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Exercise your right to imbibe with one of these election-themed elixirs available at D.C. bars.
By Kelly A. Magyarics
Yes, political-inspired cocktails are ubiquitous during election season in Washington, as bars flaunt drinks based on the presidential candidates, parties or key states. Though this is admittedly not an exhaustive list (After all, who can keep track? New ones pop up every day), here are some super sippers to seek out now through the election — or in some cases, the inauguration.
Renaissance Mayflower
Proclaimed by President Truman to be Washington, D.C.'s "Second Best Address" after the White House, the Mayflower Renaissance D.C. Hotel is featuring an entire menu of libations to enjoy regardless of your political views. Available at participating Renaissance Hotels across the U.S., so-called Political Harmony beverages like "Interns and Scandals" or "Balanced Budget" can be enjoyed by Democrats and Republicans alike. The hotel invites you to reach out to your friends across the aisle and have a drink, or invite them over for sips and a spirited conversation while watching the debates.
'Across the Aisle'
Recipe courtesy of Renaissance Mayflower Hotels
2 oz. Bulleit Bourbon
¼ oz. HUM Spirit
1 Sugar cube soaked with Angostura Bitters
1 Lemon peel
1 Splash club soda
Champagne for float
Orange slice, for garnish
Luxardo Maraschino Cherry, for garnish
Place the bitters-soaked sugar cube at the bottom of a rocks glass with the lemon peel, and muddle with a splash of club soda to release lemon oils and dissolve sugar. Add HUM Spirit and Bourbon, fill glass with ice, stir well and serve with a float of Champagne. Garnish with an orange slice and a Luxardo Maraschino cherry.
Poste Moderne Brasserie
Lead bartender Jason Wiles' three election-themed cocktails were created to appeal to Democrats, Tea Partiers and Independents, and are priced $12 to $14. On Election Day, the restaurant is set to offer an all-day happy hour, with bar menu service until 1 a.m. The winning party's cocktail will stay on the menu until Inauguration Day.
'The Bi-Partisan Martini' ('equal parts of everything')
Recipe courtesy of Poste Modern Brasserie, Washington, D.C.
1 ½ oz. Plymouth Gin
1 ½ oz. Dolin Blanc Vermouth
1 Dash orange bitters
1 Dash lemon bitters
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice, stir until chilled and strain into a chilled martini glass.
'The Tea Partier'
Recipe courtesy of Poste Moderne Brasserie, Washington, D.C.
1 ½ oz. Sailor Jerry Rum
¾ oz. Chamomile and citrus tea
¼ oz. Lemon juice
¼ oz. Lime juice
¼ oz. Agave nectar
2 Dashes grapefruit bitters
Combine ingredients in a shaker tin. Add ice, shake and strain over fresh ice in a chilled rocks glass.
'A Blue State of Mind'
Recipe courtesy of Poste Moderne Brasserie, Washington, D.C.
1 ½ oz. Bluecoat gin
½ oz. St. Germain
¼ oz. Lime juice
2 in. Sprig of rosemary
Vieux Carre absinthe
Combine ingredients in a shaker tin. Add ice, shake and double strain into a chilled martini glass that has been rinsed with absinthe.
As the countdown to the election winds down, Policy is running a race of its own, with two specialty cocktails inspired by the presidential candidates. The Basil "Barack" Berry is made with Blueberry Stoli, orange blossom-infused syrup, muddled basil and lime, soda and blue Curacao. The Pomegra "Mitt" Mojito combines Pomegranik Stoli, cranberry juice, mint lime and soda. Each is $5, and Policy will keep a running tally on the main dining room's large chalkboard. Then, starting Wednesday, November 7th, the day after the election, Policy will offer the winning candidate's cocktail for free to all guests during happy hour, from 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
Topaz Bar
Topaz debuted its political campaign cocktails way back at a Super Tuesday watch party in February, and has kept them on the menu during the election season. "The Romney Float" is a rich, non-alcoholic sipper featuring Old Dominion Root Beer, finished with whipped heavy cream and a house-made "Salted Lake" caramel drizzle ($9). Non-teetotalers can add a shot of Root Organic Liqueur for an additional $6. "Obama's Home Sweet Home" appeals to the D.C. address our current POTUS wants to keep for another four years. What better drink to represent that than the Rickey, D.C.'s native cocktail? This sweet twist on the classic incorporates Bulleit Bourbon, lime juice, club soda and a hint of pineapple juice ($9). Management keeps a tally of how many have been ordered, and so far, Obama's libation has been in the lead (not surprising, since it comes by default with a dose of the hard stuff.)
Art & Soul
On November 6, Art & Soul is holding an election results party, where guests can watch results roll in while enjoying happy hour prices from 4 p.m. until a new president is named. When the results are announced for one of the swing states, that state's cocktail will be available for half-off for 15 minutes following the announcement (regular price is $13). Swing-state cocktails available until January 31, 2013 include "The Colorado Orchard," with Cap Rock Gin, St. Germain, lime, Thai basil and sparkling wine; "The Meat and Potato" (Iowa), with house-oaked vodka and candied bacon; and "The Cheese Head" (Wisconsin), with Deaths Door Vodka, lemon, Shiraz float and a cheddar cheese cube.
Kelly Magyarics is a wine and spirits writer, and wine educator, in the Washington, D.C. area. She can be reached through her website, www.kellymagyarics.com, or on www.twitter.com/kmagyarics.


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Ok, maybe it dates me that I can remember that tune that played out on television…"My buddy, my BUDdy, My buddy and me can climb up a tree, my buddy and me are the best friends we can be~~ My buddy and me"
I wish I could turn the picture for you…but editing isn't letting me. Anyway, this is Toodles. A few posts ago I mentioned that we were considering purchasing a buddy for our son. I had a cocker spaniel picked out…went to adopt and she was already spoken for that was Saturday. We looked around at what was avaible. Saw some really cute dogs, mostly big dogs. Came across one that was a mix…boxer and mastif mix. Although I have to say I was seeing English Bulldog on stilts when I saw him. Went home empty handed. But coudn't shake the boxer/mastif mix out of my head. Did the research on AKC's site to see what their temperment was and had decided that Monday morning we'd go and adopt him….He had already been adopted. Again home without a dog but we had seen a weiner dog (forgive me I think of how to spell the proper name tonight). It's becoming a habit to be there every day, so I went to see if he was up for adoption yet. No tag as of yet…but I went to the room down the hall. There was a smaller room off the back, but locked. I went up to the front desk to see if these were adoptable animals. It was the puppy room he called it and tossed me his keys. My husband brought our son in, with his wheelchair and we went to check out a dog I had seen in the puppy room. First thing, first…the dog was getting so excited that we were in this little room (there were only 3 dogs and 2 were puppies one was an older one) I got out the older dog and pet him. seemed friendly enough, I sat him on my son's lap in his wheelchair…he was the perfect fit. He promptly turned to my son and licked his cheek and then snuggled into him. My son smiled and laughed (in the squeal that he does) and the dog just sat there. I looked at my husband and asked him what he thought, of course it's up to you is the answer I got. It was an older dog, the pound was saying he's 10 years old. Being a small dog he could live another 4-5 years. He's a miniature schnauzer/yorkie mix…although I question if he really is mixed and if he's really 10 years old. He's been absolutely perfect! Potty training was instant 🙂 which made things beautiful for us. Only one accident right after surgery (neutering) when he got home, but nothing since. He's a jumper, jumped out of a pen I got for him to sleep in but not the first night. Took him back downstairs and put up a child proof fence…only for him to jump that too. So he hopped on the bed and made his bed at the bottom of my son's feet. Snuggles with him in the morning, but even today let me know he was awake from a nap. He travels back and forth with us to my mom's house and has wormed his way into all our hearts.
He's been a great addition to our family! I think he knows it too :

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|Mormon missionaries in a New York neighborhood
When disaster strikes far from home, it's hard to just sit and watch. If you are looking for a way to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, here are a few:
LDS Charities: 100% of Every Dollar Donated is Given
"When disasters occur, LDS Charities sends food, clothing, medical supplies, and other emergency relief assistance to bless the lives of those with urgent needs. One hundred percent of every dollar donated is used to help those in need without regard to race, religion, or ethnic origin."
When I filled out the donation form, I clicked on Humanitarian Aid and typed Hurricane Sandy in the Comments box. Go to the LDS Philanthropies website and click on DONATE ONLINE.
Goal Zero: Solar Powered Devices
Goal Zero, makers of portable solar powered devices that want to bring safe energy to many people still without power, currently has a truck full of chargers headed to those hit by Hurricane Sandy. You can watch the progress of there truck crossing the U.S here. From now until November 15, if you buy one device for yourself, then they will give one to someone free.
"Every purchase you make from our online store at www.goalzero.com, we will match the dollar amount and give that same amount in relief aid in the form of Goal Zero product. You'll be a direct contributor to restoring power, reconnecting families, and running critical life-saving equipment on the east coast."


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The ancient artform of origami—ori meaning "folding," and kami meaning "paper"—was invented in 17th century AD in Japan, and has been a staple of Eastern art for centuries. Today, artists from all over the world are reviving origami and giving the traditional folds a modern twist by injecting the time-tested medium with innovative technology, new materials and fresh concepts. Ranging from the stunning origami sculptures by Sipho Mabona to The T/Shirt Issue's fashion designs, here are 8 of the coolest paper-crafters currently pushing the boundaries of origami:
Sipho Mabona's life-sized "White Elephant"
Artist Sipho Mabona has Kickstarted White Elephant, a to-scale origami pachyderm created from a single piece of paper.
Jun Mitani's Unbelievable Organic Origami
Jun Mitani creates wonderfully intricate organic forms out of paper. See our coverage of the artist's unbelievable folded sculptures here.
Robert Lang's Lifelike Origami Sculptures
Ex-NASA physicist Robert Lang uses mathematics to create his lifelike paper models.
Jo Nakashima's Kinetic Papercrafts
Artist Jo Nakashima creates origami kinetic sculptures. Check out his origami YouTube channel here.
Origami Fashion by The T/Shirt Issue
The T/Shirt Issue reimagined the t-shirt using origami and 3D elements.
Alma Haser's Cosmetic Surgery
Photographer Alma Haser uses folded-paper imagery in her Cosmetic Surgery portrait series.
Jacob Hashimoto's Skyfarm Fortess
Currently on display at Mary Boone Gallery, Hashimoto's massive exhibition features a large-scale paper mobile.
Ross Symons' 365 Day Origami
And last but definitely not least, artist Ross Symons is doing an ongoing 365-day origami project, viewable on Instagram.
The angular aesthetic of origami aligns itself with today's contemporary aesthetic of clean design with Japanese influence. The practice brings new dimensions to the above works through stunning architectural elements and gorgeous handmade textures.
AntiVJ's Joanie Lemercier Maps Light Projections To 3D Origami Walls
Watch An Origami-Inspired Sculpture Blossom Before Your Eyes


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Here's a response to Café Hayek commenter Richard Fulmer:
Mr. Fulmer:
Thanks for commenting in a thread on Matt Zwolinski's reply to my open letter. In one of your comments you take issue with a point made by commenter Patrick Barron. Mr. Barron argues that lockdowns are an inexcusable offense against liberty because persons who are frightened of Covid-19, or who are especially vulnerable, can and should individually take steps to reduce their risks of exposure to the coronavirus. In response you write:
I choose to spray bullets in all directions and I demand that others "take whatever action they deem necessary" to protect themselves.
How virulent does a virus have to be before it becomes as deadly as my bullets? As deadly as Ebola? When it reaches that point, what is the libertarian response to the man who chooses to spray the virus in all directions?
I believe that your sprayed-bullets analogy is, for four reasons, inapt.
First, unlike people who might be murdered by a psycho gunman, individuals who are at genuine risk from Covid know, or should know, who they are. Covid does not strike indiscriminately. So at-risk individuals can indeed take sensible, individualized precautions to protect themselves without compelling everyone else to abandon normal living.
Second, a gunman recklessly spraying bullets acts in a manner that has zero potential upside for anyone (other than, perhaps, the psycho gunman). In contrast, individuals going out and about amongst others generally yield real benefits to others. These benefits can be social (e.g., fraternizing at bars), commercial (e.g., waiters helping restaurant diners enjoy meals and restaurant diners helping waiters earn their livings), instructional (e.g., teachers teaching students), and physical (e.g., physicians attending to ill patients).
Third, we humans are naturally gregarious creatures whose well-being – physical and mental – depends on our ability to interact face-to-face with others, including with strangers. We have from the start interacted regularly with each other. Doing so is part of what it means to be human. Therefore, Smith's freedom to seek to interact face-to-face with Jones and Jones's freedom to seek to interact face-to-face with Smith is embedded in our legitimate expectations of how human life is lived. Obviously, there is no similar expectation about being free to spray bullets into a crowd or about being in a crowd into which bullets might be sprayed.
Fourth, each of us humans – also from the start – has been a potential source of unintended harm to others. Emitting dangerous pathogens is nothing new. And unless each of us is sealed away hermetically into a bubble, such emissions are impossible to avoid. Unlike dealing with murderous gunmen, dealing with the risks of such emissions is, as it has been forever, a daily and unavoidable part of life. These risks have been, and ought to be, part of our expectations – expectations that can and will prompt different individuals to take different levels of precaution under different circumstances.
A danger of your sprayed-bullets analogy is that it implies that these risks should not be part of our legitimate expectations – or at least no more a part of our expectations than is the risk of being murdered by a sociopathic gunman.
If Covid-19 were categorically more dangerous than many other infectious diseases, then your sprayed-bullets analogy might become apt. But despite the hysteria over Covid, it is not remotely so much more dangerous as to be associated with such an analogy.
You'll understandably protest by noting that you yourself asked the question of when an infectious disease becomes so lethal as to justify it being analogized to sprayed bullets. My reply to this protest is that, given what we now know about Covid, the analogy is too sensationalist and lurid, and too far removed from reality, to be useful. It stymies rather than stimulates useful thinking.


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Growing numbers of Americans – particularly boomers and Gen-Xers – just aren't interested in owning a home, a "historic shift" from the norm
Growing numbers of Americans – baby boomers and Gen-Xers in particular – are showing less and less interest in owning a home, according to new data from Freddie Mac.
A study released Wednesday by Freddie Mac Multifamily found that while economic confidence is growing among renters, affordability concerns remain the dominant driver of renter behaviour. The study found that 63% of renters view renting as more affordable than owning a home. That includes 73% of baby boomers. And 67% of renters who plan to continue renting said they would do so for financial reasons. That's up from 59% two years ago, according to Freddie Mac.
The study also found that half of baby boomers who are currently renting do not anticipate buying a home in the future – an eight-point jump from Freddie's previous survey just six months ago. Of that half, 35% said they had no interest in owning, and 15% said they didn't believe they would ever be able to afford a home. Thirty-one percent of Gen-Xers said they didn't anticipate owning. Of those respondents, 19% said they weren't interested and 12% said they'd never be able to afford it.
"Perceptions of affordability and cost continue to play an outsized role in the choices of America's renters, as they overwhelmingly see renting as more affordable and the right choice for them right now," said Dave Brickman, executive vice president and head of Freddie Mac Multifamily. "Remarkably, half of baby boomers who rent do not anticipate owning a home in the future, with a growing number of Generation Xers following suit. Indeed, we are witnessing an historic shift in preference among older Americans, as they increasingly choosing the size, convenience and affordability that renting offers over ownership."
The study found that renters living in the western US faced added affordability concerns, seeing greater rent increases than other regions. Sixty-four percent of renters in the region said they were now spending less on other essentials because of rent increases. Western renters also see homeownership as even less attainable, with 51% saying homeownership is less accessible than it was three years ago.


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The Heckman Curve shows that the highest rate of economic returns comes from the earliest investments in children, providing an eye-opening understanding that society invests too much money in later development when it is often too late to provide great value. It shows the economic benefits of investing early and building skill upon skill to provide greater success to more children and greater productivity and reduce social spending for society.
Hear Professor Heckman explain the Heckman Curve in the video below.
The Heckman Curve graphic is available for download using the link below and is formatted for use on social media and insertion into presentations, handouts and press releases.


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Naturopathic Family Doctor
TASTY OATMEAL BITES - Spring 2014 post
I'm always on the hunt for quick and easy snacks that are nutritious and tasty. This one fits the bill. It's adapted from the Munchin with munchkin website, with a few alterations. The original uses pistachios and raspberries, which is a lovely combo. I've used blueberries with walnuts and sunflower seeds or strawberries and pecans.
They make a great breakfast or snack.
Adapted from: Munchin with munchkin
Makes 12 oatmeal bites
2 cups rolled oats (whole oats, not instant)
3 Tbsps honey or maple syrup
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup milk (coconut, almond, rice or what suits you best)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp cinnamon powder
1 cup fresh or frozen berries
1/2 cup nuts or seeds, coarsely chopped
coconut oil- small amount for lining muffin tray
optional: top with shredded coconut and a drizzle of honey
Preheat oven to 375.
Combine all ingredients, adding berries last.
Use small amount of coconut oil to grease muffin tray. Add oatmeal mix to each tray, filling to the top.
Bake for 20 minutes, can broil for 2-3 minutes for a crustier top.
These can be eaten on their own or with a protein smoothie or yogurt and fruit for a complete breakfast.
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Follow cricut.com/setup and it is the online portal that allows you to set up your Cricut machine. A most advanced Cricut machine is best in cutting shapes, text, and photos. It doesn't only make cuts on card stock or vinyl but adhesive foil, faux leather, balsa wood, and more. So how do you start your circuit machine? You have to download Cricut setup from www.cricut.com/setup, then connect your machine and software to get started.


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last stage before the abyss …
a film by Cécile Clairval-Milhaid
with the cooperation of Serge Klarsfeld
President of the association F.F.D.J.F. (Sons and Daughters
of the deported Jews from France)
Special Mention of the Jury
International Festival of History Films – Pessac (France)
World Films Festival – Montréal (Canada)
Jewish Film Festival - Jerusalem (Israël)
Northeastern University - Boston (USA)
From the opening, on August 1941, till the liberation on August 1944. the history of this camp is related by internees themselves.
Some 76 00 Jews were deported from France,
In 1945, there were less than 3 % survivors
They were sent mainly to Auschwitz-Birkenau,, within 9 969 children, immediately thrown into the gas chambers.
DVD PAL multizones : compatible with computer DVD reader
and tri-standard DVD player
* English Version sub-titled and dubbed
6 extras features:
Questions to the director
Recorded in the Gradignan jail while the director discusses
with prisoners about the film
Discriminatory measures and bans
How the Vichy government managed to exclude the Jews from the society
Reactions and public opinion
The very few who protested and the solidarity of people
Preparation of the convoys
The terrible mechanic to organize the convoys and avoid protests
60 years later at Drancy,
with Serge Klarsfeld and relatives of the deportees to commemorate
the departure of the deportation convoys.
50 illustrated documents:
Other internment camps for Jews in France
Biographic notes on the German and French leaders
Recognition by France of its responsibility
The block before and after the Drancy camp
To buy the DVD
In the States, on Amazon.com
Drancy, last stage before the abyss ...


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Abby Lee Miller is back in front of the TV cameras as she continues battling cancer.
The 52-year-old, who rose to fame as the star of Lifetime's Dance Moms, is filming a documentary amid her treatment for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, E! News has learned. On Tuesday, she posted on her Instagram page a photo of her smiling while sitting in a wheelchair, surrounded by a light and a monitor, at her Abby Lee Dance Company studio, where her reality show is filmed.
"Grrrrrrrr!!!! Back to the daily grind," she wrote. "Comment if you can guess what we're shooting today? #abby #abbyleemiller #abbylee #dance #tvshow #dancemoms."
Lifetime has not commented on Miller's return to the Dance Moms set. Last year, Miller quit the series amid a dispute with the channel and production company, several weeks before she was sentenced to one year in prison for concealing bankruptcy assets and not reporting an international monetary transaction. In April 2018, a month after her release, she revealed she has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
In July, there was a casting call that stated that Miller was casting new talent for Dance Moms. Lifetime did not comment on it.
Meanwhile, Miller is continuing her cancer treatment.
"Abby is just doing her best to try to be positive," a source told E! News. "She still can't walk and had to do that one last round of chemo for precaution per her doctors. She is done with the chemo though and she had some tumors in her back removed but there are some still there. She is trying to get through her treatment."
"She's been busy shooting her documentary, which has kept her occupied," the source added.
Miller has had two spinal surgeries since her diagnosis and in July, she revealed that she has undergone five rounds of chemotherapy. In September, she completed treatment at a rehab clinic and returned to her home in Los Angeles.
"She's going to try to work again but it will be hard given her physical condition," another source told E! News at the time. "She can't walk at this point and she doesn't know if she'll ever be able to walk again but she's known this was a possibility for months now."
Miller's former dance students, including those who have appeared on Dance Moms, have rallied behind her amid her illness and some had visited her in the hospital.
In October, Miller celebrated her 52nd birthday at a luncheon with family and friends, including over a dozen of her Dance Moms students, such as JoJo Siwa, who was accompanied by her mother, Jessalyn Siwa.
"Had such a great time at my party @bucadibeppo I hope you did too!" she wrote on Instagram. "Thank you for sharing in my celebration & for all the beautiful gifts!"


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Glenda Konopka
August 28, 2003 - The August 9th joint meeting with San Antonio
was a great success; no less than 20 members from S.A. came and we fielded 17
of our own. The food was great, the workshop a resounding success, and Mary's
lecture/demo was a blast - I came home and whacked all the foliage off my straggly
sheffelera and made it into a shohin-sized bonsai.
The September meeting is our annual auction, one of our biggest fund-raisers
of the year. Start looking around for trees, pots, tools, and other bonsai-related
things to bring on the 10th. Don't forget - you can bring non-bonsai
items to the auction also! This includes baked goods, fountains, buckets,
paintings, photographs, clothing, appliances - your imagination is the only
limiting factor. The Board has discussed setting minimum bid amounts when the
donator requests to encourage folks to bring really cool stuff and better-than-average
trees, etc. No one wants to see their $400 tree go for $40 at the auction unless
they want it to. Get your checkbooks ready!
This fall is when the Nominating Committee gets into swing for the 2004 Board
of Directors and other committee positions. If you'd like to be on the Committee
itself, please let Del know ASAP. Start thinking now about what you'd like to
do for your club next year; as JFK said "Ask not what your club can do
for you, but what you can do for your club!" (sorry for taking liberties,
Jack) Look at the Membership Directory's first page to see what's available.
As always, take care and see you all at the auction.
By Del De Los Santos
The Austin Bonsai Society general meeting was called to order by President
Glenda Konopka, with an invitation to eat. It was the joint meeting of all meetings.
Preceded by the joint Austin and San Antonio workshop lead by Mary Miller, and
followed by the Mary Miller demonstration. Mary Miller worked a Shefilara Arboricola
which was later raffled and won by Alisan Clarke. There was no business discussed
to provide all the necessary time to Ms. Millers demonstration. A great time
was had by all and a special thanks to our friends in San Antonio for their
attendance and participation.
The Austin Bonsai Society Board meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by
President Glenda Konopka. Board Members Present: Glenda Konopka, Pat Ware, Larry
Gfeller, and Del De Los Santos. Other Members present, Chuck Ware, Els Ulug.
There were thirty-six of thirty-seven RSVPs for the joint dinner in attendance.
This is proof that Stephanie Quisenberry's talent for phone service is superb.
A big thank you is in order for Stephanie taking the initiative and personal
time to telephone all the members and ensure attendance intentions.
Pat Ware announced that we were approximately $26.00 under budget for the joint
workshop and demo with the San Antonio club featuring Mary Miller. Discussion
was held regarding workshop and lecture/demo with guest artist, Roy Nagatoshi.
In an effort to provide enough time for the guest artist to work with the workshop
participants it was decided that the workshop would be limited to eight (8)
seats at $40.00 each. A $20.00 coupon redeemable with our participating local
bonsai suppliers will be made available to workshop participants.
Discussion was held regarding raising the monetary limits for the purchase
of demo trees for our visiting guest artist to work on. We decided to raise
the limit to $150 total for the tree and the pot.
Discussion was held on including a 'Reserve Selling Price' on select items
to be placed for auctioned in this years club fund raiser. The idea here is
to ensure the donating individual's intended benefit is received by the club.
Discussion was held on inviting Ted Matson to join the LSBF 'Texas Tour' next
year. If any member has idea of some bonsai artist of merit to invite to join
the 'Texas Tour' please see Chuck Ware.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
By James Morgan
I do not know how most of you guys became interested in bonsai, but I'm sure
each of you has an interesting story of how you stumbled onto such a hobby.
Since I don't know anybody else's story I'll go ahead and tell you how I entered
the field of bonsai and almost killed my first tree.
Unlike most hobbyists, the laws of circumstance forced my hobby upon me. Yes,
I began as a bonsai interloper. The trees I have are not even mine. My younger
brother and sister both won bonsai trees at ABS's bonsai show in May. They not
only won trees, but won the $5 raffle ticket trees (the big Cedar Elm and the
Sho-hin Kingsman Boxwoods.
I will go ahead and admit this - I was reluctant about accepting the trees
on the behalf of my brother and sister (who live in South Carolina with my parents,
rendering it impossible to ship the bonsai to them). The hobby did appeal to
my more mature senses. The Bonsai exhibit enthralled and intrigued me with its
miniature landscapes and beauty. But at this point in the life of a recently
graduated, unemployed city boy with no gardening experience, bonsai as a hobby
seemed impossible. Destiny, though, seemed to disagree with me.
Destiny presented itself in the guise of my father when he spontaneously decided
to buy the majority of the raffle tickets. I honestly hoped we would not win
any bonsais. Dread swelled in my gut as I thought of having this new responsibility.
I knew whatever we would win would end up in my hands. I thought the poor bonsai
trees would never make it through the summer. As I have already revealed to
you, my brother and sister both won bonsai trees. Through slight of hand, destiny
fulfilled my wish of not winning any bonsai trees for me, while also succeeding
in its design to turn me into a bonsai enthusiast.
Those poor trees! My first big shock came when upon picking up my two bonsais
that these were outdoor trees. For some reason I had always assumed bonsai were
indoor trees. Blame "The Karate Kid" movies I guess. Some bonsai can
of course survive indoors, but mine were the outdoor type. At that point, fate
appeared to be on my side. I had just signed the lease for what must be the
only decently-priced, in-town, studio apartment with a back porch. Later I would
find out that having a porch was lucky, but having one painted black and facing
due west was unlucky.
So I now had two bonsai trees. For the first week I was too nervous to even
touch the miniature trees. They seemed so fragile and small. All I could do
was water them. My monetary situation left me having to water the plants using
old spaghetti sauce mason jars. I couldn't even afford tools to trim and beatify
my trees. Of course after two weeks I'd find out grooming would be a luxury.
I first needed to figure out how to keep them alive. I decided I had better
join the Austin Bonsai Society to learn how to care for my new bonsai.
By the time of the first meeting, the leaves on my big cedar elm had dried
up and turned brown. It seemed to have happened overnight. I had two days before
the first meeting to restore this tree to health. I didn't want to show up with
a dead tree. I began watering more and taking the tree out for morning sun thanks
to the suggestions of Del. I felt my cedar elm was surely doomed. My only hope
was the upcoming ABS meeting. I had no clue as to what I was doing. I was scared
to death of the reaction I might get from the members. It was such a big and
aged tree, I thought the members might think of me as an ax murderer. I called
my friend Eric and told him he had to come to the meeting with me. I couldn't
face the firing squad alone.
Eric and I arrived at the meeting early in order to obtain as much help as
possible for my floundering cedar elm. The sight of my dried up tree created
a stir in the members. I braced myself for the onslaught of curses and threats.
Instead of these I received only helpful comments and suggestions. You guys
viewed the incident not as a murder, but as a challenge to overcome.
Members constantly provided me with instructions on how to save my poor tree.
At one point I found my tree encircled by ABS members. There was much muttering
and stirring about. As I made my way through the members, I found my tree freshly
naked, freed from the burden of dried brown leaves. It looked refreshed in its
bareness, ready to defy all odds and put forth a new coat of green leaves. I
emerged understanding the close relationship I must have with my bonsai. No
longer would I see them as a work of art, meant only to sit upon a pedestal
for one to gawk at and admire as a finished masterpiece. No, bonsai are a constant
work in progress, one that will always need love and attention.
I left that meeting knowing I needed to water more often but not too much
because without leaves the tree could not absorb the water as quickly and could
easily drown. I honestly had no idea how much water that meant, but as I interacted
more and more with my tree I learned its specific needs. This understanding
I developed now shows. My cedar elm is now thick with rich green leaves. Thank
you for your help guys.
By Pat Ware
Start thinking about our October meeting and workshop with Roy Nagatoshi. We
will have a workshop on TUESDAY, October 7th at 7 PM for only
8 members - it will be a bring your own tree and cost $40. To encourage some
of our newer members who do not feel they have a tree to bring, the board has
authorized coupons, to be used at our local bonsai vendors. Local vendors have
agreed to accept the coupon in the amount of $20. as part or full payment of
the purchase of material for this workshop. Participants have to pay for the
workshop before they will receive the coupon. So contact Pat Ware with your
money and she will give you the coupon. Of course, club members may come as
silent observers to this workshop at no charge.


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There can be little doubt that the government lost its case over the exercise of prerogative power to trigger notification of Article 50 (the mechanism by which the UK begins the process of leaving the European Union) very badly in the High Court. The court's ruling is comprehensive - and damning.
As public law experts have noted, the government's legal case would have been stronger if it had conceded that withdrawal from the European Union is not inevitable after Article 50 has been triggered. Lord Kerr, the British diplomat who authored Article 50, has argued that the process is reversible; that the withdrawal can itself be withdrawn. That seems to be perfectly consistent with the text of Article 50, precisely because it is notably silent on this point – it doesn't specify anything about revoking the notification, and the history of the European Union is replete with creative political use of the silences, blank spaces and inconsistencies in European law. (Indeed, when the founders of the European Coal and Steel Community signed the Treaty of Paris in 1951, the paper itself was blank: they had been negotiating so extensively over its terms that a final text was not ready for the official signing ceremony. "Europe started as a blank page", the Dutch political theorist Luuk Van Middelaar once wrote).
The confidence of the High Court's ruling on this point would therefore appear misplaced. It asserted that the notification of Article 50 would trigger the irreversible loss of the claimants' rights. But that interpretation can be challenged in law, and in practice it cannot be certain that Article 50 is irrevocable, given the political contingencies. Yet for obvious political reasons, the government considered it untenable to concede that Article 50, once invoked, could be reversed.
It seems unlikely that the government will change its stance and decide to argue that Article 50 is revocable when the case comes before the Supreme Court in December. In addition to the political hit it would take, the government would then be in disagreement with the claimants over the interpretation of Article 50, which is a piece of EU law. And in that instance, the Supreme Court would have to refer the case to the European Court of Justice. As one leading European law expert, George Peretz QC put it, "if there is a question of European Union law [in a Supreme Court case] they have to refer it to the ECJ, unless the answer is obvious. That's a basic principle of EU law."
So the government will be back to arguing that prerogative power does indeed apply to Article 50, on which the High Court's ruling was clear and decisive. It will likely lose. Then the focus will shift back to Parliament.
If legislation, rather than a substantive motion, is required to give effect to the courts' ruling, then it will be a very short bill, as Hannah White at the Institute for Government has argued. The government will not want a Christmas tree on which pro-Europeans can hang all sorts of amendments. Instead, the opposition parties, and Remain Conservatives, are likely to try to amend the legislation, as White notes, "to place conditions on the Government before it can trigger Article 50. These could take the form of timing or process requirements – for example, a requirement on the Government to provide Parliament with information about its negotiating position before triggering Article 50." This also makes it very unlikely that MPs will be able to insert a clause in the Bill requiring a second referendum on the terms of Brexit, as Owen Smith MP wants to do. Parliamentary clerks would rule such amendments inadmissible. But it is not obvious that the legislation will take such a long time to get through Parliament that the timetable for triggering Article 50 before the end of March 2017 will slip. Governments can strip the legislative barnacles off the boat and clear the path for an emergency bill relatively easily if they need to, and this legislation will take precedence over everything else. Pro-European MPs will extract a price from the government, but they will not vote to stop Article 50 being triggered.
Nicola Sturgeon has given notice, however, that the SNP will use the legal opening provided by the High Court to open up new flanks of attack on the government. This will bring the tensions between the constituent nations of the UK, and an emerging soft federalist vs unionist hard Brexit, fully into view.
A detour into history may help explain this. One of Lord Kerr's namesakes is Philip Kerr, later Lord Lothian. Each man was once the UK's ambassador to the USA - the latter during the early days of World War Two, when he gathered support in Washington for the British war effort, before dying of exhaustion. He was also, earlier in his life, a leading figure in Milner's Kindergarten, a group of young men who served Lord Milner as High Commissioner in South Africa at the turn of the twentieth century. They would become ardent imperialists and advocates of Imperial Federation between Great Britain and its settler colonies. In their writings, one can trace the antecedents of the Eurosceptic idea of the Anglosphere that figures such as Dan Hannan have done so much to popularize. And yet towards the ends of their careers, Kerr and his peers, like the tireless Lionel Curtis, would come to favour Western European federation, as a step towards a larger, multinational federation of the liberal democracies. Federation was vital to the prevention of war, and they had seen too much war in their lives.
This federalist tradition was lost after World War Two, but it was influential on continental thinkers framing the emerging European Union. It has resurfaced as the United Kingdom grapples with its own internal relations, as well as its place in the world, as a consequence of Brexit. Gordon Brown has made the case for a federalist Brexit in forceful terms today, and if the United Kingdom pursues a flexible Brexit – or "flexit" - it will be a federalist one. MPs from the SNP and SDLP, and some Liberal Democrat and Labour MPs, are likely to support distinct arrangements for the constituent nations of the UK. The legislation to authorize the notification of Article 50 will give them an opportunity to make their case. This will enlarge our democracy, not diminish it.


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Here's a collection of great songwriting tips from songwriters, musicians, singers, producers, and multi-talented artists from all around the world.
Being a singer-songwriter myself, one of the most helpful things I've realized when talking to other songwriters is that everyone's approach is a bit different—and hearing about how other people work can help give you a new perspective and sense of definition for your own songwriting process.
Have a read through the songwriting tips from these great songwriters below, and listen to their songs, follow their work, and send them a note if you like what you hear.
Let's support each other!
"Always record ideas on whatever is available. Have a system from scratching down lyric ideas or a melody. I have a notebook, and when I start a new idea, I do it messy and let my brain puke ideas all over the page. I then clean it up, arrange it, then sing through it a million times. Once I play it another million times and haven't changed it then I'm pretty much committed. Sometimes that process happens in an hour—other times, months, even years"
Doug Blimline, Singer-songwriter
Doug Blimline, Singer-songwriter
"Finish the song. There are times when we start writing a song and don't know where to go with it, or we think it's not good enough and want to scrap it. I have far too many unfinished songs for this very reason. Finish the song no matter what. You can put it away and take ideas from it for future use, or you might even end up liking it in the end."
Clarissa Diokno, Singer-Songwriter
"When you write a song, you are writing to attempt to connect with the human spirit. Do not ask yourself what people will like, rather, ask yourself what you want them to FEEL! Write from a space of evoking emotion in others. When we allow people to drop into a space of feeling we open their heart to the possibility of change that will come through our music!"
Alexis Corey, Vocalist, Songwriter, Creative Consultant, Business Coach
"Don't make songwriting a job, part-time or full-time! It shouldn't be forced, it should come naturally. This might be hard to believe, but I've never suffered from or experienced what they call " writer's block". I never ever write a song when I don't feel like it, and that's why I enjoy the process so much. For me, song ideas come at really random places—I could be watching the news and something the news reporter says would give me something to write about. It's that random!
I could be listening to a friend telling me about how their vacation went and boom! I'd have to stop them and quickly take out my phone and record the idea I got from something they said or the way they said it, and I'd have a chorus by the next day. Don't force the process!"
Innocent Zungu, Singer-songwriter
"Put all your thoughts down that come to you while playing the chord progression. For me, having the progression and playing it is the easiest way to write a compelling tune. The chords will evoke the feelings they give you naturally, and it feels like I'm writing from a deeper, more honest place. It's okay to write more than you're going to use, and sometimes what you don't use in one song could be the best part of another one."
Brady Uekert, Singer-Songwriter
"Write bad songs. You have to write bad songs so that you can get to the good ones."
Nicholas Thomasma, Singer-songwriter and Earthwork Music Recording Artist
"Keep it simple. You don't need complicated hifi language or grammar to get your thoughts out... I believe that my songs reach a lot of people because of the fact that the language is simple enough to be understood and easy to be sung along."
Sam T Rajkumar, Artist, Theologian, Singer-Songwriter, Author, Music Producer
"Don't be precious about your music. Be open to feedback - especially in the studio. Be willing to try a different approach to your songs - especially in the studio. You can always say "no" but be prepared to listen to alternatives first."
Robert Graham, Pianist, Singer-songwriter, Vocalist, Music Director, Collaborative Pianist, Choir Director, Vocal/Repertoire coach, Educator, Writer, and Human Rights Activist
"Don't force the process if you want to be truly creative."
Bruce Neilsen, Songwriter-Musician
"Write. Write daily. Even as little as 10 minutes. It helps exercise your songwriting muscles. Write without filtering what you think and write. Let it flow. Then, filter after writing. I find that it helps in overcoming creative blocks. These are really helpful tips I've learned from my songwriting teachers Coach Eds Vista Manuel and Sir Jim Paredes."
Jonah Agas, Singer-songwriter
Apple Music
"Write a story. You can't get stumped for ideas if you tell a tale from your life experience and then set it to verse and music."
Dennis DeVilbiss, Singer-Songwriter
"Find new and personal ways to say things. Don't use worn-out clichés and easy words or phrases. Idioms don't translate well across cultures and people get tired hearing phrases that were clever forty years ago. Lyrics that stick out are lyrics that catch you for a moment and make you consider what you just heard."
Arn Poe, Songwriter, Keyboardist
"Write. If you don't have a theme or idea, just write about what you're going through RIGHT NOW—your emotions and experiences are the best guide in authentic writing!"
Mandy Shipard, Songwriter, Worshipard
"Be yourself and try to write songs that you believe in. If you try to copy anyone else, you'll only end up as an inferior version of them."
Phil Matthews, Folk-rock Retro-pop Singer-songwriter, the Village
"Complete the song arrangement with intro, verses, chorus, bridge, and outro by using simple chord progressions first. Use that as the outline to fill in melodic changes and lyrics. This saves time whether you're working alone or in a collaboration, and it makes it easy to create changes and multiple versions of a song without ever losing the foundation.
It's easier to trial and error a sonic idea when you have a template that you created yourself!"
Prin Dumas Sielski, Songwriter and Producer
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Calm Principles Website
"The song should always tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end. The same goes for the chord progressions used and each part of the song, to emphasize the mood of the lyrics and the musical journey."
Ste Brady, Songwriter
"Shut off your ego and let the inspiration flow through you instead of from you."
Ahmed Abou Elnasr, Musician
"Sharpen up on basic music theory—everyone's learned some in school. Tones, scales and chords to know, structure, keys…you'll be able to dress and decorate your songs with intros, chord progressions and modulations. It'll become helpful in transposing tunes, and most importantly, having a sense of what others are doing when playing your songs."
Manee Valentine, Vocal Stylist, Song Designer "The Voice from the Heart"
"Jot down phrases you might overhear people say. Write down situations occurring around you. They will aid you in your songwriting and creating of stories, scenes, and situations.
It doesn't have to all directly come from or be about you. As an interpreter, you can simply sing and interpret something happening or occuring, as a viewer in other people's lives. Maybe you feel a little pressed to talk and write about it, or maybe you find arguments that are about you to be too personal or too close at heart to begin with. This will aid you in stretching out and writing about something you don't feel ready to deal with in confrontation with your peers and their criticism."
Andy Touch, Singer, Performer, Artist, Lyricist, Musician
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"Don't try to do everything yourself. Whether it be working with a band, a producer, or just a team of fresh ears, your music will be better and get better when you're not the only one listening to it."
Joshua Faupel, Songwriter, J.M. Faupel
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"Be patient with yourself. Rushing the process creates Ed Sheeran and Oasis."
Patrick Smith, Singer-songwriter, Musician
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"I always sing to my goats when I milk them in the morning. I don't necessarily sing anything in particular....just let noise or words happen...but I have a recording device handy in case it starts sounding interesting. I reckon the fact that I have a very non-judgmental audience (my goats) and the thinking linear part of my brain is occupied with doing the milking means that my creative brain is free to wander where it will."
Tim Darby, Singer-songwriter
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"Don't be a musician or audio engineer with financial gain as the desired end result.
Music has to be a passion because that will translate through your music, and that genuine raw emotion is what will connect with a listener. Prepare yourself for disappointments and more hard work than you can imagine. I played in a punk rock band Violent Society and from 1991 until 2003 we toured the US and Europe 15 times as well as released 5 full length, numerous EPs and singles. It was a slow build to achieving what we set out to do but in the end we succeeded. Slow and steady wins the race."
Mick D'Kaye, Audio Engineer, Filmmaker, Songwriter, Artist, Dog Rescue Enthusiast
"Listen up!!!
The meaning of listen up is to take time for yourself for rehearsals. Don't stress out with releasing so fast. Release when everything is done and sounds good. You find faults after listening a while sometimes. You even discover new ideas by spending time in this process!"
Dominik Fries, Singer-songwriter, Producer, Audio Engineer
"Don't try to write like everyone else! Let your originality shine through. Cookie-cutters are meant for the kitchen, NOT for creative endeavors like songwriting."
Jay Wallker, Singer-songwriter, Manager, Agent
"What I've learned over the years is to be totally stress free. Don't force a song. Let it write itself. Never sit down to write a song without a song."
Auston Smith, Artist
"I write songs ( randomly, with no specific steps or guidelines). I usually start with a word or a phrase..as long as I have guitar or piano, I play random chord progressions and start gibberish. record it .. then polish it later. depending on my motivation."
Frankeins Jangad, Singer-songwriter
"Don't give up. If you can't come up with a good song, all great songs take alot of patience and creativity to create. Also, look for great mentors whether it be a friend or someone who's made it in the music industry because they are the greatest inspiration for music you can have—and you can learn a lot from them, too."
Katie Wright, Songwriter
"After having been a musician for about 30 years, I realized how powerful lyrics were when giant catastrophes crossed my life. Those songs became big productions that included large groups of people, artists, studios, videographers, that then became music festivals with cities involved, and sponsors etc. And that came out of simply writing one song.
To write profound words and lyrics for songs, it has to be or is most felt when it's written from the heart. Translating it from your brain to paper, to a microphone through cables, interfaces onto a computer with the right accompanied instrumentation is a huge process. But when thinking too much about all of the things involved—including self judgment, who I am, is that word there a good choice—when you're in flow, we need to get out of our own head and out of our own way and simply keep writing.
Writer's block is manmade. If it's not working for you, have a cold shower, go outside, get a new perspective, start another song. Often songs don't come together till later. And yet, it is easy to inspire yourself when you think you may need it. Go to YouTube, type in drumbeat and get something fresh into your brain. But, mostly it's about letting go of all judgment, and just keep writing.
There are many ways to find work flow in writing. One to look up is Taylor Swift's method. Quite systematic and works. But my main advice is get out of your own way and let it flow the way that only you do. And feel relaxed and trust yourself that if you want to fix things later, that they will be. Write your version of the story. Keep it simple."
Tommy Gielingh, Singer-songwriter, Arist, Entrepreneur
"You don't need to strain your brain searching for the right word, or settle on a mediocre choice. Use available resources, such as thesaurus.com and rhymezone.com. to find a creative way to express your thoughts."
Gia Gallagher, Singer-songwriter
"I've found out that I can't make things up in my songs. I can make it up in my stories and poems, but my songs force me to be truthful. However, I mustn't be writing from my own perspective, sometimes I feel someone else's pains or fears deeply enough to use their emotions to write a song, but it's got to be without any 'additional flavors'.
So my advice is to write something you feel deeply enough about that you want to share. Sometimes you may get a line first. Don't ignore the line because it's just a line, write it down or record. When the other lines are ready to come, they will come."
Nmesoma Okechukwu, Singer-songwriter
"There is more than one method to write a song. Do your research and see how other artists put a song together, but you need to find a way that works for you.
As I haven't been playing guitar long, I find it easier to create a backing track and structure for a whole song first. Structure meaning verse, chorus, verse, etc. Then I press record on my phone and see what lyrics and tunes happen. You can swipe these roles around and have a tune with lyrics first, then create music to go with it. Or if you just write songs and don't sing, you may need to collaborate with other people.
Either way, try lots of different approaches and see which way you create your favorite song. All the best!
Becca Huggett, Singer-Songwriter
Apple Music
"Give yourself permission to write a bad one. If it is bad, at least you've started the creative process, and, who knows, it might turn out to be excellent."
Jenny Gaunt, Musician
"To write about what you're feeling inside, or about day to day experiences, because the song will be so much more meaningful and powerful."
Emma Marshall, Singer-songwriter
"Collaboration is key!"
Mark Johnson, Singer-Songwriter
Follow and Listen
"If you feel words coming to you, just write them down and don't block the flow by worrying about structure or if it makes sense. Just let it flow to paper, and organize your thoughts later."
Jill F, Singer-songwriter, Jack of All Trades
Follow and Listen
"Don't feel pressed. For instance, turn on the TV without sound, pick your guitar (in my case) and let yourself go free of thoughts. Then it will happen…"
Luiz Delfim, Songwriter
"Use your notepad and your voice recorder on your phone to capture ideas, lines, hooks. Don't rely on your memory.
Regularly harvest these ideas and see what fits. I write them down as it helps me visualize the song structure. I'm very visual.
Don't wait till the muse is gone to record her inspiration, even if it's 3 am. Don't be afraid to rewrite and practice it and polish before giving up on a song. If you do give up on a song, recycle it into another form."
Ronald Cordy, Singer-songwriter
"Keep writing and finish songs. I see a lot of new songwriters just not finish songs. Partly out of fear that they aren't good enough, but also because they're perfectionists and are afraid that they're not really done. But you've got to finish a song to really be able to go in and assess whether it's any good—or more importantly—if you LIKE it. Because 'good' is subjective.
It's really about whether you like what you're writing and that it moves you. Because if it moves you, it will probably move someone else :) And the perfectionist thing, yeah, it's a heavy burden, but if you never finish, you'll never put any music out into the world.
So often, good and done is really enough. I'm not saying don't try your best, but your 'best' will change over time. And we need music and art in our world. A lot of music."
Kat Reinhert, Singer-Songwriter, Artist,Vocalist, Educator
Songwriting Website
"Learn from others, but don't compare yourself!"
Marissa Lundsten, Singer-songwriter
Listen and Follow
"Writing songs can be easy, but let's remember good songs always go down well with listeners."
Dela Dem, Singer-Songwriter
"Don't let perfect be the enemy of done. Finish songs even if you are in the middle of it. Better to write 30 songs for an album and throw half of it away than overthink every part of it. You get more input if you start the process over and over."
Michi Circus, Musician, Composer
Listen and Follow
Listen and Follow
"Start small, it can grow from there."
Penny White, Songwriter, Vocalist
Thank you to these wonderful artists for sharing their experience and words of wisdom.
Building upon your musical ideas to write your own songs is a fun adventure—hopefully these tips have given you some ideas for lyric writing or coming up with riffs and song titles, or how to approach your writing process in general. Maybe it'll just help get you out of a rut :)
I know it's common to compare ourselves to what we imagine are the best songwriters when we're writing a new song—Grammy winners with hit songs, or the greats like Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan who who've written some of the "best songs of all time".
But writing an entire song from your experience creates a wonderful gift of art and perspective for other people. So keep writing that next song—as long as your songs feel true to you, you're a good songwriter.
Go forth and write great songs!


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Garrett Noonan, a Norfolk native who grew up watching the Beanpot Tournament, may have played the game of his life Monday night. With a pair of goals, the sophomore defenseman provided 100 percent of his team's offense in 60th edition of the annual tournament.
"It feels alright," Noonan said, his head hanging low and his eyes a bit watery. "It's pretty good, but obviously I wish the result was different."
"Obviously" may be an understatement. The sullen air Noonan carried about him would have been different if the No. 2 Boston University men's hockey team came out on the other end. But instead, No. 3/4 Boston College came out on top in the 3-2 overtime win thanks to a goal from forward Bill Arnold with 6.4 seconds left in overtime.
"This has been the best college hockey game I've played in," said sophomore defenseman Adam Clendening. "The meaning it is and the history it has, what was on the table for us tonight. We could have won 30 out of 60 [Beanpot tournaments]. That's 50 percent, so that's pretty impressive to do in a tournament. That was just the way it went. It was the best game I've played still, even if we came out on the wrong end."
The overtime came after the Terriers (17-10-1, 13-7-1 Hockey East) and Eagles (19-10-1, 13-7-1 Hockey East) traded pairs of special-teams goals in 60 minutes of tightly and intensely contested regulation.
BC struck first for the opening frame's only goal. With BU on the power play, forward Chris Kreider chipped the puck to forward Pat Mullane, who snuck a wrister inside the right post by senior goaltender Kieran Millan. The short-handed tally – the first BU has given up all season – gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead at 8:54.
The goal was telling of much of the first period, a period that saw the Terriers get outshot 16-9.
The second frame featured more of the same, but this time the Terriers had more scoring chances – and even capitalized on one of them.
Riding momentum from killing three penalties, including 1:51 of a 5-on-3 halfway through the period, BU knotted the score at one with a power-play goal from Noonan.
Sophomore forward Matt Nieto, fighting for the puck in the right corner, sent it to junior assistant captain Alex Chiasson by the right post. Chiasson gave Noonan the puck at the left faceoff dot for the one-timer at 16:11, tying the score at 1-1.
The Terriers' consistent march to the box in the second let BC re-take the lead. Due to penalties to Noonan and junior defenseman Sean Escobedo – two of six total Terrier penalties in the period – BC had 24 more seconds of a two-man advantage. The Terriers killed the first penalty, but before Noonan could fully get back in the play, Kreider buried a slap shot from the right circle for a 2-1 BC lead at 18:42.
"We did take ourselves to the box with some stupid penalties," said BU coach Jack Parker.
Staying alive, the Terriers managed to draw a 5-on-3 of their own in the third period, and this time BU came out on the right end. After two BC penalties 12 seconds apart, Noonan connected again from the left post, this time with assists from Clendening and Chiasson at 7:12 for another tie, 2-2.
The score stayed that way for the rest of the third and nearly all 20 minutes of the first overtime. The teams traded physical blows – taking advantage of the referees' hesitancy to call any penalties in the extra time – and with the clock winding down it looked like the Terriers and Eagles were going to start a fifth 20-minute period.
But in the final minute, after Millan batted away the second-to-last BC shot, Arnold ended up with the puck high in the slot. Arnold's wrister beat Millan, instantly and dramatically sending the two teams to the opposite extremes of shock, the Eagles dog piled in one section of the ice and the Terriers and their equipment strewn out everywhere else.
"That was college hockey at its finest," said BC coach Jerry York. "The pass made to Billy Arnold at the end was textbook. It was an odd-man advantage, and he found the late guy and Billy wristed it glove-side. He's pretty electric on offense, that's for sure."
Millan made 44 saves on 47 Eagle shots, good enough to earn him the Eberly Award, given annually to the tournament's best goaltender.
The netminder couldn't steal a win for his team though – at least, not this time – and the Terriers find themselves losers of four of their last six games, a vast difference from the red-hot team from mid-November to mid-January.
"It's a long way to get to another championship, that's for sure," Parker said. "You don't take anything out of this except the loss."


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Global Security Initiative Director Jamie Winterton wants to remind people that these devices are always listening and learning about your habits.
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Winterton said these are still great gifts to give. But, it is critical about who you choose to gift them to. They need to be tech-savvy and understanding of the steps and precautions that need to be taken.
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2016 in review. What's happened in pupil data privacy in England?
National Pupil Database pupil privacy / December 31, 2016
2016 was the year that every child's Internet use has come under mandatory surveillance and recording, opening a slippery can of worms, risking a spiral of silence, with teachers turned into "frontline stormtroopers" shutting down debate. Safeguarding and well-being conflated with the Prevent agenda. All thanks to statutory guidance "New measures to keep children safe online at school and at home" that took effect from September 2016. Some schools stretch this snooping into personal devices, and the private life and family home, 24/7, 365 days a year. Big Brother Watch brought out a report in November on Classroom Management Software – Another Brick in the Wall. We believe there is much to be done on clarity of what information is being collected about pupils, by whom, when, where, why, and what it is used for.
2016 was the year we discovered that school census data was compromised in its collection purposes. Information about named individual children is being passed to the Home Office on a monthly basis, in an arrangement in place since July 2015, following the Immigration Taskforce discussions, in which the DfE and Home Office had reached an agreement to collect and share new nationality data from children from September 2016. Our efforts have been to encourage the Department for Education (DfE) to increase transparency of all third-party use of the National Pupil Database (NPD). We challenged the purposes of the expansion of the school census in the Statutory Instrument before it was laid in July and as soon as Parliament sat in September.
The House of Lords agreed a regret motion in the prayer period at the end of October: that this House regrets that information about pupils' nationality and country of birth collected under the Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument 2016/808) could be used to help determine a child's immigration status.
The policy brought criticism from the NUT, the UK's largest teaching union, which called for transparency of all data use and consent, and brought condemnation from across opposition parties in the Commons, including the Lib Dems, from the Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Home Affairs and joint blanket policy statement from the Greens together with the SNP and Plaid Cymru.
Our timeline tells the story at-a-glance from the beginnings to today, and our latest briefing carries more detail including Freedom of Information requests, and questions and answers. The media reports cover the key events.
Together under the umbrella of the Against Borders for Children campaign with support from over 20 rights' organisations, changes won on School Census since September 2016 include:
- Early Years collection scrapped: The government withdrawal of the plan to collect the new data from pre-schoolers (2-5 year olds) and Alternative Provision.
- Separate database: The data collected from 5-19 year olds has been stored in a separate database, reported Schools Week. It will be kept separately due to its 'sensitivity' and not linked into the National Pupil Database, or be released in the same way as identifiable NPD data (i.e. to the press). Given the rise in xenophobic sentiment in the British media, as noted by the United Nations, rights' groups share concerns about access by journalists.
- Right to retract data from autumn census: Data submitted can be retracted on request via the new census update in Spring – however this is yet to be communicated to pupils, parents and schools, as far as we know.
- Nationality data will not be passed over to the Home Office: The Department published the MOU with the Home Office documenting the non – educational purposes of use since 2015 and plans to share nationality data in the same way, however the question remains, is it used within the DfE anyway for these purposes?
We continue to call for an end to the recently expanded census data collection of country of birth and nationality data for all children in England after confirmation that it was agreed in a compromise package of immigration control measures, not educational purposes or the well-being of children.
The Department for Education agreed to publish steps towards improved public transparency on the uses of the national pupil database information about school children in England, collected since 2000 in state funded education, through the school census. A new document including a flow chart shows some of how data moves across the national education system, the DfE published their DMAP Terms of Reference, they updated the Third Party Release Register on a more regular basis. And as part of the request release register, destruction dates are now published.
Using whatdotheyknow.com we established a current baseline measures and facts, on the size of the database and data request process. Releases of identifiable pupil level data, still have no clear ethical or privacy impact review criteria before release. The volume of each request is unknown when it comes to releasing millions of pupils data at a time and parents are refused Subject Access Requests so cannot establish the data accuracy or be told if their own or their child's data has been released. There is unclear legal basis for the release of sensitive data.
The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) had rated assurance as 'Limited' on NPD, on vetting and validation of applications to access the National Pupil Database, information retention procedures, and data handling guidance, and concluded that improvements were needed according to The DfE Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15 published in April 2016, and the Director General for Regulation at the UK Statistics Authority [UKSA] called for the Department to improve transparency and data handling of the National Pupil Database.
But the important use of pupil data by the Home Office since 2015, was not willingly made clear until August under pressure for public transparency, after Freedom of Information requests and Parliamentary questions.
The school census expansion adding nationality data in the autumn census, and its collection by schools who were not given the full background on why data were being requested, meant many schools asked for passport data or misinformed parents and pupils they had no choice but to provide the personal data. Fair processing failed from children across England in the autumn census. It doesn't look better for Spring 2017. We continue to suggest schools support parents and pupils rights to decline the new data collection, and make clear that they can opt out of providing this optional data without sanction, or ask for its retraction.
Security. Pupil data privacy and safe data, safe access, safe users
In September 2016, the Department for Education tasked the Open Data Institute with work to look at better privacy preserving models of data access. This positive work will continue into 2017 and we aim to secure solutions soon for the safe use of pupil data, in safe settings with a system of safe users using safe data, transparent use, and fair data collection. We will continue to support the DfE and the NPD Steering Group.
Fair processing and consent
The lack of fair processing and overruling parents and and pupils' consent in pupil data collection has been highlighted in the autumn census 2016, through the expansion of country of birth, nationality and expanded language and ethnicity data. There is a lot of work that needs done on improving the clarity of necessary and required data for schools, parents and pupils to make informed decisions on providing it.
2016 in summary
In 2016 we've begun work upon which we will build in the coming year in transparency, safe data use, and fair processing, particularly around school census, and new legislation that adds new datasets or expands the purposes of their use, under the Department for Education.
While much of our direct work with the Department has been highly positive, we hope next year brings fewer surprises.
We thank all our supporters, and campaigners, and all those in 2016 who have contributed to what has been achieved this year to make the collection and use of pupil data better, and safer.
We depend on your support in much of our work, and we look forward to defending better pupil privacy together in the next twelve months, for the rights and autonomy of all children and young people in England, and for long term public benefit, some of which we include in our next post. Here's to 2017.
Selected blogposts:
January 2016: National Pupil Database – using data from the School Census
February 2016:
Twenty million pupils' identifiable data handed out from the National Pupil Database
and Scope creep in National Pupil Database now means names released
April 2016: Parallel processes will not work for Pupil Data (With reference to the Digital Economy Bill)
and Three Strides towards Transparency
June 2016:
Rights and obligations under the Data Protection Act for processing sensitive data
and Schools must collect extra census data for children from autumn
July 2016: School census changes add concerns to the richest education database in the world (LSE DIgital Parenting blog)
and Pupil data collection turns Kafkaesque in 2016-17 school and early years census
August 2016: Home Office and Police have accessed data from the National Pupil Database
September 2016: Responses to controversial new law: changes to the school censuses 2016-17
and Ten Reasons Why we Shouldn't Collect Every Child's Country of Birth in Schools
School census expansion summary: Further details and links in our 2016-17 school census timeline and end of year overview briefing.


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