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"We say all power to the people- Black Power to the Black People, Brown Power to the Brown People, Red Power to the Red People, Yellow Power to the Yellow People."
This quote, taken from the Black Panther Party's slogan, perfectly sums the importance of self-advocacy for marginalized groups around the world. Considering Seattle's own extensive history with the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement, it is no wonder that this mantra would be embodied in one of the most crucial community organizations in town- Black Out WA.
As an anti-racist, Washington-based advocacy group focused on building capacity around political advocacy & civic engagement for families of African descent, there is a marked difference between the work Black Out WA does compared to other policy-focused advocacy groups. They are led and organized by members of the Black community.
For people of African descent who suffer the trauma of colonialism and racism, it would be remiss not to counter the dominant white culture and practices that fuel oppressive institutions with a more culturally-reflective and holistic approach to legislative work. In recognition of this, Black Out WA intentionally bases their approach, attitudes, and focus around pan-African culture, making sure to engage every group of the community from young to old.
In that same vein, Black Out WA partners with other community organizations and interests groups to ensure that the work being done reflects an expressed need from the community. Some of their projects include Legal Financial Obligation Reform and the "2nd Chance Act", An Anti-Racist Approach to Parole: two efforts led by the Black Prisoners Caucus. Through their work with the BCIA, they have also helped secure $2.2 million for the William Gross Cultural Innovation Center. Moving forward they will be supporting the Seattle King County NAACP- Police Accountability and the Seattle Black Book Club with their #BlackLivesMatter Police Accountability platform; aiding the All-City Black Student Union, NAACP-Education, and Black Law Student Association on their #ArrestTheLegislature campaign; supporting EPIC's work with #NoNewYouthJail; and furthering the causes of the BCIA and NAACP-Economic Development in supporting Black entrepreneurship and growth with the #StopBlamingHookahLounges initiative.
Learn more about their work by following their Facebook page. Meetings are also held every 1st and 3rd Friday, 6 PM, at the Black Power Epicenter (for Black community members only).


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Adult Classes
Our adults love to dance! Either just starting out with dance, or if they have a history of dance, gymnastics, cheerleading, or other sports!
We are proud to offer a wide selection of classes for teens and adults.
We welcome adults to register in any of our regularly scheduled classes, as well as having some classes specifically designed with the adult dancer in mind. Adult specific classes are offered in:
• Ballet
– Adult Beginner Ballet: Mondays 8:00 – 9:00 pm
– Adult True Beginner Ballet: Wednesdays 7:00 – 8:00 pm
– Adult Intermediate Ballet: Thursdays 6:00 – 7:00 pm
• Contemporary
– Adult Contemporary: Mondays 7:00 – 8:00 pm
• Hip Hop
– Adult Beginner Hip Hop: Wednesdays 8:00 – 9:00 pm (10 week sessions)
• Jazz
– Adult Jazz Intermediate: Thursdays 8:00 – 9:30 pm
Adults have the option of registering sessionally (3 sessions per year in the Fall, Winter, and Spring) or for the entire dance year (Sept – June). Anyone can register in any beginner class, no experience required. If you have some previous dance training and are interested in joining an intermediate class, please contact the studio.
This year we are offering select classes in special 10 week sessions! Easy to fit your schedule, plus a less expensive way to try a new class! If you are unsure of start dates please contact the office!
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They're small, they're relatively quiet, they look like a cross between a rabbit and a hamster and when they're alone they're incredibly lonely.
So lonely that the Swiss have decided to forbid people from owning just one guinea pig. The small animal is highly social and needs to interact with its own kind often. They're herd animals and require to be around other guinea pigs to feel at home.
The new law was introduced with a suite of new animal rights laws in 2008 including singular cats being let outside daily or if failing that, owning more than one cat, not owning a dog without taking several training courses, providing a full day and night cycle if you own fish and there are similar laws for parrots who need to interact with their kind regularly.
Unfortunately, guinea pigs have a short lifespan, so even if you have two guinea pigs and one dies un-expectantly, you will have to replace the deceased guinea pig with another. In answer to this, the Swiss have created a one animal matchmaking service for guinea pigs.The online site matches guinea pigs according to age to provide better companionship.
While Australia has laws on animal welfare, the Swiss appear to be ahead of the kerb. We are yet to make any specific rules regarding animal pairing or social requirements for particular animals.
So if you have a guinea pig, you'd better be prepared to buy another.
Or you'll have one really lonely guinea pig.
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Meet Your Coach: Dave/
Today we showcase one of our newer coaches who completed the journey from athlete to coach here at UB. Dave's passion for the Oly program is obvious and I know he has been instrumental in inspiring athletes to supplement their CrossFit with the Oly classes run by himself and Geoff. Without further ado... meet Dave!
How long have you been exercising?
With any kind of regularity and formality? Probably since middle school when I joined the track team. Later in high school I was in cross country and dabbled with swimming, tennis and wrestling.
What is your work out program?
Currently, I'm on the Club olympic lifting program out of California Strength. I also have a large Persian man in Milan, Italy telling me to do things.
Do you play sports?
I grab an occasional pick-up basketball game once in a while and play a few tennis sets some weekends.
Do you eat a particular diet or follow a specific diet philosophy?
Not really, portion control is a big deal before weightlifting meets, but otherwise anything goes. Sweet potatoes are the worst though. Anyone who thinks they are an adequate substitute for regular potatoes is lying to themselves.
How often do you train?
6 days a week with varying degrees of intensity. I try to take at least one complete rest day a week. Sometimes two.
How often in training do you hit a new PR or acquire a new skill?
These days, not very often. PRs kind of have this logarithmic way of slowing down after the first year and every year thereafter.
What do you find contributes to your fitness the most?
Listening to coaches. They see things that are impossible for you to see. This is true of in the gym but even true if you are both looking at the exact same video on the same screen at the same time.
What is your next strength /fitness/skill goal to be achieved?
Qualify for the American Open series next year.
What is your pie-in-the-sky health/ fitness/skill goal? Also known as a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)
Qualify for the American Open finals.
Have you ever been injured? How did you move past them?
I've hurt my wrist(s) a few times. Obviously it's hard to oly lift with no wrists, it can be quite frustrating. There's nothing much you can do but take time to let it heal. Work on the things you can work on to stay strong and follow a rehab plan. Rushing back will almost guarantee a re-injury or a worse injury and then you'll be even more frustrated.


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For Men's Folio. Did it a little while back...
Went on a little shopping spree recently.
The interest in reading texts without illustrations is sudden. Perhaps the lack of artbooks to purchase had made me anxious and sparked off a dying need to get something, anything, in print.
The result was a large stack of Tennyson, Donne, Dante, Maupassant and random children's stories which I do not believe yours truly is capable of finishing. It does kind end off with some artbooks though, eventually. I had somehow managed to find an interest in Rubens despite my extreme inclination for the Pre-Raphaelites along the way.
And then there was this array of wonders that is Junya Watanabe x Comme de Garçons... which was... ohmygodokayletsnotgothere.
Why oh why am I writing such a ridiculously incoherent entry? Because I feel horribly ill and am severely lacking the ability to think and work whilst being thoroughly occupied with a roll of tissue paper for my perpetually running nose wondering just when had I ran out of my 90% cocoas from Royce' and just why had I not stocked up more the last time I was out.
Right, incoherent I said.
I think a coffee, or three, could fix that.
Oh I'm such a spaz today~
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See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers. Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine. Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows. Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven's Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, "I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes! I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities. Then I will give you good judges again and wise counselors like you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City." Zion will be restored by justice; those who repent will be revived by righteousness. But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the Lord will be consumed. You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sacred oaks. You will blush because you worshiped in gardens dedicated to idols. You will be like a great tree with withered leaves, like a garden without water. The strongest among you will disappear like straw; their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire. They and their evil works will burn up together, and no one will be able to put out the fire.
I am disheartened and at the same time encouraged by this passage. I am disheartened because I am so much like the people of Israel when it comes to serving God. Not that I want bribes or payoffs, but I want to do it when it is convenient for me. Isn't that the same thing as trying to bribe God, "I'll serve you, but only if it's easy for me" How easy it is for me to let the distractions that satan throws out there get to me!
But the good news is that God will use us if we just let Him! He will send us wise counselors that are interested in us becoming a home of justice and a faithful city. But if we're not paying attention (or have too much pride), we will miss them. Let's not be like those who are worshiping our idols under the trees, nothing but ruin lies that way.


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Mt. Holly Dave C Race results from Sunday, March 3, 2019 - click here:
Pine Knob Online Registration
Register online for the Pine Knob Junior and Middle School Programs
Attention Adult Race Leagues
The New Belgium Race League will be holding races on Monday Evenings at Mt. Holly (January 14 - February 25) and Tuesday Evenings at Pine Knob (January 15 - February 26), starting at 7:30 p.m.
The Monday Night Pine Knob Slalom Sisters starts January 14.
Sunday Morning Race Series
For seven weeks alpine skiers will gather to race . This popular Sunday Morning Series allows athletes to race in their own age group for single races as well as collect season-long "World Cup" points.
Weekly prizes and medals are awarded to athletes of all ages. The first gathering occurs at Pine Knob and then will alternate with Mt. Holly for a total of seven races.
Races this year will be expanded to include easy slalom races and a combo if conditions permit.
*Included with all race programs or $15 per race
New Belgium Adult Race Leagues at Mt. Holly and Pine Knob
The New Belgium Race League will be holding races on Monday Evenings at Mt. Holly (January 14 - February 25) and Tuesday Evenings at Pine Knob (January 15 - February 26), starting at 7:30 p.m. Weekly race parties, prizes, and season end Awards Nights included. Join in on the fun at one or both resorts. Race leagues are for all abilities and racers save on lift tickets when they purchase the seven week program.
Monday Night Pine Knob Slalom Sisters
Our Monday night slalom-only race program for women starts January 14 and runs for for six weeks. Cost: $285.00 per person.
Learn about Gate Training
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Note: All gate racers must have a chin guard.
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2019 Junior Development Program
This six-week Junior Development racing program will begin between January 10 and 12, 2018. This is our base level of commitment for skiers of all abilities and race experience. It is intended for grades K - 8.
Our successful and most popular program will remain the same plus all Sunday Morning Race Series are included in the price along with a Thunderbolt T-shirt.
Racers will be grouped by age, ski ability and race experience. We will work on free skiing drills each week for 45 minutes and then be in the gates using gate drills and full courses. We will start with Giant Slalom (larger turns) on week one and alternate between slalom (short turns) and giant slalom.
Prices and details are in the 2018-2019 Brochure.
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- the experience level – obviously, the more experience you have, the higher the income
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- specialty – there are dozens of specialties, but among the highest paid physicians are Orthopedic Surgeon, Cardiologists, Gastroenterologists and Urologists.
But keep in mind that salary shouldn't be the only factor when deciding to become a doctor of any kind, so before you choose your specialty, try to discover what types of people you want to help. For example, Neurosurgeon Salaries are pretty high, but not everybody would feed comfortable dealing with the stress of performing such an operation. Other, because they love animals, would pursue a career as a veterinarian, even though the income is much lower compared to other doctors.
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The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) workshop is for those who want to feel more comfortable, confident and competent in helping to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
ASIST Participants will learn to:
- Recognize invitations for help
- Reach out and offer support
- Review the risk of suicide
- Apply a suicide intervention mode
- Link people with community resources
To learn more about ASIST visit https://www.livingworks.net/programs/asist/ Up to 12 CEU's are available for this course. For more information on obtaining CEU's visit: https://www.livingworks.net/resources-and-support/continuing-education/
Participants will be expected to arrive on time and stay the entire training time – If you cannot commit to attending BOTH DAYS, please watch for future trainings.
Snacks will be provided, however lunch will be on your own both days. A refrigerator and microwave are available to participants who wish to bring their own lunch.
Is this class right for me?
This class can be very heavy due to the nature of the training. The scenarios and role playing can be triggering, especially for those who have experienced a recent traumatic event. Since we want all of our participants to feel comfortable, please be mindful of where you are in your healing process to determine if this class is right for you at this time. If you have questions please feel free to contact the organizer. This class is intended to teach participants how to intervene with a suicide crisis. If you're in need of counseling or a support group please let me know and I can help connect you with resources.
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Capitalism Will Save The Planet
The climate conversations of 2017 seemed as extreme as the weather itself. Regardless of where you sit on these issues, one fundamental fact has been largely absent from the conversation: to be viable, climate solutions must be profitable.
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Our approach, which we call 'Efficiency Production,' is a long-term commitment. That means we don't just drop in, offer advice and move along. We know that energy savings only persist when someone takes ownership for them. If energy savings aren't measuring up, we cut a check to our clients. No matter how smart your projections, there's always going to be efficiency drift over time.
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Success in today's hospitality industry is a boundless boxing fight (bear with me on this metaphor) to maximize revenue per available room (RevPAR) and over-index on the STR Report. When I was in the hotel business, I was so focused on improving customer experience to push rates that I never gave much thought to electric bills.
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Your tenants will tell you some of what you need to responsibly manage your building: it's too hot, it's too cold. But there are so many more energy savings hidden in your building, from not putting air pumps into overdrive to coolant at the right temperature, that we've given them a name: Efficiency Reserves.
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Miles's Impressions
Miles is unsure what he is but knows that he loves to farm and cherishes his community in Portland, OR and family in New York City, NY.
I spent my childhood and teenage years trudging through New York City, longing for connection and the understanding that there was something deeper moving all of us through the world; something that we all had somehow agreed to ignore. I genuinely believed that the world was a certain way because thats how it was taught to me. Then one day something shifted and I started to feel as though there was a deeper current pulsing through life. Kerry and Ecology of Awakening came to me at a time when my understanding of the world, how I had come to experience it as a younger being, was gradually slipping away. This was a truly terrifying place that was ultimately supported and held throughout my experience in EOA.
My personal journey throughout the yearlong has come with many shifts, ranging from fear of disconnecting from "The Story" to settling into complete and unbounding love and the deeper knowing that there is no narrative to follow. To live in a place of knowing and not knowing, simultaneously. This is where I strive to be. It is a space that makes no sense and yet is everything. The rigid, hard lines of life suddenly smooth and become malleable.
I feel so fortunate that EOA was there for me in a time when all that I thought I knew suddenly stopped being true. I needed someone who had already traveled the road to tell me that in taking my next step I wasn't going to walk off the cliff. Or maybe that I was, and that would also be alright.
I would not have been able to navigate the waters without the amazing guides of EOA.


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Black Eye Pea and Kale Soup
The black eye pea is one of the most common field peas used in soul food cooking. This beautiful legume's texture and flavor matches well with all sorts of flavors and are easy to cook. You can buy them dry, but like most legumes they are wonderful fresh or steamed. Black eye peas are low in calories and high in fiber, protein, folate and potassium.
Kale is one of those leafy greens that gets lots of well-deserved hype. Like collards, kale is high in lutein, beta carotene, vitamins, and minerals and even has a good amount of iron. Like collards, kale matches well with a little spice and fat, and has great versatility. There are several varieties of kale – for this soup I really like to use the "Lacianto" variety because of its color and texture.
This soup is a soul food rift on a traditional Provencal soup called "Soupe au Pistou". The "au pistou" part of this soup is a very southern French thing and involves serving the soup with a dollop of pesto. I use a parsley pesto instead of basil because I think it pairs better with this soup. You can make the soup with Andouille sausage, or keep it vegan it some mushrooms and cayenne. You can also make it thicker by adding some diced sweet potatoes. However you decide to go, it will be a family favorite.
Soup Ingredients:
11 oz. package fresh steamed black eye peas
OR 1 1/2 cups soaked dry black eye peas
1 bunch kale, preferably Lacianto/Tuscan, chopped well
1/2 of a good, nitrate-free Andouille sausage (pork or turkey), diced
OR 1/3 cup sliced mushrooms and ¼ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
2 small cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, minced
1 tablespoon extra -virgin olive oil
4 whole, unpeeled roma tomatoes (3 for soup, 1 for the Pistou)
4 cups homemade unsalted or boxed low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth, plus more water as needed
1 tablespoon unfiltered organic apple cider vinegar
1 cup diced sweet potatoes (optional)
Pinch of sea salt
¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1. Heat the olive oil in a heavy bottom large pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers.
2. Add the Andouille sausage and sauté until slightly brown. Remove the sausage from the pot and set aside.
3. Add the onions and garlic and sauté until soft. [If using mushrooms, add to the pot and sauté until soft and slightly brown at the edges, the sprinkle in the cayenne pepper.]
4. Add the kale and sauté until wilted. Pour in the vinegar. Add the peas and sausage.
5. Pour in the broth and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer (low to medium-low) and drop in three of the tomatoes. Add water to cover the vegetables, if necessary.
6. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes remove the tomatoes, making sure to scoop up any of the tomato skin if it has started to peel. Set tomatoes on a plate and let cool for 5 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes if you are using them. Return the cover to the pot and continue to simmer gently.
7. Peel the skin off of the tomatoes. Discard the skin. Mash or chop the tomatoes and return to the pot with their juices. Make sure there is enough liquid to keep 'soupy'. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and simmer for another 15 minutes.
8. Serve with a dollop of Pistou and crusty bread.
Parsley Pistou Ingredients:
I tablespoon crushed garlic
2 cups chopped, stemmed flat-leaf parsley
6 tablespoons fresh grated parmesano reggiano
¼ cup coarsely grated roma tomato
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of sea salt
1. Place parsley, garlic, and cheese in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until smooth OR, using a mortar and pestle, press and combine until smooth.
2. Pour in the olive oil and tomatoes and stir gently to combine. Stir in the salt and serve.


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If I say "strawberry ice cream", the odds are that strawberry ice cream will be the first thing that pops into your mind. It'll probably start with a visual mental image, but you might go on to recall its sweet fruity taste and frosty sensation too. If I instead told you not to think of strawberry ice cream, you'd probably end up in the exact same boat. Mental imagery is often an involuntary phenomenon, and it's hugely influenced by what people around us say. Sometimes, frustratingly so. The reason we cover our ears when people start talking about repulsive or terrifying scenes is because we know what our mischievous brains will do at that moment or later that night when we are trying to sleep in our dark bedroom.
Language interacts with our mind in stimulating mental imagery and influencing how we handle the world. Verbal communication is primarily a device for sharing important information, so our brains accordingly use language to guide where we should focus our attention. You can see this effect at work when people are looking for hidden objects. If you say the word "square", people are faster and more accurate in detecting square-like visual images, but slower in detecting circle-like images. And the reverse is true if you say the word "circle". Despite presenting random words that don't necessarily predict which object is being presented, people can't help but use the language in their attention and decision-making. Language and other communicative signals (whether meaningful or misleading) create expectations or "sensory templates" about how an upcoming event should look or sound. Other people's language has privileged access to our brain.
Speaking of privileged access, you may have noticed throughout your life that certain words are particularly good at grabbing your attention. The first and most obvious example of this is known as the cocktail party effect. When we stand in a noisy bar with friends, we're usually good at narrowing our attention to focus exclusively on the words that a friend is saying, while filtering out all the nonsense coming out of other people's mouths. When we avoid paying active attention to the many conversations around us, they essentially sound like one big monotonous buzz. However, if our name pops up within that buzz, many of us immediately and automatically prick up our ears. This means that despite everything sounding like meaningless noise in the background, our brains continue processing something about the unattended information, without us being aware of it. And when that information is suddenly relevant to us (nothing is more relevant than our own name), then our conscious attention shifts from the conversation with our friend, to "is this stranger talking about me?".
Another type of word with a priority pass into our consciousness is the taboo type. I don't want to use any of these words directly in this article so I'll exchange a commonly used example for the rhyming euphemism "cluck". Even when you are not listening to a conversation, it's hard to stay tuned out if it suddenly features a cluck. If we are with close friends who regularly swear, it can become a more normal word, but of course then it's no longer taboo. If we are in more polite company or at a formal event, then we have no choice but to immediately notice and recoil when someone exclaims "cluck this" or talks about their clucking boss at work. It's another great example of the involuntary effects that language can have on us, not only at a mental imagery level but also an emotional and behavioral level.
Taboo words connect with our emotional brain systems in a way that more neutral words do not, and they elicit automatic stress-related physiological reactions. It may be that we have two distinct language systems in the brain: one closely related to emotional vocalizations which is more likely to handle swearing and cursing, and another for our more advanced information-filled communicative abilities. Neurological disorders like aphasia are characterized by an inability to speak or understand language, and yet patients can often curse and swear with less difficulty. This may be because their brain damage is confined to the informational language system rather than the emotional system.
We have more in common with other animals when it comes to our emotional vocalizations than our more informational communication. We know that language can have direct and automatic impacts on our own behavior and mental imagery, so perhaps bird calls have similar effects on a bird's mind. One major reason for birds to call is to raise an alarm. For the Japanese tit, one of the biggest concerns is the Japanese rat snake, which can move up a tree to capture its prey. So could there be a bird call that makes other birds in the area specifically watch out for snakes, or are there only general urgency signals?
One researcher decided to test this for himself by hanging a speaker in a tree, broadcasting alarm calls, and examining how birds would react to a stick that moved like a predatory snake. With general alarm calls, a bird would ignore the stick. But with snake-specific calls, it would fly within a meter of the stick to survey exactly what was going on. In fact, it would only be interested in this stick if it moved in a snake-like way up a tree. It showed no interest in the same stick if it was swinging from the tree in a way that didn't resemble a snake. Upon spotting a real snake, a bird would normally hover over it and try to look big in an attempt to deter it from progressing further up the tree. Of course, they didn't need to do that with the stick when their closer inspection revealed it was harmless. But their approach behavior showed that snake-specific alarm calls automatically stimulated the mental image of a snake (or at least something analogous since we don't know the bird's direct experience), and shifted their visual attention towards objects in the environment that most resembled that particular dangerous template.
Communicative signals directly and specifically affect our next moves, and the benefits of communication clearly apply across many animal species. There are several practical uses to human language including emotional expressions, information exchange, negotiations, and warning signals. In normal circumstances, other people's signals often predict something meaningful about what may be about to happen, and what we need to look out for in our environment. It is therefore a useful adaptation to use language quickly and automatically when it may be useful. Although this can open the door to frustrating deceptions and false alarms, we have gained a lot more from communicating freely with our fellow humans than we have lost to their occasional bad intentions.


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Donegal manager Rory Gallagher is on the lookout for a new selector/coach after Gary McDaid stepped down due to family commitments.
Gallagher confirmed to Highland Radio that McDaid has decided to end his involvement after just one season. The schoolteacher in St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny joined the set-up this time last year after leading Glenswilly to two Donegal SFC titles in three years.
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Black Bird is located in the Riverside Centre at 123 Eagle Street in Brisbane's CBD. It is where the old rugby club and Michael's restaurant was years ago, just behind the Pig and Whistle. Click here, to view a map of the location.
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Black Bird Bar and Grill is located in Brisbane city's Riverside Centre in Eagle Street. Owned by the Ghanem Group, it's the very sexy big sister to the groups other properties – Byblos Brisbane, Byblos Melbourne, 5th Element, and Baba Ganouj.
Black Bird includes an opulent restaurant, two private dining rooms and two stunning bars. It has stunning views of the Brisbane river and Story Bridge and is perfect for private functions.
Executive Chef Jake Nicolson leads the kitchen team and has designed a menu that is contemporary and extraordinarily well priced. Beef from the Inferno wood fired grill and fresh seafood feature prominently.
Bar Manager Aaron Clark has had a lot of fun devising the cocktail menus for the two stunning bars. Inspired by The Great Gatsby styled opulence of the "Roaring Twenties", and the Speak Easy's of prohibition, you'll choose from an impressive cocktail list, almost 100 scotches and whiskeys.
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Flooding is a topic high on the agenda of many Charleston SC residents. If you are planning a significant renovation or remodel then elevating your home really is a topic worth investigating, primarily if the cost can be distributed or "amortized" over an extended period within the initial construction loan or mortgage. We know this firsthand, as this is expertise that we are well versed in, and the task of elevating a home is the exact route we have taken with our latest six historic renovations. Here is some insight to the "why and how" of these projects.
So firstly, what are these projects? Each one is a historic home located downtown on the Charleston peninsula with an original build date between 1840 and 1890. One is on St Philip Street in the Elliotborough neighborhood, and the other five are located on Nassau and Hanover Streets on the East Side. A further two will follow, also on Nassau St., one of which we are doing the work for our own portfolio and one for Star Gospel Mission. In each, the renovation is a "strip to the bones" variety for a derelict or very dilapidated property. In two instances, we are also correcting a distinct lean of the home, probably resulting from the earthquake of 1886 or a subsiding chimney stack, the result of being footed directly on dirt and as been slowly sinking since -or in some cases suffering from both of these! There was a time in the very recent past when the City of Charleston Board of Architectural Review (BAR) discouraged elevating buildings, preferring instead to preserve the historic street frontage. This was the case with a current project we completed at 63 Radcliffe St. However, times are changing, and after several consecutive years of visits by a hurricane or two, a tropical storm and persistent "King Tide" flooding, the City of Charleston has responded to considerable public and political input with a more conciliatory stance, often agreeing to request to elevate a home provided that the additional construction remains in sympathy with its surroundings.
So here we are, in possession of a portfolio of buildings in a miserable state of disrepair, with construction financing from Pinnacle Bank in place and we are off to the races. The first steps for us are to focus on elevating these older homes because the benefits are obvious and favorable for long-term ownership. Here's what you can gain from elevating the foundation:
• Lower flood insurance costs (helping considerably to pay for the additional financing)
• Less flood risk – no one likes the mess that comes with a home repeatedly filled with water, mud and in some cases, sewage
• A level and upright home - "old Charleston charm" only goes so far when you actually live in the house
• New, substantial footings that meet Code and adequately connect the building to the ground. A better foundation and a bit of added fortitude against the the hurricanes that blow in this part of the country
So how does this all work? You need contractors who understand the task at hand, both regarding the actual lift process itself, and that includes the "pre-lift" demolition, the "shoring" and the "post-lift" reconstruction. That's a lot of work to cover, but it's by no means out of the ordinary for the contractors who work daily in this city. You also need to understand your soil conditions. On Nassau Street, we have ancient sand and dirt mixtures that are a suitable substrate for load bearing. On St Philip, we have a softer substrate necessitating the addition of "auger footings," driven to 25 feet depth then continuous concrete footers constructed on top of these. I know of at least one elevation near Colonial Lake (on Rutledge Avenue) undertaken by a friend that needed to have piles installed to 80 feet depth before they hit load bearing marl layer. The "pluff mud"so commonly found in the marshes and creeks of the Charleston lowcountry does not make for a stable foundation!
Next, the building is stripped. This can be down to the studs - or to a lesser extent - but in either case must be sufficient to allow the structure to be reinforced or otherwise secured. A older, balloon-framed house with considerable termite damage cannot itself be trusted to stay upright.
So the building is demolished internally. We remove window sashes or risk them breaking as the structure becomes once more square and upright. Shoring is in place, plus whatever reinforcement necessary to provide for a secure point for the lifting jacks and support beams. Chimneys can be a real problem, as they are very heavy and the BAR like to retain them if at all possible. The old lime mortar of brick chimneys is basically sand keeping the bricks apart but with no real integrity of adherence. They will need elevating also, though a frequent compromise is to remove them and then rebuild the chimney only above the roof line. If the exterior has been previously removed, then the whole chimney stack can be demolished internally making for much more space in an often small cramped home.
Next, the home will need to be lifted 2 feet or so higher than its final elevation. This is to allow for access to footings and support block work. The lift points need to be carefully planned so as not to interfere with the installation of new footings once it's raised. Usually, this means lifting either internally or external to the foundation footprint through the whole structure and supporting wall plate or rim beam. Old footings are typically "grubbed out" and replaced with steel rebar and new continuous footings. Footings will also have metal straps leading from the rebar through to the actual framing of the house ensuring all are tied together.
Foundations are inspected, poured, inspected again. Block work is set to support the home at its new final elevation, and when all of this is in place, the old house is gently lowered and secured. The process is slow, but it's also quite remarkable the difference you experience once all the windows and doors return to level and square.
Then the process of reconstruction begins in earnest. And in the end? You will gain a historic home but with the performance and maintenance requirements of a brand new one. A home secured against torrential rain storms and free of flood risk short of something so catastrophic it would be akin to total Armageddon. It's a scary process in some respects, but also one that's now thankfully happening with increasing frequency all over this beautiful historic city of ours.
One final thought, your home is now free of flood risk, but your yard is not. Be careful where you park your vehicle when the wind blows up a tropical storm, or the tide rises on a full moon!
Our expert teams - from development, investment, real estate, and property management - have experienced it all and have the insight to help you along the way.


text: I got a copy of this book during the weekend: a manual of Latin style, written in Latin. The first few chapters include definitions of style and lists of archaic words and neologisms, with those that ought to be used and the ones better avoided. For instance, the ancient words cascus (i.e. priscus, vetus) and cluere (dici, appellari) are omnino obsoleta, however actutum (cito, illico, confestim) and adagium (proverbium) possunt interdum usurpari.


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|Multiple Screens used in my show Rat Rose Bird. Photo Credit: Briony Campbell
A theatre student from Scarborough Campus Hull Uni asked me last week why I use screens in my work and I wrote a quick statement for her... It's rather dry, but thought I'd post it up here as may well be useful again sometime in the future. Who knows...Thanks Alice Wicker for asking me the question in the first place!
"I use screens in a variety of ways in my practice. Not all of works feature them but a sufficient number do to warrant identifying them as a medium that is an important part of my artistic palette. I use them as they allow me to draw attention to details that the audience might not otherwise look at, or be able to see, or otherwise have access to.
For example in Grafting and Budding they allow the audience another viewpoint of the live action (a different angle at a different scale). In this work the screen elevates the live action making it epic. The pictures I am making on the tabletop, with spices, apples, materials, become more important than watching me the performer 'performing' (or at least AS important). The screen also reminds the audience to look again. They are silmutaneously being shown alternative viewpoints of the same event. This is particularly important in Grafting and Budding as the work is all about what can be seen or read through looking at the surface of 'things' or people. If the audience can so easily be shown the same event from different angles what else could they be 'seeing'? Should they trust their eyes, or should they dig deeper?
Similarly in Give Me Land Lots of Land, the audience are able to choose to either watch the on-screen glamorous version of me, where I miraculously make objects appear from my mouth, or, the 'real' version lying on a dusty floor with the mechanics of the 'trick' exposed.
In Rat Rose Bird I use both live feed and pre-recorded footage. The live-feed is used to make a very small scene appear normal scale and the pre-recorded footage gives audience access to diary like clips that aren't made for the stage. These images are then relayed across multiple screens at the same time in order to draw attention to the movement of the clips. This again has the effect of elevating them/makes them epic/makes them something 'other'. The onscreen action almost becomes like choreographed dance scenes and the televisions take on a sculptural quality when viewed as objects. The pre-recorded clips hint at other histories and different narratives and remind the audience to remember.
The type of screen I use is also not an arbitrary decision - the television/the largescale cinema screen/the angle the live-feed is shot at and how these are presented in relation to my live body are always very carefully considered in relation to the idea I am trying to convey."


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I tidied up my office yesterday, a process which largely involves a) discarding bits and pieces of early 3D printing experiments, b) discarding bits and pieces of board game prototypes, and c) filing or discarding papers that have clearly passed the threshold of "every day use" and must now be relegated to either recycling, filing cabinet, or three-ring binder. During that third stage I found what might be the most important business document ever: a worksheet my older daughter, MD, completed at school in first grade.
The scan's a bit hard to read, so here's question #3: Alena wants to buy a sticker for 45 cents. She hands the cashier 1 quarter, 1 dime, and 2 nickels. Did Alena give the cashier enough money for the sticker?
The answer, of course, is yes. The sticker costs 45 cents (holy inflation!) and Alena hands the cashier 45 cents. MD dutifully shows her work (25 + 10 + 10 = 45) and says, "Yes."
But that's not all. In the margin she adds, "but not with tax though." And there you have the two simple keys to defining and identifying added value. Information beyond the simple correct answer was provided, and that information was of vital, practical importance to the end user.
The smiley face and "I love it!" is from her teacher. That's the added value litmus test: the end user recognizes that the information provided went above and beyond the minimum correct answer AND provided insight that could help avert a negative situation or facilitate a greater success.
I showed this to my team members seven years ago and it's occupied various spots in my office ever since. Though there's a pretty good size file of paper memories for her in my closet, I think this one's going back up on the office wall for another few years.


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The Williamson County Master Gardeners Association Speakers Bureau on Monday will present a program called, "Native Plants vs. Invaders: The Impact on Pollinators."
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The program, part of the Garden Talk Series, is from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, June 3, at the Williamson County Public Library Main Branch, 1314 Columbia Ave, Franklin, TN 37064.
Presenters will explore the complex relationships between plants and pollinators. Participants will learn why growing native plants is crucial to the survival of our native bees, butterflies and birds and how non-native and invasive plants threaten their existence. The program also will explore the role honeybees play in our food supply and suggest how you can help them flourish.
Registration is required for each individual planning to attend. Complete your REGISTRATION HERE. Do not add additional people in the note field as organizers will not be able to guarantee them a seat.
Visit the Seed Exchange web page to learn about and register for the other upcoming programs in our Garden Talk Series.


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"More important is the dissatisfaction among some Latino and African American Democrats that the current progressive regime. Writing recently in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Roderick Wright, a Democratic state senator from south Los Angeles argues draconian environmental laws have seriously undermined job creation in his heavily minority, working-class districts...
Sadly the GOP has done little to address these failings. Republican pandering to nativist constituencies will contain Latino willingness to hear the party's message. Old links to racist groups (in the case of Ron Paul) [Ron Paul has strongly denounced such comments and opinions]or possession of a tin ear (Newt Gingrich) does neither the GOP nor the more important cause of political competition a great service.
A hard focus on economic growth and opportunity by minorities might not win accolades from the mainstream press, academia or top party cadres. Yet if we wish to see Dr. King's real dream extended beyond a relatively small number of the gifted few, minority voters should start challenging Obama's and the other candidates' economic agenda — or they can expect their support and their futures to again be taken for granted..."
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I don't think the illustrator had a good reason to make all the girls do the cat smile here. I think it's one of those things where the picture got out of control and the artist couldn't stop repeating a pattern.
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Following a wave of mass protests across the US, thousands of activists have gathered today for the Women's March London.
The march, which marked the one-year anniversary of a female-led global protest against Donald Trump's presidency, began at 11am at Richmond Terrace opposite Downing Street. The #TimesUp and #MeToo movements loomed large in people's minds as it began.
The rally was hosted by Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, a lawyer, women's activist and co-organiser of the event. Speakers included writer and activist Paris Lees, the cofounder and director of UK Black Pride, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, and Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow.
"This was empowering but now the real talk is how we get intersectional and hear all women's voices," Opoku-Gyimah tweeted. "This is not just for the few, it's about the many!"
Marchers were encouraged to bring along spare sanitary pads to donate to Bloody Good Period, an organisation which distributes pads to asylum seekers and other women unable to buy them.
They held up placards expressing solidarity with the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements, protesting the gender pay gap, and calling for equal rights for women across the board.
This slideshow gathers some of the most inspiring, right-on and insightful placards from Women's March London 2018.


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Paige's philosophy and words of encouragement appear throughout the site: in the headers, on rollovers, in product descriptions and beyond.
Quotes from friends were turned into quote cards to reflect how much Paige was loved by her community.
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Paige's children got their own editorial feature on the site, since part of the proceeds will be going to support their futures.
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Unity Mitford, The English Society Girl Who Loved Hitler
The Debutante
Unity Mitford first came to public attention as a debutante, a society beauty, during the 1930s. She was a member of a family of modern-thinking, high achieving girls, who scandalized and titillated the establishment with an exciting concoction combining British hauteur, sublime literary skill and wild and extreme political activities.
Unity achieved her peak of notoriety in the mid 1930s when she became a fervent supporter and admirer of Adolf Hitler and went to Germany to spend years as his adoring disciple. She achieved legendary status when she shot herself in a Munich park at the outbreak of The Second World War.
Although the bullet entered her brain, Unity survived and was allowed by Hitler to return to Britain. She lived out the last few years of her life as a brain damaged invalid.
Unity's Story
She was born Unity Valkyrie Mitford on 8 August, 1914, into an unconventional British aristocratic family. In order to take a look at and fully understand Unity's life, it is worth examining her parents and siblings in more detail.
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An Amazing Family
The father was David Freeman-Mitford, later Lord Redesdale, whose family could trace its origins back to the eleventh century Norman settlement of England. In 1904 he married Sydney Bowles who was the granddaughter of Thomas Bowles who established the two well-known London society magazines, "Vanity Fair" and "The Lady" in the late 1890's. They had seven children, six girls and a boy, all of whom achieved public distinction or disgrace in varying degrees. In the above picture, taken in 1925, are, back row Nancy and Thomas, middle, Diana and Pamela, and front, Unity, Jessica and Deborah.
Nancy Mitford (1904-73)
A moderate socialist, she became a highly successful authoress, writing eight novels (the most well known of which are 'Love in Cold Climate', 'The Pursuit of Love' and 'Don't Tell Alfred'), affectionately satirizing upper-class life in England and France, as well as several biographies. She had a longstanding relationship with French politician and statesman Gaston Palewski and lived in France much of her adult life.
Pamela Mitford (1907-94)
The 'quiet one' was overshadowed by her brilliant sisters in childhood. The poet John Betjeman fell in love with her and one of his most famous poems is about her - but she married a brilliant scientist, Derek Jackson. Both she and her husband had pro-Nazi views. After divorcing her husband she lived the remainder of her life with a woman.
Unity was a strong-willed, rebellious child with a wild sense of humor. After being asked to leave two private schools for indiscipline, she received her education at St Margaret's School, in Bushey in southern England.
Although she was a striking looking girl she found it difficult to live with her large family of high achieving sisters and she liked to shock people as a way of drawing attention to herself.
When she "came out" into society as a debutante in 1932, aged seventeen, she gained a reputation as a joker and was known to occasionally take a pet rat to society dances.
Major Thomas Mitford (1909-45)
Tom Mitford was the only son. Brilliantly articulate, he was educated at Eton, and used to pay his sisters a shilling an hour to argue with him to practice his debating skills. He went on to become a barrister, and at the outbreak of the Second World War joined the Army, but was shot in Burma nine weeks before the war ended. He never married and was reputed to have had many gay affairs
Diana Mitford (1910-2003)
The beautiful Diana became a social icon in 1929 when she married Bryan Guinness, heir to the Guinness fortune. After falling in love with Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Fascist party in 1932, she subsequently left Guinness, in the society scandal of the year, to set herself up as Mosley's mistress. Because of this she spent much of the second world war in a prison cell with Mosley. She supported him totally from that time on and when he died in 1970 she mourned him for the rest of her long life
She inherited her family's love of politics and as a young teenager she developed an anti semitism and love of the far right wing when her elder sister, Diana, left her husband, aristocrat and writer Bryan Walter Guinness, and began an affair with Oswald Mosley (pictured, right) who had just founded the British Union of Fascists.
Unity discovered that far right politics was the ultimate weapon she needed to shock people. She joined Mosley's Fascist group and often went around in a black shirt uniform. She liked to turn up at meetings of left wing groups and do the fascist salute and heckle the speaker.
The Five Eldest Sisters
Jessica, Nancy, Diana, Unity and Pamela
To Germany
When Hitler acceded to power in Germany in 1933, Unity announced her intention to go to Germany, to learn the language, and meet the Führer himself. Bizarre as this sounded, she was given permission to go by her parents and in the same year she and Diana saw Hitler for the first time when they travelled to the 1933 Nuremberg Rally as part of the delegation from the British Union of Fascists.
Diana and Unity in NurenbergThis first sight of the Fuhrer turned Unity's conviction into worship and from then on she devoted her life to meeting Hitler and being part of his life. She told her family, "The first time I saw him I knew there was no one I would rather meet."
Unity returned to Germany in the summer of 1934, and enrolled in a language school in Munich close to the Nazi Party headquarters. Within a year, when she returned home for a visit, she had accomplished her two main objectives. She had learned to speak good German, and had met not only Hitler, but the rest of his entourage including Himmler, Goering, Hess and Goebbels.
The way in which she did it was very simple. She effectively became what is today called a stalker. One of the more extraordinary things about Hitler's daily life at that time was that he was so predictable. He liked to go to the same cafes and restaurants and he made himself available to the public. Unity found out that Hitler and the inner circle of Nazis often dined at the Osteria Bavaria restaurant in Munich. She reserved a nightly table there and each evening waited until they arrived and simply sat and stared at them.
She was very persistent and after many months she was finally invited over to their table and then spoke with Hitler for half an hour. In a letter home she described it as "the most wonderful and beautiful" day and continued, "For me he is the greatest man of all time."
Jessica Mitford (1917-96)
Jessica, known as Decca, became fascinated by pacifism and left-wing politics and ran away at the age of 19 with Esmond Romilly, Winston Churchill's nephew, and then moved to America. After Romilly's death during the war she married again to the radical lawyer, Robert Treuhaft and they both joined the American Communist party. She wrote several books, including 'The American Way of Death', in 1963, which changed the way people felt about the funeral business.
Deborah Mitford (b. 1920)
Deborah, when she was 6, made it clear to all that her ambition was to be a Duchess and that is exactly what she did. At 21 she married Andrew Cavendish, second son of the Duke of Devonshire, and they inherited the enormous Chatsworth Estate which had become very run down. The house has since flourished under her keen business sense and dedication and she has made it one of the premier tourist attractions in England.
Hitler's Inner Circle
Hitler, in turn was flattered by the obvious devotion of the attractive blonde English girl and described her as "a perfect specimen of Aryan womanhood." From then on she became a constant member of their group and accompanied them to party rallies and state occasions as an accepted member of their circle.
She lived for the next five years mainly in Germany. Her flagrant anti-Semitism became more pronounced during this time and in 1936 she wrote a shockingly anti-Semitic open letter in Julius Streicher's newspaper 'Der Stürmer', with the postscript, "please publish my name in full, I want everyone to know I am a Jew hater." The letter was also published in England and caused widespread revulsion, but she was rewarded by Hitler with an engraved golden swastika badge and a private box at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Hitler and Unity in the English Garden in Munich
Hitler had become used to the company of this "Child" as he called her. She amused him and was light relief in his life. He may even have thought, mistakenly, that, with her background, she might have some influence on British affairs. When Hitler announced the Anschluss in 1938, she appeared with him on the balcony in Vienna and she was later arrested in Prague for distributing Nazi propaganda. In 1938 Hitler found her a flat which had previously belonged to a Jewish couple who had left suddenly. One can only surmise their destination. Unity did not care. She was completely wedded to the Nazi cause, but by the summer of 1939 with Britain and Germany on the brink of war, she was trapped.
The English Garden, Munich
Unity genuinely loved her home country but she loved Germany equally and she persistently pleaded with Hitler to maintain peaceful relations with England. However at the 1939 Bayreuth Festival Hitler warned Unity and the visiting Diana that war with England was inevitable in a very short time and that they should return home.
Whilst Diana did return to England where she was arrested and imprisoned, a distraught Unity decided to remain in Germany, although her family pleaded with her to go home. On September 3rd, 1939, upon hearing that Germany had declared on Great Britain, she shot herself in the head in the English Garden in Munich. She used a pearl-handled pistol which had been given to her by Hitler for her protection.
She survived the suicide attempt but the bullet lodged in her brain. She was taken to hospital at Hitler's expense, and then he arranged for her to be sent to Berne in Switzerland, from where her mother and youngest sister, Deborah collected her in December, 1939.
Final Years
"She was completely changed," Deborah recalls in Mary Lovell's 2001 book 'The Mitford Girls'. "Her hair was short and all matted. Because of the wound I expect they couldn't do much about washing and combing it; and her teeth were yellow, they had not been brushed since the shooting. She couldn't bear for her head to be touched. She had an odd vacant expression - the most pathetic sight - but it wasn't just her appearance; she was a completely changed person, like somebody who has had a stroke - her memory was very jagged. She recognised us, though."
Unity never recovered enough to live an independent life. Although she learned to walk again, she talked only with difficulty and was incontinent and childish. A succession of doctors decided it was too dangerous to remove the lodged bullet. She was cared for by her mother and sisters. In 1948 she was taken seriously ill on a visit to the family-owned island of Inch Kenneth and was taken to hospital in Oban where she eventually died of meningitis caused by the cerebral swelling around the bullet. She was aged thirty-four.
She was buried at Swinbrook Churchyard, near the family home. She was a fascinating creature who followed the path less well trodden. She was mourned deeply by her family and friends and still is to this day.
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Amazing lens, very educational.
Never heard about her before. Very good lens. I added you to my related lenses on mine called "My fiance's theories on Hitler". Thank you for sharing
Never heard this story before.Iinteresting and well-researched lens.
What a remarkable page ... such compelling reading especially learning more about English society.
A great lens.....excellent!
A fascinating period, Europe in the years just before the war and especially the young Brits of a certain class - all intellectualism and idealism in perpetual conflict, don't you think? - and always seeking after the next sensation, very sad really. I'd forgotten all about the Mitfords; thank you for telling her story to remind us. *blessed*
Wow - probably not one who'll have poems written about her! An unusual family unity had, indeed.
Here's an article that might be of interest. http://thepeaceseed.com/we-are-one/inspirational-t...
A fascinating read, I've never heard of her before. A very well written lens and Blessed by a Squid Angel today.
I must consider her misguided, but it is a very interesting family. I'd never heard of her before and thank you for profiling her.


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- AMENDMENT to motion: The approval is contingent on confirming that they're balloting on DSTU resources or they'll change their timeline to adjust to 2.1 timeline.
- VOTE: all in favor.
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- Discussion over test scripts issue.
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Vienna Spanish Riding School
Last night I attended a dinner at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna as part of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program Europe Conference. It was a great dinner in a fantastic space. We sat at tables that were placed on the floor where the horses normally perform - so we had a horse's eye view of the building. The space is wonderful, the food tasty and the company engaging - a perfect evening.
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I love plants. And despite living in a postage stamp-sized apartment, I've squeezed succulents onto every sill, draped pothos vines over dresser ledges, and packed herbs into crowded terra cotta pots. Not only is it soothing to surround myself with green, but it's satisfying to watch them reach for sunlight and perk up for water. Sure, it's not my mom's sprawling garden, but each plant brings me a little closer to the roots I left in Louisiana.
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