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The recent decline of multi-stakeholderism is exemplified by the case of its poster child, the IGF. Whilst established as a multi-stakeholder body, the capacity of its stakeholders to actually influence policy development processes has been circumscribed by the very narrow interpretation of its mandate made by its Secretariat and by the most powerful voices within its Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). Opportunities to address this deficiency, such as by placing conditions on the renewal of the IGF's mandate for a second term, or once that had been decided, to recommend how it should improve its format, functions and operations during that second term, have also been systematically withdrawn from multi-stakeholder bodies and processes, and reserved to those that favour governments. This series of posts will recount and provide some background to these events.
At the time that the Internet Governance Forum was first proposed by the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) in 2004, it was expected to be able to be able to discuss international public policies regarding the Internet that fell outside the scope of existing bodies, and to make recommendations on such emerging issues where appropriate, in accordance with what would become its mandate in the Tunis Agenda. It did not seem at all outlandish at the time to suggest that "The Forum should be able to pass recommendations on to the concerned parties, and may also invite — or recommend that the United Nations invites — member states to discuss a certain issue in an official capacity, or via a vote in the United Nations General Assembly."
In practice the IGF never took on such a role, due to early decisions made by its Secretariat and Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) that limited its capacity to engage in the process of developing such policy recommendations. In particular, the IGF was constituted as an atomistic annual conference, without an agenda of specific issues to address, suitable processeses for addressing them, or institutional structures to support such an exercise. At every turn when reforms to the IGF's structures and processes were proposed within the MAG or at open consultation meetings that would render it better suited to the fulfilment of its mandate, these were strongly opposed by those same stakeholders who had originally spoken against the IGF's formation at WSIS (such as ISOC and the ICC), and often also by its incumbent Secretariat.
However as the IGF's initial five year mandate neared an end, a more independent review of the IGF's strengths and shortcomings was called for by the Tunis Agenda. This review was conducted by the Secretary-General, drawing upon responses to a questionnaire that had been prepared by the IGF Secretariat and comments made at a special session held for this purpose at the fourth meeting of the IGF at Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt in September 2009.
In May 2010, the Secretary-General of the United Nations accordingly issued a note on the renewal of the IGF's mandate. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), which hosts the IGF Secretariat and drafted the note, had been criticised in February for its decision to issue these recommendations directly to ECOSOC, rather than first forwarding them to the May meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) for its comment. The CSTD advises ECOSOC and the General Assembly on technology issues and was tasked with responsibility for system-wide follow-up of the WSIS outcomes, using a multi-stakeholder approach. Thus the exclusion of the CSTD from substantively considering the continuation of the IGF was one of the first signs of the tide turning against multi-stakeholderism in Internet governance in the new decade.
This controversy aside, the Secretary-General's note acknowledged criticisms that "that the IGF had not provided concrete advice to intergovernmental bodies and other entities involved in Internet governance," and "that the contribution of the IGF to public policy-making is difficult to assess and appears to be weak." Suggesting that such criticisms may point "to a desire for more tangible progress on the issues at hand," the note recommended that "improvements to the format, functions and operations of the Forum be considered at the Forum's sixth meeting, in 2011." A press release accompanying the note also suggested that the MAG "make proposals with regard to its own future, should the mandate be renewed."
In response, and pending a formal decision on the continuation of the IGF by the General Assembly, processes to consider improvements to the IGF and its MAG were put in place during 2010. As to the MAG, it issued a questionnaire on its own performance and possible improvement following its May 2010 meeting, and considered (though in general did not recommend implementing) the suggestions given at its subsequent meeting in November. As to the IGF as a whole, on 29 July the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) invited the Chair of the CSTD to form
in an open and inclusive manner, a working group which would seek, compile and review inputs from all Member States and all other stakeholders on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum …
Following on from the Secretary-General's note and pending the CSTD working group's report, the General Assembly issued a resolution in December that extended the IGF's mandate for a further term of five years, noting "the importance of the Internet Governance Forum … while recognizing at the same time the need to improve it, with a view to linking it to the broader dialogue on global Internet governance" and also "acknowledging the calls for improvements in its working methods". Despite the earlier (and rightful) criticisms of the lack of multi-stakeholder participation in the development of this resolution, in the end the resolution complemented the CSTD process of discussion of IGF improvements, which will be considered in more detail in the next post.
This post is excerpted from a forthcoming paper and presentation of the author to be titled Arresting the decline of multi-stakeholderism in Internet governance.


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Radio Habana Cuba (51 aniversario): February 16, 2016/
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Emilio Ruiz, who shares this recording of Radio Havana Cuba's Spanish Language Service. This recording was made on February 16, 2016 starting at 6:00 UTC on 11.760 MHz. This recording was made in Chiapas, México with a Keenwood R-600 and Magnetic Loop antenna.

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Well, it's Spring again and guess what that means? World Naked Bike Ride 2009 has occurred! I'm unfortunately not located in a major city where they have naked bike rides organized, or else I'd have my own video footage to put up. I guess you'll have to just do with some of the better ones that I've found and will share below. This is a great event, for tons of reasons, one obvious one being that there's plenty of CFNM that occurs and is captured for us to watch. Enjoy these, but know that the nudity usually is reserved for the middle to towards the end of most of these.
Dr. Adonis
Screaming women after some stripper flesh... always a welcoming sound.
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Tawn's Strip Tease
Great humorous reactions here...
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Sweden got talent - Naked guys dancing!
USA TV just plain sucks, and our culture is seriously way too uptight.
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How to Prepare for a Testicular Cancer Exam
Who knew an exam could end up being sexy? Throw this pretty British physician in the room and put it in a CFNM context.
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Girls Share Stripper Night Experiences
Two pretty cool videos of women talking about how strippers get them worked up!
Two Coverboys Troupe Performances
Juice BoXXX
The ladies freaking love this girl! Yes, it's off-topic, as this is lesbian stripshow footage, but still way fun to watch.
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The Winter's Tale - December 2017, directed by William Wolfgang
The Winter's Tale took audiences on a journey from the icy depths of winter into the beautiful, exciting rebirth of spring. Written in the twilight of Shakespeare's illustrious career, this romantic masterwork blends the genres of tragedy, comedy, and the early beginnings musical theatre in a way completely innovative to the Elizabethan stage. Boundaries between art, age, love, and redemption are blurred creating a truly profound and unique theatre experience.
Polixenes, the King of Bohemia, has been visiting the kingdom of Sicily, ruled by his childhood best friend Leontes, for nearly nine months. As he prepares to return at last to his own kingdom, a falling out between the two regents endangers the lives of Polixenes himself, Leontes' Queen, Hermione, and her soon-to-be-born infant. The jealousy and wrath of a King still gripped by the weaknesses of youth threaten to destabilize all of Sicily as Hermione seeks to save her child, even if it means her own death.
As the play opens, King Polixenes has a nostalgic discussion of his youth, fondly remembering his time growing up with his best friend, King Leontes. He says, "And to be boy eternal," wishing, as countless individuals have since the dawn of time, to be young forever. However, the tale these characters tell are a major part of a story that doesn't allow time to stop, in fact it keeps moving, and at a very fast rate.
Time is represented in our production as the "Boy Eternal" referenced by Polixenes above, and serves as the chorus or narrator of the production, guiding us through this Shakespearean tale. However, the real storyteller existing within the confines of the play is the young prince, Mamillius, played by Brody Verlin. It is easy to argue that the tale (quoted above) he tells his mother the queen is the very story of which they are currently playing a part.
When asked to tell his mother a tale, Mamillius replies "Merry or sad shall't be?" Clearly, Mamillius chooses both "merry" and "sad," and "one of sprites and goblins." For a play that is hard to summarize and put into a few words, Mamillius does a fine job. The Winter's Tale is a story that can be intensely sad, and yet equally merry. It is occupied by characters who appear to be goblins, but then transform through time into one of the many sprites that have surrounded them.
The Winter's Tale is representative of Shakespeare's writing late in his career. Throughout his late Romances (others include Cymbeline and The Tempest to name a few), he focused on themes resonating with him at the time in his life: redemption, forgiveness, reunification, loss, aging, love, death, and rebirth. As this play begins you will believe you are experiencing the world of Hamlet or Macbeth, because it is dark and tragic, but as the play progresses the color changes. Shakespeare begins to paint a different picture. Not a masterpiece of cold and dark winter, but one of the verdant rebirth of spring.
Regardless of interpretation, it is clear that Mamillius achieves Polixenes' musing of becoming "Boy Eternal." The rest of the characters in this play are afforded the opportunity to age, and for one, in the most magical of ways. Time may not heal all wounds, but it does afford us the opportunity to forgive, and to be forgiven.
The OrangeMite Shakespeare Company is pleased to present its 22nd work by Shakespeare. This production marks the first time the organization will be performing at DreamWrights Center for Community Arts, and we could not be more thrilled to share our work with new audiences. Thank you for being a part of our merry-sad tale of sprites and goblins: William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.
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Lake Norman & Mooresville
Saving small change to make big changes
Patsy Shipp of Cornelius never let her health stand in the way of her top priority: Getting friends and neighbors to fill up empty jars with coins and give them to others in need.
Shipp died of lung cancer earlier this year; still, her efforts will result in more than 100 jars distributed to families facing difficult times. Each jar contain between $150 and $300, and that money can mean a great deal to a needy family.
But the reward for those on the giving end can be even better.
"My Christmas jar this year, in honor of Patsy, is going to a young single man with two small daughters," said Mary Timberman of Rio Rancho, N.M. "It is really needed and I am so thankful for the idea."
The idea of filling jars with loose change began about five years ago, according to one of Patsy's daughters, Laura Shipp Lewis, who lived adjacent to her mom and dad's home in the Diane Shores section of Cornelius off Jetton Road.
"It all started when she read the book 'Christmas Jars,' by Jason F. Wright," said Lewis. "She immediately decided she would start her own Christmas jar. She faithfully deposited her change each day, and by Christmas time she had two jars filled.
"As in the Christmas jar tradition, they were each delivered anonymously to families who needed extra resources during the holiday season."
During the next several years, according to Lewis, Shipp filled more jars and enlisted her family to start their own. She even began depositing her quarters, usually reserved for the Laundromat during traveling.
Each year she would talk to others to determine which families in the community would benefit most from her Christmas jars.
Then, last fall, shortly after returning from a trip to France, Shipp was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Lewis, a nurse at Carolinas Medical Center, knew her mother's time was short.
"She had no risk factors, but instead of asking, 'Why me?' she maintained her 'happy' attitude and looked for ways to serve others," said Lewis. "As family and friends asked what they could do to help, she requested that instead of bringing food to her, they start Christmas jars. She even provided some empty jars to get them started.
"She had me post instructions and pictures on her CaringBridge.com site (search for PatsyShipp) where family and friends across the country and around the world went for updates on her cancer."
More than 25 Christmas jars were filled in just one month last December in her honor and delivered to those in need. In January 2010, Shipp asked family and friends to start Christmas jars for the year, and she gave labels or jars to family that visited, friends, hospice workers and even her oncologist.
"She knew her time was drawing short but wanted the 'Christmas jar' tradition to continue on," said Lewis. "Her final request was that we have Christmas jars for those at her funeral to take home and start filling for 2010. On Jan. 16, at her funeral, over 72 jars plus many more labels were put in the hands of family, friends, doctors, nurses and all whose lives she touched."
Kathy Harris of Maiden, who donated a jar earlier this season, indicated how much the effort by Shipp meant to her in a recent letter to Lewis.
"I think of her every day," the letter said. "There are some people who touch our lives and we are forever changed as a result. Your Mom had that touch."
Family and friends of Patsy Shipp say they hope the Christmas jar tradition will not only continue but expand. "Maybe we can get 200 jars filled next year." Lewis said.


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From the planner Brandi: "Brandie + Jason Chavez rewrote and renewed their wedding vows they spoke to each other 6 years ago. What was planned to be a faux wedding, turned into a beautiful, heartfelt vow exchange amongst a couple who a month prior sensed that it was time for such an event when their old framed wedding vows peculiarly fell off their wall for the first time ever. DIY projects for the day included 20 stained mini cutting boards as chargers, take-home treat station for guest's 4-legged companions, interactive herb garden for the couple that guests could help plant an herb in. All the succulent plants were potted with up-cycled thrift store containers from a vendor found at the local farmers market, macramé potted plants, handmade jewelry by a local artist found at the farmers market and a signature cocktail using the venue's shrub mix. The shoot included mostly vendors found by the planner at her and her fiancé's favorite farmers market in town. The shoot included a "Hangover cure magic concoction" for guests to drink while they wait for the couple to exit the venue. The "concoction" being kombucha made by no other than a local farmer's market vendor. A local coffee shop was also included with their food truck that provided coffee and mini pop tarts in addition to the delicious lemon, lavender cake. Each vintage piece in the shoot had its own past and was shared in a new beginning for the couple.
The "help us plant our herb garden" station featured herbs directly from, you guested it, the farmers market. It served as a perfect past time activity for guests. Another interactive guest feature of the shoot was a window panel proposing the question, "If you knew you couldn't fail, what would you?" to guests so the couple could know their loved one's wildest dreams and hold them accountable to running after them. The quote on the bride and groom's chairs, "You and me together, we can do anything", speaks directly to the couple and how much life they lived in their 6 years together. The venue is a farm and mills that produces rice, grits, honey, jam, eggs and alcohol shrub mix. With a venue that offers so much, it was a no brainer to do a map detailing all of the things it had to offer, including the beautiful quasi-hut built by the young owners and their dad. Not only does the venue offer a perfect isolated feel from the busy city, it also offers a taste of childhood for most with a train track running across the road with a train that sounds its soothing whistle into the night sky. On this day, the sky looked stunningly orange, mixed with beautiful hues of blue due to a wildfire that was slowly burning in a state over. Music choices for this day were 1940-1950s thrift shop mo- town tunes that sang of love and the simpler times. My favorite memory of the day was getting a big replenishing glass of Kombucha from our special friends and cheering with all the vendors after a successful day."
Venue: Congaree + Penn
Planning + Design concept: Zesty Lemon Design co.
Floral Design: Marble + Pine
Dress: The White Magnolia
Suite: Men's Warehouse
Stationary: Ashley Purser
Hangover cure: Kombucha
Food/ Coffee truck: Vagabond Coffee co.
Signature drink: C & P Shrub mix and Manifest Distillary
Cake: Community Loaves
Hair + Makeup: Josie Otero
Plants (cactus & succulents, rope plant hangers): succulent strong
Jewelry: Bijubee Jewerly
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!! History Commons Alert, Exciting News
This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event June 3, 2001-July 24, 2001: Al-Qaeda Leader Escapes Ireland Despite Being under Surveillance. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Zahid Shaikh Mohammed, the brother of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM), works as the head of the Pakistani branch of the charity Mercy International. A book published in 1999 will allege that this charity, based in the US and Switzerland, was used by the CIA to funnel money to Muslim militants fighting against US enemies in places such as Bosnia and Afghanistan (see 1989 and After). It is not known when Zahid got involved with the charity, but he is heading its Pakistani branch by 1988, when his nephew Ramzi Yousef first goes to Afghanistan (see Late 1980s). [Reeve, 1999, pp. 120] In the spring of 1993, US investigators raid Zahid's house while searching for Yousef (see Spring 1993). Documents and pictures are found suggesting close links and even a friendship between Zahid and Osama bin Laden. Photos and other evidence also show close links between Zahid, KSM, and government officials close to Nawaf Sharif, who is prime minister of Pakistan twice in the 1990s. The investigators also discover that Zahid was seen talking to Pakistani President Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari during a Mercy International ceremony in February 1993. [Reeve, 1999, pp. 48-49, 120] But despite the raid, Zahid apparently keeps his job until about February 1995, when Yousef is arrested in Pakistan (see February 7, 1995). Investigators learn Yousef had made a phone call to the Mercy office, and there is an entry in Yousef's seized telephone directory for a Zahid Shaikh Mohammed. Pakistani investigators raid the Mercy office, but Zahid has already fled. [United Press International, 4/11/1995; Guardian, 9/26/2001; McDermott, 2005, pp. 154, 162] It is unclear what subsequently happens to Zahid. In 1999 it will be reported that he is believed to be in Kuwait, but in 2002 the Kuwaiti government will announce he is a member of al-Qaeda, so presumably he is no longer welcome there. [Reeve, 1999, pp. 48; Los Angeles Times, 9/1/2002] Mercy International's Kenya branch will later be implicated in the 1998 US embassy bombing in that country, as will KSM, Zahid's brother (see Late August 1998).
Entity Tags: Ramzi Yousef, Zahid Shaikh Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Mercy International
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
US intelligence begins monitoring telephones connected to the Kenyan branch of the charity Mercy International. By mid-1996, US intelligence began wiretapping telephones belonging to Wadih El-Hage, an al-Qaeda operative living in Nairobi, Kenya, and the NSA is also monitoring bin Laden's satellite phone. By the end of 1996, the number of monitored phones in Kenya increases to five, and two of those are to Mercy International's offices. What led investigators to this charity is unknown, and details of the calls have never been revealed. [New York Times, 1/13/2001] The Mercy International office will be raided shortly after the 1998 African embassy bombings (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998), and incriminating files belonging to El-Hage will be found there (see October 1997). It will be discovered that the office worked closely with al-Qaeda. For instance, it issued identity cards for al-Qaeda leaders Ali Mohamed, Mohammed Atef, and even bin Laden himself. [Bergen, 2001, pp. 140; Financial Times, 11/28/2001] An al-Qaeda defector, L'Houssaine Kherchtou, will testify in a 2001 trial that al-Qaeda was heavily interacting with Mercy International's Kenya branch, and a number of employees there, including the manager and accountant, were actually al-Qaeda operatives. [United State of America v. Usama bin Laden, et al., Day 8, 2/21/2001] A receipt dated just two weeks before the embassy bombings made a reference to "getting the weapons from Somalia." [New York Times, 1/22/2000] Most crucially, there were a number of calls between Mercy director Ahmad Sheik Adam and bin Laden. [East African, 2/16/2000] And Adam's mobile phone was used 12 times by El-Hage to speak to bin Laden or his associates. Presumably, such calls would have drawn obvious attention to the Kenya al-Qaeda cell and their embassy attack plans, yet none of the cell members were arrested until after the attack. The Kenya branch of Mercy International will be shut down by the end of 1998, but in 2001 it will be reported that Adam continues to live in Kenya and has not been arrested. [Agence France-Presse, 12/17/1998; BBC, 1/3/2001]
Entity Tags: US intelligence, Wadih El-Hage, Osama bin Laden, Ahmad Sheik Adam, Mercy International, National Security Agency, L'Houssaine Kherchtou
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
Tourists in Luxor, Egypt, cower as militants begin firing on them. [Source: BBC]Fifty-eight foreign tourists are killed in Luxor, Egypt. Six radical militants attack an ancient Egyptian temple with machine guns before finally being killed by Egyptian police. The attack is the peak of a campaign to destroy the Egyptian tourism industry that had begun five years before. Thirty-four foreigners and 1,200 Egyptians were killed in the previous attacks. Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Group) takes credit for the attack. This group was founded in the late 1970s by Sheik Omar Abdul-Rahman. The militants are ultimately hoping to destabilize the Egyptian economy and overthrow the government. However, the attacks backfire, alienating many Egyptians. This will be the last serious militant attack in Egypt before 9/11. [New York Times, 11/18/1997; New York Times, 11/18/1997; Los Angeles Times, 10/26/2001] The Egyptian militant group Islamic Jihad is also thought to be involved. In 1999, Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of Islamic Jihad and al-Qaeda's second in command, will be convicted in absentia for his role in this attack and other attacks. [BBC, 9/27/2004] Also in 1999, the Egyptian government will claim it has determined that bin Laden helped finance the attack. [BBC, 5/13/1999]
Entity Tags: Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Islamic Jihad
Diana Dean. [Source: Seattle Times]Al-Qaeda operative Ahmed Ressam is arrested in Port Angeles, Washington, attempting to enter the US with components of explosive devices. One hundred and thirty pounds of bomb-making chemicals and detonator components are found inside his rental car. He subsequently admits he planned to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on December 31, 1999. [New York Times, 12/30/2001] Alert border patrol agent Diana Dean stops him; she and other agents nationwide had been warned recently to look for suspicious activity. Ressam's bombing would have been part of a wave of attacks against US targets over the New Year's weekend (see December 15-31, 1999). He is later connected to al-Qaeda and convicted. [US Congress, 9/18/2002; PBS Frontline, 10/3/2002]
Entity Tags: Diana Dean, Ahmed Ressam, Los Angeles International Airport, Al-Qaeda
The FBI misses a chance to learn about Zacarias Moussaoui after a raid in Dublin, Ireland. On December 14, 1999, Ahmed Ressam was arrested trying to smuggle explosives into the US (see December 14, 1999). On December 21, Irish police arrest Hamid Aich and several other North African immigrants living in Dublin. [New York Times, 1/22/2000] During the arrests, police seize a large amount of documents relating to citizenship applications, identities, credit cards, and airplane tickets. A diagram of an electrical switch that could be used for a bomb is found that is identical to a diagram found in Ressam's apartment in Vancouver, Canada. [Irish Times, 7/31/2002] The suspects are released about a day later, but, "Within days, authorities in Ireland and the United States began to realize that they might have missed a chance to learn more about a terrorist network." [New York Times, 1/22/2000] It is discovered that Aich lived with Ressam in Montreal, and then later lived with him in Vancouver. Investigators conclude there has been an al-Qaeda cell in Dublin since the early 1990s, when the charity Mercy International opened an office there (this charity has several known al-Qaeda connections by this time (see 1988-Spring 1995 and Late 1996-August 20, 1998) and also an alleged CIA connection (see 1989 and After)). The cell is mainly involved in providing travel and identity documents for other cells committing violent acts. Investigators also connect Aich to the Islamic Jihad. But the US and Canada do not seek Aich's extradition, and instead have the Irish police keep him under surveillance. He will escape from Ireland shortly before 9/11 (see June 3, 2001-July 24, 2001). [New York Times, 1/22/2000; Irish Times, 7/31/2002] Apparently, many of the documents seized in the raid will only be closely examined after 9/11. Documents will show that in 1999 and 2000, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, a top al-Qaeda financier, worked with the Dublin cell to finance Moussaoui's international travel. Aich made travel arrangements and possibly provided fake identification for Moussaoui. [Fox News, 7/30/2002; Irish Times, 7/31/2002] Presumably, had these links been discovered after the 1999 raid instead of after 9/11, events could have gone very differently when Moussaoui was arrested in the US in August 2001 (see August 16, 2001).
Entity Tags: Zacarias Moussaoui, Al-Qaeda, Mercy International, Islamic Jihad, Hamid Aich, Ahmed Ressam, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi
NATO troops patrol the village of Bocinja Donja in 2001. [Source: NATO / Paul Hanson]In the wake of the failed al-Qaeda millennium bomb plots, US investigators will discover that a number of suspects in the plots have connections to an obscure village in Bosnia named Bocinja Donja. At the end of the Bosnian war in late 1995, Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic kicked out the Serbians living in this small village 60 miles north of the capital of Sarajevo and gave their houses to about 100 former mujaheddin who fought in Bosnia. Most of them married local women, allowing them to stay despite a treaty requiring all foreign fighters to leave Bosnia. In contrast to the rest of Bosnia, the village is governed by strict Islamic law. Suspects who lived in or visited the village include: Karim Said Atmani. A former roommate of Ahmed Ressam, he is believed to be the document forger for Ressam's group that attempted to bomb the Los Angeles airport (see December 14, 1999). He was a frequent visitor to Bosnia until late 1999. [Washington Post, 3/11/2000] Khalil Deek. Suspected of masterminding the Los Angeles airport plot (see December 15-31, 1999) and a Jordanian millennium plot (see December 11, 1999), Deek was investigated by US intelligence since the late 1980s (see Late 1980s) but inexplicably never even watchlisted until 2004 (see Spring 2004). Deek's brother says Khalil lived in Bosnia for a while, working for a "Muslim relief organization." [Washington Post, 3/11/2000; Orange County Weekly, 6/15/2006] He worked for the IARA, which reportedly funneled weapons and recruits into Bosnia (see Early 1990s). Hisham Diab. While he has not been explicitly connected to this village, he fought in Bosnia and was Deek's next door neighbor and close al-Qaeda associate all through the 1990s (see March 1993-1996 and December 14-25, 1999), so presumably they spent time in Bosnia together. [New Yorker, 1/22/2007] Hamid Aich. He lived in Canada and is connected to Ressam's group (see December 21, 1999). He also will openly live in Ireland and apparently fund a wide variety of militant groups and plots there before escaping to Afghanistan just before 9/11 (see June 3, 2001-July 24, 2001). Other mujaheddin connected to this village are wanted by authorities in other countries for other alleged crimes. A senior US official will say, "We have been concerned about this community for years. We flushed out a lot of them [after the end of the war].… [But] we find the whole group of them a threat, and we want them out of there." [Washington Post, 3/11/2000] Others tied to the millennium plots have ties to Bosnian war generally because Ressam belonged to a group of armed robbers called the "Roubaix gang" that trained in Islamic camps in Bosnia. [Los Angeles Times, 1/13/2000] Izetbegovic will step down as leader of Muslim Bosnia in October 2000. [New York Times, 10/20/2003] In late 2000 and early 2001, the mujaheddin will gradually be moved out of the village and replaced by the original Serbian inhabitants.
Entity Tags: Roubaix gang, Karim Said Atmani, Khalil Deek, Hamid Aich, Alija Izetbegovic, Hisham Diab
On June 3, 2001, a British newspaper reveals that Hamid Aich, who is on the FBI's international wanted list, is living in Dublin where he is applying for asylum. [Mirror, 2/18/2001; News of the World, 6/3/2001] Irish intelligence has been monitoring Aich's movements since 1997, when authorities tied him to the mass murder of 77 tourists in Luxor, Egypt (see November 18, 1997). [Mirror, 10/17/2001; Daily Telegraph, 11/8/2001] He has since been linked to a number of militant groups (see, e.g., December 14, 1999). It is believed that between 1999 and 2001, Aich assisted 22 Islamic terrorist organizations, and even funded non-Islamic groups, for instance giving $200,000 to the ETA, a separatist group in the Basque region of Spain. Aich was also the director of Mercy International's Ireland branch. (This charity has several known al-Qaeda connections by this time (see 1988-Spring 1995 and Late 1996-August 20, 1998).) Despite these connections, he will continue to live openly in Dublin after the newspaper discloses his location. [Mirror, 9/17/2001] Irish authorities only publicly say, "Aich's case is at a very delicate stage." [News of the World, 6/3/2001] Then, on July 24, he leaves Ireland using a false passport. The FBI, which took no action against him while he was living in Dublin, is reportedly "furious" with Irish police for allowing him to escape. He has not been heard of since, and he has not been included in any known lists of wanted al-Qaeda leaders. It is believed that Aich eventually ends up in Afghanistan. After 9/11, Aich will be described as "one of the FBI's chief targets" and "one of bin Laden's most trusted men" who ranks seventh in al-Qaeda's hierarchy. [Mirror, 9/17/2001]
Entity Tags: Hamid Aich, Zacarias Moussaoui, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mercy International, Al-Qaeda, Ahmed Ressam
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These Toddler Gift Ideas make perfect birthday presents, Christmas gifts or everyday surprises. Grab one for your son or daughter or one of their friends!
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I've been meaning to write this post forever. Like…for the past year or so and considering Squish will be 3 years old in just 3 months (WHAT?!) I figured it was time to just buckle down and do it.
I get asked a lot about some of the toys and things people see in my photos and Instagram stories so I wanted to round up some of the stuff Squish has been loving for the past year or two and share it with you. Not everything in this post will be appropriate for every child between the ages of one and three but many of them will be.
Toys can be a bit overwhelming and it's crazy to me how much kid stuff we've accumulated in just the past few years. One thing I did a while ago was clean out a lot of toys and really try to focus on keeping things that have multiple uses and encourage imagination. Things like blocks, trains, play kitchen etc that he can use every day but use in different ways! I love when he gets into his own little world talking and playing by himself and I can just sit back and quietly watch and listen.
So, if you have a toddler of your own or are looking for gift ideas, I hope this post is helpful! A lot of these ideas are great for boys and girls, but I do have a boy so some might be skewed a little more stereotypically "boy". I did my best to break the ideas down into categories and link to specific products in many cases, although some ideas are just general and I didn't provide a link. (Note- all the links below are Amazon affiliate links which means I make a small amount of money if you purchase using them, at no additional cost to you.)
Arts & Crafts
I'm a huge fan of having a robust arts and crafts station. Use Pinterest to find some fun, simple project ideas or just take a bunch of stuff out and let them go to town!
- Pipe cleaners
- Clothespins
- Straws
- Pom poms
- Washable paint
- Balloons
- Popsicle sticks
- Paint Brushes
- Kwik Stixs Solid Tempera Paints – perfect for when you need something bolder than a marker but want it to dry quicker than regular paint
- Do A Dot Art! Markers
- Glue Sticks – I like the disappearing purple ones because they can easily see where they've spread the glue
- Markers
- Crayons
- Butcher Paper – for me this is so much easier than single sheets of paper because you can tear off as much or as little as you want each time
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Hole punches
- Hot Glue Gun – to be used by parents of course
- Stamps
Physical Activity
- Little Bopper Bounce House (on sale for $170 right now) – great for hot summer days or long winters indoors
- Radio Flyer Tricycle – they also have a 4-in-1 model that they can start using even younger
- Strider Balance Bike
- Little Tikes Trampoline
- Styrofoam Glider Plane – Squish will run and retrieve this time after time after time
- Wod Toys Barbell
- Balls
- Bubble mower
- Traffic cones – great for obstacle courses, races, etc
- Monster Hunting Kit {Net +Flashlight + Spray Bottle}
- Sensory Table – use for water, sand, dirt, etc
- Play Kitchen – buy play food, a mini grocery cart, save product packages and make your own grocery store!
- Camera – Save your old digital cameras you don't use anymore. Also check garage sales, etc!
- Chalk
- Tools – we have about 3 different sets!
- Doctor Kit – this one I'm linking to didn't come with a doctor bag so i bought one separately but there are many sets that do
- Dinosaurs
- Baby dolls/stuffed animals/baby stroller – my girlfriends with girls say any sort of baby dolls and doll accessories (carseats, strollers etc are a hit)
- Cars/Trucks/Fire engines – Squish especially likes dump trucks and garbage trucks that he can put other smaller toys into the back of
- Guitar/Keyboard – anything that encourages music is fun (drums, maracas…)
Trains get their own separate category because they're such an obsession in our house
- Brio Train Track Pack – we set these up on the floor usually but also have a train table. Get a crane! Squish's fav train accessory.
- Train table – look for these tables and train sets secondhand on fb selling groups, garage sales etc.
- Wooden Trains – you can never have too many
- GeoTrax Remote Control Trains – we got a giant set of these secondhand from a friend. Then I went on ebay and bought a couple extra engines with remote controllers
Motor Skills
- Wooden Blocks
- MegaBloks
- Alphabet Lacing Beads
- Playdough
- Water Wow Activity Books
- Mr. Potato Head
- Magna-Tiles – these are definitely for the older end of the age range. They can be a bit a little tricky to get to stick together so I think one year olds might get a bit frustrated
- Remote control car
- Puzzles
- Hiccapop Foam Bed Bumpers – if they're transitioning to a big kid bed soon, we love these instead of the big tall bed rails
- Pottery Barn Kids Sheets – there are plenty of places to get sheets but they have some of the cutest ones!
- Reusable Sticker Pads
- Water Bottle – toddlers love anything that's "specifically theirs" so their very own watter bottle, lunchbox, backpack etc are always a hit
- Backpack
- Books – When in doubt, get books. There are SO many good ones out there!
If you're looking for something more branded, here are some TV shows that are popular with toddlers. Any merchandise, games, etc featuring these characters would probably be a hit as well:
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
- Doc McStuffins
- PJ Masks
- Paw Patrol
- Anything on PBS – Curious George, Nature Cat, Daniel Tiger, etc
Whew! Ok well hopefully this gave you some fun new ideas. If your toddlers or toddlers you know have other favorites, let me know in the comments and i'll add them to the list!
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White noise : for voice, violin and piano [eScore] / Peter McNamara.
by Peter McNamara (2006)
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White Noise was written as a collaboration between the composer and Lao-Australian writer Sumana Viravong as part of the composer-in-residence project the composer completed with the Campbelltown Arts Centre in Sydney, 2006. Sumana Viravong's words speak largely about the modern lives of people living in the Campbelltown area, which is an area that is close to the city of Sydney and therefore partly suburban. The Campbelltown area though is also close to some of Australia's farming areas and natural wonders.
This 'in-between' location is the main inspiration for the musical elements of White Noise. The work has a mixture of textures ranging from very calm to active and even chaotic. Contrast between these calmer textures representing the more 'relaxed' side of the Campbelltown area and the more active textures representing the suburban, is a feature of the piece. The opening textures are predominantly calmer; as the work progresses though the active and more chaotic become more prevalent, culminating in a climactic section. This is contrasted with a calmer finale that gradually dissipates.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (15p. -- A4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional
Duration: 10 mins
Commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre with funds provided by Arts NSW.
First performance by Grevillea Ensemble — 9 Dec 06. Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
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Lyrics by Sumana Viravong.
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- Briefly, what is the Champion Creatively Alive Children grant program? Up to 20 grants from Crayola help Creative Leadership teams identify and deliver innovative programs that inspire educators to increase art-infused education.
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- What if my school does not have an art teacher? If the school does not have a certified Art Educator, the principal should collaborate with the person(s) designated within the school to teach the arts.
- My principal is a member of the State affiliate association, but not the national (NAESP) – what do we do? The principal must also be a national NAESP member. Nonmember principals can join now at www.naesp.org.
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- Does it have to include visual art integration? Yes. While it is fine to include more than one art form into your proposal, there should be visual art integration as part of the creative capacity building plan. In addition to visual art, you may weave dance, music, theater, art integrated ed tech, or media arts into your proposal.
- What are examples of Creative Leadership capacity building? We encourage schools to consider their unique needs and interests instead of adopting others ideas. That said, it often sparks thinking to hear of some examples:
- Providing a series of workshops delivered by teacher leaders, for teacher colleagues. For inspiration those teacher-leaders might attend a creativity leadership conference with the plan of delivering similar training to teachers, school-wide. Those teacher leaders might use the Champion Creatively Alive Children workshop and video series, available for free on Crayola.com that features the stories of prior year grant winners and showcases their promising practices.
- If using those resources, the proposal should explain what innovative ways these are being utilized—go beyond basics to have your grant proposal stand out.
- Partnering with an arts organization or a university or museum that has expertise in art integration. Jointly building the advocacy case for the capabilities to implement art integration could include co-teaching and coaching sessions so the teaching strategy gets embedded into classroom teachers' practices.
- Organizing grade level and vertical professional learning teams who meet monthly to share art-infused lesson ideas and provide feedback to each other helps to implement art integrated cross-curricular lessons.
- Engaging parents in the Creative Leadership planning process and providing creativity theme books for faculty and parents to read and discuss in book club sessions. These conversations could be enriched by guest speakers/community members who specialize in the value of arts integration to increase student achievement.
- Using grant funds for substitutes so art teachers and classroom teachers have more collaboration and co-teaching time
- Helping teachers integrate hands-on visual art with ed tech apps, robotics, and other academic disciplines. A robust and innovative approach to interdisciplinary design thinking pedagogy can be the basis of staff workshops.
- Providing a series of workshops delivered by teacher leaders, for teacher colleagues. For inspiration those teacher-leaders might attend a creativity leadership conference with the plan of delivering similar training to teachers, school-wide. Those teacher leaders might use the Champion Creatively Alive Children workshop and video series, available for free on Crayola.com that features the stories of prior year grant winners and showcases their promising practices.
There is no one best way to do this. It needs to build your school's creative capacity and identify a group of teacher leaders who will champion this effort within your school. The focus of Creative Leadership capacity building is to provide significant, sustainable professional development, not just a one-time speaker or a solo trip to a conference (if insights are not shared school-wide.) These are just examples. The funds could be used for other innovative ideas that foster art-based interdisciplinary learning.
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WORLD'S AIR FORCES Type No Role MiG-21PFFishbed T-28D Trojan AC-47 Dakota C-47 Dakota C-123K Provider 30 20 3 + 10 5 An-24 Coke/An-26 Curl 6/3 An-2 Colt Yak-40 Codling Cessna 0-1/U-17 Cessna T-41D Mi-8 Hip UH-1D/H Iroquois Sikorsky UH-34D 10 + 2 12+ 6 + 10 12+ 12 + Lebanon Int/FGA Coin Coin Transport Transport Transport Transport VIP Liaison Liaison/Train Transport Transport Transport Force Aerienne Libanaise Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Lubnaniya Three Hunters were lost in the civil war around Beirut in 1983, and these have not been replaced. This leaves the FAL practically ineffective as a combat force, with only seven operational aircraft. The surviving Mirages have not been flown for several years, and are almost certainly unserviceable. The helicopter force remains viable, with additional Pumas delivered in 1984. Type No Role Hunter F.70/T.66C Mirage IIIEL/BL CM.170Magister Bulldog 126 Dove 6 Shrike Commander SA. 330LPuma AB.212 Alouette ll/lll SA.342L Gazelle 6/1 9/1 5 5 1 1 11 9 2/12 4 FGA/Training (Stored) Training Training Comms (WFU?) VIP/Comms Transport Transport Liaison/Trans Anti-tank/AOP Lesotho Royal Lesotho Defence Force - Air Squad ron The former Police Mobile Unit Air Wing has been reorganised and renamed. The Air Squadron is now part of the RLDF, operating three fixed-wing aircraft and six helicopters. A Super King Air was acquired in late 1986 to replace several leased light aircraft. The BK.117 was sold in May 1986, and the Mi-2 is no longer in use. Type No Role Skyvan 3M Super King Air 300 Bell412/412SP Bo.105CBS Soloy-Bell 47G 2 1 2/1 2 1 Transport Comms/VIP Transport Liaison/VIP Liaison Liberia Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit Planned expansion of the ARU, including requirement for HAL Kiran armed jet trainers, did not come to fruition following the 1980 revolution. Based at Monrovia, the unit remains dedicated to transport and liaison tasks. One of the two Cessna Caravans bought in 1986 crashed in January 1987. Type No Role IAI-101BArava C-47 Dakota Cessna Caravan I Cessna 337G Cessna 185/172 4 2 1 4 2/2 Transport Transport Transport Comms Liaison Libya Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Libiyya Libya continues its war with Chad and still occupies parts of northern Chad. A series of Chadian successes in February and March 1987 resulted in heavy Libyan casualties, including the loss or capture of more than 30 aircraft. In late August 1987 Chadian forces took the fight into Libya for the first time, and during a retaliatory raid on N'Jamena, French air defences shot down a Libyan Tu-22 bomber. Tension between Libya and the USA remains high in the wake of the April 1986 attack on Tripoli, and was exacerbated by the US decision to supply Chad with arms. The Soviet Union continues to supply equip ment to Libya in limited quantities, while many Libyan aircraft are flown or maintained by Soviet, Syrian, North Korean, and Pakistani personnel. Type No Role Air Force MiG-25/25R/25U Foxbat MiG-23MF/BM/U Flogger MiG-21 Fishbed Su-22BM Fitter Tu-22 Blinder Mirage F.1A/E/B Mirage V/VE Mirage VR/VD J-1E Jastreb G-2AGaleb L-39 Albatros CM.170Magister SF.260W Rallye Club II-76T Candid C-130H/L-100-20/30 Hercules G-222 An-26 Curl C-47 Dakota L-410UVPTurbolet Boeing 707-320 Mi-24 Hind Mi-8 Hip CH-47C Chinook AS-61A A.109A AB.212 Alouette III Army 0-1E Bird Dog CH-47C Chinook AB.206A JetRanger SA.342 Gazelle Alouette III AB.47G Navy SA.321 Super Frelon Mi-14 Haze 60/5/4 87/38/15 50+ 90+ 7 16/37/6 35+/30 8/10 25+ 30+ 45+ 12 190+ 8 5 7/2/1 20 10 9 20 1 21 7 6 1 2 2 4 Int/Recce/Train Int/Attack/Trng Int/Attack FGA Bomber Attack/lnt/Trng Attack/lnt Recce/Training Attack Coin/Training Training Training Coin/Training Train/Liaison Transport Transport Transport Transport Transport Trans/Train VIP Attack Transport Transport VIP Utility VIP Liaison 10 13 5 40 10 8 12 12 Liaison Transport Liaison Anti-tank/Liai Liaison Liaison ASW/SAR ASW Madagascar Armee de l'Air Malgache A left-wing- governed country, Madagascar has received aid from the Soviet Union and North Korea. A Type No Role MiG-21 FL Fishbed MiG-17F Fresco Cessna 172 An-26 Curl C-47/C-53 Dakota BN-2A Defender Yak-40 Codling HS748 PA-23 Aztec Cessna 31 OR Cessna F337 Mi-8 Hip 8 4 4 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 3 6 Int/FGA FGA Training Transport Transport Transport VIP VIP Comms Comms Comms Transport fighter squadron has MiG-21s, and MiG-17Fs. The transport and liaison fleet has a mix of Soviet and Western types, while Cessna 172s are used for early training before students are sent to the USSR. Malawi Malawi Army Air Wing The main base of the MAAW is at Blantyre-Chileka, which is the home of the transport fleet, while helicopter operations are undertaken from Lilongwe. The status of the training base at Zomba is uncer tain following the disposal of six Do-27s previously used for pilot training. No orders for replacement trainers have been reported. A Presidential Flight has a single HS125-800, which replaced a Series 700B in 1986. Four Do-28Ds were returned to Dornier in part payment for two Do-228s in 1986. A third Do-228 will be delivered in 1988. Type No Role Do-228 Do-28D Skyservant HS125-800 King Air C90 SA.330F Puma SA.365N Dauphin AS.350L-1 Ecureuil Alouette III 3* 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 Transport Transport VIP VIP VIP VIP Coin/Liaison VIP Delivery in progress Malaysia Royal Malaysian Air Force/Tentara Udara Diraja Malaysia The last of 40 Grumman-refurbished A-4 Skyhawks was delivered to the RMAF in 1986, after remanu- facture from 88 ex-US Navy A-4Cs and A-4Ls. The A-4PTM basic fit is similar to that of the Israeli A-4Es, and all are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders and have the Hughes Aircraft Angle Rate Bombing System. Twenty of the single-seaters are wired for the AGM-65 Maverick missile, which may be supplied at a later date. No decision on the replacement of the RMAF's squadron of F-5E Tiger II inter ceptors has been made, but Mirage 2000s have been considered. The training force has been updated, with deliveries now completed of 13 MB.339s and 44 PC-7 Turbo-Trainers, Type No Role F-5E/F Tiger II RF-5E Tigereye A-4PTM/TA-4PTM Skyhawk MB.339A CL-41G Tebuan PC-7 Turbo-Trainer Bulldog 102 C-130H-MP Hercules C-130H Hercules DHC-4A Caribou HU-16 Albatross F-28 Fellowship 1000 HS.125-400B CL-600 Challenger Cessna 402B S-61A Nuri NAS.332 Super Puma Alouette III Bell 47G 14/3 2 33/6 11 10 44 11 3 6 15 2 2 2 2 5/2/3 35 1" 24 7 Int/Training Recce Attack/Train Training (Stored) Training Refresher Trng MR Transport Transport Transport/VIP Royal Flight VIP VIP Train/Liaison/ VIP Transport Transport Liaison Training On order 68 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 28 November 1987
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As I stepped onto the Red Coach bus, the driver called me lucky, saying that he had not been alerted of an extra rider and might have left sooner. The bus was nearly empty, which I presume is fairly common. I took a couple seats and laid back - way back - with my feet up on a foot-rest. Not too shabby.
I slept restlessly throughout the five hour drive and sleepily stepped off the bus upon arrival in the outskirts of Atlanta. I called Anais to get my bearings and found my way to the nearest MARTA bus station. I took the bus into the city to transfers to a Red Line train. I stood at the ticket kiosk for a few minutes trying to figure out how to buy a one-way ticket that wasn't exorbitantly expensive. As I did so, a young man had pity on me and tried to help. Finally he just offered to swipe me in. Great!
I took the train to the Midtown station and then got to walking. I had about a mile to go to get to the UPS store.
When Jorge and Valerie left Gainesville on Sunday evening, they did so with a bunch of my stuff in the back seat. So I had him mail it to a UPS store in Atlanta. This was my first destination. Along the way, I stopped in a Starbucks to use their facilities and in a REAL restaurant/bakery to get breakfast - a bagel and cream cheese for $2.11.
Upon arriving at the UPS store, I paid $5 for my package and then headed to Trader Joe's, in the same plaza, to get some groceries for the next couple days. I bought six bagels, which were nearly the same cost as the one I had bought earlier, some bananas, honey/oat bars, and TJ's superfood juice.
I took a seat on a bench in the lobby to eat my breakfast and pack up the items - my camera, beeswax, a book, and t-shirt - that Jorge had sent for me.
Next was my trek to the venue I'd be playing in the evening. It was so long and hot that by the time I arrived around 1p, my t-shirt was completely soaked with sweat. An intern sitting at the front desk showed me to the basement performance space and insisted that I sit and relax, that he would give me a tour of the facilities when I was ready. I kicked off my shoes, lost my shirt, and laid out on a love seat in the basement. Nap time.
When I woke up, he showed me around the building - a not-for-profit community arts space with a library, media computer room, dark room, recording studio, pottery room, kitchen, and community garden out back. One can become a member with full access to all the facilities for only $10 a month! I was flabbergasted.
I claimed a computer in the media room and got to work as per usual. Before I knew it, the show was due to begin. I took the stage first and tried to navigate through a very low energy from the crowd. The response was weak, save the harmonies I could hear during my cover of NOFX's "Linoleum". It was very difficult to gauge the mood in the room. The artist after me had a similar complaint and the energy didn't really pick up until the third band played, a folk outfit from Portland named Run On Sentence. They deserved the better energy, they were great! So too were their touring partners, Trouble in the Wind.
After the venue closed down, I waited another hour for my Atlanta host to arrive. I had met him in Philly at The Fire and he insisted that I get in touch to stay with him in Atlanta. Communication with him turned out to be rather shoddy, but at least I had a safe place to spend the night.
The following morning, he drove me to an on-ramp for I75/85 in downtown Atlanta. I tried sticking my thumb out for an hour or so but decided rather quickly that my efforts would be fruitless. I walked away from the exit rather aimlessly until I saw a sign - somewhat serendipitously - reading: Greyhound Bus Station ^
I took the hint, following the signs to the bus station. Upon arriving, I learned that tickets to Chattanooga were $31, as compared with the tickets to my final destination, Cleveland (TN), which were $47. I knew that Chattanooga would be along the way for Chicken Little, a Nashville-based band I'd be playing with in Cleveland, so I called them up hoping to secure a ride the rest of the way.
We arrived in Cleveland around 6:30, shortly before the show was scheduled to begin. Chicken Little graciously volunteered to go first. An accordion/guitar duo, they were amazing! The crowd responded great to their music and did so for mine as well. Next up were Front Porch Regulars and Local Union, both based in Chattanooga. Their music was much more "punk rock" but they were very supportive, cool, and fun! The crowd loved it. I loved it. Everyone loved it.
I rode away with Chicken Little, falling asleep in the back seat of their greasel car. The two members, Dave and Emma, live at the Food Not Bombs house in Nashville and would be putting me up for the next couple days.


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Whilst I've been away I've been drawing a lot of new patterns based on things I've seen – carpets, architecture, all sorts of things! :o) I've included some of these in the next update to the app which led to the interesting challenge of names!
I've discovered in the past that sometimes when I create a new pattern, some one else has already made it and given it a name. In my app you'll find this pattern:
After I'd added this my friend said, "Hey, that looks just like Quiltz" and there was my pattern, already drawn by Kym Barlow! Her steps are even identical to mine! What a surprise! :o)
I often browse Tangle Patterns to check to see if a pattern I've made has already been named by someone else, and I try to use those names where I can to make it easier for people to look up the patterns by name for further inspiration :o)
So here are my "new" patterns with their slightly crazy names thanks to Chris :o) If you recognise any of these patterns as having other names, please do let me know!
These will be available in the Doodle Patterns app as soon as Apple approve it – hopefully not too long :o)


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Culture, Diaspora and Border Crossings in Popular Hindi Cinema
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Using an interdisciplinary framework, this book offers a fresh perspective on the issues of diaspora culture and border crossings in the films, popular cultures, and media and entertainment industries from the popular Hindi cinema of India. It analyses and discusses a range of key contemporary films in detail, such as Veer Zaara, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, and Dostana.
The book uses the notion of travel analytically in and through the cinema to comment on films that have dealt with Indo-Pak border crossings, representations of diaspora, and gender and sexuality in new ways. It engages with common sense assumptions about everyday South Asian and diasporic South Asian cultures and representations as expressed in Bollywood cinema in order to look at these issues further. Moving towards an innovative exploration beyond the films, this book charts the circuits and routes of Bollywood as South Asian club cultures in the diaspora, and Hindi cinema entertainment shows around the world, as well as its impact on social media websites. Bollywood Travels is an original and thought provoking contribution to studies on Asian Culture and Society, Sociology, World Cinema, and Film, Media and Cultural Studies.


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I had a dream last night. It involved a dear friend walking into my foyer (full disclosure - I don't have a 'foyer' in real life). She was ready for a hike - hiking pants, boots, hat, walking stick - the full outfit. She needed to go on this hike so she could "leave her empty mess." This phrasing hit me as particularly specific.
There are a few reasons this is important this time of year, we are entering the season of Autumn, the time of the Lungs and the Large Intestine, a time for taking in, aspiring for better and letting go of the old and all that doesn't serve our greater purpose on this path we call life.
Step One: Identify Your 'Empty Mess'
We all have things in our life that take up too much time, space, and psychic energy that do not serve us. This is the defining characteristic of an 'empty mess'. It's not a significant mess, it's a distracting mess that serves no purpose except to keep the Ego busy. It's time to clean it up and be done with it.
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Be specific. It can be daunting to clean up a 'mess' in one fell swoop. Maybe you want to eat healthier, have better boundaries in relationship, declutter your home. Whatever your 'empty mess' may be, identify easy action items to begin your process of letting go.
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With any loss, even the loss of an 'empty mess' there is a mourning process. Honor whatever you need to do to mourn the loss of this letting go. With mourning, we open up the possibility of new beginnings, new found space, new opportunity, and new relationships.
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This is the most beautiful benefit of cleaning our cosmic house, we free up physical, emotional and psychic space we didn't even know existed. It is infinite, beautiful, bountiful and inspired.
So take the time, in this season of letting go to clean up. Out with the old and open to the new.