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Propaganda of the deed (or propaganda by the deed, from the French propagande par le fait) is a concept that promotes physical violence against political enemies as a way of inspiring the masses and catalyzing revolution. Propaganda of the deed may take many forms, but in many cases utilizes violence against people seen as threats to the working class. It also refers to the use of symbolic acts of violence against structural targets, in which the act is intended to evoke a broader meaning.
An early proponent of propaganda by the deed was the Italian revolutionary Carlo Pisacane (1818–1857), who wrote in his "Political Testament" (1857) that "ideas spring from deeds and not the other way around." Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), in his "Letters to a Frenchman on the Present Crisis" (1870) stated that "we must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda."[1]
The phrase "propaganda by the deed" was popularized by the French anarchist Paul Brousse (1844–1912). In his article of that name, published in the August 1877 Bulletin of the Jura Federation, he cited the 1871 Paris Commune, a workers' demonstration in Berne provocatively using the socialist red flag, and the Benevento uprising in Italy as examples of "propaganda by the deed."[2]
Some anarchists, such as Johann Most, advocated publicizing violent acts of retaliation against counter-revolutionaries because "we preach not only action in and for itself, but also action as propaganda."[3] Most was an early influence on American anarchists Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. Berkman attempted propaganda by the deed when he tried in 1892 to kill industrialist Henry Clay Frick following the deaths by shooting of several striking workers.[4]
By the 1880s, the slogan "propaganda of the deed" had begun to be used both within and outside of the anarchist movement to refer to individual bombings, regicides and tyrannicides. However, as soon as 1887, important figures in the anarchist movement distanced themselves from such individual acts. Peter Kropotkin thus wrote that year in Le Révolté that "a structure based on centuries of history cannot be destroyed with a few kilos of dynamite".[5] A variety of anarchists advocated the abandonment of these sorts of tactics in favor of collective revolutionary action, for example through the trade union movement. The anarcho-syndicalist, Fernand Pelloutier, argued in 1895 for renewed anarchist involvement in the labor movement on the basis that anarchism could do very well without "the individual dynamiter."[2]
State repression (including the infamous 1894 French lois scélérates) of the anarchist and labor movements following the few successful bombings and assassinations may have contributed to the abandonment of these kinds of tactics, although reciprocally state repression, in the first place, may have played a role in these isolated acts. The dismemberment of the French socialist movement, into many groups and, following the suppression of the 1871 Paris Commune, the execution and exile of many communards to penal colonies, favored individualist political expression and acts.[6]
Other theorists advocating propaganda of the deed included the Italian anarchists Luigi Galleani and Errico Malatesta. Malatesta described "propaganda by the deed" as violent communal insurrections that were meant to ignite the imminent revolution.
It should be noted that Malatesta denounced such insurrections. Here is some of what he says in his essay:
For the German anarchist Gustav Landauer "propaganda of the deed" meant the creation of libertarian social forms and communities that would inspire others to transform society.[8] In "Weak Statesmen, Weaker People," he wrote that the state is not something "that one can smash in order to destroy. The state is a relationship between human beings... one destroys it by entering into other relationships"[9]
In 1886, French anarchist Clément Duval achieved a form of propaganda of the deed, stealing 15,000 francs from the mansion of a Parisian socialite, before accidentally setting the house on fire. Caught two weeks later, he was dragged from the court crying "Long live anarchy!", and condemned to death. His sentence was later commuted to hard labor on Devil's Island, French Guiana. In the anarchist paper Révolte, Duval famously declared that, "Theft exists only through the exploitation of man by man... when Society refuses you the right to exist, you must take it... the policeman arrested me in the name of the Law, I struck him in the name of Liberty".
Propaganda of the deed is also related to illegalism, an anarchist philosophy that developed primarily in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland during the early 20th century as an outgrowth of anarchist individualism. The illegalists openly embraced criminality as a lifestyle. Influenced by theorist Max Stirner's concept of "egoism", the illegalists broke from anarchists like Clément Duval and Marius Jacob who justified theft with a theory of la reprise individuelle (Eng: individual reclamation). Instead, the illegalists argued that their actions required no moral basis - illegal acts were taken not in the name of a higher ideal, but in pursuit of one's own desires. France's Bonnot Gang was the most famous group to embrace illegalism.
Propaganda of the deed thus included stealing (in particular bank robberies - named "expropriations" or "revolutionary expropriations" to finance the organization), rioting and general strikes which aimed at creating the conditions of an insurrection or even a revolution. These acts were justified as the necessary counterpart to state repression. As sociologist Max Weber had argued, the state has the "monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force", or, in Karl Marx's words, the state was only the repressive apparatus of the bourgeois class. Propaganda by the deed, including assassinations (sometimes involving bombs, named in French "machines infernales" - "hellish machines", usually made with bombs, sometimes only several guns assembled together), were thus legitimized by part of the anarchist movement and the First International as a valid means to be used in class struggle. The predictable state responses to these actions were supposed to display to the people the inherently repressive nature of the bourgeois state. This would in turn bolster the revolutionary spirit of the people, leading to the overthrow of the state. This is the basic formula of the cycle protests-repression-protests, which in specific conditions may lead to an effective state of insurrection.
This cycle has been observed during the 1905 Russian Revolution or in Paris in May 1968. However, it failed to achieve its revolutionary objective on the vast majority of occasions, thus leading to the abandonment by the vast majority of the anarchist movement of such bombings. However, the state never failed in its repressive response, enforcing various lois scélérates which usually involved tough clampdowns on the whole of the labor movement. These harsh laws, sometimes accompanied by the proclamation of the state of exception, progressively led to increased criticism among the anarchist movement of assassinations. The role of several agents provocateurs and the use of deliberate strategies of tension by governments, using false flag terrorist actions, work to discredit this violent tactic in the eyes of most socialist libertarians. John Filiss and Jim Bell are two of the best known modern advocates.
Numerous heads of state were assassinated between 1881 and 1914 by members of the libertarian socialist movement. Regicides were for obvious reasons celebrated as popular victory over counter-revolutionary forces, which remained strong a century after the 1789 French Revolution. The first assassinations were carried out by Russian anarchists, which would lead to the creation of the term of "nihilism". For example, U.S. President McKinley's assassin Leon Czolgosz claimed to have been influenced by anarchist and feminist Emma Goldman. This was in spite of Goldman's disavowal of any association with him, his registered membership in the Republican Party, and never having belonged to an anarchist organization. Bombings were associated in the media with anarchists because international terrorism arose during this time period with the widespread distribution of dynamite. This image remains to this day. This perception was enhanced by events such as the 1886 Haymarket Riot, where anarchists were blamed for throwing a bomb at police who came to break up a public meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
Propaganda of the deed, as a violent form of direct action involving bombings and targeted assassinations, was abandoned by the vast majority of the anarchist movement after World War I (1914–18) and the 1917 October Revolution. There are various causes for this, but important factors include state repression, the level of organization of the labour movement (in particular the new importance of anarcho-syndicalism in European Latin countries such as France, Italy and Spain) and the influence of the October Revolution. Although the Leninist thesis of an avant-garde party composed of professional revolutionaries didn't break that much with the Socialist-Revolutionary organization, it did make completely individual acts of propaganda of the deed less relevant. Despite this abandonment, the concept of propaganda of the deed remained popular in the anarchist movement, and thus influenced various social and cultural movements, including the Underground, during the 20th century.
For example, the concept of direct action itself continued to be central in the libertarian socialist movement, in particular in the anarcho-syndicalism movement through the concept of the "revolutionary strike" inspired by French theorist Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence (1908). In the 1950s, the Situationist International's conception of creating "situations" may be related quite easily to propaganda of the deed (which is not surprising, given the influence of council communism on Guy Debord). The autonomist movement and urban guerrilla group then took on the concept in the 1970s. It is also during this period that the concept of culture jamming, Spaßguerilla, guerrilla communication and other kinds of non-violent and sometimes simultaneously artistic and political acts become popular as a new form of "direct action". The Living Theater, in the 1970s, for example, mixed direct actions with an artistic intent, mixing, as did before them André Breton and the Surrealist movement, Arthur Rimbaud's "change life" with Karl Marx' XIth These on Feuerbach, "transform the world."
The importance of riots and rebellions in the creation of the conditions of an insurrection has never been abandoned, going through anarcho-syndicalism to autonomism and today's anti-globalization mediatic Black blocs. In the 2000s, a Swedish group called the Invisible Party carried on various direct actions which could be related to the tradition of the propaganda of the deed.
The concept of "propaganda of the deed" received renewed attention in the 1970s-1980s, especially among "urban guerrilleros" and the Italian autonomist movement, which had a large part in the creation of the squatting and Social Center movement.
Since some of the most radical autonomist or other far-left activists engaged not only in direct action (stealing, squatting, bank robberies - called expropriations - etc.) but also in assassination and bombing, "propaganda of the deed" again became synonymous with terrorism. For example, the German Red Army Faction (RAF) kidnapped and murdered Hanns Martin Schleyer, who was president of the German Employer's Association and a former high-ranking SS member during the Third Reich, and targeted NATO centers.
The appearance in developed countries during the 1970s of militant leftist groups - such as the Red Brigades, the RAF or the less important French Action Directe - which (although they did not claim to be specifically anarchist, did engage in "propaganda of the deed") -, were part of a larger social movements. These included the autonomist movement in Italy, which practiced various types of "direct action" other than assassinations (in Italy, shootings in the legs was more often used). These new groups viewed their actions from a global point of view, in order to link them with "world struggles", such as the Vietnam War (1965–75) or with South American struggles against military juntas (see for example the RAF's actions against NATO and its ideological relations with Uruguayan Tupamaros). In Italy, the concept of a "strategy of tension" (strategia della tensione) directly carried on by far-right forces linked to the security forces was popular in extra-parliamentary leftist movements; its existence was proved after Italian Premier Giulio Andreotti's 1990 revelations concerning Gladio, a NATO stay-behind anti-communist organization, and the parliamentary inquiries into the bombings carried on during this period (1969 Piazza Fontana bombing, 1980 Bologna massacre, etc.).
Anarchists and similar radicals often[citation needed] claim that their use of "political violence" is not terrorism, arguing that there is a fundamental difference between bombings carried out against a civilian population and targeted assassinations carried out against people in positions of political, military or economic power (even if non-combatants under international law).They emphasize that many scholars define terrorism as the attempt to spread terror in the population through indiscriminate bombings, thus excluding anarchist propaganda of the deed from the definition of terrorism. This concept is a major theme in the upcoming 'Blueprint For Revolution' by noted activist Nigel Downey.
The United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter[11] defined the term 'terrorism' as consisting of "Criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act."[12] As such, assassinations, if they are done to provoke a state of terror in the public or amongst particular persons, intimidate a population, or compel a government or international organization to bend to the will of the assassinating organization, are acts of terrorism, at least in the unanimous view of the Security Council, speaking both for the UN and for its fifteen nations.
The use of political violence is understood by its proponents in the frame of a general conception of the state as the control apparatus of the "bourgeoisie", and of "class struggle" as a form of effective civil war. Thus, as anarchists often put it, "peace without justice isn't peace", but war between exploited and exploiters. In their eyes, this "social war" morally legitimizes the use of violence against broader "social violence." This view, of course, is not shared by pacifist libertarians. Rioting is thus justified as a means to enhance class consciousness and prepares the objective conditions for a popular uprising (Georges Sorel, 1906).
A heated controversy concerning the use of violence continues to take place inside the anarchist movement. Even those who are not opposed to the political use of violence for theoretical reasons (as pacifist anarchists are) may consider it unnecessary or strategically dangerous, in certain conditions. Many note that the events of 1970s showed clearly how terrorism may be used to influence politics in the frame of the "strategy of tension" by a state and its secret services, through agents provocateurs and false flag terrorist attacks. In Italy and other countries, the Years of lead led to reinforced anti-terrorism legislation, criticized by social activists as a new form of lois scélérates which were used to repress the whole of the socialist movement, not just militant groups. Many also note that the rare cases in which terrorism has achieved its revolutionary aims are mostly in the context of national liberation struggles, while the urban guerrilla movements have all failed (Gérard Chaliand).
According to some analysts, in post-war Germany, the prohibition of the Communist Party (KDP) and thus of institutional far-left political organization may also, in the same manner, have played a role in the creation of the Red Army Faction.
"In March 1871 the Commune took power in the abandoned city and held it for two months. Then Versailles seized the moment to attack and, in one horrifying week, executed roughly 20,000 Communards or suspected sympathizers, a number higher than those killed in the recent war or during Robespierre's 'Terror' of 1793–94. More than 7,500 were jailed or deported to places like New Caledonia. Thousands of others fled to Belgium, England, Italy, Spain and the United States. In 1872, stringent laws were passed that ruled out all possibilities of organizing on the left. Not till 1880 was there a general amnesty for exiled and imprisoned Communards. Meanwhile, the Third Republic found itself strong enough to renew and reinforce Louis Napoleon's imperialist expansion– in Indochina, Africa, and Oceania. Many of France's leading intellectuals and artists had participated in the Commune (Courbet was its quasi-minister of culture, Rimbaud and Pissarro were active propagandists) or were sympathetic to it. The ferocious repression of 1871 and thereafter, was probably the key factor in alienating these milieux from the Third Republic and stirring their sympathy for its victims at home and abroad." (in Benedict Anderson (July -August 2004). "In the World-Shadow of Bismarck and Nobel". New Left Review. http://newleftreview.org/?view=2519. )
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Symphony Orchestra Concert with Alumni on Sunday at 2:30 PM
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The Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey R Jacobsen - Artistic Director and Conductor, will present a concert on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 2:30 PM in Steadman Theatre of the Butler Music Center. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public. The performance will open with the Tancredi Overture by Rossini. The Third Movement of Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler will follow. The concert will close with the entire Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven. A number of string alumni will be joining the orchestra for this performance. Great music - live on campus!


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This site is dedicated to the classic rock era; hard rock and heavy metal from the 70´s and the 80´s. Here you´ll find music, news, concerts, trivia, stories and much more. Check back for daily updates!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Aerosmith: Brad Whitford Talks Aerosmith And New Album
Jeb Wright from Classic Rock Revisited spoke with legendary Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford. An excerpt from the story is available below:
Two Thousand and Twelve is proving to be an exciting year for Aerosmith. The band is back on the road and has a new album is in the can, just waiting to be released. Even more exciting for classic rock fans is the fact that Aerosmith have Cheap Trick onboard as their opening act. Brad Whitford, a huge Cheap Trick fan, exclaims his excitement for the show, "I think Aerosmith and Cheap Trick are my personal favorite package. We've had some good openers over the years, but I think Cheap Trick is just amazing. They have so many great tunes and they are a great live band. They bring the house down night after night. It is a great opportunity for them and for us."
Indeed, the hits preformed at a Cheap Trick and Aerosmith concert include many of the most iconic songs of the last 35 years. Whitford admits, however, that fitting all of Aerosmith's most beloved songs into one show is impossible, "We normally play about two hours in concert and that allows you to do around twenty songs, and that makes it hard to pick. We have 100 plus to pick from and to narrow it down to twenty is not easy. It makes it impossible to play everything that people want to hear, but we try to make it fair and include stuff from most eras of Aerosmith. Some albums get overlooked and certain songs get overlooked, as that is the nature of the beast."
To make things even tougher on America's favorite hard rock band, Aerosmith have a new album in the can and want to promote it during the tour. They are currently performing the first single from the upcoming album, 'Legendary Child', as well as another tune that Whitford is excited about, "We do one new song called 'Oh Yeah' and we have a lot of fun playing that song. It is a song that has a good old fashioned Joe Perry rock riff and those are always a lot of fun to play. We included that song to sort of test the waters and people are liking it. It translates really well live because it is straight ahead rock."
Whitford explains the recent rumors that Steven Tyler may have to cancel some gigs due to health reasons, "Steven always goes above and beyond. He gives 110% every show. A lot of times, he ends up pushing his throat a little more than he should, but he is like a racehorse, you can't hold him back." In fact, the entire band is as excited as Tyler to be on the road in 2012. "We are all still here and we all still want to do it. Right now, Aerosmith sounds better than I have ever heard us sound. I really think everybody in the band feels like I do."
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
How to Wire a Spray of Clay Flowers
In the video below, Donna Lane shows us how to assemble our air-dry clay flowers into a spray or other arrangement. This video demo features gumpaste flowers, but the process is exactly the same for air-dry clay flowers.
If you haven't made any clay flowers yet, see menu bar above for 'Clay Flowers'. There you'll find a list of different types of flowers you can make following some previously posted tutorials. There are a number of different air-dry clays that work well for creating realistic flowers. You'll want to have a light clay that will let you create very thin petals that will dry strong and a little flexible. Homemade cold porcelain works well along with commercial brands such as Craft Porcelain, Lumina, Delight, DecoClay, Cloud Clay, Hearty Clay, and many other brands of soft, or semi-soft, clays.
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Welcome to the first of April. It is a day when we can all wake up, fire up the internet, and sigh a collective groan at the barrage of cringe-worthy pranks, tall tales and PR stunts conjured up by desperate media companies and junior brand creatives across the world.
We'll be here as long as we can take it today, face-palming ourselves into oblivion as we catalog the good, the bad and the ugly of April Fools' Day 2015.
Pac-Man eats his way across Google Maps
Google, the merry prankster of totally-not-evil corporate Web behemoths, has announced that you can now play Pac-Man on Google Maps. Open a map in your browser, click the blue and black square in the bottom left of your screen, and before you know it, it'll be lunchtime.
Your UberBOAT is arriving
Why dart through the streets of your city in a Prius when you can take to the high seas? The dream has (very nearly) (not really) become reality in Thailand, where Uber will be piloting a program allowing users to hitch a ride on boats "on the streets of Bangkok" ahead of the rainy season.
The cutting-edge of technology
Samsung has announced this year's must-have kitchen accessory -- the Galaxy BLADE edge, "the world's first smart knife with smartphone capabilities," according to the phonemaker. The phone/knife apparently features "a razor-sharp diamond edge, tough enough to cut through a lobster tail and sharp enough to slice though tender heirloom tomatoes."
It's probably still not as good as an iPhone.
Putin, Poroshenko to take this outside
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thrown down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, challenging the Russian leader to a one-off judo match to settle the future of eastern Ukraine, The Economist has reported.
When reached for comment, a spokesman for Angela Merkel reportedly said: "Bring it on."
Qatar to win Euro 2020?
Following up on their rather uncontroversial awarding of the 2022 World Cup, Qatar will be invited to qualify for the 2020 European football championships to help the country develop a footballing culture, The Daily Telegraph has reported.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has personally proposed that the tiny Gulf state join qualification for Euro 2020 to provide European teams a chance to "get to know" their 2022 hosts better.
Tower of Pisa to be turned into hotel
The fine people of The Telegraph must have a lot of time on their hands, for it appears that Italian officials are taking heat over their plan to raise money by turning the Leaning Tower of Pisa into a luxury hotel.
The proposal for the hotel -- to be called 3.99 Degrees -- suggests each floor be turned into a single room with a 360-degree view named after a hero of the Italian renaissance, The Telegraph has reported.
Should you boot up Google's web browser Chrome on your mobile today, you might be in for a bit of a shock. Another clever prank is #ChromeSelfie, which allows you to snap an unflattering selfie and share it in reaction to an open tab on Chrome.
If you've ever wondered what Googling in a parallel universe would look like, wonder no more. Google has launched a backward version of its search portal, com.google. All results are flipped in a mirror image, making for disorientating reading.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."


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A Radio 4 continuity announcer accidentally claimed that Nazi architect Albert Speer spent two decades in New Romantic pop group Spandau Ballet.
The slip-up was made trailing radio play Albert Speer's Walk around the World, and quickly corrected to Spandau Prison.
Speer was Adolf Hitler's chief architect and was later made Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich.
After WWII, Speer was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, most of it served at West Berlin's Spandau Prison.
He was released in 1966 and died of natural causes in 1981 at the age of 76 while visiting London.
Spandau Ballet were a New Romantic pop group formed in the late 1970s.
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Fall crops bring a whole new selection of fresh vegetables to spice up the kitchen. Our taste buds move from grilled peach salads and corn on the cob to winter squashes, stews and somewhat heavier, heartier dishes. Eggplant remains in season through September and October in Tennessee. ℹ Crabtree Farms, an urban farm in Chattanooga, grows eggplant along with other popular seasonal vegetables, then sells their ultra local produce to area restaurants where chefs like Kolby Carpenter of ℹ Flying Squirrel create dishes that evolve with the seasons. Versatile eggplant is delicious and easy with the help of a handy tip, offered below.
Eggplant, or aubergine, is also an excellent replacement for meat in most recipes when a vegetarian option is called for. Eggplant is famous for being "sneaky," taking on flavors of whatever else is being cooked along with it. A highly nutritious vegetable, eggplant can be incorporated into tomato sauces and other dishes with strong flavors without making its own flavor statement. In other words: your kids won't know it's in there!
If you hesitate to use eggplant because of its reputation for occasional bitterness, try this method that eliminates bitterness and increases tenderness to boot. Slice the eggplant, then place the slices in a single layer on a jelly roll pan or other flat pan with an edge. Salt the eggplant liberally then place another heavier pan directly on top of the eggplant. Salting triggers osmosis, which draws out moisture from the plant cells and carries any bitterness along with it. After about an hour, press out more water and salt by applying pressure to the pan on top of the eggplant. Pressing also forces some of the plant's air cells to collapse, preventing the eggplant from absorbing as much oil if sauteed. Remove the slices from the tray and pat dry with a clean towel.
Tempura Eggplant
Flying Squirrel's Executive Chef Kolby Carpenter offers an exotic take on eggplant. Ingredients like Indonesian sambal oelek (a hot sauce) and Aji Mirin (a Japanese rice wine) sound rare but are widely available.
1 large eggplant
1 cup hoisin sauce
1 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp mirin
1 Tbsp sambal oelek
1/4 cup scallions, sliced
1 large thumb of ginger, grated
1 Tbsp garlic, minced
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup corn starch
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 3/4 cup soda water
1/4 cup vodka
1/8 tsp salt
vegetable oil
Eggplant: Peel and slice into 1/2 inch thick pieces, following salting and pressing steps to the left.
Tempura Batter: Mix flour, corn starch, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside. Then, mix soda water and vodka. Slowly whisk liquid mixture into dry mixture making sure to whisk until smooth. Let batter rest for about 20 minutes.
Sauce: Mix hoisin, soy sauce, mirin, sambal, scallions, ginger and garlic. Heat in a small sauce pan until a low simmer is reached. Take off heat and let steep for 10 minutes.
Cook Method: Mix 1 cup flour and 1 cup cornstarch into a small mixing bowl. Place pieces of eggplant into dry dredge and coat evenly, shake off excess dry mix. Then, drop into wet batter and allow to cover completely and evenly. Remove from batter allowing excess batter to drip off. Deep fry in oil at 350 degrees for about 4 minutes, or until eggplant is floating and lightly golden.
Place sauce on plate with eggplant on top, or put sauce in small bowl for dipping. Garnish with sliced scallions and sesame seeds.
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Can Jesus heal mental illness? — Part 1
One of the questions we get asked a lot in the biblical counseling movement concerns whether Jesus can heal those with a mental illness. The question is asked by people who are concerned about Scripture's sufficiency and Jesus' relevance to deal with the most difficult problems that people face. Before we can answer the question we…
One of the questions we get asked a lot in the biblical counseling movement concerns whether Jesus can heal those with a mental illness. The question is asked by people who are concerned about Scripture's sufficiency and Jesus' relevance to deal with the most difficult problems that people face. Before we can answer the question we need to know what we are talking about. That means we need to know what mental illness is.
Defining Mental Illness
Defining mental illness is harder to do than you might imagine. That is because psychologists don't really know what it is. There are scores of books on my shelves full of secularly trained professionals debating what mental illness is and whether it exists. Interestingly, even the writers of psychology's authoritative manual on mental illness, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), cannot agree on what constitutes a mental illness.
There has been a lot of attention in the psychology community over the fact that the most recent edition of the manual, DSM-V, made a substantial change to the definition of mental illness included in its previous edition, DSM-IV. I won't take the time to quote them here, but you can see the definitions here.
Writing in Psychology Today, psychologist Dr. Eric Maisel points out in fascinating language the difficulty of being able to change a definition so easily.
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The very idea that you can radically change the definition of something without anything in the real world changing and with no new increases in knowledge or understanding is remarkable, remarkable until you realize that the thing being defined does not exist. It is completely easy—effortless, really—to change the definition of something that does not exist to suit your current purposes. In fact, there is hardly any better proof of the non-existence of a non-existing thing than that you can define it one way today, another way tomorrow, and a third way on Sunday.
The definition of mental illness can be changed so easily because mental illness does not really exist.
So, What is Mental Illness?
Mental illness is not a disease in the way that tuberculosis or hepatitis is. Mental illness is more in the realm of what social scientists call a construct. A construct is not an object like a tractor or table. It is an idea like beauty or relevance. A construct is a relatively abstract idea that gets informed by the shifting opinions of various people. Mental illness is a construct. Psychologists Herb Kutchins and Stuart Kirk have each served on the DSM committees, whose votes decide what is and is not a mental illness. They say,
The category of [mental illness] itself is an invention, a creation. It may be a good and useful invention, or it may be a confusing one. DSM is a compendium of constructs. And like a large and popular mutual fund, DSM's holdings are constantly changing as the managers' estimates and beliefs about the value of those holdings change.
Mental illness is not really a thing. It is a shifting idea that different people fill up with different categories at different times. For the most part it is a category that gets used by secular psychologists to describe behaviors that are outside the range of normal. I have described elsewhere that, for Christians, our standard is not normalcy, but righteousness.
Mental Illness and Worldview
Before we can answer whether Jesus can heal mental illness, we need to be sure we know what we are talking about. Understanding that mental illness is a construct means that Believers have a responsibility to fill up that category with their biblical worldview, rather than a secular one.
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Psychology informs the construct of mental illness with a secular, materialistic worldview. They do not believe that people are spiritual beings who live all of their life under the authority of a God who made them and holds them accountable. Denying the Divine and the spiritual requires them to see all problems as physical and organic in nature. Worry isn't sinful; it is an organic mental illness that requires medical intervention. Sorrow isn't spiritual; it is a medical problem that requires a pharmacological solution.
As Christians we know better.
Jesus teaches that these problems—and thousands more like them—are spiritual problems that grow out of the heart of man (Mark 7:14-23). Certainly they impact the body, and the body can have its own problems as well. But the assigning of spiritual problems like anger, worry, and sorrow to the medical realm is unbiblical, unchristian, and a rejection of the clear statements of Jesus about the problems people have.
Mental Illness and Jesus
Mental illness is a label secular thinkers assign to spiritual problems discussed in the Scriptures. In Part 2 I'll talk about what Jesus and his healing have to do with all of this.
Heath Lambert serves as assistant professor of biblical counseling as well as the department coordinator of biblical counseling at Southern Seminary and Boyce College. In addition Dr. Lambert serves as Executive Director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. He has authored several books including FinallyFree: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace (Zondervan), The Biblical Counseling Movement After Adams (Crossway), and the editor (with Stuart Scott) of Counseling the Hard Cases: True Stories Illustrating the Sufficiency of God's Resources in Scripture (B&H). You can connect with Dr. Lambert on Twitter and Facebook. This article was originally published on the ACBC blog. (Used with permission)


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Detachment From Choice – The Secret of FlexibilityFriday, July 18th, 2008
Enlightenment is about seeing through the illusions of life and knowing what reality really is. When you are enlightened, you can have everything you want. Because you'll know the truth about what everything is, and what does it really mean to have something. It is an irony of the world that the people who seek material things and desire to have them before thinking about enlightenment, tend to attain neither, but those that acquire enlightenment first are the ones who do. The desireless attain all their desires.


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How to wake your garden up after winter
As the days begin to draw out and temperatures rise, we can finally start to wave goodbye to winter. For those with green fingers, spring can be a busy time preparing your garden for nature's splendid colour show, as trees, plants and flowers burst into bloom. Here, Saltram's Garden and Outdoors Manager, Nick Allison shares his top three easy steps to help prepare your garden for its springtime awakening.
Step one: the foundations
The foundations of any great garden is in the soil. If you look after the soil, the plants will look after themselves. That's why it's important to begin mulching your beds and borders when preparing for your garden's springtime showcase. Compost and well-rotted manure are full of microscopic life. It's this that brings new life to the soil itself. They trap moisture in the ground beneath and their dark colour absorbs the warmth of spring sunshine, triggering plants to grow more quickly.
Not only that, solid foundations help show off your bright and beautiful springtime plants. At this time of year, some spring bulbs have already broken through the soil. Plants such as peonies send vivid red stems up through the soil, whilst others announce their arrival with a cheerful green telling us winter is coming to an end. This whole drama of emergence and growth is best shown off against a simple background of good dark manure or compost.
" Modern garden design has roots in the outdoor theatre design of the first Elizabethan age, and as Shakespeare nearly said, 'All the garden's a stage, and all the plants and bulbs merely players; They have their exits and their entrances.' "
Step two: fill in the gaps
A brilliant way to fill gaps and keep your garden looking full and fresh, is to grow annuals. Shrubs and herbaceous plants return year after year, growing in the same spot and slowly getting bigger. You'll be able to see this at Saltram.
If you'd like to create a different look or colour scheme each year, grow annuals as bedding and plant them out amongst the permanent plantings when they are big enough to compete. There are hundreds to choose from in your local garden centre, just follow the two basic rules:
- Start growing your selected annuals in good time, so they are big enough to plant out in spring.
- Plant them into good, cultivated soil. You can dig in well-rotted manure before planting so there is plenty of organic matter for them to get their roots into.
Hardy annuals can be started earliest of all. They can even be sown directly into the beds. Half-hardy annuals however, need to be grown indoors until after the last frost.
Step three: stop the slugs
Taking early action against those mischievous slugs could help save your garden from a total invasion. Slugs love well-drained soil that never dries out - just like most garden plants. The closer to this ideal soil you have, the more slugs you'll get.
Using slug nematodes is a good way to ensure slugs are kept at bay. This is best done before the start of spring. The mixture contains billions of microscopic creatures that, when mixed with water and poured over the flower bed, swim through the soil. These microscopic creatures only target the slugs and are especially useful in targeting the clandestine Keel Slug, which spends the day underground, only to emerge at night to eat the shoots and leaves.
Slug nematodes are completely harmless to other creatures and you'll notice a huge difference in all of your plants. Keep an eye on your Delphiniums. They'll grow up straight with not a nibble or mark on them.
Alternatively, slug pellets are very effective. However, as an independent conservation charity, our focus is on returning nature to its healthly and beautiful state - and this applies to our gardens too. With this in mind, try to avoid nasty poisonous pesticides or slug pellets, which contain metaldehyde. Instead, organic-approved pellets are just as effective and wont harm you, or any other wildlife in the process. Using pellets' only drawback is that they melt in the rain and need to be reapplied quite often - especially in the rainy South West.


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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Challenge 46 - Halloween
♥ Hugs! ♥
22 comments:
- Suze Bain said...
Susan, these are all simply stunning! You should definitely get them framed and put on display. xx
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:22:00 AM
- cnelson said...
These are ALL so AMAZING!
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:27:00 AM
- Molly Bee said...
Thanks for your comment on my blog! I love your tangles! On the tote bag I just used sharpie pen. When I was finished with it, I ironed it well to heat set it. That way you can turn it inside out and hand wash it.
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:32:00 AM
- Mel said...
Wow these are all awesome!
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:54:00 PM
- Meggymay said...
They are all beautiful, they will be stunning framed.
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 4:19:00 PM
- Michelle said...
You should DEFINITELY frame your art. These are breath-taking! Wow! I love the first "bauble" and I love your "bouquet". Actually, I love them all!
As for the pumpkins. I like them both. They are different and I like them for different reasons. There is something about the style of the white on black that appeals to me.
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:27:00 PM
- Debgem said...
I think both pumpkins are just fab - busy I love the smiley faced one! And the other tangles are just fantastic - you are a true artist!
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 6:20:00 PM
- Karen Woodbine said...
Love both pumpkins. The white on black is cute, but I also like all the intricate tangles on the black on white.
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 7:54:00 PM
- Eden said...
Wow! Those art pieces are really lovely! I like them all, but especially love the first one. Quite worth framing!
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:01:00 PM
- fatmonica said...
I love these but that first pumpkin stole the show for me!
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:57:00 AM
- Dil Se said...
Just superb. All are framables.
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 1:42:00 PM
- Dil Se said...
Just superb. All are framable.
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 1:44:00 PM
Wow!!!..... I am speechless! These are all gorgeous! You were the one that got me started on this and I have great aspirations looking at your works of art. Thanks for sharing! Do you do your circles free-hand to start? they seem so perfect! Vanessa Cadman
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:21:00 PM
- Pauline said...
Your zen tangles are amazing Susan! Such wonderful pieces of art!
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 5:02:00 PM
- Terrie said...
Holy moly - now I know what to strive for - these all are just amazing! They look so detailed and intricate and dramatic. Thanks so much for sharing.
Your punkins are cute and full of personality - I think I prefer the one on white - it seems a little sharper (though that could be the photo/scan).
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:13:00 PM
- Lisa A. said...
These are beautiful and breathtaking, Susan!! I love the one that looks like a bee with flowers...wow...definitely worthy of framing:)!!
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:07:00 PM
- Lisa A. said...
Hi again, Susan! Love Potion No. 9 was found at Michael's:)!
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 10:44:00 PM
- Sue Jacobs CZT said...
Beautiful work! I was truly mesmerized
- Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:29:00 PM
- Brenda R said...
The first pumpkin is elegant with the white curved "mesh" while the second is so happy and friendly-looking. I love your take on Halloween, and I just couldn't choose which one I like better.
Definitely get some of your zen tangles framed!! They are wonderful art.
- Friday, November 04, 2011 7:25:00 AM
- Stephanie Lanzalotto said...
Hi Susan. Your tangles are gorgeous, and yuo should definitely frame them. I think they wuld liook great in groupings like four squares or six toogether with a n inch or so between them.. Both pumpkins are wonderful. I love to see these!
- Friday, November 04, 2011 4:35:00 PM
- Faith A said...
Susan these are amazing, considering you only started this a few months ago, you are positively an expert at it now.
- Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:29:00 AM
- Heather said...
These are phenomenal Susan, the detail is wonderful, as are the patterns you have created.
- Friday, November 18, 2011 5:38:00 PM


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Small Islands, Big Food Concerns/
By Eilif Ursin Reed, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Imported food is changing people's dietary habits and introducing lifestyle diseases in many of the world's tropical island states. One reason is that the transition to a modern economy has made food self-sufficiency both unprofitable and unnecessary. At the same time, this aspect of globalization has reduced hunger and may become a necessary part of climate change adaptation.
"Traditionally, fishermen in Belize combined fishing and farming, and were largely self-sufficient. Today, farming brings in too little [money] to be worthwhile, while fish exports and tourism provide revenue for society," explains Marianne Karlsson of CICERO (the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo).
Karlsson and Elizabeth McLean (of the University of Rhode Island) interviewed fishermen in Belize and the Dominican Republic about how they are experiencing climate change and vulnerability as part of the Many Strong Voices programme (MSV). Actually more of a constellation of researchers and organizations, the programme aims to communicate the complexities of climate change, and to gather information that makes islanders capable of making knowledge-based decisions.
What the pair found is that only a few fishermen still combine fishing and farming, and almost all of the fish they catch are exported. Chicken and other imported processed food, containing high levels of sugar and fat, increasingly dominates their diet. Some of the people Karlsson interviewed said that they wished they could eat more of the fish they catch. "One of the people I talked to was very tired of chicken, and wanted a more varied diet," she said, adding that diabetes and obesity are widespread problems in Belize.
Heavy dependence on imported food makes fishermen more vulnerable to changes in international food prices, while commercial fisheries are vulnerable to escalating variations in weather and wind. Fluctuating food prices and changing weather conditions may be direct impacts of climate change, but nevertheless, not all fishermen see climate change as a critical threat.
Fishermen in Belize have observed changes in weather conditions, but according to Karlsson, the fishermen say that change is something they have always had to deal with — and in any case, most believe "it is God who controls the weather". They feel rising fuel prices and fisheries regulations are more important, since these affect them more immediately than climate change.
Adapting by importing food
Ilan Kelman is a Senior Research Fellow at CICERO where his fields of research include adaptation to climate change by small island developing states. He points out that, like those who live in wealthier countries, islanders are part of a globalised world and also want more product choices and a wider variety of goods in the shops.
"Commercial fisheries provide an income, and make it possible for people to buy other kinds of food than fish. Why would everyone want to eat fish every single day of the year if there are alternatives?" asks Kelman.
He explains that over the course of centuries, many tropical island communities developed a culture and a way of life that made them resilient to climate change and variable weather. Life was hard, but they were largely self-sufficient.
"Hunger was part of their lives, even though famine was rare," says Kelman.
But as in all other societies, the islanders' lives are changing. International trade, new foods and commercial fisheries have reduced hunger in many island communities, and there is no longer the same need to be selfsufficient.
Furthermore, climate change may actually make it difficult for island states to be self-sufficient. As the sea level rises and storms become more frequent, saltwater may infiltrate the groundwater and soil and make it difficult to grow crops. A rising sea temperature is likely to cause bleaching and death of coral reefs and changes in fish stocks, so that it will be more difficult to make a living from fishing. Food imports may become essential to the survival of remote island communities.
"Importing food may become a large part of a strategy for climate change adaptation," says Kelman.
Island obesity
However, importing food introduces new problems. According to the Pacific Islands Forum, a number of Pacific island states are facing an epidemic of lifestyle diseases. These are partly the result of a diet containing high levels of fat and sugar.
Lan Marie Nguyen Berg spent six months on Tuvalu in 2011, in order to conduct an information project on climate change and how it affects the people of this remote island state. As a result, she ate a lot of imported food during her stay.
"On the main island of Funafuti, 80% of the food is imported," she explains.
Most of the imported food consists of products that do not spoil during transport — canned food, rice, oil and other products containing high levels of carbohydrates. The effects on the population are evident.
"People's weight has increased," says Berg.
However, she explains that about half of Tuvalu's population lives on the smaller islands, and so far they are not as dependent on imported food.
"On the smaller islands, people eat more fish and local crops — taro, pulaka and breadfruit. But these crops are being threatened by the intrusion of saltwater into the soil, which is very porous," described Berg.
Not unique
Kelman points out that small island developing states are not unique in depending on imported food, and that obesity and an unbalanced diet are serious problems in rich countries of the world as well, since people in these countries have already widely adopted unhealthy eating habits and a reliance on imported food.
We should not think of islanders as automatically more vulnerable than we are, or expect them to live a more traditional lifestyle than we do. According to Kelman, the important point is that island peoples must have the opportunity to manage their own development and to decide for themselves how to deal with the challenges facing them.
"The key to success is to look at the wider perspective, and not focus solely on food, water or climate change. We need to look at the whole picture, including the islanders' way of life and the way their societies are developing," he concludes.


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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As if the recent announcements that beginning next year, students will no longer pay tuition at state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Philippines weren't enough, the Duterte administration today revealed that aspiring Filipino journalists will be provided full scholarships at private institutions.
The free tuition at SUCs is made possible following the realignment of P8.3 billion in the 2017 budget of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The Senate realigned the P8.3-billion allocation to cover tuition of students in SUCs during the Senate deliberations on the 2017 budget. It reportedly came from the infrastructure budget for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which was questioned by Sen. Panfilo Lacson and dubbed as a form of pork barrel.
It wasn't clear where the scholarship funds for journalists will come from, but the Presidential Communications Office said that they will be available beginning in the next school semester.
The idea of journalism scholarships came from ordinary citizens after they complained to Malacañang (presidential palace) that they can no longer rely on media like ABS-CBN, GMA-7, Inquirer, Rappler as well as other "news blogs" like that of Raissa Robles for unbiased and accurate news. The citizens also said that they are sick and tired of insignificant and sensational news headlines directed at the Duterte administration as well as the members of the opposition. They added that many local media outlets are responsible for feeding false information to international news media.
In order to qualify for the four-year journalism scholarships, the applicants must be high school graduates, Filipino or dual citizens, and must write a 300-word essay listing the accomplishments of the Duterte administration since the president took over on June 30 this year.
A second essay, which will help determine the final list of scholarship recipients, must be submitted along with the application. The second essay should deal on the topic, "Why the Previous Aquino Administration Failed the Filipino People." There is no word limit for the second essay.
Reacting to the good news, popular bloggers Mocha Uson, Thinking Pinoy and Sass Rogando Sasot promised that once the first batch of journalism scholars finish their course, they will cease publishing their blogs.


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Does your dog dance all over you guests as they arrive at your door, leaping and jumping about? While this behavior may only be showing how excited your pup is that company has arrived, its impolite and shouldnt be tolerated. Many people dont want to be licked nor have their clothes mussed by your enthusiastic pooch. Children and the elderly can be overwhelmed by such greetings. So what is an owner to do?
1. Encourage your dog to sit whenever you enter your house before you greet them. Then when you do, greet them calmly and only when they are seated. This gets them into the habit of keeping all 4 on the floor when people come through the door.
2. Enlist the help of a friend who can remain calm even if your dog attempts his frantic friendly behavior. Have the friend calmly enter your home and stand still by the door. Ask them to give your dog the sit command (your dog should already have this command mastered) before they attempt to greet her.
3. If the dog attempts to jump on your helper, have them turn their back towards the dog and even side step away from them. This prevents her from achieving success at unwanted behaviors. When her 4 feet hit the ground, praise and have your friend try again with the sit command.
4. When she sits, have your helper calmly praise her with a few seconds of gentle petting. Do not use sudden or rough movements. The goal is keeping your dog as calm as possible. Then move further into the house in a relaxed manner.
5. When success has been achieved with one helper, try and find another willing helper or 2. Work up to a real guest! Your dog will realize that she is being rewarded with petting when she is calm and well behaved.
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- The Leave It Command
- Teaching Polite Leash Skills
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Tomaso AlbinoniBiography
Much of his music dates from the height of the Baroque period. The art and architecture of that time are noted for their soaring sense of light and space, and much of Albinoni's music embodies the same celestial spirit. It often sounds as if it is floating serenely and passing from a shadow into a sunlit mood. This period in the arts saw many dramatic changes and developments in music. One of these was the growth of opera into the grandest and most spectacular form of entertainment. There was also the proliferation of instrumental music, especially for stringed instruments, bringing with it such important new forms as the sonata and the concerto.
Italy was the scene of much of this pioneering, and Venetian Tomaso Albinoni was at the heart of it, composing operas and other stage works as well as concertos and sonatas, in prodigious quantities. Today, the work of some of his close Italian contemporaries - notably Corelli and Vivaldi - may be better known, but Albinoni enriched opera with his gift for melody. In the field of instrumental music, he also made an important contribution to establishing the form and style of the concerto.
A prolific and popular composer, Albinoni wrote over fifty operas. Sadly, the majority have long been forgotten and only a dozen or so still survive. Nonetheless, many more of Albinoni's orchestral and instrumental works have lasted to the present day, including his Oboe Concerto in D minor, Trumpet Concerto in D Major, and Trio Sonata for Violin and Cello with Organ Accompaniment. The full number of the composer's works may never be known. Some have been lost and others are of doubtful authenticity. Scholars estimate that Albinoni was responsible for almost 300 works, including operas, sonatas, and other instrumental pieces. Albinoni's better known works include a collection of pioneering oboe concertos. His instrumental works, including trio sonatas and concertos, were greatly admired by J S Bach.
It is ironic that Albinoni's fame stems from a piece of music to which he actually contributed only a handful of notes. In spite of his prolific production, Albinoni's name lives today because of one haunting piece, Adagio in G Minor, that was not written but only sketched by him. In the 1940s, the Italian scholar Remo Giazotto found a fragment of music in Albinoni's writing and based this piece on it. Albinoni had written a bass line, repeating the same notes over and over again; it was his twentieth century editor who added elegiac harmonies and an expressive, elusive tune to produce this beautiful piece.
Tomaso Albinoni died on 17 January, 1751 in Venice.
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Step 1. Go the Command Room and accept the Field-Op.
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First off, I want to emphasize that I loved every class at this event and I thought all of the CZT's who taught were wonderful! It was also wonderful meeting so many CZT's that I only knew online or through blogs. The atmosphere was so positive, friendly, and kind!
I do have to admit that two of the reasons I wanted to attend were to meet CZT's, Margaret Bremner and Laura Harms, both from Canada. I have been inspired by both of these ladies for a long time now, and wanted to meet them in person.
I will start with Margaret Bremner of www.enthusiasticartist.blogspot.com. A lot of us CZT's think of her as one of the "rock stars" of the zentangle world because her art is incredibly gorgeous and she shares so many wonderful tutorials on her blog. I have followed her blog for years now and have always been so inspired by her work. One of the things I have always loved are her house landscape pieces! They are so whimsical, fun, charming, and full of details that Margaret is known for. When I heard she was teaching her techniques for them, my decision to attend was set, I had to go. The class was great and it reminded me of drawing classes I had taken many years ago, no planning, letting the paper speak to you about what it should be. It definitely took me out of my comfort zone and I really didn't think I would like my piece, but I am happy with it, from where I started anyway. I am anxious to try another one soon. Here is my wonky little house landscape piece from class. If you would like to see more of the pieces from our class take a look at this link. Thanks again, Margaret!
Then there is Laura Harms of www.iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com fame. If you have been part of the Zentangle world for awhile chances are you have heard of the DIVA weekly challenges. If not, click on the link and check it out. I have been following the DIVA challenges since the beginning and according to Laura, I am one of the few people who has done them all. She celebrated her 200th challenge in 1/2015 which I wrote about at this link., and she is on #230 this week! I told her that I have told myself that I would quit at 100, 150, 200, well you get the picture, and she said if she can't quit, then I can't quit either, LOL! We'll just see how long I last at this! Kidding aside, it has been fun and inspiring to follow her blog for the challenges, her beautiful art, and to see the amazing Mom she is to her two little boys! Great job, Laura...you have inspired a lot of people with your blog!
She kicked off the retreat and her class was great She had all of us dancing in our chairs while we tangled and laughed. We did 3 fun tiles and I am posting the one with a montangle of Diva Dance, the tangle named for her. Not many people can say that! Thanks again, Laura!


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Figueirense FC focus on fans
Tuesday December 2, 2014
Brazilian Serie A club Figueirense FC, originating from the surfer island of Florianopolis in Santa Catarina State an hour flight south west of Sao Paulo, become the first Brazilian club to implement Green 4's joined up CRM and Membership solution.
"Our main focus is to improve the service we provide to our fans and current members" stated Gustavo Spanholi, Marketing Manager at Figueirense.
"At present our engagement with fans is limited. Our fans are the lifeblood of the club and our primary objective will be to communicate what is happening at their club on a more personal basis."
The Green 4 system (Go) will be used to manage all forms of membership at the club, from juniors and casual followers to full membership subscribers, encouraging fans to progress up the ladder of loyalty. Eventually the single database solution, based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM will be used to manage all engagements with Figueirense fans, including retail and even a Loyalty program to reward fans with "money can't buy experiences".


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Great news, in addition to being the Editor's choice on all platforms we just won the Best Mobile/Handheld Game of the Year for Lara Croft GO at the Game Awards 2015, although I'm never really fond of those self-congratulatory events it still a nice award for the hard-working team at SEM. Congrats guys, it was worth the effort :)
You can play the game with the addition of our latest DLC The Shard of Life, I'm honestly really proud of this title, available on iOS, Android and soon Windows.
Thanks a lot to all the players for your support, give us your feedback so we can keep improving.
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The Smart Tadris® programme offers a comprehensive curriculum for Muslim children as young as three years old. The learning outcomes include the children's ability to recite and understand the Quran, to articulate what they have learnt and to develop good habits in order to become better practising Muslims.
It was developed by experienced Al-Quran and Sunnah experts from Masjid Negara, Department of Islamic Development Malaysia in accordance with the National Education Philosophy, Kurikulum Standard PrasekolahKebangsaan (KPSK), Kurikulum Standard SekolahRendah (KSSR), J-QAF and JAKIM.
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For months now, I've been reading from this Mother Goose collection with S, now aged four and three quarters (and five days!). When we started, I wasn't sure how much she was getting out of it, besides appealing animal illustrations and fun rhythms. "Half a pound of tuppenny rice, half a pound of treacle?" What could these words mean to an American child born in 2005? But she kept listening, so I kept reading.
She still doesn't understand every word, and occasionally she stops me with a question, but it's definitely been a worthwhile reading venture. S now has favorite rhymes that she recites herself, often in abridged versions that include the lines she understands and therefore remembers. Quotes from the rhymes appear in conversation; she loves the idea of "a secret never to be told" from "One for Sorrow, Two for Joy."
Better yet, she's learning to search for her favorites, and we spent one morning looking together for their first letters in the index. Even better, she started this week to use what she remembered of the rhymes to point to the words and "read" them.
But really, nothing beats her giggles at "From Wibbleton to Wobbleton is Fifteen Miles." Except maybe her singing along to the last line of that "Half a pound of tuppenny rice" business, which happens to be "POP! goes the weasel."
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Like many other people right now, I am loving succulents. I love how easy they are to keep alive and how sculptural they are in appearance. So I decided to carry this new love of mine into making some new coasters.
I started by browsing online for images of succulents that I could use for inspiration. After a short google image search later, I found these 4 illustrations.
Then I traced them onto a piece of vellum and cut them out.
Next, I cut 2 ounces off of the 8oz block polymer clay.
I rolled it out to a quarter of an inch, trying to keep it as circular as I could. As you can see in the picture, I used 2 pencils as my thickness guide. They kept me from rolling the clay unevenly and/or too thin.
After the clay was rolled out evenly, I laid the traced image on top.
I then used a stretched out bobby pin to trace the design through the paper and into the clay. The bobby pin allowed me to make an indention into the clay without damaging the paper on top. Since I was going to repeat this process 3 additional times, I wanted to preserve the drawing as best as I could.
Once the drawing of the succulent had been transferred, I cut off the excess clay and traced back over the indentions to make them a little deeper. Then it was time for baking.
I followed the package directions and baked the clay at 275 degrees for 30 minutes on a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
Thirty minutes later the clay came out ready to be painted and sealed. I painted on 2 coats of white acrylic paint to the white clay, letting it dry between each coat. Then I topped it off with some Sculpey satin glaze to make the coaster waterproof, and give it a little luster. For the gold ones, I just skipped the painting step and went right to the sealer.
I waited 24 hours for the paint and glaze to dry before I started the last step. The last step involved flipping the coaster over, so I needed the paint to be completely set.
For this final step, I took out a roll of cork and a mason jar. I traced out 4 circles that would fit but be hidden on the underside of the coasters.
I then cut out the circles and used my glue gun to adhere them to the bottoms.
Behold the finished product!
For the final product I made 2 coasters in white and 2 in gold.
Overall, I am happy how this simple nod to a beautiful plant turned out. However in retrospect, I would have gone back and smoothed out the edges a little more. I guess I was just too excited to finish them!


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Just somthing I made today. Came out better than I thought it would, but I need more supplies to give it that rustic feel.
Also more practice. Fun though and messy so very messy, or maybe that's just me.
Alrighty, i get to beat Jo cause shes busy in england asleep i think? I also have more free time than her as well. She has school and work…blah been there and done that. Im just a working girl at the moment, part time to.
So basically this is just a welcome to our website, its basically a design and art, fashion, food, a dash of personal things as well and all other things associated it as well. oh you'll also be seeing our own works of art as well an things we make and do.


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Liverpool are keen on rookie Romanian goalkeeper Valentin Cojocaru according to talkSPORT.
The 16-year-old stopper is widely regarded as one of the brightest young talents to come out of eastern Europe, and is currently on the books at Steaua Bucharest.
Cojocaru has been offered the chance to train with Liverpool at the club's Melwood academy - where Reds boss Kenny Dalglish will ask his team of coaches to determine whether or not the teenager could have a future at Anfield.
The Merseysiders are blessed with great goalkeeping options, with Pepe Reina, Alexander Doni and Brad Jones the three first-choice stoppers vying for the No.1 spot.
And with Peter Gulacsi and Martin Hansen also making a name for themselves in the youth and reserve teams, Cojocaru will face a difficult task in convincing Liverpool he can bring additional value.


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The perfect exhibition for the me, me, me generation. Not only can you look at the art but with the giant polished stainless steel 'Balloon Monkey' you can look at yourself looking at the art. Jeff Koons is always good value but with this "large, loud and explicit" exhibition he certainly pushes the boundaries of sauciness with intimate pictures of Jeff and former Mrs Koons 'La Cicciolina'
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I used 2 minutes tody for the 5 checkmates. The last one was a nice queen-knight cooperation. Today will start the tourney, but before the invitation I decided to go to a spiritual conference this weekend. So I asked the tourney director to postpone my weekend games. I travel in minutes and will be back at sunday. See you then!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Knight checkmate, tourney
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