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The writer/director of Primer and Upstream Color talks narrative, control, music, and subversion
Shane Carruth had a cult hit on his hands with Primer back in 2004. His second film, Upstream Color, is more ambitious, more enigmatic, and much more emotionally charged. It was met with raves as well as confusion at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and New Directors/New Films. The movie comes out this Friday in New York, and opens next Friday in LA, Chicago, Denver, Washington DC, and other major cities across the country. For a full list of cities, theaters, and release dates, click here.
I had a chance to sit down and talk with Carruth last week following the first New Directors/New Films screening of Upstream Color. He was really thoughtful throughout our conversation. What surprised me is that right up front he acknowledged the divisiveness of the movie, but it seems natural given the creature he's made: an existential love story about people whose identities are destroyed and the attempt they make to rebuild their lives together.
I didn't want to ask Carruth to systematically decode symbols and themes since he's probably gotten that a lot and will continue to field those questions in the coming weeks. I was more interested in his broadstrokes about the film so most of the particulars could be left alone. This actually did two things: one, it revealed in some ways that Upstream Color is an outgrowth of Carruth's larger and evolving concerns as a storyteller; and two, it made me realize I had a pretty good understanding of the film's major concerns the first time around.
[Editor's note: Some of the questions and answers have been altered in order to prevent spoilers.]
How did the screening go last night?
I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I mean, look, the film has a different ambition. Whether it's a good version of that ambition or a bad version, that's not for me to decide. But I think when something is a bit different, it's necessarily going to be divisive because there are people who are going to key into what it's trying to do immediately, and they'll judge it based on that merit, and there's going to be people that feel it's not going to quite meet their expectations because they weren't lined up properly. And that probably is not going to go well sometimes.
I always expected that there would be some level of divisiveness, but to be honest, I really think it's been, given that, pretty positive.
I'll say this: I've seen it twice -- at a press screening last night and at SXSW -- and Upstream Color is going to be in my top five films of the year. It blew me the hell away. [Editor's note: I've now seen it three times.]
That's so wonderful. That's so wonderful to hear.
It really was like the first time I saw Eraserhead or the first time I saw The Prisoner--
The old TV show The Prisoner?
You like the show too?
Oh yes!
Hell yeah! It's a great show!
Yeah, that's-- That's-- You know what? I just thought of that. I did this list of influences and I should have put that. Yeah, I love that show.
I guess that kind of keys into one thing in the movie: I noticed issues of control, even asserting self-control. Could you speak to how that played into your creation of the movie?
Well, yeah. I mean... I can tell you where the story started. It's an exploration of identity and personal narrative. I knew that I wanted a story where that was going to be stripped away; I was going to a central character or characters and they were somehow going to have everything that they knew about themselves go away, and they would have to regrow that based on whatever they had around themselves.
So that was the core, and the machinery for how to get them there was this sort of weird life cycle that was created around them. And I needed to satisfy certain criteria to be balanced in a way in my head, and I guess we can get into all that. But the bottom line is she [Editor's note: Kris, played by Amy Seimetz] had to be put through a process of some kind to have it stripped away. That's where the control comes from.
So much of the film is about these central characters being affected at a distance by things they can't speak to or even speak about. I guess that's where anything about control would come from: they will be pushed around, they will have to be pushed around, because there isn't any other way to explore this idea. I mean maybe because we all have a feeling of being pushed around.
The film feels intensely autobiographical, if not in actual lived events then at least emotionally. Did you find that seeping in as you were crafting the film?
I mean, it must be only because it started as this thought experiment -- what if you were to strip away a person's ethical beliefs, or political beliefs -- and it got bigger, and bigger, and bigger to a point of stripping everything that they are; everything, the way that they view themselves and what they deserve, how they view the world and their relationships, and the emotionality of that. Taking all of that away and leaving a person vacant seems so horrific and so emotional.
I couldn't point to any kind of personal experience I've had. I mean, who knows: I could probably make something up or connect some dots, but it'd be armchair psychology or something like that, I'm sure.
But I know that I key into that, and I don't know if I'm alone in that.
Did you go into the movie knowing sort of what the score would sound like? You scored Upstream Color yourself like you did with Primer.
Well, I wrote it while I was writing the script.
But it's weird because it comes out of necessity for me. If I've got something playing out in my head, I need to have some level of confidence that we're going to be able to execute that. I know visually what I'm capable of with cinematography, I know what I'm capable of with writing; if I can create a piece of music that accompanies this and mix all those things together, I can sort of know, "Great, we can get to this moment. So now let's build on that." So it started off as a confidence-building tool to know that we can do this, and then after a while, it becomes a part of the language; and then the writing is reacting to the music, and the cinematography is reacting to both, and it becomes so integrated in my head that I could--
It would have been a failed idea to try to enlist somebody else to write music, because all I would have done is say, "Make it like that. Make it more like that." It just would have been frustrating. So at that level, I'm two steps into the room and now I'm just committed -- now I'm in that room.
I ended up having to change the music at the end as we got closer and closer to the production.. I threw out about half of it because I had made a mistake of... Well... The easiest way is to say it's a mistake. I think the reality is that once the visual language became more and more honed, that spoke to something about the script and that spoke to the music. And the bottom line is that I had music that was trying to frame the audience's experience and not convey the emotional experience of the characters; and when so much of this film is non-verbal, I needed every tool in the arsenal to convey their experience. I needed to throw out anything that was too artificial or orchestrated and only use things that would suggest where she was in that moment.
How did you key into what music was character based and what was, I guess, manipulative to the audience? Was it something intuitive?
Well, I don't know, I think that's what I'm saying. I think I wrote some music in error that was manipulative. I guess I feel like you can do one of two things with music. I wouldn't put this judgment on anybody else, but for me personally and where I am now, I only understand music in one of two ways: one is conveying the experience of a character that's on screen in a subjective way; and two is subverting that. I'm very interested in using music to telegraph something that is actually fighting, 180 degrees, with what's on screen, or the text of what's happening. The film has a resolution where everything is playing one way; everything about the cinematography, the performance, the music, the setting, all of that is saying one thing.
But I think if people spend any more time with this and look at it bluntly, the text of what is happening is not that at all. [Editor's note: At this point he discussed the end of the film. While I'm not including what Carruth said here, I'll go into it in some general detail in an analysis of Upstream Color that will go up Friday night.] That was a long way to get to music, but yeah. [laughs]
[laughs] Can you talk about working with Amy on this? Did she contribute anything to the script, or was the script locked and she was adding to it in her performance?
Yeah, it's really tough because it's something between the two, because the script is the script. I mean, it is the story. What she brought to it... The authenticity she brought meant that you can sort of lay off all the other tools and step back a bit. When she's nailing every scene that she's in, I can step back from the other ways to convey information. I'm trying to balance things out. I don't want to overdo it, I don't want to underdo it. So in that sense, she does change it.
I mean, the thing is I know there's a thousand things that changed because of her being involved, but it's so difficult to come up with an actual anecdote. Someone like her, who's so good at what she does...
Well, two things. She gets narrative so well that it eliminates a lot of [actor-director] conversation that we would have to have. Because she just gets it. From day one. We had conversations, she read the script, and it was just easy -- she got what we were doing and how lyrical it would be.
The other thing is that her performance is so bulletproof as an actress that it gives me a lot of confidence. There's isn't a lot of improvisation in the film, but when we get to that part in the film, there's that three-minute sequence of shared memories.
This is domestic bliss. This should be the end, but it isn't, and we need to take this idea -- shared memories, this inability to know where one person ends and the other begins -- and I want to take it, in a very quickly paced way, I want to take it from something that's light and fun and maybe even a little bit romantic to something that's infuriating and agitating. "Where am I if you're here with me? Where are we separate? Where can I be my own [person]?" I wanted all of that, and she got that.
Once we knew what the conversations would sound like and what they would be about, it was easy to go with her and say, "We're at this location now. We know we want to play through our emotional spectrum, what's most fitting for this moment?" She definitely informs that. By that time we had known each other a bit better, it didn't even seem like anything. It seemed liked, "Yeah, of course this is the way we're going to do it. Let's just go figure it out" She was very integral to that.
That entire sequence, like the rest of the film, is edited in a way that's disorienting but has an emotional tether. When I saw the movie at South By, I was like, "I don't know what's happening, but I feel what's going on here." The second time, "I'm still seeing shapes and clouds, so I still don't know completely, but I'm getting it more and more." Could you talk about the editing and how you got that off-kilter sort of feel?
Well, I mean, it had to be approached before editing, really. The conversations I would have with [editor] David Lowery... I mean, I knew what it needed to be, he knew what it needed to be, Amy knew what it needed to be, Bongani [Mlambo] who was operating the camera knew what it needed to be. David was very ingenious in the way that he made the decisions to put certain scenes up against each other, but that was truly collaborative [and something] that could only result when the filmmakers have so well internalized the story and intent. I think that if anybody was off-page or if we weren't on the same page...
At that point I had reached such a level of confidence with everyone involved that we could start to make decisions that were a little bit more lyrical or improvisational but know full well that these choices are going to feed into the theme in a unified way; we're not just doing this for fun, it's because we know this piece of music so well that we can take a minute or two to go down a different avenue and do different variations on a theme and it will still be informative of the bigger whole.
What question are you getting asked the most about the film?
The number one question I've gotten is "Where did the idea come from for the story?" It's very strange, because it's such a good, earnest question, and I'm glad to be asked it. It's the one I've answered the most and I find myself hating my answers and my words, simply because I've said them so much. But I'm lucky to be answering them.
You do a lot of stuff on your own -- writing, directing, cinematography, score. Same with Primer. What prompted you to take this DIY approach to filmmaking?
I have just religious fervor when it comes to narrative and what it's for and how it's meant to be used. I don't know -- it's like there's two ways to go here. I can talk about why it's not a studio thing, but I think we all sort of know that. [laughs]
Or I could talk about why I'm sort of a control freak who has my hands in everything. And that's sort of like I said about doing the music early on. That times 20 is how it end up working. I get consumed with little ideas and I want to see if they can be executed, and then before long I've stepped so far into that department that it's difficult to hand it off to somebody else. And then when money is an issue, more times than not it seems like, "Well, why don't I just spend another couple days and just solve this myself instead of trying to spend those same days trying to find the right person and frustrate them to death about trying to make them do the thing that I want them to?"
It's not a perfect solution. The script that I'm finishing now that I hope to be shooting very soon, we have to raise some money. We have to replace sleepless nights and stress with money. Seriously.
That's what needs to happen now. I'm committed to being a control freak now: I'm doing music, I am going to do cinematography, I'm writing, I'm directing. Those things I'm not going to give up. But what I do need is to be able to hire a camera department, you know. So that when shots are set up, these things are magically happening: rigs being assembled, lights being set up according to schematics. I just need to learn to delegate better.
Is this next film you're talking about A Topiary or is it another project?
It's called The Modern Ocean. It's set against shipping routes all over the world. It's basically, at its core, a truly tragic romance, but it's in a world full of pirates and privateers, and ships at war at sea.
Awesome! [a beat] That makes me think about something interesting about Upstream Color. There's all this news and scooping on the internet about stuff but you were able to keep things sort of low key on this film. Is that part of being an insular production and non-studio thing?
Yeah, but it was also-- It was purposeful. Here's the thing. I know I'm nobody from nowhere basically, but I was trying to do that project called A Topiary, and in the midst of it, the script got out online. Friends were emailing me reviews that people had done of a script that wasn't even the script. It was like this big, long production document that was like 240 pages, I think. That's not the script, that's the bible for production, and it was being reviewed as if that was the story! I don't care that much, but I had some anxiety from that--
And didn't really want that out there. So when I came to this story, "Okay, we don't have to go to California for this. Everything's going to happen right here, so there's certainly no reason why we have to begin with the anxiety or stress of people online deciding what it is." So if there is a way to keep them quiet, that's what we're going to do.
It's like a wonderful problem to have. It's wonderful that you have to be secretive to keep things off the internet! I mean, most people would kill for that.
It means that people are paying attention, which is the best thing. [laughs]
Exactly, exactly. I feel very fortunate that's even the case, even on that small level.
It's hard to me to want to center in on the movie and just ask you, "What does x-thing mean?" because I'd hate to do that to you.
But since they play a big role in the story, how did you decide on using pigs?
It's one of these things where it's got five different answers. It started with physiology being so similar between pigs and us, and there's already so many diseases that can be transferred between the two. Then there's so many instances of pigs in literature, whether it's Jesus casting demons into a herd of pigs, or whether it's Orwell's Animal Farm, or a bunch of other things. They're sort of these weird little beasts that are stand in for us sometimes, and I think it's maybe because we have an aesthetic beauty to us and the way that we are and the way that we move, while they are disgusting.
Yeah, they are... swine.
Exactly. So for them to be stand-ins for us, there's some real subversion and irony to that that I think people have keyed into in literature, so this carries that forward.
But there's also the practical sense of it. I've got this guy. I want to see him shopping around for an emotional experience in this sort of meditative state. So these beasts that do nothing but sit there and eat all day seemed to fit the bill in a way that if they were snakes or monkeys or insects, maybe it wouldn't be so useful. These are discrete little animals, so they satisfied the bill, I guess.
Inevitably there are going to be many interpretations of Upstream Color and there's never going to be a definitive one. How do you feel about creating a work that is going to be interpreted endlessly?
You know what? I think... I hope... The conversation is on track for a consensus to center around, roughly, one broad interpretation. I think that's already happening and I think the same thing happened with Primer, although they're completely different and they both have completely different things on their mind. The meaning has coalesced, and I think it will on this too.
If I've done my job right, and I think this is born out a little bit in some of the reviews, there's only one way to view this that satisfies all of the potential questions. I think it's happening. I think it's becoming known that this is an exploration of personal narrative, and unfortunately I've said that out loud, so I hope I'm not tainting that conversation.
But I think that's being communicated.
It makes sense too, because while watching Upstream Color the second time, I really keyed into some lines. Kris says "It's not my fault when things go wrong," and then Jeff says back, "It is."
And that implies that the negative is true: that when things go right, it's also Kris that's responsible.It seemed like one of the entry points to understanding what the movie was kind of getting at.
Yeah, I think so. There's a lot of... [stuff like that]. I hope it all...
So, we'll see.
What's been the best part an the toughest part about self-distributing Upstream Color so far?
The best part is that I feel so great about everything that's out there. The trailers, the poster, everything that people can know about it, are earnestly serving the film; they are properly contextualizing it, and it really is an extension of storytelling. I feel really wonderful about that, and I always want to be able to do that. It's such a gift.
I'll just say I love that the press notes for Upstream Color have the cast and crew, a synopsis, and that's that. It is what it is. [Editor's note: Usually press notes come with a director's statement and lots of other material about the filmmaking process, the themes of the film, and so on.]
That's right, that's right. Yeah! And, you know, the poster could have been pigs and worms and stuff. And nope. It's, it's--
More intimate. But that is the core of the movie.
Exactly. Exactly. And so that's the thing: the choice to not necessarily make every last dollar become every last person in a seat. It's to be honest. It's like, "Look, this is what's on the film's mind. If this is something that's compelling for you, maybe the film will be as well. But if not, let's talk in a few years, maybe."
Yeah, so that's the best part. And the worst... It is exhausting. It's a lot of work, and it's a scrappy little campaign, so things are busy a lot. It's just work.
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RogerEbert.comJun 5, 2013
After Earth is ultimately too thin of a story to support all of its grandiose embellishments, but so what? It's better to try to pack every moment with beauty and feeling than to shrug and smirk. The film takes the characters and their feelings seriously, and lets its actors give strong, simple performances. Read full review
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In his defense, the kid is saddled with a task that even a more experienced actor might have trouble pulling off: He must carry an entire action movie on his slender shoulders, given little more to act opposite than a succession of green-screen predators. Even with his charismatic dad in his earpiece calling the shots, Jaden can't turn himself into a movie star by sheer force of Will. Read full review
The disappointingly generic film, which strands a father and son on Earth a thousand years after a planet-wide evacuation, will leave genre audiences pining for the more Terra-centric conceits of "Oblivion," not to mention countless other future-set films that find novelty in making familiar surroundings threatening. Read full review
Fans of either Smith will be sorely disappointed. The elder never before appeared this listless on screen, and the younger misplaced his unforced rapport with the camera that made the Karate Kid reboot so impressive. Only Shyamalan delivers what moviegoers expect from him, and that's a shame. Read full review
Were Shyamalan and Smith deliberately invoking the terror — now omnipresent in urban African-American communities — of lethal asthma attacks in children? I'm not sure how I feel about something so real and so wrenching in the context of a Grade D (unfit for human habitation) sci-fi picture like After Earth. Read full review
Running, or stumbling, only 90 minutes, After Earth may lack the neck-swiveling awfulness of Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender," but it quickly sinks in its logorrheic solemnity. The movie makes "Oblivion" seem as jolly a romp as "Spaceballs," and gives neither Shyamalan nor Smith much to smile about. Read full review
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The Cascadia Innovation Corridor – an ambitious initiative to get companies, universities and governments on both sides of the border working closer together – is a key to sustaining this momentum. Strengthening connectivity in technology, transportation and education opens the door to the potential to transform Cascadia into a global hub for innovation and research – not to mention set the 12 million people living in British Columbia and Washington state on the path toward a prosperous future.
This isn't some pie-in-the-sky dream. Since the groundwork was laid last year, real momentum has built. In February, Microsoft invested $1 million at the University of British Columbia to foster collaborative projects with the University of Washington. This spring, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared his vision for "innovation superclusters" at the Microsoft CEO Summit. Meanwhile, resources and funding already have been committed to exploring a 250-miles-per-hour high-speed rail line between Vancouver and Seattle.
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Posted by Julie Olsen on Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 at 12:57pm.
The New Apex Residences a Ski in Ski out Development at Canyons Village in Park City Utah
The first phase for the Apex Residences at Canyons Village has been released. Buyers can put in their reservation on a residence starting January 15th 2016. The reservation requires a $25,000 refundable reservation deposit. The residences will be true ski in ski out properties in the Canyons Village area of Park City Resort.
What's great about this development is the offering of larger sized residences. I find many buyers struggle to find 4 and 5 bedroom ski in ski out condos and townhomes. Apex Residences will have 3 bedroom, 4 bedroom and 5 bedroom floor plans. They range in size from 2087 to 3789 square feet. The initial pricing for the 1st phase range from $1,475,000 to $3,199,000. This is a pre-construction project in which construction will start summer 2016 and occupancy is targeted for the 2017/2018 ski season. The number of units for the first phase release will be 27 residences. There will eventually be 63 residences when the project is complete. The best pricing for new projects tend to be on the first released units so hurry to get in on this great opportunity. There is going to be some amazing amenities for this development as well as beautiful mountain contemporary styling.
I would be happy to help you locate the perfect unit out of the 27 released residences as well as help submit your deposit. Please call me at 435-513-2848 or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com so I can help you take advantage of this new ski in ski out opportunity at Park City Resort the largest ski resort in the U.S.A. Thanks Julie Olsen


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After the conclusion of last night's Welsh Open, we can now reveal who the most successful player from this season's Home Nations Series is with our fantasy Order of Merit. Last year's champion was Stuart Bingham.
Congratulations to John Higgins, who accumulated the most prize money from his visits to Barnsley, Belfast, Glasgow and Cardiff throughout the campaign.
Predictably, the top four positions in the rankings were taken by the four champions of each Home Nations event, although Higgins was slightly more consistent with a Semi-Final run at his home Scottish Open; Last 16 and 32 finishes at the English and Northern Ireland Open's respectively too.
Just like the inaugural staging of the Home Nations Series, there were four different winners of the events and from the eight held altogether, we have seen eight different winners.
I have said it before numerous times, but the Million Pound Bonus does look like a fad to me. It did generate column inches after this year's English Open when O'Sullivan briefly threatened the virtually impossible, although it was something 'The Rocket' himself said wasn't in his mind of achieving.
In terms of longevity, why not instead give a prize to the winner of this Order of Merit, or perhaps have a Home Nations Grand Finals with the Top 32 (34) qualifying below. I feel this would give an added dimension to the series and may entice all the big names to enter all the events.
You could perhaps replace this event with the upcoming Players Championship, which for me, is very difficult to distinguish from the recently completed World Grand Prix.
Anyways, here are the final standings.
1st John Higgins £99,500
2nd Ronnie O'Sullivan £93,500
3rd Neil Robertson £86,000
4th Mark Williams £77,000
5th Yan Bingtao £49,500
6th Kyren Wilson £39,500
=7th Barry Hawkins £32,500
Cao Yupeng £32,500
9th Judd Trump £32,000
10th Gary Wilson £31,000
11th Elliot Slessor £29,500
12th Anthony McGill £28,500
13th Noppon Saengkham £27,000
14th Lu Haotian £25,000
=15th Mike Dunn £21,000
Ricky Walden £21,000
17th Alexander Ursenbacher £20,000
18th Xiao Guodong £19,500
19th Liam Highfield £18,000
=20th Jack Lisowski £16,000
Robert Milkins £16,000
Michael White £16,000
=23rd Stephen Maguire £15,000
Yu Delu £15,000
25th Liang Wenbo £14,500
26th Tom Ford £13,500
=27th Tian Pengfei £12,500
Hossein Vafaei £12,500
Li Yuan £12,500
=30th Stuart Carrington £12,000
Sam Craigie £12,000
Matthew Stevens £12,000
Chris Wakelin £12,000
Ben Woollaston £12,000
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Since 2010 the Berkeley College Office of Student Development and Campus Life (SDCL) has sponsored Smoking Cessation Information Tables and Smoking Cessation Support Groups for students. In addition, SDCL will run a series of programs devoted to the topic of how to quit smoking. Students also will be encouraged to participate in the American Cancer Society's "Great American Smoke Out" in November.
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text: Hello dear long lost friends! It turns out, that my goal to start off this year with more posting...has failed a bit. Never fear, I have a planner and will literally be penciling in time to blog. I miss it, the cathartic typing and friendships. I do hope your new year, is going well! So, … Continue reading 2018 Feels


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This is a blog about my worlds and ideas for tabletop RPG settings, and discussions about RPGs, worldbuilding, and genre fiction.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Aquarian Dawn: Intro / Prose
I've been thinking about my micro-setting Aquarian Dawn, which I'd like to run for some of my local friends here in New York when I actually have a moment. I've got a whole bunch of ideas I haven't had the chance to properly write up yet, this barely scratches the surface, but I thought this bit of prose might be a decent intro to the setting. I've worried basically since the start of this blog that my setting writeups are too stiff, so maybe this more organic approach will do it some good, even if I feel it's leaving out a lot of worldbuilding.
I'd say the setting has a bit of The Witcher, Vampire Hunter D, X-Men, gritty street-level superhero comics, and Game of Thrones. It's relatively low fantasy and intended to be a bit more reigned in than my usual stuff (we'll see how true to that it ultimately ends up being), and more pre-apocalyptic than post-apocalyptic. I guess it's a bit political too.
The archmages, the few of them left, say the magical things are coming back. That the roads are gonna get dangerous. That the crops'll get ruined. That we don't have the infrastructure for it when it happens, and that a lot of people are gonna die and maybe it'll be the end of us. Nobody's listening. Nobody wants to. That's why there aren't so many archmages anymore.
We killed all the pretty magical things a long time ago, or anyway we left them for dead, when we built the roads. We killed the ugly ones too, mostly. But not all of them. The archmages say when we killed the magical things, to build our roads, that we set off a cascade of sorts, and that's why the elves left the world or ran into the forests, and the dwarves went far above or far below and got all weird. The halflings were another matter. There's no mystery to what happened to them. Just some good old fashioned greed and bigotry and casual genocide. Remember that the next time you read about one of them stabbing folk for their jacket and leaving them to freeze, on the side of the road.
So here we are, living in our comfortable homes, riding along our convenient roads, with more food than we know what to do with. But the food's been enchanted with the gods know what and there's no nutrition in any of it. And there are fewer and fewer mouths to feed anyway because only a fool would have a child in this day and age, and that's why we have so many fools. And every day one of our wonders of science and magic breaks down and there are fewer and fewer left able to fix them. We yearn for the days when we used to turn the dials and flip the switches, forgetting all the accidents and all the gross things the magic used to do to our bodies and minds. Instead we drown in drink and drug, or drown in dread, and I don't think anyone really understands why.
So instead, they blame it on the irrelevant elves and dwarves, or the poor halflings, or the savvy fey-folk. Or the aquarians. The nobles like to talk about them like they're an invading horde, like the monsters of yore. Creatures with no individual will, collectivist insects dredged from the eastern shore to see the end of our way of life. The aquarians don't give a fuck about us. And frankly, I think they might be the only ones left who aren't monsters.
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I gotta say, the framing of Aquarians as the defacto good guys kind of rubs me the wrong way if I understand what I have heard about this setting so far. The idea that humanity's normal mode of existence is this terribly evil thing that has little redeeming value at the end of the day seems to lack complexity. Humankind's civilizing influence does often entail the trampling of natural things and we can do terrible things to each other but civilization is necessary because we don't actually have the power to "fix" the world. Evil will always exist and there are and always will be things to fear in the dark and that is why the bulwark of civilization must exist, why competition, advancement, and individual effort must occur, because suffering and evil wait for us to despair or become arrogant and let our guards down. Thus iron sharpens iron: a weapon fashioned to face down the suffering of the world and bring it to heel such as we can.ReplyDelete
And it is because we aim for the heights, dream the impossible dream, and believe in the goodness of Being, including our own, that the dark is kept at bay, that we rise up from the underworld reborn. I don't necessarily think that your setting ought to flip flop and make humans the good guys but let there be at least enough complexity in the structure of this setting for a dialogue to take place in the context of the game world.
Hope that doesn't seem like too harsh criticism. Obviously my knowledge of what you have in mind for this setting is limited so you may well have thought of some of this already. Given the right amount of complexity, I think that the conversation that would occur in this game would actually be fantastic and I applaud you for such an interesting space to work out these ideas.Replies
I feel like we've had this conversation before haha. Anyway, no worries, I appreciate your input and totally get what you're saying.Delete
Clearly a major theme of the setting is about the failings of humanity, but I wouldn't say it's as black and white as good guys and bad guys. The players are supposed to be human, or maybe elves, dwarves, or halflings operating in human society, but not fey-folk and definitely not aquarians. So the point isn't so much that they're supposed to be bad guys, nor that they're supposed to get punished by the world just to make a point, but that their civilization has done some undeniably bad things with undeniable consequences, and they need to decide how to deal with that. Maybe it means they turn on the world and fight for themselves, or maybe they become righteous rebels, or maybe they fight for the ideals of what they think their civilization is supposed to be. To me, the position you're taking is totally valid even within this world, and the fact that it evoked that kind of response suggests to me that I'm on the right track in what I'm hoping to do with this setting :).


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George: Maggie Adair
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The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without arguably there top star for Game 3 of their first round playoff match up against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
According to an official announcement from the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety the league has made the decision to suspend Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov for 1 game following a rather dangerous hit delivered in Game 2 of the series. I have no doubts that the reaction to this decision will be mixed as there were those who felt that the game misconduct had been enough of a punishment, while others felt that the intent behind this hit merited a multiple game suspension.
Kucherov of course got himself in trouble during Game 2 of the Lightning's first round series against the Columbus Blue Jackets, arguably the most shocking series of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs thus far, when he tripped Blue Jackets defenseman Markus Nutivaara before delivering a rather predatory hit to the head of Nutivaara who at that point was playing the puck from his knees due to the earlier trip from Nutivaara. The hit itself was not delivered with a great deal of force but there was no question that the hit that followed drove Nutivaara's head dangerously into the boards and there's no question that it was delivered to a defenseless player.
In it's ruling the National Hockey League was quick to emphasize the fact that the hit had not been delivered with a ton of force however they also added that this factor alone did not excuse Kucherov's actions. The league very clearly took issue with the fact that it was Kucherov himself who had put Nutivaara in a vulnerable position prior to taking advantage of that vulnerability. Additionally in their ruling the league cited the fact that this was a hit delivered late in a losing effort, during the Stanley Cup Playoffs no less, and felt that it was an attempt on the part of Kucherov to send a message for the next game in the series. As a result of all these factors the league felt that 1 playoff game, effectively 2 regular season games in the eyes of the NHL, was the appropriate punishment.
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EAFH-15: Annie Made the 5 Saturdays 2019 STEAM Program Better
Annie Barnes attending the 5 Saturdays STEAM 209 program in Costa Mesa, CA was an amazing blessing for the program. This was a time to demonstrate openness and empathy in the spirit of true servant leaders. Kudos to Efrem and Tammy Hawkins, and the volunteer learning facilitators who made Annie and Terre feel welcomed. Kudos to the Early College High School students who also found ways to be helpful.
This episode features Annie Barnes a young woman with multiple physical disabilities, who participated in learning experience that focused on coding, entrepreneurship, and job readiness (resume development). I would like to say more but Annie has a mind and voice and we should listen for a moment.
Interview Questions
Q1) What motivated you to attend the 5 Saturdays Science, Technology, Engineering, Agile, and Math (STEAM) program?
My mom told me about 5Saturdays. She said I would learn about websites and business and coding. I thought it would be fun.
Q2) Where do you attend high school?
I go to Cypress High School.
Q3) Which of the 5 Saturdays learning program was most interesting to you?
I liked learning about the small businesses. One Saturday a lady came with her therapy dog. She talked about her non profit small business and what she did to start it. The Lady takes her dog to hospitals, schools, and other places and the dog makes people feel better. We got to ask questions and pet the dog. it was awesome!
Q4) What did you want to learn from attending the 5 Saturdays STEAM program,?
I went to the 5Saturdays workshops because I wanted to learn about coding and websites.
Q5) I heard that you shared the MIT Scratch programming tool with your girl scout troop that you learned at the 5 Saturdays STEAM program. What did you want them to learn?
I wanted the girl scouts to play with some of the projects on the MIT coding website. Some girl scouts knew coding and some did not. We helped each other learn more about coding. We changed the art, music, games, and animations on the website to made them our own. The girl scouts had fun and learned a lot.
Q6) You communicate with an AAC device like Stephen Hawkins, share how you helped the learning facilitators and other students to communicate with you.
I made a power point presentation about how to talk to people who use a communication device. I shared the presentation with everyone.
Q7) I spoke with a few people who said that you made the 5 Saturdays STEAM program better. What do have to say about that?
I feel happy when I hear that because I like to help people. Everyone at 5Saturdays helped me a lot.
Q8) Can you share one thing that you believe will help you now and in the future?
I can make my own website now if I want. I will use my resume later to help me when I look for a job.
Thank you Annie for being a part of the 5 Saturdays STEAM program. I look forward to hearing more from you and hope that you will attend again in 2020.
Thank you Terre for supporting Annie in her journey. I would like to ask that you support the efforts of the 5 Saturdays STEAM program by donating. If we could get 100,000 people to give $5 that would certainly enable shifting legacies.
We have been able to offer this program free to students who would normally be unable to attend these types of programs. Much gratitude to the volunteer learning facilitators for giving their time and effort.
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--originally wrote this post last saturday. Haven't had the time to finish it through the week. Just did so----
So it's the end of another long and stressful week and I've enjoyed my much needed Sunday break. I'm sitting here before I go to bed and wondering about a topic to blog about.
India's business press is filled with news about Subhiksha - one of the largest retail chains in India going through a severe liquidity crisis. I personally feel the chain is probably going to be shut down with the investors (ICICI Venture and Premji Invest) being forced to learn the hard lesson that equity values can be negative.
I'll try and summarize what went wrong:- Subhiksha was trying to become the largest retailer in India. It felt that the best way to do so was to open up 1000+ stores on a national basis, purchase in bulk from suppliers and sell at a discount to the end customer making money on the volume. Unfortunately for Subhiksha and their shareholders, it seems like the management team miscalculated a few things:-
* The time it would take each store to break even and hence the budget they needed to set aside to fund operating expenses till that time.
* The complexity of managing product availability and quality at their stores given the diverse purchasing habits and needs of the different parts of India.
* The change in the fund raising environment making it very difficult to continue to sustain even the minimum cost structure given that most of the company's equity had already been used up in capex for setting up the new stores leaving no money to fund either operations (till break even) or the purchase cycle.
Sadly, while it is easy for a lot of us to stand by and criticize, fact of the matter is that these miscalculations are common to quite a few entrepreneurs. Subhiksha's story is a reminder to get back to the basics:-
1. What are the reasons outside of cost why people would want to patronize your business? Are you offering them convenience? products that are not available elsewhere? Quality?
2. How are you positively impacting all parties? Do they have a vested interest in seeing you succeed? In Subhiksha's case this really goes towards their relations with suppliers - Is it a case that dealing with Subhiksha was more efficient or hassle free for the FMCG companies or was it just the same as dealing with the local grocer but with order sizes larger and profit margins thinner?
3. Is the product the best there is? How are you measuring success? Was Subhiksha going head onVs. a Food Bazaar or a More / Spencers/ Hypercity? Was it measuring by talking to the Colgates and Cadbury's of the world if their stores in the same locality as the other stores were performing better in sales numbers? If no, then why? If you don't fix the product then effectively what you are doing is multiplying mistakes 1000 times when you start replicating the format elsewhere. Is it not better to perfect the format first before going national.
Sadly, these are common mistakes that all entrepreneurs are bound to make. I guess I should count myself as lucky to notice the failures of others and try and avoid making the same mistakes.
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Low Carb Eggplant Pizzas are quick and easy to make, with all the macronutrients to keep your blood sugar low and help you lose weight. Enjoy your favourite food and stay healthy!
Health Benefits of Eggplant Pizza
If you're like me, you can't live without pizza! Most assume it's a food you'll have to give up while intaking a low carb or ketogenic diet, but simply put, it's not.
Eggplant is an amazing choice when substituting your typical flour dough pizza crust because it's high in fibre, a nutrient-rich aubergine that will help regulate you in the bathroom as well as lower your risk of heart disease. A great option for diabetics who want to avoid spiking insulin levels with high carb foods.
Not only will you be able to maintain insulin levels and blood sugar levels, it also ties into managing cortisol levels — the stress hormone that will produce belly fat, promote fatigue, moodiness, anxiety and depression, and much more.
More low carb Keto recipes you'll love:
- Oven Baked Dry Rub Chicken Wings (Gluten-Free, Keto, Paleo & Whole 30)
- Easy Chicken and Creamy Alfredo Zoodles (Low Carb, Keto, Gluten-Free)
- Fat Burning Cabbage Soup (GF, Keto, Paleo, Whole 30, and Vegan)
- Baked Cauliflower Buffalo Wings (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo, Whole 30, Keto)
Delicious and quick and easy to make, these mini eggplant pizzas will be gone in a heartbeat. If you're looking for a fun twist to this recipe for Halloween, check out these Mini Jack-o-Lantern Eggplant Pizzas which are exactly the same, just with spooky pepperoni facial cutouts!
Eggplant Pizza Toppings
The hubby wanted bacon on his pizzas, so we added pre-cooked crumbled bacon bits. You could easily add on mushrooms and ham to make this a Canadian style pizza. Or, add more veggies like chopped onion, bell peppers, and cherry tomatoes. You could also add your favourite cheese like parmesan or feta. Yes, and even olives. And hot sauce, too. Maybe a few hot peppers as well. Seriously so, so good.
I'm not a fan of pineapple pizza (sorry, not sorry), however, pineapple is a sweet fruit that is high in natural sugars and therefore high in carbs. Good riddance.
How to Bake Perfect Eggplant Pizzas
The key is in the salt. Just like other vegetables, like zucchini, eggplant tends to hold onto water. If you have the time, once you've sliced your eggplant into half-inch pieces, salt each side of the pieces and have them sit for half an hour between paper towels. This will retract the moisture for a later, more crispier eggplant crust. Then, wipe off the salt by using a clean kitchen towel or paper towel.
Spread out eggplant slices on a baking sheet layered with parchment paper and bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven. Add your seasoned tomato sauce, you can also use organic marinara sauce, sprinkle mozzarella, and place pepperonis and bacon bits on top. Broil on high until the cheese browns and desired crispiness. Be careful not to burn.
I told you dinner would be ready that fast! Show me how your eggplant pizzas turn out by tagging me on Instagram!
Low Carb Eggplant Pizzas
- 1 eggplant large
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 1 pinch himalayan salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup marinara organic, seasoned
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 handful pepperoni
- Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drizzle it with olive oil.
- Wash and dry eggplant and cut into 1/2 inch thick slices. Spread slices apart on baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and add toppings. Spoon on the marinara sauce (organic, no sugar added), add shredded cheese and pepperoni. Add extra toppings as desired -- chicken, bacon, ham, vegetables, mushrooms, olives, etc.
- Broil in the oven, on high, until desired crispiness. Careful not to burn.
- Serve immediately using a spatula and enjoy!


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Back home. Arrived all tired and stankerous, so I headed straight for the shower and will have a beer shortly. The Miata did its job competently, or at least did what I asked of it.
The "job site." She needed a good cleaning inside and out, but unfortunately she won't get launched this season, and the new job doesn't leave much free time, so I'm putting her up for sale.
This guy wasn't so lucky.


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Andrea and Sindy came to me last year knowing they would need a month of coordinator for their wedding at the Oviatt. They were delighted to hear that I had already planned a wedding at that location and knew the routine and the people very well.
They were also especially happy to hear that I was an ally for the gay community.
Since they lived in San Diego, we did all our meetings via phone as they hired all their vendors. I did not meet them till the day before but I felt that I knew them very well through all our calls. They put their trust in me and I carried it out.
What was important to them was for their guests to hear their love for each other.
One of my favorite moments was during their Grand Entrance all the guests waved flags saying #lovewins.
This is one of those times when you really get present to the love people have for each other. I am proud to be planning weddings for all couples.
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The German Football Association has launched an investigation into Nigerian-born Mainz 05 players Leon Balogun and Anthony Ujah's complaint that they were racially abused by Hannover 96 fans during their Bundesliga fixture at the HDI-Arena in Hannover on Saturday.
Hannover won the encounter 3-2 to pile more misery on Mainz, who are battling to steer clear of the relegation battle.
Super Eagles defender Balogun alleged that they were subjected to racial abuse, including monkey sounds by the fans while warming up.
"Ujah and I were racially insulted with ape noises among other things as we warmed up in front of the Hannover fans block. I'm shocked that such behaviour exists in 2018 in the Bundesliga, where players of differing backgrounds, skin colours and religions fight daily for their fans," the 29-year-old, who was born to a Nigerian father and German mother, wrote on his Twitter account.
And Mainz, who condemned the development, protested against the incident after the game.
Reports in the German media on Tuesday said the German FA had begun proceedings, saying Hannover could face a fine or even a stadium closure.
According to ESPN, the football body has asked Hannover, Balogun and Ujah to provide written statements.
"We are dismayed," Hannover sporting director Horst Heldt was quoted by ESPN as saying on Tuesday. "Such behaviour cannot be tolerated, not in a stadium and not elsewhere."
But Balogun, who helped Nigeria qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup, called for the fans involved in the racial abuse to be banned.
"These people must receive stadium ban, and as fast as possible," he was quoted by Rheinische Post as saying on Tuesday.
"I do not want to have conditions like Italy or England here in a couple of years, that will be the standard and will be dealt with any fines."
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Olivia is the creative and curious buyer for a boutique we've come to adore, Cleopatra's Bling. She's based in Paris (jealous!) with roots in Australia (jealous!) and fills her days buying beautiful jewels, traveling, cooking, and sharing it all on her lovely blog. Since becoming fans we've been inspired to travel to the places of her many adventures, picked up some delicious recipes to try, learned a little more about the Ayurvedic lifestyle (and adapted some tips into our routines!), and came dangerously close to buying out her Esty shop. Check out her beautiful pieces, picked up from far away places, here. Then get inspired by her lookbook and learn a little bit about the girl behind it all with our quick Q&A.
lookbook pictures by Kevin Stramp
It looks like you've recently been in Istanbul, a trip we are dying to take! When we finally make the adventure, what must we do?
Istanbul is magic and you can really feel the divide between the East and the West. It's a meeting point between the two meaning you can find goodies from the Oriental world as well as more Western influenced finds. I love walking in the little streets of "Cihangir". It's so dainty and there are lots of vintage shops- including a vintage record store that I love.
What tops your list as your favorite place you've visited?
I am absolutely in love with both Istanbul and India. I could live in these places and eat my way through their culinary brilliance and warm, fascinating cultures.
You feature a lot of recipes on your blog and they are right up our alley! What inspires your food choices?
I really believe in healthy eating and food as medicine but at the same time, want to create recipes that are indulgent and enjoyable. You'll never seeing me eating only raw foods, or food with no healthy fats. I really follow Ayurvedic medicine so my recipes follow mostly Ayurvedic principles. I think when you're happy and listen to your body you can be really healthy.
Where do you find all of the amazing vintage pieces in your shop?
My jewellers in Turkey and India all come from magical places where craftsmanship is very strong and they source one of a kind pieces that I can then add to my collections. I love giving people the opportunity to have hand-crafted wonders from far-flung places.
Do you have a particular culture/aesthetic you're drawn to? Does it change with time?
I am very drawn to earthy tones, natural fibres, stones and rich and vibrant textiles. These elements I can find in the cultures I am naturally drawn to like India, Turkey, South East Asia and places like Afghanistan where all of these materials are used in their hand-crafted goods.
With all of your travels, shop, and blog, it seems like you're a busy lady! Do you have any peaceful tips to keep everything in balance?
I am a real nester and a home-unit. I am very busy indeed, but in the evenings I take time to cook myself a nice meal and sip on hot chai or green tea to calm myself down. I put on Indian vedic chants at home when I relax and I do as much meditation and yoga as I can. It is a challenge to find balance but it's something I am working on more and more. It's the key to health.
We love your line about your shop, "it's for the dreamers, lovers, and seekers". What kind of girl do you see wearing your pieces?
Girls that love travel, nature, nurturing the soul, feeding creativity and curiosity. A girl that isn't drawn to the mainstream culture, but loves to mix and match her eclectic wardrobe with.
Girls that love travel, nature, nurturing the soul, feeding creativity and curiosity. A girl that isn't drawn to the mainstream culture, but loves to mix and match her eclectic wardrobe with.


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Fleet week is a good time to have a boat. You can avoid the shore crowds to get yourself involved in the water crowds. Except I went out to watch the Blue Angels with 4 kids and only 2 adults. I couldn't afford to be in the middle of the drifting shifting masses and keep track of the kids' safety.
So, I anchored in the Berkeley circle and Noah sat on my lap. And on Mark's lap. And he loved the Blue Angels. My plan worked, his hatred of the boat was diminished by his interest in the planes. Here's what he looked like; these pictures are meant to prove his lap-sitting and insatiable interest in the planes.
Sitting with me.
Sitting with Mark.
That's what he did. He sat like a blob on our laps and whenever he couldn't see a plane he would repeat "Blue Angels" in a ridiculously cute voice over and over.
Now, our viewing spot could have used a few miles of westward action. But, because of the shallow water in the Berkeley Circle, we could anchor safely and away from the crowds. And the planes appeared to be using the decrepit Berkeley Pier as a sightline for their turns, they would cruise right down the pier directly in our view before heading back to SF for the fun stuff. So we got a lot of closeup action.
And, right at the end, they came by and flew in a diamond formation right over our heads, banking exactly at our position. I even got the whole crew up in the cockpit in time to see this. This was a very successful day.


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The Boat Shed is a property for self catering in Kenton On Sea for up to 8 guests visiting the Sunshine Coast region.
The Boat Shed is a modern beach house in Kenton on Sea with stunning views. When staying at The Boat Shed you are just a 5 minute walk away from some of the best things to do in Kenton on Sea. The main beach and the shops are within easy reach.
The Boat Shed holiday house sleeps eight guests in four bedrooms.
The first bedroom is upstairs, has a Queen-size bed, a sea view and an en-suite bathroom with a bath and a shower. The second bedroom is downstairs and has a Queen-size bed and an en-suite bathroom with a shower.
The third room has a Queen-size bed and the fourth room has two single beds. These two rooms share the third bathroom.
The kitchen is modern and fully equipped and includes a gas burner stove, ideal for fast meals and a dishwasher for convenience. The living area has a TV and DStv as well as free Wi-Fi.
Outside there is an undercover patio area with a braai / barbecue. A swimming pool is available for your use as is a cooler box and an umbrella.
Select your check-in and check-out dates to view availability and the rates applicable.
Whole house self catering - 4 bedrooms,Room1 - Upstairs bedroom with ocean views, double vanity, bath and shower,Room 2 - Downstairs bedroom with double vanity and en-suite shower.Room 3 - Queen bedroom that shares a bathroom, Room 4 - Single bedroom.
Sleeps: 8 guests (max 8 adults)
Children: not allowed in this room type
Response timeThe Boat Shed typically responds to requests in 5-10 minutes.
Child policyChildren of all ages are welcome.
Check-in/-out timesCheck-in from 15h00 to 19h00
Check-out by 11h00
Payment methods accepted by the propertyEFT or secure online payment via SA-Venues.com
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Sung, Mastroianni claim wrestling titles at Tulsa Classic
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The New Canaan Rams' wrestling program had a fantastic campaign last winter and if recent events are any indication, this year could continue that trend.
The Rams' Tyler Sung and Justin Mastroianni collected championships after each went 5-0 at the Flowrestling Tulsa Kickoff Classic, held in Oklahoma on November 17-18.
Sung, a NCHS sophomore, won the 135-pound weight class, while Mastroianni, a freshman, won at 125 pounds.
Sung scored two pinfalls and three decisions in his drive to the title. He opened with a first-round pin of Daz Hughes of the Cowboy Wrestling Club in 2:52, and then blanked Threestyle Wrestling's Wyatt Hartley, 7-0.
A 5-3 decision over Brant Whitaker of the Purler Wrestling Academy followed, and in the semifinals, Sung pinned Grayston Diblasi of Greater Height Wrestling in 2:10.
In the final, Sung shut out Chase Warden of 3F Wrestling by a 5-0 score.
Mastroianni had four pinfalls and a decision en route to his championship. He pinned Quillan Phillips of Perkins Youth Wrestling in 1:47 for starters, and then defeated Nick Foster, 9-2, and pinned NB Elite's Jaxson Gonzalez in 2:21 to advance to the semis.
A pinfall of Jack Thomsen of Knights Wrestling Club in 1:45 followed in the semifinals.
In the final, Mastroianni scored a pinfall in 2:45 against Damien Lopez of DeKalb Wrestling Club.
The Rams will open the 2017-18 wrestling season with a match against the Blue Wave in Darien on Wednesday, Dec. 13.


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A classic Rwandan art form, this fair trade, firmly coiled basket is made from sisal and wrapped with black thread, crafted in dynamic, traditional patterns. An artful addition to any shelf.
Made by a group of women basket weavers in the western Rwandan village of Muramba, an area gravely affected by the genocide of 1994. Your purchase provides financial support to these women, many of whom are widows and the sole income earners for their families.
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Wisconsin Republicans have begun increasing the pressure on the Democratic State Senators who fled Wisconsin to prevent legislature from having a quorum, thus forestalling that body's ability to vote on budget legislation aimed at returning the state to a sustainable course of fiscal sanity. These Democrats, who fled Wisconsin faster than the French left Paris, … Continue reading Labor Unions Intensify The Street War In Wisconsin
Home Prices Continue Down Nine Cities Hit New Lows
Data through November 2010, released January 25 by Standard & Poor's for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, the leading measure of US home prices, show a deceleration in the annual growth rates in 17 of the 20 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and the 10- and 20-City Composites compared to what was reported for October. The … Continue reading Home Prices Continue Down Nine Cities Hit New Lows
Dog Pile on ObamaCare: Tally Of States Suing Government Over ObamaCare Now Totals 26
As House Republicans in Washington along with the new Tea Party freshman ponder and debate how to repeal ObamaCare, six more states joined a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama's health care overhaul. Now more than half of the states in the Union are challenging the law. The six additional states, all with Republican attorneys general, … Continue reading Dog Pile on ObamaCare: Tally Of States Suing Government Over ObamaCare Now Totals 26
Real-Time Housing Market Update December 2010
December 2010 Overview The December housing market begins with a continuation of the seasonal price and inventory declines, with asking prices down by 0.45% this month and active inventory down by 3.16%. In November 2010, the Altos 10-City Price Composite continued its seasonal decline by 0.45%. Expect weekly declines in price, inventory and demand through the … Continue reading Real-Time Housing Market Update December 2010
Turning America Around: Part One
A great American philosopher once said: It's Déjà vu all over again. Although it's a great line, my intent here is not to wax philosophic by quoting Yogi Berra. The malaise in which America now flounders is Déjà vu all over again, as it is eerily reminiscent of the America of 1980 and the malaise … Continue reading Turning America Around: Part One
Voted For ObamaCare? Get the Hell Out
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Obama Passes Another Emergency Spending Measure: Poof Goes Another $26 Billion of Taxpayer Money
Congress has approved another emergency bailout. Another bailout, another $26,100,000,000. Just another in a long line of massive Obama bailouts we've been forced to accept as an emergency. Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats spent $26,100,000,000 of taxpayer money with such haste this week that they didn't even have the courtesy to come up with a … Continue reading Obama Passes Another Emergency Spending Measure: Poof Goes Another $26 Billion of Taxpayer Money


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The Artist in Schools Scheme is a residency programme for primary schools in the County. The aim of this scheme is to offer pupils the opportunity to work with an artist on a once off project, designed between the artist and the school.
The residency lasts for 50 hours in total and is generally carried out over one term.
Participating artists and schools in the 2014 scheme are –
Subject to available funding, the Arts Office will continue the scheme in 2015. Early next year all primary schools in the county will recieve application forms by post. To apply schools only need to register their interest by filling in the brief application form which is also available to download below and return it to the Arts Office. Artists are selected through interview for a period of two years based on their experience and expertise.
Four schools that have the capacity to undertake a residency willl selected on a lottery basis and matched to an artist. All planning between the school and the artist only commences once the school knows they have been selected for the scheme.
The Artist in Schools scheme is built on the idea of partnership. The artist and teacher work together to make a lasting, memorable and enriching project for the children involved. This is a unique opportunity for a school to actively engage in an innovative project. Both the teacher's and the artist's expertise are essential in order for the children to get the maximum benefit from the programme.
Once selected, a teacher from the school and the artist are asked to attend a special facilitated planning session to ensure that the school gets the best possible experience out of the scheme. This session gives teachers and artists an opportunity to get their planning off to a good start and to establish what they hope to get out of the scheme.
Schools who participated in the scheme in 2012, 2013 and 2014 are ineligable to apply in 2015. Schools will be selected in March after which the successful schools will be paired with an appropriate artist. Project planning will commence in the first term so that the residency itself can happen in full during the Septermber to December term.
While the application form and information sheets for the 2015 scheme are not yet published, please feel free to review information from previous years below for reference.
Application Form
Information Sheet
Guidelines for Artists
Guidelines for Teachers
353 (0)71 9620005
353 (0)71 9621982
Áras An Chontae,
St. Georges Terrace,
Carrick on Shannon,
Co Leitrim
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As you start to prep your business plan for 2019 – dig into the books listed below to help with your mindset as part of the process.
Setting goals is one thing, a great thing to do.
This year, make sure to also set expectations.
Set expectations for yourself and for your team.
Communicate your expectations clearly, regularly, to yourself, and your team.
Your expectations will set new standards.
Book 1 – Mindset – Carol Dweck
Book 2 – Night School: Wake Up To The Power Of Sleep – Richard Wiseman
Book 3 – Grit – Angela Duckworth
Book 4 – Headstrong – Dave Asprey
Book 5 – The Ultimate Sale Machine – Chet Holmes
Bonus Book – Relentless – Tim S. Grover
NOTE – This book is specifically for the hardcore among us, if you consider yourself 'normal' and think of people who partake in 24hr races, solo summits of mountains, and other borderline activities as 'out there' or 'just nuts' then skip this one. You won't like it. I've already had some negative feedback from a few people. What can I say, this book is all about intensity. And the intense among us RAVE about this book and tend to listen to it multiple times. In fact I am going to go and listen to it for a third time once I finish this post.
Have an excellent day!
P.S. – If you're in, or close, to Toronto – There's a final set of dates for the 2018 two-day BTBB workshop – Nov 28-29, click here for full details


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Transformation through Journal Writing is a grounded guide to self reflection through journaling for those in the helping professions. Journals are shown to be an effective method of self-care and self-development.
Full of inspiring and original ideas, this book provides everything you need to know about developing and advancing journaling skills. It covers a range of different styles, from the logical and structured use of templates, frameworks and models, to the creative and organic process of art journaling. Each technique and its transformative potential are clearly explained, and readers are encouraged to start writing through expertly crafted exercises and journal examples. It is a flexible resource that will inspire readers to start a reflective journal for the first time or to try out new techniques and methodologies.
A comprehensive handbook to self-reflective journaling, this book will be of interest to everyone in the health professions including complementary and alternative practitioners, supervisors, counsellors, psychotherapists, and art, music and drama therapists.
This book is an excellent resource for those interested in reflection through the use of a journal, for their personal and professional development. As I have always enjoyed recording events in my life, it has inspired me to further develop my journal into a reflective account of event to help me examine and address issues I encounter as a therapist and in my daily life...
The book is suitable for those who are new to journal writing and are not sure how to start. It is easy to read, the examples are interesting and relevant to complementary health practitioners and the format makes it easy to follow.'
- International Therapist
'This is an authoritative yet permissive book. Jane's writing is steeped in a rich knowledge of the topic (it was reassuring that so many of my favourite authors found a mention; I also discovered new ones to follow up on.) Her keen appreciation of the practicalities of embarking on reflective work for the first time shone through... this is a reassuring and encouraging book. Suitable for those brand new to the idea of reflective practice (I'm going to recommend it to my Foundation Degree students), whilst at the same time a rich treasure trove of ideas, techniques, and models for those more familiar with the topic.'
- The Homeopath
Reading this book was like wandering into a wonderful toyshop crammed with exciting games. There were some old favourites, some brand new ones, very clear instructions on all the boxes, lots of encouragement, and absolute permission to jettison those I didn't like. I couldn't wait to get going!
There is something for everyone, from the most reluctant beginner to the long-time keeper of journals, from the student in training to the established professional, and tutors, coaches and supervisors everywhere.'
- Su Fox, massage and craniosacral therapist, psychotherapist and author of Relating to Clients: The Therapeutic Relationship for Complementary Therapists


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Dan Sumner – Bloggers Roadmap
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Everybody should have a blog on-line, it's the most important website you'll ever create bar none. It helps your readers connect with you & find out what you are really about. If done right you can generate traffic, build your income & make huge profits while creating an army of followers.
However, there is a problem? Not everybody knows the way to start a blog that's going to bring these sort of results. You see so many people starting web-blogs, posting a few articles & then giving up due to lack of traffic, content, comments etc. This happens because those people are doing it wrong.
So when I found out that blogging expert, Dan Sumner had put together a comprehensive guide called The Bloggers Roadmap I'd to find out more. After reading The Bloggers Roadmap from cover to cover here are my thoughts.
First of all let's look at the product.
The Bloggers Roadmap is a complete guide to setting up & profiting from your very own web-blog. It is a 27,000 word e-Book that Daniel has poured all of things he knows about blogs & blogging into a single guide. It is very well written & covers all of thing you need to know.
Throughout the guide Dan has added tons of 'blog tips' to give you more ideas & I must say these are great little additions.
There is also a collection of video tutorials made by Dan which you can access as an extra investment. Again, these are well presented & walk you through the actual physical process of setting up your own web-blog, although the video clips are not a requirement, if you feel you're a newbies in the blogging world they would probably help you get more from the product. So I must say they're more than worth the investment.