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Han Qing
At Night
Venue: Red Gate Gallery
Exhibition Dates: March, 2015
Essay: By Night — Manifesting Reality
— Some thoughts on Han Qing's oil painting
Han Qing's work is filled with a kind of sadness, like Han Qing himself. Han Qing is not an outgoing person who makes a strong first impression. You even feel a little worried in talking with him, because his Mandarin is not very standard, and he speaks very slowly, so you must first adapt for a period of time. Moreover his thoughts tend to jump around, and sometimes his replies to your questions leave you far from what you want to know. His thinking is similar to that of a poet. Actually he also made music originally. Perhaps the fluidity of music causes his thoughts to grow unstable. Still, this expression has not led him to state the meaning of his works clearly.
Han Qing started to paint the evening light after 2000. He attempted to use light that borrows the chilly night to confuse, to dazzle, to express loss, confusion, and the loneliness of contemporary existence. By day, we are a group of people; only by night do we become ourselves. By day we camouflage ourselves; only by night do we liberate ourselves. By day we pretend to be sanctimonious angels; by night we indulge fervour and desire with the devil. The night is a paradise of desire, a place where our innermost wants to arrive. But the night is also a hell in which we perish, and give up to lasciviousness and luxury. If daytime is the high tide of life, then night is when we start to appreciate the true meaning of life. When the sun goes down, the streetlamps start to shine. These man-made lights have no natural rays. In this imagined landscape, we start to reconsider the circumstances of daytime. What do we think about at this time? When you walk on the spacious street after indulgence and fervour, the street light elongates your form, the far automobile headlights stab your eyes, and your shadow could extend forever. You attempt to see some truth clearly: who was walking in that far-off place, and what did happen?
In terms of painterly language, Han Qing has used rosy reds, perhaps to conceal pornographic and carnal desire, or to convey the real lives of contemporary people. What occurs in our real lives is the real situation of every day in which the position of the urbanite is ambiguous, chilly and at loose ends. Han Qing's oil painting relies on different techniques than those of other artists. Many artists start from the deep colors as they paint, but Han Qing starts from the brightest, lightest colors, and when the painting is nearly complete, he does not make any revisions. Like pencil sketches, his pictures develop bit by bit. His painting is very thin and the paint is very watery. This method can only be completed very rapidly. Perhaps it reflects his character; his life is nearly consumed in fervid indulgence. The life which hides by day and comes out at night sets the parameters for his work. What does he think in the illuminated night, as he stands in the street corner, as the automobile headlights hit him from the side? What do these works tell us? Do we have feelings like his? Are we also lonely and confused? What place do we have to move towards?
Zhao Shulin
March, 2006, Beijing
Born in Sichuan Province
Graduated from Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing
Lives and works in Beijing and Chengdu
Solo Exhibition
Tales of a Director, Red Gate
|The BigCi Environmental Award 2014, Greater Blue Mountains, Australia
|Han Qing New painting, Red Gate Gallery
|At Night, Red Gate Gallery
|Night Jazz, Studio Rouge, Shanghai
|Night Trip, Chengdu Art, Chengdu
|Under the Light, Orient Foundation, Macau
|Street Light, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam
|Subject of Night, Antelope Art Gallery, Chengdu
Group Exhibitions
Red Gate on the Move, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
|The Grand Opening of the Marengo Gallery, Pasadena, USA
Look for a Bird, BigCi, Australia
My Living Room - Red Gate Gallery 25th Anniversary, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing – Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Vermilion Art, Australia
Double Track – China & South Korea Artists Communication Exhibition,
|Shanghai 800 Art Museum, Shanghai
|Made in China, Contemporary Chinese Artist Luciano Benetton Collection, Milan
Two Generations - 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art 2012 Australian Tour: City of Sydney Chinese New Year; Manning Regional Gallery; Damien Minton Gallery; University of Newcastle Gallery; Melbourne International Fine Arts (MiFA); Linton & Kay, Perth
|20 Years - Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Island6 Art Center, Shanghai
20 Years - Two Generations of Artists at Red Gate, Red Gate Gallery
|Red Gate Launch Pad – Celebrating 10 Years of Artists in Residence, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
|HK10 Art Fair, Hongkong
Head On, Red Gate Gallery
30 Degrees, Red Gate Gallery
30 Degrees, Studio Rouge, Shanghai
|China Form, Red Gate Gallery
Art Beijing, Beijing
|Red Gate Stars, Red Gate Gallery
|China Landscape, Jang Art Gallery,Beijing
|A Different Perspectives, Red Gate Gallery
Power - Shape: International contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Bridge Art Center
|New Art from Sichuan, The Collection Gallery, UK
|China Scene, Luxembourg
China Sensation – New Art from Chengdu, Art Gallery Of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
|China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
|Nocturnals, Canvas International Art, Netherlands
|The 8th SSamzie Space Open Studio Exhibition, Korea
New Wave, Malinda Art Gallery, Singapore
|To the Watchtower: Red Gate Gallery's 15th Anniversary
|China International Gallery Expo, Beijing
|Art Contemporary China 2005, Roma, Mexico
|Representative Exhibition, Sao. Paulo, Brazil
|Representative Artists, Gallery 57, Portugal
18 Chinese Contemporary Artists Living in Chengdu, Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
|Kunst RAI 2004, Amsterdam
|Crowds and Voids: 11 + 1, Art Scene Warehouse, Shanghai
|Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
|3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing
|Sichuan Oil Painting, Sichuan Museum of Fine Arts, Chengdu
Existence - Sublimation, Cross Art, Chengdu
|Chengdu Contemporary Arts, Chengdu
|Life in the Dark - 2000 Contemporary Arts, Chengdu
|The Twinkling - Chinese Fine Arts at the End of the Century, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
|Chengdu Oil Painting, Chengdu Museum of Fine Arts
|1st Sichuan Bashu Oil Painting, Chengdu
The BigCi Environmental Awards
Public Collections
Orient Foundation
|AKZO NOBEL Art Foundation
Tales of a Director
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Venue: Red Gate Gallery
Exhibition Dates: May 9 - 31, 2015
March, early Spring before Qing Ming Festival, Botanical Gardens, Chengdu.
Sunday brings a lot of people to enjoy spring. The large expanse of lawn is surrounded by green trees and bushes. Yet the lawn still has its winter die-off and a lot of the grass is dried and yellow, with spots of very fine green.
My eyes caught the diffuse light in the park and stimulated my eye-sight. The green color of the lawn was floating in the air. Everyone had gone. At that moment, I felt something very familiar and yet strangely unfamiliar about this sweep of quiet and empty lawn. It was like déjà vu. Where had I encountered this scene before? It must be Antonioni's lawn I thought. Now the color of the lawn was magically turning from yellow to green – there seemed to be something hidden in the distant bush. The lawn then became dramatically greener and the weird green was intoxicating with diverse shades of intense green like emerald, agate, and jadeite. Suddenly, the whole lawn instantly transformed into a golf course! Where did the little white golf ball I just hit go? It was lost, I told myself. After five minutes looking, just when I had decided to give up, I found it in a corner. However, when I tried to hit it again, the ball showed up in long grass beside an obstacle, and there was another bush. I never succeeded in actually hitting the ball. Was it even a ball I had hit?
We are gazing at the lawn, looking for something. Maybe it's a golf ball we lost, a non-existent tennis ball, or some truth in this indistinct world.
This series of paintings is a series of imagined scenes inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blow-Up. I'm trying to express the visual thoughts that accompany a personal psychological experience, a scene in my mind that feels familiar yet also unfamiliar. The lawn transforms into a golf course because of their shared elements – the greens of the grass.
Han Qing, Beijing
March 31, 2015
Translated by Dr Bruce Gordon Doar
Night is not Day — Han Qing interview
Time: Night, March 26, 2006
Venue: Tu Ce Studio 798 art district, Beijing
Interviewer: Jiang Ming (Curator,Critic)
Subject: Han Qing (Artist)
Jiang Ming (hereafter JM): When did you begin to create contemporary artworks?
Han Qing (hereafter HQ): It began when I was a student, because I was then involved in rock and Roll but also painting at the same time.
JM: How old were you at that time?
HQ: Twenty.
JM: When did you first encounter painting?
HQ: I liked drawing, and began to draw form childhood.
JM: Did you start to study systematically afterward? What was your major?
HQ: Yes, I graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts College with a major in fine arts education.
JM: Did you teach school after you graduated?
HQ: Well, yes, I spent some time as an art teacher in a Chengdu middle school.
JM: How many years did you teach?
HQ: I left school thoroughly in 1999.
JM: Then you began as a professional artist?
HQ: Not yet, I did something first. I had some part-time jobs.
JM: But you put your main energy on the arts, yes?
HQ: Yes, I left school so that I could focus on my artworks.
JM: When did you begin to draw these artworks?
HQ: I drew some works about disappeared children when I was still at the Academy in 1992, you know, paintings of kids wearing red scarves. Because I often heard reports about pupils who went away from home at that time. I drew some missing persons' notices for children in red scarves.
JM: How did you create these artworks?
HQ: I just used a photocopier to enlarge photographs of children, and then drew them out monochromatically. It's a set of artworks. There were some photos of children, such as one drawing called "Two boys went back home reluctantly after school." They wear schoolbags in a clear place with a high-handed electrical wire on their back. There were a number of works in this vein.
JM: What did you want to show in this set of artworks?
HQ: I wanted to show a social disposition, to show the disposition of children who had been repressed.
JM: To show a social problem, the individual and family problems brought on by transitions in the educational and political systems, right?
HQ: Yes, there were parents at that time who left to make money and didn't take care of their children.
JM: Educational loss stems from economic and commercial influence. Were you looking to refract larger social problems by looking at children?
HQ: That's it. Lots of parents haven't the energy to take care of children, due to the pressures of daily existence and competition. These pressures are brought on by the changes in Chinese society. Afterwards I began to work in self-portraiture.
JM: Was that your second series?
HQ: No, although the subject was different, these works date to the same moment.
JM: Is there anything special about your painterly language?
HQ: I used a palette of blues and grays to show feelings of repression and depression. And I made another work in which a pedestrian crossing the road encounters strong light and has to hold his hands up to block it.
JM: When did you start to create these artworks about the night?
HQ: I started these artworks about the night in 1999. But these works are not in the vein of the very specialized works about night light that I did later. They still contain scenes of people.
JM: When did you first decide to remove the people?
HQ: Beginning in 2001, I began to work in the way I do now, without people, only scenes of lit-up nights. I wanted to create a space people could inhabit, to show how one person can feel lonely on a clear night, a psychological experience in which loss and hope stand contradictory. Night is not day.
JM: After 2001 your paintings had no people, they became merely environments.
HQ: Yes a kind of environment. Mostly they depicted the evening streetlights.
JM: To show a clear feeling and let people feel loneliness and coldness.
HQ: In my opinion, society has been developing is so quickly since 2000. Sometimes people haven't figured out how to adapt. For example, days are filled with hell-bent work, and this changes your identity and status. The most basic and instinctual things about people are camouflaged. Then at night, people return to their normal dispositions, and this is ever more obvious.
JM: Your canvases have a certain expressionist quality to them. Why do you use this method?
HQ: I'm a very emotional person. My painting is not an exquisite or rational thing. I must enter a kind of state when I'm drawing. I need spiritual to let my spiritual tendencies show.
JM: Do others influence your works? Such as Richter?
HQ: There are some, coming from the art-historical canon, for example the Italian painter Giorgio diChirico.
JM: Your canvases are quite different from his in my opinion.
HQ: Yes, I like deep and serene scenes. And the canvas should have stronger perspective to create a space that can let you in.
JM: But diChirico's works are so rational.
HQ: I still like a few of his works.
JM: You are interested in the way he makes his artistic point.
HQ: Yes, you're right, artistic conception is the most pivotal thing in my painting.
JM: In fact, the technique is different completely. Do others influence your painterly language?
HQ: My painterly language does not derive from anyone. I like lot of artists for the way they paint. But in the end I have to find my own expressive method. So I ended up creating my own technique.
JM: What's special and different about it?
HQ: I paint in reverse. Usually people start by painting dark colors and then fill in the light spots on top. I start with the bright parts and finish in one swoop, at one time. I need to finish while the paint is still watery.
JM: You need an impulse to create! You are rather emotional.
HQ: Yes, my paintings are like pencil sketches that add dark to light; usually one starts with darkness, or from intermediary colors.
JM: The feeling is like develop come out bit by bit.
HQ: My painting use white as base. First I apply a watery white then draw directly. There are a lot of optional and improvisational things. I find a kind of effect to adapt myself, I think.
JM: Do you think you have already found it?
HQ: Yes, I found it a long time ago. So my painting is complete, at least from a technical standpoint.
JM: Do you think painting technique is important?
HQ: Yes, I think that a painter needs to solve technical problems. If many technical problems are left unresolved, the painting is not perfect; perhaps it even fails.
M: What do you think is important for contemporary art?
HQ: I think painting is still about conveying information to people. That's one concept, one rationale. But how do you present your work through a complete method as a painter? You must answer this question, otherwise you should use other methods. This is the difference between painting and other media like photography and performance. I prefer painting because I have confidence in it. I think this is the temptation, or the charm of painting. It can create the images that I envision.
JM: Painting should have a strong technical character.
HQ: Yes, if painting doesn't have stronger character, you should not paint. In fact, I'm comprehensive. At the same time I work with painting, I also dabble in photography.
JM: What relation exists between your art and your family?
HQ: No relation.
JM: What do your parents do?
HQ: They are sort of generic corporate employees with no connection to art.
JM: So they have no influence on you?
HQ: I'm sure there are some subtle influences, because when I chose art, they were initially opposed. Parents of my parents' generation mostly hoped for their children to have a normal stable job, particularly because it wasn't very easy to get into art school at that time.
JM: What hobbies do you have except drawing?
HQ: Originally, I liked music. When I studied at the academy, I also organized a band, and now music is my second hobby.
JM: Does your music influence your painting?
HQ: Quite a lot. Actually music is quite intense in the artistic domain, especially rock-and-roll.
JM: Why don't you continue to make music?
HQ: If I continue to make music, it means I'm going to continue to suffer.
JM: Are you afraid of suffering?
HQ: No, but to make music you need to cooperate with a lot of people. Perhaps I am just too much the individualist.
JM: But painting is freedom for individual.
HQ: Yes, it's most pivotal. Music also needs equipment and other conditions.
JM: In other words it can be restricted by many conditions.
HQ: The third reason I stopped making music was that market space was so limited at that moment.
JM: Do you take much account of the market?
HQ: You need a basic guarantee for your existence.
JM: But choosing art means hardship too. If it's only about the demands of life demand, you could choose another job and live better.
HQ: I prefer to put my strong suit out.
JM: Do you like reading?
HQ: I'd like to read psychology books.
JM: Do you read much Freud?
HQ: Yes, but I like psychology books about art better.
JM: What do you think is the biggest difference between our generation and others?
HQ: Firstly its idealism, but the ideals seem to be gone today.
JM: I don't agree with this viewpoint. When other people don't have ideals, why does that mean you can't. Lots of people raise this point but I never agree.
HQ: I can have ideals, but they are always affected by environment.
JM: Why do you have to be affected by your environment? You should strive for your individual ideals.
HQ: That's my greatest disappointment: Due to this whole set of social changes people have lost their ideals.
JM: This seems just to prove that your ideals are not strong enough.
HQ: There just seem to be so many compromises to me.
JM: That's the most weak-kneed trait of the Chinese cultural intelligentsia.
HQ: One person also needs to adapt to the larger atmosphere of his or her era.
JM: Why must one person must go with the flow of an era?
HQ: One person will be lonelier like that.
JM: If you can really strive for your ideals, why would one care about loneliness? Each person must stay lonely in order to persevere in his idealism.
HQ: I think there is a better method. In my opinion, people should adapt to this society, because they are gregarious animals.
JM: Not every artist can become a Van Gogh. Actually their ideals and ambition is not their real necessity. At a suitable opportunity, the will transfer his ideals to other things.
HQ: Yes, there are many inconsistencies between idealism and realism. Currently there is less possibility to be a Van Gogh. Many people like to compromise toward realism. People consider the good life and there are many things to do. Sometimes you disengage from society only to discover that individual behavior is weaker still.
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With 0% credit cards it can be very tempting to let the balance build up at no extra cost, however some find that sometimes circumstances get in the way of being able to clear the debt at the end of the interest free term. This often leaves borrowers with growing debt which can soon spiral out of control and if not rectified can damage an otherwise good credit rating.
Therefore it's important to have a healthy attitude towards your 0 percent credit card and not just apply for it and use it because you can. The most common uses for these credit cards are to repay the balances on other credit cards and essentially consolidate the debt, or for use for a large purchase, such as a car. If used correctly the latter can be the cheapest 'loan' that you ever have!
As with any debt it is essential that you keep up with your monthly repayments,
This is advised with 0% credit cards too, as although you're not paying anything extra in terms of interest right now, there will be a day when you do have to pay interest and although interest rates do vary, the larger your balance at the end of the term, the larger the amount of interest you will have to pay.
This can come as a shock to some borrowers, as believe it or not some people do not plan ahead and think about the impact that a repayment with interest with have on their monthly outgoings. This can cause all sorts of problems, especially if there is a loss of income by way of employment, a marriage breakup or illness. Some find that managing to repay their minimum payment with the interest rate applied becomes unaffordable, which leads to missed payments that then incur extra charges and negatively impacts their credit rating, giving them a bad credit score.
Having a bad credit score will limit the finance you are approved for, and should you need to borrow in the future you will miss out on the benefits of lower interest rates, meaning that overall borrowing will be very difficult and more expensive in the long run.
In short, for many ignoring their balance on a 0% credit card has the potential to create an extra burden on monthly finances, therefore if you have a 0 percent credit card it is wise to clear the balance as soon as you can, and keep hold of your good credit rating.


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Today I realized, there's a lot that we get to learn from these people. Busy in our own world all that we're bothered of is about the fare that they charge us. None of us ever try to get into their shoes and understand the reason for their demand. Driving is their only means of livelihood and it's business for them. Something that their family depends upon. Moreover the onus is higher since they are more or less on a lower rung economically. I don't mean to say just pay what he's asking for. It's a different case if he's demanding exuberant amounts, But why squabble for a few rupees? It wouldn't do you any good but then it could mean a world of a difference to him!!
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Blackrock Mountain: A Hearthstone Adventure
* Blackrock Mountain has been added and will be accessible starting April 2.
* Blackrock Mountain is a new single-player Adventure that pits you against challenging NPC (non-player character) adversaries. Blackrock Mountain can be unlocked with gold or real money and can be accessed by players who have unlocked all 9 heroes.
* Defeat 17 fearsome foes to unlock a total of 31 new Hearthstone cards for your collection, including 5 Legendary cards! Blackrock Mountain cards can easily be searched for within My Collection using the search function.
* An all-new interactive Blackrock-themed game board awaits you within the Adventure. Discover the surprises that stew in shimmering magma pools, hammer down the fine art of blacksmithing, and more.
* Overcome 9 nefarious Class Challenges that test your skills with each of the unique classes of Hearthstone.
* Defeating all of the bosses within a wing unlocks the extremely challenging Heroic Mode of that wing. Defeating all of the bosses of Blackrock Mountain on Heroic mode unlocks a new card back for your collection.
* Five unique wings await those brave enough to delve into Blackrock Mountain. Each of the five wings are available to purchase with real money or gold, with a new wing unlocking for players to enter each week over the course of April.
** Blackrock Depths—This sprawling underground city is the stronghold of the Dark Iron dwarves, thriving deep beneath the surface.
** Molten Core—Face fiery elemental minions in searing magma tunnels at the heart of Blackrock Mountain.
** Blackrock Spire—Climb to the heights of Blackrock Mountain to invade Nefarian's domain and square off against ogres, orcs, and dragonkin.
** Blackwing Lair—Foil the lord of Blackrock by disrupting his attempts to create the perfect draconic minions.
** The Hidden Laboratory—The final showdown, where you'll contend with fiendish technology, horrifying experimental monstrosities, and the mastermind behind them all.
Pick up your cards and throw down the gauntlet! In Hearthstone, you play the hero in a fast-paced, whimsical card game of cunning strategy.In minutes, you'll be unleashing powerful cards to sling spells, summon minions, and seize control of an ever-shifting battlefield.Whether it's your first card game or you're an experienced pro, the depth and charm of Hearthstone will draw you in.
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President Donald Trump's business acumen has been an enormous part of the phenomenon known as "The Trump Effect", and another manufacturer is feeling it.
While companies such as Ford and Chrysler have previously reinvested in the American workforce, many higher end tech companies have been reluctant to jump onboard. This could be due to the overwhelming perception of a more highly skilled workforce in Asia, particularly as it pertains to cutting edge technology manufacturing. This opinion is certainly nothing more than a stereotype, as high-end electronics manufacturer Samsung realizes, causing them to shift some of their focus back to the United States' workforce accordingly.
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"The company is in early talks to open a new home appliance making facility in the U.S., a Samsung spokesperson said on Wednesday, adding that Samsung began reviewing manufacturing operations 'early last fall'. Samsung declined to comment on whether it would move manufacturing from Mexico.
"The South Korean company's move comes amid criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump about companies manufacturing abroad for U.S. consumers.
"The U.S. administration has threatened an import tax, while Trump has attacked some of the world's biggest companies, triggering many to make promises to invest more in the United States.
"Samsung's move also follows a similar investment from rival LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS), which last month said it would spend $250 million to build a new home appliance factory in the United States."
Samsung isn't the first tech corporation to react to President Trump's pressure to bring jobs back to the U.S., as LG Electronics has also expressed an interest, but it marks an enormous milestone for the administration. Samsung is the only real competitor to the Apple iPhone-dominated cellular telephone market. With Apple coming under increased scrutiny for their manufacturing processes in China, and the abnormally high suicide rate at those factories, not only will Samsung be able to claim that they are making more of their products within the United States, they will also be able to tout this move as a humanitarian victory for the entire electronics market.
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Recent Books: Africa: The World's Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia/Al Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005-2012
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The World's Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia BY JAMES FERGUSSON. Da Capo Press, 2013, 432 pp. $27.50.
Al Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005-2012 BY STIG JARLE HANSEN. Oxford University Press, 2013, 208 pp. $37.50.
When Somalia won its independence in 1960, experts hailed it as one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a bright future because it lacked ethnic divisions and thus constituted one of the region's few genuine nation-states. But several decades of corrupt and inept rule led to economic collapse and growing divisions within the complex mosaic of clans that form Somali society. State collapse in the early 1990s led to civil war, piracy offthe Somali coast, international interventions of varying degrees of success, and eventually the emergence of militant Islamism. By 2010, al Shabab, the most militant of several Islamist groups that claim loyalty to al Qaeda, had gained control of the southern half of the country. It was soon routed by an international force assembled by the African Union. But for a couple of years, al Shabab represented the only al Qaeda affiliate in control of a sizable territory.
This story has not yet been adequately told, so these two exceptional books deserve a broad readership. …


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Within a family, if one person suffers from stress, the entire family is gradually affected, heightening levels of anxiety and tension. Some problems may seem unsolvable, but there are solutions available to reduce the levels of stress before they affect a family's happiness.
1. Income
Income change is highest among family related stress and can affect each and every member of a family. Changes in job situations, such as loss of income, can be incredibly detrimental and can bring about changes to living arrangements, family luxuries and cancellation of daily activities such as daycare, classes and recreational activities. With the loss of such activities, the parent or parents may experience episodes of stress, anxiety, short temperedness, and even depression, which can and does affect children and other household members.
Solution: Effective planning is number one when dealing with this type of stress. Have a family meeting and explain the situation to all members of the family old enough to understand. Have a brain storming session during the meeting and write down any and all ideas to help manage the family budget. Even if a solution is not found, working together can help to ease some of the stress and the sharing of ideas can bring a family closer.
2. Health Insurance
Health insurance concerns plague families across the United States each and every day: from seeking help for an elderly parent to immunizations and physicals for the little ones. Yearly physicals and maintenance medications are luxuries many are finding themselves unable to afford. There is nothing more worrying to a parent than the health of their child and if a parent feels they are unable to provide proper health care for their children, the guilt, worry and stress caused can spread to the entire family.
Solution: Seek out local agencies. Information is available for state health insurance for children, possible social security benefits for the disabled and ill and even rebates and programs to assist those unable to afford their medications, but you have to do your research. Visit your local library, check with the local pharmacist, and surf the net. Drug companies offer specials, discounts and even rebates on their websites. For dental treatment look out for dentists who provide free treatment days or Mission of Mercy events, which work on a first come first serve basis, but provide cost free dental treatment for all.
3. Snoring
This one may surprise you, but it falls under the category of illnesses and health, which is right up there as one of the top causes of stress. Think about it. If you're not sleeping well, that means you're tired. Eventually, this can affect your work and possibly your job performance, which could lead to a disciplinary and even redundancy. It's a domino effect from there. Habits such as smoking, drinking coffee or alcohol and lying on your back are often related to snoring problems. Snoring can keep you, your partner and even your children awake, therefore affecting the entire household. Poor sleep can also affect the way parents treat their children, with a sleep-related bad temper often leading to arguments and disagreements. Disharmony then rules the house, affecting each and every member of the family.
Solution: Snoring treatments are popping up all over the television and Internet and everything from nose strips to special machines can help you breath at night and open relaxed throat muscles, the main cause of snoring. Your first stop should be your family doctor, to discuss possible snoring treatments and finding the one best suited to you, with many medical options available to sufferers. Millions of Americans suffer from snoring, but solutions can be found before snoring negatively affects you or your family's sleep and well-being.
Family problems if left unaddressed can often escalate into household worries and the stress caused can affect work, school and relationships. Discussion is key and sharing your stresses and talking over a problem can often lead to surprising solutions.
Becky Mackay is an online writer, with a keen interest in health and lifestyle. For more top tips on how to stop snoring visit her Twitter page https://twitter.com/FreshHealth11.


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You can't keep a good Blade down for long! Reportedly, Wesley Snipes, who had been in federal prison since 2010 for tax evasion, was released on April 2.
According to TMZ, Snipes was transferred to the New York Community Corrections Office, which will oversee the actor's home confinement.
Snipes' house arrest will conclude on July 19, making him a free man.
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Hadn't cared that much for Lanesplitters pizza in the past, but I got one this week that was a positive revelation. The crust was flexible enough for a lenthwise fold, but still had a nicely crunchy surface; the flavor was pleasantly fresh-bready, with spots of char. The sauce was tomato-y and fresh-tasting, without much obvious spicing. The cheese had a very pleasant milky mozzarella flavor, which really made the pie for me. The pepperoni added a little flavor, but not much texture; I usually prefer it a bit crisped, but they hurried this pie because I was waiting. Much better than Arinell, and it seemed at the moment as good as Gioia. Clearly a comparison tasting is called for.
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B2ST's Lee Kikwang publicly confessed that he had an interest in SECRET's Jun Hyosung.
On March 12th, the
B2ST member appeared as a guest on the KBS variety show, "100 Points Out of 100″. miss A's Min was also guesting on the program, and many were interested at the possible interactions between the two because Kikwang had previously mentioned that Min was his ideal girl.
But it seems that Kikwang's changed his mind, as he said, "At one point Min was my ideal girl, but recently I found another girl group member who makes my heart flutter." The idol then revealed that his new ideal girl was none other than Hyosung.
Lee Kikwang continued, "Out of the 4 SECRET members, only Hyosung comes into my eyes." Fellow member Yoseob also testified that ever since SECRET started promotions for "Shy Boy", Kikwang has shown never-ending interest in Hyosung.
Upon hearing this confession, Hyosung (who's a regular guest on the show) shyly expressed her happiness with a big smile. Throughout the recording, Kikwang continued to show interest in Hyosung as he clapped and made great reactions to every word she said.
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Sonia Leigh could have made the announcement from any given stage in any given town on any given night: "I don't know if y'all know this, but I'm on Zac Brown's label, Southern Ground." But spoken during her late-November show at the Nashville rock club Exit/In, those words took on special significance.
The club sits less than two miles from the music industry hub known as Music Row, a pair of tidy one-way streets lined by record labels, publishing companies, recording studios and other establishments integral to the business of music making. Standing in its shadow, Leigh gave her shout-out to Southern Ground Artists, 250 miles away in Atlanta and set apart from established models of commercial music making by a good deal more than geography.
Sure, Brown—the label's founder and a bona fide band-leading country superstar—could have chosen to set up shop in Music City, long a key destination for people pursuing careers in music. Due to downsizing in the record biz, there's surely prime real estate available. Plus, his management company, ROAR, keeps an office there.
But it makes sense that Brown would want his young, genre-stretching label to be based where the Zac Brown Band found early and essential support for its genre-stretching ways, as opposed to a place where people took a while to catch on.
Lynn Oliver, Southern Ground's general manager, summarizes, "What we defined as 'new country' was not what Nashville defined as 'new country.' We think that 'new country' is a lot more open-minded, and open to guys that wear beanies instead of cowboy hats."
"It's nice to watch something grow from where you did, and I think that has a lot to do with it, too," Chris Sherrer, the company's chief operating officer, muses on the Georgia connection. "This is where [Zac's] made his mark, had his opportunities."
Not surprisingly, a tinge of native pride could be felt in ZBB's CMA Awards Show rendition of "Georgia On My Mind," which featured the contributions of Savannah resident Gregg Allman. And beyond simply being on his mind, Fayette County is where Brown hangs his beanie when he's not on the road.
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Georgia also is home to the majority of the Southern Ground roster, including Leigh, who's been kicking around Atlanta for years. Everyone seems to have their own account of meeting Brown in a live music setting and striking up a friendship; that those stories, taken together, sound more like the formation of a mutually supportive music community than, say, a string of strategic talent-scouting efforts, says a lot.
Take Leigh's story, for instance. About a decade ago she won a recording session with John Hopkins, who would go on to become ZBB's bassist. One thing led to another. Leigh joined an all-girl rock band with Hopkins' wife. They wound up playing at Brown's now-defunct Lake Oconee restaurant, Zac's Place, and a song of Leigh's caught his ear.
"That's when we met," she says. "I remember us just totally hitting it off and really developing this respect." It seemed only natural that casual co-writing sessions and gigs opening for Brown would follow.
Playing fiddle in Leigh's band was Levi Lowrey, the Dacula-based great-great grandson of early hillbilly fiddle star Gid Tanner. Upon learning that Lowrey's talents extend to singing and songwriting, Brown showed up to hear him do his own thing one night. Lowrey's folk ballad "Rosalee and Odes" caught his ear, and so began the conversation that eventually brought Lowrey into the Southern Ground fold.
Label mate Nic Cowan had never met Brown before opening for him in Carrollton. Brown, then a strong regional draw without any national hits, told Cowan of his plans to start a label—a label he wanted the younger songwriter to be part of. Cowan marvels, "I was just lookin' for some advice, but ended up gettin' a hell of a lot more…"
Oliver Wood—a fixture in the Atlanta blues scene and the lead-singing and guitar-playing half of Southern Ground's Wood Brothers—was invited by his friend and ZBB's keyboardist Coy Bowles to participate in a songwriters' round that also featured Brown; there, with guitars in hand, Wood and Brown got properly acquainted.
And Charlie Starr, front man of Blackberry Smoke—also on the roster—got to know Brown when both their bands played Lynyrd Skynyrd's Simple Man Cruise. "There were actually a couple of guys in the band that my wife and I knew already," Starr explains. "So we all became friendly really quickly."
The latest Southern Ground signees, Atlanta-bred hip-hop brother duo The Wheeler Boys, found themselves in a right place, right time situation of their own—as Leigh's neighbor. Says Sean Wheeler, "It's kind of funny because we spent a solid nine months, 10 months just going back and forth: 'Oh yeah. I make country music.' 'Yeah, well I make hip-hop music. One day we should trade CDs.' We finally got around to it and she's like, 'You're really good!' 'Well, you're really good!' She's who introduced us to Zac."
Several members of the ZBB also go way back with Brown, and the same goes for folks employed by the label. His friendship with Sherrer dates back to the late '90s, and he sang in a barbershop quartet with Tyler Walker—who works as a recording engineer and in A&R—in high school. Those are two of many examples.
Pass the 'Chicken'
You get the sense Brown has never had a problem drawing people together or generating expansive ideas. Says Oliver, "I toured with the band for the first two and a half years when I was their day-to-day manager. So there were a lot of late-night bus rides where [Zac] would just talk about what he loves, and a lot of that has to do with philanthropy and fellowship."
Brown's many loves—family chief among them—keep him so busy these days that he was unavailable for an interview. However, when this writer spoke with him a little over a year ago, he emphasized the communal drive behind what he does: "Once I started playing with other people and realized this is a social thing—it's just like hanging out with your buddies, but you're all united together in making a sound and making harmony—I kinda just got the bug for it. …I figured out a way to get in and write and share and collaborate with all the people I care about."
After ZBB began having its blockbuster commercial success, he was able to circle the wagons and launch Southern Ground in 2009. The band's first country number one, "Chicken Fried," provided the operation with both momentum and its name, taken from lyrics in the first verse.
"I think for [Zac]," Oliver offers, "everything that he has created and everything in his vision is stuff that he's been doing his whole life, but maybe just on a smaller level. …The cooking, the playing, supporting other artists, that's stuff he's always done. He's always invested his own money and his own time, but it was just more on a local level. And now that he has the platform to share it with the world, that's what he wants to do."
"That is the kind of guy he is," says Leigh. "I think it started like a seed for him, but then it developed into something. But my first thought when he asked me to [sign], the only reservation that I had was we're friends and music peers. …I didn't want that ever to be interrupted. He's like, 'That's not gonna happen.' And it never has."
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This year, Southern Ground released studio albums by Leigh (1978 December), Lowrey (I Confess I Was a Fool), Cowan (Hard Headed) and The Wood Brothers (Smoke Ring Halo), marking the first time the former three have had their music distributed nationally and the first full-length the Woods have made since parting ways with Blue Note Records.
Blue Note has also been home to Chris Wood's other band, Medeski, Martin & Wood, and the label went through a major shakeup when it was bought by EMI. The brothers came to their new deal with considerable perspective. "We really like the idea that even though Zac is not experienced with having a record label, his business in general has a lot of momentum, probably more so than most record labels these days," explains Oliver Wood.
Blackberry Smoke saw their previous label disintegrate, too. Southern Ground just released their Live at the Georgia Theatre DVD, and a new album is coming next year—their first since 2009—along with an EP from The Wheeler Boys.
Southern Ground headquarters is an even more bustling place than you'd imagine—which is why it's been nicknamed "the Hive." It's housed in what was once a sprawling men's clothing store on Atlanta's Westside, a place Cowan knew well before music paid his bills. "I used to load, God, probably a hundred boxes a day of suits and stuff like that into UPS trucks that would go to what is now the record label," he remembers.
Sherrer estimates they employ as many as 175 people, including everyone out on the road. That may seem like a gigantic number, but, then, there's much more going on under Southern Ground's roof than you'd expect at a label—like in-house merch (Lucy Justice Goods), catering (Baby Goo), videography (Southern Reel), metalworking (Southern Grind) and leather (Southern Hide) businesses.
Many sounds, one city
Brown has drawn comparisons between what his team is doing in Atlanta and what Stax Records accomplished in Memphis and Motown in Detroit during their heydays. Starr, being a southern rocker, throws in a reference to what Capricorn had going in Macon in the '70s. Like those famed ventures, Southern Ground does a lot in-house and represents serious investment in a regional music scene.
Oliver points out that they're not exclusively working with Georgia-rooted artists; the label has begun relationships with Sarah and Christian Dugas—a Canadian brother and sister formerly of the adventurous string band The Duhks—and Bermuda-born reggae-popster Mishka.
Still, it's no small thing that the label's first six acts are locals. Wood's take is "Atlanta's a big place…. There's a lot of different niches that just rarely cross over with each other. There's this amazing hip-hop scene, and then there's all the Americana and blues. And a lot of times those things function in different parts of town and they're just different groups of people. I think one of [Zac's] visions is that, 'Wow, there's all this good music. These people should cross-pollinate more. If nothing else, know each other and create together and have a label that can support more than just one kind of music.'"
Southern Ground most certainly supports more than one kind of music. You won't find a Stax- or Motown-style assembly line setup, where set groups of players and producers constantly clock in for sessions; the aim isn't to fashion a single sonic calling card.
The Wood Brothers specialize in tuneful, jazzy, groove-based alt-folk, while Blackberry Smoke has a hard-hitting, countrified southern rock aesthetic and Lowrey is a barroom country-folk soul searcher in the Kristofferson storytelling tradition.
Cowan's devil-may-care, southern pop-funk doesn't sound a thing like any of them. He's thankful that Brown has never insisted it should: "I realized this was a guy that really believed in what I was doing, and accepted the fact that I was doing southern music and urban music and trying to find a mix. He got it, and most people kinda weren't really getting it and wanted me to go one way or the other—either go southern or go urban."
In their own way, The Wheeler Boys straddle the same chasm with their blue-collar rhymes and mash-up of heavy beats and down-home acoustic licks. They're also the only hip-hop act on the label. (Add to that the fact that Walker—the lone person at Southern Ground with a PhD in classical composition and theory—is working with them.) Sean Wheeler is aware how strange all this may look on paper.
"I think one thing that was really important to [Zac] was our music, it is in a lot of ways struggle music," he offers. "…I've had people point out to me that if you just write down our lyrics and read through 'em, a lot of our songs could be confused with blues songs. And I think to Zac that's really what it was about, is that we're not really stereotypical rap music. For him, it makes sense because people that appreciate country in a lot of cases appreciate hip-hop."
Leigh, too, boldly blends musical sensibilities. Her vocal attack musters the toughness and bite of rock, and her songs recognize no barriers between honky-tonk, alt-country, roots rock and R&B. That Brown and band have conquered the mainstream country format ahead of her could make all the difference in the world to how people hear her music.
"I think what he's done has definitely opened up the doors for a lot of artists," she reflects. "Because what I think that a lot of people in country music realized that they missed was the opportunity to be a part of something great when they turned their backs on Zac in the beginning. So now they don't want to miss that opportunity when something different comes around."
Writers in the round
Aside from the fact that acts in the Southern Ground family don't play by narrow genre rules, it's not musical style that unites them. Songwriting is their common ground. They all write their own material—it was their original songs that grabbed Brown's ear in the first place—and they sign publishing deals along with their record deals. Says Cowan, "I think that's the unifying trend at the label."
The trend at a lot of labels dealing in country, rock, R&B or pop is to lean on outside songsmiths and, quite often, to nudge recording artists who aren't really writers to get in on co-writing just for a piece of the publishing. The songwriting philosophy at Southern Ground couldn't be further from that.
Says Lowrey, "I think everybody involved, when we were growing up and doing this, we never considered it an option not to record your own songs. It was just this is the way it was done. You write these songs and then you play 'em out. That just seems like the way it's supposed to be to us, to me. It wasn't like you see [in Nashville] where you take an artist and you develop them and then you give them the right songs and you put 'em out there and back them with money and whatever else."
Starr echoes the sentiment: "In Blackberry Smoke—obviously, good songs are good songs. We've recorded a few songs that I didn't write or that we didn't write. I'm not putting that down at all. But if we were a label full of people that were looking to Nashville writers for songs to fill up an album, there wouldn't be any magic there."
The singer/songwriters of Southern Ground—all of whom can stand on their own—frequently help each other flesh out ideas, along with Brown, several members of ZBB, like Clay Cook, Hopkins and Bowles, and Brown's traveling co-writer Wyatt Durette. Most of the label's artists spend time touring with ZBB, and, notes Lowrey, "When you have 18 songwriters on the road, eventually somebody's gonna get together and write with each other."
Besides the uniqueness of a label shaped by an against-the-grain yet business savvy artist-founder, there's one more thing that makes the culture of Southern Ground stand out. Remember the philanthropy Oliver referred to? She didn't just mean that Brown shares his success with his artist friends. He's building Camp Southern Ground, a nonprofit camp for kids overcoming behavioral and learning disabilities and disadvantaged backgrounds.
And he makes a point to encourage everyone on his team to give back. Everyone.
Wheeler recalls the day he sat down with Brown to hash out their contract, a contract that came with a rather unorthodox provision: "'If you see somebody on the street that needs help and you can help them, you have to do that. That's your obligation as [a Southern Ground signee]….' That means so much to me, and it really summed up everything about [Zac]. Dude, you're talking to a couple of rappers you're trying to sign. I can't imagine anybody else at any other company bringing that up in the negotiations."


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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
----from A Return to Love, by Marianne Williamson.
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher. Among her 9 published books, four of them -including A Return to Love - were #1 New York Times Bestsellers. A Return to Love is considered a must-read of The New Spirituality. Her latest book, The Age of Miracles hit #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list.Marianne's other books include Everyday Grace, A Woman's Worth, Illuminata, Healing the Soul of America and The Gift of Change.
Marianne was someone who greatly inspired Gabrielle Berstein, Berstein being someone who greatly inspired me. Therefore I wanted to put her name out there. And though I might not agree with all her views, I sill find a great portion of her writing to be eye opening and healing- regardless of which religious background one follows, if any at all. On her website you will find great services including morning mediations, journal entries dedicated to current issues, events, quotes, poems, and much more.
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Fair is foul and foul is fair
Don't say his name, but Maryland Shakespeare Festival presents "MacBeth" at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through Sunday, Feb. 15.
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Relive the cultural phenomenon known as The Beatles as the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, Md., hosts 1964: The Tribute on Friday.
Toe-tapping good time
Fiddle dee dee, fiddle dee dum. Catch the Scandinavian Fiddle Magic on Friday night at Shepherd University's Reynolds Hall. See story


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- • April-June: 90°F day, 46°F night
- • July-September: 91°F day, 56°F night
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How to get to BalsthalFly into Basel (BSL-EuroAirport), 21.2 mi (34.2 km) from central Balsthal. Mulhouse (MLH-EuroAirport) is the next closest major airport, 21.3 mi (34.2 km) away.
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Mr. Minocher Patel is Founder Director - Ecole Solitaire, India's First Residential Finishing School and International Corporate Training Consultancy.
He is India's leading motivational speaker and corporate trainer of international repute.
He has conducted training programs for the corporate sector and student community all over India and abroad in countries like USA, UK, Canada, UAE, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Switzerland.
He is also the visiting faculty for some of the top-notch management institutes of the country.
His highly motivating seminars and workshops are well known for their high quality content backed by his unique and entertaining style of delivery.
A management graduate from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, Minocher participated in the 'Train the Trainer' program in West Germany and Finland in 1988 and is involved in training ever since.
He has over 7 years of experience in the private sector as a marketing professional and 18 years of experience as a motivational speaker and a trainer.
Minocher embarked on his professional path as a corporate marketing professional, which included a successful stint as a Brand Manager for the Vadilal group for five years and then an international assignment for Food Specialties, Dubai for two years.
In this highly satisfying assignment, he shouldered responsibilities of a Country Manager for 3 countries - Bahrain, Oman and Qatar - handling various international food brands. He was also responsible for the promotional activities in 7 other countries in the Middle East. After this successful stint in the international arena, in 1998 Minocher set up Ecole Solitaire and emerged as a motivational speaker and a corporate trainer.
An inspiring speaker he believes that people understand and learn more through doing. Consequently his seminars and workshops are highly participative and action-oriented.
Minocher is a spiritual individual, one who believes that - Our path in life is guided by a Higher Wisdom, only if we choose to follow that guidance.
He has dedicated his professional life to the propagation of his message, which is respecting the divinity, recognizing the uniqueness and the infinite potential in every individual and the importance of being a good human being.


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|My A-Z Guide to Summer - M is for Maxi Dresses
Maxi Dresses are my favourite summer go to...I love buying new ones each summer, they are so easy to dress up or down and are perfect for all occassions. You cannot have enough I don't think.
These are some of my favourite from the high street this season......
Summer seems to be over in the UK now but looking forward to adding a chunky cardigan to take my maxi dress into Autumn!


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2 Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Deuteronomy 17:18-19
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Joshua 1:8
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
1 Corinthians 2:9-14
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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Trying To Write Every Day
I remember when this blogger thing first came up- you could comment in any person's blog- at least thats what I think I remember...now I see this little note that says 'no anonymous posting allowed' or something like that. Hmph. Whatta bunch of spoil-sports.
Oh well, here was my day: I coloured my hair for the first time in many years. Black. It had started to become a hobby to mindlessly pull out gray hairs at the ferry terminal and it was starting to become depressing. Thats all changed now- I'm looking a bit Asian but I like it!
Due to a small error yesterday that I won't go into I wound up shopping at a grocery store that I had all but given up on- their butter (Extra Foods) is almost 1.40 cheaper than where I have been buying it at SaveOn Foods. This is a big deal for us as we go through a LOT of butter. Coffee was also cheaper but despite this I am pretty loyal to SaveOn which is the cleanest, friendliest grocery with the best variety for my tastes. Extra Foods is a bit of a nightmare because it's such a huge box store.
I did the usual housework and then began reworking my web site. I got a new gallery up; Architechture and Gardens which is quite small, and am working on Urban and Transportation. All the current galleries are from photographs that I took in 2005- I have a HUGE archive of imagery to go through. I will share a couple of favorite photos from then and apologize about the overt watermarks- digital theft is a huge issue that I have unfortunately had to deal with and ugly watermarks are the only real deterrent to this kind of thing.
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This photo was taken on a somewhat rainy day in a park in Fort Langley- when I remember the name I will include it here. I think swamps are beautiful but they don't always photograph well but this one turned out nice enough to enlarge and give to my brother as a gift. It's a typical shot of B.C., Canada- very wet!
We were living in Langley at the time and only moved to Maple Ridge in April. Maple Ridge is home of the mountains that we could see looking north in Langley and of course are much closer now.
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It almost seems as if storms get caught up in The Golden Ears as they are called...it's actually a well known fact that the precipitation is greater here than just a few kilometers south. Oh well, small price to pay for having a frame filling view! I did find a good view point in Langley last winter to piece together a panorama for an informal competition- panoramas are composites of two or more images:
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I also wrote a journal article at my main art site entitled Why I Provide Stock about the reasons why I provide stock and graphic resources on that site which is essentially free for amateur artists. I did this because, not for the first time, I have had a request to use personal photos as stock. I had to refuse the last person which was difficult since she is a friend.
The truth is that I hope to eventually make money off my personal photography by using it as paid for stock- I can't very well put other peoples wishes ahead of my own in this regard when there is no financial compensation in it for me. I provide stock pictures that are taken for the express purpose of allowing other people to use those pictures as stock and do not ever want to get put on the spot publicly which is what happened so I had to set the record straight on that.
And finally, to end todays post, I will include a link to what I consider my 'best' photographic work of the year. I got a note from a member of Swankland to submit a 'best of 2007' piece of art work. It was difficult to choose since I dabble in a lot of graphic fields!
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This photo was taken about a month after moving to Maple Ridge. It's a barn just off the Harris Road and the shot was taken in the very early morning after I drove my husband to work. It was very much a shot of opportunity- I have never quite seen the same conditions again yet I know it's just a matter of time and the light can be even better. I only had my little Olympus just-under-5-mega-pixel camera with me (which I still adore to this day as it has an incredible lense for macros) and hopefully the next time the conditions are right I will have the Sony (Minolta) 10 mega-pixel digital SLR.
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That last picture is by far my favorite of all your work that I have seen. I'm not sure what it is about that particular photo, but I just love it.
As for the Blogger thing, a lot of people are complaining about the change. It is very annoying.
- December 13, 2007 at 6:37 AM
- Artemis - 12monthsOFwinter said...
Thank you Kristine! It was taken with my little digital camera.
Shame about the blogger people changing things- who wants to set up an account just to post? But then, I think thats the trend of the future. Bandwidth issues maybe...
- December 13, 2007 at 3:06 PM
- The Hunters Wife said...
I agree with Kristine. It reminds me of being on the water fishing in the early, early morning hours.
- December 13, 2007 at 7:54 PM
- Michele (Rocky Mtn.Girl) said...
Your photography is outstanding! I enjoy it very much. Absolutely stunning! Definitely something I will be back to see... I hope you continue to keep posting, your work is amazing.
The Rocky Mountain Retreat
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John Purves scored three goals and assisted on another to power the Baltimore Skipjacks to a 7-1 American Hockey League Southern Division victory last night over the Binghamton Rangers before 4,211 at the Baltimore Arena.
The victory broke a three-game home losing streak and was only Baltimore's second win in nine games on home ice since Feb. 10. With the win, and the 6-4 loss by the Adirondack Red Wings to the Utica Devils last night, the Skipjacks clinched at least third place in the division.
"Purves has been playing very well for us," said Skipjacks coach Rob Laird. "He is capable of this kind of point production. He has an excellent shot and he is putting his shots on goal."


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My name is Sassie. I am a Rottweiler. This is my story.
I am 7 years old. Please share my story with others...I think it may inspire compassion and increase dog rescue for all who share.
From the time I was a puppy, until I was 4 years old, I was abused and neglected by my people. They kicked me, hit me, and made me live in a shipping crate outside for 24 hours a day in my own excrement without food, water in winter and summer with no shelter. I developed health problems but they never took me to a Doctor. When they let me out to eat or drink, I was abused. I was skin and bones, had little hair left, smelled like death and had terrible infections in my ears. Despite that, I would try to lick, wag my tail and please my owner when I had the chance. They had little children and I tried to love them too. It didn't matter. I never had a walk, a bath or someone who would pet me.
One day, in my 4th year, my owner decided they didn't want me anymore. They took me to a kill shelter who decided they would euthanize me because of all of my health problems. I tried to show them that I was a sweet, gentle, loving friend but they did not care. Then, there was someone who looked for dogs like me that needed help. She found out that I was going to be killed and took me away from that scary place the same day. She was not my forever home, just until someone that would love me came along.
A lady had contacted my new friend a week before and said she was looking for a Rottweiler to rescue. She saw a few others but they weren't the right fit for her family. Then a few days later she came to visit me. I was in terrible health but I was so happy to meet her and I showed her how much! Finally, a person believed me and she rescued me to my forever home. Her house was wonderful, there were ducks, geese, a pond, horses, kitties, little doggies and lots of room to run. Even though I was sick and smelled bad, everyone in the family loved me right away, even the baby. I was never in a cage again.
I had to take lots of car rides to see many Doctors. My new people put my health before their own needs and I received lots of medical care for 3years. They spent thousands of dollars for me because they said, " You are worth it!" All of my health problems were cured but one. My ears had infections for so many years, that went untreated, they are full of scar tissue, growths, pus and they hurt. My owners have been treating them for all my time with them, but none of the medicines work because of the permanent damage inside. Three Doctors say I need a very expensive surgery to remove my inner ears. I will lose my hearing but my suffering will end. It is called a total inner ear ablation. It will cost around $3000 and my owners cannot afford to pay for it due to their own medical crisis. I am suffering. They have spent more money on more medications to help with the pain but I need the surgery soon. The meds I have taken for years are not good for me (steroids, etc.) I will have to be put down without the surgery. My standard of living is so low because of my problem. Can you help me? I promise, I am still worth it. Thank you if you can help or share and for reading my story.
My Doctor is at Hillsdale Veterinary Hospital, 6359 Capitol Hwy. Portland, OR. 97239 (503)246-4660.
I have a special account : Sassie Rasmussen - Fisher, McKenna. Tell the vet both names please...
PayPal at email@example.com you may go to the PayPal site and type in my email there and the funds will be collected.
You may also donate directly to the Vet Hospital listed above, let them know it's for Sassie Rasmussen the Rottie by Fisher, McKenna. ... thank you so very much... Namaste mgf


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A recipe for crab-stuffed shrimp is on Food Network and courtesy of Paula Deen. The recipe consists of butter, green onions, a green bell pepper, garlic powder, heavy cream, Dijon mustard, saltine cracker crumbs, mayonnaise, an egg, fresh parsley, a lemon, crab meat, shrimp and 12 slices of bacon.
Start by melting 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet, and add three finely chopped green onions, 1/2 cup of finely chopped green bell peppers and 1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder. Saute until the peppers are soft. Remove the vegetable mixture from the heat, and place it in a mixing bowl. Add 4 1/2 teaspoons of heavy cream,1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard and a dash of cayenne pepper to the vegetables, and combine.
Next, add 1/2 cup of saltine cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup of mayonnaise, one egg, 2 tablespoons of fresh parsley leaves and the juice of half a lemon. Continue to mix well. Gently add 1 pound of crab meat, and form the mixture into pieces small enough to stuff into the shrimp. Set these aside.
Take 1 pound of jumbo shrimp, and split each one down the bottom center to tail. Next, stuff the shrimp with the crab meat mixture. Lastly, wrap the shrimp in bacon, secure each with a toothpick, and place them on a pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.


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|Group Selfie at #Txeducamp 2016
sponsors Tom Kilgore and TWU's Dr. Krutka
I confess that I've never been to an educator conference outside of my school district or University. Really. But I have plenty of teacher friends who return from places like Las Vegas or West Palm Beach raving about the bigger-than-life keynote or big-name vendors that gave them free book markers and razzle dazzle trinkets.
I've also talked to educators who are ready for something different. They are tired of the same old, same old conference agenda and they feel like they are no better off than if they had stayed home and washed the dog. Let's be honest. Conferences aren't for everyone.
One size does not fit all.
|TOY Whitney Crews, Debbie Turner
There would be no vendors or registration fees. A district administrator or school board member would have the same privileges and opportunities as a first year teacher excited about some new strategy that has worked in the classroom. No special seating. No ego stroking.
|TWU Txeducamp session; Using Twitter in the Classroom
|TxeduCamp Organizer, Tom Kilgore
My fav school board member: Tracy Fisher
Session leaders keep the flow of conversation and ideas in motion (facilitator). No one is to impose their opinions on others (space invader).
Beware: There is a thin line between a "facilitator" and a "space invader."
In a world which sometimes privileges some educators over others, it's easy to fall into a trap believing that unless you have authored a book that's flying off the shelf, or earn the title of "keynote", you have little (or nothing) to offer to others.
That simply isn't true.
|Tom Kilgore explains Edcamp Protocol
Learn more about Edcamps, visit their website:
Confession Reflection:
- What is the difference between a conference and an unconference?
- How do unconferences give creative space to educators?
- Have you ever been to an Edcamp? What was your experience like?
- Would your district or university consider sponsoring an edcamp?
|Thank you Texas Woman's University!


text: An archaeological team led by Dr. Campbell (Richard B. Livingston) travels to an isolated dig site where they unearth a massive reptile shockingly still preserved after millions of years. Almost directly after the excavation, a hostile alien race resurrects the dinosaur, known as Yonggary. Dr. Campbell and his colleague, Dr. Wendel Hughes (Harrison Young), must find out how the aliens are controlling Yonggary. It may be humanity's only hope against a seemingly indestructible prehistoric force.


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