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I'VE spent most of my career covering
Let me start by recalling a column I recently wrote from Kansas that noted the parallel between monocultures and polycultures in nature and politics. It began with the scientist Wes Jackson, the president of The Land Institute, explaining that the prairie was a diverse wilderness, with a complex ecosystem that naturally supported all kinds of wildlife, until European settlers plowed it up and covered it with single-species crop farms, mostly wheat, corn or soybeans. Today, noted Jackson, we now use high-density fossil fuels — in the form of gasoline-powered tractors,
What is going on in the Arab world today, I argued, is a relentless push, also funded by fossil fuels, for more monocultures. It's
The more these societies become monocultures, the less they spark new ideas and the more susceptible they are to diseased conspiracy theories and extreme ideologies. It is no accident that the Golden Age of the Arab/Muslim world was when it was a thriving polyculture between the 8th and 13th centuries.
The same is true of the
When the G.O.P. was more of a polyculture, it gave us ideas as diverse as the
That is, unless the G.O.P. can avoid another lesson of Mideast politics: Extremists go all the way and moderates tend to just go away. With the feeble House speaker,
It's striking how much the Tea Party wing of the G.O.P. has adopted the tactics of the P.O.G. — "
The Tea Party is not a terrorist group. It has legitimate concerns about debt, jobs and Obamacare. But what was not legitimate was the line it crossed. Rather than persuading a majority of Americans that its policies were right, and winning elections to enact the changes it sought — the essence of our democratic system — the Tea Party threatened to undermine our nation's
WHICH brings up one last parallel: Hezbollah started a war against Israel in 2006, without knowing how to end it. It didn't matter whether it won or lost. All that mattered was that it "resisted the Zionists." Hezbollah's tacit motto was: "I resist, therefore I am." Early in that 2006 war, Nasrallah boasted of Hezbollah's "strategic and historical victory," by holding Israel to a draw. But, in the end, the Israeli Army dealt a devastating blow to Hezbollah's neighborhoods and Lebanon's infrastructure. After the smoke cleared, Nasrallah admitted that it was a mistake.
The Tea Party started this war on Obamacare with no chance of success and no idea how to end it — similarly intoxicated by a self-image of heroic "resistance." And just like Nasrallah, Senator
If nothing else comes out of this crisis than the fact that such Hezbollah-like tactics have been discredited in our politics, then the pain of the last few weeks will have been worth it.Continue reading the main story

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Pleasurama development site agreement scrapped
An agreement to redevelop the Pleasurama funfair site in Ramsgate has been scrapped after plans for the project failed to materialise.
SFP Ventures UK received planning permission in 2004 for a hotel, luxury apartments and shops on the seafront site, now known as Royal Sands.
On Thursday, Thanet District Council voted to terminate its agreement with the developers.
SFP Ventures UK has not commented on the decision.
'Economic downturn"
The site has been described as one of the most important regeneration projects in east Kent but has been derelict for 10 years.
The council own the freehold of the seafront site but SFP Ventures owns the lease.
The development agreement attached to the lease specifies that it should be completed by the end of February.
In a statement, the authority said: "Members of cabinet have decided to adopt the recommendations of the overview and scrutiny panel to terminate the development agreement in relation to the Pleasurama site in Ramsgate.
"A construction expert will now be appointed to advise the council on the steps to be taken next."
Last month, the company said the economic downturn meant the original funder was not in a "position to proceed" but a way forward had been agreed and they planned to "start on the site in spring".


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Where to begin? Like really where do we begin? The toxicity and turmoil at the club has all the makings of an anti-Trump rally, but we do have a trophy and pride still to play for. So why not support the Team, the Club, the manager until the end. Show starts with Paul Mariner of ESPNFC chatting about the lack of passion and focus by the team and close out with Tim Stillman of Arseblog News and @GingersforLimpar who discuss the pain of watching it all burn down.
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Everybody is always looking for the best way to treat their diabetes. I was very interested when I watched the video below and the different approach to treating diabetes. Dr. Jason Fung explains how we should be treating the disease and not just the symptoms.
Perfect Treatment for Diabetes
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This was always my argument when it comes to the medical profession. Why aren't we treating the disease instead of just the symptoms. This was a very enlightening video, thank you for sharing it.
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Diabetes is a disease that affects your body's ability to produce or use insulin. Insulin is a hormone. When your body turns the food you eat into energy (also called sugar or glucose), insulin is released to help transport this energy to the cells.
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From about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, Jonathan Desir edits TV commercials.
But at night and on weekends, Desir morphs into "Jon Blazini the Edutainer," a performance poet with a fierce, sometimes haunting delivery.
From about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, Jonathan Desir edits TV commercials.
But at night and on weekends, Desir morphs into "Jon Blazini the Edutainer," a performance poet with a fierce, sometimes haunting delivery.
The Humboldt Park resident and self-described "first generation Haitian" speaks on topics from budding love to politics to everyday life experiences, these days joined onstage by partner-in-poetry Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman.
"God bless the U.S. but we bite the hand that feeds / Turn the tides of democracy into greed and take from the taken," the duo recited during a July 4 performance posted on YouTube.
"I was originally inspired by The Roots, Talib and Outkast," Desir, 29, said of his start writing and performing poetry about eight years ago while a student at Eastern Michigan University. "I started to rap and I realized I couldn't really do that, so I started doing performance poetry. It was a new thing on my campus."
That "new thing" soon became a personal passion for Desir, who said he is happy to be living in Chicago, where performance poetry has a long and rich history. Indeed, this city has been home to poetry icons including Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, the latter being the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize.
The future of poetry, specifically performance poetry, may be even brighter in Chicago, performance poetry insiders and experts told RedEye. The annual Brave New Voices competition -- which was chronicled last year for a docu-series recently aired on HBO -- is running in the Windy City through Sunday. The competition features approximately 500 young poets between the ages of 13 and 19 and events across the city, including at Columbia College Chicago, Brave New Voices founder and executive director James Kass said.
Also this summer, South Side-born performance poet and community activist Malik Yusef will drop his first album off Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label. The spoken word album, a double disc called "G.O.O.D Morning and G.O.O.D Night," will feature cameos from West, Common, Paul Wall, Bun B. and Adam Levine, he told RedEye.
Though the mainstream has flirted with performance poetry before, perhaps most notably in the form of HBO's now-defunct "Def Poetry Jam," the art form is resurfacing, particularly when paired with its cousin: rap music. The two art forms -- linked via artists such as The Roots and Dr. Dre -- are increasingly intertwining.
"I know hip-hop informs a lot of performance poets," said Franceso Levato, executive director of the Chicago Poetry Center, citing a few recent examples. (One poet retold the Iliad in "gangsta rap" terms during a performance, Levato recounted.) Though Levato said he would like to see more mainstream interest in poetry across the spectrum, he characterized the juxtaposition of hip-hop music and poetry as a step in that direction. "It can re-energize both formats," he said.
Yusef, too, said hip-hop and spoken word are merging at an "amazing rate."
Desir, who also has begun rapping despite his rocky rhyming start in college, credits boredom with mainstream rap music for the change.
"We're sick of seeing the same stuff over and over again," Desir said. "I think our culture is open for something different. Poetry, more so than rap sometimes, gives you an opportunity to explore different subject matters, to be more conscious."
Young people are particularly interested in poetry these days, according to Kass of Brave New Voices. He said 79 teams competed for 50 spots this year, the largest number of applicants in the competition's 12-year history.
"Our young poets have been in the White House and on HBO in the Brave New Voices docu-series," Kass said. "The visibility has been paying off and getting more kids and teens interested in writing and listening to poetry."
But you shouldn't overstate the appeal, according to Chicago native Kevin Coval, who works with Brave New Voices, appeared on four seasons of "Def Poetry Jam" and has been called one of rapper Mos Def's favorite poets.
Coval, co-founder of the annual Louder Than a Bomb teen poetry slam, said the art is never going to reach "downloadable ringtone" status like rap.
"This isn't going to be Soulja Boy," Coval, 34, said. "But that is because Soulja Boy is bubble gum. But also like bubble gum, you may chew on it for a couple minutes, then you'll want to spit it out. With poetry, that's not the case."
Yet poetry is popping up in amazing places, he said, including in Cook County Juvenile Detention Center.
"I just hosted a slam for about 10 boys on lock," Coval said. "Now, you talk about a situation where poetry and storytelling matters. That is a direct case of giving those who are not heard from agency to be heard."
Manissa Clark, a Calumet City poet, said she enjoys engaging in the art form because, unlike music, which can be divisive, poetry is for everyone.


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I touched on some of this in my post about my new job – but I wanted to come back to it.
I'm a librarian, an infovore, and I consider being able to manage information one of the greatest forms of power. This means I'm on and around computers all day – and that I tend to build in little tiny pieces of ways to redirect my attention where I can. Here's some of my ongoing and recent ones.
(I'll note here that I use a Mac at home – in this case, a shiny new MacBook, which is why I've been thinking about this. I use a PC running XP at work, and work requires 5 different sets of passwords for various things.)
I create playlists in my iTunes for all sorts of different things: sabbats and elements, but also for particular kinds of working. For the long-term job ones, I used songs that were about things important to me. (Love of learning, sharing information, giving people tools to make informed choices, connection in community, etc.)
Desktop images:
I pick images for my computer desktop that reflect what I want in my world at the moment. (Right now, they're very simple blue backgrounds from Marmalade Moon because I wanted something simple, but I'm also very fond of the art at Digital Blasphemy . I pick them based on my focus, on what I'm using that computer for, and on something that reminds me of beauty and attention to detail whenever I look at it.
The computer name.
I name my technology. (For people who think this is silly, I'll say that I've had tremendously good luck with hardware over the last nearly 25 years I've been using computers. Stuff has occasionally failed, but it's always been recoverable and I've had plenty of warning. Whether or not the two are related is hard to determine, but it doesn't seem to hurt.)
I name my car, my iPod (a bad pun: her name is Polyhymnia, and she contains mostly Pagan chants and other related music much of the time), my computer. I pick names that reflect my hopes for the use: my previous computer is Esoterica, and my new laptop is musica humana (the term for the human music, the harmony between human spirit and the music of the universe, as opposed to musica mundana/musica universalis (the music of the spheres) or musica instrumentalis (instrumental music, a step away from that union, and considered more 'mechanical' in classical theory.)
Yes, it's music-geeky, but it's also a constant reminder to myself of where I want my focus to be. (In this stage of my life, using the music as a springboard for everything else I want to do. Everything comes back to the Song and the heartbeat.)
Speaking of typing all the time, my personal passwords generally reflect a current goal or interest. So, for example, when I was really hoping that the job would work out in my favor, I used 'fruition' for several passwords. (It is no longer any of my passwords, I rush to say.) It's a great use for passwords that need to change every couple of months – I found that picking a related term helps me remember them.
You can do the same thing with an affirmation or a favorite line of poetry. Take the first letter of every word, change a few for numbers or symbols, and you have a great (and very strong) password. For example, if I were to use the following:
I am capable and competent and love my job
I might condense that first to: IACACALMJ
If I wanted to make it more secure, I might do: !AC&C&LMJ
Easy for me to remember if I say the phrase to myself – but hard for someone else to guess.


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Nappy wipes
Nappy wipes are my secret weapon when it comes to cleaning. They are brilliant for cleaning walls, doors, window sills, skirting boards and I even used them on the curtains this weekend. They are so easy to grab and safe for Riley to use so he can help me clean too. He is such a good little helper ..... most of the time.
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I'm always amazed at how well they clean and then wonder how good they actually are for babies bottom if they are like that on other messes!
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Michael Douglas On 'Today': Odds Are, I've Beaten Cancer
Five months after revealing he was battling throat cancer and Michael Douglas says he is confident he has beat the illness.
Speaking in his first interview since finishing chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, the veteran actor, 66, said his tumour has now vanished.
'The odds are, with the tumour gone and what I know about this particular type of cancer, that I've got it beat,' Douglas tells Matt Lauer in an interview on NBC's Today show, which airs in the U.S. on Tuesday.
Doctors have warned the Wall Street star that he shouldn't be too quick to dismiss concerns that the cancer could return.
But while he still has to undergo monthly checks, Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta Jones are said to be 'absolutely delighted' at the news.
The Oscar-winning actor, who was given just a 50-/50 chance of surviving the stage four cancer when it was first diagnosed four months ago, is already looking forward to making the most of the rest of his life.
'It's put a timeline on my life,' he said.
'I'm 66 now. You know, I'm fortunate I've got a mother who's 88. She'll kill me. She may be 87. My father's 94. So, you know, I feel good about those genes.
'But it's definitely a third act,' he added. 'And so you're a little more conscious of your time in how you choose to spend it.'
Douglas had been on tenterhooks waiting to see the results after completing his cancer treatment before Christmas.
He was pictured looking tired and frail in New York when he was in the middle of chemotherapy and friends and fans feared the worst when he revealed the disease had spread beyond the original tumour.
He blamed the illness on a lifetime of drinking and smoking. At one point, his father, screen icon Kirk Douglas, flew from his home in Los Angeles to spend time with his son in New York.
But last month, doctors told him his chances of a full recovery had increased to 80 per cent and he was pictured taking his 42-year-old wife and two young children, Dylan, ten, and seven-year-old Carys on trips to Disney World and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida.
The family also went on holiday to Hawaii to help with the veteran star's recuperation.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter before hearing the results, Douglas said he was determined to battle through the illness despite the uncertain prognosis.
'It certainly has put a little perspective on mortality, obviously,' he said.
'But as I looked through the stats, I didn't think of this as life and death, I just saw it as an illness to get over. So I didn't dig into the bottom of my soul to see what I could see.'
Douglas won the Best Actor Oscar for his turn as rapacious trader Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's 1987 drama Wall Street. His other films include Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct and Falling Down.
In an interview last September, Douglas said he was diagnosed with advanced, stage four cancer, which meant the disease had spread beyond the original tumour.
But he said doctors were optimistic because the cancer hadn't spread into his body. 'I am above the neck, so nothing's gone down, and the expectations are good,' he told American talk show host David Letterman.
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My sister and I are going to visit our cousins! I'm even a bit excited. Travel doesn't usually inspire me to be excited.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
I'm Off,
My sister and I are going to visit our cousins! I'm even a bit excited. Travel doesn't usually inspire me to be excited.
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Well, have a great trip! Can't wait to see what you've read/written when you come back -- take lots and lots of photos in proportion to how much we'll miss you! XD We solemnly swear not to spam. *nods*ReplyDeleteReplies
I would have to take pictures 24/7 :PDelete
Thank you :)
Books, writing, seclusion, surrounded by water and trees..sounds simply delectable.ReplyDelete
I don't think I even need to say it, but: You go and have an awesome time!
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AWESOME IS MY MIDDLE NAME.Delete
Aww, have an amazing trip and get lots of writing done! I know it's rather hard to accomplish as much as you'd like when Pinterest is such an avid distraction, but you'll do great without it :) Well, we'll miss you, but, the world will still spin I believe. *weeps*ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks :)Delete
*pats shoulder* It's gonna be okay... ;)
Lol! Have an amazing time at your cousins!ReplyDelete
Wait... you're doing the summer reading program? It's January!Replies
Will do :)Delete
It's summer over here in New Zealand!


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DETROIT -- A Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an international flight near Detroit on Christmas told a federal judge Monday he wants to represent himself in court.
U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds advised Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab not to go that route, but he insisted.
"I would prefer to represent myself," Abdulmutallab told her during his first court appearance since being arraigned in January on six charges, including the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
Passengers who saw flames pounced on Abdulmutallab, subdued him and forced him to the front of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit Metropolitan Airport last Dec. 25 carrying nearly 300 people. Authorities say he was trying to set off explosives hidden in his underwear.
The incident exposed flaws in security and intelligence. Abdulmutallab's father warned the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria that his son had drifted into extremism in Yemen, but he never was added to the "no-fly" list, which would have kept him off the plane.
The White House in January said the U.S. government had enough information to potentially disrupt the plot by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula but failed to connect the dots.
Abdulmutallab has not been silent while in custody. In February, law enforcement officials said he had turned against Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born Yemeni radical who claims to be his teacher, and had helped the U.S. hunt for him.
Dutch tourist Jasper Schuringa has been credited with stopping Abdulmutallab on Flight 253. From several seats away, he said he jumped to extinguish a fire just moments after Abdulmutallab told passengers his stomach was upset and pulled a blanket over himself.
"I didn't think. I just jumped. I just went over there and tried to save the plane," Schuringa told CNN in December.


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The exciting UEFA Champions Tournament comes to its conclusion with Wednesday's match between Manchester United and Chelsea. Kickoff is at 11:30am Seattle time, so drop by for some excellent soccer with your lunch. We'll have Boddington's on tap and bottles of Budweiser (the official beer of Manchester United) in addition to our usual selection of European beers. And we will have Bangers and Mash to also help you get in the spirit of things.
And if today's stars aren't enough for you, watch tomorrow's play in the Toulon International Under-23 tournament this week. About half the games are at lunch, with the rest at breakfast.
9am-11am: Japan vs. Netherlands
11:30am-1:30pm: France vs. Chile
6:30am-9:00am: USA vs Turkey
9:00am-11:00am: Ivory Coast vs. Italy
9:00-11:00am: France vs. Japan
11:30-1:30pm: Netherlands vs. Chile
9:30-11:30am: USA vs. Ivory Coast
11:30-1:30pm: Italy vs. Turkey
9:30-11:30: France vs. Netherlands
11:30-1:30: Chile vs. Japan
9:00-11:00 US vs. Italy
11:00-1:00 Ivory Coast vs Turkey
The Semifinals and Finals will be on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.


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The Financial Conduct Authority has named their new leader after months of struggling to find a suitable candidate for the role, which was left empty several months ago.
The new FCA boss is Andrew Bailey, a former senior figure at the Bank of England. He was previously the chief cashier of the Bank of England, which means that his signature appeared on the banknotes. His role as the head of the FCA will last for 5 years. The FCA (UK's leading financial consumer protection body), was previously headed by Martin Wheatley, who left the organisation last September. He was succeeded by Tracey McDermott, but she denied any desire to take his role permanently at the start of the year, purely working the position on an interim basis.
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What can we expect from Mr Bailey?
Mr Wheatley was hired as the head of the FCA due to a reputation for being a tough financial regulator. So, what will change now he's gone? After his departure, immediate changes occurred in financial legislation; including a time limit on payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation claims being set, as well as a lighter approach being given to the regulation of the city. Despite the changes, it still seems like the FCA is going to have a trustworthy leader. According to Chancellor George Osborne, "Anyone who has dealt with Andrew knows he will be tough but fair, and understands the flaws and merits of the economy sector better than anyone."


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Greetings Scribes
We have a few new faces on the blog, welcome to you all. I try to keep the list of contributors to those who are currently living in this kingdom and who actually contribute to the blog. I will weed through the lists usually once a year or so and remove any member that doesn't actually post as blogger has a limit of how many contributors we can have and while we have not yet met that I like to keep things active.
As you can see I have made sure that ALL the current signet positions that I know about are listed on this side bar, in trying to encourage greater "togetherness" for all the kingdom's scribes and signets I think it's good to know how to reach the signet from not only the kingdom but the principalities and the baronies.
www.dragonscribes.net is being worked on.
There is a dragon scribes wiki please join up and use it. I know it seems a bit daunting at first to edit etc... but it's really not so hard and the more people who contribute the greater our information base will be.
I added a "search" box ( top right hand side bar) so when you want to look for specific topics you can use this. It actually works quite well. Clever Google.
Some new links were added to the "places to learn" list and I am happy to add more if anyone has a specific place they like to go to for information etc...
This goes for shops as well, online shops change so please let me know if you have a new favourite.
And for Scribe's galleries, however please remember that not everyone has a facebook acct so if your gallery is on facebook and you want me to link to it it will need to be set to public.
There are a few facebook groups for scribes on the go, a Drachenwald specific one and an SCA one both are fun and the page that is linked to this one which is more about promotion etc.... Feel free to join up and converse.
This space is designed for showing off your work and giving as well as receiving feedback so don't be afraid to ask and show and tell. It's also a really great place for teaching tools so if people have PDFs they wish to share I am happy to also post a link or upload and link to any you have to offer. The more we can share the better we will be as a community.
Lastly remember to have fun!!


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Oct 8, 2013
Arcade ports never get old, and as such, a game like BlackOut shouldn't have far to travel to make it to our hearts. In theory, at least.
In this one, it's all about Googabonga, delightful-looking creatures that, just like millions of beach goers that hit the coasts yearly, just want some sun. Unfortunately, there are some evil beings afoot who have not only dimmed the sun, but also actively try to prevent the Googabonga from cleaning its surface.
Backstory aside, the gameplay involves flicking individual Googabonga towards the sun. When they strike the sun in a sacrificial manner, they splatter, much like a projected paintball. The object of the game is to "clean" the surface of the sun by covering as much of the surface with as much splatter as possible. To make matters more interesting, there are different types of Googabonga with different types of attributes. Some have bigger splatter radii, while others are impervious to particular weather conditions, and so on. There is a set number of flickables per level, and it is possible to miss the sun completely with an errant flick.
The gameplay employs a star based advancement system, in that the percentage covered equated to stars awarded, with one being a passing score, and three being exceptional. At least one star is required to make it to the next level. What I did like is the fact that the stars are cumulative, and to unlock the next stage, a set amount of stars need to be collected, so it's isn't enough to try to coast through getting a single star per level. Thankfully, each level is replayable. There is a finite amount of lives, and splats generally release gems that can be collected for points.
As the game progresses, the levels get predictably harder; different types of obstacles appear, elements like wind become a factor and extra tasks become available.
Controls-wise, the gesture-based flinging motion feels natural, but isn't easily mastered. Indeed, because of the design perspective used, it takes a bit of specificity to hit the "edges" of the 2D sphere and cover it completely.
The in-app store allows some aspects to be expedited, but isn't mandatory.
This game assumes portability without losing its arcade charm. Bigger screens increase the playability, and overall, its a great cross-generation time waster.


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Mrs S Walton
Head of Modern Foreign Languages
Miss M Ene
Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
Mr J Petit
Assistant Headteacher
Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
At Trinity High School we believe that languages are a skill for life and acknowledge that students who are able to speak additional languages are increasing in demand in the modern work force. We are determined to develop risk taking linguistics who are confident about using their language in real situations.
In Year 9, all students are given the opportunity to sample French, German and Spanish before concentrating on just one language from October half term onwards.
Spanish GCSE starts in November of Year 9 with the skills and content of the Foundation course. Students are assessed each half term.
During Year 10 and 11 the skills and content for the Higher course will be taught where appropriate.
AQA Spanish GCSE
The course is assessed through 4 papers, each worth 25%. All external assessment is at the end of Year 11. There will be half termly assessments during the course.
The course is made up of three themes:
Identity and culture. Topics such as "Me, my family and friends", "Technology in everyday life" and "Free-time activities".
Local, national, international and global areas of interest. Topics such as "Home, town, neighbourhood and region", "Social issues", "Global issues" and "Travel and tourism".
Current and future study and employment. Topics such as "My Studies", "Life at school", "Education Post-16" and "Jobs, career choices and ambitions".
www.linguascope.com – see teacher for passwords
In 2015, 10% of students taking GCSE Spanish achieved grade A or A* and 70% achieved A*-C.
Modern Languages are a Russell Group Facilitating subjects. The Entry Requirement for French is a minimum of a grade B at GCSE. However, we will always consider individual cases on their merits and students with 5+ good GCSE C grades and above may be interviewed by the relevant Head of Subject staff member and/or one of the Leadership Group to assess their suitability for the course.
AQA A level Spanish.
Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation (Spanish into English) – 45%, 1 hour 45 minutes
Paper 2: Writing – 1 essay and translation (English into Spanish) – 25%, 1 hour 30 minutes
Paper 3: Speaking – 30%, 15 minutes + 15 minutes preparation time
A level
Paper 1: Listening, reading and 2 x translations – 50% of A level, 2 hours 30 minutes
Paper 2: Writing – 2 essays – 20% of A level, 2 hours
Paper 3: Speaking – 30% of A level, 15 minutes + 5 minutes preparation time
AS – Social issues and trends, Artistic culture, Grammar, Study of a film
A2 – Social issues and trends, Political and artistic culture, Grammar, Study of a text.
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education is a natural focus of MFL due to the nature of the subject. We teach about people, their relationships and their interactions with others. Through our use of current authentic materials students are often exposed to cultural differences between the UK and the countries of the language that we are studying.
Pupils in all years study the religious festivals celebrated in other countries. We look at the meaning and significance of these and compare with our own celebrations. This is done in the target language.
It is important to understand the different societies in the countries which speak the languages we study as well as the words. We look at stereotypes. All year groups look at the topic of the environment. We consider an individual's responsibility in environmental issues and solutions to problems. In Key Stage 5 we discuss immigration, poverty, racism and criminality.
We teach students to understand society and the roles and responsibilities of an individual. We achieve this by exploring prejudice, healthy lifestyles, the pros and cons of marriage, homelessness and unemployment.
We aim to make all of our students understand the meaning, nature and value of our multicultural society. Through our extra-curricular events we aim to promote this further. Examples include:
International club runs on a Thursday lunchtime in the Library. Here like minded students discuss and share their knowledge of other cultures, play games and organise whole school events. We hope to develop links with schools in other countries during the academic year 2016-17.
Developing excellent translation skills in a MFL helps promote literacy standards in English.


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The Games Authoritarians Play
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Syria was little more than a game of pretend.
I couldn't decide whether to laugh or to cry when I heard that the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, had found a solution to the Syrian crisis. Speaking in Damascus on Tuesday, Lavrov declared that everything was fine: President Bashar al-Assad was "completely committed to the task of stopping violence regardless of where it may come from." Russia's foreign ministry backed up this statement and called for "the swiftest stabilization of the situation in Syria on the basis of the swiftest implementation of democratic reforms whose time has come."
Actually, the time for "democratic reforms" has long passed in Syria, where Assad's army shows no sign of "stopping violence regardless of where it may come from." If anything, the brutality increased during the hours that Lavrov spent in Damascus. But even if Syria were an Arab Switzerland, fully prepared to hold a "constitutional referendum," as Lavrov suggests, it would be hard to listen to the Russian foreign minister's comments with a straight face. At the moment, it isn't easy to say how, exactly, Russia selects its political leaders, but that process doesn't involve the voting public, at least not very much. "Swift implementation of democratic reforms" is definitely an idea whose time has come—in Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as Damascus and Aleppo.
Nevertheless, it is notable, and remarkable, that even the Russians now feel obligated to use this kind of language. I have to presume that Lavrov doesn't care one way or the other about democracy in Syria: He went there because Syria buys a lot of weapons from Russia, because Russia was spooked by the fall of Muammar Qaddafi and because unrest in Syria might be bad for other Russian interests in the region. Once upon a time, a Soviet envoy visiting the beleaguered head of a client state in a similar situation would have used words like "comradely solidarity" instead of "democracy," and he would have brought along some very visible military advisers for good measure.
Nowadays, that sort of thing just isn't acceptable. It is not good for one's international prestige to be seen as the leader of a nasty dictatorship. Slowly, it is also becoming more difficult to move one's money around the world or to educate one's children in Swiss boarding schools.
More to the point, even authoritarian regimes worry about how their warm relationships with other authoritarians look to those at home. Lavrov represents a regime that, although not endangered at the moment, certainly fears popular discontent, anti-corruption rhetoric and, of course, political demonstrations of the sort that created the Orange Revolution in Ukraine or the Arab Spring across North Africa. And thus Russia feels the need to maintain a semblance of legitimacy. During the last Russian presidential elections, President Dmitry Medvedev did not travel around the country and did not meet with supporters. The Russian media covered the story, with Medvedev receiving almost all of the television coverage while his opponents got little or none. Nevertheless, people were encouraged to vote, and all of the fluffy trappings of democracy were present, even though there was no doubt about who would win.
The same is true in Russian diplomacy. Lavrov, and his bosses, clearly don't want Russians back home to think they support a regime that is firing on demonstrators—although they do—particularly in a week when demonstrators have thronged the streets of Moscow, carrying banners calling for "honest elections." It makes them look, well, undemocratic. So the Russian foreign ministry has to pretend to be fighting for Syrian democracy, even as the Syrian army is simultaneously waging a full-scale war against its people.
I'm of two minds about this "pretend democracy promotion," the natural offshoot of Russia's pretend democracy. On the one hand, it cheapens the language. If "we support Syrian democracy" really means "we support Syrian dictatorship," then we're in an Orwellian world where nothing means anything anymore at all.
On the other hand, people are not stupid: Syrians and Russians both know the difference between "democracy," "constitutions," and "referendums" on the one hand, and naked violence on the other. The more the Russians use those words, the more obvious it will be, to Syrians and to Russians, that in this context they are meaningless. Perhaps some of them will eventually decide they want the real thing instead.


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Had a medical collection added to my credit report the DAY I APPLIED FOR A MORTGAGE - which left me 14 points shy of the 640 requirement on my middle score with EX. The collection company is PARAGON REVENUE GROUP and it's for a bill that has NEVER BEEN SENT TO ME. The OC, a hospital, turned me in once before and it was removed because they had the wrong address. Well I corrected the address and confirmed they had the insurance information (we have two medical insurances, so I know I don't owe $280 on this bill) and March and never heard anything until Sunday when it showed up on my EQ report dropping it from 626 to 549 and no telling what it dropped my EX to but it was 626 with the lender pull and it had no major derogs at all and today it hit TU and not sure what the drop will be but my FAKO dropped 40 points but TU with a lender pull yesterday had it at 690 - but it hit TU today. I know I'm rambling but need to vent a little because I'm so exhausted.
Anyway back to PARAGON REVENUE GROUP - I got the letter saying that they had my account in collections, I called and arranged to make a $50 payment because a lady there told me that they would not report if I made a payment and that it shouldn't report to the CRA's since it is still pending insurance reimbursement BUT it did.
I spoke with the hospital yesterday who does not understand why it's in collections but can't really do anything on their end about getting it removed because it's "just how our system works."
I don't know what direction to take and need help immediately. Please advise. I'm in contract on a house and I know that this collection account will prevent it because my scores aren't where they should be. I'm frustrated and upset and have never had thoughts of opening up a can of intellectual whoop-a$$ like I do right now - moderator please edit if that's against the rules!
Someone PLEASE HELP ME!
In my opinion, your issue is with the OC, not the debt collector. The debt collector received a collection referral from the OC, who by placing it for collection was asserting it as a legitimate debt.
The ultimate basis for deletion of the collection would be that their was no legitimate debt at the time of their referral, and thus the collection is improper as a matter of fact.
However, that will take some time to address. You should prevail in the end, but that does not address your short-term need.
I would at least get a statement from the OC that the collection referral was improper. If they dont understand how it is in collection, get them to state as much.
Hopefully, your lendor will then remove the collection from their decision making.
A DV to the debt collector will ask that they obtain verification from the OC, but it wont be timely at this point, and even if it were, they would not have to respond.
Yes, you can, and i recommend that you do send a DV, but it is not going to compel any immediate resolution.
Do you think if I paid the debt and then disputed it with the three CRA's I'd have a change of getting it removed within 30 days? Or is that a silly solution? The hospital said they would write me a letter but how do they determine what my credit score SHOULD be if it gets removed?
Yes, armed with info that the OC considers the reporting to be inaccurate, you can send a direct dispute to the debt collector, compellling them to conduct a reasonable investigation, and report their findings to you. In my opinion, based on your facts, any reasonable investigation on their part would require contact with the OC before verifying the accuracy of the collection. If the OC tells them what they have told you, I dont see how they could verify the accuracy.
Inability to verify compels them to send timely deletion of the unverifiable information to each CRA to which they reported.
I strongly recommend a direct dispute, and not a dispute via the CRAs,
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MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump says he agrees "100 percent" with a proposal from Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin that would increase requirements to use American-made products in certain construction projects.
Wednesday, Baldwin said she hopes Trump will pressure Republican congressional leaders to take action on the bill.
Trump voiced support for the Wisconsin Democrat's proposal during an interview Tuesday with WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. Trump signed an executive order during the Wisconsin stop designed to help American workers whose jobs are threatened by skilled immigrants.
Trump was asked during the interview if he supported a Baldwin bill that would require American iron and steel products to be used in certain drinking-water projects.
Trump says, "I'm very much into that and I agree with her 100 percent."
According to The Nation, however, Trump's plan for "Buy American" executive order, signed in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday at Snap-on headquarters, is highly flawed.
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Special educational needs
Mr Andrew Turner
NC2To move the following Clause:
'(1) 'Subject to subsection (2) the Secretary of State shall make arrangements to refund the cost falling to local authorities and health authorities in providing for children with special educational needs or the special needs of children with autism spectrum disorder.
(2) The Secretary of State shall not be responsible for refunding costs falling on the local education authority.
(3) Part IV, Chapter I of the Education Act 1996 shall be amended as follows
(4) In this section and sections 312 to 336 of the Education Act 1996 "health authority" means such National Health Service body as designated by the Secretary of State for Health.'.
Pre-school nurseries, etc.
Chris Grayling
NC3To move the following Clause:
'Pre-school nurseries and other groups shall be free to modify any curriculum provision in the foundation stage unless subject to special measures.'.
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [11TH DECEMBER]That
(1) during proceedings on the Education Bill the Standing Committee do meet when the House is sitting on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at five minutes to Ten o'clock and half-past Two o'clock;
(2) 18 sittings in all shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;
(3) the proceedings to be taken on the sittings shall be as shown in the second column of the Table below and shall be taken in the order so shown;
(4) the proceedings which under paragraph (3) are to be taken on any sitting shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the third column of the Table;
(5) paragraph (3) does not prevent proceedings being taken (in the order shown in the second column of the Table) on any earlier sitting than that provided for under paragraph (3) if all previous proceedings have already been concluded.
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [13TH DECEMBER]That the Order of the Committee [11th December] relating to programming be amended as follows
(1) in the third column for the 3rd sitting, '11.25am' is omitted;
(2) the entries for the 4th, 5th and 6th sittings are omitted and the following words inserted:
ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE [18TH DECEMBER]That the Order of the Committee [11th December] relating to programming as amended by the Order of the Committee [13th December] be amended as follows
in paragraph (1) "Thursdays at five minutes to Ten o'clock" is omitted and "Thursdays at half-past Nine o'clock" is inserted;
in paragraph (4) after "time" there is inserted "or times";
in sub-paragraph (5) "on any earlier sitting" is omitted and "at any earlier time" is inserted;
in the Table the entries for the 6th to 16th sittings are omitted and the following words inserted:
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as a new member of the online community the only reason that I have got a computer is the use of it cost me so little . As I live on a restrictive income I barely can afford, to use the net as it is this will just make me sell my computer and leave this mode of talking and doing business, as it will take more products out of my reach . The only reason I do business on the web anyway is to stretch my income for the things I would otherwise have to forgo, to live in the area I'm in as I am disabled and am living on my wife's part-time job income >You would think in times of economic downturn you would embrace technology to build more sales rather than try to siphon more funds from dead horses like me that can barley pay their way in society. this just hurts the poor some more ,as I will be watching the outcome of this policy you can be assured I will vote accordingly by the way our policy makers in government votes on this ,thank you for your time ,Scott Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.comReceived on Tuesday, 6 November 2001 23:43:45 UTC
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Blogs don't have ratings, do they? I don't think so.
For the purposes of this post, I have had to borrow a self-imposed rating from the Motion Picture Association. I feel strongly that the photographic narrative below should be rated PG-13. The guidelines for receiving such a rating are -
Parents Strongly Cautioned: Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. May contain moderate language (nope), minimal strong language (not even one bad word), some explicit nudity (mmm, maybe? the feathers cover most everything though...), intense violence (no violence here, just love) and/or gore (do they mean Al Gore? If so, then no... he's not in this blog), or mild drug content (certainly not!).
Folks, it's a raptor romance, a true bird love story, an avian romantic comedy, a chick (making) flick... with some copulation involved. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll want to see it again and again.
Anyway, you have been warned.So now you know...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
A Lesson on the Birds & the Bees (told in photographs)
Blogs don't have ratings, do they? I don't think so.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Stop Bird Kills at Communications Towers
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated that approximately 50 million birds are killed every year simply because of lighted communications towers. Scientists have shown that migrating birds become disoriented and trapped by the halo of light surrounding towers that use steady-burning illumination, especially during fowl weather. Migrating birds will circle endlessly until they either collide with the structure, each other, or simply fall dead from sheer exhaustion. In just one instance, more than 10,000 dead birds were found under a single communication tower in ONE night! Spring bird migration is nearly underway. The new Obama administration in the White House has voiced its commitment to science-based decision-making. And with new leadership at the FCC, NOW is the time to urge the Commission to safeguard our neotropical migratory songbirds.
Read more about this serious issue HERE.
Please DO IT for your children's children. Declan says, "Thank You!"And when you're done saving the birds, sit back and read THIS article. As a musician and a lover of lush, orchestral sounds, I can completely relate to the thought that the natural world around us is not merely a bird singing over there, or an insect buzzing over there... it's a symphony. It's a beautiful theory, and it illuminates yet one more way we humans impact the natural world around us.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Feb 22nd: More Of The Same
I arrived on Sunday afternoon to my favorite PEFA viewing spot just as the clouds were thinning after the morning's uneventful snow. On my way down to the beach with my scope, camera and binoculars, I had hopes of again seeing the falcons perform their Blue Angel-like aerial show.At first, my quick scan offered no sightings of the Peregrines. But just as I was about to pack up and head home, I heard the female scream. She was directly above me. She, the larger of the two Peregrines, must have snuck on to her perch in the tree top while I was scanning the river. How very stealthy of her.The male Peregrine, known as a TIERCEL, flew in to prove to her that he is her one and only. The two falcons copulated for the second (witnessed) time this weekend, and then he went to grab a beer with his buddies and watch the game. Lucky bird. I'm kidding of course. He did fly off and I was unable to relocate him. Truth be told, I really can't prove that he wasn't watching the game and drinking some beers... you know those tiercels.
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: Just after she let out her scream, I pointed my camera straight up and started shooting with my camera.It would appear from this photo (above) that she is trying to bite her partner, no?I was able to get a few more photos before she flew off to join her man for an early dinner. I think Grackle may have been on the menu. On the way home in my car, I saw one of them slicing through the skies, diving exceptionally fast into a large flock of those recently-arrived blackbirds.Craig Koppie, a USFWS Peregrine Falcon expert explained to me in an email today that it seems a bit early for nesting. More than likely, the male might just be heating up the courtship-romance, perhaps in relation to last week's warmer weather. Craig also mentioned that he has seen similar behavior in AMERICAN KESTRELS, America's smallest falcon.
Finally, here she fixing up her flight feathers just right. She is preening, but the date already appeared to be over. Women are smart... it's always important to look your very best. Plus, it helps her to go fast in the sky... very fast.I will happily keep you posted. More soon.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
February 21st: Must Be Avian Valentine's Day
It was a beautiful, albeit cold, day today in Annapolis. February 21st... and love must have been in the air. Declan and I spent the morning at Thomas Point State Park, while his mother (my wife) took a knitting class. Maybe she could knit Declan a super-thick, wooly sweater? It's been a cold winter. I digress...The Buffleheads were in full swing out on the Bay. As far as the eye could see, the buffle-drakes were head-bobbing, posturing and showing-off. From the Bay Bridge all the way to Mayo Beach, the male Buffleheads were all about impressing the ladies today. Nothing fowl about it, right ladies? Right.The best 'move' of the day however, wasn't observed until later in the afternoon.I was on my way to Whole Foods to pick up something 'organic', when I decided to make a quick detour. Why not check on the local PEREGRINES before visiting the food store that the Haas Family affectionately calls 'Whole Paycheck'? BIRD COUPLE described it as such some time ago, and the name stuck.So I pull up to my viewing spot and put my bins on the bridge. Not a falcon in sight. But just before I was about to walk back to my car, I hear a scream coming from behind me in the trees. Not just any scream... no no no. This was the scream of a PEREGRINE looking for love. He was perched mere feet from where I was standing.QUICK!! Get the camera. DANG. It's back at the house. Why? Well, I really wasn't planning on being this close to a Falcon today. For the next half hour, I admire the male situated on substantial limb in this still-leafless tree. Just stunning.I manage to pull myself away from the falcons, go to the grocery store and get my shopping done. Not really rushing, I mosey back home to drop off the groceries. Noticing that there is still 'some' light left, I grab Declan, Emery and oh yes... a camera and we head back to see the falcons.You've been looking at the results. It was late now, about 4:30PM. The sun was set low and the thin clouds were blocking any direct afternoon light from the tree tops. But the moment was still spectacular.On this second visit, I immediately notice the male perched on the bridge. Thinking that I missed my opportunity, I walk back up the car. Em was in the car knitting and Declan was busy sleeping in his car seat. Just then... zip... the much larger, dusky-colored female sails right in front of the Volvo. Literally, a few feet from the windshield!!! I run up to the car and ask Emery, "Did you see that???" Unfortunately, she was captivated in her knits.I watch her (the falcon, not my wife) perch. This time, she is doing the screaming. The male darts from the bridge, lands on her and copulates. Immediately after their embrace, he perches beside her to what I imagine is 'avian-cuddling'. How adorable.I take as many photos as possible through the canopy of limbs. She soon flies off, showing off her 'bands', also known as Falcon bling.Both birds then take turns flying from the tree, back to the bridge, back to the tree, etc. Both appear to keep opposite perches for the remainder of our visit. I wonder if this is something like 'sleeping in separate beds'? Nah.With the sun nearly set, it was time for the Haas family to go home and consume some of those organic groceries. Maybe before bed tonight I'll try that 'screaming-from-the-tree-tops' thing? Just kidding folks. The truth is...EMERY AND I ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER BABY IN SEPTEMBER!!
Have a Great Sunday.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Peregrine Falcon Tracking
The Peregrine Falcon. Truly, this bird is the classic example of how much we humans impact other species, both good and bad. From the brink of extinction due to the over-use of the egg-shell-thinning chemical DDT, these raptors have made a remarkable comeback. With loads of assistance from conservation organizations, environmental groups and the US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Peregrine's survival has been assured and maintained.In particular, the USFWS has monitored, protected, breed and released the US Peregrine population back to healthy numbers. And though they are still very much protected, Peregrine Falcons can be found (if you're lucky and spend a lot of time looking at the sky) year-round here on the East Coast.These maps, courtesy of FALCONTRAK, show the incredible distances that these birds travel. As you can easily see, these falcons like to roam. Peregrine, from it's Latin origin, means a "traveler, wanderer."Enjoy this video of Craig Koppie banding and giving a health assessment to some Peregrine Falcons in our region. CLICK HERE.
Maryland's neighbor to the South, the Commonwealth of Virginia, has an interesting program called FALCONTRAK. FalconTrak is a cooperative project designed to answer a collection of questions about the movements and survival of Virginia peregrines. It is all a part of the much larger organization, The Center for Conservation Biology, a research and education organization within the Department of Biology at the College of William & Mary.If you're so inclined, you can even SPONSOR a falcon. Why, you ask? Well, the process of utilizing satellite telemetry to track young falcons throughout their annual cycle with the use of solar-powered satellite transmitters that are fitted to the backs of peregrines before fledging... I'll be it can get a bit expensive. And since these birds are going to be tracked for a period of 3 years to determine survivorship, movement patterns, and eventual breeding locations, your financial assistance would probably be more than welcome by the folks performing the research.Still not convinced? Check this out: you can go online and track these birds yourself HERE.There is a lot more information available on the VA FALCON'S MAIN WEBSITE.As for me, I'm just looking forward to observing our local Peregrine's as they attempt to increase the population. I often wonder what ever became of the little Peregrine chick that I swam with that summer day back in 2007?She was an adorable, albeit a slightly loud, falcon. I can still feel her talons in squeezing my pinky finger and hear that scream she let out while driving in my Volvo. It was only after I went into great detail about the numerous safety features of the Volvo did she finally quiet down. What a bird.-Dan


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Allstate First-Quarter Earnings Fall 15%
Insurer Says Impacts From Winter Storms Drove Catastrophe-Related Losses Higher
Allstate Corp. said its first-quarter earnings fell 15% as heavy winter storms drove up claims costs for the car and home insurer.
The Northbrook, Ill., company said first-quarter catastrophe losses reached $445 million, up 24% from $359 million a year earlier.
Allstate and other property-casualty insurers have faced unfavorable year-over-year...


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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Caroline Lathan-Stiefel
Whorl, 2004-2006; fabric, pipe cleaners, yarn, pins, wire, thread, fruit nets, and lights. Galerie Articule, Montréal, Quebec. Photos by Guy L'Heureux. Untitled, 2008; pen and ink and gouache, collage on board, 13 X 7 1/4, Untitled, 2003; pen and ink, gouache on grid paper, 7 1/2 X 4 5/8, Patch (detail), 2006-07; fabric, pipe cleaners, yarn, pins, thread, wire, strawberry crates, lead weights, fruit nets, dry cleaning bags, straws, tacks, plastic grocery bags, and rubber fishing lures. Suyama Space, Seattle, WA. Photo credit: Eduardo Calderon, Untitled, 2008; pen and acrylic ink on paper, 11 1/2 X 12 1/2, Untitled, 2007; pen and ink collage on board, 11 3/4 X 13, Split Barrier from the exhibtion In Suspension, 2007-2008; fabric, pipe cleaners, yarn, pins, plastic, thread, fruit nets, plastic ties, styrofoam balls, tacks, and lead weights, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Photo: Frank Magalhaes.
i love Caroline Lathan-Stiefel's use of simple materials like fruit nets, grocery bags and pipe cleaners to create complex forms and environments. her drawings are great, too.
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
elliot hundley
garden (for ivan), 2006, deathless aphrodite of the spangled mind, 2002-2003, deathless aphrodite of the spangled mind (detail), fire, 2006, siren, 2006, untitled (sibyl), 2004, siren (detail), the hanging garden, the invention of drawing, 2005, proscenium, 2006, tether, 2005, proscenium (detail), installation view, hammer project, garland (detail), 2006
i've long been an admirer of elliot hundley's work. i'm so inspired by his use of image, painting, collage, structure, materials, everything. it's work i'd like to make, but don't have the courage...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
books i love: encyclopaedia anatomica
encyclopaedia anatomica, a complete collection of anatomical waxes from the museo la specola florence.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
diana cooper
trip, 2006, mixed media on paper, 43 x 76 x 2.5, tidal pool, 2007 mixed media on paper 36.5 x 38.5 x 1.5, medusa, (detail), 2005, mixed media on paper, 39 x 39 x 1, heliotropic eye, 2006, mixed media on paper, 33 x 31, the yellow and brown one, 1998, acrylic, felt tip markers, post-its, plastic tubes, felt, acetate, paper, pipe cleaners, and pom poms, on canvas, wall and floor, 96x85x20, and i couldn't find you, 1998-1999, acrylic, felt tip marker, felt, cardboard and pipe cleaners on canvas, wall and floor, 94x105x25, experiments in 3d, 2000, ink, acrylic and felt tip markers on canvas, 88x142, traveling the exosphere, 2000-2002 , ink Acrylic, felt, foam core, and acetate on canvas, 84 x113x5.5, the multicolor one, 1997-98, acrylic, felt tip markers, felt, acetate, paper, pipe cleaners, and pom poms, on canvas, wall and floor, 87x107x37, punctuated equilibrium, 2000, ink, acrylic, felt tip markers, pipe cleaners, paper on canvas, 56x57.5x2
i'm absolutely obsessed with diana cooper's work. just amazing...
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|If feet turn you on and you can't get ahold of a real pair to have
fun with, now they make these. I think this is the Siamese Twin
model. Whatever floats your boat.
|I'm sticking around long enough to watch him try and swing
on the skinny wire.
|I'd visit there in a heartbeat. Big feet run in my family.
|One of the rare candies that tastes as good today as they did
back when you were a kid.
|I'm no expert, but I think that ship has already sailed for Dave.
|A photo from a Playboy magazine interview with
Peter Sellers--hence the nudity.
|Miley, maybe until you can figure out how to keep these nudie
shots of you from leaking onto the Internet, you might want to
stop taking them. Just a thought.
|Wise words from an intelligent man.
|Stay classy, Hasbro.
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B. Hemyng
Jack Harkaway's Schooldays
(Edwin J. Brett, ca. 1880)
11411.i.17 26x18 cm
The later period
of penny fiction is dominated by the boys' school and adventure
stories of Bracebridge Hemyng, George Emmett and Edwin Harcourt
Burrage. The former invented in Jack Harkaway a popular hero who
survived for twenty-five years. His adventures all over the globe
were serialised in the boys' periodicals published by Edwin J. Brett,
and then issued and re-issued in parts and paperback sixpenny or
shilling volumes, usually undated. The bibliography of these is
extremely complicated.


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Season 3 Episode 13
"I'm in love with weather patterns but the others have concerns
For I just gave them frostbite over top of their sunburns
I have to keep on trying for everyone can see..."
"I'm in love with weather patterns but the others have concerns
For I just gave them frostbite over top of their sunburns
I have to keep on trying for everyone can see..."
Mama Rarity!!
Oh wow, she looks beautiful
Love this~
this is one of the greatest rarity pictures ive ever seen. GREAT WORK
The quote in your description popped into my head the moment I saw this. Didn't even need to read it. I have that song (among other MLP ones) committed to memory.
Love it!!! Nice red shadings!!!
Oooh the look of her flowing mane, quite change of style ^_^ And she looks kidna sad, wanna hug!! But I'm assuming with the cm swap, it's cause she can't get a grasp on the weather.. "I'm not terribly great with the thundery ones.." Quite liked that episode c: beauty art!
Amazing drawing.
really nicely done!
Damn she's sexy.
You did a wonderful job on her mane and tail, not to mention her eyes - beautiful and expressive.
Pretty, pretty, pretty
The Rarity from the season 3 closer. Nice job. Everything looks AWESOME.
Just gorgeous.
это волшебно!
dang, she looks awesome!
Those eyes... and that hair...
Love the shading and color!
Love the hair and the eyes!
so my theory is Dash n Rarity had to conjoin like DBZ to save Equestria from Chrysalis..
Chrysalis army dies from cutie exhaustion
Actually I think it's from the episode when Twilight mixed everyone's cutie marks up.
Wow! The way you made her eye is just...perfect.
This is lovely
Wow this is very lovely
This is so lovely...
Wow... I think I just find a brand new background image for my IPad.
Waouuuh *___* !
Lovely work.
Rainbow's Cutie Mark, so this is during the Magic Mystery Cure?
Looks wonderful, impressive work you have done with her mane, and a really poignant look in her eye and expression as a whole.
Nice Rarity, great work !


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Okonomiyaki -- The Japanese Comfort Food Crepe
By Neal Pinckney
If you haven't lived in Japan you've probably never heard of okonomiyaki (oh-ko-no-me-yaki). But in Japan it's as common as hamburgers are in America, available in almost every neighborhood. In Hiroshima there are 27 different okonomiyaki restaurants in just one building. Although there are regional differences, the basic okonomiyaki is the same everywhere. A crepe of flour and water, shredded cabbage, noodles, bean sprouts, a savory sauce and spices. Most commonly, it also has meat (pork slices are typical) and an egg, but in all the places I've had it all over Japan, I was able to request a vegan version which, when sampled by my omnivore friends, was voted every bit as delicious as theirs.
One thing that makes okonomiyaki unique is that the counter top in front of you is a griddle. The crepe is cooked and then slid over to you with a steel spatula and eaten from the warm griddle counter-top or, to add a fancy touch, on a plate. This makes the restaurant warm and cozy on the coldest day. And in summer, arctic air conditioning keeps the place comfortably cool.
The brown sauce on top (okonomiyaki sauce) is available in many Asian groceries that offer a variety of Japanese foods. It's a slightly sweet savory sauce made from soy and a variety of fruits and spices, a little like Chinese hoisin sauce. Green onions and a sprinkle of powdered seaweed are usually on top.
Here's how to make vegan okonomiyaki at home.
1 cup (240 ml) flour (whole wheat preferred)