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No Bones Beach Club's non-profit of the month benefits different animal rescues every month. This month, it's Meow Village, a cat rescue in Aurora, Oregon!
Tues-Friday 4:00-6:00pm (and all day Monday!) The Rambler – 4205 n Mississippi Ave: Happy Hour! $1 off beer, well drinks and specialty cocktails. Plus great deals on food! ramblerbar.com
Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 9-late, MOLOKO (3967 N Mississippi): DJ's, playing an eclectic mix of vinyl
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I'm planning on writing a blog about computer programming, and I'm having trouble finding the right voice. I'm looking for something that feels personal and conversational. Third person seems sterile, first person singular comes across egotistical, second person comes across as bossy.
I've been using second person plural, which has an inclusive feel to it, but that takes away from the conversational feel of the non-technical parts of the piece.
Here's a quick example:
Let's say that we have a pipe delimited text file called 'addresses.txt' where
the first line of the file is a header with column labels:
First Name | Last Name | Street Address | City | State | Zip |
Homer | Simpson | 742 Evergreen Terrace | Springfield | OR | 97477 |
Marge | Simpson | 1094 Evergreen Terrace | Springfield | MO | 65802 |
Bart | Simpson | 1092 Evergreen Terrace | Springfield | IL | 62704 |
Lisa | Simpson | 59 Evergreen Terrace | Springfield | ME | 04487 |
Maggie | Simpson | 94 Evergreen Terrace | Springfield | WI | 53176 |
We can use a for loop to pull and print each field of the header
for i in {1..6};
header="$( head -1 addresses.txt | cut -d '|' -f $i )"
printf "%d: %s\n" $i "$header"
This works when I'm describing how I want the reader to write a piece of code, but it doesn't work when I'm describing the programming language as a whole:
The Bourne shell is a full fledged programming language, complete with
branching and looping constructs. These constructs can be used on the
command line, affording us a great deal of expressive power without a
lot of typing.
This comes across as dry, and the token 'affording us' is weak. Furthermore, writing the whole blog in the first person plural seems artificial.
How should I approach this?

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Mater Pathology now offers Trichomonas vaginalis in a new PCR panel for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
In recent times, the use of PCR for diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) has become favourable over microscopy, which has been widely used until now.
A study of TV testing performed by Mater Pathology has distinguished PCR as a superior method over microscopy for diagnosis.
Microscopy is a highly specific but insensitive method of testing, and under-reporting or false negatives may occur.
A review of TV microscopy reports at Mater Pathology over 22 months (study conducted January 2013-October 2014) revealed 0.2% positive results from 16642 genital specimens.
A study conducted July – August 2014 revealed a higher prevalence of 1.9% using PCR as the testing method compared to microscopy. The prevalence for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae for the same sample size and type during this time period was 5.3% and 0.01% respectively.
A review of the scientific literature[1] supports these findings, with several studies showing a higher detection rate of TV in Australia with PCR compared to microscopy.
How to request Trichomonas vaginalis:
- Simply indicate STI panel PCR on a Mater Pathology request form to receive results for T. vaginalis as a panel with C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae or write T. vaginalis PCR on the request form.
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For information on collection and testing frequency please refer to our Pathology Test Guide or contact one of Mater Pathology's medical microbiologists on 07 3163 8500.
[1] J. Clin. Microbiol. May 2009 vol. 47 no. 5 1358-1363 ; Sex Transm Infect 2013;89:509-513; Sex Transm Infect 2010; 86:227-230


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Here's the brand new episode of Gossip Girl. Watch Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 6 this coming Monday, October 18, 2010 on the CW channel. The new title episode of Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 6 is "Easy J". After last week episode Goodbye Columbia we witnessed how Serena acts herself out as a new student on that great educational institution. Last week episode would deal not only with Serena but also with Blair as well as Blair decides to enroll herself in a class of a powerful businesswoman Martha, who is guest-lecturing in Columbia. Another mystery is would be the mysterious fellow student who thwarts Blair's plan of securing the prized position as Martha's assistant. Ok that's enough of last week episode and let's proceeds to this week episode. Although Blair made it perfectly clear that Little J was no longer welcome in Manhattan after what happened with Chuck, Jenny is tempted by an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Tim Gunn, which could be a game changer for her future. I at least try to understand Jenny's actions, Blair was more then cruel to her, and she thought Chair was over at the time. Jenny isn't innocent though, her character is very dark. Practically all of season three was her trying to throw herself at Nate. It's very contradicting to Jenny though, considering she was once found on a rooftop pushing Chuck off her. That's what Blair cannot forgive compared to Serena sleeping with her boyfriend in the past. That and Blair loved Chuck more than anything. I hope Blair brings both Chuck and Jenny down, just my own opinion guys! Meanwhile, Serena discovers something about her new boyfriend, Colin (guest star Sam Page), that may put an end to their relationship just as it was getting good. I know this plot will give you an idea how the story goes and makes you more interested to Watch Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 6: Easy J episode now. Let's all find out this Monday if how Little J's return will shake the Gossip Girl world we know and love!


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Jenny Heart Review — «super skinny and sweet looking girl...»
General Impressions: If there's any level of hardcore content inside Jenny Heart's site it will be a thrill. The great thing about a super skinny and sweet looking girl like this is that she can really defy expectations and spin your thinking about her right around. If she decides to fuck or eat pussy on camera you'll be amazed because she seems so innocent. She's clearly not though and the few pictures on the tour display that with ease. She's going to be fucking and sucking and only dirty girls do that.
The Review: Jenny Heart has put together a big site, although it hasn't been updated in more than four months and I'm pretty sure she's never going to add anything new. That shouldn't be a problem for at least a few months though. There are 440 picture galleries and 76 videos ready to be viewed as soon as you join and log in. The main page features the most recent ones along with a random video highlighted and a whole bunch of advertisements that get to be a little annoying since they also pop up on every picture gallery.
I was delighted to see that the last videos Jenny Heart added feature her getting dirty with a dude, which means she actually delivers on her promise of getting fucked. I clicked the one that had a preview picture of her sucking cock and after watching it I can say that she's a delight in the sack. She looks particularly good sitting on her man with her teenage pussy filled over and over my his meat. I like it when she reaches back and gropes his balls. When they switch to missionary she starts rubbing her clit and he gets the cock in there. He doesn't fuck the full length into her for some reason though and it looks stupid. It's not perfect hardcore but it's damn good.
There's a problem though. The videos are exceptionally low quality. They play at 320x240 and 300kbps and that's inexcusably awful. That is honestly the lowest quality video you'll find on any porn site anywhere. Free streaming videos look better. This site isn't all that old so I don't get why they wouldn't put a little more effort into it. It's not like they didn't have high quality video back in 2005 when Jenny Heart went live. You can stream the movies in a WMV or QuickTime player or download them in those formats.
The solo videos are striptease and masturbation scenes for the most part. Jenny takes her clothing off, spreads her legs and lets you peer between them to see her teen pussy. She holds a vibrator against the box and she lets it do the hard work of getting her off. She also has a couple of interviews where she talks about herself at length so you can get to know her.
The picture galleries are organized 24 to a page with a small picture to represent each. You pick the picture and then you see a page of 25 tiny thumbnails. Most sets have 70-150 pictures and there are no zip files. The full size images display at 1000px and could certainly be better. Given the quality of the videos I'm surprised they're this big so I'm not going to complain.
With 440 galleries to choose from Jenny Heart has provided a big collection. There are many different looks she puts on but for the most part she sticks to the cute teen theme. It works for her and she's totally adorable so it's smart. You'll see lots of pastel colors on her. You'll see t-shirts and tank tops galore. You'll also see plenty of other stuff like sexy dresses, the occasional lingerie set, bikinis and then those galleries where she wears nothing at all. In most of her teen picture galleries she takes her clothes off and she plays with her pussy. She is a wonderful masturbator and her snatch is happy to receive such pleasures.
Members of the site are also given free access to more than 30 others. 22 of them feature high definition video, much of it hardcore. They delve into almost every subject you can imagine to present those hardcore pleasures and the women on camera are wonderful performers capable of delivering pleasures you've only imagined. They have a half dozen other solo girl sites, one of which has high definition video. It's a big network and it's perfect for the guys that want a nice variety of HD porn.
Check some free galleries from Jenny Heart below:
Conclusion: Jenny Heart hasn't updated her site in a long time but she still has 76 videos and 440 picture galleries to choose from. She's an adorable teenager with a wicked tight body and her tastes in content are terrific. When she does a hardcore set it's a dream to see her getting pounded by a big cock because she's so tiny. When she hooks up with a girl it's a pleasure to see her eating pussy and being eaten. The video quality is just miserable on the site and it's the only major issue with the lack of updates being a minor one. The site is big enough and she's sexy enough that it's worth joining if you find her attractive. The bonus content makes that a must try.CLICK HERE TO VISIT Jenny Heart


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NexXxoS SLI Compatible Northbridge BlockThe SLI compatible Northbridge copper cooler is specially designed for nForce4 SLi chipsets such as the DFI LanParty, Abit Fatal1ty AN8 Series and MSI K8N nF4 Series (Neo-4 Diamond) because of its low height. Based on the Alphacool NexXxoS Coolers, with vertical channels in the PCF method of construction for efficient heat transfer. The cross channels are glass beaded, in order to increase the surface spread of heat build-up. This also enables a stable performance at extreme summer temperatures, high overclocking potential and low noise. This cooler is conceived for the highest requirements. The copper base of the cooler is completely flat and polished. The sealing between Plexiglass and the copper cooling elements succeeds by means of a durable O-ring. The mounting is enabled via the installation drill holes which are standard with all AMD mainboards, with bolts and springs. The mounting parts are made of stainless steel. For the mounting the mainboard must be correspondingly removed. The G1/4" connections are suitable for connecting to all types of watercooling systems.
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One site I visit a lot is SEOmoz.org, a great resource for SEO and marketing. I noticed today that that have a great top 500 list of "most important domains".
I was interested to see that Joomla, Wordpress and Drupal all make it into the top 500, with Wordpress taking the lead, and Drupal bringing up the rear.
The corresponding top 500 pages list saw Wordpress.org and Joomla.org in the top 15!
We are excited that the Packt Publishing Best Joomla! Theme award includes our own Joomla template Inspirion.
This Award features five finalist Joomla! themes and extensions that have been selected by the Joomla! project representatives.
We are really excited to release our latest template from Joomlashack - eBusiness.
We have been blogging about some of the underlying features of this new template at Joomlashack, its powerful and flexible 960 grid framework and its super fast loading times.
If you need a rock solid SEO platform for your Joomla website, ou need the latest Joomla template from Joomlashack - JS eBusiness
JS eBusiness is a web 2.0 template with lots of white space, bold fonts and raw SEO power, JS eBusiness makes a perfect template for business and organizations launching themselves into the web 2.0 world.Check out the eBusiness Features
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At Joomlashack, we know that as on online business, email deliverability is very important. Whether sending newsletters or transactional emails from systems, they won't do much good if they don't reach people's inbox.
We use iContact for our newsletters, and have had great success with it. Recently though, we have been looking at supplementing it with another system for our transactional emails/ecommerce etc.
Once interesting alternative is Infusionsoft, which has a rich API, and ecommerce functionality built right in.
But what about deliverability?
Mr Tester.... start your engines!
Read more: Review of Infusionsoft and iContact Deliverability
I have previously blogged about online reputational management, but a more recent event came my way today, and I thought it was interesting to see the effects over a longer term, and the dismal response from the company involved.
Last year United Airlines hit the press about breaking somebody's guitar.
Not such huge news probably, United has lots of passengers, and probably damages lots of bags, but this guitar belonged to a singer who made a song and video about his trials.
The result was a MASSIVE fallout for United, with the video on YouTube getting millions of hits, and the story even making CNN.
What truly amazes me is when I search for "United Breaks Guitars" on Google, there are hundreds of results about this story, but nothing I can see from United.
Heck, there is even a Facebook and Wiki page about it now!
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Capon (chicken) with orange or lemon sauce
This traditional festive dish could make an interesting alternative to turkey on Christmas Day, with the added twist of a citrus sauce.
Main courses
- Capon or chicken 1
- Chicken stock 575ml
- Currants 50g
- Dates 4
- Oranges, mandarins, satsumas or lemons - peeled and segmented 225g
- Ground black pepper 5tsp
- Blade mace 1tsp
- Sugar 3tbs
- Goosewater 1tbs
- White wine 150ml
- White bread - cut into large crustless cubes 225g
- Put the capon or chicken into a pan, cover with cold water, bring to the boil, cover and simmer very gently until tender. This will take anything from 45 minutes to 3 hours, depending upon the age and quality of the bird.
- Drain off 575ml of the stock. To this add the currants, dates and segments and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the fruit and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
- Place the bread cubes in the bottom of a serving dish and arrange the bird on top of the bread.
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High attrition the cause of GGT's cancellations
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This morning, no fewer than 5 Golden Gate Transit buses were cancelled: 2 runs of Route 24, 2 runs of Route 54, and 1 run of Route 27. Other routes don't have email alerts, so it's unknown whether any of those were cancelled. It's also unknown whether any northbound trips will be cancelled this evening.
At least we know there's a solution under way. Under the post on Golden Gate Transit's (GGT's) high cancellation rate on Route 54 and elsewhere in the system, customer service responded with an answer:
Golden Gate Transit's goal is to never cancel trips on our routes, and we do everything possible to prevent cancellations. Unfortunately, we have fewer drivers right now due to a much higher attrition rate than expected. Because of this shortage of drivers, we have had more cancellations than we have experienced for some time. Employees are volunteering to work extra hours to minimize these disruptions in service. When Golden Gate Transit is forced to make a cancellation, we rotate routes so that one route is not harder hit than any other. We try to distribute cancellations as evenly as possible throughout our system. We encourage our customers to sign up for our rider alerts so they may get notification via email or text when there are cancellations or other service disruptions. Visit our website at http://www.goldengate.org to sign up for these alerts.
The current bus operator class graduates later this summer, with another class expected to graduate by the end of the year. Both of these classes are larger than most training classes, and will hopefully provide Golden Gate Transit the manpower it needs to prevent cancellations. We appreciate your patience while we work hard to alleviate this problem and want our riders to know that we are dedicated to bringing you reliable service.
While knowledge of the cause of the disruptions certainly doesn't make them any better or tolerable, it's good to know there is a solution in sight. Without dates we won't know when this solution is coming, of course, but I suspect that by September things will look better.
Once the situation improves, GGT must go out of its way to repair its tarnished image. A week of free trips on the effected lines would certainly help, as would some old-fashioned PR outreach. Implementing real-time arrivals would help, too.
Alas, until then, GGT commuters should keep an ear out for cancellations. Follow and report missing buses on Twitter with the #missingbus tag. Email firstname.lastname@example.com to sign up for text alerts for select routes – 24, 27, 54, and 76 (other routes aren't available). Keep your fellow commuter apprised.


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I had Daisy when I was 33 and I have always been in control of my life. For the first few weeks of being a Mum I thought I was coping but looking back I was obsessed by routine, obsessed by how much my daughter ate, slept, and stayed awake, it's all I thought about. I even set my alarm for 6.30am so I could wake her for her morning feed (even if she'd only fed an hour before). By the time she was 6 weeks old I was mentally and physically exhausted. I started to feel like I couldn't cope mixed with heightened feelings of anxiety, panic and dread. I couldn't eat or sleep, it felt like I had been injected with pure dread.
I would have moments of extreme sadness, like all the hope had been sucked from me. A minute felt like an hour, and just when I was feeling more like me I would get bulldozered back down again. To go from being completely in control to such an extreme mix of emotions was incredibly frightening and overwhelming. And on top of that I had to look after a baby!
Luckily I'm a pretty outspoken person and not ashamed to ask for help so after a few days I went to the Doctors who gave me a form of anti-depressant however I needed reassurance that what I was feeling was normal and to understand what was happening to me. My health visitor put me in touch with The SMILE Group and I attended. It was such a relief to meet other women who had experienced what I was going through and who could relate to the thoughts and feelings I was having.
Along with medication, therapy and support from The SMILE Group over the period of a year I gradually got better. Postnatal depression for me was a real journey. I had to learn techniques to help me cope with the illness that I now use daily. The illness forced me to review my way of thinking. I am a much calmer and happier person now and can feel grateful for being able to help others through what has been the most painful experience of my life. But most of all, I am so grateful for my beautiful daughter whom I absolutely adore and could not imagine life without.


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The Boise School District will ask voters next month to approve $172.5 million in tax dollars to fund a raft of school improvements.
Even though voters have not yet headed to the polls, the district is already working on the projects.
Boise School District spokesperson Dan Hollar confirmed "both of these would be dependent on the successful bond election."
Documents were filed last week with the City of Boise for two projects:
- A 30,000 square foot expansion of Timberline High School in SE Boise. Few details available so far, but the district has filed for a conditional use permit on the project. The expansion would be on the west side of the existing school and would add additional classroom space in a field between the school and baseball facility.
- The district hopes to replace the current Whittier Elementary School with a new building. It would have 29 classrooms, plus a cafeteria, gym, music room and library spread out over two levels, totaling about 70,000 square feet. The building would be Whittier is located on 29th Street near the new Esther Simplot Park.
- The application notes the school district hopes to partner with the City of Boise to convert a portion of the current school building into a community center on the site.
The election is set for March 14th - you can vote at your neighborhood public school. Officials have to clear a 2/3rds majority of voters for the bond to pass.


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Subys vulnerable to electronic key hacking
An item in the latest "Comp.Risks" forum on computer security includes a
Suby model in the victims: Is it bad that there is a Suby there, or good
that only one is...? I have to admit I didn't even know there was
a Subaru Levorg.
Andy Greenberg, *WiReD*, 21 Mar 2016
For years, car owners with keyless entry systems have reported thieves
approaching their vehicles with mysterious devices and effortlessly
opening them in seconds. After having his Prius burgled repeatedly
outside his Los Angeles home, the New York Times' former tech columnist
Nick Bilton came to the conclusion that the thieves must be amplifying
the signal from the key fob in the house to trick his car's keyless
entry system into thinking the key was in the thieves' hand. He
eventually resorted to keeping his keys in the freezer.
Now a group of German vehicle security researchers has released new
findings about the extent of that wireless key hack, and their work
ought to convince hundreds of thousands of drivers to keep their car
keys next to their Pudding Pops. The Munich-based automobile club ADAC
late last week made public a study it had performed on dozens of cars to
test a radio *amplification attack* that silently extends the range of
unwitting drivers' wireless key fobs to open cars and even start their
ignitions, as first reported by the German business magazine
WirtschaftsWoche. The ADAC researchers say that 24 different vehicles
from 19 different manufacturers were all vulnerable, allowing them to
not only reliably unlock the target vehicles but also immediately drive
them away.
``This clear vulnerability in [wireless] keys facilitates the work of
thieves immensely,'' reads a post in German about the researchers'
findings on the ADAC website. ``The radio connection between keys and
car can easily be extended over several hundred meters, regardless of
whether the original key is, for example, at home or in the pocket of
the owner.''
That car key hack is far from new: Swiss researchers published a paper
detailing a similar amplification attack as early as 2011. But the ADAC
researchers say they can perform the attack far more cheaply than those
predecessors, spending just $225 on their attack device compared with
the multi-thousand-dollar software-defined radios used in the Swiss
researchers' study. They've also tested a larger array of vehicles and,
unlike the earlier study, released the specific makes and models of
which vehicles were susceptible to the attack; they believe that
hundreds of thousands of vehicles in driveways and parking lots today
remain open to the wireless theft method.
The Vulnerable Makes and Models
Here's the full list of vulnerable vehicles from their findings, which
focused on European models: the Audi A3, A4 and A6, BMW 730d, Citroen
DS4 CrossBack, Ford Galaxy and Eco-Sport, Honda HR-V, Hyundai Santa Fe
CRDi, KIA Optima, Lexus RX 450h, Mazda CX-5, MINI Clubman, Mitsubishi
Outlander, Nissan Qashqai and Leaf, Opel Ampera, Range Rover Evoque,
Renault Traffic, Ssangyong Tivoli XDi, Subaru Levorg, Toyota RAV4, and
Volkswagen Golf GTD and Touran 5T. Only the BMW i3 resisted the
researchers' attack, though they were still able to start its ignition.
And the researchers posit -- but admit they didn't prove -- that the
same technique likely would work on other vehicles, including those more
common in the United States, with some simple changes to the frequency
of the equipment's radio communications.
The ADAC released a video that shows surveillance camera footage of a
real-world theft that seemed to use the technique, as well as a
demonstration by the group's own researchers. [...]
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It's both, actually.
It's the Tofukulele. A Ukulele made entirely out of Lego® bricks. Well, not entirely out of Lego®bricks. The strings and tuners are not plastic. Well, actually, they are plastic, but just not Lego® plastic. The strings are Aquila's and the tuning pegs are Grover friction pegs.
And the Tofukulele actually plays too. I guess you can consider it another all plastic Ukulele.
It comes in Soprano size in a number of colors–from white to multicolored. But be aware that it is fretless (without fret lines), so if you've never played a fretless stringed instrument, this could be a problem.
If you really must have one, Elderly Instruments is selling them for $275. Seems kind of pricey for a toy that is barely a Ukulele.
According to the Elderly web site:
Truly wonderful soprano ukulele constructed of Lego® bricks. While you will likely want to keep this out on display because of its unique nature, you will also enjoy playing it. Features include a fretless fingerboard, Grover friction pegs & Aquila strings. The design & construction are registered, with Patent Pending. One more very fine variant within the ever-expanding ukulele universe; or perhaps this one slipped over from a parallel universe. Regardless, we are pleased to offer it to you.
The only problem I see is the Patent Pending part. Since the Tofukulele is made out of Lego® bricks, an Lego® is a registered trademark, it's going to be pretty hard to patent the Tofukulele, unless it is made out of generic plastic bricks. Then there's the $275 price tag. I don't think many people would want to spend that much on a toy plastic Ukulele, when you can get one like a Woodi USA, or even a Maccaferri Islander for less.
But it does make a nice wall hanger.
In case you can't wait to hear what a Tofukulele sounds like, check out this YouTube video by the inventor.


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British born singer, FKA Twiggs will be making her first ever appearance in Australia thanks to Laneway Festival in 2015. Her long awaited arrival is due to her popular demand from fans in Australia. She has embarked on the music world in a artistic expression that is captivating and such a treat to listen to. She has had such a successful release of debut album LP1 and also has been nominated for a Mercury Prize.
To check out the beautiful songstress while she is in Australia you can catch her at Laneway festival or at one of her released sideshows, which are predicted to sell quite quickly, so be fast.
Pre Sale begins on Wednesday the 12th of November at 12pm.
General public tickets go on sale from 9am on Friday the14th November.
FKA twigs Laneway Sideshows
Wenesday, 28th of Janurary -
170 Russell, Melbourne (18+)
Tickets: via 170 Russell | 1300 724 867
Thursday, 29th January 2015 – NEW SHOW (EARLY SHOW*)
170 Russell, Melbourne (18+)
Tickets: via 170 Russell | 1300 724 867
Wenesday 4th Feburary 2015
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More than four years since the release of their last album Coexist, it appears The xx may soon have new music to share.
Although it's unclear if they have completed their new full-length, they've been in and out of the studio for much of the past two years. And a source with knowledge of the production process tells Variance new music in some form "could actually be out before the holidays" if all goes as planned.
The new material, which would be the first since their 2013 Great Gatsby soundtrack contribution "Together," is said to sound "different from what some fans may be expecting."
As we previously mentioned, producer-musician Jamie xx expressed hopes last fall the band would release music sometime in 2016. In December, they revealed on Facebook they were going into "winter studio hibernation."
While The xx hasn't released an album since Coexist in 2012, both Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim contributed to Jamie xx's debut album In Colour, which arrived last year and was among Variance's 50 Best Albums of 2015.
Additionally, Madley Croft contributed to OneRepublic's new album Oh My My, having co-written and performed guitar for the song "Fingertips," which was produced by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco. The album is out Friday (Oct. 7).
The trio is also set to co-headline Lollapalooza's South American festivals next spring alongside Metallica, The Strokes and The Weeknd, with dates in Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
A rep for The xx did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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How is it possible that another month has come and gone and now we are in June?! I have been thinking a lot this week about what I actually do with my time. What I spend most of my time doing and if I am ( if at all) good at time management. I suppose, being a Mother, blogger, photographer, writer, a homemaker and a creative director for Verisage really puts me in the position where I have to think twice about how I use my time. So I think it's fair to say I am currently working on a bachelor's degree in Time Management.
I am always in motion. Even when sitting down to work my mind is racing while clicking on different tabs, reading and researching like mad, typing fast as if my life depended on it and going back to read things over and over again to make sure the information is being absorbed properly…. Working from home has amazing perks. Working from home has amazing challenges. Sweet little voices (not always sweet) cry for me every 10 minutes which is actually not too frequent for little kids. While I try to refocus after attending their needs I have a 2-second window were I think to myself. Do I ever stop moving? Can I keep this up?
Life is beautiful and this one life on earth is so precious. How I spend my time requires some thinking and lots of planning. Always in motion is not a bad thing at all. I think I will always strive to find that ideal balance between work and my personal life. But you see, my "work" is based on creativity and on thinking outside the box so it encourages me to reach high and expand my wings. Is that not fascinating? As far as my personal life goes, being a dedicated mother and wife fulfills a big (most important) part of who I am. Why would I give up on any of those things? Impossible. I cannot. If I come across a hard day I know that what I am doing isn't really the problem. I need to work on my organization skills and be better at planning tomorrow before tomorrow begins, planning the week before the week begins and if possible, planning the month before the month begins. I have also found that meal prepping or at least planning what I am going to make a week in advance really frees up a lot of time. Getting a sitter twice a week so that I can be the most productive with work.. INGENIOUS. I recently started working most of my hours after my husband gets home from work or after the kids go to bed and it has been a game changer.
I do believe that slowing down every once in a while is good. It's good for your soul, it's good for your health, and it's good for your family. The thing is, even when I am "slowing down", my mind usually isn't.
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White girl Mischa Brooks got interested in the adult video business so she can live out her dreams in in total safeness. Mischa meets up with black guy Rob Piper and opens up to him as if she were on a couch and he was her physical therapist. Really, Mischa's butt is going to get, ahem, analized service of Rob Piper and a vendetta he has next to white female butt. Mischa's gaping third enter is proof that massive black dick simply gets the job done. Rob Piper demonstrates that ass totally no mercy as he pounds it into oblivion.
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Can Little Kids Understand the Gospel?
You expect me to answer yes, don't you? But what if I said the answer largely is no? Kids aren't mature enough to fully understand about Jesus.
A few days ago, I got an email from a preschool teacher asking if kids of that age are old enough to understand the gospel, and wondering whether trying to teach it to them might be a hopeless endeavor. Since writing Show Them Jesus, I've been asked similar questions about young kids, and preschoolers in particular, a handful of times. It seems to be a common concern.
It's also a good question. After all, the gospel comes to us in words and is built on abstract concepts like atonement for sin—and young kids aren't capable of much abstract thinking. Also, the gospel in the Old Testament is revealed largely in shadowy previews, and young kids struggle to understand those. So my answer is: no, little kids aren't mature enough to understand the gospel very thoroughly.
But then again, neither are any of us.
The good news of who Jesus is and all he's done to save us is so rich, runs so deep, that most of us comprehend just a fraction of it. A lifetime is barely enough to unearth a few nuggets of the full treasure. Besides, due to sin all of us have minds that remain clouded and unable to grasp many glories.
Still, we eagerly learn as much as we're able. There's an inherent clarity to the Word of God, and for us the Spirit uses it to produce an appreciation of Jesus and a trust in him sufficient for the understanding we have. It's the same with kids—even the littlest ones. They're able to learn far less about the gospel then an adult can, but still we teach them what they can understand. We get them started on that lifetime of getting to know Jesus.
I mention this because we need encouragement when it seems like kids just don't get what we're trying to teach them. We need to know that it's okay to start small, with just the most basic ideas about the gospel.
Here then, are some gospel wonders most preschoolers can understand.
Sin, punishment, and forgiveness. Kids who're old enough to understand right and wrong are also old enough to understand punishment and forgiveness. In fact, most of them have a lot of experience with it. They know that they should obey and what might happen if they don't. So I sometimes talk to them about Jesus like this:
"God makes good rules. But sometimes we disobey God. When we disobey God, we deserve for him to punish us. Punishment from God is very bad because his rules are so important. But Jesus loves us so much that he decided to get punished instead of us—even though he obeyed God's rules. That means we don't have get punished by God."
Fatherly love. How perfect it is that a chief benefit of belonging to Jesus—our status as children of God—is innately understandable to little kids! Even the youngest child knows that his life depends on a loving parent. It's where he gets care, attention, discipline and affection. We might talk to them about it like this:
"A good father gives you so many things! He takes care of you. He listens to you. He shows you how to behave. He loves you. God is the best Father of all. If you belong to Jesus, God makes you his child. Then he takes care of you perfectly. He listens to you anytime to want to pray. He helps you behave. And he loves you so much, forever—because he's your Father."
The call to faith. One element of the gospel is that it compels a response. Faith can be a difficult concept for little kids, but they know all about coming when they're called. They're also prone to trust; so much so that Jesus used a child as an example of what faith in God should be like. I might talk about the gospel call this way:
"You heard that the Bible says Jesus took your punishment. Believe it. You need to trust him to do that for you. You also heard that God is your good Father. Believe that too. You need to decide to obey him because he's your good Father."
I never push little kids into a "decision" moment that comes with any claim they're saved. I just encourage them from a young age to believe, always, for the rest of their lives.
God's care for his people. It's important to show how the Old Testament points ahead to Jesus. But if the youngest kids have trouble understanding those previews, it's okay simply to show what God does for his people. For example, if we're teaching about the battle of Jericho it might be too much to expect preschoolers to grasp how God gave his people the good land in Canaan as a foreshadowing of the home we'll one day have in heaven with Jesus. But we still should do more with that story than simply teach a moral lesson like "follow God's instructions the way the Israelites did." We can teach what God did for his people, like this:
"God made the walls of Jericho fall down so his people could live in that land. He gave them that place to be their good home. God loves to give his people a good home."
Even without the mention of our future home with Jesus, teaching about God giving a home is still in the gospel spirit.
Prayer. Praying with kids may not involve telling any Bible stories, but it's still excellent gospel teaching. When we're quick to pray we teach kids to always trust God. Anytime we stop to pray we're living out our faith in Jesus. So modeling how to "pray without ceasing," about absolutely everything, gives kids concrete practice in believing the gospel.
Demonstrations of the gospel. The amount of formal lesson time little kids can handle is limited. So we should not despair if we can't get them to understand a gospel message very well during lesson time. We can still set those kids up to understand the gospel simply by demonstrating God's love in how we love them, how we listen to them, how we forgive them—and, as I mentioned above, how we pray with them constantly. For the youngest kids, a class time that includes these things goes a long way toward preparing them to understand the gospel when they're more able to receive it in words.
All of these are gospel truths even preschoolers can grasp. They remind us of God's commitment to make the unsearchable riches of his grace clear to us—even the littlest of us—in so many ways. There are jaw-dropping wonders to see now, whatever our age, and boundlessly more to look forward to in the years ahead.
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No Haj for Iranians amid Saudi 'sabotage'
Tehran: Iran on Thursday said it will not send pilgrims to Haj this year because Saudi Arabia was refusing to cooperate on arrangements for Iranians to join the annual rituals in September.
"Conditions are not prepared for conducting Haj; we have lost the time; we made our utmost effort but the sabotage is coming from the Saudis," Iranian minister Ali Jannati said.
An Iranian delegation, according to Press TV, held four days of talks in Saudi Arabia last month aimed at thrashing out a deal, but with Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran closed since January and Iranian flights to the kingdom halted, they hit deadlock.
Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran on January 3 following attacks on vacant Saudi diplomatic perimeters in Tehran and Mashhad by angry people protesting the kingdom's execution of prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Jannati said the Saudis mistreated Iranian delegates headed by chairman of Iran's Haj and Pilgrimage Organisation, Saeid Ouhadi, subjecting them to finger-printing among other hostile measures.
"Their attitude was cold and inappropriate. They did not accept our proposals concerning the issuing of visas, the transport and security of the pilgrims," Jannati said.
"Saudi officials have made no promises regarding visa and say our pilgrims must travel to a third country to get visa," the minister added.
On Wednesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari advised Riyadh against letting its political preferences affect the important Islamic tradition.
Ansari said the Saudi government has refused to act on "its recurrent assertions that it would not let political disputes get in the way of the issue of Haj."
Iran has been insisting that Saudi Arabia issue visas through the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which has looked after Saudi interests since Riyadh broke off ties in January.
Tehran has said it is ready to swiftly issue visas for Saudi visa officers to perform the procedure at the Swiss diplomatic mission or elsewhere in Tehran, according to Jaberi Ansari.
Saudi Arabia has also insisted that third-country airlines have to transport the pilgrims, while the two countries would previously each share half of the responsibility for the air travels.
"Saudi officials say our pilgrims must travel to another country to make their visa applications," Jannati said.
Another contentious issue has been security, after a massive stampede at last year's Haj killed more than 2,400 foreign pilgrims, including 464 Iranians.
The crush took place on September 24, after two large masses of pilgrims converged at a crossroads in Mina, near Mecca, during the symbolic ceremony of the stoning of Satan in Jamarat.


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The Clay Cliffs are a geological wonder; sharp pinnacles and ridges separated by steep and narrow ravines. The Cliffs are relatively new, made up of layers of silt and gravel deposited by ancient glaciers over a million years ago.
To get to the Clay Cliffs, turn onto Quailburn Rd off SH8 and then onto unsealed Henburn Rd.
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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) Wil Lunt connected with Fredson Salomon on a 66-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter Saturday and Western Illinois held on to beat South Dakota 24-17.
The Leathernecks (3-2, 1-1 Missouri Valley) trailed 10-3 at halftime but Kieron James blocked a punt to set Western Illinois up in Coyotes territory, and Lunt threw a 25-yard TD pass to Salomon to tie it. Lunt later hit Charles Chestnut for 39 yards to the South Dakota 1 and Caulton Ray ran it in on the next play to make it 17-10 WIU late in the third quarter.
South Dakota (1-4, 0-2) tied it up quickly. After Jasper Sanders returned the kickoff 55 yards, three plays later Josh Vander Maten found Anthony Williams for 41 yards and the tying score. But Lunt and Salomon answered for the winning points with 7:40 left.
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What did you think of President Bush's Columbia speech?
It hit the spot, did what needed to be done. The bible references were pure Bush. Only question was why it wasn't given in the Oval Office. I think I am correct in observing that modern presidents shy away from the Oval for addresses. But why? The big desk with the pictures behind is what people expect. That's where presidents talk.
Back to the State of the Union. Wasn't it surprising that at a time like this Mr. Bush didn't limit his State of the Union address to the two great issues, Iraq and the economy?
It surprised me when I learned of it, which was the morning of the speech. I was one of the columnists invited to meet with a high government official with intimate knowledge of the president's thinking, as they say, on background. We met in his office, which has no corners. He told us he would be presenting his domestic agenda, a blueprint for the coming year, in his speech.
This struck me as counterintuitive, and odd. I asked how this decision had come about. He said he had made it early on in the preparation of the speech. He said he thinks a great nation can do many things at once, and that his domestic agenda is important. Afterwards, on the shuttle home, I thought: Hmmm, this may be wise. Speaking of important things other than Iraq resurrects and projects a sense of political normalcy. It implicitly cools things down while widening context. We are in a crisis, but then we often have crises; we are America. Iraq is grave but not dire; life continues, and work must be done. Then I thought, if the domestic program he unveils tonight seems connected to Iraq, and can be understood as an expression of the thinking that guides his decisions on Iraq—well, that would be big, and helpful.
Was it?
Yes. I said earlier that what seemed to me to tie his domestic agenda to his international agenda was protectiveness. A desire to protect the innocent, from children orphaned by AIDS to kids with a parent in prison to world citizens vulnerable to massive terrorist attack. His Iraq remarks seemed to me to circle back on and bolster, or more fully express, his domestic assertions. I thought: This is smart, and subtle.
There's something I don't get though. President Bush the elder backed a lot of big government spending; he didn't make the government smaller; the deficit grew; he was open to adding on new spending. And by 1992 his Republican base turned on him, and he was finished. Now Bush the younger comes along and promises more government spending, a government getting bigger, the return of deficits. And yet after the speech Tuesday his base is more rock solid than ever. How come?
Several reasons. One, the president's base shares with him the conviction that nothing—nothing—is more important than the war on terrorism. Conservatives always think the first job of government is to look to our national security, keep defenses strong, ensure public safety. So Mr. Bush's base is willing to give him a lot of room to maneuver to get what he needs on security and safety.
Second, conservatives know something about President Bush that they didn't know about his father: He's a conservative who means it. So they trust him.
Third, and crucially, Mr. Bush didn't promise new spending in the liberal mode; he didn't ask for spending on liberal targets and programs guided by liberal assumptions. He didn't and doesn't bow to those assumptions. He is skeptical of them—that's why he's a conservative. The domestic agenda he unveiled the other night was about directing federal energy and expenditures toward programs that reflect a conservative view of what is helpful, and that tug at the national—the liberal and conservative—conscience. AIDS in Africa, for instance. You didn't know this is a matter of concern to conservatives? Then you don't talk to enough conservatives. AIDS is killing Africa, it is creating a continent of orphans, and this doesn't have to be. So much can be done. So give them help. Christian groups are deeply involved in the African effort. Bill Frist too.
The sole liberal program Mr. Bush advanced was increased Medicare spending—and again, many Republicans think that's necessary, others respect what the polls say, many will sacrifice the fiscal impact if it removes a sapping and divisive issue from the table, and the rest will let it go as not too unreasonable or expensive. And Mr. Bush said he supported prescription-drug benefits in the 2000 campaign, so it's not a vow broken but a vow reasserted.
There were other domestic elements in the speech that reflected modern conservative, as opposed to older and more liberal, thinking. Hydrogen cars? Fine. Fifty years of resisting the monolith of the giant state has left conservatives thinking, reflexively, outside the box. From supply side to welfare reform to Chuck Colson's ministry to convicts and their children to George Gilder and the new technology, a spirit of innovation has swept and guided modern conservative thought. Old Robert Taft would spin in his grave if he knew what modern conservatives will consider. They're like Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney—"I know, let's put on a show in the barn with the hydrogen fueled car!"
Back to Iraq. The Democrats seem to be flailing around in their search for attack points on Mr. Bush's policies, don't they?
Yeah, I think he's tying them in knots. They say he's a lone cowboy but he goes with Colin Powell and approaches the U.N. and asks for its help. They say he's a unilateralist so he shocks them the other day with an unexpected statement of support from eight European leaders—including a great man and idealist named Vaclav Havel. They say they need more detail so he announces Mr. Powell will go to the U.N. Security Council with a full brief. They say Mr. Powell is a lone voice of sanity in the administration and Mr. Powell comes out powerfully to back the president. They say they need proof of "imminence" of Iraqi attack, and Mr. Bush counters that, um, terrorists and dictators don't send notes announcing they'll be coming to visit.
But really it's the new eight, the new coalition come together with one voice, that is so impressive. The declaration, coming just after the State of the Union address, looked like a small diplomatic masterpiece, and it may be one. It got a major assist from The Wall Street Journal, which had asked Italy's Silvio Berlusconi and Spain's Jose Maria Aznar for an opinion piece setting out their reasons for supporting America in Iraq. The two leaders apparently contacted a few more leaders, and the result was the public letter carrying all eight signatures.
And here's a funny thing. George Bush the elder was masterly in putting together his Gulf War coalition. Everyone knows he was sensitive to the subtleties and requirements of high diplomacy, and he came through. George W. Bush isn't known for diplomatic expertise. And yet he appears to be achieving what his father achieved, and more. Bush the elder had an Iraqi invasion that had already done in Kuwait as his main arguing point. Bush the younger has mostly the potential, or the likelihood, of grave misdeeds involving weapons of mass destruction, but not the present reality of them, to use in argument. So the bar was higher for this Bush.
Anyway, I think the Democrats have been tied in knots, and they're showing their desperation with their latest talking point, body bags. American invasions mean dead Americans. This is a matter of the utmost seriousness, of course, and yet it dodges the issue. American invasion means dead Americans, but if Mr. Bush is right then refusing to confront Saddam and his weapons now may well mean a future Iraqi- supported or Iraqi-executed attack on our soil. Which could result in hundreds of thousands of dead American civilians. And body bags.
What will Colin Powell say this week at the U.N.?
He signals what he's thinking in today's Wall Street Journal. He repeats the president's statement that Iraq has "open channels and ties to terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda. He quotes Hans Blix reporting to the U.N. Iraq's lack of a "genuine acceptance" of the need to disarm. Mr. Powell makes clear that he will have more intelligence to share Wednesday also.
What did you come away from your interview in the office without corners thinking about Mr. Bush, and war?
I came away with a sense that Mr. Bush has grown comfortable and confident in the presidency, in part perhaps due to a silent weighing that was going on inside him. I had the hunch that Mr. Bush, who had succeeded as a Texas governor in part by relying on his gut sense of people, events, meaning, went into the White House wondering if his gut would be up to the job. If it would give him the guidance it had given in Texas, if it was up to the demands of a presidency. Then Sept. 11 came, and he was thrown back onto his inner resources. He had to use his gut to make big quick decisions. The one time he didn't follow his gut—when he didn't return immediately to the White House after the attacks—he made a big mistake. So he went with his gut thereafter, and in the next 12 months he concluded his gut was up to the challenge. And so he is now more comfortable and commanding—because he can use as a primary tool something he really has as opposed to something he needs to develop.
As to the war, Mr. Bush is moving forward with what looks like a great sense of moral security. He is certain he is right that Iraq is a real and present danger to the world. So he doesn't mind taking the hits he takes, accepts the high stakes, feels sure that if we must go to war we will triumph, hearten the world, and win greater safety. He'd love it if Saddam would leave or be removed in a coup, but he doesn't plan on it, because you can't plan on good fortune. He'd welcome it though. He doesn't want war but the fruits of war, the defeat of a dangerous enemy.
You said last week Mr. Bush should provide us with more of what the U.S. government knows or thinks it knows on Iraq. Are you satisfied after the speech?
I think he shared more of what U.S. intelligence knows than he had in the past, and I thought his "There's never a day when I do not learn of another threat, or receive reports of operations in progress," was quite suggestive. I know there are those around the president who feel more must be shared, and Mr. Bush seems to agree. The official with intimate knowledge of his thinking said more will be coming in a future Bush speech on Iraq. Which will be, in effect, his final summation to the jury.


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Many of my fertility patients have jobs that involve regular air travel -- and one of the issues of regular travel is stress, jetlag and insomnia.
Here is an article by Allison Neves on Tango Diva, a website for women travelers. In this article Allison interviews me about the use of Chinese Medicine for treatment of jetlag and discusses her treatment and results. The focus of the article is insomnia resulting specifically from jetlag, but the impact of the treatment is to reduce stress and normalize hormone levels and settle and ground the body. All these things are very important for improving fertility.
As a travel writer, I find myself in and out of different time zones a handful of times each year. I've had my occasional bouts with jet lag and usually, within a day or so, all is right with the world and my internal time clock has acclimated. I've never experienced anything major when it comes to sleep issues until a trip to London last winter. During that time, I was stuck in what seemed to be a perpetual limbo of two full weeks of sleepless misery. Ever since that trip, my sleep has been an issue. I thought I had tried EVERYTHING… that is until a friend of mine mentioned acupuncture. I had tried acupuncture treatments in the past for facial rejuvenation and chronic neck pain. Both treatments were successful. But I guess it never occurred to me that this ancient Chinese secret just might be the cure to my current ailment.
In my relentless search for a few good Zzzzzzz's, I enlisted the help of Byron Russell, a San Francisco-based acupuncturist who was not only enthusiastically referred to me by four different people but was also recently named one of the top three acupuncturists in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Chronicle. So, not too shabby, right?
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Your words are powerful triggers!
You can talk dirty while having sex IF she likes it!
For some women, it's a turn on. For others, it's a turn off!
Women are often seduced by the tone of a man's voice!
You can invoke excitement in her by using the right words.
Politics, business, problems at work, your exes… All these are NOT erotic!
When you want to trigger erotic feelings in her, when you want to turn her on, you will use words like: passion, sensual, pleasure, delight, gorgeous, turn on, exciting, thrill, exotic taste, etc.
These are power words that invoke pleasure in her.
Her imagination is a white canvas where you can let her invoke moments of pleasure she already had.
Ask her about romantic fantasies.
As soon as she starts talking about it, she associates them with you.
Why? Because it is you who is right there with her.
As she invokes moments of pleasure in her mind, a set of biochemical reactions happen in her brain.
These ARE the chemicals of pleasure.
They are proteins that will activate the pleasure memories in her neuronet.
So, all you have to do is bring her safely to the territory of sensual ecstasy and let her describe what she sees!


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The New Hampshire Institute of Art was founded in 1898 as the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences with the goal of cultivating an appreciation of the arts through progressive, educational instruction. In 1924, the NH Board of Education certified our four-year program to prepare high school graduates to teach art.
Gaining Qualifications
In 1997, the New Hampshire Post-secondary Commission authorized the Institute to award the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree. At that time, the Institute became the New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA). In 2001, NHIA received accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. In 2011, we received accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Growth and Expansion
In the late 1990s, the college was the beneficiary of a $26 million bequest from the estate of Mary Fuller Russell. This allowed the institute to establish an endowment and embark upon a series of expansions that revolutionized our campus.
Looking Forward
NHIA has long been a hidden jewel. With these changes, and many more to come, we'll reveal ourselves as the leading art college in northern New England and a key player in art education in the nation.
To educate, engage and empower through the arts.
To be a leader in arts education, recognized for our ability to use the arts to foster positive change in the world and enable individuals to realize their full creative potential.
We are educators.
As mentors and teachers, our job is to challenge and support our students. To achieve this, we focus our education on aesthetic and technical skills, historical and contemporary analysis, experimentation, collaboration, and free inquiry.
We are students.
Each member of our community is a student. We learn from each other and value each other's contributions.
We are practitioners.
While our primary focus is teaching, we are also practicing creative professionals who bring current ideas to those we educate. To broaden the student experience, we incorporate local and global perspectives.
We are advocates.
We believe art is relevant and essential to our culture; therefore, we promote education, presentation, and civic engagement through affordable programs and curricula.
We are creative citizens.
Successful citizenship begins with integrity, inquiry, empathy, responsibility, honesty, accountability, and the celebration of diversity, which ultimately shapes our communities and cultural landscape for the betterment of the world.
We are a community.
Our organization is comprised of a diverse group of people who see inclusion as a priority. Our success relies on cooperation, collaboration and respect for one another.


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Everyone knows Alice slept with two guys at one party. When Healy High star quarterback, Brandon Fitzsimmons, dies in a car crash, it was because he was sexting with Alice. Ask anybody.
Rumor has it Alice Franklin is a slut.
It's written all over the "slut stall" in the girls' bathroom: "Alice had sex in exchange for math test answers" and "Alice got an abortion last semester."
After Brandon dies, the rumors start to spiral out of control. In this remarkable debut novel, four Healy High students tell all they "know" about Alice--and in doing so reveal their own secrets and motivations, painting a raw look at the realities of teen life.
But in this novel from Jennifer Mathieu, exactly what is the truth about Alice?
In the end there's only one person to ask: Alice herself.Hardcover, 208 pages
Four Stars: A stunning and thought provoking book that will show you the horrific effects of bullying and slut shaming.
Alice used to be pretty and popular. She had plenty of friends and her share of boyfriends. That all changes at the beginning of junior year when Alice attends a party. By the end of the night, vicious rumors are being texted throughout the student body. At this party, Alice supposedly slept with two boys. She is immediately branded a slut. Then when Brandon dies a few days later in a drunk car crash, more rumors emerge and Alice is supposedly responsible since she was texting Brandon while he was driving. As the year progresses, the rumors grow more vicious. Alice is a slut, she sleeps with everyone, she got pregnant and had an abortion...... Alice goes from pretty and popular to social outcast. She wears hooded sweatshirts to school and tries to hide. Even the adults believe the rumors. The worst thing is that no one ever asked Alice her side of the story. Will Alice survive?
What I Liked:
- Wow! It isn't often that I pick up YA contemporary novels, but I am certainly glad that I read this book. It was a shocking story that shows the horrible consequences of spreading rumors and bullying. It is so simple for high school students to turn their jealousy on another student, and it isn't long before everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. Better to go with the crowd than side with the outcast, right? The story explores how dangerous rumors can be. This is a book that should be read and discussed as it has some important messages. A must read for teens.
- I liked that this book is told with four different view points. You have Elaine, the pretty, popular girl who doesn't lead the charge against Alice, but she goes along with it. Josh, Brandon's best friend, who plays a strong role in the downfall of Alice. Kelsie, Alice's former best friend, who because of her jealousy, helps ruin Alice's reputation. And finally, Kurt, the boy genius who knows all to well what it feels like to be invisible. Kurt is the only one who reaches out his hand to Alice. It was interesting and disturbing to see how each small action played a major role in the disgrace of Alice. I liked getting inside of each of the different characters' heads and learning why they were motivated to behave the way the did. Did they do it because of their own insecurities and jealousy? Were they trying to hide their own mistakes or was it easy just to go along with crowd? Was it because of their insecurity over their sexual identity? The author does a terrific job of exposing some of the different motives for this type of behavior, and I liked learning each character's big secret.
- This is a book that would be great for discussion. It has many mature themes and there are instances of teen drinking, sex and an abortion. If you have a younger reader, this is one that would be best suited to read and discuss together. Even though these topics may be upsetting to some people, I like that the author included them to keep the story realistic because bottom line, this is what teenagers are facing. This story is a perfect example of how dangerous a text or rumor can be. I thought this was a powerful and eye opening book. I applaud the author for addressing this topic. It could happen to anyone, just one text that spreads through the school whether it is true or not could forever harm someone. Think before you speak, text or participate in spreading rumors. You never know when the tables could be turned.
- Even though most of the story is dark and disturbing, I loved the blossoming friendship between Alice and Kurt. It is the light in the darkness, and the relationship is beautiful. I loved how Kurt helped Alice.
And The Not So Much:
- I was disappointed that I didn't get to hear from Alice until the very end of the book, and even then her chapter was brief. I was itching to get inside her head and see how she dealt with it all. We only get to see her through the other kids' eyes. It is a horrible road for Alice. I honestly think that it would be ideal of the author considered writing another book from Alice's point of view.
- After all the turmoil, the book reaches the end, and it isn't clear what happens to Alice. It seems that perhaps she has reached the turning point, and that things will finally get better, but the reader is left with an open ending. I would have loved an Epilogue, or again, another book from her view point, but then again, you don't always get a happy ending in real life.
- I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't any inclusion of social media. I am sure in this situation that there would have been plenty of posting on Facebook and Twitter and all that, but it isn't included. I think that this day in age, social media can be so detrimental and it is a huge issue facing teens today.
- I wished that it had been more clear when it came to Josh's storyline. It is completely inferred that Josh was struggling with his own sexual identity. A younger reader might miss the relevance of his actions and why he was acting the way he did.
- As I discussed earlier, this book delves into some mature topics: abortion, teen drinking, drunk driving, sexuality, slut shaming and so forth. This is a book for mature teens, I would say sixteen and up, but if you have a younger teen, I think it would be appropriate to read this with them and discuss.
The Truth About Alice is a tough read. It shows the terrible consequences of starting rumors, slut shaming and how damaging they can be to a young teen. At no other time in life is there such a caustic and damning environment as high school. This is a book that calls attention to the dangers of bullying and how one small untruth can ruin someone's life. This is a book that all teens should read and take notice of. Bullying is a horrible act, and no one should ever have to endure what Alice does.
Favorite Quotations:
"You don't beat around the bush. You see I'm drunk and you tell me I'm drunk. You see the lights of the moon shining down upon you, and you say hi to the moon."
"I really can't handle talking about this for too long because it just hurts too much, but I do want to say that there is one thing I've learned about people: they don't get that mean and nasty overnight. It's not human nature. If you give people enough time, eventually they'll do the most heartbreaking stuff in the world."
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for this review.


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Postpartum depression is real. And it sucks.
I battled major postpartum depression (PPD) for almost 3 years, beginning right after giving birth to my first baby, Ava Leigh. The depression became worse with time, and lead me to a very dark place after giving birth to my second, Carson Joe. The medications used to treat all of my symptoms made me feel numb, and had some really terrible side effects. I felt like I lost "me" and that I was never coming back. I wanted to sleep all day, and I lost every sense of desire to do anything.
I pushed through until I hit rock bottom in November of 2016. I finally mustered up the guts to call a sweet friend of mine who was always posting on Facebook about healing after her 7 year battle with depression. She let me boo-hoo my eyes out for a good 3 hours, she prayed with me, then she told me about Plexus and how it changed her life. I was broken. I was desperate. I skeptically took the plunge.
After just 6 days of taking Plexus supplements, I woke up with a real, genuine smile (even my husband noticed), after 1.5 weeks I was sleeping through the night, and after 3 months, I declared that I was depression-free! I have true JOY again, and I get to enjoy being the Mom that my kids need and deserve.
Once I started feeling better, I started researching gut health and found some VERY shocking research about the gut-brain axis. 90% of depressed people have a gut-related problem (due to the preservatives in the foods we eat) which can easily be repaired with the right supplements. I would encourage you to look into this if you, or someone you know is battling depression.
There is so much hope for healing. Supplements may not be the answer for everyone like it was for me, but so much of the time it's just that simple. Please feel free to share my story. I feel that this experience just might be the moment for which I was created (Esther 4:14)
If you'd like to know more about gut health and depression, these articles may help shed some light on the science behind it.