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Cherríe Moraga, Writer & Playwright
Writer and playwright Cherríe Moraga on growing up in Chicano Catholic culture, freeing herself of self-homophobic fear, and where that new freedom was able to take her as a gay Chicana artist.
Cherríe Moraga
Writer & Playwright
Writer and playwright Cherríe Moraga on growing up in Chicano Catholic culture, freeing herself of self-homophobic fear, and where that new freedom was able to take her as a gay Chicana artist.
CHERRIE MORAGA: I had never read the word Chicana and lesbian in the same sentence, except as a derogatory term. So every time I wrote it, I felt like I'm going to hell.
My mother is Chicana and my father is Anglo. Growing up, pretty much all of my family, what I understand as family, has been my mother's family, which was hundreds of people. So we had our own tribe. My sister, brother, and I were the only mixed kids. We're the only one that had a gringo father. But I just wanted to be brown.
Like, that was to me everything I associated with home.
I knew that I was queer, like different, from the time I was very young. I walked like a boy, talked like a boy, thought like boy, wanted things like boys. And it was at eleven that I really understand too that I had a desire for women. And I figured, oh my god, I really am a boy. And that really freaked me out.
It had everything to do with Catholicism. So the way I translated it was that I was marked as somebody who had the devil in them.
I'd wake up in the middle of the night, three and four times at night. Pray the rosary. I'd get up. I can't even describe the depth of fear. I think people don't really understand what homophobia is when it's played against yourself, you know. It is the most brutal. No one can do to you what you can do yourself.
When I had graduated from high school and got into college, it was the first time I became sexually active. And it became very evident I couldn't deny it. So I did come out. And I just for the first time felt free, free to love. And it was so important and so fundamental. You can't take away a person's desire and have them be whole.
And it allowed me then to begin writing without secrets.
And it wasn't really until I came out that I really began to make connections about other forms of oppression, including that I had a right to be Chicana.
And those who were mimeographing, we weren't even thinking that it would have the impact that it had. But once it was done I knew how important it was. And really helped to put women of color writers kind of on the map. And also I needed it for my own identity. At that time there was no us to read. So the confidence it takes to try to then find voice when you can't read the voice, it was a very important time. But I look back and of course I think I'm a much better writer now, you know. But I still have a lot of compassion for that, you know, 27-year-old because it's original.
When you see yourself reflected and you see the complexity of your own life, this is something that privileged people get all the time. We don't get this in our arts. We never get to see the complexity of who we are as human beings. So how does art make us well?
I did a work last year called, "New Fire," in collaboration with my partner Celia Herrera Rodriguez. And 3,000 people came to see the work. Majority of the people who came to see it were not mainstream theater goers. They were mostly [SPANISH], mostly queer people, mostly women of color. And I was in heaven. And you see them talking about, you know, suddenly that they saw themselves. They saw their grandfather, their grandmother, their aunties, their cousins on the stage. But it's the real deal. Those are those moments in which you feel like-- in Spanish we say, vale la pena. You know, it's worth all of the trouble. It's worth all the heartbreak.
CHERRIE MORAGA: I think it's no accident Malcolm X, as a light-skinned black man, he became a very radical black nationalist. And in a certain level, I'm probably the most radical chicana in my family. Of the hundreds of relatives I have, I am probably politically the most radical. And I'm probably the one who can pass the best, because what-- and what Malcolm has said, too, is that if you see what the white world can offer you and you look at it, and some people go, oh, wow, that's incredible, and some people view it as a poverty. I'm talking about a kind of cultural poverty. And from my perspective, what I've lost seems very insignificant compared to what I've gained.
CHERRIE MORAGA: When I had finished "Loving in the War Years," because it was autobiographical, I went, oh, good, my story's done. I'm just done. And of course that's not the case.
But what happened to me is that then suddenly I began to actually start writing my journal, and it wasn't me. It was character. And so the first character I wrote was Corky from "Giving Up the Ghost." And she's kind of the girl I never had the courage to be. She's a little tomboy, but this Chicana and-- but just streetwise and courageous and all of that in a way much more-- I don't know, just much more visceral than I was.
And so it was a great pleasure, because suddenly I felt like characters could come to me. And for me, it's a way so that I came back to the oral. So to me, it makes perfect sense for me to work in theater. And I just feel like the things that I continue to write about continue to be areas that are the politically unacceptable.
CHERRÍE MORAGA: There were some people that encouraged me in college. But also when I got out of college, there was people that discouraged me. I was at the women's building. I was taking a writing class at the women's building in Los Angeles. And it was like, you know, it was very-- at that time there were like some amazing feminist artists and writers that were coming out of the women's building. And I was taking a poetry class.
When I finally was presenting my work, I was told two things-- one that I didn't have a big enough vocabulary, and two, that if I was writing a love poem and it had a you in it, because I was a woman, the reader would presume it was a male, so I needed to clarify that it was a woman I was writing to.
I love anger, because anger can be a great motivation. I was so mad by both of those comments. I was confused by the first one around the vocabulary, because I had just graduated from college. And I was like one of the first in my family to go to college.
I figured like, man, I have a lot of language, right? But what they meant was-- and they were absolutely right, because what they meant was-- is that I didn't grow up with books in my home, so I didn't have a literary language. I even see the kind of language my son and my daughter that I raised like I see the kind of language they have from just being raised by us.
And you know, my partner and I with college educations were artists, you know? I didn't have any of that language. But what I didn't know is I had an oral language. So I'm going, oh my God, how could it be? It really confused me and it got me mad, because intuitively I knew they were wrong.
But what they were so right about, and it was the greatest gift, because what they were right about is I was trying to write like a white man, that I really was trying to imitate class, you know a class I did not have. I will never-- to this day, I will never be able to catch up. So the only way I was going to be able to find voice as a writer and be original as a writer would have to be about going home. So my task has always been that and trying to find original tongue.
That's how I teach my students, regardless of their class and their ethnicity, or because of their class and ethnicity from the most privileged to the most impoverished. Everybody has a way to go home, you know? And I think that for the working class writer, the first generation writer, what you're trying to do is get them to realize they have nuances of language, you know, that it simply hasn't been published yet.
CHERRIE MORAGA: When I had graduated from high school and got into college, and it was the first time I became sexually active, and that just then really brought back all those feelings again around desire for women. And it became very evident. I couldn't deny it. And so then I'd have to eventually tell my family and everything.
And basically, I was just going to move up North and not tell anybody. But my mother made me. She basically had said to me, you're living with a secret. She totally busted me. And so I did come out to her. And she wasn't nice about it for the first half of the conversation. But she was really upset and really horrified, really, really sad.
I mean, for her that was just like, oh my god. Your life is going to be so bad, because that's what she knew. And so she got mean. What parents do when they get afraid, they get mean. And so she got really mean and really vulgar about it.
And that was the best thing she did, because she wasn't hurting at that moment, or I couldn't see it. Because when she was hurting, I was hurting. We're both crying. And I just felt so bad for hurting her. But when she got mean, it was really good, because then I was able to defend myself.
I had to defend who I was. And I told her that I would never-- that it wasn't going to change. This was who I was. And that if it meant I couldn't have a relationship with my family, then I'd have to choose my life, because it was no choice.
And my mother said to me, there is nothing you could do in this life that you would not be my daughter. End of story, right? I mean, I love her for that moment. I love her for that moment, because it meant that she saw me.
And I think that's what every young person wants, really, from their parents is just to be seen and still loved. And that's exactly what happened in that moment between my mother and me.
CHERRIE MARAGA: The most meaningful piece of advice I've ever received as a writer was from the poet Judy Grahn. She was very well known in the Bay Area. White, working class woman, lesbian. And she wrote this amazing book called "The Woman is Talking to Death." Just amazing, courageous, courageous writing.
And I had the courage, too, to just track her down. I wanted to see her. So I went and I saw her. And we met at a coffee shop, and I showed her two of my poems. And one she liked, one she didn't like too much.
But she said to me that the most important thing was to learn to write with your own voice. Because if you continued to try to copy what is not you, the class that's not you, or the culture that's not you, if you're always in the effort to try to copy them, you'll always be a cheap imitation thereof. That's how she put it.
And she goes some people get really good at it. I mean really, really good at it, she says. But they're never the best at it. You know? And she goes, so the only shot you got, really, is to be you. Because no one else is you. No one else can write exactly like you. That's what will make you an original. You know?
And I think that's just great advice. I mean, something I kind of knew intuitively, but when she said it to me this way, because I saw her writing did that. That it was original, whether they recognized or didn't recognize it. So I think that's wonderful advice. And it's advice I pass on to every single person I teach. And I've taught thousands now.
CHERRIE MORAGA: If you have a choice about having children and you're serious about being an artist, wait until you really are absolutely confident that you will never give up your artwork. You really, really, really need to know that, because your children will, for a time, pull you away from the thing itself, whatever you're painting or writing. But the thing is waiting to have children, which is the case for me-- I always knew that I was going to come back to writing. It was never for a second-- I never doubted. That's something I could not have been sure of in my 20s or even my early 30s. But that was getting closer. So it's just really important to know that.
And if you don't have a choice, I think-- and partly-- one thing that's really-- what I learned about raising children, and not just my son but also my partner's daughter and some other kids along the way, is it does give you a little bit of ruthlessness around writing. You know you don't have too much time. So it kind of makes you-- I really became a really efficient editor of my own work because of that.
CHERRIE MORAGA: My sister, brother, and I were the only mixed kids in my family. Was like all the cousins and everybody had Mexican mothers and fathers. But we're the only ones that had a gringo father. And I think my brother and sister had a very different feeling about this.
But I just wanted to be brown. I mean, that was to me, everything I associated with home, and you know. But we of course were very encouraged to try to get what you can in this world. And I, even as a little girl, I recognized sort of this difference between how I was treated and my Mexican classmates. That there were sort of assumptions about me being smarter, and this encouragement that if you wanted to be college prep you hung out with the white girls.
And you know like that. It was always a place of real disquiet for me, because my love was so profound about being Mexicana. And I felt like I was constantly being in a position to betray being Mexican. People say, oh, you're not really Mexican are you? I go, yeah. You know, and it's like, you're Spanish. No, I'm Mexican.
And even as a little girl, I used to fight people around that. Because I always felt like I was selling out my family. But those choices, also, have big payoff. Privilege equals more access to money, access to success, people make those choices all the time.
In my case, it was finally sort of landing on the side of identity where I had no choice, which was my lesbianism. That really just split open my consciousness about my identity also racially, regardless of my skin color. Without ever denying my being mixed blood, and my father. And I have a really good relation with my dad, he's still around. But it is not formational to me the way my mother and my hundreds of relatives, Mexican relatives, were in my life.
CHERRIE MORAGA: Sometimes people say to me, what gives you courage as a writer? And I feel like one of the bravest things I ever did was to come out to my mother. That courage that I exhibited to my mom and the fact that she responded the way she did-- it was so outside what she wanted for me, and she would not reject me. That takes courage.
So it's like, when you see people rise to the occasion, it gives you infinite faith in the capacity of other people to rise to the occasion. And I think I'm so grateful for that moment, because it felt less risky to me about when I had to write and reveal things or tell truths that I knew were really true that nobody was saying them but I knew they were true. I could always kind of go back to that foundation, those moments where you are met when you take a risk.
CHERRIE MORAGA: When I published "This Bridge Called My Back," I also began working at a-- I was a coordinator, one of the coordinators for the New York Women Against Rape, that organization, for a couple of years. And in part, I did that work because I felt like it was like the work-- the writing was ahead of me. It was moving too fast. It was giving me visibility as a kind of spokesperson around women of color in feminism when I really didn't have enough grassroots organizing, which, if you believe in the idea of theory in the flesh, then you've got to have the flesh. You've got to be doing the work on a community-based level, because without that, then what you begin to have is this kind of rarefied, theoretical feminism, which you find much in academia today, that really does not have, as they say, a "trickle-down effect" to women of color and impoverished women.
Yes, we have theory. And yes, there is a critical framework to understanding the feminism of women of color and feminism in general. But it's always somehow in correspondence with practice and in correspondence with experience. And I feel like the book encourages people to do that, to practice what they preach.
CHERRIE MORAGA: It takes more courage sometimes, and I tell my students this all the time, to deal with the intimate world and our relationships. Sometimes it's more risky and takes more courage than all the protesting all over. And you could do 500 million barricades here and there. But that emotional courage is cultivated in the intimate world as the best grounding for what we need to do in the exterior-- in fighting those institutions.
CHERRIE MORAGA: "Loving in the War Years" was so hard-won in the sense that I was terrified all the time that I was writing it, because it really did wrench through my past. So it was really the coming-of-age and coming-out as Chicana and lesbiana book. I had never read the words "Chicana" and "lesbian" in the same sentence except as a derogatory term. So every time I wrote it, I felt like I was kind of back to when I was a little kid, thinking I'm going to hell.
When the book came out, I left the country. I went to Mexico. I couldn't bear to know what was going to happen. And I was mostly afraid within my own community, within the Chicano community. It had a lag time of about four years before really Chicanos were reading it in a lot of numbers. But I'm always scared when I write. But that one was, I guess, the scariest.
CHERRIE MORAGA: My class is working class. My mother worked in the factories. She finished third grade. And my father, he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad all of his life. I've always identified-- I'm a first-generation writer. I'm a first-generation college-educated person. So when you're talking about first generation, you're really talking about oral tradition. So it really is our families that are our first literary foremothers.
And my mother was a fabulous storyteller. And for me, reading was very, very difficult. It's not so now. But it was as a child. And probably I had something that they would diagnose now that they didn't do in the '50s. And my sister was a fabulous reader. And she would read to me at night all the time.
So actually, mostly everything I learned about story came through my ear first. My original sort of relationship to writing or to storytelling or to story writing was actually oral, even if it was a written text. And that has become my voice as a writer. If I can't say it, the sentence is wrong. Everything I write eventually I read out loud, which keeps me, I feel, then always speaking to el pueblo, to just people.
CHERRIE MORAGA: My first play, "Giving up the Ghost" came out and I was living in New York. And I applied for María Irene Fornes's-- who's an incredible Cuban-American playwright. She had a playwright's workshop at INTAR Theater in New York City.
And kind of in a long shot, I threw my play in, which was so not a play because it was all these-- it was a play but it's all, basically, these monologues. It's a play of monologues. And she accepted it for me to be in this workshop with her, which is like a six-month training thing. And you'd meet three times a week for six months. And they paid you, if you can imagine that world.
But she was an amazing teacher. And what I always say about Maria Irene Fornés is that I would never have been a playwright had it not been for her because she allowed me to be a poet on stage. She didn't-- if you came in there with a plotline, she'd throw you out of the class. You had to find your play. You had to discover it, like with a poet's heart, kind of.
And it was like a marriage made in heaven. I mean, I just-- she made all the difference for me to continue as a playwright, and really impacted how I would teach. I, too, throw them out of the classroom if they come in with a progressive plotline.
I teach playwright in the same way that you're there to find. Because your unconscious is so much smarter than your intellect, if you would allow-- if you can trick it to come out. And she would have all these tricks.
CHERRÍE MORAGA: Coming out in my 20s, it was also the time of a kind of burgeoning feminist movement, which gave a sort of political framework for understanding the love of women. You know, I don't think that you have to be a feminist in any way to be a lesbian. But for my part, it sort of justified it a little bit, you know?
But more important, you know, what I really began to do is to look back on those years of enormous oppression, enormous internalized oppression around my fear of being queer and my self-hatred of being queer. If a nine year old or 10 year old thinks that they have the devil in them, you know-- this was not coming from my mother. This was coming from my church, you know? But what was coming through as a woman-- and this is from the culture at large, but also had its own sort of twist to it in terms of Mexican culture-- that my desire as a woman, even if it was to desire a man, was not allowed me.
So it began to-- I just started, began to make all these connections about really looking at my past and seeing how silence was a form of oppression and that I wasn't going to let the majority culture or the mainstream culture decide who I was. So all this began to kind of emerge, all of those kind of political connections, et cetera.
CHERRIE MORAGA: I had met Gloria Anzaldua who is the co-editor of "This Bridge Called My Back." We'd been working an organization called The Feminist Writers' Guild. The organization had some very, very well-known feminist writers in it-- it's in San Francisco. And overwhelmingly, the majority of them were white middle class women, which was the nature of the movement as a whole.
The women's movement as a whole, including the lesbian feminist movement, pretty much was not looking at issues of race and class at that time at all. So if you came in as a woman of color, even as a white woman of working class background, very quickly you'd understand that women's' issues were very much being defined by white middle class women. So Gloria and I-- actually Gloria had approached me about this idea. Why don't we write, you know, this book collecting articles about racism and the women's movement. Because we were encountering it everywhere.
So what happened is that question of racism and the women's movement became a very-- became one chapter in a much more interesting book, I think. Which had to really do with the issues that affect women of color in our diversity. Suddenly, all these people were you sending us work. And initially we only got work from academics, which was interesting. We turned all of them down. And we really-- we were able to get work by the Combahee River Collective, Barbara Smith's work. And Audrey Lorde's contribution really kind of put us on the map.
We also got a lot of rejections. You know, people that didn't want to associate, you know, with-- because there's a lot of lesbianism. Not everybody in the book is queer, though. And then we got Toni Cade Bambara's foreword, who's somebody whose black feminism I've admired so much in my life.
The importance of the book was that it was generated really out of a political moment. And I don't think you can manufacture those moments, you know. To say it was timely, it was more than timely. And it taught me such a big lesson about hunches.
CHERRIE MORAGA: I knew that I was queer-- and I think queer in the old way, not the politicized way now, not the progressive way, but queer, like different-- from the time I was very young.
The way we understand transgender now, I would have-- I was sort of a prototype of that. As a child, I was very identified with wanting to be a boy. And all things boys did interested me. And I walked like a boy, talked like a boy, fought like a boy, wanted things like boys.
My sister loved petticoats, the whole thing. And I'd have my cords on, you know, and just a little T-shirt and my little cords. And it was at 11, about 11, that I really understood too that I had desire for women. I knew it. I knew it physically. It wasn't like a theoretical thing. It's just I knew that's what I was attracted to.
And I figured, oh my god, I really am a boy, because boys are attracted to girls. And that really freaked me out. It had everything to do with Catholicism. So the way I translated it was that I was going to hell, that I was marked as somebody who had the devil in them.
I lived in complete terror all the time. I'd wake up in the middle of the night, three and four times a night, lock all the doors, go to sleep, pray the rosary. I'd get up, lock all the doors again.
And then I laugh about this because in somebody else, you know, middle-class, upper-middle-class families, that happened, oh, what's wrong with your kid? Working class families, it's like, what's wrong with you? You're acting crazy. Stop it. You know, like, you think about God too much.
And I ended up-- it kind of subsided again into high school and then came up again when I became sexually active, so when I just-- when I started just to be heterosexual. And the minute I started being heterosexual I realized that, oh, no, I'm queer. I'm a lesbian.
And again, all of those things that had come up as a child, I didn't associate them any longer with religion. But I associated with them that it would mean I would lose everything I loved in life, which was primarily my family.
So it took me several years. And when I say that they were traumatic, what I mean is that I really went really emotionally and kind of I guess you would say psycho-sexually. I wasn't in my body. I was gone. Like a frozen way in which you couldn't touch anybody because to be touched or to feel would mean that you'd have desire. And that was the area I couldn't go to.
It was a kind of [? incredible-- ?] I think people that don't really understand what homophobia is when it's played against yourself. It is the most brutal. No one can do to you what you can do to yourself.


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THE MUSIC OF JAMES BOnd
Mary has performed The Music Of James Bond with orchestras around the world, on TV and radio and on CD.
The concert
The Music Of James Bond features all the greatest theme songs from the explosive Bond franchise - Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Nobody Does It Better, Live And Let Die, From Russia With Love and of course the Oscar winning Skyfall. The list of artists who have performed these iconic songs is impressive - Gladys Knight, Carly Simon, Adele, Tina Turner and of course Shirley Bassey to name but a few - but in concert halls from New York to Melbourne, Berlin to Shanghai Mary has won accolades for her ability to honour these vocalists whilst making the songs her own.
A typical programme contains around 20 of the songs plus some of the incidental music for the orchestra including, of course, the original theme from Dr No and can be structured to feature Mary alone or to include a male vocalist.
THE MUSIC OF JAMES BOND (example programme)
The James Bond Theme (Dr No)
007 Takes The Lektor (From Russia With Love)
From Russia With Love (Title Song)
Goldfinger (Title Song)
You Only Live Twice (Title Song)
Thunderball (Title Song)
We Have All The Time In The World (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Diamonds Are Forever (Title Song)
The Man With The Golden Gun (Title Song)
Tanker and The Ride To Atlantis (The Spy Who Loved Me)
Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me)
Live And Let Die (Title Song)
Casino Royale Theme
For Your Eyes Only (Title Song)
All Time High (Octopussy)
Moonraker (Title Song)
A View To A Kill Suite
Licence To Kill (Title Song)
Goldeneye (Title Song)
The World Is Not Enough (Title Song)
The Writing's On The Wall (Spectre)
Another way to die (Quantum Of Solace)
Skyfall (Title Song)
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Live recordings on SoundCloud.
Mary has performed the Music Of James Bond around the world with many different orchestras:
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North America - National Symphony Orchestra (Wolftrap), New York Pops (Carnegie Hall), Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Florida Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Australia and Asia - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchrstra
Europe - NDR Radiophilharmonie (Hannover), Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Jena Philharmonic, Kiel Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic (Prague Proms), Poznań Philharmonic, Zaragoza Symphony.
"The star of the evening, however, is the license to sing, Mary Carewe... "Licence To Kill" is a highlight... she gives it everything."
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The Best Of Bond ON CD
Mary has recorded The Best Of Bond with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis and with vocalist Simon Bowman.
The CD features Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun, Nobody Does It Better, For Your Eyes Only, Surrender and Licence To Kill.
Mary appeared at The Royal Festival Hall , London for the 50th Anniversary James Bond Concert with The Philharmonia, Honor Blackman, Carl Davis and Lance Ellington. The show was recorded and broadcast by the BBC. Highlights here.
Her concerts have been broadcast on radio around the UK, Europe and Australia.


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Explore 3-D image spheres of GCI's famous 'Living Building' via Google Maps, where you can download directions to GCI, simply savour the atmosphere or even visit our secure basement area.
Use the guide below to identify the building's sustainable features from the comfort of your own computer.
Want to know more? Check out the following videos:
GCI Director Professor Ove Hoegh- Guldberg and GCI Institute Manager Dr David Harris discuss some of the many features of GCI's Living Building.
Geopolymer cement creator Professor Joseph Davidovits visits GCI, the world's first public building with structural geopolymer concrete.
Discover more about the Earth Friendly Concrete manufactured in Australia by local company Wagners.
Zero Footprint - AMX Technology Delivers 6 Green Star Sustainability at Queensland University.


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I put my birthday money from my in-laws toward a new set of panniers. (Thanks D &D!)
They are amazing. The only time I was ever driving to school was on days when I had too much to carry, and now I can fit it all, plus some extra stuff just for kicks.
Anyway, they are amazing enough just for the fact that they carry so much while still being streamlined and not bulky, and they also load on and off of my rack really easily, but I hadn't tested their supposedly great water-proofness until today.
I snuck out of school early during a break in the torrent, in an attempt to make it home without getting drenched. No such luck. Not sure how well you can see it in this pic:
... but lets just say that my sneakers were making that squish-squish noise with every step.
But my stuff? My precious laptop & papers, without which I would be stranded and alone?
Bone dry. I am not even kidding you. This bag is amazing.
Go. Buy some now. I don't even care that you don't own a bike, these bags will make you want one, just so you can experience the wonder that comes from riding through a downpour for 20 minutes and then taking dry papers out of your bag.
In other exciting bike news, I also recently discovered that my fancy black boots fit perfectly into my toe clips!
Now I can ride to school looking like a bizarre combo between Dorothy & the Wicked Witch.
I was so content on my ride that I wasn't flustered one bit by the jackass in the conversion van honking at me to get off the road. I just caught up to him at the next light, flipped him off and rolled on my way.
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I put my birthday money from my in-laws toward a new set of panniers. (Thanks D &D!)
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We are very excited for a series of Q&A screenings for All This Panic with filmmakers Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton next week. It is now also confirmed that one of the stars of the film, Olivia, will join us for the Q&A at Hackney Picturehouse.
ALL THIS PANIC is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the interior lives of a group of teenage girls as they come of age in Brooklyn. A potent mix of vivid portraiture and vérité, we follow the girls as they navigate the ephemeral and fleeting transition between childhood and adulthood. Shot over a three-year period in a lush and cinematic style, ALL THIS PANIC is a meditation on the mysterious, often painful, yet ultimately exhilarating period of a teen's life. In a world where, as one teen remarks 'they want to see us, but they don't want to hear us' this film is comprised entirely of young women speaking to their own experiences.
London - Picturehouse Central - Q&A with Jenny Gage and Thomas Betterton (preview hosted by WFTV)
Brighton - Duke of York's - Q&A with Jenny Gage and Thomas Betterton
London - Hackney Picturehouse - Q&A with Jenny Gage, Thomas Betterton and Olivia (preview hosted by Bechdel Test Fest)


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Welcome to USA Schools!
Welcome to USA Elementary School
Dear USA Families and Community,
Please allow me to introduce myself to the community of USA Elementary, a school that is consistently known as a leader in elementary education for not just Huron and Tuscola county, but the state of Michigan. My name is David Farley and I feel very fortunate to have been selected as your principal.
I am still in the process of meeting staff members, family members and the community members at large. Everyone I have had the opportunity to meet has been warm in their welcome and I thank you for that. We have a lot of great things happening at USA Elementary and I look to work with everyone to make us even greater. I am a firm believer in having high expectations for all and that all students can succeed and our school will reflect that.
A little about me; My wife Rachel and I have a 2.5 year old son named Max. We are in the process of moving from Frankenmuth to Bay City, allowing our home to be between her job in Saginaw and mine at USA Elementary. I grew up on the other end of M25 in Lexington and my wife is from Caro. I am excited to be working in an area similar to where I grew up, with many similar dynamics including a multi town school like Croswell-Lexington schools where I attended. Prior to joining USA Elementary, I have had a wide range of experience in K-12 education. I began my career at Buena Vista High School, was a 3rd to 5th grade Dean of Instruction at Burton Glen Charter Academy and spent the last 3 years as Principal and Curriculum Director of Richfield Early Learning Center. I am currently a member of the Gerstacker Fellowship which allowed me to take an international experience visiting schools in Japan this past summer and I am excited to find ways to use some of their successes here in our school.
I hope to have the opportunity to meet all of my school community over the summer or during the school year. If you have any questions or would like to talk, please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com, find me on Facebook (Principal Farley) or follow USA Elementary on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @lilpatriotsk5
Thank you and I look forward to a great school year and beyond! Go Patriots!
David Farley
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Michele Schember
- There is a new start/end time this school year: 7:55am-3:05pm.
- Doors open upon arrival of buses for breakfast
- All Morning Drop Off/Afternoon Pickup procedures remain in place for this year!
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Today is Christmas day. This is the last of my series of articles on the closing event of the old Berkeley Art Museum building that happened on Sunday, December 21, the Winter Solstice. The solstice marks the turning point in Time, Nature and Life when the old gives way to the new. The days that have been getting shorter day by day will begin to get longer again and life will eventually regenerate itself.
The winter solstice itself lasts only a moment in time, so other terms are used for the day on which it occurs, such as "midwinter", the "shortest day" or the "longest night". It is often considered the "extreme of winter" (Dongzhi in the Chinese calendar), although in meteorology, winter spans the entire period of December through February.
As the Winter Solstice lasts but a moment in time, so did the Museum Building, a brief 44 years. In the time scale of the life of the Universe, or even the Earth, it is a blink of an eye; it is even shorter than the nanosecond it takes to think about the blink. So, on that last night at the BAM, I took my last look at the beautiful structure that was the Berkeley Art Museum and remembered the many good times I'd experienced there.
Adios, mi Amigo
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Are you longing for healthy, bright, and straight teeth? Visit our Invisalign dentist in Coral Gables to enhance your appearance and smile with confidence again
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Essentially, Invisalign braces are clear trays that fit perfectly over your teeth. Your cosmetic dentist will mold these aligner trays perfectly to your teeth, then create a series of trays designed to straighten your teeth and alignment over a period of months. These thin, clear aligners are placed directly over your teeth as a form of braces, but unlike traditional wire braces, they can be removed at the patient's discretion. Since they are clear, no one will notice them, making Invisalign Coral Gables a perfect choice for anyone who doesn't want others to know about their dental struggles. Adults or teens who don't want to wear metal braces can opt instead for this effective and invisible teeth straightening procedure.
Invisalign aligner trays must be removed to eat and brush your teeth, but that's actually a benefit for most people. To be effective, patients are required to wear their custom trays for 20 to 22 hours each day. While metal braces can take years to be fully effective, and cause a lot of pain along the way, Invisalign treatment can start to take effect in the first few weeks. Most patients will find that trays have made a significant improvement to the appearance of their teeth within a few months, and in general, Invisalign treatment lasts about 12 months. It's crucial, however, to make sure they're being worn consistently, or else the treatment won't work as well as it could.
When the treatment comes to an end, you will have a straight and beautiful smile. Thanks to advances in modern cosmetic dentistry such as Invisalign, you can finally improve your teeth and your smile with quick, painless, and surprisingly affordable treatments.
Why Go to an Invisalign Dentist in Coral Gables Instead of Doing it Yourself?
As Invisalign has become the standard of care for teeth straightening in adults and teens, alternatives to the traditional course of treatment have emerged. Rather than visiting a cosmetic dentist for Invisalign trays and ongoing treatment, some patients resort to more Do-It-Yourself teeth straightening methods. While you may be tempted to try and order your own trays instead of working with an Invisalign Dentist in Coral Gables, this delicate cosmetic procedure is best performed under the supervision of a professional dentist. Rather than choosing crude DIY alternatives, a cosmetic dentist can guide you through the teeth straightening process from beginning to end. They will also be available to answer questions, check the progress of the treatment, and make alignment adjustments as needed.
In the end, doing this on your own can actually case you more harm than good. Sure, it might seem easier and less-expensive than going to a Coral Gables Invisalign dentist, but a professional knows exactly how teeth are supposed to be positioned and what to do if something goes wrong. Finally, Invisalign treatment in Coral Gables is surprisingly affordable, and many patients are surprised to learn that this popular cosmetic treatment is well within their budget. Everyone deserves to have the smile of their dreams, do don't hesitate to contact Gables Dental Care for more information about our Invisalign treatments.
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First victim of health care overhaul?
A Virginia-based insurance company says "considerable uncertainties" created by the Democrats' health care overhaul will force it to close its doors by the end of the year.
The firm, nHealth, appears to be the first to claim that the new law has driven it out of business. "We don't know what the rules are going to be, and, as a start-up, our investors need certainty," nHealth CEO and President Paul Kitchen told POLITICO. "The law created so much uncertainty that is beyond our control."
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Last week, in a letter to the company's 50 or so employees, Executive Vice President James Slabaugh said nHealth has stopped accepting new group customers and will terminate all business by Dec. 31.
"The uncertainties in the regulatory climate coupled with new demands imposed by national health care reforms have made it challenging to sustain the level of sales required to remain viable over the long run," Slabaugh wrote.
The company's finger-pointing — first reported by the newspaper Richmond BizSense — must be read with caution: For years, employers and health insurance brokers have struggled to keep pace with steeply rising health care costs.
Asked about nHealth's decision to shut down, a White House aide said, "It's difficult to comment on this case without fully evaluating the company in question."
The blame game — whether health reform can be held responsible for the continuing woes of an already struggling system — will very likely become a familiar plotline as the health overhaul takes effect and political parties vie for control of the narrative.
President Barack Obama dives back into the fray Tuesday, traveling to a senior center in Wheaton, Md., for a national tele-town hall on health care.
NHealth opened for business about 2½ years ago and was named in October 2008 one of the "Greater Richmond Companies to Watch" by a local business group. Kitchen estimates the company has about 100 small-business contracts providing policies to "thousands" of subscribers.
NHealth specializes in high-deductible insurance plans, meant to cover larger medical emergencies, that are paired with health savings accounts, the tax-deductible accounts used to pay for medical expenses.
HSAs have grown dramatically since they were authorized in the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act. There were about 1 million enrollees in 2005. Now there are about 10 million, according to a May 2010 report from the industry group America's Health Insurance Plans.
HSAs are a favorite of conservative health economists, who see the plans as a way to control costs by leaving spending decisions to individual consumers. Others have criticized the plans as discouraging cost-saving behavior such as preventive care.


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MUSICAL FIREWORKS: Well, that was a bit of a night to remember, wasn't it? Last Saturday afternoon and evening was the place to be for Isfest, the now annual musical festival organised by Isfield and Little Horsted Bonfire Society to help raise funds for its annual Guy Fawkes celebrations. And, without a doubt, it was their most successful so far. Chief organiser Kate Burgess says: 'Oh what a night. Late September in 2016. What an Isfest, what a night. Thank you, thank you to everyone who helped make it such a huge success, whether you were involved in the organisation, volunteered in the rotas, or just bought a ticket and came along. It was a major team effort and resulted in the best event we've ever staged. In terms of numbers through the gate, we had 324 adults and 107 children there. That 431 considerably tops the 375 total of last year. We haven't finished doing all the sums so can't tell you what the profit is yet, but suffice to say it's certainly paid for this years' fireworks. So congratulations to everyone.' Kate has been anxious to make clear that the event was very much a team effort. Society chairman Andy Brooks adds: 'We were absolutely delighted with the turnout and that we delivered a trouble-free event, once again putting our little village on the map and punching above our weight when it comes to community events. We were delighted to have local star Saffron from the band Republica headlining our event, fantastically supported by other acts including country singer Kathryn Anderson, indie singer Michael Baker, rock band Dethonator and feel good party/ska band Fat Belly Jones. Although, unlike some other Bonfire Societies, we are not unduly concerned about funds for the future, this certainly secures our Bonfire nights both for this year and for 2017. We'd love to see readers at Isfield Bonfire on the evening of Friday October 28 where they will be able to witness directly what we do with the funds raised.'
FLOWER FESTIVAL: Doesn't time creep up on us? No mention of the C word, but autumn events are coming in fast and furious. Not far away, for instance is the Flower Festival at St Margaret's parish church in Isfield, organised by Friends of St Margaret's, over the weekend of October 8 Saturday 11am to 4 pm; Sunday after the Harvest Festival Service (10am) until 2pm. No entry fees, although donations welcome. Refreshments available. More details from Cariena Cartwright on 01825 750749.
SCHHHHHH: Isfield's Wednesday Club, set up to arrange interesting talks and social events for the over-55s, has come up with an interesting programme of events for the coming months. Next on the list, for the afternoon on October 5, is a talk by Gilly Halcrow on Special Operations Executive - Churchill's Secret Army. Meetings in Isfield Village Hall start at 2.30pm on alternate Wednesdays and round off with tea and home-made cakes that are Mmmm. Further details from Liz Fine on 01825 750658.
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning are new buzzwords that are actively discussed in the tech world. Do you remember how our future was described in the movies some time ago: Terminator, Skynet, AI rules the world? General AI machines have remained in the movies and science fiction novels however narrow AI technologies are gradually evolving from… Continue reading What is the difference between AI, machine learning and deep learning.
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Artificial intelligence gives us more and more opportunities every day. Chatbots and their developing for client-communication are the hottest topics today. Many experts say that chatbots are the future. Let's get a short review. Who are they? Chatbots are essentially programs pretending to be people that you can interact with through text or even voice.… Continue reading Do we really need chatbots in e-commerce?
I would like to become a programmer. What is the best programming language to start with?
"Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty." Donald Knuth, 1974 It's better to start your journey into the career of programming by answering the question "Do you really need programming?" This question does not… Continue reading I would like to become a programmer. What is the best programming language to start with?
Aurelia as a next generation UI framework. Comparison of Aurelia, Angular and React.js
Whether you're building apps for the browser, mobile or desktop, Aurelia can enable you to not only create amazing UI, but do it in a way that is maintainable, testable and extensible. Retrospective and today Aurelia is a project of Rob Eisenberg, the author of a very popular MV * - framework for Caliburn.Micro XAML-platforms,… Continue reading Aurelia as a next generation UI framework. Comparison of Aurelia, Angular and React.js
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As part of a PR stunt for a new Harry Potter based movie, there will be a row of giant wizard wands lining one of the approaches to St Paul's Cathedral next month.
Nine giant wands, standing 15 feet tall will line the route from the wobbly bridge (as destroyed in a Harry Potter movie) to the Cathedral.
Nine wands means five on one side and four on the other — the remaining space being occupied by a sign promoting the film instead.
The wands are also an awareness campaign for J.K. Rowling's charity Lumos, whose mission is to end the institutionalisation of children around the world.
The wands will be lit up every night at 6:45pm from 18th October to 12th November.


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If you decide to use the checklist below, ensure to see if it appears to 'fit' the child. Remember, you are not making a diagnosis, but simply trying to determine if it would be useful to refer the child onto professionals who are in a position to diagnose and prescribe medication if that is the approach you wish to take. In many respects, seeking a diagnosis of ADHD and then opting out of the medication route is counter-intuitive. It is a medical condition with a medical diagnosis. From an educators point of view, the behaviours would be identified, prioritised and targeted intervention would occur, for example, by developing a programme to develop on task behavior, or by rewarding an alternative behavior to wandering (time in seat). The medical route is very quick and relatively inexpensive. An educational approach would depend upon staff having skills, knowledge, and the time to put them into practice; this is a more expensive option, and probably has a lower success rate.
If you would rather try a conservative approach, without the use of medication, there is a package available via this site. If you wish to treat ADHD without medication, it is important that you seek advice from a psychologist.
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The child is much less likely than the other children in class to pay attention to school work, and makes seemingly inexplicable mistakes.
The young person appears to have substantially more difficulty sustaining concentration when engaged in practical or play activities.
The child is described as failing to listen, even when spoken to directly.
When the child is given a task which they are motivated to engage with, they do not complete it.
The child does not seem able to get hold of themselves and the set task sufficiently to be able to organize their thoughts and plan a reasonable plan of action, yet they do understand what is expected of them when questioned about the task.
The young person will actively avoid, and clearly dislikes, tasks and activities that demand sustained concentration and thought.
Teachers and parents complain that the child always manages to lose things. This becomes particularly apparent with respect to school essentials like pens, pencils etc. but they will also be mislaying items precious to them such as toys.
The child is easily distracted; when observed, they appear to turn toward movement and noise. The child appears to be over alert.
Routine tasks are often forgotten, leading to frustration in those who have to manage the child, who may complain of the child deliberately avoiding routine tasks.
When observed, the child appears much more restless than peers. For instance, when on the carpet they may squirm from one side of the carpet to the other, seemingly oblivious to what they are doing.
There is a very clear pattern of wandering around the classroom when the task demands the children are seated. They appear to be on the look out for any reason to leave their seat.
The child will take any opportunity to engage in running around or climbing; this is particularly noticeable when it is an inappropriate activity and other children in the class are not engaging in these activities.
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Just launched a brand new Womans Clothing and Accessories this is still being worked on as i am typing this but the potential we hope could be very good,the theory behind our way of thinking is clothing and beauty will always be in demand in good times and bad.
Woman always seem to find the money to look good as they feel it makes them feel good in side.
Once the website is finished then the hard work begins in promoting it,this is a ongoing job as if you stop when you get to the top in the search engine ranking then you can fall back very quickly if you stop.
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Body surfing, Divine Line, Letting go, Michael (archangel), Modeling right energy, Organizing, Preparing, Sealing, Tying down, Vacations, Washing, Washing machine
As we approach Mercury Retrograde, several things are happening at once. This energy feels like a massive washing cycle in the clothes washer. I'm getting swirled and twirled first one way then the other…up and down and this way and that way and endless combinations of them all. Just when I find balance and a point of centeredness, I get thrown off again. All the debris that surrounds me is at first confusing because I think I need to engage with it…all the emotions that I thought I had dealt with…old memories I had forgotten…hidden pain and anger and hurt. Then when I realize I'm being washed and these things are being lifted up and out of my fields, it's still hard not to engage with them because they're just everywhere…just swirling about, bumping into me, as I too swirl about.
This image of a washing machine is actually perfect for this point in time. For those who express themselves in multiple dimensions, you might feel exhausted, drained, and tired all the time, as though you are in need of a vacation. And…you are. That's what Mercury Retrograde is…a vacation for you in the other dimensions. It's not a time to create anything…it's a time to complete things, slow down, relax, and rejuvenate.
Yet…that vacation doesn't begin until Saturday. So, right now, you're preparing for vacation. For me, that means cleaning up my office at work, finishing up my short-term projects, leaving information for my boss and/or co-workers should anything come up while I am away, making the necessary phone calls to colleagues, setting the work email to let people know I'm away, and still doing the regular tasks of the job. At home, it means cleaning the house, filing anything that hasn't gotten filed yet, dusting the house, cleaning the kitchen, eating up what's in the fridge, making sure all the bills are paid, making arrangements for pet and plant care, checking on the car to be sure it's full of gas and oil and other liquids, confirming reservations, getting money and travel documents, packing…and doing laundry.
So, not only are you experiencing the energy of hectic preparation, you're also experiencing the cleansing and purging of the wash cycle so that you'll be squeaky clean in time for vacation. Here's how to not only survive it, but to surrender gracefully to the cleanse, and enjoy the ride.
Invite you, at the level of your Higher Self, to work with the energetic fields, the guides, High Fairies, Ascended Masters, Archangels, and Mercury, to energetically locate all energy that you have placed outside of your self and out of this present breath of now. We invite them to gently assist your Higher Self in lifting and retrieving all of that energy back to you, cleaning it, clearing it, and recalibrating it for this present breath of now, and the energy of Mercury. We invite your body deva and team to do the same.
We invite them and your team to model how to pull all your energy into your Divine Line…same for your body deva. Then we invite you to imagine sealing your Divine Line tightly against the front of your body's spine. Examine it vertebra by vertebra…like you would examine a piece of evidence in a forensics lab. When you get to the hip area, be sure to tuck under to the Sacrum, curving down to the Coccyx. This is vitally important, for this is your seatbelt. This is where your soul sits and anchors into the body. The more anchored you are in this area, the smoother this ride will be. Other side-effects of this anchoring will be to revitalize the body, slowing aging, and increasing manifestations in this dimension.
Once you are fully sealed and anchored in, tie off the Divine Line tightly to the Coccyx. Settle in to your seat…much like settling in for a good movie in the theatre…and imagine strapping yourself in. Then, let go. "Look" to see all the places where you are holding on to something…an expectation, an outcome, a desire, a person, a job, a home, children, pets. Then consciously choose to release your grip on those things. In this energy, the more you hold on to something, the more it will swing you about in wild and crazy ways. If you can just let go and sit snugly in your Divine Line on the seat of the spine, you can just body surf and have fun. 🙂
As others around you respond in less than delightful ways to this heavy washing process, avoid getting involved in their drama. The best way you can help them is by modeling your fabulous body surfing skills. Set up a protective shield of energy (Archangel Michael can help with this), and just keep living your life in joy. Others will either shift or move away from you. Whichever it is, never stop flowing, riding the wave, surrendering to the cleanse.
We invite you at the level of your Higher Self to update all reference points, all personality grids and templates, all ways of being, perceiving, and being perceived in the world. We wrap you in sheets of rainbow light, gently sealing in these vibrations to whatever degree is appropriate to your spiritual evolutionary state. We are in deep gratitude to the Higher Realms, Mercury, and the High Fairies for serving and assisting us in every breath and every way. We are in deep gratitude to you for the courage you carry in your heart, for all you do simply by existing. For as you move about in the world, you shift humanity.
And so it is.
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Walk to Cure Arthritis is the Arthritis Foundation's nationwide signature event supporting the Arthritis Foundation's mission to conquer arthritis by spreading awareness and raising money for research aimed at finding a cure. Whether you have a family member or loved one who suffers from arthritis, or are simply looking for an inspiring event, Walk to Cure Arthritis is a great way to get moving in support of a worthwhile cause!
The event is at the Detroit Zoo on May 21, 2016 and features a one, two or three mile course. For more information, go to Arthritis Foundation Zoo Walk


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Word: Hebrews
First off, last week I made a shameless plea for folks to share my Word project via Twitter, Facebook and whatever other social devices you use (that includes talking to a live person using your mouth to form words). Thanks to all of you who did some social sharing! I'm really hoping to build some momentum as we hit our Biblical home stretch, so please consider sharing my Word design page with your friends, enemies and everyone in between. Enough with that, let's Word....
Spoiler alert! It's not about beer.
I was pretty excited when I got to the book of Hebrews, because I though it was gonna be about a guy who makes his own craft beer. Alas, that is not what Hebrews is about. There's a famous part in Hebrews 11 where the author gives a roll call of a bunch of faith superheroes and that is what caught my design eye this week.
Just wanted to remind you how much you suck by dropping this list of awesome people.
I remember feeling frustrated by this passage when I was younger. I always read it as "Here's a bunch of people with superfaith. They are awesome. Much more awesome than you will ever be, so don't even think about it. Aim low. You might, might, be able to be the one that gets the privilege of washing their capes in heaven." But here's the thing, if I really look back to all these "heroes of faith," I find out that they didn't always act like superheroes. Noah got drunk and naked before passing out. Abraham lied and said his wife was actually his sister and let her be taken into the Pharaoh's house (probably a harem!). David murdered a guy so he could take his wife. And Samson? We've already covered the fact that he is a complete moron.
Crazy Belief
In the first verse of the chapter, we're given the clearest definition of faith found in the Bible.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
That is what sets the stage for the hero roll call. As I look through the passage again with that first verse in mind, it seems like the thing that made all those peeps heroes were that, at some point, they believed what God said even though it didn't make sense. God told Noah to build a gigantic ark because he was going to cover the entire earth with water. God told timid Moses to go up against a powerful nation and demand that his people be freed. God told young, teenage, acne-faced David to go up against warrior giant. Despite the odds against them, they all said "that sounds crazy, but if God said do it, I'll do it."
Let's recap... Heroes are not flawless. Sometimes they act like idiots. But sometimes believe God when it doesn't make sense. Sounds like there's a chance for us to be heroes too.


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monday 11.2/
I've too much to do today. This week. I need to find a way back to the fun stuff like photography.
I walked today and realized I need new shoes. And of course the ones I live are not cheap. Oh well. They will be here soon!
Downloaded a bunch of new songs. Yes, I purchased all but one which was a free download fom the artist.
Zappo's shipped my shoes and they should be here tomorrow. For free. Wow!


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Routine, Routine, Routine.
I've always heard that it takes 21 days to develop a new habit or routine. If that's true then 22 days from now you will be a whole new person because I'm going to tell you how important developing routines are. You can create space in your brain to think about new challenges and opportunities. Once you develop a routine for something, you can stop thinking about it every time that you do it. However routines and habits can also be a very bad thing. So make sure that you are developing the right ones and they will change your life.
Let me first tell you about my morning routine, which is proof that developing a routine creates room in your brain to think about other things. My morning routine now requires no thought. I'm a walking zombie around the house until I leave for work. And even then I feel like a zombie making the same exact drive to the exact same parking lot. And walking to the same exact chair in the same exact cubicle and so on and so on. I've done it all so many times that it requires little effort and it causes no stress.
#1 5:00 am. My alarm clock goes off and if that doesn't wake me up than my cat surely does. The first thing that I do every morning is feed my cat a half can of food. BUT, as I walk from my bed to the cat food bowl, I ALWAYS plug in and turn on the Keurig to let it warm up. It's a critical time saver to preheat that especially since my routine requires two 10 ounce rounds of coffee brewing. I never forget that step. But if I don't feed my cat first, then she harasses me until I do. If I don't wake up right away she walks on my face until I do. I guess that's what I get for saving her life from the streets of York..
#2 I'll make brief because I think it's everyone's number one or two ;) going to the bathroom.
#3 I return to my room and make my bed and tidy up and clothes that I have lying on my couch. If I don't make my bed then I struggle to move past forward. It's not even about the bed literally being made; it's about what it represents. I live by myself so why would I care if my bed is made? It represents that I am buttoned up. Everything has to be buttoned up before I am able to leave for work, everything, every day, in its place. The only exceptions are when I'm running late. That tends to only occur when I drink too much the night before. And I also have an emergency exit morning routine plan for that but I won't go into it. Everything has a place and it will be in its place before I leave every morning. If I can't achieve that I won't ever achieve that at work. It all starts at home.
#4 Brew the first round of coffee. I take two rounds so this just gets the ball rolling.
#5 Shave. This is also when I plug in the music to help vitalize myself, I'm sure my neighbors love that.
#6 I get dressed. (Requires applying deodorant) Usually I try to make this as simple of a process as possible but sometime that requires ironing my clothes. If that's that case (I try to avoid in any way) I also plug in the iron along with the Keurig on my way to feed the cat in step number one. But if in any way possible, this step requires as little time as possible. This is basically my goal with every step of this process.
#7 Change out the coffee in the Keurig and put in fresh for the second round of brewing.
#8 Take a Men's One-a-Day and a Fish Oil vitamin.
#9 Wash my hands, brush my teeth, Listerine and floss.
#10 Fill up a cup of iced tea and grab an energy bar. Also add 4 packets of sugar to my coffee and stir. I have a spoon in my car to stir my coffee a second time on my way to work since Keurig coffee seems to settle at the bottom of the cup after a short time. Does anyone else experience this problem?
#11 I re-apply deodorant; confirm that I have my briefcase, iced tea, coffee, energy bar, and correct attire. Now exit.
So there you have it. The might be the longest winded point that I have ever tried to make but basically, once you develop a routine you don't even have to think about it, it just happens. Now that you know my morning routine I can tell you about a time recently when I experienced a different habitat and it resulted in a failed routine.
I fell into this routine and after a while (21-30 days) you literally stop thinking about it and here's my proof. Way back when, I was in a new position that required week long training in a different state. So I was cooped up in a hotel room for a week. And I remember the first Monday that I woke up and it was almost like I forgot how to live my life. I didn't know what to do?!? I was completely out of my element. (Similar to playing a sporting event on the road instead of your home stadium.) I was completely out of my element and for a second, I didn't know what to do. I had to stop and think through my head what I needed to do in the morning before I could execute it. But even after I did, it just wasn't the same. The coffee wasn't as good, the granola tasted stale, I was grumpy from a bad night sleep in a bed other than my own, and I kinda missed my annoying cat walking on my face because I hit the snooze button. Nothing was the same and I had to 'THINK' about every step. These were steps that I did every day of my life that now required critical thinking skills?!! Talk about a stressful start to my day, and I didn't even make it out of my room yet.
It shows how a powerful a routine can be in your daily life. If you have a routine that you don't have to think about then you can focus on other things, new and better things.
Think about it like this; when's the last time that you got a new job or a new car? ANY new job is always stressful, even if you don't have to work as long or hard as your previous one, because it's all NEW information. You don't have a routine developed so you have to think about every single step. Or when you get behind the wheel of a new car, it feels foreign for the first couple miles. You fell into a routine and a comfort zone with your previous vehicle that is now being broken. Think about it the next time you get a new job or car, I bet it doesn't take you long to tell the difference.
Developing good routines can create room in your memory and time for critical thinking of new things. You can actually become more intelligent by developing routines for your daily habits. If you aren't spending all of your time thinking about every step of your life, you have time to make better decision in all of your other areas.
A close member of my family fails to develop these daily life routines and occasionally she pays the consequences. Recently she lost her car keys because she didn't have a routine for placing her valuables every time that she returns home. Well that led to one morning when she couldn't find her keys, which led to a panic, and a stressful search, and ultimately a call to mom for a ride to work. Tisk, tisk, tisk Lynn, routines are always right. Stop fighting them with chaos.


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Now, this is my idea of a fun "study abroad" program
Flower School New York is offering its annual Holland and France trip April 24 - May 2, 2013
This is not just some typical touristy trip. This is for the floral aficionado who dreams of visiting the most famous flower auctions in Europe and whose eyes light up at the thought of seeing acres of tulips in bloom at Keukenhof tulip fields. This tour offers some unparalleled opportunities. Not only do you get to see some of the best spots in both France and Holland, but you get once-in-a-lifetime experiences - like a private tour of Monet's home in Giverny, France by floral design superstar Christian Tortu. Also included are design workshops with some of the top names in floral design internationally.
You stay in the very chic College Hotel in Amsterdam
and go to market with Christian Tortu as well.
You also get the chance to dine at some exclusive gourmet eateries that only the locals know about!
Sound like fun to you? It does to me! Check out all the details here.
Have a wonderful weekend!


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Awards recognise outstanding reporting in the face of unprecedented violence and cultural regression in the Mediterranean region
LONDON (16 OCTOBER 2014) — The Anna Lindh Foundation has announced the winners of the 2014 Anna Lindh Mediterranean Journalist Award, the leading regional media prize for reporting across cultures and on issues of cultural diversity and social change.
Hosted at the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London, the Awards ceremony brought together over 100 media and civil society representatives from across the Mediterranean region. The winners were recognised for high-quality, courageous reporting from the Middle East that exposed the social realities behind the headlines of extremism, social crisis, and cultural regression. A special recognition award was given on the theme of "the diverse faces of intolerance in the Euro-Mediterranean region".
Ayman Mohyeldin, an Egyptian-American journalist for NBC, received the International Jury's Special Award for Outstanding Journalism. Ayman was recognised for his work reporting on the frontlines of the regional crises, including the Islamic State and the Gaza War, in addition to the challenges following the historic Arab social uprisings.
Tim Sebastian, Chair of the Award Jury and internationally renowned journalist, said: "In the context of today's Middle East, we need more than ever to include the other sides in our stories (..). These are difficult and demanding times, and people desperately need the light that journalists can shine in places that are increasingly dark and frightening." See full speech:
On accepting his prize, Ayman Mohyeldin said: "This Award is dedicated to those journalists who gave their lives this year to tell the stories and have courageously worked to get beyond the chaos and complexity of the region's event. It is an honour to receive such a recognition from an institution which is trying to bridge divisions in our region which are more profound than ever."
André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation, said: "We have been collectively silent too long about the tragic realities which are unfolding in our shared region. In this context, the Foundation and partners are committed more than ever to take the responsibility to seek out the truth and send a signal that another Mediterranean is possible."
The other winning projects included:
- Television: "Tear Gas and Graffiti", a reportage by Ta-Sabine Kuper-Busch (Germany) on TVN
- Online: "Godot Arrives in Sarajevo", an online piece for The New York Times by Srecko Horat (Croatia)
- Radio: "Forbidden Love in Egypt", produced for BBC Arabic by Ali Gamal El-Deen (Egypt)
- Press: "Without A God", published in The Outpost and written by Khaled Diab (Belgium / Egypt)
- Thematic Focus: "Lampedusa, The Tragedy", published by Federica Araco and Nathalie Galesne in BabelMed, and "Love Letters from a Syrian Jail" by Rym Tina Ghazal in the Huffington Post
The Mediterranean Journalist Award aims to reward exceptional journalistic productions and contribute to a better understanding of the diversity of cultures in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It promotes the positive role played by journalists in providing balanced and informed coverage of cultural issues in the region.
The 2014 international jury was chaired by Tim Sebastian, renowned TV journalist and founder of the New Arab Debates. The international jury was comprised of leading media professionals, including: Naglaa El-Emary, Media Expert and Professor at BUE; Robert Parsons, Editorial Director of English Content at France 24; Pier Luigi Malesani, Secretary General pf COPEAM; Hatim Bitoui, Journalist at Ashark Al Awsat; Gisel Khoury; and Michael Thoss, Managing Director of the Allianz Foundation;
President of Samir Kassir Foundation; and Rania Abouzeid, Correspondent of the Time and a former Journalist Award winner. In addition, André Azoulay, ALF President and Counselor to the King of Morocco, presided the overall Award, and Andrew Claret, Executive Director of the ALF, acted as the Secretary of the Jury.
About the Anna Lindh Foundation:
The Anna Lindh Foundation works across the Mediterranean to bridge cultural divides and promote joint programmes among the region's civil society actors in the face of intolerance and xenophobia. Working from its international headquarters in Alexandria, Egypt, the Foundation runs the largest Mediterranean network of NGOs dedicated to regional dialogue and acts as an observatory on trends in cross-cultural relations and social change.
The Anna Lindh Foundation is co-funded by the European Commission and the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean.


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Choosing an investment bank is serious business and you really do not want to just go on Google and find the first lender you see, expecting it to fund your project at a moment's notice.
If you are looking to raise capital for your business or to help jump-start your ideas, what do you need to do?
1. Learn more about investment banking.
The sad truth about investment banking is that very few people know what it is and what they should expect from it. It is imperative that you know how investment banking works and what it could deliver. This way, you would make very informed decisions, especially those pertaining to which investment banker you would go to.
Ask the banker about their contacts at the venture funds that they plan to approach for your business or project. Ask them how they plan to pitch your business to these funds and get regular status updates from them.
2. Be sure that your investment bank is well-versed in your business and can adequately pitch your ideas, discuss your proposals and basically speak in your behalf.
Remember that your investment banker will be the one who will represent you and sell your ideas to investors. So they should be knowledgeable about your industry and your business in order to be able to convincingly and intelligently talk about it.
3. Make sure they are well-connected.
One of the benefits of talking with investment bankers or investment firms that have years of experience in your field, industry or business is their networks.
If they had been dealing for other companies in your industry, they will know the people who would be willing to invest in yours, as well as the other players in your industry.
Ask the hard questions such as:
- How will you communicate with prospective investors or buyers? Will you be approaching financial buyers? Our competitors?
- What types of transaction structures should you expect and would there be any foreseeable problems to these transactions?
- Do you have any comparable transactions in the past that we can use to gauge our situation?
- Was there an instance where you failed and why were you not successful in selling?
4. Choose an investment banker or firm whose aim aligns with yours.
You would need to know what you want from the deal. For example, if you are looking for buyers or investors who are easy to deal with, then the investment banker should be able to scout your project to a lot of people. If you want the highest price to sell your projects, then the investment banker should be very aggressive in pricing them up.
5. Be sure that you do not think of the firm as just an investment bank but as a partner as well.
It does not matter what you think of your project or idea; it is a business. And for that, you should think about not just getting an investment banker or someone who provide investment banking services, but also someone whom you can trust as you would trust your business partner.
Narrowing Down the List
On top of these five things that you need to do in order to come up with a list of potential investment firms or investment banks, you should also do the following to make sure that you make the right decision in choosing:
Be objective. Draw up a list of criteria that you are looking for in an investment bank or investment banker, and you should be objective in evaluating potential investment bankers against this list.
What are some of the criteria that you should be looking for in an investment bank? Let's take a look at the results of a 2012 Thomson Reuters survey wherein both large enterprises and small businesses were asked about the things that they consider important to them when choosing an investment bank.
The survey finds that in-depth knowledge of the industry was the top criteria for most people. Close to 7 out of 10 respondents indicated that they wanted their investment bank to be at the forefront of the investment banking industry.
Money matters, as well, with 45% of respondents saying that the company's fee structure is very important.
What else? Around 43% said that it was important for their investment bank to have a good relationship with a bank. Other important criteria are their ability to finance the deal and how they handle the deal and execution.
Of course, when it comes to your personal investment banker, you will want to have your own set of criteria. You may want to work with somebody who is good at communicating or who could make you feel at ease. You might want someone who would be able to digest the different options for you and present you with the best ones, or you might prefer somebody who gives you all the options available and let you decide which one you want to pursue. Or you might want somebody who you could talk to about anything, even those outside investments. It never hurts to deal with a professional who aligns with your own personal biases and philosophies.
Do not rush. Hasty business decisions are not going to be a good idea if you are looking for someone who is going to be the equivalent a business partner. Make sure that you know your investment bank through and through before you make a decision. Remember that it is better to delay things a little while you find the funds for it rather than be stuck with a shady investment bank even for just a short time.
Look into your potential investment firm's business ethics. You are going to deal with somebody who is going to handle the financial side of your business. Ethics should be at the top of the list of things you should be looking into. Be sure that the investment bank and the person you are working with both like to keep things aboveboard.
So these are the things you need to know if you plan to or if you are in the process of looking for an investment bank.


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A Few Questions for Maria Lynch, Brazilian Sculptor of Elevated Child's Play and Transience
By Karen Rosenberg
NAME: Maria Lynch
HOMETOWN: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BASE OF OPERATIONS: New York, Los Angeles, and Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
MEDIUM OF CHOICE: I work with different mediums, from painting to videos, performance, installation, and music.
WHY I MAKE ART: To be part of an atemporal dialogue, to transform my world and make others share their worlds with mine, to show a way we can subvert established systems of logic and the discourse of rationality. Art chose me, in so many ways.
WHAT I'M WORKING ON NOW: This is one of the paintings for my upcoming solo show in June at Wilding Cran Gallery in Los Angeles:
I'm working on another show now that opens on April 2nd in São Paulo, at Blau Projects. I will have the oportunity to show works in various media, some paintings, and a new installation—part of a series I named "Rooms Of Experience." The idea started in 2012 when I made an installation called Ocupação Macia (Soft Ocuppation), a room filled with small fabric sculptures that are a mix of child's play and fantasy, like a huge assemblage of deconstructed memories. I felt that I made a step foward from painting—I wanted people to be literally "touched" by their senses. I started to develop other rooms, wondering how I could make people think through their bodily experiences without pre-conceived ideas.
This is my goal now: taking someone who is set in their own way of thinking, and showing them that they are able to access this other dimension of the self. The body is the one who actually thinks—rationality comes after.
Continue reading: http://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/meet_the_artist/maria-lynch-interview-53650


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6 Summer Salads You'll Actually Crave
1. Black Bean, Corn & Avocado Salad with Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette
With black beans, sweet corn, crisp bell peppers and creamy avocado, this is one of those crowd-pleasing, make-ahead recipes that everyone loves. You can serve it as a side dish, salad or dip. The vinaigrette is similar to the popular smoky-sweet salad dressing served at Chipotle. GET THE RECIPE
2. Strawberry & Orange Salad with Citrus Syrup & Fresh Mint
This salad is such a nice change of pace from the standard mix of pre-cut fruit from the supermarket. I usually serve it for brunch — it dresses up the table and pairs well with savory quiche and casserole dishes – but it's also wonderful for dessert served with shortcake and whipped cream. GET THE RECIPE
3. Thai Crunch Salad with Peanut Dressing
Inspired by the popular Thai Crunch Salad served at California Pizza Kitchen, this salad is made with crisp Napa cabbage, crunchy vegetables and edamame but it's the creamy peanut dressing that makes it so good; I guarantee you'll want to put it on everything! GET THE RECIPE
4. Minted Cucumber Salad
Refreshing and light, this tangy and sweet cucumber salad satisfies on a hot summer day. It's delicious with BBQ chicken or ribs. GET THE RECIPE
5. Thai Quinoa Salad with Fresh Herbs and Lime Vinaigrette
This salad is a healthy eater's dream: flavorful, chock-full of protein and veggies, satisfying and low in fat. I usually make it as a light lunch, but you can also serve it alongside other Asian dishes for dinner or make it a meal in itself by adding cooked shrimp, crab or lobster. GET THE RECIPE
6. Grilled Asparagus & Feta Salad