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Today we have the honor of a guest post from author Michelle DeRusha who just released her newest book, True You: Letting Go of Your False Self to Uncover the Person God Created on January 1, 2019. I've read a few books about uncovering your true self with God, and this one really encompasses the journey well. The metaphor of fukinaoshi (Japanese pruning to an open center) is so perfect for structuring the book and the topic. She weaves her personal story, Biblical story, historical story, science, and gardening into such a beautiful exposition of this essential journey. She leads you into some difficult to grasp concepts and the challenging place of facing things in ourselves we'd rather not see, with wisdom, encouragement, and clear ideas. Each chapter ends with a "Going Deeper" section so you can spend some time with God reflecting and implementing practices to help you let go of your false self. And I loved that she finished the book with an exploration and example of how important it is to uncover your true self within the context of community, even though it's an intensely personal journey. Enjoy her post, and don't forget to enter my giveaway (which closes on Tuesday, January 29 at midnight) by sharing this post or another from my blog on Facebook or Instagram and entering your email here, "True You Giveaway!"
I never noticed that oak trees are the last to lose their leaves until I began a daily practice of sitting still.
It all began with a whim. One sunny November afternoon while I was walking my dog, I decided to stop and sit on a park bench. As I rested there for a few minutes with Josie sprawled at my feet, I decided I would make this bench-sitting part of my daily routine. I vowed I would stop at that same spot along our walking route every day, and I would sit for five minutes. I would sit in silence, I determined – without music or a podcast in my ears; without dialing my mother or texting my sister; without snapping photos with my camera phone or scrolling through Instagram or Facebook. I would simply sit in silence for five minutes. It would be good for me, I reasoned. Turns out, five minutes on a park bench seems short in principle, but is a surprisingly long time in reality.
The first afternoon I sat on the park bench, I looked at my watch after two minutes and then again after four. The next day I took a cue from Josie, who sat still, ears pricked, nose quivering. I looked at what she looked at; I sniffed, trying to smell what she smelled. When she twitched her ears, I turned my head too, trying to hear what she'd heard.
I noticed a little more of my surroundings that second day, like the fact that the leaves of the burr oak on the edge of the ravine still clung stubborn and tenacious to the branches. Unlike the maples, birches, elms, and ash trees, which had dropped their leaves like colorful confetti more than a month ago, the oaks were still fully dressed, their dry leaves scraping together in the wind like sandpaper.
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I wasn't at all sure what I was doing there, just sitting. All I knew was that I felt compelled to do it, even though I didn't particularly like it, and even though I knew, after only two days, that I would resist it in the coming weeks. At the same time, I knew this sitting in stillness was something I had to do. Somehow I knew that the stopping, — the interruption to my daily routine and my incessant push to get from Point A to Point B — was important, maybe even imperative.
Turns out, I learned over the weeks and months of sitting in quiet solitude that I am a lot like the oak tree that clings so fiercely to its leaves. In fact, I suspect a lot of us are. We, too, clutch our camouflage — the person we present to the world, to our own selves, and even to God.
We, too, are unwilling to shed our false selves, to let go, to live vulnerably and authentically. We are afraid of what might happen if we drop our protective cover, afraid of how we might be seen or perceived, or how we might see or perceive our own selves. We spend a great deal of our time and energy holding tight-fisted to our leaves, simply
because we are too afraid to let go, too afraid of what, or who, we will find underneath. The thing is, though, even the stubborn oaks have to let go of their leaves eventually. New growth can't happen until the old, desiccated parts fall away. Spring only comes after winter. There is a rhythm here – relinquishing, stilling, rebirth.
The truth is, God does not wish for us to stand stubborn like the autumn oak tree, cloaked in a façade of protection, our truest, most authentic selves obscured beneath a tangled bramble of false security. Rather, he desires us to live open and free, our true essence revealed and flourishing, our true self front and center, secure and thriving. God yearns for us to live wholeheartedly and truthfully as the unique, beautiful, beloved individuals he created us to be. Most of all, God's deepest desire is for us to know him, to root our whole selves in him like a tree rooted by a stream, and to know his deep, abiding love for us. God yearns for us to live in the spacious, light-filled freedom of Christ and to know ourselves in him, through him, and with him.
As we slowly begin to let go of our false selves, branch by branch, leaf by leaf, and layer by layer, as we finally begin to relinquish, open up, and allow God to prune us from the inside out, we will grow in ways we never imagined: in our relationships with loved ones; in connection with and love for our neighbors; in our vocation; in our heart, mind, and soul; and in intimacy with God himself.
Our true, essential self, the one beautifully and uniquely created by God, is there, deep inside, hidden beneath layer upon layer of leaves clinging fast. Within each of us is a spacious place, waiting to be revealed.
Letting go is the way in.
BIO: A Massachusetts native, Michelle DeRusha moved to Nebraska in 2001, where she discovered the Great Plains, grasshoppers the size of chickens … and God. She's the wife of an English professor who reads Moby Dick for fun and mom to two teenage boys and the laziest Corgi-beagle in the world. Michelle's newest book, True You, released January 1, guides readers on a journey toward letting go in order to uncover their true God-created selves.
This post is adapted from True You: Letting Go of Your False Self to Uncover the Person God Created, by Michelle DeRusha, released January 1 from Baker Books.


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"The Lost City of Z" is itself lost as it misses the mark in telling the story, in cinematography, and in editing. Read the book and skip this lengthy mess. Why the director and writer decided to make this passionate adventure story a family affair, I don't know. By balancing the gender roles between wife and husband, the script does a disservice to the "woman left behind" true 19th century story. Modern sensibilities and inordinate goodbyes seem disingenuous and, in truth, rather boring in this misguided period piece.
I found the acting even a tad wooden. While Robert Pattinson is a fine adventure companion, Charlie Hunnam seems uncomfortable as Percy Fawcett, the British soldier who becomes obsessed with finding a lost South American civilization. Sienna Miller's portrayal seems less than long-suffering. She abandons herself to her husband's enterprise and at the film's end seemingly walks out of her parlor door into the greenery of the jungle. Somehow the script has strayed from David Grann's wonderful book on Percy's exploits.
The politics with The Royal Geographic Society and the ambition of Fawcett are broached in his want of advancement. The snide remarks of the gentry toward our adventurer are stated directly. His " unfortunate choice of ancestors" leaves him the underdog who is not invited to royally dine. Doors are closed to him even when he "makes the kill". If he wants promotions, he will be transferred around the Empire. Soldierly decorations will make it possible to reclaim his dissolute father's reputation, we are told. His yesteryear strivings show epic sacrifice that seems more silly than heroic.
Kipling poetry sends the small band of seekers machete chopping through ridges of uncharted green. 1906 Bolivia with its mosquitoes and "primitives" has been done better before. While some of the screen images are hazy and romantic, most are dark and claustrophobic.
The English disinterest in any civilization older than its own and the proposition that savages may be equals is rather cliche. "Finding the glory" becomes a more personal quest in this film and it takes away from the romance of adventure and knowledge for knowledge's sake. Grann's book was of a grander scale.
The gender politics distract, also. Sure lines like " I don't need a tent mate in need of constant care" , and " You have given no thought to my aspirations" make us wish we were back in the jungle, the best sequence being when an arrow is stopped by a raised journal to the face. One interesting bit of knowledge was shown when a milky substance was sprinkled in the river to stun the fish. The natives only kill what they need we are told.
Angus Macfadyen plays James Murray, who is portrayed as a disgrace. He eats the food of others and is fearful of swimming. The dishonorable Murray is sent on his own with a horse. The horse comes from nowhere! The details be damned. Other mix-ups abound. Especially irritating was the erratic ages of Fawcett's children. If he was in the jungle for three years, that daughter should have been walking. Rank still rankles Fawcett, and he states "rank does not guarantee mettle" with aplomb.
Victorian flourishes like palm readers, idyllic outings with children, and 1917 WWI are all covered in epic scope. Fawcett's rousing speech and his near blindness from chlorine gas propel us forward. Now, a colonel, Fawcett finds his destiny back in the Amazon with his son. We get " a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what is heaven for". Both Fawcetts disappear in the Amazon in 1925. Skip the James Gray movie, and read the David Grann book.


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By all historic accounts, the actual idea for the sequester—the massive front-loaded cuts to the federal budget designed to rip a hole in spending programs near and dear to both Republicans and Democrats—originated in the Obama White House.
By creating a mechanism that would result in huge cuts to a defense budget that has long been sacrosanct to modern day Republicans, along with equally large cuts to the entitlements that Democrats feel duty bound to protect, the Obama Administration believed that it had created a tool that would force a negotiated solution in the effort to get a grip on our debt situation through the balancing of spending cuts with revenue increases.
As a weapon to drive compromise—a concept that has become a four letter word in today's extreme environment— the sequester wasn't such a bad idea. Surely, any rational legislator in Congress would understand that reaching a negotiated deal was far preferable to the unacceptably painful results of allowing the sequester to take hold.
Or would they?
Having ultimately realized that their efforts to hold the nation hostage by threatening a tumble over a fiscal cliff—or freaking us out over the dire consequences that could result from failing to raise the debt ceiling—would only result in a one way ticket to political Palookaville, Congressional Republicans have now latched on to a new strategy—allow the sequester to actually go forward, sit back and watch as all those mandatory spending cuts cause millions of jobs vanish into the ether and then blame it all on Obama.
You see, it's not that the Republicans don't understand the damage the sequester will do to an economy whose recovery is just now taking hold. Rather, it is that Republicans have resolved to permit the terrible results of the sequester because they have convinced themselves that—since the idea originated over at the White House—it will be the President who will suffer the severe political consequences that will surely result—consequences Congressional Republicans believe will grant them a considerable political advantage even if achieved through the pain of their fellow Americans.
Yet, blaming the President for what is to about to happen would be like blaming Karl Benz, the inventor of the automobile, for the terrible things that occur when a drunk gets behind the wheel of car.
Certainly, Mr. Benz could have foreseen the potential dangers of someone using the machine he created in a way that he would never have intended. But do we blame Mr. Benz for a traffic fatality when some bonehead who has had too much to drink gets in the driver's seat or do we blame the idiot who does extreme damage to another's life by using Benz's idea as a weapon of destruction?
Similarly, while the White House may have given birth to the idea of sequester, that idea can only become an ugly reality if executed by the Congress.
So, while the Congressional Republicans are correct in their expectation that the party ultimately blamed for what is to befall the nation as a result of the sequester will pay a very serious price indeed, they badly misjudge the situation by imagining that they can pin this on the President.
No matter how many times the GOP attempts to remind us that this was all the President's idea—something Speaker Boehner did five distinct times on Tuesday alone—it will forever be John Boehner and his GOP cohorts in Congress who will have put the keys in the ignition and their collective foot on the gas pedal—and the American public will know it.
Maybe, at long last, this is as it should be.
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Never mind that everyone from the Wall Street to the Congressional Budget Office has made it abundantly clear that choosing this moment to allow huge cuts to the defense and entitlement budgets will slam the brakes on the recovery just as the economy is beginning to show true signs of advancement. Never mind that you would be hard pressed to find much of anyone —Democrat or Republican—who believes that the cuts to defense will not be devastating to our national defense establishment. Never mind that the entitlement cuts in the sequester—none of which were well thought out as the sequester was never intended to actually go into effect—will kick seniors hard in the teeth despite their years of paying into the programs that they now rely upon. Never mind that there have been countless proposals put forward that "back-load" the spending cuts we need in order to give the economy more time to find its footing before we begin the necessary process of reducing our deficit.
And never mind that the sequester will guarantee that unemployment has no chance of falling below 7.5 percent at any point in the near future.
Despite all the pain that most experts believe will be visited upon the nation should the sequester be permitted to happen, Congressional Republicans now appear irrevocably committed to bringing this blight to the American people. By so doing, the GOP will have taken us to that moment where, after years of threats and recriminations, the time will finally have arrived for the Republican Party to sink or swim in all their ideological glory.
Ironically, this moment will come at a severe price to the GOP's own base of hard working Americans and small business operators who have long failed to grasp that today's GOP is no longer the party of Ronald Reagan—a party that could mount a far better defense for the position that it stood for the advancement of small business operators and hard working Americans.
Today's Republican Party long ago sold out the interests of these Americans who choose to believe otherwise. If it takes the sequester to finally get this reality across to these small business operators and middle American wage earners who continue to delude themselves into believing that the GOP cares a whit about them, at least the long-term interests of the nation may benefit from their sacrifice—a sacrifice that will be brought upon these Americans by the very party in which they have mistakenly placed their trust.
Just yesterday we were treated to yet another stunning example of where the heart of the GOP truly rests in the modern era.
This evidence comes with the issuance of a report revealing that, each and every year, $150 billion dollars are lost to the federal government—roughly $50 billion more than the total cuts to be experienced as result of the sequester in 2013— as a result of large corporations and extremely wealthy individuals using overseas tax havens to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
Additionally, we learn in that report that the unbridled greed of these companies and wealthy tax dodgers are costing our 50 states $40 billion a year in lost revenue—enough to educate 3.5 million kids or pay for all of the firefighters in America.
When these corporations and wealthy Americans fail to pay up, who do you imagine is forced to bear the fiscal burdens in their place?
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The very same small business operators and hard-working American wage earners who, on election day, cast their votes for a Republican Party that bills itself as the party of fiscal responsibility.
How can any thinking individual argue that the Congressional Republicans truly stand for low taxes for all Americans if they are unwilling to plug the loopholes and end the legal means that allow trillions in tax dollars to be legally denied to our nation's treasury— leaving it to regular Americans to take responsibility to pay the nation's bills while the wealthiest entities in our nation get a big, fat pass?
Not only have Congressional Republicans failed to lift a finger to protect these small businesses and hard working Americans from this financial burden created by the failure of the rich and influential to do their share, the party has consistently blocked any and all efforts to correct this shameful reality.
During every congressional session since 2007, Senate Democrats have introduced the "Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act" and in every congressional session since 2007, Senate Republicans have blocked the legislation from going forward. In 2011, Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, brought the fight to the House of Representatives only to see his efforts overwhelmed by the Republican majority.
And still, small business operators and fiscally conservative 'average' Americans continue to support the very Republican Party that claims to be fiscally responsible but purposefully allows trillions of dollars to be robbed from our federal and state treasuries by their wealthy friends.
Is there any definition where such behavior can be perceived as being fiscally responsible?
So, maybe we should just get this over with once and for all.
Let the sequester take hold and we will witness the final destruction of a political party that pretends to believe in small government until it suits them to use big government as the means for telling us what to do in the bedroom or to pursue a social agenda more to their liking. Let the sequester happen and expose the party that claims to be fiscally conservative but borrows billions to fight wars that have no upside or gives special favors to corporations and wealthy Americans, whether those corporations or wealthy citizens be massive tax cheaters or medical products suppliers getting special deals that cost Medicare billions. Let the sequester happen and expose the party that claims to be for the hard working American and small business operator but would allow a situation where these very people will bear the brunt of the sequester because it is more important to their party leaders to protect the interests of the wealthy at the direct and severe expense of those whom they claim to be the base of their party.
Remember, while the average American has been suffering through the most difficult economy since the Great Depression, America's Fortune 500 corporations have been experiencing record profits. So, when the fallout from the sequester begins to rain down upon us, the wealthy will be just fine. Will we be able to say the same for those who have long waved the flag of the Red team?
There is a long arc to history and progress sometimes comes in unexpected ways.
While it is within the power of the Republican leadership to to avoid the sequester through compromise and still end up with a plan that will begin to beat down the deficit without destroying the economic recovery, maybe the nation will, in the long run, benefit more from allowing the sequester to happen as the means to return sanity to our political process.
If we can no longer solve our problems through sane and sensible behavior, maybe it will take what comes from irrational behavior to make the point and return us to a more sustainable political path.
As much as I hate to see anyone suffer in a game that is all about the political prospects of elected officials, the sequester may be the only way to end the extremist madness that has become the modern day Republican Party.
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Hexagon: Video Tour
Video tour of 'Hexagon: A new collection of sculptures by Edmond van der Bijl featuring the Hexagon Series' opened on January 23, 2010 and will run until February 1, 2010. Artist Statement for the show: The common or everyday object is reconfigured, challenging the associations one might have of the object on its own. the resulting object puts into question its original functionality and proposes a new one: an object of aesthetic value. The process involves multiplying the unit by itself and results in structures that echo organic forms found in nature. A tension is created between the manufactured qualities of the units in their original state and the natural profiles they acquire as sculptures.
Patty Hat – Sculpture Study
Video notes on a sculpture installation made from straw hats, reminiscent of the head gear often worn by rice patty workers. Black and white contrast video, cropped, to feature the process of the object being reconfigured.
Newspaper Sculpture Study
Sculpture made entirely out of newspaper. The angle from which you see things changes everything.
Visual sculpture referencing the conflict in the Middle East. Part dance, part performance, part sculpture in motion.
Hexagon in Black and White
'Hexagon in Black and White' : Hexagon was an independently produced show featuring new sculptures by Edmond van der Bijl. The event took place in an empty retail space in Georgetown, DC. This video is a motion picture interpretation of the art and the space it was in. Though the show has come and gone (1/23/10-2/1/10) this video serves as a partial documentary.
ViDeO PaINtinG
'Vi DEO PAiNT ING' : part performance, part abstract painting, 'Video Painting' looks at the canvas as both the object on which images are created and as the creation itself. The 2D often appears as a portal through which to see things rather than being an actual object-but here it is both portal and object. The videotape outlasts the object (both as a painting and as an object), and becomes the actual piece of art.
Down by the Riverside
Video collage from footage taken in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2005.
The Sculptist
'The Sculptist' explores the experience of the artist in the creative process. Regurgitation, expression, the self, and character representation are underlying themes.
'Whitehead' explores the video-making process. It combines the themes of sleeping, eating, anxiety, traffic, and landscape into one two-and-a-half minute video.
Video Valentino
Valentino' handiwork, a brief study of the "Valentine's Day" holiday using plastic cable ties. Originally made for the 640 480 video valentine project in 2004.
"Tar J"
From the 'Lost and Found Series'. Video narrative created using found, lost, or free footage. A thought on the quote: "Guns don't kill people, people do."


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There are four important ways a church can engage deeply in immigration work: learning and sharing the myths and facts, reflecting a care for immigrants during worship, having meaningful connections with immigrant communities and organizations, and effectively advocating for more just policies.
If you're interested in exploring deeper the ways your congregation can learn more, fill out this form or email our Immigration Justice Mobilization Specialist, Melissa Stek, at email@example.com.
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- Offer the Church Between Borders workshop at your church
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- Encourage your pastor to preach on immigration
- Sign up to receive the weekly Office of Social Justice Prayers e-newsletter to see regular prayers related to immigrants and refugees and ask your worship planners to include them in the service
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8.559294 - HOVHANESS: Khrimian Hairig / Guitar Concerto / Symphony No. 60
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Program Notes by Hinako Fujihara Hovhaness
During our 24 years of life together, I watched Alan Hovhaness composing, yet I am amazed by how much he has written. He was, without exaggeration, the most prolific composer of the twentieth century. He composed 67 symphonies and concertos, and wrote for every instrument and combination. He also wrote operas, oratorios, cantatas, anthems, and songs. His opus total is 434, but if one adds his manuscript music without an opus number, it would be over 500. To me, he was music itself.
In his own biography that I found, Alan writes that he was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on 8 March 1911. He studied the piano with Adelaide Proctor and Heinrich Gebhard, and composition with Frederick Converse at the New England Conservatory of Music. He considered his main teachers to be Herman di Giovanno, a Greek mystic-painter, and Masataro Togi, a great Japanese gagaku musician. He had a distinguished academic background and education, yet he was a free thinker. Even when he was a composition student, he composed two kinds of music – one for his teacher (to please him) and one for himself (his original). When he showed the second one to his teacher, he was told he was a fool. He did not follow the mainstream of contemporary music, but his own voice (his instinct) and the voice of a higher source, perhaps the knowledge and influence of the great composers of the past that he greatly admired. His music was not accepted by "academics" or certain powerful but prejudiced composers at that time, so he went underground to accomplish his goal. In 1944 he established an amateur orchestra to perform his own music and later, in the 1960s, he created Poseidon, his own recording company. He recorded his new music regularly in England and made it available in the United States and the United Kingdom.
In his later years Hovhaness became one of the most-performed composers of the twentieth century. His music was loved by people, but criticism of his music was that his music was too popular. He once said "My purpose is to create music, not for snobs, but for all people – music which is beautiful and healing, to attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound."
Khrimian Hairig was composed in October 1944 and revised on 29 May 1948. No commercial recording was made until 1995, when it was recorded by the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Auldon Clark. In 1942 Hovhaness was given a scholarship to study at Tanglewood, but it became a disastrous experience for him. His music was criticized and despised by the composers heading the school. He left there the next morning and it seemed he had lost the direction for his music. Around that time he met Herman di Giovanno, a Greek psychic (Hovhaness called him a spiritual teacher). Giovanno helped him to find a new direction for his music – not to follow the passing fads of contemporary music but, instead, to find the true source of music. Hovhaness went back to his ancestral heritage, ancient Armenian music. His music written in the 1940s was called his "Armenian period". His well-known Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62(b), for trumpet and strings [Naxos 8.559207], was written in 1946 and became his trademark. Khrimian Hairig, however, has never enjoyed the success it deserves.
In 1959 Hovhaness composed the concerto Return and Rebuild the Desolate Place, Op. 213,for trumpet and wind symphony. The second movement was an arrangement of Khrimian Hairig, practically a duplication. He must have been discouraged by the piece not having been performed, using it in the other concerto in the hope that it would be heard. According to program notes written by the composer: "The music was inspired by a portrait of the heroic priest Khrimian Hairig, who led the Armenian people through many persecutions. It is a melismatic hymn of the builders of the temple who follow the sound of the trumpet, which is the cantor or messenger. This priest-like melody is in the form of three arcs: 1) The Chalice of Holiness 2) Wings of Compassion 3) The Triumph of Faith." The music is in one movement, Andante, noble and heroic; it is still printed in the composer's manuscript, in his handwriting of 1948.
The music starts with six measures of introduction by the strings and then the trumpet solo starts with an obligato-like melody which soars over the strings and which they echo to the trumpet. Together they create the atmosphere of a cathedral. In this piece, unlike Prayer of St Gregory, the main melody does not come until almost the end. Finally it is played by the trumpet, the foundation of the piece. It is worth waiting for, this compassionate melody bringing complete satisfaction. In my opinion this piece is his true masterpiece and this beloved melody portrays Hovhaness, the composer, himself.
The Guitar Concerto, Op. 325, was composed for Javier Calderon, the virtuoso Bolivian-born guitarist. He came to see Hovhaness and wanted him to compose a guitar concerto for him. In his letter to me, written in 2005, he says: "The idea and commission of the Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra was mine; I have always loved and respected the music of your husband, Alan Hovhaness, so, since I was young, I wished that there was music written for the guitar by him so I could have the opportunity to perform it – so I approached him. I still have the handwritten letters that he wrote to me when we were collaborating on this project, and also the photographs that you took of us together at that time. When he finished, he wrote at the top of the score, dedicated "to Javier Calderon." The commission came from SRO Production Performing Artist Management, in conjunction with the Minnesota Orchestra. Hovhaness signed the contract on 10 July 1978, and completed the concerto at 2.15 p.m. on 21 January 1979, as indicated in the score. In summer 1979 Calderon gave the première of the concerto with the Minnesota Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. After the performance, Calderon sent us a recording of the première. This first commercial recording was played by David Leisner, a New York guitarist. Previously he had recorded Hovhaness's Spirit of Trees, Op. 374, for harp and guitar, with the harpist Yolanda Kondanassis.
The Guitar Concerto is in three movements. The first starts with the whole orchestra and is followed by a senza misura; this guitar solo was written in percussionistic jhala style. The composer explains: "Jhala is the sound of cups filled with various levels of water and struck by sticks. It is a Sanskrit word from the instruments called jhala taranga, which means "waves of water". The second movement is a romantic movement and is constructed of continuous, haunting melodies played by not only the guitar, but by different solo instruments which lead into the guitar cadenza. In the third movement the guitar plays a 53 measure melody accompanied by the orchestra, then the solo cadenza comes in. It is written in alternating metres of 4/4, 7/8, 5/8. Then another guitar melody is written with rapidly changing metres of 9/8, 8/8, 7/8, 5/8, 8/8, 11/8, 10/8. Hovhaness originally wrote three cadenzas and one optional one. This virtuoso and most romantic guitar concerto was written at the height of Hovhaness's composing powers. He called it "long giant melody". I call it "Hovhaness's love-song".
Symphony No. 60 "To the Appalachian Mountains" was commissioned by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., in recognition of Homecoming 86 – a Celebration of the Cultural Heritage of the State of Tennessee. The contract was signed by Hovhaness on 6 August 1985, earning him the highest commission fee, up to that date. He composed the symphony during November and December 1985. He writes: "I got into the mood of Appalachian history by the study of shaped notes and mountain music and folk poetry, and the third movement is a variation of Parting Friends, an anonymous song from before 1820. All other melodies are original."
By that time, Hovhaness was already interested in old American shape-notes. In 1979 he was invited to Shippenburg College for their music festival and seminars featuring him. There he met a piano professor, Joan Applegate, who gave him a book called Social Harp, which contained the song Parting Friends. In April 1986 we were in Tennessee for the première with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. At the rehearsal Hovhaness was upset with the conductor, who did not spend enough time rehearsing the symphony, instead devoting most time to a work by Brahms. That night in his hotel room, Hovhaness composed a short prelude for flute, clarinet, and harp – to play at the beginning of the symphony. He brought this to the première. I found this writing among his music: "This prelude was composed to slow down the conductor who had no feeling for the music and conducted like a machine at a rapid tempo, destroying melodic and contrapuntal beauty." The president of the energy company and other important officials were at the première, but the performance did not go well, because of the lack of rehearsal. Despite Hovhaness writing the prelude to slow down the conductor, he conducted nervously, rushing through the symphony. As a result Hovhaness never had the support of the company for making a recording, even though there was a better performance the next day, when none of the officials were present. Ever since that event my wish has been to record the symphony so that people can hear this giant symphony. Hovhaness called it "Americana".
I thank Maestro Gerard Schwarz for conducting the symphony with such sympathetic understanding, and to Klaus Heymann for releasing the symphony on his label Naxos, making Alan's and my dream come true.
Hinako Fujihara Hovhaness
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Corby Persin, a YouTube prankster from New York city has pulled an almighty one on an unsuspecting lady. He convinced her to cancel plans with her boyfriend after making her believe he owned a private jet then dumped her on the runway.
It all began when he approached her on the runway, she appeared disinterested but things changed when he mentioned his private jet at which point she agreed to join him and two strangers in a car to the airport to fly to Miami.
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He says in response: 'Oh you have a boyfriend? Oh, man. Right I'm going to leave you alone, you have a good night tonight with your boyfriend. Take care.'
But just as they part ways, he calls her back, saying 'actually one more thing' and asks her for her Instagram name so they can be 'friends'.
As she enters her name into his phone, a car pulls up and a man said: 'Hey Coby. The jet's leaving in 20 minutes. We have to go.'
Her attitude visibly changes and appears to be impressed as she says: 'You have a jet?'
Coby says: 'Yeah, we're just here on business but we're going to Miami and then we're coming back here later because we have a meeting in New York.
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When she asks: 'Do you really have a jet?' He invites her to join him – saying she can always go home if she changes her mind. She appears sold and walks into the car containing two other male strangers – one of whom he introduces as his 'manager' and they pretend to talk about big money deals.
Coby says: 'How big is the deal we're doing? 1.2 million?…And the cash up front is 200k right?'
They get to the airport and her doubt vanishes when they actually board a plane, at this point she calls her boyfriend to cancel plans.
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The joke is on her as Cody still has an ace up his sleeve, he tells her to go out of the plane and take a photo of him from the outside, she complies without suspicion but it was all part of the plan.
He says: 'You are going to be outside, I'm going to be with my head to the window and just get like a sick pic.'
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She gets escorted away off the tarmac by airport staff and he says to the camera, laughing: 'She cancelled on her boyfriend to come on the jet. She's not coming in.'
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The six people inside a car that crashed into a home in the Bird Rock area of La Jolla had been drinking Halloween night, according to San Diego police.
A Nissan Pathfinder crashed into the home at 5412 Linda Rosa around 2 a.m. Monday injuring two of the six people inside the car. The couple living in the home were sleeping in another part of the home with their 2-week old baby. No one was injured inside the home.
According to police, the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. Officers said the passengers were coming from a party. The driver
was headed north on La Jolla Mesa, tried to make a left turn on Linda Rosa, lost control and crashed into the home -- smashing down trees and a fence in the process.
Officers say they found cans of beer in the vehicle but did not say if any of the cans were found open. The people in the Pathfinder ranged in ages from 16 to 22 years old, police said.
Police say initially, three people fled the scene, including the driver. One person later returned.
Homeowner Charles Dinerman said he was asleep inside but his wife was up feeding their infant when the SUV slammed into
the home.
"It was just a big thud....and she was up already, she came running in saying the house got hit and I threw some clothes on and came out here...so I saw. It was just a really loud bang," Dinnerman said.
Dinnerman has been on paternity leave and was supposed to return to work Monday.
Two women were taken to the hospital -- they are expected to be okay.
Residents say the corner has been a problem in the past. A year ago an out-of-control driver hit a neighbor's parked car
when trying to make the turn onto Linda Rosa, according to neighbors.
Police are still looking for the driver they believe he's the registered owner of the vehicle. He's facing felony hit and run charges.


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In the 1990's, two regulars of The Swan Inn devised the original concept of the "Friends of The Swan Inn Christmas Party". It was recognised that some older parishioners spent Christmas alone and perhaps in straitened circumstances and the welfare of senior citizens has always been a parish responsibility either through the Vestry Committee or the Parish Council.
The earliest Christmas gatherings of the "Friends" were organised by Don Hughes and Malcolm Walker and held in The Swan Inn, which could accommodate about 60 people in three separate rooms. The food was a finger buffet and the drinks were free with no limits and this proved to be a great success. There was a small prize draw and background music to accompany the chat. It was a tight squeeze to seat everyone. The finance came from a number of sources. The Parish Council and the Community Centre each gave £100, there were private donations of £10-20 from the Swan regulars and there was a bonus ball lottery competition. The cost of the event was usually £400-£500. As costs increased so the donation from the Parish Council increased.
In 2006, Nick Cook and Geoffrey Robinson agreed to step in and take over the organisation of the event after Malcolm's passing and Don felt it had become too much to organise. Some changes were made and with greater numbers a move to the Community Centre was needed which provides a more comfortable and safer environment. A local lady has prepared a generous sandwich buffet each year and with the help of donations, every household has been provided with a gift to take home such as a small box of chocolates or biscuits, or a bottle of wine, etc.
Over the years, there has been a determined effort to minimise costs whilst also providing an enjoyable day with varied entertainments. The practice of free drinks for all was stopped although a complimentary drink is still offered on arrival and a donations bowl is left at the door. The organisers have themselves raised funds via open weekends, the selling of booklets to the public and they had a bottle on the bar of the Swan Inn to raise additional funds but the principal funding comes from the Parish Council and the Worlingworth Charities. There is a lot of hard work, which goes into obtaining gifts donated by many generous people and businesses, both within and outside of Worlingworth. This last year, every single gift for the forty plus households were from donations, which was an incredible achievement. The Community Centre also waives it usage fee, which helps with the overall running costs.
With the support of all our donors, we look forward to continued success with this community event.
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First of all, let's face the fact that it is highly unlikely for one to be generating high returns continuously in the long run when one just started out even if one may have read tons of investment books. Knowledge is just a tiny portion of investing as compared to experience, emotional stability and patience.
Personally, I have make all kinds of mistakes right at the start which has allowed me to learn in a much less painful way. Think about those who started in a hot bull market, where everything they buy just rises spectacularly and they can double their capital in weeks as they believed they have the "Midas touch". They will continue pouring all their savings into their so called investment, trade with margin and when the bull cycle ended, many faced a near total wipe-out of their capital.
My point is not whether one should start in a bull or bear market, but the younger one is, the lesser capital one will have and thus the lesser the mistakes will cost. Be it a 10% or a 90% loss, one will lose lesser in the absolute term and it will be likely that one can earn those money back by saving and working harder. And of course, unlikely that one will have to support his family. Imagine a 40 years old who losses his lifelong savings and has about 20 years more before he retires.
Another way to look at this will be that the earlier one learned from his mistakes, the longer a period that he has to compound his win. Assuming a super bull cycle of 10 years, a 20 years old will only be 30 years old when he learned his lessons, gained experiences and maintain emotional stability.
Last but not least, investing in stocks will be beneficial to students studying economics, accounting and business, or exploring career path in these area. While I have the habits of reading The Straits Times before I started investing, I will always skip the Money section as I think that it is just too complicated. Now, I read Bloomberg and CNBC even before I have my breakfast. Understanding what's happening in the financial sector will definitely put one at an advantage over his peers when it comes to finding a job.
Thus, starting young is beneficial in many ways and there's not much reason why not to other than maybe the younger one is the more rash and impatient one will be. Even if one is afraid of capital loss, there is no harm in playing around with paper trading though one need to be careful when one decided to switch to real stock investing.


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Seigniorage in Europe
NBER Working Paper No. 2778
In this paper, based on the experience of ten European countries, we study the relevance of seigniorage revenues in the recent past, and we speculate about their importance in the near future. We find that the members of the European community differ widely in the way they manage monetary policies. While for some of the European countries we could not identify any consistent seigniorage policy, for others seigniorage appears to have been an important component of their financing policies. This lack of consensus about the role of monetary policies is a potential source of conflict in designing common exchange rate policies. A formal analysis of the current status of the finances of the governments of the ten European countries also revealed that several of them are now following budget policies that are potentially incompatible with their long run solvency. This also represents a major obstacle toward monetary unification on exchange rate stability. Member countries will be faced with quite different needs for revenues and eliminating a (politically) flexible instrument like siegniorage may result in an unstable situation.
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Published: From A European Central Bank? edited by Marcell de Cecco and Alberto Giovannini. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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|Firefighters are exposed to flame retardants,
diesel exhaust and other toxic chemicals,
which may affect their health.
In responding to roughly 28,000 fire calls a year, members of the San Francisco Fire Department are routinely exposed to flame retardants, diesel exhaust and other toxic chemicals that seep out of raging infernos and work their way into the air.
A growing body of evidence strongly suggests that exposure increases firefighters' risk of developing cancer. But until now, studies have focused on men.
That's about to change. Members of the San Francisco Fire Department are working with researchers at UC Berkeley, UCSF and the Silent Spring Institute to find out whether exposure to toxic chemicals increases the risks of breast cancer in female firefighters.
The project, known as the Women Firefighters Biomonitoring Collaborative Study, has been under way for about a year.
"Since breast cancer is a cancer that more commonly affects women, and because of anecdotal evidence that the firefighters have been experiencing (many cases of breast cancer), we wanted to see if there was a link," said Jessica Trowbridge, a UC Berkeley researcher who is coordinating the study.
Trowbridge and her colleagues are gathering blood and urine samples from about 160 women — 80 San Francisco firefighters and 80 city office workers who will serve as the control group — to use in measuring chemical, hormone and melatonin levels.
They will also measure the lengths of the women's telomeres, caps on the ends of chromosomes that are associated with aging and cancer, also thought to be related to chemical exposure and working demanding night shifts.
Firefighters in general have higher rates of cancer, especially respiratory, digestive and urinary system varieties, a recent National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health study found.
That study included women, but there weren't enough of them to draw robust conclusions about their cancer risks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With about 225 female firefighters, San Francisco is better equipped than most cities for a study like this: Women make up about 13 percent of its firefighting population, said Heather Buren, a lieutenant and paramedic with the fire department who is working on the study.
In 2011, less than 5 percent of firefighters nationwide were women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Researchers will also test for other chemicals that could contribute to higher rates of cancer in both groups of women, who are probably exposed to personal care and household products as well.
There has been a cultural shift with respect to chemical exposure. For one, firefighters now have better breathing masks, which they're encouraged to wear for longer periods of time in toxic environments.
There are also rules prohibiting members of the department from storing their turnouts — the suits they wear to fight fires — in firehouse rooms where they eat and sleep.
The San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation, which organizes screenings and promotes cancer prevention in the department, is partially responsible for those changes. It was formed in 2006 by Tony Stefani, a retired firefighter who himself fought cancer.
Researchers have nearly finished enrolling participants for the breast cancer study. They hope to have results published in two years. The women who participate in the study will be able to see their individual results when they are complete.
Source: San Francisco Gate. This article has been edited for length.
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Scott Parker named England Player of the Year by fans
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Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker has been named England Player of the Year, an award voted for by fans.
It follows a year when Parker featured in seven of England's nine games, having not been selected for most of former manager Fabio Capello's tenure.
The 31-year-old is second favourite after Steven Gerrard to become captain.
Parker said: "I don't think I ever lost hope that I could make it at international level. I crammed a lot in one year. I realised time was ticking."
He added that his display against Denmark in Copenhagen 12 months ago, when he came off the bench for his fourth cap, was a turning point in his international career.
"The Denmark game was pivotal," said Parker, who takes the award from 2010 winner Ashley Cole. "I came on for 45 minutes and then I got a start against Wales in a big game - and that was massive for me.
"I played in midfield with Jack Wilshere and Frank Lampard and we got a great result. It ended up being a great game for me.
"From there I played a lot more games. It was a very exciting year for me internationally and I'm looking forward to more action.
"It's a proud moment every time I pull on the England shirt. It's something I've always wanted to do, whenever I was playing outside, whenever I was playing at the park with my mates it was always England you try to emulate and try to be."
The online poll ran over the Christmas period and the Tottenham midfielder collected 17% of the 15,000 votes cast. Joe Hart was second and Ashley Young was third. There were 32 players who represented England in their nine games during 2011.
"It's a great honour," said Parker. "Just looking at the names that are on the trophy it's quite an achievement. It's a proud moment for me, I'm delighted."
England coach Stuart Pearce said Parker deserved the award after a year in which he became a pivotal player for the team.
"I think he's developed as a player and a man," said Pearce.
"Sometimes it takes time to get your feet under the table. I think that has happened with Scotty. He deserved player of the year and is a good member of the group."


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Wide-format inkjet printers, inks, RIP software Six themes of focus for FLAAR Reports during 2017
We look forward to a productive year in all aspects of wide-format inkjet printing: inks, media, printers, software, color management, and all facets of printing workflow: cutting, trimming, coating and/or laminating.
When we go to the major printer and signage trade shows around the world:
We study all aspects of large-format inkjet printing (plus T-shirt printers and desktop-sized UV-curing printers). So we do all sizes from desktop up through 5-meter, and all inkjet technologies include single-pass.
We also keep track of all major print head brands, and what kinds of inks they are good for (and which kinds of inks their heads are still working towards improvement).
Although we study the complete workflow (even inception: digital photography and scanning), for 2017 we will be focusing on the following six aspects.
Five of these themes each have the need for good inks:
An ink which can print on PE (technical textile, to replace PVC for signage) is an ink which does not yet (fully, adequately) exist. Not all UV-cured inks adhere to PE.
Décor covers so many different materials that at least NINE different kinds of inks need to be discussed. We are also looking for even more special inks.
An after-market latex ink that functions world wide on all current models of latex printers is a goal not yet fully reached. We have visited print shops using latex after-market ink with satisfaction, but many other print shops have had issues. HP will sell more printers if there is a third-party latex ink whose chemistry and cartridges work in all situations.
Water-based inks for signage, and for industrial use, is another Holy Grail in the world of wide-format inkjet. By this we mean true water-based inks, not hiding nasty chemicals under green-washing jargon.
We also work with UV-LED ink, and two of us were recently flown to the factory of TRENDVISION to inspect their UV-LED plus their textile inks. Many of the themes we work on utilize flatbed or roll-to-roll UV-curing printers (certain kinds of décor, some kinds of packaging, 3D signage on sandwich board, etc.
First posted January 5, 2017.
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I really enjoy old cookbooks. They're fun to read, and I've had good luck finding recipes in them that can be easily adapted to dairy free. Maybe it's because they don't use many pre-packaged ingredients?
One of my current favorites is the Wisconsin Country Cookbook and Journal, by Edward Harris Heth. It used to belong to my mom, but she found it too frustrating. It does have vague instructions like "moderate oven," "seal in a casing of rye bread dough" (no rye bread dough recipe is included), and "serve with a rich cream sauce." But I like how it reads like a seasonal journal; I find it comforting. I'm trying to translate some of the recipes into more current terms. Here's his recipe for potato pudding, greatly adapted.
Potato Pudding
2 cups hash brown shreds, thawed
1 cup carrot shreds
1 cup onion, chopped or grated*
2 tablespoons soy milk
salt and pepper
2-3 tablespoons soy margarine
Mix the potatoes, carrots, and onion in a small, greased casserole dish. Toss with the soy milk and salt and pepper. Dot with the soy margarine. Bake, covered, at 325 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake for 15 minutes.
(My kids like this with ketchup. )
*Chopped onions are more visible, but you can taste them less. Grated onions blend into the potato shreds, but you can taste them more. Pick whatever way your family likes their onions.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Potato Pudding
Posted by Nowheymama at 9:00 AM
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I just made potato pancakes the night before last. ANYthing with potatoes is fine by me! I will try this one next week, thanks!ReplyDelete
As for your friends great ideas? I don't really know - but there's GOT to be something on the internet, or a book at the library that they could reference. I've had a good idea or two myself, but never followed through on them.
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Have you been considering Menstrual Cups but have more questions than answers? How do they work? How often do I change? Look no further, everything you need to know is just a scroll away.
What are Menstrual Cups?
A menstrual cup is a small, bell-shaped product that is a sustainable alternative to pads and tampons and is perfect to pair with Modibodi for extra protection (especially on those super heavy days). They are made out of silicone (Lunette and JuJu are both made from medical-grade silicone) or rubber which allows it to be soft, flexible, and able to collect the liquid rather than absorbing the flow like pads or tampons. It can be worn for up to 12 hours before being emptied and rinsed, and last for up to 10 years.
What are the benefits?
According to Elisa Ross, MD, some of the benefits include:
- Hygienic and safe
- As it is made from medical grade silicone, it is free of latex, plastic, PVC, acrylic, colours, dyes and chemicals
- Environmentally friendly and can last for approximately 10 years
- Cost-effective
- If we think about it in terms of the lifetime of a menstrual cup (10 years) costing approximately $50
- Using tampons would cost about $820 over the period of this time
- Using pads would cost about $680
- Less odour as the blood doesn't get exposed to air
- Easy to use
How to use menstrual cups?
1. Fold the cup into a 'C' shape and hold it in that position
2. Apply water or a water-based lube on the rim of the cup and insert the cup into your vagina and ensure it is sitting low in your vagina with the stem sitting just inside
3. Let go of the cup and it should now act as a suction to prevent any leaks (check with your finger that it has unfolded)
4. With clean hands, remove the cup by gently pulling the stem downwards until you can feel the base of the cup - pinch the cup to release the suction and empty the contents
5. Rinse the cup in cold water, then warm water (only using warm water can cause stains in the cup) and re-insert again
NOTE: At the end of your cycle, boil for 2-10 minutes making sure it doesn't come into contact with the bottom of the saucepan where it could stick and dry the cup in the sun if possible to reduce decolorization.
What size is best for you?
Here's the quick and simple guide to choosing your cup size.
- Cup Size 1 for light to medium flow, suitable for those who have not given vaginal birth or are under 30
- Cup Size 2 for medium to heavy flow, suitable for those who have given vaginal birth or are over 30
However, occasionally you may need to consider additional factors like:
- Tone, strength and tightness of your pelvic floor
- If you have a very strong and toned pelvic floor (all those kegel exercises from doing pilates and yoga) or have a tighter pelvic floor (normally if you're younger than 30), a size 1 may be better suited for you
- Location of cervix
- If you find that you have a low cervix, a size 1 may be more suitable and if you have a high cervix, a size 2 may be a better fit
Are you a fan of menstrual cups? Would you give Modibodi a go? Share your experiences with us in the comments! And if you know someone who wants to try one, Modibodi's Lunette and Juju Bundle Pack would be the perfect fit!


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The projects that will represent Catalonia in this year's Venice Biennale of Architecture were presented today. Co-curated by RCR Arquitectes together with the journalist Pati Núñez and the architect Estel Ortega, seeks to disclose the most intimate universe of the members of an architectural studio. Its members, Rafael Aranda, Carmen Pigem and Ramon Vilalta, have created a space to investigate and rethink the relation between humanity and the world in La Vila, located in Vall de Bianya (Girona). Their project for the Biennale concentrates on this space, which is defined as a "geography of dreams" and aims to move Venice to La Vila's experience, a utopia under construction.
The main proposal is an addition to the parallel program 'New Formats: Dream And Nature', whose objective is to show other perspectives about the RCR universe through people and practices that act as a filter, approaching different points of view. This is one of the two projects that constitutes the program in which ELISAVA is participating together with other schools from all around Catalonia. This part, known as 'Schools in Venice', aims to answer the question posed by the curators: 'What do we learn from nature?'. Each school will present five proposals that will seek to answer it, taking part in the free-entry exposition that will take place in the unit adjacent to the Cantieri Navali.
The second project that will be celebrated in the same space is three open debates, which will be available in streaming at the premises of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) in Barcelona. The 24 of May, Creating knowledge. New ways of communicating ART and ARCHITECTURE, with Eva Franch (head of the Architectural Association School of London) and Pedro Gadanho (head of the MAT in Lisbon), chaired by Pati Núñez. The 25 of May, Architecture Criticism, with Glenn Murcutt (founder of the Australian Architecture Association), Juhani Pallasmaa (Finnish architect) and William J.R. Curtis (architectural historian), and the closing conference RCD. Dream and nature, in charge of William J.R. Curtis and RCR Arquitectes.
The Institut Ramon Llull produces and organizes Catalonia's participation in the Eventi Collaterali of the Venice Biennale of Art.


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On my favorite social forum, it is tradition to award someone a hat when they post on a significant number, so I have awarded myself a book-themed hat. Thanks for sticking with me!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Thanks for reading!
This is officially my 100th post! I want to thank everyone who has been reading along and been kind enough to comment and offer encouragement as I got this project started.
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4 comments:
- Rebekah E. said...
congrats on 100th post
- September 8, 2008 at 3:25 PM
- Klarusu said...
And a fine hat it is too! Congratulations on reach the 100 and may the next be as satisfying!
- September 8, 2008 at 4:01 PM
100 - that's a nice number to reach! Now, you're not having green eggs and ham for a celebratory dinner, are you?!
- September 8, 2008 at 6:13 PM
We hit 100 on the same day!!!! Congratulations!!! I love reading your blog and I'm glad that you do it. :) Thanks so much for your post on my contest, too! Good luck!!!
- September 9, 2008 at 7:30 PM
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The Most Popular Fruits in the Philippines
The Philippines, being a tropical country, has plenty of fruit-bearing trees. Here are some of the most popular and commonly eaten fruits in the country.
Apples are very popular in the Philippines...of course we are just importing them.. and one of the most popular variety is the Fuji apple.
During holiday seasons...fruits are very popular most especially during New Year's celebration because of the common belief that more fruits on the dining table would mean more prosperous year for the family.
(Lansium domesticum)
Lanzones is one of the most famous Philippine fruits. The leading Lanzones provinces in the country are Laguna, Batangas, Quezon and Camiguin. A new variety of Lanzones had emerged recently- the "latexless" Lanzones. This fruit is particularly abundant during the month of October and November.
(Nephelium mutabile)
Another very common fruit in the Philippines is Rambutan. they are widely grown from the island of Luzon down to Mindanao. In Luzon, popular provinces that produce Rambutan includes Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna and Quezon.
(Citrullus lanatus)
Watermelon is the best fruit to quench your thirst during hot summer days. Watermelon is known in Filipino language as "PAKWAN". In the Ilocano dialect, it is more popularly known as "SANDIA". Watermelons are available from December to April with prices ranging from P20 to P300 pesos depending on the size.
(Annona squamosa)
Apple Sugar is a sweet tasting fruit that grows in tropical and subtropical areas. I have two Apple Sugar tree in my yard. Fruits are particularly abundant during the months of September, October and November. The Sugar Apple fruit on the above photo is the largest fruit of its kind that I have seen. I harvested it on one of my Sugar Apple tree and it weighed more than a kilo and had a circumference of 12 inches. The fruit emerge not on the branch but on the trunk which is why it is particularly huge.
(Chrysophyllum cainito)
Star Apple is known in the Philippine language as KAIMITO. This sweet tasting fruit and best eaten when chilled is not star in shape at all. But when it is cut in halves this is what it looks like...
To further justify why it was named Star Apple, the tiny yellow flowers of this fruit are star-like in shape.
(Cocos nucifera)
One of the commonest fruit you'll find in the Philippines is the Coconut Fruit locally known as "BUKO". This fruit is medically important and of course, economically important for the country because it is one of the leading export fruit products of the Philippines alongside with pineapple, banana and mango fruits. Medically, the fruit is very useful in treating kidney related problems.
(Mangifera indica)
Mango is one of the most nutritious and delicious fruits from the tropics. It is also one of the leading export product of the Philippines. It is native to India but very popular in the Philippines.
(Syzygium samarangense)
This tropical fruit is of great importance especially to people who are diabetic and people with high blood sugars. This fruit is highly recommended for diabetics and high blood sugars. This is native to the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries.
(Pithecellobium dulce)
This fruit is known locally as KAMATSILI and is also known in English as Manila Tamarind and Guamachili. These fruits are particularly abundant in the Philippines during the months of February, March and April.
Green Ponkan is a variety of Ponkan grown in Nueva Vizcaya, one of the provinces of Region II or more popularly known as Cagayan Valley region. This citrus fruit is also grown in other parts of the country. The Chinese variety is orange in color while this variety is green to yellow green.
(Citrus nobilis)
Tangerine Orange a variety of citrus fruit locally known as DALANGHITA. This is a very rich vitamin C fruits.
Tangerine Orange a variety of citrus fruit locally known as DALANGHITA. This is a very rich vitamin C fruits.
(Manilkara zapota)
Chico is one of my most favorite fruits. This sweet tasting fruits grows well anywhere else in tropical areas of the world. Its smell is comparable to the smell of a wine hence, a person who drinks wine is said to have a smell similar to Chico.
(Calamus manillensis)
Yantok is a vitamin C rich tropical fruit known in the Ilocano dialect as "Littoko" They can be found in forested areas in the Philippines. It is the fruit of the Rattan plant used in making furniture and other valuable products like baskets and others.
(Bactris gasipaes)
This unique and colorful fruit of the tropics is well known and it has been used for centuries as food. The fruit is frequently stewed in salted water.It can be be eaten raw, peeled and dressed with salt and honey also.
This unique and colorful fruit of the tropics is well known and it has been used for centuries as food. The fruit is frequently stewed in salted water.It can be be eaten raw, peeled and dressed with salt and honey also.
Of course our list will be incomplete without including one of the healthiest fruits and considered the "complete food"- the ever popular and widely grown and cultivated BANANA. Well, I am proud to say that the Philippines is one of the leading producers of bananas in the world.
One of the most popular and important fruits in the world is Grapes. We call this healthful and beneficial fruit - UBAS. Although some variety of grapes are grown in the Philippines, the country is dependent on importing the sweetest and the best tasting grapes in the world. Grapes grown in the Philippines are a bit sour-tasting.
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This outlook study provides an understanding of the motors and drives market in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines) and Australia-New Zealand for 2017. It discusses the current market scenario and expected changes by analyzing the key trends impacting demand and use of motors and drives, including use of smart sensors in motors, setting energy-efficiency norms, and expecting integration problems to persist before results emerge.
Growth in the SEA market for motors and drives in 2016 was slow despite it being relatively insulated from the global downturn. Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia were among the largest markets in the region and indispensable for motors and drives suppliers. Some of the initiatives planned for 2016 and beyond have been completed as planned while a few policies to promote trade and investment in the region were formulated. Being an ongoing activity, formulation and implementation of regulations has been covered in brief. Revenue generated in the motors market was $1,800.0 million in 2016 while the drives market hit $409.4 million.
As a part of this outlook study, Frost & Sullivan identifies the key trends that will impact the motors and drives market in 2017, particularly for oil and gas; power generation; chemicals and petrochemicals; water and wastewater treatment; construction and mining; food and beverage; and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) end users. It takes into account the following:
- Key elements in the value chain
- Collaboration between existing and new entities
- Impact of energy regulations and how stakeholders can benefit
The study also provides information on technology related to the deployment of motors and drives in the region and identifies growth areas. It discusses the value chain and the changes that are likely to take place when new technologies are introduced that will be important for end users (e.g., need for motor control from mobile devices). The study discusses the new technologies (security via encryption; smart sensors) introduced by leading companies (e.g., ABB, Siemens A.G.), and the market share of suppliers of motors and drives. Also, the steps to be taken by suppliers in order to benefit from the developments noticed in the industry are identified as well as the major parameters considered by end users while choosing a supplier.
Key Questions This Study Will Address:
- What are the main trends and changes expected for each region?
- What new products and services were launched in 2016?
- What is the technology outlook for 2017?
- Where are the growth opportunities for companies and how can they take action?


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Public Comment
Correcting the Record on NoCoHo and the 'Kingfish'
The May 29 commentary, "NoCoHo at the 'Kingfish': Anatomy of a Deception," is a vintage Bob Brokl hit piece, venomously twisting and misrepresenting whatever fragments of information he had. For what purpose? We can think of a few reasons for his piece and the timing: Use the co-housing group to attack his traditional opponents—incumbent City Councilmember Jane Brunner, who is running for re-election, and creative local developers of mixed-use projects in the Temescal District that meet Oakland General Plan guidelines for transit-corridor housing. Another may be to hide the court's dismissal of his group's lawsuits against these and similar developers.
Brokl's made-up narrative contains too many errors to respond to point-by-point, but several corrections are needed.
North Oakland Co-Housing (NoCoHo) did not "enter a marriage of convenience with a high-density/multistory advocacy group" to develop a community on the Kingfish site on Claremont Avenue. Only one of the co-housing group's members (Joan Lichterman) is a member of the urban planning group Urbanists for a Livable Temescal-Rockridge Area (ULTRA) because of common goals: the desire to develop mixed-income housing along transit corridors to increase neighborhood diversity and minimize our carbon footprint.
As neighborhood and co-housing activists, the two of us and another member of the nascent co-housing group discussed approaching these developers more than two-and-a-half years ago, when the market was very different than it is now, because we thought they would be sympathetic to the goals of co-housing. (Briefly, co-housing is a collaborative community in which each household has its own complete unit but also shares extensive common space, which enables people to live in smaller quarters. Co-housing communities share leadership and decision-making as well, which is done by consensus—a gratifying but sometimes painfully slow and frustrating process.)
Despite the tremendous desire for co-housing in the Bay Area, development of co-housing presents a number of challenging obstacles, including land costs and the time-consuming process of creating community and reaching consensus on all decisions. Temescal's two thriving co-housing communities are very small, and North Oakland Co-Housing's founders had larger ambitions: to create a multigenerational, multiethnic community in a walkable urban area, thinking that 25 or more households would help the group achieve affordability and diversity.
Few developers are open to the challenge of working with a group at all, and especially a group of people who know nothing about development—let alone one that uses consensus decision-making. We worked long and hard to persuade these developers (Roy Alper, Ron Kriss, and Patrick Zimski) to even consider working with a co-housing group. One of the originators of co-housing in the United States, Chuck Durrett, thought it was very smart to approach local developers who already had land—which would help overcome a major hurdle for a group attempting to develop housing in one of the nation's most expensive markets.
Among other hurdles to overcome was opposition to multistory development by people like Bob Brokl, whose group's lawsuits have contributed to delays and increased development costs. No deception was involved in making the argument that higher density would reduce the per-unit cost of development. It's a fact! This is particularly true in a building that has large shared common space and facilities—the heart of a co-housing community.
There was no attempt to deceive City Council. Oakland city planners said there was no way legally to guarantee that the site would only be co-housing because co-housing is an informal, not a codified, living arrangement (which uses a condominium financial structure). The negative feasibility study which the group received shortly before the City Council hearing threw the group into disarray, from which it is slowly recovering. At City Council, those who spoke in favor of the project said everyone was working hard to develop co-housing at the site, but it can't be guaranteed—there are too many uncertainties.
Until recently, the group had not seen details about how the budget was derived. The Kingfish developers seriously questioned the feasibility study and later presented an alternative proposal that had a much lower cost. However, because of the doubts cast on the project by the feasibility study and market changes since the group entered into an agreement with the developers, there weren't enough people in the group who felt they could go forward on that site.
Although the group is now looking at other sites—which Brokl incorrectly claimed was being done before the City Council approved the Kingfish site—not everyone agrees with the figures used in the feasibility study. The two of us and the developers believe it is still possible to create co-housing at the Kingfish site. The story hasn't ended yet for the Kingfish, nor has it ended for North Oakland Co-housing.
Karen Hester and Joan Lichterman are both community and co-housing activists and members of the steering committee of Urbanists for a Livable Temescal-Rockridge Area (ULTRA). Karen is one of the founders of Temescal Creek Co-Housing; and Joan is one of the founders of North Oakland Co-Housing, and speaks here only for herself, not for the group (in keeping with the group's ground rules). For more information about ULTRA, North Oakland Co-Housing, and co-housing in general, see www.ultraoakland.org, www.northoaklandcohousing.org, and www.cohousing.org.