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Dating Again…On the Far Side of Forty
Due to life circumstances, the death of a spouse, I had been out of the dating game for some time and reentered the scene after a 27-year absence. I experienced what I like to call "culture shock". One definition is as follows: "A state of bewilderment and distress experienced when suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment."
That was me, a 48 year old widow with three children, experiencing true culture shock when I began dating. I thought it would be a relatively uncomplicated process to jump back in. (Yes, I laugh when I read this) You go out with someone who shares mutual interests, you go to dinner, the movies, sometimes you stay in and watch movies or…Stop. That wasn't what happened.
The above is what I considered the normal dating process, but I found there was nothing approaching normal in today's dating scene. Having been married 20 years, I naively believed in happily-ever-after when the two right people found each other. I knew what relationships were about and I also knew they could be hard work at times.
My experience with online dating is as follows: Online dating felt similar to a smorgasbord. If you don't like one dish you try, throw it in the trash and proceed to the next as quickly as possible. There's always something different and new on the table. There's nothing wrong with variety and trying new dishes, but at least admit if you don't like the current dish. Don't play with your food.
Dating at 48. In my admittedly limited experience, I discovered a variety of issues that came into play. My age group, as perhaps is true with other age groups, many of us have been wounded in minor and major ways by life and by society in general. Some of us carry the baggage from the wounding on our backs, others leave the baggage at the train station.
Based on my experience, some individuals have never learned basic relationship skills. Early on, I attracted only emotionally unavailable men. Men who were still in love or emotionally attached to other women. Men who preferred to remain single and just do surface dating. Whether intentionally or not, they played at dating with no real intent to take it further into any kind of emotional commitment; for whatever reason. Most of these men were good men in their own right and perhaps best kept as friends.
One dating experience I had was a man whose company I really enjoyed. He was a good father, an excellent businessman, but when we were together, he never showed interest in my day, activities or what was happening in my life. I hoped he would change. We had been "dating" about three weeks when I finally asked myself why was I hanging around with someone who made me feel so unfulfilled and contributed nothing to my life? I realized that even though he was a good man, he was not good for me. It was still incredibly difficult to make the break but I knew I deserved more.
My dating helped me learn additional life skills I myself lacked. I learned that dating should begin as friends, and I shouldn't drop everything because a guy calls. My most important skill learned is letting someone show me they're truly interested in me before jumping into intimacy.
These simple pieces of experience are often learned by kids today in their teens and twenties. Somehow, I had missed these lessons some thirty years ago.
When I realized by being true to myself is my real power, I also decided that for now, I choose to be alone. I choose to be alone until the right person comes along who will enhance my life as much as I enhance his. http://www.ajourneywelltaken.com
A Journey Well Taken:
Can You Talk about Grief too Much?
When does talking about the loss of someone get to be too much? Is it still grief or is it descending into depression?
Talking and writing about grief for me has been a catharsis, a way to heal my thoughts, emotions and fears. It is a slow, sometimes excruciating process. Not linear, and sometimes unexpected.
At times there seems to be a fine line that can be crossed. I met a woman who had been widowed after six years of marriage. Nine years later, she still does not sleep in the bedroom she shared with her husband, nor can she bring herself to open a birthday gift she found after he passed away. She feels stuck in place but sees no way out.
We all have to be gentle and considerate of ourselves or others who are traveling through grief. But I have seen in my own grieving, that sometimes we run the risk of being stuck in place. I met another widow who spoke incessantly about her husband. She refused to even consider the idea of going through his clothes or personal items, even after five years. She was adamant she would never date again, even though she also admitted her marriage had not been a happy one. Again, it is all about our personal choices. Our lives have formed how we handle stressful situations and circumstances.
The way we handle our grief and emotional outcomes is of course a personal choice, but I feel that some people allow their grief process to make them bitter. I know sometimes I've fallen into this myself. I consider it a trap to allow the hurts in my life to weigh me down. Well on my way to healing, I refuse to be consumed by anger and regret.
Grief is never easy or quick. It can be hard, painful and unpredictable. If we stay rooted emotionally in the same place over many years, we're doing ourselves an injustice. Why not answer the door when opportunity for growth knocks?
There were many days in my grief process where I felt at a really low point, and sometimes, in my mind, I made my marriage out to be something more than what it was. I had a good marriage, but like any other relationship, it had its problems, too. After twenty years, not everything is rosy, and yet many times in the early days I viewed my marriage through rose-colored glasses. I glorified the good times and glossed over the days I wanted to pull my hair out with frustration. My husband and I were two people who had grown through the years. I learned for my own benefit I had to remain honest about my memories. Nothing is perfect. No one deserves or wants to be on a pedestal. By staying grounded in reality, I decided I would not be stuck in place. I firmly believe this thought process made my grief journey a little easier. I also knew my husband would never want me to stay perpetually unhappy. I have grown enough to know I deserve a full life once again, in whatever way I manifest. But I choose happiness over living in a past that cannot be changed. http://www.ajourneywelltaken.com
What if?
What if as a new widow or widower you began dating again after not dating for many years? What if you had high hopes of bringing love once again into your life? What if you met a scammer online but thought they were a real person, with feelings and hopes and dreams, just like you held deep in your heart? What if you held a secret hope they may be the one for you? What if you believed someone was telling you the truth, because you always told the truth? What if you just wanted to connect with another being so you could once again know you were desired by someone? What if your biggest fear was being alone the rest of your life?
What if you corresponded with this person for many months and they said all the right things and made you feel special? What if they promised to travel to come and see you? What if they couldn't wait to meet you and sent you little gifts and trinkets as symbols of their caring for you?
What if you fell in love with someone through their emails over the internet? What if they expressed joy at the thought of meeting you for the first time? What if you knew the dream had come true that this truly wonderful person had fallen in love with you also and couldn't wait to meet you? What if this was you? Would you fall into love based on email correspondence? Would you hope that the hole in your heart was finally starting to be occupied by another? What if you felt this was your one and only chance at love? Would you pass it by?
What if you didn't hear from them for a week and you become frantic, wondering if something happened to them? What if they finally email to say they were mugged, hurt and lying ill in an overseas hospital? What if you expressed doubt when they asked you for money to help them come home? What if you told them to go to the US consulate? What if they said never mind about the money, if you didn't trust them, they just wanted to die anyway?
What if they emailed you sporadically because they said they were too ill to do otherwise? What if they said they were finally coming home, gave you their airplane itinerary and it all checked out? What if you went to the airport to meet them? What if you waited plane after plane and they never showed up? What if you went home crying in your car? What if you decided never to trust anyone again? What if you vowed life sucks and that's it? What if you shut yourself down from all future opportunities out of fear and bitterness? What if you contacted the dating service where you met and they did nothing about this scammer?
What if sharing your experience kept someone else from being hurt? Would you still regret the experience? http://www.ajourneywelltaken.com
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A Government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws and regulations. Typically, the term "government" refers to a civil government or sovereign state which can be either local, national, or international. However, commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also governed by internal bodies. Such bodies may be called boards of directors, managers, or governors or they may be known as the administration (as in schools) or councils of elders (as in churches). The size of governments can vary by region or purpose. Growth of an organization advances the complexity of its government, therefore small towns or small-to-medium privately-operated enterprises will have fewer officials than typically larger organizations such as multinational corporations which tend to have multiple interlocking, hierarchical layers of administration and governance. As complexity increases and the nature of governance become more complicated, so does the need for formal policies and procedures.
A sovereign state, commonly simply referred to as a state, is a political association with effective internal and external sovereignty over a geographic area and population which is not dependent on, or subject to any other power or state. While in abstract terms a sovereign state can exist without being recognised by other sovereign states, unrecognised states will often find it hard to exercise full treaty-making powers and engage in diplomatic relations with other sovereign states. In casual usage, the terms "country", "nation", and "state" are often used as if they were synonymous; but in a more strict usage they can be distinguished: Nation denotes a people who are believed to or deemed to share common customs, origins, and history. However, the adjectives national and international also refer to matters pertaining to what are strictly sovereign states, as in national capital, international law. State refers to the set of governing and supportive institutions that have sovereignty over a definite territory and population.
A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized in order to exert its powers over a body politic. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government". This definition holds even if the government is unsuccessful in exerting its power.
Nineteen states in the world do not explicitly name their government forms in their official name (the official name of Canada, for instance, is simply "Canada"), but most have an official name which identifies their form of government, or at least the form of government toward which they are striving:
• Luxembourg is A Grand Duchy.
• The United Arab Emirates is a collection of Muslim states, each an emirate in its own right.
• Russia, Switzerland, and Saint Kitts and Nevis are each A Federation.
• Libya is a Jamahiriya
• There are 33 Kingdoms in the world, but only 18 named as such. The other 15 are known as realms. Jordan is specifically titled the "Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan," while Britain is formally the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Andorra, Liechtenstein, and Monaco are each A Principality.
• The word "Republic" is used by 9 nations in their official names. Many specify a type of republic: China as well as Bangladesh are titled a "people's republic; India a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic; North Korea a "democratic people's republic"; Egypt and Syria "Arab republics"; Guyana a "cooperative republic"; Algeria is a "democratic and popular republic," Vietnam a "socialist republic," Sri Lanka a "democratic socialist republic.
• States which wish to emphasize that their provinces have a fair amount of autonomy from the central government may specifically state this: Germany and Nigeria are each a Federal Republic, Ethiopia is a Federal Democratic Republic, the Comoros is a Federal Islamic Republic, and Brazil is a Federative Republic.• Australia, the Bahamas, and Dominica are each officially a Commonwealth.
• Venezuela is "Bolivarian republic" which is meant to emphasize its descendance from Simon Bolivar. Uruguay is "Oriental republic" which hints to it being successor of the Provincia Oriental del Río de la Plata.
• Government ideology is also a common signifier appended to "republic." Besides the Comoros, four other nations specifically dictate that they are Islamic republics. Pakistan, Mauritania, Iran, and Afghanistan have officially named themselves Islamic Republics.
• Asian nations influenced by Maoism may emphasize their belief system by specifying the People as a whole in their official names: Laos is a People's Democratic Republic, and Bangladesh and China are People's Republics. Vietnam is a Socialist Republic. Finally, Tanzania emphasizes the cohesion of its state as A United Republic.
• Eleven nations simply refer to themselves as states, but a handful specifies what kind of state? Micronesia is made up of Federated States, Papua New Guinea and Samoa emphasize that they are Independent States, while the United States of America and the United Mexican States are made up of Constituent States.
• Brunei and Oman are Sultanates.
• Burma simply states that it is A Union.
• The Vatican, the world's smallest sovereign state, describes itself as A City-State, though its government is the sovereign entity known as the Holy See.
• Authoritarian – Authoritarian governments are characterized by an emphasis on the authority of the state in a republic or union. It is a political system controlled by non-elected rulers who usually permit some degree of individual freedom.
• Constitutional monarchy – A government that has a monarch, but his/her power is strictly limited by the government. Example: United Kingdom
• Constitutional monarchy – A government that has a monarch, but his/her power is strictly limited by the government. Example: United Kingdom
• Constitutional republic – Rule by a government composed of representatives who are voted into power by the people.
• Democracy – Rule by a government where all [citizens] are represented but power is held by the majority.
• Dictatorship – Rule by an individual who has full power over the country. It is also termed as Autocracy and Stratocracy.
• Monarchy – Rule by an individual who has inherited the role and expects to bequeath it to their heir.
• Oligarchy – Rule by a small group of people who share similar interests or family relations.
• Plutocracy – A government composed of the wealthy class. Any of the forms of government listed here can be plutocracy. For instance, if all of the voted representatives in a republic are wealthy, then it is a republic and a plutocracy.
• Theocracy – Rule by a religious elite.
• Totalitarian – Totalitarian governments regulate nearly every aspect of public and private life.
The political philosophy of anarchism opposes government, and is not a form thereof—it is the belief that governments are harmful and unnecessary.
Law is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as the foremost social mediator in relations between people. Law governs a wide variety of social activities. All legal systems deal with similar issues and behaviors, but each country categorizes and identifies its legal standards and principals in different ways. A common distinction is that between "public law" (a term related closely to the state, and including constitutional, administrative and criminal law), and "private law" (which covers contract and property). In civil law systems, contract fall under a general law of obligations, while trusts law is dealt with international conventions. Law spreads far beyond the core subjects into virtually every area of life. Three categories are of importance here i.e. Law and society, Law and commerce, Law and regulation. Law and society include Labour law, Civil rights and Human rights law, Immigration and nationality law, Social security law and Family law. Law and commerce include Commercial law, Admiralty law and the Law of the Sea, Company law and Intellectual property law. Law and regulation include Tax law, Banking law, Competition law, Consumer law and Environmental law. Regulation deals with the provision of public services and utilities. Especially since privatisation became popular private companies doing the jobs previously controlled by government; energy, gas telecomm and water are regulated industries.

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Father Of The Bride, I Have a Lot to Learn [Video]
Call it the circle of life! My daughter Erin is getting married in August, so the Stevens house is in full wedding mode. A " beach theme" wedding is planned so decorations involve Lot's of sea creatures! Of course I know nothing about this stuff, but I'm doing my best to learn.
I'm also learning how expensive things can be. But to my daughter's credit she's doing everything she can to keep the expense down. This past weekend was a "couples shower". That was a new one on me. But apparently a growing trend. What is nice if they register at a store like Target it's so easy to buy a shower gift! Just go to the kiosk and print it out. Look for regular updates here as the big event gets closer!


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With his black beret, dangling earring and punk attire, 17-year-old Dan Phetteplace of Tujunga is a child of the '80s, part of a generation weaned on doom-gloom music, suburban alienation and Johnny Rotten.
But two evenings each month, Johnny B. Goode gains the upper hand as Phetteplace wheels his '56 T-Bird into a Foothill Boulevard eatery and skids into the Brylcreem past, along with about 60 other classic-car collectors.
Unlike the cruisers who used to plague Van Nuys Boulevard on Wednesday nights, the auto aficionados who re-create the 1950s at Rudy's Bean Pot in Tujunga are a mellow, mainly older crowd that views burning rubber as a social transgression akin to public belching.
Teen-agers like Phetteplace are the exception here, not the rule.
Big Investment in Wheels
"I've got too much money invested in this car to even think about street racing," says Patrick Grams of La Crescenta, pointing to a blue 1915 Ford roadster he painstakingly rebuilt over five years.


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After two very busy weeks without childcare, our new au pair arrives tomorrow! Woo hoo! She is oh so lovely, but also oh so vegetarian. We tend to eat mostly vegetarian meals, but I've gotten in the habit of throwing in a meaty meal once a week and we also have a fish dish at least once per week (I guess that's not a very vegetarian diet now that I think about it . . . ).
Dinnertime is a very important time of the day in the Hungerford household, and I really hate the thought of our au pair eating a separate meal from everyone else. Also, realistically, I don't have the time/energy to cook two separate meals during the week. It seems like the best option will be to come up with more vegetarian meal plans, or to have meals where the meat/fish is easily omitted from one portion. (The last option would be tricky for me as I generally like to cook everything in one pot/dish when possible! Also, what would her protein be then. . . ) Anyway, you guys always have great advice and recipe ideas, so please link away in the comments below!!
White Fish with Herb Sauce and Artichokes
Chicken and Dumpling Soup
(SO yummy!!)
Aubergine Parm
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New Hungerpot!
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"One of the most interesting theatrical voices emerging from the north" Plays International
Sunday, 27 March 2011
26th March – If something amazing happens but the media are only there to misrepresent it, did the amazing thing happen at all?
Yesterday I was in London for the March for the Alternative. Even as the day was unfolding the difference in what I was experiencing and what was being represented in the media was very obvious. Reports by the BBC of 'tens of thousands' attending were being re-laid on twitter… 'How' I thought 'can the BBC be reporting such crap?' It's almost as if they were being wilfully misleading or something! I've been to big football matches and music festivals and I know what a crowd of say 40 thousand people feels like. It's big and impressive, but that comes nowhere close to the amount of people who thronged the streets yesterday. I see today that the estimated figure of attendees has been revised up to 250 thousand people. I want to tell you that this is nonsense. There were comfortably 500 thousand people demonstrating in London yesterday. Singing, chanting, smiling… People of all ages, ethnicity, persuasion and gender! Librarians and firemen and actors and teachers and council workers and doctors and people in wheel chairs and people on homemade cycle powered crazy machines, and samba bands and dancers, and queers and straights and and and AND it was a 360 degree snap shot of our country! And for that reason it was not only fucking large but it was also fucking beautiful…That's my genuine belief based on the experience of being in that crowd. Whatever figure you decide to believe in, I think its safe to say that what occurred in London yesterday was by anyone's standards quite significant. And at the very least, not unimportant?
I'll say that again.
What happened in London yesterday was by anyone's standards significant.
We now know without a shadow of a doubt that vast VAST amounts of people wish to engage in a discussion about what the government is doing. They want this discussion to start with the idea that there is an alternative to the cuts agenda… Because its that conversation which needs to be had (not whether we should be having it or not). We can start to discuss the various ideas about what 'another way' might mean. Do we want to go down the UKUncut route and tax corporations? Could we introduce a Robin Hood tax to tax the banks… Should we cut trident and reinvest that money in green jobs… Others are interested in total system change… There are many many different ideas to be discussed. To be clear, the marchers yesterday were not all in agreement on what the 'alternative' might be. But you bet that yesterday was a huge and insistent cry representing a vast amount of this country's people demanding a proper 360-degree conversation looking at all the options… And that is something the ConDems, and Labour for that matter, have been refusing to do…
So my big ask is why has the meaning of yesterdays march and direct action been wilfully ignored? And why is it that the media routinely sidesteps the meat and potato of an issue and focuses on the serviette? Why has investigation been replaced by a strange kind of personalised / blinkered desire to be seen to have been 'embedded' with the action. I suspect that journalists / editors have been just as affected by reality tv as the rest of us. So now we are a world of people obsessed with the mediated abstracted sense of experiencing the moment, rather than understanding that it may be our role (as outsiders) to think more objectively about what a group of people may (or may not!) be doing? Why for example don't reporters ever ask the masked folk why they are smashing things? I would love for a reporter to ask an activist why they've just smashed a bank window. Or for that matter ask a van load of riot cops who've been waiting all afternoon to do some 'riot prevention', how it feels when they finally get the green light to get out of their van… I think it would be interesting. I think we might actually learn something. We might end up with a media that acts as a source of information for the people at large. A service, which might lead to a greater understanding of the world! How amazing would that be!
We live in momentous times. I said this at a creative writing workshop I was running recently and a young woman who was attending asked me why I describe our times as 'momentous' and I was frankly shocked. This young woman by the way appeared to me to be an intelligent and interesting person. So please don't interpret that last comment as an attack on her. Rather, I found myself thinking, that we – the people who view ourselves as 'radicals' or 'on the left' or whatever - we have so much work to do! To be asked by a young woman, who has just graduated into a world on the brink of peek oil and climate disaster, into a world in the midst of the worst recession since the 1930's, with youth unemployment standing at 1 in 4, on the very day our government announced that it was launching aerial attacks on Libya… To be asked by this woman why I think we live in momentous times was just incredibly shocking. But she asked because she doesn't know, not because she is stupid. And with the media we have, is it really any surprise that people don't know?
I am so glad I went on the demonstration. It was an amazing and positive thing to be part of. But I am left under no illusions. Just because we want the world to stop and take in the importance of what we've achieved doesn't' mean it will. So we all have to think about ways in which we can take the conversation forward. For me, yesterday has made me more determined to get more involved down the UK / Arts Uncut direct action route. But that is one route of many. What is important is that we build links between all people working towards furthering this debate and find ways to tell the story as we see it, because the media we have can not be trusted to do it for us.
If you want to be part of that conversation, here are some places you could try…
For direct actions - www.ukuncut.org.uk
For action you can take at home - http://virtualprotest.org.uk/
For information - http://robinhoodtax.org/ and http://falseeconomy.org.uk/
For Bradford and Leeds folk - http://anticutsleeds.wordpress.com/
For all of us - http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/
10 comments:
- Biluś said...
'Why for example don't reporters ever ask the masked folk why they are smashing things?' Exactly! I saw lots of these lads yesterday and could see that they were for all intents and purposes apolitical - I guess they were there for the thrill of the ruck, for the surge of their testosterone, but I'd just love to know what they would say - come on, 'journalists'... seems the only true voice we have is in the blogosphere and this is such a great post, thank you!
- 27 March 2011 at 13:53
- DENTONWEND said...
Thanks so much for being there and writing this. I wish I could get you more attention
- 27 March 2011 at 14:10
- DENTONWEND said...
Thanks so much for being there and posting this. It is very good and I would love to get it more noticed
- 27 March 2011 at 14:14
The black bloc yesterday was made up of around 1000 people or different ages and genders, none of whom were acting in an apolitical way (I don't presume to know what was going on in everyone's heads). Dismissing it as simply 'apolitical lads' is unfair and inaccurate.
This was a large group of people,acting in solidarity to express their rage in a way that actually impacts on the some of the people and powers they are raging against. Just look at the list of places that were targeted - banks, tax dodging shops, sexist ann summers, porsche, the ritz and other playgrounds of the super rich. Smashing the windows and splattering them in paint and relevant slogans harms noone while hitting those corporations where it hurts (both their purse and their public image). I'd say that's highly political.
- 27 March 2011 at 16:08
- trk1974 said...
loved your blogg !!
i reposted it as soon as i'd read it.
i'm part of the lawful rebellion.org which really can make swathes for justice & i think you may like. check out TPUC.org too. or just come & join the freedom project Huddersfield..
be well.
ps though i do not sbscribe to most of thir methods, i doubt very much that the majority of the scalf wearing members were there ' for the surge of their testosterone ', more to raise awareness & create nuisance for the overbloated corporate system, in protection of the vast majority of this country & the world. & in the face of violence,instigated & at the hands (read sheild, stick, & steel toes) of the police, still behaved better than most would in self defence..
- 27 March 2011 at 16:10
- Jim said...
Emma, I enjoyed your blog. We have been involved in something similar, important and emotional, here on Madison, Wi. We have Fox News to lie and spread false information.
I am a cop. And a protestor. Proud of how the cops here have protected peoples rights and kept people save. #wiunion Soildarity forever.
Jim Dexheimer
Madison Wi
- 27 March 2011 at 22:40
- CrunchyNutWanker said...
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- 28 March 2011 at 15:53
- CrunchyNutWanker said...
Maybe a 360 degree consultation would be possible if opposition to the fiscal consolidation programme were able to come up with a credible alternative. Labour's plans would have had the deficit cut in half over the next five years. To put this into perspective, that would leave us at the end of the contraction with a deficit as big as Portugal's today.
There was a recent article in The Guardian that listed many of the schemes that are due to, at worst, cease as part of the contraction to government expenditure. Some examples included Connexions, School crossing patrols, and The Potteries museum. Quite frankly, I was flabbergasted that many of these organisations were being funded at all. If you feel compelled to stop these organisations from going under, seek funding from elsewhere. If these institutions are as great as you say they are, they will be able to attract investment. If they fail to do so, then clearly they are alarmingly inefficient and, more importantly, not nearly as valued by society as you would like us to believe.
In regards to the media's representation of the protest, I completely disagree with your extreme, and largely paranoid, stance: it came off in a relatively much more positive light than that of the student protests in December last year.
So what is your plan? What would you do? Are you a deficit denier? At present, your viewpoint seems delirious, selfish, and grossly misinformed.
- 29 March 2011 at 07:10
- Emma said...
I'd like to thank everyone for their comments. trk1974 I shall check that info out, thank you. Jim, its fantastic to hear that you're a cop. We need more cops like you in the world. Thank you for doing what you do... CrunchyNutWanker I think some of your comments are a little inflamed or meant to inflame me? They didn't. It's interesting to get a perspective on where you're coming from. I believe that we need to build a way of organising ourselves which is based on love. I expect you will scoff. That's fine. I'm really not that interested in scoring points. I can direct you here at http://falseeconomy.org.uk/ a site, which can argue much more persuasively than I about the flawed economic thinking that drives the neoliberal agenda. But really what I'm more interested in are conversations where people don't try and point score, but where we try and listen and learn from each other. I think that a way of organising ourselves which is based on what people need rather than what the market demands is the only way to build an equitable world. Finally I don't think I have all the answers. I'm a writer. I have a lot of questions. I'm interested in sharing and exploring them with people.
- 30 March 2011 at 04:41
- CrunchyNutWanker said...
Point scoring? I think you have confused this notion with a rationality of consolidating evidence to increase the credibility of an argument. I shall not attempt to expand on my argument further, as you have clearly indicated no such desire for this exchange to take place. However, I will propose that capitalism and a compassionate society can, and do, exist (Japan being the most obvious example). By extension, it is only by the miracle of consumer capitalism that opportunities to pursue artistic endeavours, such as writing, are made possible.
Additionally, you may like to know that I refrained from 'scoffing' at your desire for a society based on love; I feel it is important to appreciate other perspectives, and I certainly do understand your perfectly admirable desire. However, the only framework in which such a stance has been built upon thus far has been communism, and you do not need me to tell you that it does not work. So, until a less naïve social model is constructed, I shall remain a liberal conservative who believes in free-markets and enterprise, deregulation of our public services, conservation of our celebrated traditions, and encouragement to fulfil all that we can achieve as individuals without spoon-feeding those that do not want to work for it.
- 31 March 2011 at 07:41


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Archives for May 2012
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How J-Lo Brings Her Moves to NBC's 'World of Dance'
As executive producer and one of the judges of NBC's new reality competition show World of Dance, which premieres tonight, J-Lo has never forgotten her first passion: dance. Sure, she may have branched out into acting, singing, fashion and even her own cell phone company, but J-Lo has always found a way of staying close to the art that ignited her into the brand that she is today.
Before you tune into World of Dance, here's a look at some fun J-Lo facts that reminds you of her dance cred.
- J-Lo started dancing when she was five years old.
- One of her first professional gigs was in Japan, dancing in the musical Synchronicity.
- She danced for New Kids on the Block at the American Music Awards in 1991.
- Her first consistent TV gig was as a Fly Girl for In Living Color.
- She was a backup dancer for Janet Jackson in the 90s. (She was also in Janet's "That's the Way Love Goes" music video.)
- Her husband Cris Judd was a dancer in her music video "Love Don't Cost a Thing." Their romance was short lived, though; they divorced after nine months.
- J-Lo began dating another one of her backup dancers Casper Smart in 2011. They reportedly split in 2016, and in 2017 she began dating baseball superstar and fellow New Yorker Alex Rodriguez.
- In 2012 Lopez launched the talent show Q'Viva! The Chosen with then-husband Marc Anthony. Created by Simon Fuller, Lopez, Anthony and choreographer Jamie King, the show traveled all over Latin America to find singers, dancers, acrobats, and more for a Latin show in Las Vegas.


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Shopping for a Headboard
Lisa Quinn goes shopping for a new headboard, and comes up with a unique idea.
Headboard Tips:
- Headboards are great pieces that can have multiple purposes and storage. Always make sure it is practical and pretty.
- In this makeover Lisa used the Mandal headboard for $149.00 from IKEA.
- Putting up a headboard doesn't have to be an overwhelming process. You can get the same effect using plywood or by repurposing something that you found at a salvage yard.


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Jonathan Ames, Creator, HBO's Bored To Death
True Blood. I like all the characters that turn into dogs. Because I'd like to turn into a dog.
Joe Manganiello, Hot Werewolf, True Blood
Mad Men. If you don't have a guttural, visceral response when you watch it, then you don't have a pulse.
Matthew Weiner, Creator, AMC's Mad Men
Jackass 3D. The ridiculousness and scatological antics made this homoerotic thriller the apex of a new technology. AndJust Kids by Patti Smithpoetically written and vividly remembered. She reminded me of the idealism of art.
Steve-O, Actor, Jackass 3D
Who Am I? Why Am I Here?, by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles. It's about global-consciousness. It's time to fix this world, and this is about that.
Patti Smith, Author, Just Kids
I was heartsick when the brilliant Vincent d'Onofrio was obliged to turn in his badge on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Luckily, I discovered the sister show Law & Order: SVU. Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are another intense, human team.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Actor, Love & Other Drugs
Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons. Even in its sadness it's life-affirming.
Marcus Mumford Musician, Mumford & Sons,Sigh No More
Winter's Bone.Debra Granik directed it so beautifully. Everything about it was compelling and uncompromising. It was a film that knew exactly what it wanted to do and did it. The acting was amazing, and John Hawkes, in particular, was spellbinding.
John Hawkes, Actor, Winter's Bone
Real Time With Bill Maher. It's the only TV show I make an effort to watch. He welcomes smart people with opposing views, and that makes for a really rich back and forth. It's the lamp in the cave for me.
Mary J. Blige, Singer, Music Saved My Life tour
The ballad Can't Be Friends, by Trey Songz. The lyrics are so true.
Aaron Sorkin, Screenwriter, The Social Network
Jon Stewart's closing speech at the Rally to Restore Sanity. A beautiful piece of writing and oratory that served as a desperately needed reminder that conflict, when used as a device, makes for good television and bad journalism.
Laura Benanti, Actress, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Modern Family. An absolutely phenomenal showparticularly Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who manages to be both hilarious and heartfelt.
Trey Songz, Singer-Songwriter, Can't Be Friends
The Social Network. It's a perfect representation of my generation and a reminder that anything that ever became great began in one mind. It made me feel like I need toand canbe doing even more.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Actor, Modern Family
The Kids Are All Right. I loved the natural humor Julianne Moore and Annette Bening brought to their roles.
Charles Ferguson, Director, Inside Job
127 Hours is, on the one hand, a great depiction of ingenuity and courage under extreme pressure, and at the same time incredibly cool filmmaking and acting from James Franco. The first fifteen minutes of the film is the most beautiful rock video ever made.
Annette Bening, Actress, The Kids Are All Right
Please Give. I've been following the work of director Nicole Holofcenerher characters are so well drawn. And Oliver Platt was really sexy!
Oliver Platt, Actor, Please Give
Sufjan Stevens's All Delighted People.He makes achingly beautiful music. The songs I really respond to are simple, like The Owl and the Tanager, which is haunting. Suffy is very private, and I like that. I'm really happy to find out about him through his music.
Gary Shteyngart, Author, Super Sad True Love Story
Inside Job.The real criminals aren't on Facebook or the Intertube. They're the cast of this documentary, one of the best I've seen. I think I have a man-crush on Eliot Spitzer.
Sufjan Stevens, Musician, All Delighted People
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present at MoMA.
Melissa Leo, Actress, The Fighter
I don't have any favorite cultural moments because I live very much in a bubble of my work or my own creation. I don't read books or newspapers or watch TV. I don't like what's going on in the real world, so I don't pay attention to it.
Davis Guggenheim, Director, Waiting for Superman
The Fighter. That Batman guy [Christian Bale] is unbelievable. And oh my God, Melissa Leo is amazing!
Christina Hendricks, Actress, Mad Men
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. It was just sort of an orgy of sensory overload. It was so unexpectedI'm still reeling from it.
Patricia Clarkson, Actress, Cairo Time
Fran Lebowitz is my hero of 2010. She articulated in a really elegant, eloquent, often hilarious way everything I think about politics, computers, and New York but am not smart enough to say.
Sara Mearns, Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
Seeing Fran Lebowitz in the Martin Scorsese documentary Public Speaking. The film is 90 minutes of her witty, hilarious, sometimes brutal insights into herself and the world we live in.


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We've put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for July Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Precious Blood of Jesus. Summer is a great time for a little extra crafting…so we also present Equipping Catholic Families…for Summer with the Saints!
Equipping Catholic Families for JULY Saints!
Equipping Catholic Families for June Saints!
Monthly Devotion of June: Sacred Heart of Jesus
Woven Heart Craft (with video tutorial)
See Equipping Catholic Families for Ordinary Time
Key Feast Days in June:
- St Justin (June 1)
- St Peter, St Marcellinus (June 2)
- Corpus Christi (June 3)
- St Charles Lwanga & Companions (June 3)
- St Boniface (June 5)
- St Norbert (June 6)
- Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces (June 8) Mary Crafts
- Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 9) Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosary Abacus
- St Ephrem (June 9)
- St Margaret of Scotland (June 10)
- St Barnabas (June 11)
- St Anthony of Padua (June 13)
- St Basil the Great (June 14)
- Fathers Day (June 17)
- St Romuald (June 19)
- St Aloysius (June 21)
- St Thomas More, St John Fisher, St Paulinus of Nola (June 22)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 23) Essential Guide to the Sacred Heart (Review)
- Birth of St John the Baptist (June 24)
- St Cyril of Alexandria (June 27)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27) Mary Crafts
- St Irenaeus (June 28)
- St Peter and St Paul (June 29)
- First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (June 30)
Saints Craft Kits
22 Saint-packed Craft Kits at the Arma Dei Shoppe including:
- Saint Scripts Craft Kits
- Kelly Saints Stamps
- Communion of Saints Calendar
- Catholic Conversation Pieces
- 461 Saint Stickies
- Sacraments with the Saints: Reconciliation Reader
- Sacraments with the Saints: Holy Communion Reader
- Works of Mercy with the Saints
- Prayer-Loom Prayer Book with the Saints
- Love Like A Saint (Saint Quote Cards)
- Journal Prayers and Novenas
- Kelly Saints Blessing Cards
Saints Crafts:
- Saints Stamps!
- Painted Saints and Wooden Box Church
- Saints Stamps Crafts and Prayer Impressions Journal Stamps Shoppe
- Egg Carton Saints
- DIY Saints Votive Candles
- Paint a Saint!
- Kelly Saints Stamps Craft Kit
- 30 Ways to Play with the Saints
- Saints Scripts Rolodex
- Saints Timeline
- Saints Activities with Saints Craft Kits and Cards
- Saint Scripts 1,2,3 Bundle
- Wooden Painted Saints
- TY Doll Saint Makeovers
- I Spy…the Saints
- Felt Saints Tutorial
- Guess Who?!…the Saints FREE printable!
- CrackerBox Cathedral Clipart for the Wooden Painted Saints!
- NEW! Prayer Impressions Journal Saints Stamps!
Season of the Liturgical Calendar:
Ordinary Time!
Equipping Catholic Families…for Ordinary Time!
Prayer Activities and Resources for Ordinary Time!
- A New Way to Pray
- Prayer Journal Prompts Craft Kit
- Lock Screen Prayer Prompts
- Journal Prayers and Novenas / Catholic Prayer Bullet Journal
- Prayer Impressions Journal Stamp Shoppe
- 5 Tips to Help Adults Focus at Mass
- 5 Tips to Help Kids Focus at Mass
- Recycling Votive Candles
Sacrament Prep in Ordinary Time
- Equipping Catholic Families for First Reconciliation
- Equipping Catholic Families for First Holy Communion
- Reconciliation Prep (and Refresher)
Catechism Crafts for Ordinary Time!
Ready to start the Family Rosary?
The Easy as Abacus Rosary is an awesome Catholic craft and tool to keep kids involved, saying the Rosary as a family! All our original artwork is included in the PDF!
The Mysteries of the Rosary Craft Kit is packed with innovative, kid-magnet illustrations and crafts to help kids say the Rosary! It includes lace-up booklets and our innovative revolving rosary…all packed with our original Kelly Saints artwork!
Equipping Catholic Families…for Pentecost!
We're counting the days down until the Feast of Pentecost! The Birthday of the Church!
Are you looking of for some Catholic Crafts or family activities or traditions for this Sunday's Feast?
Equipping Catholic Families…for the Ascension of the Lord!
Feast Day Crafts and Activities for the Ascension of the Lord!
Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO) and Saint Scripts THREE!
Equipping Catholic Families…for May Saints Days!
Monthly Devotion of May: Mary, Our Blessed Mother!
See Equipping Catholic Families for the Monthly Devotion of Our Blessed Mother Mary! Tons of Mary crafts, activities and traditions!
Key Feast Days in May:
- St Joseph (May 1)
- St Philip and St James (May 3) Apostle Painted Saints
- Ascension of the Lord (May 10)
- Our Lady of Fatima (May 13) and Mothers Day
- St Matthias (May 14) Apostle Painted Saints
- St Isidore, St Dymphna (May 15)
- St Brendan (May 16)
- St Paschal Baylon (May 17)
- Pentecost (May 20) Holy Spirit Spinwheel
- St Rita of Cascia (May 22)
- Our Lady Help of the Christians (May 24)
- St Philip Neri (May 26)
- Trinity Sunday (May 27) Trinity Braid Bracelet/Anklet
- St Augustine of Canterbury (May 27)
- St Joan of Arc (May 30)
- The Visitation (May 31)
See Equipping Catholic Families for the Monthly Devotion of Our Blessed Mother Mary!
Equipping Catholic Families for the Month of May!
Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.
The Monthly Devotion for May is the Blessed Virgin Mary
Here's a quick picture summary of some of our favorite Mary and Rosary crafts!
Equipping Catholic Families…for Easter!
Alleluia! He has Risen!
Equipping Catholic Families for Easter
A summary post of sustainable celebration for all 50 days of Easter including non-chocolate surprises and treats for plastic eggs and awesome Catholic crafts and family traditions!
Equipping Catholic Families for…March Saints
Equipping Catholic Families for March Saints!
Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.
The Monthly Devotion for March is St Joseph!
Key Feast Days in March:
- St Katherine Drexel (March 3)
- St Casmir (March 4)
- St Perpetua and St Felicity (March 7)
- St John of God (March 8)
- St Frances of Rome, St Dominic Savio, St Catherine of Bologna (March 9)
- St Patrick (March 17) including Felt Friends Tutorial for Leprechaun
- St Joseph (March 19)
Super Saints on a Ring are awesome Catholic gifts for your Easter Basket!
Equipping Catholic Families…for February Saints!
Equipping Catholic Families for February Saints!
Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.
The Monthly Devotion for February is the Holy Family
Key Feast Days in February:
- World Day of Consecrated Life (February 1)
- St Brigid of Ireland (February 1)
- Presentation of the Lord (February 2) Sock Baby Jesus
- St Blaise (February 3)
- St Veronica (February 4)
- St Agatha (February 5
- St Paul Miki& Companions (February 6)
- St Josephine (February 7)
- St Jerome (February 8)
- St Scholastica (February 10)
- Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11)
- Ash Wednesday (February 14)
- St Valentine (February 14) Keep the SAINT in Saint Valentine!
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My husband made this chicken for me last summer for the first time, and we simply had to have it again with all of the fresh peaches we had on hand.
I love this technique because the meat ends up being uber juicy! The peach nectar BBQ sauce is something special, too.
Peach Nectar Chicken with Peach Barbecue Sauce
Adapted from Steven Raichlan's recipe in Beer Can Chicken, page 112
2 tsps brown sugar
2 tsps paprika
1 tsp kosher or sea salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp canola oil
Peach Nectar Can:
1 – 12 oz can peach nectar
1 cinnamon stick
¾ c peach nectar
½ c ketchup
2 T peach or apricot preserves or pureed peaches
1 T honey
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1 T peach schnapps or dark rum (optional)
½ tsp soy sauce
¼ tsp liquid smoke
Coarse salt and ground pepper to taste
¼ cup water
Rub & Grilling Instructions:
In small bowl combine rub ingredients to make the rub.
After removing giblets from chicken, wash bird and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle rub between the skin and meat on each breast and thigh. Rub oil over the body of the bird. Sprinkle remaining rub on the bird and distribute evenly. (To enhance the flavor, allow the "rubbed" chicken to refrigerate for a couple of hours).
Open the the can of peach nectar, & place the cinnamon stick inside. Place the chicken & the can on the chicken roaster, or directly on the grill (balanced on the can and chicken leg bones).
Place chicken on grill and cook over medium heat until the interior temperature reaches 180 degrees F. Let chicken rest about 10 minutes before carving. Serve with Peach Barbecue Sauce.
Sauce Instructions:
Combine all sauce ingredients in a saucepan, and gradually bring to a boil over medium-high heat. (Note: all measurements are approximate and should be adapted based on individual taste and preference). Reduce heat to medium and let simmer until thick (about 8 to 10 minutes). Stir often. Serve over Peach Nectar Chicken.


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Auger Hollingsworth needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Auger Hollingsworth
Auger Hollingsworth is a boutique criminal defence and personal injury law firm operating in Ottawa, Ontario. The lawyers at our firm have made it a priority to offer informative consumer guides to the public free of charge.
Brenda Hollingsworth, the author of this book, has previously written two consumer guides: "The Injured Victim's Guide to Fair Compensation" and "Crash Course: A Savvy Woman's Guide to Ontario Car Accident Claims".
For more information about Brenda and our firm, visit http://www.personalinjuryottawa.ca
We are looking for a book cover (front and back) design for a legal consumer guide.
The dimensions of the printed booklet will be 5.5 x 8.5. The final product will be used on the physical books as well as the .pdf files that we send to potential clients.
The cover page should include the Title and Byline as follows:
Title: Spinning Out of Control
Sub-Title: The Ontario Bicycle Accident Handbook
Byline: By Brenda Hollingsworth
The book provides information to people who have been injured in a bicycle accident. It also features safety tips and useful statistics.
The winning design will be creative and visually appealing. We are looking for submissions that DO NOT have photos of mangled bicycles or other images that are meant to shock and scare readers.
We prefer graphical designs to designs with actual photos.
And please avoid all legal cliches -- gavels, blinded lady justices, etc.
I have attached the content for the back cover -- it is an "About the Author" section.
In your submissions, please use a file that will allow us to make small changes to the title and back cover content if we wish.
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If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at email@example.com
This book cover should appeal to parents, cyclists and the general public.


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Wild Swans
December 5-30, 2003
Designed and Directed by Beth Peterson
At the call of the wild swans, a young girl begins a quest to find her lost brothers.
Wild Swans is inspired by an ancient folktale retold by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and most recently by contemporary author Starhawk. It's the beautiful and soulful story of a young girl and her journey to find her lost brothers. Upon discovering that they have been transformed into swans, she sets off on a difficult journey, enduring many hardships in order to return them to their human form and welcome them back into her life.
Using the tale's rich and deep imagery, this production explores the mysteries of nature and rites of passage. A true old-style puppet show, this performance will combine original music with rod puppets, folk marionettes, masks and giant puppets, creating the look of a children's "pop-up" story book.


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Jobs chances
Mohammed Sharif Abu Maysam
Well done the Ministry of Labor when it submitted a proposal to the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers on the obligation of foreign companies to employ Iraqi labor by not less than 50 percent of the total labor used in investment projects, after the growing demand for foreign labor due to low levels of wages They are charged for the need for domestic labor for wages consistent with consumer prices in local markets.
It also did well when it obtained the approval of the Council of Ministers to do so and not to allow foreign workers to work inside Iraq without obtaining the work permit stipulated in the Labor Law No. (37) for the year 2015.
We hope that the measures will be serious for obligating foreign companies to provide foreign workers with work permits, and to give priority to national manpower, in addition to the importance of emphasizing the sectoral parties that wish to contract with foreign companies.
These measures are an important guarantee for creating more jobs in the framework of investment projects, without relying on the market mechanism for job creation, as the "invisible hand" maker of the classical economy of the 18th century.
Today, economists are keen on classical texts and ideas, At a time when the market relations in our country did not form in a way that qualifies the emergence of "invisible hand" data, and the real sectors and the sectors that supported them did not rise to the levels of actual contribution to the gross domestic product to meet the minimum domestic demand at the very least, And procedural , Continues to be distressed by the effects of the transitional period.
The invisible hand, a term introduced by economist Adam Smith in the eighteenth century, describes the interdependence of the self-interest of self-interested individuals in a free market economy, which extends to the public interest through the unintended and wide-ranging benefits of voluntary transactions,
Smith's free exchange creates signals that drive consumers, producers, distributors and intermediaries automatically and directly to compete by meeting the needs and desires of others. One of the outcomes of these relations is the provision of more jobs, as believers believe in free market.
However, recent global experiences have shown that a market whose relationships have not been formed on a regular basis is unable to produce the "hidden hand" data that our domestic market has experienced during the adjustment phase to the market economy.
Therefore, Which will be supported by the Ministry of Labor and the Council of Ministers' decisions to deal with the slack in the labor market.


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My enjoyment of the X-Men dates all the way back to my childhood, when I watched the X-Men: The Animated Series on Fox Kids seen on Saturday mornings. It was one of my favorite shows that I looked forward to every week. How could you not totally love this series? I grew a real appreciation for the series, and essentially loved X-Men ever since. The allegories between them and the LGBT community resonate for me to this very day, as an important part of myself, expression, and what it means to be different.
According to The New York Times review:
Cyclops (James Marsden) unleashes bolts of energy from his eyes and has to wear shielding glasses to keep those rays in check. Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) is telepathic and telekinetic. Storm (Halle Berry) can control the weather, conjuring lightning bolts to do with as she will. The hotheaded, confrontational Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) has superstrength, healing abilities that allow him to recover from almost any injury, and a metal alloy grafted onto his skeleton that gives him claws he can project from his knuckles. And Rogue (Anna Paquin) absorbs the essence of others, which makes her an energy vampire; she discovers her power when she steals her first kiss and almost kills the boy.
These are the X-Men, at least the ones that made it into Bryan Singer's movie adaptation. It's disheartening to see the X-Men depicted so earnestly here, given what they've been through — the cancellation of their comic book and their resurrection as the most popular characters in Marvel Comics history. Clumsy when it should be light on its feet, the movie takes itself even more seriously than the comic book and its fans do, which is a superheroic achievement.
In the movie, as in the comics, mutants — Homo superior — are the next evolutionary stage for human beings, and they're persecuted because (gasp) they're different. The X-Men are mutants and misfits shepherded into altruism by the compassionate mutant Prof. Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), who has the ability to read minds and affect the thoughts of others. It's a part Mr. Stewart was born to play: he has the vocal command to convince you that he knows what you're thinking. (His name went out as perfect casting in Internet chat rooms as soon as talks about an X-Men movie materialized.)
Xavier's nemesis is his former mutant friend, Magneto (Ian McKellen), whose roiling syllables make you want to see him square off against Mr. Stewart. Listening to them trill their vowels at each other is one of the movie's few pleasures, since the parallels to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Xavier) and Malcolm X (Magneto) are made wincingly plain; Magneto promises to defeat his opponents "by any means necessary." Mr. Stewart and Mr. McKellen are a pair of austere hams, and their wrestling is the only consistently enjoyable note in the film. When they go golden throat to golden throat, it is like watching members of another species in action. Most of the other battles in "X-Men," fights between Xavier's team and Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, consist of stuntmen taking blows and being jerked across rooms the length of high-school cafeterias.
When Senator Robert Kelly (Bruce Davison, using a pinched voice) leads a charge against all mutants, he causes a boiling fury in Magneto, a Nazi concentration camp survivor. After the X-Men were created in 1963, almost 20 years passed before this aspect of Magneto's character was written into the comics, and it makes sense to use it in the movie. His specific goal is revenge against anti-mutant bigots, which elevates Magneto above the routine motive of world domination. But his methods are so uncontrollable that they cause death.
Magneto's forces include the mountainous Sabertooth (Tyler Mane, who brings his mast-size World Wrestling Federation persona to the role); the Toad (Ray Park), who leaps and unleashes a tongue several feet long, and the shape-shifter Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos). In the best piece of super model casting of all time, she is deep-sea-blue, with scales pasted onto her body; you can almost hear Dennis Rodman sighing in envy. She moves well, too.
The movie does an extensive job of cramming in much of the mythology from the comics, loyal dollops of exposition that are both touching and ponderous, a setup to a sequel. The compassionate Xavier wants to reach an accord with both Magneto and the human race, with peaceful coexistence as his goal. At his private school, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (and before you giggle, that name is right out of the comics, too), where he houses and trains young mutants, there are cameos by X-Men like Bobby Drake, the Iceman. (When he speaks, wisps of frost emanate from his mouth.) When Wolverine comments on the black leather X-Men outfits, which look like something you would see on the counter staff at a bondage version of McDonald's, Cyclops responds, "What would you have us wear? Yellow spandex?" The line will get a laugh from comics fans, since the original X-Men and Wolverine costumes featured that fabric.
The filmmakers' love for these characters and their histories is obvious, but it's just as obvious that they doesn't have any distance. There are elements that work on the page that just don't lend themselves to film. The tortured, shy Cyclops is reduced to a decent-guy cipher in the movie, and he is made even more vague because his eyes are never visible; his suffering is clear to comics readers because of interior monologues provided via thought balloons. (Storm and Jean Grey are less defined.) That's the kind of problem that devotion to the source material doesn't help.
What happened to Mr. Singer, the director who massaged the parlor-trick malice of "The Usual Suspects" into an event? His adaptation of Stephen King's short story "Apt Pupil" had a leaden quality not unlike that of "X-Men."
The two-fisted Wolverine, well played by Mr. Jackman, is perhaps the only other semi-rounded character who animates the picture besides Xavier and Magneto. He lives to fight, a boisterous tragic hero without complication. (Bits of his back- story, lifted from the "Weapon X" comic series, are suggested here.)
Things have changed quite a bit since 1963, or 1975, the year Wolverine and Storm first showed up. These days, Magneto would probably turn up on "The Howard Stern Show," insulting dull, weak Homo sapiens. It might have been better to have the characters express themselves through action rather than having to explain themselves in the style of their comic book origins. The clear, bold strokes of comic books are what is needed.
The X-men comics' creators, Stan Lee (who is also featured in a cameo) and Jack Kirby, had a genius for such touches. The "X-Men" series was a precursor of the WB televison network; the comic book was one of the few popular venues in the 1960's in which complex teenage characters were focal points instead of bland grown-up do-gooders like Superman, the world's only well-adjusted split personality.
Perhaps that was the reason "X-Men" comics struggled and failed initially; the world wasn't ready for misunderstood young martyrs with special powers saving the world and living through unrequited flushes of love. The alternation of nonstop-action and lower-lip-chewing heartbreak — action melodrama — was what Mr. Lee pioneered in "Spider-Man" and fried to a crispy crunch in "X-Men." (It may be what attracted one of the film's co-producers, Lauren Shuler Donner, since her husband Richard's "Lethal Weapon" brought the same thing to the big screen.)
In 1963, when the threat of nuclear radiation was filling the screens of drive-in theaters with monsters from Japan and monsters in our own backyard, Marvel Comics came up with a benevolent spin and the X-Men were the result. To make it work as a film, someone needed to use the same brand of inventiveness. This movie is proof that imitation is the sincerest form of flattening.


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Film Review: Big Fish & BegoniaThis elaborarte cartoon fable is often wondrous and beautiful to look at, but is burdened by a top-heavy plot that often defies logic and clarity.
Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun's Big Fish & Begonia centers around Chun (Guanlin Ji), a teenage girl existing in a special wonderland that controls the tides and seasons of Earth. Transforming herself into a red dolphin, she travels through a magical portal to this other world, where she falls in love with a fisherman, Kun (Timmy Xu), who dies saving her life. Chun sets about resurrecting him, and their relationship spurs a devastating collision between her world and his. She is ultimately forced to choose between Kun and her family and home.
Confession: The above is a simplification of probably the most convoluted plot upon which an animated feature was ever hung, incorporating elements from ancient Chinese legends and recent news events, with heavy nods to Frozen and The Little Mermaid as well. Our best advice to you is to not sweat working out what exactly is happening at any given moment and just enjoy this kaleidoscopic cartoon ride, filled with supernatural images of dolphins flying through the water and the air; huge door knockers to secret kingdoms that are really talking boars' heads; and multitudes of enchanted mice inspiring both admiration and revulsion. Also on deck are elderly mentor figures like a flirtatious old crone who has that army of rodents at her beck-and-call, a scarily intense one-eyed soothsayer, and Chun's sage grandfather, whose long strands of his white hair and beard are carried aloft by darting birds that transform them into a modish turban for his head.
Along with all the dazzling animated phenomena on display, the film is also an ecological plea for the future and the safeguarding of dolphins, who are, ironically, somehow the least appealing part of the mix. With their streamlined, cutesy antics—sometimes even bestowing kisses on the protagonists' blissfully thrust-out lips—they are simply too much of a precocious muchness. (The hideous spectre of that purple menace, Barney, often springs to mind as you watch their endless grinning frolicking.) And apart from Grandpa, the rendering of the human characters, contrasted against so much scenic beauty, is uninspired. They fall into that typical huge-eyed anime category we've seen in countless other Asian animated features, making you dearly wish this overworked template could be cast aside and Chinese cartoon characters finally made to look Chinese.
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We have just heard about The Families for Freedom movement in Syria where more than 100,000 peaceful Syrians are facing torture in their country's dungeons for just wanting a better future for their country. Led by five women, bravely breaking the silence to free, not just their loved ones, but every Syrian who is wrongfully detained.
We are fortunate that we have never been in such a position and can only imagine the torment and anguish caused when governments around the world mistreat their citizens in this way. We admire all of those who are working peacefully towards a better future, with courage, determination, and hope. For more information you can click on this link.


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Art Show
MileHiCon is proud to host the largest science fiction and fantasy art show in Colorado. Last year was another great show and we anticipate the show will be even better this year.
Display panels will be 4' x 4' and tables will be 1.5' x 6'.
Fill out an application form for the Art Show
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Once the patient's treatment is complete, we follow-up on protocols
initiated. Service providers are updated regarding the recovery process and
communication links maintained even after the visitor leaves Sri Lanka. We
customise holiday packages according to your schedule and provide sound advice
on the country, accommodation options and travel itineraries to provide the
perfect "healthy holiday" solution.
We are the only operator in Sri Lanka that provides professional medical services together with customised holiday packages. Our expertise in guiding you to the best options for healing together with our experience in providing you excellent holiday packages, benefits the customer with an overall cost saving, efficient planning of time and a well thought out holiday that accommodates required medical intervention.
Leisure activities can be arranged for the whole family in any part of the island with all support services included. Relaxing ayurvedic spa treatments, adventure activities such as mountain climbing or hang gliding for the more adrenaline filled members of the family or lovely sightseeing expeditions such as whale watching, elephant orphanages, spice garden tours, beach holidays or serene days in the mountains with calming nature trails can be organised.
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When implementing a process such as Agile Performance Support, or moving from Performance Management towards a more agile method, it is important to use a quality change management approach. We have listed various key actions to take into account before, during and after the process.
Set Powerful Goals, or Know Your Targets
Reaching your goals in an effective and efficient manner is only possible when you have a clear-cut idea of where it is you want to go. Before you start the process, define the Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for your organisation when implementing Agile Performance Support.
Prepare and Focus on Personnel Development
We have been discussing recently various aspects of Agile Performance Management. Decide which of these aspects can help you reach your goals. But instead of choosing every single one of them, it might be wise to discuss the most suitable options with your stakeholders.
When you have made a list, decide which team leaders and employees have the competence to implement these aspects. Make your choice based on accurate data; the right HR system can provide you with all the information you need.
Focus on personnel development: How can you best support managers and employees to optimally perform? Which type of coaching and just-in-time learning will boost their development and keep them motivated in the future?
Ensure Efficient Employee Records Management
Now it is time to consult your HR system again, and browse through your employee records and HR metrics. Try making a list of the various stakeholders across teams and levels in your organisation.
Ask yourself, how to get all parties motivated and find the right role for them in the implementation process? For a successful implementation, all key players – managers and employees alike – need to share a similar vision and work towards the same goals.
In the next article, we will continue our step-by-step journey. In the meantime, you can check out our previous articles on Agile Performance Management.
Did we spark your interest in Agile Performance Support? Our Agile HR System can help you reach your goals in the most efficient way. Do not hesitate to get in touch with Martta Riihimäki: [email protected]
Did we spark your interest in Agile Performance Support? Our Agile HR Software can help you reach your goals in the most efficient way. Do not hesitate to get in touch.


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so disturbed that I wanted to share it with my own readers. It used to strictly
be a German food product, but Tillman's Toasty has landed in Canada.
They take all of three minutes to make (probably because they are already
cooked). They come in pork, vegetable and chicken flavour. They look to be
about the size of an iPod touch. It's quite literally a meat Pop Tart. Meat
' product' covered in a light bread crumb coating.
Go ahead and convince yourself it's real meat. My meat doesn't have perfect corners like that.
Here's a commercial from Germany for the product. It's the only one I can figure
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Does technology create a win ?Now,let me say in the world of referral opportunity ^ the money should come from real advertisers real business with real products and services.. How many opportunities are just folks giving money for a way to make money online? ANSWER.TOO MANY,dude. MAKE MONEY ONLINE GURUS Motus Operandi .... Join the " how to make money on Bramazon or some other program list for free .. The upgrade pitch is a comin'. Now,it is interesting how many internet marketing experts want folks to join their secret inner circle for a monthly subscription fee,,,. Some of these "marketing masters" even admit it is their best source of income on the net.... I say that most of these dudes should all go figure themselves. Go figure !
Now, after joining and watching the greatest affiliate marketing concept ever in the affiliate marketing arena, the time is not now to launch.--- The pioneer days (first movers) last way to long . Many marketing days were ugkyvee . Real ugly, man. My opinon, only 2 more years of flaming darts to the troops... You say ,I do not care.. First I hate the word you, because you are more than you.. Hey,most folks on Steemit are ahead of the ^ the down the pike curve.... So therefore I share a marketing model that can pay and reward for opinions , Steemit members rank in my book! Remember Buzzirk is not blowing smoke on Steemit.Next bolg Social saves ... then coming this fall Stinkin Steemer blog on Steemit "The kaboom,the staggering petro dollar and the crypto crazy ...." rainbows !


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Public enemy No. 1 in Washington County is the brown, marmorated stink bug. This pesky pest is clustering on our homes and sneaking inside to the frustration of most local residents. As our local Extension "bug and plant lady," I would like to share some facts on their background and control.
First of all, these bugs don't belong here. They came here from Asia, leaving their natural predators and controls behind. That's why there are so many around. Nothing eats them. They apparently taste as bad as they smell.
As bad as they smell, stink bugs aren't harmful. They don't bite. They don't sting. They feed on plants only. Their smell and their numbers are what offend us.
Why are they mobbing our homes? They come from a warmer climate and can't handle our cold winters. To stay alive, they tuck into tiny cracks in siding, wall voids, attics and any other small space that is warm. They spend their winters tucked away in semi-hibernation, not feeding, breeding or doing any harm.


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Hissatsu Tactics (必殺タクティクス, Hissatsu Takutikusu) are special Hissatsu Technique's used by the whole team, a select number of players, or one person.
When a hissatsu tactic is used, a fixed amount TTP are detracted from the team. There are three different types of hissatsu tactics (offensive, defensive and offensive/defensive) and can be used in one of four different situations: when your team is on your part of the field, when your team is on the opponent's part of the field, or anywhere on the field. The amount of TTP in a team increases along with the team's level.
List of Hissatsu TacticsEdit
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Helicopters….I don't believe that helicopters get as much credit as they deserve. Everyone knows that airplanes are the general consensus for travel among people throughout the world. They are of course more efficient in holding a large number of people and taking them across land and sea to destinations of their choice. We have small planes for the beginning pilots to fly which in turn bring charter flights into the mix. What about helicopters and all they provide for us as well. From medi-vacing someone in dire need of medical attention, to giving the news stations traffic updates, to still even allowing for fire departments to enlist in the help of bringing giant gallons of water into the eye of a fire, to being able to explore the rare beauty in valleys and such while on vacation in destinations such as Hawaii, helicopters are small birds that can accomplish much.
My first love for helicopters began in 1999, when my parents took me on a graduation trip to the beautiful Big Island of Hawaii. I was excited to explore the island and see the pristine beaches. To be the biggest tourist you could imagine and devour as much sightseeing as possible. Being from the desert this seemed like a dream come true. Fast forward to arriving and realizing accessing the lava flow from the Volcano was much more real and alot harder of a task then I imagined. To making the ability to see waterfalls and the crevices of valleys such as Waipio Valley a task that would take forever on foot. I only had 5 days! My dad being the great guy that he is and with such great ideas, comes up with taking a helicopter tour of the island. The brochure stated that we would be able to fly, into, up to and around things that would otherwise not happen or that may limit us to seeing the beauty first hand as I had imagined on the PLANE ride there.
We hopped on a Blue Hawaiian Helicopter tour and saw everything! From the Volcano spouting lava, exploring the Volcanic craters, flying up and into the valley of waterfalls so close I could feel the pressure of the pounding water vibrate through the rotors. That was when I knew that planes were great, after all one brought me to this magical place, but helicopters were something special. They had the agility and the compactness to enter into spots that planes otherwise could not. They were able to whisk me away off the ground in a safe ride, a ride that I may say was probably the ride of my life to this day.
So although airplanes overshadow helicopters merely with their size and capacities,let's not forget the incredible adventure and experience that can be found in riding in a helicopter!


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Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees has the authority to manage properties owned by the Annual Conference and its agencies. Property includes but is not limited to money that is donated, bequeathed or conveyed to annual conference as well as with Real Estate property. Managing the property as good stewards for the Conference is the major responsibility of the Board of Trustees. The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2008 describes the work of the Trustees in more detail.
Current Projects:
Should you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact either:
Tena Taylor @ 307.674.7872 (Chair, BOT)
Ron Clark @ 406.222.8281 (Secretary, BOT)
Next Step for Church Insurance
What is the next step for churches with the passing of the petition requiring minimum insurance levels? The below information letter was sent to all churches in the Yellowstone Conference mid July, 2013, explaining the process. As stated in the letter, the goal is for all members to have adequate property and liability coverage based on the tier concept by July 1, 2014.


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Ris Surf School,esCome to school ESR and learn to surf with us in Noja, Cantabria.
The ESR school is located on the seafront of the Playa Ris, 200 meters from the post of lifeguard, with DEEP SURF SHOP and Regma famous ice cream.
We have a wide range of boards and wetsuits at your disposal in each of the classes. We work with the guarantee of WEST costumes, convenience and comfort in all ranges. NSP, SURFACE, MADNESS and BIC provide us tables for all ages and levels. All material is available for both classes to rent in your spare time.
With over 10 years experience in teaching surfing, Surf School Ris in Noja offers a surfing program that fits your needs.
Ris Surf School was founded in the summer of 2002, with the former name of "Oxbow Ris Surf School" on the seafront of Ris in Noja (Cantabria).


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Grey Soft Knit Ribbed Polo Neck Jumper
Pinka grey polo neck jumper Super soft ribbed knit Cross over stitch pattern Oversized polo neck with long sleeves Can be worn as jumper dress This Pinka grey polo neck is a classic piece of knitwear that will become your wardrobe staple this season. Cut from a soft ribbed knit with a subtle cross over stitch pattern and oversized polo neck. This designer tunic polo neck jumper looks great with leggings and knee high boots or worn as a jumper dress.


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Peptidomics analysis of potato protein hydrolysates: post-translational modifications and peptide hydrophobicity
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) often occur in proteins and play a regulatory role in protein function. However, the role of PTMs in food-derived peptides remains largely unknown. The shotgun peptidomics strategy was employed to identify PTMs in peptides from potato protein hydrolysates. Various hydrophobicity-inducing PTMs were found to be located in different potato peptides, e.g. acetylation of lysine, N-terminal of proteins and peptides, C-terminal amidation, asparagine/glutamine deamidaiton, methylation and trimethylation, methionine oxidation, and N-terminal pyro-glutamate formation. Some of the PTMs are likely formed by chemical reactions that occur during isolation and proteolytic processing of potato proteins. The PTMs enhance peptide hydrophobicity, which can improve bioactivity, decrease solubility and increase the bitterness of peptides. This is the first report that food-derived peptides are widely modified by various PTMs associated with hydrophobicity-inducing structural changes. This finding will enhance understanding of the behaviour of bioactive peptides in biological matrices.


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Merdeka Eve Menu at Cantaloupe
Local ingredients and staples are completely remodeled at Cantaloupe's Merdeka Eve dinner. Start with an amouse bouche of lamb satay and pickled pineapple aumonière, followed by Mulligatawny soup and seared scallop with yellow dhal foam. The pan roast foie gras with apple rendang makes a familiar return, but this time served with a layered foie gras terrine and dehydrated chocolate croutons. Continue with rice dusted lobster with kaffir lime cream, roast cod with curry sauce and grilled tenderloin with sweet potato leaves. As dessert, an intriguing nasi lemak mousse with teh tarik ice cream, tea foam and chickpea panna cotta will be served.
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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is 2B Bio Peeling?
A. 2B Bio Peeling is a product used in manual micro-dermabrasion (no device needed). This abrasion method of the face epidermis aims to eliminate the dead cells (corneocytes) of its stratum corneum. Unlike other peeling treatments that only work on the surface, 2B Bio Peeling triggers the exfoliation process from within.
Q. What kind of result can I expect from this?
A. Your skin is purified in depth, the cellular metabolism is reactivated, the wrinkles and fine lines are bolstered from within. Dilated pores are tightened and pigmentation reduced. A brilliant result which illuminates you immediately.
Q. How often do I have to have this treatment?
A. The results are already visible as from the first session. However and for best results, a two months treatment, with one session every 2 weeks, is recommended. Two sessions a year are then advised as treatment follow up.
Q. What is the downside?
A. A prickling feeling will appear during and after the treatment for 1 to 2 days. However you can take a shower and make-up on the treatment day.
Q. Which recommendations do I have to follow after after the treatment?
A. Use regularly a protecting cream (2B Bio Defense BB Cream or Natural). Avoid sun exposures and sauna baths during the first days after the treatment.
Q. My skin is very sensitive. Is it safe?
A. Micro-dermabrasion can be used on all skin types and tones.
Q. Can I have the treatment during pregnancy?
A. No
Q. Can I have the treatment during breast-feeding?
A. Performing the treatment during nursing is strictly forbidden. A 5 months waiting period after breast-feeding is recommended before beginning the treatment.
Q. Which products may I use after the treatment?
A. The range of 2B Bio Beauty care products has especially been created to extend the effects of the treatment and to calm down the potential reactions (prickling and red blotches).


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October 30, 2008
Any vegan gal will tell you, one of the harder things in life is finding a winter coat that's cozy but down-free. Babe can say from experience, even though it's still fall, securing frost-ready outerwear sooner rather than later is a clever idea. You can be chic and stay warm in Scapegoat's The Village fitted coat ($325). Patagonia's Synchilla Windzone coat ($225) and Lole sherpa jacket ($170) provide a faux shearling look. And Babe would love to tap into her inner Ivana with Fabulous Furs' Portrait Collar faux fur coat ($599).


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This morning the World asks us, "What's the big deal with Easter for you Christians?" We might answer, "The big deal is, He is Risen." Their response would likely be, "He is Risen….so what?" How would you answer?
You see, out of all the other religions all over this big world, not one other leader of those religions even dares CLAIM to have conquered death. Christ, the Prophet, Priest and King, not only did it. He told everyone that he would do it. The Pharisee's knew he had claimed it that is why they posted a guard. They expected some type of ruse so that Jesus' disciples could not move the body and "claim" he had risen. I am not going to play Perry Mason with you. I am not going to talk about the seal around the stone, or how heavy the stone was, or how diligent the guards were. If you are reading this, you know all that. You know in your heart that it is true. Christ is Risen!!
I believe that Christ didn't just rise in the Spring because nature was such a fitting metaphor, with all its new blooms, brilliant greens, baby birds, and new births this time of year. I believe that Spring itself was CREATED as a methaphor for Christ's resurrection which was foretold in the garden. I believe that Spring is Spring precisely because He is Risen.
If He be Risen then he really did conquer death.
Because he conquered death we can too.
If He be Risen then He was and is EXACTLY who he said he was. ALL that he said he was.
If He be Risen then there is a reason for the Old Covenant and the Law.
For if he had not been risen then there would have been no need for God to give the law because there would have been no need to show us the futility of the law. All would have been hopeless.
But because He is Risen then thereason for the law is validated and because He is Risen the law is fulfilled!
Because He is Risen every word he spoke, every lesson he taught…IS….TRUTH!
He is Risen, therefore we can be reconciled to the Father.
He is Risen, so in the final analysis elections, economies, crime, wars, famines, pestilence,and yes even death, all have one thing in common, They are beside the point for the Christian. They hold no power over us. Not because we are so great or better than anyone but because He is so great.
He is Risen!! So What…..


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Most of Indian fiestas are celebrated in USA and Canada with great warmth and enjoyment. Rakhi Festival is included in one of the major Indian festivals. If you are living else where in the world and your brother lives in Canada on this Raksha Bandhan. Our online portal Handicrunch can Send Rakhis to Canada and it offers collection of Fancy Rakhi and Rakhi Gifts for your Bhaiya and Bhabhi who resides in Canada.
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DIRECTOR: Cole B Best
At the peak of Miami's dance revolution in the underground Desloc Piccalo will always be remembered for helping transition this part of rap culture to a bigger scale. In 2008 when times seemed golden and fun was never seldom, Piccalo released one of the few official videos for his many street anthems, this one being "Stick N Roll". Named for the body movements that the entire South Florida danced, like one big tribe. The Rapper-Producer was constantly curating the movements of the listeners. Either forcing them to jook and bop, or just simply vibe. Today, we'd like to remind those who forgot and shed light to those who never knew the greatness of this time era.


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The "International and European Disaster Law" Module (IEUDL) constitutes an innovative teaching project, aimed at developing the knowledge of a recently emerged field of legal studies, which proved to be rich in theoretical and practical implications for the EU as well as for the other actors of the international system. The EU has recently been conferred a specific competence on cooperation in civil protection activities in the event of disaster, thus permitting to identify an evolving area where further teaching, dissemination ad research activities are particularly timely taking into account legal and humanitarian challenges faced by the EU and other actors.
Following an interactive approach, the Module will combine frontal as well as participatory teaching methodologies. The IEUDL Module aims to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge of the legal issues related to the activities of international actors, and the EU in particular, in the Disaster Cycle Management. The planned activities consist of 56 hours of teaching activities, including 16 hours of interactive seminars on disaster scenarios, encounters with relevant stakeholders, analysis of relevant case-law and international and EU documents. Ancillary events such as open conferences and the participation of the key teaching staff to external conferences and courses will foster debates and knowledges in this area also through a fruitful interaction between academics and international and national institutions, policy-makers, NGOs involved in disasters.
Participation is open to both Italian and foreign students. The IEUDL Module, apart from students of the Law degree, will favour the participation of students from other Roma Tre Departments as it can complement their skills being thus relevant for future professional careers (e.g. Political Science, Economics, Architecture, Human Sciences). External participants, as graduated professionals, can also enroll to this course.
IEUDL Module will benefit of the experience gained by the Module coordinator (Prof. Giulio Bartolini) and other key teaching staff in the three-years research project funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, which allowed the Applicant institution to be recognized as a leading research centre at the European level. As a result the IEUDL will represent its ancillary spin-off in terms of teaching and research activities, particularly attracting further EU partners.
Schedule of the course
The IEUDL Module is an optional course at the Department of Law, Roma Tre University. It attributes 7 university credits (CFU) to students able to successfully complete it. As for the 2016-2017 academic year the course is held in Italian. Lectures will be held at the Department of Law, Edificio Tommaseo, Via Ostiense 139, room 12 on Wednesdays (16-18.15) and Thursdays (16-17.30). The course starts on Wednesday 8th March.


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