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It's almost Goodbye September, Hello October! So I decided to do a little bit of catching up on current events. This month has been smoother and I have exciting things coming up.
Focusing on: School and getting ahead of the game. It's only been the first week, but I have taken on six classes and doing everything I can to not fall back. I've channeling my inner Hermoine and pouring myself into reading, writing papers, and studying.
Reading: Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey. Classes have been keeping me busy with reading. But I have made time for my personal reading. I sneak in a poem or two every other day. The poems I have read have more of a personal affect, so I take it all in rather than rush through.
Watching: That 70's Show, Scandal, Once Upon a Time, and The Voice. Allen and I are always watching re-runs on Netflix; and for now we are watching That 70's Show. I'm so glad Scandal and Once Upon a Time have returned, my Thursdays and Sundays feel more complete now. I normally do not keep up with The Voice after the blind auditions, but this season one the lead singers from one of my favorite bands, Sleeper Agent, is on the show! Alex Kandel who is on Team Gwen is who I am following and keeping my eyes out for.
Loving: The new Bath and Body Works hand sanitizes, denim, boots, and neutrals.
Trying: to be more social. I'm trying to make more friends in school and spending more time with friends, as well as reconnecting with old friends. Also, I am trying to post more on my Instagram. Usually I am doing what I wore pictures, which really helps and encourages me to get ready instead of wearing basics.
Looking forward to: The Fall and October. I'm excited for the cooler weather, layers, warm drinks, and falling leaves. In October I am seeing Beirut and a soccer game, my moms birthday, and I turn 22! I'm still unsure of what I want to do because I have such a hectic schedule, but birthdays are always fun :)


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"Jennifer Brunner has indeed shown a willingness to act regardless of the consequences, recklessly promoting a radical agenda and consistently hewing to her own personal version of the truth."Ouch. So McClelland thinks that paper ballots constitute a "radical agenda," eh? Looks like the Ohio Republican Party has already taken sides in the inevitable Robots vs. Humans showdown. Your move, Dems. – Caleb Hannan
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By the time the cab got to the Farley mansion it was already well past midnight, and I could tell the party was already going rapidly going downhill into that depressing post-New Year's Eve degeneracy and drunkenness. I usually don't do New Year's Eve for just that reason, but since I already had to be downtown for my publisher's publicity bash, I figured I'd might as well stop in at the Farley's and pay my respects. Ilene Farley's my sister-in-law—my ex-sister-in-law, actually—and used to handle my legal stuff, but since Monica and I split up that got a bit awkward, and her husband Bruce takes care of it now.
The Farleys are good people as far as lawyers go, and their firm represents a lot of artistic types, so I thought their party might at least be interesting. I knew that Ilene felt responsible for the way her sister had dumped me, running off with the publicist from one of the theater groups she represented, and though it had been almost five months, I wasn't above basking in a little sympathy. It's a poor excuse for a holiday and always disappointing, but still, no one wants to be alone on New Year's Eve.
There was no one to meet me at the door, so I just walked in and braved the music blasting from the living room, stood in the doorway waiting for my eyes to adjust. The living room was enormous and it was dark in there, and the similarity to a ballroom was enhanced by the mirrored disco ball spinning from the chandelier, suitably tacky and disorienting, sending a confetti of light across the furniture and faces and piles of streamers and paper hats. It was mostly theater people in there, some in costumes, some not. You can tell theater people because they always seem to be having a better time than it's really possible to have. That's one of the things Monica had liked about them.
New Year's Eve is supposed to be a time of new beginnings and doors opening, but I don't know anyone over the age of sixteen who believes that. More often it seems like a time of regret and sadness, another year of missed opportunities and lost hopes gone. The sight of so many people in costume was encouraging though. It made me think that maybe there were some surprises waiting to happen. Maybe it wasn't all the same old faces.
There were men dancing with women and women dancing with women—no men dancing with men—the usual theater crowd. I tried not to stare at anyone as I looked around for someone I knew. I didn't recognize anyone.
There was a girl on the far side of the room who immediately caught my eye. It wasn't just that she was wearing a man's suit and hat; it was that she was flirting too, quite ostentatiously in life-of-the-party mode, and with both women and men. She was standing with a group of about five people, obviously the center of attention, making the others laugh. It struck me that she was dressed in the same clothes as I was.
There was no doubt she was a woman, though. She was about my height, but very slim, even willowy—a model's body. She had blonde hair pinned up under one of those floppy poet hats that no real man ever wears, and a white shirt and a tight black suit and skinny tie. She wore a glittery black mask, and it was hard to tell with the lights shooting over her face, but it looked like she had a moustache penciled on as well, a thin one, the kind that Frank wore.
And though her clothes were male, she obviously wasn't trying to pass as a man. There was no mistaking that neck, those hands, and the exaggeratedly female way she moved: from the hips rather than from the shoulders. She was just what she appeared to be, a girl dressed up as a boy. She was enjoying herself immensely.
That moustache bothered me. Was someone pimping me? Trying to remind me of Frank and the way he'd run away with Monica?
She left that group and either felt my eyes on her or knew other people were looking because she moved through the crowd obviously aware of being watched. She found a couple of girls standing against the wall, leaned towards them in a predatory, seductive manner, and whispered something to them. From their laughs I knew it was something dirty. She glanced up at me as if to include me in the joke and I found myself staring right into her eyes. I might have been more self-conscious had I not been so captivated.
I wasn't the only one watching her either, because as I stood in the doorway, some guy walked over to her and tried to talk her up. She gave him her ear for a moment and then said something—tossed off some comment—and it must have been something nasty, because the guy drew back as if he'd been stung, and I could see him muttering "bitch" as he walked way. The blonde smiled after him, and I could almost see her adding another notch to her rapier.
I might have just taken her for a gay girl having some fun had she not looked across the room at that moment and found me again. I was too interested to do anything but stare, but despite her harlequin mask, there was no mistaking the look in her eye—half challenge, half invitation, asking me whether I wanted to try my luck. I was tempted—something almost masochistic in me stirred—but first I really had to find Bruce and Ilene.
Across the front hall was their sitting room, which seemed to be filled with gay men, and behind that was the dining room and the sun porch. I walked back there but they weren't around. When I got back to the living room, she was gone.
I'd stopped on the way back from the poetry party and bought a bottle of the Irish whisky that Farley liked and a few cigars—rum-soaked coronas. I put a cigar in my mouth and was trying to find a path back into the kitchen when a girl standing against the wall glared at me.
"I hope to God you're not going to light that fucking thing in here."
The venom in her voice took me by surprise, and all I could do was stare. Her girlfriend next to her seemed to be waiting for me to respond, but I was determined to keep out of this New Year's Eve bitterness so I just gave them a sickly smile and said nothing.
I put the cigar in my pocket and pushed my way back to the kitchen, and halfway down the hallway, here came the blonde in the man's suit walking out with two other girls, one dressed as a princess, the other just in jeans and sweater.
The people standing around made it even more crowded and awkward, and I caught the soft billowy tits of the girl in the princess gown on my chest as she squeezed past, and then here was blondie with her little French moustache and black mask, sidling past me, close enough to bite. She glanced up and I saw the flicker of deep eyes, a glimmer of a smile, and then felt something hard in her pants drag across my thighs and cock—something like a man's erection, but different too: too hard, and obviously artificial, a dildo of some kind, made of plastic or rubber. It slapped across my thighs and cock like a stick across a picket fence, and then it was gone and blondie with it.
I stood there with my mouth open in astonishment as the girl in jeans snuck past. Blondie threw me a look over her shoulder as if asking me whether I'd enjoyed it, then all three of them laughed and were gone.
I felt as if I'd been groped. Or worse—groped by a man. But no, she obviously wasn't a man, though she almost felt like one. I'm not sure what I felt, except that as I walked away my own cock was hardening inexplicably in my shorts.
Ilene was in the kitchen cutting limes amid the general party devastation. There were empties everywhere, and plastic cups with beer going flat. The big sushi platter was empty, nothing left but some wasabi and pickled ginger, and even the cold cut platter and spinach dip seemed pretty well picked over. Nothing left but the crudities and cheese cubes on toothpicks.
Apparently the kitchen was lesbian territory, and they didn't seem especially glad to see me. It wasn't a good place to take an incipient erection, so I covered myself with the bottle of Irish and smiled. They sat at the table and on the counter, drinking wine mostly, and kibitzing with Ilene as she worked.
"David!" she exclaimed when she saw me. "So glad you could make it! How are you, darling? And all dressed up!"
She put one arm around my neck—the one that wasn't holding the knife—and pressed her cheek to mine. "What can I get you, Davey? Nothing to eat, I hope. We've been cleaned out!" She gestured around, but didn't introduce me to her friends.
"Just a glass and some ice," I said. "I brought a bottle. Where's Bruce?"
"Around, around. Maybe upstairs. So what have you been up to? Why are you all dressed up?"
I told her about the poetry party, and Ilene translated to her friends as if they might not understand man-speech. She told them I was a writer and poet and a client of her firm, but they seemed more interested in the limes she was cutting. I'd obviously barged into the middle of something and didn't want to stay.
Thankfully, Ilene didn't mention Monica. She poured some of my whisky into a plastic cup and threw in some ice, then pulled me aside into the pantry.
I didn't want to come out and ask, but Ilene's a good sort and she said, "You haven't heard anything? Monica called me day before yesterday. They're going up to Bangkok and needed money. Seems Frankie met someone and they're all excited about it."
I frowned. "A girl?"
"A boy. I'm not too sure of the details. She said that ,they'd met someone, but you know Monica. She doesn't work that fast, so it has to be Frank. All I know is that it's a boy with one of those Thai names that sounds like a teapot falling down the stairs— Ramalamadingdong or something."
I was confused. "Since when is Frank gay?"
Ilene gave me a sympathetic, motherly look. "Labels, Davey, labels. No one thinks like that anymore. Everyone's everything. You should know that. Don't you write about these things?"
I made a face. I couldn't keep up with this world. I didn't have the patience.
Ilene cocked her head and asked, "You heard about Bruce and me?"
"No. Don't tell me."
She smiled. "I'm moving in with Joyce. Just a trial basis. Bruce understands completely and is totally supportive, and we're not talking divorce or anything, but I'm terribly happy about it. She's around here somewhere. You just have to meet her."
"I think I already did. She was at your Fourth of July party." I remembered Joyce—haunted, intense, a sleeveless white tee with a tribal tattoo on her upper arm. She'd looked very angry to me and I'd stayed away from her.
Ilene was disappointed with my reaction. "She was nervous then. She didn't know anyone. She's really come out of her shell now."
I smiled. "Well that's great, Ilene. I'm really happy for you. Just super."
I wasn't fooling Ilene, so I changed the subject. "Hey, Leney, Did you see that girl who was just in here? Dressed in a man's suit? Mask and moustache?"
"Moustache? Oh yes!" she laughed, glad to change the subject. "Cute, wasn't she? Kind of young for you though, Davey, and maybe a bit wild? You could be her father."
"You know her?"
"No. Never saw her before. She was with a bunch of theater people from East Light Rep though, so I suppose she has something to do with them, something behind the curtain."
"Well what's she doing dressed as a man?"
Ilene shrugged. "Having a good time, I guess. Just fooling around and being silly. You know these people. They love to shock us squares."
I was about to tell her about the phony cock, but I thought better of it.
I said I was going to go look for Bruce and excused myself. As I left, I felt the mood in the kitchen close behind me like a door.
I found the girl in the living room, back to her game of flirtation. I stood near the wall where I could keep an eye on her, and even though I didn't know why she was interested in me, I was pretty sure she knew I was there. I could see her turn up her charm a few notches, flirting with her two girls, making them laugh.
By this time the party had gone through its initial lift-off excitement, passed its period of party maturity, and reached that point of degeneracy where people were getting seriously drunk and even surly. No one bothered the girl, though. Her sexual ambiguity seemed to create a space around her, like an aura of inviolability.
Her friends drifted off or were dismissed, and she stood there, quiet at last, waiting. She was quite clearly making herself available.
Some drunks had taken over the music and were playing old, romantic, cry-in-your-beer stuff—Tony Bennett, Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn. I put my cigar back in my mouth and took another one from my pocket. I walked over.
She watched me as I approached but then looked away when I got close, fixing her eyes on the floor, as if it were suddenly fascinating. I handed the cigar to her.
It was supposed to be a joke, but she didn't treat it like one. She looked at the cigar and then her eyes swept over me, darker than I'd expected and shining like the sequins in her mask. Her lashes were gorgeous.
"Thanks," she said, taking the corona between two graceful fingers. "Got a light?"
I fished out my lighter while she expertly bit the tip of the cigar off with even, white teeth, politely picked the scrap of tobacco off her tongue and dropped it on the floor. She knew exactly what she was doing as she put the cigar in her mouth and twirled it slowly between her lips, pushing it in and out to wet the wrapper.
"They're strong," I said.
"Good. I like strong."
She put her hand out to steady mine as I held the flame under the end of the cigar. Her hands were exquisite, the nails cut close but shaped and coated with clear polish. She wore a man's watch on her wrist. It looked the size of a wall clock against those delicate bones.
"What happened to your friends?" I asked. "Those two girls you were with."
"Jean and the princess? I suppose they're off somewhere. Getting high upstairs, maybe. Maybe making out."
"They with you?"
She sucked on the cigar, her cheeks hollowing, and blew out a plume of milky white smoke. Some people looked over, but no one said anything about her smoking. "I'm here alone."
I'd expected to be cut down like all the other men, but she seemed in no hurry. I put my cigar back in my pocket. I couldn't compete with the beautiful way she smoked.
"That's a nice costume," I said. "Who're you supposed to be?"
"No one special. Just some guy. A man. Who are you supposed to be?"
I laughed. "The same, I guess. Just a man. And that's all? Just a guy?"
"That's enough, isn't it? It's part of my New Year's resolutions. I'm going to spend this year as a man. I want to see how the other half lives."
"And how's it going so far?"
A smile lifted one corner of her mouth. "It's easier than I thought. You just have to be nasty with the girls and rude to the other men, and everything seems to work out fine."
I laughed again. She was doing things with that cigar that made thinking difficult, and she knew it.
"Sounds like you've learned our secrets," I said." But wait till you try and get someone to go home with you. That's the hard part."
She put her head back and blew another stream of smoke at the ceiling. She had a dancer's neck, and the grace to go with it, and I wondered if Ilene had been right about her working behind the curtain. She obviously loved the spotlight. "That shouldn't be a problem. The girls are crazy for me."
"And is that what you want?"
"It's a possibility." She tilted her head and looked at me as the lights from the disco ball streamed over her mask. "Unless something better comes along."
She was playing with me but I didn't mind it from her. Not a bit.
"Pardon me for prying," I said. "But are you gay? I mean, it would be good to know before I really get involved."
"Oh? Are you planning on getting involved?" Another smile, another slow, plume of smoke swirling in the air like cream in black coffee. "A gentleman never tells," she said, closing those long lashes in false modesty.
I laughed again. She was exquisite. "My name's David McFedder."
"Sam," she said. She didn't put out her hand.
"Short for...?"
She looked at me as if she had no idea what I was talking about, so I didn't press her.
There was an angry shout from the other room and the sound of a chair falling over. A scuffle, and a girl's voice raised in alarm, a man's threat. Some man came out, pushed his way angrily through the crowd and left, not looking back. All the gays were quiet enough; it was always the hetero's that fought.
The disturbance drew two of the wall-leaners into the other room, though, and Sam took advantage to move into their spot, leaning her back against the wall.
"So you're just supposed to be some man?" I asked. "That's a pretty generic costume, isn't it?"
"Actually, I think it's quite radical. I'm tired of coming to these parties and getting hit on. I wanted to see what it was like to do some hitting of my own. Does it bother you?"
"No," I said. "Not at all. Rather the opposite, really. I find it pretty sexy."
"Sexy?" she asked. "That's cute. I haven't heard that word in ages." She took another puff, but she didn't appear to be enjoying the smoke as much as she enjoyed just playing with it.
"And so who are you?" she asked. "Someone said you were a poet. I've never met a poet in a suit before."
So she'd been asking. And she wanted me to know she'd been asking.
"On the side," I said. "I'm a writer mostly."
"Oh? Are you going to write about this party tonight? Are you going to put me in it?"
"Maybe," I said. "Maybe I'll write a story. What would you like me to say?"
"Whatever you like. Just so it's interesting."
We were standing fairly close now, and I couldn't get the feel of that artificial cock out of my mind. Her shoulders were against the wall, her hips thrust out a bit so that I could just barely see the bulge in her pants without actually staring at it. She stood as if she knew I was dying to look at it, and it amused her.
Just then the girl in the princess outfit called her from the dance floor. Sam pushed away from the wall and stood up.
"Excuse me," she said. "I think my babies need me. Thanks for the cigar. Come see me if you need help spelling my name for your story."
She dropped the cigar into an abandoned beer and slid past me towards the princess, who was by now pretty drunk and listing rather heavily to port. She had that messed and blowsy look of someone who'd just been making out heavily in some awkward position.
I didn't mind the abrupt exit. I'm funny that way, a bit of a masochist maybe. I think beautiful woman have a right to be cruel, maybe even a duty. It separates the men from the boys and makes you work to get what you want, so it didn't bother me. Besides, I could tell Sam knew I was still looking at her. She pinched the Princess's bottom and kissed the back of her neck with a bit too much gaiety. I knew it was for my benefit. I was supposed to be scandalized.
I turned away. Sinatra was playing. "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," I think, but before I could catch the opening bars there was a whoop of laughter behind me and I turned to see the Princess standing there amidst the dancers, almost doubled up in embarrassed laughter, her hands pressed together over her nose and mouth the way girls do when they really cut loose. Her eyes were wide and fixed on Sam, who must have said something especially wicked to get that kind of response.
Sam stepped forward and took the princess's hand to dance, put her other hand around her waist and the princess laughed again.
It was the cock, I realized. She must have felt that artificial cock poking her. That's why she'd laughed.
Sure enough, Sam held her close and really seemed to be working it into her, making the princess explode with bawdy laughter again and cover her face with her hand as best she could. The other dancers were mostly drunk or just confused. They smiled too but had no idea what was going on.


text: This is really a nausience, an ebook that can't be shared!! There is this system going around (which I'm sure has been going on for sometime, but I've just encountered such an ebook) that asks you for a username/password every 3rd time or so that you reed the ebook. The passwords are issued by the company that has made this feature available (btw the ebook is in exe format). So I'm hoping that someone here has come across a way to hack into these kinds of ebooks or has a keygen or something. It's frustrating when you've the info put on your harddrive but still have to pay for it :rocketwho


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"Diálogo entre casas reales" / "Dialogue between Royal (real) houses"
Site-specific intervention during SCARPIA XIV on two roofstops at El Carpio, Córdoba, Spain.
SCARPIA collection of Contemporary Art.
July 2015.
Project curated by Miguel Ángel Moreno Carretero
The irony and the absurd: In the town of El Carpio the real estate and business heritage of the DUCHY of ALBA is overwhelming, practically everything your eyes can "see" belongs to them. Two old women, the (Royal) duchess and the (real) neighbor are in permanent allegory of the deaf dialogue (up-down, right-left) integrated in the digital cartography of the village...
Geo Location: 37.940661, -4.499956
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They are still talking, not listening to each other...
BELVEDERE point of view with... WHITE WIG (of the duchess of ALBA) Satellite view Work in progress Drone view


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Seismic reflection profiles are acquired by means of an acoustic source (usually generated electronically) and hydrophone or receiver arrays. Both elements are typically towed in the water behind a survey vessel. The sound source emits a short acoustic pulse that propagates through the water and sediment column. The acoustic energy is reflected at density boundaries (such as the seafloor or sediment layers beneath the seafloor) and detected at the receiver. This process is repeated at intervals ranging between 100 ms and 1 s depending on the seismic source employed. In this way, a two-dimensional vertical image of the geologic structure beneath the ship track is constructed.
The boomer energy source consists of capacitors that are charged to a high voltage and discharged through a transducer in the water. The frequency range of the source is between 300 and 3,000 Hz. The transducer was towed on a sled at the sea surface providing 100-300 joules per shot for 00SCC02 and 135 joules per shot for 00SCC04. Reflected energy was received by an Innovative Transducers, Inc. (ITI) ST5 streamer and recorded by PC-based Triton Elics Delph Seismic acquisition software. The streamer contains 10 hydrophones evenly spaced over 6 m. However, only data received by elements 4-8 were summed, resulting in a higher signal to noise ratio for the data. The streamer was positioned parallel to the boomer sled and laterally separated from it by about 7 m. The sample frequency of the data was 12 kHz. All tracklines were recorded to 100 ms. Based on survey speeds of 3.5 - 4 knots and a shot rate of every 0.5 s, the shot spacing was about 1 m.
During data acquisition, a 6 ms trigger delay of unknown origin was observed in the profiles. This delay resulted in an extra 6 ms being added to the top of each profile. To rectify this problem in the field, a 6 ms recording delay was introduced on some of the tracklines. Lines B00_20 - B00_36 and B00_38a - B00_50 were recorded with this delay. For consistency in this archive, the processed profile images of all other tracklines have been shifted up 6 ms. However, the SEG-Y files have not been altered. Any further processing of 00SCC02 lines B00_01 - B00_19 and B00_37 - B00_38 and all 00SCC04 lines (B00_51 - B00_124) should remove the upper 6 ms of the record.
Seismic data were stored in SEG-Y format, which is a standard digital format that can be read and manipulated by most seismic processing software packages. The SEG-Y file format includes a 3,200-byte descriptive header that contains detailed information regarding the data acquisition and processing parameters. All data presented here are stored in SEG-Y, integer, Motorola format. The SEG-Y formatted trace data files have a .TRA extension. Additional recording parameters for each seismic data file can also be found in the .PAR file associated with each .TRA file. However, the .PAR and .PLN files are only needed to process or display the data with Triton Elics Delph Seismic software. No digital data is available for lines B00_05a, B00_14, B00_28a, B00_52 - B00_65, or B00_82. The original trace files for 00SCC02 lines B00_41 and B00_48 were broken up into two or more trace files (e.g., B00_41 became B00_41a and B00_41b) because the original total number of traces exceeds the maximum allowed by the processing system.
To conform to ISO 9660 naming standards, the SEG-Y data files and associated navigation files were all renamed. The "bss" prefix of the original trackline names was shortened to a single "b." For example, trackline "bss00_01a" was renamed "B00_01a."
GPS navigation was provided to the acquisition system every second by a Trimble Centurian P-Code receiver. The accuracy of this receiver is within 100 m. The data required some editing to remove spurious data values and fix incorrectly recorded dates. The edited results were used to generate the trackline navigation maps presented here. The navigation data have not been corrected to reflect the 20-m offset between the shotpoint and the GPS antenna. Position fixes for every 500 shots and for the start of lines are also provided as an aid for registering of the data after plotting. All navigation files are stored as flat ASCII text files.
The trackline maps provided in this archive are unprojected, set in geographic coordinates, NAD83. They were created using ESRI GIS software ArcView 3.2 and 8.1, exported to Adobe Illustrator for further editing, and saved for the web in JPEG format. These JPEG images are viewable with a web browser. Also included on this disc are the map documents and shapefiles used to create the trackline maps. The map documents are compatible with ArcGIS 8.1 (Windows). The shapefiles may also be viewed using ArcView 3.x (Windows, Unix) or public domain software ArcExplorer 2.0 (Windows) and 4.0 (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix, Linux), which can currently be downloaded from the ESRI website at <http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/index.html>.
Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs are available in both HTML and Rich Text Format. Scanned versions of the original handwritten logbooks are also provided as PDF files.
Also included on this disc are example Seismic Unix scripts that allow the user to strip off navigation fixes from the SEG-Y headers, along with a fix for every 500 shots, and produce a filtered and gained GIF image of each profile. These images can then be displayed using a variety of shareware programs such as ImageMagick (Unix, Linux) or a web browser.
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INDIAN cricket plunged deeper into turmoil yesterday as players and officials lined up to take sides in the damaging rift between coach Greg Chappell and captain Sourav Ganguly.
A worried Indian cricket chief Ranbir Singh Mahendra tried to impose a gag order amid fears of unbridgeable divisions in the national team.
Mahendra warned players of "serious consequences" if they aired their views after off spinner Harbhajan Singh announced the team had "developed a sense of insecurity because of the coach's attitude and double standards".
Chappell and Ganguly were due to appear before a high-powered panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in Mumbai today to discuss the spat that has snowballed into a major crisis.
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Sunday I met with a session to begin the process of closing a church. It reminded me of this, the first chapter of a book I'm working on. This is just a draft, so comments are welcome ….
"That's why the presbytery sent you, right? To close us?" Ruth whispers into my ear. I was sitting next to an elder from St. Marks Church, a congregation that I had just begun serving as moderator of the session. Their very part time supply pastor had left the congregation about a month earlier. It was a fall day, and the presbytery had just voted to dissolve a 110-year-old congregation in a neighboring city. Ruth was afraid this was why a member of the presbytery staff had been deployed to moderate their session. "No," I responded quickly and confidently. "You are a completely different animal."
Believe it or not, I was surprised to hear myself say that. St. Marks was a congregation about forty years old. It had never reached the "success" in numbers that they had anticipated when it was a new church development. Their membership peaked a couple of decades earlier, and they were now a small church – a very small church. We weren't sure of the numbers at that point, because it had been years since the membership book had been fully up to date and the rolls purged of inactive names. But the elders counted twenty-eight adult members. Frankly, on that fall day, I wasn't sure that the congregation would not be closing its doors soon. Then I heard the words come out of my mouth, "No, you're a completely different animal."
It's true. St. Marks was a very different congregation from the 110 year old congregation. They had fewer members than the congregation that was closing, but they had energy. Too much energy sometimes. I remember the first time I met with their session. Six elders and nearly three hours later, my head was spinning. "That session has ADHD!" I said to my colleague the next day, and their previous pastor who happened to be at our office confirmed it. They had energy; they just had to learn to focus it on the right things.
I had met a number of times with the closing congregation. They didn't have energy for ministry; the members, themselves, were older, and they were tired. They had planted a number of nearby congregations over the years that were strong. They were, at one time, a large downtown congregation. Their building was massive, their stained glass windows were tiffany, and their endowment was stable enough to keep them "open" for quite a few more years if they had chosen to. No, they felt that there were others who would benefit more from the building and the money. It was clear, they had a good life, and God was calling them in another direction. St. Marks was different.
St. Marks was worshipping in a building that was stalled at stage two of a three-stage building project. The large sanctuary was never constructed; instead the multi-purpose room they used for worship and fellowship was moderately-sized and flexible. The second stage classrooms were great for a small choir rehearsal, adult study groups, or Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. There was a large piece of property, but no taxes, no major maintenance required, no large utility bills, and no mortgage to pay. The leaders of the congregation were newly retired or nearing retirement age, but far from finished. And the spiritual DNA of the congregation was faithful and mature. They had a history of strong and well-grounded pastors. A handful of youth in the congregation had grown up to be pastors themselves. The congregation was active and involved in the life of the presbytery and leaders in the ecumenical work of the community. In fact, less than a year before I arrived, the congregation had opened its doors to house and distribute clothing donated to relief work in the area in the aftermath of the most recent hurricane. No, I wasn't there to close the congregation, not at all; they were a completely different animal.
Many small churches fear that denominational leaders will be the ones to "shut them down." In my experience, this rarely happens – and never without the congregational leadership having a clue or inkling. That is, most of these fearful congregations are aware that things aren't going as well as they'd like. They know they are small, that their budgets are shrinking, that their buildings are in need of maintenance, or that they are unable to pay for a fulltime pastor. They had a vision of what a "successful" church is. Perhaps it's the newest mega church popping up across town or a booming new church development in the presbytery. And deep down these elders fear their congregation is not living up to that image of "successful"… or they are convinced that others see them as not living up to it.
There was an "inkling" stirring up in Ruth during the presbytery meeting, and she was bold enough to call it out into our conversation. "That's why the presbytery sent you, right? To close us?" Ruth had clues that things were on a trajectory towards closure at St. Marks; some of those clues I knew, others I would get to know over the next couple of years. It takes courageous leadership to honestly assess a congregation's trajectory and to discern whether or not the congregation will go down that path at this time or change the trajectory in some way. Ruth was ready to begin the process.
That's the story of this book. The six elders we meet and the stories we share will be the turning points along that discernment. This is not a story on how to close a church or how to keep a church from closing, but a story about how to re-assess and re-identity what makes church faithful and vital and worthwhile. Spoiler alert: It has little to do with the size of the church or the number of programs the church offers.
Most assessments denominational leaders offer congregations who are deciding on their future story, focus on the tangibles: numbers of members, amount of the offering, financial indebtedness, the size and expenses of the building, or the staffing design or job description of the pastor. This book won't ignore those issues, but they are secondary to the more important (and often more difficult) issues of: understanding the congregation's mission and vision, being church vs. doing church, developing permission-giving leadership, the role of the pastor and options in pastoral leadership, and the building use. This chapter begins the story with an assessment of energy.
An image popped into my mind as I blurted out, "No, you're a completely different animal!" The image was of prairie dogs. We lived in Detroit for eleven years. My daughter was born there. We were members of the Detroit zoo and would often go in to see one exhibit or another instead of hanging out the whole day. The prairie dog exhibit was a regular stop; it was my favorite. I could stand there and watch those cute little rodents for hours. It was like God created them on fast forward. They had so much energy! They'd pop up from a hole, run to another hole, disappear, pop up again, play with a friend, disappear … it seemed like they never sat and rested, they were always moving or intently staring and listening and making sense of the world around them.
I saw prairie dog energy in the elders of St. Marks. I saw it, but they didn't necessarily see it in themselves. They told me they were tired, that they were burning out, that they were becoming resentful of all the work they were doing at the church with little change. No doubt they were burning out. They were working hard and giving everything they had. The trouble was, they were doing the wrong things, fighting the wrong fight, and jumping through the wrong hoops. And they weren't being fulfilled by the work they were doing, so their reserves were running on empty. Burning out isn't about being without energy so much as it's about running out of fuel. They were busy, but they weren't been fed. They were pretending to be a church that they weren't. Imagine prairie dogs living and working like the great apes or the polar bears or vice versa. That's burn-out.
The members of the 110-year-old congregation we voted to close at the presbytery meeting that fall morning were not burned-out. They were tired. They were old. They were content with a long and productive life. They were done. That is very different from burnout. What was most interesting about this congregational dissolution is that they decided closing was the most faithful move for them even though they still had money in the bank, their building was in relatively good shape, and they had a wonderful full-time pastor. Their membership numbers were falling, but they still had more than three times as many members as St. Marks. For them, they realized didn't have the energy, the passion, or the call to continue as an active congregation, so they decided to embrace their new identity as a legacy congregation. That is, they were willing to dissolve the church, join neighboring congregations (some of them joined "daughter" congregations) and give away their financial resources to particular mission projects both local and globally.
The energy of a congregation is not only about the level of energy, but the focus of the energy. A congregation could have high energy for starting new programs, but little desire to focus on discipleship. It could have a strong commitment to itself, but no energy to reach out to the community around them. It could have high energy for conflict within itself, but little energy to do the work of reconciliation.
So how do you assess a congregation's energy level? First, look at what is: What's the average age of the members of your church? What is the average age of the leaders of your church? While I don't want to imply that older people don't have a great deal of energy or younger people can't be un-energized, there is a real correlation between the stage of life of an organization and the stage of life of the individuals within the organization.
Years before I worked with St. Marks, I did a congregational visit with a nearby church that wanted to talk about evangelism. They realized their congregation was not attracting new members. When I met with the twenty or so members of the congregation after worship, I didn't notice anyone who looked like they were under 75 years old. I began by asking them what they most hoped their congregation would be like in ten years. After a few blank stares, one member answered, "Do you realize most of us will be dead in ten years?" "OK, good," I thought, "Now we can at least talk about the real issues."
This congregation was not without energy, but the energy was solely focused on themselves and their congregational family. They presented me with a list of "mission" activities that I had asked for. The activities consisted of birthday parties for members, celebrations of 50th anniversaries, and other inwardly focused fellowship activities.
The leaders of St. Marks, on the other hand, were mostly middle aged. They were well established in their careers, had adult children, and were new grandparents. They were relatively healthy and looking forward to active retirements. And, most importantly, they intended to be around for a while. Because they were at a different stage of their own life development, their energy for their own future was different. Their list of mission activities, too, was not about celebrating themselves. Though they did enjoy monthly fellowship dinners, the dinners had a mission or study topic. They also welcomed friends and new comers to these dinners.
Noticing age, then, is not all there is. We also need to look at the energy available for mission, leadership, prayer, discipleship, and change. I was able to assess these things at St. Mark's intuitively, but I often use a quick continuum exercise for a congregation to assess these energies in themselves.
In looking for energy, specifically energy around mission and ministry, having a large selection of strong leaders is important for the sustainability of a congregation, no matter what size the membership is. Congregations that find it difficult to find volunteers to help lead worship, teach Sunday School, usher or count the offering are facing a much more difficult time than those that have trouble meeting a budget or paying the mortgage. Leadership is key to energy and vitality in a congregation.
Having members who are active in community service projects and organizations indicates a high level of energy toward mission and service. Having a strong prayer life in the congregation indicates a level of commitment and energy to discipleship. Willingness to learn or try new things is measuring the kind of energy and courage to change that is required for a congregation to change its trajectory. The final question is assessed in the negative … that is, if people are saying "I've done that already" and "I'm done," it is probably an indication that energy for new life is waning.
St. Marks had a large percentage of strong leaders. Most all of their members had been ordained as elders, but more importantly, most of the church members were involved actively in the work and ministry of the church or in community mission and organizations. In fact, St. Marks was more likely suffering because their members were involved in too many projects, committees, and community organizations.
Bible study and prayer was important to the congregation. They would share prayer concerns each week in worship and were good at sending notes saying "we prayed for you today" to neighbors in need. The congregation was great at learning new things. They were less likely to try new things on their own, but that was something they were ready to address as a congregation.
Willingness to try new things and do new things is important for the future sustainability of a congregation. There are assessments online to measure a person's readiness for change or style of change. But sometimes the best assessment is to just ask. One way I've done that is to have people identify themselves as belonging to one of four quadrants that represent both the amount of change needed in their church and their willingness and commitment level to making it happen.
The horizontal axis represent the amount of change you believe is necessary for the congregation to move off of its current trajectory and into a vital and faithful future. The vertical axis represents the level of energy you as an individual member or leader are willing to put towards making those changes. It's vitally important here, that we realize that change only occurs in a congregation when individual members and leaders are willing to change themselves. That is, the congregation won't change or grow spiritually unless the members are willing to change and grow spiritually.
There are a number of ways to collect where members place themselves. What's important is that there is a way to collect the self-assessment in a private, secret way. It's difficult for members to report that they don't have energy if the reporting is being done in a public way.
I didn't use this assessment with St. Marks, but if I had, I expect that most of the members would have placed themselves in quadrants 2 or 4. They may not agree on what or how much change was necessary for the future of their congregation, but they were committed to doing whatever was necessary to make it happen. They were a high-energy congregation. And that's what made them a different animal from the 110-year-old congregation that closed.


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It always warms my heart to see kids stitching. This peaceful photo tweeted by Jodi (@sewfearless on twitter) made me grin ear to ear.
Want to get your kids stitching too? Teach them a simple stitch: back stitch or running stitch. Trace their drawings on fabric and let 'em go!
Heed Jodi's warning though: your embroidery supplies will be taken over by the littles. (ummm... a trip to the craft store for some cheapy extras might be in order)
I highly recommend you do it before they are teenagers and think all you do is totally uncool.
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The weather has cooled down considerably, thanks to the rains. The ground seems to be quenched of its thirst, it was becoming quite parched.
The kids have got just one more week of school before their summer holidays, and we are really looking forward to it. It's been a long and busy term, with a few more activities still to go before next week. So, we are eagerly looking forward to a break in the routine.
The cooking, baking continues on the kitchen front. The gorgeous mangoes are going to be with us for a couple of weeks more. We basically ration our supply of mangoes, as it is not found in as much abundance as in India. Here, we are at the mercy of the local Asian grocery shops, and if we cannot make it on the due day, we miss our chance for the whole week. We are quite good at making the most of local ingredients, but mangoes are different. There are so many memories attached to them, that we can't stop ourselves from making that trip to the Asian grocers and getting our hands on those precious boxes.
So different to the days back in Assam where they are found in plenty. Some people even have mango trees in their backyard. I remember the trips to my oldest aunt's place and squinting up at the large mango tree in their backyard, laden with the fruits. My uncle would pluck them from the tree and we would sit around as my aunt readied them for us, cousins, to enjoy. What sweetness! I called them sometime back, and, across the thousands of miles that separated us, the talk came to mangoes and we fondly remembered those days. They still have the mango tree, and it still bears them loads of fruit, but, as my aunt said, " iman bur aam, khaboloi manuhei nai" ( so many mangoes, and hardly anyone to eat them ). Her sons have flown the nest in search of greener pastures and so has her dear nephews and neices. So, the birds have free reign to their mango tree now. Where, once they would be shooed away to save the mangoes, now, no one cares anymore.
Again, when I was in Kolkata, just before Rengoni was born, mangoes and yogurt are what saw me through those months of pregnancy. I remember those trips to the market, a bit self conscious as I was new to the place and didn't know the local language very well at that time. I still remember that particular fruit seller, who, thankfully spoke in Hindi, which I understood, and from whose stall I would walk away happily with my bags full of luscious mangoes.
Usually, we have the mangoes as they are. But I couldn't resist adding some to a mango and coconut cake. A thin and light coconut cake topped with lots of mango cream is a great summery delight. Fresh, sweet mangoes work best in this recipe. I used honey mangoes which are very sweet, so no additional sugar is needed for the topping.
What's needed-
3 eggs
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C whole wheat flour (atta)
5 tblsp of dessicated coconut+ 1 tblsp extra for sprinkling on the top
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tblsp sunflower/vegetable oil
For the topping-
2and 1/2 c of mango puree ( preferably made from fresh mangoes)
3 tblsp soured cream/whipped cream
How to-
- Mix together the mango puree and soured cream and chill in the refrigerator.
- Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C and line an 8 inch baking pan with foil.
- Beat together the eggs and sugar till pale and fluffy ( at least 6-8 minutes, depending on your beaters). When the beaters are lifted, they should leave a trail on the surface for at least 10 seconds.
- Mix together the flour, coconut and baking powder.
- Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, in three batches and fold in very gently.
- Fold in the oil and tip the mixture into the prepared pan.
- Place the pan in the centre of the pre heated oven and bake for approximately 25 minutes or till the top is golden and the centre springs back when pressed gently.
- Peel away the foil and cool the cake completely on a rack.
- Place the cake on a serving plate and spread the mango cream over the top of the cooled cake, keeping it quite rough looking( doesn't matter if you spread it smoothly, I just the like the look of it more when it's not)
- Sprinkle the rest of the coconut on top and chill the cake for few hours for the flavours to mature before cutting into wedges and serving.
This cake is good, very good. If you are a fan of mangoes just like us, then this cake is definitely for you. The smoothness of the mangoes and the bite from the coconut paired very well. In fact, I had a hard time keeping myself away from the fridge as I was writing this post. The mangoes retain their sweet flavour too. You know what? I just might have to make that trip to the fridge again; naughty me!


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Reds-Cubs Preview
What looked to be a favorable stretch for the Cincinnati Reds
has been anything but easy.
The Reds will try to avoid a sixth straight loss Friday when
they continue their series against the Chicago Cubs.
After taking two of three last weekend from Pittsburgh – its
nearest competitor in the NL Central – to open a 4 1/2-game lead,
Cincinnati was swept at Milwaukee before dropping a 5-3 decision in
Chicago on Thursday after Alfonso Soriano's tie-breaking, two-run
homer in the eighth.
The Reds (66-46) had won 22 of 25 before their current skid.
Despite Thursday's loss, they still lead the Pirates by 2 1/2
"I don't think these games should really make a difference,"
pitcher Mike Leake said. "You're going to have losing streaks. If
we're dwelling on this, there's a problem.
"We didn't go 22-3 or whatever it was for no reason."
Cincinnati has scored 11 runs and batted .180 in its five
losses. Jay Bruce is hitting .136 with no homers and 11 strikeouts
in his last seven games, and manager Dusty Baker said Friday he's
giving the slumping outfielder a couple days off.
Xavier Paul is starting this game in place of Bruce. Third
baseman Scott Rolen was held out of the lineup for a third straight
game due to a sore back.
The bullpen has also faltered the last two games, giving up four
runs in three innings while being responsible for both losses.
Cincinnati is looking to improve on its 3-3 record against its
lowly NL Central rival, which snapped an eight-game losing streak.
The Reds are hitting .205 in the season series against the Cubs
(44-66) while scoring three or fewer runs in all three losses.
Despite Chicago's overall record, it has won 14 of 19 at Wrigley
Field. Soriano has been a major factor in the Cubs' success there,
hitting .328 with five homers and 12 RBIs in his last 15 home
"I have to play hard just because those kids see me, and I'm the
veteran on the team. So I have to show the kids how to play the
game," Soriano said.
Looking to avoid their first six-game losing streak since May
18-23, 2011, the Reds hand the ball to Homer Bailey (9-7, 3.98
ERA), who has struggled in his last two starts and is winless in
After giving up six runs in 3 2-3 innings against San Diego on
July 31, he surrendered four runs and nine hits in 4 2-3 innings of
a 6-2 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.
"I don't think it was anything physical, I don't feel tired at
all," Bailey told the Reds' official website. "Just execution of
pitches, that's all it was."
The right-hander is 3-2 with a 5.60 ERA against the Cubs, but
1-0 with a 2.77 ERA in two outings this year.
Starlin Castro, who drove in two runs Thursday, is 4 for 13 with
two homers against Bailey.
The Cubs counter Bailey with Justin Germano (1-1, 3.38), who
will make his third start. The right-hander gave up two runs and
three hits in 5 1-3 innings of a 7-6 loss to the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Sunday without factoring in the decision.
Germano's only outing against the Reds came in 2007 with San
Diego. He went 5 1-3 innings, giving up one run in an 8-3 loss.


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Our core subject is LATIN which is taught from Form 1 upwards to GCSE, AS and A2 levels.
CLASSICAL CIVILISATION is the study of the Classical Greek and Roman cultures through the medium of ancient texts in translation. The subject is offered at AS and A2 levels.
The study of Latin has many benefits for pupils:
- it enhances their command of language by requiring them to pay close attention to the relationships between concepts and the words and structures used to express them
- it increases their understanding of English and of language in general
The study of Latin and Classical Civilisation has many benefits for pupils:
- they develop their powers of observation, abstraction and analysis of information, judgement and communication
- they develop tolerant but not uncritical attitudes towards customs and practices unlike their own
- they develop a European awareness through an understanding of their culture and linguistic heritage
- they develop an open and sympathetic attitude towards the past and the unfamiliar
- they develop a critical and reflective understanding of the world in which they live
- they kindle their imagination through contact with the Classical world and stimulate a personal response
- they introduce them to significant aspects of the historical, political and philosophical thought of the Classical period
- they introduce them to a selection of the major achievements of the Romans (and Greeks) in such fields as literature, art, architecture, science, medicine, technology and law
CLASSICAL GREEK is taught on a voluntary basis outside the timetable to interested pupils in Forms 3 to Middle 6 at all levels, from a basic introduction up to GCE A2 level.
In Forms 1, 2 and 3 Latin we follow the Cambridge Latin Course. At GCSE, AS and A2 levels we follow the courses set by OCR Examinations.
After A2 Level
Many of our pupils who pursue Latin/Greek and/or Classical Civilisation to A2 level take up related courses at university ranging from full Classics to Ancient History, Classical Civilisation and Archaeology.


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By mid-morning Monday, 95-year-old Helen Beer had just finished her daily Bible reading and was preparing do the wash when she heard the racket outside her sleepy south Bethlehem home.
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The night sky is full of wonders – and now your walls can be too. Not only are planet posters beautiful, they are also a great way to keep a bit of perspective in life. It's hard for problems to feel too huge when you're looking at pictures of planets and contemplating how tiny our lives are in comparison to the vast universe! Whether you want to teach the next generation of young astronomers about the galaxies with an orbit canvas or you're simply looking for a striking piece of panoramic photography, our intergalactic range of planet pictures is as educational as it is eye-catching. Take a look at our collection to find your favourites.
What better way to inspire daydreams of the other worlds – and even other species – than by hanging planet pictures in your family's rooms? Most children are fascinated with space so help them to pursue that passion with inspirational prints. An educational orbit canvas showing the different planets making their way around the sun, like they do in 'Our Solar System', is a fantastic chance to add some bright colours and learning opportunities to a teenagers' bedroom.
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New to Aarhus University
International Center
International Center (IC) is a service office for international PhD scholars, a place where they can get practical and administrative help to solve any problems arising in connection with their studies and work at Aarhus University or their residence in Denmark. The office provides a general service to all main academic areas around the country and refers questions to experts from within or outside the university for more specific information. However, some services are limited in their geographical scope, and are currently only available to scholars studying and working in Aarhus.
Student card
Exchange students, Master's students and guest students need a student card. The student card is your identification card at the university and whenever you need to document that you're a student. You need to bring the student card to any exam. You're given a PIN code for your card and this provides you with access to certain buildings at the university. Contact the University Studies Office if you lose your card and need a replacement. Exchange students are given a student card when they register at the International Center. Master students and visiting students receive their student card by surface mail or can pick it up at the Communicaiobn Office, Fredrik Nielsens Vej 5, building 1448, 8000 Århus C.
Key Card
PhD students, post doctoral scholars, researcher and visitors need a key card. Contact your department secretary or supervisor to get information about obtaining a key card ("nøglekort") to the buildings you need access to.
Office space
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Computer access
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