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Roustabout Jack London, author of The Call of the Wild and other manly classics, doesn't seem an obvious source for details of female fashion history. Yet in The Valley of the Moon, one of his characters asks another gruffly about a particular piece of headgear:
"'Say,' he said, 'what's become of that frilly breakfast cap you was workin' on so hard, I ain't never seen you wear it . . . "
I second that question. What has become of breakfast caps?
More importantly, what is a breakfast cap, and why did ladies wear them?
First, a visual from authoritative online vintage experts 1860-1960.com.
Frilly yes indeed. As you can see, a breakfast cap is essentially a confection of lace, ribbon, and embroidery, soft upon the head and moldable upon the pillow. That's because some breakfast caps worked the night shift as bedcaps ("boudoir cap" is yet another possible term). Anyway, if worn during sleep they helped protect the elaborate coiffures, or less elaborately, braids and pins, of the sleeping lady's head. Come dawn, breakfast caps provided a cordon sanitaire for bedhead, which would have been far more disreputable in their day than in ours. Turned out in her breakfast cap, a lady was dressed -- and unlikely to startle servants, husband, or children.
Styles in breakfast caps came and went, as this bulletin from the 1911 New York Times made clear.
They do seem quite quaint. But not without practical value. I can't be the only woman who routinely scares herself with that first glance in the mirror first thing in the morning. Could it be that the breakfast cap is well due for a revival?
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Rowdy wanted to get to know more people in the industry and thought that putting on a concert would be a good way, so he started up a concert that after six years ended up traveling the country with a show he called called the "Johnny Cash Bash" where he had several of Cash's original members come and play for the Man in Black. The tour started on Cash's birthday, Feb. 26 (www.johnnycashbash.com).
It was there where he met John Peyton from Jagger Peyton Entertainment Group because he was performing with one of the bands that evening. Radio veteran John Peyton has a business with Mick Jagger's brother, Chris Jagger, where they syndicate radio shows. The idea was then met that Jagger Peyton Entertainment Group would help syndicate Rowdy Radio Show.
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Velvet night and brilliant spots of light stained the sky. The full bloated moon rose steadily, unwaveringly, carving its path up to the zenith. Silver wormed its way along every surface leaving an eerie glow behind; it shunned the creeping shadows as they undulated with every movement. Stolen breath whistled through the skeletal branches of the burnt birch; the clattering laugh of wood on wood resounded. The sundial slumped drunkenly at the centre of four large pavement slabs which were coated in grime and tufts of grass protruded from between the cracks. The once white faced marble of the sundial was cracked and yellowed like old parchment paper. The black numbers, whose paint was peeling revealing rusty metal, around the clock were raised and attached to the stone by a single screw at the centre of each number. The two on the number twelve had been knocked crooked and the eight was missing; it laid a few metres away half buried in the weeds and patchy grass.
The neglected wooden bench was liver spotted with age with the edges ripe and rotten. The damp boards would groan and creak at the lightest touch of a feather. Moss clings to the legs like ticks on a dog. Fungi hung on the underside of the bench seat leeching the colour from the planks.
A pale woman sat on one end of the bench; taking no notice of her dilapidated surroundings. Her dark brown hair hung down, obscuring her face. She wore a simple white summer dress which stopped just short of her knee. Her feet were bare. Delicate hands fidgeted with the hem nervously. Her form constantly flickered transparent at different time with different parts of her body like a TV picture with bad reception. Suddenly she stood and strode anxiously towards the sundial and lightly touched the number six of the sundial. A soundless sigh escaped her lips before she returned to her place on the bench and resumed fiddling with the hem; copying the same movements as before. After a few more minutes she returned to the dial again and copied what she did exactly as she had before. She always made the loop of movement, stuck in the same pattern forever; frozen within the same time frame of ten minutes.
Always waiting.
Always repeating.
Never changing.
Forever Haunting……
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pretty spooky. This should be a novel. I loved it. Great job :D You're an amazing writer.
This gave me chills, for two reasons. One was how spooky this was. And second, how spooky the perfection of the writing was. This could easily make a novel and you are a Stunning writer.
KMU on your works like this mate, I'm hooked.
This was really good, I really liked the concept of the ghost girl being stuck in a "rut", so to speak, forever. Your description is excellent, good choice of words.
I'm impressed. I have to tell you, perhaps you should think of making this into an actual story. if you do, please let me know. Great Work!
:O beautiful ATB!! I really really like it :D It would be cool if you made this a story :) keep up the fabulas writing girly
I am in love with the way you write! I loved the concept and the description so much! It's brilliant
This was amazing. I agree with the previous comments, you could make this into a novel with some person breaking her continuous routine somehow. Forbidden love or something of the sort? If so I would love to read it! But if not this story is perfect, it does it justice.
I love the descriptions of everything. I really got a good feeling to the surroundings and I managed to create a picture in my head with it. I quite enjoyed reading it.
Wonderfully descripted! I agree with the others that you should turn this into a novel! I wonder what happen next!
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haha outstanding descriptions!!!!
like it...
kmu :)
wow, frightening, vivid and sooooooo unforgettable!! GREAT, TRULY LOVE IT!
Wow. Not only are you incredibly amazing at describing things, but you gave me this perfect haunting feeling. That poor woman
I like the spookiness of it. A lot, actually. I like how she's always has to repeat what she is doing after ten minutes. I like the mystery of it all. You leave us guessing why she was stuck there, what killed her? Is she a ghost? Haha, KMU when you post new stuff please?
WOW! this is rlly good!
if you decide to make it into a novel let me know
OH my goodness that was so good I think I like this one the best out all the peoms I read so far you have written. It's creepy, but sad at the same time. I wish I could write peotry as good as you can because your poetry is I say excellent. It would also be a great start of a book to.
This has amazing and unlimited potential, if you were to turn it into a novel!
The detail was fabulous, especially of the girl herself. I would like to see this go farther than just the few paragraphs that it is...
Amazing job again ATB =] Keep it up!!!
wow great job. the descriptions were amazing and drew me in immediately. it was so spooky too. perfect for this time of year. loved it. :)
Hauntingly eerie. Love the descriptions! Keep it up.
This is so beautiful and haunting! It's the kind of story you can't get out of your mind. I am incredibly jealous of you superb vocabulary! Keep it up.
It would mean the world to me if you read my new short story "A Walk in The Forest". (:
this is a really cool story! you shouldmake it into a novel andsay why shes haunting and stuff. great work! :D
Good words. Good flow. Nice:)
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At Arm's Length: Video Installation
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In 'At Arm's Length', Philipp Gehmacher and Vladimir Miller interweave the themes of affection and control, independence and dependence in a large-scale video installation. In a room constructed for the camera, five people are choreographed who need and take one another in the experience of mutual cooperation in order to get from one side of the room to the other.
In his stage work Philipp Gehmacher has repeatedly concerned himself with the interpersonal space and the distance between two or more bodies. How can my arm reach out to the other and a possible contact with the other body take place? How much distance from each other must two bodies maintain in order not to permit the friendly proximity to become personal?
The performers move to the edge of the picture, as if the stage ended there, and mark the future absence of the space in the portrayal. Their gestures show the picture as a transparent boundary of contact. They are aware of their diagrammatic placing in the room-picture, in which two reference structures of the bodies overlap and complete one another, and through the camera-eye reach into the future of their perception into the presence of the spectators. In the break with the format, 'At Arm's Length' is a further study in the cooperation between Philipp Gehmacher and Vladimir Miller to make the incomprehensibility of the image physically experienceable for the spectator. What does the contact between two bodies in the picture mean? The positioning between surrender to the camera and negotiating with it?
On Wednesday 21 April the Tanzquartier Wien Studios presented an artists' discussion with Philipp Gehmacher, Vladimir Miller and Friedrich Tietjen (professor of the theory and the history of photography at the Leipzig University for Graphic Arts and Printing).
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It all started on the 11th of September 1714, when in a very divided Spain, king Philip V won the war against the Aragonese troops, who defended the Hapsburg dynasty's claim for the throne of Spain. The final battle was lost at the siege of Barcelona where King Philip V of Spain won the fight over the kingdom of Aragon and claimed the Catalonian lands. The national day of Catalonia - or as it's known here - "La Diada" was officially first celebrated in 1886. Initally it was a catholic ceremony in memory of those who fell in battle. Later on this holiday would be supressed by the dictator Franco , who banned all acts of commemoration of the defeat of the Aragon army, an offence punishable with a fine or even jail. Once the dictatorship ended in 1975 , the commemoration, which was more of a celebration , was brought back 5 years later, in 1980 by the independence movements of Catalonia. Traditionally independent groups and political parties make floral offerings to the fallen in battle mainly at the "Fossar de les Moreres." Here the Catalans pay homage to the people who defended the villages and people of Catalonia and fought for the right of choice and independence from Spain.


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"I couldn't be Judd Gregg."
That's what Senator Judd Gregg said in explaining his withdrawal as Commerce Secretary nominee.
My question to the Obama team is this: why nominate a Republican if you don't want to hear different viewpoints? How do you have a "Team of Rivals" if you can't tolerate the rivals?
Senator Gregg is a fiscal conservative -- has been for thirty years in public service. Did the White House not know that? There are a lot of ways to vet a nominee (see; Geithner, Daschle, et al.), but anyone remotely interested could have figured out where Gregg would be not only on the Economic Stimulus Package but on the Census.
The Census is done every ten years, as outlined in the Constitution. The census falls under the purview of the Commerce Department. The census is how districts are determined in Congress. This is a surprise to anyone in the administration? Surely this came up when choosing Gregg. Didn't it?
President Obama has a lot of goodwill, from Democrats and Republicans alike. Senator Gregg trusted him, and seemed eager to serve. He made no secret of his principles though, working to get Bonnie Newman appointed to fill his seat with the help of Democratic New Hampshire Governor John Lynch.
The basic idea is this: President Obama won a mandate for change. Voters did not want anything like the Bush administration. They didn't want Senator John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Right now, the administration is operating as if it had a mandate to govern anyway it likes. Hard to see a mandate for that. A mandate for change, yes. But perhaps a mandate for inclusiveness too. Looking at the world through one set of lenses did in the Bush administration and any Republican in their wake (see: John Sununu).
The bigger question for the Obama administration is this: is looking at the world through a different but equally myopic set of lenses akin to change?


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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Sew South was . . .
Trying to recap all that Sew South was is like trying to nail jelly to the wall. Like frantically trying to describe a dream as it floats away like a whisper before all the details are firmly cemented in my brain for an accurate retelling. The words well up in my chest but before they make it to my mouth my body defies me and renders me unable to speak.
From the first tentative glimpses at one another in the hotel lobby to the collective sigh of relief when we made it to We're Sew Creative and knew that we could totally hang with the 49 other fabric crazed ladies, Sew South created a community. Reading name tags hung from lanyards around necks and then putting a face to the name I've known so long online. Clinking glasses at dinner. Plugging in sewing machines and letting the fabric and thread fly. Hearing needles break besides just my own. Standing at the cutting tables. Or the irons. Or around a new friend's station as we talked about anything and everything. And feeling my soul fill up.
I made things. Learned new tricks. And am now finding a home for a truck load of new supplies, fabric, patterns, and finished goods from amazingly generous sponsors (Pellon, Dritz, Oliso, We're Sew Creative, Fabricworm, Ellison Lane Quilts, Westminster, Studio Cherie, While Baby Naps, Art Gallery, Fat Quarter Shop, GenQ, Windham Fabrics, Michael Miller Fabrics, Allison Glass, Brandy Lynn's, Spoonflower, Andover, The Warm Company, Coats & Clark, Aurifil, Downtown Tape, Kati Cupcake, Stash Books, Green Bee Design & Patterns, Oliver & S, Havel's Sewing, Pen and Paint, Moda, Martingale, Rachel Gresham Designs, The Intrepid Thread and Swatch Buddies) and friends.
But it's that feeling of community that I take with me everywhere I go now. It's intangible. Irreplaceable. Indescribable.
And unstoppable.
Sew South rocked it out of the park. Thank you to Jennifer for making it happen and the sponsors that provided supplies to make our workstations so efficient.
And thank you to each and every one of you beautiful souls that attended and shared so freely with me.
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Dana - you said it so unbelievably eloquently! Thank you for this post and for giving us each a jar of your Sugar Scrub. I tried it for the first time this morning and LOVE IT.
Linda F.
- March 26, 2013 at 11:10 AM
- diane said...
Wipes tears from the eyes...miss you my friend.
- March 26, 2013 at 11:38 AM
- Lindsey R. :: LRstitched said...
Unstoppable. Amen!
So thankful to have left NC with so many soul-friends that I know will be a part of my life for a long time to come.
You were so generous with your words and with your hugs. Thank you for the sugar scrub, and I love that I can say my friend made this. Because you are just that. A new friend that feels like an old one.
So happy to connect with you. xo
- March 26, 2013 at 11:55 AM
- Jennifer said...
Perfect words for a perfect weekend! I look forward to many sewing adventures with you and many others that I met over the weekend.
And a huge thank you for the body scrub! Smells delish and feels wonderful! My girls (and I) love it...I have to take it our of their shower this morning!!
- March 26, 2013 at 12:17 PM
- Cindy said...
Nicely said! It was great to see you Dana. It was a wonderful weekend.
- March 26, 2013 at 2:39 PM
- Lee D said...
sounds like a wonderful time was had by all. One of these days I will get to a big or even small quilting conference
- March 26, 2013 at 2:49 PM
- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
It sounds like it was perfect - glad you enjoyed it. Too bad it was so far away from me.
- March 26, 2013 at 3:02 PM
- Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilts said...
You have such a wonderful way with words Dana. Your post is so eloquent indeed. It matches your beautiful soul and kind heart and I am so so glad you were there and part of the wonderful group that made up Sew South.
Miss you.
- March 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM
- Jessica Christensen said...
I am beyond sad that I moved out of the South before this took place. Now I'm some kind of Connecticut Yankee or something. Looks like it was serious fun!
- March 26, 2013 at 3:54 PM
- Kristen said...
Beautifully said. Great pictures.
You have painted a time with words that made it come alive.
Sew very happy you had fun, learned things, made new friends. That's fabulous.
- March 26, 2013 at 3:58 PM
- dolores said...
Ditto what Dana said...and Dana...thanks for saving me a seat on that wonderful ride!:)
- March 26, 2013 at 4:26 PM
- Sara said...
Very cool! I think that is the first I have seen of your sewing room! Love that clutch in the last pic!!
- March 26, 2013 at 5:01 PM
- Paige said...
Oh Dana! I love your write-up. I did a mini one because I think I need to process the weekend in pieces! I miss your smiling face and hope we all get together again soon!
- March 26, 2013 at 7:28 PM
- stitchingandbacon said...
It was so wonderful to meet you. I am so overwhelmed by my experience, I am not even sure how to start writing about it. Reading your words make me relive the experience and put a happy smile on my face.
- March 26, 2013 at 8:26 PM
- Melissa said...
It was such an awesome weekend! It was great to meet you in person and get to have dinner with you! Thank you sooo much for the sugar scrub- love it! It smells so heavenly that I want to eat it up. This is a lovely post- it was a wonderful weekend. Can't wait until next year!
- March 26, 2013 at 9:03 PM
- Valerie said...
Well said, my friend. I so appreciate how encouraging to everyone you are. What a blast we had! I just tried my sugar scrub for the first time tonight and I love it! Thanks again:)
- March 26, 2013 at 10:50 PM
- CitricSugar said...
So glad you had fun! So wish I could have been there. :-)
- March 27, 2013 at 1:06 AM
- A Girl said...
It was an amazing and wonderful weekend. I am so glad to have meet you and to now call you friend. Good luck in all your future endeavors.
- March 27, 2013 at 7:46 AM
- Christen said...
I'm so happy to have connected with you this weekend. Thank you for sharing with all of us. Thankful to have a new friend, and I can't wait to catch up on what you have in the works!
- March 27, 2013 at 1:47 PM
- MB said...
Dana, I just loved meeting you and laughing with you all weekend. Can't wait for next year!
- March 27, 2013 at 9:45 PM
- Kelly O. said...
sounds so dreamy! someday I want to attend something like this and be inspired and inspiring all at the same time, just as you are :)
- March 28, 2013 at 8:45 AM
- sallgood said...
Sounds like such a fun time of sharing and creativity!
- March 29, 2013 at 12:48 AM
- capitolaquilter said...
I'm going to have to quote you with "nail jello to the wall" - oh how I wish I would have been able to be part of such a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing.
- March 29, 2013 at 12:58 AM
- Susannah Rodgers said...
I love you!
- March 29, 2013 at 5:59 AM


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Some bro on Total Frat Move (lol, an actual website) is all about spreading the gospel that women shouldn't rock short hair because it makes his dick shrivel, or something. Boyfriend goes so far as to state that the gorgeous, sexy short hair that Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Watson, and Beyonce all currently sport is hideous. LOL!! Dude, you couldn't get with those ladies if they had short hair, long hair, or hair that grew straight out of their butts in purple dreadlocks. Further, be quiet, you have no idea what you're talking about.
He goes on to spout his opinion that short hair will make you stand out in a shitty way and how it "amplifies your flaws to other girls". First, WTF are you even talking about. Second, you are a DUDE. You have no idea what amplifies anything to other women. As a woman, I can tell you that short hair is fucking gorgeous—hell, any hair that makes you feel good is amazing. The idea that short hair will make you notice someone's teeth more is ridiculous—besides, since when does long hair cover teeth? I guess Cousin It? Maybe this dude is strictly into Cousin It? That's cool; I like Cousin It, too! But don't publish your personal preferences as a The Truth and The Light.
Listen, guy. You can write a post about why YOU prefer short hair, but once you make your personal opinion into a universal truth, we have a problem.You just look like a jackhole—a jackhole who probably doesn't get much action from a human female with any amount of hair.
Plus, if Joanna Coles is about it, then so is ERRYBODY.
This is about to make me go shave my head right now. Or, at least bring a picture of J. Law to my hairdresser.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Currently: February
For the first time this school year, here's my Currently...
Unlike the rest of America, I'm not watching the Super Bowl, just enjoying Netflix while I plan for the week!
I am loving the sweet, almost warm weather we've had this weekend. What a welcome break from January cold. That said, I'm a little jealous reading about everyone's snow days. I would love a day off, but I think we had enough snow in 2014 to last us a few years.
Did you watch the Parenthood finale last week? Oh man, it was perfect. I wish that show could last just a little longer!
My last two go hand-in-hand. I am the worst about spending my weekend being super lazy. I always have plenty I want to get done and Sunday night just rolls around too quick. Maybe I'll be more motivated next weekend!
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I, too, am gleefully availing myself of Netflix's wonders at the moment. This weekend, I ignored almost all of my work that I needed to get done. I pretty much do that every weekend. :)ReplyDelete
I don't watch the Superbowl either. I know who's playing, and if someone wanted to invite me to eat their food I would be all over it...but I don't really have the desire to sit in front of a tv and watch it. :-/ReplyDelete
I think we all kind of laze around on the weekends. But I also think we deserve it.
Hope you find your motivation!
The Disneyfied Teacher
It is so nice to see someone didn't watch the Super Bowl besides me! We did switch over earlier to see the halftime show, but that was it! It's been a lazy weekend for us too! Now I'm off to do laundry!ReplyDelete
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1…. I don't really live in a cave, I'm just old enough to. Not to say I'm as old as dirt, but I'm not sure if it's the big rain I remember, or if it was that guy who ran across the lake. Either way, I think I remember being the brat that peed in the pool.
2. I like the word vert. No, not the French word for green--although I do like green. When I was young, I thought of myself as a pre(vert), so I had ambitions of becoming a lovable crotchety old post(vert), I was never interested in the per type though. But now that I am a postvert, I want to go into the wayback machine and tell myself to invest in pharmaceuticals and not to worry about it for they will invent a little blue pill and everyone will be dancing and singing to old show tunes.
3. I like Grande Marnier. No it's not an infatuation, it's a lust. I know that's why I became a bartender so I could get closer and cuddle up to that beautiful brown bottle. Now that I look like that bottle, I wonder if the Execs in France could use a poster boy. All I would need is a brown shirt and red tie.
4. I'm not an artist, but I really love to draw. It's become a passion that got me into blogging in the first place.
5. I'm finding that I really like to write (although my writing skills need much work). And that is thanks to #4 above, and some very special blog friends such as Gale Martin, and Mimi Lenox that inspire and challenge me.
6. I have le'spririt de l'attrium ie. Foyer Wit. (Sorry Gem ggg). It's a skill and survival technique that got me past most of the bullies (and detentions) all through high school. My comebacks can be so fast that you'd think I said them in the foyer before I even got in the room.
7. I have a wide ranging sense of humor. I usually can find the humor in just about anything.
8. I'm nuts about computers (when they're not acting up like right this moment). Counting my current Comrock Presaristone, I have owned 11. My first was a Timex Sinclair 1000 that had a hardwired version of the Basic Programing language that needed to be hooked into a TV. Why don't we have a HAL 1000 yet, it's way past 2001!
9. I don't like Lima beans, and I don't know why. Everything else that is edible, and maybe some things that shouldn't be are fair game for me.
10. I'm not a Trekkie, or a Trekker, I'm a Trekkster. I've calculated that if I were to watch all of the Star Treks (all series and movies) that I have watched to date as one sitting, it would take six years 4 months to do.
11. Battlestar Gallactica (new and old), and Babylon Five are close runners up. What can I say, I like Sci-Fi. That's why I placed the Honk'n'Holl'r Inn Space.
12. I'm not a big organized sporst fan. I just don't see the point as a spectator. sure going to any game can be fun--beer, tailgate parties, beer...did I say beer. But I don't see the point of going crazy for these big sports games on TV. I can understand playing them, I've really enjoyed playing many sports. I think as far as 'spectating' being a sport, I'm all for women's beach volleyball. Come on girls, I'm sure you could come up wiith a few 'spectating sports' for yourselves as well.
14. (Just joking) I love anything science related. Planetariums, museums--you name it. If it's science, I'm there. I even just recently found an interesting blog called Astronomical Drawings by Sebastion Lehrer from Germany. His blog is filled with drawings that he made from what he viewed with his telescope. It is a very interesting blog, and the renderings are very beautiful.
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Eve's a political activist who speaks her mind and doesn't pull her punches. Steve is down with the cause, but prefers to roll with the punches.
Cartoons by Anne Gibbons have adorned greeting cards, magazines, books, advertisements, newspapers and web sites across the country. The National Cartoonists Society awarded Anne with the prestigious Reuben Award for Greeting Cards in 2000.
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Back in 2009, when the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to allow practicing homosexual clergy, the agreement was that both liberal and conservative voices would be honored in the ELCA on this issue. For years, Living Lutheran, the national ELCA magazine, in numerous articles has promoted only one point of view, the liberal one. Numerous articles are like this one from the January 2018 issue:
"Elizabeth Rawlings (is) the ELCA pastor of The Sanctuary, the Lutheran/Episcopal campus ministry at the University of Washington, Seattle...Many of the students identify as LGBTQ+, and Rawlings, who is bisexual, knows that to lead such conversations for those who are in a critical stage of their faith development means "being real and...being open about when and how I struggle."
At The Sanctuary's website, the Episcopal priest is also "out queer". The website reads:
"Together, we worship, play, pray, dance, do yoga, hike, eat, meditate, make art, conversate and much more. We are a Q Center Safe Zone and a Reconciling In Christ ministry (a designation given to ELCA ministries who are supportive of the LGBTQ+ community). We engage in interfaith conversation and relationship. We do our best to live out the radical, gracious love of God in Jesus Christ." (see here)
For years now I have been waiting--and waiting and waiting--for one article in Living Lutheran to express a conservative view on homosexuality. Churches and groups around the country are helping people out of homosexual behavior (see restoredhopenetwork.org), but such a story has never made it into Living Lutheran. Given how left of center the ELCA has become, I am guessing such a story never will. So much for "diversity" in the ELCA.
In Jesus our Savior,
Pastor Tom Brock
(Here is the Living Lutheran article. Below is Rev. Brock's second blog)
The Bible is "biased, contradicts itself and can get real weird...(a) mess" says Lutheran/Episcopal Ministry
In my previous post, I shared about The Sanctuary, the Lutheran/Episcopal campus ministry at the University of Washington, Seattle, which was mentioned in an article in Living Lutheran Magazine, the national magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ministry fully supports the LBGTQ+ agenda. The Episcopal priest is "out queer" and the Lutheran pastor is bisexual.
How does a "Christian" ministry get to the point where it celebrates behaviors that the Bible condemns? This is done by getting rid of the authority of Scripture. Below is the ministry's statement on what the Bible is all about.
"What is the Bible?
The Bible is one of the resources we use to guide our lives of faith. As Lutheran & Episcopalian Christians, we believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God. It is a collection of stories of God's people and how they saw God acting in their lives and the lives of others. As it was written, edited, compiled and translated by humans who were products of their time and place and likely had their own agendas, there is bias, sometimes it contradicts itself, and it can get real weird. When we read the Bible, we consider the context of those involved in passing the stories down to us when we apply Biblical teaching to our own lives. Even with the mess, the contradiction and the weirdness, God is present in the Bible and is present with us when we read scripture. The Bible is one of the tools we use to understand who God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are, how they have acted in history, and how they are still active in the world (and our lives) today." (see here)
Martin Luther, who taught the Bible alone is the highest authority in the Christian life, would ask to have his name removed from the Lutheran/Episcopal campus ministry in Seattle.
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Tom Brock


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After the news broke out for the launch date of Xiaomi Mi 5 smartphone, Microsoft Lumia 650 is another one in this series of breaking news as the smartphone goes up for pre order at UK based online retailer. This new smartphone is nor yet officially announced neither it is launched by the company still it is found to be available for pre order at UK and is priced at £199 which is for sure SIM free and Unlocked one.
The device is not having the date when it will be available for sale but there are all the details about the smartphone device available in this new leak and the smartphone is said to be on the right track in terms of the pricing and specs matching. The new leaked details made it quite sensible that the device got it all when it comes to the price range where it is placed. The display got a expansion with the new processing unit comes forward in the new leaked renders.
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Lumia 650 launch date is still not confirmed as the device is still in the manufacturing process but yes it is quite clear that Microsoft is organizing an event in Mid of the February for the launch of this new smartphone device
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So just sit back and wait until mid of February and if still not then the smartphone is surely going to be revealed in the MWC 2016 in March as there are three smartphone which are due for the launch in the first quarter of 2016 from Microsoft may be the other will be the Lumia 750 and Lumia 850.
Full Specifications –
This new smartphone is powered with a Quad – Core 1.3 GHz Cortex – A7 processor with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 chipset and is carrying Adreno 304 GPU. The smartphone is pre – loaded with Microsoft Windows 10 operating system out of the box.
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The smartphone is provided with the 1 GB of RAM on slot and unlike Lumia 640 which is the predecessor of this new smartphone with the 16 GB of internal in – built memory that can be further expandable up to 200 GB with the microSD card slot.
You Might Love to Read – Asus Zenfone 3 another variant came up front in the benchmarking
According to the latest news Microsoft Lumia 650 specifications are equipped with a 5.0 – inch HD ClearBlack capacitive touchscreen display with 297 ppi of pixels density that provides the 1280 x 720 pixels of screen resolutions. Also the smartphone is provided with the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for the protection of the display.
Also there are Accelerometer, Compass and Proximity sensors to make the smartphone the best one to buy. There is a removable 2000 mAh Li – Ion battery that provides the power supply to the smartphone and the device is available in two different colours; White and Black.
You Might Love to Read – Lenovo K5 Note goes official with the 2GB RAM, 8MP of front camera and Fingerprint Scanner
8 MP of rear facing primary camera with features like; auto – focus, image stabilization, touch – focus, geo – tagging, panorama and LED Flash light. Also there is another better 5 MP of selfie shooter front facing secondary camera.
You Might Love to Read – Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 with 3GB RAM and front camera flash
There are many other features too that make your smartphone the best thing like; dual band WiFi with Hotspot, EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth v4.0, USB, GPS with A – GPS and GLONASS. The smartphone is capable of three carriers; GSM (2G), HSPA (3G) and LTE (4G).
Price –
After going through the specifications of Lumia 650 smartphone what are you thinking of is the device worth buying or not. Oh!!! You are missing the price of Microsoft Lumia 650 to think about buying this new smartphone but being a Microsoft product the price tag is not going to disturb you as company knows the price is the main key for their success.
Price in USA is 170$
Price in Europe is 155€
Price in Britain (UK) is 199£
Price in India is 13,500 India Rupees
Price in Canada is 230 Canadian Dollars
Price in Australia is 235 Australian Dollars
Price in Malaysia is 735 Malaysian Ringgits
Price in Sri Lanka is 24,450 Sri Lankan Rupees
Price in Pakistan is 17,800 Pakistani Rupees
So now tell after going through the Microsoft Lumia 650 specifications and price, what are your views toward this new smartphone.


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text: Digital Bauer's 'In Touch,' 'Life & Style' Cut Rate Base Both had sharp newsstand sale declinesBy Lucia Moses|November 23, 2011 Share By Lucia Moses|November 23, 2011 Share Bauer Publishing doesn't have too much to be thankful for this year. A day before the Thanksgiving holiday, the celebrity weekly publisher dropped the news that it would reduce the rate base for its low-priced magazines In Touch and Life & Style, citing soft newsstand sales brought on by the tough economy. In Touch will go to 650,000 from 800,000 while Life & Style will go to 400,000 from 450,000, starting in January. Newsstand sales have been down across the board, but Bauer feels the pressure more than most because most of its circulation comes from single-copy sales. In the first half of 2011, In Touch's total average circulation fell 15.7 percent to 682,634, far short of the 800,000 it guarantees advertisers, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Life & Style also missed its rate base in the first half when its circ fell 21.8 percent to 344,113. For the industry overall, newsstand sales fell 9 percent year over year in the first half, and the second half is trending down, too. Since celebrity weeklies account for such a large portion of all newsstand sales, their results were a big contributing factor. Us Weekly's single copy was down 16.9 percent in the first half and People, 10.5 percent. OK! Weekly was off 21.3 percent, a factor in its decision to cut its rate base 22 percent to 625,000. Bauer had been testing $1.99 cover prices in New England for the magazines, currently $2.99, and it claimed to be seeing a positive lift in sales. The company has abandoned that idea, though, perhaps considering that any sales lift could come at the expense of lower revenue. "We decided it was not worth it," said Ian Scott, Bauer Media Group president. Share http://adweek.it/2jJbMA5 copy Adweek Adweek


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The highest income for Cretan Houses
This development is due to the significant drop of cottages market prices in Greece Real Estate in recent years and in much smaller decline in rental prices over the same period. It is significant that during the last six years the sales prices have dropped to 40% as a result of lack of demand and the economic crisis. Therefore, they have become much more attractive for interested property investors.
Specifically, the houses in Mykonos offer annual gross return of 7.4% range, in Crete yields stood at 5.8% in Rhodes 5.6% and 5.5% in Chalkidiki. These destinations respectively occupy the first four positions in the ranking; the fifth belongs to the Dalmatian coast (Croatia), where the farm cottages offer a gross return of around 5.4%, while following two more locations, Corfu with yields of 4.8% and Porto Heli with yields 4.8%. Performance is calculated taking into account the initial cost and the estimated annual rental income (aggregated 12 weeks rental or three months).
Indeed, the future prospects for the Greek market can only be positive, which means even more profits for aspiring buyers / investors in the cottage industry in Greece. According to analysts, those placed on the market today can expect a significant recovery in housing values in the coming years, which means that they can capitalize and capital gains in the future. At the same time, rents are not expected to decrease; on the contrary, the most pessimistic estimates speak of stabilization, while the most optimistic and still expect increases, mainly due to the continued positive performance of the Greek tourism, but also because of the lack of many luxury homes in market.
Already, however, the foreign demand varies a very high level, at least compared to previous years. According to the Bank of Greece, reveals that total capital inflows from abroad to buy real estate in Greece increased in 2014 to 250 million EURO, against 168 million EURO in 2013 and 113 million EURO in 2012. The rise in compared with 2013 stood at 48.8%, while during the last two years, capital inflows from overseas property market exceeded 121% sample of momentum developed.
Moreover, most analysts point to the conclusion that, in all likelihood, the market of cottages has now reached the bottom, since it offered housing even in manufacturing costs, ie no business profit. Already in 2014 was characterized by the lowest price decline, with only 5-6%, a trend likely to continue this year. Therefore, the conditions are ideal for those who have the necessary liquidity.


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Abstract (Summary)"A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Community Health" ETD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-68) and appendices.
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Marxist Subversion and Perversion of America's Youth
A recent edition of the Hopewell News, a Virginia newspaper reported, "A Richmond attorney…has advised the Prince George County School Board not to block a proposed Gay-Straight Alliance club from forming at Prince George High School.â€Â "Should the issue be taken to courtâ€, said attorney D. Pat Lacy, Sr. of Richmond, "the school system would lose.â€Â (Gay-Straight Club Active at PGHS, Hopewell News, Oct. 6, 2006) Â
Common sense, traditional values Americans are outraged that schools are allowing Gay-Straight Alliances (GSA) into schools. They want to know who is behind these clubs and   their true motivations.
The plain truth is that both the GSA and Gay, Lesbian, Straight Educators Network (GLSEN), the organization that registers GSAs, are part of a vast, interconnected network of Cultural Marxist front groups known collectively as the New Left. For over forty years, the New Left---a collection of Marxists, Stalinists, Trotskyites, Maoists, and anarchists have been waging a Gramscian style "quiet revolution†for the overthrow of Christianity and America's Constitution, Rule of Law, sovereignty, and way of life.
While propagandists in the media have deftly kept the attention of most folks riveted on what they've been told to believe are the 'real threats' to America, such as gas prices, genuine Christianity, and mad cow disease, Marxist-trained psychopoliticians, propagandists, and change agents have descended upon the schools and are subjecting children and older youth to thought control and social re-engineering methodologies.Â
A position paper unwittingly published by the ACLU of Texas reveals why, "This generation of children will be the next generation of adult citizens who will make decisions on the directions this country will take. They will be molded by whatever education they receive.â€Â (The ACLU vs. America, Alan Sears and Craig Osten, p 71)
Couple that candid admission to the following, by Deanna Duby of the National Educators Association (NEA), a staunch ally of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and GLSEN, "The fear of the Religious Right is that the schools of today are the governments of tomorrow. And you know what, they're right.â€Â (ibid, p. 71)
Note: ACLU, NEA, GLSEN, GSA on Communist Party USA website: http://www.cpusa.org/link/group/0/
In the overthrowing of America, Cultural Marxists are utilizing a criminal methodology which originated in the USSR and whose ultimate goal can be characterized by its operative doctrine—nihilism. "Nihilism: originally in Russia, a social doctrine that defied all authority; revolutionism bent on the overthrow of all existing institutions.†(Funk and Wagnall's Dictionary, 1948)
Two key strategies included within the doctrine of nihilism were added after WWI by two Marxist theoreticians, Antonio Gramsci and Georg Lukacs. These strategies had to do with how to destroy the Christian West, which both men concluded was the obstacle standing in the way of a communist new world order.
Gramsci posited that because Christianity had been dominant in the West for over 1600 years, it was therefore completely fused with Western civilization. The West, advised Gramsci, would have to be dechristianized and simultaneously atheitized by means of a "long march through the culture†so as to slowly infiltrate and then radically transform every cultural institution from the family, to the church, seminaries, schools, universities, judiciary, media, entertainment, politics, and political parties
Extreme (obscene) sex education was the strategy added by Lukacs. He reasoned that if Christian sexual ethics such as chastity (abstinence), fidelity, and monogamy could be undermined among children, then both the hated traditional family and Christianity would be dealt crippling blows. Towards this end, Lukacs launched radical sex education programs in the schools. Children, under the control of Bolshevik commissars, were force-fed atheism and instructed in all aspects of promiscuity while simultaneously encouraged to deride and reject their parents, pastors, and Christian moral ethics. All of this was accompanied by a reign of terror perpetrated against parents, priests, and other dissenters. Lukacs' strategic method would later be brought to American schools by among others, the NEA, ACLU, GLSEN, and GSA.
In the following excerpts from, "Soviet Occupation of Poland, 1939†the application of Marxist criminal methodology can be plainly seen:
"Seeing their incapacity of making headway…to win over the population…Bolsheviks…direct all…efforts towards inculcating their principles in the young. As they have absolute power and no scruples, their methods can easily be imagined. Religion, Polish History and Literature, Latin and Greek were immediately removed from the curriculum (and the) schools submerged in worthless propaganda (which) is intended to destroy their hearer's faith in everything they had hitherto been taught to love and respect.â€
"Atheism is of great importance in the Bolshevik system of education. Even children in…nurseries are subjected to (it). A sort of maniacal stress is laid on the dissolution of morals. Soviet officers (teach about) sexual life in classrooms attended by little girls (and) explain that chastity was a prejudice of decayed bourgeoisie. The helpless indignation of parents forced to put up with…shameless inroads on everything they hold sacred can be imagined. Their helplessness and misery are callously discounted by those in power…every effort is made to undermine all feelings of respect and trust towards their parents.†(http://felsztyn.tripod.com/id15.html)
Nationwide, GLSEN has established GSAs in more than 3,000 Leftist controlled 'indoctrination camps' aka public schools. In bastions of Marxist control such as California and Massachusetts, GLSEN is brazenly 'sensitizing' youths into trying 'diverse alternative' lifestyle choices that decent people everywhere recoil in horror from. Both the infamous sadomasochistic "Fistgate†and "Little Black Book---Queer in the 21st Century†were sponsored in part by GLSEN. (Fistgate Special Report, http://www.massnews.com; The Little Black Book, Http://www.article8.org)
Towards the goal of perverting and subverting children, a California GSA had its middle and high school members march in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade in June 2003. They mingled freely with nude males, topless females, and sadomasochists. Simulated sex acts were performed along the parade route. At least one sign read, "Sodomize me, it's legal!â€Â GLSEN used a yellow school bus to ferry youths to the parade. (Selling Homosexuality to America, www.coralridge.org, 2006)
Wherever GLSEN is resisted it fights back, often in partnership with the ACLU. Through threat of lawsuits and other intimidation tactics, the ACLU and GLSEN batter decent Americans into submission. For example, in Boyd County, KY, the ACLU and GLSEN used a court order to force children into attending psychopolitical "tolerance training.â€Â  When hundreds of parents tried to "opt out†their children, the ACLU threatened further legal action to force parents to surrender their children to GLSEN commissars.Â
In a WorldNetDaily article titled, "Gay Groups: We Have Rights to Your Children!†it states, "A collection of 'gay' organizations has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Massachusetts claiming they have every right to teach their doctrine to grade-school students. Parental rights, according to the brief 'have never meant that a parent can demand prior notice and the right to opt a child out…â€Â  The article reveals that the groups involved are major Marxist-progressive 'gay' rights proponents: the Human Rights Campaign, the ACLU, Mass. Teachers Assoc., Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders. (WorldNetDaily, Oct. 6, 2006)
In an obvious effort at damaging the parent-child relationship, the ACLU---with help from GLSEN--- published a manual audaciously titled, "Making Schools Safe.â€Â This manual is a "blueprint for using schools to influence children to reject the values and beliefs of parents who oppose homosexuality.†(America vs. ACLU, p. 70) Â
In material to promote its "Day of Silence, " a psychopolitical scheme designed to encourage defiance by youth towards parents, teachers, etc., GLSEN told children to "brainstorm†a list of people, "who are likely to stand in your way†or "expressed bias against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people.â€Â The list can include teachers, school board members, and relatives. Children were advised that, "People who oppose your issue are…your opponents.†(America vs. the ACLU, p 71)
 Marxist-Progressives Who Fund the Subversion and Perversion of America's Youth Â
On the bottom of the GSA homepage it states, "GSA is a project of the Tides Center.†(http://www.gsanetwork.org/)
The Tides Center/Foundation funnels money from wealthy international and national donors---both individuals and foundations/institutes--- to the New Left's matrix of communist front groups. Essentially, the New Left is the "hired assassins†doing the dirty work for wealthy progressives who want America destroyed and don't care about the criminal methods employed, but who don't want to dirty their hands. Among wealthy individuals who donate to Tides is Teresa Heinz Kerry, who has donated more than $4 million.  Another donor is multi-millionaire George Soros and his Shadow Party and Open Society Institute.
"The Tides 'family' of organizations is a nerve center of radical Shadow Party activity. George Soros has given more than $17 million to the Tides Center since 1999.â€Â (The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party, David Horowitz and Richard Poe, p.126)
Other Marxist-progressive funders include, for example:
Pew Charitable Trusts, Bill Moyers, Ford Foundation, and John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation
The Black Book of Communism recounts in horrific detail the crimes committed against humanity, culture, and civilization by adherents to the communist doctrine. Stephane Courtois, one of the books authors, characterizes communism as a criminal ideology. Former Pres. Reagan, a God-fearing man and one of America's greatest leaders called the USSR an "empire of evil.â€
How ironic that though the West won the Cold War, it is losing the 'Culture War' to the Church of Criminal Orthodoxy. While we were not paying attention it stealthily crept into America and began injecting its 'moral insanity' producing venom into America's cultural institutions. Working under cover as multiculturalism, diversity, tolerance, sexual orientation, safe schools/safe sex, reproductive choice, porn as free speech, etc., the evil empire has entrenched itself right here in America.
As it works its destructive black magic upon the America of our Founders, it simultaneously takes control of America's future---her children. It is subverting and perverting them in much the same way as was done to the children of Christian Russia, Hungary, and Poland.
What Must We Do?
Americans must clear their minds of the psychopolitically-induced mind paste which prevents them from seeing the truth, which is that America was founded by God-fearing patriots who chose Christian principles on which to achieve independence. In the words of John Adams, "The…principles on which the fathers achieved independence were…the general principles of Christianity.â€Â (Works, Vol. x, pp. 45-46, to Thomas Jefferson, June 28, 1813) When Gramsci and Lukacs pointed to Christianity as the obstacle preventing the establishment of a communist new world order, they were confessing to this truth.
If we wish to remain free, we must turn back to and rededicate ourselves to the source of our freedom and personal liberties: God the Creator and the principles of Christianity. Parents must protect their children and keep them out of the grasping hands of the Church of Criminal Orthodoxy. And as a people united by the principles of freedom and personal liberty, we must commit ourselves to the long and arduous fight to recapture every square inch of our culture, laws, and government and cleanse them of the corruptions caused by the Church of Criminal Orthodoxy.
Copyright Linda Kimball 2006
PatriotsandLiberty http://patriotsandliberty.com/
The ACLU vs. America, Alan Sears & Craig Osten
The Black Book of Communism, Courtois, Werth, Panne, Paczkowski, Bartosek, Margolin
Radical Road Maps, James H. Hansen


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Below are the following links:
- Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited
- Scouts Canada
- Girl Guides of Ontario
- London Recreational Services
- Boys & Girls Club of London
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area
Crouch Neighbourhood Resource Centre
- Crouch offers FREE recreational programming for youth ages 11-17. Drop-in activities and organized clubs are a great way for youth to make new friends in a positive, healthy neighborhood environment.
550 Hamilton Road
London, ON N5Z 1S4
Tel: (519)-642-7630
Fax: (519)-642-7026
- At our main office, you'll find GED (General Educational Development), career counseling, employment and life skills workshops and job placement support. In the Employment Resource Centre we offer free access to computers, internet, telephone, fax, photocopiers, job postings and help with resume writing and job search techniques.
The Skill Centre
141 Dundas Street, Second Floor
London, ON N6A 1G3
tel. 519.432.1112
fax. 519.432.2883
- Not sure who to turn to? The Youth Action Centre can help. A resource referral drop-in centre for youth 16-24 years of age. The YAC is a fun, safe place where staff listen and care.
332 Richmond Street
London, ON N6A 3C3
tel. 226.777.0116
fax. 519.432.288
- The Cornerstone provides a safe environment for at risk youth ages 16 to 24 while encouraging them to explore options and supporting them in making positive choices. The Cornerstone team works towards the elimination of youth homelessness. Programming encompasses supportive housing, education, employment, family connections and interventions to address health concerns and/or addictions. The Cornerstone bridges gaps between youth and needed means in the community by providing comprehensive resources, harm-reduction and serving as a connecting point for community partnerships. The Cornerstone is also home to the YOU Made It Café, the Community Meeting Room and alternative education experiences through the Thames Valley District School Board.
332 Richmond Street
London, ON N6A 3C3
tel: 226.777.0116
- Co-ed programs for boys and girl, include: Beavers, Cubs, Venturers and Rovers. Programs start at age 5 and go until young adulthood. Adventure, recreation, education, social and community work. Financial Assistance is available, including cost of uniform---all you have to do is ask. Groups meet every week throughout the school year and there are groups organized in neighborhoods throughout London. Camps are organized for the summer months.
531 Windermere Rd.
London, Ontario
TollFree: 1-866-568-7472
Tel: (519)-432-2646
Fax: (519)-432-1677
- Guiding offers the widest range of activities of any extracurricular activity for girls and young women. Developing friendships while exploring the arts, sciences, cultural awareness and so much more, Guiding lets girls from 5 to 18 try it all through enriching experiences that will stay with them for a lifetime. The variety of Guiding's programming and opportunities gives girls unlimited opportunities to develop the skills that help them confidently navigate their world. Through fun activities and dynamic discussions, our goal is to increase girls' awareness about the wider world, promote cross-cultural understanding and educate girls on global issues that will inspire them to take action.
Empowering, challenging and engaging – that's what today's Girl Guides is all about."
- Financial assistance is available for those who cannot afford the membership fee.
Toronto, Ontario
Email: email@example.com
Office Hours: Monday to Friday – 8:30am to 4:15pm
- Facilities include track, swimming, exercise classes, weights, day and overnight camps for children.
- The "Y" offers subsidized memberships to individuals and families who are low-income, or on assistance. Minimum payment is usually $5, but if you can afford more then you may be asked to contribute more. Subsidies require proof of income, and a meeting with a "Y" staff to process your application. For camp subsidies, you must apply months in advance.
Downtown Location:
382 Waterloo Street
London, ON N6B 2N8
Tel: (519)-667-3300
Fax: (519)-434-3401
Bob Hayward Location:
1050 Hamilton Road,
London, ON N5W 1A6
Tel: (519)- 451.2395
Fax: (519)-451-2396 ext. 322 (front desk)
Stoney Creek Location
920 Sunningdale Road East,
London, ON N5X 0H5
Tel: 519.667.4400
London Recreational Services Spectrum
- Year round sports & recreational programs for children and adults, including summer camps. Phone them if you would like a copy of current programs, or pick up a copy at the library. All programs can be subsidized. However, you must provide a letter from a recognized Social Service agency to confirm your financial situation. You may still be asked to pay 50% or more of the costs; however, if you persist it will be further reduced. Programs occur in neighborhoods throughout the city.
- For Spring and Summer 2018 programs click here: here
151 Dundas Street, 3rd Floor
London, Ontario
Tel: (519)-661-5575
Fax: (519)-661-5607
- Offers a variety of recreational and social programs for youth as members and visitors, including general club activities, holiday camps, computer courses, sports, leadership training and swimming lessons* members free * visitors/parents - $3.00.
- Provides activities for children and youth whenever school is out. Our program services are planned to provide fun with a purpose where children and youth enjoy a safe place of their own.
184 Horton St.
London, Ontario
Tel: (519)-434-9114
Fax: (519)-432-9306
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area (BBBSOLA) provides mentoring programs to children and youth between the ages of 7-17. Mentors (Bigs) are screened and trained to provide their mentees (Littles) with support and companionship, while acting as a positive role model. Once a match is made, mentors commit to meeting with their mentee once a week for 3 to 4 hours. Matches can plan activities suitable to their interests, but they also have the option of attending monthly match events facilitated through the agency. These events offer a number of different activities, and provide matches with an opportunity to meet one another and, most importantly, have fun.
- Parents or guardians interested in getting their child involved are encouraged to fill out this application or 519-438-7065. BBBSOLA requires an application, as well as an interview in order to enroll a new Little. While it can take up to a year to be matched with a mentor, BBBSOLA provides additional group mentoring programs, for young people ready and waiting to be matched.
Contact information:
543 Ridout Street N.
London, Ontario
Phone: (519)-438-7065
Fax: (519)-438-4910
Toll Free: 1-866-625-1399