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Here's the thing - I'm single, I haven't been married, I don't have kids yet. If I do have kids I would be interested to see them in my life, so here's a movie for kids and I'm in there and I'm supposed to be kind of funny for kids.
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Rodriguez was the 24-year-old son of a Mexican-American border guard when Williams met him in Texas in 1945. Smitten, Williams invited him to New Orleans, where Pancho became Williams live-in muse and companion for several years. Barrios believes Pancho served as a model for Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and had tried to persuade Williams to make the character Latino, since there were more Mexican-Americans than Polish-Americans in New Orleans during the time. In his autobiography, Elia Kazan speaks about his difficulty in understanding the love-hate relationship between Stanley and Blanche -- until he witnessed an off-stage altercation between Williams and Rodriguez during rehearsals of Streetcar. If Tennessee was Blanche, Pancho was Stanley, Kazan wrote. Rancho Pancho examines their two-year relationship from the Texas-Mexico border and New Orleans to Hollywood and a Provincetown bungalow dubbed Rancho Pancho by Williams and finally onto Broadway. It concludes when the former companions meet some 30 years later in Jackson Square. John Waters is scheduled to introduce the play on opening night.
Le Petit Theatre Mainstage, 616 St. Peter St., New Orleans. More information on the festival website, here.
Gregg Barrios has been a busy guy. His review of The Virgin of Flames by Chris Abani (Penguin, 2006) recently showed up here. (La Bloga also reviewed this book, which you can find in our archives, here.) And just this week he participated in an event celebrating the recent publication of the Texas Mexican anthology Hecho en Tejas (Dagoberto Gilb, editor, University of New Mexico Press, 2007). The classy night of reading and celebrating featured seven Tejano writers----Gregg Barrios, Norma Cantú, Rose Mary Catacolos, Sandra Cisneros, Diana Lopez, John Phillip Santos, Carmen Tafolla ---- who are included in the new anthology.
Kathleen Dean Moore, author of the acclaimed nature studies Pine Island Paradox and Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water, will give the keynote address on Friday evening. Participants will choose among twenty-two writing workshops on Friday and Saturday. Optional field-writing sessions will be offered in the Austin-San Marcos area on Thursday, and a session on Thursday night in nearby historic Gruene, TX.
The conference is (in part) a celebration of a new SCN anthology, What Wildness is This: Women Write About the Southwest, recently released by The University of Texas Press. Authors will give readings from the book during the Saturday luncheon.
Full information about the conference is available online, at http://www.storycircle.org/WhatWildness/landstories
April 20-22, 2007 at the historic Sheridan Opera House in Telluride, Colorado
Catch the Denver National Slam Team All-Stars and the outrageously talented Roc'em Soc'em hip-hop word trio at this year's annual Talking Gourds poetry festival in Telluride. Kenny Arkind returns with his fellow National slam team champions, and Day Acoli of Café Nuba fame in Denver accompanies Bianca Mikahn & Oracles Speaks - festival stand-outs last year.
The festival coincides with National Poetry Month and Earth Day, and regional poets, storytellers, singers, actors, dancers, fiction and nature writers, stargazers, ponderers and wanderers will share their work at Talking Gourd circles, on stage, and in interactive workshops.
Other featured performers include Tres Chicas (Joan Logghe, Miriam Sagan & Renee Gregorio) of New Mexico, David Seals of Powwow Highway fame, the Yoolgai Poetry Troupe from the Navajo Nation (zoEy beNally, Tish Ramirez & Curt Yazza), awarding-winning poet Aaron Abeyta from El Valle San Luis, North Beach legend Jack Mueller, Michael Adams of Lafayette, Debbi Brody and Mary McGinnis of Santa Fe, Rita Cantu of Prescott (AZ), Mark Todd of Gunnison, Steven Meyers of Durango, Kim Nuzzo of Aspen, Tara Miller of Paonia, & many more.
The festival will initiate its new Tellus Award for the best poetry film of the year by screening the New Mexico production of "Committing Poetry in a Time of War." The headliner show starts at 8 p.m. in the Sheridan Opera House, with the Grizzly Growlers Poetry Troupe featuring Aaron Abeyta and Carol Guerrero-Murphy and students from the San Luis Valley, followed by the seven-member Denver National Slam Team All-Stars. Night owls can join Mueller and Seals for a late night Poet's Lark.
Sunday morning the festival concludes in Placerville at the Trommer residence for a light brunch and the finale Talking Gourd circle - this event's trademark ritual finale.
A new feature this year will be an outdoor installation Dwelling in Tents, featuring an inhabitable art erection constructed from eight panels of Karankawan pictographs illustrating the Hebrew Genesis as revealed in Arabic to a 17th century Mexican nun. There will also be a performance of the Fatole Women's Fatwa by the creator of the installation, Peggy Powell Dobbins and Kathy Barrett.
For more information about the Talking Gourd Festival, check the website: www.ahhaa.org/writers_guild. For info on last year's event, see: http://coyotekiva.org/t-gourds.html
Authors, Photographers and Illustrators Encouraged to Apply by March 15
To be eligible for the award, the primary contributor to the book must be:
· A Colorado resident writer, editor, illustrator or photographer, or
· An individual engaged in ongoing literary work in Colorado, or
· An author whose personal history, identity, or literary work reflects a strong Colorado influence.
Books proposed for the 2007 competition must have a 2006 publication date, be professionally published and assigned an ISBN. Entries must include a completed 2007 Colorado Book Award application, $50 processing fee and 5 copies of the nominated book. Applicants may review the complete eligibility guidelines and download the application form from the Colorado Humanities website.

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We're back with another Beyoncé comp for you in the Win Bin – after the release of 'Lemonade' we HAD to go on a hunt for tickets for her London show, you can't miss that!
There are also VIP tickets to Standon Calling festival where you can see Jess Glynne shake her booty on the main stage this summer, it's gonna be a blast. Not only that but there is a crazy amount of movie merch as usual including 'Robinson Crusoe' and THE most insane 'Star Wars' bundle ever.
- Win tickets to see Beyoncé live in London [Let's Travel]
- Win 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' season 1 on DVD [Closer]
- Win a 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' bundle [Amazon]
- Win 'Robinson Crusoe' merch [Primary Times]
- Win a hamper of Benefit makeup [At Home]
- Win 'Krampus' on Blu-ray [Starburst Magazine]
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VIU Residence has two Traditional/Dorm style buildings. Each building is three stories tall and features beautiful ocean and mountain views. The Traditional Residences were the original buildingas at VIU Residences, and a cosmetic update was completed in 2003.
Each building contains 96 bedrooms, with semi-private bathrooms that are shared between students of the same gender. Each is a single room. Each resident has a wardrobe and a desk. The single room has a single bed, wardrobe and desk.
Every residence has access to a large common area and a large kitchen space. These areas are equipped with shared freezers, microwaves, stoves, TVs and study spaces. All buildings have wireless internet access. The common area is the hub of each townhouse and provides a great space for socializing and connecting with your fellow residents.
Coin-operated laundry facilities are available in the Cedar Centre 24-hours a day. There are also quite living options available. These spaces will be filled based on availability in order of application date.
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Usefull links about the topics during the conference, and about Gdansk
Free Media World Index
See the status of the nations positions in the Free Media World Index 2017
Media Pluralism Monitor
Link to The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMA)
European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
Link to the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 320.000 journalists. 70 member organisations in 44 European countries.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
Council of Europe
Nordic Journalism Centre
European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
International Press Institute
European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
City of Gdansk
Pomorskie Region
European Solidarity Centre (ECS)
SDP (Association of Polish Journalists)
DZRP (Journalists' Association of the Republic of Poland)
TD (Society of Journalists)


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Nordic Paper to be acquired by Anhui Shanying Paper
Nordic Paper is a leading Swedish-based producer of kraft and greaseproof paper. Three of Nordic Paper's mills are located in Sweden, and the fourth one in Norway.
A China-based pulp and paper company, Anhui Shanying Paper Industry Co., LTD ("Anhui Shanying Paper"), has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 % of the shares in Nordic Paper Holding AB from Special Situation Venture Partner lll and Petek GmbH.
The new owner, Anhui Shanying Paper, is a part of Taison Group. The company is listed at the Shanghai Stock Exchange since 2001. Anhui Shanying Paper has communicated to the stock market its intention to expand and diversify, both in terms of product portfolio and geographically. Today its core business consists of recycled fibre trading, kraft paper manufacturing, packaging, design, printing and logistics.
Nordic Paper will remain as an independent European pulp and paper company and there will be no changes regarding the business or operations at the moment.
The transaction is subject to approvals by relevant Chinese authorities as well as the shareholders' meeting of Anhui Shanying Paper.
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We have been producing paper in Scandinavia since the late 19th century and continue to make top-quality paper and pulp that suits our customers' needs today. We are an independent manufacturer and our modern paper and pulp mills are the heart of our business. Living and working in the heart of Scandinavia, we are surrounded by nature, where the vast forests of inland Sweden and Norway provide the raw materials for the premium Natural Greaseproof and Kraft paper we produce.We are your global paper partner; today we supply customers in more than 80 countries. We deliver the paper you want with the specifications you need. We work with you to develop and manufacture exactly the right paper to help you do better business.We have mills in Bäckhammar, Säffle and Åmotfors in Sweden, as well as in Greåker in Norway. Our headquarter is located in Bäckhammar.


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Thursday, December 03, 2009
So Much Water So Close To Home
My last day in Yonago, I went to see a Doctor of Chinese Medicine about my knee. He told me that my body has too much liquid, and gave me some herbs to remedy that. But how can I escape all this water?
It is beside my train, in the form of a river along which a tug pulls a barge loaded with dirt from what was once a mountain. This train stops at Kinosaki, its passengers disembarking for a three day weekend soaking in hot baths. My next train follows the Sea of Japan, whose rocky shoreline is carved by more water, both serving as natural defenses against ancient enemies.
In Yonago, I spend a few days feeding on crab and other things that this water offers, as if trying to instantaneously recoup the 7 kilograms lost during a 10 week walk.
Another train struts along other water, trapped in rice paddies now plowed into hourglass shapes. At Gotsu I follow the Ko no Kawa south to spend a couple days with Jake. On one of these we watch the water leap and rush through the narrow Senjokei. A month ago, Kagura performers mimicked this movement as they danced in the surrounding shrines now quiet on this warm autumn afternoon.
Thumb south to Tomo no Ura and Sensuijima floating in the Seto-Naikai. I hike around what the locals call `kemono no michi,` or trail of beasts. Where there are views, I sit and squint at the words on a page in the glare of sunlight reflecting brightly on water. I`ve always had a great attraction to these waters, love to walk the desert-like hills high over the waves. I often escaped down here with friends long returned to their homes, far away where water merges with other water. And I too will be soon gone, and the sentimentality I feel is a weight heavy, like the Bizen cup from which I drink my beer. I toast these ghosts, and then again. There is always the feeling of aware in off-season beach towns, yet mine is compounded and I often feel near tears. Leaving this country is like a breakup with someone I`m still deeply in love with.
There is other water too: at the end of the narrow alleys of Tomo no Ura; along the waterfront of Onomichi, above which I wander the hills between old temples; forming the spread fingers of the Hiroshima delta; at the southern edge of an overly built-up town facing Miyajima, where I spend my final days.
And the sentimentality lasts, though it could be that I have far too many minor chords on my iPod, making up the nostalgic songs that themselves flowed through all the different lives I`ve lived here. As an English teacher well-enthused at an expat life. As the husband and father. As a hollow shadow, trying to pull myself from the wreckage of a life destroyed. As a person in reconstruction, rebuilding myself in a new city.
Escape from the water. Tough to do on an island. Today I will cross over it, to see where the flow goes once beyond its limits...
On the turntable: Beatles, "Rubber Soul"
On the nighttable: Robert Stone, "Damascus Gate"
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Silent, But Readily
Deep Kyoto has published my write-up on the Vipassana course. What isn't stated in the article is that I didn't finish. Sitting more than 10 hours a day took its toll. I had a few moments the first day where I wondered if I'd make it, yet day two was a tad easier, and I had no doubt that I would stick it out. But my knee had other ideas.
I've been nursing a Baker's cyst for over a year, which had been a nuisance but hadn't limited my activities in any way. But for some reason, last August it began to really hurt, and by mid-month, I had to curb teaching certain yoga poses, could no longer sit seiza. It was fine during the Kumano and Shikoku walks, but hours sitting cross-legged brought about incredible pain.
One of the goals of the Vipassana technique is to realize that pain is fleeting, and will fade eventually if not given too much importance. I could deal with the stiff back and legs, but I thought to ignore an existing medical condition wasn't wise. I decided to watch it and see how it went; pain at the end of the day was understandable, but if I awoke with pain I'd have to reevaluate things.
That morning did come. I continued most of the day in meditation, yet was distracted by incessant thoughts. If I quit, was I weak? That was ego talking. But if I stuck it out to prove something to myself or others, wasn't that ego too? I looked at it from many angles, and found that any action, or its opposing action, were all driven by ego. My feet sank deeper into the sand on the bank of the Rubicon.
I also began to question the reasoning behind such long periods of sitting. Ten hours a day isn't the real issue. Two hour sessions are. To the best of my knowledge, the zen or yoga traditions never sit this long, usually sitting in shorter periods, with breaks or walking meditation between. (One hour zazen sittings aren't unheard of, but I feel that this is less about quality meditation than about 'building character.' Ahem. Within the zen world, I prefer the "Take It Easy" form of Soto to the "Take it to the Limit" style of Rinzai anyway.) I personally find that anything more than 30 minutes is futile. In the Vipassana meditation hall, there would be silence for the first half hour, then the remaining time was a cacophony of shifting bodies. It seemed no one was able to concentrate anymore. What is the point? (I invite anyone who knows the reason to explain it to me.)
The night before I left, I went for a late night pee. Stepping outside, I startled a large animal, which crashed through the forest somewhere out there in the dark. The high pitched bark that followed told me it was a pair of deer, one calling out to its mate. I was inspired to make my own dash. At the Vipassana center we were segregated by sex, and sworn to uphold silence. I spied my wife on her side of the fence, but couldn't get her attention. Unlike the deer, I'd go alone.
On the afternoon of the 4th day, I was standing on the train platform, not sure whether to go west to Yonago or east to Kyoto. A westbound train came in, and I took it. After days of deprivation my senses were alive, finding beauty in every sight, sound, flavor. The peace I'd felt during the course remained. Yet something nagged. My escape to freedom was a move in the complete opposite direction from what the Buddhists define as 'liberation.' I felt I'd made the right choice regarding the knee, but had the knee given my ego an excuse to get out of a very challenging situation? I continued to beat myself up as the train moved slowly along the Sea of Japan...
On the turntable: King Curtis, "Live at the Fillmore West"
On the nighttable: David Foster Wallace, "Girl with Curious Hair"
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Feet Up
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Steps from the Kyo
And that road home is long and winding. I will leave Kyoto this morning, fifteen years to the day after arriving in Japan. Our plan at the moment is to walk into autumn, through Kumano, across Shikoku. Winter in Southeast Asia, India. Back to New Mexico by spring. We'll see how it goes.
I'll write here when I find time and the muse and an internet connection. Once a week I hope, but probably less. Do drop by from time to time...
On the turntable: Andre Previn, "Messiah Highlights"
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Road Home
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Let Me Get Back to the Sea IV
The train was the first of the day, and it led me west along the coast. One beach lined a crescent shaped cove, but the ends had been lopped off and concreted. A beautiful old wooden station had lost its view of rice fields and forest to a five meter high pile of dirt upon which a questionably necessary bypass will be plonked. Two stations further on, a simply immense television drones on to an empty parking lot. It was fast becoming a depressing morning. I am glad to see a bit of the countryside before the central government completely fucks it up.
I got off the train at a small rural station where the only sign on life was a cat sleeping on the wooden rail where the ticket taker usually is. (Shape shifter?) I walked to the main road and was able to hitch a lift up to Matsunoodera, a lovely old temple with 1300 years of history present in its statuary. It was deserted but for a lone man busy at work on new carvings. The radio at his feet kept him up with the baseball at Koshien.
I got my nokyo stamped, number 31 on my Saikoku Kannon pilgrimage. On the road back down the mountain, I passed a trio of monkeys, the male seemingly upset with me about something. Not a single car passed on this quiet road, and even on the busier highway below it took about 45 minutes to get a ride. A Nagoya family were on their way to the beach, but the weather had other plans. The sea and rivers that we passed were the color of mud, with all sorts of flotsum bobbing along the shore. We passed through Maizuru, such a lovely name, for such an ugly town. Along the way, I dropped quite a few hints to my driver about how nice the view was from above Amanohashidate, which was a short walk from my destination of Nariaiji. They didn't bite, and I eventually found myself at the station. I'd wanted to use a boat, cable car, and bus to get up to the temple, but the rain had caused a landslide and the cable car wasn't running. There was a road up from the other side, but I needed a car to get there. A taxi was my option. For 31 temples, this was the only time on this pilgrimage that I compromised on one. Throughout the ride I was kicking myself because I'd forgotten my nokyo when I came this way last year. An oversight costly in time and money. This road too had seen many slides, with road teams pushing dirt and rocks into the streams below.
At the temple, I paid my third visit to Nariaiji, but was disgusted that they'd started charging admission, which must have helped fund an ugly new pagoda that rose from beside the parking area. Amanohashidate was hardly visible with the mist, which rose to veil the surrounding peaks. I started the long walk down , passing the odd jizo on the way. I stepped over fist-sized stones which had come down during the night, above swift streams running white and brown. Fresh landslides gave my mind something new to ponder. A few cars passed, but none stopped. I thought this ironic as they'd all been returning from a visit to a temple dedicated to the Goddess of Compassion.
A minute after arriving at the main road I was picked up by a man who had seemingly made a U-turn to do so. A retired salesman, he'd driven this region for decades, and now did little more than fish. Seemingly lonely, he was really enthusiastic about me joining him for a visit up to Ine, a lovely little village that I'd visited with Miki last year. He then changed tactics, wanting me to stay here in town and drink with him and his friend. It took some doing, but I finally got him to drop me at the station.
The rain and floods had fouled the train schedules. (Arriving home I found that it had been a typhoon which had killed 13.) I finally made my way south toward home, through valleys so wet and cold that the train windows fogged, and our arrival time grew more and more distant.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Let Me Get Back to the Sea III
It was raining the next morning, so we didn't set out until 9:30. I lingered out front, looking at at plaque stating that this school, which had opened in 1885, had graduated its last class back in the spring. I was struck by the far -reaching effects of the country's population decline. Each school closure means more kids are educated further away, and therefore become that much more removed from their own local identity. These final pupils had laid their hands in concrete to commemorate the closure. There set in stone were the marks of 10 little hands.
We walked down the valley, rich with spirituality, including Jinguji where we saw the Omizu-okuri last March. I'd stop at every temple and shrine, then hurry to catch up with the group. After Wakasahiko Jinja with its 1000 year old cedar and wonderful Noh stage, the road forked and I lost everybody. The frequent jizo assured me that I was on the right path, but it eventually became highway. I pushed on trying to make it to Obama's Izumi market for the scheduled 12:30 final event. I just made, but the kids took some time to arrive. There were speeches and high fives, then we all sat down to mackerel soup. Afterward, we walked the last 10 minutes to the sea. I, like Gary before me, had made it. The photograph ritual began, so I said a quick goodbye. As I moved away, I overheard a few muttering voices. Most of kids never got my name, and I remained "The American," like some character in a Graham Greene novel.
I found a hotel near the waterfront and dropped my bags. This place was gripping tightly to its former bubblicious glory. Apparently, the Emperor stayed here once, a year before he took the job. I wonder if he partook in any of the services available, including (from the English translation) a geisha girl (12000 yen), and companion (15000 yen, limit of three please.)
My feet continued to ache as I walked the town. Tourist sights were well kept and the signs pointing to them prevalent. This is obviously a town that has respect for its past, but it also has an disturbing interest in my own nation's present. The face of my president is simply EVERYWHERE, to the point that it becomes surreal. I really don't know what to make of the President Obama vending machine. Prior to last year's election, this town was known for its temples. I strolled the outskirts, passing many temples and shrines. I saw an Atago jinja, and another for Kumano, but my feet vetoed the idea of climbing those high steps. I walked over to Hosshinji, the famous zen dojo of the great Harada Roshi. The valley around it was in veiled in clouds. There were quite a few monks about, cleaning and preparing for Obon. A few gassho'ed me, and it hit me that I was dressed somewhat like them, a brother monk. Moving on, I got a one handed gassho from a European monk on a bike, his zafu as bicycle seat. He wheeled around to chat awhile, then rushed off. I followed to his temple, Bukkokuji, another well-established training site. A different European foreigner was sweeping the tatami. I thought it must be tough to be a non-American foreigner in Obama these days. Every local person you'd meet would feel a little let down.
I walked the covered streets, nearly everything closed on the Sunday. Obsequious boy band music was piped in, making me ponder if it is played at the White House too. A shower took such stupid thoughts from my brain, then it was dinner time. I found a small sushi shop that offered mackerel on the menu out front. I went in and ordered, but quickly got vibed out. The sushi chef seemed content to hide behind stereotypes, rather than understand my perfectly good Japanese, which his wife had to 'translate.' The woman next to me asked me if I could eat fish, seconds after she watched me shovel two pieces into my maw. This in a town which is currently basking in the association with an internationally famous name. Next time I'm in Harlem, I'm going to start asking the locals if they only eat fried chicken. We'll see how long the blood stays in my body.
And why is this bothering me? I was perfectly happy to play the role of adopted mascot the night before. And the main reason I ate out tonight was to chat up the locals. And they would only have started that conversation due to my skin color. After all, I've never seen two Japanese strangers strike up a conversation here. Why does this not offend me? I, like every other foreigner in Japan, is happy to play the race card when it benefits them. Why do we think we can have it both ways?
After quickly chugging my beer, I'm gone in minutes. The grilled mackerel and draft beer I'd been seeking is found up the street. Here, I wind up talking to no one since everyone's attention is riveted to the Japanese woman's volleyball team on TV. I go back to my hotel and treat my knees to the bath they've been craving. Coming back to my room, I nearly fall over in laughter. When I'd checked in, I'd requested a bed, so as to give my poor knees some soft respite, a point I'd mentioned to the staff. All the Western Rooms were full, so I took this one. And now, I find that the maid had set out on the tatami four futons, piled half a meter high. I'm really going to miss this silly country. I pass a restful night in my cotton tower, trying and failing to figure out where the pea is......
On the turntable: David Grisman, "Acousticity"
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Let Me Get Back to the Sea II
Breakfast was late and so was my departure. I hadn't slept well and my eyes showed it. I walked out of town, along a beautiful stream, with the occasional old man at random intervals, poles poised for bounty. The moving water and fishermen theme continued for the better part of the day. About an hour into my walk I saw the absurd sight of a couple dozen men tolling lines in a man-made pond, their backs to a perfectly good stretch of river. And they'd paid for this! I thought there might be a drink machine inside, but was stopped by a scowling young man. I asked if I could rest for a bit, yet he refused. It dawned on me that I'd passed into Shiga-ken. Ten minutes later, I greeted a couple old women before a liquor store, to no response. (Shiga!) I don't mean to be harsh on the prefecture, but I have had my share of encounters with its surly people, and far too long on the side of its roads, thumb out in futility.
The heat began to come up and the walk became a slog. I rested when I could find shade, but kept along this single road, a hamlet appearing every hour or so. I finally arrived at my destination for the day , Oisugi. I'd expected to get there about 4, stay the night, and enjoy their local festival. Along with the fireworks and the Bon dance, I'd be an unexpected attraction. But it was still only 1:30 in the afternoon. I began to wonder if I could make it across the next set of formidable looking mountains before dark. But there was no one around to ask. Despite the festival, the town was quiet. Finally, I found four people standing around a truck. Ironically, they were about to lead a group of kids up the very same mountains, and assured me I'd be over well before nightfall. I made my choice and headed up the road.
There were a few river crossings and I soon made my way up to a waterfall. The trail grew thinner here, and steep, with small wooden steps rotting away on the hillside. I was on the wrong trail. But I gone past the point where I could return down safely with my pack. I had no choice but to keep heading up. I checked my map and found that I was in a valley just below the trail. This narrow path was literally hanging onto the canyon wall, with bear tracks every ten steps. My heavy pack was pulling me into space, so I leaned way into the dirt wall, grabbing deeply at roots and ferns. I eventually was able to cross the river. Then shot straight up. I'd pull myself up from tree to tree, resting often so not to tire and make any stupid mistakes. With every rest I'd scan above, taking what looked the most like trail. For the first fifteen minutes I was on all fours, then the slope became gentle enough that I could walk upright. Bizarrely, I'd find the occasional strand of rope, so knew that I wasn't the first to do this. I kept getting closer to the top, but still couldn't find trail. I was a little worried that I'd keep heading deeper into the mountains, but had a pretty good idea of where I needed to go, which was the direction of Obama. Then the fogged rolled in. And with it, many voices. It was the people I'd met below, now leading the kids to the peak. I moved diagonally toward their sounds, popping onto the trail behind the last of their group, and scaring the hell out of some young woman.
I kept with them until the peak, taking my place at the end of a long line of thirty people. As part of a group, I really felt like I was doing the Saba Kaido, making our way to replenish supplies. I chatted with everyone at the peak, then made my way down alone. The fog made it a magical forest, down a half tube trod by centuries of feet. The song of one bird was like an ocarina. I also heard the cries of deer a few times, then saw their fleeting forms racing downward. I finally came to road. On it, a centipede was tucking in to its tasty dinner of cricket head. Arriving in Kaminegori, I faced a dog standing in the middle of the road like a character out of Yojimbo. Rather than snarl and bark like most dogs, he chose to walk beside me for the next half hour. He'd often stop to sniff at something, then come charging down the road and within inches of my legs. I asked a woodcutter that I passed if he knew him, but he just laughed and said the dog would go home when it was ready.
The fog made it seem darker than 5 pm. I arrived at an abandoned school where a couple of team members were setting up for the arrival of the kids. As I'd run into them repeatedly, they invited me to stay. I 'showered' with a faucet and bucket, then went into the school to lay on the moldy tatami until the kids came. It was full dark by then, but they were made to eat inside the school's spooky gymnasium. Afterward, there were games and fireworks, then we all walked down through the dark to another school, 4 km further downhill. The first 100m were lit with candles, then it became pitch dark. I set out later than the others, having taken time to put my bag in one of the support trucks. It found it nice to walk alone at night, until I remembered that this is exactly how I'd had my bear encounter in Hokkaido. I overtook a group of kids and was happy to stay with them. One of the boys asked if I'd ever seen a ghost, so I shared a few stories until noticing one girl with her fingers shoved deep in her ears. The night was dark but for the white of a river rushing below, over rocks so massive that I was a little sorry not to see them in the light of day. Here and there mushrooms clung to trees, little white bulbs against the night. Around ten we arrived at Shimonegori elementary school. The kids went quickly to sleep while the staff had a meeting. They invited me in to go over the next day's agenda, but when things began to get bogged down in details, I snuck away. I found a small two tatami-mat nurse's office which had futons in the closet. My sleep was comfy but restless, as voices and banging echoed down the halls....
On the turntable: "Organized Konfusion"
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Let Me Get Back to the Sea
It started with a photograph. It is captioned, "Just north of Kyoto, setting out to walk to the Japan Sea, late April 1961," and shows Gary Snyder doing just that. For years I've had that photo in my mind, and thought that I wanted to do the exact same thing. Miki and I had tried to do the walk last September, but a typhoon changed our tune. This time, she was busy so I set off alone, along the old Saba Kaido that once brought mackerel to Kyoto from the sea.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Sunday papers: Rory Maclean
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Deep Osaka 2
But it was during my final visit that I finally came across the heart of Osaka, tracing the roots of its oldest history to an area filled with people living a life without pretense.
Thursday was my last day of work. Afterward, I met up with a handful of friends who we hadn't seen in some time. We met at Tani-9 near the site of the old Naniwa Nagara-Toyosaki Palace which was Japan's capital from 645-654. This is the oldest part of the city, obviously, and an ancient path leads south from there to Shitennoji, the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan. There are many temples and shrines along the way, as well as sections of the old trail, most of them leading up and down steep slopes. A couple of these temples had large stone statues of Fudo, both surprisingly within the precincts of Zen temples, rather than the more likely Mikkyo sects. One large shrine had a section for prayers for the local Tigers baseball team, with home-made folk elements like banners and photos which had been added by fans. The trail winds up at Isshinji, a bizarre mix of international elements. It was the feeling of a Chinese temple, with water and trees and large porous rocks, yet the main hall is definitely Japanese, with beautifully aged wooden steps. A group of monks were chanting nearby, clanging Tibetan looking cymbals to time their chant. Beside the main hall was a smaller hall that held very old stone Buddhas, surrounded by flowers, and lit candles, shrouded in incense in a way that felt more Indian than Japanese. Most bizarrely were a couple halls done in a modern avant garde style of smoked glass and twisted metal. This whole layout was shaded by a tall events hall that mimicked Frank Lloyd Wright.
From the distant past we stepped into the more recent past of Shin Sekai, which leapt out of the postwar films I've been relishing lately. Created in 1912, it was apparently modeled half on Paris and half on New York's Coney Island. (This in itself is interesting, as pre-war Japan felt much more European, and postwar is, well, the 51st state.) The main arcade looks as I imagine the occupation looked with its cheesy shirts and other tat on display, touts hollering in front of oversized restaurants, 50 yen game centers, and wide sidewalks leading to the Tsutenkaku tower. You almost expect to come across remnants of the black market, and this seedy underbelly pervades all. Most of the people here are older, many looking in dire straits. Not homeless, but damn close. A couple guitar buskers are in their sixties. More men of that age sit drinking at make-shift tables, others stand in the many tachi-nomi joints about. There are three movie theaters, which are fronted by those beautiful old painted billboards of what's currently showing. Two of the cinema are for the unseasonal raincoat crowd, but the third has a split bill of a skin flick and the latest Jackie Chan. For some reason, huge gaudy creepy Billiken were everywhere. We walk down Jyan Jyan Yokocho arcade, lined with photos comparing then and now. As usual, the present gets a beating. Many of these shops are small, single counter restaurants, many with long queues even at this early hour. We pass under the JR line, a dark dank tunnel where a few card tables have been set up from which to sell second-hand porn DVDs.
We cross a wide boulevard to enter another arcade, this one much grimier and seedier, if that's possible. A couple cafes have been set up by activists, their facades lined with flyers. The caterwauling of karaoke spills out of many restaurants, drowned by the roar of pachinko with the opening of the sliding doors of the half dozen or so parlors here. People seem drunker here, pedestrians muttering to themselves, bicyclists practicing slalom precision. We pass through this poorly lit zone, on our way to our dinner reservation. As the arcade ends, we find ourselves in Tobita red-light district, a small grid of narrow two-story buildings that have taken the name of a teahouse. Upon approach, you see the mirror reflection of a plainly-dressed woman sizing up passersby, and from front on, you see the girl on display, her clothes and hair and makeup done to perfection, visible in the glare of a spotlight. To my surprise the girls are all young and most of them knock-down gorgeous. I had expected more weathered goods for rent here. Large breasts seem to be the going thing, the cleavage very visible. A few of the girls are uniformed, catering to certain tastes. Even the madams are younger than I'd thought, many probably younger than I. A couple of them beckon me to come closer. One old granny makes me laugh as she says "Dōzo!" in a gravelly voice. I walk a little ahead of my wife, playing the role of window shopper. If a girl makes eye contact, I quickly and bashfully turn away. You can take the boy out of the Catholic church but...
We have dinner at Hiyakuben, an old Taisho building at the red light district's lower corner. Our friends had been wanting to come here for years, but had been afraid. The building's interior is done up in a gaudy style that is a blend of shinto shrine and Chinatown palace. Loads of vermillion, as befitting a former brothel. Each party gets their own room. I'd peeked at other rooms on the way to the toilets; many had small stages and drums for private entertainment. Our own had interesting woodwork overhead, with a raised section at one end that resembled the prow of a small boat. When we opened the screen to look out the window, we found a bullethole. The staff here are a little too saucy and the service brusk, though the food doesn't live up to their pride.
For much of dinner, our conversation had been on the neighborhood outside, and on the trade of its residents. It's amazing how superficially similar to Gion it is, yet the roots much older. After dinner we passed back through, it being full dark now. A car rolled slowly by in front of us, and I made a joke about drive-thru service. Whereas earlier most of the women had been sitting in the doorways, now around half were empty. My eyes drifted toward second floor windows, my ears at attention. How ironic my imagination at work, yet regarding this profession, imagination needs little place. The reality is right there, unadulterated, unabashed.
On the turntable: Flower Travellin' Band, "Challenge"
On the nighttable: Rory Maclean, Under the Dragon"
Deep Osaka
(With apologies to Mikey L.)
During most of this year, I taught a lesson or two a week in Osaka. I'd always disliked that city, turned off by it's ugliness. Yet she finally won me with charm. My students were always open and fun, quick with jokes. After work, I'd usually walk the city's narrow alleys and streets, sometimes its rivers or parks. Most people noted my foreignness, which Kyoto-ites are always too cool to acknowledge. Many times I walked the length of Ogimachi's long arcade, finding more the interesting things down its narrow side alleys. Tsuruhashi was the real gem, the Korea town below the JR station was different world. It has a feel somewhat like parts of Kowloon, and the same sense of an almost subterranean society with laws of its own. This is most definitely not Japan. Amongst its traditional clothing shops and markets I found a chijimi shop that I particularly liked. The three aunties I found there were always happy to take my money and give me grief. Their teasing was refreshing.
Other parts had their own sights and charms. A girl in very high heels trots against the light across the crosswalk, to have a bus nearly sweep her away. Annual hay fever played out in sniffles and sneezes. A half dozen city workers evict a homeless man in the winter rain. The springtime pink surrounding Osaka castle. A sign written with "Amusement Developer" raises a smile. Other signs: "Climax Campaign," "Cook Dolphin." A happy slacker on a train, grinning his toothless smile at everyone. A bicyclist singing to his ipod startling the hell out of a straight-laced salaryman pedestrian. And my favorite, the zig zig girl.
I noticed her coming down the subway steps, moving diagonally from the upper right corner to the lower left. From there she moved diagonally again to the opposite wall, and again, and again, until she was through the wickets and gone. I actually stopped and watched awhile, trying to make sense of her behavior. I wonder too: how does she feel about the linear movement of trains?
On the turntable: Cornelius, "69/96"
Friday, August 21, 2009
On the Night Table
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tokai Shizen Hoedown Dance Steps
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Kyo Kaido
Back in the late winter, I walked a small section of the Kyo Kaido, which used to be an extension of the Tokaido, as it passes through Kyoto toward Osaka. It is essentially the Keihan line now, but sections still remain. I start near the amusement park in Hirakata. The road goes up through a section of town that probably hasn't changed in 50 years. It takes me to a small canal, then the color of the pavement changes making it easy to follow. I stop in a funky cafe for a cuppa, then continue down the narrow road, where the shopping arcade is trying to keep the dreams of the Showa era alive. I veer a couple times to the opposite side of the train tracks, to investigate hilltop temples and shrines. One of them had a nice view of the Yodogawa stretching away toward Osaka. How much nicer it be to see slow moving boats out there.
I pass through Hirakata, then Kuzuha. The trail gets even narrower, passing modest homes and small temples. Many of the homes have maintained a centuries old look. I finally come to the end of the homes and am surprised to see a sign warning me of vipers. Past this overgrown part, things open up onto rice fields. In the middle is a temple I've often admired from the train, but being a training temple it is closed to guests. I enter another shopping street, lined with many old inns that had once housed Edo period travelers. At the end of this street is a huge tree, dwarfing all. I see a sign posted alongside, which I at first take for a Shinto monument of some sort, but on closer look is a notice about how to separate the rubbish. How sad that this massive being that has shaded some many figures through history, has been relegated to the place where the trash is picked up. The houses from here get more shabby. I'm guessing that this must be a buraku area. You don't often see poverty like this. All becomes squeezed between river and hill until blending into Yawata, where another spur of the Kaido heads south toward Nara.
Having walked this center portion of the Kaido, equidistant to both Kyoto and Osaka, I'm tempted to choose an end and carry on to either of them. But I worry that the paths are unmarked, and I've wasted too much time in my life second guessing myself, and retracing my steps...


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Plans to build a skyscraper block on Newcastle Quayside have been condemned by local councillors who want family housing instead.
The 32-storey block close to the mouth of the Ouseburn would be the city's tallest building but the scheme has led to controversy.
Developers George Wimpey City say the tower containing 145 apartments and costing more than £20 million will be a landmark which will enhance the Quayside but protesters say the building is too high and will spoil views of the Tyne.
Coun Nick Kemp, chairman of the Byker ward committee and a member of the Ouseburn advisory committee, has now written to the developers setting out the concerns.
He says he was staggered when a crane was used to demonstrate the impact of the 290ft- high tower on the area. He's seeking another meeting with the developers but has received no response so far.
Coun Kemp said the other Byker councillors, George Allison and Michelle Pike, are also opposed to the scheme. "It is raised as a issue of concern at every ward meeting and every meeting of the Ouseburn advisory committee," he said.
"We don't want more yuppie flats, there's enough of them already. What we need in Byker is affordable family housing.
"The space where this block is proposed should be used for the benefit of the local community. The tower block would simply displace residents from places like Darras Hall."
Ian Laight, development director of George Wimpey City, said: "We have received a letter from Coun Kemp outlining his and the Ouseburn advisory com-mittee's objections to the East Quayside development. We will be responding to Coun Kemp in due course.
"The tower would bring a European dimension to Newcastle. It is a extremely elegant and is far from the typical slab type of tower block of the 1960s.
"Our building would be far more complex."


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lovely online magazine via 100layercake, a place i always visit when in need of a little inspiration! published by jeanette lunde and she also writes a beautiful blog here . i am sighing wistfully at this point as i dream of a house that doesn't have piles of 'stuff ' everywhere! (not beautiful stuff - general day to day stuff - like parts of a toy, and piles of filing and the box for a dvd - minus the dvd....and so it goes on... ).
blog, so you have ended up with a visual treat today because there are so many lovely pictures....aaahh another wistful sigh and some motivation for a clearout!!
enjoy x
Sunday, 23 January 2011
weekend reading
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- Anonymous23 January 2011 at 15:54
*much wistful sighing.....* kath xxReplyDelete
Lovely photos. I'm off to take a look...ReplyDelete
oh that really is a lovely blog - thank you for the tip-off - I love new blog finds. My house definitely has more in common with yours though - if I turn my back for a second any clear surface gets filled!ReplyDelete
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Do you remember as a child running into the house to ask Mom or Dad for a container to catch butterflies, bugs (like fireflies) or worms or something in a special container that was ONLY YOURS!!?? Well, here on this card, I pretended to ask my friend, Melissa, Co-Owner of TWO PAPER DIVAS for this special jar, HER Two Paper Divas "Jelly Jar"!!! Don't tell her........HA! This jar was just the right size to catch the darling "bug" from one of her creative sets of bugs stamp set!! So, I needed some flowers because where do you catch bugs but in the garden ..... RIGHT? And captured some flowers from my collection of Two Paper Divas stamps and wallah......the card was beginning.
So first after all of that, I decided on the colors of card stock, pens to color with, the ribbon was obvious, found a piece of card stock for the paper piecing to coordinate the concept and then found some other embellishments AND a card was "born"!!
All Stamps - TWO PAPER DIVAS
- Jelly Jar Set - One of the newest stamp sets
- Seed Packet Accessories #1 Set - Flowers
- Mason Jar Accessories 1 - Bugs & Sentiment (*) See below for Sentiment explanation
Card Stock
- Lemon (Card Base) - Ellen Hutson.com
- Jelly Bean Green - Gina K. Designs
- Green Wag Pattern - Recollections 12 x 12 - for Paper Piecing
- Neenah Solar White
Pens - SU colors; Inks - Memento Tuedo Black & Hero Arts Shadow - Soft Granite; Wink of Stella Clear Brush; Quickie Glue Pen; Black & White ribbon by Gina K Designs & Eclipse Tape (**)
(*) Because I wanted to curve part of the Sentiment and place part of the same Sentiment in another location, I cut apart the full Sentiment. The pieces can be placed on the block and used in its intended order in the future. Performing "surgery" on the clear stamps does not hurt the stamps - just be careful when cutting and always store the stamps together when finished using. This can give your stamps double usage!! Another way you can look at your stamps is to see if there is a word within the original stamp and cut it out and try and form a new sentence with your stamps set. This is easily done with "larger" stamps.
(**) I used the eclipse tape to "mask" off the area where I stamped the flowers.
I used the Wink of Stella on the flowers & the bugs ...... that is the glistening that is seen in the photo - Cute in person!!
See you next time when I post some of the current cards from my classes. Never got to that last week......oops!!


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Made For Makers: Natalie Uhling
If searching for a high-intensity, core-blasting workout to squeeze into your schedule, look no further than the name Natalie Uhling.
If searching for a high-intensity, core-blasting workout to squeeze into your schedule, look no further than the name Natalie Uhling. The Boise, Idaho native known for the NUFit workout regimen has attracted a prominent following across various platforms through a lifestyle of eating right and staying fit. Not only was Chameleon Cold-Brew lucky to snag a social media partnership with Uhling throughout the month of November, but we also got the chance to interview her, gaining insight on how she balances a busy schedule, her go-to snacks when needing an energy kick and how she defines herself as a maker.
What sparked your interest in fitness, and how long did it take for this dream to become a reality?
I was always an active kid and loved bring in front of people so when I found group fitness at the age of 13 I knew I had found my calling. My business and goals are constantly changing and I never want to lose that hunger. So, I am always still dreaming and creating … that's where the magic lies.
What are some tricks to maintaining a healthy lifestyle for those with busy schedules?
Be organized! When your life is organized you are able to make healthy choices and deal with things as they come up.
When needing an extra kick of energy, what is your go-to meal?
I would say anything that involves adding avocado! I eat one every day.
If needing a cheat day, what is your guilty pleasure?
I honestly don't have cheat days … I find that mindset very outdated. If you want a treat, eat it!
What is your favorite flavor of Chameleon and favorite way to drink it?
My favorite would be the Black Coffee. I love cutting it with half coconut milk half cold brew.
What does being a "maker" mean to you?
To me, a maker means someone who has a passion for his or her craft.
Maker Series: At Chameleon, we believe that coffee is an essential part of fueling creativity. Mugshot Monday is a series devoted to featuring Makers: the people who put pen to paper (or knife to cutting board, hammer to wood… you get the gist) to create, inspire, and make things happen. Our Maker series aims to showcase the talent of the everyday people who do just that!


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Golf is a sport of many paradoxes, where seeming opposites go hand in hand with each other to create an addictive and often mystical experience. The game is a mystifying combination of challenge and relaxation, of work and play, of struggle and accomplishment.
These disparate elements are interwoven on the golf course, a unique setting which likewise is a blend of seemingly contradictory things: nature and the hand of man. But far from being synthetic, a golf course is a synthesis of man's handicraft with the native environment. It is a place where diverse elements are moulded to create a sense of both imposed order and natural beauty.
Artistic golf course photography captures both this natural beauty and the architect's composition of the course. Since the dynamics of opposing elements is where the mystery and passion for the sport have their roots, artistic golf course photography taps into the deepest source of a player's connection to the game.
|About Kevin
Kevin Creley specializes in artistic golf course photography. He works hard to create images that capture the magic of each and every layout. It is also important to him that each photograph defines a sense of place. He strives to make each and every image stimulate a golfer's desire to play that course.
By crafting photographs that appeal to a player's love of the game, Kevin helps courses present a better image. Whether a framed photograph, in print, in the press, or on the internet, Kevin's images can help your course build its reputation. After all, one of the best ways to attract more green fee players and new members alike is to catch their attention. Kevin's artistic golf course images do just that.
Kevin Creley is a life-long avid golfer with many years of experience in golf and travel photography. In the last several years he has done a lot of work with real estate and become a specialist for high-end 360° panoramas. Please visit www.tonda.net to see more of his panoramic imaging.


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|Spring City, Tennessee
|Former Occupation
|N/A -- fished since he was 13
|6' 1''
|240 lbs.
|Rheumatoid arthritis
|Years Pro
|Top 10 Finishes (Wins)*
|47 (4) As of 9/18/2019
|Career Earnings*
|$1.34 million As of 9/18/2019
|Current World Rank
|Best Finish in 2019
|18 - Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, 1/29/2019
|Best Finish in 2018
|38 - Lake Travis, 5/17/2018
|Last 3 Finishes
69 - Lake Winnebago, 6/25/2019
32 - Table Rock Lake, 5/31/2019
51 - Table Rock Lake, 5/17/2019
|Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won)
|7 (0) As of 9/18/2019
|FLW Championships Fished (Won)
|1 (0) As of 9/18/2019
|WON Bass U.S. Open champion (1997, 1999)
|Angling Hero
|Rick Clunn - "He dominated the east and west when I grew up." Gary Klein - "A western guy who was able to go east."
|Home Lake
|Lake Pleasant (AZ)
|Favorite Lake
|Lake Mead (NV) - "It's big, and you can fish a lot of different ways there."
|Least Favorite Lake
|Lake Cachuma (CA) - "It's too small, and the fish are too tough to catch."
|Favorite Technique
|Topwater fishing with a Rico
|Primary Fishing Strength
|Finesse (dropshotting)
|Secondary Fishing Strength
|Biggest Weakness
|Shallow cranking
|Fishing Sponsors
|Mercury, Gene Larew Lures, River2Sea, Ranger Boats, Lew's Reels, Plano, Advanced Angler, Rapid Fishing
|Non-Fishing Sponsors
|Lucas Oil
|Tow Vehicle (Sponsor)
|Dodge 2500 MegaCab (Cummins diesel)
|Favorite Food
|Grilled ribeye steak (rare)
|Favorite Music
|Alternative rock
|Favorite Book/Movie
|Bass Wars (book)
|Non-Angling Hero
|John F. Kennedy ��"I just grew up with Dad and Mom idolizing him."
|When Not Fishing
|"I like to spend time outdoors hiking and boating."
|Why He Fishes
|"It's just the challenge of becoming better."
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|Tournament Finishes
|(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.
Biographical data last updated: 12/15/2015
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01 of 08
Tumbling Blocks Quilt
The quilts in this photo gallery are all one-patch quilts -- made by repeating the same shape over and over throughout the quilt. Portions of a patch are sometimes used around a quilt's jagged edges, but that doesn't take away from its one-patch status.
Many one patch quilts are scrap quilts, and some are the ultimate scrap project... charm quilts. Each fabric in a charm quilt is unique, and never repeated in the design.
About The Quilt on This Page
From Martha: I love the Tumbling Blocks pattern, so I was inspired to make one. My quilt measures about 36" X 45." It was a big hit at our county fair this year.Continue to 2 of 8 below.
02 of 08
Grandpa's Vegetable Patch Quilt
From Txlady2018: I used the grandmothers flower garden design to make this quilt, but since I used more masculine colors and made it for the local Farmer's Market, I named my quilt Grandpa's Vegetable Patch.Continue to 3 of 8 below.
03 of 08
Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt
From Camille: I made this quilt for my grandson, Andrew. It is all hand made and hand quilted.Continue to 4 of 8 below.
04 of 08
Grandma's Garden Quilt
From Emita: I always wanted to make a bedcover with this technique. I designed the pattern and the use of different colors.Continue to 5 of 8 below.
05 of 08
Cocorico Quilt
From Domino Marie: This quilt was inspired by a quilt made by Trish McLean of New Zealand. I had some beautiful batik roosters, and the blue matched the shutters of my daughter's farmhouse in France. I just had to make the "Cocorico" bedspread so she would wake up every morning with a smile.Continue to 6 of 8 below.
06 of 08
My English Cottage Quilt
From Yoka: I was so hooked on hexagon quilts that I decided to make a small quilt when I bought the book Everything Flowers, Quilts from the Garden by Jean and Valerie Wells. It is still one of my favorite books.
I added an English cottage and lots of French knots for flowers along a fence. A flower basket sits under the window and I even made some climbing ivy to grow up the cottage.
The cottage is appliqué and the rest of the quilt is hexagons. The quilt is hand quilted and hangs in my entry hallway. It measures 30.5 x 26 inches.Continue to 7 of 8 below.
07 of 08
Thanks Elizabeth Kelly, a Charm Quilt
From Yoka: I made this pyramid charm quilt top all by hand. It has a total of 1048 pieces of material and they are all different. I enjoyed the piecing by hand. Thanks to Elisabeth Kelly for a lot of the materials.Continue to 8 of 8 below.
08 of 08
My Magen David Quilt
From Yoka: I bought a book that included a picture of this quilt. I was fascinated by the quilt because it is a six-pointed star (Star of David) and all in watercolor. The background was also in watercolor but what attracted me the most is that it was all of the hexagons. I had never done anything like it so I made tons of hexagons. It was wonderful because you can take them with you and work while waiting in airports or doctors' offices.


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Today is Beaujolais Nouveau day, and it has been so every third Thursday of November for more than 60 years now. Yet most wine lovers will simply ignore Beaujolais Nouveau as many consider it as no more than a marketing invention to sell huge quantities of under-par wine. Is Beaujolais Nouveau actually no more than that?
What is Beaujolais Nouveau?
As any Beaujolais, Beaujolais Nouveau is 100% Gamay, a grape that is too often overlooked. It is made from grapes that were harvested two months ago and made into a light and fruity wine designed to be enjoyed young and fresh. When made with care, Beaujolais Nouveau can be deliciously fruity with intense flavours of fresh raspberry, blackberry and violet. Aromas of banana and nail polish – which have unfortunately been associated with some wines – have no more place in Beaujolais Nouveau than in any other quality wine.
A new generation of young and talented producers really takes pride in producing excellent quality Beaujolais Nouveau. One of our favourite producers is 28-year-old Paul-Henri Thillardon, one of Beaujolais' rising stars, whose Beaujolais Nouveau is well worth a try!
What to pair with Beaujolais?
As a simple and fruity wine, Beaujolais Nouveau is not made for pairing with complex dishes. It's probably best enjoyed as an uncomplicated drink to share with your friends. In Lyon – not far from where it is produced – Beaujolais Nouveau is often paired with local sausages cooked in a Beaujolais sauce.
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has white folks talking about religion and slavery.
This was the worst political speech of my lifetime. Because this man stood there and said to you "this is the faith of my fathers." And you, and none of these commentators who liked this speech realized that the faith of his fathers is a racist faith. As of 1978 it was an officially racist faith, and for political convenience in 1978 it switched. And it said "OK, black people can be in this church." He believes, if he believes the faith of his fathers, that black people are black because in heaven they turned away from God, in this demented, Scientology-like notion of what was going on in heaven before the creation of the earth.I was actually surprised by the anger and candor of the
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Did you know that Black people weren't allowed to
For a long period of time Black African members of the LDS church were unable to hold the Priesthood. In honor of Black History Month let's take a look at why this was so, when it changed, and what's happening now.
The Priesthood
From the first days of the Church (1830) until 1978 members who were of Hamitic or Black African descent were denied the blessings of the Priesthood. Why were they denied the Priesthood for so long? Joseph Fielding Smith once stated, "a meaningful response to this question rests on an understanding of what the Priesthood is."
be Mormon's until '78? But then again, Black people
weren't allowed to be Republicans either. And no I
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The first piece of Fred Hill's 2010 recruiting class came into focus Tuesday when Austin Carroll, the son of former Boston Celtics head coach John Carroll, made a non-binding verbal commitment to the Rutgers men's basketball team.
The 6-foot-4, 195-pound shooting guard is doing a postgraduate year Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. He chose Rutgers over Harvard.
"I've always wanted to play in the Big East, so that's exciting," he said. "It came down to being really comfortable with the whole situation."
Carroll visited Rutgers two weeks ago. Scarlet Knights assistant Darren Savino was the lead recruiter.
"I'd say I'm a shooter, and I can pass the ball." Carroll said. "I'm not a flashy player. I'm more of a steady player."
His dad knows the New Jersey hardwood scene well. John Carroll starred at Summit High School in the early 1970s and served as an assistant coach at Seton Hall for seven years, culminating in the Pirates' 1989 Final Four appearance. He went on to become the head coach at Duquesne and later the skippered the Boston Celtics on an interim basis in 2003-04.
"I've watched Austin play for a long time. It's not so much just his ability, which I think he has a lot of, but he's a really good teammate. He helps make other people better," John Carroll said. "He's always understood the importance of winning and doing whatever is important to winning. As far as Rutgers is concerned, I guess there's kind of an irony there, with me having worked at Seton Hall for a long time."
The Jersey connection enabled Austin to get to know talented Rutgers sophomores Mike Rosario and Gregory Echenique long before he visited the school. He also had played with freshman Dane Miller in the past.
The National Letter of Intent signing period runs from Nov. 11-18. Rutgers now has two open scholarships remaining for next year.
JOHN CARROLL'S comments in full:
I'm really excited for him because not only as his dad but as a basketball coach. I've seen how much time and hard work he's put in to get where he's gotten. It's nice to see him be rewarded for the amount of time and hard work he's put into this.
From my standpoint I kind of look at it from both angles, as a dad and as a coach. I've watched Austin play for a long time. It's not so much just his ability, which I think he has a lot of, but the' a really good teamamte. He helps make other people better.
And so I think that's what he will help bring to Rutgers. He's always understood the importance of winning and doing whatever is important to winning. As far as Rutgers is concerned, I guess there's kind of an irony there, with me having worked at Seton Hall for a long time. I think more importantly having been born in New Jersey and having family there, it's a nice place. Beyond the school, beyond the basketball program, beyond the education it's nice to be able to go somewhere where there's friends and family kind who will be kind of looking out for him.
I think he made a real nice connection with Fred and Darren. I've always said to him since he started this process, the head coach might be the most important part of the decision, because that's the person that will be responsible for everything that goes on in the program.
Having gone through that Seton Hall experience, I was able to guide Austin through this experience. I think he can be a person who, along with Mike Rosario and Gregory and some of the other guys, helps Rutgers get back to being a strong team.
Austin has known Mike Rosario for about 5-6 years. He's been at Coach Hurley's camp in the Poconos. He knows Gregory from Danny Hurley. He mad a connection with those two guys and he played with Dane Miller a little bit, so he kind of knew Dane. That made it interesting when he got down there.


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If you grew up in the 70's, (or if you watched Forrest Gump), you know the song, "Freebird", by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Part of the song says,
"I'm as free as a bird now, and this bird you cannot change, Lord knows I cannot change."
Many times we try to escape our problems by simply running away from them. "Lord knows I can't change." Actually… He does. In fact, He can set a person free in a different way that's not necessarily by your own doing.
"…let the living bird loose in the open field ." [Lev. 14:2]
It's amazing that God revealed in the Old Testament what to do when an incurable disease was healed, (Lev. 14:2). To God, doing the impossible, is just everyday, ordinary stuff that He does. Even when we were still partying it up, and sinning like there was no tomorrow, Jesus had already made provision for our Salvation (Rom. 5:8). The very fact that He included this in His Word ought to cause everyone to know that whatever mountain of difficulty is before us, whatever sickness or disease – God is able to make provision to heal, and set us free!
Digging a little deeper in Leviticus 14, what do each of these things mean? The priest was to take two birds (remember this, it's important for later), a piece of cedar wood, a piece of scarlet material, and some hyssop. Then he was to put one of these in an earthen vessel, and then kill it over running water. Then he would take the living bird, and the other things, and dip them all in the bird's blood, (…I know this sounds heavy, but hold on it's gets easier to understand, I promise). The the blood would then be sprinkled on the leper seven times; and then the living bird would be set free in an open field.
Bird Killed in an Earthen Vessel: This represents Christ, leaving Heaven, inhabiting a human body, then dying for our sins. (2 Cor. 4:7)
Bird Killed over Running Water: This represents how Jesus acted in obedience to the Word of God in actually going to the Cross. It also represents the Holy Spirit, who alone empowers us to lay down our lives like Jesus did. (Zech. 4:6)
The Cedar Wood: This represents the Cross of Christ. (John 19:17)
The Scarlet: This represents the Blood of Christ, and the deliverance that it brings. (Josh. 2:18)
The Hyssop: This represents the passing-over of our sins by the Blood of the Lamb. (Ex. 12:22)
The Living Bird Loosed in the Open Field: This represents 1) the Resurrection of Christ, but also 2) it's symbolic of us being set free by the death of another – namely Christ. (Rom. 8:2)
Can't you just see that living bird, covered with blood and water, flapping vigorously, thinking: "Whoa? I almost DIED!! I can't believe I'm flying away now! 'O thank You, Jesus!" If you're thinking, "Lord knows I can't change" then maybe you need to know that Jesus was was that other "bird" that was killed, instead of you and I. Think of it! The Lord knew you couldn't change on your own, that's why He left Heaven 2000 years ago to become a human – just like you and me, to take our place.
'O that you would soar in life, because of what Christ did on the Cross for you. Then you can truly sing, "…and I'm as free as a bird now…"


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Government plans for a new generation of nuclear power plants face growing concerns the industry needs another waste repository involving a massive escalation in cost.
Ministers insist they still expect only one high-level geological disposal facility (GDF) will be needed at a possible cost of £12bn but a discussion paper produced by the department of energy and climate change (DECC) indicates a second cannot be ruled out.
The moves come as the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) argue that more research is needed on whether different kinds of waste can be stored together.
The DECC pre-consultation discussion paper on the costs of waste disposal says "cost-modelling needs to take account of the possibility that, with a large new nuclear programme, co-disposal proves not to be feasible and another GDF would naturally mean a significantly greater total cost, although such cost would be spread over a larger nuclear programme."
The document goes on to state that the extra waste dump needs to be looked at "for cost-modelling purposes only" and should not be considered as a change in government strategy.
Companies such as EDF which are interested in building new atomic facilities have presumed they will be able to store their spent materials in a site largely paid for by the government.
Being forced to build a second site - especially one dedicated to the new stations - could change the delicate economics of the industry. EDF was unavailable for comment.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), the government agency charged with overseeing clean-up, backed up the DECC argument with a spokesman saying the organisation was largely concentrating on the technical needs and capabilities of one high-level repository to complement the low-level waste site at Drigg in Cumbria.
But a recent meeting of the BGS and CoRWM in Nottingham highlighted their worries about the government being over-reliant on "inherited" research and development in an NDA strategy that presumes all kinds of waste can be put together in one waste dump.
Minutes of that BGS meeting say: "Despite assurances from the NDA that a variety of concepts are under consideration, the NDA research and development strategy appears to be centred on a single GDF that can be engineered to accommodate a multiplicity of wastes." But the minutes go on to say: "A major uncertainty is whether it will actually be technically possible to co-dispose, intermediate-level waste, high-level waste, [and] spent nuclear fuel in a single repository."
CoRWM and the BGS also go on to question the NDA's apparent assumption that work done in Sweden on such facilities can be transferred to British waste and geology.
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"You can't proceed with any form of nuclear power without this issue being settled and that is years away," she said. "It is quite clear this consultation on fixed costs will expose the different views there are on this issue at a time when everyone is supposed to be coming together."
Professor Gordon MacKerron, an energy expert at Sussex University and a former chairman of the CoRWM, said building two repositories could have major political advantages because the government could face opposition from local communities to hosting an unlimited amount of waste from new power stations rather than a finite amount of legacy waste from existing sites.
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Dear David Clelland,
I thought I would just drop you a note to enquire whether you are planning at any stage to give your side of the story when it comes to your expenses for your duties as my local MP? As an aside, it seems quite quaint to send a real letter in this modern era but you have no email address on your website and even the excellent http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ website doesn't have one for you. Odd in this modern era of social networking and instant communication that you don't want people to get in touch by the easiest methods.
As you're no doubt well aware the Telepgraph has made some mischief by revealing your expenses in relation to your second home (David Clelland: Home buy-out costs taxpayer thousands on MP's expenses). I would be interested to hear your side of the story as the evidence as presented seems a little a damning. A number of MPs have decided to publish their expenses themselves including the much respected Labour MP Frank Field (see the Guardian – Growing number of MPs putting their expenses online) but your name seems to be missing from the list of those volunteering the information (when I check on Tuesday 19th May).
Of course your voting record on Transparency of Parliament is not great – you were either absent or voted against every positive amendment to the Freedom of Information Act and as recently as April 30th 2009 you were voting against having to provide receipts for all your reimbersed expenditure as an MP. A little unfair given the lengths small businesses have to go to in this country to meet HMRC regulations. As a retailer I have to keep VAT records on every transaction – no matter how small – for seven years.
Anyway, the matter seems to be that you, at the tax-payers expense, bought out your partner from your London flat. Perhaps you were going your separate ways? It then is turns out that you went on to marry your partner a year later. Unless you have a pre-nuptial agreement of some description this surely means that your partner now effectively owns 50% of the flat again. But we the taxpayers in this country are now footing the whole bill. Now it may be that all of that is mischief from the Telegraph – I'd love to hear your side of the story so do feel free to reply and let me know.
Thanks for taking the time to read this letter and I look forward to hearing from you shortly.
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The vast majority of deaths, approximately 99%, are cardiac deaths. However, there is another type of death, which is called brain death. Less than 1 percent of all people are ever pronounced brain dead. Brain death is both a clinical and legal finding of death. The concept of brain death can be very confusing because the person's heart is still beating and their chest will still rise and fall with every breath from the ventilator. The skin is warm and the person may appear to be resting comfortably, rather than critically ill and without brain function. This is because the worst of the physical damage is actually hidden in the brain, rather than visible on the body. Brain cells do not effectively regenerate. This makes it difficult for the brain to recover from injury. If the brain is starved of oxygen long enough for brain cells to die, they will not be replaced. If enough damage occurs to prevent the brain from receiving blood and oxygen, and the brain goes without oxygen long enough, brain death may result. Declaring Brain Death Brain death means that a qualified physician, typically a neurologist, did an extensive physical examination of the patient and found that the patient meets brain death criteria. Criteria Before brain death is pronounced, three clinical criteria must be met:UnresponsivenessAbsence of reflexesApnea (inability to breathe without a ventilator) Brain Death Testing Brain death testing falls into three main categories: Physical examinationApnea testingOther testing, also known as ancillary testing Physical Examination The physical examination is done to determine if the patient is responsive. If they are not, the physical exam would check for reflexes. A patient who is brain dead will not have any brainstem reflexes. For example, a typical patient would blink or move their head if someone touched their eye with a piece of cotton ball. A brain-dead patient won't blink, flinch or try to move away if a doctor touches their eye with a fuzzy piece of cotton. Therefore, if there is no blink, that implies that the brainstem is not functioning properly. Another type of physical testing is the cold caloric. This test is done by using a syringe of ice cold water and injecting it into the ear canal. A patient who is brain dead will have no response to this type of stimuli, but an individual who has brain function will have a response, which can range from eye movement to vomiting. The cold caloric test should never be done on an individual who is known to have intact brain function as projectile vomiting is typically the result. Apnea Testing A patient who is sick enough for brain death testing will be on a ventilator. A patient who is truly brain dead cannot breathe without a ventilator. In order to test to see if the breathing reflex is intact or absent, the patient is removed from the ventilator in a procedure called an apnea test. Typically, an arterial blood gas (ABG) is drawn immediately prior to the beginning of the apnea test, when the patient is taken off of the ventilator. Oxygen may be given to the patient during the apnea test, but the ventilator cannot help the patient breathe. A brain-dead patient will not take a breath during apnea testing. A typical patient will attempt to draw a breath when the brain tells the body it is necessary. For brain-dead patients, the brain is unable to send the signal to breathe and breathing does not happen without the support of a ventilator. Other Brain Death Testing After completing the physical assessment, the physician may elect to order additional testing. While it is typical for both a physical assessment and an apnea test to be done, in some cases the patient cannot tolerate apnea testing. Often, in those cases, a flow study will be done. These studies are done to see if blood is traveling to the brain through the bloodstream. If the study shows that no blood is reaching the brain, the test is consistent with brain death. Some physicians will use an EEG, or electroencephalogram, which is a test that measures brain waves. A patient who is brain dead will have a "flat" EEG, as brain waves will be absent. Atropine, a prescription medication that causes the heart rate to increase, an also be administered as an ancillary test for brain death because it does not work in brain dead individuals. If the heart rate increases notably after the medication is given, the patient is not brain dead. Confirmatory Tests for Brain Death Brain Death Pronouncement When a patient is pronounced brain dead, they are legally dead. Their death certificate will reflect the date when brain death was pronounced, not when their heart stops at a later time. 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Students and staff from the Centre for International Publishing and Communication attended the London Book Fair this week. LBF is a big international trade fair, and normally an opportunity for publishers, literary agents and others from around the world to meet, network and get down to the serious business of buying and selling rights.
LBF 2010, however, was adversely affected by the volcanic ash which kept European airports closed over the week. The halls at Earls Court were much quieter than usual, stands stood empty, and publishers found many of their appointments cancelled. A quick-witted publisher used one of the empty stands to promote a pop-up volcano book.
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