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Monday, May 14, 2007
Shhh!! Ethics Committee Quietly Appointed
But, as mandated by the state's Sunshine Law, did the public have any notification the meeting occurred? The answer appears to be No.
Linda attended the meeting last week, and did raise the question and reports on what happened here:
"How can you conduct public business in public if you don't tell the public that there is a public meeting and if you don't provide notice as to when and where the meeting will take place?
There wasn't any Sunshine at the May 8th meeting even though it was an especially important meeting--a special called meeting during which appointment of the Hamblen County Ethics Committee would take place. The only other item on the agenda was termites in the Courthouse.
Mayor David Purkey, as expected, appointed commissioners Stancil Ford and Joe Swann and Trustee Bill Brittain to the Ethics Committee. Joe Swann then jumped in and nominated Jack Cartwright and Jim Harrison for the "regular citizen" positions."
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- Anonymous12:47 PM
What Linda fails to state is that two of the "very limited number of individuals" who received email notification of the meeting are Mike Rypel and Bobbie Young. They told Linda that they did receive and read the email notification, but each failed to publicize the meeting. Email is how the press is notified of meetings.
To hear Linda tell it, emails were sent to those few people whose attendance was required, and they held the meeting in a closet- with the lights off lest someone see light spilling under the door and become curious.
The press failed to publicize the information they received. The county government does not publish the newspaper, or broadcast local radio. Linda is not presenting the whole truth here, and you are perpetuating her omission of the truth.
Thanks for the info Anonymous ...ReplyDelete
And how deeply disturbing that the local news failed to announce the meeting.
Since the radio and newspaper in town is owned by the same company, the public had zero chance to know of the meeting.
Sounds as if the real omission of truth was perpetuated by the local news.
- Anonymous2:10 PM
Well, they have had no trouble in the past getting meeting dates in the paper/on the air. I don't think there was any deliberate attempt to keep the meeting from the public. There is certainly a deliberate omission of facts by the former commissioner, however.ReplyDelete
Perhaps in interest of following the law, the meeting should not have been held until after a public notice was presented.ReplyDelete
- ScorpioRising6:55 AM
Oops, sin of omission. Mea Culpa from the media...meantime, the results were as planned: Not notification to the public...Linda seems to still be the demoness to some folks...interesting bit in the Knox. paper concerning a woman much like Linda who brought things to light, had all the facts and funny how she was also demonized when no political person wanted to address the FACTS, they attacked the person. I think no only the termites should be removed from the courthouse. OF COURSE it was a pre-agreed, setup deal. Duh.ReplyDelete
Looks like there might be an Anonymous(e) in the courthouse to go along with those termites!ReplyDelete
Where did Anonymouse deal with the issue which was: was "adequate public notice" as required by law provided for this "special called meeting" of the Hamblen County Commission?
Anonymouse appears to admit that the requirements of public NOTICE were not met when he says "I don't think there was any DELIBERATE attempt to keep the meeting from the public."
I stated much the same thing in my post when I said "It was probably hoped and expected that the press would notify the public."
BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN as hoped or expected. That means that there was not adequate public notice.
There was NO public notice. Zero. Nada. Zilch.
Anonymouse should do a little reading: The law says that the County must provide "adequate public notice" not "adequate press notice."
You are absolutely right in your last comment--as soon as it was realized that the law had not been followed regarding notice of the meeting, it should have been stopped and re-scheduled with proper notice to the public.
I'll have a lot more on this on my blog in a day or so.
The Sunshine Law and the Public Records Laws are among THE most important tools and safeguards that citizens have to protect from secret meetings and to enable them to try to find out what's going on with their money and their government!
Because these laws are citizen-friendly and are so useful to citizens, governments love to stick the "troublemaker" label on those who try to enforce and actually use the law to get information.
Sorry about that, Anonymouse! Until the Sunshine and Public Records are repealed, I'll continue to use them to get info and I'll continue to remind officials that it isn't a public meeting and the Sun isn't shining if you haven't announced the meeting to the public!
If that makes me a "troublemaker," so be it. This "troublemaker" has saved county taxpayers a ton of money by asking questions and checking out financial info much to the chagrin of Anonymouse.
I saved the taxpayers $1.1 million dollars in 2005 by checking the math in the calculation of the county's new tax rate after the 2005 re-appraisal. I checked the rate that the state had provided and that county finance officials were using in the budget process in 2005. I found out that the rate was 11 cents too high.
This would have resulted in the over collection of $1.1 million from Hamblen County taxpayers. My figures were quickly verified as correct, and the state and county then corrected and lowered the certified tax rate by 11 cents.
Remember the $18,000 that we have saved every year since 2002 by using the state auditors which I pushed for in 2002?
And there's more we could be saving right now and could have saved over the past several years if certain spending and procurement practices were changed.
I'm sick of taxes going up, up, and away! So, Anonymouse, watch out.
The taxpayers need commissioners who will work with the public as "watchdogs" of the public pursestrings---and not be timid "lapdogs" who spend too much time worrying that they might not get invited into the inner sanctum of government.
Anonymouse, smell the coffee and quit blaming others and trying to deflect attention from the issue.
You have admitted that the public wasn't notified about the meeting: "I don't think there was any deliberate attempt to keep the meeting from the public."
Deliberate or not deliberate, it really doesn't matter. THERE WAS NOT ADEQUATE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS MEETING!
Is it that difficult to accept and properly deal with what you yourself have admitted.
It's not rocket science. If there wasn't public notice, if it was just a glitch, do what Joe said, re-schedule the meeting, provide adequate public notice, and do it over the right way!
And next time, take an ad in the Legal/Public notice section of the paper to provide notice. That's what the county does for rezonings and lots of other special meetings.
Then you don't have to worry about someone else taking care of "adequate public notice."


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Social media has required schools to reach a new level of transparency. Blogging, specifically, has allowed schools to publish authentic content and forge a strong connection with their community. It has also given schools an opportunity to develop a voice that is hard to replicate on any other platform. Previously, a school would have to rely on journalists or word of mouth to portray the school's story. This was always a risk on the school, as you would have to trust a 3rd party to represent you in the way you want. Now, you can help define your school's story.
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Most school websites have a section or page referring to 'Community'. Every school has a community but, on a website, it often feels false. This is because you are telling people about your school's community in a sales pitch - you are trying to persuade your prospects. A head's blog can change this because you can showcase your school's community in a real, authentic way.
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What does it really feel like to go to your school? Is your school a fun, vibrant one? Do you have traditional values, coupled with a modern approach? There are a lot of buzz words that schools throw around when discussing their culture and values. Your school's head should be the voice of this and there is no better way to do this than through a blog. The head will share the core values, which will resonate with the school's audience when communicated correctly.
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Leaders of organisations can use blogs to inspire and lead people. Heads can do the same through their blogs. They are an effective way to informally communicate with people to inspire action. Blogs can be a good way to command influence, vision and authority. Blogs also allow people to gain an exiting insight into the school as well as the thoughts from the head.
Heads can use blogs to establish themselves as thought leaders in their industry. Many will be put off by the fear of controversy, but opinions should be communicated to receive a reaction. Conversations happen because of opinions and that's exactly what you want from a blog.
Every head has a personality and this should be showcased in a blog. Prospects will reflect on the head's personality and will want to see authentic, personal and real content.
Is blogging right for your Head?
It completely depends on the head themselves. If the head wants to blog then begin to think strategically about it. If the head does not want to blog then that's fine. A head that is not interested, have the time, nor the desire just won't make a blog work. Blogging requires passion and commitment, and it's not for everyone.
The worst thing you can do is persuade your head to blog when they're not a right fit. This will lead to disengaging, uninspiring and non-authentic blog posts.
Blogging Heads
Some heads are already blogging and we have a list of them below. Take a look at their blogs and consume their content. Think about what would work for your school.
Carry on this discussions using #HeadsBlog on Twitter!
Blog: Kevin Fear | School Twitter: Nottingham High School
Blog: Jo MacKenzie | School Twitter: Bedford Girls' School
Blog: Jonathan Lancashire | School Twitter: Dean Close School
Blog: Martin Reader | School Twitter: Wellington School
Blog: Dr G A Silverlock | School Twitter: King's School Junior School
Blog: Chris Edwards | School Twitter: Bromgroves School
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However, not everyone in the country approves.
Two fathers go out to buy a guinea pig that costs 17.95 euros in the pet shop. The shop owner gives them a discount of 20 percent. How much must Jan's fathers pay?
In the near future, math books could be posing this question, or one like it, to school kids in the Netherlands. Soon the country's geography and foreign language textbooks will no longer be able to ignore the reality of same-sex parenting in Holland.
Eberhard van der Laan says the country's school system must treat same-sex couples as a normal part of daily life. The 55-year-old father of five children is mayor of Amsterdam, which has been marketing itself as a destination for gay travellers. Now his call has been heard by Holland's largest school book publisher.
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Homosexuality has a high profile in Holland but the number of attacks on gay men and women is on the rise. Even in Amsterdam homosexual couples have reported they feel less safe than in the past.
Many of the attackers are young men with Muslim immigrant backgrounds. The association for the Integration of Homosexuals says that makes it all the more important for schoolbooks to "show male couples and female couples as completely normal."
However, the Netherlands' Calvinist community, as well as the country's conservative Catholics, has rejected the prospect of same-sex couples in school textbooks.
"Schools should not be forced to accept homosexual emancipation," says the newspaper the Reformatorisch Dagblad, the most important orthodox Protestant publication in Holland.
The Association for Christian Reformed Education has also made it clear no "homo-schoolbooks" will be distributed in its schools.
The idea of making children familiar with same-sex couples is not a new one. Ten years ago the Dutch author Linda de Haan created a stir with the publication of her children's book "King and King".
In the book a gay crown prince refuses to marry a princess but still wants to become king. In the end there is a fairytale wedding between two princes who live happily ever after.
The book was a bestseller in Holland which is known for its tolerant attitudes. But in the US the book's publication was followed by litigation in courts. Some parents called for the book to be banned or at least removed from library shelves. The litigation came to an end in 2007 when a federal judge decided "diversity is a trademark of our nation".
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Sounds bad, right? Yeah, I know. But guess what? It is so easy to do, especially when you are a small business owner. As our business grew, so did gaps in time spent with my husband & children. So did gaps in time spent with other family members and close friends. At times, you get lost in the "hustle" to be blowing and going, so much that you blow past your significant other. Forget to answer that text, forget to do a quick check on, to see how their day is going... Or do they need anything. A while back, I did a long post about it, an Instagram post. It was raw, real and that post took me back to my why, it took me back me to my purpose.
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Monday February 11, 2008
Hey parents, don't let your teenage daughters roam around the church unescorted, because you never know when a deacon might jump out of the shadows and rape her. I gotta tell you, I've just about had it with the religious nuts. Get thee to a Christopher Hitchens debate video on the existence of God.
Monday September 24, 2007
"Now the debate over gay rights threatens to drive a wedge between members of South Florida's black community." Bullshit. The debate over gay rights drives drives a wedge between the same two groups that it always drives a wedge between — rational people and dogmatic self-righteous assholes who have nothing better to do then tell other people how to live their lives.
Friday June 15, 2007
All hell broke loose in Coral Gables when a whole bunch of sacrificed, headless animals were found in front of a house last week. (via MVB)
Monday April 30, 2007
"Miami-Dade County health officials said they have received numerous complaints about the dead birds from visitors of the beach, but there is nothing that can be done because the religious practice is protected by the U.S. Constitution." Bullcrap — there's nothing in Santeria that requires leaving a mess (right!?). Kudos to Channel 10 for providing a link to more information about Santeria, but UM's page is pretty lame. Try Wikipedia next time.
Wednesday April 18, 2007
"If you have been to Miami Beach, maybe you have noticed a thin string, strung out from poles along the beach. It's the eruv (eruv chatzeirot), a symbolic enclosure required by Judaism in order to allow certain activities, most notably carrying, that can only be done inside a shared enclosed space during Sabbath." — Alex
Saturday March 3, 2007
"Homosexuals are going to hell." Annoying people on Ocean Drive. Note how this gets stranger and stranger as it goes.
Sunday October 1, 2006
The Spanish Monastery (aka St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church) in North Miami is one of my favorite places. It was originally built in Spain in the 12th century, and shipped to the United States and reassembled, brick by brick, in the 1950's. Here's a nice photo set of the building (and here is an alternate, lower resolution but easier to use version of the same photos). More photos at the Monastery's own web site.


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Many of you know that I have a lot of journals in work at the same time. I like to see this as evidence of a creative and curious mind rather than attaching any negative connotation. Each journal has a different look and feel and gradually each journal develops in a different direction. This particular journal is a lined journal with swirly doodles on each page. I found it at the bookstore.Read More
Drawing the alphabet with a dip pen and ink is such a calming experience for me; it allows me to empty my mind and focus only on the mesmerizing flow of ink, the meditative dip of the pen in the inkwell...Read More
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If you want to indulge in your love of words and incorporate words in your art journal pages, {any text, legible or not} you'll need to find space for those words - make space in advance - cover up another element with those words - use collage elements that already have words - so many options. Limitless options. So let me visualize some of this for you. Take these ideas and ricochet them into your own work.
No matter what words, letters, symbols or numbers you choose to utilize, at some point in the process of creating your page those words need to be added| painted| stitched| stapled| attached| adhered| glued| etched| drawn| lettered.Read More
Hand-lettering on a dark mixed media background, especially one layered with collage or acrylics, is especially challenging. But a white pen comes to the rescue! In the video, I wrote with two different white pens on the background of Golden heavy body acrylics, {i.e. black, payne's gray, teal etc.} so at first glance it's a mysterious almost-black. I reserved some space at the top left for writing and that's where I added a quote. The words at the center margin were just squeezed in, not planned. And of course there are words on some of the papers...Read More
Cards 27-32 for the Inktober Challenge. OK, not to worry, the inks won't actually continue indefinitely. There are too many mediums calling my attention, and NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow. Plus those trick-or-treaters will be here in no time!Read More
A series of hand-lettering tutorials + resources with an array of drawing + writing exercises to challenge you to think about how you visualize, shape + draw words.Read More
The next set of inked pages for the Inktober Challenge.Read More


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The Apollo Challenge requires just three workouts per week with one day of recovery between each workout. Workouts are labeled Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 of each week. An ideal training regimen would take place on Monday-Wednesday-Friday or Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday. Each workout was intentionally designed using a scientific method proven to elicit a specific response. Please execute the workouts as outlined to maximize your results! Day 1 is often thought as the most challenging because it is your high-rep day. You will be performing the greatest amount of work volume of on these days!
Day 1 is a 12 repetition day while using a 1-0-1-0 tempo for each rep. It is designed to fatigue the targeted muscles by the end of each individual set. This is the effect most people will describe as feeling your muscles "pumped" up. This approach induces cellular swelling with the intention of stimulating anabolic (growth) responses to muscle tissue by increasing protein synthesis (accumulation of protein) and decreasing proteolysis (breakdown of proteins). The success of this method relies heavily on ideal weight selection, high effort and technical execution. You should select a weight that exhausts your muscle by the time you reach your final repetition.
We consider Day 1 a high volume and high intensity workout. It is the most challenging of the workouts due to sheer volume. This challenge is best overcome with a determined mindset. Bring your best effort and you will reap the rewards.
Make sure to crush it on Day 1 to maximize your muscle gains and set yourself up for success in your Day 2 and Day 3 workouts. These work together in sequence to produce maximum results.
Day 1 is the hardest workout each week, you should feel a sense of accomplishment after successfully mastering your Day 1 workouts. This will set you up for success both physically and mentally for the week knowing that you dominated this beast of a workout. You should leave a successfully completed "Day 1" workout feeling that the hardest part of your week is behind you!


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Eye Care in Shuylerville
Here at Throggs Neck Optical, eye health in Shuylerville is our top priority. Our goal is to provide all of our patients with the highest and most effective level of eye care. Many people do not realize that it is necessary to visit the eye doctor on a regular basis, thinking that they only need to have their eyes examined if they are experiencing specific symptoms that are on the ordinary. In reality, it is necessary for you to visit the eye doctor regularly, even if you are not experiencing symptoms. The reason why is because many of the most common, and potentially dangerous eye conditions develop in a very gradual manner, meaning that often the symptoms are difficult to recognize at first. Because of this slow development, many people do not realize there is a problem with their vision or eye health until the particular condition has advanced to a significant level. In order to avoid damaging your vision this way, it is important to have your eyes examined on a regular basis with the staff here at Throggs Neck Optical. During each comprehensive eye exam, our experts of eye health in Shuylerville will carefully examine the current state of your eyes and vision in order to check for any signs of developing conditions or problem areas that need to be addressed. From there, if necessary, we can make recommendations for more specific treatments or eye care options as they are needed. If you use contact lenses or eyeglasses, it is even more important for you to visit our specialists in eye health in Shuylerville, so that we can make sure that your optical prescription is up to date. These are only some of the many eye health services available to you here at Throggs Neck Optical.
If you would like to learn more about our services related to eye health in Shuylerville, we highly recommend that you pay a visit to the main Throggs Neck Optical website to read through some additional information that you might find useful. If you have any specific questions that you would like to discuss with a member of our staff, we hope you will not hesitate to contact the staff here for assistance. You can reach us by phone, online or by visiting us in the store directly. We look forward to your next visit with us here at Throggs Neck Optical.


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"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion"
Hubbard later created the Church of Scientology...
In a Nutshell
The Church of Scientology is a vicious and dangerous cult that masquerades as a religion. Its purpose is to make money. It practices a variety of mind-control techniques on people lured into its midst to gain control over their money and their lives. Its aim is to take from them every penny that they have and can ever borrow and to also enslave them to further its wicked ends.
It was started in the 1950s by a science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard in fulfillment to his declared aim to start a religion to make money. It is an offshoot to a method of psychotherapy he concocted from various sources which he named "Dianetics". Dianetics is a form of regression therapy. It was then further expanded to appear more like a religion in order to enjoy tax benefits. He called it "Scientology".
Scientology is a confused concoction of crackpot, dangerously applied psychotherapy, oversimplified, idiotic and inapplicable rules and ideas and science-fiction drivel that is presented to its members (at the "advanced" levels) as profound spiritual truth.
The Harm it Does to a Person
The results of applying their crackpot psychotherapy (called "auditing") is to weaken the mind. The mind goes from a rational state to an irrational one as the delusional contents of the subconscious mind are brought to the surface and are assumed to be valid. It also makes a person more susceptible to suggestion since it submerges the critical thinking faculties of the mind into a partial subconscious state. It results in a permanent light hypnotic trance and so from thenceforth that person can be more easily controlled. The person will, to a much greater extent, believe and do whatever they are told. And of course this is used to the full in persuading them to hand over further money and dedicating themselves further to the cult.
The results of applying their oversimplified and inapplicable rules in life is to lose the ability to think rationally and logically. A person loses the ability to think for themselves and so they lose the ability to challenge incorrect ideas. This makes them easier to control. It also isolates and alienates the person from society so that they withdraw from normal society and into their "Scientology" society. This further increases their susceptibility to the influence of their group. They end up being afraid of society, believing all society to be controlled by a group of drug companies, psychiatrists and financiers all of whom report to more remote masters. In other words they are in a state of mass paranoia. They therefore avoid reading newspapers and the like since they fear it will disturb their safe Scientology world. It is a downward spiral into madness.
The science fiction content of Scientology is revealed to them after they have reached the state they call "Clear", meaning freed from the aberrations of the mind. However, perhaps "brainwashed" would be a more applicable word to describe the mental state of someone who has survived the near entire delusional contents of their subconscious mind brought to the surface and presented to them as "truth". On the "advanced" levels (called OT levels) above the state of "Clear" they encounter the story of Xenu. Xenu was supposed to have gathered up all the overpopulation in this sector of the galaxy, brought them to Earth and then exterminated them using hydrogen bombs. The souls of these murdered people are then supposed to infest the body of everyone. They are called "body thetans". On the advanced levels of Scientology a person "audits out" these body thetans telepathically by getting them to re-experience their being exterminated by hydrogen bombs. So people on these levels assume all their bad thoughts and faulty memories are due to these body thetans infesting every part of their body and influencing them mentally. Many Scientologists go raving mad at this point if they have not done so already.
Learn about Scientology and teach others
For all of those interested in learning about the evils of Scientology, make sure you know all the facts before you spread the word to others. Take a minute to view the South Park Scientology episode and watch the Bridge movie. Check out who Xenu is and especially how to free Xenu. Before you tell others what is Scientology, make sure you learn about Jeremy Perkins and even Suri Cruise. Read about Scientology's attack on Myspace, Scientology's attack on it's critics, Scientology's attack on YTMND, and the real Religious Freedom Watch website. Finally, make sure you learn about L Ron Hubbard and Scientology's new leader, David Miscavige. Then for fun, watch some of the videos located at Paul Vids and place your free ad at five dollar listing.
Parts borrowed from: http://www.xenu.net/roland-intro.html


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The following resources will help you to prepare the hearts and minds of your children for the sacramental gifts of Baptism, Confirmation, First Eucharist, and First Reconciliation.
An on-line form is available for pastors and parishes to order Sacramental Preparation Parent Handbooks. To order these books visit the Sacramental Preparation Books Order Form page.
Please contact the pastor at your local parish for details about having your child baptized. In order to help Sponsors for the Sacrament of Baptism understand their duties, the following document is available: Requirements and Online Catechesis for Sponsors (PDF).


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In a world where traditional craft interacts with modern design, Antonia Williams discovers new frissons in the handmade. Craft is not dying; it is being brought back to life in your interest, giving support to new ideas, particularly at the haute luxe level. This is not about cheap, it is about the quality of traditional craftwork, the highly skilled methods by which the newest ideas can come into being.
European ceramic and porcelain factories, leather workers and metalworkers, the almost-disappeared workshops of historic expertise, have been bought up by canny entrepreneurs who understood how vulnerable these necessary skills had become, and how vital they are to the upper crust of the market.
So much of the new is made so much better through the knowing intervention of traditional craft and skill. Putting together new ideas with old creates this fascinating mix. The handcrafted is a vital sign of our humanity. It might speak of wabi-sabi, the Japanese sense of the hand that is still visible in the finished object. It might mean the disciplined skills available in a Louis Vuitton or Poltrona Frau workshop, where the hand has ruled for generations. Or the confident moves only possible in a ceramic or porcelain factory established for centuries – Delft or Lladro, say. Or it might be about the way in which we can connect to a communal past, when we were more aware of process and more physically involved in the making of beautiful things.
The zeitgeist has need of craft skills, and the big businesses of design have worked out how to incorporate it in the object, particularly the ultra-luxe object where the quality of the piece relies as much on the refinement of age-old skills as it does on the brilliance of any new design thinking.
Desirable examples include Andree Putman's Oceano trunk, an haute luxe confection, certainly made for an ivory tower lifestyle in which delicacy of material demands existence within a <ital>cordon sanitaire. The trunk contains all needs, from folding desk to a pair of pouffettes. Poltrona Frau possesses the experienced makers, and Putman liaised closely with them for more than a year to ensure all details were just right. Also produced here is one of the most compelling counterpoints of old and new, Monica Forster's Esedra. This finely dovetailed leather pouffe is cut and stitched in the shapes of a Lappish hay overshoe, weaving the past and present most convincingly.
Some of the most engaging cleverness continues to come from the studio of Marcel Wanders at Moooi. With his illusory surface on the newly launched Carved chair, he has melded brocade and timber so that the fabric appears as an integral carved surface. While his oh-so charming ceramic pieces for Delft echo the Dutch indigo traditions. Beyond Wandersful Delft, there is also the new porcelain life of Lladro, where Jaime Hayon, the gifted and witty Spaniard, makes modern creatures that have crossbred pointy little men with cacti.
There is also the matter of Meta, a new couture design company set up by Mallett, the well-known Bond Street antique dealer, which, for aeons, has had brilliant craftsmen tucked away in its business. Current darling here is the Fig Leaf Wardrobe by Tord Boontje. Launched at this year's Milan Furniture Fair, this precious metal wardrobe is a clever conspiracy of golden leaves, each signed, which opens to reveal a gilded tree on which twiggy hangers balance suitably divine items of wear.
So much modern design guided and inspired by the new and newer technologies lets craft come in as a curious and heart-warming counterpoint. We see the presence of traditional craft referencing the past, balancing the present by earthing the new. And, mostly, we love it.


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Trade Leadership Coalition and Baker Institute Co-Hosting Event: NAFTA Negotiations and North American Energy Trade
Energy trade and investment were largely absent from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when it went into effect in 1994. Nevertheless, the North American energy landscape has shifted dramatically over the past two decades. The U.S. shale revolution has certainly been an important catalyst, but so has the increasing interconnectedness between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, as well as energy reform in Mexico that is leading to increased private participation in its oil, natural gas and electric sectors. The North American energy landscape is now characterized by significant abundance — a reality undreamed of when NAFTA was originally signed — providing tangible energy security benefits for all North American economies. NAFTA renegotiations are currently underway, and energy stands to play a very different role in the treaty's future.
At this event, Karen Antebi, economic counselor for the Trade and NAFTA Office at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C., will examine the latest developments in the ongoing NAFTA negotiations, including potential new provisions for the energy sector. A panel of experts will also provide perspectives from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico on the drivers of growing cross-border energy trade and investment within North America, and how this could be enhanced or inhibited by the potential outcomes of the NAFTA negotiations.
This event is co-sponsored by the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and Mexico Center, and by the Trade Leadership Coalition. Follow @AmericaTrades on Twitter.
James A. Baker III Hall
Rice University's Baker Institute – 6100 Main St
Houston, TX 77005
8:30 am — Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 am — Presentation
Featured Speaker
Karen Antebi
Economic Counselor, Trade and NAFTA Office, Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C.
Hector Castro Vizcarra
Representative of Mexico's Ministry of Energy, Embassy of Mexico in Washington, D.C.
Aaron Annable
Energy Counselor, Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.
Maryam Sabbaghian Brown
Vice President of Federal Government Affairs, Sempra Energy
Adrian Duhalt, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Mexico Energy Studies, Rice University's Baker Institute
Moderated by Francisco J. Monaldi, Ph.D., Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Baker Institute


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In Xanadu
In Xanadu
Institutional Copy
Price: $150
Institutional copy purchased for non-profits, public schools, university libraries/departments, corporations, etc. comes with public performance rights for the life of the media for non-commercial and educational exhibition when no admission fee is charged.
Home Viewing Copy
Price: $30
For private usage. No public screening rights.
Winner, UNIMA-USA Citation for Excellence
In Xanadu is an epic love story about Kubilai Kahn and his wife Chabui. They are inseparable partners. When she dies he attempts to bring her back from the underworld.
700 years ago my husband became the most powerful man in the world.
I was his right hand, his light hand, his even hand.
Winner of puppetry's highest award, the UNIMA-USA Citation for Excellence, the piece blends Tibetan, Chinese and Indonesian ideas into a unique form of theater which recalls the film language of Bergman and Kurosawa with lap dissolves, live montage and the controlled chaos of war.
In Xanadu was featured in the 1993 National Puppetry Festival in San Francisco, the 1994 Henson International Puppetry Festival, at the Public Theater in New York, and in 1997 at the Spoleto/USA Festival in Charleston SC. The original score by Miguel Frasconi includes traditional Tibetan and Mongolian music by Tashi Dhondup, Tsering Wangmo and Chen Shi-Zheng.
Extras on the DVD include "The Making of In Xanadu" with interviews with the director shadow casters and musicians, covering the development of the story, back stage magic, and a slide show of the puppets and masks.
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Deadend Magazine Weekend Report - 07/05/17/
This weekend we stayed close to home in Salinas, CA. We snapped a few shots of Laura with some our latest gear. (which is available at the Deadend Magazine store and online soon)
Kid Nunez and his dad Jorge came down to snap some shots of our Chevy Malibu wagon with their convertible for his upcoming photo exhibit at the Cukui store in San Jose, CA.
Meanwhile the Deadend Magazine Japan crew was at the California Times show in Japan. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth.
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The GPT Group's Wollongong Central Development Wins Two Architizer A+ Awards
Architizer, the largest online platform for architecture and interior design enthusiasts, announced today that The GPT Group's Wollongong Central Development has won both the Popular Choice and the Juror's Choice awards in the Shopping Center category of the Architizer A+ Awards. The awards program, which received more than 3,000 entries from 80 countries, recognizes design excellence in more than 90 categories. According to Architizer, winners "represent the best of architecture and design worldwide."
The GPT Group's Wollongong Central Development, designed by HDR | Rice Daubney, is located just over 50 miles (approximately 80 kilometers) south of Sydney. Its design proudly reflects the natural beauty and rich culture of the region, creating a renewed social heart and retail destination for Wollongong that fuses architecture, art and culture. Most importantly, the project authentically reflects the city.
"It is not a building the city deserved, but rather a building deserving of the city.
Quintessentially, the Illawarra [the region Wollongong is located within] is characterized by a unique dichotomy — a perception of a tough and gritty town defined solely by its history as a steel town and then a rich, almost achingly beautiful landscape held tightly between the escarpment and the Pacific Ocean. This friction defines the architecture of the building; a heroic, engineered and precise outer shell reflecting the man-made and a warm, organic and sensual interiorscape that celebrates the natural."
Susanne Pini, Director, Retail & Mixed-Use
Pini grew up in Wollongong and describes the city as exquisitely beautiful and brutal, raw and primal.
Beyond simply creating a beautiful building, the team knew this project had work to do far beyond its footprint. Like many cities, Wollongong's central business district had struggled to remain relevant — its ailing main streets bereft of active life. Pini added,
"We knew this project could either start a city-wide dialogue and be a catalyst for change and possibility, or simply be just another building. We opted for the latter, planting a seed that would grow with strong roots to reach out and connect parts of the city that had become severed and promote new growth where it had never dreamed to exist."
Reflecting on the recognition from Architizer, Anthony McNulty, The GPT Group's head of development – retail & major projects, notes that,
"The GPT Group is extremely proud that the Wollongong Central expansion has been recognized as a leader in an international competition. From the outset, GPT sought to deliver a city centre destination that responds to the needs of the local community while celebrating the unique traditions and cultures of the region within which it sits. This award is great recognition for the work done by HDR | Rice Daubney and our broader consultant team in creating a truly unique place that is valued by the Illawarra community."
Both awards will be presented to the team at a formal gala in New York City on May 14.
More about the Architizer A+ Awards
The Architizer A+ Awards is the definitive architectural award program with 90+ categories and over 300 jurors. For each category, two awards are given: a Juror's Award and a Popular Choice Award. The jury consists of industry luminaries such as Charles Renfro, Bjarke Ingels and Tom Kundig, as well as people from beyond architecture like Tony Hsieh (CEO, Zappos), Yves Behar (Fuseproject), John Edelman (CEO, Design Within Reach), Cameron Sinclair (Architecture for Humanity) and Barry Bergdoll (MoMA). The Popular Choice Award is determined by public voting.


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|Books Received: September 2 - 16, 2011
Enter into Neth Space and you will find thoughts and reviews of books and other media that fit the general definition of speculative fiction. This includes the various genres and sub-genres of fantasy, science fiction, epic fantasy, high fantasy, hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, new weird, magical realism, cyberpunk, urban fantasy, slipstream, horror, alternative history, SF noir, etc. Thoughts are my own, I'm certainly not a professional, just an avid reader avoiding his day job.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Books Received: September 2 - 16
3 comments:
- Justin said...
And now you taunt me with another copy of SACRED BAND. Scalleywag.
- 1:19 PM, September 16, 2011
- Neth said...
this one is the final version - complete with updated map
- 1:31 PM, September 16, 2011
- zoover said...
Hi! Wonderful stuff, do keep me posted when you post something similar!
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Opinion Columns & Blogs - INACTIVE
California needs to improve its golf game
I'm no Olympic athlete, but I recently managed to play 18 holes of golf in just 45 minutes, without using a cart or lifting a golf club. And, no, this wasn't a video game.
I was playing FootGolf, which involves kicking a soccer ball into extra-large holes placed on regulation golf courses. This new sport, spreading fast in California, is one promising answer to a full-blown statewide challenge: What to do with our glut of golf courses?
In California, golf is not just fun and games. It's a $13 billion industry that has defined our state's landscape, tourism, real estate market – and the finances of the hundreds of California cities with public courses.
But golf has had a bad decade, with the number of golfers and courses declining after 60 years of growth.
This decline is jarring because California's growth has been so tied to golf. The game was central to the leisure economy that helped lure millions here in the 20th century. In the 1950s, Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, one of the new courses built to sell housing, allowed Ford to use its name on a new car model, which in turn inspired a classic Beach Boys song. Does it get any more Californian than that?
While playing golf can be an individual pursuit, the game's growth was heavily subsidized through development-friendly tax laws and by local governments that saw courses as an essential amenity. That investment in golf seemed wise in the 1990s when an Orange County kid raised on municipal courses – Tiger Woods – inspired a younger, more diverse generation to take up the game.
But in 2006, California's housing crisis crashed the global economy, and the whole word turned against golf. The middle class that sustained so many courses no longer had the money to devote to an extravagant pastime. Suddenly, golf was out of step – a face-to-face hobby in a world that prefers digital communication; a slow, courteous game in a fast and impolite society. Trends in fitness also work against golf, with many seeking tougher exercise and slimmer bodies than you find on golf courses.
With fewer customers and higher water bills during the drought, California golf courses are struggling, with a few dozen closing. But replacing a golf course isn't easy. Regulations and politics make it hard to turn courses into the housing and parks California communities so desperately need.
For now, golf course operators are seeking new uses for their courses, including concerts and car shows. Courses have experimented with events for young singles that combine hitting golf balls with video games and drinking.
One innovation is FootGolf, being popularized by the Palm Springs-based American FootGolf League. More than 150 golf courses nationwide added it last year. I tried it out recently at an 18-hole par-3 course in Arcadia.
The course has added small greens, with 21-inch-wide holes, off to the sides of the regular greens. At the pro shop, I paid a $15 fee to an employee named Jordan Godfrey, who happens to be America's first national FootGolf champion. He warned me not to damage the well-manicured regulation greens by kicking off them.
I had a great time. Without a bag of golf clubs to carry, I jogged around the course quickly. Real golfers greeted me warmly and let me play through. My only mishap came on the damp fifth tee, when I fell as I kicked the ball down the fairway, landing hard on my bottom. That's never happened to me playing regular golf.
But no great California transformation is without its risks.
Joe Mathews writes the Connecting California column for Zócalo Public Square. He can be contacted at email@example.com.


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The Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellows Program and the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics at Columbia University are hosting a free two-day short course on oral history interviewing, taught by OHMA Associate Director Amy Starecheski.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance prior to the weekend of February 6.
Short course is free and open to all; however, we give priority to Columbia affiliates.
WHEN: Monday, February 9 & Monday, February 16, 2015
TIME: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (with a short break), both days
WHERE: International Affairs Building, Conference Room 270b [Campus map]
As a uniquely co-created primary source document or as an intersubjective and temporally dynamic method of qualitative research, oral history is a powerful research tool. This two-part workshop will introduce participants to the practice of oral history as a research method in the humanities and social sciences. Participants will get hands-on experiences in oral history interviewing and digital audio recording and will be supported to apply oral history methods to their own research questions. We will demonstrate software tools for transcribing, audio editing, and digital curation.
Amy Starecheski is the Associate Director of the Oral History MA Program at Columbia University. She consults and lectures widely on oral history education and methods, and is co-author of the Telling Lives Oral History Curriculum Guide. She was a lead interviewer on Columbia's September 11, 2001 Narrative and Memory Project, for which she interviewed Afghans, Muslims, Sikhs, activists, low-income people, and the unemployed. Starecheski is a member of the Core Working Group for Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change, where she facilitates the Practitioner Support Network. She holds a BA in anthropology from Columbia College, an MA from Columbia Teachers College, and a PhD in cultural anthropology from the CUNY Graduate Center. Her current research is with former squatters on New York's Lower East Side, studying the roles of history and property in their lives.


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Book review of this collection of essays, written at the request of the Journal of Common Market Studies (after the jump, version as submitted but with added hyperlinks for the web version; will add citation after publication).
I retain copyright but was required to grant 'an exclusive licence to publish (the review) in printed and electronic form, in all languages, and to administer subsidiary rights agreements with third parties for the full period of copyright and all renewals, extensions, revisions and revival'. Permission to publish on my own website is explicitly included in the agreement; what's more, the fact that this license exists does not take away from any user rights such as fair dealing, educational use, etc. Then again, it is a book review by a graduate student so I don't think anyone really cares about the IP rights in it…
The Language Question In Europe And Diverse Societies: Political, Legal and Social Perspectives, Dario Castiglione and Chris Longman (eds) (Oxford: Hart, 2007, ISBN 9781841136677 (hb) / 9781841136684 (pb)); xiii + 285pp., np.
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The first regulation adopted by the Council of the European Economic Community in 1958 established "the linguistic rules of the institutions". Over the course of the next fifty years, the Economic Community has become a Union and the six founding states have been joined by 21 others, with more on the way. But what of Regulation 1/58 and the question of language? This collection of papers, with a broad interdisciplinary and international orientation, brings the views of eleven authors to the table.
The cynic might say, of course, that this volume is typically European in that it explores a series of difficult questions without answering them. Indeed, among the range of unresolved (or unresolvable) issues of European politics and integration, language can surely claim to be one of the most sensitive and controversial. The European institutions are, as Niamh Nic Shuibhne puts it, "the ultimate project for the language policy maker", yet the lack of an agreed 'European language policy' remains frustrating. In her essay, she reviews the caselaw of the European Court of Justice but also the roles of the main institutions in presenting legislation and – often of equal importance – regulating their own internal affairs. Canadian philosopher Omid Payrow Shabani also looks at legal expressions of language rights in the context of Habermas' "constitutional patriotism" and the EU's key legal texts.
Of course, the elephant in the living room is the popular claim that not just in Europe but across the world, English is becoming a lingua franca (if you will pardon my Frankish). The pioneering work of Robert Phillipson and others (including critical applied linguists) on linguistic imperalism put the politics of power and control at the heart of language policy debates. Surprisingly, these arguments are not considered in any detail except by Chris Longman, who steps up and indeed appears to come down in favour of the use of English, in a thoughtful and controversial contribution that challenges "the doctrine of multilingualism". Similar sentiments are present in Phillipe van Parjis's paper, where his demands (expressed with an ample dose of humour) include "Ban Dubbing!" and "Grab A Territory".
Language rights, of course, interest the researcher not only in light of contemporary political debates over language in European institutions, but also in the wider context of language and culture. In Sue Wright's careful review of the history of linguistics and language planning, she reminds us that legal structures of language rights and entitlements are relatively recent innovations, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between the regulation of language use and the development of the language itself. The debates on language policy in the EU are scrutinized by Alan Patten (in theoretical terms), Miquel Strubell (who parses the statements of the various European players) and Reetta Toivanen, who considers how language is used as a supposedly 'neutral' distinction but can often be a proxy for other, more suspect classifications based on minority or ethnic status.
Although Philip Schlesinger (in a concluding chapter) draws upon the work of Castells and others on networks and the information society, it may well be technology and the Internet is further, unexplored factor in 'the language question'. Historically, the development of 'new' media forms has played a significant role in the regulation and mediation of language use. Ongoing difficulties with enabling workable multilingual use of essential facilities like e-mail highlight how the EU and those interested in language rights must go beyond conventional battle grounds (such as the language of parliamentary debate) and question the relationship between language, identity and culture in a supposedly globalised Europe. This collection of essays is an appropriate tribute not just to Regulation 1/58 on its 50th birthday but to the ongoing importance of language and linguistics in the European public spaces.
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Most people are well aware of the value of dental care, but cannot bring themselves to get into their dentist's office and climb into the chair. The reason: fear.
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"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. "Bob Marley
I tried writing my blog in June and kept struggling. I would write several drafts but in my goal to share I found myself at the same time not trying hurt anyone as well. So I hit delete on many drafts. I found myself struggling and resisting.
So I woke up this morning from a post from a well respected teacher who asked the question "what is integrity to you?" Which had me thinking of a way to say what I was looking to say without hurting and yet follow my instincts.
I like this question because I hear the words and immediately want to explain what it is expected from others and their integrity. Integrity being that place where our beliefs and actions meet. Yet it also applies to our own integrity. Which brings me to my own actions. How do we know just when to share and inform vs simple reaction and wanting to lash out?
When I started learning about yoga a long time ago, I learned about the 8 Limbs. The first two are rules for living and rules for life (Yamas and Niyamas). They were quite natural though for me because you find them to be basic instructions that are taught in many other areas; from the "Golden Rule" to the Ten Commandments. I was aware of the acts; be kind, truthful, honest and avoid jealousy or envy.
I grew up Episcopalian and observed many rules in the Church. I was very involved in the Church; was in choir, was an alter girl and attended many youth group events. I went to Church summer camps and once a month my sister and I would meet up at a Church in DC for local teen support groups to talk and meditate (even if that wasn't what they called it – that is what we did). My Church was quite aware of my abusive alcoholic home. Just like the police that often visited us though, the Priests would come to talk to my Mom but there wasn't much to be done but leave me "with honor your parents". In my mid-teenage years I had my first boyfriend. He was quiet popular in school and the Church. We dated for about a month and often times made out in his car behind the Church parking lot. One month was all it took for me to feel uncomfortable though as he started pressuring me to have sex. I wasn't ready and wasn't looking to please him or others so I ended our relationship. I never shared the truth why I ended it to him or others; I just didn't want to hurt anyone. Instead I found myself outcast from my teen groups at Church; nobody could understand why you leave the popular guy. I wasn't interested in gossip though so I left that Church and years later found myself involved with a Methodist Church but experienced problems there. Between ministers informing me that my Father who died didn't go to heaven because he hadn't accepted Jesus, to watching those who were gay being counseled into changing, to being told I couldn't perform certain service roles in the Church because I was a woman. I was being told I couldn't be a greeter or carry the cross but I could help pass out donuts and coffee. Something seemed wrong with this.
None of this seemed right so I spent years exploring other religions and found myself studying Buddhism. I wouldn't say I'm Buddhist but I found many parts to this practice that did more than just tell me do this and don't do that. To this day I still question when I'm simply told what to do; I don't like it, I resist and ask Why? As a teacher I like suggesting and exploring possibilities because often as humans we act so certain but everything is changing so even as teacher I don't have to know everything – I can just suggest. So I found answers that offered other ways or solutions. For example, I can forgive but also not stay around unhealthy environments. Something I just wasn't hearing in other areas or practices. Not so much avoidance or detatchment but to understand that each of us is responsible and can change our culture or environment.
So years later I find myself knowing about the Yamas and Niyamas in Yoga and finding hypocrisy even in the yoga world. From big stories of respected Guru's who are found doing inappropriate things, to business studio owners lying or stealing, to yoga teachers who act out of jealousy; all defending their actions to preserve themselves or their livelihoods.
Each time this happens I am left questioning; do I give up, accept that it was ok or find another solution? I feel that for a long time I've gone from one area to the next; bounced around hoping to find a place that finally practices what they preach. It is time for me to stop and find the middle way that I've learned from my lessons from the Buddha. That it is ok to fall off balance. The practice isn't staying balanced but noticing when I'm off and come back. So it is ok to experience hurt. Not to worry so much about ever being hurt again. I can take a look at that experience, learn from it but there is no way to avoid it entirely. All I can do is see where I can make changes and be responsible for my action.
So I don't have to leave or abandon my Yoga or my beliefs. I also don't have to worry if others follow or believe in my way. Many times I have found myself just trusting. In the case of that first boyfriend it took years but I had one girlfriend who shared with me that I was so smart to leave him when I did and she was sorry for her actions. You don't always get this but without attaching to the outcome, I just have to trust myself and my own path. I just have to find myself practicing the rules or steps, get up each day and start over again. Own my integrity is all I have to focus on.
As I learn to stop and pause I can also see so many other sides to experiences – yes even the bad ones. For example if I wasn't hurt by these people in this latest event, I wouldn't have found the routes I have today. I'm teaching in places today I wouldn't have found. Also others were hurt, not just me, and we've been able to connect more with each other and share. I was so glad that I got to know one of them before she moved out of the area. Before she left we sat and had lunch and I thought – "wow – if this hadn't happened I wonder if we would have had this amazing moment?"
So in learning to let go of this hurt. I am not forgetting but forgiving the acts from these people so I can find peace. I question their integrity because they aren't practicing what they preach and I can see their unhappiness and the harm it is causing to their own health. All I can do is send them best wishes and hope they learn and make changes because they can't be healthy or happy until they do.


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Otiophora includes herbaceous to suffrutescent, somewhat weedy plants with lobed to setaceous stipules and usually with "supernumerary" axillary leaves borne on axillary stems that do not elongate, terminal inflorescences, a calyx with 1 or several enlarged foliaceous lobes, a white to red, purple, or blue salverform corolla with an extremely, almost impossibly slender ("filiform") tube, schiozocarpous fruits with a solitary seed in each mericarp.
The species of Otiophora so far known from Madagascar are also found in East Africa, and Verdcourt (1976) presents detailed descriptions and some illustrations of these. Otiophora pauciflora has been collected more often than Otiophora scabra; these have been confused with some frequency.
Similar slender, often red to blue, salverform corollas are found in Pentanisia, which generally has the calyx loes linear to triangular and all of similar size or unequal with some of them foliaceous, as in Otiophora. These genera differ primarily in their ovary arrangement, with the locules 2-5 and the ovules attached at the apex of each locule and pendulous in Pentanisia, vs. 2(3)-locular with the ovules attached at the base of the ovule and erect in Otiophora.