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Regular People going to Kenya"Regular People going to Kenya" is a fundraiser for a missions trip by 6 individuals at Elizabeth Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The goal of each missionary is to be a blessing to those in need. Teaching, medical assistance, and worship activities are among the planned activities. Faith in Dreams Edutainment is proud to be a sponsor of this worthy cause.
Blueprint Conference: For Middle and High School GirlsThe National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC) is the official organization that supports Spelman College through financial gifts, student recruitment, sisterhood, community service and recognition of Spelman women. Faith in Dreams Edutainment is proud to serve as a sponsor for the 6th annual NAASC-Boston Chapter's Blueprint Conference. The conference was created for Middle and High School girls to experience workshops regarding Sex, Self-Esteem, Mental Health, Nutrition and Physical Fitness.
Romance and RespectFaith in Dreams Edutainment co-sponsored the forum titled Romance and Respect: why are these dreams deferred? hosted by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. at Tennessee State University in Nashville. Scholarship, poetry, and logistics were provided in helping produce what became a spirited dialogue. The event served as the second of an ongoing series developed to explore social challenges surrounding Women's Empowerment.
Adopt-A-ClassroomFaith in Dreams Edutainment has gotten into the holiday spirit through Adopt-A-Classroom which helps provide resources to underserved schools around the country. Faith in Dreams Edutainment was happy to make a donation to the Theatre Arts Department, at Westfield High School in Houston, Texas. Due to budget cuts in the arts program the donation will help to acquire needed paint, power drills, fabric for costumes, play scripts, etc.
The LinksFaith in Dreams Edutainment was delighted to co-sponsor a mentorship opportunity hosted by the Pasadena-Altadena Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. Ten young ladies from John Muir High School in Pasadena (CA) were provided a day of exposure to the Hollywood studio system. The day included an educational tour of top Hollywood studios including Disney, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros. It was followed by a private luncheon with Jamila Hunter, Vice President of Comedy Development, ABC, and Jada Miranda, Senior Vice President of Drama Development, NBC Universal. The luncheon was held at D'Cache, a high-end Latin Fusion restaurant located in the star-studded Toluca Lake section of Los Angeles.
35th Year Anniversary GalaFaith in Dreams Edutainment was honored to have produced a documentary style theatrical sketch commemorating the 35th year anniversary of Benjamin and Fannie Crowder at a semi-formal celebration held in their honor at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Atlanta, GA. The fun filled production featured acting, dancing, and legendary tunes mainly from the 60's, 70's, and 80's in commemorating their legacy of love. The event proved to be profoundly special for the honorees and their guests.
Women's Empowerment ForumFaith in Dreams Edutainment is proud to have co-sponsored a forum titled Chivalry: Is It Relevant in the 21st Century hosted by the Women's Center and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity at Tennessee State University located in Nashville, Tn. Theatrical sketches, scholarship, and logistics were developed to help aide what became a dynamic experience. The forum served as the first of a series that will explore various social issues surrounding Women's empowerment. Seattle's Best and Cinnabon also served as co-sponsors of the event.


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According to a November 2004 article in the Washington Post, a syndicated column by Robert Novak exposing Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA official (see July 14, 2003) may appear on the Associated Press wire as early as July 11, 2003, giving White House officials a chance to read the column and learn of Plame Wilson's status three days before its appearance in print publications such as the Chicago Sun-Times. The Washington Post will say: "The timing [of the column's appearance] could be a critical element in assessing whether classified information was illegally disclosed. If White House aides directed reporters to information that had already been published by Novak, they may not have disclosed classified information." [Washington Post, 11/26/2004] Novak sends a draft copy of the column to at least one person on this day: conservative lobbyist Richard Hohlt (see 4:00 p.m. July 11, 2003). Many of the White House leaks of Plame Wilson's identity come on or before this day (see June 13, 2003, June 23, 2003, July 7, 2003, 8:30 a.m. July 8, 2003, July 8, 2003, 11:00 a.m. July 11, 2003, and 8:00 a.m. July 11, 2003). And on this day, Novak is still attempting to confirm that Plame Wilson is indeed a CIA official (see (July 11, 2003)).
Entity Tags: Richard Hohlt, Associated Press, Bush administration (43), Valerie Plame Wilson, Washington Post, Robert Novak
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda, Niger Uranium and Plame Outing
Conservative columnist Robert Novak gives a draft of his upcoming column, which outs CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in the process of criticizing her husband, war opponent Joseph Wilson (see July 14, 2003), to lobbyist Richard Hohlt. Hohlt, whom Novak describes as "a very good source of mine" whom he talks to "every day," faxes a copy of the Novak column to White House political strategist Karl Rove, one of Novak's sources for Plame Wilson's identity (see July 8, 2003 and July 8 or 9, 2003). Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff will later learn that Hohlt facilitated the conversation between Rove and Novak. Hohlt will confirm his action to Isikoff, who will write that by faxing the copy of the column to Rove, Hohlt is "giving the White House a heads up on the bombshell to come." Hohlt lobbies on behalf of clients such as Bristol Myers, Chevron, JPMorgan Chase, and the Nuclear Energy Association. He is also a powerful fundraiser for the Republican Party, and will bring in over $500,000 to the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. Hohlt is also the head of an influential group of Republicans called the "Off the Record Club," whose membership includes other influential Republican lobbyists as well as White House officials such as Rove and Joshua Bolten. While Hohlt will minimize the group's influence to Isikoff, Isikoff will describe it as "help[ing] the White House with damage control." He will describe Hohlt as "[a]n accomplished information trader [who] serves as a background source for a select group of Washington journalists—Novak above all." One club member will say that if you want information to appear in Novak's column, the best way to make it happen is to work with Hohlt. Isikoff will write that Hohlt did not know that Rove told Novak of Plame Wilson's identity. "I was just trying to be helpful," Hohlt will say of the Rove fax. [Newsweek, 2/26/2007] Novak will later testify that he "assumed" that Hohlt would not share the column with anyone, though he will admit to a "vague recollection" that "he had told the WH [White House] that there was an interesting piece coming out." [Marcy Wheeler, 2/12/2007]
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I have been a bit behind schedule on my Goodreads Reading Challenge lately, so I decided to pick up a short story to help me get back on track.
The only Gaiman novel I have read so far is Stardust (reviewed here), but it definitely left me eager to read more of his work.
It wasn't actually until after reading this short story I realised that the main character is from another of Gaiman's books, Neverwhere. As you can tell, I haven't read this story, but according to the other reviews on Goodreads it is recommend that you read that one first (oops).
This story is difficult to properly summarise because it is exactly what the title says: the story of how the Marquis got his coat back.
Despite this book being set in a world completely unfamiliar to me having never read Neverwhere, I really enjoyed this short story. There were a few moments where I was a bit like, what's going on, but that's only natural considering I probably should have picked up Neverwhere first. However, reading and enjoying this novella has intrigued me and I am far more inclined now to go and read Neverwhere.
As it was in Stardust, Gaiman's writing continues in his wonderful manner that no other writer can replicate. His words flow together so well and completely capture you, drawing you into this fantasy world full of interesting characters.
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First off I am not a doctor so I cannot diagnose whether what you are describing is acid reflux or not. If this concerns you, please seek medical assistance; however, what I can tell you is that, yes, soda does cause acid reflux. Let me tell you why.
As I have stated in most articles I have written, acid reflux is mostly caused by too much acid in the stomach and a faulty lower esophageal sphincter (LES) valve OR pressure by something, usually food from overeating or pregnancy which causes the LES to fail. There are other reasons and if you are interested you can read a more comprehensive article on the cause by clicking here. This being said, carbonated beverages, mainly soda, is one of the main causes of acid reflux due to the carbonation in the stomach which causes the stomach to expand and creates enough pressure to make your LES fail. When this valve fails then stomach contents are allowed to up-flow into the esophagus. Sometimes you may feel like you are burping up food and sometimes, if stomach acid is present, your esophagus will burn. Soda with caffeine is a double whammy because of the pH level in both caffeine and soda which can really make matters worse; plus, caffeine, chocolate and mint tea actually relaxes the LES and causes it to fail.
In 2007 the General Dentistry published an article on the acidity of some common soft drinks. Of course this article shows how acid drinks will cause tooth decay, but that same article can give insights on how much acid these drinks have in them and we can conclude that this contributes to acid reflux.
What is pH?
pH or "potential of Hydrogen", measures the acidic or alkaline level of a substance or solution. If a substance or solution has an equal amount of acidic and alkaline molecules, then the pH is considered neutral. The pH scale runs from 0.0 to 14.0 with 7.0 being neutral. 0 to 7.0 is considered acid and 7.1 to 14 is considered alkaline. The blood in your body should be slightly alkaline at around 7.3. If your blood is less than 7.3 then it is considered acidic and many complications can arise depending on how acidic it becomes. Finally, not all food or beverages will react the same in everyone and automatically affect the pH level in your blood. That is why some people can eat extremely spicy food and not have it affect them; however, over time it will. Eating and drinking acidic substances will cause your stomach acid to rise and if you have a faulty LES then you will get heartburn or worse. Esophageal cancer is the fastest growing cancer in the U.S. due to our eating habits.
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|Mr. Pibb
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|7 Up
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|Mug Root Beer
|Tap Water
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|4.1 – 4.2
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The history of Sunflower Hills began on August 1, 1973, when as a member of the Wyandotte County Park Board, the late Bill Lindquist wrote a letter to the KCK City Commissioners offering Park Board land in western Wyandotte County for the sole purpose of constructing a golf course. "It was always my dream that KCK and Wyandotte County would someday have a championship golf course and there was no opposition whatsoever," said Lindquist. "The city, county, Bonner Springs were all interested and they made it easy."
By December 5, 1973, Packard Inc. of LaGrange IL was chosen from more than a half-dozen bidders as the architect. The construction contract was then awarded to William Maddux of Batavia IL and ground breaking was held April 16, 1975. A contest to name the course drew 104 suggestions with Andy Bartolac submitting the winner, Sunflower Hills.
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Marcus Westbury founded and directed some of Australia's most innovative and unconventional cultural events, including the Free Play independent games developers' conference in Melbourne.
He was also named by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald as a "rising star" in 2001, a prediction Westbury says he has largely failed to live up to, until now.
Westbury has created a three-part series for the ABC called Not Quite Art, which explores the notion that Australia has its arts and cultural values back-to-front.
The series begins on October 16, and the second episode uses games as an example of a highly creative medium that is not widely recognized for its artistic or cultural value.
Westbury says the show "is going out in an arts timeslot, will be publicized to arts-type audiences, and will be exactly the sort of thing that those people will hate". But hopefully it will get people thinking.
Screen Play enjoyed an advance preview of the (highly recommended) show, then chatted to Westbury for the interview below.
Why did you feel the need to establish Free Play?
I grew up with computer games and still play a lot of computer games. I also have had a long involvement in DIY culture more generally. I was always struck by the fact that computer games always get treated first and foremost as an industry rather than as a cultural form like film or music or even television sometimes. It always struck me as something that was really underdeveloped - that there should be a space more like indie music or arthouse cinema that sat alongside the idea that computer games were only about making money. I'd always carried that idea around with me and then a series of conversations, particularly with Katharine Neil who was working in the industry and had a particularly strong take on its limitations and was making (anonymously at the time) Escape from Woomera, basically prompted me to act. I had already put together festivals and events for small press, indie record labels, and to me doing something similar with computer games struck me as long overdue.
What excites you most about the interactive medium?
I can speak more as someone who plays a lot of games than as an expert, but it's
probably that powerful sense of being immersed in an alternative universe. The fact that it is experiential rather than just something you observe. What disappoints me most is that we have barely scraped the potential of that and probably won't until the most creative minds are freed up from just developing bad movie tie ins, even cooler looking explosions or slightly more photorealistic sports simulations.
Do you see the Australian games industry's current battles with the Federal Government for the introduction of an R rating, and the same tax breaks and funding schemes that the film industry enjoys, as a battle for legitimacy of the medium itself?
Yes! Overwhelmingly there is a refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of games as a cultural form. I honestly think that most politicians, bureaucrats and cultural planners see computer games in the same category as "toys" and not in the same category as film or TV or music. Which is absurd, and will inevitably change, but it may have to wait for a lot of people to die. I find the ignorance from decision makers around computer games is pretty overwhelming.
What do you think is the cultural value or role of video games?
Like any cultural form, computer games help define what we believe is possible, the stories and myths of our culture - how we see the world. They also teach us a lot: I have been a long-term Civilization nut and I am sure I learnt more about organizing and decision making about actions and their consequences from playing Civ that I ever learnt in any school or course I ever took. The problem is that computer games really struggle to live up to their cultural potential.
Why do you think games are enormously popular, yet mostly perceived in the wider community to have no cultural value?
Again, I think it relates to the idea that games are perceived as toys. One of the larger issues, which I tried to get at in the show, is the idea that there is always a really long time lag between a culture developing and when it's legitimized. Although computer games have been around for a long time we are still probably twenty years short of the time when all those people who have never played them and didn't grow up with them are out of the decision making roles. The same think happened with film and photography - it took a generation or more before the people who decided what cultures and were legit caught up with the culture that was actually happening.
Do you think most commercial games on store shelves are art?
I don't care to be honest. I am technically an arts festival director but the question of what is and isn't art has always struck me as a bit of wank. What disappoints me with most - not all - commercial games is that there is an awful lot of skill, but not a lot of creativity or imagination. I think that's mainly because the imagination side is too often in the hands of the bean counters and the marketing departments and not the creative people who are passionate about computer games and want to take risks and explore what computer games can be.
What should be done to help interactive entertainment reach its artistic potential?
We need to find ways to take risks because that's when really exciting things happen, when people get the chance to try things that might fail. I think government has a role to play in funding and supporting that - generally industry is too conservative to be able to that. Unfortunately, to the extent that there is government support in Australia, it's mostly based on the opposite idea: of supporting projects that are highly likely to be financially successful. To me that's entirely back-to-front. I have had a go at doing something about that through Free Play and I am having another go with this show, but I don't think I've got all the answers - I am just chipping away at some bits of it.
On the show Katharine Neil talks passionately about her desire to see games that explore Australian themes and culture. How do you think this can change when the budgets for games are so high that developers have to make products that cater to worldwide audiences?
Yeah, I don't know. I think that the economics of the games (industry) means that you need to find worldwide audiences but we have the same problem with films and we manage to find ways to do that. I am probably less interested in how "Australian" a game is than in simply breaking out of the handful of formulas that tend to be copied over-and-over again in computer games. I think Australians are great innovators and I think if we create spaces where they can take risks some of them will take off. I think the problem with budgets is a much larger one but I am not convinced that bigger and better is the only route that games need to go down. The film industry in Australia isn't always trying to make Hollywood blockbusters - just films that find their audience. I think computer games probably need to think in the same terms a little.
Thanks for your time Marcus, good luck with the program.
this is a little different take to the whole art and gaming thing
I to enjoy art and I am halfway through drawing masterpiece in the dust on the side of my ps3
now this may sound like a dig at the ps3 but its not...I was inspired by that guy that goes around and paints in the dust on cars
the side of the ps3 is perfect for doing this sort of thing as it is a dark canvas and does not get used much
The artwork I am attempting is to do the scene from titanic where they are on the front of the boat but instead of jack and rose there is Peter moore and that crazy ken kutargi guy from sony
the art work will be called titanic 2 which sort of symbolizes the ps3 to many people and I aim on selling the ps3 as artwork
Please don't take this as a fanboy post...I am dead serious
- Posted by: Dale on October 2, 2007 8:08 AM
"and will inevitably change, but it may have to wait for a lot of people to die."
thats made me laugth
- Posted by: skunk01 on October 2, 2007 11:04 AM
Marcus certainly comes across as the real deal, and he makes some excellent points.
"..the question of what is and isn't art has always struck me as a bit of wank." - I was just about ready to hug him at this point.
In my opinion, the gaming community is tighter-knit than that of many other artforms, and there is certainly an intelligent sector provoked into discourse by the medium - Screen Play being one such example.
If this is not a cultural phenomenon worth investing in, I don't know what is.
I'll be interested to see what the series has to say.
- Posted by: Lith on October 2, 2007 11:43 AM
Has anyone here played "Typing of the Dead"?
My brother gave it to me yesterday and I am well and truly addicted. It brings a whole new edge to "House of the dead"
- Posted by: Thursty on October 2, 2007 12:34 PM
Re: Thursty on October 2, 2007 12:34 PM
Yeah, I played it to death back around 2000ish. It really improved my typing speed! (didn't do much for my typing accuracy though...)
IMO every school should have that game at their disposal.
- Posted by: asdf on October 2, 2007 12:49 PM
Good interview, Jason.
Sounds interesting, I'll be watching this for sure.
Any idea what time the program will air on Oct 16?
Jason says:Thanks, it will be on at 10pm.
- Posted by: squirrelz on October 2, 2007 12:59 PM
that was hilarious dale. no it was..
actually bring on titanic 4
- Posted by: endstand on October 2, 2007 4:54 PM
Being a patron of the arts I have long recognised the value of our Graphical Artists. Unfortunately most CGI falls into the realm of the Graphos and not the Fine Artists. Most game imagery aims for realism and does not actually explore many artist concepts expected in Fine Art.
I am a little disappointed that Westbury seems to have written off the high esteem and value that we hold for our graphical artists. Although patron to fine artists and not graphos, I still hold the hard work that they do with praise both within the education system and work force.
CGI is a wonderful medium and it would be fantastic to see game studios put more Fine Artist onto the payroll to enhance gaming. With that said, how many gamers know where the horizon should be placed on the canvas, complementary colours and the rules behind minimalism?
- Posted by: terrarocks on October 2, 2007 4:58 PM
Interesting interview - it made me very keen to check out Escape From Woomera but I had a lot of trouble finding much about this at all - any links?
Jason says: You might be interested in this story - http://www.theage.com.au/news/Games/Playing-with-the-political/2004/12/08/1102182304171.html - which offers some background, and you can play the game here - http://selectparks.net/archive/escapefromwoomera/
- Posted by: col on October 3, 2007 10:43 AM
Thanks Jason but the download link on the page is broken :(
Good article though.
- Posted by: col on October 3, 2007 2:42 PM
Sometimes I really wish the definition of art would just get changed to the following definition: "Not scientific"
If you think about it, anything that doesn't have a strict finite formula (i.e chemical reaction) can be considered, or at least construed, as art. It would also make up a pretty easy test: Is there a list of instructions that will result in an identical product being made? if yes, not art; if no, is art.
- Posted by: Anthony on October 3, 2007 3:17 PM
They spent the music tax money on golden violins,and more party busting police. dont worry theres the army band.
- Posted by: mc on October 4, 2007 12:01 PM
What is this garbage? There is no art in video games unless you are a graphic artist who generates images on a computer. Do you think 15 year old geeks who shoot em up in Doom give a toss about the color of the blood they try and spill? They only care for the 'real' factor and that has more to do with computer processors and video cards.
Art? gimme a break polly waffle.
- Posted by: Andrew Stainer on October 14, 2007 10:09 PM
A reminder that the games segment of the Not Quite Art program is on the ABC tonight at 10pm. Highly recommended viewing.
If you miss it, the show will also be available as a download from http://www.abc.net.au/tv/notquiteart/
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This novel traces the life experiences of a once highly successful woman who falls prey to electroshock and subsequently struggles to piece back together her life. Naomi suffers enormous memory loss; additionally, an estrangement from her family of origin that she has no way to wrap her mind around. The novel begins with her wandering the corridor of St. Patricks-St Andrews Mental Health Centre (St. Pukes) faced with the seemingly impossible challenge of coming to terms with the damage done her, as well uncovering the hidden details of her life. It moves back and forth between a relatively happy childhood in the legendary north-end Winnipeg of the mid-1900s and post-ECT adulthood in Toronto. An exceptionally kind man named Ger who befriends Naomi comes to suspect that important pieces of the puzzle of what befell her lurk beneath the surface of writing in a binder of hers, which comes to be known as Black Binder Number Three. What Naomi progressively comes to do, often with Ger's help and just as often with the help of a very different and eerily similar sister named Rose, is find ways to do justice to her life and to the various people in it. Filled with a vast array of colourful and insightful characters from a variety of communities--Toronto¹s Kensington Market of the 1970s, the 1970's trans community, north-end Winnipeg Jewry, and the ingenious and frequently hilarious mad community--this novel sensitizes us to the horror of electroshock, takes us to new levels in our understanding of what it means to be human, and, in the process, leads us to question the very concept of normalcy.
"Bonnie Burstow's The Other Mrs. Smith is a first rate, emotionally powerful novel. Her writing is vivid and personal, spiced with pungent Jewish expressions. The scenes with Winnipeg's North End have a life-like, photographic intensity, also important social history. The portrayal of Jewish family relatives is very personally involving, and some of the psychiatric inmates are so sharply sketched, they bring back my own early memories."
--Don Weitz , Toronto psychiatric survivor, social justice activist, and co-editor of Shrink-Resistant
"Forced electroshock left me bereft of my life's purpose, until I spoke out. Though the testimonial facts of the struggle up from brain damage are mine and those of other survivors, this powerful story and the sheer artistry of its handling is all Bonnie. A gem of a novel and a "must-read.""
--Connie Neil, author of Aftershock: Raised Consciousness Crumbles SHAM Psychiatric System
"Burstow's writing style is clear, stark, and informative, allowing the abundance of characters the space to become fully animated. She moves the reader back and forth in time metaphorically strengthening our ability to consider the history of electroshock. Read it to meet the characters and be in these rich Canadian locales. I encourage you to read it to consider how we can better the human condition."
--Spencer J. Harrison, artist, activist, educator at OCAD University
Review of The Other Mrs Smith
By Connie Neil
Read The Other Mrs Smith by Bonnie Burstow and find another well-portrayed world. The first inhabitant is a man cleaning house while minding his nine-year-old son Les; and this trans gender could be The Other Mrs Smith. You'll see within these well-written pages several characters who might be The Other Mrs Smith.
And where in the world do we find Nomi, the lead character of this novel? She does not know where or who she is or what has become of her. Nomi is lost: locked in a shock ward, unable to find where she belongs. They say her husband has visited. Who could that be?
As a Shock Survivor I can witness that the feel of the locked shock ward portrayed and the frustration of never being sure who you are and what you have done to deserve torture and brain damage is accurate. The reality of our difficult journey towards mental balance after being treated to frightening forced intervention is also correctly handled in The Other Mrs Smith. That is just what it is like.
At mealtime with fellow survivors, Nomi briefly becomes aware:
"'Naomi, pass the fuckin' butter already,' a voice was bellowing. 'Jesus!
Some people.' If you can imagine suddenly coming to in the middle of a
busy intersection, cars piled up behind you, all of them blasting their
horns, you are on your way to understanding my predicament. There was
a clinking of dishes all around me, loud chewing in my ear, and voices
everywhere, one on top of another –declaring, demanding, objecting.
'The butter, you're holding onto the butter,' a high-pitched voice insisted.'"
Here, Burstow's writing style features the unreliable narrator, as Nomi tries to comply with the environment of the mental facility. She does not know what she does not know. As the chief story of a brain-damaged survivor of electroshock Nomi harks back to her life history and her attempt to recover meaningful consciousness with growing success. Her most harrowing difficulty is the loss of memory, and finally the ability to let go of the importance is accepted when, years later, Nomi must leave home:
"I walk through every room of this house where I've lived these many
years, bidding each a final farewell. The photo lab. The study where
once my tiny daughter slept. The gallery where once . . . Ah well, I
remind myself, it's not the end of the world if I don't remember." Pg414
And if it was only to tell of Nomi's journey to recovery, this would be an important novel. But Burstow's writing also includes the major battles that thousands have gathered to protest the control of psychiatry. At one such gathering place, generations of down-trodden flourish:
"The DCC as we call it, is that rambling red building near Dufferin and
Queen—the one with the purple roof and tinted windows. Open 24/7, it
has been home to many a progressive program, serving people with
addictions, ex-inmates, refugees. Decades ago, psych survivors formed
the bulk of the clientele. . .—helped people stripped to the bone organize,
fight back. And my colleagues and I, we were a modest part of that."Pg330
Including the battle of related victimized groups gives the social context that anti-psychiatry targets when natural life events are viewed as disease. The common enemy of vulnerable people can be confronted when groups are able to ban together. The great skill Bonnie Burstow brings to this essential journey to that of protest activist from quivering shattered victim is what makes The Other Mrs Smith into a classic.
It is difficult to tell of my feelings this novel produced as the major feeling engendered is fear. It is how we are controlled. It is the whole point of the "treatment". And there can be no doubt that I became the threatened lead character as I became easily enmeshed in Nomi's dilemma –how to find herself given the paltry mental tools left her, how to become useful as an anti-psychiatry activist.
The emotional reactions are deeply felt.
In the case of this dynamic novel fear covers anger, and carries the urge in me to speak in protest against the damaging issues of hidebound psychiatric protocols that will not deviate from DSM directives, despite the evidence of human senses in relating to a suffering being. These reality-based issues I published in 2016 in my memoir Aftershock. It took thirty years to find courage to put my feelings on being badly damaged into print.
Despite the horror of bereft struggle on the part of Nomi and all shock survivors, we are pulled skilfully through chapters portraying the first glimmer of awareness of the damages to her courage to recover a useful place in the world. Finally there is reconciliation with her separated twin Rose, who arrives unannounced, and is able to fill in needed information from before the shock treatment:
"Earl followed her part way, then leaned against the doorjamb, muttering
under his breath. Ignoring Earl, she eyed Gerald curiously. Then she
beheld me, and her jaw dropped. She could see at a glance that I was a
poor imitation of the sister she had once tried so hard to emulate. Torn,
I stood there, unable to budge, barely able to breathe."Pg180
As I found in my own recovery, help comes in the compassionate advice of fellow sufferers, from commonsense knowledge of trusted experience, from the courage to express that hard won knowledge in an artistic form. For Nomi the way back into life is in her photography; for me it is creative writing; and your action will be what you can do to further the causes of life and death (to the psychiatric system).
Read it and weep. I did. And then I spoke out in protest. In The Other Mrs Smith you will connect to your own personal struggle for useful independence and your urge to right the entrenched wrong of this system.
As a reader, I want to be moved and changed by a piece of writing, by complex characters that offer me a new understanding about life. As a writer, I look to be offered examples of writing that help me become a better one. With the book, I wasn't disappointed. It offered both.
To be honest, I am pretty amazed at how an accomplished academic professional such as Bonnie Burstow can shift gears into such rich and poetic prose that draws the reader into a collection of complex, original characters that unfold through a mysterious evolving plot that has all kinds of twists and turns. Without giving too much away here, the novel offers us a beautiful and tragic view of one brilliant woman's life story shifting between her time living in two diverse Canadian cities; Winnipeg and Toronto. She moves us back and forth through time, offering readers a sobering account with grace, humour, dignity, and tenderness.
It is a beautifully crafted feminist novel-- a real page-turner that takes the reader on an emotional ride through the protagonist's experience as an electroshock survivor. Naively, like so many of us, I had no idea people were even still be treated with it, never mind how damaging it is for one's memory.
Besides its feminist theme, it also holds space for issues of various marginalized Canadian communities from Indigenous peoples and the homeless, to the trans community. However, the underlying lesson the author offers here goes beyond the labels and categories we've created among us and down into to the bones of what it means to be human. Yes, we fight for what we believe in, we do our own work, we follow our passion and we stand up for injustice but also--ultimately, this book reminds us about acceptance too. It offers us a message about the great paradox of life we all must recognize sooner or later; we all experience great suffering and great joy. Life is tragic and beautiful. We will shed big tears of both kind and it's all ok. Perhaps it is when we come to truly allow a space for both, when we don't cling to our ideas about how things should be for us-- we find our peace.
Bonnie Burstow's beautiful novel, "The Other Mrs. Smith," continues to resonate with me.
We follow Naomi, who has been deeply impacted by memory loss, caused by Electroshock (ECT). This captivating character, gives us a lively and very human portrayal, of living in the world with memory impairments. Relying on index cards to make sense of things, Naomi develops a sophisticated system of self-accommodation, as she negotiates the expectations of 'normalcy' imposed by people around her. We come to understand her lived reality, and to love those characters, who just take her where she is at.
The novel brings us a perspective on supporting those who are psychiatrized. Naomi's husband Earl, was counting on 'being in the right,' when he had Naomi committed. The Novel has us question the 'ordinary story.' What if the place we turn to for help, actually-causes serious harm? Like Naomi's friend Gerald, perhaps it is better to tell our loved ones to get as far away as possible. Although Naomi's life, is at times fragmented and disoriented, over time, she comes to 'perceive the world,' more insightfully than ever.
I appreciate this rare glimpse behind 'Asylum' walls, where Naomi finds humanity and solidarity amongst inmates, within an institution they call "St. Pukes." A diverse group of people gather there. Jack an Aboriginal man, becomes a leading ally, as they are caught together, within the institution walls. His strength and insight, guide her throughout. The characters she finds there, provide a roadmap, giving clues about how to navigate the Institution. It also brings unforgettably amusing moments of inmate resistance.
At a time where psychiatric institutions, have become normalized as the common singular solution, to all our existential-dilemmas and traumas, this modern-day version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," provides a refreshing and lively new perspective. Naomi is profoundly impacted by Electroshock. ECT is at once an old story, and a present day one. "The Other Mrs. Smith," gives us a feminist view of psychiatry, where women are given ECT, at much higher rates, contextualizing this within patriarchal power-relations. In a poetic moment, Naomi turns her gaze back on the doctors at "St. Pukes," seeing it with renewed insight.
The novel has memorable LGBTQ, Aboriginal, and homeless characters. Gerald, a trans-person, is a solid Ally, and an important character, in the novel. He gives us missing clues about her history and story, which have been erased by ECT. His lovely warmth and humour gives solid ground, in the midst, of the chaos. A modern-day family is forged, to support Naomi as she raises her child, (together with Gerald's child, Les). It has insightful scenes, conceptualizing family, and community differently. The Novel inspires a hopeful image, giving a rich space where marginalized people continually re-invent themselves, and resist institutional oppression.
Naomi shares vivid childhood memories, growing up Jewish in North-End Winnipeg in the midst, of labour and class-struggles. We are brought close to Naomi's family, as they pull together, to understand anew, their daughter's (new) way of being in the world. In a reversal of fortunes, in contrast to the life of her childhood, where Naomi excelled academically, (i.e. on her way to becoming a film director or critic), her twin sister Rose, (always academically slow) now becomes an affectionate source of support and wisdom. The novel includes a beautiful portrayal of the strong connection between twin sisters. These siblings, aware of each other, intuitively 'feel' each other's pains; the bonds between them are at times severed, but also healed.
The Other Mrs. Smith, also gives us a bit of a mystery to be solved, which becomes a theme throughout. This creates an intriguing element in the novel. Towards the end, we gain insight into a troubling truth about Naomi, and the institution, which caused her brain damage. Her daughter Ruth, plays a vital role in this discovery. This portrayal shows that the impacts of the damage caused by ECT are multi-generational and cause devastating harm. Ruth eventually gains a new connection with her mother, and finally also heals.
This novel is poetic, poignantly powerful, and very human! It is ever-hopeful that people can come together to understand and appreciate each other differently. It made me cry and laugh, through the intimate connections with Naomi, and her lovely community of friends and family! A portion of the novel takes place in Toronto, which makes this novel feel, all-the-more personal to me. This special novel, has a compassionate connection, giving humanity to Naomi's lived reality; it is a wonderful, insightful literary work.
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After a long year we are all ready for a little bit of a break. However, it doesn't take long for boredom to set in, so here are 5 budget friendly school holiday ideas.
To view my other posts with school holiday ideas click here.
Check out your local library for fun holiday activities
I've mentioned before that a visit to your local library is great for cheap family entertainment but the library in our area also offers school holidays activities. My son and I have made sparkly jewellery, cute badges, sand art, we've been to Lego afternoons, we have even enjoyed a pizza party! Check out what is on offer in your area. Keep in mind some activities do require you to book and don't forget to stock up on books and movies while you're there.
Have a movie night
Put on your comfiest jammies, pop some popcorn, build a pillow fort and throw on one of the movies you picked up at the library. A great (cheap) way to spend an evening with your family.
Holiday at home
Sometimes a trip away just isn't feasible, whether due to financial or time constraints so why not have a holiday at home? My son loves to help set a tent up in the back yard and playing in it with his toys. Finish the day off with a BBQ for dinner and eat outside. The best part is your still get to sleep in your own bed! Of course if you're feeling really adventurous you could always sleep in the tent.
Do some baking
Cooking is a great activity for kids. Older kids can read the directions, younger kids can help with measuring ingredients and everyone has a turn at stirring. Once you're done, sit down for an afternoon tea party to enjoy your spoils. Snap a picture and tag me on Facebook or Instagram so I can see.
Pack a picnic and head to the beach
Take your own lunch, maybe some of the treats you baked or just a few simple sandwiches. Enjoy the sun, fresh air, salt and build some sandcastles. Just remember to take lots of water, hats and sunscreen!
There you have 5 budget friendly ideas for activities to enjoy during the school holidays. What type of things do you like to do during the school holidays?


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GMB Condemns Attempted Grenade Murder of Union Leader
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson must urgently address violence with Colombian Ambassador says union.
GMB has condemned the attempted assassination of a Colombian trade union leader.
Medardo Cuesta narrowly escaped death when his bullet proof car was destroyed by a grenade.
Mr Cuesta, treasurer of GMB's sister trade union SINTRAINAGRO, had left the vehicle to enter his union's offices in Ciénaga, in the province of Magdalena, minutes before attackers hit his blacked out vehicle.
It is the fourth assassination attempt on Mr Cuesta during his 25 years as union leader.
Despite the signing of a peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas, extra-judicial killings have continued apace.
A total of 120 community activists have been killed in the last 14 months, 30 of them coming this year.
Bert Schouwenburg, GMB International Officer, said:
"This latest attack on our Colombian trade union colleague is completely unacceptable.
"The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, who was so keen to support both the EU free trade deal and the UK bilateral agreement with Colombia, must make the strongest protests to their ambassador in London about this latest outrage.
"He must demand that every effort is made to bring the perpetrators to justice.
"SINTRAINAGRO unequivocally supported the peace process in Colombia.
"The least their government could do in return is guarantee their safety to go about the legitimate business of representing their members."
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Simon Kloostra from JoomlaSEO joins me for an interview to talk about his passion, search engine optimisation and website performance with Joomla!
He shares with us five awesome tips that are applicable to any website as well as breaks down the Joomla! Beat Podcast website and gives me an analysis of what can be improved on the website
Joomla! News
Joomla! UX Team Calls for Volunteers
Crystal Harris from the Joomla! UX team has put out a call for volunteers in regards to the user experience of Joomla!
If you're keen on making some changes to Joomla! in regards to how users use the website and how it may visually look, visit the Joomla.org blog post and fill in the submission form to join the team.
Interview with Simon Kloostra from JoomlaSEO.com
After a few technical issues with technology, Simon and I finally get to chat about a few great things that you can do in regards to search engine optimisation for your Joomla! website or in fact, any website.
1) Think About the User
Simon's first tip was around the user experience. You can build a site stuffed with keywords and search engine optimised links but if the user struggles to find information or is not given the right information, the is ends up being not useful. Keep search engine optimisation best practises in the back of your mind as you're building but don't let it be your number one focus.
2) Write Good Meta Tags
This includes the titles of your pages and the meta description. This here is an important step as this is what users will see when they get a search result from Google. You can leave them blank and let Google sort it out for you but it is better if you spend the time and effort in writing good descriptions that related directly to the content on the page.
3) Search Engine Optimisation Configuration
Make sure that your Joomla website is configured correctly for search engine optimisation. If you have an apache server, you should turn on the .htaccess file that comes with Joomla and enable the Global Configuration option for this.
Making sure you set up your website right in the first place will save you time and energy in the long run when it comes to optimisation.
4) Categorisation and Structure
Make sure you organise your content correctly and in an appropriate way. Taking advantage of building good categories in Joomla can make you out rank the competition. Make use and good use of your category blog pages and make them really useful and not just a page with links. Think of what is most appropriate for your users of your website when landing on a top level category area of your website.
5) Crawl for Errors
Using tools to crawl your website like, "Screaming Frog, SEO Spider" to find errors on your website and get them fixed. Customise your 404 error page on your website and make better use of that Internet real estate. Google doesn't like a miss managed site with errors. Fix them as soon as you can.
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You can follow Simon on Twitter, and of course contact him directly via his website, JoomlaSEO, where you can also grab a copy of his book, Joomla 3 SEO and Performance.
Joomla Beat Podcast Current Stats and Positioning
Just a quick snapshot where everything is right now.
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Seblod Training Course
James joins me to chat about the first part of the Seblod Training Course where he guides us through the installation and initial setup of Seblod.
Make sure you sign up to be sent the course material and video to get started and learning all about what Seblod is and how you can take advantage of it. Sign up at http://joomlabe.at/seblod


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First is a super-easy one. Covered a plastic pot with book paper and Modge Podge. The flower is made by sticking ordinary coffee filters into a plastic wiffle ball - both from the Dollar Store. I left the bottom half of the ball empty, as it's sitting so pretty in the pot.
Here's a little spring bird wearing a jaunty hat I made (much better than the scary clown snowman, right?) I made his little nest by rolling and hot gluing scraps from the burlap coffee bags my niece sent me. (p.s. - Niki, I used jaunty there just for you!)
I'm finally using my vintage window from ReStore. It's a great place to display garlands I'm making in Spark the Event Online classes.
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On the bus. He could feel every contour of his face, every edge and protrusion. The skin was pulled more tightly over the bone and cartilage than usual. It often did that just after he had showered. The skin probably dried up somewhat. But who had time for lotions and ointments, really? It was more than enough work to brush each day. Flossing only occurred sporadically. When he remembered to remember. Not often enough according to his dentist. Screw that guy though, he had arm-hair covering his wrist watch. He may know about dental hygiene but who takes advice from a guy like that? And those kids in the framed pictures, let's just hope they're talented or something.
He had gotten off the bus now, waiting for the next one. In that little glassy hut-like structure they call a bus stop. Smoking the first cigarette of the day as he stood there. Mulling over what he had heard about the nicotine in the cigarettes turning your fingers yellow he concluded;
"This is what yellow tastes like."
Do colours have tastes? If they did, yellow would no doubt taste like a morning cigarette in the rain. Did the cigarettes actually taste different while smoked on an early, rainy day? Or was it all in his head? In either case it was all real to him. That's what mattered, right now. Until he got to see her again. Finallly.


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The Great Wall (2017)
- Rating
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Release Date
- February 17, 2017
- Director
- Yimou Zhang
- Written by
- Carol Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy
- Cast
- Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Tian Jing, Andy Lau, Eddie Peng, Numan Acar, Lu Han, Hanyu Zhang, Junkai Wang
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Following poor reviews and a disappointing box office performance, The Great Wall could be facing losses of more than $75 million.
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Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: February 19, 2017
Our box office wrap-up for the weekend of February 19, 2017, featuring new release The Great Wall and returning champ The LEGO Batman Movie.
The Great Wall Costume Designer Explains Her Process
We interview The Great Wall costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo about her process creating the costumes and how the experience compared to other films.
The Great Wall Review
Despite some inspired elements, The Great Wall is an odd mashup of Hollywood monster blockbuster and sweeping Chinese fantasy epic.
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The Great Wall Director Explains The Film's Cultural Challenges
We interview The Great Wall director Zhang Yimou about the cultural challenges he faced making the film and what he hopes audiences take away from it.
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Legendary Comics announces that they will release a tie-in prequel graphic novel for their upcoming fantasy film The Great Wall.
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The Great Wall gets a 9-minute Chinese trailer, teasing the historical fantasy adventure (directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Matt Damon).
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The Gift / Midnight Sun | Oslo, Hackney
- 03 Saturday, 3 March 2018, 19:00
- Oslo Hackney, City of London
The Gift / Midnight Sun | Oslo, Hackney
Resonance Events Presents The Gift music UK and Midnight Sun live at Oslo, Hackey.
The Gift are a symphonic progressive rock band based in London. They formed in 2003 when Mike Morton (writer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist) hooked up with Leroy James (guitarist, writer and producer). They had both been working throughout the 80s and 90s in mainstream rock projects, but discovered a shared love for prog (which they had supressed due to its supposed stigma). The Gift started as a duo, with ...Show the whole text
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