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Hidden Beauty Destination: Hudson, New York
It's a scenic two-hour train ride from the crowded cityscape of Manhattan to Hudson, New York—the historic whaling town founded in the late eighteenth century. Once there, it's easy to see why stylish urbanites have surrendered to the city's charms in recent years, taking in its rolling hills over lazy fall weekends, swooning over the local produce, and even setting up residence in its picturesque farmhouses. Downtown, Warren Street is the place for boutique hopping, and in addition to its myriad antique shops, it's also a formidable beauty destination—which is no wonder when you consider that industry entrepreneurs from Face Stockholm founder Martina Arfwidson to Malin+Goetz cocreators Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz are among the area's part-time residents. Here, _Vogue'_s guide to the perfect guest soaps, the most divinely scented shampoos, and what may well be the world's first Santa Maria Novella manicure.
Face Stockholm
401 Warren Street, 518.822.9474
Since restoring the building's historic storefront nearly a decade ago, Martina Arfwidson has moved the Swedish beauty brand's U.S. headquarters upstairs and opened a 560-square-foot boutique on the ground level. Patrons can browse the company's full skincare and makeup range (including its best selling Swedish Solution face lotion and Magic Wand concealer), or snap up the assortment of jewel-toned makeup bags in anticipation of the holidays.
Hedström & Judd
401 Warren Street, 518.671.6131
Scandanavian antiques meet handmade English novelties next door at this eclectic lifestyle store, which stocks vintage Swedish botanical prints, artisanal birdhouses, and Gustavian-style furniture alongside jasmine-, lime-, and lily of the valley–scented hand soaps and candles from Floris London. Don't miss: Hillhouse Naturals' fragrance sachets in Paperwhites and Fresh Linen for scenting your closets and dresserdrawers.
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316 Warren Street, 518.822.1061
After forsaking a career as a New York fashion designer more than a decade ago, owner Timothy Dunleavy turned his passion for historic preservation and nineteenth-century antiques into one of Hudson's most charming destinations. There's the exquisite stationery selection—heavy, colorful card stocks culled from Paris, Belgium, and England—and the antique pencil sets wrapped in illustrated paper from Italy. There are plush Turkish bath towels, fine Belgian linens, John Derian paperweights, and, of course, a lovingly curated assortment of beauty discoveries. Dunleavy's picks: D.R. Harris's Lemon Cream Shampoo and Conditioner, Côté Bastide's Argan Bath Gel and Diptyque's Tam Dao Soap set—the latter of which he deems the perfect hostess gift.
Bodhi Spa
323 Warren Street, 518.828.2233
The Eastern-influenced menu at Hudson's local spa features acupuncture facials, wild lime scalp treatments, and holistic nutritional counseling along with tension-dissolving Western massage. Before making your way out the door, stop by the in-store boutique for Naturopathica Lavender Blossom, Deep Forest, and Arnica bath and body oils (made with clinical-grade natural aromatherapy oils), and Deep Steep Grapefruit-Bergamot organic bubble bath.
Casa Urbana
525 Warren Street, 518.828.2690
Locals stop in for the scented Lafco candles, Eau d'Italie fragrances, and colorful Claus Porto soaps in Honeysuckle, Red Poppy, Citron Verbena and Cerina—and then sit for the signature Santa Maria Novella manicure and pedicure ($110). After submerging your hands and feet in a warm bath filled with the Italian beauty brand's Pomegranate Bath Salts, a skilled aesthetician will dip your hands in the paraffin-like Almond Paste (loaded with hydrating sweet almond oil and virgin beeswax) and smooth away rough spots with the Idrasol Body Cream.
Hudson Super Market
310 Warren Street, 518.822.0028
Serious collectors and novices alike head to owner Able Sun's 7,000-square-foot space to peruse the selection of furnishings, which span from heavyweight Asian artifacts (Circa Trade) to modern country armchairs upholstered with repurposed nineteenth-century German grain sacks (Stephanie Lloyd). Sun's well-edited assortment of beauty products is no less versatile: Graphic apothecary-esque tubes of Malin+Goetz Peppermint shampoo, Cilantro conditioner, and Detox Face Mask sit neatly alongside obscure Japanese clay-and-charcoal bar soaps and lushly scented Saint Parfum room scents (in Madagascar Amber, Jasmine Tea Rose, and Tomato Vine, to name just a few). Before leaving, drop by chef **Chris Hebert'**s authentic Mexican café—he studied under culinary authority Diana Kennedy—at the back for fresh-pressed watermelon juice and fish tacos sautéed with chili d'arbol and garlic.


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It was a strange and unexpected request. I was on Facebook, playing another round of QRANK trivia (9,000 points, beat that), when I got a message for a friend request.
I try to keep an eye on my friend requests – I need to make sure it's actually someone I know, whether it's involving my freelance work, my trivia contacts, someone who reads the blog, etc. I keep a self-enforced limit of 150 Facebook friends, and I was currently at 149 friends.
I looked to see who was sending the request.
"God wants to be friends on Facebook."
Right. Sure it's God. Okay, who's goofing on me?
So, just for a lark, I looked at God's "status" on Facebook. Apparently God has four billion "friends" that follow him. I checked out his vitals. Relationship: Creator. Siblings: Son, Jesus; also creator of Adam and Eve. Last known job – playing the role of John Facenda in those old NFL Films clips. Contact e-mail: email@example.com.
Now THAT'S networking.
Okay, what the heck, it's probably a promotional gimmick for a movie or something. Maybe they're remaking that 70's flick with George Burns and John Denver. Or maybe they're looking at filming something more reverent, like one of those "sword and sandals" pictures from back in the day.
So I "friended" God.
I immediately received a Facebook IM.
GOD: Good morning, my child. CHUCK MILLER: gm - God, is it? GOD: Yes, my son, it is God. CHUCK MILLER: Right. GOD: You don't believe me. CHUCK MILLER: You're not giving me much to believe you are who you say you are. GOD: What can I do to convince you that I am who I am? CHUCK MILLER: Well, if you are God, what do you know about me that nobody else knows? GOD: You mean besides what you've said in your blog? CHUCK MILLER: Go for it. GOD: And nothing that your friends or family know? CHUCK MILLER: Nobody. If you are truly the Lord Almighty, here's your chance to prove it. GOD: I know that you've gone through some very tough times in your life. CHUCK MILLER: Anyone who reads the blog knows this. GOD: I know that you've felt like you have no one to turn to. CHUCK MILLER: Again, the blog. GOD: And I know what you said to me when your grandmother died. Back in 2007. I know you cared about her very much. CHUCK MILLER: Yes, I still miss my Grandma Betty. So ... what did I supposedly say to you about that? GOD: You asked me why I hated you. CHUCK MILLER: I - I never told anyone that. Not a soul. I said it - GOD: You said it after the funeral. You didn't want anyone to know how much you missed her. CHUCK MILLER: She was the one adult figure I had who always looked out for me. She lived to be 96. I couldn't let her see me crying like a baby at her funeral. GOD: But afterward, on your way back from the funeral, you pulled over at a rest area on the Massachusetts Turnpike, and you cried in your car - I think it was your old Pontiac - and you asked me, "God, why do you hate me so much?" CHUCK MILLER: I didn't tell anybody that. Not even on the blog. GOD: You often ask about whether I hate you. You say that when things go wrong. You seem to think I hate you, that I put you on this Earth so that I could have something to laugh at. CHUCK MILLER: Let's face it. I wasn't supposed to be here in the first place. GOD: And yet, here you are. CHUCK MILLER: Go on. You've got my attention. GOD: I know. I don't have to read your blog to know how much pain you're in. I knew how much stress you were in before you ever started writing a blog. CHUCK MILLER: Okay, so why are you contacting me? GOD: You need to know you are not alone in this world. CHUCK MILLER: And why are you contacting me through Facebook, of all things? GOD: That's what you were doing at the moment when I wanted to speak with you. CHUCK MILLER: And you're going to tell me that you're supposedly watching over me, and you're making sure I'm okay. Right. I know. You work in strange and mysterious ways, blah blah blah. GOD: It's not that I'm looking over you. But you need to know that you have people looking over you. CHUCK MILLER: Like who? GOD: Your friends. The friends you've made over the years. The friends you made at Hamilton College. The teachers who guided you on your way through school. Your friends when you go out to play team trivia. Your friends in that basketball league. People you don't even know, who care about you. So help me me, I've lost count of how many times you've dropped whatever you're doing to help someone else in their crisis. Or when you've gone without so that someone else won't go hungry. They don't forget. And neither do I. CHUCK MILLER: Keep going. I'm listening. GOD: I know you're not perfect. It's all right. You're not supposed to be perfect. And you've made mistakes in the past. But you've done whatever you could to atone for those mistakes. You've done what you could to repair the damage. You've done more to keep the damage from continuing for future generations. And you can't keep looking down on yourself because something happened a year or a decade or a generation ago. CHUCK MILLER: Why are you telling me all this? GOD: You need to hear it. So many people care about you. And you need to know that they will be there for you, without question, if you need them. CHUCK MILLER: So why me? There are a billion other people who could use your help. I'm just one person. GOD: Yes. You are one person. But you are as important as anybody else to me. Yes, as you would say, I work in strange and mysterious ways. I don't have to have everything turn out with a happy ending. But I also don't want anyone to think that they've been abandoned. Have you ever heard the phrase, "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire?" CHUCK MILLER: In a movie somewhere, I think. GOD: Schindler's List. For someone who claims to be a trivia champion, you should have known that. CHUCK MILLER: Okay... GOD: You don't know how many times your choices in life have made the world better for others, Chuck. Do you remember when you were driving back from Rochester after a PBL basketball game in 2008? CHUCK MILLER: It was a long trip, and I wanted to stop at my college and watch a basketball game there. GOD: And you decided to photograph the game while you were there. CHUCK MILLER: Yeah, I had my old Nikon D70. GOD: And you saw someone in the stands having trouble with their camera. CHUCK MILLER: Their batteries had run down. And they had traveled all the way from somewhere to see their son in action. He was starting that game. I remember that. GOD: You walked over and asked the parents which player was their son. And you took one of your computer chips and put it in your camera, and you took a hundred photographs of their son in action. CHUCK MILLER: And - and I gave them the chip after the game. GOD: You never told anybody you did that. A random act of kindness. CHUCK MILLER: They were so proud of their son. I think he scored ten points in the game. GOD: You just gave them the chip. You don't even know who they are and you never met them again. But they now have great photographs of their son playing for his college team. CHUCK MILLER: That was just a random act of kindness. Anybody would have done that. GOD: Anybody didn't do it. YOU did it. CHUCK MILLER: I guess you're right. GOD: Chuck, you may never know how your actions affect others in your lifetime. But know this - no matter how many times you think you've screwed up, no matter how many times you think the world has fallen down around your ears, you have made an impact. You can't see the positive things you've done, because you're so busy kicking yourself over the negative things. You're not perfect, but you have done your best. Your family and your friends will always know you're someone they can count on. CHUCK MILLER: But I'm not a hero. GOD: I know. But sometimes you need to know that you're not a horrible person. You are a committed, dedicated person who won't stop until you accomplish a goal. You may not understand things in the big picture, but what you've done in 47 years - and what you're going to do for the rest of your life - the kindness you've bestowed on people, the self-sacrifice and willingness to provide for others means you've made this world a better place than if you hadn't been here. You try to do right. You try to help. Don't hate yourself when it doesn't work. Keep moving forward. CHUCK MILLER: But why is it so hard? Why is everything so hard to understand and to comprehend? GOD: Life is hard. It's not supposed to be easy. And yes, the answers you seek might not be there in front of you, as clear as newsprint. But the one thing you have going for you, is that you won't let trouble block your path any more. And with every step forward, it's with the understanding that those who care about you will walk with you - just as you will walk with them when they need your help. CHUCK MILLER: I don't know what to say. I just don't - I'm sorry, I just - oh God, I'm babbling - and I'm babbling in front of God. GOD: You don't have to say anything. Just know that I don't hate you, and that despite what you may think, your existence on this earth wasn't a mistake or an accident. I believe you can do your best, just like I believe in the good nature of every living, breathing creature upon this planet. Don't ever believe that you're not loved. Don't ever believe that no one cares. CHUCK MILLER: But ... if you're really God, there's so many other questions I want to ask - about my grandmother and friends that have passed away - GOD: Not here. Sometimes you just have to believe that the world can be a better place. And I know that you can make the world a better place, Chuck. Even if you don't believe it yourself. CHUCK MILLER: But I - I just - I want to know - GOD: I have to go now. But always know that you are loved and that people care about you. Peace be with you. (God is offline)
And just like that, it was over. I thought I was dreaming. But the chat text was still on the screen.
I cut and pasted it to Notepad.
This morning, I woke up and checked my Facebook status. I noticed that I was down to 149 friends, a one-person drop from my personally-imposed maximum of 150 friends.
I also had a message in my inbox.
Chuck: I just want you to know that I don't have to be a "facebook" friend to be your friend. Whenever you think you've got no one to turn to, I'll be there. Just like I'll be there for anybody else who is in need. Peace be with you. God P.S.: I love that photo you took of the star trails at St. Agnes Cemetery. Can I order one for my office? Just send it care of Bishop Hubbard...

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When Henry Leven is found dead, his widow (Catherine O'Hara) is more concerned with discovering the whereabouts of his pregnant girlfriend, Sally (Drew Barrymore), than with grieving for him. Sally didn't even know that Henry was already married, but now his sons Dorian (Luke Wilson) and Angus (Jake Busey) are hot on her trail, at their mother's obsessive bidding. While Angus is inclined to eliminate Sally permanently, Dorian finds himself falling in love with her... with hilarious results.


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Josh Clayson visited Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats and walked away smitten. Not only that, he walked away with some stunning high-definition footage of machines encrusted in and racing over the sodium chloride expanse. Set to a little music and some subtle editing, it's as poetic as the Pablo Neruda poem that accompanies it. You'll find it after the jump.
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Infinite's L will be acting in a new movie set to premiere sometime during the first half of 2016!
Woollim Entertainment stated, "L has been chosen as the male lead for Mr. Shark (working title). He will start filming for the movie at the end of this month." The film is about a man who befriends a shark.
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Woman has used the same Christmas tree every year since 1928
In this age of consumerism, particularly around the holiday season, sometimes its easy to forget that the things we've used the longest often have the most value to us -- but the virtues of reuse just seem come naturally to some people. When Jean Eadie was just three years old, she went with her mother to pick out an artificial Christmas tree. It wasn't very big or fancy, and it only cost around a dollar, but she's managed to get a lot of use out of it. In fact, it's the tree she's put up for the holiday every year since 1928.
For Jean Eadie, an 85-year-old widow from Scotland, it wasn't difficult to resist the urge to buy a new tree throughout the better part of her long life. In Jean's opinion, people today just don't seem to value the things they own quite as much as they should.
Jean, in an interview with STV News:
Everybody buys things and chucks them away, which they shouldn't do. I don't know why all you young people buy clothing, and the next thing I find, you've thrown it away and got a new one. That tree -- that's there. There's no reason for throwing it away.
Over the decades, Jean's little Christmas tree has grown into something much more meaningful than a simple holiday decoration. "It's been a constant companion for me since I was little. My husband died in 1991 and I don't have a lot of friends left," she told the Scottish Sun. "I know it sounds silly, but every year when I unwrap it I wish it happy birthday."
For the first time decades, the tree's current owner, Paul Parker, has decided to put the 124-year-old antique on display in his home this Christmas season instead of going out and buying a newer model. "'It may not look like much but it has been part of our Christmas celebrations for so many years," he told Metro.
For years, there's been some debate over whether artificial Christmas trees are more eco-friendly than chopping down the real thing. According to a life-cycle analysis, real trees have less of an environmental impact than fakes one -- unless the artificial tree is used for at least 20 years.
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TAMPA — In the summer of 1925, a woman put her 2-week old son in a shoebox and dropped him off with a neighbor because she couldn't take care of him.
James Gleason has been born prematurely, said his daughter, Barbara Korchak.
"He wasn't expected to live," Korchak said.
But he did, and in summer 1943, he turned 18 during a bloody World War II battle on the island of New Georgia, where he was saving lives as a Navy combat corpsman assigned to a secret unit called the Marine Raiders.
Gleason earned the nickname "Doc" during his time with the Raiders. The first U.S. special operations forces, the Raiders were about 8,000 strong, hopping from island to island in the South Pacific, giving the vaunted forces of the Japanese empire their first taste of defeat on the ground.
Gleason, who moved to Clearwater in 1974, was believed to be the youngest of the Raiders, having joined them when he was 17. The things Gleason saw caused him lasting mental anguish. And it would be decades before his family knew the extent of what he experienced, after he wrote his account of the Raiders, "Real Blood! Real Guts!"
His legacy was so enduring that Marine Gen. Robert Neller invited Gleason to his change of command ceremony when he took over as commandant of the corps last year. As Gleason's life drew to a close, Neller and Mark Clark, a retired major general who ran Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, were among many who stopped to pay their respects.
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Lyman and Minnie Gleason were in their 40s when the baby arrived at their doorstep in a shoebox, Korchak said.
James Gleason grew up near Youngstown, Ohio, and on his 17th birthday enlisted in the Navy.
"Everybody was real patriotic at that particular time," Gleason said in an interview with the Tribune two years ago at his home in Tampa.
On Aug. 3, 1942, he was called up, and after boot camp, transferred to the Marines, who didn't have their own medics or chaplains. He volunteered for a newly formed group called the Marine Raiders.
There were four Marine Raider battalions and two Raider regiments that saw action in the Pacific between 1942 and 1944 and were formed to conduct amphibious raids and guerrilla operations behind enemy lines.
The Raiders went on to participate in campaigns across the Pacific Ocean and earned more than 700 decorations, including seven Medals of Honor, before being disbanded.
Gleason had no idea what he was getting into when he volunteered to join the Raiders.
"I didn't even know what the heck the Raiders were," he said. "I volunteered because I wanted a change."
He got it. And then some.
The battles of the Solomon Island chain were hell on Earth. In addition to a determined enemy, the Raiders had to contend with swarms of flies and mosquitoes, constant dampness, swamps, jungles and sharp coral that cut skin and caused infections.
Though they wreaked havoc on the enemy, the Raiders paid a heavy price.
By the time of the attack on Bairoko Harbor, on New Georgia Islands, the Raiders were so decimated they were able to muster up less than one full battalion of 900 to 950 men from the two full battalions they started with, Gleason said.
The battle to take the harbor began at 10 a.m., July 20, 1943, according to Gleason's book, and continued all day.
"With nothing but guts and small infantry weapons, about 800 Raiders attacked the enemy force, who were well emplaced in a series of four parallel ridges with interlocking bunkers and cleverly concealed cross fire machine gun fire lanes," Gleason wrote.
It also marked the first time the Navajo Code Talkers were used, Gleason wrote.
The enemy was driven back, but at a heavy cost, with more than 250 men killed or wounded and half the remaining men needed to take care of the survivors. Gleason was in the thick of it all, working with doctors and chaplains to save the wounded.
"We were pinned down under heavy fire at nightfall," Gleason wrote. "At midnight, the Japanese staged one of their celebrated suicide bayonet charges, screaming like madmen."
On July 23, the day Gleason turned 18, the Marines were ordered to retreat down a ridge even though he and others thought they were about to defeat the enemy.
"Now at age 18, the order to withdraw when we were 300 yards of victory at Bairoko was a bitter pill for everyone to swallow!" he wrote. "We Raiders contend that we would have taken Bairoko Harbor had we received the air and naval support we asked for."
Gleason would be evacuated to Guadalcanal, but said he had few memories of what happened on his birthday.
Out of about 900 men, "I was one of about 120 or 130 to come down off the hill, with all the wounded and sick," Gleason said in the interview.
He was sent to a hospital, where he was treated for gastritis and diarrhea, and it was there that he saved up pain medications and took them all at once.
He survived, but long before the medical community understood or even identified post traumatic stress disorder, Gleason was diagnosed with "hysteria" as a result of the horror he experienced. He said he struggled the rest of his life with guilt.
"I went 40 years, thinking I had been a coward, that I let my guys down," Gleason said in an interview.
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After getting out of the hospital, Gleason returned to duty, serving aboard several ships, and left the service, only to return during the Korean War, where he "continued to help his Marines," according to Mark Van Trees, who runs Support the Troops, an organization providing toiletries, snacks and other items to deployed troops.
When he got out of uniform for good, Gleason had an eclectic life.
He was a director of resort development for three firms, owned a bookstore in Virginia, and was a teacher at the College of William and Mary. He also worked as a health inspector for Trumbull County, Ohio. He was embraced by the Marine Raider community.
"His love for his fellow Raiders is manifested in his active role at every level with the Raiders Association," Van Trees wrote in an obituary.
In 1967, Gleason married the former Nancy Myers, a widow with three daughters who turns 85 Tuesday. He adopted them all, said Barbara Korchak, 60, the middle sister between Marsha Bartholomew, 63, and Connie Robinson, 57.
The family moved to Clearwater and later to Tampa in the mid 1980s, and Gleason spent his last days in a Tampa assisted living facility.
"He didn't feel worthy of acknowledgement or the label or image of a Marine," Korchak said. "We didn't find out until later what he had been through. But we didn't care. We loved him."
Gleason may not have felt worthy of praise, but it was readily offered.
"I met Doc Gleason and he is made of the right stuff — a true Fleet Marine," said James Mattis, a retired Marine general and former commander of U.S. Central Command. "'Doc,' who represented all the character and Gung-Ho that have made our Navy Corpsmen brothers so highly respected in the macho Marine Corps. Doc was a great sailor, fine friend and a true role model for us all. We will miss him terribly."
Gleason "was a true brother, friend and Raider to all who knew him," Mark Clark wrote in an email to the Tribune. "His eyes would always get a spark in them when he would talk about the Raiders. That was a touchstone in life for him."
One of Gleason's happiest moments, Clark said, seemed to be the announcement that Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, or MARSOC would be adapting the Marine Raider name.
"He broke down at the announcement with his dream coming true."
A funeral service for Gleason will be 2 p.m. May 5, at Oakwood Community Church, 11209 Casey Road in Tampa. He will be buried later at Arlington National Cemetery, Korchak said.
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Little Mole (first draft)
Clément Marot and Mark L. Irons
11 February 1999
Little mole
In your hole,
Darkness hide.
4 Why reside
In this cell
'Til you're well?
Come with me
8 And we'll flee
To give praise
Through long days.
Don't stay pent,
12 Resident,
Hid away.
End your stay.
Let's go mine
16 Stone divine.
Gems and ore
Are in store
For those who
20 Remain true.
Hands that glow
Warn of woe;
Instead dig
24 (Zag and zig)
Tunnels deep.
Darkness keep
Cloaked your soul,
28 Little mole.
Line 3, "Darkness hide": a traditional Mohelmot well-wishing greeting.
Lines 7-10 are particularly confusing and weak. The sacramental aspect in Mole culture of long work is much too obscure. This section needs reworking, if not complete replacing.
Lines 11-13 are a multi-level play on meanings. The first is Line 12, "Resident"; it refers to the creators of the Moles, and thus parallels Marot's self-referential insertion of the author's name into the poem. On another level, this can be seen as a plea from the Mohelmot for the (hidden) creator to reveal themselves. Finally, this can also be read as a direct plea to the unknown Residents to unmask themselves.
Note that these interpretations encompass three of the four possible interactions between fiction and reality. The first is contained completely within the fiction; in the second, fictional characters address reality; finally, reality addresses reality.
Lines 15-17 are the Mohelmot equivalent of eating sweets. They're a hard-working race.
Lines 19-20 ("For those who / remain true.") are also weak. True to what? I want the poem to have a religious feeling, but this is too nebulous.
Lines 22-23 have a transition that's too jarring, and needs work to bring some sense into it. "Hands that glow" is shameful in Mole culture, but how does that lead into digging?
When I finished the initial draft tonight, somehow it came out as 30 lines. How did that happen?
Last updated 8 June 2000
All contents ©1999-2002 Mark L. Irons
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While it is true that a timeshare contract is a binding legal document, it is often mistakenly thought that such a contract cannot only be cancelled. In fact, most timeshare companies maintain that their contracts are non – cancellable. This misconception is perpetuated by timeshare companies and user groups that are funded, maintained and controlled by the timeshare industry.
The FHA 203k loan program provides home buyers the opportunity to buy and fix up a property, without exhausting their personal savings.
Austin Texas is arguably the fastest growing city in the country, supported by high tech growth, new jobs, and more than 100 people PER DAY moving into the area. Available inventory of homes is less than 2.5 months of inventory. I don't think these numbers support a conclusion that Austin Texas is a place where people are wanting to move out of the area. On the other hand, there is always a migration around Austin from city life to suburban life. The difference in Austin may be going from a 25 min commute to downtown to a 40-50 min commute to downtown. But unlike many cities on the West Coast, jobs in Austin are not centralized in one area. High Tech Jobs in particular in Austin extend from down south, to the West side to the northern corridor and almost to the edge of Cedar Park (suburban Austin, Round Rock MSA). And Round Rock is home to both Dell Computers Corp and Sears Holdings, corp national call center, so many jobs flow into and out of Round Rock as a result of the ebb and flow of high tech, but I would not say, people in Austin are looking at leaving the Austin area. I think that is a mis-characterization of data.


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Iphone Repairs – When To Consult The Professionals
Changing the battery on your iPhone does not sound difficult, but it might surprise you to know that it can actually be a very hazardous piece of DIY to attempt.
That is if you do it wrong. We can offer you tips on how to do this as safely as possible, however, we would still strongly suggest you bring the phone into a respected phone repair shop. Fortunately, there is a good choice of trusted phone repair centers in Edmonton, such as www.iRepairEdmonton.ca.
The reason why we would not recommend you try this at home unless you are technically competent is because if the battery is pierced, it may actually explode!.
But if you are sure you want to undertake this yourself – and you realize that by doing so you are invalidating your phone's warranty – then follow our guide carefully, for a less risky home repair.
Start by preparing your work surface and ensure it is flat and tidy.
- Start by preparing your work surface and ensure it is flat and tidy.
- There are two screws to the rear of the phone, with the charger in the middle. Remove these and put them to one side carefully.
- Taking your iSesamo, now prize the screen open gently. Begin at the rear end to the display, next to the charger space. Once you have done this, you can remove the screen.
- Prior to even attempting to remove the battery, make sure it is disconnected first. There is a bracket covering the FPC connector, take this off and put the screws in a safe place.
- Now take your spudger tool and displace the connectors for the FPC. Do this carefully, because you do not want to destroy the battery connector.
- Now take off the display. Remove the bracket by the board.
- Taking the spudger, remove the connectors to the camera and cable to the sensor. Now go to the connector for the home button, display data and the cable for the digitizer. Just take care you do not destroy the logic board sockets! Once you have done this, the display will lift out carefully.
- Next is the motor vibrator. You must do this carefully. Take the screws out carefully and use the tweezers to get the motor out.
- You should be able to see a pair of flaps at the rear to the battery. With the tweezers, peel one back carefully. Ensure you do not damage the battery with the tweezers!
- Still with the tweezers, now grasp the battery flap and turn it securely. Pull on the sticky strip until you get it off and do the same with the other one.
Now your battery is available to be removed.
- Replace all the screws carefully. Really carefully! Putting the screw in the wrong place could destroy the phone's motherboard, in other words, killing it.
- Ensure the data cable is tightly connected – it might make the screen malfunction if it is not in correctly.
- Ensure that you don't lean too much on the center of the cable to the digitizer, it could damage it.
- Make sure you screw everything back in as per the instructions.
Now perhaps you realize why we do not recommend that members of the public change or remove their iPhone batteries for themselves!
The battery may smoke or burn if it becomes damaged, during an attempted repair. Whilst we would not recommend anyone does this at home, if you have a degree of experience with phone repairs and electronics, you might wish to undertake it, with the correct equipment.


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Basing on numerous personal experiences, lots of trip reports and seeing our friends tripping countless of times , we have prepared a short list of most important things to remember while taking magic mushrooms.
Magic mushrooms can lead you to some unexplored dimensions and places in your mind, that you didn't even knew existed. Tripping through this world should remain safe and pleasant.


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Year 1 Teaching Assistant Level 2 (1:1), Northamptonshire
Closing date:
Start date: 1st September 2018
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Suitable for NQTs: Yes
Wootton Park School (WPS) is seeking to appoint an inspirational full time Teaching and Learning Assistant to work with a learner in Year 1 on a 1:1 basis and join our current talented learning support team.
Under the direction of the SENCo, the Learning Development Department (LDD) aims to increase whole-school and community awareness of the importance of quality and equality of opportunity for all students, regardless of ability or disability. We believe that the circumstances and environment in which a child learns can have a direct influence on their success.
The role will involve working on a 1:1 basis with a Year 1 learner to develop effective learning, promote positive behaviour and emotional well-being, and encourage speech, independence and social skills.
The position requires enthusiasm, team work, motivation and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Suitable candidates will have experience of the school environment or of working with young people. An understanding of the varying needs of individuals would be an advantage.
WPS opened in 2016 with two Reception and four Year 7 classes. In the 2017/2018 academic year, WPS has grown to include two Year 1 classes and four Year 8 classes. Currently a small school, we will grow exponentially year on year and are in the exciting stages of planning and building our new £20 million school premises facilities which will be completed in 2019/2020, ready for when WPS reaches its full capacity of 1,260 learners. As our school grows, so too does the need for high quality teaching support staff. We are looking to build our committed and passionate team in line with our growing school.
Wootton Park School offers a first-rate and unique learning environment, ensuring high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of public service and building a stronger society. As an all-through (4-19) school, we believe this brings a significant number of benefits for learners and staff, and we seek staff who share this vision with us.
Whilst an Ofsted report is not yet available since our first inspection has not yet taken place, we have huge ambition for our school and will be outstanding in all aspects. A recent DfE monitoring inspection held in October 2017 provided the following positive comments:
"The senior leaders and staff work hard with high morale and talent to provide excellent opportunities for learning in lessons and beyond".
"The school is truly innovative".
"The pupils are confident, self-assured learners".
If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to join us at this early stage of our journey to excellence, we want to hear from you.
Offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Wootton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.
Application closing date: 19th February 2018, noon.
Interview date: The week following application closing date.
Wootton Park School reserve the right to close before the deadline on receipt of sufficient applications.
For further details, please either go to the school website http://www.woottonparkschool.org.uk or email Ellie Lavelle, Human Resources Officer at email@example.com.
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Originally posted by Jameela
An entire thread to insult the Holy Prophet (saw) of another religion! Wow, every single poster in this this thread must be so proud right now! Do you get a prize for being the most insulting toward those others love?
A problem with Islam is that its followers tend to get angry when anyone says anything they don't like about their prophet. Very angry.
But why should that surprise anyone?
Muhammad authorised the murder of a number of poets (male & female) who had mocked him. One poet was a mother sleeping with her young children. The Muslim assassin had to move the child aside before thrusting his dagger into her chest. Another victim was a male poet who was, according to Muslim sources, over 100 years old. Mohammed then absolved the Islamic murderers of any wrong doing.
Life of God's Messenger
Ibn Ishaq was a devout Muslim historian and was the author of the first biography about Muhammad - Sirat Rasul Allah - "Life of God's Messenger" in 768 AD.
His biography of Muhammad's life is consistant with the Koran and Hadith and show Muhammad as an inolerant man of violence.
"Muslims do believe he was crucified. I am not sure where you get that from?"
That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise;-
- Qur'an, Suratul An-Nisa, Chapter 4 Ayah 157-158
I must start saying that Muslims are not offended by Christians
Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.
- Qur'an, Suratul An-Nisa, Chapter 4, Ayah 48
Say; He is God, The One.
God, The Eternal, The Absolute.
He begets not, nor was He begotten.
And there is none like unto Him.
- Qur'an, Suratul Ikhlas (The Purity), Chapter 112
the community where my husband is from wouldn't have allowed me to marry me and embrace me with so much support. He is Muslima nd I am Catholic
"Give not your daughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe." [Qur'an 2:221]
"And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those [Christians and Jews] who have received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when you give them their marriage portions." [Qur'an 5:5]
"O ye who believe! When there come to you believing women refugees, examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith: if ye ascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to the Unbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor are the (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them." [Qur'an 60:10]
"Men are in charge of women because Allah has made one of them to excel the other and because they spend from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in the husband's absence what Allah orders them to guard. As to those women on whose part you see ill-conduct, admonish them, refuse to share their beds, beat them, but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means. Surely, Allah is Ever Most High, Most Great." [Qur'an 4:34]
Originally posted by Sahabi
reply to post by azulejo
I would LOVE you to show them this. And while you're at it, say, "Sahabi left Islam and became an apostate. He openly speaks in denouncement of Islam." Tell them this and say I also said, "All humans are my brothers and sisters, assalaamu alaikum."
Ask if they will return my greeting of Salaam. Ask if I am worthy of the death penalty for leaving Islam.
I've lost all Muslim friends for leaving the religion and talking in opposition to it. Many have said I am worthy of death because that is the teaching of Islam.
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They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.
- Qur'an 5:17
The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah ." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?
- Qur'an 9:30
That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah," but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not. Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
- Qur'an 4:157-158


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Casket Case
Casket Case by Flickbook Theatre
Lightning. Heights. Raw Meat. Bears. Knives. Spiders… and death, obviously…Casket Case is a show about our fear of death, dying and being dead. It's about Jozey, who doesn't really do anything that could possibly, even slightly, increase her risk of dying. Casket Case is part story, part cabaret, part totally morbid curiosity. After all, none of us are getting out of here alive.
Tickets: £8- £14
Find out more here.
This event is part of our #venuemenu a selection of shows from our network of venues suitable for schools and young people aged 12-25.


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Air Berlin is the second biggest airline in Germany after Lufthansa. It operates with its main hub in Berlin and Dusseldorf. Etihad is the biggest shareholder of Air Berlin.
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Air Berlin is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The airline is part of the oneworld Alliance with other major airlines such as British Airlines and American Airlines.
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Want to join us? There's still a few spots!!
2013 FtF Winter Family Reunion Rally Schedule of Events
Let the Fun Begin!
All Activities will take place in the common area in front of Loop 21 unless otherwise noted.
Please bring a chair and your own cup to each event that you'd like to sit and drink at.
Day 1:
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
1:30 Opening Ceremony
Come get your welcome packets, your maps and other info so you don't miss a minute of the fun!
2pm Kids' Craft
All Ages welcome! Come make a Rally Journal / Autograph book.
3:30pm T-Shirt Tie Dye
Bring a plain white t-shirt or purchase an FtF t-shirt for $5
6-8 Meet and Greet Pizza Party, Sponsored in part by, Chicks Connect.
Pizza, lemonade and all paper products and utensils will be provided. Please bring a chair and your own cup make some new friends!
8-9 Family USA Trivia Game – Sponsored by Wright on Time Books. Bring your iPhone and your knowledge of everything trivial for your chance to win some great prizes. All ages!
Day 2
Friday, January 25th, 2013
10am – Appaholics Anon Breakfast and Swap Meet
Bring your own breakfast and your smart devices and let's talk all things apps. For the swap meet, bring out extra stuff that needs a new home.
11:30 1st Annual Highway Hounds Kickball Game
It's the Teens vs everyone else in this rousing game of family kickball. Play or route your team on from the sidelines – your choice. All ages welcome!
2 – 4 Roadschool Curriculum Convention
Join Gayle Bennett to discuss homeschooling curriculums. Bring yours to show, or any you are interested in selling.
2 – 4 Girls' Beauty Parlor Party
Girls will have fun giving each other makeovers and manicures. Send them with any extra beauty supplies you may have (nail polish, nail polish remover, make up, etc)
2:30 – 4 Boys' Scavenger Hunt
Break up into teams of 5 to hunt for miscellaneous items. Bring them all back to the Travaglino's camper to get a prize.
5:30 Steak Night
Each family will bring their own raw steak to be grilled. FtF will provide baked potatoes, iced tea, all paper products, utensils and a special treat! Please bring your own cup and steak knives, plus your veggie or fruit dish to share.
7pm Highway Hounds Homecoming Dance.
This is a chaperoned Teens Only event at the Lost Pavilion.
7pm Movie by Moonlight.
All kids are welcome to bring chairs, blankets or anything comfy and come watch a family friendly feature film.
7:30 Adult Campfire
Bring your own chair and come relax by the campfire.
Day 3
We have the Spirit Lodge all day today! All activities will be hosted there unless specified.
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
10:30 Boondockers Breakfast with Marianne Edwards – Join author, Marianne Edwards for an educational seminar on how to successfully boondock. From dry camping – to Boondockers Welcome, Marianne will be sharing all her tips and tricks with us. Bring your own drink, we'll provide breakfast!
10:30 Kids' Coloring Contest
Stop by anytime to color! We'll use the artwork as decoration for tonight's social.
12 – 1 Kids' Craft – Come by and make a key chain or necklace.
12-1 Parade of Homes – Sign up List at Rally Central Bulletin Board
Join as we walk through each other's homes to get ideas and inspiration to make an RV more homey. It is not at all necessary that your RV be spotless (mine won't) and participation is completely voluntary.
1:30 – 3:30 Family Talent Show / Dutch Lunch Sponsored by Fodio RV Frames
Sign Up on the List at Rally Central Bulletin Board. Bring your lunch and your talents too. Singing, dancing, telling jokes whatever you do.
6:00 – 7:00 Ugly Sweater Social / Pot Luck (Group Photo Op)
Wear the Ugliest Sweater you can find (store bought or homemade) and bring your dish to share.
FtF will supply lasagna and lemonade, all paper products and utensils. Please bring your own cups.
Prizes will be awarded for:
Best Fit / Worst Fit
Prettiest Ugliest Sweater
Most Colorful Sweater
Most Bedazzled Sweater
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New technologies offer dealers opportunities to maximize efficiency for customers
Stated simply, hard water is water that is hard to lather, and soft water is not. A more technically accurate definition of soft water describes the physical removal, to less than 1 grain per gal (gpg) in most cases, of calcium and magnesium salts. If you cheat and go to the end of this article, however, future generations' definition of soft water might read "less than 4 gpg, as defined by the U.S. Geological Survey."
Softening Through the Years
The salt-based softening market blossomed after World War II and is the gold standard by which all other softening technologies are judged. The first residential water softeners were portable exchange tanks. They were simple, foolproof and provided soft water — nothing more, nothing less. Brine efficiencies had not yet entered the dictionary.
Progressive water dealers soon realized that the portable exchange model was seriously flawed, and pushed manufacturers to develop "regenerate-in-place" systems they could sell to customers. A removable lid was incorporated into the tank, whereby homeowners could load salt regenerant dosage into the system and then manipulate a series of gate valves in a specific sequence to regenerate the system and rinse away the regeneration byproducts. This was more convenient for dealers, but not necessarily homeowners, because they were periodically opening a pressurized vessel and exposing their families to the inevitable bacteria and leak liabilities.
As time became an increasingly valuable commodity to homeowners and plant operators, manufacturers introduced the "automatic" softener, which uses an onboard mechanical timer and automated regeneration component assemblies. This simple technology was revolutionary in its day, saving people time and bringing the industry closer to the ultimate goal of ensuring an uninterrupted supply of soft water to every home and business. These systems were so simple, reliable and easy to operate that many people still buy them in areas where they have not been banned yet.
Environmental consciousness awoke in the U.S. in the 1970s, ushering in an era of increased awareness of pollution control and conservation issues. The consumer market demanded a more efficient solution than merely guessing which day of the week to regenerate the softener.
Residential softener manufacturers began marketing "upflow" (counter-current) regenerated softeners that induced brine into the tank opposite the service flow, allowing for a more complete cleaning cycle and squeezing further efficiency out of the synthetic gel resins. This technology, when properly deployed, provided significant salt savings and improved water quality, but the market still demanded more.
Mechanically metered softeners were introduced to allow dealers to control regeneration frequency based on consumption rather than the amount of time that had passed. These systems could monitor water consumption and clean on demand, saving salt, water, time and money. As with all analog systems, mechanical meters contained numerous gears, which made them complicated to service and increased the likelihood of mechanical failure.
Cost-effective microcontrollers and hall-effect sensors were introduced in the 1980s. They allowed one-piece flowmeters and improved control and flexibility, especially over reserve capacities. Reserve capacity is the minimum amount of water available during a 24-hour period. The industry decided that 2 a.m. was a good time for regeneration, because most people would be asleep and not using the hard water that was bypassing when a single-tank system regenerated.
Formulas for the perfect reserve were developed and still are the subject of spirited debate among soft water technicians and dealers. Innovative manufacturers introduced algorithmic advances, like adaptive and floating reserves, that adjusted over time based on the measured average daily water consumption in the home, eliminating much of the guesswork involved with standard calculations. Proportional, variable and fractional brining software further enhanced single-tank softening efficiency; salt dosages could be precisely calculated to use only the exact amount of salt required for each regeneration cycle. Manufacturers and software developers poured massive amounts of time and money into making this software as efficient and user friendly as possible.
Some manufacturers and dealers do not even bother selling single-tank softeners anymore. They instead promote softeners with two alternating resin tanks, effectively supplying the home with 100% soft water, 100% of the time. Twin-tank technology is far more salt efficient and redundant than single-tank technology, because reserve capacities are not required and ion exchange tanks can switch multiple times per day without bypassing to regenerate. Apart from noise or water pressure loss during regeneration, the time of regeneration now is generally irrelevant. Furthermore, some twin-tank softeners actually clean with softened water to help moving parts last longer, and protect the media from premature fouling.
Salt-based ion exchange systems soften water well, and depending on the characteristics of the resin used, also will address certain other metallic ions like zinc, iron, copper and lead. Because municipal water utilities and private wells cannot provide uniformly consistent raw water quality to the home, it is not uncommon to see water hardness levels fluctuate throughout the year. Certain areas of the U.S. will see hardness levels fluctuate from as little as 5 gpg to as much as 80 gpg in short periods of time. Extreme variations like this, as well as common seasonal fluctuations, make it difficult for a water dealer to provide consistent water quality while attempting to maximize salt and water efficiency. Someone then has to test the water every week and recalibrate the system, or set the capacity to a "best average" profile, which either will waste salt and water or provide inconsistent water quality.
Many patents exist for sensor-based softeners, in which the water softener senses a change in either water quality or resin charge condition. Some sensor designs work well, automatically adjusting the system capacity once a hardness front reaches the sensor, but it is essentially closing the door after the horse has already left the barn when deployed on a single-tank system, because it is forced to wait until the designated regeneration time before cleaning itself.
New Developments
A new and exciting innovation embodies a twin-tank softener with upflow regeneration functionality and dual resin exhaustion sensors in each tank. These epitomize some of the best features in salt-based softening that the industry currently has to offer: redundancy, intelligent sensing and efficient regeneration. After each regeneration, the control creates a new profile of the water conditions for the upcoming tank to use in its next operational capacity setting. But then the question is: Wouldn't this ultra-high efficiency be detrimental to the life of the resin?
One manufacturer has addressed this concern through smart software that performs a "deep cleaning cycle." Deep cleaning is a simple concept: Knowing that the resin media slowly loses functional capacity after extended "economy" regenerations, the system will initiate a deep cleaning cycle after a certain number of regular high-efficiency cleanings. The onboard software uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to determine how often to do this based on how many gallons have been processed, the age of the system and, of course, what the onboard sensors detect about the status of the resin media.
During deep cleaning, the control will temporarily forego the regular salt- and water-saving settings to perform a regeneration with a more concentrated brine solution to thoroughly clean the resin. It is believed that this configuration will become the new standard for performance, consistency and efficiency in the 21st century.
Even though electrodeionization and capacitive-deionization water conditioners have been available for a number of years, they are now available at an affordable level for home and light commercial use. Industry professionals who have designed, manufactured, sold and installed salt-based systems for a long time sometimes have a hard time understanding these new technologies and they can even be intimidating.
Prominent manufacturers as well as small designers are working to be first to market with a reliable product that will produce sufficient flow throughput at a price point viable for residential deployment. It is not inconceivable that these technologies will provide water as good as or better than salt-based ion exchange through the use of electricity within the next five years.
Fundamental to the adoption of these technologies is that they will not bring water to "zero soft" (less than 1 gpg calcium carbonate), because they address both cations and anions during the treatment process. If these devices were to remove all calcium from water, it would produce potentially corrosive water. Because the current alternatives to traditional salt-based water softeners are physical treatment devices that do not remove hardness, consumers now have a viable option to reduce the amount of calcium as well as anions in their water, which traditional softeners do not touch, without adding sodium or potassium ions. The paradigm shift required is for the user/dealer to be happy with a small amount of minerals in the water. This will be a natural, logical decision, because the alternative is no softening at all.
A disappointing observation on the current state of this industry is that the technologies mentioned in this article have been available for many years, but few dealers have had the courage to embrace change and adopt technologies that help our industry to be more efficient, effective and environmentally friendly. Well-meaning yet misguided legislators have banned or attempted to ban traditional salt-based ion exchange softeners because they are concerned about salt and water efficiency. While we can argue that the benefits of water softening outweigh traditional environmental impacts, this is assuming a weak defensive position. We should instead take the initiative to do everything within our power to make our water quality management solutions more efficient and effective.


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Advertising Age and Creativity checked in with top agency creatives and execs around the globe to find out what's likely to take home the hardware at the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Leo Burnett's "Like a Girl" for Always, which has already earned major nods at other festivals, was top of mind for many, as was Honda's double-sided digital experience "The Other Side" from Wieden & Kennedy London. The industry leaders also shared their opinions on what trends we'll be seeing and what the festival needs to get even better.
Lisa Donohue, CEO, Starcom USA gives her predictions below.
Ad Age: What will win big this year?
Ms. Donohue: "The Other Side" for Honda is going to win a lot of trophies. It's a great, fun idea for that audience in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" style that couldn't be more spot-on for that target.
Ad Age: What's the best work from your region?
Ms. Donohue: "I Will What I Want" from Under Armour is an interesting case. It has a great insight that they brought to life through real-time interactivity, starting the conversation around the campaign and then making it live within that context. They paid it all the way through and got rewarded for it.
Ad Age: What trends do you predict among the winners?
Ms. Donohue: I think we'll see a lot of work celebrating diversity and especially aimed at empowering young women. There's a great insight in "Like a Girl" about girls' confidence dropping as they mature, and you can find echoes of that in other work like Google's "Made with Code." I love the Allstate "Envia Mala Suerte" work here in the States for how simply the brand became a part of everyday World Cup conversation. There's a lot that brands can do to empower, not just enable, and there's so much more potential to be had there.
Ad Age: What does Cannes need more of?
Ms. Donohue: Cannes has become a major networking event, which is fine, but I'd like to see an even stronger focus on the work. I always walk away from this week inspired by the creativity and risk-taking showcased during the award shows, and anything we can do to emphasize the work, the better off the entire industry will be.
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"It's not going to be called 'True Lies II,' but it might as well be."
Surely there can be no clearer sign that you're in summer's cultural dog days than opening the Times on a Sunday morning and finding a front-page, above-the-fold "Arts & Leisure" profile on Tom Arnold. What has Arnold done lately to warrant such placement? Not much! He just signed a development deal with NBC, though that was announced this morning, so it's not mentioned. The peg seems to be loosely pegged to Arnold's dubious return to stand-up ("Tom doesn't really put together a routine," explains his assistant in the story, "he just sort of says the last conversation he had before he got onstage") and his recent, similarly pegless appearances on late-night shows. Even so, the last paragraph of the article certainly caught our attention.
Still, the future project Mr. Arnold said he's most excited about is a movie with a still-to-be-determined plot and script. "All I know is, Jim Cameron's making it and Arnold" — Mr. Schwarzenegger — "and I are going to be in it, and it starts shooting in fourteen months, the day after Arnold stops being governor of California," he said. "It's not going to be called True Lies II, but it might as well be. I can live with that."
Can it possibly be true? Would either Cameron or Schwarzenegger commit to, or even entertain the thought of, making a film with a "still-to-be-determined plot and script" co-starring Tom Arnold? Doubtful! But, hey, as we said, it's the dog days of summer, and like the New York Times, we had to write about something.
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"Joy is the mantle that clothes a life of sacrifice and self-giving."
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My thoughts on liturgy, music and the Church!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Choir lofts and mantillas...
But that brings me to the question of actually wearing one at St. P's during Sunday Mass. To begin with, I don't think I would, simply because of my visible (not literally,) position in the parish as the music director. I think our parish would have to take some more steps in a certain direction before I would feel alright doing that.
But...that brings me to consider, interestingly, the history of the choir loft.
This was discussed at the CMAA colloquium by Dr. Mahrt, and while he certainly wasn't talking about mantillas, it makes me think about them. I remember (correct me, or fill in info if I'm wrong,) that he talked about how originally the "choir" was designed specifically to remove the laity from the sanctuary? and, to extend that line of thought, then wouldn't I be, while in the choir loft, physically removed from the rest of the church in a way that no one outside the choir loft is? So wearing a mantilla would actually LEAST apply to me, in that sense.
And actual reasons TO wear one?
It was recently pointed out to me (and this in particular is really what got me thinking about this,) that the Code of Canon Law of 1917 or whatever did specifically say women should have their heads covered while in church, and that was never actually abrogated, so of course all of us liturgical snobs know that it still technically applies. However, it could certainly be pointed out that there is SO much of that stuff that we actually don't follow any more, this is really quite a small thing.
So we go back to the original reason that women were supposed to have their heads covered?
Of course, we know that men are more easily distracted by women's physical appearance than vice versa, (just go ahead and try to argue with me if you don't agree with that statement...go ahead...I dare you...) and I have noticed in everything from my own observations to classical literature, that hair is quite seductive, and therefore it seems helpful for men for women to cover it for the sake of modesty and less distraction for men during Mass. That seems like quite a plausible explanation to me. but...these mantillas that you buy? really, they are sooo lacy and sometimes even extravagant, it seems to me that kind of defeats the purpose! shouldn't we just wear like a simple black cloth?
After talking to A more last night, it seems that my mantilla is specifically designed to be worn with the point in back, because the Mexican mantillas have a much softer "point," so it doesn't look weird at all for them to be worn in front.
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- BONIFACE said...
Excellent thoughts. I wouldn't worry about your position in the parish; I have a position in a parish and my wife wears one.
Second, I don't think the "throwing their piety around" argument is a good one. It's like the guy wearning shorts and sandals to Mass accusing the guy in a Sunday suit of trying to look too pious; nobody should be faulted for trying to live out the time honored pious tradition of wearing the mantilla.
Finally, I think the original reason for the head covering goes back to St. Paul in 1 CORINTHIANS 11:6 -- "For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered." Also, there is this mysterious verse, CORINTHIANS 11:10 -- "For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels."
I'm not sure of the theological import of these, but I know that head coverings for women is rooted in the New Testament. I hope to see you wearning one soon! If I was a woman, I'd totally wear one.
- Cantor said...
Heehee. :)
I get in trouble, being a guy, for proposing the idea that women are less susceptible to men's appearance than vice-versa. Never mind the number of times I have heard it said that "men are more visual" in how they live that part of their lives.
I think, in an ordinary parish situation, one woman wearing a mantilla would actually draw more attention to herself. Why not a pony-tail to keep hair from being a distraction?
A choir loft is the best way, IMO, to keep musicians engaged *as* part of the assembly, not removed from it. In other configurations (such as, alas, what I have in my parish), the musicians are on display, "performing". A choir loft keeps that in check.
- Mara Joy said...
I was hoping you could shed some light on Mahrt's talk (and it's relevancy in determining the relationship of the choir loft to the rest of the congregation in regards to this particular discussion,) cuz I have such a horrible memory about stuff like that, and you might be the only other person who was there who reads this!
(also in my parish, at the later Mass, I've counted at least 8 women wearing mantillas-er, maybe 2 or 3 women and all of their female progeny, but I'm currently in discussion with the boss about how this applies to me personally at Sunday Mass...)
About a ponytail being less of a distraction, I'm guessing that would depend on the ponytail. It could still be a distraction, if for a particular man a woman's hair was a distraction.
Also, found this at Catholic Answers:
Q: Did the Vatican ever publish a document stating that women are not supposed to wear head veils to church anymore?
A: No. Women are free to wear a head covering to church if they so desire. It's just not required.
The document Inter Insigniores by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (October 15, 1976) stated that the 1917 Code of Canon Law (canon 1262.2) requiring women to wear veils on their heads was a custom of the period and that such ordinances "concern scarcely more than disciplinary practices of minor importance." Thus the obligation "no longer has a normative value." But, as a sign of respect, women still are required to wear a veil when meeting the pope.
- Cantor said...
Torreon - good comment; I hadn't heard of that document, though I have indeed seen postings about the 1917 Code re mantillas.
Mara, I actually wasn't at CMAA this year. Hopefully I will be next year. You might contact Dr. Mahrt, though, via Stanford or via CMAA; maybe there was a transcript made of his talk that you are referencing.
- Mara Joy said...
I was emailed this link to a rather long article (the article itself sometimes annoys me, but makes some good points.) http://catholicintl.com/epologetics/articles/pastoral/head-covering1.htm
It makes a decent response to the Inter Insignores document mentioned above.
- Cantor said...
Interesting. My gut reaction is to read Canon 6 and, like Donovan, say "duh, 1983 replaces 1917".
I don't know that we can put the wearing of mantillas under the "custom has the force of law" bit. Except for in very few places, it is not a custom anymore. At least, for you and me, Mara, it is not a custom. :)
- Cantor said...
To add to the above, I suppose if a canonist is to tell me that "1983 abrogates 1917" does NOT imply that the 1983's silence on mantillas does not abrogate the requirement, well, I guess I don't have the competence to argue against him/her.
What I would wonder, though, is how precisely one would have worded Canon 6 to achieve the effect of "if it's not in 1983, it isn't law, even if it's in 1917".


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