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1919 Revolution: "Egypt, occupied by Great Britain in effect since 1882, achieved its independence from colonial rule only in the aftermath of sustained protests. In the wake of the 1919 revolution, and after two years of stalled negotiations, the British abolished martial law and granted Egypt unilateral nominal independence from colonial rule in February of 1922. Despite this, the British continued to maintain control over the security of imperial communications, the defense of Egypt, the protection of foreign interests and minorities, and the Sudan. The 1919 revolution had two stages: the violent and short period of March 1919 that involved large-scale mobilizations by the peasantry in rural areas that were suppressed by British military action; and the protracted phase beginning in April 1919 that was less violent and more urban, with the large-scale participation of students, workers, lawyers, and other professionals." (Omnia El Shakry at Jadaliyya)
1952 Revolution: "Egypt's 1952 military coup and revolution led by Gamal Abdel-Nasser and the Free Officers ousted Egypt's decadent monarch, King Faruq, and put Muhammad Naguib as President of the new Republic in his place. An understanding of this period of Egyptian history helps to clarify somewhat the ambivalent attitudes towards the military in Egypt, and the initial expectations of protestors that the military would help protect them from Egypt's violent security and police services.
Interpretations of Nasserism have centered on the state apparatus. Discussions have focused on the authoritarian-bureaucratic state structure, characterized by a highly state-centralized process of socio-economic development, a corporatist patrimonial state bourgeoisie, a single-party system bolstered by a repressive state apparatus, and a populist nationalist ideology. This political formation, interpreters argue, proved incapable of radically restructuring the Egyptian state, society, and economy, as signaled by the failure to build a fully industrialized, capitalist or socialist, liberal democratic nation-state. This is the classic 'authoritarian military dictatorship model' we have been reading about in the press. But such a monolithic model fails to adequately capture the complexity of Nasserism.
Nasserism was equally characterized by an ideology and practice of social-welfare, premised upon the state apparatus as arbiter not only of economic development, but also of social welfare. Such a social welfare model was premised on an ethical covenant between the people and the state, a social contract in which the possibility of revolutionary or democratic political change was exchanged for piecemeal social reform and the amelioration of the conditions of the working classes. It was further based on a view of 'the people' (al-sha'ab) as the generative motor of history and as resources of national wealth (the motor of its development, as it were); and an interventionist policy of social planning and engineering. Social welfare, of course, should not be understood as a benevolent process whereby the state shepherds citizens in their own welfare. Rather, it entails the social and political process of reproducing particular social relations, often based on violence and coercion, at least partly to minimize class antagonisms." (Omnia El Shakry at Jadaliyya)
2011 Revolution: "Rather than view the spontaneous eruption of protests on January 25, 2011 as signaling the absence of ideological or political cohesion, we can view it instead as the product of an unprecedented historical assemblage of complex forces and contradictions. As Mohammed Bamyeh noted in 'The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field,' the revolt has been characterized by a large degree of spontaneity, marginality, a call for civic government, and an elevation of political grievances above economic grievances. Thus, we have seen the participation of a wide range of groups with differing ideological orientations but nonetheless coherent and articulate in their demand for an end to the ancien regime. These have included strong elements of trade unions and other labor organizers, such as the April 6 movement (named after its call for a General Strike in support of the workers in Mahalla). Indeed, since 2008 there has been a tremendous upsurge in labor and union organizing. But labor movements do not exhaust the types of players involved—including, of course, the new social movements (whether leftist, feminist, legal-judicial, NGO based, or social-media galvanized organizations) discussed in Paul Amar's 'Why Mubarak is Out,' as well as the Muslim Brotherhood who have publicly declared their commitment to a civil and pluralist government.
Those on the ground in Egypt know what they want: an end to Mubarak, and end to the emergency laws that have strangled political expression in Egypt since 1981, a civil government with a new constitution guaranteeing elections and the curtailment of political power, and trials for those involved in the massacres of the protesters. Despite the machinations of the West, it is clear that what will simply not do is an insinuation of ancien regime forces of any kind into a post-Mubarak Egypt, whether neo-liberal robber barons, counter-revolutionaries, or political opportunists. The voices from Tahrir, Alexandria, Mahalla, Suez, and Minya must be heard in their call for a 'reversal of the relationship of forces.' In other words, this is a people's revolution."—Omnia El Shakry, "Egypt's Three Revolutions: The Force of History behind this Popular Uprising."
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011: a truly democratic, non-violent social revolution made, in the end, by all sectors of the Egyptian populace persevering in the face of fear, threats and intimidation, lies, economic uncertainty and insecurity, repression, Realpolitik and conventional power politics, Islamaphobia, violence.... We are privileged to be witness to this remarkable moment in history.
The nonviolent revolutionaries of Egypt have achieved one of, if not their foremost, short-term goals, namely, the removal of Hosni Mubarak from office as President of Egypt. Mubarak "gave up" the Presidency. It is a sweet day in Egypt, indeed, across the Arab world. In fact, all of us around the planet who believe in democracy and social justice have cause to join our brothers and sisters in Egypt in this moment of celebration. The highest political power in the land now formally rests with the Egyptian armed forces. Egyptian activists are right to feel--as one of them said on Al-Jazeera while I'm composing this--that "now, anything is possible." Egyptians have discovered afresh that with intelligence, passion, courage, and determination, they too can, as individuals-in-collective-and-concerted-action, "make history."
"He has been from 1993 until last Saturday (29 January 2011), when he was appointed vice-president - he was the head of Egypt's General Intelligence Service, which is similar to the CIA, but actually with much closer ties to the military. And he had, starting in the first years of the twenty first century... He'd really been very much in the shadows - he was Egypt's spy chief, and that was, in fact, his title, from 1993 until just very recently. He also became, when the 'war on terror' started, and the centrality of Egypt to the United States is 'global war on terror,' he was very much, perhaps, the most important person in Egypt for the United States, particularly as I would say, in his ties with the CIA. But he did, however, come out of the shadows in the early two thousands, because he started taking over a number of important dossiers in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, including the dossier for Israel, and in fact if one does a Google image search on 'Omar Suleiman,' the overwhelming majority of pictures that will emerge of him are him shaking hands with various Israeli leaders. So he's definitely 'Israel's favorite Egyptian,' one could say that, and he has been helping the Egyptian/Israeli... The crushing of Gaza, for example is very much a somewhat shared project between Israel and Egypt. So Suleiman, for example, has been responsible for the demolition of tunnels through which both weapons and foodstuffs have gotten into a besieged Gaza."
And why have we heard precious few of those in power, or their sycophantic servants in the mass media in this country for that matter, say anything critical of Suleiman? Perhaps this explains it:
"The reason Omar Suleiman is so liked by the United States and by Israel is because of the fact that he's been ardently anti-Islamist. One could say, if he was in the United States, he'd be a Fox News type [laughs] of personality, in terms of his anti-Islamism - And very much loves to 'rattle the saber' around Iran, so he's very popular among American neo-conservatives who aspire to see Iran as our next military target. And that's partially why he's been so willing to participate in the crushing of Gaza, which is currently controlled by a Hamas government."
The appointment of Suleiman to vice president was thus an uncommonly shrewd move on Mubarak's part, as Hajjar notes, for "he knew that America knows Suleiman — at least American administrators, political leaders in Washington, and the neo-cons, who are very influential in America. And appointing Suleiman would assuage Israeli anxieties, because he's also known to be someone who's ardently committed to maintaining the peace treaty with Egypt."
In addition to the article by Hajjar linked-to above, see the interview with her, also at Jadaliyya, here.
* It's an auspicious occasion to return our attention to some recommended reading from a previous post relating to issues, constitutional and otherwise, that the people of Egypt will face in the coming months and years in the "transition from Tahrir Square to democracy:"
Jon Elster, Closing the Books: Transitional Justice in Historical Perspective (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004); Jon Elster, ed., The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, 1996); Jon Elster, Claus Offe, and Ulrich K. Press (et al.), eds., Institutional Design in Post-Communist Societies: Rebuilding the Ship at Sea (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998); Tamir Moustafa's The Struggle for Constitutional Power: Law, Politics, and Economic Development in Egypt (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007); Bruce K. Rutherford's prescient book, Egypt after Mubarak: Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008); and Cass Sunstein, Designing Democracy: What Constitutions Do (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001). There may be some lessons to be derived from the following book as well: Mona N. Younis, Liberation and Democratization: The South African and Palestinian National Movements (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2000). Indeed, while many of the transitional problems faced by post-apartheid South Africa were (and are) clearly of a different order than those Egyptians will face, I think the South African experience is worth studying in-depth. Perhaps later I'll find the time later to post some titles from the growing literature documenting and critically examining that experience.
Last and by all means not least, see the posts by Clark Lombardi (the first three) and Tamir Moustafa (the last) at the Comparative Constitutions blog (a project of ConstitutionMaking.org): here, here, here, and here.
**Update: At Jadaliyya, Bassam Haddad writes that "It appears that Omar Suleiman, the recently appointed Vice President, will have no role in the emerging political formula, but details have not yet surfaced." Let's hope he's right.
Update no. 2: Hani Shukrallah provides the revolutionaries with a "to do" list at Ahram Online.
Update no. 3: See the "Statement by the Forum of Independent Human Rights Organizations" – 2/12/2011: Long Live the Egyptian Popular Revolution...Roadmap for a Nation of Rights and the Rule of Law


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Children's, Short stories | Paperback, eBook
These two bedtime stories are all about a little boy who while on a dream with his guardian did something wrong. The second part of the book is about what he has to do and what he has go through to make things better.
I am retired and live with my wife Chris on the Isle of Wight. This is a holiday Island, situated a couple of miles off the south coast of England. My wife and I have two grown up sons, Richard and David that live on mainland England. I began writing short stories a few years ago starting with bedtime stories for children. The reason that there are no pictures inside, is to try to get the child's imagination working.


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Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Kellybell Designs says "The Doc Is In"
There's a new character you can meet over at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Her name is Doc McStuffins. She's a little girl who wants to be a doctor, just like her mother. She pretends to be a doctor by fixing toys and dolls with the help of her stuffed animal friends. She's absolutely adorable and is a great inspiration for young gals. Hope you get a chance to snap some photos of her at a meet and greet or at the Hollywood and Vine character meal. Take a look at this new kit.
Inside this kit you'll find 10 papers in sweet pastel colors and patterns along with an assortment of elements including a Doc McStuffins doll, x-ray, band-aid, stethoscope, doctor bag, syringe, medicine bottle, crutch, thermometer, reflex hammer, tongue depressor, eye dropper, flowers, frames, ribbons and more. Kelly also has a set of 5 page starters that include 2 frame cluster and 3 word art titles. It's all beautiful!
How amazing are these new speech bubbles? So cute! These would be a fun accent for your photos.
Here's an adorable set of word tags for viewing the castle. The colors coordinate perfectly with That Covers It Vol3. These are so pretty and will make a great addition to your pocket pages.
You can find all these items inside the Kellybell Designs Store. They are priced at 25% off this weekend only. Hurry on over to the store to browse around and load up your shopping cart.
You can check out Kelly's Blog or Kelly's Facebook Page to see all the Creative Team layouts made with these new releases. Seeing is believing - it's so helpful to see these kits and pocket packs in action on a layout so make sure to view all the eye candy the CT has made for you. Here's one from me.
For your treats today, you'll be getting 3 fabulous freebie from the CT. They always create some good stuff, don't they? You can find a matching freebie here at my blog and then over at Jennifer's Blog and Julie's Blog. Give them a hug along the way please. They work extra hard creating layouts and freebies week after week!
I made some journal cards for you .
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Thanks for stopping by and have a scrappin' weekend!
Thanks for stopping by and have a scrappin' weekend!
Bless My Weeds from October Dawn Designs
The Epcot Flower & Garden Festival is in full swing at Walt Disney World and October's new release today is the perfect kit to scrap all of your memories of the Festival. Bless My Weeds is a great blend of flower and vegetable gardens. You can easily scrap all of your Flower & Garden Festival memories, along with any of your gardening moments at home. And like all of October's kits, this one is HUGE and full of options.
Don't those colors just SCREAM spring? There are nearly 200 elements in Bless My Weeds, so you'll have no problem scrapping a ton of different layouts with it. Here's what I scrapped.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Sneak Peek from Kellybell Designs
Friday, April 17, 2015
Get Your Kicks On Route 66!
Get your kicks on Route 66! What a great pop song about traveling across the country. Route 66 also served as inspiration for the popular Disney Pixar Cars movie. It's all about a cute little town called Radiator Springs located on Route 66. Disneyland build an entire new land inside California Adventure called Carsland. It's filled with fun rides, great little dining places, cute shops and of course a place to meet Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater. If you snapped a lot of photos there, then you'll want to grab this new collection from Kelly that is perfect for scrapping those memories. It's called...
Inside this kit you'll find canyons, cactus, road signs, gas pump, motor oil, traffic light, stop sign, yield sign, tire, detour sign, banners, flowers, ribbons, frames, no parking sign, roadways, journal tags, orange cone, cars, stitching and more. You'll also get a full brown alpha and 15 papers in colorful patterns.
Kelly has some coordinating page starters and layered paper stacks to go along with the new kit.
Take a look at these adorable journal cards. They are really layered up and decorated so beautifully!
Last up is as set of 5 word art titles. So sweet!
All of these can be found inside the Kellybell Designs Store. They are on sale this weekend only for 25% off. Get them while they're hot!!
If you'd like to see all the layouts that the Creative Team whipped up for this collection, head on over to Kelly's Blog or Kelly's Facebook Page. This is such a neat kit! Here's a page that I made.
Now comes the fun part where you get to collect 3 freebies made by Kelly's Creative Team gals. They've made some nice treats for you today. Here's where you need to go to find them. Have a great weekend and happy scrapping!
Jessica's Blog - http://www.13point1memories4jess.blogspot.com/
Linda's Blog - http://www.mjajdesigns.blogspot.com/
Roxana's Blog - http://scrapscardsandmore.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Sneak Peek from Kellybell Designs
Friday, April 10, 2015
Kellybell Designs Shows Her Colors of the Wind
Pocahontas is adventurous and strong. She's the daughter of an Indian Chief and she's got a mind of her own. She's a free spirit who can talk with nature. She's very inspiring as a Disney princess. It's such a delight to meet her and her adorable raccoon friend Meeko at a Disney park. Kelly's newest collection is all about this beautiful and brave young lady. It's called....
This amazing kit is filled with gorgeous colors and patterns. There's lots of pops of orange and purple. Inside the kit you'll find 15 papers, a tan full alpha along with a Pocahontas doll, Meeko raccoon, feathers, hummingbird, canoe, trees, word tags, tee-pee, leaves, arrow, acorns, frames, ribbons, flowers and much more.
There's also 6 fabulous journal cards in a pack, along with a set of page starters and layered paper stacks.
Kelly also made a word art pack with 5 different titles that are oh so pretty!
You can find this new collection inside Kelly's Store for 25% off this weekend only. Grab it while it's hot, hot, hot!!
These colors are just so amazing. If you'd like to see all the Creative Team layouts made with this new collection, stop by Kelly's Blog or Kelly's Facebook page. Here is a layout that I made.
Are you ready for the matching freebies? They are always a big hit! Today you can find the 3 freebies from Kelly's Creative Team at Jenn's Blog, Julie's Blog and JulieP's Blog. Enjoy scrapping with this beautiful collection. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Sneak Peek from Kellybell Designs
Kelly has this gorgeous kit coming for you this week. Come back on Friday to see the full reveal.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Kellybell's April Blog Challenge
Did you have fun last weekend scrapping tons of pages during the Mousescrappers Speed Scrap Marathon? Hopefully you have some scrapping mojo left because Kelly's got a new monthly challenge announcing today that you're going to love. It's a template! And who doesn't love templates?!! Here's a look at how you'll be scrapping this month.
You can grab this template at Kelly's blog. Download it and get started ASAP! CT member Julie has a participation prize for you if you get a layout completed on time. It's a gorgeous word art title of the Sorcerer's Hat at Hollywood Studios. As you know, it was recently torn down so this word art will be a nice memory of that amazing icon.
Here are the rules and instructions to participation in the Monthly Blog Challenge:
- Scrap a page using the monthly template. Feel free to modify or rotate it.
- Your layout should be Disney themed.
- Use as many elements and papers as you want. Decorate a lot or a little, it's up to you.
- Layouts should be made with 100% Kellybell products or freebies. You are welcome to submit more than 1 layout.
- Post your layout into the Challenges Gallery at Kellybell Designs by midnight EST April 30th. Participation prizes will be sent to the email address you have listed with Kelly's gallery so make sure you're registered and logged in with your User ID before posting your layout.
- A random winner will be selected to win a $6.50 gift certificate to Kelly's store.
- The winner will be announced the first week of May. That's also when the participation prizes will be emailed out.
Put on your thinking caps, look through your Disney photos, check your stash of Kelly's kits and get busy on your monthly challenge layout! Can't wait to see what you can create!
Here's a page I created with the template.
Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.
Here's a page I created with the template.
Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Kellybell Designs Has Grown Something Fresh For You
Living in the land, Disney-land that is! It's fun to explore The Land Pavilion at Epcot. You can dine at the Garden Grill character dinner or Sunshine Seasons Food Court, or explore the Living With The Land ride to see the future of food production. Disney makes agriculture both educational and fascinating! Kelly's newest collection is all about veggies and harvest fun. Take a look!
What a beautiful and colorful kit! Inside you'll find lots of fruits and veggies like corn, pumpkin, green pepper, carrot, peas, radish, apple, squash, tomato, onion, strawberry and watermelon along with soil bag, seeds, scale, wood basket, pint basket, wagon, banner, garden glove, hoe, frames, sun, fence and much more. You'll also get 15 gorgeous papers and a brown full alpha.
Here's 5 matching titles that are perfect for your Disney pages.
Journal cards are not only fun for recording your notes on, but also pretty as a stand alone decoration for your page.
Page starters just ROCK! They are so quick and easy to use. Kelly's got a pack of 5 clustered frames for you.
Have you checked out the new layered paper stacks from Kelly? This new format adds lots of flexibility. You not only get the 4 layered paper stacks, but you also get the clustered elements by themselves and the stacked papers by themselves. That way you can mix and match. Or use the clustered elements like a page starter. How's that for versatility?
This new collection can be found inside Kellybell Designs Store priced at 25% off this weekend only. Grab it while it's on sale. You know you love a sale!!
This collection is adorable! There are so many ways to scrap using it. For lots of layout inspiration, you can check out Kelly's Blog or Kelly's Facebook page. Here is one that I made.
Would you like to find 3 matching goodies for this new collection? Kelly's CT gals have made some wonderful freebies for you. I have one for you here and you can find the others at Jennifer's Blog and Linda's Blog. Have a great weekend and have fun scrapping!
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Here is the completed Carolina Jasmine Hat.
This is definitely the most complex thing I've knitted so far, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I learned several new techniques, and I don't think I made any mistakes.
Since the above photo looks kind of like a big blue mushroom, here it is over my usual kitchen canister hat model, from the side and the top.
It stretches out even more on my head to better showcase the design. I'm not about to do any modeling right now, though. I just got off my 12-hour shift at work, and I look like I'm about to collapse, because I am; besides, I think people who take photos of themselves in the mirror to post on the internet usually just look silly.
The yarn is by Wolf Creek Wools. It's called "Great Wall"; unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be currently listed on their website, although my local yarn store has plenty of it in stock. It's a blend of 60% merino wool and 40% bamboo in a worsted weight. Merino, of course, is a pretty soft, non-itchy wool to begin with, and the addition of the bamboo eliminates any itch at all plus giving it a slight sheen.
I wore this hat walking to work last night, and it was wonderful. This morning, when it was even colder, I wore both the hat and the earwarmer and stayed nice and toasty.
I've decided not to do the TIAS this year. I have too many other projects I want to get started on-- some gifts for several co-workers who either just had or are about to have babies (don't worry, these will include some tatting), and I'm also feeling ready to knit my first sweater. I'll still guess along with the TIAS, I just won't be making it myself this time.
"But, really, why does anyone create? You feel a... a restlessness inside, a need to make something new, something no one has ever seen before. You want to add to the beauty and the richness of the world with a gift, an offering that is uniquely yours. It's an act of selfishness and generosity, all rolled into one."
-- Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt
-- Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt
Monday, January 14, 2013
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Congratulations!! Now that I've looked over the pattern, I'm very impressed with all the details you've learned, especially the 'leaning' decreases.ReplyDelete
I would have had to chart out the pattern before I started knitting it in order to keep track of the numbers of stitches for each round. I'm not it sure I would have known what row I was on if I got
I'm again impressed that you can handle the double-pointed needles! It took years before I was comfortable with those!
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Water, Wheat flour, Rye flour (23%), gluten (dry), yeast, vinegar, iodised salt, mineral salt (516), emulsifier (481), enzyme (amylase).
Servings per loaf: 8
Serving size: 80g (2 slices)
Alpine Breads has four generations of baking history dating back to the 1930'S. These were the days when Grandad (Richard Bertalli (Dick)) had to split the wood to fire the scotch ovens to be able to bake his breads. These were also the days when there were no commercial yeasts available and Dick would have to make his sour dough cultures to be able to leaven his breads.
Even today we still use these practices that have been passed down from generation to generation. This is a 36-hour fermentation process that gives ALPINE BREADS its unique flavour.
Rye flour is an ancient grain that dates back to 1500 BC and is used widely in France, Germany, Italy and Southern Europe. In more recent years it has spread all over the world due to its appealing flavour and easily digestible grain.
Enjoy this as a sandwich or toasted with your favourite toppings.


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Those looking for a mockingtastic Ash Wednesday devotional and/or Lent-opening mic drop, be sure to check out the special episode of Same Old Song in which Jacob and Aaron surface the cognitive dissonance at work as well as the awkwardness of low anthropology, doing their best throughout not to dodge the existential gut-punch this day represents. They also talk about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and GNR. As always, not just for preachers.
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Ken Komatsu (歴史)
Komatsu began an apprenticeship in Hagi in 1981. He became independent in 1989 when he built his own kiln and opened his Furaibo pottery. Two years later he built a climbing kiln in Fukui. Komatsu teabowl is a typical product of Hagi and Ken also create the traditional cut foot ring "wari kodai"
. Hagi wares are the most prized of tea wares in Japan but due to the porosity of the clay and the traditional cracks of the glaze they leak and their rough foot ring can cause havoc with polished or lacquered surfaces. Hagi ware originally consists of a mixture of two raw materials: Daido clay and Mishima clay. During its firing process it change magnetic properties of the iron oxidem, and inside it happen a transformation that can contribute to the change from soft magnetism to hard magnetism. and glaze create unexpected results.
Ken Komatsu is famous for his Warikodai Foot named Inochi no kaika (Bloom of Life), have "floral crown" foot
The foot of this tea bowl resembles a flower with four heart-shaped petals. It is a unique design developed by Miwa Jusetsu (Kyūsetsu XI, 1910-2012) created by further expanding on the revival Momoyama-style cut base. In this sense, the 400 year Hagi ware tradition has cultivated the boldness to engage in revolutionary creativity.
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July 3, 2013
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Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice to balance energies in any given space by placing your furniture and belongings in a certain way.
Your bedroom represents you other than the rest of your rooms, your office for example, you spend a majority of your time in your bedroom, especially if you get six to eight hours of sleep every night, and that's when the magic happens, because you're unconscious and in a passive state while you are asleep, you're open to absorbing energy around you more easily.
This energy is also known as chi, the foundation of feng shui. Good quality chi in your home would promote strong relationships, support health and wealth and results in a better sense of well-being. But if your bedroom is cluttered, has too many bright colors and is positioned poorly, then your feng shui will suffer. Here are some feng shui tips for building a peaceful bedroom for better sleep.
- Get a king or queen size bed.
Would you still want to be sleeping in your twin bed or futon in college? getting a king or queen size bed is ideal for feng shui technique because it fosters a restful night of sleep and lets chi circulate properly beneath it. It also secures a sense of togetherness between you and your partner. Twin beds can feel constricted and impermanent, while king size beds can be too spacious to promote intimacy. In addition, going oversized means split box springs under the mattress, which can create disharmony, and cause issues with your back.
2. Positioning your bed.
In feng shui, placing your bed in a "commanding position" is the key. This means that your bed isn't in line with the door and that you can see the door in front of you while you're lying down. The commanding position puts you in a "safe" place and gives you a sense of stability because you can spot whatever enters your space. Another important factor of positioning your bed is to make sure you have equal room on both sides, so both partners are able to get into bed easily. By making space, you create an energy's balance on either side of the bed.
3. Get a wooden headboard.
It's time for a sturdy headboard, preferably a wooden one, without bars or holes. The headboard connect you with your partner and stabilizes you in bed. Having no headboard makes your relationship feel more temporary. And if you're single, a sturdy headboard can help attract a strong and long-term relationship. If buying a new headboard isn't in your budget right now, then add two large pillows behind your sleeping pillows. This makes a comfortable and soft DIY "headboard". But it's better to have a headboard if possible. If you can't buy one now, then try the pillows but it's not a substitute for a solid headboard."
4. clearing out the chaos.
The negative energy from the things you store underneath your bed can transfer to you. That's why feng shui tips advise clearing out the chaos, so energy can flow easily around you while you're sleeping. "If those things represent active energy, like shoes, or books, you can absorb it on a subconscious level. If you absolutely have to store things there, then try to limit them to soft items, like bed sheets, linens and pillows.
5. No mirrors.
Many feng shui experts have opposing views on mirrors in the bedroom. Having a round or an oval mirror in your bedroom symbolize continuity in a relationship and helps with the flow of chi in the room. Different schools of feng shui advise against having a mirror in front of your bed because mirrors reflect negative energy back outward, and it will also make you see your reflection when you wake up in the middle of the night. Instead, position a full-length mirror away from your bed, so that you can see a reflection of the door and who's entering the room. Or, hang that looking glass on the inside of your closet door.
6. Better bedding, better sleeping.
When it comes to buying bedding, get organic cotton sheets because they're toxin-free and breathable. You won't be able to sleep well if feel too hot or too cold.
A comfortable bed has soft blankets and enough pillows for two people. Too many pillows makes your bed too crowded. Finding the right pillow will depend on your sleep position. So, if you sleep on your back, you'll need to get a thin pillow to support your neck.
7. Pick up relaxing colors.
According to experts, earth color tones are better for the bedroom, such as blue, green and brown. Choosing the color blue will make your blood pressure and heart rate slow down, which prepares you for sleep.
Relaxing colors help you relax and are soothing to your eyes, unlike active colors like red and bright pink which may energize you too much, and if you like those shades, try to add touches of peach, coral, burgundy or purple in your sheets, curtains or pillows.
8. Stay away from electronics.
Before buying a white noise maker, try to remove as many electronics from your bedroom. According to feng shui experts, electronics release electromagnetic energy, so it's better to keep them out of the bedroom.
9. Enhance your sleeping space with plants and essential oils.
While most of feng shui experts don't agree on having plants in the bedroom, I believe they're great for sleep. For example, snake plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen at night. Additionally, plants' green color can be soothing to the eyes and help put you in a good mood.
Waking up in the morning to see a vibrant plant will help energize you. Also sometimes, scent is all you need to shift energy from stressed and anxiety-ridden to calm and collected. A 2012 study conducted by the National Sleep Foundation found that people are more excited to go to bed on sheets with a fresh scent. In addition, essential oils, such as orange and lavender are great for de-stressing and relaxing.


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Beer #121 is Flower Power IPA by Ithaca Beer Company from the Empire State, New York. As you may have guessed, this is an American IPA with an ABV of 7.5%.
What a nice pour this was, a nice frothy white head (awesome lacing also) topped this honey colored brew. As soon as I popped the top from the bottle, I knew I had a winner…the aroma from the bottle alone made my mouth water. The nose was excellent, lots of grapefruit, pineapple, pine, and a bit of bready malts. It tasted as good as it smelled with grapefruit & pine the biggest flavors. There was a nice sort of sweet malt thing going in here also but not as pronounced in the flavors as the hops. It finished on the bitter side and that bitterness lasted long after the sip was swallowed. The mouthfeel was nice, a medium bodied brew with some lively carbonation. It was high for me on the drinkability scale, but I prefer hoppy, bitter brews.
This was a fine example of an American IPA. I have said it before and I will say again, I think American IPA's are my favorite style of beer…yum!
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So i am in the Linux beta for Strike Suit Zero on Steam. It has been rough, since alot of issues so far are bad resolution errors, and graphical glitches. I have been able to run the game on my Optimus laptop with slight graphical glitches, but well enough to actually play the game. If you are in the beta, and want to try the game out decently on a laptop with Optimus in Linux..i have made a bash script that will load the game via "primusrun". It loads the game without steam having to be opened, but that just means you cant save your progress. So i suggest running the script with steam opened. Also note that you will get odd graphical glitches during cutscenes, and loading intros..the game will still work out pretty well. You will notice some white boxes during missions that are usually destination markers, and such. Also note, that the game loads up in fullscreen. On my laptop it loaded up into a decent resolution..so i dont even bother messing with the resolution. Changing it will just cause problems.
Anyway..here is the bash script i made.
Let me know how it works. Also dont forget that they have a forum as well, so you can read up and submit new bugs to help these guys make this game better!
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Those of us who study history and know a bit about it regard with fascination how events are named.
During World War 2 it has been noted, that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren't nearly as destructive or horrifying as the good old fashioned fire bombings of Tokyo near to the end of the war by General Curtis LeMay's 1000 or so bombers who went out nearly every night for several months reducing Tokyo to ash and dust.
Atomic bombing to fire bombing. Incineration to slaughter. Death to more death, and on and on goes the hyperbole about the manmade and Nature made disasters which befall us.
Now comes the weatherman – the modern meteorologist – who has created a new meteorological perfect storm name called the cyclone bomb which is meant to supplant and has in an instant, a more normal description for a weather event most commonly called, a blizzard.
The blizzard has morphed into the cyclone bomb.
Cyclone bomb.
Can you imagine?
Can it get worse than this?
Yes it can and over time, it most certainly will.
The cyclone bomb is what the Northeastern coast of the United States is experiencing late in this week.
Tremendous waves of frigid cold. Huge snowfall. Terrific and damaging winds. Flooding of every kind and ice conditions making outside life as we know it almost unlivable.
Think about it…cyclone bomb or should it be tornado hurricane or maybe earthquake volcano…or even KKK whiteout storm.
The cyclone bomb is here to stay it appears.
All we can reasonably do is watch such a severely named storm play out on our flat screen television, only to be reminded by the weathermen and women – "If your electricity goes down, you won't have any heat."
Thank you.
What is it like when we are hit by a cyclone bomb?
I'm not really sure as it looks to be just another big snow storm which in recent history had been misnamed blizzards.
How did we go from snowstorms to blizzards and from blizzards to cyclone bombs?
Part of this is embedded in the notion of fake news.
Modern man has tired of a snowstorm being called a snowstorm, or a blizzard called a blizzard and now we've settled upon cyclone bomb to replace blizzard.
What is difficult, indeed, what is impossible to imagine is how cyclone bomb will morph into something more explosive and metaphorical.
For now, cyclone bomb suits the national American passion for overstating our catastrophes, whether they be meteorological, man made or otherwise.
Bottom line – this was a big snowstorm we are all living through but it is not a blizzard and as for cyclone bomb – well the guys that dream these things up need to join up with CNN.


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Vulnerable practices 'to be allowed to fail and wither', says NHS England director
Exclusive A senior NHS England official has said vulnerable practices must 'transform…or be allowed to fail and wither', a leaked document obtained by Pulse and the BBC has revealed.
Paul Twomey, medical director of the Yorkshire and Humber area team, made the claim in a briefing sent to NHS managers and GP leaders in the region.
He said that NHS England is 'no longer in a position' to continue supporting vulnerable practices 'irrespective of their willingness or ability' to transform.
GP leaders said that NHS England were taking on 'Orwellian tones' with this latest statement.
NHS England has been urging practices to federate and merge, but this is the most explicit a medical director has been about allowing practices to fail.
It comes as Pulse has revealed that a £10 million fund to support vulnerable practices announced 14 months ago has had very little impact, with many area teams having failed to even identify the practices that will receive funding.
Pulse has revealed through its Stop Practice Closures campaign that practices are closing across the UK, and reported today that partners of a practice in Warwickshire are having to take out personal loans to pay for redundancies after the local CCG blocked its attempts to merge.
Other notable recent practices in danger include an 18,000-patient practice in Oxfordshire, and another closing while it was waiting for vulnerable practice funding, while the local trust is taking temporary charge over four GP practices in Lincolnshire, and four practices in Brighton and Hove servicing over 10,000 patients had to close after funding was pulled through the review of PMS contract.
NHS England has previously said that practice closures are 'not always a problem' and 'happen all the time', and occur through mergers, new premises and death of a single-handed practitioner.
But the comments by Mr Twomey go further than this, indicating that NHS England would actually allow practices to fail.
In the briefing note, he wrote: 'The message we need to communicate to general practice is the GP Practice Forward View must be about transformation and in that sense is not like a pilot.
'This is what we do need to explore I think in particular with the LMCs, who on the whole across Yorkshire do have a commitment and focus of quality, and appreciate that vulnerable practices must either transform and deliver a quality service or be allowed to fail and wither by the system.
'We are no longer in a position to continue supporting practices irrespective of their willingness or ability as a provider to transform appropriately.'
But GP leaders reacted angrily.
Dr Richard Vautrey, deputy chair of the GPC, said: 'The term transformation seems to be taking on Orwellian tones when used in this way. There are many practices who were previously performing well and valued by their patients but are now vulnerable because of spiralling workload and recruitment problems beyond their control.
'Such practices should not be written off. The whole basis of the practice resilience scheme is to provide appropriate support to practices and NHS England and CCGs should be trying to do all they can to utilise this resource.'
Dr Peter Swinyard, chair of the Family Doctor Association, said: 'Starve the practices of resources. Micromanage them into the ground. Over inspect and over criticise. Then stamp on them.
'It is hard to be transformative when you cannot recruit doctors or nurses and are under the cosh of all the stresses we know, then have your income and resources reduced making it even more likely that you cannot manage change and adapt.'
He added: 'This is the most desperate and negative policy I have heard.'
Mr Twomey declined to comment, but an NHS England spokesperson said his comments 'do not reflect national policy whatsoever'.
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Anonymous | GP Partner12 Oct 2016 12:00pm
We need to be planning for the health service after the collapse of primary care . The demise of general practice is inevitable now . This is because those leaving ( in droves ) cannot be replaced . There is no one left to train anyone willing to take on the job. This government wants rid of a state funded service and the best way to pull it down is to undermine the foundations . There is an orchestrated assault on primary care . Even our receptionists are getting a kicking now . No help can be expected from the establishment because the quicker things fail the better for them . Any direct action from us will allow them to blame us . Time to take to life boats and save what you can . This ship is going down .
This is correct. NHS England has to save money. How better than letting 1:4 Gp practices close by refusing to allow them to merge and not helping them access the transformation funds in time- with the partners personally taking all the liabilities for redundancies and leases etc at no extra cost to the NHS?
Once the money is saved some can be redirected, they hope, to the remaining drowning Gp practices who can only cope with the increased demand by operating 8-10pm 7 days a week just as they had all planned. Saved rental and running costs by NHS England and public gets its extended hours. See it as increased efficiency. Job done. Except no continuity of care any more. No local GP practices and still the public never got to vote or debate this plan.
Well done Hunt! Well done NHS England! At least if they can be honest about this now the public and media may start to support those left struggling and be a bit more sympathetic to the individuals caught up in this mess rather than vilifying us all the time. Hard to be painted as greedy GPs anymore now many of us face personal bankruptcy as a result of NHS policy.
There has never been any real understanding from anyone other than primary care exactly how primary care works. The drivers are not financial but money is important to pay the bills. I have had many instances where senior NHS people and politicians believe GP's are on huge salaries as they believe the media rhetoric. There is little reward for good practice nor for long service. With the introduction of the £10 per patient per contact as described by the Kings Fund discussion paper there may be some respite from the relentless demand. There certainly won't be any help from NHSE before the cards come tumbling down.


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text: Spring 2013 Piper Athletics Becky Culp To a non-track person, the combination of being a physics major and, say, throwing the discus or the shot wouldn't seem to belong on the same wavelength. To Hamline senior Becky Culp '13, however, it makes perfect sense. "I use a lot of what I have learned in physics in my events," she said. "I like to know why I am doing certain things." The lessons have obviously paid off well. A two-time All-American in the discus, Becky is one of the top throwers in the country in Division III. She expects to compete well in the shot put and weight throw in the indoor season and then expand her horizons in the outdoor campaign to include the discus and the hammer throw. Last year, she won the MIAC outdoor crown in the discus and shot put and was fourth in the hammer throw. (She also won the indoor shot title and was fifth in the hammer throw.) At the 2012 NCAA D-III outdoor meet, she finished in third place. As for 2013 goals? "I just want to be the best I can be," Becky said. "If I do that, the numbers should follow." Among those possible digits: 3 for another year as an All-American. (In track, you earn that by finishing in the top eight in your event at the national meet.) There is one other number about the Ohio native that stands out: 3.732. That's her current GPA in what is, by anybody's standards, a very difficult major. Next fall, Culp will head to the University of Minnesota to pursue a master's in electrical engineering. Fall Sports Cross Country Men: 5th in MIAC The Pipers' three-year run as MIAC champs came to an end, but Brendan Ruter '13 (5th) and Nate Dobbins '13 (6th) were named to the All-MIAC team. Ruter also made the Sportsmanship Team. Women: 7th in MIAC The women improved one slot from a year ago. Maria Theisen '13 (7th) was their lone rep on the All-MIAC team. Soccer Men: 11th in MIAC (3-12-3, 0-9-1 MIAC) The team struggled offensively, but managed a big win over Buena Vista and set a school record in defeating Finlandia, 10-0, in the season finale. Greg Northrop '14 earned honorable mention, and Eric Feil '13 was named to the Sportsmanship Team. Women: 8th in MIAC (12-5-1, 5-5-1 MIAC) The women set a school record for wins (12) and shutouts (9), narrowly missing the playoffs. For the first time ever, Hamline had two players on the All-MIAC team—Aileen Scheibner '15 and Jordan Sammons '15. Kelsey Caracciolo '13 earned honorable mention. Sammons also was named to the NSCAA All-Region Third Team. Football 9th in MIAC (1-9, 0-8 MIAC) The Pipers opened the season with a win at UM-Morris, 38-31, but dropped the next nine in a row. Punter John Broback '13, who finished 6th in the country, was named to the All-MIAC First Team. Patrick Page '14, John-Michael Vandenberg '13, and Stephen Girard '13 earned Second Team honors. In December, Hamline grad Chad Rogosheske '98 was named the new head coach. Volleyball 11th in MIAC (18-12, 1-10 MIAC) The Pipers doubled their overall win total from a year ago, winning fifteen of sixteen matches in tournament play. Lynsey Reimer '15 was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. Check out the new Hamline Athletics website.


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Bark is Art
by SCMG Sue Ridgeway
During the cold, and often gray, days of winter, when delightful floral displays are only fond memories, there is beauty and substance of character to be found: the allure of the neglected and the gnarled.
The nakededness of winter reveals the textures of dry, bent grasses, and woody barks mirroring the craggy landscapes of the rugged earth: tormented, twisted, peeling. This is also the time of warm earth colors: ochres, umbers, cinnamons, slates and siennas.
Many of our Sonoma County gardens would benefit by the addition of more winter interest. One step towards achieving this goal is to add trees and shrubs with interesting trunks and attractive, eye catching bark. As examples, consider the following five plants; all provide a four-season return on your garden investment.
Acer griseum - Paperbark Maple
In her article Bark Is Beautiful, SCMG Sara Malone advises that the bark of A. griseum is a "standout."
Lagerstroemia - Crape Myrtle
Members of the genus Lagerstroemia are best know for their colorful, crinkley,
Crape myrtle species are woody; most are small to medium, multi-trunked trees or shrubs. Drought and heat tolerant when established, they also tolerate moist soils. Almost all Lagerstroemia have trunks and branches with a mottled appearance caused by bark that sheds throughout the year.
Some species are especially appreciated for the beauty of this exfoliating bark. The old, gray or light brown bark, peeling off attractively, reveals a smooth, polished, cinnamon or pinkish inner bark. This adds beautiful, giraffe-like color patterns that enhance winter garden interest.
Varieties of Lagerstroemia indica are the most widely grown species in the
For more information, please read SCMG Sara Malone's article on Lagerstroemia.
Hydrangea quercifolia – Oakleaf Hydrangea
During fall and winter, persistent bronze-purple, mahogany and crimson leaves, dried flower heads, and thin flakes of shredding and peeling, cinnamon-orange bark present a surrealistic collage, making this a gorgeous garden addition and a welcome treat for aficionados of nature's art.
Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japanese) – Stewartia koreana (Korean)
In summer, Stewartia display camellia-like white flowers and the bronze leaves of spring turn dark green. Fall foliage turns to shades of red, orange and purple; however, the peeling bark is always an inspiring focal point.
For larger gardens, S. monadelpha is taller, up to 25 feet, but it shares the fascinating, peeling bark.
Acer buergerianum - Trident Maple
In nature, Acer buergerianum are slow-growing, spreading trees, and in the United States, this Chinese native is an underutilized ornamental and landscape tree. It prefers full sun and moist well drained soil. Because it provides shade, produces few seeds, and its roots don't damage pavement, it is an excellent patio or street tree.
Looking like an exhibit of some wild, whimsical whittler, the dark, coarse bark of A. buegerianuam chips, peels, and curls, highlighting new, light sapwood in a winter garden gallery.
So, have we been "barking up" the right trees? I think so! Flowers and foliage will fade and fall, but the colors and textures of bark are perpetual, garden pleasures.
A few other interestingly barked trees:


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Beyond Victimhood? Experiences of New Vietnamese Migrants in Britain: Modern Slavery, Trafficking and the Cannabis Trade
Beyond Victimhood? Experiences of New Vietnamese Migrants in Britain: Modern Slavery, Trafficking and the Cannabis Trade
In this paper, Tamsin Barber interrogates the role of recent debates around Modern Slavery and trafficking in framing and understanding the experience of new Vietnamese migrants working in the cannabis trade and nail salons in the UK. By reflecting upon wider aspects of the lived experience and biographical processes of migration, the speaker will argue that these frameworks can unintentionally become complicit in rendering these migrants more vulnerable by disregarding their agency (more broadly conceived) and pre-migratory conditions.
Tamsin Barber is Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology at Brookes University. The author of Oriental Identities in Super-Diverse Britain: Young Vietnamese in London, Dr Barber's research interests lie in the areas of 'race', ethnicity, youth and migration with a focus on themes of exclusion, inclusion and identity formation. She has been involved in a number of research projects including two EU-funded projects, 'Integration of Female Immigrants in Labour Market and Society' and 'The Chances of the Second Generation in Families of Ethnic Entrepreneurs'. She has worked on projects on Greek-Cypriot Cultural Identity at Oxford Brookes University, and more recently for the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) in London researching housing, neighbourhood and unemployment.


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No Fan - heat/AC/Vent2000 VNL 770 Detroit Auto Heater fan stopped working, 40A heater fuse designated : MF5 40A CAB HEAT is good. Any experience or insights? Pulled dash heat/ac control sub panel, looked good. Going to pull pass side dash covers and check fan connection.
Temperatures are getting chilly overnight, I have a tip for those of us without heat pumps. This allows me to use electric heat and or catalytic heaters that sip propane to warm the entire coach.
Heating question--what would you do?
Scion Gypsy posted a topic in General RV InformationHeating--what would you do? I have begun living full time in my new (to me) Canyon Star 3856 Ford V10 gas. I work in the Tetons from late Apr to late Oct so the nights can get down in the low 30's during Apr and Oct. I am a little concerned about preventing my water pipes from freezing. I have 2 ac/HP and 2 propane furnaces. I am not sure if I can get propane delivered to my coach in the park. I have been looking into several things and was hoping to hear from some people with more experience than me (I have none). I was thinking of getting (2) of those little 200 watt heaters to put int he basement compartments near the tanks? These would be run off the site electric (something I am provided with for my employment). What do you think of this idea? Since the HP is not very good below 40 degrees, I was thinking of using space heaters in the coach and heating electrically. My options here that I am considering are: 1) Using the Dyson oblong/circle fan/heater--it is on sale at COSTCO, is very quiet, and I think if placed at the front of the coach by the driver area facing rear ward, it would heat the entire coach. On cold nights I could open the water cabinets to aid getting heat in there. 2) Using those oil filled old fashioned radiators to provide the heat. They are also quiet, cheaper than the Dyson (even if I buy two) but they would take up a bit more room. I was also looking at the Cheap Heat system I saw on one of the RV emails I get daily but I think I would have to install (by a professional) 2 of these since I have 2 furnaces. This would eliminate having to use propane, however, as good as this system sounds it may be way more than I can afford to spend between the cost of the parts and the extra labor charges for an RV professional to install. Anyone have this and what do you think? So, what would you do? Long post--I am sorry, but need your expert advice...or just your honest opinion. Thank you.


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Thursday, February 11, 2016
In Case You're Asking 'Huh'?
If you've stopped by and think it strange
That for a few days there's been no change
I'd like to explain; I'm 'under the weather'
And hope to return when I'm feeling better
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Hope you're back to yourself soon...ReplyDelete
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Thank-you, every one, for your wishes. I'm in the Land of the Awake and Standing Upright once again so i think FINALLY headed in the right direction. Never had a flu quite like this one before! Makes one appreciate anew what we too often forget because we are busy enjoying health!Delete
Do you need some chicken soup? xx Hope you feel better soon.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank-you:)Glynis. I appreciate it!Delete
My friend Kim who i babysit for is like a little Mother Theresa. she dropped off a gift of hot chicken soup from Swiss Chalet, gingerale, Neo-Citran, cough lozenges. Today I feel somewhat better, thankfully, but SO weak!!
Grace be with you.ReplyDelete
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(full name, A. A. Zhdanov University of Irkutsk), the first higher educational institution in Eastern Siberia. Founded in 1918, the university in 1920–21 comprised the departments of medicine, veterinary science, physics and mathematics, pedagogy, and social sciences (since 1924 the department of law and local economy) as well as a workers' school (rabfak). In 1930–31 independent, branch institutes were organized on the basis of the university's departments of medicine, finance and economics, pedagogy, and Soviet construction.
The university now comprises (1971) the departments of physics, mathematics, applied mathematics, geology, geography, chemistry, biology and soil science, history, philology (with a Buriat division), and law and a department (for citizens of the People's Republic of Mongolia) preparing students for study in the USSR. There are also evening and correspondence courses and a graduate program. The university has 61 subdepartments. It also has scientific research institutes (biology and geography, applied physics, petroleum, and carbon chemical synthesis) as well as a computer center, a laboratory where important problems in microbiology are solved, an astronomical observatory, the Baikal and Angara biological stations, and a botanical garden. Its library has 2.5 million storage units.
During the 1970–71 academic year the University of Irkutsk had an enrollment of approximately 10,000 students and a teaching staff of 730, including 34 doctors of sciences and professors and 229 candidates of sciences and docents. The university has been publishing Trudy since 1932. Over the years, the university has trained 13,600 specialists.


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We're continuing our At the Movies series, with The Hunger Games. Watching the movie, it reminded me of my days in public school... but hopefully this morning the kids won't have to shoot anyone to get a snack.
We're going unplugged today... with an acoustic offering for worship... will be different and fun.
Special music is "Come Away to the Water" by Maroon 5.
Great concert last night featuring the music of Susan Greenbaum, it was an amazing concert.
The Yoga Center is expanding hours! Get your relaxing, healthy, yogarrific classes here! And check the Calendar for the latest times and classes.
Our Men's Breakfast, hosted by Terry Forrester, will be 8:30am this Saturday, Feb 23rd.
Finishing up our Movie Series this next week, with The Avengers! Don't miss it!
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We generally advise clients to live in the property for two years and then rent it for two years just before sale. The replacement property should be rented for two years, with less than 14 days or 10% usage; then it can be converted to primary use after qualifying for the completion of the 1031.
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Because the coal market is tanking, it's an interesting place to look for investments.
I must admit, I'm not very interested in the coal producers themselves because I see no sustainable competitive advantages. The businesses that serve the coal market, however, do interest me, because I can find companies that possess such advantages. I believe Joy Global (JOY) might be one of them (neither my clients nor I own any shares of Joy Global at present, although this could change at any time).
Joy Global makes some of the huge equipment used for mining. This includes both surface and underground mining equipment, like conveyors, breakers, long wall shearers, roof supports, drills, shovels, draglines, loaders, etc. Joy's website gives all the fascinating details.
Joy's equipment is highly specialized, and that means it is highly integrated into mining production companies. Joy's equipment is also highly productive, which means that mining businesses focused on costs and long run efficiency can benefit from owning Joy's products.
Most importantly, Joy's mining equipment is difficult to optimally operate and maintain over the long run without support from Joy, which means that one of Joy's most important businesses is parts and service. To keep this type of equipment is good working condition, it is beneficial to engage the services of Joy Global.
Joy gets almost 55% of its business from coal miners. That is because Joy has specialized in the type of equipment used for mining coal, both underground and surface. Everyone knows that the coal industry is severely depressed right now with low coal prices due to too much supply and low demand. Coal suffers, too, from competition from alternatives like natural gas at very low prices, as well as oil, nuclear, wind and solar. Significantly, coal is also facing severe political pressure because it is considered such a dirty energy source. Many of the governments of the world, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, are working hard to eliminate coal as a source of energy.
What may not be as well understood is how fundamental coal is both as an energy source (thermal coal) and as an input to making steel (met-coal). Even if everyone agreed that coal is a terrible energy source, it would take decades to completely switch from coal to other energy sources (even here in the U.S.). Coal is also a major energy source in places like China, India and Indonesia (the 1st, 2nd and 4th most populous countries). In China, switching from coal will take a very long time, even assuming the Chinese government agrees to curtail its use. India and Indonesia, in contrast, are trying to figure out how to produce more coal to meet their growing energy needs. Coal may be hated, but it's not going away any time soon, and perhaps not ever.
In addition to coal, Joy does business with mining companies focused mostly on iron ore and copper, but also gold, oil sands, and potash/salt. None of these businesses are doing that well now, either, because of too much supply and not enough demand. In other words, it is not just the coal market that has Joy down.
Although down, I don't think Joy is out. Even in it's depressed state, it is still generating over $3 billion a year in revenue, 75% of which is the more consistent service business I referred to above. And, Joy is still quite profitable. Profit margins are down from a high of over 14% (trailing twelve months) in 2011 to 8% now, but that is still quite respectable. Over the last 4 quarters, Joy still earned $2.69 per share. Not bad.
As investors know, it is the future, not the past that determines a security's price. For Joy, the short to intermediate term looks pretty unclear. I think it is prudent to assume that the commodities boom of the last 15 years is over. That means looking at Joy's past 15 years of financials doesn't necessarily help a lot in figuring out the nearer term future.
I do believe that Joy's service business is a good place to start in assessing value, though. Joy's service business has generated an average of $565 million in revenue a quarter over the last three quarters. As a base, that is a bit over $2.2 billion a year in revenue. Unfortunately for Joy, that service business has been declining, too, as miners have been putting off maintenance and overhauls to try to make ends meet.
Assuming Joy's service business continues to decline, I still think that Joy will remain profitable and able to pay interest payments and dividends. I think Joy's service business, even without any original equipment sales, could see a further decline of around 25% and still be able to pay interest and dividends. The service business could decline 25% from here, or more, but maintaining a level that low seems unlikely. I believe creditors and bankruptcy judges will agree that maintaining equipment in good working order at the mining companies is in everyone's long term interests.
As a base case, I'm assuming Joy can do $500 million in revenue a quarter just from service (down 11.5% from the last 3 quarters). Using a 6.5% net margin (lower due to continued fixed costs) on that gives you around $1.28 in earnings per share. Hang an 8x multiple (which assumes 0% growth), and you get a $10.24 price. I think that is a pretty negative scenario: assuming service declines 11.5%, and no original equipment sales.
Could things be worse? Of course. Assuming services declines 25% and gets only a 5% net margin (even bigger hit from fixed costs), you end up with $0.74 in e.p.s., which would be below Joy's dividend rate of $0.80 per year. Hang my no-growth multiple of 8x on that and you get a $5.90 price. I think that is an extremely negative scenario, but one that must be considered.
Assuming the coal market eventually stabilizes and Joy gets back to its current level and mix of services and original equipment (75%/25%), then you get back up to $3 billion of sales, an 8% net margin, so $2.37 in e.p.s., and an 11.5x multiple (3% growth), and Joy would be back up to $25 to $30 in price. That would be a nice return from here.
If I assume a 25% chance of my worse case price, $5.90, 50% chance of my base case, $10.24, and 25% chance of my stabilization case, $27.28, I come up with an assessed value of $13.42. With that, you can see why I haven't bought, yet, but I am getting close to doing so.
Nothing in this blog should be considered investment, financial, tax, or legal advice. The opinions, estimates and projections contained herein are subject to change without notice. Information throughout this blog has been obtained from sources believed to be accurate and reliable, but such accuracy cannot be guaranteed.


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While I love running around and always having something to look forward to (no impending trips makes me very antsy), structure is something I've always regarded as a double-edged sword. The thing I like the most about my life/job is that my schedule is completely unpredictable. On the same vein, the thing I like the least about my life/job is that my schedule is completely unpredictable.
Some days I crave routine, but I know if I had a normal 9-5 again I'd be bored to tears. Running from airport to airport, time zone to time zone is extremely taxing. Sure, it's exhilarating and keeps things interesting, but it's also exhausting. It's hard to maintain any sort of healthy lifestyle when you're constantly on the move.
I kept this mostly on the DL, but I got really, really sick this past winter, to the point of having no energy to do anything. It felt like mono, but the test came back negative. It wasn't the fun Netflix and chill kind of bed rest; I literally couldn't even keep my eyes open through one episode of a show. As a super active person, the thought of being bedridden indefinitely was terrifying. No one could figure out what was wrong with me and it made me question if this lifestyle was really for me if my body was clearly rebelling.
After a month of inconclusive blood tests, thyroid tests, speculations, and professional opinions, I was diagnosed with post-viral fatigue (some bullshit cop out answer). In short, I got strep and didn't give myself the proper time to heal so I never fully recovered. Over the years, I've left bronchitis, colds, and flus go untreated because I didn't want to miss out on something fun (yes, I live in a permanent state of FOMO) and thought I was invincible (my misguided millennial complex). Chalk it up to being sorely in denial of getting older; my immune system paid the price.
While I'd love to have a stable 1-2 trips a month evenly spaced out every couple weeks, that's just not realistic. For whatever reason, it's always go go go crash (with the most recent bout being a crazy seven weeks straight). It takes longer to recover after trips than it used to, but I'm making a concerted effort to take better care of myself (it's true, everything really is downhill after 30). Finding balance will always be something I struggle with, but with so much to see and so little time to see it in, what alternative is there?
What strategies do you have for keeping it real when you're constantly on the go?


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I Love Clash of Clan
January 7, I'm in Cebu on a business trip, so I attended worship service at Ccf (Christ Commision Fellowship). They sang the song EVERYDAY by Hillsong with this lyrics:
Everyday, Lord, I'll Learn to stand upon Your word
And I pray that I, I might come to know You more
That You would guide me in every single step I take,
that everyday I can be Your light unto the world
Everyday, it's You I live for
Everyday, I'll follow after You
Everyday, I'll walk with You, my Lord
God used this song to speak to my heart, followed by a video message by Marty Ocaya, a youth pastor for Elevate (ministry for high school and college), about ABIDING IN HIM and His Love. It has been 1 year since I have fallen to idolatry. What is my idol? It is very difficult to admit and realize – I LOVE CLASH OF CLAN. I have justified that I am not addicted to it because I still finish my responsibilities at home, in the office, in my trip, and even in the ministry. I only play it when I'm free like when I'm alone on a trip waiting, and every chance that I get, so I say. Edric's son is wiser than me when he told his dad that he didn't want to play a game because he can't stop thinking about it.
I love the game because it appeals to my analytical mind, the strategy development, the optimization of upgrades, the craving for victory. I devoted time to study it in youtube, watching videos of how to do it properly and great strategies to attack and defend. I was parsing it down to teach my brothers who already played it longer than me. I really love to learn and teach and optimize how things should be.
However, there are draw backs and here's the bitter reality:
– At night, I play the audio Bible to put my kids to sleep while I was playing the game. (About 30mins to an hour) No wonder i finished the Bible so fast last year. I even repeated Psalms and Proverbs several times.
– I am spiritually dead. I'm a dead branch. I don't bear fruit for God anymore as i was not spending time with Him. Revelations 2:4 says "You have forsaken your first love." I still do pray at times, involved in church activities, listen partially to the Bible. I even won on a Bible trivia last Christmas party. But I was merely going through the motions.
– I have become irritable and angry at home maybe due to the fact that I wanted to play but I can't because I was hiding it from my wife and kids. I have relinquished my role as a dad and a husband because I enjoyed my ga"ME" time.
– I do not have any plans for the future because my mind is already so preoccupied with the things I need to do in the game. Hey, guess what??? I know how to plan after all.
– A controversial point would be, is there a spiritual forces that was keeping me in bondage??? Nobody can prove it, but I believe it so. I thank the people who were praying for me. I thank God's grace, His mercy, and His patience to me. He didn't give up on me. Message after message (from Edric to Peter Jr, bro. Jimmy), He was speaking to me. I knew what i needed to do but I didn't want to, as I said, I was justifying it. So I still didn't delete it.
Last week at the INTENTIONAL DISCIPLESHIP CONFERENCE, pastor Peter mentioned about stewardship – We are not the owners of our time, not even our SPARE TIME AND SPARE MONEY. Finally, I surrendered my heart back to God. I confessed my sin of idolatry – loving COC with all my heart, mind, and strength. I have decided to delete the game once and for all and never install it again. A foolish thing to even start with. Once more, I pray that I will ABIDE IN CHRIST (from our series last year in Jesus unboxed, the Gospel of John – https://youtu.be/kwaECcI6lNA ) . Great year to start a fresh, renewing the soul, the mind, and the body. To God be the glory.


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Announcing the 2017 Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest!
Hope you've been writing like crazy, short story writers! Because we're back and ready to do everything we can to give you that boost you need! We are very pleased to announce the 2017 Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest!
The Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest is an annual fundraiser and outreach event in support of the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculation at the Toronto Public Library. Writers are encouraged to submit their unpublished speculative short stories (up to 6000 words long) for their chance to win the top prize of $500, or one of two runner-up prizes of $50. Each submission must be accompanied by a donation of $5 CDN – simultaneous and multiple submissions welcome! This year's reading period will open Friday, February 17th 2017 at noon, and close Sunday, April 23rd 2017 at midnight. Winners will be announced at the end of May 2017. For full submission guidelines, visit our contest rules.
Last year, we saw tonnes of entries from writers all over the globe, and this year we hope to do even better! Watch this space for interviews, success stories, writing tips, and more! We hope you will join us in spreading the word, participating, and helping to support this wonderful institution.
This year's final judging panel:
Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the "Otherworld" urban fantasy series, "Darkest Powers" & "Darkness Rising" teen paranormal trilogies as well as the "Cainsville" modern gothic series, Age of Legends YA fantasy series and "Blackwell Pages" middle-grade fantasy adventure trilogy (co-written as K.L. Armstrong with M.A. Marr). She lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.
Indrapramit Das (aka Indra Das) is a writer and editor from Kolkata, India. He is the author of debut novel The Devourers (Del Rey / Penguin India), which was shortlisted for the 2016 Crawford Award. His work has appeared in several publications including Clarkesworld Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and Tor.com, and has also been widely anthologized in collections such as The Year's Best Science Fiction (St. Martin's Press). He is an Octavia E. Butler scholar and a grateful graduate of the 2012 Clarion West Writers Workshop. He completed his M.F.A. at the University of British Columbia (class of '11) in Vancouver, where he wore many hats, including dog hotel night shift attendant, TV background performer, minor film critic, occasional illustrator, environmental news writer, pretend-patient for med school students, and video game tester. He is currently working as a consulting editor for Indian publisher Juggernaut Books while writing a second novel. He divides his time between India and North America, whenever possible.
A.M. Dellamonica's first novel, Indigo Springs, won the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Her fourth, A Daughter of No Nation, has won the 2016 Prix Aurora. She is the author of over forty short stories in a variety of genres; these can be found on Tor.com, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed and in numerous print magazines and anthologies, most recently Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and was co-editor of Heiresses of Russ 2016. She teaches writing in person at UTSC and online through the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Alyx is married to fellow Aurora winner Kelly Robson; the two were able to make their outlaw wedding of 1989 legal, in 2003, when the Canadian Supreme Court conferred full equality on same sex couples.
Dellamonica tells people she is bigendered, bisexual and bisectional. (The latter means she sings both alto and soprano.) Her website is at http://alyxdellamonica.com.
Questions? Contact Charlotte Ashley, Contest Administrator, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Potential sponsors are invited to inquire at this address about our sponsorship package.
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I haven't so much as loaded the title screen for Might & Delight's "Shelter," but I'm heartsick just thinking about those poor baby badgers and their inevitable (but hopefully quick and painless) death in some hawk's talons or white-capped riverbed. I'm not confident at all that I have the emotional fortitude to see "Shelter" through to the end.
Still, when you hear the call of the desaturated wild, you must respond. Here's a final trailer for the game, which is now available on Mac and PC:
It's bizarrely comforting and simultaneously horrifying to know that nature's bloody indifference cuts both ways. Foxes surely hunt badger cubs, but a well-placed momma headbutt paves the way for a surprisingly gruesome feast. Seriously, watching a cete of badgers gorge on the still-warm carcass of a fox is probably the most disturbing thing I've seen in a game in a while.
I also had no idea that badgers were omnivorous until just now. Steeled by the fact that badgers may have a small bit of recourse after all -- take that, Nature! -- I may be able to actually play "Shelter" now.
As previously explained, there are a few different ways to get your hands on "Shelter": the game is $10 from Steam or its official site, or $15 when bundled with Might & Delight's previous outing, a great puzzle-platformer called "Pid."
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