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Workshop 4: Spiritual Partnerships
Workshop 4: Spiritual Partnerships
Workshop 4: Spiritual Partnerships
Part of Spirit in Practice
In This Section
Listening is a creative force. Something quite wonderful occurs when we are listened to fully. We expand, ideas come to life and grow, we...
Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: Sharing Names 5 Activity 2: The Story of the Shape of the Spirit 10...
Leaders are encouraged to prepare for the workshop not only by gathering supplies and reviewing the workshop's activities, but also by...
Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet (see Preparation) Pen or pencil Name tags Bold markers Copies of Spirit in Practice Series Schedule (...
Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Matches or lighter Copies of...
Materials for Activity Optional: Microphone (preferably cordless) Preparation for Activity Be sure that participants have made name tags...
Materials for Activity Copies of Story 1: The Shape of the Spirit (one copy for leader, plus several copies for participants who may wish...
Materials for Activity Questions listed on newsprint or a digital slide (see Preparation) Writing paper (at least one sheet per participant...
Materials for Activity Altar or centering table Cloth for covering altar or centering table Chalice and candle Chalice extinguisher Copies...
After the workshop, co-leaders should make a time to get together to evaluate this workshop and plan future workshops. Use these questions...
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Materials for Activity Questions listed on newsprint or a digital slide (see Preparation) Writing paper (at least one sheet per participant...
Continue to explore some of the questions brought up by the workshop, either on your own or with a friend. These questions include: How and...
After many years of being out of shape, he decided it was time to do something about the state of his body. With great excitement and enthusiasm, he went to the local gym, got a membership, and began a circuit-training routine. He felt good. And he kept at it, going to the gym several times a week. ...
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Section Menu
- Workshop 4: Spiritual Partnerships
- Introduction
- Workshop-at-a-Glance
- Spiritual Preparation
- Welcoming and Entering
- Opening
- Activity 1: Sharing Names
- Activity 2: The Story Of The Shape Of The Spirit
- Activity 3: Reflecting With A Partner
- Closing
- Leader Reflection and Planning
- Alternate Activity 1: Considering A Spiritual Peer Program
- Alternate Activity 2: Deeper Sharing And Reflection
- Taking It Home
- The Shape of the Spirit
- Find Out More
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Program Structure
- Implementation
- Before You Start
- Facilitator Feedback Form
- Participant Feedback Form
- Workshop 1: Toward a Rich and Meaningful Unitarian Universalist Spirituality
- Workshop 2: Personal Spiritual Practices
- Workshop 3: Communal Worship Practices
- Workshop 5: Mind Practices
- Workshop 6: Body Practices
- Workshop 7: Soul Practices
- Workshop 8: Life Practices
- Workshop 9: Justice Practices
- Workshop 10: Looking Back and Moving Forward
- Stories in Spirit in Practice
- Handouts in Spirit in Practice
- Leader Resources in Spirit in Practice


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Meet Emily Hogarth, artist, mother and papercut illustrator, living in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband, two children and dog in their newly renovated home. Here is the best place to find out more about Emily Hogarth facts & other information.
Tell us a little about yourself, your family and the work you do?
I'm Emily and my family consists of my husband Conor, our two children Maggie and Finn and our dog Mary. I am an illustrator who mainly works with my scalpel creating paper cut designs & other art. We have recently moved into our new family home that we have been painstakingly renovating for the last 18 months – and I am finally unpacking boxes and enjoying all our hard work. It is also wonderful to now have a studio in my garden so I can juggle work and home life and the kids a bit easier.
Tell us about your background, how did you arrive to where you are now, and how did your passion for paper cut illustration begin?
I studied textile design at Edinburgh College of Art and then continued to do my masters in design. While studying textiles I started creating elaborate stencils to hand screen print fabrics for my collections, over time the stencils themselves (rather than the fabrics) caught peoples attention and I was employed to create illustrations when I graduated. It felt quite a natural evolution really, one day I might venture back into textile design but for now paper cuts and paper design keep me inspired and busy.
Where do you take your inspiration from when it comes to creating your paper cut art illustrations?
Inspiration comes from everywhere and anything, I have always been an admirer of design, from packaging design to product design. So my own work is inspired by my everyday life as I really do find inspiration in everything from the pretty packaging of my cereal in the morning, to the flowers and grasses whilst walking my dog in the countryside to the pretty patterns on the Spanish clothes I dress myself and my children in. All these details filter into my designs in some way or another and constantly keep ideas fresh and new.
You have worked with some big brands such as Nivea, Cadbury and Red Magazine. What has been your career highlight, and do you have a particular brand that you aspire to collaborate with?
Oh that's a hard one. I am always really grateful for every opportunity I get and often can't believe the opportunities I have had, but I think my career highlight will have to be a project I am currently working on. I am working with a design team creating illustrations for the interior of a brand new children hospital being built in Edinburgh, it has been really rewarding working on this job and I can't wait to see my illustrations gracing the walls, hopefully inspiring some children when they need it. In regards to work in the future – who knows, I love working with a wide variety of brands and projects and I hope it continues. I do hold a little dream to illustrate a children's book, so you never know.
You have a beautiful family home that is currently being renovated. How would you describe your interior style and where do you take your inspiration from?
Thank you, it has been a long time in the making, we have been renovating our home for the last 18 months and only in the last three have finally moved in. It is still very much a work in progress but it feels wonderful to finally be here. In regards to my style I'm not really sure how to describe it, I have always liked unfussy style – simple clean lines and colours. For our current home all the walls are white except our living room which is pretty much black (I look forward to curling up in this room in the winter next to the woodfire). I love mid-century designed furniture and am always on the look out for new pieces, I love teak wood and the warmth the colour gives the home. My home has to evoke everything I love, and I find it inspiring being surrounded by items and artwork that make me smile.
What are your most treasured items in your home?
Our children, but putting family aside it would have to be our kitchen, I absolutely love cooking so having a kitchen where I can happily potter about on the weekend makes me very happy.
You live in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tell us little bit about your hometown and the surrounding area, any insider tips for people who are visiting?
Edinburgh is such a beautiful city full of wonderful old buildings and surrounded by beautiful landscapes. One of the best things about Edinburgh is its size and proximity to the surrounding countryside. You can pretty much travel around the whole city in less than an hour and be at the beach, mountains or the rolling hills of the countryside in no time at all. We recently moved to the edge of the city so we are just a hop skip and jump away from the beach and are enjoying lots of time there (even in our predictably wet Scottish summer). For people visiting the city I always tell them to take a walk up Blackford Hill – it really has the most spectacular views of the city and it always takes my breath away. What are your favourite pieces from La Coqueta's new season collection? Carmina smock dress – love the detail and the star print it is just dreamy. Estela girl nightgown – a beautifully designed piece that stands the text of time while feeling beautiful special, and the Laguna boy pyjamas – can't go wrong with a classic pyjama like this.
L-R: Laguna Boy Pyjama, Estela Girl Nightgown, Carmina Smock Dress.

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Chicharróns (Pork Rinds) Fresh fried crispy season pork rinds $4.75
Soft Bavarian Pretzel 1 mega-size (enough for 2-3) soft Bavarian pretzel served with our signature spicy Abbey dip &Monterey Jack cheese sauce $8.95
Chips and Abbey Dip Fresh fried crunchy potato chips served with our signature spicy Abbey dip
Chips & Salsa Fresh fried tortilla chips served with Abbey special salsa $4.50
Queso &Chips A spicy blend of white chicken chili & cheese served with our fresh fried tortilla chips $6.75
Hot Crab Dip A creamy mix of lump crab meat, 4 cheeses and seasonings, hot and bubbly served with our house tortilla chips $7.25
Spinach Artichoke Dip A gooey, delicious mix of cheese, spinach and artichoke hearts, hot and bubbly served with our house tortilla chips $7.25
Wings Crispy fried chicken wings smothered in spicy hot sauce or sweet spicy chili sauce $5.25 for 5 or $9.75 for 10
Peel 'n Eat Shrimp ½ lb shell-on gulf shrimp cooked in a savory spice blend served warm (optional cocktail sauce) $12.50
Toasted Ravioli Crispy-fried ravioli with vodka sauce for dipping $8.95
Choice of 6 Cheese & spinach, 5 Braised beef short rib or 6 Lobster & shrimp
Poppers Red jalapeños stuffed with spicy chipotle fiesta cream cheese or Green jalapeños stuffed with cheddar cheese $6.95 for 6 or $12.95 for 12
Abbey Burger ½ lb burger served on grilled sourdough with chips $9.25
With choice of cheese* $9.75
1/3 lb burger $8.75 with cheese* $9.25
*cheese choice- Swiss, cheddar, American, provolone, mozzarella, pepper jack
Fried Butterfly Shrimp & Fries 12 crispy fried butterfly shrimp served with fries (cocktail sauce optional) $15.50
Lobster Ravioli in Vodka Sauce Ravioli stuffed with lobster & shrimp smothered with vodka sauce, served with garlic bread $12.25
Loaded Nachos Tortilla chips topped with spicy beef, cheese, shredded lettuce, salsa, jalapeños and sour cream $10.25
Enchiladas Spicy chorizo & beef filling in a flour tortilla topped with red sauce, cheese, shredded lettuce, salsa, jalapeños & sour cream $10.75
Pork or Chicken Tenderloin Deep fried pork or chicken tenderloin served on a Kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, onions & mayo with chips $9.75
Fish & Chips Breaded & fried large catfish filet served with crinkle-cut fries $10.75 with 2-tone fries or Waffle Fries $11.75
Fish Sandwich Breaded & fried large catfish filet on white bread with chips (optional tartar sauce or cocktail sauce) $9.75
Chicken Salad Citrus herb roasted chicken tossed with an herb dressing served on a croissant with chips $9.75
Chicken Caesar Salad Caesar salad topped with citrus herb roasted chicken $10.75
Crinkle Fries Crispy, golden Crinkle-cut French Fries $2.75
Two-Tone Fries Shoestring sweet & white potatoes fried crisp $3.75
Waffle-cut Sweet Potato Fries $3.75
Sidewinder Fries Thick, spiral-cut white potatoes coated with a zesty seasoning $3.75
Side Salad Romaine & green leaf, carrots, cucumber, tomato, croutons (ranch, blue cheese, feta vinaigrette, oil & red wine vinegar, caesar) $5.25
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Pikey Peak Trekking is an original trekking trail to Everest Base Camp used by Late Sir Edmund Hillary and late Tenzing Norgey Sherpa in 1953 for the Everest Expedition. It was a very popular trekking trail before Lukla airstrip came into existence. Nowadays, most of the trekkers prefer to fly to Lukla and trek to Everest Base Camp to avoid longer trails via Jiri which is easily accessible by road from Kathmandu. The entire trail to Pikey Peak is confined to lower part of Solukhumbu. While trekking, one passes through typical Sherpa villages, terraced fields and rhododendron and magnolia forest. En route one can visit Buddhist Gompa, local schools, meet the villagers and experience their culture and traditional lifestyle. The Pikey Danda (ridge) is a most popular vantage point for sunrise and sunset views over the snow capped mountains including Mt. Everest, Makalu and Annapurna on a good weather.
Trekking to Pikey Peak in spring season (March-May) is a great opportunity to see the blooming of rhododendrons, magnolia and wild orchid along the mountain trails. Lukla-Namche bazaar trail always remains crowded during the high season whereas Jiri trail at the lower part of Solukhumbu is without crowd and one can experience wilderness while walking through off-the-beaten areas. On the last day of the trekking we spend overnight at Phaplu and next day morning we fly back from Phaplu to Kathmandu.
Scenic overland drive
Experience Sherpa culture and traditional lifestyle
Walk through dense forests of Pine, Rhododendron & juniper,Picturesque landscapes
Panoramic view of the Himalayan mountain range from Pikey Ridge
Visit Buddhist monasteries
Day 01: Arrival day in Kathmandu (1,300m)
Day 02: Kathmandu Sightseeing & Trek Preparation
Day 03: Kathmandu to Jiri (2,370m)
Day 04: Trek to Deurali (2250 m)
Day 05: Trek to Sete (2,575m)
Day 06: Trek to Lamjura Pass (3,530) - Pikey Peak-Junbesi (2675 m)
Day 07: Acclimatization & Excursion to Thuptencholing Monastery & back to Junbesi
Day 08: Trek to Sete via Lamjura Pass
Day 09: Trek to Bhandar (2200 m)
Day 10: Trek to Shivalaya (1790m)
Day 11: Drive back to Kathmandu
Day 12: Final Departure
- Arrival/departure transfers
- Kathmandu half day sightseeing escorted by English speaking city guide
- 3 Nights hotel accommodation in Kathmandu on BB basis
- Overland transport Kathmandu- Jiri-Kathmandu
- TIMS card
- Tea house trek with breakfast
- A Professional English speaking trekking guide
- 1 porter for 2 people (each porter can carry only 15 kg)
- Trekking staff wages, insurance, meals, transportations and allowances
- International airfare
- Nepal Entry Visa fee
- Monuments entry fee in Kathmandu
- Single supplement in Kathmandu
- Lunch and dinner in Kathmandu
- Travel / medical insurance and emergency evacuation costs
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, alcoholic beverages, bottled drinks (including cold drinks and mineral water/boiled water), laundry
- Camera/cell phone battery charge while on trek
- Personal trekking equipment
- Donation & tips etc.
- Any other services not specified in the 'Cost includes'
Trip Facts
- Duration12 Days
- Difficulty
- Altitude3530 Meter
- Accommodation
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When you stay at Baymont Inn and Suites Keokuk in Keokuk, you'll be convenient to Keokuk National Cemetery. This hotel is within the region of Lovers Glen Park and Joseph Smith Historic Site. Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an indoor pool and a fitness center. Additional amenities include an arcade/game room and tour/ticket assistance. Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and you can also request rollaway/extra beds (surcharge).
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The 2018 Milford High School girls golf season ended at the OHSAA Sectional Tournament with the Eagles finishing eighth in the team rankings in a tough 16-team field. Action was contested at Walden Ponds Golf Course.
For the day, the Eagles finished with a team score of 391, just two strokes behind Fairfield and one ahead of Seton. Mason and Lakota East ran away with the top two spots, finishing with scores of 320 and 326, respectively.
On the individual scoreboard, Milford was led by junior Megan Loux who carded an 18-hole score of 92. Other Milford scores included Abi Loux (95), Jessica Shay (99), Alexis Crowell (105) and Morgan Clawson (123).


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Sofia Vergara has debuted her new wedding ring - and it's a serious sparkler.
The Modern Family star showed off her bling as she posed alongside her son Manolo and her new husband Joe Manganiello following their star-studded wedding this weekend.
Sofia looked seriously laid back as she enjoyed a waffle and a cup of coffee with her nearest and dearest - but it was her diamond-studded wedding band which really caught our attention.
Her son Manolo wrote: "Try not to cry, try not to cry... #SunGlassesSavedMyLife #Jofia."
Sofia and Magic Mike XXL star Joe said their vows in front of a host of family and friends at the Venetian ballroom at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday evening.
The couple decided against the traditional 'I do's and instead opted to say 'I will' in the presence of a minister as their relatives looked on with glee.
The 43-year-old star stunned in a gorgeous custom-made Zuhair Murad Couture wedding dress whilst Joe looked sharp in a suit and matching bow tie.
And Sofia ensured every detail was perfect as crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling alongside beautiful fuchsia flower baskets.
The couple opted for a yellow colour theme, choosing the colour for the linen which covered the dinner tables of their 400 guests. Each table was then decorated with beautiful white roses.
And guests were entertained by surprise performer Pitbull, before the bride and groom took to the floor for their first dance as man and wife to Frank Sinatra's cover of 'The Way You Look Tonight', E! News reports.
Celebrities in attendance included Reese Witherspoon, Channing Tatum and his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum as well as Julie Bowen, Sarah Hyland and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
On Saturday evening, Sofia and Joe held their rehearsal dinner where the 'True Blood' hunk serenaded Sofia with a rendition of 'Sweet Child Of Mine'.


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I've been pondering all these great books lately and it left me wondering…what books are out that I should have but don't, or maybe I have them, but I haven't read them? Then I realized some series have released new books and I started spinning in circles… Apollyon by Jennifer L Armentrout This book has been out for a minute but I needed it when I finished the last one! This is a total "I totally forgot about release day" botched job and I'm sorta ashamed of myself.
Fate isn't something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex. Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back. The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex's power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex's connection to Seth isn't the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole "an Apollyon can't be killed" theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries. Finding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God Killer… or she might become the God Killer herself.
Rise (Eve #3) by Anna Carey This book released while I had my nose in another but I've been waiting on it for a year. I'm not sure what gives here…except that there is only one of me and a gazillion great books.
How far will you go when you have nothing left to lose? When she lost her soul mate, Caleb, Eve felt like her world had ended. Trapped in the palace, forced to play the part of the happy, patriotic princess of The New America—and the blushing bride of her father's top adviser—Eve's whole life is a lie. The only thing that keeps her going is Caleb's memory, and the revolution he started. Now, Eve is taking over where Caleb left off. With the help of Moss, an undercover subversive in the King's court, she plots to take down The New America, beginning with the capital, the City of Sand. Will Eve be able to bring about a new, free world when she's called upon to perform the ultimate act of rebellion—killing her father? In Rise, Eve must choose who to leave behind, who to save, and who to fight as Anna Carey's epic tale of romance and sacrifice in the chilling dystopia of The New America comes to a stunning conclusion.
UNBREAKABLE (UNRAVELING #2) by Elizabeth Norris Has been out for a month. Do not have. The universe is not right.
Four months after Ben disappeared through the portal to his home universe, Janelle believes she'll never see him again. Her world is still devastated, but life is finally starting to resume some kind of normalcy. Until Interverse Agent Taylor Barclay shows up. Somebody from an alternate universe is running a human trafficking ring, kidnapping people and selling them on different Earths—and Ben is the prime suspect. Now his family has been imprisoned and will be executed if Ben doesn't turn himself over within five days. And when Janelle learns that someone she cares about—someone from her own world—has become one of the missing, she knows that she has to help Barclay, regardless of the danger. Now Janelle has five days to track down the real culprit. Five days to locate the missing people before they're lost forever. Five days to reunite with the boy who stole her heart. But as the clues begin to add up, Janelle realizes that she's in way over her head—and that she may not have known Ben as well as she thought. Can she uncover the truth before everyone she cares about is killed?
The Golden Lily (Bloodlines #2) by Richelle Mead Yeah. See? Embarrassing. She's already talking about book #4!
Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets—and human lives. Sydney would love to go to college, but instead, she's been sent into hiding at a posh boarding school in Palm Springs, California–tasked with protecting Moroi princess Jill Dragomir from assassins who want to throw the Moroi court into civil war. Formerly in disgrace, Sydney is now praised for her loyalty and obedience, and held up as the model of an exemplary Alchemist. But the closer she grows to Jill, Eddie, and especially Adrian, the more she finds herself questioning her age–old Alchemist beliefs, her idea of family, and the sense of what it means to truly belong. Her world becomes even more complicated when magical experiments show Sydney may hold the key to prevent becoming Strigoi—the fiercest vampires, the ones who don't die. But it's her fear of being just that—special, magical, powerful—that scares her more than anything. Equally daunting is her new romance with Brayden, a cute, brainy guy who seems to be her match in every way. Yet, as perfect as he seems, Sydney finds herself being drawn to someone else—someone forbidden to her. When a shocking secret threatens to tear the vampire world apart, Sydney's loyalties are suddenly tested more than ever before. She wonders how she's supposed to strike a balance between the principles and dogmas she's been taught, and what her instincts are now telling her. Should she trust the Alchemists—or her heart?
Everbound (Everneath #2) by Brodi Ashton *whines*
Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity — a debt that should've been hers. She's living a borrowed life, and she doesn't know what to do with the guilt. And every night Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away. Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen — and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to assist her in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself. Nikki and Cole descend into the Everneath, only to discover that their journey will be more difficult than they'd anticipated — and more deadly. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack — even if it means making an incredible sacrifice of her own. In this enthralling sequel to Everneath, Brodi Ashton tests the bonds of destiny and explores the lengths we'll go to for the ones we love.
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen DON'T JUDGE ME.
Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes her sound like an insufferable goody-goody, but the truth is she's a completely hip character, who if provoked is not above skewering her antagonist with a piece of her exceptionally sharp — but always polite — 18th century wit. The point is, you spend the whole book absolutely fixated on the critical question: will Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy hook up?
As well as….
The entire Gone series by Michael Grant. What are you looking at.
All the Lux series books after Obsidian by Jennifer L Armentrout Look, there are a lot of books on this planet!
The Newsoul series by Jodi Meadows I even own them AND they are signed. Sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read.
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On a recent trip to Alpha Beta, I had the opportunity to take a short hike in the Blue Ridge Mountains just outside of Asheville, NC. Although my original intention to reenact the Sound of Music, I instead found my subconscious mind seeking a lesson that could be applied to daily life. What occurred to me was that the process of setting and reaching a goal is much the process of planning and taking a hike.
Lesson 1: Choose and commit
The night before my hike I made the definitive decision that the next day I was going to wake up and head straight to the mountains. I was 100% committed to it. If someone is 99% committed to achieving something they are accepting that quitting or failure is an option. When you commit to something 100%, you have decided that failure or quitting is not an option.
Lesson 2: Ask for guidance
When setting a goal, chances are you are not a master at whatever it is you are trying to accomplish. In this case, I had no knowledge of the area. I could have chosen a trail at random, but instead I decided to make a stop at the visitor center. The ranger there helped me pick out a few different options based on my ability and desired length. When it comes to goal achievement working with a mentor or asking for guidance is imperative. It helps you to feel more confident in your decisions and greatly increases the speed at which you will progress.
Lesson 3: Have the correct skills and knowledge
The gear necessary for a hike is similar to the knowledge and skills needed for reaching a goal. If I had gone out without any shoes or water I wouldn't have gotten too far. Once you set a goal, for example, starting a new business, make sure to gain business knowledge and develop sales and marketing skills in order to be successful.
Lesson 4: Speed of progress will vary
Much like a hike, it will have its grueling steeps and its easy flats, so is the path to a goal. When you get into a groove it is important to press forward. This is also the perfect time to organize yourself and mentally prepare to dig deep when the tough times come.
Lesson 5: Focus on the process
The process of working toward a goal is much like walking on a trail. If you get caught looking at your feet or look too far ahead you are going to trip, but if you look just 1-2 steps ahead you will progress.
Lesson 6: Celebrate, then move on
When I reached the summit I felt a great sense of achievement. I took in the view, snapped a quick selfie, and headed back down the mountain. I realized that it is easy to get caught up in the celebratory aspect of achievement, but focusing on it too much can lead to disappointment.
With each mountain you climb your fitness will increase, allowing you to take on bigger and harder climbs. Reach your goal, then aim higher. What will be your next mountain?
Luke Baumbach, Alpha Iota '14


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HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology has received a set of elephant hunting tools from the family of a so-called "Elephant King" in Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) province of Dak Lak.
The tools, which were used to hunt down and tame wild elephants, belong to the Khun Ju Nop family which is well-known in the area for following the vocation of elephant hunting. The tools are now owned by Kham Phet Lao, a medical practitioner and the 11th son and official heir of the "Elephant King" Ama Kong in Ko Tam Hamlet, Ea Tu Village, Buon Ma Thuot City.
Most of the tools in the 20-tool set are more than 100 years old, and include rattan switch, timber hammer, cords made of buffalo skin, horn, a flat platform fashioned out of buffalo skin to sleep on during an extended hunt, among others.
Besides the set granted to the museum, the Kham Phet Lao family also owns two other kits passed down from their ancestors which they are expected to put up for sale through an auction for charity.
The museum director, Dr Vo Quang Trong, said this collection was precious because "these tools are not simply instruments to hunt for and tame wild elephants. They do help interpret the daily life, activities, culture and customs of M'Nong ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands." — VNS


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Cloud Architect2013 - PRESENTSuluhu Technologies
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Andy Murray Reminds Us — The Valiant Never Taste Of Death But Once
It has been impossible to ignore the notion that Sir Andrew Barron Murray died late last week. Plenty of people remarked to me — some of them not even regular tennis fans — that the first news reports they saw about Murray's retirement announcement sounded a lot like reports of an impending death.
A few people cited Juan Martin del Potro's plea to Andy to keep fighting. Others cited the past-tense nature of the way people had begun to talk about Murray, now that the competitive phase of his playing career was about to come to an end.
This comparison with and proximity to death are ever-present in discussions of Murray since his announcement a few days ago. Many people find it unsettling — and rightly so. Nothing about this is comfortable, soothing, reassuring, or fundamentally happy. I emphasize the word "fundamentally" because there ARE some happy elements about this series of events and the recollections they have generated… but those elements are the kinds of things human beings arrive at only after processing the pain and the suffering and the sense of loss which have accompanied Murray's public — and painful — disclosure.
We don't want our loved ones to die. Their passage is first and foremost a moment of loss. We would prefer to still have them around. Yet, when we come to grips with the limitations of life and the reality of seeing someone released from physical pain, we move through the stages of grief and work toward the acceptance of what needs to be accepted.
Deaths are necessary, in the sense that we all have to go through them. Fundamentally or inherently happy moments, though? Not really. The happiness comes from a remembrance and appreciation of life, and — for those who believe in God — a faith-based hope in a new life to come. The death itself isn't pleasant, no matter how necessary or profound and powerful it might be.
The awareness of death — and how smaller points of passage within a life, such as a great athlete retiring, mirror death — was always in the air with Andy Murray since his announcement last week. As Murray prepared for and then played his first-round Australian Open match against Roberto Bautista Agut on Monday, the assessments of Murray — the player, the man, and a mixture of both — kept coming in.
This tweet illustrates the difficulty of completely escaping the awareness that this is a "little death":
Sloane Stephens: "I hate when somebody dies and everyone wants to be, Oh, my God, they were such a great person. And now he's retiring and everyone's like, He's such a great person. But he was great before and nobody paid attention. It's so sad."
— Courtney Nguyen (@FortyDeuceTwits) January 14, 2019
Plenty of people might be exasperated with Sloane Stephens for saying what she said, and I reiterate that I completely understand why so many are uncomfortable with her remarks. There is nothing wrong with being unsettled by the way Murray's impending retirement has been treated or discussed. Discussion about death is supposed to be uncomfortable. Maybe we will arrive at a point in life when talking about death doesn't unsettle us, but that process — that struggle — is MEANT to be difficult. It is SUPPOSED to hurt. Our walk through difficult places enables us to grow and develop as whole persons.
This journey isn't fundamentally happy, but happiness can be derived from the struggle if done right.
That, in truth, is the perfect way to segue from these musings about death to what we saw in Melbourne Arena, on a night when Murray's match started in one way, became something else, and ended with a thematically rich and appropriate mixture of sweetness and sadness. That exquisite blend of happiness and sorrow, of appreciation and pain, of beauty and imperfection, was unforgettable in so many ways. It was epic literature. It was pure poetry. It was a story of a man raging, raging, against the dying of the light.
It was Shakespearean, chiefly in this way: It was Andy Murray's way of reminding us that though a retirement is a small death for an athlete, it is no death at all for a human person, merely a stage of passage to the new chapter which lies just around the corner.
In this match and this moment against Roberto Bautista Agut, Sir Andrew Barron Murray reminded us that "the valiant never taste of death but once."
The Old Bard would be proud of this British icon named Sir Andrew.
A match in which Murray refused to passively accept his fate was, itself, an eloquent statement and an elegantly-crafted metaphor for a man who wants to keep playing tennis if his body would cooperate. Everything in Murray's press conference last week, and then in his post-match reaction, spoke to a desire to want to play at the highest level of the sport.
If he only could, he surely would:
Complete quote from Andy Murray:
"Maybe I'll see you again, I'll do everything possible to try. If I want to go again I'll need to have a big operation, which there's no guarantee I'll be able to come back from anyway but I'll give it my best shot."
— Gaspar Ribeiro Lança (@gasparlanca) January 14, 2019
The refusal to absorb a routine, straight-set loss — the kind of loss which seemed almost certain midway through the third set — was as loud a declaration of Murray's mindset as his subsequent statements, which allowed for the slight sliver of a possibility that he would try to prolong his career. In this match and in the words which surrounded it — both last week and then after his loss to RBA — Murray has conveyed a consistent and layered attitude to the world:
— A fierce desire to continue playing, but only at a high level
— An awareness that his body won't allow him to compete at a high level
— Gratitude for everything tennis has given him, in spite of the pain he is and has been suffering
How Murray approached this match, and Bautista Agut, and then the tidal wave of conflicting emotions in the aftermath, was pure Andy, in all the best ways. A match which DID feel like a funeral in the first two sets became a rousing and uplifting spectacle and a damn good contest on the raw merits, a match more compelling than anything else witnessed on an often-ordinary Day 1 of the 2019 Australian Open. Yet, just when it seemed that the fairy-tale ending was about to happen, Murray's limited body — the body whose pains and aches were evident in those first two sets when RBA won the long rallies Muzz typically used to dominate — returned to the court.
The world got to see in this match everything which has made Andy Murray great and admired and respected and cherished… and everything which shows why his body won't allow him to become again the player he once was. One can see, in this match and its aftermath, a reality which — at its heart — is profoundly sad: An iconic athlete wants to continue to pursue greatness, but knows he isn't physically capable of carrying out that chase — at least not now.
Yet, from that sadness of not being able to physically continue doing what he loves, Murray declared to all the world that this was not a funeral liturgy. It was a liturgy whose sermon to any fan or onlooker was to never, ever give up.
Retirement isn't something Murray desires; it is something he felt — and still feels — he will have to submit to. He is clearheaded and sensible enough not to put his body through a wringer if a process of recovery and restoration is going to be prolonged and painful, but he reminded the global tennis community against Bautista Agut that for all of his logic and wisdom and acceptance, he will move toward his retirement kicking and screaming.
This is the complexity of the past week and its relationship to death in the ways an athlete understands it. This is the duality of competing emotions at work. This is the layered and nuanced reality of life in all its nuances and layers: We can simultaneously hate the details of a situation and yet accept what that situation requires of us and must call forth within us.
This match could have been a straight-set mercy killing, the worst outcome possible.
This match could have become the five-set victory after being two sets down, the impossible dream come true and the story of a lifetime.
In the end, Murray-RBA didn't reach either extreme. It found a place somewhere between those polarities, a blend of the sweetness and the sorrow, a mixture of things grim and glorious.
It was — poetically — pure Andrew Barron Murray.
It captured a man and a tennis life which combined the growling and the self-castigating hatred of imperfection with a champion's signature resilience and a refusal to succumb to negative moments.
This match embodied a man's struggle to climb to the top of his sport in the face of the Big 3… and the ability to carry off that struggle successfully, as shown in his late-2016 surge to World No. 1 and year-end No. 1 with a bunch of prestigious championships at Wimbledon, the Olympics, and the ATP Finals.
Murray's tennis career was always complicated. It is complicated. It will always remain complicated for all the obvious reasons you can think of.
Why wouldn't this match, very likely his last at the Australian Open, have been anything different?
This was no death, as much as it might have first felt like one.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Giving Bill Shakespeare the last word on Sir Andrew Barron Murray — in light of everything described and discussed above — does not feel out of place or exaggerated.
One immortal Brit deserves another, don't you think?


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I am going to predict the future.
First, so you understand who I am: I am a happy person with a family. I own my own business. I am not a Democrat or a Republican, but a registered Independent. I subscribe to no particular religion, but enjoy and apply elements of Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism to my life.
Many controversial topics end up in a war of "Church" versus "State." These debates are of little value. Religions are not appropriate institutions to govern and legislate to a large group of people because in order to work, fundamentalism needs to be reinforced.
But, secular society is flawed, too. The "state" operates via a money-market system which promotes economic slavery, both nationally and globally. The state is little more than laws which fluctuate based on corporate interests.
Recently, a friend of mine returned from a trip to Nicaragua where he shared a single room with a family, showered in a bucket, and witnessed their adulation of America. "We live in a fantasy land," he said to me.
If you ask the average person on the street why we are such a relatively powerful and robust country, they are likely to talk about free enterprise. They will point to hard work and democracy as the reason why the US currently uses 50% of the world's resources.
It is not the case.
Why do we have so much compared to others? Authors like Jared Diamond have described a history of guns, germs, and steel. Tracing things back to a time when humans began leaving behind their nomadic, hunter-gatherer way of life to create agricultural societies, a shift occurred in how we live on the planet. Based on certain favorable conditions, some early agricultural societies flourished and evolved, while others did not. Put very simply, these societies then conquered the others via guns, germs, and steel.
The first empires were formed. Civilizations rose and fell. In its most current incarnation, the great empire is the corporatocracy which is firmly intertwined with the U.S. government. The U.S. provides the most capital of any nation to the World Bank, which lends money to struggling countries who are offered "conditionalities" for the loan which are hopelessly untenable. The underdeveloped nation then cannot pay back their loans or the interest and are forced to sell their resources cheaply to our country and / or go to work in factories making our clothes and amenities.
This is global economic slavery.
At home, we are a nation of wage slaves who provide for ourselves food and housing, but exist primarily as units paying into the monumental deficit built into the money market system through fractional reserve banking and interest-generated inflation and debt. We serve the bankers and the corporatocracy.
It's easy to flinch at this and say it is a bleak, pessimistic view of the world. It is not. It is simply the portrayal of how things are with the rose-tinted glasses removed.
We do not spread democracy to other countries. If our corporations cannot get the resources we need from other countries, we have a simple three-step procedure. First we send in economic hitmen (private "consultants") to try and corrupt any politician who doesn't play our ball game. These leaders are sometimes bought off, such as Mossadeq, in 1950s Iran, who was then replaced by the Shah. When this doesn't work, "Jackals" are used to apply more extreme measures, as with Ecuador in 1981, when Roldos-Aguilera was democratically elected in an overwhelming landslide, his platform that he would use Ecuadorian resources to benefit the people. He died in a plane crash shortly after his election. Or, the same year when Torrijos of Panama who wanted to put the Panama Canal back in the hands of the Panamanian people also went down in a plane crash. When that doesn't work, as was the case with Saddam Hussein, the military is sent in. The list goes on and on.
People often react to notions like these as "conspiracy theories." For them, it should be noted that the corporatocracy owns the very media which influences their opinion. Propagandaist movements with marketable storylines featuring dehumanized nations and demonized leaders are used to manipulate popular opinion. "Reds," "Commies," "Terrorists" are some of the propaganda terms which come readily to mind.
Still, the hardest thing for most people to swallow is the idea that there is some conscientious malfeasance behind all of this. That in order for such a nefarious empire to exist, there has to be some mastermind behind it all, and that is hard for people to accept. It isn't, anyway, the case.
We are built to pursue pleasure, avoid pain, and conserve energy. Some people are narcissists, others are not. Some are more susceptible to greed, others less tempted by it. Hence, some politicians can be bought, others stick to their ideals. It all comes down to personal psychology and how each individual was born and raised, and what epigenetic influences helped shape who they are. Aggregately, we then form groups, consciously or not, of different types of people. People who knowingly dump pollutive, toxic materials into a forest to save money, or who look the other way when a dehumanized nation is enslaved are a certain type of people. And for most of us, we aren't necessarily "bad," or "good" people, but highly susceptible, especially in an age of endless, fractious stimuli, to oversimplify and become easily distracted by the cultural and religious myths of the day.
That's all there is to it.
Now, what's going to happen in the future is a logical extension of what is happening now. Right now, for instance, the great continent of Africa is home to seven of the 10 fastest growing nations in the world. They are on track to rival Russia and India in their spending power. The way they have been evolving is through entrepreneurships in technology and communications. These nations are going to demand better roads, want to build bridges, need better schools, and so on. In short, they are going to need resources.
According to Jim Garrison, President of the State of the World Forum:
"Taken cumulatively, the integration of the world as a whole, particularly in terms of economic globalization and the mythic qualities of 'free market' capitalism, represents a veritable empire in its own right… Few have been able to escape the 'structural adjustments' and 'conditionalities' of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, or the arbitrations of the World Trade Organization… Such is the power of globalization that within our lifetime we are likely to see the integration, if unevenly, of all national economies in the world into a single global, free market system."
Essentially, in our exploitation and structural adjustment of other countries, we simultaneously export the myth of our freedom and material wealth. The economically enslaved country naturally covets what we are advertising. From kids wearing T-shirts depicting American pop icons to governments and businesses seeking to model our own, they struggle to do just what we commit them to: become like us.
The only problem is, what the planet needs is 180 degrees the other way around.
It is estimated that by 2050 or sooner, these nations of the world with growing industrial economies, such as China, India, Russia, and these African nations, are going to push the globe into a food shortage crisis of unprecedented implications; we simply are not going to have enough food or any other resources to accommodate an industrialized global society.
The earth is having so many problems now serving the gluttony of the United States, there is no way it will be able to support its developing clones with current fossil-fuel based, corporate-controlled resources. "Globalization" means, essentially, a Corporate America which runs the whole world. There is no other ideology; the naïve sentiment of a global free enterprise where everyone is fairly competing and contributing value is simply impossible within the prevalent (read: only) existing infrastructure.
That infrastructure is a money-market system wherein currency is created out of thin air by fractional reserve banking and interest repayment. Absolutely zero equanimity can be achieved under the precepts of this system. In fact, according to massive studies, more than half of every developing nation influenced by U.S. economic policy has suffered an increase of unemployment, poverty, and famine. This is because that economic policy, and the money-market paradigm which pervades it, is antithetical to equality and empathy. Its lords are profit and social stratification.
At a national level, profit-motive and social stratification have immense implications and tragic, observable results. The dependency, poverty, unemployment, violence, greed, and inequality of any country are not contingent on its President or its law makers. These things are a direct result of the social and economic systems which structure that country or society. Hunter-gatherer societies do not have the myriad problems of money-market, bank-run countries. More communal societies, and nations which have simply less of an idea of personal entitlement have far fewer inequality and pollution-related problems as capitalist countries do.
Imagine these problems on a global scale.
This is the future. A global money-market system where the ubiquitous profit motive fabricates resource scarcity and plans product obsolescence in order to maximize profit. The "middle-class," which demands the material standard the American middle class does today with controlled, dwindling fossil fuel resources, will be increasingly unable to keep up as wages remain stagnant and the cost of living rises, so that they slip into the enormous, global "lower class" who have almost nothing to survive on and nothing to lose, forced to riot and war with one another in a struggle to survive as their lands are further depleted of monetized resources. And at the top of it all, an even loftier-than-now and more inimical hegemony of an ultra-rich corporatocracy, untouchable and unimpeachable, wielding the power.
That is the future as it stands.
There is no altering the course; globalization is part of the law of entropy and is inexorable. The only way in which we can possible weather the scope of the growing pains to come is to switch from a monetary system, which favors social stratification, resource scarcity and monetary profit, to a resource-based system, which engenders abundance, equality, efficiency, and sustainability. Oil, coal, gas, and hydrogen need to be swapped for alternative, sustainable power sources and fuels which range from the possibilities of tidal, solar, wind, wave, magnetic, and geothermal to the innovations of Tesla and the harnessing of radiation.
Is it possible? That's one thing I don't know that any one of us can predict. The only thing we can do is try.


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Replay the video from the webcast of a conversation with Puerto Rican writer Esmeralda Santiago who delighted an audience at Central Library on Nov. 2 discussing her life and literary career. Thanks to support from the San Antonio Public Library, anyone can watch the event live or replay it later. The event is made possible by the San Antonio Public Library and Puerto Rican Heritage Society in celebration of their 35th Anniversary. A book-signing will follow.
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Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) have arrested and charged Mark Christopher Yantsos, age 57, of the 600 block of Warfield Drive in Rockville, for having inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old female Richard Montgomery High School student while he worked as the security team leader at the school. The Montgomery County Public Schools system placed Yantsos on administrative leave as soon as it learned of these allegations.
On Monday, April 3, SVID detectives were notified by school officials that a Montgomery County Public Schools employee had engaged in an ongoing sexual relationship with a student at the high school where he worked.
SVID detectives interviewed the victim who told investigators that she met Yantsos while she was a student at Richard Montgomery High School and while he worked as part of the school security team at the school. The victim stated that Yantsos befriended her in 2016 and that he purchased multiple gifts for her since that time. In March of 2017, Yantsos bought the victim a phone in order to communicate with her during and after school hours.
The victim further stated that on March 3, 2017 at approximately 10:00 p.m., Yantsos drove to her home, picked her up, and drove her to a hotel in Rockville where he engaged in inappropriate contact with her.
Investigators were provided with copies of inappropriate text messages that Yantsos had recently sent to the victim.
Yantsos was arrested this morning at his home on the strength of a Montgomery County criminal warrant, charging him with sexual abuse of a minor and a fourth-degree sex offense. He was transported to the Central Processing Unit. Bond information is not available at this time.
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Previously we mentioned about Lenovo IdeaPad FL5-B3 as the first Intel Atom Pineview nettop, now seems that Fujitsu new netbook machine has been spotted at FCC filing, indicating that more and more Pineview Atom based netbook is on the way. Named as MH380 and M380, the netbook will be categorized under its famous LifeBook family suitable for general web surfing, office applications and other tasks.
The new machine will be powered by Intel Atom Pineview processor running at 1.66GHz. If you recall, Intel Pineview has been officially renamed as N450 that is supposed to be a new replacement of existing N-series targeted for much CPU and graphics intensive applications. Although not many information being disclosed yet, there is confirmation that a 802.11n Wi-Fi module will be integrated for seamless network connectivity, on top of normal Ethernet RTL8103EL-GR 10/100 Controller solution from RealTek. Besides, it will also be equipped with standard 10.1-inch LCD display with FWXGA 1366 X 768 resolutions. In terms of physical form factor, the LifeBook has a slightly rounded-edge design with ample space catering for future system upgrade whenever necessarily.
No pricing information and exact availability yet, the Fujitsu LifeBook is expected to reach commercial market soon. Since it is still categorized under pre-production sample, the specification may slightly vary or change but likelihood for this to happen is low due to resubmission for FCC is quite time and effort consuming.


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A Norfolk based company are hiring part-time elderly Befrienders in the fight to tackle loneliness.
Home Instead Senior Care, which was founded in 1994, are looking for 'people people' in Dereham to work with the elderly to help improve their quality of life.
A spokesperson from Home Instead, said: "This home care service with the personal touch is different to any other care organisation in the area, providing a minimum of one hour home visits, but the focus being on companionship and loneliness prevention.
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Everyone knows that it is Valentine's Day. Just 51 days ago, husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends all showed their love for one another on Christmas or during Hanukah, and now it's required again? It all seems a bit silly to me, but than again I am single, so I'm obviously no expert.
Even while married, I found this pseudo holiday incredibly contrived and simply a way for Hallmark and florists to flourish. Maybe that was part of the problem. So to celebrate this Valentine's Day I will watch the movie "Four Brothers" exact revenge for the death of their mother.
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On this site you will find helpful information and answers to some of your questions about preparing for Winter and how the council will respond during severe weather.
Don't feel isolated when severe weather hits. There are plenty of ways for you to get the latest information on council services and disruptions. Winter and severe weather news is also on this site.
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DVD ReviewThese days in American politics, the stars at night are big and bright (clap clap clap clap) deep in the heart of Texas. The gubernatorial administration of George W. Bush is the template for his Presidency, and even though he's not the Speaker, Representative Tom De Lay is widely acknowledged as the most powerful member of the House. There's been a sea change in Texas politics since the previous President from that state was elected; LBJ might not recognize the ascendancy of the Republican Party in the South. Even if you're not in league with them on the issues, you've got to admire the efficiency and effectiveness of the Texas Republican political organization.
Given the demographic makeup of the state—a large and growing Hispanic population, a significant number of African-American voters—the hypothesis is that Texas is a political bellwether for the nation, a notion that gets put to the test in this documentary. Last Man Standing focuses principally on a race in the November 2002 election for a seat in the Texas legislature, with Rick Green, the 31-year-old Republican two-term incumbent, facing off against Patrick Rose, his Democratic challenger—Rose is 24, a recent graduate of Princeton, and making his first bid for public office. Filmmaker Paul Stekler situates the race in a broader context, suggesting that it could serve as an indicator of future political trends; I'm not so sure that the evidence supports that, but it's still a good solid look at some old-time retail politicking, Texas style.
In truth, in the 2002 election in Texas, the Republicans gave the Democrats a good old-fashioned ass-whuppin'. President Bush's successor as Governor, Rick Perry, marched to re-election, and former state Attorney General John Cornyn easily succeeded Phil Gramm in the U.S. Senate, holding the seat for the Republican majority. And so the problems that Rick Green faces aren't about ideology, but about personality and performance. (A Republican incumbent in Texas losing to a political neophyte is like a Democratic incumbent on the Upper West Side losing to a Republican.) Green is a product of the Republican apparatus—he's a motivational speaker, describes himself as raised on Rush Limbaugh, gets a testimonial from Charlton Heston, and loves to talk about how the Democrats love socialism. In this respect, this doesn't really distinguish him from many Republican candidates across the country. But Green has got some problems: he used his office for an appearance in an infomercial for a dietary supplement, and there are icky stories surfacing during the campaign about him going to bat for some unsavory characters who do a substantial amount of business with his law firm.
As you might expect, the challenger Rose pounces on the sleaze factor. The documentary is at its best when it's tailing the two candidates, sort of a 21st-century Texas version of Primary far down the ballot, with the two men shaking lots of hands, kissing lots of babies, eating lots of catfish dinners, going after one another in debate after debate. Stekler is less successful in painting the broader picture, and we just get glimpses of the sadly ineffectual campaign of Tony Sanchez, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate who poured millions of his own money into a futile effort, and of Ron Kirk, the Democrats' African-American Senatorial nominee, who, one observer says, is to politics what Kenny G is to jazz. And unquestionably the most frightening thing in the movie are Janine Turner's collagen-enhanced lips; she appears at a Republican rally, but might want to rethink her party affiliation, because in a candid moment she would have to admit that there should be no cap on the damages she could receive in a malpractice suit against her plastic surgeon.
The tension on election night is on par with what you'd find during Game 7 of the World Series, and the best images in the movie are from just hours before: Green and Rose in the parking lot outside the voting site, working the voters one at a time. Stekler suggests that this seat might sway the party balance in the Texas legislature, and Karl Rove makes a brief, late appearance preaching the virtues of political opportunism; but it's a reminder about Tip O'Neill's truism that all politics is local, and an affirmation of the lessons we learned in school about how a single vote can make a difference.
Rating for Style: B
Rating for Substance: B+
Image Transfer
Image Transfer Review: The film was shot on high-end video, and hence is a little contrasty; it looks perfectly serviceable here.
Image Transfer Grade: B+
Audio Transfer
Audio Transfer Review: Stekler drops in a little too much voice-over, and there's a certain amount of ambient noise from the shoot. It's all clear enough, though.
Audio Transfer Grade: B
Disc ExtrasStatic menu
Scene Access with 13 cues and remote access
1 Featurette(s)
Packaging: Amaray
Picture Disc
1 Disc
1-Sided disc(s)
Layers: single
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Extras Grade: D-
Final CommentsThis documentary may not achieve its lofty ambitions of having one small local race serve as a proxy for the larger political scene, but it's a sharp look at how the personal hasn't been drained from our politics, even in our huge nation in this age of information.
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