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- Concerns about behaviour and approaches to it have influenced government policy for many years.
- It is now recognised that mental health can be an important driver of how children and young people behave.
- This updated guidance provides some strategies that staff should be aware of.
There is a strong and obvious link between pupils' behaviour, their attendance, exclusion and their progress. Successive Secretaries of State have set up reviews of behaviour in schools, hoping to identify current trends and offer solutions.
The 2009 Steer Report, 'Learning Behaviour', commissioned by Secretary of State Ed Balls, built on its 2005 predece. 'It is clear that ever greater expectation will be placed on school leaders to tackle society's problems".
Steer wrote, 'Consistency is not a dull word, it's actually extremely exciting, incredibly sexy.'
However excited Sir Alan got about consistency, it did not resolve the issue of behaviour in schools. Indeed, three years later, Sir Michael Wilshaw reported in his Chief Inspector's annual report for 2012/13 that: 'Almost 700,000 children languish in schools where behaviour and attitude are an issue.'
Zero tolerance
That year, the incoming Education Secretary, Michael Gove, commissioned a former special school headteacher, Charlie Taylor, to review behaviour in schools and suggest some solutions. Interviewed in the press at that time, Taylor said: 'I set down rules quickly. The behaviour expected from them was explained and nothing less would be tolerated.'
'Zero tolerance' became the new Department mantra. Working with Taylor, the DfE published its new guidance, Behaviour and discipline in schools in 2016. The message from Westminster seemed clear: schools must not put up with disruptive behaviour at any price. However, the price, it seemed, would be paid by the still-rising number of excluded pupils.
Still looking for a solution
A new 'behaviour tsar' was appointed by Nicky Morgan. Tom Bennett was chair of the Initial Teacher Training Behaviour Review Group and his independent report, 'Creating a culture: how school leaders can optimise behaviour' was published in 2017.
These reports all add to the body of knowledge about managing behaviour in schools. Nevertheless, Damien Hinds reported at October's Conservative Party conference that there was to be another 'substantial government review of behaviour guidance', supported by £10 million to 'spread best practice'.
All of this suggests that behaviour is a much bigger issue than at first it seems. One clue may lie, perhaps, in the latest guidance to emerge from the DfE.
'Mental health and behaviour in schools' was published in November 2018 to outline how schools can identify whether a pupil's behaviour may be related to a mental health problem and how to support them in these circumstances.
Link to mental health
If Behaviour and discipline in schools summarises the statutory powers and duties of schools and approaches they can adopt to manage behaviour, the new guidance supplements it by recognising the link between behaviour and mental health.
It comes at a time when funds are simply not available to put in place the support that schools really need. So, the latest document reinforces schools' responsibilities but does no more than provide some advice, based on existing practice.
The updated 'Mental health and behaviour in schools' document draws on Tom Bennett's notion of a school culture, on case study schools, on advice from psychologists and a number of national agencies and public health bodies. Probably unnecessarily, it points out that, 'schools have a central role to play in enabling their pupils to be resilient and to support good mental health and wellbeing.'
Despite the green paper promise to train teachers to support mental health, it reminds us that, 'school staff cannot act as mental health experts and should not try to diagnose conditions'.
It identifies the kind of systems and processes that might exist in a school to support pupils' mental health and points them towards the sources of help.
The role of the SENCO
The guidance highlights the important role of the SENCO, indicating that this is likely to include working with and supporting pupils 'whose persistent mental health difficulties mean they need special educational provision'.
The SENCO will need to:
- have the knowledge to ensure colleagues understand how the school identifies and meets pupils' mental health needs
- know how to liaise with relevant external agencies.
Helpfully, Chapter 4 outlines the services that are available to schools. Some, like Children's and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) are obvious but the guidance is especially useful in making schools aware of the wider range of agencies and providers and how they might be accessed. In the final chapter, there are invaluable hyperlinked references to no less than 47 sources of support and information.
The guidance identifies a 'graduated response process', including:
- an assessment to establish a clear analysis of the pupil's needs
- a plan to set out how the pupil will be supported
- action to provide that support
- regular reviews to assess the effectiveness of the provision and lead to changes where necessary.
It's quite a logical process of Plan, Do, Review but it is worth checking your processes to make sure that you are staying true to this kind of reflective practice.
A document to refer to Schools often struggle with managing mental health and well-being, so much of the report should be essential reading at the least for senior staff, inclusion managers and pastoral staff. With the Home Secretary telling the Party conference that schools will shortly have a statutory duty to help tackle youth violence, it is clear that ever greater expectations will be placed on school leaders to tackle society's problems.
Many of our pupils have poor behaviour, sometimes accompanied by patterns of often unexplained absence and these could be indicators of a mental health issue. This guidance document may do little more than re-state a known problem, but it does help school leaders and staff to recognise what may be going on for some of their pupils and suggest strategies and actions that they might adopt.
It should be, at the very least, an element of staff training and professional development. Seen in the context of a steadily growing knowledge base, it would be unwise simply to discard it as just another DfE document. The supporting form sets out some checklists and actions to help a school review its provision.
Further information
- Behaviour and discipline in schools: Advice for headteachers and school staff, DfE, 2016: https://bit.ly/2LAE9vo
- Mental health and behaviour in schools, DfE, 2018: https://bit.ly/2ONZxOU
- Creating a culture: how school leaders can optimise behaviour, T. Bennett, 2017: https://bit.ly/2OV6bDy
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About the author
John Viner has taught in both primary and secondary schools, with a long history of successful primary school leadership. He is now a full-time writer, inspector and adviser.


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about which and upon
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Yesterday and Tomorrow. "
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nice post...
That one quote reminds me of Willie Nelson's song "Three Days". Except the song does nothing BUT worry!
Love that thought about the committee of sleep. I'll remember that.
As always, lovely photos and quotes!
Terrific pictures and enlightening quotes too.
and then there was Meatloaf..."let me sleep on it...baby, baby...let me sleep on it"....usually that works...or I can't sleep at all!
The quotes today are priceless...
I find that Steinbeck quote to be pretty true for writing.
always a winning combo of pix, prose and food for thought
Hope you're having a super Sunday, Cloudia.
The second picture and quote are outstanding !
Please have a good new week you all.
Fantastic shots
Beautiful,very inspiringThank you
Aloha Cloudia! All great quotes, and yes matey the life of a pirate (like Jack Sparrow!) could be so much fun! :)
Love the view from your balcony and what a cute wee birdie in the last shot. Lovely post Cloudia.
Jack SPARROW = Pirate! I didn't even get THAT! LOL!
You each bring me gifts and I am humbled & grateful.
You folks are the BEST!
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Fortnite update 1.74 is now rolling out for players on PS4 and Xbox One. According to the official Fortnite 1.74 patch notes, the new update has reverted the changes made to the gamepad options. In addition, Fortnite version 1.74 also includes fixes for issues related to framerate drop, lag, server performance, and more.
The previous update made adjustments to gamepad options by tuning controller inputs and accelerations to allow for more fine tuning when aiming. Unfortunately, after this changes, many players were experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game on the consoles. Today's Fortnite 1.74 update is expected to fix all these issues.
According to the game developers, they also lowered the dead-zone used for aiming on Xbox One controllers. In doing this devs discovered and fixed a bug that slightly changed Aim Sensitivity for controllers. This means you may need to adjust your sensitivity to get that "just right" feeling back, but you'll no longer experience the change in aim acceleration.
Fortnite version 1.74 Patch Notes for PS4 and Xbox One
- Reverted the gamepad sensitivity adjustments.
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Fortnite update 1.74 for PS4 and Xbox One is now available for download.


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When Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time announced on Tuesday that its first concert at Hyde Park next summer is Bob Dylan and Neil Young playing the same show, hipster grandads instantly began preparing to empty their pension funds to afford the £320 top-price ticket. (AKA "The bit where the sound at Hyde Park is decent").
BBC4 and Sky Arts are probably having a bidding war to show highlights of the two giants together that'll rival Sky and BT Sport's billions spent on Premier League football. Broadsheet commentators who believe that music has been broken since 1976 will be submitting book proposals to publishers about the concert, to join the forests of guff about Those Who Must Be Worshipped.
Should you join the clamour to see these giants of music? Are either of them actually worth watching in 2019? How many bangers are they likely to play? And who will emerge triumphant: the grumpy giffer or the really grumpy giffer? Read on for NME's tale of the tape…
Back catalogue bangers
Bob Dylan: One of the greatest songwriters of all time, but not necessarily a hitmaker. He reinvented protest music and folk music; it's not his fault that he also invented Ben Howard, Marcus Mumford and every annoying student ruining parties by playing 'Lay Lady Lay' on an acoustic guitar while everyone else is on one to The Weeknd.
Score: 8/10
Neil Young: For someone celebrating the 50th anniversary of his debut solo single next year, Neil Young has racked up surprisingly few songs that everyone knows. 'Rockin' In The Free World' sums up every Friday night on BBC4 yer da' insists on watching. 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' is any folkie's easiest cover. Kurt Cobain quoted lyrics from 'Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)' in his suicide note. Then there's… er…
Score: 5/10
Chance of playing back catalogue bangers
Bob Dylan: Well now. Dylan might play a few big hits. The question is, will you recognise them while he's singing? One Bob Dylan gig in 10 is incredible. The other nine are a festival of deliberately incoherent mumbling, like watching your grandad trying to remember where he's left his angina pills. Do you want to take that chance if you've saved up THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY QUID, knowing you'll be Googling the lyrics in the second chorus to check if that really is 'All Along The Watchtower' Dylan is muttering?
Score: 3/10
Neil Young: He behaved himself when he headlined Glastonbury and brought out the big guns. What do you mean, you don't remember when Neil Young headlined Glastonbury? 2009? Loads of guitar solos? That's Young's problem: He's OK live, not terrible, but he's often just sort of… there. Soloing away for days, while everyone waits for 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'.
Score: 6/10
Percentage of annoying fans
Bob Dylan: Unbeatable. Dylanologists, as they insist on being called because they're only a heartbeat away from giving all their money to a cult, are the worst. They'll forgive the fact that Dylan is having a stinker on stage, because what you – an idiot – don't see is that St Bob Of The Digitally Remumbled is doing, right, is playing a great joke by reinterpreting his classics in ways that only true believers will see as being superior to the *continues droning on for decades*.
Score: 10/10
Neil Young: Harmless. Marge Simpson is a Neil Young fan. They might try and explain away Young's deliberately unlistenable album 'Trans', but otherwise they'll be too busy smoking the Oxo cube they spent £40 on from the guy by the front gates to pester you.
Score: 4/10
Fear of playing anything off a new album
Bob Dylan: Bob's recent albums have included a Christmas record, a Frank Sinatra covers album and a TRIPLE ALBUM of pre-rock & roll standards. Consider yourself warned. Every now and again, Dylan still releases a great album: 'Tempest' from 2012 is alright. It'll be no worse than him massacring the ones you came to hear.
Score: 6/10
Neil Young: Neil's still knocking out serviceable proto-Pearl Jam albums by the yard. You won't know the deep cuts from his 1970s albums either, so there's no harm in indulging him.
Score: 5/10
On-stage bants
Bob Dylan: Does smiling in a way that says "Yes, I am openly taking the piss" count?
Score: 4/10
Neil Young: In 2014, he told his audience off for clapping along to one of his songs. Don't come for the gags.
Score: 4/10
Value for money
Bob Dylan: He's heavily rumoured to be playing Isle Of Wight Festival too. The chances of him being any good both there and at Hyde Park are pretty much zero. Maybe he'll put in a good show just to annoy Neil Young. Hey, why not take the chance, it's your THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY QUID.
Score: 4/10
Neil Young: He'll be fine. Tick him off your bucket list. It's your THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY QUID. Who are we to argue?
Score: 6/10
Bob Dylan and Neil Young co-headline Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time at London's Hyde Park on July 12. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday and can be purchased then from this link here. They're not all £320.


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It's time to look at the most recent Batman film to come out. It's adapting what I consider to be one of the most well known Batman arcs out there. I'm still waiting for Battle for the Cowl, but it's always nice to have more adaptions at the ready. I haven't read Hush yet so it was interesting to go into it fresh. (Of course I already knew about the Superman fight though) It's a good story although some parts of it were a bit weak which keeps this from being one of the best Batman films. It definitely gets obliterated by Bad Blood which is quickly becoming one of the definitive Batman titles.
The movie starts with Catwoman being back in town and back to her thieving ways. Batman is disappointed but he goes in to stop her only to be shot from behind and knocked out. A new villain named Hush is around and he has been following Batman for quite a while. Somehow he is getting a lot of the villains in Gotham to make a move so Batman is busier than he has ever been before. He still believes that Catwoman can be changed and so one part of the plot is that he's hanging out with her both as Batman and as Bruce Wayne. Meanwhile you have Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Riddler, Joker, Bane, and a bunch of other Batman villains running around. Batman does have his support staff of Nightwing, Batgirl, Damian, and others but will they be enough to stop this new threat?
Well, let's look at the good things first. As always the animation is great. Regardless of how the films have been in other areas at times, the animation has been consistently great for all of the main-line DC films. It's quite top notch and the closest thing you'll see to the classic DCAU animation. It's really come into its own and all of the fight scenes are very good. The wind effects after each blow is swung are handled very well and the choreography is great. The character designs are all really good and same goes for the backgrounds.
The story is engaging as always. You'll be eager to see what's next at all times. This movie also feels like a crossover of sorts as you see guys like Superman and Lex Luthor show up as well as Nightwing, Batgirl, and Damian. While the latter 3 are Batman characters you still don't see everyone show up like that all too often. Batgirl in particular feels like a bit of a guest star character as she shows up for one quick fight scene and then leaves again. Personally I feel like she should be able to defeat Catwoman, but typically that doesn't seem to be the case.
Now I think where the film is at its weakest is with the romance here. Batman is borderline out of character for a good chunk of the movie. As always he lets his interest in Catwoman get personal but to a greater degree than usual. There's quite a lot of romance in this film and it's not like Batman to let such things distract him during such a dangerous time. He knows Hush is around so he has no time to be with Catwoman right now. Taking up time as both Bruce and Batman is also time he could be using to solve the case. He was even awfully close to letting her convince him to leave the city for a while even with the villain at large.
Batman also loses control of himself in the scene with Joker awfully quick. I get that it was a big moment, but I don't see how it hit him quite so hard. Surely it's not quite as traumatic as what happened to Jason Todd and Batman was able to control himself a lot better there. You could make the case that it's how these situations keep piling up which pushed him over the edge, but I think it's a bit of a stretch. Batman is portrayed as extremely emotional in this film compared to the others and I don't think this was a good idea. He just doesn't feel like Batman at times. Damian is the voice of reason instead and it's too bad that he only got a cameo here.
Meanwhile Catwoman also looks pretty bad here. She does do a good job of trying to get past her thieving ways to an extent although it's hard to really buy into it since she's said this many times before. (Albeit, not in this continuity) The way her character arc ends doesn't make any sense though. The way she acts at the end doesn't make any sense because what happened shouldn't have been new information for her. I'd understand if we saw something more drastic, but Batman didn't do anything that you wouldn't expect him to do. It makes Catwoman appear a bit shallow. She's never been one of my favorite characters anyway but it's still not great for her.
Then we've got Joker who looks downright terrible here. The guy is usually not a bit player that everyone has their way with, but you wouldn't know that from this film. He's completely overwhelmed and out of his depth from the start. He doesn't even realize that he is walking into a trap. Usually the Joker is able to match wits with Batman so this was odd. I was expecting him to look more like how he did in Phantasm where he turned the tables pretty quick. Here all he did was get wrecked for a while and do a terrible job of trying to explain what was going on. Harley Quinn did better as she was at least doing something about the situation.
We get other villains but they don't get as big of a role. Poison Ivy kept some of her hype here since Hush was worried enough about her abilities to have a bomb at the ready. Poison Ivy may not be one of the biggest Batman enemies, but she is definitely one of the most dangerous. Her plants are just really handy to have around. Bane and Clayface are just here for cameos but they are cool to see as well. Superman is the biggest guest appearance, but he looks pretty terrible as well. There's no conceivable way that Poison Ivy should have been able to get the drop on him. I don't care if she had Kryptonite make-up and a green suit, he should have been ready. The instant she got close he would have detected it but not been weak enough to faint. That's when it's time to dash out of there. I also wish he had more will power since he tends to get mind controlled in every other film. Lex looked good at least and he has a point that Batman should treat him with more respect since he is now a League member. Without him Batman would have been in trouble.
How about Hush? Well, he's definitely a solid villain. It's always nice to have a villain that can really test Batman's deductive abilities. Hush does a good job of keeping everyone wary and he has a good design/voice. The guy is an intimidating villain and you'll be interested in seeing who his true identity was. The movie did a good job of giving you a fair chance to make the connection without making it obvious. I wasn't able to figure out who it was before the film ended so the movie did good there. He also gives us a solid fight scene at the end of the film.
Batman movies usually have some kind of mystery in it and that's part of the draw. So having a solid mystery with Hush in it does help this movie stay interesting. Then you've also got a solid array of fight scenes which help support the movie. The pacing is solid and something is always happening here. It's really just the romance and some of the characters being out of character that holds this film back. Put it this way, I'd put this movie above Son of Batman, Batman vs Robin, Batman Year One, Gotham Knights, and Mystery of the Batwomen, but I'd put it under Sub-Zero, Mask of the Phantasm, Bad Blood, Return of the Joker, and Red Hood. I'm probably missing a Batman film or two, but these are the ones I knew off the top of my head. It's a reasonable ranking and that puts this movie around the middle of the pack which is pretty good.
Overall, While I had my issues with Batman Hush it is still a very good movie. It's the kind of title where even if you know the outcome of the mystery it still works pretty well for re-watches. There is a lot of replay value to be found here and any Batman fan can quickly get into the film and enjoy it. If you haven't seen this movie yet then you should definitely check it out. I can see why the arc is pretty well known as one of the big Batman arcs. Now I hope we can get a Battle for the Cowl arc soon. We've got all of the necessary characters introduced into the series already so it would definitely work and we're running out of Batman arcs to use anyway. I think it's the next logical step.
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The second annual Jalopnik Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, so Studio@Gawker asked three celebrated personalities in the car world to discuss the experience of judging this year's competition: racer and director Jeff Zwart, Volvo's VP of Marketing, Brand, and Communications Bodil Erikkson, and writer, comedian, and TV personality Spike Feresten.
Jeff Zwart is a commercial film director, racer, photographer, cameraman and author.
As a judge, what elements of the films stood out to you the most? How did you judge the creativity of submissions?
What I look for is an arc in the longer format films. It's hard to capture an audience when you start at a certain level and then go nowhere with it. I like when you immediately engage the viewer in an artful way and not just a literal way. Bring the viewer in and out of reality and stimulate them with visuals that are unexpected to tell the story.
I also look for two levels of engagement… one that is visually stimulating to anyone… not just the hardcore enthusiast but also the person on the sidelines. And the second point I look for is something so inside that the true enthusiast might look around the room upon watching it to see if anyone else noticed. I love when you take someone on a rollercoaster ride, it takes you up and down and occasionally thrills.
Have you ever judged a competition like this before? What is most exciting about judging this one?
I have judged a few things in the past, but I always like the unknown part of it. My life is directing films and commercials, so I always have some inside knowledge of how they will come out. Going into a film festival like this, it's just blind so it's fun to see how people have interpreted the subjects.
As someone who's participated in their share of film festivals, what makes this one special?
I think Jalopnik does a great job of unifying automotive "like" minds in such a unique way. Jalopnik has always given a distinct point of view on news and entertainment in the automotive category; it will be nice to see that represented in the winning films. My business is constantly interpreting speed so it will be fun to see how others interpret the fantastic automotive world we live in.
Bodil Eriksson is Volvo Car's Executive Vice President of Marketing, Brand, and Communications.
Why was it important for Volvo to participate in the Jalopnik Film Festival?
The Jalopnik community and Volvo have always shared such a strong connection over the years — it was a natural fit for us. The theme is so core to who we are and why we come to work every day.
Have you ever judged a competition like this? What is most exciting about judging this one?
No, I haven't judged something like this before. The most exciting part is getting the chance to witness the endless supply of creativity and passion the participants have put into their stories and visions. Each was so unique and personal; I love seeing how many wonderful ideas and thoughts can spring from one simple brief.
Specifically, you judged the "Why We Care" Volvo Short Film category, which Jalopnik readers were invited to submit to. Were you impressed with the interpretations of this category? What were some of the biggest surprises from readers?
I don't think it will surprise any of your readers to learn that these entries were filled with an endless supply of passion and excitement surrounding this category. Cars aren't a hobby for these aspiring filmmakers; they are part of their being.
What excites you most about the winning film, IGNITION? What was unique about this submission?
Storyboards from the winning submission, IGNITION.
It's a gentle story that everyone will be able to identify with, no matter your age or experience with cars. The story is simple and heartfelt and personal. It is a wonderful celebration of cars, but more importantly it is a heartfelt story about family and the importance of human connection. When I finished reading the script I felt like I had such a lovely sense of who the author is — I can't wait to meet him and see his creation.
Because this is Jalopnik, it must be asked: what Volvo do you drive and why?
I try to drive all of our cars. Right now, I drive our latest model, the V60. My V60 is red with a light beige interior: really eye-catching and beautiful! I love the way it drives; the engine is super smooth. It's a cool car with a modern air. As with all Volvos, it's also flexible and lend itself to great excursions
Former Seinfeld writer, talk show host, and comedian Spike Feresten hosts his own show, Car Matchmaker.
As a judge, what elements of the films stood out to you the most?
A passion for all things cars. These people love cars so much they need to film it and share it with the world.
How did you judge the creativity of submissions?
It's pretty simple really. Did the content hold my interest? Was I smiling? Was there thinking and composition behind the shots? I was willing to go on whatever ride the creators wanted to take me on, but would I go for the ride again? Or show friends?
What is your favorite feature film you've seen this year?
American Sniper.
What about your favorite car-related film of all time?
American Graffiti. Just put the word "American" in your title and I will favorite it.
Have you ever judged a competition like this?
I vote for the Emmy's and Writer's Guild Awards, but honestly, this was way more diverse and cooler. How many consecutive years can you vote for The Daily Show and Modern Family, you know?
Can't make it to the film festival? Here are some behind-the-scenes shots from the set of IGNITION, based on the winning script written by Jalopnik reader Casey Phillips.
Volvo is a proud sponsor of the Jalopnik Film Festival. For Jalopnik Film Festival updates, follow @Jalopnik and @VolvoCarsUS.
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Seattle's Search for a Muralist
The Seattle Mural Project in conjunction with Magnetic/ ERV have just announced that they are looking for artists and designers to propose a new mural for an area in Seattle that will be painted in April 2015. The location has been revealed as the Sorrento Hotel garage; part of the historic Sorrento Hotel built in 1908 and located on the northeast corner of 9th Avenue and Madison Street on First Hill, Seattle. The Seattle Mural Project, that works to match artists with funding, location and logistical support, are looking to celebrate and give the Sorrento Hotel a new lease of life and making it a focus for the local community. Artists are invited to submit their details from which a group of finalists will be invited to draw up proposals for the mural and a winner announced in February 2015. The Seattle Mural Project commission for the artwork will include all services from design to installation including all artist fee, travel, insurance, paint materials, lift, permits and coordination with City of Seattle protocols. Seattle Mural Project has worked on several murals including creations by artists Baso Fibonacci & Zach Rockstad, Nosego and Wakuda.
Street Art for the Seattle Mural Project
Seattle Mural Project are looking for self-driven artists for the mural project on the Sorrento Hotel garage, with experience in creating public art and murals and the ability to work with Seattle Mural Project and Magnetic /ERV on the project management. Iconic street art, bold geometric patterns, abstract and conceptual art are held in high regard by Seattle Mural Project so artists who create murals within those ideals are encouraged to apply while keeping in mind the final artwork should stimulate thought, discussion and creativity within the local community. The Sorrento Hotel and the proposed mural will offer a focal and gathering point for people to visit, relax and socialise. The location of the site at the junction of two streets is passed by an estimated 25,000 vehicles daily so what better opportunity to get a piece of artwork seen by so many people on a daily basis while the building itself offers interesting possibilities as the site is sloped and includes windows on the third floor that will be incorporated into the final mural design.
Artists who want to be considered for this Seattle Mural Project have until January 5th 2015 to submit their bio and previous work; details of how to do this via dropbox are included on a PDF available to download from the Seattle Mural Project website. Finalists will be notified by January 16th 2015 with proposals due one month later and from these a winner will be announced on February 23rd 2015, with the mural due to be started in April 2015 (weather permitting!)
Seattle Mural Project
With an aim to celebrate all things street art, Seattle Mural Project plans to bring international artists to Seattle to create murals and to fund the projects. For this project they have teamed up with Magnetic/ERV, a hospitality management company and real estate developers who specialise in transforming buildings into spaces that engage the local community and are committed to creating unique art inspired projects.
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Writing anonymously, Robert Southey takes issue with the claim that Henry More's philosophical poem is a successful imitation of Spenser, going so far as to criticize even Spenser's use of allegory, to which More's is far inferior.
Gentleman's Magazine: "These volumes are from the pen of the ingenious Mr. Southey, whose facile powers of mind enable him with equal success to use the pen of the Historian, that of the Satirist of living manners, the Poet, and of the Miscellaneous Author. In this latter character he appears at present, but has not thought proper to inform us why or wherefore, in either the preface, introduction, or advertisement; we therefore conclude Omniana, as is asserted in the title, to be the effusions of his leisure hours, and collected from the numerous works he must have perused in the course of his various literary pursuits, occasionally interspersed with original thoughts on different subjects" 83 (June 1813) 554.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge criticizes Southey's strictures in a marginal gloss to Omniana: "After so sharp a censure, of the justice of which the following extract is to be the proof, who would have expected a series of stanzas for the greater part at least so chaste in language, and easy in versification? Southey must have wearied himself out with the poem, till the mist from its swamps and stagnants had spread over its green and flowery plots and bowers" Table Talk and Omniana, ed. Ashe (1884) 393.
Henry More whose philosophical works contain the most extraordinary instances of credulity, is not less curious as a poet than a philosopher. He published a volume of Philosophical Poems, the greater part of which is filled by the Song of the Soul, "containing a Christiano-Platonicall display of Life," divided into several parts under the following tables. Psychozoia, or the Life of the Soul; Psychathanasia, or the Immortality of the Soul; Democritus Platonissans, or an Essay upon the Infinity of Worlds out of Platonick Principles; Antipsychopannychia, or a Confutation of the sleep of the Soul after Death; The preexistency of the Soul, and Antimonopsychia, or a Confutation of the Unity of Souls.
Mr. Todd enumerates the Song of the Soul, among the poems which have been written in Spenser's metre, and praises it for "often presenting as just an allegory and as sweet a stanza as the original, which it professes to follow." It is my good fortune to be gifted with some perseverance; and in some of those remnants and fractions of time which are so often left to waste, and which if summed up and carried to account, amounts to so much in the course of an ordinary life, I have read this work through. Few persons perhaps have done this before, and still fewer will do it after me. "Lend me your eyes," reader, and in a very few minutes you shall know as much about it, as can be known without a thorough perusal and in fact, almost as much as is worth knowing.
There is perhaps no other poem in existence, which has so little that is good in it, if it has any thing good. Henry More possessed the feelings of a poet; but the subject which he chose is of all others least fitted for poetry, and in fact there is no species of poetry so absurd as the didactic. The memory, when mere memory is concerned, may best be addressed in metre; old Lilly knew this, and the Memoria Technica is good proof of it. In these instances it is necessary to impress words, and nothing but words upon the recollection; which is facilitated by their chiming in. But philosophy set to tune only serves to puzzle the composer, without assisting the student. There is only one way of adapting it to the nature of poetry, which is, by allegorizing it: Henry More attempted this in a small part of his song, and the success of this attempt is not such as to induce a wish that he had extended it. Mr. Todd's praise is ill founded. The allegory in Spenser is the worst part of his poem, but the worst allegory in Spenser is far better than the best in Henry More. This the following specimen will convince. Old Mnemon is relating his journey from Beiron (the brutish life) into Dizoia, or double-livedness as he explains it.
So having got experience enough
Of this ill land, for nothing, there was new,
My purpose I held on, and rode quite through
That middle way, and did the extremes eschew.
When I came near the end there was in view
No tempest can him move with fiercest shock,
But there no door to me itself did shew;
Looking about at length I did espy
A lively youth to whom I presently gan cry.
More willing he's to come than I to call;
Simon he hight, who also's call'd a Rock.
Simon is that obedientiall
Nature, who boisterous seas and winds doth mock;
Not tempest can him move with fiercest shock,
The house that's thereon built doth surely stand;
Nor blustering storm, nor rapid torrents stroke
Can make it fall; it easily doth withstand
The gates of Death and Hell, and all the stygian band.
When I gan call, forthwith in seemly sort
He me approach'd in decent russet clad,
More fit for labour than the flaunting Court.
When he came near, in chearfull wise he bad
Tell what I would; then I unto the lad
Gan thus reply; alas! Too long astray
Here have I trampled foul Behiron's pad;
Out of this land I thought this the next way,
But I no gate can find, so vain is mine assay.
Then the wise youth, Good Sir, you look too high;
The wall aloft is rais'd, but that same door
Where you must pass, in deep descent doth lie.
But he bad follow, he would go before.
Hard by there was a place all covered o're
With stinging nettles and such weedery,
The pricking thistles the hard'st legs would gore;
Under the wall a straight door we descry,
The Wall hight Self-conceit, the Door Humility.
When we came at the door fast lockt it was,
And Simon had the key, but he nould grant
That I into that other land should pass
Without I made him my concomitant.
It pleased me well, I mus'd not much upon't
But straight accord, . . for why? a jolly swain
Methought he was; meek, cheerful, and pleasant.
When he saw this, he thus to me again,
Sir, see you that sad couple? . . Then I, . . I see those twain.
A sorry couple certainly they be,
The man a bloody knife holds at his heart,
With chearless countenance; as sad is she;
Or eld, or else intolerable smart
Which she can not decline by any art,
Doth thus distort and writhe her wrinkled face;
A leaden quadrate swayes hard on that part
That's fit for burdens; foulness doth deface
Her aged looks; with a straight staff her steps she stayes.
Right well you say, then said that lusty swain,
Yet this poor couple be my parents dear,
Nor can I hence depart without these twain;
These twain give life to me, though void of chear
They be themselves: then let's all go yfere.
The young man's speech caus'd sad perplexity
Within my brest, but yet I did forbear,
And fairly ask'd their names. He answered me
He Autaparnes hight; but she Hypomone.
I Simon am the son of this sad pair,
Who though full harsh they seem to outward sight,
Yet when to Dizoie men forth do fare,
No company in all the land so meet
They find as these. Their pace full well I weet
Is very slow, and so to youthful haste
Displeasing; and their connsels nothing sweet
To any Beironite; but sweetest taste
Doth bitter choler breed, and haste doth maken waste.
Nor let that breast impierced with weeping wound
An uncouth spectacle, disturb your mind.
His blood's my food. If he his life effund
To utmost death, the high God hath design'd
That we both live. He in my heart shall find
A seat for his transfused soul to dwell;
And when that's done, this death doth eke unbind
That heavy weight that doth Hypomone quell,
Then I Anautaesthetus hight, which seems me well.
So both their lives do vanish into mine,
And mine into Atuvus life doth melt
Which fading flux of time doth not define,
Nor is by any Autaesthesian felt.
This life to On the good Atuvus delt;
In it's all joy, Truth, Knowledge, Love and Force;
Such force no weight created can repel't.
All strength and livelyhood is from this sourse,
All Lives to this first spring have circular recourse.
Here the allegory is, that the way of escape from the brutish condition of human nature (Beiron) is by Obedience, which discovers Humility, the door of passage; now Obedience (Simon) consists in self-denial, Autaparnes, and Patience, Hypomone. Old Mnemon remarks upon this story,
A lecture strange he seem'd to read to me,
And though I did not rightly understand
His meaning, yet I deemed it to be
Some goodly thing.
Henry More's readers seem to have agreed with old Mnemon, in thinking it strange and in not understanding it. Yet this is the best part of the whole allegory, and of the whole poem. He soon begins to imitate John Bunyan in his nomenclature, . . but oh! what an imitation of that old King of the Tinkers, . . ! The passage is curious in another respect, . . it may have suggested the name of Pandaemonium to Milton, who was a friend of Henry More's.
On Ida hill there stands a Castle strong,
They that it built call it Pantheothen;
Hither resort a rascal rabble throng
Of miscreant wights; but if that wiser men
May name that fort, Pandemoniothen
They would it cleep. It is the strongest delusion
That ever Daemon wrought, the safest pen
That ere held silly sheep for their confusion.
Ill life and want of love, hence springs each false conclusion.
That rabble rout that in this Castle won
Is "Irefull-Ignorance, Unseemly-Zeal,
Strong-self-conceit, Rotten Religion,
Love-of-the-carkass, an-inept-appeal-
T'-uncertain-papers, a-false-formal-fetch-
Of-feigned-sighs. Contempt-of-poor-and-sinful-wretch."
Two more stanzas follow full of these Praise-God-Barebones names. The next contains one of those rare gleams of poetry which redeem the author, . . not indeed from neglect, . . but certainly from contempt.
These and such like be that rude regiment
That from the glittering sword of Michael fly;
They fly his outstretched arm, else were they shent,
If they unto this Castle did not hie,
Strongly within its walls to fortifie
Themselves. Great Daemon hath no stronger hold
Than this high Tower. "When the good Majesty
Shines forth in love and light," a vapour cold
And a black hellish smoke from hence doth all infold.
Here too are lines which none but a true poet could have written, and here the reader will again be reminded of Milton.
Fresh varnished groves, tall hills, and "gilded clouds
Arching an eyelid for the gloring morn,"
Fair clustred buildings which our sight so crouds
At distance, with high spires to heaven yborn,
"Vast plains with lowly cottages forlorn
Rounded about with the low-wavering sky."
But in general the language of this poem is the most barbarous that can be conceived. Some little excuse he makes for this, in the preface to the second edition. "I have taken the pains," he says, "to peruse these Poems of the Soul, and to lick them into some more tolerable form and smoothness. For I must confess, such was the present haste and heat that I was then hurried in (dispatching them in fewer months, than some cold-pated gentlemen have conceited me to have spent years about them, and letting them slip from me so suddenly, while I was so immerse in the inward sense and representation of things, that it was even necessary to forget the economy of words, and leave them behind me aloft, to float and run together at random, like, chaff and straws on the surface of the water), that I could not but send them out in so uneven and rude a dress." In one of his minor poems Cupid reproaches him with his style, and with the neglect which it has occasioned.
—thy riddles all men do neglect,
Thy rugged lines of all do lie forlorn;
Unwelcome rhymes that rudely do detect
The readers ignorance. Men holden scorn
To be so often nonplus'd, or to spell,
And on one stanza a whole age to dwell.
Besides this harsh and hard obscurity
Of the hid sense, thy words are barbarous
And strangely new, and yet too frequently
Return, as usual, plain and obvious,
So that the shew of the new thick-set patch
Marrs all the old with which it ill doth match.
This the Poet resolutely answers in his own person.
—What thou dost pedantickly object
Concerning my rude, rugged, uncouth style,
As childish toy I manfully neglect.
How ill alas! with wisdom it accords
To sell my living sense for liveless words!
My thought's the fittest measure of my tongue,
Wherefore I'll use what's most significant;
And rather than my inward meaning wrong,
Or my full-shining notion trimly skant,
I'll conjure up old words out of their grave,
Or call fresh foreign force in, if need crave;
And these attending on my moving mind,
Shall duly usher in the fitting sense.
And then looking on to the warm season which is to succeed the winter of the world, and at the same time anticipating Baron Munchausen's idea, he says,
My words into this frozen air I throw,
Will then grow vocal at that general thaw.
The following extract is the best specimen that can be given of the strain of feeling, which Henry More could express in no better language than an inharmonious imitation of Spenser's, barbarized by the extremes of carelessness the most licentious, and erudition the most pedantic.
In silent night when mortalls be at rest,
And bathe their molten limbs in slothful sleep,
My troubled ghost strange cares did straight molest,
And plunged my heavie soul in sorrow deep:
Large floods of tears my moistened cheeks did steep,
My heart was wounded with compassionate love
Of all the creatures: sadly out I creep
From men's close mansions, the more to improve
My mournfull plight; so softly on I forward move.
Aye me! said I, within my wearied breast,
And sighed sad, . . wherefore did God erect
This stage of misery? thrice, foure times blest
Whom churlish Nature never did eject
From her dark womb, and cruelly object
By sense and life unto such balefull smart;
Every slight entrance into joy is checkt
By that soure step-dames threats, and visage tart:
Our pleasure of our pain is not the thousandth part.
Thus vex'd I was 'cause of mortality,
Her curst remembrance cast me in this plight,
That I grew sick of the world's vanity,
Ne ought recomfort could my sunken spright;
What so I hate may do me no delight,
Few things (alas!) I hate, the more my wo.
The things I love by mine own sad foresight,
Make me the greater torments undergo,
Because I know at last they're gone like idle show.
Each goodly sight my sense doth captivate,
When vernal flowers their silken leaves display.
And ope their fragrant bosomes, I that state
Would not have changed, but indure for aye;
Nor care to mind that that fatall decay
Is still secured by faithfull succession.
But why should aught that's good thus fade away?
Should steddy spring exclude summer's accession?
Or summer spoil the spring with furious hot oppression!
You chearfull chaunters of the flowring woods,
That feed your carelesse souls with pleasant layes,
O silly birds! cease from your merry moods:
Ill suits such mirth when dreary death's assayes
So closely presse your sory carkases:
To mournfull note turn your light verilayes,
Death be your song, and winter's hoary sprayes,
Spend your vain sprights in sighing elegies:
I'll help you to lament your wofull miseries.
When we lay cover'd in the shady night
Of senselesse matter, we were well content
With that estate, nought pierced our anxious spright,
No harm we suffered, no harm we ment;
Our rest not with light dream of ill was blent:
But when rough Nature, with her iron hond,
Pull'd us from our soft ease, and hither hent,
Disturbing fear and pinching pain we found,
Full many a bitter blast, full many a dreadful stound.
Yet life's strong love doth so intoxicate
Our misty minds, that we do fear to dy.
What did dame Nature brood all things of hate
And onely give them life for misery?
Sense for an undeserved penalty?
And show that if she list, that she could make
Them happy? but with sprightfull cruelty
Doth force their groaning ghosts this house forsake?
And to their ancient Nought their empty selves betake.
Thus in deep sorrow and restlesse disdain
Against the cankered doom of envious fate,
I clove, my very heart with riving pain,
While I in sullen rage did ruminate
The Creature's vanity and wofull state;
And night that ought to yield us timely rest,
My swelling griefs did much more aggravate;
The sighs and groans of weary sleeping beast
Seem'd as if sleep itself their spirits did molest:
Or as constrain'd perforce that boon to wrest
From envious Nature. All things did augment
My heavy plight, that fouly I blam'd the hest
Of stubborn destiny cause of this wayment.
Even sleep that's for our restauration ment,
As exercrable things I did abhorre,
Cause ugly death to th' life it did depeint.
What good came to my mind I did deplore,
Because it perish must and not live evermore.
Thus wrapt in rufull thought through the waste field
I stagger'd on, and scattered my woe,
Bedew'd the grasse with tears mine eyes did yield;
At last I am arrived with footing slow
Near a black pitchy wood, that stronger throw
Of starry beam no'te easily penetrate:
On the north side I walked to and fro
In solitary shade. The Moon's sly gate
Had cross'd the middle line: It was at least so late.
When th' other part of night in painfull grief
Was almost spent, out of that solemn grove
There issued forth for my timely relief,
The fairest wight that ever sight did prove,
So fair a wight as might command the love
Of best of mortall race; her count'nance sheen
The pensive shade gently before her drove;
A mild sweet light shone from her lovely eyne:
She seem'd no earthly branch, but sprung of stock divine.
A silken mantle, colour'd like the skie
With silver starres in a due distance set,
Was cast about her somewhat carelessly,
And her bright flowing hair was not ylet
By art's device; onely a chappelet
Of chiefest flowers, which from far and near
The Nymphs in their pure lilly hands had fet,
Upon her temples she did seemly weare,
Her own fair beams made all her ornaments appear.
What wilfull wight doth thus his kindly rest
Forsake? said she approaching me unto.
What rage, what sorrow, boils thus in thy chest
That thou thus spend'st the night in wasting wo?
Oft help he gets that his hid ill doth show.
Ay me! said I, my grief's not all mine own;
For all men's griefs into my heart do flow,
Nor men's alone, but every mournfull grone
Of dying beast, or what so else that grief hath shown.
From fading plants my sorrows freshly spring;
And thou thyself that com'st to comfort me,
Would'st strong'st occasion of deep sorrow bring,
If thou wert subject to mortality:
But I no mortall wight thee deem to be,
Thy face, thy voice, immortall thee proclaim.
Do I not well to wail the vanity
Of fading life, and churlish fates to blame,
That with cold frozen death life's chearfull motions tame.
Thou dost not well, said she to me again,
Thou hurt'st thyself, and dost to them no good.
The sighs thou sendest out cannot regain
Life to the dead, thou can'st not change the mood
Of stedfast destiny. That man is wood
That weetingly hastes on the thing he hates:
Dull sorrow chokes the sprights, congeals the blood,
The bodie's fabrick quickly ruinates,
Yet foolish men do fondly blame the hasty fates.
Come, hasty fates, said I, come take away
My weary life, the fountain of my wo:
When that's extinct, or shrunk into cold clay,
Then well I wrote, that I shall undergo
No longer pain. O! why are you so slow.
Fond speech, said she, nor changed her countenance,
No signe of grief nor anger she did show;
Full well she knew passion's misgovernance,
Though her clear brest fond passion ever yet did lance.
But thus spake on, Sith friendly sympathy
With all the creatures thus invades thy brest,
And strikes thine heart with so deep agony
For their decay, 'cording to that behest
Which the pure source of sympathy hath prest
On all that of those lovely streams have drunk,
I'll tell thee that that needs must please the best,
All life's immortall; though the outward trunk
May changed be, yet life to nothing never shrunk.
With that she bad me rear my heavie eye
Up toward heaven, I rear'd them toward the east,
Where in a roscid cloud I did espy
A lunar rainbow in her painted vest;
The heavenly maid in the mean while surceast
From further speech, while I the bow did view:
But mine old malady was more increas'd,
The bow gan break, and all the gawdy hiew
Dispeared, that my heart the sight did inly rue
Thus life doth vanish as this bow is gone,
Said I. That sacred nymph forthwith reply'd,
Vain showes, may vanish that have gaily shone
To feeble sense; but if the truth be tri'd,
Life cannot perish, or to nothing slide:
It is not life that falleth under sight,
None but vain flitting qualities are ey'd
By wondring ignorance. The vitall spright
Assuredly doth remain as the Sun's lasting light.
This bow, whose breaking struck thy troubled heart,
Of causelesse grief, I hope, shall thee secure,
When I have well explain'd with skilfull art
By its resemblance what things must indure,
What things decay and cannot standen sure.
The higher causes of that colour'd ark,
What ere becomes of it, do sit secure.
That so (the body falling) life's fair spark
Is safe, I'll clearly show if you but list to mark.
He has found it necessary to annex a glossary to the poem, but these uncouth words which require a glossary are not the worst. The reader who does not understand Greek and Hebrew will naturally look there for the meaning of such words as "acronychall," "Adamah," "Anantaethesie," &c. &c. . . introducing foreign coin is not so heavy an offence as clipping the King's English is, which he has done most unmercifully. If the word which presented itself did not rhyme, he made it, and wrote "passe" for "Past," "narre" for "near," "emisse" for "emitted," "conject" for "conjecture," &c. and it is sometimes past the reach of conjecture to find out his meaning. In the midst of a very fine passage he calls Fear or Doubt "a sturdy rascal," . . and Alexander the Great is designated as "that pert Pellaean lad." "Idee" is generally used for "idea," a word which had not then been made trite by fashionable metaphysics.
A curious passage occurs against materialism.
For then our soul can nothing be but bloud,
Or nerves, or brains, or body modifide,
Whence it will follow that cold-stopping crud,
Hard moldy cheese, dry nuts, when they have rid
Due circuits though the heart, at last shall speed
Of life and sense, . . look thorough our thin eyes
And view the close wherein the cow did feed
Whence they were milk'd; gross pie-crust will grow wise,
And pickled cucumbers, sans doubt, philosophize.
Poor young Beattie has something in the same strain of thought.
A certain High Priest could explain
How the soul is but nerve at the most,
And how Milton had glands in his brain
Which secreted the Paradise Lost.
In looking over this account of Henry More's strange poems, I do not perceive that any thing too harsh has been said of their defects, and yet it leaves a more unfavourable opinion of the author's talents, than I feel myself, or by any means wish to communicate. It is generally acknowledged that a man may write good verses, and yet be no poet; it is not so generally acknowledged that he may be a poet and yet write bad ones. Three fourths of the English poets have had less genius than Henry More, but not one of them who possessed any has contrived so completely to smother it, and render it useless.


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This is about a boy, a girl, and a whole lot of bad timing. You see the girl was in a strenuous relationship at the time they met and turned to her new-found friend as a rock. Somewhere along the line signals got crossed and the boy wanted more, and it only seemed natural… they got along well, there was a mutual attraction, and they never had a bad time together. Unfortunately the girl was unwilling to leave her tumultuous relationship, so their friendship never evolved. But before everything was said and done, the boy wrote a letter to the girl asking her to take a leap of faith with him….
I'm looking over the edge… It's really not that far
Here's my hand, take it… It's only a small leap, we'll make it
We'll land a little worse for wear, but truth be told it's a pain I'll bear
Cause the uncertainty of this height blinds me like a shining light
And I lose you in its glaring beam, because up here… to me… you're just a dream
But down there we care, we love, we share
We laugh, we fight, I'm wrong, you're right
Down there you're a landscape of infinite bliss
Up here you're a hope, a whisper, a wish
So think about the life you have, think about all the times you were sad
Now think about your feet on the ground, think about all the joy you've found
Think of all the nights you've cried
When you land, you'll look up and ponder why
Why did I stay at such a failing height
Why did I sustain those wounds in heart breaks fight
Down there the air is crisp and soothing
And there'll be no fighting so don't worry about losing
Don't worry about painful bloodshot nights
Once we make this leap everything will be alright
We'll be freed from glances of want and thoughts of what if
Trust me, you'll land in my arms… believe me, I won't miss
I know I shouldn't beg, it's not becoming
I'm at the edge now, lets stop this haunting


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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Feels Like Summer--
I have been asked some questions so I will try and answer them.
I have had a few questions about where I live:
First, I live in San Clemente, California--I have lived here most of my life---except for a few trips to Georgia. I lived in Georgia in 2000-2001 and then from 2005-2006--My husband had gotten a promotion all times for each move, but he has promised me this is where will stay. I have to say, I adore Georgia and was very sad to leave, but I did not realize how much of a Cali girl I really am until I came back. I learned how to surf when I was 25, it was on my list of things to do. San Clemente is a little beach town----It is an hour from LA and hour from San Diego--I am smack dab in the middle of those cities. I grew up going to the beach, and I absolutely love the beach. I do miss the Thunderstorms in Georgia--but there is nothing better then getting your shoulders kissed by the sun while on the pier watching the waves and the young surfers riding those waves. Watching young children make sand castles and there big eyes when a wave comes crashing to the shore------the sun on the water is so breathtaking--God is good:)
I have had a few questions about my age, and when I was first married and when I had my first baby----
I am 36 years old, I will be 37 in July---I was married very young at 19, I had Tony when I was 21.
I had Alexis when I was 30 just about to turn 31.
I bet you are so ready to meet your baby boy, too, isn't it exciting?! Have you picked out a name, yet?
We are leaning towards the name Connor--but we are stuck on the middle name.
Hi Julieann!!!Did you make your aprons?? Or purchase them?
All aprons I have shown pictures of, I bought--BUT I am determined to make one soon:)
And oh my, it was 86 degrees last Saturday where you live? Wow, how hot does it actually get in the summer then?
It gets pretty hot here in Southern California, but since I live near the beach it never gets unbearable---there is always a nice ocean breeze--you drive an hour away from here to my fathers and then you have the dry heat and it gets in the 100's--yucky.
What are Butter beans?
Butter beans are white beans, like northern beans, I think they are also called Lima beans--but I think Lima beans are Green where as these are white--and oh so good--like butter:)
Noodle and Garlic recipe? This is something I grew up on--very simple--I just make spaghetti noodles, drain them---then in a pan I heat just a few tablespoons of oil with some minced garlic---saute just a bit--tun off heat-- add the noodles to the oil and garlic, mix--add some parsley and Parmesan cheese---that is it. I am sorry I do not have any measurements---but it really is good:)
Okay, I hope I answered everyones questions about this and that--that was fun..(LOL)
For dinner tonight, I am going to grill some pork strips---leftover noodles--salad with my homemade ranch Dressing--homemade dinner rolls---
You all have a wonderful day xoxoxox
5 comments:
- Amber said...
It is nice getting to know more about a person...such as their past. I know it is something I fail to mention. How do you make your ranch dressing?
- Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 6:21:00 PM PST
- Maggie Ann said...
I can't imagine surfing and the joys of living near the beach. Everywhere we are, God has treasures of his handiwork for us to enjoy and praise Him for! I wish to remain anon on the web, but I don't live near water...it is very pastoral here...lots of farmland and rolling hills. Better get ready for bed...and that means packing my husband's lunch next =).
- Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 7:22:00 PM PST
- Susan P. said...
It was so nice getting to know a little bit more about you! The town in which you live sounds so picture perfect! It must be so wonderful to be so close to the ocean. Also, thanks for sharing the noodle recipe, it sounds so yummy I will be trying it soon:)
- Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 8:54:00 PM PST
- Jodi said...
Julieann, it was so much fun reading more about you! :o) Having grown up in a beachtown in Florida, I can totally relate to the joys of living near the water. You described it beautifully! :o)
P.S. I really thought I'd wished your Tony a Happy Birthday, but I see that I didn't. So Happy Belated Birthday, Tony! :o)
- Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 4:09:00 AM PST
- Candy said...
That was so fun and interesting to read! Glad you posted it :)
- Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 1:51:00 PM PST


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Defendant Anton Carlton has appealed a denial for his "Motion for An Amendment of the Judgement to Correct a Clerical Error."
Carlton, who was convicted of a 2002 Rutherford County home invasion where the victims were Mr. Ben Nelson, his wife and their children, argues that the trial court abused its discretion that resulted in what he called a "Material breach of his negotiated plea agreement."
The Court of Criminal Appeals at Nashville looked into the case and gave the stamp of approval to the judgement of the trial court, but amended the so-called clerical error by dismissing several counts noted in the court file.
At the time of the home invasion, the victims included young parents in their 30's and their 3 young children - all of which were under the age of 10.
A corrected plea agreement now stands with Carlton receiving 25 years in prison for especially aggravated kidnapping, 10 years for aggravated robbery and 5 years behind bars for aggravated burglary. After he serves a negotiated percentage of the imposed sentence, he will be eligible for release. Carlton, who is 33 years old today, will be 63 when his sentence ends. He will be 46 years of age when he is eligible for parole.
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Uses of the drug:
Atorvastatin is used in the treatment of Dyslipidemia, reduces risk of cardiovascular conditions like stroke, unstable angina and myocardial infarction
Working of the drug:
Atorvastatin is a drug that lowers the cholesterol levels in the body. Atorvastatin is HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and plays a central role in synthesis of cholesterol. It stops the activity of the enzyme known as HMG-CoA reductase and has a key role in cholesterol production. Atorvastatin increases the removal of LDL-C (bad cholesterol) and high triglyceride levels from the body. It increases the HDL (good cholesterol) levels and prevents deposition of fats in body tissues.
Lipvas 10 mg is manufactured by Cipla Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical giant in India. It is available on our websites and you can buy Lipvas 10 mg online at alldaychemist.com.
What are the strengths available?
Atorvastatin tablets have the following five strengths that are available on our website:
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You can easily buy Lipvas 10 mg online at alldaychemist.com.
Before you take the drug:
• Do not take the drug if you:
Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant
Are breastfeeding, as the drug may pass into the breastmilk and harm the feeding baby
Have diabetes
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Are allergic to Atorvastatin
Have history of liver disease
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How much to take the drug?
Always take the dose as prescribed by the physician. It is very important to consume medicine timely. The general recommended dose is 10 mg or 20 mg is given. This dose can be increased up to 80 mg depending upon the patient's condition. With time, dose adjustments are generally done according to the response of the patient. Always take the medicine as prescribed by the doctor.
How to take the drug?
You must swallow the whole tablet with one glass full of water. Do not crush or chew it. Atorvastatin is taken once daily with or without food. It is a best way to take the medicine same time daily, because it shows best results and helps to remember the dose time.
For how long to take it?
It is important to take the drug as instructed by your doctor. Abrupt discontinuation of medicine can cause adverse reactions. So, before stopping the drug intake, always consult your physician first.
In case of overdose, one should immediately consult with his doctor. Accidental overdose can be prevented if the patient remains vigilant of the doses and do not double up the dose for a missed one.
Miss dose:
Take it as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose then skip the dose and take your next dose on the correct time. Do not double up the dose to compensate for the missed one.
Side effects of the drug:
All medicines have their side effects, sometimes they are serious but most of the times they are not. Common side effects are mentioned below:
• Diarrhea
• Nausea
• Muscular pain
Serious side effects which need medical attention are as follows:
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• Swelling, weight gain and increased thirst
• Hunger, dry mouth and drowsiness
• Dry skin, abdominal pain , itching , dark colored stools
Common drug interactions:
Always inform your doctor about the drugs you are taking till date. Give a complete list of prescription or non-prescription drugs and any other disease conditions. This way, doctor is able to decide and give you the list of drugs and other things that may interact with Atorvastatin:
• Oral contraceptives
• Isoniazid
• Digoxin
• Warfarin
• Aliskiren
• Nicotinic acid
• Repaglinide
• Nefazodone
• Spironolactone
• Rifampin
• Cerivastatin
• Dicoumaral
• Cimetidine
• Verapamil
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• Don't use the expired medicine
• Keep a complete record of all the medicines you are taking along with this medicine
• Eat low fat diet and exercise regularly
• This drug passes into breast milk and may prove harmful for the child
• Limit the intake of Alcohol as it may increase the drowsiness effect
• Along with this drug, diet exercise and weight control are also needed
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RTA has reiterated its unwavering commitment to upgrade the performance of mass transit modes in Dubai. A cluster of improvement initiatives have been rolled out at different sites including replacing the fleet of Water Buses by new air-conditioned Abras. Initiatives also include re-operating the Al Seef Marine Transport Station and linking it with the Creek marine transport network.
A stylish and comfortable cruise awaits you onboard the Dubai Marina Air-condtioned Abra. Hop on and hop off between 4 scenic stops in the Dubai Marina – Marina Terrace, Marina Walk, Dubai Marina Mall and Marina Promenade. It's the perfect way to cover the scenic and charming Dubai Marina area.
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|Dubai Marina Walk – Marina Terrace (BM1)
|Saturday to Thursday – 10:00 am – 11:00 pm Every 30 minutes
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|Peak hour: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm every 15 minutes
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The Alabama Track and Field Camp is designed to give each athlete a solid foundation in Track and Field fundamentals needed to excel at his or her skilled event. Under my direction technical skills will be taught by our distinguished coaching staff and select athletes in order to raise the performance level and further the athletic development of every camper. As a camper you will receive the same expert coaching that every Alabama Track and Field athlete receives. The goal of this camp is for each athlete to leave camp with sound and fundamental knowledge about their events which they can continue to apply to their own training environment. We look forward to seeing you in Tuscaloosa!
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Sprint Cup Odds to Win: Aaron's 499 from Talladega FOX Sunday!
The Talladega Superspeedway offers some of the most exciting but dangerous racing in the Sprint Cup Series as cars are often packed into bunches in which the probability of a multi-car wreck known as "the big one" has everyone holding their breath throughout the race. On the flip side cars need drafting partners to push them to victory which makes for what many believe is fake racing. The Aaron's 499 from Talladega Superspeedway will run on Sunday with coverage on FOX set to start at 1 PM ET.
Talladega Superspeedway
The Talladega Super Speedway is host to two out of the four restrictor plate races on the Sprint Cup circuit each year with the NASCAR odds. It is 2.66 miles in length with steep turn banks of at least 33 degrees in each turn and a tri-oval configuration.
Top Sprint Cup Talladega Drivers
Brad Keselowski has 10 career starts at Talladega with an average start of 17.5, an average finish of 14.2, with 2 wins, 3 top 5 finishes and 6 top 10 finishes.
David Ragan has 14 career starts at Talladega with an average start of 18.9, an average finish of 14.2, with 1 win, 4 top 5 finishes and 7 top 10 finishes.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. has 28 career starts at Talladega, 5 wins, 10 top 5 finishes and 14 top 10 finishes. Earnhardt, Jr had an average start of 15.2 and an average finish of 14.6 at Talladega.
Clint Bowyer has a total of 16 career starts with an average start of 18.9, an average finish of 15.9, with 2 wins, 4 top 5 finishes and 8 top 10 finishes.
Tony Stewart has 29 career starts at Talladega with an average start of 16.8, and average finish of 16.1, with 1 win, 9 top 5 finishes and 13 top 10 finishes.
Kevin Harvick has a total of 26 career starts at Talladega with 1 win, 6 top 5 finishes and 10 tip 10 finishes. Harvick has an average start of 22.5 with an average finish of 16.2.
Jeff Gordon has 6 career wins at Talladega while Jimmie Johnson has 2.
The Pick
Dale Earnhardt, Jr gets the call!


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We are looking for an experienced Medical Front Desk Receptionist to support 1 Orthopedic Surgeon in a busy private practice medical group
The office is centrally located in the Hillcrest area. We will provide and pay for your parking.
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- Organized and self-motivated
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- Greet patients and check patients in and out at the front desk
- Collect co pays when patient insurance requires a co pay and credit to their account
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- Schedule and organize Doctors calendar and schedule for follow up visits, meetings, and depositions
- Provide a professional and friendly experience in the Receptionist area for patients and vendors
- Work as a team player with other staff and willing to help in other areas as needed
- Other duties may be assigned by Doctor or Office Manager
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The taco is a dish that originates in Mexico, though the forms Americans eat, especially from fast food restaurants, bear little resemblance to the true form. Generally, the dish is made of one or two heated or lightly fried corn tortillas, and can contain any number of different traditional Mexican meats or fish. Tacos can be dressed up with a variety of condiments, including salsa or pico de gallo, a bit of lettuce, tomato, onions, and sometimes cheese.
When the traditional taco is served, it is flat, not pinched up into the hard shells that many Americans consider the essential base. Hard shells that are in a semi-circle form are largely an American invention. To eat the traditional dish, however, people often pinch up the ends of the tortillas, creating a sandwich like way of eating the food. Tacos do have a tendency to drip from the end the diner isn't eating, particularly if they're overfilled with ingredients.
Traditional meats that may top the tortilla include carne asada, which are roasted meats, especially beef. Chorizo, a spicy sausage, grilled chicken, fish, or roasted pork are also popular. Many tacos use various other parts of the animal, not typically part of American fare. For instance, tacos de tripita are popular and use crisply fried cow intestines. Those made of the cow head and other such ingredients are often available on request from taquerias, stands that specialize in making this dish for hungry guests.
Tacos aren't necessarily differentiated from other Mexican dishes. Flautas and tacquitos, for example, are considered variants of it. They are both rolled up versions, often containing grilled chicken, which are deep-fried.
Though corn tortillas are standard for this dish, cooks can use flour tortillas if they so choose. Tex-Mex cuisine makes use of the flour tortilla to serve one of its classic dishes, the fajita. Essentially, fajitas are filled with meats, salsa, beans, cheese, and whatever else the cook would like, and as such resemble the classic Mexican dish.
American style tacos tend to rely on the hard shell, and fast food restaurants generally make this type with ground beef or, sometimes, grilled chicken. The beef is often seasoned with spices like cumin, chili powder, garlic, and cayenne, and may be topped with fresh tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, salsa and other ingredients, much like the Mexican version. People who are used to the American style may be surprised by the relatively simple style served at an authentic taqueria. The trick is in the ordering, and diners can pretty much ask for anything they'd like on tacos made in the traditional manner. If the diner doesn't ask, he is likely to be presented with one or two corn tortillas with some meat on it, and very little else.
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@shell4life – That sounds about right. We use all those ingredients on our taco meat, whether it is chicken, fish, or beef.
I like putting fresh avocado slices in my tacos, along with fresh tomatoes. I'm not big on lettuce, because to me, it is just filler.
However, when I make fish tacos, I like a bit of coleslaw with them. Its crispiness is a good contrast to the mushiness of the fish, and the flavor goes well with it.
My fish tacos have become quite a hit with my friends, so we have "Taco Tuesday" at my house once a week. The seasoning is just as important to the tacos as the meat is, and I think that when people attempt to make the fish tacos without it, they are nearly inedible.
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My friend makes something called taco soup that contains black beans, corn, beef, pinto beans, and salsa. She tops it with crumbled tacos, and it is delicious.
I make a similar version called tortilla soup. I don't use pinto beans, and I use chicken instead of beef. Also, mine contains cumin, and hers doesn't.
To me, cumin makes the entire dish. It has a unique flavor that is distinctly Mexican, and I've come to expect it in all my tacos and tortillas.
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My husband has a wonderful homemade taco seasoning that he uses on the ground beef that he always puts in our tacos. It only contains four ingredients, but it makes the perfect flavor.
I know that garlic powder and chili powder are involved, but I'm not sure what the other two seasonings are. Onion powder sounds likely, though.
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Do restaurants or taco stands ever put weird cow parts in their tacos without telling anyone? I would hate to think that I might have been eating intestines or heads without knowing it. Surely, they must have to disclose ingredients such as these!
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Fajita technically means flank/skirt steak. It's named for the cut of meat used. If it's made with "whatever meat you like" it isn't a fajita in any sort of traditional sense.
Flank steak, grilled onions, peppers (grilled or not), guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, and salsa are normal.
Tinker with it outside of that general ingredient envelope and I'd argue with you that's it's not some sort of soft taco that is not a fajita. -Some Feller in Texas
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A steak taco is another good option. It is filling and satisfying. A good choice for steak tacos is flank steak that can be prepared in a frying pan.
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Every person on this earth has to perform sex. The feeling of doing sex in the individual is natural. Sex is not only our requirement but it provides a sort of pleasure to us. The manhood of the person is revealed by it. It acts as the base for creating the society. The relationship between two persons becomes strong by it. According to so many myths, we should not perform sex during pregnancy. These myths prove false and it is concluded that doing sex while pregnancy is not harmful to a child. There are so many benefits of sex during pregnancy. Now, we will discuss the benefits of sex during pregnancy.
Among the benefits of sex during pregnancy, better orgasm and greater satisfaction are one of them. Better orgasm is experienced by women during pregnancy if compared to pre-pregnancy phase. This is due to the fact that the production of two hormones naming progesterone and estrogen increases during pregnancy. A woman becomes more aroused due to increase in blood flow in the pelvic area. This increase in blood flow is due to increased estrogen in the body. Therefore, a better orgasm can be achieved by doing sex during pregnancy.
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Improves Circulation In The Body
Blood is required by both mother and the baby during pregnancy. In such a case, the blood supply becomes double so as to meet the requirement of both. This process can be disturbed by a sluggish circulation. So many hormones get released while performing sex which is helpful in restoring the working of the body. The circulation of the blood gets improved by it. The growth and development of the baby in the stomach get promoted by receiving a sufficient supply of oxygen and nutrients which are due to improved blood circulation. Therefore, if we count the benefits of sex during pregnancy then, improving circulation of the body is one of them.
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Better Bonding
Better bonding is a part of benefits of sex during pregnancy. There is the release of endorphins while doing sex during pregnancy. Both the baby and mother become happy by it and it results in decreasing levels of stress. A hormone of love and attachment is produced in increasing order by doing sex during pregnancy. This hormone is called as oxytocin and it promotes the intimacy and bonding between the couple. Due to this, complications do not exist while pregnancy and the woman experience less labour pain.
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Prevents Preeclampsia
Pre-eclampsia means the increase in blood pressure. It is the common symptom during pregnancy. This problem can be treated by having the nutritious diet and medication. The condition of preeclampsia can also be treated by doing sex during pregnancy. The reason behind this is, a special protein called HLA-G is entailed in the sperm of man which is helpful in lowering blood pressure and regulating the immune system of the body. The health of the woman can be maintained by doing sex during pregnancy. Therefore, preventing pre-eclampsia is included in the benefits of sex during pregnancy. Are you aware of the sitting position during pregnancy?
Reducing Stress
Stress is the mother of many diseases. We cannot concentrate on our work if we are under stress. It is harmful to our both physical and mental health. During pregnancy, the woman should not come across with stress. It is not good for the health of her child. Stress can create complications at the time of delivery. If the woman does sex during pregnancy then the love hormone naming oxytocin is produced which provides happiness to her mind and thus helpful in relieving stress. Therefore, a pregnant woman can be made free from stress by doing sex.
Thus, we have discussed the benefits of sex during pregnancy in the above-written matter. Sex is beneficial for our health in every respect. It depends on us how to visualize sex as it benefits woman even in pregnancy.


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There's a hole in Baltimore's rotation for Wednesday. They have multiple options for plugging this spot; the last time it came up, rookie northpaw Luis Ortiz (15.43 ERA in 1.2 innings) was asked to open the game, but he injured his hamstring early on and had to leave Friday's 8-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox (–122 away). Whoever does start for the O's will be supported by the No. 27-ranked bullpen (4.85 ERA) in the majors.
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