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Language: Danish and English (See language requirements) | Place of study: Copenhagen (Emdrup) | Commencement: August / September (no winter intake)
The language of instruction is Danish and English, and all applicants must therefore document Danish at Danish upper secondary school level (level A) or the equivalent from the Nordic countries. Furthermore requires English B-level or the equivalent. Please contact the programme at firstname.lastname@example.com for further information.
Education, learning and knowledge continue to grow in importance. They are widely considered to be prime drivers of global mobility and of the processes of equal opportunity, economic development and citizenship – in the North as well as the South. The MA in Anthropology of Education and Globalisation aims to provide students with the competences necessary to work with the important topics of education, learning and knowledge in an increasingly globalised world.
The programme is designed for students seeking an advanced training in anthropological approaches to educational practice and process in settings as varied as educational institutions, workplaces and civil society. Using ethnographic research methods and cross-cultural comparisons, the programme trains students to analyse specific practices of education and knowledge in relation to local as well as broader (global) social and cultural contexts. It provides a unique platform for exploring an array of traditional and less usual educational themes and sites across the globe: educational mobility, multiculturalism and new forms of citizenship; global educational policy processes; the production and politics of knowledge; childhood socialisation and education; welfare and health pedagogy; workplace learning, leadership and governance; and technology, design and culture.
By training students to embrace a global perspective and in-depth understanding of how processes of education and learning are negotiated and managed in everyday life, in settings that also transcend national and cultural borders, the programme targets an internationally oriented labour market. Teaching consists of a combination of lectures, group work, project work and active participation in class, and we actively use the diversity of the international classroom to explore similarities and differences in education across the world.
Through the programme, students develop academic, intercultural and communicative competences, which will allow them to participate in and develop cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration regarding issues of education and learning. Students will gain an understanding of ethnographic research methods and ethics qualifying them to participate in research contexts and work with various educational tasks – both independently and in cooperation with others.
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Admission to the Master's Degree Programme in Anthropology of Education and Globalisation requires that you have completed one of the following courses
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As this Master's degree programme only admits a limited number of students each year, meeting the admission requirements does not in itself guarantee admission to the programme.
There is no waiting list for the Master's degree in Anthropology of Education and Globalisation.
Emphasis is on the following in the selection of the best-qualified applicants:
1) Academic background (75%)
*Relevant courses include courses in anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, sociology, cultural studies, international or global studies, development studies, education science and other relevant areas. Please note that marks obtained after the application deadline are not included in the average mark. The selection committee assesses the application on the basis of the enclosed certificates, transcripts of examination results and course descriptions/academic regulations (curricula).
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**Work experience from, for example, NGOs, international organisations, private enterprises, the public sector. In the selection, emphasis is on the assessment of the applicant's CV and other relevant documents.
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The language of instruction is Danish and English, and all applicants must therefore document Danish at Danish upper secondary school level (level A) or the equivalent. Furthermore requires English B-level (Danish upper secondary school level with a minimum GPA of 3.0) or the equivalent.
The programme comprises both compulsory and elective modules, a three-to-five-month period of ethnographic fieldwork, and a thesis. The programme is designed to enhance students' social, communication and dissemination competences and to orient their studies towards specific employment opportunities.
Aarhus University's Department of Education, which offers the MA in Anthropology of Education and Globalisation, is located in Copenhagen, on the Emdrup Campus in the northern part of the city.
Part of the Danish School of Education is located on Emdrup Campus, Copenhagen. Here you will find modern teaching facilities and an intensive study environment where research goes hand in hand with teaching activities.
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Fazal Rizvi, professor of Global Studies at University of Melbourne, visited the programme for three weeks in October 2014. A public talk on Western policy responses to The Rise of Asian Higher Education was among his many activities here.
Dr. Rajani Naidoo of the University of Bath explains how higher education is becoming increasingly market driven, thus becoming less interested in the common good. Dr. Naidoo gives advice to the Danish education system on what to prioritize and what to avoid
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Education and life-long learning are of growing global importance. Educating students to embrace a global perspective and an in-depth understanding of how education, learning and knowledge are negotiated and managed in everyday life in differing settings across national and cultural borders, the programme is aimed at an internationally oriented labour market.
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For members interested in learning more about what fruit will grow here in the Valley.
We'll explore what is possible, probable and not likely for this region and what resources are really necessary to be successful.
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Arizona Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers www.azrfg.org
Yes! On this forum.And I wanted to respond to the info about dragon fruit, but I found that although I could type in the box...the "reply" button doesn't work. I sent a message to admin and nada.Continue
Started by Alisa Phillips. Last reply by Alisa Phillips Feb 16, 2019.
Is there anyone on this forum anymore?
Started by Jenny Ablan Feb 14, 2019.
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've been trying to grow dragon fruit from seed. I get them to sprout easily and they appear like "Y"s. However, they get stuck there and won't put out spiny growth. I've…Continue
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In past years I've tried Raspberries from local nursery's, grew OK the first year but died the second. Dorman raspberry is supposed to grow in zone 11 but from what I read it has very little taste.…Continue
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one of the gals who's home was featured on the Arcadia Farm tour had some success with the Bacon Avocado variety....she had small fruits on it this year during the tour...I think she said wind damage destroyed one of her previous yr crops...it was an understory tree in a corner somewhat shaded micro-climate..
Ooh, dragon fruit. My son's favorite.
You might consider the more dwarf,somewhat native mulberry, Morus Microphylla...beautiful tree that does well in metro Phoenix with small, maple-lik shaped leaves...unfortunately, the one I currently have is not a fruiting female, but I had I a female previously...and the edible fruit is quiet tasty...purchase mine from Desert Survivors in Tucson; they have One you can view on site..
Mulberry trees my lessen the amount of sunlight the nearby fruit trees gets to prevent them from fruiting. That is the only incompatibility. That said, I'd do it. There is a lot of reflected light in Phoenix and fruit trees as long as they are not completely shaded out seem to do well with six hours of direct light---so plant accordingly.
There is a dwarf black fruited overbearing mulberry that would not shade the other trees. Saw one on ebay for sale at http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dwarf-Everbearing-Black-Mulberry-Tree-Morus...
Hi all,
I have a big established mulberry tree (don't know the variety, but has cream colored berries) on the southeast side of my house. I want to plant a peach and or plum to the east of it. Advisable? Someone told me that mulberries are incompatible with certain other fruit trees. This person also said that an apple would be fine next to the mulberry, but didn't know about the stone fruits. Comments? Thanks.
Hi Catherine, I'm going to create a discussion topic around cherries so people can respond to the topic instead of a ramble of comments on this page.
Royal Lee and Mini Lee cherry trees:
Got a question for anyone growing them. We purchased ours through the tree sale. Planted and they are pushing out a lot of leaves - very happy plants at this point. The question:
The Minnie is putting out new branches and leaves and the Royal is only putting out new leaves but no branches. Anyone having similar growth patterns?
Please join the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers on March 8th, 7:30pm, for an evening of education, grafting demos, and discussion as Rick Gibson (County Extension Agent in Pinal County for the UofA) discusses Citrus and the Arizona Sweet Orange! Citrus grafting demonstrations will be performed after the main presentation & discussion.
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04/08/2010 (7:46 am)
Another Dishonest Democrat Wages Dishonest Race War
Yesterday's Washington Examiner contained an article from Associated Press reporter Valerie Bauman discussing the presence of blacks among Tea Party groups. The fact of their existence, of course, rebuts one of the favorite memes floated by certain, demented leftist personalities (Olbermann and Garofalo come to mind.) But read through this fascinating report from the AP and see if you can discover that the insults hurled at black Tea Partiers are hurled by Democrats.
They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president.
"I've been told I hate myself. I've been called an Uncle Tom. I've been told I'm a spook at the door," said Timothy F. Johnson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a group of black conservatives who support free market principles and limited government.
"Black Republicans find themselves always having to prove who they are. Because the assumption is the Republican Party is for whites and the Democratic Party is for blacks," he said.
Johnson and other black conservatives say they were drawn to the tea party movement because of what they consider its commonsense fiscal values of controlled spending, less taxes and smaller government. The fact that they're black — or that most tea partyers are white — should have nothing to do with it, they say.
"You have to be honest and true to yourself. What am I supposed to do, vote Democratic just to be popular? Just to fit in?" asked Clifton Bazar, a 45-year-old New Jersey freelance photographer and conservative blogger.
Oops. The reporter just gave us a our first clue — after five paragraphs — where the insults are coming from. Blacks are popular if their tout the Democratic party line. They are unpopular if they tout the Republican line. Who's calling them "Oreos?" Who's calling them "traitors?" Did you see the word "Democrats" anywhere?
Bauman continues:
Opponents have branded the tea party as a group of racists hiding behind economic concerns — and reports that some tea partyers were lobbing racist slurs at black congressmen during last month's heated health care vote give them ammunition.
But these black conservatives don't consider racism representative of the movement as a whole — or race a reason to support it.
Opponents have branded the tea party as a group of racists. But the racist epithets are being flung by the tea party's opponents — the same opponents who are calling other people "racist." Does Valerie venture to mention why the people who are actually calling black people names are not "racists?"
More to the point, does she place this pair of paragraphs where she does deliberately to assist careless readers toward drawing the conclusion that it's the tea partiers themselves who are calling blacks names? After all, she just spent five paragraphs describing how poorly they're being treated by somebody unnamed. Then she tells us that somebody has been branded racist. Doesn't it follow that it must be the people being called "racist" who are calling blacks names? Actually, it doesn't follow at all, and it isn't true; but Ms. Bauman (I assume "Valerie" is a female, although the name has been used for males on occasion) is playing the common media game of avoiding any mention of her favored party when their behavior is reprehensible, and is in fact manipulating the reader into thinking it's the tea partiers who are committing the racial fouls. This is deliberate deception, carefully constructed to permit the defense "We never said tea partiers were calling anybody names." Valerie Bauman is a clever liar.
"I've gotten the statement, 'How can you not support the brother?'" said David Webb, an organizer of New York City's Tea Party 365, Inc. movement and a conservative radio personality.
Since Obama's election, Webb said some black conservatives have even resorted to hiding their political views.
"I know of people who would play the (liberal) role publicly, but have their private opinions," he said. "They don't agree with the policy but they have to work, live and exist in the community … Why can't we speak openly and honestly if we disagree?"
From whom did the statement come? Hiding their views from whom? Why did Ms. Bauman's editor permit these horribly passive constructions to remain in the piece? Apparently the unnamed editor is guilty along with Ms. Bauman of the deception and the game; never call a Democrat a Democrat when one has done wrong. And by all means, don't admit that it's Democrats who are forcing blacks to "pass" these days, 'cause that might lead people to think that racism is alive and well in the Democratic party — where it has always thrived, throughout American political history.
No, we can't have people telling the truth about Democrats, and saying out loud that the Democratic party is, to this day, the only party in America where racism is common. We can't acknowledge that Democratics' love for entitlement programs that deliberately and disproportionately favor blacks is about assuaging their guilt, and not really about actually helping anybody (because, in fact, few things hurt the black community as badly as those hell-inspired entitlement programs).
Because if Democrats don't continue indefinitely to dupe 85% or more of the black community in to voting Democrat year in and year out, no Democrat will ever be elected to any office, anywhere. And wouldn't that be just awful?
The Associated Press is not a news reporting organization, it is a propaganda adjunct to the Democratic party. Valerie Bauman and her editor are not reporters, they are propagandists, and they should not have jobs in the news business.
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Comment by suek
You must admit – it's a good tactic: Prohibit (by social action) blacks from being part of a political group (GOP or TeaParty) and then condemn the political group for being racist because it doesn't include any of them.
I can't remember if you're done an article on Black Liberation Theology, but it's pretty much the same theory – if you're not in favor of giving the blacks the whole store just because they came to the USA as slaves and had nothing, then you're racist. Basically, I think BLT is just Marxism with a no-win set up to incite blacks to rebel against any and all whites.
Somehow, fitting this into the culture that calls blacks that do well in school as "acting white" – how can one be part of the dominating economic structure unless one _participates_ in that culture? Their behavior is self-defeating and then condemns whites for that same defeat.
Likewise gays in the military. One's sexual preferences are irrelevant to one's job in the military. As long as someone keeps those two separate, no problem. Once the sexual preferences dominate to the point that it becomes obvious, that person has lost focus, so to speak, and are kicked out. IMO, they have absolutely no grounds for discrimination charges at the moment – but just let the military be required to tolerate open homosexuality and I'd be willing to be that discrimination suits will abound.
It's irrational to hold yourself as separate and distinct from the group, and then moan and howl because the group excludes you.
Comment by John Cooper
Good post, suek. A number of years ago I recall some talking head interviewing an Inuit (Eskimo), and trying to lead the woman to condemn white ("Western") culture for "destroying their way of life".
It was great because the woman wouldn't have any of it. She said, "We love our snow machines, cell phones, the airplanes that bring us food in the winter, and the good medical care that the whites have brought us" (or words to that effect). The reporter was nonplussed, and I was surprised that the interview was allowed to air.
The Inuit have openly adopted the best parts of white culture, but sad to say, the blacks in America never have. The Irish did, the Asians did, the Italians and Germans did, but the blacks never have. I wonder why that is.
Comment by RM
A very clever parsing of words to the point I'm not sure "Valerie" is truly that smart/sleazy or just lucky.
She takes a subject – black participants in the tea party phenom – that on its face would seem to be favorable to the conservative cause. However, by the way she phrases the article, she manages to simultaneously (1) insinuate Republicans are using racial epithets; (2) portray blacks as being isolated and frustrated by their participation, thereby discouraging other potential black participants; (3) lay down some cover fire for Democrats who are calling the tea parties "racism straight up"; (4) reinforcing the meme that blacks' correct place is in the Democrat party; and (5) provide her and her employer with plausible deniability – "Gee, we ran a story favorable to Republicans and tea parties, we're not biased."
As I've thumped the drum about too many times before here and elsewhere, the media and how it is used for the benefit of Democrats is a huge, almost insurmountable problem in winning the battles that need to be fought. No whine, just fact.
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this is what I wore on saturday. I didn't do much; Brandon was gone most of the day and I went to the mall to pick up my new camera remote(!!). I also ended up buying a mac lipstick... I really have to start avoiding that store. it's strangely addictive.
anyways I wore heels to see if I could handle walking around in them for an hour or so. meh. not bad. I've got the hang of walking in them, but I'm still not good at the pain part.
I'm trying to be more productive this week than the previous couple. that means writing a first draft of three magazine articles today and looking into some more job/internship opportunities. graduation is creeping ever closer and while I'm looking forward to being done school, I'm terrified to venture into the "real world." I have no idea how to get a real job, or even look for one! I don't know what I'm going to do. any of you have a magazine you could let me work for?? please?
why couldn't I just be a music writing prodigy and get picked up by Rolling Stone on a whim? WHY DID ALMOST FAMOUS GIVE ME THESE FALSE HOPES.
anyway. I can't worry about after graduation right now. I'll just worry about getting there. off to do some work!


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Nobel Prize winner Andrew V. Schally, Ph.D., M.D.h.c., D.Sc.h.c., professor of pathology and medicine at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Miller School of Medicine, and his team of research scientists at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System showed that a synthetic compound based on a brain hormone spurred the growth of cancer cells in Petri dishes but had the opposite effect in live mice.
The discovery, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on Nov. 20, holds promise for cancer treatment. It is also significant because the human-made compound and others like it spur the growth of healthy tissue, showing beneficial effects in preclinical studies to treat a range of medical conditions affecting the heart, pancreas, eyes, and other organs. Tests in animal models suggest, for example, that the compounds could help grow new heart muscle cells after a heart attack.
The compound tested in the new PNAS report, MR409, is one of several patented analogs, or derivatives, made in Dr. Schally's lab based on growth hormone-releasing hormone, or GHRH. GHRH, which is made in the brain's hypothalamus, triggers the production and release of growth hormone in the pituitary gland. Growth hormone, in turn, is essential for human growth and cell regeneration.
But Dr. Schally and his colleagues were worried that while GHRH analogs might be effective medicine for some conditions, they might also cause cancer cells to grow because of their growth-stimulating properties.
"I was concerned," Dr. Schally said. "GHRH, in addition to being a brain hormone, is a powerful growth factor. I was afraid it would be stimulatory to tumors."
That's what MR409 did when applied to cell cultures in the latest experiments: It caused lung cancer cells from human tumors to multiply and spread, and kept them from dying.
However, the hormone analog had the opposite effect when injected into mice with implanted human tumors: Not only did it not feed the cancer cells, it also stopped them from growing. It had this effect on lung, pancreatic, gastric, bladder, prostate, breast, and colorectal cancers. The analog, paradoxically, worked like counterpart analogs known as antagonists that are designed to block, not mimic, the action of GHRH.
"These are very welcome findings," Dr. Schally said. "They may alleviate serious concerns about stimulating growth of cancers with GHRH agonists in the course of therapy for other diseases and conditions."
Agonists are analogs that act like a key in a lock to initiate a biochemical reaction in the body. The lock is a receptor — a protein on the cell surface that interacts with the agonist to trigger a reaction. Antagonists, on the other hand, jam up the receptor so no reaction can occur. GHRH antagonists have been tested extensively by Schally's group and others for their ability to inhibit tumors.
Dr. Schally believes the most likely reason for MR409's tumor-inhibiting effect in mice is the down-regulation of GHRH receptors in the pituitary gland and in the tumors themselves. That effect, which can occur only in live animals and not in isolated cells, may explain the dramatic difference between the analog's effect in cells versus in the organism.
"The receptors transmit the hormonal message," Dr. Schally said. "When there are fewer receptors on the cell surface, this blocks the effect of endogenous (produced within the body) GHRH found in tumors, and thereby blocks tumor growth."
He notes that the receptor-squashing effect is like that seen with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH), which, like GHRH, is produced in the brain's hypothalamus. A treatment for aggressive prostate cancer that is based on LHRH agonists, stemming from Schally's early discoveries, was introduced in 1984 and is used widely.
Dr. Schally says the down-regulation of receptors that results from continuous treatment with analogs is like a lock being worn out, so that turning the key has no effect.
Dr. Schally's journal article is accompanied by a commentary by Drs. Hippokratis Klaris and Ioulia Chatzistamou of the University of South Carolina. They write that MR409 and similar GHRH agonists, given the "virtual absence of toxicity" seen in experiments, should have "wide effectiveness in diverse cancers" and also hold promise for other diseases and conditions.
GHRH agonists must still be tested in clinical trials in the U.S. before they can be used in routine patient care. That can take several years, but Dr. Schally, who won the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology in 1977, says he is optimistic given his team's latest results.
"I'm not a clinician, but now I have no reservation in recommending the agonists for various clinical uses," he said.
In terms of cancer therapy, he says the insights gained in the latest study will benefit the further development of not only MR409 and other GHRH agonists, but also GHRH antagonists. He envisions clinicians eventually being able to choose between GHRH agonists and antagonists for cancer treatment.


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Dog Owners Reminded to Chip Dogs or Face FinePublished Friday, 20 May 2016
Dog owners in Ribble Valley are reminded that they must microchip their pets or face a £500 fine.
Dog owners are now required by law to microchip their pets and register them on a database, and if the dog is transferred to a new keeper the new keeper must update the database.
Over 100,000 dogs stray or are lost or stolen in the UK each year, resulting in £57million in kenneling costs to local authorities and welfare charities.
Around 60 dogs are lost and 25 stolen in Ribble Valley each year, which have to be returned or re-homed.
Simon Hore, chairman of Ribble Valley Borough Council's health and housing committee, said: "Microchipping is a simple, safe and quick procedure that makes reuniting dogs with their owners more likely.
"A microchip is the size of a grain of rice and the procedure, which is carried out by a vet or trained microchip implanter, takes only a few minutes and lasts a lifetime.
"Although many dog owners already microchip their pets, our dog enforcement officers are now equipped with microchip scanners to ensure residents are complying with the new law.
"We are also asking dog owners to ensure their pets are tagged, so that we can contact them without delay if their dog is found."
Ribble Valley Borough Council has also stepped up its perennial campaign against dog owners who allow their pets to poop in public.
Council staff and the police will be involved in impromptu "pick up or pay" poop swoops over the coming months, with offenders receiving £80 on-the-spot fines or a ticking off.
And parents are asked to ensure their youngsters are carrying poop bags when they walk the family pet.
Simon Hore added: "Complaints about dog issues are the second highest received by the council each year and residents are demanding action on the issue.
"Our officers will be out and about with the police over the coming months making sure the message is understood loud and clear by any pet owner flouting the law."
Ribble Valley Borough Council receives over 200 complaints about dog fouling and spends £30,000 disposing of it each year.
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It's May, folks, which means — in addition to "National Hamburger Month" (that better include veggie burgers) and "National Moving Month" (lezzies, rent your U-Hauls before it's too late) — it's Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. We at AfterEllen.com have seized this opportunity to highlight the dynamic careers and contributions of queer APIA women to the entertainment industry and visibility for queer women of color. Due to the overall dearth of out queer Asian women in the industry — which is puzzling as Asia houses the two most populous countries in the world — we'll also extend the list to those women who've played gay on-screen (willingly and enthusiastically) and some who are not American.
In 1993, Kelly and Calvin Klein famously discovered motorcycle-riding Jenny Shimizu, who would soon be the androgynous new face of the fragrance CK One. Following her quick rise to fame with the CK One ads, the versatile model of Japanese-American descent worked with the likes of Donna Karan, Versace, Yohji Yamamoto, Prada and Jean Paul Gaultier, dominating both runways and editorials. Shimizu's talent and androgynous style gained the attention of top photographers such as Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier and Mario Testino, solidifying her status as top model and fashion icon. Aside from modeling, Shimizu also appeared in E!'s Sexiest Top Models, appeared on the series Dante's Cove and served as a judge on Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel.
Not only does her body of work and name recognition speak for itself, but Shimizu also brought queerness and androgyny to the fashion industry and mainstream media. Romantically linked to Angelina Jolie and Madonna, Jenny Shimizu became a household name that could not be separated from Shimizu's multi-layered identities, and that she's an out Asian woman did wonders for visibility. Though her accomplishments and contributions are often clouded by the media's interest in which famous female she's slept with, Jenny continues to promote visibility for queer Asian women, androgyny, and the normality of being out in her career while still enjoying mainstream success.
Born in Vancouver, Canada and raised in California, Nisha Ganatra is an out director, producer, and actress of South Asian descent. She attended NYU's Graduate Film School where she won the Tisch fellowship, PBS Grand Prize for Most Outstanding Short Film, and studied with Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese and Barbara Kopple.
Among her award-winning body of work includes the 1999 critically acclaimed film Chutney Popcorn, which she directed, wrote, and produced, and in which she starred as Reena, a second generation Indian American lesbian dating Lisa (Jill Hennessy). In the film, Ganatra explores the nuances of being out in a seemingly traditional Indian family, interracial relationships, and the frustrations with family members trying to find Reena a damn man. Upon release of the film, Ganatra insisted that she made the film specifically for South Asians, and the fate of the representation of South Asians rested in their collective "economic force" to assert that there is indeed an audience for South Asian films.
Ganatra also directed Cosmopolitan, the 2003 indie film about a lonely Indian immigrant man, Cake, the 2005 romantic comedy starring Heather Graham and Sandra Oh, episodes of The Real World and Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and produced several of Margaret Cho's projects, including CHO Revolution in 2004 and Margaret Cho: Beautiful in 2009.
In 2007, Ganatra returned to acting and co-starred in Don't Go, a TV dramedy following a diverse cast in LA including Guinevere Turner of The L Word and Go Fish fame. Ganatra continues to stress the importance of cross-cultural reckonings between the South Asian community and the queer community, and encourages lesbians to support queer cinema by actually purchasing a ticket or DVD, rather than illegally downloading, in order to send a clear message to biased distribution companies that queer movies are indeed well-supported and worthy of national distribution and attention.
Honorable Mention: Shelley Conn
Though Shelley Conn is not American, her roles as lesbian Nina in Nina's Heavenly Delights and bi-curious Jessica in the BBC series Mistresses deserve praise and acknowledgment during APIA month and beyond for their honest portrayals of South Asian queer women. The actress of English and Sri Lankan descent has worked hard to create genuine characters and one can only hope that she plays more queer female characters in the future.
Check back all month for more APIA women we love.


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Title: Lineage
Author: C. Vonzale Lewis
Date of Publication: July 16th, 2019
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Smart-mouthed Nicole Fontane has a way of getting herself into trouble. She's been fired from every job she's had but still refuses to work in her father's apothecary shop because of his practice of Earth Magick. On Tulare Island where Nicole grew up, Magick has always been a way of life—one she's determined to avoid at all costs.
With less than two hundred dollars in the bank and rent due, Nicole is forced to take a job at Tribec Insurance as a last resort. Little does she realize, the moment she sets foot inside the building, she becomes a pawn. A sinister force has set its sights on her and will stop at nothing to use her in a sadistic game.
Tribec's proprietors, the Stewart family, are curiously preoccupied with the Naqada, the mysterious pre-dynastic Egyptian society. Nicole finds it creepy, but on the bright side, the job reconnects her with her estranged friend, Marta. Yet the eerie atmosphere, disappearing Magick wards, and the smell of blood inside Tribec bring Nicole to a startling conclusion—the Stewarts are practicing Blood Magick, the deadliest of the Five Principles. By the time Nicole uncovers the truth, Marta and her four children have gone missing, and all signs implicate the Stewarts and an archaic blood ritual to an Old One, a Naqada god imprisoned on Tulare Island.
Battling the evil of Blood Magick will demand Nicole to confront a hidden past and unlock the Magick buried within. But can she set aside her deep-rooted fears to work with a team of vigilante Mages? Or will the clock run out on Marta and her children—and on Nicole?
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Rahul Gandhi emerges from his mother's shadow to run the Congress. The road to India 2019 begins with a small step in Gujarat 2017
Rahul Pandita
07 Dec, 2017
On November 24th, Rahul Gandhi, who is now certain to become president of the Indian National Congress, was so moved by a part- time lecturer's grievance in Ahmedabad of inadequate remuneration that he got off the stage, went up to her and hugged her. It was a moving gesture; the lecturer, Ranjana Avasthi, and perhaps most of her family and many of those present in the audience that day, might well vote for him for the rest of their lives. It was almost as if the 47-year-old leader, often called a 'prince' in both reverence and derision, had been struck hard by that encounter with suffering, akin to another heir many centuries earlier who had renounced the world and became a monk. But Rahul Gandhi's holy grail is political power, which, like his father, he treated as hemlock at first and like him has now warmed up to.
Rahul is not new to suffering, either. For someone who lost his grandmother and father in terrorist attacks and spent his childhood guarded by commandos, there is hardly any Indian who did not, at some point, have sympathy for him. For many of them, he remained the teenager who was photographed clinging to his father at his grandmother's funeral. They may have had mixed feelings about his father, but for many, the rudraksh– wearing Indira was the embodiment of Durga, as even someone like Atal Bihari Vajpayee had called her in 1971 after India's victory in East Pakistan. This sentiment did not get washed away even by Sonia Gandhi's maiden name.
In 2004, when Rahul Gandhi contested an election for the first time, many saw in him a hopeful young man who wanted to genuinely change things. Many Congressmen were surprised at his entry to politics; they always thought that his sister Priyanka would be a more natural choice for succession. Apart from her resemblance to her grandmother, she was seen to be more at ease with politics, as evident from her public meetings and interactions. But it was Rahul whom Sonia Gandhi thrust forward, despite her fears that politics was poison, one that had consumed her husband and mother-in-law.
In 2007, when Rahul took over as the party's general secretary, he set out to revamp it. Placed in charge of the Youth Congress, he pushed for inner-party democracy and transparency, at one time insisting that every party member's application be accompanied by a photograph, to weed out fake members. As noted by journalist Rasheed Kidwai in his book, 24 Akbar Road, a history of the Congress, while interviewing aspirants for the post of Youth Congress chief, Rahul would ask questions on India's international trade and the Indo-US civil nuclear deal. He had ideas for the party and for India as well. But, somehow, these never bore fruit. Shadowed by his mother's authority and misguided by his advisors, his efforts always fell short.
Ambivalence marked his personal crusades as well. From his insistence on eating meals with Dalit families in Uttar Pradesh to acting as an ambassador for the tribals of Odisha's Niyamgiri Hill, he appeared to flit from one cause to another, while those he claimed to represent continued to live the same sordid lives after he had turned his gaze away. The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a sound word of advice for him: join the Government. But he seemed reluctant to take on any such official responsibility.
When Rahul began to take an interest in the politics of Uttar Pradesh, his family's 'home state', many were of the opinion that he could show his earnestness by projecting himself as the party's chief ministerial candidate for it. That did not happen either. Meanwhile, he became the butt of jokes by his detractors on account of gaffes in his speeches, where he often failed to recall the names of his colleagues and other leaders. In an NDTV show, the US journalist Gardiner Harris put it rather succinctly: "Rahul is not a politician; he is not good at his job. We have tried to watch him grow in the past 11-12 years… 'Oh please Rahul, grow into this role'. He doesn't… He doesn't do anything. He is terrible. He is not a politician. Politics is a tough job. You've got to know people's names, you've got to know the subject. You've got to get out there and rouse the troops. He cannot do any of this. So the Congress party is going to die if they continue to promote Rahul."
Gardener just echoed what many in the Congress and outside had felt for years. But in a party where sycophancy has long been the guiding light for success, party loyalists kept a straight face when confronted with this question. In their minds, those who wanted Rahul to succeed had tried to see him reinvented so many times that their imagination had turned sore. Whenever he would roll up his kurta sleeves, they felt now at last he would change. But the sleeves kept coming up, while their expectations kept slipping.
The BJP seems to sense that if it slips up a bit, especially in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi could become a rallying point for all opposition parties, and this could possibly revive the Congress' lost vigour
The BJP seems to sense that if it slips up a bit, especially in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi could become a rallying point for all opposition parties, and this could possibly revive the Congress' lost vigour
In 2013, Rahul Gandhi was made Congress vice-president. The General Election of 2014, the only one in which he has led his party to the hustings as its chief campaigner, was to prove a debacle. The oldest party in the fray was reduced to its lowest-ever tally of 44 seats in the Lok Sabha. In 2017, the Congress managed to win just seven seats in the UP Assembly elections, a performance he termed as being "a little down" from earlier. Before the polls, in December, he had disappeared just as the party was planning several events for him to preside over. In 2017, the Congress failed to form governments in Goa and Manipur despite winning the highest number of seats there. It was not clear if Rahul was keen on pitching for power in Panaji and Imphal.
Old Congress watchers offer another view, though. They say that Rahul Gandhi had a lesson to learn from his father's political career. After he became Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi was a man in a hurry, and this led him to many a misstep, like India's intervention in Sri Lanka that ultimately cost him his life. Rahul's motto, they say, is: First Deserve, Then Desire. "Rahul Gandhi has a sense of detachment which has cost him dearly. In politics, being patient is a curse," says Kidwai. "But in the coming days, you will see more and more [of the] real Rahul Gandhi."
WHO IS THE real Rahul Gandhi, then? Is he the one who has shown some spunk of late on social media, from his 'Gabbar Singh Tax' dig at GST to the humorous video of his pet dog Pidi in response to queries on who was responsible for his twitter revamp? Is he the one who has shown us a new side of his in recent interactions in the US, as some commentators would like us to believe? Is he the one who has been spotted at temples in Gujarat and been called a janeudhari (sacred-thread-wearing) Hindu by his supporters, the one who has not uttered a word on the 2002 riots while campaigning there?
On December 5th, posters appeared outside the Congress headquarters in Delhi, referring to him as 'Pandit Rahul Gandhi'. While Rahul's new Hindu image has disappointed left liberals, party insiders feel that this is only pragmatic, given that he has to fight a party which many favour for its pro-Hindu stance. "If you ask me, the Congress has always been right-wing. Even a person like Nehru had several people in his Cabinet who had clear right-wing leanings. It did not feel so during Sonia Gandhi's time since she had the natural handicap of being a foreigner. But Rahul has a clean slate in that sense," says a Congressman. "If you look at the period from 2004 to 2014, a Sikh was Prime Minister, a Christian was Defence Minister, and Sonia Gandhi's closest aide was a Muslim. It was a coincidence but went a long way in giving an impression that the Congress did not have the interest of Hindus on its mind," says another.
The BJP may pretend otherwise, but it is apparent that it gets jittery whenever Rahul Gandhi is in the news. That is why top BJP leaders, who otherwise claim he does not matter, attack him at every given opportunity. The ruling party seems to sense that if it slips up a bit, especially in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi could become a rallying point for all opposition parties keen to overthrow it, and this could possibly revive the Congress' lost vigour. In the past, feel political experts, the Congress failed to take advantage of several opportunities provided by the Modi Government—from demonetisation to cow vigilantism. Now in the run-up to the Gujarat polls, Rahul has finally turned the heat on the ruling dispensation, asking Modi a question every morning via Twitter on issues like healthcare and rising prices of essential commodities.
The Congress party is desperately looking for success in that state, hoping that its new president will take a Trojan Horse into a BJP bastion. Once it gets on the ascent, say political experts, the Congress has some advantages over its rival that will come in handy for Rahul Gandhi as he sets out on the path to become the party's prime ministerial candidate for 2019. "There is no doubt that the Congress has a talent pool which the BJP lacks," says Kidwai, "So Rahul Gandhi has a system in place already."
Before leaving for the US—a tour in which an old family friend, Sam Pitroda, played his guide—Rahul had told one person close to him that the American perception of a leader matters a lot. After that visit, he is now headed for China and Russia, trips that are meant to serve as image-building exercises for him.
But there are challenges ahead. A passionate speech or a spark of wit on social media does not an election win, at the end of the day. Rahul Gandhi must also understand that he is pitted against the Sangh Parivar and the Modi-Amit Shah duo. There are many who are unhappy and even angry with the Prime Minister, but when they look at Rahul Gandhi, they turn back. The Congress successor's immediate challenge will be to change that well in time for the next General Election.
In the run up to the 1980 Lok Sabha polls, when Indira Gandhi was seeking a return to power after her 1977 humiliation at the hustings, she and Sanjay Gandhi went on a gruelling campaign, each covering a distance of more than 40,000 km in all, addressing 15-20 meetings a day. In his book, Kidwai quotes a comment in a Newsweek report on Janata Party leaders: 'At times, it seemed they were running not so much against a diminutive sixty-two-year-old political candidate, but a myth, a legend in sari and dusty sandals.'
Rahul Gandhi is years away from becoming any such myth. But that journey could start with one small step in Gujarat, which he is touring currently. Even Saamna, the mouthpiece of BJP-ally Shiv Sena, ran an editorial recently saying that the Gujarat campaign had turned Rahul into a leader and that his temple visits were a 'victory for Hindutva'.
Will Rahul Gandhi bring back the Congress party's pragmatic and eclectic approach to Hinduism that helped keep it in power for decades? In September, that is the advice the veteran journalist and India watcher Mark Tully had offered the Congress: find a place for religion in the party, for most Indians are religious. The Congress and its supporters, he said, seem to believe that "if you say anything about Hinduism, if you say anything about religion, you are RSS".
After Gujarat, there are elections scheduled in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, before the bugles are sounded for the 2019 General Election. As of now, all eyes are set on Gujarat. The future of the Congress rests on its new president's shoulders. Who or what he adopts as his guiding force will pretty much determine the party's fortunes. And so of this country too.
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Every time a story breaks about a female athlete joining a male professional sports team, I run the other way because the media circus — "Mint juleps! Get your mint juleps! And your commemorative League of Their Own apron and tea towel set!" — is inevitably followed by the trifling dude-debate, Girls: Are They Athletes If They Can't Bench Press As Much As Boys? And I've written about that so many times, I wake up once a week in a cold-sweat shouting, "Pat Summitt does not need to prove herself by coaching in the [expletive] NBA!"
Last week, Japanese knuckle-ball phenom Eri Yoshida signed with the Golden Baseball League's Chico Outlaws, making her the first woman to have a shot at playing professional baseball since Ila Borders joined the Independent Northern League in 1997. And even as I was sprinting away from the Yoshida hoopla, I was looking back over my shoulder, humming "We're the members of the All-American team, we come from cities near and far…"
And now here I am writing about it because someone's got to offer an alternative to the Associated Press coverage, which is just full of this nonsense:
Also, in case you were worried about it, Yoshida was "looking fresh despite making a trans-oceanic flight just a few hours beforehand." That's always the first thing I want to know when I log onto ESPN.com: Did Derek Jeter look worn-out when he got off the plane in Los Angeles? His belt, did it match his shoes?
So, here's the real (non-fashion) deal with Yoshida: She's been a household name in Japan since 2008, when she became the first woman to be drafted by a pro baseball team (she was still in high school!). She toured with the Arizona Winter League earlier this year, pitching ten games and going 1-1 with a 4.79 ERA. Her fastball only clocks about 80MPH, but her signature knuckleball — taught to her by Tim Wakefield — is what she's placing her hope on.
The knuckleball isn't about speed; it's about unpredictability. Throwing the pitch requires more than just sheer athleticism. And that means Eri Yoshida might have some real staying power in the American minor leagues. And if she's more than a blip on the radar — with her winning smile and shiny red shoes — that means the second part of her pro baseball dream might come true, too: "I'm really hoping that the way I'm striving for my dreams means a lot of women will start playing baseball, not just in the U.S., but in Japan too. I'm excited to see to see how many join me."
Unlike golf or basketball, there is no professional women's league for baseball. So even though I loathe the argument that a woman has to play in a men's league to prove her athletic worth, there really isn't an alternative for Yoshida. She's got all kinds of optimism and tenacity, and she's going to need it: Minor league baseball is a carnage-strewn battleground of hope.
Yoshida will pitch her first game for Chico in late May. Until then, I'll leave you with another gem from the AP: "Yoshida will have a separate area to dress inside the Outlaws' clubhouse."
Hopefully it will have extra mirrors so she can make sure her face looks fresh before every practice.


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Why only 4 sabbat rituals? A few reasons…..
When I first opened my shop, it didn't occur to me to ask if we could use the massive field out back. I didn't know, at first, that our land lady owned all that. Once it was completed the store was already in trouble. Unbeknownst to me, my business partner was stealing money left & right.
The next problem is that I simply lost a few of them. I evidently didn't upload the sabbat rituals right after performing them. I think I still have a box containing all the original scrolls, banners, and altar books I created. When I find it, I'll try to see if the missing rituals are there. I vaguely remember doing a Mabon & Yule ritual but they are no where to be found. Hopefully the missing sabbat rituals will reappear but there's a good reason why they might not.
Technically there is a lot of information that is missing from the site. My former business partner not only stole money from our shop but he would sell off (or just give away) my personal books, statuary, and anything else he thought he could. He also tossed stuff he didn't think was important (including bills and past due notices). At least a few of those books had notes in them and I know some of the other paperwork contained info that I planned to put on this site. In essence, some of the materials are just long gone. It's my own fault for not uploading everything immediately – and for trusting a controlling, manipulative jackass.


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IMPHAL, Jan 21: A day after a Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court issued a notice of motion returnable within four weeks to the Government of Manipur for erratic power supply to the genuine and authorized consumers, the State Electricity Department has suddenly decided to talk and act tough against defaulting consumers.
Talking to media persons today in his office chamber today evening, Chief Engineer of Electricity Department, N Sarat informed that starting from January 24, a mass drive for taking up action against the consumers who have not cleared their outstanding power tariff under the 2003 Electricity Act 2007 (Amendment), will be launched. The action may include jail term for the defaulting consumers.
The court had issued the notice of motion to the Government acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed jointly by Professor Dr Amar Yumnam of Manipur University, Associate Professor Dr Angomcha Bimol Akoijam of JNU, Delhi and editor of Imphal Free Press Pradip Phanjoubam.
Talking to media persons at his office chamber today evening, Sarat, however, clarified that the initiatives that the Electricity Department has taken up has got nothing to with the Court notice.
He explained that erratic power supply in Manipur is due to having only 75 to 80 percent in the Aggregate Technical and Commercial Load. This is because of existence of a large number of unauthorized consumers and outstanding power tariff.
If the current load of 75 to 80 percent can be reduced to 50 to 40 percent, then the power supply situation can be improved and regular customers would enjoy uninterrupted power supply, the Chief Engineer assured, while stressing on the need for initiating action against unauthorized and defaulting consumers.
Stating that 2003 Electricity Act 2007 (Amendment) is an Act applicable all over India, the Chief Engineer explained that implementation of the Act in Manipur was delayed all these years on account of delay in appointment of the required judges.
But now, the judges for the courts in respect of Imphal East and West district have been appointed on January 15. Along with that two PPAs have also been appointed. In the implementation of the Act, the Police have also assured their assistance to the Department, he disclosed.
In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the power line of a consumer who has not cleared his /her due power tariff for three consecutive months may be disconnected automatically, he further disclosed, adding that action against unauthorized consumers as well as against those tampering the power meters may increase the duration of power supply from the current 3 hours to 7/8 hours in a day.
The proposed drive to be launched from January 24 would be a massive one. It may cause some inconveniences to the people. But they should bear with it in public interest, the Chief Engineer appealed.
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Rasmus Gemke reached the quarterfinals at the YONEX French Open, after winning against his compatriot, Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.
Rasmus Gemke and Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus have one thing in common: both are playing for the same home country of Denmark.
On Thursday, Gemke and Vittinghus were facing each other for the first time at an international level. The result: The 21-year old Gemke won against the 32-year old Vittinghus after three tough games, 21-17, 19-21 and 21-15.
A match against the compatriot
After his win in Paris, Gemke was nearly speechless after his win in Paris:
- It was very tough today. So, I am almost out of words now, Hans-Kristian was challenging me a lot on court. I was a bit nervous today, it is always difficult to play against a compatriot. Of course, I am happy right now, he said.
Gemke is playing against Kantaphom Wangcharoen from Thailand in the quarterfinal tomorrow.


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The last time the Chicago Cubs played a game in Cincinnati as the defending World Series champions was Sept. 14, 1909.
William Howard Taft was President. The North Pole was discovered that year. The Reds were playing games at the Palace of the Fans, which seated 6,000.
One hundred and eight years later, the Cubs are the reigning champions again, and they are a team the Reds have to fare better against if they're going to remain a contender in the National League Central Division. The teams start a three-game series Friday at Great American Ball Park.
The Reds were 4-15 against the Cubs last season and 6-13 in 2015.
"We'd like to be a player in this division," Reds manager Bryan Price said Thursday. "In order to do that, you have to play well against everybody in your division. You can't have some team run roughshod over you over the course of 18 or 19 games. If it's the Cubs or the Cardinals or the Pirates or the Brewers, we have to be able to compete within the division. I think we're a different team in that we have a much better structured bullpen than we did at this point last year. They really beat us up, both in the rotation and in the bullpen last year."
The Cubs are 8-7. They won two of three games at home against the Milwaukee Brewers after being swept last weekend by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jon Lester (0-0, 1.00 ERA), Jake Arrieta (2-0, 2.89) and John Lackey (1-2, 4.00) will start against the Reds.
Mesoraco update: Devin Mesoraco could return to the Reds for a road game in St. Louis on April 28. He has appeared in eight games in a rehab assignment for Double-A Pensacola (Fla.).
"We're just going to move forward with his rehab and take advantage of the next several days we have in Pensacola," Price said. "We'll get through the weekend and reevaluate. He's ready to come out now and play. We want him to feel good behind the plate and at the plate."
Mesoraco has appeared in a total of 39 games the last two seasons, both of which were cut short by injuries. In 2014, his last full season, he hit .273 with 25 home runs and made the all-star team.
"Devin will do anything that we need for him to do," Price said. "That's the one thing he made very clear. He feels he's durable enough. He knows he's not in 2014 form. That can't be the expectation after two years off."
Friday's game: Tim Adleman (0-0, 2.25) will start the 7:10 p.m. Friday game against the Cubs. He has made one appearance in relief this season. He allowed one earned run in four innings Sunday against the Brewers.
Last season, Adleman made his big-league debut. He was 4-4 with a 4.00 ERA in 13 starts.
Cody Reed (1-0, 0.00) starts the 1:10 p.m. Saturday game. Bronson Arroyo (1-2, 8.40) stats the 1:10 p.m. Sunday game.
Career milestone: Joey Votto made his 1,256th career appearance at first base Thursday. He moved past Ted Kluszewski (1947-1957) to become the all-time Reds leader in games played at first.
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Hypnosis is a means of inducing a level of consciousness that is characterized by relaxation and suggestibility. The purpose of hypnosis is to provide a means of bypassing the critical mind and accessing the non-reasoning, suggestible subconscious. The purpose of hypnosis is to assist the client in bringing about a desired change in behavior, thought patterns, or physical wellbeing using guided imagery, visualization, and suggestions.
Technically, Hypnosis is "A state or condition in which the client or a person becomes highly responsive to suggestions. If the person is profoundly responsive, he or she hears, sees, feels, smells, and tastes in accordance with the suggestions given, even though these may be in direct contradiction to the actual stimuli that impinge upon the person." (1990, Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc.).
In this relaxing, non-clinical setting, Hypnosis is intended to assist clients in ridding themselves of habits, anxieties, and phobias, achieving weight reduction, performance enhancement, relief from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), birthing, pain control, stress management, confidence building, and improving life-management skills.
Characteristics of Hypnosis
A hypnotized person is a consenting participant who is comfortably relaxed, fully conscious, in control, and aware of their surroundings and what is happening. The hypnotized person is NOT unconscious or asleep, submissive to another person's will, or prone to reveal confidential information.
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis, even when facilitated by a therapist because unless the individual is a willing participant, they cannot be hypnotized; although the usual definition of self-hypnosis refers to a person's working alone or with a relaxation CD or other electronic aid. The components necessary for change using hypnosis include desire, imagination, belief, and suggestion; however, most importantly, the client must be participating in this therapy of their own volition and must sincerely desire a change in attitude, expectations, behavior, and thinking.
The Conscious, Subconscious, Unconscious, & Superconscious Mind
The conscious portion of our mind is what we are all most familiar with as it is generally considered the logical, critical, and analyzing portion of our mind; that directs most of daily lives and the mind chatter that we all experience. Most importantly, our conscious mind directs our focus and contains the ability to imagine that which is not real.
The subconscious portion of our mind contains all of the relevant information from our short-term memory, used to direct our daily lives and keep us consistent with our past experiences. Understanding that the job of our mind is to protect us and replay the "program" that has been embedded for this purpose; making us uncomfortable anytime we step out of our "comfort zone."
Apart from short term memory, the subconscious also plays an important role in our day to day functioning. It works hard at ensuring you have everything you need for quick recall and access to when you need it. Things like filters (such as beliefs and values) to run information through to test their validity according to your perception of the world and sensations taken in via your 5 senses and what it means to you.
If the subconscious does not have a filter or reference point available it has a direct line to the storage place of the mind – the unconscious. It will ask the unconscious to pull out the programs that it best associates with the incoming data to help make sense of it all. The unconscious where all your memories and experiences since birth have been stored. It's from these memories that your beliefs, habits, and behaviors are formed and reinforced over time.
The most important aspect of the subconscious mind is that it obeys the orders of the conscious mind and what it focuses on; therefore, you are not at mercy of your subconscious mind.
When we refer to the mind, most practitioners consider three aspects, the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious mind; however, in the arena of Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, we also consider the Superconscious mind. The Superconscious mind is the connection to "God", "source", "spirit", "higher power", your "higher self" or whatever you refer to that which is greater than this physical realm. I believe that this connection to something greater is also an important part of learning, healing and growing.
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Tamarack Swim Club is a membership swim club located in Springboro, Ohio. We are open from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day and offer a safe, fun environment for families, couples and singles in Springboro and surrounding communities. Learn More
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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution's Suit DLC pack is now available to purchase on PlayStation Store, Xbox Marketplace, and Steam.
This DLC adds new outfits to six characters: Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Sai, Gara, and Minato. Players can use these costumes in free battle and online battles. You can check each character with its formal attire clothing in the images below.
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Tomorrow marks the opening of the Musical Instrument Museum in North Phoenix, and the new museum is a landmark for Phoenix and the country.
You may be wondering what goes in a museum like this, except, well, instruments. For starters, it goes way beyond the recorders you had in 3rd grade music class. Different areas showcase instruments from around the world, from countries you probably haven't heard of.
There will be some special eye candy that you will recognize, though. John Lennon's piano is there, all the way to modern "artifacts" like instruments from the recent Black Eyed Peas tour. The best part is that they're not behind glass. That doesn't mean you can go play "Imagine" or anything, but the founder, Bob Ulrich, wanted the guests to be able to see the instruments up-close.
And when all the "seeing" has built up in you, you can go to the Experience Room to play a whole bunch of instruments from around the world yourself, including a huge gong. What's not to love about banging a gong?
The Museum is also going to have concerts, starting with this weekend to kick it all off. On Sunday at 6:30pm Grammy award-winning folk and bluegrass fiddler, singer and songwriter Laurie Lewis, and bluegrass collaborator Tom Rozum will perform.
Prices for the MIM are affordable too, with adults at $15, seniors $13, kids 6-17 $10, and kids under 6 are free. The MIM is open 9am – 5pm Monday – Wednesday and Saturdays, 9am -9pm Thursday – Friday, and 10am – 5pm on Sundays.
For deets on the concert this Sunday and the Spring Concert Series (and just to check out the space), visit themim.org.
Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E Mayo Boulevard
Phoenix, AZ 85050


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Bio for Jeff Miller, Candidate for Congress in District 4
Jeff Miller is a candidate for Congress in District 4. Jeff Miller is the Vice President of Operations for Wild West Horseback Adventures, the premier Horseback Riding Company in Las Vegas. The company is ranked number 1 in Las Vegas and number 14 in the world. Jeff has been instrumental in the success of Wild West, starting from an entry driver position and working his way up to Vice President of the Company. Before that, Jeff lived in Northern Nevada and was the FM Director and AM Producer of KWNA Radio in Winnemucca, Nevada. He was responsible for the daily programming at the only radio station in three rural counties, Pershing, Humboldt, and Lander county.
Jeff is a successful businessman and former radio personality. Jeff also sat on the Grass Valley Advisory Board for Pershing County in Dutchman Acres as the Homeland Security advisor for the community. While in college, at Great Basin College, he turned down a scholarship to work for the United Nations and was on the National Dean's List. He also was awarded the National Leadership Award in 2003 from Congressman Tom Delay's office for his work on the Davis-Miller Clear Mailbox, in which he holds the provisional patent. During that time, he and his partner along with the help of General Electric developed a mailbox that was indestructible and could withstand a 7.62 NATO round. The mailbox was deemed illegal because of Postal Regulations, the product was denied entry into the market place. The reason being, the mailbox was transparent and would not be allowed entry into the freemarket for the public to decide. He has been fighting regulations detrimental to the freemarket place since that time. He understands the importance of removing regulations so businesses and individuals can succeed. He also understands the importance of tourism to our local economy, as well as ranching and mining in the Northern part of the State.
Jeff is
a traditionalist conservative. He is
Pro-God, Pro-Guns, and Pro-America. He
believes in repealing laws and not making more. He ran in the 2016 Congressional Primary in
District 1 and received 14% of the votes with no opponent gaining 25% in a 6
man race. He believes a representative is to represent the people, and not
other politicians or political agendas. Jeff Miller is married to his wife Laura, they
wed in 2009. Together they have a young
son, named Chaz.
Hobbies include: Grilling with Family, Friends, and Neighbors,and Trout Fishing.