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You all must be aware of Panchtatva. The word 'panchatatva' originates from Sanskrit, where "panch" stands for five and "tatva" indicates elements. Following the universal law of life, every thing on this planet is composed of five basic elements or the "panchamahabhutas". These are : Akash (Sky or Space), Vayu (Air), Jal (Water), Agni (Fire) and Prithvi (Earth).
If we relate them to life, here is the pictorial representation of it.
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Body as Earth:
The earth - solid as it is - houses the soil, landscape, flora and fauna. With its tremendous magnetic fields and gravitational force, it keeps every living and non-living thing grounded to the earth.
Right from the birth we try to perceive everything in this world in material "form" or Body. Even using the word "I", we refer to our Physical body. The same happens when we look outside to the World, identifying to all the forms of physical entities. We cannot relate to anything without a physical "Body" or structure. Even those things we cannot perceive with our sense organs, we try to objectify as an image with our imagination. So our world is only full of objects, bodies, entities and images.
We connect to the world outside through our body Sense organs. The five sense organs are Ears, Skin, Eyes, Tongue and Nose which help to perceive five physical attributes of this Universe, which are Sound, Touch, Sight, Taste and Smell.
In summary, we owe our existence to our physical body. This is why the ancient people referred the Body as the Earth element, because our life is on Earth. Anything that is gross, solid, inert , the ancient's referred to as Body or Earth. This Earth is symbolized as the little finger of the hand.
Water as Mind:
Water is the source of life - and it flows within all of us. 70% of the earth is water and the same goes for the human body.
Does our Sense organs really perceive the physical world?. No. There is something subtler than the body that is involved in perception. This is the Mind or Mana. The physical eyes may be looking at an object, but if we are not mentally connected to the physical organ , there is no perception of that object.
So it is the mind that brings reality to the body or the physical world. Without the mind there is no Body. This we experience in sleep or when we are unconscious due to brain injury or anesthetized. So it is the mind that gives the body a reality.
However this mind is not solid like the Body. The mind can change rapidly and flow or alternate between various sense perceptions. The mind also can flow backward in time and leap forward in time. Because of this fluid nature, the ancient's attributed the Mind to the water element.
The Vedic Scholars says that like the fluid water solidifies into a solid block of ice, the Body is nothing but the solidified energy of the mind. The mind is represented by the ring finger. Wedding is the symbolic of the joining of two minds and hence a wedding ring is worn on the "Mind" finger!
Fire as Intelligence:
Fire is the source of energy and light. Light is important for making the beauty of the world visible to all of us - in all its radiant colours.
The sensory signals received by the body-sense-organs is perceived or translated as thoughts. Each thought refers to an object or image and we generate infinite number of such thoughts. The constant flux of thoughts is called as the mind. Interestingly ,the thoughts are stream-lined into a logical information pattern by a subtler aspect called Intelligence or Buddhi.
Without Intelligence, Mind would just be a random flow of thoughts without any logic in it. In other words, Intelligence illuminates the path for the Mind to flow logically. Hence the ancients associated the fire element with Intelligence.
Our mind, is droplets of thoughts flowing like a river and cannot be still. It flows forward to the future or backwards to the past. The most important attribute of Intelligence is that, it pulls the mind inward to the present moment, the Being, the Awareness. The intelligence ignites or fuses the Mind to the inner Awareness. Thus Intelligence is the middle man between the Mind and the inner Awareness and hence symbolized as the middle finger.
Air as Awareness:
Air, which can also be linked to space and atmosphere is a powerful life source that is important to sustain life.
Only when we are alive we can feel our Body, Mind and Intelligence. That Aliveness is known as Awareness. Without Awareness, we are dead. It is the Awareness that enlivens all the three, the Body, Mind and Intelligence. Like the air is needed for the fire to burn, Awareness is needed for the fire of intelligence to propel the functioning of the Mind and the Body. Hence the ancients rightly called the Awareness as the Air element.
According to the Ancient Vedic Science, Awareness which we feel as liveliness is the most subtlest Energy form. Like the water vapor that condenses to form fluid water and finally solidifies to ice form, Awareness-energy condenses to form the fluid Mind and solid Body. The Sum total of Awareness, intelligence, Mind and Body is called as energy. Modern Quantum physics arrives at this same conclusion that the material world (matter) is only condensed Energy.
Sky as Consciousness:
The sky is the vast open space that accommodates everything. The clear blue sky above us acts as a shelter to the earth in the day, while at night it serves as a gateway to the starry galaxies that exist light years ahead of us.
The puzzlingly fact is that we lose the Awareness of the Body, Mind and intelligence during the dream-less deep sleep state. This state is called as Consciousness by Vedic Scholars. So in deep sleep state, the Awareness of Consciousness is never lost at any time because it is the Consciousness that is manifested as Awareness, Intelligence, Mind and Body. Being in Awareness without being Aware of Intelligence, Mind and Body is known as Consciousness. In other words Consciousness is Unconditional Awareness (without any form).
Without Consciousness nothing can exist. Everything exists in Consciousness, the living , the dead, the moving the immobile, the small the big. Like everything exists in space , all existence come into "Being due to Consciousness. This is why the ancients associated Consciousness to the space element.
Like the thumb finger needed for all the other fingers to function, without Consciousness nothing can exist and function. So Consciousness is symbolized as the thumb finger.
Like the thumb that remains untouched yet needed for other fingers, so is Consciousness remains undisturbed by Awareness, Intelligence, Mind and Body. Consciousness like thumb does not depend on the other four, but all the four cannot function or exist without Consciousness. All the four, the Awareness, intelligence, Mind and Body can be experienced, but not the Consciousness, because it is the experiencer itself. This Truth is not obvious to our normal state of mind and hence the ancients termed this Truth to be secretive (Guhya) or mystical. Unfortunately common man took the statement literally and thought this Truth should not be revealed to anyone. All revelations that people experience is this Self-revealing Truth or Knowledge.
Hope you will understand relation, these five aspects of Consciousness, Awareness, Intelligence, Mind and Body are the fundamental to all attributes in this Universe. This is mirrored in every walk of life.
Enjoy reading.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271274311964076837.post8298592160963498220..comments2022-12-04T04:28:43.527-06:00Comments on It's All Relatives Blog: Great News for Northeast ArkansasChris Odomhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271274311964076837.post-31027202270169800392011-03-15T12:54:44.582-05:002011-03-15T12:54:44.582-05:00There is a fairly new Central Arkansas Genealogy a...There is a fairly new Central Arkansas Genealogy and Historical Society. They meet every second Thursday at 6pm at the Butler Center. I have not been able to attend yet, but hope to catch their April meeting. You can check out their webpage at: http://caghs.net/
Take care,
HeatherHeather Kuhn Roelkerhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271274311964076837.post-63047792809669846382011-03-15T08:59:37.682-05:002011-03-15T08:59:37.682-05:00Heather, I'm a member of the Johnson Co. Histo...Heather,
I'm a member of the Johnson Co. Historical Society which is where most of my family originated in Arkansas. I SHOULD also join the Faulkner Co. Historical Society, but haven't yet.

I haven't ever participated in the Little Rock stuff, although the downtown library and the Butler Center usually have amazing programs and info! In fact, the Butler Center does a lot of genealogical workshops and seminars, but they tend to always be at lunchtime during the week. Since I work full-time, it'd be hard to get to LR for those.

Safe travels!
ChrisChris Odomhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271274311964076837.post-45119225152365163872011-03-14T14:08:13.764-05:002011-03-14T14:08:13.764-05:00Chris, I'm not actually from Arkansas, just pa...Chris,
I'm not actually from Arkansas, just passing through on a military tour. I'm from Missouri, but I love this state and we have really enjoyed our time here. I did have two ancestors that fought in civil war battles here, though: Pea Ridge and Arkansas Post. Are you a member of any societies in the central Little Rock area? I've been thinking of joining one, but haven't had a chance to try them out.Heather Kuhn Roelkerhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271274311964076837.post-75826757878848414682011-03-14T12:26:13.818-05:002011-03-14T12:26:13.818-05:00Thanks so much Heather! You're just down the ...Thanks so much Heather! You're just down the road from me.

I appreciate you checking out my blog...I've made a mental decision to post more often! So come back often!

My Arkansas family was mainly from the Johnson/Franklin Co. area so if you have any connections there, let me know...maybe our trees meet up!

Have a great day!
ChrisChris Odomhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271274311964076837.post-27518877255491901242011-03-14T11:39:22.538-05:002011-03-14T11:39:22.538-05:00Chris- Just stumbled across your blog when I saw i...Chris-
Just stumbled across your blog when I saw it was your blogiversary on GeneaBloggers. I am blogging from Sherwood, AR. Great to find a fellow Arkansasan genealogy blogger!
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Rise and shout Cougar fans, it's time for a look at our morning links! Today's links include basketball scheduling and new college football award watch list candidates. Read up and comment below, or hit up any of the Vanquish The Foe team on Twitter if you'd like to talk some BYU sports!
Cougars to play Texas, then Wichita St. or DePaul in CBE Hall of Fame Classic
USU, BYU will play hoops next season -- but back in SLC
Experience shaped offensive line coach Garett Tujague's coaching philosophy
Alisa, Williams named 2013 Doak Walker Award Candidates
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And if you haven't read it yet, here is the latest post from Matt Brown in our "Know The Foe" series, the preview of the Texas Longhorns:


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Google and Facebook accounted for almost all growth in the US digital ad market in 2016, according to research by IAB. The US digital ad market was worth 72.5 billion US dollars last year, an increase of 20% on 2015. However, when looking at the figures broken down, it seems that the US is in the grip of a duopoly made up of Google and Facebook. Google's US ad revenues totalled 37.6 billion US dollars in 2016 and accounted for 49% of growth in the market. Meanwhile, Facebook's revenues totalled 14.1 billion US dollars and accounted for 40% of growth, leaving everyone else to share the remaining 11% of growth.Â


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LONDON -- In my opinion, Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG -1.19%) is a great pick for investors seeking fruitful income stocks.
The firm listed on the London Stock Exchange in October last year, after the partially nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland Group divested a chunky 34.7% stake in the insurer. The bank has subsequently cut its holding below 50% after selling a further 15.3% in mid-March.
Shares in Direct Line have failed to gain significant traction since flotation, and pressure in recent months has seen it concede 8% from late January's current high of 225 pence. However, I believe that Direct Line should begin to head meaningfully higher as earnings pick up and carry dividend yields higher.
Profitability improvements well on track
The company announced at the end of February that operating profit from continuing operations leapt 9.3% in 2012 to 461.2 million pounds.
Direct Line saw its combined operating ratio rise to 99.2% last year from 96.6% in 2011, and the firm is on the right road to achieving its 98% aim by the end of the year. The company has laid out concrete plans to deliver 100 million pounds of cost savings by the end of 2014, and is making good progress on achieving its 15% return on equity target.
Direct Line is a major player in the British car and home insurance markets, and its operations across a variety of other personal insurance products gives it diversity in the event of weakness in any one area.
These wide operations also give it stellar scope for further growth. Indeed, broker Investec has identified excellent growth potential for its travel, pet and SME operations in the UK, and further afield sees great growth opportunities in the German and Italian motor insurance sectors.
A great dividend selection
City brokers expect earnings per share to duck 12% lower in 2013, to 19 pence, before bouncing back 27% to 24 pence in the following 12-month period.
The insurer is a popular pick among investors seeking above-average dividends, and the firm is expected to hike last year's 8 pence dividend to 12.8 pence this year and then to 14.5 pence in 2014. These payments come attached with yields of 6.4% and 7.3% for these years, well above an average dividend yield of 4.8% for the U.K.'s listed non-life insurers.
Direct Line currently changes hands on a P/E readout of 10.7 and 8.5 for 2013 and 2014 respectively, offering vastly improving value prospects in relation to a forward earnings multiple of 10.3 for the complete non-life insurance sector.
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Portland, Oregon is one of those cities that features old town charm with a hip and vibrant culture. Nestled within the "old town" section of Portland lies a gem that for doughnut connoisseurs is the epitome of good eatin': Voodoo Doughnuts. We knew we had arrived at the right place when we saw people walking away with Voodoo's famous pink boxes. … [Read more...]
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With the arrival of the holiday season, what better way to kick back and relax than to come up with an easy, tasty version of our own Egg Nog? So, to kick-off the holiday season we introduce Freek Nog and we hope you enjoy this tasty beverage as much as we have. After a little experimentation and a whole lot of fun (it's always fun to experiment … [Read more...]
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A dairy justly named, Morning Fresh Dairy, starts before the kiss of dawn can gingerly mark it's' territory and before most of us have had our first sip of coffee. Busy bees loading truckloads of freshly bottled milk and other creamy delights to doorsteps before the cereal hits the ceramic. With soft hums of cows mooing their good mornings to … [Read more...]
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
The Hairstyle For The Summer: Ponytails
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I love this Pam! I love how your hair looks in the Ponytail definitely sleekReplyDelete
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thank you Candice xxxDelete
Sei bellissima!!!! ❤ReplyDeleteReplies
Grazie mille Lory!Delete
You look gorgeous in this ponytail Pam! I love every single pice of your styling :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Alice! I've never worn so much colour together! hahaDelete
This look is so cute! I love the ponytail hair style for summer because it filter out your face more since it's pulled back. I know summer time can be sweaty, so the ponytail is perfect for summer!ReplyDelete
Agreed! I'm definitely guilty of always wearing my hair down so this was fun to try!Delete
You look great with a ponytail! I rarely tie my hair because I find it makes my face look fat. LOL!ReplyDelete
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I've got a really round face too but I don't mind :PDelete
- AnonymousMay 9, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Your dress is so nice ! I love ponytail as well because it's so easy and convenient when the weather is hot !ReplyDelete
Exactly! Thanks Alex!Delete
Obrigada Isa!ReplyDelete
You look gorgeous in that hairstyle! Also lovely dress!ReplyDelete
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Ohh Love this! My favorite summer hairstyle is anything with braids.ReplyDelete
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mesmo, querida :) como se fosse uma segunda pele :DReplyDelete
adoooro :D o look resultou super :D adoro a mistura de tons :D
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ah obrigada Ana!ReplyDelete
You see, you look amazing with a ponytail. Me, on the other hand, I look like Ms Trunchbull from "Matilda".:))ReplyDelete
Beauty NerdReplies
No you dont! you're wearing a ponytail in our last outfit post ;)Delete
Yes to ponytail, even though you manage to make yours look way better than mine! You look absolutely stunning here xxReplyDelete
Beauty with charmReplies
thank you lovely! There is no secret, just lie it back loosely and without making it too perfect :)Delete
I am FOREVER in a high pony in the summer!! You look beaut babeReplyDelete
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same, in fact wearing one right now :DDelete
Beautiful pictures and look! <3ReplyDelete
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This is beautiful summer dress xReplyDelete
Thank you! I am obsessed with it!Delete
Couldn't agree more! Ponytail is definitely a must for summer! Anyway, you look so lovely with that dress dear. The color is perfect on you.ReplyDelete
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Thanks a lot Jessica! :)Delete
I've been trying to wear a ponytail more and more and I'm actually starting to not mind the way they look on me!ReplyDelete
Julia // The Sunday ModeReplies
yay! Change is good sometimes :)Delete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2018 at 1:42 PM
You look pretty in that hairstyle! And I also love your flower dress.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much Linda! :)Delete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2018 at 4:02 PM
Lovely dress it's soo vibrant I LOVE it! Lippie and sunglasses a total MATCH.. in love!ReplyDelete
It's the perfect place for a reception -- before or after the event, with plenty of space for people to move around. The wedding venues NYC are large with room for plenty of tables. There is a stage to the right side of the room, where your presenters can be seen or the bride and groom can take their vows.ReplyDelete
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Order Domino's Pizza & Food in 01562
More food, more fun. Order everything from mouth-watering pizzas to dippable chicken wings and chocolatey desserts from your local Domino's in 01562. Satisfy your craving for made-to-order pizzas and more, available for delivery or takeout now!
Find Your 01562 Domino's® & Start Your Order
What goes into cooking up the tastiest pizza? It comes down to more than combining the correct amount of flour, water, salt, and yeast, then adding a splash of marinara and a sprinkle of cheese. Serving up the most delicious pizza begins with perfecting the entire pizza-making process, from incorporating rich-tasting toppings to getting the pizza in your hands while it's still hot from the oven. That's what you can expect from the folks at your nearest Domino's pizza place in 01562. As pizza connoisseurs, they know how to knead the pizza dough just right to get the toasty crust you crave. A bounty of sauce and a generous helping of your preferred veggies and meats come next. Stick with something traditional or get creative with your own pizza recipe. Your 01562 Domino's pizza place welcomes all cravings. It's where you'll enjoy a whole bunch of tasty pizza varieties for eaters of all kinds! Domino's 01562 pizza coupons help you save dough to get more dough, and courteous delivery drivers make sure your food is delivered just the way you expected it.
Looking for some pizza inspiration before you call for pizza delivery in 01562? Get to know some of Domino's most popular pizza recipes, like the ExtravaganZZa Pizza. It's piled high with almost every meat imaginable, including Italian sausage, pepperoni, beef, and ham. Meat eaters also gravitate toward the MeatZZa, a Domino's specialty pizza that features pepperoni, ham, and Italian sausage that's squished between two blankets of real mozzarella. Some people think it's better than bacon with brunch. But you'll also find vegetarian pizza for pizza lovers who prefer bell peppers to pepperoni. (Domino's passion for veggies can't be squashed!) The Pacific Veggie Pizza, for example, is jam-packed with roasted red peppers, fresh baby spinach, onions, black olives, tomatoes, and mushrooms.
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Planning company parties is a tough job. Especially after you've been doing it for several years, it can be really hard to come up with new ideas. Everybody does the fancy dinner with speeches afterward, and let's face it, those evenings are not that exciting. Why not make the party more fun for you and your employees with some new corporate event entertainment ideas? Naperville is full of resources for amazing company events, even in places you never thought to look.
Wine Tasting
Have you ever thought about a wine tasting? Of course, this will only work if all of your employees are of age, but if that's the case this could be a terrific event. With some tasty hors d'oeuvres, a classy string quartet, and some nice wines to choose from as well as non-alcoholic beverages for any employees who choose not to drink, the party guests will enjoy a sophisticated evening out.
Five-Card Draw, Deuces Are Wild
A group trip to Las Vegas is way outside your budget, but a local casino night might not be! You can either book an evening at a local casino, or else create one yourself. Rent or build some game tables, like blackjack, poker, and baccarat, and give each employee some chips to play with so that they're not gambling their paychecks away! Add some music, snacks, and drinks, and it will be a company party that everyone will remember.
O Tannenbaum
Have you ever thought about holding your end-of-year party at a Christmas tree farm? Believe it or not, these are great corporate event entertainment ideas. Your employees can spend a day out in the snow enjoying winter sports, sleigh rides, and snowball fights, and the farm will usually provide a hall where everyone can enjoy hot chocolate and snacks. Employees who celebrate Christmas can even go home with a Christmas tree!
Play Ball!
For a great change of pace, team sports make for exciting corporate event entertainment ideas! Naperville is full of baseball fields, tennis courts, and volleyball nets, all of which are fun for just about everybody as well as being ideal for team building. Of course, here in Illinois, the weather doesn't always cooperate with plans to go outdoors. Luckily, there are also indoor sports complexes like Players Indoor Sports Center! Choosing a venue like this means that your company will have plenty of sporting fun no matter what season it is.
Consult Your Employees For Corporate Event Entertainment Ideas In Naperville
If these ideas just won't work for your organization, ask your colleagues! You never know, somebody in the office might just have the perfect plan for a memorable company party. Plus, if they're involved in the planning, they're more likely to come!
Of course, coming up with corporate event entertainment ideas in Naperville is always easier when you have some help. Just call up Players Indoor Sports Center and we'll be glad to help you put together a company party that everyone will remember!


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Yuva Samrat Akkineni Nagarjuna's new mafia thriller film titled "Bhai" to be directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary, is all set to starts from August.The script for this film seems to be ready and this film will be produced by M.L. Kumar Chowdhary on Keerthi Combines banner.
Director Veerabhadram Chowdhary has earlier directed the films like Aha Naa Peelanta with Allari Naresh and Poolarangadu with Sunil.Both the films are hit movies at the Box-Office, now the director is eying on hat-trick with Nagarjuna's Bhai.
Nagarjuna is presently busy with the shooting of his forthcoming devotional film Shirdi Sai' under the direction of K. Raghavendra Rao.Meanwhile, Nagarjuna's another film Damarukam is expected to hit the theaters in June.


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Fossil fuel subsidies: the truth revealed
13 October 2013
Market Forces placed Freedom of Information requests with three government departments in 2013, asking which industries are taking home the biggest taxpayer-funded handouts, how we can begin redirecting this money towards more positive programs and who is lobbying the government to keep their polluter handouts in place. These requests were funded by Australians concerned about the extent to which fossil fuel subsidies are encouraging dirty energy use in Australia. Below is the key information that was uncovered.
Polluter tax breaks for the chop?
Documents from the department of Resources, Energy and Tourism show that in 2012, the Business Tax Working Group put forward two major fossil fuel subsidies – the exploration and prospecting deduction, and accelerated depreciation of assets – as options that could save the government billions of dollars in the next few years.
Read the Energy Department documents
Big mining lobbies to keep big handout
In November 2012 representatives of the mining industry met with Treasury, concerned that they might lose their entitlements to the Fuel Tax Credits Scheme. Fuel Tax Credits to mining currently nets the industry about $2 billion per year, money that could be put into vital nation-building programs instead of handed over to wealthy polluting industries.
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The fashion blogosphere, tired of being ignored in web blog popularity contests, has created their own award. This would be the Fabbies, spearheaded by the Manolo's Shoe Blog, Bag Snob, and Lesley Scott of Fashiontribes.com . Support provided by Papierdoll.net, Flux.com, with sponsorship from Glam Media.
Yours truly has been nominated for best indie or niche blog. I never win anything but it's nice to be nominated. It'd also help if I'd announced this sooner. Oh well. You have to register to vote, only one vote per category. Fashion-Incubator is fourth row down on the indie page. Easy to pick out, it doesn't have a logo. You'd think that after nearly three years of blogging I'd have one but no, I couldn't market to save my life. So, vote for me! Or you, and us! Seriously, I'd appreciate your vote.


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Highly Anticipated Adaptation of Award-Winning Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Now for iPad and Android Tablets
IRVINE, CA – April 28, 2016 – Obsidian Entertainment and Paizo, Inc. today announced the release of Pathfinder Adventures, the free-to-play mobile adaptation of Paizo's acclaimed Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. Pathfinder Adventures is compatible with Apple iPad and Android Tablet, with versions for Android phone, iPhone, and Steam in development. Continue reading OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT SEEKS NEW ADVENTURERS WITH RELEASE OF FREE PATHFINDER ADVENTURES GAME


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Riffing off the market domination of the hand-held Game Boy2 console, VNS Matrix introduced All New Gen to the world at the Third International Symposium on Electronic Art (TISEA) in Sydney in 1992. Four lightboxes and a sound track established core characters and settings that would proliferate, evolve and mutate over the following five years. This speculative vapourware became a series of installations in gallery and public realms; was performed in hard space and online; and produced and developed into a cyberfeminist game prototype.
The first interactive video games were designed to appeal to masculine aggression, destruction and dominion – countering a concern that boys and men were becoming too 'feminised' through consuming the (seemingly) passive mode of television. With a vision to create a new world order where girls and women could equally participate in online and game cultures, the Matrices sought to change womens' beliefs and relationships with technology through mythic fantasy and immersive gameplay.
The seeds of All New Gen were germinating pre-VNS Matrix when Velvet Down Under were posing and posting porn photoshoots. da Rimini recalls 'we started giving names to ourselves… Pussy Galore, Pussy Demure, Her Luna Blood.' Pierce continues 'Mistress Beg, Bitch, Snatch, and Dentata, which then of course became the names of our DNA Sluts and our Sheroes.'3 The Sluts amalgamated into Dentata, Patina de Panties and the Princess of Slime – white, brown and black women warriors digitally reconfigured from hard plastic Barbie-esque dolls.
Humour and audacity prevail. The seductive Venus flytrap of Dentata's head is an obvious phallus eater; with fins, gills and scaled thighs Patina de Panties flourishes in fluid environments; while Princess of Slime will suck you into the chaos of her vortex mind. The unseen but omnipotent All New Gen and her infamous posse then set forth to virally infect the white capitalist patriarchy – Haraway's 'informatics of domination', across multiple imaginal and textual platforms, gallery spaces, LambdaMOO, internet chats, bus shelters and cinemas.
As a promiscuous polymorphous project All New Gen sought to disrupt a cultural moral code through confronting the user with gender's construction and relations with biology and the machine. 'She willingly slid into the other she had always been, she could use her body to connect with the networks of her choice'.4 The game plan was for the gender disruptive virus to jump the gap back from the machine into the social body – then through technological interaction reality would be altered. It was a brave line to walk in a world hyperaware of viral metaphors and body fluids at the peak of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
mercenaries of slime
Their myth was made flesh in 1993, when All New Gen computer art game installation debuted at the Experimental Art Foundation in Adelaide. With videos, sound files, light boxes, and a Bonding Booth, VNS extended the work beyond the predominant point-and-click interactivity of the time, inviting players to record a dream or message for other. Yet the most unexpected aspect of the gameplay was that, instead of shooting bullets from guns, the DNA Sluts slimed their opponents with virulent mucus spurting out from their cunts5.
Feminist artists, writers and theorists of the later 20th century had revelled in the rediscovered political power of the cunt. Monique Wittig routinely exposed Les Guérillères' 'genitals so that the sun may be reflected therein as in a mirror' creating a brilliant, blinding glare. In 1975, slightly squatting on a table, naked beneath a layer of mud, Carol Schneemann read a dialogue from a long strip of paper while pulling this Interior Scroll6 from inside her vagina. The passive pussy had passed. The cunt became a potent player – an active central imaginal and textual force in the quest for social and gender disruption.
Much was written on VNS's slimy sluts at the time, binding them in an array of feminist techno/science/fiction herstories. Best read in the original form, Zoë Sophia asks us to abandon commitments and embrace the slime in her analysis of the messy/sexy female body in technologically constructed matrices. Jyanni Steffensen traces literary and filmic constructions of the cyborg from Mary Shelley's original 1818 Frankenstein to the replicants from Ridley Scott's 1982 Bladerunner, taking cunt metaphors beyond abjection and psychoanalysis to become a clitoral spanner in the works.7
Kay Schaffer writes of the mercenaries of slime representing an 'Irigarian metaphorics of feminine alterity – a space conjured up by gaps in the narrative, holes in the social fabric. Their bodies call attention to the 'slime' of eroticized female genitalia'8 which challenge the solidity of male power. Maria Angel and Anna Gibbs have recently revisited much of this first-generation analysis, tracing a thread from Liz Grosz's 1994 theorisation of the body as 'a moment of organisation in an open-ended process of connection that spans both the corporeal and material, and the symbolic realms' through Xenofeminism's infinity of difference, to the body as enwebbed in mycelial networks and great chains of being.9
Back in the game, the mutant Sluts reside in the Contested Zone guiding players and, through bonding, enabling them to replenish their G-slime supply levels. While slime is currency, metaphorically enabling the quest, lubricating and erasing boundaries, it can also pit surfaces and decompose codes. In this way All New Gen tarnished clean circuits, dislocated hard edged ideals and mucked the pristine parameters of cyberspace.
gender is a shufflable six-letter word
Pierce suggests that although the initial characters and scenarios developed for All New Gen in 1993 partially relied on a sex-role reversal strategy, VNS became more sophisticated in their thinking about characters, narratives, desire, and subjectivity over iterations of the work.10 In affective oscillation between virtuality and reality their characters, creatures and cyborgs evolved in text and online at CorpusFantasticaMOO, to make their way back into the latest game version.
The Matrices received a $100,000 grant from The Australian Film Commission in 1995 to develop a prototype All New Gen CD-ROM game for international distribution. With enhanced characters, animations and video sequences, the quest of the newly titled Bad Code, would play out over seven re- and co-created 3D graphic zones. With women comprising only 15% of internet users at this time, gender and power relations were at stake. There were no children to save in Bad Code, only patriarchal rationales to ruptured 'from within'11.
Perhaps their real audacity was laughing at the phallus. Circuit Boy, a chrome techno-bimbo and right-hand man of Big Daddy Mainframe, has a very large penis which must be unscrewed in gameplay – transforming into a mobile phone to accesses the womb/brain Matrix. Like all tools of Power, the phallus is not biologically fixed, but, as the male subject of the 1993 pop song Detachable Penis,12 who accidently loses his (prosthetic) penis at a party discovers, one needs to know it is at hand and can be utilized at any time. However, a strap-on can be harnessed into service by anyone.
Tantamount to Continental feminism, Bad Code played with the politics of language and culture, creating a game that pragmatically encouraged women to play with machines. It's a psychedelic, cybersquatted, rave world of Data Deviants and Cortex Crones where gender has many options; bodies are both biologically and mechanically constructed with organs available for purchase as one needs or desires them. Eclectic characters help the player monitor their Karma levels, while All New Gen's intimate presence is announced through green mists, trance music, and viral intelligence. Reading Bad Code's Synopsis post Gamergate, it encapsulates potential and parallel universes for which subsequent generations yearn. It's no wonder that following her investigations of early cyberfeminisms, Claire Evans invokes 'the howling future cunts to come along and rattle some sense into the servers.'13
Many colleagues and friends and were employed to create the Bad Code prototype and to star as characters in the videos that were part of the game. Barratt muses that artist/coder John Tonkin 'deserves an honorary sisterhood' for his work on 3D graphics. Sound engineers Deb Shaw and Fiona Martin played a big role, David Cox project managed, and Leon Cmielewski worked as designer to create the 3D interactive animated gadget that players used to solve puzzles, access koans and generally navigate the gameplay.
Da Rimini fondly recalls those who brought generous interpretations and skills to their characters: Pearl from Club Bent was the magical giver of Zen koans; older indigenous actor Noel Tovey fleshed out cyborg surgeon Dr Orlon; DJ Holdin Hope queered space in and out of the game as skater/dj/maker; dancer/stripper Glitter enlivened the disco queen; and Maj Green and Ewan Cameron from Theatre of Hell brought a Berlinesque panto noir aesthetic to multiple roles.14
But Bad Code was playing in unknown territory. In almost a parody of its aim to infiltrate and sabotage big Daddy Mainframe's domain, the game's development battled with the omnipresent entrenched informatics of domination. Despite Pierce talking to producers in Los Angeles, Starrs taking the CDRom to Millia and da Rimini demonstrating the work at Graz, Bad Code's realisation took many dead-end turns. In both email archives and contemporary interviews, the Matrices are transparent in their split opinions and tensions in the group over time and resources.
However intrepidly VNS collectively had embarked on their disruptive quest, it was not personally sustainable long-term. Starrs reminds us that 'we began by making up playful narratives around our female protagonist All New Gen and her DNA sluts. This was 1990… when the idea of a female hero in a computer game was unheard of'.15 Rachel Greene speaks in Internet Art of VNS Matrix's post binary cyborg All New Gen predating the early 21st century vogue for game art,16 but being ahead of the pack often means that breaking through heavily guarded gateways is a never-ending mission.
suck my code
Lauded as a 'feminine coded cyberspace of fluidity and mutation, an in-between world of new possibilities; a generative space of new feminist imaginings'17 Bad Code unsurprisingly wasn't assimilated into mainstream gaming. The offline frustrations and roadblocks were definitely not fun. In 1996 Barratt left the labial fold; Tomb Raider birthed gamedom's most popular female character Lara Croft; and massively multiplayer online games were gaining ground. By 1997 da Rimini, Pierce and Starrs were primarily working on other projects in different countries, while still holding the VNS Matrix space open.
While Bad Code did not come to fruition in the heady 1990s, core beliefs about women and technology have shifted into the 21st century. Programmers Ada Lovelace, Grace Hooper and Katherine G. Johnson may be household names today – yet, while women do hold up half the internet as socialisers and consumers, they do not necessarily author virtual space. The informatics of domination has evolved – persistent in Big Daddy Mainframe's data surveillance, biometrics storage and government instigated cyberattacks; the socially, biologically constructed self is reauthored and reimaged into Insta, SnapChat hyperreality.
Pierce speculates that perhaps the time for Bad Code's anarcho cyber terrorists is now; while Barratt sees the arc of the project as 'a hyperstition, it was drawing a door in a wall in order to pass through it. It was hyping and hacking a skillset, it was setting a series of traps for the future that would be triggered when the correct confluence of happenings aligned.'18
All New Gen's magik is potent – remixes erupt as spores. Decades on, these characters and texts are replicating throughout networks, infiltrating gender, feminist, queer, philosophy and software studies; informing artists, academics, geeks, coders, poets, gamers, sci fi and spec fic fans, curators and electronic writers; instigating collaboration and co-creation; popping up in galleries and museums and manifesting at art and technology conferences and festivals. For some it's a matter of sacred irreverence – at a 2018 exhibition of All New Gen artefacts in Brisbane, delicate offerings were left anonymously on the Altar of Oracle Snatch.
This is the myth-remaking that Haraway and many others encourage: 'the self feminists must code'.19 While firmly established in art and internet mythology, cyber-histories and herstories of many persuasions, they continue to adapt, modify and revise texts, objects, bits and bytes. From near and far, from the past and the future, the 'weird, angry, hilarious and staunchly defiant'20 Trojan voices of All New Gen and her DNA Sluts shout out:
Salutations, pussy.
- VNS Matrix, "G All E New N," in Photocopy (Adelaide and Sydney,: VNS Matrix, 1992)
- Released in 1989 by Nintendo in Japan Game Boy featured 8-bit graphics, was packaged with the cross generational appeal of Tetris and could be played anywhere
- Evelyn Wang, "The Cyberfeminists Who Called Themselves 'the Future Cunt'," DAZED (2016), http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/33703/1/cyberfeminist-manifesto-technology-vns-matrix
- VNS Matrix, All New Gen, 1993. multi-media installation at the Experimental Art Foundation
- Francesca da Rimini quoted by Bernadette Flynn, in VNS Matrix Interview in "Electronic Arts in Australia', Continuum, Vol 8, No 1 ,1994, p420
- Interior Scroll was performed at Women Here and Now, East Hampton, New York, 1975. Carol Schneemann read an imaginary dialogue with a dismissive male film-maker at the Telluride Film Festival
- Jyanni Steffensen, ""Slimy Metaphors for Technology: 'The Clitoris Is a Direct Line to the Matrix'"," in Discipline and Deviance: Technology, Gender, Machines (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 1998)
- Kay Schaffer, "The Game Girls of Vns Matrix: Challenging Gendered Identities in Cyberspace," in Virtual Gender: Fantasies of Subjectivity and Embodiment ed. Anne O'Farrell and Lynne Vallone (Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 1999).p 156
- Maria Angel and Anna Gibbs, "At the Speed of Light: From Cyberfeminism to Xenofeminism, Cyberfeminism, Xenofeminism and the Digital Ecology of Bodies," in #Womentechlit ed. María Mencía, Computing Literature (Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2017)
- Schaffer.
- Zoë Sophia (Sofoulis), "Of Spanners and Cyborgs: De-Homogenising Feminist Thinking on Technology," in Transitions: New Australian Feminisms, ed. B Caine and R Pringle (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1995). p158
- King Missile, Detachable Penis, Prod. BMG Records, UK, 1993
- Claire L Evans, "'We Are the Future Cunt': Cyberfeminism in the 90s," (2014), https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/4x37gb/we-are-the-future-cunt-cyberfeminism-in-the-90s
- Melinda Rackham and VNS Matrix, "The VNS Matrix Interviews 2018," (2018)
- Claire L Evans, "An Oral History of the First Cyberfeminists," (2014), https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/z4mqa8/an-oral-history-of-the-first-cyberfeminists-vns-matrix
- Rachel Greene, Internet Art (World of Art), Thames and Hudson, (2004), p63
- Schaffer. p156
- Virginia Barratt, "From C to X: Networked Feminisms," in Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria 2017)
- Haraway Donna J. Haraway, "A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s," Socialist Review 15, no. 2 (1985). p163
- Evans, "'We Are the Future Cunt': Cyberfeminism in the 90s"


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I had the wonderful pleasure to attend the Norman Medieval Fair this past weekend in Norman, Oklahoma. I actually helped sell bodices from Damsel in this Dress. I have to tell you a little about the wonderful woman who is behind the work.
Michelle, who owns Damsel in this Dress, creates the bodices from her own patterns. It takes great ingenuity, skill, and hard work not only to develop the items, but to also successfully run a business while maintaining the quality. She is constantly tweaking her designs to update and improve them. As a result, her bodices are not only beautiful and eye catching, but study to last years of lacing. Thank you Michelle, if you read this, for the hard work you put into you business.
Also this past week, I visited with my friend Leslie who owns and manages L&B Yarn Co. in Norman, Oklahoma. She and her sister opened their yarn shop a little under 2 years ago now. She is a wonderful person and truly cares about everyone that comes in the store. Her shop reminds my of an old library with shelves and shelves of yarn and goodies that wind back and forth. I haven't visited a yarn store yet that surpasses her selection and warmth of space. If your lucky to stop by, tell her I sent you. Also, in the near future, you will see some of my yarns grace her shelves.


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The Ontario waterpower industry has a long and proud history and an extremely bright future thanks to the natural abundance of waterpower in the province. In fact, waterpower continues to be one of Ontario's most valuable renewable resources.
Less than three generations ago, Ontario's waterpower resources accounted for almost all of the electricity produced in the province. Waterpower fueled the economic development of Ontario and contributed to the quality of life we enjoy to this day.
There are approximately 223 waterpower facilities currently operating in the province, ranging in capacity from less than 1 MW to Niagara Falls – at close to 2,000 MW. It is estimated that there is the potential for another 1,000 MW from the re-development of some existing facilities and at least 1,500 MW of new development potential on sites that have been previously assessed.
While waterpower is a proven technology, it continues to evolve and improve. With more than 2,000 locations across the province identified with the raw hydraulic potential to produce energy, waterpower will continue to contribute to local, regional, and provincial requirements in a manner that balances social, environmental, and economic objectives.
In addition to producing energy, many waterpower facilities are managed to provide a number of important ancillary benefits, including flood mitigation, water level stability for recreation, flow maintenance for dilution or habitat protection, and erosion control. In an environment of consumer choice, it is clear that renewable energy will continue to be valued, and that waterpower, which comprises 77% of Ontario's renewable power, will build on its long history of contributing to the continued prosperity of the province.
OWA Fact Sheets
1. Renewable Energy – Waterpower Facts
2. The Real Value of Waterpower
3. Ontario's Waterpower Facilities Map
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A Europeanprobe hunting down a distant comet has beamed back the first images of itsTuesday swing by the planet Earth.
TheEuropean Space Agency?s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft flew past Earth for the secondtime at about 3:57 p.m. EST (2057 GMT) to nab aspeed boost for the 4.4 billion-mile (7.1 billion-kilometer) trek to thecomet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
?The spacecraft will now be catapulted towards the outer solarsystem with its newly-gained energy before coming back to Earth for anotherboost,? ESA officials said in a post-flyby announcement.
Rosetta?sfirst images of its second Earth flyby were recorded by the probe?s navigationcamera and other instruments to reveal its homeplanet in color and a crescent moon in starkblack and white. Views of GrahamLand, Antarctica and a monochrome look at the limbof the Earth were among pictures released today.
Accordingto its flight plan, Rosetta will turn its camera eye on the moon as it departsEarth today. As the probe flies further out, it will look back at the Earth-moonsystem, mission managers said.
Tuesday?sEarth flyby brought Rosetta within 3,290 miles (5,295 kilometers)of the planet's surface and marked Rosetta?s third planetary pass to gain agravity assist for its planned 2014 comet rendezvous. The probe carries a smalllander, dubbed Philae, designed to touch down on 67/PChuryumov-Gerasimenko to take a closer look at the icy wanderer.
The probelaunched in March 2004 and firstflew by Earth one year later before swinging past Mars on Feb. 27 this year.The flybys allow Rosetta to steal a bit of speed from the orbital momentum ofeach planet as it uses gravity to slingshot across the solar system. It wasflying at about 27,961 mph (45,000 kph) as it left the Earth late Tuesday, officialssaid.
Rosettawill return for yet another Earth boost Nov. 13, 2009, after visiting anasteroid called Steins in September 2008.
Rosettaresearchers, meanwhile, are looking forward to sifting through the datacollected by the comet probe?s instruments during the Earth flyby, the ESAsaid.
- VIDEO: Comets: Bright Tails, Black Hearts
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1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4.
July 2, 2012/ Posted by Ben Piff / 4 comments
lots more: 1990s, galant, mitsubishi, sedans
4 comments:
- Anonymous said...
This is a super rare car. I had a friend that bought a few of these. He even had one he made into a race car. So much fun.
I believe they only made 1000 VR4s per year. And they even have a little plaque on the dash saying what number the car was in production (i.e. Car # 234 out of 1000).
- July 2, 2012 at 5:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Someone at my work has a dark gray one. Very rare indeed and much lighter than the evos.
- July 3, 2012 at 8:37 PM
- Justin said...
Of course they're lighter, Evos have a bunch of plastic shit tacked on for "Hurr durr safety".
Awesome find, insanely rare and in a great color combo.
- July 5, 2012 at 11:24 AM
- Andarius said...
Find the next model after it! I love that one!
- September 29, 2012 at 3:54 AM
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Grade 5 students from Centennial Public School will spend this week at Kingston's City Hall discovering how government affects their everyday lives.
Their visit to historic City Hall takes place during the eighth annual Local Government Week, celebrated across Ontario Oct. 16 to 22.
"Local Government Week is a great opportunity to welcome students to City Hall and allow them to explore the roles and people who make our city work," says Mayor Bryan Paterson.
The students will speak with councillors and learn how they represent their constituents and how citizens can get involved in the decision-making process. They will also meet the mayor and learn what motivates individuals to run for political office and how the democratic process works.
Throughout the week, students will meet with City Hall staff and interview them to learn about the roles different City employees play to ensure the work of the City is done. The students will also meet with representatives from Utilities Kingston to explore how the city is managing water and learn more about the important role of conservation.
The balance of the week will be spent exploring what it means to be citizens in a democratic society, to enhance students' civic awareness and allow them to share their ideas about what is important to them as Kingston residents.
This effort has been organized by Beyond Classrooms Kingston, a non-profit organization which moves students into community spaces for a full week. Local Government Week is fully sponsored by the City of Kingston. To learn more, visit Beyond Classrooms Kingston.
The City encourages schools to participate in local government activities throughout the school year. For more information, please contact Derek Ochej, committee clerk at email@example.com.
To learn more about Local Government Week, please visit the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing website.
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Shares of gunmakers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger gained 6.9 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively, Monday following the massacre in Orlando, Florida.
Authorities said Sunday 50 people were killed, including the gunman, and 53 were wounded during the attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Jerry Demings, Orange County sheriff, said the massacre "could definitely be classified as domestic terrorism."
James Hardiman, a Wedbush Securites analyst covering Smith & Wesson, said the stock prices of gunmakers generally rise after such attacks due to increased demands for gun control.
"History would suggest the more awful and tragic the event, ... and as the rhetoric of gun control rises, the stocks go up," he said.
SWHC (blue), RGR (green) Dec. 2-Dec.5
Entering Monday's session, Smith's shares were down 2.6 percent year to date, while Sturm's stock had fallen 3.7 percent in the same time period.
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Elana Wolff's poems have appeared in journals and anthologies in Canada, the US, and the UK. She has published three books of poetry with Guernica Editions: Birdheart (2001), Mask (2003), and You Speak to Me in Trees (2006)—a finalist for the 2007 Acorn-Plantos Award for People's Poetry and winner of the 2008 F.G. Bressani Prize for Poetry. She is also co-author, with the late Malca Litovitz, of Slow Dancing: Creativity and Illness, Duologue and Rengas (Guernica, 2008). Implicate Me, a collection of short essays on poems by Greater Toronto Area poets is forthcoming in 2009. Elana has taught English as a Second Language at York University in Toronto and English for Academic Purposes at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She currently divides her time between editing, writing, and facilitating therapeutic art.
Questions & Answers
Is there a specific moment that inspired you to pursue poetry?
There was a time when love and death intersected and I was overcome with a passion that needed to be both released and contained. I made a decision at that time to channel my chaos into poetic discipline.
How/where do you find inspiration today?
Inspiration comes by looking closely, seeing deeply, reading (and misreading) the work of other poets, living my life, thinking and feeling. Inspiration comes even through sleep and dreaming. Poetry, for me, is linked to an open way of being in the world—so inspiration can come from anywhere, at any time.
What is your writing process?
Sometimes a poem 'comes in' all-of-a-piece from a mysterious place. But this is rare. Mostly it's a process of crafting the raw material that issues in from looking, seeing, reading, living, thinking, dreaming, being.
What is your revision/editing process?
I am a constant tinkerer and critic. I revise every poem many times, often even after it's published.
Did you write poetry in high school? If yes, how did you get started? If no, why not?
I wrote intermittently in high school, but was not particularly drawn to poetry during these years. I was more preoccupied with reading, acting, dancing, painting, and playing the piano (which I've since given up).
Do you use any resources that a young poet would find useful (e.g. websites, text books, etc.)?
There are a number of excellent practical guides to writing poetry that I have found useful over the years. I would recommend Mary Oliver's A Poetry Handbook, Robert Pinsky's The Sounds of Poetry, and Molly Peacock's How to Read a Poem and Start a Poetry Circle. I have a book forthcoming with Guernica Editions, titled Implicate Me: Short Essays on Reading Contemporary Poems. This is a collection of thirty-three essays on poems by Greater Toronto Area poets that presents the richness and possibility of the close reading; I hope it'll be useful for the beginning poet and appealing to the more seasoned writer too.
When you were high school aged, what would have been helpful/motivating to hear from a published poet?
Read deeply and diligently, and read aloud. Really look, really listen, and really read. Find a mentor—a poet whose voice speaks to you, and make that mentor your study.


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There is something distinctly American about road trips: The highways and interstates, wide open roads, cheap gas, symbolic rest stops, music and drive-through fast food.
I've driven across country to go to college, camped at national parks in the southwest and I've memorized almost every stretch of I-5 from Seattle to San Diego. But, all of my road trips have involved going with friends or family. In August, that all changed.
I had to be in Port McNeil, British Columbia to embark on a six day kayaking trip through the Johnstone Strait. I decided this would be a great time to try a solo road trip. With around 11 hours in my trusted black Camry, I decided on the essentials: a road atlas, 6 books on CD (variety was essential as I sometimes have the attention span of a gnat), lots of snacks, two pairs of sunglasses, wide-brimmed hat, re-usable coffee cup (filled right before departure).
Hitting the road shortly after sunrise, I was making decent time by the time I arrived in Seattle. I managed to find all the summer road construction on the northern stretch of I-5. It seems America is getting back to work. I just happened to pick the wrong occupation.
While I've long been an advocate of traveling solo, I usually opt for the public transportation option: a smaller carbon footprint, you can read while on the road, you don't have to worry about directions or gassing up. But I learned that driving alone on the open road has its own liberating qualities: I could stop when I wanted to, didn't have to explain anything to a passenger when I wanted to change books on CD, I could sing out loud and have the windows wide-open, air conditioning on, and not feel an ounce of guilt.
I breezed through the Blaine border crossing and was on my way to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal south of Vancouver. As I waited in the long line of cars pulling up to the toll booth-like stations, the agent told me the ferry to Nanaimo (the northernmost ferry), the one I needed, was just pulling out of the berth, but not to worry because in 30 minutes another ferry would be leaving for Victoria. "And you'll make it up there in no time," the smiling attendant told me with a warm, comforting Canadian accent. I took her advice, paid $67 and pulled into lane 40, waiting for my turn to drive onto the monstrous ferry.
On Vancouver Island, I followed the signs to the Trans-Canada Highway. Distracted by the early fall foliage and lush green trees that line the roadway, I didn't seem to notice the line of red taillights that led as far up the road as I could see. At a complete standstill, I consulted the road atlas that I had brought with. Being the only highway up the island, I would need to simply rough it out.
2.5 hours later, we were moving again and I continued my drive up north. Thinking I would make it to Port McNeil by 11 at the latest, I was only part way up the island at 10pm. As the area became more remote, the street lights became farther apart and road markings were less visible, I followed the advice of the locals: gas up and be aware of no cell service for the last four hour stretch.
1 am came around and I began really questioning why I chose to drive. I imagined how nice it would be in a warm bus. A soft seat, I could sleep, read and listen to music, not having to worry about paying attention to the road. Faced with the reality that I had now been on the road for over 15 hours, I was exhausted and decided I needed to pull over to avoid falling asleep at the wheel.
The fact that I was in the bush and surrounded by trees and wilderness in every direction didn't give this city dweller a good feeling about pulling off the road to sleep for an hour. I waited until I found a pullout with a gas station and bar. Setting my alarm for 2 am, I closed my eyes to sleep for a solid hour. Refreshed by the shuteye, I pulled my seat up to the driving position, drank some water and put the key in the ignition. That's when I realized the battery was dead and the car wouldn't turn on. I looked at my phone. "No service," it read.
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"With emotions so high on the issue do you think this becomes an election issue 79 days to go before the mid terms?" asked (FOX News' Bret) Baier. "Will you be telling your candidates to make sure what the Democratic opponents how they stand on the particular issue?"
"I think it does speak to the lack of connection between the administration and Washington and folks inside the Beltway and mainstream America, and I think this is what aggravates people so much," answered Cornyn. "I agree with [Sen. Jack Reed], this is going to be a local decision. I would like to hear what the elected officials in New York, the two United States senators and other local officials think about this and the American people will render their verdict."
"So yes, it becomes an election issue?" prompted Baier.
"Whether you are connected to people or listening or lecturing to them, this is sort of the dichotomy that people sense that they are being lectured to and not listened to and that is why people are upset about Washington and to that extent, yes," said Cornyn.
The Republicans have opened a new front in the War on the Parts of the Constitution We Don't Like, adding the First Amendment to the Fourteenth and the Tenth.
Remember: the terrorists -- like John Cornyn and his ilk -- hate us for our freedoms. America can only truly be free if we curtail our constitutional rights.
*does not apply to women, brown people, non-Christians, forriners, and libruls
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3 magnificent courses, all within the top 100 in the UK make Woburn one of the finest one stop destinations in the world.
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Woburn Golf Club is one of the most prestigious golfing venues in England, so my expectations were high before setting off up the M40. That said, many such venues fail to live up to their billing, so I was careful to manage my own expectations whilst retaining a sense of quiet optimism. Five minutes after arriving, though, it became clear why Woburn had received such effusive praise from all corners of the golfing community. The three courses at this fine resort are wonderfully varied and immaculately maintained, and the clubhouse, pro shop, practice facilities and other amenities are equally as impressive.
Anyone that has played the Marquess course will know why the famed course held a european tour event, only after 2 years of opening. In 2001, the Victor Chandler British Masters was switched from the Duke's to the Marquess', causing some scepticism within the professional ranks. After one round on the new course, though, any controversy had been well and truly banished. Indeed, Colin Montgomerie, who finished 27th in 2001, said: "This is a great course and a fabulous venue. I have heard praise from caddies, players and spectators alike. It's a very, very good golf course. I think it's a real jewel, a real gem."
The Duke's boasts a very pretty start, a demanding middle section then a tricky run for home where accuracy is often of more use than distance as you seek to place your ball in the ideal spot over the closing three doglegs.
Perhaps the most majestic of the holes falls early on in the short-but-delightful downhill par-3 3rd, bathed in robes of purple glory when the rhododendrons are in bloom, and the magnificent par 4 that follows playing round and up to a challenging two-tier green sheltering in a secluded arbour. Precision is most definitely the name of the game on the Duke's course.
On paper, The Duchess' is the shortest of Woburn's three superb layouts. But anyone who's set foot on the course will know this doesn't make it the easiest. Woburn is famed for its tree-lined fairways and these are at their narrowest here. There are few tracks in the UK that place such a premium on straight hitting. From the 1st onwards, the encroaching trees are an ominous threat and any tee shot drifting away from the centre can result in an impeded second. It's not only for the drives that accuracy is demanded; on many approaches, trees guard sections of the small greens and a shot straying left, right or long could end stymied behind one of those majestic pines.
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The eldest brother worked at a children's hospital, the next oldest held a variety of jobs and the youngest brother was a longtime employee at Boeing. The three men lived together for 55 years in a cluttered Seattle home that until last week hid disturbing secrets – a massive hoard of child pornography, the alleged sexual abuse of their female family members and photos and clothing from unidentified children that detectives are now probing for links to unsolved murder cases.
"We started with two victims and it's grown to four," Seattle Police Department Capt. Mike Edwards tells Newsweek. "We're confident we're only at the tip of the iceberg."
The investigation into Charles Emery, 82, Thomas Emery, 80, and Edwin Emery, 78, has found that the brothers sexually abused at least two and possibly three generations of women in their family. When the brothers were children, all three of them sexually abused a female family member – identified in court papers only as E.V. – so intensely that she was forced out of the family home and into foster care, according to court papers filed by Seattle prosecutors. Charles and Edwin later sexually abused that woman's daughter, identified as T.W., beginning when she was a toddler, T.W. told investigators.
The abuse may have descended down yet another generation, to T.W.'s daughter, who court papers refer to as S.K. When police searched of the childless brother's home last week, they found a sinister stash of items including hundreds of pictures of girls being abused, stained girl's panties, dozens of children's penny loafers, and dozens of notes describing the sexual abuse of girls – sometimes after giving them soda spiked with vodka. Finally, investigators found an airplane-sized bottle of vodka tucked inside a small penny loafer inscribed, "S.K.'s first half ounce of liquor came from this bottle."
"We've got multiple generations involved here, and nobody in the family ever said anything," says Edwards, who added that long ago the brothers also molested the elder sister of E.V., the family member the brothers drove into foster care. "In this line of work, there's bad and there's very bad. This one is very bad."
The brothers were charged Monday with child pornography, but prosecuting them for the alleged sexual abuse of their family members appears to be impossible because the statute of limitations has expired. The brothers are each held on $500,000 bail and no defense attorneys representing them could be reached Tuesday evening.
"At the time of filing, law enforcement is actively executing search warrants and interviewing witnesses to determine the extent of the defendants' child sexual exploitation crimes as well as evidence of homicide," Seattle prosecutor Cecilia Gregson wrote in her case summary. Among the evidence pointing toward potential murders are a pink child's hat partially buried in the brothers' crawl space. "Both Thomas and Edwin Emery denied knowledge of child homicide, but would reply to law enforcement questions on the topic that it was 'possible' if everything the officers was saying was true," court papers state.
The probe into the brothers was sparked August 9 when T.W., the family member who says the brothers got her drunk and photographed and molested her, found boxes packed with obscene photos of notes while she was cleaning up the brothers' garage and called police. Besides pornographic images of children and handwritten notes detailing the kidnapping, rape and murder of young girls, T.W. also found socks and shoes just like the ones Charles Emery dressed her up in before he abused and photographed her, according to court papers.
Once police saw the items T.W. discovered and heard her descriptions of the abuse she suffered at the brothers' hands, the investigation began in earnest. A detective on Sunday walked into the Seattle nursing home where Charles Emery recently moved because of his dementia, took swabs from the old man's mouth, then woke him up to ask about the child pornography and abuse. "I talked with Charles about the things that he wrote concerning the abuse of S.K., he would become upset and told me that he was going to sue me for saying such things about her," the detective wrote in court papers. "When I asked Charles about his fantasies, he stated in the fantasy pages girls would be kidnapped, raped and killed."
When police questioned Charles Emery's younger brothers, they eerily described his "collection" of photos, violent manifestos and related items as "Charles' hobby." But when questioned by a detective, Edwin Emery said he is the sole user of the computer in the brothers' home and that he printed off pornographic images to share with his brothers. "Notably, Edwin Emery disclosed viewing the pornographic material in the living room area in view of his brothers Thomas and Charles, who sometimes look at the pictures," court papers state. (A fourth brother, older than Charles, died recently and since the investigation began, pornographic material was also found at his home, police said.)
Seattle police are now searching for any victims the brothers may have targeted outside their family, especially since detectives learned Edwin and Thomas Emery would try to photograph children in public but were often rebuffed by parents. Investigators are combing through a large number of photographs found inside the home, including undeveloped 35 mm film, and also examining records at Seattle Children's Hospital, where Charles Emery was a janitor from the 1970s through the 1990s.
"These guys are pretty old, so I'm sure some of these photos will go back two or three decades or even longer," Edwards says, asking that any victims or people with knowledge about the brothers email or call his team at email@example.com or 206.684.4351. "Their interests and obsessions go back to when they were very young."
A short sentence in the court papers revealed how the brothers were able to target not just one, but possibly three generations of women in their family. T.W., the relative who first called police on the brothers, told investigators that she allowed Charles Emery, the man who abused her, to take her daughter to Hawaii with him at least once. How could she have willingly put her daughter in his hands? She answered that since her mother – who the brothers also abused as a child – was along on the island trip, she believed her daughter would be safe.


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Ovarian germ cell tumours make up 30% of ovarian neoplasms; nearly all of these are mature cystic teratomas (dermoid cysts) with only 5-10% of tumours comprising malignant histologies. There is a similar spectrum of germ cell histologies to male germ cell tumours, albeit with different names in several cases.
These tumours are the most common type to occur in children, adolescents and young adults, making up 60% of diagnoses. One third of these will be primitive types, and the remainder mature teratoma. Primitive germ cell tumours are rare in older women.
Unknown. The cells are thought to arise from primordial germ cells rather than from the mature oocytes of the ovary.
Clinical Features
Some tumours (eg. nongestational choriocarcinoma and embryonal carcinoma) may produce extremely high levels of β-hCG, which can have hormonal effects on the patient (e.g. precocious puberty, amenorrhoea). Most other patients present with a mass and pain.
Examination can demonstrate extremely large abdominal tumours.
Pathological Features
Primitive Germ Cell Tumours
Dysgerminoma is the female equivalent of seminoma in men. Macroscopically, the tumour is pale, lobulated and with a circumscribed border. Microscopically, the malignant cells are arranged in lobules surrounded by a fibrous septa with lymphocytic infiltrate. The cells themselves have distinct cell borders, pale cytoplasms and polygonal shape with a regular, small nucleus. Immunohistochemistry is positive for placental alkaline phosphatase (PAP or PLAP).
Yolk Sac Tumour
This is a poorly named tumour as there are multiple appearances other than 'yolk sac'. They form structures associated with the endoderm, either extraembryonal or somatic. The tumour is macroscopically grey to yellow, with substantial areas of necrosis and haemorrhage. Microscopically, there are several appearances:
- Extraembryonal types
- Primitive endoderm/yolk sac: There are a variety of appearances; the reticular pattern is formed by a mesh of myxoid stroma lined by atypical epithelial cells. The solid pattern consists of solid growth of epithelioid cells with clear cytoplasm. Endodermal sinus pattern is uncommon and consists of cells arranged around a central lumen.
- Other subtypes include allantois (polyvesicular pattern) and murine-like yolk sac (parietal pattern).
- Somatic types may give rise to primitive lung, gut or liver appearances (glandular, hepatic patterns)
More importantly, these cells stain positively for alpha fetoprotein (AFP) which differentiates them from dysgerminoma.
Embryonal Carcinoma
Embryonal carcinoma is a very rare ovarian malignancy that recapitulates the early stages of embryonal development. Microscopically, tumour cells form vague gland-like structures. The cells are large and pleomorphic. There are often interspersed syncytiotrophoblasts which are β-hCG positive.
Considered a subtype of embryonal carcinoma, this tumour forms multiple blastocyst-like structures with embryonal discs.
Nongestational Choriocarcinoma
Much rarer than gestational trophoblastic disease, nongestational choriocarcinoma is often large, haemorrhagic and necrotic macroscopically. Microscopically the tumour is formed by syncytiotrophoblast (multinucleated cels) and cytotrophoblast (single nuclear cells) often arranged in pseudopapillae. Immunohistochemistry is positive for β-hCG. More than any other type, these tumours can cause precocious puberty/amenorrhoea.
Mixed Germ Cell Tumours
The above patterns, with the exception of dysgerminoma, are most commonly seen mixed with each other or with a mature/immature teratoma. Serum markers (AFP/β-hCG) give clues as to the likely components. Dysgerminoma is often seen as a component. Importantly, metastatic disease may arise from a single part of the mixed tumour, or each part may metastasise separately.
Teratomas consist of components arising from one, two or three germ layers (endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm).
Immature Teratoma
These form about 1% of all ovarian malignancies and 20% of malignant germ cell tumours; they are most common during the first twenty years. Macroscopically they can be very large, grey, haemorrhagic and necrotic. The most common form contains neuroectodermal tissue (small round blue cells) arranged in rosettes with a high mitotic rate. Other immature or mature types may be present, including mesodermal structures (primordial fat, muscle cells) or endodermal structures (primordial renal, hepatic or gut cells). It is curable in many cases with surgery, but chemotherapy raises the cure rate to close to 100%.
Mature Teratoma and Dermoid Cyst
This tumour contains only mature, adult tissue from the germ layers. They are the most common germ cell tumour (about 30% of all ovarian neoplasms) and are benign. They are most often cystic (dermoid cyst) but may be solid. They often contain structures such as hair, skin, or teeth; rare forms may contain structures resembling a malformed fetus. The dermoid cyst is a large cyst (often > 10 cm) that is filled with hair and sebaceous fluid (ick).
Monodermal Teratomas
These are teratomas that contain only one germ layer. They often give rise to other malignancies (e.g. glioblastoma, melanoma, carcinoid tumour).


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Forum discusses location of proposed shelter, prohibitions on camping
AUSTIN, Texas - A community forum on the proposed location of a South Austin homeless shelter was held Tuesday night.
On Tuesday, a proposal was released by the city council that identifies places that ban camping in certain locations of Austin.
One of the panelists, Deon Joseph, a law enforcement consultant from Skid Row, says it's not called crime stop, it's called crime control. If the city can control the little things, eventually bigger things will be controlled.
Adler says four people on city council came up with clarifying and defining prohibitions on camping, sitting and lying in certain public areas, like West Campus, Central East Austin and within a three-block area of the ARCH downtown.
The plan was made public for everyone Tuesday.
At the forum held in the cafeteria of Galindo Elementary, the community had many questions, such as where will the homeless population go if there's only one homeless camp.
The proposed South Austin shelter would be located close to Galindo Elementary and a nearby neighborhood.
The city council anticipates to hear from the public on September 18 and then take action on September 20.


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I was recently in Colombia and spent some time in Manizales, a university town in the coffee growing area. In the morning I would buy three local newspapers and walk into a roadside café and say, "Un café, por favor." The next moment, for a price that would scandalize Starbucks or Panera, I would be served a large helping of aromatic brew to which those establishments could not hold a candle.
At the departure point of the airport, the security official asked me to open the suitcase for examination. Her eyes popped at the sight of the array of coffee packets.
"What are these?" she asked.
"Coffee," I expressed what I thought was obvious.
"Why so much?"
"I like coffee," then added, hoping to appeal to her patriotic pride, "Colombian coffee."
Clearly it did not melt her heart. In a second she came up with a Swiss knife and cut open a couple of packets. She looked, she sniffed and, then, as she was about to put in a finger to check the content, I could not bear to watch. I offered a plastic spoon from my briefcase and insisted she use it instead. Finally she called her superior and after another bout of sniffing and spooning, they taped the open packets closed and let me go.
As I was leaving, relieved that the inspection was over, I heard the superior disgustedly mutter something to his team and I just caught the word "demasiado" (too much). I wondered what he considered excessive: my love of coffee or the amount I had purchased.
I have been subsisting on Colombian coffee for over four months now. It tastes as good in Washington as it did in Manizales. To be honest, it tastes a little better for it brings back cherished memories of a congenial town, bright mornings in friendly roadside bistros and pleasant Hispanic chatter in the background. The lurking thought of a couple of diligent security sleuths cutting open a large number of coffee packets in search of drugs and, then, no doubt frustrated, taping them close one by one, adds a little spice to those memories.


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Vuelta al Cotopaxi, Primera Parte; Ecuador.
I'm just back from the fabled Vuelta al Cotopaxi. Ok, so it wasn't the official mountain biking race that's encircles Ecuador's most famous volcano, but a similar route of our own doing. Here's a first round of photos – …[ Read More → ]


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Anyone who visits the new Sennheiser production site in Brașov, Romania, can be sure of a warm welcome—plant manager Violeta Balint and her team make sure of that. And if you take a closer look at the production lines and the building, you are guaranteed to be impressed. Everything here is so new, so efficient and well thought out.
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Sunday evenings are supposed to be a relaxing end to the weekend, but for Mary Daly and her colleagues, that evening in May 2004 brought complete devastation. The telephone rang. "Mary, you are not going to believe this. The plant is on fire."


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What to Expect From Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons (NYS: THI) is expected to report Q2 earnings on Thursday. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:
The 10-second takeaway
Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Tim Hortons' revenues will improve 4.6% and EPS will increase 7.9%.
The average estimate for revenue is $761.8 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.68.
Revenue details
Last quarter, Tim Hortons tallied revenue of $722.8 million. GAAP reported sales were 8.3% higher than the prior-year quarter's $667.3 million.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
EPS details
Last quarter, EPS came in at $0.56. GAAP EPS of $0.56 for Q1 were 12% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.50 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
Recent performance
For the preceding quarter, gross margin was 23.4%, 110 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 17.8%, 50 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 12.3%, 20 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter.
Looking ahead
The full year's average estimate for revenue is $3.11 billion. The average EPS estimate is $2.72.
Investor sentiment
The stock has a four-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 374 members rating the stock outperform and 31 members rating it underperform. Among 99 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 91 give Tim Hortons a green thumbs-up, and eight give it a red thumbs-down.
Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Tim Hortons is hold, with an average price target of $56.04.
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