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Like iTunes, \'A World of My Own\' will be a digital distribution system. Unlike iTunes, it will gradually morph into a virtual world.
Citing the high distribution costs and piracy associated with the PC game industry, Virgin Games and Game Domain International (GDI) today announced plans to unveil an iTunes-like platform for the streaming distribution of PC games.
"This is a really exciting development for us, as it gives us the opportunity to do for PC Games what iTunes has done for music," said Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin. "The GDI technology will revolutionise how the mass market will play games, and will give them more choice for less money."
The platform, called 'A World of My Own' (AWOMO), is expected to launch in the latter part of 2007 and is currently in the initial testing stage. Already showing interest in the technology are publishers such as EA, Ubisoft, and Deep Silver, though no official deals have been reached as of this point.
AWOMO will face stiff competition in the cluttered digital distribution market from established services such as Steam and Direct2Drive, but hopes to set itself apart with rapid download speeds, greater security, an easier interface, and prizes such as a trip to the moon (no we are not making this up).
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- Wednesday, November 13, 2013
As a pastor, these passages frighten me. God was accusing the religious leaders of telling the people that all was well when it was not well (saying "peace, peace" when there is no peace). I was afraid that I might minimize the claims and cost of following Christ. I was afraid that I would succumb to watering down the gospel by making it easy to receive while neglecting to teach people that "when Jesus Christ calls a man He bids him come and die" (Dietrich Bonheoffer). Following Christ means full surrender at any price. It is so easy to preach the first part and neglect the second.
I believe that in an effort to reach people at any cost in today's Christian culture that we have forgotten (if we ever knew) that the gospel is not properly communicated until people have enough information to reject it. That is how Jesus did it. Remember the Rich Young Ruler (Matthew 19:20-22).
When I was six our church had a big "Good Bye" party for the pastor and his family. I remember the light-hearted atmosphere and the food and the singing and talent show and funny skits of entertainment.
It was common knowledge that the church had decided to ask him to leave. He was fired and I was confused. How could they have a party, pretending everything was fine, when they were terminating the man?
When I grew older I found out the rest of the story. He was a Southern Baptist in name and a Methodist at heart. His preaching and doctrine reflected his true allegiance.
A group of church leaders sat down to discuss their concerns with the pastor. He was surprised at their observations. The leaders were in no hurry. Over time he concluded that he was more Methodist than Baptist. No one got angry or demanded his resignation. They talked it over for several months and worked out a plan of transition. The church was involved early in the process and the leaders told him that they would keep him as pastor until he could integrate himself into the Methodist system.
In less than three months he was pastoring a Methodist church and they had the party. No one got hurt. The matter was handled in a Christian way and peace reigned in the congregation.
Here is what I learned that was so right.
Spiritual men and women handled the issue (Galatians 6:1-2).
The issues were dealt with up front and in a loving way. No one was manipulating anyone.
The pastor knew exactly what the problem was. Not like poor Brother Baker who was never told exactly what he'd done wrong.
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The pastor was given plenty of time to conform his preaching and teaching to basic Baptist beliefs, but they all finally agreed that changing his basic beliefs was not possible for him.
Christian fellowship was upheld. Everyone enjoyed the party.
I've fired sixteen paid staff (that I remember) in forty years of ministry. As far as I am concerned, that is about sixteen too many. But it had to be done.
Here is what I've learned about firing a pastor:
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Aleson awoke to the sound of an argument., from the voices she could make out that it was Spencer, and Brendon. "What did you do that for!" Spencer said in harsh whisper. "Do what?" Brendon snapped back. "You know what!" Aleson sat up a bit in the bed. "What's going on?" she rubbed her eyes to make out in the dark that they were standing over Spencer's bed . Brendon walked over and sat next to Aleson and kissed her on the forehead, "Nothing Hun, just a musical dispute. Go back to sleep." Aleson looked at Spencer who was looking off at the wall in anger. "Okay." she said not wanting to get into the argument.
"Actually," Aleson said . "I think I'm gonna go and bunk with Jon and Ryan for a while. Kay." Before Brendon could object, Spencer spoke. "That's a wonderful idea." Brendon gave an angry glare at Spencer, and with that Aleson slipped on her sneaker and a sweater. She walked outside in the hotel hallway, after closing the door she put her ear against the door to see if she could hear anything else. For the past two weeks Aleson and Brendon were a couple. And everyone who knew seemed to give them wrong looks. Aleson didn't know this because they gave her the looks when she wasn't looking.
She walked down the hall two rooms over and knocked on the door. "Who is it?" Jon asked from the other side of the door. "Ali-bee." "Wait one minute." they replied. After three minutes the door unlocked and opened. "Aleson its three in the morning." She yawned to see Jon with bed hair and Ryan sitting watching the hotel TV. "I know. Is it okay if I stay with you guys for the night? Spense and Brendon are fighting again." Jon stepped to the side and let her walk in. "Hey Ry." Aleson said as she crashed on the couch. "Here you are." Jon said as her handed her a blanket. Ryan paid no attention to her as if though he was hypnotized by the TV. "Ryan, you be nice to the guest. Its not her fault that her boyfriend and one of her best friends fight almost every night." Jon said as he put on some sweats. "Where are you going ?" Aleson asked. "Out for some midnight snacks. Might as well while I'm awake." Jon said. "Be back in a couple of minutes." And with that he headed out the door. Leaving Aleson and Ryan completely and utterly alone.
With the blanket wrapped around her, Aleson walked over to Ryan, looking like a giant human filled crepe. Ryan couldn't help it and let out a stifled giggle. "Finally you talk." Aleson said as she sat next to him on the bed. "So sup?" Ryan looked at her. "Nothing." he lied, and then looked back at the TV. "Awww....don't make me tickle it out of you!" Aleson said. She took the blanket off and began to attack his sides with her fingers. "No! Ali!" he said as he fell on his side on the bed in laughter. "Then tell me and I'll stop!" Ryan and Aleson rolled around, Ryan trying to get away, and Aleson trying to get to him.
"Okay!" Ryan said. He sat up, "I'll tell you." he said breathless. "YES!!" Aleson laughed putting her arms up in the air as if though she was Rocky. "I'm just sorta mad that you and Brendon are going out." Aleson sat next to him. She sat in seriousness next to him looked at her feet. Inside she had feelings for Ryan, more than anyone else in the world. Almost everyone knew it, that's why they all opposed the relationship that she had with Brendon. Ryan sat next to her. "I'm sorry if that upsets you, but its the truth. It bothers me that you are dating Brendon." Aleson looked at Ryan, "Why does it bother you?" she knew the answer for the question, but needed to hear it from him. "Because." Ryan just said. "No I need a reason. I mean you just being made at me for dating Brendon isn't really a reason is it?" Ryan looked at her. "It's just really complicated." "Tell me. I can understand." Ryan just looked at the floor. Aleson kneed on the floor in front of him. "Please ,tell me." she whispered.
He looked up into her eyes, and couldn't help himself. Leaning in he kissed her, and she didn't stop him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him closer. "I love you Aleson." he whispered. "I love you too Ryan." she responded. And he kissed her again. She quickly pulled away. "No wait. This is wrong. I'm with Brendon." "I love you, you love me. Screw Brendon." Ryan said as he ran his hand down her cheek. "But I'm not gonna hurt him like that Ryan you know that I can't." Ryan held her close. "At least you know, how I feel. I know how you feel. And you get to spend the night here with me." Aleson smiled and curled up in his arms.
He fell asleep to her breathing on his chest. She fell asleep to the sound of his heart beating, which she realized, was beating at the same rhythm as hers. But what was to come of all this?
Jon walked in an hour later, from his "quick" candy run. He smiled as he saw them curled on the couch. "About time." he said as he got in bed and fell asleep.


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Everton drew 1-1 with Arsenal ON THIS DAY in 1995.
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Everton went on to lift the FA Cup that season beating Manchester United 1-0 in the final.
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Welcome to the PASTA thread for the January 2010 Cookbook of the Month, featuring Bistro Cooking & Trattoria: Simple and Robust Fare Inspired by the Small Family Restaurants of Italy.
Please post your reviews of Pastas (BC) and Dried Pasta (T) and Fresh Pasta (T) chapters here.
Saffron Butterflies (Trattoria p. 108)
Didn't expect to love this as much as we did, but we all thought it was wonderful. Basically you cook farfalle (she says 8 ounces, I used the whole pound, then double the sauce), drain, then add butter, cream and saffron and toss. Serve with parmesan if desired (it doesn't need it, but heck, who is going to turn down cheese?). More than the sum of its parts. Served with celery salad with anchovy dressing from the same book (spoiler alert: also a hit).
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Funny, I've flagged both of these pasta dishes to try. Do you think the "butterflies" shape is essential to the dish? I searched all over for whole wheat farfalle and came up empty-handed. DO you think another shape might work?
And, now I'm going to have to try that celery salad!
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Hmmm, I do think you want something sort of flat, to show off the lovely (you can't really see it in my photo) saffron. Also think it would stick best to something on the flat side just so it would stick nicely. Maybe shells?
You really have to like anchovy to love that celery salad, but if you do, wow, is it good!
Tagliarini (Fettucine) with Lemon Sauce (Trattoria, p. 130)
It's been cold here so we've been happy to have lots of pasta. This is very easy to make - you combine butter, heavy cream and lemon juice over low heat, then remove. Cook fresh pasta (she calls for Tagliarini but I could only find fettucine) and then add it, along with a little cooking water, to the sauce. Cover and let sit for a minute, along with grated zest of 3 lemons. Top with fresh parsley. Serve with cheese if desired. This has a nice bright flavor, and I enjoyed it, but didn't love it. I love lemon, but this was maybe overkill as a main course. Family enjoyed it, it got finished. Served with salad.
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Penne with Spicy Tomato Sauce pg. 88 Trattoria-
Simple but oh so good! It is spicy and comforting... The only thing I did different was keeping large chuncks of garlic instead of minced. I let them saute in the olive oil and soften so it tasted like pieces of roasted garlic running through the sauce.
Fusilli w/ Walnut and Garlic Sauce (T)
Have made it twice now. First time with raw garlic, as instructed, which I loved but others found too strong. Second time with roasted garlic, others liked but I found too bland! Both times we added some flat-leaf parsley which gets some colour in there as well as flavour. Way too bland otherwise. Could easily get away with using less cream.
Eggplant Pasta (Tattoria). I make my eggplant pasta using this recipe but I only use half the tomatoes and toss it through less pasta. I also cook the eggplant much longer than she suggests to allow it to become really delicious rather than just be browned and taste raw. The salting at the end of the eggplant cooking is very important.
Rigatoni with Meat and Celery Sauce (p. 112 Trattoria)
First off, I subbed ground turkey and a bit of turkey bacon for the ground beef (she gives a whole lot of subs, none of which are turkey). So review might need to be taken with a grain of salt. We liked this - a nice, hearty meal on a cold night. I think it could do with a longer simmer time, and maybe some wine or garlic for a bit more depth, but we did like it. Chopped celery and onion are cooked in olive oil, then add the meat, then crushed canned tomatoes and herbs. Cook your pasta, add to the sauce and Bob's your uncle.
Spaghetti with Shrimp, Clams, and Mussels in Tomato Sauce – p. 117 - Trattoria
Outstanding! I purchased this book over a year ago because it was a past COTM (long before my time here on CH) but this is the first opportunity I've had to cook from it. Rest assured it won't be the last since we absolutely loved this dish and mr bc never loves seafood, normally the best I can hope for is an "it was good".
Prep is straightforward though your seafood is cooked one variety at a time (in wine or water) so the cooking process is staged. Essentially you make a marinara sauce then as the seafood is cooked, the liquor is stirred into the marinara, which becomes beautifully briny as a result. In the end the seafood is combined w the sauce. The author suggests you plate the pasta then toss in the sauce along w some parsley however I prefer to toss my pasta in the pan of sauce so I went that route. I finished our plates with a dusting of fennel pollen. I used a 6 colour Tacconi vs the spaghetti since we had guests and I didn't want them to be struggling with the sometimes unruly spaghetti.
We loved this; it was one of the best seafood pastas I've made. The fennel pollen was a perfect match too. Happy to recommend this one!
ETA: PW provides instructions"For Cleaner Clams" and instructs you to dissolve salt in water then, after scrubbing your clams under cold running water, placing them in the salt water to purge at room temp for 3 hours. She says you'll be amazed at the amount of sand you end up w at the bottom of the bowl and she was right. I'll be doing this from now on!
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Lovely photos! Is this from trattoria?
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Thanks so much Westminstress and yes, you're absolutely right, this dish was from Trattoria and I've managed to edit the post to add this info!
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That Does look marvelous, BC, and I'm glad to know about the "cleaner clams" tip. I have her Bistro cookbook and like it.
Never having heard of the tre colori tacconi macaroni I did a Google image search and love what I saw! But, the shape reminded me of the long lasagne strips with curly edges. Which led me to think what a fun substitute if one can't find the tacconi. Simply break those long strips into approximately the same size as the real thing...
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Thanks Gio and what a great idea to break up the long lasagna noodles as an alternative to the tacconi. We have an amazing Italian market that is a bit of a road trip to get to but its well worth the drive because they have such an incredible variety of Italian imports. I'm powerless in there and often leave with a cart full of new to me ingredients...this pasta was one of them. It worked out perfectly w the seafood as the pieces are approx 1"x2" the ruffled edges and slight ridges on the noodle did an excellent job of capturing the broth/sauce.


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When I was reading this I felt like you were standing alongside me in my most recent H MGT.
We were on the 2 big pulls before the 1st boss. I start the pull and then i get all the mobs in front of me for some nice AOE druid tanking when all of a sudden *BOOM* now all the mobs are spread out all over the room. I have mobs hitting my behind, mobs knocked back into the boss room. I manage to gather them back up into a nice little pack again and *BOOM*. Theyre they go. This time close enough where I aggro the other pack with my AOE taunt. We burn them all down with no deaths (thankfully it was a pretty geared group).
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make the best work I can. Enjoy!
Do you believe in going back when you are
painting or drawing or do you think it is best to always make forward progress?
Leave a comment and let me know.
Chris Wynter is a Brooklyn-based painter and sculptor, as well as a professor at Pratt Institute. Wynters public works can be seen in cities all over the world, including Hualien, Taiwan; Aibetsu, Japan; and La Romana, Dominican Republic; as well as at New York Citys Studio Museum in Harlem; and the University of Connecticut. He has received awards from numerous institutions, including Arts International/Lila-Wallace; and the Asian Cultural Council.
I couldn't work in any medium if Indon'have the option to work both ways simultaneously. Ye Olde Gouache Painter
When you are on the edge of a cliff, progress is a step back!
Sometimes we need to revisit an old friend.
Most helpful article, love your writing style too. annie
I've always thought of "Going back" as part of an essential process that's necessary to produce a "finished" work. (Going back to those troublesome areas that just don't quite look right to you and fine tune darks and lights, removing search lines and the like.) That being said, one can also chase squirrels around a canvas for a lifetime in the pursuit of perfection... Sometimes forward progress means letting go and allowing your medium to speak for you.
I believe in making forward progress but I think it is perhaps due to some incipient character flaws. My head never met a brick wall it didn't like. I also find it difiicult to recapture the mood I was in when I was working on a specific piece of art. The difference is in my found art displays, which can morph as I discover new "treasures " on the mean streets of Portland, OR. (And pal they ARE mean, despite Portland's image.) Best--Alan Scally
If realism is the goal, then the eraser is as important as the charcoal.
BTW - check out some of David Kassan's charcoal work - he's achieved some striking results using Pan Pastel to lay in the broad darks before going in with eraser and pencils, both black and white.
I often go back and forth with watercolor paintngs. I might just try charcoal again
as you have captured my interest. phyllis
I've always thought most drawing was a forward only option, so its kept me from it for too many years. My artistic thought does not travel in such a nice progression so I didnt' think I was capable. Thank you for this post, having the knowledge of technique to go back and forth will allow me to explore drawing in all forms again.
Degas often reworked pastel paintings years later. If it worked for him, it can work for me! Love the column, and love the ideas you share with us!
I am not a professional artist. I find that "going back into" a finished work or "failed" painting is not fun, and is often discouraging, as I would be likely to run my head into the same wall that I hit the fiirst time. To go back in successfully requires perhaps more creativity than is involved in designing the work for the first attempt. I paint in watercolors and acrylics (usually not on the same painting). Most of the watercolor technique books describe ways of lifting, lightening, or removing colors that have already dried. For me, these techniques never work, and cause a sad overworked spot on even the highest quality papers. I think acrylics will allow overpainting to some extent, but the canvas surface texture may be smooth with the underpainting already there. Going back to the creativity needed to redo a work that is on paper, The bast approach would be to examine the design and scissor off the undesireable part, and add very little to the good part.
Your determination to master a medium that you are not that comfortable with is great!
I used to be convinced that gouache was a difficult medium, and that I could not possibly make a convincing piece of work with it, let alone master it.
Then one day I just forced myself to learn how to work with gouache, and to my surprise I found that I am a natural.
So, my advice to any artist would be, Just Try It!
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Be sure to wear your warmest Ravens gear Sunday because with temperatures dropping to as low as 23 degrees at night, it's going to be chilly.
The National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies and a high of 31 degrees today. Temps will drop to the mid 20s tonight.
Saturday we'll see a mild warm up, to around 46 degrees, the NWS forecasts, with sun and some winds.
Ravens day Sunday will see temps in the upper 30s and partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Temps will drop to the low 20s Sunday night.
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Milborough jumps the last in front of Akatara
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The 7yo son of Milan was last seen finishing an unlucky third behind Analyse That at Wexford in November 2011.
Returning to action this afternoon and having just his fourth career start, he raced in mid-division for much of the contest before taking closer order at the fourth last flight.
He was third at the third last and he came with his challenge at the next. He hit the front at the last and was pushed out on the run-in to maintain his advantage and win by two lengths at the line.
The Michael Bowe trained Akatara (11/2) finished second under Martin Burke on her twenty ninth run over hurdles while Golanedge was twenty-seven lengths back in third under Sean Flanagan for Eamonn Sheehy at 20/1.
The other 5/2 joint favourite was the Kevin O'Donnell trained Dubh Go Leir but she could only manage a disappointing fifth under Tom Doyle.
Charles Byrnes said afterwards: "He won it well and he will probably go for a handicap now.
"He has been off the track for a while with pulled muscles in his back. He stays well and I think he will improve from this run."
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The Case against Qatar hosting FIFA World Cup 2022
Issued on July 29, 2014
Congress will be presenting the case against Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Mother Jones Festival in Cork today 30 July 2014.
You can view ITUC video about conditions for migrant workers in Qatar here
The campaign website Rerun the Vote !
Full presentation here
New Guardian expose: Trapped in Qatar: The Migrants who helped build "Tower of Football"
Wrong time to ratify EU/Colombian Free Trade Agreement!
Issued on May 28, 2014
Ratification of the EU/Colombian Free Trade Agreement will be before the Dáil in the coming weeks. Please add your name to this petition to tell our TD's & Senators that it is the wrong time to approve this agreement.
Murders, disappearances; threats & intimidation of trade unionists, human rights defenders and lawyers continue unabated. Colombia is still the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade unionist.
Ran Plaza 1 year on
Issued on April 30, 2014
It is now over one year since the terible disaster killed 1138 people in Rana Plaza, Dhaka, Bangladesh. What has changed?
A full list of companies that have contributed to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund can be found here and a full list of companies that have signed the Accord can be found here.
Congress participated in a Clean Clothes Campaign Event to mark the Anniversary in Grafton Street last week
Tailored Wages – new report investigates clothing brands' work on living wages
Issued on April 01, 2014
A Survey of 39 leading clothing brands on the Irish high-street show they must do much more to ensure garment workers receive a wage they can live on. The Clean Clothes Campaign Ireland have launched 'Tailored Wages' an in depth study of what the leading 39 clothing brands on the Irish and European high-street are doing to ensure that the workers who produce the clothes they sell are paid a living wage. Based on a multi brand survey "Tailored Wages" found that whilst half of those surveyed included wording in their codes of conduct saying that wages should be enough to meet workers' basic needs; only four brands – Inditex (Zara), Marks & Spencers, Switcher and Tchibo - were able to show any clear steps towards implementing this – and even they have a long way to go before a living wage becomes a reality for the garment workers that produce for them.
Release Kim Jung-woo
Issued on March 20, 2014
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Amnesty International Ireland have written to, Park, Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Kim Jung-woo, who was detained solely for exercising his right to freedom of association. We also call for the government to recognise the right of trade unionists to carry out their work without harassment or arrest, in accordance with international human rights law. Full letter here


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In Slovakia, a Citizen's Effort To Build a Holocaust Memorial to His City's Missing Jews
Ladislav Rovinský isn't Jewish—but that gives him the freedom to insist that Košice confront its wartime history
Persistent in the political discourse are voices calling for the rehabilitation of wartime Slovakia's representatives, discounting the country's active role in the Holocaust, or justifying the regime's anti-Semitic policies. A notorious 2011 incident involved the unveiling, despite months of protests of historians, activists, and members of the Jewish community, of a statue in the village of Rajec honoring Ferdinand Ďurčanský, who, as wartime Slovakia's government minister, proposed and executed anti-Jewish policies. Many also continue to issue apologetic statements for the Roman Catholic Bishop Ján Vojtaššák, who participated in aryanizations of Jewish property, or of then-president Jozef Tiso.
In early August, Ján Čarnogurský, former leader of Christian Democratic Movement party and a 2014 presidential candidate, provoked outrage by highlighting the progress the nation's cultural and art elite made in wartime Slovakia and denying that state's accepted description as a fascist state. In late August, the mayor of Krupina, a central Slovak town of 7,800, was forced to apologize for disparaging on Facebook the "glorification of Jews" and civilization-destroying actions by "circumcised dudes" in the Middle East.
The current ruling party—the populist, social-democratic party Smer, led by the prime minister Robert Fico—has a mixed record. In August, Fico became Slovakia's first prime minister to attend a national commemoration of the Roma killed in the Holocaust. But the next day, Fico gave a speech at the annual award ceremony of the Slovak heritage institution Matica Slovenská, where honorees included Imrich Kružliak, the wartime republic's propaganda office press department chief.
On Sept. 9, Fico gave a speech at a Day of Holocaust and Racial Discrimination Victims ceremony in the Slovak capital, Bratislava, commemorating the passing in 1941 of anti-Jewish laws. The Slovak press agency SITA reported Fico as saying, "Both as a nation and as a country, we wish not to repeat the mistakes of our past."
The same day the Citizens to Citizens initiative held a small, solemn ceremony on the site in Košice where in Jews were interned and loaded into transport trains in 1944. "The memorial will stand in a respectable public space to remind everyone of the horrors of the Holocaust," Rovinský told me. "I will work on this until the memorial is finished."
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Anna Hrachovec is a toy designer and artist living in Chicago.
With her knitted characters and installations, Anna embraces familiar cultural touchstones - from everyday objects to fairy tales and urban myths - and twists them around with playfulness and a few carefully placed stitches. Her ever-expanding imaginary world, Mochimochi Land, is a squishy realm of chaos whose mixture of humor and pathos reflects our own reality.
With her knitting website and pattern books, Anna has inspired knitters worldwide to build on her designs and create worlds of their own.
Her character-based art has been exhibited in the US, Germany, The Netherlands, and Japan.
For commercial inquiries, please contact CWC International.
You can also contact Anna at anna [at] annahrachovec [dot] com.
Recent Exhibitions
"The Wooly Woods," smallspace gallery, Berlin, April 2013 [Pictoplasma Festival]
Laterna Magica film festival, Marseille, December 2012
"Luv-able + Hug-able" (group show), gallery hanahou, NYC, December 2011-January 2012
"Gnomes vs. Snowmen: The battle for Mochimochi Land," gallery hanahou, NYC, November 2011 [Pictoplasma Festival]
"Mochimochimochimochimochi," Lion Brand Yarn Studio, NYC, August-October 2011
"Mochimochi Worlds," smallspace gallery, Berlin, April 2011 [Pictoplasma Festival]
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I got to go to Mexico tonight. The best part is that Tortas De Fuego restaurant just opened at the end of my street and it's authentic!!! The highlight for me was the taco al pastor, which is my favorite kind of taco to find in Mexico. The tortas looked mouth watering as well. They will definitely be seeing a lot of me in there. Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend!
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Almost two years ago I wrote a blog post about the 'Silent Summer' – the looming loss of bees and other insects from the British countryside. In that post I mentioned Nomada signata, one of a fascinating group of about thirty small, wasp-like species of bee that are kleptoparasites on mining bees. Signata is a nationally rare species that kleptoparasites the Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva, and I'd photographed a female (without having a clue to its identification – that came via Stuart Roberts, chair of the excellent BWARS) in my garden in late-April.
Female Nomada signata, Great Chalfield, April 2010
I've been looking for Nomad bees again this spring, hoping of course to find another signata. There were masses of mining bees around early in the month (which is when I posted an image I'd taken of the Nationally Notable Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor) and things looked quite hopeful until the change in the weather of last week. It's horrible outside and if there are any bees around there's no way I'm going to get soaked looking for them…
Anyway, I did manage to find a Nomada here at Great Chalfield last week, just before the rain closed in for the rest of the month – though I doubt that it's identifiable to species based on the photos below. Not only was it in woodland edge under grey skies, meaning it was difficult to get a decent depth-of-field, the bee is covered in pollen from a dandelion which – given how tricky these things can be – is probably covering up some vital identification feature (or coloured it yellow). I think it's probably Nomada flava which is widespread roughly south of a line from the Mersey to the Humber, and virtually indistinguishable from the even more widely distributed (and dramatically named) N. panzeri. I suspect this will have to be listed as Nomada sp., but I could be completely wrong of course and I'd welcome any comments either way.
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These two nutrients, when put together, make up the most potent combination, which spurs growth in the physical and mental faculties of children.
Sydenham Laboratories Inc. has combined CGF and taurine in its new variant, Jus' 4 Kids Plus, to ensure that children get the best health benefits from the beverage.
It is also fortified with vitamins A, C, E, B1, B3, zinc, and iodine — micronutrients that help improve the growth and immune system of children.
"It used to be that we had CGF in the orange-flavored Zoom! Growth enhancer while the mango-flavored IQ tonic brain booster had taurine. We have now combined CGF and taurine in both flavors so that children who prefer to drink just one flavor can have both CGF and taurine not to mention vitamins A, C, E, B1, B3, zinc, and iodine. These improved variants now come in bigger packs," said Nina Peña, sales and marketing manager of Sydenham Laboratories.
One of the experts who actively took part in the formulation of Jus' 4 Kids is Dr. Rodolfo Florentino, chairman and president of the Nutrition Foundation of the Philippines.
Jus' 4 Kids has been approved by the Department of Health, through its Sangkap Pinoy Seal Program, and the Bureau of Food and Drug.
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Pascha has begun (though still a few hours away here in the Eastern United States). But if you listen carefully, you can begin to hear the bells sounding from the East. Christ is risen!
This delightful Youtube video is a favorite of mine. One of our readers and occasional commenter, Dejan, (without a doubt my favorite Serb) provided the English translation. The words are from a poem by St. Nikolai Velimirovich who served for a time as the Rector of St. Tikhon's Seminary – truly one of the great Serbian saints of the modern era.
People rejoice, nations hear:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Stars dance, mountains sing:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Forests murmur, winds hum:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Seas bow, animals roar:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Bees swarm, and the birds sing:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Angels stand, triple the song:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Sky humble yourself, and elevate the earth:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Bells chime, and tell to all:
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
Glory to You God, everything is possible to You,
Christ is risen, and brings the joy!
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Lovely! Thank your for sharing. Christ is risen!
Absolutely beautiful. As beautiful as was the Holy Liturgy at midnight last night! Χριστός Ανέστη!
He is risen indeed!
Thank you, Father Stephen, for keeping up this blog.
Even without the English translation (though I still recognize "Christ is risen!"), this video/song never fails to being tears to my eyes. Truly, Christ is risen!
Indeed, Christ is risen!
As a Catholic, I am on the Roman calendar and the 6th Sunday of Easter. But I celebrate Pascha with you today – for it is an Eternal truth – or no truth at all.
With Fr. Stephen's permission, I would like share with you my post today on my blog, sharing a short video about the transformative experience of Pascha. (Fr. Stephen and Fr. Aidan get special mention at the end of the post!) You are also welcome to read the previous post which was offered for my own Easter celebration.
Blessings to all!
Aye. As we Catholics prepare for Pentecost, I pray that you Orthodox, who are our brothers, have a joyful and transformative Pascha. All glory to the Father through the Son in the Spirit, forever and ever, and unto ages of ages, amen.
Indeed, He is risen!
Christ is risen! Indeed he is Risen!
Hristos a inviat! Adevarat a inviat!
Best wishes Father, to you and all your readers!
Dear Father,
Thank you so much for your kind words, and thanks also to readers for kind comments. But you know what? Recently I discovered one video in Russian that brought me so much inspiration, it is about life of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Although I generally don't understand Russian language (though visually I can relate to events from reading his biography), that video touched me so deeply with its universal message which is beyond words, and its emanating of innocence and simplicity that is the mark of the spirit of Russian villages in those times. I stand amazed in front of the infinite possibilities of expressing timeless Orthodox values through contemporary means of creating art – composing songs, making short films, or drawing cartoons. And this art can be such that brings tears of joy in eyes; that animated cartoon really touched me, and therefore most joyfully I am offering it to you. Greetings from Serbia! Ваистину воскресе – Indeed He is risen!
Here is the link: http://youtu.be/avHT6aWCJWo
Fr. Stephen,
Could you send me an e-mail to contact you? I have an off-topic question to ask you that I do not want to post here. (If this is an inappropriate request, I apologize and you may remove this.) Thank you.
Fr Stephen please forgive this off topic effort at contact….
Hello Dejan,
I'm hoping this is you. I remember several years ago an Orthodox discussion board on ICQ. This would be perhaps 2006-07. You, Dn. John from California and I had some good discussions there. Is it you?
No, that must be someone else. I don't know much about Orthodoxy but I am enjoying learning; it happened so that once upon a time WordPress listed 100 most popular blogs on their servers, and I was surprised to see there is an Orthodox blog there. I think it was in 2007, back then this blog was much smaller – but also full of certain sublime peace as today (which is not easy thing to maintain), and I was so glad to find that someone uses internet in such constructive way. Needless to say, in many difficult moments I found consolation and inner reassurance while resonating with what I read here in the blog and Fr. Stephen is definitely my favourite Orthodox priest :). His seeking of truth is with childlike attitude – we never know what would be next topic he will write on, but whatever he chooses he is going to play with words with same joy as a child is playing with toys, re-creating more fulfilling realities and perspectives to point on. No geometry here on the blog, just pure poetry.
Truly He is Risen!
Thank you Fr., for sharing this. I was very sick during Holy Week and Bright Week, and so I missed almost everything. The nuns at St. Paisius Monastery in Arizona have a recording of this song in English. It's so lovely, I started teaching it to my daughter. Thank you again.


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The links in the table on the left take you to sub-headings on this page.
Mind and Consciousness
The view that I follow is that of objective Idealism, rather than the more usual subjective Idealism.
In my view, human consciousness has three modes or factors, those of mind, will (or will power), and feeling. Mind is separate from will and feeling, and yet interaction occurs. Mind and will interact to produce desire, and mind and feeling interact to produce emotion. [¹]
The sum total of mind, will and feeling produces consciousness. The agency of consciousness is the ego.
Therefore consciousness is different from mind.
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|Two forms of Perception
|Metaphysics and Psychology
|Will and Mind
|Two orientations to Perception
Subjective Idealism and objective Idealism are differing versions of philosophical Idealism, which is the view that matter does not exist in its own right, that in fact it is a product of mind. In this view, all objects are mental creations. So, since the whole world is the sum of all objects, then even the world is a mental construction.
The crucial difference between subjective and objective views of philosophical Idealism is that I need to explain two central features of life : the experience of relationships, along with the existence of confusion and determinism. These features react on each other. A subjective Idealist, considering himself to be a monad (a self-sufficient and self-contained ego), can ignore relationships ; I cannot. This is because I centre on psychology ; I use philosophy only to explain my psychology.
For a subjective Idealist, experience is of objects only ; this gives rise to static perception (the object stays the same). For an objective Idealist, experience is enlarged to include relationships : relationships imply that the ego is not self-sufficient and self-contained. In addition, confusion and determinism indicate that a subconscious component to mind exists – this feature of mind is not part of monad theory. These features give rise to dynamic perception (since relationships change) as well. Therefore, the main difference between the two forms of Idealism can be interpreted as pivoting on the issue of perception.
Within a perspective
reincarnation, both static perception and dynamic perception are
learned responses. Knowledge acquired by experience in past lives
becomes subconscious in this life. Subconscious knowledge is part
of the mental 'background' of a person, and is the
intuitive basis on which he faces life. Knowledge not acquired in
past lives becomes knowledge gained through experience in this
In Kantian metaphysics, past-life experience can be viewed as a priori knowledge, whilst experience in the present life can be called a posteriori knowledge.
Dynamic perception is acquired by the infant before static perception is. This means that the infant becomes sensitive to the relationships to its parents before it becomes sensitive to the perception of objects. This order of perception creates the possibility of infancy trauma. The infant acquires sensitivity to negative influences within its relationships without having, as well, the ability to interpret accurately these relationships. [²]
The perception of dynamic relationships leads to the ' not-self ' (that which is different from the ego) and so to the 'creation' of objects through static perception. The subconscious mind of the infant is the storehouse of its learning from past lives, and subconscious memories of relationships are always more powerful and profound than subconscious memories of objects. Therefore the need to relate dynamically to people always overrides the need to relate statically to objects.
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In general, perception has both metaphysical and psychological factors.
Everything that I see produces images or ideas in my mind. An image is just a non-verbal idea. I am only aware of ideas. But I am not an idea, since will and feeling are separate from mind. In the process of perception there is more than one mind involved. A perceptual process occurs because an idea in the mind of god becomes reflected as an idea in my mind.
The permanence of objects occurs because they exist as ideas in the universal mind of god, and are maintained by the will of god (Schopenhauer's impersonal will - see article Will and Representation). The transience of my mental images is due to the restlessness of my mind ; my will is not powerful enough to maintain my images. The factor of will is the factor that Berkeley ignored (see article Subjective Idealism).
At this level my mind evaluates the idea or image. I assume that the idea in the mind of god is not associated with value since equanimity is the basis of divine consciousness (that is, the state of Nirvana). It is the role of centres of consciousness, such as humans, animals, and other life forms, to add the factors of value. Hence objects have no value in themselves, and only acquire value from animals, humans, etc.
In my understanding of reality, god generates universal mind but centres of consciousness have their own unique mind. God provides perception and the ego interprets it. There are two components to perception, one being static and the other being dynamic :
god-ego relationship
This requires a scenario of subjective Idealism (focusing on monadism). This is the static perspective ; it centres on object recognition and is due to intellectual discrimination of sensory stimuli.
Projection and introjection
This requires a scenario of relationships. It focuses on bonding (with its factors of imprinting, identification and transference) and on subconscious determinism. This is the dynamic perspective. It centres on value and meaning, and is due to desire and emotion. [³]
Subconscious determinism is a product of childhood, either of the present life or from previous lives on Earth. It originates when anxiety becomes attached to the memory of an event that has caused the child a psychological problem. If the child cannot handle that anxiety, then it becomes motivated to avoid and deny that problem ; the memory becomes repressed. Now the problem remains permanently in the subconscious mind, even when the child has grown up. Subconscious determinism occurs because motivation has become compulsive in anxiety-provoking social situations. And this motivation is itself subconscious. A person will behave in inflexible and stereotyped ways, and not understand why he does so.
Taken together, factors (a) and (b) form objective Idealism.
Therefore a comprehensive theory of perception requires an adequate understanding of psycho-dynamic psychology.
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Some deductions from these ideas :
the Will
Perception depends upon awareness. Awareness can mean that we decide what we want to see before we see it. This brings in the will. Therefore perception depends on will. Perception is controlled by the will. Perception can be considered to be our fundamental moral experience: our moral choices are reflected in our perception.
States of social situations and relationships form objective reality. In any situation or relationship, the will controls perception, and thereby cognition, by turning the perceptions into conceptions. The concepts formed then induce the appropriate emotions. So the ego experiences the emotions appropriate to the perception of that situation. In short, the will controls perception so as to experience desired concepts.
Cognition produces awareness but not experience. The development of a material brain and a material body as a function of cognition allows the ego to experience that awareness.
We experience objective reality because we desire to do so. Hence the will is dominant. Then the will develops the intellectual aspect of mind : the intellect serves the will and allows it to achieve its aims. The magnitude of the intellect is proportional to the needs of the will (Schopenhauer's view).
When we use our mind we work mainly with projection. It is the way of experiencing ideas. So projection and the will work hand-in-hand when we engage in objective reality.
the Mind
There is another orientation to perception. It functions differently according to whether I am engaged in subjective reality or in objective reality. Subjective reality can be an absorption in meditation, day-dreaming, contemplation, or listening to music. In this orientation, the mind is dominant.
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The two orientations are :
In subjective reality, the
mind is dominant.
Therefore perception is governed by the mind.
In objective reality, the
will is dominant.
Therefore perception is governed by the will.
and meaning
are the grounds of perception.
So :
in (c) we have : value
governs belief.
Then belief governs perception.
in (d) we have : value
governs will.
Then will governs perception.
Bonding and subconscious determinism
complicate this simple pattern.
I enlarge it to :
e). In subjective reality, perception is governed predominantly by the mind and emotion.
f ). In objective reality, perception is governed predominantly by the will and desire.
To unravel perception fully requires the addition to these ideas of two other descriptions of consciousness.
the understanding of philosophical phenomenology, or the philosophical description of states of consciousness (as in the works of Edmund Husserl).
the understanding of psychic phenomenology, as portrayed in theosophical theories.
I have not yet investigated Husserl's ideas, and the empirical exploration of theosophical ideas is beyond my ability. I have been concerned with the understanding of psychological phenomenology, or the psychological description of states of consciousness.
Only by understanding all these states of consciousness can the ideal of truth be fully attained. Despite my limitations, I can formulate a definition of truth.
Truth is a phenomenology of consciousness.
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The number in brackets at the end of each reference takes you back to the paragraph that featured it. The addresses of my other websites are on the Links page.
[¹]. For an overview of my ideas on consciousness as will, mind, and feeling, see article Emotion and Abreaction. [1]
[²]. Trauma in infancy occurs when the stresses and negative states of mind of the parents' own lives (and the lives of its significant others) are transmitted to the fledgling ego of the infant. This is one of the origins of violence.
Infancy trauma is explained in two articles on my website Patterns of Confusion. The first article, Vulnerability of the Ego, focuses on the origins of violence. And the second one, Guilt & Meaning - part 2, centres on why trauma occurs unintentionally ; a shortened version of this article is Infancy Trauma, on my website The Subconscious Mind.
Also, an article on Bonding focuses on some problems of a sensitive child and explains an unintentional source of infancy trauma. This is on my websites Discover Your Mind, and The Subconscious Mind, and The Strange World of Emotion. [2]
[³]. See glossary for a short note on projection. In more detail, Projection and Introjection, as well as Bonding, are explained in articles on my websites Discover Your Mind and The Strange World of Emotion.
Subconscious determinism and subconscious motivation are described in the first article on Abreaction, which is on my psychology websites Discover Your Mind, and The Subconscious Mind, and The Strange World of Emotion.
See the article Meaning and Value. [3]
The overall framework of my metaphysics is also outlined in the articles Monism and Dualism and End States of Mind.
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Criticisms of Subjective Idealism
Objective Idealism
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I can't put my finger on it, Lamar, but there's something strange about the models we're using for this fashion show. They're not the usual girls, are they?
No Boss, you said we had to save some money, and I had a brilliant idea. You're gonna love this one.
Oh Lord, another one of your brilliant ideas, Lamar? What did you do this time?
I went over to a hospital early this morning and picked up some women who were scheduled for brain surgery. They've already been prepped, and they're partially anesthetized already!
So they don't know where they are, or what they're doing? Pretty much like our regular models?
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So Lamar is still lost in Georgia, I see. No shortage of zombies there, it would appear. Maybe they have started the zombie apocalypse already and didn't tell us.
The zombie apocalypse starts with a fashion show? That's not how I envisioned it. Where is the horror, the carnage? Where is Simon Pegg to take us to the Windchester?
Has Lamar stumbled on to the once-scret Model Creation Factory, where it seems that ordinary folks are turned into mindless clothes-horses, by means of having their brain removed and one painted on the side instead?
That's no vacuous zombie, that's America's Next Top Model.
Wait… isn't that really just the same thing?
Nice post, BG. I wish I had thought of it. But then, I'm a little short on brains myself today.
Zombies disguised as fashion models, taking over the world one show at a time! It explains so much!
Not much of a disguise, though.
Don't you hate it when a song gets stuck in your head. In this case it could be 'Georgia On My Mind', or maybe 'If I Only Had A Brain' from The Wizard of Oz.
The zombie apocalypse starts with stick on paper pictures of brains? Really?
It means, "Fashion on the brain." Sometimes, these designers are too cute, like this year, when Betsy Johnson had all her models wear a necklace that read, "Ride Me".
Because they represented the clothes horses. Duh!
Designers are bonkers, that's for sure
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Fashion shows may be the rage, but they are also a bore…
The models have turned zombies, and now wear their brains on the outside held by a bow…