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- A new study confirms what some of us have long suspected: Dogs are just as smart as kids. The average pooch is just as smart as a 2-year-old child. A dog can understand up to 250 words and gestures, can count up to five and do simple math. Border collies and retrievers are among the smartest dogs but the research showed even the average dog is more intelligent than previously thought.
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My review of 3D TV technology
Here's my take on 3D television after trying it out at Comcast's viewing demonstration of the Masters in 3D on Thursday. I caught a quick glimpse (maybe two minutes) of 3D TV technology late last year at RealD's offices in Boulder.
The Technology:
Comcast had two sets of 3D TVs, a 55-inch Samsung and a 50-inch Panasonic. The Samsung model costs about $3,000. I haven't seen a price yet for the Panasonic. I spent two, roughly 20-minute sessions watching the Masters on the Panasonic TV.
The Good:
The coolest part about watching golf in 3D is being able to see a putt break as though you are on the green with the player. You get a vivid image of anything that has depth, such as the bunkers and the branches on the trees. One of Tiger's approach shots was shown Read more…

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Q: I just installed a backyard water garden. How do I take care of it?
Cheryl – Charlotte, NC
A: Congratulations! You've just waded into a relaxing and exciting hobby that will give you joy for years to come—as long as take proper care of it. Here's a quick rundown of what we recommend to new pond hobbyists.
1. Keep It Clean
First and foremost, it's critical to keep your water column clean and your pond's rocks and surfaces free from muck and debris. If you don't, you'll end up with a smelly, algae-filled hole in the ground, and who wants that—particularly if you plan on hosting backyard barbeques this summer!
We suggest you use the Pond Logic® DefensePAC®, an easy-to-use combo pack that includes Oxy-Lift™ Defense®, Nature's Defense®, Clarity Defense®, Muck Defense® and Seasonal Defense®. These products work together to remove excess debris and promote a healthy ecosystem for your fish and plants all year long.
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If you're like many water garden hobbyists, you'll soon be adding aquatic plants to you pond (if you haven't already!). Water lilies, water hyacinth, irises and a host of other floating, submerged and marginal plants can do wonders to spruce up a backyard, adding pops of color and interest to your outdoor living space.
But that's not all. Aquatic plants, like those found in our Aquatic Plant Packages, also naturally filter the water in your pond by removing harmful pollutants and gases, releasing oxygen and being a breeding ground for muck-destroying beneficial bacteria. Plus, your fish will use the plants as an underwater playground!
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Speaking of which, you may also wish to add koi, goldfish and other aquatic critters, like snails and turtles, to your pond. They're fun to watch and care for, they add life and movement to your water garden, and they add another dimension to your new hobby. (If you haven't been to a koi show yet, plan on it!)
A word of warning: Remember that fish grow, so don't maximize your fish load from the get go. A booming population of goldfish, koi or other pond fish means an overload of fish waste, which can cause problems down the road. In general, we recommend one 6- to 8-inch fish per 10 square feet of surface area.
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Finally, let's talk filter media. Where is it? Do you have enough of it? Filter media typically lives in your filter box, and its purpose is to mechanically remove large debris from your water as it flows through the filter, as well as provide a home for gunk-gobbling beneficial bacteria.
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RealAudio (.rm) format requires two files. The first is the music file itself. We'll call it music.rm for this example. The second file is a simple text file. We'll call it music.ram. Let's also assume your domain name is mysite.com.
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The Consortium for Child Welfare (CCW) is a coalition of human service agencies established in 1980 to improve child welfare services. Our mission is to advocate for vulnerable children, youth and families in the District of Columbia by uniting private human service providers to ensure a responsive and accountable system of care. This results in safety, family permanence, well-being and positive youth development. CCW and its members fulfill the mission by protecting children and supporting families through communication and collaboration; promoting innovation; developing resources; and advocating for the highest practice standards.
CCW understands what is necessary to effectively influence the various aspects of the human services network including public entities, private providers and funding sources that make up the child welfare system. Advocacy and education are essential tools in order to ensure the vital needs of vulnerable children and families are met and not overlooked.
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The Consortium for Child Welfare offers a Training Academy that provides workshops on a variety of social work related topics. The trainings are created to provide professional development opportunities for social workers, counselors, daycare providers, foster parents, and other direct service providers in Washington DC and surrounding areas.
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Keeping children safe is everybody's business. Find out when and how to report known or suspected incidents of child abuse or neglect in the District.
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CCW partnered with Howard University School of Social Work to co-author a DC City Council commissioned report examining the trend of older youth entering the District of Columbia Foster Care System.
The Consortium of Child Welfare is conducting a training for DC providers whom have been trained in the area of early child care and education within the last three years. The training will refresh the basic tools on the signs of child maltreatment and reporting process..
The Consortium for Child Welfare (CCW) is hosting a foster parent recruitment fair for DC residents willing to provide a loving and nurturing home for children between the ages of zero and 20. For more information about the fair, please call 202.547.1589 or visit www.consortiumforchildwelfare.org..


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World of Shijuren Home
Books in Shijuren
1. A Lake Most Deep 2. The Eyes of a Doll 3. Where Now the Rider
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Welcome to the home of all things related to the world of Shijuren novels written by Rob Howell. These books are available on Amazon in both e-book and paperbook formats. You can also buy paperback copies from Andrixos of Calontir Trim.
Here you will find a wiki holding all sorts of information about the world, both things published in the novels and background information. There's a link to Rob's blog at www.robhowell.org/blog in the main menu. Also, there's a forum for fans to comment and suggest things to Rob.
If you are new to wikis, you will see many words followed by a "?" that is a link. These are items that have not yet been created on the wiki, but will eventually.
Note that all entries are made describing them as they are in 1710 MG, or just prior to I Am a Wondrous Thing. Entries that change in any of the books will have a link to another page describing the changes. That link will look like: "Entry X" after "Book Title." Hence, the main page for an entry will not have any spoilers. The additional pages will include spoilers, so do not go look at these pages if you have not read the book named in the link, unless of course, you want to read the spoilers. In that case, go ahead.
On the left sidebar, you will see a Search bar, a list of Categories, and Rob's Calendar. On the right sidebar is a Site Menu with links Rob's blog, Shijuren books on Amazon, and the Shijuren forums. Below that is a list of some Random Pages. If you are a registered user, there will also be a list of items that have changed since the last time you were here.
Whatever way you want to navigate the wiki, I hope you have as much fun reading about the World of Shijuren as I have had making it.


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When it comes to Thanksgiving recipes, I've already covered the basics: stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, apple pie, and more. But let's face it: unless you're hosting for the first time, you probably have a recipe or two of your own.
But what about the morning before Thanksgiving? See, I bet you didn't put much thought into that, did you? Usually over the holidays you can count on a house full of visiting family, and they need breakfast! And you need to get started on the turkey, so you know what's a great idea? A simple, easy, totally delicious recipe that they can enjoy — perfect for getting everyone into the holiday spirit a little early!
For this recipe, I tried to focus on an ingredient that was great for your skin and perfectly for the holidays — and I settled on pumpkin! Pumpkin has tons of Vitamin A, which jump-starts the skin cell renewal process and helps give you youthful, radiant skin. It's also a great source of Vitamin E, an antioxidant that protects and repairs your skin (Vitamin E is also found in Simple Skincare Protecting Light Moisturizer, one of my favorites)! So you're doing good for your skin as well as your body — think about that when you go for seconds!
And for more awesome skin-loving recipes, check out Simple Skincare's Skin-Loving Food and Nutrition Pinterest board!
Pumpkin Gingerbread
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs
1/3 cup water
1/2 of a 15-ounce can of pumpkin puree
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp cinnamon
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9″ by 5″ loaf pan.
Mix together sugar, oil and eggs and beat until smooth. Add water, pumpkin, ginger, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon and beat together until well blended.
Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder to the mixture and blend until evenly distributed. Pour into the loaf pan and bake until a knife inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.
For the icing, mix together powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Start with one tablespoon of milk and increase in small increments until the icing is pourable. Pour onto the gingerbread, cut and serve.


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Have you ever lost a recipe? A couple years ago, a reader emailed me, sending me a link to a delicious-looking blood orange tart that she thought I might enjoy. The photo that accompanied the recipe was startling — fiery, purple and magenta coins of oranges with burnished edges laid over a rustic tart base and if ever a photo could reel me in, that one was it.
Unfortunately, nearly as instantly as I fell for the tart, I lost it. And I know what you're thinking: how do you lose a tart you've never made, never eaten and that is fully available on the internet? But somehow I managed to, and spent the next two years Googling it to no end, stumbling onto hundreds of blood orange tart recipes and never finding That One again. When I saw that blood oranges were once again in season this year, I vowed that this time, I would not leave my computer until I found it and it worked! Do you know where I found it? A totally random and very obscure Web site called Food & Wine.
Food. And. Wine. Only one of the biggest food magazines in the world. Though in my defense, their search has gotten much better in the last year. Oh who am I kidding? There is no excuse.
Onwards! Happily reunited, I vowed to never part with this recipe again and to seal our alliance in the most public of arenas (hm, can you someone has been watching a lot of Rome lately? Thiiiiiiiirteenth!) … I made it for dessert for our inaugural dinner party last Tuesday and it was gone in about sixty seconds. (Likely because I'd somehow thought it would be enough dessert for 12 people. Details.) Oh, and it's so easy to make, you'll really kick yourself if you part with it for very long.
One year ago: Key Lime Cheesecake with Mango Ribbons
Two years ago: Paula Wolfert's Hummus
Flaky Blood Orange Tart
Adapted from Zoe Nathan, via Food and Wine
This basic, rustic crostata approach — thinly sliced fruit, some sugar, some butter and a flaky dough — is something you can use with any fruit, any time you want a quick and pretty dessert. (We've used this previously with the Simplest Apple Tart.) But really, it's the perfect way to use blood oranges; nothing will better show off their pretty hues.
1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, the stick cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
3 tablespoons ice water
8 to 10 blood oranges (about 5 ounces each) [I only needed 7]
1 large egg yolk mixed with 2 tablespoons of water
Deep, Dark Salted Butter Caramel Sauce, for serving (after using Zoe Nathans, decided that I definitely prefer my own, reprinted below)
1. In a food processor, pulse the 1 cup of flour with 2 tablespoons of the sugar and the baking powder and salt. Add the stick of cold butter and pulse several times, just until it is the size of peas. Sprinkle the dough with the ice water and pulse just until moistened crumbs form. Turn the crumbs out onto a work surface, knead once or twice and pat the pastry into a disk. Wrap the pastry in plastic and chill for 30 minutes.
2. On a floured work surface, roll out the pastry to an 11-inch round, about 1/4 inch thick. Transfer the pastry to a parchment paper–lined flat cookie sheet and refrigerate for 15 minutes, or until chilled.
3. Meanwhile, peel the blood oranges, removing all of the bitter white pith. Thinly slice 2 of the oranges crosswise; remove the pits. Transfer the orange slices to a plate. Working over a sieve set over a bowl, cut in between the membranes of the remaining oranges, releasing the sections into the sieve. Remove the pits and gently shake out as much juice as possible without mashing the sections; you will need 1 cup of sections. Reserve the orange juice for another use.
4. Arrange the orange sections on the pastry, leaving a 2-inch border all around. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the sugar over the oranges. Using a paring knife, thinly slice the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter over the oranges. Fold up the pastry over the oranges, leaving most of the oranges uncovered. Brush the pastry with the egg wash and sprinkle lightly with 1 tablespoon of the sugar. Arrange the orange slices on top, leaving a 1-inch border of pastry all around. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar on top. Freeze the tart until solid, at least 4 hours or preferably overnight.
5. Preheat the oven to 375° and position a rack in the center. Place a baking sheet on the rack below to catch any drips. Bake the tart directly from the freezer for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the fruit is bubbling and the pastry is deeply browned. Transfer the cookie sheet to a rack and let the tart cool for 30 minutes. Carefully slide the parchment paper onto the rack and let the tart cool completely. Serve with the Deep Dark Salted Butter Caramel Sauce (below).
Deep, Dark Salted Butter Caramel Sauce [Sauce au Caramel au Beurre Salé]
Makes about 1 1/3 cups of dessert sauce, or more than you'll need, but nobody will complain.
1 cup sugar
3 ounces (6 tablespoons) salted butter, the better you can get, the better it will taste
1/2 cup plus two tablespoons heavy cream, at room temperature
Melt the sugar over medium to moderately high heat in a larger pot than you think you'll need–at least two or three quarts, whisking or stirring the sugar as it melts to ensure it heats evenly. Cook the liquefied sugar to a nice, dark copper color. Add the butter all at once and stir it in, before turning off the stove and pour in the heavy cream (The sauce will foam up quite a bit when you add it; this is why you want the larger pot.), whisking it until you get a smooth sauce.
You use it right away or pour it into a jar and store it in the fridge for up to two weeks. When you take it out, it will likely have thickened a bit but 30 seconds in the microwave brings it right back to pouring consistency.
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Dear Gossips,
While obsessively hitting refresh this morning to read GQ Style's new cover feature on Aziz Ansari (at 7am ET it had yet to be uploaded), I ended up reading the magazine's feature on Steven Soderbergh and how he's "back to destroy Hollywood Read Full Intro
Behind The Candelabra in Cannes
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Michael Douglas and Matt Damon were in Cannes today to promote Behind The Candelabra, premiering on HBO and HBO Canada on Sunday. Here's where I get spoiled and whiny and wonder about my screener. That said, I also haven't checked the mail in several days. By the way, Game Of Thrones fans, Episode 9 has been pre-empted because of Memorial Day and Candelabra will air in its place so don't be surprised if you tune in on Sunday expecting the Khaleesi and find a lot of rhinestone, marble, and hairspray instead. Full Story
Blake Lively's girl drama cost her a job
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And I'm not down with that. Last week we talked about Blake Lively's involvement in Steven Soderbergh's new movie and how her casting as the lead caused a producer, the one with the money, to walk off the project. Click here for a refresher. The other producers then came out and said that Lively did not have the job in the bag after all and now today it's being reported that the role went, in fact, to Rooney Mara. Full Story
Fassbender, McGregor, and McHale!
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Well that got your attention, didn't it?I don't know why Joel McHale was moderating the Haywire Q&A after the secret screening of the movie at AFI Fest the other night. Like, he's the star of his own hit cult comedy...But if you are fan - yes, I can hear you Duana - you probably love him that much more for it, right? Also, Haywire was directed by Steven Soderbergh who also directed The Informant and McHale was in The Informant although I'm pretty sure he's not in Haywire. Full Story


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ROME (Reuters) - Comic Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement appears to be stealing momentum from Silvio Berlusconi after a string of scandals that have hit the main political parties just before Italy's election.
Publication of polls is illegal in the two weeks leading up to the vote. But several electoral experts who have seen private surveys told Reuters that Grillo's movement is the only one that is thought to be gaining significantly since the blackout period began.
The 5-Star Movement was at about 16 percent when the blackout started, trailing behind the center-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani on almost 35 percent and Berlusconi's center-right bloc on around 30 percent.
However, analysts say it is thought to have gained in the past week, as a series of high-profile scandals has further discredited the big parties. Berlusconi's potential voting pool is the one where Grillo is gaining most, experts say.
This would stall the remarkable progress that Berlusconi has made since storming back onto the political stage in December.
The progress made by Grillo's young movement of protester and Internet activists as the February 24-25 election date nears has underlined his status as potentially the biggest wild card in the race.
He has ruled out forming an alliance with any of the mainstream parties but could play a decisive role in determining the shape of the next parliament and whether a new government enjoys a strong majority or not.
High profile scandals at Italy's third-largest bank Monte dei Paschi, defense group Finmeccanica or oil major Eni have highlighted close links between the political and business elite and fuelled his maverick message.
The gains by Grillo's movement may favor the formation of a stable government if they come at Berlusconi's expense and hand the center-left a clear victory. But they could also muddy the result in the Senate, where the election law makes winning a clear majority more difficult.
Under Italian electoral law, the coalition or party that wins the biggest share of the vote gains an automatic majority of some 54 percent in the lower house. The Senate is decided on individual contests in the regions, which have varying numbers of seats, based on their size.
The gap between the two main coalitions contending for power has stayed broadly stable, and outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti's centrist bloc is still in fourth place but sliding, experts say.
Before the blackout period for polls, Berlusconi had made races in the key regions that determine the Senate line-up too close to call, notably the affluent northern region of Lombardy. There is thought to be little change to this picture with less than a week to go before the vote.
The 5-Star Movement's positive momentum is clear even without knowing the trend of the polls. On Saturday, 30,000 turned out in Turin's central square on a frigid evening to hear Grillo speak, several times as many as Berlusconi drew to an indoor rally in Turin the next day.
That Berlusconi is aware of the Genoa comic's charge is suggested by the increasingly hostile rhetoric the four-time premier is using against the 5-Star Movement.
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"There is a very high level of discontent and disgust in Italy with the way the country has been run, and that is the source of Grillo's popularity," said one analyst, who asked not to be named.
Grillo founded his movement three years ago pledging to sweep away the "dead" conventional political parties, which he says are corrupt, inept and wasteful.
He has used corruption scandals in Lombardy and Lazio, the region around Rome - which were both ruled by Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party - in his stump speeches.
"The PDL says it will not put forward any candidates who are under criminal investigation ... There won't be anyone left," Grillo growled from the stage during a rally south of Rome last month.
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Worship For All Ages!
The sixteenth episode in the "A Religion for Our Time" series explains how Reverend Erika Hewitt and her worship leaders create the magic of story-based intergenerational worship at the Live Oak UU Congregation in Goleta, California, attendance goes up! Based on the concepts illustrated in Hewitt's book, Story, Song & Worship (published by Skinner House), this is intergenerational worship that engages kids and adults alike.
Download Episode Sixteen (MP4) (right-click to save the file).
[MUSIC PLAYING] REV. PETER MORALES: I know the thought of an intergenerational worship service can strike fear in the hearts of some UUs. They worry about kids getting fidgety and stressing out their parents. Or that the service will be so geared to the kids that it doesn't really speak to the adults. But it doesn't have to be that way. At Live Oak UU in Goleta, California, the congregation looks forward to multi-generational worship.
ANNIE PARRY: The people in our congregation love the stories, and whenever there's a play, people get excited. The attendance is always up.
SPEAKER 1: Oh, oh, he is, he's going to force us off our land!
Immediately, the smart, brave, little mouse began to think of what she could do.
REV. ERIKA HEWITT: morning.
The story at the center of today's worship service for all ages is a story I've always loved. It is a folk tale about a mouse. And one of the best things about this story is that it has a great lesson, but it also invites a lot of participation. So whether it's asking people to have little cloud puppets and balls to represent the sun. Things like the windmills that our volunteers made. It lets people sort of not just sit and hear the story but know that they have a part in it.
SPEAKER 2: Who is the sun talking about? If you have an idea, hold up your clue.
JIM PEARSON: I think these services are extremely important for two reasons that have everything to do with our mission. they're intergenerational. And we're very much about it being an intergenerational congregation. Everyone has a part. But the other thing is anybody who goes there is not going to watch a service, they're going to be in worship. And being in worship might sometimes mean being silly and putting on a costume and having fun on behalf of our children and the children in all of us.
JAN ROSS: I've heard several adults say they've just really enjoyed those services and I think it's because Reverend Erika includes a theme to it that has relevance to both our children and adults.
REV. ERIKA HEWITT: Many of you are, like Mirin the Mouse, in search of something greater than yourself. All of you, by virtue of our being human, are on a journey to find meaning and to find truth.
NARRATOR: So how does it work? At Live Oak, story based worship follows the structure that Reverend Hewitt presents in her book, Story, Song and Spirit. Players act out the story, weaving it throughout the service with its other more traditional elements. This usually means one rehearsal the week before the service.
REV. ERIKA HEWITT: And over the course of the rehearsal this magic emerges. So we find the jokes and we trade ideas about what will be most vivid, or what would be most fun, or what would be most humorous. And near the end of the rehearsal, then we start talking about props and costumes.
ANNIE PARRY: My kids are away at school. So this gives me a chance to indulge in my creative side. And you know give me a pair of scissors and some cotton balls and this is a cloud with a silver lining.
[This Little Light of Mine]
NARRATOR: Music is another important consideration.
REV. ERIKA HEWITT: When I do worship service for all ages, I try to choose music that is not the kind of music that you have to read along in the hymnal to be able to sing. The point is if children is there, and they might not read, to sing songs that have more repetitive lines or songs that the congregation might know by heart.
[Go Now in Peace]
One of the balances I try to strike in these worship services is room for people to make mistakes because it won't be perfect, and room for silliness and playfulness. And to include all that and yet still make sure that the worship service feels like worship. That there are moments of reverence, there are moments of pausing to lift up the big picture.
Intergenerational worship works at my congregation. It works at Live Oak. Because the congregation has decided that children need to be known, and seen, and welcomed and included. So it works for us, because that's who we want to be at the congregation. That's what we to welcome and create together. That's who we want to be.
Visit the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Goleta, CA website for more information.


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Alcohol and the SBC: A Call for Peace
That division is occurring is irrefutable. Reading any of the articles written by those in the above categories indicates that there are few, if any, that are advocating for an end to the debate. Almost everyone who is writing about the topic uses rhetoric that suggests that this issue is anything but insignificant and some suggest that nothing short of fidelity to Sola Scriptura is at stake. Jerry Vines has gone as far at to declare that apostasy is lurking around the corner. And yesterday, in Baptist Press, Richard Land stated in a "First Person" editorial that the decision to drink alcohol is about choosing either "Wine or Witness." Even whole blogs have even been started to rebut arguments for abstinence by Danny Akin and Paige Paige Patterson. And given the recent response by James Merritt to Ben Cole's editorial in the Dallas Morning News (which was itself a response to Danny Akin's editorial in the same paper -- why again are we using secular media to post responses to one another?) , it seems things are just beginning to get out of control.
I must admit, some of this debate is healthy. Southern Baptists from time to time need to rethink their default positions in light of new academic research, Scriptual analysis, and the possibility of cultural conditioning. But, I believe this debate has taken a turn for the worse and is now being used as a test of fellowship (and possibly even faith). Personally, since the Greensboro convention, I have had my name was removed from consideration by a pastor for a ministry position because he said he was troubled by my take on Resolution #5 and called into question my ability to properly handle God's Word. So you could say that ending this "war of words" has particular implications for young ministers seeking ministry positions, as well as churches who are seeking to find the candidates to fill those positions.
So what I want to do with my few hundred words on this controversy is to issue a call to peace and a "ceasefire" (if you will) of this growing wildfire which Richard Land termed, "The Great Alcohol Debate." Just this past week I have seen attacks by "Baptist" bloggers and some other Christians on penal substitutionary atonement, Complimentarianism, and the traditional view of Hell. These are the issues that Southern Baptists need to debate with academic and spiritual vigor. The alcohol debate is almost 200 years old now, and there seems to be no end in sight. And both denominations who have taken an abstinence view and those who have taken a moderation view have grown and been successful in furthering the Kingdom of God. In the end, it is not this issue that Paul warns us to watch closely, but rather it is our doctrine that he continually calls us to guard with perseverance. We would all do well to remember the words of the apostle to his young apprentice in 1 Timothy 4:16: "Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers" (NIV).
So Southern Baptists, I call you back to doctrine, back to the essential things of faith, back to those thngs that we have been charged with preserving, namely that Great and Glorious Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I leave you with this passage from Colossians:
Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God. 20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!" 22 (which all refer to things destined to perish with use)-- in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against
fleshly indulgence.
3:1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. 5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. 6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, 7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, 10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- 11 a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. 12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. 14 Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father (2:16-3:17, NASB).


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Regional Economic Outlook, May 2010
- A.1. MENAP Oil Exporters: Emerging from the Crisis
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So we decided to do the only form of cleaning we've found to be semi-permanent: decluttering. Pack the crap off to Goodwill and you'll never have to sort it again! We took six garbage bags of stuffed animals, toys, and clothes, plus at least five large items out of the girls' room. And that is not a large room. You would think the girls might have been sad about it, but we involved them in our decision-making and they were fine. It feels so good to be able to walk into that room without sidestepping and twisting around. The girls might be able to play together in there now without getting into each other's space and fighting. And the best part may be that it is now totally possible to rearrange and fit a toddler bed in there for Robert. Yep--we could have all three of our kids in one room. It would allow us to put off remodeling our house or moving for an extra couple of years.
I'll probably put up pictures of the girls' decluttered room once we get it looking nice. We had to get rid of a chalkboard/whiteboard easel that didn't fit and was blocking access to the bed, and Jordan had the idea to paint a space on their wall with chalkboard paint instead. There are a couple of other little improvements we could make as well. Meanwhile, I want to take six bags of stuff out of every room in our house! I felt a little panicked yesterday dropping it all off, but I love the results and doubt we will miss anything. I think we will go through my sweater stash (for crafting) next. I am a bit of a sweater hoarder, I'm afraid!


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The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to have a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino populations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2004 among the 35 states that report confidential name-based HIV infections, 65% of people living with HIV are Black and Latino. Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) continues to be the predominant group of HIV transmission reported among men. HIV/AIDS interventions focused on behavior and education have been successful in reducing HIV prevalence rates among White MSM, but failed to reduce transmission rates among communities of color.
The epidemic among Black and Latino MSM has led researchers to use a psycho-cultural approach which includes psychological, social, cultural and behavioral factors, in developing more effective services for people affected with HIV/AIDS. In a 1998 book, Latino Gay Men and HIV: Culture, Sexuality, and Risk Behavior, Rafael Diaz examines the disassociations between men's intended behavior and actual behavior. His work emphasizes that sociocultural factors become internalized and affect the way an individual interacts with the community. Self-regulation, key to an individual's ability to practice safer sex, is dependent on one's intentions and interpersonal support.
But one's ability to practice safer sex can be affected by personal stress and social stressors. While Diaz focuses on gay Latino men, the model can be generalized to people of color and marginalized populations, since the same social stressors (racism, unemployment, homophobia, etc.) affect the ability to continue safer sex practices. Therefore, it is important to explore race, ethnicity, sexuality, masculinity, and religion in order to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic and empower people of color and marginalized populations.
Defining Racial and Ethnic Identity
Racial identity is defined as an individual's identification with a group based on the perception of a common racial heritage. Jean Phinney defines ethnic identity as identification with a group based on common ancestry and one or more of the following: "... culture phenotype, religion, language, kinship, or place of origin," and emphasizes that ethnic identity is not set. Rather, it is dependent on an individual's understanding of the self and ethnic characteristics. Racial identity generalizes populations based on race, and ethnic identity is an attempt to categorize populations within a race.
In an article in Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Nina Schiller states that one of the major problems hindering HIV/AIDS initiatives is the practice of creating generalized risk groups (e.g., Hispanic, Black) that fails to explore how oppression affects people of color and marginalized populations. Oppression hinders the ability of people of color to access resources such as employment, education, healthcare, and housing. Since the drive to meet basic needs overcomes concerns of exposing oneself to HIV, consideration must be given to the psychological and social factors that affect behavior among people of color based on ethnicity.
As Phinney indicates, ethnicity is composed of various factors that are not captured in nationality alone. Marginalized populations such as MSM, injection drug users, sex workers, and immigrants exist in every nationality. But HIV prevention efforts target populations that are categorized as broad groups. These efforts focus on the most accessible members of the population, offering services to only a limited section of the community while failing to acknowledge its ethnic diversity.
For example, the Mexican population in the U.S. is comprised of a myriad of ethnicities: Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano, people born in the U.S. of Mexican descent that identify as American, and other Indian civilizations. HIV interventions targeting a Chicano population may need a political focus, while those intended for Mexican migrant workers may need to address housing, food, and employment. HIV service providers must develop a greater understanding of the ethnic characteristics of the population that they serve if they are to provide culturally empowering services for people affected by HIV/AIDS.
Sexual Identity
Sexual identity is another important characteristic to consider in understanding ethnicity. Sexual and ethnic identity has resulted in a dual identity process, which affects gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) people of color in struggling to define themselves within such social networks as family, work, and friends. GLB people of color must also take into account how their sexual identity will affect their economic security, safety, and social status. Researchers Eric Dubé and Ritch Savin-Williams write that traditional GLB sexual identity models are composed of the following age cohorts: awareness of homosexual attractions, ages 8-11; homosexual sexual behaviors, 12-15; gay or lesbian identification, 15-18; disclosure to others, such as heterosexual and homosexual friends, siblings, and parents, 17-19; and development of homosexual romantic relationships, 18-20.
Research on sexual identity among GLB youth has found significant differences among various ethnic groups. A 1999 study of gay men found that Latinos were the first to be aware of their homosexual attraction at the mean age of 8, compared to 10 years of age for White, Black, Latino and Asian male youth. GLB Asian men reported having sex with a male for the first time at the mean age of 18, compared to 15 years of age for all gay males. Approximately half of the same sample of young men had a romantic relationship with a female, with a significantly lower rate among Asians. Black men were also significantly more likely to have had sex with a male before sexual identification and were the least likely to disclose their sexuality.
A 2004 study of both men and women also found that Black youth were least likely to disclose their sexuality to others, but found no difference in sexual identity, sexual attraction, and sexual behavior between Blacks, Latinos and Whites. Research in both studies corroborates the milestones specified by Dubé and Savin-Williams, providing greater understanding of the sexual identity development process among various populations.
Oppressive factors such as homophobia, discrimination, and lack of resources may cause people of color to have homosexual encounters prior to the development of their sexual identity. Dubé and Savin-Williams indicate that men experiencing this reported difficulties in adjusting to their sexual identity, more homosexual encounters, and more heterosexual encounters. Sexual identity disclosure to others is associated with one's adjustment to his sexual identity and men of color were found to be more susceptible to internalize homophobia and poor mental health. Future research is encouraged to explore the identity processes GLB youth experience to strengthen initiatives in developing services for the community and assist youth to navigate through the dual identity process.
Masculinity among Latino and Black men has been stigmatized as self-destructive and research has failed to acknowledge its positive traits. Special consideration must be given to the historical context (slavery, colonialism, etc.) as well as existing oppressive structures such as racism, discrimination, and homophobia when discussing development of masculinity among Black and Latino men.
"Machismo" has stigmatized Latino men as individuals who like to prey on the weaknesses of others and has played up its relation to domestic violence, substance abuse, and tyranny in the home. But studies have also identified positive traits related to machismo, such as a strong work ethic and commitment to roles as family provider and protector. One must take into consideration that the definition of masculinity is influenced by beliefs and values within a historical, social, psychological, and racial context. Research has also found that gender roles can transfer to homosexual encounters and relationships -- the active (insertive) male taking the masculine role and the passive (receiver) male taking the feminine role. Status among MSM in Latin America is granted to the active male who never gets penetrated -- he may be perceived as heterosexual in the Latino community, regardless of whether he has ever had a sexual encounter with a female.
A 2005 study identified four unique components in identifying masculinity among Black men: 1) manhood is interconnected with the self, God, family, community and others; 2) manhood is a fluid process; 3) manhood is a process for redeeming oneself within one's family or community, and 4) manhood is a constant process of maintaining one's independence and productiveness.
Masculinity exists among all racial and ethnic populations and it is essential to emphasize its positive characteristics as well as its negative. HIV interventions need to be culturally sensitive and careful not to reinforce oppressive structures among the populations served. Service providers must increase their emphasis on empowering communities and dispelling the stigmas and stereotypes imposed on men of color.
One must always consider religion when discussing characteristics of ethnic identity. Religion and spirituality continue to have a strong influence among Latino and Black communities. A national survey found that over 76% of Americans identified as Christian. Among Latinos, 57% identified as Catholic, 22% as Protestant, 5% as another religion, and 12% as having no religion. Another survey indicated that Blacks in the U.S. reported being raised in the following religious denominations: 80% Protestant, 11.6% Catholic, 1.2% Christian, .9% Muslim/Islam, .7% other, and 5.6% not religious.
A 2004 study found that organized religion played a significant role in the lives of Black and Latino MSM. Latino MSM expressed internal conflict between their homosexual desires and religious rhetoric that reinforces heterosexuality, leading to increased risk behavior. Additionally, a 1998 study indicated that Black MSM identified the church as a source of community and an important outlet for coping with racial oppression and discrimination. The men also stated that church is a good way to divert the community's attention from their sexuality while providing an opportunity for them to meet other men. At the same time, Black MSM report significant levels of homophobia in the church.
A 2002 study found that religious Black men had greater homophobia toward gay men than they did toward lesbians, in comparison to religious Black women. Frequent church attendance was also associated with homophobic attitudes in the Black community. Among sexually marginalized populations such as Black and Latino MSM, exposure to homophobic attitudes was associated with internalized homophobia, low self-esteem, psychological stress, and HIV risk behavior. As the literature demonstrates, religion has both positive and negative influences among Black and Latino MSM. Providers are encouraged to establish relationships with religious congregations in an attempt to address homophobia in the community and strengthen services for people affected with HIV/AIDS.
Societal oppression affects every aspect of the lives of Black and Latino MSM. HIV services addressing the needs of people of color are challenged to develop culturally empowering programs. Providers must identify and reinforce the positive factors in each community, acknowledge the heterogeneity of the target population, and involve members from the community when developing programs. Providers can assist gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities of color with services to address the personal conflicts associated with race, religion and sexuality. Masculinity among Black and Latino MSM is not necessarily self-destructive and providers can develop programs for men to embrace their masculinity and sexuality. Finally, religion plays a significant role in the lives of Black and Latino MSM, and providers are encouraged to collaborate with religious institutions in addressing homophobia in the community and providing services for communities affected by HIV.
Moctezuma Garcia is a Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center.


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Like scientists, philosophers use experiments to test their theories. Unlike scientists, their experiments do not require sophisticated laboratories, white-robed technicians or even rodents. They occur in the mind, and start with 'What if...'.
These "thought experiments" help philosophers clarify their understanding of certain concepts and intuitions. In the field of ethics, thought experimenters typically present a dilemma, examine the most popular "intuitive" response and then show the implications for real-world issues.
But such experiments are rarely tested on large numbers of people. So to reach a larger group, here are four typical experiments. Readers are invited to vote on how they think they would act in each case.
Here is a well-known example:
One day, you wake up in hospital. In the nearby bed lies a world famous violinist who is connected to you with various tubes and machines.
To your horror, you discover that you have been kidnapped by the Music Appreciation Society. Aware of the maestro's impending death, they hooked you up to the violinist.
If you stay in the hospital bed, connected to the violinist, he will be totally cured in nine months. You are unlikely to suffer harm. No one else can save him. Do you have an obligation to stay connected?
The creator of the experiment, Judith Thomson, thinks the answer is "no". It would be generous if you did, she claims, but there is no obligation to stay, even if that means the violinist will die.
So how is this bizarre scenario related to the real world? Thomson used the experiment to show that a pregnant woman need not go to full term with her baby, as long as she had taken reasonable steps to avoid getting pregnant. It is thus a "pro-choice" argument.
The violinist represents the baby, and you - in the hospital bed - play the role of the mother. If you think unhooking yourself from the violinist is acceptable, but aborting an unwanted foetus is not, what are the moral differences between the two cases? In both situations, you could save a person by bearing a great burden for nine months.
One major flaw with thought experiments, especially in ethics, is that they are rarely tested on people. The sample size is minuscule. The philosopher will simply assume that most people think that one option is right (or wrong).
Philippa Foot, a renowned British philosopher, believed that if a doctor, about to save a patient's life with a large dose of a scarce drug, was suddenly interrupted by the arrival of five patients each in need of one fifth of the drug (without which death would be certain), then the doctor should give it to the five. It is, after all, better to let one person die than five.
Elizabeth Anscombe, another prominent philosopher, disagreed: "There seems to me nothing wrong with giving the single patient the massive dose and letting the others die". As these assumptions about people's intuition are central to the arguments of many philosophers, and as these assumptions can be tested, why not do so?
One of the most famous thought experiments in ethics is "the runaway trolley". It aims to clarify how we should distinguish right from wrong.
Here is the scenario with two well-known variations.
A runaway trolley car is hurtling down a track. In its path are five people who will definitely be killed unless you, a bystander, flip a switch which will divert it on to another track, where it will kill one person. Should you flip the switch?
The runaway trolley car is hurtling down a track where it will kill five people. You are standing on a bridge above the track and, aware of the imminent disaster, you decide to jump on the track to block the trolley car. Although you will die, the five people will be saved.
Just before your leap, you realise that you are too light to stop the trolley. Next to you, a fat man is standing on the very edge of the bridge. He would certainly block the trolley, although he would undoubtedly die from the impact. A small nudge and he would fall right onto the track below. No one would ever know. Should you push him?
Philippa Foot would say that everyone ("without hesitation") would choose to flip the switch in the first trolley case, but that most of us would be appalled at the idea of pushing the fat man.
The philosophical puzzle is this: Why is it acceptable to sacrifice the one person in The Runaway Trolley Car but not in The Fat Man case? Can it ever be morally acceptable to kill an innocent person if that is the only way to save many? Should some actions - such as deliberately killing innocent people against their wishes - never be done? The last thought experiment explores this idea:
An enormous rock falls and blocks the exit of a cave you and five other tourists have been exploring. Fortunately, you spot a hole elsewhere and decide to let "Big Jack" out first. But Big Jack, a man of generous proportions, gets stuck in the hole. He cannot be moved and there is no other way out.
The high tide is rising and, unless you get out soon, everyone but Big Jack (whose head is sticking out of the cave) will inevitably drown. Searching through your backpack, you find a stick of dynamite. It will not move the rock, but will certainly blast Big Jack out of the hole. Big Jack, anticipating your thoughts, pleads for his life. He does not want to die, but neither do you and your four companions. Should you blast Big Jack out?
If the roles were reversed, what would you advise your trapped companions to do?
Thought experiments, although abstract, possibly implausible and open to different interpretations, can have important repercussions on the way we think and act as individuals. They raise thorny questions about morality in medicine, war, politics and indeed in everyday life.
Is there a difference between killing someone and letting them die? Are consequences all that matter, or are there some things we should never do, whatever the outcome?
By pointing out inconsistencies in our thinking, or simply encouraging us to reflect on issues we usually ignore, they can sharpen our intellect and enrich our moral lives. They also make for great conversation topics at the dinner table or at the pub. But be warned: you may lose friends as a result. And stay away from caves and bridges.


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Archive for April, 2011
Caught in between; searching for alternatives to Empire & Fundamentalism
Posted by Debra in protest and resistance on April 25, 2011
Reading the news, I think about how those of us working toward a more just world need to understand the complex factors shaping the world as it actually is. The "Arab spring" brought so many millions to political life, bringing hope and the sense of new possibilities.
At the same time, I'm reading about how the future of the Yemeni people is being decided by the United States government, after they aided Saleh in these months of brutal repression, and as they negotiate a successor to Saleh who will meet their requirements. I read of the demands of women and youth in Egypt, pushed aside as the Muslim Brotherhood moves to solidify its power through strengthening Islam in Egyptian law, thereby undermining the great ambitions of those who rose up in Egypt. I read, infuriated, that Barack Obama ordered the use of unmanned drones by the U.S. in Libya, to attack Qaddafi forces "burrowed into urban areas" with "less threat of collateral damage." Oh, like in Afghanistan and Pakistan?
This is a world crying out for fundamental change! To get a deeper understanding of the reality we confront in working for that change, World Can't Wait and The Platypus Affiliated Society are sponsoring An Urgent Exchange: U.S. Empire, Islamic Fundamentalism Both Deadly – Is There Another Way? this Wednesday, April 27 at 6:30pm at Tishman Auditorium at The New School in New York City. We are bringing together New York University professor and poet Sinan Antoon, Iraqi visual artist Wafaa Bilal, Laura Lee Schmidt of Platypus, Revolution writer Sunsara Taylor, and Gregory Wilpert from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation to engage in this very timely question:
"If you are troubled about the state and direction of the world…if you are repelled by both the arrogant assertion of empire by the government and leaders of the U.S. and the fanatical backwardness of Islamic fundamentalism, what should you be doing?"
I am very much looking forward to this exchange, as a beginning, and opening, of this very crucial question,which we fun into all the time. This is a real question and problem in our work to stop U.S. support for the illegitimate, unjust, immoral occupations which most of the anti-war movement avoids, or does not even recognize. As I invited the speakers, I told them:
We sense there's a lid on response to these crimes from people within the U.S. who don't want the U.S. endangering the world, but who see the growth of oppressive Islamic fundamentalism, and fear strengthening it.
World Can't Wait has a mission of stopping the crimes of our own government, to be sure, the greatest of which is its brutal destruction of whole countries where a majority practice Islam, and the targeting, imprisonment and political repression of Muslims here in the US. However, in the U.S. there are many people who don't like what their government is doing around the world but are at least partially swayed, silenced and paralyzed by the argument that if the US is not in [Iraq] [Afghanistan] [Libya] [Yemen] [and the list grows] the people, especially the women, will have it somehow "worse" than under U.S. occupation.
Fundamentalist Islam is not the only challenge to U.S. empire, but political Islam is currently the main organizational and ideological challenge to U.S. empire and military domination. I talked with Malalai Joya recently, who says the Afghan people have 3 enemies oppressing them: 1) U.S. occupation; 2) Taliban; 3) fundamentalist warlords. She refers to the United States as the "godfather of Islamic fundamentalism in the region" and argues that the occupiers should "get lost" so that the Afghan people can deal with domestic oppressors, while pointing out that Afghan women are in a worse situation since the U.S. occupation began.
Our intention in organizing such an exchange is to hear from people who DO think there is a "good solution" for those caught between brutal foreign occupation and Islamic government. Our approach is not to throw up our hands, saying "there is no good solution," but rather to seek solutions that would be in the interests of humanity. Hearing those ideas will in turn stimulate people to see beyond a simple polarity of U.S. empire or Islamic government, both of which currently reinforce each other.
A World Can't Wait supporter wrote me with the concern that:
"The nature of the topic is extremely dangerous to discourse in this country. Wait until Fox News gets ahold of this! I can see it now 'pick between a US occupation or Alqaeda.' THAT'S what this meeting implies to the public!"
The point of this exchange is that people should not have to make that choice. If we are serious about providing space for people in the world to find alternatives, if we want to send the strongest possible message to the rest of the world that there are people in the U.S. who don't support U.S. occupations, and want to see people find another way to set up society than a theocratic regimes, then keeping discussion at the pitifully low level it is at is much more dangerous than not having it.
We will be filming and audio taping the exchange. I believe it will strengthen our determination to oppose U.S. empire, and give us ways to talk to people, many of whom think that the U.S. is a force for good in the world through its military.


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From Openmoko
You need the module tun, check if it is still available with modprobe tun or download the modules for your kernel.
VPN for a ARM CPU is available in SHR (unstable?). Install it with:
opkg install vpnc
and edit the default configuration file /etc/vpnc/default.conf.
It is also aviable under http://www.angstrom-distribution.org search for VPN. Tested with vpnc_0.3.3-r2_armv4t.ipk[1]. Install it with
opkg install [filename or URL]


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Kierc Franciszka
Classical Ballet / Dancer
She started her dance education with rhythmic gymnastics classes. She was a student of the Poznań Ballet High School and the Ballet School at the Capitol in Wrocław led by Alla and Givi Abesadze. In 2009 she received the Dance Diploma from the Polish Artists' Association (ZASP). She took part in and received awards at numerous international dance competitions, e.g. Tanzolymp in Berlin, Jugend Tanzt in Freiburg (finalist), Dance World Cup. She has danced in classical production, like e.g. The Swan Lake – coproduced by The Wrocław Opera and the Moscow City Ballet and choreographed by Victor Smirnov-Golovanovandi and Ewa Wycichowska, as well as in modern productions, e.g. Eurasia directed and choreographed by Izadora Weiss or Swing! directed and choreographed by Jarosław Stańko.
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