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You're ushered carefully into a very dark space. You are offered sake (or tea, the choice is yours) in a small white cup. You are led to a seat in the circle of chairs in the centre of the dark space (or, if you are unlucky/lucky?, further away, in a line along the raised stage). You are seated. You are a part of a boundary, a threshold, a mark against the space. You are part of what might occur.
'In' the circle (mostly) will be two dancers (or just one, at times), two bodies. 'Outside' are a single enormous theatre light on a track, an almost-unseen cellist and violinist who peripherally (mostly) inhabit the space with their sound, and quiet moving shadows which might or might not be a director/choreographer/dance-dramaturge, conducting the work.
You're about to be sunstruck.
Except that 'struck' is such a violent word, and one not suited to the tender opus about to happen. There's a little text, there's a lot of exploration of the space inside the circle of watchers, and exploration of the flow of those curved boundaries, there are gorgeous intersections between the bodies and the string duo, there are moments of humour, moments of uncertainty, moments of deep loneliness.
This work is different for every audience – even more so than is usually true of any live performance – because the music is improvised live, and the dancers too are 'live'. They work to a clear structure and shape, but within it they are new each time.
The work offers threshholds: between what is comfortable and what is not; what can be seen/heard/felt and what cannot; what you can understand and what you might not.
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An end is nearing. A crying in the darkness, and a hushing. Somewhere far off, a bird. A little light now – but barely more than a glow, barley a blush of heat – and an exchange between the cello and the violin (low and rich, perhaps on the E string). They're so close in sound, their difference only measured by their location in space and by their tonal quality. A sad sort of conversation, but with a certain refusal to submit. Not a goodbye, but a resigned, familiar kind of sadness at the impossibility of it all.
And still the warming light is barely an illumination.
And now a man alone in the circle. Was he the crier, or the comforter?
Eyes open, eyes closed – and barely a difference, in the loss of the small light, where all that's left is a state filled with the taste and texture of sound.
Ending, somewhere, in a long, long stillness so complete that no-one was entirely sure where the silence lack of light came from or would ever go to...
Anica Boulanger-Mashberg
Attendance at Dance Massive (Melbourne) was made possible through the arts@work Critical Acclaim program. Critical Acclaim is an arts@work (Arts Tasmania) professional development program aimed at increasing the breadth of critical discourse and discussion in both the arts industry and the public arena.


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Back in May I won a giveaway from Jean who blogs at JLT Studios. It was a kit for a small 6" square mat that came with a huge assortment of wool and other fibers - like yarn & sari silk & roving. It worked up quickly and it was fun using items that I don't have in my own supply closet.
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I have all the blocks for the Marcus Sew-Along up on my design wall. What a horrible time I had making those alternate black & cream blocks! I have never had so much difficulty EVER! Not sure if it was me or the instructions, but I cut wrong, sewed wrong, and wasted SO much fabric - argh! Glad that part is done - now I need to stitch them all together and add the borders. I'll be glad to finish this up...
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Over the summer of 2017, Americana darlings The Black Lillies launched an experiment … a songwriting challenge for themselves that forced them to be accountable to their fans.
"The Sprinter Sessions" were a series of live videos broadcast via Facebook Live from the back of their Sprinter van while driving down the highway or at stops around the country, from the frozen cityscape of Philadelphia in late winter to the side of a Midwestern backroad with fallow fields stretching to the horizon. In various combinations, the Lillies — founder/songwriter Cruz Contreras, bass player/songwriter Sam Quinn, guitarist/songwriter Dustin Schaefer and drummer/songwriter Bowman Townsend — committed themselves to recording a brand new song every week. They weren't lavishly orchestrated or fully fleshed out; sometimes lyrics had been written mere minutes prior to the broadcast. The songs were performed on acoustic instruments still grimy from shows the night before, and the guys didn't bother to pick out their finest threads. Quinn, more often than not, played shirtless.
"You're putting songs out there that weren't finished, weren't perfectly arranged, and we might barely have been able to perform them," Contreras says. "We might be tired or hungover, playing them at a truck stop or wherever. It wasn't glamorous — but it held us accountable to that a rate of productivity that was really important, and it kept our fans up to speed with the evolution of the group — even if a lot of them did offer to send us clothes or food!"
More than anything else, "The Sprinter Sessions" set the stage for "Stranger to Me," their new album. The band's first since the departure of longtime member Trisha Gene Brady, it has been highly anticipated by fans and members of the media who were curious to hear the "new" Black Lillies. It's been a slow roll-out, but the new record is the sound of a group that's been renewed and reinvigorated, anchored to the traditions that made it so beloved by so many but chiseled down to the bare essentials:
Four men. Four friends. Four artists, each of whom could rightly put out a solo record tomorrow, tied together by a bond to something that's greater than the sum of its parts.
"Paring down the lineup has given these guys space to shine and grow and evolve, and the chemistry is incredible," says Contreras, who in another life was the mandolin-shredding bandleader of Robinella and the CCstringband, once signed to both the Columbia and Dualtone labels. "The guys have become not just sidemen or guns for hire; they're invested. Their opinions count, and their creativity is as much a part of this record as mine. There are songs that I wrote; that Sam (a veteran of the Americana group The Everybodyfields) wrote; that we wrote in any combination and all of us together.
"It's pretty simple, when you get down to that romantic notion of having a band. We rehearse together, we travel together, we hang out together because we're dedicated, and I think the music is really showing that now. For me, it's been years of learning to set your ego aside, but experience teaches you that you have to."
Making room for other voices in the band was vital in rekindling Quinn's creative fires. The winner of the 2006 Merlefest Chris Austin Songwriting Contest and a respected solo artist after The Everybodyfields folded, the well had dried up for him back home in Knoxville until a spot opened in The Black Lillies. Working with Contreras, Townsend and then Schaefer, Quinn says, was akin to tossing gasoline on the smoldering embers of his songwriting chops.
"It's like, when the itch hits, that's the time to scratch it," he said. "Office Depot is now my favorite place. I'm always buying paper and pens and destroying them, because I write all the time."
The Black Lillies were conceived during a particularly emotional period in Contreras' life. A divorce, a disassembling of his old band and a 9-to-5 job driving a truck left him with days of turbulent thoughts and nights alternating between pen-and-paper and a guitar to put them into some semblance of order. "Whiskey Angel," released in 2009, was a springboard to a whirlwind career revival, and within two years, the band had notched several national tours, landed on the hot list of countless publications and appeared everywhere from the Grand Ole Opry stage to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Other records — "100 Miles of Wreckage," "Runaway Freeway Blues," "Hard to Please" — helped define a sound that was rooted in distinct male-female harmonies, intricate instrumentalism and emotionally charged lyrics that look toward the hope of a new day dawning, regardless of the darkness of broken hearts and bereft spirits.
Around the making of "Hard to Please," however, the band faced its biggest challenge to date — losing key members, integrating new ones and facing a future that meant changing musical directions. Contreras, however, rose to the challenge, drawing inspiration from some of the titans of the genre in which the Lillies often find themselves categorized: The Eagles and Wilco, just to name a few.
"We think about those favorite records of ours, those masterpiece records, and they're no filler, all killer," he says. "We grew up listening to records like that, so we thought, 'Let's go for it. Let's stack it.' It should be nothing but keepers, and there really shouldn't be five seconds of, 'Oh, they didn't know what to do here.' Everything should be purposeful."
When the dust settled, he found himself with the right set of players: Quinn, who was once a labelmate of the Avett Brothers during his time in The Everybodyfields; Schaefer, a guitar wizard and a veteran of the Texas alt-country band Mickey and The Motorcars; and Townsend, the youngest member of the band who was brought in on drums in 2015 and has quickly become the group's veteran anchor.
"Bowman brought that positive attitude, that work ethic, and for me, he's been the guy," Contreras says. "When Sam joined the band, we were getting a rock star. This guy's been around the block, done it all and succeeded. He's written great songs, played big stages and had the band that will go down in music history as one of the seminal ones in the genre. Dustin had just moved to Nashville to pursue a solo career, but when he filled in for a few dates we realized the vibe was undeniable.
With all of us together, we just hit the ground running. I think there's mutual respect there on a creative level — we're very different personalities, we make very different types of music and have very different writing styles, but we recognize that when we work together, we come up with something new and different that none of us could do on our own."
Although "Stranger to Me" is a distinct milestone in a career arc that continues to climb, lead-off track "Ten Years" is the bridge to the band's previous efforts. A gentle country rocker gives Contreras room to croon, and his vocals — reminiscent of a young Randy Travis or Dan Tyminski — demonstrate just how much he's evolved as a singer since he stepped up to the mic for the first time on "Whiskey Angel." By track two — "Midnight Stranger" — the guys lasso a classic rock groove in the vein of Bad Company, and listeners will realize that any governor on the throttle of this remodeled machine has been yanked and discarded. By track three — "Weighting," one of Quinn's three leads — the Lillies are waist-deep in a maelstrom of new tricks that both dazzle and satisfy.
"This is Sam out of the gate — he wrote all of the lyrics, all of the chords, the entire arrangement," Contreras says. "It's a rocker from the beginning, and thanks to Jamie (Candiloro, a veteran producer of Ryan Adams and R.E.M. who shepherded the making of "Stranger to Me" at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, N.C.), it became something more. He's an engineer, so he can come in and engineer this thing in a way so that it captures the natural intensity of a live Black Lillies performance with the quality of a studio production.
"Jamie forced us to all sing all the vocals at the same time — 'When you sing together with people, you sing differently than you do alone,' he would tell us — and before, it would be me singing solo and then the guys adding their voices. For this one, I was singing with Sam and Dustin at the same time, and it became more cohesive, more robust. Bigger."
For Quinn, moving from the contemplative folk of The Everybodyfields into the bigger, bolder arena of the Lillies has allowed him to tap into a more vigorous style for which his skills are equally adept.
"When I was in my late teens and 20s and early 30s, I was sponge-like absorbed into sad or depressing music, but this is the other side of the spectrum," he said. "This was making a rock album — having to get yer ya-yas out, using lots of piss, lots of vinegar … just real groovy stuff. And then when Dustin joined up, he was originally hired as a shred guitarist, but what we didn't know that the secret weapon was, are his wicked high harmony vocals. That was just pivotal, and it kind of changed the name of the game."
The band wears its influences on its sleeve for every song of the new record. Laurel Canyon breezes blow up dust from the SoCal desert on the Eagles-tinged "Out of the Blue," Townsend pounds out a methodical rhythm that sets the stage for glorious harmonies on "Don't Be Afraid," and "No Other Way" sounds like a distant cousin of Wilco's "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" with its freight-train hooks, courtesy of Schaefer's six-string alchemy that manages to lift every song from great to sublime. "Snakes and Telephones," another lead by Quinn, swirls with psychedelic overtones and torch ballad longing.
"We put 13 songs on it, but we had trouble pairing it down to 13 — and that's a good problem to have, because we're already talking about doing a follow-up, acoustic EP of the ones that got cut," Contreras says. "Will we do it? Who knows. Will Sam be wearing a shirt when we do it? Who knows!
"We just don't want to be a throwback band. We want what we do to sound new and fresh and modern, and I think even the album cover of 'Stranger to Me' represents that. It's sharp, and it's smart, and the mountains are a nod to both recording in Asheville and the house we did a lot of the pre-production in, which was this 1960s, modern-nouveaux place that looks like it belongs in the Hollywood Hills. And that ties back into the fact that while there's a mountain quality to this record, it's a departure as well.
"We're venturing out from a pure Tennessee sound, and hopefully that comes through," he adds. "Our voices, especially mine and Sam's, are unique to the region, but production wise, we wanted this to really reflect the direction in which we're going."
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It looks like McBride did his interviews for this book about music phenom James Brown in 2012, long before this book was published in 2016. In the Foreword McBride crankily reveals he was being taken to the cleaners in a divorce settlement and he needed to write this book—any book—to bring in a little money.
Any flaws this book contains then become perfectly understandable, and McBride keeps up that level of honesty and casual explanation all the way through. This is no stilted celebrity biography covering well-trod ground. This is down home and personal, gentle conversations with the men (they were mostly men) and women who knew most about James Brown and his life.
At the end of his story, McBride highlights the 62-year-old grandmother journalist Sue Summer who, writing for the financially strapped Newberry Observer in South Carolina, has kept in the public eye the disgraceful carnage made of James Brown's $100 million estate. Brown's will stipulated the bulk of his estate should go to educate poor children in Georgia and South Carolina, the states where he grew up, but within days of his death on Christmas Day in 2006, his family had arrayed a bevy of lawyers to contest the will citing 'undue influence.'
That 'influence' would have been the South Carolina lawyer David Cannon who had been hired by Brown to extricate him from IRS charges of underpayments. Cannon and Buddy Dallas, a Georgia lawyer, were white men who had never worked for a black boss before. They brought Brown back from destitution when his act suffered the toll performers experience when they age, and when the IRS realized they'd been robbed. They set up what they'd thought was an unbreakable trust serving poor children and then suffered personal attacks and rake-backs as the trust was contested.
James Brown played a role in McBride's youth—in every young black man's youth, is McBride's contention—being a role model and human divinity of soul. His concerts and records made a difference in how the world turned. The 1960's-70's were the height of his popularity, but he made a mark that lasted to his death, and McBride argues, will long after. "Kill 'em and leave," Brown exhorted the younger men he mentored. Don't hang around after a concert for folks to pick your carcass clean. Make 'em wait.
McBride spins his story out slowly, the way he collected it, through innumerable interviews with band members and managers, friends, and family. He is conversational and not cruel when he tells us the plain facts of James Brown's lonely upbringing, early incarceration, exceptional singing talent, and enormous drive. Brown never wanted to be hungry or lonely or dependent ever again, especially to the white man, who he feared.
There was a moment near the end of McBride's story about Brown that widened out for me into a real down-home truth we all learn eventually: "there's talent everywhere."
"I remember having lunch years ago with a legendary record executive in L.A., bending his ear about a great unsigned singer I knew. The guy listened, nodded, yawned, reached for his triple-decker sandwich, and took a bite. 'Great singers,' he said between chews, 'are a dime a dozen.'"That's right. That's right for every field. If they don't have 'em, they'll make 'em. But more importantly, and listen to this: those executives—they aren't so special either. They do a job, but somehow we've allowed them to capture an unnatural percentage of the take. They have nothing without the talent and the rest of the organization, but you wouldn't know it talking to them. But there is a truth in that it takes more than talent to be a great star, if that is where you are aiming. It takes more determination than talent.
Brown had determination. He wanted to present his best side to the world, so no one would have cause to put him down. After shows he would sit through 3 hours of treatment under the hair dryer to get his pompadour back in shape…and then he would leave without seeing the fans waiting for him. Kill 'em and leave.
I loved the way McBride told this story, mixing a little of himself in there. He'd gone to Columbia Journalism School in 1980, so was undoubtedly aware that the reporter should scrupulously keep himself out of the story. But his ease with the scene and his knowledge of the backstory, his understanding of the silences between questions and his sense of the real meaning of James Brown gave us the mystery of the man and a deep sense of his place in pantheon of black culture. I loved hearing the familiar names, Rev Al Sharpton and Michael Jackson among them, and seeing how they fit in this picture.
It's a comfortable, unstrained telling of a difficult life built on success. Race is everywhere in this book, though it is rarely mentioned. The fact of America's race situation both made James Brown who he was as a performer, but it constrained him as a human being. McBride gives us that, shows us how that was. A book by McBride is cause for celebration, no matter that the editing was a little off, or he repeated sections. This is a story you won't want to miss.
It was fine to look back at James Brown at his peak, singing "It's a Man's World" in Paris in 1967. And McBride mentions the legendary 1964 TAMI concert in Santa Monica , a warm-up slot for a Rolling Stones performance that Mick Jagger forever after regretted because James Brown & The Famous Flames burned the place down, making the Stones look like a high school band. Below find a link to the full concert that night:
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Three Hundred. In bowling, it's a perfect game. In baseball, it's a measuring stick for fine hitting. In cars, 300 is a magic number too – a horsepower benchmark for high performance. Somewhat rare today, 300 horsepower cars were far less common in the 50's. In 1955, when Chrysler brought out their brawny, new, 300 h.p. hardtop, it was the most powerful production motor on the planet. Chrysler celebrated the fact by turning the number into the car's name: the C-300.
The prime patron of the C-300 was Chrysler Chief Engineer Robert MacGregor Rodger. Seminal Stylist Virgil Exner conjured up a classy design to house the red hot Hemi, melding an Imperial grille with the New Yorker hard top shell and Windsor quarter panels. The interior was a mix of sport and luxury. The upholstery was rich, tan leather, but air conditioning wasn't offered. The dash board was lifted from the Imperial, but didn't have a tachometer. Chrysler's color palette was streamlined to just three choices: red, white or black.
At Bob Rodger's direction, Chrysler's hemispherical head, 331 c.i.d. V-8 was hot-rodded with a hotter camshaft, solid lifters and crowned with dual quad carburetors. The combination yielded 300 horsepower, @ 5,200 rpm. The engine was matched with a 2-speed PowerFlite transmission.
The result was a revelation. And even as dealers were rolling production models into their showrooms, racing versions were tearing up the tracks. At the 1955 Daytona Speed Week, C-300's finished 1-2 in their class in the Flying Mile competition, posting a flying mile best of 127 mph. C-300's dominated on the NASCAR and AAA racing circuit, taking the checkered flag in 37 races of 100 miles or more.
Still, the street version of the C-300 was not for everyone. The suspension proved as hard as the ground it was hugging. And if the ride was stiff ("as severe as a New Hampshire winter", according to one scribe), so too was the price of entry: $4,110. However, as an ambassador for the brand, the C-300 was priceless. Each of the 1,725 sold in 1955 was a hot rod halo car for Chrysler.


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On August 15, 2018, the Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) will continue its successful series of workshops with a much-anticipated workshop titled 'Social Media Content Planning and Management'.
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Religion of the People - Korean Buddhism
Buddhism, along with Confucianism, is one of the two pillars of Korean history of thought. It was introduced to the Korean peninsula through Chinese Buddhist monks during the 3rd to 6th centuries CE. Buddhism first spread among the common people but later gained official recognition and support by the governments of the Three Kingdoms. Buddhism was a unifying force as Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla – which were initially small local city-states – incorporated nearby city-states to become powerful regional kingdoms.
Buddhism prospered during the Unified Silla and Goryeo periods. It was continuously supported by the royal family and many monks were sent to study in China. Many Buddhist temples found across Korea today were first established with support of the royalty at this time and Buddhist statues, pagodas, and old documents from these periods remain today. UNESCO World Heritages such as Bulguksa Temple and Seokguram Grotto, as well as UNESCO Memories of the World such as the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks and the Jikji were created during this period of flourishing Buddhism.
However, Buddhism was suppressed during the Joseon Dynasty, which was founded on the basis of Neo-Confucianism. Buddhism lost its authority and monks were discriminated against. However, women and commoners continued to practice the faith. Following the Japanese invasions of 1592 and 1598, the government's anti-Buddhism policies were weakened. This was because Buddhist monks had played a significant role in defending against the Japanese invaders. Many Buddhist temples were destroyed during the war. The fact that they were rebuilt in the latter half of the Joseon period attest to the weakening anti-Buddhist policies.
Three of Korea's most representative Buddhist monks are Wonhyo (元曉, 617-686), Uicheon (義天, 1055-1101), and Jinul (知訥, 1158-1210). Wonhyo, who lived during the period when Silla unified the Three Kingdoms, was on his way to study in China when he was caught in a downpour in the night and found a place to take shelter. In the morning, he realized he had been in an ancient tomb filled with skulls – one of which he had even unknowingly drank from. He was shocked to realize that such a horrifying place had been site of welcome shelter, and this experience led him to become enlightened to the truth that all things are of "One Mind" (一心). Wonhyo's concept of One Mind became a defining feature of Korean Buddhism. In the Goryeo period, monk Uicheon, a member of the royal family, sought to unite the doctrinal (gyojong) and meditation schools (seonjong) of Korean Buddhism. Monk Jinul was an exemplar of following the path to enlightenment and worked to unify various Buddhist sects. Jinul's teachings became the basis of the Jogye Order of Buddhism which comprises the majority of Korean temples today.
Today, 965 traditional Buddhist temples can be found in Korea – most hidden, nestled on the slopes of one of Korea's countless mountains. These temples are not only visited by tourists, but are home to practicing monks and are places of worship for many locals. Some of the more well-known temples also host temple stay programs, which allow people to experience Buddhist culture. Buddha's birthday, April 8th of the lunar calendar, is a national holiday in South Korea and lanterns are hung in celebration around this time not only at temples but on city streets. Unlike Confucianism, which outwardly disappeared from Korean life at the end of the Joseon Dynasty, Buddhism – a faith of the people – still has a great deal of influence on Korean society today.
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I whipped this together for lunch today. It was easy, healthy, and yummy. Helps you to be well on your way to getting your vegetables. My mommy made chicken meatball soup for dinner last night and we had some leftover meatball mixture. I panfried that in lumps that I'd like to call meatballs and roughly chopped it to include in my stir-fried noodles. If you would like to have this dish vegetarian, just omit the chicken and substitute panfried tofu.
Chinese Stir-fried Noodles with Vegetables
serves 4
8 oz. broad noodles (ShanDong La Mian)
1 small crown broccoli, broken into florets
2 small carrots, sliced on a bias
1 large stalk celery, sliced
2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 Tbsp. oil
1 Tbsp. Sichuan peppercorns
1 Tsp. finely chopped ginger
1 green onion, sliced
3 Tbps. light soy sauce
2 Tbsp. Chinese red vinegar
1 Tbsp. hoisin sauce (I often use this sauce to add a touch of sweetness to dishes)
salt to taste
panfried meatballs, or tofu, or sausages, or nothing
Cook the noodles in a large pot of boiling water. Be sure to stir briskly to prevent the noodles from sticking together. Broad noodles especially tend to stick. After about two minutes of boiling, or when the noodles first begin to soften, add the broccoli, carrots, and celery to the boiling pot. Drain well after everything is cooked, after another few minutes.
In a large wok, heat the oil until fairly hot, on medium heat. Add the peppercorns and toast for three minutes, until very fragrant. Pour in the soy sauce, vinegar, and hoisin sauce. It will spatter, so be prepared and shield yourself with a pot cover, which is what I always do. Mix well and add a bit of water if the mixture appears to be reducing too fast. Add the green onions, garlic, and ginger. Cook for one minute, then toss in the noodles and vegetables.
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PNG Kumuls: Road to the World Cup
Welcome to this new column "PNG Kumuls road to the World Cup."
Starting today and in the coming weeks and months, this column will bring you views and news of our PNG Kumuls preparations including trial matches, player profiles towards the 2013 World Cup.
The first match in our preparations kicks off on February 9 in the "Return to Redfern" trial match against the South Sydney Rabbitos in Sydney.
The team is known as the PNG Residents X111 as it has been made up by the local Digicel Cup players.
The side is dominated by players that played against the Australian Prime Minister's XIII in Port Moresby last year.
The PNG Residents X111 under coach Adrian Lam and his assistant Michael Marum go into camp this weekend in Port Moresby.
The draw has been released for the World Cup which will be played in England in eight months time.
PNG has been pooled in Pool B alongside France, Samoa and New Zealand.
These are the dates: Sunday October 27, 2013 - PNG vs France – MS3 Cravern Park, Hull
Monday, November 4, 2013 – PNG vs Samoa – MS3 Cravern Park, Hull
Friday, November 8, 2013 – PNG vs New Zealand – Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds
Final Saturday November 30 – Old Trafford, Manchester.
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The topic of omega-3s and prostate cancer risk has been in the news lately. The stories are based on a new study in the Journal National Cancer Institute that found that higher Omega-3 fatty acid levels were associated with increased risk of prostate cancer. After reviewing the research with well-known Omega-3 expert Bill Harris, PhD, we continue to advocate the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids either through food or supplements. Here's our take on the study:
- Omega-3 fish oil is clinically proven to improve heart health and support brain function.
- The investigators did not test whether giving fish oil supplements (or eating more fish) increased prostate cancer risk; it looked only at blood levels of Omega-3 which can be influenced by intake, other dietary factors, metabolism and genetics.
- The findings of this study do not mean that Omega-3's themselves play any role in the development of prostate cancer. For example, it is possible that some component of the fish these patients was consuming was carcinogenic, in which case the Omega-3 levels were just a marker of specific fish intake.
- It's important to put these findings into perspective. Consider that based on the National Vital Statistics Report for deaths in the US in 2010, there we about 28,500 deaths from prostate cancer and 207,500 deaths from heart disease, a 7.3 times rate of death for heart disease.
- Another piece of the picture is to compare prostate cancer rates in Japan vs. the US. According to the World Foundation of Urology, prostate cancer incidence in North America and Northern Europe is 63 per 100,000 white men and 102 per 100,000 African-American men. In Japan the rate is 10 per 100,000 men. Since the Japanese typically eat about eight times more Omega-3 fatty acids than Americans do and their blood levels are twice as high, you'd think their prostate cancer risk would be much higher, but the opposite is the case.
In conclusion, the benefit of fish oils strongly outweigh the possible risks and we would not encourage men to change their diet as a result of this study, but to speak to their doctor if they have any concerns about prostate cancer.


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Sometimes people just don't get it. They don't get the vision that you are trying to lead to. They don't participate in ministry as they should and as you want them to. Perhaps parents don't participate at all. Perhaps they are somewhat flippant in the way they approach ministry. Perhaps they are lacking commitment, easily pulled away when something better comes along.
It's frustrating, isn't it? ?As I lead people like this, it's easy to get so frustrated and even angry with them.
What's their problem? Don't they understand what we're trying to accomplish here???
And there is the key. ?
In most cases, the answer to that question is "no, they don't understand what we're trying to accomplish here." ?And whose problem is that? ?Usually it's mine.
I have to take responsibility for communicating the vision effectively.
3 Ways to Help People Understand the Vision of Your Children's Ministry
1. Start by casting a broad net.
Everything about our?children's ministry?should communicate our vision. From the visual image received when someone walks into the facilities, to the way programming is done, to the policies & procedures established. The communication tools used need to communicate the vision, be it the scrolling slide in the sanctuary to the notices in the bulletin. ?These are general vision-communication tools that anyone can see. (Check out this post for more ideas about sharing vision:?6 Ways To Share The Vision For Your Children?s Ministry)
Everything about our children's ministry should communicate our vision. #KidMin #FamMin Click To Tweet
2. Speak a vision language.
Every conversation I have needs to drip with vision. Someone asks me a question in the hallway? Answer through the lens of vision. Teacher training? Filter it through the vision. Engaging the kids? Teach to the vision. We ought to have key phrases, words and concepts that naturally fall from our lips with virtually everything we say.
As a ministry leader, every conversation I have needs to drip with vision. #KidMin #FamMin Click To Tweet
3. Settle any vision confusion.
When people don't participate in your ministry the way you think they should, or in a manner inconsistent with what you are all about, it's usually due to a lack of understanding or buy-in to the big picture – they don't really understand what is trying to be accomplished. Settle this with direct communication with these individuals.
Your vision should be obvious to everyone, and it should leak from everything you say, but sometimes it needs to be directly applied and taught. This is where the phrase you've seen on this blog over and over comes in to effect once again: Ministry happens best through relationships! When you have relationships with your team, settling vision confusion is much easier, because it can be handled in a personal conversation (or conversations).
You and your core leaders (staff or volunteers) should be willing and able to address cases of vision confusion (teaching inappropriately, not following guidelines designed to engage children effectively, not working with parents correctly, misrepresenting the ministry, etc.).
Settle vision confusion in your ministry with direct communication. #KidMin #FamMin Click To Tweet
So when I look at one of my volunteers and think "what's your problem?" I need to start with thinking that maybe it's MY problem and make sure they understand what we're all about!
What have you learned about settling vision confusion?
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About 60 public high school teachers from the Atlanta area were at Emory University last week, swapping stories about the challenges they face when teaching evolution, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They said students often walk in with grave misconceptions about the subject, and many parents fear teachers will tell kids that they can't have their religious beliefs. Some students burst into tears when a high school biology teacher told them they'd be studying evolution. Another teacher said some students repeatedly screamed "no" when he began talking about it. Other teachers said students demanded to know whether they pray and questioned why they had to learn about evolution if it was just a theory. "I've seen churches train students to come to school with specific questions to ask to sabotage my lessons," said Bonnie Pratt, a biology teacher at Northview High in north Fulton County, Ga. "We need parents and the community to understand why and how we teach evolution." The teachers were at a workshop on teaching evolution organized by Emory's Center for Science Education. They discussed ways to teach it and how to address challenges and misconceptions. The training was part of a two-day evolution conference on campus that ended Oct. 25. Teaching evolution has long stoked a debate over science and religion in public schools. Some view it as incompatible with their religious views about how God created the universe and human beings. Many educators and scientists say it's the basis for biology, which is a gateway course to future studies of life sciences. These conflicting ideas have battled in Georgia and elsewhere…
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What will I get for the ticket?
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- Water, toilets, power, security.
- The opportunity to apply for art grants.
That is all. Everything else, including, but not limited to, food, extension cords, sound system, shelter, candy, art, hugs, clothing, music, dreams, medical supplies, fire safety, common sense, cleaning, loving and dancing will be up to the participants of the Burn to provide.
Do I need to be a Burner, Borderling or have previous experience with The Borderland or Burning Man to attend Urban Burn 2018?
Chances are that you heard about this event from friends or friends of friends that might be part of the Borderland or Burning Man communities, if so then you probably know that we are all about inviting everyone from any corner of society in every corner of the word into our collaborative gatherings. So, the answer is No, you do not need to have any previous experience in any other Burning Man inspired event! 🙂 and the good news is that this can be your very first one! If you feel intrigued, curious and fascinated by expressing and co-creating in a space where you will give that very unique part of your vision of life to many other co-creators, then why wait?
How much do I have to work?
So, what does it mean to "participate", to contribute? Well, only you can be the judge of your own self-expression. Whether you build giant contraptions, play music, make smoothies or give excellent massages, you do it on your own conditions. It is up to you to find a way of contributing that you are comfortable with. Along your way, you will find many who are willing to help you, and many who will be needing help. Participation is not about performance, it's a way of looking at the world around you as an opportunity to give.
Will there be X at Urban Burn?
Yes. If you, or someone else, make it happen.
Where can I put my Y?
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Yes, if you bring a sound system or find someone who will bring a sound system. As the venue will be fairly crowded, with a lot of different music, performances and moods, there will be some restrictions on how loud you can play.
How about alcohol?
Due to Swedish laws, the only alcohol allowed will be sold by the venue. The bar will be open XX.00-03.00 on Friday and Saturday night. Do not bring your own alcohol to the event. Please note that money in other forms are very uninteresting – alcohol is the only thing that will be traded for money at this event and everything else is unconditional gifting.
Can I bring my kids to the Urban Burn?
Children and teenagers under the age of 18 can come to Urban Burn when there is no alcohol being sold. This means you can bring them on the 12th, 13th, and during daytime on the 14th and 15th. Children enter free of charge if accompanied by a parent or caretaker.
Who cleans up? What is this "Leave no Trace"-thing?
Leaving No Trace means being mindful of the trash – or "Matter Out Of Place" (MOOP) – we create around us. Think of this as being your best friend's house party. If you realize you have trash in your hand, put it in a trash can instead of leaving it on a table. If you have a bottle, recycle it immediately when it gets empty, instead of postponing it until another time.
The Sunday, March 13, is dedicated to dismounting and removing any projects built during the week and weekend. You are responsible for removing anything that you brought to the location and leave as it was. Some recycling will be provided, but if you bring bigger stuff, you need to have a way to get it back out.
How do I bring stuff to Urban Burn?
You can drive straight into the venue at all times except 20.00-03.00 on Friday and Saturday night (then you have to unload on the parking lot next to the venue). If you need help with transport, please ask around in #logistics on Slack.
Will there be a place to check in clothing or valuables?
There will only be an unmanned coat check / storage. Neither Nobelberget or Urban Burn will take responsibility for any items lost during the event.
It's only April! How cold is it going to be?
It's indoors, and we have some heating, but it's not very warm. If you're not dancing you might want to keep a good sweater or a jacket on even indoors.
Will there be tickets sold at the door?
No. Ticket sales end on April 11th at midnight. It will not be possible to buy a ticket at the door.
I'm a member of the media, how do I get accreditation?
We treat everyone the same, and do not give out media passes. You are more than welcome to join us as a co-creator, by buying a membership (ticket) and participate fully in co-creating the event! For other media inquiries, please contact Gustaf Josefsson, 0709-854979.
Can we use candles and such?
Last year we had a super strict policy of no candles, no incense, no sage or burning of anything inside. I recommend you keep the same policy. Nightclub fire regulations are not really taking into account that there may be tents and fabric inside (source: Hugi Asgeirsson)


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Napalm Death's upcoming shows will be missing vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway. Taking over temporary will be Chris Reese of Corrupt Moral Altar. Continue reading
Tag Archive: missing
Napalm Death Frontman to Miss Upcoming Shows; Replacement Revealed
Insomnium Tap Sanctuary/ex-Arch Enemy Guitarist for North American Tour
This August/September, Insomnium will be missing their guitarist/vocalist Ville Friman. Filling in will be Sanctuary/ex-Arch Enemy member Nick Cordle. Ville comments: "My sincere apologies for not being able to take Continue reading →
Killswitch Engage to Perform Upcoming Shows without Joel Stroetzel; Ken Susi (Unearth) Fills In
Due to a family emergency, Killswitch Engage guitarist, Joel Stroetzel, will be missing the immediate tour dates. Luckily, KsE have been able to get Ken Susi of Unearth in short notice. Hopefully Joel will be back soon and ready to rock crowds again. Continue reading →
Upon A Burning Body Singer Dissappearance is a Stunt
Not long ago I posted that Upon A Burning Body's vocalist Danny Leal was missing. It seems this was just a publicity stunt played by the band. Says Sumerian Records founder Ash Avildsen who dis-approves of this: "I woke up to a ton of missed calls and just saw all Continue reading →
Upon A Burning Body Frontman Goes Missing
Danny Leal, frontman of Upon A Burning Body has gone missing. Posted on the bands Facebook: "Breaking News: Danny Leal (singer of Upon A Burning Body) has been reported missing. He was last seen in his home town of San Antonio TX on Monday, June 30th." Continue reading →
Stray From The Path to be Missing Vocalist for Immediate Shows
Bad news for Stray From The Path. They will be missing vocalist Drew York on their shows in Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo. Seems Drew has had a death in the family. Says SFTP: "Some unfortunate news in our camp today. Due to a sudden Continue reading →
Lamb Of God Guitarist Mark Morton Sits Off European Tour; Between The Buried And Me Guitarist Fills In
If anyone is or has seen Lamb Of God on their current European Tour they may notice that guitarist Mark Morton is missing. This is because he has a family emergency to tend to. Filling in luckily is Between The Buried And Me Guitarist Continue reading →
Evan Brewer Comments why He has been Missing From The Faceless Shows
Evan Brewer: "I'm sure many of you have become aware of the fact that I have not been out with The Faceless on their current tour. I've been using this time to explore a potential musical opportunity that has presented Continue reading →
August Burns Red Guitarist Brent Rambler to Sit Out on European Tour; Replacement Announced
Guitarist Brent Rambler will be sitting out on the immediate European tour do to the impending birth of his son. Says Brent: "Hey Everyone!


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Thyroid conditions are very common and are not an older woman's condition as most people think. A clinic in Wisconsin recently did research using diagnostics that are quite advance to look at the blood markers and tissues found in the thyroid gland. In their findings, 13.4% of the general population had Hashimotos' and the thyroid disease.
Another study tried to look at the circulating thyroid antibodies in a general population to establish the relationship between thyroid antibodies and thyroid disease. It is because thyroid antibodies can indicate the presence of the thyroid condition. In fact, there are antibodies for Hashimotos' and the Graves' disease. According to the study, 27% of the population in the USA (approximately 8.4 million) has the thyroid disease.
Furthermore, the condition is prevalent in women because for every man with a diagnosis of thyroid condition; there are 5-8 women with the disease. During pregnancy, perimenopause, and puberty, women are more likely to have a new thyroid condition, showing the role of hormones in triggering the Graves' disease and Hashimotos'
An autoimmune condition commonly manifest if the person is predisposed genetically, has a leaky gut, and has intestinal permeability. Furthermore, when there is an environmental trigger an autoimmune condition also manifest. Therefore, to stabilize the condition and to reverse the autoimmune process, the person must eliminate the triggers and heal the leaky gut. In most cases, the triggers include, nutrient depletions, the impaired ability of the body to handle stress, the inability of the body to detox and the various infections occurring inside or outside the gut. The genetic aspect that leads to autoimmune manifestation is beyond the person's control because he or she cannot change how the genes operate.
When everything from the triggers to the other factors that can cause the autoimmune condition are under control, then the reversal of the autoimmune disease can take place, which is quite satisfying.


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Bots are Transforming the Airline Experience
Airlines, unfortunately, are typically renowned for stories of poor customer service experiences. Miscommunications, delays, overbooking and other issues tend to plague the airline industry, and while many are vying to offer top-notch service, there is always room for improvement. Some airlines have already taken to employing chatbots to assist in all manner of ways—instant access to reservations, conversational and convenient service, and personalization. Creating this sort of relationship with consumers resonates even after a flight is landed, which results in more than just a satisfied customer, but a brand advocate.
How Bots are Making the Skies Friendly Again
There are a few things that today's consumers look for in a relationship with an enterprise: they want fast, easy access to information; they want a self-service option; and they want to be able to perform their necessary operations anytime, from anywhere.
Bots are making all this possible by:
· Putting customers in control by offering a self-service option that is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
· Allowing consumers to make purchases, upgrades, or changes via simple text or speech.
· Making the interaction personal by delivering travel offers and advice that is fitted to a consumer's individual needs and preferences.
· Offering instant support across a variety of channels, like a mobile app, text, email, website, and more.
Chatbots make managing reservations fast, efficient, and entirely text-based. And SnatchBot is the only bot-building platform on the market today that allows enterprises to sync bots across chat channels, which means that a consumer can start a conversation on Facebook Messenger, continue on a website, and end talking to a live agent with no interruption, allowing for seamless interaction.
Personalization Drives Revenue
A popular use of chatbots is to deliver updates and offers based on a consumer's preferences and history. For travel industries like airlines, this means using previous trips and contextual awareness to inspire a customer to use their services again. Bots converse with users in a way that is not pushy or gimmicky, but rather personalized and relevant.
Ease of Access
There are currently innumerable sources, like websites and apps, which offer travel services, and navigating them is no easy feat. Modern consumers, however, want to be able to choose the channel by which they interact with an airline. Bots and multi-channel integration eliminate repetition and conflicting information by being a one-stop-shop for travelers.
Here at SnatchBot, we recognize that simple front-end development and end-to-end integration are the new standards. Airlines that effectively employ bots into their digital strategy will quickly see the advantages in the forms of higher customer satisfaction and a cultivation of loyalty like never before.


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Burt Reynolds Joins Delgo Cast
Yet another update on casting for the independent CG animated feature Delgo, being produced by Atlanta, Georgia-based Fathom Studios. Movie icon Burt Reynolds has come aboard this fantasy adventure set in an alien world. The Golden Globe winner joins a star-studded voice cast including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Val Kilmer, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Kattan, Eric Idle and Lou Gossett, Jr.
Reynolds, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the 1997 hit Boogie Nights, is voicing Delgo's boisterous Father. In a release, the actor comments, "I am very proud to be a part of the first animated film being produced in my home state of Georgia."
The world of animation is nothing new to Reynolds, who voiced the role of Charlie B. Barkin in Don Bluth's and Gary Goldman's 1989 animated feature, All Dogs Go to Heaven. More recently, he hammed it up in the role of Avery Carrington for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City from Rockstar Games and Take 2 Interactive.
Delgo is the first theatrical production from Fathom Studios. The takes place in a divided land where a troubled youth and some unlikely friends must save the world from itself.
To learn more about Delgo and to see the "Digital Dailies," visit www.delgo.com.


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I just found a new ereader from Russia. The Digma e500 is a minimalist design with a 5″ E-ink screen. As you can see it just has the 4 buttons and the D-pad. Format support includes: FB2, TXT, PDF, RTF, Epub, HTML, CHM, PDB, MOBI, DJVU. It also plays MP3s, and has an FM tuner.
- 400MHz CPU
- 256MB Flash
- 5″ epaper screen, 600 x 800 resolution
- microSDHC card slot
- weight: 150g
- FBReader


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This free pillow bed sewing pattern will teach you how to make a pillow bed! A fun, squishy place to catch a nap, read a book, and hang out. Or a lush pet bed for the animals to stretch out in comfort! They even fold up to be wonderfully portable for sleepovers!
The cases are envelope style so that you can easily remove the pillows for washing, but they won't fall out like they would with a traditional style pillowcase. There are also handles for easy carrying!
The reading corner just got a whole lot comfier!
Gallery – See images from Instagram below. Or view our full tester gallery on Facebook: Pillow Bed
Skill Level – Beginner
Fabrics – This pattern is suitable for woven fabrics only.
If you use a fabric with a print or nap such as velvet, remember to cut all pieces in the same direction and to allow extra fabric for this.
See the fabric requirements in the gallery above for yardage. A serger/ overlocker is optional but NOT required.
Format – This trim-free pattern is a downloadable PDF and comes in A4 or US letter printable sizes. An A0 format (pattern pieces only) is also included should you wish to have your pattern printed professionally. PDF Layers allow you to select and print only the size/s you want.
Support – Please join the Rebecca Page Sewing group should you require any assistance at any point throughout your RP sewing experience. This wonderful community of sewistas is friendly, knowledgeable, and always willing to help! It's also just a happy place to be. You can share photos of your RP sews, enter giveaways, get sales information, and new-release updates.
Also check out the FREEBIE Animal Pillows to make matching pieces and complete the comfy cuteness!


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Once a Creepy Crocodile - review
'Once a Creepy Crocodile'
Written by Peter Taylor
Illustrated by Nina Rycroft and includes a sing-along CD by Rusty Berther
Published by The Five Mile Press
Release date 1st July 2014
Dear Know-It-Al- Nanny,
I have a two-year-old who insists on hearing the same story and the same song over and over again. He demands 'Cweepy Cwocodile' at every waking moment. What is a parent to do?!
Desperate Parent
Dear Desperate Parent,
Grin and bear it, read and sing along!
Know-It-Al- Nanny
Once a Creepy Crocodile is a fun story set in perfect rhyme and featuring a crazy cast of Australian animals and includes a sing-along CD.
What I love about Peter Taylor's Once a Creepy Crocodile is that it is full of scrumptious alliteration and internal and external rhyme and still tells a story. It slides off your tongue like butter melts over your hot pancakes.
The munchy, crunchy crispy ones that curl up underneath.
Then the snake licked his lips and looped a little lower 'till …
And then there are Nina Rycroft's illustrations which make this story sing even more. The gorgeous watercolour illustrations are fun, lively and just delicious!
I also like how the second song on the CD is the original version of 'Waltzing Matilda' exposing my children to a little bit of Australian history.
The suggested age for this book is upwards from 4 years old, but my easily excited, hard to focus, two-year-old is a big fan (as you may have guessed from the correspondence above). He usually loves any book involving diggers, trains or roaring dinosaurs, but this beautifully illustrated story with its cast of Australian animals hits the spot. He is also quite sensitive to lyrical language and beautiful rhyme, and Once a Creepy Crocodile, certainly delivers that.
I happened to be at the official book launch for Once a Creepy Crocodile in Sydney earlier this month. Imagine a room full of children's writers and illustrators singing along to Once a Creepy Crocodile to the tune of Waltzing Matilda followed by a chorus of laughing Kookaburra imitations. It was a laugh!
In addition to this I am very lucky to share a writer's group, Write Links, with Peter and was able to ask him some questions about his writing process and how this picture book story came about. Not only is he a wonderful writer, he is extremely generous with his time in sharing information with emerging writers and illustrators in our group.
To read the interview, please check out the Write Links website here.
You can buy Once A Creepy Crocodile from independent bookshop to major retailers.
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Yvonne Mes
Children's Writer and Illustrator
February 2020


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Vending machines located pre and post-security.
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A variety of news, gifts, and specialty items with locations before and after the security checkpoint.
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Freshly brewed specialty coffee & tea beverages, smoothies, baked goods and fresh fruit.
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Zachary Koehn convicted in baby's death
A former Alta Vista man has been found guilty in the 2017 neglect death of his infant son.
It took a Henry County jury of seven women and five men less than an hour of deliberations on Tuesday to convict Zachary Paul Koehn, 29, of first-degree murder and child endangerment causing death. Murder carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole, and sentencing will be at a later date.
Clad in a red dress shirt and khakis, Koehn showed little emotion when the verdict was read.
Assistant Attorney General Denise Timmins, who prosecuted the case with Coleman McAllister, said jurors did the right thing.
"We clearly appreciate the jury's time. It was an extremely difficult case for anybody to observe," Timmins said.
Defense attorney Steven Drahozal, who represented Koehn with the help of Les Blair III, declined to comment.
Although it was a Chickasaw County case, Koehn's was moved to the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant because of pre-trial publicity.
Trial for Koehn's girlfriend and mother of the child, 21-year-old Chayenne Harris, is pending. A judge has granted a venue change for her trial.
— For more on this story, see the Nov. 8 Nashua Reporter and Nov. 9 New Hampton Tribune.


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Looking To Move To Canada? Check Out These 10 Gorgeous Homes!
There are endless reasons why people want to call Canada home, some may be more impulse while others may be more thought out, whatever your reason may be, we do in fact have a large selection of beautiful homes to choose from! You can watch the waves roll in from your $19.66-million château in sunny White Rock, BC, or be 'Lord of the Manor' in Chelster Hall, Canada's most expensive home which hit the market recently for $65-million. We've compiled a list of some of Canada's most beautiful homes available for sale. Scroll down and take a look!
Welcome to Chelster Hall, the most expensive private home currently on the market in Canada and possibly one of the largest. Priced at $65-million CAD, it is just $6.112-million higher than the next most expensive home in Canada which just so happens to be a penthouse in Vancouver, BC. The construction of Chelster Hall was not without roadblocks, the home's original design would have been a total of 54,000 square feet but was scaled back to meet the town's regulations. It's on the market for $65-million CAD.
A Tuscan inspired estate set on 18.09-acres in Richmond, B.C. can be yours for a whopping $26-million. The commanding 12,411 square foot residence is set behind a private gated entrance with a winding cobblestone drive, fountains & gardens, a grand motor court, full tennis court, and resort-style pool area. The property was finished in 2009 after three years of construction. It's on the market for $26-million CAD.
A man's home is his castle, and at 13778 Marine Drive that saying couldn't be closer to the truth. Welcome to what is arguably the most beautiful private residential estate in all of White Rock, BC.Known locally as the 'dolphin gate' house since its construction, the home spans 10,740 square feet across three levels of luxurious living on a resort-style 1.54-acre estate perched over the ocean providing breathtaking views.It's back on the market and ready for a new buyer, it's been listed at a whopping $19,660,000 CAD.
A contemporary classical design by iconic architectural designer and master builder Ferris Rafauli has recently been completed! A three year project finished in 2016 offered for the first time. The home offers over 6,700 square feet of space with 4 bedrooms & 6 bathrooms. No interior photos have been provided, but we can expect them to be released in the near future. It is listed at $14,950,000 CAD.
Very few homes come close to the size, quality, and elegance of Ontario's premier Stoneridge Hall. Set on a manicured 85-acre dream estate, the elegant Georgian Country house was created by award winning designer JF Brennan of Brennan Custom Homes. Manicured to perfection, the Stoneridge Hall estate is listed at $12.5-million CAD.
Set in the exclusive gated community of Sheerwater is this chic new modern home designed by All Elements. From concept to design was 4 years in the making and produced a statement piece for the shores of Kelowna's lakefront. This award-winning masterpiece can be yours for $10.5-million CAD.
Set in an exclusive enclave of just 20 homes about 38-minutes from Downtown Toronto is a home of great quality & beauty offering exceptional bang for your buck on a 1.13-acre lot. In total there is over 12,000 square feet of living space with a little over 5,700 square feet fully dedicated to formal entertaining & luxury living, while another 6,265 square feet houses all the homes world-class amenities including a lavish back-lit stone bar, home theatre, and a one-of-a-kind 12 vehicle multi-level showroom garage that must be seen in person to be fully appreciated. This 6 bedroom, 10 bathroom residence truly is a spectacular offering at the bargain price of $7,800,000 CAD.
It's been on the market for a number of years for as much as $9.75-million and more recently for $7.5-million before being reduced to $6.9-million. You're buying much more than an architectural masterpiece, you're buying a waterfront lifestyle unlike any other. Offering a little under 6,500 square feet of world-class living space on a 1.59-acre estate, this truly one-of-a-kind property is located on the South-East tip of Vancouver Island and is surrounded by 3 beautiful West Coast Beaches; 2 of which are private to the property. It's on the market for $6,900,000 CAD.
One of Vancouver Island's most unique private residences is back on the market after selling for $6.6-million in 2013. It's known as Villa Madrona and it sits on a gorgeous 2-acre waterfront estate in North Saanich with awe-inspiring views. It's came back on the market for $8.5-million in early 2016 and has recently been reduced to $6.8-million. It spans 16,739 square feet and was custom-built in 2000 in North Saanich for Linda and Ralph Bodine and features formal entertaining rooms, a lavish theatre, indoor swimming pool/conservatory, 5 bedrooms, and 8 bathrooms. There is also a fully renovated 3,461 square foot guest house with separate title. The property is on the market for $6.8-million CAD.
Eagles Landing, a dreamy entertaining home at 3275 Campion Road in Central Saanich was originally listed at $15-million CAD but after numerous price reductions and even a sale, it came back on the market for $5.888-million CAD and was recently reduced to $5.288-million CAD. A dramatic circular driveway lined with gardens directs you to the 9,500 square foot residence with expansive rooms featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, granite floors, unparalleled craftsmanship throughout, and views over the Haro Strait to Mount Baker from almost every room. The home sits on an impressive 8.39-acre high bank waterfront estate complete with tennis court, waterfall with stream and ponds, an aviary, greenhouses, orchards, tiered patios, fire pits, and extensive patios for outdoor entertaining. All this for $5.288-million CAD located just minutes to Downtown Victoria.


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July 5, 2008
5 simple ways to increase the youth vote
Much ado is made about the increased participation of the 18-25 demographic in this year's election but their participation still lags behind that of other age groups. Here are several ways to change election law to make their participation easier.
- Give the office of school guidance counselor in public secondary schools legal status as a designated voter registration agency. That way the voter registration forms can be handed out to students while they are signing up for their class schedule. Then the forms can be sent from the school guidance counselor to the election office. (Louisiana just passed H. 990 to make this happen in that state)
- Allow 16 and 17-year-olds to pre-register so that they are automatically registered to vote when they reach their 18th birthday. If high school juniors and seniors get their paperwork completed well in advance they will be ready and able vote when the next election rolls around. (Rhode Island just passed the "Youth Voting Bill," H 7106 and S 2081and sent it to the governor for signature)
- Allow 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the General Election to also vote in the Spring Primary Election. This way their voice can be heard during a contested party primary when excitement is high and they are motivated to participate in support of their candidate. Maryland already has made this a part of their election law, largely because of the efforts of a 17-year-old student who wanted to vote for Barack Obama.
- Allow all voters, including high school and college students, to register to vote up until the close of polls on Election Day. Young people are often in transition during the run-up to election day — starting college, moving to a new city, starting a new job — and often do not pay attention to an upcoming election until the deadline for voter registration has passed. A handful of states (Wisconsin, Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota) already allow Election Day Registration — and report the highest voter turnout numbers in the country coupled with virtually no problems with voter fraud.
- Allow high school juniors and seniors to work at the polls. If students can be appointed as official poll workers two problems can be solved at once — greater involvement by high schoolers in the electoral process — and trained replacements for the current crop of aging poll workers, whose median age is in the 70's in most jurisdictions. (in Rhode Island, H 7833, which allows high school juniors and seniors to be appointed as election officials, has been sent to the governor for signature)
Rock the Vote, Project Vote and similar voter registration outreach efforts have done outstanding work but are frequently hampered by state election laws. If the five simple changes recommended above were to be enacted in all 50 states, their job would be much easier because they would be filling a much smaller gap and we would not have so much handwringing about the low rate of participation by the 18-25 year old demographic.