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MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's dynamic export credit agency, today announced its new and first global branch outside of Canada, in Singapore.
EDC's foreign representations in Mumbai and Delhi will continue to operate and build relationships in the country. However, EDC's new branch will bring its global-scale financing business closer to projects and companies in India by negotiating and executing financing transactions from Singapore.
"EDC's new branch can process transactions in real time for Indian companies, eliminating the previous 12 hour delay to connect back to our financing team in Canada," says Bill Brown, Regional Vice-President, Asia, EDC. "EDC's financial services are now offered more quickly and effectively, which will significantly benefit Indian companies."
In October 2016, EDC provided the first ever ECB rupee loan to Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), demonstrating EDC's commitment to meet the needs of Indian businesses in the currency of their choice.
"EDC is now looking to offer this service to more companies in India," says Mr. Brown. "The new branch in Singapore will not only play a large role in making local currency financing more accessible to Indian corporates, but also in increasing the total amount of business facilitated between India and Canada."
The new Singapore branch is expected to play an important role in doubling EDC's loan bookings by 2021, when it hopes to be providing over USD 4 billion in new commercial financing annually. EDC's focus will be developing financing relationships with corporations and project owners in India that may already have Canadian suppliers, or where there is potential for future Canadian supply. EDC can also support Canadian foreign investment and foreign investment into Canada where there is a direct link to Canadian exports.
In addition, EDC will actively pursue opportunities to partner with commercial banks within club and syndicated financing facilities of select corporations in India.
"India's economy is growing at an exceptional pace and Indian companies need the capital to support their growth aspirations and trade focused business," said Mr. Brown. "EDC offers Indian corporations a stable, global-scale financier with a long-term partnership horizon. Not only do we provide financing, but we can help your company reduce costs, be more productive, and more innovative by introducing Canadian technology and expertise."
In the past five years, EDC helped facilitate over CAD 10 billion in business between Indian and Canadian companies, through the entire range of its financial solutions.
Key sectors of interest for EDC in the Indian market are infrastructure (including power and clean technology), information and communications technology, with additional interest in oil and gas, agri-food and transportation (aerospace and rail).
In 2016, EDC supported nearly 340 companies in India, who were key drivers of the CAD 34 billion in two-way trade over the last five years between Canadian companies and Indian companies and consumers.
India is a strategic market for Canada and is also a market of corporate priority for EDC. EDC is looking to grow the amount of financing that it offers to Indian companies for their capital expenditures, whether the financing be for general corporate purposes or project finance purposes.
EDC also has permanent representations in Mumbai, Delhi, Jakarta, Beijing, Shanghai, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Lima, Mexico City, Monterrey, Santiago, Moscow, Johannesburg, Dubai, Istanbul, London, and Düsseldorf.
About EDC
EDC is Canada's export credit agency, providing financial services for companies that buy from Canadian companies, or those that have Canadian supply and services in their corporate value chains. EDC's financing can be used for capex and/or project finance requirements, either through bilateral or syndicated corporate facilities. Operating on commercial principles, EDC has a partnership-preferred philosophy to collaborate with private-sector financial institutions to share risk and create greater capacity for Canadian trade transactions. EDC is committed to Corporate Social Responsibility, and it takes into account the environmental and social impacts of its transactions.


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ASUS ZenFone marks down prices of select models, rolls out Yuletide promo
Make any ASUS ZenFone your ideal gift idea this holiday season.
Make any ASUS ZenFone your ideal gift idea this holiday season.
LBC Business Solutions spearheads this year's logistics industry forum.
Drive thru Jollibee for savings on 'langhap-sarap' treats and Caltex fuel.
The weekend promises to be a fun and exciting one with these big events.
Pay with convenience and get rebates/discounts using GCash this weekend.
Goodyear promises a weekend of fun and surprises.
Enjoy Merrier Christmas Deals from Samsung Digital Appliances.
These shopping malls have announced special schedules for ASEAN weekend.
Lazada PH invites shoppers to 'Shop the Universe' via Online Revolution Sale.
Discount applies on first movie screening between 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
Four Louis Vuitton bags will also be given away via ongoing raffle promo.
Plan your transactions ahead of time.
Shopping malls will implement special operating hours in observance of All Saints' Day.
Jollibee Halloween Fun is set to be among the most exciting parties this week.
PH's oldest insurer continues to enlighten college students about financial literacy.
Hello Kitty Run Manila and Color Manila Glitter Run gathered thousands in the area.
Eastern Communications supports events showcasing IT and healthcare trends.
Each raffle winner gets vacation package for 2 to one of 25 destinations.
Exhibit showcases various 'Thor: Ragnarok' displays, apps, and exclusive merchandise items.
Kaspersky Lab and iSecure Network give away a total of P280K in prizes.
The project heralds a partnership for a pre-holiday promo.
LBC gives away travel packages to lucky customers who send cargoes to US addresses.
Kaspersky Lab's 'Secure Your Ferrari Experience' promo is giving away more prizes.
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Lenovo invites #CitizensOfTMRW to design their dream devices for the future.
Over 5,000 jobseekers are expected to join this year's Kalibrrate Job Festival.
OPPO is giving away all the three units of the special smartphone in PH.
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Glacier by Sanlam focuses on the creation and preservation of wealth, and offers a comprehensive collection of investment services aimed at a market who has a distinct need for a variety of investment solutions and select products.
We provide innovative investment products to our financial intermediaries and end clients. Our administration platform relies on innovative I.T solutions designed and built by people with a passion for innovation and technology.
Glacier brings together leading industry experts and respected financial services companies on its platform, to meet clients' investment needs.
We believe the way in which we conduct our business is as important as the solutions we provide. Our core values of honesty, integrity and respect form the basis of everything we do. We deliver focused investment services through specialist teams, partner with acclaimed financial intermediaries and pride ourselves on our superior products and solutions and high quality service.
Delivering consistent and superior service to our clients has been the core of Glacier's business since inception. Our philosophy is to do what we say we're going to do and to do it right the first time.
We are committed to attract, recruit and retain the people with the right competencies and values at the right time.
Glacier is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanlam, a successful JSE-listed financial services company.
When seeking the right candidate for a role, Glacier looks at both technical skills (via a technical assessment) as well as culture fit (via face to face interviews). We focus on finding individuals who have good problem solving abilities and are able to use their past experience to enhance and strengthen our technical team.


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The Los Angeles Sparks are devoted to improving access to basketball instruction for underprivileged members of our community. As we know, basketball clinics can oftentimes be pricey and inaccessible for many, but no child's love of basketball should be limited by financial constrictions or their environment. Every kid deserves the opportunity to properly learn the fundamentals of the game.
Not only do participants in our free clinics receive expert basketball instruction, they also learn about being a good teammate, constructive stress-reduction, and self-empowerment. Attendees typically range from four to 17 years old, and are often enrolled in public schools located in under-served areas of Los Angeles.
Since 2017, the Sparks have hosted over 1,000 children and adults from southern California.
Jr. WNBA Week 2017 and 2018
This past June, the Sparks hosted a free, one hour community basketball clinic during our BALLN ON THE BEACH 3-on-3 tournament at Venice Beach for boys and girls, ages six to 12.
In 2017, 34 inner-city girls were treated to a basketball clinic where they learned about the fundamentals of basketball from head coach James Hunt and Purpose Driven Training. Afterwards, model and actress AzMarie Livingston from the hit TV series "Empire" gave a talk about the role of sports as a tool for youth empowerment.
2017 Finals Clinic
One of the added benefits of being in the Finals last year was that the League afforded us the opportunity to host a WNBA Finals clinic benefitting inner-city girls on basketball basics. Being able to spend time out in the community with young fans helped to keep the players positively motivated on their playoff run.
Future Clinics
By 2019, the Sparks would like to expand the community clinic platform to be more inclusive of all children by including clinics for those who participate in adaptive sports. If you are interested in making this a reality, and improving access to basketball clinics for young people from all of our communities, please contact Los Angeles Sparks Community Relations at email@example.com.


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UH Hilo fall enrollment maintains upward trend
UH Hilo Home > News and Events > UH Hilo Press Releases
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
The University of Hawaii at Hilo continues to build on its steady climb in fall enrollment that began in 1998. Preliminary figures released by the University of Hawai`i System for Fall 2008 show UH Hilo's student population grew by 178 students to 3,786, or 4.9 percent over the previous year.
"We're very pleased that we've been able to continue growing at a steady, sustainable pace," said Chancellor Rose Tseng. "To do so over such a lengthy period of time suggests that UH Hilo is playing a major role in helping the State in its need to produce a more educated, professional workforce."
Part of this year's increase can be attributed to the College of Pharmacy (CoP), which seated its second class of 90 students. The College will continue to produce net gains by admitting two more classes of approximately 90 students before awarding its first Doctorate of Pharmacy degrees in 2011.
Another contributing factor was an increase in freshman admissions. First-time freshman applications this fall totaled 2,043, or 14 percent more than the 1,785 received last year. The University accepted 1,139 or 13 percent more than Fall 2007, with 548 or 8 percent more enrolling than the 508 who did so a year ago.
Much of the additional freshman class can be attributed to an increase in applications and acceptances on behalf of Hawai`i residents, under the University's resident-focused recruitment plan. Overall, UH Hilo attracted 2,590 students from Hawai`i, or 278 more than last year. Resident students now make up over 68 percent of the entire student body, compared to just under 65 percent in Fall 2007.
The increase in students from Hawai`i is reflected in the continuing growth in students of Native Hawaiian ancestry. This fall saw the number of Native Hawaiian students increase by 99 to 826, or 21.8 percent of the overall student population.
As the percentage of resident students has gone up, the number of non-resident students has inversely demonstrated an intended gradual decline. The number of students from outside Hawai`i now totals 1,196, or 31.6 percent of the overall total, compared to 35 percent a year ago.
UH Hilo also earned a top System honor by posting the highest student – semester credit hour average. UH Hilo students are averaging 12.73 credits compared to 11.38 at UH Manoa.
Dr. Luoluo Hong, vice chancellor for student affairs, believes UH Hilo has succeeded in establishing a "feng shui" approach to growth, one that balances the needs of students in the State with the limitations of the existing staff, facility and fiscal resources available at UH Hilo. She says that this steady but moderate climb to UH Hilo's targeted enrollment of 5,000 will benefit students in the long run.
"Every campus has a critical mass at which it can operate most efficiently. The one thing we don't want is for the rate of growth to outstrip our capacity to meet the needs of our students," Hong shared. "This rate of manageable, sustained growth will enable UH Hilo to develop in a controlled fashion by gradually introducing new academic programs as student demand and workforce needs materialize. And as we enroll more students, we also reach an economy of scale in which we can offer more amenities and services to support student success – the kinds of things that enhance our students' living-learning community and make UH Hilo an even more attractive campus of choice."
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a lot of the companies who create different forms of entertainment
hire their own staffers to be principal artists and designers, the
freelance base is often tapped to breathe new life into ideas that
may have already run their course. The amount of illustrators in
Utah doing work for national companies might surprise you as some of
the most popular work these days are derived from concepts and drawings within out own art
scene, from artists you see on a near weekly basis in galleries and
collectives. Like the guy we're chatting with today.
--- Geoff Shupe has been a fixture of Captain Captain Studios for a couple years now, hammering out his own models and sketches for gaming companies and comics, while also serving as a go-to man for several tech design firms for his 3D images. Not to mention having the distinction of being a selected artist for the Draw Nights at NoBrow Coffee every Tuesday. Today we chat about his career and his work, thoughts on local art and freelancing, and a few other topics as you check out his work throughout.
Geoff Shupe
Gavin: Hey Geoff! First thing, tell us a bit about yourself.
Geoff: Hey man. I do freelance concept design for video games and comic books. I'm just a guy trying to make my twelve year old self proud and keep the family fed.
Gavin: What first got you interested in drawing and illustration, and what were some of your early inspirations?
Geoff: Same old story, I was totally into video games and comics as a kid. But I think the difference was that the games and stories were always secondary to the art. Most people want to get into the industry because they want to play games all day. I'd always have my friends play the games for me so that I could check out the details, like a particular gun or bad guy.
Gavin: You got your BFA in Painting & Drawing from the U back in 2008. What made you choose the U, and what was the program like for you up there?
Geoff: Heh, actually I tried to get into BYU's animation and illustration programs first. They've got a lot of industry recognition down there. But I didn't get in and I couldn't afford to go to a specialty art-school like Cal Arts or Savannah, so I figured I'd just head up to the U. Once I was there I realized that Painting & Drawing would be best for me because it's the skill-set everything else needs. But the program up there is very contemporary fine-art oriented, so after the first year everybody is concerned with "style" and attitude more so than traditional skills. It got harder and harder for me up there because I was always aiming for production quality renderings of something versus having some artsy message behind what I was doing. A lot of the professors poo-pooed that and gave me a lot of crap, and I had to largely teach myself the things I knew would be necessary.
Gavin: Over the years you've done mostly freelance work, how did that come about and what did it entail?
Geoff: Well, I don't mean for this to become a U slam session, but I guess success is all about over coming challenges right? When I first got out of school I looked to get on with a game studio, but the common reaction I got was "We don't hire from the U because they don't know how to draw." I had been right about the skillset that was being neglected in school, but there I was, and still far from where I needed to be. So in the meantime I took any small project from photography to animation to illustration and it started to snowball after a few years as my portfolio grew. I got in contact with people in the industry who were kind enough to mentor me to keep working on my skills and it's just grown from there. I guess you could say that I built it out of the failure to do things the way I initially wanted to do them.
Gavin: You also spent time working for Envision Design. What experience did you gain from them?
Geoff: Envision was a small company with their hands in a lot of things and really excited about growing. So I got to wear a lot of different hats and see things from a business building perspective. It's definitely a must for any artist to be involved with the unglamorous business mechanics like negotiating price-points and contracts. That experience was probably the most beneficial in terms of nuts and bolts.
Gavin: What made you decide to move into Captain Captain Studios? And how has it been for you working in that environment?
Geoff: I had a friend, Berk Frei, who already had space there, and we collaborated on a big project that came up. And then when it was finished I just kept working there. It's been awesome to associate with the diversity of artists down there and see a bit more of the SLC art scene from the inside.
Gavin: How did the idea come about for you to start up Iron Brass Studios? And how was it for you building your own contacts?
Geoff: Some big opportunities came up, so Berk and I realized that if we wanted to continue to field that caliber of work we'd have to play the part. Having an official name and all it seemed to make a big difference in the eyes of clients. So far most contacts have been through other contacts, I can't stress networking and marketing yourself enough.
Gavin: What's the process like for you in creating a piece from the idea to the final product?
Geoff: I almost always try to set an external goal, whither it's for a client's validation or just to exercise some personal technique. I almost always have a pretty good idea in mind of what I want to accomplish before hand. The challenge then is to figure out how to get there. Along the way I try to incite "happy accidents" to be a catalyst for inspiration but I also invite a lot of outside critique that helps push me to the next level.
Gavin: Considering the different types of work you create, do you prefer working in 2D or 3D?
Geoff: Well, they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. I'm predominately digital in both 2D and 3D, but I sketchbook a lot to initially work things out. In regards to traditional mediums, digital is just another tool of the trade. I know that rubs technophobes the wrong way, but I wouldn't say that one medium replaces the other. It's not like oil replaces watercolors, or ink replaces pencils, they are just mediums with their own uses. Pragmatically I just try to use whatever fits the project best.
Gavin: Who are some of the people you've done work for since starting up, and how is it for you working freelance?
Geoff: I've done work for Idaho Technology Inc, Perspectix, Privateer Press, all sorts. Freelance is tough in that it's fairly unreliable income, when it rains it pours, and sometimes there's nothing going on. But it's really nice to be able to make your own hours and work on a diverse variety of jobs.
Gavin: When the final design is out, what's it like for you hearing people's reactions to your work?
Geoff: Of course hearing compliments is great, but negative comments are more useful. You can't really take feedback like a personal judgment and feel bad about it or get a big head. Sure, I'd rather hear something good because then I know I'm done with the piece, but when you hear something bad you have to learn from it and incorporate a lesson from it or else you'll just make the same mistakes. But sometimes people's opinions are just irrelevant, good and bad, but its fun to listen out of curiosity.
Gavin: What are some projects people can look forward to seeing from you?
Geoff: There in lies the rub. A concept artist is usually "the man behind the curtain", essentially we're the idea people, visual ideas, but almost never the final product. But I'm doing some designs for game figurines for Privateer Press at the moment. If they get made they won't be my sculptures, but the design will have my invisible signature on it.
Gavin: Moving to local for a bit, what are your thoughts on our local art scene, both good and bad?
Geoff: The Good: Everyone is really chill with each other. Once they get out of the academic environment people seem to drop their competitiveness and really support and teach one another. When the opportunity is right, some amazing collaboration takes place. The 337 Project was a perfect example of that. The Bad: There definitely isn't enough support in the local market. A lot of the best artists living in Utah sell out of state because they can't make a living otherwise. People here just don't want to pay for good art. You might see that as a vicious circle, "good artists sell elsewhere, and no one wants to pay for locally available second rate art", but that's not the case. There are some great artists trying work locally but they really struggle.
Gavin: Is there anything you believe could be done to make it more prominent?
Geoff: That's a tough one. Things like Gallery Stroll, Craft Lake City, and the Arts Festival are awesome. But I think there needs to be an event that is more dedicated and focused on say the painting/drawing/sculpture aspects. It would be awesome if there were a separate Artist's Market during the summer, like what they do down in Phoenix. Some pavilions in the park for a few weeks where artists can congregate, and then people would have a consolidated location to go to and check out great art.
Gavin: Speaking of Gallery Stroll, what's your take on it as a whole and what it's done for the art community?
Geoff: I think its great. Its exposure, and artists get to make new contacts and a little extra cash. It's a great way to spend a summer evening downtown.
Gavin: Is there anything you'd like to plug or promote?
Geoff: Yeah. We've got an awesome group of people in the local comics and game industry that get together for Draw Night at NoBrow Coffee, every Tuesday night from 7-8:30PM to just draw and hang out. The first rule of Draw Night: there are no rules. The second rule of Draw Night: you have to draw. Also, check me out! My sketchblog can be found here, and my portfolio over here. Thanks man.
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Science project
Magic Glass of Water
Is the glass half full or half empty? When speaking in terms of matter the glass is always full. A drinking glass without water is said to be "empty". However, air within the glass is the matter that fills up the glass. Using these concepts we can invert a glass of water without spilling a drop.
How does the phenomenon of the inverted glass of water serve as an example of the properties of pressure and surface tension?
- Drinking glass
- Piece of cardboard (4" x 4")
- Water
This should be performed over a sink or outside.
- Fill a ¼ of the drinking glass with water.
- Place the cardboard over the rim of the glass making sure the mouth of the glass is completely covered.
- Place your hand over the cardboard and invert the glass. Keep your hand underneath the cardboard for at least 5 seconds.
- Slowly remove your hand from underneath the cardboard.
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Partner Success - Strategic Program Manager at Qualtrics
Qualtrics builds the world's most powerful research platform, which allows our customers to quickly gather, analyze, collaborate, and take meaningful action with data from employees, customers, and markets. We currently have over 9,000 clients worldwide and growing.
At Qualtrics, we are focused on developing a series of world class programs to enhance the experience of our customers and partners leveraging the Qualtrics leading-edge XM capabilities. If you are excited to be part of the wave of technologies and solutions that are reshaping the way brands build the next generation of customer and employee experiences join us.Responsibilities
With a strong customer first culture, we are looking for a new team member to join our group and be a part of the delivery of our early adoption programs supporting the future releases of Qualtrics Experience Management (XM) platform. You will work closely with some of the most strategic Qualtrics customers to help them adopt latest platform capabilities in order to grow and mature their Customer and Employee Experience programs. They will be Qualtrics' champions because their organizations deliver differentiated and best-in-class experiences in their industry.
You will also work closely with senior product leaders to define customer scenarios, target customers, program metrics, budgets, and resource requirements. You will gain deep knowledge of our product technology, business strategy and markets to develop your customer program plans and execute on them. You will work closely with field sales and consulting to excite and recruit customers and partners and secure their program participation. In this role, you will define and own program success, managing logistics such as: defining the program strategy and structure, determining customer participation, legal requirements/documents, orchestrating all lines of communication, creating effective feedback loops and systems, determining resource requirements, and collaborating with program management, product management, sales, support, and consulting. You will also shape the direction of the product by working closely with the assigned feature teams and based on feedback identified, captured and prioritized through these Engineering programs.
A successful candidate will be a senior individual contributor that excels at dealing with ambiguity and is capable of operating at all levels. They will possess a strong attention to detail, a reputation as someone who focuses on the customer, brings simplified solutions to complex problems and does what they say they will do.
The successful candidate will:
- Serve as the most senior executive relationship manager and day-to-day point of contact to throughout the program participation
- Lead the definition, design and adoption plan for new product investments for key customers
- Own and drive engagement with 1-5 most strategic customers participating in early adoption programs and work with them to drive value realization and program maturity
- Establish and manage relationships with strategic early adopter customers in concert with other Qualtrics teams
- Nurture sustained large XM customers and develop customer evidence as part of product launch
- Communicate and enroll key partner executives in our vision and engage partners in delivery of implementation and adoption programs
- Provide ongoing governance of customer program by communicating to key stakeholders to ensure they are aware of status and changes
- 8+ years of experience required in developing and driving complex customer and/or partner programs.
- Track record of developing strong, collaborative customer relationships that result in strong joint businesses and material impact on the business
- You have a solid knowledge of how to design and execute high-touch customer programs leading to successful customer engagements
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple moving parts, while actively prioritizing activities and deliverables.
- Ability to work independently in highly ambiguous environments, with both technical and business groups internally and externally.
- Comfortable navigating complex organizations with a strong understanding of professional services operating models
- Excellent communication and planning skills with the ability to present to and influence senior leadership inside Qualtrics and with our customers and partners.


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The passionfruit butter with the melting moments is seriously good - spread some on toast for breakfast and enjoy with a nice cup of tea.
150g soft butter, diced
75g caster sugar
1/2 tsp grated lemon rind
200g plain flour
50g rice flour
icing sugar, to dust
Passionfruit butter
30g butter, softened
150g icing sugar
20ml passionfruit pulp (about 1 passionfruit)
Preheat oven to 180°C.
In a mixer, beat the butter, sugar and lemon rind until light and fluffy. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the flours until combined. Knead mix gently on a floured surface until smooth, and then cover in cling film and allow to rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
Divide mixture into 36, roll into balls and place on a greased baking tray. Flatten the balls with the back of a fork. Bake for 12-16 minutes, or until crisp and light golden. Stand for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
To make filling, beat butter with a wooden spoon until pale and creamy. Add half the icing sugar and beat until well combined. Add the passionfruit pulp and the remaining icing sugar and beat until well combined and fluffy.
Spread passionfruit butter onto half the biscuits, using a palate knife or piping bag with a 1cm nozzle. Top with remaining biscuits, and dust with icing sugar.
Photography by William Meppem. Styling by Hannah Meppem. Food preparation by Kirsten Jenkins.


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JR: So, Gary, are you concerned that the Bruins are a bigger, more physical team than Tampa Bay? Are you concerned the Lightning was outscored 10-2 in two games in Boston this season? Are you concerned about how many calories are in the chowder at Legal Sea Foods?
GS: John, at times like this, veterans know that it's all about focus and not worrying about distractions. That's the way I approach a vat of chowder. Also, it seems to be the way the Lightning players approach hockey. I don't think the regular season will matter at all. Boston's physical nature may matter some, especially if someone forgets to feed Chara. But the big concern here for the Lightning is Tim Thomas in front of Boston's net. He forgives a lot for the Bruins.
JR: At this point in the playoffs, you kind of expect to run into a beast of a goaltender. And Thomas certainly fits the bill. Guy doesn't even find a full-time job in the NHL until he's in his 30s and now is posting league-leading numbers at 37. Tell me again why the Lightning thought this guy was a stiff when they had him in camp 12 years ago?
GS: Maybe because the Lightning figured it was just fine in goal with Dan Cloutier and Zac Bierk. Don't forget, those two combined for 13 victories (out of the team's 19 total in 1999-2000) all by themselves. They could have put a cardboard cutout in goal and been more effective. That makes it even more tragic, doesn't it? But that's what those days were like for the Lightning. If Rick Dudley didn't make a trade before lunch, it was a lousy day for him.
JR: Okay, so we can agree the ghosts of goaltenders past may come back to haunt the Lightning in this series. But is Thomas enough? Is Tampa Bay a more well-rounded team than Boston? Three weeks ago I would have said no. But Victor Hedman has grown up in April. And Sean Bergenheim has come alive. And the Lightning is getting contributions from players we barely noticed in March.
GS: You could make that argument. Look, the Lightning and Bruins had the exact same record this year, and I'd say the Lightning is better now than it has been all year. That's something to consider. The smart guys always bet on the best goaltender, which is why they all live in bigger houses than I do. If the Lightning was to beat Boston, it wouldn't be as big a shock as coming back from 3-1 against Pittsburgh was or that sweeping the Caps was.
JR: So the Lightning has looked more impressive in the past two weeks than it has all season. Or several seasons, for that matter. Does that mean Tampa Bay has become a better team, or is it just a hot team? And is there a difference?
GS: I think Tampa Bay is both. I think Victor Hedman is a better player now than he was in March. I think Sean Bergenheim is a good player on a hot streak. A team in the final four needs as much of both as it can get.
JR: Are you telling me that instead of enjoying boat drinks, folks in Tampa Bay will be spending part of their summer vacation on ice?
GS: As near as I can remember, boat drinks are better with ice. Yeah, I think this town is about to get into the Lightning the way we saw seven years ago. That's what the NHL has over other playoffs. It builds a town's momentum. It is this amazing journey that sweeps even casual fans along with it. Over the last four years, Tampa Bay had forgotten how to cheer. Lately, it has remembered.
JR: I actually heard lots of cheers when the last ownership group departed.
GS: I don't remember. I was too busy selling pitchforks and torches for the farewell party.


text: Patrick 2 Report post Posted June 29, 2015 As it seems that Tanny is still busy with real life stuff, I've had an idea for a werewolf game, while we wait for her to get back. You would all be members of a "peaceful" pack of werewolves, living on the distant fringes of a human settlement, living happily while killing sheep and the occasional lone human who graces our territory with his presence. Unbeknownst to you all, a human has infiltrated the pack, and is trying to bring you all down from the inside. So, in werewolf terms: the werewolves would be villagers the human infiltrator would be the wolf seer/baner could be added if player numbers were high Would anyone be interested in such a game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Category: Travel
nour·ish: (nûrsh, nr-)
I stood willingly and gladly in the characters of everything – other people, trees, clouds. And this is what I learned, that the world's otherness is antidote to confusion – that standing within this otherness – the beauty and the mystery of the world, out in the fields or deep inside books – can re-dignify the worst-stung heart.
~Mary Oliver
Hhhmm, I see a pattern here. I really need to stop overanalyzing these posts before I even write them. Ah, there you go. First goal for 2014. Don't think, just write.
Because …
I have been thinking about this post for weeks. I'm not kidding. Weeks. The different parts have been swirling in my head for some time now but I guess there were too many books to read, feelings to deal with, a mind to put to rest, people to see, gifts to buy, stories to hear, and an emotional corner to reach and turn before I could sit down and write. I also think it has something to do with wanting to do things differently at the tail end of this year. Because 2012's last two ber months were a blur. By the end of 2012, I could no longer remember where I ended and began and I felt like I didn't have the time and/or had lost all inclination to reflect, to take stock of the year that went, to think about where I was, what I was grateful for, who I was quickly falling in love with. You know, things normal people do. I mean I was really happy for so many reasons but I had also reached the dip of the expat cycle. The honeymoon stage was over and I didn't know it. When January 1, 2013 hit, I was unhinged, disorientated and wordless. I remember writing to my close friends in Singapore that first day of last year looking for a way to feel the ground underneath my feet.
I swore I would never do that to myself again.
I also remember, spending the last hours of December 31, 2012 in the middle of Romanceville, polishing a piece I had been working on with my Grade 7 kids, desperately scribbling, typing, revising and editing this poem. Anything to avoid the profound loneliness I felt just a few weeks into my new relationship. As usual, my spirit was filled with impatience, restlessness and contradictions. I thought I was in love. But I had doubts. I thought I met someone worth the time and energy but some things didn't add up. I told myself over and over, I could make what we had right/work/last if I tried hard enough and ended with the thought, What? Not here again? Damn it, Pau! I thought I recognized him & didn't know until later that I had recognized someone else. I swore I would never move or fall that fast again. Even if my heart healed a long time ago. Even if he made me really happy for awhile.
Anyway, as much as I have been thinking, I have also been writing bits and pieces of this post for days. In different coffeehouses, park benches, airports and living rooms. Wrote drafts and parts in a new Moleskine notebook I bought to serve as my writing journal for the coming year. I really wanted to pay attention. Choose the right words. And not share them until they were ready. Until my heart was ready. Until I had my word for 2014. Until I knew exactly what I thought of the year that came and went. I didn't want to feel lost again when the new year arrived. I watched the days of winter break pass me by as I read and rested, hung out with my family, and observed and took pictures instead of blogged. Four books, pages and pages of redundant notes and drawings in my new notebook, a sleepless week, decisions and a brain crammed with emotional stuff later, what I intended to be my last post of 2013, has turned into my first one for 2014. I thought I was too late and then way too early, now I know this post arrived just in time. Here goes …
Before I officially welcome 2014, let me say a proper farewell to a year that wiggled its way into my heart. Thank you, 2013 (and Haikudeck). Here's to you and the 13* things that have made you some kind of wonderful
(* implicitly includes God and my immediate family, of course #justsayin).
I started biking to and from work for many reasons. One was to make sure I was moving more and incorporating some kind of workout into my day without needing to carve extra time or creating more obstacles to not be more active. Another was I needed to change my morning routine. It reminded me too much of a time when I was really happy and because I didn't have that routine anymore, it made me sad to carry on status quo. So a girlfriend and I bought ourselves hybrids, practiced and figured out our routes to and from school, lugged a set of clothes, toiletries and groceries the Monday we were ready and started a new habit that we are still committed to today. Biking has forced me to sleep earlier, travel lighter, eat and feel better, find more quiet time and leave school earlier. It's one decision we made in 2013 that has made a huge difference in my health, well-being and peace of mind.
I love music but I am not like a crazy fan of anyone or any genre really. So many of my closest friends, including my brother, are like music aficionados, complete with blog post series on bands, concert tickets, old CDs or albums and different playlists they searched for and listened to over and over again. It defines milestones for them, says something about who they are and what they are going/been through and I love that and admire them for it. But I don't think I have that gene. It's like a relationship I only understand when I think of my love for books or photography or poetry. Or when I think of films and possible songs that will make up a soundtrack filling the air as the establishing shot begins. Anyway, for many reasons, finding Spotify this year has been life giving. Playing music all the time has changed my spaces. My classroom, my home, my commutes and plane rides have all been different. I hardly listen to the old tunes in my iTunes library anymore (which I ripped from my brother, pretty much) and am slowly developing my own muscle for music. I love having access to different types of sounds and discovering what I actually like, what defines me and the best part, sharing playlists with favorite people. I am still no music expert on any single band but I do love walking around with my headphones on curating different soundtracks for different scenes that actually happen to sh*t that's just playing in my head.
It's been a rich year for traveling, 2013 So I am grateful for that too. I went home to Manila four times. Went to Thailand thrice, then Perth, Sibu and Cambodia for different student trips. I also got to visit Kuala Lumpur and HongKong to be with close friends and New York twice to spend time with my sister. What I rediscovered this year is my love cities. Everything about them makes me swoon. From the diversity, the lights, the culture, the pace and its pulse – I miss the ocean and the mountains but this year was a year for city love.
This actually deserves its own blog entry but in a nutshell, one of ultimate highlights of 2013 for me was anticipating the arrival of my sister's first son, Caleb. It was a treat to have been able to spend time with her during her third trimester in my favorite city on the planet, New York and to be able to go back and MEET and spend time with Caleb AND turn 40 in New York City was like the best birthday gift ever…because of this I will never forget you, 2013.
Which brings me here. This also deserves its own blog entry but right now this is what I have to say about leaving my thirties behind.
Yup. This is what it looks like. Me at 40. Right here. Right now. And guess what, it's pretty darn awesome. I know a little more…more of what really matters anyway. I also understand that I still don't really know much and yup, that's totally okay. I am independent, fulfilled, free and hopeful. I love what I do everyday and am surrounded by amazing people. I live in a beautiful country not too far from my family and can rush to my sister in NYC if she ever needed me. I do wonder what's next but most days, I take it all in, humbled by the open doors and enjoying the freedom that's in front of me. At 40, I've never felt more grown up but I've also never felt so young and ready for anything. Does that make sense? There's so much out there to still learn and embrace and love; and letting go? That becomes easier because I have also become wiser.
You can read my post on it here. One word – EPIC.
My love affair with images and words continues. Music, art, photography, books and writing our own verses and entries- they always, always save the day. Again, let me use Mary Oliver's words – because this is what photography and words help me do.
Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
Don't laugh. I know. I should have put something more profound um, but I didn't and I won't apologize for it today. Because I love that fashion is like art too in many ways. I know it's a problematic industry and looks like it shouldn't be celebrated any more than it needs to be but it feels good sometimes to put something together and let it say something about design and style.
Anyway, I think 2013 would have been treacherous without the love and company of my girlfriends, both old and new. They have become my family away from my family.
Seriously, you know who you are.
From saving me from myself to catching me when I fall to trusting me with your own secrets, joys and pain, I love you all. Thank you for always being there.
Heartbreak is only hard while it's happening, I guess. In the end, because you survive it and come out stronger, it's all good. You learn from the crappy bits, remember the good stuff, feel grateful and forgive (and hopefully feel forgiven) and just want what's healthiest for you and your old partner. All the rest, you get to just throw away because it doesn't serve you. That's what I did, anyway.
Best part is, I don't regret, not even for a minute, putting myself out there with my hopeful heart on my tattooed sleeve. I don't regret loving fiercely and trusting completely. Can I protect my heart better, sure. But I also know that I have learned to leave when I know it no longer feels right for me. I didn't settle or hang around like I was 23 or 28 or 35. I left like a wise
R 39 year old and didn't waste any more time than I needed to.
Ah, I guess, I already have three other posts on the back burner because this too deserves its own entry. Ideologically and literally, embracing the sadness is really so much better when you have a tribe to do it with. Sadness comes in different ways, at different times and to carve time today to talk about it and say, 'I love and accept you whether I get it or not', has been priceless. Who says you can't make new real friends as you grow older? It's just not true. So to my old Twitter/now new IRL friends who I love, respect and admire to pieces, thank you for making 2013 special. You know who you are.
Did I say three extra blog posts? I actually meant four. I wish I could say more about this but I think I will be composing this particular post for awhile. Let's just say that in the end, 2013's finish line has been all about this. Receiving and accepting it actually more than my extending it. I take none of it for granted. I am still humbled by it today. Thank you.
Lastly, my second year at UWCSEA-East is coming to a close and my gosh all the learning can't measure up against a trip around the world and back. Twice! Everyday, I continue to learn something new, consolidating ideas and collaborating with some of the most inspiring, open minded educators on the planet. I am happy to say that I have signed on for two more years and feel like there is no place I'd rather be except where I am right now in my career. My heart is full of love for my place of work, this UWCSEA and Singapore family and I am grateful everyday for all the open doors.
And for all the second chances, 2013…thank you.
Here's a little something from Google Zeitgeist, 2013 to end this farewell…
And to the new year, a poem, 'To the New Year' by WS Merwin. Nice to meet you, 2014. I love you already.
To the New Year
With what stillness at last
you appear in the valley
your first sunlight reaching down
to touch the tips of a few
high leaves that do not stir
as though they had not noticed
and did not know you at all
then the voice of a dove calls
from far away in itself
to the hush of the morning
so this is the sound of you
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come with our age
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible
Anyway, my word for 2013 was love but now that I think (and have written) about it, should have been rediscovery which would have been a nice segue from my 2012 word for that year … which was discovery. Not that it wasn't at all about love because it always is, right?
My word for this year is NOURISH, which includes rest, save, balance, read, write and paying attention to what needs replenishment and love. I want to sustain what's already positive and life-giving while allowing other parts of this amazing life to grow. I also want to be more giving and be more generous to others so my relationships and people around me are nourished too. Because I'm convinced that nourishing others will most definitely nourish my soul.
I have been working on a a set of goals/plans and projects that I have outlined in my Moleskine journal and when it's ready, I will share it. Just needs to percolate a little bit more. But this recent article on HuffPost Books is the basic framework for most of my plans this 2014 with a special mention of my friend's New York Times article, Chris H, which inspired me to no end. I hope to someday write with the same heart and conviction but with my voice. Thank you, Chris.
One thing I did start the year with is a Facebook/Instagram fast. People who know me well will know exactly why (and think it's silly because they completely understand and accept my documenter gene). If not, my #embracethesadness tribe and I will surely have a lengthy conversation about it. I love Instagram but I need some time away from it to discern what's next with that space. It might change after this fast or it might stay the same but I want to take a step back and reflect on what it has become and what it can be more of. As for fasting from Facebook – it's just detox from an addiction that needs to be curbed. I am a social media cliche, I know. A post on how it's going or how it went coming soon. In the meantime, I hope to breathe life into this space and this one too.
So, what's your word for the year? How do you plan to live 2014 by it? and what was the first thing you did today to mark a new beginning? Drop me a line below to let me know.
And with that, thanks so much for passing by and reaching the end of my massive post. I really appreciate it. Happy New Year! 🙂
grateful slice: Yearly roundups, reflections and new beginnings
Right. It's been awhile, I know. :p Boo on so many levels.
But I've been busy. Busy with my heart. Busy getting back on track. Busy forgiving. Busy paying attention. Busy planning, moving, settling in, teaching, learning, loving and learning some more. Busy letting go. Busy accepting. Busy making up for lost time. Busy resting. Busy recalibrating. Bust traveling. Oh and busy with images.
Yup. Been busy living.
There's more to it too, of course.
The silence.
Part choice, part involuntary mutism – there's always more to it than just the silence of someone's soul. Um, because it's never really quiet in there. The total opposite actually. And until some of the wires untangle, and not until breathing resumes to normal, attempting to write about whatever sometimes, especially when nothing is pouring out, becomes counter productive.
Sure, I have been documenting what I've been grateful for these past months. Sharing snaps and slices with people I love in my other online spaces. Traveling has made that easy. There's something about visiting old friends in a new place (Jower in KL) and visiting old places with fresh eyes (Manila and New York City) that allow for this combustion of inspiration. Everything I see right now, I want to shoot and share. So, yeah, I thank G everyday for photography and communities who appreciate photography.
But writing, boy do I miss you. There's nothing like you and the way you enable/force us to articulate what we are thinking, feeling, learning one word after the other. I have missed you, old friend. I have been cheating on you with my new love, photography and I'm really sorry for neglecting you. Please forgive me because here I am. Mid year. Mid July. Mid summer break. In my favorite city on the planet, doing many of my favorite things with a lot of great people sometimes; alone most days. Am overwhelmed with gratitude and joy right now and I'd like to honor where I am standing right now with this momentum post and an old poem.
A brief background and an extended explanation:
I wrote this poem for and with my students (and co teacher) last school year. I write a version each year I teach poetry actually, so there are many versions swimming around on different pieces of scratch paper, several inboxes, maybe three to four Moleskine notebooks and Pages documents. I've read older versions aloud to my class before but I've never blogged any of the pieces. This is the first one I've shared beyond the classroom. The original post written for my kids lives here. There's also this writing and photography course I am taking this summer with 89 other women all over the world, who are strangers right now but hopefully won't be for long, and I wanted to share this post with them. We are on our second week with already two sets of photo and writing exercises. This where I'm from poem (inspired by George Ella Lyon's version) reminded me of the first writing exercise we had to do – stepping stones to unravel where we have been, which may also reveal where we are headed. Here goes…
by Ms. Pau
I am from an old house on 21 Lilac St.
from rooms with stories, secrets
and slippers in my father's hands
occasionally hitting the exposed
surfaces of my little body.
I am from extending stolen tearful
glances at my mother who
didn't know what to do.
Making that first note to self:
never cry where your young
angry father
could sense you.
I am from the stone balcony that looked out
at the dusty street
and our big black steel gate
where I watched my
Yaya Shirley leave unexpectedly
after she was almost stabbed
by our other evil helper.
I am from abandonment that I
got to know too intimately at a very young age,
from the expectation to be
strong, silent and sure, which
meant I was being a good girl because
I understood why,
because I didn't cry.
I am from thinking that moving houses
was never supposed
to be traumatic.
Haunting images of my parents,
partners and friends
leaving me again and again and again
from Sunday tears erupting from my core
for no good reason except the thought
of another goodbye
even years later
as a grown woman
I am from a bigger backyard, a bigger house
an even bigger gaping hole in my heart.
I am from this place where I learned to say the words
"I love you" second and not first;
"I am sorry" first and never second.
I am from Alabang Golf and Country Club,
holding hands, bad poetry read to young crushes
who thought they had found their true love
Big words and alliterative phrases
clumsily strewn together for loved ones I vowed
I would never forget
never wanted to forget
to forget me
I am from betrayal, deep sadness
and harsh secrets learned too early;
from an awkwardness in my own skin
I clung to, not knowing how else to be
from fighting for a self that he, she, and
everyone I knew thought was perfect
except my-self
I am from everything they said I couldn't be
I am from one day realizing I had wrapped
myself voluntarily in a cocoon, so difficult
to escape and wiggle out of
feeling like I deserved to hide there, and
to prove me right I had to
break my heart
over and over and over
But I am also from the paper thin wing that
made the first finest tear
the path to redemption and forgiveness
began with
the other wing setting me free…
I am from books that adorn my walls
fortified from anyone who thought I was
illiterate and not critical enough
Yes, from a thousand books
I can't live without today
A thousand friends who have
kept me company, have helped
me escape, who constantly remind me
all to well about my own humanity.
I am from a hundred films, movies
and pirated DVDs; characters like
Tyler Durden, Mr. Keating, and
Lara Croft, I wish
I were instead of me sometimes.
Their happy endings, misadventures
and worlds combined
leave me envious and confined
As I gaze vacantly at the laundry
spinning round and round
I am from the quest for kindness
gratitude and turning the corner
but still not having a clue
from women's rights and claiming feminist
and not believing in God for awhile
because according to my Masters Degree
that made me look weak
I am from all of it boiling down to that angry little girl
who wasn't allowed to speak
or make an appearance
All she wanted was to be heard and be herself
I call her Olivia
I am from writing and writing and writing
during nights desperate for answers
and from days like this, where I am writing
and writing still
I am from many complicated,
complex and convoluted corners
that don't remember everything
like I thought I did
I am from wondering what it all means to
all of it making sense
I am from seeing the world behind a lens
and through my pen and lined journals
from finding solace
in the sound of the pounding of keys
I am from these eternal lines and shared images
from these two always, always saving the day
I am from malignant tumors
that peppered my neck and upper chest
from cancer that came out of nowhere
but taught me the most important lessons
in life
from being in remission
and from being spared
for a reason
I am from my body image, the final frontier
that is the total contradiction of who I am now
fissures from an old script
of a self worth defined by a society screaming
I need to be stick thin to be beautiful
tiny cracks in my psyche that need
to be filled
healed and sealed
I am from metamorphosis that only happened
when I stopped trying
from being transformed by
gratitude and a love that overflows
from the ultimate well spring of life
I am from my Creator
who reminds me that I am
wretched and yet
still the best thing that's ever
happened to Him.
I am from a God who says
I made you for a reason and has
a son who helped me understand
the words, 'I forgive you."
I am from the earth and the sea and my
sun kissed skin
from beneath the shallow surface
of the ocean, watching dugongs
swim away as I listen to my heavy breathing
and celebrating a heart that's so full
it could burst at any moment
I am from my Kuya I was born to adore and
and a father, now older, less angry, my biggest ally
These pieces make me who I am
the best bits that make the most sense
most of the time
the very basic
definition of where I belong begins
with Mon and Maqui, Eddie and Rae
the conversations that wow me on
a daily basis
to collaboration, asking important questions
and reclaiming the power of storytellers
and storytelling
I am from always challenging myself as a teacher
and learner and from saying
I can still do so much more
I am from spaces that we create to build a new life
three hours away from where I was born
From missing the sound of the clipping carabiner
to finding peace on the mat
I am from the inked narratives on my skin
that remind me that the pain, it always ends.
I am from love lost, love found
love that I have recently discovered
who recognized me back
as his long lost friend,
match, partner and soulmate
a challenging handful he can't quit
We are from the shark always being included
in this disastrous adventure
we have begun
Here goes…
I am from my mistakes and
my redemption and transformation
that has already begun.
I am from where I am headed,
where goodbyes become easier
and where everyday there are
warm hellos.
I am from today, still alive
more than okay
the best I've ever felt
in 39 years
I wouldn't recognize ennui
if it sat in front of me to have tea
I am from
looking out my balcony
writing these verses for the most important
people in my life right now
finally coming home to a huge party
where everyone is invited
Again, thanks for passing by. Appreciate it.
grateful slice: summer break, time, poetry and honouring where we are from
Protected: Slicing the Deep Blue-Green Sea: Sibu,Malaysia -a cross post
Ode Em Gee: The countdown continues
So here I am.
One more week to go before school ends, which means my facing the inevitable. It has been real for awhile – this idea that I will leave the life I know to give my dream a real chance. 🙂 But nothing prepares you, not one bit. When that moment arrives where you have one week left before it all changes. Nobody tells you how to deal with that.
So yeah, one more week.
I haven't been able to fully articulate what all this means; how it's making me feel, and my goodness, what still needs to be done in terms of packing up my life in Manila to move to Singapore. I have covered a lot of bases in terms of contracts, legal documents and such but looking around my pack-rat apartment right now, just surveying my two gargantuan bookshelves bursting with books bought throughout the years (oh, plus my freaking classroom!!!), I have some work cut out for me.
Anyway, even if that's top of mind (I keep thinking the month of June will be enough to sort all that out), I know I need to stay present in the here and now, to not miss a thing. I am about to leave not just one family, but two, and I can't say goodbye without knowing what that means. I need to acknowledge it today that this is a very big deal. Case in point, last week. I wasn't ready last Friday, when the school surprised everyone leaving (there are four or five of us) with a small token and a certificate of appreciation. They asked us to go up on stage one at a time and man, it took everything from me not to weep in front of the entire school (plus some parents.) I remember watching the Middle School students get on their feet to cheer and express what they were feeling, which was also when I went momentarily deaf. I watched the headmaster mouth words at me in slow motion, words I couldn't hear. All I could think of was, 'why am I wearing shorts today and don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. Whatever you do, don't cry.' I smiled uncomfortably for the camera then hopped off the stage. I felt the President of the Board give me a big bear hug on my way out. And that did it of course. Once I hit the ground, I was weeping into my scarf.
I have many future entries already brewing for this drama queen; pieces slowly piling up in my drafts folder devoted to this farewell but they have to wait. For now, in order to stay present, I have to finish marking papers, reading students' blog entries, assessing spiels for an Egypt fair, recording numbers and writing reports. (I am already done with all that actually, which is how I am able to finally post this entry).
I have to focus. This is part of getting it right.
Anyway, until then, here is a video, a poem by Neruda and a cover of one of my favorite Smith songs by Death Cab. Special things that have made this working Sunday special.
A lot of people have asked me why I would leave Manila and Beacon when I am perfectly happy and content where I am. MM, my good friend and mentor, shared this video on Facebook recently and I think it captures a lot of my why. Not that staying in Manila, where I was born and raised, or staying in Beacon, where I learned how to become the teacher that I am today, the antithesis of #makingitcount. I guess, it's staying put (regardless of sentiment and attachment) when you know you have to move; perhaps that's the first brick sealed in place that becomes the foundation of a house built on regrets. I've loved and given my all to where I've been the past seven years. I guess making it count means, packing my stuff and finding a new adventure some place else because it's time.
So here's the video and a poem by Neruda. They both have been able to capture my response to why.
by Pablo Neruda
repeating the same journey every day,
he who doesn't change his march, he who doesn't risk
and change the color of his clothes, he who doesn't speak to he whom he doesn't know.Slowly dies he who makes of the television his guru,
he who avoids a passion dies, he who prefers
black on white and dots on i's rather than a togetherness of emotions
exactly those that make the eyes shine,
those that make the heart beat
before error and feeling.Slowly dies he who doesn't overturn the table,
he who is unhappy in his work,
he who doesn't risk certainty for uncertainty
to follow a dream,
he who doesn't permit himself at least one time in his life
to flee sensible counsels.Slowly dies he who doesn't travel, he who doesn't read,
he who doesn't listen to music,
he who doesn't find grace in himself.
he who destroys his own love dies,
he who doesn't allow himself to be helped.
He who passes his days lamenting
about his own misfortune or the incessant rain dies.
Slowly dies he who abandons a project
before beginning it,
he who doesn't ask questions about topics he doesn't know,
he who doesn't answer when he is asked something that he knows.
Let's avoid death by small doses,
remembering always that being alive requires a much larger effort
than the simple act of breathing.
Only burning patience will bring within reach a splendid happiness
And here is Death Cab's cover of There is a Light and it Never Goes Out. Um, warning: the video is a little creepy. (And nope, Morrissey did not sing this during his concert last week. Boo. Post on that later. )
Thanks for passing by.
grateful slice: time, reflection and yes, one more week
Weekly Photo Challenge: Down
It's hard to think about the concept of going down without juxtaposing it with the idea of going up. I don't think it's possible. Looking at someone going down a flight of stairs, means the seer is on his or her way up. Climbing a million and one steps to get to a specific place, makes me think about the million and one steps I would need to walk down again to get back to where I started. Then there's the idea of being in the mountains for a week. When I think of the mountains, (and I do love the mountains), I also can't help but think of the sea. And how I need to be near it very soon.
I know. A little weird, right? It must be the exhaustion.
Sea Fever by John Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
All photos were taken in Sagada with my iPhone4. Filters used from Instagram.
grateful slice: the Mountain Province, the ocean and Photography
Music … makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel
Two songs on replay on my Igadgets right now. (Thanks for the recommendations, SC).
Nothing like creating several playlists for a long road trip. I can already hear the scoring for this trip's movie in my mind. LOL.
Now back to marking papers.
grateful slice: music and long road trips (and work breaks)
Desperately Seeking Sagada
"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness."
― Ray Bradbury
February is here and it didn't come as a surprise. I know it feels like we just spent New Year's Eve/Day half awake and full of hope but February walked a few steps behind January all month long, looming, peering over my shoulder, getting ready to pick up its pace and race ahead. True enough, February has arrived. It has bulldozed my To Do lists and has threatened me with deadlines front, back, side and center. I am taking it all in though. No sense in pressing the panic button. I don't want to feed the allostatic load and get wrinkles and heart disease in my thirties. I've been here before. We've reached the crazy season of being a teacher. But everything will work out, I know it, so I take it all in; even if I have the annual trip to the North with the kids staring me in the face right smack in the middle of report card season. Yup, it's Sagada time once again, which means, February is HERE all right, exactly where it needs to be.
There's a lot to be said about these trips to Sagada. The first time a bunch of the teachers went up to do an ocular inspection six years ago, we ended up attending a local baptism where the traditional thing to bring home was a plastic bag of bloody pork. It was an amazing thing to be invited into the locals' homes, to sit and chat and celebrate and hang out. The multitude of tourists swarming the streets of Sagada that year had no idea what was right under their noses. Then year in and year out ever since, by the time February rolled in, the students and four to five teachers got ready to get on a bus, travel all night long and a day to arrive in one of the most beautiful places in the Philippines.
This year, as tired as I am and as overloaded with deliverables as I am, I don't care. I can't wait to get on that freezing bus. To take a break from all major cities and bond with the Grade 8 kids. To take pictures with my prime and my new wide angle lens. To breathe in fresh air and eat yogurt churned with butter (I just found that out) slathered on top of big fat strawberries and granola. I can't wait to wear fleece and gloves and funky bonnets and warm vests. I can't wait to spend time with Tommy and Vixenne, Mr. Fau, and the humblest of highest chiefs, Pulat. I can't wait to see the mouth of Sumaging cave, trek down Echo valley to see the hanging coffins and watch the sunrise from St. Jo's with a hot cup of Sagada coffee. I can't wait to see the kids interact with this unique community and learn something new about a place that's part of where they are from. I can't wait for the bonfire and the s'mores and the Aha moments, new friendships the kids will make and the many little discoveries this place provides opportunities for. I am harassed with work but I can't wait to get to Sagada where the trees know so many of my secrets. There's so much in my heart I want to whisper to them right now. Ssshhh…
Anyway, ironically, at the end of the day what I am really grateful for right now is time. It's my last year to go to Sagada with the Beacon kids and I am glad I have this time to take it all in. After that, five months and some left. That's just enough time to fall in love (again) with my complex city, time to say goodbye to my home and say see you real soon to everyone who matter (because Singapore is not far and I predict many visitors often); just enough time to pay attention, to take photos, write and document life as I am living and leaving it. Enough time to sort, pack, throw and give stuff away. Enough time to say it's been super, but I have to go soon; no matter how bittersweet, no matter how uncomfortable, no matter how scary and exciting. Yes, just enough time to know and cherish what I am leaving behind because I am certain I will miss all of it to bits.
Well, thanks again, G. Sagada always manages to make some kind of statement every year, without fail. Welcome, February. I know you will go by fast but I also know you will be unforgettable.
grateful slice: time and reflection
Meet Ms. D
Today, I am extremely grateful for my new friend, Danielle.
I've only known her for three days but it sure feels like I've known her for three decades.
I have so many things to say and write about this young, beautiful, South African hipster but I will hold off for now for reasons only known to me.
Let's just say the stories we have already shared involve a flight, chocolate covered almonds, an airport snafu, a Frenchman who needed our help, a baked doctor, a smashed camera, a kind Italian man who could speak French, an ambulance, her awesome project, the stories we create in our heads, a fantastic meal, an enlightening conversation, Oprah and surrendering.
The past three days have been eventful, that's for sure, and this week would not have ended as phenomenally if I had not met her.
In the meantime, the one important thing you must know about her is that she is the CEO and creative director of the 11 eleven project; a project committed to making the world a better place. Please take some time to check it out and register.
Thanks for making us meet, G.
We were exactly where we needed to be and it makes complete sense to me why you made it happen.
Thank you.
grateful slice: connections that change our lives forever
Weekly Photo Challenge: Opportunities
Weekly Photo Challenge: Possibilities
It's a good day to turn a year older.
There are many things on my mind
but I can't complain.
I am in a beautiful place. (Adelaide,Australia)
Doing some of the things I love to do.
(working, talking about a program I love, collaborating, taking risks, learning, writing and taking photos)
Big picture, I am totally stoked and wouldn't have spent my birthday any other way.
I do have to admit,
that I need some time to mull over all that has transpired these past few days.
Right now though, it's enough that I stop for a moment and acknowledge that a year has just ended.
So here's to the best of possibilities and what's next.
I prefer movies.
I prefer cats.
I prefer the oaks along the Warta.
I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky.
I prefer myself liking people
to myself loving mankind.
I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case.
I prefer the color green.
I prefer not to maintain
that reason is to blame for everything.
I prefer exceptions.
I prefer to leave early.
I prefer talking to doctors about something else.
I prefer the old fine-lined illustrations.
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems
to the absurdity of not writing poems.
I prefer, where love's concerned, nonspecific anniversaries
that can be celebrated every day.
I prefer moralists
who promise me nothing.
I prefer cunning kindness to the over-trustful kind.
I prefer the earth in civvies.
I prefer conquered to conquering countries.
I prefer having some reservations.
I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
I prefer Grimms' fairy tales to the newspapers' front pages.
I prefer leaves without flowers to flowers without leaves.
I prefer dogs with uncropped tails.
I prefer light eyes, since mine are dark.
I prefer desk drawers.
I prefer many things that I haven't mentioned here
to many things I've also left unsaid.
I prefer zeroes on the loose
to those lined up behind a cipher.
I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars.
I prefer to knock on wood.
I prefer not to ask how much longer and when.
I prefer keeping in mind even the possibility
that existence has its own reason for being.
From "Nothing Twice", 1997
Translated by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh
grateful slice: the promise of possibilities


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Recorded a bit this morning. I re-recorded an acoustic guitar track for an old song of mine called "New Face On The World". I wrote it a million years ago and have been playing it live ever since. I actually recorded and "released" it once before, on a 1996 cassette-only release called "All Dressed Up And All Stressed Out", which got excellent reviews I might add (a couple anyway). But "All Dressed Up..." was recorded on a Tascam Portastudio, just so I would have something to pedal at live gigs, and I always felt that "New Face..." deserved a better recording. So I am trying to give it the treatment it deserves.
So I set up an X-Y stereo pair with my Rode C5 mics. It sounded OK, but I thought "what if I add a direct feed from my pickup, through my Body Rez pedal?" So I created another track and recorded the stereo pair plus another track for the pickup. This sounded pretty good!
Once I had a good performance recorded I got another idea. There's a couple of spots in the recording where I always feel like clapping along. So I decided to record four tracks of that clapping, using the stereo pair I had already set up. That turned out pretty good as well, and it added a bit of rhythmic stability. I may run it through a doubler when I mix it to see if I can get it to sound like even more hands clapping. We'll see.
This song will be released on a new acoustic EP that I want to have finished before I go off to Kansas City in February for Folk Alliance. I think it will be an EP anyway; it will depend on how much I can get done in January. Maybe it will be a full-length CD. Again, we'll see.
Oh yeah, Happy New Year!


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NCDOT AST Workshop February 25, 2015
On February 25, 2015 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm NCDOT will host an Asphalt Surface Treatment (AST) Workshop at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Raleigh Brownstone.
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Horse owners will learn health care, behavior and tack tips at the Missouri Livestock Symposium on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1.
Internationally recognized horse trainer Julie Goodnight of Poncha Springs, Colo. will headline the Equine section this year with three talks aimed at making better and safer horse owners. Her topics include, "Overcome Fear of Horses and Riding," "Find and Buy Your Perfect Horse" and "Avoid and Solve the Worst Riding Problems."
Goodnight is an internationally respected trainer and clinician with experience in many types of training. She hosts clinics for horse owners worldwide and can be seen on her weekly RFD-TV program Horse Master with Julie Goodnight.
Dr. Martha Scharf, University of Missouri Veterinary School, will be another featured speaker, said Garry Mathes, Symposium chair. Dr. Scharf, certified in equine chiropractic, will discuss the tips and benefits of using chiropractic medicine in horses.
Also speaking in the horse section this year will be Dale Myler, Myler Bit Company in Marshfield. Myler's extensive research into equine dentistry and physiology has evolved the understanding of not only the mechanics of bits but also how they can contribute to the communication between horse and rider. Dale will discuss "Communicating through your bit, choosing the right bit."
The Livestock Symposium opens at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Saturday sessions run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Concurrent sessions by national leaders cover beef cattle, sheep, meat goats, forages, stock dogs, farm and ranch succession and more, Mathes said. The Symposium will once again feature a sold out agricultural trade show. All events will be at the Matthew Middle School, 1515 S. Cottage Grove, Kirksville.
There are no fees or advance registration.
Meals are coordinated by the Missouri Department of Agriculture with help from Missouri commodity groups. A beef dinner will be at 6 p.m. Friday. Saturday offers a Governor's Style Lunch.
Keynote speaker Friday night is Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus, Virginia Tech. His topic: "Agriculture Today: It is what it is…what should we do about it?"
For details go to our website at www.missourilivestock.com or call the Adair County Extension Center in Kirksville at 660-665-9866.


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WASHINGTON — The longest government shutdown in United States history resulted in a "shocking" number of taxpayers' calls to the Internal Revenue Service going unreturned or being left to languish on hold for unusually long periods, according to a government audit released on Tuesday.
The audit, by the office of the National Taxpayer Advocate, found that over five million pieces of mail went unanswered and 87,000 amended tax returns were not processed during the shutdown, when thousands of I.R.S. workers were furloughed or working without pay.
The issues were especially acute since they followed significant changes to the tax code — ushered in by President Trump's $1.5 trillion tax overhaul — that left many people with questions about filing their returns.
The problems continued even after the shutdown, the audit found. In the week that ended Feb. 2, shortly after agency employees returned to their jobs, fewer than half of the calls to the I.R.S.'s accounts-management lines were answered, compared with nearly 90 percent during the same week last year. The typical hold time for such callers increased to 17 minutes from four minutes in 2018.
There were similar frustrations for those who called the agency's so-called balance-due line in hopes of making payment arrangements for taxes they owed. Fewer than 7 percent of such calls were answered, and the typical wait for those that were stretched to more than 80 minutes.
I.R.S. officials said they were reviewing the taxpayer advocate's findings.
"We are continuing to assess the impact of the shutdown on our various operations across the agency and remain proud of the many I.R.S. employees who have risen to the resulting challenges," the agency said in a statement. "The I.R.S. is committed to continue making improvements across our information technology, tax enforcement and taxpayer service operations."
Data released by the agency last week showed that Americans had filed 12 percent fewer returns through Feb. 2, compared with the same point in 2018, and that the I.R.S. had processed 26 percent fewer returns. The agency has given no indication — in Tuesday's statement or otherwise — that it might consider pushing back April's tax filing deadline in order to account for shutdown-related snags.
The taxpayer advocate's audit did not focus solely on the shutdown's impact and reflected an effort by the office, which is led by Nina E. Olson, to capture the typical taxpayer experience when dealing with I.R.S. The audit said many Americans' feelings about the process could be boiled down to two words: "extreme frustration."
The audit found that a policy change made by the Trump administration intended to simplify the tax-filing process — the creation of a "postcard size" 1040 form — has made filing more difficult because the new form does not include much of the information that many taxpayers need to complete their returns.
"The new schedules will force some taxpayers to cross-reference and transfer data such as credits, deductions and income, increasing the potential for errors to occur since the tax information is dispersed over many pages and needs to be tracked down and reported on different schedules and forms," the report says.
The problems that became apparent during the 35-day shutdown, which ended Jan. 25, underscored some of the agency's deeper flaws, including a reliance on 1960s-era technology, the audit found. The systems that contain the official record of taxpayer accounts are the oldest in the federal government.
"For the last 25 years the I.R.S. has tried — and been unable — to replace them," the audit says, citing budgetary constraints.
The outdated systems deprive the I.R.S. of a comprehensive view of taxpayers' accounts, hampering the agency's ability to properly identify who should be targeted for outreach, collections and audits.
Inadequate financing is a primary cause of the agency's failings, the audit found. Congress has long beat up on the I.R.S., routinely condemning its performance while cutting its budget. For example, money for technology improvements in the 2018 fiscal year was reduced 62 percent, to $110 million, from the year before.
Taxpayers who called the I.R.S. last fall for advice about how the new tax law would affect them were frequently told that there was "no tax law personnel at this time due to budgetary cuts" and were disconnected, the audit found. Part of the reason was a decision by the agency to answer tax law questions only during the three and a half months from January until tax filing day.
A lack of information has also meant that the vast majority of taxpayers eligible to use free software to file their returns electronically do not take advantage of the program. Of the 106 million taxpayers who could qualify for the free program, fewer than 2.5 million use it.


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Detox Your Hair
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Here's a beauty quickie you can do at home. I don't know about you, but I've got about 5 different bottles of shampoo in my bathroom right now. I'm always trying something new and I just don't want to throw out a perfectly good bottle of shampoo. Add a teaspoon of vinegar to one of your shampoo bottles, shake it up and waah-laa! You now have your own homemade remedy shampoo that you can use once a week. Vinegar is good for removing build up and closing up hair cuticles, which is great for preventing split ends. The vinegar also helps remove scaly build up. If the scales on your hair cuticles lay flat, that gives your hair the chance to be shinier. Apple cider vinegar is a good choice for trying this out. You can also use plain white vinegar.


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Chocolate lovers have come to love Dove's Smooth Milk Chocolate taste. Dove Chocolate Hearts are now available for Valentine's Day. The heart-shaped candies, from Mars, Inc., are individually-wrapped in pink foil and presented in a pink bag.
This Valentines Day, "Lose yourself in deliciously rich, silky smooth Dove Chocolate."
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Dia De Los Tamales
939 W. 18th Street
(312) 496-3057
Tacos y Tamales Festival
August 18-20
16th and Peoria
Roasted Pepper & Goat Cheese Tamales with Red Pepper Crema
2.5 red bell peppers, chopped
2.5 green bell peppers, chopped
2.5 yellow bell peppers, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
2 Tbs minced garlic
1 Tbs vegetable oil
salt and pepper
12 oz cream cheese
12 oz goat cheese
Roast chopped vegetables, peppers, onion, garlic with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, in 375 degree oven for 30 minutes. Put on rack to cool and mix with cream cheese and goat cheese in mixer.
9.6 oz vegetable shortening
20 oz vegetable stock
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
4 cups maseca
4 Tbs paprika
Beat shortening in mixer with a half cup of stock, starting on low. Switch to medium and high, until fat is smooth and beaten. Add all dry ingredients and blend together on low speed. With mixer on low add stock a little at a time until all is incorporated. Increase speed to medium for 30 seconds to fluff the dough.
Then, mix tamale filling and masa together in mixer. Portion into 4 oz portions, wrap in tamale husks and wrap in foil. Steam for 45 minutes to an hour.


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sweet chart Faces!
Nice chart Faces. Is your gold drop correlated to a rising dollar?
Is that showing Gold was in a bubble and now popping?
Notice, out of all the bubbles you charted, how the Golden one seems to have had more support on the way down than the rest, thus far anyways.........
When I trade gold, I watch the USD concurrently. I am presently short gold from 1471 (which I tweeted and posted on SOH). As long as the USD gains against the Yen and Euro, the USD should help gold. However, I would note that gold responds more directly to "national debt" and the recent effects from sequestration have taken that magic away from gold (thus the decline).
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Fees are payable in 3 equal term instalments of £2172.00. Each instalment must be paid in full within the first week of term. A charge of 2% interest per month will be made on overdue fees. A discount of 5% on fees for 2nd and each additional child in FULL TIME education is available. Cheques should be made payable to "Merrydays Montessori".
A FULL term's notice in writing is required prior to withdrawal of pupils, failing which an additional FULL term's fee will be charged in lieu.
The fees are fully inclusive and there are no extra charges for anything within the school curriculum with the following exceptions:
Class outings – costs of which will be advised by staff in advance
Tuition for musical instruments if arranged through school and any after school clubs.
All textbooks, exercise books and other equipment needed for lessons are issued to pupils free of charge, but remain the property of the school. Charges may be made for any books, which are lost or stolen.
Charging and Remission
No charges will be made unless the school has given details of the optional extras that they intend to charge for. If a charge is to be made for an activity, for example optional extras, parents will be informed on how the charge will be worked out and who might qualify for help with the cost (or even get it free). For example, the school may decide to reduce the costs for those children whose parents are in receipt of certain benefits.