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GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Sweat soaking their wool uniforms, the Union and Confederate soldiers met near the stone wall to exchange handshakes, pleasantries and even a few jokes.
On this warm, sticky Sunday afternoon, both North and South went home happy after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Thousands of history buffs recreated the Confederate Army's ill-fated Pickett's Charge to end the first of two massive re-enactments held in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's pivotal conflict.
But the events to remember the battle that took place July 1-3, 1863 are far from over. The National Park Service took the spotlight Sunday night with its commemoration ceremony, just about 100 yards from the actual point in the battlefield where Pickett's Charge was rebuffed.
"Tonight, we're here to honor the dead; to recognize their courage and heroism; and to mark this major event in American history," Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis told a crowd of several thousand that assembled at dusk, facing a stage set against the picturesque backdrop of the fields and hills where the fierce fighting took place.
"But I would suggest we're also here to reaffirm the principles that demanded such terrible sacrifices in the summer of 1863," Jarvis continued. "The `new birth of freedom' President (Abraham) Lincoln spoke of was not a finite event .... It was part of a process that continued long after the Civil War and which, today, requires our constant vigilance."
Up to 10,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died at Gettysburg, considered the war's turning point.
Earlier Sunday, Union re-enactor William Hincks was awed by the chance to take part in the re-creation of the crucial battle.
"This has been unbelievable. The scale of it and the intensity those men must have gone through," Hincks, 40, of East Hampton, Conn., said. "It's intense without flying lead."
More than 200,000 visitors were expected to swarm the south-central Pennsylvania town of roughly 7,500 residents over the 10-day milestone anniversary period ending July 7. Organizers said things were going smoothly so far.
A different group is holding a second re-enactment, described by local organizers as even larger in scale, set to begin on Independence Day. Re-enactments are held on private properties, miles from the actual battlefield.
In between, the Park Service hosts most of the spotlight events on the actual anniversary days of the encounter, including popular battlefield historical tours led by rangers.
"We expect to be ramping up as we head into July 1," said Carl Whitehill, spokesman for the Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau. "The re-enactment at the end of the week is expected to be the big, big event."
Yet another opportunity to see Pickett's Charge - the famous attack named after Gen. George Pickett, the Virginia-born U.S. military officer who went on to become one of the most recognizable names of the Confederate military. The Confederate commander, Gen. Robert E. Lee decided to use Pickett's men to lead the assault on Union lines on July 3, 1863.
On Sunday, across an open stretch of grass as wide as two football fields, Confederate re-enactors gathered in orderly lines and marched on federal counterparts as thousands of spectators snapped pictures and took video.
"I got total, complete chills when I saw the Rebel line approaching," said Jackie Ulloa, 47, of Atlanta, who cheered on a friend taking part in the re-enactment. "It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen."
That Confederate soldier who played "dead" but sneaked an iPhone out of his pocket to snap a picture? Not realistic.
For rookie re-enactor Hincks, Pickett's Charge was a chance to follow in the footsteps of his great, great grandfather, Congressional Medal of Honor winner William Bliss Hincks. Fighting for a unit from Connecticut, Hincks' ancestor grabbed the colors of a Tennessee infantry unit during the "high-water mark" of battle, which was also the northernmost advance by Confederates on Union soil.
In a bit of cooperation unseen during the actual war, the Connecticut group contacted the Confederate re-enactors portraying the Tennessee soldiers to play out the scene again with Hincks grabbing the flag. Kierran Broatch, 30, of Milford, Conn., also raced out with Hincks for the flag - just like his great, great grandfather, John C. Broatch, did 150 years ago.
A proud Hincks has his great, great grandfather's sabre, too. It's highly unusual for a first-time re-enactor to be granted such a key role.
"It's history, you want to understand your family and your past," Hincks said when asked why took part this week.
Months of preparation later, Sandy Andrews, 55, of Hagerstown, Md., pronounced the scene a smashing success. He heads the group portraying the Tennessee unit.
"It worked to perfection," he said. "To be on the field with two descendants of the original men, you don't get more special than that. On this day, on this field."
Historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin delivered the keynote address. Her best-selling novel "Team of Rivals" in part inspired last year's Oscar-winning film "Lincoln."


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The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce is celebrating two years of representing local businesses and service organizations in Rogers Park. Everyone is invited to attend at Quest Network Services on Saturday, April 30th, 2011.
The event will begin with a meet and greet, introductions and networking at 5pm. Followed by guest speakers, presentations and group photos by a professional photographer. Business owners will have an opportunity to learn more about and join the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce during the event as well.
Guest speakers for the celebration will include members and business service organizations. Membership certificates will be presented to chamber members and tastings will be provided by several local restaurants, cafes and bakeries.
The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce has a diverse mix of businesses and service organizations that range from restaurants to business services, a fitness center, a wine shop, a custom letterpress print shop and more. It is in every businesses best interest to join the chamber and unify our efforts to improve your business and stimulate an orderly economic growth, enriching our community of Rogers Park. - Bill Morton, Chamber President
Location: Quest Network Services 7301 N. Sheridan Road Chicago, IL. 60626
Date/Time: Saturday, April 30th, 2011 / 5pm - 10pm
Invites/Pricing: Everyone who is interested in increasing their business should attend. Anyone interested in improving Rogers Park should attend. Invite your friends and neighbors. There is no charge for this event.
Please bring: Business cards, Promotional materials and warm greetings for your neighbors.
Note: If you are considering joining the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce, please review the rate card. Rate cards will also be available at this event.
Established April 14th, 2009
Mission Statement:
To provide leadership and representation in order to benefit the members operating businesses in the Rogers Park Community.
Vision Statement:
To guide businesses, service organizations and individuals to establish new businesses and promote existing businesses within the Rogers Park community. To create and stimulate an orderly economic growth, thereby enriching Rogers Park's diverse population.
I would like to thank all of the business members and board of directors for a successful start to the official chamber of commerce of Rogers Park. Over the past two years we have built the foundation for longevity and are well established in our community. Bill Morton, Chamber President

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Niseko's best restaurants: Where to eat in the 'Aspen of the East'
Touted as Japan's snow capital and famous for its light, powder-dry snow, Niseko is widely regarded as one of the top 10 ski resorts in the world.
But while most ascend its slopes to ski and snowboard, Niseko is not a one trick pony.
Of late, the "Aspen of the East" is swiftly coming into its own as a world-class winter destination, brandishing swish apartments, boutique lodgings and top dining options.
Adding to the dazzle is the recent debut of Asperges Hanazono, where Hiroshi Nakamichi -- chef-patron of Sapporo's 3 Michelin-starred Moliere -- is set to up the ante on fine dining with his Hokkaido produce-inspired haute French cuisine.
More casual F&B options -- ranging from izakaya, seafood to bistro fare -- abound and the latest to join the fray is Kutchan Bistro Sakaba by Yuichi Kamimura of 1 Michelin-starred French fine diner, Kamimura.
Until these new restaurants prove their mettle, here's a clutch of 'must-try' eateries to add to your Niseko dining radar.
Visitors are recommended to reserve well in advance in winter.
Rakuichi Soba
Anthony Bourdain featured this 12-seat eatery by soba master Tatsuru Rai in his TV show, "No Reservations," and it has gained global fame and a cult-like following ever since.
Housed in a wooden lodge in the forested reaches of Annupuri, Rakuichi Soba's Japanese-worded lunch menu features nothing more than hand-cut hot and cold soba with a choice of tempura vegetables or duck.
Everything is cooked-to-order, so be prepared to wait – the umami-packed offerings are well worth it.
If you prefer a more elaborate meal, there's the 6,000 yen-a-head (US$57) kaiseki dinner. Reservations permitted at dinner only.
431 Niseko, Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 048-1511; +81 136 58 3170
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Yuichi Kamimura, who spent five years cutting his teeth at Tetsuya's, helms the kitchen at his eponymous 40-seat temple of haute gastronomy tucked on the ground floor of Shiki Niseko serviced residences in Hirafu.
While his cuisine is unmistakably French, chef Kamimura sources the majority of his produce -- think wagyu, duck, seafood and cheeses -- from neighboring Hokkaido farms.
The best way to sample his craft is via the 13,000 yen-a-head (US$124) 10-course degustation menu, highlights of which may include Haboro king prawn sashimi with prawn roe and butter sautéed Sempoushi oyster with Spanish chorizo in garlic chive sauce.
Kamimura, First floor, Shiki Niseko, 190-4 Yamada, Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 044-0081; +81 136 21 2289
Ezo Seafoods
Australian native James Gallagher and his Japanese wife, Keiko Takaoka, run this cozy 2-storey seafood eatery in the heart of Hirafu.
Now in its fifth season of operation, Ezo Seafood's specialty is pristine Hokkaido seafood, sourced mostly from the neighboring islands.
Signatures include freshly shucked Akkeshi oysters, luscious Notsuke scallops (served sashimi style or pan fried with soy and sake) and lip smacking soy-braised rockfish.
While they are all delicious, your meal is not complete without a bowl of Koshihikari rice grown from chef Takaoka's family farm in Chiba.
Ezo Seafoods, 170-165 Aza Yamada, Kutchan, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 044-0081; +81 136 22 3019
Bang Bang
Opened since 1985, this yakitori specialist in Hirafu is a local institution -- and remains so despite the flood of yakitori eateries in Niseko.
Besides more than 30 kinds of binchotan charcoal-grilled meats, seafood and vegetables, the menu also features the ubiquitous sashimi, local snacks like pumpkin cake and okara (soy pulp) as well as staples such as grilled onigiri (rice ball).
If you don't mind making a dent in your credit card, the grilled wagyu is to-die-for.
Located just steps away from Bang Bang is sister restaurant, Bang 2 – a convenient call if getting a seat at Bang Bang proves too difficult.
Bang Bang, 188-24 Yamada Kutchan, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 044-0081; +81 136 22 4292
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Most Niseko eateries thrive on dinner business but this out-of-the-way restaurant by Milk Kobo, which manufactures Niseko's most popular yoghurt drink, draws a destination lunch crowd with its value-packed semi-buffet lunch (1,500 yen a head).
For mains, diners can pick from a menu of fish, meat or pastas, or help themselves to all-you-can-eat appetizers and desserts that include vegetables sourced from neighboring districts as well as Milk Kobo's thick and creamy yoghurt drink.
The transcendental view of Mount Yotei, framed by floor-to-ceiling glass windows, makes a meal here all the more enjoyable.
Prativo, 888-1, Soga, Niseko-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 048-1522; +81 136 55 8852
The Barn
For rustic brasserie fare, The Barn by former Wild Bill's owners, Brett and Takoya, rises to the occasion with a menu of French classics.
Housed in a lofty barn-like setting with floor-to-ceiling glass window in Hirafu, The Barn's menu features velvety chicken liver pate, hearty braised beef cheeks, fork-tender fillet mignon and sublime crème brulee -- prepared to the exacting standards of chef Kazuhiko Kojima.
The Barn, 170-323 Aza-Yamada, Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido 044-0081; +81 136 23 0888
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ST-JEROME, Que. – Magnate-turned-politician Pierre Karl Peladeau sat in a dimly lit church in small-town Quebec alongside his three main rivals: a pianist, a realtor and one of his former employees.
From behind taped sheets of paper bearing their names, one of Canada's most powerful media barons and his opponents laid out their respective ideas to combat problems in the riding of Saint-Jerome.
The multimillionaire, recruited by the Parti Quebecois as a superstar candidate, even had to publicly endure personal barbs from his ex-worker during Monday's all-candidates event north of Montreal.
Peladeau was a long way from the big chair in the boardrooms of his Quebecor empire.
"Concerning my qualifications, you probably know that under the inspiration of a great builder of Quebec — my father Pierre Peladeau — I spent the last 25 years at Quebecor, 14 overseeing its management," Peladeau said as he introduced himself at his only all-candidates event of his campaign, an affair that drew about 100 people and left more than half of the pews empty.
"(It's) a company with thousands of employees."
The celebrity businessman, also known by his monogram PKP, made a splash in the provincial election campaign a few weeks ago when he announced his candidacy by vowing to make Quebec a country and pumping his fist in the air.
But within a couple of days, the pro-sovereignty PQ steered away from its public musings about independence as opinion polls suggested a shift in momentum toward the pro-Canada Liberals. Surveys have shown that nearly two-thirds of Quebecers do not want another referendum on sovereignty.
Peladeau dodged questions on the subject after his proclamation as the party scrambled to avoid further damage. At one news conference, PQ Leader Pauline Marois even lightly pushed Peladeau away from a microphone when he tried to answer a reporter's question.
Since the shove, Quebecor's majority shareholder has maintained a lower profile at Marois news conferences, where he has focused on promising to use his expertise to help boost Quebec's economy.
Away from the heightened scrutiny of Marois's campaign, the media tycoon said he's been knocking on doors and visiting shopping malls with hope of winning the Coalition-held Saint-Jerome.
At the candidates event, Peladeau made no mention of independence and tried to cast himself as someone well-positioned to help the region if he is elected next Monday.
"As you probably know, I spent a good part of my youth here in the Laurentians, further north in Ste-Adele," Peladeau told the audience before explaining how a PQ government would address poverty, homelessness and school dropout rates in the riding.
"I think I have a deep understanding of the region."
While on stage, Peladeau also found himself under attack by Liberal opponent Armand Dubois, a former TV journalist and union leader at a Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) outlet.
Dubois dedicated nearly the entire two minutes of his closing remarks to criticizing his old boss, who has long been both a popular and polarizing figure in Quebec.
"Permit me, Mr. Peladeau, to tell you that I very sincerely doubt your language," said Dubois, who also challenged Peladeau to sell his shares in Quebecor for the good of democracy.
Rivals have said Peladeau's empire controls about 40 per cent of Quebec's print and electronic media.
Peladeau, who has engaged in drawn-out battles against the labour movement, sat stony-faced and only looked over at Dubois once during the barrage.
After the event, Peladeau told a couple of reporters that Dubois's closing statement was an "ad hominem attack" that broke the rules of the event.
Organizers had asked candidates to avoid targeting each other. The goal was to have participants explain their ideas for the riding by answering questions provided to them one week in advance.
Coalition candidate Patrice Charbonneau questioned whether Peladeau had actually been present in the area during the campaign. The real-estate agent said the businessman didn't even recognize him at first when he approached him before the event.
"It took him like 10 seconds (to recognize me)," said Charbonneau, whose face adorns numerous campaign signs posted around town.
"I met my adversary for the first time seven days (before the election). Think about it. I will let you decide if that's normal or not."
Vincent Lemay-Thivierge, a local musician who is running for Quebec solidaire, also participated.
A woman who watched from the church pews said she thought Peladeau's management experience would help the local economy.
But Moniqua Seguin added she won't expect to see him around the riding if he wins.
"I think that Mr. Peladeau is also very busy, so he might not pass by as often," Seguin said.
Peladeau, who shook hands and chatted with people in the crowd before the event, said he's already learned a lot on the hustings.
"I've had during the campaign the chance to meet with a lot of people in the riding, whether it's at the Wal-Mart, the Metro (grocery store), at different other locations," he told The Canadian Press in a brief interview.
"That's very interesting for me to have the capacity to meet with people, to listen (to) what they're looking for. I guess that, you know, this is the role of the next politician (in the riding)."
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Roger Clemens' defense may have regained the momentum in his perjury trial when a scientist testified that the government's physical evidence against the former pitcher could have been contaminated.
"The weight of the evidence in this case is lacking because of the potential for contamination," forensic toxicologist Bruce Goldberger, a witness for the defense, said Tuesday.
Clemens' former strength coach, Brian McNamee, has testified that he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing substances in 1998, 2000 and 2001 and saved the needle and other waste from a steroids injection in 2001. McNamee says he put the evidence in and around a beer can found in a recycling bin and stored it for more than six years in a box in his house.
Government witnesses have testified that some of the items had both steroids and Clemens' DNA. Goldberger didn't challenge that but said the government's conclusions that Clemens had used steroids were overreaching.
"You have to be certain, you have to be definite," said Goldberger, director of the University of Florida's William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine.
Clemens is charged with lying to Congress when he denied taking steroids or human growth hormone.
Clemens lawyer Rusty Hardin steered Goldberger through his attack on the government evidence. What if the evidence had been stored in McNamee's house for several years, Hardin asked, and then laid out in his lawyer's office before it was turned over to federal authorities?
"All of that compromises the integrity and reliability of the evidence," replied Goldberger, who has worked as a consultant to "CSI," the television drama about crime scene evidence analysts.
And storing the evidence in a beer can makes the evidence even more suspect, he said, because the trace amounts of liquid left could facilitate the transfer of items in the can. Goldberger said that when he drinks a can of soda, there's some liquid left.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Daniel Butler pointed out that Goldberger didn't do any testing on the evidence.
"Do you have any evidence from testing that there was cross-contamination?" he asked.
Goldberger said he didn't but that no test could prove it one way or another.
"Life is messy," said Butler, asking the scientist about items that his lab receives from the field.
"If you submit garbage to the laboratory, more than likely you're going to get garbage on the end," replied Goldberger, who stayed unshaken.
The government nearly kept him off the stand. Butler mounted a strong challenge to Goldberger's credentials as an expert witness. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton sounded ready to agree at one point: "He's being asked to give an opinion outside his expertise."
But Clemens lawyer Hardin vehemently disagreed and eventually persuaded the judge to allow Goldberger to testify with certain limits — including not allowing him to discuss any possibility the evidence was fabricated.
Earlier in the day, a new wrinkle was revealed in a trial that's already run way longer than expected: One of the jurors is leaving June 19 for a six-month trip to Germany. If the juror is excused, the final alternate would be added to the 12-person panel — a cyclist and gym rat who said during jury selection that he knows people who have used steroids.
Clemens' lawyers don't appear to want that man deciding their client's fate. Hardin lobbied the judge to keep the Europe-bound juror on the panel, confident the trial will be over by then.
The defense hopes to rest by the end of this week, but the trial's schedule is littered with partial days and off-days due to schedule conflicts. Two days will be missed next week while the judge is out of town. Plus, Walton noted, it's difficult to predict how long deliberations will take.
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Pope Francis Names New Fort Worth Bishop
Msgr. Michael Olson, the current rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in the Dallas suburb of Irving, will shepherd the Texas diocese.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Pope Francis has named Msgr. Michael Olson as the new bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, setting the priest on the path to become the second-youngest bishop to head a diocese in the U.S.
"I am very humbled and deeply moved by Pope Francis' appointment of me to serve as the bishop of Fort Worth," he said. "In a very special way, I am delighted to return home to the Diocese of Fort Worth to serve the priests, deacons, religious and all of the faithful as their bishop."
Msgr. Olson, 47, is the current rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in the Dallas suburb of Irving. The seminary is associated with the University of Dallas.
Bishop-designate Olson addressed a Nov. 19 press conference in Fort Worth, stressing how important the priesthood is to him.
"I love being a priest, since my ordination," he said. "I'm consoled that being a bishop means experiencing the fullness of the priesthood."
He reflected that he prefers to think that a bishop is given to a diocese, not given a diocese. "I'm being given to you, in this new way," he said, pledging to use his ministry "for the good of all."
He also stressed care for the souls of priests as "very necessary and important and essential" for his ministry.
The Diocese of Fort Worth has about 710,000 Catholics in 90 parishes across 28 counties, whose total population is more than 3.3 million.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the apostolic nuncio to the U.S., announced the appointment Tuesday. The bishop-to-be will succeed Bishop Kevin Vann, whom Pope Benedict XVI appointed bishop of Orange, Calif., in September 2012.
Bishop-designate Olson is an Illinois native, born in Park Ridge to Ronald G. and Janice Fetzer Olson on June 29, 1966, the Diocese of Fort Worth reports. He has three sisters. He was raised in Des Plaines, Ill., and received a high-school diploma from Quigley Preparatory Seminary North in 1984.
He was originally a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Chicago, but transferred to Fort Worth after his family relocated there.
Bishop-designate Olson was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Fort Worth in June 1994 before serving as parochial vicar at St. Michael parish in Bedford until 1997.
He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in the late 1980s. He did doctoral work at the St. Louis University Center for Health Care Ethics from 1997 to 2001 and has served on an ethics committee for the University of Texas Medical Center.
The bishop-designate holds a doctorate in moral theology from Rome's Academia Alfonsiana.
He has been a formation adviser at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston and was pastor of Fort Worth's St. Peter the Apostle parish from 2006 to 2008. Additionally, he was vicar general of the Fort Worth Diocese under Bishop Vann and has been rector of Holy Trinity Seminary since 2008. Pope Benedict XVI named him a monsignor in May 2010.
Bishop-designate Olson's installation will take place Jan. 29 at a 2pm Mass in the Forth Worth Convention Center. Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio will ordain him to the episcopacy.
After Bishop-designate Olson's ordination, Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, N.M., will still be the youngest bishop leading a U.S. diocese. Both men were classmates at St. Mary Seminary in Houston.


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Yeeks! What have I been doing to cause such a huuuge gap between my first post of the year and this? Oh, you know, nothing much, just: preparing for my Taiwan wedding photoshoot, flying there, being there, coming home, attending a 3-day dance workshop, helping with house-cleaning for Chinese New Year, celebrating Chinese New Year… and KAZAAM!! I haven't been blogging proper for a few weeks!
On account of my tight-like-my-pants-because-I've-been-eating-too-much schedule, excuse me okie? 😀
You can follow me on Instagram (@bunbunmakeuptips) and more recently, Dayre (@bunbunmakeuptips), for more frequent updates, but my blog is a platform I shall never forsake. So stay with me!
Mr Mode and I spent 1 January 2014 at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. We haven't been here for AGES! I don't think we've even been to Botanic Gardens together before. It was just so out of the way for us North-Easteners.
The Circle Line has brought about so much convenience. We alighted at — wait for it — Botanic Gardens station and taa-daa >> Botanic Gardens!
It was a combination of a cool breeze and a slight overcast that made the stroll so peaceful and enjoyable.
Cooling weather = Happy Mr Mode
Hot weather = Super Pek Cek On-Fire JEEBABOOMZ Mr Mode
I'd like to say romantic things like 'Being together was all that mattered' and 'No bad weather could dampen our spirits', but the reality is that the Mister is a 24/7 angry polar bear. HAHAHA!!
Since when did Botanic Gardens become so beautiful? Should have taken more pictures of the flora and fauna.
Love Is… Giving You Massages…
It's been YEARS since I handmade anything for him — cooking not counted — and to commemorate our first and last engagement anniversary (because we're getting married!), I decided to 从出江湖*. Out came the felt cloth, glue, marker pens, scissors, pencil, colored paper… brainstorming, sketching, cutting, arranging, pasting, writing…
*从出江湖 = To return to the pugilistic world
Not sure if you can make anything of this picture, but Mr Mode saw it and understood immediately. He loves the massages I give, especially on his arms. It's not easy to arrange the arms, you know!
Layer 1: Apple's right hand
Layer 2: Apple's body
Layer 3: Orange's left hand
Layer 4: Apple's left hand
And that's just the hands!! O.O
Can you tell what's the scene? Mode took an entire afternoon and could not figure it out. -.-"
Was that very hard to decipher?? Either I did a poor job or he's just a very bad guesser.
No need to guess: He's a very bad guesser.
Up close.
Love Is… Frying Beehoon For You…
Because we had a picnic a while ago and I fried beehoon for the first time in my life and it wasn't half bad! *feeling proud
I think it was this wok of beehoon that ignited my desire to be a good soon-to-be wife and take cooking more seriously! I want my husband to come home to delicious and healthy home-cooked food. I want to learn to bake too! I've never used an oven before, so I'm really looking forward to having one in our little nest!
Let's zoom in to check out the silver beehoon.
Determined. Focused. Chef Bun. 火候要控制得恰当。
Love Is… Having Fun Fighting With You…
We love fighting. 😀
You know, like poking each other hard in the ribs, thus causing temporary paralyzation; going behind one another and sort of induce choking by hugging the stomach fast and hard; going into Muay Thai fight stance and pretending to fight; body slamming……
(What do you mean by this is not normal??)
My reflexes are really slow so by the time he completes making a fake punch and drawing back his fist, I'll then be like "Oh! What happened?!", instead of reacting instantly. LOLLL!!
When he wants to take revenge after an assault from me, I will give a pitiful face and say "I love you Mode, I love you okie? You don't poke me. Please please promise? If you poke me, you will be very fat forever". WIN.
On the big grass area in front of Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage.
Checking 4D results and ignoring me.
Beautiful Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage at night! I hope to catch a concert here some day, have a picnic with friends and chill. Mr Mode is not a concert-ish person.
Apple Mode and Orange Mode are made of felt cloth coz the plush toys are sort of made of that material. Felt is not the easiest type of material to work with though – so hard to draw on, cut, paste. If you put the wrong type of glue it doesn't stick, if you put too much glue, it will harden like rock and look stupid.
And now, a blog exclusive!
Mr Mode has never seen this either! I sketched the ideas out and wanted to make four cards, but only managed three. I was having a fever and had wanted to wait till I got better to make them but I never got better and on the eve of our date, I rushed all three out.
This is the one that didn't get materialized.
The best kind of gifts are those handmade. We might frame up some of the things we made/drew for each other in our new house. So looking forward to having our own home! 🙂
Okie, I'll leave you with my face of the day! I'll be making a quick tutorial on this look next! Hope you enjoyed reading this post!
Happy Belated New Year and Happy Chinese New Year! Remember to follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Dayre for more updates! Till next time! 😀
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Can You Guess Which Country Star's House This Is?
It's not much, but it's home. It was home, at least. One country star who's known for her genuine humble spirit as much as her beautiful voice grew up in this house. Her upbringing was anything but typical, but she overcame all obstacles to win over American audiences. Do you think you know who once lived here?
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Dear Sam:
Many thanks for your letter of the 13th. It has been my intention to answer a long while ago, but I have been very busy. I intend to go away for a few day's vacation tomorrow night, and I want to clean up my personal correspondence before I go, which, while it does not seem very complimentary, I am afraid is the reason I am answering even as early as I am.
Am sorry you fellows are not seeing more action, that is, providing you want to see it. In a way, I think it is just as well perhaps that it is ending up the way it is. I am still not so sure that it is all ended, for I cannot imagine a country that has as little respect for its own Government as Mexico seems to have settling down peaceably of itself. In my opinion there are sure to be other outbreaks and there will be one outbreak serious enough to compel some action on the part of this country more drastic than any already taken.
There is a great deal in our newspapers on the doings of the Massachusetts Militia on the Border, and from all we can see, you fellows are pretty well taken care of, at least, as well as can be expected under the circumstances.
It occurred to me to tell you before you left that if there was anything you wanted me to send down to you, not to be backward in asking for it, as I shall be very pleased to send down some little necessities or luxuries that you might not be able to get hold of yourself. If so, do not be at all afraid to write me for anything that you may want.
I showed your letter to the boys throughout the store and without a doubt a number of them are writing you. I hope they will, as I can understand that letters would be nice to get, especially from your old friends, situated as you are.
I hope you will be good enough to drop me a line once in a while and I shall write you again as soon as I get back.
With kindest regards and best wishes,
Yours very sincerely,
H.T. Melbye
© Copyright 2009 by Richard Landers, All Rights Reserved. No reproduction without permission.


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As a graduate history student earning his PhD at the University of California San Diego, Jeremy Brown specialized in China's Cultural Revolution, that decade-long phenomenon of social upheaval Mao Zedong unleashed on the country in 1966.
During Brown's time at UCal, Michael Schoenhals, one of the world's leading experts on the Cultural Revolution, came to the university to lecture. He offered the graduate students some advice.
History, he told them, was often consigned to the dustbin. It was there you could find the unofficial and more human story.
"He came," Brown said, "and he said if you wanted to research the Cultural Revolution, you've got to become an expert in 'garbology' as he called it — meaning you're looking through other people's garbage, you're going to flea markets, and he showed us some of the stuff he had bought there."
It was a back-alley approach dictated by necessity. While the Communist party had officially renounced the Cultural Revolution as a period of chaos, the government was less forthcoming about making public the history of that period. Access to official archives was controlled, and often required official permission.
Brown, who is now a history professor at Simon Fraser University, ran into that official reticence in his own studies. In Tianjin, the largest port city in northern China, Brown, who speaks Mandarin, tried to get access to sensitive historical information by ingratiating himself to the archival staff there.
"I tried to to do the Maoist practice of the Three Togethers — you know, eat together, labour together and live together. So I'd eat with them in the cafeteria, and afterwards I'd go up with them and play ping-pong — I usually lost but I was getting better near the end — and I even helped in the annual cleanup of the archival building during the Chinese New Year. It didn't work, though. I made some friends … but I didn't get to see the stuff that I really wanted to see."
He had better luck with garbology.
"The next time I went to China (in 2002), I went to the flea market in Tianjin … and I found a pile of Red Guard newspapers from the Cultural Revolution. I was paging through them and this man came up to me and said, 'Hey, are you interested in seeing Cultural Revolution material? I've got a lot more material at my house. If you want to take a look, come on over.' So I did. He had boxes and boxes of documents, so I went through them and picked the ones I wanted."
Brown began to haunt the Saturday morning flea market. He liked the unconventionality of the work.
"It makes it really fun. I just have this instinct that if something's being covered up, then there's probably a story worth telling there. It's sort of a combination journalistic-detective-scholar amalgam of what you have to do in order to cover the history of the Mao period, and for me, it's a much bigger adventure than only sitting in a comfortable, well-conditioned archive."
He became so well known among the vendors that they would put historical material aside for him. (He was often the only person that was interested in it, he said — since art manuals on how to draw nudes, for example, were much more in demand.)
Chinese authorities have since cracked down on the selling of archival material at flea markets, Brown said, but in his time there, he filled several filing cabinets with newspapers, manuals, police reports and government records. He bought a big dossier of individual cases of people who were banished from the city for "crimes" committed during the Cultural Revolution — crimes such as hoarding food and mending shoes. Tens of thousands were exiled to the countryside during the period.
The material often offered a human glimpse of the people who had to live through the Cultural Revolution. They spoke of the mundane, everyday worries common to us all — family, jobs, money. One of the more affecting pieces of research he unearthed was a series of police reports.
"I bought a few suicide investigation files from (the period of) the Cultural Revolution, which, tragically, would have the picture of the person who died. So the person would be looking out at you, and the file would say that this person died on this day, and here's how they did it, and here's why we think they did it."
Brown has yet to incorporate the suicide reports into his writing. But they did reverberate for him when he turned to another part of his research.
"I was really upset, actually, going back to the files I had of the people deported from the city. Most of the files said the people who were exiled had returned to the city and found work again, or that they had had to stay in the country.
"But there were four or five of those 60 or 70 people of the reports I had who killed themselves. So I would read the report on a person, and I had gotten to know that person, and I would come to the last page and it would say they had killed themselves, and it was devastating. And I'd have to stop. I'd have to stop and go out for a walk, because I was so upset, because I knew things would change in China.
"Sitting in my desk here, I wanted to tell them that, if they could just hang on, things would change for the better.
"But it was too late for them."


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LOS ANGELES, April 30 (UPI) -- TNT has renewed "Dallas" -- the drama about the wealthy, feuding Ewing family -- for a 15-episode third season, Warner Bros. Television said Tuesday.
"Although we said goodbye to ("Dallas" star) Larry Hagman and his iconic character J.R. Ewing this year, 'Dallas' has many more stories left to tell, and the Ewing clan will continue to honor J.R.'s memory by keeping its audience surprised and delighted," TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies President Michael Wright said in a statement.
Hagman, one of the returning actors from the original series that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991, died Nov. 23 at 81.
Warner Bros.' Warner Horizon Television resurrected "Dallas" last year to an average 6.9 million viewers per episode. The second season averaged about 3 million viewers an episode, but that number rose to 3.8 million viewers when including seven days of DVR playback.
The farewell to Hagman's character got a season high 3.6 million viewers.
Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing is now the senior member of the Ewing family, after older brother J.R.'s death.
The 1978 series originally focused on Bobby's marriage to Pam Barnes, played by Victoria Principal. The Ewing and Barnes families were sworn enemies.
J.R. became the show's main character, with his schemes and dirty business becoming the show's trademark.
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Modern Family New Lily Pictures
Meet Modern Family's New Lily!
Meet Modern Family's New Lily!
You'll probably notice there's something different in the Tucker-Pritchett household when Modern Family returns tonight: there's a new Lily in town. Pint-size actress Aubrey Anderson-Emmons will be taking over the role as Cam and Mitchell's adorable daughter, and though the babies who originated the part were precious, I'm looking forward to a bit more liveliness from the little girl. Take a look at the first pictures of the new Lily — she actually looks eerily similar to the old Lily (just older), don't you think?


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The unspoken truth about spaying and neutering our pets
Why is it so hard to have a factual conversation about the medical risks of spaying and neutering pets?
The health implications of sterilizing dogs and cats are complex and highly individualized. Pet owners, animal advocates and veterinarians should be able to talk about them openly and honestly.
But we can't. Why not? The societal benefits of mass spay/neuter -- the prevention of unwanted puppies and kittens, and ending the killing of pets in shelters -- are seen as so overwhelming that the slightest suggestion of a medical downside to sterilization is met with an avalanche of hostility.
The backlash can be so severe, for example, that when I've reported research about increased health risks in sterilized dogs or cats, I've been accused of not caring about the lives of shelter pets, or of being hopelessly naive about people's ability to analyze the risks and benefits of medical procedures.
Promoting spay/neuter has evidently become so important that it trumps everything else, including the truth.
Read the advice in dog and cat magazines or the Web sites of animal welfare organizations, and you'll be assured that not only are there no adverse effects of spaying and neutering, but opting for the surgery will make your pets healthier and better behaved.
Conventional wisdom says that altered pets are less likely to soil in the house, to roam and to fight. They won't get testicular, uterine or ovarian cancer or infections, and they'll have a greatly reduced chance of getting mammary cancer. It sounds so great it almost makes you want to rush right out and get spayed or neutered yourself.
Some of those things are true. You can't get cancer or an infection in an organ that you no longer possess, so it's accurate to say that your dog or cat won't get ovarian, uterine or testicular cancer or infections. And there is an increased incidence of mammary cancer in unspayed female dogs and a pretty high rate of uterine infection as well.
But there are also notable health risks associated with having your dogs and cats spayed or neutered.
These include an increased incidence of some cancers, including osteosarcoma, a painful and usually fatal bone cancer, in neutered male dogs.
Neutered males also have a greater chance of getting prostate cancer and transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
Spayed females have a greater incidence of urinary incontinence. They may also have a higher risk of bladder infections.
Meanwhile, spayed female and neutered male dogs have a significantly greater incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries than intact dogs.
Recent research by Purdue University suggests that female dogs (and, interestingly, female humans) live longer if they keep their ovaries.
And yes, no matter what you've been told, study after study has shown that spayed and neutered dogs and cats weigh more when fed the same amount of calories as intact animals. The surgery won't "make" them fat, but by changing how their metabolism functions, the amount of food they can eat without gaining weight is reduced.
For most dogs and cats that's actually no big deal -- just feed them a little less, exercise them a little more, and they'll be fine. But how do you do that when you're having it beaten into your brain that spaying and neutering does not, cannot, will not make your dog or cat fat or have any other adverse effects?
This is where I have a problem. I'm not opposed to spaying and neutering. Most of my dogs and all of my cats have been sterilized. I believe that for most pets, the health benefits will outweigh the risks.
Furthermore, most people will choose to sterilize their family pets because managing intact dogs and cats is often messy and inconvenient, and our increasingly urbanized and over-scheduled lives only make it more of a hassle.
Most importantly, the benefit to society of preventing unwanted litters of puppies and kittens is huge. Dogs and cats who are never born can't die in a shelter or live homeless on the streets.
But is any of that a valid reason for what I can only call the deliberate spreading of false and misleading information? Does it justify the anger and opposition that meets me and anyone else who openly discusses the medical risks to spaying and neutering?
Yes, I know there are millions of homeless pets in this country. And there are people out there who will seize on any excuse not to alter their pets. They're the ones who often let their animals, particularly cats, have unwanted litters.
I also know that there's someone out there who's going to read this column and say, "Hell, Martha, spaying and neutering will make our dog get cancer. I read it on the Internet!"
But those aren't the majority. Most people are trying to do the best they can for their pets and their families, and they simply need factual information on which to base their health care decisions.
For their sakes, and those of their pets, we have to stop fearing the truth and reacting angrily when we hear it.
If we can't have honest conversations about the health consequences of spaying and neutering, people won't be on the alert for signs their sterilized pet is gaining weight, because they'll have been told that, "spaying and neutering won't make your pet fat."
They won't take precautions to protect their spayed or neutered pets from avoidable risks such as cruciate ligament injuries.
They may not be aware that some risks of spaying and neutering can be decreased by delaying the surgery until a dog or cat is a little older, while others are breed-related, which can affect which breed of dog a person adopts in the first place.
There's one final reason I firmly believe we have to stop shutting down this conversation: Because it erodes trust. If you lie to people, they'll stop believing what you tell them.
Veterinarians, shelter workers, dog trainers and pet sitters -- all have a certain amount of credibility with the pet-owning public. Veterinarians, in fact, have one of the highest levels of trust of any profession. We shouldn't squander that in order to manipulate people into doing what we think they should do -- or because we're afraid some idiot is going to use it as an excuse not to spay or neuter his pets.
Let's face it, the guy who refuses to remove his dog's equipment because he thinks it will make his own shrivel up and fall off is not being moved by facts and a rational decision-making process.
Cheating caring dog and cat owners out of truthful medical information because we're worried about what that guy is going to do not only doesn't make any sense, it simply hurts the pets of good owners.


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New Pepsi Commercial Choreographed By Mark Ballas Premieres During the Grammy Awards, Witney Carson Featured
And below is the new Pepsi commercial for which Mark Ballas choreographed. It premiered during the Grammy Awards. It also stars Witney Carson! To read more on this commercial, see this previous posting. Too fun! Check it out!


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As Frank Pavone writes on his blog:
Hundreds of pro-life activists will gather from around the country to sharpen their skills in talking about abortion, lobbying for pro-life laws, electing pro-life candidates, and healing those wounded by abortion.Watch here and here for the latest news and updates from this big pro-life event.
Just as important, these pro-life people strengthen one another with their sharing of information, experience, and encouragement.
The National Right to Life Committee is one of the most respected and effective lobbying groups in the United States, as acknowledged by supporters of abortion as well as opponents. National Right to Life has also played an irreplaceable role in getting pro-life candidates elected to public office, and then keeping them pro-life once they get there.


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month to honor cooperatives
by Barry
When farmers in Missouri
wanted to save money on supplies, they combined their orders for baler
twine and saved $400. From that success emerged a cooperative now called
MFA that has become one of the largest ag enterprises in the state.
by the low price of corn, Missouri farmers joined together to form
ethanol cooperatives. These homegrown businesses have succeeded in
raising the price of corn for all farmers while moving us a step
closer to energy independence.
When a mountain climber
find a source for equipment, he convened with 21 fellow climbers
to start an outdoor equipment company called REI. Today that venture
is the nation's largest consumer cooperative.
Because private
power companies would not run their power lines beyond the city limits,
rural people did the job themselves. The electric cooperatives they
built now bring the benefits of electricity to millions of rural
people who, without their cooperative, would be second-class citizens.
is the month set aside to honor the nation's cooperatives.
Co-op Month, celebrated every year since 1930, is the time to remind
everyone of the benefits of cooperative membership and what makes
these businesses different.
Cooperatives exist
for only one reason: to provide goods or services that other businesses
cannot or will not provide. They bring value to their members by not
only providing goods and services members can't get anywhere
else, but by also providing better or lower-cost goods and services
that other forms of business do not offer.
U.S. cooperatives
serve more than 130 million members. They generate revenue in excess
of $230 billion a year, employ more than half a million Americans and
have total payrolls of more than $15 billion annually.
The nation's
900-plus electric cooperatives own and maintain nearly half of the
electric distribution lines in the United States, cover 75 percent
of the land mass and provide electricity to 37 million people.
taking the profit motive out of providing electricity, your electric
cooperative can focus on the service aspect. In fact, there's really
no other reason for an electric cooperative to exist other than to provide
services deemed important by its membership.
This focus on service
made possible the recent dedication of the state's
first utility-scale wind farm, Bluegrass Ridge near King City.
When the opportunity to buy the output of this and two other wind projects
became available, the member-elected boards quickly recognized the value
of wind energy and jumped at the chance to be part of the project.
a time when Americans have lost faith in corporate America, cooperatives
offer an alternative to the many people who belong to them. Cooperatives
are businesses people can trust because they are businesses they
own and control.
While cooperative
membership has great value, it also comes with great responsibility.
Members must pay attention to the cooperative business they own, attend
the annual meeting, participate in the election of directors, hold
their directors and management accountable for decisions that affect
their cooperative and agree to serve on its committees or board if
The mission of cooperatives
everywhere is the same: Together, we can make the world a better place
in which to live if we stick to the cooperative principles — voluntary
and open membership; democratic member control; members' economic
participation; autonomy and independence; education, training,
andinformation, cooperation among cooperatives and concern
for community — and truly live by those principles.
Hart is executive vice president of the Association
of Missouri Electric Cooperatives.
Barry Hart
Barry Hart
Barry Hart


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Every week, someone writes a question or poll on the black board. Usually it's a "what's your favorite _______?" kind of question. There was only one answer when JR, Lorin and I got there this morning:
It's obvious that the question was asked snidely and the first response was crafted tongue-in-cheek (if not written by whomever asked the question to begin with) but it's safe to say things like "the liberty of the United States of America" would also be a suitable answer.
As for the usual crew, we opted to discuss our favorite movies and JR's recent health system adventures rather than the merits of battle.
I soaked up a beautiful weekend, spent some quality fun time with family, and I'm looking forward to the forecasted warming trend. I'm with cDude: I can't believe this is February!
Monday, February 02, 2009
Starbucks question of the week
Every week, someone writes a question or poll on the black board. Usually it's a "what's your favorite _______?" kind of question. There was only one answer when JR, Lorin and I got there this morning:
4 comments:
- Ron said...
The obvious answer is: "Absolutely nothin' . . . huh, huh, huh!"
- February 02, 2009 9:11 PM
- MRMacrum said...
If only we used war for just our liberty. As it stands now, it is just another geopolitical tool pulled out too quickly and relied on too much to push our agenda.
It is good for business though.
- February 03, 2009 4:17 AM
- Ron Sexton said...
friend only to the undertaker
- February 03, 2009 9:57 AM
I agree with you but its not that simple. Since WWII Americans have decided that its better to get into a bunch of little conflicts (little is a relative term) than to pretend everything is great and have to send 416,800 young men to their death when we finally feel threatened by a huge war machine. That is the U.S. casualties from WW2. 40-50 million were killed in action world wide.
There are no easy answers....only easy sayings that make catchy bumper stickers.
- February 03, 2009 11:24 AM
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Installation view of Omer Fast: 2001/11 Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University
Courtesy of gb agency, Paris, and Arratia Beer, Berlin Photo: Mark Steele
"We were going for the 'faceless Modernism' look," says curator Christopher Bedford during a tour of the two-video exhibition "Omer Fast: 2001/2011" at Ohio State's Wexner Center. (I'd visited the Columbus museum days before Bedford's appointment as the Director of the Rose Museum at Brandeis University.) "We attempted to recreate the environment that one would inhabit while watching primetime news in 2001," he says, as we peruse the aesthetically innocuous, comically "normal" room surrounding Fast's 2002 video CNN Concatenated. "It all comes from Ikea," explains Bedford, "and we were actually a bit fearful that this lamp may be a bit too tasteful." The lamp looked like a rolled-up, bioluminescent albino armadillo, though surprisingly slightly tasteful. Nearby, a television sits center stage in a faux-mahogany entertainment set, an oversized silver ampersand "accent piece" next to it. From the television blares a jerky monologue enunciated by varying, always-pristine news anchors. Each individual word is a frame depicting a flash of a different newscaster—some reporting on 9/11—which are strung together to form sentences. (Hence "CNN Concatenated," the latter word meaning "to link together in a chain or series.") Fast utilizes a sort of supercut stylistically reminiscent of "The Clock," yet its source material is hundreds of hours of taped new programs throughout post-9/11 2001. Rapidly oscillating through various TV personalities, the monologue is distinctly divorced from anything a news anchor may usually utter:
Listen to me I want to tell you something
Come closer
Don't be upset and don't get emotional
Just get near me and pay attention please
Look, I know that you're scared
I know what you're afraid of
You mistrust your body
Lately it has been looking more and more foreign
It's been doing strange things


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After a 20-year [on-and-off] relationship, Stone Temple Pilots are back!
"I'm not dead, and I'm not for sale," were the closing words from Stone Temple Pilots' controversial frontman, (and former Coronado resident) Scott Weiland, at the Austin Music Hall. The lyrics from the STP hit "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" carried a different sentiment Thursday night when the band blasted through a powerful 90-minute South by Southwest (SXSW) set. Weiland, healthier than I've seen/heard him in years, slithered around the stage with the same intensity of his earlier days. Backed by the amazing DeLeo brothers (Robert and Dean) and drummer, Eric Kretz, Weiland hit the stage donning gray slacks, leopard belt, collared shirt, skinny tie and sunglasses.
Opening with "Vasoline," from 1994's Purple, Stone Temple Pilots nailed other '90s classics, including "Creep," "Plush," "Sour Girl," "Sex Type Thing," "Big Empty" and -- my personal favorite -- "Wicked Garden." With an album due May 25, STP premiered new tracks to the enthusiastic SXSW capacity crowd. "Hickory Dichotomy" and "Huckleberry Crumble" were decent blues-inspired songs, but their forthcoming single, "Between the Lines," showed the most commercial promise. During the two-song encore, Doors guitarist Robby Krieger joined them onstage for a special rendition of the Doors' "Roadhouse Blues."
In a sea of buzzworthy indie rockers, Stone Temple Pilots not only proved they are still relevant but, more important, how to put on a professional, focused, bombastic rock show.


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Harris Initial Teacher Education
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PGCE with QTS, full time or part time with salary
- Accredited body
- Harris ITE
- Financial support
- Salary
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 8 October 2019
- Date course starts
- September 2020
- Website
- http://www.harristraintoteach.com
- About the course
- Interview process
- How school placements work
- Salary
- Financial support
- Requirements
- About the training provider
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact details
- Apply
- Support and advice
About the course
Assessment and Accreditation The Harris School Direct programme leads to the award of QTS through Harris Initial Teacher Education (an accredited SCITT provider), with PGCE and Masters Level Credits awarded in partnership with a London university. You will be assessed through a professional portfolio, in which you build evidence of how the standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) are being met. Evidence will include observations of your teaching, and written assignments demonstrating a clear understanding of the profession, phase and subject area. Classroom experience will increase in each successive term of the programme, as your confidence and ability develops. You will also be supported in undertaking two research assignments based on teaching and learning, facilitated by our partner university, to help you to develop a reflective, analytical approach to teaching and build critical research skills. These are equal to 60 Masters Level credits and will form part of your final QTS and PGCE award.
- Course arrangements and content may be subject to change in line with training partnerships with DfE requirements.
This is a salaried training programme. If you are eligible for a salaried training place the programme fees will be met by the academy.
Interview process
In order to be considered for interview, you should complete a full application and consider your personal statement as being an important part of this process. If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to complete a written task relating to your chosen subject area or age phase and attend a formal selection day, as well as teach an introductory lesson. Please be prepared to bring any ID documents or qualification certificates we may request from you.
How school placements work
You will learn on the job with a one-year main placement at one of our brilliant and thriving academies and will benefit from a contrasting experience on second placement. In addition to these placements, you will attend weekly practical training sessions at our central Bermondsey training centre which will enable you to develop your teaching skills, subject knowledge and great practice away from the classroom, as well as presenting opportunities for you to interact and network with other trainees from across the Federation.
If you are eligible for a salaried training place the programme fees will be met by the academy. Your salary will be calculated using the unqualified teachers' pay scales.
Financial support
Financial support isn't available for this course because it comes with a salary.
If you choose a course without a salary, you may be eligible for financial support while you study, including bursaries, scholarships and loans.
GCSE Applicants must have English and Maths GCSE at grade C or above, or equivalent to train in secondary teaching.
DEGREE Applicants should have a good honours degree (2.2 or above) and an appropriate level of subject knowledge in your chosen subject.
SKILLS TESTS Applicants must achieve a pass in the Literacy and Numeracy Professional Skills Tests before training begins. For further information please click http://www.education.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/apply-for-teacher-training/skills-tests/>here.
Personal qualities
We're looking for people who want to become outstanding teachers; people for whom teaching is a passion and who will be relentless in securing academic and aspirational progress for every child. You will need the ability to develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders: children, parents and carers, colleagues and peers, as well as external agencies. Further essential qualities are outstanding organisation and communication skills, a proactive approach, good interpersonal skills and a commitment to securing the best education for all children. You should also have determination and energy, high standards of literacy, numeracy and personal presentation and excellent subject knowledge.
About the training provider
We offer year-long primary and secondary teacher training programmes to graduates and career changers joining the teaching profession through our Harris School Direct programme, offering a strong support network and exciting environment in which to train. We have combined the best elements from a range of training routes to ensure that our beginner teachers leave the course feeling supported, confident and well-prepared.
All our teacher training courses lead to QTS (Qualified Teacher Status), a PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate of Education) and 60 Masters Level credits, giving you access to first class training, invaluable school and classroom practice and learning on the job at a placement in one of our 48+ academies.
Benefit from bespoke weekly training days in Bermondsey with your fellow trainees; tailored subject-specific training days; personalised mentor and team support and a second placement in a contrasting school environment, as well as earning a salary on the job or training bursary, subject to eligibility, as you train.
Training with disabilities and other needs
Our training programme is open to everyone who meets the academic criteria. If you have a disability, we will make every reasonable adjustment to accommodate you throughout the recruitment process, as well as during the training programme, if you are offered a place. All candidates that have accepted a place must complete a pre-commencement health declaration form. If this reveals a need, Harris ITE provides appropriate school placements, support and monitoring for the trainee during the course. If you have any questions about health, disability, or the support provided, please do not hesitate to contact us. We offer Employee assistance programme (EAP) services to all Harris employees. To support those with a physical disability, whenever we build new schools within our Federation, we ensure they have full wheelchair access. However, when an existing school joins the network, we have to work with the existing buildings and these can sometimes have limited accessibility. Our placement academies and core training facilities make full use of a range of technologies and specialist equipment.
Contact details
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- Telephone
- 02082537758
- Website
- http://www.harristraintoteach.com
- Address
Harris Initial Teacher Education
55 Southwark Park Road
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Wednesday's Video Clip: When Can A Parent Apply For Child Support
In this video we examine how parents who have their children living with them after separation can apply for child support at any time. Usually they apply right after they separate or as part of their divorce application. They often apply for custody and child support at the same time. It is usually best to deal with these matters as early as possible.
Sometimes parents with custody do not want or need child support at first, but later their situation changes. They can apply for child support when the need occurs, even after a divorce and all other matters arising from the separation have been settled.
But if a step-parent is asked to pay support, the more time that has passed since the step-parent had an ongoing relationship with the child, the less likely it is that the court will order support payments. This is especially true if the step-parent's social and emotional relationship with the child has ended.
A parent can apply for custody and support even while living separately under the same roof after their relationship with the other parent is over. But usually the court will not make any order for custody and support until one parent has actually moved out.
At Russell Alexander, Family Lawyers our focus is exclusively family law, offering pre-separation legal advice and assisting clients with family related issues including: custody and access, separation agreements, child and spousal support, division of family property, paternity disputes, and enforcement of court orders. For more information, visit us at www.RussellAlexander.com.


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Musée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l'image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition "Napoleon […]
from 01/04/2020 to 31/12/2020ExhibitionWellington, Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleon
On the 18 June 1815 at Waterloo in Belgium Wellington, commanding a coalition force of Allied armies, defeated Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end twenty-three years of warfare across Europe. With this remarkable victory Wellington achieved life-long fame and was showered with gifts from the grateful Crown Heads of Europe. Many of […]


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The reality of this map, and having flown out of Newark many times, this flight may have flown over where I was working at the time. That story is elsewhere on this blog.
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Kirstin Says: Selena's Family Is Worried She's Moving Too Fast With Justin Bieber, But We Think She'll Be Just Fine!
Selena Gomez's parents are reportedly nervous their little girl is getting too serious, too quickly with new boyfriend, Justin Bieber, but we're confident she has a great head on her shoulders! Her family has raised her right!
Justin Bieber was spotted sporting Selena Gomez's purity ring at the Golden Globes Jan. 16 and her parents are reportedly in a tizzy over their daughter's new fast-moving relationship.
"When the ring came off, Selena's parents became unglued," a family friend told The Enquirer. "Selena got the ring at 12 and never took it off, but when things started getting hot with Justin, suddenly she was wearing it less and less."
However, Selena's parents don't hate Justin, 16, at all. In fact, they love him. However, her mom was only 15 when she had Selena and doesn't want her daughter to fall into the same mistake.
"Selena's family thinks the world of Justin and isn't opposed to them dating," the source said. "But they're very conservative people and they'd be heartsick if she did something with him that she'd later regret."
Although I understand Selena's parents' point of view, I'm confident their 18-year-old daughter has a great head on her shoulders. Several times I've had the pleasure of chatting with her and she's gushed about her family and the values they've instilled in her life.
That said, Selena has also expressed wanting to burst out of her "good girl" Disney image and just be an adult — and maybe she's finally doing that with Justin!
"The funny thing is, I really don't like it when people say I'm wholesome. I don't like that at all!" the 18-year-old actress told me at the Teen Choice Awards Aug. 8. "I never said I was that and I never tried to portray it. I'm honestly doing what I feel like I'm doing…and I'd just like to figure out who I am," she said.
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Dell Technologies Signs on as Multi-Year Title Sponsor of International Tennis Hall of Fame Open
News highlights:
- Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open to kick off July 16 in Newport, Rhode Island
- Tickets for tournament and annual ITHF Induction Ceremony on sale now
- Dell Technologies also to support digitizing ITHF's extensive museum archives, help sport's preservation efforts
NEWPORT, R.I., Feb. 15, 2017 – Dell Technologies has committed to a five-year, multifaceted sponsorship of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) that includes the title sponsorship of the Hall of Fame's annual ATP World Tour tournament. The company also is contributing its technology solutions and expertise to create a digital archive for the ITHF from its vast museum collection of artifacts, photos, video and publications.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dell Technologies as our new title sponsor, and we are very excited about this creative partnership. The sponsorship enables us to continue to deliver a world-class professional tennis tournament in Newport, and to grow our work to preserve and promote the history of tennis. While all tennis fans may not be able to visit Newport, through this initiative, they will eventually be able to engage with our museum collection online and through other special programs, so that they can learn from and be inspired by the sport's history," stated Todd Martin, International Tennis Hall of Fame CEO and Tournament Director of the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open for the Van Alen Cup. "To find a collaborator that is not only interested in putting their name on an event, but also in investing in our mission and our future is incredibly energizing. We look forward to kicking things off this summer with a great tournament, and to growing in our delivery of the Hall of Fame's mission through this relationship for years to come."
The museum digitization project is a tremendous and ongoing undertaking for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The collection contains more than 25,000 artifacts of tennis history – pieces ranging from trophies to apparel to personal communications. On top of that, there are well over 300,000 photographs, video files, publications and scrapbooks from tennis legends. By digitizing their archives on a Dell EMC Isilon Scale-out NAS storage system, the ITHF can transform content to be made available in online programs and other special initiatives.
"We are very pleased to be the new Title Sponsor of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and excited to be part of this exceptional New England tradition. We are also thrilled to play an important role in helping the Tennis Hall of Fame museum digitize and preserve its collection of artifacts from some of the most pivotal moments in tennis history for future generations to enjoy," said David Goulden, President of Dell EMC.
The Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open has been hosted at the Hall of Fame annually since 1976 and was previously known as the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. The tournament draws top ATP World Tour players to Newport for a week of world-class tennis and an array of special events on the historic grass courts of the ITHF. In 2016, current world No. 20 Ivo Karlovic claimed the Van Alen Cup, named for Hall of Fame founder Jimmy Van Alen. The ITHF Induction Ceremony July 22 will honor five champions for their remarkable achievements in the sport: former world No. 1's Kim Clijsters and Andy Roddick; Paralympic gold medalist Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch; tennis journalist and historian Steve Flink; and groundbreaking sports scientist Vic Braden (posthumous honor).
Tickets for the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open and the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony are on sale now. Ticket details and additional information are available on HallofFameTennisChampionships.com.
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Established in 1954, the International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit institution that preserves and promotes the history of tennis and celebrates its champions, thereby serving as a vital partner in the growth of tennis globally. The Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on a seven-acre property that features an extensive museum that showcases the history of the sport and honors the 247 Hall of Famers; 13 grass tennis courts and an indoor tennis facility; and a rare Court Tennis facility. Annually in July, the venue hosts the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open, an ATP World Tour event. For information on the International Tennis Hall of Fame and its programs, visit tennisfame.com
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Has the CDC lost its collective mind?
In what most likely has to be one of the most convoluted, twisted up, insane things to have come along in quite some time, the Centers for Disease Control (Contamination) have come up with what has to be one of the all-time idiotic rationales concerning vaccines. This collection of mad scientists, government hacks, and NWO puppets has just published one of the most idiotic, screwed up explanations for why their "one size fits all vaccine even if it kills ya" is backfiring in a major way.
The polio vaccine that Bill Gates, an admitted population reduction advocate, has been funding in the forced vaccination of every one in third world countries, is killing some and paralyzing many, many more as the polio virus mutates in response to the vaccine. This has created a far more virulent and aggressive strain of polio. India is a prime target. Currently, an estimated 50,000 have succumbed to vaccine induced polio paralysis which as it turns out is far more virulent than the strain they claimed the vaccine would prevent.
Not to be deterred by anything that might resemble a precautionary truth, the CDC has decided that the reason the vaccine induced, virulent, mutated, strain of polio is sweeping India is NOT so much from the new strain being easily transmitted by those infected, or that the new strain is appearing only in those who got that magic polio vaccine, its because there are still unvaccinated children who are causing the disease to spread. Yeah…that's it. Only they don't have it.
In the magical, mystical world of the CDC, anything can be explained away simply by choosing to refuse to acknowledge the reality of a situation and instead, creating an implausible excuse for why this mutation is spreading. According to the CDC, it is the fault of the UNvaccinated.
People who never received the vaccine are causing a viral mutation from the vaccine that they never got, and they are still to be blamed for spreading a disease they never had.
Those who were vaccinated for polio can also contract the new mutated polio virus if they don't in fact, incubate the mutation.
From GreenMedInfo: Nonvaccinated Are Blamed for Spreading Vaccine-Created Polio
The bottom line here is that they're blaming the unvaccinated for spreading new versions of polio that are mutations from their vaccines. In spite of the fact that they may be giving the wrong vaccine for the polio that's causing disease, and that vaccine's virus is mutating into a new form of polio, the people to blame are those who could not possibly have had anything to do with it. And, even though people who have received the vaccine can also fall victim to the new polio, thus incubating it and passing it to others, it's still the fault of the unvaccinated!
The argument that most vaccine advocates like to use these days, is that somehow un-vaccinated children create huge costs in the health care system. No one can come up with any reputable resource to back this up, but thats beside the point. Still, I have to wonder what the health costs to India will be to treat and care for these 50,000 plus, children who are now permanently crippled, if they haven't died? And since they are even now continuing to force the vaccination of defenseless children against a polio strain that occurred rarely and have created a whole new strain for which there is no "vaccine", what will it cost India in the long run?
Personally, I think India should set them selves up one of those hocus, pocus kangaroo vaccine injury courts like we have. Then a panel of medical experts who have absolutely no medical training can tell parents that their vaccine injured child is not really suffering from a vaccine injury after all. Of course there will be no mention of the other 49,999 other cases of vaccine injury. The state is off the hook, the pharmaceutical companies are off the hook and you get to take your injured child home to suffer the consequences, with no help. And of course! The sale of deadly vaccines will go on unimpeded!
I believe everyone at the CDC should receive this polio vaccine….and they should be treated the same way the rest of us are when dealing with the results.
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Take an airborne safari (Kenya, Tanzania).
Though it isn't the first mode of transport that comes to mind when planning a safari trip, a hot-air balloon is one of the best ways to look at wildlife. If you're traveling to Kenya or Tanzania, you'll find a quick and easy way to do it by going on one of AfricanMecca's Balloon Safaris. Before daybreak, a Jeep drives you down a dusty road, where all you see beyond the headlights are the white-dot reflections of hyena eyes. Ahead you spot the flames of the propane and the growing glow of the nylon balloon itself. Minutes later you ascend with the sun over the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya (or the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania). The land is crawling with nocturnal animals; the night shift is just ending. As the Serengeti Plain drops beneath the gondola, you float silently over this cradle of life, looking almost as it did before humans existed.
More Information: Balloon safaris fill up quickly, so make sure to book eight to 10 months before your trip. Go from July to October to see the wildebeest migration, tens of thousands of animals streaming across the plain. $465 for a one-hour safari, followed by a champagne breakfast. [africanmeccasafaris.com]
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In today's overhyped world, we often seem way more interested in "doing something" than actually solving—or even addressing—the problem in question. Sadly, it seems to me that in our haste to act we often do more harm than good. I suspect this is, at least in part, because many of us who want to make things better avoid considering that there may be peoplewho don't—and want to get paid handsomely for not doing so.
A good example of this is our current mania over "disclosure" to financial consumers. Professor Michael Finke of Texas Tech University wrote an important piece on the subject of disclosure in the April issue of AdvisorOne sister publication Research that should be required reading for anyone interested in financial regulation. In it, he convincingly argues that financial disclosure, as it's currently practiced, not only often fails to help financial consumers but can serve to decrease the quality of the products and advice they receive. He then gives examples of how disclosures can be used to actually help people.
Many of us are well aware of the first disclosure challenge that Prof. Finke talks about: Knowledge Limits. Many people simply do not possess the background knowledge of financial services to understand and apply much of the "information" that is currently disclosed to them. "For disclosure to work, he wrote, "those who get the information need to know what to do with it…And more information makes the problem worse."
Then Finke gets to the heart of the matter, citing a 2011 study by Sunita Sah of Duke and Carnegie Mellon Universities that found that disclosure can actually be counterproductive to helping consumers in at least two ways. First, Sah found "that advisors were more likely to give self-serving advice if they first disclosed a conflict of interest to their client. The advisor now feels less pressure to make a recommendation that isn't self-serving."
To make matters worse, after an advisor disclosed a conflict, "the client now feels that if they don't accept the recommendation they are admitting they don't trust the advisor—something that is taboo in human interactions," he wrote. The bottom line is that Sah "found that recommendations given by participants in the role of advisor were significantly worse for the consumer if they had to disclose conflicts of interest."
Finke isn't totally against disclosure. In fact, he cites a number of examples in which disclosures have made consumer markets dramatically more effective. The key is simplicity. "The most effective financial disclosure laws have given consumers a little bit of very important information that is easy to use…Many financial markets such as 30-year fixed rate mortgages, savings accounts, and property insurance are much more competitive because it is easy for consumers to compare one number for products that have similar characteristics." He also cites the "consistent interest rate in banking products—the APR" and gasoline prices: "That's why gas stations go out of business if they charge $4 for a gallon of gas that costs $3 down the street," he wrote.
Of course, even the simplest disclosures are still dependent on the widespread knowledge of acceptable ranges. Remember in the 1990s, when Wall Street jumped into retail asset management with "wrap accounts," some of which charged trusting investors up to 400 bps? It wasn't until the financial media finally got the word out that those fees fell into a more reasonable range (if still on the high end). While AUM fees still range from, say, 0.5% to 2% or so, it's fair to say the market is far more efficient than it used to be. At the same time, blanket disclosure of mountains of financial information clearly doesn't have the consequences intended. I've often thought that our solutions to problems should be accompanied by something like the doctors' Hippocratic oath: First, do no harm. This would be especially helpful when it comes to financial disclosures.
Read Professor Michael Finke's article on disclosure in the April 2013 issue of Research.