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"It is another nature which speaks to the camera rather than to the eye"
– Walter Benjamin, Little History of Photography (1929)
Abstract photography challenges our popular view of photography as an objective image of reality by reasserting its constructed nature. In his essay on the history of photography, Walter Benjamin articulates photography's second nature as its inherent ability to detach and abstract the visible from the real. Non-representational photography lives in this contested middle ground between material reality and photographic illusion – fact and fiction – first and second natures. Today, anyone who has a cell phone can take and send digital images instantaneously. In response to this 'snapshot' culture, many artists are returning to the study of photography's underlying properties to combat digital image fatigue. Second Nature looks at this embrace of the highly fabricated image as a return to an earlier time in photography's history. As such, this exhibition takes up the subject of abstract photography through a temporal pairing – presenting the scientific and expressionistic experimentation of photography in the first half of the 20th century from the museum's collection with explorations of the medium today.
Freed from its duty to represent, abstract photography continues to be a catchall genre for the blending of mediums and disciplines. It is an arena to test photography. By intermixing works from deCordova's collection by Gyorgy Kepes, Harold Edgerton, and Aaron Siskind from the 1930s-1950s, with works by photographers practicing today including Eileen Quinlan, Arthur Ou, and Yamini Nayar, Second Nature focuses on the continual probing and questioning of the medium and conventions of picture-making that complicate our understanding of photography. The artists in Second Nature grow the ever expanding field of photography by revisiting themes of hyperrealism, constructivism, and the materiality of time through light.
Since the rise of digital photography in the 1990s there has been a reactionary and renewed interest among artists to return to the "slow" techniques of analog photography. Artists are finding their way back into the darkroom, working in low-tech and labor intensive processes that include camera-less photograms, solarized printing, and chemical cyanotypes. This emphasis on photographic process as subject – photography about photography – foregrounds the debate on the medium's tie to representation. In their return to the early days of photography, many contemporary photographers build from the same lines of inquiry that absorbed scientists and artists in the early part of the 20th century, but now armed with a conceptual undergirding, propose alternate modes of thinking about and framing pictured abstractions.
Mel Bochner's Photography Before the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (2011) illustrates this conceptual repositioning. In the 1960s Bochner began to take notes on the "misunderstandings" of photography through literature, writing particularly telling quotes on 3 x 5 notecards. Decades later Bochner photographed one of these cards, a quote from Encyclopedia Britannica that reads, "Photography cannot record abstract ideas" and printed the negative in six different pre-20th century photographic processes: albumen, platinotype, collodion–chloride, gelatin, salt, and cyanotype. Taking up Walter Benjamin's critical essay, "Art in the age of mechanical reproduction" that discussed the destruction of any "authentic" or "original" artwork by modernity, Bochner's hand printed multiples sardonically question photography's ability to represent the real or the "authentic", through history and today. Recognized as one of Conceptual art's pioneers, Bochner was one of the first artists to make written language the basis of his work. In a return to his 50-year-old "misunderstandings" project, Bochner circles back to his initial investigations of photography and linguistics, revisiting photography's capacity to communicate.
Bochner is just one among many artists working then and now, who have made the questioning of photography – its mechanical roots and potentiality to transcend the pictorial – the heart of their study. This exhibition is not intended to be a survey of abstract photography, but rather a focused study of art being made today that revisits and continues some of the themes and creative explorations of early 20th-century photography. The tracing of this lineage, made evident through historical juxtapositions, will overlay a contemporary lens with which to interpret our modern predecessors and bring new attention and scholarship to the museum's photography collection.
Studio still-lifes by Eileen Quinlan and Yamini Nayar will be seen alongside Kepes's constructivist photograms, exposure studies by Sharon Harper and Bryan Graf will be paired with Edgerton's stroboscopic experiments, while Siskind's expressionistic cityscapes will find new company alongside Isaac Layman's psychologically charged domestic portraits. The exhibition will also feature artists working in film and video, ranging from avant-garde experimental filmmakers from the 1950s to today. Artists under consideration include: Anthony Pearson, Arthur Ou, Eileen Quinlan, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Yamini Nayar, Barbara Kasten, Isaac Layman, Alejandra Laviada, Meggan Gould, Luke Stettner, Mel Bochner, Jennifer West, Sara VanDerBeek, Stan Brakhage, Mariah Robertson, Julia Hechtman, Gareth Long, Caleb Charland, Bryan Graf, Cree Bruins, Matt Gamber, Aspen Mays, Greg Hayes, Daniel Phillips, and Daniel Lefcourt. Second Nature will take place in the Dewey Family Gallery, the Catherine S. England Photo Study Space, the Media Gallery, and in the second floor arcade gallery.
May 26, 2012 – Apr 21, 2013
Organized by Lexi Lee Sullivan, Assistant Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA

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Every member should respect other members, both on and off the water, and play their part in looking after the site and its facilities. Members should take their litter home, leave the changing rooms tidy, switch off lights and lock all the gates /doors etc before they leave.
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2017 Trial. For 2017 the committee are relaxing point 1 when it's not windy, and/or the beach is not busy. The beach can be used for launching SUPS, and Kyaks, but please appreciate the priority access is for the launching of windsurfing equipment. All other points remain in force.
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Boy: yes I am chuks by name, who am I on to
Girl: this is amanda
Boy: (trying to remember) amanda! Amanda! Amanda!
Girl: amanda! U used to call me..we met at uche's wedding last year
Boy: oh oh oh amaaaanda! I am so surprised and shocked... U have never called me before
Girl: So r u now complaining should I drop?
Boy:No no I was just saying o..
Girl: How are u?
Boy: I am fine, I am really excited n stil shocked dt u r calling..
Girl:Yeah no problem..u popped into my head n I wntd to greet u
Boy: d last time I called u..dey told me u had died..that I shd stop calling uu if I didnt want to die too.
Girl: dey did? Who would hv said such a thing..God forbid
Boy: that's what dey told me o.thank God its a lie..i wonder y someone would joke about death
Girl:*coughs* I wonder too o
Boy: well we thank God sha..so hw r tins..hw r u preparing for tmrw
Girl: tmrw? What is happening tmrw
Boy:Tmrw is vals na!
Girl: Oh wow I hd totally forgotten...dey still do that?
Boy: what!
Girl: Its just another day to me jare
Boy: Common what do u mean? Do u mean u hv no plans..
Girl:U can c I even forget twas valentines day
Boy: Soo
Girl: Soo what?
Boy:Soo ur boyfriend is nt takin u out
Girl: Did I tell u I had a bf?
Boy:But bck then u always used to tell me to stop calling u cs ur bf said he would iron my balls...
Girl: erm..yeah yeah..ehn oh we broke up now...
Boy:Oh really y? When?
Girl: what's up with the interrogation?
Boy:No, no am just wondering y anyone wd break up wt someone like uu
Girl: ask him o
Boy:So no plans tomorrow?
Girl:Nah no plans I'll just be free at home by myself, doing nothing..nepa will take light sef..just bored...
Boy: What if I...
Girl:What if what?
Boy:No, never mind...u'll say I am too forward...
Girl:No no say what's on ur mind
Boy:Nah never mind...sorry
Girl:(getting impatient n angry)No pls tell me
Boy:I dnt knw why I brought it up, its nothing..
Girl:No I insist..what if what
Girl:(Shouts) SAY IT!!!
Boy:(Scared and startled) sorry I was just wondering what if I could take u out tmrw..that's all
Girl: will I even be chanced..I'll think about it sha
Boy: well then maybe some other time
Girl: did i say i was not interested?
Boy: But ....
Girl:Err..well u knw I dnt really care about ds vals tin bt take me where first
Boy: Dinner at whitehouse
Girl: I'll definitely b busy
Boy:Or or...if u dnt lik dt..we cud go to this westown hotel...very lovely place for dinner...
Girl:Ehen hotel..well well if u insist sha..since u r begging
Boy: But I didn't...
Girl: (cuts him short)Since no one else will go with u and I am d only one who will pity u and even consider
Boy: But...I hvnt asked ne...
Girl: Okay pick me up at 5pm at my house
Boy: Ah ur house...hope those ur dogs u use to warn me about will b in deir cages oo
Girl: What dogs?
Boy:U know? when i used to 'call' u, used to tell me that u hd 6 pitbulls that roam ur compound and tear on sight back then
Girl:ooooh..yes.my dogs..don't worry when u come just call I'll meet u outside..
Boy:How about u take a cab to the hotel and I'll wait for u dere..it will make things easier for me.I'll pay for ur cab
Girl: Ehn well okay... What time?
Boy: 7pm I'll text the address to u
Girl: Well okay sha...I might change still my mind later n not go sha..dnt think am all dose girls dt get carried away by stuff lik dis
Boy: No...I don't...this is d longest we hv ever spoken though..usually weneva I call..u usually drop after I say my name..but now u r even d one calling me...wow!!!
Girl: All those times r in d past now..
Boy: Yes dey are
Girl: So 8pm tomorrow right
Boy: Yes 8pm..pls come looking hot...
Girl: *hiss* when don't I look hot...
Boy: Takare
Girl: Bye
Click...cuts call..
Boy: mugu oshi, U go wait tire..dinner ko supper ni... *mimicks her voice* 'i'll pity u and consider'.....dosgbe!
Girl: just wasting my credit ...at least I won't roast for vals..after vals I'll delete the mugu's number
29 comments:
LWKMD!! d geh is a real dosgbe!!
- 9 February 2011 at 14:12
lmao.. was finkin d dude was d mugu sef..
- 9 February 2011 at 14:13
- tonikuyinu said...
LMAO! The girl is a mugu oshi!! Boys are not smiling.lool..
- 9 February 2011 at 14:29
- 9 February 2011 at 14:46
- Xorra said...
Hahahaha!! Oshofree dey run belle o!!
- 9 February 2011 at 15:22
ooo lawd am rotflmbo.....this is so hilarious
- 9 February 2011 at 15:35
- Just...Toluwa said...
LWKMD! i knew the end wld be too funny!
- 9 February 2011 at 16:17
- kitkat said...
ahahahaha! lool.. i can totally picture one typical naija babe and one sharp guy playing out this scene in real life,lol!
- 9 February 2011 at 18:29
- 9 February 2011 at 22:06
- LohiO said...
- 9 February 2011 at 22:37
Lmao..nice 1!
- 9 February 2011 at 22:54
Better mumu girl... Hahahahhahahaha!
- 10 February 2011 at 01:04
Hahahahaha...2 cruise-catching pple....dey even fit sef!Lmao!
- 10 February 2011 at 05:11
- Nutty J. said...
- 10 February 2011 at 07:01
- Evee said...
The girl na real MUGU. Very funny
- 10 February 2011 at 12:55
- Mz.T said...
Buahahahahahahahahaahahha! I love how the girl is the Mugu. Nice!
- 11 February 2011 at 00:08
I laughed till I started crying. Classic! @ThisGokeBoySef
- 11 February 2011 at 17:56
Lmao.....nice one!!
- 11 February 2011 at 22:20
LOL Love it! they both crazy
- 13 February 2011 at 09:01
- Nonso said...
LMAO!!! d babe thinks she's overflowing with sense shaa...
- 24 February 2011 at 01:10
- AfroSays said...
I definitely should suggest that to my sister for next year!
- 3 March 2011 at 09:24
- Tisha said...
both stupid
why would you want to spend
vals day with someone who is
not special?
I hate idiots!
- 11 March 2011 at 06:07
- Chyk Gerald N. said...
LMAO!!! Tis cracked me up (Y)
- 22 March 2011 at 10:24
U funny ooo
- 26 March 2011 at 19:33
Oh u funny uhh!!! Nice one..safe to say d girl entered first class one chance...all d same big ups to d dude he's a bad guy jare!!*beazy voice*
- 30 March 2011 at 00:43
- ifeloju said...
so who is the real mugun...?
- 2 April 2011 at 11:39
funny enough shit like this do happen
- 29 May 2011 at 03:26
- enigma106 said...
LMAO! You're the ideal 9jirian i swear!
- 1 June 2011 at 19:43
- ThisIsMDizzy said...
dogsbe? mugu? +lost+ . haha,, i stumbled upon this blog, and i must say, it makes for a pretty interesting read even though i get lost in translation at some points ... will be sure to rss this..
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|"The Manhattan"- a Cocktail Drum Kit made by PEACE Drums and Percussion
However, once in awhile, I will find a fitting way to sneak some drum-related things into my blog and videos, and I find this one damn fitting and worthy of a post, EVEN for some of the non-drummers out there. This is a very creative twist on traditional drum kits- and its PERFECT for those with not so much space to burn (like myself), and the reason I'm sharing....
I just ordered this cool little cocktail kit to try out from Peace Drums, and man oh man, I LOVE IT! While a normal drumset, even on the smallest side, would take up an area 7' by 7' feet or so, this little Peace Drums "Manhattan Kit" takes up a miniscule FOUR SQUARE FEET. Yes, it has a "bass drum" with a pedal too.
Granted, hand drums like doumbeks, djembes and bongos would take up even less space, but so far as a full "kit" goes, this is as small as it gets. This kit is built like a tank too- which, as I hit pretty hard, is a MUST.
I'll be shooting a mini demo video soon too.....showing how this little kit works, its reverse cam bass drum pedal, and talking about a little of the history behind cocktail drums- which is actually pretty rebelious and interesting in origin. Soon.....
-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen
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Is it true that HPOCA members have to join theTuscarawas Valley Pioneer Power Association in order to exhibit a tractor or get the reduced exhibitor camping rate? When I saw that exhibitors must be members in the ad in our current magazine I thought that meant you had to be either a member of the power association or the HPOCA.
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Friday, July 15, 2005
While We're on the Subject of Defining Ourselves Through Cultural Preferences...
The rules are simply: for each of the following questions, select a preference, column A or column B.
1. Gaugin or Van Gogh?
2. Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny?
3. Cats or dogs?
4. The Age of Innocence or The House of Mirth?
5. Robert A. Heinlein or Isaac Asimov?
6. The Martian Chronicles or Something Wicked This Way Comes?
7. Charles Dickens or Wilkie Collins?
8. The Moonstone or The Woman in White?
9. Hamburgers or hot dogs?
10. Any of the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen?
11. Jane Eyre or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
12. Wide Sargasso Sea or Jane Eyre?
13. Grosse Point Blank or High Fidelity?
14. PC or Mac?
15. Election or Ghost World?
16. Spider Man or Spider Man 2?
17. Batman Begins or Tim Burton's Batman?
18. Oklahoma or The Music Man?
19. Bus or subway?
20. Short novels or long ones?
21. Adaptation or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
22. In the Bedroom or Lost in Translation?
23. A Midsummer Night's Dream or Twelfth Night (the plays, in both cases)?
24. Coffee or tea?
25. "Friends" or "Scrubs"?
26. Rent or Angels in America?
27. Strictly Ballroom or Moulin Rouge?
28. Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim?
29. Glory or The Mayor?
30. Summer or winter?
31. The Simpsons or Futurama?
32. The Sopranos or Deadwood?
33. "The Wasteland" or "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
34. East of Eden or The Grapes of Wrath?
35. Dune or The Lord of the Rings?
36. Rushmore or Groundhog Day?
37. Nonfiction or fiction?
38. Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon?
39. Neuromancer or Pattern Recognition?
40. Sleeping Beauty or Fantasia?
41. Kill Bill vol. 1 or 2?
42. Star Wars or The Matrix?
43. Kirk or Picard?
44. Hardcovers or paperbacks?
45. Doonesbury or Calvin and Hobbes?
46. The Little Friend or The Secret History?
47. The Mists of Avalon or The Once and Future King?
48. Babylon 5 or Deep Space Nine?
49. Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman?
50. Alien or Aliens?
51. The Hours or Mrs. Dalloway?
52. The Hours: book or movie?
53. A Christmas Carol or "Gift of the Magi"?
54. Ursula K. Le Guin or Madeline L'Engle?
55. Monsters Inc. or Finding Nemo?
56. Aladin or Beauty and the Beast?
57. The Royal Tenenbaums or The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou?
58. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time or The Speed of Dark?
59. Doomsday Book or To Say Nothing of the Dog?
60. "Funeral Blues" (AKA That Poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral) or "Lullaby"?
61. Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett?
62. The X-Files or Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
63. Tintin or Asterix?
64. H.G. Wells or Jules Verne?
65. Jonathan Carroll or Stephen King?
66. Jonathan Lethem or Michael Chabon?
67. Emily Dickinson or Dorothy Parker?
68. "After Apple Picking" or "Fire and Ice"?
69. Philip Pullman or J.K. Rowling?
70. Philip Pullman or multiple compound fractures?
In each of these questions, I prefer the B option. So, in order to discover how culturally concurrent we are, count the number of B answers you gave, divide them by 70, the number of questions, and multiply by 100 to get your percentage of Abigail Nussbaum. Which should tell you if you want to keep reading anything I have to say or if you want to run screaming for the hills.
Just to be clear, I'm not kidding about that last one.
8 comments:
- Greg said...
Hmmm. This left me feeling culturally clueless. On exactly half of the pairs, I either had no preference, or didn't know one or other of the things being referred to, so couldn't give an opinion. Of the ones where I did have opinions, we concur on 20 and don't agree on 15, so I'm 57% Abigail-compatible. The strongest concurrences are Wilkie Collins and The Woman in White (which is one of my half-dozen favourite novels); Asimov; LOTR; Groundhog Day; and Dorothy Parker. The truly catastrophic incompatibilities are Macs; The Music Man; winter; Cryptonomicon; Calvin and Hobbes. In each of those cases you prefer something I dislike intensely. And a preference for Terry Pratchett over Douglas Adams just plain puzzles me. But they are such totally different styles of humour that I guess I can sort-of imagine someone finding Pratchett almost as funny and clever as Adams.
- July 16, 2005 9:05 PM
- Abigail Nussbaum said...
Well, it's really just the Pullman that's a deal-breaker, I think.
One of the reasons that people started writing their own CCIs was that in most cases they, like you, didn't recognize one or both of the items in question. I don't think I was able to answer even half of Terry Teachout's original questions.
The Adams/Pratchett question was supposed to be a stumper, although recently it seems to me that Pratchett fares better on repeat readings than Adams. I guess I see a similarity in their intentions (using genre - SF/fantasy/mystery - to lampoon everyday facts of English existence) that outweighs the differences in their literary styles.
- July 17, 2005 12:05 AM
- Greg said...
I've never read Pullman, and looking at the descriptions of his books on Amazon I don't see any I'd be remotely tempted to try. Why the strength of the emnity?
I've tried 6 or so Pratchett books, and haven't made it very far into any of them. I just plain don't find them funny or interesting. One of them was totally centred on opera. I enjoy opera less than I have enjoyed either of the root canals I've endured. They all seem to consist of in-jokes and allusions to things I either don't know or don't care about. Adams doesn't use allusion nearly as heavily.
Pratchett has a newish book called Going Postal or something like that. It is supposed to be full of jokes only stamp collectors (like me) will get. I may give that a try, but I'm not very optimistic.
Adams I simply find hilarious.
- July 17, 2005 1:08 AM
- Abigail Nussbaum said...
The stamp collecting jokes in Going Postal are quite hilarious, but like a lot of Pratchett's later offerings, the book itself is a bit slack. The opera book you read is called Maskerade and also not one of his best. I generally point interested Pratchett readers towards some of his earlier stuff. Wyrd Sisters is my personal favorite - a parody of Macbeth that introduces the witch characters from Maskerade. Other highlights include Mort, about a young man who becomes Death's assistant; Guards! Guards!, about hardworking and under-appreciated city guards who are faced with a fire-breathing dragon; and Small Gods, about a novice priest whose God appears to him - in the form of a powerless, one-eyed turtle.
Why do I hate Philip Pullman? Let me count the ways... Honestly, I suppose there's something a bit unhealthy about the amount of venom I expend on his books. It's just that I found them badly written, boring, didactic, bigoted and insulting to my intelligence. The fact that so many apparently intelligent reviewers call him subtle or interesting, or compare him favorablywith C.S. Lewis, makes my teeth stand on end.
- July 17, 2005 10:38 AM
- Robin said...
I can't say I scored very high on the Abigail-compatible list, but anyone who asks "Glory or the Mayor," expecting people to know who they're talking about is worth reading.
- July 19, 2005 6:46 PM
I just stumbled on your blog and I have to echo Robin:
"Glory or the Mayor?" -- Priceless.
- January 17, 2008 10:15 AM
Is there anyone who would actually prefer Glory to the Mayor?
Anyway, I had twenty compatibilities, 9 incompatibilities, and a lot of one's where I was only familiar with one or neither of the options. I've been reading your blog for a bit, and that's a higher ratio of agreement then I would have expected. Nicely argued opinions in any case, keep up the enjoyable analysis.
- September 18, 2009 9:59 PM
- ibmiller said...
I would prefer Glory to the Mayor. I found the Mayor unfunny, unscary, and uninteresting, while the idea of a god was interesting to me, Glory's deliberate subversion of that idea in mannerisms was funny for me, and her unpredictability was much scarier than poorly done CGI snakes (though she had one of those too).
I think (for the ones that I have enough experience to have a legitimate opinion on) I am about 10-20% differeing in tastes based on this list - but probably 50-100% different in ideology and ways of preference - for instance, I much prefer late Pratchett to early.
- January 06, 2010 7:50 PM


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Saturday, December 19, 2015
Christmas Gifts almost done
11 comments:
Wow, you've been one busy little elf! Everything looks so wonderful. You have many lucky gift recipients. I loved your purple holiday forest and I love this lime forest too!ReplyDelete
Holey Mackeral!! Yes, a busy elf indeed! Everything is just beautiful - really love the lime trees.ReplyDelete
I love your crochet : very large project....iit is beautiful...xReplyDelete
I love your crochet : very large project....iit is beautiful...xReplyDelete
Leave it to you to just "whip up" a pair of socks! And typical... you don't keep them for yourself, but give them away. In particular, I like that crocheted afghan. Neat pattern! You're a marvel at all you manage to accomplish. Perhaps once all the gift-giving is done, you'll work on something for yourself.ReplyDelete
You have been busy! I especially love the pillow turned table runner.ReplyDelete
Wow -- your afghan is gorgeous. You did a wonderful job with the chevron pattern -- I can barely crochet a straight line! :)ReplyDelete
What a lovely creative time you've had! The afghan looks wonderfully snuggle, the table runner is stunning and I'm a huge fan of sock knitting - it's the perfect portable project!ReplyDelete
So many nice presents and projects...thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Nice projects. I especially like that runner. Well done!ReplyDelete
That afghan - the size is perfect in my book. Not carried away at all! Some really great finishes. And that delivery photo is hilarious.ReplyDelete


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I started the discussion with one of my favourites, not actually a new idea but one that I think is becoming more and more important for certain businesses.
Whether they like it or not, the nature of coffee shops and hotels has changed over the last few years. Yes, they remain places for people to drink coffee and stay overnight but they are increasingly becoming the preferred location for business meetings. I know coffee shops are for me. I can invite customers and colleagues to my remarkably comfortable and welcoming office (yes, it really is) but sometimes it's nice to have the discussion somewhere different and convenient. It's also nice just to go out with the laptop occasionally to write emails and reports somewhere the phone isn't always ringing and colleagues aren't bothering you with trivia.
In 2016, WiFi for these people is an essential tool. Yes, some of them will be on Facebook playing silly games but a lot of them will be picking up and sending emails, collaborating online and running their businesses. It's remarkable that there are still some coffee shops who either have no WiFi or have ridiculous limits on capacity and speed. It's 2016.
Another technological demand was "In 2016 the phrase 'system is down' should be banned especially in most government departments."
I agree. It's 2016 and it's about time that everyone knew that there is no such thing as a computer error, there are only human errors. The fact that a business system is not available means, without exception, that somewhere along the line a human being has screwed up. In 2016 we have a right to expect that companies invest in uninterruptible power supplies for their expensive servers but also for the computers in remote offices and even for the networks that connect them. We have a right not to be bothered with feeble excuses about systems or networks being down. Even in Botswana, with our climatic and geographical challenges, it doesn't matter whether it a bank, an insurance company or the public services, we have a right to expect the systems to be up rather than down.
Another member of the group suggested that "In 2016 consumers must expect clean functioning wcs with tissue paper and sanitary bins" and I agree with that as well. Of course we all understand that our nation is facing a terrible water shortage but that's what storage tanks are for. That's why shopping malls and stores should be investing in large tanks and suitable plumbing to keep the bathrooms operating. If it means they need to invest in grey water systems for the toilets and keep reserves of potable water for drinking and washing then so be it. We know they'll just increase rents to cover it but you know what? We're prepared to pay an extra thebe on everything we buy if it means we can use your toilet when we're visiting your shopping center.
One of the most important suggestions was another old one. "In 2016 consumers must expect supermarkets to adopt a code that says that, the price at the shelf is what the consumer pays."
It's not just supermarkets, it's all stores. The price displayed on the shelf must be the price you pay at the checkout. No excuses. It even goes for Rand prices. But we don't need a "code" when we have one already. Section 13 (1) (e) of the Consumer Protection Regulations forbids "the advertisement or representation of a commodity or service [...] with the intent not to dispose of the commodity or service as advertised or represented". If it's advertised for sale for a price expressed in Rand, then we're entitled to pay that. What's more, remember that the Ministry of Trade and Industry said just before Christmas that they'd noticed that "some businesses, especially chain-stores, are displaying their merchandise in other currencies especially the Rand, instead of Pula". They went on to say that:
"This is (an) unfair trade practice whereby the Pula/ Rand exchange rate differential is not passed onto the consumer. Therefore businesses that are practicing this are advised to stop forthwith and failure to do so may result in their trade licenses being reviewed, which may lead to their suspension or cancellation" and advised the public "not to accept paying for merchandise that is priced in the Rand or any foreign currency other than the Pula."So already things in 2016 are a little different. Let's hope we can change some of the others as well.


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A classic Turkey Sandwich meal. Toasted wheat bread. Some bacon. Provolone cheese and side of freshly cut fries. And to think this was sandwich was consumed in beautiful Eagle, CO.
Just one problem: I almost shit my pants before I got back home in Denver.
A recent business trip took me up to Gypsum, CO and we stopped in Eagle for lunch on the way back. I was super hungry and the sandwich was great. But right about the time we hit downtown Denver on the way back, I had a rumbling in my belly. We were only about 5 minutes from my house, but I was faced with a serious decision: do I tell my co-worker that I need to pull over in to Brothers BBQ because I need to shit, or do I wait it out until I get home. I decided to wait it out. Luckily we got a green light at 6th and Colorado or I might have regretted that decision.
But it really was a damn good Turkey Sandwich. I just can't remember the name of that place.


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…we often hear when introducing the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight project to our internal and external partners. Yes, let's admit it: strategic foresight is still an unfamiliar concept to many, even among our colleagues. If you don't understand something, you are often naturally biased against it. To change this undermining attitude towards our work, we at CIAT's Global Futures and Strategic Foresight team decided to, so to speak, take this bias bull by the horns.
How do you present a complex subject to a diverse audience? One good way is to use games and roleplaying. The recent CIAT Annual Program Review "Science Innovation Marketplace" gave us a good opportunity to reach out to a range of potential partners and through a game help them better understand the value of strategic foresight and ex-ante economic impact assessment.
For the game, we split participants, who included colleagues from various CIAT offices and members of the Fondo Latinoamericano para Arroz de Riego (FLAR), one of CIAT's key boundary partners, into three groups. Each represented one imaginary region with distinct socio-economic and environmental characteristics and was given a limited amount of hypothetical currency (called "CGIARs") to be used for funding essential research addressing the most pressing food security issues in the regions.
Needless to stay, our participants had a difficult time! Which problems should be prioritized? What are the risks associated with certain investment decisions? Will the investments have significant impact?
At the end of the exercise, all groups gathered together again to discuss the experience and compare challenges faced by each team and approaches used for decision-making. Most of the participants said they recognized many of their own day-to-day challenges.
That moment was our chance! Having turned sceptics into a receptive audience, we presented ex-ante analysis and the ideas underlying strategic foresight. The participants were surprised to learn that the game itself was also a form of strategic foresight. Between our conversation about more involved quantitative foresight approaches and a qualitative foresight exercise, nearly everyone walked away with a better understanding of the value of Global Futures and Strategic Foresight efforts. Mission accomplished!
About the author
Steven Prager is a Senior Scientist for Integrated Modeling at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) where he leads the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight activity. Prior to joining CIAT, Steve was an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Wyoming. Steve holds a B.S. in earth science and an M.A. in geography from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a PhD in Geography from Simon Fraser University.
PIM's foresight modeling work (under research Flagship 1) analyzes alternative future scenarios and policy options to explore how new agricultural technologies and practices can best help reduce poverty and hunger while protecting natural resources. All 15 CGIAR Centers are currently participating in this work, together with partners from outside CGIAR. The research is realized through the Global Futures and Strategic Foresight Program (GFSF) facilitated by IFPRI and supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS).
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I just finished the very last class in my effort to obtain the degree in paralegal studies that I've been pursuing for the past three years. This class was the Legal Studies Capstone which served as a review of the entire paralegal studies program. Each week, we would review areas of the law from contracts to real estate, family law to torts, civil and criminal law, trusts and estates, etc.
During this 11-week review, I was reminded of the professors who taught each course. Some of these professors were outstanding teachers, and others — not so much. Some professors piled on the homework, and others were simply winging their way through the course.
Fortunately, the professor who taught this capstone was excellent. Each week, as we worked through an area of law, I was tasked with creating documents that would become part of my portfolio of legal documents from which to draw once I became a paralegal. My portfolio now consists of demand letters, case briefs, powers of attorney, a last will and testament, a living will, summons and complaints, motions, worksheets to calculate child support, bankruptcy forms, apartment leases, warranty deeds — the list goes on and on.
Thankfully, my capstone professor took the time to make suggestions and additions to the portfolio assignments so that they were the best documents I could work from once I was a paralegal working in the field. I thanked him several times during the course of the class for his comments and how much his enthusiasm for teaching meant to me. I can only hope he understood that his hard work was appreciated!
As I wrap up this chapter of my life, and think of the ways that my new degree will affect my future plans, I want to thank my readers for taking this journey with me. Your support is appreciated too!
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By Scott Stearns, VOA
STATE DEPARTMENT - International efforts to limit Iran's nuclear program have entered a new phase with the outline of what a final agreement might look like. But talks could drag on beyond July's deadline, adding to pressure on both Washington and Tehran.
Iran nuclear negotiations in Vienna - May 14, 20014 (photo by Islamic Republic News Agency)
Getting Iran to talks to limit its nuclear program is one of the biggest foreign policy accomplishments of the Obama administration, an opportunity that the president says shows the strength of international resolve.
"The odds of success are still long, and we reserve all options to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," said President Barack Obama. "But for the first time in a decade, we have a very real chance of achieving a breakthrough agreement - one that is more effective and durable than what would be achieved through the use of force."
Talks in Vienna have made progress, but there is not yet agreement on lifting some sanctions in exchange for Iran rolling back parts of its nuclear program.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says there is no rush.
"If some countries behind the scenes who want to create problems are not given a chance to sabotage talks, then we have enough time to achieve the ultimate success," he said. "[If] we don't come to an agreement by that deadline, we can extend that interim agreement for another six months. But I think it will be done by the proper time."
Extending talks could be a problem for Obama as some of his political opponents want new sanctions against Iran.
"I think if we hear from those talks that they need another six months that's pretty bad news because it will be very difficult for President Obama to deal with the Congress during mid-term elections when the Republicans are now favored to even take the Senate," said American University professor Hillary Mann Leverett.
The president could keep working around Congress with six-month waivers on some sanctions, but Leverett says Iran is holding out for more.
"The Iranian aim is to get investment into oil and gas," Leverett continued. "These are 10-year projects at the very minimum. You can't really do it six months, six months, six months. So I think the Obama administration is now realizing that, to get the deal that it wants, it really may need to go to Congress to lift the sanctions."
The Iran nuclear deal may be less of a political issue if talks are extended while Congress is out of session. Former U.S. ambassador Adam Ereli says the timetable favors the president.
"The politics constraining Obama are much less onerous or much less of an obstacle than the politics constraining the Iranian negotiators," he said.
At a time when many Iranians want Rouhani to get sanctions lifted to improve the economy, Ereli says Tehran's nuclear negotiators are under pressure from hardliners who want to maintain the threat.
"If they don't come up with a deal, or if what they are proposing is too much for their political rivals in Iran, then they could find themselves facing a backlash as well," he said. "So again, I think it works both ways on this."
Throughout these talks, the Obama administration must also continue to reassure Israel that Washington will not allow Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon.
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"Maybe 'okay' will be ours always."
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
It's official you guys -- I have cried with one of my best girl friends in a movie theater for the first time and you can probably guess what we watched. </3 After several requests on Instagram and also having my friend make me go to this movie with her, I decided it was time to do The Fault in Our Stars (FIOS) inspired nails. Don't worry you guys, I won't be spoiling anything in this post so feel free to keep reading!
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I haven't actually read The Fault in Our Stars yet but I've been on the waiting list at my library for a month! I am currently #6 on the list so hopefully it comes soon. :) I'm glad my friend and I hadn't read the book yet because we were BOTH on the edge of our seats together in the theater. It was funny though because there were only 7 people there watching the movie (including us) and I know we were the only ones that cried >.<
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I have seen this mani floating around the internet but I'd like to credit Kelsie over at Kelsie's Nail Files for inspiring me. Check out her FIOS nails here! :) I started off with a blue base and then did the newspaper nail technique on top. Once the newspaper nails were dry, I then free handed the clouds and words with acrylic paint. The only polish I used in this design is Wet n Wild Listening to the Blue Reed.
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I really don't have anything else to say to you guys. <3 I guess my only suggestion is to read or watch The Fault in Our Stars if you enjoy captivating love stories.
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Here is one last thumb shot photo! Of course I am most proud of this nail :) This was so hard to paint but I think it turned out great! Thank you all for checking out my FIOS inspired nails and let me know what you thought of the book/movie. :) I still need to read the book!!! This was one of my first times watching a movie based on a book without reading the book first but I have no regrets since I got to experience everything with my best friend. xD :)
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Saturday, September 12, 2015
Call 9-7-6 For The 2 Live Crew's Ex Dancers
The song's called "Wha'sup?! - The Female Version." You'd probably expect it to be a diss at Luke and/ or the Crew, but nope. Disappointingly, they never even mention them. So what's this song a "female version" of? A little trend that was going on down South at the time.
In 1995, Atlanta's Diamond & D-Roc had a bit of a dance hit with "The Bankhead Bounce" (Bankhead is actually a city in Atlanta). Even if you're not into Southern rap stuff, you've probably heard of the dance, if not the actual record that spawned it. Well, a bit part of that song is a "what's up, what's up?" chorus. And shortly after that started blowing up, a group called The A-Town Players released a song called "Wassup Wassup" with basically the same chorus (including the "do the Bankhead bounce" part) a very similar instrumental. Then Playa Poncho and LA Sno released "Whatz Up, Whatz Up," and I don't think I need to tell you what that song was like.
So by 1996, 9-7-6 were a little late to the party. But that's what their song is, another "Wha'sup." It's produced by Stylz and the J.I.Z., a name you may not be familiar with, but Stylz is one of many of many aliases of Jan C Styles or Marvelous JC, a big time bass producer who'd been making records since the 80s. He may've even owned Hurricane Records. They also guest rap on here.
So this one's kinda fun. JC's a good producer, so it's one of the better Bankhead bounce rip-off's, with a lot of "Planet Rock" mixed into this version. This is definitely more of a Florida-style version than all those Atlanta versions. They don't even mention the Bankhead bounce dance; they've just latched onto the "what's up, what's up" part. Unfortunately, they're kind of boring as MCs. They not only neglect to mention their 2 Live origins, they don't say much of anything. They mention they're "sipping on cognac" in both verses and spend half the song just listing cities they want their record to play in. Honestly, Stylz and J.I.Z. probably should've made this record on their own and created another song for 9-7-6 to cash in on the "former dancers" angle.
They never made another record, so we don't really learn anything about 9-7-6. Their name implies a sexual edge, but they never go there on this song. It's not even clear how many of them there are (guessing: three?) or what their names are. The label mentions they're "comin' from da burg not from the bottom," so we know they're from St. Petersburg, Florida, not Miami. That's about it. Oh well, kind of a missed opportunity, but not a bad Bankhead bounce record if you're in the mood for dancing like it's the mid 90s again.
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What is high-tech swimwear?
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If you are in it to win it, purchase high-tech swimwear.If you are a casual and infrequent swimmer, you may not require high tech swimwear; however, if you mean business and are a competitive swimmer, high tech swimwear is designed to make you faster and more efficient in the water. The actual fabric technology of competitive high tech swimwear has also been used in the manufacture of figure-controlling water fashions for the general public.
What is high-tech swimwear? High tech swimwear is made of composite fabrics such as nylon and Lycra, which reduce drag while in the water. Drag refers to the forces that are in opposition to you as you move through a fluid, such as the water in a swimming pool. Drag slows down a swimmer. The fabrics - nylon and Lycra - also hug, shape and flatter the body. Slimming swimwear is made with the same high tech fabrics used by the professionals.
This type of swimwear is said to be very much like marine animal skin and, as a result, speed is enhanced. The swimwear also reduces absorption of water, which a regular bathing suit does not. When swimwear gets water logged, that will slow a swimmer down.
High tech swimwear comes in various designs such as racerback, bodyskin, kneeskin, competition briefs, aka Speedos, jammers and legskins. For the general public, high tech swimwear is available in styles - like tanks and boy-short bottoms - to maximize the figure controlling benefits.
Kneeskin is made of advanced Lycra based material that tightly hugs the body of the swimmer, which increases speed and minimizes water resistance, or drag. The difference between a kneeskin and a full bodyskin bathing suit is that there are no leggings. The kneeskin is comparable to a wetsuit in a shortie style version but it is made of drag reducing material and often has a zippered back.
A bodyskin bathing suit gives full coverage from your neck down to your ankles. Your arms are covered, although sleeveless medal-winning bodyskin swimwear is also available. There is a bodyskin bathing suit that is purposely designed for competitive backstrokers. For many professional swim teams, a bodyskin bathing suit is the "uniform" of choice.
Male competitive swimmers often opt for jammers, which are high tech suits that give the swimmer an advantage swim wise. These suits are made of Lycra/spandex and nylon and are form fitting. Jammers look a lot like compression shorts or cycling shorts.
Legskins are often worn by male competitive swimmers as the high tech swimsuit of choice. They look very much like tights, covering the entire leg. This type of bathing suit allows more arm flexibility because the chest and arms of the swimmer are not covered. Legskins are particularly effective if the swimmer must make broad arm movements, such as in the butterfly stroke.
A drag suit is a Speedo-style trunk or a square-cut baggy swim trunk that swimmers wear over their inner suit while they train. The drag suit results in more resistance, or drag, in the water and should be worn over and over again to break in the material. The more broken in and torn up the drag suit is, the more resistance is provides, which helps the swimmer train.
There is controversy over the use of high tech swimwear among competitive swimmers, who, of course, are the biggest users of this product. Sport experts are discussing what is high-tech swimwear. Some claim that the suits give an unfair advantage to those who wear them. In fact FINA, which is the top swimming organization in the world, reported that it will ban these bathing suits in 2010. This decision was made after numerous world records were broken at the Rome World Championships. FINA ruled that swimsuits should not extend past the ankles or the shoulders and should not cover the neck of the swimmer.
The backyard pool make be leagues away from Olympic swim lanes, but tummy control swimwear has much in common with professional swim gear. Many of the same manufacturers fabricate for both markets. What is high-tech swimwear? It is a product that has both professional and recreational applications.
A specific high tech swim suit was manufactured by Speedo, called the LZR racer suit, in 2008. This particular bathing suit is made of material that enables maximum oxygen flow to the body of the swimmer and holds the body is an ideal hydrodynamic position. The suit also reduces drag. Ninety-four percent of those wearing this suit at the Beijing Olympics won their races. Some swimmers opt to wear two bathing suits simultaneously because the suits trap air and compress the body, making them faster in the water.


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Mike Preston of the Baltimore Sun writes that re-signing impending free agent RT Michael Oher "isn't a priority" for the Ravens.
- Preston adds that Oher has "probably seen his last days in Baltimore."
Oher, 27, has yet to live up to his draft first-round status and was rated as one of the worst qualifying offensive tackles in the league by Pro Football Focus. He allowed eight sacks, seven quarterback hits and a staggering 42 quarterback hurries, according to PFF.
Oher still has time to turn things around, but it's hard to imagine any team offering his a multi-year contract given his obvious struggles.


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As I mentioned last week, we will be seeing a few more Ultra Violet items trickling in. Hopefully we also get more Pigment Blue and Majestic items as well.
The Heathered Majestic Roll Down Wudner Under Crops I saw in store today .
Heathered Pigment Ebb To Street Pants. I may need these.
Interesting blingy print on this Twice As Nice Skirt. Bead Envy Silver Spoon Multi!
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Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of stories about the more than 50 Presbyterian mission workers and international peacemakers who are speaking in more than 150 presbyteries in the coming month as part of World Mission Challenge. — Jerry L. Van Marter
As part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s World Mission Challenge, the Rev. Paul Matheny traveled to Oklahoma's Cimarron and Eastern Oklahoma presbyteries Oct. 9-18 to share the good news of God's work in the world.
Matheny and his wife, the Rev. Mary Nebelsick, are mission co-workers, serving in the Philippines at Union Theological Seminary in Dasmarinas. There, Matheny teaches theology, philosophy of religion and ministerial studies. Nebelsick teaches biblical studies, focusing on the Old Testament. The couple has served as missionaries there since 2001.
As a child raised in the church, Matheny's sense of call to this kind of work seemed to form naturally. He remembers hearing the stories of missionaries and how important that connection was. With Nebelsick's background as a child of missionaries, the idea of living and serving abroad was appealing.
Matheny said that his sense of call was a simple recognition that it was possible to live overseas, share the love of God, and help those in need.
"I needed to do this ... It's part of who I am," he said Oct. 13 at First United Presbyterian Church in Guthrie, Okla.
For Matheny, all ministry is a form of mission. But it's not his mission, he says, or even the mission of the PC(USA). The mission belongs to God, who is working throughout the world. Matheny's experience in the Philippines has allowed him to be more aware that God's work is not limited to the church in the United States.
"If we focus only on what we do here, we miss out on what God is doing in the rest of the world," he said, adding that he thinks the work God is doing through mission workers is not just a renewal of the church abroad, but a renewal of the whole church.
As a professor, Matheny has encountered challenging cultural differences. For instance, striving to teach theology so it makes sense in the context of a Filipino pastor has caused him to re-think the theological language he uses in the classroom and his teaching methodology.
And while North American seminary students may not first go to their seminary professors for assistance in a crisis, Filipino students routinely knock on the Matheny and Nebelsick's door, sometimes late at night. It's not unusual for the couple to feed hungry people, buy medications for children in the community or even drive a van full of sick people to the charity hospital. The community members know they can depend on them to help, regardless of the situation. And for Matheny, being able to assist is a joy.
While the Philippines can be a violently dangerous country, the couple feels safe there. Matheny said that people appreciate the missionaries' presence in the country because they "bring compassion to a country where there's not much compassion."
Humility is something Matheny has learned to practice during his time in the Philippines. It's important to try to see things from the perspective of the Filipinos, to try to understand from them what is needed there.
Matheny said he's learned the spiritual discipline of backing off, of not being in control and allowing the Filipino people to guide him in his work among them. A generation ago, it would be said by the missionaries that they created the churches in the Philippines. Now, Matheny recognizes that while he and Nebelsick are there to help, it is the Filipino people who build the churches in their country.
It's important that Filipinos know that Americans accept them fully as Christians and that their ministry in their country is equally important, Matheny said. He sees tremendous opportunities when we learn to support each other and work in a mutual partnership.
Matheny's year away from the Philippines has been spent going to local churches and presbyteries to communicate what Presbyterian mission workers are doing and have been doing in more than 100 years of service.
He hopes that some of the stories he tells about his time in the Philippines will help renew the local church's mission. He asked for continued prayers from the denomination, for continued financial support for mission work and gave thanks to churches and presbyteries for what they've done and are doing to support God's work abroad.
The Rev. Carol Waters is pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, Okla. She lives in Cordell, Okla., and enjoys poetry and gardening.


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Welcome to 'SIBOL',
May I remind you that we do still need Shawls as well as Sunshine Blankets and a very easy pattern to follow is the 'Original Half Granny Square/Shawl' by Ambar Enid Alcala.
This Shawl can be made in any colour you like. It's a great way to use un-wanted yarn and this project can be easily finished in a couple of evenings.
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If you would like to see some of the Shawls already received.
Please follow the LINK to my Flickr photos.
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The HISD Board of Education voted unanimously to rename the Young Men's College Preparatory Academy as the Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men.
According to Trustee Rhonda Skillern-Jones this is an opportunity to honor the legacy of the inspirational congressman. "Mickey Leland lived a life of immeasurable service," said Skillern-Jones. "It is only befitting that we bestow this honor in his name to memorialize his life and contributions. He was not just an elected official but the epitome of a public servant."
The name goes into effect immediately.
Leland, who served six years in the Texas House of Representatives, graduated from HISD's Phillis Wheatley High School and Texas Southern University. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, he chaired the House Select Committee on Hunger and was passionate about both domestic and international hunger issues, health care for the poor, and aid for the homeless. In 1989, Leland was killed in a plane crash while leading a humanitarian relief mission to an isolated refugee camp in Ethiopia, which sheltered unaccompanied children fleeing war in the Sudan.
New boundaries for HISD's nine trustee districts were also approved. The trustee districts were redrawn as a result of the annexation of North Forest ISD in 2013. With the change, a few schools will receive new trustees:
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Fonwood Early Childhood Center
Rhonda Skillern-Jones
Juliet Stipeche
A.A. Milne Elementary School
Greg Meyers
Wanda Adams
Tijerina Elementary School
Manuel Rodriguez
Wainwright Elementary School
Anna Eastman
Challenge Early College High School
Harvin C. Moore
Michael L. Lunceford
The High School for Performing and Visual Arts
Paula M. Harris
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I know you're supposed to look at other peoples' flaws with a much smaller lens than the one you use on yourself but I have got to get this off my chest. And just to even it up, I'll throw in a few of the annoying things I do. Okay, here goes: It really bugs me when people clip their nails in public places. When I hear that nasty click-click-click of the clipper, all I can think about is toenails. Second, why won't you wash your hands after using the bathroom? How can you just casually pass by the sinks after leaving a stall? What you do in the privacy of your own home is cool since I don't have to know about it, but at least humor the rest of us and pretend you care about hygiene. Thanks.
Three annoying habits I've got (and I'm sure my friends/co-workers can come up with many more).
1. I chew on the phone. (Rude.)
2. I tap my teeth with my fingernails. (Hav HATES this.)
3. I twirl my hair incessantly -- which could be one on its own -- and when strands are on my shirt I throw them on the ground instead of in the trash. (Eww.)
I feel like I just went to confession. That was great.


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About the Coalition
MissionThe Green Affordable Housing Coalition is a national action network that fosters collaboration and advocates for the development and preservation of green affordable housing. View the printer-friendly fact sheet
The Importance of Green Affordable Housing
Green building practices can lessen the ecological impact of the built environment while improving the quality of life of low- and moderate-income households. Families living in affordable housing that is location-efficient, healthy and green can experience lower utility costs, decreased exposure to harmful pollutants, and lower transportation costs.
What We Do
The Green Affordable Housing Coalition supports administrative and legislative actions at the federal, state and local levels that support the development, preservation and rehabilitation of green, healthy and location-efficient affordable housing. The Coalition is a platform through which member organizations can disseminate information, discuss details of key policy proposals and organize outreach and advocacy efforts. Certain activities (such as outreach campaigns and sign-on letters) related to specific legislative and regulatory initiatives reflect the positions of the organizations that explicitly endorse those activities, rather than the official position of the Coalition as a whole.
For more information on specific policy initiatives, visit the Coalition Policy Agenda webpage.
For more information on specific policy initiatives, visit the Coalition Policy Agenda webpage.
Who We Are
The Green Affordable Housing Coalition brings together diverse national and local organizations dedicated to promoting green and healthy building practices in affordable housing.
- Advanced Energy (contact)
- AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
- Affordable Housing Institute
- Alliance for Environmental Sustainability
- Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. (contact)
- Blue Water Studio (contact)
- Bon Secours Community Works
- Brunswick Housing Opportunities, Inc. (contact)
- Build It Green (contact)
- California Housing Partnership
- Carbon Cross Development | Eco House
- Center for Housing Policy (contact)
- Chicago Housing Authority (contact)
- Clean Air Council (contact)
- ClearCorps USA
- ClearEdge Power
- Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (contact)
- Commonweal Collaborative (contact)
- The Community Builders
- Community Enterprise Investments, Inc. (contact)
- Community Housing Fund (contact)
- Corcoran Management (contact)
- Council of Large Public Housing Authorities
- Daniel Solomon Design Partners (contact)
- Eden, inc.
- Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (contact)
- Emerald Cities Collaborative
- Enterprise Community Partners (contact)*
- Energy Outreach Colorado (contact)
- Fannie Mae Multifamily (contact)
- Federal Practice Group, LLC (contact)
- First Community Housing
- Florida Green Building Coalition (contact)
- Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation
- Foundation Communities
- Full Spectrum of NY
- Global Green USA (contact)
- Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (contact)
- greeNEWit, LLC (contact)
- Greenspace
- Habitat for Humanity (contact)
- Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia (contact)
- Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board of Memphis (contact)
- Heritage Architecture, LLC
- Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (contact)
- Hessel, Aluise & Neun, P.C.
- Housing Partnership Network (contact)
- ICF International (contact)
- Institute for Market Transformation (contact)
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation (contact)
- Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
- Montgomery Housing Partnership (contact)
- Mosaic Power (contact)
- National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
- National Center for Healthy Housing (contact)
- National Council of State Housing Agencies (contact)
- National Housing and Rehabilitation Association
- National Housing Conference (contact)*
- National Housing Trust (contact)
- National Low Income Housing Coalition (contact)
- Neighborhood Preservation Coalition of NYS, Inc. (contact)
- NeighborWorks America (contact)
- New York City Housing Development Housing Corporation
- The Nickerson Group, LLC
- North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance (contact)
- Oystertree Consulting (contact)
- Paladino and Company (contact)
- Patterson Structural Moving and Shoring, LLC
- Preservation of Affordable Housing
- Prince William County Housing Board
- Public Housing Authorities Directors Association
- Quinn Evans Architects
- Rainbow Housing Assistance Corporation
- Rebuilding Together (contact)
- Regional Housing Legal Services (contact)
- Rockster's (contact)
- Seat Pleasant Community Development Corporation
- Solar Habitats, LLC. (contact)
- Southern Energy Management
- Southeast Reinvestment Corporation (contact)
- Southface Energy Institute (contact)
- Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF; contact)
- Supportive Housing Network of NY
- TURKECO Construction and Energy Inc. (contact)
- Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (contact)
- U.S. Green Building Council (contact)*
- Volunteers of America
- YouthBuild USA (contact)
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Jason Voorhees, the Villain behind the mask - Friday the 13th
In film "Friday the 13th" (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980), which launched one of the most successful film franchise in horror history and US Cinema, is the fictional birthplace of Jason Voorhees.
"Kill, kill, kill!" whispers at the dark night in the woods nearby Crystal Lake and that's exactly what Jason Voorhees does. Jason Vorhees is the machete - wielding - unstoppable villain in Friday the 13th.
The fictional character Jason Vorhees was created by the screenwriter of Friday the 13th, Victor Miller and the director and Producer of the legendary film Sean S. Cunningham. As the film director said during at his interviews "Jason grew out of basic things that would scare me as a little kid I was sure there was somebody lurking under the bed and I was afraid to move".
Actually, in oroginal film, Friday the 13th Jason is not a murderer, his fictional mother Pamela Voorhees kills teenagers who are working for the re-opening of the Crystal Lake Camp. Pamela Voorhees by killing wants to prevent the opening of the Crystal Lake Camp, because her only child Jason Voorhees, drowned in the shadow waters of the lake because two teenager members of the staff who were supposed to watch him were having sex. The only survival is a girl, as a result "Friday the 13th" is a slasher, final girl and calander horror film.
Jason Voorhees an unforgettable fictional character
Friday the 13th Part (II) - (Steve Miner, 1981) Jason is fully grown and is back to take revenge and kill teenager intruders who work to re open the Camp. Jason wears a burlap bag with eye - holes.
In Friday the 13th Part 3 3-D (Steve Miner, 1982) Jason takes a hockey mask from a victim and replace his previous handmade mask. Actually, in Friday the 13th Part 3 : 3- D Jason is transformed from a scrawny psycopath sparting a burlap baq with eye - holes into a brawny goon wearing the hockey mask that audience have came to know and to love.
In Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Joseph Zito, 1984) Jason's body is taken to the marque where a couple's petting session aggravates him back to life for another slaughter festival.
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I opened up my wall and discovered: 1 electrical cable, 1 thin copper pipe, and... a huge 2" diameter, ugly, pipe. Here my tale of woe begins.
Oh well, it's not like I can move my bathroom sink by myself, so I'll work around the pipes.
I cut the hole in the drywall and was careful to make it square.
The cabinet. Tall and narrow.I then built a box out of ½" general purpose molding boards and 1½" nails to fit the dimensions of the hole.
The cabinet is pretty shallow (4" with the frame) because of the copper pipe behind it.
Before gluing and nailing the box together, I drilled evenly spaced holes all along the long pieces (for adjustable shelves).
I nailed a piece of luan to the back with cabinet nails.
Then I screwed the box to stud. Because of the big ugly pipe, I needed 4" long screws on that side to secure the box to the stud. What a pain!
I would have liked to have a perfect fit (and no frame), but I'm just not that good.
So I used 1x2 lumber to frame out my cabinet. This actually works well to sit the door off the wall a little (no need for a handle).
As you can see in the picture, the stud is on the left side of those cables, so I used a 2nd piece of 1x2 screwed into stud to support the weight of the cabinet door.
The cabinet door
My cabinet door is a 24"x30" black-brown Ikea Nexus door. I used 3/4" screws to attach a few ¼" poplar boards to the front, and the I used mirror mastic to glue my Home Depot mirror to the poplar. This gives the mirror a floating effect.
It's not like a magazine picture - but it provides much needed extra storage. In fact, I'll be less apologetic - I could never have bought a medicine cabinet to fit this space what with all the pipes - the only solution was to build it custom!
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Filling healthcare jobs proves tough
February 6, 2013 in Medical Technology
Results from a new survey on the state of hiring in the healthcare market confirm what has been reported for years, even in the midst of an economic downturn: the healthcare jobs market is scorching. Trouble is, hiring managers are finding it challenging to get the qualified people they need.
According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder, one of the largest online employment companies in the country, 22 percent of healthcare hiring managers are planning to add full-time, permanent employees in 2013. That's up three percentage points from 2012. But, 23 percent of healthcare employers also reported they have open positions for which they have not been able to find qualified talent.
"Basically it comes down to one thing, and that's general supply and demand," said Jason Lovelace, president of CareerBuilder Healthcare. "There are more positions today then there are people."
In separate studies, the health IT sector alone was forecast to create 50,000 new jobs, spurred by the government's incentive program to adopt electronic health records.
[See also: 50,000 IT Jobs: Who will fill them?.]
Lovelace said that even as hospitals and other healthcare organizations face declining reimbursements and struggle to function as viable businesses, healthcare jobs will not contract. Why? Because organizations that can't withstand the changes brought on by changing payment models like pay for performance will be "gobbled up" by bigger organizations that can.
"The bottom line," Lovelace said, "is that there's always going to be people that need to be serviced."
And that's good news for those who are looking to enter the professional market, he said. "Healthcare is going to scream opportunity," he said. "It's almost recession proof. The opportunities will exist."
Regardless of the number of people looking for jobs in the market, healthcare organizations are going to need to be proactive if they're going to find the people they're looking for, and many are already doing that, Lovelace added.
The CareerBuilder survey found that healthcare employers are taking such actions as increasing compensation for both established employees and newly-hired employees, increasing their efforts to retain employees and retraining existing staff rather than waiting long periods to hire the "right" person.
Article source: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/filling-healthcare-jobs-proves-tough


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Spring Honeycutt wants two things: to ace her sustainable living thesis and to save the environment. Both seem hopelessly unobtainable until her college professor suggests that with a new angle, her paper could be published. Spring swears she'll do whatever it takes to ensure that happens.
"Whatever it takes," however, means forming a partnership with the very hot, very privileged, very conceited Henry Knightly.
Henry is Spring's only hope at publication, but he's also the über-rich son of a land developer and cash-strapped Spring's polar opposite. Too bad she can't help being attracted to the way he pushes her buttons, both politically and physically. As they work on her thesis, Spring finds there's more to Henry than his old money and argyle sweaters…but can she drop the loud-and-proud act long enough to let him in? Suddenly, choosing between what she wants and what she needs puts Spring at odds with everything she believes in.
Definitely, Maybe in Love is a modern take on Pride and Prejudice that proves true love is worth risking a little pride.
I might be the only female above, like, ten who hasn't read, or even watched, Pride and Prejudice. I know, I know, it's strange and unnatural, but I watched the Lizzie Bennett Diaries, if that slightly elevates your opinion of me.
Retellings are extremely difficult to write, and I usually find myself angry at them, since most of the time, they don't follow the source material well enough, and I've always wondered what it would be like if I didn't read the source material first.
Spring is a student in Environment Science, and needs help on her thesis project. Fortunately for her, Henry just moved in across the street. There's an instant attraction between them, but of course, Spring hates Henry right away.which is definitely not like any other New Adult book.
I found the romance way too quick, and yet, it was somehow very cute to watch. A few times, I became bored and switched to a different book, but these were far between.
Like The Summer I Became a Nerd, one of the few words I can think of this novel is "fluffy". If you're between depressing books and want something more upbeat, this is the story for you.


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Giving back is important part of my life and business. I am very proud to support a number of national and local charity organizations, schools and churches. Photography is not only my job, it is my gift and I feel blessed to share it with those in need. I try to plan charitable donations at the beginning of the year but I fully understand sometimes these things can not be planned. If you know a family or if you have a special cause that is need of photography or support please contact me as soon as possible.
Below are a list of some wonderful organizations that I have had the pleasure of working with and could use your support as well!
Ronald McDonald House Charity of Central Florida:: There are many ways to support this amazing organization: saving soda pop tabs, basic care items, toys, books. Click here to see the list of ways to help. You can view their Holiday Slideshow click here that showcases images from my time at the Florida Hospital House. These homes are not just a place to stay when your child is ill, support is everywhere you turn.
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep:: This 501(c)3 non-profit organization offers infant bereavement photography to families who have lost an infant or are at risk of losing their seriously ill baby. This is a difficult, painful time for many families. Please visit their site for more information. Feel free to contact Ginny by phone or email should you or someone you care about need this service. Holmes Regional Medical Center has been very supportive in offering this service to grieving parents. http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/
Nana's House Children's Home:: exists to provide a healthy, safe, loving home to children who have been found in these unsafe family environments until their natural home is stabilized or until permanent care can be arranged. http://nanaschildrenshome.com/about-us/
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Credit Suisse made a costly blunder when it paid chief executive Brady Dougan almost 90m Swiss francs (£62m, $100m, €73m) in 2010.
According to the board member who oversaw the enormous payment, a combination of two different remuneration plans, the pay-out was a "mistake".
Dougan sparked public outcry when he was awarded 19.2m Swiss francs (£13.30m, $21.39m, €15.54m) in cash and stock in 2009, and was also paid 70m Swiss francs worth of stock under a bonus plan.
The multi-million pay-outs came not long after the financial crash of 2008.
"That was certainly a mistake. Today, such a programme would be structured differently: we have limits and the salary would be smaller," Walter Kielholz, Credit Suisse's chairman until 2009, told Swiss television's Eco business programme.
Remuneration for Dougan, chief executive of the bank since 2007, has been more modest in recent years.
In 2012, for example, Dougan's pay only rose by a third to 7.8m Swiss francs, while that of the Swiss bank's highest earner, Robert Shafir, rose to 10.6m Swiss francs, from 8.5m Swiss francs in 2011.
The pay admission comes one week after Credit Suisse underwhelmed investors with its plan to shrink interest rate trading after revenue and profit at its investment bank slid in the third quarter.
Several weeks ago, current Credit Suisse chairman Urs Rohner voiced similar, though less critical, sentiment about Dougan's previous pay.
The Swiss public will have the chance to vote on governance proposals for the country's banks, including one to limit monthly executive pay to no more than what the company's lowest-paid staff earn in a year.
The Swiss government has urged voters to reject that plan, arguing that it could hurt the attractiveness of Switzerland as a business destination.


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TGG Reads: My Reading List (Web-version!)Wednesday, July 17, 2013
SO before I go off on one and wax lyrical about how lovely bloggers are and how much I look forward to the Sunday #lbloggers chats on Twitter, I'm going to try and keep this as concise as poss - these lovely reads listed below make me ever so happy. Gorgeous content, a treat for the eyes, and my favorites to scroll around on my iPhone when I'm curled up in bed relaxing. Get those followin' fingers at the ready...
Lifestyle blogs: Lisette Loves ; ElevatorMusik ; Cider With Rosie ; Love Taza ; The Londoner ; Little Nomad ; Footloose and Famished ; Cupcakes and Cashmere ; A Beautiful Mess ; Everyday Elsie ; A Girl A Style ; Little Winter ; The Little Things
Fashion blogs: Your girl is lovely ; Sea of Shoes ; Kayture ; Love Cloth
Beauty blogs: Jennypurr ; Essiebutton ; What I Heart Today ; Beauty Mouth ; ViviannaDoesMakeup ; Liana Beauty ; From Roses ; the dauphine ; GemsMaquillage ; Gh0stparties ; Hello October ; Oh Little Red ; Bonjour Luce ; Miss Lucy Loves ; Late Night Nonsense
Collectives: Refinery29 ; Jezebel ; The Glitter Guide ; The Everygirl
And now I'm anxious, because I'm already quite sure I've missed some! If you think I'd enjoy your blog/a blog you've been reading, please feel free to leave the link below in the comments! I love a new read :) Proper internet geek here!
I hope you give those listed above a visit and find some new lovelies for your reading list!


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Scott Carter, an internationally recognized solo country artist, has been performing for over two decades. Scott Carter continues to record, tour, and perform around the world. After signing... Read more
SUSTO (Charleston, SC) is the latest project from former Sequoyah Prep School (SPS) lead singer Justin Osborne. After a decade of touring and recording together, SPS went their separate ways... Read more
I've been following 2TALLIN's music for quite a few releases now and I gradually have been noticing that is becoming better and better, and this latest single, "Murdering Heart... Read more
Canadian band AZTEC is a motivated band of friends formed with a "play anywhere for anyone" mentality. AZTEC's performance is an intense emotional display fueled by time sp... Read more
Jenny`s Vision is a multinational independent music project initiated during the summer of 2012. The project uses guest vocalist`s, artists and musicians from Los Angeles, Hollywood, Canada,... Read more
Prime Ex the HMan aka the Hookman is a young indie hip hop artist born in Hartford, CT. His debut album is titled The Kryptonite Collection (2010) and his 2nd and 3rd albums are Amex Music... Read more
"On the Dark Side" is a song that celebrates Al-x's many strengths: Dreamy electro-pop with an infectious beat brought to life with her sweet, warm voice. The video focuses on the war... Read more
Love Clouds EP is the debut release from British electronic music label Voidance Records co-founded by Lost & Found and Hammy Havoc (of The Orion Correlation). Love Clouds is an Italo-di... Read more
King Unicorn is an independent rap artist located in Buffalo, NY. The multi-talented artist has released 1 official Mixtape, "King", receiving over 10,000 views on a multitude of... Read more
Sarantos releases yet another song from his first album. As promised by Sarantos, a new song will be released the first Tuesday of every month to tease his fans, then a new music video on th... Read more
South London-born and current Bath resident, Lady Kray, found her aspirations to sing and dance and by primary school she was already writing her own lyrics and recording songs at her local... Read more
The unusual union of veteran hip hop and soul producer, SneekyCreeky, and newcomer singer/songwriter, Emily Coy, has given birth to a fresh and funky sound for a new generation of listeners.... Read more
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Orange County's newest country band, Daniel Bonte & The Bona Fide are leading the charge to bring original and organic Rock Country to Southern California. Their sound has evolved... Read more
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Inspired and influenced by Radiohead, Oasis, Coldplay, Muse, Keane, Razorlight, Nirvana and many others, Plastic Barricades loves to experiment with styles, sound and approach. Based in Nort... Read more
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Junie Moon Christmas Shipping & Holiday Hours
Dear Junie Moon friends,
We are all preparing for the big holiday! If you would like to receive your shipment by December 25th, the last order date is December 12, 10am Japan time.
Please get your order in by this date to ensure you can receive your parcel in time for Christmas.
The last shipping date for 2012 from Junie Moon is Dec 25 th. Junie Moon online shopping customer service will be closed from December 27 to January 7th.
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It's not well known, but even the fancy cat clubs allow common house cats to compete in a special category... and it's lots of fun.
Our friend, of course, has no common gutter cats. She shows skinny little naked expensive cats... I had to show this one to the judges for her, as she was busy with another cat being judged at a different table...
She was extremely well-groomed, as my girls have been working on her for weeks. And she was nice to the judge....didn't do her strange growling thing that she does when she gets crabby.
The judge's final verdict was "lovely but bizarre".
But he was Polish.
Maybe "bizarre" means "adorable" in Polish?
But despite her bizarreness, our Daisy won, big time!
This actually kind of ticked Mallory off.
"It would be much better if other people were competing. I'm sure our cats could beat any other ones! I know it!"
She was really ready to bring it, cat-wise.
Her only consolation was that, even in a class with only one entrant, the cat won't be nominated for the prize if it is not up to standard. It needs to be healthy, good-looking, well-groomed and have a good temper. Competing cats have to be handled by judges and their assistants, so difficult, shy or mean cats need not apply.
That made our Mal feel a bit better. ...but she'd still rather see some seriously cut-throat house-cat competition the next time around...


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