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Series: Rokesbys, #3
Published by Avon on November 20th 2018
Genres: Regency Romance
Pages: 384
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She was in the wrong place...
Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers' hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain's bed…
He found her at the wrong time...
Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he's stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the Crown means he's stuck with her.
Can two wrongs make the most perfect right?
When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal—though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew's secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart…?
The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Julia Quinns' latest addition in the Rokesby's series takes to the high seas, where Poppy Bridgerton find that her inquisitive nature is contained to the stateroom on the "Infinity", one occupied by the illustrious Captain James. My apologies if that sounds salacious because it most certainly is not. After all Poppy is a part of an aristocratic family and would simply be ruined if found. There's also that pesky omen about a woman being aboard a ship. So Poppy's adventuresome spirit on dry land lands her in the company of pirates and under the reluctant Andrew Rokesbys' protection.
Following a memorable introduction wherein
"Andrew pushed open the door.
And found a woman lying on his bed, bound, gagged, and looking as if she'd shoot flames from her eyes were it anatomically possible.
Andrew stared at her for a full second, idly taking in her thick chestnut hair and greenish-brown eyes. He let his gaze wander down to the rest of her—she was a woman, after all—and smiled.
"A present?" he murmured. "For me?"
Andrew sets out to keep her presence aboard the ship a secret and thus Andrew and Poppy spend weeks alone and at odds with each other, and almost always with a unrivaled, playful banter.
It's utterly delightful to see these two get to know each other. There's is a true slow burn romance, one that neither of them can deny. As the adventure comes to a close and everything about Andrews's "secret mission" comes to dangerous conclusion they face the inevitable separation. Their relationship is a happy accident that once again leads to the joining of two noble families. There's a lot of action on both land and sea and if your reading the series or new to it, this is a definite must read.
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He motioned with his arm, urging her a few more steps forward. "Careful," he murmured.
Poppy looked to her toes. The deck came to an abrupt halt in front of her, its elevation dropping by several feet.
The captain hopped down. "The beakhead, my lady," he said with a gallant wave to the triangular deck that formed the pointy front of the Infinity. He reached up and placed his hands on her hips to help her down.
But when she was steady, he didn't let go.
"This is as far forward as one can stand on deck," he told her.
She pointed to a spot a few feet ahead. "What about—"
"As one can stand safely on deck," he amended. He adjusted their position so that he was standing behind her. "Now close your eyes."
"But then I can't see the stars."
"You can open them later."
She tilted her head to the left, right, and back again, as if to say, Oh, very well, but she closed her eyes.
"Now tilt your head up. Not all the way, just a bit."
She did, and maybe it was that motion, or maybe it was just because she'd closed her eyes, but she felt instantly off-balance, as if something far greater than the ocean had stolen her equilibrium.
The captain's hands tightened on her hips. "What do you feel?" he asked, his lips coming close to her ear.
"The wind."
"What else?" She swallowed. Licked her lips.
"The salt in the air."
"What else?"
"The motion, the speed."
He moved his mouth closer. "What else?"
And then she said the one thing that had been true from the beginning.
About Julia Quinn
JULIA QUINN started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen novels for Avon Books, she is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and is one of only sixteen authors ever to be inducted in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.
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but you have always been there
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I trace the range of Strathfarrar
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There is no sea, no sea here,
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And it's Friday again! I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to see this week end. I'll save the stories of car breakdowns and fingertip slicing for another day...
Here's what I'm loving this week:
1) The Irish Sea (and these photos)
We spent the morning of our anniversary on a beach in South Dublin. These days are few and far between, so when the sun is shining and there's reason to celebrate, we must take advantage of it. And we did. Iced coffee and pastries and Asher finding rocks and the beautiful sea. Thank you Ireland. You made our anniversary spectacular. You can also look at our wedding pictures here if you are so inclined.
Keep in mind we were married before Pinterest. If our wedding were to happen today, I can only assume there would be a distinct increase in the number of homemade feather boutonnieres.
2) I love gay people and I love Christians. I choose all. | Momastery
I'm not gonna get nitpicky about the whos, whats or whys of gay marriage (yes, this is a cop-out). But I will say this. I struggle, I pray, I'm trying to get to the heart of Jesus, and I want to be so filled with His love that it spills out, a wellspring of Life. I want to live this:
The point is – if you're hungry – you are all welcome at my table. None of you is less welcome than the other. This place is a banquet table for gays and straights and prudes and hoochies and cheerleaders and tuba players and pharisees and alpha moms and slacker moms and tax collectors and fishermen and choir girls and heathens. It's a banquet table where people who are different can come together and share a meal and maybe not change each other's minds, but possibly soften each other's hearts.
3) Finding a Feminine Theology in C.S. Lewis's Narnia | Her.meneutics
I love the Her.meneutics page and the variety of issues they tackle, from abortion to stay at home (or breadwinning) moms to missional theology to literature. And I really love it when they talk Lewis. But this guest post was a little wanting, trying to paint Lewis in a corner on feminity and theology using just a part of his work and not the whole. I would love to have seen a broader and more intimate analysis of his feminine theology within the entirety of his work, particularly Till We Have Faces (which I am admittedly prejudiced towards). You just can't say, "we're confronted with an aspect of his writing that can make some evangelicals uncomfortable: his portrayal of women," and not touch upon Faces, his final novel. What do you think?
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Eyal Berkovic
Eyal Berkovic (or Berkovich, Hebrew: אייל ברקוביץ'; born 2 April 1972) is an Israeli former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He made 78 appearances for Israel, and is considered one of the nation's greatest ever players.[1]
|Personal information
|Full name
|Eyal Berkovic
|Date of birth
|2 April 1972
|Place of birth
|Regba, Israel
|1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
|Playing position
|Youth career
|Maccabi Haifa
|Senior career*
|Maccabi Haifa
|→ Southampton (loan)
|West Ham United
|→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)
|Manchester City
|Maccabi Tel Aviv
|National team
|Israel U18
|Israel U21
|Teams managed
|Hapoel Tel Aviv (general manager)
|* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Graeme Souness described Berkovic as "a tremendous passer. In the last third of the field, he is the best that I've ever worked with."[2] Berkovic was also noted for various several clashes with managers and players, most notably Kevin Keegan (his manager at Manchester City), and Welsh striker John Hartson.
He is Jewish,[3] and is the older brother of former footballer Nir Berkovic.[4]
Early lifeEdit
Club careerEdit
Berkovic started his career at Maccabi Haifa in 1989, playing there until 1996. During his time with the club he won league titles in 1990–91 and 1993–94, and the State Cup three times, including a 'double' in the 1990–91 season. His performances for the club earned him a call-up to the Israeli national team as well as the Most Valuable Player award for the 1993–94 season.[5]
For the 1996–97 season, Berkovic signed on a season-long loan for English club Southampton.[6] He proved to be a big influence, and was a major part of a 6–3 victory in 1996 over Manchester United, as he scored twice and got three assists.[7]
West Ham UnitedEdit
The next season, he was signed by manager Harry Redknapp[8] for West Ham United for £1.75 million, for whom he played for two seasons. Well liked by West Ham fans, he became an instant fans' hero by scoring the decisive goal against Tottenham Hotspur in a 2–1 win on his Upton Park debut on 13 August 1997.[9] He played in 79 games in all competitions, scoring 12 goals.[10]
Striker John Hartson had a prolific 1997–98 season for West Ham[11] helped by Berkovic's assists.[12] In a training ground bust-up between the two,[8] Hartson kicked Berkovic in the face, after the Israeli midfielder had punched Hartson in the leg as he attempted to help Berkovic to his feet after a crunching tackle.[13] The incident was captured on camera.[13] Berkovic said of the incident "if my head had been a ball, it would have been in the top corner of the net".[14] Hartson was fined £20,000 for the incident and suspended for three games.[14]
Soon after the incident, he was signed for £5.75 million by Celtic, who were coached by John Barnes. In November 1999 Berkovic was subjected to religious taunts by Hearts fans while playing at their Tynecastle ground.[15] He played for the Scottish club for two years, scoring ten goals, but Martin O'Neill left him out of the team when he took over as manager and Berkovic returned to England to join Blackburn Rovers on loan for the 2000–01 season, where he scored twice against Queens Park Rangers[16] and Grimsby,[17] helping Blackburn achieve promotion to the Premier League in the process. Berkovic's loan move to Blackburn was not made into a permanent deal. The following year Manchester City's manager Kevin Keegan signed him in a permanent move. During his tenure in Scotland, Berkovic struggled to win over the Celtic fans.[18]
Manchester CityEdit
In July 2001, Berkovic joined Manchester City for a reported fee of £1.5 million.[19] He made his debut in August 2001, scoring one goal in a 3–0 home win against Watford.[20] In his second game for the team he suffered an injury which prompted the team to sign Ali Benarbia, an additional playmaker. When Berkovic returned, the City team began to play with both playmakers in a 3–5–2 formation with Kevin Horlock operating in the anchor midfield position. This was a successful formation, earning City promotion in emphatic style, with 99 points and a record 108 goals. In an FA Cup game against then-Premiership team Ipswich Town, Berkovic scored a volley goal set up by Benarbia from a corner and City beat the team in the league above them 4–1.
The following season when City were in the Premiership, Berkovic was instrumental in a 3–1 victory over local rivals Manchester United, a team he had also helped Southampton demolish 6–3 in the 1996–97 season, scoring two goals. The tactic of playing with two playmakers was continued in the Premiership but although City played well, results were not too favourable and Keegan subsequently decided to play with Berkovic as the only playmaker. Berkovic was voted as Manchester City's player of the season in 2002–03 in the club's magazine. Berkovic received abuse from some of the City support when he made a 'throat-slitting' gesture to a female fan during a League Cup tie at Maine Road against Crewe Alexandra. The FA investigated the incident.[21]
A fallout with manager Keegan saw him move to Portsmouth for £500,000 in January 2004.[22] His first game for Pompey was against Manchester City, whom he helped beat 4–2. Berkovic soon established himself in the first team at Pompey where he was reunited with former West Ham United manager Redknapp, who described him as a "special footballer".[23] Berkovic became a vital part of Portsmouth's drive for FA Premier League survival, scoring his first goal against Tottenham Hotspur.[24]
However, despite scoring against Fulham in the league[25] and Leeds in the League Cup,[26] he failed to hold down a regular starting place in the team for the 2004–05 season, and in January 2005 left Portsmouth. He had been linked with a move to Crystal Palace but instead decided to return to the country of his birth. He wanted to return to Maccabi Haifa but was rejected, leading him to a decision to sign for rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Maccabi Tel-AvivEdit
The return to Israel opened with promise as the 2005–06 season was the 100th anniversary for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and the club wanted to celebrate with a championship. The club signed several more stars such as Avi Nimni,[27] Giovani Rosso,[27] Blessing Kaku,[27] Avi Yehiel, and Eugen Trica.[27] Berkovic announced[28] at a press conference that the team would go all the way to win the Double. Although the team had a positive start to the season, they were not able to sustain good form and their chances of winning the title diminished, resulting in a sacking of the coach Nir Klinger,[29] who was replaced with Ton Caanen.
Berkovic announced his retirement from professional football on 7 May 2006.
International careerEdit
Berkovic gained 78 caps and scored 9 goals for the Israeli national team.[citation needed]
Management careerEdit
In the summer of 2006 he was appointed as the general manager of Maccabi Netanya. However, he was manager only for two months in which time he did not oversee any games. He stated that he left the job due to poor professional relations with Daniel Jammer, the club's owner and chairman.[30] Berkovic had been an active manager in the transfer market during his two months, signing 15 players including Mazuwa Nsumbu, Liran Strauber and Itay Shechter.
In May 2014 he was appointed as manager of Hapoel Tel Aviv. In January 2015 he resigned following a break-down in his relationship with club owner, Haim Ramon.[31]
On 11 May 2015, Berkovic became the owner of Hapoel Rishon LeZion from Liga Leumit, he paid $385,000 for the ownership of the club.[32]
Maccabi Haifa
- Liga Leumit: 1990–91, 1993–94
- Israel State Cup: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95
- Toto Cup: 1993–94
Blackburn Rovers
- Football League First Division runner-up: 2000–01
- Israel Footballer of the Year: 1994
See alsoEdit
- ^ Jeremy Last. 60 Sporting Heroes for 60 Years. Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Johnson, William (6 February 2001). "Souness hopes success can snare Berkovic". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ^ Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame
- ^ "Berkovic finds paradise lost on cup trail with Souness".
- ^ "Israel – Player of the Year". Rsssf.com. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived 18 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sinai, Allon (5 August 2006). "Berkovic announces retirement". jpost.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Berkovic, Eyal: Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "Eyal Berkovic". whufc.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Eyal Berkovic". Westhamstats.info. 2 April 1972. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "Premier League 1997–98". Westhamstats.info. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "Eyal Berkovic 1997/98 statistics". Premier League. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b Donald Mcrae (30 January 2010). "John Hartson on his courageous battle against cancer: 'I was in the pool with my kids and thought, I want to live..." Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ a b Harris, Nick (2 February 1999). "Football: Hartson fined pounds 20,000 by FA – Sport". The Independent. London. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Robertson, Rob (6 December 1999). "Hearts warn their fans about racial and religious abuse of opponents". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "QPR 1–3 Blackburn". BBC. 7 April 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ "Grimsby fail to halt Blackburn". BBC. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ Ronen-Abels, Ofer (8 February 2000). "Berkovic astonishes Celtic fans, admits Rangers are champions". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Berkovic ready to be Maine man". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ Walker, Paul (11 August 2001). "Manchester City 3 Watford 0". sportinglife.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "UK: City's Berkovic faces inquiry over fan gesture". Sports Illustrated. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Portsmouth 4-2 Man City". BBC Sport. 10 January 2004.
- ^ "Pompey sign Berkovic". BBC Sport. 8 January 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Tottenham 4–3 Portsmouth". BBC. 7 February 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ "Portsmouth 4–3 Fulham". BBC. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ "Portsmouth 2–1 Leeds". BBC. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Tel-Aviv braced for big game on UEFA.COM". En.uefa.com. 16 September 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Goldberg, Asher (28 October 2010). "Soccer / Berkovic signs with Mac. TA – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz. Israel. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Wistrich, Robert S. "Nir Klinger resigns from Mac Tel Aviv". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ Solomon, Sharon (27 July 2006). "Eyal Berkovic quits Maccabi Netanya". jpost.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Berkovic, Hapoel Tel Aviv split amid hail of insults". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "אייל ברקוביץ' רוכש את הפועל ראשון לציון".
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- "Berkovic signs with Maccabi (Tel-Aviv)" at Eurosport.com


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Luna Sea Inn is a place a bit off center. A place where we all let our hair down, where shorts and flip flops are proper attire day, evening or any occasion. Luna Sea is for those with a crazy passion for the sea. There is plenty of that to enjoy, as we are almost surrounded by it upon our tiny peninsula.
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All meals, food, taxes, water, coffee and tea provided. A bottle of wine in refrigerator, 2 Bottles of Water in your room daily, Snorkeling, Paddle boards, Kayaks and a $50 Spa Credit are included in your stay!!
Airport transfers for arrival and departure coordinated through the Yoga Room and Luna Sea Inn (more information on this as the retreat date gets closer).
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As is the tradition on P|Grace blog, I like to close out the year looking back at the moments that stood out and the 2016 memories that will not soon be forgotten. From the vain to the meaningful - here are top highlights of 2016.
<10> Highway One Road Trip. In November I was honored to finally check off Highway one roadtrip from the ole bucketlist and getting to take the trip with one of my favorite people was the cherry on top. If I could only recommend one United States travel for your bucketlist, it will be the Highway one roadtrip. Read highlights from the trip here.
<9> K-Drama obsession. I discovered Korean Drama ("k-drama") in 2016 and one day, maybe over a cup of coffee I will share the back story. It is my vice and a happy place. Forget going to the spa, winding down with my favorite cup of tea and an episode (or ten) of my favorite K-Drama has been my stress-free zone. If you are curious - might I recommend some of my favorite ones that concluded in 2016 - Descedants of the Sun ; Another Oh Hae Young ; Marriage Contract ; Beautiful Mind. Happy Binging !!!
<8> Not Traveling Solo. If you had told me at the start of the year I will only have one solo trip this year. I might have laughed in your face. I know it seems odd but if I have my way, I will always travel solo. When you are accustommed to travelling solo, traveling with others is tough and I was very apprehensive about it. Thankful I let go of my fears and went for it. Noting like travelling on your own, but getting to share the experience with others has been priceless.
<7> Christmas in London. This was the first year I got to experience Christmas in London Town. Europeans generally have a way of adding umph to the festivities that is lacking stateside (or at least where I reside). Christmas day itself was quiet, stayed in doors and enjoyed a relaxing day filled with food and movies with new and old friends. The days leading up to Christmas was all about skating at somerset house, Christmas market in Oxford and at the Tate Modern. Exploring decorations around London - from Leandell hall market to Covent Garden. Hope you were able to catch my insta stories tour of fab London christmas decor if you follow me on instagram. hint hint, you should here).
<6> Letting go and rethinking my business. In the last months of 2016, I had to make some tough decisions regarding the print shop. When it launched last year, it was a five year dream come true and as much blood and sweat as has gone in, the returns have not matched up. Having to make some tough decisions regarding the print shop and the team was one of the hardest things I did in 2016. The realization that the road to seeing my dream come to reality will be long and sometime rough was a hard pill to swallow.
<5> Election to the Board of OFP. A few months ago, I had the incredible honor to be elected to the board of an organization that means the world to me and the work they are doing to help young women suceed is beyond amazing. It has been a great honor to be trusted to serve on their board. Visit their website here to learn about their work and see how you can help.
<4> Finding Community. I was incredibly honored to meet some incredible people in 2016 and it all started with an Instagram conversation (yep, you can form meaningful relationships via Instagram online). I met the kindest, selfless, large hearted, most creative people I know this past year and finding these communities has changed a lot of my perspective for the better and it has helped me to grow as woman and as a Christain. If you live in the DFW area - you should check them out - Open seat and Leave your beauty mark.
<3> South of Spain. I returned from Europe a few hours ago. While I was there, I spent five days in the South of Spain with two of my favorite people. We had an incredible time exploring the South of Spain from Seville to Granada. We toured palaces, ate Tapas to hearts content, we laughed, we got on each others' nerves. I will not tade a moment of the trip.
<2> Azusa Los Angeles. Back in April, I got to go to Los Angeles, This was probably the most meaningful trip of my life. I got to attend Azusa conference at the LA coliseum. Getting to lift up the name of Jesus with thousands of other believers is an experience I will never forget.
<1> Letting God. It is easy to list off all the travel things and accolades, but 2016 was also about letting go and letting God. Learning to trust that he is able to do just what he said, learning that he is a good father and trully works all things together for my good. Letting him show me the things about me that were not so pretty and willingness to let him do his work in me. Even the things that seemingly did not go as I wanted have worked out for my benefit. There were tears, there were dissapointments, but through it all he has remained faithful to his word and there was not a time I called that he did not answer.
Looking forward to 2017. Not sure what it holds, but grateful that I know a God who knows the end from the beginning and whatever 2017 holds or brings, he got it handled.


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The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
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WHERE: Krakoff, the former Coach creative director who now runs an eponymous label, and his wife, Delphine, an interior designer, do their buying and selling in the Lenox Hill section of the Upper East Side, where the median sales price is $2.3 million and the median rental price is $4,200.


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Asked by Lord Mawson
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans for a co-
Watch the debate here: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=10961&st=19:32:27
Lord Mawson: My Lords, when I first arrived in east London 30 years ago the Isle of Dogs was a waste land. At that time the financial centre of Canary Wharf did not exist. The culture of the public and voluntary sectors was anti-
It was a privilege to take the Commercial Secretary, the noble Lord, Lord Sassoon, and the noble Lord, Lord Jones of Birmingham, by boat last week down some of the 6.5 miles of waterways across the Lower Lea Valley. My colleagues and I showed them all that has been achieved in a relatively short period of time and the potential that still exists if we continue to focus our attention and commitment. This trip is one of a number of water tours that I have been hosting over the past few years as chairman of the all-
While chairing the APPG I was fortunate to make a voyage of discovery myself when the group's secretary, the right honourable Hazel Blears MP, invited me to spend a day in Media City, Salford. What I saw there mirrored the developments in east London. I was shown pictures of former derelict docks and waterways that since the 1960s had been deserted. I learnt about a shared industrial history built around waterways. I also saw a modern experience of enterprise and regeneration in the midst of our poorest communities. I will let others who know far more about the north-
The purpose in raising this debate today is to make sure that these two important areas of growth are placed firmly on the map of the UK. They present the nation with development nodes that are nationally and internationally significant, now and in the years ahead. They require a sustained, co-
With only a few weeks to go until the Olympics begin, I will now focus my remarks on east London. For those of us who live and work in east London we know that the Olympics are actually not the biggest show in town, but a fantastic catalyst helping us join the dots of development nodes down the Lower Lea Valley. These are well advanced in Greenwich and the O2 in the south, at the expanding City Airport and the growing international conference centre at Excel-
At the Westfield shopping centre in Stratford across the River Lea we witnessed 1 million shoppers in the first week of opening. Stratford now has a new international station with a Eurostar platform. The Tech City concept at Old Street enhances east London as a rapidly developing science and technology hub. Sitting in the middle of all this activity is the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park that will hold five new villages and a commercial district. Again, I must declare an interest as a director of what is now called the London Legacy Development Corporation. This is a new city, a metropolitan district arising in the east of London that has profound implications for the capital. These development nodes are connected by the 6.5 miles of waterways. It was the late Reg Ward, the life force behind the Canary Wharf development, who many years ago described the Lower Lea Valley as a water city. If you fly into City Airport and look down you will see exactly what he meant.
As we prepare for the Olympic Games in east London we are 25 years into what is a 50-
Underlying the regeneration and investment priorities in east London is the ambitious overarching objective of convergence, or narrowing the gap. The agenda aims to tackle inequalities by closing the socioeconomic gap between east London and the rest of the capital within 20 years. This is an aspiration that unites all six Olympic host boroughs and has support from the Mayor of London and national government. In Newham, along with this desire for convergence with the rest of London, goes the desire to be financially sustainable and become a net contributor to the UK economy. Ideas about convergence alone will not bring investment. The area needs a unique London identity like Wembley, Kew or Westminster if we are to attract international investors. Hence the "water city" vision for what are the historic docklands.
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have helped to kick-
I would like to take this moment to refocus our attention on east London and alert the House to the bigger growth picture there that has significant implications nationally. The London Borough of Newham and University College London are currently exploring the establishment of a new campus for UCL. In terms of urban regeneration, the Olympic legacy and the future competitiveness of the UK, this development is of immense local, national and international importance. Of equal significance is the Royal Docks Enterprise Zone, for which the Mayor of London, the London Enterprise Partnership and the London Borough of Newham have high ambitions. The Royal Docks will be a world-
What threatens this future vision of east London? We all know that world-
Another area of concern is insufficient capacity on existing river crossings to meet current demand. Without this issue being comprehensively addressed, the Olympic host boroughs warn that it will be a significant barrier to achieving convergence. The major missing element in the Mayor of London's crossing package is the absence of a firm commitment to a fixed-
The fundamental danger, of course, is that when the Games are over the uninitiated will feel that they have now done east London and it is time to move on, yet that is precisely the time when the opportunity is at its greatest. To ensure that the vision for a fully regenerated east London is realised, that our national focus is maintained and that the microdetails of infrastructure are addressed, my first question to the Minister is: who is the person in Government today with responsibility for driving these changes through to the end after the Olympics have finished? Who is going to work through until Sunday evening and get out of bed on Monday morning to develop this national regeneration project with international implications? My next question to the Minister is: how will the Government ensure a co-
It is my view that by fully regenerating areas of potential growth, like the Lower Lea Valley, we will be making a significant contribution towards our immediate and future national economy. I realise that some noble Lords may have heard me reference these issues at the Second Reading of the Financial Services Bill last week but I see no harm in reiterating the point. Now is the time to co-
Andrew speaks on Space Science and Technology
15 July 2019
"On 16 July 1969 at 8.32 am EST, the Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center set off for the moon. I suspect that many of us in this Chamber are old enough to remember exactly where we were and what we were doing at that moment as the world held its breath, came together and watched in awe these amazing events in black and white footage on our television screens."
Andrew speaks on The Future of Seaside Towns
1 July 2019
"My reflections today are concerned with the inner workings of this regeneration machinery, the inside view. My colleagues and I have come to the conclusion that large parts of this government machinery are fundamentally not fit for purpose in a modern enterprise economy."
Andrew speaks during debate regarding the case for delivering equality of opportunity and beneficial quality of life for young people
16 May 2019
"I want to talk about SMEs and the army of young entrepreneurs being generated in the British economy, not only in London but across the north of England. Many of them are one-
Andrew speaks during debate regarding the commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the massacre at Amritsar
19 February 2019
Speaking in a debate regarding the commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the massacre at Amritsar, Andrew, reminding us all of the great statesman Gandhi was, said: 'Gandhi, like Mandela, dug into the detail and joined the dots in such moments. These figures were deeply immersed in the machinery and life of their communities. Their antennae were tuned, their minds and bodies engaged at a deep level. Gandhi was a disrupter. He understood that the key to the future lay beyond simple reason and argument.' 'He saw, as a doer', said Andrew, ' what talkers failed to see, so blinded were they by what they thought they knew'.
Andrew reflects on one of east London's renowned artists, Frank Creber
19 December 2018
Debating the contribution to our well-
Andrew suggests "Stop building health centres", in a debate on the NHS
5 July 2018
Andrew, taking part in Lord Darzi's debate on the NHS said: "First, we must return to the fundamental question …… "What is health?" as he commented: "Some 50% of our patients today do not have a biomedical problem: they have a housing, education or employment problem, or they are lonely."
Andrew welcomes the Chancellor's Spring Statement
15 March 2018
Andrew welcomes the Chancellor's Spring Statement saying: "It is certainly good news to hear that the UK economy has grown every year since 2010;" and, whilst also welcoming the Chancellor's plans to "back enterprise and unleash our creators and innovators, our inventors and discoverers .." warned that bureaucracy was stifling the very enterprise we want to encourage to flourish.
Andrew, speaking in a debate on the size of the House of Lords, emphasises the importance of having the right people
19 December 2017
"What we must all focus on and protect is the calibre and experience of those people who are called to sit in this Chamber .... your Lordships' House is not centrally about numbers but about people." Underlining his point, Andrew stated: "... the future of this House is all about ensuring that we have the right people with the right balance of wisdom and practical experience over time."
Andrew questions the over-
02 November 2017
"Being aware of unintended consequences and learning from what we have done," Andrew stressed, "is the first rule of thumb," as he described well-
Andrew speaks during debate on the Report from the European Union Committee, Brexit: the options for trade (5th Report)
02 March 2017
Advocating that we "think more outside the box" as we prepare to exit the European Union, Andrew said: " Brexit is a real opportunity for new thinking about the opportunities now presenting themselves in a digitised world that exists outside traditional silos. To grasp it, we all need a real change of mindset, both in Europe and in this country".
Andrew speaks during the European Union (Withdrawal Bill)
20th February 2017
Saying "[t]oday, our children are a nation not of shopkeepers but of entrepreneurs," he emphasised that this is a great opportunity to repeal some of the bureaucracy that holds our country back.
Lord Mawson speaks in debate on the annual State of the North Report
12th January 2017
Andrew, focussing on the heart of the matter, in the debate on the Institute for Public Policy Research's annual State of the North report, and the case for equality of opportunity and sustainable productivity, in the House of Lords, on the 12th January, said, whilst welcoming the report: " [the report] does not pay enough attention to the details of the business and social entrepreneurs actually doing the job on the ground."
Lord Mawson speaks in a debate in the House of Lords on tackling the causes of poverty in the UK
17 November 2016
Debate on the causes of poverty in the United Kingdom
14 July 2016
Lord Mawson suggests: "one reason the young are increasingly disenchanted with representative democracy is precisely because they can see that Governments of differing complexions—no matter what US Presidents say—seem incapable of delivering the integrated and joined-
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Debate on building a stronger economy
28 April 2016
Lord Mawson suggests: "one reason the young are increasingly disenchanted with representative democracy is precisely because they can see that Governments of differing complexions—no matter what US Presidents say—seem incapable of delivering the integrated and joined-
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Debate on the European Union Referendum
2 March 2016
Taking part in the highly-
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Andrew cites the crucial importance of "own[ing] our well-
26th November 2015
Describing how the success of the Bromley By Bow Centre has evolved over 30 years Andrew said: "one of the reasons for our success is the very process of experimentation itself and a whole range of diverse people co-
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Andrew leads important debate: That this House takes note of progress made in the regeneration of East London since the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the remaining challenges.
5th November 2015
"While there have been some challenges," Andrew affirmed that "the legacy promises made in east London in terms of regeneration are on track and developing at quite a pace." Emphasising that nearly "40,000 additional jobs will be located on and around the park by 2025" Andrew declared "this country has secured the most advanced legacy of any modern Olympic and Paralympic Games."
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Debate on the availability and quality of apprenticeships
15th October 2015
During the recent debate on the availability and quality of apprenticeships in the House of Lords Andrew spoke of the success of the LLDC in focusing "on the creation of job and apprenticeship opportunities in legacy for local residents" during "the large programme of construction works at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park." Andrew emphasised that it was crucial to "pay apprentices the national minimum wage" as "low wages feed low retention rates."
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Andrew speaks about the need to be more radical on health and social care during the Humble Address to the Queen's Speech
3rd June 2015
Whilst noting the laudable aims of the Government's health policy Andrew, citing a seminal report on health inequality, said: "positive health outcomes are significantly more influenced by social determinants than clinical determinants; indeed, that our health is 70% driven by social determinants and only 30% by clinical factors".
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Andrew speaks during the Committee Stage of the Assisted Dying Bill
16th January 2015
Noting the importance of getting the wording right Andrew said: ".. the words we use in the Bill and what we mean by them really matters when we have to translate their meaning and purpose into the languages and dialects of every nationality on earth". Underlining the importance of well informed public debate with a proper understanding of the realities that the Bill would bring Andrew said: "Good objective presentation must be the order of the day if people are to be able to make informed choices."
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Andrew takes part in a topical debate about the future of the NHS
8th January 2015
Speaking from recent experience of the circuitous nature of bureaucracy and its debilitating effect on projects Andrew said: "we need consistency. The message and the people constantly change." Andrew, emphasising his point argued: " … there needs to be accountability. No one seems able to take a decision".
See full speech here
Andrew speaks on the important debate regarding the impact of National Health Service innovation and research strategies on health improvement
26th November 2014
Focusing on primary care, the way it is delivered and the sheer volume of paperwork and reports that accompany it Andrew called for a more community based approach. "Invest[ing] in informal networks" is the way to get things done.
See the full speech here
Andrew speaks during the debate on the Second Reading of the Assisted Dying Bill and the dangers of trying to prescribe through legislation in this area
Friday July 18th
Speaking against the Bill Andrew questioned the "blind faith [given to] doctors and social workers [that they] will protect the vulnerable," by saying "yet we are given daily examples where we are failed by specialists."
Read the full speech here
Debate on the Voluntary and Charitable
Thursday June 26th
Taking part in the debate on the Voluntary and Charitable in the House of Lords Andrew, noting that "[t]imes are hard for the third sector ..", observed that: "bureaucratisation, caused by the state … often leads to a loss of the human touch." Draining away the dynamism, energy and enthusiasm of [many] voluntary organisations, this in turn, has led to a loss of the "driven, entrepreneurial flair that brought them into being in the first place."
Read his acclaimed speech on Hansard
Andrew draws attention to non-
Thursday 12th June
Speaking about the serious challenges faced by churches Andrew said: "[Many] have offered kindness, opportunity and a strong sense of community that has helped relieve social tensions and supported the most vulnerable in our society." But others have " … been closed-
Read the acclaimed speech in full on Hansard
House of Lords debate the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy
19th March 2014
Andrew spoke during the Motion to Take Note on the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy. Praising the hard work and dedication that has gone into securing the legacy for the future Andrew highlighted that whilst the Olympic project is far from finished: "The future of all eight permanent London 2012 venues is now secure. This collectively means that London is further ahead than any other host city in history." Andrew finished off by saying: "The future in east London is full of opportunity, but it still demands hard work, focus and a continuity of purpose."
Read the acclaimed speech in full on Hansard
Is the Government doing enough to champion and support arts and cultural organisations in this challenging financial landscape?
12 February 2014
Andrew secured and led a debate on this important subject in the House of Lords citing The Conservatoire in Blackheath as an important example of how arts organisations can embrace mixed funding streams and successfully pioneer an entrepreneurial agenda. Read the acclaimed speech in full on Hansard.
The link between education and the economy is vital
5 December 2013
"The often unconscious bias against business in the classroom needs to be addressed. Teachers are uncomfortable with their students trading and earning money in school. They are uneasy when you speak to them about profit margins and exploiting market opportunities. Unless this is addressed, the contribution of education to economic growth will be muted". Read the full speech.
Andrew's contribution to Litter debate
19 July 2013
It is my view that a local context often reflects the wider world in which we live: the micro is the way into the macro. Small acts can tell us a great deal about emerging social trends. In my opinion, the UK's litter problem is just one of many national signs that illustrate the disconnection between political PR-
Read the full speech on Hansard.
Andrew's contribution to the 'Business and Society' debate
13 June 2013
My Lords, when I began my work as a social entrepreneur in the East End of London 30 years ago, there was a clear perception that the public sector and charities were the good guys who do good to people and that business was for, and I quote, "greedy capitalist pigs". Of course, many of us at that time had little, if any, real practical experience of working with business people. However, we read the Guardian and completed our university degrees and so we were experts.
Andrew's response to HM the Queen's Gracious Speech
13 May 2013
If the present Government want to distinguish themselves from previous Governments and distance themselves from broken political promises, I suggest our politicians focus on three words: delivery, delivery, delivery. My colleagues and I have found that trust is created and local people participate when you deliver in practice on what you say.
Read the full speech on Lords' Hansard.
Andrew leads debate on Olympic Legacy to great acclaim
24 January 2013
To move that this House takes note of the role of communities, the arts and creative industries in delivering a lasting legacy to the Olympics, and of the lessons that can be learnt more broadly.
Andrew contributes to Lord Boateng's debate: what steps do the Government intend to take to enable the voluntary sector to participate in the delivery of public services
13 December 2012
I have spent the past 35 years demonstrating in practice how the voluntary sector can play a crucial role in innovation and in delivering public services in new ways that focus on the customer. How can it use its position, sitting between the often large bureaucracies of the public and private sectors, to bring much needed innovation in the delivery of public services?
Andrew speaks out on global warming in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
15 November 2012
If we cannot make money out of saving the planet then it is not going to be saved. The business of saving the environment has to be our business and it has to be a commercial enterprise or it will mean nothing to many.
Andrew leads a debate in the Lords' on urban regeneration
28 June 2012
The purpose in raising this debate today is to make sure that these two important areas of growth are placed firmly on the map of the UK. They present the nation with development nodes that are nationally and internationally significant, now and in the years ahead. They require a sustained, co-
Financial Services Bill (Second Reading)
20 June 2012
I would remind the House that the City, whose wealth came through the docks in east London, started with coffee houses where people met each other and did deals. This world was about relationships and integrity-
Andrew's contribution to 'Faith Communities' Debate
31 May 2012
In contrast, faith organisations in general have a broader view of care for the whole person. They have a wider concern for those they help rather than a narrow, sectional interest, and this is why they should be involved in the delivery of public services. I hope that policymakers within government will take this point into account as we move forward with the restructuring of the National Health Service and are all encouraged to embrace a localism agenda.
Health Minister Earl Howe praises Andrew's contribution to Health and Social Care Bill
24 April 2012
Today I am going further and put on the public record that the Secretary of State for Health is committing that the requirements in the public services Bill will be fully applied in relation to commissioning of NHS services through the procurement guidance that the board will produce on this. These were issues that were raised very compellingly by the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, and I pay tribute to him for his powerful and consistent advocacy on this theme".
Andrew's contribution to Public Services (Social Value) Bill
1 February 2012
I believe that change comes from within. It is not about a top-
Andrew's latest contribution to the Localism Bill
12 July 2011
Often local authorities are actually not in touch with the practical opportunities on the ground presented by land and buildings.
Andrew's thoughts on the Localism Bill
14 June 2011
My question to the Minister is: does anybody currently drafting this legislation have personal experience of challenging a local authority when trying to deliver a service? If the Minister would find it helpful, I would be willing to share our considerable experience in this area and explore together how we might make this piece of the legislation workable in practice.
To call attention to the case for policies to support economic growth and to promote investment, innovation, technology, infrastructure, skills and job creation; and to move for papers.
6 April 2011
I suggest that the big society depends on micro businesses as exemplars to lead the way.I therefore request that the Minister actively explores practical ways to identify, promote and foster economic growth within this emerging entrepreneurial sector across the UK. Much of it is based in some of our most challenging communities. The social sector is formed from many shoots and distinctions need to be drawn to protect these young entrepreneurial flowers. Will the Minister please inform the House how the Government plan to empower social enterprises in some of our most challenged communities?
21 December 2010
How in practice is government going to use the restructuring of the health service to create a new narrative relevant to modern health? Secondly, what is government going to do to ensure that doctors engage with innovators and entrepreneurs?
Speech to the House of Lords 28th October 2010
4 November 2010
My Lords, I want to make a few points about health and social care. How do we provide quality healthcare that meets the real needs of patients in today's world? Will the popular biomedical model of health meet all those patient needs, or does its internal logic present us with a limited view of what [...]
Health: Primary and Community Care Debate 24th June 2010
25 June 2010
Lord Mawson:My Lords, it is a privilege to be able to lead this debate on the future of primary and community care at this early stage in the new coalition Government. The vision that the Government have set out for primary care, where resources are deployed in the hands of practitioners close to the ground, [...]
Education, Health, Welfare, and Culture – 3rd June 2010
4 June 2010
Lord Mawson: My Lords, I should like to add to the deluge of praise. I congratulate the new Government on their success and wish them well in the coming years as they try to develop a working partnership and deliver their programme. I also want to take this opportunity to wish the Minister, the noble [...]
The Use of Church Buildings – 22nd February 2010
25 February 2010
My Lords, there are nearly 50,000 church buildings in England; 16,200 of them belong to the Church of England, and the rest are mostly owned by the Catholic Church, the free churches and other denominations. Many sit on prime sites at the centre of their communities, yet they are often large and underused.
Queens' Speech – 23rd November 2009
25 November 2009
I have a bit of a reputation, I think, as a moderniser of public services and for taking outdated health and education systems and applying to them entrepreneurial thinking and practice. My colleagues and I, both in east London and nationally, have produced results over the past 30 years which demonstrate some success. At the core of this work has often been the empowerment of disfranchised local communities and individual citizens so that they might take more responsibility for their personal lives and families and their local community. This is what citizenship is all about.
14 October 2009
The poor souls in the third sector are no third-
18 June 2009
Lord Mawson: My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Coe, for leading this important debate. It is a very helpful time to have this discussion, because a great deal has happened during the past year and new opportunities are now presenting themselves, which allow us all to move on and to deal with the [...]
Housing and Regeneration Bill 23rd June 2008
23 June 2008
Lord Mawson: I shall speak to Amendments Nos. 113B and 113C. A well conducted ballot is widely thought to be the best way to interpret existing transfer legislation. The proposal is now to write the requirement for a transfer ballot more directly into the Bill. The value of ballots is hard to argue with, but it [...]
Housing and Regeneration Bill 16th June 2008
16 June 2008
Lord Mawson: The key point that I was attempting to make before I was interrupted by the Division Bell is that the housing association movement was begun by social entrepreneurs of their day who used their independence from the state to begin to pioneer new and innovative ways of creating social housing. The capital development programme [...]
Housing and Regeneration Bill 11th June 2008
11 June 2008
Lord Mawson: Amendment No. 104ZA seeks to encourage the Minister and her colleagues to look carefully at how the large amount of money which they are about to invest in housing can be used as a trigger to encourage social innovation. The housing association movement was begun by social entrepreneurs of their day, who used their [...]
Housing and Regeneration Bill 19th May 2008
19 May 2008
Lord Mawson: I shall speak to Amendment No. 23A, which is in my name and is part of the group. It is a probing amendment, which recognises that the creation of the Homes and Communities Agency presents us with a real opportunity to move away from public housing monocultures of the past and to invest in [...]
Housing and Regeneration 13th May 2008
13 May 2008
Lord Mawson: I, too, welcome the amendment. Since I entered your Lordships' House I have been very encouraged by the concern about quality of design. I was very encouraged by the debate, which I could not attend but which I read, in which the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, spoke, on the quality of design. One can [...]
Housing and Regeneration 28th April 2008
28 April 2008
Lord Mawson: My Lords, I, too, welcome what I perceive the Government are attempting to achieve in this Bill. The creation of the Homes and Communities Agency could have enormous potential and be a key delivery partner in building successful communities. The aspiration behind this legislation is laudable and presents enormous possibilities for the investment that [...]
6 March 2008
The key question is: what does it mean to be a healthy and fully rounded human being and what kind of services do we need that will help, rather than hinder, such human development?
17 January 2008
Lord Mawson rose to call attention to building sustainable communities and securing a worthwhile legacy for the London Olympics; and to move for Papers.
20 June 2007
Lord Mawson: My Lords, as I rise to make my maiden speech I am conscious, as the son of a milkman from Bradford, of both the privilege and the responsibility of taking a seat in this place. I take this opportunity to thank those noble Lords and staff who in the past few weeks have helped [...]


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"Soldier" and other poems
by Oksana Lutsyshyna
Translated from the Ukrainian by Dmytro Kyyan
it seems they sleep on the ground, in the ground
he gets out of the ground in the morning
to say some words
but he forgot the words because they are too long
so, instead of words he has numbers
one two three one two three
one – this is the addressing
God, Virgin Mary and all the saints
seraphims and cherubims and all the twelve apostles
two – this is a request – help and save and rescue from this gehenna
give the strengths
give so that all could return home, that we could be waited for at home
so that all could return home safely as it may have been forgotten to say
and three – this is a word for which there are no categories
this is a word like the number one
it's when they finally coincided
this is not addressing, not prayers, this is just a word
– God, God –
God, whether You are in my chest or You are behind it
he gets seated by the tree, leans with his back on its trunk
closes the eyes and counts – one two three one two three
as if dancing the waltz
the ground in pits will soon be one pit
and there will be no place to hide
– God, God –
Whether You are in my chest or You are behind it
…then someone comes and says – now, it is going to be
your face
your body
and you say – good
there are only two or three maps in the world
that you can't look at
the maps of towns
of which the very names of the streets make you want to scream
because these are your names
that are not written in any of the documents
these are your names
that are called by those who loved you
and the face – it is not a problem
it can be endured
it is not really the love that tears the chest apart
it is the love only that can not be endured
they did all they could and painted
these cheekbones with the tonal crème, squeezed
water from them like from the heavy linen that they wash by hands
boil in a tub in a tiny kitchen –
because even in the party headquarters buildings, kitchens are always small –
carry in the buckets outdoors and to the palisades
tie a rope between the old trees
…squeezed from them the water of agonies
water of longing
drew you a smile
circled the eyes with solid pearls
…hard as the linen in winter
stiff, embroidered with ice needles
that had to be broken with fingers despite the ice-pain
and to pull the sheet of canvas diagonally
while the frozen ice was suffocating from the pain and
screamed, screamed
…don't you scream that way with your eyes from the photographs
splashing the black fire into the space
as if you want to defrost the thought:
we are measured out with only the childhood
solid white quadrangle
magic carpet
generation facebook
his wife writes to him – return
return faster wherever you are
you are not among the captured
not among killed
but you are somewhere
maybe, you are hiding in the enemy town
but you will get out of there
return, return faster
she writes and everyone reads
everyone reads and no one can do anything
reads about her hope and his death
reads and cannot do anything
what do we remember after this war?
that we shared the pain but he never shared?
or shared
like a candle, with a flame having set the screens on fire
shared but could not diminish.
God, make up something
God, connect the separated ones
I will not be able to do it myself
no meditations help
God, maybe, You are an invention
of the (semi)western world
but wherever I go – I am facing You
and whatever I asked for – I ask You
God, I made mistakes everywhere
reached neither faith nor light
nor equilibrium
only hope
smaller than a mustard seed
every year we get more dear to each other:
enemies, friends, occasional companions –
all our small and big habits
small and big quarrels
- with every year
- with every step
acquire a different status
the white powder flies in the classroom
the smell of chalk and the sun
with years, something that no longer exists becomes sacred
and happiness is – that it was
and so you hold on to the invisible
you need it as a thread
that leads you out of the labyrinth –
go, do not be afraid of anything –
neither life of a stone that is longer than yours
nor life of a river
because in fact all direct lines are parallel –
and all intersect with you
I am a night beast, a beast that cries
for another beast
because every beast cries for another beast
for his warm hair and the sounds of his body
and this is such an inevitable symphony
that can not be translated into the language of music
the language of tongue
but only into the language of pilgrimage:
and so we go, the kingdom of the beasts
powerful as reincarnated gods
striped and horrific
so that to burst out crying to the sky itself
so that to ask the stars, all together
and each individually: did the land really run out?


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Starting at Greensborough, then to the frenzy and festivities out at Wollert, on to Essendon, followed by the North Fitzroy Town Hall, the Napier Pub ("absolutely no photography" - what's up their arses?!), and finishing at the Melbourne Town Hall, this was Tanya and Jaret's Wedding Day.
Resolutely relaxed (they both told me that they slept better than me the night before), they were determined to drink in all the day offered.
And for a photographer who loves the combination of reds and greens, Vanessa and Stephanie's emerald gowns were perfect! As were they. Hey, great job by you blokes too, Sean and Ben.
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The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering organized a one day Industrial Visit to Anchal Dairy, Dehradun on 10th Sept 2016 for the students of ECE 2nd and 3rd Year along the faculty members Mr. Ankit Jha and Mr. Sunil Sharma. Overall it was a good exposure with Distributed control system for the students of ECE. The students were divided into 2 groups & the visit was conducted group wise. The visit covered the following details:
The students visited the following sections at Anchal Dairy:-
- Distributed Control System
- RFID ATM Vehicle
- LAB TESTING: (MAJOR TEST) Additive, Neutralizer Tests.
- Filtering Process.
- Boiling Chambers
- Chilling Chambers
- Cold Storage
The students of ECE 2nd Year & 3rd Year and the staff members enjoyed the technical endeavor at Anchal Dairy, Dehradun. The company persons also appreciated our students after the Query sessions. Visit seems to be very informative and gives good learning experience. It was the unique example of 'EDUTAINMENT' i.e. Education & Entertainment. Students were well mannered and disciplined throughout the Tour.


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'The Cakemaker,' 'GLOW' And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Dear reader, if the idea of rest and relaxation sounds, at this depressing moment in 2018, like a charming myth from your youth, you're not alone. If you can make the time to attend one of this weekend's marches in support of reuniting families separated at the border, you'll be doing a mitzvah. Ditto if you can chip in to help in another way. But take some time for mental health as well, and check out some of the best weekend events in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as the best new books, movies and TV shows.
1) Read
Emma Garman recently started a column for The Paris Review called "Feminize Your Canon," in which she explores the works of underappreciated women writers. Her first pick, Olivia Manning, spent some years living in Jerusalem; her novel "School for Love" is set there, and is worth picking up. If you're interested in the particular set of difficulties involved in being a woman writer, look to Michelle Dean's "Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion," which Carrie Rickey recently reviewed for the Forward. And if you're interested in another very complex feature of womanhood, Sheila Heti's recent autobiographical novel "Motherhood" should do the trick. Read Yevgeniya Traps' review for the Forward, here.
2) Watch
The new Israeli narrative feature "The Cakemaker" has won quite a bit of buzz. Before buying a ticket, read Michael Kaminer's Q & A with director Ofir Raul Graizer. Perhaps even buzzier is the alarming documentary "Three Identical Strangers," which pursues the story of identical Jewish triplets who were separated at birth, then accidentally found one another and realized their relationship later in life. And if you just want to have fun — really, why not? — season two of Netflix's "GLOW," created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, is supposed to be wonderful.
3) New York City
Thursday night, head to the New York Academy of Medicine for a talk by Rachel Hutter Epstein, author of the new book "Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything." Also on Thursday is a one-night-only performance of Lyndsey Bourne's play "I Was Unbecoming Then," directed by Ilana Khanin, at Ars Nova's ANT Fest 2018. Catch one of the few performances of Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World," running only this weekend at Encores! Off Center.
4) Washington D.C.
The Olney Theatre Center is hosting a run of Leonard Bernstein's early musical "On the Town," which is always a pleasure to see. And this is the last weekend for two other plays the Forward has previously recommended: "The Vagrant Trilogy" at Mosaic Theater Company and "The Scottsboro Boys" at Signature Theatre.
5) Chicago
A new show of John Singer Sargent's portraits opens at the Art Institute of Chicago on Sunday; Sargent, whose painting "Mrs. Carl Meyer and Her Children" was exhibited at the Jewish Museum in 2016, is one of the masters of the form. On Sunday, Joe DiPietro's play "F**king Men" (censorship ours), directed by David Zak, opens at the Pride Arts Center. The play is based on Arthur Schnitzler's 1920 play "La Ronde." To be swept away, don't miss the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's performances of "Star Wars: A New Hope" in concert.
6) Los Angeles
If you're anxious about the state of the world, find a satiric confirmation of your fears with Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," now on at City Garage Theatre. For something slightly less close to home choose Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the Lonny Chapman Theatre. Also worth dropping by is a show of the work of the late Jack Goldstein at 1301PE gallery.


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Show Up, In Vulnerability
There's a necklace around my neck that tucks itself into my bra every morning. It took me 15 years to know that it was the Bleeding Heart of Jesus. It took me 5 hours after learning it was the Bleeding Heart of Jesus to know that the Bleeding Heart of Jesus is me.
"The sacred heart is a symbol of great self sacrifice and unconditional divine love for all beings captured in the actions and deeds of Jesus Christ." So the Internet tells me.
"When our love and compassion overcomes and sacrifices our own ego, our spirit will be liberated and transform our entire being." You don't say.
"This great symbol can become a gateway for us to change the world through our expression of unequivocal, genuine love. So let us love one another unconditionally." Already there.
There's a heart in my body that knows real love, real hurt, and has room for more, of both, of either, but it prefers the former if you must know.
I'm a month back into writing for an audience and the text messages, they've piled up. Some I ignore, some I answer, all have the same theme — "are you okay?" Some are anchored in curiosity, others in genuine concern. Most are still rooted on the reality that I've spent my career fighting — why are we so damn uncomfortable with someone sharing their middle? Are we that accustomed to drowning in other people's highlight reels that we read any indication of real emotion as a cry for help?
I've had to sign end of life papers, I can promise you that if I'm writing and publishing it's because I'm standing by my own volition, living my life in my own right, and more often than not smiling when I get a really good sentence down.
Here's my truth, I show up as is. It's hard, but I do it because I don't know how to do anything else. We're tangled up in feeling the need to save face, like somehow it'll erase the fact that we feel real emotions? Like somehow having real emotions is a bad thing?
I spent months watching someone I love with my entire being alternate between saving face in a room of two and in a public forum, it was eviscerating to see how they didn't trust themselves enough to know that they could survive anything, that they would never get a high reward if they bet so low emotionally. But here we are. They saved face, but didn't save anything else.
When it's pride over vulnerability, the sacred heart around my neck apparently has known all along that I'll choose vulnerability. When it's numbing all feelings over feeling sadness and longing, I choose sadness and longing on my way to finding joy.
Who I am, my writing, it allows me the freedom to do it in a public forum, but my writing is at the end of the day still for me and it showcases my humanity because I'm human. I have stories and they speak truth to bullshit. They speak real feelings to real life moments. Some can even rip apart the highlight reel of some of your favorite "Instagrammers" and all they would leave behind is the humanity they seem to be so embarrassed to embrace.
Most of my essays come from sitting with myself and noticing the world around me. The way a mom props up her toddler on the bus seat. The way the little buddy turns on his knees to look out the window and notice the way the trees move with the wind and the way the fire trucks light up. The way humanity comes alive at the intersection of beauty, happiness, and pain.
If I'm not embarrassed noticing how the world around me functions, why would I be embarrassed by the way the world inside of me lights up and dims on any given day?
I thrive on that humanity. I sink in it. I listen to a song, I don't hear the hook, I notice the fifth lyric in the third verse because that felt like someone poured into it. I let him kiss me, let that light me up like a Christmas tree in July, I let it change me.
I'm a person with feelings and relationships and days of needing to be held. I'm a person who in the back of a car when she's crying gets the most validating job offer. I'm a woman who is layered, who knows how to wear Elf pajama pants and llama socks with the same confidence that she wears a rose two piece lingerie set with the teddy attached.
Because I hone my confidence through vulnerability. I show up emotionally like it's my battleground and I'm at war with myself. I look for validation in my soul before I look for it in the eyes of the man who wants to unzip my corset. I do it because the alternative is emptiness and anchoring myself in other people's opinions of me. It would be questioning myself and my sanity every time someone asks if I'm okay simply because I showed up in my writing. If you don't see bravery in my writing, it's not because of my writing.
If you don't see bravery and strength in the way I carry myself, in the way I show up when we're sitting face to face, it's not because of my person.
I navigate two realities, my own and the one I let people into online. The venn diagram for both of those overlap on "vulnerability" because it has to. I don't know how to show up as myself if I don't show up as my full self. Yes, there are some stories that I've left for pillow talk, others that only my family know, but other than that - my middle, it's my reality.
Do I still like really nice pictures? I do. Will I pretend like my way with words hasn't helped me heal in one of the most emotionally confusing seasons of my life? I won't. I don't feel the need to pretend to be happier or sadder than I am at any given moment because I've never felt the need to be anyone other than who I wake up as at 3am when I talk to ceilings at God.


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City of Toronto announces further details for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
The City of Toronto today announced further details for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, the free all night contemporary art "thing," taking place from sunset at 7:01 p.m. on September 30 to sunrise at 7:15 a.m. October 1, 2006.
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is a free city-wide event where more than 100 Toronto museums, galleries and institutions will open their doors -- all night long -- to present contemporary art installations and programs. Residents and tourists will also be invited to explore unusual spaces not normally open after dark and not normally tied to an art event. Everything from swimming pools and car washes to churches and libraries will be transformed by contemporary art projects.
In addition, three distinct areas of the city have been established, each to feature an exhibition curated exclusively for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. With a goal to highlight creative works that will inspire wonder and encourage dialogue the exhibitions, their artists and curators are:
Exhibition 1 (Bloor-Yorkville)
Pasts Re-framed curated by Fern Bayer, Peggy Gale and Chrysanne Stathacos:
Michael Snow's (Toronto) Counting Sheep, 2006, a projection on the dome of The Planetarium at the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park;
General Idea's Pharma©opia, 1992, consisting of 3 enormous helium-filled vinyl blimps illuminated from within floating above Yorkville;
Fog in Toronto #71624, 2006, a site-specific fog installation by Fujiko Nakaya (Tokyo, Japan) in Philosopher's Walk, University of Toronto;
Ron Benner (London, Ontario), Maize Barbacoa, 2006, a site-specific corn installation and all-night corn roast performance in the Village of Yorkville Park;
A night of live readings and recordings at the Toronto Heliconian Club, 35 Hazelton Avenue, under the artistic direction of author Emily Pohl-Weary entitled Bedtime Tales: Fables and Fantasies, 2006;
A film projection with live video feed in Yorkville by independent filmmaker Annette Mangaard (Toronto) and cultural historian Ihor Holubizky (Brisbane) entitled I Am Curious – Yorkville, 2006;
Nuit Blanche, 2006 by multidisciplinary artists Holger Lippmann and Alekos Hofstetter (Berlin, Germany), a DVD projection on the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum;
A sound and "wishing tree" installation by musician Andrew Zealley (Toronto) and visual artist Chrysanne Stathacos (New York and Toronto) entitled One Garden One Night One Wish, 2006 to be presented in Philosopher's Walk, University of Toronto;
HOLD THAT THOUGHT, 2006, a neon installation by Kelly Mark (Toronto) at the Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor Street W.;
An installation, Garden of Light, 2006 by Jamelie Hassan (London, Ontario) in the Lester B. Pearson Garden for Peace and Understanding at Victoria University in the University of Toronto.
Exhibition 2 (Dundas / McCaul)
Civic Insomnia curated by Kim Simon:
A site-specific video operetta at the Harrison Baths and Swimming Pool by renowned filmmaker John Greyson and musician-composer David Wall called Roy and Silo's Gay Divorce, 2006;
Renowned performance artists Tanya Mars, joined by Gale Allen, present In Pursuit of Happiness, 2006 on the University Ave. median south of Dundas St. W;
when the wind shifted, 2006 by filmmaker Christina Battle takes over the public plaza of the Ontario Power Generation building on University Ave. at College St. with multiple projections;
Chris Curreri's neon text installations along Baldwin Street just west of McCaul St. called (LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR, 2006;
HOW TO RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY, 2006 is a series of incidental performances and spontaneous outbursts by authority figures and security personnel in various locations throughout the McCaul / University Ave. area by Toronto-based artist Diane Borsato;
Position Yourself in a Network Of Possibilities, 2006 is a public dance floor by Samuel Roy-Bois on Queen Street West, north side, walkway west of Campbell House;
A "sculpture as social site" by Adrian Blackwell in Grange Park entitled Model for a Public Space (speaker), 2006;
Multidisciplinary artist Diane Landry presents Morse Alphabet Soup, 2006 a playful shadow projection and performance on the west side of exterior wall of the MaRS Centre.
Exhibition 3 (West Queen St. West)
Searching for the 'Soul' of Queen Street West curated by Clara Hargittay:
A sculptural installation using ice by artists Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero in the car wash bay at Royal Car Wash entitled Freeze, 2006;
The Cinderella Project, 2006, a site specific multi media installation by José Angel Toirac (Havana, Cuba) in the West Side Lofts Sales Office building designed by British architect Will Aslop;
The site specific interactive media installation Electronic Sky, 2006 by artists David Warne and Kevin Krivel in Trinity-Bellwoods Park (Strachan Gates);
A public art installation of six billboards entitled Presence and Resistance, 2006 by HOCK E AYE VI Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne – Arapaho Nation);
Confinement of the Intellect, 2006 a multimedia site-specific installation and performance in Trinity Bellwoods Park by Thom Sokoloski;
Screenings of the real time video documentary Cracked, Not Broken, 2005 by Paul Perrier at Camera Bar and Theatre;
A History Show featuring artists John Abrams, Carl Beam, Michael Belmore, Andrew Danson, Bonnie Devine, Gyula Kalko, Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Greg Staats and Badanna Zack at Spin Gallery;
Videos by Dana Claxton, Sara Diamond, Richard Fung, and Shelley Niro screened in the Queen's Car Wash;
Screenings of Revolutionary Song, 2005, Chanson a mourir, 1989 and live performance by Istvan Kantor, recipient of the 2004 Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts.
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is a Live With Culture initiative developed to demonstrate the City of Toronto's commitment to the arts. Live With Culture is a 16-month celebration of Toronto's extraordinary arts and cultural communities. From September 2005 to December 2006, Live With Culture showcases the vibrant and diverse cultural activities happening in the city each and every day. Events initiated by the City of Toronto and the community are united under one umbrella campaign to raise awareness of Toronto's thriving cultural scene.
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Monée and Chris Johnston:
If not for gymnastics Monée and Chris and their two wonderful children may never have come to be. Monée was a gymnast growing up and into late high school, having successfully competed and trained through level nine at NAAG. While Chris was never a gymnast himself, he spent many of hours in the gym and at meets of his younger sister who happened to be on team with Monée -you can connect the dots! Fifteen years later they have made their way from Eugene to Corvallis for college, then to Louisiana and back again, and now live in and love Corvallis where they happily call home with two children, Cohen, three and a half and Avie, fourteen months. Both graduates from Oregon State, Chris is an engineer, currently working for Nalco as an account manager at Georgia Pacific in Toledo. Monée's background is in business marketing with career experience in medical and biotech sales, lately however, she has been holding down the fort with the two littles while taking many opportunities to connect with the town of Corvallis through a variety of volunteer and community leadership roles. She is on the boards of Leadership Corvallis and Corvallis Indoor Park, has been involved in founding Rotary Community Corp, she volunteers in a variety of other organizations and teaches group fitness classes at Timberhill Athletic Club. The entire family is so excited to jump into this role and endeavor bringing new life and livelihood to PEGA and connecting with all of its members!
Jenn and Scott Stimpson:
Scott and Jenn Stimpson are both locals to the Willamette Valley. They have four children, a dog, and two cats. Scott is a Master Sergeant serving as a Detachment Chief in the Oregon Army National Guard and holds a MBA degree from OSU. He also volunteers for many affiliated organizations in his spare time such as AUSA, Boy Scouts of America, and in the local government. Jenn went to CHS and competed for PEAK Elite as a gymnast the first year they opened before moving onto her All-Star Cheerleading career. She has 10 years of coaching experience within the gymnastics and cheerleading world, and 19 years of participating experience as a level 9 gymnast and a level 5 AllStar Cheerleader. They are so excited to bring their expertise and knowledge to Peak Elite Gymnastics Academy!
Madison and Heath Webb:
Madison and Heath met while attending Oregon State University and married in 2016. They have decided to make Corvallis home while starting their family. Madison is an Academic Advisor within the College of Engineering at OSU. Heath is currently staying home with their son while managing the PEGA office. Gymnastics has always been a big part of Madison's life and attributes the sport to the reason she is successful today. Madison retired from the sport at the age of 17, but had started teaching recreational classes two years prior. She then coached competitive team and more recreational gymnastics throughout and after college. Combined Madison has 12 years of gymnastics experience and 10 years of coaching experience. Madison's favorite classes to teach are preschool and level 3 team.