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I just recently found about a new venue for showing resist quilts and I thought I'd pass along the word. The Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, IL has put out a new call for entry for an exhibit called Quilt + Resist: art. politics, storytelling. Woman Made Gallery is a non profit art gallery which has shown over 8,000 women artists in the course of their 26 year history (herstory!).
My three resist quilts have been back home for a few weeks so I was thrilled to have another place to submit them. I have just completed my entry and if you have any work that fits the theme I hope you'll enter too. Please pass on the word to any quilters you know who have done resist work. The entry deadline is August 31, 2018.


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Sonic Section Perspectives (For Paul Rudolph) conceived by José Rivera & Michael Rosenstein for six participant-collaborators introduction by Chris Grimley
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Sonic Section Perspectives (For Paul Rudolph) is an environmental sound performance conceived by José Rivera and Michael Rosenstein for six participant-collaborators. The one-hour composition draws on field recordings made within architectural spaces designed by Paul Rudolph throughout the Boston region. For its premiere performance, presented by Non-Event, Sonic Section Perspectives will be performed on multiple levels of the UMassD Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts central atrium, with an introduction by Chris Grimley.
This performance is part of the spring 2018 series "Playing the Campus," during which the UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) will celebrate its brutalist residential campus with public events dedicated to Paul Rudolph and his legacy. This series will include art installations, live performances, lectures, film screenings, community forums, tours, and an exhibition in the CVPA Campus Gallery, "A Visionary Campus: Paul Rudolph and UMass Dartmouth." All events are free and open to the public.
Performance participants:
JOSE RIVERA (aka Proxemia) is an architecturally trained multimedia artist who creates electroacoustic and experimental sound works. He explores the intersections of aural and spatial experience through multi-channel installation and performance, aural cartography, architectural design, and environmental sound recording. He studied sound and art in MIT's program of Art, Culture, and Technology.
MICHAEL ROSENSTEIN explores the interaction of acoustic and electronic sounds in collectively improvised settings. In his music, he uses amplified surfaces, oscillators and home-made electronics, distressed field recordings, harmonics and overtones, exploiting and feeding off of the resultant unstable sonic events.
MATTHEW AZEVEDO (aka Retribution Body) is a musician, audio engineer, teacher, and acoustician currently based in Boston & Providence whose performance practice is centered on creating unique, immersive sound environments. His primary solo project Retribution Body uses analog electronics, high amplification, and a custom speaker array capable of reproducing subsonic energy to explore the mental and emotional states which arise in Zen meditation.
RACHEL DEVORAH is a Boston-based sonic artist, technologist, and social ontologist whose works for performance and installation engage the poetics of their specific context. She studied at the City University of New York (BMus), Mills College (MA), and the University of Virginia (PhD - in progress); is currently informationist at the Berklee College of Music; and will be the 2018-2019 MultiDisciplinary Fellow at the Adrian Piper Foundation, Berlin.
NICOLE L'HUILLIER is a transdisciplinary artist, musician and architect based in Boston. She is currently working as a PhD researcher at the MIT Media Lab in the Opera of The Future group. Her work explores spatial experience, perception and the relationship between sound & space.
VERONIKA STELMAKH (aka Nika) is a sonic artist. She earned her PhD in electrical engineering at MIT and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, interested in the practice of energy, nature, sound, and nanotechnology. Her octophonic works, including original music for the play Einstein's Dreams, have been heard at MIT, Dreamscapes, and Arisia. Analog synthesizers, such as a vintage multi-panel Serge that she restored, feature prominently in many of her works.
Support for this program is sponsored in part by the UMass President's Creative Economy Initiatives Fund, 2017-2018. Further information about this and other events in the "Playing the Campus" series can be found here.

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Switchboard.com currently receives over one million unique visitors per month and in 2010 generated over $2 million in revenues. These numbers represent only a fraction of its true capabilities, as Switchboard.com has been in maintenance-mode for several years. Switchboard.com is highly optimized for search engines with over two million total backlinks, and has over nine thousand .edu and .gov backlinks.
At this time, SuperMedia LLC is highly motivated to complete a sale. As such, we are encouraging all interested parties to make bids for Switchboard.com promptly. For more information about this sale, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced two Medicaid fraud settlements on Wednesday with Westchester hospitals resulting in more than $2.3 million in recovered taxpayer funds.
Mount Vernon Hospital and Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester, both members of the South Shore Health System, allegedly engaged in improper over-billing for Medicaid in relation to physician-administered drugs. Mount Vernon Hospital has already repaid the state $85,497.90 and Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester has agreed to repay the state $2,241,740.35.
"Since taking office, we have been determined to save taxpayer money by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse wherever we find it," Schneiderman said. "Through the unlawful over-billing of Medicaid, these health care providers shortchanged New York state taxpayers to make a profit, and now they will be held accountable for their misconduct. In this time of fiscal crisis, we can't afford to waste a single penny on fraud."
When submitting claims to the Medicaid program, hospitals must only bill the program for the price they paid for the drugs. Schneiderman's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit alleged that Mount Vernon Hospital and Sound Shore Medical Center billed Medicaid more than the cost of the drugs, pocketing a $1 million profit. It is against New York state law for doctors and hospitals to make a profit on the drugs they administer to ensure that medical judgment is not improperly affected by monetary considerations.
Under the terms of the agreements, the hospitals agreed to pay the state double what had been defrauded plus interest.
The settlements were part of a project undertaken by Schneiderman's office to look into wide-spread failure of physicians and hospitals to submit claims properly compliant with state pricing standards for injectable drugs known as J code claims. The review resulted in more than $19.9 million recovered from more than 145 providers, including individual physicians, physician group practices and hospitals throughout the state. In addition, two providers have been criminally prosecuted.


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We can stop punching below our weight
The successful launch of Agni 5 has strengthened India's doctrine of minimum but credible nuclear deterrence. Prakash Chandra writes.india Updated: Apr 19, 2012 20:50 IST
The sky over Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on Thursday morning was not leaden like the previous evening when a lightning storm had forced India's defence scientists to postpone the launch of Agni 5. In the control room, hunched over consoles, men and women in white overalls listened intently as overhead speakers relayed the resumed countdown. "Three, two, one, zero, one, two, three ..." and then there it was - the most sophisticated missile India has ever built, climbing majestically on a plume of fire into the morning sky. The missile zoomed high into Earth's outer atmosphere and, travelling at 25 times the speed of sound, covered 5,000 km in about a quarter of an hour, before plunging earthward towards its predetermined impact point in the Indian Ocean.
In those 15 minutes, India crossed a major milestone en route to achieving long-range nuclear strike capability. But the thought was probably lost on the 400-odd technicians and engineers at the launch site who hugged and congratulated each other. Indeed, the textbook launch of Agni 5 is a tribute to the fine band of Indian missile-men and women who staked their credentials on the first flight of the missile. The trickiest bit about designing an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is making the warhead smaller and building an accurate, independent navigation system for the missile. India's defence scientists seem to have mastered both, the way the missile reportedly excelled in crucial operational areas like re-entry, long-range manoeuvring, and three-stage propulsion and stage separation. It will take another couple of years, though, before the missile's systems can be finetuned and made deployable.
The maiden flight of Agni 5 means more to India than its much-hyped entry into an 'elite club' of countries flexing long-range ballistic missile biceps. India's capability to build and launch sophisticated long range missiles is important since ICBMs are as much the currency of power in international relations as economic equations. A nation's capability for deterrence and power-projection is predicated on hard power - something that India has failed to acquire even decades after Independence. Therefore, it is of crucial importance for the country to develop Agni 5 - and its longer range ICBM variants - to strengthen its doctrine of minimum but credible nuclear deterrence.
With some not-so-friendly neighbours pursuing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons development programmes, it's crucial for India to have proven, deployable nuclear-capable missiles of immense deterrence value. Having rightly kicked the chemical and biological habits, it is a Hobson's choice for India to develop such missiles to meet its security imperatives.
It is probably one of the worst kept secrets that Agni 5 has been exclusively developed for an eastward launch rather than a westward one. Its earlier avatars, Agni 1 (700 km) and Agni 2 (2,000 km) had a Pakistan-focus, while Agni 3 and Agni 4 were meant for China and other neighbouring countries. But the 3,000 km range of Agni 3 and 4 was not enough to reach several strategic targets in China. Agni 5 rectifies this. Being road-mobile, the missile can actually hit targets far beyond its designated range of 5,000 kms. From a launcher in, say, northeastern India, the three-stage solid fuelled missile can even reach some of China's northernmost cities. That this would also help New Delhi cope better with the dilemma of Beijing using Islamabad as a proxy to extend its atomic ambitions is a bonus.
India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), launched in 1982-83, has come a long way and looks set to enter an exciting new phase, which will see the development of a new generation of beyond visual range and precision missiles with seek-and-hit capabilities, carrying multi-munitions to home in on several targets. Agni 5 is the country's first long range missile with Multiple Independently-Targeted Re-entry Vehicles (MIRV) capability. A MIRV weapon consists of several nuclear warheads carried on a single ICBM with each warhead assigned to a separate target. Air defence systems would find shooting down MIRV targets much more difficult than intercepting single missiles. MIRVs form a key dimension of India's declared "no first use" nuclear policy that anticipates a full-fledged nuclear strike by an enemy, which destroys most of the country's nuclear arsenal.
The assumption is that the surviving Indian missiles would retaliate with enough force to inflict unacceptable damage on the enemy. The MIRV-ed Agni 5 fits this bill. With ICBMs like Surya - which would be able to reach even targets in the US and Europe - ready to roll off the drawing board, India can finally stop punching below its weight.
Prakash Chandra is a defence analyst
The views expressed by the author are personal
First Published: Apr 19, 2012 20:42 IST


text: Listening in the Din A Factor in Learning Disabilities?Kraus, Nina PhD; White-Schwoch, TravisThe Hearing Journal: September 2015 - Volume 68 - Issue 9 - p 38,40 doi: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000471628.60865.b9 Hearing Matters Free Author InformationAuthors Article OutlineOutline Article MetricsMetrics Dr. Kraus, left, is a professor of auditory neuroscience at Northwestern University, investigating the neurobiology underlying speech and music perception and learning-associated brain plasticity. Mr. White-Schwoch, right, is a data analyst in Dr. Kraus's Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory (brainvolts.northwestern.eduhttp://www.brainvolts.northwestern.edu/), where he focuses on translational questions in speech, language, and hearing. PREDICTING LITERACY WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? Reference Figure. Early childhood is about listening. However, our acoustic environments often compromise sound-to-meaning mapping: children are bombarded by a relentless din. While noise presents a challenge for all of us, children face special difficulty because their language skills are under development, and their brains are not yet tuned to extract meaningful sounds from noise automatically. Figure. Figure. Our view is that background noise disrupts the brain mechanisms important for language development. Several lines of evidence support this hypothesis: Children with auditory processing disorder—a hallmark of which is difficulty listening in noise—are often diagnosed with reading impairment. Children with dyslexia and specific language impairment also struggle to understand speech in noise. Noise disrupts the neural coding of consonants more than vowels; it's critical to learn consonants as part of a phonemic inventory. Augmenting classroom signal-to-noise ratios through assistive listening devices leads to stronger reading outcomes and underlying brain functions. Back to Top | Article Outline PREDICTING LITERACY We use electrophysiology to evaluate how the brain makes sense of speech in noise and hone in on detailed aspects of how consonants are encoded. In particular, we ask how fast the response is, how well key harmonic frequencies are encoded, and how consistently the brain responds. We also administer standardized tests of pre-reading skills, such as phonological awareness (knowledge of what sound contrasts are meaningful in speech) and rapid naming (ability to fluently recite written symbols). We recently asked how these responses predict early literacy skills, using statistical techniques that allow each of the three metrics just mentioned to make a unique contribution.1 In 4-year-old children, the integrity with which consonants were processed in noise strongly predicted early literacy. The relationship was consistent and profound, and the accuracy was remarkable: in about 85 percent of children, we could predict performance within three points. Next, we tested 3-year-old children who were too young to take the behavioral test but could undergo electrophysiological testing. The same measures of speech processing predicted performance on early literacy tests one year later. In fact, we could make accurate longitudinal forecasts in all children. Finally, we could predict school-age children's performance on a constellation of literacy skills using the same neurophysiological measures. In addition, electrophysiology correctly identified 75 percent of children who had a learning disability and 90 percent of children who were typically developing. Therefore, this method represents a powerful approach to distinguish which children are likely to succeed in the literacy development process and identify a smaller group of candidates for in-depth evaluation and treatment. Back to Top | Article Outline WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? One clear outcome of this work is the discovery of a biological marker for early literacy. Electrophysiology is objective and fast, and it requires minimal cooperation from the patient. In 20 minutes, we capture a biological looking glass into the hearing brain and its progress in reading development. Early interventions are extremely effective in staving off a lifelong struggle to read, but these approaches are most efficacious before age 5½. If we can identify children early who are at risk for literacy difficulties, we can provide them with the necessary tools to jump-start reading development. Audiologists have a clear role in this process. Few healthcare providers are such experts in evaluating young children, and our electrophysiological approach is similar to the auditory brainstem response (substituting consonants in noise for clicks or tones). Indeed, these responses are reliable in infants, and we would argue that consonants in noise should be used to screen the newborn hearing brain for language impairment. Regarding intervention, these results highlight the role that hearing in noise plays in language development. Our radical idea is to provide listening-in-noise training to very young children. If we can teach children to zero in on speech in noisy environments, we can transform everyday listening into everyday learning.Back to Top | Article Outline Reference 1. White-Schwoch T, Woodruff Carr K, Thompson EC, et al. Auditory processing in noise: a preschool biomarker for literacy. PLoS Biol 2015;13(7):e1002196.http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002196 Cited Here... Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Article Outline PREDICTING LITERACY WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? Reference Source Listening in the Din: A Factor in Learning Disabilities? 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3:14am: wake up, remember that I set the alarm for an hour earlier, set it back to the usual time and go back to sleep until 4:40
4:40am: alarm goes off, hit snooze
4:54am: realize I turned it off instead of snooze, and that if I don't get up now, I won't.
5:04am: out the door.
5:30ish: see a glorious sunrise over Georgian Bay from the top of Blue Mountain. I'm tempted to pull over and take a photo, but I already have scads of glorious sunrise shots. I hope I never grow tired of this.
5:40: at work. I revel in the silence of being the first one in while I pull on my boots and look for my knife. Then it's turn on the Sonos (brewing like a mofo playlist), and get going.
5:46: get brewhouse ready, start mashing in the new lager. Have an impromptu solo dance party on the brewhouse when Rock The Casbah by the Clash comes on.
6:10ish: mash in and program started. I get my hoses sorted, take the ph of the mash and the sour.
6:30: realize the HLT is not heating. The usual tricks don't work, so I spend the next 15-20 minutes wiggling connections, getting tools and cursing.
6:45ish: realize that the HLT is not heating because I have not turned on the boilers and compressor. More cursing, at myself this time, and turn them on.
6:50am: mill the next brew. It's a small one, only 20 bags, but I can already feel how my hands are going to hurt tomorrow. Time to admit to myself and Dave that I am 57, have arthritis, and can't do everything. I curse some more.
7:30am: milling done. Down to the brewhouse and start the wort line CIP. Hear the splashing noise that means I did not notice that Oliver left the overflow valve open. Turn off the pump, close the valve, start over. More cursing.
7:45 – take a break. Finish my coffee and wish I had another one. I can get one upstairs but it's a Keurig. Keith has spoiled me for other coffees.
7:55 – decide to sit outside but am stopped by the sight of a dead bird in front of the door, it's neck broken from flying into the glass. It's the sight of it's mate standing close by, not moving that makes me want to cry. I can't bear to watch Coleson move it to the trees with a shovel.
8:15 – upstairs making coffee. I tripped going up the stairs and banged my knee. Of course I'd have to do this post on one of those days. Sigh.
8:36 – "huh, why is the level on the lauter tun sight tubes so high?" I ask myself as I climb up to the brewhouse with my coffee. Because, dear idiot, you have left the valve open to put the foundation water in rather than using the flow meter like you have for the last year and a half. Cue me dumping a third of the hot liquor tank down the drain. Fuck me, is the whole day going to be like this?!?
8:46 – apparently it is. Customer walked in wanting to buy beer. I left the door open after the bird incident. But who tries to buy beer in this province at 8:46 anyway?!?
9:00 – mash in second lager. So far, so good.
10:15 – it's been an hour, and I haven't forgotten anything or screwed up. Maybe, just maybe…..
10:39 – helping on the canning line to free Keith to mill for me. A fair exchange.
11:29 – wort line rinsed, mash almost done, lauter tun entire and rinsed. I have 10 minutes before a hop addition. Time to eat.
12:20pm – country and western on the Sonos. Trying hard to ignore it.
1:03pm – first brew cooling out, second one sparking band the third in the mash tun. And an hour to go!
2:15 – Done! No more incidents of slight stupidity!
2:45 – Using up the rest of my Craft Cider Passport today, first stop the Cheese Gallery in Thornbury for a cheese pairing with some Spy Cider's offerings. The cider maker is there, someone I've met when I first started at Side Launch (can't remember his name), with an extra sample of a very delicious organic MacIntosh cider.
3:12 – To Thornbury Cider, for two very sweet ciders and a chocolate brownie with whipped cream. Insta-headache. Grace is working there now, it was good to do a brief catch-up.
4:00 – Aaahhhh. Coffin Ridge. So glad I left this to the last again. Excellent cider and a thoughtful pairing. Add in a glorious view from a comfortable chair, and the sound of a bullfrog from the little pond in the barn ruins, and it was a perfect end to the day.


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In this episode, I speak with lawyer, grief therapist, and community builder Holly Truhlar. We discuss her provocatively titled essay 'Mainstream Psychology Can Go Fuck Itself,' which addressed the ways mainstream psychology, as it is currently practiced today, largely lacks the framework, language, and tools required to adequately counsel those that are coming into the growing awareness that the systems we are embedded within are leading to societal collapse, ecological disintegration, and abrupt climate disruption on the global scale.
Mainstream psychology "puts the onus on the individual and takes the focus off of the violent and divisive systems we're in," (http://bit.ly/2Uwfyjw) which in turn disempowers the individual from preparing, in any meaningful sense, for what lies ahead as we begin to experience the impacts of a fraying socioeconomic and political system (mired in systemic oppression and corruption), the catastrophic loss of species (described as the Sixth Mass Extinction event), a radically changing climate system (as a result of industrialization), and the likely near-term extinction of the human species as a result of these converging crises. "As with all things capitalist, patriarchal, and committed to the growth of civilization, psychology is used mostly as a tool of the oppressor to keep us divided into individual causes rather than working in solidarity with our class structure." Holly, in her work, seeks to make use of the tools provided in mainstream psychology, and incorporate Radical Attunement Work (RAW), which cultivates "a deep awareness of people and systems in order to fundamentally shift exploitative ways of being towards reciprocal relationship, collective liberation, and communities of care." (http://bit.ly/2VoS4tN) As Holly says in her essay "we don't have time for this shit. We have a small window in which we MAY be able to learn the skills needed to co-regulate with each other and organize for the needed revolution (or end-of-life care for our species)." The stakes really are this high. We discuss this and more in this episode.
Holly Truhlar is a lawyer, grief therapist, and community builder. She's integrated her doctorate in law with a masters in transpersonal counseling psychology to create a model for personal and collective liberation. This model, called Radical Attunement Work (RAW), moves people and groups from dominating and exploitative ways of being into attuned and transformational relationships. Her work lies at the convergence of ancestral grief, collective trauma, conscious collapse, and social justice. She's currently practicing and researching social technologies, such as ritual and Deep Democracy work, that foster large-scale trauma resolution and collective nervous system regulation. She's been called to help hold grief in these troubled and transitional times, so she lives with her heart broken open and soul on display. (http://bit.ly/2KcGbpJ)
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- Read Holly's essay 'Mainstream Psychology Can Go Fuck Itself': http://bit.ly/2Uwfyjw
- Learn more about Holly and her work at: https://www.hollytruhlar.com
- Learn more about the Tending The Threshold conference: https://tendingthethreshold.com
- The song featured in this episode is "Guns Are Drawn" by The Roots from the album The Tipping Point.


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Hi Buffy, Marlene was thrilled with her Blue Orp. and I know she'll love the Australorps too, once they begin to fill out and become the beautiful ladies they can be! Michelle is happy because she saw at least one Barnie that would be a rooster.....new blood, that's what she's looking for. It was lovely to see you again, and the horses...............see you next year for the Blue Orpingtons! Thanks again. Anne
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It was my pleasure to meet you today Buffy. Thank you again for the new bloodline. I saw you cared for Frank as a pet and not just another chicken. He is doing well and I think will be very happy in his new home. We have a large area for him to live and explore. Until next time, Daniel
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THEYRE HERE THEYRE HERE!! They arrived, and I got a call at about 12:30 to come and pick them up. Took me about half an hour to find the right place (theres like 25 different 'air cargo' companies within a block) Picked them up and they were as happy as can be. Got them home, let them into the coop and they settled in like theyve lived there their whole lives! Theyre out fluffing in the dirt right now lol Not afraid of anything. They are alot more handsome in person, holy! And HUGE! Let them out of the crate and I almost couldnt beleive how big they were once they stood up! My SLW roo was big, but not that big! I am so very happy with them. Thank you so much!
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How often do we allow ourselves to not only be seen but to truly shine? What beliefs do we hold about standing out or being unique and different? Through my work with Swan Blessing and our ancestral folklore, I have seen that many people often shield or veil their light so as not to offend others or attract jealousy or believe it will bring dangerous attention. In previous times perhaps this was true but I am happy to see that society is gradually changing and we are becoming much more acceptable of many different expressions of beauty.
Today I share the Swan Blessing story of Camille and her past life memory of a child's love of adornment and exquisite jewellery that became tainted and damaged and led to a fear of shining too brightly or not being worthy to wear beauty. It should come as no surprise that my relationship to the artist Vali Myers, led Camille to me - Vali is a huge inspiration for Camille and she was the queen of adornment. When I had the pleasure of getting ready to go out with Vali I used to laugh and think of Coco Chanel who said: 'Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off' - Vali used to do the exact opposite. She was always adding a flower in her hair, another ring, a scarf... I loved her for this because she taught me that we must dress to please only ourselves. Vali was also one of the only women I ever met who could truly meet her reflection in the mirror and flirt with herself. Oh, and Vali's jewels were legendary and absolutely they were magical talismans.
And how did we forget the magic and power of a jewel - made from crystals and metals from deep in the earth and worn against our body every day?
Camille's Swan story brings so much happiness to me because her jewels are otherworldly and full of magic and are the perfect reflection of her heart.
"I'm a jewelry designer, and this is the story of how Julia and her Swan Blessing made my wildest dreams possible.
A few years ago, I was working a soul-sucking corporate job and I realized that if I wore all my colorful vintage necklaces to work, I was happy despite sitting in a depressing office doing mindless tasks among old guys in grey suits.
My adornments were my magical talismans against that dreary world - brightening each boring day, keeping me upbeat, reminding me that I too was brighter than my surroundings and inspiring me to get out of there. So I went after my dream job.
When I walked into Harper's Bazaar on my very first day of work, I was more than a little nervous but I looked down at my colorful necklaces and smiled – I was bright, I was bold, I could do this. And the next year, when I had to go to a friend's birthday party a few days after getting laid off, I got decked out in all of my necklaces and finally felt ready to leave my sofa and face the world. I desperately wanted share this magic with other women by designing my own necklaces – more wonderfully vibrant and enormous and colorful than any pieces I could find in stores – full on glorious, powerful talismans. But soon I started to doubt myself. "Who would actually wear something this bright and colorful?" I worried, "This is too much, no one else will actually like this, this is too weird." So eventually I toned down my vision and spent the next few years designing simpler, smaller, more "normal" necklaces that I thought would sell.
Happiness and inspiration and color drained from my life.
Around this time, I came across Julia on Instagram and I immediately wanted to do a Swan Blessing session to see my previous lives, but since I live in New York City and she's in Australia, I told myself it was something for the future - I thought that doing it over Skype wouldn't be as "effective" as doing it in-person. But a few weeks ago, I knew, somehow deep inside, that it was time, despite being halfway across the world, despite being busy with life, despite thinking "who am I to do this?" and despite being scared of what I might see.
The moment I connected with Julia over Skype, I felt like I was sitting right across from Julia in her beautiful, peaceful forest home. Her ancient knowledge, deep wisdom and magic shone right through my laptop screen and the city noises outside my window disappeared.
She pulled two tarot cards for me and each hit at the very heart of what I was going through. The Seven of Earth showed that I was beginning to plant new seeds, zeroing in on my true vision. The Shaman card spoke to my power, that I always knew I had deep inside, to share the incredible magic of adornment. I was very nervous and also very excited, because it was actually happening, Julia was going to take me hundreds of years back.
She began guiding me into the journey, telling me of all the grandmothers who were there next to me supporting me, and I saw them and I knew that they had always been there for me. Next Julia guided me through a forest with sun filtering through the tallest trees and I felt the dirt beneath my feet and my arms open in awe as I walked upon the earth, looking up at the dazzling branches so high they seemed to go on forever.
Julia led me to the water, and I looked in and saw my own face, and then looked deeper and saw another woman who was so unlike anyone I had expected to see when imagining what this journey would be like (real life is always so much more beautiful than we ever imagine!). She had cloudy blue eyes, she was blind, and her light brown hair was dry and shorn, like someone who didn't care had cut it off in chunks with a pair of old, rusty scissors. Her clothes were dirty and ripped, but her face was still pure and she was smiling sincerely, and though she was blind, her eyes were seeing and deep – like gorgeous opals. She was so happy to see me, she had been waiting.
This woman who I knew now was me in a past life, was so light and joyful despite the state she was in….She led me through to her world, as Julia guided me, always asking what I saw, and whenever I wasn't sure, Julia gently helped me look in a way that I could see - so really, there is no way to "not get" or "mess up" this journey as I had feared! We were in Cornwall, England, in the medieval times.
The woman was now a young, eager girl, her light brown hair shining and her face full of freckles, smiling so wide. She was happy and energetic, the spirit of a wild, curious girl, as she pulled me by the hand through a bustling market, full of vendors and the glory of daily life. She was at home here, this was her happy place where she went every day. She was so excited to show me everything there that she loved and I knew the vendors and people there loved her too.
I recognized this feeling as the same excited feeling I had when hunting through my favorite vintage and antique markets for bright treasures for my necklaces, bonding with vendors over the shared love of some incredible pendant, and spending hours just wondering and seeing beautiful things. A Sunday at the market had always spoken to my soul more than any yoga class or other "spiritual" activity, but I had forgotten that…
Next, the girl showed me where she lived, which I immediately knew was a sadder place for her than the market – a light colored stone house with a thatched roof on top of a sloping green hill at the edge of the forest. She lived with her brother, who was only a few years older but who cared for her – her parents were dead. They had been killed in a fire after she accidentally left the stove burning. Everyone told her she was careless and she believed them and blamed herself for their deaths.
Yet her happiness was so strong it still shone through despite this. She would gather bright red berries from the bushes at the edge of the forest, squishing them in her hands and painting her face and running around laughing in the sun with wild abandon, full of so much energy. Watching her, I realized that this was her gift – using vibrant adornment to bring out happiness and joy and inspiration and life.
But then Julia guided me to see this girl when she was a few years older. She was sullen and quiet now, the perfect picture of obedience. Her hair was pulled back, her hands were behind her back, her apron was tied on perfectly over her dress, her eyes gazing down - all the color and life was gone from her face. Her brother and other adults hadn't seen her gift of joyful, wild adornment as a gift at all – they thought it was simply a silly child's game and that it was time for her to get serious and do more important things. She automatically believed them – they were adults so they had to be right, right? She was very careful to not be too loud, too outgoing, too wild, too much. She began selling apples in the marketplace every day, the same place that had once brought her so much joy.
She stood silent at the edge of the market in her plain clothes and bare face, looking down at the basket of apples at her feet. She felt so self-concious and small, like she was nothing and so she was and every shopper passed her by, making her feel even more inadequate. Often, her eyes filled with tears.
But there was one thing that made her happy and brought her back to life – a gorgeous, shining gold locket that she secretly wore around her neck under her dress. She would reach up to hold it whenever she felt down and it would bring her so much hope and joy.
"Where did she get the locket?" Julia asked me, and I knew at once that she had stolen it…I saw her opening a wooden drawer, eyes lighting up at the sight of this necklace, like a starving person who finally sees food.
Now I saw her standing at the top of a hill, holding the locket up to the sky, her beautiful treasure, and there were storm clouds in the distance and a band of men wearing black hooded capes approaching her. They were coming for her and she knew it. The leader of the men was chubby and pale with small eyes, a dumb bully. He was laughing at her, giddy in his power over this beautiful girl who would never notice him otherwise. He smiled and said "this is what you get pretty little girl for stealing beautiful things, now you'll never be able to see beauty and steal it again!" And he laughed more as he slashed her face, blinding her, and the mob of men descended, kicking her, joyful in this act that was just a game for them, their daily amusement, as she curled up in the dust.
The girl was too ashamed and embarrassed to return home to ask her brother for help, so she went to the forest. The trees comforted her and took her in and taught her, she learned their ways and the ways of the glorious plants. She loved her solitude in this forest, where she could finally relax and be herself, and she lived there alone for the rest of her life. I saw her now as an old woman, laying beneath her favorite tree, her tree, arms wide open to the sky, smiling so much and so sincerely and peacefully, happy at the end of her life despite all she had been through. And that is how she died.
Julia now led me back to the water, and I saw that these past experiences had made me doubt the power of colorful, bright adornment and hide my gifts because I was scared of not fitting in, of being mocked, of being judged by my family and others, and being harmed.
I didn't think it was safe to be myself.
All of these fears had festered in my soul for centuries, creating an iron rope tied around my chest and knotted right over my heart. I immediately recognized this rope and knew it was real – whenever I was designing, I had trouble breathing and literally had to force myself to inhale and exhale. I thought I was just anxious and stressed, or maybe that I drank too much coffee. A water maiden held out a tool for me to use to cut off this rope, and Julia told me that I had created it so I could remove it too. The second I cut into it, it just disappeared, as if it was nothing at all…
I embraced my old self and we smiled at each other – I forgave her for stealing, for thinking she had to be "normal" and "fit in", for being ashamed of her true self, and I understood why she did it all – society back then (and sadly, sometimes even in our modern society today) saw colorful and fun adornment as inappropriate and frivolous. I realized that her brother was only doing what he thought was best for her, trying to direct her life in a way that he thought would keep her safe.
Now the grandmothers were all around me, singing of my gifts to me – my gift of creating and sharing magical, powerful adornments, the gift that I had doubted was important or even real…and then Julia led me gently back to my apartment and I opened my eyes.
I tried to take off my rings before going to sleep, but they wouldn't budge – my fingers were swollen like after a long flight. I really had traveled a long way.
The next morning I woke up and began creating the glorious necklaces that I had been dying to share for many centuries and many lifetimes. I know now that it's true – that what we wear can change our mood, our day, our life, and when we adorn ourselves with all that is colorful, unique, vibrant and wild, we smile more, we have more energy, we remember our own bold power and stay true to our own beautiful unique selves. We're inspired to share all our colors with the world and go after our wildest dreams.
I am so happy to finally be free of my old fears that kept me quiet and small for so long, and when my old doubts resurface or life gets me down, I know how to lift myself up and re-ignite my joy – I put on one of these talismans. Wear yours every day, you never need to tone yourself down, you are never too much, too bright, too big, too bold, too colorful – you can be your full on, shimmering self every moment of your life, and just smile at anyone who thinks otherwise, because they are the ones who need color most of all.
I am so grateful to Julia and her Swan Blessing, she gave me back my life, my freedom, my happiness. If you feel as if something is holding you back, reach out to her and go on your journey – your true self is waiting for you and Julia will guide you there so safely and gently."
Love, Camille
Thank you Camille for sharing your personal story and folklore of the talisman. I'm so happy that you are shining and creating again. Below is a beautiful necklace that Camille created in dedication to her love for Vali Myers. It's called the Vali necklace and in real life is so beautiful and huge like a jewelled shield for the heart - not to hide but to illuminate even more brightly.


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Cooperative Development
Towne and Forrester works with farmers in Latin America to build capacity to organize themselves in cooperatives and associations. Often the goal of this activity is to help associations become Fair Trade certified.
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Towne and Forrester works with indigenous communities in Latin America to stress the importance of the agroforestry system as a portal to alternative economic, eco-friendly activities.
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Towne and Forrester has been collaborating with forest conservation and environmental education for the past 10 years. We are now exploring more creative realms for environmental impact including art and music.
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Will this be the year you finally construct that custom home theater you've been fantasizing about? With so many options out there, it can be difficult to know where to start. Thankfully, the design and installation experts at Ed's TV are here to help by giving you a rundown of the home theater components you'll need to create a jaw-dropping audio and visual experience that rivals your local movie theater:
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Lia Necklace
gold opal Y necklace
Graceful & classic with a twist, the 'Lia' necklace is a pretty addition to our Y necklaces. A silhouette similar to the 'bondi' and 'oahu' pieces which did so well for us. This piece has 16 teardrop crystal opals neatly lined up on a ball chain. It is the perfect gift to yourself. Pairs beautifully with the 'sophie' choker. Adjustable length.
simulated crystal opal, gold plated brass
13" (+3" extension) Length x 3/16" Width
Drop: 3 3/4"


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We'll be meeting with two people from Indivisible to help us in our organizational efforts:
Elena will help with goals, agenda, calendar and committee work and field any questions about nationals and recent developments with the home office.
Jeff will be discussing voter suppression and security concerns especially in light of Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, who is the Vice Chair of Trump's Voter Fraud Commission: Kobach will use the Commission as a tool for voter suppression
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The contingency plan to teach Trout River students somewhere other than Jakeman All-Grade School has been shelved.
The school building was saved thanks to a concentrated effort to rebuild the riverbank at the rear of the school after it began to give way to the town's flooded river Tuesday.
The school, like many other homes and buildings in low-lying Trout River, was essentially an island when the river overflowed its banks after heavy rain and substantial snowmelt last Saturday.
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Staff working on repairing the school grounds after the water levels had adequately dropped noticed the river was getting dangerously close to the structure itself.
Tony Stack, the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District's director of education and chief executive officer, had been visiting the site and couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"When you opened the gym door and looked out, all you could see was a big river rapidly rushing by," he said. "It was like being on a vessel. It was a precarious situation."
The effort was on to rebuild what had been a roughly 40 or 50-foot egress between the school and the river. The Department of Transportation and Works coordinated a succession of dump trucks to deliver armour stone and gravel to fill in the missing riverbank.
The work was continuing as of deadline Thursday, as was the job to remediate the grounds at the front of the school that had been damaged by the initial flood.
An engineering report on the building and the school grounds, said Stack, has indicated that the school may be able to open early next week if the work being done continues as planned.
Stack is hoping to be in a better position to more firmly make that decision later today.
"As always, our first priority is the safety of students and there is no way for a second we would let students back in that building if we didn't think it was safe," he said.
Stack added that, as an extra precaution, steel fencing will be erected at the rear of the property to keep people a safe distance from the river bank and snow fencing at the front to keep people away from any hazards.


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I have always believed we have beautiful unique gifts, something special that we can offer the world. These are our strengths, our traits (the wild, weird and the wonderful) and they are driven by our love and passion. They make us who we are. What's more exciting is that we have unique gifts that are yet to be discovered and unveiled to the world.
I sometimes call these gifts our smarts, especially when talking with my boys. My boys, at some stage have come home and said they are not good at anything or smart enough like some of the other kids at school. We talk about all their unique gifts/smarts, explaining that just because you are not good at a certain subject doesn't mean that you are not smart and have wonderful unique gifts to share with the world. We forget to celebrate who we are.
As adults we struggle with exactly the same feelings, we become so focused on what is expected, seeking approval from others, to fit in and be "normal". As a result, we tend to lose sight of our unique gifts and instead we focus on the doing rather than being who we truly are.
Before starting this journey, I felt because I had not been in the paid workforce for some time (raising my boys, volunteering) that I hadn't any gifts that would be of any use let alone being able to set up my own business. I had to ask myself a question that we all struggle with and that is "What are my unique gifts? I found this extremely difficult to answer when talking to my life coach at the time Naomi Arnold. I was very quick to talk about my flaws and lack of gifts instead of focusing on what my beautiful unique gifts are. I wasn't celebrating me and my uniqueness.
I have always felt a little different and knew in my heart that I wanted to pursue something that wasn't necessarily considered the norm. It's not an easy process, it takes time, but with self-care, curiosity and love, you will begin to see just how beautiful your unique gifts are and how they can help you achieve the life you have dreamt of.
I have learnt we have unique gifts that can both be our weakness and our strength. I am very sensitive and can take things to heart, but that is what makes me very nurturing and loving. Another unique gift of mine is my kindness and the need to help others. I would do anything to help people (yep I am a recovering people pleaser), put their needs before my own. Sadly, these gifts have been used against me in the past. But these unique gifts are what makes me, Me! I love to help people, to make them feel so very special that is who I am. This journey is about working on how I can do this in a heartfelt me kind of way.
Weird unique gifts are subject to interpretation and may not seem weird at all. That is uniqueness right there, don't you just love that. One of my weird unique gifts is, I talk with my hands and sometimes do not stop talking. I become very animated when I talk about something that I am passionate about. This is weird considering I am a classic introvert. But this passion and enthusiasm is what makes me unique. I can transform from being a shy, self-conscious, quiet introvert, to being a confident, lively extrovert. According to my boys it can be quite hilarious too. So, I am embracing this weird gift of mine with open arms literally and allowing the world to see more of my passionate, sensitive, kind and loving self.
It's by no means an easy process, you certainly do not wake up one morning, magically embracing your weird, wild and wonderful gifts. I am still a work in progress but what I have learnt so far is it takes time, patience, self-love, self-belief and an open kind heart. When you can do this boy does the magic happen. We begin embracing our beautiful unique gifts and celebrating our authentic self, everything begins to flow and work in harmony. We start to be curious, have clarity and self-confidence to take the next steps to follow our dreams. We celebrate who we are.
Celebrate and embrace your unique gifts, the wild, weird and the wonderful. When you do not only will you shine, the world around you will shine too.


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Łukasz Ojdana - piano
Maciej Garbowski - bass
Krzysztof Gradziuk - drums
Verneri Pohjola - trumpet
Samuel Blaser - trombone
City Of Gardens
By Adam Baruch
This is a live recording by Polish Jazz trio RGG (pianist Lukasz Ojdana, bassist Maciej Garbowski and drummer Krzysztof Gradziuk), expanded to a European quintet with the addition of the Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola and Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser. The music was recorded during the quintet's concert at the XII Silesian Jazz Festival in Katowice, with yours truly present in the audience and therefore also, at least spiritually, a part of this recording. The album presents five original compositions, all by Garbowski.
Although the Polish Jazz scene always had an abundance of excellent Jazz piano trios, RGG certainly deserve a special mention in every respect. Their quest for musical perfection and constant searching, their openness and uncompromising aesthetics, their ability to survive the change of the pianist and continue safe and sound in a natural progression and above all their personal charm are all truly unique. I have of course followed the trio's development from day one, collectively and individually, and consider them to be a quintessential paradigm of the young post-Millennium Polish Jazz scene.
The trio's previous live recording, which placed them alongside the veteran British avant-gardist Evan Parker and their recordings with Polish vocalist Anna Gadt opened another chapter in their approach to music, namely their hunger to develop collaborations with musicians from outside the trio's closed habitat. This led also to work first with Pohjola and then also Blaser, which we are able to hear on this album.
Although credited to Gradziuk, the music is of course mostly improvised and the lengthy, between ten and fifteen minutes long tracks, are an orgy of controlled spontaneity and free fall, which is completely captivating. The quintet goes through all the possible iterations, with musicians playing solo or in duo, trio, quartet and quintet settings, all impulsively forming on the stage. But with all that openness and freedom, which can be heard throughout, there is also a magic coherency and discipline, which sets boundaries and defines the scope and form of the music at any given point. This miraculous ability to play free and at the same time show a clear direction is the most important ingredient, which makes this music what it is.
The individual statements are all phenomenal, which is hardly a surprise. Pohjola is definitely stealing a lot of the attention, as his trumpet pyrotechnics are breathtaking, but at the same time his playing is incredibly melodic, lyrical and often purely romantic. Blaser, already a young veteran of the trombone scene, has an incredible technique and no lesser feel, and the sound he is able to produce with his instrument is a ceaseless box of wanders. RGG – oh well they are the locomotive which carries this music along, a stylish carriage full of chic and aesthetic beauty and a red Lamborghini which adds zest and gusto.
This is definitely some of the best Jazz music one can listen to these days, and I wish it gets to as many people as possible, as it is unconditionally superb. I am happy to be friends with these guys and proud of their achievements – they are the kind of people that do not let you down – and that is so rare. Thanks for the music!


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Hey peeps. Long time no talk to! I don't really have a good
excuse reason for not visiting in such a long time. But let's not dwell on the past. Let's get to the meat and potatoes (sweet potatoes, of course; don't you know all CF'rs don't eat regular potatoes… totally kidding, FYI, I love a good baked potato) of this post. Beware: lots of words, no pictures. Next post will have pictures. Pinky promise.
I'm coming to the realization that I'm feeding into my fear of failing of things rather than facing them and telling them to back the eff off. I'll make a list, because lists are easy.
1. Marathons. Its the race that screams I'm a hardcore runner and I hate sleeping in on Saturdays because I'd rather wake up at 6 AM and run 14-20 miles. Get over it. Totally badass. I've been running for almost a decade (holy crap, I'm old!) and I have yet to run a marathon. I know this does not make me not a runner (did a confuse you there? good.) but I signed up for a marathon last year with all intentions of doing it. Then I backed off. And I haven't signed up for another one yet. I have this fear that I won't be able to make it through training. Again. And that I won't be able to finish a marathon at all. So here's my solution: I will sign up for a marathon and actually follow through. Even if I have to walk/run through the damn thing, I'll have done it, and that's something no one can take away from me.
2. Running. I know that marathons are running. Duh. But I need to make a category of running because its so close to my heart (and legs) that it deserves its own paragraph. I want to be a faster runner. A stronger runner. A better runner. A more well-rounded runner. I've looked up countless programs to get faster but I've never followed through with actually doing the programming. I make up excuses like, "I don't live near a track," because, well, I don't. The nearest track is about 8 miles from me… But that shouldn't stop me from running repeats. I do have a GPS watch after all and spoiler alert: its purpose is to measure distance and time… Another cool feature that Garmin offers? That I can log onto myGarmin account and actually program workouts! I can program the speeds that I want to hit over certain distances and if I'm not doing what I told it to tell me to do, it will make it angry and yell beep at me until I do what it wants me to. Very handy. That's not the only problem I have though. I also take issue with myself that I'll get tired and just give up and not push to make those repeat times or not push and keep time for that tempo run. Its very discouraging. So I choose to stay complacent. I have this fear that I will not follow through with any sort of speed programming and that I will give up on myself when I get tired. So here's my solution: I will follow a good program I found and try to stick with it. This is a program I found that will also coincide with marathon training. And if I skip a repeat or tempo run once in a while, I won't be too hard on myself.
3. CrossFit. Complete opposite spectrum of running. Kind of. But I don't challenge myself enough in CF, I feel. I have watched amazing women do amazing things both in the box and in the CrossFit Games. Its all very inspirational. I stick with weights I'm comfortable with. I skip days when there are movements involved that I'm not good at because I don't want to show everyone how badly I suck. I have this fear that if I challenge myself I'll take way too long or even worse, I'll get a DNF (did not finish) on the board. So here's my solution: I will challenge myself and go up 5-10 pounds more than I'm comfortable with. It's the only way I'll get better and stronger. I'll show up on days when movements I'm not totally comfortable with are involved (in low doses at first, until I become more familiar/comfortable). And I will keep pushing forward and doing on rep at a time until my workout is done. So what if I'm last at 10 minutes the person before me. At least I did it.
4. Eating healthy(er). I try to eat fairly healthy. Not necessarily Paleo, but definitely better than the "average American" (whatever that means). I know this is such a broad subject, "what does healthier mean, anyway?" Its all subjective. But there are days when I say, "Mandi, see that bowl of candy? You cannot have any of it!" Then 10 minutes later I'm laying on the sofa with melted chocolate on my face in a sugar induced coma and my husband is calling a rehab facility. And that shirt I was wearing? Well, it wasn't supposed to be a belly shirt… I have this fear that after I make these "eating healthy" promises to myself, that my self-indulgence will take over and I will fail. So here's my solution: I will have a piece (or two) of that candy sitting in that dish. But I will not tell myself I cannot have any. I will keep in mind that when I don't eat it I truly do feel better about myself.
5. Blogging. If you've stuck around long enough (I'm sorry?) then you know that I go on "blogging binges." Kind of like my candy binges, but not really. I will be consistent in blogging for about 2 weeks before I just fall off the face of the Earth and you don't hear from me for another 2 weeks or so. Then, because I don't blog for so long, I think of all these great mediocre posts to write but don't get any of them out. And truth be told, other than my husband and another friend of mine (who I had no idea read this until a month or so ago), no one I know knows I have this blog. I don't tell them about it. And I don't think I'm a very good writer… I have this fear that people who read what I write (especially people I know) will not like it and that the posts that I do make are a waste of my time. So here's my solution: blog when I can about what I can when I can and keep in mind that not every post has to be a 5 page essay.
I know these sound a lot like resolutions but they're not. They're goals. There's not a particular time I plan to start all this (except blogging should begin immediately). One thing at a time so that I don't get overwhelmed (another thing I'm famous with myself for) and just give up everything entirely.
Do you have a fear of failing things?
What's your biggest fear (even outside of the healthy living/blogging sphere)?
What's your goal for the remainder of 2013? (Can you believe we're half way through 2013?!)


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Find a paintbrush in a scavenger hunt at the playground on the corner of North Rd. and Valley St., then cross the street and enjoy children's painting activities with Education Coordinator, Alicia Bell at the JAC.
Participating kids receive a free cone coupon from Spinnakers! Free $5 gift cards to South County Art Supply to the first 30 people to attend! (Limit one per person, while supplies last)


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2. There is no human being who does not deserve your forgiveness. There is no human being who does not deserve your love.
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