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Hi beautiful people!
I wanted share a few pics of a dress I made last spring. I found the fabric from Hancock Fabrics. I got a few yards for under $5. I normally purchase remnant fabrics because they are lower priced. I pretty much draped and pinned the fabric to my dress form to style dress how I wanted. I wore my dress a few Sundays ago and paired it with a chestnut colored belt and booties I purchased from Rue 21 this week for $6. The booties were super comfortable and did not slip while walking.


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I've always been one of those girls who never ever wrote down when her period started, so I'd always be surprised by it every 4 weeks. ?
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I never got the chance to prepare myself for the upcoming menstrual cycle because I got used to not tracking it right from the beginning of my "adolescence". For me being surprised was a normal thing.
Until enlightenment hit me somehow. Menstrual cycle apps! In a world of global digitalisation, there must be such a thing! So I checked my App Store and came across Clue…
Since I have downloaded Clue I have tracked every period and I still love it. In the beginning, I forgot to track it occasionally but luckily remembered to do so a couple of days later. The good thing about this app is that you can enter up data and the app will recalculate your cycle for you.
By the way, I'm not getting sponsored for showing you this app. I'm doing this because this app has helped me a lot and I want to share my joy with you! 😉
You can view the progress of the current cycle (picture 1), add date for a certain day (pictures 2 and 3) and check data of previous periods to compare.
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Officials should respect the press
Staff Editorial
March 5, 2020
The press is an arm of democracy, and in order for it to do its job and inform the public, elected officials need to speak to and have respect for journalists. This is also true for those working in student media. Elected officials (presidents, congress people and even local leaders like mayors, board...
Smokers need to respect non-smokers
Karena Ozier, Columnist
April 1, 2019
When I go to the store or to a restaurant with my friends and family, I do not want to walk through a cloud of cigarette smoke before I enter the building. I can understand that it is not the easiest thing to stop smoking, but there should be an understanding between the people who smoke and the people...
Respect is earned by giving it to others
Staff Editorial
March 6, 2019
Respect is something that should be given and received by all. There are so many people in this world who lack respect, yet they believe they should automatically receive it. When you see a person in the hallway as you walk to class and they say hi, it does not hurt for you to say hi back. So many...
Be safe, considerate of others at Unofficial
Staff Editorial
February 26, 2019
Well, we are just a few days away from one of Eastern's favorite traditions: Unofficial. Amid the stress and busyness of the semester, especially with midterms, this is understandably a much-anticipated break for many students. For those who are not aware, in summary, Unofficial is an event starting Saturday morn...
The taste of politics is disgusting
Karena Ozier, Columnist
September 26, 2018
The political system is unappetizing. The easiest way for me to look at it is in terms of taste. It's a system of sour and salty. There seems to be no sweet side to the mixture. On either side that I look at, I see no compromise. No one is a little salty and a little sour. This is unappetizing. I ...
Learn through experience; do not expect life to be easy
Abbey Whittington, Columnist
March 5, 2018
Part of growing up is learning how to bite your tongue, even if it means drawing blood. I am as hot headed as they come; when people are disrespectful I want to push them into the hole they have dug for themselves, but sometimes you just have to walk away from the matter to collect your steamrolled...
Sean Says: Take advantage of opportunities, do not interrupt
Sean Hastings, Sports Editor
February 11, 2018
To me, nothing looks worse than blatantly not paying attention and then raising your hand to ask a question that the presenter literally just go done covering. It makes you look like an idiot to the rest of the of the group and also incredibly rude to the person presenting. Myself and seven others...
It is not about whether you believe it, it is about respecting others' beliefs
Carol Hodorowicz, Opinions Editor
January 28, 2018
The amount of complexities we will never understand and questions we will never have the full answer to in this world is infinite. Is there a heaven and a hell? Too bad the dead cannot speak. Can the stars really determine how we are going to feel or where our life is headed? In my opinion, I think...
Be respectful of all majors, programs
Staff Report
January 9, 2018
Both on the internet and in real life, jokes about other people's majors are prevalent. Whether they are about how "easy" someone else's major seems or how "you'll never get a job in that field," it seems like what people study is now an easy target. While these jokes may be funny, they...
Lead by example, teach respect
Liz Stephens, Columnist
November 13, 2017
There is currently a Buzzfeed article being shared on Facebook that shows how a student at Clatsop Community College in Oregon created photographs of quotes from our president on women's bodies. One of the photos has a woman in only her underwear on her knees with Trump's quote "Must be a pretty...
Column: Respect the choice to go Greek
Abigail Carlin, Copy Editor
September 19, 2016
Let me begin this column by stating that I am not involved with Greek life, nor do I plan on becoming involved in the future. That being said, I recognize the negative stigmas associated with Greek life and I find it rather unfortunate that such a divide exists on our campus. Through most of last...


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Chandra tal is also known as "Moon Lake" is the source of the Chandra River. It was once a tentative place for traders form Tibet and Ladakh who went to Spiti and the Kullu valley, but today it attracts a large number of adventure enthusiasts form across the world. Located at an altitude of 4300 m, chandra Tal Lake is just 6 km away from the Kunzum Pass in spiti and Lahaul district of Himachal Predesh state of India.
Walking on ChandraTal trek will offer an ultimate experience similar to the experience of going to the moon. You will pass through two high mountain ranges named Moulkila and Chandrabhaga, which are quite challenging for mountaineers. Further, you will see the beautiful snow-covered mountain peaks and slopes. There is a legendary story associated with this lake. It is believed that this lake si located at a place from where the chariot of the God Indra picked up Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers. As a result, Chandra Tal is counted among sacred lakes of India and grabs the attention of lots of Hindu devotees. The color of water of this holy lake keeps changing from reddish to orange to blue to emerald green as the day ends.
Area:- Himachal Pradesh
Season:- June to October
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Your day-by-day itinerary
Day 1
Arrival at Damai Beach
Whether you're coming straight from Kuching Airport, or from elsewhere in Sarawak, we'll arrange a transfer to take you straight to your hotel by the beach. Your afternoon is free to do as you please – relax by the pool, take a dip in the sea and watch the sunset. If you fancy a stroll then there is a little village nearby where you can pick up some local food.
Day 2
Rainforest Kayaking
This morning your guide and driver will pick you up after breakfast and take you to the area of Bengoh, which is the starting point of your kayak adventure. You'll paddle slowly down stream in a small group admiring the beauty of limestone rocks and rainforest surrounding. Your guide will stop at the friendly village of the Bidayuh tribe, where you can meet local people and have a refreshing dip in the river. You'll arrive back at your hotel in the afternoon, and can spend the rest of the day however you choose.
Day 3
Departure from Damai Beach
It's time to leave the beach behind, and we'll arrange a transfer to the airport for you to meet your flight back home, or onto to your next destination.
If it's the last place of your exciting Borneo trip, then you might feel like another day or two here – just have a chat with your Travel Specialist!
Optional day trip
Semenggoh Orangutan Centre
During your time in Kuching, you have the option to visit Semenggoh, a temporary home for various endangered wildlife in Sarawak, especially orang-utans that have either been orphaned or rescued from captivity. Here, they're trained in all the survival skills, to venture out into the wild and fend for themselves. This tour can be arranged either in the morning or afternoon, to make sure it fits with your day and you get to see feeding time with the the orang-utans.
Prices from:
£45 - per person
Optional day trip
River Sunset Cruise
If you fancy a river sunset cruise, then in the late afternoon you'll head to the jetty and board your boat taking you along Kuching's famous city river. This is a great way to view Kuching from a different angle and will transport you back to a time when goods were shipped across the city, before the invention of modern roads. Sit back and relax on the deck, get yourself a drink, and watch the sun go down over the horizon… Bliss!
Prices from:
£25 - per person
Combine this trip with...
Where to next? This trip goes together perfectly with these:
Mangroves, Monkeys and Fireflies
3 days / 2 nights (flexible)
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Looking at life through a child's eyes
Between Fourth Church preschool on Michigan Avenue, the excitements of downtown Chicago and our apartment on East Ohio Street, I lived my three-year-old life. This was the period of my artistic beginnings.
One afternoon, satiated by snack time, I was overcome with artistic vision and declared: "Mommy, I need to paint." So I took my reds, pinks, purples and baby fingers to a canvas. If I'd had the advanced knowledge or vocabulary at age three to express myself in words, I think I would have explained this event with the words of American realist Edward Hopper: "If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint."
So my time in Chicago was spent painting on random afternoons, attending art classes with my mother and doing whatever my three-year-old self did. My knowledge of my early childhood comes from the stories that my mother has told me — a collection enumerated with tales about how I expressed myself creatively. Today, the physical tokens of my childhood are the doodles my father keeps in his wallet and the artwork stored at our new home in Utah.
"Look at life with the eyes of a child," said Henri Matisse. Monsieur Matisse, I am trying to live true to your doctrine. I am trying to live by the vision of the world that I had as a child — a life full of art.
In recent years, I've become preoccupied. I feel dominated by my tasks and my schedule, and I am always trying to figure out the most effective way to organize my time. So it feels like my purpose is to keep doing the things that I have to do. And it is kind of taking the life out of me.
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all," said Michelangelo.
I want to continue achieving, but I want to stop centering my existence around my task list. Life goes on until I complete something. Life goes on after I complete something. The things in my life that I look back and remember are not the tasks that I complete — they are the moments that I have let myself live.
Recently, I've noticed the presence of art in my life and I have not been able to get it out of my mind.
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul," said Goethe.
I went to the Union poster sale between classes and took a few minutes to imagine what all of the images could look like on my wall.
I've been sitting and writing my articles in coffee shops, looking outside and watching life go by, getting lost in my imagination in an attempt to put words and ideas together. It feels good. I feel like I am creating.
I am proud of myself when I can completely focus during yoga. I'm not so flexible, I'm a little unbalanced, I'm definitely not a poster yogi. But I go to learn to be in the moment. And the best yogi moments are the moments of rest where I really do let rest, and the beat from the stereo that pulses through the room, take over my mind.
Right now, art is making me feel, making me relax and making me be present in my life.
"The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live," said Auguste Rodin.
I don't think my three-year-old self knew her goals or aspirations. I don't think she had a task list. I think she did things she felt were right. Art put a spirit in me that I simply felt I didn't need to explain. I think I had the right idea about art and life when I was three. Now I'm taking it seriously. Art makes me feel alive, and that feels so much better than any accomplishment.


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Coming Soon To a Kitchen Near You
Coming Soon To a Kitchen Near You, Brandi cooking, all-new recipes.
Due to Hunter's food allergies, all things related to food has got to be changed to help him.
Hunter has some new diet restrictions, therefore life is changing. I will be cooking: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg Free, Garlic Free, Nut Free
This is going to be a lot of trial and error because I know how to cook. I'm good at cooking things.
Plus, I like to eat. I do not, however, like to lick trees or eat grass.
I will do whatever it takes to help my boy.
God has led me to a place of peace and knowledge, but this is all new.
Learning how to cook again.
After 30 years, no more butter.
Bacon is teetering on the edge of the pirate plank.
Milk says goodbye.
Cheese is on vacation.
Gluten just said buh bye.
I have made cashew cheese (seems like an oxymoron, yet tastes like paste).
Smoothies have *finally* been mastered. They comprise of bananas, strawberries, almond milk, ice cubes, peanut butter powder, power greens, and chlorophyll.
Gluten-free pizza with garlic free homemade pizza sauce and vegan cheese. He loves it. I, however, barfed in my mouth a bit.
Prayers appreciated.
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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #595383 +++
Description of problem:
fence_dcloud implementation might be a longer term target since it involves getting dcloud support formally into RHEL. In addition, dcloud packages won't be in RHEL5. So we need a fence_rhev agent that uses the RHEV REST API instead of relying on the generic dcloud support. Eventually in RHEL6 fence_rhev can be replaced by fence_dcloud. But we need a shorter term solution and a REST based fence agent should be simple to develop and test.
This bug is dependent on full support for the RHEV REST API. Once a bug has been filed on that the dependency should be set.
Created attachment 449455 [details]
Fence agent for RHEV-M REST API
Created attachment 449456 [details]
Fencing library
Fixed in http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=cluster.git;a=commit;h=20433b6cab6465b2cdaefb3d383d12da68cab309
Just so followers of this bug are aware, QA is aware this bug is ON_QA. We are stalled due to lack of hardware and infrastructure to perform this testing. This is being addressed on two fronts:
A) Buying new dedicated hardware for RHEV+RHCS testing (similar to VMware+RHCS and KVM+RHCS testing). However, this is a slow process with a few hiccups along the way.
B) Taking a slice off of the new cluster in Westford temporarily. Dean and Chris Feist are working on making nodes available.
If anyone has any leverage to move "A" along faster, that would be much appreciated.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The Love Story
Lately, however, I've noticed a disturbing trend in the books I've picked up. The guy that the main character is drawn to is bad. Not bad as in "on opposing sides of the war" bad, (that's kinda fun, actually) but bad as in lies, manipulates, and ignores her. And in most cases, the seemingly intelligent MC knows this, but "loves" him anyway.
Now, in all fairness, these are usually the beginnings of a series, and I'm confident that by the last book, jerk-boy will turn over a new leaf, realize what he has, and deserve her. My problem is that, in real life, that rarely happens. You're more likely to end up with a jerk who doesn't respect you. Please don't get me wrong. I know people can change, and I know girls don't really fall for someone because they act like the butt-head turned nice guy in the novel they are currently reading. But I am worried that if we keep making this behavior look attractive, or even "normal," more and more girls will start to believe that's the way it's supposed to be.
So, am I overreacting? What if the love interest from your favorite novel was real? Would you date him, or let your daughter? I know the bad boy plot is here to stay, but should we really be okay with our heroines following them blindly because "they'll change" eventually? Thoughts please.
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This is one of many reasons I have always steered clear of reading romance novels. There are enough downers in the world without throwing in a character from a book who is typically disrespectful and conceited. Readers always like to see someone come over from the darkside but what about the path of destruction they left behind?ReplyDelete
ack. i'm not a big romance fan- in general. but i prefer stories where the romantic interest is unexpected. i get really annoyed by the glorification of character's physical attributes at the expense of their personalities. i think that author's need to use their conscientious (i can NEVER spell that word) when writing. but i think that much can be learned from character fallibility. i guess it comes down to the depth of the character and what the novel as a whole is saying. i guess i'd have to decide story by story whether i thought the message was one i'd support. but honestly, most of the love interests in YA annoy the heck out of me. can't the shy nerd guy get any love? how about the homely gal? *sigh*ReplyDelete
Thanks ladies. And Vic, I agree. we all need love, not just the pretty people. :)ReplyDelete


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Member Networking Reception (East Lansing)
Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 4:30 - 6:30
Join MSU Executive MBA and Michigan Nonprofit Association for food and fun while attending our afternoon networking reception.
This FREE event is a great opportunity to meet and build relationships with your fellow nonprofit colleagues.
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The Devotion System Review, Work or a scam?
How to make any man love you, obsess over you, attracted to you and desire you, only learning few magical secret set of words? In this short review about Amy North's program, (The Devotion System Review), I am going to mention some pros and cons, about The Devotion System product, so just keep reading The Devotion System Review to the» Read more


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What the ????
Questions are marked by a sign that can furrow the brow and send the mind on a quest for answers. Be they rhetorical, theoretical, existential, practical, emotional, educational or mundane, questions surround our lives and saturate the experience of being human. Why? When? Where? How? Whom? Sometimes we ask these things and sometimes we do not. When do we ask these things and when do we not? How and why are questions expressed, how and why are they not? What are your big questions and little mysteries? What are the one-word answers, the lengthy diatribes, the evasions and explications that accompany the queries and uncertainties that dog your experiences? How do you mark the question?
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The National Political Committee (NPC) has announcedthat it will not submit an organizational priorities resolution to the 2019 DSA National Convention. If the National Convention were to acquiesce in the NPC's failure to present proposed organizational priorities to it for its consideration, the result would not be that DSA does not have organizational priorities, but that they will be determined in less democratic and less transparent ways, by subordinate bodies such as the next NPC or by the national staff. This is NOT how a healthy democratic socialist organization should function.In the absence of an organizational priorities resolution from the NPC, the DSA North Star Caucus is submitting such a resolution, so the National Convention can debate and democratically decide the direction of the organization over the next year. Our resolution reflects what we believe should be DSA's priorities, but we would urge other caucuses and individuals who have different priorities to prepare amendments reflecting their views of DSA's priorities, so the National Convention can consider the full range of perspectives in our ranks, and make a democratic decision.
Proposed National Priorities for DSA for 2019-2020
WHEREAS for a membership organization to be truly democratic, it is essential that the important decisions about its political positions and its political work be made as close as possible to the membership, with the widest possible discussion and participation;
WHEREAS as a democratic socialist organization, DSA has among its first principles the importance of collective action, informed by a strategic assessment of the historical moment in which we find ourselves and what it demands of us, and the necessity of deciding how we act collectively through the most democratic processes;
WHEREAS in DSA, the National Convention is established "highest decision making body" in our Constitutions and By-Laws, and has the widest participation of rank-and-file members from across the country;
WHEREAS the democratic venue for establishing DSA's organizational priorities must therefore be the National Convention; if the National Convention does not act, the important decisions over organizational priorities will necessarily devolve to subordinate decision making bodies with less participation, such as the National Political Committee (NPC), or to the national staff, and be less democratic;
THAT this 2019 National Convention of Democratic Socialists of America do hereby establish the top three priorities for our organizational work for the period until to our next annual Convention:
People Are REady to Fight !
"Only direct action—or the threat of it—will move the boss." Sara Nelson, the flight attendants union president whose strike threat ended Trump's government shutdown, on building a fighting labor movement.
On May 10, 2019, Association of Flight Attendants president Sara Nelson gave a speech to the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America's annual Eugene Debs–Lucy Gonzalez Parsons–A. Philip Randolph Dinner. Jacobin reproduced the speech here in full, lightly edited for online publication.
That spirit is what led flight attendants to declare we wouldn't work flights that facilitated the Trump Administration's evil policy of immigrant family separations. And it's that spirit that led us to take a firm stand during the government shutdown, when millions of people were out of work, others were forced to work without pay, all of us were increasingly unsafe, and our entire economy was on the line. With access to 360 million voters in our workplace, we intend to continue to use the spirit of our union for good.
And let me tell you I'm proud to be with you, the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America. You have won some great victories here in this city this year. You have helped elect some incredible leaders.
Still, some ignorant political hack or media purveyor of hate is likely talking trash right now about democratic socialists. And here's what I have to say. Helen Keller was a democratic socialist. And so was Albert Einstein. And so was George Orwell. And Bayard Rustin. And the Reuther family.
When Nazi troops came to the Warsaw Ghetto to kill the last Jews left, the men and women on the rooftops who met them with gasoline bombs were democratic socialists, and democratic socialists stood up against dictatorship throughout the twentieth century, they filled Stalin's camps and Siberian graves.
The minimum wage, national health care, worker safety rules, Social Security — before the Great Society and before the New Deal, this was the democratic-socialist agenda.
And of course our democratic-socialist working heroes, Eugene Victor Debs, A. Philip Randolph, and Lucy Gonzalez Parsons. The police called Lucy Parsons "more dangerous than a thousand rioters" because of her skills as an orator, organizer, and rabble-rouser.
Her cry that only direct action — or the threat of it — will move the boss is a lesson we can all do well to remember. Read more.
Proposed Resolution: Defeating Trump, Trumpism and Election Democratic Socialists and Progressives
Defeating Trump, Trumpism, and Electing Democratic Socialists and Progressives
Submission to the national convention. We need your endorsements. Use this form. Include your e mail and telephone number.
Whereas, our first priority is the electoral and political defeat of Donald Trump, the Trump-dominated Republican Party and the authoritarian forces aligned with them. The white nationalist, patriarchal,authoritarianism of Trumpism poses a 'clear and present danger' to working people and their unions, to people of color, to women, to LGBTQIA people, to immigrants, to members of minority religious faiths and to democracy itself.
And whereas, a Trump victory in the 2020 elections would consolidate an authoritarian state with the most reactionary politics, expand imperial aggression abroad and shrinkthe political space for democratic and left forces at home.
And whereas, failure to prioritize the defeat of Trumpism would be nothing less than the abandonment of the struggles against the racism, sexism, white nationalism and bigotry against immigrants, Muslims and Jews that are central to Trumpism:
Be it therefore resolved that the defeat of Trumpism is a strategic imperative, the most important political task of our time.
Be it further resolved that to defeat the Trump regime, the Democratic Party and candidates for office running as Democrats must adopt a progressive platform that breaks decisively with neoliberal politics and economics, rejecting the policies of austerity, privatization, economic deregulation and 'race to the bottom' free trade under corporate hegemony.
Be it further resolved that DSA should promote the development of such a progressive platform, which places the interests of working people and their unions over corporations and the 1%, that takes on the economic impact of institutional racism and sexism in employment and social services, that addresses increasingly catastrophic climate change, protects abortion rights and reproductive justice and promotes the well-being of the great mass of U.S. working people, especially in the provision of fully-funded, universally accessible public goods in health care, education, housing and mass transportation.
Be it further resolved that DSA will vigorously support publicly avowed democratic socialists such as Senator Bernie Sanders and Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib (both DSA members), as well as other progressive elected officials. Bernie Sanders' campaign for President deserves our support precisely because it can advance this progressive platform, even if he does not win the Democratic Party nomination.
And, be it further resolved that DSA's electoral work is most effective and has the greatest impact when we work cooperatively with other progressive organizations on the left – both mass organizations such as unions, civil rights organizations and community groups, and political organizations, such as Our Revolution, the Working Families Party, and Justice Democrats.
And, be it finally resolved that the DSA Electoral Committee shall report to the membership their proposed strategy for achieving the above objectives.
DSA members may endorse the resolution here.
Submitted by Duane Campbell for the North Star Caucus
Proposed DSA Resolution: Addressing Immigration Policy and Defending Immigrants and Refugees
Proposal to national DSA Convention; 2019.
WHEREAS one of the first principles of democratic socialism is the importance of collective action;
WHEREAS our political work should be informed by a strategic analysis of the political economy of U.S. capitalism and the cutting edge issues of the day, with an eye to identifying the critical points of system leverage where we can collectively intervene to maximum political effect; and
Whereas DSA individuals, chapters, and the Immigrants' Rights Working Group have been actively engaged for over six years, and continue to engage in the defense of immigrants and refugees from racists attacks, and promoting
and the promotion of comprehensive immigration reform that would secure their place in the U.S., putting an end to corporate induced competition between native born and immigrant workers, and between U.S. workers and workers abroad. ( See resolution #41 from the 2017 convention).
And, whereas, In the last half century, there has been a major restructuring of the global economy, conducted largely on the terms of transnational corporations seeking ever greater profits. Neo-liberal 'free trade' agreements, such as NAFTA I and II and CAFTA, have produced a global 'race to the bottom,' with capital flight sending good paying union jobs away from workers in the U.S. to countries with low wage employment, many of which are ruled by authoritarian states that ban independent unions. In the Americas, this global 'free trade' economy has devastated entire sectors of the economies of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, leading millions of people attempting to migrate to the U.S. in search of food, jobs, and security. Many also flee the ruthless violence of criminal groups in nations with 'failed' states, as well as the effects of climate catastrophes, from drought to increasingly vicious and destructive storms.
And, whereas, the racist nationalism of Trump and his cohort seeks to exploit the anger of U.S. workers by scapegoating immigrants and refugees, projecting racist fears and resentments on them.
And, whereas, only a politics which breaks with the neo-liberal paradigm can successfully counter the racism of Trump and the nationalist right wing, bringing a measure of justice both to immigrants and refugees and to workers in the U.S.
Be it therefore resolved that:
Resolution: Addressing Immigration Policy and Defending Immigrants and Refugees
May Day 2019 Letter to DSA Comrades
Dear Comrades,
We invite you to join us as members of the North Star caucus of DSA.
You can find our complete Statement of Principles here.
We are committed to democracy as both a means and an end. We believe that socialism cannot be achieved except through democratic struggle.
Our current political priorities include:
We find this an exciting time to belong to DSA. We're growing both from some of our electoral victories in 2018 and from the momentum of the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign, where Senator Sanders forced his opponents and the media to deal with his self-identification as a democratic socialist. We anticipate that DSA's participation in the 2020 Sanders campaign will continue our growth and the development of democratic socialist politics.
DSA has grown to more than 50,000 national members, with organized groups in nearly every state in the union. In many locations, DSA chapters have developed great programs of activity, ranging from Medicare for All advocacy, to electoral engagement, to defense of immigrant communities, to tenant organizing and more.
So why organize a caucus within DSA at all and why now?
Unfortunately, we saw unhealthy developments in the organization. Nearly 40 percent of the delegates to the 2017 National Convention voted to reject any joint work with Our Revolution, the group explicitly organized by Senator Sanders' supporters to carry on the work begun in the 2016 campaign. What was the objection to Our Revolution? It's not pure enough. It doesn't exclusively support explicitly socialist candidates. That stance of political purism isolates DSA from the very people we need to reach. There remains a tendency to deny political participation to the broader, less active DSA membership. DSA is currently not doing enough to engage with our natural allies in coalition work or movement building. Electoral engagement is still criticized by some members as a waste of time. Political purism continues to distract from socialist organizing, even as some members openly reject the principles and tradition of democratic socialism.
Even more disturbing, we saw a trend of people, often operating anonymously through social media but sometimes identifying themselves openly, behaving in a manner that can be only described as toxic. They demonstrated a willingness to scrap any hint of due process or democratic deliberation and to organize digital mobs to enforce some sort of orthodoxy. The toxicity in DSA has not dissipated. If we continue down this path, the least damaging outcomes would be driving good people away from DSA and a descent into irrelevance; a much worse outcome would be that an organization with a toxic internal culture infects the broader progressive left.
North Star exists to challenge these tendencies and make DSA a better organization. We also dismiss the notion that DSA should exist without caucuses.
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When I was offered the position of Kindergarten teacher, I was also asked to set my two orientation dates so that these dates could be given to the prospective families of four and five year olds. I asked my Board why two orientation days were imposed, with their response being a need to test for readiness. I was astonished and initially, did not react outwardly. I did, however, start to consider what would be the purpose of testing five year olds…
Why does a teacher test?
Teachers test for a variety of reasons, I have come to realize. Sometimes we feel that we are mandated to test and that we are ordered to use certain testing tools, guidelines and/or ways of communicating the results of those tests. At other times, we feel the need to move from one step with a child to the next and we know no other way of conducting this then using a form of testing.
Or do we?
Even though I did not answer my Board immediately, I did make an instant decision, that although I would happily run two days of Kindergarten Orientation, I would not be complying with formal testing. The only kind of assessing I would be conducting would surround prominent learning styles and emotional needs. I would be opening up a place for children to feel welcome, safe, engaged and in control of their own learning and hopefully they would feel as if they belonged not only in that place called Kindergarten but also with me.
Many interesting changes are occurring with regard to assessment. Be it authentic or otherwise. Thanks to Dean Shareski, the following is a link to Prairie South School Division in Saskatchewan and their current assessment directive - http://www.prairiesouth.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=245&Itemid=335
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Court of Appeals of Arizona, First Division
April 3, 2018
WALTER ANSLEY, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellees/Cross-Appellants,v.BANNER HEALTH NETWORK, et al., Defendants/Appellants/Cross-Appellees.
from the Superior Court in Maricopa County No. CV2012-007665
The Honorable J. Richard Gama, Judge, Retired The Honorable
Dawn M. Bergin, Judge
Levenbaum Trachtenberg, PLC, Phoenix By Geoffrey M.
Trachtenberg, Justin Henry Co-Counsel for
Entrekin Law Firm, Phoenix By B. Lance Entrekin Co-Counsel
for Plaintiffs/Appellees/Cross-Appellants
Gammage & Burnham, PLC, Phoenix By Richard B. Burnham,
Cameron C. Artigue, Christopher L. Hering Counsel for
Presiding Judge Diane M. Johnsen delivered the opinion of the
Court, in which Judge Kent E. Cattani and Judge Jennifer M.
Perkins joined.
JOHNSEN, Judge
Banner Health Network and several other hospitals ("the
Hospitals") separately contracted with the Arizona
Health Care Cost Containment System ("AHCCCS") to
serve AHCCCS members. In those contracts, the Hospitals
agreed to accept payment from AHCCCS at rates below their
customary charges and not to bill members for the balance.
The plaintiffs in this case are a class of AHCCCS members
("the Patients") who received settlements or damage
awards from third-party tortfeasors for the injuries that
required medical treatment. The Patients sued to enjoin the
Hospitals from enforcing liens on their tort recoveries for
the balance between what AHCCCS paid and the Hospitals'
customary charges. We hold that the Hospitals' contracts
with AHCCCS incorporated federal law, which bars the
Hospitals from enforcing the liens. Accordingly, we affirm
the injunction the superior court entered and direct entry of
judgment in favor of the Patients on their third-party claim
for breach of contract.
The Hospitals recorded their liens pursuant to two statutes,
Arizona Revised Statutes ("A.R.S.") sections 33-931
(2018) and 36-2903.01(G)(4) (2018).[1] The former is a general
statute allowing a health-care provider to file a lien for
its customary charges against a patient's tort recovery.
The latter specifically applies when a hospital has served an
AHCCCS member and allows that hospital to "collect any
unpaid portion of its bill from other third-party payors or
in situations" in which the general medical-lien statute
The Patients alleged federal Medicaid law preempts the
Arizona lien statutes in cases such as theirs, and sought an
injunction barring the Hospitals from recording liens on
their tort recoveries. The Patients argued the liens
constitute impermissible "balance billing, " a term
describing a health-care provider's effort to collect
from a patient "the difference in the amount paid by
Medicaid, or a state plan like AHCCCS, and the amount"
the provider typically charges. Abbott v. Banner Health
Network, 239 Ariz. 409, 412, ¶ 9 (2016).
Early in the litigation, the superior court dismissed a group
of plaintiffs who had settled their lien claims with the
Hospitals and entered partial final judgment as to those
plaintiffs pursuant to Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b).
Those plaintiffs appealed, arguing their settlements lacked
consideration because the Hospitals' liens were preempted
by federal law. We accepted that argument, Abbott v.
Banner Health Network, 236 Ariz. 436, 446, ¶ 30
(App. 2014) (" Abbott I "), but
the supreme court reversed, Abbott, 239 Ariz. 409
("Abbott II "). The supreme court
ruled the settlements were valid and made "fairly and in
good faith" because the validity of the Hospitals'
lien rights was not settled under Arizona law. Abbott
II, 239 Ariz. at 413, 414, 415, ¶¶ 12, 18, 20.
Meanwhile, the superior court certified the remaining
plaintiffs as a class, and both sides moved for summary
judgment on the preemption issue. The superior court ruled in
favor of the Patients on their claim for a declaratory
judgment under the Supremacy Clause that when a hospital has
accepted payment from AHCCCS for treating a patient, a
federal regulation, 42 C.F.R. § 447.15 (2018), preempts
the hospital's state-law right to a lien on the
patient's tort recovery for the balance between what
AHCCCS paid and the hospital's customary charges. The
court then enjoined the Hospitals from "filing or
asserting any lien or claim against a patient's personal
injury recovery, after having received any payment
from AHCCCS for the same patient's care." The court
granted summary judgment to the Hospitals, however, on the
Patients' third-party-beneficiary claim, which alleged
the Hospitals breached their contracts with AHCCCS by
imposing the liens. Finally, the superior court awarded
attorney's fees to the Patients under the private
attorney general doctrine and denied both sides' motions
for new trial.
The Hospitals appealed the preemption ruling and injunction,
and the Patients cross-appealed the judgment against them on
their contract claim. We have jurisdiction pursuant to
Article 6, Section 9, of the Arizona Constitution and A.R.S.
§§ 12-120.21(A)(1) (2018) and -2101(A)(1) (2018).
General Principles.
A superior court "shall grant summary judgment if the
moving party shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any
material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as
a matter of law." Ariz. R. Civ. P. 56(a); see also
Orme School v. Reeves, 166 Ariz. 301, 309 (1990). We
review a superior court's grant of summary judgment
de novo, viewing the evidence and reasonable
inferences in the light most favorable to the non-moving
party. Sanders v. Alger, 242 Ariz. 246, 248, ¶
2 (2017).
The Hospitals argue the Patients' declaratory-judgment
claim under the Supremacy Clause fails because the Supremacy
Clause does not afford a private right of action. See
Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Ctr., Inc., 135 S.Ct.
1378, 1383-84 (2015). We need not address that issue, because
we conclude the superior court erred in denying summary
judgment to the Patients on their contract claim. In
addressing that claim, we conclude that (1) federal law
preempts the Hospitals' rights under Arizona law to
impose liens on the Patients' tort recoveries to recover
the balance between what AHCCCS paid the Hospitals and the
Hospitals' customary rates, (2) the Patients are
third-party beneficiaries of the contracts the Hospitals
entered with AHCCCS, and (3) those contracts require the
Hospitals to comply with the preemptive federal law.
Federal Law Preempts the Hospitals' Lien
Federal law may preempt state law in one of three ways:
Express preemption, field preemption or conflict preemption.
Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp, 467 U.S. 691,
698-99 (1984); White Mtn. Health Ctr., Inc. v. Maricopa
County, 241 Ariz. 230, 239-40, ¶ 33 (App.
2016).[2] The issue here -conflict preemption -
arises when state law stands as an obstacle to the
achievement of Congress's full purpose, or when
compliance with both federal and state laws is impossible.
Crisp, 467 U.S. at 699; White Mtn., 241
Ariz. at 240, ¶ 33. A federal regulation has the same
preemptive effect as a federal statute. Crisp, 467
U.S. at 699. Thus, a federal regulation may render
unenforceable a state law that is otherwise consistent with
federal law. City of New York v. F.C.C., 486 U.S.
57, 63-64 (1988).
Medicaid is a "cooperative federal-state program"
that pays for health care for the needy and the disabled.
Douglas v. Indep. Living Ctr. of So. Calif, 565 U.S.
606, 610 (2012); 42 U.S.C. § 1396-1 (2018). A state that
chooses to participate must "comply with the Medicaid
Act and its implementing regulations."
Rehabilitation Ass'n of Va., Inc. v. Kozlowski,
42 F.3d 1444, 1447 (4th Cir. 1994). To receive federal funds
under the program, a state must create a detailed plan that,
inter alia, specifies "the nature and
scope" of the medical services it will cover.
Douglas, 565 U.S. at 610; see also 42
U.S.C. § 1396a(a) (2018). The plan must be approved by
the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
("CMS"), a division of the Department of Health and
Human Services ("HHS"), which determines whether
the plan complies with federal Medicaid statutes and
regulations. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(b) (plan
approval by HHS secretary); 42 U.S.C. § 1316(a) (2018)
(granting HHS power to withhold funds if changes to state
plan do not comply with federal law); 42 C.F.R. § 430.10
(2018) (describing contents of state plan); see also
Spectrum Health Continuing Care Group v. Bowling, 410
F.3d 304, 313 (6th Cir. 2005) ("state's plan must
comply with federal statutory and regulatory
A fundamental principle of the program is that "Medicaid
is essentially a payer of last resort."
Kozlowski, 42 F.3d at 1447. Toward that end,
patients must assign the state Medicaid agency their rights
"to any payment from a third party that has a legal
liability to pay for care and services available under the
plan." 42 U.S.C. § 1396k(a)(1)(A) (2018);
see A.R.S. § 36-2946(A) (2018) (patients must
assign "all types of medical benefits");
Olszewski v. Scripps Health, 30 Cal.4th 798, 811
(2003). Accordingly, when a hospital submits a claim, the
state Medicaid agency first tries to determine whether a
third party (insurer, tortfeasor) may be liable for paying
the hospital's fees. Olszewski, 30 Cal.4th at
811. If a third party is implicated, the agency rejects the
claim and requires the hospital to determine the amount of
the third party's liability. 42 C.F.R. §
433.139(b)(1) (2018). Once the amount of any third-party
liability is established, the agency will pay the hospital
the difference between the rate it has negotiated with the
hospital and what the hospital will receive from the third
party. Id. When third-party liability is unavailable
or unknown, the state agency pays the hospital its negotiated
rate for treating the patient. 42 C.F.R. § 433.139(c).
If a third party's liability comes to light afterward,
the state agency must seek reimbursement for itself from the
third party when it is cost-effective to do so. 42 C.F.R.
§ 433.139(d).
Consistent with these rules aimed at limiting the costs that
ultimately must be borne by a state Medicaid agency, Arizona
law grants AHCCCS the right to a lien on a patient's
claim against a tortfeasor to recover what AHCCCS pays to
treat the patient. A.R.S. § 36-2915(A) (2018). Moreover,
Arizona requires that a hospital that serves an AHCCCS member
must seek payment from any liable third party (insurer,
worker's compensation carrier, tortfeasor)
before billing AHCCCS. See AHCCCS,
Fee-for-Service Provider Manual at 9-1 (Mar. 2014 rev.)
("AHCCCS has liability for payment of benefits after
Medicare and all other first- and third-party payer benefits
have been paid. Providers must determine the extent of the
first- and third-party coverage . . . prior to billing
AHCCCS."); see also Arizona Administrative Code
("A.A.C.") R9-22-1005 (requiring providers to
identify and notify AHCCCS of potential sources of first- and
third-party liability). If a third party pays the hospital
more than AHCCCS's scheduled rate, AHCCCS will pay the
hospital nothing. A.A.C. R9-22-1003 (AHCCCS pays no more than
the difference between the scheduled rate "and the
amount of the third-party liability"); AHCCCS,
Fee-for-Service Provider Manual at 9-2 (Mar. 2014
There is no dispute that under applicable federal and state
law, if a tortfeasor's liability becomes apparent after
AHCCCS has paid a hospital, AHCCCS may demand reimbursement
from the tortfeasor. See 42 U.S.C. §
1396a(a)(25)(B). The issue here is whether federal law allows
a hospital that has accepted payment from AHCCCS to use state
lien statutes to recover additional monies from the
The Patients argue the Hospitals' liens are invalid under
42 C.F.R. § 447.15, a regulation issued in 1980.
See 45 Fed. Reg. 24889 (Apr. 11, 1980). Federal
regulations dictate the relationship between a state Medicaid
agency and the hospitals with which it contracts. As
applicable here, § 447.15 mandates that a state may
contract only with providers that agree to "accept, as
payment in full, the amounts paid by the agency plus any
deductible, coinsurance or copayment required by the plan to
be paid by the individual." The regulation plainly bars
a hospital that has contracted with AHCCCS from billing a
patient for the balance between what AHCCCS ...
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April 17, 2014 Dr. Mohan Kumar, (IFS:1981), presently Ambassador of India to Bahrain, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to France.
H.E. Dr. Mohan Kumar is a ranking diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service with experience of over 30 years in a variety of interesting and challenging assignments.
Soon after joining the prestigious Indian Foreign Service in 1981, he served as Third Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva until 1984 where apart from learning the French language, he familiarized himself with work at the UN. Between 1984 and 1990, he served as Second Secretary and First Secretary in the Indian diplomatic Missions in Morocco and Congo respectively. Both were francophone countries and he was charged with political and commercial relations between India and these countries.
Between 1990 and 1992, he served at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi as the Desk Officer for India's bilateral relations with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
1992 saw Mohan Kumar begin his long association with the GATT/WTO based in Geneva. Not only was he closely associated with the Uruguay Round of Trade Negotiations, he was also India's lead negotiator in areas such as Textiles, Intellectual Property Rights and Services and represented India at the WTO Marrakesh Ministerial Conference of 1994. Later on he was to return to Geneva and participated in the WTO Ministerial Conferences of Seattle (1999) and Doha (2001). Suffice it to say that a major feature of his career has been his specialization in multilateral diplomacy in general and WTO issues in particular.
In December 2001 Mohan Kumar was posted as Deputy High Commissioner at the Indian Diplomatic Mission in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is one of India's closest neighbours and the relationship is an important one.
In 2005, Mohan Kumar was posted as Head of the Division (Joint Secretary) at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi overseeing India's bilateral relations with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Myanmar, a job that is critical in the Indian foreign policy establishment.
In August 2007 Mohan Kumar assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Paris where he continued till assuming charge as Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bahrain in November 2010.
Ambassador Mohan Kumar is thus a senior Indian diplomat with two different strands of experience. One, clearly, is the vast experience he possesses with regard to WTO. The other is with regard to India's neighbourhood, particularly, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives & Myanmar.
Ambassador Mohan Kumar holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He also holds a doctorate (PhD) from the reputed Sciences Po University in Paris.
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Accessory Dwelling Units could become more widely available in Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- The "In The City for Good - Affordable Housing Action Group" held a round-table discussion Monday with contractors, City Councilman Shaun Palmer, and other community leaders to talk about a new type of affordable housing option. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are living spaces in an added on or renovated part of a pre-existing house that homeowners can rent out.
"It kind of is [new], we've had a few of these in Rochester but we just did a new zoning ordinance of RX2 which will allow that to happen more often and a little bit easier," said Palmer.
While these types of housing can be attractive, they can come with hurdles that might not make them so cost effective. Some big issues these types of units could run into is the initial costs, other zoning and underwritten laws, and getting the unit up to sewer code which could require digging to the middle of the street.
These units are just one potential solution of what could be to come in Rochester as no decisions on the matter were made tonight. All units talked about were presumed to be up to code with ADA standards.
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The development of the legal obligation of due diligence in international law has played a crucial role in the recognition of the responsibility of States to take positive action to prevent and respond to violence against women, whether committed by State officials or by non-State actors. The due diligence obligation confirms that VAWG is not a 'private' matter, but is unequivocally a human rights issue.
The due diligence obligation refers to the duties of the State to respond to human rights violations and it is an important principle of international law. CEDAW recognises the due diligence obligations of States (Articles 2(e), 2(f) and 5 and CEDAW GR 19 and 35). The due diligence obligation defines the responsibilities of States under five key heads: Prevent, Protect, Investigate, Punish, Remedy and Repair.
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Café Work Stories by Javier S.Medina
Javier Sánchez Medina is an artisan of the moment. His dedication and skill drew attention right from the start. Born in Extremadura, he has made Madrid his adopted home. At one point he almost became a firefighter, and today he still can't explain what changed his mind to become an artisan. But he's sure he doesn't regret the decision. Javier loves being an artisan and loves his profession.
He works completely by hand. The tools he uses were inherited from his father, and he wields them with precision and great care. They are as authentic as the Malasaña street where his workshop is located: Calle de El Escorial. The workshop has become a bit crowded of late, so he is opening another one nearby. Javier has figured out how to update traditional crafts like basket weaving and esparto grass weaving for the present day. His pieces with wicker, esparto grass and natural fibres are mainly organic hunting trophies and other products like sunburst mirrors. Seeing how he works and the liturgy surrounding the process is a thrilling sight to behold.
His workshop is austere, yet elegant. The premises breathe artistic genius and radiate his admiration for things well made. Javier loves authentic and simple things, which attracted us to him from the start. Meeting people who represent and transmit these values makes us love our job even more. Visiting Javier's workshop is quite an experience. At Café Leather Supply we are very grateful to him and know he will be a lifelong friend. Not to be missed in Malasaña.


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While we slag off "Black Snake Moan" based on its trailer, Nathan Lee has an early and glowing review in the new issue of Film Comment:
[Christina] Ricci's performance is so fearless, specific, and blazingly committed it carries the second half of the picture over the slight underwriting of [Samuel] L. Jackson's character and his clear limitations as an actor. She's the white-hot focal point of [director Craig] Brewer's loud, brash, encompassing vision of the soul's dark night survived, peering into the dawn. That's right, haters, I said "vision.†And one so honest and healthy and against the grain of indie solipsism and Hollywood cynicism that it's just about visionary.
Over at the Japan Times, Mark Schilling reviews "Soredemo Boku wa Yattenai" ("Even So, I Didn't Do It"), the new film from Masayuki Suo of "Shall We Dance?", starring Ryo Kase, Shimizu in "Letters from Iwo Jima": "If a film can change Japan's legal system, this is the one — but don't hold your breath."
At the Hollywood Reporter, Scott Roxborough writes about how the German critics have reacted to Dani Levy's Hitler comedy with more boredom than shock. Worse, actor Helge Schneider, who plays Hitler, has been speaking up against the film in interviews:
"Making fun of Hitler isn't breaking any taboos," Schneider said in an interview with Die Welt. "Saying what you really think of a movie you were involved in probably is."
"Miss Potter" attracted a fair share of repressed derision from the British press, but they've nothing on Harriet Lane at the Sydney Morning Herald, who, while being kept waiting by tardy interviewee Ewan McGregor, begins a downward mental spiral:
I didn't exactly thrill to Miss Potter at the advance screening, but after several hours trapped in an overheated hotel suite awaiting an audience with one of its stars, I'm beginning to wonder if it's one of the worst movies ever made. The questions that bothered me in the cinema have returned, newly invigorated, and are chasing each other around my head like small, bright-eyed rodents in mobcaps and starched aprons. The first is: what on earth is Ewan McGregor doing in this drippy little movie about Beatrix Potter? I really must ask him, if he ever shows up.
Gina Piccalo at the LA Times looks into "Alpha Dog" and the crimes and case of Jesse James Hollywood, the man who inspired the film. She shares some fascinating details on how the researcher Michael Mehas was given access to files, footage and photos by prosecutor Ronald J. Zonen, only to ultimately get him kicked off the case by informing Hollywood's attorney of the fact.
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle plants a big, wet smack of a kiss on the Janus box set.
And Premiere's Glenn Kenny now has a blog — In The Company Of Glenn. Heh.
+ BLACK SNAKE MOAN (Film Comment)
+ Portrait of a dodgy legal system (Japan Times)
+ No one saluting German comedy 'Fuehrer' (Hollywood Reporter)
+ Bunny in the middle (Sydney Morning Herald)
+ No Hollywood ending (LA Times)
+ Janus Collection is an Art-House Dream (SF Chronicle)
+ Welcome… (In The Company Of Glenn)


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Notes on the Bach Suites
– By Elizabeth King
Despite their fame and popularity, the six suites on tonight's program have a foggy origin. They were written sometime between 1717 and 1723 during Bach's service to Prince Leopold in Cöthen. At this period of the Baroque, the cello would have been a highly unusual choice of instrumentation for solo pieces, its role most often relegated to accompanying. So whether these suites originated for another stringed instrument or as we hear them today is unclear. They could have been written for the 5 string viola pomposa, or the miniature violoncello da spalla (both played on the shoulder like a violin). More appropriate to the Baroque period, they probably were written without a single instrument in mind – just whatever instrument was convenient.
During the 19th century, these pieces fell out of the repertoire, and were mostly relegated to the non-serious status of etudes or student pieces. In 1890, a thirteen-year-old Pablo Casals discovered an edition in a music shop in Barcelona. He became the first modern-era cellist of stature to popularize them as concert pieces, and audiences everywhere since have been glad of it.
The opening of Bach's first cello suite reassures us that everything is okay. (What a terrific way to begin two hours!) In the classical tradition, composers mostly relied on a specific harmonic formula to create structure across a musical piece: a statement of the tonic key, a migration to the dominant key, and a return to the tonic key. As a result, a movement lasting many minutes feels satisfying and complete. In the Prelude of the G major Suite, Bach makes the full circle in the first eight phrases in approximately twenty seconds – a grand journey in miniature. All at once, we are given both the dramatic introduction and the happy ending. Where can it go from here?
As the suites unfold from one to the next, some common themes emerge. Each follows the same pattern of movements of a Baroque dance suite (with slight variation in the fifth movement), which would have been familiar to audiences at the time: prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, menuet/gavotte/bourree, and gigue. Listening to each as a complete piece, we can of course expect changes in energy from one movement to the next. Yet whether fast or slow, flashy or simple, the music is underpinned by a sense of continuous motion. Baroque scholars refer to "counterpoint" as the way various lines fit together. The cello suites are a perfect example – as the solo instrument moves across its range, the bottom lines often form one trajectory while the top lines form another. Think how you would feel if the cellist stopped midstream and wandered off…
What is particularly interesting is the way that the continuous motion flows. Some lines in some moments sound as if they are moving towards a goal; some lines in some moments sound like meditative rest. And at times, both somehow manage to happen at once. Consider an unusual sports team approaching a game's end, where some of the players are assigned to move across a field directly and some are assigned a scenic route, scoring points for the arrival as well as the journey. In each of the cello suites, Bach delivers us both.
Without interfering with the underlying energies, larger structural patterns emerge to help us make sense of the whole. Often small patterns repeat on subsequent notes to form phrases; phrases piece together to mark sections; sections help to assemble movements. Again, all at once, both micro and macro are allowed to emerge. All in, listeners have a lot to keep them busy.
To close the set, Bach uses the gigue of the sixth suite to celebrate everywhere he's been – like finishing a marathon with a dance move. My recommendation is this: find a spirited recording of the pieces (by Yo-Yo Ma or Zuill Bailey or James Wilson, for example) and pop it in the car stereo about four minutes from home. See how you feel when you arrive.
What do you hear?
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Don't bleed on the goods--another old lesson
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That supervisor is really taking his job seriously, lol. I'm sorry about your bleeding skin. I didn't realize that weaving was so hazardous. Hope you are enjoying what you are making now. xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2014 at 6:14 PM
Aging skin does tear more easily and it's slower to heal. Give the supervisor a pat for me.ReplyDelete
Who knew weaving was a blood sport.ReplyDelete
Your supervisor gives me a chuckle.... so stern! so regimented.... I think he/she is Mother Kathleen, my 8th grade teacher reincarnated.ReplyDelete
Love the supervisor.ReplyDelete
Take care of yourself.
Those eyes will spy out any malingerers for sure.ReplyDelete
Hari OmReplyDelete
Cripes, anything which raises blood has to be classed as "X-treme"!! ... why has the cat-o-nine-tails entered my head? YAM xx
Such a cute supervisor you have! I would imagine you need to keep band-aids close by, just in case!ReplyDelete
The supervisor looks very serious, even if he is probably more interested in meal breaks than in the work.ReplyDelete
Am glad to see that you are happily weaving. I hope in my next life that is something I get to do! Have been crocheting and knitting my whole life, but never, unfortunately, had much exposure to looms. The only time I even encountered serious looms was on Madeline Island when we were in WI. I am too old this time around😥! About the thin skin and the cuts. I discovered Nexcare bandages at Walmart. I like them so much that I might have a lifetime supply! They are clear, made to be applied with one hand, and won't come off until you take them off. Really waterproof. Not bulky, either My 2-year-old Yorkie likes to play; alas, I pay a price! I have not been paid to advertise, but the thin skin needs all the help I can get.ReplyDelete
Look forward to "watching" your weaving!Replies
Thanks for stopping by. I'm a lifetime knitter and crocheter, too. I actually learned to crochet with a size 14 hook and 50 DMC, 5 cord, so I could crochet lace on garters I made for my friend's wedding. Long, long time ago.Delete
So glad to see you in the weaving business. you were the continue to be the best ever. Do I have your spool rack? Always keep a roll of masking tape to stop the bleeding onto the weaving. your work is wonderful and always will be the best on the market.ReplyDelete
I sit, agape, as I read these weaving posts. This is a whole new world to me--trying to learn the language!ReplyDelete
"Don't bleed on the goods.'ReplyDelete
That's very good advice, no matter what you might be working on.
Leather in a shoe factory, knitting baby clothes at home, peeling potatoes...no one wants that extra splash of colour.
Toby makes an excellent supervisor.
Fascinating. Thanks for posting your progress with your weaving. Your supervisor looks unimpressed, though. Yes, don't bleed on the goods. That goes for quilters too.ReplyDelete
curious, did you mention it, but what made you go back to weaving again, old loves never die?ReplyDelete
once when I had my lavender farm I cut my thumb with a hand held electric shear and ran in the house to wash it off but since harvesting has to be done very timely I just taped it up and went back to harvesting thinking i could always go to the ER and get stitches later. When I finished harvesting I looked at my thumb which was cut quite deep and it was already starting to heal. I was amazed and then I remembered that lavender essential promotes healing and has been used by medics in the first world ware, I was amazed. I suspect bleeding on cotton would be much more serious than bleeding on lalvender however.
oh wondering if you have ever weaved with other materials other than cotton, linen, silk, hemp, and can knaff be used in weaving?ReplyDelete
Watch out for that supervisor. He/she looks a hard task master to me!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2014 at 9:29 AM
Can you wear thin gloves?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM
You seem to enjoy this type of work. Keep going.ReplyDelete
Joanne, this reminds me of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty - she she pricked her finger with the spindle. Don't do that - take care!ReplyDelete
Ow ow ow! I didn't know weaving was so dangerous! :) I like your feline assistant!ReplyDelete
Don't bleed on the goods - that's ALWAYS good advice!ReplyDelete
Fascinating stuff.
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2015 at 4:58 PM
Hazards of Handweaving! Remember when the Bureau Workers Compensation was having a hard time rating you because all they could find in their lists were looms that used to suck off childrens' fingers during the Industrial Revolution!ReplyDelete


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Galaxy's Chief Operating Officer for Japan Development Ted Chan doesn't believe in being the loudest international IR operator in Japan, but as he explained to Asia Gaming Brief in an exclusive interview, he does believe in a step-by-step, careful approach that brings real strength when it comes time to make a move.
After more than one year in his current role, Chan notes, "We've got to be more patient… Licensing here is a bit complicated."
While Galaxy does occasionally poke its head up in public as it did with its sponsorship of the EuroJapan Cup, for the most part they've been spending their time studying and assembling a powerful in-country team. There are now 17 Galaxy employees in their Japan office, not including the wider team of consultants, designers, and others.
"Living here makes a huge difference," Chan explains, "Working in headquarters you have a lot of distractions."
Galaxy thus possesses one of the largest—possibly the largest—international IR teams working inside Japan today. In particular, Chan states that they have been "assembling a very strong design team" for the various candidate IR locations. "Every city is different," he says, as Galaxy continues to rule out no options in Japan, pursuing both major urban and regional markets.
Chan's cautious and methodical approach is revealed by his repeated comments that "we need more clarity" before making any bold public moves.
As for the issue of Galaxy's anticipated Japanese consortium partner, Chan declines to identify the company which they are negotiating with, but says they are "reasonably close" to tying up a deal.


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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) serves limited resource individuals and families across North Carolina. SNAP-Ed is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture-Food and Nutrition Service and works in collaboration with the NC Department of Health and Humans Services, Division of Social Services.
The goal of SNAP-Ed is to assist those eligible for food assistance to eat smart and move more. SNAP-Ed works to help participants make healthy choices within a limited budget and choose physically active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate.
NC State University's SNAP-Ed Program is Steps to Health. Steps to Health provides nutrition education program for preschoolers, kindergarteners, 2nd-grade students, 3rd-grade students, 4th-grade students, adults, Latino families, and older adults.
Steps to Health is dedicated to inspiring healthier communities by shaping the environments where limited-income people buy, cook, consume, and enjoy food. We support NC State Extension professionals in efforts to create policies, systems, and environments that make the healthy choice the easy choice in locations that serve low-income families and individuals. (Read More on PSE)
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Burkina Faso hotel attack leaves at least 23 dead, dozens of hostages freed
UPDATED: 7:15 a.m. ET, with detail on kidnapping
At least 23 were reported dead and 126 hostages were freed as Burkina Faso and French forces took back control of an upscale hotel in the capital that had been stormed by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants Friday night.
In a separate development Saturday, the government said an Austrian doctor and his wife had been kidnapped by extremists near the country's northern border with Mali.
President Roch Marc Christian Kabore said Saturday that four attackers at the hotel had been killed, with the fourth being killed in a nearby hotel. There were conflicting reports over whether any of the killed militants were women.
The government said 33 of the freed hostages were injured. Among the freed hostages was the country's minister of public works, Clement Sawadogo.
The Splendid Hotel, a popular gathering place for western diplomats and businesspeople in Ouagadougou, came under gunfire Friday night, along with a nearby cafe. The local al-Qaeda affiliate AQIM (al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) claimed responsibility for the attack online.
The attack is similar to one on a Radisson Blu hotel in the Malian capita of Bamako in November, which left 19 dead. Tomi Oladipo, BBC Africa security correspondent, said a recently consolidated AQIM is seeking to cement its status as the dominant jihadist group in the region.
#AQIM issued statement on "Burkina Faso Invasion," identifying fighters as al-Murabitoon, declaring op as revenge https://t.co/OlmOTLv5uF
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) January 16, 2016
Dozens of French security forces came from Mali to respond to the attack, with one U.S. military member embedded with the forces at the scene, according to the Associated Press. The gunfire ramped up into early Saturday morning as the forces fought to claim back the hotel.
Images on social media showed the hotel in flames, and survivors described the terrifying attack.
"We could hear them talking and they were walking around and kept shooting at people that seemed alive," survivor Yannick Sawadogo told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
"Everyone was panicked and was laying down on the floor. There was blood everywhere, they were shooting at people at point blank," he said. He escaped through a broken window.
Journalist Salif Ouedraogo shared video of the sound of explosions and fire coming from the hotel.
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Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said that the attack appeared well planned. The attackers came to the hotel during the day and mingled with the guests, with more attackers joining as darkness fell, he told the CNN affiliate. Witnesses said the attackers wore turbans and didn't speak a language native to Burkina Faso.
Attackers struck the Cappuccino cafe across the street, with about 100 people inside, before starting the hotel assault.
The U.S. Embassy in Ouagadougou condemned the attack.
We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the victims during this senseless assault on innocent people.#burkina #iwili
— USEmbassyOuaga (@Usembassyouaga) January 16, 2016
French President Francois Hollande said he stands with the nation against the "odious and cowardly attack."
Burkina Faso had mostly escaped unrest in the region until recently, but has been in a state of political turmoil. The president has only been in office three weeks after a historic election in November which saw the end of three decades of autocratic rule by Blaise Compaore in a civil uprising.
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Learn About Fabric Filters
We all are aware of the fact that industries emit so many gases. The gases are usually emitted from the production processes. The gases that are usually emitted should always be friendly to the environment. Always have in mind the fact that the gases emitted in the by the industries have to be friendly to the ozone layer at all times. Before any industry releases the gases to the atmosphere, they have to cleanse it.
By releasing cleansed air into the environment, we get to tame global warming. You ought to understand that the outlet for the gases that the industries usually emit is filtration. The main function of the fabric filters is to ensure that there is removal of particles from the gas streams. The following article seeks to educate people on the benefits that come with fabric filters. Another important aspect of the fabric filters that usually stand to enhance filtration of the waste gases from the industrial processes is the fact that they are contained in a housing that comes with an inlet of gases and at the very same time the outlet connections.
The very first benefit would be high collection efficiencies. The fabric filters are said to be very efficient in the sense that they are known to posses more than just ninety nine percent when it comes to the collection of waste gases. It is vital to understand that the fabric filters operates within specific limits. They also have a constancy of efficiency when it comes to static pressure. It is vital to understand that the fabric filters are considered to be better than all the other dust collectors people are usually familiar with. The fabric filters are considered to be the best and at the same time more efficient as compared to the other dust collectors for one reason and that is the range of particle sizes and concentration that they always deal with.
Secondly, fabric filter brings about fuel efficiency. The major reason as to why the fabric filters are fuel efficient is because the effectiveness of dust collection is never really affected by the sulfur content of the combustion fuel. The fabric filter usually functions under a very simple principle. You ought to be aware of the fact that when it comes to the fabric filter, the dust laden gas is the one to go through the fabric and that is the said principle. The fabric will then trap the gases because of different physical mechanisms. With the fabric filter, direct interception and inertial impaction are very important. You ought to be aware of the fact that the direct interception, inertial interception and diffusion are very significant since they are the processes through which the particles get separated from the gas streams.
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