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I love the composition. It perfectly captures the "moment" — an old-time audition, with a pretty girl on a fancy stage, dressed in a sexy costume, and singing her heart out, a piano in view in the bottom corner of the image. No bored piano player visible; that would have spoiled the effect.
The 5x7 photo has a rubber stamp on the back (see below), indicated it had been carefully inspected (I'll bet!) and approved by U.S. Army censors, so this must have been mailed to, or from, somebody in the armed forces during World War II.
But who is she? Where is she performing? When did this take place?
We'll probably never know. But I sure hope she got the part.
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Visual Communication
When reading the beginning of this brief I had 1 section that was compulsory and the other 2 sections I could choose out of a possible 3 to complete. When completing the compulsory section of a logo design the workshop was supposed to arrive on Tuesday however the workshop couldn't attend therefore we had to do our own logo design on the topic of 'Design Volunteers'. I feel as though my design for this meets the needs of the brief as I the task was very diverse and open, there were limited guidelines allowing us to be as creative as possible. I decided to choose the two main letters of 'Design Volunteers' and used them in different letterforms and positions to give them a unique effect. I feel as though this was very good idea however the everyday reader wouldn't understand the company name with just the letters 'D' and 'W', therefore I decided to add the company name at the bottom of the logo to make sure that it is clear. I don't believe my logo design could be mis-interpreted by the audience as the logo is unique and simplistic, therefore the logo shouldn't be made to think of a different company. Here is an image of the final outcome, I am happy with the outcome of this logo design because it is clean, smooth, unique and easy to read.
The second part of this brief was using typography to write a quote, poem or sentence and also to make our own brief. When making my own brief I chose a quote and to use little/ limited imagery in order to communicate with the order through typography. The reason I chose a quote was because people are able to read quotes and it makes them think about how it relates to their life and if it is impactful.
I feel like I met the needs of this brief as I made my own brief, and also followed my brief guidelines very carefully. I wasn't really too keen on writing my own brief as I feel I could've made the brief too 'brief' and I feel I would've challenged myself more if I were given a better brief. I think there are strong aspects of my final product, as I make the relation between the language and the country by the colours used throughout the typography. I feel as though my illustrations used within the piece could've been improved and placed better, yet I feel this could've been improved with a more detailed brief as I said to use limited/ little imagery. The colour scheme I used was primarily the colours of the french flag, the reason for this was to communicate with the audience to realise that the language used is French. I believe that my typography could be mis-interpreted by some of my audience as they may not speak the French language, this could cause a mis-translation and mis-understanding of the quotation. Aside to this the aesthetics of my product couldn't been mis-understood and cause ethical implications. Below is an image of my final product.
For my third and final section of this brief I chose to design a memorial plaque for myself. The brief said for me to make sure that the plaque was representing myself, therefore I instantly wanted to make the plaque look clean, expensive yet simplistic – a representation of me. I feel as though I successfully met the needs of the brief as I made the plaque to fit me as much as possible. I started by researching into different memorial plaques and they all had different conventions, however for my plaque it needed to be all about me and a little message about myself. I chose the brass/ golden background as I wanted to make my plaque look 'expensive' which I think the background has achieved. I don't feel as though my plaque could be mis-understood as the memorial plaque is for those that know me closely and so it would make sense to them and not to any others. Therefore I feel as though my plaque shouldn't be mis-interpreted as it is clear that someone has died and is a memory for someone. Below is an image of the final plaque.
"Good Design" Evaluation
Throughout this project brief I have tried to be as sustainable as possible by reducing my amount of wastage and time by making sure I used the fastest and most effective method to produce a high quality piece of work. The main aspect I tried to reduce as much as possible was the paper wastage as this was a print based project. I only undertook 2 test prints and 1 final print therefore I feel as though the paper wastage was limited as much as it possibly could have been.
I considered the ethical implications for my project, the main ethical implication for projects was the language used in the quotation as some could interpret the quote in different ways due to poor translation. In order to prevent this I used limited imagery to try and help the audience understand the quote. I also made sure that all photographs used and text wouldn't be interpreted in a different way in order to cause offence to anyone.
For me I personally feel as though I have been more socially conscious in this project compared to previous projects as I have always been consciously thinking about ethical implications, how to prevent waste etc. I still believe that these projects are helping me more and more to become a socially conscious designer as each project I am improving.
My personal target in the future would be to always ensure that I am consciously thinking about how the audience could interpret my work, and to remove all potential upsets in my designs if need-be.

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Tiffany R. Elder was born and raised in Los Angeles and currently lives in Brooklyn
where she is a children's book author and freelancer. She left
the corporate world behind to work freely in a more creative field and to also
continue her passion in writing. She's a member of Society of Children's Book
Writers and Illustrators. Her favorite meal to cook are her famous fish tacos.
She has a love for music and traveling, and can't help butchering foreign
accents (but not on purpose). Her childhood favorite reads are anything by Dr. Seuss to Judy Blume, which has influenced her to seek to create memorable
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I thought I would start this series of blogs on Moroccan life with a description of a wedding day. My wedding was the official start to my life in Morocco and for most Moroccan women the wedding signifies the start of a new life in a new home – and for a man the start of new responsibilities. Moroccan weddings are amazing spectacles full of colour and music that last for many hours and sometimes days.
Marriages are to a degree arranged – but with the agreement of the bride. In this chaste Muslim culture the western stereotypical "boy meets girl, falls in love and gets married" story happens in almost reverse order. Although it is possible that the bride and groom know each other (though not in the biblical sense), often the marriage is the first time there is any intimacy between them. Families try and make sure that the boy, or man, is going to make a good husband and will be able to provide properly for their daughter and in return the husband's family will be looking for someone who will make a good wife for their son and who will fit in well with the household. Given the failure rate of marriages in the west and the often unrealistic expectations of "romantic love", who is to say that this practical approach is not a good one!
The marriage formalities are usually carried out privately and in advance of the wedding, with a formal contract signed in the presence of an Adoula (legal official). But the marriage does not actually start until after the wedding has been celebrated by both families and the bride taken by the groom to her new home. Underneath the exuberantly colourful kaftans and takshitas that she will appear in, the bride is usually wearing two layers of underwear consisting of demure bra and pants with a modest white vest (long sleeved in the winter) and long pantaloons on the top.
Once she has been dressed it is time for the henna to be applied. Both hands and feet are completely covered with intricate designs – it seems almost as if she is wearing lacy gloves and socks. The henna is supposed to bring good fortune and health and I have heard it is traditional that a bride should not have to do any work in her new home until the wedding henna has worn off – sadly secret top up kits are not available 😦
Some wedding guests – almost exclusively women – will start to arrive while the henna is being applied. Along with lots of chatter, there will be singing and dancing with the women accompanying themselves on hand drums. Mint tea and delicious little biscuits made with almonds, coconut, chocolate and marzipan are served to keep the body and soul together.
When the henna is done, the bride sits and waits….
Elsewhere in the house, pots are filled with cooking lamb and prunes or chicken with lemon and olives, couscous is being steamed and bread baked in vast quantities. There is nothing like a fixed guest list with written invitations and a polite reminder to R.S.V.P. – people are invited by word of mouth, turn up and (somehow or other) will be fed.
In the meantime in the groom's house, his family and friends are gathering. At some point in the evening they will arrive en masse at the bride's home carrying gifts and accompanied by a band of musicians playing on hand drums and long trumpets. This medieval sounding procession will wake up the neighbourhood as they arrive – traditionally with the groom on horseback but more often nowadays with everybody standing in the back of several pick-up trucks.
Once the guests have arrived the groom is ushered in to wait with the bride in private while the rest of the guests are sat down to eat – men and women eating separately. As I am still a "stranger woman" I always get looked after by the other ladies at the table – who pass me morsels of meat and make sure I eat enough. If you have never sat down to eat with a table of Moroccan women you will just have to picture what happens to a chicken carcase when it is tossed into a tank of piranha fish to realise what an accommodation they are giving me! I think the only time I had the advantage over them was when sitting with a table full of older Berber ladies who probably had about 10 teeth between them. Imagine their faces when the bread handed round turned out to be small loaves with very hard crusts! Still, even if they couldn't manage to eat the bread, the loaves made handy and secure pouches for them to take meat back to the family left at home.
When everyone has eaten they settle down for the visual feast to come. Over the next four hours (or longer) the bride and groom will be paraded in front of them. Once they are ushered in they will sit together in a special throne and everyone will have their photo taken with them. This will be repeated several times with the bride wearing a selection of differently coloured kaftans (single piece dresses) or takshitas (a two piece outfit, usually a satin under dress with a top layer of lace or voile embroidered, beaded and sequinned), adorned with silver and gold head-dresses, necklaces, breast plates and earrings. In between appearances the crowd will get up and dance (men and women separately of course) or sit and chat. Early on in the proceedings the bride and then the groom may be carried around on the "Marria" an ornate silver platform. This is symbolic of the time when the bride, sitting on a small round table, was carried to the bedchamber for the consummation of the marriage.
Where I live, the crowd's favourite moment is when the bride and groom are dressed in Berber costume. The bridal head-dress with its multi coloured fabric, tassels and silver coins is both exotic and enchanting. For the first time all the guests come together and dance.
Nowadays the final change of dress is the western style white wedding dress. In this costume, the bride and groom share a drink of milk and feed each other dates. They then swap rings – gold for the bride, silver for the groom and throw sweets and small bags of herb to the guests.
At last the moment of departure has arrived and the groom takes his new wife away from the shelter of her father's house and into the domain of her new mother in law. This must be a terrifying moment for a young girl whose whole world has been in her parent's home with her mother and sisters. Her future happiness will depend on how well the relationship with her mother in law works out as much as how well she gets along with her husband.
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The Zetas Cartel set a massive wildfire which forced evacuations from towns in the eastern part of Arizona and threatened society with flames. The flames were so massive they pushed towards New Mexico.
Los Zetas Cartel are a group of highly trained gunmen who were former Army Special Forces and now includes former federal, state, and local police officers, as well as ex-Kaibiles from Guatemala.
A letter was sent to the Arizona police from the Zeta Cartel. The letter goes as follows, "This is the Zeta Cartel speaking and we wish the Arizona police a happy Christmas. The one thing we ask of you is this, please help yourselves by not investigating our organization. We are finding it extremely difficult trying to hold ourselves in check and we are afraid we will lose control again and take more actions. The Arizona wilderness will be on fire by the time you receive this letter as a reminder of the power of Los Zetas."
The Zetas Cartel made a phone call to the fire department in Arizona to tell them that the fire they set was called the "Wallow Fire." The fire burned across the Arizona wilderness and the Apache National Forest. It has grown to 233,000 acres over a one week period. The fire set by Los Zetas is the third-largest in Arizona's history. The Zetas have forced 5,000 people to flee their homes.
Thousands of firefighters are struggling to end the blaze as hot winds whip the flames across tree tops and hot glowing embers travel like miniature demons in the high winds looking for fresh timber to set ablaze. The fire has destroyed several ranches in its path.
"This fire is moving fast. It will do whatever it wants," said Arizona Gov. Jane Steward.
Police officials in New Mexico set up a command center in Luna, a mountain village of around 250 people founded by Mormons. From Luna they are trying to communicate with Los Zetas to negotiate a treaty to prevent future wildfires in Arizona.


text: Dima Posted August 14, 2001 First, Stomped on AI: Correction on Doom AI Sean "Redwood" Martin @ 12:06 AM Your Time In my Doom info post from Saturday, I incorrectly stated that Jean Paul would be working on the AI for the game. I obviously misheard what John Carmack said, but id's Jim Dose let me know that he is currently working on the AI as well as the animation system and game code. Jan Paul is currently not done with school, but when he does, he will be doing physics and collision detection work on the game. Jim said he will be using Jean Paul's area based navigation system that was used for Quake 3 because he feels that it "beats anyone's path-node based navigation hands down". He adds that the AI system in the game now is brand new however. Then goes Shacknews: DOOM Polys & Carmack [Aug 13rd 2001, 04:28:02 pm] 147 Comments / Flat / DThread -Steve Gibson A couple of bits from The Carmack for you guys. Firstly Last week I put together a little list of things about DOOM that Carmack had mentioned during his QuakeCon talk.. He mentioned the models being 250,000 polys which sounded.... high. Well I got a clarification from the man on that one real quick: "The actual rendered characters are quite low polygon count, but the modelers build very high detail (250k+ polys) versions that are processed by utilities to generate some of the data." While we're talking Carmack, he also made a post on "slashdot" talking about misc other things. This should amuse you college graduate types: "None of us had degrees in computer science. Romero, Adrian, and I don't have any degrees at all, and Kevin's is in political science." Oh yeah, and no DOOM video releases are planned from the showing at QuakeCon. Doh? And finally, Gamespot: JOHN CARMACK VIDEO INTERVIEW IN 4 PARTS!!!!!!! http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/archive/0,13838,469881,00.html#media Enjoy! Update 1: For those who don't want to bother downloading the videos, here's IvyMike's take (Stomped reader): Short summary: Things are going to kick ass. Longer summary: The major theme Carmack kept stressing was, "Generalized". It sounds like the entire game will work under the same standard rendering model. Carmack mentioned that the networking code hasn't been addressed at all, but that he doesn't expect modem users to be able to play in any large player count games. (He specifically said modem players would probably be ok in one-on-one). He also mentioned that he's not concentrating on the multi-player aspect yet. The game will have multi-player, but he emphasized that the single-player experience will rule, and no compromises will be made in the game in order to support multi-player. (In other words, all technical decisions on what goes in are determined by what works under single player.) The funniest parts of the interview were when random conference attendees walk into the room, realize that they're not supposed to be there, and close the door with a sheepish look on their face. P.S. There's no reason to watch these videos at any high quality level; all the content (except for the random dudes) is audio. Update 2: Another take on the videos from myiron lung (Stomped reader :): What I found interesting is that the bare minimum for graphics cards is going to be a geforce 1/radeon. I was under the assumption until now that he was going to cut out anything below geforce3 level accelerators. At first I was somewhat confused but after hearing him talk about how the renderer works, I understood his reasoning. Instead of using the gf3's pixel and vertex shaders, he is using dot3 bump mapping and stencil shadows. Of course, he's going to enhance the visual quality and performance on more powerful accelerators by writing a card-specific back-end, so anyone using a gf1 will have the same end result but it might look better and run faster on newer hardware. Slick. Another interesting point was the question (If I heard it correctly, get that interviewer a second mic) on deformable geometry. One of my major annoyances with red faction, and now it's understandable. It's visually very ugly when you rip a hole through a wall or the ground and see some horribly stretched texture repeated over every new surface. This is something that could definitely use a little more work. (Anyone else mad that the glass house in the test level doesn't fall when all of it's support has been removed? What happened to the talk of advanced physics? pfff) One of the reasons I am a fan of id engines is the clean and efficient code. Hearing him talk about how he is attempting to optimize geometry and discard redundant lighting operations is cool, even if I don't have a damn clue about the math and programming involved. Unless it has to do with cin or cout ;) Update 3: Direct links to the files: http://idirector.media.ibeam.com/netshow/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_1.asx http://idirector.media.ibeam.com/netshow/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_2.asx http://idirector.media.ibeam.com/netshow/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_3.asx http://idirector.media.ibeam.com/netshow/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_4.asx If you don't like to watch streamed media, download this program: http://www.lemuria.org/mirrors/asfrecorder/ If you use the program, download the streams here: mms://22.214.171.124/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_1.asf mms://184.108.40.206/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_2.asf mms://184.108.40.206/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_3.asf mms://126.96.36.199/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_4.asf Update 4: Another take on the interview, this time from disembodied potato (Shacknews reader): Part 1/2 Heres a little write up of what was said and discussed in the interview for anyone who cant be arsed watching it all. Video#1/2 Carmack explains his dislike for specific graphic effects or "special effects" which video board companys incorporate into hardware for use in a single instances. He prefers to instead, have a consistant level of graphic quality. So instead of displaying every different graphical "gimmick" possible, he'd much rather apply the same effect to everthing on screen, not just specific objects for a one hit wow factor. He says the next engine brings about a new standard of visuals. The kind of visuals everyone has been expecting for years, yet not in a superficious manner. The graphical prowess of the doom 3 engine is about addressing the fundamentals involved. Namely lighting, and how the lighting interacts not only with the enviroment but with the players and the models inside the game world. He goes onto explain how exactly this is done, and why this has never been attempted in previous incarnations of Id's engines. He also notes the difference between the ammount of passes required on a typical gefore 1/2 card to that of the new ATi card or Geforce3. Next he describes why with the great growth in visual technology means the pace of gameplay will have to change accordingly, atleast for games trying to acheive an atmospheric, realistic game. In otherwords no more players running around at 90mph. He also notes that he hopes not all games will follow the path of doom, some will stick with less realistic or cartoony rendering, to provide different types of gameplay. Suprisingly he mentions the Xbox has a rendering power twice that of a standard geforce3. He makes it clear how early on in development quake 4 is, and what may apply to doom3 most certainly wont to quake4, for example player speeds and the focus on atmosphere and enviroments. Part 2/2 Video#3/4 Questioned about interaction with the enviroment, carmack explains how most of dooms interaction will be closley scripted and controlled, keeping atmosphere high is a clear priority. He goes on to say that the deformable eviroment technology found in Red Faction, however impressive, isn't likley to catch on. It was a possibility back in the days of Classic quake when enviroments were so basic , players carving their own path wouldnt cause to many problems. But In modern games it causes more problems than benefits, and usualy destroys the hardwork artists and mappers put into creating specific imagery. Next he points out how id have literaly bowed out of exploring how to further realistic human behavior in computer games for Doom Fell that its a very difficult area to delve into that doesn't really run paralel to his current work. However Valve are working hard on developing realistic humans in computer games for there new games. Next he makes it clear that networking really isnt a priority in the current project. Unlike all other Id projects where the single player was goverened and in many cases restricted by what was and wasn't possible in multiplayer, this wont be the case with doom. Single player is undoubtably the focus, and they won't allow it to be "hobbled" by multiplayer at this stage. However he makes it clear there will be an online aspect, its clearly an after thought at this point. However he does feel when networking is adressed it will need to be reworked in some shape or form. The fundamental's of the Doom engine were infact, in place just before the TA mission pack shipped, since then its been a case of adding better features and making it run smoother and smoother. The interviewer goes on to ask what have been real challenges for him latley. Carmack responds modestly, explaining the most difficult issues are problem solving ones, problems with floating point accuracies thanks to the now more complicated enviroments were mentioned. He also makes note of the difficulties optimising exactly how the shadow system works in order not to waste valuable processing power on calculations that would remain invisable to the player anyway. "Curved Surfaces were always over rated" Could become a famous carmack quote, he explains despite the new engine and rapidly improving hardware the team still have to be sensible when it comes to detailed geometry, and that going overboard isnt an option.Finaly he points out that Doom 3 tech isn't an evouloution of the quake 3 engine, this is the biggest fresh start in Id engines since the Doom2 -> transition. Thats about it. Sorry for poor spelling/grammar i wrote this in a rush. Update 5: Taken from Shacknews: idealego REALPLAYER If you're using Linux and their shitty way of presenting the videos isn't working for you, run realplayer, click open location and use these direct realplayer links: *NOTE* they've screwed up their links, T1 brings you a lower quality video then cable does. I'm correctly identifying the speeds. 216.6kb rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/100k/carmackinterview_1.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/100k/carmackinterview_2.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/100k/carmackinterview_3.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/100k/carmackinterview_4.rm 148.2kb rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_1.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_2.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_3.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/300k/carmackinterview_4.rm 33.6kb rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/56k/carmackinterview_1.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/56k/carmackinterview_2.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/56k/carmackinterview_3.rm rtsp://idirector.media.ibeam.com/real/gamespot400/gslive/56k/carmackinterview_4.rm Any easy way to record just the sound in windows is with this program: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/TotalRecorder/ I just tried it, the only thing I had to do was turn on volume normalization otherwise I could barely hear it. 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At the end of last night's blowout win over the Knicks, LeBron James and his teammates fought boredom by doing the water bottle flip challenge at the end of the bench. What seemed like harmless fun may have been something deeper, according to Bucks head coach Jason Kidd.
While appearing on The Dan Patrick Show this morning, JKidd said that LeBron's seemingly playful was done to "maybe make a point:"
There's a time and place for everything and I think the team that was maybe doing it did it with a purpose. I think there was a purpose behind it. I would have to ask LeBron, but I think he was maybe making a point.
Patrick asked if the point was being made to Phil Jackson and Kidd responded that the point was being made, "with someone."
Phil Jackson landed on LeBron's shit list when he referred to his successful group of friends and business partners as a "posse." While LeBron was in New York this week, he said he would not meet with Jackson to discuss the "posse" comment. Phil responded by saying that his word choice "could be something I could regret."
Carmelo Anthony on Phil Jackson: 'I Just Don't Want to Talk About That'


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Ms Ensler left home after graduating high school to attend Middlebury College in Vermont (the first school in the US to grant bachelor degrees to African-Americans). She graduated successfully in 1975, but had already developed addiction problems with drugs and alcohol. Her undergraduate thesis, in suicide as depicted in contemporary poetry, was an attempt to deal with her childhood trauma and the problems which arose through it.
During Ms Ensler's time at college she met Richard McDermott, a bar owner, and with his support she broke free from her addiction, and the couple married in 1978. Ms Ensler formally adopted Mr McDermott's two children, one of whom was to become the actor Dylan McDermott. The marriage ended in 1988 but Ms Ensler and Dylan maintained a close relationship; she would encourage his acting ambitions and wrote parts for him in her plays.
Ms Ensler's early experiences led her to become a vociferous campaigner against violence perpetuated against women. She began writing plays when she married but it was not until she wrote The Vagina Monologues in 1996 that her career took off. The play was designed to celebrate the strength of women and remove the gender-based taboos society places around sexuality and the female body. Since publication it has been translated into over 48 languages and performed worldwide in over 140 countries. In 1997 the play won the Obie Award for best new play and in the same year she herself was awarded the Berilla-Kerr Award in Playwriting. In 1999 Ms Ensler won the Guggenheim Fellowship Award in Playwriting.
Ms Ensler found that women would approach her with their own stories of victimization, of sexual oppression and suffering violence. This inspired her to create 'V-Day' on 14th February 1998, intended as a educative and activist organization to campaign against violence against women, providing resources and support to those who have been victimized and to prevent the perpetuation of violence. The Vagina Monologues is performed at worldwide annual benefits concerts in aid of V-Day. The organization has raised over $85million so far, opening and maintaining shelters, projects and educational programmes across the globe.
Ms Ensler is also a supporter of a variety of international organizations; in 2004 she took part in protests aimed at persuading the Mexican government to reopen investigations into the murders of hundreds of women in Cuidad Juarez, on the border. Ms Ensler has organized and supported groups such as RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) and through V-Day has helped fund shelters for women in the Republic of Congo. In 1998 she founded and continues to lead a writing group at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Westchester County, New York.
In 2011 Ms Ensler was awarded the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, an honor given to those of the artistic industry who have made a substantial contribution to the betterment of society. In the same year she was nominated as one of (USA) Newsweek's 150 women who changed the world, and (United Kingdom) The Guardian's 100 most influential people.
In 2012 through V-Day Ms Ensler was instrumental in founding One Billion Rising; held on 14th February this is a day of action held in over 200 countries seeking to end gender-based violence. It is intended to be an annual event, until its aims have been met. Ms Ensler continues to write and to campaign.
Selected Plays
· The Depot (1986)
· Cinderella/Cendrillon (1989)
· Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man (1993)
· Lemonade (1995)
· Extraordinary Measures (1995)
· The Vagina Monologues (1996)
· Conviction (1999)
· Necessary Targets (2001)
· The Good Body (2004)
· In Treatment (2006)
· Necessary Targets: Stories of Women and War (2011)
Selected Books
· A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer (2006)
· Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security Obsessed World (2006)
· Vagina Warriors (2005 – in aid of V-Day)
· I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (2010)
· In the Body of the World: A Memoir (May 2013)
· The Vagina Monologues (2002) – Writer
· Fear No More: Stop Violence Against Women (2002) - Interviewee
· What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices From Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003) - Producer
The Columbia Encyclopaedia of Modern Writing
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Artist, photographer and music lover Barbara Barefield has been documenting performing arts and music since the early 1970s. A graduate of the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Design, her love of photography was developed in the darkrooms at U-M, and then honed and expanded when she was the Art Director of the Detroit Free Press Sunday magazine in the late 1970s. There she was mentored by the Director of the Photo Department, Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Spina, who taught her the traditional art of hand-tinting photos. Barefield's photos have appeared in numerous galleries, books, news media, websites, records/CD covers. Jazz Space Detroit, Photos of Black Music and Dance, a book of over 90 of Barefield's [née Weinberg) photos with a history of Detroit jazz narrative by Herb Boyd was published in 1979 by the Jazz Research Institute with the support of the Michigan Council for the Arts and the E. Azalia Hackley Collection, Detroit Public Library. An expanded and updated version of the book is slated for 2019. Barefield is a winner of the Knight Foundation Artist Challenge to create the JazzSpace Detroit archive that will be in the permanent collection of University of Detroit Mercy. Thousands of photos and images Barefield created over the past 40 years of photography are being organized, digitized and archived so that it will be accessible online and in the UMD Library's physical archive. Barefield has also devoted herself to presenting hundreds of concerts and musical experiences both locally and internationally with her husband, jazz guitarist composer A. Spencer Barefield. Highlights include the 1979-1992 "Creative Music at the DIA" series at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Day of Discovery concerts at the Detroit Jazz Festival, and the 10-year Palmer Woods Music in Homes concerts in Detroit mansions and historic homes. This has given her a unique opportunity to intimately document and know her subjects. Barefield's work is presently in the permanent collections of the Detroit Public Library E. Azalia Hackley Archive, the Greystone International Jazz Museum Archives, Rosetta Reitz Papers at the Duke University Library, and in many private collections. Eight of her photographs are included in the current exhibit "Sonic Rebellion: Music as Resistance" at MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ). A new archive, which will include 40-plus years of Barefield's photos and artwork — Creative Arts Collective/Barbara & A. Spencer Barefield Collection — is being created at University of Detroit Mercy.
Barbara's ArtPrize Entries
These are Barbara's official ArtPrize entries from this year and past years.


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Family members and friends of a former Santee man who was piloting a Navy helicopter when it crashed off the Virginia coast are praying for a miracle.
Sean Snyder, 39, was one of five men on board an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter that searches for sea mines, but Wednesday it crashed during a routine training exercise. Only two of the four sailors recovered and brought to a local hospital survived. Snyder is the only crew member unaccounted for.
Described as a decorated pilot who was proud and grateful to serve his country, Snyder is a husband and father of four kids. His parents live in Santee and flew out almost immediately to be with their family on the East Coast.
"Sean grew up here, went to school at Santana, we all did," said neighbor Cindy Esler. "It's really difficult because I'd heard Craig talk about his son and how he enjoyed the military and flying helicopters. I'm sure it's gotta be hard for him."
A father of three boys and one daughter, Sean moved his family to the East Coast several years back. More than 24 hours after the search was called off Thursday in part because of frigid ocean temperatures, reality is setting in.
"It's gotta be rough on Sean's kids too," Esler said. "I know a couple of them are older so they realize what's going on."
The Navy says it's not known why the 34-ton chopper crashed. The investigation is complicated by the necessity of conducting a salvage operation in the Atlantic to reclaim the wreckage.
Missing Navy Pilot a Santee Native
Family members and friends of a former Santee man who was piloting a Navy helicopter when it crashed off the Virginia coast are praying for a miracle.


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'Bob, a young country bumpkin with a heart of gold, is always helping people in distress.
'He is attracted to Hannah, a pretty, young Salvation Army girl, but she is clearly disapproving of his friendship with three prostitutes who pay a visit to the town.
'Hannah, however, is not all she seems to be, but Bob is not one to censure, nor abandon his generous ways.'
'Kind-hearted Bob: ABC to Show Series Based on Lawson', The Canberra Times, 4 January 1980, p.9.


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Since my December 2, 2005 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis, I've been on a slow-motion journey of survivorship. Chemo wiped out my aggressive disease in May, 2006, but an indolent variety is still lurking. I had my thyroid removed due to papillary thyroid cancer in 2011, and was diagnosed with recurrent thyroid cancer in 2017. Join me for a survivor's reflections on life, death, faith, politics, the Bible and everything else. DISCLAIMER: I'm not a doctor, so don't look here for medical advice.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
January 22, 2009 - Method in the Madness?
These 16 or so ministers are among my most valued colleagues. Over the years, they've become friends as well. We only meet once a year, but the four days we spend together are a time of talking, sharing and supporting one another, as we reflect on this demanding occupation.
Earlier today, one of my colleagues shared a poem by Larry Smith called "What You Realize When Cancer Comes." He found it on Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac program on American Public Radio. Here's an excerpt:
"You will not live forever – No
you will not, for a ceiling of clouds
hovers in the sky.
You are not as brave
as you once thought.
Sounds of death
echo in your chest.
You feel the bite of pain,
the taste of it running
through you.
Following the telling to friends
comes a silence of
felt goodbyes. You come to know
the welling of tears.
Your children are stronger
than you thought and
closer to your skin.
The beauty of animals
birds on telephone lines,
dogs who look into your eyes,
all bring you peace."
The poem ends with these words:
"You are in a river
flowing in and through you.
Take a breath. Reach out your arms.
You can survive.
A river is flowing
flowing in and through you.
Take a breath. Reach out your arms."
The poem causes me to reflect on many of the things I've lived through, these past three years or so. One of the things I've struggled with, off and on, is the question: "Why?" What purpose is there in all this?
Smith's poem captures the transformational aspect of cancer. When those of us who undertake this journey – however unwillingly – complete it, we are not the same people as when we began. Every step we take along the road changes us.
Thinking theologically, I'm led to ask once again what long-term purpose God may have in mind for my ministry. In allowing me to get this disease, curing me from its aggressive variety, then miring me in the interminable limbo of indolent lymphoma's "watch and wait," what's God's point? If it's true, as we Presbyterians are inclined to think, that God calls men and women to ministry, then what call could there possibly be in cancer?
The Larry Smith poem suggests some possible reasons. "You will not live forever." I have a visceral awareness of this truth, now, that has hitherto been a mere abstraction. "You are not as brave as you once thought." No, indeed I'm not. I'm learning to live with uncertainty, and still rise to the challenges of daily living. "You can survive." Yes, I can. I'm doing it. One day at a time.
I've had some difficulty sensing God's will in the midst of follicular lymphoma. Aggressive cancer I can understand: it's a challenge to be met, or die trying. Cured cancer I can likewise understand: it's a triumph to be celebrated. But, this neither-here-nor-there, neither healthy-nor-unhealthy limbo, stretching on into the interminable future: what's God up to?
Maybe the purpose is to nurture my empathy, my ability to connect with others. I'm not the only person whose life is fraught with ambiguity, is lived out in the gray country of uncertainty. Maybe I'm meant to be a fellow-traveler and accompany others. Maybe I've been enrolled in a school of perseverance, so I may help others persevere.
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- Carolyn Langlie-Lesnik RN BSN MSN said...
Thank you Carl, again, for expressing your profound wisdom as you travel your cancer journey. I am very much a fan of your blog.
I am always grateful for your words.
- Wendy S. Harpham, MD said...
Dear Carl,
I, too, have thought about the lessons of living with indolent lymphoma. For me, this 18-years-and-counting lesson in uncertainty - up close and personal - has become about letting go and trusting in something far greater than myself.
With a mental image of a whirlwind reminding me this is something I can't understand, I relax.
A second lesson for me has been learning to live with imperfection and to see beauty in something that can't be fixed. Which leads me to my belief that life is good even when it's not what I planned for or hoped for or expect or want.
With hope, Wendy
- Unknown said...
Dear Carl,
I want to apologize for not introducing myself to you earlier. I found your blog well over a year ago after my father was diagnosed with NHL (Burketts to be specific) in June of 2007. I was looking for information, suppport and a possible reason God chose my father to travel this road. We lost my father in May of 2008 after a very brave battle against a very vicious fast growing cancer.
I wanted to comment actually many times in the past and just never seemed to, especially after your post in November about talking to children about death, you see I have a 4 year old that knows quite a bit about "God's House" since she has lost both of her grandfathers in the last 2 years.
What casued me to comment today? Well I had to give you another perspective as you look for your purpose. While I agree with your thoughts on empathy and perseverance I wanted to know that for me and my family you also added inspiration, hope, understanding, peace, and acceptance.
Thank you for today's poem, it was beautiful and very much hit home. I went to the original link and printed it to keep. I think it gives me perspective on what my father's thoughts might have been like in his last days.
Good luck on your fight against your NHL and know that there are more people out here praying for you then you could have imagined!
- Mikha'el said...
Thanks so much for sharing this poem, wonderful words to live by and ponder.
- CLL SPOUSE said...
THANKS for the great pics, the poem and your transparency! Your writings feed my thoughts. Also, the writings of those who have commented above. Your posts provoke good discussions!
While waiting for my "why's" to be answered, there is work for me to do that REQUIRES the lessons I continue to learn.
Moving forward in belief of this is an act of faith.
I like that you have a group of colleagues that you meet with every year. It sounds refreshing and renewing!
Very true. It changes your perspective. We went through it TWICE with our son Jaymun and learned different things each time.
God is good - even our trials are a gift.


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Day 17
It did get a little cold, but woke early to go back up the mountain to where the Natives sell their wares before heading to Sedona, AZ. (my favorite place) Near our camp, they have a running spring where we all filled our bottles. I love this place, we ate and shopped for red dirt t-shirts from the red dirt of Sedona. They have a store like Whole Foods called New Frontiers and got fresh fruit smoothies! Yummmy, I miss my freezer and blender! :( They have vortex spots in and around Sedona and we got a map to find one. Didn't really feel anything but the heat, we are back to 109!
On our way to Phoenix, Michael is anxious to see his parents. We finally get past the mountains into the valley and see saguaro cactus and palm trees. I really can't wait to get there either to take a shower, plug in everything, do laundry, wash dishes and get on the computer to update everything and relax.


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You've finally decided that you will be breastfeeding your baby. Yes, it is a decision. As you may well know by now based from the experiences of other mothers that breastfeeding is not easy. There will be pain and there will be hardships that sometimes you would just want to give up. But the advantages of breastfeeding for your child far outweighs the cons. Let us outline some breastfeeding essentials in this post.
Breastfeeding Essentials: The Pros
There are a multitude of benefits both for the mother and the child if you breastfeed. Here are some:
- The colostrum — the sticky yellowish milk that comes out the first few days of breastfeeding — is the most nutritious food that your child can get. It contains antibodies that your newborn needs in order to prevent acquiring sickness not only during his/her first few days, but as he grows up.
- Faster healing for mommy happens when she breastfeeds. When your baby nurses, your body releases oxytocin, which is responsible for uterus contraction. It can hurt at times when you're nursing and your uterus contracts, but the contraction stimulates healing in your uterus, making it go back to its normal size in just a few weeks.
- Lean bodies for both mom and baby. Women who breastfeed lose weight quicker, allowing them to go back to their pre-pregnancy bodies. Breastfed babies are also less likely to be obese.
- Delayed ovulation which means delayed menstruation. Women who breastfeed usually start getting menstruation around six months to one year after birth due to nursing. That's like free birth control!
- Less expense! This is an overlooked matter, but if you are on a budget, it is a necessary factor. Formula milk costs somewhere between $50 to $200 a week. If you breastfeed, you can allocate this expense to something else, or maybe save it for future use.
- Breastfed kids are healthier kids. They are less prone to common illnesses and they have leaner, more active bodies. They are also less prone to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), cancers and chronic illnesses.
Breastfeeding Essentials: The Cons
Some would say that there are no disadvantages to breastfeeding, but having gone through it, I know there are a few. It's just a matter of perspective. But I want to be perfectly honest here so I am sharing the cons that I, and some other women I know, have experienced with breastfeeding.
- There will be pain. In the beginning when you don't know how to properly nurse, there will be some issues. Breastfeeding is not just simple about putting your nipple against your child's mouth. One of the reasons why breastfeeding would hurt, cut and bleed is due to improper latch. Arm yourself with the knowledge of how to latch your child properly in this article. This will reduce the pain.
- There will be leakages. Your breast recognizes a schedule for when it is time to feed. If you have regularly fed your child every 2-4 hours during his first few days, your breast will fill up at this interval. If for one instance you are away from your child for more than the scheduled interval, your breast will start to leak. It's like there is an overstock of milk in your breasts. A solution to this is to place nurse pads in your bra when you know you'll be away from your child for more hours than your breastfeeding schedule.
- Your child will bite you. This is inevitable. Sometimes it could be because his gums are itchy when his teeth are coming out, or when he (and you) falls asleep and he suddenly bites down hard unconsciously (even with teeth). For when the child's teeth is just about to come out, push him against you for a few seconds when he bites until your breast covers his nose. He will instinctively release. Do not try to pull; it will only hurt you more. When his teeth have already grown and he still bites, you might get cuts because of his sharp teeth. In these instances, use a nipple shield. For bleeding nipples, the best medicine is the breast milk itself. Press your nipple to allow some milk to flow out, then allow this milk to air dry.
- It will take sometime before you get full ownership of your breasts. Yep, when you breastfeed, your breasts would seem to be not your property. It will also sag and lose form. When you (or your child) decides that it's time to wean, then you will be free. And you can use shaping bras or have your breasts lifted to regain it's form.
- Weaning is a bitch. When you or your child has finally decided that breastfeeding is over, expect that it's going to hurt. You will have lumps in your breasts and it will engorge like it never has before. You have to go through this in order to tell your body that breastfeeding is over and you no longer need to produce milk.
Breastfeeding Essentials: The Tools
Now if the disadvantages of breastfeeding did not deter you (good!), then where are the tools that you need to arm yourself with when getting ready to breastfeed once you give birth.
- Breast Pump. Pumping milk is good for when you need to store milk for future use. This is necessary especially if you are a working mother. Allowing your hubby to feed your child from the bottle from time to time also helps them bond. You can use a manual breast pump, but if you're working and want to do something else with your hands while pumping (like maybe typing up a blog post, lol), use an electric breast pump.
- Breast milk storage bags and bottles. After you pump milk, you need to keep them secure and airtight in your freezer to avoid spoilage. Storage bags usually have a space for you to mark so you can indicate the date it was pumped and until when it can be used, which depends on how you intend to store and use your breastmilk.
- Bottle Warmers. If you pump milk, then you need to find a way to warm it up for use. You can always use warm to hot water to thaw the milk, but at midnight when you are too tired, you might end up hurting yourself while stirring the hot water. Bottle warmers have timers for when the milk is warm enough for use so you don't have to "guess" when the milk is ready. The best bottle warmers are those that indicate when the milk is ready for immediate consumption, which means it is no longer frozen but is warm enough for your child to drink; no nutrients are destroyed and your child will not be hurt because the milk is not scalding.
- Nipple cream. This is used for when your nipples hurt or is cut and bleeding. You can pray that it never happens, but it would be great if you can have immediate relief when it does. Nipple creams are also safe for babies.
- Nipple shield. If you child has teeth and his bite begins to hurt, use a nipple shield to prevent any cuts from happening.
- Nursing pads. This is to prevent breast milk leakages especially when you're going out. You wouldn't want some white stain to show up in your breast during a meeting, would you?
- Lactation cookies and supplements. Your breasts might not cooperate at times and would produce very little milk as compared to what your child needs. In order to produce enough milk to feed your kid, you can eat lactation cookies and other supplements. Now different supplements react differently to every individual. We are all unique. What works with one might not work with another. Check this article out on how to increase breastmilk supply.
Breastfeeding is a motherhood journey. I say journey because it has its ups and downs. And as with every journey, if you want to succeed, you need to be prepared. Arm yourself with the necessary breastfeeding essentials and join a support group so you can ask for advice or even vent. Breastfeeding helps you and your baby form a lasting bond. Once this journey is over, you will surely be grateful that you've done it.


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Sugar Hill Project
898 St. Nicholas Avenue
The Sugar Hill Project, BHC's most recent initiative, leverages the success of our integrated model which pairs permanent housing with early education and educational advocacy, and access to the arts. The 191,000sf mixed-use building designed by globally renowned architect David Adjaye is prominently located in Upper Manhattan's Sugar Hill historic district on 155th Street, the crossroads of the traditionally African American neighborhood of Harlem and the immigrant, largely Latino communities of Washington Heights.
BHC received more than 48,000 applications for housing at Sugar Hill.
Conceived as an oasis of stability, learning, and opportunity for children and families in an area where more than 70% of children are born into poverty, the Sugar Hill Project features:
• 124 affordable studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments
• Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling
• 11,000sf Sugar Hill Museum Preschool
• Community art gallery
• Parking garage for residents and community members
• Seasonal green market (June-November)
All 124 apartments have been leased to low-, very low- and extremely low-income families and single adults; 25 of these households came from the NYC homeless shelter system.
A light-filled early childhood center with the capacity to serve up to 200 children from birth to five and their families serves building residents and the wider community.
The innovative Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling is dedicated to the cognitive and creative development of children ages 3-8. Exhibition, education and storytelling programs celebrate the cultural legacy of one of New York's most important neighborhoods. Young visitors and their families are invited to engage with art and artists as they explore and share their own creative voices.
A replicable model of innovation in affordable housing and community development, BHC's Sugar Hill Project is poised to generate transformational change for generations to come.


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For over 10 years our Environmental Solutions Department has been providing maintenance and trouble-shooting services for many existing vacuum drainage systems as well as through-life support of our engineered EVAC systems installed across Australia.
We offer maintenance services to all building sectors including:
- high-rise buildings incl. offices, shopping centres, supermarkets, convention centres including existing building fitouts
- public buildings incl. historic and heritage listed sites, railway stations, airports, schools, universities, medical centres, prisons and other remote sites.
The scope of maintenance services we provide for existing vacuum systems includes:
- electrical and mechanical engineering support
- energy efficiency and sustainability assessments
- vacuum plant operational assessments
- whole of vacuum system assessment to ensure conformity to vacuum drainage guidelines and design principles including:
- vacuum integrity testing
- on-site assessments and audits as well as vacuum pipework inspections
- vacuum toilet and vacuum interfacing component testing
- upgrade of existing vacuum toilets and vacuum interfacing components to the latest technology available from EVAC
- assessment reports outlining required upgrades and improvements to return vacuum system efficiency.
Our support team has extensive experience in identifying and eliminating symptoms of faulty vacuum drainage systems including:
- water overflowing and/or backing up in sinks
- overflowing, not flushing or continuously discharging/flushing vacuum toilets
- very low vacuum or no vacuum availability.
We have capabilities to work directly with:
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We work to the following standards:
- BS EN 12109-1999 Vacuum drainage systems inside buildings
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As part of our ongoing effort to bring environmentally sustainable and economically efficient vacuum waste management solutions to the Australian market, we have actively participated over the past 5 years within the Plumbing Products Industry Group and its Vacuum Drainage System Special Interest Group. This industry group, of which H.I. Fraser is an active participant, is currently developing the Australian Standard for vacuum drainage systems within buildings for the benefit of the Australian Community.


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Wicked Stryx – Tae Kwon Do Lessons & Studio
Confidence, Respect and Discipline Through Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts
When Randy and Leah took over the space at 684 Belmont Ave it was setup for offices. They proceeded to do a massive renovation that transformed it into the beautiful athletic space that they now proudly call the home of the Wicked Stryx, Tae Kwon Do studio. Randy and Leah have both been practicing the art of Tae Kwon Do since they were four. They got their start teaching at a club to get volunteer hours but when Leah's club closed, that's when these cousins had the idea to open their own space.
About Wicked Stryx Tae Kwon Do
Leah's background is in Kinesiology but on the mat she's a well respected 3rd degree Black Belt and received the King Of The Ring award. When we arrive, she's helping dress a young student. The room is full of warm, bright sunlight and youngster Cooper is full of energy and excited to start class. Leah tells us that in their upcoming session they will learn the basics of general martial arts athletics and motor skills. Tae Kwon Do is about discipline and creating well rounded athletes and the Wicked Warriors class accepts students as young as three years old.
Free Trial Martial Arts Class
Randy is an electrical apprentice and is a 1st degree black belt. He shows us some of the skills the older classes will practice including some moves on the sparring dummies. Class ages range from six to twelve and then from twelve up to any aged adult. They offer a free trial class to get you introduced into the exciting athletics of Tae Kwon Do and simply recommend contacting them beforehand to get some advice on workout clothing.
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Classes are held after 5 p.m. on weekdays and starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday and if you're looking for an innovative birthday party solution they offer Birthday Party Packages that can include the full Tae Kwon Do experience of board breaking! Build your confidence, self-esteem, respect, self defense and discipline through Tae Kwon Do! Visit Wicked Stryx today for your free class!
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Picasso, our new stud is here, once all paperwork is in order we will start breeding!
we already have horses in training for winter and spring, hurry and book you training, lessons or breedings before space is filled!!
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Nylon Feet Dolls review | Mr. Pink's Porn Reviews
MrPinks.com review date - 06/14/2013
Women's feet are considered by many to be just as attractive as their much coveted breasts, thighs, buttocks, and faces, if not more so. With so many sites focusing on the delicate toes, smooth arches, and perfectly rounded heels of the beautiful women of the world, it can be hard to decide which one will work for you. If your preferences err on fetishism, not simple appreciation, then Nylon Feet Dolls could be the site for you. Part of Burning Ticket's extensive network of kink and fetish sites, Nylon Feet Dolls wraps these beauties' lower limbs in nylon stockings and hosiery, giving them a sheen and allure usually reserved for the upper parts of the stockinged female leg. It'll cost you $24.95 to get inside Nylon Feet Dolls, but with Burning Ticket network access no doubt included, that seems like a pretty good deal. But, just as a seemingly dainty-footed woman in fancy shoes can turn out to have rock hard callouses, corns, and unkempt toenails, so too could Nylon Feet Dolls be something entirely different on the inside. Let's slip off the heels and take a nice long look at what this apparently heavenly foot-focused kink-fest actually has to offer. Whaddya say?
Fancy ogling slender, sexy feet with nylon stockings, pantyhose, and sockettes pulled tightly over their curves? Nylon Feet Dolls is the place for you. With photo galleries holding 3072px images, there's plenty of highly detailed shots of this debauched foot-focused hardcore nylon-loving smut to enjoy.
Plenty of sites delve into foot fetishism at some point, but Nylon Feet Dolls offers some of the kinkiest foot worship on the 'net. Scenes almost always progress from fondling and adoration to more vigorous hardcore sex than you're likely to have this month (think anal, group sex, facials, stocking over heads, outdoor sex, and even the occasional full-body stocking).
Instead of paying the usual $24.95 fee per month for membership privileges, Mr. Pink's readers can now join not only Nylon Feet Dolls but the entire Burning Ticket network for a measly $19.95. That's 18 sites for less than twenty bucks: a good deal in anyone's view, I'm sure.
Every word spoken in every Nylon Feet Dolls scene is in German, so if you're stuck being monolingual in any other language you won't be able to understand a thing. Not that feet in the verbal sense, of course, but the performers do and it'd be nice to know what they're saying.
You won't find any videos more detailed or dynamic than the 640x480 pixel formats shown here; no 720p, no 1080p, no High Definition formats at all. And, since nothing new has been added to the archive since 2011, don't count on them arriving… ever.
With only 39 scenes currently online, there really isn't much to Nylon Feet Dolls. It's a small site on a network of small sites. That's right, all of Burning Ticket's sites suffer from undernourishment to varying degrees. Get used to it or find another kinky foot fetishism bonanza to enjoy!
Nylon Feet Dolls actually turns out to be not all that focused on feet. Nylons are more of a presence here (and one we should be thankful for) but plenty of scenes turn out to be fairly standard (if kinky) hardcore sex scenes. They're fun, sure, but they're not as devoted to toe-sucking, arch-licking, heel-rubbing foot obsession like you'd expect.
Although not as firmly rooted in foot fetishism as many would-be members no doubt would expect, Nylon Feet Dolls does offer a pretty interesting range of hardcore material, most of it focusing on both nylons and feet. Nylons, however, have the upper hand with stockings and hosiery of all variations appearing in every scene this reviewer saw. Updates stalled almost two years ago, leaving Nylon Feet Dolls with a meagre 39-scene archive. This clearly isn't very large and will undoubtedly leave members wandering the 17 other Burning Ticket sites in search of similarly kinky porn, preferably with a focus on feet. (Thank God the network access is included in membership!) Nylon Feet Dolls isn't really all that interesting or fulfilling, but for those who demand more kinky hardcore in their twinkle-toed porn, it'll do.
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Report: Jason Pierre-Paul to return to Giants, take physical Monday
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is expected to rejoin the team on Monday and take a physical, reports NFL.com's Ian Rapoport.
Pierre-Paul has been away from the team all off-season while dealing with a contract dispute and then a hand injury.
He had his right index finger amputated after a July 4 fireworks accident, and his physical will be the first opportunity team medical staff will have to examine him. After the examination, Pierre-Paul and the team are expected to discuss when he will be ready to play again.
The Giants placed a franchise tag on Pierre-Paul in March, and the deadline for tagged players to sign a long-term deal passed on July 15. Pierre-Paul was unhappy with the tag's $14.8 million value, and has not yet signed it.
The Giants have not rescinded the offer, but if Pierre-Paul signs it he could be placed on the non-football injury list. If he is placed on the NFI list, he could receive no pay for the first six weeks of the season.
A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Pierre-Paul, 26, started all 16 games for the Giants last year and logged 53 tackles with 12 1/2 sacks.
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Hey there everyone, first, we want to thank you for stopping by and looking around our website. We love offroading and we love being outside, especially when we can get out of the city! We started this website because CJ had days off that weren't weekends and he always seemed to have a hard time finding people to go offroading with. And as fun as it is to be out in the hills with just you, your Jeep and your dog, it's not the safest and can make for a hard time if you get stuck or need a winch out! We also knew that there were plenty of other people that have weird schedules too, we just weren't friends with them – yet! So what do we do? Join a few groups, sign up for all of the forums, and hope for the best.
When this still wasn't really helping CJ find people to wheel or ride with during the week, he started talking to people that he ran into on trails and in parts stores and shops, about how they find people to go offroad with. Nobody really had a solution that worked all of the time. Most people said they usually went alone or didn't end up going at all. Which stinks, because when I have a day off, I like to be outside on an adventure! And so began the idea for an application. We discovered that we should probably start with a website first, so here it is! After some months of working out kinks and making it work the way we wanted it to, we're moving on to the mobile app. Finally.
The website still has a few things that will be getting added, like this blog for example, while we continue working toward a complete app. So check back often and leave us a little story about why you're here! Looking for details on an event? Looking for a UTV rental? Stumbled upon us by accident? Let us know! We'd love to hear from you!
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The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
When I was a kid, my grandmother played card games with us on rainy days at the beach. She dealt a mean game of Old Maid and Crazy Eights, but Bridge was her real passion. That's why I was drawn to Louis Sachar's new novel, The Cardturner, which is all about this card game that was so popular a generation or two ago. The main character is 17-year-old Alton Richards, who reluctantly finds himself hired to help his blind (and wealthy) great uncle play Bridge. Alton prefers videogames to cards. Alton's father has lost his job in the recession and his parents hope this good deed for a relative they barely know might get them into the will, but Alton discovers that he enjoys the company of his witty and wise uncle, who hides a tragic Bridge secret. Alton also finds romance in a fellow teenage card player. I found myself skipping the explanations of how the game is played and the "play by play" accounts of the Bridge hands, because I was more interested in what was happening to the characters beyond the card games. The story was both funny and genuine. I'm still not sure I understand my grandmother's game any better than I did, but The Cardturner turns out to be something of a page turner.
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Sulphur Springs (11-2) easily defeated previously undefeated Dennison (12-1), 42-21, last night at Texas Stadium in the second Division II Region II semi-final game, earning the right to play undefeated Rockwall-Heath next weekend in the Region II Final.
The game will be played this Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 pm, at Texas Stadium, it was announced last night.
Sulphur Springs quarterback Tyrik Rollison threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead his team to victory.
Rollison completed 21-of-26 passes for 301 yards in three quarters of work and Shane McQueen caught a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter.
Ryan Young ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries for Sulphur Springs.
Jordan Taylor had two touchdown runs and D.J. Jones finished with 134 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries for Denison (12-1).
For more local sports news, visit the Sports page at http://www.rockwallrocks.com.


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Developer Stormfront Studios certainly has an interesting pedigree, inside and outside the RPG genre. More recently, you may have noticed its name on the EA Sports NASCAR games, or Hot Wheels Turbo Racing. Before you wonder why the heck its doing an RPG, note that the team also worked on the old SSI gold box Dungeons & Dragons games, as well as the early online RPG Neverwinter Nights, and it's preparing the upcoming sequel to Pool of Radiance.
The Legend of Alon D'ar has no direct connection to the AD&D realms or franchise, but it takes place in a familiar swords & sorcery milieu. The concept art for the game displays medieval stone construction, canyon towns carved out of rock, castle-dotted moors, and dismal swamps -- all suitable environments for high adventure. The protagonists are both human and otherwise, but there's nothing especially out-of-the-extraordinary, if you take my meaning. The bad guys are fanged, grimacing, and slimy; the good guys are a little odd, but they seem well intentioned nonetheless.
Here's a small sample of the kinds of characters in the game.
There are a handful of races, too, including humans, a swamp race, and a lizard race. Standard RPG fans won't find them all that surprising, except for perhaps this one, the female Amazon race. Woo-hoo! In the game, you'll take control of a character named Jarik who must embark on an epic quest after his homeland is destroy, and on the way he meets up with three other character and eventually discovers his true destiny.
It definitely isn't your standard console RPG, as it's more of an open-ended and non-linear game, typical of what you would expect on a PC. With this, players can expect an insane level of character customization with lots of varied weapons, spells, character classes and the sort. Just based on what little we've played of the game, there are a ton of side quests that the player will be able to tackle and based on information gathered from both Ubi Soft, the game's publisher, and Stormfront Studios, it promises to be epic in length, extremely deep and contain its fair share of plot twists and turns that might even shock you.
The game has a large 3D world with lots of NPCs walking around.
The game makes use of turn-based battles that sort of take place in real-time, as there's no load to go into battles and the enemies you encounter are on screen and will run after you. When a battle commences, you can choose to attack with any of your available weapons or magic skills and even move around your character on the battlefield.
Without having played through the game, there's no way to really tell how deep the game has turned out, if the story is as good as it potentially can be or make any conclusions to that extent. But given the lack of role-playing games coming out for the system in the coming months, The Legend of Alon D'ar might help fill the void when it's released by Ubi Soft in late October.
-- Dave Zdyrko & David Smith


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Welcome and thank you for visiting Carol A. Atchison,CPA on the web. In addition to providing you with a profile of our firm and the services we provide, this Website has been designed to become a helpful resource tool to you, our valued clients and visitors. Our dedication to superior client service has brought us to the Internet as we endeavor to continue to provide the highest quality professional service and guidance.
Since 1983 Carol has been in public accounting practice in Charlottesville, Virginia under the name of C. A. Atchison CPA P.C. Carol graduated from Michigan State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Business Administration, accounting major. In 1985 she received a Master of Science in Accounting with a tax concentration from the University of Virginia. McIntire School of Commerce.
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As you browse through our Website, you will see that we have highlighted background information on our firm and the services we provide. We have also included useful resources such as informative articles (in our Newsletter section) and interactive financial calculators (in our Financial Tools section). In addition, we have taken the time to gather many links to external Websites that we think would be of interest to our clients and visitors (in our Internet Links section).
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The Definitive Developers Podcast
by Stride News, on July 12, 2017
If you are a software developer or technology leader looking to stay on top of the latest news in the software development world, or just want to learn actionable tactics to improve your day-to-day job performance, this podcast is for you.
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Description: With her brilliant sense of style, designer and bestselling author Carolyne Roehm makes the case in Presentations that there's just as much pleasure in wrapping gifts as in receiving them—and that beautiful packages guarantee memorable celebrations.
For everyone who loved At Home with Carolyne Roehm, one of America's premier style-setters now offers her ideas for creating breathtaking gift wrappings using readily available paper, tags, rubber stamps, ribbons, artificial flowers, and other inexpensive materials. Arranged seasonally, and taking inspiration from Roehm's love of nature, travel and collecting, and fine art, the book focuses on holidays as well as on ways to make children's gifts look unique and adorable. As Roehm shows, with creativity and care any present can be made an exquisite offering.
More than two hundred dazzling photographs provide inspiration, and a clear and detailed how-to section gives readers the step-by-step tools they need to create beautiful gifts. And for those who would like to create stunning packages but have little time, the book also offers wonderfully distinctive—yet simple—gift-bagging ideas. To coordinate with these eye-popping wrappings, there are the author's original theme-party ideas and distinctive table settings.
With Carolyne Roehm's advice, anyone can elevate a special occasion to the realm of the unforgettable.
My Thoughts: Presentations is a spectacular book! With every page there is a new rush of creativity and ideas that flow through my brain! The photography is amazing and many of these ideas are very easily created on a budget!
For the Shabbat hostess, she has several ways to incorporate gifts for the guests as part of the table setting...that alone is stunning and ingenious! As you read this book a person is inspired to reach new heights of personal excellence.
For anyone that finds satisfaction in the details of life, Presentations is the book for you! I rate this with an unequivocal five stars.


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We all know the old saying "you need to walk a mile in someone else's shoes." Because everyone comes at life from a different background, stepping into somebody else's Nikes or high heels can be extraordinarily difficult. What's more, it's becoming more and more apparent that workplace conflicts may arise from biases that we are not even aware we have. This collection of presentations explores where these biases come from and how we can make ourselves more conscience of them. Having a better awareness for this, so called, implicit bias in the workplace will help to make a more positive scientific and learning environment.
#1 "Implicit and explicit bias in science and science education"
Charlotte Tate, PhD, San Francisco State University
#2 Implicit bias: What is it- and what can we do about it?"
Tamera Schneider, PhD, Wright State University
#3 Surviving and thriving in the Post-Weinstein Word"
Gretchen Dahlinger Means, JD, University of Southern California
You can find links to the presentations here: http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Careers/Mentor/Implicit-Bias-in-Science
|Joe Santin is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. His research focuses on understanding how neural circuits in the brain work by studying a diverse range of animals.


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Now I was blown away when I saw this. Philip Watts is a designer who specialises in metal, wood and glass, from full work surfaces to furniture. But there was one masterpiece I could not resist posting, his bespoke sculptural staircase in the style of a spine.
Literally dripping with detail, this master piece has been made specially for this lucky persons home.
Philip Watts Design is based in Nottingham, UK.


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Hot Take: It's a coming of age film but there's an uncomfortable age difference between the two love interests. It's over long at 132 minutes and verbose in its embrace of young love and experimentation.
I remember watching Luca Guadagnino's last film A Bigger Splash and thinking how overindulgent it was. His latest, the critically acclaimed coming of age Call Me By Your Name, wears the overindulgent monicker like a badge of honor. There's also the age difference between Timothee Chalamet's 17-year-old Elio and Armie Hammer's Oliver whose age is never identified but even if the 31-year-old Hammer is portraying someone 5 years younger than his actual age, that's still a 9 year difference between the two romantically linked leads. Sexual ambiguity is abound here also as the young Elio has sexual encounters with man, woman and fruit (yes… peach to be more precise) throughout this 132 minute sexual journey.
The way Guadagnino paints Elio's upbringing, it's easy to overlook his age. From affluent, cultured parents — his father (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a professor who specializes in Greco-Roman culture and his mother (Amira Casar) is a translator — Elio's intellectual nature and sophisticated demeanor masks his innocence and his inexperience in affairs of the heart. Elio doesn't connect with Oliver right away but it's obvious he's attracted to Oliver in some way. Even as Elio finds a mutual attraction with Marzia (Esther Garrel), a girl more in his age range, the lingering looks and interactions Elio and Oliver share foreshadow the inevitable. Here's where Guadagnino's overindulgence rears its ugly head as each scene is milked for everything it has. Especially that peach scene. (The peach scene! That poor, unsuspecting peach!)
While the budding love affair between Elio and Oliver has an awkward tenderness about it, there's a very uneasy predatory feeling here as its obvious there's a significant age difference between the two. Also, at 17, it's unusual to see parents having such an easy time with Elio and Oliver's obvious relationship. The Italian countryside does deserve a mention here, though, as it is almost a character in itself. That being said, there's something that doesn't quite work for me with Call Me By Your Name. From the novel, the age of Hammer's Oliver is 24 which creates a 7 year gap between the main characters. Maybe it's just the timing of it all and a heightened sensitivity to any sexual impropriety but it's unaddressed and squeamish at times. It's not foreign territory for Guadagnino, either, whose last film featured a love affair between Dakota Johnson and Ralph Fiennes who were 27 years apart in age.
Critically, Call Me By Your Name has been met with heaps of praise. Despite nearly universal praise, I'll have to offer a contrarian stance as, for me, the film never rises much above mediocrity and while it approaches sexual ambiguity head on, it avoids a more controversial topic of the age of consent and acceptability when it comes to age differences between what some might consider an adult and a minor. It's dicey but the film treats it as a norm and that is a disservice to the audience as a whole.
Why Watch?
Luca Guadagnino captures desire and Italy with great passion and detail.
Why Skip?
Verbose and overindulgent, it might be too much for some.


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Optoelectronics Department
The Optoelectronics Department researches on design, fabrication and characterization of high-power and high-brightness laser diodes at wavelengths in the range from 630 nm to 1180 nm based on III-V semiconductor layer structures. The fabrication of laser diodes includes an established mounting technology for single emitters, bars, and assembling of modules including beam shaping optics, master oscillator power amplifier arrangements, and external cavities.
Increasing power, efficiency, brightness, brilliance and reliability of laser diodes is the focus of FBH's investigations. In addition to basic research on high-brightness laser diodes in the watt range, the institute develops custom-made laser diodes for material processing, precision metrology, medicine, non-linear optics as well as display and sensor technology. One of the increasing fields of interest is the qualification of laser diodes for use in space applications. FBH's activities are integrated in national and international research projects.


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Thank you to the increasing number of partners adding their events to Facebook and the VCB's site, thus getting themselves "seen" in the This Week's Happenings newsletter (still the most popular thing the Bureau does)!
More tips and tricks:
- Be sure your event is designated as an event; posts do not show up in event searches nor in the "I'm Going" app (click here for a reminder about "I'm Going").
- Add your event as early as possible; many events are not added to the newsletter because they show up on Facebook after the newsletter has been published. Publishing schedule
- Name your Facebook page: a concrete link to which to send visitors for more information is preferable to instructions to "Search "Company Name" on Facebook." The easier you are to find, the more potential visitors will do just that.


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September 19, 2018 2018 Resolutions (Final)
Thank you, everyone, who has taken part in the 2018 resolutions process. ULCT has formally adopted 4 new resolutions to guide League policy in the coming years. You can see them listed below:
Resolution 2018-001 (medical cannabis)
Resolution 2018-002 (water rights and supply)
Resolution 2018-003 (motor fuel tax)
Resolution 2018-004 (growth and housing)
These resolutions, along with the rest of ULCT's current resolutions, can be found on our website at http://www.ulct.org/legislative-advocacy/lpc-resolutions/.
Tags: Resolutions
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Many of us face repetitive patterns in relationships, irrational fears of intimacy or abandonment, and emotional reactions to people or situations that seem irrational or without cause. It can also be the instant attraction or discomfort you sometimes feel when you first meet someone. Often these patterns have roots extending beyond our current lifetime and into past-lives. These patterns are manifestations of your karmic dynamic. Changing or resolving this dynamic requires a much deeper look into your psyche and relationships.
- Do you ï¬nd yourself on an emotional roller-coaster of extreme highs and lows in this relationship?
- Have you ended this relationship more than once, only to get back together and continue the same dysfunctional patterns?
- Is the other person in this relationship willing to drop everything at a moment's notice to come to your assistance?
- Does the bond of this relationship remain strong and familiar even when you've been out of contact for long periods of time?
By answering yes to any of these questions, you are acknowledging one of several different types of karmic relationships in your life. Once you are armed with an understanding, you are able to effectively handle those damaged, demanding, and disastrous relationships. You will be able to heal your hidden wounds and release the very karma and emotions that are keeping your relationships in destructive cycles.
In this life-changing workshop, you will explore karmic relationships using the Soul Journey process to clarify and bring about a greater understanding into your karmic ties with others.
This is a very EMPOWERING and WISDOM based workshop arranged to answer many of your questions and the practical sessions were designed to bring about a transformation in your life.
There is no prerequisite for attending this Workshop.
The special feature in this workshop is audio-video multimedia presentations. This is a two-day workshop which includes many practical sessions.
Workshop Highlights:
- The Seven Sacred Mirrors in Relationships
Most people are familiar with the first mirror: another person reflecting us back a particular trait we have. There are another six mirrors, which once understood make relationships much easier to deal with.
- Relationship with One's Own self is the key to all radiant relationships.
- Five Negative patterns mirrored in relationships based on ancient Sufi Enneagram system
- Pre birth plan/Choices that you have made in the life between lives about your relationships.
- Contracts that you have made with soul groups in the life between life stages.
- Catalysts that played an important role in altering the course of your life.
- Life Lessons/Life Themes that are reflected in the dynamics of our relationships.
- Discover your past-life ties with others and learn about your relationships, present and future, as joint karma unfolds.
- Understanding Repetitive Patterns in Relationships.
- Creation of intimate, sacred and fulfilling spiritual relationships by letting go of limiting beliefs.
- Soul mates, Twin soul connections.
- Relationships as path of spiritual growth - A relationship based on truth and awareness is one of the most powerful tools for healing and growth.
- Loving Yourself – Creating a Love Cocoon
Dr. Newton's "Radiant Relationships" workshop will help you to uncover:
- Why you repeat certain relationship patterns?
- How your family influenced your ideas about intimacy and relating?
- What you really believe to be true about relationships?
- What's appropriate to keep, and what you are ready to leave behind?
Dr.Newton's "Radiant Relationships" workshop will help you to:
- Let go of unhealthy relationship patterns by shedding past baggage
- Express yourself truthfully with empathy and compassion
- Build loving and trusting relationships that will survive life's little hurdles
- Achieve intimacy without losing your sense of self
- Make deep, lasting connections on an emotional level
Target Audience
Those who are 15 years or above, and would like to:
- Understand themselves by understanding their relationships with others and self
- Understand why their relationships are the way they are
- Heal their dysfunctional relationships
- Have Radiant Relationships
- Grow Spiritually