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Handmade History: Fabric
by Kate McCreight, guest blogger
My husband discovered a beautiful antique (functioning!) Singer 15-91 electric sewing machine at a garage sale. We brought her home, cleaned her up, discovered a bit about her history ('born' in early 1932!), and I started sewing with her.
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Woven fabrics have been in existence for thousands of years, but the availability, value, and variety of these fabrics have changed drastically through time.
Today fabrics are available in a wide range of styles and prices - with the ability to order via the web or even create and print your own designs on sites like Spoonflower, the possibilities are endless.
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Of course, prior to the innovations in textile production during the 18th and 19th century, and the onset of the Industrial Revolution, this was hardly the case. Cotton, linen, and flax were the earliest fibers cultivated for weaving fabrics (although the earliest clothing was made from leather and felted wool). Cloth was expensive, and the draped fabrics that made up the clothing of ancient Greeks and Romans were styled by draping rather than cutting shapes because it was wasteful to cut away at lengths of valuable fabric. After all, the entire production of the fabric - growing and harvesting the crops, spinning the threads, and weaving the fabric - was done by hand. Wool fabrics were popular in the colder climates of northern Europe, both as felted and woven garments.
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Three main types of textiles evolved: plain weave, twill weave, and satin. Plain weave is the most basic of the three, with the warp and weft forming a simple criss-cross pattern, and both sides of the fabric look the same. In plain weave, the warp and weft are the same weight of thread; warp and weft are of different weights to create and basketweave pattern. Twill weave is more durable and creates a pattern of diagonal ribs, were there is a clear front and back to the fabric. One example of a twill weave is the weft crossing over one warp thread, the under two warp threads, and alternating that pattern across the surface of the fabric. Satin weave also has a clear front and back, with the fabric front appearing glossy and the back matte. In satin weaving, the warp thread goes over multiple wefts at a time, giving it a very soft hand.
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Silk gained popularity in the Western world as trade routes between east and west opened up.
Beginning in Middle Ages Europe, and onwards through the Renaissance, the production of luxury woven-patterned fabrics was a multi-person affair, requiring two people to operate a single loom, and often done through small cottage industries.
Fabric became a valuable trading commodity the world over, and was often included in bridal dowries. Elizabethan sumptuary laws in the 16th century dictated who was allowed to wear certain colors, fabrics, and styles of clothing. Purple, ermine trims, and certain silks were reserved for royal family members, as were woolen goods made "outside the realm." The laws also included appropriate wear for one's horse. These laws were enacted not only to distinguish social classes, but also out of concern that men would be "allured by the vain show those things, do not only consume themselves, their goods, and lands which their parents left unto them, but also run into such debts and shifts as they cannot live out of danger of laws without attempting unlawful acts, whereby they are not any ways serviceable to their country as otherwise they might be." [Greenwich, June 15, 1574, Elizabeth I] Simply put, there was great concern of the populace falling into ruin in trying to keep up with the latest court trends. Actual legal enforcement was scant - with the biggest punishment being a fine - but the social repercussions of dressing above your station were dire.
The first weaving factories were built in 1785. Introduced around 1800, the invention of the cotton gin, which mechanically separated the seeds from the fiber, made milling (and therefore, weaving) cotton a more profitable endeavor. Synthetic dyes introduced in 1850s, combined with roller printing (mechanized fabric printing) and the Jacquard loom (patented 1805, and enabled complicated color patterns to be easily woven) revolutionized fabric production. The Industrial Revolution made it possible to create goods on a large scale at reduced prices, and for the first time in history, conspicuous consumption moved beyond the upper classes.
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In the 21st century, fabric is used for far more than just the clothing on our backs and the sheets on our beds - and artists continue to find new and inventive uses for fabrics, taking full advantage of the wide selection of modern day textiles.
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Further reading:
History of Clothing http://www.historyofclothing.com
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/essays/#?dept=The-Costume-Institute Tweet


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VIENNA — A newly designed IOL, using longitudinal and transverse asphericity to increase breadth of focus, shows benefits in patients with cataract and macular disease at the early stages.
"The EyeMax lens (LEH Pharma) is not a magnifying lens, nor a prism," Federico Badalà, MD, said at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting. "It introduces a new concept in the field of AMD-designed IOLs, using for the first time both longitudinal and transversal asphericity to increase breadth of focus."
The lens is engineered to project well-focused images up to 10° around the central macula and magnifies the picture by 1.2 times. Hyperopia is corrected by external spectacles, targeting for a postoperative refraction of +2 D to +3 D.
Cataract surgery with EyeMax implantation was performed in 96 eyes of patients with age-related macular degeneration or retinal dystrophies, including retinitis pigmentosa, Best disease and Stargardt disease. The average visual acuity gain was 14 ETDRS letters.
"Smaller macular lesions with visual acuity better than 20/200 had a greater improvement, and near acuity benefited more than distance vision from this implant. In many of the patients it was a life-changing procedure," Badalà said.
The lens can be implanted monocularly, but binocular implantation had even better results due to easier and faster neuroadaptation. Patients with the lens in both eyes were able to read better.
Cataract removal does have a role in the visual improvement of these patients. However, Badalà noted that the average letter gain in patients with AMD having cataract surgery is between 6.5 and 7.5 letters in the literature.
"Letter gain in our series was almost double that," he said.
A pseudophakic add-on version of the lens will be commercially launched in the near future. – by Michela Cimberle
Badalà F et al. EyeMax: a new IOL for patients with cataract and macular disease. Presented at: European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting; Sept. 22-26, 2018; Vienna.
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As I was walking through the still empty Bloor West Village Ukrainian Festival grounds - in Toronto - on a very beautiful sunny, Sunday morning, on the September 16th, 2012, I noticed something that did not quite resonate with what was going to happen on Bloor street in a couple of hours.
What I noticed was a cover article of the Toronto Sunday Star - staring at me through the newspaper box window (top image on this page).
Upon taking a closer look, I realized that, in an obvious way, the theme of this article was antithetical to the festive theme of my immediate surroundings.
I also realized that the cover image of the Toronto Sunday Star would fit beautifully into the theme of the page which I was planning on writing, to describe a specific line of my hypnosis for anxiety services.
I thought that writing about this image would be a fitting addition to the page about my hypnosis for anxiety services, which are frequently devoted to helping people overcome their health-related anxiety feelings.
The image which I'm talking about presents a teenage girl who is suffering from cancer, and who obviously does NOT experience any anxiety feelings.
She has a little smile on her face.
How is this possible?
I don't know what's happening inside of her mind, but whatever is happening there, may serve as a beautiful example - worthy of presenting to all of my prospective hypnosis for anxiety seeking clients - of a state of mind, which they could potentially have, even under such trying set of health-related circumstances.
Before I venture into a description of what my hypnosis for anxiety can do for you - in terms of helping you to overcome your health-related anxiety feelings - I would like to invite you to explore the following digression:
Strangely, right by the side of the image of the teenage girl suffering from cancer, there is a headline of an another article shouting: "This is going to get nasty".
I'm not in the business of correcting the obvious editorial blunders of the editors, who would place such a terribly negative hypnotic suggestion, right next to the image of a girl who is struggling to recover from cancer.
But I thought that mentioning this obvious example of a horrible, negative, mindlessly-created piece of the newspaper-hypnosis, would be an interesting addition to the central theme of this page.
It is generally known that the newspapers and TV are the greatest sources of anxiety-generating negativity, but it is rare to see an unintentional (I guess) blunder of an editor, who happened to be blind to the horrible, negative hypnotic influence of what he allowed to be placed side-by-side to the image of the teenager, who is trying to mobilize all her psycho-physiological powers, to recover from cancer.
I am sure that the girl who gave her story to The Toronto Star - in good faith - is going to see herself on the cover, and that her subconscious mind - whether it wants it or not - will absorb the "this is going to get nasty" message.
What do you think this may do to her recovery process?
The following link will take you to the page which describes both, the healing and killing power of the human thoughts and ideas.
Before you dive further into the content of the page which you are reading now - you may want to reflect for a moment on the healing and killing power of your thoughts and ideas.
Thoughts that heal- thoughts that kill
At this point, I'm going to leave the subject of the negative, media-generated hypnotic influence, and the subject of the human healing-and-killing thought patterns, and go further into the subject of overcoming health-related anxiety feelings.
There is no point to deny...
There is no point to deny that the things which could potentially negatively affect your health could happen to you, at any time, without much of a warning.
My hypnosis for anxiety does not focus on hypnotizing anxiety sufferers into a trance of delusional safety of life.
Terrible things do happen and they not only make people sick - they also kill them by tens of thousands, sometimes in a matter of seconds.
The earthquakes and tsunamis do happen and will keep on happening.
On a smaller scale, mass shootings do happen and will keep on happening.
Life is highly unpredictable, uncertain, and full of dangers and traps of many kinds.
Even if you are lucky to avoid all of these horrors of life - life will ultimately kill your physical existence.
And before your life will kill you, it will make you old - assuming you will be lucky to have a long life - and as you are aging, it may give you dementia, incontinence, and who knows what else that is frequently a part of an aging process.
I am not saying all of these things here to scare you away from reading this page any further.
I am saying what I am saying, because my hypnosis for anxiety services are based on learning how to accept the realities of life and how to HAPPILY move on, in spite of the life's problems.
Denial has very short legs and it can be used only in a very limited way to shelter the human psyche from the anxiety evoking realities of life.
On the other hand - constant focusing on the dangers of life is also not an answer to the anxiety dilemma.
What my hypnosis for anxiety attempts to deliver is the ability to enter a state of mind characterized by feelings of SAFETY, amidst the turbulent currents of the river of life.
It is a tricky business to learn how to be IMMUNE to various forms of misfortune and be able to happily move on in spite of adversity.
I am not an advocate of the Positive Thinking Solution which is basically about "trying" to be positive amidst adversity.
The "be happy - don't worry" solution inevitably breaks down under the burden of the heavy-duty circumstances.
Some things happen in life, in the face of which, you just CAN'T be happy, smiling, or moving on by the sole power of your positive thinking.
The question arises: What is the most effective, and the most practical solution to the health-related anxiety dilemma?
If the popular positive-thinking-psychology cannot deliver what every anxiety sufferer is searching for - what can provide the desperately desired feelings of SAFETY to the mind overtaken by the anxiety feelings?
Most human minds do not focus on the potential horrors of life.
Most people do benefit from their built-in mental mechanism which protects their psyches from focussing on what may potentially go wrong.
This protective mechanism is a part of our common, psychological makeup and it exists to enable us to move on through the minefields of life.
It is a form of an evolutionary safety valve, which enables us to move on relatively blind to the inherent dangers of life.
It is rather obvious that being constantly focused on what could potentially go wrong would only generate a paralysis of action.
And because we must act in life - God gave us this selective, psychological blindness-to-adversity ability.
Our psychological blindness-to-adversity enables us to watch the daily news and not become paralyzed by the media-displayed horrors of life.
We see these horrors on our TV screens, read about them in the newspapers, and yet, in spite of them, we can move on in our lives, as if all of these horrible things were happening in some other dimension - as if they could never happen to us.
For most people their psychological safety-valves are enough to protect their minds from constantly experiencing the waves of anxiety feelings, resulting from our daily exposure to the dark realities of human existence.
There are also those who - for some reason - don't have their psychological safety-valves functioning at their optimal capacity.
What is left to them - in terms of enabling them to be fully functional in spite of the potential adversity of the circumstances - is also SOMETHING that God gave to each of us, but not too many of us are capable of utilizing its anxiety healing potential.
This SOMETHING works beautifully - even if you are fully aware of what may potentially go wrong in your life - because as you are aware of the inherent dangers of life, you are also AWARE of SOMETHING within you that transcends all of your earthly, existential concerns.
This SOMETHING, which I'm speaking about, is your HIGHER AWARENESS, which dissolves your lower awareness, and enables you to be free from your ego-based anxiety feelings.
It is precisely this HIGHER AWARENESS that my hypnosis for anxiety attempts to awaken in all those who suffer from their health-related anxiety feelings.
What I attempt to deliver to the anxiety sufferers via my hypnosis for anxiety is a shift from their anxiety-prone, ego-based functioning to living FREELY - free from any earthly concerns - in the SPIRIT.
What I attempt to show to my clients through my hypnosis for anxiety services is that living from their SPIRIT-BASED-REALITY is not some flaky, out-of-this-world solution to their health-related anxiety feelings.
I attempt to show to them that their SPIRITUAL REALITY is, in fact, the only REAL REALITY of their lives.
I attempt to show them that all other realities of their lives are based on PERCEPTION, and as such, they are a form of self hypnosis.
Only the SPIRIT REALITY is transcendent to the dance of perceptions and independent of them.
It is precisely this independence of our SPIRIT REALITY, that enables all those who have matured spiritually far enough, to be immune to the adverse winds of circumstance.
At the bottom of every health-related anxiety hides always FEAR of DEATH, and it is only by authentically awakening to that part of yourself which CAN NEVER DIE, that your health-related anxiety feelings can be undone for all of eternity.
This page speaks only briefly about the principles of FREEDOM from health-related anxiety feelings.
These principles are universal and do apply to all other forms of anxiety.
A detailed description of the actual "HOW" of the liberation from all sorts of anxiety feelings requires a separate page devoted to that subject.
I am planning on writing such a page soon, and when it is ready for publication, I will place a link to it at the bottom of the page you are reading now.
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Reco d'es Sol hotel was completely renovated in 2001 and offers all types of facilities; an adult and child swimming pool, gardens, a pool bar providing a variety of different atmospheres, a kindergarten, continental breakfast at the pool bar, 24 hour reception desk, laundry (self service),The Reco d'es Sol hotel has many sporting opportunities in it's surroundings including windsurfing, scuba-diving, bicycle hire and tennis. It also provides shared communal areas and easy access rooms for the disabled.
The rooms of the hotel enjoy a privileged sight of the Bay of San Antonio. They are equipped as it is possible to see, with all kinds of domestic appliances to do the stay as comfortable as possible. It has television, toaster, water kettle, icebox, microwaves...
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On the behalf of the Committee to Elect Raymond Privott 6th District Edgecombe County Public School Board Member I would like to thank you for your support in the election. It is a real privilege to be able to represent you on our school board. I am humbled that you have placed your trust in me to be your representative. I pledge my best and look forward to the work that lies ahead as I work for the children of Edgecombe County.
Raymond Privott
Note: I am happy that Rev. Privott is my representative for my district. I know he will do well as a retired educator. To me being a retired educator can be what is needed if they are going to go in and do what is best for the children because they know the system.


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Stylish and luxurious Lake Cottage stands in the grounds of Middleton Hall, overlooking one of our two lakes. The deluxe single storey detached stone-built self catering cottage has secure gardens all around and offers a superior standard of homely and spacious accommodation in a unique and unusual setting. Awarded a 5 star grade by VisitBritain 2010. The Lake Cottage is an ideal family retreat set in surroundings which are as relaxing as they are beautiful to the rear of the cottage there are stunning views of Holy island and the Northumberland coast.
Ideal for walking holidays in groups or couples the Lake cottage provides the ultimate experience in comfort, practicality and location giving you total freedom to explore the breath taking shoreline and countryside Northumberland has to offer. Another popular option by our guests is cycling holidays; take full advantage of secure outdoor garage available to store your bikes. By day take to the roads and digest the endless routes and sites to your heart's content stopping off at countless local historic sites, tourist attractions, cafés, pubs, restaurants and much much more. Relax, explore and enjoy your stay at Middleton Hall.
Lake Cottage is the perfect luxury self-catering family retreat, situated only a short drive away to the beautiful Northumberland coast and nestled in the private grounds of Middleton Hall families will love the privacy the cottage has to offer with no other property overlooking the cottage. Children are a big focus for this luxury self-catering cottage the open plan living, dining and kitchen area are ideal when it comes to preparing lunch but still been able to keep a watchful eye on the little ones.
Safe and secure gardens wrap around the entire cottage allowing the little adventurers to feel free but also offering piece of mind to parents. The children's play area which is exclusively for the use of Lake Cottage guests comprises of a sand pit table, a slide, a well-equipped Wendy house and a set of swings, a baby swing seat can also be provided. Our younger guests will have hours of fun playing in the gardens, taking advantage of the scooters, putting on family shows using the dress-up box of fancy dress outfits and leading the way on peaceful walks around the private grounds that Middleton Hall has to offer and beyond.
The cottage consists of a king size master bedroom with en-suite shower room, a double bedroom and a twin bedroom. The large modern family bathroom includes a shower and bath. The open plan living, dining and kitchen area consists of a fully fitted luxury kitchen with all appliances including electric oven and hob, dishwasher, microwave, fridge, freezer, wine cooler and washer/dryer.
A large dining table for up to six people allows you to enjoy being together as a family over a home cooked meal planning the day's adventures and activities; a high chair can be provided on request. Within the living space sits an original fully functioning wood burning fireplace to add that perfect homely ambiance from a roaring fire to a cosy evening together.
An added extra bonus of the cottage is the free Wi-Fi and the detailed holiday guide, which has been produced by Brian and June offering some ideas of how and where to enjoy your stay on the Northumberland coast.
6 people – ideal for family holidays and breaks. No dogs are permitted to stay at the cottage.
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Had a lovely relaxing weekend for my husbands birthday. This is the nicest cosiest cottage we've stayed in. We will be back. Next time it'll be earlier in the year when everywhere is open. Thank you for the cake, scones and prosecco!! None of us want to go home. The Cheneys
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Hey there blog! Long time no blog! It's just another excuse for me to escape again.. no? Haha
In this post I just want to say don't live your life with regret. Oh I know I am too sweet at lips and too sour at hope and action. I know it. I admit it.
Not living life with regret will be my new motto on life. I am always dreaming of becoming great. I am always dreaming of becoming someone that matters. I always admire people who live and rule their life. Woman i've been following in blog and social media becomes my inspiration. Well, since a long time ago. Really.
And now it's time not only writing it, but also with perseverance living the word I said or do.


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St. Francis- St. James United School to close at end of school year
St. Francis-St. James United School in the West Seventh neighborhood of St. Paul is closing at the end of the 2012-2013 school year, school officials announced Nov. 30.
Although it was sad news for the school's 75 students and their families, principal Gail Rappé said she and her staff saw it coming for a while. Enrollment had been dropping steadily in recent years, she said.
The present financial crisis was precipitated by the recent loss of a major tenant in one of the parish buildings, but there also were significant underlying sustainability issues.
A task force of parish and school leaders and other stakeholders was set up in the fall to discuss the future of the school. It determined the school was not financially sustainable and recommended closure.
"They have been financially fragile for a few years," said Laurie Acker, director of urban education in the archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools. "They looked at all the statistics and finances and realized that the school, with [75] kids and a lot of the families not being able to afford it, was just not financially viable."
St. Francis-St. James has received financial support to ensure its operations will continue through the end of the 2012-2013 school year.
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Two parish schools merged in 1988 to become St. Francis-St. James United School, with both having operated independently just blocks apart prior to that. St. Francis opened in 1884, St. James in 1913. The two parishes merged in January 2011 under the archdiocese's strategic plan.
With more than six months before the end of the school year, Rappé and the Office of Catholic Schools will be working to help place the students in other Catholic schools.
Leaders of nearby Catholic schools — including St. Peter Claver, Holy Spirit, Highland Catholic, St. Thomas More and Community of Saints, all of which are within roughly a 10-minute drive of St. Franci-St. James — will be coming to the school Dec. 11 to talk with parents and give them information about curriculum, tuition and financial aid availability.
"I'm confident if we have families that found a Catholic school they want to go to, we'll do everything possible to help get them the funding to go to that school," Rappé said.
Acker said one important funding source is the Legacy Grant, which the archdiocese uses to help students and families in financial need attend urban Catholic schools.
Archbishop Nienstedt also has asked the Office of Catholic Schools to work with teachers and staff at St. Francis-St. James United School to assist them in finding employment in other Catholic schools.
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Heather wonders about the reasoning behind Ramona's apology.
Sitting outside in The Meatpacking District on a sunny day in New York City is top of the charts! It's hard to believe that ten years ago, when I lived in the neighborhood, it was nothing but slaughter houses, Florent Restaurant (which was open all night), and ever-so-fabulous trannies on every corner.
Today, the Meatpacking District has transformed completely and is a destination for great restaurants, great nightlife, and great shopping. The James Hotel and Jimmy's rooftop bar is another great NYC hot spot.
Watching the scene about wedding rings there got me thinking how funny it is to see such differing opinions on a man's wedding ring. I don't know of any chic woman who forgoes the band or the diamond for that matter, LOLl! But with a man, it's true that some wear a band and some don't. So Sonja and I felt that the kind of women that would hit on Reid while wearing a wedding ring is not a quality woman, whereas if he was not wearing a wedding band a woman of quality would never know he was taken and could potentially peak his interest. So we disagreed with Aviva's reasoning. I love that Jon likes and wears his wedding ring, and he does so with pride. But at the end of the day, I suppose a man needs to make his own decision whether or not jewelry feels right for him (funny enough Reid didn't mind wearing a ring). Of course, we all know that a wedding band can't stop infidelity, in the end only the person can do that.
Sonja is a whole lotta fun! She just cracks me up! She is really very funny, and I like hanging out with her socially. Her sense of humor is unequalled, and I appreciate that so much because she has not had an easy time of things the past few years. I am genuinely so happy that she's asked me for advice on her business ideas. The very prospect of helping her to build a brand that could potentially afford her some breathing room is exactly the kind of thing that gets my motor running!
While I believe that Ramona tried to be of help to Sonja by taking time to meet her in her office and lending her expertise to a friend when she didn't really want to be there, I was more interested in first understanding the business Sonja was looking to build and getting that sorted out with the hope that Sonja would walk away from our initial meeting energized and excited. I may have sounded a little pompous in my talking head, but it's totally the opposite. I was actually eager because I genuinely understood Sonja's vision and know I could help her see it through. It's going to take a lot more than three hours a day, but as much work as it will be, it will be fulfilling to see her succeed with it! Sonja has a great concept and vision for what she wants to accomplish and now she just has to roll up her sleeves and go for it! She can be the next Martha Stewart. She just has to believe it!
At Ranjana Khan's party (celebrating the launch of her new jewelry collection for The Limited), all the ladies look stunning. It was a beautiful party and Ramona looked especially glamorous. For the record, I do not hold anything "against" Ramona, it's not that deep for me. I just can't find that natural "groove" with Ramona. It just doesn't come easy for us and I have had trouble connecting with her. If it happens, it happens but until then, we share mutual friends and I have no reason to remain anything less than polite and gracious. Maybe, if my first encounters with Ramona were more like Carole's I would feel differently, but Ramona seemed to be competitive with me from jump. I am not interested in any games, although she seems to have me targeted as such. Further to that, I was never "mad" at Ramona for "telling me I talked to much." Other than stirring the pot, I have no idea why Aviva said that. Ramona and I had our exchange about it, I articulated that I felt strange that Mario and Ramona would choose to enlighten me with their "constructive criticism" upon first acquaintances, and that is that.
It was very nice that Ramona did finally put out an olive branch to me, showing some humanity over the recent loss of my Dad. I had been incensed by her reactions, especially when sharing vulnerabilities with her, (and maybe it's just all in her delivery). Let me tell you, that apology was a moment that surprised us all, and I was very appreciative about it. But after watching the show, was it only because she now knew I had invited some of the girls on a trip to London and she wanted to go?
I love London. It is such a great city, I have really enjoyed spending time there through the years, but as of late, it was always for work. So when Jon suggested I extend the trip and invite a few of the ladies with me for some fun I thought it sounded like a brilliant idea! And I was looking forward to a work/play trip that would be light because I would have a lot to balance and a fun get away from life's pressures. I was excited that Sonja and Carole were immediately on board! While I am learning more and more about Aviva and her fears, and I was thinking that, unless Reid came, her phobias wouldl hold her back. And after our visit to Jimmy's I don't know if a flat with bunch of women would be so comfortable for Reid. . .
So would you invite Ramona to London? Keep in mind that the main purpose of the trip was for my international sales meeting which was scheduled to take place there. (We distribute Yummie Tummie shapewear throughout Europe and Australia and I was going to London to present the new collections to all of our distributors.)
I am curious to see what you think. . .
As always, thanks again for the feedback, Tweets and posts! See what I am up to on my Facebook page, YummieLife.com, and HeatherThomson.net.
See you next week!
xx. Heather


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Saturday, December 11, 2010
LDS Non-African Missionaries Evacuated from Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Mission May Divide to Create New Mission in 2011
The administrative decision to relocate all non-African missionaries in the mission to Benin and Togo will facilitate the creation of a new mission for these two nations. Full-time missionaries report that the Church has been planning on creating a new mission to administer these two nations in the coming months. A mission based in Lome, Togo would greatly increase potential for the LDS Church to expand nationwide as the Church at present only operates in Lome, Togo and Cotonou, Benin. Distance and a lack of missionary resources has prevented a greater church establishment in these nations, which have no legal restrictions and highly receptive populations to the Church. The Church has not formally announced any plans to create a new mission as of yet.
The Church in Togo continues to grow rapidly. The first branch was created in the early 2000s and divided to create the Tokoin Branch in 2006. Additional branches were created in 2008 (Hédzranawoé), 2009 (Be-Kpota), and 2010 (Ablogame). The five branches in Togo belong to the Lome Togo District, created in late 2009. LDS membership has grown from 117 in 2000 to 1,034 in 2009.
The Church has grown less rapidly in Benin. There were 11 Latter-day Saints in 2004 and in 2009 there were several hundred. The first branch was created in 2004 (Cotonou). In 2008, the branch was divided in to three branches: Akpakpa, Gbedjromede, and Menontin. Currently the three branches are not part of a stake or district and full-time missionaries report that member activity rates are high and local leadership has been developed.
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- Ryan Searcy said...
I read somewhere that Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania were working to become a single nation within the next few years. I can't remember what the nation would be called (I think it was East African Republic). Would this effect the Church at all in these nation? I understand the 2 stakes and 3 districts would be renamed. Would mission work be simpler if it's a single country?
- December 12, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Erik said...
Interesting - I was not aware of this! I googled the subject and found the following two articles:
I seem to remember a prophecy of Gordon B. Hinckley, from some Ensign issue, when he said that where there were then (in 1998) hundreds of members in Eastern Africa, there would be thousands and tens of thousands and the Church would continue to grow. Wonder if creating one single nation would accelerate such church growth?
- December 13, 2010 at 5:00 PM


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Angry Video Game Nerd – Episode 137 – The Crow (Sega Saturn)
This is the 10th AVGN Halloween special!
Mike Matei / October 30th, 2015
Angry Video Game Nerd – Episode 137 – The Crow (Sega Saturn)
This is the 10th AVGN Halloween special!
October 30, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Looking forward to this!
October 30, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Ooh, a new one. Looking forward to it!
October 30, 2015 at 4:17 pm
October 30, 2015 at 4:41 pm
oh god is this a sick joke? i wanna watch!!! you are scaring me more than Halloween ever could. i hope its good
October 30, 2015 at 4:52 pm
Oh man! I loved playing 1313 when I was a kid! Really looking forward to the next Board James. Keep up the great work!
October 30, 2015 at 5:38 pm
I never got to play it, but I always thought the commercial was amusing.
October 31, 2015 at 7:53 am
You just reminded me of Star Wars 1313 and how that amazing looking game never happened… RIP
October 31, 2015 at 10:51 pm
Disney has the assets for it now and there cooking something up, it wont be exactly like we saw and heard of the previous version of it but a 1313 like game is coming, no worries.
October 30, 2015 at 5:00 pm
amazing. it gets the best at the end when you get angry. making fun of how the crow looks like marilyn manson, kiss, joker and such. and im love love lovin the crossover with board james, successfully chilling. and when he gets angry its amazing and hilarious. good job man, i hope you read comments so u can learn what people think of your videos. MORE ANGER AND CLEVER CONTEXTUAL OUTBURSTS!
October 30, 2015 at 5:04 pm
I was waiting SO impatiently for your Halloween Episode :DD
October 30, 2015 at 5:14 pm
Love the rockin out 4:07 to 4:12…LOL
October 30, 2015 at 5:16 pm
I knew this was gonna be good right when I saw it posted.
Funny stuff.
October 30, 2015 at 5:35 pm
Funny thing that the video's title says The Crow, but the game is The Crow: City of Angels!
October 30, 2015 at 5:52 pm
I love Board James
October 30, 2015 at 5:56 pm
thank you
October 30, 2015 at 6:07 pm
October 30, 2015 at 6:09 pm
Poor choice of the game.
These days I'm looking forward to Board James more.
October 30, 2015 at 6:13 pm
This was…..ok.
October 30, 2015 at 6:23 pm
THE CONTROLS ARE LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE BACKGROUNDS ARE FIXED! When you move to a different area, the camera is in a different spot. So obviously the controls need to be the way they are, otherwise pressing RIGHT may be a different direction in the next background. Mario 64 doesn't have this problem because the camera moves with the character. Resident Evil is one of my favorite games and I have no problem with the controls. I can speed run that shit just fine.
October 30, 2015 at 8:45 pm
With fixed cameras that pop from one crazy angle to the next, it can definitely help to have consistency in your sense of direction. But in RE the controls kind of worked in favor of the game's survivor horror setting and mood. They made me feel kind of mired, and definitely made it harder to get away from enemies and react quickly (as opposed to RE4 being 3D and having good 3D controls). But those controls could also be a pain in the ass with parts you're stuck on. In The Crow, you're supposed to be a badass, resurrected death machine but the controls feel too limited. Maybe the game would have been better as a true 3D game, or maybe a single, overhead camera angle like in Blood Omen (PS1).
October 30, 2015 at 6:37 pm
Holy shit! I have that board game! Can't fucking wait.
October 30, 2015 at 6:48 pm
Oh shit Board James is leaking into the rest of the universe!
October 30, 2015 at 7:12 pm
Was really happy to see a new AVGN video and I am looking forward to the new Board James video. As long as you keep making them, I will keep watching them!
October 30, 2015 at 7:21 pm
🙂 Sweet i hope Bootsy and Mike ghosts make apparance on that board game.
October 30, 2015 at 7:22 pm
I Love the light setup James! The yellow/orange color that lit up the jack-o-lantern, the green light on the consoles in the back, and the blue/purple light on the nerd, it is al so perfect in balance, hats off!
October 30, 2015 at 7:41 pm
Wow, i never thought you would get to that pos, The Crow: city of angels was quite possibly the worst game i ever played on ps1 even worse than Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero!
October 30, 2015 at 7:44 pm
A new Nerd video just made my day.
October 30, 2015 at 7:54 pm
October 30, 2015 at 8:58 pm
"The game is so bad, IT BECAME SELF-AWARE."
Classic. This was a great (bad) game/review.
LOVE the Board James twist at the end. This is getting intense. :O
Happy Halloween, James!
October 30, 2015 at 8:21 pm
Love hearing those heavy metal references \m/
October 30, 2015 at 8:46 pm
Sorry James, but I like that kind of control setup haha
Not in that game though.. I liked Onimusha's for example
October 30, 2015 at 8:48 pm
lol a flaming bag of The Crow. Good episode.
October 30, 2015 at 9:04 pm
October 30, 2015 at 9:04 pm
A new avgn, nice! perfect way to finish a friday night at 2am
October 30, 2015 at 9:07 pm
did you know that this page actually shows up suspiciously high on google when you search for "the crow"
October 30, 2015 at 10:11 pm
three months? really?
October 30, 2015 at 10:50 pm
Is it just me or did that seem really short and not very in-depth at all?
October 30, 2015 at 11:19 pm
I knew they were going to get one up! It wouldn't be october without the Nerd!
October 30, 2015 at 11:32 pm
Love 13 dead in drive as a kid. Totally forgot that game. Always a bitch to set up and actually play right. Look forward to it. Keep up the good work. I know it's hard for you to produce these things. I have a degree in film and do this stuff every. Day. Keep on pushing on.
October 30, 2015 at 11:46 pm
The Nerd and Board James Xover is becoming more and more EPIC with each video!
October 31, 2015 at 12:36 am
And I just doubted if there were to be an AVGN Halloween episode… Thank you James!
October 31, 2015 at 12:50 am
13 Dead End Drive is a very fun board game btw
October 31, 2015 at 1:25 am
Great episode! Was Jonesing for some Nerd content. Oh, and nice cameo by… oops, almost let it slip. Never mind. 🙂
October 31, 2015 at 1:30 am
Damn James. You have out-done yourself once again in this best month on Octoween. What a great, amazing, truly hilarious episode. My love appreciation and gratitude to you. Happy holidays to you, your wife, and your daughter. Looking forward to another great year!
October 31, 2015 at 1:37 am
Thank you for this shitty game. Another fine review!!
October 31, 2015 at 2:55 am
I have this game for the PS… and it's indeed a piece of shit!
October 31, 2015 at 4:06 am
Caw Caw BANG FUCK IM DEAD.
October 31, 2015 at 4:16 am
Hell yeah.
October 31, 2015 at 5:06 am
Excellent episode. "He's pulling her tits!"
October 31, 2015 at 6:40 am
I liked City of Angels, even if it was confusing. The Crow: Salvation was a real piece of shit. I think that one went straight to DVD.
Woooo……These graphics & controls are at least better than that Highlander game for the Atari Jaguar. Not that that's saying much.
October 31, 2015 at 7:18 am
I AM YOUR FANS IN China!
October 31, 2015 at 7:57 am
Listen to the music in this game and imagine a super shitty rip-off version of the beginning of Robo's Theme from Chrono Trigger… that's what I'm hearing.
October 31, 2015 at 11:32 am
hell yes been waiting on a new avgn vid.this game sucks i remember renting it for playstation back in the day brought it right back for a diff game
October 31, 2015 at 12:12 pm
KING DIAMOND ftw!
October 31, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Thank Jesus. AVGN is why im here.
October 31, 2015 at 1:12 pm
October 31, 2015 at 2:21 pm
I know it was kind of confirmed in the last Board James episode, but Board James must be the Nerd's past self. He seems dark and insane, but the Nerd is just pissed off and angry.
The ending part with Board James was pretty creepy!
October 31, 2015 at 3:21 pm
Thanks a lot for this, James. I actually like simpler episodes like this one. Feels more like some of your older ones – just a good ol' "shitty game" review.
October 31, 2015 at 3:50 pm
It's good to see you again.
October 31, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Dude that boardgame is fucking amazing I had it when I was a kid. I'm so sorry you had to suffer through that turd of a game.
October 31, 2015 at 4:44 pm
Oh ho hoooo the split personalities! This is getting good!
October 31, 2015 at 4:51 pm
I heard PS1 version of this sucks but Sega Saturn sucked that bad. It looks amazingly horrible that hurts my eyes. I can hear the devil scream burn this miserable piece of shit.
October 31, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Why does the crow look like that scary face from Game Boy Camera that asks who you're running from?
November 1, 2015 at 2:11 am
Brandon Lee accidently got killed during the set of The Crow because the makers failed to notice that one of the cartridges was a real bullet that killed him.
November 1, 2015 at 7:21 am
That music, oh man. This video is hilarious. Your description of The Crow character is great. Those Resident Evil tank controls… oof. They were annoying, but you could get used to them. But, this game clearly isn't as polished as even RE1. Not good.
November 2, 2015 at 2:53 pm
The controls work fine in BioHazard. I always liked it.
The problem with people like you is that they compare everything to mario 64 or zelda. BioHazard is a slow paced game and the tank controls work perfectly for game. It makes you play the game at a slower pace. But no, people like you just want to rush through the game like it was GTA or something like. That's why Capcom ended up ruining the series with that piece of shit that biohazard 4 was
November 1, 2015 at 10:29 am
I thought this would be funny to do during the next AVGN episode; You know how in older episodes you seemed to dub audio over video of you talking, like when you played Frankenstein's Monster on Atari during the Halloween episode and say "Its ass! Its aaaasss!" You should do that once again. It would stand out so much but be hilarious. Like just take the old slow "AAAAAASSSSSS" audio from the UForce Top Gun landing and put it over you making an exaggerated facial expression. Idk, thought it would be good, can take us back to the past 🙂
November 1, 2015 at 10:35 am
I got one for you AVGN. Bonkers on the SNES.
November 2, 2015 at 5:52 am
Staying with your AVGN holiday tradition, is it safe to say we can expect another edition of the "Twelve Days Of Shitsmas"?? Because that was awesome last year.
November 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm
I don't know about this game but the controls work very well in BioHazard.
If you James can't walk in a straight line, then there's a problem with the way you handle the controller but don't blame the game for your mistakes.
Also, I don't think mario 64 has better control than BioHazard (nor is it a better game). It depends on the game you are trying to make. BioHazard with mario 64 controls would suck ass big time.
November 2, 2015 at 7:19 pm
What can you said i loved this one the nerd so rules cant believe it's been the 10th one all of the Halloween special have been fucking cool
November 17, 2015 at 8:40 am
He's pulling her tits! D:
November 24, 2015 at 8:15 pm
I have to say your acting is too fake now James. You should go back to your old video and see how you acted, maybe It was just you and not "acting", because back then I was able to trust your caracter. Now all I see is you a caricature of the AVGN and you force yourselft to be funny. Maybe Its because Im too old to find this anymore but I can really see your acting is not as great as before. The AVGN caracter for me is a depressif intelligent guy full of hate for what he do of his life but he continu to be in his loop forever. He looked a bit pathetic but the caracter was funny! OOh well maybe you made him evolved but I think its less funny than before. Btw I didnt like your movie either…was not a question of budget… the scenario was a good idea but I think it could have been so much better than what I saw. I was at Toronto to see it and
I didnt understand why people claped at the end, probably more because one of your guys who made it was there, but I had the feeling the peoples didnt find it good too. At least I must say you have created a great caracter, Im glad you gave me great entertaiment. Thank you for that!
November 25, 2015 at 8:15 pm
I only ever liked the original Crow movie. The Crowe series was JUST DREADFUL with it's ending.
November 27, 2015 at 12:11 am
November 30, 2015 at 7:07 pm
Funny enough – I remember playing that game, but on the PSX if I remember right. It was hard as shit, we never got far.
December 1, 2015 at 8:50 am
December 1, 2015 at 8:51 am
Dam the pinky shit avatar again..how do i change that shit?
December 14, 2015 at 3:38 am
I'm a bit late, but I still love these videos! Thank you!
December 19, 2015 at 12:14 pm
This is not very funny to said at least. There's a thing called Z-Buffer that Playstation and Saturn didnt had (unlike Jaguar) back in the day so the polygons must be arranged from the virtual world to the framebuffer manually, unless some skilled team like Naughty Dog do a software-based z-buffer.
Those clipping issues are not even funny coz they are present in most of those systems catalog.
Yeah, the was bad, but no for this poor arguments..
February 8, 2016 at 5:23 pm
Now this one was so good always like the nerd at Halloween with funny episodes keep up the good work on them the nerd rules
May 11, 2016 at 6:21 am
Don't remember the game, but I remember the 3ed moive being pretty bad. Straight to DVD too.
May 27, 2016 at 8:13 am
Goddamn… A King Diamond reference preceding the Witchfinder General one… The Nerd has a savagely good taste in heavy metal that I never saw coming.
June 19, 2016 at 5:26 pm
The combat is eerily similar to the 1995 PC game Bioforge.
April 23, 2017 at 4:40 am
Great video. This was hilarious! I especially loved your insult string to the Crow on the game cover.
May 11, 2017 at 6:25 pm
2 years latter, and still loving this, series and Cinemassacre!
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I'm home in Nova Scotia again after another great trip home to Newfoundland. I have to tell you that this July saw some records broken in NL: Temperature records and Personal Running Records. :D
It was the coldest July they've had in YEARS....like I'm talking many years! Last Year when I ran the Tely 10 it was one of the hottest Julys on record and that did not work well in favour of many runners who suffered heat exhaustion during the race. This year was quite the opposite. With cool temps runners were destroying their previous times and having a much more enjoyable experience along the route and I was one of them. :)
Let's get to the details.
When I headed to Newfoundland I was struggling with a knot/trigger point in the head of my right gastroc. It was so super tight! I called my PT while I was away and she gave me some tips on how to manage it for the race. I applied pressure and heat with lots of stretching and rest. I only ran once in NL other than the race. You will also note from the pics below that the fireplace is going and I'm wearing wool socks and flannel PJs...told you it was cold.
My only 'test run' if you will while I was away. 3.1 miles at 7:57 pace. It felt good to run but all I thought about was my leg. My mom called to ask how it went as soon as I got in. I was a worry wart and apparently it was spreading, lol.
We ate an awesome pasta dinner, one which was marathon worthy, so I knew we'd be fuelled good. ;)
Some coffee and snuggles with Hunter after dinner was perfect to calm race nerves. She even let me use her Running mug. I knew this was a big deal! ;)
We also tried out the selfie stick. We know, we've got some practicing to do! haha.
Okay, flat Heather was all laid out on a gorgeous quilt made by my Aunt Jeannette! Don't you just love it?! My sisters told me to be bright and visible so they could pick me out of the 4000+ runners. Mission accomplished!
Early Sunday morning we met up with some of Aunt Brenda's friends to walk to the start. Their energy was so positive it really set a great tone for the race. Some of these ladies were conquering their first Tely 10 which was so exiciting! My Aunt Brenda would introduce me as "This is my neice Heather Brenda. She runs the Boston Marathon!" LOL.
|Aunt Brenda was not a fan of my ragged throw away, lol.
I get really excited when I see them. They only ever get to see me run this race since I live in another province. I think that's why I pressure myself so much.
Sometimes at the early miles I waste energy being a poser, LOL.
Then I realize I have a lot of work to do...so I'd better get to it!
"See you at the finish!"
Every now and again going down steeper hills I'd feel a side stitch coming on so I'd slow down for a bit and it just went away. Usually when I drink on route it gets worse so this year I only took water from one station at mile 8 and threw it over my hands and face. I do not recommend that you run without water! But I was feeling good and since it was a shorter race I knew I'd be able to finish without any since I do training runs at this distance without water.
Aunt Brenda sent me this shot. I know it's early because I'm still sporting the gloves, which I ditched at the 2 mile water station. Can you believe I was wearing gloves in July?!
|Photo credit: Jim Costello, Thanks for the cool pics!
Dear god, try to smile for the camera and you can go back to grunting as soon as you pass them...lol.
She also snapped this shot as I was taking the second and final turn along the route I believe? Am I correct Tely 10ers'? Are there only two turns in total???
|The finish is only about 100m away but it feels like For-ev-er!!!
|My speedy running pals Marg (left) and Janice (right) totally smashed and demolished their current Tely times!!!
My Dad and I. :)
The official Tely 10 Photographer, Devin. ;)
I don't care if this shirt comes to $100, I'm buying a Tely shirt that FITS! lol. I always end up with a medium or large since I don't seem to register early enough. (Don't panic, it was only $21).
I look like crap but feeling pretty Tely Terrific! ;)
Three frozen sisters in search of a hot beverage!
My Stats:
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LF30-34 11/333 (overall women)56/2478
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Interview: Rosie Kay: 'I pushed and pushed and pushed this into a choreographic exploration of discipline, energy, repression and aggression.'
Rosie Kay talks body and war as her sell out show 5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline returns to London this September.
'Ten years ago, in December 2006, I suffered a serious injury on stage. I was told I'd never dance again – fortunately it wasn't quite that bad. In January 2007, I had a knee operation and few days later, recovering from general anesthetic, I had a very vivid dream. I was lying on desert a battlefield, and my left leg had been blown off. This dream led me to question where exactly did the soul reside in my body – if I lost my arms and legs, would I still be Rosie? I've trained since I was three to do my job and would have done anything to get back on stage.
I then limped downstairs and turned on the TV, and the news showed the faces of young male soldiers, killed in Iraq. For the very first time, the dream still fresh in my mind and body, I found myself trying to understand their training, and the discipline and devotion to the body that it required with a vocation that risks not just limb but life. There have been war poets, war photographers and war artists, but the medium of the soldier's job is their body. Training as a solider – the discipline, the complex instructions, the necessity to make decisions about your body – as a dancer, and a choreographer, perhaps I could understand that.
I think the relationship between the body and war is deeply philosophically interesting. We've been blinded by discussion around technology and politics and weaponry, but the thing that hasn't changed is the body. At its core, all wars over all time are about killing and harming the body. Politicians send our soldiers to war and we, ultimately, vote in these politicians. We can't distance ourselves from our responsibility, though we try to.
I've found some of the discussion about leadership in the Army very interesting. At a post-show talk for 5 Soldiers, a battalion leader described the responsibility of a commander – having to make decisions about each life, each body. I understood that, as a choreographer, about the weight of responsibility for other people's bodies and what you're asking of them.
At the start of my research, I spent some time embedded with an infantry battalion, The 4th Battalion The Rifles. Then I spent some time at Headley Court and at Selly Oak in Birmingham, [Royal Centre for Defence Medicine], where a lot of soldiers were returning from Afghanistan. Taliban tactics had altered, and a very large number of soldiers were returning with 'complex trauma injuries' and suffering multiple amputation injuries.
5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline sets five bodies in a holding pen, fenced in, in a constant state of waiting. The show follows a structure of basic training and drill, then time off, larking about and relationships, with them then helicoptering into an enemy terrain, ending in a scene of injury. I deliberately chose not to have an enemy in the show, as during my research, soldiers talked of how the Taliban switched tactics and relied far more on Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's). The statistics at one point meant that one in four patrols had some kind of serious incident and IED attack's lead to a huge amount of deaths and injuries. I also chose not to have any weapons – the cast and I have all had some weapons training, but using them in the show was cumbersome and I decided to focus on the body itself in war – stripped of weaponry and technology.
5 Soliders is therefore about the body on the frontline, the body trained to harm and be harmed. I pushed and pushed and pushed this into a choreographic exploration of discipline, energy, repression and aggression. Dance allows me to explore the emotional aspect as much as the military physicality. Many soldiers talk about moments of great poetry, great thrill – high above the ground in a Chinook, looking at the land spread out below them. I tried to find this poetry and beauty and thrill in the dance. We represent this through some beautiful footage of Afghanistan projected on stage as the dancers parachute out of the back of an imaginary helicopter. I worked with visual artist David Cotterrell, who visited Afghanistan with Join Medical Forces and video designer Louis Price and projection is used throughout the work.
There is one woman in the piece, which I thought was, if not exactly proportional to women serving, then at least representational. She's always keeping pace with the four men, but she's also being judged as a woman. There's one scene where she goes from being objectified, to maybe enjoying it a little, to being afraid – she's attracted the attention of these trained attackers. But then they come to her needing comfort, she takes on a maternal role, and she is saluted as the Queen. She can embody the experience of womanhood, separated, but she's also part of the team. She's strong and together. It's a major role for a woman and Harriet Ellis has achieved high praise from serving female soldiers who have seen the work .
I was interested in the tension between genders. Around 10% [of those working for the Army in any capacity] are women, but women were not allowed to join the infantry to fight on the frontline until 2016. I was expecting more and on battle exercises Dartmoor and on Salisbury Plain, embedded with The 4th Battalion The Rifles, I was the only woman.
I can't claim to represent or understand the experience of women serving in the Army, but I can say what I felt and I interviewed a lot of soldiers in my research process. I felt I was always being watched and tested, but once I was through the gateways, I was welcome. Under my helmet, in camouflage, listening to and trying to obey complex orders about where to put my body, I could forget myself, my identity. But equally, with the helmet off, I sometimes found myself being treated differently – with gentlemanly charm, or overhearing talk about 'slags' and girlfriends. They tended to put that macho posing away after a bit, though.
From the outside, the works I've made may look different, and on quite a range of subjects, but as I look back over my work, I see a line that runs through them. I'm interested in the body, the soul, the ways the body processes systems and how this affects the way you think. I allow the worlds I draw inspiration from to shape the work. I want to explore the world; not only 'from a female perspective', I want to meet the whole world with my work and comment upon it. I want to be able to work with both. It's my right, as an artist.'
5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Frontline is at Yeomanry House 7 – 9 September. Tickets can be purchased via the Sadler's Wells website.
Rosie Kay spoke to Ka Bradley. Ka is a writer and editor based in London. Her reviews have appeared in Exeunt, The Stage and londondance.com. Her fiction has appeared in Granta, Catapult, The Offing, Minor Literature[s] and Somesuch Stories.


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On Sunday (5/18) we drove about 35 miles north to Plattville, WI to see the world's largest "M". The M was created by University of Platteville students back in the 1930's out of granite stone. Every year the incoming freshmen repaint the stones - I wonder if they tell them about this in their acceptance letters? We climbed the 266 stairs to the top and ran into some Amish young adults having a picnic. Marty asked them if one of them would take our picture (which I'm pretty sure is verboten in their culture), one young man said no but another (the rebel) said yes.
|266 steps but who's counting?
|Waiting for the tournament to start
One of Marty's clients called him last week to see if he was available for a job downtown. Since we aren't working in Iowa yet he said yes and scheduled it for Thursday (5/22). We drove to Crystal Lake on Wednesday to spend the night at Judy and Don's house and then drove into Chicago on Thursday morning. Judy was kind enough to watch Maddie and let us use their car so we didn't have to worry about driving our big dually in the city.
While Marty was working, I met my sister Donna and niece Sarah for lunch. After lunch Sarah went back to work and Donna and I walked over to the Farmer's Market at Daley Plaza. We checked out all the stalls and even bought some fudge. Maybe I didn't quite grasp the concept of a "farmer's" market or maybe I just didn't want to carry a bunch of vegatables around for the rest of the day.
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Marty went back to the restaurant to finish up with some night-time shots and I took the red line over to Sarah's which is where we spent Thursday night. She lives in the DePaul area of Chicago, it was so strange to be back in the city without a home - thank goodness for family! I was a city girl for a long time but in the short time we've been gone they've changed things at the CTA. I felt like a tourist and had to ask for help buying my transit card and they've raised their prices - it cost $3.00 for a one ride ticket!
It was fun spending the afternoon downtown but boy was I tired from all the walking. I just wanted to get to her apartment and put my feet up. Which I did for a short while but then Sarah came home and we took a walk around her neighborhood and stopped for a bite to eat. Then we finally went back to her apartment and that was it for the day.
Sarah lives in a studio apartment in the DePaul area. The apartment is large for a studio but it doesn't have a kitchen - isn't that strange? She does fine without one, she has a few small appliances and a small refrigerator but no kitchen sink or stove. It works for her and it really is a nice apartment.
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miss that place, they have such good prices and really fresh produce. We picked up some stuff for us and a few things for Judy and then hit the highway to Crystal Lake to pick up the pooch and our truck and head back to Galena.
My niece, Megan, graduated from Ripon High School on Saturday morning and we wanted to surprise her by going to the 11:00 A.M. ceremony. We had to leave Galena by 7:00 A.M. which meant we had to get up at 6:00!! It was 180 miles away and we got there around 10:30 for the 11:00 A.M. graduation, Tom was already there and had saved space for us. I drove there and it was the first time I've driven since November and the most I've ever driven the truck! It was an easy drive for the most part and I felt pretty comfortable in the driver's seat (not sure how Marty was feeling in the passenger seat). I still don't feel ready to drive the truck in Chicago.
It was about 1 1/2 ceremony sitting in the bleachers in the hot sun but no one was complaining, Wisconsin people seemed to be very happy to be warm again after their miserable winter. After the ceremony we searched thru the crowd of graduates for Megan. She saw her dad and started towards him for a hug but then she saw me and she blew right past him for me - I love that girl!
|Proud Aunt Mary with Megan
|Proud Skinny Papa with all three of his girls - Amanda, Megan, & Liz
We went over to Tom's for a quick visit but Megan needed to leave for her party at her mom's house. The Merkes party will be next Saturday at Devil's Lake so we'll have some more quality time with the whole family.
Tom has lost 50 pounds since we last saw him in January. He did it by two full weeks of juicing and then changed his eating habits and also started exercising. He has inspired more than a few of his siblings and soon there will be a juicer on our counter. I hope it works as well for me, although I'm still not sure about drinking green juice - it looks gross.


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I have more projects than ever! And not to mention my amazingly awesome husband who has been working a couple of hours a night on my craft website/blog. (Because let's face it my webdesign skills are not the best). Are you loving the new banner he made me? Cause I sure am.
I'm so excited about this cutest beanie pattern I just found over at The Dainty Daisy. It was so easy and fast and isn't it the cutest thing you've ever seen?! (Not to mention my baby).
I made a nursing cover and one of these cute beanies for a baby shower I went to last week. Such a cute, fast, easy gift. This beanie probably took an hour or so to make. My little smidge of a baby would not hold still for a picture so this is the best I could get!


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The Incentives of the Dominant Majority and the Small Minority
Why the Academy Will Remain Mostly Unwelcoming to the Right
Chris Eisgruber, the President of Princeton University, recently expressed concern that universities are perceived "right or wrongly, as blue dots" in a politically divided America and thus said that universities must be concerned with political diversity. Some other university leaders have also cautiously suggested that the academy may put out the welcome mat for the right. Nevertheless, there is reason for doubting that political diversity will be increased or discrimination against conservatives and libertarians ended in the elite university setting. The causes of political imbalance and of discrimination are entrenched and are unlikely to change soon.
Causes and Consequences of the Legal Academy's Lack of Political Diversity
The Harvard Crimson reports that 98 percent of political donations made by the Harvard Law School faculty goes to Democrats. This disproportion suggests that the lack of political diversity at elite law schools is no better than when I reported on it in my own study ten years ago. As the Anglican church was said to be the Tory party at prayer in nineteenth century England, the legal academy today remains the Democratic party at play.
Already comments dismissing the import of the study are to be found on the internet, such as the observation that the donations at Koch Industries may be similarly one-sided. That misses the point. The concern is not about the political donations per se, but that their distribution suggests that intellectual atmosphere at schools like HLS is politically insular. Lawyers, as Alexis De Tocqueville said, are the political aristocrats of American society, and our elite law schools importantly shape their education. Moreover, law school professors play a large role in the production of new legal ideas and reforms.
There are, no doubt, many reasons for such gross ideological imbalance. One that is little discussed is network effects.


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- 75g all-bran cereal
- 300ml semi-skimmed or skimmed milk
- 150g caster sugar
- 180g sultanas/raisins
- 2 medium sized bananas (mashed or pureed)
- 180g wholemeal self raising flour
- 1tbsp of runny honey
- Measure out the all-bran, milk and sugar then mix together in a large mixing bowl - leave to soak for 25 minutes
- Measure out the flour and sultanas then add to the mixture - stir in well
- Add the honey and mashed/pureed bananas
- Pour into a greased loaf tin at then place into a pre-heated oven a 180C
- Bake for approximately 30-40minutes our until a knife comes out clean
- Leave to stand for at least 1 hour before serving - the cake will seem quite mushy at first but will soon set


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This week at i Heart faces it's "At The Beach" Week. I entered this vintage photo of my grandmother and grandfather. You can enter your own at http://www.iheartfaces.com/
Monday, July 27, 2009
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I've been busy with lots of graphic design work lately so it was nice to 'take a break' and snap some shots of the newest addition to the Bertoldo Family, what a cutie! It was great to go to their home and let them relax, this really does shine through in the photos. I was especially entertained by big brother who in turn ended up with the most photos of himself!
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Before the English playwright Sarah Kane committed suicide in 1999, she wrote a short play about the terrors of isolation and depression called 4.48 Psychosis. Dublin-born, London-based artist Vivienne Griffin fed the text—with some altered punctuation—into a sophisticated voice simulator and recorded the result onto an unlabeled audio tape, black on one side and white on the other, as SK. Hearing a computer announce that "Body and soul can never be married" is funny when you first walk in. But as the voice continues through its catalog of self-hatred, desperation and longing for death, the effect reverses itself into a grimly insightful revelation. The mind may be simply an impersonal system subject to mechanical failures, or the contingent effect of overlapping but unrelated causes, but recognizing it as such provides no consolation or escape.
Because while we may not really be self-aware, we continue to think that we are. Just look at the 11 horizontal stripes of white light, tilted over to one side and projected into the corner, of The dream that ate the dream. A second set of stripes, reflected by a prism, swing slowly back and forth, crossing onto the first set to make shadow patterns of exponential complexity—but however complex the patterns may get, they always remain translucent.
These stripes are mirrored again in an untitled India ink drawing, one of several in which Ms. Griffin uses oracular fragments of text, smiley faces or portraits of iconic women—in this case, a young Isabella Rossellini with a cigarette hanging from her lip like a sans-serif letter I—to get beneath the rigid masks of human identity to its strange and murky half-depths.
Polished and glossy on front and back, unfinished and rough on the sides, i is a square tower of black marble that is only 20 inches high but nevertheless dominates the room. Beside it, like a planet knocked down from its tower of turtles to serve as an instrument of the sad and self-destructive attempt to foreclose future change—in other words, as a full stop—is a small black marble sphere. (Through April 7)


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My name is Kaitlyn Deann and I'm 17. I like to write. And tigers. And fruit. And cookies. And books. And starting sentences with unnecessary conjunctions.
Just kidding.
I do not like the smell of skunk. I know; I'm strange. Don't stare.
I'd like to take a minute…
*Pauses, and then….*
♫ ♩ ♬ so just sit right there, I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air…. ♫ ♩ ♬
Yes, that was necessary.
Anywho. I would like to thank the amazing and talented Trish Marie Dawson, who invited me to do a guest blog! Thanks a trillion!
I'd also like to talk about tigers. Reason? I have tigers in my book THE WITCHES' SLEEP. Okay, okay. So they aren't full tigers. They're weretigers. Yeah, you read right. WEREtigers. Half person, half tiger.
Best. Combination. Ever.
I'm a genius. A humble genius, that is. *Winks cockily*
Okay, so my weretigers' tiger part of them is different from an earth tiger. They have a laryngeal.
What in the universe is that, Kaitlyn?!
The laryngeal muscle is a muscle that some — I repeat, SOME— felines have. When inhaling and exhaling, it vibrates, enabling them to purr. Tigers (from earth, that is) DO NOT have this muscle. Tigers do what is called chuffing. Sometimes it's considered a friendly growl. They chuff when saying hello or they're happy.
What does this have to do with weretigers?!
Chill, dude. This is a serious moment… My weretigers are NOT from earth. They are from a planet called Torx, where the dominate species are were-creatures — half person,half animal people. So what does this have to do with the laryngeal muscle? All the felines from Torx, all the were-cats, have this muscle.
Because they are not from earth. They are tigers. My tigers.
The end.
Thanks for the awesome Guest Blog today Kaitlyn! You can find Kaitlyn here on her website, facebook, and Twitter.
Happy Hump-day Everyone!


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These are the laws and legislation most harmful to our freedoms and the most offensive to the Constitution. This is exactly what has inflamed Americans and helped to create the irate Tea Party. We won't take it any more! This is the Tea Party platform in short; we will repeal all these gruesome enslaving, unconstitutional laws. Condensed for the Freedom Movement and Tea Party education from the original post by Giordano Bruno at Neithercorp Press.
Attempts by our Government (under both major parties) to erode our freedoms one precious layer at a time. Some of these attempts have so far fallen flat, while others have been frighteningly successful. Here is just a sample of various recent actions and legislation designed specifically to swindle away your rights, if not the shirt right off your back:
Constitutional Judo
Patriot Acts I & II: The Patriot Act is what I call "chameleon legislation"; it's designed to be "open to interpretation" by officials and to be modified for whatever purpose they happen to deem fit at the moment. Ultimately, both Patriot Acts opened a terrible gateway to a world where any freedom is expendable, especially if it means stopping terrorists and "evil doers". Of course, the manner in which terrorism is defined by proponents of the Patriot Act is wildly general. ANYONE could be defined as a terrorist, and any threat could be construed as a matter of national security.
The Enemy Belligerents Act: The Enemy Belligerents Act is a perfect example of how the leadership caste of the Democrats and Republicans (who are neo-cons, not true conservatives) work in tandem to institute globalist policy. In this case, the act was introduced by the dastardly duo of John McCain and Joe Lieberman. To put it simply, this legislation, if fully imposed, would allow the government to label any person they choose, even an American citizen, as an enemy combatant.
The John Warner Defense Authorization Act: A bill passed by George W. Bush in 2007 with very little initial media coverage. Allows the Federal Government at the direction of the president to subvert Posse Comitatus and use the military within the borders of the U.S. as a police force without any consent from state governments.
Establishment Of Northcom: Northcom (United States Northern Command) is, at bottom, the teeth behind legislation like the John Warner Defense Act. If martial law is declared in the U.S., it will be Northcom and its assigned military units that will stand at the forefront. Northcom's stated mission is to "defend the homeland", supposedly against terrorism, however, much of Northcom's focus in annual exercises like 'Vigilant Shield' has been to prepare for civil unrest and continuity of government. Meaning, they train under the assumption the YOU will be the enemy.
Presidential Directive 51: A presidential action shrouded in secrecy and general cloak and dagger spookiness. When ignorant yuppies accuse the Liberty Movement of "paranoia", I always point out PDD 51, and ask them if they are at least intelligent enough to be concerned. This order was initiated by George W. Bush and continued by Barack Obama, and is designed to give the president virtual dictatorial powers during a state of "national emergency". It dissolves all states rights and places the entire country under the purview of Northcom, and Homeland Security.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): Supported by both Bush and Obama. The word "foreign" is highly misleading. FISA allows telecom companies to supply the personal data and communications of anyone, including Americans, to the government without threat of civil retribution (lawsuit). Under Constitutional law, any invasion of privacy by government authorities must first be approved through an individualized warrant.
Big Brother Technotronic Super Villain-esqe Surveillance Grid: Ever feel like you are being watched? Get used to it, says Homeland Security! CCTV cameras have doubled in most U.S. cities over the past two years, while New York has tripled theirs in only six months. The TSA has been given invincible IRS-like goon squad status and now fondles and x-rays airport travelers at will, storing biometric data without consent and generally treating people worse than cattle.
Bailout Bills (All Variations): I find that a lot of people like to blame our current economic doomfest on one political party or the other, stumbling about in the dark in a sad attempt to trace the roots of the credit and mortgage collapse back to Obama, Bush II, Clinton, Bush I, etc. Everyone is desperate to play cheerleader for their team, not realizing that both teams are fake and almost every president since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913 is to blame for selling out the American people to global banks. Let's not forget, both Obama and Bush supported bailout legislation which is now widely considered to be an abject failure.
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act S. 510: Currently being considered for passage in the House. Yet another bill written in such a way as to make it wide open for interpretation by the authorities. First of all, the FDA has never been synonymous with "safety", considering half the products they approve end up causing cancer or shrinking your testes. They would approve rat urine for mass consumption if a company like Monsanto wanted to market it. The FDA's true roll has been to let major corporations violate safety regulations unobstructed while ruthlessly bringing the hammer down on smaller businesses. Now, the FDA has set its aim upon not just small farms, but personal gardens!
Condensed for the Freedom Movement and Tea Party education from the original post by Giordano Bruno
Read in Full! Neithercorp Press.


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Annual golf event raised over $4,000 to be split with the Booster Club and Activities Department. Donations to the Dr. Roy Moss Memorial Scholarship fund have exceeded $17,000. Sponsored the Homecoming Alumni Tent at the homecoming football game, feeding the alumni and their families. Sponsored a breakfast on the Saturday morning after the Homecoming game, feeding the students decorating for the dance; also fed GVHS alumni and their families, and conducted tours of the High School. Held an informational meeting about the 529 Scholarship Program for parents. Awarded grants for: Replacement items for the SNAG golf program (elementary PE), Food for the High School Choir clinic, Breakfast for the All Pro Dads, and students at Prairie Branch Elementary. Started a new Sibert Memorial Scholarship. Helped sponsor students for both Girls and Boys State. Awarded a $2,500 grant to GVTV to help expand their broadcast capabilities. Booster Club received almost $6,400 for their partnership with the golf event and webcast advertising. Partnered with Prairie Branch and the Prairie Branch PTA to purchase risers; the Foundation contributed $830, one third of the total cost. Partnered with Papa Murphy's to feed over 450 students and volunteers at the area Job Olympics. Fed the players, coaches and volunteers, at a hot dog roast following the annual High School Baseball Day of Service. Major Saver Card sales raised over $20,000 for the schools and the Education Foundation, to be split 50/50. Dr. Roy Moss Golf Event raised over $8,000 for the Foundation.


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For seven years we lived in Bungendore, New South Wales, a little village about half an hour on the other side of Canberra. We were "blow-ins", with an unknown surname, not born in the local area. At least we had country credentials but we were still new bloods.
Or so I thought!…
After some family tree discoveries I found I was related to one of the large pioneering families, the Barretts, from a little rural locality just 2o minutes east of our village!!
My great, great, great grandmother Catherine Doolan and her sister Mary were Irish assisted immigrants and had migrated to Australia together from County Clare in 1841.
On the same ship was a Patrick Barrett. Mary later married Patrick and they took up land on the Boro Creek between the villages of Bungendore and Tarago.
As we do, we had aimlessly driven the crisscrossing dirt roads in the back blocks around our village.
Some of those dirt roads had passed right by the front gates of the Barrett family properties. Boro Creek cut through Barrett land. They held large blocks on either side of the creek between the mid 1840s and the early 1900s.
This is the old disused bridge over Boro Creek, on Mayfield Road at Lower Boro.
I was game and walked its rickety deck – I just had to throw a pebble in the water hole beneath. ♦
Weekly Photo Challenge, 'Abandoned'
Photos taken 7 November 2009 with my old Canon Powershot A550
* "a blow-in" – a stranger, or someone who comes from somewhere else
Lower Boro, via Tarago, New South Wales, Australia