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Travels of a Queer Poet
Yes - that's me! I'm here, I'm queer, and I'm travelling to the States to read poetry and meet two of my Woman-Stirred friends in person for the very first time. I'm sure you've heard me talk about them before! So that really means I'm not here at all. In fact I'm over there - being queer, and friendly, and a poet. Or at least I will be very soon. If you see what I mean.Here's what's going on. If you're in the Vermont vicinity, please come along and support us. I'm the one with the English accent.
BLACK SHEEP BOOKS presents:
Three Queer Poets:
Readings by Julie R. Enszer, Merry Gangemi, and Nicki Hastie
Tuesday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m.
at 4 Langdon Street, Montpelier, VT
Julie R. Enszer, a Maryland-based writer and lesbian activist, is published in "Iris: A Journal about Women," "Room of One's Own," "Long Shot," the "Jewish Women's Literary Annual," and the "Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly." Her book, "Homesteading: Essays on Life, Death, Sex, and Liberation," is forthcoming in winter 2008. For more on Julie, see http://www.JulieREnszer.com.
Merry Gangemi lives in Woodbury, VT, and is the host of Woman-Stirred Radio, a weekly queer cultural journal on WGDR 91.1 fm. Her work is published in the "Paterson Literary Review," "Journal of NJ Poets," "Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly," the "Harrington Lesbian Literary Review," "Vermont Woman," and the "Hardwick Gazette." She produces the annual Tea & Poetry series, a Vermont literary festival now in its sixth year. For more on Merry, see http://www.merrygangemi.org.
Nicki Hastie lives in Nottingham, England. She is a founding member of the Woman-Stirred blog. Her work is published in "Chroma," "Diva," "Trouble & Strife," and also in critical anthologies relating to women's health, coming out stories, lesbian fiction, and representations of lesbians in popular culture. For more on Nicki, see http://www.nickihastie.demon.co.uk.
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Black Sheep Books, a community space and bookstore in Montpelier, Vermont, offers affordable radical and scholarly books, and hosts educational events on cultural and political topics. As an all-volunteer project, we are operated by a five-member collective hand in hand with a group of dedicated volunteers. Our principle focus is to provide access to anti-authoritarian Left ideas in a way that promotes intellectual debate and challenges today's hegemonic culture. Together with horizontalist social movements and political projects, bookstores, infoshops, and publishers, Black Sheep Books works toward an egalitarian, ecological, and nonhierarchical society.
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And then, on Saturday 18 August, what better than Tea and Poetry?
You really won't want to miss us in the gardens of Perennial Pleasures for this Vermont literary festival, now in its sixth year thanks to the organisational skills and poetic-mindedness of Merry Gangemi. Voluntary donations benefit the AFSC VT office youth outreach and education program.
Readings are at 1pm and 3pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Julie, Merry, and I will be reading on Saturday at 3pm. Don't forget to bring a lawn chair!
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Happy Sunday! It's Day One of my eight freebie giveaways! I got started on TpT about a year ago and it's been so much fun connecting with other teachers and getting feedback on my freebies and products. I just started my second year of teaching and it has completely transformed my outlook on teaching and the never ending possibilities for classroom resources and collaboration with teachers! To celebrate having 800 followers at my TpT store, I'm starting off the first day of freebies with some resources I used recently to help my kiddos with the difference between a summary and retell.....and then finally working down to the main idea of a book.
Throughout the week, we talked about the difference between a summary and retell. I gave the students an example of a summary and retell for the same story (after we had read them together, I just typed up the two examples) and they filled out this quickie venn to help with our discussion.
Later in the week, we started filling out these Story Stack and Story Funnel organizers for my kiddos that are visual learners. I like them because the students can see how a retell, summary and main idea each narrow down the details in the story and get more specific/shorter in length. I used two different organizers- the Story Stack gives the kids a little more room to write for the main idea, the Story Funnel is pretty small at the point for the main idea, but still a good visual. I also included where the kids create an alternate title (on the Story Funnel organizer) so they could see how the main idea could help create titles for books.
Have a great day and stop back tomorrow for Day Two! Please feel free to share the "8 Days of Freebies" icon up at the top on of this post on your blog and let your friends know about the 8 days of freebies! I have it linked to my store, but I don't know if you just copy and paste it, if that will automatically work- proof of a beginning blogger right there! Thanks!! I have fonts, clipart, fall freebies and a big $8.00 giveaway from my store at the end of it all coming your way!

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Sep 15, 2015
Frisco ISD-TV has been named one of three finalists in the Monthly show category for NSPA's Broadcast Pacemaker award, which is high school journalism's oldest and most prestigious prize for excellence.
Frisco ISD-TV won this award in the Weekly/Biweekly category during the NSPA convention in Kansas City, Missouri in 2010 and in the Monthly category during the convention in Boston, Massachusetts in 2013.
The Frisco ISD-TV news team is hoping for a Pacemaker three-peat on November 14, 2015 during the 2015 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Orlando, Florida.
Frisco ISD-TV Episode #063, the show up for the Pacemaker, is led by anchors and former crew members Chalen Broom (San Jose State University – Radio-TV-Film and Advertising) and Maria Lempke (University of North Texas – Radio, TV & Film), featuring stories by former crew members Bryson Salas (Collin College), Kyle Khang (University of North Texas – Radio, TV & Film), Valeri Vazquez (University of Southern California – School of Cinematic Arts), Bailey Stone (Centennial High School Senior) and current Frisco ISD-TV Senior Producer / Senior Editor Natasha Burklow.
In addition, former Frisco ISD-TV Producer/Editor Maria Lempke has been announced as a finalist for NSPA Broadcast Feature Story of the Year. Lempke's story Return of a Founding Father was produced during the 2014-2015 season and shares details on a Benjamin Franklin impersonator's visit to Gunstream Elementary School.
Lempke served one year on the Frisco ISD-TV news team and is a 2015 graduate of Wakeland High School. She is currently studying Radio, TV & Film at the University of North Texas and is a reporter for North Texas Television also known as ntTV.
Former Frisco ISD-TV Producer/Editor Bailey Stone has been announced as a finalist for both NSPA Broadcast News Story of the Year and NSPA Broadcast Sports Story of the Year. Stone's stories Bear Necessities and A Pretty Pace were produced during the 2014-2015 season.
Stone served one year on the Frisco ISD-TV news team and is a senior at Centennial High School. She is currently focusing her efforts on legal studies at the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center.
View complete list of NSPA Broadcast Pacemaker Finalists here: 2015 NSPA Broadcast Pacemaker Finalists.
A complete list of Broadcast Story of the Year finalists can be found here: 2015 NSPA Broadcast Story of the Year Finalists.
Frisco ISD-TV crew members consist of students enrolled in Audio/Video Production and Advanced Audio/Video Production at the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center.
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On January 28th 2013 Lamborghini celebrated its 50th Anniversary year and the launch of the new Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster in Miami.
The festivities started with a very exclusive program including the Press Conference and parade in South Beach followed by the High-Speed Demonstration at Miami International Airport where 12 Aventador Roadsters simultaneously drove through the runway at speed in excess of 180 mph. This was the first time the Miami International Airport's runway was closed for an automotive brand and the first time a vehicle will surpass 180 mph on ground at Miami International Airport.
Since those events last week, Lamborghini established temporary residence at the Homestead-Miami Speedway to host journalists and dealers from all around the world for them to experience the breathtaking acceleration and cornering abilities of its topless flagship.
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More than 75 plaintiff couples from marriage cases past and present gather in DC
April 30, 2015
On Monday, April 27, the eve of the United States Supreme Court's landmark oral argument in the legal case that could bring the freedom to marry to same-sex couples nationwide once and for all, same-sex couples who were plaintiffs in marriage cases from across the country and throughout history joined together in Washington, D.C. at the National Marriage Plaintiffs Gathering, organized by Freedom to Marry. See all of the photos here.
Plaintiffs from more than 55 marriage cases attended the event, representing 30 different states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
Freedom to Marry was proud to celebrate this historic gathering of plaintiffs alongside the many private attorneys and law firms - and our indispensable movement legal groups - the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Lambda Legal, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights - who have brought the cases that built to the vicotry we hope shimmers within reach this year. A special thanks is also in order to Mark Ebenhoch, Aaron Huntsman & Lee Jones of Love is Love Key West (the campaign behind the Key West, Florida marriage case Huntsman v. Heavilin), who originated idea of the plaintiff gathering.
Plaintiffs Past & Present
The plaintiffs' cases dated back as far as the 1970s - Tony Sullivan, one of the very first marriage plaintiffs in Colorado's Adams v. Howerton, attended, as well as Ninia Baehr and Genora Dancel, plaintiffs in the 1990s Hawaii case, in which Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson and co-counsel Dan Foley celebrated the very first time a judge ruled in favor of the freedom to marry for same-sex couples (read more about the Hawaii fight here). Julie Goodridge, a named plaintiff in the Massachusetts case Goodridge v. Massachusetts Department of Public Health that brought about the very first state where same-sex couples could say "I do," also joined us for the gathering, with her co-plaintiffs Edward Balmelli and Michael Horgan.
The reception also brought together every plaintiff couple from this year's Supreme Court marriage case, Obergefell v. Hodges, as well as many of their attorneys. The next day, the plaintiffs and their legal teams watched as the Supreme Court considered the freedom to marry and whether all states must treat same-sex couples and their families equally.
"The World is Watching"
Freedom to Marry was proud to welcome Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, for the event. "Working with us and for us every step of the way since the beginning of the Obama Administration has been an effective internal voice and champion for our cause, an unsung hero who has helped us get to where are today," Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson said, introducing Jarrett.
At the podium, Jarrett took the opportunity to thank all of the plaintiffs in the room for their work, saying, "I know that you have to put your lives on hold for something that's not just going to benefit you, but benefit so many other people, and so, on behalf of the millions of people around the country and around the world who your leadership symbolizes, thank you!"
She continued, "Tomorrow we will watch a historic moment, and that history would not be possible without all of you. In our country we should be able to love anyone we want. The world is watching. We all need equal opportunity in this country, and we are all in this together."
A Historic Movement
"Tonight, we are keeping the focus on being together, meeting each other, and celebrating the power of telling our stories, organizing, working, and showing the courage to stand up for ourselves and believe that others can rise to fairness," Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, said in his brief remarks. "The plaintiffs here tonight and those who are here with us in spirit, and the advocates (private attorneys, pro bono counsel, law firms, and fighters) exemplify the millions who spoke up, shared stories, touched hearts, and changed minds - setting the stage for the victory we hope we will see in June.
In total, nearly 500 same-sex couples have been plaintiffs in legal cases seeking the freedom to marry since 1970, when Jack Baker and Mitchell McConnell first sought the freedom to marry in Minnesota. To commemorate this incredible history, Freedom to Marry, working with the wonderful teams at the ACLU, Lambda Legal, NCLR and GLAD, pulled together a list of ever marriage plaintiff we could track down and include in a poster that demonstrates the wide scope and many voices who have helped to bring the freedom to marry to same-sex couples nationwide (click the poster to enlargen).
A Chance to Celebrate
For the 100+ plaintiffs who gathered together for the event, the night was a chance to celebrate the strides we have taken together as a movement seeking the freedom to marry.
"Everyone here played a part," Stuart Gaffney, a plaintiff in the California case In Re Marriage Cases, said. "It's a jigsaw puzzle of America coming together."
"It's amazing to be in a room full of people who've been working on this for so long," North Dakota marriage plaintiff Celeste Carlson-Allebach added.
"This is a uniquely joyful occasion," said Steven Stolen alongside his husband Rob MacPherson. "How often do you get to go to an event like this?"
And for Derek Penton-Robicheaux, who is a plaintiff in the Louisiana case Robicheaux v. Caldwell with hus husband Jon, the event was an opportunity to finally meet so many of the fellow plaintiffs he has read so much about. "Most of us are friends on Facebook, but this event tore down the digital walls," he said.
Check out all of the photos from the great event here.
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a hand stitched quilt cradles you when frost arrives
wheat rustling in the wind is a soft lullaby. . . . . .
for Nature whispers that soon Winter sleep will come.
Welcome, November.
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Lovely, lovely pics - all of them! Those sleepy little squirrels are just too cute. Happy November!
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Thank you to those who took the time to leave comments on our Designers Blogs for our February Release Post and Blog Hop!
Congratulations to the Electa who was randomly selected from Julie's Blog. You have won a $15 Gift Code to the ODBD Website. Please email Lisa by March 4, 2017, to claim your gift code, be sure to put AO February Winner in the subject line and Lisa will email you back with details on how to use your gift code.
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My husband asked me (on Friday!) what I wanted for Mother's Day. I told him - a hanging planter, a bottle of sherry, and a day off. He laughed.
But he did get me four hanging planters (to cover front and back - 2 are strawberries!!) and a bottle of port, plus a gift card to start me on the summer garden supplies. Perfect!! Boo made me a beautiful gift at school, including a little rosemary plant in a decorated pot and a wonderful, sentimental card that made me cry.
They let me sleep in, and I woke to the sound of church bells through the open window. So beautiful. Hubs brought Boo to karate, and I'm sitting listening to soft jazz, enjoying the spring breeze and my second cup of coffee. In a silent, empty house.
I am blissed out, and so blessed.
I wish this same kind of bliss to all the moms and step-moms and moms-to-be out there! I hope you are all spoiled rotten today!!!
Happy Mother's Day!


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Holy Love Ministry
April 2, 2017
St. Francis de Sales says:
"Praise be to Jesus."
"You will not have true and lasting peace in the world until people recognize that the enemy of all peace is the evil that hides in hearts. This is the evil which opposes Holy Love. It is the evil which finds fault with good and accommodates sin to appease people. This same evil stills the voice of righteousness from the pulpit and amongst religious leaders. What good do you accomplish by not offending people but offending God?"
"There are nefarious collusions in the world today – groups of people and nations which are united outside of God's Laws and focused on power which opposes democracy. These are the ones uninterested in the difference between good and evil or the Truth. By your efforts of prayers and sacrifice you can assist in undoing these tangles of knots. No prayers or sacrifice is unworthy or too small."
Read Romans 10:1-4+
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified.
Synopsis: The righteousness of man comes about by zeal and love for God, not by ignorance of God's righteousness.
+-Scripture verses asked to be read by St. Francis de Sales.
-Scripture taken from the Ignatius Bible.
-Synopsis of Scripture provided by spiritual advisor.
April 2, 2017
St. Joseph is here* and says:
"Praise be to Jesus."
"My brothers and sisters, make of your families sanctuaries of Holy Love, thereby encouraging and supporting Christian prayer. I will help you with this in every way possible if you ask."
"Tonight, I'm extending to you my Fatherly Blessing."
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I just wanted to show you the ZOMBIE PARTY I did last year. I am finishing up some Halloween DIYs and thought I might show you the party the boys and I had.
We really had multiple parties last year, just the four of us. They were basically pizza movie nights, but we added fun treats, too. Keep your eyes out for DIYs for two of the cake pop treats, one of the little zombie and one of Hunter's monster. Let me know if you want the printables.
Don't forget to go see the whole party over on CUPCAKES AND CUTLERY, I have all the sources listed there.


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Natural Solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change, from IUCN-WCPA, The Nature Conservancy, UNDP, Wildlife Conservation Society, The World Bank and WWF. A new report outlines the ways in which protected areas can help mitigate and adapt to climate change. Protected areas can contribute to the two main responses to climate change through:
- Storage of carbon: preventing the loss of carbon that is already present in vegetation and soils
- Capture of carbon dioxide: sequestering further CO 2 from the atmosphere in natural ecosystems
- Protecting human communities: maintaining ecosystem integrity, buffering local climate, reducing risks and impacts from extreme events such as storms, droughts and sea-level rise
- Providing basic livelihood needs: maintaining essential ecosystem services that help people cope with changes in water supplies, fisheries, disease and agricultural productivity caused by climate change
Opportunities to use protected areas in climate response strategies need to be prioritised by national and local governments and should draw on the full range of protected area management approaches and governance types. Many indigenous peoples and local communities are already actively conserving and managing ecosystems to provide climate buffers and these efforts require proper support, both in terms of policy and resources. A recent analysis by the World Bank found indigenous-controlled protected areas to be on average more effective than other protected areas in slowing deforestation.
At a global level, the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Programme of Work on Protected Areas should be deployed as a major climate change mitigation and adaptation tool. The role of protected areas as part of national strategies for supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation should also be recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This means:
- UNFCCC: recognising protected areas as tools for mitigation and adaptation to climate change; and open up key climate change related funding mechanisms, including REDD and adaptation funds, to the creation, enhancement and effective management of protected area systems
- CBD: renewing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas at COP 10 to address more specifically the role of protected areas in responses to climate change, in liaison with other CBD programmes
The authors will be providing regular updates and will be collecting information and case studies to show how the various opportunities are working in practice over the coming months.
Citation: Dudley, N., S. Stolton, A. Belokurov, L. Krueger, N. Lopoukhine, K. MacKinnon, T. Sandwith and N. Sekhran [editors] (2009); Natural Solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change, IUCN-WCPA, The Nature Conservancy, UNDP, Wildlife Conservation Society, The World Bank and WWF, Gland, Switzerland, Washington DC and New York.
Available from: https://www.iucn.org/downloads/natural_solutions.pdf


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Scoutmaster Musings
Day 28 - Up the Rim
I walked 48438 steps on the trail today.
I traveled about 21 miles today.
Hiked east below the Mogollon Rim for about 19 miles going in and out of draws, through burned sections, brushy sections, and cool forested sections. There were many beautiful views like this one.
I've been looking forward to reaching the top of the Mogollon Rim for quite awhile. It's a distinct border between environments and the high mesas should be flatter, cooler, and easier hiking.
But, a snow storm is forcast for tonight so the first few days up high might be a challenge.
Met a couple backpackers and a guy preparing the Highline Trail for a 50-mile trail run next weekend. This guy just had his 75th birthday last week and has done the Western States 100 trail run 13 times. He'll be running race next weekend. I'm such a newbie.
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StarMummy 2: FloWman from Jake Kotze on Vimeo.
This is a collaboration between me and Jim Sanders.
Here's the first one we also did together.
Peace In = Peace Out
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Will's addition;
A study highlighting the relation between Wolf and floW... Attention is brought to the moon in the Wolfman poster appropriately set due to the fact that the Moon also influences the raising of the Oceans tides. The Moon is intricate in both the development of the Wolf and controls the floW. These movies came out on the 12th of Feb. and bear remarkable resemblance to each other in the stance of the main characters. Seth Green of course being born on the 8th of Feb.... His Zodiac sign being Aquarius the water bearer.
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Here is another cute project to have your home decorated for the Holiday Season. Check out Sandra Ferrell's project at CPC and subscribe to the month of November.
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Holiday Decor
Brooch and Earrings Gift Set
One thing that is great about Stampin' Up! is they have crafts for everyone. This CPC project is a perfect example of the diversity you have with the company! Kris McIntosh designed this adorable Brooch and Earrings gift set for CPC this month.
Gingerbread Bear Holiday Ensemble
Are you ready for Christmas season? Begin decorating early by creating this Ensemble by Carrie Rhoades. The instructions to this project as well as 9 others are at Craft Project Central and are only $1 each! Check back for the rest of the projects to be posted throughout November.
Santa's Sleigh and Card Ensemble
Check out this cute Santa Sleigh with matching card Ensemble! Heidi Baks designed this project as the bonus for CPC this month. It's really easy to get the directions to this project for free! Head on over to CPC to find out how!
Holiday Coasters
Did you know that Stampin' Up! has come out with a line of fabric? What's best about it, is it coordinates with their paper products!
Here is another fabulous idea to put your Big Shot to use and create some great gifts in time for the Holidays! Julie Edmonds created these Fabric Holiday Coasters and the full instructions with color pictures can be found on Craft Project Central. Enjoy!
Star Book
Want another creative way to make a scrapbook to show off? A Star Book is a perfect alternative! Monika Davis created this one for CPC this month. Head on over and get the directions to this project and 9 others for only $10. Check out the previous months while you are there! We have some REALLY talented designers!
Christmas Wrapping
I don't know about you but I love when I receive pretty wrapped gifts! This CPC project was designed by Laurie Zoellmer with people like me in mind! Check out the instructions at Craft Project Central.


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Camera locks up . . . solution!
- It just locked up on me again tonight, so I Googled this phrase "Droid Charge camera locks" and it came up with this thread in another forum here. Glad I read this thread too, because I was doing battery pulls with each lock up to get it working again!
Since I don't browse the other device forums I thought I'd re-post this camera lock up issue for those of us that are new to Droids and the few week old Charge.
The thread I read had no direct resolution, but a few posters thought it was related to inadvertently pressing the power button.
I found this to be the direct cause. When you press the power button it locks the screen with a orange pic of a lock next to the pic's left counter. And it probably does this to lock the video recorder in place, so it doesn't shut off before you finish recording.
The reason it locks up is when you hold the camera in landscape you have to hold the device between your pointer fingers and thumbs on each side of the device to steady it while framing your subject.
Try it . . . check where your "left" index finger winds up as you press down a little so you don't let the Charge slip out of your fingers. . . Yep, you press right down on the power button which screen locks it where nothing works until you press the power button again.
* Check out the cartoon setting in camera mode when you press the arrow in the middle of the left side of the screen. Press the white square and then press the right side arrow and scroll to the next page. Then press cartoon.
Note: cartoon mode shuts the flash off, so if you want flash on your next pic, turn the flash on again after you take a cartoon pic. I like to leave mine on "flash on" mode most of the time rather than auto as it fills in better when the flash doesn't go off like when the room is well lit, but your subject still comes out dark . . Flash "on" fills in those dark faces.
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There is still massive humanitarian need in the Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, says UK-based churches' global development agency Christian Aid.
Christian Aid has launched the India Cyclone Appeal in response to Cyclone Phailin which hit the east coastal states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh this afternoon.
Following the devastating cyclone that wrecked havoc in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, church charities are getting aid to affected families.
More than 6,000 Indian villagers have been forced from their homes and a number killed by Cyclone Thane, Christian Aid reports today.
Development, relief and church groups in India are preparing to respond after cyclone Laila hit the coast of southern India's Andhra Pradesh state today.
While the world looks elsewhere, the humanitarian and political problems in Burma continue. But global church and development agencies are continuing to work on the short- and long-term development issues facing the country.
Christian Aid is appealing for more funds to help survivors of the Burma cyclone so partner organisations can continue to carry out vital relief and rehabilitation work.
Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned - while Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Burma's generals to ease restrictions on outside assistance.
Burma's military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.
Development agencies and United Nations officials are exasperated at the obstructiveness of the Burmese junta toward an international aid effort aimed at bringing desperately needed supplies to victims of the recent cyclone.
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Originally posted on Sunzu a business networking site on 4 April 2013, after I attended Guerrila Galleries ART and PROTEST exhibition. Their eagerly awaited exhibition FORBIDDEN takes place between 6-8 January 2015.
ART and Protest, the latest exhibition by Guerilla Galleries, an innovative outfit from East London, gives up-and-coming artists the chance to showcase their work and enables their patrons and public chance to see and buy their art.
With a special interest in the nude in art, Guerrilla Galleries who are pro naturist were brought to my attention by fellow naturists who had raved about their previous exhibition 100% Nude. Yesterday I trailed over to Holloway to see a "very private Preview " of ART and Protest which is being held at The Daniel Libeskind Space between 3-5 April 2013.
I'm no stranger to this part of London. Before moving over to the depths of Buckinghamshire, I lived in Hackney, Haggerston and Stepney and I was reminded of the vibrancy, energy and fresh outlook which East London engenders, without the same price ticket!
Overall, the work on display is a very high quality. Art is subjective of course so what appealed to me may not appeal to another.
And to explain their cause, from the Guerrilla Galleries website
"At Guerrilla Galleries we engineer, produce and curate an annual series of exclusive shows, exhibitions and events. We provide a platform for emerging artists and talented creatives to showcase and bring their work to new audiences.
We operate and work with galleries and independent spaces throughout London, producing innovative, thought provoking shows featuring the best in digital art, interactive installations, photography, sculptures, drawings, textile art, sound and paintings.
As firm believers in delivering and exhibiting meaningful original work anywhere and everywhere, we are keen to continue challenging the conventions and bucking trends.
Dare to be different, sign-up today and join our revolution as we continue to deliver quality art by any means necessary."
One of the flyers I picked up SCREAMS…. they're fond of capitals 🙂
Stick our Art in your space
To add to the ambience, a small independent brewery XT Brewery, one of Guerrilla Galleries Sponsors were in attendance with a fine keg of beer.
"At Guerilla Galleries (London) we work with some of the freshest, emerging artists, offering them a platform to showcase and exhibit their stuff.
In return we get first dibs on displaying some of the best, newest stuff the art world has to offer. Now you can get first-hand access to a gallery showroom brimming with exciting off-catalogue pieces, straight from the artist's studio.
We continuously come across new talent and constantly acquire new, interesting and innovative, original one-off pieces. We are always adding quality stuff to the Guerrilla Galleries art collection – a collection we are happy to share with our Patrons and Partners. So why not as the Guerrilla Galleries how you can get your hands on quality artwork that includes, photography, illustrations, paintings, mixed media pieces, textiles, prints and sculptures in varying styles.
Ask to see one of our team today. We will be more than happy to help you."
So what is FORBIDDEN?
Do you want to take part in a clothing-optional private viewing? Or be more sedate with tea and cakes? Or be a sponsor (I'm one) on kickstarter to help support the event?
Either way, I hope to see some of you there. I wouldn't miss it for all the tea in China!
Does anybody recognise this?
It was one of the exhibits at ART and PROTEST. I loved it so much, it's the header picture on Socks Off.


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Maryland woman killed in wreck on I-79 in Washington County
A Maryland woman was killed and another person injured on Wednesday when their car struck a guiderail and then was hit by another vehicle along Interstate 79 in Amwell Township.
Sarah Marie Graham, 20, of Frederick, Md., was a passenger in a Ford sedan traveling northbound in the passing lane when the driver lost control at 4:25 p.m. near the Marianna exit, Washington County Coroner S. Timothy Warco said. Graham died at the scene of blunt force trauma, Warco said.
The driver was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment, Warco said.
The northbound lanes were closed for four hours. Southbound traffic was reduced to a single lane for a time because of emergency vehicles on the roadway, county emergency dispatchers said.
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Bobby Ray has been moving away from the pop-rap. His No Genre mixtape was a prime example. Those who didn't listen to the project, but watched "Dr. Aden" can vouch. This new records has B.o.B warning of a disaster that might take place in New York. Bobstradamus? Listen below.
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Ok, so my quilted sections got quilted in the ditch, now i finally have all my big sections joined together, now i'm free-motioning! :) I did mostly stitch in the ditch on this one, cus i only wanted to add a little free-motion, because this is my first free motion. Next quilt will have much more free-motion. Ok, so how's it going??? I'm loving it!!!!! :) Hubby bought me a darning foot few months ago, and that's what i'm using, and it's working great!!!
Lessons i'm learning lol
If you stop the machine, make sure your needle is down! lol otherwise the quilt will just slide around if your stopped.
Someone said car wax works good, yes, next time for sure lol
Quilting gloves? heard mention of them, yup, will get some soon lol


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Timothy Sandefur has a fantastic post up on faith, reason, epistemology and political liberty.
The opponents of evolution education are not disputing the facts of any particular scientific conclusion—that's why they don't do experiments, or publish research. What they are want is "equal time": equal time between religious dogma and science—between faith and reason—between provable theory and unprovable assertion. The basic principle they are seeking to establish is the equivalence between the approach of reason and science on one hand, and the approach of tradition and mystical revelation on the other—and that means, between the careful, precise process of science on one hand, and the emotive utterances of religious authorities on the other. They want to snatch the mantles of respectability that science has earned, and wrap it around the pronouncements of their prophets.
What would this equivalence mean in practice, if it were followed consistently? For one thing, it would mean the end of political freedom in America. Political freedom demands a skeptical populace, open to dissent and reasoned discussion; it is incompatible with the intellectual attitude of authoritarianism, dogma, and enforced tradition.
It is deeply unfortunate that even otherwise outstanding defenders of science—even many scientists themselves—are willing to accept that compromise. Unable or unwilling to defend the reliability of reason, they hang it up with their lab coats when they leave for the day. They understand that one cannot operate a particle accelerator on faith; that one cannot interpret a fossil by asking some prelate to pronounce on the issue in Latin; that one cannot predict how a medicine will work by consulting a 5,000 year old scripture. Yet when it comes to the nature of reality, let alone morality, they are willing to defer to just these things. As Coyne writes, "Accepting both science and conventional faith leaves you with a double standard: rational on the origin of blood clotting, irrational on the Resurrection; rational on dinosaurs, irrational on virgin births." While these scientists apply the tools of reason to everything from the atoms to psychological reactions, they are willing to accept the baseless claims of religious authorities on equal terms. They turn off the skepticism just when it matters most. And that is all that religious authorities demand of them.
If science is ever destroyed, this will be why. It will be because the defenders of science opened the city gates from within to the forces of unreason, admitting them on the terms of this false equality.
Sandefur articulates the conflict between reason and faith and deftly illustrates why the conflict matters. It's an absolutely excellent piece.
The following, in particular, illustrates the fundamental incompatibility between faith and reason,
Then there is Miller himself, who insists once more on his right to have his reason and eat it too. "What science does require is methodological naturalism," he writes. But why does it require that? That commitment is not an arbitrary postulate—it is an epistemological position, imposed on us by the nature of knowledge and of reality. Miller recognizes this when he acknowledges that "[w]e live in a material world, and we use the materials of nature to study the way nature works." But of course he then flies to a higher strain—by assuming, without any evidence, that there is some other kind of world in which we also live (a world which, if it is immaterial, by definition has no interaction with our own and would therefore be inaccessible to our knowledge). He, arbitrarily and without foundation, asserts that there is some other world, which he arbitrarily and without foundation asserts can be known by some other method—a method which he arbitrarily and without foundation asserts is religious knowledge. These are three separate assertions about reality which he is willing to endorse not only without reasons, but without even acknowledging the need for reasons. And this he amazingly calls "honest and open empiricism"!
If there is one point in which I disagree with Sandefur, it is only in a matter of emphasis. He says, "It's the fact that these two ways of knowing are and always have been, incompatible by their nature, and that those who pledge allegiance to both are either dishonest or simply wrong." I think "simply wrong" is by far the more common cause. Sandefur's point is deeply philosophical and very few scientists are deeply philosophical. Those scientists who do explore philosophical issues, who attempt to reconcile faith and reason… well, they're guilty of some pretty deep evasion.
Faith as an epistemological tool is indisputably useless, but the common conception of faith is so inextricably tied up with the particular social structures that we (in the West) call religion, that it's easy to forget that faith has any political or epistemic content at all. There is a large part of the Western public–into which I think many scientists fall–that reserves its faith for what they consider to be decidedly un-epistemic pursuits: communal confirmation of moral intuitions, ritual ceremony, and personal reflection/meditation.
I don't think any of those actually are un-epsitemic, but I can understand a perspective (even if I don't agree with it) that considers science and resaon to govern a kind of exteroceptive knowledge and faith to rule in a proprioceptic (or maybe kinesthetic) world. "Reason is for the external world, but my faith is personal," is a common sentiment. And of course, to the extent that faith is a private avocation, then I follow Jefferson's dictum, "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
But to the extent that issues of faith are public, then as a polity we must choose how to resolve conflicting claims. The standard on which we should rest, the ultimate arbiter, should resolve to reason.


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From the Washington Post:
"What we have done is kicked this can down the road. We are now at the end of the road and are not in a position to kick it any further," he said. "We have to signal seriousness in this by making sure some of the hard decisions are made under my watch, not someone else's."
I believe he can do it too. And, given the circumstances, the time is right.
The easiest decision to start? Means testing. Rich people don't need Social Security and Medicare.
Go Obama!


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text: I spent the past week in Del Mar California with my family (another longer post to follow), and while there devoted some time to playing with my Canon T2i and the software Magic Lantern (freeware, actually) that I had just installed onto the cameras SD card. The software is pretty amazing and while many of its features were designed for shooting video there are some neat features for still photos as well. Seeing how powerful the software is, it makes one wonder why Canon has not directly incorporated many of the ideas into their newer cameras. While I have just started to scratch the surface of all it has to offer, I did try the built in intervalometer while the sun was setting over the ocean. The result is the animation below. Images were taken every 10 seconds using a 24-105mm zoom lens at 32mm, with manual exposure changes as the sun was setting. Magic Lantern has a feature to automatically ramp the exposure, but that is the next feature I need to explore.


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Kinda Like A Turtle
When I was a little girl, I loved turtles... collected turtle figurines and stuffed animal turtles. LOVED turtles. My mom cross-stitched this little turtle thing for me,
(Yes, back in the day when people were crazy for cross-stitch)
And it said:
Slow and Easy,
That's my style,
I get there, but it takes awhile.
Fast forward to today, August 23rd, 2011. And it's kinda like my mom was, like, clairvoyant. My projects, well, they never get started and finished in a weekend.
(At least not most of the time)
More like months.
Sometimes years.
I don't know why.
It's not sheer laziness.
(Although sometimes it is)
9 out 10 times some grander master plan unveils itself.
(Which usually saves me time and money)
I have determined I'm gonna be in my house for awhile,
(stupid tanking real estate market)
and I'm ok with that.
But I'm gonna make my house some place I'd really like to live.
Sans the new kitchen.
Dying for a new kitchen.
But I need stupid windows first.
(Yep, you heard me right.
Stupid windows.
Can't cook with a window.)
So, I figure it'd be fun to document the trials, tribulations, and successes of turtle-paced decorating and home restoration.
Cuz lemme tell ya, sometimes it takes awhile.
(I'm a busy gal)
But I also like to do non-home improvement things like paint, doodle,
(The type you make with a pen, not in the potty)
craft, and cook. I love to cook.
(Hence the no new kitchen pity party)
And lucky you!
You get to go on the journey with me.
If you want to.
(You don't have to)
(But it'd be real nice if you did)
(Cuz I'm cool)
(And assume you're cool too)
(We can be cool together)
And now I'll start trying to figure out how to make a template.
While watching the new 90210 on mute.
(Don't ask me why on mute.
I don't know.
It just is.
I learned long ago to stop trying to understand myself)
Ok, that last part is a lie.
I do try to understand myself.
But not right now.
Right now, I'm gonna take a bath.


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The Afterlife of Egyptian Kings
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Dr. David P. Silverman, Curator-in-Charge, Egyptian Section, Penn Museum, and Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr. Professor of Egyptology, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, speaks at this lecture presented by the American Research Center in Egypt, Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA).
Egyptian pharaohs went to great lengths to prepare their final resting places. These architectural monuments could take various shapes, such as mastabas, pyramids, and rock cut graves. In addition to containing the ruler's mummified body, these tombs also became a storehouse for all the necessities the kings required for their journey to what lay beyond. They also represented a microcosm of the environment in which royalty would spend eternity. This lecture focuses on what we know and don't know about the necessities that the pharaohs would require in order to reach this goal and maintain their existence in this new and eternal cosmos. Anthropology Department, Room 345 (take elevator off Kress Entrance to 3rd floor).
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text: The museum values, exhibited in the railway show the history of narrow gauge railway in Lithuania. Various kinds of rolling stock, tools, the collection of railway supervision instruments, the station stock, photographs, stamps used by railway men, uniform symbols, signal means, collected during the expeditions in various sections of railway are exhibited there. The oldest exhibit is a prewar telephone-commutator with 10 lines used for inside service. The first exposition was founded in the former storehouse in 1999 .The exposition was founded in the waiting lounge - benches of various periods are exhibited . The oldest ones are from the prewar time and have got the inscription ?Lithuanian railway?. The museum staff is planning to found the exposition in the water tower. Now visitors can see a water - heating stove with an original construction. The most interesting moving exhibit is the model of the railway engine made by a former railway man K.Bukauskas.


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Golf sure isn't an easy game which may explain why I don't get out there much. In fact, I've gone once in three years, but this isn't true for every Potawatomi. Steve McDonald has made the time to get on the course and has done well lately. He is on the verge of realizing his life-long dream of playing more on the pro circuit.
He recently qualified as the 1st alternate for the U.S. Senior Open and will likely get to play in this prestigious event. Getting to this point for Steve has been hard. He played in many tournaments over the years winning some and losing some but now if he does well in this tournament it could mean big things for him. These guys at this level by doing well attract the big sponsors. This means he won't have to struggle getting to tournaments, will have the pick of all the new technology and get more exposure. You never know - if he puts together some great rounds...I hope he does well!
Steve is the golf pro at a local Topeka golf course and comes from a family of athletes. His dad John played the golf game for years. His brother Mick was a big guy on the softball fields and now shoots in the 80s in golf. His son Alex recently made all-city in golf and his daughter Emily was all-city a few years before and it earned a golf scholarship. The game goes on.
Steve is a Prairie Band of Potawatomi tribal member and once gave me some sound golf advice. He asked, after seeing me play golf, if I would consider working more on my yard and garden, so I took his advice!


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Defence Department sources have told the Ottawa Citizen some officers have been uncomfortable with the situation but the military is being pressured by the Privy Council Office and the Prime Minister's Office to spearhead the sales effort.
This isn't the first time we've heard some in the military are uncomfortable "selling" the F-35. Surprising to no one, because the military aren't normally part of the political debate, it is not their role and it's actually DANGEROUS to take sides. When your military sides with a particularly political party and/or partisan position, it has the potential to undermine their perceived authority, independence. What is happening here is actually unbelievable, such a departure for accepted practice, and yet with no recourse apparent, the government can do these things with virtual impunity.
This government systematically employs any means possible to promote its agenda, it operates with no shame. The Conservatives know it is wrong to put the military in this position, but their hyper partisan instincts trump all moral underpinning. No, in Harper's Ottawa, military personnel are pawns, to be used, to not employ them a waste of potential political advantage. We've seen it before, the first priority is always messenging, the public service isn't at arms length, it is another lever at people's disposal.
The use of the military to pump Conservative talking points is offensive, unheard of, stunning really, but reality. That said, these Conservatives have cracked the Canadian political code- one day stories, no legs, little resonance equate to freedom to do as you wish, no matter the implication or legacy. Bloody depressing really...


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String together some words and you have poetry, or an instant holiday gift. Visually, this was one of my favorite booths at the Union Square craft thing. It was like words floating in a big fishbowl.
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John Mackie ~ Vancouver Sun
October 26, 2012
In 1979 David and Robert Heffel's mom took them to Europe. Checking into a Swiss Hotel, they were surprised to come across a bit of British Columbia: several paintings by the great B.C. artist E.J. Hughes.
"In the middle of Switzerland," laughs David Heffel.
It turns out the hotel owner knew Hughes' Montreal dealer, Dr. Max Stern, who convinced him to pick up "eight or 10" Hughes paintings.
Fast forward a few decades, and the Heffel brothers are now the owners of the major auction house for Canadian art. Out of the blue, they got a call from the Swiss hotel owner.
"We've talked to him about (his) paintings for a long time," says Robert Heffel, "and after a number of years he's consigned a couple to us."
Hence the Heffels' Nov. 22 auction in Toronto will feature two Hughes paintings from 1976, Above Crofton Wharf and View of a Freighter at Crofton, B.C. Both carry an estimate of $70,000 to $90,000, and can be seen this weekend at an auction preview at the Heffel Gallery (2247 Granville).
There are 168 works in the upcoming auction, which has an estimated value of $7 million to $10 million but could well gross a lot more.
"We've kept our estimates really conservative in this sale," says Robert Heffel.
"We want the market to decide prices, not by us… presenting values that are above the market," adds David Heffel.
The highest estimate belongs to the luminous 1913 Lawren Harris painting Hurdy Gurdy (est. $400,000 to $600,000), which Harris gave to his daughter Peggy and has never been up for sale until now.
"It's just a really beautiful painting, a cold, bright winter day in Toronto with lots of light and lots of colour," says Robert Heffel.
"This is one of the key Harris works of the urban landscape. It's been widely exhibited, widely reproduced. This is a really, really important painting."
The same could be said for Montreal l'hiver (est. $250,000 to $350,000), one of several paintings by Jean Paul Lemieux in the auction.
"This painting is one of that lucky bunch that toured behind the Iron Curtain (in 1974-75)," says David Heffel.
"It went to Prague, St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as Paris. You can see why the curators would have picked this work: When I look at it, it has a little feeling of Red Square and the Russian people. This is Montreal, but you can see more similarities in our two ways of life than differences. And in the 1960s we were all led to believe those differences were quite dramatic."
Lemieux's winter scenes tend to be quite sombre. William Kurelek's King of the Mountain ($250,000 to $350,000), on the other hand, is a delightful slice of Canadiana featuring kids playing atop a snow-covered haystack, while cows munch away on the hay.
In 2005, the Heffels sold J.E.H. MacDonald's Lake O'Hara and Cathedral Mountain, Rockies for a record $977,500. Now they're selling a small study for the painting, with an estimate of $200,000 to $250,000.
It's a banner sale for fans of J.E.H. MacDonald. The Heffels are also selling Morning, Mountain Camp (est. $200,000 to $300,000), a colourful Rockies scene MacDonald painted from inside his room, replete with a red Hudson's Bay blanket and a kerosene lamp.
There are seven Emily Carr paintings in the auction, including the important 1912 watercolour Alert Bay (est. $200,000 to $300,000). But it's another work from 1912, Skidegate (est. $400,000 to $600,000), that should attract the most attention. The iconic painting of a totem pole was featured in the landmark 1927 exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada that established Carr's reputation across Canada.
"That's when she met Lawren Harris and the Group of Seven, and started painting again," says Robert Heffel. "She was in her lean years; this painting was in that exhibition."
Heffel's Vancouver Live Auction preview is open Saturday, October 27 ~ Tuesday, October 30, 11 am to 6 pm at 2247 Granville Street, Vancouver


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Performance artist Sheryl Oring's current project involves dressing as a sixties secretary, sitting in front of a teal manual typewriter in public spaces across the country, and taking down 60th-birthday messages to President Bush from passersby. At 40 years old, sexy in a brainy Tina Feyish way, she's the sort of artsy type that New York used to be uniquely hospitable to. But instead of la vie bohème, she toils as an archivist just to make the $1,500 rent on a railroad flat in Greenpoint (plus $315 for health insurance). She recently got into a relationship and panicked: How would she fit that in, too?
Two weeks ago, an arts foundation called Creative Capital held a six-day boot camp upstate at Colgate University for 86 of its grantees to help them figure out how to better run their art careers. Most of them hailed from Brooklyn. Artists sometimes don't like it when we compare ourselves to a venture-capital firm, but we try to invest in a long-term relationship with our grantees, says Creative Capital president Ruby Lerner. Launched in 1999 to fill the gap left when the National Endowment for the Arts stopped funding individual artists, Creative Capital was recently given $10 million from the Warhol Foundation. It cuts grantees an initial $10,000 check for a project and then lets them apply over several years for up to $40,000 more. Past grantees include performer Lisa Kron (Five Lesbian Brothers), Sandi DuBowski (the documentary Trembling Before G-d), and Bill Morrison (the film Decasia). They're about helping us become entrepreneurs and addressing the fears we have about living hand-to-mouth, said DuBowski.
Campers were urged to shed their self-limiting anxieties and inhibitions. (Not to mention their Williamsburg attitude: I try to run a post-cynical organization, says Lerner.) Then came the blue notebooks, where grantees must abandon all bohemian laxity and rough out a five-year plan for their finances, art, and lives. For the expense-squeezed New York artists, the clearheaded, be-good-to-yourself financial counseling unleashed a collective heave of relief. The best advice I heard is that you have to budget for downtime, said Fort Greene poet Christian Hawkey, 36. It's essential to your creative process, because when you're working from paycheck to paycheck, you begin to feel like you're trapped.
Mark Russell of the Public Theater lamented, I'm afraid New York is becoming Paris, where there are plenty of people to see art but not enough people to make it. We're going from a café culture to a tourist culture.
Tellingly, the New York artists on hand were nearly overwhelmed by those who'd left here for kinder, gentler, cheaperburgs. Oring still mourns for the cavernous, dirt-cheap space she inhabited in Berlin for six years. For mid-career artists like me, Creative Capital can help make the difference between whether we keep making art or give up, she said. She glanced around the room at her colleagues from the great beyond. Phoenix. Austin. Ohio. Even Buffalo. They may not have the opportunities I do in New York, she observed, but they seem happy.


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To date all of our family vacations have either been traveling to see family (BC or Cape Breton) or camping around the Yukon, NWT, and northern BC. Never have the four of us jetted away to some destination for some relaxation. Visiting family is great, but nowhere near relaxing. Camping is awesome and we live in our camper every possible moment in spring, summer and fall. It is fantastic family time, but it is also a lot of work.
We decided to change that this year! We saved up our aeroplan points and booked tickets for the four of us to jet away to sunny Maui. Our first hot family vacation! We have rented a condo and a car for our nearly two week stay. Plans while we are there? Not much at all! An aquarium to visit, a glass bottom boat tour, and a lot of sandcastle construction. We are keeping this trip as relaxing as possible so we can return home actually feeling rested! Fingers crossed it works.
My Kobo is filled with a heap of books. I plan on plunking my butt beside the ocean for hours on end to catch up the list of zombie books I have been waiting to read. Maybe a hike here and there and a dip in the ocean too when I get cross eyed from reading too much.
The boys are beside themselves with glee about this trip. They want to see sharks, swim, and dig in the sand. That is all they talk about! Oh, and Cavan wants to know if we can go over a waterfall. Not sure if that one will happen.
Matt? Well he still isn't too sure about it. He wants a relaxing trip, but he also hates the heat. Right now the temperatures in the area we are heading are between +22 and +26 each day. Not too bad! I hope he is able to relax and enjoy his two week break from work and winter. If this turns out not to be his thing, well then I guess our next family trip will be to Iceland, which I have always wanted to see.
Everything is packing. The house is clean. Even the grocery list for our return trip home has been made up. We are ready!
So away we go!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
And away we go!
Posted by Matt, Kara, Hunter and Cavan at 9:09 PM
5 comments:
- Miranda Hughes said...
Fun! We're doing our first-ever tropical family vacation this winter too. We're off to Hawaii island in March. Just for a week, but it will have to do. Bon voyage!
- January 19, 2013 at 10:31 PM
- Allmycke said...
- January 20, 2013 at 8:42 AM
Fun! I hope you post some photos when you get back.
- January 20, 2013 at 10:03 AM
- Wandering Spirit Kennels said...
Have fun! We did our first hot holiday in 2009. We're heading out again about the time you get back! We're working on plans to never see winter again in a few years!
- January 20, 2013 at 2:54 PM
- Fignie said...
Have fun!! Enjoy that sun -- definitely worth the trip! And I'm sure Matt will be ok - I was REALLY worried about it myself when we went to Hawaii - but the breeze from the ocean made it really tolerable - it only got bad when we were away from the beach. :) (so, even better reason to stay glued to the chair watching the kids!)
- January 20, 2013 at 3:09 PM
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And I am not talking about the latest TV show, although I actually do find it quite enjoyable, in a 'I'll-take-what-I-can-get-and-it-makes-me-giggle-sometimes' sort of way.
THIS TIME the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are taking on Shredder in the form of a fucking awesome punk rock album.
Annnd the 12 year old boy in me just got his first wet dream. Humminah, humminah.
Between my serious hard on for the genre and my passion for anything TMNT, The BCASA's album Fuck You Shredder automatically tugs on my heart-boner strings after just a glance at each Turtle related track title.
Though I've heard and seen The BCASA before and therefore know I love them, I admit I was slightly nervous as I hit play that the music itself would not measure up to the legend that is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
But, of course, The BCASA killed it, immediately tugging away on my ear-boner strings to complete the boner marionette.
It's awesome.
It's bodacious.
It's bitchin'.
It's gnarly.
It's radical.
It's totally tubular, dude.
It's wicked.
It's hellacious.
You could even say it's one SHELL of an album.
Their garage-punk (or should I say SEWER-PUNK) sound actually seems to embrace the qualities of each Turtle:
It has Leo's strength
Raphael's tough badass'ery
Donatello's wit and brilliance
and of course, probably the most similarities to Michaelangelo's fun, party attitude.
I really want to tell you more about each song because they tell many a turtle'y story, but I don't want to give too much away. The album feels exactly like the comic/movie/TV series, and you need to experience the plot of each song on your own.
That said, buy the damn thing when it comes out on June 18th!
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It seem that I have been unduly unkind to Austrian aviation development. There were many successful designs which served them well in the air war against the Italians on the Eastern Front. Even though it entered production the Phönix C-1 served in several nation's air force. When the war ended it was built by the Swedish Army Engineer Department.
An Austrian Success Story
Phönix C-1 Serial Number 121.72 - 1918
The Phönix C.I was an Austro-Hungarian First World War reconnaissance and general-purpose Biplane built by the Phönix Flugzeug-Werke.
The Phönix C.I was the first original design developed by the Phönix Flugzeug-Werke It was based on the Hansa-Brandenburg C.II that Phönix was building under licence. A conventional biplane with a rear fuselage/tailplane similar to aircraft designed by Ernst Heinkel. The C.I had a fixed trailskid landing gear and was powered by a Hiero 6-cylinder inline piston engine, it had two tandem open cockpits for the pilot and observer/gunner. The company built 110 C.Is and then entered service with the KuKLFT in early 1918. After the First World War 30 aircraft were built by the Swedish Army engineering department but they were fitted with a 220 hp (164 kW) Benz inline engine.
- Phönix C.I. (2010, September 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:40, March 25, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ph%C3%B6nix_C.I&oldid=385776342
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.


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Kuala Lumpur – The Rohingya Football Club, an initiative of the community of Rohingya refugees currently living in Malaysia, will be receiving new team outfits from international donors at an event on 23rd Feb 2017 (3:00 pm) at Kompleks Belia Dan Sukan, Kampung Pandan, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
The uniforms have been supplied by the Australian NGO, The Kick Project, with financial support from the Australian High Commission in Malaysia.
This is part of a program to assist the club to establish and develop as a peaceful and productive outlet for Rohingya youth and children, as a means of community development and as a form of outreach to other communities.
A team bus, a clubhouse and home ground fees will also form part of the overall support program for the Rohingya Football Club.
On the day, the kit will be handed out to team members by The Kick Project founder, James Rose, and by a representative from the Australian High Commission (The High Commissioner H.E. Rod Smith, is hoped to be in attendance, but this is not yet confirmed).
This will be followed by a friendly game against a local team at 4:00 pm.
This is a good news story about how the Rohingya community is attempting to rise above their adversity and to find creative and sustainable solutions to help solve some of their many problems.
This event will present great visuals and access will be available to players and club members (many speak good English) as well as the club's stakeholders, community members and invited dignitaries.
According to RFC Chairman Mohammad Noor, the event is open for all. "I would like to invite all the community members, media, soccer fans, and those concerned by the plight of Rohingya" said Noor.


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Oh, how I love chais. It's been a bit hit or miss with them lately other than perhaps Chandernaggor from Mariage Frères, so I had high hopes for this one. It's definitely a chai – I can taste the ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, perhaps cardamom. The base is just lovely, and it adds depth and a cocoa-ish note to the brew. I do wish however that there was more spice in here, and I'll have to try it brewed IN cream next time, to see how the flavors change. Steeped it a bit shy of the instructions (five minutes, 212F) because I'm finding I prefer almost all of my blacks at a lower temperature and less steep time.
EDIT: Darn it, I underleafed! It needs 1.5 tsp per 8oz. Okay, well, I can see how this would make it more up my alley than it already is. I'll likely order some whenever I grab the copious amount of Birthcake Cake reblend.
Thank you to Stacy at Butiki for sharing a sample of this with me to try it out!
1.5 tsp in 12oz with a touch of cream and sweetener.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
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- MassimoV said...
Hi! I really like your blog! About Tonalide: I feel it more woody-dry, musty and ambrette seed-like! I think differences may dipend on suppliers... I quite like it. About Celestolide: it is similar to Tonalide to me, but with a cosmetic, oily, powdery and fresher facet. Less woody. I prefer it to Tonalide. I love Velvione! It is quite similar to musk ketone and as you said it has that 'antiquated' classical chypre shape. It is powdery and a bit fruity. Again on Tonalide, I used it for an animalic musk base. It is just beautiful, with its woody, earthy undertones. And about Ethylene Brassylate? What do you think?
Andrea from France
- Nov 28, 2012, 5:16:00 PM
- Ed said...
Thanks for your comment! :)
The more I tinker with Tonalide, the more dry I find it. I think the fruitiness I perceived in it must be the ambrette nuance. It's definitely dry and very 'laundry like' in a sense, but that has its place. I think it's rather versatile.
I have some Celestolide on order, since I'm intrigued by this idea of 'brightening' a fragrance, which I think you refer to as its fresher facet. I'm going to dilute it in alcohol this time and put it on my skin to see if I can perceive it better. Sometimes I think that repeated exposure to these kinds of aromachems makes them easier to perceive. I can to some degree smell Exaltolide and ambroxan at 100% now--before I couldn't.
I'm liking Velvione too, and I think it's supposed to have this exalting quality after all, so I'm experimenting more with it. I have a little blend of just musks that I spray on regularly--it's now got Cosmone, Velvione, Exaltolide, Habanolide, an ambrette replacer and possibly maybe a (whispered) nitro(!), but them it's just for my own use.
I think that Habanolide may still be my favorite, though, because of that great hot-ironed fabric feel.
Everyone likes ethylene brassylate, I think. I like it--it's nice, a bit floral I think. I'm not sure that I get the blackberry facet that people talk about.
I have some Cervolide on order if I can ever remember to go to the bank and make the transfer, and I really want to smell Traesolide. I wish I knew where I could find Romandolide.
And of course, there are other musks that I would like to experience: Serenolide, Nirvanolide, l-muscone. And Exaltone, which I think is related to something from the muskrat? Originally I thought it was the same as Exaltolide, but apparently it's not. Who knew?!
- Nov 29, 2012, 9:45:00 AM
- MassimoV said...
About ambroxan at 100%: me too, at first I could not really perceive it, now I've become rather sensitive to it at any dilution. About Okoumal: i can't smell it at all. But if I heat a drop on a flame I can perceive it very well! It's amazing. Which are your suppliers? I buy from de hekserij, tpa, perfumers world (although I don't really like their service) and lothar streeck. About the last one: I discovered it only 1 month ago and it seems they have a wide assortment of interesting materials (I bought Damascenone Total, that is surprisingly beautiful). Do you know if they have in stock other materials than those published on their website?
- Dec 7, 2012, 9:45:00 AM
- Ed said...
Hmmm. I used to have some Okoumal, and I think that I could smell it at 100%, but it just smelled like all the other woodambers that I had--Timberol, Karanal, etc. I couldn't tell the differences well.
Oddly, I can't smell raspberry ketone at 100%. Or very much in a blend. I have to try some of that again and dilute it. Can you smell it 100%?
My suppliers are pretty much the same as yours, except for Perfumer's World, who I've never ordered from. I've also ordered from Olfactik and Omicron in Germany. I discovered Lothar Streeck too about a month ago and actually made an order, but I STILL haven't been able to get to the bank to transfer the money. I hope they haven't canceled my order. I love that I can get Cervolide (which I've not smelled) and musk R1 (which I have) there. And, of course, Triplal, which is one of my favorite smells.
I think the Perfumer's Apprentice may have more than what's on the site, but I don't know about the others. I don't know any of them well enough.
You should email me! It's firstnamelastname at, and then gmail and dot com. I hope that was clear enough so you know the email but vague enough so robots don't pick it up. :P
- Dec 12, 2012, 6:36:00 PM
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There were several errors reported on the first schemas (those included with the WSDL spec). I think most (or many) of them were corrected in the new set, released later under http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/. Apparently other were introduced... Still, I believe this set one is much closer to be correct, but it may not be close enough :-) In case of doubt the specification text and examples should be the definitive guide. Regarding the problem that is mentioned below, the template of Section 2.1 should be followed, though I personally would prefer to have extensibility enabled *anywhere* directly under <definitions> (before, after, in the middle). Regards Paco "Liu, Kevin" <firstname.lastname@example.com>@w3.org on 04/26/2002 01:55:42 PM Sent by: firstname.lastname@example.com To: firstname.lastname@example.com cc: "'Sanjiva Weerawarana'" <firstname.lastname@example.com>, "'Jonathan Marsh'" <firstname.lastname@example.com> Subject: Conflicts of WSDL schemas Hi all, I got the below inqury from a colleague. To my knowledge, http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/ is the target namespace defined by A4.1, and the two should be the same. Seems they have fell out of sync. Does anybody know what's going on here? Which one is the "valid" WSDL1.1 schema? or Am I missing anything here? Regards, Kevin >>> Up to now I always used the specification I found under http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl. In this document there is also an XML-Schema for WSDL, that can be found in A 4.1. Now I cam across another XML-Schema for WSDL under http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/. Unfortuantely, this schema looks very much different. A closer look shows that both schemas are incompatible. Indeed, both specifications allow to add self-defined subelements as child-elements of the root-element <wsdl:definitions>. However, according to the first schema this has to be placed at the end of the document (behind elements like <wsdl:message>). This is shown in the definition of the complexType definitionsType. This comes also clear from the template shown in 2.1, as there we have the <-- extensibility element --> * at the end of the document. However, when you analyze the second schema the extensibility elements have to be placed at the beginning. Indeed, the complexType tDefinitions is an extension of tExtensibleDocumented. tExtensibleDocumented declares the extensibility elements and tDefinitions adds the concrete wsdl-elements. Hence, the extensibility elements have to come first. Do you know anything about this? Can you tell me, which definition is valid?Received on Friday, 26 April 2002 15:46:11 UTC
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