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Langston Hughs Essay, Research Paper
In the vast history of our world, there have been many great artists who have had an adverse influence on the field of art that they were concentrated in. William Shakespeare, Homer, Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Amadeus Mozart, to just name a few, are some of the most influential writers, painters, and musicians of their times. The works of the aforementioned pioneers in their prospective fields of the arts still have a great influence on the many different artists of today. In the literary field of art, there is such a large pool of great poet laureate's, authors, and playwrights that the list goes back almost to the beginning of time and the birth of what we know as communication through words and speech. One of the greatest poets of the 20th century (and, in my opinion, that has ever graced the Earth) was Langston Hughes. Possessing an intelligence and brilliance which, according to the white supremacist dominated world of the early 20th century, wasn't supposed to be bestowed onto the lowly ranks of the black race, Hughes put his heart, soul, mind, body, and spirit onto the paper when he wrote. All of the fears, the hardships, the pain, and the hopes of the black community were told as vibrant stories that drew you into in his poetry. He embodied the true meaning of what it was to be a Negro in America in each of his poems, and invited each reader to get a taste of the Negro experience in his words. To truly understand the depths of his soul and the millions of souls of his slave ancestors that he traversed in order to get the inspiration for his powerful poetry, we must first look at the life that he lived.
James Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, the second of two sons born to James Nathaniel Hughes and Carrie Mercer Langston (his brother perished soon after birth almost two years to the day of his birth on February 8th, 1900). A man whose poetry spoke the words embodied by his race s fight for freedom and racial equality, he was born into a family of abolitionists, with the prominent freedom fighter and politician, Charles Henry Langston, as his grandfather; John Mercer Langston, African-American congressman from Virginia and later the United States Minister to Haiti, as his great-uncle; and Lewis Sheridan Leary, who was killed fighting with John Brown to free a group of slaves in the famous raid on Harpers Ferry, as his grandfather (his grandmother married Charles Langston after his death). His parents, sadly, separated when he was a small child, with his father leaving the family to live in Mexico City in search of a better life (although he left his family back in America, mainly because his wife didn t see the reason why he was leaving all that they knew behind, he still sent them money). Langston then moved in with his maternal grandmother Mary Sampson Patterson Langston at the tender age of six-years-old, and until her death when he was only 12, she was his main caretaker. Langston himself noted that his grandmother made sure to instill a very deep sense of pride for his family and his heritage in him every chance that she could, from telling him stories of triumph in the struggle for civil and equal rights for the black race in America to telling him of his proud heritage of abolitionist grandparents and his linkage to the great statesman Henry Clay (his father s grandfather, also named James Hughes, was a relative of the Clay family). When his grandmother sadly passed away, Langston then loved in with some of his mother s close friends for a time, and from there met up again with his mother, her new husband Homer Clark, and his new little step-brother Gwyn (10 years his minor; lovingly called Kit by his family) in Lincoln, Ohio, from which they all moved to Cleveland in search of better jobs and more money. As can already be seen, Langston did not ever truly have a stable home environment to live in when he was young, which can somewhat help to explain the lack of any long-term romantic relationships throughout his adult life or ever get married or have any children. His mother depended on him for more affection, love, and emotional and financial stability than she was ever capable of giving him, and his biological father was not an easy man, and from him Langston received even less emotionally than he had derived from the time that he had spent with his mother. He moved around about 7 different cities while he was young, and even as an adult never truly found a place that he could call home. By the time that he was only a junior in high school, Langston was living on his own in Cleveland. It was around this time that he really started writing poetry, and it was his skill at his art that actually persuaded his father to pay for him to attend Columbia University in New York City (his father originally wanted him to become a successful businessman like himself and go to college in Switzerland to become a mining engineer, but after the wide publication of his poem The Negro Speaks Of Rivers, the elder Hughes conceded with his son s wishes to attend Columbia). Although Langston had yearned to go to Columbia so passionately (mainly for the reason of being able to live in New York and be near Harlem and it s large black community), after a year of schooling Langston decided to leave the university. In the short time that he attended Columbia University, though, Langston had many of his works published in The Crisis, the NAACP magazine started by W.E.B. DuBois, and through the friendships and acquaintances that he made (mainly with Carl van Vechten, a well known white writer who was also a key player in the Harlem Renaissance who showed Langston s work to his publisher Alfred A. Knopf, and got Langston s first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, published when he was only twenty-four) broke into the world of mainstream poetry. After traveling overseas to broaden his horizons in Africa, France, and Italy, Langston, on the scholarship provided by a rich elderly white lady that he became an acquaintance with while in New York he attended and graduated from Lincoln University with a B.A.
Throughout his life, Hughes was not only known as an exceptional poet (who was nicknamed the poet laureate of Harlem ), but also as an accomplished writer who wrote short stories, novels, and plays as well as poems. His poems from his developmental years as a writer emphasized the many hardships that the black community had been put through ever since the beginning of time, as in his dramatically compelling poem Negro. This poem is so gripping that even though it isn t one the poems that I am analyzing for my project I felt that I must include it for the benefit of passing on it s message of the timelessness of racism in American and abroad and what all people of African descent have had to go through for hundreds of years. It also spoke of the many ignored accomplishments that the black race has made all across the globe.
I am a Negro:
Black as the night is black
Black like the depths of My Africa
I ve been a slave:
Caesar told me to keep his doorsteps clean
I brushed the boots of Washington
I ve been a worker:
Under my hand the pyramids arose
I made mortar for the Woolworth building
I ve been a singer:
All the way from Africa to Georgia
I carried my sorrows songs
I made ragtime
I ve been a victim:
The Belgian s cut off my hands in the Congo
They lynch me now in Texas
I am a Negro:
Black as the night is black
Black like the depths of My Africa
In his latter years, Hughes poetry was mainly concerned with the ongoing racism that the black community in America was facing and the many civil rights efforts that were going on to hopefully someday remedy the dire situation. In one of the poems that he wrote shortly before his death named Floatsam, though, he gave the impression that he didn t feel that he had truly made any contribution to the fight for civil rights and didn t know what was so exceptional about his work:
On the shoals of Nowhere
Cast-up my boat
Bow all broken
No longer afloat
On the shoals of Nowhere
Wasted my song-
Yet taken by the sea wind
And blown along.
Little did he know how much of an influence that his career had on not only the Harlem Renaissance of which he spearheaded and is the most notable poet to come from that great period in literary history, but also for telling the stories of what his entire race has had to endure for so long to generations and generations of African-Americans to come. His many works include: Not Without Laughter (1930); The Big Sea (1940); I Wonder As I Wander" (1956); The Weary Blues (1926); The Negro Mother and other Dramatic Recitations (1931); The Dream Keeper (1932); Shakespeare In Harlem (1942); Fields of Wonder (1947); One Way Ticket (1947); The First Book of Jazz (1955); Tambourines To Glory (1958); and Selected Poems (1959); The Best of Simple (1961). He also played a part in editing several anthologies in an attempt to help popularize black authors and their works. Some of these were: An African Treasury (1960); Poems from Black Africa (1963); New Negro Poets: USA (1964) and The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers (1967). Sadly, his career only spanned four decades or so, for Langston Hughes died at only sixty-seven years of age on May 22nd, 1967 of heart problems and a prostate infection in his beloved Harlem. He was cremated, and his funeral was not a sad one but rather a celebration of his life with all of the many friends that he had made over the years attending. Langston even had a jazz band play at his funeral, and I Dream A World , taken from the libretto of the opera Troubled Island was read:
I dream of a world where man Whatever race you be
No other man will scorn Will share the bounties of the earth
Where love will bless the earth And every man is free
And peace it s paths adorn. Where wretchedness will hang it s head ,
I dream a world where all and joy, like a pearl,
Will know sweet freedom s way. Attend all the needs of all mankind.
Where greed no longer caps the soul Of such I dream
Nor avarice blights our day Our world!
A world I dream where black or white
This excerpt and the final paragraph of the biographical account The Life of Langston Hughes: Always Moving On, written by James S. Haskins, embody the heart and soul that was behind Langston Hughes as the poet laureate and Langston Hughes the man: There were no family members to mourn Langston. He never married or had children. He never even had a long term love relationship with another person. The lack of love he had received from his parents when he was a child seems to have prevented him from developing the ability to either give or receive it as an adult. But Langston was able to love a people-his people-and the words he wrote out of love for black people will live forever.
One reason why Langston Hughes poetry was so compelling was that it was straight to the point and went instantly for your heart, soul, and mind. The topics of his poems weren t extremely complex, but at the same time caused you to ask questions, think, and delve into the workings of your very soul. Also, another thing that set Langston Hughes apart from any other poet in the Harlem Renaissance was that he never had a specific voice or a set writing style or rhythm. Every new poem from him that you read introduced you to a new part of not only his soul, but yours as well, for you could never be sure whether it was Langston himself talking, one of his many interesting characters (Madam Alberta K., Simple, etc.) telling you their story, or your own heart telling you what it truly feels regarding the subjects covered in the poems. Some of his poems were short and sweet; some were long and took the form of a story; some took on the form of a good old warbling blues tune; and even more still took on the form of a good old Sunday morning church sermon down South. With Langston Hughes, each new poem was a welcome surprise. In his poem Theme For English B, which starts off seemingly simplistically with a professor giving him an assignment for his English class at Columbia, he makes the point that although there is rampant racism plaguing the world which is mainly based on the ignorant long standing myth of black inferiority and white superiority, we are all human beings with a lot of the same likes and dislikes, basically similar hopes and dreams, and we all possess the same types of emotions and feelings. My favorite part of the poem is towards the end when he starts talking about the connection that we all share with one another, even if we hardly ever truly admit it, because it drives the point home that no matter what race we are, where we come from, or what religion we are associated with, we all share the same planet, the same life force, the same society, and this unity transcends all age, gender, and racial barriers. Here is the excerpt:
I guess being colored doesn't make me not like
the same things other folks like who are other races.
So will my page be colored that I write?
Being me, it will not be white.
But it will be
a part of you, instructor.
You are white–
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.
That's American.
Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me.
Nor do I often want to be a part of you.
But we are, that's true!
As I learn from you,
I guess you learn from me–
although you're older–and white–
and somewhat more free.
This is my page for English B.
In another one of his great poems dealing with the racially oppressive society in America, Let America Be America Again, Hughes speaks of the duplicity of America. He dissects the hypocrisy of the morals that America was built on, and expels all of the many lies that America was truly built on. From the first stanza on ( Let America be America again, Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free.), he not only talks about the harsh social realities that the black race in America has had to face for so long, but also about the many hardships that the many other races have had to endure, including poor whites and Caucasian immigrants who came to our country from abroad. Basically, Let America Be America Again speaks of the America that never was, and, by the state of our society now, the America that will never be; Langston s dream for the nation that he could never truly call his home nor would except him as it s own during his lifetime-or mine for that matter. The passage of Let America Be America Again that I felt best summed up Langston s feelings toward the racial situation in America and the true shape of American society is the one that I included below. Although he spoke in four different voices (that of a Negro, that of a poor White man, that of an Native-American, and that of an immigrant that has just come over) in this stanza, I really think that this, along with the poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers, is an example of his true voice, for he is not only stating what the Negro has to go through, but also all the other races that he calls brothers and their many trials and tribulations.
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek–
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
There are said to be seven crucial and integral parts of modernism: response to social breakdown; fragmentation; remote/detached point of view; allusions; poems like riddles; purpose of art; and an elitist attitude. In this case, Langston Hughes wasn t a modernist in the true sense of the word. He wasn t concerned too much with allusions or the purpose of art, and he didn t possess an elitist attitude (unlike the renowned late great modernist poets T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, and Ezra Pound).
From when I was 5 years old until I was ten years old I attended P.S. 161 in Brooklyn, New York. I live in Crown Heights, a heavily Jewish populated neighborhood, but my elementary school had many children from many different races. Sadly, in my entire six years there I only had one black teacher, and the thing that I most remember out of all the things that she taught me was to have great pride in my African-American heritage and never be ashamed no matter what obstacles came in my path. Mrs. Alexis was her name, and for the entirety of my 5th grade school year she made just about everyday a day celebrating the greatness of the black race and it s many prominent members, with Langston Hughes as one of the many great African-American writers that she taught us about. She told our class that he was her favorite poet because he never bit his tongue about the evils of racism and although he showed his love for all of the races, he always placed his own race at the top of the heap. He promoted self-love-something that seems so simple that it is almost always neglected, but was sadly lost to some African-Americans of his time who grew to despise themselves due to their dire racial situation. Hughes wanted his poems to be able to reach out and touch everyone s heart and soul, and therefore wrote in a style that could be understood and comprehended by just about anybody, not just college educated and wealthy elites. He also didn t concentrate his message towards one race or one class of society, although the majority of his poems did reflect the thoughts, hardships, dreams, fears, doubts, worries, and pain of the African-American race. Hughes wanted to touch all of the races, for he truly believed in his heart that all of the races are united in brotherhood, even though by the many evil actions that have been carried out against each other we have forgotten where we all came from. Langston Hughes poetry spoke volumes of his dedication and passion towards the goal of attaining social and racial equality for his race. Although he didn t lead any marches or start any boycotts or sit-ins, Hughes kept alive the most important part of the civil rights movement in each and every one of his writings: the spirit. He embodied the heart and soul of the civil rights movement and in his poems he brought to life in bright and vivid intensity the realities that have always plagued not only his African race across the globe but also American society as a whole. He never asked for much from the country that his ancestors had no choice in being taken to after they were raped from their homeland; the nation that went to such great lengths to impede the progress of an entire race as to uphold blatantly racist practices in the highest courts and legislatures in the land; the land and the people that drained the life force from an entire race just so that they may excel and prosper when it was that same race that they are killing that helped to build the foundation for their treasured prosperity. All Langston yearned for was the same thing that each and every living, breathing human being wants in life: freedom-the one thing that America has deemed the cornerstone of it s foundation for so long but has denied so many for so long. Langston Hughes didn t address any radical ideas or mean to cause any serious controversy with his poetry, but he did want to get his message across that America needed to repay it s debt of freedom and equality to the races. The messages embodied in Langston Hughes poetry transcend all ages and societies, and will be preserved in the hearts and minds of each and every lucky reader of his work until time without end.
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Nothing like an off-day to do some good work to help out the Jimmy Fund. Red and I aren't really up on our stats, unless you're talking about the average number of Fenway beers between rest room trips, or the number of bites it takes Heidi Watney to eat a pulled pork hoagie. But for those of you interested in the real nuts-and-bolts scientific and statistical side of the game, check this out.
Impressive list of speakers, educational, and all for a great cause.

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The first trailer for Walt Disney's upcoming action/fantasy film The Sorcerer's Apprentice did a good job of highlighting the magical special effects that would be on display in the live-action re-imagining of a segment from the classic Mouse House cartoon Fantasia. The trailer also provided glimpses of the narrative and humor within, but a new featurette (titled "Good vs. Evil") fleshes out those elements a bit more. Director Jon Turtletaub (National Treasure) and stars Nicholas Cage and Jay Baruchel explain the plot in greater detail, and the featurette nature of the footage allows for longer clips to demonstrate how the comedic beats of the Cage/Baruchel partnership will play out.
Check out the clip, and news of a release date shuffle, after the jump.
Previously, Disney had slotted The Sorcerer's Apprentice for release on July 16, 2010, but recently moved the date up two days to July 14th for a Wednesday unveiling [via Box Office Mojo]. That seems to be a sign of confidence in the potential family-friendly tentpole, or at least in its box office potential.
Here's the official synopsis:
Balthazar Blake, a loopy but powerful sorcerer, recruits a reluctant physics student, Dave Stutler, as his apprentice. While trying to survive his crash course in magic, Dave learns that he has become part of an ancient battle between good and evil that threatens the existence of Manhattan. And to think Mickey Mouse thought he had problems with a couple of crazy mops.


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Lady Gaga has divulged plenty about her life, but we'll get to see it in film. Lifetime is developing a biopic chronicling the artist's life titled Fame Monster: The Lady Gaga Story, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Check out television's most fit starsLifetime, however, is keeping a poker face. "We don't comment on things in development, so were not commenting about the Lady Gaga project at this time," Les Eisner, Lifetime's vice president of publicity, said.This isn't the only thing that the Grammy -winning recording artist has in the pipeline: in August, it was reported that Gaga would be starring as herself in an episode of The Simpsons, set to air in 2012.


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Chicago Tribune, August 5, 1877. Christ, I wish I had an influential friend at the Treasury Department. Why, just the other day my kid made little paper sailboats out of a stack of T-Bills I'd secreted in an old chiffarobe in the attic, and then flushed them away in a toilet bowl regatta. Would I like the full amount of money back? I'll say I would.
Couple of interesting things to note here: First, mince pies were stored indefinitely in closets. You could do that, owing to their miraculous auto-preservative attributes. In a world before refrigeration and butylated hydroxytoluene and other magical forces we now use to forestall the evil power of entropy, mince pie did not rot just as gold did not rust. That's basically why gold is still gold but mince pie is no longer mince pie. (Interestingly enough, they were both legendarily heavy, in addition to being the stuff that dreams are made of. Hmm, I must think some more about this.)
Second: Faced with a choice between a stack of greenbacks and Mrs. Skidmore Higbie's succulent and aromatically ripening mince pies, the mice of Springfield, Long Island, will unhesitatingly go for the simoleons.
Is this a part of the equation that I have been overlooking? Was mince also rodent-repellent? Because that would explain a lot.


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0) It is AWKWARD! . . At first. . . you are going out where other people can see you, putting on your running shoes and trying to run.. trying being the operative word. . but it gets better and then you stretch farther, before you know it you are that girl doing her BURPEES and push ups on the park bench where everyone can see and some random guy in a truck is going to honk and whistle at your ass in those same running pants you weren't comfortable in 1 month ago. .
And ok ok I know objectifying women is bad, but when that man honks at your fine looking ass, that is doing those squat jumps on the side of the road. . . take it as a win.
1) I am slow. . ..
I mean SLOW. . . but that doesn't stop me I keep putting one foot in front of the other!
2) The distance around the park is the same for everyone! I may be slower than molasses but when i make it all the way around that park I have ran 3.2 miles just like the guy that passed me way back on mile 1 that I never saw again.
3) Girl that looks like this just may kill her, the hunched back turtle run. . Girl I feel you! But look at you, you crawled out of bed this morning at the butt crack of dawn just like the rest of us and there you go. . .you are running! You Go Girl!
4) Fast or Slow we are all in some sort of sick club. We somehow have tricked our bodies into thinking this is fun and now we are in this together. When you pass that same elderly man on the same curve around the park everyday you do the half nod and you both know, you got this. When you see the mom pushing the double stroller and you think hell I can barely drag my own weight up this hill let alone another human beings and all of their stuff! But you know, you are both pulling for each other and together you got this.
5) Not everyday is race day. So yeah some people on this 3 mile loop may have to run that loop 12 times to train for their upcoming race. And some of us are just barely making around 1 time. But you know what, those people running 12 times around all started somewhere, they may have started long ago, but everyone of them made that first 3 mile loop and felt like a total badass just like us.
Let's just be clear the person that ran that 1 loop or half a loop or that first mile you are a badass! just as much as that man that runs a marathon for a warm up! So strut your stuff and let the world know.
7) Treadmill running is just not the same. . . and I don't mean in difficulty, running on a treadmill makes it seem like some sort of competition compared to the person next to you, out on this trail every more feels like a community, a silent, crunching by community. You are connected to all the other people that have ran on this same crunchy trail!
8) It isn't all about speed or distance. choose one! When I first started running I thought I had to run fast and run far, and for about 2 months I couldn't run any farther or faster than I could when I started, I was trying to do too much at once. So I started concentrating on distance and not speed. . see number 2 (distance is all the same) a 12 minute mile is the same distance as a 6 minute mile.So I started increasing my distance weekly and am now I can run a whole 2 miles farther than I could during those first 2 months.
9) It isn't all about the scale .. I have lost about 30 pounds since January 2015 and that seems like a huge deal to me! But really the fact that I can run 3.5 miles without keeling over is so much more important. You may not see a huge difference on the scale all the time, but hell you are getting stronger, faster and those are the things that matter, the scale and the weight will come!
10) You don't have to be in LuLu lemon or some other fancy running clothes to be a runner. If you are putting your feet out there and moving you are a runner. Your clothing doesn't dictate that. But I will go with the splurge on the running shoes theory. Mostly because your feet will thank you!
11) Everyday is a fresh start. Ok yesterday's run sucked, it was half as far and took twice as long as it was supposed to. Or you had to walk before the schedule walk time. But today is a new day and you are gonna kill it. And guess what even with yesterdays run as your starting point . . .YOU ARE STILL A BADASS!
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We covered the case of Peter Bunyan, a PCSO who was sent to prison for seven years for having sex with various women whilst on duty, on 19th March 2013.
We stated that our view was that the sentence was too long ('Mr Bunyan's sentence seems appealable'). Well, on 9th November 2013 we were alerted through CrimeLine that Mr Bunyan had in fact appealed, and he was successful.
The Court of Appeal decision doesn't lay down any great principle of law, but is worth reading to give the full facts, and we like to keep you uptodate with developments in the cases that we have looked at.
In the end, the Court concludes that the sentence was manifestly excessive and reduced it to 3 years – less even than we had suggested would have been appropriate.
This is a very large reduction – the Court of Appeal rarely make that much of a change, especially when it is a sentence passed by a Judge who has heard the trial. In this case, it has achieved the right result.


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These are more expensive and can need expensive servicing when they break, as compared to quartz, which are less expensive and more accurate. The question really comes down to how seriously you take your watches. Collectors will opt for automatic, but if you're not in it for the love of watch-making you can definitely make do with a quartz. TIP 5: Make sure you're buying from a reputable location. Fakes and knock-offs are as rife in 2018 as they have ever been – so be sure to get the piece verified or buy direct from a brand to avoid buying a counterfeit. Watch Essentials is a cool app that offers pointers on spotting a fake. Related articles 5 Tips For Buying A Luxury...For First Timers Or Experienced Collectors, These Pointers Will Get You Facing The Right Direction. Top Watches From The...Cinema's Most Unforgettable Timepieces. How To Live Like A...For The Wannabe Ballers Who Want To Live The High Life Without Breaking The Bank. 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Unless, of course, you have Powell & Mahoney all-natural clarified lime juice on hand. This bottled juice product captures the flavor and acidity of limes but has a much longer shelf life, making it ideal for an impromptu craft cocktail at the end of the long day or for serving any number of cocktails at parties.
Looking for an easy gin or vodka gimlet recipe? Just add two parts of either spirit to one part clarified lime juice for a delicious cocktail in seconds. You can add a splash to your soda or tonic water for an extra hint of flavor.
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When It's Time to Get a Camera Bag
Any sort of career in photography makes for a rather exciting time in one's life, whether you're just starting out to see just how much more of it you might enjoy getting into, or indeed if you're on a serious path to develop your photographic career on a professional level. In either case you'd probably take any chance to carry your camera with you wherever you go, on a strap, but once things get really serious and you have a lot more equipment and other cameras to go with your main camera, it's inevitable for you to want to get a camera bag.
Here are some factors to consider when picking out your camera bag:
It would perhaps otherwise be an obvious thing to point out in saying that when you take into account the size consideration for picking out your camera bag, you need one which is big enough to fit all your equipment. Resist the urge to go with the biggest one you can find as it can be really easy to just figure that a big camera bag will be enough to carry all the equipment you currently have and all the equipment you're likely to buy in future. You'll also perhaps be going with a high quality camera bag, which means you'll be willing to pay a bit of good money for it and aren't really planning on replacing it on a whim anytime soon.
The best path to take is going with a specialised bag that falls in line with your photographic speciality. By this time you should probably have a good idea of some of the equipment you might like to add to your craft tools in future, so you can go with a specialised camera bag with that in mind, such as perhaps a Think Tank Mirrorless Mover 30i which is specially designed to carry around mirrorless cameras.
Comfort in Design
There is indeed comfort in the design of a camera bag, or of any bag for that matter. So you have an option between a shoulder bag or a backpack and your choice between these two traditional options would largely depend on how you plan to use the bag – your photographic style, so to say. A backpack would naturally always be more comfortable, while a shoulder bag affords you the property of being able to access your gear much quicker, as is required by some spontaneous photographers.
The simplest of camera bags come in the form of something like the Lowepro Adventura TLZ 20 II, which works well enough, but there are plenty of options to explore if you want some specific specialised features. You might find a waterproof cover to be useful if you live and shoot pics in an area that rains often, for instance, or you might even want the specific comfort of a camera bag that can be attached to your person with a waist belt if you're ever going to be carrying your gear over longer distances.


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In Wonder, Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
This movie was released in the year 2017.
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Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has pledged the support of her Ministry to work with GCNet to ensure the smooth implementation of Total Revenue Integrated Processing Systems (TRIPS) and Ghana's business automation project as part of eGhana project with the support of the World Bank.
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said the goal of her Ministry is to address all outstanding issues militating against the e-Ghana project to enhance transparency drive.
She stressed on government's commitment to use technology to facilitate government business to ensure Ghana improves its business competitiveness and the ease of doing business.
She added that it was critical for all stakeholders to work together to realise the revenue target set for 2017 so government could deliver on its promise to build a prosperous, self- reliant and vibrant economy that creates opportunities for all.
Mrs. Owusu- Ekuful made these comments when she received the General Manager of the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet), Alwin Hoegerle, at her office to discuss matters of mutual interest.
Mr. Hoegerle briefed the Minister on how GCNet was implementing the e-Registration component of the e-Ghana project with the Registrar General's Department.
He said significant progress has been made including the full automation of business registration processes on the eRegistrar platform, rollout of the eRegistrar to the Registrar General Department (RGD) in Accra, Kumasi , Tamale and Takoradi, provision of public online services via the eRegistrar portal including – name search, name reservation, business registration, regulatory filing, change in particulars, conversions and ePayments.
Mr. Hoegerle also shared progress update on the implementation of the Total Revenue Integrated Processing System project being deployed by GCNet.
He told the Minister that government realised more than GH¢12 billion in 2016 through TRIPS which accounted for 75 per cent of domestic tax revenue having migrated about 34 GRA tax offices onto the platform with about 30 more offices to be hooked onto the system.
The Deputy Ministers of the Ministry, George Andah and Vincent Odotei, also urged GCNet to work harder in deploying more innovative e-solutions that will facilitate the automation of government machinery to deliver better services to the citizenry.
They noted that GCNet managed a rich database which government can tap into and assured that government would leverage on GCNet's experience especially in the design of the national identification project to ensure there is full maximisation and value for the country.
On his part, the Tema Branch & Transit Manager of GCNet, Jimmy Allotey, called for the establishment of revenue courts at the ports as part of the measures to address leakages in the revenue mobilisation chain.
The GCNet team also used the opportunity to formally invite the Minister of Communications and her team to visit and acquaint themselves with the operational processes of the company.
GCNet is implementing the TRIPS and e-Registration components of the e-Ghana project through the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) under the Ministry of Communication with the beneficiary institutions being the Domestic Tax Revenue Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Registrar General Department as well as its original mandate to provide a complete IT solution for GRA Customs, which has been ongoing for the past 15 years.
GCNet is also a founding member of the African organization, African Alliance for eCommerce (AACE), which seeks the rollout of Single Window systems in Africa and have been operating the Single Window in Ghana.
The visit was in line with the strategic direction of Executive Management of GCNet to deepen and sustain its relations with government through top-of-mind presence engagements in re-positioning as leader in the provision of e-solutions to government to foster trade development, improve ease of doing business and business competitiveness and enhance revenue mobilisation.
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2018 Dodge Durango at Marlow Motors
The latest Dodge Durango is the best yet! Check out the changes for 2018, safety and security features, and all available colors for the enticing Dodge Durango!
Engine Performance
- 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6
- 5.7-liter HEMI® V-8
- 6.4-liter HEMI® Powered by SRT V-8
Safety Features
- ParkSense® Park Assist System
- Standard backup camera
- Seven standard airbags
Vehicle Design
- Aggressive styling
- Advanced technology, including 8.4-inch Uconnect
- Class-exclusive 9-inch dual screen Blu-ray and DVD player
Is there anything new for the 2018 Dodge Durango?
The 2018 Dodge Durango has many exciting updates and new features for the model year! The lineup now has a new top-of-the-line trim level, the 2018 Dodge Durango SRT! The Durango SRT not only offers unmatched capability, power, and speed thanks to a new 6.4-liter HEMI V8 engine, but premium luxury features such as performance Laguna Leather with carbon fiber trim, a hand-wrapped instrument panel complete with live silver accent stitching, and a deluxe SRT flat-bottom steering wheel with integrated audio controls and SRT paddle shifters. The Durango's SRT trim level has also earned the Durango the best tow rating of any three-row SUV on the market today. R/T and SRT models for 2018 have been developed with a widebody exterior design, a functional SRT hood, a new front fascia, and a new lower valence that includes a cold-air duct and devious LED foglights. GT models may also be outfitted with the functional SRT hood when equipped with Brass Monkey or Blacktop Appearance Package. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard with all models that feature the available 8.4-inch Uconnect touchscreen, while all models now feature at least a 7-inch touchscreen as well as a rearview camera. There are a new sport steering wheel and driver-oriented electronic shifter across the lineup. GT models come standard with Capri and suede bucket leather seats and a power liftgate; SXT models include rear park assist for 2018. Citadel and SRT models provide the option of a Dinamica suede headliner that soaks the interior with a premium-luxury vibe. Two new paint colors are available for 2018: B5 Blue and In Violet Metallic.
What safety and security features are available for the 2018 Dodge Durango?
All Durango models come equipped with a minimum of active head restraints, advanced multistage driver and front-passenger, side-curtain, supplemental side, and driver knee airbags, hill-start assist, electronic stability control, rear park assist, trailer-sway control, ready alert braking, rain brake support, a Sentry Key antitheft engine immobilizer, a ParkView rearview camera, and Keyless Enter 'n Go. Other premium available features include a security alarm, a universal garage door opener, front park assist, a LaneSense Lane Departure Warning System, Forward Collision Warning with Active Braking, Rear Cross Path detection, Blind-spot Monitoring, Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop, and Advanced Brake Assist.
What exterior and interior colors are available for the 2018 Dodge Durango?
The 2018 Dodge Durango is available in a range of colors. On the exterior, all models can be outfitted in White Knuckle, Vice White Tri-Coat Pearl, Billet Silver Metallic, Granite Crystal Metallic, Bruiser Gray, DB Black Crystal, Blu By You Pearl, Stout Brown Pearl, In Violet Metallic, and Octane Red Pearl. R/T and SRT models are also available in the new B5 Blue paint color. Redline Pearl is available for GT, Blacktop, R/T and SRT models. On the interior, all models can be found in Black, Black with Radar Red, and Black with Light Frost Beige. Citadel Anodized Platinum models can also be found in Black with Sepia, and SRT models offer a Demonic Red interior.
Final Thoughts on the 2018 Dodge Durango
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The news of yet another broken promise from the Howard government is notable only for the degree of inflation we've seen in these things.
Asked in September last year if the Howard Government was giving a "cast iron" commitment that bills would be rebatable at $300 or $700 after the election, Mr Abbott replied: "That is an absolutely rock solid, iron-clad commitment."
It's hard to see how you could get more emphatic than that, and while the government as a whole has long since lost credibility, Abbott had something of a reputation as a straight-talker[1].
Most politicians lie occasionally and nearly all governments break (or fail to fulfil) some promises, but the Howard government goes well beyond anything in Australian experience. Whatever successes he may achieve, the debasement of the coinage of public honesty is something Howard will never live down.
The result of all this is, I think, a government that can hold on to office as long as it keeps on bringing home the economic bacon, but one that will never earn really strong public support and will leave a poisoned legacy for the Liberal Party in the long run.
fn1. Of course, breaking the promise was not his idea, but if he'd been willing to put his job on the line he could no doubt have faced Costello down.


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Have you ever faced petrol pump cheating and how did you tackle it?Three friends have reportedly been cheated at a petrol pump at Magadhi Road. Surprisingly their efforts to prove that landed them in jail. They were charged with vandalism. May be they did not tackle the problem in a right manner. I hope you always check 'zero' before the petrol tank of your vehicle is filled and the reading when it is completed? Have you ever felt that you have been cheated by the petrol pump? How did you detect it and what is the effective method of tackling such a problem?
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As museum professionals, we endeavor to preserve pieces of creation, both natural and man-made, for future generations. Though we know it would be hubris to believe we can stop the ravages of time, we still feel it a worthy task to do what we can. Through the application of judgment, skill, and science, we work to maintain the wonders we are privileged to experience and care for.
Mountmaking is, at its core, a discipline of preventive conservation. Not only is proper support of objects a key to their continued preservation, the selection of materials used in storage and display is a critical element in collections safety. All methods used and taught by Hascall Consulting are based in current standards of art conservation and materials testing.


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Jeep Wrangler'S Ground Clearance and Angles
If you are an off-roader with a Jeep, or plan on getting a Jeep Wrangler to go off-roading, it is important to know your vehicle's ground clearance and angles. If you don't know your vehicle's ground clearance or its different angles, you could easily get stuck or severely damage your vehicle while off-roading.
Running Ground Clearance
Running ground clearance is a huge aspect of off-roading especially when rock crawling. This term is also referred to as just "ground clearance" and "ride height." Basically, running ground clearance is the distance between the undercarriage of the Jeep and the ground. Your vehicle's ground clearance is important to know when off-roading because you will be able to estimate how big an obstacle is and if your vehicle will be able to clear it without getting stuck or damaged.
The ground clearance of stock Jeep Wrangler trims varies between 8.3 to 10 inches. But of course, if you want a higher ground clearance, you can get a lift kit or add new wheels or tires.
Back to Geometry
Think back to your geometry days in high school. When it comes to the Wranglers off-road performance three angles are super important.
Different angles:
– Departure and Approach Angles: Both of these angles are simple and easy to understand. The departure angle is the maximum angle a vehicle can descend before the tail end drags. The approach angle is just the opposite, it is the maximum angle a vehicle can crawl up without touching the bottom of the front of a vehicle.
– Breakover angle: The breakover angle is a bit more difficult to understand. The breakover angle is the maximum angle a vehicle can handle without the middle of the vehicle touching the object it is going over. This is usually measured by the lowermost point of the vehicle to be safe.
Jeep Wrangler Ground Clearance and Angle Specs
Jeep Wrangler Sport + Freedom Edition
Departure angle – 29.1 degrees
Breakover angle – 21.5 degrees
Approach angle – 38.7 degrees
Jeep Wrangler Sport S
Departure angle – 31.6 degrees
Breakover angle – 24.8 degrees
Approach angle – 41.5 degrees
Jeep Wrangler Sahara, 75th Anniversary Edition + Winter
Departure angle – 31.8 degrees
Breakover angle – 25.1 degrees
Approach angle – 41.7 degrees
Jeep Wrangler Willys Wheeler W, Rubicon, Hard Rock Rubicon
Departure angle – 32.3 degrees
Breakover angle – 25.8 degrees
Approach angle – 42.2 degrees
Now that you understand ground clearance and angles you are ready to go rock crawling, but before doing so, check out our inventory of "off-road ready" Jeeps here at Kendall Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram


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Neutron flavor commands in Mitaka through cli
We are getting (404- Resource not found) error when we tried to run flavor commands like neutron flavor-list using cli. • We tried using admin port 35357 for authentication instead of port number 5000 which is normally used, by modifying the localrc file in devstack folder. • We had also tried to modify the neutron.conf file to use 35357 port for authentication purpose and restarted neutron service, but the issue was not resolved. • We started getting "An auth plugin is required to fetch a token" error though keystone service was running.


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The Pirate Trust Car Wash with Dairyland
The Pirate FM presenters and crew all got their hands dirty in aid of the recent Pirate Trust charity car wash at Dairyland! Bev the Boss, Neil Caddy and Holly Day all played their part in raising hundreds of pounds for great local causes. Thanks to all who came along!
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The following has some spoilers for the movie Dunkirk. Please bear that in mind before reading on.
World War Two movies are a dime a dozen. Plenty of filmmakers and audiences like re-living that period of 20th century history when people were united against an unambiguous threat. While there were many acts of heroism and intrigue that happened during that time, however, it was also deeply traumatizing for many of the soldiers on the ground, and a lot of fiction produced about World War Two tends to glorify it in some way.
This tendency to romanticize the Second World War exists outside of cinema as well. People like bragging about how eighteen-year-olds in the 1940s were facing life and death and that kids of our generation have it too easy, which bothers me a lot. Character building should not be the result of trauma or watching the people around you die. I'm writing this from the perspective of someone whose family served in both World Wars. I'll tell you for free that nothing I've heard over the years has ever made me want to enlist.
It seems Christopher Nolan has a similar bone to pick with that mindset, as seen in his latest film Dunkirk. Taking place during three different times and places that slowly intersect as the film goes on, the story focuses on the rescuing of British and French soldiers stranded on the titular beaches of Dunkirk (or rather, Dunkerque) in France. Our focal characters are a lone soldier named Tommy stuck at Dunkirk, three civilians in a rescue boat on their way to the battlefield, and a Spitfire pilot engaging in dogfights with Nazi planes.
Now, Dunkirk is not the best World War Two film in that it still gets a little too patriotic for my liking. It's worth noting, for example, that the Germans are almost entirely absent from Dunkirk, depicted only as faceless foes popping shots at our heroes from unseen locations or firing at them from U-boats or planes. It's a controversial decision because it deeply dehumanizes the Germans and makes them more of a phantom threat characterized only by their weaponry.
That said, it is a creative decision that ties well into the themes of the film. After all, you're not always going to be clashing bayonets with your foes or engaging in fancy gunplay. Dunkirk understands that, and utilizes cinematography rife with tight close-ups and wide shots that not only show a deep loneliness and desolation, but also a sheer creeping panic on our protagonists' faces. For me, the scene that conveys this well, which you can see in the trailers for Dunkirk, is when one shell-shocked soldier strips off his gear and walks directly into the ocean. Watching the whole scene play out directly conveys the helplessness of their situation, especially since this takes place after two of the Allied troops' rescue vessels were bombed to shit.
Another scene that's a personal favourite of mine is right at the beginning, when British private Tommy is exploring the abandoned town of Dunkirk shortly before the platoon of soldiers he's travelling with are all gunned down by the Germans. There's a lot of tension in this scene as the camera follows Tommy during frantic his escape, comrades dropping at the hands of assassins we don't see. In cases like this, not showing the Germans shouting at each other or cackling as they opened fire on our hero and his mates is incredibly effective, and closer to what people tend to experience in a war zone.
There's more to draw from, but I feel like this sense of anxiety and claustrophobia is where Dunkirk shines. When we see the Spitfire pilots – Farrier and Collins – trapped in their planes as they do their rounds, we see their journey from their perspective. Like them, we're forced to watch the carnage unfold across the sea they're patrolling. When the beach is attacked in the very beginning and Tommy takes cover as the film's first bombing run draws closer and closer to him (and the viewer), we feel that tension and defenselessness, that sense of dread as his allies slowly vanish under clouds of sand and debris. All the while, the orchestral soundtrack is set to this oppressive ticking that seems to get louder and louder during the more intense moments.
In doing this, Dunkirk demonstrates that war is agonizing and disorienting. There's no glory to be had in being shot at on a beach by some asshole in a plane, and chances are the most likable people you meet and support you the most are those that also end up dead. You don't know who's shooting at you, or when people will start shooting at you, or when their assaults will let up. You don't know where a safe place is. And in the end, if and when you make it home, you just end up wondering why the hell you left to fight in the first place.
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Hello all! I'm P. H. Burdette, otherwise known as Dixie's mom. 😉 I'm a teenager who loves animals ( particularly horses and dogs), drawing, writing, and watching old western TV shows. I also love the violin and have recently started picking around on the guitar. I fancy myself an artist and you can find my some of my artwork and art-related posts on mine and my big sister's blog here.
My pet family includes Dixie the Golden Retriever, Ladybird the Cockatiel, and an un-named male Halfmoon Betta fish. The other animals in our household include my mother's senior male Pekingese, Stitch; My big sister's male Bichon mix, Murdoch; and my little sister's male Peke-a-Poo, Sherlock.
On this blog, I'll try to post as often as possible about mine and Dixie's adventures. 🙂 Being the rather new dog owner, you'll probably be finding lots of escapades. Dixie's (and mine) training will be posted on what we have learned and things like that. 🙂
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Xiaomi has created a lot of buzz in the online market with the Flipkart, firstly by launching Xiaomi Mi 3 and selling a 20,000 units in just 5 seconds and then now launching Xiaomi Mi accessories again olny on Flipkart. The Xiaomi Mi accessories consist of the Mi Flip cover for Mi3 , Mi 5200 mAh power bank, Mi 10400 mAh Power Bank , Mi Screen guard and the Mi BW4122IN headset.
The Mi accessories described above are out of stock as similar as the Xiaomi Mi 3 smartphone. But the Flipkart page of Mi 3 says "Please go to the Mi store to register for the next sale happening on Aug 5, 2014." The registration window is open from 29th Jul to 4th Aug midnight.
Here is the List of Mi Accessories with the price tag.
- Mi Flip cover for Rs. 559 : Buy Now
- Mi 5200 mAh power bank for Rs. 799 : Buy Now
- Mi 10400 mAh power bank for Rs. 999 : Buy Now
- Mi Screen guard for Rs. 179 : Buy Now
- Mi BW4122IN headset for Rs. 999 : Buy Now
The Mi Flip cover is water resistant and fold-able which is a good buy for all the Mi 3 users just for Rs 559. The power bank of Xiaomi are again making the buzz by providing 5200 mAh and 10400 mAh power bank just for Rs 799 and Rs 999 respectively. This Mi 5200 mAh power bank can charge your smartphone for 2 times and the 10400 mAh power bank can charge your phone for atleast 4 times.
With the Mi3 handset, earphones are not included, so to get the Xiaomi Mi headset from Flipkart you just need to pay INR 999 only. The last but not the least Mi accessory is the screen guard for your Mi3 phone and it's just for INR 179 only.
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Sushen is the modern Chinese name for an ancient ethnic group of people who lived in the northeastern part of China (in the area of modern Jilin and Heilongjiang) and what is in modern times the Russian Maritime Province and some other Siberian provinces. They were active during the Zhou Dynasty period. Archeological relics in the area are attributed to the Xituanshan Culture.[1]
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According to the Guoyu and the Classic of Mountains and Seas published in the Warring States period (476–221 BCE), Sushen was the name of the tribe who lived in Shandong and border of Liaoxi Province.[2]
The name's characters appeared as early as the 6th century BC in Chinese documents. They are almost unknown with the exception of the fact that they lived to the north of China and used flint-headed wooden arrows, farmed, hunted, and fished, and lived in caves and trees.[3] Ancient Chinese believed that the Sushen paid arrows as tribute to an ideal Chinese ruler. In other words, an arrival of Sushen delegates was, for the Chinese, an auspicious sign of the Chinese ruler's virtue.
From the 3rd century to the 6th century, the name Sushen was used as an alias for the Yilou, who were in eastern Manchuria. However, the connection between the Yilou and the ancient Sushen is unclear. Some historians think that Chinese, having heard that the Yilou paid arrows as tribute, linked them with the Sushen based on knowledge of ancient documents. They paid tribute several times and pleased rulers of Northern China. The Yilou disappeared from documents in the 6th century. The Mohe rose into power there instead.[4]
The Chinese characters of the name can also be found in Japanese documents, in which the characters are annotated and read as Mishihase or Ashihase. According to the Nihon Shoki, the Mishihase first arrived to Sado Province during the reign of Emperor Kimmei. In 660, Japanese General Abe no Hirafu defeated the Mishihase in Hokkaidō by request from the native inhabitants.[5]
Some historians consider that the Mishihase were identical with the Sushen of Chinese records, and others think that Japanese named the indigenous people in the northeast based on the knowledge of Chinese documents, just as the Chinese did during the Three Kingdoms period. They are generally believed to be ethnic Nivkh people and have influenced several later peoples in the region such as the Wuji, Yilou and Mohe, and subsequently of the Jurchen, Manchu, Nanai and many other Tungusic peoples.[6]
- ^ "Chinese History – Non-Chinese peoples and neighboring states: Sushen". Chinaknowledge. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Prof. Han Giu-cheol. "Who is the tribe of Malgal[Mohe]?". Kyungsung University. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ Huang, Pei (Jun 1990). "New Light on The Origins of The Manchus". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. Harvard-Yenching Institute. 50 (No. 1): 246. doi:10.2307/2719229. JSTOR 2719229.
- ^ "Chinese History – The Non-Chinese peoples and states of the northeast". a3guo.com. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Frank Brinkley, Dairoku Kikuchi (1915), A history of the Japanese people from the earliest times to the end of the Meiji era, The Encyclopædia Britannica Co.
- ^ "ウェブマガジン カムイミンタラ ~北海道の風土・文化誌 :オホーツク文化人とモヨロ貝塚 網走 流氷とともにやってきた古代民族の謎とロマンに魅せられた父子三代と研究者たち". kamuimintara.net. Retrieved 2019-09-12.


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It's difficult to be productive when I visit the place I lived for my first 18 years. A month went by and I didn't really notice, because "home" feels like some entity separate from my life. But I recently relocated and my brain finally realized it wasn't being used for its intended purpose (i.e. something other than an 8 hour shift at a sandwich shop and an overdose of movies and hummus.) Welcome back to reality, self!
I also realized I haven't updated about my life happenings in a while. So here's a list of life-changing moments I've had in the past 3 months, in no particular order:
1. Graduation!
Yep, I completed my last semester at Berklee, celebrated copiously with my family, woke up way too early for the ceremony, and shook the hands of Carole King, Willie Nelson, and Annie Lenox as I walked across the stage at the Agganis Arena. Having stayed up way too late enjoying Boston with my family, I very nearly fainted waiting the four hours before we could sit down, but luckily I made it 😉
2. Production Company
I briefly mentioned a startup company I was working on at the beginning of my last semester. It started out as one thing, and turned into a concert production company. While it didn't last (mainly because neither I nor my partner will be in the same place come fall,) I learned quite a bit and was able to help out a few local bands on the way. It helped me realize that I would very likely be happy working on the putting together concerts, tours, or even festivals. Which leads me to…
3. Colorado!!!
I got an internship (housing provided!!) in Colorado this summer as a "Special Projects and Marketing Intern" at the Breckenridge Music Festival. This is definitely a completely different universe from NYC or even Boston, but I have always been drawn to the prospect of Colorado and this will be a kind of "trial-run" for that beautiful, mountainous state. Similar to last summer, I will post updates about my time here! First up will be about my cross country trip and first week on the job.
4. Job Hunting
This really began in earnest a couple months ago. Although I wasn't looking for an internship, as they don't pay in this industry, I'd rather be doing something I love and working on the side than working full time in a position that flattens my life. Currently I'm looking for a position to take once my internship is complete, and I am open to any place with people who are passionate and want to make great music.
In the meantime, I am starting my career as a freelancer! (and baby/pet/house sitter when needed. Hey, it pays.) If you know anyone looking for copywriting, web content, or social media management, send em my way!
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text: Originally from San Diego, Jon is thrilled to be teaching at Bikram NYC. After a stage combat injury (herniated disk in his lumbar spine), Jon found himself in Bikram's Beginning Yoga class in search of healing. What he found was so much more and it has changed his life. Certified to teach in the summer of 2004, Jon hopes to share the gifts and the benefits of Bikram's Beginning Yoga to the New York City Community.


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This last weekend has seen us packing up the final things in the house. Everything except the bed is now downstairs either in the sitting room or the kitchen. It still looks like a lot of stuff but I suppose it's not really when you compare it to the average contents of a three bed house. The storage container finally arrived this week in Corsham. It was supposed to arrive three weeks ago but they have had problems with their supplier and eventually changed the supplier in order to get one for us. It was touch and go with much toing and froing of phone calls. If it hadn't arrived this week we would have needed to find an alternative. That, in itself, would not have been a problem but the 20' x 8' container we are having is about £220 per year cheaper than its rivals which does make a difference (especially to Tim who is averse to spending money……………..unless on a useless gadget that is!).
So that's the house done. We are hiring a van which we pick up on Thursday evening this week and everything goes to the storage container on Friday. We will then have 10 days left 'camping out' in the house until our departure date. We have already brought the contents of the van kitchen into the house and we will bring in the camping table and chairs and the mattress from the van! It will be like going back to when we first moved in together and didn't have much. At least we have central heating and carpets now though and I know how to cook! Ah, happy days!
We packed and repacked and repacked and repacked the van yesterday. Everything is where we 'think' it will go but that will no doubt change when we are on the road (or it'll be flung out on the M1!). We obviously have a bit more stuff for this trip than our usual trips so finding space for all those extra books, clothes, SHOES (yes Tim you know I'm getting at you here!) and jackets etc etc. On the shoe note I wish Tim's feet were a size 4 instead of a size 11 – it would make life sooo much easier. Just how many pairs of shoes does a man need??!!
Today I painted the garden fence ready for the season and Tim painted 'his' shed last week. Talking of sheds, Tim sorted out the 'man cave' at the weekend. He spent an inordinate amount of time in there doing who knows what but I was pleased to see that when he emerged he had organised it all ready for storage and hadn't done the usual thing of taking everything out just to put it back in again with no obvious improvements!
So that's it 16 days to go! Yay!


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Stepsis has been becoming more and more sexually aware lately. She was too startled to experiment with a boy, so she has commenced slow and just been rubbing her cunt on her pillows and stuffed brutes.
One day when she was really getting into it, her stepbro walked in on her! She thought he was perving out until she realized he was unconscious.
Then she remembered her stepmom told her of his sleepwalking problem. She threw him on her bed and determined that he would be just as excellent as a pillow, only a lil' bit more advanced ;).
Charity rode and deep throated her first ever real stud penis, and man was it much better than a bimbo pillow! If only stepbro was a tiny more into it and not so tired.
Damn was that superb, and even stepbro luved it in his desire state, making this the most wettest fantasy he has had all year!


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This 6-story hotel sits on a 7-acre site and consists of 198-keyed rooms and 188,000 sft of space. The design is based on the current Embassy Suites Hotel prototype. The ground-floor spaces include a lobby/registration, lounge area, shop, kitchen, dining facilities, fitness facilities, indoor swimming pool, restrooms, laundry facilities, four 1,000-sft ballrooms that can be configured into one large ballroom space, four 4,000-sft conference rooms that can also configured into one large conference hall, employee lounge and locker rooms, loading dock area, meeting storage space, and administration office/sales/security. Each of the six floors contain a mixture of 32-keyed rooms.
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
One of the most exciting times of year here at Titus Mountain is when we roll-out the snow guns and start building big piles of the stuff. I have a great view of this action from my office window and I can tell you that watching it never get's old. As the piles grow higher, I can just feel the anticipation of the coming season get stronger & stronger. It's great!
Making snow is really an amazing process. Those of us who have been around long enough can remember a time when we waited impatiently for Mother Nature to gift us with enough snow to go play in, and then worried about how long she was going to let us keep it. Fortunately, there were creative dreamers among us who understood that this was "no way to run a railroad". Over time, their passion, ingenuity, blood, sweat and tears won the day and changed our sport forever. In fact, Paul Augustine (Titus Mountain's proprietor for many years) was one of the industry's pioneers, first figuring out how he could offer reliable conditions at his ski area in Minnesota, and later introducing snowmaking to Titus in the 1980's.
Today's snowmaking industry continues to be a well-spring of innovation as new ideas and new technologies help ski areas to make more snow, better snow…and to do so more cost-effectively over a broader range of temperatures and humidity. Skiers and snowboarders have come to expect that there will be good snow on the trails even if there isn't much in the woods!
The investment that ski resorts make to optimize their snowmaking and grooming has grown to become one of the largest items in their annual operating budgets…and Titus is no exception. Over the last several seasons, we have expanded the capacity of our water delivery network, added new snowmaking guns and upgraded to Pisten-Bully groomers. All of this effort becomes worth it when we hear our regulars proclaim that "Titus snow is the BEST snow"!
We invite you to come and experience first-hand what they're talking about. We think you'll like how our snow feels under your edges!
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National Careers Week, How It All Started
It all started over 6 years ago now with Government cuts to Youth Services and the demise of the Connexions service. There had been many critics of Connexions but there can be no doubt that given such a wide portfolio ranging from pastoral care to careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG), more investment was required to help it succeed.
Seeing a gaping hole starting to appear for future generations as a direct result of these cuts, I started the Save Careers Campaign on Twitter – the rest is history as they say.
There was a groundswell of support for the campaign among disgruntled and passionate careers professionals across the UK and it became clear that vast cohorts of young people in education were going to suffer from poor, little and/or no quality CEIAG. A post code lottery developed.
I felt compelled to act and so National Careers Week was born from a small office next to the train station in Cambridge – to be the catalyst for quality Careers provision in a time of great need.
6 years on and I have to pinch myself when I look at how NCW has grown – in 2015 we reached over 1 million young people in the UK, providing free careers resources, employer visits, mentoring and putting CEIAG on the map for a whole week in March.
Over 1,700 secondary schools and academies, 350 FE Colleges and over 90 Universities took part in 2015. I feel incredibly proud and grateful as NCW has now become firmly embedded within the calendars of educational establishments, employers and Government Agencies alike.
So, what can you do to help?
If you are an employer there is much you can do – but you could start with ensuring good local contacts with schools and colleges in your catchment area and perhaps offering to support Careers Fairs and offer mentoring support for students. Anything and everything you can do to help WILL make a difference to a young person, so why wouldn't you do something to help for 1 week of the year?
Finally, if any of you reading this short blog and are active on Twitter – then look out for the #NCW2016 tag for the campaign and get involved with retweeting and sharing content from the @CareersWeek channel – in 2015 our Twitter campaign had an amazing 70 million REACH.


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The Medicines Company to Host Conference Call and Webcast at Upcoming American College of Cardiology's 66th Annual Scientific Sessions
The Medicines Company (NASDAQ:MDCO) will host a conference call and webcast on Friday, March 17, 2017, at 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time, to review data from the ORION-1 Phase II study of inclisiran, the Company's PCSK9 synthesis inhibitor. During the call, the Company's management and inclisiran product teams, as well as members of its distinguished advisory board, will review full safety and efficacy data from ORION-1, with six to nine month follow-up for all patients in the study, which will have been presented earlier in the day in the "Late-Breaking Clinical Trials - Featured Clinical Research 1" session at the American College of Cardiology's 66th Annual Scientific Session.
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First, the home minister gives us an English lesson, telling us that a consensus does not mean agreement of all concerned, but a majority of all concerned. Since the UPA is under the impression that it is ruling by the consensus of a billion people, how can you blame him?
Next, Kapil Sibal, our effervescent minister for all seasons comes in to give the people a math lesson. He has a new branch of math - let' s call it Sonia math for the lack of a better name. Here, the value of an equation depends on the side of the equation that the reader is in! According to Prof. Sibal, the total loss to the country from the 2G scam is zero! Truly, he occupies a universe of thought much different from our own.
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Rear Tire: 180/80-14
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — NATO warplanes dashed into the Libyan capital Tripoli at midday Friday, pounding a target in the south of the city and sending a thick cloud of black smoke rising high into the air.
A series of explosions rumbled across other parts of the city as fighter jets could by heard flying overhead. Fire engines raced through the streets, sirens blaring.
It wasn't clear what was hit or whether there were casualties. Friday is the main day of rest in Libya, with many people off work.
NATO has been ramping up the pressure on Moammar Gadhafi's regime. Though most airstrikes happen under cover of darkness, daytime raids have grown more frequent.
Friday's raids follow a barrage that struck multiple targets late Thursday night.
The fresh strikes blasted the capital as renewed diplomatic efforts to halt Libya's civil war appeared to be gaining momentum, though there are no signs a breakthrough is imminent.
On Thursday, Russia's envoy to Libya met with senior government leaders in Tripoli, but not Gadhafi himself, in an effort to stop the fighting.
Last week, the envoy Mikhail Margelov visited the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi and said that Gadhafi has lost his legitimacy. However, the envoy also said NATO airstrikes are not a solution to Libya's violent stalemate.
Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi said the Libyan government has held a number of "preliminary meetings" with officials based in the eastern rebel-held city of Benghazi. He said the talks took place abroad, including in Egypt, Tunisia and Norway, but he did not provide specifics.
A coalition including France, Britain and the United States launched the first strikes against Gadhafi's forces under a United Nations resolution to protect civilians on March 19. NATO assumed control of the air campaign over Libya on March 31. It's joined by a number of Arab allies.
Speaking by video link from Naples, NATO Wing Commander Mike Bracken said Gadhafi's future at the helm of Libya was a what he called a "political decision." Bracken was speaking to reporters in Brussels, NATO headquarters.
Later, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said there were no indications Gadhafi would stop attacking the opposition.
"It is hard to imagine the end to attacks on civilians while the pro-Gadhafi regime is still in power," Lungescu said in Brussels. "It is unfortunately still the case that pro-Gadhafi forces continue to show shocking determination to harm the Libyan people."
What started as a peaceful uprising inside Libya against Gadhafi has grown into a civil war, with rebels now holding a third of the country in the east and pockets in the west.
Libya's rebels mark Feb. 17 — four months ago Friday — as the start of their revolution against Gadhafi's more than four-decade rule.
It was on that date that protesters emboldened by Arab uprisings in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt took to the streets in a number of Libyan cities. At least 20 people were reported killed in a crackdown by state security forces.
Fighting between government forces and the rebels had reached a stalemate until last week when NATO launched the heaviest bombardment of Gadhafi forces since the alliance took control of the skies over Libya.
AP writer Don Melvin contributed from Brussels.