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Dr Sheehy Skeffington is a plant ecologist with an interest in terrestrial ecosystems, especially wetlands including turloughs, peatlands, heathlands, river flood-meadows and salt marshes. She also carries out research on sustainable farming for conservation, with special focus on grassland management for conservation.
Interests also include sustainable agriculture in the tropics, with publications on Indonesian and Cuban sustainable forest and agricultural management.
All of her academic work has been concerned with protecting the wonderful wildlife habitats of the west of Ireland. She and her students have worked on over grazing in the uplands, the flora of the Burren and how to protect it, the wetland grasslands of the Shannon callows and how to put right recent damaging changes, and turloughs which are fascinating temporary lakes nearly unique to the limestone of western Ireland.
Appointed to The Heritage Council 1995-2000. Chaired Council Wildlife Committee 1999-2000.
Council Member Tropical Biology Association 1993-present. Taught on Uganda course 2012.
Appointed in 2005 to the Project Advisory Group for the international award-winning Burren LIFE programme and is newly-appointed to the Aran LIFE programme Advisory Board.
Academic representative on the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee
Dr Sheehy Skeffington took early retirement in September 2014
Courses: (to 2014) BPS302 Plant Ecology and BPS405 Ecology and Conservation Issues. MSc in Sustainable Resources, Policy and Practice; MSc in Biodiversity and Land-use Planning. All include residential and /or day field excursions.
Curator of the NUI Galway Vascular Plant Herbarium GALW
Photos show Micheline protesting during the visit of Ronald Reagan to Ireland
Most recent publications (2011-2014)
Hodd, R L, Bourke, D, and Sheehy Skeffiington, M. (2014) Projected range contractions of European protected oceanic montane plant communities: focus on climate change impacts is essential for their future conservation. PLoS ONE 9(4) e95147.
Maher, C., Gormally, M., Williams, C. and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2014) Atlantic floodplain meadows: influence of hydrological gradients and management on sciomyzid (Diptera) assemblages. Journal of Insect Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10841-014-9630-z
Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2013) Turloughs -vanishing lakes or vanishing fields?. In: Jebb, M and C. Crowley (eds) Secrets of the Irish Landscape. Cork University Press, Cork. pp 87-92
Sullivan, C, Finn, J, Gormally, M & Sheehy Skeffington, M (2013) Field boundaries on lowland farms in western Ireland and their contribution to semi-natural habitat diversity. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 113B
Moran J, Gormally M, Sheehy Skeffington M. (2012) Turlough ground beetle communities: the influence of hydrology and grazing in a complex ecological matrix. Journal of Insect Conservation 16 (1): 51- 69.
Sheehy Skeffington M., and Hall, K. (2011) The ecology, distribution and invasiveness of Gunnera L. species in Connemara, western Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 111B(3): 157-175.
Hodd, R. and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2011) Irish oceanic montane heath plant communities and possible impacts of climate change. Climate Change and Systematics, Systematics Association Special Series, Cambridge University Press. Pp 490-515.
Sullivan, C, Bourke, D, Sheehy Skeffington, M., Finn, J, Green S, Kelly, S. Gormally, M. (2011) Modelling semi-natural habitat area on lowland farms in western Ireland Biological Conservation 144: 1089–1099.
Williams, CD. Beltman, B., Moran, J., Sheehy Skeffington, M., and Gormally M J. (2011) Empirical support for the possible application of modified Ellenberg indices to the study of environmental gradients on dynamic Irish wetlands—evidence from Skealoghan turlough, County Mayo Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 111B(1): 19-31.
Ryder, L., de Eyto E, Gormally M., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Dillane M. and Poole R. (2011) Riparian zone creation in established coniferous forests in Irish upland peat catchments: Physical, Chemical and Biological Implications. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 111B(1): 41-60.
All publications (to 2011)
Wyse Jackson, P.S. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1984) The Flora of Inner Dublin .
Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, 173 pp.
Carter, R.W.G., Curtis, T.G.F. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J , eds. (1992) Coastal Dunes Geomorphology, Ecology andManagement for Consevation. Proceedings of the third European Dune Congress, Galway, Ireland, June 1991. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Lysaght, L., Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally, M. eds (2000) Recognising European Pastoral Farming Systems and Understanding their Ecology. European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism and the Heritage Council, Kilkenny, Ireland. 51 pp.
Sheehy Skeffington M.J.and O'Connell C (1998) Peatlands of Ireland In: P. Giller (ed.) Studies in Irish Limnology. Invited chapter for the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) conference, August 1998. pp. 39-66.
Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) Maritime and sub-maritime communities:1) mud flats 2) sub-tidal and inter-tidal communities. In: D. Doogue, D.Nash, J. Parnell, S. Reynolds and P. Wyse Jackson (eds) Flora of County Dublin. Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, Dublin. pp.63-66.
Nash D, Reynolds S. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) Maritime and sub-maritime communities: 4) rocky cliffs 5) boulder clay banks and deeper coastal soils. In: D. Doogue, D.Nash, J. Parnell, S. Reynolds and P. Wyse Jackson (eds) Flora of County Dublin. Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, Dublin. pp. 68-69.
Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2013) Turloughs -vanishing lakes or vanishing fields?. In: Jebb, M and C. Crowley (eds) Secrets of the Irish Landscape. Cork University Press, Cork. pp 87-92
Sheehy Skeffington, M. (1978) The influence of topography on the vegetation in the Camargue, France. Bulletin of the IrishBiogeographical Society, 2, 58 – 62.
Corre, J.J., Bigot, L., Billes, G., Bouab, M., Coulet, E., Gautier, G., Heurteaux, P., Pont, D., & Skeffington, M.S. (1982) Structure et peuplements des rives d'étangs temporaires en Basse Camargue. Bulletin Ecologique 13 (14), 339-356.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1985) Vegetation productivity in Rahasane turlough, County Galway. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society XVI (1),20-23.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. & Jeffrey, D.W. (1985) Growth performance of an inland population of Plantago maritima L. in response to nitrogen and salinity. Vegetatio 61, 265-272.
O'Connell, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1985) Botanical notes from three sites in East Mayo and Sligo. Irish Naturalists' Journal 21(9), 419-420.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1985) What is Rattan ? Voice of Nature 33, 34.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1986) Soils from cultivated stands of Shorea javanica K. & V. In: Multidisciplinary research project onShorea javanica K. & V. Progress Report. E. Torquebiau (ed.) Tropical Forest Biology Programme. BIOTROP, Bogor, Indonesia.
Scott, N.E. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J.(1987) A new record for Oenanthe pimpinelloides L. in Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 22(8), 351-353.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J and Jeffrey, D.W. (1988) Response of Armeria maritima (Mill.) Willd. and Plantago maritima L. from an Irish salt marsh to nitrogen and salinity. New Phytologist 110, 395-408.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J (1989) Soils from Shorea javanica K. & V. plantations in Lampung Province, Sumatra, Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kehutanan (Indonesian journal of forestry research and development) V(1), 11-19.
Lockhart, N.D., O'Connell, M., Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Van Doorslaer, L. (1989) Scraw (schwingmoor) plant communities at Loch an Chorcail, Carna, Co.Galway. Irish Naturalists' Journal 23 (4), 125-134.
Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Wyse Jackson, P. (1989) A contribution to our knowledge of the flora of Inishmurray. In: D.C.F.Cotton (ed.) The Heritage of Inishmurray, 18-21, Regional Technical College, Sligo.
Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1990) The special nature of the Burren flora. Technology Ireland 22 (3), 22-25.
Brodie, J. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1990) Inishbofin – a resurvey of the flora. Irish Naturalists' Journal 23 (8), 293-298.
Dyos, H., Proctor, J. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1991) Notes on the vegetation of the Dawros and other ultrabasic outcrops in Connemara. Irish Naturalists' Journal 23 (10) 415-419.
Sheehy Skeffington, M. J. and Wymer E.D. (1991) Irish salt marshes-an outline review. In M.B.Quigley (ed.) A Guide to the Sand Dunes of Ireland. European Union for Dune Conservation and Management. c/o Trinity College Dublin 77-91.
Bleasdale, A.J. and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (1992) Influence of agricultural practices on plant communities in Connemara. In J. Feehan (ed.) Environment and Development in Ireland. The Environmental Institute, University College, Dublin pp. 331-336.
Keane, S. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1995) Vegetation in the east Burren uplands in relation to land use and conservation. In Jeffrey, D.W Jones, M.B. & McAdam J.H. (eds) Irish Grasslands. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin pp. 253-266.
Bleasdale, A and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (1995) The upland vegetation of north-east Connemara in relation to sheep grazing. In Jeffrey, D.W Jones M.B. & McAdam J.H. (eds) Irish Grasslands. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin pp. 110-124.
Sheehy Skeffington, M J, Bleasdale, A & McKee A-M (1996) Research in the Connemara Uplands: vegetation changes and peat erosion. (Sustainability and sheep grazing in the Connemara Uplands). In Hogan, D & Phillips, A (eds) Seeking a Partnership Towards Managing Ireland's Uplands. Irish Uplands Forum, Co Galway.
O'Connor, M. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1997) Roundstone Bog, Connemara: the challenges for conservation. In: J.R.Tallis, R. Meade and P.D. Hulme (eds) Blanket Mire Degradation causes, Consequences and Challenges Proceedings of symposium at Manchester, April 1997 Mires research group, British Ecological Society, London pp.189-202.
McKee A-M and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1997) Peat erosion and degradation in the Connemara uplands. In: J.R.Tallis, R. Meade and P.D. Hulme (eds) Blanket Mire Degradation causes, Consequences and Challenges Proceedings of symposium at Manchester, April 1997 Mires research group, British Ecological Society, London pp.81-82.
Conaghan, J. P. Dalby, C. Sheehy Skeffington M. and T. C. G. Rich (1998) Eriophorum. In: T. C. G. Rich & A. C. Jermy (eds) Plant Crib. Botanical Society of the British Isles in association with National Museums & Galleries of Wales.
McKee A-M., Bleasdale A. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) The effects of different grazing pressures on the above-ground biomass of vegetation in the Connemara uplands. In: G. O'Leary and F Gormley (eds) Towards a Conservation Strategy for the Bogs of Ireland. Irish Peatland Conservation Council, Dublin pp. 177-188.
Curtis T.G.F. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) The salt marshes of Ireland: an inventory and account of their geographical variation. Biology and Environment 98B 87-104 .
Guinan L, O'Connor A., O'Connor M. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) Small-scale vegetation patterns in a raised bog, Co. Offaly and an Atlantic blanket bog, Co. Galway, Ireland. In: Standen V., Tallis J.H. and Meade R. (eds) Patterned Mires and Mire Pools.Origin and development; flora and fauna. British Ecological Society, Mires Research Group Proceedings.
Sheehy Skeffington M.and Curtis T.G.F. (2000) The Atlantic element in Irish salt marshes. In: B. Rushton (ed.) Biodiversty: the Irish dimension. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. pp.179-196.
Ní Bhriain, B, Sheehy Skeffington, M and Gormally, M (2002) Conservation implications of land use practices on the plant and carabid beetle communities of two turloughs in Co. Galway, Ireland. Biological Conservation, 105: 81-92.
Geerling G., van Gestel C., Sheehy Skeffington M, Schouten M.G.C., Nienhuis P.H. and Leuven R.S.E.W. (2002) Blanket bog degradation in river catchments in the west of Ireland. In: Leuven R.S.E.W., Poudevigne I and Teeuw R.M. (eds) Application of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in River Studies. Pp. 25-40.
Poole, A, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M (2003) The flora and carabid beetle fauna of a mature and regenerating semi-natural oak woodland in south-east Ireland. Forest Ecology and Management, 177: 207-220.
Ní Bhriain, B, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M (2003) Changes in land use practices at two turloughs, on the east Burren limestones, Co. Galway, with reference to nature conservation. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 103B (3): 169-176.
Moran, J, Gormally, M J and Sheehy Skeffington, M (2003) Records of Panagaeus crux-major (Linnaeus) and Pterostichus aterrimus (Herbst) recorded on turloughs in Counties Clare and Mayo. Irish Naturalists Journal 27 (8): 309-311
O Connor, Á, Bradish, S, Reed, T, Moran, J, Regan, E, Visser, M, Gormally, M & Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2004) A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs – Irish ephemeral aquatic systems. Hydrobiologia: 524: 133-144.
Coroi, M., Sheehy Skeffington M., Giller P., Smith C. Gormally M., and O'Donovan. (2004) Vegetation diversity and stand structure in streamside forests in the south of Ireland. Forest Ecology and Management 202, 39-57.
Sheehy Skeffington , M. and Gormally, M. (2005) Turloughs, west of Ireland. Seven web pages in Cultbase, Cultural Landscape Database for Europe. Atlantic central. Archived in August 2005. http://pan.cultland.org/cultbase/?document_id=264
Sheehy Skeffington M. (2006) Organic fruit and vegetable growing as a national policy: the Cuban story. Published on 21 Feb 2006 by Energy Bulletin / FEASTA. Archived on 21 Feb 2006. http://www.energybulletin.net/13067.html
Sheehy Skeffington, M. Moran J., O Connor Á., Regan E., Coxon, C. E., Scott, N. E., and Gormally, M. (2006) Turloughs – Ireland's unique wetland habitat. Biological Conservation 133/3, 265-290.
Visser, M, Regan, E, Moran, J, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2006) The rise and fall of turlough typologies: a call for a continuum concept. Wetlands 26 (3), 745-764.
Coroi, M., Sheehy Skeffington , M., Giller, P., Gormally, M., Smith, C., O'Donovan, G. (2006). Using GIS in the mapping and analysis of landscape and vegetation patterns along streams in southern Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 106B(3):287-300.
Sheehy Skeffington , M. and Gormally M. (2007) Turloughs: a mosaic of biodiversity and management systems unique to Ireland.Acta Carsologica. 36/2 217-222.
Sullivan, C., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Gormally, M., Finn, J. and Kelly, S. (2007). Identifying High Nature Value Grassland in the West of Ireland. High Value Grassland: providing biodiversity, a clean environment and premium products, Proceedings of conference, University of Keele, Staffordshire, 17-19 April 2007, pages 325-328. (peer-reviewed).
Visser, M, Moran, J, Regan, E, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington , M. (2007) How users and non-users perceive turlough management under the converging EU agendas of Natura 2000 and CAP in Ireland. Land Use Policy. 24 362–373
Chollett, D; Ferguson, B; Furusawa, K; Furusawa, M; Hollis, S.; Hollis, A; Kent, A.; Sheehy Skeffington , M.; Sugai, M; Rosset, P; and Martinez-Torres, M.E. The Cuban Agroecological Transformation: from Necessity to a Way of Life. Report of the Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture Research and fact-Finding Delegation to Cuba, May 4-12 2006 Organized by Desarrollo Alternativo, AC, Mexico http://www.desal.org.mx/report.php3
Regan, E.C., Sheehy Skeffington , M. and Gormally, M.J. (2007) Wetland plant communities of turloughs in the west of Ireland in relation to environmental factors. Aquatic Botany 87 22–30.
Roden, C., Sheehy Skeffington , M. and D'Arcy, G. (2007). Three Oak woods in the valley of the Owendalulleegh river in the Slieve Aughty Hills, South east Galway H15. Irish Naturalists' Journal. vol 28 (9) p361-371
Scott N and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2007) Turloughs –Ireland's vanishing lakes. British Wildlife 19(2) 109-117.
Moran, J. Regan, E.C., Visser, M., Gormally, M. and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2008) Past and present land management of 12 turloughs in the west of Ireland. Tearmann 6: 83-102.
Moran, J, Kelly, S, Sheehy Skeffington, M and Gormally, M. (2008) The use of GIS techniques to quantify the hydrological regime of a karst wetland (Skealoghan turlough) in Ireland . Applied Vegetation Science 11: 23-34.
Moran, J, Sheehy Skeffington , M and Gormally, M. (2008) The influence of the hydrological regime, soils and management on the plant community composition and species richness of Skealoghan turlough, Ireland. Applied Vegetation Science 11: 11-22.
Sheehy Skeffington M, Morales, H. and Ferguson, B. G. (2008) Lessons from two contrasting organic growing systems –Chiapas, Mexico and Cuba. 18pp. In: Healy, C (ed) Developments Futures eBook. Proceedings of conference at NUI, Galway 24th & 25thNovember, 2007. Development Education Network (DERN), NUI Galway & Irish Aid http://www.nuigalway.ie/dern/ebook.html
Sheehy Skeffington , M. and Scott, N.E., (2008). Do turloughs exist in Slovenia? Acta Carsologica 37/2-3, 291-306.
Conaghan J., and Sheehy Skeffington , M. (2009). The Distribution and Conservation of Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth in Ireland. Watsonia.27 no.3, 229-238.
Sheehy Skeffington , M. and Gormally M. (2009) Turloughs: a mosaic of biodiversity and management systems unique to Ireland. In: Krzywinski, K. O'Connell M. and Küster H. (eds) Cultural landscapes of Europe, Fields of Demeter, Haunts of Pan. Aschenbeck Media, Bremen. pp 170-171.
Sullivan, C.A., Sheehy Skeffington, M, Gormally, M.J and Finn, J.A. (2010) The ecological status of grasslands on lowland farmlands in western Ireland and implications for grassland classification and nature value assessment . Biological Conservation143: 1529-1539.
Canning, B, Bell, A, Mongan, B, Gormally, M, Sheehy Skeffington, M and van Rensburg, T (2011) Upland commonages in Connemara – can biodiversity be used to inform agri-environmental policy? Conserving Farmland Biodiversity: Lessons Learned & Future Prospects. Teagasc Biodiversity Conference: 50-52.
Maher, C, Sheehy Skeffington, M, Gormally M. (2011) Hay meadow plant communities on the Shannon callows: responses to summer flooding and changes in management. Conserving Farmland Biodiversity: Lessons Learned & Future Prospects. Teagasc Biodiversity Conference: 72-73.
Sullivan, C, Bourke, D, Finn, J, Sheehy Skeffington, M & Gormally, M (2011) Mapping high nature farmland in Ireland. Conserving Farmland Biodiversity: Lessons Learned & Future Prospects. Teagasc Biodiversity Conference: 94-96.
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Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha
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3 tablespoons Starbucks mocha powder
1 1/5 tablespoons Starbucks peppermint syrup
1/4 cups of double strength darkly roasted coffee
1 1/2 cups steamed or heated milk
whipped cream
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To indulge in an irresistible Starbucks Peppermint Mocha, combine equal parts Starbucks mocha powder and warm water to create wonderfully rich chocolate syrup. Pour the mocha syrup into a 12 ounce mug, add a shot of Starbucks espresso or double strength darkly roasted coffee, and Starbucks Peppermint syrup. Fill the remainder of the cup with steamed or heated milk. Garnish with freshly whipped cream and red sugar sprinkles.
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In addition to freelance storytelling, I work as the Communications Director for a regional partnership in Southeast Alaska called the Sustainable Southeast Partnership. We are a collaborative network of organizations working together on the challenge of sustainable community development. We work in rural Alaskan towns spread across the largest remaining temperate rainforest on earth. I work in seven remote communities and collaborate with tribal governments, community organizations, federal agencies and experts in food security, economic development, energy independence and natural resource management. Our team is diverse, including local partners, such as the Organized Village of Kasaan, as well as international partners like The Nature Conservancy.
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Michael Seifert is the Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network Weaver, a coalition of eight community-based organizations serving more than 100,000 residents on the Texas/Mexico/Gulf Coast border. The RGV Equal Voice Network has achieved important policy changes in immigration, housing, access to health care, education and jobs for its clients.
As a former priest who worked for many years in Mexico and Brownsville's Cameron Park, Seifert has lived and worked in rural underserved communities and colonias in the Rio Grande Valley for the past 28 years. In 1998, he and other Cameron Park community leaders founded Proyecto Digna, a community-based organization which was instrumental in the nearly complete reconstruction of that community's infrastructure. He is currently a resident of West Brownsville, Texas.
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Tim and Mary Ann O'Neil are proud to call Mt. Pleasant home. They moved here in 2001 from the Metro Detroit area and instantly fell in love with the community. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Mary Ann, an attorney, followed her husband to Mt. Pleasant when he accepted a job as a history professor at Central Michigan University. Mary Ann said that moving from a city to a small town was a big step, but it is one they do not regret. "Everyone was so kind and welcoming," Mary Ann said.
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Calcutta Cup to make appearance at Europe's largest annual gay rugby event
The Caledonian Thebans Rugby Football Club is to hold it's annual Rugby Clinic at the end of October. As a special treat to attendees and as a result of their close ties with Scottish Rugby, the Calcutta Cup will be making an appearance for their event.
As Scotland's oldest Gay-Inclusive Rugby Club, the Caledonian Thebans celebrated their 16thBirthday earlier this year. The Club has grown from a handful of like-minded individuals into one of the most successful Gay-Inclusive Rugby Clubs in the world, with over 70 fee paying players and supporters.
Their annual Rugby Clinic, held at BT Murrayfield, is a calendar fixture of many European Rugby Clubs who travel to Edinburgh every year to receive training and coaching from some of Scotland's best rugby coaches and staff. In the past the event has also been supported by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who have provided warm up sessions to the teams and there has also been appearances from key players and coaches from within Scottish Rugby.
Luke Fenton, Chairman of the Caledonian Thebans said "It means so much to us as a club that the Calcutta Cup will be making an appearance at our Rugby Clinic."
"Inclusive Rugby is getting to be so big now and to have the support of Scottish Rugby means that we can do more to make sure that more people get involved in a fun and friendly environment to play Rugby. Rugby is the most inclusive sport in the world and we believe our Rugby Clinic to be a shinning example of that."
"We can't wait to start welcoming our brothers from all over Europe to our home here in Edinburgh and we believe this year will be our Biggest. To be able to put one of Scotland's most treasured trophies on display allows us to show off our best."
The event itself runs over the weekend, players arriving on Friday evening for registration within BT Murrayfield.
On the Saturday there are training sessions in the morning and mini-games of VX a side in the afternoon, as well as plans for a reception for club committee members and volunteers within the Stadium to thank them for their hard work.
Scottish Rugby have been heavily involved in supporting the Caledonian Thebans and will be providing some of the coaching staff for the event.
Scottish Rugby President Dee Bradbury said: "I am delighted Scottish Rugby and the Caledonian Thebans are continuing their excellent relationship.
"I know the club has had real success with previous coaching clinics at BT Murrayfield and they really capture the values and spirit of rugby by bringing people together, sharing positive experiences and learning more about our sport.
"Having the Calcutta Cup on show for players from across Europe to see will add something special to the occasion and demonstrate Scotland's pride in its national team.


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As a native of District 2, I remember a safer community. We must do more, immediately, to address the specific crisis of crime growing in our community: gang violence, youth homicides, domestic violence, school violence, burglaries, and muggings.
I will be an active and vocal Supervisor, coordinating with the county, law enforcement, the City, schools, and neighborhood leaders to address crime and reduce violence in our community.


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Design Museum London
We've been selling our products to the Design Museum in London for many years, so when we got a call from the education director saying she'd seen our products in their new shop and had an exciting vision for engaging young people with design, we were intrigued.
We went up to see the new building and were impressed by the scale and location of the museum. Finally It now has a permanent collection on display which is free to view as the last building only had space for paid exhibitions. Its 3-4 times bigger than their last building and It's location is important too, fairly near to the V&A and Science Museum. So one can now make a day of visiting all these amazing Museums!
We were given a brief – Create four products exploring Fashion, Architecture, Typography and Product design. So what to do? We started drawing, cutting and playing and slowly the forms started taking shape, more tweaking adding and removing elements until we had what we wanted. Our factory then produced the pieces and we happy to say young designers are now enjoying playing with our products. We are currently planning on introducing two of these designs next year into our range.


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The name or term Overbite refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Overbite (disambiguation).
- Overbite is a Decepticon-allied Mini-Con from the Classics portion of the Generation One continuity family.
Overbite is a member of the Predator Attack Team, a trio of vicious robotic hunting animals who are always on the prowl.
Overbite and the Predator Attack Team accompanied Broadside on a "Mutant hunt" in Cybertron's Underworld. Overbite's hunt was successful, as he fatally mauled Guttersnipe and amused himself with the mutant's remains. When the Dinobots arrived later, Overbite nearly got into a fight with Terrorsaur before the latter was restrained by Hacksaw. The New World
- Predator Attack Team (Mini-Con Team, 2007)
- Overbite transforms into a robotic wolf. He was only available as part of the Predator Attack Team, part of the second wave of Classics Mini-Cons, packaged with his teammates Dreadwing and Snarl.
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By Samuel Fromartz
It has taken several years and many attempts to beef up a regulation requiring organic livestock to graze on pasture. Now it appears, there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
If this rule passes, as many farmers, retailers and advocates hope, cows will be required to graze on fresh grass for a minimum amount of time each year.
A coalition of dairy groups is pushing for a floor of 120 days on pasture, with 30 percent of the cows' nutritional needs coming from fresh grass. Previously, the regulations only required "access to pasture," which meant a cow might rarely get a blade of fresh grass and live out its productive life on huge feedlots. A clear pasture regulation would end that practice, though it is unknown what the final rule will actually say.
In an interview, Barbara Robinson, Deputy Administrator for the USDA's National Organic Program, told me that a pasture rule should be released for comment this summer, though she was doubtful that it would take effect by the end of this year.
ROBINSON: I'm hopeful that we'll see something this summer. It is drafted. It's in clearance, we've gone back and forth with our attorneys who are the first level of review and it's with them again for a second review and then it has to make its way through the department and to OMB (Office of Management and Budget).
FROMARTZ: And that can happen by the summer?
ROBINSON: Again, I don't know but I'm hoping because it's my no. 1 priority and has been. You don't often have a deputy administrator who works on a pasture rule or on any rulemaking but I have been. It's kind of been my baby.
Once the proposed rule is published, the public will get an opportunity to comment. Those comments will then be incorporated into the final rule, which will be published. At that point, the rule would probably take effect within 30 days with a transition period for farms to come into compliance.
But she added: "I don't think it would be in the effect by the end of the year."
The rule could also hit roadblocks once it's sent over to the Office of Management and Budget in the next couple of months. Robinson said there has been a great degree of interest in this rule, as there is with the entire organic program. "Everybody and their brother gets to look at it and they ask, why you changed this paragraph. It takes forever," she said.
Robinson said the rule could also run into problems if "we really got it wrong. Then we might have to republish the proposed rule but I don't think that would be the case. I think we got it right," she said.


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Primal inevitable
From PathfinderWiki
The primal inevitables were the first of the inevitables produced by the axiomites for their war against the proteans. They have not been seen in living memory, but the very possibility that they might exist gives proteans pause when they plan on invading Axis.[1] These creatures have become so powerful that they have ascended to become demigods, and may even have some mortal worshipers.[2]
- ↑ Paizo Staff. (2010). Bestiary 2, p. 161. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
- ↑ Dennis Baker, Philip Minchin, and Russ Taylor. (2013). Mythic Origins, p. 9. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-569-3


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Years ago, I went to art school to study photography and the school's museum had a world class photo collection; everything from André Kertész to Garry Winogrand and Barbara Kruger. You could make an appointment with the archives, slip on some white cotton gloves, and request to have a private audience with any piece in the collection. It was there I was first struck by Laura Letinsky's work. To me, her still lifes were like Dutch paintings with their exquisite modeling of light, color and texture and I loved the way they stirred curious imaginings in my head, like, "What exactly happened at that table?" Years later, we met through a mutual friend and I discovered she's a serious eater and cook. I will brag and say she once made me bouillibase and garlic aioli from scratch. I am thrilled to introduce you to both Laura's work and her excellent taste...
WHO Laura Letinsky is an artist and a professor at the University of Chicago's Department of Visual Art. Her ongoing photographic still life project examines what is "after the fact," what (ma)lingers, what persists and by inference, what is gone. Her pictures have been shown at various museums and galleries including The Cleveland Museum, Michael Sturm Galerie, Stuttgart, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Casino Luxenbourg, The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, and the Nederlands Foto Institute. Laura is represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York and Monique Meloche in Chicago.
(I encourage you to click and enlarge these images)
THE GIFT For me, there's a long list of requisite eating associated with this time of year transitioning from summer's ceviches, cold borscht, and lime drinks into fall's butternut squash ravioli and concord grapes to winter's pomegranates, egg nog with rum, Manhattan's, citrus in all guises and finally, cassoulet. But when it comes to the holidays I'm a traditionalist and eschew most innovations. I'm more of a salt-aholic, but a Christmas treat of Vosges Bapchis Caramel Toffee has become an essential. It's sweet, salty, crunchy, creamy, chocolate-y, nutty, caramel-y (you get the idea) perfection.
In close competition are two childhood treats, Poppycock and Terry's Chocolate Orange, definitely not on par with Proust's madeleine, but nostalgic nonetheless. In my mind this relates to a well-trod dilemma, the conflict between aesthetics and ethics in the sense that while Vosges is superior by any evaluation, I remain faithful to enacting an experience that despite all rational, still connects me to the way it was back then. And, if you can follow the tangent - that is why I'm a photographer.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE? Chicago, Illinois
WHAT INSPIRES YOU? Kids, husband, garden, porcini, pork belly....
GO-TO DISH WHEN COOKING FOR YOURSELF? It is my habit, addiction, and joy to cook almost daily for me, my family, and friends. Over the years I've come to rely on a range of dishes, primarily Mediterranean-influenced, that emphasize good ingredients and simple preparations such as trofie pasta with oil-roasted cherry tomatoes (from my garden), garlic, oregano and sheep's milk feta. Or, octopus that has been simmered for a couple of hours in wine, lemon and herbs, then cut into sections and sautéed along with Yukon Gold potatoes, garlic (my garden!), parsley, and olive oil, til the edges of the potatoes and octopus get crispy, then served atop a bed of balsamic and olive oil-dressed arugula (and for its weed-like behavior, I am profoundly grateful).
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This move to Burundi. This wily move.
It's an understatement to say that my limits are being pushed at, my ideas of who I am are crumbling, I'm crying more and noticing all the ways that I am just plain uncomfortable. Actually, there is no comfortable place right now.
My life takes my breath away in it's present moment magnificence and it's unknown future.
I don't say this to elicit sympathy - in fact, I'm having more days filled with deep knowing and joy at the moment than I would have expected. But don't misunderstand: I am having days that just leave me flat on the floor, too.
I am riding the waves.
In my world, the surf is way up - past my comfort zone to be sure. The surf conditions are ever changing in life - sometimes the waves are small and happy and safe. Sometimes they are big and awe-inspiring and (yes) scary. Sometimes the waves are organized and neat, sometimes they are chaotic and disorganized.
This is life.
No matter how much I (or you) might want things to be happy, pain-free and filled with light all the time, nature (and therefore life) doesn't operate like that. Hurricanes blow through, earthquakes change the shape of a place, and fires rip through forests.
Learning to surf, I've had many opportunities to be schooled by the waves. To paddle and paddle and paddle and feel like I'm getting nowhere fast. To get tumbled. Held under. Cut on the reef. Knocked over. Unable to catch a wave to save my life.
I've also had an equal number of opportunities to be gently rocked by the waves waiting in the line-up. To paddle out and feel like I'm slicing through the water with incredible ease. To stand up. To ride the wave all the way, triumphant.
One is not better than the other. They are part and parcel of the experience of surfing. Of living.
This IS being alive.
To feel anything, to feel everything, to lean into life and be kissed by it and cut by it. To cry, to laugh and to fiercely commit yourself to this wild and precious life (oh thank you Mary Oliver for that apt and beautiful phrase). This is being alive.
One of my favorite phrases is, "All in".
I am all in for life. I am all in for the full experience of being human. I am all in for choice and empowerment. I am all in for delight and joy and love. I am all in for the heartbreaking beauty. I am all in for the tears, for the grief and for the anger when I see or experience injustice. I am all in for riding the discomfort all the way through to the freedom on the other side. My heart is big enough to look life straight in the eye and say yes.
Being all in is so powerful.
I know it's hard. I know the desire to have the hard parts go away as quickly as possible. I know how crappy it feels to be held down and pounded by the surf. I know what it feels like to just. want. to. escape. I've indulged in some escapism in my time. In fact, I still have moments where I vacate the premises. But I am stronger than that and so are you. Here's what I know for sure: you are a woman who can surf the peaks and valleys in the ocean of life.
And when you are all in for the ride, you are so freaking powerful.
You are magnetic in your aliveness.
No matter what is happening in your life, no matter what kind of surf you find yourself in, I invite you to lean in. To revel in it. To scream and cry if you need to and then dance around the bonfire in joy the next moment.


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Tuesday, 2 December 2008
JISC insert with the Guardian
There was a fascinating insert in today's Guardian called "the digital student". The supplement provided a range of examples of good practice in e-learning. There was an article on podcasting featuring Professor John Fothergill who has been an inspiration to us through his work with Gilly Salmon on the Impala project. There was also a short article about our own APT STAIRS project under the heading Collaboration is the Key. It is good to see that JISC is now actively promoting the potential benefits of e-learning using the numerous case studies that they have funded over the last few years.
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I've had the following item since I was a toddler (I can't give an exact date, but I can say that it was well worn)...
My guess is that my parents bought the album for me after my first trip to Disneyland in 1973.
That's me in middle with the golden vest.
If you're just joining my blog, this list is about seemingly ordinary objects that have special significance to my career in animation. So it goes without saying that this Disneyland album was one of the many inspirations for me as a child. I listened to this album ad nauseam while staring at the simple, yet intricate, designs of Mary Blair on the cover. It fed by cartoon obsession when it wasn't Saturday morning.
The thing that I didn't expect was that I would one day sing for the man who directed this amazing album: Paul Salamunovich.
As noted in "The Hollywood Reporter:"
He conducted choral music on the scores for more than 100 films and TV projects, including Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). His work also can be heard on Flatliners (1990), First Knight (1995), Air Force One (1997), A.I. Artificial Intelligence(2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Peter Pan (2003), Angels and Demons (2009), and on the NBC drama ER.
With the choir at St. Charles Borromeo, he recorded five albums of sacred music and was featured on Andy Williams' 1969 recording of "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Salamunovich sang on the soundtracks of such films as Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), How the West Was Won (1962) and The Trouble With Angels (1966). His musical contributions spanned the spectrum from classical, pop, and jazz to folk and new age music with such diverse artists as Stan Kenton, Liz Story and Cirque de Soleil.
Salamunovich guest-conducted throughout the world and prepared choirs for such notable conductors as Igor Stravinsky, Robert Shaw, Bruno Walter, Eugene Ormandy, Alfred Wallenstein, Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria Giulini, Valery Gergiev, and Simon Rattle.
But even though he was a world renowned maestro, I was first introduced to him as Paul Salamunovich: choir director for Loyola Marymount University.
1990 LMU Yearbook Photo, 2nd row, 2nd to last
For me, animation is all about timing. Having said that, music is an integral part of understanding timing. You need to understand the life that's in music if you want to bring life into any character. It's like finding the heart in a performance. It's an intangible that you need to experience in order to find. Animation is often about taking your drawings and creating moments. There's a certain rhythm to life and, if you miss it, you miss the moment. In fact, Chuck Jones often used musical bar sheets to time out his animation.
Through studying music under Paul, I also learned the subtleties of interpretation. In 1990, we were one of four men's choirs invited from the United States to participate in The Pacific International Festival of Male Choirs in Vancouver. It was an international festival where some of the greatest choirs in the world gathered to perform.
I'm in the 3rd row, fourth from the left.
Before we went onstage, we sat backstage and listened to another choir perform "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic." It was the exact same arrangement we were planning to perform, but you could tell there was a definite difference in interpretation of the text. The tempo was slightly slower, the intensity of the singers wasn't evident, and the richness in their sound wasn't very deep. I don't say that to be pompous (God knows that our choir wasn't great because of my singing), but because Paul knew how to interpret music on a page.
Battle Hymn Of The Republic (You can click on the link and listen to our recording.)
*Credit also has to be given to our pianist, the legendary Bob Hunter. The above arrangement was so complicated that the other choir had to bring in a second accompanist to handle it. Bob did it all by himself.
Through the LMU choirs, I learned how to listen. I mean really listen. There's subtleties in balance, tone, and pitch that I never would have discovered had it not been for my choral training. By showing me when to breathe and why, how to phrase a sentence, how to dramatically tell a story, and the importance of balance in a group's dynamics, Paul taught me how to go from being a kid to becoming a world class performer.
Obviously, it took some time getting there.
So the next time you're on "It's A Small World" at Disneyland, rather than sit there and complain about how the song keeps going on and on, just shut up, look at all the beautiful designs, and listen. Once you appreciate all the countless hours of work and talent that went into making the ride, you can leave and work out your issues at The Radiator Springs Racers at California Adventure because that thing is awesome! (Just make sure you get a Fast Pass early.)


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What is a skylight? I mean…a skylight. What is it really?
In the dictionary, a skylight is defined as 'a window set in a roof or ceiling at the same angle' and because the term 'skylight' is so broad, it can be used in the pitched roof sense as well as the flat roof sense when it comes to talking about them.
Flat Roof Skylights
Until about 10/15 years ago, if you had a flat roof on your property it probably meant you had a garage attached where you stored all of the junk you didn't want in the house but yet couldn't bear to throw away (oh, and your lawnmower and other tools if like me you don't have a shed!)
Since the recession hit back in 2008, more and more homeowners are looking to build upwards and outwards instead of moving home due to the downturn in the economy. Building an extension or converting your loft space into an additional room is seen as the popular choice in recent years with people preferring to add value to their property in the current climate, instead of risking a move to another property.
Because of this change in thinking from homeowners, as well as an increase in state-of-the-art technology, the installation of a skylight into your home is now easily affordable and can add even more value to your home.
Types of Flat Roof Skylights
Flat Glass Rooflights
When considering the installation of a skylight in your flat roof, maximising the amount of natural daylight coming into your home is often the number one priority. This is ultimately the reason for wanting to have one installed in the first place.
Flat glass rooflights are made up of a double, triple or quadruple glazed flat glass unit with insulated supporting upstand. With some products, you may need to build your own on-site upstand to support the flat glass unit however this is clearly outlined on the necessary products where required. This is our simplest form of flat roof skylight and with prices starting from £225, it becomes a highly affordable option when you're at the first step of considering an installation of a flat roof skylight.
Flat Roof Lanterns & Pyramids
Made for a modern or contemporary home, flat roof lanterns and pyramids will give you a fantastic view of the sky above and add up to 3 times more natural light than vertical uPVC windows.
Whereas the majority of pyramids and lanterns are non-opening, there is the option to add ventilation across some of our brands with a manual opening or electrically operated vent-flap or slide opening flat roof lantern. With the huge array of options available when it comes to flat roof lanterns, you can effectively build your own. At Sterlingbuild, we give you the choice of internal and external finish, the glazing finish you would like whether that's clear, a blue tint or privacy, and the option to include a blind with your skylight.
Prices start from £637 and offer a touch of luxury to any home.
Flat Glass Domed Rooflights
VELUX and FAKRO lead the way when it comes to flat glass domed rooflights. Offering the same advantages as the flat glass rooflights, the addition of a single-skin, polycarbonate roof dome helps stop the noise trying to make its way into your home.
With the additional dome situated over the flat glass rooflight, acting as an extra layer of protective security, rainwater is easily able to slide off the unit and onto your flat roof which stops any form of pooling happening.
Available in electrically or manually operated and fixed operation, the flat glass domed rooflight costs as little as £343.
Walk-On Rooflights
A walk-on rooflight makes an amazing centrepiece in any home and can be installed externally on your flat roof or as a stunning internal feature.
Allowing you to bring natural daylight to places where it wasn't possible before, walk-on rooflights don't compromise in a loss of floor space.
Available in either single, double, triple or quadruple glazed, the choice really is up to you when it comes to which one to go for. Prices for the walk-on rooflights start at £511.
Pitched Roof Skylights
Pitched roof skylight is the most common term to homeowners when it comes to installing a skylight into your roof. The most popular being VELUX skylights. The company, founded in Copenhagen in 1941, has had the same effect on the roof window market as the Hoover has had for vacuums. Most people see a roof window and immediately call it a VELUX, whether it is or not.
As spoken about earlier, with more homeowners looking to convert empty spaces in their homes into new rooms fewer people are looking to sell. This has led to a huge increase in people converting their lofts or adding extensions onto the side of their homes with lean-to roofs.
Types of Pitched Roof Skylights
Centre Pivot Roof Windows
The most popular and obvious choice when it comes to putting a skylight in a pitched roof. The centre-pivot window, with its ease of operation was the first kind of opening mechanism on a roof window and comes in manual opening, electrically operated or solar powered.
Most suitable for out-of-reach installations due to half the window coming in when open, the centre-pivot roof window can also be used for eye level installations. Prices start from just £83 for a pitched roof window.
Top Hung Roof Windows
Built for you to enjoy the best views, top-hung roof windows do not enter the room when opening and are ideal for eye-level installations due to the way they open. With none of the sash entering the room, there's no chance of banging your head on a low swinging sash when the window is opened.
Being suitable for eye-level installations, certain sizes of top hung skylights meet means of escape requirements as per your local building official's regulations as well as being ideal for gaining access onto the roof for any maintenance. Prices start from just £162.
Skylights for Uninhabited Spaces
There are certain rooms in your home that are completely dark and unventilated and clearly require some light and air to get rid of the smell and feeling of nothingness! These can be storage rooms or even shoe cupboards.
Skylights for uninhabited spaces are specifically designed for this scenario. They're not suitable for living areas such as kitchens, living rooms or other rooms where the room temperature regularly fluctuates on a daily basis. These are the simplest of skylights designed to allow light and air into those areas you don't use as consistently as others.
FENSTRO skylights lead the way with their affordability, starting from just £83.60. Designed to open in either top hung or side hung operation, the FENSTRO skylight comes as a complete package and includes the skylight and universal flashing.
There are far too many pitched and flat roof skylights to mention in one blog post, but I hope I've helped make the decision clearer and easier for you on which product to go for.
Please note: All prices correct at time of publication.


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Christie Marchese is the founder and CEO of Picture Motion, where she leads a team of impact producers, marketing strategists and public interest communication specialists in developing grassroots marketing and social action campaigns for films. Working with filmmakers, distributors, funders and non-profits with stories that have the potential to inspire action, Picture Motion educates and inspires audiences to think critically, take action and drive lasting change. Recent projects include Michael Moore's Where to Invade Next, Katie Couric's Fed Up and Under the Gun, Racing Extinction, BULLY, Fruitvale Station, and JR's Ellis.
With a background is in using online platforms and connective technologies to create social change, Christie has worked on a range of films and non-profit campaigns. Before launching Picture Motion, Christie was head of engagement and campaign development at Righteous Pictures, working on narrative and documentary films. During her time at Participant Media, Christie led digital strategy for the social action team, managing impact initiatives for Waiting for "Superman", Food Inc, and The Cove, among many others. Prior to a career in impact film, Christie ran digital strategy for Norman Lear's youth civic participation nonprofit, Declare Yourself, and spent time at Human Rights Watch and the International Rescue Committee. Christie has spoken around the world – from Sundance and TIFF, to the Peruvian and Pakistani Governments – and has written for Mashable, MediaPost, IndieWire and The Huffington Post on using connective technology and storytelling to promote democracy and build movements.
Christie was listed as one of Business Insider's 30 Most Creative People in Advertising Under 30 in 2014, and has been profiled on IndieWire and NPR. She sits on the Documentary Board at the Paley Center for Media and the advisory board for Filmmakers Without Borders. Christie currently serves as an Expert in Residence for the IFP Media Center and on The Leadership Council for the Media for Social Impact Summit at the United Nations. Receiving her BA from SDSU, Christie double majored in International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR) and Comparative Religions, with a concentration in Arabic and the Middle East.


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I just saw The Replacements play in Denver. Actually, that isn't exactly true. I saw Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg play 23 Replacements songs with two other dudes in a dusty hole 80 miles east of Denver. And it was great.
Q: "Wait just a second, I read Hitless Wonder and I'm wondering how you and Mike "Biggie" McDermott ending up seeing this show in Denver when you could have caught it in Chicago the week before? Did you guys hit the Powerball or did Biggie just prefer driving the van an extra 1200 miles for the hell of it?"
Speaking for myself, it doesn't take an accountant to figure: coffee sold + music royalties - real life expenses = way less $ than it takes to fly me to Denver for a rock show. But that is exactly what happened.
As Mats' guitarist Slim Dunlap use to preach to me at a very impressionable age, "God* takes care of his writers and musicians. He may not get you a new car, but he gives you little gifts every once in awhile to let you know that he appreciates you. The key is to notice those gifts and not get hung up on what everybody else is getting. If a pile of cash is important to you, work at a bank. Songwriters get different gifts."
So about a month before this show, I get a call out of nowhere from a longtime Watershed friend who happens to live in the Denver area that I haven't heard from for a while. "Hey, you and Biggie need to get your asses out here to see the Replacements show. It wouldn't be the same without you. It's on me. I got your tickets and just booked your flight. See you there." (click)
Now that is an offer you can't refuse. And a pretty obvious gift from whomever doles out that sort of thing.
Speaking of Slim, sadly, his illness is also the reason Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson ended up wearing pink skirts performing in a dust bowl for Biggie and myself. Slim had a serious stroke awhile back and a number of musicians released some music to help raise money for his health expenses. (Unfortunately, health care is not a gift typically given to musicians.) Anyway, Paul and Tommy reunited to release a single as The Replacements and I can only assume had enough fun to want to play a couple of gigs in the meantime. They paired up with Paul's original solo band compadres David Minehan (The Neighborhoods) on guitar and Josh Freese (everybody!) on drums to round out the line-up. The show in "Denver" was the third and final of a three show run as part of Riotfest. The previous two shows were in Chicago and Toronto.
The reason I write "Denver" is because although the flyers said "Denver" the actual show was 80 miles east of Denver at May Farms, which, to the naked eye, looked to be a dirt farm. It would be like advertising a show in Columbus while setting up the stage in Tipp City.
I'll write another post about the rest of the bands at the festival soon, but let's stick to The 'Mats for now. I was curious about the crowd make-up for the event, because even as an over-the-hill rocker myself, I would be on the young side for a typical Replacements fan. I had never even heard of them until Joe Oestreich showed up at the Watershed house on 65 E. Patterson with a copy of "Don't Tell A Soul" and said, "Somebody said we should check this new band out". We listened, weren't impressed, and if I recall correctly even went so far as to sell the record back. (Probably got a good trade on the latest Dokken or something.)
But then two things happened that changed my life forever. I turned twenty-one, so I could now drink beer whenever I wanted and I purchased a used copy of The Replacements "Pleased to Meet Me" on cassette tape. The opening of "I.O.U." tore open my sheltered suburban soul and suddenly a world appeared where I could hang out at bars in the afternoon if I felt like it. Like Slim once said, "When Tom Petty stands behind a microphone everybody feels safe. When Paul Westerberg stands behind a mic, it feels dangerous."
The Replacements gave me the guts to push the envelope a little bit. Not to the point of real trouble, but just enough to quit being such a pussy. You know, if you happen to stay up for a few days and make out with a stranger every once in awhile, the world isn't going to end. Embrace a little danger. And Paul's lyrics were like discovering a long-lost brother I never knew about. A really smart, older, crazy brother. The songs of Ray Davies, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Westerberg shaped me, for better or worse, into the person I am today. And I am not talking about musicality, I am talking about my actual personality.
So yes, I was quite excited to see Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson perform together again as I stood about 30 feet straight back from center-stage with a mouth full of dust and my ears still ringing from Iggy and The Stooges.
I won't bore you with a review of the show as actual music writers do a very good job of that already. I will say that they looked and sounded great. The crowd was about 7,000 strong and knew every word. I was probably in the middle, age-wise. The younger kids are hip these days, so quite a few hung around to see what all the fuss was about. The ones I saw seemed to be digging it.
I suppose some Albini types could knock the band for going on a nostalgia trip but I don't think that is fair in this case. I mean, they hadn't played in 22 years so it's not like they are out milking it, and, more important, these songs deserve to be played. To paraphrase Pete Townsend - "Write your own fucking songs and then you can choose not to play them. I'll do what I want with mine."
Speaking of songs, the set-list is as follows: Takin' a Ride, I'm in Trouble, Favorite Thing, Shiftless When Idle, Hangin' Downtown, Jingle Jangle Jingle (Tex Ritter cover), Color Me Impressed, Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out, Kiss Me On the Bus, Achin' to Be, Androgynous, I Will Dare, Maybelline (Chuck Berry), Merry Go Round, Wake Up, Borstal Breakout (Sham 69 ) , Little Mascara, Left of the Dial, Alex Chilton, I Don't Know, Hold My Life, Can't Hardly Wait, Bastards of Young. Encore: Hootenanny
Having never seen The Replacements before, just Paul solo, it is always interesting to notice what songs the band seems to really enjoy playing. Maybe they aren't the best songs to listen to, but just fun songs for the band to play, dig? I would throw "Hangin' Downtown," "Tommy Get His Tonsils Out," and "I Don't Know" in that category. The version of "Androgynous," sans keyboard was stunning. I was mildly disappointed they blew off show-closer "I.O.U" after an inspired mess of "Hootenanny," but really, it was all I could have asked for and more. Okay, got to run. I hope to write another essay soon about the under-appreciated Tommy Stinson and some thoughts on the other bands at Riot Fest, but don't hold your breath. I've got a kid to raise, a coffee shop to run, songs to write and The Wire to watch. Oh, and football & baseball. I'm swamped.
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Hazzard County vehicles as Transformers, Mario wielding a chainsaw, and Parker Lewis is a doctor now.
Plus we have a couple of rad dudes who are organizing an amazing event this summer: The 1UPX Esports Gaming Expo in Toledo, OH from June 22-24, 2018.
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MovieSquat (24:34) Heart and Souls + A Perfect World = "A Perfect Soul"
TubeSquat (37:45) St. Elsewhere + Parker Lewis Can't Lose = "Dr. Lewis Can't Even"
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It is Monday morning. Yesterday I went to church, where I sat in the sound booth to get an idea what Mr Kanoy does up there. His "backup guy" left the fellowship recently and I figured I could learn to do that stuff so Mr Kanoy can be absent from church if he needs to be or just needs a break. After church I ate a big lunch (realizing I had skipped breakfast) and then relaxed the entire rest of the day: watched a Star Wars movie with Ryan, went outside to pray for an hour or so, and just basically rested. Throughout the day I kept thinking I should try to jog on the beach or lift weights or something, but the energy never presented itself.
I still feel tired all the time. I wonder whether I should be doing more physically, like trying to force the issue of improving health. Would that work? I know from past experience that sedentary pursuits make a person tired; the body was made to be used, to expend energy. But the doctor said exercise could make my recovery take longer. I don't know. Doctors don't know. They're only guessing.
In prayer I continue to pursue a walk with the Lord. This morning I read in Job, Isaiah, and Psalm 119. I am praying through Psalm 119 and making it my primary meditation right now.
I have heard people in church mention a man called Kelley Varner, a minister who apparently was active in North Carolina. After hearing his name several times, I was surprised one day to find one of his books on my very own shelf, a book titled Corporate Anointing. My mother had inscribed this book to me in December of 2000. Fifteen years ago. I looked at it this weekend, reading the first couple of chapters and skimming the rest. Then I watched a couple interviews of this man on YouTube.
I wonder what is wrong with me. The truth is I am never impressed by the big ministry personalities in the Church. It isn't that I thought the book was bad, or that this guy was a heretic or false teacher or whatever, but I just never seem to get much out of books like this. I enjoy biographies like The Cross and the Switchblade and The Hiding Place. I like hearing about people's walk with God and how He brings things to pass. But a lot of the "teaching" or "prophetic" books out there just don't hold my attention — even the big-name stuff from recent years like The Prayer of Jabez and A Purpose-Driven Life. I really wonder why this is, why I don't get anything out of these books. And of course I consequently wonder why these books are so popular.
For one thing, I am averse to following men or personalities. The Pentecostal and Charismatic movements have centered on strong or popular personalities, on the cannibalization of gifts God has placed in a few human vessels. I think this is a problem, or at least is something the Church is only meant to experience for a short time and then grow past.
Maybe the fact that I saw big failures making headline news when I was in my formative years — a lot of sins from fellows named "Jim" or "Jimmy," problems of pride, passion and pocketbook — maybe that is what makes me suspicious of following any sort of opinionated mortal, whether a contemporary or from a long time past.
A lot of people have told me that when I speak my teaching is "anointed." I have seen rooms of people crying as a result of my service to the Body of Christ, though I know that has nothing to do with anything. My goal is to "get out of the way," to be diminished and forgotten in people's minds. My constant prayer is that people who meet me will only be impressed with Jesus, that they will have a sense of His presence calling to them. The things I say do not come from a commentary or a "teaching" book or someone else's sermons from the distant past: they come from life, from prayer and reading the Word of God. I am always after direct, fresh revelation from God Himself: daily bread. I know there is no "new truth," but there is always truth that is "new to me," that is necessary and right for me in my current circumstances and surroundings.
My limited experience with commentaries is that after I have spent a good amount of time in a passage that the Holy Spirit has held me to, I may with curiosity look up what someone else has said about it. But I can't remember a single instance where that left me satisfied or really added something profound to what I already understood from His personal instruction. I waded through some months reading Oswald Chambers and I've looked into other devotions by people like A.W. Tozer and T. Austin-Sparks, but, again, these things just haven't held me. My greatest desire when I was younger was to go to Bible school: to have a set-aside part of my life when all I would focus on would be the Word of God. Indeed, I still long for this. But God closed the door: it was simply not His plan.
I don't try to fight the personality or makeup I have anymore, no matter how strange. I have tried to change for years — because changing would mean I would fit in or be happier at church — to no avail. I have been frustrated and uncomfortable and misunderstood because I am not wowed by so much that goes on in the Church. So I don't try to fight these things, though I do wish I could understand them. Trying to argue with these sentiments might be denying something God wants to do or say, some holy ground He wants to bring me to. The call of God is always "Come up here." You can't "come up here" if you settle and are satisfied and have everything explained by things and voices you find down here.
So I don't fight it. I just give it to Him and hope people can forgive me for not finding satisfaction in the traditions and personalities that have meant so much to them. In practical everyday existence I really am a sola Scriptura sort of dude; the Bible and its terrible effects on me present so many problems and challenges that I just don't have time for much else.
And who knows? Maybe timing — God's timing and purpose — is a better explanation in this matter than is my catastrophic weirdness. Maybe God speaks to us through the "other voices" — the teaching or books or commentary or sermons or whatever — at a specific time and place, at a point when we need it and can be most receptive to it.
In whatever way the Word comes, I want the seed to fall on good soil.


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Dr. Courtney obtained his undergraduate degree from The University of Washington. He completed medical school at Saint Louis University and his Residency in Anesthesiology at UTMB – Galveston. Dr. Courtney is licensed in the state of Texas and is currently in the process of becoming board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is currently a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists as well as the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists and the American Medical Association.
In his free time, Dr. Courtney enjoys playing basketball, traveling, seeing movies and spending time with friends and family. He is recently engaged and plans to marry his long time love Audrey in 2016. Dr. Courtney was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest but has moved around the country in pursuit of becoming a physician. While he loves Texas, he will forever cheer on his home town teams of the Trailblazers, Seattle Seahawks, and yes, even the Mariners.


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Satisfied Mortgage, Proud Mom
Judy Ikard's son, Brandon, was 14 years old when she applied for a Habitat home. Now she has successfully paid off her mortgage on her Habitat home, and she credits that home with the stability and security that Brandon needed to thrive. Brandon graduated from East Carolina University with a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Information Technology. His music has been featured in Hip Hop weekly magazine, and he has songs on The Rob and Big Show, CSI Miami, and Breaking Bad. He is also a winner of the ASCAP Music Award. Here's what Judy wants to say about her Habitat experience:
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank Habitat for Humanity for giving me a chance to become a homeowner. This came at a time in my life when I was determined to remove my young son from a neighborhood that I grew up in and loved dearly. At that time the crime rate and drug epidemic was at an all-time high, which motivated me to seek homeownership in a safer neighborhood.
Being able to connect with Habitat was the best thing that could have happened to me at this time. Getting a visit from the committee that informed me that I had been chosen to become a homeowner was life changing. The journey for a better life for me and my son had just begun. Granted, there were many obstacles along the way, such as job loss, losing loved ones, and illness. Through it all I was determined to never give up. Being able to see my son graduate from college with two degrees was truly worth it.
During the good and not so good times there was never a time that I couldn't reach out to someone at Habitat and receive words of encouragement, recommendations, or just those powerful words "you can do it", "don't give up"! These things really meant a lot."
Over the years I feel like I've not only formed a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, but I've also gained a second family. A family that truly cares about their homeowners. Even now that I own my home, I will forever be an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity; they have truly changed my life. Becoming a homeowner is the greatest feeling, I am truly blessed and thankful for the opportunity.
Thank you, Habitat for Humanity, First Presbyterian Church, volunteers and everyone that gave me encouragement along the way!"


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Pink clutch "Mio Mio"
Today, I am showing you my new clutch bag. I've been sewing again and I must say that every project makes me try new things.
So, my pink little bag has a fold over opening, embellished with handmade embroidery (my design), a floral print lining, an interior pocket and snap closure.
Measures approx. 30cm*13cm.
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Vintage bag
For this project I used wooden handles, some heavy fabric and floral interlining and it turned out great.
My vintage bag is chic and just great for the summer, ready to take out- shopping, traveling...
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dealing with small annoyances
Well my dear ones,
One day recently, while driving to work,
this other car cut in front of me,
and, driving slowly,
caused me to catch a light.
I was a little annoyed,
until I had a chance to see the plate,
and to get a look at the guy
as I pulled alongside in the other lane.
His license plate read "Disabled Veteran,"
and he looked like he could have been
in the Big One, WWII.
Now, instead of being slightly annoyed,
I'm thinking about Hitler,
the evils of Nazism,
and the heroic efforts of those
who stormed the beaches on D-Day
to begin the end
to Hitler's mad plan.
I'm thinking,
if this disabled veteran had a hand in that,
I should be saluting him,
giving him a medal
(who knows? He may already have one).
Hence, this Memorial Day,
I decided to say a prayer and thank that man,
along with the other nearly 1.5 million
men and women who died so that I might
have the freedom to sit here
and type these words,
as well as those living,
who are working to ensure our freedoms
on a daily basis...God bless you all!
And the next time someone cuts me off,
or takes my place in line,
or does any of a myriad of things
to cause a small annoyance,
I'll try to cut them some slack,
"God, perhaps this distracted person
did something really cool once,
something known to them and You alone.
For the sake of that,
please help me to think kindly of them."
Wishing a blessed Memorial Day to all!
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It is Thanksgiving Day for us Canadians. The day when we ponder what we are thankful for and spend time with family. I didn't spend
Daily Gratitude and Happier App
Tracking your daily gratitude and what you are thankful for has been proven to help with mood. I found this app to help you track
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Living with Chronic Pain: Discovering Gratitude "It can be difficult to feel thankful when you live with chronic pain. Because pain may interfere with


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The 828m-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai was officially opened yesterday
The tower, inaugurated by Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, was renamed the Burj Khalifa minutes before the opening – apparently to thank Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and emir of Abu Dhabi, for a recent financial bail-out.
Dubai real estate values have fallen by up to 50 per cent in the past year, and a large state-backed developer caused panic in world markets when it asked for a loan repayment holiday in November 2009.
The Burj Khalifa becomes the world's tallest man-made structure, surpassing the 508m Taipei 101, just 1,325 days after excavation work started in January 2004. The £930m building contains the world's highest place of worship – a mosque on floor 158 – office space (floor 154 ) and a restaurant (Atmosphere on floor 122).
In total 330,000m3 of concrete, 39,000t of reinforced steel, 103,000m2 of glass and 15,500m2 of embossed stainless steel have been used in the building, which to date has taken 22 million man-hours to build.
The Burj was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the developer is Emaar and the contractor is a joint venture of Samsung, Arabtec and Besix. Consultant Hyder acted as the developer's engineer.
'The building represents engineering application at its finest and Hyder Consulting is very proud to add this project to its heritage of world class construction feats on one of the world's most prestigious developments,' said Hyder Consulting regional managing director Wael Allan.
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