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Chaos Dream MetamorphosisPosted: November 24, 2013 Filed under: Poetry Leave a comment
(My first attempt at concrete poetry. I've been playing around with the title for months now, part of a story I'm working on, and this poem came out on the sides as I also dabbled with Buddhism. The words on the body, if the picture quality isn't clear, is "flutter-fetter, lost lie." )
On the killing of Children around the WorldPosted: November 24, 2013 Filed under: Politics, Thoughts Leave a comment
As much of a cynic as I may be, I still believe that every one ought to be given a chance at life, and this makes the killing of children absolutely unforgivable.
In Burma earlier this year, over twenty schoolboys in a Madrasah were butchered and burned by a mob of anti-Muslim locals. These boys had futures waiting for them, and they might have been part of Burma's beginning rise to a bright future, but all of that is gone now. And all because of ethnic tensions they personally had nothing to do with.
Recently, the Oxford Research Group reports that over the course of Syria's ongoing civil war, over 11,000 children have been tortured and slaughtered. Again, these children might have been the hope of the country, and again, the future they promised had been reduced to naught. And again all for matters which are beyond or do not concern them (in this case, because a man wants to stay in power and other men want to take that power from him).
Heart-wrenching, lamentable, abhorrent, condemnable. For all the eloquence I have the vanity of thinking of having, I am inarticulate at trying to express my horror at these bits of news. And I am frustrated at both my incapacity to do anything and at the cliche as which this expression of horror comes. The abhorrence of these acts of child-slaughter are self evident enough that it need not be pointed out, and yet paradoxically (or perhaps as a result of that self evidence) it seems one can never condemn this atrocity enough.
It is hardly a thing in Philippine political thought to think of foreign affairs (unless they have to do with islands and OFWs about to be beheaded), but I believe it is imperative that our government, as a government of a people that subscribes to fundamental human values, must play a bigger role in the world stage in preventing the continued slaughter of children.
Symptom of an aesthetic crisisPosted: November 18, 2013 Filed under: Art, Random, Thoughts Leave a comment
I was buying bread at a bakeshop in Dumaguete a while ago. Beside this bakeshop was a store that sold liquor, and when I arrived there a few tambays (the stereotypical Filipino drunk-as-winecork freeloader)were wasting the night away with the cheap rum they could afford. Gloc-9's provocative "Sirena" was playing in the store's radio.
You see I have long hair, and to crude Filipino standards the class I cannot shake away from myself is nothing but effeminate. With his imagination (which I daresay is barely better than his apparent standing in life), one tambay mocked me by emphasizing the song's title. You know, that proud Filipino tradition of mocking gays on which the careers of comedians like Diego from Bubble Gang and Pooh are established. He was implying I was a sirena.
I didn't mind — heck, aside from sympathizing with the plight of the homosexual, after almost twenty years of being falsely taunted for being gay I've grown used to it. But having an imagination a bit better than manong tambay's, I imagined all the similar lowlifes like him who could have been killed or who had lost their loved ones in Leyte at the wake of typhoon Haiyan, and I thought "I am sad at the loss of other lives, but God thank you so much for killing those scum and their families. The world is a better place now. "
But in all seriousness (and calmness), I realized that for all Gloc-9's moving lyrics on the plight of a young gay boy in our pretentiously patriarchal society, his message has failed to change people so spectacularly that people actually use his lyrics to mock those they presume to be gays.
There is something seriously wrong with how Filipinos appreciate art.
DEVELOPING STORY: Writers laud Cirilo F. Bautista's National Artist for Literature awardPosted: November 10, 2013 Filed under: Creative Non-fiction Leave a comment
It isn't official yet, but this has been speculated for years now, and it hardly comes as a surprise. Dumaguete poet Cesar Ruiz Aquino has long advocated Bautista's getting the distinction. This time I'm holding on to sir Sawi's predictions!
Any works by Bautista I recommend? The flash fiction "Miracle of the Trains" from his Political Parables!


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Some good news! - I can't thank you guys enough for your patience. The comic will resume next Thursday, assuming I get a new computer this Saturday like I am planning to. It's embarrassingly difficult for me to draw the old fashioned way without a computer. In also can't edit the size, so the image will have to be ugly and large like this until I get my new computer and can resize it from there.
Brisbane is wearing the bunny outfit her DollfieDream version is currently sporting, while Darwin is cranky about her not being a bilby, as his quest to stick it to Big Easter Bunny continues.
I hope to return on the 5th of April!
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Poor Darwin! It's a pity he couldn't get Bri to wear a bilby costume.
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Ahahahaaaaa, pouty Darwin is so cute! XD
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Give it up Darwin. It's Brisbane so of course she's going to wear a bunny costume, it's in her DNA.
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This offers more than teaching you about the New Evangelization - it tell you how to be part of it, a new person, transformed in Christ and through beauty, and showing Christ to others in our everyday activities Dr Caroline Farey of the School of the Annunciation in Devon and myself will be teaching a weekend course, Sacred Art and the New Evangelization in Kansas City, Kansas for the weekend of June 12 -14. It will include talks from both of us and the praying of the liturgy of the hours through the weekend. Register here.
Pope Benedict said that he believes that the Domestic Church will be the driving force for the New Evangelization. With this in mind and as part of this course we will be praying the Liturgy of the Hours. The intention is that this will do more than simply bring the community of students and teachers together (which it will do); we hope to see those who attend take this away with them and introduce the practice to their families and parishes. The material we use is simple enough that people who can sing it easily and beautiful so that they want to. Anyone who can hold a pitch when they sing and is not afraid to sing in front of their friends can will be able to continue on their own or pass it on to others in their own homes and parishes afterwards and build communities in faith around them. So why not start thinking out of the box...or out of the cell? Take a beautiful simple Vespers into hospitals or prisons in a form that patients and prisoners and will want to sing with you? We can take Christ from the monk's cell to the prisoner's cell so that the two are synonymous.
In conjunction with this, students will be taught how to pray with sacred art so that their icon corner really does become the focus of prayer and the heart of the home. We will learn, for example how the traditional layout of the icon corner reflects in both content and form the themes that Benedict brought out in his essay on the New Evangelization. This adds to the power of the prayer in the home to transform us supernaturally so that, despite ourselves and through God's grace, people see Christ in us and they believe that He can give them what they want most in life.
The price for the weekend which includes room and board is just $250 which is extraordinarily good value.
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Manitoba group walks around 'Most Threatened' Lake Winnipeg
A Manitoba woman, Katherine Morrisseau-Sinclair and the Lake Winnipeg Water Walkers have just completed a 1,000 kilometre trek around Lake Winnipeg which started on July 12th and finished on August 8th. "Lake Winnipeg should be 'recognized as a person,"Morriseau-Sinclair told CBC News and she believes the lake has a spirit, and it needs to heal spiritually. She was joined by community members from all walks of life to take part in the "Lake Winnipeg Water Walk" to help her begin that healing process.
"In 2013, Lake Winnipeg – the 10th largest fresh water lake in the world, was nominated "Most Threatened Lake" by Global Nature Fund. It was suggested that in 10 years this lake could die if action is not taken to help her heal."
"Covering 1032 kilometres in 28 days, this volunteer driven effort is one of many such walks taking place across the globe to protect our sacred and living waters. Joining this growing global movement, the Lake Winnipeg Water Walk reminds us that what we do to the water, we do to ourselves."
"Through community leadership and commitment, we can work collectively to ensure that our life giving water continues to flow and sustain future generations. We are all responsible for the health of our waters – the time is now."
"I've seen fishermen talk about a time when that lake was so pristine and clean," Morrisseau-Sinclair told CBC News. "And now that green algae is just smothering her. In Norway House, they're afraid to allow their kids to swim."
"She's very sick, I've seen it firsthand," she said. "The people talk about fishermen, for example, in Grand Rapids who used to be able to fish so abundantly. [Now} they have a great deal of difficulty filling their quota."
Morrisseau-Sinclair told CBC News she's optimistic her walk has had an impact. She said she's thrilled people in communities along the shores say they will now band together to take action to clean up the lake.
"What an amazing ending to our journey! Over 60 people from many different communities joined us today as we walked in to Manigotagan and ended this journey of the Lake Winnipeg Water Walk," she said on her Facebook page.
Ingah izitchigay nibi ohnjay . "I will do it for the water," is her motto.
The groups Facebook page: Lake Winnipeg Water Walkers (All photos seen here are from their Facebook page. )


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Your skin needs moisture, air to breathe, healthy foods, even your skin needs hydration too! All the blame goes to the lack of sleep when you tend to have the bad dark circled eyes or the bad skin! Why to only blame the lack of sleep for your bad health and skin? Of corse, you can fix everything out with the easy and quick home remedies but it is important to know what made the situation goes like this?
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When you have the bloated eyes after the 9-10 hours of the office or you feel weird of that swollen eyes after long hours study or those dark circles you get due to the lack of the sleep it seems like the only reason is stress and tensions!
Sometimes, some reasons go unfold because you do not consider them as the culprit for the cause!
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Unhealthy foods, bad eating habits, oily food, too spicy food or less consumption of water and stress make your eyes look bloated, swollen and puffy! You can treat them with the simple home remedies. This will not kill your time or no expense will be wasted on these quick home remedies!
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To reduce the puffiness of the eyes after the long day, go easy on the cold therapy!
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You can splash some cold soothing water on your face. You can even keep 4-5 ice cubes in a towel and keep them on your eyes. This will reduce the puffiness of the eyes. Even your tired looking eyes will get a freshen up look!
This can be tried, if you are planning to go on some occasions! This is the home remedies that works instantly!
The best thing you can try is- Keep two spoons in the freezer and after some time, keep the rounded part on the puffed area under your eyes! #BestAfterResults!
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# Enjoy some sweet kisses of honey to your eyes!
This home remedies will give you instant relaxing and freshen up look! C'mon young ladies, get rid of those swollen up or tired eyes instantly! Just take a half cup of water and add two tablespoons of honey in it and mix it well! Now dip and soak some cotton balls in the mixture. After soaking the cotton balls, keep them on the under eye area of your eyes to get rid of the bloated, swollen and puffy eyes!
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These honey cotton balls will not only help you get rid off those under eyes bags but prevent yours under eye skin from sagging!
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I'm heading off from Scotland to the 'Big Smoke' tomorrow, along with Christine. Looking forward to the event and meeting those of you who are coming along on the night. Was happy to see so many Fan tickets requested this year - I'm sure it's what DG would have wanted - it makes the Ceremony a special coming together, rather than an official 'industry' do (much as we love them too!)
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On September 8th, the New York Times released a piece titled "Trump Administration Discussed Coup Plans With Rebel Venezuelan Officers", opening a new chapter in the longstanding debate of American intervention in South America. In doing so, a lot of questions and arguments have been raised about the impact that such influence could have on the country, currently immersed in mounting poverty and appalling conditions.
Before arguing whether a move like this could be a negative or positive impact, or if this has any potential of being true, it is important to note the history of the intervention that the United States of America has had in the South American continent and its history with Venezuela during the Chavez era.
Just a few days ago, Chile commemorated the 45th year of the coup d'état to Salvador Allende, a coup that led to a ferocious dictatorship under the leadership of Augusto Pinochet taking the lives of thousands of citizens who had been a part of Allende's government.. This coup, and the years in power of Augusto Pinochet, was in many ways possible thanks to the support the United States provided to its government. Chile's experience is not unique, in the region. Countless have been the times where the United States has meddled in one way or another, Cuba, Brazil and El Salvador are some other notable cases, thus creating an anti-American sentiment in some cases.
Given this context, throughout his years in office, Hugo Chavez, former president of Venezuela, this dark history of the United Stated in the region fueled much of his rhetoric- the fight against American imperialism. For Chavez, one of the most important transformations that we should all aim for, was returning to Latin American roots, and separating the central and south American continents from the so-called "yankees".
Yet, throughout his years in office, Chavez never stopped selling oil to the United States, although he did have episodes where he publicly insulted American officials on national television. And so, even though the relationship between the United Stated and Venezuela did not disappear, it certainly deteriorated. Under Chavez's rule, Venezuela increased international collaboration with Russia and China and implemented policies that made most American corporations operating in Venezuela stop producing, or for that matter investing in businesses, in the country. At the same time, the chavista officials used the unwillingness of American companies and investors to invest in Venezuela as a reason to boycott or remove the United States' interest in Venezuela.
So it is safe to say, that during the years Chavez was in office, little was done byt the United States to intervene in anyway imaginable. The latter is important, because Chavez maintained his rhetoric, even if the United States did not engage in that rhetoric.
A different case for intervention could be made through the participation International Organizations have had in finding a viable political solution to Venezuela. International Organizations such Organization of American States, United Nations, among others, have also meddled in the affairs of Venezuela, trying to negotiate and find middle ground for Venezuelans on the verge of its current crisis, actions which Chavez, and consequently Maduro, view as an arm of the United States imperialism.
Nonetheless, it is important to note, that the former has recently changed as the United States has mounted its concern for Venezuela's situation and this has been accompanied by economic sanctions, which might be considered as the ultimate form and most egregious form of intervention, second only to a military intervention. But it is important to remember that these sanctions started only in the last years of the Obama era, and have recently intensified under the Trump administration, and these sanctions have been specifically targeted at individuals and not the Venezuelan country, people or its economy.
This is particularly relevant, then, when analyzing the content of the New York Times article, which seems to be intended to either harm the Trump administration or fuel this antiimperialist rhetoric from the chavismo. Given the United States' complicated history in the region, the possibility of the US attempting to even so much as discuss a coup, has grave implications. For a regime that is untrustworthy to begin with, it puts more people associated with the United States at risk of imprisonment.
The last year only, hundreds of military officials have already been imprisoned for potentially plotting a coup against Maduro and his regime. To put this into context, we must recall the outcome of both the uprising that occurred earlier this year, and the attempt against Maduro's life a month ago. In both situations as Maduro escaped unscathed, many did not. Dissenters, activists and proponents of human rights alike were thrown into jails en masse. With news of possible American interference, these efforts are likely to be redoubled by the Maduro regime putting many more at risk, especially those with any connections to the United States.
The crisis in Venezuela is not unbeknownst to the governments worldwide. While the regime may be a problem, the country is suffering from a massive humanitarian crisis, which will simply not end with a regime change. In order for any successful transition of power, there must be safeguards in place that guarantee economic recovery, with or without international military assistance. If the Middle East is any indication of regime change, none have faced an easy path to recovery. At this point in time, any discussions of regime change, through coups or otherwise, will only draw away attention from a worsening socio-economic situation within the country. The problem, now, in Venezuela is deeper than just the regime, which may be the ultimate cause of the problem, but simply removing Maduro will not rid the nation of its most pressing woes. In an ideal world, a regime change fueled by international intervention would be accompanied by millions in humanitarian aid and a comprehensive reconstruction plan. However, the reality is much more bleak. A regime change through a coup would result in some loose form of military powers taking charge with sporadic monetary interventions from the international community, relegating the future of Venezuela to the likes of Libya and Iraq.
Claudia A. Gonzalez is a Political Analyst with a background in economics. She is currently an Account Manager at Atheneum and holds a Master's degree in Political Science. She has attended Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Please note that opinions expressed in this article are solely those of our contributors, not of Political Insights, which takes no institutional positions.


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Audrey Petty's HIGH RISE STORIES
One of the best ways to learn about other places and times is through oral histories. Interviews with everyday people can give you a terrifically vivid glimpse into one specific experience of a given place or time. That's why I love the Voice of Witness series of books, published by McSweeney's Books. Voice of Witness is a non-profit publishing company that—in their words—"uses oral history to illuminate contemporary human rights crises in the U.S. and around the world."
I'd like to highlight one specific book from their series this week: Audrey Petty's High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing. Audrey is a Chicago native, born and raised. For this project, she interviewed over 26 people who lived in Chicago public housing in the 80s. In the early 2000s, many of these buildings were demolished, and these stories Audrey has collected, complied, and edited in this book are some of the only evidence we have left of the vibrant and troubled communities who once called those places home.
High Rise Stories is told primarily in the voices of these storytellers (Voice of Witness calls them "narrators")—each of whom has a compelling and fascinating story to share. But I'm going to read to you an excerpt from Audrey Petty's introduction, which will give you some insight into her background and what brought her to this particular subject.
Here it is, an excerpt from "On Plans and Transformations," Audrey Petty's Introduction to High Rise Stories, published by Voice of Witness.
I am a South Sider who came of age in the early 1980s, the child of native Southerners. My first neighborhood was all-black, middle-class Chatham Village. At age seven, I moved with my family to Hyde Park-Kenwood, a relatively well-to-do, racially integrated community, now best known as Barack Obama's adopted stomping grounds. When venturing out, I learned boundaries. Just across a field was busy East Forty-Seventh Street, lined with tenements, nightclubs, taverns, liquor stores, a meager grocery, a hardware store, and a funeral home. Postcard Chicago gleamed in the distance: the Sears Tower, the Standard Oil, the Prudential. Though my parents forbade me to traverse East Forty-Seventh alone, eventually I'd sneak across the much-trafficked thoroughfare to buy penny candies from the closest liquor store.
Ten blocks south of the townhouse where I grew up are the stately, Gothic halls of the University of Chicago. My forays onto the campus were more complicated. I wandered through quiet courtyards, intrigued by gargoyles crowning archways and alcoves, peeking through ivy. And I was regularly stopped short in my explorations, barred from entering public halls by uniformed guards who ordered me to leave. (Close to home, my brown skin often helped me blend into a crowd. But in the ever-emerging maze of the University of Chicago, it marked me as an outsider.)
To the west of my neighborhood, and closer to us than the city's downtown skyscrapers, stood Robert Taylor Homes. Twenty-eight high rise buildings. Together they formed an imposing façade. Though my memory often fits them into my daily vista, I couldn't actually see Robert Taylor Homes from my doorstep. Nonetheless, I saw them often—on the weekly bus ride to piano lessons, excursions to the ballpark, and fall and winter holiday drives to my aunt and uncle's place on the Far West Side. I saw them often and I also imagined them. As I imagined them, the buildings were always over there. Despite their physical proximity, the buildings seemed remote, vividly unto themselves. They were terminally run-down. Robert Taylor Homes were public housing, back then the largest public housing complex in the United States. And while the peak of the Sears Tower seemed entirely reachable to me as a kid, Robert Taylor Homes were ever unknowable, ever apart.
When those buildings came down, starting in 2003, I was grown up, a resident of Urbana (in downstate Illinois), and a frequent visitor to my hometown. Word of the demolition of places like Robert Taylor Homes didn't surprise me. City Hall's rationales were what I expected; I'd followed headline stories about high rise public housing nearly all of my life. Nonetheless, the eventual destruction of these landmarks stunned me. The absence of the twenty-eight buildings of Robert Taylor Homes compelled me to reckon with their enormity as a community. What were those communities really like? I wondered. And where on earth did all those people go?


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Julia Caroline Knowlton: The Edge of Our Comfort Zones/
Julia Caroline Knowlton is an MFA candidate in poetry at Antioch University in Los Angeles. A Pushcart nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets College Prize, her poetry has appeared in numerous journals such as Ghost City Review and Piedmont Journal of Poetry and Fiction. Her chapbook The Café of Unintelligible Desire was published in September 2018. She is Professor of French and French Program Director at Agnes Scott College, and holds MA and PhD degrees in French literature from UNC-CH. She earned her BA in English and French at Duke. You may read her work at http://juliacarolineknowlton.agnesscott.org/.
Brittney Rowe speaks with Julia about her journey as a writer below.
Congratulations on the publishing of your chapbook The Café of Unintelligible Desire! Can you tell me more about it?
Thank you! I became interested in chapbooks during my MFA work. I had been organizing my poems in groups, playing around with how they might form a full manuscript, and the poems in my chapbook begin to coalesce and resonate with each other. I submitted to several chapbook contests and also submitted it to various publishers. I was fortunate to have a choice between several publishers, and decided to go with Alice Greene & Co. in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
I love the imagery used in "Postcards from Paris" that you published with us in 2018. What inspired you to write this piece?
Thank you! Those poems are the result of my decades-long love of the city of Paris, a city I discovered for the first time as an undergraduate French major. Paris has historically welcomed artists and writers, including American writers of color who did not feel at home in the USA. Some of my favorite writers include James Baldwin, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce, all of whom sought artistic refuge in Paris. Stein famously wrote "America is my country, but Paris is my hometown."
How do you think writing poetry has influenced your life?
I began writing poems at around age ten. I grew up in a very musical, highly literate household: my parents valued language, literature, and all of the fine arts. Writing has always been a natural way for me to make sense of the world, especially when my experiences do not seem to make much sense. In other words, writing poems helps me to wrestle meaning, through language, out of situations (such as illness and loss) that seem to contradict the very possibility of meaning.
When did you first become serious about writing?
I first became serious about writing in high school. I encountered works of literature that transformed me, such as Jane Eyre and the plays of Shakespeare. I want to note that this was in the 1980s, and no writers of color or LGBTQ writers were included in high school classes whatsoever at that time. Nevertheless, the literature that I read revealed what I would call the mystery of limitlessness. I began writing in an attempt to capture glimpses of that limitlessness. In rare moments, when writing, I feel and see a bit of mystery—always fleeting.
In reading your interview with Diane Gottlieb, I became especially intrigued with how you describe poetry as "an encounter with the blank space surrounding it." You then go on to say, "poetry is a representation of silence and its own absence." Can you tell me more about these ideas and how you see the influence of silence reflected in your own poems?
Poems are unique in their spatial disposition on the page. With the exception of poems that run longer than one page, they are literally "held" by the silence that surrounds it. If we think of silence as the opposite of language, we see that the poem is surrounded by non-language. Another interpretation is that silence is itself its own form of language. In that sense, a poem is in communion with the meaning communicated by the silence that surrounds it. One of my favorite poets, Stéphane Mallarmé, spoke in rich and beautiful ways about the contributions of silence to poetry.
So much happens when we are silent—when we sleep and dream, when we brood, when we fall in and out of love, when we finally die. Think of it; most of us are silent, much of the time, while we actually write. Silence is the "leaving and arriving" of language. Let me differentiate here, however, between this somewhat pure "esthetics of silence" and political silence. Women have been silenced politically for ages, and I completely oppose that!
What inspired you to pursue an MFA in poetry?
When I was right out of college, I was really interested in doing both a PhD in French and an MFA in creative writing. I did the former, got married, had two daughters, became a tenured professor and published author, got divorced, went through a frightening and lengthy period of illness, and came out on the other side of all of those experiences sixteen years later.
My desire to do the MFA never left me; obtaining it is a mid-life gift to myself. The real gift is that I have not become a better writer simply by completing the academic requirements for the degree; rather, the entire MFA experience has changed me in ways that are now coming through in my writing. This is especially due to the social justice emphasis at Antioch, where I am completing my MFA degree. The main aspect of the social justice emphasis that has transformed me is my own necessary, painful confrontation with my own white fragility and white privilege. The writer Eula Biss has written in a raw, honest way about this type of confrontation. Writers such as Claudia Rankine and Terrence Hayes have also pushed me hard out of my comfort zone, which, as I've emphasized, is crucial for any artist. It is a question of coming to a new place of hope and humility. That place is where new writing can begin.
What motivates you to keep writing?
Writing is as natural to me as breathing, so even if I try not to do it, I can't not do it. That being said, I do maintain certain disciplines. One is reading: every writer must first and foremost be a steady and devoted reader. The other is the actual writing practice: the poet Mary Oliver has stated the one must "keep a regular appointment" with one's own writing self. My appointment with myself is at 7 am, every day that it is possible. My best writing time is 7-9 am: language, coffee, and my mind rising out of the night's darkness of sleep and dream.
Outside of pursuing an MFA, you hold a MA and PhD in French literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. And, currently, you teach French at Agnes Scott College as the French Program Director. What draws you to French culture and language? Do you see your background in French literature reflected in your style and thinking in writing?
These are good questions! I began learning French at a very young age, in a public-school system in Shaker Heights, Ohio. I believe that my musical ear, combined with my interest in language, combined to provide me with a natural aptitude to learn French. Once I started at age eight, I never stopped. I took French throughout high school, majored in it in college, and did my PhD in it. I have been a college professor of French language and literature for twenty-two years. I was drawn to this area of knowledge because of the vast amount of literature written in French; this goes back to the idea of limitlessness.
One of my favorite French writers is the medieval writer Marie de France. French culture, like any culture, is complex, and I do not love everything about it at all times. Even after all these years, I still get a pang of homesickness for my native USA and my native English at times, when I am in France. That being said, I am in a very deep and abiding love affair with the language and culture. There is a kind of subtle elegance that I do not find in English. French humor and wit are also fascinating, and different from American humor and wit. I also love studying the history of France; I have particular expertise in eighteenth-century France.
My fluency in French and the time I've spent in France does influence my writing in English; I have had mentors and editors point out turns of phrase or grammatical idiosyncrasies in my poems that are due to my knowledge of French. The French seems to "seep into" my English. This is definitely true of my inner thinking as well. One of my professors explained that a bilingual mind often resides in the interim space entre les langues—in-between two languages, neither fully in one nor the other. Perhaps that "in-betweenness" is the space where poetic language truly resides.
What advice do you have for those interested in pursuing an education in languages, cultures, and writing?
My advice is not to stop; push through the long, arduous "intermediate" phase of learning a new language, because one morning you will awaken and realize that you dreamed in your second (or third) language! That is the sign that you are really mastering it. It is a cliché, but true, that encountering other languages and cultures is one of the best ways to learn about one's self. That is because one is constantly thrown out of one's comfort zone, and that is a good thing. I think we should always be near the edge of our comfort zones, as artists. Complacency never leads to anything cool or new.
Read Julia's most recent Roanoke Review publication "Postcards from Paris" here.


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If you could take only one ultra-shallow diving hard lure bass fishing with you, what would it be?
If there's one category of hard lures for bass fishing that continues to fascinate me, it's what I tend to refer to as the ultra-shallow divers. I guess because I don't have a lifelong history of lure fishing for bass and as such thinking about the old classics such as the Rapala J13 and even to some extent say the Storm Jointed Thunderstick doesn't bring me out all warm and fuzzy, it's the more modern hard lures and what they can do that just fascinate me - and at the top of the tree as such is how you we can get hold of long casting, minnow-type hard lures that can then swim so shallow and so seductively. But let's say that you can take only one of these lures out bass fishing with you - what would it be? And yes, this is how my brain started to bounce early this morning………….
I bet any number of you own such lures as the Tackle House Feed Shallow, IMA Komomo SF-125, IMA Komomo II, DUO Terrif, Daiwa R50+, Duel Hardcore Lipless Minnow 120F, IMA Komomo SF-130 Slim etc. There are numerous ones that I am aware of, and no doubt plenty more that I am not. I am not on about your more regular minnows, rather this rather unique family of hard lures that are designed to swim really shallow and thus tend to suit so much of the rough, rocky and weedy ground that so many UK and Irish lure anglers love to fish.
But for this blog post I can take only one of them. I'm starting to sweat with imagining the thought of leaving various ones behind. I remember plenty of the bass I have caught or seen caught on various lures and of course various colours, but tie me down and let me take only one of these ultra-shallow divers and for me it has to be the IMA Komomo SF-125. The first of these type of modern lures that I ever owned was the IMA Komomo SF-125, before they did a bit of redesign work on the thing and relaunched it a few years ago, and because this particular lure I owned (happened to be the cotton candy colour) then went and worked for me almost straight away over in south east Ireland - lots of rough, shallow ground - I can't help but pick this one out.
Before I owned this lure, I had never really seen a long-casting, modern style of hard lure that went out so well and would then swim so shallow and so seductively via me doing no more than simply winding it in. I remember reading a lot back then how the French anglers especially were so into the working their hard lures (twitching, pausing etc.), and then how I almost convinced myself that I had to doing something wrong because I wasn't animating that SF-125 at all - yet it was catching me a bunch of bass. As long as I live I will never forget one particular bass literally launching itself out of the water and onto some flat rocks at my feet as it tried to smash that first cotton candy SF-125 I owned, and it really struck me how that particular colour of hard lure could often work when it was sunny and calm and tough conditions.
But of course there's lures like the Feed Shallow in this "family" of hard lures that can't be ignored, indeed there's no getting away from how many big bass this one lure has been responsible for. I really like and respect the Feed Shallow, but I don't love it like I love the SF-125. It matters not that the Feed Shallow doesn't cast as well as the SF-125, and if I think back I reckon I have seen more bigger bass taken on the Feed Shallow overall, but for me it comes down to the simple fact that I owned an SF-125 well before I owned a Feed Shallow, and as such it wormed its way into my head and I don't really feel comfortable going bass fishing without at least one in my box - unless the sea is really bouncing and therefore I'm not fishing very shallow ground and/or the sea is too rough to fish with ultra-shallow divers anyway.
A bunch of years later and you might have guessed that I own a few SF-125 lures in a range of colours, but make me pick one and it's still going to be that cotton candy colour. It makes no sense how this daft colour looks nothing like any baitfish that any self-respecting bass might ever come across, but again this rams it home to me how on earth we are ever really going to know what a fish actually sees or even senses. I would hope that I have learnt a lot more about bass fishing since that day I first got an SF-125 from the Bass Lures at the now defunct CLA Game Fair, but still I derive a particular pleasure from clipping on an IMA SF-125, chucking it out over some stunningly rough shallow ground, and then having a bass smash into it as I do no more than crank it back. My kind of lure - easy to use and easy to understand.
Now that was a final worthy of such an awesome Rugby World Cup. Holy cow that was some game. Hugely well done to New Zealand, commiserations to a pretty brilliant Australia team, but most scary to me is how much better these teams are than England. For all the individual brilliance, nothing beats experience born from time spent under real sporting pressure, and when you've got an All Blacks team taking the field with well over one thousand caps and they also happen to be obscenely talented as well, well I guess that the rest of the rugby world is working out how on earth they might catch up. That really was the most incredible World Cup. The Six Nations is going to be a blast as always, but in the back of my mind is that niggling feeling that England ain't remotely close to a team like New Zealand yet. Four more years down the line? Let's see……….


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Saturday, June 25, 2011
How D Has Changed Me
How has Diabetes changed me? Considering I am not the one living with the disease, that is an odd question. I met Vince 9 years ago. I think back to that time. Did his Diabetes affect me then? Not really. He had his lows, but he felt them back then, and I helped to be sure he drank or ate something and that was about it. He was on syringes back then not the pump, so there wasn't the expenses to worry about. He also didn't have any complications, so it really didn't bother me much and I didn't think about it much. Slowly his complications became real and a few years later he became disabled. About the same time, he began using the pump and CGM sensor. Where in those years did it really start having an affect on me? Was it when he stopped feeling his lows and I saw him go unconscious? Or was it when he developed his Retinopathy and became mostly blind in his one eye and under went countless surgeries to save the rest of the eye and save his other eye. May it really started to affect me when I began to see the one I love most, struggle with pain 24/7. Not to mention the expenses incurred from the specialist doctor visits and the medication and pump supplies. Scary to think we pay as much as we do and that is with having good insurance. As those bills come in and sit on the desk and the pile get higher and higher it is stressful. We are young and on a fixed income. How will we ever get ahead? But again, how does this all affect me. My attitude and me as a person? I have noticed lately that I am becoming less patient with people that don't do the right thing in life. People that say rude or mean things to other people. I work in an office and let's just say I have no patience for office politics anymore. I go to work, sit there quietly and do my job. I have a lot on my mind so I don't always feel like chatting it up with everyone and their mother. If you don't like it, all well. I have more important things to worry about. I also don't have respect for people that don't have a care in the world about what they do or say. I used to be an easy going quiet shy person; and to a point I am still that way. But I feel like all of the stress of helping Vince to stay as healthy as humanly possible, and as comfortable as possible leaves me no patience to deal with the craziness of the world. Another thing that I have noticed is that I don't like to go out anymore by myself without Vince. Other than going to work, I want to be with him 24/7. I am pretty sure deep down, it's because I think one day something bad will happen to him. I am always having dreams at night that we are apart or I am not with him and I am just so upset that I lost him. I know not wanting to go out is not a depression issue because I am truly happy. Stressed but happy nonetheless. One thing that has become prevalent is my anxiety. Anxiety also runs in my family so I am not sure if it has developed as I am getting older because of genetics or if it is because of the stress of my daily life. Ether way, I don't like it. I don't like having to take a small pill when I am freaking out about nothing or I am feeling guilty about nothing just to feel normal. It's a low dose medication that I really don't take often, but I still don't like it. So, all that being said, I know I need to get out more to take a "time out" and as much as I like the idea, when it comes time to do it, I don't want to. I feel guilty for leaving Vince home, feel guilty for other people who take me out for having pity on me, and feel guilty for feeling guilty. See the problem? I guess, as I have said in the past, I am aware of my issues, so that is a very good thing. I just need to figure out a way to deal with them.
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Long Ride Home
Hey guys.. I just posted a cover I recorded of one of my favorite songs, Long Ride Home, by Patty Griffin.. I freaking love love this song. Hope you guys dig my version of things and that you're having an awesome night/morning whichever it may be. Thanks for all the love as always.
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Scraps of a love letter and such
(found this little piece of spoken word poetry-ish writing in my song book from when I was in Berlin writing the 2nd Common Linnets record)
I had succumb to the habits of loving not the now but the was and will be, I was a captive to the worries of what could come and what's long past. precious little it seemed had been able to take me so far from the horrible about which hung my heart to so near the wisdom, joy, and forgiveness that is the tolerance to pardon myself for mistakes that I am damned to too often make again and again.
But in her I found absolute resolve of the heart. Disquiet and worries cease to exist, let alone matter. And when your heart is courageous enough to speak a truth that you never knew it could, and when your dreams are no longer squandered but consumed by her, you scrawl it on every daybreak. Because She has become the measure of what is true and what is beautiful. She has become the only light of love you wish to ever know.
Starlight and the dance of dust through the sunlight in the high ceilings of Fall are yet quiet delicacies unto that such as hers. one might imagine that time itself would turn it's back if only for a moment to allow such beauty to stay.
'a tiny little coffee moment'
Goedemorgen all you Groningenians! Beautiful blue sky here in Holland this morning.. I know it's been a bit since I've written here so I hope everyone had a happy holiday and kick arse New Years with some kisses up in there!
Writing to you guys from a little bungalow nestled in Groningen in the midst of the Eurosonic music festival. It's been pretty radical the past few days getting to share the stage and some champagne with awesome folks like the Ting Tings and Hozier. Can't thank everyone enough for voting for The Common Linnets for Public Choice! Kinda love all you guys a ton.
THRILLED to be playing Stadsschouwburg Groningen this evenin, so if you happen to be one of the lucky ones in this fair city tonight, you should slide on by around midnight to see myself and the Common Linnets melt some faces with our folkness :)
I've got some nifty plans for this year and can't wait to share new songs and videos with you guys. So please stay tuned and keep happy and i'll see you very soon! Thank you folks for ALL the sweet emails, they really make my day.
With hugs and love for days and days
Thursday hang day
Hello Hello,
I'm writing from the Linnets cave (cozy upstairs studio abode). Matt and JB are working on some beautiful music stuff while I drink coffee and register songs. Overall pretty awesome grey day here in Holland. It's kind of a crazy ride, a tour of Europe and possible Belgium french fry commercials... check out the video clip to see a little bit of the road!
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Week 2
Officially back in Europe for a while! So completely excited for everything to come..
Been a pretty stacked past few days getting everything shaped up for tour w/ The Linnets. I'm currently somewhere close by some beautiful waterfront in Hilversum writing this and gorging myself with cashews. Tons of exciting things coming soon, and hopefully some new music for you guys! for now check out the 52 second video that is "Week 2"!
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It's 1:40am in Holland and things are radical. So many exciting things coming up so soon with the Common Linnets.. Can't wait to get out and see all you guys for the European tour! It's going to be an amazing time.
For those of you folks who didn't get a chance to tune into RTL LateNight this past Friday we played the new single "Give Me A Reason" AND sang a little piece of one of our newest songs "Proud". You should check it out if you get the time :)
Seems I'm spending more and more time these days writing all kinds of songs with all types of pretty cool people. It's an incredibly lucky place I find myself. But looking back I think that was one of my biggest anxieties for my first years in Nashville.. cowriting.
Most days its all about the willingness to sound stupid. Sometimes not one of my actual words or phrases that I throw out there will be put into a song BUT these ideas spark something in another writer and can lead to a cool hook or melody. Somedays I'm the 'creator' and other days I sift through and 'edit' the ideas of others. Developing a since of trust with another writer can definitely help but so many times you're thrown into the lions den with one or two completely new faces and expected to churn a new awesome song.. So.. like all wonderful things in life, take joy in taking chances and be unafraid to do so. Boom.
goodmorning and goodnight
So here goes the brief beginnings of a random blog about writing and touring and friends.
I've got this thing I do where I'm in bed asleep but can't stop thinking about tasks and ideas and sometimes those things turn into a bit of a headache. Eventually I turn on the bedside lamp, sit indian style on the floor with my notebook and guitar and hash it out.
Tonight's one of those things.
Been jammin on "I spy" by Mikael Paskalev and "Annie" by JohnnySwim to get a few ideas. If you haven't, check these tunes out.
It's 1 AM here in Nashville and i'm writing a folk song about missing somebody. Hope whether you're waking up or passing out that you're doing good.


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Our trip to Redfern Lodge was truly an experience of a lifetime. Between the lodge, the scenery, and the fishing!! My 14 year old daughter and I will have memories that will last forever. Thank you very much Darrell.
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We just completed a repair for a customer's Rheem RDGC in Woodbury, MN for the following problem: "Will not heat." Our customer was pleased to be back up and running with their fixed Furnace! If you're looking for help with your Will not heat Furnace or to get a quote on your Furnace, give us a call at 763-757-4678.


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Wordsworth wrote an endless poem in blank verse on "the growth of a poet's mind." I shall attempt a more modest feat for a more distracted age: a blog, "Things which a Lifetime of Trying to Be a Poet has Taught Me."
Free verse, as we have established, is not free and is usually not enough. One way of adding some semblance of form to it is by the expedient of an acrostic, as in this impression of a girl I met, Nancy Joy Johnson.
N ever in my universe,
A t least to my knowledge,
N ot on the line between before and after or
C rossing the path of any otherwise existence
Y ou have been until today. Nancy
J oy is a good name for you, for
O ften after you walk away I laugh myself into
Y on land of green trees.
Later I would combine the acrostic with real forms like the sonnet. Now, that is a challenge!
Donald T. Williams, PhD


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Sainte Foy is located in the heart of the Tarentaise valley, a true hotspot for Alpine sports enthusiasts.
Surrounded by the world-famous ski areas of the Espace Killy and Paradiski, there are a variety of ways to get here. Click on the menus on the left for more information.
To see where our properties are located within Sainte Foy, click here.


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With Christmas just around the corner it's time to take a step back and look at all the events we have been involved with this year.
Cardiff Business Club
2017 has been another great year for the Club with 10 events including speakers; Director of Operations at GCHQ Paul Chichester, former Lion's Captain Lawrence Dallaglio OBE, Political Economist Will Hutton and Liv Garfield, Chief Executive of Severn Trent PLC. With all the events averaging on 150 attendees it is great to be part of the Club's continued successes.
Cardiff Business Awards 2017
The third Cardiff Business Awards took place at City Hall on Friday 23rd June. Entertainment on the night was in the form of Lucie Jones, West End star and Eurovision finalist. The black-tie event; one of Cardiff's most popular business awards saw City Hall at full capacity and Sure Chill take home the top Award on the night.
Caerphilly Business Forum
This year Grapevine Events came on board as coordinators of the Forum, creating a brand-new website and calendar of events. We launched the new look Forum in May with a wonderful talk by Falkland's War veteran and Caerphilly native Simon Weston CBE. We have had continued success at the Forum with a range of interactive breakfast events set to help the businesses within Caerphilly.
Regen Conference
The first of its kind in Wales, Regen brought together thought leaders from the UK's urban and rural regeneration industries. A free to attend conference held in Cardiff's City Hall across two days saw over 350 people attend the conference and exhibition.
Fast Growth 50 Awards 2017
After nineteen years, the Fast Growth 50 Awards were as popular as ever. Held at a packed-out Mercure Holland House Hotel, the awards were hosted by Sian Lloyd who did a wonderful job of managing the room. The Secretary of State, The Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP and Karen Thomas from headline sponsors, Barclays, both gave speeches. 17 awards were given out in total and this year's fastest growing business was Caerphilly based Aerfin.
Caerphilly Business Forum Awards 2017
For the first time the Awards were held at Llechwen Hall Hotel. This year was the most successful year to date for the Awards with the largest amount of entries and a huge 260 people in attendance. Alex Jones from Coffee 37 took home two awards on the night including the Premier Award.
Looking ahead to 2018...
2018 is looking exciting for Grapevine. We have just won the tender to run the administration for Swansea Bay Business Club which we take over in January. We will also be managing the inaugural Wales Finance Awards in April and working on exciting plans for the 20th Anniversary of Fast Growth 50, to name but a few things that Grapevine will be working on 2018.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us through 2017 and we look forward to working with old friends and new in 2018.
If you would like to work with Grapevine in 2018 get in touch with us here.


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Details About the 14th Annual Reid's Ride
When: Sunday, July 15, 2018 (7am-Noon), Rain or Shine.
What: 28-mile Bicycling Ride through six Massachusetts north shore towns, to raise money to fight adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancers.
Where: Starts at the parking lot at Lynnfield High School (275 Essex St, Lynnfield), and ends at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester (Hough Street), where riders are greeted with food, refreshments, music and prizes.


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Gingerbread Interiors
Brand Identity
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Gingerbread is an Interiors Design Consultancy with a shop based in The Piece Hall in Halifax, UK. They have a passion for creating the wow factor in homes through renovations and unusual finds and treasures in their shop. At Gingerbread, they believe in the importance of providing the best possible service that allows for customers to walk out of the shop feeling better than they did on the way in.
When Sharon established Gingerbread she approached The Apple Yard to undertake a full brand consultation to help realise her business vision. We partnered to create Gingerbread's brand identity, various print collateral from business cards to brochures. In addition we constructed a website complete with an online shop to further carry the branding into the online presence. Scroll down to view their portfolio


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The Lack of Effective Communication Skills in Today's Society
I first met my grandmother when I was four years old, and she died when I was seven. However, in those three short years, she ingrained into me one very important lesson. Since she was a retired first-grade teacher, she taught me the basics of great communication skills before I even started kindergarten. She often said that people judge us by our communication skills. To quote her, "If you speak and write like an idiot, people will think you are an idiot." Now that I am in my forties, I still hear those words every day, and it saddens me that we, humans as a whole, are becoming very apathetic about our communication skills.
Correct spelling, proper grammar and correct use of punctuation are the foundation to effective writing. In fact, my high school Creative Writing teacher told me that it is very rare for a young writer to have all three of the basic skills of great writing. These skills are spelling, grammar/punctuation and creativity. She said that I was one of those rare young writers. Again, her words, like my grandmother's, stuck with me. While I did not go into the writing profession, I kept those words in my head whenever writing anything for my other jobs.
However, when I earned my associate's degree online, I participated in class discussions and team projects via the written/typed word. During my two years of classes, I never heard the voices of my professors or classmates. What really appalled me was the lack of the three basic writing skills in my fellow students. The spelling and grammar was so atrocious that it was literally painful to read. The assignments and tests were not near as difficult as it was to read and decipher the meanings of my classmates' posts in order to respond with something useful, which was important because participation was a large part of the course grades. Furthermore, the complete lack of punctuation made it extremely bothersome for me to interpret the meaning of their posts. I just sat at my computer trying to figure out how these people called themselves literate and worthy of obtaining a college degree. With all of the effort I put into my writing skills and course work, I still graduated with a 3.63 GPA. I can only wonder what kind of grades they earned.
After much resistance, I finally joined my first of many social websites in April 2008. Actually, it was the only way to communicate with some of my old friends or even family members. Once I got into it, I was creating profiles left and right for all different kinds of social sites. The more I joined, the more I came across posts and statuses with incorrect spelling, bad grammar and omitted punctuation, even among people that had "earned" college degrees or whom I considered quite intelligent. Again, it is literally painful for me to read the various news feeds. One could say that I could just refrain from reading, but I question if I would still have friends that way. Even bloggers splatter their sites with offerings and posts mired with misspellings, improper grammar, and a lack of punctuation.
The misuse of homophones, or homonyms, is throughout the social and blog sites. Common examples include "your" for "you're", "were" for "where" and/or "we're", "then" for "than", and "its" for "it's" or vice versa. The examples endlessly go on. I see an insane amount every day.
The spoken word is just as god-awful. My own sister often speaks with incorrect verbiage. Instead of saying, "she doesn't", she will say, "she don't". When I correct her, she becomes very agitated with me, or even angry. It was not just my sister either. My second wife would get annoyed with me when I corrected the grammar of my stepson and stepdaughter. She and I are now divorced, but her daughter has earned her degree the University of Virginia. Her son completed his sophomore year at Old Dominion University before enlisting into the United States Army. Both of them performed extremely well at two very prestigious universities in Virginia and beyond. People just do not like being corrected, but I believe that every one of us should be concerned about how we speak and come across to people.
While there are offenders of all ages, it seems the heaviest concentration of offense is in today's youth, more specifically the age range of 14-25. I wonder if this is due to texting and Twitter, where character limits apply. However, when it comes to forums with no limits, the texting and Twitter abbreviations still abound. I also seriously think about the writing skills displayed in term papers for both high school and college, and how are they graded? I know that many students would not be pleased with some of the grades they would see if I became their English teacher/professor.
I beg to wonder who is actually speaking up to correct the course this ship is travelling. Are the parents even making an effort to teach their children effective communication skills? Are the hands of teachers bound by Standard of Learning scores? It seems they are just teaching the tests and not what is truly important for the future of generations to come. Are we really accepting this "dumbing down" of civilization? Will we really criticize those that are not so apathetic about their communication skills? Will being smart and using our skills effectively become liabilities? I wonder what my grandmother would say.
Therefore, I put this challenge to everyone.
Take pride in what you are communicating to others. Show some courtesy for yourself and others. Display your intelligence and earn the respect of everyone. Because when you communicate like an idiot, people will treat you like an idiot. In addition, you would make my grandmother proud, which is what I try to do every single day that I breathe.
© 2012 Charles Dawson
Personally, I have noticed this about kids my age and it has been driving me crazy. I try to rise above it and write as best as I can, and so far it has been working. But this all still bugs me, and you phrased it very well. I couldn't have said it any better. Thanks!
Man, it really bugs me that people 25 and younger can't make eye contact. Luckily I am 26. (smiling sarcastically)
This is a good column. I would add that editing is also very important. In fact, in this column, there are grammatical errors (can you spot them?). What bugs me is that it seems that editing is becoming a lost art. An error here and there might be excusable but it seems the world of good grammar, good spelling, good punctuation skills, and good editing is becoming a thing of the past. I hope not.
What a spectacularly written article, thank you for posting this.
I completely agree with you about the devolving of English (and many other languages). Personally, I think the "new way of writing" is rubbish. I am currently taking online classes and it breaks my heart to watch people write. I feel that, as a culture, we don't spend enough time trying to effectively communicate our thoughts. I hope and pray that this becomes resolved with time and we return to speaking like the incredibly intelligent beings that we are.
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Good grammatical skills are essential for effective meaningful communication. The ability to speak clearly and distinctly is also an important skill in order to communicate with others more effectively. This is a very well-written hub so I'm going to have to agree with your creative writing teacher on that. lol. It seemed like your grandmother was a positive role model for you. Voted up!
This is a very useful hub and I agree with everything you say. People do judge us from how we communicate with them, and that is how I judge them. As an EFL teacher, I constantly stress the importance of spelling, grammar, and correct punctuation to my students. Voted up ands sharing.
Excellent article...a man after my own heart!
It's the same in the UK also. I am often mortified when reading how my own two teenagers write on social networking sites.
Thanks to text messaging, youngsters have developed a "new" language of their own. Not only are they oblivious to grammatical errors but, in truth, they really don't care!
"Their," "they're" and "there" are now entirely interchangeable!
In the UK at least, I believe changes in the education system are also partly to blame. Teaching styles here are far more relaxed than they used to be. As a parent, there appears to be less emphasis on traditional core principles such as grammar.
Sadly, as Grand Old Lady above has commented, language does change over time. You only have to read the works of William Shakespeare to realise that! ;)
Very interesting, and well written. It's true, technology has a lot to do with the way grammar and punctuation has changed. From an online linguistics course, I learned that languages change over time. Spelling had many variations and only became formalized with the invention of the printing press. With today's technology a lot of "shortcut words" are being used in texting. Over time, they may become an accepted norm. Language reflects experience, and the grammar and punctuation of your grandmother's time preceded the computer age. However, it definitely resulted in her making you into a talented and informed writer:)


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BBC puts raft of shows on iPlayer as it competes with Netflix and Amazon
The BBC is placing a raft of box sets and classic episodes on its iPlayer over Christmas – as part of plans to compete against giants such as Netflix and Amazon.
EastEnders fans will be able to watch the hit soap's past Christmas specials, including Den serving Angie with divorce papers in 1986, and Tiffany's death in 1998.
Doctor Who lovers will be able to see every regeneration episode from the sci-fi show, from 2005 onwards.
The announcement comes after the BBC signalled it would be putting iPlayer at the centre of its future broadcasting plans.
It is the first time the corporation has put its box sets on iPlayer on such a large scale.
Shows available from December 16 will include the first three series of Peaky Blinders, with the latest series of the gang drama currently on air.
Other box sets include hit series Taboo, starring Tom Hardy, drama Wolf Hall, all four series of Line Of Duty and both series of Happy Valley, starring Sarah Lancashire.
Series three and four of Sherlock, as well as 2016's special, The Abominable Bride, will also be available.
The full series of The Blue Planet, which was first broadcast in 2001, 2006's Planet Earth, last year's Planet Earth II and 2011's Frozen Planet are also going on iPlayer.
Comedy hits will include the entire series of Inside Number 9, Fleabag and This Country, as well as classic episodes of Gavin & Stacey, Bad Education, Josh, Murder In Successville and Him & Her.
BBC director-general Tony Hall has previously said he wants to "reinvent the BBC for a new generation".
Rival Amazon secured former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for The Grand Tour, while Netflix has enjoyed huge success and acclaim with The Crown.
"We need it to make the leap from a catch-up service to a must-visit destination in its own right," Lord Hall has said of iPlayer,
"Our goal, even in the face of rapid growth by our competitors, is for iPlayer to be the number one online TV service in the UK."
On Tuesday, Charlotte Moore, director of content at the BBC, said the broadcaster had "an even richer offer across the BBC than ever before".
"We are always home to the very best British programmes during the festive season but with so much content to fit in, it's fantastic to give audiences a special gift on iPlayer to complement our schedules, with box sets of some of this year's biggest shows and a selection of more recent hits to binge on with family and friends together this Christmas," she said.
Other Albert Square specials to go on iPlayer include Kat and Alfie's wedding from 2003, Max and Stacey's affair from 2007 and Archie's murder from 2009.
Much of the content will be available for 30 days.


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Don't Underestimate Your Power To Change And Grow
"We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky." -Walter Mosley
Healing has many layers. Each day as we rise, we remove the old, grave clothes of a broken identity rooted in low self-evaluation. We make a conscious choice to come up higher in our honor of ourselves and our Creator. We are taking a courageous mission back home –to the truth that we are made in the image of God. We are one with our Creator.
Our worthiness is settled, it is a birthright. It is our task to remember, to remind ourselves.
When we view life as a vehicle of growth, we can create opportunities from our obstacles. We do have the ability to transform the life we have settled for, into a life we deeply desire.
Today, we can choose to give ourselves permission to break the shackles that low self-esteem and unworthiness created. We are on a Divinely guided mission, reclaiming all that we have forfeited by forgetting ourselves.
The world and people only mirror back what we believe. We must find the courage to stop seeking from others what we have the power to give to ourselves. When we take our soul-level-question of worthiness to others, we put ourselves at the fragile mercy of people who might still be healing their own self-concept. We can look within and acknowledge ourselves, or we can continue the instability of living disconnected from our hearts. The choice is ours. This is the beauty and power of man. Unlike any other creature in the Universe, we can, through changing our perceptions and beliefs choose to create our own miracles.


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School of Consciousness and Transformation
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San Francisco, CA 94103
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PhD in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion, MA in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion
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The ecological challenges of the 21st century represent a crisis of values and consciousness. The pace of global change calls for an understanding of the process by which humanity came to this crossroads in planetary history. Graduate study in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion allows students to cultivate the knowledge and wisdom to respond to the ecological crisis from integral and transdisciplinary perspectives.
Our program is centered in nurturing a community engaged in revitalizing the human relationship to the earth and exploring intersections of eco-spirituality, eco-justice, indigenous traditions, and eco-feminism. The world's religious and spiritual traditions offer deep insight into the human condition, along with profound teachings about how humans should relate to one another and to the environment. Students gain skills and insight to transform practices, worldviews, and consciousness in the service of a more just, sustainable, and flourishing planetary future. Core faculty are founders in the field of religion and ecology, shaping global dialogue linking spirituality and cosmology with ecology and sustainability.
About the Program
A degree in Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion will prepare students for careers in teaching, writing, NGO's, nonprofits, among other professions.
The Masters program is two years long, and includes a three-unit, 100-hour practicum. The PhD program includes two years of coursework, plus comprehensvie exams and dissertation.
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Average Cost per Credit (Graduate): MA: 1165 PhD: 1346 USD
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Twenty years after the franchise's debut, Microsoft has unveiled a fourth major installment to Age of Empires. Reviving the iconic real-time strategy (RTS) series for the modern day, the game follows an over decade-long hiatus since 2005's Age of Empires III.
Announced to round off the Age of Empires Gamescom 2017 live show, Age of Empires IV will be releasing on Windows 10, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios. Although little else is currently known, a brief animated trailer has been released, establishing the themes expected from the title.
Today's event also provided an October release date for the upcoming remaster of Age of Empires, in the form of a "Definitive Edition" for Windows 10. Delivering refinements across the board, the game offers improved textures, support for 4K resolution, reworked animations, and new audio. Changes to gameplay have also been made, including an increased population limit, better pathfinding, and new zoom levels. Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III will also be getting the remaster treatment in the future.


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January 31, 2016
2255 UNITED STATES (Florida) - Dames Point Bridge
The Dames Point Bridge (officially the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, built between 1985 and 1989. The main span is 396.2m, and is 53.3m high. The cables are arranged on multiple vertical planes in a slight modification to the harp stay arrangement. Until 2003 it was the only bridge in the United States to feature the harp stay arrangement. It remains one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the US, having 34km of cable.
This bridge had been proposed for more than 30 years, and nearly was started in the 1970s, but an economic recession caused it to be shelved. The bridge design was modified to increase the height above the water from 48,8m to 53,3m. It was officially named after Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910), a former governor of Florida and all-around character. Besides his political career, Broward was a daring sea captain, and was known to run guns to the Cuban revolutionaries.
About the stamps
Two of the stamps are the ones issued in 2013 for the series Civil War Sesquicentennial, about which I wrote here. The other stamp is part of the series Harry Potter, about which I wrote here.
Dames Point Bridge - Wikipedia
Dames Point Bridge - John Weeks' website
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The Farm
Dayspring farm is an amazing place. Located in the Skymont community on top of the plateau, we have all the things that make this area of Tennessee so beautiful. Beautiful rolling pastures provide wonderful habitat for our farm animals. The six lakes and ponds provide fun fishing opportunities and are home to our ducks and a variety of wild ducks and other waterfowl. Wildlife abounds. We have sighted deer, wild turkeys, quail, rabbits, coyotes, skunks, opossums, armadillos and even a bear. The mix of pasture and woods provides a great variety of ways for us all to coexist.
A ravine runs through middle of the property and allows us to witness all the amazing topography so prevalent in this region. Amazing geological layers, creeks, waterfalls, secluded pools, caves and bluffs are all present. Tennessee wildflowers, unique mushrooms and fungus and an ever-changing variety of sights make hiking interesting and fun. At the base of our bluff is a pathway that was used as part of the Underground Railroad before the Civil War so there is history here, too.
Our responsibility for this land is a trust we hold dear. To that end, we have worked closely with the US Soil Conservation Service to develop a plan and implement measures to help conserve this area and improve its sustainable resources. We also are developing a solar project to help promote sustainable energy practices.


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Does anyone have spare 20 lb. propane tanks? We are in need of three or more for summer camp! If we exchange tanks instead of buying new ones, it will save the troop about $80! If anyone can be of assistance, please contact John Scott, Adult Quartermaster or bring a tank to this Thursday's meeting.
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