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I just got back from Alaska. Last week I drove a van from Bellingham to Talkeetna, Alaska. The drive is long, but very worth doing. We were taking the equipment, food, and Alpine Institute van up to Alaska for the Denali climbing season. It has been a very warm winter across all of Western North America and this showed as we had very little snow either on the road or next to the road.
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Above: Philadelphia Science Carnival Participants Dan Trainer, Lei Li, Avery Vilbert, Chrissy Ott, Jackie Castorino, EuTchen Ang, Brady Werkheiser, and Ian McKendry
The SJU Molloy Chemical Society presented at the Philadelphia Science Carnival on Saturday, April 21st at Logan Circle on Ben Franklin Parkway. Members of Molloy gave an exciting demonstration of a hydrogen peroxide and calcium iodide reaction. The crowd was thrilled as they experienced the dynamic power of this exothermic reaction.


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Negan and Lucille… Are They Breaking The Walking Dead Formula?
Excuse me for using the word "formula." I do not mean this in an any less than awesome connotation. Instead, I mean more in the sense of a continuous stream of successful bad assery for the plot. As fans, we've become aware of this formula: The true monsters are never the walkers, but instead they are the humans– The humans band together and find a safe haven– soon their haven becomes threatened and overrun by a malicious characters– The group defeats the threat and moves onto the road stronger and in search for a more improved safe haven. Add those all together with slight variations here and there and you essentially have The Walking Dead seasons thus far. This serves for reliability; test the same formula again and again and you get the same successful results. But with the writers for the show catching onto this, some sort of convention-breaking needs to start happening.
Granted, the changes made in this season hasn't made too many fans happy with the brutal killing of Glenn and Abraham, but here's why their deaths were perceptive moves on the writers' part.
The first is what the religious undertones are saying about Negan. The walking dead has many many biblical references, with the emergence of characters such as Jesus, Father Gabriel, the saviors, and the constant cognitive dissonance seen within characters as they waver between good and evil—between pacifism and activism.
Abraham according to the Hebrew/ Judeo-Christian/ Muslim texts was the prophet of God. He was told to sacrifice his son, Isaac, as a test to his faith. So what does this mean for The Walking Dead if Abraham himself is being "sacrificed"? By killing Abraham specifically, this calls attention to the Abrahamic story. In this scene, Negan turns to Rick and demands, "Sacrifice your son!" By doing this, Negan essentially places himself in the position of God. He makes the demand for Rick to sacrifice his son and calls for an omnipotent ambiance to the scene as well as a demand for fear and obedience from his onlookers.
Secondly, there is both Abraham and Glenn. The death of Glenn was the ultimate uproar for fans. After all, who could hate glen? The symbol of authenticity, perseverance, and selflessness is brutally maimed in front of our eyes. Glenn didn't even die this gruesome death by Lucille in the comics! Why have the writers deviated here?
This is where The Walking Dead is making a statement. We thought we were all comfy in the suburban neighborhood of Alexandria with our walking dead family. We thought everything was finally transforming into some semblance of order. The entropy of life finally dissipated as families emerged and beauty began to exist in the midst of a collapsing world. And well… we thought wrong, very wrong. This killing of Abraham and Glenn are representative of an end to familial relations and the emergence of new life. Both Glenn and Abraham were soon to be fathers. Glenn had his baby on the way with Maggie (probably would have been one of the cutest babies, I was waiting to see that happen) and Abraham was seriously considering having a baby with his girlfriend, Sasha. And suddenly, BAM, Lucille destroyed any thought of that manifesting into reality. This is a reminder that we are in a post-apocalyptic world here, and the world of our walking dead family does not reflect that of ours as we sit on our comfy couches watching the events take place.
Now, to speculate as to whether or not Lucille and Negan are breaking The Walking Dead formula… (much like the breaking of many other things or… faces (rip Glenn and Abraham!!)) we must see how Negan deviates from former Walking Dead villains, and also how he mimics them. Let's take for example, The Governor: the most notoriously hated villain thus far. He's narcissistic, delusional, selfish and so many more wondrous traits. He mimics that of a sociopath, and just to refresh our knowledge of sociopathy, here are some of the traits: Superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self, skilled liars, lack of empathy, incapacity for love, manipulative, and need for constant stimulation. The governor falls under all of these categories minus the incapacity for love and constant stimulation. The governor fell for Andrea and truly trusted her. He also deeply mourned the loss of his daughter so much to the point that he kept her chained and locked away in hopes to one day cure her from the zombie infection and to care for her in the meantime.
This level of closeness is completely absent in Negan (except for maybe with his beloved Lucille). His character is unpredictable, mainly because he doesn't abide by standard human interaction. He is quite emotionally intelligent, though he sometimes seems to lack it. Is he using this keen emotional intelligence as a tool for manipulation or is he reflecting an emotion he truly has or perhaps once had in his past pre-apocalyptic life of a school teacher and ping-pong coach?
Instead of a loving relationship, he has a group of "wives" available to him, and if any of the wives decide they want to cheat on him (usually with their true lover, or former lover) then Negan uses their lovers as examples. He maims one half of their face with an iron which permanently disfigures them as a reminder for the rest.
At the same time, he allows for a twisted form of "choice" for these women. The maiming of the face only happens if the wife decides she wants to stay under Negan's protection in his community. The wife can also choose to leave the community and fend for herself beyond his gates while sparing the torment of her lover.
Glimpses of this twisted morality is seen repetitively in Negan. While Negan uses his power to subjugate those around him, he asks his wives if he's ever made them do anything they wouldn't want to. Also in the comics Negan originally was not going to kill Glenn because he didn't want onlookers to think he was racist. Unfortunately, Glen was the victim by chance of Negan's famed "eeny…meeny…miny, moe." Moreover, in the show Negan has this idea of "fairness" as he takes half the supplies (and only half…no less no more) from the communities he's conquered.
He is also drawn to Carl and seems to take him under his wing temporarily. Negan quickly recognizes that Carl is now lacking a strong father figure. Rick has been beaten down both mentally and physically. He has lost his sense of self and instead complies to Negan for fear of losing more of his people. Rick, the former police officer and symbol of justice, now stands by and allows the criminal to rule. Negan quickly recognizes this and swoops in to play dad. Is he looking for someone to teach and be his right hand man, to follow him in his absence, or is this a ploy to win the resistant Carl over? Is he channeling a Star Wars plot, urging for Carl to be like the deviant Kylo Ren, abandon the jedi and follow his uncle Lord Vader's path instead?
These are the kinds of questions that lead me to wonder whether there is room for redemption for Negan. This father-like role is even shown with our most loved baby Judith as Negan literally sits at the head of the table in Rick's absence and later cradles Judith in his arms.
According to the comics, Negan and Rick eventually develop a sort of Batman-Jokeresque relationship. There is room for mutual understanding as the lines between good and evil blur. There is a sort of comradery between two leaders as they are both aware of the work and strife that comes with being in a leadership position. So there is the question of sociopathy versus… dare I say, "normalcy" in Negan? Is he a maniac or is he just an ex-school teacher trying to make sense of the the world as it burns and crumbles around him?
So, I leave it up to you. Where do you think The Walking Dead will take us next? Will Negan continuously bash our most beloved faces in with his precious Lucille and or will he bash The Walking Dead in another way by breaking the formula? Is there room for redemption and will Negan eventually listen to reason?


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Trauma Survivors Share Their Wisdom About Recovery and Pathways to Change
November 21, 2014
We often refer to people who have experienced trauma as survivors. But what factors contribute to surviving — and thriving? In order to better understand what helps people move forward and live more fulfilling lives, psychologist Signe Stige led a study in which 31 women were interviewed about coping with trauma.


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The Art of Mastering Clubs
Here Are The Best Nightclubs In London
Are you someone that loves to go clubbing?
London is also known for their nightclubs. The nightclubs in London are very popular since they have quality music, follow the trend and a good ambiance. There are plenty of quality nightclubs in London. You really have so many options when in comes to choosing nightclubs. If you really want to have the best night, then I will provide a list below of the top and best nightclubs in London.
Below is a list of the best nightclubs in London:
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This club is very popular since it is known as the best rave warehouse in London. This club has a wide car park. They have a lot of portable toilets and makeshift bars. This nightclub has hosted a lot of big parties. People that go to this club are those that love rave and techno.
The cable club is in a train that can be found under the arch of the London bridge station. This nightclub is complete in production and it has a wide outdoor smoking area. This also has a warehouse vide and clean and flushing toilets. They have amazing line-ups. Most students go to this club.
C. Corsica Studios
This was created by an independent arts organisation that wants a creative for parties. This club can be found in two railway arches in castle and elephant and it is considered one of the best spaces in London. They have a wide range of playlists. A lot of art students,techno heads and hipsters go and party in this club.
D. Plastic People
This is considered to be the best small club. The plastic people has no frills, 200 capacity, low ceiling and heavy and quality sound system.
E. The Star of Kings
This base is located in a basement in Kings Cross and they have complete quality sound system. The capacity of this club is 150.
F. The Loft
This club hosts excellent parties with quality music. The space of the Loft is incredible.
G. Fabric
This club has been operating for years now. This is the daddy of nightclubs. This club has cutting edge electronic music. They always have new events.
H. The Drop
This is considered to be one of the best basement clubs. This is intimate clubbing. A lot of locals go to this club.
I. Paramount Bar
This nightclub provides high quality clubbing. This is on the top floor and is a glass panelled space. This is one of the most high class clubs in London.
All of the clubs that were mentioned are considered the best in London.


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I watched a snowplow today and thought to myself: "Look at that contraption. We invented that. This is where we're at. Pushing snow around just to get where we want to go. And then we get mad about how slow things are moving."
Aliens watching our measly, little lives are like: "Pfft. Whatever. We bend space/time."


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A peaceful tree-lined touring park next to a static site in attractive countryside about 10 minutes' drive from Southport. The park is maturing well, with growing trees and a coarse fishing lake, and the excellent on-site facilities include golf, a bistro (refurbished for 2016), a well-equipped health centre, a bowling green and model boat lake. Please note, neither tents nor dogs are accepted at this site.
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I'm excited to announce that starting this week, I will be writing for BlogHer in the BlogHers Act: Maternal Health area.
While we were in Kansas over Christmas, I got an email from the wonderful women of BlogHer asking me if I'd be interested in joining them as a contributing editor writing on the topic of maternal health. As most of you know, pregnancy and birth, two big aspects of maternal health, are among my passions, so of course I said yes. I am thrilled for the opportunity to write about the things that I love (and I must admit the opportunity to be paid to write is rather appealing as well).
I found it rather ironic though that I came down with a cold just days later. So much for my own maternal health. 😉
While I believe I will be focusing on pregnancy and birth a great deal, I also plan to write about other areas of maternal health such as mental health, environmentalism, and nutrition.
Part of writing for BlogHer includes featuring other women bloggers who write about these topics on their own blogs as well, so don't be surprised if you find your blog linked to over on BlogHer. 🙂
I'm honored to be a part of the BlogHer community. My first post there will be this Tuesday and now, if you will excuse me, I need to get to work. 😉


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Film, other units push News Corp. to Q4 loss
Firm mulls new business models; film record streak endsNEW YORK -- News Corp. swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $203 million on lower revenue and impairment and other charges of $680 million, primarily in the Fox Interactive Media unit.
Stronger cable networks unit results couldn't make up for weaker results elsewhere as the recession continued to take a toll.
The loss for the period ending June 30 reported after the market close Wednesday compared with a profit of $1.1 billion in the year-ago period. Excluding charges, News Corp. posted an adjusted operating profit of $948 million, down from $1.4 billion a year earlier. Revenue fell 10.7% to $7.67 billion.
The adjusted operating profit for the full fiscal year of $3.6 billion was in line with the conglomerate's forecast for a 30% decline from the $5.13 billion it had recorded in fiscal year 2008. Wall Street observers had expected the company to miss its target. Revenue for the fiscal year dropped 8% to $30 billion.
Management predicted News Corp. will grow its operating profit in the just-started fiscal year in the high single digit percentage range from an adjusted $3.44 billion with expected gains in the cable networks and film units, as well as other divisions. Revenue will grow in the 4% range, it said.
The full-year figures came after six consecutive record years in profitability. Another streak that ended Wednesday was in News Corp.'s film unit, which had posted seven consecutive years of record operating profits.
News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and recently returned Chase Carey, who serves as president, COO and deputy chairman, signaled that they are looking at ways to change the economics of the media and entertainment business over the coming years amid the continued shift to digital.
Murdoch, for one, renewed his call for a push into paid-for digital content, saying the digital age "has not made content free." Carey said that News Corp. will be looking to build more dual revenue streams.
Discussing specific businesses, Carey argued that the advertising-supported broadcast TV model in particular "doesn't work" anymore and also mentioned new distribution systems in the digital age and international markets as key growth opportunities for the conglomerate.
Murdoch said he wants to start charging consumers for access to the company's news sites -- most likely during the just-started fiscal year. He later said that this plan would include not only News Corp.'s newspaper sites, but most certainly FoxNews.com as well, which he pointed out has a big and loyal audience.
Asked about how the broadcast TV business must change, Carey said that the Fox network should get paid for quality content like "American Idol" and the NFL. He also said the network must look at production costs, as well as its relationships with affiliates and content production partners. He didn't detail specific proposals, saying the ideas are still a work in progress.
Asked by The Hollywood Reporter about whether News Corp. is more likely to charge consumers or broadband providers for TV content online, Carey said the conglomerate is trying to avoid getting hung up on old rules and traditional business models, adding that new ways of windowing content could provide opportunities in the digital age.
For the full year, News Corp.'s film operating income fell to $848 million from the record $1.25 billion reported in fiscal 2008. Quarterly film unit operating profit fell 8% to $203 million, primarily due to lower library product contributions from Twentieth Century Fox Television.
The quarter also included the launch costs for theatrical releases "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," as well as prerelease launch costs for "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." Film revenue rose from $1.52 billion to $1.72 billion.
Asked about DVD rental kiosk operator Redbox, Carey said its $1 price point "grossly" undervalues the value of films. "A dollar rental is clearly an issue for us," he told the earnings call. "We are actively determining how to deal with it."
Meanwhile, News Corp.'s broadcast TV unit revenue and operating profit fell amid weaker results at the Fox TV stations, Fox Broadcasting Co. and Asian satellite TV platform STAR.
"Local television station advertising markets declined 27% in the quarter and 21% for the year compared to the same periods a year ago, reflecting particularly weak automobile, financial and movie entertainment advertising trends," News Corp. said.
Discussing the upfront ad sales market, Murdoch said he is "quite happy" with its progress and pricing, although Fox -- like others -- will retain more ad inventory to sell it in the scatter market.
Overall, July was a good ad month, he added, with CFO David DeVoe predicting flat ad revenue in the current fiscal year despite low double digit broadcast TV and newspaper declines.
Meanwhile, News Corp.'s cable network unit was once again a growth business with higher profit and revenue figures than in the year-ago period thanks to continued improvements at Fox News Channel, FX and the Big Ten Network, which turned in its first profitable fiscal year.
Murdoch said the past year "has been the most difficult in recent history." On the earnings conference call, he said though that "the worst may be behind us."
DeVoe predicted a "challenging" fiscal first quarter and a modest economic rebound in the back half of the firm's fiscal year.


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August 26, 2019
It is just as important for coaches to teach the rules of soccer – the "Laws of the Game" – to their players as it is to teach skills and tactics. Coaches must know all of the rules and their applications completely in order to do so. As such, it is strongly recommended that coaches print out the Laws of the Game book and read and study it thoroughly. The link for the IFAB website which goes directly to the Laws of the Game book is contained under "The Rule Book: Laws of the Game" tab. It is further recommended that coaches contact their local organization for referees and attend training sessions.
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Motorola has unveiled the Moto W233 Renew, a mobile phone made of recycled bottles. "Not only is the plastic housing of Renew made from plastics comprised of recycled water bottles and 100 percent recyclable, but it is al
so the world's first carbon neutral phone," says the company's press release. Making the housing out of recycled water bottles reduces energy needed to produce the phone by 20 percent.
Motorola calls the Renew "the world's first carbon neutral phone." It was developed in alliance with Carbonfund.org, investing in renewable energy resources and reforestation to offset the carbon dioxide used for manufacturing, distributing and operating the phone. The box the Renew is packaged in was designed 22 percent smaller to reduce waste.
The phone has nine hours of talk time, which lessens the amount of recharging needed. The W233 Renew was unveiled last week at CES in Las Vegas.
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Were I to have mentioned a well-publicised recent posting, and similar recent postings of the same general content, which led me to ask about fundamentals... perhaps I would be viewed as being personally critical of the authors, which would have missed the real message...
Envy could be wrong, or it might be inspirational. But in any event its not something worth discussing publically on a whim. Philisophically, my inherent irony RE: XP-publicity does relate to Narcissus.
But I am more bored than envious, and seek not my own stature as much as straightening out the spines of all. Perhaps fewer articles should be put on the gates, and Monks should have to go to SoPW and other sections for items truly noteworthy. But, alas, I am a puny monk not privvy to the guidance-planning of the Elders!
But no matter the circumstance, negativity is is a facet of critism that when directed personally can be risky, to say the least. Hence, the Koan.
I was s/was/am/ trying to make all reflect a bit more about the meaning of complexity, and avoid 'sidebar discussions' of rather obtuse, fringe cases and refocus attention on handing out basic wisdom to answer such questions merely through self reflection.
To that end, I appreciate your mention of Tutorials, and remain curious if this subject is sufficiently interesting or requires more coverage -- justifying additions to our Tutorials library. To that end, Monks please remain !mute.
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Originally from an industrial design background, I have a clear understanding of the development/creative process on tangible offerings to answer the client's needs. I am now seeking a full-time position to bring my strength to the next level, aiming at more user-centered, service-oriented solutions for future clients.
Dinning Chair
June, 2010
Individual Project
Propose a dinning chair concept for large furniture retails considering specific user group and their living condition.
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The purpose of this project is to maximize flexibility in terms of space arrangement and shipping/shelving capacity. With it's pureness in style, the Dinning Chair can not only fit in people's dinning room, but also performs well within all kinds of condition and social event.
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23 November 2012 - Understanding how species are affected by land-use change is crucial to guide conservation decisions. This study shows how species responses to land-use change depend on their traits. The results can be used to further develop the cause-effect modelling by GLOBIO.
Land-use change is one of the main drivers of current and likely future biodiversity loss. Therefore, understanding how species are affected by it is crucial to guide conservation decisions. Species respond differently to land-use change, possibly related to their traits. Using pan-tropical data on bird occurrence and abundance across a human land-use intensity gradient, we tested the effects of seven traits on observed responses. A likelihood-based approach allowed us to quantify uncertainty in modelled responses, essential for applying the model to project future change.
Compared with undisturbed habitats, the average probability of occurrence of bird species was 7.8 per cent and 31.4 per cent lower, and abundance declined by 3.7 per cent and 19.2 per cent in habitats with low and high human land-use intensity, respectively. Five of the seven traits tested affected the observed responses significantly: long-lived, large, non-migratory, primarily frugivorous or insectivorous forest specialists were both less likely to occur and less abundant in more intensively used habitats than short-lived, small, migratory, nonfrugivorous/ insectivorous habitat generalists.
The finding that species responses to land use depend on their traits is important for understanding ecosystem functioning, because species' traits determine their contribution to ecosystem processes. Furthermore, the loss of species with particular traits might have implications for the delivery of ecosystem services.
Newbold T, J.P.W. Scharlemann, S.H.M. Butchart, CH Sekercioglu, R. Alkemade, H. Booth & D.W. Purves DW. 2013. Ecological traits affect the response of tropical forest bird species to land-use intensity. Proc R Soc B 280: 20122131.


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SparkHub is a hub where parents, teachers and caregivers find opportunities to spark the imaginations of the children in our lives for a brighter tomorrow.
Hi, I'm Allan – founder of SparkHub
Like many out there, I'm a busy, time-poor parent of two boys who are growing up way too fast – and I want the best for them. As a direct result of that, I founded SparkHub.
Creative learning is the key to the future…
On one hand, experts accross the board are shouting from the rooftops that creativity and creative learning is very necessary for our children's future – yet we often squander many opportunities. One of the most inspirational talks I've seen (and what sparked me to embark on this journey) was "the most watched" TED talk by sir Ken Robinson.
Further reading only compounds the point, and highlights the very real challenges for anyone related to raising a child growing up today.
So, every minute counts – in or out of a classroom
In the span of a human life, only about 20% of our learning opportunities occur inside a classroom. That leaves 80% outside formal structure. That's a lot of time to fill, and opportunities to find, so every minute counts. However…
Orange = time spent inside a classroom
Grey = time spent outside a classroom
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By the way…DO MORE WITH LESS
On the other hand: reality. There are a lot of scary headlines out there – with words like cuts, shortages, uncertainty, gaps, etc. – that all tell us that we need to do a lot more with a lot less – less time, less money, less sleep(?).
It takes a village to raise a child
One of my favourite expressions is "it takes a village to raise a child." SparkHub is a creative learning village – a collaboration of expertise and the meeting point for knowledge sharing.
Our focus is on time + opportunity.
Our Mission is to create a global creative and inspired learning community that includes academics, scientists, writers, artists, bloggers, parents and, of course, children.
Our Vision is to open the minds of children and parents and help them reach their true potential through fun, creative and inspirational learning.
Creative learning has a significant impact on the way children learn and it is has the power to enrich the child-parent relationship.
We aim to amplify creative learning opportunities using the the foundation of pop culture and key social platforms to create an emotional connection to learning – on- and off-line.
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SparkHub boradcasts and listens across many channels, all of them open. Consume or particiapte, the choice is yours. If you want to go a step futher, feel free to reach out to us about collaboration (click here to read more on that.)
I believe that our collective efforts will make all those scary headlines seem like missed opportunities. SparkHub exists to find every opportunity to make every minute count; to constantly source the best creative learning tools to help all of us, whoever and wherever we are, do a lot more with a lot less.
Together, through SparkHub, we provide a resource that shapes and inspires the future of learning.


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PROBLEM: Car crashes due to speeding/street racing, drunk/drug driving, and/or distracted driving are the number one preventable cause of death to our young people in Canada.
FACT: Contributing factors to car crashes and other risk taking behaviour (i.e.: bullying, violence, suicide, substance misuse/abuse etc.) are often associated with a person's confidence, self esteem, peer pressure, confusion and/or misinformation which can lead to life changing choices and therefore consequences.
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What does it mean to be fruitful and abundant? According to the Bible, it means that we display the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. It means that our lives reflect and prove God's goodness.
All Christians are called to be fruitful and abundant. This is not only a gift from God, but a design for his glory. Our fruitfulness comes naturally when we seek God and allow him to change us.
God desires for us to live in complete surrender to him. That means we let him in, trust him, and follow his guidance through the Holy Spirit. When we do that, we are transformed and our lives are transformed. We become people who produce good things (fruit). The Holy Spirit produces these godly traits in us. Our lives are abundant and we are able to feed others with the bounty that God has created for us. In simple terms, we become better, our lives become better, and we can help others better. That is the meaning of the Fruit of the Spirit.
In John 15:5-8, Jesus said:
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."
The Bible describes the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23. It says: "But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!"
From these verses we can understand that the fruit of the Spirit is what we develop when we remain in deep relationship with God. Our abundance and our fruitfulness can then point others to God. Each of the character traits listed here has an important role in what it means to be a true follower of Christ, rather than just a "Christian" living outside of relationship with Jesus.
Love is the reason for everything, the greatest purpose in life. God created us and the entire world so we could love him. When we failed to do that, he sent his son, Jesus, to sacrifice himself so that we could be reconnected with God and all of his perfection. Since the beginning of time, God has desperately loved us and wanted to be loved back by us.
In Matthew 22:37-40, we are told that love is our greatest calling. "Jesus replied, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.'"
Joy is not only a gift to us, but a gift to others. Joy is contagious. And I am convinced that we can never find true joy until we learn to delight ourselves in God, above all else. When we do that, we will also find that he gives us the desires of our hearts. God is a loving God who gives us great gifts! Yet contentment and gratitude with what we have now, and an intimate relationship with God, are keys to finding joy that can never be taken from us no matter what the circumstances. This attitude of joy is not one we can develop in our human power, but one that God creates in us through his power.
I have learned the hard way that God isn't a genie. But he is a loving Father, who longs to care for us and bless us with great gifts, especially when we are living close to him. It give me great peace to know that God cares so deeply for me, and that he can be trusted to care for my needs. And even though it can be difficult for my human heart to accept it when God doesn't grant my requests, ultimately I have peace knowing that he has my best interest at heart. It brings me peace to know that God will enact his plan for my life, not my plan for my life.
One of my biggest struggles in life, time and time again, has been patience. I become easily discouraged when I feel that things aren't moving fast enough in my life. But God continues to remind me that I can accept where I am each day knowing that his timing is perfect, and he has me exactly where I am for a reason. He reminds me that he has good things in store for me, and that I have good things to enjoy today, too. That gives me patience to live in the moment.
Kindness and Goodness
I don't know about you, but I need the Holy Spirit to be the one guiding my actions each and every day. On my own, I am human–often selfish, unkind, and weak. Yet in Christ I am perfect and whole and overwhelmingly good in God's eyes, because when he looks at me, he sees Jesus. Knowing that just makes me want to live up to the person that God has shown me I truly am. The Spirit helps me to be this person. Through God, we have supernatural power to be good and kind in a world that is often anything but.
Faith is a decision to trust. With God, it also means accepting that he is greater, and that his ways and his thoughts are far above ours as humans. The fact of the matter is that I will never fully understand God, at least in this lifetime. But I can choose to trust that he is good, that he loves me, and that ultimately, he has saved my soul for eternity. I can choose faith even when I don't understand and I can't see what he's doing. God meets us where our faith is. If we trust him to save our souls, he will. If we trust him to provide for us, he will. If he trust him to heal us, he will. If we trust him to give us marriage and children, he will. He may not always work in the way or timeframe that we think he should, but he is faithful. One of the most precious ways that God helps us through his Holy Spirit is by giving us the gift of faith. Faith enables us to believe him in the face of struggles and disappointment. Faith is the root of our hope.
Gentleness and Self-Control
These traits require humility and trust in God. To develop them, we must learn to let go. When we let go of the things that we can't control, we can focus on the things we can control; our own thoughts and actions. God can empower us to rise above what other people do or say, and reflect his mercy and strength instead.
The fruits of the Spirit and an abundant life are ways that God desires for us to be identified as his followers to the world. These should be the things that make us different, that make us into salt and light for the world. By these things, we can begin to fulfill our mission in this life, which God has given us. We are here to lead others into relationship with God, the only one who can heal the brokenness and satisfy the hearts of all humanity. We are here to build his Kingdom of love.
This is a refreshed repost of a series I did around three years ago, about the fruit of the Spirit. For the original series, click here. This will take you to a list of all 9 posts from the series. =]


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Arlington — There is a lot of necessary talk about the importance of new plays in theaters across the country, and yes, it's been happening more in North Texas, as this site has written much about—and will continue to do so. New work has to be championed.
It happens in the professional theaters and smaller independent groups, but in the world of community theater, it's not so common. It's understandable why they have to program family- and box office-friendly shows, but why not trust audiences to consider a new play as worthy of their dollar as seeing On Golden Pond, Steel Magnolias or The Mousetrap for the fourth time in 10 years? Those were all new plays once, after all.
Luckily the American Association of Community Theatre, which is based in Fort Worth, is out to find new works with its NewPlayFest. The goal is to discover scripts for community theater audiences, so for its most recent event, 270 playwrights submitted plays. Of those, seven were chosen to be produced in seven community theaters across the country. Theatre Arlington was selected and is producing the premiere of A.J. DeLauder's Gracefully Ending, which closes this weekend.
It's easy to see why this script was chosen. It's not sophisticated by contemporary playwriting standards, and it needs trimming, but Theatre Arlington's production, directed by Jim Johnson, makes a case for it to become popular in other community theaters.
The play is based on West Virginia-based DeLauder's experience of dealing with an elderly grandmother in the throes of dementia, still living in her house even after her husband died, no longer able to make informed decisions. If you've ever gone through this, you know how difficult it can be. Nobody wants to their car keys taken away or consider moving to a nursing home where the residents use "bingo as life support," but these are the facts of life.
The grandmother in the play is Margret (Sherri Britton), whose daughter Beth (Lindsay Hayward) wants to take care of her mother, but also has her own life issues. One of those is the strained relationship with her grown son Andrew (Parker Fitzgerald), who isn't exactly beloved by Margret, either. Margret's husband Hank (Dave Harper) died earlier, but appears as a ghost only Margaret can see or hear. That doesn't help the family's confidence about her mental health.
DeLauder's depiction of the mother-daughter tension between Margret and Beth sometimes feels clichéd and facile, but nonetheless rings true. Johnson builds and paces nicely, and DeLauder treats these characters with respect; it's obvious it comes from personal experience. The playwright hits a few funny one-liners, too ("It's like Ted Nugent and Bea Arthur got married in here"). The set of Margret's Appalachian home calls for a few tricky scenes, such as a fall down the stairs and a fire in the kitchen, and set designer Anthony Curtis is up for the task.
Harper and Fitzgerald both offer solid support, and Hayward balances fear and irritation at her own problems with the bigger frustration, and occasional anger, that comes with caring for her mom. Britton has a tough role that requires reaching into some dark places, and she's not afraid to go there. It's an unforgettable performance.
Gracefully Ending is framed as a memory play, and as done here, there's unnecessary sentimentality. But with some trimming and tightening, it's a script that should have a life on the community theater track. And that's good for audiences.


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Recently, we have invested in the purchase of a Servomex Paramagnetic Analyser together with a Gas Cell attachment for our FTIR. This extends our capabilities in the analysis of gases such as Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide to be analysed to Pharmacopoeia specifications.
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Bitcoin Core 0.18.1
Les développeurs de Bitcoin Core viennent d'annoncer la sortie de la version 0.18.1 du logiciel. Il s'agit d'une version mineure proposant de nouvelles fonctionnalités, diverses corrections de bogues, des améliorations de performance, ainsi qu'une mise à jour des traductions. Pour l'ensemble des modifications consulter bitcoincore.org. Pour signaler d'éventuels problèmes : github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues. Il est recommandé de […]
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I had the honor of painting the cover to Anthony Trevino's debut novella, "King Space Void" published by Portland based bizarro fiction curators Eraserhead Press. What is it about you ask?
"King Space Void has been devouring planets for centuries, moving through the galaxy like an engine of death. Its galactic genocide unstoppable and propelled forward by the unfortunate citizens inside that work 'round the clock to keep it moving. That is until the day its defenses are breached and the system becomes compromised. Now, a maintenance worker and a woman on a suicide mission must fight their way through the body of the organic planet-eating space ship where they'll enter multiple dimensions, encounter body altering devices, and come face-to-face with the entity that controls the ship in order to save life in the universe from extinction. This dark and unsparing cosmic adventure is like if Jack Kirby and David Cronenberg met on the set of Event Horizon."
Crazy right? Crazy awesome. Anthony has always had a skill for weaving the bizarre and horrific together with a taste of refinement and literary swagger. I'm proud of his accomplishment, and honored to have contributed to the cover! Check out the video and image below.
I'm offering limited art print and book bundles in my shop right now. Pick one up, your wall and your brain will be equal parts excited and horrified.


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Quantum Computing: Light-Matter 'Coupling' Experiment Could Pave Way For Scalable Quantum Computers
Studying the interactions between photons — the massless elementary particles of electromagnetic radiation — and electrons — the negatively charged elementary particles found around atomic nuclei — has long been an area of interest for particle physicists. Many believe that observing such phenomena can reveal previously unobserved quantum phenomenon that may eventually help us create viable quantum computers.
On Monday, a team of researchers from Rice University in Houston, Texas, reported that they had, during their effort to create a new condensed matter state, detected one of the strongest light-matter "coupling" phenomena ever observed. This strong link between light and matter particles created "polaritons" — quasiparticles that act as a single unit.
"This is a nonlinear optical study of a two-dimensional electronic material. When you use light to probe a material's electronic structure, you're usually looking for light absorption or reflection or scattering to see what's happening in the material. That light is just a weak probe and the process is called linear optics," Qi Zhang, a former graduate student at the university and the lead author a study describing the findings, explained. "Nonlinear optics means light does something to the material. Light is not a small perturbation anymore; it couples strongly with the material. As you change the coupling strength, things change in the material. What we're doing is the extreme case of nonlinear optics, where the light and matter are coupled so strongly that we don't have light and matter anymore. We have something in between, called a polariton."
The condensed state of matter the researchers worked on is somewhat similar to what's known as the Bose-Einstein condensate. Named after physicists Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein, it is a state of matter created when atoms are cooled to a temperature close to absolute zero (0 Kelvin or -459.6 degrees Fahrenheit). At such an ultra-low temperature, all atoms gather in the lowest possible energy state, lose their individual identities, and act as a "giant matter wave."
In this particular case, the researchers designed and constructed an extremely high-quality cavity containing an ultra-thin layer of gallium arsenide.
"This general subject is what's known as cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED)," co-author Junichiro Kono, a physicist at Rice University, said in the statement. "In cavity QED, the cavity enhances the light so that matter in the cavity resonantly interacts with the vacuum field. What is unique about solid-state cavity QED is that the light typically interacts with this huge number of electrons, which behave like a single gigantic atom."
Studying the coupling of light and matter can eventually help scientists design scalable quantum computers, which are devices that use entangled "qubits" existing in a state of superposition to transmit information orders of magnitude faster than their conventional counterparts.
"The light-matter interface is important because that's where so-called light-matter entanglement occurs. That way, the quantum information of matter can be transferred to light and light can be sent somewhere," Kono said. "For improving the utility of cavity QED in quantum information, the stronger the light-matter coupling, the better, and it has to use a scalable, solid-state system instead of atomic or molecular systems."


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At Klein Family Dental we believe in the expertise of a good laboratory! We believe that a crown is a significant financial investment for a patient and that the outcome should be held to a very high standard. In order to achieve this we do our crowns in a two step process. This allows us to work with a laboratory and build a crown out of the material that is the best fit for a patients circumstance, and build a crown that will fit perfectly, and have an exceptional cosmetic outcome. During the first appointment, the patient will come in for the preparation. During this appointment the patient will have their tooth prepared for the placement of a crown, an impression will be taken, and a temporary crown will be fabricated. At the second appointment, the temporary crown is removed, and the permanent crown is cemented into place and adjusted for a perfect fit.
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Skype for Android Now Supports Video Calls Over WiFi and 3G
Big news, folks! Skype for Android has finally added video calling over WiFi and 3G for select devices. All you need is a Google Nexus S, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia pro to use this new feature.
If you've got one of those phones, prepare to have your mind blown. You can now video call between your phone and an iPhone, Windows PC, iMac, iPad or even a number of TVs.
This is just the first phase, Skype says, so expect an update soon that'll bring more phones into the mix.
Other updates include a Skype profile to change personal details, use the dial pad to make calls and see the balance of your Skype credit. There's also a mood message box at the top of your Skype app menu which acts as a sort of status updater. Finally, you can now send SMS messages from within the Android app.
Source: Skype at Android Market


text: Maintenance miracle. Unfortunately, this is pretty rare nowadays: The maintenance hatch, which is very easy to remove, allows access to all major components of the new multimedia notebook from Dell. Another highlight is the high-resolution 4K touchscreen and thanks to its GTX 960M GPU, it should also attract gamers. Sufficient performance is ensured by a new Skylake processor with four native cores and Hyperthreading, Intel Core i7-6700HQ, which is supported by 12 GB of DDR3-RAM. The integrated SSD with a capacity of 128 GB is important for smooth user handling, which is complemented by a conventional hard drive with a capacity of 1 TB. The impressive package is rounded off by the performance GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M, even though this will be the limiting factor in games.


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Hi Everyone!
Have I mentioned that I Looooove my mom? That my mom totally rocks! I am sure I have many times. LOL That's because it is totally true!
Every year at this time when my dad heads up with all the guys in my family to the U.P. (Upper Peninsula, Michigan) for their bow hunting camp, my mom takes off across the state to spend a few days with her girlfriend. And of course, besides catching up with each other, they shop 'til they drop!
And I look forward to her visiting because she always comes home with lots of goodies for Moi! I think my mom is the true and real hunter of the family because none of the guys came back with anything but, my mom sure did! (good thing the guys in my family don't read my blog! LOL).
One of their favorite stores is a paper goods store that is super cheap! I have showed you some of the bounty she has gotten for me in the past. Here is what she bagged for me this year. And to think, she didn't even have to go out a bait for her catches!
All of this plus a big black bag my mom kept was less than $20.00! Woohoo!
Not only do I like to use these fun and pretty paper products around home once in awhile but, my mom knows that when we do special Herb Presentations for our business, we always have food made with our products for people to sample. And we are booking a lot of specialty shows this winter so, we will be sampling then too. And having pretty paper plates/napkins/table coverings helps us stand out just that little extra. But, even if you are paying only a dollar a package, it can really add up fast! Most of the packages of the paper products at this store are .25 cents! Don't you love it!
Thank you Mom!!
Now, let's check out some fun features from last week's party!
Brenda at Dragonflys and Stars showed us this cute owl she created for her yard! So creative!!
Laurie at Laurie's Little Bits of Creativity, etc. showed us this awesome thrifted table she plans on redoing.
Di at Cottage Wishes shared her pretty and thrifty Fall decor.
Thank you ladies! I hope you will grab the "I was featured" button below for your blog!
Please remember to link back to The Thrifty Groove on the post you use to join this party! I never feature anyone who doesn't have a link back. It really isn't fair to all the other people who join and include at link back.
Don't forget, this Saturday is the monthly Thrifty Tablescape party! Come back and link up your fun thrifty tablescape!
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"The team at Spectrecom offered interesting and varied options to create two films for British Marine to promote careers in the marine industry. From initial contact right through to the filming, editing and final delivery, Spectrecom was a professional and enjoyable company to work with. They delivered two films that answered our initial brief, catering for teens and young adults in very engaging ways. I have been very pleased with the final films."
"Working with Spectrecom has been a seamless process. From our first meeting to delivery of the final videos, they have been resourceful, professional and hugely accommodating. The films delivered are of a standard we had only dared hope for; the needs of both academic and marketing staff were met at every turn. In addition to this, the team is so good natured that they bring a real sense of fun to the process – we will miss working with them!"
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"The team at Spectrecom really understood SOAS and what we were looking for in this piece. The film successfully introduces our fundraising campaign and succinctly portrays the way we look at the world. We are very pleased with the outcome."
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"Not only was it a significant undertaking producing a series of over 25 programme films for the Institute of Education, we wanted a fresh, creative response.
"From pre- to post-production, Spectrecom were logistically prepared, agile, and delivered consistent, high-quality film. We look forward to working with them again in the future."
"Overall we felt this Clearing activity was the highlight and standalone top performer of all paid for activity during the campaign, it's positive messaging, comical look and refreshing idea made for an engaging video, and quite clearly our audiences agreed.
Many thanks for you and the teams hard work and creative genius!
We had so much praise both internally and externally and we all had a great time watching the process of it go from an idea to an actual video! May I also say Clem has been such a pleasure to work with, she's been absolutely accommodating and very responsive to all of our needs, including some last minute creative we've needed, so a huge thank you to her too."
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Memphis based musician, Julien Baker, has announced their highly anticipated new album, Turn Out The Lights.
It is the follow up to Baker's critically acclaimed debut album, Sprained Ankle, and will be their first for Matador Records. To coincide with the announcement, a new single, Appointments, has been made available to stream via digital platforms.
Baker will also be on tour in the UK later this year which you can see the dates for below, and pre-orders for Turn Out The Lights are available now.
06 BRISTOL The Lantern
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The Faculty of Business and Economics of Mendel University in Brno has been a member of the BUSINET network since 2011.
BUSINET is a network of international university institutions with the common goal of internationalization. This platform serves for the sharing of good examples, for the support of cooperation between member organizations and individuals, activities aimed at advancement of institutions, students, teachers and other parties involved. More information about the network can be found at http://www.businet.org.uk/.
The Research Centre actively participates in a working group called "Research" and the interests of the Faculty of Business and Economics of Mendel University in Brno are represented by the head of this working group, Mgr. Eva Abramuszkinová Pavlíková, Ph.D., MA.
The BUSINET network offers to its active members the participation in the following working groups:
- MINT: Marketing and INTernational Trade
- HEDTOUR: Tourism
- Business Law
- BLIS: Business Languages and Information Systems
- DMF: Decision Makers Forum
- COM: COMmunications
- FIN: FINance Services and Accounting
- LLL: Life Long Learning
- Research
Examples of current activities:
- Short-term study visits – e.g. exhibitions abroad: WOW Berlin, with the participation of more than 300 students from almost 25 European universities – annual participation for PEF in 2012 - 2015.
- Incorporation of the international online Law Game into teaching on PEF: March 2012 - 2015.
- The invitation of teachers and students to International Weeks: Marketing week, Law week, ...
- Establishing contacts and exchanging research profiles between member institutions; propagation of PEF
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Combining VR and blockchain technologies, UnicornGo is a revolutionary project that will allow users to enjoy uniquely created fairy-tale world inhabited by fantasy unicorns.
February 28th, 2018
Growing interest to gaming reality and development of blockchain technology pushed the creation of their synergy. Meet a blockchain-based game UnicornGo.


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The basic idea of Subversion is that the source code and revisions are kept in a repository on a server. Users connect to the repository by using a client program, which allows the user to check out, view, edit, patch, and commit changes to the source code files (depending on the client's permission level; in the WordPress project, only a couple of people have permission to commit changes to the repository).
Mercurial is a version control system (VCS), and importantly, it is a distributed version control system (a DVCS). Version control systems (both centralized or distributed) play an important role in project management for software development. They are used for managing and tracking all changes made during the development. Mercurial is also sometimes used for tracking documents and other files, but we'll focus on software development in the following.
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text: Keep Smiling & Georgia's Second New Wave of Female Filmmakers April 28, 2017 Melinda Prisco Keep Smiling, Rusudan Chkonia (2012) Marked by levity and humor, Georgia claimed one of the most highly regarded national cinemas during Soviet times. But the country's cinema has been virtually nonexistent in the almost 20 years since Georgia gained independence, for the same reason as in many post-Soviet republics— military conflicts and major social dislocation. Poverty and destitution in post-Soviet nations were common, and filmmakers weren't necessarily up to the task of making new films. A revival of Georgian cinema began with Tbilisi, Tbilisi (Levan Zakareishvili, 2005), The Other Bank (Giorgi Ovashvili, 2009) and Street Days (Levan Koguashvili, 2010). These films contain none of Soviet Georgia's lackadaisical ethos; rather, post-Soviet Georgia is a country recovering from upheavals. This New Wave of Georgian cinema was predominately comprised of male directors. Georgia's second New Wave, however, counts many female voices— Rusudan Pirveli's Susa, (2010), Nana Ekvtimishvili's In Bloom (2013), Tinatin Kajrishvili's Brides (2014) and Rusudan Chkonia's Keep Smiling (2012). While the films of the first New Wave focused on war and social conflict, the female Second Wave showcases both the power of Georgian women and the strength of national cinema. After a long winter sleep, Georgian cinema has burst into bloom with the arrival of vivid and diverse features. Keep Smiling portrays a group of ten women who are participating not just in a beauty pageant, but a mothers' contest. The main prize of the event— $25,000 and a family apartment— amounts to considerable wealth by Georgian standards. Which is why each finalist is ready to do whatever it takes to win. Keep Smiling, Rusudan Chkonia (2012) The contest unfolds in five stages, each with its own series of triumphs and humiliations. The "Super Mom" round is won by Irina, a mother of four, whose family was forced to live on the street after defaulting on a bank loan. Irina is a refugee from Abkhazia and the contestant most in need of decent shelter— her family had been living in a hospital room for seven years. The most crushing humiliation, however, comes when Irina's 14-year old son brings her a magazine in which she appears half-naked. The oldest participant Inga wins the cooking competition but refuses to compete in another: the contestants were initially told there wouldn't be a bikini contest. One of the contestants brings her newborn baby to rehearsals and there are always breast milk stains on her swimsuit. Others somehow manage to leave their kids with neighbors, so suffer no distraction during rehearsals of various humiliating tasks— walking the catwalk, reciting poems about their illustrious homeland, even how to smile. What's clear is the smiles are forced, and the contest not about virtuous mothers but rather a pitiless race for survival— much like in Sydney Pollack's drama They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Like Pollack's film, Keep Smiling ends tragically with a contestant's suicide. Meanwhile, the pageant's male director denies that anything has happened and insists that the show must go on. The pageant's fione of the most impressive sequences in recent Georgian cinema. Each contestant walks on-stage dressed in white and red vertically-striped dresses; by adding belts their costumes come to resemble the Red Cross emblem of the country's flag. The women thus present a powerful metaphor for Georgian society: if the women are indeed Georgian mothers, they also come to represent the Georgian people. Many of the contestants have lost their husbands to the Georgian Civil War. In contrast, the men organizing the event represent the opposite end of the spectrum: politicians. Like the pageant's organizers, Georgia's politicians could have provided mothers and their children with housing and decent work. Like the pageant's organizers, Georgia's politicians pretend to be virtuous, while in reality they just humiliate, belittle, stir up discord, rape and kill Georgian citizens. In the final scene two children, dressed as angels, descend to the stage from above to hand the contest's winner an envelope filled with the prize money. But all of the contestants left this pitiless contest after Gvantsa's death. The stage is bare, save its organizers. // Essay by Gulnara AbikeyevaFilm Critic, FIPRESCIGuest Curator, Filmatique


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Exclusive: Duekoue's grim war of numbers
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Reporting from Duekoue, a FRANCE 24 team finds the western Ivorian town in mourning weeks after a massacre with officials disputing death tolls. (Warning: Some of the images may be disturbing).
More than a week after Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo was arrested, Ivory Coast is grappling with a humanitarian crisis as it confronts the brutality and excesses of a bloody four-month-long post-election crisis.
International human rights groups have accused forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara of killing hundreds of people in the western Ivorian town of Duekoue as they made a final push from their northern bases to the main city of Abidjan last month.
FRANCE 24's team of reporters visited Duekoue earlier this week to find a town in mourning as UN peacekeepers and Red Cross workers were helping bury the dead in the Carrefour neighbourhood of Duekoue.
Backing up the numbers
Weeks after the massacre, death toll estimates vary, the Red Cross initially stating that at least 800 people, including civilians, were killed in Duekoue during the last week of March. Ivorian government officials however put the death toll across the entire western region – traditionally considered a Gbagbo stronghold – at around 330.
UN peacekeepers engaged in the disturbing work of burying people in the Carrefour neighbourhood refused to be dragged into the death toll dispute.
"Regarding the figure of 800 dead, I can't comment," Colonel Major Zeidane, from the UN peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast, told FRANCE 24. "The people who announced that number are the ones who should back it up."
But UN troops in Duekoue do have figures of how many people they have helped bury so far: a total of 198 corpses, picked up over three days.
'That man there was killed right in front of me'
Across the dusty town, the FRANCE 24 team found bodies still waiting to be collected.
There's little doubt that civilians were summarily executed. FRANCE 24 found corpses of old men as well as a pastor who was apparently trying to surrender at the time of his death.
"That man there was killed right in front of me," said a witness, who declined to be named, clicking through images on a computer screen. "I think he'd had an operation and just stepped out of the hospital to find some food. He was killed in front of me."
Other witnesses told FRANCE 24 that armed men who swept through the region last month were checking identity cards in an apparent attempt to check ethnic origins.
"There were identity cards scattered on the ground near the Guémon Bridge," explained Gaetan Mootoo, a researcher at Amnesty International. "You have to ask where those cards came from? Why were people who were looking for a place of safety ordered to prove their identity?"
There are several investigations into the massacre currently underway. Finding the culprits, discerning their motives and bringing them to justice are the critical challenges confronting the new Ivorian administration. Then comes the difficult task of healing old wounds and uniting a divided country.


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Blue Jasmine - DVD Review
Review by Rob Carnevale
AS impossible as it may be to sympathise with many of the characters in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, there's no denying this is a wonderful showcase of acting prowess.
Powered by a terrific central performance from Oscar favourite Cate Blanchett, the film also has memorable support from the likes of Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Dice Clay, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg and Peter Sarsgaard.
The film follows the misfortunes of a former New York socialite (the Jasmine of the title, played by Blanchett) whose life has fallen apart in the wake of her husband's imprisonment for financial irregularity.
The present day finds her forced to relocate to San Francisco and shack up in the rundown home of her sister, Ginger (Hawkins), as well as try and find some form of employment – no matter how ill fitting – to tackle her debts.
Yet Jasmine's disdain for her new circumstances is palpable and she'll relate tales of her former life to whoever will listen, even though flashbacks to her socialising reveal a far from happy existence.
Allen's film is often brutal in the way it exposes the folly of Jasmine's ignorance, as well as the deterioration of her sanity and pride. Yet Blanchett handles it brilliantly, never really playing for audience sympathy as she fast-talks, drinks and jitters her way to the depths of despair.
Indeed, so compelling is her performance that you may well forget to ponder where Allen expects our sympathies to lie. And it's perhaps the biggest shortcoming of the film as a whole that it doesn't really hold any emotional clout.
But Blanchett is nothing if not compelling, and fully deserving of the awards attention being showered upon her, while Hawkins is equally memorable as her put-upon sister – someone with a big heart but a weak mind, who blames her sister (and her husband) for the death of her marriage but who is willing to settle for what life has to offer and be manipulated into bad decisions.
Cannavale is good value as Ginger's loud and increasingly desperate new boyfriend, Clay excels as Ginger's bitter ex-husband, Sarsgaard is typically smooth as Jasmine's possible redemption and Baldwin is suitably smarmy as her incarcerated ex.
Hence, it's the performances that draw you in and keep you watching. And while you may never root for Jasmine to turn things around and find happiness, you'll still be blown away by the sheer magnetism of Blanchett's central performance. It's that kind of movie.
Certificate: 12A
Running time: 98mins
UK Blu-ray & DVD Release: February 17, 2014


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~Welcome to my personal story as a first time wife and stepmom. I use this space to share real life happenings in a blended family, funny stories, my personal frustrations, failures, and occasional victories as I journey through this life with two beautiful and challenging stepdaughters. Thanks for reading, and I hope you find something to help you have a better day!~
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Part Time Parenting
I've been needing to blog for a while, but haven't been able to organize my thoughts into anything that would be readable or make sense. So I decided to make some lists because that always helps me organize. Here's my pros and cons (as they come to me) of being a part time parent--meaning, kids are with us 50% and over at bio mom's 50% (more or less).
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Commune Gallery Shimokitazawa
This lovely little gallery and zine shop used to be 5 minutes walk from my apartment. Now it's 16 minutes since they have just re-opened at a brand new location. But that's okay because I love visiting Miyuki-chan in her beautiful new space. The sun streams in and if you ask nicely Miyuki-chan will make you some curry rice or a hot coffee and you can set up on one of the sunny tables and busy yourself scrapbooking or making other craft.
Commune is a gallery, zine shop, other nice goods shop, gallery, and you can even get yourself a nice cold beer from the cute mini Kirin fridge. You can buy cute things such as stamps, t-shirts, cards, badges, earrings and at the moment you can pick up some nice calendars hot off the press.
While I was there the other day, Kana-chan, one of Miyuki-chan's artists came in and gave me a lollypop! It's just a really nice place to be. If you are in Tokyo, I think you might enjoy popping in. It's a short six minute walk from Shimokitazawa (if you're not familiar with the area best to print off the map first as there are some back streets to tackle) or it's super close at two minutes from Shin-Daita station on the same Inokashira line.
Oh! And I'll be hosting a Nengajo making workshop there in December! I hope you can come! Details to come.
There are only a few spots left for my Pocket Tissue Case Making Workshop at Shibaura House on 17th November. Let me know if you'd like to come and I'll reserve you a spot.
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Ohh what an adorable gallery + shop + cafe! It wish I could look through the table of zines. I'm jotting a note-to-self with the gallery name, in case I plan a trip to Tokyo. Good luck with your upcoming workshop! :]ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Everything looks so fantastic!ReplyDelete
Oh wow. i love your blog, and what an amazing job you do! You are incredibly talented! I will follow your blog, right away.ReplyDelete
Maybe visit my photo-blog, if you like:)
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- AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 11:22 AM
How awe-some is that! Congratulations! I hope I can come to Commune when I go back w/ my おねえさん. ♥ReplyDelete
Hello Ebony-chan! It was nice meeting you! Did you like a lollypop?ReplyDelete
Hope to see you soon again!
Amazing!! It's so cute! Everything! The mini-freezer, the furniture, the zines, and all the things.ReplyDelete
Aaaaah... I wanna eat the curry right now... I'm starving...
I hope that the workshop in December that you said will be to in December 4th to December 10th, is when I'm going to go to Tokyo!
uh huh! They've shifted. I visited their previous space and found it empty. Nice to know they are doing well and have a new space! Hope to check it out in future :)ReplyDelete
How I wish I can drop by this shop. I love the small collectibles offered. It must be fun!ReplyDelete
Ah Ebony! Brings back memories of visiting last year - was / is such a serene little corner of perfect creativity! Never did try the curry though... reason enough itself to move back to Tokyo!ReplyDelete
Have missed reading your blog. Am steadily re-addicting!
Stay doing / making / writing amazingness!