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DEL MAR — Last year Heather Roddy learned firsthand that when one door closes, another one opens.
For four years the artist sat outside the Enchanted Gallery at the Flower Hill Promenade, where her work was displayed, painting and greeting visitors. Her whimsical art also lined the walkway. A year ago her world was rocked when the gallery closed its doors. Despite the setback, she continued to paint outdoors, on the upper and lower levels of the mall.
"Shoppers as well as Pannikin goers were able to watch a painting evolve from scratch," she remembers. "I met some lovely people, some who are now collectors of my original works. I painted everything, all sizes and subjects such as dogs, roosters, people and flowers."
Among those who woul d walk by were Jeffrey Essakow, mall owner, and Rose Jabin, mall manager, who encouraged her efforts to liven up the promenade. In addition to displaying her art outdoors, Roddy placed paintings in the windows of vacant stores.
"I joked about having my own gallery here one day," she recalls. "After all, that's every artist's dream … and my mascot is a flying pig."
Essakow didn't think Roddy's idea was farfetched.
"Long story short, I was given the keys to the once-occupied Morrison Hotel Gallery and in Jeffrey's words told, 'Get in there and do your thing and let's see what happens,'" she said. "I call that faith on Jeffrey's part. Rose has been an incredible support, guiding the ins and outs of having my own space and dropping by for coffee and healthy banter about new ideas for events."
Today, Roddy rents on a month-to-month basis, relying on the support of the community to continue.
"People walk in with their dogs and coffee or stay for a glass of wine — it's very interactive," she said. "I will be coming up on my one year anniversary in May and that will be a huge celebration!"
Roddy, in turn, supports the community by making her gallery available for nonprofit events that benefit children, dogs and women's shelters. Charities she has helped include Polinsky Children's Center, Rady Children's Hospital, Hearts for Healing – Scripps, the Jewish Community Center and PAWS – San Diego.
In addition to the space, she donates one of her paintings for a silent auction and even refreshments.
She also enjoys teaching. "I like to share what has taken me years to learn. I do away with the mystery, giving away every secret that has taken me years to learn. The expression on the students' faces is everything when they see what they can accomplish by 'Going for it!'"
Linda Hawkins became a student after wandering into the gallery last fall.
"I'm on my fourth painting," she said. "It's a great atmosphere and Heather is fun. Any painting you walk out with is wonderful — she doesn't let anything out that isn't good."
In addition to acrylic paintings, Roddy creates furniture art and animal portraits including that of 2008 Kentucky Derby Winner "Big Brown."
Roddy is a native San Diego, the daughter of renowned painters Gary Jenkins and Susan Jenkins. Recently she was offered her own television show, teaching painting techniques, to be aired on PBS in the fall.
Meanwhile, she counts her blessings and takes it one day at a time.
"Let's face it," she said. "I'm here on a wing and a prayer. There are great months and scary ones, too, just like anything. People are very surprised to see a gallery staying open during 'these times.' I'm told over and over and over again that the feeling in my gallery is magical, inspirational, uplifting, energetic. Are we not deserving of these feelings?"
Roddy uses the analogy of fresh flowers to convey the importance of having a piece of original art in the home.
"The right paintings will give off amazing vibrations, however, they will never perish but continue to give back," she said.
Heather Roddy's Gallery is located at the Flower Hill Promenade, Suite A220, in Del Mar. The gallery is open seven days a week, from noon until 8 p.m.
Children's classes are scheduled Sundays between 3 and 6 p.m. and adults Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:35 p.m. and Fridays from 3 to 6 p.m. Cost is $75 for three hours. Purchase of art cards, five classes at $75/each, includes one free class.
For more information, visit heatherroddyartgallery.com or call (858) 395-5605.
Local artist gives back to community
DEL MAR — Last year Heather Roddy learned firsthand that when one door closes, another one opens.


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The Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund (TREE Fund). A non-profit organization dedicated to identifying and funding projects and programs that advance knowledge in the field of arboriculture and urban forestry to benefit people, trees and the environment.
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Suppose you can see everything—the universe as super positional waves, consciousness changing waves into energies, energies into particles...
Suppose you can see everything—the universe as super positional waves, consciousness changing waves into energies, energies into particles, particles entangling and interacting instantly at a speed several times faster than light,particlers changing into various elements, into isotopes, into molecules, into matter, into stars,planets,galaxies,entrophy which is reverting matter into molecules, into atoms, into particles, into energy fields, into waves in super position, then how are you going to fix mathematics into this real reality?
Is your 3D seeing, which is limited to the 00.0037% of the reality, as a result of which you first give identities to matter and phenomena, and then do mathematics sufficient? Is there anything constant and unchanging fit to be given an unchanging identity with a number? After the numbing of the gigantic met morphosis, where identities vanish continuously, with numbers, you do addition, substraction, multiplication, division etc---swimming in an ocean of unreality. You ignore the fundamental fact that you live in emotions continuously, and that not even one emotion can be quantified.
After all emotions are the manifestations of breathing,smelling,sensing,perceiving, understanding and feeling in symbiosis with air as the foundation. Winds are fields, which fundamentally are the super positional waves of the universe. Your perception, not merely the 3D misleading identifications of the mind, flows as waves. Is mathematics not fettering your spirit? The word for air in Latin is spirit. You need to inhale the spirit to be spirited. Is the 3D mathematics sufficient to keep track of your spirit or the inhalation and exhalation situation that determines your morale or spirit?


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How we need our religion to work
Jesus comes into Jericho and sees Zacchaeus up in a tree. As soon as Jesus speaks a kind word to this hardened tax collector, the man is changed. Zacchaeus becomes remarkably generous. His heart, like the Grinch's, grows three sizes. If we (I say this with the collective royal "we") as a congregation are Jesus in the world today, then this is how the god-forsaken should respond to us. Repentance is not held up by the stubbornness of the pagan's heart, it is held up by the paucity of winsome examples of real goodness.
The thing we need to address directly is the pervasive nature of prejudice and racism. In Jesus' day it was assumed that people couldn't be religious if they worked certain jobs. Tax collectors, shepherds, and foreign soldiers were consigned to non-person status. Today we assume that people can't be trustworthy (or safe to enter the country) if they belong to certain religions. We judge people on the basis of their skin color or sexual orientation in a way that would have made the people of Jesus' day blush. Our prejudices are woven into the fabric of our lives, so much so, that we expect our church leaders to reaffirm them. The only difference between today and the first century is the unwillingness of those we exclude to climb trees.
What made Jesus distinctive among the religious teachers of his day was his commitment to crossing the artificial barriers of race, gender, occupation, and economic class. His greeting of Zacchaeus was very natural. He wasn't setting up a program to end discrimination against tax collectors. He simply asked to enter the man's home and break bread. He was constantly doing this kind of thing. It is unimaginable that today he would hesitate to hug a transgendered person, or live beside a muslim, or give a job to an ex-con. It is this naturalness, a gift of the Holy Spirit still seen in some Christians today, that won people to him. I think that spirit is still available to the church. Herein lies our real hope for sharing Christ with the next generation.


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China's leading artist and Bird's Nest consultant, Ai Weiwei, was attacked by the police for trying to file a report about the last time he was beaten into a cerebral hemorrhage by the cops.
Earlier, Ai publicly blamed the death toll of the May 2008 earthquake on shoddy construction of grade schools and government corruption. The police detained the outspoken artist and beat him. Injured, he was unable to testify as a witness at a dissident's trial.
Recently, he attempted to file a report on the incident, was given the bureaucratic run-around instead and then attacked again by officers outside the station. Ai explains,
Some undercover police tore our shirts and tried to grab our cameras. There were maybe 10 of them. They pushed and kicked us. Now we are being attacked because we complained about last time. It is so ironic.
Ai goes on to conclude:
China's judicial system is totally corrupt and paralyzed. Even with a case that people internationally know, they don't give a shit.
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"It wasn't until the entrance was opened and I savage into the chasm of unknowing, met my undoing, two-faced the bottom foreboding of non-being, and regularly emerged from this deep process of awakening, that I agreed what I had sensed and had been expressing in my being all along. We are only that for which we wish....
"There is a entry to remembering who we truly are, and it is e'er until the end of time available here, now. All we requirement do is attunes our hearing to its subtle voice, and trickle into the fondness matter of existence."
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When an visual artist is occupied in moments of apodeictic creativity, it is unfeasible to recognize what is instigated by question and what by object; infeasible to say which is the "doer" and which is that "being done to." In faithful creating of art, a dialogue occurs; a shindig takes put in which both the god almighty and the created are changed and swayed in the impulsive of the bond as it unfolds. In the imaginative process, the lines linking "I" and "It" ball distant. Subject and intent evaporate into a pooling relation in which potential arises from the alone spring occurring in all instant of now. It is an alchemy of instant blended beside word. And so is the jazz of creation!
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In philosophy terms, the minute of creation is the supposed separating of "the One into the many" in decree for the One to know itself through the understanding of seeing. In the human relationship of sighted which can solitary occur now, I and Thou go away into a synchronistic switch over. Here, as advaita communicator Tony Parsons puts it, "there is just sighted. There is lonesome this."
There's stacks of communicate these years roughly unity-consciousness, stilling the mind, humorous the ego, someone no-body, warm what is - all pointers toward the contradiction in terms of truth. Words are of education teflon and a factual set up for mistaking. Still, let me try and say it this way: It is surefire merely as it is. We are expected to knowingness isolated. We are intended to leak into segregation in order to re-unite near/in the clutch of beginning. We are meant to undertake the heavenly connection of ingenious enamored linking substance and circumstance, animal and God-Consciousness, concern and object, solidity and school of thought. In the second of relationship, not in the objects themselves, is the sighted...and so is the foxtrot of creation!
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How do we brainstorm enlightenment? ...We don't. Enlightenment is what but is once we see departed subject-object and agnise the a priori relationship of this; once our undergo of put a barrier between self-identity and its moving comment is seen through with as a creating from raw materials (or as impermanent sincerity), the numinous recognition of God-in-us is just seen.
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It is present in the seeing that the soul and the precious embrace. It is present that "enlightenment" merely is. It is present that the mystics' nickname fairness. It is present that cohesion and categorization just tumble away into everything - and nix at all.
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The SA is leaving. His time is up. He is very excited about leaving. He has been dancing around, singing the "I am going away" rap, and talking about everything he was going to do once he gets home, mostly involving sex and alcohol. He was describing to me as I stood washing dishes (and he stood not working) all the sex he was going to have with his wife when he got home. Now the cook is pretty tolerant of a lot of things, but I guess this was just too rich for him. The cook turns away from the grill and looks at the SA and says this:
"Fifteen years from now you will be home with your wife on a slow day. You will turn to her and say, 'let's have sex', and she will say ok. You will climb up the stairs, go into the bedroom, crawl into bed, and get under the covers. Then you will both look at the ceiling. After about five minutes of this she will turn and say to you, 'I can't think of anyone', and you will say, 'me neither', and you will give up and take a nap instead."
I had just gotten used to the Chief Engineer, making sure to pay attention to how he operates on a personal level for when I get into the engine room. And now we have a new Chief. The old chief got knocked down to 1AE, the old 1AE, who was really cool, is now 2AE, and the old 2AE left (I think-- I didn't really know the 2 and 3AEs). Apparently, he isn't high ranking enough to run the football pool anymore, because instead of the old chief continuing to run it, or the new chief taking over, it has passed on to the second mate.
This is the second mate who called every single game last week, while the rest of the board was covered in Xs. I have one more ten dollar bill before I admit that gambling was a bad idea. Or until I go to an ATM when we hit Toledo
Speaking of leaving, a whole lot of people had thier time come up at the end of the month, or perhaps at the first of the next month. SA, 2AE, Watchman, QMED, and a Conveyorman are all getting off within a week of each other, and thanks to circumstance, most will be getting off when we hit Toledo tomorrow. Some departures are invisible, but when the wave is this big (and the SA is so loud about it) it does change the mood a bit. On the other hand, our poor captain has been waiting to get off for going on two weeks now, but first there were the mechanical issues, and now it sounds like they just can't find anyone willing to take over from him because they don't want all the river duty we are scheduled for. As the cook says, these captains all want the big bucks ($1000 per day and up! I made a $1001.47 last month), but they don't want to work for it. I told him that I, too, wanted big bucks without working for them, and he scowled at me.
The current plan is to hit drydock in Toledo as soon as we finish this run in Cleveland, so we should be in by tomorrow. They think it will take four days at a minimum even if the problem is trivial just to open everything and then close it all back up, and if the problem is bad we may be in for a week or a bit more. There was talk about sending the deck crew home, but I think they found some nasty sounding job for them to do. It is still up in the air as to whether I will be on the nasty job crew or stay in galley, but the nasty job sounds really interesting (cleaning out the guts of the engine while it is cool) and the galley job is nice and peaceful. Either way, they have been very emphatic that there will either be a whole lot of overtime for everyone, or else there will be strictly no overtime at all, and anyone who says different is just wrong. I make little enough that I can laugh about it.
I keep saying that I am not making shit, but I made a bit under half of what I was making monthly in my last job, and this is the very bottom of the payscale, so I feel pretty good about that. The fourth phasers each made about $5,000 with an average of two hours of overtime a day. The QMED who is on his first ship as a full union man from Piney Point made over $7,000. Apparently the Chief cook and Chief engineer made somewhere around $20,000-25,000, so that sounds like about the top of the payscale, except of course for captain who pulls in $1000 a day base rate. Obviously, everyone's but my own pay is hearsay, though it sounds like what I have been hearing elsewhere. It also sounds really good.
It is going on a year now since I had to cut my hair for the first time in years, and I still don't like it short. When I am having a nice shower, I will sometimes get way more shampoo than I need anymore. When I put on a shirt, I will sometimes forget and brush my phantom hair out of the way. Of course, now I am going bald for real, so I don't even know if I will ever be able to get it back to what it was.
Though isn't that the tale of aging? Not knowing if you can ever get back what you once were?
"Now the years are rolling by me
They are rocks beneath the waves
I am older than I once was
Younger than I'll be
That's not unusual
Nor is it strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same"
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In one extreme, it is recommended to model all business processes within an enterprise and then start to improve them (which a good deal for consultants but didn't help to the majority of enterprises). In other extreme, it is recommended to implement many small process-automation projects.
This blogpost is about a balance between these two extremes.
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So you cannot find the answer to today's clue Snail's forte. Well, we can help you with that.
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All you have to do now, is rearrange the cluster of letters to form the word Magpie.
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|Kelly Osborne ~ Oscar's 2012
I am out of sorts this week
think I am PMSing
oh joy ~ but I am trying to relax a bit
spending some time for me
and making plans for this upcoming week-end
nothing too much fun let me assure you
I am taking Monday off
a mental health day ~ a jammie day
a day of nothing planned
so as long as I can get my cleaning and errands done on
Sat. & Sun
this shall happen for me.
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I'm pleased to share with you this neat mock-up that's perfect for creating a photorealistic display for your t-shirt design. Along with the usual smart objects, the PSD file includes realistic textures, folds displacement mapping and filter actions.
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Having a Mockup of your design is HUGE when it comes to getting it to look just like you imagined it would. A lot of the time we get mockups from people that are Cartoon looking, and are way out of proportion.
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After trying numerous mockups and failing to get the result I wanted, I've decided to make my own. I included heather effect and all the colors printing shops used.
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Not Seeing The Forest For Your Duties
Restaurant | Working | July 20, 2012
(I am a waitress and have three tables at the time. All of the tables request that I close the blinds so the sun will not be in their eyes. I close them and that's when my boss walks over.)
Boss: "What the F*** are you doing?"
Me: "I am closing the blinds so the sun is not in our customers' eyes."
Boss: "No. Open them back up!"
Me: "But then the sun will be in their eyes and they won't be comfortable."
Boss: "Do I look like I give a d***?!"
(I refuse to open them, putting my job on the line, but I make the customers happy. As it turns out, one of the customers is a secret shopper and reports the incident to the owner. He was fired a week later, and guess who got a promotion!)


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The subtitle for this blog post could easily be "Here's How to Keep From Dropping the Ball On Your Challenges Like I Did"… but it seemed a little bit wordy. However, I learned a lot from my challenges this year, and I'm ready to share that with you, so we can really make the most of the upcoming year.
The Recap: This is the annoying part at the beginning of the show, that's insanely helpful if you're watching TV like in ye olden days, but horrifically redundant if you're binging on Netflix…
For my personal challenges this year, I chose…
Acrylic painting
For my business challenges this year, I chose…
The Breakdown: Here's where I'll tell you how each of these went… pull on your hazmat suits ladies, cause it's gonna get a little messy.
I started off strong on makeup…. signed up for Ipsy, signed up for BoxyCharm, and when I got in a new palette, I would hit YouTube and find ways to use it. But per my usual, I settled on one or two looks that I was comfortable with, and continued to rock them. Not really the stretching I'd hoped for. Boxycharm & Ipsy, while quite fun to receive, both had their issues. Boxycharm consistently sent me brownish shades of lip color, despite me having chosen reds/pinks/plums/whatever… Ipsy insisted in sending me highlighters and bronzers… even after I begged them to never send me bronzer ever again.
The other problem, is that I really wanted to be playing in SFX makeup, but never could convince myself to drop the money on it the makeup, or the books.
Final thoughts? I expanded my makeup selection, and I've resolved to try more new looks in 2019. And if they work for hooded eyes? Even better.
Acrylic painting
I was slow to dip into this one… diving directly from watercolor into acrylic painting was a little wonky for me, because they don't use exactly the same techniques, and I kept wanting to treat the acrylics like watercolors. I think, if I were to do it over again, I would have used gouache as my in-between. Gouache, to me, seems like watercolors and acrylics had a beautiful but under-appreciated baby. Once I did dive in, courtesy of some Skillshare classes from my friend Bonnie*, I really enjoyed it… and I fully plan to explore this more in 2019. In fact, my husband has requested that I dig into watercolors & acrylics to paint some items for our house… which we've yet to decorate.
Final thoughts? I wish I would have given this more attention, because when I did do it, I had a blast.
*If you're not on Skillshare already, that link gets you 2 free months to check it out, and affiliate bonus for me… win-win!
Alright, here's where things got derailed severely. I am a fan of staying slightly broad for your focuses, because something like "huckleberry pie baking" is a little too niche for you to really dig into it for a year. However, music is beyond "slightly" broad. It's so broad, that every time I've sat down to talk about my focuses (including this blog post) I've struggled to remember what my 3rd one was. Oops. The other issue, is that every time I got ready to invest time or money into this focus, I didn't know what to do with it…. what does music look like? Am I learning to play piano? Music theory? Songwriting? Pan pipes? Tin whistle? Whistle tones?
Final thoughts? I'm reworking this for 2019, and I'll tell you all about that in just a hot moment.
As it turned out… I didn't really need any classes on this one. I'm obsessed with it, and I talk about it all the time on Instagram stories. I just had this severe lack of confidence about it last year, and I really felt like I needed to learn something. Turns out, I just need to put into practice what I know… this is par for my life… I'm always the cobbler whose children haven't any shoes… I excel at helping others with their Pinterest, but fall short of shining on my own. Time to fix that!
Final thoughts? I'm updating my Pinterest before year's end, and launching something special in early spring 2019.
I put video, but it really shifted into learning about YouTube. I dove into this pretty quickly, and in February as I sat in the Apple store, miserably waiting on someone to fix my iMac after an update temporarily murdered it, I realized our tax refund was in the account. So while joking with another woman whose iMac had suffered a similar fate, I popped onto Jessica Stansberry's site, and purchased access to her YouTube membership.
Final thoughts? I've got a better handle on what to do with my YouTube, I just struggle with editing, and finding time to record videos when the kiddos are quiet.
On that same Apple Store visit, after purchasing access to Jessica Stansberry's membership, I purchased access to Tyler McCall's membership, and that turned out to be life changing. From there, I made several friends in the membership, and attended his very first Retreat in Chicago, where I made more new friends. And saw the Bean… because Chicago. And had deep dish pizza… because Chicago.
Final thoughts? I feel like this one is in that "I need to implement better" territory. Tyler told me at the retreat, that he never would have known from my Instagram, how much I know about Pinterest, just from my feed. And it's true. I yak about it all the time in my Stories… but rarely talk about it on my feed… putting it in my feed feels more expert-y, and more permanent… which is scary for some reason. But that's about to change.
So what am I doing this coming year?
Personal Focuses
Earlier this year, when I rebuilt my site through the guidance of Amanda Creek (she's awesome, go check her out!), I took nearly 1000 photos for my site and Instagram. The original goal was to take 2000, but we'd just hit the rainy season here in Virginia, and I was struggling to find enough light. But during the process I fell even more in love with photography… I settled on a look for the first time ever, learned what backdrops I did and didn't like for my brand, and even taught myself how make an Photoshop action, so I could give all of my photos a cohesive look of my own design.
Plans –
>> Try to take one class from ClickinMoms each month
>> Use my children as guinea pigs to improve my people photography skills
>> Acquire a collection of on-brand props to choose from at a moment's notice
Vocals & Violin
I'm a self taught singer, but it is one of my oldest loves. I can remember going to New Mexico as a child, for a family funeral, and entertaining my Nanny one night by singing. She said she wished that she'd known I could sing, because she would have had me sing at the funeral. High praise, but a terrifying thought at that age!
I've gone on to sing in church, for fundraising events, and even had the honor and privilege of singing the National Anthem over a dozen times when I was in the military. But it's been years since I sang seriously, and even longer since I consistently practiced and trained my voice.
The violin I purchased a few years back… I made payments on it, and it felt like I'd be paying on it forever… but it's mine free and clear now, but I have zero idea how to play it. I'm not completely insane mind you… I tried learning right after I got it, but the higher notes scared my baby at the time. Oops!
Plans –
>> I've purchased Fiddle for Dummies as an ebook, and I'll start working my way through that
>> Find online violin lessons
>> Take Christina Aguilera's MasterClass
>> Maybe take vocal lessons online?
Character Design
Character design is what I'm using to describe this focus… since I'm in Video Game Art for school, and my dream is to create fantasy characters for book covers, or concept art, I'm going to be digging deep into clothing and bodies… anatomical studies, hair/fur, drawing clothing for said anatomy. Does I mean I won't draw anything else this year? Absolutely not… but this will be where my primary attention is placed, and where any art classes purchase would be directed.
Plans –
>> Put a bookshelf in my room so I can put all of the fashion books there
>> Assign a portion of the body to really dig deep on each month
>> Take the Skillshare/Udemy classes I already have access to
>> Draw, draw, draw!
Business Focuses
Video Editing
As mentioned above, one of my holdups with YouTube, is my video editing. I don't know much about it, so I keep it very simple… but there's so many snazzy things that can be done with video. From learning more about B-roll, or cutting in images, or doing different video styles, or creating an intro for my videos, there's so much that can be done to perk up my videos. And when it comes to editing I have access to 3-4 different video editors, so there's no excuse not to learn!
Plans –
>> Find out what some of my favorite Tubers are using to edit
>> Take Skillshare and Lynda classes on editing
>> Make videos so I have something to edit
I've been dying to start a podcast for FOREVER. And I already have a possible name… and people I'd love to interview… but I really don't know where to get started.
Plans –
>> Purchase a new cord for my Snowball
>> Possibly upgrade to a Yeti
>> Find some classes on YouTube
>> Maaaaaaaaybe Pat Flynn's course?
Advertising is something that I want to get into this year, especially as I promote that special Pinterest something this spring, or relaunch later in the year. But I've only done some Facebook boosts. I haven't done actual advertisements in years, and it's about time to relearn that.
Plans –
>> I have access to Amy Porterfield's course, as a bonus to another course I took
>> Look for information on Instagram ads
>> Start using Pinterest ads
>> Write a blog post about which ones I find most effective and why?
Alright, I would love to hear from you… what are you doing for your 3 Focuses?


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Program Leaders
All of our Program Leaders are graduates of the Accomplishment Coaching Coaches Training Program and are International Coach Federation credential holders. Each of them brings a wealth of experience, an abundance of Love and Being, as well as their own unique voice to the organization.
We are pleased to introduce our Leadership Team:
Christopher McAuliffe, Master Certified Coach
Christopher McAuliffe is the CEO and founder of Accomplishment Coaching and holds the Master Certified Coach credential through the International Coach Federation. A professional coach since 1996, Christopher has produced unprecedented breakthrough results with a wide spectrum of clients across the country. Christopher has a passionate commitment to the development of coaching as an honorable and honored profession.
Jodi Jan Larson, Master Certified Coach
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Michelle Akin comes from the world of YouTube fame, video production, and improv comedy in New York City, but found her true voice through the process of becoming a professional coach. Breaking the company record for number of paid clients attained in the first month of training, she quickly earned her ACC and later PCC credential and moved up in leadership with Accomplishment Coaching at a fast pace.
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Rodney Mueller, PCC, MBA is an executive coach and business advisor who was recently named LinkedIn's Best of 2017 Executive Coach. He is also the host of The Absent Father Podcast on iTunes. He has been coaching individuals and training groups to create more fulfillment and effectiveness since 2008.
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Thanks to all of you who joined in on the "Name My Truck" contest. And a big thank you to those who came to my studio sale and to those who couldn't come but took a moment to wish me well. It was a very fun Friday night! We kept the beer cold in a sink full of ice and the tamales warm in the electric kiln. A clay studio is a great place to have a party! People left with some great bargains. The weekend went well enough for me to plan a "Tara's Second Annual We'll Try It Again 20% Off In My Studio Sale"…perhaps in the springtime. Coming next…posts about ceramics! (I learned something recently) Of course there will be plenty of posts about Susie Q. I am starting two folders of images now…"Girls in My Truck" and "Boys By My Truck".
A preview…
My "Lovely In All Ways" daughter, Whitney. She has just started grad school in St. Louis in the field of public health/epidemiology.
Girls In Boots In My Truck! Yipee!
My "bestest" friend John. Check out his website! www.johnlujan.wordpress.com
Boys By My Truck.
Steve and Dale do wonderful things with furniture finishing. They finished a large dresser for me that I love!


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Spring Sale
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Sons of Italy Hall
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Shopping Hours
MMOTA members (with proof of membership) 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Public 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Credit Cards Now Accepted
Registration is now open!
Welcome to MMOTA-Founding Chapter!
Please feel free to use the links to the left to explore our website and to learn about our club and what it has to offer for parents of multiples in the Boston Area. We welcome all parents (and expectant parents!) of multiples. Join us today!
We are proud to be a member club of the Massachusetts Mothers of Twins Association, and the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs.


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Lonerism: Bangkok, Day 4 (Part II)
day 4 part 2 let's go! so in case you need help locating Mikkeller: walk all the way down Sukhumvit 63 and don't give up (haha). you'll pass by Big C on the right, and come to a junction where Health Land is. turn right. Big C Supermarket. Health Land Ekkamai. continue … Continue reading


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HD Expo Unveils These Latest Hospitality Design Trends
Design Trends
The 2017 Hospitality Design Expo was three days of color, texture, and emerging design trends for the hospitality industry. This year's expo in Las Vegas hosted a unique combination of true leaders and creative risk-takers all innovating when it comes to hospitality design trends. Dunn-Edwards was privileged take part, showcasing one of this year's hottest color trends, our 2017 Color of the Year Honey Glow (DE5354).
Image Credit: Dunn-Edwards Paints
Color was a huge focus of hospitality design trends at this year's event. As makers of the highest quality paint trusted by both design experts and painting professionals, it's a huge focus for us as well. At the expo we saw eye-catching shades of pink, teal and turquoise used in a variety of settings. Millennial pink, hot pink, pool blue and yellow were all prevalent. These kinds of vacation-themed hues are on trend for the hospitality
industry, particularly hotel design. It is worth noting these colors are also favorites on social media platforms such as Instagram. Pops of red and purple continue to be hits, as well.
Image Credits: Dunn-Edwards Paints
We saw metallic finishes, such as gold, as a hospitality design trend at 2017 HD Expo, as well. This aligns with our 2017 color of the year, Honey Glow. Our resident Dunn-Edwards color expert Sara McLean tells us "[Honey Glow] is a warm, golden yellow with brown undertones — a globally recognized inspiration that matches with everything from earthy, neutral palettes or colors like chocolate, red, gray, green and orange." A common hospitality design trend theme throughout the expo was the glow of warm yellows and golds. These hot colors also helped define a larger hospitality design trend at 2017 HD Expo — a play on earth elements, materials, and textures.
Image Credits: Dunn-Edwards Paints
For example, sandswept effects, marbling, and rust multi-color are playing a large role to shape hospitality design trends. These design trends add layers to any hotel or restaurant environment.
Image Credits: Dunn-Edwards Paints
Further, the natural and earthy inspired themes carried through into the latest furniture trends showcased at the expo. While nature-inspired surfaces are big, it is also important to note that modern, laser-cut intricate patterns are also on trend. This includes the limited edition Monterey furniture line from designer Badgley Mischka (Monterey Lounge Chair and Credenza pictured below). This hospitality design trend has the iconic fashion brand expanding into luxury boutique hotel interiors.
Image Credits: Dunn-Edwards Paints
Dunn-Edwards had a great time both, showcasing at, and exploring the 2017 HD Expo. While there were a number of exhibitors and styles at the 2017 HD Expo, we love sharing a few of latest hospitality design trends that caught our eye. Overall, inspiration from number of sources — like nature as well as global influences — continue to drive hospitality design trends, including color, furniture, material and texture.


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Guerlain Fragrances Now Sold at Ulta
Interesting fragrance development today for fans of Guerlain perfumes and fragrances! Ulta.com now has a small selection of Guerlain fragrances available for purchasing including the very popular Shalimar fragrance.
I thought this was intriguing and I hope they'll get more Guerlain fragrances in stock in the future although at this point I doubt any of the really super higher end picks from the brand will be available at Ulta Beauty. But, I, for one, am glad to about getting Shalimar restocks from my local Ulta plus hopefully when 20% kicks in for prestigious brands I'll be able to grab Guerlain on sale.
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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World invites papers for a special issue on gender in the 2016 elections. We invite contributions on all topics relevant to gender and politics. Potential topics could include (but are not limited to): gender and the executive; women, social policy, and state legislative elections; intersectionality and the media; gender and public opinion; and women in changing political institutions. Informative papers on trends or cross-national comparisons are welcome as long as they are framed in relation to the 2016 U.S. election.
At the 2014 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Executive Officer Sally Hillsman, met with the Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE) and suggested that it was time to revise the Code of Ethics. Revisions were last made to the Code 20 years ago, and a great deal of change had taken place. Regulatory and technological advances have had striking impacts on the field. At the time, the Department of Health and Human Services was about to announce changes to The Common Rule, which governs the vast majority of human subjects research efforts.
The ASA signed on to a letter expressing our strong support for the critical Federal data sources that inform and strengthen our nation's world-leading economic, educational, democratic and civic institutions and successes. Our Federal statistical and data systems provide information that is uniquely accurate, objective, relevant, timely, and accessible.
Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality" claims that universal social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme's classic, and in the process, explores and informs a set of enduring questions about social policy, politics, and social equality.
Why is there no labor party in the United States? This question has had deep implications for U.S. politics and social policy. Existing explanations use "reflection" models of parties, whereby parties reflect preexisting cleavages or institutional arrangements. But a comparison with Canada, whose political terrain was supposedly more favorable to labor parties, challenges reflection models.
Last week, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, during oral arguments in the gerrymandering case Gill v Whitford, referred to social science as "sociological gobbledygook." ASA President Eduardo Bonilla-Silva has responded in a letter, the content of which is below. You can also download a .pdf of the letter here.
Dear Chief Justice John Roberts:
Despite having only about 5 percent of the world's population, the United States was the attack site for a disproportionate 31 percent of public mass shooters globally from 1966-2012, according to research presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).


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StudentsFirst mission is to build a national movement to defend the interests of children in public education and pursue transformative reform, so that America has the best education system in the world. In pursuit of this mission, their organization supports state and local efforts to promote educational policy and reform.
Challenge: In the past they have relied almost exclusively upon standard rollup summary fields and a variety of formula fields. However, they found it difficult to meet all reporting needs due to inherent limitations of standard rollup summary fields. It is critical for their organization to roll up various data throughout a complex campaign hierarchy so that they could see how active local and state entities are in pursuit of educational policy advancement.
Likewise, it was important for their organization to cultivate future leaders in education policy. One aspect of this cultivation is the identification of members who clearly stand out as the most active supporters based on a variety of criteria.
Solution: They addressed their needs in Campaigns and Contact management via a mix of standard rollup summary fields as well as the more flexible rollup summary fields offered via Rollup Helper.
Results: Their metrics cannot be measured so easily in dollars and cents, but they expect Rollup Helper to improve the user experience for their staff, and in doing so increase productivity and help them focus on those emerging leaders and activities that provided the most bang for the buck.


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15 years later, the US and its NATO allies still have troops in Afghanistan with no plans on leaving. We were told this was about 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, but these were lies. So why are the troops still there? What was the war in Afghanistan really about? Michel Chossudovsky of the Centre for Research on Globalization joins us to explain. -corbettreport.com
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Afghanistan archives at GlobalResearch.ca
Afghanistan: Thirty-two Years of War. Ten Years of Illegal Occupation
"The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas
Afghanistan, Garden of Empire: America's Multibillion Dollar Opium Harvest
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Producing healthy data
Healthcare delivery organization CIOs and chief medical informatics officers (CMIOs) need to produce data that confirms superior clinical outcomes, cost of care and patient satisfaction. The pace of digital change creates a need for healthcare CIOs and CMIOs to get help seeing around corners, avoiding pitfalls and learning from what others have done. Our insights, advice and tools can help you uncover flaws in the wrong investments and point you toward the right ones, so you can build impactful, transformative strategies.


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Week 37: Reverse culture shock
The academic year is drawing to a close and our flights home have already been booked. These 8,5 months have passed in a flash. When we came over we talked a lot about culture shock and how to minimize its effects. Now they're telling us about the reverse culture shock and how to minimize its effects. I somehow don't believe that I'll suffer from culture shock when I get back home - because it's HOME that I'm going to!


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33. S3E8 The Pimple (w/ Lena Gwendolyn Hill)
June 18, 2017
Puberty is a time of horomonal turmoil. For Kevin, no time is worse for that turmoil than when his first zit emerges days before he anticipates the arrival of a cute girl. Actor, Lena Gwendolyn Hill, returns to reminisce about bad skin and generally chase tangents ranging from what color to paint my room to Star Wars. Join us, won't you?
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text: My Friday picture of the week goes to this adorable, little guy named Cayden. Last Sunday, I woke up to a gorgeous spring day and had the pleasure of spending my morning with this beautiful family. After seeing Queen Isabel's photography session, Lisa and Brandon asked me to photography their adorable son, Cayden. Cayden is 5 months old and so cuddly and full of smiles.


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Choosing the Best Office Cleaning Services
Having a clean office indicates good office organization. It gives the business a likeability reputation by it's clients. Clients do not enjoy sitting in a disorganized dirty office as they wait to get services. It is however recommended for one to take time in choosing a cleaning service provider. Making quick decisions on hiring cleaning service providers can land you a poorly qualified service provider. Due to the rapid increase of outsourced cleaning service providers it is crucial for one to choose the right one. The following are guidelines for choosing the best cleaning service providers.
The top factor is cost and charges to be expected. One should compare the prices of each cleaning service provider and make sure they are listed with details on the package offered. It is okay for services providers to physically visit the business premise and determine how much work will be done and what is the right cost to be charged. Services offered could include mopping, vacuuming, dusting and sanitizing. Whatever the services being offered make sure they are worth the prices being charged. Put aside any company that charges highly for the services they are willing to provide. Find out if they will be giving any extra services in the cost margin they have offered.
Check out for an experienced service provider. Getting an experienced company will earn you professional cleaning services. Get to know how long a service provider has operated to know their level of experience. The longer the time a company has operated will indicate it has gathered enough experience especially if the clients are also a good number. On the other hand where a company has many happy clients it means that they are doing the perfect job for them. Thus this will help you decide on which is the most reliable company.
Thirdly, how flexible is their time schedule and availability. It is advisable to ask on how easily available the services are. The office will have to be cleaned at different intervals hence the cleaning service provider should have one or two employees allocated for your company. This will ensure there is always someone to clean incase of dirt in the office during working hours. Figure out how quick they respond to emergency cleaning calls. Refer this from previous cases handled by the service provider.
Ask for referrals from the service provider. Any good well qualified service provider will make a point of giving you referrals for you to talk to and get more information of the company. Let your family and friends offer recommendations on your behalf. Go to the reviews sections of the company's website and read through. This will make you know on any pros and cons of hiring the cleaning service provider.
The Beginner's Guide to Services


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The IQC Group started with Industrial Quality Concepts in 1989.
It is an independent organization specializing in providing training in NDE, Welding and Quality Management, Non Destructive Testing Services, Remaining Life Assessment (RLA) of Power Plant Equipment, Third Party Inspection etc.
IQC is a concern promoted by well-known Quality Specialist Mr. S. Baskaran, who has more than four decades of experience in Engineering Quality Control, Quality Assurance, NDT, Welding Fields and had served in the well known Public Sector Undertaking – High Pressure Boiler Plant of M/s. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Tiruchirappalli for twenty five years. Managed by highly qualified, dedicated and experienced technical personnel and supported by specialists and consultants, IQC provides specialized services for all types of industries on behalf of manufacturers, owners, engineering contractors and government agencies.
The IQC groups activities encompasses activities such as training, certification, services and consulting in all areas of NDE and quality control. IQC Advanced Inspection Solutions is the latest addition to the group and provides complete end to end soutions for automated testing and inspection.


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Door Design
Hydraulic vs. Bifold
Building Details
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We have 4 of your company`s Schweiss bi-fold doors. Bottom drive jackshaft - 320. These doors have a clear polycarbonite panels instead of a soild panel. I wanted to know if you still make this model and what the price would be on them. I need four doors 14" in width x 18' in height. I need one door 20' wide and 24' in hieght. We will once again want the liftstrap model. Can you help?
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There was an Antillaise catholic brown woman, a Muslim morrocan brown man, and me in a car. We all asked each other questions about religion, race, culture. We all taught each other. No one was a victim, no one was an oppressor.
How do I talk about racism without perpetuating victimhood?
How do I talk about feminism without perpetuating victimhood?
How do I talk about being oppressed, without perpetuating victimhood?
How do I talk about the division there is among us without perpetuating that division?
I am so tired of battling with hate and anger. All it seems to do is perpetuate anger, fire, hatred, separation, and victimhood. I am tired of feeling like I am victimizing people. I am tired of western culture telling me I am a victim.
Maybe, I should just listen, and battle with my spear of compassion.
But I am so tired of the mentality of "it is not our job to educate. Educate yourselves." That is perpetuating an us vs them mentality. It continues to separate.
I don't have the answers, I don't have the solutions, but a constant flow of anger and "They Are the opressed" cannot be the answer.
Maybe there is an us vs them, but it isn't an opressors vs the opressee. Maybe the us vs them, is in how people have chosen to deal with this problem. Maybe blind ignorant love isn't the answer either, maybe that's a privilege that doesn't perpetuate privilege.
But maybe, it's about us who are compassionate, vs them, who are angry.
And the more I hear about how screwed up the world is, the shittier I feel.
But the more that I am in multicultural settings where we all feel empowered, and we all understand that We Will Not be victimized, and the more we allow others to ask questions about our culture, our gender, our hair, our eyes, our skin, our religion, our body shape, maybe that pepetuates further empowerment. Maybe instead of internalized mysoginy, I'm just tired of society telling me that I'm a victim, and that I oppress people because of my skin or privilege.
Maybe, the way to empower myself and others so that there are no people being oppressed, is by empowering myself and others.
I will never stop being as good as I can for myself and the world.
But after seeing so many people, so many cultures, so many races choosing compassion over anger, and seeing the immediate effect it has over creating a better world…
I will no longer victimize myself or others.
At some point, there's got to be something besides anger.
I don't know.
I don't know anything at all.


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This obit from H-California and the LA Times. This ed. learned much from A Different Mirror and Iron Cages. He will be missed.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
"Thomas Starr King deserves better" – op-ed in L.A. Times
Jack Cheever has written an op-ed in the L.A. Times about Thomas Starr King, the pivotal figure in the early history of California whose statue in the U.S. Capitol is being replaced by one of Ronald Reagan.
From the op-ed:
During the presidential election of 1860, all four members of California's congressional delegation – including U.S. Sen. William Gwin, who owned several Mississippi plantations – campaigned for the pro-slavery Democrat, John C. Breckinridge. Indeed, Abraham Lincoln won California by a hair, beating another Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas, by fewer than 750 votes out of about 120,000 cast.
King was deeply agitated by talk of California being bisected or seceding. He embarked on a statewide speaking tour, preaching against disunion with a voice that, in the words of one observer, "held within it all the sweetness of the harp when struck by a master hand, all the power and solemn grandeur of a great cathedral organ."
To read the entire piece, click here.
–Frank Gruber
Ronald Takaki Obituary in the L.A. Times, May 29, 2009
Ronald T. Takaki, a "prolific and controversial scholar who helped pioneer the field of ethnic studies and wrote animated histories about blacks, Asians, Latinos and other marginalized Americans during four decades on the UC Berkeley faculty, has died. He was 70." Click here for the complete L.A. Times obituary.
"Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman"; Special Screening at LACMA June 7, 2 pm
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will present a special screening June 7, 2009 at 2 p.m. of a new documentary, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, that explores the monumental career of Julius Shulman, the 98-year-old Los Angeles-based architectural photographer. From the announcement:
Julius Shulman combines the organic with the synthetic, melding nature with revolutionary urban design in images that helped shape the careers of some of the key architects of the twentieth century, including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Pierre Koenig, and John Lautner.
The documentary was directed by Eric Bricker and written by Mr. Bricker, Phil Ethington and Jessica Hundley.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Call for Papers: Sabato Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles: Art, Migrations, Community Development
Submission Due date: July 20, 2009
As a follow-up to an international conference that took place April 2-5, 2009, at the University of Genova in Italy on the theme of art and migration as they relate to Sabato (Simon) Rodia and the Watts Towers, an independent group of scholars (partly in formation) has announced that it is ready to consider submissions for a volume of selected papers related to the themes of the Genova conference. From the announcement:
The tentative title of the collected essays will be: Sabato Rodia's Watts Towers in Los Angeles: Art, Migrations, Community Development. The volume will seek to treat the monument and its maker from a diverse spectrum of disciplinary perspectives and cover these areas: 1) The Community of Watts and its Monument: Physical, Socio-Economic and Political Realities; 2) Art Environments, Vernacular Traditions, and their Imaginaries; 3) Italian Migrations: Literary, Artistic, and Visual Legacies; 4) Reproducing Nola (the Watts Towers vis-a-vis the Gigli of Nola). Consult subjects 1 – 4 below for further details. Please reply immediately with your intention to contribute (include your name, essay title, one-sentence description). Submit your essay contribution for consideration by July 20. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by an editorial advisory committee with expertise in the publication's subject areas:
1. Migration
– The life of Simon Rodia in the context of 19th to 20th-century Italian immigration
– Italian immigration as bridge between two worlds
– From Nola to Watts: material culture traditions
– Oral history, oral culture and the Watts Towers
– Watts Towers and migration studies
2. Art & Architecture
– Varieties of artistic definition: e.g., Outsider Art, Folk Art, Visionary, etc.
– The Watts Towers and the Architecture of personal fantasy and genius
– Engineering, Construction, Conservation of the Towers
3. Literary and Visual Legacies
– Los Angeles, the Towers, literature, film, music, etc.
– Visual documentation
4. Socio-Economic and Political Realities
– Economic underdevelopment and renaissance: yesterday and today
– In their shadow: cultural politics and the Watts Towers
– Watts Towers Art Center: arts education and community activism
– Italy as the New America: immigrant art and literature in Italy
Submit: Digital copy of your 20 – 25 page, double-spaced, essay (as an email attachment, Microsoft Word .doc file please). Please follow the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html).
Appropriate critical apparatus (notes and bibliography), as well as illustrations, encouraged.
Send materials to volume editor:
Luisa Del Giudice, Ph.D.
P.O. Box 241553
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1553
Tel.: (310) 474-1698
E-mail: email@example.com
California Ungovernable? Post-Election Woes, NY Times
The rejection of five propositions on Tuesday suggests, according to this New York Times article, that momentum to convene a state Constitutional convention has reached a "tipping point." With the governors race still at a simmer, the issue may gain traction as the election grows nearer. CSAers are encouraged to weigh in here and in our respective forums, especially H-California.
California, Out of Money, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders – NYTimes.com.
Tom Killion at Kepler's in Menlo Park May 28
Tom Killion will be appearing at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park to discuss his and Gary Snyder's new book, Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Prints, on May 28 at 7:30 p.m. From the Kepler's announcement:
In a new collaboration by the authors of the bestselling The High Sierra of California, Tom Killion and Gary Snyder, readers are introduced to the unique mountain overlooking San Francisco Bay. A source of story and myth since time began, Mt. Tamalpais has inspired conservationists, trail builders, botanists, artists, and poets for more than a century. With freshness and sustained delight, Tamalpais Walking explores Mt. Tamalpais s natural, cultural, historic, and spiritual dimensions. It is a book shaped by two master craftsmen collaborating on an enterprise nurtured by long and passionate involvement.
Woodcut and letterpress artist Tom Killion grew up in Marin County, on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, where the rugged scenery inspired him from an early age to create landscape prints strongly influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock prints. Along with publishing fine art letterpress books, Killion holds a Ph.D. in African history from Stanford University and has taught history at several Bay Area universities.
Kepler's Books
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Menlo Park CA, 94025
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The largest and one of the most important archaeological sites in Crete. The remains of the former capital city of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrene (Libya) are strewn across 420 hectares – more than 1,000 acres – of the fertile Messara plain.
The city had humble beginnings as a Minoan (possibly even pre-Minoan) village. According to legend, it was here that Zeus brought Europa after abducting her from the Levantine coast in the guise of a Bull.
Their union, under an evergreen plane-tree beside the river, resulted in the birth of Minos himself, and his brothers Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon, who may all have been early Minoan kings.
Despite its divine connections, Gortyn was overshadowed by the great settlements at Phaistos and Knossos; but as the sun sank on the first great European civilisation, Gortyn's star was starting to rise.
After the Dorian invasion (around 1100BC) Gortyn became a major city, served by the ports of Matala and Lendas and, according to one theory, enriched itself through piracy. As one of the numerous city-states scattered across the island, Gortyn participated actively in the intrigues and internecine wars that plagued post-Minoan, pre-Roman Crete.
In the 3rd Century BC, the Gortynians defeated and occupied Phaistos, establishing unquestionable primacy over the plain.
Around this time, in far-off Italy, the city of Rome was establishing its dominance over its neighbours. In the following one-and-a-half centuries, Roman interests in Sicily would lead to a series of wars with the Phoenician city of Carthage in modern Tunisia that were to have a profound impact on world history.
When the Second Punic war ended with the destruction of Carthaginian influence following the battle of Zama in 202BC, Rome inherited control of most of the Mediterranean including several important Carthaginian port cities.
Hannibal, Carthage's great one-eyed general, fled eastwards, to Antiochus III of Syria, who asked him to raise a fleet against the Romans. As Hannibal was a general, not an admiral, he failed to distinguish himself and, defeated off Side, Paphlygonia, was forced once again to flee. He made his way – by one account – to Crete, where he lived a while in Gortyn, before heading back to the mainland.
We don't know for sure that Hannibal came here but there is another reason to bring up the Punic Wars. Having won control of the western Mediterranean, it was natural for Rome to look east, to parts of "Our Sea", as they called it – that were not under their control.
The rulers of Gortyn saw which way the wind was blowing and allied themselves to the Romans ahead of the invasion of 69BC. They were probably Rome's allies even before Marcus Antonius's ill-fated adventure of 74BC, when the Cretans annihilated the Roman fleet and forced humiliating terms on Antonius (which the Senate refused to ratify). After that, Rome rejected Cretan efforts to make peace preferring to send Quintus Caecilius Metellus to do the job that Antonius had bungled. If Gortyn had helped in the destruction of Antonius's expedition, the Romans would probably not have accepted it as an ally by 69.
To reward its loyalty, Gortyn was made the capital of the new Roman province of Crete and Cyrene and enjoyed favoured status within the Empire. Its population is believed to have reached 300,000.
As Christianity spread into the Greek world, the great city of Gortyn was a natural base for the mission to Crete. St Titus, a friend and follower of St Paul, is believed to have established the first Cretan Christian community here in the middle of the 1st century AD.
However, the Basilica of St Titus at Gortyn, one of the oldest and most magnificent Christian edifices on Crete, dates from much later – the 7th Century, though perhaps it replaced an earlier building.
Gortyn continued to thrive under Roman and Byzantine rule until the Arab invasion of 824. Four years later, it was utterly destroyed.
Naturally, Gortyn is an archaeologists' paradise. It has been being excavated for decades but most of the city is still unexplored.
One of the earliest discoveries, made in 1884 by Italian archaeologist and epigraphist Federico Halbherr, was the Law Code.
This legal text is more than 600 lines long and is engraved in the walls behind the Roman Odeum. The Code is from the 5th or 6th centuries BC and is written in an obscure form of ancient Greek. It provides a list of penalties for various offences, the punishments being adjusted according to the rank of the criminal and the victim. For example, a free man who raped a slave was liable to be fined between one and 24 obols, according to circumstances; a slave who raped a free person would have to pay 2,400 obols. Yet the law was essentially humane and did not prescribe death or torture as statutory punishments.
The Code is the earliest European law code known and the only near complete (and comprehensive) one to have survived from ancient Greece. It provides a broad picture of the state of social relations in a 6th Century BC Greek City. In our ever-changing world, we must surely stand in awe of a society that was so certain of unchanging continuity that it carved its laws in stone.
In the first century AD, a new law court and performing arts centre was erected incorporating the wall containing the inscription – it is the Odeum, where visitors can still sit today.
Other sights include the Acropolis, where some pre-Roman walls still stand, the governors' palace, or Praetorium, the temple to Pythian Apollo, the remains of an aqueduct, a second century AD amphitheatre and a temple to the Egyptian gods, Isis and Seraphis.
Unfortunately, large parts of the ancient city are being damaged by farmers' ploughs and in some cases there are indications that treasure-hunting may have taken place. Even some of the designated architectural areas are inadequately guarded and have only flimsy fencing.
Buses run between Gortyn and Iraklion.
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- 5 Great reasons to visit Athens, Greece
- The best islands of the Cyclades, Greece
- Rhodes Holidays – the island of the sun and the island of the knights
- Greek Island Holidays – over two thousand islands to choose from
- Santorini Holidays – an experience you will never forget
- Paros, Greece Holidays: visiting a traditional Greek island
- Island hopping in Greece
- Stalis – popular resort on the east of Crete
- Gerani, Crete – unspoilt and is worth wandering
- Gortyn – largest and one of the most important archaeological sites in Crete
- Kalives, Crete – a charming village on Drapano Peninsula
- Elafonisi Island, Crete
- Agia Galini, Crete South Coast – nothing but tavernas, bars, gift shops and rooms to rent
- Lassithi, Crete – excellent wines and whitewashed windmills
- Paleochora, Crete – excellent sandy beaches
- Rethymnon, Crete – popular choice for visitors to the west of the island
- Malia, Crete Holidays – number one clubbing destination for Brits
- Athens beaches – best beach facilities around Athens coast
- Summer Holidays in Kefalonia, Greece
- Super Paradise Beach, Mykonos – Naturists Enjoy Curving Sandy Bay
- Santorini Sunset: where to stay in Santorini for the best views – Santorini villas, hotels and apartments
- Dodecanese Holidays: Patmos, Lipsi and Agathonissi
- Kalymnos, Greece: Climbing Vacation or Beach Holidays
- Chios, Greece – Stunning Beaches and Medieval Trips in the Past
- Naxos Holidays – the biggest island of the Cyclades archipelago
- Samos Holidays – sunny weather, famous beaches
- Kea Island Holidays – marvellous beaches and interesting places to visit
- Ikaria Holidays – Ikaria Island will not disappoint
- Spetses Island holidays – enjoy a traditional Greek Island
- Best beaches in Greek islands
- Best beaches in Greece: Santorini Caldera perfect for romantic travellers
- Greece for a great family vacation


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SIGNOR ELVIS STAYS IN THE GROOVEWITH "Surrender" and "Lonely Man," Elvis Presley continues his single-handed task of changing the whole face of popular music – the task he started with "Now Or Never."
Like that best-selling effort, "Surrender" is a familiar Italian melody "Come Back to Sorrento," with a new lyric.
The Presley performance is as impassioned as ever and gains impetus from a throbbing rumba rhythm and the powerful chanting of the Jordanaires vocal group.
This back - to - the - melody Presley is far removed from the "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Blue Suede Shoes" days, and one can hear every word of the lyric. But the Presley spirit and beat flair remain unchanged, even if he pitches his last-but-one note flat.
Lonely Man is a loping, cowboy type number. Restful (RCA).
Melody Maker, May 1961


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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Teaser Tuesday - Respect-Me Rules
"I suffered twenty-five years of verbal and emotional abuse from my husband. I lost myself in that sick situation. I was so messed up from all the abuse, I became fragmented emotionally. He did all the classic behaviors. He alienated me from family and friends. He belittled me in front of my children. He made fun of my religious beliefs. He refused me money for nice clothes and made fun of my physical appearance. He spent what he wanted on himself. He ruined our credit. I had suicidal thoughts all the time. He punched holes in the walls, yelled, cursed, ranted and raved, and threatened to take the kids from me. He was always insanely jealous. I just endured it. My children have been scared, and needless to say, severely affected by this cycle of abuse also."
-Dee N.
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What a horrifying life!ReplyDelete
That is one very painful teaser...ReplyDelete
Here is my Teaser Tuesday: Dead Head by Rosemary Harris
Thanks for the visit to My Reading Corner.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM
That's an awful way for a woman to live, but even more tragic for the children.ReplyDelete
Not a book I'd like to read, I think, but a powerful teaser.ReplyDelete
I'm glad I only had 4 years with a madman.ReplyDelete
This is so unhealthy. please tell me she gets out with her kids alive and is living a happier life now.ReplyDelete
I hope you enjoy your book. Check out what my Tuesday Teaser is.ReplyDelete
Happy Teaser Tuesday!!! My teaser this week is for Mistwood by Leah Cypess which is currently discount on Amazon for only $6.50 for a new hardcover copy!!! I posted a link to the price! Finally, a great fantasy book that really feels like the older fantasy novels written by favorites like Tamora Pierce and Sharon Shinn!ReplyDelete
Emma Michaels
What a horrifying life ... pretty amazing that she survived it ...ReplyDelete
Oh dear, that is just horrific...ReplyDelete
Wow, what a life. Great teaser! Thanks for stopping by our blog.ReplyDelete
What a sad teaser :(ReplyDelete
Hope you'll enjoy the book
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:16 PM
That was really difficult to read. I hope the author got out of that situation, both for herself and the children. No person deserves that kind of abuse!ReplyDelete
You can find my TT here: http://ksbooks.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/teaser-tuesday-28/
What a powerful teaser!ReplyDelete
Hott books- Gina, Gautami, GIGI Ann, Shelly, Emma, Booklover book reviews, Karen& Amp, Novroz,& LuReplyDelete
Thanks, for coming by& commenting.
Ellie- Yes, you are so right.
Fredamans- glad you are out of your situation.
AisleB, K-S books- I am still reading the book.
Lori- Thanks! will do.
Kah Woei- Yes, it was pretty amazing.
Wow, that's one terrible situation. I hope she found her way out of it! Great teaser.ReplyDelete
And many thanks for visiting mine!