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Will has always known that he wanted to be a naturalist even at a young age. He was inspired early on, watching his father John present programs and work as a naturalist for many different park systems. This desire was further fueled by family vacations that were spent seeking new outdoor venues to explore. He fondly remembers fishing in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota, sitting around the fire in the Sylvania Wilderness Area in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and hiking at Turkey Run State Park.
In 2015 Will earned a bachelor's degree in Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Human Ecology from Indiana University. During the summers between semesters, he worked at McCormick's Creek State Park as a seasonal naturalist where he honed his interpretive technique and knowledge. In 2016 he was awarded the Monarch Award for Outstanding Seasonal Naturalist within the DNR.
Will has always had an affinity for birds, especially birds of prey. His 5th grade science fair project focused on the Peregrine Falcon recovery efforts since the ban of DDT. Since then, he has traveled to Maumee Bay for warbler migration, lead hikes at the Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, and presented with his father on the "Secret Love Life of Birds" at numerous professional conferences. Will joined Eagle Creek Park in Summer of 2016 as the Assistant Manager, and has since been promoted to Park Manager, in charge of the Ornithology Center.
Join us in congratulating Will in his new position. We all wish him the best.
Photo of Will with Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett.


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We have a red uniform at Richard Bonington Nursery in contrast to the green uniform worn in the rest of the school. This is to ensure the safety of our Nursery children as they interact with other year groups, especially in our Foundation unit.
The uniform consists of a red polo shirt and red fleece with both having the school name written on. You can purchase these directly from us for £4.00 for the polo shirt and £10 for the fleece. Their is no expectation of the children wearing uniform on their bottom half (including shoes) although many parents choose to dress their children in full uniform.

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What's New?
We at Simon & Simon Attorneys at Law are working on presenting various articles and ideas we have developed over the last few years concerning wills, trusts, estate planning, gift and estate tax planning, and real estate law. Keep on looking for ideas and information that will be of interest to you.


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FPP E-Newsletter February 2014 (PDF Version)
Dear friends,
The UN General Assembly during its 69th session, on 22-23 September this year, will convene a high-level plenary meeting - the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples – to review the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) since its adoption in 2007, and to identify outstanding issues and actions pertaining to indigenous peoples and development.
Reports included in this issue of FPP's Newsletter highlight some of the issues that need to be urgently addressed, including ethnic and gender-based discrimination and violence.
Foremost among these is the human rights obligation to avoid and minimise involuntary displacement which has been shown to cause serious harms and impoverishment for affected persons and communities. For indigenous peoples, whose lives, cultures and well-being are closely tied to their lands, territories and resources, their free, prior and informed consent is required for any proposed action or decision that may affect their rights and interests. Forced relocation is expressly prohibited under international law and voluntary relocation may only take place after agreement of fair and just compensation (preferably in the form of alternative lands and territories), appropriate benefit sharing arrangements, and, where possible, the option of return.
The violent eviction of the Sengwer people from the Embobut forest by the Kenya Forestry Service, despite the High Court's injunction forbidding such actions, has drawn widespread national, regional and international concern, including from James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The World Bank Inspection Panel is investigating related human rights violations with respect to its Natural Resource Management Project (NRMP) in the Cherangany Hills, in a case possibly illustrative of its wider record of social and environmental harm, as chronicled in the book "Foreclosing the Future? The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction", a review of which is included in this newsletter.
Also threatened are the indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Peru, following formal approval by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Camisea gas project's expansion plans within the Kugapakori, Nahua and Nanti Reserve.
Strongly criticised clearances of forests and peatlands by palm oil companies has led to their adoption of forest conservation standards. In Indonesia, field investigations of efforts by Golden Agri Resources (GAR) to pilot its Forest Conservation Policy in its subsidiary PT KPC in West Kalimantan, revealed on-going land grabs and resulting land shortages experienced by Dayak communities, in clear violation of standards set by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Similar conservation approaches being applied more widely by GAR and sister companies in Borneo, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Liberia, must learn lessons by starting with respect for communities' land rights.
The EU's Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan, could also be strengthened by integrating international law and the customary law of indigenous peoples and local communities, in its approach and definition of "legality" in its voluntary partnership agreements.
An International Workshop on Deforestation Drivers and the Rights of Forest Peoples to be held on 9-14 March in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia will address all these issues, share lessons and generate recommendations to stem deforestation, promote human rights and local livelihoods.
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples sets out the minimum international standards for the protection of the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples. The need for robust standards and, crucially, improved mechanisms for their implementation, is borne out by the severe impacts on indigenous communities when its principles and rights are violated. Hopefully the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples will strongly communicate this message to governments, financial institutions, business, civil society and indigenous peoples, so the reported problems can be justly addressed.
Joji Cariño, Director


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With the summer onset, many beauticians recommend using thermal water to moisturize and refresh the face. As a rule, it has no contraindications and it is recommended for all skin types.
In hot weather, when the skin is mostly lacking moisture, the thermal water should be the main tool in your purse. And we'll tell you how to use it correctly.
What is thermal water
The thermal water appeared in the middle of the last century. Manufacturers are extracting such water from a variety of hot springs, so the composition of the product can not be the same for each brand. Some contain more sodium or potassium, others – selenium.
Compared to the tonic or micellar water, it does not clean the skin, but performs an equally important function – it soothes and strengthens the skin's natural protective properties.
The main convenience of thermal water is that the spray can be carried everywhere. This product is particularly useful on the road, in a plane or just at the office.
How to not use the thermal water
Not everyone knows that if the thermal water is sprayed all over the face and leaved to soak in, they will get the opposite effect: dehydration instead of an adequate moisture. The fact is that the moisture evaporates together with the water droplets from the surface of the skin, so if you use this product to freshen the face, do not forget to gently blot the excess moisture with a towel.
If you spray the thermal water on the beach, the consequences can be sad. In this case, every drop acts as a magnifying glass, increasing the penetration of ultraviolet radiation into the skin, and therefore burns are not difficult to achieve.
The proper algorithm use of thermal water is as follows:
- Apply it on clean skin, gently massaging until it completely dries, and then use the usual care agent. In this case, the water will provide additional moisture.
- You can use the thermal water applying face cream on top and lightly damping into the skin with your fingertips. In this case, the makeup you plan to do will last longer.
- When choosing the thermal water, do not forget to take into account the amount of salt in the composition. Owners of dry skin can choose the one that contains little salt quantities. While for oily skin owners, on the contrary – its content should be the maximum, because the salt tends to effectively dry. You probably noticed how the sea water affects your skin. Well, the thermal water works approximately the same.


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Louis Tomlinson has complained on Twitter about rumours romantically linking him to his One Direction bandmate Harry Styles.
A number of fans have revealed that they believe the pair are dating, even nicknaming the duo "Larry Stylinson".
Tomlinson, who has been dating his girlfriend Eleanor Calder for around a year, took to his Twitter page yesterday to slam the speculation.
"Still months on reading ridiculous conspiracy theories," he said. "It's upsetting that I have to read them daily. Thank god for the lovely people on here."
After some fans questioned whether "management" had taken over his Twitter after Tomlinson blocked some followers, he vowed: "I block people who bad mouth the people I care about" and said: "The only person who has access to my account is me!"
Meanwhile, another fan alleged that the singers would "never deny Larry", prompting Tomlinson to respond: "Hows this , Larry is the biggest load of bulls**t I've ever heard. I'm happy why can't you accept that."
Tomlinson also took exception after his mother received an abusive message on the social networking site, saying: "Can I ask why this is ok? To think someone would speak to my Mum like that sickens me. Grow the f**k up !"
However, Tomlinson also wrote a series of messages thanking his "real" fans for their support.
"Ohh dear I've gone to town today haha," he wrote. "Lots of love to all of you amazing fans !!
"Please know that we love you all so much! We are forever grateful for the success you've helped us achieve!"
He later added: "And now to finish on a good note :) ive clearly flipped on twitter today. I'm sorry to any REAL fan of ours that I've offended. All I've ever wanted to do from day one is please the people who support us. It's hard when people are rude to our families.
"I love all our true fans so f**king much! That's a promise ! I assure you all I'm always true to myself ! #embarrassingtweet"
He went on: "Wouldn't mind a good heart to heart with @zaynmalik right now ! Missing you man !"
Tomlinson has previously complained about the treatment Calder has received on Twitter and has also denied the 'Larry Stylinson' speculation before, saying: "This is a subject that was funny at first but now is actually hard to deal with, as I am in a relationship. Me and Harry are best friends. People look into our every move - it is actually affecting the way me and Harry are in public."


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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason spoke at our IGNITION conference today to go over recent rumors that he could be on his way out at the company.
His answer? Given that the stock is down 80% from the IPO, Groupon's board would be remiss if they didn't discuss whether he was the right guy for the job.
Mason also spoke at length about Groupon's business as a whole. Check out his full interview with Henry Blodget below.


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Date Filmed: December 2004, with additional footage from 2006
Location: Cebu City
Video Length: 7 minutes, 38 seconds
File: 81.9 mb
Description: This video shows a tour of Cebu City which includes the pier area, Fort San Pedro, Cebu City Hall, Magellan's Cross, Sto Ni? Basilica, Fuente Osmena, Capitol Building, Taoist Temple, The Top, Ayala Mall, SM Mall and the Lapu Lapu shrine on Mactan Island.
Date Filmed: January 2005
Location: Malapascua, Cebu
Video Length: 2 minutes, 57 seconds
File: 30.9mb
Description: This video shows our accommodation at Monteluna, Bounty Beach, Ging Ging's eatery and a boat trip around the whole island of Malapascua.
Date Filmed: May 2004
Location: Cebu City, Cebu
Video Length: 1 minute
Large File: 10.4M
Small File: 2.46M
Description: This video features Magellan?s Cross and external view of Santo Nino Basilica, located in Cebu City, Cebu.
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Before - 1994
After - 2005
Date Filmed: September 1994 and
September 2005
Location: Area near Gaisano Country Mall, Banilad
Video Length: 1 min 57 sec
Size: 20.2 mb
Description: While on vacation in 1994, I filmed the area near Gaisano Country Mall. 11 years later, in 2005, I filmed from the same spot. You will be amazed at the difference 11 years makes.
Date Filmed: July 2006
Location: Cebu City
Video Length: 35 seconds
File size: 6.12mb
Description: Filmed by my friend Poul Rasmussen. This video shows a blind street musician playing an instrument similar to a xylophone for money, in the street near Fuente Osmena in Cebu City
Date Filmed: June 2004
Location: Carmen, Cebu
Video Length: 4 minutes, 12 seconds
Size: 44.7M
Description: This video shows a boat building shop located on Carmen Bay in Carmen, Cebu. The shop is owned by master boat builder Mike Allan. The boat under construction in this video is a 58' catamaran.
This is a 1 minute 35 seconds of video, of a nearly empty air-con bus to Bogo from Cebu City.
File size 12mb
Date Filmed: May 2001
Location: Area near carbon markets in Cebu City
Video Length: 4 minutes, 49 seconds
File size: 12.1 mb
Description: Shows a trip in a taxi through the historic carbon market area and nearby slums. You will see many calesas (horse drawn carriages) and people living there everyday lives.
This is a driving video, shot in the Metro Cebu
area June 2005, giving the viewer some helpful tips on defensive
driving. Driving techniques in the Philippines, as you will see, is
much different than the way one would drive in the west.
Throughout this video, you will also experience a variety of things which happen while driving in traffic.
This video is 8 minutes 46 seconds.
File size 94.1M
This is 42 seconds of video showing
Drifters Bar at Gaisano Country Mall, Banilad, Cebu City which at
the time was owned by a beautiful Filipina called Monica and is a
hangout for expats.. This video shows both internal and external
views of the bar, as well as Monica.
File size 3.7mb
This video shows cooking a roast pig and other cooking for the Philippine Independence Day meal. The video was taken at the family home of Jan Pernia which was located approximately 1.5 hours south of Cebu City in Sibonga, Cebu.
The length of this video is 7 minutes 3 seconds.
File size 74.9M
This is 5 minutes 17 seconds of
video of inside and outside of Fort San Pedro in Cebu City. This is
the site of first occupation by the Spanish in the Philippines. Fort
San Pedro is open every day. It contains a museum which is only open
Tuesday to Saturday. No pictures are allowed to be taken inside the
File size 27.9
This is 1 minute 27 seconds of
video showing part of a jeepney ride from Bogo Cebu to Maya Cebu. If
you have never seen a jeepney or never been on a jeepney, this is
definitely worth a look. It also shows part of the Bogo market and
bus terminal.
File size 7.7mb
This is 4 minutes 47 seconds video
of a walk along Legazpi Street Cebu City from Fort San Pedro to
Colon Street (approximately 1km). It shows people conducting
business in the street, the traffic, some shops and some of the
sights along the way.
File size 25.3mb
This is 2 minute 19 seconds of video, at the Cross of Magellan. It was originally erected in 1521 and is now encased in Tindalo wood inside a dome near Cebu City Hall. It also features a mural depicting the planting of the cross. File size 13.2mb
Filmed December 2003.
This is 5 minutes 42 seconds of video of Malapascua Island just off the top off mainland Cebu. Some people claim that Malapascua will be the new Boracay and I can definitely see possibilities. At the moment it is mostly divers who go there and facilities would be too primitive for many foreigners. It would be very difficult for a disabled person to get to the island as you have to travel by dinghy then by Bangka boat. I asked how do I get from the dinghy on to the Bangka and the man said: "jump". The electricity at the time was only turned on from 6.00 pm to midnight except for special occasions. Now electricity is 24/7 This video shows two accommodation sites; White Sand Bungalows and Monteluna. It also shows a local village, some beach views, a boat being repaired and some people preparing to go snorkeling.
File size 29.9mb
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This is a 3 minutes 50 seconds video of expat playing a game called Maria Goes to Town at the 2003 expat Christmas party, held at Villa Teresita Beach Resort, Talisay City, Cebu.
File size 29.1mb
Date Filmed: 2002
Location: Downtown Cebu City at night, Talisay City Jail and other locations.
Video Length: 6 min 5 sec
Full Size: 65.5 mb
Small Size: 15.2 mb
Description: The brother of my brother in law, spent a year in Cebu City in 2002 as a Missionary. He had a large amount of personal video footage from which I extracted what I thought to be some of the most interesting. In this video you will see; homeless people in downtown Cebu city, Carbon markets at night. Talisay City jail, a humanitarian project in the middle of a garbage tip and prisoners being released from Cebu provincial detention and rehabilitation center.
Date Filmed: Middle 2005
Location: In and near Cebu City, Siquijor and Bohol
Video Length: 9 min 27 sec
File Size: 101 mb
Description: Shows Karl Livingstone, a man for whom being in a wheelchair is not a disability. You will see where Karl lived, Karl swimming and playing pool at the Sandtrap in Cebu City, on tour in Siquijor and Bohol and training on his hand cycle through Cebu City up to the Top.
I have re edited this video to show less training and more living. The new video is on my youtube list of videos.
For additional information for those with disabilities, and who may wish to visit or move to the Philippines, please see Mike and Lorena's site. They offer visitors a vast amount of information: Cebu On Wheels
Date Filmed: April 2004
Location: Pier 1 Cebu City and Tagbilaran Bohol
Video Length: 1minute 52 seconds
Size: 20mb
Description: Shows inside the OceanJet terminal at pier 1 in Cebu City, part of the trip from Cebu City to Tagbilaran and the OceanJet at the pier in Tagbilaran.
I have recently travelled on OceanJet. I did not bother to film it again as the trip was the same as that in this video.
Filmed in 2004. This is a 45 second, medium quality video of the historic expat bar called "Our Place", in down town Cebu City. Patrons sit on both sides of the bar while playing dice and telling stories. It is a good place to get information about anything to do with expat life in Metro Cebu.
File size 2.mb
Date Filmed: September 1994
Location: Mactan Island
Video Length: 1 minute 17 seconds
File size: 13.3mb
Description: Lechon baboy (roast pig) at the Rock beach on Mactan Island. Shows a picnic at the beach with a roast pig.
Date Filmed: November 2006
Location: Cebu Century Hotel, Cebu City
Video Length: 1 minute 43 seconds
Full size: 18.6mb
Description: A friend, Colin Konkin, having some tattoo work done in his hotel room at the Cebu Century Hotel
Date Filmed: February 2004
Location: Banilad, Cebu City
Video Length: 44 seconds
File size: 5.4mb
Description: Popular expat hangout near the Gaisano County Mall in Banilad, Cebu City. Facilities include outdoor but under cover restaurant, barbecue/grill, out door bar with large screen TV for sporting programmes, swimming pool with kiddies section, 3 tennis courts and clubhouse with pool table and another bar.
This is 1 minute 39 seconds of
video of a tricycle trip from the main street of Bogo Cebu to the
Bogo bus terminal. The motorbike attached to the tricycle is in fact
only a mini bike so that is why I have called it the smallest
tricycle. There is an external view of the tricycle at the end of
the video as it drives away.
File size 8.7mb
Inside view of SM Mall from the lower level.
1 minute 18 seconds.
File size 14.1M
Date Filmed: 18th January 2004
Location: Midtown Cebu City
Video Length: 3 minutes, 58 seconds
File size: 29.4mb
Description: The Sinulog parade is held on the 3rd Sunday in January in the streets of Cebu City. The crowd for the latest Sinulog parade on 20th January 2013 was reported at 2.7 million. It is all about the Sto. Nińo, the doll of the baby Jesus. Usually it is on display at the Sto. Nińo Basilica but they bring it out for the Sinulog parade. This video features parts of the parade, crowds in the street and the Sto. Nińo. There were 119 registered entrants for this parade, not including guest floats. This is Cebu's largest event. On the day of the parade, many streets are blocked off, most places are closed and it is hard to find a taxi.
Date Filmed: February 2004
Location: Pier 4 Cebu
Video Length: 58 seconds
File size: 10.2mb
Description: Shows the Supercat terminal at pier 4 in Cebu City plus the inside of the Supercat.
Click for full screen thumbnail of video
Date Filmed: September 2009
Location: Pier 4 Cebu City
Video Length: 1 min 13 sec
File size: 17.4 mb
Description: Shows part of the Supercat terminal at pier 4 in Cebu City plus an external view of the supercat plus the inside view of the supercat. It is much better quality than the original Supercat video filmed in 2004. I Have recently travelled on the Supercat and the ride shown in the video was so much the same that I did not bother filming it again.
Date Filmed: 1st June 2006
Location: Colon St, Cebu City
Video Length: 59 seconds
File size: 10.6 mb
Description: Tartanillas are also known as Calesas. They can be found everyday at the historic Carbon Markets in Cebu City transporting goods and people. On this day, they were parading along Colon Street in Cebu City as part of the 2006 Tartanilla Festival.
Date Filmed: 10th February 2005
Location: Kawasan Falls
Video Length: 4 minutes, 28 seconds
File size: 47.2mb
Description: The Kawasan falls are located south of the town of Moalboal, in Badian, Cebu which is on the west coast of Cebu province. This video has selected views from the time we left Cebu City, until arrival at Kawasan falls parking area. The video also shows parts of the one kilometre walk to the lower falls, the picnic area, lower waterfall and the upper falls.
There is a new video of Kawasan falls filmed in 2011. To see the video, go to my youtube list of videos
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Date Filmed: December 2003
Location: Maya Cebu
Video Length: 57 seconds
File size: 4.9mb
Description: Video showing the dinghy ride from the Pier at Maya Cebu to the bangka boat which takes you on a half hour ride to Malapascua Island.
The dinghy is only needed at low tide. At high tide, you scrabble over the rocks to the bangka boat.
This will not be needed in the future as a pier is supposed to be built soon at Maya so the bangka boats can dock.
Date Filmed: 2004
Location: Cebu City
Video Length: 2 minutes, 51 seconds
File size: 30.8mb
Description: Shows the view from the lookout known as the TOP which over looks Mandaue City, Cebu City, Talisay City and Mactan Island. Also shows some of the sights on the way to the Top including Fuente Osmena, external view of Robinson's Department store, external view of Cebu Capitol Building, external view of Golden Peak hotel, external view of Cebu Plaza hotel (now called Marco Polo hotel).
Date Filmed: 19th February 2004
Location: Minglanilla
Video Length: 1 minutes, 9 seconds
File size: 12.3 mb
Description: Tubod Flowing Waters resort is located in Minglanilla about 15km from the centre of Cebu City. I was unaware until after my visit that it had accommodation so no accommodation was filmed. The video shows the external view of the main administration building and shop plus all the pools and waterslides.
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The Geese are located in a man made pond at a local insurance agency. It's a lovely park area with fountains, a pathway around the perimeter, and benches.
They don't just dunk like your average duck, they actually do a full somersault! So funny!
I think they feel much better now.
The Sweetest of Days: Easter Rose


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Chemtron, a manufacturer of adhesives, sealant and tapes, as a Calgary based business. Chemtron researches, develops and formulates products for the construction and related industries. The company opened its doors in 1958, expanding and improving in the ensuing years. Working hard with local and foreign industry leaders, Chemtron is dedicated to formulating innovative products, always maintaining the highest quality of standards.
Chemtron, once a small family run company, started in the back of a 1000 square foot warehouse. A young couple with an entrepreneurial spirit realized a need in the glass and glazing industry. Their tenacity and strategic planning was rewarded over time as they broke into the industry. Their roots were strong as each generation joined the company, they brought with them new innovation, expansion and superiority in product standards.
Chemtron now produces over twenty products from its 52,000 square foot manufacturing plant in over fifty years and looks forward to standing by you for years to come.
As certain assets of Chemtron Manufacturing Ltd. have been acquired by the Tremco Group, our business now operates as Chemtron International, Inc. We are working closely with the Tremco Commercial Sealants & Waterproofing Division (Tremco CS&W), due to synergies between the two businesses.


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2014 is going to see a major shake up of the PC gaming market because of the introduction of Steam OS and Steam Machines. With Valve's growing list of Linux-compatible games, the prototyping of dedicated Steam hardware, and even a new gaming controller, Steam Machines could easily become as popular as the next-gen consoles just hitting the market.
The great thing about Steam Machines, though, is the fact pretty much anyone can decide to offer one. It's just a standard PC after all, just one certified to run Valve's version of Linux. So we should get some interesting designs, and one of the first is set to come from London-based company PiixL Technologies Ltd.
Today PiixL has unveiled its Jetpack PC, which they state is meant for use with Steam OS. The novel feature of the Jetpack comes from its casing and layout. It is designed to be mounted on the back of your TV without stopping you from then mounting your TV on a wall or stand. The casing also expands, meaning it will work with any size TV and still allow access to all the relevant buttons.
The components inside the Jetpack have yet to be announced, but we can expect a range of options including Core i7 processors, Nvidia Titan and GTX780 graphics cards, as well as terabyte-level SSD storage. So the Jetpack won't be hurting for performance. Pricing will be high, though, and starts at around $1,000 when it becomes available in January.
If you are considering a Steam Machine next year, have limited space or would prefer not to have a PC case sat next to your TV, the Jetpack will be out of sight once mounted. PiixL also claims it's near silent through the use of centrifugal fans, which should also keep the heat away from your TV.


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Combining 1100 pocket springs and a deep memory foam comfort layer, the Bee Calm from Myers is a medium firm feel comfort mattress, which is conveniently packaged rolled, allowing access to even the smallest of spaces. The easy care mattress benefits from regular rotation, to ensure the mattress fillings settle evenly. All Bee Calm mattresses are handcrafted in the UK, and come with a 5 year guarantee for extra peace of mind.
- Pocket spring and memory foam mattress
- 1100 pocket springs (based on a 5"0 model)
- Deep memory foam comfort layer
- Edgemax sleeping surface means the whole of the sleeping surface can be used
- Easy care mattress benefits from regular rotation to ensure the fillings settle evenly
- Medium firm tension
- Delivered rolled, can fit into the smallest of spaces
- Manufactured in the UK
- 5 year guarantee for extra peace of mind
- Width 75cm
- Length 190cm
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This service delivers your furniture to any accessible room of your choice, without the need for our staff to remove windows or doors. Your order will be left in any manufacturers' packaging for you to unwrap – disposal of the packaging will be your responsibility.
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Our 'Delivery & Set-Up Service' is available from just £40 (check the delivery cost to your postcode from any product page or on our delivery page).
It includes unwrapping and assembly of all applicable furniture leaving them ready for use (please note that some items are sold as self assembly and as such we do not offer the deluxe delivery service on them – these items are indicated as such). This service also includes the removal of all packaging, leaving you free to immediately enjoy your new furniture.
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We're thrilled to have here today Raf from David Lundgren's Young Adult Fantasy, Rhapsody. He's coming to us all the way from the village of Eirdale in the Forest. It is a pleasure to have him with us today at The Literary Nook!
Thank you so much for this interview, Raf. Now that the book has been written, do you feel you were fairly portrayed or would you like to set anything straight with your readers?
I guess. I've never been a big fan of being in the spotlight - stupid, I know, with both my parents on the Council - and I've got to admit I sounded like a bit of a whining git in the beginning. But at least you got to see some of the cool things I was involved in, too, like the battles and the escape from the Palace and the sewers. Ugh. Sewers suck. The melforging stuff's a bit embarrassing, although I wouldn't give it up for the world; it saved the Forest, after all. And then there's Sylvia, of course. I don't remember being quite so awkward with her when we were first getting to know each other – but even if I was, do you blame me? She's gorgeous! (blushes)
What do you believe is your strongest trait?
Well, music, I guess. Not so much playing it (although the Elder would've disagreed) but just…connecting with it and 'getting' it. Not too many melforgers out there, really.
What else. Is 'liking Sylvia' a trait? Um. I don't think I'd call myself brave. I guess I try to do the right thing (my mother would kill me if I didn't!) and am also really keen to do something with my life now. Guess that's why the Foreman's always going on about going on your sojourn and broadening your perspective. Now that I've seen and done all that crazy stuff from the last few months, there's no way I'm going to work as a random canopy farmer or junior Councilman.
Worst trait?
Sylvia reckons it's my sense of humor, but I don't know what she's talking about; I'm a funny guy. (Ow! Quit with your elbow!) I don't know if it's a trait, but one thing I hate is that when I get really embarrassed about things I sweat and my cheeks go red. Annoys me so much.
Do you have a love interest in the book?
Ahem. Sylvia. Obviously. Haha, she's rolling her eyes at me for mentioning her so much already.
At what point of the book did you start getting nervous about the way it was going to turn out?
Are you kidding me? When I started seeing random colors with my eyes closed! Well, actually, that had me worried in more of a 'I'm going crazy' sort of way; when I started worrying for real about the bigger picture, it was because the ground was collapsing under us. You know? When the Forest started dying? And then, when the Elder dragged me off to the desert and there was that whole kidnapping saga, well that was a pretty good clue that everything was going downhill quick. And as for Henja and Pavor… they terrified me. I still have nightmares about them.
If you could trade places with one of the other characters in the book, which character would you really not want to be and why?
Allium. Definitely. He's just such a moron. I would probably wake up every morning and punch myself in the face. He almost destroyed the Forest! And the worst thing is: he really thought he was doing a good thing, the prat.
How do you feel about the ending of the book without giving too much away?
It's intense. Pretty unexpected and wild stuff. I mean, I think it all turns out for the best, but it's not all roses, either.
What words of wisdom would you give your author if he decided to write another book with you in it?
Good luck! (laughs) Sylvia's already told me I'm not allowed to go anywhere for a while. ;) No, seriously, probably the only thing you need is to understand why I love music, why I connect with it. It's such a big part of me. Also, it's probably best to check with mom, too. You know she gets about me wandering off on adventures…
Thank you for this interview. Will we be seeing more of you in the future?
You never know. As I found out on my 'sojourn', so much of life is balance (shut up, Cisco – I'm not being pretentious! You're not supposed to even be in this interview, anyway!)) and if it comes unhitched or goes crazy again, I suppose I'll do a better job of trying to deal with it the next time. Hopefully.
About the Author:
David Lundgren was born in "a pokey town in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia)" and spent the first 18 years of his life there. He grew up in an environment "that seemed to combine the best elements of both an American and English heritage with a hybrid African lifestyle." Lundgren is also a musician, which gave him the creative spark to create the Melforger series. He spends his time in San Francisco "teaching, enjoying frequent – and often frustrating – games of tennis, trying to learn the blues on piano, attacking Sudoku puzzles with relish, and attempting to make some headway with the ever-increasing pile of books that is waiting patiently at my bedside, developing its own gravity."
His latest book is the fantasy/science fiction, Rhapsody.
For More Information
- Visit David Lundgren's website.
- Connect with David on Facebook.
- More books by David Lundgren.
- Contact David.
About the Book:
In RHAPSODY, the Forest has been completely healed and the battles of Books I and II are over, but a corrosive blackness that has been haunting Raf still seems to be growing in strength. They return to Miern to stop a traitor from assuming control of the city, but find themselves caught up in a deadly plot as they race against time to stop a dark and horrific power being unleashed on them all.
For More Information
- Rhapsody is available at Amazon.
- Read the first chapter here.
- Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.


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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - A Somers historian took a trip in time to his hometown to preserve the historic legacy of local sports in Mount Vernon.
Many are familiar with Mount Vernon's recent sport successes such as Ben Gordon and Gus Williams, but author Bruce Fabricant went back more than a century to highlight the lives and careers of more than 75 athletic figures that made an impact in collegiate and professional sports.
" Mount Vernon NY Sports Champions Heroes and Legends " is a 600-page anthology dedicated to the illustrious history of Mount Vernon athletes, highlighting the achievements of everyone from Kenny Singleton and Earl Tatum to Frank Carideo, a football star from the 1920s that posted a perfect 19-0 record for Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne.
"All of the people I researched and wrote about had to accomplish something beyond high school, and once it began, it was just like a flower growing," Fabricant said. "More and more people started showing up in my research and the numbers just kept going up until I landed on 79 athletes."
Fabricant said that he was inspired by both his lifelong love of sport and his love of his hometown, where he moved to when he was 6-months-old before making a stop in Ardsley and eventually settling in Somers. He noted that longtime Mount Vernon head basketball coach Bob Cimmino was essential in helping secure many of the interviews and contact information.
The author will be hosting a meet-and-greet beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Mount Vernon Public Library
"I began reading about sports in the Mount Vernon Daily Argus, and the rest is, as they say, history," Fabricant added. "It's really a mecca for basketball in Westchester outside of (Manhattan), basically, and I've been following it since the 1960s when things really took off."
Of the 79 athletes featured in the book, 34 were basketball players, including eight women. In total, Fabricant was able to interview 61 of the athletes or their families and 22 have passed away. Other profiles include several coaches and prominent sportswriters to come out of Mount Vernon.
"I've always had a soft spot in my heart and have always loved and followed sports," Fabricant said. "I got a book called "Big Time Basketball" when I was 8-years-old, and that was my introduction to reading and I hope I can help kids do that today with their (hometown) sports heroes."
During his research, Fabricant noted that a majority of the athletes profiled in his book got their start at the Mount Vernon Boys and Girls Club, where he has pledged to donate a portion of the proceeds from sales of his book, which is available on Amazon . He has also donated copies to the school district's libraries.
"My goal is for the book is for youngsters to put away their smartphones and learn to read," he said. "Reading about their passion, sports, is one way to achieve that."
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Do you have a host of Halloween goblins headed your way? Roll out this fast and easy table runner and spread out all your goodies in style. The simple patchwork design is made up of 40 squares, which makes a colorful grid of stripes, dots, bats and spiders. It's a little bit spooky and a little bit kooky. HA! Now you have the Addams Family theme stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
Our project is based on using a 'charm pack.' This is a bundle of pre-cut squares from within one coordinating fabric collection. It's a great way to go when you have something that calls for patchworking. You save time with the pre-cut squares and the bundles are very inexpensive. One of our favorite online outlets for charm packs is Fat Quarter Shop.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome MyStyle 100)
Fabric and Other Supplies
- 40 5" x 5" fabric squares: we used Sanae's Spooktacular charm pack
- ½ yard 45" wide black lining fabric: we found a plain black cotton in the remnant bin
- 4 yards extra-wide black double-fold bias tape
- All-purpose thread in black
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Straight pins
- Iron and ironing board
Getting Started
- Place 40 squares in your desired order on large flat surface to form a four-square x ten-square patchwork rectangle.
NOTE: If you are using a charm pack, the squares you will get are random, so you may or may not be able to exactly duplicate our pattern. Simply mix and match to create a pleasing design, alternating darks and lights, patterns and solids, bolds and petites.
- From the black lining fabric, cut one rectangle 16" wide x 40" long.
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
- Collect the four squares you want in your first row. Pin the first two squares, right sides together, along one side.
- Sew together, using a ½" seam. Iron seam flat.
- Take the third square in your sequence and pin it, right sides together, to the completed two-square piece.
- Sew together, using a ½" seam. Iron seam flat.
- Finally, take the fourth square in your first row sequence and pin it, right sides together to the completed three-square piece.
- Sew together, using a ½" seam. Iron seam flat. You now have one four-square row.
- Continue in this same manner until you have ten equal four-square rows.
- Pin one four-square row to its neighboring four-square row. Be very careful to match your seams so you end up with nice square corners.
- Sew together, using a ½" seam.
- Continue in this same manner, adding one new four-square row each time, until you form the completed four-square x ten-square patchwork. Remember, at each seam, pin and stitch carefully to keep your seams aligned so your final intersecting corners will be exact. Iron seams flat.
- Trim ½" from both outer edges of the patchwork. Since you were oh-so-careful, all your corners should come together at perfect points.
- Place your completed patchwork panel on top black lining fabric, WRONG sides together, matching raw edges all the way around.
- Pin FLAT. Start by placing pins in the middle, smoothing any ripples and working toward the ends.
NOTE: This step is quite important because the better you smooth and pin, the flatter your finished project will lay. There is nothing more disappointing than a ripply table runner. Except maybe not getting asked to the prom; that's pretty disappointing too .
- Sew the patchwork panel to the black lining fabric around all 4 sides using a ¼" seam.
- Trim any excess fabric so your lining and patchwork are exactly flush along their raw edges.
- Iron flat. The table runner is now ready for binding.
- Measure and cut binding strips to fit each side of the patchwork panel, making each one about 1" inches longer on each end than the actual patchwork measurement. So you should cut two strips that are 18" and two strips that are 42".
- Apply the bias tape in a traditional two-step process. Unfold and stitch first to the front. Then wrap the binding over the edge and edgestitch front to back through all layers. Make a simple 90˚ overlap at each of the four corners.
- If you are new to binding, check our our tutorial: Bias Tape: How To Make It & Attach It.
- Press and display.
Hints and Tips
Squaring up your fabric panels
You're doing simple piecing and patchworking, the basic steps of quilting. Oh yes you are! As we mentioned above, having your table runner lay flat is important; another good way to check this is to make sure both your pieces are square. To learn how to do this, read our tutorial: Quilting Basics Part 1: Tools, Cutting & Piecing.
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Marc St James – the stereotype
Played wonderfully by the talented Michael Urie, Marc St James is the kind of gay the LGBT Community loves and also loves to hate seeing on primetime. We love him because he is the stereotypical gay – which regardless how much PR the LGBT community tries to mobilise it will never get rid of: Marc is white, middle/upper middle class, shallow, fashionable, flamboyant and, just as Will in Will & Grace he is oddly asexual and surprisingly subservient to heterosexual characters (Wilhelmina and Amanda). I would even venture to say that it is because Marc fulfills this stereotypical (cultural) space that the LGBT community would find him problematic. Yes, we've come a long way since gay characters were muted, unsexed and invisible in mainstream American popular culture (see, for example my post on Suddenly Last Summer) but is Marc the kind of character we want to be seeing ourselves reflected as? Probably not, he is, after all a stock character by now – see Stanley Tucci in Devil Wears Prada, Jack in Will & Grace, Homer's roommate in that one episode, Lloyd in Entourage, etc…
Marc offers us in Ugly Betty a character that once gives us a visible LGBT community and at the same time problematizes the ways mainstream America commodifies and packages gay characters so that they are likable (everything from "Hey! We're normal! We're assistants just like you!" to "See how Marc helps Amanda, you can have your very own 'helping gay' too!").
So what else is Ugly Betty doing for the LGBT community?
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Epworth HealthCare, together with the Eastern Melbourne PHN, held a Category 1 diabetes and vascular GP symposium at Epworth Eastern on Saturday 30 April. The event was very well received by the attendees, with excellent feedback being given to the GP Liaison Unit.
The topic of the first plenary session was renal complications of diabetes with speaker Dr Vatsa Dave, Nephrologist. The second plenary session covered causes, prevention and treatment of stroke with a focus on the importance of rapid treatment for TIA to ensure the best possible outcome with Dr Amanda Gilligan, Neurologist, Dr Jay Hocking, Haematologist and Dr Lachlan Maddock, Vascular Surgeon.
The afternoon sessions comprised of rotating workshops on veins and arteries with Dr Iman Bayat, Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Dr Domenic Robinson, Vascular Surgeon and Mr Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann, Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon addressing PVD, venous disease and aneurysms respectively.
The second set of workshops covered vascular complications with regards to erectile dysfunction by Mr Justin Chee and diabetes and the heart by Dr Monique Watts.
Attendees thought the topics were entirely relevant to their practice, said the group sizes, especially for the workshops were just right and felt that the case based sessions were engaging.
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I think, I will start a pro account at Feedburner just because they make so many nice things available.
The latest idea in the list: BuzzBoost.
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Most bloggers only have one layout and everybody is served the same, whether it is our daily readers or search engine traffic. But why? This article shows an example on how to differentiate those visitors based on the age of the post.
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Jody Wilson is an extraordinary worship leader, he is available to do camps, retreats, revivals or anywhere that music is played and God leads. He is a singer/songwriter, plays the guitar, keyboard, harmonica and drums. God has blessed him with a gift to woo the Holy Spirit and touch the hearts of His people. Feel free to visit his web-site.
We are the Bi-Fork Association, we have recently merged the Red Fork with the Salt Fork Association, therefore forming the Bi-Fork Association.
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First on the list comes the items that you can consider as tiffin/ breakfast items, filling on their own!
Anzz George's Strawberry Nutella Crepes
Denny's Cornmeal Kozhukattai & Riccioli in a Four cheese Cauliflower Alfredo sauce
Kavi's Spaghetti in Bean Balls, Tandoori Paneer Pizza & Veg Chinese Noodles
Krithika's Szechwan Noodles
Priya Suresh's Cauliflower Mascarpone Pasta
Then we have some lip smacking snacks that kids love so much! With some Kebabs, Vadis and Kadalais, the list is surely inviting!
Kalyani's Baked Mini Kothmir Vadi
Kavi's Hara Bhara Kebab & Kara Boondi
Krithika's Microwave Masala Kadalai
Malathi Savitha's Oats Palak Cutlet
Meenakshi's Muri Mixture
Priya Suresh's Aloo Methi Puffs & Paneer Tikka
Sravani's Chegodilu
And from me, Aloo Tikki, Dry Yellow Peas Masala Vadai & Wheat Beaten Rice Healthy Bhel
We have some dips or gravies along with the dish sent!
Sadhana's Black Bean & Bell Pepper Salsa
Krithika's Tofu Golden triangles with Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce
And from me a Moong Dal Sambar for Idlis
As I said we have only handful of main course for the kids, anyway kids love the snacks!
Priya Suresh's Babycorn & Paneer Pulao
Rudra's Chocolate Pongal
Srivalli's Beetroot Pulao
Next we have some tempting cakes, muffins and bread!
Karishma's Marvelous Marble Cake
Nisha's Finnish brown butter teaspoon cookie
Nupur Mehra's Pineapple Cardamom Bread
Priya Suresh's Eggless Dates & Cornmeal Muffins & Pumpkin Chocolate Pound Cake
Smitha's Blueberry Pound cake
Spandana's Hazelnut Banana Muffins & Orange Muffins with Chocolate Chips
And a delicious Nutella and Dark Chocolate Cookies from me.
Finally some Sweets, Kheers and Icecreams!
Deeksha's Chocolate Ladoo
Priya Suresh's Eggless Mascarpone Oreo Icecream & Rice Moongdal Kheer
Kavi's Cookies & Cream Cheesecake
Thank you everybody for participating in this wonderful roundup. I hope I haven't missed out anybody! Please let me know if so.
Current edition is happening at Harini's place!


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Youth Of Today at Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach CA. August 1989, The Last Show
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Coming Soon: The Photography Of Dave Sine
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1 comment:
- Prime Directive said...
Looking forward to this. Still have all my old Tidbit 'zines, but would like to see some new pictures or better quality of the old ones. I've got a Tidbit shirt somewhere that I'll have to find now.
- July 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM
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The Book Release Banquet
After years of working on this project, I am excited that my book, Questioning Your Doubts: A Harvard PhD Explores Challenges to Faith, has been released! As the shipments arrive at the various bookstores and distributors, I feel like a host whose guests are streaming into a banquet hall for a feast to celebrate the harvest season.
The time of preparing for the banquet is over. The ink has dried on the pages of my book. Thanks to the work of many, the book, free of typos and beautifully designed, is available for readers to enjoy!
If you follow the link on this website to Bookstores, you will see that the book is available in many different places for the book was written for all the guests interested in attending the banquet. Like the host in the Parable of the Great Feast described in Luke 14:15-23, I am sending out the invitation to anyone who wants to come.
I hope to meet many of my readers through social media sites, such as Facebook (Page), Goodreads or Twitter, and at book signings, speaking events, or conferences. However, even if we never meet in person, know that this book was written for you. I hope you are entertained by my personal stories and find the encouragement or information you need in one of the chapters. Pick up a plate, walk along the buffet table, and then sit down and join me in the celebration!
Constructing Newton's Bridge
Isaac Newton, one of the most influential scientists who ever lived, also was a Christian theologian. He once said, "We build too many walls and not enough bridges." His quote resonates with me because bridges filled the landscape of my childhood.
I spent the first eighteen years of my life growing up in "The City of Bridges". Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contains more bridges within its city limits than Venice, Italy, with the current number of bridges totaling nearly two thousand. Three major rivers come together at the Point, the location of Pittsburgh's iconic fountain first built in 1974. In addition to the presence of rivers, the steep hills and ravines around the city make bridges a necessity for transportation. The early European settlers of Pittsburgh quickly learned that they had to choose between living in isolation or finding creative ways to span the waters and valleys.
People cluster on one of two riverbanks in their approach to relating human reasoning to faith. The first approach, common in many Christian circles in my childhood and college years and persisting to this day, revolves around mistrust of the intellect. Acquiring knowledge, analyzing information, and questioning assumptions become suspect activities. Too much thinking means that you are not listening to your heart; you are out of touch with practical concerns; or you are not truly spiritual.
Many Christians find support for mistrusting the intellect in a variety of Biblical passages. All the way back in Eden, Eve's temptation included a desire for wisdom and knowledge. In Proverbs 3:5, an often-quoted verse reads, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." In the New Testament in John 20:29, Jesus said to the doubting apostle Thomas, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." In his letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 1:27), the apostle Paul explained, "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong."
Clustered on the second riverbank, we find those who worship the life of the mind above all else. Human reasoning reigns supreme. The standard for judging truth becomes data collected through the human senses and processed by rational thought. Atheists and agnostics wield Occam's razor to slice away the possibility of revelation, preferring explanations that avoid spirituality. While the 14th century Franciscan friar William of Ockham was right to suggest that a scientific model should avoid introducing more causes than necessary, the principle often is used to exclude from the possibility of existence everything not perceivable by the human senses. Occam's razor is a sound approach to the practice of science, but when brandished too freely, justifies positivism. This philosophy persuades those dwell on this second riverbank to stop their search for spiritual truth when they reach the limits of human reasoning and empirical evidence.
Perhaps the two camps of settlers could survive adequately without venturing beyond the limits of their respective riverbanks. Yet I join Isaac Newton and the early settlers of Pittsburgh in the conviction that a richer life waits for those willing to construct a bridge.


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Let me set the scene: Two beach trips over the course of nine days. Heavy alcohol consumption. Dinners that included burgers and hot dogs (vegetables consisted of potato chips and cole slaw). Minimal exercise. Maximum lying down on the sand and sleeping.
Me: Yoga instructor, boxing enthusiast, amateur runner (by which I mean, I almost die whenever I run three miles), self-proclaimed health aficionado, former vegetarian, wanna-be vegan (when I'm not stuffing blocks of cheese and ice cream down my throat).
Hmmmm, no wonder I gained three pounds and felt like absolute crap when it was all over.
Most people would simply adjust back to normal life. Me? No way. I'm way too neurotic. No, I need a quick fix. I want to click restart and forget that I ever ate that hot dog (but it was sooooo delicious). So why not take extreme measures?
So I'm going to do a three-day juice cleanse.
I was originally going to work with the nutritionist at my gym. She uses juice from local, seasonal produce. Sounded perfect.
However, just when I planned out my juicing schedule, I found out she's cancelling the cleanse because not enough local produce is available. Nooooooooooooooooo! How am I ever going to get back to normal?
Again, most people would simply take it slow. Me? I needto find a juice cleanse now.
The answer to my hopes: The Blue Print Cleanse. BPC is the Gwyneth Paltrow of juice cleanses. It's been written up in all the celebrity mags, blogs, etc. Clearly, this is for me.
BPC has three different levels. Renovation is for beginners (obviously not me. I am a yoga instructor, after all.) Foundation is the middle level, and Excavation is for the truly hardcore.
The main differences between them are the types of juices you drink. I chose Foundation, a combination of green juice, spicy lemonade, some concoction called P.A.M., and cashew milk. There are six juices total and you're supposed to drink them every day for three days.
The above all sounds pretty simply simple, but you need to prepare for your cleanse. So for the past three days, I've been eating vegan. That means toast with almond butter (PB is sooo passé) and fruit for breakfast, tomato/avocado sandwiches for lunch, and black bean tacos (sans cheese) for dinner.
Not so bad, right? Well, there's also no caffeine, booze, sugar, processed foods or anything that is remotely fun.
And Monday marked my last and final day before I get juicy. I went all raw. Fruit and avocado for breakfast, salad and gazpacho for lunch, gazpacho again for dinner, and a whole lot of veggies, fruit and herbal tea for snacking.
So far, so good... There has only been minimal cheating. A few vodka drinks Friday night (I was at a work party, what was I supposed to do?!), half of a cup of coffee the past few days, and this morning I drank caffeinated tea.
The results so far: My head aches (maybe if I just smell some coffee beans, it will go away?), I'm a little bloated, and I can't stop peeing.
My juice arrives Tuesday, July 26, and I'll will report back in three days. For now, wish me luck -- and if you happen to see me passed out on the floor, don't steal my wallet.
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As the fight over Mississippi's only remaining clinic continues, many are wondering how soon the state could be abortion-free.
Without a court order blocking it, Mississippi's TRAP law H.B. 1390 will go into effect in just a few days. On Sunday, July 1st, Jackson Women's Health Organization will be forced to comply with the new regulation requiring all who provide safe abortion care to be board-certified OB-GYNs with admitting privileges at a local hospital, and the following day they will be inspected to see if they are in compliance.
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Emma Burris-Janssen is a third-year PhD student at the University of Connecticut. Her research interests centre on gendered violence and trauma, which is how she became acquainted with the work of Mona Caird and the Great Marriage Debate of 1888, and she is currently working on a larger project connecting Mona Caird's work on marriage with that of Thomas Hardy. Her dissertation will bring these research interests into tighter focus by examining figurations of criminalised abortion in the British periodical press (particularly medical journals) and the British novel from 1861-1967. As this project is in its early stages, reading recommendations are more than welcomed!
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Is Our Memory of the Great Marriage Debate a Failure?
Some weeks ago, the building of a museum dedicated to celebrating the women of London's East End was supposed to be nearing completion. Instead, as Lisa Mckenzie observes in her blog post for Times Higher Education, "what [has] opened on 12 Cable Street is a museum that […] sell[s] T-shirts and coffee mugs featuring a black silhouette of the Ripper stood in a pool of blood, reducing the women of the East End to a red smudge." Quite rightly, the Jack the Ripper Museum's opening has stirred public protest and created a controversy, with the designers of the museum recently calling the fruit of their own labours (they too thought they were building a women's history museum) so much "salacious, mysogynist rubbish." What is at issue here is memory. How are the women of the nineteenth-century East End to be remembered? Are they to be remembered as voiceless, victimised bodies laid bare to the prurient public gaze? Or, are they to be remembered as agential subjects who started and sustained numerous grassroots rights movements?
Of course, this is not the first time that the sensationalised image of the Ripper has threatened to silence a more nuanced representation of women's histories. In 1888, a similar battle was waged in the pages of the Daily Telegraph with the Ripper murders eventually overwhelming the Great Marriage Debate – a public dialogue partly spurred by the words of early feminist journalist and novelist Mona Caird. As Judith Walkowitz puts it in her classic book City of Dreadful Delight, the "two media events, the marriage debate and the Whitechapel horrors, tensely coexisted for four weeks, but the balance of interest and fascination began to shift from West of East, from left to right. Finally, after 29 September the marriage correspondence ceased publication, and the Ripper murders took over the whole newspaper" (168). But, the problem of how we remember Mona Caird and the Great Marriage Debate does not start or end with the Ripper murders.
Though August of 1888 is now better remembered as the month of the first Ripper murder, it was also the month that Mona Caird published her article entitled "Marriage" in the "wicked" Westminster Review. Because Parliament wasn't in session and there wasn't much to print, the much more popular Daily Telegraph decided to use Caird's article as an excuse to pose the question that would spark the Great Marriage Debate of 1888: Is Marriage a Failure?
An estimated 27,000 readers responded, giving their personal views on the institution. Some used the opportunity as a vehicle for publicly airing grievances about such cardinal sins as a husband's tendency to place his feet on the mantelpiece (oh, the horror!). Others wrote desperate pleas for help – for someone to bear witness to the daily cruelties, insults, and abuses they had to suffer at the hands of their spouses. Still others took the opportunity to declare their pious, undying loyalty to the institution.
Even before the intervention of the Ripper murders, the terms for remembering Caird's "Marriage" essay were problematic, as it is unlikely that many of the Daily Telegraph's letter writers would have read Caird's original article in the Westminster Review. Even in the official 1888 collection of the Daily Telegraph's Great Marriage Debate letters, Caird's original article was not reprinted in full. Instead, the collection's editor, Harry Quilter – a conservative barrister, who was far from sympathetic to the concerns of "New Women" like Caird – directed interested readers to the relevant edition of the Westminster Review if they wanted more than an extracted version of Caird's piece. In the meantime, a "brilliant" paper by one Mrs. Lynn Linton (an opponent of women's rights with whom Caird tangled in 1892 in the pages of the Nineteenth Century) was provided to the reader in full. While Quilter labels Caird's text "rather vague and high-falutin'," he commends Linton's for its "vigorous common sense, its absence of sentimental feeling, and its concentration of wide experience," all of which make it "well worthy of the closest attention, while as a piece of literary workmanship it is more than admirable" (13-14). And, it is this very collection of the Daily Telegraph's letters that is still regularly referenced in discussions of Caird and the Great Marriage Debate.
127 years after the publication of Caird's controversial essay, I still find myself swimming in questions about the way its content – and the public reaction to its content – has filtered into popular memory: How accurate is Quilter's edited memorial to the Great Marriage Debate? What is re-membered in its pages? What is forgotten? And, beyond that, how accurately did the Daily Telegraph itself depict the nature and content of the 27,000 letters that allegedly flooded its editor's desk? What has become of those letters? Do they still exist? What can they tell us about the relationship between the public and private spheres during this period? What can all of this tell us about which women's experiences are remembered and which are erased?
In a discussion of memory, women's rights, and Mona Caird, I can do no better than leave you with Caird's own last words from the "Marriage" essay that eventually became so notorious. I have always found these lines to be haunting because of what they could not possibly have foreseen. There's such a delicate optimism to them – an optimism that has too often been denied in the various rememberings, forgettings, and distortings of the piece:
We see a limitless field of possibility opening out before us; the adventurous spirit in us might leap up at the wonderful romance of life! […] We shall begin, slowly but surely, to see the folly of permitting the forces of one sex to pull against and neutralise the workings of the other, to the confusion of our efforts and the checking of our progress. We shall see, in the relations of men and women to one another, the source of all good or of all evil, precisely as those relations are true and noble and equal, or false and low and unjust. With this belief we shall seek to move opinion in all the directions that may bring us to this "consummation devoutly to be wished," and we look forward steadily, hoping and working for the day when men and women shall be comrades and fellow-workers as well as lovers and husbands and wives, when the rich and many-sided happiness which they have the power to bestow one on another shall no longer be enjoyed in tantalising snatches, but shall gladden and give new life to all humanity. (252)
Works Cited
Caird, Mona. "Marriage." 1888. "Criminals, Idiots, Women, and Minors": Victorian Writing by Women on Women. 2nd ed. Ed. Susan Hamilton. Toronto: Broadview Press, 2004. Print.
Mckenzie, Lisa. "Why I Am Protesting Against the Jack the Ripper Museum." Times Higher Education Blog. Times Higher Education, 5 August 2015. Web. 10 August 2015.
Quilter, Harry. Is Marriage a Failure? London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1888. Hathi Trust. Web. 19 October 2014.
Walkowitz, Judith. City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Print.


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