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As she delves deeper into the magic of the stone and the Celtic lore that surrounds it, Valerie realizes that she's losing. Again. But this loss might involve more than a magical stone – this time, she just might lose her heart.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Homeschoolers in Fiction - Guest Post by Beth Balmanno
As she delves deeper into the magic of the stone and the Celtic lore that surrounds it, Valerie realizes that she's losing. Again. But this loss might involve more than a magical stone – this time, she just might lose her heart.
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As someone who was homeschooled, I'm always glad to see homeschoolers in fiction. I have to admit, I haven't read enough books to notice this trend. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for this in the future.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Melanie, it doesn't keep me up at night or anything ;) but it IS something I notice, probably because I am an author AND a homeschool parent. My eldest is 13 and she is a voracious reader...and I want her to have books with characters whom she can identify with . That doesn't mean ALL books she reads should have homeschool characters -- she identifies herself as much more than a homeschooler -- but it sure would be nice to stumble across one every now and then in mainstream fiction. There is a nice little site that identifies and reviews books with homeschoolers as main or supporting characters. http://www.homeschoolliterature.com/books-by-grade As a former homeschooler, you might find it interesting. :)Delete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2012 at 11:38 PM
I'm a writer and a homeschooling mom of a 7 yr old girl, and I don't think I've ever seen a fiction book or novel that included a homeschooler. As a HSing mom, I can tell you that our family definitely does not fit the homeschooling stereotypes. As a matter of fact, I have been looked down on by some middle to upper class homeschooling parents because of our socioeconomic differences. It's a sad fact, but it's true. Because of that, I only have a couple of HSing friends. We are "like everyone else", and unfortunately, that includes discrimination.ReplyDelete
This does look like an interesting book, and I think I'd like to check it out.
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2012 at 1:50 AM
I decided long before my kids were born that I would homeschool them, but they are definitely beyond their age level, possibly by as much as 2 years. They're also very rowdy, and if I were to put them in a regular school the teachers would be recommending medication for them.ReplyDelete
I homeschool them because I don't want them to go through what my husband and I did - failing classes because we were too bored to do the homework, even though we could pass the tests without studying. So I guess we fit the prodigy stereotype, lol.
Great post, Beth! How homeschoolers are portrayed in books has long been a topic of discussion amongst my group of fellow book-loving homeschool moms. It is frustrating to see so much of the market share of new juvenile and teen books released each year be completely devoid of characters learning outside the traditional classroom setting. Or, yes, worse to see us represented with the same old, tired stereotypes instead of as the diverse group of individuals we really are. Homeschooling is simply just one of a whole amazing spectrum of learning environments that exist in the world today.ReplyDelete
But, like you said, there are some books and authors out there that get it right! In order to try and highlight those books, and form a united voice to remind authors and publishers that we are here (and we read--a lot!!), some of those same book-loving homeschool moms in my circle of friends started a readers' choice book award--http://NationalHomeschoolBookAward.com--with the intent of highlighting some of the current kid's lit we think might appeal to homeschoolers.
For more reading suggestions, we also have a side blog that we use to highlight books throughout the year that we review from a homeschooler's perspective called What We're Reading (http://NationalHomeschoolBookAward.com/wwr). We're hoping to be part of a positive change in how homeschoolers are portrayed!
The only example of homeschool characters that were "well done" would have to be on the Adventures in Odyssey CDs. It's not something that is focused upon, it's just a fact. "She's homeschooled." The character is not a stereotype like you mentioned. For this, I am so thankful. My kids hear this and are affirmed that they are "normal" and that other "normal" kids just like them are out there. =) In addition, Adventures in Odyssey does not shirk from real issues--many not black and white. They bring up "difficult" situations and my kids learn a lot from the story lines.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to reading your book, Beth!! =)
We love books about homeschoolers too. My son likes the Jonathan Clark books on audio they are full of adventure BUT when compared to our own homeschool life. Not so believable. We have introduce books by homeschoolers to our son through the Homeschool Literature.com website. It has been great. My son would like to see more boys that are homeschooled in books.ReplyDelete
With the crossover of YA literature into the adult market, I think it's just as important for adults to see that homeschooled kids are "normal." Too many adults dismiss homeschool families with the tired old stereotypes. Books like SIS can help inform them, too.ReplyDelete
I was homeschooled (back when it was considered weird and "fringe") and am now homeschooling my two boys. I hate to say it, but I encountered every stereotype listed here. I was a little puzzled by it at the time because my family was pretty "normal" aside from our educational choice to homeschool.ReplyDelete
When I wrote my story I decided to make the main character homeschooled because I felt I could portray her in a realistic way by drawing on my own experiences. I plopped her into a regular high school so I could give an example of what regular school might look like through the eyes of a homeschooler. Hopefully I didn't stray into any of the stereotypes!
While I see what you are saying, I don't really resent homeschooling stereotypes because they can be true. I was homeschooled for part of my high school years because I was the loner kid who couldn't handle the pressures of school and socialization, as you put it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Stereotypes exist across the board, especially in school environments (Breakfast Club, anyone? :). What I wanted to point out was that not all homeschool kids fit into those few, little categories that seem to perpetually pop up when they are portrayed in fiction.Delete
And boy, do I hear you on the "loner kid" syndrome. My family moved around every couple of years and it was *hard* trying to carve out new friendships and find my place in an existing school environment...year after year, move after move.
As the author of an adventure book about home schoolers, I am glad to read about yet another effort to include home schooled characters in fiction. With more than 2 million home schoolers in the USA, this is definitely an underserved market segment. I would like to encourage more writers to write books with home school characters. There are many children and families that would love to read such stories.ReplyDelete


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Most of us take a whopping 18,000 steps every day and walk 100,000 miles in our lifetime so it's crucial to take care of our feet to prevent serious problems developing. And no, a simple pedicure or dousing in moisturiser will not do. Only chiropodists and podiatrists, who specialise in foot health, can treat and solve the nasty medical conditions that plague many a foot. Hard skin, if left too long, isn't good either," says Anne. "In diabetics, it can lead to ulceration under the hard skin. Hard skin in general can hide serious problems. And cracked heels can end up leading to cellulitis and other infections." Corns and calluses are thick, hardened layers of dead skin that develop as a result of your skin's natural protection against friction and pressure. The main difference between the two is where they form; calluses develop on the balls or heels of feet and corns form on the tops or sides of the toes. Also, calluses are typically a larger and more diffuse build-up of hard skin and may or may not hurt depending on its thickness. A corn, on the other hand, appears as a thick lump that can become larger in size, and often very painful. A bunion is an abnormal, bony bump that forms on the joint at the base of your big toe. Bunions form when your big toe pushes up against your other toes, forcing your big toe joint in the opposite direction, away from normal profile of your foot. Over time, the abnormal position enlarges your big toe joint, further crowding your other toes and causing pain. Bunions can occur for a number of reasons, but a common cause is wearing shoes that fit too tightly. Bunions can also develop as a result of an inherited structural defect or stress on your foot or a medical condition, such as arthritis. Bunions, unsightly bone growths located on the side of the foot by the joint of the big toe, are a very common foot problem. Developing as a result of an irregular function of the foot, the condition will eventually worsen over time. Usually experienced by women, some studies report that bunions occur nearly 10 times more frequently in women than in men. This condition is also very common with ballet dancers. A bunion is a bony growth on the foot. It can form outside the big toe or the pinkie toe. Bunions can be unsightly and prevent the wearing of tight, fashionable shoes. More importantly, bunions can be very painful. Plain tylenol is OK if you have no liver disease. Remember, the short acting pain pills often have acetaminophen (Tylenol) in them. The maximum daily dose of Tylenol if you have a normal liver is 3500-4000 mg. If your narcotic pain medicine is not lasting long enough you can use a little more or use if less often as long as you do not overuse the maximum daily acetaminophen dose. Please try to anticipate the need for any refills on your pain medication, and contact our office early in the day the day before running out completely. I cannot provide prescription refills after business hours or on weekends. Scientifically, arch pain is referred as the inflammation and burning sensation at the arch of the foot. How does this pain result? At the bottom of the foot near the arch area we have a broad band of fibrous tissue referred to as plantar fascia. Once this tissue become inflamed an arch pain results. Causes of foot pain One most disruptive problem that you can have is having a foot pain. The troublesome pain causes reduced mobility and alters the feet ability to bear the weight of your entire body. Some of the possible causes of foot pain include; 1. Blisters and bunions As a rule a bunion deformity should be recognized early and evaluated by your podiatrist. As a bunion deformity progresses however, treatment should include modification of shoe gear with a wider shoe to alleviate the pressure at the bunion joint. Anti-inflammatory medication and/or cortisone injections could be necessary during the acute phase. X-ray findings will determine the severity of the bunion and whether surgery may or may not be recommended. If surgery is recommended, there are many different surgical procedures that are available and these are base upon the examination and x-ray findings. Podiatry is a not so common branch of medical science that discusses about the healing process of different foot and ankle disorders. It deals about the diagnosis, prevention, and other possible medical treatments of disorders of foot and ankle. Podiatrists are those people who are specially trained to diagnosis all biomechanical foot and leg issues and can treat different foot conditions. Have you actually assumed about caring for the feet? 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Since last week, a lot has happened! We received transfer calls this week and I will be spending my last 6 weeks in Vienna with Sister Baugh. She is in her 9th transfer on her mission and I am in my last. We are both finishing training goldens right now and will be whitewashing the Vienna 3rd ward.
There are 5 wards in Vienna and there used to be only one set of sisters, but we will be replacing elders in this ward and will be the only missionaries in it! We will also be serving as sister training leaders. It will be crazy, trying to learn transportation and the ward in just six weeks, but fun and I'm sure that the Lord has much in store for me.
It will be sad to leave gorgeous Graz and the fabulous sister Grossen, but that is life and after having moved a few times on my mission, I know that everything has it's season and that true friendships never really end!
This past week, we were able to meet with our family who come from Iraq a few times. We went to their home on Tuesday and taught them then helped them with German. However, as we were there, we learned that it would be their son's 8th birthday on Thursday. So we rushed the next two days to put together a cake and surprised him with it on Thursday.
He asked to relight the candles three times so he could blow them out and then was so anxious to eat his piece of the cake, that he was trying to lick the knife as his dad served him his piece. So sweet!
They are also making a lot of progress as children of God! 🙂 WE visited them again on Saturday and we had a talk about baptism, because they had questions about it. We explained that it was important because when it is done correctly and with the proper authority, baptism cleanses you from all sin and prepares you to live with God again. It is a two way promise between us and God.
We promise to follow Him and His commandments for our whole lives. Seems like a hefty promise, but the blessings much outweigh the simple promise we make. The blessings are a life free of guilt and shame, immense joy, the gift of the holy ghost (which helps us know things and guides us daily) and a chance to live with God again.
As we explained this, we also had to explain that it would be dangerous for them to make such a promise and become Christians officially if they ever returned to Iraq. Therefore, they must obtain a permanent residence before being baptized. They expressed a sincere and strong desire to be baptised but were also willing to be patient and wait until it was totally safe for them. They are so amazing!
We had a few other appointments, but one of my favorite was with members on Sunday. The Sanders Family invited us over for dinner with the elders and a single adult in the ward named Mao. They fed us amazing food and took us to this GORGEOUS lookout point. It was like living the sound of music.
Although the food was good and the view was gorgeous, still the best part was being in good company. Their company and the company of the spirit. As we strive to grasp the simplicity of those good moments where we are just close to great people who we love, life becomes even more beautiful. As I have gone throughout my mission, I have really realized that the spirit helps us see the beauty in others and that the beauty of other people can really brighten our lives.
As we serve our neighbors and give of ourselves, it is our lives which become enriched. Isn't God so clever for designing us this way? The more we serve Him, the happier we are. It's a beautiful thing.
Some of these things that brighten our lives are miracles!
Actually, just as I was emailing, a miracle happened. Sister Grossen and I heard a knock on the door, so we went to the door and here stood a man who asked, "Is this the Mormon church?" We responded saying yes, so he proceeded to ask us if he could know anything about it. We said yes and asked for one moment to grab some materials from the church to share with him.
We ran inside, remembered that we did not have Books of Mormon in our bags, then searched the church. We quickly discovered that the library didn't have any, so we checked the YSA room that is normally ALWAYS locked, but the door was wide open and many copies of das Buch Mormon were in the shelf. So we taught him about the Book and gave him a short overview introduction to the church.
He told us that he had a dream that he needed to learn about the Mormons. The thought couldn't leave his mind all week, despite him not being religious normally at all, he decided he needed to follow this sign. We made out an appointment with Klaus on Wednesday and he left very excited to learn more! Thank goodness for knowing the message and for spiritual promptings!
So, this week I have learned to face trials with the biggest smile we can muster, even if that means just keeping it together, to find the beauty in everything and that as we find this beauty and strive to serve others, our lives are illuminated with the love of God and his wondrous blessings! Life is beautiful!
Have a great week!
Bis bald in Wien!
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There was good news today for car buyers. According to Bloomberg Business, interest rates are at the lowest they've been for four years. The low interest rates are in part to borrowers now paying their bill on time and not falling behind as well as a rise in demand for new cars. On average, the interest rate for a new car loan fell to 4.52% in the fourth quarter. This figure was founded by Experian Automotive and they also said that the rates were the lowest since they began tracking the figure in 2008.
Borrowers who have fallen behind on payments by 30 days saw a decline of $15.1 billion in the fourth quarter. That's 8 percent down from just a year before and 28 percent lower overall of what it was at the end of 2009. Those who were delinquent on loans of 60 days decreased $3.48 billion which translates to a 14 percent drop-off from last year and 39 percent from 2009.
A positive up-swing in car sales has really lit a fire under the financial companies. They are now boosting lending in the auto industry after seeing a sales increase of $12.8 million last year, the second consecutive annual increase of at least 10 percent. Another factor in the lending trend is that the Federal Reserve has stayed committed to holding short-term rates at near zero all the way through at least 2014.
Experian's report also noted that buyers whose credit is nonprime or even worse accounted for 23% of the new car financing market in the fourth quarter. This is a huge change considering that just the prior year, it was less than 20 percent.
Now is the best time to get the car you've been dreaming of. Approved Loan Store wants to help make that dream a reality. Contact us today at 877-217-2217 or log on to the website to apply for a car loan. Be sure to also follow Approved Loan Store on Facebook so that you can see all the latest news and blog tips.


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Fat Media launches new website for Insider Media
We are incredibly proud to introduce one of our newest creations; a website for Insider Media.
As a leading regional B2B media company with a truly national reach, Insider Media required a responsive website that would meet the needs of their ever growing audience, as well as visually represent their business correctly as a true industry leader.
The dynamic website delivered collaboratively with the forward-thinking team at Insider has certainly accomplished these goals, whilst providing them with a functional platform for delivering up to date business news for the future.
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It is essential to provide educational opportunities and tools to a school community implementing a technology change (Zucker, 2006).
The purpose of this site is to provide digital resources for educating and supporting the various populations involved in a one-to-one laptop initiative. A variety of digital resources and materials were created for this site to serve everyone within the Van Meter Community School and others who are interested in a one-to-one laptop learning initiative program.


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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
*Top Ten Tuesday* Top 10 Most Anticipated Releases of 2014!
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Ack! How could I have forgotten about Killer Frost?! I can't wait to see what happens in the end. And, I have Up From the Grave on my list too. So sad to see this series end. I'm going to go through major Cat and Bones withdraw.ReplyDelete
TTT @ Krista's Dust Jacket
I still have to start reading Partials! I have no idea what the hold up is, it's sitting on my shelf haha.ReplyDelete
Sunrise! Eeeeee! So excited for that one. Very excited for the new Rowland as well. Great selection!ReplyDelete
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I need to start or get caught up in most of these series! I'm dying for Cress though. :DReplyDelete
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Most of these books are on my 2014 wishlist too but KMM's Burned is definitely at the top. I can't wait! Looking forward to the final Cat & Bones installment too. Next year is going to be a good one. :)ReplyDelete
OOoh nice list!! I had quite a few with no covers either! The Forever Song one of them! Plus Julie's other series that had the worst cliffhanger ever--ie: it killed me and now I have to wait a year for the next?!ReplyDelete
I still need to start Vicki's new series but I did buy the first two when they released!
Loving a lot of your list here, so I won't gush them all by their titles!
Here's my Tuesday Post
Have a GREAT day!
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Dorothy Must Die and Cress! I totally agree with these. I don't know many of the other series on your list, but I'm gonna look into them!ReplyDelete
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Great picks! Two of these made my own list, but I need to read the whole series for them - the Lunar Chronices and Ashfall series. I'm excited to get to all of them next year. My TTTReplyDelete


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Monika Wolińska was born in Chełm, and began her music education at the age of six, learning to play the violin. She is a threefold graduate in music, having obtained a master's degree in vocal and instrumental ensembles (Prof. Janusz Stanecki's class) and in the violin class (Prof. Henryk Bałaban's class) at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz. Finally, in 2003 she became a graduate of the symphony and opera conducting class of Ryszard Dudek at the Academy of Music in Warsaw.
Monika Wolińska continued her education actively participating in various master courses conducted among others by Kurt Masur and Pierre Boulez.
Since 2003 she has collaborated with the Symphony Orchestra of the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, and since 2004 has acted on a regular basis as an assistant of Maestro Jerzy Semkow. In the season of 2007/2008, she performed the duty of the permanent conductor of the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, as well as the assistant of Krzysztof Penderecki.
Monika Wolińska performed with the most prestigious orchestras in Poland and abroad including: Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw, Lucerne Music Festival Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Moscovia Chamber Orchestra, Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Iuventus and with the majority of philharmonic orchestras in Poland. Monika Wolińska performed as conductor in many prestigious festivals. In 2004 she made her debut in the Lucerne Music Festival. In 2007 she performed in the International Festival of Music in St Petersburg, where she conducted the orchestra and choir of the Anton Rubinstein Conservatory of St. Petersburg. Also in 2007 she made her debut in the International Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music.
Monika Wolińska made many first performances and archive recordings of symphonic compositions, the majority of which were written by contemporary Polish composers.
Since 2003 she has been a lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, in Warsaw, where in 2012 she was awarded the degree of habilitated doctor in the field of music arts, the discipline of artistic conducting.
In 2005 Monika Wolińska published a book entitled 'Stanisław Wisłocki – Conductor and Pedagogue'.
In 2011, Monika Wolińska received an honorary award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage 'Order of Merit to Polish Culture'.
In April 2012 she released her debut album recorded with famous Polish Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia. The CD contains the first ever recording of the music by one of the greatest Polish composers, Eugeniusz Morawski. The album was nominated to the FRYDERYKI 2013 Award.
Currently Monika Wolińska is the full- time conductor of the Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra (since April 2013).


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The next great Photo Fest:
May 4 - 11, 2019
Cathy Church's Underwater Photo Fest
in Grand Cayman at the Sunset House Hotel
Enjoy exciting classes with Cathy and her fabulous staff:
Separate photo contests for every level. One special category where only the worst photo can WIN!
Photo-friendly dive boats with photo coach on board
Fabulous Fun ** Plentiful Prizes ** Free Olympus Demo Gear ** Great Giveaways
Rates start at $2275.00 per person, double occupancy.
Long Bottom Times
Cathy is a photographer and she knows what you want -- LOTS of bottom time on interesting, fun, and photogenic dive sites. On the shallow dive days, you can stay down for THREE HOURS!! Even on days when there is a stunning wall dive, you can use your computer and your nitrox to get maximum time for the wall dive and often NINETY MINUTES on the shallow second dive. You can dive, shoot, come up when your tank is low, get some water or fruit while your tank is being changed (you don't even have to get out of the water). Go back down and do it all over again until three hours are up. You might want to bring a little extra exposure protection to avoid getting chilled during these marathon dives. There will be a photo coach on your boat to help divers in the water, like helping with strobe aim or finding a lovely subject.
Afternoon activities
Afternoons activites: • Photo or video class • Critique • Shore dive • Shopping • Nap • Have a beer by the sea. Sunset House has one of the best shore dives in Grand Cayman with plenty of close-up subjects, a wonderful little wreck, a nine-foot bronze mermaid and plenty of fish.
Learning is fun
Lectures by Cathy and her knowledgeable staff are fun and informative. Lecture topics can include • Basics of photography • Composition • Strobe Lighting • Photo Editing • Close-ups • Wide Angle and more. Critiques NEVER make you cry, no matter how your photos turned out. Critiques are designed to help you grow, not to make you feel bad!! And when you get your best photo ever, you will get plenty of applause.
Contests and socializing
Share fish tales socializing with the other underwater photographers, enjoy cocktails as you watch the spectacular sunset at the famous My Bar, and see everyone's best photos at the final evening slide show. Photo contests and drawings for great prizes and giveaways from Olympus, Scubapro, Ultralight, Sea and Sea, Sunset House, Cathy Church's and more. Enter the worst photo category for the super prize. Anyone can win!
Available nowhere else in the world
Nowhere else can you find our quality & style of photo-friendly diving. Don't miss this opportunity to meet, learn from and dive with Cathy herself. She is a legend in underwater photography, having received almost every award the industry has to give.
She is first and foremost a teacher, generously offering all of her 53+ years of knowledge and experience to every student -- no matter what their level or equipment. She taught the coaches who will be assisting you, so you can expect excellent instruction from them as well. Advanced or beginner, photographer or videographer, even non-diver guests are welcome.
If you are considering any other Caribbean photo workshop, ask if the instructor is dedicated to helping students IN the water the way Cathy Church is — she and her staff to not carry their own camera to do their own photography. It is ALL for YOU!
We look forward to helping you get some beautiful underwater photographs and have a great vacation.


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The e21 Initiative Charts the State's Energy Transition
No state is immune from the effects of climate change. What is the electricity system doing to prepare?
Announcing the Project Roster for 2016 eLab Accelerator
Taos Area Strives to Be 100% Renewable
RMI Outlet, Rocky Mountain Institute's blog, explores topics critical to RMI's mission to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources.


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Caron Industries is introducing a new Versa Style door collection at IWF. These sleek, three-piece construction doors are designed with stylish horizontal grain center panels, either in solid wood or veneer. The solid wood version can be enhanced with a selection of options such as trendsetting "aged grain", that adds a distinctive third dimension to the wood's natural look. Visit the company at booth #4813.
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We have photos from The Blacklist fall finale and it looks like Liz will be turning to someone very special for help with a delicate situation.
The episode "The Decembrist" promises to pick up where the previous one left off. Liz still has Tom in her basement, but as he pointed out to her, she may soon have no reason to keep him alive. Is it possible that Liz might just do the unthinkable and kill Tom once he's outlived his usefulness?
INTERVIEW: The Blacklist star teases "action-packed" finale
Liz has about a million reasons to get rid of Tom at this point. The man pretended to be someone else so that he could get her to marry him, all so he could gather information on her and Red. Who can blame her for keeping him locked up in a dingy basement, chained to the floor like the dog he is?
In photos from the episode, it looks like Liz's issues with Tom are going to be made public to at least one person: Ressler. Does this mean that Liz is going to trust Ressler with information that no one else knows at this point? He didn't exactly entrust her with the information about his addiction to pain meds since she found out on her own, but that situation definitely brought them closer together.
Let's face it, if Liz would trust anyone with her plans for Tom, it would be Ressler. If she's decided that it's time to rid the world of Tom once and for all, she would call her partner. Whether she asks for his help to kill Tom or if she just wants to move her prisoner, either way it shows how much she trusts Ressler.
INTERVIEW: The Blacklist's Megan Boone "got lucky" working with James Spader
For those fans that have been salivating over the thought of a Liz/Ressler romance, there might be some hope based on these photos.
Liz looks in on Tom. She's alone, but for how long?
Tom doesn't look hopeful about his future. Could this mean that Liz has already told him her plans?
We'd know those lips anywhere. Liz has brought Ressler to the place where she is keeping Tom.
Ressler is on the attack while Liz watches. It looks to us like Ressler is in major protection mode here.
Look closely in the background. It looks like someone has been hurt pretty badly. Could it be Tom? If so, who took him down — Liz or Ressler?
Liz and Ressler stand together with the rest of the team. Perhaps we're reading too much into it, but they look close to us.
INTERVIEW: The Blacklist star reveals Aram's secrets
Liz talks to Samar and Aram. All we want to know is: Where is Ressler?
Who is Liz talking to? Could it be Ressler?
The Blacklist fall finale airs on Monday, Nov. 10 at 10/9c.


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Once upon a time in my childhood, which now seems so very long ago, all the stories my mother read to me began with those words. It was a much simpler time. Everyone knew where books started—at the beginning.
But when I started writing stories of my own, those beginnings weren't so easy to identify.
This week, a budding new author trusted me to read her work-in-progress. She jumped right in with action in the Prologue. (Prologues are often controversial; people love 'em or hate 'em. Whether or not you decide to write one, don't let a weak prologue dilute a strong first chapter.)
The heroine—I'll call her "Elise"—was struggling for her life in a shadowy battle but I had trouble making sense out of what was happening. Then, Elise opened her eyes and saw the familiar surroundings of her room. What? It was a dream. Oh, I don't know Elise yet. The story wasn't anchored. The entire scene was a puzzle. Okay. Puzzles aren't bad. They make your brain try to figure them out. Next, Elise sat in bed remembering the stranger, a businessman named Frank Wells, who'd heard her sales pitch and offered her a prestigious job at his company in another state. I turned the page to begin Chapter One. The scene was well written with lots of active verbs, precise nouns, and well-placed description. The dialogue was snappy, and the scene flowed smoothly—until Elise met Frank Wells and he offered her a job.
What? The entire scene was a flashback?
The author had just given me literary whiplash, and I didn't like it. I felt obligated to finish reading her story. But if this were a novel I'd casually picked up, I would have closed the book.
Romance readers seek entertainment. It's not that we don't have brains. We're generally intelligent, successful women with busy lives. We read for pleasure, entertainment, and maybe to escape for a little while. We don't want authors to make us work that hard to understand what's happening.
An author admitted her first novel, prior to publication, contained a first chapter that was axed by her editor. He said, "Your story really starts in Chapter Two." Several authors agreed they'd had the same problem. In the first chapter, they were getting to know a new character, and they hadn't hit their writing stride until the second chapter.
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In Defense of the AMT
The alternative minimum tax. It sounds horrible, doesn't it? And it has very bad press. The AMT was invented in 1969 as a way for the government to collect at least something from affluent people who had been a bit too successful at taking deductions and credits on the basic Form 1040. It operates like an extra fence around a maximum-security prison. If they don't get you the first time, they'll get you the second.
Conceptually, this is all wrong. Tax deductions aren't (or aren't supposed to be) goodies distributed like candy on Halloween. Each one should have its own justification. And you are entitled to each one you qualify for. Giving the kids too much candy and then trying to take some of it back is a good way to become unpopular in the neighborhood. The AMT is getting more unpopular every year, as more and more taxpayers fail to make it over that second fence. That group was fewer than 1 percent of taxpayers in 2000 and will be 20 percent in 2010 unless something is done.
Having to calculate your taxes twice is annoying, too, although the Congressional Budget Office observed a few years ago that for most folks, "The process is fairly simple. If they elect not to itemize their deductions, they just subtract the AMT exclusion -- $58,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly and $40,250 for most other taxpayers in 2003 and 2004 -- from adjusted gross income (AGI) and apply the two-step tax rates of 26 percent on the first $175,000 and 28 percent on any excess. If that amount exceeds their pre-credit regular tax liability, they owe the excess as AMT."
What could be easier?
For others, though, the CBO acknowledges that "the process is more complicated."
More people are getting caught in the AMT trap for two reasons. One is that inflation is pushing middle-class people into territory associated with the rich. The other is that George W. Bush's first-term tax cut lowered the regular income tax for affluent people so dramatically that many more people qualify for exactly what the AMT is supposed to do -- make sure that nobody with a high income gets away with paying little or no income tax. Bush's tax cut was, in this sense, a fraud. He let people escape the first fence, knowing that many would be caught by the second. All the budgets of his presidency have assumed -- and spent -- the money the AMT raised, even as he and every other Republican has inveighed against it.
In the Oct. 11 Wall Street Journal, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) urged repeal of the AMT and expressed great frustration, contempt and downright bewilderment about the so-called "pay as you go," or "pay-go," rules of the Democratic Congress. Under these rules, lawmakers can't introduce a tax cut without saying where they propose to get the money to cover it. Can you imagine anything sillier? Grassley cannot. With an inflamed sense of indignation but a firm grasp of arithmetic, Grassley noted that if you try to eliminate the AMT under this rule, as the Democrats are trying to do, "vast numbers of people would see their taxes go up."
That is absolutely true. Every dollar someone's taxes are lowered is a dollar that someone else's must be raised. Unless, of course, you forget about those ridiculous Democratic "pay-go" rules -- "a simple procedural step," as Grassley put it. And what about the $840 billion that the AMT is supposed to bring in over the next 10 years? Grassley doesn't say what he would do about that. More to the point, Republicans urging repeal of the AMT without a compensating increase in top brackets of the regular income tax (the Democratic solution) have never said where they'll get the money. Oh well, said Robert D. Novak in his Post column published the same day as Grassley's piece in the Journal, if we kill the AMT, "Government would have to get leaner." Next problem?
In the six years that ended in January, during which time they controlled both Congress and the White House, Republicans could have made government as lean as they wished and no one could have stopped them. They didn't. It used to be that when they proposed irresponsible or phantasmagoric tax cuts, Republicans at least went through the motions of coming up with some theory about how it would all be paid for. Supply-side economics -- tax cuts would pay for themselves by generating new economic activity -- often played this role. It made no sense, but it honored the tradition that you at least give the voters the material they need to fool themselves. It was the tribute that demagoguery pays to mathematics. Now, they don't even bother.
The problem with present arrangements isn't the AMT; it's Bush's tax cut for the affluent. For example, Citizens for Tax Justice (a left-wing group, but one whose analyses are rarely challenged by neutral experts) figures that the most startling element of that tax cut -- the reduction of tax rates on both dividends and capital gains to a maximum of 15 percent -- reduced tax revenue by $91 billion in just one year (2005). Three-quarters of that benefit went to taxpayers -- the top 0.6 percent -- who reported incomes of more than $500,000. The AMT prevents the federal deficit from being even higher than it is. Although it no longer strikes only the very tippy-top incomes, it still is fairly progressive: Even in 2010, when the AMT will hit 20 percent of taxpayers if it isn't changed, more than half of AMT revenue will come from taxpayers reporting incomes of over $200,000.
If you were designing the tax system from scratch, you might come up with something that looks a lot like the AMT. It resembles the "flat tax" of many reformers' dreams: a high basic exemption, so that low-income people don't pay it at all; very few deductions, credits or exclusions; and (because of that) a much lower top rate than the current system: 26 percent, compared with almost 40 percent in effect today. What makes it complicated is having to figure your taxes twice to see if the AMT applies to you. Of the two parallel tax systems we have -- the regular income tax and the alternative minimum tax -- it might make more sense to scrap the regular one and keep the AMT.
The tax code goes through generational cycles. The last big reform was in 1986, when loopholes, deductions and credits were eliminated and rates were cut dramatically. People remember this as a triumph of Ronald Reagan. But in fact, that reform emerged out of popular anger at the discovery that Reagan's earlier tax cuts had allowed many rich individuals and corporations to pay little or no tax. That is exactly the same anger that led to the creation of the AMT in 1969. And again today, many people, especially Republicans, say they want a simpler tax system with low rates and no loopholes.
But one person's loophole is another person's important social policy -- or, in fact, the same person's important social policy. As soon as we get that simpler system, people will start cluttering it up again: lower rates for capital gains, to encourage investment; the charitable deduction, to encourage philanthropy; a bigger exemption for dependents, to encourage "family values" (you got a problem with this, buddy?). But all that's okay -- in 20 years we can sweep out the clutter and start all over again.
Michael Kinsley is a columnist for Time magazine and an occasional contributor to The Post.


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The Taj Mahal is a grave mosque in the city of Agra which lies in the federal state of Uttar Pradesh. The Taj Mahal is probably one of the best known places of interest in completely India. The mosque has 22 domes, is 58 metres high and was built on a 100 times 100-metre-platform of marble. The words the Taj Mahal mean so many like crowns of palace. Before the mosque an about 18 hectare garden with the numerous cypresses in whose middle a long water washbasin was placed applies. The Great Mogul let the Taj Mahal build Shah Jahan, around his late main woman Mumtaz Mahal to memory. Of the construction works began in 1631 and lasts during 17 years. More than 20,000 workers were involved in the construction, among you numerous architects. The perfect mixture of Indian and Persian architecture is to be owed to the Persian architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori who was decisively involved in this construction.
The building materials were got from completely Asia, for the transport were often used more than 1000 elephants. The mostly used materials for the construction of the Taj Mahal were marble, red sandstone, semiprecious stones and precious stones, like diamonds, jade, sapphires (in whole 28 different). The marble is decorated almost at every place with patterns, besides, were still used to precious stones and semiprecious stones.
According to a widespread history the second mosque of black marble should be still built. This should be the last place of rest for the Great Mogul Shah Jahan, however, it was never built. Shah Jahan died in 1666 as a prisoner, because his son had stripped of power him and was buried beside his main woman Mumtaz Mahal.
Since 1983 the Taj Mahal belongs to the UNESCO world cultural heritage. On account of his harmonious proportions in the Mogul style it belongs to the most important and nicest constructions of the Islamic art. The Taj Mahal is not only a popular place of interest for tourists, but also serves Muslim citizens as a prayer site and is often visited by Indian couples which have just married. A visit of freshly married married couples should strengthen your love and help to a long, happy love relationship.


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The Bailey's first Christmas tree is officially decorated and dubbed Percy. He's short and fat and wonderful. I have to water him every day because you're supposed to water Christmas trees and I somehow never knew that. I blame baby John's allergies and all of our years of fake trees. I've been in major nesting mode the past week and have attempted to change pretty much every room in the apartment. The crafts are never ending, even though they really should end sometime soon because exams are next week. For filler ornaments (because we really only have two dozen of our own ornaments, and at least half are ones that I have been hoarding from Target literally every time I walk in the place) we used icicles, some glitter snowflakes, and my absolute favorite, the glitter pinecones. I thought pinecones would be weird, but they're not. They're actually the best thing I've ever seen at a Kmart. And there's the tree topper, which is rustic and perfect and oh by the way, impossible to find. We went to at least seven different places searching before we stumbled upon this gem at JCPenny, of all places.
So here is Percy in all of his glory. We are so darn excited for our first Christmas as married people. I am eager to learn what a Bailey Christmas is really all about, because they're pretty legendary and have very strict rules. The Watkins-Kay clan has a very laid-back Christmas attitude, which thankfully allows us to celebrate Christmas a few days early in South Carolina before the Bailey's make their way to Charlottesville for Christmas. Six grown people in a tiny two-bedroom apartment? Challenge accepted.


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Hashim Yamani, president of KA-CARE (King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy), signed the agreement in Seoul on behalf of the Kingdom while South Korea was represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kim Sung-Hwan.
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Name: Anonymous
Parent's name: Anonymous
Ovog: Haidüit
Sex: m
Year of Birth: 1934
Ethnicity: Dörvöd
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Education: incomplete secondary
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Work: retired
Belief: none
Born in: Davs sum, Uvs aimag
Lives in: Chingeltei sum (or part of UB), Ulaanbaatar aimag
Mother's profession: herder
Father's profession: herder
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Anonymous farmed in his nutag, and worked as a master for a factory, and a manager of a milk and oil unit until he was 20 and mobilized into army and after returning became a driver. They did not know what a blanket was when they entered school and each child was given 8 notebooks per year. They wrote with pencils and aluminum. Households with many livestock did not like to send their children to school. School children had to teach their neighbors during the summer vacation. Anonymous's family had about 300 livestock, and planted barley with a plough. He served in a logistics section while he was in the army and many young people learned how to drive car and combine and names of medicines in the army.
After returning to his hometown he joined a МААМС (livestock husbandry machine station). Later it is closed down and became factory in the collective. At first only 4-5 households established a collective together. People with no livestock contributed whatever they have such as a plough, horse hobbles, or harness. The collective's accountant evaluated its members work and gave salary for each month in advance. Before the establishment of the collectives, there was a 5 year plan and strict norms for meat, milk, wool and etc were set up for households and it was difficult for herders to complete this task.
People were trained in various courses and learned a profession during socialism. The awards such as degrees, medals, monthly salary, wool, etc. were given to people who worked hard. Also the title of '5 year shock-worker' was given to those who did 5 year plans within 1 or 2 years. During the cultural campaigns, visits to households and inspections of organizations were organized and if there were any problems, revealed they were put in the magazine "Tonshuul". The agitators responsible for 10 households would read the daily newspaper and talk to the households about it.
After democracy, alcoholism and anarchy became widespread and people's qualities also worsened. Privatization was #very poorly organized, and carried out incorrectly and doctors, teachers and drivers became victims of such wrongdoing. Anonymous ended his interview with such comments.


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Tim de Paravicini shares some sobering facts about the poor audio electronics in tape recorders…
Just to continue my saga on poor audio electronics in tape recorders. People would laugh their nuts off if this was a pre amplifier or power amplifier. It would be considered total unexceptable even for simple SE Teiode amps do much better.
First pic is stock Studer C37 record amp as the actual record current into record head it leaves a magnetic flux on tape precisely as show.
The lower trace is input from generator. Second pic shows how little fall back on a20 HZ square wave. Indicating less than 10 degree phase shift at 20 HZ thus preserving the rhythm of the music.
Subsonic information is so important for timing in music. Now here is playback amplifiers complete with output transformers for 600 Ohm drive. The waveform I will show is with a dummy head. This is inductively coupled representing a perfect tape.
These are at a 100 HZ as 20 HZ is extremely difficult. All these are CCIR as that is the only standard that had hypothetical no eq record current.
Hi pass filter which in effect a typical tape recorder is as any electronics engineer will know cause the bass to have advanced phase shift. The opposite to high frequencies.
I put it to people like this. When you pluck a string in an upright bass. The fundamental arrives ahead of the finger click sound.so you hear a dragging effect not a rushing effect as in music rhythm speak. Either the drummer is ahead the beat or dragging the beat.
So the better the bass response the better the beat sounds. The old Ampexs were worse that Studers by a long way back then. The ATR 100 series with loads of opamps got it very nearly right.


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In Clouds Of Smoke, Haryana Boils Up Again
The Jat community of Haryana is once again demanding reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. This comes after Supreme Court had invalidated their reservation in the central list of Other Backwards Classes in March 2015.
The politically heavyweight community of Haryana is now demanding quota at the state level. The government of Haryana has offered inclusion of the community in the Economically Backward Persons (EBP) with increase in quota under the category from 10 to 20%.
This has been rejected by Hawa Singh Sangwan, a prominent leader of the Akhil Bhartiya Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti. The protests have turned violent with section 144 of CRPC being imposed in the City of Rohtak on Thursday evening.
Today, one person was reported dead and nine injured after agitators tried to attack the house of Haryana government minister Captain Abhimanyu in Chandigarh. Further, mobile phone services were stopped in cities of Rohtak, Jhajjhar, Panipat and Sonipat today morning. As of now, although the phone services have been restored, SMS and internet services are still barred.
The national president of the Samiti, Yasphpal Malik said, "The agitation will be taken to every state. From tomorrow, protests will also begin in Faridabad, Palwal and Karnal."
Jats are a powerful community of the Haryana's hinterland. They own large tracts of land and dominate the panchayats in the villages. Everyone knows about the infamous khap panchayats. As per the Varna system of the Indian scriptures, they are an upper caste under the Kshatriya Varna. In any case, they are not socially or economically backward. This has been recognized by the National Commission of Backward Classes when it rejected the claim of Jats for reservation in 2014.
The question is- why do such communities demand reservation?
Is it because reservation allows an easy way to rise further in the social hierarchy and is a substitute for dedicated hard work?
Recently, a similarly powerful community of Andhra Pradesh, the Kapu's had burned a train as well as a bus to demand quota. Moreover, Patels coming out in their luxury cars to agitate for reservation is still afresh in our memories.
In the era when we need to fight to remove reservation, people are dying to get in! Gujjars, Patels & now Jats, #Rohtak #WhoIsBehind
— Bhavik Shah (@bhaviksha) February 19, 2016
I feel that the reservation system should be gradually done away with. Reservation brings in complacency and is against meritocracy. Since independence the benefit of reservation has gone only to a select few in various categories. There have been no exclusions in the list of people getting reservation even if they have risen in the socio-economic hierarchy.
Giving reservation to more castes and communities is the easy way out. The need of the hour is to provide quality education which has the same standard in urban and rural areas. A skill training program to make the backward sections capable is must. However, this requires effort, professionalism and hard work by the bureaucracy; which we hardly see.
The late Prime Minister of Singapore and a renowned statesman, Lee kuan Yew, had once said in an interview that if India needs to progress, it needs to do away with this reservation system.
My request to the political leaders is to have a reality check on the quota system. Analyse which communities have actually benefitted and don't require reservation anymore. In the long run, do away with this system and allow talent to rise up without handicaps.
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Hope you can help. I have just purchased and installed BiBM after reading lots of great reviews, and after many years of being frustrated with other boot managers. It was pretty intuitive in general and mostly works, except for my Linux installation.
Prior to installing, I had roughly this configuration:
Partition 0: Fedora 21 /boot
Partition 1: Fedora 21 OS
HD3: SSD (BIOS boot priority)
Partition 0: Windows 10 Pro
Partition 1: Windows 10 Recovery
HD1 and HD2 are just data disks and are ignored here. Previously, the PC would boot HD3 and give me the GRUB menu which I'd then use to select either Fedora, or chainload the Windows 10 OS booter. After installing BiBM and changing BIOS boot order, I now have the following:
HD0: SSD (BIOS boot priority) - changed to EMBR
Partition 0: Fedora 21 /boot
Partition 1: Fedora 21 OS
Partition 2: BiBM
HD3: SSD - changed to EMBR
MBR: GRUB2?? - seems to have vanished or not be detectable
Partition 0: Windows 10 Pro
Partition 1: Windows 10 Recovery
BiBM detects the Windows 10 partitions on HD3 fine, and can boot to them with no issues (with the "swap" option ticked in Boot Edit). However, it can't detect my GRUB2 any more and as a consequence, doesn't seem to be able to find a Fedora 21 install.
Did converting HD3 to use EMBR instead of MBR somehow wipe my GRUB? Or is it still there in the MBR of HD3 but BiBM can't find it? Also, it might be worth putting a warning flag on the "Change to EMBR" option in Partition Work if this is a destructive step - that wasn't clear to me at all!
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Debería estar preparando kits para la crop del domingo...
Pero me he escaqueado para hacer una etiqueta más. Esta vez con un sello que ya tenía pintado de Kraftin' Kimmie y unos restos de papeles que le van genial a los colores con los que he pintado el sello.
Espero que os guste!
Kraftin' Kimmie, "bookmark".
Totally Paper Crafts, "stitching".
Creative Fingers, "food".
Crafts 4 eternity, "anything goes".
Crafty ribbons, "monochrome".
Sister Act Card, "anything goes".
Chocolate, coffee and cards, "flowers".
Divas by Design, "monochrome".
Cute Card Thursday, "ribbons".
4 Crafty Chicks, "bingo (bling, sentiment, flowers)".
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To make this card cut a sheet of red card stock 12 x 5.8cm and fold in half and crease with your boneing knife. Cut a peace of white card stock to fit on your card, allow to see the red card under the card for added colour. I used Night of Navy Stampin up ink, I used Christmas stamps from Kazzaz, Stamp the background with two different background stamps, then using your sponge, distress the edge with Night of Navy ink, using your sponge.
I used the Ho Ho Ho Santa and his reindeer's stamp in the back ground, I used a Santa besti Image and coloured with Tim Holts Pens, I decorated with bling. I used a creative Memories punch, under the joy, Peace Christmas stamp. Distress the edges with your Night of Navy Ink. I tore the edges of the Ho Ho Ho stamp, and sponged the edges.


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Japan to Call Global Attention to its Traditional Crafts in Milan, Italy– Exhibiting displays at the world's largest design fair, "Salone del Mobile.Milano" and opening a showroom called "Japan Traditional Crafts Milano Square" –
From April 14 to 25, 2015, the world's largest design fair, "Salone del Mobile.Milano," will be held in Milan, Italy, and Japan will exhibit its traditional crafts from a variety of regions at the fair. Moreover, it will open a showroom called "Japan Traditional Crafts Milano Square" in Milan for a limited time from May 1 to October 31, 2015 (six months), during the international exposition to be held in Milan, called "Expo Milano 2015." Through participating in the events, Japan will showcase to the world the attractiveness of such crafts—dating back over 100 years, created with superlative skills, craftsmanship and beauty and steeped in Japan's unique culture—as the "DENSAN" brand.
1. Purpose
Salone del Mobile.Milano is the world's largest design fair, and is held every April in Milan, Italy. It brings architects, designers, media workers, and other visitors from a variety of countries together, and has a great impact on the year-round trends in the design industry.
In addition, Expo Milano 2015, an official event authorized by the International Exhibitions Bureau under the Paris Convention Relating to International Exhibitions, will be held from May 1 to October 31, 2015, under the theme of "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life." At the exposition, Japan will operate a pavilion to showcase its traditional crafts which have been supporting Japan's food culture through the ages, and a variety of other displays.
Taking this opportunity to call global attention to such crafts, Japan aims to broadly gain global publicity for such crafts as the DENSAN brand and to encourage visitors to integrate the crafts into their diverse cultures.
On the occasion of Salone del Mobile.Milano and Expo Milano 2015, the Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries will open a showroom for a limited time in Milan, introduce traditional crafts from across Japan at the showroom, and hold a test-marketing event, under the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The association will show the attractiveness of such traditional crafts, which add beauty to Japan's UNESCO-designated intangible cultural heritage food culture and scenery, and it will endeavor to expand the efforts towards cultivating global markets and developing new business.
2. Outline of the events
1) Participation in Salone del Mobile.Milano as an exhibitor
- Title of the event in which Japan will participate: Milan Design Week 2015
- Theme: NEW DENSAN 100
- Date: From April 14 (Tues.) to 25 (Sat.), 2015 (12 days)
- Venue: PALAZZO GIURECONSULTI Camera dei Notari Piazza Mercanti 2, Milano
2) Showcasing Japanese traditional crafts during the Expo Milano 2015
- Venue: Japan Traditional Crafts Milano Square
- Duration of the showroom: From May 1 (Fri.) to October 31 (Sat.), 2015 (six months)
- Address: Via Marco Formentini 2, Milan
3. Outline of The Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
Since the Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries was enforced in 1974, METI has been endeavoring to bolster Japan's traditional craft industries through various projects. There is a large variety of traditional crafts across Japan, including pottery and porcelain, lacquer ware, dyed fabrics, and traditional Japanese paper. Among such products, the METI Minister designated 219 items as traditional crafts.
The Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries is the only body established to manage Japan's traditional crafts and is promoting such crafts through various initiatives.
Release date
March 17, 2015
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There was a time in the past, where this writing would have never occurred. Despite an initial interest, it proved to be fleeting and it was set off to the side. However, due to a healthy dose of offerings in the form of side projects from band members, this album has been spun again.
The internets kind of turned on this group, but now in a web-free environment this record works. There are two major knocks on this band. One: They talk too much in between songs at shows, and secondly on this album the drummer is accused of doing the same exact thing on each and every song. Banter during a live performance is endearing if nothing else, and as far as the dispersions cast on the percussion work, that's just hate. It's on the simple side, but it pops in your headphones and it accompanies song so yet again the internet commenter fails to see the big picture.
This is a full-length so it can be called a long-player, but it clocks in at just a hair over twenty minutes. With something so short, it's borderline negligent to start identifying stand out tracks. "Tell the World" and "Where Do You Run To" are the obvious stalwarts, but the whole joint is damn solid. It's somewhat of an abridged history lesson for all things garage rock related. Like a primer course really, which means that more research and studying would need to be done but this still isn't a bad place to start if you're working backwards. If there's still doubt about these women's credentials then one need not look any further than the Blank Dogs record, Under and Under, where the featured backing band is the one covered here in this space today.


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I just LOVE Craftsy! I have taken several of their classes and would highly recommend them to anyone. I love how I can watch the lessons over and over, that I can ask the instructor questions & that my access never expires. Click either image to learn more about Craftsy or the class.
Create a gorgeous appliqué quilt without touching a hand-sewing needle. Beth Ferrier shows how to achieve heirloom results with your sewing machine.What You'll Learn
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to the website of music photographer Nathan lucking, I am a freelance music photographer, going by the pseudonym NILPhotgraphy for some time. I mainly shooting gigs in London and the South East as well as festivals all around the country.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my site find out a little more about what I do or contact me. At the bottom of the page are links to all my social media presentses if you're interested in following me and hearing what I'm up to.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Girls Love Pink
Hello lovelies ,
When you see me wearing colors that means I'm in a very good mood and sometimes It's simply backwards !!! I mean , Colors make me happy . Seriously , there is something about colors that reflects your mood and personality and as we are getting closer to fall day after day I gotta wear colors to the last moment to keep the good spirit :)
They say , diamond is the girl's best friend . For me , Pink can be the closest BFF to any girl . Whether your style is rocker , girly , trendy or edgy you gotta have a pink piece to show your nice side !
What is your favorite Pink piece ladies ?
I'm wearing / Forever21 : Fuchsia pink blazer( similar one here) / H&M : dress ( old ) / Zara : heels / Studded bag / Dior : sunglasses (here)
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To prove it they are doing an EPIC mash up with Neiman Marcus just in time for the holidays. The luxe retailer Neiman Marcus and bargin luxe Target have collaborated to create a limited collection of affordable holiday products from 24 top designers. There are lots of products to choose from like Tory Burch's lunch box thermos, Diane von Furstenberg's yoga mat, Tracy Reese's dessert plates, a gorgeous glass/barware set from Joseph Altuzarra and so much more. More from the website:
Celebrate 50 years of design with Target, Neiman Marcus and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) through a limited-time-only collection by today's top designers. Out of this one legendary partnership come more than 50 gorgeous gifts by 24 of today's top designers. So who are they? They're a crafty crew of CFDA members and visionaries who love the holidays just as much as we do.
The goods (again read 50 items--chances of acquiring go up) will go on sale this Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Stay Posh!


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Collecting regular team member status reports provides the project manager a window into the true state of the project work. At its heart, status reporting is as much about risk management as people management. The focus should be on what is needed to complete the project, not a detailed analysis of the team member's every task and movement. Includes guidelines, sample template, and two examples.
What this is
A template for a 1-2 page report summarizing an individual team member's project status and work progress. The report is designed to allow team leaders to collect status information from team members on a regular basis, in a format that's quick and easy for everyone; easy for team members to complete, and easy for the project manager to roll up into project status. An effective update should be possible in just a few minutes.
In addition to traditional task status, team member status reports can give the project manager critical insights into the qualitative issues affecting the team. This information helps the project manager spot issues, obstacles, or detrimental interruptions, and make sure every team member has what they need to finish their tasks on time.
Why it's useful
Lists of completed and pending tasks help the project manager roll up status into the schedule, keep an eye on progress, and spot any scheduling issues quickly. If a team member reports only that a task is "80% complete" the project manager may be left with the impression that things are going well. What that simple percentage doesn't reveal is that work has completely ceased because needed tools and equipment are missing. Having team members spend the extra 15 minutes to detail the tasks completed, tasks pending, and any open issues highlights these situations before they become a critical slip.
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March 3, 2008
Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
Wabash College's Visiting Artists will present a lecture by Suzan-Lori Parks at 8 p.m., Monday, March 24, in Salter Hall at the Fine Arts Center.
Named one of Time magazine's "100 Innovators for the Next New Wave," Suzan-Lori Parks is one of the most exciting and acclaimed playwrights in American drama today. She is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and is a MacArthur "Genius"Award recipient, among many other honors. Her project 365 Plays/365 is being produced in more than 700 theatres worldwide, creating one of the largest grassroots collaborations in theater history. One of the first to recognize Parks' writing skills, her mentor, James Baldwin, declared Parks "an astonishing and beautiful creature who may become one of the most valuable artists of our time."
Seating for Visiting Artists Series events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required for Visiting Artists Series programs.
Contact the Fine Arts Center Box Office by email at email@example.com; or phone: 765-361-6411. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The box office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Visiting Artists events. Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.


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Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Thessaloniki
Kalamaria (Greek: Καλαμαριά) is a municipality (Borough) of the Thessaloniki Urban Area, located about 7 km southeast of downtown Thessaloniki. It is the second largest municipality (with a population of 87,255 as of 2001) of the Thessaloniki Urban Area as well as one of the largest in Greece, with a population increase of 8% since the 1991 census.
The area was first settled by humans in prehistoric times, and remains from that settlement have been found around the Karabournaki cape.
The name Kalamaria was first used in 1083 to denote the area southeast of Thessaloniki, including but not limited to the area of the present-day municipality. During the Byzantine and the Ottoman periods, the area was mostly uninhabited, except for a few fishing lodges.
View of downtown Thessaloniki from Karabournaki
The first settlement was created in the early 1920s to house refugees from the Greek diaspora in Georgia and Asia Minor, who fled or were forcibly sent to Greece as a result of the Greco-Turkish War. As many as 100,000 refugees relocated to Thessaloniki, primarily to the city's suburbs. Refugees of Pontic descent mainly relocated in Kalamaria, and the municipality's population is predominantly of Pontic descent to this day.
Kalamaria has seen substantial recent growth as part of a population shift from rural and urban areas to suburban areas, particularly to those east of Thessaloniki. Between the 1981 and 2001 censuses, the population of Kalamaria grew by about 36,000 (or, 69%). Up until 1943 Kalamaria was part of the Municipality of Thessaloniki. On 1st of January 1943 it became an independent administrative unity.
Kalamaria had a population of 14,000 residents as recorded by an inventory in 1947, but this has considerably increased, as shown by the Greek census of 2001 where Kalamaria had a total of 87,255 residents. Kalamaria has the second highest population in the Council of the Town Planning Group of Thessaloniki but also of Northern Greece and ninth in all of Greece.
Though it was originally separated from the main City of Thessaloniki, the municipality has grown so much in the post-war period that the older physical boundaries are virtually non-existent. Nowadays, the border between the two municipalities exists purely for administrative purposes.
Taki Ekonomidi Avenue in Karabournaki exclusive area
The popular suburb of Nea Krini in Kalamaria
The total area of the Municipality of Kalamaria covers 7,200 acres (29 km2). About two thirds of the perimeter are 6.5 km of coastline. The municipality is separated into 10 geographical districts, which have been given names reminiscent of the refugees' former homelands.
Modern buildings in Kalamaria suburb
Nea Krini (Greek: "Νέα Κρήνη")
Nea Trapezounta (Greek: "Νέα Τραπεζούντα")
Karabournaki (Greek: "Καραμπουρνάκι")
Kouri (Greek: "Κουρί")
Katirli (Greek: "Κατιρλί")
Aretsou (Greek: "Αρετσού")
Ag. Ioannis (Greek: "Άγιος Ιωάννης")
Vyzantio (Greek: "Βυζάντιο")
Ag. Pantelimonas (Greek: "Άγιος Παντελεήμωνας")
Navarchos Votsis (in honour of Admiral Nikolaos Votsis) (Greek: "Νάβαρχος Βότσης")
Finikas (Fenekas in local language) (Greek: "Φοίνικας")
Taki Ekonomidi Avenue in Kalamaria
Historical population
Year Population
1981 51,676
1991 80,698
2001 87,255
Sporting teams
Kalamaria has 14 sporting teams including the famous Apollon Kalamarias.
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kalamaria is twinned with:
Albania Saranda, Albania
Bulgaria Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
Cyprus Paphos, Cyprus
United States Clearwater, Florida, United States
Slovakia Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
Notable residents
The notable music composer, Stavros Koujioumtzis (1932-2005), was a resident of Kalamaria during the last years of his life. He was buried at Kalamaria's municipal cemetery.
One of the most famous natives of Kalamaria is the popular actor and comedian Harry Klynn (originally Vassilis Triantafylides) (born 1940). Klynn was candidate for Mayor of Kalamaria at the local elections of 2006.
The main roads that feed into the municipality are those of Konstantinos Karamanlis Avenue (formerly Nea Egnatia) to the east (which links with the ΕΟ67, (the Thessaloniki-Chalkidiki motorway), Taki Ekonomidi Avenue (which links the popular district of Nea Krini with Thessaloniki's city center), Megalou Alexandrou Avenue - the biggest avenue in Thessaloniki and Georgikis Sxolis Highway, which provides the main access from Kalamaria to the airport and the outer south-eastern suburbs of Thessaloniki. Other main road links exist with Thermi, while the southeast end of the Thessaloniki ring road (which bypasses the Thessaloniki Urban Area) lies to the southeast of Kalamaria.
The first Mobility Centre in Greece started functioning in Kalamaria (June 2008).
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I haven't done a look for less post in a long time, so I figured I would jump back in that category again! For all other posts in the look for less series, click here.
1. Crate and Barrel has this Spotlight White Desk for $599
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Sweeps from Scotland to 18th Century London to a pirate lair in the Caribbean.
Kaye Wilson KlemBrenna Dalmoral loves Cameron McCavan, taken prisoner by Drake Seton, Earl of Stratford, at Culloden Moor. Cam is sentenced to hang, and Brenna arrives in London too late, to be rescued from a mob by Drake. Learning she is to wed a sadistic neighbor, Drake offers her marriage instead. But Cam has cheated the noose, and when he encounters Brenna in Cornwall, abducts her aboard his privateer. Brenna realizes it is Drake she loves, and learns Cam has ugly secrets, and a taste for treachery that could cost Drake his life.


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If you're one of the lucky Office Professionals who are allocated a yearly training budget one of the hardest things to work out is where to allocate the funding and what conferences, events, workshops or courses you will attend or take. Alternatively, if you don't have a budget and take the important step to invest in yourself, then the same problem can occur.
First, it is important to know what sort of training you need and your best style of learning.
If conferences are what motivates and inspires you to take immediate action, then be sure to take the time to plan and make the most of them.
A conference not to be missed!
The 5th Annual Australia National EA/PA Conference run by Clariden Global was held in Melbourne and Sydney on the 10th-12th and 19-21st April respectively. I was honoured to have been asked to attend the Sydney event held at the Radisson Blu hotel in the Sydney CBD.
What a fabulous event it was!
From the minute, I walked into the registration area to meet the organisers, to sitting comfortably in the conference room everything was so well placed and not to mention perfectly organised.
Organisation, class and the right speakers at heart
Alongside the great organisation of the event and the comfortable conference room, the mix of professional speakers including fellow EA's and PA's flowed seamlessly from one speaker to the next.
The mix of professional speakers included Lizzie Wagner, Ros Cardinal, Dermont Crowley, Vicky Bouranis and fellow EA's and PA's, most of who were braving taking the stage for the very first time. It was their insights, knowledge and life experiences that helped to tie everything together and made the conference more beneficial.
After the first day, it felt as though everyone was great friends and it was nice to know so many others in our profession are or have been in similar situations AND have survived!
The networking opportunities at break times provided plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow EA's and PA's and share more ideas about the things we had just heard about or even talk about challenges within their own workplace.
Loads to take away
Two days filled with inspirational speakers as well as meeting lots of fellow EA's and PA's can certainly overload the brain with things you want to implement or try out in various situations at work. I recommend that you grab a notepad and take as many notes as possible so that you can match up with the presentations that you are provided with after the event.
Overall, I absolutely loved this conference and feel that taking the time out to attend is well worth the time and investment for not only a senior or veteran EA/PA but even new or aspiring EA's and PA's.
Stay Tuned for next year's event
The team at Clarinden Global are starting to organise next year's event now so be sure to pop over to their website and sign up to receive updates for the next events. I promise you, you won't want to miss it!
I hope to meet you there!
About Clariden Global
Clariden Global is the pre-eminent and influential global business leadership institution. Today, we host more than 200 global executive education and major conference events around the world. We have partnered with professional organizations such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA) and thought leaders from prestigious universities such as Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government,Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University. To see our credentials and global engagement, visit us atwww.claridenglobal.com.


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Paperback: 272 pages
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Contemporary Fiction.
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 2014
Source: Tywyn Public Library
First Sentences: It's Her. I'm almost sure of it.
Favourite Quote:"Over time, I've come to see that so much of a personality boils down to confidence: whether you have it, or not."
Review Quote:The exquisitely sinister psychological thriller that is going to take us all by storm this summer, Harriet Lane's Her, has a Notes on a Scandal-type relationship between an exhausted young mother and her rich sophisticated neighbour. (Amanda Craig - Daily Telegraph)
Literary Award:The Encore Award Nominee (2014)
My Opinion: I read this for my book club back in June and thoroughly enjoyed it and the discussion we had about it afterwards. An intriguing novel about the two female protagonists Emma and Nina, whom despite not seeming to have much in common, become friends. There is a sinister undertone throughout which will keep you turning the pages and wanting more even after you finish the last page as the ending leaves you wondering. Well worth a read.
Précis: Courtesy of Goodreads:
You don't remember her--but she remembers you.
On the face of it, Emma and Nina have very little in common. Isolated and exhausted by early motherhood, Emma finds her confidence is fading fast. Nina--sophisticated, generous, effortlessly in control--seems to have all the answers.
It's easy to see why Emma is drawn to Nina. But what does Nina see in her?
A seemingly innocent friendship slowly develops into a dangerous game of cat and mouse as Nina eases her way into Emma's life. Soon, it becomes clear that Nina wants something from the unwitting Emma--something that might just destroy her.
YouTube : Official Book Trailer
Author Profile:
Harriet Lane has worked as an editor and staff writer for both The Tatler and Observer. She has also written for The Guardian, Telegraph and Vogue.
She lives in north London.
The biographical information and photo used in this post are with thanks to the following websites, where you can also find more information about the author and her writing.
Harriet Lane - Official Website Goodreads Author Profile Amazon Author Page
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10 days, 10 different styles.
Let's Make meditation a daily habit!
This 10 day challenge is exactly that – a challenge. We challenge you to commit to 10 consecutive days of meditation. The goal is to make a habit of meditating. every. single. day.
It's simple to do and a great way to introduce yourself to meditation for the first time. Listen along to a 10-20 minute everyday to begin your day feeling grounded and calm or at the end of the day to aid in a more restful sleep.
You will experience ten different meditations in this challenge. Each one explores a different 'style' or technique. In this challenge there will be mediations using breath awareness, visualizations, mantras, body scanning, chakras and loving kindness meditations. These meditations are from a variety of lineages, such as Tibetan Buddhism, Bali Usada Healing Meditations, Theravada Buddhism, Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra, Vipassana, and from my own personal experience as a meditator.
Modern science has proven that those who meditate on a regular basis are the happiest humans on the planet.
Meditation is bringing our mind to the present moment. Meditation allows us to understand the power of now.
What is meditation?
Meditation is a way to training the mind.
Research shows that we have thousands of repetitive thoughts a day. Without a mediation practice our thoughts begin to clutter and take over the mind. Mediation is a tool for creating space between these thoughts. There does not need to be any aim for spiritual development. Meditation is not an esoteric practice. Mediation can be done purely for a health purposes such as chronic pain, stress, anxiety disorders, addiction, anger, among a million other reasons.
Who is this challenge for?
A daily mediation practice can really change your life. These are things that happen when you meditate:
Why make a 'challenge' of meditation?
The number one reason why people do not meditate is because they do not make the time for it. That is why we are doing this challenge.To stay accountable, to have a tangible goal for our meditation and to make sure we are making the time for daily meditation. Because the best way to meditate on a daily basis is to make meditation a habit.
The idea is to get you started in the habit of meditating everyday.
How we will do this challenge?
Enroll in the course. Then each day of the challenge, sign in and listen to the guided meditation. You do not have to use my mediations if you have other meditations you would like to do. No problem. That is great!
The only rule is to meditate every single day for 10 consecutive days for 15-20 minutes.Sound easy right?
The daily meditations in this course mp3 audio files . You can download your favorite meditations to your ipod, smartphone or other mobile device and listen to them anywhere and at anytime! They are yours forever!
Kori Hahn is the founder of Santosha Society, a community place for living life with more "santosha" (contentment). She is a passionate yogi with over 18 years of yoga training and experience. Kori is a Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor and Government of India certified Ayurvedic Massage Therapist. After intensive trainings in yoga, meditation, Ayurveda and theology, her teacher told her it was time to teach herself.
Kori only teaches from her own first hand experiences. She teaches the practices that have worked for her and that she is well versed/ practiced in. Kori's teaching style is heavily influenced in Ashtanga Yoga, Yin Yoga, Integrative Restoration Method of Yoga Nidra, Vipassana Meditation, Bali Usada Healing Meditation, Tibetan Buddhism and Ayurveda. Kori believes the greatest benefits of yoga come when we use it to bridge the gap between our spiritual souls and our everyday lives.
This Mindful Relaxation Retreat "The Intuitive Mind" is a teaser to the upcoming course "The Definitive Guide to Intuitive Yoga" (launching at the end of 2018.)