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But when I listen to the radio and hear programmes like Crossing Continents - Forced Sterilisation in Uzbekistan I cannot ignore the world and what is going on in the realms of Reproductive Health Care and Population Control. My emotional reaction to this programme was tied to so many things - overall what hurts me most about my obsession of trying to understand life and how it is created is the DISGUSTING and UNACCEPTABLE VIOLENCE that women are subjected to in the name of 'protecting mothers and babies'.
"They told her husband she needed to be stitched up...so he signed a piece of paper the doctor gave him. But instead they gave her an aesthetic, cut her open and tied her tubes. When she woke up she didn't know why she'd been operated on. She's devastated, now she is sick all the time" (woman interviewed in programme).
This programme and the issues discussed are very distressing - even more so in that these woman are not alone in being subjected to the unnecessary opening of their abdomen and uterus, the insertion of foreign objects by coercion or more permanently the removal of the uterus - the sacred space where new life begins.
Last night I lost some sleep... not because I had some magical foresight that I would here this provocative programme today but on a more selfish note I was dwelling over comments sent to me by an anonymous reviewer from one of my submissions as a fledgling academic. Not unconnected to the story of these women and the many more I come across in my all consuming search for answers in fact it probably contributed to the emotional outburst I had when I listened to the radio. The reviewer in all gave me some excellent pointers as to how I should restructure a paper on Obstetric Violence and Unnecessary C-Sections in Mexico. In fact I should be relieved that for the first time my work wasn't completely trashed and sent back with a "thanks, but no thanks" message.... I have taken a step forward, I have reached the infamous rewrite and resubmit stage - the academic journal second chance!
That is an improvement but I can't help but feel a little troubled by one sentence in my reviewers' comments. I was reminded (as apparently I should be very aware) that Obstetric Violence is a contested notion within feminism, critiqued for being a reactionary radical feminist thing. Firstly, HOORAY I'm categorised as radical haha! I didn't know that was bad, apparently in post modern feminism it is - Am I to understand by this that I going in the wrong direction to feminist obscurity? In quite a radical fashion I must say NO! nay, nay and thrice nay! I can swallow many a bitter review pill, but denial of Obstetric Violence as I took the time to define in my paper I cannot do. This calls for some deep consideration and philosophical pondering about the nature and representation of violence in cultural and global context!
Women's bodies Check! Internal Organs Check! unwanted physical invasion of both Check! threatening behaviour from people in positions of power Check! complicated by structural violence and population control strategies Check! Being told you cannot decide over what you do with your body Check! Religious overtones and appropriation over existential meanings in the name of Rights Check!..... Must I continue?? or can I just say = VIOLENCE within the practice and name of OBSTETRICS = OBSTETRIC VIOLENCE??!! a case where no, a rose by any other name WOULD NOT smell so bitter!
In an insightful essay on Testimonies of Violence Philosophy Professor Ken Parson's writes:
"..a recognition of violence within philosophy must include that those occurrences or outcomes were avoidable or can be, or could have been, prevented. Restricting our thinking to a social understanding of violence may seem trivial, but the importance of analytic clarity of this conception has far reaching normative considerations." (my emphasis)
By treating violence as a social phenomenon and according to Parson's definition I can quite strongly defend that the appalling treatment of women around the world in the name of population control can be defined as obstetric violence. There are many steps along the social, cultural and healthcare path that make forced sterilisation, unnecessary caesarean, episiotomies, verbal abuse, permission to operate by proxy etc. COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE and PREVENTABLE.
As one woman so eloquently puts it in the Crossing Continents programme:
"If population is a problem why don't they tell people - "Don't have babies" - why don't they educate us? No, instead they take our uterus' out!"
I am not making women out to be victims and therefore oppressing them by describing the nature of this violence, which on many occasions is also carried and out and supported by female medics. I am simply describing what I hear - VIOLENCE !! I do view all women of the world as constant survivors and champions over a strange, strange world where the joy of being alive is often peppered by attempts to CONTROL, Control and abuse physical and psychological movement.
I am someone who believes and interprets Foucault in a way that does not restrict docility to physicality as if psychology had no role to play. Resistance comes in many forms - but when you are over powered by a state structure,govt. policy and legislation, institutions, person in white coat with scalpel, removal of your body parts and later your husband because you are unable to have more children in a culture that prizes large families... I don't see that as docility in terms of laziness, I understand that docility as a survival tactic until some form of collective action can make change and make the sadness go away...


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We have both friends and family who have kids who look so much alike--whether the kids are the same gender or not. And, clearly, there are families who have kids who look nothing alike! Well, of the 2, I think we have the former. Here are some baby pictures of Caia and Isaac.
Isaac's first day of life
Isaac's Here!
Jonathan "Isaac" Griffith was born on February 1, 2010. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 5 oz. and was 19.75 inches long.
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Faculty Tribute: Sister Claire Wagstaff, Jan.19,1921-Jan.1,2007
By Father Patrick LaBelle '61
Illustration by Dustin Boudreau
Good evening Gentlemen. It would be a wonderful gesture of your sense of community if you could help us restore this room to its normal purpose as a dining room." This, coming as it did, from a tall, very elegant Sister in classic white habit and black veil, was one of those moments that left nothing to the imagination. We had had a wonderful "mixer" with the women from Dominican College in San Rafael, and now it was time for that little bit of chivalry that identified the Saint Mary's Gentleman. Each of our sister schools had much the same experience to offer at the end of the evening, but there was something special about the invitation at Dominican. The woman inviting us to work was the dean of students, and she was nothing short of spectacular. In those days all one could see of the Sister was a brilliant face, an engaging smile and confidence. She moved with elegance, spoke with energy and purpose and helped us understand in a nice way that what we heard was a directive much more than it was an invitation. This woman was Sister Joseph, known to us eventually as Sister Clare. Her closer friends and the multitude that loved her also called her "Sister Have a Chat."
Sister Clare was a Stanford graduate, and followed her Stanford degree with multiple master's degrees and eventually a doctorate from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She was a philosopher, a splendid teacher and well-respected dean. Sister Joseph taught, administered and lived in the residence halls of Dominican College for more than 20 years. When the changes came after the Second Vatican Council and many women religious returned to their given names, Sister Joseph became Sister Clare Wagstaffe.
Shortly after I was sent to Seattle to work at the University of Washington, I was able to convince Sister Clare to come north to work with me. She moved from direct ministry to administration and eventually went to Denver to direct the Office of Ministry to Young Adults and Campus Ministry. As fate would have it, she and I had lunch one afternoon some years after she went to Denver, and she indicated that she was ready to return to direct ministry. She asked if I had any suggestions, and the great love of my life came to mind. I told her she would be perfect for Saint Mary's College. In 1980, she began a career at the College that included being the dean of women, associate dean of students, residence hall director, seminar teacher and eventually the architect of the Orientation Program. She lived at the College for 24 years, leaving in 2004 only when her failing health demanded the move.
Two very important things happened to Sister Clare while at the College. Sister transferred her vows from San Rafael to the Sisters of the Holy Spirit, and she received from the Christian Brothers the great honor of being formally affiliated with the Institute. She is one of the very few "affiliated members" who is a woman. She became, in a very real way, Brother Sister Clare, FSC, and she was unreservedly proud of this singular honor. To illustrate her love for the Institute, the College and the Brothers, she asked that she be buried with the Brothers at their cemetery at Mont La Salle in Napa. She is the only woman buried among the Brothers there.
I believe that few, if any, would correct me when I say that no student or member of the College community whose lives intersected with Sister Clare ever forgot the experience. The warm, loving welcome, the words of encouragement, the hope and confidence in her eyes, became synonymous with Saint Mary's. The students she taught and counseled, the faculty who were her colleagues, the parents who entrusted their sons and daughters to Sister Clare and to the College all walked away from her knowing that life is good and hope would make things even better. Whether we knew her by the loving name given her by nephews and nieces, "the white queen," or just plain Clare, she was a person who spoke the teaching of Jesus and the traditions of the academy in a way that was a credit to her faith, her love of people and our loving God, or the master teacher La Salle. Sister Clare Wagstaffe is yet another brick in the history and heritage of Saint Mary's. It is the strength of such people that will embody and speak the treasured prayers: Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Pray for Us and Live Jesus in Our Hearts – Forever!


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There's a fruit out there that is uniquely American, and it's not the apple in your pie. It's the cranberry. Unlike most of the fruits and vegetables that we've covered in the Real Food series, the cranberry does not have previous lives in far away lands before coming to North America. Along with the Concord grape, the blueberry and a few others, the cranberry was born on native soil.
Brief History of Cranberries
Historians agree that the first European explorers documented Native Americans foraging for wild cranberries, not only for food but medicine and dye for textiles. They'd sweeten fresh berries with honey or maple syrup, or dry the fruit and pound it with dried meat and melted animal fat into a variation on jerky called pemmican. Ground, dried cranberries were used as an antibacterial poultice. Depending on the Indian tribe, the cranberry went by many names, ibimi ("bitter berry"), atoqua and sassamanesh, among them.
Early settlers in Massachusetts would learn the versatility of this fruit soon after their arrival in 1620, but there is no evidence that cranberries were part of the "first Thanksgiving" in 1621. The word "cranberry" comes from the German word kranebeere, which means "craneberry." Others assert that early settlers thought the cranberry blossom (visible in the summer) resembled the head and bill of a crane. Either way, the "cranberry" was born.
Before the end of the 17th century, settlers as well as curious visitors were discovering the mighty cranberry and its financial potential. They were pressing juice and shipping cranberries back to Europe, and discovered they held up remarkably well because of a naturally occurring preservative called benzoic acid. Because of their high Vitamin C content, the berries were eaten on ships to prevent scurvy.
Seventeenth century British sojourner/ author John Josselyn noted in his 1672 book, New England's Rarities Discovered, "The Indians and English use them much, boyling them with Sugar for Sauce to eat with their Meat; and it is a delicate Sauce especially for roasted Mutton; Some make Tarts with them as with Goose Berries."
A little more than 100 years later, the cranberry makes an appearance in American Cookery, the first known cookbook written by an American. In the 1796 collection, author Amelia Simmons recommends serving roast turkey or fowl with "cramberry-fauce," as well as boiled onions, mangoes, pickles or celery.
Cranberries remained the stuff of the marshy wilderness until the early 1800s. A gent by the name of Captain Henry Hall, based in the coastal town of Dennis, Massachusetts, noted that covering cranberry vines with sand made them grow. His discovery led to draining swamplands and the development of commercial cranberry bogs. By the mid 1800s, the first census of cranberry acreage would go on the records.
From New England, cranberry cultivation spread to coastal areas of New Jersey and Wisconsin, and by the 1870s, into Washington and then Oregon.
In 1912, Americans were introduced to jellied cranberry sauce in a can, which would set the stage for another chapter in cranberry history. By 1930, three smaller cranberry processors merged to form a large grower-owned coop that would become known as Ocean Spray; the first OS product was canned cranberry sauce, followed by a sweetened "cranberry cocktail" in a bottle.
During WWII, cranberries were considered a war crop and the government requested that the cranberry industry focus on dehydrating fruit that could be sent to troops overseas.
Factual Nibbles
- "Cramberys" were on the menu at the 1703 commencement dinner at Harvard College.
- Homesick for his favorite foods while living in England in the mid-1700s, founding father Benjamin Franklin would ask his wife, Deborah, to ship him cranberries.
- In 1863, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, which coincided with the cranberry "gold rush" spreading across the country.
- According to Ocean Spray, Americans open more than 70 million cans of jellied cranberry sauce during the winter holiday season.
- The cranberry became the official state berry of Massachusetts in 1994 and the official state fruit of Wisconsin in 2004.
- In 1993, Ocean Spray Cranberries introduced a line of dried cranberries and dubbed them "Craisins." The word has been trademarked by Ocean Spray but has entered the American vernacular as the nickname for dried cranberries.
Cranberry Cultivation
Botanically, we're talking about Vaccinium macrocarpon, a member of the Heather (Ericaceae) family. Relatives include the blueberry and bilberry.
Neither bush nor tree, the American cranberry (there are European varieties) is an evergreen vine, with short, woody runner stems that creep along the ground. Its ideal habitat is a low swampy bog and acidic, sandy soil. Although they don't grow under water, cranberries harvested for processing (juice, dried fruit, etc.) are done so by intentionally flooding the bogs. The dislodged berries float to the top of the bog and are gathered using big scoops. "Dry" harvests are done for fresh berries, which represent just 5-10 percent of annual cranberry crops. (Most Americans get their 2.3 pound annual cranberry fill in their juice glass.)
The cranberry has a unique growing cycle. Mature fruit makes a one-time, short-term appearance in the early fall. Flowers bud in late spring but the fruit will not even form for months.
According to USDA statistics, Wisconsin produced 60 percent of the nation's 8-million-barrel-strong cranberry haul in 2012, followed by Massachusetts, which produced about one-fourth of the nation's total. It is the number one fruit crop for Massachusetts. Smaller yields come from New Jersey, Oregon and Washington. In Canada, British Columbia is the most cranberry-prolific part of the country. Most recently, Ocean Spray has expanded its bog operations to Chile.
Cranberry Seasonality
As mentioned earlier, fresh cranberries have one season: fall. They are harvested from late September until early November. Oregon and Washington have later harvests, and as a result bear more deeply pigmented fruit. If you live in a cranberry growing state, you may be lucky enough to find fresh cranberries at farmers' markets and farm stands. Most of us will find fresh cranberries in supermarket produce aisles into mid-December.
Environmental Impact of Growing Cranberries
The USDA has not tested conventional cranberries for pesticide residues since 2006, which explains their absence from the Environmental Working Group's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce, EWG spokesperson Sara Sciammacco told me in an e-mail.
Still, it's worth noting what the Pesticide Data Program detected seven years ago. At that time, 69 percent of sampled cranberries contained residues from a combined total of 12 different pesticides. 44 percent of all samples contained residues from one pesticide; an additional 10 percent contained residues from two pesticides. Of the 12 detected pesticides, three - acephate, chlorpyrifos and methamidophos - belong to a class of highly toxic pesticides called organophosphates.
In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classified acephate as a "possible human carcinogen"; in 2000, the EPA banned chlorpyrifos (sold as Dursban) for residential use, and in 2012, announced further restrictions for food crops. A 2007 study conducted at Columbia University showed potential links between chlorpyrifos exposure and ADHD among children; over the years, it has also been studied for links to increased incidence of Parkinson's Disease and certain kinds of cancer.
Pesticides and cranberries go way back, too. In 1959, fresh cranberries from Oregon and Washington were the subject of a nationwide scare due to concern of potential contamination by the weed killer Aminotriazole, believed to cause cancer. On November 9, just two weeks before Thanksgiving, the Eisenhower administration advised consumers not to buy cranberries from either Oregon or Washington, which had been feared contaminated. The announcement created a panic and supermarkets nationwide pulled cranberries from the shelves.
The "Cranberry Crisis of 1959" led to an aminotriazole ban on food crops in 1971. Although still in the marketplace for use on non-food crops, aminotriazole is classified as a Restricted Use pesticide and according to the NIH, is "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen."
By their very nature, cranberry bogs require tremendous amounts of water (particularly during harvest). As my Real Food Right Now colleague Leslie Hatfield reported last year, Wisconsin still observes an 1867 "Cranberry Law" that exempts growers from getting permits to build dams to facilitate cranberry production. Nationally, cranberry growers are exempt from several pieces of the Clean Water Act.
But change is coming, even if slowly, and it seems that cranberry growers are making inroads on the way to sustainability. The Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, which represents 400 growers and 14,000 acres, has been experimenting with solar-powered, automated irrigation and low-phosphorus fertilizer to help conserve and protect water in adjacent wetlands and ponds.
Organic growers are a fledgling part of the industry. A handful of growers are growing organically in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Oregon, with a small contribution from Maine. Starvation Alley, a 10-acre farm in Long Beach, Washington, is poised to be that state's first organic cranberry grower.
Given the cranberry's pesticide rap sheet, we recommend organic crans, or locally sourced berries in a cran-growing state. (See our veggie rule of thumb. *)
Cranberry Characteristics
At first glance, a bowl of fresh cranberries looks like a bunch of baubles waiting to be strung. They come in various shades of red, from faintly pink to crimson.
Pop one in your mouth just as is and you're in for an astringent wallop. Ooh, it's tart. Unless you're into puckered lips, you'll need to sweeten them up. Raw crans pack more of a sour punch than cooked. In the past decade, white cranberries have shown up in the marketplace; they are ripe berries picked a few weeks earlier before the pigments have a chance to deepen and typically are less tart. These days, you're more likely to find white cranberry juice than white fresh crans.
What to Look For When Buying Cranberries
Fresh cranberries should have a sheen. Their color should be bright and opaque versus pale or translucent. Spoiled cranberries will be soft and will not bounce. Personally, I look for crans with a deep, rich color.
Cranberry Nutrition
One-half cup of raw cranberries clocks in at just 25 calories, but remember most of us can't bear its sour strength. You'll get a nice dose of Vitamin C and more than two grams of fiber.
But the real power of cranberries lies within its pigments, where there's a mother lode of disease-fighting and health-supporting phytonutrients.
As mentioned earlier, cranberries are a natural source of benzoic acid, a preservative, but it also has antibacterial properties. This is why cranberries discourage plaque buildup in the mouth and are being studied for their potential ability to treat ulcers of both the stomach and the mouth as well as gum disease. Scientists continue to research the fruit's ability to ward off (but not treat) urinary tract infections, as recently as this summer.
Cranberries are packed with anthocyanins, which have been studied for their potential cancer-fighting powers, specifically on cancers of the breast, colon, lung and prostate.
Also of interest is the berry's anti-inflammatory response, which may be helpful in treating a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. A caveat: Cranberries contain oxalates, which could be an issue for anyone being treated for kidney stones. Check with your medical provider for more information.
About those dried cranberries that we've all come to love: It's worth checking labels to see how they are sweetened. Some brands, such as Eden Organics sweetens its organic dried crans with apple juice concentrate; others such as Bob's Red Mill, Sun-Maid and Ocean Spray Craisins are sweetened with sugar.
What to Do with Cranberries and How to Cook Them
Just because most Americans drink most of their annual cranberry fill doesn't mean you have to.
And what's the obsession with the squiggly jiggly stuff in a can? There's no need to be scared of making the real thing; fresh cranberry sauce takes about a half hour, start to finish. (Check out the recipe below for the cinchy stovetop details.)
I'm a big fan of dried cranberries, not just for granola and out-of-hand snacking but for these biscotti or a twist on oatmeal-raisin cookies. Throw a bunch into rice pilafs - check out how they're featured in this red rice filling for roasted delicata squash.
Even though I don't own a dehydrator, I'm thinking of drying my own cranberries this fall. I've been advised to cut crans in half and add them to a hot simple syrup (or maple syrup) for a few minutes. With a slotted spoon, I'm to remove crans from the sweetened bath, transfer to a baking sheet and into a 170-degree oven. I'll keep you posted on my adventures.
How to Store Cranberries
Because fresh cranberries only come once a year for just a short few weeks, I like to buy several bags and stash them in the freezer for later. Cranberries are lovely all winter long!
For short-term use, store fresh crans in the refrigerator in the bag in which they were packed or into a well-ventilated bowl, along the lines of a colander. Cranberries do not like excessive moisture.
Cranberry Cooking Tips
I'll admit; I'm not terribly experimental when it comes to fresh cranberries. I'm not a fan of raw cran relishes and chutneys; I'd much rather make a bunch of cooked sauce and incorporate it into other dishes. Consider swapping out your favorite jam for cranberry sauce for a sweet-tart twist on PB& J. It goes great with scones, as part of a cheese plate, on top of a waffle or baked sweet potato. Or simply on a spoon.
Recipe: Maple Crans
From The Meat Lover's Meatless Celebrations by Kim O'Donnel. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2012.
1 pound fresh cranberries, washed thoroughly
2 oranges
8 ounces good-quality pure maple syrup or to taste
Rinse the cranberries and place in a medium-size saucepan. Using a zester or grater, remove the zest of one of the oranges, dice and add to the saucepan. Slice both oranges in half and squeeze the juice over the cranberries. You want enough liquid to barely cover the cranberries; add water as necessary.
Add 3⁄4 cup of the maple syrup, reserving the rest to use as needed. Stir the mixture until well mixed and bring to a boil.
Lower the heat and cook at a simmer; cranberries will make a popping noise as they cook, reduce and thicken. Stir occasionally and cook until they reach desired consistency. Taste for the sweet/tart ratio and add more maple syrup as necessary. The cranberries will be ready in as little as 25 minutes.
Serve either warm or at room temperature.
Makes about 2 1⁄2 cups cranberries.
Can be made days in advance and either frozen or refrigerated in an airtight container for 5 days.
(*Real Food Rule of Thumb: We think that first and foremost, in terms of nutrition, people should eat lots of fruits and vegetables whether they are organic or not. The EWG's guide is a handy list, but we will point out here that the impacts of pesticides are not limited to your ingestion of them - agricultural chemicals also affect farmworkers and local waterways, both good reasons to buy organic, even those vegetables that carry a light pesticide load. Also, it has been demonstrated that produce grown by small-scale farmers, even those who are not certified organic, tends to have a lighter pesticide load than its industrially-produced counterpart, owing to industry's tendency toward large monocrops.)
This post was originally published in November 2013.


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Industries › Banking/Finance
First Virginia Community Bank completes acquisition of 1st Commonwealth
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First Virginia Community Bank (FVCbank) has closed on its acquisition of 1st Commonwealth Bank of Virginia. The deal marks FVCbank's expansion into Arlington County. The all-stock transaction, which closed on Oct.19, represents the first acquisition for the five-year-old Fairfax-based bank.
"Following several years of strong organic growth, the acquisition demonstrates FVCbank's ability to grow our franchise strategically," FVCbank Chairman and CEO David W. Pijor, said in a statement.
With the acquisition, FVCbank gained $48 million in loans and $54 million in deposits, as well as 1st Commonwealth's former banking office, located at 2500 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington. Altogether, the deal boosted FVCbank's total assets to more than $410 million.
Sid Simmons, former chairman of 1st Commonwealth, will join FVCbank's board of directors.
The bank, which opened in November of 2007, serves small and mid-sized businesses and personal banking customers in Northern Virginia. Locally owned and managed, it had $2 million in income in 2011, an increase of 147 percent, or $1.1 million, above 2010. Besides Arlington and Fairfax, it has offices in Manasssas and Reston.


text: 5.3 = 5.2 + patches Ok so I did a full yakitori wipe 2 times before flashed 5.2 and the patches FYI. My phone hauls butt and is smooth as butter. But when I play any full screen game most of the times the game locks up and or I get 2 frames a second and it's unbrearable. For example I play angry birds and half the times I can't get past the loading screen. So if I reboot my phone all is well and I can play angry birds. But after a few hours of regular use I can't play the game again unless I reboot. I am runnnig on 5.3 stock kernel and I even tried chevys 1ghz med voltage as well and no luck. I think it is a comp cache issue, but I am not sure. I can tell you that if I use a froyo ROM I have none of these issues. But I like my 5.3 SS and all of the great features and would like to know if anyone else ran into this and may have some tips for me. -Thanks in advance


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The 3-story Water Tower is located right next to the castle pond adjoining to the DORMERO Schlosshotel Reichenschwand. The ancient defense tower was converted into an exclusive suite. The small hidden recesses and the inviting balcony make the Water Tower a hideaway in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg.
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With my mother's family hailing from Maine, I was raised in a strict Red Sox household in San Jose, California, and force-fed my Clemens cheers and my Gedman grousings early on. Vivid memories of the '86 Series - my earliest clear sports memory - haunted this Idiot until, well, you know.
As I was coming into my own as a Red Sox fan in the mid-to-late '80's it only seemed right to adopt Larry's Celtics despite the fact that my mother was no basketball fan. I never could get behind the Patriots because of their goofy uniforms, or my transplanted parents' favorite team the 49ers because even as a child I sensed how obnoxious the white wine-sipping Niners fans were during the Montana years. So I chose the Vikings, the Rams, and the Bengals as my teams around the age of nine because THOSE teams had cool unis. Unfortunately a true story.
I occassionally really get behind a period team: a team that I normally would never root for but the specific makeup of that club calls to me like a sweet siren. The Fab Five were one such team and Jalen Rose to this day is one of my favorite players (how no NBA GM ever attempted to maximize C-Webb's potential by hooking those to up together again is beyond me) ever. The Messier Rangers were another such team. Those guys were hard. I also root for the San Francisco Giants as a secondary favorite because of my love for the Will Clark/Kevin Mitchell/Matt Williams-era Giants. But I couldn't enjoy last year's championship all that much because I have little respect for Brian Sabean, the "Accidental Genius" as I call him.
My love of family and love of my profession are the only threats to my enjoyment of sport. I live in San Jose with my 3-year old daughter Mila who is thoroughly enjoying her Sox/Celtics brainwashing (a treat to watch a game with Daddy, a second treat only after victory). Her favorite player is Rajon Rondo, or "Swiper" as she aptly named our point guard thief after the Dora the Explorer character. Kevin Garnett, aka "Wet Guy" in my household, comes in a fairly close second. She also enjoys screaming "Youk!" during Sox games. This year I think she'll grasp the concept of laser-show. She is almost as tall as Pedroia after all...
I am a real estate agent by profession, and I love the juice I get by helping clients maximize their sales price or find their dream home. I actually find the rush to be similar to playoff baseball: urgent, tension-filled drama culminating in a powerful moment of relief coupled with ecstatic pride and hope. So if you know of any sports fans looking to buy or sell in the Bay Area, send them my way as long as they don't cheer Yankees or Lakers!


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Wanna Spoon? Valentine's Gift Roundup
Wanna spoon? Valentine's Day is on Friday, and if you're still in search of the perfect gift, look no further! We've rounded up a few of our favorite gifts, with a tongue-in-cheek twist. Make sure to write a card to clue your sweetheart in on the joke!
1. Cute for tea time: Teaspoons Wallpaper from Studio Ditte, €135,00
2. Cook up something nice with this Made With Love Spoon from Terrain, $12
3. For your favorite chef: Spoons Tea Towel by Skinny LaMinx from Heath Ceramics, $16
4. For Nutella lovers everywhere (i.e. everyone everywhere). Nutella and Spoon print from Roaring Softly on Etsy. Message for pricing.
5. Stir these into some hot cocoa for a sweet treat. Hot Chocolate Spoons Tutorial on Hello Homebody.
6. Handmade and simple: Bright red ceramic heart spoon from Back Bay Pottery on Etsy.


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We've already cared for dogs, horses and even hamsters but now 505 Games is taking a dive into the deep blue ocean for the next virtual pet sim on Nintendo DS, Dolphin Friends.
Set for release on November 9 in Europe, the game sees you adopting a watery pal then teaching it a range of spectacular tricks to amaze the crowds at dolphin shows. Using the stylus, you can play simple ball games, feed your pet and stroke its head when it's been good. Each dolphin reacts differently depending how you treat them.
At shows, your dolphin must demonstrate its skills and, by watching the crowd's reaction, you can see how well it's doing. Tricks are executed by touching the critter - so dragging its head left or right performs a turn, whereas drawing a cirle makes it swim round and round.


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Kulturkollektionen launches it's activities with a food fermentation event during "Taste the World – Copenhagen Diversity Festival". Taste, prepare and learn about home fermented foods.
Fungi, bacteria and other microbes have always been a large part of our lives. Come and taste and get hands-on experience preparing your own sour kraut or kimshi (korean variation of fermented vegetables) You can also taste our home fermented kombucha.
It's free to taste and prepare your own fermentation
It's Saturday the 31st of august 12-20 and søndag 1. september kl. 12-18. at Prags Boulevard 43, 2300 CPH S.
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"Taste the world" takes place at the same time as copenhagen cooking, and at their site you can read more about the event. http://www.copenhagencooking.dk/program/kulturkollektionen-biologigaragen-open-access-microbes


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Another new legal theory sheds light on the production of suffering
(...) traces the rule of law all the way down to its most fundamental level: universal human suffering. The book argues that what we ordinarily call 'law' and 'justice' are most properly viewed not as objects, ideas, or even institutions, but rather as mere linguistic signs and ephemeral images woven into the temporal event of dividing universal human suffering into parts: the lawful and the unlawful, the just and the unjust, and the right and the wrong. Yet the very event of noticing and labelling some kinds of suffering as 'unjust' ignores and generates other kinds of suffering. Although law's tendency towards partiality and brutality is useful for maintaining existing relations of domination and resistance in society, it remains ethically invisible to those who actually perform law's task on a day-to-day basis. As Jesus is said to have alleged of the Romans, modern day law-doers quite literally do not know what they are doing. The book's most fundamental message is that the practitioners of law and justice participate in a human tragedy - a sort of fellowship of sadness - and that their pitiable attempts to provide foundational accounts of legal practice represent a hopeless effort to evade their existential and ethical responsibility for each and every legal outcome in which they participate.Wolcher dealt previously with the relationship between suffering and law in his 2005 book, Beyond Transcendence in Law and Philosophy, which argued from a zen perspective and with reference to thinkers like Heidegger, Levinas, and Wittgenstein, that the yearning for transcendence is born of the illusion that there is a fundamental difference between the ordinary and the profound. From and algonomic point of view, it often seems indeed that the management of suffering, which is an ordinary and profound thing at the same time, has been radically hindered until now by people's mythophilic yearning for transcendence. (Added on 2009-10-15 -- Wolcher asks, says the back cover of his 2005 book, "What produces our craven subservience to linguistic norms, and our shocking indifference to the phenomenon of universal suffering?" Our indifference to suffering would end, methinks, if and only if there was at least one algonomic institution. A year ago, I wrote the following to Louis: "I believe that the kind of acknowledgment which is required in your field, with regard to suffering, may happen only in conjunction with a similar acknowledgement in several other major fields of human activity, and that a common coordinating concept, therefore, is imperatively needed. That is why I propose the creation of 'algonomy', a field of human activity whose concern, suffering itself, has never been the specific subject of any field yet. Logically, how universal suffering could be managed adequately if there is no specific universal frame of work to deal with that management? Hopefully, thinkers concerned with the due place of suffering in our culture might before long become numerous enough to find that such a place stands at last right between them all!")
It is interesting to note how much Wolcher's work is close to another law theoretician's, Scott Veich: see a previous blog entry, New legal theory sheds light on the production of suffering, about Veich's book Law and Irresponsibility - On the Legitimation of Human Suffering.
See also Gray, David C., Punishment as Suffering (March 17, 2010). Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1573600.
See also THE EXPERIENTIAL FUTURE OF THE LAW, Adam J. Kolber, Emory Law Journal, vol. 60, 2011, pp.585-652 (and a blog review on boingboing.net: Subjective experience and the law: should fMRI evidence of high punishment tolerance affect sentencing?) :
ABSTRACT -- Pain, suffering, anxiety, and other experiences are fundamentally important to civil and criminal law. Despite their importance, we have limited ability to measure experiences, even though legal proceedings turn on such measurements every day. Fortunately, technological advances in neuroscience are improving our ability to measure experiences and will do so more dramatically in what I call "the experiential future." In this Article, I describe how new technologies will improve our assessments of physical pain, emotional distress, and a variety of psychiatric disorders. I also describe more particular techniques to help determine whether: (1) a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, (2) a placebo treatment relieves pain, (3) an alleged victim has been abused as a child, (4) an inmate being executed is in pain, (5) an interrogatee has been tortured, and more. I argue that as new technologies emerge to better reveal people's experiences, virtually every area of the law should do more to take these experiences into account.
On March 30, 2012, there will be a symposium at the University of Alabama School of Law under the theme "Knowing the Suffering of Others". Notes published in the New York Review of Books say:
"Legal interpretation plays on a field of pain and death." These are the words that begin Robert Cover's essay "Violence and the Word," a work designed to
reorient legal theory by recognizing that human pain is everywhere in law. This symposium will address the question of imagining and knowing this pain. From torts to international human rights, from domestic violence to torture, form fetal imagining to decision-making at the end of life, from victim impact statements to compensation funds, the law is awash in epistemological and ethical difficulties of knowing suffering. How do legal actors imagine suffering in legal life? What problems of interpretation plague our efforts to know the suffering of others? What resources can the law draw upon in this search?


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As a student at UNT Dallas College of Law, you will be using several different software programs. The COL has chosen each of these with one primary consideration in mind: whether it will be helpful in the educational and professional development of our students. This page introduces you to each software program and how students at the COL will use it.
Canvas is a "learning management system" (or an "LMS"). You might already have used an LMS before, such as Blackboard or Moodle, in college. The COL has purchased and integrated Canvas into our course planning and teaching. Each COL student will be able to log into Canvas and access all the course sites and other sites in which the student is registered or has access. Student groups and organizations also will be able to create sites on Canvas. Depending on the professor, the course's Canvas site will be used for handouts, videos and performance feedback, learning resources, discussion groups, uploading assignments, feedback on assignments, etc.
Learn more about Canvas and Canvas technical requirements.
ExamSoft is testing and assessment software. Students at many law schools become familiar with ExamSoft in relation to the final exam, because one of ExamSoft's earliest and most well-known features is its use as a secure method for delivering and taking exams. The COL also will use ExamSoft in "mapping" learning outcomes, assessing in relation to these outcomes, and giving students detailed feedback. Most graded assignments will be given through ExamSoft, including graded quizzes, mid-term, essay or writing assignments, and final exams.
Clio is a case management system. Almost all lawyers use some type of computerized case management system to organize their client files, maintain their calendars, and track the time that they spend on activities. Because the COL is preparing students with respect to practice-related proficiencies, we have partnered with Clio, a cloud-based case management system, to provide our students access to its case management system. To the extent possible, we want you to learn how to use the tools actually used by practicing lawyers. Thus, we will be adapting many aspects of case management, through Clio, to your legal studies.
Symplicity is career services management software, and is used by the great majority of law schools. Symplicity will be your primary portal relating to services and resources offered by the Office of Career and Professional Development.
Lynda.com is an online library of high-quality instructional videos on the latest software tools and skills. With more than 3,700 courses taught by industry experts—and more added every week—lynda.com is designed for all levels of learners and is available whenever you're ready to learn. You can even view it on your mobile device.
Courses that can assist with improving skills essential to every lawyer's life include:
Lynda.com is set up to be accessed through single sign-on for law students and faculty and staff. You must use the following link: Lynda.com. While you may have had an account at a previous school or employer, if this is the first time that you are accessing Lynda.com at UNT Dallas College of Law, please click the option that you have not previously had an account.
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How to Make Sure That Project-based Learning is Applied Well in Schools
By Thom Markham
Now that project-based learning (PBL) is becoming more popular, the doubters and haters also have surfaced. The recent anti-PBL message by David Brooks in the New York Times, which was fortunately well rebutted, exemplifies the resistance. Citing High Tech High in San Diego, Brooks' core message is that PBL is a kind of mindless education dressed up by technology and devoid of the 'wisdom' taught in traditional schools. Given that there are probably another thousand-plus schools across the country embracing PBL, this is a serious charge. And it's false.
But it should also be a warning to PBL advocates. PBL is gaining in popularity, but it's not being done particularly well in many schools. Early in the school year, I worked with a group of earnest, professionally focused, K-5 teachers who had received three days of PBL training during the summer from a highly reputable PBL organization. They could recite the basics of PBL: Design a problem around standards; put student in groups; and plan an exhibition. But they left the training believing that the underlying goal is to cover standards by cleverly posing a problem for students that teachers can already answer. They hadn't been instructed—or inspired—to practice the breakthrough kind of learning that PBL promises—the kind that leads to greater personalization, innovation, design thinking, self-directed learning, and, most critically, the kind of wisdom required in today's world rather than the 1950's.
This is no one's fault. Education continues to operate in a 'safe' zone where standards and pre-ordained outcomes predominate. As a result, many teachers practice a problem-based approach to PBL—the academic, teacher-focused method that originated in the 1960s in colleges and schools of medicine. The two approaches appear similar, but there's a huge, and critical, distinction. PBL is designed to break students out of the box of conventional thinking by having them engage the world, exceed standards, and deliver creative solutions to authentic issues. A simple way to say it is this: Problem based learning teaches to the standards; PBL teaches students to apply the standards.
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Why would we not settle for highly constrained problem-based PBL? Isn't it enough to have a bit more student-oriented problem solving in classrooms than ten years ago? Maybe. But that also means settling for staying inside the lines of the current system of teaching and learning. Continuing the obsessive focus on the 'right' standards, accepting vague simulations of critical thinking, and applauding students who deliver a bulleted list of talking points via PowerPoint presentations does not lead to transformation.
To get at the depth of purpose and engagement necessary for learners today, there's work to do in PBL. The way out of the box is to encourage teachers to let go, take risks, live with uncertain outcomes—and design projects that matter. Enter the world as it is at this time—as a place of wide open spaces and immense needs. Invent and deliver projects that retain the full power of PBL and, in the process, push education forward to meet its mid-century destiny. How? Here are five big ideas:
See PBL as a mind shift, not a method. PBL offers a great structure for problem solving – it's a Monday morning solution. But the process of PBL, when done well, takes students deep. It can awaken as well as teach, help students dig into their psyche a bit, and actually mature young people in ways that problem based and front of the room instruction can't touch. PBL gives us a path forward out of the industrial past and into a world that requires a deep set of attitudes and skills necessary for navigation. But since the future is not fully unveiled, PBL teachers should be mission-driven, fueled by a sense of urgency and contribution.
Put challenge first. Obviously, standards need to be addressed. That's why starting a project plan by listing standards to be taught has become conventional advice from today's PBL top trainers. I disagree. Teachers see standards as a helpful guide and organizer, but orienting to standards alone is dispiriting; they are not the grail we seek.
Once the human mind sees a list, it's in check-off mode. Instead, start with a challenge that excites students. Daydream. Muse. Envision students' faces at the end of the project. Once the vision and intention is fixed—and a teacher feels the challenge—that's the time to return to linear mode: What standards will students learn, and how?
Get a lot better at Driving Questions. In general, PBL experts do not show teachers how to write great Driving Questions, nor is it well understood that the question or the problem is the high leverage key to deeper learning. For example, a typical question such as 'How can we prevent climate change?' encourages in-the-box thinking and a laundry list of suggestions drawn from the internet. That's more coverage. Instead, 'How can we, as 7th graders facing severe climate issues in adulthood, use data to effectively lobby our community about the dangers of climate change?' forces students to grapple with core, authentic issues around the topic of climate change: Who do we believe? Why? How do we educate ourselves? How do we change attitudes?
Turn skills and content into one conversation. PBL advocates assure doubters that PBL teaches academic content. And it does—but in depth, not quantity. It's time to own that little sidestep. Also, 21st century skills still feel the tailwind from the past. Generally, skills are taught as an add-on to content. The goal is to define a third way that paints a fully realized, blended picture of knowing and doing. PBL offers a learning experience that seamlessly blends core concepts, key facts, reflective thinking, careful judgment, and skillful application of knowledge—all of which coalesce into a solution to a meaningful problem. In life and learning, skills and strengths now assume a role equal to or paramount to content acquisition. Identifying and verbalizing that new definition of rigor is central to overcoming the argument about lack of 'wisdom.'
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Coach for openness. A skillful PBL teacher does much more than teach, and PBL offers amazing opportunities to go for the real gold in education: Helping young people become open, curious adults. A meaningful project taps into a student's—and a teacher's—desire to engage in purposeful work. From shared purpose flows a natural, engaged, caring, relationship where feeling, emotion, and respectful conversation become a central tool for opening the mind to intellectual work and a desire for further inquiry. The brain never works in isolation from the body and the heart, and when the whole child enrolls in the process of learning, the sense of satisfaction translates into a permanent attitude. There's a shift, most likely in the neuronal pathways, but also in the less understood realms of brightness, a forward-facing personality, and the desire for wisdom. Simply put, good coaching can push the permanent learning button.
Thom Markham is a psychologist, educator, CEO of PBL Global, author of leading books on PBL and intelligence, and an internationally-respected consultant on project based learning, 21st century skills, innovation, and high performance cultures. You can find him on Twitter @thommarkham.


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Naomi and Ely live in the same apartment block. They've been soul mates since forever, sharing clothes, music, in-jokes, adventures - they even have a 'no kiss' list of people who are absolutely off-limits for kissing (an insurance policy against a Naomi Ely bust-up). But what if they don't love each other in quite the same way, or play by the same rules? When Ely kisses Naomi's current boyfriend, the fault lines in their relationship begin to crack.
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan is a story of friendship and love, overcoming your problems and finding what matters most in life. When Naomi's gay best friend since forever, Ely, kisses her boyfriend all the problems that they have which they usually just choose to ignore begin to rise to the surface and causes a break-up between the best of friends.
Naomi is this hottest-girl-in-the-school type chick who has some serious problems caused by some hard family problems that have happened in her life. Ely is the gay guy that everyone loves, the guy that everyone adores and wants to be friends with, and a total man-whore of course. At first I didn't like Naomi and Ely, they both really annoyed me. But by the end of the book they could pick out their own flaws and tried to change them and turn their lives around.
"It is not easy. Things that matter are not. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you're friends is easy. Being friends is not." - Ely, page. 199
At the beginning of the book I started getting a little annoyed and confused with getting the background story of all the minor characters, like Robin and Robin, Bruce the First, Gabriel, etc. But I realised that everyone's story was important. You need to know their story to know how they fit into Naomi and Ely's story.
There was one thing about the book that I really loved. I don't know why, i guess I just love when you get cross overs in books that no-one but those who has read all of their books will get. I am going to be vague cause I don't want to ruin it for anyone, it was nice to read it not knowing it was going to be there. But those of you who have read the book will know what I am talking about. My favourite part was when Bruce went into the toilet and wrote on the wall. I was like, Oh My Llama!! That is so cool! :D I liked it :P It makes me want to read Dash and Lily's Book of Dares right now to see if there is anything like that in there :)
I really enjoyed this story. Friendship (especially one like Naomi and Ely's) is a special thing, it should be cherished and enjoyed. I could really relate to these characters. I lost my best friend in the entire world at the beginning of this year, it is hard to have the one person in the world that you love more than anything just up and leave you (speaking figuratively). I am over it now, I know that it wasn't my fault and I don't care any more. But friendship (especially one like what Naomi and Ely share) should always be enjoyed and cherished. It is a beautiful thing. Their story really makes you appreciate all of the friends that you have. Don't let them go! I would definitely recommend this book :)
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Very light addon that allows the movement of the PlayerPowerBarAlt frame (Atramedes, Chogall, Twilight Highlands Izorath brain quest zone and others).
Simply Ctrl+drag to move when it's shown. Easy as that.
If you would like to drag it when it's not shown, this addon is not for you, I suggest you to use this:
For addon authors:
No copyright, use the code anywhere in your addons and layouts, copy-paste and have fun.


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Nathan Holscher, Program Manager
From 2006-2011, Nathan served as
Director of Programs for Rivers Unlimited, a river protection organization in Ohio. Nathan brings considerable experience managing publicly and privately-funded grant programs that involve far-reaching partnerships with the non-profit, governmental and academic communities. While the majority of his experience in biology stems from directing a water quality monitoring program in partnership with the University of Cincinnati, he is interested in a variety of issues related to conservation and human health.
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John Hammond, Postdoctoral Mentor
John has a broad background in ecology and evolution, with specific training and expertise in phenotypic plasticity. As a postdoctoral fellow at Pittsburgh, he carried out a large project examining phenotypic plasticity from a phylogenetic perspective in anurans (frogs and toads). During his training, he has become skilled at ecotoxicology and has been exposed to disease and climate change research programs.
Marcus Hamilton, Afilliated Postdoctoral Fellow
Marcus is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute working with Luis Bettencourt and Geoffrey West on scaling theory in urban and economic systems, and previously was a Postdoctoral Fellow in PIBBS with Felisa Smith. He has a broad background in evolutionary anthropology, archaeology, theoretical ecology, and statistics. His research addresses the general mechanisms that have shaped human ecological and evolutionary dynamics in the past, present, and future at multiple scales, from life history theory and behavioral ecology, to population dynamics and the biogeography of human biocultural diversity. His research emphasizes theory building and data analysis in equal parts and combines aspects of the physical, life, and social sciences. He is interested both in basic questions of integrative anthropology and macroecology, but also in the applied role such approaches can play in understanding the potential trajectories of human societies into the future.


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WebmasterWorld Sold To Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Ninjas
One of the more popular Webmaster and SEO forums, WebmasterWorld, has been sold today to Jim Boykin's Internet Marketing Ninjas.
Jim Boykin has been acquiring several forums this year, including all of the Developer Shed network including SEO Chat forums and Cre8asite Forums from Kim Krause Berg.
Cre8asite Forums has been around since 1998 as a modest sized forum but WebmasterWorld has been around since 1999 as one of the larger webmaster focused forums on the internet. Many forums have come and gone over the years but those two remained live and vibrant.
I spoke with Brett Tabke, the founder of WebmasterWorld, about selling his baby to Internet Marketing Ninjas, and he told me the primary reason is he wants to focus on building and improving his conference, PubCon. In fact, the official announcement was made during this morning's keynote at PubCon. There's also an announcement up at the Pubcon site.
Brett also explained that the time and investment needed to take WebmasterWorld to the next level was something he wasn't necessarily interested in undertaking. Brett seemed tired and a bit worn out from running the forums. At least operationally, he won't have to worry if the server is up and running, if someone is spamming the forum or if there is a coding issue.
Brett is staying on as an administrator for the time being and does plan on continuing to participate in the forums. He shares a bit on this in this WebmasterWorld post and promises a more personal post to come.
Nothing is changing today with WebmasterWorld outside of the ownership. The forum software is remaining, no new ads or going up, as far as I know, no moderators or administrators are leaving because of the news.
Jim Boykin told me he is buying these communities to give back to the community. He told me he has a successful business, and he learned so much from these forums and this is his way to say thank you. More of his rational on buying these forums on his blog.
The same was with the Cre8asite Forums takeover, and I believe the Developer Shed takeover. Kim is still running Cre8asite forums but is now employed by Internet Marketing Ninjas. I spoke with Kim and she is happier than ever. I know Internet Marketing Ninjas hired the orignal founder of SEO Chat, Darrin Ward, to come back to SEO Chat and lead that forum. Darrin sold the forum years ago to Developer Shed, so it has come full circle for him.
What is next for Brett Tabke, the founder of WebmasterWorld? Well, he is planning a long vacation in Hawaii, something he has never really done since founding WebmasterWorld.
Congrats to Internet Marketing Ninjas, WebmasterWorld, Cre8asite & Developer Shed and all those involved in those communities.
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...Other than Miss Kristi who will arrive next week!
Pretty much the entire cast of Black Gold, that's who.
Doha Film Institute has been rolling out hints on twitter and facebook of who is going to grace our fair desert for the much anticipated Doha Tribecca Film Festival coming up. As of right now, it looks as though this billboard will come alive in the next two weeks, not only on the big screen but in the flesh. Nothing like dangling a little Antonio Banderas in front of me to get my hiney off the couch and head to City Center Mall this afternoon to get in line for tickets to the world premier of Black Gold (partly filmed in Qatar). Whoa, "hello line". I had great intentions but came up a bit when I saw that it might take awhile. If I had known without a doubt that if I stood in that long line and walked out with tickets in hand I wouldn't have hesitated. No disrespect to DTFF, but let's face it friends, we are in Doha and a gut feeling came over me that the tickets to the premier would be set aside for "special" people and the last time I checked, my "wasta" card had expired. I chit chatted with a friend that I saw in line and made my final decision to exit the building. I'll take my chances for tickets from the comfort of my laptop in my pink villa, if they ever get their online sales in order. Good luck to those who are waiting it out. That's a wrap.
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Country Parlor Holiday Home Show
Thanksgiving Weekend 2009
Friday, November 27 9 am to 3 pm
Saturday, November 28 9 am to 3 pm
Sunday, November 29 10 am to 2 pm
How to get there:
Route 58 Riverhead, New York to Northville Turnpike (3.5 miles east of Tanger Outlets)
Turn left onto Northville Turnpike to end at Sound Avenue
Turn right onto Sound Avenue and head east
Hallockville's Naugles Barn wil be approximately 2 miles east on the left
Simply the best Holiday Show on Long Island!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Country Parlor Holiday Home Show
Posted by Hallowed Hill Primitives at 9:23 AM
2 comments:
- Rachael Kinnison said...
HI Barb~ Hi Sarah!
Been thinking about you both and Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow! xoxoxoxo rachael
- November 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM
hello my friends... Happy New Year!!! Big hugs!!! Mo
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In the last few months, I've settled into a new way to pray as I knit. Over the years, I've written about meditating and praying as I knit. There was a time when I would try to zone out as I knitted, being intensely mindful of the universe. At least one time, I felt that I really did touch the essential nature of the universe as I meditated. But in general, this sort of exercise doesn't work well for me.
More recently, I've come up with a new way to do it. I have discovered a whole host of inspiring messages on video on YouTube, and I will play those as I knit. This is much better than watching television. As I knit, I feel cleansed and renewed, and I reach a point of inspiration and a sense of closeness with the Principle of the Universe much more consistently.
For myself, I like the Christian Science lectures on YouTube. If you don't like those videos, you may find others that you like better. But if you like to use knitting as a way to quiet your brain so that you can pray more effectively, I encouarge you to try watching inspiring messages. I hope you find as much inspiration in doing this as I do.
Last night, I worked on the self-striping prayer shawl that I started in March. I had knitted about half of it when I decided I needed to concentrate on the blue prayer shawl for Tara instead. The self-striping shawl is narrower (although it has the same number of stitches across) and it is knitted in Stephanie Pearl McPhee's one-row scarf pattern. It has just enough variety in it to not be boring, and it is simple enough to be restful so that I can really concentrate on a video as I knit. I was able to get several more inches done.
This shawl will go to my friend Claudia, a fellow church member and a nurse. She will use it with one of her patients.