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Our Divine SeshaBrahmmam
Om Sathguru Sri Seshadri Swamigal Thiruvadikkae
Seshadri Swamigal was a God who walked the Earth!
His personality was a unique one – a blend of magnetic charisma, and ethereal mercy. He was awe-inspiring!
Swamigal's Persona
Seshadri Swamigal was neither very tall nor short in build. His forehead was broad. His eyes evinced kindness. Broad chested, with long hands and legs, slim-waisted, and delicate tender lotus-like feet, – His attractive physique – stole the heart of His devotees! His eyes resembled the full moon. He exuded love and compassion. His devotees would prostrate before him and sit by his side. Swamigal would not see them then. He would watch them when their eyes were focussed elsewhere! That was when, His "Nayana Diksha" (imparting instructions by a mere glance, or vision), was at play! His eyes resembled those of Lord Krishna. His matted hair was a thin bunch and short and adorned the back of his head. His neck was like a valampuri shell (Conch) and was round and sturdy.
Swamigal's Clothing
There was a golden aura about Him! The unkempt clothes he wore, hid the aura. It felt, as if dark clouds eclipsed the full moon. He was clad only in a dhothi, which would cover his back and chest. If any one were to give him new clothes, it would reach the state of his original clothes, in a couple of hours! Sometimes, he would give away his new clothes in exchange for their rags, when street beggars begged him. One who had had lost perception of his body would never be attached to the clothes he wore! He never cared about dirt soiling His clothes, since He had already transcended His physical frame!
Swamigal's Pace
Swami always walked very fast, never at a slow pace. His strides were such that one had to run, to keep pace with him. He was like a straw in the wind! He was so light-footed! -when He tread, there was no sound! He would never stay at any one place for more than a while! He was Omniscient! – He would literally be seen in several places, in a matter of a short while!
"In a matter of seconds Swami would be seen in fifty places."
If one were to be asked, if they had seen Swami, there was always a plethora of replies: "I have seen Swami near the temple chariot," "I saw swami at the Sadaichi Mutt," "I had just seen Him near the temple gates," "I just saw Swami at the steps of the Sivaganga tank," "Swami is in the choultry with the Sadhus," "Swami is just heading towards the temple," were the various replies! In fine, in a matter of seconds he would be seen in fifty places.
Swamigal's Mudra (posture)
Swami would always sit in a unique posture, – a posture we could not sit in, easily! It felt as if he was sitting with his body not touching the floor but supported on his heels. It would appear like he was seated on the floor, and at the same time, not really touching the floor! He assumed this posture without any special effort. In the Yoga Sastras this posture, considered very auspicious, is called the "Swasthik Asan."
Swamigal's Voice
If Swami started to speak, it would be like the cooing of the cuckoos or the strumming of the veena! Such was his sonorous and gentle voice. If any one were to ask him anything, he would reply in a very gentle, soft and sweet voice, and his reply would be in a few words.
If any ardent devotee requested him to sing, he would, without any hesitation, sing the pallavi of "Ramapathe Sathanathe" or "Ambasive" and stop at that. He would say that these were compositions of Kamakoti Sastrigal (his grandfather). Those who had heard him sing would catagorise his music as that of the Gandharvas (celestial beings)! Swami had the knowledge of the appropriate rhythm for the compositions. When he sang with the correct rhythm, it appeared as if Nandi himself was playing the Mridangam!
Swami utilised a strange manner of speech to ward off crowds from unnecessarily thronging and disturbing him. Such a manner of speech, was one of the several tools adopted by him to prevent Himself from worldly attachment!
Even the moon or the sun could fall into slumber but our Swami never!
Our Swami, was an Avathar who had totally conquered sleep. He had won over nature. He shone like a sun to dispel the darkness of disease. He was an embodiment of the sloka "Yaanicha" in the Gita (Ch.2:v.69), in that he was immersed in the happiness of sleep in sleeplessness! Sleep is considered an inborn darkness of every creature. It is induced by tiredness or by excessive eating. It is obvious that excessive sleep causes lack of wisdom and ailments. This is the reason why the Upanishads urge one not to give into sleep.
Swamigal's Darshan
The extent of Swami's benign grace was unique, boundless!
Swami was not bound by anything and He was free! It was God Almighty who had manifested Himself in the form of Swami. Anyone, who had a darshan of Swamigal or had the benefit of His visual grace, was cleansed of all impurities.
For the benefit of mankind, Swamigal was a living example of every aspect of spiritual significance!


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The fourth article in the series on Spain's Transition to Democracy deals with the Democratic Opposition and the violent events of Vitoria and Montejurra, which led to the fall of the Arias-Navarro Government.
By the start of 1976, although the moderate opposition led by PSOE was tacitly accepted by the Arias Navarro Government, the radical opposition led by PCE continued organising strikes and was violently repressed.
This led to a number of deaths, most notably in Vitoria, and the two tendencies decided to unite as Platajunta, both adopting a more moderate strategy.
In May a Carlist demonstration in Montejurra led to more deaths and it was revealed that extreme right groups and Spanish secret services had been involved as agent provacateurs.
The relationship between Juan Carlos and Arias Navarro worsened after statements made by the King in the United States and Arias Navarro was replaced by the little known Adolfo Suárez as president of the government in July.
In the last years of the dictatorship, the anti-Francoist opposition formed two unitary bodies, the Junta Democrática, founded in July 1974 by lawyer and politician, Antonio García-Trevijano together with the Communist Party of Spain and other groups, and the Plataforma de Convergencia Democrática, founded in June 1975 and integrated by moderate anti-Francoists and PSOE.
The Junta Democrática favoured "democratic rupture" or clean break with Francoism using citizen mobilisation that would culminate in "national action" or a general strike, which implied rejecting the succession of Prince Juan Carlos and the "Francoist" monarchy. The group wanted the formation of a provisional government, the calling of a referendum on the form of government (republic or monarchy) and the punishment of former Francoist leaders for repression and human rights abuse. They also an amnesty and the release from prison of prisoners for political crimes and the return of exiles.
The Plataforma de Convergencia Democrática also wanted a "democratic rupture" with Francoism, but without it putting social and political stability at risk, so it preferred to negotiate with Francoist government to social mobilisation. Furthermore, its members were willing to give up the calling of a referendum on the form of government (monarchy or republic), therefore, accepting the new monarchy as long as it led the country to a fully democratic system. On the other hand, it also wouldn't demand responsibilities for repression so the amnesty proposed would include ex-Francoists. Another self-imposed limit was not to question the current socio-economic system. PSOE supported this strategy because it believed there was no other way to achieve democracy, given the weakness of the anti-Francoist opposition.
The PCE and the Junta Democrática were behind the great mobilisation against the Francoist monarchy. There was agitation in the universities, demonstrations under the banner of "Amnesty and Feedom", violently put down by the police, and a wave of strikes began, which were much bigger than the ones in 1974 and 1975.
The reasons for strikes, called by the illegal Comisiones Obreras trades union, were basically economic and due to the seriousness of the oil crisis, which had begun in 1973. There were also political motivations and demands for increases in salaries and working conditions were accompanied by calls for union freedom, recognition of the right to strike, freedom of meetings and association as well as amnesty for political prisoners and exiles.
The government's response was repression. The Governance Minister Manuel Fraga compared the general strike declared in Sabadell at the beginning of the year as the "occupation of Petrograd in 1917". On February 24th a worker died from police gunfire in Elda and on March 3rd the most serious incidents in Vitoria left five dead and 100 injured also from police shootings.
A general strike was immediately declared in the Basque Country, Navarre and other areas out of solidarity with the victims which, according to historian David Ruiz showed "the central government's incapacity to control the situation". President Arias Navarro proposed declaring a state of emergency but Adolfo Suárez, who was acting as temporary Minister of Governance because Manuel Fraga was on business abroad, opposed the measure and managed to stop it being applied.
To a large part of the opposition, the "events of Vitoria" showed the real face of the "Arias-Fraga reform" and made the demonstrations and strikes worse, with a consequent reaction by the forces of law and order. Another worker died in Basauri, near Bilbao.
In spite of everything, the mobilisations weren't big enough to bring the government down, and much less the "Francoist monarchy". So it was becoming more obvious that the alternative of "democratic rupture" accompanied by "decisive national action" wasn't viable. The main supporter of this approach, the Spanish Communist Party, decided to change strategy in March 1976 and opt for the "agreed democratic rupture"" that was favoured by the moderates and PSOE. The PCE didn't abandon the mobilisations, though, because they still wanted to put pressure on the government and forced it to negotiate.
The PCE's change of strategy allowed the Junta Democrática and the Plataforma de Convergencia Democrática to fuse on March 26th and form a united opposition under the name Coordinación Democrática, commonly known as Platajunta. In its first manifesto, the Platajunta rejected the "Arias-Fraga reform" and demanded an immediate political amnesty, union freedom and "a rupture or democratic alternative through the opening of a constituent period". The initial strategy of rupture through popular uprising moved on to calling for the calling of general elections that could turn into a constituent process.
A little after Platajunta formed, the government allowed the union UGT to hold its 30th in the country camouflaged under the term "Study Conferences". According to the historian David Ruiz, this was because the government wanted to strengthen the "reborn and weakened socialist union faced with the danger of the illegal Comisiones Obreras closely linked to PCE". This was shown by the fact that "while the congress was being held including attendance of representatives from European unions, the CCOO leader, Marcelino Camacho, was imprisoned again after coming out of a Platajunta meeting in a city centre hotel in Madrid.
The events of Montejurra occurred at the beginning of May, when there was a confrontation between two Carlist groups, which left two dead and 30 injured. These were caused by shots from the integrist faction in favour of Sixto Enrique de Borbón Parma against the "self-management socialist"" sector led by his brother Carlos Hugo de Borbón Parma, presidente of the Partido Carlista, without the police intervening.
The police investigation, which "developed with enormous slowness and not a few obstacles", showed that Italian and Argentinian neofascists were involved as well as state players and the secret services. In later years, more would be discovered about the connections between this episode, known as Operation Reconquest, and other plots for destabilising Spain.
At the beginning of June 1976, the King visted the United States and in his speech before Congress, the content of which hadn't been revealed to Arias Navarro, he ratified his commitment to give Spain a full democracy. Juan Carlos said "The Monarchy will make sure that Spain maintains social peace and political stability under the principles of democracy at the same as assuring power to the different government alternatives, according to the freel expressed desires of the Spanish people." A month and a half earlier had affirmed, and never denied, that Juan Carlos had said to one its journalists that "Arias was a disaster without palliatives."
Around the same time, Arias Navarro had made TV statements in which he had strongly attacked the democratic opposition, whilst his relationship with the King had deteriorated to such an extent that he said to one of his closest collaborators "I feel the same about him as I do about children; I can't stand him for more than ten minutes."
After the King told Areilza that "this can't go on, there's the risk of losing everything", on July 1st Juan Carlos asked Arias Navarro to hand in his resignation, which he did immediately. A few days later, Torcuato Fernández Miranda managed to get the Council of the Realm to include "the King's candidate", Adolfo Suárez amongst the three candidates for president of the government. Suárez was "a blue reformer", who was little known until then.
The naming of Suárez caused confusion and disappointment amongst the democratic opposition and in diplomatic circles, as well as amongst journalists. A political commentator, who would end up becoming minister under Suárez, wrote that his designation had been an "immense error".
According to historian David Ruiz, the choice of Suárez was due the fact that his political biography "had the double advantage of not provoking suspicions amongst the most influential Francoists because the few responsibilities he'd held (civil governor of Segovia, general director of TVE, minister with an insignificant responsibility under Arias Navarro), whilst knowing the structures of the Francoist regime's administration, including television, from which, diring the later years of Francoism, he had transmitted a favourable image of the King, with whom he shared a number of interests and also belonged to the same generation.
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Despite their alarming success elsewhere in the country, on Friday I was selfishly quite cocky about the fact that UKIP hadn't managed to win any seats in the local elections in Exeter. What an enlightened, multicural region I thought. My gloating was brought to an abrupt halt however as the last thing I saw before bed on Facebook last night was an article from the local paper announcing that they had beaten everyone else in the European elections in pretty much every area of the south west and now have 3 MEPs representing the South West (compared with the Conservative's 2, Labour's 1 and Green's 1). My heart sank.
With only Scotland left to declare, UKIP got 27.5% of the vote in England and Wales and are the first political party in history with no MP's to win the European elections. Farage has confirmed that he will stand as a candidate for Prime Minister in next year's general election. A sombre day for British politics.
So where do we go from here? I'm not really sure but I know that I definitely dont want to live in a UKIP led Britain. The thought terrifies me; this meme is going round with some of their policies and when you look at it, it seems unbelievable that almost 30% of voters would have picked them. The only saving grace is that hopefully a lot of those were protest votes. But even that is small consolation, voting in protest is not the answer and just gives more power to those you don't actually support.
Add to this the increasing frustration and anger at the media's (especially the BBC's) bias against the Green Party. To quote one petition on the matter:
We feel the BBC News coverage of the European and, specifically, Local Elections has, to date, been unfairly biased against the Green Party. This bias is not only evident in the almost complete absence of coverage of the Green Party during the Local Election results, but also prior to this during the campaign for the European and Local Elections on Thursday 22nd May.
Whilst we understand that UKIP have made gains in the Local Elections, it has gone largely unreported that the Green Party currently have a total of 162 Councillors and are now the official opposition in Liverpool, Solihull, Islington, Lewisham, and Norwich (15 councillors to Labour's 21). They gained two seats in Bristol, one with over 47% of the vote and retained a third seat, bringing the total to 6. They have one MP, one member of the House of Lords, two MEP's, two MSP's, two London Assembly members, as well as a Green-led Council in Brighton & Hove; none of these (with the exception of the MEP's and House of Lords members) are privileges enjoyed by UKIP.
To quote 'Tim G.' in the comments section below: "The continual swamping of our news services about UKIP (a single topic campaign party), gave them an unfair advantage over parties trying to address the real problems in the UK, both political & environmental…"
The BBC prides itself on painting a fair and unbiased picture of events, however in this case we feel they have not done so. UKIP should be receiving coverage proportional to their achievements, acachievements which are currently less than those of the Green Party.
(You can sign this petition here)
So we have three main parties that have isolated much of the population with not much difference in policies and a habit of keeping the rich rich regardless of how that impacts everyone else, a far right party gaining support and attention with sensationalist tactics and outrageous statements and as far as I can see, just one major party that seems to actually care about the people, the environment and is committed to evening out inequalities in our society and working towards a sustainable future.
What I do know is that those of us that are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs and what looms on the horizon need to stop just complaining and actually get up and do something. Which is why I will be joining the Green Party and doing what I can to campaign for them in my area. If we want the status quo to change and improve for the better we need to get in on the action and become participators, not just spectators.
What are you going to do?
There's not much left to say at this point so I'll leave you with the words of the Once-ler at the end of The Lorax:
'UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not.'


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Honouring Outstanding Employers
McGuinty Government Salutes Excellence in Apprenticeship Training
Sixteen Ontario employers are being recognized for their dedication to training the next generation of skilled workers and supporting the province's economic future.
The annual Minister's Awards for Apprenticeship Training celebrate employers that show leadership in training apprentices, support the apprenticeship training system, and promote careers in skilled trades. From these 16 nominees, four will be announced as 2011 winners in June:
- Arborvalley Urban Forestry Co. Inc. (Newmarket)
- Besseling Mechanical Inc. (Hamilton)
- BLM Transportation Group Inc. (Kitchener)
- Community Living Toronto (Toronto)
- Con's Electric Company Ltd. (Timmins)
- Classic Honda (Brampton)
- Deloro Stellite (Belleville)
- Elliot Lake Ford (Elliot Lake)
- Flo Components Ltd (Mississauga)
- George and Asmussen Ltd. (Breslau)
- Laser Electric Ltd. (Balderson)
- Mining Technologies International Inc. (North Bay)
- North America Construction Ltd. (Morriston)
- The Mane Obsession Hair Salon (Kingston)
- Toromont CAT (Thunder Bay)
- Wells Ford Sales Ltd. (Stirling)
Ontario's economy is turning the corner to a better tomorrow. Supporting measures to improve education and training are cornerstones of the McGuinty government's plan to build a knowledge-based economy for the future.
Quick Facts
- There are more than 120,000 apprentices learning a skilled trade today - double the number from 2002-2003.
- Since these awards began in 2002, more than 200 employers have been nominated.
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"Through their dedication to training apprentices, these exceptional employers are making an important contribution to Ontario's economy, as well as their own businesses. They are helping build the skilled workforce we need to compete and prosper."
John Milloy


text: Without a doubt, Leadville is a recreation Mecca no matter what the season. Summer is Leadville's busiest season. Wildflowers are in bloom and pure mountain air coupled with pleasant temperatures make Leadville a popular escape from the sweltering summer heat. In the fall, the mountainsides blaze with brilliant foliage, and opportunities for leaf-peepers are virtually endless. In winter the mountains, shrouded in snow, are breathtaking set against a cobalt blue sky and winter sport options are plentiful. Come to Leadville and let's play!


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Featured Set Includes: 4 Arm Chairs and 48" Round Dining Table.
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BIG DEALS: There are too many Memorial Day sales going on today to count, so allow us to call out three favorites: score savings of up to 80% off at Kmart -- and we suggest you stock up on summery textiles for bed and bath from Martha Stewart. Over at Macy's, where you can save up to 50% storewide, it's the kitchenware we'll be beelining for. Finally, if you need a new mattress, you know how expensive they can be. Sleepy's is holding a massive half-off event, so you can pick up that Sealy's or Serta you've had your eye on.
POP-UP ALERT: Hermès is gracing East Hampton with a temporary boutique this summer, presumably reasoning that if you can still afford your Hamptons getaway, you have saddle-leather money. The outpost will sell the company's trademark pieces, such as the various bags named after style icons (Kelly, Birkin), plus its scarves and neckties, and there'll even be an equestrian section. More info here.
PS, I LOVE YOU: IKEA's designy PS line keeps on redefining and expanding the area where style and affordability overlap. At the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair, the company unveiled its new PS pieces: Playful, elegant, modern goodies we can't wait to check out in person (though we will have to wait a little bit: The stuff hits stores in August). But you can head here for a preview.


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August 23rd-26th 2013 :: Theme: 10 Seconds
Ludum Dare 27 — August 23rd-26th, 2013
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Meltingpotby TheHobbit9797 - 48 Hour Compo Entry
You´re on a iceplatform. It´s getting warmer and warmer. Just 10 more seconds until the ice will melt. But one cube is made of diamond(also looks like ice), so it wont melt. After the first 10 seconds are over you can´t move anymore(you are terrible ill). It´s your goal to reach the one safe(and random) cube before the 10 seconds are over.
I used a little cubemap from a package(GemShader) from the Unity Asset Store. I guess this counts as publicly available middleware ;)
Sorry for no sound :(
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Its a nice idea, but i couldnt see the difference between ice blocks and the diamond one. Also, the blocks should dissapear faster :)
Beside of shader overkill: Is there any way to detect the diamond?
I can move on any block, wait for the timer to run out and then watch as I fall down (or with lots and lots of luck survive).
It's not particularly fun :)
It's just luck :P
Nice game, but the ice disappears too slowly for my tastes.
Good concept!
Because its random each time, you can't find the diamond block in ordr to move to the next level! I lost countless times and never got further than the start berg.
Nice idea :)
Couldn't download the dropbox link said too much traffic on your account
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Nerdy Pumpkin Carving Templates
Halloween is less than one week away! There's still time to let your nerd flag fly though by carving up some geeky Halloween pumpkins to grace your porch. Today I have six nerdy pumpkin carving templates to share with you guys that I've put together. I hope you enjoy them!
- Choose your nerdy pumpkin stencil and print it out.
- Transfer the stencil to your pumpkin. -Cut out the various pieces (for less detailed images) and trace them (with a dry erase or washable marker) OR tape the pattern to your pumpkin and use a pushpin thumb-tac to trace the outline (you'll wind up with a 'connect-the-dot' pattern on your pumpkin as a guide).
- Follow the pumpkin carving guide to bring your masterpiece to life.
Pumpkin carving guide:
Black = untouched pumpkin areas
Yellow = cut all the way through the pumpkin wall and remove
White = make a partial surface cut and remove top layer of rind flesh (do not cut all the way through the pumpkin wall) to create a glowing effect
Nerdy Pumpkin Carving Stencils:
The Files-
Open the PDFs in a separate browser tab for easy printing.
Open the PDFs in a separate browser tab for easy printing.
Totoro & Friends
Mad Molecular Scientist
Settlers of Catan
Lego Movie
Shadow & Flame
(completely cut out all black areas)
(completely cut out all black areas)
Lurker in the Water
Pumpkin Carving Tips & Tricks:
- When picking a pumpkin out, look for one with a nice green stem (not a dried up brown one). This indicates a fresher pumpkin. Also, the thicker the stem, the thicker the pumpkin's wall tends to be (i.e. lots of carving depth!).
- Have an idea of what you'd like to carve when choosing a pumpkin. This can help you choose a shape and size that's most appropriate -it doesn't have to be perfectly round!. Avoid pumpkins with black or soft spots; they indicate decomposition.
- Thoroughly clean out the innards of your pumpkin. Leaving any guts inside will lead to quicker rot.
- Don't be afraid to try different tools for carving and cutting. Various knives and saws can be better for different shapes, carving depths, and carving area sizes. Try metal bbq kabob skewers, clay carving utensils, or an x-acto knife to switch things up.
- Use an LED tea light, rather than a candle, to light your creation up. The heat from the candle can lead to rot sooner; preserve the life of your pumpkin.
- Avoid cutting the top stem off your pumpkin. The stem continues to feed the gourd with nutrients after being picked. Cutting off the lifeline will decrease the longevity of your pumpkin. Instead, cut a hole in the back of your pumpkin to clean it out. (yes, I know, I didn't follow this one, but I needed both sides of my pumpkin for illustration purposes 😉 ).
- Always exercise caution when working with sharp tools. Never cut towards yourself.
- Most importantly, just have fun!
How'd your pumpkin turn out?! Share a photo of it with me on Facebook or Twitter!
UPDATE: My Totoro template was a winner for the ThinkGeek 'Great Geeky Pumpkin Template Contest of 2014!'
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I'm definitely going to pin this for the "Shadow and Flame" template. That's a design that could even get the husband into pumpkin carving!
Great collection!
Beth at LWC Wonderland
So glad you like them Beth!
Would love to see photos of your guy's pumpkin carvings 🙂
These are great! I definitely want to make a Totoro pumpkin.
Thank you Lori!
Totoro is one of my favorite works by Miyazaki…of course he has so many delightful stories it's hard to choose just one!


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Doe-eyed and fresh out of college, I realized I still had quite a bit of learning to do. I wanted to find a purpose for my art-making and knew I wouldn't be able to do that without first understanding myself in relation to the world around me.
I grew up twenty minutes from the Mexican border, an area in South Texas called the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). I was raised by artists – my parents ran a dance company together that specialized in Mexican folkloric dance. I helped start a theatre company at the young age of 18, a company that is still growing, eight years later. I researched and applied for the M.A. in Applied Theatre at The City University of New York because I wanted to better understand how theatrical conventions might engage communities in dialogue. I was particularly interested in implementing this concept in my home community – an area that struggles with poverty, obesity, the cartels, immigration and "machismo," among other issues. In graduate school, I recognized for the first time in my life that my perspective was not merely valuable, but necessary.
Since joining both the MA and Creative Arts Team, I have worked with young people from elementary to college students, social workers, educators, adults with developmental disabilities, and peacebuilders. I have presented at conferences on the local, national and international level – including a recent applied theatre workshop held in Dohuk, Iraq, addressing the importance of the analysis of personal histories and experiences prior to engaging in conversation with divided societies. CAT offered me a home in which to hone the facilitation skills essential to the work of applied drama.
I have since applied these skills within my South Texas community. Since my time in the MA Program and CAT, the theatre community in the RGV has created an original play with music, identifying what RGV culture is, and how it is influenced by living between two countries. We have partnered with farmers, nutritionists, economists and policy-makers to create a participatory event which used theatre to engage audiences in conversations around the current health climate in the RGV, and allowed audiences to reflect on their personal relationships to food and health. And in March of 2015, my New York colleagues and I will begin a project that uses originally devised performances to partner artists with communities impacted by the influx of Latin American and Mexican people onto United States soil.
In cultivating an understanding of my unique perspective as a woman of Mexican-decent, who now also identifies as an applied theatre practitioner, I have been able to use the skills fostered by the MA in Applied Theatre and Creative Arts Team to continue working with the community I know and love.
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Best known for her now iconic role on television's "Designing Women" as Julia Sugarbaker, actress Dixie Carter has passed at the age of 70, reports Entertainment Tonight.
Carter was born in Tennessee and made her stage debut in the early 1960s. After working on several soap operas and television shows, Carter became a household name many years later when she originated the role of the strong-willed, Southern liberal interior designer Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women", which aired on CBS from 1986 to 1993.
The series became a cult classic among many gay men, Carter's character especially so for her acerbic wit, superb timing and dramatic delivery. DW was also one of the first—if not the first—television sitcoms to deal with the HIV epidemic that was terrifying the nation in the 1980s. Off camera, Carter described herself as a Libertarian (but supported Obama in 2008) and supported gay men and HIV causes. "I feel like I have enjoyed a friendship and a lasting loyalty from the gay community, " Carter said in 2004. "And when I can, I try to reciprocate that friendship."
In a 2008 interview with The Birmingham News, Carter she was holding out hope for a DW reunion at some point. "People have talked, but it hasn't come to anything," Carter said. "We're all in touch with each other, and we love each other very much. We have such disparate careers. It would be so much fun to pull that together, but it would be very hard."
Dixie Carter was rumored to have been ill in recent months. Her husband Hal Holbrook, the veteran actor, asks for privacy. Holbrook told ET, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy. Thank you."
An obit of Carter's stage work HERE. Photo retrospective HERE.
Watch Carter and the cast of "Designing Women" discuss gay men and same sex marriage, Julia Sugarbaker's famous "Jury Duty" scene ("I'm gonna hunt you down like a dawg!") and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" WHEN YOU JUMP ...
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On the 9th October 2011, I finished my first 10km race with friends and Richard by my side. I wasn't alone. We joked about how we should join the 10km Melbourne Marathon event although half of us weren't very 'running active' at the time. It was rather a surprise how we got all hyped up and registered for the race together during the next time we met. Well, one of my friend, Jacky, had already entered like a week before. That was like 3 months before the big day. We trained separately and I did more running then I used to. Just a week before the race, I had injured my right foot while running on the treadmill. I am unsure how that happened; strangely the runners I used to wear is cramping my foot quite badly to the point it hurts to even walk. I took a couple of days off training to rest but I didn't want to wear the same runners again. This is my next mistake – I wore a basketball type shoes to run. It was ok at first but my right foot hurts again after 10 mins into running on the treadmill. I ran out of shoes option so decided to wear the basketball type shoes on the day of the race. From this experience, I can say it's really important to find the right type of runners that suit you! It was difficult during the race, I made few stops every now and then because my foot was hurting. Luckily, Richard was willing to stay behind and run along with me while my other friends sprinted off in front. Well, I wasn't going to pull their legs and force them to stay behind with me =P.
After the race, I was complaining how difficult it was and it's going to be a once in a life time experience. Now in hindsight, it was a precious experience because I've got to finish the race with my friends (well not together at the same time but we made it through together) and I would love to do it again!
My friends, will you join me next year?
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from 'Letters in Canada' University of Toronto Quarterly - 1950
Readers of Canadian poetry will often have seen the name of Mr. James Wreford, both in literary periodicals and in the fine little anthology of a few years back, Unit of Five. A collection of his verse, Of Time and the Lover, makes the fourth volume in McClelland and Stewart's "Indian File" series. Mr. Wreford lives in Ottawa, and has several qualities in common with his predecessor Lampman, notably a tendency to be much more at ease with the vegetable than with the human world. He has, however, worked harder to reconcile his love of nature and his vision of the city of the end of things. His imagery turns on the antithesis of winter and spring: he associates winter with the contemporary world and spring with the promise, not only of better times, but of deliverance from the winter world through the infinity of the moment of love and faith in the Resurrection. The central theme that love's not time's fool thus applies to patriotic and religious as well as sexual love. A conventional frame of ideas, certainly, but a solid one to build on.
Mr. Wreford is a pensive and elegiac poet: his best phrases are usually embedded in long ruminating poems, and seem to need that kind of context. Sometimes, too, a sudden poignancy breaks out, as it were unawares, from a more commonplace setting: [1]
The little children of her hands
run with the horses on the sands
cry and are fastened into bands.
Metaphysical poetry is not a good influence on him: the echoes of Donne and Hopkins in his religious poetry merely add discord: some of his puns are striking ("To part, it is to die in part"), but verbal conceits and satiric rhymes are often laboured. He is not a poet who can absorb either the prose statement or the prosaic world; his social comment is generally querulous and preoccupied, and he is ill at ease with commercial clichés and technological images. He is best in straight couplet and quatrain and in a Housman-like baldness of statement:
no strong men and no heroes,
no brave, eternal youths,
but only fiddling Neroes
and purple, proud untruths.
This is from the title-poem at the end, which is by far his finest work, and which shows many skilful variations in its octosyllabic metre:
found pure when the snow is shadowed with
the whiteness of a cloud of snow,
how can you now destroy
the host of your essential joy:
There are lapses of inspiration and of taste in Mr. Wreford's book, but there is also a dignified simplicity and a sincere eloquence.
Norman Levine's The Tight-Rope Walker shows a high level of competence in what is so far a rather restricted range.Mr. Levine is an expatriate, or regards himself as one: he has left what he calls the land of "parchment summers and merchant eyes" for England, and many of his poems have a Cornish setting. His poems are also elegiac, even to the point of using a lamenting refrain, but he has more affinity with paradox and complex statement. "Cathedral by Sea" works [2] out a fine contrast between the physical energy of the sea and the spiritual energy and physical stillness of the building. The title-poem makes an oddly touching symbol out of its central theme:
He was not lost. Only a little lonely
He walked as a graveyard while around him
Cities were no more than small lights
Severed at the head by fog.
"Airman and Seagull Killed by Water" manages to reach an admirable final line, "What floats is dead," through some vigorous but tangled imagery. ...
This is clearly not a banner year for Canadian poetry: the above practically exhausts the more sophisticated part of the output. In Canada, however, as elsewhere, there appears every year a fair quantity of naive or primitive verse, to use terms more familiar in the criticism of painting. There is no reason why all of this should be out of the range of critical interest: a good deal of Burns, of Wordsworth, of Kipling, even of Emily Dickinson, is naive poetry, and what Mr. Goodridge MacDonald calls "the truisms of popular song" are always well worth stating. One looks hopefully and constantly, in reading through this material, for some signs of an ability to express the simple rather than the commonplace emotion, to use traditional metres without unenterprising monotony, to make the art of writing a poem a fresh experience instead of a conditioned reflex of nostalgia. Occasionally one is rewarded, but self-consciousness and schoolmarmism hang cloudily in the poetic atmosphere. Some achieve a certain uniform competence, but otherwise there is nothing for a reviewer to say except to hope that they will find their audience. The same may be said of the Poetry Books of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The latter has a picture of a wildcat on its cover, but the poetry is unvaryingly gentle. ... [3]
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HI Ian, In addition to the problems I listed previously (repeated below), I think the HTML5 draft should also make it clear: 1) that to be conforming a headers attribute idref must reference either a TH or TD element's id attribute within the same table and sharing at least one indexed slot (as this term is used in the current draft) in common. This is a machine-verifiable conformance criterion that should help prevent many common headers errors. 2) the precedence when a headers attribute idref conflicts with the scope attribute. In other words if the headers attribute references an element while the scope attribute indicates the cell corresponding to the element should not be associated, then the headers attribute should take precedence. Take care, Rob > Taking a more forward looking approach, there are several problems > with the current HTML5 draft and James Graham/Ben Millard's approach. > > 1) neither adequately account for the need to have headers > associated with data cell that are also data cells (key data cell > that should be queryable of their own associated headers as well as > serving as associated headers for other data cells) > 2) neither deal with the ambiguities of scope and the fact that > scope can easily lead to errant header associations when using the > 'colgroup' and 'rowgroup' keywords (see the wiki for more[1]) > 3) the HTML5 draft fails to provide support for the headers > attribute which can often make table authoring simpler than relying > on scope or other cumbersome structural changes to the table > 4) neither support the use of the headers attribute for hierarchical > headers where a subsection of the table can rely on the header > association algorithm to associate data cells with the first > (lowest) level of headers while pointing those headers to the next > hierarchical level of headers and so on. This facilitates a much > simpler way to author complex tables than using scope or headers > attributes everywhere. Also my understanding is that this approach > is already supported by at least some AT though not specified in > HTML4. > > Henri on IRC mentioned the goal of "making simple things easy and > complex things possible" with regard to the HTML5 tables[2]. > However, up until now the goal has been to make really easy things > easy and anything more complicated impossible. > > > [1] <http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/TableHeaderCellScope> > [2]: <http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20080825#l-485>Received on Monday, 25 August 2008 14:27:54 UTC
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I've finished a new painting! in an effort to hold onto the summer sun for as long as possible, I decided to paint, just for fun, a picture of this beach beauty. It's not often that I paint a picture for no reason other than my own entertainment, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to paint a pretty lady in bright colors.
This is a mixed-media piece of watercolors and colored pencil. It was not easy to mix that perfectly tanned skin tone without making her look sunburned or too toasty brown. Tanned skin is a very complicated mix of reds, oranges, yellows, purples, and blues–kind of like normal skin I suppose but with a lot more saturation! I tackled the skin by laying yellow washes first. Then I marked my shadows with some light blue and purple washes, and then really built up the color with thick layers of reds and orange. In some places I'm really laying the red on much thicker than you would expect, and even then I still needed the colored pencil to give it that extra blast of color. The skin was easily the most difficult part.
The easiest part of the painting? The Hair. I love to paint masses of linear things and there are few organic structures more linear than hair. Hair is easy not to overwork, and easy to stylize while still meshing with other very detailed and realistic elements of the painting.
One of my personal goals with this painting was not to overwork the surface. It's easy to belabor a work, scouring every inch to make sure every single little detail is flushed out. Sure, that creates a really crisp image, but it takes an absurd amount of time and is not always necessary. This painting was an exorcise in simplifying my process without sacrificing detail.


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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the definition of a rural development loan and what it took to qualify for such a loan. You can click on the link below to read the article:
I recently spoke to three lenders and I have confirmed with them that the Rural Development loan program, also known as RD loans, will cease to exist after October 1st, 2012. For years, Owasso and Bixby have enjoyed the benefit of the RD loan program, despite the fast growth in both areas. The areas had still been considered "rural" because of old census data. The census numbers have now been updated and both areas are no longer deemed rural and don't qualify for the RD program.
"I think that if someone was on the fence about buying a home and they were interested in getting a Rural Development loan, now would be the time to take advantage of those benefits while they still can," said Lee Chinowth, Managing Broker at Chinowth & Cohen Realtors in Owasso. I also asked Mr. Chinowth what his thoughts were on what would happen to the Owasso and Bixby housing markets after the end of the Rural Development program. "There are parts of Owasso that haven't qualified, and most of Tulsa that has never qualified. Those areas have continued to grow and I believe that they will continue to remain steady," said Chinowth.
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When my husband received an invitation to participate in the ISMANAM conference in Zurich, Switzerland, he included me and we made a quick decision to attend. And we were delighted that we did. We found the city "inspiring" with church spires dotting the horizon. Also inspiring was its clean water, great transportation, wonderful restaurants and lots of shops, and it is beautiful. In addition, each person we had contact with made us feel they personally valued our visit there and were committed to insuring that our visit was satisfying.
Zürich is a manageable size with a population of 380,000, with the surrounding area it is about 1.2 million. We quickly learned Zurich is very user friendly – at least it is with a ZurichCARD which we used on the trains, trams, boats, buses and so on. We also had admission to 39 museums, and half price on the city tour. It was easy to use and offered a sense of security.
Arriving at the airport, with our ZurichCARD in hand, we found our way to the train and three stops later we were in walking distance of our hotel. We thought we knew the way, but we needed help and fortunately, in every direction we found people in bright orange vests, watching for confused people and pleasantly directing visitors. It was especially reassuring when one guide directed us and said if we needed more help to ask again in a block or two.
We discovered once we were settled that Zurich Festival was setting up and would begin later that night. Zurichfest is the largest city party in Europe and takes place every three years. Before long the streets filled with people and vendors and music of all kinds, everywhere. Zurich is Switzerlands largest city but it is a small country and Zurich has a population of
This went on from Friday evening at 5:30 until Sunday evening at 11:00. As I understand it, people who visited Zurich fifteen or more years ago, would be amazed to see this level of frivolity. This is a city formerly know for hard work and "keeping your nose to the grindstone" and the impacted of a puritan ethic. But times change.
It was so noisy that our group had trouble hearing one another so we were pleased to find out way to the Restaurant Kronenhalle where we enjoyed a lovely dinner surrounded by the work of painters, including Miró, Picasso, Chagall who once exchanged paintings for their dinner.
Our next day began with a visit to the Swiss National Museum. The building in which it is housed is more than a hundred years old but it was redone recently and the furniture exhibit was opened only a few weeks ago. I found the museum charming and unusual. It was quirky with unusual displays such as a set of chairs jetting out from the wall and lots of items in "holes in the floor". It was fun with very interesting information and a good foundation for our guided walking tour. We joined the group that gathered by the travelers' information office at the train station.
Our guide, Sondria, had her work cut out for her that day. She managed to keep our group of about fifteen together as we walked through crowds, and musical groups scattered through the city and then large TV monitors showing the world cup with lots of cheering when goals were made. The mile walk from the train station to the lake was a wonderful look at Zurich's history. We extended the use of our ZurichCARD to a boat ride on the lake, which was lovely.
Later that night, there were fireworks and I headed out alone at 11pm through streets filled with people from everywhere. I found a safe spot near two lovely ladies, Alice and Irena, by the river and watched what may be the most beautiful fireworks display choreographed to music that I have ever seen.
On a day when museums were closed, the ZurichCARD, provided the opportunity to ride the "little orange train" to the top of the "little mountain", Uetliberg, Zurich's highest point and enjoy the view and wonderful food in the hotel restaurant. And on another day we enjoyed the delights of the art museum, Kunsthaus, courtesy of the ZurichCARD.
It was pleasant walking the streets and finding interesting shops on the streets and under the train station, the grocery stores, a music store with instruments from all over the world, the churches, beautiful outside and in. Noteworthy is Fraumunster, dating from 1250 and sporting its beautiful Chagall windows.
The clean water was surprising. There are 1200 fountains, more than in Rome, with clean drinking water running through. There are 18 beach areas for swimming in the lake and in the river and we saw people swimming when we were in the boat and walking along near the river. The buildings are about three stories most of the time and looking up it was common to see a garden on the roof.
We loved the view from ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) where my husbands' meeting was held. The university has 15,000 students. It has graduated 21 Nobel Prize winners, including Albert Einstein.
We enjoyed a wonderful vegetarian restaurant, Hiltl. This has been a vegetarian restaurant since 1898 and the fourth generation is now in charge. The food was wonderful and I wanted to take them home. Here you can select food from a buffet of 55 items and weigh your food to determine the cost of your meal.
www.hiltl.ch or [email protected]
There are 26 active guilds in Zurich and they generally have restaurants. We enjoyed both the food and the excitement of the Guildhall, "Zunfthaus Zur Waag", the linen and hatters guild. The house dates to 1636. A lecture was taking place in it top floor while one of the guild members was having a party for friends and family. The food was wonderful.
www.waag.ch or [email protected]
There was a banquet during the meeting held at the Schutzenhaus Albisgutli Festival, which also dates back more than one hundred years. The food was excellent but the Swiss entertainment was great fun.
When it was time to leave we were once again impressed by the convenient, punctual public transportation system. The tram awaited us a block away. We loved the solar powered monitor that told us when the next tram would arrive. Once on the tram, it was easy to follow our progress by watching a monitor on the tram and listening to the announced stops.
And when it was really time to leave, we were amazed that from the main train station, we had one stop to the airport. Entering the airport, we immediately came to a series of SwissAir desks and were quickly and easily set up for our flight with our luggage taken and boarding pass in tow. And the rest is history. If a return visit presents itself, we will jump at the chance. A visit might be very tempting from October 15, 2010 when Kunsthaus Zurich decicates a retrospective to Pablo Picasso, displaying hisfirst museum exhibition.
More information at Zurich Tourism: www. zuerich.com
Photos: Leon Keer


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For the last three weeks, Karena, Niels and myself have been sanding and scraping back hatches, bulwarks bowsprits and winches and I must say Bessie Ellen looks gleaming. Well done guys. Sailing starts again on Saturday and we have a new crew, Felix from France who sailed with Bel Espoir and Etoile Polaire. He joins for a few months before heading for Belem.
Three weeks have disappeared since Christmas and New Year holidays – which were fabulous, both voyages. The Christmas voyage took us over to La Palma to explore Taburente volcano, a hard walk of around 3 hours cresting the top of the island, magical and clear – you feel on top of the world. Christmas was night swimming with stars in the sky and below, the dark nights illuminate not only the skies but the bio-luminescence too. It glows extraordinarily bright, so to dive into the dark waters and create explosions of stardust is just one of those things you have to do.
The Crew welcomed New Year in San Sebastian – as usual the Gomeran sprit was ready to party. After a super dinner on board and plenty of party games and Cava, the hour came to leave and join the crowds ashore. The first to arrive, Niels proceeded to hand out mojitos to get the party started. The live band kicked off with some funky salsa and the new year was brought in with a fantastic firework display over the bay. Dancing continued most of the night with some of our stalwart crew coming home around 4. However, the rest of the week was pretty relaxing in the bays of Gomera, swimming and sailing in 38 knots of wind!
I am looking at the calendar and realising it's not so long before we begin the journey home to Fowey. Time has passed so fast here, but we are excited to see our home shores again.
Ocean voyages are the reason for sailing – each voyage becoming a unique experience on the blue wandering sea. Days pass along with the rhythm of the swell that rolls by and Bessie Ellen's routine of watches, maintenance, food and sleep takes effect and carries off all the threat of the modern busy world. Bessie Ellen will leave the islands in early March to cover 1200NM, heading for a short stop in Madeira, before turning towards Cascais for a crew change. From Cascais, the ship will sail as the weather allows, heading out into the ocean to tack agains the prevailing North wind before reaching the Westerlies of Biscay and onwards towards the channel. Of course at this time of year the winds can be changeable, but the crew are young, strong and willing, and the ship's satellite communications give regular updates of weather. If you have never experienced life aboard a ketch at sea but think you may like to join us, do please give me a call to discuss if the voyage is suitable, as we do have places available to join.