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Five hospitalists have joined Mercy Clinic to serve Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City's admitted patients. Drs. English, Garrett, Khalid, Singh and Lufkin will support the 380-bed multi-specialty hospital in Oklahoma City.
Hospitalists provide specialized care to hospital patients and often serve as the primary doctor during hospital stays. The care of the patient is most often coordinated between the hospitalist and the patient's primary care physician. This allows hospital medicine physicians to use their intimate knowledge of the hospital staff, services and procedures to provide care, handle emergencies and address questions and concerns as they arise.
Gerald English, D.O., completed his residency in internal medicine at Lewis Gale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg, Va. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, also in Blacksburg, Va. He has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Tulsa and is currently board-eligible, having recently completed his examination.
Travis Garrett, M.D., completed his residency in internal medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center.
Mansoor Khalid, M.D., completed his residency in internal medicine from the University of Oklahoma Schusterman Center, in Tulsa, Okla. He has experience in a hospitalist role, having served as attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and as a hospitalist at Saint Francis Hospital, in Tulsa, Okla. He was an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston and is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Rajesh Singh, M.D., completed his residency in internal medicine from St. Louis University Medical Center, and also has previous experience with anesthesia training at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He earned his Doctor of Medicine with distinction in research from St. Louis School of Medicine. In addition to being a hospitalist, he has interests in pain management, palliative care, and Epic electronic health records.
Dr. Ariel Lufkin, M.D., earned his medical degree at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine in addition to earning a master's degree in medical sciences and a bachelor's in biomedical sciences.


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Address: Calle Gerona, 40, Seville, Spain
Hours: Thursday – Tuesday from 1:00pm to 2:00am, closed Wednesdays
Price: tapas: €1.80 – €2.80 raciones: €5.70 – €18.00
Contact: phone: (+34) 954 223 183
website: www.elrinconcillo.es email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Try the: espinacas con garbanzos, croquetas de jamon, bacalao con tomate, carrillada Ibérica, pavía de bacalao
Type: tapas bar, restaurant, historic tavern
Go for: lunch, dinner, tapas, drinks
Reservations: recommended for the restaurant, space in the bar is first come, first serve » book a table
Credit Cards: Visa, Visa Electron, Master Card, Maestro, Maestro ***Note*** Although they accept cards, we advise you bring cash if you go for tapas. The bar is typically crowded and busy and the use of a card to pay for tapas will certainly not be appreciated.
This historic Sevillano spot has been around since 1670, and it shows, in a good way. Making part of it's home in a former general store, El Rinconcillo's charming architecture contains a lively bar scene. This isn't the kind of bar where people drink themselves under the table, although El Rinconcillo has surely seen it's fair share of that, but a tapas bar where the social snacking culture of Andalusian Spain is as alive as ever.
The carta is full of traditional fare and the manner of ordering is chaotic to say the least. There are menus around the bar, but the locals who frequent this place seem to have their options committed to memory. Once you reach the wooden counter, decide what you want quickly because the bartenders who'll serve you aren't messing around. You see, at El Rinconcillo, they take what they do seriously, from carving paper thin slices of jamon to pouring you a glass of fino, everyone does their job with pride.
It's not easy to find a table at El Rinconcillo but the Spanish have managing their bebidas and tapas without one down to an art. If you're lucky, you'll carve out a place for yourself along the bar or at one of the upright sherry barrels that freckle the space like buoys dotting an ever-fluctuating sea. Enjoying yourself here is all about being part of a living, breathing bit of Sevilla's history; savor your tapas, have a drink or two, enjoy your company, then toss your napkins, assuming you used one, onto the floor and let the spirit of Andalucía wash over you.
The clientele in El Rinconcillo ranges from elderly Spanish cabelleros to well dressed women, perhaps stoping by after a morning mass, to the children who accompany them. The scene is a far cry from the gastrobars that have taken Sevilla by storm, but this is the kind of place that never goes out of style. Sevillanos embody the spirit of el tapeo more than any other people you're likely to find and if Sevilla is the heart of tapas culture, el Rinconcillo is it's soul.


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Our reality is a filtered version of the world
Reality is not perceivable as is
What we perceive as Reality is a filtered version so we can take action and live in the World.
The world has too many details to be perceived and most of them are of no use to the present situation and are therefore not processed by the brain.
Filter 1 - We cannot see it all
The first limitation is spacial and temporal, one cannot be everywhere all the time.
One might say this is obvious, but that statement has a corollary truth in it, which is we cannot know what led something or someone to be as is when we encounter it.
So we just see the end result and appearances can be misleading.
We also cannot perceive what is out of sight or earshot. So the hidden part of things -the back of cards, the inside of a box, etc.- is not available for our analysis.
Of course, we can easily be aware of these two limitations, but it is difficult to keep in mind what is unknown.
The brain is wired to register what exists. Keeping track of what does not exist requires special mental capacities only humans have.
Still, we quickly forget that we don't know what we don't know and make a certainty of the part we can perceive.
We are missing what is missing.
— David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart.
Filter 2 - Our sensory limitations
These are the limitations of our toolbox.
- Our eyes can only see some wave lengths and have a limited resolution.
- Our ears can only capture a certain range of sounds.
- Our skin can be sensitive to pressure only to some extent.
- Our nose can only sense a limited range of smells.
- Our tongue can only distinguish five tastes.
For instance:
- Cats can hear sounds inaudible to dogs.
- Dogs can hear sounds inaudible to teenagers.
- Teenagers can hear sounds inaudible to adults.
Bees can see infrared and pigeons can perceive more colors than we can.
Cats vision is very different from the vision of humans.
So what we call Reality is different for everyone.
Even among humans. Nearsighted people's world is different than other people's world.
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These limitations have a purpose
In fact, our fives senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste, are not designed to capture all the emissions from the outside world, but to capture what is essential to our survival.
For instance, we are unable to sense the direction of the Earth magnetic field because it would be useless information to us but migratory birds can sense it because it is an essential information to them.
Yet this magnetism is constantly present as a compass can show.
In fact, our sensory system main function is to discard what is useless more than capturing what is useful.
Otherwise, there would be way too much information out there to deal with. (Gamma rays, Microwaves, Xrays, Radio waves, etc.)
The information is there but we are oblivious to it although we are bombarded with it all the time. The proof is, a cell phone in our pocket will capture some radio waves we are unaware of.
Filter 3 - The limitations of our brain
Not everything that is received by the ears, eyes, and skin is translated into neural stimuli -essentially the job of Brain 1.
Not even a millionth of that neural stimuli is ever reaching the conscious brain.
What does reach the conscious brain -Brain 3- has been tweaked by many other things.
Filter 4 - Our Paradigm
The following filters (5 to 8) are influencing each other and precedence is hard to define, yet the mother of all brain filters is our Paradigm.
Our Paradigm is the set of psychological filters we have in place. It is our view and opinion of the world. It is made of our preferences, our prejudices, our fears, our hopes, and desires.
Most of them are actually totally hidden in our unconscious. Their actual motivation and origin are often unknown. We don't even know we base our opinions and judgment on that set of filters because everything we end up knowing has been filtered itself.
If we were fishes, we would not be able to know what water is. Because we wouldn't know that air or land existed. We would have nothing to compare to our liquid world. Our liquid world would be just that: the world as we know it.
To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish.
— Yiddish proverb
These filters are often created in infancy and are usually difficult to identify and even harder to change.
The Paradigm is what stops most external stimuli from reaching the conscious brain. Although that filtering is a necessity because our conscious brain (NeoCortex a.k.a. Brain 3.0) cannot handle the millionth of what the sensory brains can capture, it, of course, leads to a major distortion of the original facts.


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Last year sales of global internet devices (smartphones, tablets) exceeded PC sales. The sales of these devices are growing at a rapid rate – particularly in China. These devices are being used to consume content - they do everything a PC does and more! According to e – Marketer (Oct 2012), as the use of these devices increases, the share of consumer time spent with major media decreases.
Stephane Kolinsky is the owner of Springboard Outsourcing and is passionate about the opportunities of mobile marketing. As a specialist in this area, Stephane has contributed this article that will give all marketers food for thought.
The staggering statistics show that 37% of digital marketers integrate their email campaigns with mobile campaigns and that email openers on smart phones have increased by 80% in the last six months!
What is mobile marketing?
Like online marketing, it is a mix of things. However, compared to online marketing it is more cost effective, faster to set-up, quicker to implement and much lower maintenance to manage.
In the mobile marketing mix are apps, mobile websites, mobile coupons, text marketing, opt-in options, social media, video, bespoke design, maps and QR codes.
As Stephane says:
"Mobile coupons are up to 10 times more likely to be redeemed than printed or 'cut-out' coupons. In a recent independent survey of 1368 UK consumers, 71% stated that they would like to receive text message offers from businesses and brands that they have used before! Very few businesses use mobile marketing even though their customers increasingly own smart phones or plan to upgrade to one in the future. On top of the high levels of smart phones ownership, is something else that makes mobile marketing very different other options you can consider. People have a closer relationship with their smart phones than any other consumer tech product released in history, ever. If consumers have already adopted the technology, isn't it time that you started thinking about using it to reach them? The opportunity is here and growing. My advice? Grab it now, ahead of your competitors".
Stephane has five top tips on how mobile marketing can be used to cement relationships with your existing customers and help you market more effectively to strangers.
Stephane's Top 5 Mobile Marketing Tips
1. Amplify other marketing activities by adding a blockbusting call-to-action that rewards people by sending them regular offers direct to their phone, much better than a one-dimensional call-to-action!
2. Integrate social media with your coupons. Let people know they can share mobile offers with friends and family. Let them create a buzz so you don't have to!
3. Start an exclusive text club that rewards regular customers with special experiences and a higher level of care
4. Let Groupon get people in the door, and use an automated mobile marketing to keep them coming back. Finally, a super easy way to turn that heavily subsidised footfall into profit!
5. Use every opportunity to feed people into your mobile marketing pipeline but once they are on your list, always respect the privileged access you have to them. Remember, these are people that want to hear from you! Do not overdo it and loose them. Be good to them, be brief and be sparing when you reach out through mobile.
Thanks Stephane, we now need to incorporate mobile marketing into our marketing mix!
A more detailed analysis of mobile marketing opportunities can be found at:
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My dear Dad recently said to me something that didnt sit right. (sorry dad) He said 'Rob, its a DOG EAT DOG World. Thats Human Nature. Its just the way things are.' And I pondered, but quickly realsised that that statement just didnt sit right inside me. And I went on with my day.
But recently something really big has felt like its changing in the World…in my interactions with people I know and work with, and in people I see in the street… there is a SHIFT happening. Suddenly the 'Dog eat dog' mentality- the mindset of 'get one over your fellow man b4 he does the same to you' is NO LONGER WORKING
Something is Changing. and its very new.
Do you feel it?
What is happening? Well yes obviously its quite a chaotic time. People are generally having quite a hard time. Mentally, physically, & financially. But why? What is happening is a Shift. A Global Shift. 2012 marked the beginning of this shift. and we're now 3 years into it. and it aint gonna stop!! This is merely the beginning.
Have a watch of this video below. It really helps explain what is happening…
Something New is coming thru to Planet Earth. the old ways AREN'T working any longer. Its pretty obvious is it not? Look around you. the planet is being plundered with no Consideration for the future generations. Its all been about Profit, profit, profit. Whatever the consequences. Personal gain. Short-term thinking.
What is happening is that this way of thinking and acting on Planet earth is coming to an end. We have now entered the time of FIERCE LOVE. Of Fierce Truth. Of whatever is not in harmony with the Planet will increasingly be brought to justice. A new law is being drafted right now called 'ECOSIDE'. This will make crimes against the Earth well,CRIMES. In the near future People will go to jail for commiting 'Ecoside'. Crimes against the Earth.
So if the old ways are not working so well anymore – then what is coming in its place…?
Well, what is coming -quite fast it seems- is a new way of Working and relating to each other in the World. A way of 'Dog HONOUR Dog' or 'Human Honour Human'.
This ISNT just hippy stuff – this is happening – its happening in businesses, new models are being tried & worked all around the World… & its happening to me, and to you. And the more we EMBRACE this new way – the more we will Thrive.
(& the more we ignore these changes – & try to cling to the old – the more we will suffer and struggle.)
Its about NOT fucking over your fellow man…! Its about HONOURING your fellow man. Its about SEEING your fellow man… and its about NOT FEARING your fellow man. I guess ultimately its about loving your fellow man. Be it a business competitor, friend, or just random person in the street.


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There are millions of cars and trucks out there on the road, and the vast majority have one thing in common. No, not wheels — although that is true! What they have in common is insurance. Almost every vehicle is insured. It's mandated by law. So when you need insurance, use these tips to get the best deal.
If you want to save money on car insurance, you may want to consider selecting from the higher deductibles that are offered by your agency. This means you will have more out of pocket expenses should you be involved in an automobile accident, but it will lower your premium substantially.
Buying car insurance online can help you find a great deal. Insurance companies often provide a discount for online applications, since they are easier to deal with. Much of the processing can be automated, so your application doesn't cost the company as much. You may be able to save up to 10%.
Shop online! To ensure you get the absolute best deal on car insurance, do most or all of your research online – and then buy online. Technology now allows fast comparison of so many companies and features; it greatly simplifies the task of finding the right company with the right rates and the right coverage to fit your needs and budget.
When you're in the market for car insurance, you will want to understand what protection the various coverage types will provide. There can be many factors involved with the cost of getting insurance coverage for your vehicle. If you loved this article and you would certainly such as to receive more facts relating to cheap insurance for new drivers kindly browse through our web site. If you are at fault in an accident, bodily injury liability coverage will cover injury and death claims, as well as legal costs.
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If your auto insurance carrier is not lowering your rates after a few years with them, you cheap insurance for new drivers can force their hand by contacting them and telling them that you're thinking about moving elsewhere. You would be surprised at what the threat of losing a customer can do. The ball is in your court here; tell them you're leaving and watch your premiums fall.
You should decide wisely how much coverage you want. You will need basic coverage, but you can save money by paying less every month and saving up some money in case you get in an accident and need to pay for repairs yourself. If you do this, make sure you always have enough money available to pay for repairs.
If your insurance contacts you about an increase in your premium, find out if it is justified or not. A practice known as data mining is used by certain unethical companies: they refer to a consulting firm that will create fake data that would justify an increased premium. If you catch your insurance company doing this, switch immediately to another one.
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This is a quick list of Auto Body frequently asked questions:
Are water based paints as good as the old solvent ones?
A: Yes, they are even better in some ways as the old technologies were. They are easier and faster to work with and color match is often better. Cars from the factory have been painted with those paints for a long time now. This is probably why we have an easier time blending into the new finishes with the waterborne stuff.
What are those letter designations mean in the Harley model line-up?
A: Its a little complicated and not always obvious to put these letters together… however, there is a general guideline for it that goes as follows:
The first letter of the model designator reveals the engine series:
First character:
G – Servicar three wheeler, 1937 to 1972
E – Overhead valve 61 cubic inch "big twin" (Engine/trans separated)
F – Overhead valve 74, 80, 88, 96 or 103 cubic inch "big twin"
K – Side valve 45 and 55 cubic inch sports bike that replaced the WL in
1953 and was replaced by the Sportster in 1957. It had many design
features that were carried over to the Sportster.
U – Side valve 74 or 80 cubic inch "big twin"
V – Side valve 74 cubic inch 1930-36. (Also 1935-36 VLH, VHS 80)
W – Side valve 45 cubic inch made 1937 to 1952
X – Sports and special construction. Applied to 1918-1922 opposed twin
Sport, 1944 military opposed twin, and 1957 to present Sportster.
The second letter of the model designator reveals the Front end (except sportsters):
X – Narrow tire and sport forks.
L – Wide front tire and Hydra-Glide front forks.
The third letter of the model designator reveals the frame style:
D – "Dyna" frame (with the rubber mounted motor). Note that precursors such as FXRs skip this third letter completely… Basically stating, big twin (F), Narow sport front end (X) and Rubber mounted engine (R)….
HT – "Highway Touring" frame
ST – "Softail" frame
The next letter(s) indicates the model bike within the frame family:
A – Military (Army) version (except GA, Servicar without tow bar)
B – Battery start (early models), Belt drive (early 80's) Black paint.(1995-6 model, the Bad Boy)
C – Classic, Competition, Custom, various others meanings.
D – Dyna, the newest frame and engine mount design.
DG – Disc Glide
E – Electric start
F – Foot shift (when the standard was hand-shift) and now "Fat Boy®"
H – varied between High performance, hand shift and Heavy duty.
I – Signifies Fuel Injection.
L – Big fat front tire
LR- Low Rider (though many Low Riders don't include LR in the model ID)
N – Nostalgia
P – Police version
R – Rubber mounted engine (some models) racing version (other models)
ST- Soft Tail
S – Springer
S – (without following T) Sports version
T – Touring
WG – Wide Glide
X – Sportster or sportster-type front end and Skinny front tire.


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Psychedelic drug cuts brain blood flow and connections
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PSYCHEDELIC drug users through the ages have described their experiences as mind-expanding. But psilocybin- the active ingredient in magic mushrooms- actually decreases blood flow and connectivity in areas of the brain that are associated with perception and cognition. Robin Carhart-Harris at Imperial College London and colleagues recruited 30 volunteers who agreed to be injected with psilocybin and have their brain scanned using fMRI. Half of the volunteers had their blood flow measured during the resulting trip; the rest underwent a scan that measured connectivity between different brain regions. Less blood flow was seen in the thalamus,


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Whoever said romance is dead?
Session drummer Jim MacAulay enlisted the help of over 10 celebrities to help him record a romantic video to propose to his girlfriend of 12 years.
Sophie Hancock, became a very famous fiancée over Christmas after the video, played to her by Jim at a friends party, went viral.
The video stars Ed Sheeran, who appears about three times in the 5 minute clip trying his hardest to convince Sophie to marry this fellow. He even went as far as telling a bizarre story about his struggle with 'having kids', and how Jim was his sperm donor? How true this is, we don't know, but this is the first we're hearing of the 'Thinking Out Loud' singer's attempts at conception.
Various celebrities then join in with their own reasons why Jim's girlfriend should marry him. Sir Bob Geldof said, 'Forget about us Sophie, we're over now. Go with Jim'. There were also some really corny ones including Ronan Keating who said, 'Sorry you can't have me Sophie, but you can have your man here, Jim'.
Nile Rogers, Rudimental and Cee Lo Green also make appearances in the video, which did get Sophie to say YES!
After 12 years of dating, Jim admitted the pressure was definitely on to make sure it was perfect. he told the Mirror, "It has to be quite good when you have left it so long to propose. I am lucky that I have got a job where I get to meet lots of famous people."
"I deliberately asked people who I knew Sophie was a fan of. She loves Ed Sheeran so I was really pleased he was so willing to help out."I think it's a video she'll keep for a long time. It took four years because you can't just go up to people and ask them, you have to meet them and establish that you aren't an idiot"
"I was there when most of them were filmed. I work away a lot with different bands so got to meet most of them at radios or festivals.All of the people on the list are people Sophie likes so it is a bit of an eclectic mix."
Congrats to the couple.


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The Jeep Wrangler is an undeniably versatile vehicle, but is it versatile enough in factory form? That's the question we've been forced to ask ourselves as we've encountered this: a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited with a pickup bed and a 6×6 (six-wheel-drive) conversion. On sale now through MotorCars of Atlanta, at the most, this strange custom Jeep Wrangler JKU is an opportunity for die-hard fans of former Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones to own one of the baseballer's more distinctive old whips. At the least, it's a unique, six-wheeled, V8-powered alternative to Jeep's own forthcoming Scrambler pickup truck model – albeit an expensive one.
MotorCars of Atlanta is asking $269,800 for this rather absurd custom build, which is several times more than any ordinary Jeep Wrangler JK ever commanded from the factory.
Then again, there's nothing "ordinary" about this example. For one thing, it's got that aforementioned connection to retired baseballer Andruw Jones, who commissioned the 6×6 through Atlanta's Monster Customs. For another, it's got six freakin' wheels, each of which receives torque from the SUV's swapped 6.4L Hemi V8 through an also-not-original six-speed automatic transmission. And for yet another, there's the matter of its odd-yet-functional pickup bed, which adds a monumental amount of extra cargo capacity and allows the bespoke Jeep Wrangler to carry larger many items that a stock JKU could never dream of accommodating.
Functional equipment aside, the custom styling of this singularly weird Jeep Wrangler Unlimited is sure to ruffle a few feathers. Jeep's trademark seven-slot grille has been exchanged for one with slanted stripes and a bizarre custom horned logo in the center. Inside, the interior appears as though it's been carefully wrapped with fine, supple materials throughout, but we rather hope you're a big fan of baseball; the red stitching on the steering wheel and seats is very clearly baseball-inspired.
Still interested? Head on over to the MotorCars of Atlanta website for more photos and info.
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With the most rudimentary tools, logs can be worked into timbers with wonderful precision. Each tool leaves a different texture on the wood. As such, I am pleased to offer hewn timbers of various types, sizes, and finishes, from the rustic unevenness of the felling ax and the smooth but slightly wavy broadax to the precise dimples of the foot adze and the very smooth finish of the draw knife.
With timbers, one can do almost anything, from building handmade furniture, building a log cabin, or framing. Perfect for exposed beams! You can either purchase the timbers or I will hew them out of logs you provide. Imagine building your own home and using some of the trees on site in the construction! With my hewing services, it is a distinct and reasonably priced possibility. Who needs a sawmill when one has a strong back and a fine broadax?
Riven clapboards and shingles were a common material two centuries ago. With that in mind, we offer them here. We recommend white oak for roofing shingles. Occasionally, other types of wood are available.
Clapboards are split radially, equal to or even superior to quarter sawn lumber. This means there will be very little if any warping or shrinkage. The standard length for clapboards is four feet. Width varies but averages between four and six inches.
Riven shingles, referred to as shakes by some, are also split radially. Carefully split from straight logs, we can do any length up to 24 inches. The surface of each shingle is then smoothed using a draw knife and hand plane.
We are in the process of rebuilding our forge and foundry, so expect to see handmade rose head nails later on this year, the perfect touch for early American style clapboards.
Fence Rails
And then there are logs that just won't work for finer applications. Starting every January, we split these logs into fence rails. We leave them rough, bark still in place, some splinters, unless the client wants a higher quality rail. We can make them for snake rail fencing or post-and-rail, all handmade. Maple, cedar, oak, sassafras. Availability depends on the wood we are working with at the time the order is taken.


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Book: Arcadia Falls
Author: Carol Goodman
Genre: Fiction/Mystery
Summary (from back of Ballantine Books edtion): Financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take recently widowed Meg Rosenthal and her aloof teenage daughter, Sally, to Arcadia Falls, a tucked-away hamlet in New York where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. The creaky, neglected cottage they'll be calling home feels like an ill omen, but Meg is determined to make the best of it. Then a shocking crisis strikes: During Arcadia's First Night bonfire, one of Meg's folklore students plunges to her death in a campus gorge. Sheriff Callum Reade finds the presumed accident suspicious, but then, he is a man with a dark past himself. Meg is unnerved by Reade's interest in the girl's death, and as long-buried secrets emerge, she must face down her own demons and the danger threatening to envelop Sally. As the past clings tight to the present, the shadows, as if in a terrifying fairy tale, grow longer and deadlier. -Ballantine Books, 2010
I can't stop raving about this book. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I finished it within three days; that's how much I loved it. So far, it is the best book I've read this summer. Let's proceed with the actual review.
I found this book in my local bookstore. The cover was what drew me to it. The above picture is the cover on my edition, though from my Google search it appears a new edition has been released with a different cover. I prefer my cover over the new one. But enough of that. I do have weird ways of choosing which books I pick up and, yes, pretty/mysterious covers is one of them. I immediately connected with the cover. It was mysterious, pretty, and practically beckoning you to pick up the book and take a look. I love mysteries too, so as soon as I read that someone dies and the heroine has to find out who, I was sold.
The story is primarily about Meg and her daughter, Sally. They're moving to Arcadia because her husband, Jude, died suddenly of a heart attack and, after his death, Meg finds out that they're basically debt ridden. They move to Arcadia because Meg is offered a teaching position and Sally has been accepted as a student there. The school is primarily for the Arts; basically my dream school since I love reading, writing, music, and drawing like nobody's business. Meg is hired there as an English teacher, her specialty being fairy tales and folklore. My response? Best. Job. Ever. Though her teaching does become a focal point for some crucial scenes, it's the school itself that becomes the main focus. All old, isolated schools in the middle of picturesque and creepy woods have secrets. Trust me. They do.
There are many references to nineteenth century authors and there are mentions of fairy tales from time to time. One fairy tale is featured more than the others since it is crucial to the story, but I'll keep it a secret since I'm going to keep this as spoiler free as possible. I remembered many of the referenced works since I took a nineteenth century English class in college and we had happened to read those stories. After reading about those references, I definitely felt more involved in the story. You don't have to know them yourself to get what happens in the novel, since Goodman mentions the certain parts that align with what's happening in the story. It helps to know the whole work, but it's not crucial to understanding the plot.
Supernatural elements are also present in the story, but more so in the figurative sense than the literal. Pagan rites are celebrated often at the school and I enjoyed the new knowledge I learned from the explanations of the rites. I don't practice Wicca and I have very basic knowledge of ancient pagan rituals, so this element was very interesting and enjoyable. Each rite is important to the story, though, so pay attention to what they are and what they celebrate. They all have a crucial plot point that follows after so, like the seasons, it creates a cycle that is meant to be completed.
The story is written in first person POV - Meg's POV. Although this causes the reader to fall into the trap of the unreliable narrator, Meg's musings and suspicions are enough to keep you updated and guessing. The mystery is a well written one. It has all of the good elements required of a true mystery; fully developed characters that keep you guessing, a location that is at once both beautiful and deadly, and clues that constantly change your own theories and make you rethink your own conclusions. By the end of the story, you're left either right or stunned.
Goodman is a fantastic writer. Her prose pulls you in and holds you tight. After each chapter ends, you're itching and eager to start the next one without delay. I truly had a hard time putting this book down. When I was finished, I looked at her other books to see what else she wrote about. All of them interest me and I am eager to pick them up. I'll probably start reading them once I finish my other summer books.
The only complaint I have about the book is the post-solution to the mystery. To avoid spoilers, I won't go into too much detail. The only real problem I have with it is that this final revelation of information is so far out of left field, I don't even have time to wrap my head around it before the novel ends. It's practically a deus ex machina that comes just because it has to or else. I understand Goodman's timing of this new knowledge, but I think that with a bit of tweaking, it would be make more sense to have prior hints and clues throughout the body of the story. Other than that, I really have no issues with it at all.
This book was fresh, exciting, and fun. I really enjoyed it and I think it's one of the best books I've read.
That being said, I give Arcadia Falls a most deserving A+.
As always, please support the author by buying the book from your local bookstore or library.
Thanks for reading!


text: ALLEN SHEILA 8th January 2019 Passed away peacefully in Leighton Hospital aged 67 years. Sheila, beloved wife of the late Robert and dearly loved mum to Wendy and Andrew, of Nantwich. Funeral service at St. Mary's Church Nantwich on Tuesday 22nd January 2019 at 11.00am. No flowers please, donations towards Leighton Hospital and The Christie. Any enquiries to Graham Tresidder & Son ( Crewe & Nantwich Funerals) Tel: 01270 812512


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His Holiness Catholicos Reaching Mumbai Today Evening
His Holiness Moran Mar Baselius Marthoma Paulos II, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan will reach Mumbai today Evening for leading the Memorial Feasts of St Alvares Mar Julius and LL Dr.Philipose Mar Theophilus Metropolitan. H.G Geevarghese Mar Coorilos, along with Priests and the Faithful of Diocese of Bombay will receive His Holiness at the gate of Vashi Aramana at 8.P.M. Tomorrow morning His Holiness will celebrate Holy Qurbana on the occasion of Memorial Feasts of Holy Fathers. Thereafter there will a Public Meeting. In this Meeting His Holiness will receive the Catholicate Day Collections and the Fund for St Gregorios Cancer centre from the Parishes of Diocese of Bombay. Yesterday Evening His Holiness reached Ahemedbad for the Annual Conference of Orthodox Christian Youth Movement.


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Defendants are benefiting from California's budget crisis. On Monday, in a unanimous ruling, the California Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of 18 criminal cases in Riverside county because there were not enough judges to hear them. Out of those 18, three were felonies. An additional 300 cases had been dismissed for lack of judges and were on appeal. The court blames the state's failure to hire more judges.
The defendants declined to waive their rights to a speedy trial, forcing a trial judge to dismiss the charges bc there were no courtrooms available. Chief Justice Ronald M. George, writing for the court, said Riverside County's "congested criminal caseload represented a chronic" problem. "The lack of available courtrooms and judges was attributable to the Legislature's failure to provide a number of judges and courtrooms sufficient to meet the rapidly growing population in Riverside County," wrote George.
The Riverside county prosecutors challenged the dismissal, arguing that the court should have made every judge in the court available for the cases. "The courts are just overwhelmed by both the exponential growth in population and by some extent to the district attorney's charging policy,"County Deputy Public Defender William A. Meronek said. "They tend to pursue everything, and they are reluctant to plea bargain or negotiate any settlement."
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Judge, police help oust Trump Hotels from Panama property
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Workers pried President Donald Trump's name from signs outside his family company's luxury hotel in Panama today, as Trump's executives were ousted from their management offices in a business dispute under orders from Panamanian officials. Trump's security guards also left.
The end to a 12-day standoff over control of the property came early in the day when a Panamanian judicial official and police officers backed the hotel's majority owner, Orestes Fintiklis, as he took possession of the offices. The Trump-affiliated management and security officials then left the 70-story, waterfront high-rise.
"This was purely a commercial dispute that just spun out of control," said Fintiklis, a Miami-based private equity investor and head of the hotel owners' association. "And today this dispute has been settled by the authorities and the judges of this country."
The Trump Organization's lawyers, however, said Panamanian courts had in fact made no determination on the underlying dispute – a management contract held by the Trump group that it claims is still valid – and had only appointed an interim management until an international arbitration panel rules on the issue.
"Trump Hotels is totally convinced it will not only prevail, but that it should also be paid damages, costs and other charges related to today's actions," the lawyers said in a statement. The Trump Organization didn't say who the new management was or why the Trump name was removed from the hotel.
The Panamanian Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Trump Hotel's website had ceased offering direct bookings at the hotel by early this afternoon. "We apologize," the site said. "There are no available rooms for your requested stay."
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text: So we were supposed to get that "huge" snow storm last week, they cancled school, Bruce left work early and we got a pathetic 4 inches. Yes 4 inches is pathetic. But this Tuesday we awoke to a winter wonderland 4 inches in the morning and at least another 8 through the afternoon and evening. Bruce did leave work alittle early but QU didn't close until 5pm! I like the snow its pretty, and I love taking pictures of snow at night. I was going to trudge my new tripod into the back yard and take some pretty photos but I got snow in my boots playing with Kenny (who loves the snow). So this one from the back door at dusk will have to do.


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A helping hand? Kylie Jenner took to Instagram on Sunday, October 16, to share a racy photo with her boyfriend, Tyga, who couldn't resist getting a little frisky.
The snap features the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 19, clad in a skintight white bodysuit. Her rose gold mermaid tresses are draped over one shoulder, and she holds her Kylie Lip Kit phone case in hand, ready to capture the shot.
Meanwhile, her rapper beau, 26, stands behind her with one hand reaching around her hip, almost touching her groin. His other hand is interlocked with the Kylie Cosmetics founder and resting on her hip.
Jenner's choice of caption? A simple "🐯."
The reality star and the "Rack City" rapper have been inseparable since reuniting after their brief split in May. "I just needed to see what it was like not being with him," Jenner recently told Complex. But in the end, she said, "We realized that wasn't what we wanted."
"The first year we started hanging out, everyone around him told him not to be with me. I still get comments like, 'Don't be with him,'" she told the mag. "But we're not doing it for the public — we love each other. We need to be together at all times. We never get mad at each other, we just figure things out."
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A Purpose of Art
February 4th, 2018
I think one of the advantages of teaching the same subject every year is the prompt to revisit my own attitudes. Surprisingly, my definition of art has changed very little. Instead, it narrows and becomes clearer for me — on the personal level.
Not theoretical.
Every year I struggle to teach the theories I find silly — or "unsound" — without bias. (For the record, I think I do okay.)
One of the disadvantages to living in a small town is having to deal with the question, "What did you think?" from colleagues or students. The inevitable sense of loss I feel when I know that I have to answer flatly. On the other hand, it's a comfort to know that no one really wants to know what I think, anyway. And there is such a thing as social decorum, after all. I get that.
This past Friday was the first time I experienced a post-dramatic theater piece without feeling defensive or reactionary in my dislike of the form. Today, post-dramatic is entrenched in tradition, no longer brave or edgy in any sense. And I feel fine saying it really isn't for me. I don't even feel "old" when I say it.
I came home from the post-dramatic performance, and before bed I read a script that had come in the mail that day: Bird, by Katherine Chandler. I sighed with relief. This kind of work is still out there. This kind of art.
I have two banal problems with "The Post-Dramatic": 1. How is Hamlet Machine truly post-dramatic in essence when it presupposes you know who and what Hamlet is? Isn't the post-dramatic art form merely derivative work? Marginalia and commentary as an art form? It doesn't actually abandon a narrative, it presupposes it, in the best case. In the worst case, it disingenuously disavows it, or throws it up — with a cowardly grab at significance — to say it is "whatever the viewer makes of it". The artist becomes nothing more than the spinner for a game of Twister. (I admit though, it's nice when the craftsmen are technically skilled. I do find pleasure in what talent can produce, if not a space to formulate private meaning, a springboard for my own creativity.)
The second is personal — and is rooted in my personal understanding of the purpose and definition of art itself: the communication of the experience of being human. The key work being communication. The sense of connection, the intentional exchange and understanding of perspective. I know it is an old-fashioned, but I believe that it is ennobling to move beyond our own subjectivity. And that art is partially defined by this.
No matter high tightly I am backed into a bathroom to watch a piece of post-dramatic theater, I feel isolated. My experience, ultimately isolating. If there is conversation afterward, it is the sharing of individual interpretations of personal perspectives. Like comparing Rorschach interpretations with friends at a dinner party. Art that makes the artist irrelevent (or artist as tarot reader). Art that is without intention. "Art" that is a stimuli for an essentially individualistic experience that demands personal agency, and results in a sense self-importance and private significance*.
There have been times when I have sat in the audience and thought, what if I don't want to play along? When I have obstinately felt a desire to rebel, and NOT play along. When I have wanted to stomp my feet and demand that the artists GIVE ME something of themselves, and an earnest intention to communicate something specific and meaningful, something that touches on the what it is to be human.
I actually feel odd paying for a theater experience that does nothing more than reassure me of my own creativity.
(How arrogant is that?)
I do not need to be co-creater in order to be an active participant in an artwork. I do not believe for a moment that the act of listening is passive. I believe more of us would be better at it if it were.
Clearly, I do not lack a sense of self-importance. I don't even lack a sense of personal agency in my life. What do I want from art? I want it to give me something I would otherwise not have in my life. Why is art essential for me? For what purpose do I need it?
When I put down Bird, I felt a sense of connnection. The woman who wrote that play somehow seemed to know what it is to be human in the same way I have experienced it. We've shared that, without ever having been squished up in the same bathroom stall. She dared to construct a story from the fragments of life. She dared to share a whole-cloth work of art. Of course, I can never know if she intended to communicate the experienced I received. (That's is the absurd truth of our lives, isn't it?) But there was an attempt. And just that attempt, that act of courage — of vulnerabiltiy — is a human experience that I recognise.
*I'm not alone in thinking along these lines. Though Adam Alston has been much more systematic and erudite in his approach. I am in no way suggesting he agrees with me here in terms of what he would prioritise as a purpose of art.


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The Trick to Healthy Treats for Halloween
More than 60 percent of Americans celebrate Halloween. Tricks for making it a safer, healthier holiday can benefit your children and those who come to your door.
Keep Them Safe
- Feed your children a meal or snack before they head out. This will help keep them from munching on the treats they collect as they go door-to-door. Tell your children it's important that you inspect their goodies at home before they pop anything into their mouths.
- Discard all homemade candy or baked goods when your kids get home. Parents of toddlers should remove choking hazards such as gum, peanuts, hard candies, and the like.
- Inspect commercially wrapped treats for indications of tampering. Look for an unusual appearance or discoloration, tiny pinholes, or tears in wrappers.
- Read ingredient labels with extra care if your child has food allergies.
Keep Them Healthy
Some treats are healthier than others. To focus on those:
- Opt for chocolate. Research has determined dark chocolate in particular is a rich source of antioxidants that has been linked to a reduced risk for heart disease and some cancers.
- Read labels with an eye toward lower fat, calories, sugar, sodium, and trans fat totals.
- Consider alternatives to candy. Choices to consider include single servings of breakfast cereal, fruit rolls, mini boxes of raisins, microwave popcorn, string cheese, pretzels, peanuts, trail mix, juice boxes, ginger snaps, graham crackers, crackers and cheese, vanilla wafers, or animal crackers.
Treat Yourself
Find more great info on healthy eating—including some scrumptious recipes—on our Eating Well page.


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Detroit, MI — According to its Secretary of State, Michigan cast 54.2 percent of its 4.7 million votes for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Wayne County, where the city of Detroit is located, favored Obama with 73 percent of its votes. And now, one Detroit official wants her city and The White House to remember it.
In a Tuesday Council session, Council Member JoAnn Watson cited overwhelming African American support of Obama merits a quid pro quo return of "bacon" today in the same way former Mayor Coleman Young returned financial resources to Detroit during the Clinton presidency. Detroit is cash strapped with only $3 million in its treasury, without a viable option to re-direct its ominous future.
Watson's choice of words conjures up images of government waste and rare political transparency in others. Aside from her language choices, arguments can be made for and against Detroit Mayor moving in the direction of seeking help from Washington.
The merits of Watson's suggestion include:
- The idea of Detroit filing for bankruptcy is by no means an anomaly. According to GlobalResearch, 42 municipalities have filed for bankruptcy protection since 1981 under The Municipal Bankruptcy Act of 1937. According the U.S. Courts.gov website, over 600 municipalities have filed a common form Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition since 1937. On June 28, the 290,000-resident city of Stockton, CA became the largest city in US history to file bankruptcy.
- The precedence has been set for federal and state jurisdictions coming together to support a financially strapped municipality. Most notably, in 1970s the excessively leveraged city of New York, NY, unable to receive credit in private capital markets, had reached a fiscal crisis. In response, President Gerald Ford signed the New York City Seasonal Financing Act of 1975 [P.L. 94-143] that provided the troubled municipality $2.3 billion in loans. Subsequently, President Jimmy Carter signed the New York City Loan Guarantee Act of 1978 [Public Law 95-339] to extend additional federal assistance. Both direct loans and loan guarantees continued until 1986. A set of internal and external conditions that came together in New York's fiscal emergency in the same way a multiplicity of factor now plague Detroit.
- Governor Richard Snyder has intimated moving Michigan to Right To Work state. The controversial action would prohibit unions from requiring workers to join. Snyder predicts what advocates of the measure call Labor Freedom will attract businesses to the state. This anticipated growth would enable Detroit to repay emergency loans similar to the New York City bailout.
Critics of Watson's idea might cite:
- At a time persistent federal deficits, the nation's looming fiscal cliff signals potential shifts in revenue and spending. As such, Washington is not in a position to engage serious budget talks by laying onto Washington a massive measure to save Detroit.
- A number of other cities are facing serious fiscal challenges. A Detroit bailout energize other requests, Earlier this year, Atwater, CA reported a $95 million debt load that will not be mitigated given its $3 million deficit. Atwater declared financial emergency on October 3rd, making it the fourth California municipality to move in the direction of filing for bankruptcy. Indeed, a number of municipalities across the country face similar financial woes of-late, including: Providence RI; Scranton, PA; Rockland County, NY.
- Obama's Stimulus Bill largely targeted the automobile industry, and by virtue of the industry's geographic footprint, "Iron City". Taxpayers might reject the idea of shouldering a bailout, citing the city's inability to convert Joe Biden's "GM is alive" into a corollary celebration "Detroit is alive".
- The extent and complexities of Detroit's woe are so great that even a significant financial infusion would not turnaround conditions. Extraordinarily high unemployment, rampant foreclosures, an incessant crime problem, failing public schools, aging infrastructure, all without a strategic thrust to redress these problems places a public resolution highly unlikely.
- With a major criminal case underway in federal court, the aftermath of scandals involving former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick still envelops the city. The shroud includes, but is not limited to, private investment not as available in an already difficult climate.
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Oleg A. Korolev (born 1968)
In 1979 - studied in the Studio of the Classical Drawing ( Vilnius, Lithuania)
1981 to 1990 - Art School, Crimean Art College named after N.S. Samokish (Crimea)
1992, 1993 - participated in the group art exhibitions ("The Arnhem gallery", London, UK)
1994- exhibition of the Crimean artists " Art-Effect" ( Simferopol)
From 1995 to 1998 - exhibitions in the gallery "KEP" and in the "Privat Bank"" ( Simferopol)
1998 - the international art festival "Russian Winter in Montreal", Vand-ArtGallery" (Montreal, Canada)
1998 to 2001 - took part in various private art projects with Russian and German art collectors
Since 2000 - a member of the artistic society "Society for Art of Imagination" (the London, Great Britain)
2002- "All Media Invitational 2002 Period Gallery , (Omaha, USA)
2003 - Ramsey Center for the Art' (St.Paul, USA)
2004 - participated in the art project of the Maestro Ernst Fuchs, as well as studied the painting technique
of this famed master, firsthand ( Apocalypse chapel, St.Egyd Cathedral, Klagenfurt, Austria)
2006 - "Society for Art of Imagination" The H.R. Giger Museum (Gruyeres, Switzerland), Mall Gallery (London)
2008 - "Society for Art of Imagination" "Fantasmus" (Saeby, Denmark)
2009 - 7-th International Visionary Art Festival "Chimeria 2009» (Sedan, France).
2010 - International Exhibition "Surrealism Now" ( Coimbra, Portugal). International Exhibition "The Subconsciousness Geysers - 6",
Gallery A3 ( Moscow, Russia).
2012 - "EnQuête du Sacré", Galerie d'Art Visionnaire de Paris (Paris, France), 9-th International Visionary Art Festival "Chiméria 2012" (Sedan, France),
Setúbal House of Culture International "Surrealism Now -2012" ( Setúbal, Portugal)
2013 - "Surrealism Now" International exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal
"International Surrealism Now" Palais de Lousa, Coimbra, Portugal
"International Surrealism Now", Gallery Viera Porto, Porto, Portugal
"International Surrealism Now", Medieval Castle of Paco Ega, Condeixa, Portugal
2014 - "Surrealism Now" International exhibition, (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016 - IZO Art gallery "Art Marathon project" (Russia, Moscow), "Shanti Art Gallery" Solo exhibition (Moscow, Russia)
2017 - "Миры Параджанова глазами современников" «АRT Коробка» (Moscow, Russia), "International Surrealism Now",
Poros Museum, (Condeixa-a-Nova Portugal), "Russian Art Week" in "Art Play", (Moscow, Russia), "Life as an Evolutionary Practice",
Maykov, Demchog, Korolev, Solo exhibition "Open World Center (OM)" (Moscow, Russia), "Brigid Marlin and friends", Baker's Guild Hall, (London, UK)
2018 - International Contest&Awards "Vanguard Today" , Central House of Artists, (Moscow, Russia), International "Visionary Art Award", Moscow House of Artist, (Moscow, Russia), Participated as an artist and art curator of the project
2019 - International "Visionary Art Trip", Moscow House of Artist, (Moscow, Russia), participated as an artist and art curator of the project; International "Visionary Art Trip", Russian House (Belgrade, Serbia), Participated as an artist and art curator of the project;
International "Visionary Art Trip", Exhibition Center of the St.Petersburg Union of Artists, (St.Petersburg, Russia), Participated as an artist and art curator of the project
"Eyes of the Soul", "Metamorphosis", "Illuminations", "Imaginaire I", in magazines: "Revue 3e millenaire", "EGOIST generation", "Magic Mountain N XIII", "Vestnik actualnih prognozov" Volume 3, "Empire of Spirit" NIII, «Fantasy*Art Magazine» Apr. 2009, in art encyclopedia «Lexikon der phantastischen Künstler», "Inscape" (Winter 2009. SAI Magazine), "Empire of Spirit" N5(11) Autumn 2010, Visionary Art Yearbook 2010 - 2011, "The Invisible College" 6th Edition 2011, Catalogue Van Soest Collection 2011, Journal "CoSM" N9 2016, Science and Religion Magazine (Nauka i Religiya) 05/2018
Art works by Oleg Korolev have been on display in private and corporative art collections of Russia, Europe, North America and Australia.
"Empire of Spirit" magazine :
"To appreciate properly a painting by Oleg Korolev, it is necessary to understand, that it manifests itself in the several spheres simultaneously.
On the one hand, it is possible to consider it as an organic part of the Russian art itself. This way on the foreground comes that circumstance,
that the most significant pieces by Oleg Korolev were created in a genre of the "Religious Art". This genre has had appeared in the Russian painting in the middle or XIX century. Alexander Ivanov and Nicolay Gay have become it's founders on the Russian soil. Michael Nesterov and Nicolay Roerich appealed to the matter in the beginning of XX of century as well… A Religious picture differs both from the painting on the secular themes, and from the icon itself. A "watershed" with the last one lies in the field of function: a "Religious painting" does not participate in the religious service, in the meantime for an icon this a basic assignment. Thus a religious picture, the same way as an icon, belongs to the sphere of the sacred, as we all know, it represents the characters of the sacred history (Christ, apostles, holy men), it's events (The Bible plots, the Eschatology ) or a mystical part of the human life. A religious plot can be considered as a non-sacred only in case of it's interpretation denies the holiness itself, or brings it down up to the commonness (as it happens with a caricature, for example). A sacredness of the depicted in the religious picture should be recognizable ( and/or ) to be is designated in the context of the certain creed, that distinguishes it from the painting on some general mystical themes. In the art life a religious picture is called to serve as a transferring part between a studio of the artist and the walls of a temple: the most successfully developed Christian plots, tasted on the canvases and exhibitions, were transferred to the church interiors, to icons. In the Soviet period the religious picture, by the obvious reasons, has established itself as a completely all-sufficient genre*. In 1950-1990th Evgeny Spassky, Vitaly (Stephan) Linitsky, Alexander Kharitonov, Vladislav Provotorov successfully worked in the genre.
* Florkovskaya A.K. "Religious searches in the informal Moscow's painting of 1970 th // Russkoe iskusstvo ХХ cent. Researches and publications. "Nauka",
2008. Pages. 399-416; Bagdasarov R.V. Christian painting in Russia 2th part of XX of century // Chelovek . 2000. N 5; . "Behind of the threshold", 2003. Pages
176-230; Russian religious picture on the crossroads of the traditions: 1940th-2000th years // Vestnik Actualnih Prognozov. 2008. Edition 15.Vol. 3. Pages 130-134.
On the other hand, the paintings of Oleg Korolev belong to the generated in XX century, Visionary art movement. Visionary art - not a style, but rather a method, more reminding an individual psycho-spiritual practice, than art in it's cultural-aesthetic sense. In the West, the art of visionary, formally coming from the Catholic painting of Hieronymus Bosch, Grunevald, El Greco, mystical art of William Blake and European school of Symbolism, being transformed through Surrealism, has signified a cardinal reconsideration of the attitude to sphere of the spiritual. Though, by the highest standarts, the given approach is not so new. A visionary with a necessity appears in those areas of art, where a task of the direct visualization of the spiritual experience is established. Thus some allegoric, hieroglyphic approaches and other similar methods are excluded, or they do gain a subordinated rank. The roots of the art visionary go to the Paleolithic murals of the Lascaux and Altamira caves. The totemic vision of the hunters of Paleolith, gave a birth to the ageless patterns of the high Animalism and underlie a method, attributed later to Realism. There is no doubt, that Orthodox Icon painting and Vajrayana Thangka painting of are methodically close to the Visionary art, where an artist-pupil reproduces the patterns of the approved spiritual experience, and the artist-teacher creates art pieces, which become the samples. The proclamation of the art Visionarism as a separate direction in the Fine Art, becomes a sort of a peculiar "revenge", which gains the Sacred from the Secular civilization of the West. In the middle - end of 1940th in the different countries to the arena of the art life comes the whole pleiad of the artists: Ernst Fuchs, Moris Esher, Johfra…Later the world recognition have got Carlos Paes Vilaro, H.R.Giger and many others. Defining itself in the conditions of delimitation with the non-figurative kinds of painting, visionary art testifies, that the creativity is not determined so much by the social context or the aesthetic definitions, but mostly by evolution of the person, by the new opportunities of the
communications, which overcomes the national borders and the confessional are as of the influence. Modern Visionary painters, using the classical approach of art techniques, as a rule, aspire to the personal technical perfection, that which so sharply contrasts with the moods reigning in Contemporary Art **.
** See one of last collective albums, establishing a modern survey of this direction: Metamorphosis: 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary
Artists. beinArt Publishing, 2007.
To the Visionary art pioneers of the Imperial Russia it is possible to ascribe a Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Ciurlionis. Therefore, it is twice interesting, that
the childhood of Oleg Korolev has passed in Vilnius, where he could contemplate the same kind of the views of Lithuania with it's iridescent atmospheric
suspension, as before it did Ciurlionis. Though, as confesses the artist, in that times he had much bigger interest to the canvases of the Renaissance
masters, as well as Baroque and Realism artists of XIX of century. Later Korolev has got familiar with the art by Nikolay Klamakoff and Pavel Tchelitchew,
- other greatest Visionary artists. In the nowadays Oleg Korolev, perhaps, is the most consecutive successor of the ideas of the nationally oriented Russian Modern, refracted through the experience of Visionary art, one of the best masters, working in a genre of a Religious picture. To the painting of Korolev is inherent a high symbolical "resolution", a virtuosity of a harmonization of the uncountable details, which is not leaving even a slightest "seam" in the visual and conceptual perception. A Contemplative art of Oleg Korolev translates the basic ideas of the Orthodox asceticism to language of painting. Though, many pictures of the artist have a complex theological underlying reason, they are quite accessible even to a perception of the external to the religious context, spectator. Thus, a message of the painting " Peresvet, Oslyabya, Divine Gloom " (2006) comes from the Apophatic theology of Dionysius Areopagite. In the common philosophical plan, Divine Gloom it is a way to mark the Divine Being through a denying of all that which is not true. At the same time, the Divine Gloom expresses the moment of the entrance into the Ultimate Reality. In comparison with it any image and name, including an image of the holy man or a national hero, is only a product of a mental speculation, conditional and limiting. A pathos of works by Korolev is in the overcoming of the duality of the
perceived and perceiving. In this plan his art creativity puts the same task, as the practice of the "Mental ascesis" of the Orthodox monks - Hesychasts .
However, it reaches not by a refusal from the technical arsenal, but, on the contrary, through a usage of all it's riches, developed by the all previous
generations of the painters of Europe. Maximally sating the spectator perception, Korolev creates certain conditions for the opening of the "eyes of the mental
vision", when as a subject of contemplation becomes not a distinction of the things, but their internal unity. A definitely Internal, as it is seized itself
after a focusing of the attention on the exclusive property of every thing, which makes it to be itself. Having concentrated on the original quality of some
subject, the spectator, unexpectedly gets into the layer of the eternity perception, receiving the internal proof of own affinity with the things depicted on a canvas. It is a difficult method, which takes a lot of physical forces and requires a great skill. Johfra, Mati Klarwein, Roberto Venosa are recognized coryphaeuses of it in the Visionary art. Oleg Korolev is one of the few Russian artists, which managed to achieve here a virtuosity, not having broken off the connecting "navel-string" with the icon tradition of Orthodoxy. As we remember, a main argument for the acceptance of the exactly Eastern-Christian rite as a state faith in Xth age, has served an exactly aesthetic factor. The great prince Vladimir ambassadors being in the church service in Constantinople were struck
with the unearthly beauty, discovered by them in the Byzantine liturgy. Their aesthetic perception organs have received the richest food. This annalistic
story reflects one of the leading vectors in the Russian religiosity patterns. Basing on the ascetic theory of Hesychasm and the Apophatic*** method of a
discourse, Korolev creates own interpretations of the Gospel's parables ("Cataphatic Good Samaritan ", 2005; " Prodigal Son", 2005), a picture of the vision to the Apostle Paul on the way to Damascus (" St.Paul", 2002). Paintings : "Monomakh Hat" (2004), " How the steel is hardening" (2005), are devoted to the mystical measurement of the Russian history. The stages of the spiritual formation of a man are reflected by Oleg Korolev in the works : "A white day consciousness boat" (2001), "Tower of Ego" (2003), "Insight" (2005), "Genesis" (1997), "Apophatic summer " (2005), "Hesychast" (2007) etc.
*** From the Greek word αποφατικος which means "denying" - a theological method consistently denying all possible definitions of the God, as incommensurable. One of the latest accomplished works - the large canvas "Michael" (2009), belongs to the Eschatological sphere, a teaching about the final destinies of the world. The picture shows one of the key moments in the pre-human cycle of Creation: a fall of the Lucifer and a victory gained above him by the Archstrateg Michael. Not casually the overthrown Satan and his demons are non-personified, as it is accepted historically in the Christian iconography. We are watching only the Angelic Host of the Archangel Michael, slashing the darkness by the lightnings weapon. However, the images of the angels (which are decided in the Neo-Hellenistic manner) obviously differ each from another by a degree of luminosity. Following after the line of the impact from the top to bottom, they, as if they are eclipsing , with an inevitability ceasing to reflect the divine light. According to aesthetics-philosophical canon, which Oleg Korolev's a
painting asserts, the only an allowable way of depiction of evil is the shade on enlightened images of Angels. "
奧列‧格列夫(Oleg Korolev),男,1968年出生在俄羅斯西伯利亞。年曾在藝術坊和藝術學校就讀,在1984年至1990年期間在藝術學院進修及畢業。2000年度成為了想像藝術團體的會員。由1990年開始參與世界各地的展覽,作品在俄羅斯,歐洲,北美和澳洲被眾多私人和社團收藏。
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All-nighters: stressful but necessary
For a master procrastinator, like myself, nothing beats pulling an all-nighter to focus on finishing assignments. I know some people value a good night's sleep before a big project or an exam, but I'm absolutely the most productive from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. I'm someone who works well under pressure, so the last minute push to complete my work really keeps me awake.
Nothing beats the quiet that settles in during the early hours of the morning. Between writing for the Cigar, my job as an Orientation Leader, my two majors, my friends and my family my phone is constantly blowing up. But in the late night hours, no one contacts me, save for the few Snapchats from my fellow night owls.
Because of my intricate sleep habits, I am definitely not a morning person. As a result, I have the worst time trying to focus on absorbing new information, or really being productive before 11 a.m. "Getting a good night's sleep" and "waking up early to finish" are not phrases in my vernacular. As Jim Hopper from "Stranger Things" said, "Mornings are for coffee and contemplation," not finishing studying and expecting to retain information.
I realize that science says sleeping solidifies your memories, but staying awake keeps my mind on tasks and active. Everyone is different, but I know that staying awake and powering through my work is a surefire way to find success. It's not that I hate sleeping, because I do enjoy a full eight hours if I can, but not when there's work to be done. I'll sleep when I'm dead.
Going to bed early: the key to success
The weeks before midterm and final exams are always filled with professors and parents barraging you with advice on how to do well on your tests. Methods such as studying in new locations, chewing gum and writing notes by hand are doled out to students like valuable gems that should be taken gratefully and cherished.
Personally, I think all of that stuff is nonsense. I believe that the best way to study for an exam is to sleep. I don't put my faith in cheap gimmicks. When it comes to studying I find the best way to be prepared is not to stress.
Spending the whole night before a test pouring over notes only serves to overwhelm the brain with information and in the end it just leads to worse grades on the exam. When you spend so much time going over every detail it becomes easy to second guess yourself. An answer you should have known becomes jumbled and mixed up with facts that you didn't even need for the test.
If you don't want to get bogged down by an immense load of information, most of it useless, then start by just relaxing. Take out your notebook, read through it once, and then go to bed. Then, roughly an hour before the test just do a quick review.
Sleep is hands down the best study aid. The way it refreshes your mind and body while cementing the events of the day into your memory is the exact combination needed to pass that midterm you have been worrying too much about.


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Bonobos. Blue Nile. Nasty Gal. BaubleBar. These are some of the most famous examples of online-only retailers that have opened—or plan to open—brick-and-mortar locations.
But with Amazon's announcement in October that it will open a physical store across from the Empire State Building on 34th Street in Manhattan, we can finally put to rest the persistent (and faintly smug) predictions that stores are dinosaurs scheduled for extinction. Retail's behemoth is going old school, and that's good news for the industry's small guys.
Not that many people bought into the idea of a retail-free physical world. But at every professional retail conference and on every big-picture retail blog, the question looms large: How will online and brick-and-mortar outlets coexist in the future?
A few possible (and popular) scenarios:
Not much changes
Consumers continue to enjoy online and brick-and-mortar, essentially independent of each another. I have a work colleague who always dresses flawlessly, like a model out of a J.Crew catalog. She never shops online, crediting the old-school dressing-room shuffle with her snappy style. "I just need to see it before I buy it," she has said. Millions of U.S. consumers feel the same way. A beautifully merchandised store or a great shopping row or mall is, for zillions of folks, fun and engrossing. And nothing's going to change that. Not even one-click convenience.
Showrooms become the norm
Big-box stores like Best Buy and Target dispense of their cash-and-carry services—offering instead 1-2-hour delivery (via drones?) on items you buy in-store. Quaint, pretty shopping districts, such as Boston's Newbury Street and Los Angeles' Melrose Avenue, thrive, but "destination" boutiques get squeezed out. Amazon's forthcoming store will function as a warehouse, as well as a shop for Kindles and other Amazon-made devices.
Online all the way through
This scenario tech-ifies the showroom concept. Shoppers start their journey online with their smartphones, either on an app or mobile site, which directs them to a store or showroom where they can see the item they're interested in purchasing. Once in the showroom, consumers are guided through the space via beacon-based in-store mapping and smart navigation. This app allows them to purchase the product instantly through their mobile device and schedule it for delivery. Without the help of a salesperson.
Chances are, the landscape will borrow elements from each of the above forecasts. And, of course, new scenarios will take shape as technology marches forward.


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Kimberly E. West and Christopher D. Holmes are second year Ph.D. educational policy and administration students at the University of Georgia. West's research interests include school choice reform measures and the participation of special needs students in such measures. Holmes' research interests include federal education law, such as supplemental improvement grants.
In this column, they seek to draw attention to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and the need for Georgians to get involved in the creation of the state's plan. They explain how Every Student Succeeds differs from No Child Left Behind. Explaining they are parents, former educators, future education policymakers and community members, West and Holmes believe more Georgia citizens should become involved in the state's education laws and policies.
By Kimberly E. West and Christopher D. Holmes
As the November election quickly approaches and commercials for and against the Opportunity School District fill the airwaves, it is important to note there is another shift going on in state education policy all Georgians should be aware of. That shift involves a recent change to federal education law that will directly affect local school districts, schools, and classrooms. Additionally, this change in education law is something Georgians should be engaged in through feedback and questions.
On Sept. 14, the Georgia Department of Education held its third public meeting in Fulton County to provide community stakeholders with the opportunity to give input and feedback on the state's new Every Student Succeeds Act plan. The Every Student Succeeds Act is the latest reauthorization of federal Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965; previous reauthorizations of the law include the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 and the Improving America's School Act in 1994. The Every Student Succeeds Act was a bi-partisan effort signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2015.
The new reauthorization reduces much of the federal oversight established during the high-stakes testing accountability era of No Child Left Behind, which includes decreasing testing requirements, eliminating local districts requirements to achieve adequate yearly progress, and giving states the power to decide how to address and improve struggling schools. In general, Every Student Succeeds Act reverses the one-size fits all approach to education, giving power back to the states and local school districts. States are required to submit their plan to the U.S. Department of Education this year for approval, with implementation beginning during the 2017-18 school year.
While family and community feedback has previously been welcomed when enacting new education laws and policies, it is especially important now considering ESSA gives states more power over significant areas of education reform that can have a positive effect on Georgia's students, families, and schools. Important topic areas addressed under the law include testing requirements, teacher development and evaluation, school accountability, and funding. Special student populations, such as special needs students, English language learners, and gifted learners, are also given more attention.
Additionally, the Every Student Succeeds Act calls for the education of the whole child as a focus on social-emotional learning is brought to the forefront; which changes the scope of what is required to address the diverse needs of students.
Additional details of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act include:
The law is authorized for four years.
Math and reading testing guidelines will remain for students in grades three through eight. High school students will continue to be tested once.
States are no longer required to demonstrate 100% proficiency in math and reading.
Title I funding will remain intact.
States will identify the lowest-performing schools and decide the best measures to remediate those schools.
Denial of the Secretary of Education of certain powers, such as pressuring states to adopt certain measures (e.g. requiring states to adopt a particular set of academic content standards); a tactic used during the Race to the Top program.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Thus, as federal education moves from the high-stakes testing era of No Child Left Behind to a more student-focused approach with more state and local control under the Every Student Succeeds Act, now is the time to embrace the opportunity for all stakeholders to contribute to Georgia's education policy.
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Oct. 17 in Gordon County
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