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HAMDEN >> There was a sense of curiosity as nearly 500 fans filed into Burt Kahn Court on the final day of August.
The crowd for the home opener was nearly three times the size of the most recent home match 9 1/2 months earlier. Naturally, families of the Bobcat players made their way to their customary seats, but there were some other spectators who just had to see if the buzz surrounding this Quinnipiac women's volleyball team was warranted.
In the previous 13 seasons the Bobcats carried a winning record for all of 24 hours and that came courtesy of a season-opening victory against Lafayette in 2014. Quinnipiac would lose its next 11 matches en route to a 2-31 record. The following season the Bobcats finished 3-28, marking the 13th straight season Quinnipiac finished with fewer than 10 victories. Yet, the Bobcats powered their way to a 25-16, 25-23, 25-23 sweep. A program which had won consecutive matches just twice in the previous 10 seasons and averaged just 3.3 wins per season during that span suddenly was sitting with a sparkling 4-1 record.
"It was after a couple of preseason tournaments but the energy and excitement they brought, we have never seen before," Quinnipiac coach Kris Czaplinski said. "People have watched the games in the past with the previous coaches and they said they have never seen anything like they saw that day just to have — I wouldn't say clarification from other people — but just the vibe that you get coming into the arena feeling how energetic the team was, you knew it was going to a different year."
Czaplinski was told he was committing "job suicide" taking over a program that not only has never had a winning season since making the move to Division I in 1998 but also one that likely would have ceased to exist if Robin Sparks, then Quinnipiac's volleyball coach, was among those within the program fighting the planned shuttering of the program by filing and winning a Title IX lawsuit.
That was the backdrop that Czaplinski was walking into when the former assistant coach at Post University in Waterbury accepted the job.
"What are you thinking?" Czaplinski said was the typical reaction from his friends and colleagues. "I remember certain faces and certain conversations popped up 'I can't believe you are committing job suicide taking this job.' After you meet the people who are here, the administration, nothing but 100 percent support in what I've needed thus far, I know they are going to continue to support is going forward. I know if you can rebuild this program, you can kind of do anything."
The journey from near extinction to the pursuit of a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament title kicked into high gear when Czaplinski brought in two recruits from Indiana, one each from Alaska, Florida, Kentucky and New Jersey.
"His pitch was we were going to be able to come in and be able to do something really special, change the culture and turn the program into something it has never been before," said senior middle hitter Allison Leigh from Palmer, Alaska. "That was really appealing to me. I could have gone to a program that was already a winning program, already had a good culture, a force in the league. I liked the idea of the challenge of trying to flip something and make it better. I knew I'd be able to play right away and have an impact so that was appealing as well.
"We had a huge freshman class and we were the future of the program, but I didn't realize it would take four years. We were kind of hoping that it would happen that first year, we had injuries and this and that happened the first year, the second year we had even more injuries, even more curveballs thrown at us and it didn't happen. Last year same thing, I was out all year and some of my teammates were out all year and it didn't happen again. You start thinking it is never going to happen, this has been a waste so it is a huge relief that this year it actually happened. It did take a long time but it was worth it."
Quinnipiac was picked to finish ninth in the 10-team MAAC, but after his first meeting with the team, Czaplinski knew better days were ahead. He credited a speech given by first-year assistant coach Chad Davis on that first day that the team gathered for establishing the tone as well as setting the bar high.
"It got everybody believing that it could be different," Czaplinski said. "With all the talent in the freshman class we knew in the first couple of days that it was never going to be like it was in years past. We had a lot of depth, a lot of talent."
That depth was tested. Seniors Katie Urycki, Emma Ogden and Sam Alechko played 107, 106 and 101 sets respectively last season but injuries have limited them to just five between the three of them. Urycki, who led the Bobcats in kills in 2015, hasn't played at all but freshmen Maria Pansari (team leader in assists and service aces) and Natalie Alechko, sophomores Kat Miller and Jen Coffey have teamed with junior Elizabeth Kloos and Leigh to lead the way during this landmark season.
The biggest change within the program has come with the reaction to losses.
When a program posts a 50-330 win-loss record in the previous 13 seasons including a 15-228 mark in three-set matches to go along with three 20-match losing streaks and six others of at least 10 matches dropped in a row, there is no expectation for success.
That has changed. When the Bobcats followed up a loss at Niagara with a five-set defeat at Canisius (a team Quinnipiac swept earlier in the season) Czaplinski said not much talking could be heard on the long bus ride home.
"We didn't have any pressure on us, we were just going out to play and prove our point," Leigh said. "It is coming to the end of the season when people are starting to feel pressure, we are expecting to win so when we do lose, it is pretty heartbreaking. In year's past, it is just another loss, it didn't mean anything but now that people are so invested and have bought into the program I think we take losses a lot worse than we did in the past."
Host Fairfield went undefeated in the MAAC and is the heavy favorite to win the tournament. Although Quinnipiac hasn't won a conference tournament match since advancing to three straight Northeast Conference semifinals from 1998-00, the Bobcats are not simply content with just making it into the tournament.
"The goal is to win the whole thing," Leigh said. :We have very high expectations for ourselves now and now that we believe that we can win and we've made it clear to the conference that we are here to compete, we have very high goals and I think everybody is going to be really disappointed if we fall short this year."


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As you know, Amazon negligently allowed click-farmers to dominate their lists, screwing KU authors out of money they earned and screwing all authors out of Top 20/Top 100 slots they *earned*.
They knew of it, were told of it, ignored complaints, until the news began to hammer them (and mid and top-level authors began going elsewhere) for the negligence. And I do mean negligence.
Now they've decided to fix it by further screwing honest authors over. Go wide, people — KU is a cage you may not want to chain yourself to, at least until they fix this. And just like the click-farmer problem, fixing this NEW problem would be trivially easy for them.
(All of the above is my opinion, but you can read the media stories for the facts.)
Now, read this from a friend (name removed!), who alerted several people to Amazon's latest attempt to shoot themselves in the foot. A quick search on Google shows it's not made up, either. BTW, I got their permission to post it.
Author Warning…
I don't know how many of you have followed the scandal that followed when after 18 months of not doing something about click-farms, Amazon had no choice but to do something when they saw a massive withdrawl from KU and their dirty laundry was picked up by ALL the news stations.
Well the time has come for the pendium to swing too far the other direction. Since the first of October I've noticed an increase of authors and their books being stripped if they jumped too far in rank, had too many sales, etc. The honest way many of these have achieved their ranks is through newsletter swaps, paid advertisement (FB ads), and email blast/newsletter spots (Bookbub, ENT). Even though the author can prove it was through legal means, their books are being removed, their rank is being stripped, and I wouldn't be shocked if Amazon took the funds in the near future.
ENT, Bookbub, etc are going to see a decrease in sales because authors would rather have no sales than no book, no platform, no nothing; maybe they will get active in the struggle between Amazon, Clickbait, and honest authors.
I wrote this to warn those in the middle of promos/stacking promos/etc. Watch out for the hammer that seems to pick on the smaller people. I don't know what to recommend. Maybe email Amazon prior to a large newsletter push like Bookbub? Avoid the big hitters and focus on the 10-50 download companies instead of the 500-1000 ones? Only do AMS ads? I don't know. I put the information before you and say, be prepared.
I've seen a top 10 in the overall store and a top 30 in different categories both stripped of their ranks and books. These are authors who are self-published and have steadily been in the top 100 in all of Amazon for as long as I've been following them. Their books do not show up even when you have the URL. That's how far Amazon is going."


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Peep into the African Jungle in Chander Pahar
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The Bengali movie Chander Pahar is based on the daring novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay that projects Dev Adhikari, the actor playing Shankar, one of its main protagonists on a hazardous voyage. The winter release of this film brings back into contention the lions, tigers, a whole lot of wild animals some of which were once part of the circus in addition to the perilous snakes and mythical monster which are an integral part of the story. Directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee the film is a perfect getaway for every Bengali family who have grown up reading this pictorial novel. With a running time of almost two and a half hours the audience is held spell bound as the African setting both amazes and brings them on the edge of their seats many a times. Shankar leaves his remote Bengali village to take up a job as that of a stationmaster with the Uganda railway. The series of encounters where Shankar is chased by the African jumbos and ferocious lions are totally enthralling. The Masai figure in the film and so does the mamba which is the most venomous snake found in Africa. Dev is ideally suited for his role in the Mountain of the Moon where he finds a Portuguese man Diego Alvarez played by Gerard Rudolf to look for the diamond mines that a guarded by a mythical monster even feared by the natives of Africa. The kids will love it for Dev and the animals. Chander Pahar is a movie that will make Bengali audiences proud as it has dared to take the industry into a new period. That a 15 crores film like Chander Pahar be at all produced in Tollywood is in itself unthinkable. Chander Pahar has been packaged and sold as a product and more over against the views that it will be practically impossible to gain back its costs. Through Chander Pahar, Shree Venkatesh Films has something different to offer passionately which stands out for its finesse. The uninhabited station and its nature affectionate station master Shankar projected with the various shades of the African sky, the roaring African lions whom Shankar comes across, a black mamba slipping into Shankar's room and Shankar's successful attempt to jump over a deep abyss to rescue Alvarez from a pack of hyenas and cheetahs are some of the poignant yet unforgettable moments that linger in the mind. Chander Pahar is a must watch and it depicts that gradual transformation of an adventurous dreamer in to a survivor. Shankar is the last to come out of this thrilling tale alive as even he at last cannot save Alvarez from the perils of the Mountain of the Moon. The visual treat is unforgettable. However a few closely knit moments created between the humans in the film could have raised it by many...
Imperialism raises its ugly head in Bangladesh
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The Rana Plaza factory building disaster in Savar, Bangladesh, six months ago had snuffed out 1,129 lives of workers for leading clothing brands who are yet to be compensated. It brings forth a cruel and unforgivable picture of the garment factory employers in this age when the world has seemingly abolished imperialism and racism of its face. We have been living in a world where relatives of the dead, injured and missing garment factory workers have formed a group to lay claim from the 15 brands whose clothes were produced at the site. However these brands have yet to reach an agreement let alone pay any long-term compensation to the injured workers or the next of kin of the dead and missing. The inadequate Government aids and initiatives have certainly raised eyebrows as they are committed towards social benevolence and are expected to safeguard the victims of any such calamities. The brands include Spanish fashion company Inditex, UK work wear producer Premier and US supermarket Walmart, all of whom sold clothing made at Rana Plaza. Each of them has been called upon to help the victims' families and survivors of the factory disaster to undertake a long-term compensation commitment which will ensure and implement the payment of full and fair compensation. This clarion call has come from different workers' rights group and other clothing retailers at the international level and aimed at all brands who were sourcing either directly or indirectly from factories housed in Rana Plaza. As accidents are always probable they have also been directed to agree to finalize a deal as to the terms and conditions that will apply in case of occurrence of accidents to avoid making any tragic situation worse with the poor workers having to face uncertainty from either survival or high medical bills leading to penury. In the aftermath of the immense pressure the leading brands like Benetton, the Italian fashion brand and nine other companies, including Primark, Matalan and Bonmarché from the UK and Loblaw from Canada got together in recent weeks to discuss long-term compensation arrangements for Rana Plaza victims. There is however no reason for delight as workers are likely to have to wait until the new year to receive payment as negotiations are still on about the scale of payments on which are workers are to be paid. Primark is the only one to have paid out short-term financial aid to Rana Plaza workers in the last six months but it has no permanent plans for continuing to grant any financial assistance at this point. Inditex, the owner of the Zara chain, is a Spanish retailer who had provided support in the immediate aftermath of the factory collapse. This week they have put up cash benefits for the Rana Plaza victims. However US giant Walmart had completely washed its hands off claiming that its products were not made in the building in Savar at Rana Plaza at the time of the accident. Due to this dreadful and catastrophic accident in April 2013 brands as well the Government has started looking at building safety measures. Some have improved but there is a long way to safety for Bangladeshi garment factory workers can heave a sigh of relief from poor conditions of work, improper methods of maintaining records and proper payment channels like bank accounts which are undeniable proof of their existence. Let us hope that other clothes retailer follow in the footsteps of Primark which has offered to compensate injured workers and relatives of those who died in the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh in the long...
Why God Never Speaks
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We all go to the temple, mosque, church, or gurudwara depending upon our faith and religion, we may not find a statue in mosque and gurudwara because it is not there in Islam and Sikhism but in the church and temple we pray as if God is before us. Large number of people visit religious places offering money, fruits, Prasad and what not, but one thing is there that God never speaks. In spite of ringing the church and temple bells, chanting mantras and lot of music, with instruments but God never speaks and keeps silent. Why is it so? Have you ever thought about it? There is a story behind. There was a cleaner in temple who had been doing the cleaning job for decades and always observed that God never speaks. One day he stood in front of statue of God and prayed in very sincere manner with a wish to play the role of God for a day. He asked God, "I have been observing you since last two decades while cleaning your statue and surroundings that you keep complete silence, and do not get affected by prayers and mantras." The cleaner pleaded God to give him opportunity for playing his role. He was surprised when God agreed to his request for playing his role for a day. The cleaner was very happy and said" God give me some piece of advice to act in a perfect manner." God replied "while playing my role you should make sure that in spite of all provocations by the devotees and visitors, you keep silent and remain like a statue don't show any gestures, it is not easy to keep silent but it is necessary because if I speak, the whole system will get disturbed." Cleaner promised to obey the instructions of God. Next day as usual the temple opened and cleaner stood in place of God like a statue. He was quite certain in his mind to obey instructions of the God for keeping silent so as to act like a statue. In the morning one poor man came with tears in eyes and prayed for money "God I am unable to meet two ends, my family is starving so please, God give me some money." With this prayer he stood before the statue of God with folded hands and closed eyes. After sometime a very rich man came and prayed to God for mental peace. He said "God I have lot of money and all riches of life, but I am unable to have peace of mind. The money is so much with me that I have no place to keep. I don't know how to spend money. I have sleepless nights due to unwanted tensions. I am ready to spend money to attain peace but it is not coming." The rich man also closed his eyes and with fold hands stood in front of God. Meanwhile another man came to the temple who happened to be a fisherman. His prayer was different from others since he wanted safety of his life for his journey in the sea as there was possibility of storms in the sea and his visit was necessary for fishing. He was quite apprehensive for his life so he prayed God for safe fishing. The fisher man repeatedly prayed for no storms on the day of his visit. Like others the fisherman also closed his eyes and stood before the God with folded hands. Thereafter the rich man went away, when the poor man was still there. He opened his eyes looking here and there and found that a purse containing lot of...
Web Forums are the gateways
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Emancipating from the cherished tradition, the web forums have primarily been found to be used as brand promotion vehicles or efficient SEO tools, today. While millions of browsers throng at the diversely themed forums, why not to take advantage of this incredible viewer base that is no less than any of the prominent social networks ruling on the Internet circuit? A forum is nothing but a conglomerate of people from all walks of life who get connected due to a common interest, habit or inclination. The SEO consultants are using the varied forums floated on the Web to bring browsers together forming a community under any particular agenda. As these browsers can independently project their opinion for or against the published threads or opinions they serve by default as both the direct and indirect channels for web marketing. While direct marketing undeviatingly talks of the features or benefits of any product, the indirect one skillfully disguises the salient features of the products for any enterprise or manufacturer. Google having slapped a ban on article replication, web solution providers are left with very limited options to escalate the status of a written piece or article so that it reaches out to a maximum number of web browsers who show awareness in the concerned field or subject. The usual trend followed by SEO consultants to propagate a particular brand begins with scripting a number of posts about the products and publishing them at various blogs and article directories. Once the post becomes visible at the submitted websites they then choose to float the related link in different forums which is the converging ground for a divergent stream of visitors and conveys a percentage of these browsers to the concerned website which is being propagated. The web solution providers certainly promote the links of the posts in several of the link directories present across the web. Alas! Google has predominantly decided not to proffer due diligence to such link directories any more. Today's forums boast of a bountiful of links and headlines, which aim at converting the visitors. It must always be remembered that the job of a SEO consultant is restricted to routing the niche customers to the corresponding websites. People have been found to be exploiting community websites like facebook or twitter in a similar fashion. The key focus is to approach a huge perceptive client base that come by to these websites normally. The indirect way followed by the SEO consultants comprises of the techniques of highlighting different features of the said products or brands in versatile forms. Even a highly popular political thread stated on a forum may encounter a link to a corresponding post concerning even a micro oven or a movie show that entails proliferation of the same concepts, ideas and notions. This way of propping up of brands is the latest in the kitty of SEO consultants who are simply exercising options to get their job done. It appears as if the unassociated link has become a coefficient to the political discussion that has been raised in the forum by one of its discerning member. This projects the true skill of the SEO experts who struggle hard to bring to the fore such palpable but oblique analogies for spiraling their customer brands. The web world certainly enjoys such battles where the fate swings like an oscillating...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – our loving captain of the Indian cricket team
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He leaves the spectators flabbergasted, All shots in the cricket field he has mastered, He can play the helicopter shot extremely well, And can take the bowlers to hell, He has still miles to tread, To reach Ganguly's milestones at the head, His decisions are amazing, Though they are entertaining, For giving Jadeja the last over, Pakistan bowled India over, Or providing the last over to Ashwin, Saw the Champions Trophy India win, He is electrifying behind the stumps, That forbids the batsman to go for bumps, He never panics in England, And keeps a lot of time in hand, He is captain the cool, And never lands in a pool, Or coming in at No.5, Hitting a High Five, To power India to win the final World Cup match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was declared Man of the...
Cinema – the curse of today's world
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It may be the dreadful fighting sequences in Fighter or the tremendous burst of energy provided by Chak de India, cinema has got both its pros and cons like the flip of a coin. But it is indeed true that nowadays, the cinemas comprise of such violence or awkward scenes that it would be better not to be watched by the kids and the weak minded people. Kids become more violent by watching fights in cinemas. The terrible ghost of Talaash seems to come alive in their minds. They are not able to sleep at night and are suddenly awakened by fostering the fear of the ghost that would seemingly enter their house to attack them. Simply because it triggers off and satiates the subdued animal instincts in human, people continue to watch such movies. Such instances become more furious when it acts upon the tender minds in the most vulnerable period of the teenagers. Millions and billions are wasted in the name of producing such useless and harmful entertainment. As cinemas nurture and cultivate the unfulfilled dreams of human desires, people irrespective of age, sex and status love to watch them. The producers do not intend to comprehend the impact of their cinema on different segments of people throughout the society at a large. Avatar reveals exactly what the British had done to the Indians during their regime of cruelty and vindictiveness. The news about the latest films also distracts young children from their studies. People may get motivated by cinemas like Taare Zamin Par and 3 Idiots, but these gems are produced very rarely. Vulgarity and violence is exhibited in most of the cinemas which are geared up to cast a tremendous negative impact on mankind. They are adequate to demolish the moral and social obligations. Unfortunately, cinemas have become an addiction to a section of the community today. It is indeed true that young children are distracted by cartoon films or cricket followed by other sports, but the cinema enthusiast wants to watch television all day long. There is no dearth of movies today, which is due to blessings of the cable networks. They fail to show resilience to any limit while watching movies. Even if we compare, a cricket match goes on for a few hours only, which is surely less harmful. Nowadays, the disgusting cinemas have demoralized young minds and the effects of these will and shall be felt after ten to fifteen years. When these young minds will blossom they will not forget what they have watched in their childhood instead would only like to express them and slowly but steadily, the society will be destroyed. Hence the slow erosion of any work culture, sense of morality and steady growth of violence will decompose the good values that are inculcated within the human mind. Alas! It will not be too harsh to say that the corrosive impact of cinemas on the minds causes irreparable...
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The 2011 All Roads Film Festival arrives at National Geographic headquarters today and continues through the weekend, celebrating indigenous cultures with film screenings, directors' discussions and photo exhibits. Here's a glimpse of what's around the bend, courtesy of NGM staffers and interns who got a sneak peek:
1. NAME OF FILM: Benda Bilili!
WHEN TO SEE IT: Wednesday, September 14 at 7 p.m.
THE STORY: Set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the film follows a band of homeless, mostly paraplegic men, who rehearse at the Zoo and on street corners. They battle setbacks to record and release an album that may eventually change their lives. On the eve of the band's departure to play in a French music festival, the mother of the teenage soloist, Roger, recalls his first day of school. He had sold his uniform and school supplies, saying "School won't get me to Europe." What would get him there, Roger had told her, was his satonge–a simple instrument made from a milk tin, a stick and a guitar string.
WHO MADE IT AND WHY: Filmmakers Renaud Barret and Florent de La Tullaye discovered the band, financed their first album and have been documenting their progress for seven years.
THE ROAD LEADS TO: France–and fame. Band members leave behind the streets of Kinshasa, where they slept on cardboard mats, for the cities of Europe, where they perform before cheering crowds.
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2. NAME OF FILM: Matariki
WHEN TO SEE IT: Thursday, September 15 at 7 p.m.
THE STORY: An assault during Matariki–the Maori new year celebrated during the appearance of the Pleiades–affects unrelated characters from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds. All are forced to re-assess their lives and discover ways of moving forward. Sort of a Crash with Kiwi accents.
WHO MADE IT AND WHY: Maori director Michael Bennett's tale of loosely intertwined lives was inspired by a play he saw about an Auckland car thief with family roots in New Zealand's Tokelau islands. "My original impulse was to pursue it as a single story," he told the New Zealand Herald, "but I felt it wasn't going to quite fill out to the edges for a feature. So I thought about expanding the theme–the theme being transformation and renewal. Matariki fitted into that well. It's a time when you say goodbye to those who have passed on but also to that part of your life where you need to close doors and open new doors and move through them."
THE ROAD LEADS TO: Catharsis and new beginnings.
–Hannah Bloch
2. NAME OF FILM: Kawa
WHEN TO SEE IT: Friday, September 16 at 9 p.m.
THE STORY: Kawa, a strapping Maori dad, has moved out of the family home, leaving behind a loving (and puzzled) white wife and two kids, a sweet seven-year-old daughter and an insolent teenage son. Eventually the reason for Kawa's departure is revealed: He has known that he was gay since he was a boy of 12 and now he feels he can no longer mask his sexual identity.
WHO MADE IT AND WHY: Director Katie Wolfe adapted the novel Nights in the Garden of Spain, and decided to make the lead character Maori instead of European. That adds a cross-cultural layer to the story, although Wolfe has stated that the movie is not about Maori attitudes toward homosexuality but rather the story of one family.
THE ROAD LEADS TO: Beautiful New Zealand scenery, family tensions, a near tragedy, and, ultimately, a surprising resolution.
–Marc Silver
3. NAME OF FILM: God is a Liar: Tradition and Change in Turkana
WHEN TO SEE IT: Saturday, September 17 at 1:30 p.m. (52 min, followed by directors' discussion)
THE STORY: God is a Liar looks at three different groups of Turkana, a pastoralist tribe in northern Kenya, as they struggle to cope with a drought. The Turkana have proud communities with traditions that are passed through generations, but we see them on the cusp of change, as they begin to accept that God and nature are not providing them with what they need anymore. Stories like theirs are a reminder of the link between environmental and cultural preservation.
WHO MADE IT AND WHY: Frederic Courbet and Eugenie Reidy directed the film. It gives the Turkana people an opportunity to share their concerns about how climate change and the expanding modern world affect their faith, routines and livelihood—concerns that are fundamentally the same for many other people around the world.
THE ROAD LEADS TO: Adaptation. The Turkana people face the challenge of modifying traditions that have benefited them for many years. They must also learn to interact with the outside world, as they come to realize that people from other places, not God, are the ones bringing aid and resources. As with all change, it can be scary and tough, but their strong sense of community will take them far.
—Tara McElmurry
4. NAME OF FILM:Sky Dancer
WHEN TO SEE IT: Saturday, September 17 at 4 p.m.
THE STORY: Celebrates one of history's few female Buddhist masters, Khandroma Kunzang Wangmo, and her quest to preserve the traditions of her Tibetan ancestry, care for the people around her in rapidly changing times, and advance the teachings of Buddhism all over the world. While those goals may seem lofty and unattainable (especially in the 45 minutes of the film), Khandroma's quiet persistence, peaceful smile, and strong personality show no bounds to what she can accomplish. From establishing and constructing monastic colleges, to building bridges between Tibet and China through her teachings and travels, to convincing local boys to quit smoking, Khandroma's daily life is compelling.
WHO MADE IT AND WHY: Jody Kremmer made this film to introduce the world to a culture and community on the brink of drastic change, with one stalwart defender at the focus. Since her first visit to the region Kremmer has been working to raise awareness and support for the community, specifically through the cause of women's empowerment.
THE ROAD LEADS TO: Enlightenment, both personal–in the following of her Buddhist teachings–and also for the community, in following her lead for increased communication, education, health, and equality.
–Nicholas Mott
5. NAME OF FILM: Papa Mau: The Wayfinder
WHEN TO SEE IT: Sunday, September 18 at 4 p.m.
THE STORY: Papa Mau commemorates the work of Mau Piailug, a master navigator whose influence helped resurrect Polynesian culture in Hawaii. It follows the story of a few young men in the 1970s, a time when the islands' indigenous traditions had nearly disappeared. They construct a traditional voyaging canoe named Hokule'a, and seek out Piailug to teach them the long-lost art of navigating using solely the stars, wind, and ocean. Reintroducing this knowledge to the islands unifies the Hawaiian people in a way not seen for generations. The story illustrates how each culture must strike a balance, adapting to change without losing its identity.
WHO MADE IT AND WHY: Hawaiian film director Na'alehu Anthony documents Hawaiian stories so that outsiders might understand their importance. He has been a crewmember on Hokule'a since 1995 and was recently made captain.
THE ROAD LEADS TO: Reconnection. The Hawaiians recaptured traditions that were almost completely lost. But it takes more than building voyaging canoes and reading the stars. As Piailug pointed out to the crewmembers, they must also have a deep spiritual understanding and pride in the Polynesian culture in order for it to survive.
–Erin Durkin
Tickets to screenings are $10 each ($8 for National Geographic members). A pass for all 9 films in the series is $100 ($80 members) and includes admission to the Global Groove Dance Party on Saturday night.


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Summer arrived six months early on Pine Island. A farmers market—normally regarded as a rite of summer—held its grand opening at the famed Rogowski Farm on January 29. To the surprise of organizers, a thousand winter weary visitors converged on the tiny hamlet. It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before along County Route 26.
We're jammin'
"We actually had a traffic jam up to the Pine Island traffic light which is about a mile and a half away from here," farm owner Cheryl Rogowski says. By lunchtime, an employee had to stand in the middle of road to direct traffic away from the farm, because its parking lot was full. Police even turned out to make sure traffic remained under control. "I really didn't want to say this because it's been said so much, but if you build it they will come," laughs market manager Wendy Vandercliff. "It's really very fitting in this situation."
Meeting demand
The grand opening of the Pine Island Farmers Market was marked with live music and an alpaca shearing demonstration. Fifteen local vendors showcased their products at the market. The event was organized with help from the Pine Island Chamber of Commerce. Organizers say it was held in response to demands from area consumers.
Even though local vegetables won't be available for several months, Valley residents have been calling for a place to shop for farm products during of winter. "It's beneficial for both the farmer and the consumer," Vandercliff says. "Just because produce isn't available doesn't mean that people still don't want honey, syrup or jam." Since the market turned out to be such a hit, Rogowski and Vandercliff have decided to extend the farmers market at least through April.
Pancake breakfast
Rogowski's 150 acre farm in the Black Dirt region is already well known for its farm fresh breakfasts. The mouthwatering menu includes fluffy pancakes, organic eggs, and natural bacon. Chef Heather Kurosz prepares your meal right in front of you on a pot belly stove. The Rogowskis also have their own line of prepared foods which are sold under the brand name Black Dirt Gourmet. Among the products being sold under the brand are yogurt, hummus, and cookies.
Supper club
If you'd like to have dinner down on the farm, the Rogowskis have also begun a supper club. It features five full courses and a 45 minute cocktail hour with live music.
"To me, it seems like a throwback to when you would go to a club and have drinks with friends, then everybody would sit down and have a nice meal," says Chef Kurosz. So far, six suppers have been held and half of them were sold out. There's a 48 hour cancellation policy, since the dinners are actually harvested to order, The supper club has a seating capacity which varies with each season. Reservations are recommended. The fixed price is $65 per person plus tax and gratuity.
Farm freshness
About 90 percent of the meals here are prepared with food that was picked from the fields that day and are made in a commercial kitchen inside the barn. The farm is not certified organic. That's because of the expense involved in the certification process, but Rogowski says her farm is managed under organic guidelines. She is a second generation farmer who grows 250 varieties of produce every year. She says she doesn't use genetically modified seeds or chemical pesticides and her livestock are hormone free.
Market schedule
Rogowski sells her farm products separate from the Pine Island Farmers Market. She says the vendors who turned out for opening day are all high quality vendors from within a 90 mile radius. Now there's a waiting list of vendors who want to sell there. Soon Rogowski plans to sit down with other organizers to decide the future of the farmers market. If they continued it into the year, they could face considerable competition. There are 11 farmers markets held in Orange County each summer. "We have to make sure we enhance the area's economic vitality and not impair it," says Rogowski. "The response we've received is gratifying." For now, the Pine Island Farmers Market will continue to be held on the last Saturday of every month. The next event is planned for March 26. It will include a gardening demonstration, which is sure to please those who've been anxious for the arrival of spring.
Sandy Tomcho is a professional writer who lives in Orange County. She has also written for Rhythm and News Magazine and the Times Herald-Record.
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The Duke of York has a pleasant restaurant which offers a variety of freshly cooked food. Our new 2018 menu options below include several fish dishes for which the Duke is well known and an array of other delicious choices from meat dishes to pasta, salads and vegetarian dishes; or pop in for Sunday lunch, we'd love to see you.
Restaurant Menu
To Start
- Garlic Bread: £3.95 – Tasty slices of garlic topped French bread
- Homemade Soup: £4.95 – Served with fresh, crusty bread. Choose from: Vegetable, Stilton & Brocolli or Cream of Chicken
- Garlic Mushrooms: £5.95 – Fresh mushrooms gently fried in butter with garlic, served with salad garnish and a slice of garlic bread
- Smoked Salmon: £7.95 – Succulent salmon served with a wedge of lemon with a salad garnish
- Prawn Cocktail: £7.95 – Best quality prawns served with a crispy salad, Marie Rose sauce accompanied with brown bread & butter
- Smoked Salmon & Crab meat: £8.95 – Smoked Salmon rolls filled with local crab meat, served with salad garnish and Marie Rose sauce
- Whitebait: £5.95 – Crispy coated Whitebait deep-fried and served with salad garnish and tartare sauce
- Moules Mariniere (Starter Portion): £7.95 – A bowl of shell-on mussels cooked with cream, wine and garlic, served with 2 slices of garlic bread
- Chicken Spicy Hot Wings: £5.95 – Hot and spicy coated juicy chicken wings
Meat Dishes
- Half Roast Chicken: £12.95 – Cooked on the premises and served with a side of spicy BBQ sauce
All our Steaks are quality 28 day matured British Beef – Guaranteed!
- 8oz. Rump Steak: £14.95
- 16oz. Rump Steak: £19.95
- 6oz. Fillet Steak: 19.95
Grilled to your liking and served with buttered mushrooms, grilled tomato and beer battered onion rings.
(Cream, brandy, and peppercorn or stilton sauce £2.50 extra)
- Premium 6 oz. Burger: 11.95 – Served in a floured bap with a side salad and fries. Optional toppings – Cheese or Bacon, £0.50 extra
- Haloumi Burger: 11.95 – Served in a toasted floury bap with side salad and fries.
- Bangers and Mash: £9.50 – Good old fashioned pork snokers served with buttery mash, petit pois peas and tasty gravy
- PIES, PIES, PIES all at £12.50 – Made on the premises using top quality ingredients and served in an earthenware dish. Plenty of filling with handmade shortcrust pastry lid. Choose from Steak and Kidney, Chicken Leak and Pancetta or Steak and Ale
- CURRIES all at £12.50 – All homemade to our own recipes. Chicken, a creamy mild and fruity curry. Moroccan Lamb cooked with fruit, vegetables and chickpeas, a medium hot and slightly sweet curry. Beef Madras marinated then slow cooked for 5-6 hours, lean chunks of beef in rich and spicy sauce. The hottest of our curries. All served with boiled rice, coriander and garlic naan bread and mango chutney
- Gammon Ham: £12.50 – Home cooked best quality gammon ham oven baked with mustard and demerara sugar, sliced cold and served with either 2 fried eggs and chips or as a salad with chips or new potatoes
- Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese: £12.50 – Lean steak mince cooked with diced vegetables, tomatoes, herbs and red wine made to a traditional Italian recipe and served with spaghetti
Fish and Seafood
- Traditional Battered Cod: £12.95 – Best quality skinless cod dipped in our own batter mix and deep fried until golden
- Grilled Sardines: £12.95 – Whole sardines gutted and grilled with olive oil and a hint of garlic
- Moules Mariniere: £12.95 – Mussels steamed with onion, garlic and white wine and finished with a splash of cream, served with crusty bread
- Local Sea Bass: £17.95 – Fillets of local Sea Bass, oven baked and served with lemon wedges
- Grilled Plaice Fillet: £12.95 – Boneless Plaice fillet brushed with butter, grilled and served with petis pois and a wedge of lemon
- Whole King Prawns: £17.95 – Shell on King Prawns shallow fried in butter with a hint of garlic and flamed in Brandy
- Jumbo Gourmet Scampi: £14.95 – Dipped in our own batter mix and deep fried
- Local Crab, Prawn and Smoked Salmon Salad: £16.95 – Local dressed crab, shlled prawns and smoked salmon with a selection of fresh seasonal salad
- Homemade Fish Pie: £13.50 – A selection of white, pink and smoked fish in our own creamy sauce, covered with mashed potato, topped with grated cheese and baked until golden
- Chefs own Luxury Fishcakes: £11.95 – Homemade using a selection of Salmon, white and smoked fish
Unless otherwise stated all our main meals are served with a choice of Salad or Vegetables, Chips, Mash or Hot Minted New Potatoes
Food Allergies and Intolerances: Please speak to our staff about the ingrediants in your meal when making your order – thank you!
Vegetarian Menu all at £11.95
- Vegetarian Curry – a selection of vegetables and fruit in a medium hot sauce sweetened with fruits and finished with a splash of cream. Served with a warm garlic and coriander Naan Bread, white rice and tangy mango chutney
- Mushroom Stronganoff – mushrooms in cream-based sauce, served with rice, pasta or chips, and vegetables
- Vegetarian Pie – creamy based vegetable pie served in an earthenware pot and topped with handmade shortcrust pastry lid
- Spaghetti Bolognese – Quorn mince and diced vegetables in a rich Bolognese sauce made to a traditional Italian recipe slow cooked in the oven for a maximum flavour and served with spaghetti
- 5 Bean Cassoulet – a selection of various varieties of beans, pulses and diced vegetables in a tomato and garlic based sauce
- Homemade Veggie Burger – vegetables, lentils, beans and mushrooms in a golden breadcrumb coating topped with optional cheese in a fresh multi seeded bun
- Haloumi Burger – served in a toasted floured bap with a side salad and fries
- Quorn Chicken Casserole – chunks of Quorn chicken pieces casseroled with mushrooms and vegetables in a tasty vegetable gravy served with petit pois peas and mashed potato
Kids Menu all at £4.95
- Cod Chunks – in a crispy, golden batter
- Banger and Mash – 2 pork sausages served with a buttery mash
- Spaghetti Bolognese – homemade using best quality steak mince
- Ham, Egg and Chips – home cooked gammon ham sliced and served cold with free-range local egg and chips
- Southern Fried Mini Chicken Breast Fillet – 3 spicy coasted fillets of lean chicken breast
- 4 oz. Burger – served in a toasted bun, plain or with cheese
All kids meals are served with chips, peas, beans or salad
- Kids Ice-Creams: £2.95 – Choose from Strawberry, Chocolate or Vanilla
Bar Snack Menu
Homemade Soup all at £4.95 – served with fresh, crusty bread. Choose from…
- Vegetable
- Stilton and Broccoli
- Cream and Chicken
Freshly Baked Baguette served with a salad garnish. Choose from…
- Home Cooked Gammon Ham: £5.95
- Cheese: £5.50
- Tuna Mayonaise: £5.50
- Sausage: £5.50
- Southern Fried Chicken Goujons: £6.50
- Prawn: £7.50
- Cheese or Sausage: £3.95
- Tuna Mayonaise, Ham or Bacon: £4.95
- Crab, Prawn or Smoked Salmon: £6.95
Sandwiches can be toasted at 50p extra charge
Jacket Potatoes served with a salad garnish
- Ham, Tuna Mayonaise, Baked Beans or Cheese: £6.95
- Prawns: £8.95
- Bowl of Chips: £2.50
- Bowl of Cheesy Chips: £3.50
- Homemade Syrup Sponge: £4.95 – A light vanilla sponge with golden syrup topping served with custard, cream or ice-cream
- Homemade Pancakes: £4.95 – Served with sugar and lemon or maple syrup and clotted cream ice-cream
- Homemade Bread and Butter Pudding: £4.95 – Layered with juicy sultanas and mixed spice made with local free-range eggs, milk and double-cream and topped with demerara sugar
- Homemade Creamed Rice Pudding: £4.95 – Made with locally produced fresh milk and double-cream, slowly baked in the oven for maximum flavour served with a side of jam or freshly grated nutmeg
- Homemade Apple Pie: £4.95 – Fresh slices of Bramley apples with a hint of mixed spice and lemon zest in buttery short crust pastry served with cream, custard or clotted cream ice-cream
- Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake: £4.95 – Layers of rich chocolate sponge with chocolate fudge topping served warm with cream, ice-cream or custard
- Homemade Pavlova: £5.95 – Individual crispy meringue base topped with whipped cream and fresh strawberries
- Ice Cream or Sorbet: £4.95 – Please ask waiting staff for today's choices
- Fresh Strawberries: £5.95 (when available)
- Duke's Cheese Board: £6.95 – A tasty selection of delicious cheeses
- Cappuccino: £2.00
- Latte (milky): £2.25
- Espresso (black): £1.25
- Liqueur Coffee: £4.95


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Spring science
Foxes have started their new topic, spring. As part of this, teachers from Lacon Childe Secondary School kindly offered to come and teach science to the Fox children.
The session began by discussing different seasons and the changes that we might expect to see in each.
We then read the well-known book, 'The Gruffalo' and looked at the change in seasons between each section. Following this, our activity was to match animal picture cards to a season from the book, depending on their habitat and preferred climate.
To finish our session, we designed our own animals for a spring season.
We thoroughly enjoyed our lesson, and thank you to the Lacon science team for making it so exciting!
Autumn Term STEM
Reception children have been investigating how to make different types of buildings and structures using a range of resources and materials. We found that wood and plastic are strong materials for building.
Sounds and Writing
We have been learning our Phase 2 sounds in Phonics over the last few weeks. The children are enjoying learning the song and action for each sound and have loved thinking of words beginning with each sound.
After each session, the children have eagerly gone to practise writing their new sound in all sorts of ways, from using chalk on the playground to forming the sounds on the interactive whiteboard.
Some of us have also been putting sounds together to make CVC words such as 'cat' and 'tap'.
We will be sending sound mats home for the children to practise each sound. If you are unsure how to pronounce any of the sounds, please follow the link to a short YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8.
Autumn is here!
In the last few weeks we have been exploring Autumn through a range of exciting activities. During our outdoor classroom time, we looked at the trees and spoke about the changes we could see. We talked about all of the Autumnal colours. We then collected the fallen leaves to create our own Autumn crowns. They looked fantastic!
Other Autumn activities we have taken part in include, an Autumn sensory tray with Autumn leaves and animals, creating hedgehogs with leaves and painting pumpkins and squash.
Tuesday 3rd October 2017
Today cubs went into the hall and thought about the features of fiction and non-fiction books, before sorting the books into two accurate piles.
Reception curriculum grid
Cubs Curriculum Grid
Reception Long Term Plan 2017/2018
Predicted interests according to the time of the year - topics could change as all planning is linked to children's current interests.
KS1 Reading List


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Karima Bennoune
Professor Bennoune is a leading feminist legal scholar and a professor of international law and human rights at the University of California, Davis, School of Law. Bennoune's writing has appeared in leading academic journals, and in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Guardian and on Al Jazeera. Her forthcoming book, entitled Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism, will be published by Norton in August. Based on 286 interviews with people from 26 countries, the book details peaceful grassroots opposition to fundamentalism among people of Muslim heritage, including women's human rights defenders. A former Amnesty International legal advisor, she is also a former member of the executive council of the American Society of International Law, and currently sits on the board of the network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws. She has carried out human rights field research in many countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Mali, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine/Israel, southern Thailand and Tunisia.
Minoo Derayeh
Dr. Minoo Derayeh, a specialist on Islam, world religions and gender studies, is Associate Professor at York University. She also taught at Concordia University and at McGill University. She received her PhD in the Department of Culture and Values, the Faculty of Education at McGill University. Her research interests are related to gender and religion, modernity and tradition, and religion and social justice. Among her select publications are her Gender Equality in Iranian History: from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present and her articles entitled "Depiction of Women in Iranian Cinema, 1970s to Present" and "The Myths of Creation and Hijab: Iranian Women, Liberated or Oppressed?" She is presently Chair of the Department of Equity Studies at York University and teaches variety of courses including, Islamic Thought & Politics: Human Rights in Islam, Women in the Quran, the Prophetic Tradition, Equity and Human Rights in Education, and Gender, Religion and Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Amel Grami
Dr. Amel Grami is a professor of Gender in Islam and Arab Studies at the University of Manouba, Tunisia. She is a member of the Association of Tunisian Women for Research and Development (AFTURD) and the Association of Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights KARAMAH (in Washington). Her paper on "Women's Solidarity in post-Revolution Tunisia" will analyze the importance of the bond among Tunisian women activists after the revolution and during the period of transition in understanding the dynamic interaction of women as agents of change in the Tunisian political landscape. Areas of her expertise include gender and Islam, as well as gender and the Mediterranean.
Nadia Habib
Nadia Habib is a cultural theorist who teaches in the Department of Human Rights and Equity Studies at York University. Her academic work examines Egyptian cultural life. Lately her work focuses on the aftermath of the Arab Spring in Egypt. Nadia is also a poet and activist and continues to be involved in creative projects.
Zeina Zaatari
Zeina Zaatari is currently a part-time lecturer at the University of California Davis, and an independent consultant working with international organizations. Previously, she worked as the Regional Director for the MENA Program at Global Fund for Women, 2004-2012. She earned her PhD in Cultural Anthropology with an emphasis on Feminist Theory from UCD. Her dissertation and fieldwork focused on women's groups and women activists in South Lebanon detailing their life histories and civil society activism. As a core member of the Arab Families Working Group, Zeina has been researching family and sexuality, including a project addressing masculinity and femininity in television series in Lebanon/Syria and an ongoing research project on Interrogating Heteronormativity in Lebanon: Family, Citizenship, and Access to Adulthood. Her recent publications include an edited book Telling Our Stories: Women's Voices of the Middle East and North Africa (2011), and several chapters including "Arab Feminist Awakening: Possibilities and Necessities" in Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective (Bahithat, 2012 Arabic); "In the Belly of the Beast: Struggling for Non-Violent Belonging" in Arab and Arab American Feminisms (2011); "Women's Leadership in the MENA," In Gender and Women's Leadership (2010); and "Production of Knowledge: International Development Agencies" in Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (2010). She is a current Board member of the Association for Women's Rights in Development, and serves on the editorial board of the newly established Journal of Diverse Sexualities, Syracuse University Press.
Hanadi Zarka
Hanadi Zarka has a diploma in Agriculture Engineering from Tishreen University in Latakia. Among other opportunities, Hanadi has worked in Canaan House for Studies and Publishing, and as an agricultural engineer. She is also a poet, whose work has been translated into German, French, English, Danish, Dutch, and recently Spanish.
Afiya Zia
Afiya Zia is a feminist scholar and activist based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is also a lecturer in sociology and has written extensively on the topic of gender and Islam in Pakistan. She is author of 'Sex Crime in the Islamic Context' (1994) and is currently researching the engagement between 'Faith and Feminism in Pakistan'.
Shirin Abdmolaei
Shirin Abdmolaei is an MA student in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Abdmolaei has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Anthropology from York University. Her interests include dress, resistance, the body, women's rights, and Iran.
Hulya Arik
Hulya Arik is a Ph.D. candidate in Human Geography at York University, Toronto, since 2008. She received her B.A. in English Language and Literature at Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey) in 2003 her M.A. in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) in 2006. Arik's MA thesis is titled "Being a man in the Coffeehouse: Explorations of Hegemonic Masculinity in Public Space in Turkey." Her current research interests include geographies of militarism, secularism and the construction of the female body. Her Ph.D. research focuses on 'Islamist identities' inside the Turkish military and within the context of the discussions over national security, political Islam and secularism in Turkey.
Bahar Hashemi
Bahar Hashemi finished her Bachelor's Degree in the field of Social Sciences in Tehran, Iran prior to her migration. She has recently finished her Master's in Sociology at York University, focusing on the political and cultural activities of Iranian immigrants through a transnational perspective. She will be starting a PhD program in Sociology at the University of Toronto in September 2013.
Farshid Farzin
Farshid Farzin has a LLM in Public Law, Tehran University and a BA in Law, Azad University, Iran. He has work experience as an Assistant Legal Officer in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Tehran, Iran, a position that provides legal assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers and immigrants. He has been working on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) cases. Farshid also worked as aConsultant with Atieh Bahar Consulting, Tehran, Iran.
Safinaz Jadali
Dr. Jadali is an Assistant Professor at Azad University of Tehran, an Associate member at l'Observatoire sur les missions de paix et les opérations humanitaires, UQAM, and a former member of the board of examiners of National Competitive Examination, Iran. Her work experience includes United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Montreal; Senior Protection Assistant, UNHCR, Tehran; International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, and International Criminal Court.
Jessica Jones
Jessica completed an honours degree in Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal. She is now an MA student at Carleton University in Political Philosophy. Jessica's interests are predominantly ancient and classical political thought as well as continental philosophy and its applicability to greater political problems of today.
alma khasawnih
alma khasawnih is a PhD student in the Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies Department at the University of Washington-Seattle. She has a Master's degree from Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor's in Environmental Policy and Behavior from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She is the recipient of the Graduate Opportunity Program (GO-MAP) Fellowship – University of Washington. Alma is a columnist for the Seattle Globalist and an artist with several exhibitions to her name. She taught adult fiction writing at the Bloomsbury-Qatar Foundation in Qatar. Her interests include understanding and documenting the role of art and artists in inciting conversation and action of social change and political movements, transnational feminist theory, and Arab feminism. Her current focus is Arab women artists' process and work within the context of the Arab Spring.
Fidaa Shehada
Dr. Shehada worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, the State University of New York at Binghamton, NY; as an Adjunct Faculty & Researcher in the Political Science Department & The School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, and in several NGOs in the Middle East in field of development and human rights. Her research interests include international development and women's rights.
Gunmeen Singh
Gunmeen Singh recently submitted a PhD thesis on the "Status of Women in the GCC States: A Comparative Study of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia" at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Singh has an MA in International Relations from the University of Warwick, England, and a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy (Hons.) from Lady Sri Ram College, New Delhi. Singh has experience as a Guest Lecturer at the 'Indian School of Business and Finance' (ISBF), New Delhi, and as a Project Coordinator for Amnesty International India. She also worked at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, whereby her research area involved the Middle Eastern region resulting in the publication of her book Lifting the Veil: Position of women in the Gulf Cooperation Council States.


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Just How Virtuous Are You?
Would Lilith want you as her disciple?
So far in Shadowhunters season 3, Lilith has been hunting virtuous mundanes and sacrificing their souls to bring Jonathan back from the dead. Think your soul is pure enough to make the grade? Answer the tough questions below to find out!
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Week 58. February 2018. Rise and write! Grab a power drink of fresh orange juice or a smoothie, and set yourself up for a successful writing session first thing in the morning. For some inspiration, we have a few words of the week for you...
Because we shortened some months to three weeks back earlier in the year, we've decided to double down for December and give you these last weeks two at a time. So, enjoy the final weeks of this version of The Nudge. In the New Year, our publisher has a new prompt style for The Nudge...
Week 48. December 2017. Theme: GAMES. People play games in life, so think about the types of games that your character plays. If you're writing an historical novel or story, this gives you an opportunity to add a scene that shows a game that may now be out of fashion. Be creative and have fun with playing games in your story. Examples, the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee is an elaborate mental game shared by a married couple, and our publisher's novel, Poke Sallet Queen and the Family Medicine Wheel, contains a scene in which secrets are revealed over a card game of Hearts.
Additional advice for creative nonfiction and poetry: Focus on a game that you no longer play but that was important and pivotal in your past. Show your transformation from the time when that game was your focus and why you became enamored with it in the first place, to how you lost interest or moved away from it, as well as how it shaped who you have become now. Consider showing how easily a game can lead to an obsession of some sort, whether that is winning or some other scenario.
Week 52. January 2018. Tool: READ with minor revisions. Writers, it can't be all character creation and fun descriptions of fake worlds. Yes, it's still all of that, but you're making your writing much better for everyone outside of your head if you revise the manuscript and do a read-through of your own work this week. It's your responsibility to revise your own work, first. Expecting others to do the dirty work for you in every way causes the work to suffer by your inability to use the depth of talent available from editors. Create a pattern for revising your own manuscript, and maybe this revision needs to be in great detail, but save the revising until later. This is a read-through, so right now only complete the quick and necessary revisions that the computer spelling/grammar/etc. didn't catch. Keep it quick so as not to interrupt the flow of your reading. If you see a mistake, fix it! Don't wait for an editor. The editors can then give you more advanced editing suggestions instead of being mired in your typos. Enjoy the reading, and hopefully you will find both your strengths and weaknesses as a writer. One of the most helpful ways you can "see" your manuscript is by reading it aloud, whether that is only to yourself or to a friend, family member, or colleague. Just be sure that if you include someone else in this reading, that you note their recommendations after you finish the story. Ask them to keep notes about their opinions, and not to share their thoughts with you until the manuscript reading is complete. Be selective about including someone else, as some influences could suggest alterations that could harm the work and you as a writer.
Week 59. February 2018. Weekend writers, get going on these word groups. Allow them to lead you on a fresh adventure. Observe how these words are commonly used in the world, and what sort of worlds these words inhabit.
Week 50. December 2017. Tool: Point of View~ ANIMAL'S STORY. Write a scene or short story from an animal's point of view. This could be a wild animal or a domesticated pet. If you're incorporating this story into a longer work or novel, consider using the point of view of your character's pet for an experimental scene or chapter. This is an opportunity to be imaginative and creative. Perhaps the animal is the first person narrator.
Additional advice for creative nonfiction and poetry: Return to a memory from your past that involved an animal. Write about that moment from the animal's perspective. Imagine. Explore. Consider possibilities that you might have overlooked by focusing on yourself or your own point of view.
Week 56. January 2018. Even if you are familiar with the words of the week, and use them often in your writing and/or your spoken conversations, try them in a new perspective. Apply the words to a new setting or character, and one that isn't commonly associated with the words and the ideas that the words typically convey...
Week 49. December 2017. Theme: SEASONS OF NATURE. If you tend to avoid writing about nature, let's try some subtle revisions on the setting throughout your novel, or choose a particular recurring place in your setting, AND show the changes of the seasons. In this way, you can show the passage of time, and nature can be a more active element in your story. If you tend to lean away from descriptions of nature in your writing, focus on a single natural cycle and symbolize that complete cycle.
Additional advice for creative nonfiction and poetry: Choose an element of nature, other than the human experience, whether you focus on a plant, animal, mineral, or a land formation, and write about that natural element's cycle of life. Even though you may even write from your own point of view, focus on the seasons of life that accompany whatever life form or natural process you choose.
The Nudge~ click on the links... Weeks 1-9 Weeks 10-18 Weeks 19-27 Weeks 28-37 Weeks 38-47
Week 54. January 2018. It's time for some late night word play in the style of Hemingway and Fitzgerald and all of their friends. Grab a drink, settle in, and conjure up something akin toWoody Allen's Midnight in Paris. See what you can make out of this week's word list. Cheers!
Week 53. January 2018. For the New Year, our publisher has a new prompt style for The Nudge. Every week, she will provide us with a group of words that are not necessarily related in any way. These words could be nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and/or verbs. You may choose to approach this writing prompt style in a variety of ways. You could use this as a challenge to add words to your story or manuscript that you may not otherwise have used. Another option is for you to learn the definitions of the words, if you don't know them already, and practice usage of the words in order to incorporate them into your vocabulary. You may also approach these prompts by learning word etymology, delving deeper into the meaning of the word throughout history, and bringing that knowledge into your writing. Be creative as you learn and use words from these prompts. Challenge yourself to use all of the words in a single poem or short prose piece, or even to use them in conversation during the day. Take note of which words are easy and which are difficult or awkward to incorporate into your spoken vocabulary or your particular style of writing.
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Week 57. February 2018. Grab a late night snack and sit down with the new words of the week. Do they inspire a new recipe for your writing? We hope that they give your mouth some new vocabulary words to play around with...
Week 51. December 2017. Tool: DIRTY WORK~ Manuscript Checklist. We're in the home stretch of this version of The Nudge, so these final weeks are aimed at writers of all genres--fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. If you've been a thoughtful writer all along, these last weeks will be easy for you. Now, it's time to do the dirty work if you haven't already. Ensure that the manuscript is all typed in the same font, preferably a font that is easy to read for a variety of readers (Times New Roman, Helvetica, and Georgia are a few examples). Complete a spelling and grammar check. Make sure all the big issues are correct: Section and chapter breaks, paragraph breaks, and title changes to chapters and sections. For the sake of consistency, complete a "Find/Replace" for character name changes that you made. Finally, make sure that your manuscript has a main title.
Week 60. February 2018. Writers, consider changing your writing space. Light a few candles and create a new atmosphere for your writing session. If candlelight writing isn't the type of new mood that would inspire you, find any new atmosphere for your writing and try out these words:
Week 55. January 2018. Pick or buy yourself a couple of flowers or sprigs from a plant or tree to set upon your table and use as a muse in more than one way. Often, plants, especially aromatic barks and herbs, blooms and bulbs, can be captivating in fragrance as well as visual beauty. Texture adds another element. All combine to allow for experimentation with words...or, choose to use in your own way...
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Michael St. Angel is The Elvis Entertainer for all occasions. Not only does Michael have the Look and the Moves, most importantly Michael St. Angel has The Voice, making his performance and presentation a valued and professional production from start to finish. Michael has an eye for detail and that is obvious in the first few minutes of his taking the stage (all areas of his wardrobe are exact replicas of Elvis' and his moves on stage are clearly reminiscent of the King's own shoulder-shaking, hip-swiveling, arm-lassoing frolics from his movie years in the 50's and 60's and live concerts in the 1970's). His tribute is one of great respect and sincerity, and his own character comes shining through with his colorful personality and sense of humor that immediately captivates his audiences.
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More than a thousand years ago, Buddhist and Taoist sects fiercely competed for ascendancy and imperial endorsement. As power changed hands and religious orders came in and out of favor, the victors would create new monuments to their gods and destroy the old ones. One result was that significantly stronger materials were employed to build religious monuments, being hard to destroy, and the monuments got bigger. The monumental Dazu art testifies to this trend.
The Dazu Rock Carvings and statues are scattered over some 70 sites in Chongqing's DazuCounty. The statues here are stylistically different from those at Yungang and Dunhuang, both of which were much earlier projects. Dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties, the carvings at Dazu are purely Chinese in style, whereas earlier caves at Longmen, Dunhuang and Yungang have very obvious foreign influences. Revealing Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian influences, the Dazu carvings range from small, intimate statues dedicated by pious families to massive reclining Buddhas, requiring hundreds of artisans. A welcome break from Chongqing's urban sprawl, the sites unfold over the idyllic scenery of rolling hills, placid farms and the red earth of the Sichuanbasin.
Of the two major sites, BaodingMountain, though further out of town, are far superior. Constructed from 1179 to 1249, the works range from near miniature to massive. Whether enjoying the artwork, the religious zeal or the beauty of the area, it's well worth spending half a day.
Fortunately, this site is 2km from DazuCounty and can be reached by a 30-minute walk from the bus station. Atop the site, good views can be had of the surrounding countryside.
At the center is the giant Reclining Buddha ,some 31m long and 5m high. Entering Nirvana, the expression on his face is one of peace and happiness. Flanking him is a 1,007-armed, gold Avalokitesvara. In each hand is an eye symbolizing all encompassing wisdom.
Although still somewhat shrouded in mystery, Tantric monk Zhao Zhifeng is credited with founding this site. Built on a mountainside with a monastery perched on top, the lower section is filled with sculpted figures carved into a cliff. Unlike Dazu's other sites with Buddhist carvings, The sculptures at Baoding was carefully planned out, utilizing the natural features of the rock to accentuate the work.
North Mountainis smaller and requires less time. It's believed that this was originally a military camp and that a general, perhaps hoping for good fortune in battle, commissioned the earliest statues. Although many of the statues have deteriorated over the centuries, there are a few that still remain in good condition. Among the most notable is Niche 136, which depicts Puxian the patron saint of EmeiMountain riding a white elephant and the goddess of mercy, Guanyin. The Peacock King can be found in Niche 155 .The sheer variety and volume of statues here dazzles, there are heroes of the Buddhist faith, historical figures and scenes and depictions of daily life in the countryside. While nearly 800years have past since these grottos were made, many of the statues have held up remarkably well, though wind has eroded some and paint has pealed off others.


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We would like to thank to all participants for their wonderful poems. Our contest gathered 105 authors from 27 countries. The judge in first edition was Gillena Cox.
Congratulations to the winners!
First place
embracing the boundless –
an empty boat
closer to the moon
Steliana Cristina Voicu (Ploiesti, Romania)
Judge comment:
There is a nice resonance filling the scope of this haiku, it starts with 'boundless' in Line 1 and continues to the unnamed waters be it sea, or lake or ocean, where the reflection of a boat sits on the water.
A truly wabi sabi image, constructed in a freestyle structure of three lines syllables 6/4/5.
Second place
long after the song
of the first bird is over –
swaying cherry twig
Eduard Tara (Iasi, Romania)
Judge comment:
After reading this haiku we are caught, enwrapped, continuing to savour its essence in by the Line 3 ending of the swaying branch. How skillful of the writer, the ephemeral existence of the cherry petals which are taken on the wind, seem a little more easy to bear, as an observer, it will be difficult gone in a such a short time, but as a haiku reader, the nuance remains as we read and sway with that branch.
His structure is go shichi go, 5/7/5; a lovely neo-classical piece presented in three lines.
Third place
an open door
evening shadows reach out
to frogsong
Vanessa Proctor (Sydney, Australia)
Judge comment:
The use of sound and sight, the appeal to our senses here is just marvellous, shadows reaching into frogsongs, these words form a are a painted canvas of advancing night with a fullness of its creatures, to remind us of time and season. Line 1 by invitation allows this process to naturally take place. Really lovely. Nice form too 3/6/3.
Honourable Mention
shaping water
and my reverie
river stones
Simon Hanson (Allendale, Australia)
December. . .
just a grassblade
to stare at
Kanchan Chatterjee (Jamshedpur, India)
my kitchen garden
overrun with orange pumpkins
the weight of summer
Marietta McGregor (Canberra, Australia)
west wind
a mocking-bird fashions it
into lyrics
Ernest J Berry (Blenheim, New Zealand)
endless night—
mother scrapes darkness
off the kettle
Carl Seguiban (Vancouver, Canada)
rain after rain –
just one magnolia offered
to the stone Jizo
Angelee Deodhar (India)


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I love this time of year! My little gal and I have so much fun doing craft projects together. When I saw this idea posted on Pinterest, I knew we had to give it a whirl.
Next we made a puddle of white paint for her to wiggle her foot in. She giggled and had a blast. Next carefully place each foot down onto the canvas.
We added some googly eyes, adhesive letters and glitter paint
(cause everything we do has to sparkle, even ghosts)!
She wrote her name and dated the back of the canvas.
Easy peasy! I love that every Halloween we'll have a special decoration to cherish from when she was little :)
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Antonio Brown sidesteps contract questions at OTAs
Antonio Brown may not be happy with his contract situation, but he's making the most of it.
The Steelers wide receiver, who had planned to skip offseason workouts until he reached a new deal with the team, wasn't absent for long. Brown reported for the start of organized team activities Tuesday.
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"I'll be there at training camp so you guys get ready to see me," Brown said after practice, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I'll be wearing my same new haircut. I'll be smiling. I'll be ready to go."
Brown signed a six-year contract extension worth $43 million in 2012. He has three years remaining on his deal and won't become an unrestricted free agent until after the 2017 season. Though he restructured his contract last season to create $4 million in cap space for the team, he will still earn $23 million over the next three seasons.
When asked if he sold himself short when he signed his extension, Brown replied, "That's totally up to my agent. I'm here singularly focused to get better and better on my game. This organization has been nothing but first class to me, believing in my time and my skills since I got here. I'm ready to pay them back with my work ethic."
Although he leads the NFL with 239 catches since 2013, Brown is expected to earn about $8.4 million in 2015, ranking 13th among wide receivers. But his paycheck doesn't serve as his sole motivation.
"This is a community that I love," Brown said, via ESPN. "My kids go to school here. I want to keep a good reputation. Obviously money's not important to me. I've got enough. The organization has extremely blessed me. I'm ready to play football."
Brown, 26, led the league with 129 catches for 1,698 yards last season and added 13 touchdown receptions, which earned him first-team All-Pro honors and a third trip to the Pro Bowl. He also recorded 319 punt return yards with one touchdown.


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