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Texans of Richard Land's generation were so accustomed to Hispanic culture that when they went north they often complained -- along with Californians, Arizonans, and other Anglos in the American Southwest -- that they couldn't even find edible Mexican food.
In the 21st century, all of that has changed. Excellent Hispanic cuisine is found all over this country, and it comes not just from Mexico, but El Salvador, Guatemala, and other points south of the Rio Grande. And those migrants are not all Roman Catholics, anymore, either. Many are Pentecostals, Baptists, and non-denominational Protestants of every description.
Today, notes Richard Land, the most prominent leader of the Southern Baptist church in this country, you cannot drive from Richmond, Va., to Los Angeles without passing a Baptist church of any size without seeing the words "Iglesia Bautista" attached to it.
"We're called evangelicals because we evangelize," he told RCP. "We evangelize and they became Baptists."
But cultural assimilation in the United States has always been a two-way transaction.
The immigrants who come here are changed by the experience, even while they are changing their adopted nation. So it is all the more fitting that the newest wave of immigrants, especially those who find a church home, are altering the dynamics of this nation's difficult and often divisive discussion of what do with the estimated 11 million pilgrims who have come here without proper papers and taken up residence irrespective of their legal status.
In our partisan, politically polarized environment, the battle lines are often drawn -- at least in political activists' minds -- before the argument is even joined.
Liberals are presumed to favor amnesty for illegals both because of their bleeding hearts and a cynical calculus (i.e., legalization is an easy way to immediately mint millions of new Democratic voters). Conservatives' hostility to legalization is also presumed, at least by elites, who attribute nativist attitudes to a predominately white, and somewhat fearful, Republican electorate.
What that leaves out of the equation is what's actually happening in the nation's pews.
"Evangelicals take seriously the many texts in Scripture regarding welcoming the stranger, the outcast, the sojourner, and the neglected," says Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics & Public Policy Center, a Washington think tank. "This sensibility makes them far more open to immigration than many would imagine."
Citing various passages from the Bible, most especially the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, a coalition of prominent evangelical groups is pushing Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform, and specifically a pathway to citizenship for those living here illegally. The alliance, which includes Land's Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, often cites that famous passage from Matthew: "I was a stranger and you invited me in."
Evangelicals have favored comprehensive immigration reform for years, but they now see a political and economic climate that is especially receptive for successful legislation. Their coalition, The Evangelical Immigration Table, wrote a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders asking that any plan include the opportunity for illegal residents to gain citizenship.
That component, as evangelical leaders know, is a stumbling block on Capitol Hill, where conservatives are concerned about the term "amnesty."
This is still a big hurdle, but the Republican Party has traveled a great distance in the past 12 months. It was only a year ago that Mitt Romney tried to score points against Texas Gov. Rick Perry during a Republican presidential debate by declaring that the answer to illegal immigration was "self-deportation."
Congressional Republicans have, for the most part, put that kind of talk behind them. But what they fear is a repeat of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, signed by President Reagan, that granted amnesty to nearly 3 million people, most of them from Mexico, but which did nothing to control the tide of illegal immigration -- and may have made the border even more porous.
Today, the focus is whether and how to legalize the undocumented or give them a chance to eventually become full citizens. Conservatives are coming around to the idea, but are careful in their language.
"What we're discussing is a path to a green card," said Sen. Marco Rubio, one of the architects of impending Senate legislation. "It's important to understand that you can't just apply for citizenship, even now."
Rubio and other key players welcome the efforts of the faith groups, but they are also trying to make certain the push from outside actors doesn't muddle their message.
"I think the evangelicals are asking for us to be humane and compassionate," the Florida senator told RCP. "But they also understand we have to be responsible -- that what we do, whatever we come up with, does have to honor our tradition as a compassionate nation and a compassionate people, but we also have to do it in a way that makes sure we are being fair to the people who are doing it the right way, and in a way that doesn't encourage illegal immigration in the future."
Rubio, whose parents emigrated from Cuba to the United States, spoke in starkly more inclusive terms about immigration during 2012 than the eventual GOP presidential nominee. Not coincidentally, Rubio is frequently mentioned as a likely 2016 national candidate.
"Evangelical groups [help] us to see this issue not only as a statistical one," he said, "but also as a human one -- and that's a great contribution."
Evangelicals are also helping in more material ways. Richard Land's group, for instance, is running ads in South Carolina supporting Sen. Lindsey Graham, whose efforts at finding a comprehensive solution have alienated part of the Republican's conservative base in his state, where Graham is up for re-election this year. Graham himself has termed the evangelicals' efforts to rally support around him -- and immigration legislation -- "a game changer."
Two prominent evangelicals, Columbia businessman Hal Stevenson and Baptist pastor Jim Goodroe, recently co-authored an op-ed in a South Carolina newspaper headlined "Faith commends a kinder look at immigrants in our midst."
Of the large 2010 freshman Republican class, 15 members are practicing Southern Baptists, Land points out. One of them, South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy, now chairs an immigration subcommittee. Democrats credit him for humanizing the issue.
Gowdy hasn't yet embraced the citizenship pathway, but church leaders in his district are providing cover if he does.
"Reform must include a tough but fair path to citizenship that holds these aspiring Americans accountable but also helps them realize the full rights and responsibilities that make our country a beacon of freedom," stated the op-ed by Stevenson and Goodroe in the Charleston Post and Courier.
The authors also make an economic case: "The Palmetto State's economy features a growing high-tech sector and a booming tourism industry, and immigrants are an important part of both," they wrote. "Taking away just those without papers would sacrifice $1.8 billion in economic activity and more than 12,000 jobs."
For Republicans, another argument in favor of changing their tone on immigration is the simple exigencies of electoral politics. If Mitt Romney had garnered the same percentage of Latino votes as George W. Bush did, he'd have carried Virginia and Florida, and been very close to President Obama in the popular vote.
In the aftermath, party leaders recognize how the stronger part of the base can help with major weaknesses.
"The issue of immigration reform has been a roadblock to our success to large swaths of the Hispanic community," said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. "Clearly a large part of our base is the evangelical community, but in the same way we need to grow our presence there as well. In many ways, we can take our strength for granted."
The evangelical community can provide an important infrastructure when it comes to garnering support for immigration reform. Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a longtime reform advocate who is working on legislation in the House, said the churches have the microphone, the pulpit (literally) and the constituency.
"In 2009, when I and others believed the president was not working as he should [on immigration legislation], we visited over 30 cities, and evangelicals opened their doors," he said. "How do you do this if you don't have an NAACP of sorts for immigrants?"
None of this is to suggest that a consensus yet exists on this issue among devout Christians, among voters generally, or among Republicans. One naysayer is Iowa Rep. Steve King, a prominent social conservative and vocal opponent of amnesty to illegal immigrants.
"I think they should go back and study their Scripture a little deeper," said King. "I think they should go back and study some of the translations from Greek and Hebrew: When they say, 'I was a stranger from a foreign land and you took me in,' the Greek word for that means 'invited guest' not a stranger, not an alien, not someone who was by law prohibited from being there, but an invited guest."
Yet even the Iowa congressman, a likely candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014, concedes that the larger Christian message has broad resonance.
"Faithful people -- pastors and priests, in particular -- they have a great heart and a soul for the people, and that ministry doesn't know borders," he said. "So it's hard for them to see why borders need to be enforced."
The evangelical push for reform isn't new, and their previous efforts were not enough to prop up a bill that failed in 2007, despite having initial support from President Bush and Sen. John McCain and (but not Sen. Barack Obama).
But the landscape is different now -- and evangelical voters know they have some credibility because they did not desert the Republican Party in 2012. They know the GOP needs them, along with some Hispanic support, to remain viable in future national elections.
How much influence will this give them on immigration? Perhaps a great deal. "You can seldom do wrong," Richard Land noted, "appealing to the enlightened self-interest of some politicians."
This story was originally published by RealClearPolitics.


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Sorry my postings have been very quiet of late. I've had a lot of workshops and things on off late, so it's been a bit hectic. I thought I'd let you all know that I'm off to Ethiopia sometime in the next few weeks. I won't be able to post anything on the blog because there is no internet access there, but what I do intend to do is write up a journal about my daily activities and the 'memorable' photographs I hope to capture each day. This is with the intention of coming home and creating a pseudo-diary of events on my blog, with the processed film pictures to go with the writing. I think since I'm a film shooter, this is going to be a really nice way of letting you see what happened each day etc.... I think it matters little that the entries will not be in real time.
So anyway, I was on Eigg last week with a group of eight people. We had a great time and I have a really nice mixture of different nationalities: Swiss, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, English and of course one Scottish person too ;-) I hope to post a contact sheet or two from the groups efforts later on this week once I have had some time to rest. We ended the workshop on a nice note by putting together one big long slideshow with everyone's best images in it and married it to the music of Martyn Bennet and some of his recordings from the Glen Lyon CD. Very atmospheric it was too!


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One of the biggest films that will be highlighted at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International is undoubtedly Iron Man 2, the sequel to to last year's awesome big-screen adaptation of the Marvel comic book, which was directed by Jon Favreau and starred Robert Downey Jr.
Iron Man's flight to $uccess undeniably began at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, where Favreau and Marvel unveiled footage from the film which blew the hats off pretty much everyone present. In preparation for the 2009 Comic-Con, Screen Rant takes a look at where Iron Man 2 is at, and what fans can expect to see at the convention.
Yesterday we reported that Iron Man 2 has wrapped its principal shoot. Both Marvel Studios top-honcho Kevin Feige and IM2 director Jon Favreau have let the Internet know that the film is in the can, it was a fun shoot, all the actors did well with their roles, and the semi-finished product is looking good so far.
That's all good news to hear as Favreau and Co. move into the post-production phase where they'll incorporate all those slick f/x required to bring Ol' Shellhead and his superhero friends/enemies to cinematic life. However, with Comic-Con happening this week and Iron Man 2 having just wrapped its principal shoot, how much can we expect to actually see at the convention?
To answer my own question: I expect to see something pretty cool. Jon Favreau has been one of THE BEST directors about opening up his filmmaking process to the legions of fans who scower the 'Net every day trying to uncover the latest bit of Iron Man 2 news. Favreau clearly understands why these eager fans are important to the ssuccess of his film (especially a sequel of this magnitude), and has gone to great (read: online-based) lengths to keep fans engaged with the film. If you haven't been keeping up, just check out Jon Favreau's twitter page for details.
I say all that to say: Favreau isn't one for disappointing his fans. Iron Man 2 is going to be a HUGE panel at Comic-Con - expect much of the cast (which includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Leslie Bibb, Mickey Rourke, and Samuel L. Jackson) to be on hand for the event. And though it's unknown just how much (if any) of the film has been incorporated with finished f/x, Favreau will undoubtedly have some kind of impressive and/or crowd-pleasing sequence to debut (maybe a quick montage of footage).
If there is anything I learned from covering the 2009 New York Comic-Con earlier this year, it's that some of the so called "journalists" who attend these conventions have no reservations about asking questions with the full-on intention of starting some Sugar Honey Ice Tea.
With much of the Iron Man 2 cast expected to appear in San Diego, I have no doubt that SOMEBODY in the crowd is going to bring up the rumored beef between cast members Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johansson, who play Tony Stark's former assistant Pepper Potts and new assistant/super-spy Black Widow, respectively.
Even as recently as this week, some sites have been reporting that "unnamed sources close to the film" have been whispering that Paltrow is jealous of all the media attention that Johansson has been receiving. Scarlett has in fact been a focal point for both fans and reporters - it was pretty big news when photos of the actress in her Black Widow costume first hit the 'net, and she was also included on the cover of a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly alongside co-stars Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke (who plays the villain Whiplash). Did I also mention that in order to build hype for Scarlett's character, Marvel is even releasing a new Black Widow comic book miniseries?
Of course there's no doubt that Gwyneth Paltrow was an important part of what made the first Iron Man so enjoyable - the chemistry between her character and Downey's Tony Stark was pitch-perfect and really put the shine back onto Mrs. Paltrow's star. So her feeling marginalized right now is somewhat understandable - however, I'm wondering: if both Paltrow AND Johansson are on the IM2 panel (rumors saying Paltrow might duck out of the event) will we see any sparks fly? Or will the two actresses "play" nice?
They're both professionals, and will likely carry themselves that way no matter what, but if there is even a slight crack in their carefully-crafted demeanours, expect the cat-fight rumors to continue to spread like wildfire.
The Iron Man 2 panel takes place on Saturday July 25th from 4 pm - 5 pm in Hall H of the San Diego Convention center. The film is slated to hit theaters on May 7, 2010.
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Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross recall the nine year writing process that resulted in The Rapture of the Nerds.
Cory Doctorow: Charlie, do you remember what you had in mind when you wrote the opening passage to Jury Service? Were you explicitly thinking of Ken Macleod's idea that the Singularity was like a rapturous, transcendant end-time for nerds?
Charlie Stross: Actually, no! I just had this stub of a story—only a couple of thousand words, if that—about this ordinary Joe, waking up in the bathtub after a raucous party, and finding a biohazard tattoo on his anatomy. It was one of a bunch of story-stubs I'd started and didn't know what to do with. The "rapture of the nerds" idea was in my head at the time, but I was still working over the Accelerando stories when I wrote it. So it languished in development hell for a year or two, before we got talking about a collaboration. And I emailed it to you to see if you could do something with it. Which led to…
CD: I was in the same place. I was half-captivated by the notion of accelerating change taking us to someplace where we have a break with all the dreary miseries of the world, but still self-aware enough to imagine that this all sounded too good to be true, or at least too *convenient*. Why should a "rational" apocalypse deliberately brought about by sober-sided engineers lead to any sort of utopia?
CS: Yes, this. I was also busy writing a series of novelettes—or a novel—about a family of techno-utopian Panglossian optimists. It seemed like a really good idea to look at the flip side of the coin; at what the Singularity would mean to a curmudgeonly deep green who distrusts any technology more sophisticated than his bicycle (and for good reasons).
So we began emailing the story back and forth, adding around 1000 words each time, building on each others' work (and, I think, trying to provoke each other by periodically adding preposterous elements—"here, write your way out of *this*!"). And at the end of the day we wound up with a novella, which Ellen Datlow bought for SciFi.com. And there matters rested in 2003 or 2004 or thereabouts, until…
CD:"Appeals Court"—I can't remember whether we wrote this on spec and then sold it to Lou Anders for Argosy, or whether he'd bought it in advance. This installment tapped into my obsession with uplifting other species, in particular what an uplifted colony organism might do (I go into this in my story "I, Row-Boat," too). This was partly fuelled by my interest in Eric Bonabeau's interest in Ant Colony Optimization (which also made an appearance in my story "Human Readable")—and how that related to things like Wolfram's notion of the universe being a series of iterated cellular automata.
CS: No, Lou approached us. He'd read Jury Service and thought that, with a sequel, it'd make a great chapbook to bundle with Argosy.
Which is why we ended up doing it that way. I vaguely recall talking something of a back seat on plot development to you during the process of writing "Appeals Court;" which we did in the same back-and-forth way as the earlier novella.
Argosy published it in issue #3 and then, well, let's not talk about that. And there the matter rested for a couple more years—I thought we were done, frankly—until Tom Doherty (CEO of Tor) learned that we'd collaborated on two novellas and some short stories. "Buy the Doctorow/Stross novel!" he thundered at his editors from on high, some time in 2006. But it was not to be, for we both had piles of pre-existing work commitments. About once a year I'd email you asking, "you got time to cram in an extra half-book this year?" To which the response was generally "no, I'm busy," at which point I had to admit, "me too."
Until 2011. When Locus ran a joke April Fool's Day news article headlined "Stross and Doctorow signed to write authorized sequel to 'Atlas Shrugged.'"
CD: And we more or less committed to writing that sucker. A bunch of people took the joke seriously, and though the final installment isn't technically a sequel to Rand's book, Parole Board is the most sharply political of the lot.
I found it really interesting to revisit the original material, spanning so many years—when I started working on Jury Service, I hadn't even started working at EFF! Taken as a single work, RotN (a fine acronym!) is the longest project I've ever participated in.
CS: Me too. I think we wrote it over a period of about 9 years, didn't we? I know that my ideas and attitudes changes considerably during that period—an inevitable correlate of growing older—and I think yours changed somewhat as well.
We came at the novel from the angle of completing an existing project by turning it into a three act narrative, and examining some of the implications of the whole singularity idea. Not to mention the power imbalances and questions of privilege and viewpoint and actual existence it raises, and tracing it back to its origins in Russian Orthodox mysticism and the writings of Sergei Federov. Insofar as the singularity is an emergent construct of Christian eschatology (as is the revisionist "rapture" anticipated by the fundamentalists) the roots of the ostensibly rationalist, materialist, scientific world-view of transhumanism is rooted in some remarkably odd soil; digging into it was great fun.
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With an infant, tablet computers like the iPad are great. They provide casual use of the internet from an extremely portable position. The thing is, they still aren't that great for content creation. The adage of "butt in chair, hands on keyboard" is difficult to do without a keyboard. It's even more interesting when there's a three year old around as well. It's very difficult to find the time or energy to find some time to sit down and crank out any writing.
The trick appears to have a chair where you can partially recline at your desk, with the keyboard within reach, and have your infant on your chest, snuggled up against your shoulder. There isn't much mobility available, make sure the mouse is within reach.
In the reclined position, the monitor is likely further away than usual. Increasing font sizes, or remembering the hot key combinations to increase zoom levels would be a good idea. On the Mac, pressing control while scrolling your mouse wheel will zoom the screen in.
Inevitably, you'll end up shifting slightly, disturbing the peaceful rest of the little furnace on your chest. If you're lucky, this will be momentary. Other times, it's game over, and your writing will be left in stasis, until your eventual return. Over the past month and a half, I've had a number of half-finished posts which seem to take forever to complete.
When I come back to them, it is sometimes difficult to piece through the half-connected thoughts on the screen. Other times, I'm just too tired to think through them coherently. I'm reasonably certain that this post is going to come across as a stream of consciousness. The trick is to let the words flow.
Some advantages of writing with a baby on your shoulder is that you're likely to be left alone. After all, you're making sure the baby isn't crying. (Note well: this advice does not apply to three year olds. They're even more likely to want to interrupt if you're trying to write and hold a baby at the same time). Disturbing your peace is likely to wake the baby. There is some common advice, "don't wake a sleeping baby". Use this to your advantage.
And keep the words flowing. Seriously, the slight tapping of the keys gives a gentle rocking motion to your body, and to the small bundle you're supporting. With a proper writing cadence, this can be relaxing. Or maybe that's just my overtired eyes closing on me.
Hush! The little one awakes...


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Taking Chances Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old taking chances quotes, taking chances sayings, and taking chances proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?
Just keep taking chances and having fun.
I love taking chances.
He who takes no chances wins nothing.
If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.
If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances.
If you're not scared then you're not taking a chance. If you're not taking a chance then what the hell are you doing anyway'
I've got to take chances and get out there. What are you going to do, sit home and knit? I don't knit.
I believe in taking chances and living your life. Sometimes doors open and others close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging.
Be passionate about your life. Learn to live without the fear of failing. Take a chance, you just might surprise yourself.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.
Every chance taken is another chance to win.
Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.
In life we take chances to prove to ourselves that we are strong enough to be here.
Take a chance. You never know how perfect something might turn out to be.
Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
A lifetime isn't forever, so take the first chance, don't wait for the second one! Because sometimes, there aren't second chances! And if it turns out to be a mistake? So what! This is life! A whole bunch of mistakes! But if you never get a second chance
Never regret taking a chance, even if you fall on your face; It's better to know you tried and failed than to wonder the great "what if?".
When we allow ourselves to become vulnerable, to take chances, and to risk our pride, that is when we find our own glory.
Life's not about sitting at home in front of the TV waiting for your life to begin. Get out there and take some chances.
Taking chances on opportunities, even if they aren't right for you, gives you a clearer picture of where you want to go with your life and career.
You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.
The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.
You can't go through life protecting yourself from everything. You have to take chances. Because if you don't, then you might as well not be living.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances.
Every day, you'll have opportunities to take chances and to work outside your safety net. Sure, it's a lot easier to stay in your comfort zone.. in my case, business suits and real estate.. but sometimes you have to take risks. When the risks pay off, tha


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Anoyara Khatun was a victim of trafficking, but is now a global hero who has foiled numerous attempts of unscrupulous men to lure away girls from West Bengal's remote villages
The serene hinterlands of West Bengal hide within their vast expanse a secret so dark, so terrible, that people hesitate to talk about it. It concerns their daughters. It also concerns unscrupulous men who tempt parents into sending their young girls from their homes to a dream life of fashionable clothes and good salaries — and disaster. What they don't say is another story. Anoyara Khatun knows that story well.
What immediately transfixes you about the 17-year-old Khatun is the sparkling pair of eyes, full of hope and grit. Trafficked at the tender age of 12, the girl from one of the remotest village of Bengal, Chhoto Askara, does not intend to look back at the dark days of the past. She has rebuilt her life from the ashes of her past and is now an activist who leads a battalion of children fighting trafficking, child marriage and child labour in their own meaningful ways. She requests me not to ask her questions about her past, about her trauma and how she was rescued.
Khatun is one of the "Girl Heroes" from across the world that the Malala Yousafzai Fund recently celebrated for 30 days — from October 11 to November 9 — as beacons of "exemplary courage and leadership". So far, Khatun has foiled about 50 child marriages and 85 trafficking attempts. She has also successfully managed to get around 200 dropouts back to school. The young girl is the head of as many as 80 children's groups across 55 villages in Sandeshkhali. These groups were formed by the Dhagagia Social Welfare Society, or DSWS, and Save the Children Trust (a donor organisation) in the effort to rid the villages of the problem of child trafficking. "I had decided very early on that I shall not just remain an activist. I wanted to take up a leadership position," smiles the teenager whose hobbies are to write poetry and songs.
Once she led a group of children at night to save a girl from the clutches of traffickers. "People in the villages go to bed by eight and children are not allowed to go out after that, but I sneaked out," she recounts. "I took along some friends and chased the traffickers across the village, jumped canals and finally caught them. It was a huge risk. But we succeeded in saving the girl."
Sandeshkhali is around two hours' drive from Kolkata. Here DSWS and Save the Children Trust have worked relentlessly for years. "The work has been tough," says Hriday Chand Ghosh, secretary of DSWS. "When we started, the main impediment was the acute lack of awareness among parents."
Ghosh narrates the ghastly incident of how a girl from the village was trafficked to Delhi and how her body was burnt using hot iron rods. The girl was rescued by DSWS. He also mentions another incident where a trafficker had approached some parents with a photo album that had pictures showing well-dressed girls sharing a place at the dining table with their employers. "What we have seen in most cases is that these children are paid the promised salary in the first couple of months of employment, and then the salaries stop," says Ghosh. I get an insight into the magnitude of the problem when, during my conversation with Ghosh, the hapless parents of two missing girls come knocking on his door.
To stop the children of the villages from falling into the traffickers' trap, Ghosh and his co-workers took up extensive sensitisation programmes. Apart from parents, the panchayat members, police and the schools were involved in the awareness programmes. "We have formed children's groups in the various villages in and around Sandeshkhali. These groups have children from the mainstream as well as children who have been rescued from traffickers, children who worked as domestic helps and others who have survived abuse," says Ghosh. There is also the Child Protection Committee (CPC), comprising panchayat members, police officers, village elders, teachers, parents and welfare workers. Whenever a stranger is sighted in the locality, members of the children's groups follow them to find out what their intentions are. If that person is trying to take a girl away from her home, they try coaxing the girl not to leave. They then try to reason it out with the parents. If the situation gets out of hand, the youngsters approach CPC for help.
Children, explains Khatun, are the first ones who know what is happening in their localities. "When an unknown person enters the villages, most of the children are out playing. One informs another to convey to the other children that he should be followed," says Khatun. "After the information has reached everybody, we congregate at a chosen place, decide the course of action and get to work."
Back from a tour of Delhi where she met Minorities Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla, this fighter of a girl, who is pursuing her graduation studies at Humayun Kabir Mahavidyalaya, believes that it is society that makes a distinction between a son and daughter. Nominated for the International Peace Prize, 2012, and recently felicitated by West Bengal Minister of State for Women and Child Welfare Shashi Panja, this reticent girl does not care much for the limelight. "Earlier, I never gave interviews. If you had come a year or two back, I would have refused to talk. I feared the media attention might spoil my work. I always thought it better to be a nameless, faceless force that brings about changes in the system. The work is important, not me," she declares with maturity beyond her years.
Her warm nature is what endears her to the village elders and children alike. A drive down the narrow lanes to one of the Multi-Activity Centres, where school dropouts are oriented to education, gives you a fair idea of her popularity. When she reaches the place, the children there circle their "Didi". "Eto din ashoni keno (Why did you not visit us for so long?)," they ask.
At these centres, school dropouts and rescued children are trained for schooling for three or four months and then enrolled in the nearby schools. "Apart from these centres, we also have six vocational training centres, where slightly older rescued girls who have had primary education and are hesitant about going back to primary classes are tutored in tailoring and knitting," says Ghosh, who adds that poverty is a driving force behind the child abuse.
Apart from children, the trust has also tried to involve mothers in various self-help schemes. Many women now work with small groups providing mid-day meals to schools. After the destruction wreaked by cyclone Aila in 2009, many women were given the chance to earn a living at nurseries when social organisations took up the initiative to plant mangrove trees. "We can proudly say that even after a disaster like Aila, there hasn't been a single case of child migration in the 50 villages that we worked in," say Khatun and Ghosh almost simultaneously.
From what it was around a decade back, the situation has become relatively better in these villages. But there is still a long way to go. "Strengthening the community-based child-protection mechanism by forming children's committees under the government's Integrated Child Protection Scheme will be our action plan," says Jatin Mondar, programme manager, Save the Children, West Bengal State unit. "The involvement of children in this exercise should be stressed with the objective of including their voice in developing a strong social safety and protection network against child trafficking."
For every Malala, there are thousands of Khatuns who have turned their pain into their greatest strength. Transforming themselves from victim to victor, these children and child rights activists have silently and tirelessly worked to tell the world, as Khatun wrote in one of her poems, that they might be children but they are humans too: "Sishu hole o manush amra".
From a victim of human trafficking to a global hero Kamalika Ghosh
December 20, 2014
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Today, when people speak of prints, often they really mean reproductions of original art, in any medium. But when artists make prints, each one is an original, no matter how large the edition. Before I started painting exclusively, I was making a body of work in the printmaking shop. Some of these were woodcuts, linocuts, etchings, & lithographs. I loved each one for its unique properties & process, but my real focus was silkscreen. Like painting, silkscreen is a layering process of color over color, shape over shape. At the time, it most suited my way of seeing and building an image. Initially I made my stencils by cutting numerous marks into tracing paper, but I soon switched to a photographic stencil method—which was still tedious but much more stable and expedient. I learned so much about mark-making and building a surface in printmaking, technical issues that I carried over into my painting. But after several years, painting stole my time...totally.
My Chronicle as an Artist
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
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How to Design Friendlier and Smarter Blog Page Permalinks
Optimized blog page permalinks make it easier for other sites to link to you. Thus, if you design better permalinks for your blog, you will reap more blog visitors. The placement of your blog in search engine query results is directly impacted by one factor that is almost out of your control: how many other sites link to you.
Good blog design requires clean permalinks that partner sites can trust. If other sites try to link to yours, but your URLs change, not only does your present ranking decline but your future ranking as well.
How the default permalink syntax works
Search engines use the words within a permalink to help classify your page, so the better optimized your permalink is, the more quality visitors your page attracts. The syntax applied by default to each permalink depends upon the platform hosting your blog. Blogger's default structure uses the date of post, like so:
For WordPress.org, the default structure looks like this:
The WordPress.org default syntax is not so great from a navigation perspective, because it says nothing about the post. That means your URL isn't helpful in telling the search engines (or people) about the page's content.
Choose a better permalink syntax for your blog
Luckily, WordPress gives you a lot of alternatives. When changing your permalink settings in WordPress.org, Post Name is good, but the slightly longer Month and Name option may be better. Both offer complete descriptions. The downside with Month and Name is that it might deter some people from visiting really old posts.
Set up a 301 redirect link on your blog
When you change your permalink's syntax, you need to set up a 301 redirect — a permanent redirect to a new permalink. That way, you don't have to worry about broken links if another website linked to your blog using the syntax in place before you changed your permalinks.
Search engines assume that the more sites that link to you (your home page, blog post, or page) the more relevant your content is for a particular search term. From an SEO standpoint, a 301 redirect passes between 90 and 99 percent of that page's link power — affectionately called "link juice" — to the new permalink.
You can set up the redirect with a WordPress plug-in like Redirection or, if you prefer harder code, by following the instructions on the WordPress.org Codex site.
Change the permalink for individual blog posts
If you don't want to change your entire permalink structure, you can change just individual posts and pages when needed. In fact, your permalink's contents do not need to match the page's title or contents exactly at all. For example, your About page permalink might include a specific name, like this:
That specific name makes the permalink a bit more descriptive than a permalink with only the word about at the end, like this:
A more specific permalink is more SEO-friendly for those visitors who might search you by name. If you have a long blog post title, you can adjust the permalink to be more focused on a keyword versus using a full title.
To change a single post or page on Blogger:
Create a new post or page.
Choose Post Settings→Permalink.
Make sure that Custom URL is selected, then enter your custom permalink.
Click Done when finished.
When you change a permalink on a Blogger post or page that's already been published, the original link does not redirect to your new permalink. For this reason, change only permalinks that are still new (when fewer people are aware of the URL) or that have not been published yet.
To change a single post or page in WordPress.org:
Go to the post or page.
Next to the permalink, under Blog Post Title, click Edit.
Make your change in the field.
Click OK to save.
After you've changed a single previously published URL, WordPress.org keeps both the old and the new permalink active.


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The penalty may be waived if the account owner establishes that the shortfall in distributions was due to reasonable error and that reasonable steps are being taken to remedy the shortfall.
If you will reach 70½ years of age this year, you are subject to RMD.
Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) generally are minimum amounts that a retirement plan account owner must withdraw annually, starting with the year they reach 70½ years of age or, if later, the year in which they retire. However, the RMD can be delayed until the very next April 1st after the 70½ age mark or the date when the account holder retires. After that time, including the year in which the account holder withdrew their first RMD, RMD withdrawals are due by December 31 of each year.
For Roth IRAs, there are no MRDs for the original owner. Also, if you have both kinds of IRAs, withdrawals from a Roth IRA will not help satisfy your annual MRD requirement for your Traditional IRA.
How is the amount of the required minimum distribution calculated?
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(This is the version I tell my students as I dress like a grandmother: white bonnet, apron, and grandmother glasses)
Hello. I am Grandmother Vowel and I have 5 sweet grandchildren who come to visit me on my farm every summer. I want to introduce them to you. (I hold up each poster as I say their names) Their names are
ā, ē, ī, ō, ū. These are their REAL names but I have pet names, or nicknames for all my grandchildren. (I then ask the kiddos if any of them have nicknames and allow for a few shared stories) I am going to tell you how I came up with my pet names for my grandchildren.
My granddaughter ā is just a baby and I have a large apple tree on my farm. It is filled with bright red apples and ā just loves apples. When she wants an apple, she points up to the apple tree and says "ă, ă, ă," until she gets one. So after the first time she did that, I started calling her ă for short. Her real name is ā, but I call her ă.
My grandson ē is full of mischief and he likes to pretend that he cannot hear me when I call him for supper. He puts his little hand up to his ear and says "ĕ, ĕ, ĕ" like he can't hear me. So, now I call him ĕ for short. His real name is ē, but I call him ĕ.
My grandson ī loves to play indian when he comes to my house because I let him make all the noise he wants to. He puts his hand behind his head with one finger sticking up like a feather and goes around yelling "ĭ, ĭ, ĭ" as loud as he can. He even scares my cows and chickens when he does this. So even though his real name is ī , I call him ĭ for short.
I love to bake cookies when my grandson ō comes to my house because he loves to eat my cookies! When he smells the odor of my baking cookies, he rubs his stomach in a circular motion (like in the shape of an o) and he says "ŏ, ŏ grandma, you're cooking my favorite cookies". His real name is ō but for short I call him ŏ.
My grandson ū is old enough to do chores on the farm when he comes to visit. I always pay him a little bit of money for doing little chores for me. One time when he visited, he made $2 for gathering eggs. He took that money to the store and bought candy and ate every bit of it right there! When he was finished, he grabbed his tummy and he said "ŭ, ŭ, ŭ, my tummy hurts." So now I call him ŭ for short. His real name is ū and his short name is ŭ.
(When finished with the story, I go back through the posters saying the real names and then I have the students do the hand motions and say the short sounds with me. By hand motions, I mean what each of the grandchildren did in the story -
A points high up to the tree and says her short sound
E holds his hand up to his ear and says his short sound
I puts his hand behind head with one finger sticking up like a feather and says his short sound
O rubs his stomach in a circular motion and says his short sound
U holds his tummy like it hurts and says his short sound)


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Abbe Museum and Dawnland, LLC Announce Fellowship Winners/
The fellowship allows Wabanaki artists more opportunities at Indian art markets
|Dawnland, LLC General Manager Ed Noonan presents Abbe Museum President/CEO Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko with a check to support the 2015 Wabanaki Artist Fellowship.
The Abbe Museum named today its 2015 Wabanaki Artist Fellows, recognizing three exceptionally creative individuals with a track record of achievement and the potential for significant artist contributions in the future: Donna Brown (Penobscot), Ganessa Frey (Penobscot), and Emma Soctomah (Passamaquoddy). These fellowships were made possible through support from Dawnland, LLC, the concessioner in Acadia National Park.
The fellowships awarded are intended to provide support for travel, lodging, and other costs associated with exhibiting at Indian art markets in Maine and New Mexico. Soctomah and Frey will attend the 2015 Southwestern Association for Indian Art's Santa Fe Indian Market (SWAIA), and Brown will attend the 2015 Native American Festival and Basketmakers Market.
"We are delighted to award these fellowships. Their creativity is inspiring and innovative and market participation is critical to an artist's development and viability," said Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, president and CEO of the Abbe Museum. "They expand our view of what is possible, and they inspire us to apply our own talents and imagination. We hope this is the first of many fellowships we offer in the years to come."Brown handcrafts jewelry and traditional beadwork made from various metals, semi-precious gemstones, and glass beads. "My work is motivated by my desire to create colorful jewelry and regalia that will be passed on to future generations. It gives me great joy to see others enjoy and wear my creations, whether for everyday wear or worn specially for traditional gatherings," she said.
Frey, a third generation weaver, has artwork on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Dartmouth College's Hood Museum, and the Abbe Museum. "As a parent and an artist living in an artist family, I strive to teach and encourage my entire family to chase their artistic dreams," she said.
In the past two years, 11 year old Soctomah has placed first and second in her division at SWAIA with several different baskets: six-inch sweetgrass crisscross basket, twelve-inch wastebasket, four-inch rainbow basket, and a six-inch blue basket. "I want to be sure that basketmaking keeps going so that we don't lose the tradition. I want to be just like my gram and teach people to make baskets and keep it going," she said.
Each Fellow will attend the Abbe's Annual Meeting on August 12, 2015 from 4 – 6 pm to give a demonstration. Members and friends of the Abbe are invited to attend. Please contact the Abbe at 207-288-3519 to RSVP.
About Dawnland, LLC
Dawnland, LLC operates the Jordan Pond House restaurant, including the traditional tea and popovers on the lawn overlooking Jordan Pond and the Bubbles, and retail services at Jordan Pond House, Cadillac Mountain, and Thunder Hole. Dawnland's parent company, Ortega National Parks, LLC, has more than 45 years of hospitality experience and over 16 years' experience operating concessions in the National Park Service, including at Bandelier National Monument, White Sands, Muir Woods, Carlsbad Caverns, Death Valley and Gateway National Recreation Area.


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Professor who wants to proposition student
An attractive student in my class who is failing just emailed me to ask whether there was "anything possible" she could do to avoid receiving an F. I have to confess that if I knew I could get away with it, I would insinuate to her that she could avoid an F by satisfying me sexually.
I'm toying with the idea of asking to speak with her in my office to give her the opportunity to make an offer. The thought of her sexually satisfying me right in my office is so enticing.
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Lets see, you are a Professor. Which means you have a lot of education behind you. I can't believe you would even have to ask a question like that!
You would be one dumbass teacher to even go there! Go get a h***** so you can keep your job!
You dumb c*** do you know how many teachers have been caught doing that have you ever considered she's setting you up this is real life not a p*** video
Give her the F and don't give into temptation. Yu can lose everything you ever went to school or ever worked for.


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Tag Archives: cheating iPad as primary computer
My Early Take on the iPad Mini, and the iPad "4"
First, 100 million iPads sold to date. 100 MILLION! In two and a half years. That's absolutely stunning, and phenomenal, and way beyond my wildest expectations. I think it also speaks to a far greater degree of PC cannibalization than … Continue reading
The iPad Mini. The Goldilocks Device?
The rumors are now rampant. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that mass production is underway. So what's an iPad Alone guy, who uses an iPad as his primary computer, think about the iPad Mini? To be honest, I'm conflicted. … Continue reading
Where did the wider space bar go?!?
As I posted here, in the iOS 4.3 betas there was an adjustment made to the spacebar: it was wider, extended further to the right all the way under the ! key. It was a feature that I was excited … Continue reading
I cheated on my iPad (sorry iPad)
Well I finally encountered a situation which despite best efforts I simply could not figure out a way to avoid using the iMac: someone sent me some large files via YouSendIt. If you're not familiar with the service, you get … Continue reading


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Opinion Columns & Blogs
In politics the message can change quickly
Three weeks ago, it was the race to change everything. To win back the Congress, Democrats had to win back seats like the 6th Congressional District in Georgia. All the political and media eyes in the nation were on the seat. You could be forgiven for thinking you dreamed it all because the moment Jon Ossoff lost the national media pretended it had never built up those expectations.
First, the media was right. To win back the House of Representatives, Democrats will need to win seats like this one. It is suburban, well educated, and mostly white. It was in the two dozen best performing Republican districts for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats must win back two dozen seats. Second, one can only extrapolate so much from a special election. Both sides should be careful.
With almost two weeks distance now from the race, let us consider just how badly things went for the Democrats. In November of last year, the Democratic opponent to Congressman Tom Price spent literally nothing on the seat, other than his qualifying fee, and picked up more votes than Jon Ossoff got. Ossoff spent $30 million.
It is true that special election turnout is lower than a presidential election. But it is also true that Ossoff's team spent $30 million to identify every Democrat in the district to turn out and fewer turned out than last November. He did this against Karen Handel who raised only $4 million. It turned into a David and Goliath struggle with Ossoff as the Goliath.
One of the little noticed issues was Ossoff's door knocking campaign. Demographically, he could not win the seat with just Democrats. There are not enough of them in the district. He needed to persuade Republicans to support him. That district has a sizable number of Republicans who do not care for the president. Instead of targeting those voters and getting them out, Ossoff's campaign and outside Democratic groups knocked on every Republican's door. They raised awareness of the race with people they should have avoided.
Ultimately though, the Democrats made a fatal miscalculation about the race that ruined them. They presumed President Trump is toxic in the 6th District. To be sure, he is not liked. His popularity rating hovers at around 40 percent in that district with an unfavorable rating of 60 percent. Being disliked, however, is not being hated. There is a difference. The president is not liked, but Nancy Pelosi is hated in the district. The president is not toxic. Pelosi is.
Republicans ran ample ads tying Ossoff to Pelosi. He would be San Francisco's proxy vote. He would be a yes man to Pelosi. Combine that attack with Ossoff not actually living in the district and the race amounted to a $30 million engagement ring for Jon Ossoff's girlfriend. He could not overcome those attacks. Instead of trying to define himself differently, he tried to define Karen Handel. But she had won that district several times in several races and everyone knew her. He could not define her, but she could define him.
Moving forward, Democrats need to understand that just because they hate the president, there are a lot of Americans who really hate Democrats still. They see the Democrats as out of touch, left-wing, culture warriors more interested in bathroom issues than job creation. But the GOP needs to pay attention, too. This district was not a good fit for Democrats, but the GOP is turning off its base and turning off independent voters. November of 2018 is a long ways off.
Erick Erickson is a Fox News contributor and radio talk show host in Atlanta.


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A foot in my tumor.
November 22, 2016
Time for a little update on life. I turn 39 next week. After having a small lump in my foot I went to have an MRI.
Results show a nerve sheath tumor that is not a Morton's Neuroma. I'm getting transferred to a new department at MD Anderson. Looks like I have been updated to the Brain and Spine Center. If that doesn't scare you a bit I'm not sure what will. This is all perfect timing since all Obamacare plans will pull coverage for MD Anderson starting January 1, 2017. Thanks ACA, you are awesome! I will let you know what the surgeon in the Brain and Spine department has to say about my foot. Sure hope my ass-kicking days won't be cut short due to this tumor friend of mine.
Back to real life here.
Still been riding the mountain bike a lot. As of this week I have done 959 miles on the bike this year. If you are a Stava workout person check me out https://www.strava.com/athletes/8625592
In October I raced in a 6 hour endurance challenge. Landed in sixth place.
I have also been copying VHS to DVDs and scanning in old family photos while working on my family tree.
I was thinking of finding out who the descendants of the fella who created the 110 film format so I can go slap them.
The photos and memories are precious. So many great memories and so many people in my life I'm thankful for.
Sogo out there and have a great Thanksgiving. Give me a call if you want to catch up on life and have a cup of coffee.
-Derrick Perrin
This post gave me chills. I immediately started sending up prayers, Derrick. Don't know what else to say except God bless!!!
Your awsome. I love your understated humor and quirky observations. Your in my prayers as is all your family…. I hope that counts for a whole lot to the big guy above. Keep me updated❤
Praying for you!
Derrick, I'm so sorry to hear about the tumor in your foot. Kinda leaves me speechless but I'll be keeping you & your family in my prayers. If I can ever do anything please don't hesitate to ask. Love to all. Deleen
You just couldn't leave Obama out of this could you smh lol
Just trying to make you smile! On a serious note…..prayers going your way! Stay strong mi amigo!


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Tu Mera Hero 5th May 2015 Written Episode Update
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Tu Mera Hero 5th May 2015 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Panchi brings the ladies downstairs. Sundar says they look good and they laugh. Panchi brings the aarti plates and makes all the sons do aarti of their mothers. Everyone smile. The sons do the tilak and take the blessings. Titu praises Surekha and says how she can always supported her, she make him smile as joker, and makes her sit. He says she cried when he got hurt, and saved him from Govind and teacher, and always gave peace to him, and salutes her.
He says no one can be without mum, and says importance of mothers in everyone's lives. Govind says he is right, he reminded him his mum, and cries. Titu asks shall I get her here as Dada ji came. Everyone laugh. Titu says my mum is the best, my mum has kept me well always, till this age. He shows the trophy, which he wanted to win in 100 m race, and Surekha has got it for him by running with him.
He shows the doctor's pic and says he wanted to become doctor as it was his wish, and teacher said it needs much studies, and Surekha helped me, by taking me to studio and made me take doctor pic, she saved me. Panchi says Titu you wanted to become doctor. Titu says yes, thanks Govind that he earned well, so I have a good life. Govind smiles.
Titu also thanks Panchi for doing all this. She smiles. He says my mum gave me a good life and hugs her. Panchi looks on. Manorama reads the newspaper. She says Rachna controls Chetan, I have to do something. Rachna asks Chetan to come home soon and gives him tiffin. He smiles. Manorama starts influencing Chetan again and Rachna understands. Manorama says its mother's day and she did not get any gift. Rachna asks Chetan not to worry, she will manage everything She says we will buy a gift for her and goes with him. Manorama says Chetan did not get in any effect.
Keshav says he will give this doll to Bhagwati as his child is going to come. Rachna brings a gift for Manorama and gifts her a dog's collar. Rachna says sorry, I don't have time to talk, cook food for us, we will come late, and taunts her. She says put less chilli in food. Manorama argues and Rachna reminds her what she did before, I m IAS officer's wife and you asked me to have some attitude, so I m doing this.
Manorama holds her hand. Rachna twists her hand and says look at your age, I can manage you easily. She warns her to be in her limits, else you can have plaster in your hands. She scares Manorama and asks her to have medicine. She leaves. Sundar shows the card he made for Bhagwati. She smiles seeing it and says I love you too. Mukund brings jalebis for Rekha. Rekha blesses him. Surekha taunts her and laughs.
Rekha asks what did Titu gift her. Titu says he is her diamond and hugs her. He gifts her old pics and smiles. Keshav comes and says he has got a gift on mother's day. Titu says Rekha is lucky. He gifts Bhagwati, this is for you. Titu jokes on him and says its mother's day. Bhagwati smiles. Rekha asks whats happening, whats in the gift. Bhagwati sees the doll and asks why did he get this. Keshav says as you are giving me good news of pregnancy.
Everyone get glad and asks really. Surekha blesses Bhagwati. Bhagwati says its nothing like that. Rekha says she got the doll there and tells him that Bhagwati can't be pregnant, as she is taking birth control pills. She shows the pills to him and he is shocked. Everyone look on shocked. Rekha calls Keshav a fool to dream this, if she was pregnant, why would she take this pills. She asks him to see the truth, does he not trust his mum, and asks him to ask Bhagwati.
Rekha asks Bhagwati to say if she is wrong, are these pills not hers. Bhagwati stays silent. Keshav gets angry. Rekha scolds Bhagwati and says Bhagwati does not respect Keshav, she married him just to make Sundar get a father's name and good future, she is selfish woman. She says she does not love you and just brought Sundar close to you, she will not give you a child. Pinky says enough mum. Rekha asks her to shut up and says Bhagwati is a liar, and asks Keshav to see the truth and move on in life.
Surekha asks Rekha not to get in between husband and wife, she should not tell it infront of everyone. Rekha asks what did I do wrong. Surekha says I know Bhagwati might have decided something and did this, like you thought something and did not agree to me to make Keshav get polio. She says mum always wants good for son, you made Keshav handicapped. Panchi says sorry to say, but Titu is not handicapped, and even then you made him sit at home and did not let him work.
Panchi says Surekha made him handicapped even when he is fine. She says she is saying the truth and she should know this. Titu looks on. Surekha gets angry on Panchi. Vaishaili smiles.
Surekha says she have given identity to Titu in 24 years, which you want to end by controlling him, take him for 24 days and make him as you want.
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If you were handed a ticket to go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Wouldn't that be an awesome surprise to get? The little girl in my children's book gets this chance but with three different tickets. So awesome, eh?
While we were in the midst of our international travels, I had a children's book idea. It was all inspired by one white pup we met in Bali. Her name is Putih (Poo-tee). I was still writing the travel guide How to Buy a Campervan in New Zealand at the time, so when it was done I jumped on this children's book idea.
Well, it turns out, the little girl decides to go to three countries I've never been to before. So, I've had to do some research on these places.
I don't want to spoil the story, because I think it'll be a fun book for you to read. To know when it's ready, you can sign up here and I'll keep you posted:)
It's been so much fun writing it! I've learned some fun facts I never knew.
While some friends are reading the next draft and I'm waiting for their feedback, I want to share these fun facts I've learned this week. Maybe they'll shock you, too!
10 fun facts about our world- did you know these?
1. English is not the most spoken language in the world.
What? I know! It's terrible that was my assumption. English is actually the third most spoken language. There are two languages spoken more than English. Guess which ones. The second most is Spanish. The first is Mandarin! Makes sense with populations.
2. Did you know India has six seasons instead of four?
I never thought having more seasons than spring, summer, autumn and winter was an option. India has an extra season between summer and autumn: monsoon season. They also have another season between autumn and winter, the pre-winter season called Hemant Ritu.
3. Did you know in Spain, they don't have the tooth fairy- they have a tooth mouse!
His name is Ratoncito Perez. He's a Little Mouse that exchanges your teeth for a gift. I don't know how I'd feel imaging a mouse with a long tail jumping under my pillow in the middle of the night. However, I don't know if the kids put their teeth under the pillow. Anyone know?
4. In India, toe rings are a symbol of marriage.
We have a "finger ring" as a sign of marriage. In India, toe rings are the symbol where they're worn on the second toe of both feet. Girls who aren't married don't wear toe rings. Interesting! I think it's cool! Source.
5. Did you know the Amazon Rain Forest creates one third of the earth's oxygen + holds one fifth of the earth's fresh water reserves?
I had no idea either. We gotta protect that space. It helps us all. Source.
6. Did you know Brazil holds the most species of monkeys in the world?
Me either! I would expect it to be somewhere in Asia. Source.
7. If you like throwing your peanuts on the floor at Texas Roadhouse, you'll love going to Spain!
It's customary for people to throw their food down on the ground at restaurants. The dirtier the floor usually means the better the food! More people eating= more food on the floor. Source.
8. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -128.5 F in Antarctica.
Can you imagine the cold? Yikes! Source.
9. The average thickness of Antarctica's ice is one mile deep!
Whoa! That's 5,280 feet deep. Now that's thick ice! Source.
10. My all time favorite fun fact: why can't penguins fly?
I'll give you a second to guess.
Their bones are solid instead of hollow like other birds. They're too heavy to fly!
Source: I learned this interning at the Georgia Aquarium.
So, you can guess which countries my character travels to:) That's spoiled. But, it's the awesome #nuventures she has in each country that makes the story so special! To know when the books ready, you can sign up here and I'll keep you posted:)
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Been long I did a DIY on the blog. So when I saw these, instantly I knew what use I was going to get out of them and for $2, nothing could beat that. It is the simplest and quickest DIY one could work on. All you need is your favorite hat, some fancy feather plumes and a glue gun.
I used my brown felt hat which has a leather trimming . All I did was put some glue at the bottom of the plumes and stuck them laterally, inside the leather trim.
Then let it dry and voila !!! An old hat gets a makeover all for under $3. Enjoy !!!
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Giantson June 26, 2012 at 11:59 pm
I don't want to explain that this is exactly what it is. No, you're not missing anything. It's not topical.
Wow, he's so big! Relatively speaking.
stars that are actually stars. cute =)
(#1 and #3 remind me of WoW and skyrim, respectively…)
Commented, I haven't in ages.
Bad, I feel.
Sorry, I am.
Good, the comics still are!
A Giant? Really?
In panel 2, I like to imagine that he is playing Ultimate Frisbee with a flying saucer.
Is he… jolly?
He looks jolly.
Is that a tiny shark fin?
Yes it is.
Akshully I should correct myself, that's a regular sized shark fin. He is a giant.
I like it that you are being all experimental. I think I am going to do something like this. Yes.


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Sleiveen Hostess: s/t Tape
Some people seek professional help when certain obsessions no longer remain under control. For some people it's too late and they end up institutionalised or dead. Some people find relief in celebrating their obsessions most deep and foul through music, and what a better way to share your dreams of rusty razor blades, cum stained polaroid collections and romantic encounters ending up in police investigations than through scuzzy noise rock. Sleiveen Hostess makes its debut with a six-song cassette jam-packed with filth similar to the unpleasant sounds of Brainbombs, Drunkdriver or even Rectal Hygienics. Professionally duplicated metallic gold tape with black on-shell printing and full colour j-card. Limited edition of 100 copies.


text: Hello lovely readers! And a belated Eid Mubarak! I can't believe it's been over a month since I last blogged. A lot has happened in the past few weeks from attending weddings, to starting a new job and just generally catching up with stuff. Unfortunately, I've had to stop painting as I just don't have the time (life of an NQT), but I'm still trying to scrapbook monthly with my Project Life album. I have a few blog posts in my drafts so will hopefully be posting more regularly, but until then, I'm off to do some planning and marking =)


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You guys should have gotten your music related news yesterday, but I got caught up playing around on the new website; I cannot wait until I can share it with you guys (I love it way more than anyone should love an intangible object).
- The Royal Concept released their single "D-D-Dance" on iTunes and now I can't get enough of them; it's San Cisco meets Black Kids with an extra punch of pure youthful energy and it's a perfect mix of folk pop, dance-able melodies, and fun rhythms that has me more than a little addicted to their music.
- Hudson Taylor released their music video for "Weapons" and continued to show that they are the most amazing, and most promising, thing coming out of indie folk right now. Look for their name soon because it won't be long until you can't get away from their music.
- Friday, February 9, marked the fifty year anniversary of the day The Beatles first arrived in the US, giving us the, much loved, phrase 'British Invasion'. The Beatles early songs weren't very thought provoking, but their music matured as their fans did and the band is a perfect example of how best to stay in the spotlight and your fan's playlists.
- It's that time of year when you can start buying your SunFest tickets again; it's not the 'best' music festival, you will have one day when you're soaked through with rain and another day where you've definitely garnered third degree burns on your hands from leaning back on the cement, but it's tradition and it's fun. Of all the festivals I've been to, none have this same sort of relaxed feel and it's awesome to be there the first three nights because it's so 'empty' on the weekdays (though it does make Sunday's crowds slightly unbearable).
- The Colourist, the debut full length album from The Colourist, is available for pre-order now and you're going to want to grab your copy; the band is coming on to the indie pop scene strong and their songs are so fun it's ridiculous. Their only real competition, sound wise, is going to be Echosmith and, between the two, I'd put my money on The Colourist; while Echosmith has nice lyrics, the tracks feel light and the vocals could be better and The Colourist already has a fully mature sound with solid vocals that are easy to listen to, as well as some great lyrics. Check out their video for "Fix This" for something amazing.
- Broods' "Bridges" is the free single of the week on iTunes (US) this week and it's slowly building electronic beat sucks you in with its hypnotic waves and soft vocal melodies.
- Hot Chelle Rae released their latest single, "Don't Say Goodnight", and the song sounds just as fun as you've come to expect from this band. I've tried not to get addicted, but it just feels like summer and warm nights and there's no point in denying this single's greatness.
- Justin Bieber was not smacked by NBA's Blake Griffin; it was a satire story posted by a sports site which got picked up by other news sources who ran it as truth. I can't believe I'm actually disappointed that a person was not physically assaulted.
- Andy Blunda, former Fastball guitarist, released his second solo EP, Messages, and the songs are so great that they demand your immediate and full attention. They're truly fantastic and only get better with each listen.
- PawnShop King's "Fall Apart" sucks you in slowly, so that you don't even realize you're hooked until you're sitting there singing the chorus under your breath and trying to figure out what it's from. You can get the single, for free, by clicking on this link now though, so do that (because I have waited so long to start getting music that is free for your personal use, not just for the site's use, and I'm super excited to share this with you).
- Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" has been resurrected by Buck 22 who took the song and made "Achy Breaky 2". I honestly can't. The video is all shades of ridiculous, the song is an average looking mess, and I kind of wish I had never listened to it, because this weird remix will be in my head for far too long now; it's as mindnumbingly unimportant as the original, with the added bonus of being just as horribly catchy (it won't leave your head and it's bad).
- Nickel Creek got back together and released "Destination" and I am super fucking excited to hear new music from them. It's been far too long since the classic folk band gave us a sweet melody to sway along to and their lyrics are just as articulate as ever.
- Manolo Panic came out with their interactive music video for "Tiny Robots" and it's just as amazing as the song itself, plus super entertaining.
- Skylar Grey released "Coming Home, Part II" and it's completely gorgeous and shows off the depth in her vocals perfectly while carrying over a chorus you already know and love into her latest work, making it easier for you to already be addicted to this new song. Plus the video is simple and beautiful and captures the song's sentiment with gorgeous ease.
"Coming Home, Pt. II" Skylar Grey