could be your overall financial well-being.
6. Live within your means
According to Stats Canada, over 50% of Canadians spend more than they earn. No wonder we're stressed about money! The most important financial principle (no, it's not the latest stock tip) is to figure out how much money you need for your current lifestyle and how much you need to save for future goals and dreams. Then, find out how much income you earn after taxes and deductions. If you spend more than you earn and have nothing left over for savings, reduce your expenses or find a way to make more money. There is no easy solution here, just a cold, hard look at the financial numbers. While this exercise may be challenging, the buck stops here, literally!
7. Find out how much you need to retire
Retirement (or financial independence) ranks as one of the top financial goals, but most people have no idea how much money they will need. With so many immediate financial pressures, it's easy to resist or avoid thinking about the future. However as uncomfortable as it may be to look at our finances today, it will only get harder tomorrow! So give yourself the gift of peace of mind and ask your financial advisor to help you figure out what you need to do today to achieve the lifestyle you want in retirement. Taking control of your finances can be challenging, but the rewards of financial peace of mind and security are well worth your efforts. I guarantee it!
Based in Timmins, Ontario, Julie Langevin is part of the Money Coaches Canada national network of Money Coaches. A Money Coach is a financial professional that helps clients develop a clear understanding of their current financial situation and create a plan that helps them reach their goals. Money Coaches Canada is the nation's leading, independent provider of advice-only financial planning. Money Coaches do not sell investment or financial products.


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Daniel Biro '120 onetwenty'
£7.00 – £15.00
One-hour instrumental vintage keyboards suite, 70s style.
One-hour instrumental vintage keyboards suite, 70s style.
Over six years in the making, '120 Onetwenty' is inspired by the 1970s era of sequencer/ synth pioneers (Tangerine Dream, Schulze, Kraftwerk, Vangelis), electric jazzers (Hancock, Corea, Zawinul), progressive experimentalists (Soft Machine, Oldfield, King Crimson) and ambient/ minimalist composers (Reich, Eno, Glass, ECM label). The music is an alchemy of intricate multi-layered pattern-based structures and more abstract improvisatory textures, mapping out a polychromatic journey through meditative, melancholy moods, jazz-inflected, hypnotic grooves and soaring, swirling synth landscapes.The album is also Biro's musical 'Thank You' note to his only brother Nico who originally introduced him to much of the music he has loved all his life. Sadly, Nico died a few years ago of alcohol-related causes, impelling Biro to cathartically celebrate the musical adventures they had shared together in their youth.
Although the album's sound is all electronic, the effect is 100% human, mainly due to Biro's skills as a player but also his use of warm vintage analogue keyboard colours from Moogs, Hammonds, Clavinets and especially his signature sound instrument: the Rhodes electric piano. Whilst capturing the spirit of the heroic days of lengthy instrumentals and ambitious concept albums, '120 Onetwenty' is far from just an exercise in retro-nostalgia. It is first and foremost a very personal and emotional exploration of Biro's creative universe for everyone to immerse themselves in and enjoy.
"Daniel Biro brings together three of the greatest progressive music traditions: Berlin-style electronics, prog rock synths and jazz fusion keyboards.Throughout 120 Onetwenty, Biro develops transfixing electronic sequences inspired by early Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and other iconic German artists. Additionally, Biro creates awe-inspiring atmospheres and tops it off with memorable synth solos and his signature Rhodes electric piano jazz-rock work.
120 Onetwenty is a remarkable instrumental album that strolls with ease and charm between electronica and progressive fusion."
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- Author(s):
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- Gives a short history of Aslib, which was from 1924 to 2010 an independent membership organisation for special librarianship, technical and commercial information work, and latterly for information management, It was highly influential in the development of documentation and information science, in the UK and worldwide. Its activities included research and consultancy, training, professional development, publishing, and technology development. Aslib was for many years the de facto UK centre for information research, especially information and library management, information orgnaisation and computer applications. It has had several names, being at times the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux, Aslib, the Association for Information Management, and ASLIB. In 2010, ASLIB became a part of Emerald Group Publishing, and activities ceased in 2016.
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Sarah O'Donnell is the creator and designer behind OhSoStitchy. She is a self-taught crocheter and knitter based out of Arizona. After getting a degree in Psychology, she quickly realized that her passions fell elsewhere. She loves creating and making with her own two hands and OhSoStitchy was founded on the desire to embrace her creativity and pursue happiness her own way.
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Everyone knows independent film is where it's at these days. You can't argue the facts. Their creators aren't inhibited like filmmakers working on big budget films. They have all creative control over their art. If you want something unique, indie has the pickle for your palette.
Today, are you looking for an interesting indie film that can give you a good chuckle? If 'yes', then I have the perfect film for you to add to your list of must-sees. Odd Brodsky. It's… odd… and that's its charm.
It's not impossible to believe that every single one of us has found ourselves in a situation where we feel a little out of place; a bit uncomfortable where we stand or who we are surrounded by at a given moment. Oftentimes we are facing a position that doesn't give us the level of comfort we'd prefer to have and we're troubled by that. Well, imagine this is the norm in your life; that this IS your life. Meet Audrey "Odd" Brodsky, the spirit for which filmmaker Cindy Baer introduces you to such an existence.
Odd Brodsky is a comedic story loosely inspired by some of Baer's own journeys on this planet, and if you're a filmmaker you'll especially appreciate the whimsical musings of these familiar attempts at making it in the business."
Aud… Odd is a woman who has made it her life's work not to fit in and has accepted her fate… or has she? In what feels like a one hour and thirty-three minute SNL skit, Odd and her gang of friends are trying their best to make something of themselves.
Working in Hollywood and being an actress seems to not only be Odd's passion but also the only thing with which she excels, 'Acting makes me braver than I really am.'
Audrey's friend Sammy is producing a play that gives writers Baer and Matthew Irving an opportunity to bring on the silly. For instance, when Sammy is looking for a particular actor to be on stage who is playing the part of God in her stage show Hell is Here, she shouts for him, and the way this whole scene plays out… I almost choked on my chips. It's hysterical.
Now thinking maybe behind the scenes is best for her, Odd decides to produce a reality show. Again with the laughs… of using scenes to their fullest; labeling people such as Photolab guy and Camera One. It's great! Odd moves from building to building and as she moves back and forth, painted on the wall, literally on the wall, are the paths she's choosing. The symbolism is great fun. Very clever.
Tegan Ashton Cohan is so wonderful as Audrey, and with her, Camera One, is perfectly cast. Matthew Kevin Anderson shows the perfect emotion for what he's going through and the feelings he's starting to have for Odd. Grand kudos goes to Baer for handling the role of Sammy and keeping her fellow actors in mind at the same time. She handled this set well and it is abundantly clear that she has the product to prove she… made it.
Warning to you, however. You'll want to find Cindy Baer and give her a big hug after watching this movie, because not only did she entertain you, but you can't help but wonder how much of this is reality and how much pressure had she truly felt deep down growing up? Did her family support her? Well, if they didn't, she proves them wrong with this winning film. Not only that, she makes fun of it so you know that if the pain was there… it certainly isn't now.
Impressive job, Cindy Baer! Genuinely delightful film. I cannot wait to see what you, even Audrey, has in store for us next… until then, may I borrow Camera One?
Here are VOD links for you to watch Odd Brodsky!
iTunes: https://itun.es/us/K7n1fb
Amazon: http://amzn.to/2mUFOTu
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2mm34Xj