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Jonathan-Hien Vu, MD
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About me
Although I grew up in Southern California and still have family there, I have lived mostly on the East Coast until moving to Denver in 2011. I enjoy my job as a vascular surgeon and appreciate the opportunity to provide excellent care for my patients and hopefully impact their lives in a positive way.
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I work with my patients to make treatment plans that meet your needs and lifestyle. I also expect in return that you will be an active participant in your care. I will listen to understand your questions and concerns, and use your electronic medical records to see the big picture of your health. I am dedicated to providing the best available medical care based on evidence-based medicine.
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I enjoy reading novels in my spare time and try to run or jog at least one a week.
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Medical schoolMeharry Medical College School of Medicine
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Surgery, GeneralIllinois Masonic Medical Center
Surgery, GeneralNaval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Surgery, VascularPenn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
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Although mental health problems are very common and affect about one in four or five families around the globe, stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health problems are still very common and a lot of myths still abound. Unfortunately, psychiatrists don't seem to be in agreement about the way mental health problems are diagnosed, what causes them and which treatments are the most effective.
However, despite these challenges, it is still possible to recover from a mental illness and live a fulfilling and even a productive life. There is something that I would like to stress here; something that my family learned the hard way. Having a mental health problem is NOT a sign of weakness. Mental illness is an illness like any other.
Our son had to learn that life was not about being classified by his mental illness. It was about learning to accept himself the way he was. When he got up each day, he had to try to have a productive and even enjoyable day because the following one might be different. In spite of that, we told him to repeat to himself; 'Tomorrow must be different.'
Nobody can live without hope.

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Q. ACK! Your favorite book/movie character (example Hermione Granger played by the Emma chick) just walked into the room! Who is it and what would be your first reaction? You get extra points if you include visual stimulation.
As usual, I'm probably overcomplicating FF, but all of the characters I feel most passionately about right now haven't moved onto the big screen… yet! And maybe that's a good thing so that they can live on in my mind exactly how I picture them. Because let's face it, Hollywood has a way of failing to deliver the goods sometimes.
Now, for my real answer. I'm going to stretch a little and say that I'd love to meet Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (soon to be played by Jennifer Lawrence). Although I'm not sure that Lawrence is an exact match to the amazing Katniss I've created in my mind and although I'm not sure she'll be able to convey Katniss's depth or toughness, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. My first reaction? To give the girl a hug because let's face it, if anyone needs one, she does!


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Playing with personages of historical significance
One Dane once asked, if he should be or not be, little realising that he was trifling with the most aberrant verbin the English language.
Etymologically speaking, the …
… with only one 'e'
goes like this;
"be O.E. …"be, exist, come to be, become,"… It is the most irregular verb in Mod.E. and the most common… it has eight different forms in Mod.E.:
Be Am Are Is Was Were Being Been"
'The Ogdoad of the wordy world, found in all the best sentences in town.'
I was rather reminded of the above set of eight matching Egyptian godlies & couldn't resist a little play – eye see our most irregular verb contains a couple of atoms of AtuM & ISis.
Anyway just to keep things all neat & modern, I thought a spot of godly renaming might be in order – henceforth, shall the 'to-be'-verb-god-collective be known as Toby (or not Toby).
As luck would have it I ran into Toby earlier today on a quiet street corner. After a brief struggle I managed to subdue him long enough to get him under a microscope for a close-up look. Notice the amazing super cellular construction…
…one squeeze of Toby turns a casual sentence into a concrete structure – once a 'pronoun-cement' is made, all ifs, buts & maybes are sent straight to Hades, without passing GO or collecting $200 .
This takes us to what we're going to play with today.
With 'History.'
That topic has gotta be an award winning concrete construction if ever there was one!
Just look what it's done to us…
… backed into a narrow historical corridor absorbing tales of a past that is for the most part, diabolical.
From what I can see, much acceptance of our today world comes from comparing what we have now with a past that exists for the most part only in that double edged sword, WORDS – big fat factual words superglued together by the god Toby (aka the verb to be).
Fancy a change? Without too much further adoing, lets put Toby in the bin & beegin again. Let's play with history from a different angle (actually its more a curve than an angle).
What if the same historical figures keep returning to play the same roles – a kind of historical type casting.
Take this world renowned & glittering figure
Set within our mass consciousness, does not this image instantly trigger the 100 carat Di-mind?
But what if there's more to this instantly recognised figure than meets the eye? What if she is a part of a repeating pattern, one that turns up again & again to play a central role in historical (pre-set?) course changes.
Lets paint a bigger portrait. A not so still-life of three Annes.
Marie-An(ne)toinette (beheaded)
(It was also first reported that a paparazzo who saw Diana described her as bleeding from the nose and ears with her head rested on the back of the front passenger's seat.)
What I've been wondering is if these three portraits portray the same royal personage?
I don't know how this world works, but for me reincarnation seems probable. A friend of mine suggested another possibility in regards to the theory du jour – that of exceptionally long living entites reappearing throughout time, but house-sitting new bodies. Exalted bloodlines however, do seem to be a key ingredient, whichever way you look.
I tied these ladies together for a number of reasons.
Firstly for echoing theme of early death: Diana 36 (1997), Marie Antoinette 37 (1793), & Anne Boleyn (year of birth uncertain but believed at death to be either) 29 or 35 (died 1536).
Two of the trio were undeniably executed, while the third has so many questions around her demise that it's just plain 'logical' to wonder.
All three have a French connection.
Die-Anna died there as did Marie Antoinette – indeed Diana passed the place of Marie Antoinettes' execution, Place de la Concorde just minutes before heading into the lunar tunnel of death.
"After crossing the Place de la Concorde they drove along Cours la Reine (approx translation Queens Court) and Cours Albert 1er (the embankment road running parallel to the River Seine) into the Place de l'Alma underpass"
In the true ritualistic style we gave come to know & …umm, expect, the Place de la Concorde sports a grand Egyptian erection.
"The center of the Place is occupied by a giant Egyptian obelisk decorated with heiroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramesis II… The obelisk once marked the entrance to the Luxor Temple. The Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, Mehmet Ali, offered the 3,3 00-year-old Luxor Obelisk to France in 1829. The obelisk arrived in Paris on December 21, 1833. Three years later, on October 25, 1836, King Louis-Philippe had it placed in the center of Place de la Concorde, where a guillotine used to stand during the Revolution."
Etymologically speaking this is kinda interesting : "concord c.1300, from O.Fr. concorde, from L. concordia "agreement, union," … lit. "hearts together"." A little while ago I came across this informative snippett regarding Marie Antoinette's 10 year old sun:
"The heart, … was cut from Louis XVII's body following a tradition of keeping royal hearts separate from their bodies."
On August 31 The Queen of hearts passes the Place where the former queen's stopped beating – two hearts beat as one? I wonder what lies beneath the place of hearty togetherness? I also recall reading recently the suggestion that Diana's heart was removed from her body after death.
The third member of the Three Graces, Anne Boleyn, spent many a year in France during her formative years.
"The meaning of the name Ann is 'Grace; favour'."
Although Anne Boleyn did not die in France, the coup de grâce was delivered from there:
"her life was cut short on 19th May 1536 when her head was cut off in one stroke by a French swordsman from Calais"
"A death in the French style may have been requested by Anne herself; it was certainly intended as an act of grace towards her, to add to the kindness of a death by beheading, instead of the accustomed fire of the female traitor" – …
… errr at the risk of sounding a little naive, I can't help thinking that kindness should perhaps lean a little more in a life enhancing direction.
A great strangeness now occurs in this narrative.
In the beginning (of this article) we started out with a depressed Danish prince. This was in order to introduce the idea that, by the use of the verb to be, (aka Toby), our history has been cemented in time & place. I played with that verb as is my won't & put in a picture of a wee bee–being. That pic related to a weekended visit to a land of milk & honey – well ok, a honey centre actually, but I'm sure they had milk on the premises too.
Today I'm finding myself beeing hounded across the internet by the little b(ee)lighters. I have also re-membered the curious incident last week of a pair of bees absailing down my chimney & creating a stir in my unlit fireplace. Plus I keep running out of time of late & have been repeating a pattern of dining on dollops of the nectar of gods (on toast of course).
Returning to & connecting with, our French theme, we find that bees:
"were considered … the oldest emblem of the sovereigns of France."
And connecting with the death of Marie Antoinette, we find the little man who would bee king, (well actually emperor) of France, was a lover of bees (though not in the Monty Python sense you understand).
"Napoleon had a veritable mania for the industrious insect, which he had made into a symbol of his own reign; even made it into a flag and a cloak, wearing which he was painted by David. Bees long standing symbols for immortality and resurrection, they linked the new dynasty to the very origins of France, more Merovingian than Napoleonic"
"In a glass-sided carriage beneath a crown supported by four silver eagles, Josephine blazed with diamonds in a white satin gown ornamented with golden bees, and Napoleon's cloak was also embroidered with them"
And connecting with our three little maids…
"The god Apollo speaks of three female seers as three bees or bee-maidens … These sacred bee-maidens with their gift of prophecy, were to be Apollo's gift to Hermes, the god who alone could lead the souls of the dead out of life and sometimes back again… The Greek word for 'fate', 'death' and 'goddess of death' is e ker (feminine); the word for'heart' and 'breast' is to ker (neuter); while the word for 'honeycomb' is to kerion (neuter). The common root ker links the ideas for the honeycomb, goddess, death, fate and the human heart, a nexus of meanings that is illumined if we know that the goddess was once imagined as a bee."Aphrodite, revered as the queen bee by her priestesses, was worshipped at a honey-comb shaped shrine at Mt Eryx. The hexagonal shape of the honeycomb was the holy geometric shape of cosmic harmony. The honeycomb represented the perfect union of the macrocosm with the microcosm. In many ancient Egyptian, Indian and Greek cultures, bees represented the divine spirit or soul … In the ancient Minoan culture they were a symbol of immortality and rebirth. In Celtic myth, bees were regarded as beings of great wisdom and spirit messengers between worlds. Honey was treated as a magical substance and used in many ancient magical rituals."
"The 3rd century Greek philosopher and mathematician Porphyry of Tyre believed that souls arrived on earth in the form of Bees, having descended from the moon goddess Artemis, and that they were lured to terrestrial life by the promise of earthly delights, such as honey."
The Honey-moon?
"The Mayans had the Ah-Muzen-Cab (the Bee God), designating honey-producing cities (who prized honey as food of the gods). The Kalahari Desert's San people ascribe the Creation of man to bees: A bee carried a mantis across a river, but when exhausted it left the mantis on a floating flower, simultaneously planting a seed in the mantis's body before it died. From that seed grew the first man. The Egyptians believed bees to grow from the tears of the sun god Ra when they fell on the desert sand (much like the foam of the sea was considered by the Greeks to be the sperm of the cut genitalia of Cronus from which Aphrodite emerged). The bowstring of the Hindu love god Kamadeva is made of honeybees and Vishnu is often depicted as a blue bee"
"Bees in Ancient times were also the symbol of the Goddess Artemis. This was because she was once the Great Mother who created the world without the help of a male God. The ancients believed that bees created themselves through parthenogenesis, so bees became a symbol of the Virgin Creatrix Mother"
Sooo all honeyed out?
How about a light sea voyage?
If you look sideways at Anne Boleyn or Marie Antoinette or Princess Diana you might be forgiven for thinking you can make out the outline of Helen of Troy.
One woman who powerfully captures the imagi-NATION of his story
We are told that it was Henry VIII's desire to marry Anne Boleyn, that led to his sacking of the Roman Catholic church & setting up his own DIY business. He patented a number of creative products.
Who can forget 'Monks Away', the most effective Monastery disolvent known to man.
And then of course there was the extra strength (& cost effective)
"Henry's Spray & Wife"
"Removes stubborn wives without harsh scratching"
"Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation."
Further down the track we come to the Queen of the Gateaux Chateau
No one really remembers her husband. It is just this lady that holds the dubious claim to fame. Her name exists in history as monumentally as the obelisk that marks the spot where she lost her head.
Not far from that spot is the underground Moon Temple where she may well have died again.
Well why not?
"One day I'm going to go up in a helicopter and it'll just blow up. MI5 will do away with me" – Princess Diana"
"In 1995, two years before her death, Princess Diana warned of a plot to kill her in a "Staged Car Crash"
The possible 'whys' of her death have been gone into extensively, along with the possible who's.
But what if she is, (& has had), a reincarnational career as sacrificial 'queen'? What if her fears of death were re-memberings of dismemberings?
What if the lives & deaths of this queen bee have an intregal part of circulating or recirculating (or recycling) an energy that is not as infinite as we have been led to believe.
What if public rousing tragi-dramas & horrific destruction are what turns the hamster wheel of this cough, cough 'life'?
What if emotions such as human rage & agony are among the methods by which energy & time are eternalized in this world?
If we were all happy for a day would this world go away? What might we see?
I had loads of other personages of historical signifigance to twin up reincarnationally speaking, but I gotta go!
I leave you with this.
Shortly before her (latest?) death, Princess Diana was cruising the Mediterranean in a yacht called, or should I say 'spelled' Sokar
"In Egyptian mythology, Seker (also spelled Sokar…) was originally… the deification of the act of separating the Ba and Ka from the Ha, roughly the separation of soul from the body, after death."
Perhaps it is time to play with history.
To look & wonder if famous names & great ones might not have an air of familiarity.
A little extra on the bees that leads to wondering how important a role they may have to play in these strange times.
"For if they are not courteously kept informed of everything that happens, they will take umbrage, swarm, and fly away, or die of grief or resentment. In the British Isles and all over Europe, the folk continually keep the bees abreast of the news, at national as well as local level; decking the hives with crepe or ribbon, whichever fits the case. On one occasion, an ancient great-aunt of mine, hieratically assuming a head-dress of feather and globules of jet, required me to accompany her to the beehives. 'But you surely don't need a hat, Aunt Jane! They're only at the end of the garden.' 'It is the custom', she said, grandly. 'Put a scarf over your head.' Arrived, she stood in silence for a moment. Then – 'I have come to tell you,' she said, formally, 'that King George V is dead. You may be sorry, but I am not. He was not an interesting man."
& how about this?
"For the Bee has at all times and places been the symbol of life – life as immortality. In the Celtic languages, the Cornish 'beu', the Irish 'beo', the Welsh 'byw', can all be translated as 'alive' or 'living'… So, the Bee stands for – or is a manifestation of – the fundamental verb 'to be'. 'I am, thou art, he is', it declares, as it goes humming past."
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Playfully enticing! Really enjoyed your musings, and the sweet tie ins of the bees! [which I do so enjoy the Nectar of the Gods in my tea]No doubt there is serious weirdness with Diana's death and the events leading up to it! The Sokar boat at the end was indeed chilling!Great work Alex!Cheers
Hiya MichaelHow's things? I enjoyed the sweet tie-ins myself. I found a site talking of how chemtrails may be at least partly resposible for the drop in the bee population – if bees have a much deeper signifigance than we realise then maybe there is something deliberate in this.Oh bollocks I remember something I left out – will go & add it, thanks for the reminder :)All the very best to you my friend
This was a beautiful article as always Alex! It is amazing how many people are coming to the hamster wheel conclusion about history from all different angles. It is said when a goldfish (how they know this-haha did they ask?;-) circles its bowl-its memory is so short that each time it goes round everything is new again-I think that is human history. If there is something that keeps us stuck here and the "wheels" of history turning I well imagine grief, rage and other negative emotions could be it for "down here" I thought my comment would be short today for me-but I was dumnbstruck when I saw your thoughts about if we could all change for just a day-that is what I pray for all the time-24 hours of treating each other as brother and sister -and the other living creatures with respect and decency and the Earth itself-I would love to see what would happen if people didn't apply the lube that seems to keep it all going for just a day!! best as always my friend!!WV=impte -empty -maybe me head haha
HIya DevinI've just been round to your place – can I get a bottle of whatever is you're taking! – man you've been busy :)That is a very lovely prayer you have my friend, I will join you – Let the kind thoughts roll! "Absoloute Respect, Respects Absolutely"I hope the feral issue is progressing in your favour!lol I would think your head should be empty after all that writing :)Very best to you & the she cat :)
Not only the fact that bees pollinate all the flowering plants and are essential to pollinating food grown!Chemtrails sure could be a contributor. Hope your enjoying spring down under.Cheers
Hey MichaelSpring is extremely pleasant à ce moment, & how's the frozen Tundra for you? Perhaps time for a double red & blue long john ensemble for Halloween? :)You are spot on on our food supply – actually you've just started yet another locomotive of thought – Thanks!! In the meantimeI have BEEn BEEzy looking further into the this whole BEEsness! The bees have been steadily keeping me comapny these last few days – it has been really cool :)All the BEEst of the BEEst to you my friend :)
good post
Cheers TQO
Well this post was quite nice for me as since I stopped blogging I have had more time to take in everything around me. I had a bee fly on my shirt the other day, then one was outside walking around on the concrete the next day, managed to take a few pics of it. Also keep in mind I didn't see many bees all summer and I usually see tons.Then just last night I got some beer that was made with real honey and it has bees on the label.Plus I am a goddess worshiper so I like the fact you include women in post. And the Indian pic to start it off!Peace TQO
Hey TQO, thanks for the walk with the bees – really nice. I was out in my car a few months ago & when I looked down a bee was on my shirt & this was at the end winter – I have no idea how it got there, but it now carries a wonderful significance for me.Blogging does indeed take a great deal of time – I hope you are enjoying your new found time!All the be(e)st to you :)


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Scholar of the Week
Diana Castro
California State University, Long Beach
As a proud Latina, Diana Castro is the first to acknowledge her simple upbringing as her biggest motivator. Like many first-generation college students, she grew up with little and her parents struggled to help with her academics. Nonetheless, they always provided their best to create a bright future for their family. Her parents were the first to encourage Diana to pursue higher education. They taught her to value opportunities presented to her and stressed the importance of education. They instilled in her the values of hard work, determination and "familia" and taught her the importance of remaining humble and giving back to her community.
Diana is currently a senior at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), pursuing a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering with an emphasis in astronautics. Her goal is to contribute to space exploration as an engineer and astronaut, upon earning a masters and a doctoral degree. To accomplish these long-term goals, Diana goes above and beyond completing the required coursework by engaging in academic and community involvement. This past summer, she began her journey with an internship at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.
In college, Diana quickly realized the need to bridge the gap of Latinos in engineering and became involved with minority engineering organizations. she is currently Co-President of the MAES student chapter at CSULB (Latinos in Science and Engineering) where and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). As the MAES Science Extravaganza Chair, Diana was able to secure professionals from Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon and Hyundai to assist and enhance student learning at the Science Extravaganza. The Science Extravaganza brings hundreds of middle school students to the CSULB campus to participate in STEM workshops and competitions designed to spark their interest in STEM.
Diana has faced many ethnic and gender obstacles in her undergraduate career, which have served to motivate her to achieve her goals. She continues to be an inspiration for future generations of Hispanic students in STEM in the hopes that more Latinas will pursue engineering. With lofty ambitions and altruistic motives, Great Minds in STEM was proud to select Diana as the 2016 Outstanding Engineering Undergraduate Student Leadership Award recipient and a Ray & Carmela Mellado scholarship recipient.
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Pakistan's largest media group, production house become partners
KARACHI: Following global trends Pakistan's media industry has also come of age. High profile media mergers though common abroad were seldom heard of in Pakistan where large media houses have traditionally been conservative and are privately held companies and conglomerates.
In what may easily be termed as the largest such merger ever in the fast growing entertainment and media industry in Pakistan, Geo's entertainment TV channels, A & B Productions, GEO Films and Fire Records have all combined under Geo Entertainment Media Holdings — thus creating a media entertainment power house.
A and B Productions is Pakistan's largest production house, producing and claiming more net ratings and GRPs than any production house in the country. A and B Productions, now Geo A & B Productions will continue to supply content to all broadcasters and help entertain millions of Pakistanis across the world.
Geo Films is Pakistan's most prominent films production and distribution unit having to its credit launch of record breaking films like Khuda Kay Lieye and Bol and will continue to distribute and make indigenous films promoting the revival of cinema in Pakistan. Fire Records is the country's leading record label with rights to top Pakistani musicians and artists.
Asif Raza Mir is the MD of Geo Entertainment channels and also the Chief Operating Officer of Geo Holdings. Asif Raza Mir brings decades of media related skill sets including fields of performing arts, advertising and production. Co-founder of A and B Productions, Asif transformed
the media production industry by introducing professionalism and culture transforming values that led to the industry's first software-based production management and cost efficiency in the field of entertainment production.
Babar Javed is the Managing Director of Geo A and B Productions, and is also the Chief Creative Officer of Geo Holdings. Babar is one of the most renowned directors of Pakistani drama industry, credited with some of the most successful serials in the past six years. Having studied drama and production in India, Babar started his career with a leading local production house and then started A and B with Asif Raza Mir bringing the art and science of story telling to new levels.
Shadab Tayyeb is the Business Unit Head of Geo Entertainment TV channels and Mir Ibrahim Rahman will continue being CEO of Geo network, its news units as well as Geo Entertainment Media Holdings.Most media analysts, production houses and artists have given a positive reaction to the news hoping it will increase professionalism and growth to Pakistani media entertainment industry.
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Do you love Horseshoes like I do? There's just something about the shape and maybe their association with luck that I love.
Last night I wanted to make some fabric ones....so here's what I whipped up as I was watching the miners rescue on TV...(which was so inspiring to see, everytime they brought another miner up I was a little teary eyed)
Oh and how about this great little bar stool that I am currently using as a side table. I adore this metal and reclaimed wood look. It's my favorite recent purchase from Home goods.


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Max endures a dreadful night at the psychiatric hospital and Steph is distressed to find him a shadow of his former self.
Max undergoes his first therapy session with Paul's psychiatrist and, certain that his recent actions are not those of a sane man, is angry when the shrink discounts mental illness. But later, during Steph's visit, it becomes apparent that Max's version of reality has become a little skewed. Have recent events driven Max insane?
Carmella decides to confront the couple who adopted her cousin Teresa's baby and ends up pleading with the baby's adoptive mum to allow her cousin some form of contact with the tot. But she's shocked to learn that the baby is dead.
Ned attempts to teach Katya to ride a bicycle and the two get closer. But when Ned sees Carmella in a state, he leaves Katya's flat to comfort her. When he comes back, Katya queries Ned's need to pursue damsels in distress and questions whether they should take their blossoming relationship any further.
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Jane's paintings are loosely based upon the landscapes and seascapes of East Anglia. Although Jane sometimes sketches on site, she often commits an image to memory, incoprorating the simplest of ideas. In the studio she then makes several sketches from the memory, incorporating or abandoning bits of visual information.
From the sketches the paintings will take weeks, months or even years to complete. The parsity of the information enables the painting to develop well away from the sketch though it remains a valuable reference point throughout the whole process. The paintings are layered, and gestural. Paint gets scraped off, reapplied and so on, until Jane feels there is a balance of information, harmony and energy.
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Jane studied at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, taking a Joint Honours in Fine Art and English. After a period teaching art and a career in publishing, she moved to Suffolk and started painting again full time in the 1990s. Amongst others, her work has been influenced by Auerbach, Bomberg, Diebenkorn and Hilton. Jane's work has been widely exhibited and is held in collections worldwide.


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Ensemble to celebrate 40 years with April 13 gala benefit
On Saturday, April 13, Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights will host a benefit gala to celebrate 40 years of providing Northeast Ohio with professional theater.
The gala fundraiser will include live music, select preview performances from the upcoming season, silent auction items, and food from local sponsors, including The Fairmont, Nighttown, Luna Bakery and Café, The Stone Oven, and Poison Berry Bakery.
Founded in 1979 by Lucia Colombi, Ensemble Theatre was started in the spirit of producing American classic plays, including those of Eugene O'Neill, of whom Colombi was particularly fond. Among its many award-winning productions over the years was the "Panorama of African-American Theatre" series, which was filmed by PBS, syndicated nationally and chosen for the network's "First View Award" as one of the top 25 educational programs in the country.
Celeste Cosentino, Colombi's daughter, took over as executive artistic director after Lucia's passing in 2009. The theater has been a huge part of her life for the past 40 years. "I was born in October of '78 and Ensemble was created in the summer of '79, so we are both 40 this year," Cosentino said. "My mother spent many years as the artistic director at Karamu House, and that place also played a very important role in my growing up. The theater is my church. There have been so many wonderful memories I have had over these 40 years, of actors who have come and gone, both to and from Cleveland, and those who are not with us anymore."
With nearly 200 productions over the past four decades, Ensemble has won many awards from local organizations. In recent years, Ensemble's productions of "The Normal Heart," "The Iceman Cometh," "Thurgood," "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail," and both parts of "Angels in America" have garnered acting, directing and design awards for the talented greater Cleveland artists who have graced Ensemble's stages.
While American classics may have been Ensemble's initial focus, the theater's programming has expanded to include modern masterpieces and new works from local playwrights. With the inception of its StageWrights writers group in 2010, Ensemble has fostered new plays, and has produced the Colombi New Plays Festival as a showcase of new work from local writers since 2012. After moving to the Coventry school building in 2011, Ensemble has continued to bring new and exciting theater to Cleveland Heights.
What her mother began 40 years ago is still thriving, and Cosentino does not foresee slowing down. "What I can say is that I was so very lucky that my mother left me a very vibrant and tangible legacy and something that lives in the soul of Cleveland's theater history," she said. "I hope that the new legacy for Ensemble Theatre is to become an anchor institution on our very special corner here in Coventry, to help the Coventry Village district thrive and grow, and to have Ensemble continue to bring amazing scripts and groundbreaking theater to Cleveland Heights long after even my shows are over."
All are welcome to celebrate Ensemble's success at its 40th Anniversary Benefit and Gala on April 13, 7–10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.ensembletheatrecle.org/benefit, by calling 216-321-2930 or by e-mailing email@example.com.
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PUZZLE: Did US VP, Mike Pence write an anonymous editorial criticising Trump?
IF there is one puzzle the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, would give anything to unravel, it is who is behind an anonymous editorial published by New York Times, roundly criticising the Trump administration.
The editorial was authored by a "senior official" within the Trump administration, who said that there are many of them within the administration who are working to frustrate many of Trump's agenda.
"Many of the senior officials in his (Trump's) own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations," the author writes.
"I would know. I am one of them.
"To be clear, ours is not the popular 'resistance' of the left. We want the administration to succeed and think that many of its policies have already made America safer and more prosperous."
The author, who said that he/she is not a liberal operative, noted that he agrees with many of the policy goals of the Trump administration, but added, however, that those goals are being achieved in spite of – and not because of – the president.
The author further added that some senior officials of in the administration have thought about invoking the 25th Amendment, a constitutional provision that allows the vice-president and a majority of the Cabinet secretaries to vote to remove a president who is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".
President Trump, in a Tweeter post, described the article as "treason", saying that NYT "must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!"
Since the editorial was published, there have been several denials by many of Trump's senior officials with regards to who wrote it, but speculations are rife that Vice President Mike Pence may have authored the editorial.
Pence denies the allegation, with his spokesman saying that the NYT, as well as the author of such "false, illogical, and gutless" article, should be ashamed of themselves. "Our office is above such amateur acts," wrote Jarrod Agen, Pence's communications director.
Did pence author the article?
The BBC ran both manual and computerised analyses of the article and concluded that, to a large extent, the writing style, technique and usage of words of whoever wrote the NYT editorial, was consistent with several articles authored by Mike Pence in the past.
"For a start, the average length of the sentences in the column is very low compared with government statements: only 19.3 words per sentence…. There is one Trump administration official whose statements and speeches are always shorter than the others – sometimes significantly. His name is Michael Richard Pence, the vice-president of the United States of America," the BBC wrote.
Before arriving at this conclusion, analysts studied Pence's recent statements and speeches, as well as his works in the 1990s when he was a radio broadcaster.
Also, the anonymous author used one unusual word – "lodestar" – which the Vice President has been known to use.
Similarly, the analysts pointed out that government statements tend to prefer using the active voice than the passive voice, and this has been consistent with almost all government officials except for all of Pence's statements. The anonymous editorial was written in the passive voice.
The analysts say they are still comparing more statements with the anonymous NYT editorial to see if there are more clues as to whom the author could be.


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Introduction: Magic Mirror Powered by Solar Panel :)
This instructable is based on an existing cheap lighting system powered by a solar panel which is recharging as well 3 x 1.2volts battery!
So what you need:
-20 leds
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-a plexiglass sheet at the same size of the mirror or slightly bigger!! :)
-2 small magnet balls
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Step 1: Open the Solar Light!
So there were just few screw to remove to take all the devide and then just need to test the solar panel to see if it is all right!
Step 2: Leds Soldering and Box Insertion!
then you need to solder all 15 leds in a circuit and link it to the existing one powered by the solar panel!
After you just need cardboard to fix your led in a rigid structure!
For a better and stronger render just create a wood frame to the tailored size!
Put the mirror behind leds!
Step 3: The Full Circuit!
all leds are soldered together and the power suplly come from the existing circuit!!
Step 4: The Final Result!
Step 5: The Bonus
Where are magnet ?
I create a magnet power supply totally useless but just for fun !
See the comments on pictures :)
Step 6: You Say Finition?!
It is not necessarly finished regarding the final design but I will integrate it soon in a better box or in an other project!
The aim here is now that you know to create a magic mirror!
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(Harvard political Review/Keshav Rastogi , 16 April 2018)
Ethiopia's economic success has attracted widespread attention. Its GDP grew by 10.5 percent annually between 2006 and 2016, outpacing East Africa's 5.4 percent growth rate over the same time period. As extreme poverty declined by nearly 40 percent in the country between 2000 and 2011, Ethiopia is quickly emerging as a model of how rapid development can swiftly improve the quality of life for millions. This economic boom has also raised living standards by stimulating rapid, dramatic changes in Ethiopia's power generation sector. In particular, Ethiopia's ruling coalition — the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front — has focused on exploiting the country's immense renewable energy resources, especially its hydro and wind potential. Its electric grid, with the highest installed capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa at 4.5 GW, is one of few in the world almost entirely based on renewable resources. With its pledge to cut emissions by 64 percent by 2030 following the Paris Climate Summit, Ethiopia has bucked the stereotype of rapidly developing countries opting for cheaper fossil fuels to satisfy growing demand.
Although Ethiopia's growing electric power industry has generated excitement among both environmentalists and developmental economists, inequalities in Ethiopia's distribution network persist. Nearly three quarters of the population still lacks access to electricity. While the EPRDF continues to focus on building the country's renewable capacity, it must also prioritize improving electricity access for all Ethiopians.
The Cleanest Grid on Earth?
The expansion of Ethiopia's electricity sector has been no small feat, and Addis Ababa has invested heavily in its vision of a clean energy future. In 2010, the EPRDF released its first Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), which ambitiously dictated a quadrupling of power generating capacity from 2000 MW to 8000 MW within five years. Although this goal was not met, the completion of enormous projects such as the 1870 MW Gibe III Dam has still allowed Ethiopia to double its generation capacity. With powerful rivers such as the Blue Nile and Gilgel Gibe within its borders, Ethiopia has realized and begun to exploit its extensive hydro potential. The EPRDF is currently funding the construction of what will be Africa's largest dam upon completion — the $5 billion, six GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Ethiopia's failure to achieve the objective set by the first GTP has done little to diminish the country's ambition for its electricity sector. The country's second GTP, published in 2016, calls for 17 GW of installed capacity by 2020. In addition to the completion of the massive Grand Renaissance Dam, Addis Ababa seeks to make up the gap by focusing heavily on building wind farms. At the end of 2015, wind accounted for just 324 MW in Ethiopia's energy mix, a number that should balloon to 5 GW pending the completion of five new wind farms by 2020. In total, Ethiopia's abundant hydro and wind resources could allow for 45 GW and 1000 GW of electricity production, respectively. The country has already become an energy exporter to countries in the region such as Sudan and Kenya, and it hopes to expand this role in the near future.
Left in the Dark
While the EPRDF may already be enthusiastic about distributing its electricity abroad, there is still a gaping discrepancy between plentiful resources and unmet demand at home. While it seems plausible that this inequality results from infrastructural shortcomings, a recent World Bank report notes that 80 percent of the population lives in proximity of medium-voltage transmission lines. Yet only 24 percent of primary schools and 30 percent of health clinics have access to electricity.
The disparity between Ethiopia's abundant resources and electricity penetration partially stems from the mentality of the elite leading the country's economic transformation. In an interview with CNN, Zemedeneh Negatu, a managing partner at Ernst and Young Ethiopia, emphasized the country's "industrial-based" strategy focused on manufacturing "value-added things." Heavy industry requires substantial electric input, limiting the electricity available for Ethiopian residences, especially those outside urban areas. Parallels between the GTPs and the Soviet and Chinese Five-Year Plans, which implemented rapid-development strategies at a great toll to the citizenry, are difficult to overlook. These similarities emphasize the possibility that the EPRDF is prioritizing industrial development over improving living standards for the general populace.
The government's construction of massive power plants like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may also be driven by a nationalist agenda detrimental to the interests of its constituents. The EPRDF is funding the $6 billion dam by itself, through domestically issued bonds and private citizens' donations after adamantly rejectingforeign investment. For a government with a $14 billion budget, proving that it can take on such an enormous project independently is likely a ploy to stir up national pride. Unfortunately, this strategy will only restrict critical investment in the grid's distribution network.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Thankfully, the EPRDF has belatedly acknowledged the gap between production and distribution and is now taking necessary action. In November 2017, the government in Addis Ababa launched the National Electrification Program, a plan to make access to electricity universal by 2025 with 65 percent of the population on the grid and 35 percent using off-grid technologies, such as stand-alone solar systems and mini grids. Much overdue, the EPRDF is beginning to recognize the importance of simultaneously expanding the grid and improving its accessibility in generating broad-based growth. The government must continue to prioritize increasing electricity access for its people because for the Ethiopians who are only now coming out of the dark, it is better late than never.


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Anyone reading my other reviews will know that I am a huge fan of Regent, we have met many lovely people over the years, welcomed them to our hoes and even gone to their weddings. As Cruise Critic makes clear in its own review of the ... Read More
Anyone reading my other reviews will know that I am a huge fan of Regent, we have met many lovely people over the years, welcomed them to our hoes and even gone to their weddings. As Cruise Critic makes clear in its own review of the Voyager, the make up of the guests are generally well educated, well travelled people and they choose Regent because they will meet likeminded people. The ship, staff, officers and entertainment were all exactly as I describe in my review of the first half of our cruise. Thoroughly decent, hard working and friendly people who I would happily sail around the world with forever. Why then, you will be asking, have I rated this cruise 'terrible'. The simple answer is that having broken our 17 day cruise in two without telling us, there was also one other fact that Regent had omitted to mention when we booked - which was that they had booked two groups of 250 each on 'corporate incentive trips'. We can only speculate (and Regent has not denied) that there was always a plan to split the cruise and that these two groups were already booked on the Voyager when we booked 9 months ago - that can be the only explanation for limited availability to us and then lots of availability for the first 10 days. So, 500 passengers got off in Miami on 5 March and two groups got on. One group was no problem, well behaved, beautifully dressed although ultimately they were a group and would wear their corporate T-shirts to remind us we were on a corporate trip and did not join in with things like trivia (which went from standing room only to three teams overnight). However, the second group were something else. As I want to ensure that Cruise Critic print this review I will not go into detail about them, suffice to say there was a virtual mutiny aboard especially with the 73 guests who had booked a 17 day cruise and were now trapped on a ship with 250 people on a 'booze cruise'. Guests were demanding meetings with the captain (what could he do?), the corridors being patrolled every evening to try and enforce the dress code, the pool deck became a no go area. There was no mid cruise survey done... Yes we were on a lovely ship, with lovely food (delayed due to our fellow guests ordering everything off the menu in one sitting) and we got to see some lovely places. But it was that feeling of dread coming back to the ship, the frustration of not being able to go to the pool, the worry that any of them would be on an excursion we were booked on. But most importantly it was that feeling of betrayal that this beloved brand that have looked after us so well and who we have such fond memories of, could have done this to us in such a cold and calculating way. Regent have assured us, in writing, that this was a mistake and will never happen again. However, they seem to believe that because we have had so many lovely trips with Regent we can overlook one bad experience. We work very hard to be able to afford the Regent experience and this was a week of our lives and precious holiday time that we will never get back and for which we paid full price. We have come home more stressed and frustrated than when we went which is getting worse by the day as Regent head office bury their heads further into the sand and refuse to recognise the problem. Mistakes happen but the art of good customer service is how you recover from them and it seems that Regent still have that lesson to learn. As soon as they realised the scale of the problem they should have dispatched a senior executive out to the ship to apologise in person and offer those affected something. This is not about money, it is about recognition of the monumental mistake made (or imposed on them from above) and there are many things that they could have done which would have cost them very little at the time. Read Less
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Games related to movies don't exactly have a good reputation. They're usually rushed, short, bland, unsatisfying to the general gamer and clearly put out to exploit a box office success. And with Tron: Legacy coming out this December, you'd think that Tron: Evolution is going to go down the same route. Well, if you were thinking that, you'd be completely wrong. Propaganda Games, the developer, are taking this project very seriously and aren't content with simply satisfying the casual crowd.
It helps that the guys at Propaganda are big fans of Tron, and it also helps that the game and film have been developed in tandem. What this means is that they aren't telling the same story; they feed off one another. Ideas have been shared between the film studio and Propaganda with the hopes that a cohesive and worthwhile story will be told. Because of this, Tron: Evolution is actually a prequel to Tron: Legacy and Darren Hedges, the game's director, notes that players will be able to see the repercussions of their actions throughout the film. It's great that this amount of detail has been poured into the project, as it offers a huge level of interaction that's very uncommon.
In Tron: Evolution, you play Anon (Anonymous), a security program that's been developed by Kevin Flynn to try and police his utopia. The game will also introduce some of the characters from the film, such as Quorra, who is being voiced by Olivia Wilde.
While traversing through the world as Anon, players will enjoy a gameplay style that's a combination of various factors. It's predominantly third-person action, but there are also some classic racing sequences in there too. The fighting style is a blend of free-roaming and capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that's based around expression and dance. Anon will also be able to do things like wall-riding.
The single player combat experience as a whole features three different styles: Sprint, Standard and Defence. Standard is the jack of all trades, but Sprint and Defence are interesting alternatives. While in Sprint, Anon will move a lot faster, making him harder to hit, but he will also deal less damage with his attacks. In Defence, Anon will have his movement restricted, but he will take less damage. It also means he can use powerful area of effect moves more easily.
Perhaps what's most interesting though, is that Tron: Evolution's online mode works in conjunction with the single player experience. Experience gained in one will affect the other and it's possible to jump straight into the online mode without even touching single player.
The online experience is all about melee combat and bikes. There are four different game modes to enjoy, which range from the standard death match (disintegration), to a "domination" model called Power Monger and Bit Runner, which is like a mobile Capture The Flag.
These modes allow for a good mixture between bike gameplay and melee combat, as the bikes can be used to get from a to b quickly, but also to take down other players in the classic way - making them drive into your trail. The controls for the bikes were a bit too responsive, but it's possible to do 90 degree turns on a sixpence, so it's swings and roundabouts really.
Melee combat, while initially seeming quite limited, actually involves a lot of strategy. Standard moves don't seem to be that effective, but the power moves are much more deadly. There's a catch though, the power moves require energy to perform, limiting their use considerably. Energy can only be restored by embracing the free-running mechanics of the game, which helps action to flow and stops everything grouping up into a mass melee.
Overall, Tron: Evolution looks like a huge step in the right direction for games associated with films. It looks to offer a pseudo-interactive experience with Tron: Legacy, while also offering a gameplay experience that isn't just designed to cater for the casual audience. It's a win win really.


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Roaming Solutions Group (Roaming Networks, Enetel Solutions, Clock Drive Games, Zero Gravity) supported the action of students of class III/1 of the Tenth Belgrade High School, to collect money for friends from the class who are not in a position to pay for a graduation excursion with their work and effort.
In the premises of Roaming Solutions, students gave a performance of part of the play "Koštana" and brought two artistic drawings and after the formal part, they tried their luck with employees in playing darts.
High school "Koštana" Sara (17) has been a member of the Folk Dance Ensemble "Šumadija 05" for 10 years.
– I am anxious before each performance, but when you know why you are doing something and with motivation, anxiety is irrelevant, she explains.
Her friend from the class Ksenija (17) worked on the drawings for more than seven hours. In addition to the portrait of her class teacher, the key motive in her works was friendship.
The entire Serbia was thrilled by the action of the high school students and our company could not remain indifferent to this noble action either.
– We help many people throughout Serbia whenever we can and since we are quite active on social networks, I saw their action last Thursday and we decided to invite them to our headquarters – explains Rade Vujović, general manager of the company.
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Courtesy Bergdorf Goodman
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Advent begins!
Posted on the , in Thoughts for the Week, by Ashley Hardingham
Advent begins tomorrow. We know what awaits us; Christmas Day and the celebration of the coming of God to earth in human form. But the journey up to that day is worth savouring as we learn patience, take time to reflect and come to know that we should not to make a god out of Christmas, but rather see, perceive and believe-in, the God whose arrival we'll celebrate. And as Christmas literally translates as 'Christ-gathering' let us take time as a community to walk this journey well and together.
Well, its been quite a journey!
Posted on the , in Thoughts for the Week, by Ashley Hardingham
Well, its been quite a journey. I don't think any of us quite realised what our examination of the life of King David over the autumn might reveal to us. However, we have found David to be a mixture of the inspiring, the exemplary, the faithful and generous and also to be someone whose flaws were writ large for all to see. In many ways he is very much like us.
What we have marvelled at therefore, is how someone who whilst so human could be used and blessed so wonderfully by this God who we too have come to know. What a remarkable thing; what a generous God; what a blessed life.
On Sunday we will take a break from our story of King David
Posted on the , in Thoughts for the Week, by Ashley Hardingham
On Sunday we will take a break from our story of King David, before we bring it to a conclusion next Sunday. Its timely that we take the opportunity as we gather as a church family, to restate our vision. We will also express again how Missional Communities are fundamental to this, enabling us to 'be a disciple, make disciples'.
We hope that this will be a tremendous encouragement to us all as we gain a picture of all the groups who are operating across the life of the church and of their life and witness. And, if you are not a part of a group, this will serve as an opportunity to find out more about our groups and have the chance to sign up for one.
Missions Fair this Sunday!
Posted on the , in Uncategorized, by Sarah Brandt
Please join us for our Missions Fair this Sunday the 18th November during the 10am service. Come and explore how you can join a group and get behind a mission!
Stories about love
Posted on the , in Thoughts for the Week, by Ashley Hardingham
Morning and evening today at ABC it is Father and Son, Lost and Found, Estrangement and Reconciliation. It's David and Absalom and it's the prodigal son and the Father. And these are human stories and they are our stories and they are stories about love.


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Joan Carling is recognized with the lifetime achievement award for her work as one of the world's most prominent defenders of environmental and indigenous rights.
Carling has been at the forefront of the conflict for land and the environment for more than 20 years. Her tireless and selfless fight for the environment has made her a champion to peoples and communities all over the globe.
Source: UN Environment
Related to SDG 13: Climate action, SDG 15: Life on land and SDG 10: Reduced inequalities


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The first Beta of Bootstrap is out, more here: https://getbootstrap.com
Bootstrap 4 Beta1 is out
I love the new Navigations (specially the Themes Previews) hopefully @Norm can enhance the Blocs Navigation to that
Big important milestone indeed.
ah finally! I can start working on integration now.
which ones do you like?
Actually alot of them are visible with blocs already here are some that I think would help alot of us. We're craving for more bricks hehe
Tabs with Pills Vertical and Horizontal (Alternative to Accordion)
Also Accordion hehe
New Cards
Additional (because you asked me hehe) I was think of having an option or ability to toggle a flexbox to enable same height panels/row? If possible hehe I saw a topic here last time. That would help.
Also the pop-up module
Sounds familiar to me
Yeah I'll be adding more brics with bootstrap 4
Just curious how long that will take? Could it be there for Blocs 2.5 or 2.6?
No it wont be included in Blocs until early 2018 ie (Blocs v3). If you get involved with the Beta of Blocs v3 then you will get to use it this year most likely October/November.
You also have to remember Bootstrap is now in beta, it's still not recommended for production use its just a lot more stable now and ready to be tested by the masses.
Norm, can you say anything about the schedule for Bootstrap V4 integration into BLOCS or projected BLOCS V3 release date?