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What's better is that I actually got to church on time. So I wasn't relegated to the rafters. I am very content to sit in the rafters because there is a lot more space. When you are seated on the bottom (or I should say on the sanctuary floor) they don't like to leave the customary seat between each person. It's like the movies when it's opening night for a block buster they pack you in and there is a body in every seat. When I arrived I was directed to a partially empty aisle and told to go all the way down to the end. I made my way down the aisle and put my bag in the seat next to a very large teenage boy man. He was taken up a good one third of the seat that I sat my bag in. Side caveat: He really was taking up way more space then he needed to. I know that guys need space for the banana and berries, but my word there should be limits to how wide they can sit. They should square up with their shoulders or something there's got to be a consistent way to bring order to the ridiculousness. Before I could sit down, an usher that I didn't see quickly came over and asked me to move down a seat and hold my bag in my lap. Dang! He caught me. I picked my bag up and moved over as best I could into two thirds of my seat. I situated my bag in my lap and when I look up who do I see walking down the aisle? None other than Mr. Mean.
This is actually funny because I go to a rather large church, it is considered a mega church by some standards. While my church is large, it's obviously not large enough to keep me from running into Mr. Mean again. I thought maybe he doesn't recognize me so I immediately turned back to the pulpit. When he sat down he leaned over and said "I guess the Lord decided that our paths should cross again." To my chagrin he remembered me. I didn't respond I kept my eyes straight ahead. Then he said "I guess we are on the same schedule." Again I didn't respond. He leaned back over "You look very nice today." To this I nodded (I know how to take a compliment), but kept my eyes straight ahead. Then he said "I'm still holding a brunch rain check just for you. What are you doing after church?" I leaned over and said "Thank you, but I won't be using that rain check today or any other day." I was actually expecting something harsh from him, but he said "I apologize. I hope you aren't holding what I said before against me." My response to this was a "ShhhHhhHhhhHhhhhush!" I then turned away from him, crossed my legs and attempted to find a space for my foot between the large leg of the teenage man and the seats in front of us. Despite my unreceptive body language, he was not the least bit concerned because he whispered in my ear "You need to forgive me so we can move on." I inched closer to the teenage man, which caused him to turn and look at me. I just smiled and nestled myself behind his large arm and our shared portion of my seat.
Mr. Mean continued whispering every once and a while throughout the sermon things such as, "Your hair smells good, your shoes are pretty, I see you got a tan it looks nice, You should let me take you out I promise you'll have fun." I kept my back to him the whole service. As soon as the service was over, I leaped across the teenage man to get out of the aisle and bolted towards the exit. I looked back a few times, but didn't see him. So I was safe.
I met up with my mom at our designated spot. She ran into a co-worker and of course introduced me. My Mother has the gift of loquaciousness so I politely excused myself and went to my car. As soon as I pulled out of the parking lot my mother called me.
"Hey Mama."
"Are you still in the lobby?"
"No, I just pulled out of the parking lot. Are you okay?"
"Yes. I just met the nicest man."
"Lucky You. Just what you've been praying for."
"Not for me. For You!"
Then I hear her telling someone to talk to me.
"Hey Ursala!"
"We give you our blessing. I know him. He is very nice, comes from a good family, no kids, never been married and he has a great job."
Then I hear my mother asking for her cell back
"Ursala, he's cute, not like you like them, he's a pretty boy."
"You're funny Mother."
"I'm just telling you that he is nice looking."
"I gave him your number."
"What?!? Mother!!! No!"
"Yes, he's a good guy, comes to church, looks nice, comes from a wonderful family. He was so nice he gave us a ride to my car. You should thank me."
"Wait, you got in a car with a stranger. You can't do that."
"He isn't a stranger, Mrs. B_____ knows his mother. And he goes to church"
"Just because he goes to church doesn't mean anything. He is a stranger to you. And you gave my number to this strange man. A man you don't know."
"Don't be so dramatic. I know you'll like him."
My Mother has discerning taste, but she has never given my number to anyone so I'm a little concerned about her experimental match making.
"It doesn't matter considering you've already given him my number. What if he starts calling me all the time?"
"Don't answer your phone then." I can tell she is exasperated with me, but I'm equally exasperated with her for giving my number to some strange man just because she met him at church.
"Mother you know I can't do that I have to answer all calls to my cell right now. Well what did he look like?" I decided to be nice and not work my Mother's nerves since I know she meant well.
"I told you already he's a pretty boy." I can tell I'm already working a nerve because I'm clearly not paying attention since I asked a question she has already answered.
"Could you be a little bit more specific? And what's his name?"
"His name is L_____."
"Wait did he have on a brown suit and a purply-lavenderish shirt?"
"Yes, he looked so nice."
"NoOoooOoooo Mother you didn't give that man my number." Oh no my Mother gave my number to Mr. Mean. "Please tell me you are just playing or you meant to say you got his number for me."
"He has your number and he is going to call you." Click. My Mother almost never says bye when she is done talking she just hangs up.
I hoped there was some other pretty boy, in a brown suit, with the same name as Mr. Mean at church. I highly doubt it. I can't believe my mother gave my number to Mr. Mean. The question is did he know it was my Mother or did she just pimp me out?


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The Parish celebrated its 20th Fiesta with the theme OLPP at 20: forever Youthful, Always Faithful. The Bishop of Cubao presided over the Fiesta mass with karakol to add to the festive celebration of Fiesta.
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So my skin is very sensitive and dry. I have shaved with Venus Gilette razors because I thought that they would be good quality and better for my skin. But the problem is that I can't shave very often. Once a week is the best that I can do or other wise my skin will be completely red and there's rash and everything. I'm a gymnast so I have practices five times a week and we wear tops so I really don't want my under arms to be all red or even worse to have hair there.
I have tried somekind of epilators but it hurt like hell so that clearly isn't an option.
Now I'm thinking that I should Electrolysis or somekind of laser treatment. I'd prefer if I could do this things at home.
I'm only fifteen so I clearly don't have so much money that I could go to a salon many times.
Somebody please help me with this!?!?
(I apalogize for my bad English. I'm from Finland)


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My topic today is 'Towards Sustainable OERs: a perspective from the global south'. I have prepared this presentation jointly with my colleagues Dr Balasubramniam and Dr Abdurrahman. One of the emerging issues in educational ...
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Session VI: Intergenerational and Cross-Collaborative Partnerships of the 11th Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (11th WAMM), The Commonwealth in Apia, Samoa, 6-8 September 2016. Presented by Dr. K Balasubramanian, ...
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Keynote address presented by Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Vice President, Commonwealth of Learning, at the "Expanding Horizons in ODL", ODLAA 2017 Conference, 6 February 2017, Melbourne, Australia. // Related working paper: ...
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Presented by Dr K. Balasubramanian, Vice President, Commonwealth of Learning, at the Minsterial Roundtable of the 20th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers, Nadi, Fiji, on 22 February 2018.


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Just stopped in for a quickie. Too many papers to correct. Let's start with the pretty.
I've been working on the Antique Garden Cardigan in Malabrigo worsted in the color Cuarzo. Love. You're looking at the completed left front and the almost-there right front. I really like the fancy band at the bottom. It's called a brioche band – knit the wrong side rows and on the right side, knit one, knit into the stitch below and repeat. Purty.
Now, we snort. Or at least I will. Again. I've snorted several times over this.
Last week, my kids wrote paragraphs about their favorite TV shows. This boy is really into wrestling. I'm not. I read along mindlessly, editing it before the boy wrote a final copy to hang up with an illustration. The expression "hard core" bugged me a little, but I let it slide. Then I got to the last line. I just couldn't edit it. I didn't know how. Please enjoy.
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This piece of loveliness was written by the same boy who, during recess, was playing a game where two friends gripped him by the arms and dragged him forward as two other boys held sticks like guns. I blew my whistle (yup – I have a whistle) and walked toward them, telling them that their game didn't look like it was appropriate for school. I reminded them that we never pretend we have guns at school. This boy said, "Aw, come on. We're just playing "Going to Juvie."


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I mean that literally. The long, green manly scarf was all boxed up today, ready to be unwrapped on Christmas morning. I did manage to snap its picture first:
In fact it was so soft and comfy that I forgot to take it off after taking the picture, and I wore it for the rest of the afternoon. It's a good thing that I am in the spirit of giving. And that my shelves are overflowing with scarves already. And that green is, sadly, not a good color for me.
Here is how I knitted this one: I chose the mistake rib -- reversible, nicely textured, and since it doesn't pull in as much as a regular 2/2 rib, it eats up a bit less yarn. You need to cast on a multiple of 4 stitches minus one. I went with 51 stitches but in retrospect, I feel the scarf could be a tad narrower.
A quick mistake-rib refresher:
Row 1: *K2, P2, repeat from * to the last 3 stitches, K2, P1.
All subsequent rows: Repeat Row 1.
I scattered about 8 decreases on the bind-off row to keep the edge from fanning out.
The scarf is over 7' long and I used close to 6 skeins of Classic Elite Kumara, because -- well, just because. I wanted it to be a buttery soft, luxurious scarf, and it is. 85% extra fine Merino, 15% baby camel and allover lovely to wear next to one's skin. One could make an equally special pair of mittens or a cowl with just a couple of skeins. Just a thought.


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Our client: The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
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Cattle, sheep and goats undergo various husbandry procedures to:
- Improve productivity.
- Identify individual animals or mobs of animals.
- Prevent unwanted breeding.
- Enhance carcase quality and composition.
- Enhance fleece quality and production.
- Reduce the risk of disease.
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- Determine their age.
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Going back through tons (boxes and binders and teetering piles) of old artwork over the past few weeks, it's been much more illuminating than I anticipated to see the works of my younger self. I had almost completely forgotten just how many "epic" stories I attempted to start, but of course never finished; I have been a terrific non-completer of "books" for as long as I can remember — the incredible prevalence of plastic spiral-bound (and even more rudimentary staple-bound) reams of lined paper containing the first few to, at most, dozen or so pages of my Next Great Story, among all this old work, is unintentionally hilarious to recognize as a larger pattern now. Once I got older, there were a few I even gamely stuck with across a few years; in grade school I would start and stop them within single volumes and quickly move on to the next concept, but once I hit junior high, I began to obsessively plot out and outline, often in astounding levels of detail (considering how little actual "book" ever followed all this preparatory work), to sketch out in fuller detail characters and concepts. I would enter periods where I would draw nothing else, in which these worlds became as fictionally real as I imagine any writer's do. I would sketch scene upon scene from some great work that would never be anything more than disjointed pieces, with no serious concern for how I might stitch it all together later. All of that was already somewhere in my head, even if I would never draw most of it.
This "style," if it can be called that, even spilled over into my writing. I started playing around with fanfic at around the same age, and on into high school; when writing it, I always gravitated toward scenic stories, rather than anything deeply plotted. (To this day, there's still a huge Word document sitting somewhere on one of my backup hard drives, containing the thousands of words of all the X-Files fanfic snippets I ever wrote, which I added to randomly whenever inspiration struck. It's essentially just one huge collection of post-episode vignettes, which was far and away my favorite thing to write. At some point, I had a vague but grand vision of connecting it all together via some large, interactive art piece and some creative coding.) My preference for this style was so great, I even once created a new formatting style on LiveJournal, incorporating small graphics — via plenty of extra CSS code — into a story, purely as a means to add a visual element to give the disjointed nature of this type of storytelling better flow for the reader. It won a community award, and was even mimicked by a few other writers for a time afterward, though I don't imagine anyone knew what my real reason was for doing it: I'm just a heavily visual thinker. (But mostly, I'm just a huge nerd.)
In revisiting all this old art and all these old stories I started, the theme that connects them all is as obvious a sign of my influences as anything anyone that young creates: badass (often magical, though not always) ladies. Why was this? Sailor Moon. Obviously.
I was introduced to the series by a friend just around when I was turning 13. I can't imagine a better time to be indoctrinated into the magical girls club. At the time, the only way you could read the original source material — Naoko Takeuchi's beautiful (highly stylized) manga series — was Mixx (which would later become TokyoPop)'s English translations. They were poorly bound, and even more poorly translated. It took my nerdy ass roughly three months to figure this out. What did I do then? I bought the manga in its (much more finely bound, as tankouban have always been in comparison to American comics) original Japanese format from the Kinokuniya bookstore at the local Japanese market, then sat in my room and stared at the panels, attempting to figure out what the symbols in them meant. Considering I had never attempted to learn a foreign language before, looking back at the notes I made as an adult — and as someone who eventually did study the language formally for three years in high school, can still read and write it well enough, and was for a time conversationally fluent — I'm rather amazed at how much I was able to figure out entirely visually, just from trying to read a comic book. A note, in one margin: my poorly written (not having studied Japanese calligraphy yet) kanji for "senshi," followed by its hiragana counterparts. Next to it, I wrote, "must mean 'soldier' or 'scout'." This is essentially correct (senshi indeed means "soldier"); the Mixx translation of Sailor Moon (and dubbed Toei anime series) opted to refer to the girls as "Sailor scouts" rather than soldiers, but I was apparently astute enough to recognize where and when this character would appear, and what its context must mean. I had several sheets covered with such inferred word usage investigations I undertook on my own.
This was an understandably slow process, and entirely based on making educated guesses, with no one to correct any mistakes I might make. So, I next rode my bike to my neighborhood Barnes & Noble, sat on the floor for an hour in the language section, and picked out a Japanese language guidebook. (The selection was overwhelming, and ultimately I picked the one co-written by a woman who shared my first name, because that's as good a reason as any to choose one book over another when you're 13 and wholly ignorant to the nuances of translation. Fortunately, it turned out to be a very good edition. I still have it, with all my old handwritten Post-Its stuck in.) By the time I started to study Japanese formally in school, at age 15, though much of my self-taught calligraphy stroke order was a bit backwards, I had a fairly strong basic understanding to work from. (Along with trying to read through comics, the first full anime series I watched, which will always be my favorite, Tenkuu no Escaflowne, is a series heavily concerned with the concept of fate or destiny. The word is discussed so often during its run, I realized at around the same age what unmei must mean. This applied to iinazuke — "fiance" — with Ranma 1/2, and its plot's comedic obsession with rotating engagements, as well. As I picked up more, I also gained an appreciation for Japanese humor, which — being heavily pun-based — does not translate easily, and on which you can blame the ridiculous title of this very post.) All of this work, almost entirely thanks to the power of magical girls.
My years-long obsession with Greek mythology was deepened by this as well, as the original manga series of Sailor Moon features a rich, heavily Greek-inspired mythology, and almost all major character names are tied to it directly or indirectly (apart from the majority of the villains, whose names are largely tied to gemology). I'd spend hours on library and school computers — for at least half of high school my only means of accessing the adolescent Internet — poring over all those quirky old Geocities fan sites, soaking all of the character dossiers up, learning how everything tied together. (The one character I briefly considered cosplaying as a teenager only appears in a single chapter of the manga, and her name is Sailor Lethe; she appears alongside her sister, Mnemosyne, and they are named after the rivers in Hades. Their names' connection to forgetfulness and memory in mythology tie in directly to their powers and actions within the story.)
I'm old enough now to look back on old works and see their obvious — and even some of their less glaring — influences. It's easy for me to laugh at how heavily I matched so many of the same notes from that series (c'mon now, younger self, did you really think no one would notice?), but it's hard for me to find fault in it. I can only view Sailor Moon's affect on my younger self as positive. But what was it that made it so special to me, exactly? To answer that, I looked more closely at my longest enduring creation; the character I worked hardest at, to develop the most fully, and drew for the longest period of time.
Her name was Kaea (an obvious crib from "gaea," alternately "gaia," and all the Greek mythological and Escaflowne-inspired — the fictional planet just near the moon, where most of that series takes place, being called Gaea — carryover that implies). She far outlasted any other character I ever conceived. She first began to appear somewhere midway through high school, likely in my sophomore year, but she can still be found as far on as in the margins of my latest notes in college, up to eight years later, and possibly even a bit later than that. As my style evolved with time and more extensive art study, so did she.
Originally she was far more obviously Japanese in style, but as I grew older and studied graphic novels more broadly, she took on a more hybrid look somewhere between Japanese and American styles: still large, though not as large, eyes; more prominently defined nose and lips; a less pointed and angular, smoother face; less spectacular hair, in both color and length. She also aged with me; in early drawings she is clearly intended to be a teenager, but once I was in college, her face had elongated slightly; she seemed to have become older, too.
Looking back now, though I didn't realize it as I conceived her, she was everything I wanted to be. In many ways, her creation and sustained presence through my creative development and life stands as the most protracted and intricate example of escapism for me. She was, like me, a tall girl (my same height, in fact, because if things aren't completely on the nose when you're young, what are they?). I attended a high school with over 4,000 students, and was probably only the same height or taller than a dozen of them at most, and thus stuck out everywhere I went like a sore thumb. In her story, she had a male love interest (something I would never have) who was — unconventional in any shoujo series, and against the typical Hollywood romantic comedy archetype — shorter than her, as all the boys I knew then were. (He was originally named Seki, though I suspect I may have changed it to something else at some point. I wish I could recall my thought process in choosing that particular kanji, considering its meaning is, oddly, "blame" or "to condemn.") Kaea had long hair, like mine, but it started off wildly, ridiculously colorful, unlike mine (and a few years before I would finally dye mine, as I had wanted to do for ages). She dressed somewhat similarly to me; a bizarre hybrid of tomboyish baggy pants and more girlish, fitted shirts, or skirts at times. I'm sure I even drew her a few times in a long, black trench coat, which was my own lone signature clothing item throughout high school. She was more beautiful than I could ever imagine I would be. She was also braver and stronger than me — the tough one; the rescuer and aggressor — but simultaneously a loner with few close friends, just as I was. She had a strange, tragic backstory to explain her unusual personality and various neuroses, which I had (and still have) no such convenient excuse for, yet almost longed for, in that shameless self-mythologizing manner of children (which is why, among other reasons, I've always suspected so many children's stories are focused around orphans — from Dickens to Mary in her Secret Garden, through Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, and the Boxcar Children, and the hundreds of others in between). Like me, she was bitingly sarcastic, and fond of raising one eyebrow to intimidate or communicate bemusement. She had secrets of the sort we all wish we had, rather than the secrets we live with. She may have been a strange outsider, but — unlike her perpetual misfit creator, who fit in nowhere — she had a destiny, and when you are a young dreamer with an overactive imagination, that is everything. Some incarnations of her, at various points in her ever-growing mythos, had wings (another aspect that can be equally blamed on Escaflowne). She had weapons: originally a gun, until I grew a bit older and more uncomfortable with them, which was later replaced by a sword, but then replaced yet again by, ultimately, inevitably, some form of staff, tied to… magical powers. Why? Because: Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon is still extraordinary to me, whether viewed as a product (or an outlier) of its time of conception, or on its own. Created by a woman, it describes a universe almost entirely composed of women. Powerful women. Soldiers. Badass ladies guarding, fighting for, saving the goddamn universe. The main male love interest is the one who keeps needing to be rescued (constantly getting brainwashed and/or kidnapped), because his own powers are both what might be considered traditionally feminine (healing, psychometry) and significantly weaker than his girlfriend's. When I drew one of my longest standing favorite images of Kaea and her own fellow, she is the primary focus; he is standing behind her:
Thanks, Sailor Moon.
All women. Strong, diverse women. (Jupiter was my favorite, because I saw myself most in her: tall, tomboy, perceived as intimidating but secretly big-hearted and romantic, loved to cook and bake, fiercely protective of her loved ones.) But really, you and your friends could find at least one girl in that series you saw yourself in, if not several, because there were so many to choose from. We made a game of it, my five core female friends in eighth grade and me. (Which Sailor Scout are you!?) And the series itself, despite being considered primarily shoujo, had everything: action, drama, comedy, romance, intrigue. Gender swapping, lesbianism, implied pre-age of consent sex, asexuality, destiny. There are even arguments to be made that Sailor Moon was — particularly during its later, nightmare-centric SuperS and galaxy-wide hit squad-focused Stars arcs — a horror series.
It did not shy away from lending immense power to its female characters, either. Sailor Moon is the ultimate power source in the universe, but her protectors are total badasses in their own right.
They were gorgeous — one of my all-time favorite things Takeuchi ever said was that she just loved to draw "beautiful women" (who doesn't?) — but they could, and would, beat the shit out of you. (Kaea's story featured, of course, three support soldiers, complete with obvious element-inspired names. HMM. Apparently young me genuinely believed that if I assigned her three of them, as opposed to four (or nine), no one could possibly know where this idea came from.) The anime may not have liked to overtly depict much death, but in the manga, the soldiers behaved as soldiers typically do, and did often kill their enemies, whenever they were found to be beyond redemption. Sailor Pluto's lonely duty guarding the gates of time alone meant she could stop time. Sailor Saturn? Her single power was to come in when everyone else had irrevocably fucked everything up, lower her scythe, and end the entire goddamn world.
Of course, in my drawing, growing up with these women, the woman I drew would stand in front.
The ultimate lesson of the series is arguably that pain and struggle, suffering and loss are inescapable, but love and friendship are worth living and fighting for. Sailor Moon chooses to live, despite the chaos of the universe — and the temptation to end any future conflict by throwing herself into the Galaxy Cauldron to be destroyed — because of her friends and those she loves. She will not sacrifice their existence simply to save herself the burden of forever fighting. Her greatest power throughout the entire series, but particularly by the end, is the strength of her heart, her ability to accept and love anyone, even her enemy.
For all these reasons, and probably plenty more, Sailor Moon permeated everything I wrote and drew for many years. As all young, developing artists do, I began by copying favorite panels, before eventually developing my own style and characters. (Coming across many samples of this through my recent trip down memory lane has been pretty entertaining, too.) The themes of her story bled into any I wanted or attempted to create, helped feed my creative drive. And while I can initially laugh at that transparency… the more I consider it, the more grateful I am that — of all the series I could have fixated on during my most feverishly productive artistic years — I found her and her friends.


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text: Show Hide image Culture 15 January 2009 Food for thought Two unsqueamish chefs adopt a very civilised approach to some unusual dishes <strong>Could You Ea Sign-up Fergus Henderson and Jeremy Lee: I know both a little. I have interviewed Henderson, the chef at St John, and I once went stalking with Jeremy Lee. I was on assignment - kill the stag! - and Lee, who is chef at the Blueprint Cafe by Tower Bridge, was part of a group of cooks who were getting to know the provenance of their ingredients a little better. I took an immediate shine to him because, as we loitered outside our posh private hunting lodge - I knew it was posh because it was bloody cold, and running a bath took about eight hours - he smoked a fag. This gave me hope that I would not be the least fit person in our party. When the others left me behind to die on the black hill, Lee would be there, too, chewing on a last crumb of KitKat, crying for his mother. And so it proved. I have a distinct memory of the pair of us, crouching miserably in the heather, giant raindrops hanging from the ends of our noses. We hunkered there until the gillie had done for the stag and then happily accepted a lift back down to the lodge in the Caterpillar mini-truck someone had sent up for the carcass. What wimps. Oh well. All of this, I'm afraid, very much added to my enjoyment of Could You Eat an Elephant? (14 January, 10pm), in which Lee and Henderson set out to eat strange animals in faraway places, though I am aware that others might have found it too Pooterish and polite to hold the attention. It was a little . . . restrained for modern tastes. Had it been in the hands of Channel 5, or presented by men less charming and more macho than these two, there would have been lots of repulsive retching and slobbering, and the whole thing would have soon descended into one, long Bushtucker Trial. As it was, sometimes Henderson and Lee ate the taboo (to us) foods on offer, and sometimes they didn't. Songbirds and horse meat in Italy got the thumbs-up; so did cobra in Vietnam. But elephant in the Kalahari, where the animal is thought a pest, and rats and dogs in Vietnam, got the thumbs-down. I was mildly surprised by this. Both men are admirably practical and unsentimental about meat, especially Henderson, who likes to put squirrel on his menu. They care about the conditions in which animals are reared, on grounds of kindness and, ultimately, taste, but they are not squeamish. I began to be suspicious of their reasoning. With the exception of elephant, which Henderson refused to eat because he'd had a thing for Babar as a boy, I wondered if they were influenced more by matters of aesthetics and hygiene than anything else. In Vietnam, snakes are skinned alive, yet the duo chowed down perfectly happily on the 13 dishes one reptile can produce. Why? It was clear that the restaurant where they were lunching had expert chefs. The dogs and rats, however, were served at somewhat more downmarket venues, and our heroes saw more behind-the-scenes stuff: the rats had their teeth pulled out so they would not bite those who would later cook them; the dogs were kept in cages the size of lobster pots. Never mind. What I loved about this film was its lack of hysteria. The disconnect between the British and the animals we eat is tragic and tiresome; it enables us not to think about the conditions in which they are kept and killed, and it makes pathetic drips of us all, as we faff about with plastic and polystyrene and freak out at the mere sight of a feather. Not here, though. "We're a long, long way from the pony club," said Henderson as a horse was led into an Italian abattoir shortly before lunchtime. His commentaries were cherishable: arch and funny, but also unflinching and oddly beady. "This is a singular event," said Lee, as dog thighs appeared on his plate. "Hopefully," said Henderson. Cue laughter and, a little later, a contemplative smoke out back. I would like to see more of them: they are so very civilised. But that, of course, is precisely why they are unlikely to get a more permanent gig. Pick of the week President Obama: the Inauguration20 January, 4pm, BBC1There's only one really essential piece of viewing this week. SkinsStarts 22 January, 10pm, E4Series three of the teen drama. Friday Night With Jonathan Ross23 January, 10.35pm, BBC1Wossy's back after his stint in TV's naughty corner. Rachel Cooke trained as a reporter on The Sunday Times. She is now a writer at The Observer. In the 2006 British Press Awards, she was named Interviewer of the Year. Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! This article first appeared in the 19 January 2009 issue of the New Statesman, Obama: What the world expects... SUBSCRIBE More


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My Ocelot Magazine column this month was a review of a show back in regular haunt The Victoria in Swindon. Apologies, but it is back into Wiltshire I dive this month, although only because a show cropped up that was too good to miss. Any chance to see Buswell play has to be grabbed, for … Continue reading
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1 Tbsp. grape seed or extra virgin olive oil
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
1 tsp. sesame oil
12 oz. jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined (raw, fresh or frozen and thawed)
1 bell pepper (any color), chopped
1 can water chestnuts (drained)
4 cups broccoli florets
1 cup baby corn, chopped *see note*
2 scallions, sliced thinly
1 hot red chile pepper, seeded and sliced thinly (optional)
Teriyaki Sauce
1/2 cup pineapple juice (unsweetened)
1/2 cup chicken broth (reduced sodium)
1/4 cup cooking wine
3 Tbsp. soy sauce (reduced sodium)
2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. tapioca starch
1 Tbsp. minced fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic, minced
1. Prepare teriyaki sauce. In a medium bowl, whisk all sauce ingredients until combined and honey is dissolved.
2. Heat 1 tsp. grape seed oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add chicken and sesame oil and stir fry until browned (3-5 minutes). Transfer to a medium bowl.
3. In same skillet over high heat add 1 tsp. grape seed oil. Add shrimp and cook until pink (2-3 minutes). Transfer to bowl with chicken. Heat remaining tsp. oil and add bell peppers and broccoli, stir fry until tender-crisp (1-2 minutes).
4. Add cooked chicken and shrimp to skillet with vegetables, then add corn, water chestnuts and teriyaki sauce. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken and shrimp are cooked all the way through and vegetables are tender-crisp (about 3 minutes. sauce should thicken slightly). Sprinkle with scallions and optional chile.
Nutritional Informationper serving (1 1/4 cups)
calories: 280
total fat: 5 g
saturated fat: 1 g
monounsaturated fat: 1 g
polyunsaturated fat: 3 g
carbs: 23 g
fiber: 2 g
sugars: 9 g
protein: 33 g
sodium: 454 mg
cholesterol: 130 mg
*Note* feel free to add any other vegetables that you like. I like to add onions, pea pods, carrots and mushrooms. Most of these veggies you'll want to add at the same time you stir fry the broccoli and bell peppers.
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The SC Conference Board of Ordained Ministry has provided information about continuing education opportunities for SC clergy.
CECG Guidelines (1) There are two types of Continuing Education Covenant Groups (CECG). One is a traditional group with a similar format to the Residency Groups for provisional deacons and elders. The other is a focus
group with a format based on a specific area of education. Both Groups are offered annually by the
Board of Ordained ministry and coordinated by the Director of Continuing Education Groups. Anyone appointed in the SC Annual Conference (LP, FE, FD, AM, DM, RM, OE, OD) may participate. Provisional members should complete Residency prior to participating in a CECG.
CECG 2014 15 Brochure (1) – Continuing Education Covenant Groups 2014-2015
Traditional Group: The Greenwood District Traditional Group is led by Rev. Kathy Carr and Rev. Steven King. The organizational meeting is set for September 16, 10:00 a.m., at St. John's UMC, 513 West Church St., Batesburg-Leesville. Contact person is Rev. Kathy Carr (firstname.lastname@example.com). Education Focus: Non-violent understanding of Atonement using writings by several authors.
Focus Groups: Body Challenge/Spirit Challenge. Mike Henderson is the contact person (email@example.com)
Two-Day Focus on Sermon Delivery. Contact person is Rev. John Stapleton (email@example.com)
Becoming a Transformational Leader. Contact person is Rev. James McCoy-Bruce (email@example.com)


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After completing law school, Tim cut his teeth in the political world as a campaign manager, and contributed to numerous successful candidates for office. This experience proved vital to learning the tools of effectively organizing concerted public relations and grassroots marketing efforts. He also began developing a crucial network, which led to becoming a heavily sought after lobbyist to numerous industries at the local, state, and federal level, when he founded the Commonwealth Group, a political consultation firm.
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Lea Michele broke her silence for the first time on July 29 following the tragic and sudden death of her boyfriend Cory Monteith.
In her heartbreaking yet strong post, the 26-year-old actress wrote, "Thank you all for helping me through this time with your enormous love & support. Cory will forever be in my heart."
Michele also included a undated photo of herself and Monteith smiling by the water.
On Thursday, the Glee star reported for her first day of work on the FOX series and told her fans what it was like to have Rachel Berry back again.
First day of glee today..And at my first wardrobe fitting for Rachel Berry for Season Five! I've missed her so much
– Lea Michele (@msleamichele) August 1, 2013
Elsewhere in the Twitterverse, Justin Bieber told his millions of fans to "ignore the hate" and "do your job," Neil Patrick Harris spoke on behalf of the world about that Nick Jonas shirtless selfie while former Disney star Raven Symone (sort of) addressed her sexual orientation.
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A start-up called Kabzy has just launched a product that allows you to track and remotely disable your car from an app on your phone.
Founded two years ago by Dublin-born entrepreneur Michael Flanagan, creator of the Taxi Check-in app, the company aims to improve driver and vehicle security with the new app.
Every year in Europe, there are approximately 1.2 million car thefts and the criminal is in possession of the owner's keys in two thirds of these cases. Kabzy offers a solution to this problem.
To avail of the app, a small device is fitted to your car, which roughly the same size as a deck of cards, with an installation time of 40 minutes. The device has a 3G sim card, allowing it to be controlled remotely. The device is connected to the ignition of the vehicle, so the user can control the power going to it from their smartphone.
The app connects the user's phone with in-vehicle GPS tracking, an alerting device, an even CCTV monitoring for total security. Even if the user's car keys are stolen, Kabzy will prevent the engine from starting.
Kabzy aims to make taxis and private drivers feel more secure with this new app, owner Michael Flanagan said:
The initial idea for Kabzy came from being involved in the taxi industry with Taxi Check-in. Taxi driver assaults were increasing and drivers were being forced from their cars and their vehicles stolen. When a taxi driver has his car stolen, he has lost his ability to earn a living and this was a problem we set out to solve.
When we started to demonstrate our prototype to friends and family, we kept hearing the same reaction, which was, "I would use that in my car". The more I researched the private car market, the more apparent it became that there is massive need for a solution like this.
The app also provides car owners with detailed data on their driving style. For example, it can tell you how hard the car corners, brakes, and accelerates.
It can also tell users their idling and speeding time, all of which data can be used by drivers to reduce their fuel consumption and lower their driving costs.
If you're interested in fitting your car with Kabzy and removing any worry about car theft, you can find the company at Bluebell Business Park, Inchicore, or they can come to your home to install it. Click here to visit their website.
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The Department of Geology and Astronomy of WCU holds monthly evening shows for the general public. These shows are held on the second Friday of each month. The shows consist of an overview of what is currently visible in the night sky. In addition to this, each show includes a short presentation with a special focus on some aspect of astronomy, the topic of which changes each month. The shows are appropriate for all ages however parents should keep in mind that the planetarium does get very dark and small children may find this frightening. Shows start promptly at 7pm and run approximately one hour in length. Late arrivals will not be permitted to enter the planetarium. There is no charge for the show however reservations are required.
The Planetarium is located in the Schmucker Science Center on the north campus of West Chester University. The main entrance to the Schmucker Science Center is on Church St. between University Ave. and Rosedale Ave. The planetarium is in the link – the one-story round portion of the building that connects the north and south (multi-story) parts of the building.
For the general public shows, visitors may park in the meters along Church St. and Rosedale Ave. (meters are free after 5pm) or in the parking lot behind the Sykes Student Union building (Lot K), located on Rosedale Avenue.
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Hello, reader. while you've obviously found a source of news you like for Apple-related info, where do you go for non Apple-related news? (I know: "If it's not Apple-related, I don't wanna read it!" But just bear with me here).
One of the sites I like to hit up is TechCrunch; they've got a ton of info and background on the outfits in the tech world, and the writing is pretty good. And TC's editors are always quick to regale me with a crazy story whenever I bump into them. Anyway, version 2.0 of the TechCrunch app just debuted today, and it's now a Universal App — making it easy to get your geek fix on your iPhone.
All the valuable CrunchBase content on the machinations behind tech startups is there too. The app also includes an offline reading feature so posts can be read without having to jack in to a data or wifi signal. They've even included video from TechCrunch TV on the home screen (the iPad version also gets this with the update).


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Just got off the phone with a gobsmacked Jack Martinez, the patriarch behind Jack-n-Grill, the family-owned New Mexican joint at 2524 Federal Boulevard whose gut-busting seven-pound burrito, recently featured on the Travel Channel's Man v. Food, was apparently a prelude to bigger and better things to come--a colossal shout out from Food Network magazine, for example, which just published a state-by-state guide of the fifty best burgers in America, with the Colorado pick going to Jack-n-Grill's Juarez burger.
"Seriously, can you believe that we were chosen as the best burger in Colorado by Food Network magazine?" asked an incredulous Martinez. "This is a huge award for us and I can't even tell you how totally excited I am. This is just phenomenal."
And just what, exactly, did Food Network magazine have to say about Martinez and his burger? "Former chile pepper salesman Jack Martinez used to haul a grill around on weekends, serving food at car dealerships, until customers demanded he open his own place. The specialty at his restaurant is the Juarez burger, topped with ham, a hot dog, guacamole and chile peppers," writes the magazine, which also should have mentioned that the south-of-the-border burger bomb is the size of a semi wheel and liberally heaped with lettuce, tomato, red onions and mayonnaise.
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I don't remember the exact words I used to exalt the Juarez burger when Jennifer Gunn, managing editor of Food Network magazine, contacted me back in December to pick my brain about Colorado's best burgers for an upcoming feature, but I do remember telling her that Martinez lobbed his fantastic New Mexican green chile -- also a favorite of Jason Sheehan -- on just about everything, including that burger, which I'm still convinced is the burger to beat in Colorado (even if Sheehan won't budge from his love affair with Bud's).
While the Martinez family celebrates one more accolade, they're also contending with the onslaught of tourists who, said Martinez, are stopping in at Jack-n-Grill during vacations or business trips to see the home of the seven-pound burrito. "I know this sounds hilarious, but we're actually on people's itineraries, and you know what else? We're selling 400 pounds of potatoes each weekend, which has quadrupled our potato sales," he said.
It's been a good 2009 for Martinez, and it might get even better before the year ends. "I'm aggressively looking for a second location in the south suburbs, probably the Highlands Ranch area," he told me. And rather than go big or allow a franchise -- expansion attempts that didn't work out for Martinez -- this time he'll stick with what he knows: "It'll be the same concept and same menu as here with maybe a hundred seats or so, and it'll be just me and the family running the place."
Hope he finds a space large enough for all those sacks of spuds.


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"Today, youth unemployment is a global challenge. But children and youth who have grown up in alternative care or in a SOS Children's Village face a much bigger challenge. They haven't had the chance to learn naturally from their parents to get an idea how the working life looks like. These young people need special support."
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Narciso Rodriguez is the new ambassador for Woolmark.
The American fashion designer - who counts Hollywood actresses Katie Holmes and Rachel Weisz as fans - will be the fashion ambassador for the 'No Finer Feeling' campaign and has committed to using responsibly sourced merino wool in his next two collections.
Woolmark is a trademark Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), promoting the ethical use of wool in fashion. Garments bearing the Woolmark logo are considered to conform to the organisation's rigid standards.
Narciso told WWD: "I've historically used wool as the core of my collections. This collaboration happened quite naturally. I'm a true believer in wool and have been cutting wool on the bias since I was in school."
As well as incorporating merino wool into his designs, the New York City-based designer - who has styled US First Lady Michelle Obama in the past - will aid in the creative direction in the campaign's adverts and take part in educational seminars.
The $20 million AUD campaign has previously attracted top designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander Wang, Giorgio Armani and Marc Jacobs, who carry the Woolmark logo on their clothing.
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Job Title: Sales Development Representative
Location: Toronto, Ontario (on-site position)
Hours: Full-Time
Start Date: ASAP
Compensation: Paid, commensurate with experience
About us:
BioRender is a software tool that allows scientists to accelerate groundbreaking research across the life sciences by making it 100x easier to communicate their work. We reduce the time it takes to visually communicate research from 10-20 hours to just 10-20 minutes while drastically improving outputs. We aim to save scientists over 1 Billion hours of wasted time per year so they can spend it on solving the important things, like curing cancer.
BioRender is a young, fast growing company backed by an incredible group of investors, including Y-Combinator, Refactor and some of the most successful Life Science entrepreneurs in the world.
Our customers range from the world's largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies to the most renowned universities and research institutions.
We are looking for a passionate and motivated Sales Development Representative with a love for selling and a tenacious and methodical approach to prospecting and developing new business opportunities. If you love transformative technologies and know how to hustle, you're probably a great fit.
- Prospect new leads (outbound) and create amazing first impressions with potential customers and partners while building pipeline for account executives and senior management
- Follow up and qualify inbound requests via telephone and email, for scientific and business fit
- Organize, categorize, and prioritize sales leads in CRM and measure lead conversion and performance against quota
- Become an expert in the features, benefits and application of BioRender's software
- Leverage prospecting tools to research companies and identify key decision makers at new accounts
- Develop customized pitches for different target accounts and personas
- Work with Account Executives to drive outbound prospecting activities, including cold calling, emailing, and communicating our value proposition to decision makers
- Work with the field marketing and sales teams to drive attendance at BioRender field events such as executive dinners and happy hours
- Staff trade shows and follow-up on leads collected at the BioRender booth
- Bachelor's degree in a life sciences discipline highly recommended (e.g. biology, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, biochemistry)
- 1-2 years of experience in a Sales Development Representative, Business Development Representative, or similar role including cold calling experience a plus.
- Alternatively, strong interest in SDR role with some prior life sciences experience
- Passionate about BioRender's mission and the acceleration of life sciences research
- Not afraid to pick up the phone and cold call
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Persistent, self-motivated, and willing to go beyond strict job responsibilities
- Driven to meet/exceed goals with a proven history of consistent high achievement
- Gritty and resourceful
- Methodical and disciplined work ethic
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- Competitive salary + options
- High-growth position in the early stage of a promising company
- Key placement with important responsibilities in the organization
- Alignment of your professional growth with the company's growth
- Free coffee and weekly lunches
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What happens when you take the majesty and power of a full symphony orchestra, and distill it down to its most intimate, achingly beautiful elements? You have chamber music. This is music musicians love to play, where every interaction and every audience reaction is magnified in intensity.
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US. Darpa – Christian Tax Payers US Totem Gov. Owns all Porn Sites. US. Darpa Warfare Research Dept
Raymond just told me they can't go to jail they are US Government !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do the Priests, Preachers and Christian's preachers know their tax money goes US Gov. porn company investments that make a 1000% profit?
Darpa-Raymond-Obama What happened to Freedom of Speech, Invasion of Privacy, Backmail to do porn at VG site which he said he moved to my monitor and is selling me illegal email@example.com?
Howard Raymond 72310 Blueridge Ct.Palm Desert, CA. says he owns Virtuagirl.com and Totem Entertainment porn and porn sites. Howard says he works for US Darpa ( The Defense Advanced Reasearch Projects Projests Agency) and use a one way monitor and can view and sell members at all his porn sites. He owns most of them and said he is a 42 year heroin user.
Howard said is immune to any drug or invasion of privacy crimes he is Obama Darpa Gov.
Howard Satan Raymond's Virtuagirl.com Darpa Wifi Adv. Alien Invisible Retina Eye Implant from monitor. Raymond uses an invisible Darpa wifi retina-eye implant installed from your monitor and gov one way Darpa monitor with no cam of your own views, sells and records members.
I am posting this because Raymond won't get his US Gov. Exe. Barrack Obama's Darpa microchip out of my retina-eye! Unbelievable, they wifi your house and electronically harass you !!!.
D. Thornton's / Howard Satan Raymond's Virtuagirl.com – Virtuaguy.com members you and your sex are being sold! Raymond said they are US. Government and sell members sex and check new menbers with the gov. records to make sure they are not related before viewing and selling at Virtuagirl.com or other sites !!!
Howard Raymond son of billionaire late Paul Raymond (King of Porn Darpa wified and implanted millions and a lot of their 22,000,000 members at Virtuagirl.com and in London 20 years since wifi started.
Taking the World with Darpa New World Order Global Microwave Mind Control on a Dying Ass Planet. I feel sorry for the animals they don't enforce overpopulation for more tax.
Howard Raymond is Obama Gov/ Darpa illegal retina eye microchip wifi warfare torture dept. says he has cancer and yellow hair and has been drinking gin and shooting heroin for 42 years and is immune to US. drug laws because he is US. Gov. with a lb. in his house and I can't do nothing about it hew will have me arreseted for the illegal porn he sold out of my room.
This Billionaire fag lives off 111 72310 Blueridge Ct., Palm Desert. CA.
He is selling all his Virtuagirl.com, Virtuaguy.com, Paulraymond.com and most porn members or viewing them they don't know.
He uses an invisible Darpa wifi retina-eye implant installed from his site VG. software then your monitor with no cam of your own views, sells and records many members including famous celebrities but doesn't show their face. Howard has a torturing wifi retorted 1st. Grade program and threaten's you 24 hrs. A day with people you know.
Howard Raymond son of billionaire late Paul Raymond (King of Porn Darpa wified thousands of members in London 15 years) said he is gov. And owns most porn sites with the US. Government. Do the Christian Tax Payers know this?
Raymond uses an unlisted Wifi Jay Leno Comedy Club from Palm Springs, Ca.
Check links below, US government Darpa invisible airplanes, tanks and programs – eye implants wified from the net.
Contact me I'm Lee email@example.com
Implanting the World 2013/Obama Darpa Retina-Eye Wifi Campaign.
Taking the world with US Gov. Darpa Wifi.
Believe this it's true and it's happening to me now for two years.
I'm a Republiacan and this Democratic hate group is doing this to me they are the unknown satan boy celebrites.
These people tell me they are Satan worshipers and all I have felt is hate for Republican Christians after I posted a message 2 years ago at their
Virtuagirl.com member's message board that this country, US is going down. I was a platinum member and they ruined my life and wifi tortured me and my family for two years.
Howard William Raymond and David Thornton owners of Virtuagirl.com – Virtuaguy.com- Paulraymond.com and most porn sites.
I'm Lee Maltese and I have what Howard Raymond (billionaire king of porn jr.) from 72310 Blueridge, Ct. Palm Desert, Ca. 92260 said he is a Democratic Obama Darpa Warfare Dept. Invisible Retina-Eye sex cam implant from Virtuagirl.com (a Totem Entertainment a US Gov Porn franchise).
Howard uses a Jay Leno Comedy Wifi Porn Club Gov. Porn Hijack Program with Leno's, Obama' and CL's voice.
Porn Pirate hijacker Howard Raymond said the retina-eye implant is Obama's US Gov. Darpa Advanced Alien Tech. invisible retina-eye microchip installed from from his office or Virtuagirl.com site for his Exe. bossman Bama.
The Darpa Program is a wifi connection in your eye to your ear, they talk to, harass and torment you with electonic sound 24 hrs. a day for the government Darpa warfare research dept. for Obama and their wifi torture democratic group is immune to lawsuits.
Raymond said they use a government Darpa computer one way monitor at their porn sites with this Alien Darpa eye implant from the internet projects an invisble cam that
views records and they said they can sell their members at their Virtuagirl.com and many porn sites and you will never know!
I can't believe Raymond told me all this and wified me they wifi your house with gov. wifi equip for Darpa warfare Obama research but mainly to harass and sell your sex that is how Raymond Productions mad etheir money here in US and in London (by his father Paul Raymond) for 20 years.
This is suppossed to be a 666 series microchip implant expert Wifi Howard Raymond said he is implanting the world for his master.
Priests and Preachers look what I got here. Satan Boy. Yea you want him? He is for free. Help them they need a few exorcists now at the White House.
While you'll been resting in the church I had to fight Satan boy for 2 years with his Totem Darpa electronic wifi mind torture implant !!!
Howard said Totem is a government Co. and they own the world.
Now who would you think the Anti-Christ Jr. would be if you had a guess? Blonde preachers it's a no brainer. Porn King of theWorld !!! Howard Raymond his father King of Porn London.
All this for a New World Order religon and government, thanks for the 666 chip Darpa I thought I was suppose to have a choice to take it or not? What is the deal with that BO?
Democrates thanks for your demonic hate-torture wifi implant party, I never had this demonic wifi mind posession and torment with the other presidents.
Howard said Darpa could get rid of me now for posting with wifi or put a drone on my as.
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|New Front of House
|Front- BEFORE
|Back- BEFORE
|New Back of House
When the home burnt, the foundation was the only piece we could re-use and the grading around the house- with it's back basement walk-out door- remained as is for our new design. Staying atop that footprint (while adding a mud room and garage to the side of it) set the design constraints, but when thinking about rebuilding, we made bold changes to the building massing, roof shape, floor plan, windows, and feel/style of the home to better fit the dynamic family who lives there. We omitted the back sun room and wrap around porch, increased the size of the back deck, and added a traditional front porch entry.
The new home is light-filled and spacious with a chef's kitchen connected through a brick archway to a great room with a fireplace, wet bar, and enormous deck. All those windows and glass doors made the interior so bright and open that the old "sun porch" room you see in the "BEFORE" photo didn't need to be recreated in our new design. All the public spaces have glazing toward the south/back/mountain view and the deck. The new bedrooms have full-height or vaulted ceilings with glass doors to individual balconies and their own custom bathrooms. The building envelope is super tight and well insulated and the new HVAC system is super high efficiency. The materials are classy inside and out - and the site work, when complete, will boast a circular drop-off driveway at the front porch and two-story foyer front entry, and a patio with a hot tub off the back. (The spa tub was existing, and remained untouched by the fire and the water damage after the fire.)
Interesting and unique custom details abound here to make you smile. We have built-in cushioned benches in the eating nook and the mud room entry. We have cubicles for organizing in the mudroom, dressing room, and pantry. There is ship lap wainscoting in the bathroom and the mud room and custom live-edge wood used as a sink base and as the fireplace mantel shelf. Barn wood creates a cozy plank ceiling in the master bedroom. Fun flooring appears in the Dressing Room and the Laundry Room. And high transom windows let in lots of light. The tile floors have warming mats to prevent cold feet, and while most of the interior door and window trim is painted white, the Study received a stained wood finish instead. Some of the smaller, private rooms have special wall colors, but the main public spaces remain neutral with their wall color. The interior doors and door/window trim is modeled after a traditional Craftsman design and has oil rubbed bronze hardware. While each room has its own unique features, theseconsistent details like doors, trim, and wood flooring bring continuity to the house as a whole.
This project was a joy to work on. I am often helping people improve their housing by making it work better for them and be more beautiful and efficient, but in this case, it was more than that. These client's took lemons and made lemonade, to use an inadequate phrase for the circumstances. The house they had moved into only months before was gone, along with all their belongings, and they always had smiles when I met with them. They deliberately choose awesome interior finishes everywhere- from the lighting, to the fireplace design, to the plumbing fixtures and tile, to the kitchen appliances. They had a great contractor who could implement the ideas shown from a photo. And now they have a house that is truly personal to them and they are so happy to be living in it together.
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|Living Room - Wet Bar near Glass Doors to Deck
|Living Room - toward front and Foyer, Hall to Bedrooms
|Kitchen - toward front
|Kitchen - toward Dining/Back & connection to Deck and Living Room
|Mud Room - Cubbies by Garage Entry
|Dutch Door from Kitchen to Mud Room
and a Pet Door too
|Walk-in Pantry in Kitchen
|Darker colors used in Upstairs Study
|Laundry Room
|Two Story Foyer Entry
|Custom Hall Bathroom
|Restaurant-style Dramatic Powder Room
|Happy Dressing Room
|Shoe Cubbies in Dressing Room
|Master Bedroom w/ Barn Wood on Vaulted Ceiling & Lots of Light
|Pet Doors allow the cat to leave the bedroom
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I don't really know how to write this post. Just one month ago, a third of my home town, Joplin, was ripped up by the largest tornado category possible. Everyone has heard about this already, I know. I have family and friends that live down there. Less than a year ago, I lived down there as well. I feel the need to write about it.
I had a trip scheduled to visit Joplin a week after this happened. Sandwiched by weddings on both ends, I had been planning this week-long visit for quite some time already. It just so happened that it landed at a time when I wanted to be down there even more.
I'm very blessed to be able to report that none of my family members or friends lost their lives in this incident. Two of the girls who were bridesmaids in my wedding, Lola and Bethany, lost their homes. Lola's car was also totalled, while she was in it, and her arm was hurt, though not broken. My sister's car also received the "totalled" declaration. All things considered, it could have been much worse, and we are very blessed.
When I was down there, part of me did not want to see the damage. I was very scared at the thought of it the whole time I was driving down. But I felt I needed to see to understand. The thing you can't experience in the pictures is the fact that when you're in the middle of a damaged area, devastation is as far as you can see in every direction. It's hard to put into words. I intended to take a lot more pictures of the damage, but it was harder to motivate myself than I thought it would be. Here's one, though. This is my mom's office in the foreground with St. John's hospital looming from behind.
I spent a large portion of the day on Sunday waiting in line to see the president speak. I don't know what it is about a president that has the power to bring so much encouragement to people, but we lined up like crazy for this event.
In my lifetime, I've experienced the knowledge of some serious events. 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and this tornado stand out, to me. In every case, though, America has got to be the most encouraging country to live in. I have never seen any other country's leaders and people reach out with so many encouraging words and actions during rough times. I feel truly blessed and overwhelmed by the country we live in. There is something amazing about the American spirit.
Obama told stories of individuals that sacrificed their lives saving others during the storm. He also gave the encouragement that "we will be there" until the end.
The most remarkable thing about my visit, though, was the joy that can be found despite the damage. Worship was possibly the most moving time for me while I was visiting. I cried, overwhelmed at the determination of the people of Joplin to praise God in spirit and in truth despite hard times. God is every bit as much still God and still loving when tribulations come. One cannot go to Joplin and not feel this from talking to the people there.
My dear friend Lola, whom I spoke of earlier and whom I've blogged about before, was such a beautiful example of determined joy through this trial. Her wedding was in the very town of Joplin just under 2 weeks after the storm turned her life upside down. She had to consider whether to still have the wedding, and she decided she wanted more than anything to be with her husband and declare their commitment to one another.
In a sanctuary that had been transformed into a disaster relief center, filled with donated supplies, she took the time to decorate and make beauty from the ashes. Lola and Anthony declared their love amongst clothing, diapers, food, and everything else you can imagine might be there. But the front of the sanctuary had stunning wedding decor.
Lola and Anthony, your wedding spoke to my heart and probably the hearts of many others in a powerful way! Beauty still exists no matter the downfalls of life. God is still God no matter what may come. Love is still very present and very important. I am sure I will always be reminded of these facts any time I look at the relationship the two of you have, not even considering the tornado. Congratulations! Always remember how blessed you are in all the years you spend together!