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MYNE WHITMAN (Producer): I am the author of A Heart to Mend. I am on a journey to seeing more of my stories in print and helping others do the same. There is more to come because I also want these stories on the big or small screen. Come with me...
ATALA WALA WALA: Here are a few random facts about me:
- This is my the third continent I'll be living on, after Europe and Africa. But I don't think I'm cut out for the 'Ajala' life, so I have no plans to move to Asia or Australia (but then again, two years ago I didn't know I'd be moving to Seattle, so who knows?).
- I love listening to the sound of a well played piano. Whether the notes are being played in spartan isolation, or whether I'm listening to a concordance of chords, I get caught up in the performance, especially if there's feeling and melody to go with it.
- I don't get Facebook. I've tried, but honestly, poking and messaging on walls is just not my thing - I'd rather correspond via mail or phone. I guess I'm old fashioned that way.
FABULOLA: "Its amazing.
Barely 4 months ago all Brokeass wanted to do was bare her thoughts
and just release all the mental tension suffocating her.
But she got more than that. With all the encouragement she got,
Fabulo-la was born. And I can honestly say it has been pleasant
I am not going away"
ISHA, and she has the following to say on her blog.
"Anyways, I think I find myself drawn to bad guys. I'm a complete fun lover, and I don't mean to be 'racist' but those plain-and-simple looking guys don't seem like they can be as exciting as I like my men. Then again, I often hear that people need comfort zones to really express themselves. That's all good, but I've learnt from experience to be weary of those quiet guys, many of them become beasts in their comfort zones. I'd rather deal with someone who's openly daring and tough-looking, than find out that my quiet, serene lover is a wife-beating freak. You know what I'm saying?"
REALNAIJABLOKE I think he's also in 'team bad boys'. He replied a meme on his blog so;
Have You Ever Stolen Anything: Hmmmmmm ....... who hasn't?
Been Drunk Before Noon: College days was crazy is all i could say!
Had Sex In A Public Place: Hmmmmmmmm......
Got Caught Telling A Lie: Who Hasn't?
Been Arrested: Got To The Station and was let go 'cos it was mistaken identity.
Littered: Story....tell me you've not.
Fantasized About A Co-Worker: Omo HR fit dey read this arena
Cheated On A Test: Well ...depends on what you call cheating...is spying cheating?
CEREBRALLY BUSY. This is an excerpt from the last entry on her blog. She and her siblings stole. Not armed robbery ooo...LOL, meat from the cooking pot.
"My mother opened the door, planted her hands on her hips and glared at us...my heart stopped, then took off in a sprint. cold sweat broke out all over my body, and my hands became ice. i can't tell how my sibling-partners in crime reacted, cos i was too busy praying for my life. She was going to flog us, she had even taken my brother's belt, but then she sat down on the couch, and tears silently coursed down her face..."i was child-less for ten years, and all that time, while i was begging God for children, i didnt ask him to give me children who would be thieves, why are you doing this? don't i do enough for you? what have u asked for that i haven't given you?"
BUBBLES reminds me of a post on her blog. LWKMD when I read it...
"Ok my first high school...I would take a girl's uniform/house wears from her room and put it in another girl's closet in like room 20. Then I would take the clothes from the girl in room 20 and put in another girl's closet in like room 1. These girls will wake up the next morning tryna figure were the fuck their uniforms went?! I took ALL of their uniforms! I didn't even leave a shirt. nope...I would switch people's books. I was in JSS1B. I would take books from 1B and put it in people's lockers in like SS2A. Like I showed them PEPPER! I would take people's school bags and throw them outside. Only if these people pissed me off tho! I didn't just do things randomly..."
DAVID.This is an excerpt from the last entry on his blog;
Well, I'm not really scared to love...I'm the kind of person who gives it all when he loves someone who loves him back but until then, I'm pretty much not accessible.
Of course...lol! Contrary to the belief that I'm not human or that I do not have a heart, I do. DANG!!! IT HURT LIKE CRAZY AND I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO FEEL IT AGAIN...but the irony is that, the pain makes you appreciate LOVE on a whole different level.
LEGGY. This is an excerpt from the last entry on her blog on the topic of marriage and would be matchmakers, LOL...
i hate it when people ask me if i dont want to get married.
marriage is something that will happen if it will happen
its not an institution that is an attractive venture for me.
well, unless someone pays me to marry them...that'd be super cool.
im 18, marriage is a thought that barely crosses my mind.
ill cross that bridge when im done living my life and feel like i need an extra hobby.
FABULOSITY UNWRITTEN. Go visit and add her to your blogrolls people. She needs feedback for her upcoming novel as she says in her last post excerpt below.
I did a lot more creative writing this year than I've ever done
before, and I have you bloggers and readers to thank for that. All of
your feedback and support have been really encouraging, and I'm glad
that I finally rekindled my love for writing. Every year I promise
myself that I'll complete a novel before the end of the year, and
sadly this year, like all the others, I failed to accomplish that.
Hopefully with some support from you guys and a lot more
self-discipline from my end, I won't be saying the same thing this
time next year."
Aeedeeaee of THE SOUNDING BOARD OF A BUSY BEE. And while she is a bizzy bee indeed, she is also very creative. Check out her last Dr. Doolittle-type post with the talking books and stuff. Also Aeedeeaee is a trained script writer and writes for both Radio and TV. I'm honored to host her on the blog.
Mr FunnyHoneyMoney of A PEN IN THE RIGHT HAND OF A LEFT HANDED GENIUS. And he is a genius indeed, at least when it comes to writing and rhyming. Check out his blog. When I saw his contribution, I wasn't too surprised, he said this on his page. "I gained quite the reputation for being a prankster; it just naturally happened that at any given point in time i was always doing some' mischievous."
Nita of Fafali's Boredom Maximus. She is a talented writer and I just love the poems she shares on her blog. She has this to say about herself..."Alright here goes, Im a jalapeno sized mouth teen who cannot stop raving about her life and how she prefers to write poems about her conconbulated( ehn?) life whiles being bored at the same time."
Vivianne of VIVIANNE'S VISTA. I guess she is a very good person to start off this chapter which focused on Ngozi. Vivianne is a single mother who has gone through a lot but continues life with her two kids and "a basket filled with hope". I love her writing and her spirit as she rediscovers herself. I was impressed by how she follows the story and her use of pidgin in her contribution even though she is one of the non-Nigerian readers of this blog. Go over to her blog and show her some love.
Neo of PLETHORA - ME AND MY EXCESSES. She is currently giving up on love but heart mender that I am, lol, I can't allow that now can I? Go over to her blog when you can and show her some love.
Lately i have become a cynic (i was always the realist though but i think i'm being pushed over the edge) especially when it comes to love. I have just become so disillusioned with it that i have decided i can do without it. Dont get me wrong o, i'm not about to dash off to the pound and pick myself up a litter of kittens. I'm not saying i want to be the spinster-aunty forever knitting horrible sweaters nobody likes.
DEVINE of Be-e. I liked this post, Bisi being the woman scorned. It reminds me of Devine's last post on her blog called Playing with fire:
"I'm playing with Fire and I cant stop.
I see the flames but its kinda fun!
You know how you strike a match and watch it burn to the tip and quickly shake your hand before it gets to the tip of your fingers?
But has it ever happened that you got so caught up in watching the flames burn that you forgot the plan and it burnt the tip of your finger?"
I CALL ME G_FUNC He is one talented writer blogger and also one of the hot bachelors in blogsville according to The Gist. The ending was his idea and this is from his profile;
"I've been told a couple of times I'm handsome hehe. I also have a funny sort of humour about me some of the time and also ... real importantly.... heaven and maybe hell knows that I'm not stupid GOD didn't make me that,on the contrary..."
RENE writes faction and fictional series on her blog Cuppy Cakes and has a story collection she's working on. Here's little ranting from her last post. "Now, for a struggling size 0/1 individual like me who think she's too thin and trying to reach a size 3, all these things bruise my ego(i Kid) but they annoy me because everywhere I turn it's always about loose weight fast! Blah! Blah! Blah! It's never about add a little pounds in 30 days. I eat a lot like literally so saying that wouldn't help me reach a 3 and since I got to this country(well maybe long before that) I've been alternating between 48 kg and 51 kg(of which I think most is bone mass) for several years now! I know some people will go "oh! I wish I had your body, I would never complain" WRONG!"
Beautiful of PIECES OF ME, she's a very emotional romantic femme fatale who loves to belive she's heartless...*wink* I love the way she writes and this is from a poem on her blog.
"i miss that part of me
that part where you dwelled so comfortably
that part that knows your smell, touch , smile, voice
that part that can sense you a mile away
that part that yearns for you
that part that feels your lips after they have left mine
that part that believed strongly in love
that part that prayed for you
that part that never thought you'lld walk away
that part that's broken now
that part that doesn't exist anymore..."
Neefemi at DIARY OF AN UNPAID INTERN. Neefemi is trying to lose weight through implementing a healthier life style filled with more physical activity. This is what she adds about the whole process;
"Now this is the physical. It's useless if you are not emotionally and mentally baggage free, stress free. That's the most important thing. I'm a very busy girl, I always have my hand in multiple projects at the same time, but I'm not one to keep anything in my mind. I also make sure to laugh a lot. I always write lol a lot. It's because I almost always laugh out loud, for the silliest things too. Besides even when there is something to worry about, I remember I have a God that loves me and I pray (well pray always, but get my point)".
SPESH of Spesh's World. She is a hard working lady with a beautiful and big heart. She inspires me with both her words and actions. This is an excerpt from one of her poems;
"I love truly,
I love crazy.
I trust completely.
I dont do reservations.
I share with loyalty.
I give unconditionally.
I dnt wait to recieve...
But meet me half-way!"
Basola Afolake. Folake is an aspiring writer who saw the series on Facebook and became hooked. I enjoyed the challenge of working with an upcoming talent and maybe I'll be doing more of that. You can read more of her write-ups HERE.
La-Pimpette? She is the blogger behing STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART. In her latest post she talks about the Nigerian way of raising children: "Some people had it good, while others had it so bad and this got me worried. Before this time, I'd say the reason why most Nigerian kids turn out right was because their parents flogged them into shape, thought them respect, proper home training, and all the 'goods' that come along with being Nigerian. But now I feel like the respect and fear is replacing what is actually more important- a relationship with the children. Some people respect and fear their parents but do not love or even know what it means to love them. Why will I be calling my father sir? I'm not saying there should be no ass whooping but it doesn't have to be everyday! Sometimes we really do deserve it, other times, no!"
F, now I wonder what that stands for. She is one part of Half and Half. F is just beginning to tap into her writing talent and I think she is amazing. She has a shortlisted entry in the Naija Stories Contest (BTW, you can go over and vote for her) and a great write-up of a Bar scene on her blog. Writing about her entry she said, "I've always had it in me to write so I reluctantly put in a few entries over there, and even entered one for the website launch contest which fortunately got shortlisted. Did I mention I was scared out of my mind and DID NOT want to do this? Writing is the easy part, showing it to people is TERRIFYING."
KUSH or Afronuts of the Kush Chronicles is a creative writer based in Lagos Nigeria. He sometimes runs some illustrated series on his blog and I simply love those. He also blogs about some topics which are eye-openers or food for thought. The last one was titled Bizarre jobs from History and the current one is The Murderous Innocents. Go over and check him out.
Tisha at I LOVE BECAUSE I CAN. Tisha says she's "pretty and intelligent but not street smart". I want to add that she's also talented. I love her poems. Check this out from the last one.
"I am restless
i wanna kick some one
i wanna scream, shout
i am restless
i want to let go
and just jump and shout
gone shopping
it doesn't take off
the pressure like
when i was younger..."
Our contributor is HappyBBB of WHO I AM!!!!! Her name already gives us an idea of who she is but her last post on the ten things I love meme sheds even more light.
"1) Smiles: i am a smiling person, i always smile that's my personality, its easy to know when am down you wont see a frown, there just wont be a smile, my brother calls me ismaila... hehehehe,
2) My blackberry: its my blogging and twitting machine, i am addicted to it i swear down, my mum has threatened to seize it times without number, what was i doing when i didn't have one,
3) Love: i totally love love, love stories,movies , novels,songs, they all speak to me, i love watching people fall in love, hearing people speak about love, i love weddings and d smile on the brides face, i love awwwwing and ooohhhing, i love giving love out, making TY feel loved, i love the four letter word in its entirety"
Our contributor is His DarLyn of a testament of love, life and living. She describes herself as an ordinary girl with His extra-odinary love. A young lady making her way through life, love, work and all. You know how it is said that perfect love casteth out fear? I love His DarLyn poems, talking about the love of God especially this one.
I fear what I see
I fear what is hidden
I fear what is assumed
But all the fear feeds on
is my imagination
I refuse to be cowed by fear
I refuse to be crowded by fear
I refuse to be conquered by fear...
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Group traveling is changing into fashionable lately. I love to read travel guides and always take them on my journeys. However, in some cases, this can be helpful for travel, the airways may lower their costs with a purpose to get your corporation and this can save you cash. Sure, but traveling throughout this time needs to be undertaken with caution.
A ship costs so much to decorate, sometimes blows a little bit of smoke, and requires periodic overhauls to extend her useful life. Traveling throughout Central and South America can be an effective way to boost the native economies, and assist the lives of the great individuals who reside there.
Since it's unattainable to board a airplane lately without id, having an extra type of id with you can make your life so much simpler. 1) Visit your native travel clinic, prior to your departure. Whether or not you might be traveling for business or for pleasure, it is most necessary that you simply stay safe and revel in your journey.
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Maintaining the money you do have for travel safe and secure is all the time a priority when traveling. So next time you are traveling attempt among the native foods. Conway Twitty: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Norman, Oklahoma: Country singer. Eating with the native folks instead of the vacationers is a good way to economize and luxuriate in a number of the most interesting delicacies.


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Here is an exclusive first look of Scarlett Johansson in the upcoming blockbuster movie "The Avengers". Scarlett was originally slated to play the role of the "Black Widow", but producers soon realized that the Black Widow character was "stupid".
So Scarlett Johansson will now be playing a newly imagined superhero called "Chesty McTits". As you can see Chesty possess the superpower of distraction, and her righteous tits of justice are a force to be reckoned with.
The rest of "The Avengers" are no longer needed, as evil has met its match in Scarlett Johansson as Chesty McTits.


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Getting into debt happens almost before you know it. An emergency pops up here and there, so you reach for the credit card. You fully intend to pay off the debt in a few months, but then life happens. You forget, you get busy, and that new gaming console is released that you just had to have.
The horrible thing about debt is it is so easy to get into, but climbing out of it is so hard. This happens because it seems like a fun slide into debt with all the new stuff, trips, and memories that debt buys. But then the weight of those items and the recurring interest payments on top of them pile up on your back.
You look at the tattered rope ladder hanging down into your debt hole. You shift the crushing weight on your back a bit, and pause.
It seems so far…
Once you have been in the hole of debt for a while it can be hard to remember what it was like to not be in debt at all.
Debt starts to feel… normal.
Sure your back hurts. Sure, you can see the light at the very top of the hole. But you shrug it off. It would be too much work to climb out.
One day you come to your senses. Maybe it is when that expensive electronics item you purchased three years ago and still haven't paid off (!!) breaks down. You realize you haven't paid off the original purchase and want to buy a new one to replace it… but something doesn't add up. Maybe you read a great personal finance article. Maybe you have a friend that reaches out to you.
Whatever happens to trigger it. You decide.
It's time.
It's time for a debt payoff plan.
Debt Payoff Plan: Just Start One
There is great mathematical argument amongst personal finance pundits and bloggers about the most efficient way to pay off debt.
Dave Ramsey is on the "pay the smallest balance first to build psychological momentum with small wins" side of the house.
I, historically, have been on the "pay off the highest interest to save the most amount of money possible" side of the house.
Both plans work. Both plans get you out of debt. If you perfectly used both plans in the same situation, one would result in higher interest payments than the other.
But none of that matters — all the arguing, planning, and worrying — if you aren't paying off debt at all.
Seriously, Get Started Now
There is a saying in business: "it isn't the idea, it's the execution!"
Everyone can come up with the next great business idea. Anyone could dream up the next big franchise restaurant idea. But few have the gumption to put their nose to the grindstones making the idea come to life.
Instead of buying another book on personal finance (with a credit card that is already closed to maxed out) just get started. Pick a plan of action and execute. Plans are meaningless without execution.
Get going. Start sending off extra payments to your debts in any order you like. As long as you are paying off debt in some manner, you are bettering your financial situation.


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Paul Gauguin designed specifically to sail the shallow seas of Tahiti and French Polynesia, visiting small ports that larger ships can't reach and effortlessly blending into the stunning natural beauty of the South Seas. She offers an extension of the informal, relaxing environment of the islands, coupled with five-star service, comfort, and luxury. Spacious suites and staterooms (more than 70% with private balconies), an onboard water sports marina, a choice of three open-seating dining venues, and an extensive spa are among her luxurious attributes. The crew, a beloved troupe of Gauguines (local Tahitians who serve as cruise staff, entertainers, and storytellers), adds the unique personality of Tahiti to every sailing. The atmosphere aboard the ship radiates warmth, informality, and Polynesian flair.
Tahiti & Society Islands | 7-night cruise
In 1891, when Paul Gauguin arrived in Tahiti, he captured the charm, culture and languid grace of the natives in oils. You won't find his paintings here, but the original models still call this piece of French Polynesia home. This 7-night itinerary is perfect for those who want a core Polynesian experience.
Call on Raiatea and its reef-bound lagoon and Taha'a, it's companion Island, where you'll enjoy a full day of exploration. Then sail to Bora Bora, and her siren sister, Moorea. There's a reason these islands are world-renowned – their beauty is unmatched.
Society Islands & Tuamotus | 10-night cruise
Visit the gracious Society Islands, including Huahine, with its stunning crystalline lagoon. The Tuamotu Archipelago awaits you next. Comprised of very low-lying atolls, none of the chain's many islets rise more than ten feet above sea level. Visit Rangiroa, home to the second-largest lagoon in the world. It is noted for its fantastic diving – you may see rays, sharks, dolphins, and myriad small reef fish. Go on to call at legendary Bora Bora, Taha'a, and Moorea.
Cook Islands & Society Islands | 11-night cruise
On this South Pacific Odyssey, you'll discover the isle of Huahine, renowned for its spectacular rain forests. Then experience the unique majesty of the Cook Islands. Arid Aitutaki is virtually flat-so much so that you can spot the ocean from nearly any point on the island, sitting in sharp contrast to sister island Rarotonga's jagged peaks and deep valleys. Rarotonga's fertile slopes of red earth and sparkling aquamarine lagoon call to mind the classic Victorian ideal of paradise, which the island was called by its first European explorers. Return to the Society Islands for days in alluring Bora Bora, Taha'a, Moorea, and Papeete.
Marquesas, Tuamotus & Society Islands | 14-night cruise
On this two-week cruise, you'll first call at the breathtaking isle of Bora Bora. Then it's on to the Tuamotus, specifically Fakarava, an atoll known for its pristine beaches, rare wildlife, and exceptional diving. Next, explore the mist-covered Marquesas, where you'll discover the islands of Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, and Nuku Hiva. On these wild islands you'll find waterfalls, wild stallions, tiki sculptures, and an arboretum, among other delights. More enjoyment awaits on Taha'a (Motu Mahana), our own private motu, and a day at spectacular Moorea.
Australs & Society Islands |11-night cruise
During the height of the Austral summer (July to October), humpback whales teem in the waters off Rurutu, delighting divers with their graceful antics and haunting songs. The Gauguin pays a visit to this special sanctuary on a unique itinerary that also features the idyllic Society Islands. Don't miss this one-time sailing, as Paul Gauguin Cruises Chairman Richard Bailey joins us aboard.
Your home at sea
Paul Gauguin's emphasis is on providing the 332 guests on each sailing with a delightful experience, aboard and ashore. Enjoy unsurpassed service and attention to detail amid elegant, relaxing surroundings.
Ship Features
• All-inclusive pricing: select wines and spirits, soft drinks, bottled water, hot beverages, and shipboard gratuities
• Complimentary 24-hour room service, including selections from L'Etoile Restaurant during regular dining hours
• All oceanview accommodations, measuring from 200 to 588 sq. ft., including balcony
• A choice of 3 dining venues
• Full entertainment program including Polynesian artists, house band, a pianist, and a professionally operated casino with slot machines
• Spa and beauty services, including hair care, hand and foot treatments, body treatments, facials, and spa programs
• Watersports marina for complimentary kayaking, windsurfing, and paddleboarding, and Zodiacs® for optional dive excursions
• Optional PADI dive program and certification
• A day at Motu Mahana, Paul Gauguin's exclusive, private retreat off the coast of Taha'a, featuring Polynesian hospitality, snorkeling, watersports, bar service, and a delicious feast
• Access to an exclusive, private beach located on a motu off the coast of Bora Bora that offers an idyllic white-sand beach, excellent snorkeling, and bar service
• Fully equipped fitness center
• Presentations by our own onboard naturalist and special guests
• Book and DVD library (open 24 hours a day)
• WiFi hot spots in all suites/staterooms and common areas, as well as guest-accessible computers; available 24 hours a day for a nominal fee
• Laundry and dry cleaning services available
• Certified medical services
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failsafe everyday makeup
I love having fun with makeup, but when it come to the everyday "getting ready" drawer there are a few essentials that I always seek out. These are the things I just can't live without, and are always ready to go in case I have to throw them in the bag and run.
For every day I'm a big believer in less-is-more, and I tend to stick to things that look fresh throughout the day but can also be built on. Personally I can't go past a bronzed, fresh look, which is what I thought I'd share my secret weapons for below.
Start by cleaning up your base – this will be the foundation, BB cream and or concealer of your choice. Personally for every day I tend to just stick to a concealer under my eyes and over any blemishes / red areas.
Not something I think every one has to deal with, but mine can be pretty unruly, so a good brush, followed by a quick swipe of Charlotte Tilbury's Legendary Brows to keep them in place all day.
Bronze & highlight
Let's be honest, if I'm in a rush the highlighting takes the back seat, but a quick go over with a contouring brush and a soft bronzer is a must to bring your face back to life. If you're not a bronzer girl, dab on a bit of cream blush on the apples of your cheeks instead.
If there is time I dab on a neutral coloured eye shadow, and pack a compact palette like this one if I know it's going to be a long day or if I'm heading out. Finally, finish off with a coat or three of mascara.


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Lovely feature here based on my song "Willie Clancy And The Pipes" on the Mike Harding Folk Show.
Starting with an interview with Brian Behan (Brendan's brother), then a tune from Willie Clancy himself... and then my song.
click here and go to 39 mins 15 secs
Also on the show... a great introduction and background from Mike to my song "Shackleton".
click here and go to 9 mins 40 secs
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Scrabble Electronic Boggle Game
Want to win a fabulous game for the entire family? Enter this fabulous giveaway!
Amazon says, "This Hasbro Scrabble Boggle game sends you on a fast-and-furious hunt for words while the timer ticks!" (click link above for more details about the game!)
Thank you to Books Make a Difference for this fabulous giveaway!
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I am not reading a book with someone this summer. I do not feel that reading the same book with you best friend or spouse is good for our relationship as I do not read very fast and could not keep up. My experience with this reading together has not been good in the past as I am a slow reader and my former spouse was so competitive, just like my best friend in high school. I like to go at my own pace so that I can enjoy reading my book.ReplyDelete
Thank you,
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I love reading along with my best friend. The last book we read together was Fifty Shades of Grey so we had several giggle sessions and " what would you do?" conversations. Im not reading anything right now but Im sure we will find something soon.ReplyDelete
I am not reading a book with anybody.ReplyDelete
I am reading marketing books and "Wicked," the novel. BTW, I am a writer and would definitely enjoy the prize.ReplyDelete
I usually read at night and my husband loves having me read to him before bedtime. Usually Louis Lamour but recently I read him a Dean Koontz novel which wasn't a good idea right before bedtime LOLReplyDelete


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Along on toward evening, when the shadows grew long,
The seaward watchers came, with archers and spear men.
Set to guard against foes, pirates making landing,
Now they came at great need to defend Kembirel
And end the kawntradd fight. The combatants withdrew
Before these fresh soldiers, and all the men went home.
Wellan took his men up, back to his hill-bound house,
And closed all his borders. He flung down the armring
Kembirel had given, left it there in the grass
Of the hill of kawntradd where it glittered snake-like
Beautiful and deadly: kinship and friendship spurned.
Though it was purest gold, no man would touch the thing,
But they drew back from it, fearing its corruption,
The damage it might do to name and dignity
If they should dare possess the ring of such a man.
Avren would have gone, too, back to Wellan's household,
But Pramil seized him then, bore him to his own house.
"you have much work to do, and this feud is not yours.
Wellan would like your help; for all that, so would I.
But we need you neutral, to help restore the peace,
And that need is desperate. Thus you must come with me,
Abandon the mountain, at least for the moment,
And give your attention to the folk of the shore."
Avren hesitated, protested this strange plan.
"Wellan has been my host for many long months now.
Should I abandon him, now in his darkest time,
Who gave me clothes and food, and a roof for my head,
In a land of strangers, among people not mine?
You must think me coward, or else soft in the head,
That I would leave him thus and not repay my debt."
But Pramil shook his head, taking Avren in hand
And leading him away. "Your best service to him
Is not as warrior guarding his house and hall,
At least not at this time. You have other duties
Set for you long ago, in the days when this isle
Was still barely settled and we all lived in fear.
A man from oversea, or so the white shawls said,
Would come here to Alba in a boat of leather.
He would kill gaverae, and pass the Crimson tests,
Proving his sailor's skills, and bring Alba justice.
I have a little task for you to accomplish.
Across the water, there, is happy Pendaran,
Thirty-two leagues by sea, beyond the horizon.
Assemble your vessel, and I will free your crew.
The eight of you will go across to Pendaran."
"I do not understand," said Avren to Pramil,
"and you are hiding things. But if it will help him,
Wellan of the mountains, then I will do this thing."
Pramil nodded at this. "Therefore Wellan chose you,
And choosing you, chose well. I can build boats like yours;
I came from oversea; I meet the conditions
For the white shawl women, or I can with some work.
But I am not a king, Avren from Tarvenis,
though I love power much. I do not hear men well,
finding small truths in lies and judging between goods,
to arbitrate disputes. You are a better man,
and much better suited to the role Wellan thinks
you will perform ably. But don't get too cocky;
you have no crown as yet, and may never get one.
Now come away with me, and assemble your ship."


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The Chicago Teachers Union's bargaining team is considering a proposal from CPS for a one-year contract that includes no raises but retains the 7-percent payment that the district "picks up" for teachers in pension costs.
Late Wednesday evening, the union was pushing for inclusion of other issues in the contract, including class size limits, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Bargaining sessions, which had previously been held just once a week, resume again today.
A deal would mean no repeat of the 2012 strike.
CPS wants a tentative agreement with the union by early next week, union insiders say, a time-frame that's linked to a deal being worked out between City Hall and Springfield to give the district a six-week delay on making its required $634 pension payment.
The Illinois House of Representatives shot down a bill to delay the CPS payment on Tuesday. House Speaker Mike Madigan has said he would bring back the bill for another vote next Tuesday — the same day the CTU's current labor contract expires.
CPS officials had presented their latest contract proposal to a smaller subset of the CTU bargaining team last week; the negotiation session held on Wednesday included the larger "big bargaining team" of more than 40 union members who represent a variety of job classifications and schools.
CTU Financial Secretary Kristine Mayle declined to discuss details of the contract negotiations with Catalyst during Wednesday's separate Board of Education meeting. But she said there is "a series of non-economic proposals they could give us that would make schools and our members' lives better. If they want a deal, they'll work with us on those things."
She added: "We want this resolved. We don't want to start the school year without a contract."
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Agreeing to a one-year deal now would mean no repeat of the 2012 teachers strike — which according to the current time-table wouldn't happen until late fall or early winter. It also gives the district time to find long-term solutions to its budget problems while the union could work on its own internal organizing around future contract proposals. This year's contract negotiations were slowed by both the CTU's and City Hall's focus on the mayoral elections.
In its initial proposal, the union had asked for a one-year contract with a 3-percent raise. The district's first proposal sought to end a decades-old contract agreement to "pick up" 7 of the 9 percent payment union members must make into their own pensions.
Any tentative agreement reached between the CTU and the district must go to the union's House of Delegates for approval in what would likely be an emergency meeting before heading to members for a final vote.
Earlier this week, CTU President Karen Lewis told the Chicago Tribune and the Sun-Times that the union was close to reaching a tentative contract, surprising many rank-and-file members that the pace of negotiations had quickened so much in recent weeks. On Wednesday afternoon, CTU sent a message on Twitter stating that "no contract is final until vote by CTU House of Delegates, ratification by 24,000 active members."


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Here is a recent pen and watercolor drawing I did of an Aztec Hotel sign. I enjoy doing these small scale drawings because they are quick to do and they have a nice postcard quality after the wash is done. When I want to create something but I don't have a lot of time, I'll usually do a quick couple of pencil drawings from photographs that I have. I trace them in sharpie and add a watercolor wash. These can be great mini projects to do while you are on a trip or vacation.
04 February 2009
Wednesday Works - Aztec Motel Sign
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Here's a picture of me at age three, with two friends. The picture was taken in my kindergarten in the fall of 1993.
The girl I am holding hands with is named Hilde, and I have been told that we were inseparable. I'll just have to take my parents word on this, because almost 27 years later I can't remember her at all.
Here's another photo of me and Hilde, approximately 1.5 years later.
It seems strange to me that I could forget someone who was so important to me for years. But I was really young, and I can barely remember anything from when I was under five anyway.
This phenomena is called childhood amnesia, and is completely normal. To quote Wikipedia: "Psychologists have debated the age of adults' earliest memories. To date, estimates have ranged from 2 to 6–8 years of age."
The earliest memory that I can place on a timeline is my scary sledding incident when I was almost three years old. To quote Wikipedia again: "Some research shows that the offset of childhood amnesia (earliest age of recall) is 2 years of age for hospitalization and sibling birth." While the sledding incident was not a hospitalization, it was probably equally scary and memorable for a 2-year-old.
Now, it is possible to remember things from before your two years old. It's also likely that some people have been told about something that happened to them when they were a toddler. And then they think they remembered the event, when they are actually remembering the story they were told.
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20th October 2018
This scenario depicts the Taliban assaults on polling stations and other resources throughout the country on 20 October 2018 to prevent votings and hinder the election.
There were nearly 200 attacks.
The action is a little tough to reflect and so the scenario is mainly annotative, but the locations are all as noted on the Liveua Map although there are a lot less than 200 shown.
The New York Times reports about 78 people dying and 470 wounded.
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The Peripheral Writer: An Interview With Hamid Ismailov, Author Of The Underground
Hamid Ismailov is the author of dozens of books of poetry, visual poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. An Uzbek writer, Ismailov has been subjected to censorship throughout his career and was exiled from his homeland in 1992. His novel The Underground is released in translation in the U.S. this week by Restless Books, in time for Banned Books Week.
I spoke with Hamid over Skype earlier this year, then visited him at the BBC in London, where he was formerly the Writer-in-Residence and now works as the Editor of the Central Asian division. We talked censorship and creativity, political economy, and life for writers outside of the global centers of literary production.
Melody Nixon: I have your novels The Railway and The Underground on my bookshelf. In each book the plot unwinds through snapshot vignettes, spiritual ponderings, and existential anguishes. How emblematic is your work of a Central Asian storytelling aesthetic?
Hamid Ismailov: I try to be as unique as possible. But in writing these books, I want to represent reality. What I lacked as a reader and writer in the Soviet era, from childhood onwards, was a depiction of the reality that was around me. I was in a melting pot of all kinds of nations, cultures, beliefs, faiths and civilizations, and I didn't see the richness of these experiences depicted in Soviet literature.
MN: Did you find any of the multicultural richness you sought in books from the west?
So in the mainstream English literature you can't see any multi-national, or other realities apart from rare exceptions. It was the same in the Soviet Union.
HI: In coming to the west I all of sudden realized it was an even bigger problem for western literature than for Soviet. For example, in British literature, take the most famous books of the last years. Nearly all of them are mono-national, or mono-ethnic. As if people are writing for their titular nation, and that's it. In Ian McEwan's famous books you hardly meet any Black people, or Caribbean people, or Chinese. Take wonderful Kazuo Ishiguro, who is himself Japanese by origin. Almost all his books are about English people, and that's it. So in the mainstream English literature you can't see any multi-national, or other realities apart from rare exceptions. It was the same in the Soviet Union. I was quite unhappy with this, because the reality was completely different.
MN: I haven't been to Uzbekistan, but the book really spoke to my experiences of Mongolia and Southern Siberia. In Siberia especially you have a converging of different ethnic groups and different cultures — the white Russian culture with the multiplicity of indigenous Russian cultures, the Central Asians with the Northern Chinese who are trading across the border, the Orthodox with the Muslim practitioners — all these groups are in conversation. But the narrative we're given in the west about the former Soviet Union is that it's a very homogenous place. (White, Christian, Slavic, Russian, colonialist.) Your work shows us a much more nuanced image.
HI: I think The Railway is the first novel that depicts the reality of Central Asian civilization during the Soviet era. I decided to depict reality as it is, in all its richness. I wouldn't be creating a masterpiece just for my nation, for Uzbeks, or Russians, but for Koreans, Jews, Gypsies, Chechens, Tartars, all of the people who lived there. I gave voice to everyone. Whoever they were, they had a voice. That was the civilizational and aesthetic task for me.
MN: Did this representation have a political element for you?
Me, as a Muslim who lived in the Soviet Union, I've seen 1001 types of Islam. Every strand is completely different…
HI: You could say there is a philosophical element. When we're talking about the mono-ethnic and mono-focal view of the world — when we are looking at the world with black and white glasses, rather than colored ones — it is problematic in philosophical terms, because it leads to oversimplification. As we discussed, the western perspective was that the Soviet Union was mono-colored. The same is happening now with the western view of the Muslim world. It's seen as monolithic, one thing, whereas it's so different and diverse. Me, as a Muslim who lived in the Soviet Union, I've seen 1001 types of Islam. Every strand is completely different — Shamanic, Sufi, etc — to an unrecognizable extent.
In The Railway I tried to show the richness, not just of Communism, or of ideologies, but of all kinds of beliefs. These ideologies and beliefs — Communism, Islam, Marxism, Freudianism — are not monoliths. All of them have strands and strands, because human nature is like that: versatile. Even when we're being dictated to we can't be monopolized by one strand, whatever it is.
MN: Is there an interaction between where you are and what you're reading? How does your place, and place of exile, play a role in your literary tastes?
HI: In Uzbekistan and the USSR I was mostly reading only Western literature. Human nature always seeks otherness, something else. You seek unfamiliar familiarities, and familiar unfamiliarities: which appeal to you, but at the same time are different.
I was reading all the twentieth century Western literature, starting from Faulkner through to Joyce Carol Oates, Kurt Vonnegut, Gore Vidal, everyone basically.
I knew the Soviet life well, to the extent that I was fed up with it, so I was reading more and more Western literature. But gradually, moving to the West, I was more and more carried away by my own literature: Soviet literature, historic literature. The further I moved towards the West, the more I liked the old literature of my own country; and when I say my own country that includes Russian literature as well.
MN: You sought that which was different to your present reality.
HI: It's an interesting interaction. When you are within the culture you are somehow trying to bring into it something of an other nature, of an alternative nature. Western literature played an enormous role in my upbringing while I was in the East; and while I'm in the West I'm more carried away by Eastern literature.
MN: Was it easy to get Western books when you were in Uzbekistan?
HI: The translations, yes, generally. But not everything was translated; Ulysses, for example, was difficult to find. I used to go to Moscow to get the first translation of Ulysses, from 1936. I've written several short stories about the experience of getting books. All of my salaries were spent in order to find banned books — for example, Nietzsche. In 1981 I spent one year saving to buy a volume of Nietzsche's.
MN: Was it worth it?
HI: Every single penny. I used to translate Garcia Lorca. He was not banned like Nietzsche. I tried to buy a small book of his in translation, which cost at that time the same price as really good mountain boots. I bought the book in order to translate him into Uzbek. Normal books were not available or affordable.
MN: Did this scarcity increase your desire to write? Did books begin to seem like precious, magical objects?
HI: Yes, somehow it influenced me. Literature was a kind of magic lantern. It taught me about the effort you have to put in to reach something.
MN: The West is not exactly free of censorship, though in our corporate publishing model censorship operates along subtler lines of political economy and access than perhaps the blunter state instrument of the Soviet Union — though this is of course not true in every state, as demonstrated in our need for a Banned Books Week in America. Can you speak about your experiences with censorship?
People were deprived of their salaries, of their jobs, because of my writing.
HI: I am the victim of censorship myself, because for the last twenty years my books have been banned in Uzbekistan. And even when they were not banned, when they were only going to be banned, I felt very bad because the whole editorial board for a magazine that published some chapters of The Railway was punished. I felt that. People were deprived of their salaries, of their jobs, because of my writing. Therefore, I'm not just a victim of the censorship but I'm a culprit as well, in a way. It's an abhorrent thing.
MN: How has the experience of censorship shaped you as a writer, and as a person? Did you doubt what you were doing, or did you feel more resolve?
HI: My case was not the worst in Uzbekistan. Unfortunately, my colleagues are incarcerated. One, Mamadali Makhmudov, spent fourteen years behind bars because he is a writer. There are poets, like Dilmurad Sayid, who are still behind bars. Writers have been killed because of their writing. All I suffered was expulsion from Uzbekistan — which is tragic, and painful, but I've always thought it might have been worse.
MN: Are you able to go back?
HI: No. I could go visit as a British citizen, but if something happens, I'm aware that I would face the consequences alone.
MN: Do you see yourself as an Uzbek writer, even though you're in exile?
HI: Yes, very much so. Because you know, I wrote my last three novels in Uzbek. So I'm not writing for international readers; initially, I'm writing for Uzbek or sometimes Russian readers.
MN: When you look at your writing now, what do you see as the biggest challenges?
HI: I'll tell you, the biggest issue with me and many writers like me: if I were born Chinese or Indian I would've had a platform. I would have been much more appreciated by now. You have to belong to a huge community. People like me who belong to small nations, whatever their talent is, whatever their capacity is, they're doomed to not be seen. There must be a huge population behind you. I think, were I an English writer I would have become more known.
This is about the hegemony of World Literatures — by which I mean, the two or three literatures that run the world. English, French, and maybe partly Spanish literature.
MN: The colonial powers.
HI: Yes. I know writers who are extremely powerful that we as human kind should be proud of. But nobody knows them because they belong to small nations: Georgians, Armenians, Tajiks, and so forth. Ion Druţze the Moldavian writer. Otar Chiladze from Georgia. Meša Selimović the Bosniak writer. They are world-class writers.
MN: One could say the same about you. Let's discuss your work in more depth. There's a powerfully idiosyncratic style and feel to your books, and each is so different to the last. What compels you to continually experiment?
HI: In everything I write I set myself up for a new style and a new tone. When I started writing The Underground in 2006, I wrote fifty or sixty pages frantically, and I felt it was beautiful text. But the only problem was that the tone was repeating an earlier work of mine. I was so unhappy I decided to stop immediately. I tore apart the sixty pages and rewrote them in a completely different manner, which became The Underground.
If you compare any book of mine by tone or stylistics they are completely different from one another. I don't like repeating what I have discovered already.
MN: Why is that?
HI: Creativity should be an "ultimate creativity." It should be dictated by the particular thing you are writing. Every particular thing should not be repeating a previous version.
Unfortunately, many writers exploit the things they found once, and they become slaves to their own ways of writing. For me, creativity should come with every new piece.
MN: What do you think of the idea perpetuated in the west, particularly in writing programs in the US, that you "find your voice?" Once you discover your voice — or two or maximum three voices — you've "arrived" somewhere final, which will carry you through for the rest of your career.
HI: That is a point of view dictated by consumerism, and the literature of consumerism. If you are J. K. Rowling, until the end of your life you should stamp out Harry Potters and nothing else. I'm utterly against it. Because unfortunately this consumerist literature has already done harm to world literature.
MN: How so?
We've created a class of readers who want to swallow a pill and understand everything.
HI: We've created a class of readers who want to swallow a pill and understand everything. "One voice" literature is creating these type of readers. I worry, and I'm afraid, that if today Kafka or Joyce wrote their books, no one would dare to publish them. No one would dare to publish Finnegan's Wake. Because no one would read it, because it's too difficult to understand in one go.
MN: So the "literature of consumerism," as you call it, is reducing creativity in writer and reader? Is this because creativity becomes seen as something conquerable, and static?
HI: I don't believe in "discovered" creativity. If it is "discovered" and it is used, it is no longer creative. It's already taken root. Creativity is shown in potential, and challenge. Every creative act is against the previous one; it's breaking the rules of the previous one. Unfortunately, what the modern Western school is implanting is the "created creativity."
For example, if we study Haruki Murakami's way of using plot structure, we can choose to follow it or to say, "No, I won't use it — because he himself has already used it. I'll break his rules" — and that is a creative act. But this attitude is so difficult in the modern world, because you're endangering your readership if you take these risks. It's much easier to become a brand, with your own voice as your brand. Everyone is buying book after book because they know exactly what these books are about.
My trade is a bit different: Creativity in everything I am doing. And creativity afresh when I am creating.
MN: Do you think your openness to, and desire for, fresh creativity is what drives you as a writer?
You reconstruct and deconstruct reality, by breaking myths, lies, clichés, and propaganda. That's why dictators are afraid of writers.
HI: One thing, yes, is creativity, but this is not the objective in and of itself. Generally the first impulse comes from curiosity: when you want to know something about yourself, or about the way life is appearing in front of you or exposing itself to you, or the logic of character development. You ask: why is this appearing in this particular manner, and not in another manner? Then you start to investigate and understand it. You see the logic you couldn't see at first. Then you start to unravel everything. You reconstruct and deconstruct reality, by breaking myths, lies, clichés, and propaganda. That's why dictators are afraid of writers.


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The differences between the similar species, Riccardoella limacum and Riccardoella oudemansi we're examined using SEM techniques. The two species may be separated by differences in setal structure and number. The internal anatomy of R. limacum was examined using plastic sections for light microscopy and found to be similar to previous descriptions. Computer-aided three dimensional reconstruction was carried out on serial sections and the relative positions of various organs noted. The life cycle of R. limacum was confirmed as having a hexapod larva and three nymphal stages. The occurrence of an overwintering egg was observed in hibernating snail hosts and there was no relationship between hatching and snail hibernation. No such egg is present in R oudemansi, perhaps related to the death of their hosts during the winter. Mites were found to spread rapidly to colonise a new host and quickly laid numerous eggs, large numbers of mites have been seen to build up inside a snail. R. limacum was found to contain a substance which reacted with keyh6le limpet haemocyanin antibodies, this was likely to be haernocyanin. The mite obtains haemocyanin as a form of nourishment from the hosts blood, though the possibility that mucus is also a source of food cannot be eliminated in this study. The effect of different mite numbers on the snail was examined. High mite infestations cause poor quality shells, slow growth and delayed reproductive maturation. A low number of mites can be tolerated seemingly with little in effect except on reproduction. The concentration of proteins and glycogen/free glucose in the snail tissues was the same in snails with and without mites. However, as the final weights of snails were dramatically different, the total amount of protein and glycogen/free glucose in each snail was also different. Some interest in R. limacum was shown by the predatory mite, Macrocheles muscaedomesticae though it is not certain whether deaths of R. firnacum can be attributed to the predator. R. limacum is attracted to certain stimuli more than others, snail odour being the preferred stimulus. In the light of the present study recommendations for controlling R. limacum on a commercial snail farm have been made.
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Brian McGee only had about a month to prepare for his first season as a head football coach last year. The time crunch as he finalized a staff and installed a new offensive system led to some struggles, and Silver Creek went 2-8 in 2018. This year, they had an entire offseason to prepare for the season, and McGee's players have bought in to what the second-year coach wants to do. Already, Silver Creek, sitting at 3-0, has eclipsed last year's win total. Included are wins over Thomas Jefferson in Week 1 and a 17-14 upset of then-No. 9 Windsor last week. It was a win that was sealed by senior Caleb Sedegan's goal-line interception late in the fourth quarter. "That was definitely one of the best moments I've had as a head coach, without a doubt," McGee said. McGee is this week's Broncos High School Coach of the Week. The Broncos High School Coach of the Week is selected in partnership with the Broncos and CHSCA.
Brian McGee bio
Years as head coach: 2 (5-8)
Years at Silver Creek: 2 (5-8, 3-0 this season)
Previous stops: Silver Creek defensive line coach (2002-03); Silver Creek defensive coordinator (2004-17); Silver Creek head coach (2018-present).
Ryan Casey: What made you want to get into coaching?
Brian McGee: Well I grew up in Longmont and went to Longmont High School and coach Gordon Cramer and coach VanderMolen were my coaches at Longmont High School. After I got out of high school, I went to CSU for a couple of years and then went into the military. Spent six years in the military and then came out and basically went to work in industry, and worked in industry for about 18 years and kind of started coaching before I started teaching. And I love it. I love the game of football. I love what playing the game gave to me when I was in high school. And I love the fact that I can give back to these kids at the high school level and, hopefully, give them some of the stuff that football gave to me when I was playing. Matter of fact, when the company I worked for told me they wanted me to stop coaching football, my wife basically told me, "You don't want to stop coaching football. You love it too much. Just get your teaching license." And so that's what I did. I teach business education.
Casey: What kind of coach do you think you are? How do you think it feels to be coached by you?
McGee: I think my players understand that I'm going to hold them accountable. I'm going to push them to achieve what I see their potential is, which sometimes they don't necessarily agree with me, but I hope they know that I love them. When I push them it's because I know that they can give me more than what they're giving me. And when we get to that point and when that happens, I think they learn that they've got more in them than they thought they had. It makes me feel proud that they're living up to what I knew they could do.
Casey: What has the transition to 4A for the program been like?
McGee: I was here when Silver Creek was in its glory days — three state championship appearances in a row, winning one of them. Really the difference between those days and even last year and this year, is really the kids. Do we get the buy-in from the kids? I think the biggest difference between 3A and 4A is just the depth of your team. We've never had great depth just because of the size of our school. I mean, we're a smaller 4A school, but even with that, we've had those teams where the seniors really buy into what we're trying to do or they're committed to doing what we ask them to do and they bring everybody along with them. Those are the years we've been successful. And you just don't get that every year. You know, we can't go out and recruit. And so we get the kids that we get, and hopefully if we start them off as freshmen and by the time they get to be seniors, they know what it is. But that doesn't always happen. Your class numbers vary all the time. It's a process, and every high school in the state of Colorado has the same issue. You know, it's just, do I have that core group of kids that I can lean on and depend on that are going to bring everybody up around them? And when you have those kids, good things happen. And when you don't have those kids, you struggle.
Casey: So what's been the biggest difference from last year to this year? You guys have played some tough teams and are sitting at 3-0.
McGee: Last year was tough because I wasn't named head coach until right before school started. And so we had to finalize the staff and bring in a new offensive coordinator and do all that kind of stuff right before the beginning of school. So we were learning a new system, a little bit of that. We had a fairly good number of seniors, but I don't think they bought into what we were going to try to do with our new offense with some of the coaching changes that took place, some of that kind of stuff. This year, we had all summer to work with them. We got them all coming into our offseason stuff and being committed to what we were trying to do, not only in the weight room but with our summer conditioning and our 7-on-7s. We won our bracket in the Broncos' 7-on-7, which I think gave us a tremendous boost. We didn't get to go to Dove Valley because I had too many kids also playing baseball, so we gave that spot up. But we got to do all those kinds of things together as a unit and finalized our coaching staff well before the season started. I think being in that better place was a big part of it. And then also the fact that we've got kids that they've committed to what we want to do early on over the summer and have put the time in.
Casey: Take me through last week's game. Obviously, Windsor is a very prominent program. I think the second quarter seemed to be pretty important for you guys, going up 10 right before half. What was that game like?
McGee: After going back and forth on the two opening drives and neither one of us really doing anything, being able to go out and get the first score, I think was really important for us. That kind of proved to us, "Hey, we're in this, we're here, we're here to win. We're not backing down just because they're Windsor." Being able to go in (at halftime) up 10 points was huge for us. Windsor's a tough team and they're going to get their yards, and our kids, the resilience we had on the defensive side of the ball, and the fact that we got three takeaways. We went into that game telling our guys, "Look, you know, whoever wins the takeaway battle in this game is probably gonna win the game." And we won it. And I think that played a key role. They made their plays, we got some takeaways and some key moments in their drives that kind of put us in great positions and we took advantage of that. If you're gonna make the playoffs, if you're going to have that caliber of team, you've got to learn how to take advantage when you get those opportunities. And I think we did.
Casey: You've got to be pretty proud as a coach, up three in the fourth quarter, that you guys were able to hold off a late rally.
McGee: Yeah, I can guarantee you that was a nail-biter there at the end — them marching down the field and us trying everything we can to stop them. When Caleb Sedegan made that interception down on the goal line to stop their drive, that was definitely one of the best moments I've had as a head coach, without a doubt. Because we'd practiced and we'd practiced and we'd put a lot on our defense all year long and they performed when we needed them to. And that was great to see.


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Terry Howe's conceptual, environmental art exhibition 'Looking For Clues' is at DSP until 31 May 2021. Visit it online.
Terry's online exhibition is a playful yet insightful examination of the 'found' and 'natural' that surround us. A reminder of how small and fragile this planet is.
We asked Terry to describe his work in his own words.
I work with the spent, washed up and the discarded. The shoreline, car boot sales, skips and hedgerows are my main starting points for making.
From there I take off on imaginary space travel and what I keep finding are spheres. No matter how much you zoom in or out, spheres are there (atomic, sub atomic, planets, galaxies).
You may well think what a load of old balls but have a look yourself! I find a creative charge in giving the everyday a chance of a new life.
In this exhibition you will see multiples of pan scourers, freezer bags, oil cans, funnels, table tennis, snooker, and bowling balls.
Hedgerows produce imaginary archeology, prolific multiples of spikes and barbs (amazing systems of protection). I am mainly working with acorn cups, rose hip barbs, and blackthorns/hawthorns.
In the 1960's (my childhood years) I was free to be out all day to play, explore and invent (tips, fires, dams, dens, scavenging, collecting, penknife whittling). All of this fired my imagination and it still does.


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Substitute System of Federal Time-and-Effort Reporting for School Year 2017–2018
August 3, 2017
SUBJECT: Substitute System of Federal Time-and-Effort Reporting for School Year 2017–2018
Local educational agencies (LEAs) may now request approval to use the substitute system of federal time-and-effort reporting for the 2017–2018 school year.
All Texas LEAs, including open-enrollment charter schools, may use the substitute system. TEA encourages LEAs to consider using the substitute system.
Substitute System of Federal Time-and-Effort Reporting
The substitute system makes time-and-effort reporting easier for employees who meet the following conditions:
- Work on more than one federal grant award (that is, the employees are supported by more than one cost objective)
- Work on a set schedule
- Work on only one activity at a time
Traditionally, employees who work on more than one federal grant award documented their time and effort with monthly personnel activity reports (PARs). Under the substitute system, they may use semiannual certifications instead. This substitute system will continue to be accepted under the new EDGAR regulations.
Required LEA Management Certification
The US Department of Education requires you to submit a management certification form to TEA before your employees may participate in the substitute system. The management certification form is posted on the Substitute System page of the agency website.
You may submit the management certification throughout the year. The time of submission will determine when you may use the substitute system for the 2017–2018 school year.
|To implement the substitute system…
|Submit the certification by…
|Fall 2017, spring 2018, and summer 2018 semesters
|September 15, 2017
|Spring and summer 2018 semesters
|December 15, 2017
|Summer 2018 semester
|May 15, 2018
Submit your signed, completed management certification to TEA by email (to firstname.lastname@example.com), fax (to 512-463-9176), or mail at the following address:
Texas Education Agency
Department of Grants Compliance and Oversight
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
Once LEAs begin submitting the management certification form, TEA will post a list of approved LEAs on the Substitute System page of the agency website.
Submitting the management certification form does not obligate you to use the substitute system. You may submit the form and then choose not to use the system.
Required Employee Schedule and Certification
Participating employees must complete a schedule and sign a certification at least semiannually. You keep the completed employee forms; you do not submit them to TEA.
TEA has developed a sample employee schedule and certification form. It is posted on the Substitute System page of the agency website. The form includes all elements TEA auditors will check. You may use the TEA form, or you may develop your own.
If you develop your own form, ensure it includes all required elements. All your participating employees must use the same form.
For Further Information
The Substitute System page of the agency website links to an FAQ.
Email any additional questions to email@example.com.
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International Student Resources
As the main resource for our international community, ISSO offers:
- Advising international students, scholars, and departments on immigration procedures and issues
- Assisting students and departments with integration and cross-cultural communication
- Developing and sponsoring programs for international students on topics including immigration, adjustment to American society and culture, academic matters, and university resources
- Working with departments on inviting and hiring international scholars
English Language Support
Suffolk's Center for Learning & Academic Success, (CLAS) provides a wide range of support for English language learners. CLAS offers English language support including online and in-person tutoring, academic English programs, and the Legal English Institute.
The INTO Suffolk program offers Pathway programs that blend academic preparation and intensive English-language training to prepare international students for the rigors of a Suffolk University degree program. The one-, two- or three-semester programs are designed to ease an international student's transition to a new country and educational system, improve English skills, and fulfill certain academic coursework requirements for their intended major or degree program.


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Bristow award-winning author Katherine Gotthardt, M.Ed. has announced the release of A Crane Named Steve, a book Gotthardt calls an illustrated children's epic poem about a child who, struggling with transitions, befriends a construction crane that helps explain complex ideas about work, moving, traffic and stress.
The real "Steve" became a local icon among commuters when "he" showed up on I-66 during construction this past summer. Gotthardt approached crane owner Digging & Rigging, Inc. who not only supported the idea, they agreed to publish the book. Gotthardt then teamed up with illustrator and Manassas business owner Patrick King to produce the book, proceeds to be donated to local charities. The first charity to benefit will be Action in Community Through Service (ACTS), which offers a food pantry, services for the homeless, domestic violence victim assistance, suicide prevention support and more.
"Steve has really brought the community together," said Gotthardt, who first learned of the crane through the Facebook group Western Prince William Chatter. Group members not only named the crane, they created memes generating local and national news. "I loved Steve's spirit when I first saw the way people reacted to his presence on I-66, and I love it even more now. Who knew a crane would unify us in the midst of traffic, politics and everyday stress?"
King said he also enjoyed the community feel of the project and that there's a real lesson in the book. It's not just a way to keep a meme going, he said. "I'm glad to have contributed and look forward to hearing from readers."
"We at Digging and Rigging enjoy the storyline behind this book," said Brett Crouse, marketing coordinator. "We're hopeful it receives an overwhelming response from the community where Steve was brought to life and expands its reach to outlying communities to generate proceeds for local charities. With Katherine's creative writing skills paired with Patrick's illustrations, we are sure this will happen."
The day after it was published, the book hit #1 on Amazon in new releases in its category of children's literature about work. It came in at number 24 of all new releases in children's literature. Amazon releases about one new book every five minutes.


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Neutrino beams might create such enigmas, but dare we risk making anything so unpredictable?
In "Too Hard for Science?" I interview scientists about ideas they would love to explore that they don't think could be investigated. For instance, they might involve machines beyond the realm of possibility, such as particle accelerators as big as the sun, or they might be completely unethical, such as lethal experiments involving people. This feature aims to look at the impossible dreams, the seemingly intractable problems in science. However, the question mark at the end of "Too Hard for Science?" suggests that nothing might be impossible.
By the way, who would you like to see on Too Hard for Science? this Friday? Inventor Dean Kamen? Science fiction novelist David Brin? Stanford Prison Experiment creator Philip Zimbardo? Tweet your vote to @cqchoi by 12 noon Eastern time on Wednesday.
The scientist: Martin Bojowald, associate professor of physics at Pennsylvania State University.
The idea: Among the greatest challenges in physics are areas where our understanding of the known laws of physics break down — infinitely dense points known as singularities. The universe is conjectured to have been born from a singularity, and singularities are thought to exist inside black holes.
To better understand these mysteries, "being able to look at one of them could be highly educational," Bojowald says. "To do so, we could try to make a black hole that is sufficiently long-lived, which requires a large amount of mass to be compressed into a tiny region."
One major problem with such an experiment is that the singularity of a black hole is in principle obscured by an event horizon, a boundary past which nothing can return. This means researchers could not get data back from any probe sent through an event horizon.
However, Bojowald notes that naked singularities could in theory exist, ones not covered by event horizons. Scientists in principle could create such singularities by compressing very light particles such as neutrinos sufficiently quickly. One would want to arrange neutrino emitters spherically, aim them at one central point and ramp up their beam intensity rapidly. Such a singularity would not need to be massive at all — maybe equal in mass to a single electron.
"It would not be naked for long if the mass is small," Bojowald says. Still, "even a brief duration could be quite exciting." If we could look at one, "entirely new observations would become possible, almost like seeing another universe. It would be as though we had always been living in a closed room, and suddenly someone opened the window."
"Once we produce a naked singularity, probing it will be the easy part," Bojowald says. "We point a lot of detectors at the central point looking at whatever comes out. Since we don't know what happens at the naked singularity, our best chance is to capture as much information as we can get for radiation of all kinds of energies. Some theory of quantum gravity is likely to be relevant to describe a naked singularity, so we should look especially for high-energy particles."
The problem: Directing neutrinos into beams is tricky at best because they only weakly interact with the electromagnetic fields that scientists use to manipulate electrically charged particles. It's not impossible — neutrinos are produced by decaying particles such as muons that do have an electric charge, "and if the muons form a beam of high velocity, the neutrinos are predominantly emitted in the forward direction. In this way, one obtains a beam," Bojowald says. Still, the intensity of these beams is far below what would be required to generate a naked singularity, "and there would be no way to focus the neutrinos on a single point."
In addition, "general relativity, even though it does allow naked singularities, also indicates that they are unlikely to form," Bojowald says. "We would need very good control of the neutrino beams, making the experiment even more difficult."
A greater concern may be that since our understanding of the known laws of physics break down around singularities, "a naked singularity would be unpredictable according to current theory, so the experiment would be risky," Bojowald says. "We do not know what could come and hit us."
The solution? Instead of attempting to create naked singularities, researchers could try and find them in nature instead. Computer simulations have suggested that black holes could essentially spin fast enough to shed their event horizons and reveal naked singularities, although researchers suggest other factors such as gravitational effects might keep this from happening.
Image of Martin Bojowald from Penn State's site.
If you have a scientist you would like to recommend I question, or you are a scientist with an idea you think might be too hard for science, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Follow Too Hard for Science? on Twitter by keeping track of the #2hard4sci hashtag.
About the Author: Charles Q. Choi is a frequent contributor to Scientific American. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Science, Nature, Wired, and LiveScience, among others. In his spare time, he has traveled to all seven continents. Follow him on Twitter @cqchoi.
The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.


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If you're lucky enough to have a salaried job, you probably don't think about how much you make per hour. But film producer Christopher Pollock says your hourly wage is more important than your annual earnings, no matter what.
In a (very good) Quora post, Pollock lists 10 lessons everyone should know about personal finance. They're all great, and many are lessons we've talked about before—but this one caught our eye:
Your hourly earnings are important. Your annual earnings are not. Someone making $50,000 a year at $500 an hour has more of their time (meaning their life) than someone making $100,000 at $50 an hour. This is the single most important concept in understanding who is rich and who is not.Someone is not living an enriched life because they have amassed wealth and material possessions. Someone is living an enriched life because they have the freedom to spend their time how they wish!
Only you can really decide what balance is best for your life, but the general takeaway applies to us all: being rich is about more than money. You have a limited number of hours in your life, and that's an important part of the equation.
Check out his full list of lessons at the link below.
What Are the Ten Most Important Things About Personal Finance a Non Finance Background Person Must Know? | Quora
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Martial Arts Volunteer (Wednesday evenings, Ottawa West)
Do you enjoy playing Martial Arts and are looking for an opportunity to share your skills and support your community? Volunteer in our after-school Aikido program!
Christie Lake Kids is a nonprofit organization that provides free programs to children and youth from low-income households. We bring our programs right to the communities and tailor the activities to meet their needs.
You come in once a week for 1-2hrs to help the volunteer team run Aikido activities for kids and youth.
Here you'll find a fun dedicated community where you can share your skills and passion, gain experience, connect with kids and youth, and level the playing field so all children have a fair and equal chance to thrive.
Volunteers must be 18+, have two doses of COVID-19, and a clear Vulnerable Sector Check under three years old (if you don't have one, we can help you get it without cost).
Want to learn more? Visit christielakekids.com/volunteer
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If you own a Nissan, chances are it was produced at a manufacturing facility in Thailand. The Japanese carmaker exports a ton of vehicles—including the Terra midsize SUV and the Navara midsize pickup— from our Southeast Asian neighbor.
Just how big of a deal is the country when it comes to moving Nissan's bestsellers? Well, the company recently marked a major production milestone in Thailand: one million units exported since 1999. The historic one-millionth vehicle was none other than a Terra.
That's a ton of Nissans—and many of them made their way to our country's shores, too.
In 2018, the top three export destinations from Thailand were the Philippines, Australia, and Japan, followed by Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Vietnam, New Zealand, Dubai, and Oman.
"The export milestone underlines Thailand's importance in our Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision to making safe, smart, and sustainable mobility available to as many people as possible," said Nissan senior vice president for Asia and Oceania, Yutaka Sanada.
"I am particularly excited that the Nissan Terra is the one-millionth export vehicle leaving the port. Made in and for Southeast Asia, the Terra has been extremely positively received from customers across the region."
Nissan first began producing cars in Thailand in 1960. The manufacturer's current operations in Samut Prakan province produce 370,000 units annually. Do you think the Philippines is also capable of becoming a key pillar of vehicle exports someday?


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Uly Shadow Box
This shadow box style wall decor features a polished slice of petrified wood, set under glass in a dark walnut finished fir wood frame with a light beige linen background. Due to the authentic nature of the wood, each will vary in color and size.
Dimensions: 22 W X 25 H X 2 D (in)
Weight: 18
Ship Via: Small Parcel
UPC Number: 792977776247
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Short course on youth, peacebuilding, and sustainability available for young peace advocates
An ongoing call for applications offers young peacebuilders a free short course on the intersection of youth, peacebuilding, and sustainability. The short course is designed by the Seeds for Mindanao Advocacy and Youth Leadership (SMAYL), with support from the U.S. Mission to ASEAN and Cultural Vista. SMAYL is one of the recipients of the 2021 Seeds for the Future Award, competing with over 600 applicants from across Southeast Asia. The Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (YSEALI) Seeds for the Future Small Grants Competition funds up to $15,000 of each grantee project.
SMAYL is the brainchild of MSU-IIT's Political Science faculty, Dr. Primitivo Cabanes Ragandang III, along with Dr. Mary Koren Witting Acuesa and Mr. Charl Mark Ane. The three all hail from Northern Mindanao and have been into youth peacebuilding for many years. For 2021, they will implement a project that aims to empower young peacebuilders through a youth leadership program. The project also aims at providing a venue to understand the Mindanao conflict, the second-oldest conflict in the planet albeit not well-understood even among Filipinos.
The short course is built around the global recognition of youth's integral role in peacebuilding, as manifested in the passage of United Nation's Resolution 2250 (in 2015) and 2535 (in 2020). But while young peacebuilders have captured the spotlight among peacebuilding practitioners, funders, and scholars internationally, there is prevalent unsustainability among youth peacebuilding initiatives, thus the need to develop a locally grown support system for young peacebuilders. Such a 'local turn' in peacebuilding empowers the locals and is also linked to peacebuilding sustainability.
This 54-hour short course is coupled with an online learning hub. It generally aims to provide regular support, feedbacking, and eventually establish a network of young peacebuilders in the region. The program offers young peacebuilding a hybridized short course geared towards developing an action agenda on the intersection of youth, peace, and sustainability.
The short course is a hybrid of self-paced and live teleconferencing sessions. Self-paced sessions allow the participants to access and comply with the course content at any time within the three-day module schedule. Live teleconferencing via Zoom enable the participants to engage with the speaker and course mates in a real-time interactive session.
Deadline for applications is 31 May 2021. For more information about SMAYL and the short course application, visit them on Facebook and the link for application.
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No Wrinkles Bundle
No Wrinkles Bundle
Nobody wants to see wrinkles, but if we can age with grace or hold it off, I'm sure you would welcome it too! The sooner you put extra care into the health of your skin, the longer you will see the results. Here's the perfect mix of skincare to fend off tired skin!
Masks, Scrubs, Skin Brush, Lotion and Body Butter to win the battle against aging!
What's included:
(1) Arctic Mineral Mud Mask – 113 g
(1) Charcoal Detox Soap – 141 g
(1) Foaming Facial Scrub – 113 g
(1) Hemp Hand Lotion – 118 ml
(1) Ultra Body Butter – 113 g
(1) Dry Brush
Arctic Mineral Mud Mask Ingredients:
Quartz, Microcline, Albite, Calcite, Dolomite, Hornblende, Muscovite, Biotite, Chlorite, Montmorrillonite, Smectite, *Trace Elements
Charcoal Detox Soap Ingredients:
Saponified Olive Oil, Saponified Coconut Oil, Saponified Palm Oil, Saponified Shea Butter, Aqua, Charcoal Powder
Foaming Facial Scrub Ingredients:
Aqua, Roasted Coffee Oil (and) Hydrogenated Soy Oil, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Glycerin, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sorbitol, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Tetrasodium EDTA, Pumicite, Coffee Aribica Seed Powder
Hemp Hand Lotion
Aqua, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Emulsifying Wax NF, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Stearic Acid, Glycerin, Cannabis Sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Aloe Barbensis Leaf Extract (Aloe Vera), Silk Amino Acids, Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Sorbic Acid (Natrual Preservative), Fragrance
Ultra Body Butter Ingredients:
Aqua, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Astrocarym Tucuma Seed Butter, Cocos nucifera Oil, Polyglceryl-3 Dicitrate / Stearate, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Myristyl Myristate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Caprylate, Glyceryl Undecylenate, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Fragrance