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Martina Navratilova is much more than the world's best ever female tennis player.
She is also a champion for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights (as well as for animals and underprivileged children) and an icon and inspiration for millions of people around the world.
As London opens the 2012 Summer Olympics today (27 July) we reveal our exclusive interview with her, conducted at the Out and Equal Global Workplace Summit in the UK capital last month, where she was a keynote speaker.
When you came out in the 1980s did you imagine that 30 years later in the Olympics there might still only be a handful of well known openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender athletes?
Is there a mission statement for the International Olympic Committee?
Yes and it includes equality.
For gays and lesbians or just for all?
I'm not sure it's as specific as that. [Later checks confirmed it insists on non-discrimination for all but does not reference LGBT people specifically.]
I haven't looked at it and I keep meaning to look at it and even my academy the gays and lesbians are not included and I need to get on that.
But yes and no. The sports world is very archaic, and particularly the team sports but I think the athletes are just too paranoid about coming out and I think if they did they would realize it was ok.
You know homophobia is easy to do when it's generic but it's very difficult when it's specific. It is easy for a player to make jokes about fags or whatever but if one of the team is an out gay player, they are not going to be making those jokes. And so I think if the athletes came out it would all change.
But the team sports is where it is difficult because particularly for the younger ones in colleges, you may have a homophobic coach. And if you come out the coach does put you in the team and you don't get to play.
On the other hand the tennis community has been out and supportive. We were the first sports group who got behind AIDS awareness largely due to Arthur Ashe being infected. Did we get behind it more because he was infected due to a blood transfusion and he wasn't gay? If he had been gay would we have been behind him in the same way? I don't know.
But in some ways the sports world has been ahead of the curve on social issues – even the gay stuff because there was no discrimination on the outside but on the inside in team sports it was definitely there.
Still I have always said the biggest thing we can do to advance the cause is to come out. If just a few would come out while they are still players, the floodgates would open.
One of the most commonly cited reasons for sportspeople not to come out is about sponsorship. Is that realistic?
It's total bullshit. First of all that was a concern 30 years ago and cost me plenty of money but nowadays it wouldn't. I don't think it's a plus or minus anymore. If it is a minus it is so minor. And, after all, how many athletes get endorsements? Very few. It really is the cream of the crop that get any outside sponsorship. Even good footballers just have their shoe deal. Are they going to get a drink deal? How many? It's just a cop out really.
Do you think it is possible to encourage more athletes to come out? The government in Britain has started a charter for sport to tackle homophobia and that doesn't seem to have changed that.
It will. You put the legislation in place and you just can't be prejudiced against it any more. Of course the grassroots are important but it has to come from the top down as well. It makes a huge difference.
On to other subjects, how confident are you that the US will win gay marriage and will the election make a big difference?
Absolutely. I think more so than ever. Romney is just so unpredictable because he has shifted so much but he is beholden to the Conservative wing and there is no way he will come out in support of this. So Obama's re-election is huge on so many levels but for the social issues the Republicans are going backwards, trying to put the women down and gays, they don't even mention them.
Gay marriage is a huge issue. I think it will happen. I gave it 10 years about eight years ago so we are close to that. Under Bush we had no chance but now that Obama has spoken out in favor it is only a matter of time but I think it will happen before the end of his second presidency, no doubt.
So how confident are you that Obama will be re-elected?
I am not confident at all. Because there is so much money involved on the other end and they just lie through their teeth. They will say whatever and it has no bearing on reality. I hope he'll win but it's going to be close.
The marriage issue – it's not about the right to get married, it just gives you equal standing in society. For me that's the biggest issue and we just need to keep going in that direction.
I've always said the biggest thing we can do is to come out and when I spoke in the March on Washington in 93 that's what I said. And when I spoke 10 years later I said you have to come out, keep coming out, make it personal. That's how you push for equal rights.
Is it a regret that you haven't been able to get married yourself?
Well, I've made some bad choices when it came to partners but I would have liked to have the opportunity to at least make it legal. And I still want to do it in the future. I'm in a relationship now and it's not possible. It would make life a lot easier on so many levels and it's a basic human rights.
Beyond the legal side and society's recognition, do you think it would change the nature of your relationship?
It's so different for us because gays have not had the possibility. I don't know. Ask me after I get married, if that ever happens, and I will tell you what it feels like.
You spend time in both the UK and US. Are there things you wish you could take from one country and import into the other?
The UK is so regulated, so you don't have so much freedom, people get carried away with it. When you are driving I think you spend more time looking at your speedometer than the road because you are so terrified of getting a ticket in the mail. They take it too far one way and you are on a camera everywhere which is kind of scary. If it's just to catch the criminals, great – but it's misused and terrifying that way.
But on the other hand it is so much more progressive on social issues in the UK. It is really ahead of the curve and the US is so far behind. Anything which has to do with sex we are really messed up in the States. I think it's still left over from the Puritans. There is a law in Florida about the size of bathing suits and you can't go topless and everything is sexualized. It drives you crazy.
So we are talking about gay marriage and somehow they stand against gay marriage because it's a gateway to polygamy and bestiality. And you are like 'really'?
When it comes to anything sexual we have some issues. When I did Dancing With The Stars not only did I have to wear a bra but I had to put nipple covers on in case there is a wardrobe malfunction. God forbid there should be a female nipple on TV because that's pornography in America. We are just so puritanical in that regard.
Lots of places around Europe are even more liberated about this kind of stuff…
That's true but the UK is so far ahead of the US. The Czech Republic has so only been a democracy for a little over 20 years but they are much further along with social issues than we are in the States.
The Out and Equal conference is about improving global LGBT workplace rights. What lessons do you want people to learn there.
It is about the corporations making the workplace a safe place. A supportive environment. And again it goes from the top down. If the head of the company is homophobic, then it is ok to be homophobic everywhere. It gives them license to be. But if they stop it at the top it trickles down.
That's where Out and Equal do such a good job, promoting openness and support of LGBT people and stopping the bullying and name-calling. Ideally one day it will be a non-issue.
Europe and the US, particularly since Hilary Clinton's speech, have been involved in more global LGBT rights. Do you feel that's an important focus and somewhere those countries can make a positive difference or is there a danger they could do more harm than good by being seen to dictate?
When you are dictating equal rights, you can not go wrong. It's just the right thing to do. And when they say it's our culture, well the culture is wrong. Just because it's your culture, it doesn't make it right. Violence against gays and lesbians is just wrong.
If you have to be militant about it then that's what you do. There are 79 countries where you can be jailed for being gay or even executed and that's wrong and we know it. By saying that, you are not being a bully, you are just pointing out that they are wrong.


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In 2013, the University of Illinois Press published my book The Architecture of Barry Byrne: Bringing the Prairie School to Europe. I have spoken in several venues in the Chicago area regarding the book, as well as presenting it to audiences in Kansas City, Racine, and Mason City. My work on Byrne began with research in the late 1980s, which led to a presentation on Byrne at the 2002 Society of Architectural Historians conference and a major article in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians in 2010.
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This class will teach you how to safely wrap, suspend, fall, swing and spiral with the silks fabric into and out of various positions, increasing strength, control and flexibility.
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These plans are for making the "falling blocks" toy.
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New business owners in Guernsey have explained how the coronavirus pandemic pushed them to launch their ideas.
Natalie Robins was struggling to find a job before she decided to set up Les Frens bakery from her home in St Martin.
She offers baked goods on a trolley from her driveway after managing to order all of her equipment online.
"One morning I had five people queuing in the drive at quarter to eight, and I don't actually put everything out until eight," she said.
"I think my record was 55 minutes for sausage rolls and an hour and 10 minutes for 98 cupcakes and about 70 sausage rolls."
She added: "I'm absolutely loving it, I can work from home, I get a real buzz from putting the items on the trolley and people chatting in the driveway. It's a real community spirit here in St Martin's."
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HARTFORD–It's an issue that has plagued the state for some time, and now the state government is seeking federal assistance.
Gov. Dan Malloy submitted a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to create a field office in northeastern Connecticut to manage damage assessment of the 34,130 homes with possibly crumbling or collapsed foundations. So far, at least 350 insurance claims or consumer complaints have been filed within the state, but many homeowners may be unaware of the damage.
According to Mallloy, replacing a home's foundation can cost anywhere from $75,000 to $150,000, meaning the total cost of repairing these homes would be between $100 million and $1 billion.
The homes are all located within a 20 mile radius around a quarry in Willington where a dangerous, but naturally occurring mineral could be found, leading Malloy's office to say the issue a natural disaster. That would fall under FEMA's realm.
"In April 2016, the Lieutenant Governor and I directed the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) to contact FEMA Region 1 to investigate what assistance the agency could provide these homeowners," Governor Malloy wrote to agency administrator Craig Furgate. "The informal response we received back in an email from the FEMA Regional Administrator was that the crumbling foundation issue did not appear to constitute an emergency or major disaster. Instead, it was suggested that it might be a consumer product defect or construction safety issue."
But the state Department of Consumer Protection countered that suggestion. In a report released in June, it concluded that there was no evidence that two companies that created the concrete foundations deliberately used the faulty concrete that has led to cracks. The Joseph J. Mottes Company and the Becker Construction Company were the two that built the homes involved in the claim.
Gov. Malloy said as much in his letter.
"Since that time of our informal request to FEMA Region 1, we have further scientific information that this potentially catastrophic damage appears to be the result of a natural disaster – specifically the reaction of a naturally occurring mineral, pyrrhotite, to oxygen and water. Pyrrhotite is an iron sulfide mineral, thus exposure to oxygen and water leads to a chemical reaction which results in deterioration, and disastrous results for a home foundation."
You can read the full letter here.
No state or federal building standards regulate the amount of pyrrhotite allowed in foundations.
In June, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen said the state has reached a deal with a handful of insurance companies to finance a program meant to compensate affected homeowners. The program could provide homeowners up to 90 percent of the cost of replacing the damaged foundations.
But Jepsen said just four of the 29 insurance companies working in impacted communities in Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties have so far agreed to take part. The Hartford, Travelers, Amica, and an unnamed company said they would form a pool from which victims can recoup some repair costs.
In September, homeowners rallied outside the governor's mansion, asking for him to exert leadership on the issue. At the time, Malloy came outside and spoke to the group, saying the foundations needed to be tested and pressure should be put on insurance companies to participate in this process.
In June, the DCP said in its report that as a result of this situation the state should enact legislation to limit the use of pyrrhotite and pyrite in home foundation concrete, but that when the homes involved in the case were built in the '80s and '90s not a lot was known about the danger of those materials. Without legislation, the state cannot easily pursue claims under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.
The two companies previously, and voluntarily, agreed to stop selling materials or products containing aggregate from Becker's Quarry in Willington for use in residential concrete foundations in Connecticut until June 2017 to give the Legislature a chance to enact statutes.
A majority of those who filed claims have not yet agreed to participate in the program with the insurance company, which would dampen their ability to recuperate money through a claim of unfair business practices, but officials are still working to reach out to the homeowners.


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Sid Sloane is back!
It's raining outside but there are plenty of fun things to do inside with Sid and his dog Fuzzy. Following on from the success of Sid's Show this time we venture into a fish tank to discover what a mermaid is doing with Sid's TV remote control, who has her pearls and whether Sid can make friends with a dangerous shark!
This exciting and colourful underwater adventure bubbles over with sea creatures, songs, stalagmites, stalactites and wave after wave of educational interaction. Once again Sid has produced a fantastic treat for the CBeebies viewer and their family. It's a must see!
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As an industry leader worldwide, the Norwegian firm Øveraasen AS unveiled a new generation of snow removal equipment at inter airport. We realized a trade fair concept for the company that struck the right note for a product premiere. Øveraasen AS has been making snowploughs, snow blowers and snow sweepers for 80 years and its products can be found at nearly all international airports.
The challenge
To develop a weatherproof trade fair concept for the world product premiere of a new generation of innovative and futuristically styled snow removal equipment.
The staging
The design of the white cover over the exhibit area which was visible from a distance combined the basic shape of snow crystals with the linear structure of packaging tapes. This had the effect of "permanent uncovering", which drew visitors' attention to the products throughout the trade fair period.
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- Mrslovebug
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So long story short my mom and I aren't talking and haven't in two months. She has some problems that were effecting my marriage and I told her I had to cut her out until she changed. She responded denying everything and went blabbing to people about me when I asked her not to. I havent talked to her since October.
she came into town Saturday to "drop off" presents for my husband, daughter, and self with my Grandma. So my Grandmas got all these gifts for us from her and my grandma wants us to pick them up. I have no problem giving the gifts to my daughter and letting my daughter call my mom to say thank you but what do we do with the gifts for us? Leave them, send them back, keep them wrapped in attic, open them, donate? What?
my mom is an expert at making me feel guilty over things I didn't do and has been trying this since I confronted her. A big part of my confusion on what to do is that I think she may be using these gifts to guilt me and try to have control of the situation .
im not mad at my mom but until she changes her drinking and gets help for her borderline personality disorder she's hurting my own family. She denies everything so it's going to be a long time if ever before she's back in our lives. Opinions please?


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Minced Meat roll
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HORAY! Someone understood!OhMrScottyTrav06 wrote:rich101682 wrote:so0perspam wrote:quietstorm wrote:Now, I can give you a list twenty times as long of closers who have fizzled out long before that age. Just in the past ten years.
Unless you're God and have a crystal ball that can predict the future, something I apparently missed in this whole debate, how are you so sure that Wagner "fizzles" out? .
Nobody calls Wagner a fizzle! Except...except for that one guy that did years ago. But no one calls Wagner a fizzle and gets away with it! Well that's not true...the other guy who did it ran away after he said it. But after today, only half of the guys who have called Wagner a fizzle will have gotten away with it!
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Prenatal massage is designed to promote health and wellness for the mother-to-be. Pregnancy massage encourages relaxation, enhances circulation and alleviates discomfort commonly associated with pregnancy, such as headaches, leg pain and back discomfort. Special positioning and cushioning for comfort and safety is used during this massage.
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Three Bassmaster Elite Series pros on the Skeeter Boats team recently received in the mail their new boat trailer license plates. All three of them — Todd Faircloth, Kelly Jordon and Alton Jones — attached the new license plates to their trailers and thought nothing more of it.
"I don't look at my license plate numbers," said Jones, who lives in Waco, Texas.
But other people do.
In Jones' case, it was his son, Alton Jr., who immediately noticed the significance of his dad's new boat trailer plate. It included the nickname of the most accomplished angler in bass fishing, Kevin VanDam — the three-time BASS Angler of the Year and two-time Basmaster Classic champion, who is fishing in his 18th-straight Classic this week.
"My son said, 'Dad, your license plate has KVD on it,'" Jones recalled. "He's the one who told me."
Faircloth, who is from Jasper, Texas, didn't notice it until Jones told him this week in Greenville.
"It's not something you really pay attention to, your license plate," Faircloth said.
Faircloth, who is fishing in his sixth Classic, called a Skeeter representative this week and said, "You better watch out, Kevin might be trying to get a royalty."
Jordon, a Mineola, Texas, resident, didn't find out until his girlfriend, Kerri Cole, told him.
"I just screwed it on the trailer," Jordon said. "I was headed out, and my girlfriend was following me. When we stopped, she said, 'Did you know your license plate was customized?' I said, 'No.' She said, 'You didn't know it says KVD on it?' I said, 'No it doesn't.'"
But yes it does — 89Z-KVD, to be exact. And Jordon is probably having more fun with this than anyone. The talkative Texan loves to rib VanDam any time he can."The only time I think about KVD is when I look down the standings to see how far he is behind me," said Jordon, who is fishing in his sixth Classic. "That's the only time I ever look for KVD."
Jordon immediately called his friend VanDam to tell him the news.
"Does this mean I've got your number, or you've got my number?" Jordon asked him. "I think it means I've got yours, since it's on the back of my boat trailer.
"I said that I was going to have him sign it. And after I whipped him this year, I was going to tear that jersey off his scrawny butt and hang it with that license plate in a shawdow box."
Jordon paused, noted that some of his finest fishing moments had come in head-to-head competition against the "King of Bass Fishing," then acknowledged, "He's a good friend. But that's about as much in-his-face as you can get because he will make you eat your hat every now and then."
So just how did all three Elite Series pros from Texas end up with the letters KVD on their license plates? Pure coincidence. Skeeter Boats is located in Kilgore, Texas. The company provides trailer and boat registration for its pro angler team.
"The county just happened to be on the KVDs that day," said Jones.
And how much is Skeeter paying KVD, who is sponsored by another boat manufacturer, for allowing the company to use his name?
"Skeeter didn't do anything," said VanDam, with a wink. "The question is how much I had to pay the state of Texas to get that done.


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Stefanie Hammond, sr. channel sales specialist here at SolarWinds MSP, used her presentation to focus on the various types of MSP packages successfully implemented in the marketplace.
"Having well defined service offerings is imperative because not only will it help streamline your sales process for your sales team and your clients, but it will also improve and streamline how you deliver those services out of your Network Operation Center (NOC). This helps you accelerate your customer growth and profitability levels for your business," she explained.
Hammond focused on four specific topics:
Stefanie pointed out that while there are opportunities for managed services everywhere, the best opportunities lie in those businesses that are about 100 employees or less and do not have an internal IT department or internal IT resource. "This is where you can build out support programs to specifically target these types of organizations that don't have the in-house technical expertise," she said. "Aligning your support packages based on your prospects' overall budget, support requirements, and any other support expectations helps you ensure you sell more."
But if you have customers that tend to tip toward the larger end of 100-plus employees, there are also massive recurring revenue opportunities to be had in the mid-market space. Even though these types of organizations have internal IT departments with dedicated technical resources and, therefore, may not be a good fit for the traditional managed services support packages, there are still programs that you can build to target these organizations, if you choose to. With internal IT teams being consolidated, these larger organizations are looking for reliable, outside assistance and specialty support as they continue to grow.
"So while the SMB space is still a very lucrative market to target, augmenting that with migration into the mid-market segment as well can allow for double-digit growth in both device management and revenue growth on a monthly recurring basis," she continued.
Stefanie highlighted the four main customer segments as:
She added that over the years, we have seen IT service providers/MSPs provide five distinct categories of services within each of those segments:
Stefanie went on in detail about how each category worked for individual customer market segments. The objective of this, she explained, was two-fold:
"In either case," Stefanie explained, "creating a set of standard programs that incorporate the same technology stack on the back end (for example, using the same RMM, AV, backup, email filtering, web filtering, compliancy scanning) across every program level, is imperative."
She continued, "This helps simplify the sales and marketing process, as you have removed the option of allowing your customers to create 'custom' programs and to dictate what they will buy or receive from you. It will also allow you to gain additional revenue because if you have programs out there currently that are of all different shapes and sizes, creating standardized programs with standard features will allow up to 'upgrade' services and increase the amount you charge your customers today. You are providing additional value through the inclusion of additional services."
Stefanie added that creating standardized programs with a specific set of software tools will also create efficiencies for your NOC engineers and technicians and simplify the onboarding process as well as the ongoing management of those customer networks you take on. This saves you considerable time and money in terms of labor costs, thereby increasing your overall profitability levels, making your MSP practice much more valuable in the marketplace.
She rounded up by saying that offering three distinct types of programs allows the MSP to offer a cost-effective, basic level of service to the most price-sensitive clients to begin the education process and start generating recurring revenue from these types of clients who have been very unpredictable and chaotic in the past. "Once you get them on board at the à la carte program level, you are able to work with them—through consultative sessions and professional reporting—to move them up the ladder into a proactive program and ultimately the fully managed program," she concluded.
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text: smrose1990 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Mr. Rose ain't been around for some time. JTZilla requested that he be allowed to take over. I had a few demands, JT had no problem with them. I think JT is just the guy to take this one, I requested a mission statement from Jt, he gave me one. On 1/29/2016 at 12:50 AM, JTZilla said: This is a Conservatives Only thread ! No Libs ! they have their own thread to toot their horns in. I am hoping to bring Rational Thought and Conservative Political Analyses to this thread! A common sense approach to Constitutional Conservatism, News of the Day, Hot Topics ! Bring a topic to the thread of your choosing but remember we are in a Conservatives only thread so, Prove what you say with links or multiple links! Rules • No racism in the thread (if I can do it, You can do it) • No personal attacks ( agree to disagree) • No spam • No libs • No porn pics (unless they are extremely hot) Remember the Libs will be watching, and we all know they deal in lies, lies, and more lies. So proving what we post is paramount, when they read the truth it will infuriate them and they will come in and post only to be humiliated. smrose1990 -OK, THEY wanted it, We FINALLY got it! Ladies and gentlemen, after simply asking for fair treatment and originally being outright denied (as expected) we have a compromised Equality Progressive movement here at LiberalForum. We are going to have our very own thread, safeguarded by the Big Man Warden himself. This Gun-and Badge tottin' SOB has personally assured he will do his all to keep this thread a Conservative friendly environment. I mean, it's only FAIR since they have their own forum where we can be labeled as absolute filth over lies and not defend ourselves. So here is our chance! Any topic with no leftist lash back. Like taking foodstamps from a black baby, they can't defend themselves so let it fly! A few rules and a favor I request of my fellow American loving, bacon eating, gun slobbering, blunt mouthed entrepreneurs 1. Please keep the racist LINGO to a minimum - due to the fact that almost anything we talk about could somehow be broken down to being racist, the topics are unavoidable. 2. You do not talk about Fight club... 3. Use quotes to group same topic posts as we do not have multiple threads to separate multiple topics 4. No death threats. We've all got balls of steel behind a keyboard, we know.... Plus I am sure DHS/FBI/CIA keeps tabs on any political website so don't bring the pigs to your doorstep over something stupid on a forum That is all the rules I got I suppose, now for the favor> I would love to see this thread be the shining beacon of light in the darkened stormy bay of this liberal gathering grounds. I know it's the internet and we're all here to get shit off our chests, but show them what we're really about, be the bigger man/woman....don't be them. I would love to see this nothing but love and luminosity, But at the same time...give them a taste of their own medicine <3 God Bless America and all those who protect it Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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Welcome to St.Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School's website! Our school's matriarch, St. Teresa of Calcutta built a community of faith who provided dignity to the poorest of the poor. At St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School we are a faith-based community rooted in the person of Jesus Christ. We are proud of our student centered dedicated teams of professional educators, devoted support staff and actively involved parent and parish community. Sacred Heart Parish, led by Father Leszek Szczygiel, plays an active part in the spiritual life of St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School. Liturgical celebrations, learning and living of Gospel teachings, and daily prayer are an integral part of our school life. We strive to nurture a love of learning in our children and educational excellence in all curriculum areas. Our students and staff are called to clearly understand the gifts and virtues with which God has blessed them and to be light to others.
We appreciate our active Catholic School Council that supports the education of our students and the development of the whole child. Many opportunities are offered to enhance the life of the school and community. St. Teresa of Calcutta students are proud of their co curricular successes, such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, science fair, public speaking and many other areas of interest. We also celebrate St. Teresa's mission of demonstrating a living faith and recognizing that "Each Life Is Precious to God." Holy Childhood Association, Local Food Bank, South Bruce Hospital Foundation, St. Vincent De Paul, Local family needs, Operation Christmas Child and other major charities, are a few of the social justice initiatives that St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School has donated to through the works of our students and community over the last number of years.
St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School website will give you a glimpse of the spirit that is alive in our Walkerton community, Sacred Heart Parish community and most of all our school community. St. Teresa of Calcutta students continue to benefit from the great treasure of Catholic education at Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton. We invite you to experience a small piece of the life of St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School by touring our website.
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How to Grow Embers Hydrangea
Showy clusters of pink flowers adorn the "Glowing Embers" hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla "Glowing Embers"). "Glowing Embers" is a moderate grower that reaches heights of about 6 feet, with a width of 6 to 8 feet. This upright shrub flowers from summer through fall, growing in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 9. It adds striking color and texture to the garden and is relatively easy to grow, as long as gardeners plant it in the right location and water it regularly during its first year.
Plant "Glowing Embers" hydrangeas in early summer or fall, avoiding the danger of frost and the damaging heat of the summer, if possible.
Choose a planting site with moist, well-drained soil and a pH of 7.0 or greater, as neutral or alkaline soil supports the plant's pink flowers. Provide full sun during the morning and some protection from intense afternoon sun.
Prepare the planting area by tilling it to a depth of about 12 inches to loosen compacted soil. Dig a hole that is twice as wide as the root ball and about as deep. Replace 15 to 20 percent of the garden soil with compost or another organic material to enrich the soil.
Place the "Glowing Embers" hydrangea in the hole. Fill it halfway with the soil mixture before watering the plant and flooding the hole to allow the soil to settle around the plant's roots and remove any air pockets that may later cause disease or other problems.
Fill the hole completely with the soil mixture, leaving a shallow indented circle around the plant's base to help retain water in the planting area. Add a 2- to 3-inch layer of bark mulch, pine needles or straw mulch and water the newly planted hydrangea thoroughly.
Water the "Glowing Embers" hydrangea regularly during the first year after planting to help it grow a strong root system. Provide 1 inch of water weekly, depending on the heat and rainfall.
Fertilize plants annually in spring with a general purpose or organic shrub fertilizer. Follow the manufacturer's instructions regarding dosage.
Prune annually as needed to shape your "Glowing Embers" hydrangea plant after it has finished flowering in late summer or early fall.
- Test your soil's pH before planting "Glowing Embers" hydrangeas with a pH testing kit, available at most garden centers. If the soil's pH is lower than 7, it is acidic and you may need to add lime or superphosphate to the soil. Dosages depend on the product being used and the amount of change that needs to take place. Follow manufacturer instructions for best results.
- Monrovia: Glowing Embers Hydrangea
- SouthernLiving: Hydrangea Essential Southern Plant
- Tennessee & Kentucky Garden Guide; Judy Lowe
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DescriptionOkay, I think we're ready for the penultimate assault... before you can bring down Mechazod, you're going to have to dismantle his lieutenants first!
You'll find Twonky, ED-210, Max Blasto, and The Grinder at the West Point, North Point, Mid Point and South Point stations, respectively.
To get them to show up, just turn the valves at the stations to mess up whatever they're trying to do out there. You can't miss the places, they all have spinning lights.
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I guess all that's left to do now is to deal with Gearmaster Mechazod.
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UNISON, GMB and UNITE members gathered together at lunchtime on Thursday 30 June to protest against Council plans to cut pay by up to 2%, opt out of national collective bargaining, cut sick pay and reduce annual leave, amongst a host of other proposals designed to make Council workers work harder and longer for less.
The members heard speeches from trade union representatives of UNISON, GMB and UNITE, who talked of possible strike action in the future if the Council do not withdraw their proposals. The employees petition against these cuts has grown to around 2,000 while the Council survey has only received 800 or so responses. The assembled crowd also heard contributions from members of the unions on strike today. Waltham Forest Trades Council and Health Activists also spoke to the crowd who heard how significant the cuts are, the proposed cuts to pensions and the decimation of local services.
Trade union members are asking why they are having to bear the brunt of the Government's austerity programme while the bankers and the rich are just getting richer.


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Open Channel Flow Meter
Open channel flow meters are not like other flow meters as the applications that they are utilized in deal with open channels that are free flowing.
Instead of using mass or volumetric data to determine the rate of flow of a substance, open channel flow meters monitor the relationship between the depth of the liquid and the flow rate.
The reason for the differences compared to the other mechanical and pressure based flow meters is that due to the free surface in open channel applications, traditional flow meter strategies cannot take place as the top surface of liquid is open to the air.Read More…
In order to better understand open channel flow meters, one must first understand open channel flow. As stated an open channel flow is a flow of fluid where there is one free surface present in which the only pressure on it is that pressure of gravity.


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Pitbull hopes to unite people with World Cup song
Miami homeboy Pitbull already has his free pass to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The rapper's new song, We Are One (Ole Ola), has been selected as the anthem of the soccer spectacular.
He'll team up with Jennifer Lopez and Brazilian pop star Cláudia Leitte to perform the song ( Nós Somos Um in Portuguese) at the World Cup opening ceremony June 12 in Sao Paulo.
There's no word yet on the lyrics of the song, which will be released by Sony Music Entertainment before the World Cup. But given the artists, it may contain snippets of English, Spanish and Portuguese.
"I'm sure, like me, millions of football and music fans all over the world will be eagerly awaiting the song's release," said Jerome Valcke, general secretary of FIFA, international soccer's governing body.
The song, written and co-produced by Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, will be included in the Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Album, also to be released by Sony.
The son of Cuban-born parents, Pitbull was reciting the poetry of José Martí in Little Havana bars by the time he was 3. He still wears Miami on his sleeve, but the boy who grew up on the gritty streets of Miami in the 1980s, during the era of cocaine cowboys, has become an international superstar.
Known as Mr. 305 and Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull, 33, has sold more than 5 million albums and 50 million singles, and has had No. 1 hits in 15 countries.
His single Timber, featuring Ke$ha, is in its third consecutive week atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On Tuesday, Endemol North America — producer of Big Brother and Steve Harvey — announced it had signed an exclusive deal with Pitbull to develop and produce original television and digital content, including a Pitbull digital channel on Endemol Beyond.
"The U.S. Hispanic consumer and gigantic global stars like Pitbull have been the underpinning for the major Latin music and cultural influences in the U.S. and around the world," said Cris Abrego, co-chairman and co-chief executive of Endemol North America.
Pitbull sees parallels between his music and soccer, said publicist Tom Muzquiz.
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"He relates his music to soccer because it's global," Muzquiz said in an email.
When the song selection was announced by FIFA and Sony on Thursday, Pitbull posted this message on his Facebook page: "It's official. . . . Jennifer Lopez Claudia Leitte and me are bringing the world together with the official song for FIFA 2014. Lets make history."
"I truly believe that this great game and the power of music will help unify us, because we are best when we are one," Pitbull said in a statement.
Both Pitbull, dressed in white from head to toe, and Leitte were on hand Thursday at Rio de Janeiro's Maracaná Stadium for the announcement, posing with soccer balls for the cameras. Lopez, who has collaborated musically with Pitbull in the past, was a no-show.
"I love sharing my culture and country with people through music," said Leitte in a statement. "The FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest events on the planet and I look forward to dancing samba with Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez in Brazil — we are one," said the singer, who received a Grammy nomination for her second album, As Máscaras.
During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Shakira rocked audiences with the official song Waka Waka (This Time for Africa). The Waka Waka video has racked up more than 600 million views on YouTube.
If you want to join Pitbull and friends for the opening match in Sao Paulo, there is still time to apply at FIFA.com/tickets for the second random-selection draw — but barely. It ends Thursday. About 3 million ticket requests have come in so far for the ticket lottery. More than 85,000 World Cup tickets have already been sold in the United States.
Still don't have your ticket? A new, first-come-first-served ticket sales period will begin March 12.


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Back by popular demand, the Strangecation blog team, Ashley Sackerman and Chris Bell, report from the wilds of Sequoia where they hiked nearly a dozen miles to check out Bearpaw High Sierra Camp. Their exclusive report for Along for the Ride starts now:
"I got a hydration pack from Amazon today and organic bug spray! I'm so excited!"
"Umm, you know that we're not going up to Sequoia for another two weeks, right?" I responded to Ashley (the fairer half of Strangecation).
Little did I know that I would be the one who would become over-zealous in my preparation for our stay at the Bearpaw High Sierra Camp in Sequoia National Park. We really didn't have much to go on, as there weren't all that many photos on the website for what can only be described as a "Glamp," short for a glamorous camp.
I had originally wanted to go camping and hadn't been up to Sequoia in years. Since the park is within four hours of Los Angeles, I figured the trip could be easily made over a long weekend. I remembered the Wuksachi Lodge when I saw it on the Park's website; then there was something called the Bearpaw Camp. The brief description made it clear that the camp could only be reached by hiking along an 11.5 mile trail. It was truly remote and therefore mysterious, and I felt our next "Strangecation" blog was falling into place.
We spent the night prior to our excursion in a cheap motel, as the camp recommended getting an early start on the hike. The next morning, the drive into the main entrance of Sequoia National Park, leading to the main campground of Lodgepole, was truly awe inspiring. We wound our way up to approximately 6500 feet along the hairpin turns of the General Sherman Highway, mesmerized by both the granite dome-peaked canyons and the immense presence of the Sequoias as we neared the Giant Forest.
It felt prehistoric and I could barely wait to begin our hike! But first we had to secure a free wilderness permit from the ranger station at Lodgepole and drive to the trail head at Crescent Meadow.
I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that the Bearpaw Camp would provide everything we would need. In my disbelief, as we shuffled anything that had a scent into bear-proof lockers at the trail head, I packed extra layers for both myself and Ashley. This lead to Ashley, whom I had poked fun at two weeks earlier for her over eagerness in preparing for this trip, carrying just her few well thought out necessities, while I needlessly heaved a fifty-pound pack over my shoulders. This would almost prove to be my downfall as both Ashley and I learned just how far 11.5 miles is.
We began the trek in high spirits and the views were incredible.
We started from the edge of the Giant Forest and eventually meandered out to a vista overlooking the Sierras and leading into a trail that followed a mountain ridge.
This path would continue, weaving in and out of the forest to steep ridges, constantly leaving us breathless from both the views and the challenge of the hike itself. Whether pointing out natural wonders to each other, zoning out to our iPods or simply walking in silence, the High Sierra Trail is what makes the Bearpaw Camp so magical.
We encountered weary scouts nearing the ends of their journey, fit hikers equipped with climbing poles, and friendly faces along the way who aided our psyche by telling us we were almost there. Now, I'm not gonna lie to you. The hike was rigorous and took us approximately six hours to complete. Of course, we took a fairly casual pace and had lunch at a waterfall and numerous breaks along the way, but you should be reasonably fit to attempt this journey.
As our feet became heavier and our stops more frequent, we finally approached the final mile marker stating that Bearpaw was just a few tenths of a mile away. My pack was heavy and my feet were at their breaking point, but there it was. Bearpaw High Sierra Camp!
We entered the main structure of the small compound composed of a ranger station, mess hall, showers and tents. Chris and Ari, two friendly faces who worked at the camp, greeted us and informed us that they would be cooking for us that night.
The pair, who appeared to be in their mid-twenties, helped us settle in, pick out our tent and gave us the greatest news of the day: we still had an hour left before dinner to shower!
We quickly unloaded our gear into our "tent," which was really a canvas cabin.
The sight of an actual bed, linens and towels was barely overshadowed by the incredible view out our front door.
It was peculiar that this much "luxury" had been hauled all the way out here, as we later learned that the Bearpaw Camp is only open three months a year due to being snowed in the remainder of the time.
Ashley and I headed to the shower house, which was heated by a wood furnace, and our aches and soreness from our long hike quickly washed away.
The facility has private showers, a real restroom with an actual toilet (not just a port-a-potty).
While these may seem like fairly common amenities, when you consider that almost everything at the site is brought in by mule pack weekly, it truly is astonishing what creature comforts are made available to weary travelers.
Feeling refreshed after our showers, and remarkably recharged to boot, Ashley and I joined the other adventurers who had chosen Bearpaw as their vacation.
We met two sisters, from Marin, CA and New Jersey, who meet up regularly for excursions like this, and I was impressed that they not only kept pace with us on the trek home the next day, but also came better prepared than us to the camp itself. While I jammed my pack with needless extra clothes and jackets, these ladies brought tequila and wine. They taught us that tequila is great to bring hiking because you can drink it at room temperature and it mixes well with the powdered lemonade that was strangely abundant in the galley. Until dinner was served, we shot the breeze with the sisters and the only other camper/guest, Norm, a late middle-aged day trader who professed he is on his laptop in the morning and then hikes in the afternoon.
This was not hot dogs over a struggling fire and s'mores; this was a full-on gourmet meal featuring grilled chicken, pasta au gratin, salad and even a dessert of apple crisp with home made whipped cream!
Not having to prepare our own food and being waited on was certainly not taken for granted by us or any of the other campers, and with no dishes to do, we played cards, drank hot chocolate and watched the sunset over the crest of the Sierras as only handfuls of people get to do each year. We learned that for some hikers much fitter than we, Bearpaw is only a stopping point on the High Sierra Trail that eventually makes it's way to Mount Whitney, another fifty miles away!
As we headed off to our bunks, we passed the other guests peering out of their tents enjoying the oncoming show of stars. We lit the old fashioned oil lamp in our tent, reflected on this private treasure and drifted snugly off to sleep in our surprisingly comfortable beds.
I had truly forgotten my day job out here, too tired to raise my eyelids, and too content to be concerned with anything other than the home style breakfast that awaited me in the morning. Certainly not the 11.5 mile return hike we had the next day.
For more information and reservations please visit the Sequoia National Park Website.


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Information layers around information layers work like a data containerhttps://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-important-mechanism-epigenetic-gene.html
Excerpt: "How can defective gene activity leading to cancer be avoided? Researchers at the University of Zurich have now identified a mechanism by which cells pass on the regulation of genetic information through epigenetic modifications. These insights open the door to new approaches for future cancer treatments.
...Methylation marks on DNA act as molecular switches that regulate gene activity in order to coordinate the cell's specialization within the organism. How this DNA methylation is faithfully regulated, and how it can become defective, has not yet been fully resolved. However, the consequences are well known: In many cancer types, the methylation is deposited in the wrong place. This leads to genes being read incorrectly.
Dual-layer epigenetic gene regulation
Scientists at the University of Zurich have now found new processes that regulate DNA methylation. Tuncay Baubec, professor at the Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease at the University of Zurich, and his team have shown that one particular protein plays an important part in this process: The DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) enzyme is responsible for positioning the methylation to the right place on the DNA. "DNMT3A places itself preferably in close vicinity to genes that play an important role for development and makes sure that the DNA methylation around these genes is maintained," explains Massimiliano Manzo, lead author of the study. "The DNA methylation around these genes works like a container that ensures that H3K27me3, another epigenetic modification, which normally regulates these genes, is positioned correctly." This means that these essential genes are regulated by two epigenetic layers.
The study's findings provide important basic insights for cancer research. DNMT3A is among the most frequently mutated genes in an aggressive type of leukemia, and it plays a significant role in how this disease develops. "Our findings point toward a previously unknown function of the DNMT3A protein in the interaction of these two epigenetic modifications that are normally not directly linked. We hope that these new insights will allow us to increase our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that result in cancer and to more effectively treat this aggressive type of leukemia," explains Professor Baubec."
My comment: Using containers in maintaining the integrity of biological information requires perfect software design. The DNA seems to be controlled by incredible mechanisms that refute Darwinian claims about random mutations and selection. Cellular data containers are comparable with human designed software and programming solutions. Cellular metadata points to Intelligent Design and Creation. Don't get lost.


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Published in Open Field, 15th July 2014
As a physician it is routine for me to ask my patients to describe their physical pain. More often than not I am met with silence; a complete loss for words. The problem with trying to describe pain is that the normal grammar and syntax of language are inadequate. Yet, in order to try and alleviate someone's pain, or to translate it back to them as the body's news, I need to understand its precise location and nature. My training in medical ritual provides me with certain tools in order to assist me with asking the 'right' questions. I recite them like a priestly litany each time:
Where is your pain? How long have you had it? Is it sharp or dull? Is it worse on movement or at rest? Does food aggravate or alleviate the pain? Is there anything you can do to make the pain better or worse? Is it constantly there in the background, or does it come and go? If 10 is the worst pain you have ever experienced, how would you rate your current pain on a scale of 1 to 10?
In taking a medical history, pain is characterised according to location, chronology, severity, aggravating and alleviating factors, and associated symptoms. When words are not enough to describe pain, this can lead to frustration all round. Despite my best intentions to coax them in the right direction, my patients' vague, inarticulate mumblings test my own patience and slow me down when I am under huge time pressure to see others who are filling up the clinic, waiting for their turn to tell me about their own pain.
This inexpressibility of pain weighs heavily on my patients, made worse by the difficulties I face as their physician in trying to elicit expressions of pain from them. Where the hell are words when trying to describe Hell? I try and make it easier for my patients and for myself; I resort to pulling out classic tricks of the trade – the Faces Pain Rating Scale, which dispenses entirely with the need for words. Or I might hand them the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and ask them to tick the appropriate adjectives to describe their pain – quivering, shooting, drilling, stabbing, cutting, pinching, cramping, crushing, burning, stinging, blinding, piercing, excruciating. In my haste, I interrupt their narrative, trying to force it into my profession's preferred outline, streamlining it into a formulaic process.
Yet, I never feel I truly get under someone's skin and completely understand what they are feeling. The literal day-to-day description of pain inside my consulting room is limited when it comes to conveying the true experience. Even though there is use of metaphor, it is often clichéd and hackneyed. Hannah Arendt writes inThe Human Condition: 'Indeed, the most intense feeling we know of, to the point of blotting out other experiences, namely, the experience of pain, is at the same time the most private and least communicable of all.' Elaine Scarry in The Body in Pain puts it this way: 'Physical pain has no voice, but when it at last finds a voice it begins to tell a story.'
David Biro, in his book The Language of Pain, says: 'Pain is a universal black hole into which language disappears.' Words are replaced by preverbal screams and shrieks, groans and moans. Or sheer silence. Language is actively destroyed by pain. It is only when I move from the clinic to the literary world that I turn to fresh metaphor and imagery to convey a character's suffering. Fiction serves to distil the essence of the experience of pain in a far more powerful way than medical history- taking ever could. Literary works recreate and succeed in expressing so richly the felt experience of physical pain.
The use of fresh metaphors in fiction adds depth to expressions of physical pain and enables us to share the experience at a deeper level of understanding and empathise more with suffering. It is arguably more difficult to write a good pain scene than a good fight or sex scene, which are often simply a matter of good choreography.
I turned to history for early depictions of physical pain in literature, starting with the Old Testament. The only suffering I found was in 1 Samuel 4:19-20: 'His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinchas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labour and gave birth, but was overcome by her labour pains. As she was dying, the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay any attention.'
The wife of Pinchas remained silent and withdrawn. Yet, throughout the Bible, God's invisible presence is felt or asserted by the changes brought about in the human body, whether it be through toil, childbirth, natural disasters and war, or the boils, leprous sores, infestations with plagues, or a myriad other manifestations of illness, even including meat extruding from a starving people's nostrils after they have devoured too much quail. These scenes of wounding often occur in the context of doubt in a merciful, omnipotent God.
Beowulf, one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon texts in the history of narrative, describes Grendel the monster terrorising the great hall of the King of the Danes. Beowulf comes from afar to slay Grendel. The reader is witness to the monster's pain as he dies at Beowulf's hand. 'The monster's whole body was in pain, a tremendous wound appeared on his shoulder. Sinews split and the bone lappings burst…he is hasped and hooped and hurpling with pain, limping and looped in it.' Alliteration affords translator Seamus Heaney's words a poetic flow and cadence, which is contrasted to the visceral, almost onomatopoeic sounds of the text as Heaney renders the monster's pain achingly tangible to the reader.
German philosopher Neitzsche shouts at his pain: 'I…have called it dog. It is just as faithful, just as obtrusive and shameless…and I can scold it and vent my bad mood on it, as others do with their dogs, servants and wives.'
J.K. Huysmans writing about pain in 1959, also calls it names: 'the useless, unjust, incomprehensible, inept abomination that is physical pain.'
I trawled through my favourite works of contemporary fiction, searching out lines, paragraphs, scenes which depict physical pain. Who can forget the birth of Kitty's baby in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, or Tristram Shandy's nose crushed by forceps on his entry into the world? The blistering sunburn and the unquenchable thirst of a boy trapped on a raft with a Bengal tiger, in the middle of the ocean in Life of Pi.
In desperation I turned to that source of serious research, Facebook, asking my cyberfriends to come up with a Lit Owie hit list. Chris Adrian, a paediatrician who writes fiction borne from the depth of his experience working with chronically ill children won the race, closely followed by all of classic Russian literature. A literary hangover in Bonfire of the Vanities cracked a mention, someone in intractable pain from terminal cancer in Richard Power's Gain, Norman Rush in Mortals, a scene in one of Doris Lessing's novels from in which a woman in labour has her legs tied together until the doctor arrives. Ouch! In Affliction, Russell Banks creates a protagonist who suffers from an excruciating toothache, then has him extract his own tooth.
I looked carefully at a work of fiction I admire – the novel Peace by American author Richard Bausch – to see how he goes about portraying physical pain. I cornered and interrogated him at my last MFA residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts, when he was Visiting Distinguished Writer. When I asked him how he writes about pain, he leaned back in his chair, placed his hands behind his head and whispered: 'I read poetry. It's "the thing itself " you get in poetry. I pay attention to the details. Let them speak for themselves. Less is more.' By way of example, he then recited part of The Iliad in a booming voice: 'he fell clattering upon his armour.'
I was schooled in the poetry of Banjo Paterson: You'll Come a Waltzing Matilda with Me, etc. Bausch told me to read Emily Dickinson. Which I did. This won't be news to most of you, but here, to my astonishment, is what I found:
Pain – has an Element of Blank by Emily Dickinson Pain – has an Element of Blank – It cannot recollect When it begun – or if there were A time when it was not –
It has no Future – but itself – Its Infinite contain Its Past – enlightened to perceive New Periods – of Pain.
Pain – expands the Time by Emily Dickinson Pain – expands the Time – Ages coil within The minute Circumference Of a single Brain –
Pain contracts – the Time – Occupied with Shot Gamuts of Eternities Are as they were not –
There is a pain – so utter by Emily Dickinson There is a pain – so utter – It swallows substance up – Then covers the Abyss with Trance – So Memory can step Around – across – upon it – As one within a Swoon – Goes safely – where an open eye – Would drop Him – Bone by Bone.
Bausch believes as a writer you must learn to trust your instincts, even though you may often feel you can't. 'Always use direct, concrete language when conveying pain or horror. In Peace, I wrote around atrocity. I never showed it.'
Peace is a story about war. It is 1944 and a group of American soldiers are on a scouting mission, led by an untrustworthy Italian guide, up a freezing, snow-covered mountain in the pounding rain, searching for enemy positions to report back to base. The extreme weather conditions hamper their trek.
'The muscles of their legs burned and shuddered, and none of them could get enough air… They kept on, and were punished as they went. Ice glazed their helmets, stuck to the collars of their field jackets, and the rain got in everywhere, soaking them to the bone.
And, later: 'But it had been so cold, and the rain kept coming down on them. They had got numb, maybe even drowsy – the drowse before you lie down and freeze to death.'
This, against the backdrop of atrocities being committed in the village down in the valley by German soldiers, which is only stated once, and all the more chilling for that. Bausch says: 'Those soldiers weren't even aware of what was going on until they heard the shots and their Italian guide (the Devil incarnate) told them the Germans were shooting the Hebrues.'
Not a word is wasted in Bausch's prose. I asked him how he achieves this. 'Work on a piece to get the worked-on quality out of it,' he said. 'Transcend your own moral limitations. There's a moral universe… I don't work in extremes of emotion. Writing is a practice. You need to be calm, cold and calculating when you write. Zoom out. Have the detachment of a surgeon. I'm singing when I write about pain or war. Some writers are so judgmental; their writing becomes overwrought and heavy on the page. Find the real language for pain: it's in the details, the concreteness of things, the action and the drama of it.'
Virginia Wolf lamented the absence of literary representations of pain. Real physical pain does not simply resist language; it actively destroys it, rendering a sufferer mute. The paradox lies in the fact that it is precisely when we are confronted with a real life crisis of pain we may seek solace, reassurance and words for our personal suffering in the world of the imagination. As Elaine Scarry puts it: 'the only other state that is as anomalous as pain is the imagination.' Yet when we turn to literary fiction we are better able to find a voice for our pain.
In Bausch's explanation of how he writes a scene of pain, he told me that he imagines it, then works his way through it. Trying to imagine someone else's pain is what I do for a living as a physician – or rather, what my profession should do, but sadly, doesn't do very well. My writerly brothers and sisters outshine us in this department. If imagination and physical pain live in the same realm, then perhaps using one to describe the other may elicit greater empathy. And if she writes well about physical pain that is exactly what a writer brings to the page to engage the reader. In order to imagine a character's pain, a writer needs to empathise with them, and truly get under their skin.
My patient, Mrs Turnoff, will be ninety-three this February. She was born in Russia, lived through the Second World War in Shanghai and moved to Australia in 1959. She has outlived all her friends and family and spends her days re-reading her favourites – Tolstoy, Chekhov, Akhmatova. She has been coming to see me twice a week for the past ten years. In my profession we call her a Heartsink – a patient who makes your heart sink as soon as you see them seated in your waiting room yet again. Every time I ask her, 'How are you?' she replies in Yiddish, using first person plural, 'Mir lebt.' We are living. 'How can we be? she says, going on to list all her complaints: 'Our head feels like last week's leftover kugel, our feet are so swollen we may as well be wearing puffer fish slippers, rats and cockroaches are running up and down our spine, gnawing away at our nerves, our hair is falling out so we are beginning to look like a mangy old boiler hen ready to volunteer to dive in head first into the chicken soup pot. But what's the use of complaining, Dr Leah? How could you ever understand the pain we are in?'
You may not be surprised to learn that Mrs Turnoff and her wonderful descriptions of her bodily aches and pains have made their way right into the heart of my novel.
Dr Leah Kaminsky is a Melbourne-based physician, writer and author.


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I am happy to announce the newest updates up to 0.93. I think I made improvements to the game in several respects:
– New animations. The lion's part of the individuals are animated now.
– Steam Achievements. Now all achievements are also Steam achievements.
– The Steam Community got 72 new avatars.
– Most of the text has been corrected by a native speaker, since I myself am no native speaker.
– New sounds were added.
– In the options menu is a reset button now. You can reset the WHOLE game (all progress and achievements will be deleted as well. Steam achievements will not be affected).
I hope you like the changes. I plan to make a couple more updates, until the game will be fully released. This is what I want to do:
– Make Translations (French, German, Russian; maybe Spanish and Ukrainian)
– implement some suggestions from the feedback i received
– address the info box
– Make a new trailer and new screenshots
I wish everyone a happy new year! I can not wait to see what 2018 has to offer.


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The MUSIC TRILOGY: 3-Book Collection:
PEACE OF MUSIC: "Music to Your Eyes."
"This magnificent work of literary art spans four continents and the lives of the unforgettable and colorful characters." Jada Ryker, Author
"This magnificent work of literary art spans four continents and the lives of the unforgettable and colorful characters." Jada Ryker, Author
PEACE OF MUSIC: "Be prepared to lose yourself in an amazing world of music, laughter and intrigue as you follow the vase from thirteenth century China to modern day Europe." Sophia Gampton
PEACE OF MUSIC: "An extraordinary story of love and loyalty with music an integral link." Ginny Granger
PEACE OF MUSIC: "Musicians will not be able to put this book down, nor anyone else who appreciates a good novel!" Nana Mouskouri, Singer, Author, UNICEF Ambassador
iTunes ranked 'Peace of Music' #1 Top Book
OBSESSION OF THE HEART: "This is very much an adventure story with love, deception and loyalty thrown into the mixture. The pace is quick as the action travels from country to country in a world of super stardom, yet very real human emotions. Hold onto your seats in this roller coaster of a journey!" Sophia Gampton
WARRIOR MUSIC: "Whatever your tastes in books are, Warrior Music needs to be displayed on your bookshelf with pride." Helen A.
WARRIOR MUSIC: "Good story…great tribute to veterans..love all the geographic, historic, and musical references in the trilogy." San Cam
WARRIOR MUSIC: "It is such a beautiful gift…Kahn's talent. Written with heart and insight, she continues to weave this amazing tale of an incredible family. Her story lines are so well done…they hook you!" Susan Zamora Gorman, Producer/Director


text: After months of rumors and pre-orders, the Nokia N9 has finally begun shipping. Today, the Finnish manufacturer announced that its Meego-drenched handsets are now available for consumption, in both 16GB and 64GB variants. Of course, those of us in the US are out of luck, as are those in Germany and the UK (barring any back-door wizardry), but everyone else can grab a 16GB model for the not-so-small price of €480 (about $650), or the 64GB version for the similarly steep price of €560 (roughly $757). Pricing and availability, of course, will vary by region, but you can find more details in the full press release after the break, or at the source link, below.


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Mill Valley Film Festival: Day 10 and Closing Night Recap
On MVFF's gigantic penultimate day, a quintet of some of the industry's most exciting directors gathered for a meeting of the minds, the stars and directors of At Middleton and Beside Still Waters unveiled their respective films to packed houses, and the whole lot of them partied it up in the beautiful town of Tiburon, right down the road.
Filmmaker Superfriends
To start off Day 10 of the festival, a killer lineup of directors gathered to participate in a panel organized by Variety, in which they discussed the industry and their filmmaking processes. In my previous festival recap, I mentioned that Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) asked Steve McQueen a question during the 12 Years a Slave Q&A; McQueen didn't seem to notice that the young buck was a talented filmmaker himself at the time, but when the two met officially for the Variety panel they became fast friends. Joining Coogler and McQueen for the panel was J.C. Chandor, who helmed the Robert Redford "man at sea" film, All is Lost and 2011's Margin Call. We spoke to Chandor about the film, so keep an eye out for our interview next week. Also in attendance were John Wells of August: Osage County and Scott Coooper of Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace.
Andy Garcia's Campus Romance
At Middleton, directed by newcomer Adam Rodgers, focuses on a sporadic on-campus romance between George (Andy Garcia) and Edith (Vera Farmiga), who meet while accompanying their kids on a campus tour of Middleton University. A walk-and-talk rom-com cut from the same cloth as Richard Linklater's Before series but with a more lighthearted flare, the film was received incredibly well by the Mill Valley audience at CinéArts@Sequoia, who expressed their enthusiasm during the post-screening Q&A with Rodgers, Garcia, and the films' producers. "When you have a chance to play with [an actor like] Vera Farmiga," Garcia gushed, "[the scenes] are all fun." The chemistry developed between the accomplished actors, amazingly, took no time to develop at all. "We never even read the script together once," Garcia said, to the surprise of the audience, who had been so taken by the screen romance. "We got to know each other as the characters did on camera. She's incredible."
Future BIG Movie Stars CHILL in Beside Still Waters
A few feet down from the At Middleton screening, another movie about people talking was pleasing a separate batch of MVFF-goers. Chris Lowell, an actor best known for his roles in Veronica Mars (the "kickstarted" film version is shooting now) and The Help, hops into the director's chair for the first time with his nostalgia-driven hangout movie, Beside Still Waters. In it, a tragedy causes a group of old childhood friends to reconvene at the memory-filled cabin in the forrest they grew up playing around in (no, it's not a horror movie). The cast, comprised of some of some of the prettiest rising-star actors in the game right now (just look a the pictures!), were all in attendance at the MVFF screening along with their incredibly excited director, who was all smiles during the audience Q&A. "I was really excited to direct [and] talk to actors the way I'd like a director to talk to me," Lowell beamed. "That was probably the thing I was most thrilled about. That, and not having to go through hair and makeup in the morning." Comparisons to the king of all hangout movies, The Big Chill, are inevitable, and Lowell didn't shy away from acknowledging the influence of Kasdan's film, which has a strikingly similar premise. "[My co-writer Mohit Narang] and I obsessed over every conceivable reunion [movie], to see what people did right and wrong. The Big Chill is obviously the big tentpole film for [this kind of movie], which is why everyone comes back to it. It's a film that you watch when you're sick because it makes you feel good and right about the world."
Worlds Collide…Over Cocktails
After the dual screenings of At Middleton and Beside Still Waters, the buzzing crowds and proud filmmakers met again at the Tiburon Tavern just down the road to schmooze, booze, and enjoy delectable bites of delicious food (the coffee-coated cheese was curious, yet excellent). Andy Garcia and the Beside Stll Waters cast were happy to mingle, keeping the good vibes flowing along with the bubbly. Lowell and Rodgers, both elated to have their films so well-received, shared their experiences and a big, congratulatory hug.
Stiller Closes Out With Mitty
MVFF closed out big with what looks to be one of the most visually striking films of the year, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Ben Stiller unsurprisingly drew a blitz of media and fan attention when he arrived at the CinéArts@Sequoia theater to present his passion project, about an office worker (played by Stiller himself) who lives in picturesque fantasy worlds represented onscreen beautifully by Stiller and DP Stuart Dryburgh (The Piano). After the screening, Stiller was given the Mill Valley Award and then headed down the street to San Rafael's beautiful Elk's Lodge where everyone–from the hard-working festival staff, to the filmmakers, to industry people, to the excited festival-goers–celebrated as the wonderful 11-day festival came to a close.
But wait…that's not all! We've still got a ton of content coming out of the festival, so stay tuned in the next few days for more MVFF goodness!