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Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name took several steps closer to Oscar glory at yesterday's LA Film Critics Association awards, taking Best Picture, Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, with Guadagnino sharing Best Director with Guillermo Del Toro for his fishy fable The Shape of Water. Unlike other critics groups, the LA lot also make public their runners up in most categories, with The Florida Project in second place for Picture. Sally Hawkins beat out Frances McDormand for Actress, whilst Laurie Metcalfe (Lady Bird) and Willem Dafoe (Florida Project) are looking more and more like the certs in the Supporting categories.
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Runner-up: The Florida Project
Director: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water and Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name (tie)
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Actor: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
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Supporting actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
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Screenplay: Jordan Peele, Get Out
Editing: Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Production design: Dennis Gassner, Blade Runner 2049
Music/score: Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Cinematography: Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
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|'People make Places. Places make People'.... In 2011 villagers began an online Open Archive on an informal basis. We have been recording events, logging images, sharing ideas and making comments for several years. The archive was closed for submitting new entries in February 2019. You are welcome to browse its entries and view its pictures.
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|Submitted by: andrew On: 3/8/2017 at: 10:36 Location: Drimpton, Greenham,
extracts from newsletters for August
T H E M A I N E V E N T o f H I G H S U M M E R !
The 72nd
on SATURDAY 12th AUGUST at the Village Hall
Doors open for viewing from 2.15pm
staged by Clapton, Wayford, Drimpton & District Hort. Soc.
The SHOW is an event with activities for ALL ages.
Not long now to complete your crafts, feed your veg and take that final photograph,
and so much more. Read on:
E v e r y b o d y i s i n v i t e d t o j o i n i n.
Flowers, Vegetables, Flower Arranging,
Homecraft, Handicraft, Art, Photography,
Young People's Classes, Family Fun and Group Classes
If you need an entry schedule, please contact Ian Hallett
Entries should be submitted to Roger Smith, 15 Marksmead or email firstname.lastname@example.com by 8pm Wednesday 9th August
Show Doors open for viewing from 2.15pm. Prizes presented at 4.15pm
Sale of exhibits and donated produce
Come along to see what your friends and neighbours have grown or made.
Entrance for non – members 50p adults, children free or adults can join the Society on the day.
REFRESHMENTS and CAKES in the MARQUEE all afternoon
plus Raffle
The good cause the Gardening Club is supporting this year is The Village Hall Car Park. Money raised from the sale of exhibits and products will be donated to this venture. Please bring along your surplus vegetables, flowers and baking so the stall is full of healthy and delicious food.
If you have any questions, please phone or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Saturday 5th August in the Skittle Alley at the Royal Oak
Viewing from 6.30pm - Prize giving at 8.00pm
followed by the ever popular Auction of exhibits by Rod Bracher
Please come along to this always jovial friendly evening and see the spectacular Fuchsias
Due to the late arrival of the show leeks this year they will be included in the Charm Chrysanthemum Show later in the year.
Come along and support the club members who are all Locals.
VILLAGE LUNCH…………...We are back………on WEDNESDAY, 16th AUGUST at 12.30 at the Village Hall…...Viv, Rosemary and the Team look forward to serving you lunch after a Summer break. Three courses of wholesome, homecooked food for just £5.00. We look forward to welcoming our regular customers and new ones. If you would like to know more please phone Viv or Rosemary. There is no need to book – please just turn up.
EVERYONE is invited to make
SUNDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER
a great D r I m p t o n D a y O u t …..
Come along and join a GUIDED WALK starting from the Village Hall at 11.00am. (max 8 miles)
Organised by Village Hall Fundraising Sub Committee
Tickets £10 adults, children free.
Picnic lunch brought to you half way round
Finishing with a BBQ in Drimpton.
Tickets from Francesca Hurrrell at firstname.lastname@example.com
Raising funds for Little Princess Trust who makes wigs for Children with Cancer, Chloe has had 34cm cut off her hair and it will be made into a wig. It costs £300 to turn hair into a wig and so far Chloe has raised £210. Well done Chloe! Any further donations, please contact Chloe's mother, Tracey Fooks, at email@example.com
The ROYAL OAK-- 'YOUR VILLAGE PUB' from John Donoghue
SUNDAY AUGUST 13th.- QUIZ NIGHT - starts at 8.30p.m.
SATURDAY AUGUST 19th. - LIVE MUSIC - with GUT and STEEL.
SUNDAY AUGUST 27th.- Bank Holiday - LIVE MUSIC with PETER HOWELL.
MEAL DEAL- Wednesday nights will be Burger Meal Deal nights. Two-for-One
TWO 6oz Gourmet with fries & sides only ONE price £7.95. Starts on August 9th.
Pizza Menu available everyday - now served with green summer salad.
FILM CLUB: There is no Film Club on Wednesday 9th August while we have our summer break. Back on Wednesday 13 September with 'Their Finest' "Gemma Arterton makes movies magic in this entertaining Second World War comedy drama" with Bill Nighy, Helen McCrory, Eddie Marsan and Jeremy Irons.
|Submitted by: Norman On: 26/7/2017 at: 16:45 Location: Drimpton Church
2017 Flower Festival - 150th anniversary
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|Submitted by: Norman On: 26/7/2017 at: 16:41 Location: Drimpton Church
2017 Flower Festival - 150th anniversary
The annual church Flower Festival was held on 22/23 July celebrating 150 years of St. Mary's Church. The flower displays this year were magnificent and drew many comments of congratulations from visitors. The inclement weather meant that visitor numbers were down but the sun came out for the Sunday evening service when a full congregation raised the roof with some well known hymns, ably accompanied by Richard Heal on organ and Jonathan and Sally Jevons on trumpet and viola. The service was led by Team Rector Canon David Baldwin and the address was given by The Bishop of Sherborne The Right Revd. Karen Gorham.
After the service refreshments were served at 'Kilverstone' with a chance to chat to the Bishop and Rector. Thanks go to Hazel Hill for providing the venue.
At the time of counting over £900 was raised for the church and the Parochial Church Council express their deepest thanks to all those who arranged the displays, helped to set up and steward the church and all those who generously contributed.
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|Submitted by: andrew On: 8/7/2017 at: 09:53 Location: Drimpton
Community Land Trust Update
Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT Update – June 2017
After a long delay a meeting took place on 25th May with Dorset County Partnerships planning department in Dorchester to discuss the pre-application proposal that BGP CLT submitted for the Drimpton site in March. This meeting was attended by members of the BGP CLT committee, our advisors from Wessex CLT Projects, Yarlington Housing Group and architects Trewin Design. The senior Planner was happy in principle with the site location and the proposed development in general. The CLT was requested to submit additional alternative design . for further discussion. These are in the process of being drawn up and will be submitted shortly. The CLT will be meeting again with the landowners shortly.
Membership of BGP SLT is growing and we would very much encourage others living within the Broadwindsor Group Parish area who have an interest in affordable housing to join the CLT. Membership forms are available on our website www.broadwindsorgroupparishclt.org or from any committee member.
|Submitted by: andrew On: 8/7/2017 at: 09:52 Location: Drimpton
ST MARY's CHURCH @ 150
St MARY'S CHURCH is 150 YEARS OLD in JULY
St Mary's was originally consecrated as a Chapel of Ease on July 21st 1867 by the Bishop of Salisbury. On that day there were two services; at the actual consecration service only those who had received invitations were allowed in the chapel, the rest of the villagers who wished to be present having to remain in the churchyard. At the evening service, so the story goes, 27 candidates came forward for baptism, although only 18 were actually baptised that day, including several members of the Chubb family. When built the chapel was in the parish of Broadwindsor. Drimpton became a separate parish in 1982 at which time St. Mary's became our Parish Church.
To mark this anniversary the ANNUAL FLOWER FESTIVAL is very special.
The theme is 'CELEBRATION'.
St Mary's will be open on the weekend, SATURDAY, JULY 22nd and SUNDAY 23rd from 10.00am to 5.00pm each day.
Everyone will be most welcome to join us as we celebrate this major historic milestone.
Then, on SUNDAY 23rd at 6.00pm, there will be a CELEBRATION SONGS OF PRAISE when the preacher will be the Bishop of Sherborne. Again, everyone will be most welcome.
Copies of WHO WERE WE? our village book which charts 19th century life here will be available at £10. Of this cost £2.50 will go to St Mary's and £7.50 to Village Voices to help sponsor community events in the village now and in the future.
|Submitted by: andrew On: 8/7/2017 at: 09:50 Location: Drimpton, Netherhay
extracts from newsletters for July
The OSCARS SUMMER LUNCH – message from Viv Watts
'The Lunch was a huge success being enjoyed by over 50 people. Lots of people dressed up and there were Oscars presented to the following:
Best dressed lady - Gina Egleton….Best dressed man - John Wright….Best film star - Neville Adams for Wyatt Earp
The profits from the lunch are being shared between Age UK and the Hall car park.
Rosemary and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who cooked, served, washed up and attended. It was a wonderful occasion.'
REMINDER: The next Village Lunch is on 16th August. There is no Lunch in July.
YOUTH CLUB INFO – from Steve Chubb
'Only one more Youth Club meeting on FRIDAY JULY 7th at 6.30pm before we break up for summer holidays, so come along for an evening of games outside, or, if raining, inside the Hall.
2nd EXTRA SPECIAL COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNING
staged by the Horne Family in aid of Clic Sargent, the charity for children with cancer & leukemia.
on SATURDAY JULY 29th from 10.30am to 12.00pm
with Bacon Rolls and Scrumptious Cakes.
"We are raising money for Clic Sargent in celebration of 15 years since our daughter Michelle finished chemotherapy, and in thanks for all the help and support that they gave us. The family are also walking the South Coast Challenge in August, so please sponsor us for this as well!"
FILM CLUB on WEDNESDAY 12th JULY at 7.00 for 7.30pm: LA LA LAND
The multi-award winning film that reinvents the musical for today. 'A sun-drenched masterpiece' starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The Club's normal bar facilities will be open.
WED JULY 19th: HORT. SOC. at the Village Hall – 7.15 for 7.30pm - The Speaker for this meeting will be provided by the Gold Club, which is sponsored by Castle Nurseries, Sherborne. Topic — Low Maintenance Gardens. So, if you are struggling to keep on top of the weeds in your garden, or your shrubbery is a mass of tangled brambles, this is the meeting for you. Perhaps you just wonder if it's possible to have a beautiful garden which does not take up all of your spare time. This promises to be a fascinating meeting for those who love gardening and for those who at times find gardening a chore. Non-members welcome for a small fee of £1.
The Royal Oak ----Your Village Pub - Beer Garden is in full bloom. This wonderful garden was brought to life by very hard work of a group of village volunteers for the enjoyment of all villagers. Come and visit to appreciate their efforts; use it for your family events/barbeques, especially if stuck for outdoor space at home.
COMEDY NIGHT in aid of Drimpton Youth Club.This will be hosted by MAT COSTIN with various acts on SAT.29th JULY.
LIVE MUSIC on SAT. 8th July by NINA GARCIA.
NEW FOOD MENU - look out for new summer menu being launched in July. This will include Saturday night dining plus a separate Sunday menu which will have other choices in addition to roast dinner option.
Rugby Breakfast with The Lions v All Blacks at 8.OOAM.View the game and have breakfast on SAT.1st. July and SAT.8th July.
MON 3rd. July Watch out for the installation of our "window flower boxes" to the front facade of pub. Let us know what you think.
Sue & John
VILLAGE HALL EVENTS – message from Rosemary Shepherd re The Summer Dinner Dance – 'Unfortunately, there will be no Dinner Dance this Summer. "One Night Stand" who have provided our entertainment over the past 5 years have disbanded. They have tried, without success, to find us an alternative group. We have therefore decided that it is not possible to run this event this year. But please watch out for other Village Hall Events. There is a number of new/different ones in the pipeline. We are very grateful to Martin Higgs and his Fundraising Sub-Committee for all they are planning – exciting times ahead!'
DATE FOR OUR DIARIES ...SATURDAY 12th August - 72nd Annual Horticultural Summer Show at the Village Hall…. Schedules have been delivered to every house, but if you have not received one they will be available at the July meeting of the Horticultural Soc, or from Ian Hallett – contact: email@example.com . There is still time to grow vegetables, tend flowers, paint that picture, make jam, do some craft or take that perfect photo. So why not enter?
Excellent home baked cakes and tea available all afternoon on the day.
Doors open at 2.15pm - A great village event which can be enjoyed by EVERYBODY!
|Submitted by: stanleyG On: 1/7/2017 at: 22:25 Location: Drimpton
Rainfall at Drimpton Cross in June 2017
The month of June has again been remarkably dry with the only appreciable rain falling right at the end of the month, as it did in April. This June has given us the hottest June day since 1976 with temperatures in London reaching nearly 35 degrees. My rainfall figures for the month are ; 102 mm. (2016 64.5 mm.) or 4.03 inches (2016 2.54 ins.)
|Submitted by: Norman On: 25/6/2017 at: 11:29 Location: Drimpton
A good turnout, 60 plus, for the annual Cream Tea. An excellent table was prepared by the 'Cream Tea' team and was much appreciated by all.
The 100 club grand draw took place (1st prize £50) and seemingly endless raffle prizes were won.
Thanks from St Mary's church to all who attended or donated. Over £500 was raised!
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|Submitted by: Admin On: 11/6/2017 at: 18:00 Location: DRIMPTON
Murder Mystery: "Lights, Camera, Murder"
Report from Rosemary Shepherd: "An enormous thank you to everyone involved in the Murder Mystery Evening - to those who had the inspiration and made it happen; to the very talented actors and technicians; the catering crew and all of those who participated so brilliantly with their dress and interaction!
I never had Kate and Francesca down as such nasty pieces of work!!
The evening added a fantastic £756.00 to the Car Park Fund...The total has now reached £2253.00.
This includes £275 from the Youth Club Artsreach Magical Evening; £413 from the Race Night and
£800 from Solar Panel Income."
You are ALL invited to a yo-ho-ho of an evening!!!
the film of Gilbert & Sullivan's romping musical
in 'an amazingly acrobatic production'
at the Village Hall on SATURDAY JUNE 3rd - Doors open at 6.00pm - Film starts at 6.30pm
INTERVAL FOOD: Choose between Viv's Famous Chicken Curry or Rosemary's Vegetable Tagine
BAR: Open before film and during the interval.
Please contact David & Raye Glossop in advance.
This is a Village Hall Car Park Extension Fund event.
CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH on the Recreation Field
on SUNDAY JUNE 4th – Kick off 11.00am
Pymore FC v Filton High FC
raising funds to fight Bone Cancer
staged by the Horne Family in aid of Clic Sargent, the charity for children with cancer & leukemia,
on SATURDAY JUNE 10th from 10.30am to 12.00pm
with Bacon Rolls and Scrumptious Cakes.
"We are raising money for Clic Sargent in celebration of 15 years since our daughter Michelle finished chemotherapy, and in thanks for all the help and support that they gave us. The family are also walking the South Coast Challenge in August, so please sponsor us for this as well!"
SUMMER LUNCH SUNDAY, 11th JUNE at the Village Hall
The theme for this year's lunch is "The Oscars".
You are invited to come dressed for an Oscar's Party or as a Film Character.
There will be awards for the Best Dressed Man and best Dressed Lady.
Tickets are just £12.00 (incl a glass of wine).
Please contact Viv to book your place.
Profits from this event will be shared between Age UK and the VH Car Park Fund.
The 'mini meadows' of wild flowers in the grounds of Netherhay Chapel are looking beautiful -
if you are walking round take a few moments to visit a little haven of tranquility.
FILM CLUB on WEDNESDAY 14th JUNE at 7.00 for 7.30pm:
"FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM" Something mysterious is leaving a path of destruction in the streets of 1926 New York. Newt Scamander arrives in the city to research and rescue magical creatures. Some of Newt's beasts get loose. A band of unlikely heroes must recover the missing beasts, but their mission puts them on a collision course with Dark Forces. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Jon Voight and Colin Farrell. The Club's normal bar facilities will be open.
The Big Lunch Get-Together on SUNDAY 18th JUNE from 12 Noon till 2 pm
This year The Big Lunch is at Lea Acres (next door to the Royal Oak).
There will be a marquee in the garden, to shade us from summer sunshine, or ... no, let's not think about bad weather.
Drimpton has taken part in The Big Lunch since it was launched by the Eden Project in 2009. It's an informal gathering with friends and neighbours, bring your own lunch, drinks, games and meet neighbours old and new, near and far. Share, play, relax. For more information please contact Brian.
YOUTH CLUB INFO – from Steve Chubb
"After 10 years of being both the treasurer and youth club leader John Lock has stepped down for a well-deserved rest; a big THANK YOU to John and Helen for all they have done over the years as they leave the Youth Club in a great place with over 20 children attending twice a month. A new committee has come forward and we welcome Rob Fooks as Youth Club leader, Emma Costin as deputy leader and Tracey Fooks as treasurer. The leaflets will not be put through letter boxes any more to remind children of dates, but can be found on Drimpton Facebook and a leaflet can be picked up with dates at the next meeting."
FRIDAY JUNE 9th Games Night in the Hall
FRIDAY JUNE 23rd Cooking in the Kitchen with Sally, and Games in the Hall.
Later in the year visits to Axe Valley Zoo and the Climbing Wall in Yeovil have been organised.
WED JUNE 21st: HORT SOC. at the Village Hall – 7.15 for 7.30pm – 'FUNGI'
This is an evening not to be missed. Michael Jordan presented the Channel 4 Series Mushroom Magic in 2012. He is the author of "The Encyclopedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe", and is recognised as a UK expert on fungi. He has also written and talks about how to identify edible fungi. This meeting is not just for gardeners but also for cooks, foragers, and anybody who was a Hippie in the 1960s.
A Summer Highlight
HAZEL's ANNUAL CREAM TEAS
at the VILLAGE HALL
on SATURDAY 24th JUNE from 3 to 5 pm
£5 (under 12's, £2.50)
*Raffle* *100 Club Grand Draw (£50 first prize)*
DOGS: Over the years the actions of thoughtless dog walkers have resulted in comments like this: "The action of throwing dog poo bags into other people's recycle bins is not the way normal people behave. This is as bad as throwing it into hedges and gardens."
It has never been excusable. Can we now hope that this is a thing of the past?
Message from the Parish Council: "Two wheelie waste bins have been installed for dog walkers to dispose of their dog waste, one by the Village Hall another on Netherhay Lane by the grit bin. Please ensure any dog waste is put into a bag. They are only for dog waste - no other waste can be put into them. They are on a three month trial to see if they are used enough or any problems arise. Please inform anyone who walks their dogs of the locations. At the recent Annual Parish meeting the dog warden mentioned fines of £100 to people who do not pick up waste or throw it in the hedges so there are no excuses now."
|Submitted by: stanleyG On: 1/6/2017 at: 15:55 Location: Drimpton
Rainfall in May 2017
Here in West Dorset we have a lot of small villages accessed by narrow lanes often with steep banks. I recently commented upon the wonderful displays of Daffodils this year and even before Christmas. Now as we enter the main months of Summer the temperatures are moving up into the high 20's and the wild flowers on those steep banks are just loving it. I'm afraid my travel along the lanes now has to be by car, but even so they are a joy to see. In fact the lanes are like a calendar, you know which month it is by which flowers are in bloom. Rainfall in May 2017 81 mm. or 3.2 Inches. May 2016 72mm. or 2.8 inches.


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Family Farming in America
What is Family Farming?
Family vs Corporate Farming
Projections for the Future
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"Small family farms are at least as efficient as larger operations. In fact, there is evidence of diseconomies of scale as farm size increase."
-Willis Peterson, University of Minnesota analyst
As family farming is drastically decreasing, industrial farming has rapidly increased. A correlation between the two? Yes.
Industrial farms cause smaller farms to go out of business by mass producing food. Efficiency is they key to production, despite the use of unnatural chemicals, genetic engineering, and inhumane methods of treating livestock.
So Why Do We Support Industrial Farming? I
ncreased amounts of food mean that food prices can drop and make it easier for consumers to feed themselves and their families. With a growing population, the government supports industrial farming. Industrial farming has become a big business, vertically integrated as exhibited by Cargill and ConAgra.
Another trend in America is "bigness." That implies larger acreage and field equiptment, two factors that family farmers can not afford. However, nore acreage does not mean more job opportunities. Large corporations only create 9.44 jobs, displacing 27.97. Larger farms also use methods of farming that are detrimental to the earth. Farms on a smaller scale use crop diversification, border cropping, sequential, and crop rotation. While corporate farms use monoculture, meaning that the same crop is grown all season. This form of planting leads to empty niche spaces. Erosion and weed infestation are a result. Although large farms are known for greater total yield per crop, smaller farms usually have a greater total yield per unit area.
Corporate farming creates less farms, meaning more crime. Also, the reduction of the middle class is no longer, and families are not as unified. According to Farm Aid, 330 famers leave their land every week. To replace the empty spaces of the agricultural market will be a few large corporate companies.
Larger industrial farms don the title of "organic" to their products, a misconception to the average consumer. In fact, the word organic is so misconcieved as healthy and safe in this case that competition with local farmers has arisen. For example, Cascadian Farms and Muir Glen are owned by Small Planet Foods. General Mills, the third biggest food corporation in North America, uses Small Planet Foods as its organic marketing. Though there are negative impacts on the environment and low nutritional value in their foods, the conglomerate is funded by even larger industries. Some investors include Exxon/Mobil, Philip Morris, McDonald's, Nike, Dupont, Dow Chemical, Pepsico, Disney, Texas Instruments. Weapons producers and fast food chains have replaced wholesale food contributors. In 1982 there were 28 wholesale distributors in the United States, while in 2003, there were only 3.
"Growth for capitalist economies demands ever increasing profit, based on expansion. Family owned and "small" businesses give way to larger and larger enterprises, until Walmart finally replaces the local variety stores, and Wegmans replaces the neighborhood food markets."
Carole Resnick
Heavily processed food means a higher fat and calorie content. Our yearly per capita sugar consumption has risen from 128-158 pounds since 1985. Since 1977, the average calorie intake has increased 10%. Obesity is a prominent issue in our society, as doctors characterize 3/5 children as overweight, with a chance of diabetes being 1/3.
Organic food IS NOT local food. Local food implies that the food is grown within the community. Though organic food is ofter associated, it can be just as widely transported as processed food. In fact, the food we eat comes from across the country or world since vast amounts of of corn and soybean are converted into animal feed or processed food ingredients. The food is typical to have travceled 1,500 miles or more before it reaches the store. One of the major uses of fuel in the country is in transporting the nation's food. More specifically, 1/5 of the country's petroleum production is used in the shipment and production of our food.
Foodborne illnesses are more prevalent in industrial-grown foods, as fruits and vegetables are contaminated with pesticides and hormones are added to our milk. The risks of these supposedly "safe, nutritious, and healthy" foods include cancer caused from pesticides on food or runoff in water, greater obesity as the intake of processed foods rise, and contamination from x-rays used to remove bacteria from food. New technology, however, does not reduce the ever relevant foodborne illness epidemics. As yet another consequence of these industrial products, food borne illnesses such as ecoli and salmonella infect 80 million people a year and are responsible for killing over 9000 in the United States alone. Foodborne illnesses are the product of the industrialization of the poultry and meat industries as well as the use of antibiotics in farming.
The treatment of livestock is another major concern in corporate farming. CAFO stands for concentrated animal feeding operations, defined as operations which confine animals. The total stability period is 45 days or more. A large CAFO will contain 1000 cattle other than dairy, 2500 hogs over 55 pounds, 125000 chickens, and 30-82000 laying hens. A medium CAFO will contain 300-999 cattle other than dairy, 750-2499 hogs if 55 pounds or more, and 375000-124999 chickens. The substitution of structures and equiptment for land and labor is a catalyst for the transition from family farming to industrial farming.
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|Tokoloshis Creature
April 10, 2014 if you curious. These creatures also live in Southern Africa
and there are many of them unlike the Abatwas which are quite rare. There was 658 of these
Tokoloshis last count in Swaziland of Africa. They are very small creatures too are the
Abatwas. The Tokoloshis standing about knee high to an normal size adult, but
the Abatwas's are even smaller standing at only 1/2 inch tall. Living among the
ants and ant hill all around Africa. I would image even so of the more dangerous
ants like the fire ants too. They are covered in very long hair and they look a bit like small monkey's.
They have eyes that are very narrow and black and small ears aswell. Their hands
and feet are like a monkeys. And also have a very longggggggggggg penis that looks like tail.
Well now! These Tokoloshi can be found living in crevices and holes amongst the stones near
a river and in small caves on mountain sides. He/She are very shy and scared of humans and will
stay away from the humans. He has a bad reputation and has alot of enemies. The Tokoloshis only
friend is the lizard who will help him clean his house and they dance together. These Tokoloshis's are
quite mischievous creatures and do many different tricks to stay live! If things get broken or sweets are
stolen in a homestead on the planes of Africa, then its usually blamed on the Tokoloshi ! The danger lies in witches or wizards getting a hold of one of these creatures, because they tend to turn them into their slave and use them for their evil deeds. These Tokoloshi people can also make themselves invisible and will send one of their own into huts to harm people in their sleep or even to poison their foo. Some witches will kill these tiny creatures if they can get a hold of one and then will kill the tokoloshi and then see the tiny body fat as a protective medicine. It is said that many people in Africa would put their beds on bricks or sticks so that the tokoloshi couldn't can't them in their sleep. It might be a good idea when yu check into your hotel in Swazjiland to ask if they can give yu a couple of bricks.. just to be safe!
|The Tokoloshis Creatures
any of the children's parents sneak up through to watch, the tokoloshis will put a magic stone into his mouth and disappear! They are also very scared of dogs, mousetraps and chameleons too.
Cows and goats milk, fresh are some of their favourite food and he will try to sneak into cattle kraal to drink as much as he/she can. When a farmer realises his cows are running out of milk he will know it is the tokoloshis fault and summon a sangoma.
A spell will be cast and if the Tokoloshi walks into it he will became paralyzed and visible, but if you shout 'Hey, I see the tokoloshi!' then the spell will be broken and he becomes invisible again.When you are visiting Swaziland keep a sharp look out when you sit on a stone near the river that you haven't disturbed a tokoloshis home.. and remember the advice about the bricks!
Witchcraft legalised in Zimbabwe-It seems that in Zimbabwe where witchcraft and wizardry was ban for about 107years has just been legal again after all those years in Zimbabwe. It is said to be a surreal Time in Zimbabwe for the people. But it seems that their President Robert Mugabe's new legislation is applied humanely then only good witches will find any solace in it, as the act prohibits the practice of witchcraft by anyone who uses their supernatural powers to harm others. The 1899 prohibition which made it illegal to accuse anyone of being a witch or a wizard was perhaps a wise colonial decree because to this day throughout Sub-Saharan African people accused of being witches are killed unpleasantly in traditional ceremonies which bypass national laws. Among the most recent recorded mass burning of witches were
those organised by Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who killed scores of women D and their children D on public bonfires after tapping into deeply held tribal beliefs about witchcraft. In reality,
the victims tended to be women who had refused Savimbi's sexual advances.But with inflation not at
1200% and a loaf of bread costing more that one million Zimbabwean dollars, some agree that you need a bit of magic to keep body and soul together.
Professor Gordon Chavunduka, a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Zimbabwe and Chairman of the 50,000-strong Zimbabwe National Traditonal Healers' Association, were delighted at Mugabe's thumbs-up to Wizardry. OWitchcraft and Tokoloshe's are making a comeback, he said.
Tokoloshes, familiar to anyone living in Sounthern Africa, may stretch the imagination of even JK Rowling devotees, but Google has nearly 20,000 entries devoted to these tiny demons who cause
havoc out of all proportion to their tiny size. First-time visitors to the regions are often puzzled by the fact that so many Africans have their beds raised on high piles of bricks to prevent Tokoloshes getting into their beds with them. Women have a particularly good reason to FEAR THE TOKOLOSHES AS SLEEPING PARTNERS IN AFRICA!
Have I got your attention! Cool and very interesting and very REAL! Eh!
These creatures arrive naked in the dead of night, though sometimes covered by a cloak which makes them invisible, and try to impregnate the Aftrican women or any visitors too!
The Vendors of muti-traditional medicine all over Southern Aftrica sell and advertise products for
protection against these TOKOLOSHIS CREATURES .
I found that even to day from different researcher's, one being that of Theodore Petrus who lectures on the trditional magic and superstions that have always formed around an integral part of Southern African Indigenous folktales, in which the tokoloshe is a common and significant charater in Africa. And is believed to part of their witchcraft, perpetuated throughout their myth and stories passed on from one generation to and other. Which is widespread among most if not all African communities. If is mostly in the rural areas' but it don't stop there. its just because of less access to tecnolgy and the modernized . And more focuse on the supernatural explanations for illnesse and mistortures.
Even today many rural and urban people of African still believe in the power of these mischievous and sometimes evil spirits. It is said that in the Zimbabwean newspaper some believe that the counselors at AlDS workshops have agreed that the evil spirits Tokoloshes have probably spread the Hiv virus by sexually abusing women during the night. Like I had said early in my post the people believe that these nasty creatures attack women in their sleep and that is why they have the beds up on bricks and have extrordinarly long penis slung over the shoulder from climbing up and getting under the sheet beside the women of africa.
Well that is the Tokoloshis of Southern Africa which is very much alive today! I hope your found
this post interesting.. I hope to find more interesting true and fun stories to come..
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For those uninitiated, Doctor Who is a British Sci Fi series first launched in 1963 with little besides love, cardboard, and fishing line and ran with growing popularity for the next 26 years. It was recently revived in 2005 as a continuation of the original plot line. When compared to American media, it is nearest in spirit to Star Trek, an unnaturally long-running science fiction series that more or less invented and defined fan culture for a country. It crosses media barriers with books, comics, a mid-eighties movie and numerous radio shows, has seen outrageous numbers of viewers in the UK, and as of today is unarguably Britain's most popular television export.
The premise of this show is a time-traveling humanoid alien being who travels time and space with his generally human companions in his cleverly disguised spaceship/time machine. What makes the doctor so special and adored is surely a question for history to answer and fans to bicker about, but one of the things that gives the series so much longevity is The Doctor's ability to regenerate. Regeneration is an affectation of The Doctor's species, called time lords, all of whom possess a binary vascular system and the ability to cheat death by "regenerating" their cell tissue into a new form. That new form comes with a new face, and conveniently, a new actor to play the role until the next time The Doctor "dies."
The news these last two weeks has been the announcement of the 12th actor to play the most significant roles in British science fiction, and one of the most prominent roles in the current science fiction landscape in general. As context may suggest, I don't consider this a trivial decision. Many people, myself included, expressed a sense of disappointment at the news that this actor was, like every single actor to play the doctor before him, white and male, especially considering the significant fan campaigns to have the current production team on the series cast its nets more widely when searching for this figurehead of science fiction television.
I reacted by writing a post that reiterated my lack of support for the current writing team on the series, with special attention to Steven Moffat, the current head writer. Though my argument was largely based on the detriment that Moffat was doing to the general writing of the series, it was largely received by what I can only assume are folks with very low reading comprehension as a demand for an actress to be cast in the role. I quoted Jill Pantozzi over at The Mary Sue in that article when she said something to the effect of; many female fans don't want to see what scary sexist shit Moffat would do with a female doctor.
I can wait for a female doctor, I can wait for a POC doctor, I am concerned that the series will not survive Moffat's decisions, but all my preferences are beside the point. The fact is that I have yet to hear an objection to this plot point that isn't couched in misogyny.
- First of all, it's canon.
The first Neil-Gaiman-written episode titled "The Doctor's Wife," confirms the possibility of changing genders between regenerations. If you don't know this, and you're still providing false-equivalencies like this one:
"What? Dr. Who has always been a male character. Would you accept Jane Austen books changing their leading women characters to men? Accusing Dr Who of being racist and sexist but yet you wouldn't allow a black man to play the role of 'Emma". Tumblr Feminism strikes again. Smh"
Then you need to brush up on your knowledge. I don't think being a fan requires knowing every single fact about something you love, but being a well-informed citizen means not barreling into arguments without any real ammunition to back you up. From Neil Gaiman:
"I was the one who wrote the line about the Corsair changing gender on regeneration, in "The Doctor's Wife" after all, and made it canon that Time Lords can absolutely change gender when they regenerate"
- Gender-essentialism is all but dead.
Numerous modern studies in the fields of sociology and psychology are proving that the differences between men and women that we have typically held to be true are the result of limited and biased science. This is one of the first things you realize when you begin to actually study gender, that differences in behavior and psychology in terms of gender are largely socially created and more often than not used as an excuse to further oppress and discriminate against women and people who fall outside the straight/white/masculine norm. It's also the root of plenty of femmephobia (the systematic undervaluing and dismissing of traits and values typically coded "feminine"), homophobia, and transphobia, because people behaving outside the commonly-held parameters of their assigned gender can be othered and regarded as unnatural.
If The Doctor really has visited our more-evolved and more scientifically advanced future, gender essentialism should be a trivial archaic idea for him the same way sexual orientation is, and eventually the writers of this show will have to acknowledge that in The Doctor's utopia male and female are interchangeable values of nearly infinite variation. The Kinsey-scale for gender is on its way.
- Representation matters.
There's one possible role on Doctor Who for women and girls, and that role is always secondary to The Doctor. In Moffat's universe, they can be obsessed with The Doctor, in love with The Doctor, or have their fate and existence completely dependent on The Doctor. The Doctor is always, and has historically been, a benevolent-if-impatient patriarch, handing out instructions as a doctor to his nurse and giving his companions only enough information to get by.
It has been argued that this is not because his companions are female, but because they are human, and in-context that's an excellent point to be made. The Doctor isn't prone to sexism in any way that's been revealed, but he does often treat humans as inferior regardless of gender, at least he is very often frustrated by their limitations. The gender-hierarchy represented on screen, however, is painfully familiar to a history of sexism and will need to tread lighter and lighter as progress marches on and viewers become smarter. A decades-old series is bound to come up against this question, and the way that that series answers it is a deciding factor in its longevity.
The Doctor can have any face that can be imagined, unless we're actually to believe that time lords are actually all Caucasian, and yet every single time he rolls the dice, he comes up with something that is in practical terms pretty similar to what he had the last time around. Either the doctor is doomed to a complete lack of variation, or assuming he has some level of control over his regeneration process either in a conscious or unconscious fashion, The Doctor prefers his current skin-color and gender. Now you can write that off to the fuddy-duddyness of the character, but it must be interpreted that if that is the case, the show itself feels that there is something superior about maleness and whiteness.
- We've got no way to be sure we're getting the best person for the job.
What does the casting call or casting list look like for the new doctor these days? According to Steven Moffat, he says there was ONE name on his list this time around, which makes me wonder how many people he thinks that the UK contains. (62.74 million, as of 2011) So out of 62 million people, there's no person better qualified than this one man? Clearly that's not a question that Moffat bothered to ask, if he's to be believed about his casting process. Gaiman says that a black actor was offered the role of The Doctor, but turned it down. His sound bite on that isn't specific as to which doctor that was, but regardless I'm pretty certain the case is not that the United Kingdom has ONE representative black actor and once you query him, you're pretty much out of luck.
And this may be rather naive on my part, but when do we start to hold the white male actors that are cast in these leading roles accountable? Peter Capaldi is not hurting for work, and had a line of white and male actors said "no thanks," would we just not have a new doctor? Obviously not, casting directors would be forced to think outside the race-and-gender box. How far does the responsibility as allies extend for these actors, really? The question of casting off privilege affects the majority of us.
It's entirely possible that the very best person who could have played the 12th doctor is a white man, it's entirely possible that that person is Peter Capaldi, but unfortunately we'll never know for sure.


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The main difference between Jane Austen's heroines and me
…is technology. Sometimes I dream of Regency England for its simplicity. For letter-writing to the tune of Mary Bennet playing her pianoforte.
In truth, it's silly to wish I lived in a different age, when there are such advantages to modernity, and I can choose to opt out of whatever I find distracting. And that is exactly what I attempt to do.
Raise your hand if you spend too much of your day in front of a screen.
I spend enough time in front of a screen during the day, so I'm always looking to find ways to break my screen-using habits, especially before bed.
Here are some screen-free strategies I've developed to give my eyes a rest.
Flip through a magazine or art book.
When I get into a mindless Instagram scrolling mood (mindful Instagram scrolling is totally okay!), I reach for a fashion magazine or one of my favourite art books. I have such a beautiful collection of coffee table books that often just live on the shelf. It feels like such a luxury to browse through their gorgeous pages.
Consume news mindfully on paper.
I noticed myself becoming anxious by getting my news from Twitter. These days I prefer to buy a copy of The Economist or pick up a free Guardian with my Waitrose card. When I do read the news on a screen, it's not skimming headlines out of impulse or boredom, but getting educated more thoroughly through my daily "10 Things You Need to Know" email from The Week, or on AllSides.com, which presents news from multiple perspectives.
Keep a stack of postcards by your bed.
Sometimes I'm tempted to send a friend a message as I'm falling asleep, but this means exposing my eyes to my iPod's screen again. Instead, I keep a stack of Disney postcards on my bedside table for jotting down these messages by hand.
Delete apps.
I cleaned up Kiki (my iPod)'s collection of apps to the bare minimum. I don't have a smartphone, and mainly use my iPod for podcasts, music, and Instagram. I have to remind myself to avoid the rabbit hole of having too much information at my fingertips. I deleted Twitter and Facebook, choosing to limit my use to these addictive apps to my more-mindful browser instead.
Take email off your phone.
Checking email too often does more harm than good. I disconnected email from the Mail app, deleted the Gmail app, and logged out of Chrome. I use LastPass to store my passwords, so if I need to access email, I can, but it's a hassle. I prefer to check email once a day, in a focused fashion.
Related: A Minimalist's Guide to Gmail
Carry a camera.
Sometimes I bring my iPod places I don't need to because I want to use the camera. Then I end up using it for other things. I have a fancy DSLR camera (called Thomas), so sometimes I bring him instead of Kiki (my iPod).
Take advantage of multimedia options.
When you do use messaging apps, consider using voice memos or sending videos. I consider which medium would be suit the message at hand. Recording a message can be easier on the eyes and posture than tapping on a tiny keyboard, and might be easier for the recipient to consume as well!
Plus, some problems I'm still solving [I need your help]:
- I'll often bring Kiki to count my steps as I'm a slave to my Pedometer app. I'm considering getting a fitbit to prevent this, but it's expensive, and another thing to carry around. Thoughts?
- I miss the days of popping a CD into my yellow boombox and enjoying an album from start to finish. Now I have to fiddle with selecting music on iTunes or the music app. Getting a record player is something I'm considering for my wish list. Any other suggestions?
P.S. I also prefer to give my eyes a rest by navigating without a smartphone.
This lesson is filed under HUFFLEPUFF for encouraging patience and dedication to one task at a time.


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David Mitchell
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Copyright: 2010
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In 2007, Time magazine named him one of the most influential novelists in the world. He has twice been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. The New York Times Book Review called him simply "a genius." Now David Mitchell lends fresh credence to The Guardian's claim that "each of his books seems entirely different from that which preceded it." The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a stunning departure for this brilliant, restless, and wildly ambitious author, a giant leap forward by even his own high standards. A bold and epic novel of a rarely visited point in history, it is a work as exquisitely rendered as it is irresistibly readable.I got sent an ARC copy of this book from Random House through work a few days before it hit the bookshelves, but I only just finished reading it yesterday. The timing was rather amusing, as I've been on a bit of a Japan and the Orient kick in my reading lately, so this was a book I was glad to start reading right away. It was also the first book by David Mitchell that I've read.
The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the "high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island" that is the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes, and typhoons comes Jacob de Zoet, a devout and resourceful young clerk who has five years in the East to earn a fortune of sufficient size to win the hand of his wealthy fiancée back in Holland.
But Jacob's original intentions are eclipsed after a chance encounter with Orito Aibagawa, the disfigured daughter of a samurai doctor and midwife to the city's powerful magistrate. The borders between propriety, profit, and pleasure blur until Jacob finds his vision clouded, one rash promise made and then fatefully broken. The consequences will extend beyond Jacob's worst imaginings. As one cynical colleague asks, "Who ain't a gambler in the glorious Orient, with his very life?"
A magnificent mix of luminous writing, prodigious research, and heedless imagination, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is the most impressive achievement of its eminent author.
The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob de Zoet is one of those books where you're best off if you have long periods of time to read it and a chance to really focus on the characters and story. Otherwise, I found at least in my case that I was trying to figure out what was going on and what relation it had to the events of the story.
I found the story to be quite interesting, if unpredictable and the characters to be well developed and 'real'. I'm saying "unpredictable" for the story because every time I thought I could predict what kind of a story this was, I found that I was quite wrong. It's been over a day now, and I'm still trying to figure out if the ending of the book is a "happy ending" or not. In some ways it reads more like a memoir than a novel, but it's also the different threads of the story.
There's the main character, Jacob, but there are also a number of other viewpoint characters as well, such as Miss Abigawa and a lot of the other minor characters of the story. There were a few times when a new character was introduced abruptly that left me wondering who they were and why they were so important to the story, at least at that point.
I would like to say that David Mitchell has written a very well researched story in The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob de Zoet, at least it feels right, but I know very little about this time-period, culture and region. However, it does match up with what I've read in the other books so far. There's certainly a wealth of little details, but they don't bog the story down any.
Overall, I have to say that this was a really good book, and one I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to any lover of historical fiction.


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Organ Transplant Via Drone
Minutes matter when patients are awaiting organ transplants, so what better way to deliver organs than with a drone? Transplant surgeon Dr. Joseph Scalea of the University of Maryland Medical Center thought so, and as he noted, "I frequently encounter situations where there's simply no way to get an organ to me fast enough to do a transplant, and then those life-saving organs do not get transplanted into my patient. And that's frustrating, so I wanted to develop a better system for doing that."
Dr. Scalea organized a group of researchers, including associates at the University of Maryland's Department of Aerospace Engineering, to see whether organ delivery by drone could be a viable alternative to flying by small manned aircraft. They chose to use a DJI M600 Pro because its six motors are directly below their rotors, which would be far enough away from the center of the drone, where a smart cooler with the organ would be held in place.
To measure temperature, barometric pressure, altitude, vibration, and GPS location of the organ in flight, the team designed a specialized wireless biosensor, the Human Organ Monitoring and Quality Assurance Apparatus for Long-Distance Travel (HOMAL).
Last March, they received news that a kidney (not healthy enough for an actual transplant) was available for research and the drone was set up for its first delivery mission.
In total, the kidney was airborne for a little more than an hour over the course of 14 flight missions. For the farthest mission, the kidney flew a mile and a half, equivalent to the length of potential shipment routes for donor organs between inner city hospitals.
The researchers found that the temperature of the kidney remained stable throughout the test runs. Air pressure corresponded with altitude, and the drone-borne organ achieved a maximum speed of 0.6 miles per hour.
And as for vibration, the kidney was subjected to slightly fewer vibrations when transported in the drone compared with a control delivery mission in a fixed wing plane (a dual-engine turboprop King Air). Biopsies of the kidney before and after drone transportation revealed no damage from the journey, suggesting that the experiment—which the research team believes is the first-ever use of a drone for organ delivery—was a success.
"I think that what we did here is very cool, very exciting," says Scalea. "This is the first step among a series that I think will get patients closer to their life-saving organs quicker, and with better outcomes."


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Hey, I thought I added a post about this, but now I don't see it! Anyway, exciting news, even worth repeating twice. I have a show coming up at the museum in town, the California Center for the Arts. I'm organizing my work, figuring out what to show, how to show it, and feeling very energetic and a little nervous. We're going to call it Little Drawings I think. Yay! It opens Saturday June 28th, save the date!
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Porto's Sweetest Shops
The flavours of Porto and Northern Portugal can also be very sweet! The city of Porto, for example, is packed full of places where you can buy delicious reminders of your visit to the Invicta city.
If you visit us during this Christmas period, then who knows, you might just find some ideas here for Christmas presents that you still haven't bought! Stroll through the city and discover Porto main tourist attractions. On the way, go and check out the shops that we suggest en route.
Don't worry about the calories; your walk through the city will balance the books, and should need you some extra exercise, you can always take a run along the seafront.
In the centre of Porto, there are various traditional chocolate and biscuit shops that you will find. Such as the Chocolataria Equador, Casa Januário and Casa Chinesa. Parallel to Rua de Santa Catarina is Comer e Chorar por mais (Eat and Cry for More) where, as well as sweets, you will find ham, bread and tapas.
Next to Bolhão market, there are several shops including Favorita do Bolhão, Confeitaria do Bolhão and Pérola do Bolhão. Go down to Rua das Flores, where you will find Chocolataria das Flores and Mercearia das Flores, that has a friendly and cosy environment and sells traditional Portuguese and organic products.
On your way down Avenida da Boavista, don't miss out on visiting Confeitaria Petúlia and discover Arouca no Porto at the Bom Sucesso market. Still on the city's busiest avenue, there's one more place to visit, Confeitaria Arcádia.
The Bombonaria Bonitos, next door to the Bessa Stadium, sells home-made chocolates that will make you eat and cry for more. Finally, and with a view of the Atlantic Ocean, there is Confeitaria Tavi, a place founded in 1935 that harmoniously combines tradition and modernity. Here, the sorbets and ice creams, chocolates and crêpes are home made.
Find out more about these places where you can try out the best flavours from Porto and Northern Portugal. If you need some help to plan your visit to Porto, please don't hesitate to contact us. We are delighted to help you!


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Join the School of Art faculty, staff and students on Tuesday, September 27th as we learn all about Dr. Valerie Hedquist's recent adventures at sea. Dr. Hedquist will present a lecture titled, That's Edutainment: Art History at Sea, 5:10-6 pm, Social Science Building, Room 356, followed by a closing reception of the Annual Faculty Exhibition in the Gallery of Visual Arts, 6-7 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Art Exhibition:
The Montana Museum of Art & Culture is proud to present:
War Torn: The Art of Ben Steele, Paintings and Drawings from the Bataan Death March
Featuring the art of WWII Veteran, Bataan Death March survivor and Montana artist Ben Steele. As a POW, Steele endured 41 months of starvation, hard labor, torture and Japanese 'hell ships' while crippled by dysentery, pneumonia, malaria, blood poisoning and beri beri. As a prisoner, he created artworks which record the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, the capture of American and Filipino POWs and the degradation and cruelty to which the prisoners were subjected. Steele credits art for his survival and recovery. His record is an aesthetic and historical testimony by a native son who taught generations of art students at MSU – Billings. Part of the MMAC Permanent Collection, this body of work is an important part of Montana's cultural heritage.
Fall Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 12 – 3pm and Thursdays, Fridays 12-6pm
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The Women's Resource Center and out words are partnering for the Student Involvement Network's 2011 LOVE YOUR BODY DAY event. As part of this year's celebration of the body and its diverse beauty, we are proud to extend an art and writing submission opportunity to the entire community. We are requesting art (including photography) and writing submissions to be a part of the LYBD exhibit in the University Center at The University of Montana on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
LOVE YOUR BODY DAY is an annual event across the country to fight unhealthy body images. If you have any questions regarding LYBD or are interested in other events planned for the day, please contact the Student Involvement Network 406.243.5622.
The submission deadline is Monday, October 10, 2011. All pieces will be displayed in the exhibit and one art piece and two written pieces will be chosen as the focus pieces and included in the December edition of Out Words.
Please bring up to three pieces for submission to the Women's Resource Center, located in the University Center Student Suite 210. Each piece should include a submission form, attached below and art pieces may also include (if desired by the artist) a one paragraph explanation of each piece.
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Who we are
Builder's House is a church plant and community outreach of Jesus House for all Nations (charity registration number 1088614) and one of the parishes of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, UK
Statement of Faith
We believe in God the Father, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
We believe in Jesus Christ, His Son, who was crucified for the sins of all mankind and rose on the third day to sit at the right hand of God the Father.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, who dwells in us and guides us according to the will of the Father.
We believe in the Bible as the infallible Word of God.
We believe in divine healing, the restoration of health to the one who believes and acts out God's word, and that Jesus is the Healer.
We believe in tithing and bringing offerings into the local church. We also believe in giving alms, caring for the poor, sick, homeless and otherwise unfortunate.
We believe in water baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Our Core Values
iBuild! uBuild!! weBuild!!!
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PEBBLES -Children's Ministry Builders House
A significant part of the bible depicts an irregular relationship between God and His people. A trend is continuously repeated where one generation serves Him and the next does not. A closer look at this shows that one of the reasons for this trend is the failure of the previous generation to reveal God to the next.
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The Youth Church
We have undertaken a Youth day where we were in charge of the praise, worship and sermon. Being the first youth service, it was a success which bodes well for future youth led services. As our involvement in the church increases we hope to increase the amount of youth services there are. The format would be the same as normal Sundays, however it would all be strictly youth led.
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Music and Worship
1 My heart bursts its banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the king, shaping the river into words: 2-4 "You're the handsomest of men; every word from your lips is sheer grace, and God has blessed you, blessed you so much.
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Church Social Responsibility - Encounter the vision
The crux of our vision is a determination to change peoples' lives by practically demonstrating the everlasting and encompassing love of our Lord Jesus Christ through the message of the cross. Our earnest desire is to develop lasting and fulfilling relationships with regular non-church going people. Equipping God's people for effectual evangelism in a manner that best fits their peculiar traits and talents remains our fervent desire.
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The Prayer Team (Pastoral Team)
The intercessory team or prayer team is part and parcel of the pastoral team it is one of the most rewarding part of the Christian ministry but unfortunately is it one that people run away from because there so much fear and misconception attached to it
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When you think of Yamaha's homologation specials, you probably picture their extremely exotic OW01, but this very nice FZR750RU fulfilled a similar purpose: to homologate the 750cc FZR for racing, in this case the American AMA Superbike series. Spec is far lower than the OW01, but so are current prices and if you're looking to get into a collectible Yamaha, this would be a far more affordable proposition, and one you could actually ride.
The FZR750RU weighed in at around 460lbs dry, had the typical 17″ front and 18″ rear wheels of the era, used a close-ratio six-speed gearbox, and was powered by a 749cc version of Yamaha's five-valve "Genesis" inline four. Interestingly, the very limited-production RU was the only 750cc Yamaha imported during this era: there was no "normal" version, at least here in the USA. Of course, if you wanted a Yamaha sportbike during the late 1980s, you had plenty of other options to choose from: the light and nimble FZR400, the everyman steel-framed FZR600, even the big-bore FZR1000.
Five-valve engines are pretty rare and, although Volkswagen and Ferrari have dabbled in the technology, it was Yamaha's calling card for years. Typically, you're looking at three intake and two exhaust valves, and although complexity is increased, there are multiple theoretical benefits. The three smaller valves flow fuel and air more effectively and fill the cylinder faster than two larger valves that would fit into the same space, and the configuration creates a compact combustion chamber so the mixture can burn more efficiently. In addition, the smaller, lighter intake valves have less inertia and put less stress on the springs that close them.
This particular example of the FZR750RU looks very clean and well cared-for, with original parts, owner's manuals, and lots of quality photographs. It's especially nice that the seller includes several pictures of the bike without its bodywork, showing off the aluminum Deltabox frame and other bits that can accumulate grime and significant wear. What is the price for this bit of Yamaha history? The seller is asking $7,500 and can be contacted here: Bike is SOLD
It should also be noted that Jay has been an RSBFS regular for years, buying and selling nearly 10 bikes through the site in that time.
From the Seller: 1988 Yamaha FZR750RU for Sale
One owner 1988 Yamaha FZR750RU limited edition homologation motorcycle. One of 200 imported into the US, only 4420 original miles, a rare bike that will continually rise in value. The single owner took great care of this bike, it was a weekend rider for the for the first few years then it was parked and stored, last registered in 1995. I have most of the original paperwork and documentation, including the original owners manual, service manual, warranty manual and I have the original title. The owner is a retired engineer, he documented and cared for the bike as you would expect. I have a stack of index cards filled with notes about the care and service of the bike. The factory service manual has signs of use and a few hand written notes.
I have serviced the bike and ridden it about 50 miles. The service included replacing all fluids (brake/clutch fluid, coolant, fuel and oil), ultrasonically cleaned and rebuilt carbs, drained and replaced the fuel. I put a lot of time into cleaning the brake caliper pistons and seals. I also replaced the rear brake pads, a few pieces of factory hardware and re-installed the stock screen. The bike includes a few oil filters, a NOS set of tires, a aftermarket screen, a rear stand and some other small bits. This bike is ready to ride except for the potentially original tires currently fitted. Everything felt good when I rode it around but I haven't pushed it very hard.
Targeted for the American market, the FZR750RU is not especially valuable yet and may never achieve the desirability of the OW01 but, with just 200 examples of the 1988 model built to exactly meet AMA minimum production numbers, it certainly has the potential to appreciate significantly, and it's a very handsome example of 80s sportbike style.


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I live in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York, a trendy slice of South Manhattan which defines "gentrification": expensive wine and cheese stores, fru-fru patisseries, Google and Twitter's East Coast headquarters on 17th. There's the High Line, the new Whitney Art Museum, and Chelsea Market, so lots of tourists mix with a strong LGBT community of residents.
The election hit Chelsea hard. There's still a civic trauma which is quite discernible and similar to 9/11 in terms of mass psychology. After 9/11 various horrible things happened here. First was the smell, for days, like burning hair wafting from Ground Zero. There were months of funerals and the grim motorcades of flat-bed trucks emptying the smoking pile of N.Y.P.D. cruisers which had been crushed like matchbox toys, up 3rd Ave and over the bridge to Queens, or wherever they bury deceased cop cars. Everybody on the street would look, and we didn't know it but all our lives we'll remember those slow trucks carrying our crushed cop cars.
Then the human impact. University psychology doesn't cover mass shock for an entire city assaulted by a foreign foe. My mother who grew up in England in the War told me about this. After the shock, the horrible W.T.C. Falling Man, the matchbox-crushed N.Y.P.D. cruisers, it was we who didn't fall. Things got strange though. People were so nice to each other. We New Yorkers are a polite species (really!), but after 9/11, everybody was even more polite….. to strangers. Except, interestingly, not to our loved ones and that was the weirdest part. I'd hear loud domestics on cell phones, couples being snippy in public, and snapping at their kids. My own home became disharmonious. It was an edgy, scary time to be near the center of the cyclone.
Recently I've been reminded of those unhappy memories by this election. Except this time we're not facing an alien Saudi terrorist, this time it feels like half our own country has punched us in the face. Mr. Trump isn't popular in New York and all year I only saw one red hat hoping to Make America Great Again on one old, fat, white head. 9/11 was a one-off event we all came together to recover from, but this is a national dread which will rise to a crescendo in a few days on January 20. That is when the prime time madness will begin.
I'm straight, but I joke that living in Chelsea I'm "gay adjacent" because so many of my neighbors and friends are. One told me he feels like our country has elected the bully who used to give "the fags" swirlies in their high school toilets.
Others feel it also. I visited my Muslim friend Joe who owns the pet store my dog walks me to. I expected him to be upset about the election – he's a terrorist remember, being Muslim. But Joe is apolitical. He wasn't as upset about the election as I was. He was upset about his business and gave me a handful of his business cards to "Give to (my) dog friends": "David! All my customers are staying home, not pet shopping. Business is down my friend." Chelsea is a very pro-dog neighborhood and Joe usually does well. He notes Mr. Trump is a man who has never owned a pet.
As I was leaving Joe did venture a concern about the Iran deal. I told him what my guess was: Trump will probably tear the actual deal up, entertainingly on TV, call Iran the "Great Satan," and Bannon will make another horrible movie about it all. After that expect a tweet: "Announcing the Trump Grand Trump Middle East Peace Plan and de-Nuke Disarmament deal by President Trump!"– which will be the exact same deal he ripped up earlier, but renamed and including a (secret) annex with a Trump Presidential Towers and Bar & Casino in Tehran. Tax abatement paid for by the Islamic Republic. It's like watching a train wreck before the train leaves Ethics-Central Station.
Smaller proofs belie the hurt here in Chelsea. Proofs like the recyclable bottle bin in my building being full of empty alcohol bottles. Are my neighbors all drunk? – I wondered, and slipped my own empty vodka bottle in without anybody seeing. In the past month, six (!) friends' relationships (gay and straight) have busted up. No solid causation there, but it is a hell of a co-relation. A doctor I know spoke of a "parade" of his patients "in mourning" over the past month, and a social worker acquaintance said glumly it was "good for business."
When I wear my "Stronger Together" Hillary Campaign T-shirt downstairs I get high fives from strangers, attaboy slaps, and folks I don't even know wanting to talk. We are a Political Country now. In mentally healthier, non-Political Countries the citizenry aren't so engaged: elections are undisputed, institutions solid, and you call the police if you're in trouble. Voting is more abstract, just like selecting from different brands of toothpaste: slightly different administrative models.
In Political Countries, however, policy is right in your face. In Syria it is violent and immediate and terribly fast. Even in less chaotic places like Iran, citizens line up to vote before sunrise for questionable elections. Iranians take politics extremely seriously: they argue about it all night, and it's a hot topic in mixed company.
Are we moving closer to the Iranian-Syrian model of existence? Here in NYC it's hard not to feel a sense of hostility from "flyover country," where many of our families are from. There is a hatred of us, the "Acela Corridor people" as The Atlantic's David Frum described us. We are the elites, the "over-educated" (!), gays, or atheists with our atheist little dogs. We are "Secular Progressives" to millionaire Bill O'Reilly on Fox.
This all came to a head on a recent Sunday night. My friends and I went to hear the Stonewall Chorale in a nearby church as we usually do. America's first (1977) gay and lesbian choir, it is named after the Stonewall Bar a few blocks away – now a National Monument – and a local institution.
After the concert the chorale's Artistic Director Cynthia Powell told the audience that we were going to witness a wedding. Ms. Powell announced that the ceremony would take "8 minutes," and if anybody wanted to leave they were welcome to. Being only "gay adjacent" – I thought – "Oh, it's going to take a few minutes longer than the concert was scheduled, so they're letting people who are in a rush leave on time." Out came the groom and groom. Moments later, during the vows, I realized Ms. Powell's earlier announcement was to allow anybody who didn't want to be trapped into being part of a surprise legal gay wedding to leave. Presumably to keep their Jesus intact. Not a soul left.
What a wonderful 8 minutes. Even for the gay-adjacent, it was comforting to share the joy of the couple. The audience of several thousand felt that No matter what happens outside this (Christian Church) building, there is still a civil society in here, now. Then we all walked out into the cold Manhattan night together, gay and gay-adjacent alike, and everybody felt a little better. Because as Hillary Clinton's motto went, in Chelsea we're Stronger Together.


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This week Matt and Tony talk about Trump's new and potentially disastrous tariff wars. Matt takes us on a journey through the tariff history of our country. Specifically, 1929, a year of infamy, that started the Great Depression. Apparently, two Congressman named Smoot and Hawley had the idea to take a thriving economy with low unemployment and start applying tariff's. The problem is like Pringles, once you pop you can't stop. Every business wanted a piece of the action and in a matter of time there were 20,000 goods with tariffs, which started a global trade war that took decades to climb out of. Are we on the same path now? Only time will tell. We do know that Smoot and Hawley did NOT get re-elected. We also address why in the heck Trump has this unilateral power. Hint - he likes to play with his toys.
Listen, learn, laugh on Legally Insane - and come to the next live show Thursday, Aug 2 at the Hollywood Improv at 730. Tickets available online! As always you can follow the guys online: @mattritter1 @toekneesam @legallynsanepod cascademedia.com