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From visionary director Ava DuVernay comes Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time," an epic adventure based on Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic which takes audiences across dimensions of time and space, examining the nature of darkness versus light and, ultimately, the triumph of love. Through one girl's transformative journey led by three celestial guides, we discover that strength comes from embracing one's individuality and that the best way to triumph over fear is to travel by one's own light.
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by Elizabeth Uwalaka, Lourdes Pilgrimage Administrator
The role of Pilgrimage Administrator involves co-ordinating the many parts that go into making a diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes, as well as other destinations like the Holy Land or Walsingham, work.
The role covers pilgrimage publicity, negotiations with the Lourdes Sanctuary for scheduling, processing the Westminster pilgrims' payment of the Sanctuary levy and setting up the pilgrimage booklet. I liaise with other dioceses to share knowledge and make agreements with travel companies for flight times, insurance, dates, availability, and emergencies, e.g., if a pilgrim has to return home through illness. The work involves reservations of the baths, considering new Lourdes Sanctuary initiatives, checking the layout and conditions of the St Frai for assisted pilgrims, as well as re-stocking the Lourdes Westminster Permanence with merchandise (designing and ordering badges, wristbands, bags, distribution of Lourdes raffle prizes), plus ensuring bills are settled such as St Frai Laundry costs, medication, sundries,…and more. Being a qualified French and Spanish teacher and fluent speaker has helped me in the negotiations for Westminster pilgrims' needs with the Sanctuary on the planning days in February.
At the heart of the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes is the carriage of sick and sometimes dying pilgrims to the Grotto. I feel privileged to have met and helped so many pilgrims, and especially those of St Frai. Those who have taken a heavenward route ahead of us are deeply missed and lovingly remembered there. Everyone, frail as they are, comes to the waters in search of healing for visible as well as invisible ailments. The provision of a spiritually meaningful pilgrimage experience for such a large number of pilgrims across the diocese means it has to be delivered correctly and at cost.
It's difficult to imagine a diocesan pilgrimage happening without volunteers and fundraising which it really needs.
Events such as the Lourdes Carol Concert in Our Lady of Victories Church,Kensington for Christmas or the New Year Panto in support of volunteer Red Caps in Shepperton Parish go towards helping with the costs. A suggested payment of £30 per person goes towards provision for assisted pilgrims, the pilgrimage booklet and the Sanctuary levy.
Pilgrims who make their own way can contact the Pilgrimage Office and register to be counted among the Westminster pilgrimage group getting their ID passes, pilgrimage booklets and other essential Westminster-specific items sent to them.
This summer, the pilgrimage is in its 30th year, and it's an open invitation for everyone to come along, or support someone who would like to be there. If you are aged 18 or over and you see yourself as a St Frai helper, contact Nick Leonard. If you are aged 16 or over, and you can imagine donning a 'Westminster red' Red Caps tabard, just get in touch with Katrina Lavery, the lady who pointed me in the direction of my life-pilgrimage. I made a promise, and here I am today.
If you cannot be there, perhaps you may be able to fundraise or donate a little? I love to sing and to bake and will be helping raise money for the Pilgrimage this year.
Will you walk with me on this important journey too? I look forward to seeing you in Lourdes! Please keep all those involved in the pilgrimage in your prayers.


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Journalism requires experience. Student-run publications provide the best experience. Internships are the next level, of course. But it's fun to know you created something from scratch — something that's yours. Making friends with those who created it alongside you is even more fun. If you read my last blog post, you read I visited New Orleans. That was thanks to DoNorth, SUNY Plattsburgh's student-run tourism magazine. It funded the trip, so we could return as better journalists. I'm the magazine's deputy editor. I feel pretty effing cool. As my adviser Luke Cyphers always says, "Yessenia's drunk with power!" (I'm actually not, but I'm kind of cool, so I guess.)
However, being deputy editor takes quite a toll. Sleep is a forgotten friend. Studying sits at the end of my to-do list. I might have failed my biology test today. It's tiring.
Angry designers release their withheld wrath on frustrated editors. Frustrated editors must sit down and work with novice writers. However, learning and teaching is the point, right?
DoNorth is reaching the end of this issue's publication, so shit is getting real, man. We publish once a semester, so most of the semester is relaxing. Once production starts nearing the end, though, it's no joke.
Stories need sources that writers failed to include. Finding and including those sources are my job. As deputy editor, I must ensure the best possible stories go into the magazine.
It's tiring as hell, but I love it. Classes teach lots, but they don't provide the field experience journalism demands. Some classes do, but most kids whine and bitch about it. It's kind of annoying.
That's my favorite part about working for a publication: the lack of whining. Students who dedicate time to the publication care about it. They care about their career, and they take themselves seriously. Experience does that. It teaches you more about yourself, especially when you realize you're better at something than you thought.
Even when people do whine, even when things aren't fun and I find myself dozing off during Intro to Statistics due to my lack of sleep, working for a student publication is worth it. Journalism isn't depicted in the most positive light nowadays. Some articles say newspaper reporters are the worst jobs of the year. Luckily, I want to write for magazines (whose prospects are slightly brighter), but I have friends who aspire to write for newspapers.
That's why practicum experience is important (and needed). You want to be a journalist? Find a publication and write for it. Have some clips stored. If you can land an internship, do that, too.
It's almost 2 a.m. I'm sitting in the Do North Office while Pandora plays Wu-Tang Clan, and a friend is working next door in our campus newspaper, Cardinal Points, office. (I write for them, too. More clips never hurt.) I just emailed about five sources, and it's OK. I'm finally heading home to some late-night munchies, an online quiz and my bed.
It could be worse. I could end up unemployed, but I won't. (At least I hope not. That would suck major balls.) And it's all because of student-run publications. So if you enjoy writing, quit hiding that talent in your diary. Join campus media: newspapers, magazines, radio or even TV. The things you learn and the bonds you build are forever.


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Monday, May 27, 2013
What I Did This Weekend
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I don't think this is what cabin ownership entails entirely. Right now, you are cleaning up someone else's mess. Think "generation ruins" here. Well, this is the physical representation of some other things that you are doing. The generation before left a mess behind to clean up, and its affecting everyone. There are surely maintenance issues on a cabin just as there would be with a house as well as the famed "cabin opener" weekend that the entire state seems to head up North for. But what you are describing is something altogether different. Dumping things at the cabin that you don't want to deal with and leave for someone else? Denial and leaving someone else to deal with its effects. Mice, things being overrun with pests? Poor maintenance and a lack of vision for what is necessary in years to come rather than just in the now. I could go on, but you get it. This is just a season. There will come a time when the cabin doesn't represent industry and labor, and Captain Industry and Labor will be able to go up there and get some rest, too. ;)ReplyDelete


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February 22nd, 2019 – February 24th, 2019Register Now
48-Hour Create-a-thon
Friday, February 22 – Sunday, February 24
Registration: $25 entry fee
Registration deadline: February 21
Location: Rooms 208 & 209
$1000 Best-In-Show cash prize will be awarded.
Opening Reception on Sunday, February 24 at 5:00 pm in Room 209. All are welcome!
Camelback Bible Church is hosting our increasingly popular fifth annual 48-Hour Create-a-thon! From Friday, February 22 through Sunday, February 24 artists are invited to bring their supplies to campus to create an original work based on thematic material given on-site.
BACK AGAIN! Photo Jam Photographers Track. The Photo Jam session is an amazing opportunity to develop further in your work, whatever your skill level.
All final work will be on display in the Camelback Bible Church Sanctuary through mid-April.
- Friday, 6:00 pm: Arrive and receive guidelines and theme on which you will be working. Bring your supplies and get working right away or go home and collect materials.
- Friday, 6:30 pm – Midnight: Begin creating your work of art in community!
- Saturday, 7:00 am – Midnight: More creating in community!
- Saturday, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm: The general public is welcome to come view and interact with the artists. Your family and friends are welcome!
- Saturday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm: Children are also welcome to come at this time and participate in the PRODIGY ZONE.
- Sunday, 7:00 am – 4:30 pm: Finish your piece
- Sunday, 4:30 pm: Brushes down! Tidy up for the Reception to follow.
- Sunday, 5:00 pm: Opening Reception. The public is welcome and work will be juried by a prominent member of the Phoenix arts community at this time.
- Sunday, March 3, 9:00 am service. Best in Show will be announced and awarded $1,000 cash prize.
Things to know:
- All visual media is welcome including but not limited to: acrylics, water color, charcoal, pastels, drawing, etching, photography, mixed media, plein aire, sculpture, mosaic, woodwork, glass, conceptual, and fiber arts.
- All levels are welcome—professional artist, enthusiast, or just getting started—aged 14 to 104.
- All artists will work together in a large space so plan accordingly when deciding on your medium.
- All work must begin from scratch Friday, February 22 at 6:30 pm and be completed in its entirety on-site at Camelback Bible Church by Sunday, February 24 at 4:30 pm.
- During the event, you may leave campus, but you may not take your work off-site before Sunday at 6:00 pm.
- Camelback Bible will provide the basics: security, banquet-sized tables, chairs, access to water, electricity, restrooms, light refreshments, beverages, coffee, and water.
- You must provide a drop cloth to define your space, easel, materials, and everything else.
- In order for artwork to be submitted to the jurors, artists must attend the opening session and work on site for a majority of the Create-a-thon time.
- More than one work may be completed during the Create-a-Tton (stay and work as long as you can) but only one work may be submitted for jury.
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Photo Jam Photographers Track
We are excited to once again have the Photo Jam Photographers Track as part of this year's event. Internationally acclaimed professor of photography, and long time Photo Jam facilitator, Donald Kouba, will be leading this track. Photographers will meet at 6:00 pm in Room 209 along with the other artists and, once the theme is given, Don will direct them as a group to their own space for further direction. The Photographer's Track will utilize the Photo Jam method of group review and response. Each participant will project a select group of image files for comments, suggestions, technical, and visual feedback after each of the three image capture sessions that will occur within the 48 hours.
- There will be up to three rounds of individual image capture sessions as required.
- Each photographer must provide his/her own camera, w/blank, formatted memory card.
- Any photographic approach is accepted providing its beginnings originate from work shot during the 48 hour event. All work must be original.
- Photographers will be encouraged to shoot off-site for the purpose of exploring & capturing images set to interpret the theme.
- Participants will be introduced to and use the three-step method of image editing.
- All editing and post-production techniques must be accomplished at Camelback Bible Church during the event. This will be explained in further depth on Friday night (Feb 22).
- Time will be allotted to print images, but only one can be submitted to the jurors.


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Rich and Teri, along with their two vivacious kiddos Sam and Sophia took the Foto Playground™ for a ride. Arms loaded with fun props from home this quartet took the two block walk over to the studio. After they heard the spiel the kids were off and running. The rest as they say...is magic.
[These self-portraits were taken by the creative people captured above - click any pic to enlarge.]


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California Warrior - Tara Lind
Become a #CaliforniaWarrior at the California Warrior Experience hosted by the California Military Department Foundation and produced by Race SLO on March 24, 2018. We'd also love to hear your #CaliforniaWarrior story - submit it today at https://www.californiawarrior.org/welcome.
A wife, mother & child nutritionist loses 155lbs & inspires a community. Below is Tara's #CaliforniaWarrior story...
A little over 2 years ago, at my heaviest weight of 286, I decided that I needed to change my life, not only for myself but for my husband and three children. In my mind I never felt as if I was a "fat girl" but physically I knew I was. My family goes camping every summer and I love being outdoors as well as going on adventures. But the summer of 2015 was almost the end for me. At almost 300 pound and only 5'3", I realized that I wasn't going to be able to push myself up mountains much longer. During a hike with my family, that took almost 4 hours because of me and watching my family watch me struggle, I knew it was time.
Soon I was diagnosed with high blood pressure, diabetes, morbid obesity, sleep apnea and chronic pain throughout my body. I knew I had a husband and children that needed me and I was being selfish. August 2015 was my turning point. All my kids finally started going to school full time so I took the time I had to myself and started walking for 3 hours every day. I slowly started changing my eating habits.
Within the first six months, I was able to lose almost 60 pounds and completed my first Half Marathon which was the Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco. I also did a lot of other races to keep myself going a motivated. But unfortunately being so heavy and pushing my body so much, I hit a wall. My body started to shut down, I was having problems with my knees, feet and back. So this was another turning point for me, my doctor suggested for me to have gastric bypass or I would risk gaining all the weight back due to having to stay off my feet. I did my classes for it and decided it was the best thing for me. After going to support groups and listening to their stories I knew it was the right choice for me. After the surgery, I had complications and the first 3 months were hell. My new stomach ended up almost completely closing which required me to have a few more surgeries to open it back up. After overcoming all those obstacles and coming out even stronger, I just knew life was going to be okay.
Within the first year I lost 100 pounds making my total lost 155 pounds. And within these two years I've learned to love life and everyone around me. In the midst of it all I have had some amazing people come into my life. In October 2016 a non-profit organization reached out to me and sponsored me for my first ever Spartan Race. Before this I ran a Marathon, two Half Marathons, and plenty of 5Ks, 10Ks and a Rugged maniac race.
Live for a Living helped me reach out of my comfort zone and into my new found love. Not only am I a runner, I can now say that I'm an obstacle course racer. After pushing myself through all the obstacles I have had in my life, I knew I can push myself through any obstacles that these races have. With me pushing myself to the limits every day of my life and showing everyone that anything is possible, as long as you have the drive and determination, you will get to where you want to be.
I have had Obstacle Course Racing Media, Rugged Maniac and Live for a Living post articles on social media about my story. After receiving emails from so many people asking for advice and help from me, I knew what I've done was meant to be. With finding my new found love and having all these amazing people come into my life, I have now found a second home and family with Mission Peak Spartans training group. Finding your comfort zone and happy place is a definite must. I work 3 jobs and have a family to take care of as well as myself - but you must find time to train and be where you're the happiest.
Working as a child nutritionist and being around all these young children all day, I try to encourage them to eat healthier by showing the right foods to eat and the right portions. I've also encouraged our local school district on what items I know the kids will eat. It's a difficult job in trying to get kids to eat healthy food but I continue to encourage them and share my story with them to show them that it really does matter what they put in their bodies. I also work at Amazon during the night and it's amazing how you can use a job like this and utilize it as training as well, always on my feet and lifting heavy boxes along with pushing and pulling pallets. I love my jobs and what I do.
With having such a busy schedule it's hard to keep a healthy lifestyle, but I tend to manage and my husband is an enormous help with it. I have found things that are easy to keep on hand anywhere I go that are packed with goodness. As long as I stay active and keep myself going it doesn't seem too hard to stay on track. When you give up on yourself is when it's hard to start over. I've been there and I don't want to be there again. My family and friends help keep my drive and determination going. I am thankful for such amazing support system and couldn't have done it without them. We all have our down moments but we will overcome if it's something you really went. Having such a different lifestyle now has brought my husband and children into obstacle racing. And recently my family members have decided to join in and change and be a part of the Spartan lifestyle. We are also building our own obstacle in our backyard.
Having lived in California all my life has been great. California is perfect - there is a different adventure no more than a 2 hour drive in each direction, from hiking in the Sierras to running on the beach. I also love that many others share my enthusiasm and all the friends that I meet during them. Now my goal is to take this lifestyle and explore different areas in California and the rest of the United States. I already have plans to do as many OCRS next year as possible and the majority are in places that I have never been.


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We need your help to improve our stadium scoreboard. It has been over 25 years since the original scoreboard was installed in the stadium and we are in dire need of a new scoreboard. We have worked over the past few years to make a new board happen, but have been unable to find the right opportunity. Now with the help of the Pope administration and other community support we have put together a plan that we think is in the best interest of the Pope community.
This project will include a new scoreboard section as well as a 10′ x 20′ video board. Also, there will be eight (8) sponsor panels and an arched truss with Pope branding back lit on it. Further, we will install play clocks for football games in order to continue to give our players and coaches a top-notch experience while playing here at Pope.
The scoreboard will serve all groups using the stadium, which include high school football, soccer, high school lacrosse, track, band, cheerleading, junior football, junior lacrosse, and other school groups who can benefit from the new technology.
We are very excited to promote this opportunity to our stakeholders and we believe that the good folks of the Pope community will rally around this effort to make it happen financially. We are working with the central office to have this new scoreboard erected over the summer and operational by the fall sports season.
We hope that you will strongly consider donating to this project and improving the athletic experience for so many Pope student-athletes, coaches, and all the community members who come to games in the Pope stadium. All donations are made to Pope High School and any donations over the amount required for the construction of the new scoreboard will go into the Athletics account to be designated for future capital improvements on the Pope campus. If you would like to donate an amount more than the $2500 amount listed on this link, please contact Pope Athletics Director, Josh Mathews at firstname.lastname@example.com or 770-578-7900 x075.
Thank you in advance for your donation and making this project a reality! Go Greyhounds!


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Manchukuo Empire:
Badges, page 4
Inscribed "Manchukuo 10-Year Anniversary" and "Health is the Power of a Nation" (Здоровье –
сила нации). A flag is the old Russian Imperial Flag which was used by monarchist white-
guardian Russians after 1917.
Many thousands of Russian people lived in Manchukuo. They all escaped from Bolsheviks to
Harbin which was a center of Russian emigration.
In the 1920s Harbin was flooded with 100,000 to 200,000 Russian White émigrés fleeing from
Russia. They were mostly officers and soldiers involved in the White movement, members of the
White governments in Siberia and Russian Far East. There were both the intelligentsia and
ordinary people. Harbin held the largest Russian population outside of the state of Russia.
From 1932 to 1945, Harbin Russians had a difficult time under the Manchukuo régime, then the
Japanese occupation. Some Harbin Russians initially thought the occupation was good, hoping
that the Japanese would help them in their anti-Soviet struggles and provide protection from the
Chinese, who were desperately trying to restore the sovereignty of Harbin.
Some Harbin Russians moved to other cities such as Shanghai, Beijin, Tianjin and eventually
left China. By the 1930s, Shanghai's Russian community had grown to 25,000.
There where several political parties and movements in Manchukuo. Among them where the
Russians movements, which had official status:
- Russian Fascist Organization (the White Russian fascist association in Manchukuo);
- White Russian Fascist Party (later the Russian Fascist Party; White Russian anticommunist
party in Manchukuo, used the swastika as symbol, guided by a Russian fascist "Duce");
- Bureau for Russian Emigrants in Manchuria (BREM) led by General Vladimir Kislitsin;
- Monarquic Party (White Russian Tzarist Monarchic party with Japanese approval).
Military police (?) hat badge.
Inscribed 'Committee Member to Welcome the Manchukuo Emperor.
Showa 10 [1935] April.'
Two versions: Inscribed 'Construction of the New Order in East Asia.'
'Air Defense'
'Enthronement Commemorative. Tank Regiment. 3rd Division.'
Dated March 1, 1934
I have learned that this badge (seen here upside-down) is NOT related to
Manchukuo. It is actually the insignia for Hitachi Zosen Co.


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Sebastiaan v (mx) wrote: Wat een verschrikkelijk mooie documentaire. De trailer geeft weliswaar een verkeerd beeld met een iets te hoog Amerikaans gehalte, maar de, voornamelijke Juridische strijd om een T. Rex opgestalt te krijgen in een museum is prachtig in beeld gebracht. Een aanrader!
Bigyan P (mx) wrote: Entertaining movie. Satisfied and cannot get more for now!! Many expect a happy-ending but i'm not one of them.
Pegah P (ca) wrote: "Haghighi is a sophisticated new voice, one who can keep us riveted to his screen as he balances comedy and tragedy while wrapping an enigma in a mystery."
Cody L (de) wrote: Has some trouble knowing what type of movie it is, but it's a great story regardless and backed by great performances by its 3 leading ladies.
Mark D (us) wrote: This is a very silly film, but then it wasn't trying to be anything else, so I mean in a positive way. A moderately novel idea to create a movie now in the style of silent movies, with the look (black and white, dodgy lighting, slightly accelerated motion) and sound (i.e. lack of it, it's a silent movie with musical accompaniment and text boards to explain things here and there), as well as the content (lots of things made clear by obvious expression, physical gesturing, and slapstick 'interaction', as well as the standard old style chase scenes and host of silly visual jokes, etc.). It drags occasionally ever so slightly, and, of course, it's not deep or taxing on the intellect in any particular way, but a nice, innocent bit of a laugh, with a funny little story about a man from 1907 travelling 100 years into the future to prove the world is going to end, and all the misunderstandings and silliness that result, both on his part, and on the part of the people he meets in 2007. A good film for a relaxing laugh on an evening after a tiring day at work. Just like for me right now this evening.
Pete B (de) wrote: Interesting tale of life after death with all of the superstitions. Very interesting how asian culture sees the after life. Some creepy stuff but not as scary as other films.
David G (mx) wrote: A charming and entertaining film. Not for everyone, but will appeal to those who enjoy French comedies.
Andy P (us) wrote: 77 minutes I wasted. MEGAN! MEGAN!
thats how me and my n199as do it (br) wrote: this movie was the shit it was nice u ether get down are lay down an if u lay down u goin 2 stay down
(us) wrote: Perhaps the plot tries too hard in the middle to give more heart and complexity to its sci-fi premise, but it's psychologically and philosophically intriguing enough to keep it afloat between the action-filled beginning and end. Plus, amazing visuals, which is why most of us watch Anime anyway, right?
Senor C (es) wrote: Ann Margret was one sexy vixen in her youth. In Kitten w/ a Whip (what a great working title) she is absolutely creamy. Sure it's filled w/ dated dialogue but I found it delicious. There could have been more sexual tension betwenn Margret & Forsythe but on a whole it's good trashy fun. Even though she is one crazy bitch Im a sucker for Margret here. She oozes young delinquent sexual energy that made my eyes & ears burn. Good goddamn if you get too close to this sorta heat your bound to get scorched as Forsythe soon learned..featured on MST3K which just isn't fair. This movie doesn't deserve to have the piss taken out of it. It's a real train wreck gem for all the right reasons
Wendy C (kr) wrote: Great character study on the desperation of humanity to survive a viral outbreak. The civilization was a little too light, but the acting was fantastic.


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The staff including the chefs seen at work from the open kitchen all look a little like they are auditioning for Mario Cart the restaurant game, the chef had the most awesome mustache and waiting staff wore garage gear. This gave the place a quirky feel that worked really well with the cool art and exposed brick throughout the restaurant and bar.
Tapas was on the menu and they really did so it well, although if you are vegetarian be prepared to eat salad and tomato bread, as in much of Spain they don't really get the concept. Unlucky.
Here is our menu, dishes that stood out were the patatas bravas, spicy as hell but really good, Flammkuchen very delicate, almost a melt in the mouth pizza, that means there are no calories, right?
By sweet time I was about full to burst, but for blog purposes I tried a bite of the pestinos but not really my kind of desert so opted for another Moritz beer.
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Welcome to the Taunton & Somerset Bonsai Club.
We are a very friendly bunch of people with one major interest in common, an enthusiastic love of Bonsai. Whether you are a beginner setting out along the pathway that is Bonsai or already have some years of cultivating your trees behind you do get in touch, or just simply come along to a meeting and see what goes on.
More details of membership on the Membership Page
Our usual meeting details are as follows
We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.15pm.
Our usual meeting place is at
The United Reformed Church
Paul Street, TAUNTON, Somerset. TA1 3PF
DIRECTIONS: Turn into the Marks & Spencer car-park; then almost immediately on your right is a set of gates after a small slope up. One gate will be open,drive in, park up .
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Please note change of date for this one of our most popular evenings
Programme of Meetings for 2019 via this link
For most of the news about past club meetings, shows, outings and other activities visit our NEWS blog
Photo above. A typical workshop meeting where members bring trees along to work on with advice on hand should they need it from some of the more experienced members
Bonsai News, Bonsai Care and Techniques and various other entries covering shows and club activities in the past and past posting on this site may also be accessed via the list of 'Tags' at the foot of this page which is in addition to the 'Buttons' at the top
Noelanders Trophy 2018
A group of our members made a trip to what is the greatest bonsai show in Europe held at Genk in Belgium. A report of their trip with photographs can be seen at this link.
Our Noelanders Trip 2018
Once again Club President John Trott did well at Chelsea in 2018 and was awarded his eleventh Gold Medal, making it 86 RHS Gold medals in total,
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this morning, after a very long conversation with jbear about where "pee pee's" are and telling him multiple times that girls do NOT pee out of our butts, we got ready for church.
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"hey, like i know its dumb but would you take a picture of me and babes (the one thats still baking)?"
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so we went out to the "garden"(which is actually doing quite well)
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now my hubs, he is a bit of a novice with the camera and gives no direction whatsoever so i just kind of stood there, feeling dumb, hoping the neighbors wouldnt come out and this, this is what we ended up with.
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Julian Leeser: Bipartisan support key to Indigenous Affairs overhaul
This is an article by Rachel Baxendale, published in The Australian on 1 April 2018.
The Liberal co-chair of the parliamentary standing committee on indigenous affairs says he hopes to secure cross-party agreement and indigenous support for measures to recognise indigenous Australians.
Liberal backbencher Julian Leeser has been appointed alongside indigenous Labor senator Pat Dodson to investigate means of giving indigenous Australians a voice.
The committee has been set up almost six months after the Turnbull government rejected indigenous leaders' calls for a constitutionally enshrined indigenous voice in parliament in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Mr Leeser said the committee would build upon the work done by four previous committees which have looked at the issue of indigenous constitutional recognition, with an interim report due in June and a final report due in November.
"Our job is to see what of those recommendations still holds support among indigenous people and cross-party support, and it's also going to particularly focus on something that came out of the Referendum Council and the Uluru Statement, and that is the idea that indigenous people want to have their voices heard and they want to be consulted and engaged on public policy that affects them," Mr Leeser told Sky News.
"There's a specific part of our terms of reference that looks at how indigenous people are consulted and engaged currently, and what we can do to improve those mechanisms for consultation and engagement to ensure we get better outcomes for indigenous advancement economically and in the social policy area as well."
Mr Leeser said he personally supported a constitutionally enshrined indigenous voice in parliament, as recommended in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but accepted that was not the view of the government.
"I've got a personal view about that model and I've been on the public record about that prior to being a parliamentarian," he said.
"But I'm chair of the government's committee here, and the government has ruled out a particular version of that model, and that is a version where you have an entrenched, elected, indigenous-only body in the constitution.
"That aside, what the government has said is that we've got a wide range of ability to have a look at both constitutional and non-constitutional means by which indigenous people are consulted and engaged on policy that affects them, and if you look at the statement that the Prime Minister made when he announced that the government wouldn't support that particular model, he said in particular that the government is interested in finding ways in which you can empower local people to have a say in the local affairs that affect them, and that he also understands the desire of indigenous people to have a greater buy-in and a greater voice in their own affairs, so it's really only one particular version of that voice that's been rejected.
"What this committee gives us the opportunity to do is to look at other models."
Asked why indigenous people needed greater representation in Canberra despite record numbers of indigenous MPs, Mr Leeser used the example of the preponderance of former lawyers in politics.
"We have a parliament that's filled with lawyers and we still have an Australian Law Reform Commission, for instance," he said.
"I think there's obviously issues among indigenous communities that are different to the rest of the population. By any measure this is a great country, and by any international standard Australians do exceedingly well, but there's one group of the population that perhaps doesn't share in the prosperity of the country and that is in large parts indigenous people, so we've got to do things to improve the economic and social outcomes, and that's why I think getting better buy-in and better engagement is so important, and that's why I'm pleased we've got that particular focus in our terms of reference."
Mr Leeser said the committee could not replicate the consultation process the Referendum Council pursued in holding a dozen consultations around Australia to formulate the Statement from the Heart.
"I don't think we're seeking to replicate that, nor are we seeking to replicate the, I think, 250 consultations that the expert panel had some years ago," Mr Leeser said.
"We have the ability to access all the materials from those particular inquiries, and we do intend to hold hearings around the country, including in some remote communities too, but there is substantial work that's been done, I think we should respect that work and we'll certainly be drawing on it.
"I think we've got to try to get as much detail down as possible, and obviously the first thing we need to do is to get cross-party agreement, and we also need to get a model that indigenous Australians will support. They're the two key criteria.
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Saturday, September 5…continued.
After Pinocchio we came upon a pleasant surprise across the street. The Garzoni Garden and Butterfly House is one of the most beautiful gardens in Italy. It was created in the 1500's and was originally a fortress and then became the country mansion of the Garzoni family where Napoleon visited.
Reminiscent of a ziggurat, this massive tiered garden is built up and along a steep Cliffside. The staircase is daunting and delightful and the rewards for the climb are countless. For starts, the view from the top is as beautiful as the view looking up. There is a fountain spilling down the center flooding ancient baths where the rich and famous frolicked. There are statues of Gods and Goddesses, fanciful mythical characters and sinister stone monkeys who peer down at on comers.
If one dares to venture (and I certainly do), there are stone paths that lead into glorious hideaways. An orange cat followed me like a shadow down the first. The prize at the end was a pen of tiny goats who seemed thrilled someone took the time to say hello. The next led to peacocks and fat white chickens. To my absolute glee, the orange cat and I came upon a statue of AntHony, regally clad in his royal blue towel. Just around the corner, we found one of Krissy.
After an hour or so of exploring, I returned to the stairs and once at the top ran my hands along two glorious sculptures who lord over the garden. Fame and Triton battle for my attention and the view from the nymphaeum is nothing short of majestic.
It was a gorgeous day and though Nicky chose to wait below and find phone service, I was glad to have enjoyed the climb alone. Once down the mountain, we popped into the Butterfly House, which was full of butterflies and not all that inspiring for me.
We had a long slow meal of scrumptious spaghetti, bread and wine in a little bistro. It was great to hear her stories of Italy and I romanticized about perhaps starting a life here. While buzzing through town in her tiny Austin mini, we were pulled over by the Cabinierri for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. We had done this several times en route, so I suppose it was only a matter of time. We were questioned as to why we had no identification (which is apparently required in Italy at all times). It is also against the law to not take your receipt from a restaurant or store. So bizarre. Regardless, the cops were mean and cold hearted. Poor Nicky was so upset I thought she would cry and I knew they were hoping she would. After an hour of berating and badgering, she was released with a hefty fine, which I added to my enormous ride fee and never looked back. As the sun began it's retreat, we headed home like Thelma and Louise enjoying the Tuscan views and reliving Pinocchio.
Back at the seniors home now, tempted to swim, but not too sure. It did not rain as promised and it was another perfect day. I can hear his majesty in the pool, so I suppose a swim is indeed in order.
Chrissy came out and gave an outstanding reading of the play and I am excited to see it in print. I am sure it is Oscar worthy. I suspect they will all chicken out but the idea of it still amuses me to no end. After a bit of hustle and bustle the troupe is off to the opera and I am finally a free woman once again.
I went back for another swim as the sun went down and the stars began to fill the sky. It's colder up here now and I wish I could have a fire, but instead I have wrapped myself in my blanket and taken up my place on the bench.
The stars are out and the darkness is wonderful. The dog and I are listening to critters in the woods and I am completely content in this silence. My intent is to drink this bottle of wine and pass out long before the cast returns.
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BUY&SELL is bringing the crypto revolution to the online classified ads market. Until now, the online classified ads market has remained relatively stagnant. What essentially happens is, in each country or region, the first classified site to get popular stays on the top.
The reasons for this are simple: they have the most available products, the most available consumers, and the most mindshare. When you want to sell something online in the US you use Craigslist, in Russia Avito, and in France, Le Bon Coin.
However, these market leaders rest easy on their laurels, online classifieds are easily maintained and extremely profitable… so there isn't much incentive to push the envelope. But this kind of complacency has led to a stagnation in development and is to the disadvantage of users that are missing out on new features and services that could be developed, but aren't. They collect the cash but very little is reinvested in user experience or service improvement.
To see the proof, just look at Craigslist. You'd think there hasn't been a single development in web technology since 1998!
Online classified ads are profitable to these companies because the service is necessary. The reach is greater than that found in just about any newspaper. What's more, the messaging systems enable quick communication. In business language, the "time to purchase" is shortened.
But these services can be improved with the latest and greatest technologies - and that is exactly what BUY&SELL plans to do by integrating blockchain technology into their classifieds platform.
The changes will be vast as the industry has a lot of catching up to do. But the major tenets of cryptocurrency will be the stars of the show: decentralization, anonymity, independence, and security.
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Sellers of goods on BUY&SELL will quickly see the upside of the platform insofar as security.
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Good morning!
I know…two blogs in less than twelve hours. But since I will be out blowing $^*% up later, and because the people of the MTBoS rock (they asked me questions because…they read the one I wrote yesterday!), I thought I would write this morning.
I spent time this morning playing Tapped Out. I have failed stopping the "useless time-wasting things".
Otherwise first up…LiveBinders.
Apparently, I am a hoarder. I collect things that will, in theory, make my life easier at some point. Unfortunately, it seems like it is more of a "Ooh, cool! I should keep that!"…then I never look at it again. But it is there! Evidence of this: one of my 26 Public LiveBinders (this one is called Lessons). It used to hold lessons for every math topic, but it needed to be split up. This one has all the stuff that didn't get its own binder for reasons that escape me right now. There's some great stuff in there…maybe I'll use it sometime…but definitely a hoarder. Maybe therapy will help.
My beef with LiveBinders is that saving each file takes a separate block of time. Evernote just puts things in folders that can be moved around much easier. But, as you can see should you be insane enough to look around in there, the time was taken for these binders so I don't want to just ignore them all…I don't want to feel like my time was not used wisely. I don't want to trash them. Again, hoarder characteristics.
I suddenly feel like watching Frozen so I can feel better about Let(ting) it Go.
Next: Conferences
Two weeks ago, I attended AVID's Math 2. Two years ago, I attended Math 1. I really put money and time into Interactive Notebooks then. The kiddos hated them, so after about three days of nonstop whining, I dropped them. Last summer, the AVID coordinator wanted me to teach AVID Seniors, so they sent me to the Counseling session…which was awesome…but even after the school paid for that, she was told that the math department "can't spare me"…thus the time gap. Anyway, after Math 2, I feel sort of cheated. I feel like I probably would have had a much better time with the Interactive Notebooks if I had learned the Math 2 stuff at the same time as Math 1…or closer to Math 1, at least. I'm not sure how I will do any of it this year though because (a) we have new consumable textbooks (Pearson) and (b) I have Google Classroom, which I love. I have to find a way to combine the ebook with the Classroom plus get my document camera working with the paper book for the kiddos who don't have internet access at home. I don't think I can do all that and the Interactive Notebooks.
One week ago, I had AP By the Sea for AP Statistics. It is my favorite because the sessions there are taught by Daren Starnes, the author of the adopted textbook. His wife Judy was there to take care of us too. This was a week after he finished the grading festival. As usual, I learned so much…and he and I had discussions of his recommended Make It Stick. I see that is the book for #eduread currently…I dropped in with about five minutes left last time. I didn't say anything, but I kept a copy of the Storify that @druinok kept. I'm still reading it; maybe I'll contribute next time.
Conclusions for myself from this morning:
I need to be less of a stalker and more of a contributor to the MTBoS. I listened to #educhat about Collaboration this morning: I'm happy to say that I don't think everyone should listen to me, but I have to add my voice.
I still need to work on doing useful things, especially first thing in the morning.
I've really got to Let It (the hoarding thing) Go. And try to not feel bad about all the time I spent working on them in the first place.
Happy Independence Day!


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This post was originally written back in November, but I have decided to wait until now to share it. You will see an update at the end.
November 10, 2010
It has been pretty crazy around here over the course of the last week and I want to make sure I get all that's happened down while the memory is fresh.
Many of you know that we miscarried back in August. Well, on our anniversary, October 6th, we found out that we were pregnant again. We were excited but a little apprehensive.
According to labs things seemed to be going well–until last Thursday (November 4th). I started spotting, which turned into more heavy bleeding. It seemed that we were headed in the direction of another miscarriage, especially when we got another lab report back which said my progesterone was quite low and my HCG was nothing to write home about. One of our midwives said there was probably no need to do an ultrasound, since most evidence pointed in a discouraging direction.
I felt all kinds of things. Sometimes I felt I was accepting what seemed like the inevitable, other times I had hope that the baby was okay. The truth is, it's never actually over until you either miscarry or get an ultrasound and you see no heartbeat. On top of that there was anger, impatience, numbness, exhaustion, embarrassment, confusion, and frustration.
You can imagine, for Jason, I was a gem to be around. But despite my moodiness, he took care of Ian & I so well–making us meals, cleaning up, listening to me talk and cry, playing with Ian. He did all these things despite the fact that he was going through his own personal version of life anticipating a probable miscarriage.
Yesterday (November 9th) I woke up and decided I was tired of living with the unknown. If we went in for an ultrasound and there was no heartbeat at least we could know and move on with whatever was ahead for us. If the baby was living (highly unlikely) then that would be amazing and we could do whatever was in our control to set this little one up for a continued successful life in utero and out.
I himmed and hawed through the morning about it. I talked with a friend who listened well and added her encouragement, and then finally scheduled an appointment.
In the hour and a half in between scheduling and walking into the doctor's office I felt a bit of relief, coupled with dread and nervousness. And I prayed that we would get a really nice ultrasound tech. They don't all have the greatest bedside manner or are very clear about what they are seeing. I know this by experience.
Getting to the office went smoothly. When we got into the exam room, the tech told us she was the mom of two boys. She was super nice to Ian. She knew we were doing a viability check (which indicates there's a good chance the findings won't be positive) and she responded with warmth and helpfulness. She was very clear and informative.
At 4:15pm I was laying there with Jason & Ian next to me and the screen popped up and we saw our little one. And very nonchalantly the tech said "Your baby looks like a little gummy bear, that's exactly how it should look. And there's the heartbeat."
I saw it for myself. I looked at Jason. And then I said to the tech "Wait, there's a heartbeat?" She told me several more times and reassured me that the beats-per-minute were very good, she didn't see any bleeding that was concerning, and that yes, our baby looked like a gummy bear.
I was dumbfounded. And then the doctor came in and said all the same things but added "This is very good news. We like giving this kind of news to people." And he left. And I was still dumbfounded.
The tech handed me four photos of our little one (the most I've ever gotten from an appointment), I got dressed, and we walked out.
I was thinking a million things at that point, but here are some of them:
- What does the road (aka drama) ahead look like now? Will the baby be okay? What about my low progesterone levels?
- God, why are you so good to me?
- What will our midwives say?!
- This is very weird, but good, of course!
- Why am I bleeding?
- I HAVE to trust God with this.
- Thank you for that ultrasound tech!
- I'm scared.
- I have to tell all the people who were praying for us! They prayed for us and look what happened!
The last thought was very encouraging to my faith, which to be honest over the last week has been one of numbness and distance from God. Quite a few people have told me that they had been thinking of me/us recently and were praying (whether they knew I was pregnant or not).
Of those who knew what was going on, I had several people say "I am going to pray that the baby lives." I appreciated their prayers, but I myself didn't have much hope.
And there have been people praying for us that we don't even know. Friends have told me their extended family members have been praying and my mom's bible study group is, too.
If you know us, please pray for us. If you don't know us, please pray, too. Pray that the baby would live!
I am still bleeding and sometimes it's pretty heavy, which concerns me. It doesn't take long after seeing God's faithfulness to forget and start to worry about the future.
I'm now supplementing with progesterone. I've also been told to cut down on my activity level, a sort of partial bed rest. My hope is that these things will help, the baby will be just fine, and the bleeding will stop.
Jason reminds me that God has sustained this little one so far, He can continue to do it, and He will do exactly what is best.
To be honest, sometimes I feel peace when he says that and sometimes I don't. But I can't deny that God has done a miracle for us!
An update: After partial bed rest at the end of October, my bleeding stopped. No one was able to identify why it occurred, but after talking to several other women and doing a little internet research, I found that quite a few others have had a similar experience.
Besides this troubling symptom, I felt pretty good in the first trimester–not nearly as nauseous as I did with Ian or as tired as I did with the last one. Our due date is June 17th.
At 12 weeks we heard a very reassuring heartbeat. At 14 weeks I stopped taking progesterone, as our midwife said she didn't think I needed to anymore. I'm now at 19 weeks and in the last couple weeks we've been able to feel the baby kicking.
In about a week we go in for our 20-week ultrasound. We've decided we're going to find out the sex.
I am being asked to trust God in a new way with this pregnancy. With Ian I remember worrying about if Jason & I could handle parenthood and all that came with it. I worried how our marriage would do with the change. But I felt confident that my body could grow a healthy baby and that the birth would turn out positively.
This time around, I am finding that I am more worried about the baby's health and my body's ability to carry him or her. I think more about the "what-ifs" of potential medical complications. I guess that is to be expected considering our past experiences.
Life continues on and with that, the pregnancy is going by much faster than with Ian. And Ian is getting excited, too. He understands more and more that there's a baby in Mommy's tummy (and not in his tummy or Daddy's).
Please continue to pray for this little one and for us. I am looking forward to seeing him or her again in the upcoming ultrasound, and will be relieved if all looks well with this second look. I also have had the flu for the last week and would appreciate a quick recovery and health for our whole family.
Thank you God for what you have done done in our family–not just this miracle, though we are especially excited about it, but everything You have done.


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Shaping the Consumer Mind
Often considered "the father of public relations", Sigmund Freud's nephew, Edward Bernays, did more than anyone to promote the virtues of 'Western' living. In 1928, he published his influential treatise called Propaganda. In it, he argued that public relations were not just a mere spectacle, but a public necessity:
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, and our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of…. It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind."
Bernays helped to pioneer what would become fixtures of the American cultural landscape — the power of image and slogan. His first exposure to using these fixtures was in assisting Woodrow Wilson's administration with efforts to help Europe adopt the principles of democracy during WWI under The Creel Commision. During these uncertain times, Bernays adopted his propaganda efforts with a certain measure of sincerity, believing it could change a nation's fate. And Bernay's found great success in swaying public appeal. Having seen how effective these efforts could be, Bernays imagined how equally powerful these measures could be during times of peace and prosperity. (Incidentally, as western cultures grew more democratic, Bernays discovered that the term 'propaganda' would slowly acquire a derogatory 'sting' because of its association to Hitler and German efforts, so he coined the term "public relations.") With the principles he had co-opted from his war efforts, Bernays implemented ways to "regiment the public mind every bit as much as an army regiments their bodies." With these new techniques, he felt that it was left to the intelligent minorities to implement and steer the lower masses into feelings of control, freedom, or prosperity — something that might seem similar to Plato's 'Noble Lie'.
Bernays, a self-anointed Liberal, became a marketing sage, engineering not just consumer appetites but the public relations efforts behind the US-backed overthrow of the democratic government of Guatemala. Yet his first and most significant claim to fame was propelling woman to smoke in the 1920s. He used the slogan "Torches of Freedom", promoting the cause to woman as a type of emancipation. He would stand to gain enormous praise and wealth as a result of these efforts.
Bernays pioneered a method he called "the engineering of consent." This method of 'consent' provided tools and techniques to leverage "control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it." Appropriating his Uncle's (Sigmund Freud) methods, Bernays choose to manipulate not the rational part of our minds, but the unconscious, emotional aspects. Selling everything from soap to cigarettes to political campaigns, his techniques would also become the foundations of Joseph Goebbels propaganda machine for the Third Reich. Goebbels admired Bernays' writing and from it developed the 'Cult of the Fuhrer'. In contemporary culture, Bernays work would translate into branding exercises, that again, operate most effectively on instinctual levels. Bernays attempted to turn citizens into consumers in pursuit of an engineered political, social, or personal utopia. Yet as countless thinkers past and present have reminded us that without the rigours of moral thought, or what psychologist Daniel Kahneman considers a type of second system of slow thought, we will forever remain vulnerable to diminished cynicisms or 'engineered consent.' It reminds us that to grasp the values behind the jingles that abound in any culture requires measures of patience, effort, and counterfactual thought. — Michael Graf


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Lime juice and cumin make this low-fat recipe from Cooking Light special. It's a great way to use leftover ham.
1/4 cup light mayonnaise 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 cups cooked long-grain brown rice 1 1/4 cups diced lean ham 1/2 cup diced celery 1/4 cup diced red onion 3 tablespoons chopped ripe olives
Combine mayo, lime juice, chili powder, oregano, cumin, and salt in a small bowl; stir well. Combine rice and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; stir in mayo mixture. Chill for several hours or overnight.
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