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More than 200 years ago there lived in Russia a young boy named Prochorus. When he was 27 Prochorus was made a monk and given the name Seraphim. At the age of 3l he became a priest and for a long time he served Liturgy and received Holy Communion every day. A year later, like the ancient desert-dwellers, St. Seraphim went to live alone in a dense pine forest. Next to his one-room hut or cell he planted a vegetable garden. Later he also kept bees. Even while he worked, St. Seraphim was always praying or singing hymns. Every day he would read several chapters from the New Testament. "The soul must be fed on the word of God," he said later, "for the word of God is the bread of angels, and souls that are hungry for God are fed by it." In this way St. Seraphim spent the week alone in the forest, praying, fasting and working in his garden. On feast days and on week-ends he would go to the monastery and attend the services there. Then, taking some bread with him, he would return to his forest cell. He often shared his bread with the wild animals and birds. Sometimes he was visited by a bear who obeyed him just as the animals in Paradise obeyed Adam.
St. Seraphim's holy life was so pleasing to God that the devil became very angry. He began to attack the Saint with terrible thoughts and visions. Sometimes, while standing at prayer, it would seem as though wild beasts were rushing towards him. At other times an open coffin would suddenly appear in front of him and out would come a dead man. All this only caused St. Seraphim to increase his prayers. He found a rock in the middle of the forest and for a thousand days and nights he prayed on that rock, stopping only for a little food and rest. This put the devil to shame, but still he did not leave the Saint alone. Once, when St. Seraphim was cutting wood in the forest, three strange men came up to him; and asked him for money. When the Saint replied that he had none they beat him until they thought he was dead. It was a long time before St. Seraphim recovered, and once again, it was thanks to the help of the Mother of God. From then on he was bent over and walked leaning on a stick. The robbers were caught, but the Saint asked that they not be punished. Soon they came to him in tears asking his forgiveness. They received his blessing and promised to change their lives to please God.
Even this great trial did not persuade St. Seraphim to leave his forest which he loved so much. Soon he chose a life of absolute silence in order to better concentrate his mind and heart on God; He would tell people: "Silence brings a man near God and makes him like an earthly angel."
After 15 years in the forest, St. Seraphim returned to the monastery. There he began to share with others the spiritual gifts and understanding which he had received from God. Hundreds of people came to see the Saint-young and old, rich and poor. Lie greeted each person who came to him with the words "Christ is risen, my joy." This reminded them of the saving power of Christ's Resurrection. Each left full of peace and joy and the desire to lead a life pleasing to God.
St. Seraphim helped people in many ways. He anointed the sick and they became well; he helped poor peasants to find what had been lost or stolen; he comforted those that were sad and brought sinners to repentance. When the people thanked him for what he had done, he told them: "Do not thank me; I am only the servant of Jesus Christ." For his pure and holy life, God gave St. Seraphim the gift of being able to see into people's hearts. Often he knew their thoughts before they said anything to him. Many times he also told what was going to happen in the future.
Not far from Sarov Monastery was a convent called Diveyevo. St. Seraphim took care of the nuns who were very obedient to him. One day one of the older nuns came to see him. He told her that the Mother of God was going to appear to them and that she should not be afraid. Soon the door of his cell opened. It became brighter than day and there was a wonderful smell like incense. In came two angels holding branches, after them came St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. Then came the brother of God. With her were twelve virgins-saints and martyrs. They all wore beautiful crowns covered with crosses. The Most Holy Mother of God said to St. Seraphim, "Soon, my beloved, you will be with us."
The next year St. Seraphim began to prepare himself to die. He began to give his last words of advice and encouragement to those who came to him. To one monk he said, "Sow, Father Simon, sow! Sow everywhere the wheat that has been given to you. Somewhere or other it will sprout and grow and bear fruit." By this he meant that the monk should tell everyone about Jesus Christ and His Heavenly Kingdom.
After receiving Holy Communion on New Year's day in the year 1833, St. Seraphim said goodbye to all the brethren in the monastery. He told them not to be sad because the Lord was preparing crowns for them in heaven. Early the next morning the Saint was found kneeling before his icon corner. His eyes were closed and he looked so peaceful that I some of the monks thought he was asleep. But when they tried to wake him they realized that his soul had gone to be with the Lord.
Even after his death, St. Seraphim continues to perform miracles. He appears to many people in dreams, and comforts and heals those who pray to him with faith.


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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
what's next? with Starfish & Sundresses
Lindsay's blog, Starfish and Sundresses, is about her daily obsessions, little luxuries as she navigates through this stylish world..its a very happy blog..here are her suggestions for rikshaw:
Hi Rikshaw readers! I'm so excited (and flattered) that Catherine asked me to participate in this fun series! I'm a huge fan of her gorgeous fabric and I have to admit, I'm a little jealous of the 2 and under set that gets to enjoy it. I can think of a million different ways I'd want to use her fabric but don't worry, today I'll just share two.
1. Pajamas:
I got to thinking, what would boho beauties wear when they're tired of galavanting around looking effortlessly chic and carefree? Pajamas made out of Rikshaw Design's amazing block printed fabric of course! Even boho babes need a little beauty sleep!
Here's some of my inspiration:
2. Dog Beds/Accessories:
I didn't have to look much further than Catherine's own blog for inspiration for my second idea. Wouldn't it be great to have dog beds made out of Rikshaw fabric? Look how adorable Jumby looks surrounded by all that block printed beauty!
I'm sure my pup wouldn't mind having a mini version of the Taj Elephant Pillow to play with either!
So those are two of my ideas to expand an already amazing and successful line. I hope you enjoyed them! Thanks again to Catherine for asking me to help out while she gets some much needed R&R!
Labels: series
8 comments:
- The Zhush said...
Yes! Pajamas! Love that!
- May 5, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Anonymous said...
pajamas please!
- May 5, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Beach House Living said...
PJ's your right; that would be fun.
- May 5, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Helena - A Diary of Lovely said...
If my pj's where like that I would wear them even to work :) Lovely!!
- May 5, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hurray for pj's!
Shelley Brown
- May 5, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Marija said...
I would be all over the pj idea. Totally.
- May 5, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- simpledaisy said...
Love the pj's idea!! I always need some cute ph's:)
- May 6, 2010 at 3:25 AM
- Champagne/StitchPoet said...
YES! what I said! so unless you cut that from my post ;) that's two votes! I've got my credit card at the ready....I want a long gown and a cami/bloomer set! PLEASE!!
- May 6, 2010 at 4:48 AM
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I have a number of problems with articles such as this. It suggests that veganism is a diet, a trend, a health thing. Celebrities seem to always misrepresent the word "vegan" and what it actually means!
Many celebrities who say they are vegan, aren't really vegan at all. They just follow a plant-based diet, yet still wear leather, wool, eat honey, or promote non-vegan products. Veganism is NOT a diet. It's a rejection of violence towards all sentient beings. It's about respecting their right to life. Far more than "just a diet", it's also about the clothes we wear, the products we buy, the activities we engage in, the places we go, and how we live life. Vegans do their best not to participate in animal exploitation (be that human or nonhuman) by not buying animal products or products tested on animals, not going to places that profit from using other animals (eg zoos and rodeos) and, where possible, buying fair trade products.
The caption for this article is "Vegan Celebrities Leading Diet Trend". I just mentioned above that veganism isn't a diet, and it's also not a trend. Saying something is a "trend" is saying that it will only last a while.. only while it's considered "cool" (or "sexy")... and then when society's had enough of that trend you can go back to eating animal products. But veganism isn't about being "cool". I don't care what people say about my veganism, whether it's "totally awesome" or "a stupid thing", I will never go back to participating in animal exploitation. Why? Because it's not about me. It's about them, the nonhuman animals who are enslaved by humankind to produce products for our pleasure. It should always be about them.
I must also make something clear about a text in this article..
"The group says its latest figures show that about five per cent of American adults are vegetarians - saying they never eat meat, fish, seafood or poultry - and that half of these vegetarians are also vegan, meaning they don't eat dairy or eggs, either. (Strict vegans also don't eat honey.)"ALL vegans don't eat honey! Honey comes from enslaved bees, whose food that they store for the winter (honey) is stolen from them so that humans can spread it on their toast. If you eat honey, you're not a vegan. You're a pure vegetarian. Just to make that clear. And if you eat honey, I'd recommend trying agave nectar instead!
I'll admit, some celebrities such as Ellen do a good job of showing the public how delicious vegan food can be, which is great. I'll also say that a purely plant-based diet is still better than an omnivorous or vegetarian (including dairy and eggs) diet, and I wouldn't ask them to go back. Just to re-think what it means to be a vegan, to remember who they're doing this for, and to please not misrepresent it! It's not a diet. It's not a fad. It's not a health thing.
It's justice.


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Cyber Ships
A downloadable game
ONLINE LEADERBOARD : http://cyber-ship.louis-denizet.fr/
/!\ You will die! /!\
The game is made for you to die and become stronger and stronger so don't give up too quick!
- Controls :
With controller (highly recommended) :
A for Primary weapon
B for Secondary weapon
X for Bomb
Keyboard : arrows to move
Space for Primary weapon
A for Secondary weapon
Z for Bomb
- About the game creation :
Cyber Ships is a double jam attempt.
We made it with my girlfriend who did the graphics and myself, both amateur.
As we don't have much time this month, we wanted to make a game for cyberpunk game jam and roguelike challenge both at the same time.
You will be able to build your ships depending of the tactic you make for your run and optimise your ship in many ways depending of your game style.
There is 3 levels with mini boss and a final boss.
This is our first game of that kind and we hope you'll have much fun playing it.
We did it in around 5 days and we tried our best to balance the game.
Thanks A LOT to Shio-Z for being really nice allowing us to use their song in the game.
Starry Night, song by SHIO-Z composed by
Patrick Rizzi (www.facebook.com/Shiozed)
"What you should know :
Different ennemies have the same fire rate. If you see and time in your head (there's a little random here to prevent it to be too easy!) you can time their attack to rush them and easily kill and retreat before their next shot!
Purples ennemies only first in the angle from where they come, they don't shot directly at you so they have a lot of dead angles you can exploit to never get hit by them!
You should take time to analyze the pattern of mini boss and final boss to be better against them.
There is no attempt to story at any moment but the closer is that some planet is invaded by something and we fight that fight because we want to help our planet! Still a better story than…
Pro tips :
After testing many times the game I came up with some tactics to finish it and tips for those who want it !
1°) You should not try to finish the game at first. Your first goal is to farm up research points to upgrade your ships.
Ships and build to farm
Under 10 points : You will have to max attack 1 in most of case, reason is that attacks 2 rely on energy and you can't afford to upgrade 2 bars with less than 10 points.
- Boko can be a good first try. Max shield and attack 1 and you should be able to survive for a while but you can't kill too many. You REALLY need at least 5 points in attack 1 to farm with it, no energy no attack 2
- Kronos is really a good farming ship… it's amazing how much sustain you got but you have to be really nervous, max attack 1, a bit of attack 2 if you wanna jump a bit more and a bit of energy if you wanna spam it.
- Orbital's is my choice under 10 points. Give him some shield to tank up, 3-4 on attack 1 and a bit of speed! You don't need much points to do A LOT of damage but your key goal will be speed and timing. You'll have to time ennemies' attack to rush them and destroy them. If you have this timing in head it's an amazing ship with tons of fun!
20+ Research points :
- Boko gains a whole new dimension. You can now afford to upgrade a bit of energy (at least 4 or 5 if you want to have 0 in attack 1) and at least 5-6 in Attack 2. Then you're free to upgrade shield or life depending of what you prefer. This is super good ship because you can kill ships from sides being under them so out of their range. You will need some speed to avoid shoots or really good timing. I prefer more damage but more timing. With this build you should do a massacre in ennemy lines.
- Kronos is maybe the easiest ship with 20 + but he has A LOT of tactics inside! Indeed you can upgrade attack 1 really high and afford shield + life or speed as you want but where it becomes great is that you can chain teleport really far away and spam in the 4 corners, really nervous, really quick, many kills in sight!
- Orbital : There's 2 possibilities here, or you max attack 1 and your defense or your max completely attack 2 and energy. First one is so powerfull and so tanky but needs a lot of timing, you can't afford any mistake. Second one is really safe, stay away and laser out everyone!!
2°) With this farm you should have at least since the middle of level 2!
Now to get to level 3 and get the boss you just have to…. keep your best ship and try to survive!
To get it really easily you will need to have at least 5 bombs I think. Orbital is really difficult against mini boss and final boss without laser. You can with many speed but so dangerous! Kronos is the easiest for mini boss and final boss and Boko's attack 2 may do the job too, skill needed anyway!
Here you go, you're ready to survive, maybe?
good luck guys =)"
Install instructions
Just unzip and launch .exe!
Easy to use!


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The city's Redevelopment Agency director is leaving to take a similar post with Washington Terrace.
Randy Sant, who has been Bountiful's redevelopment director for five years, said he will leave his job on Jan. 1 and take a $3,000 cut in pay to take the Washington Terrace position. Sant said he currently makes $35,000 a year."It is a good career move. I will be more like a city manager than just an RDA director. I am attracted to Washington Terrace because it is a smaller city and has a lot of potential," Sant said.
Sant leaves just as the Redevelopment Agency has completed directing work on a $1.6 million downtown rehabilitation project. Also, an unnamed group of developers has been given an exclusive contract to consider building a project in city's downtown area.
Sant said he doesn't believe his leaving will hurt any of the projects and said he will be available on a consultant basis after the first of the year to help with any loose ends. He said he hasn't yet talked with the city about what arrangements will be made and city officials haven't started searching for a replacement yet, he said.
Sant has a master's degree in public administration from Brigham Young University. Before coming to Bountiful he worked for seven years in the Ogden City Redevelopment Agency.


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If you already have a Gamer Launch account connect your Facebook account on your user profile first before using Facebook connect to login. Otherwise you may end up with a new account.
Hey everyone, If you could all add your characters to your account it would make things alot easier on us.
To do this all you need to do is go to your profile by either clicking on your avatar on the Who's online section of the home page or by clicking the little person icon at the top right hand side of the website. Once you're at your profile click the In-Game tab and follow the instructions given there.
Thanks and we look forward to seeing you in-game soon!
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Starting today, British Airways is offering 50% off reward travel flights for reservations booked within the next ten days (thru Friday August 12, 2011). This is a great opportunity to redeem British Airways miles, especially for those that transferred BA miles from American Express with the 50% bonus (which will now equal three times the value of the Membership Reward points transferred over)!
The class of travel included in this promotion includes:
- Economy: World Traveller and Euro Traveller
- Premium Economy: World Traveller Plus
- Business Class: Club Europe
*First class is excluded from this promotion and Business class is only available for travel within Europe (Club World class of travel which is Business Class outside of the US is excluded).
The promotion includes "any route flown on BA mainline scheduled services with a BA prefix, but not on services operated wholly or partly by BA's franchisees, codeshare partners, or oneworld alliance members." Unfortunately, it must be BA metal, which sometimes do come with steep taxes and fees.
Remember: Travel must be booked by midnight on August 12, 2011 BST (London time zone = 6:59pm EST). To avoid having to figure out the time zones, I'd suggest booking in advance! Additionally, travel with this promotion must be completed by August 3, 2012. For further Terms & Conditions click here.


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|Steep planting-site terrain in Mt. Apo. Wildings are collected by foresters in healthy areas, and re-planted.
As a mountaineer – it's hard to just sit pretty and relaxed when a favorite mountain was suddenly raged by fire – its forest decimated. Like 140 hectares of it!
While it's natural for mountain forest to 'die and be reborn' as part of its cycle, just like human-caused environmental issue like climate change – a human-triggered problem is best managed by intervention. To accelerate rehabilitation, if not to totally cure it.
If you have not visited or climbed tropical mountains in the Philippines – you wouldn't witness how a small-scale slash-and-burn or logging – can affect denudation. When grass occupies an area, there's almost no turning back. Grass can grow rapidly, and suffocates tree wildings (saplings) in their 'area of invasion'. Overtime – they will encroach and expand, defeating the trees (and the forest) slowly. If you've seen spectacular grassy area of some British isle, or Easter Island (Chile) – note that they all used to be a nice living forest.
Mt. Apo in Mindanao had experienced many fires in the past. But the recent one, last summer – was caused by negligent campers. Fire broke-out from the summit camp, and the prevailing wind simply ignited, burned, and cleared the forest down its slope. It could have been more widespread but thanks to some fire fighters working for EDC (geothermal company operating in the mountain) – the fire was somehow controlled and the heroic action along the "fire-lane" (used as trail) prevented an even more catastrophic forest fire (in Cotabato side).
|Showcasing my bouquet of... wildings! (there's 30 in this bundle), mostly Tinikaran native tree.
Now what do we do?
My group from UP Mountaineers decided to help a bit, and committed at least 25,000 trees. Well, we'll start with baby trees and not really bring tall trees! Obviously, the program is under a bigger reforestation umbrella (thru EDC's Binhi program) partnered with PAMB/ DENR (i.e. government's environment department), of which only native trees are planted, and experienced foresters do the wildings collection.
|Volunteer group from UP Mountaineers, EDC and Ateneo de Davao - after planting 1400 trees.
Since September – we've visited or sent volunteer groups (only 3 groups so far, and more next year) and planted some 4000 wildings. While the total doesn't sound much – we hope that through this effort, we'll be able to promote this conservation approach so other groups will follow through. Or if not – then we can just perpetually visit the place to plant more trees. Climbing to the summit is one thing, climbing with a purpose is something else.
So what now? Go plant a tree today!
If you have an established outdoor group and interested to help (or donate) – email me romi.garduch (gmail.com).
|Lovely flowery path in the early section of the 'EDC trail' (Cotabato side)
|Proof of success. Tinikaran forest. These trees were planted by EDC foresters some 20 years ago.
|Blackened mountain. An area engulfed by fire, on the way to the summit camp.
|The wide trail serves as a fire lane.
|The mountain is still beautiful - let's keep it that way. Trash from campers littered the summit camp.
|UPM team - it was also a good reunion.
|Nature fights back. But let's help her and accelerate the regrowth.
|Very berries! Saved from fire, a bush area in the summit camp.


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I have a LOTD for you! Some cheap-creep to get you further into the October mood. Check out the details below!
Hair: Damselfly @ The Seasons Story, gift
Horns: Silent Sparrow @ The Seasons Story, gift
Dress: Coco, group gift (you can't see it well but I promise it is cool!)
Lipstick: La Malvada Mujer, 10L, several colors included
Nail Appliers: Adore&Abhor Cosmetics, 1L on marketplace
Additional Eye Makeup: Adore&Abhor Cosmetics, various items from THIS and THIS set
Eyes: Banana Banshee, 10L
Skin: Glam Affair
Cat: Birdy, past Arcade gacha item
Mesh Hands: Slink


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Author Notes: We love morrocan Couscous, the fluffy, very thin couscous made from semolina .we eat it with soup (the traditional way), with sauted vegetables, and add it to salads. I used to buy it from Morrocan and Tunisian restaurants until I found, many years ago, the easy microwave version.
Last passover, I had vegan guests and needed a version that is also kosher to passover and gluten free.
So i decided to switch the semolina with polenta.
the results exceded my imagination. I got a beautiful Yellow, fluffy, sweet Couscous that since became a regulan on our dinner table.
the recipe is for the basic couscous "pasta". It's power is with the technique of making the couscous from scratch in the micriwave without the need of steaming it for hours like the traditional way.
for the basic semolina couscous just switch the polenta with the same amount ot semolina. —Neta Shpilman
Serves: 4
cup polenta
tablespoons vegetable oil (or olive oil)
cups water
teaspoon salt or
tablespoon dried chicken soup powder
- Combine the polenta, salt (or chicken soup powder) and oil in a microwavable ball. cook on high heat for 2 minutes. (Do Not add water on this stage)
- take the bowl out of the microwave and add 1 cup of water. mix with the polanta briefly only until the water cover the polenta. cook again in the microwave on high heat for 4-5 minutes. repeat it twice with the other 2 cups of water. at this time the mixture will not look fluffy at all and wil make big chunks.
- after adding the 3 cups of water let the mixture cool for about 10-15 minutes. strain the mixture through a couscous strainer (or through a strainer with large holes) into a big bowl allowing the mixture to open up. if not fluffy enought you can repeat the straining procedure again.
More Great Recipes:
Couscous|Grains|Polenta|Chicken|One-Pot Wonders|5 Ingredients or Fewer|Passover|Vegetarian|Vegan|Side


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So after seeing how excited Jacinda (The Reading Housewives of Indiana) and April (Good Books and Good Wine) were on Twitter about this #readathon, and seeing how I've never done one, I've decided to participate!!
Can I do it?! We'll see. :)
For 24 hours, beginning October 22nd – 7am CST, all participants read books, post reading updates on their blogs, and visit each other's blogs! You can also also participate in mini-challenges throughout the day and win prizes!! If you would like more information on how you can sign up, go to their site –> Dewey's Read-a-Thon
I'm a very indecisive person when it comes to picking what to read next, so I've pulled a few books to choose from. Also, I'm letting Random.org select them for me. That's right! Numbers 1 through 14…pick one, Random.org!
I don't think I'll get through all of them, but I have selected some that are not too long because I do want to get through as many of these as possible.
I will begin the read-a-thon by completing the book I'm currently reading, THE IRON KNIGHT by Julie Kagawa, then I will begin my stack:
1. Witness on the Run by Hope White
2. Cut by Patricia McCormick
3. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
4. Vampire Academy: A Graphic Novel
5. Love Story by Jennifer Echols
6. Eyes in the Mirror by Julia Mayer
7. Damage by Anya Parrish
8. Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
9. Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore
10. How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
11. Hooked by Catherine Greenman
12. Want to Go Private? by Sarah Littman
13. Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
14. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
As far as snacks go, I plan to eat everything in my apartment until food runs! If in fact I run out of stuff to eat, I'll send out an S.O.S.
As far as UPDATES go, I plan to just come back to this post and update regularly throughout the 24 hours. I yet don't know how often these will be, we'll see once it starts!
Ok, let's DO THIS!! Let me know if you're participating in the comments! Leave me your blog link. :)
See ya in the morning!
1. Where are you reading from today?
Houston, Texas, United States
2. Three random facts about me…
a.) I bite my nails.
b.) I like to drink chocolate milk with most meals.
c.) I love taking trips with my friends!
3. How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?
15!! 1 ebook, 14 physical books.
4. Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?
Since it's my first, no preset goal. Just want to read as many
as possible for as long as possible. :)
5. If you're a veteran read-a-thoner, any advice for people doing this for the first time?
Newbie here! :D So I'll take advice!
Here I made a sentence out of the title of these books!
"Beauty Queens Lament Bade Taste in Boys"
1. What are you reading right now?
Vampire Academy: Graphic Novel
2. How many books have you read so far?
One full one, half of another, and about half done
with VA:GN
3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?
Nope, I had it completely free! :D
5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
Mostly this morning, but I finally got focused!
6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
How really fun it is! And how hard it is to not be
distracted by Twitter, lol
7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
Not at the moment. :)
8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?
Not sure right now….
9. Are you getting tired yet?
I was! But I just drank a Monster energy drink, so I'm
good to go a little while longer!
10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?
Since it's my first time participating, I'm mostly just
swinging it..so, not at this moment. :)
(I passed out around 1:20am, but I wanted to answer these questions.)
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
Definitely hour 19, which I passed out in the middle of.
But I think it's pretty good for my first time! :)
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
Not sure…
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
I really don't, since it was my first time.
4. What do you think worked really well in this year's Read-a-thon?
I like the twitter updates from everyone, and the
5. How many books did you read?
3 full ones, half of one, and a quarter of another.
6. What were the names of the books you read?
Finished: Hooked, VA: Graphic Novel, Bad Taste in Boys
Half of The Iron Knight
Quarter of Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
Hooked…I can't stop thinking about it!
8. Which did you enjoy least?
Hmm..I enjoyed them all really.
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year's Cheerleaders?
Wasn't a cheerleader, but they were lovely!
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
Oh, I am SO. THERE!!
|Starting Line – 7:00am
Currently Reading: The Iron Knight
Books Completed: 0
Total number of pages read: 0
Comments: I'm awake!! Though still sleepy, I'm ready! I was supposed to have started this book yesterday but I didn't get the chance.
|Time – 8:30am
Currently Reading: The Iron Knight
Books Completed: 0
Total number of pages read since last update: 12
Total pages read overall: 12
Comments: I keep distracting myself with twitter and other blog posts!! AND I'm getting sleepy…it's time for coffee.
|Time – 10:20am
Currently Reading: The Iron Knight
Books Completed: 0
Total number of pages read since last update: 48
Total pages read overall: 60
Comments: I finally have the house all to myself! Meaning? No more interruptions for a while! :)
|Time – 12:45pm
Currently Reading: The Iron Knight
Books Completed: .5
Total number of pages read since last update: 119
Total pages read overall: 179
Comments: I'm setting The Iron Knight down for now to change things up and keep things interesting. By that I mean I'm starting a new, shorter book and coming back to The Iron Knight later.
|Time – 12:46pm
Currently Reading: Hooked
Books Completed: .5
Total number of pages read since last update: 119
Total pages read overall: 179
Comments: Random.org chose Hooked for me.
|Time – 3:25pm
Currently Reading: Hooked
Books Completed: .
Total number of pages read since last update: 145
Total pages read overall: 324
Comments: I'm taking a eating break and plan to do some commenting for bit before getting back to reading.
|UPDATE: Time – 4ish: Listened to about 35mins of my audiobook, Unraveled.
Time – 6:20pm
Finished: Hooked
Currently Reading: Vampire Academy: Graphic Novel
Books Completed: 1.5
Total number of pages read since last update: 131
Total pages read overall: 455
Comments: Going to pick up shortest books now in hopes of putting a dent in my stack! Oh! And I'm drinking a Monster energy drink. :)
|Time – 8:10pm
Finished: Vampire Academy: Graphic Novel
Currently Reading: Bad Taste in Boys
Books Completed: 2.5
Total number of pages read since last update: 144
Total pages read overall: 599
Comments: That GN was fun! Now..bring on the ZOMBIES!
|Time – 11:20pm
Finished: Bad Taste in Boys
Currently Reading: Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
Books Completed: 3.5
Total number of pages read since last update: 201
Total pages read overall: 800
Comments: So I took a lot of breaks in between the last update and this one. I'm starting to get sleepy now, though, so I I just had a small cup of coffee to hopefully give me a tiny boost. :)
|Time – 1:20am aka This Girl is Sleeee-PY!
Currently Reading: Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick
Books Completed: 3.75
Total number of pages read since last update: 60
Total pages read overall: 860
Comments: As many methods as I tried to stay awake…I just could not last any longer. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, 'THONERS!! It has been an AWESOME day!
Total Number of Books Read: 3.75
Total Number of Pages Read: 860
Total Minutes of Audiobook: 35
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Ph.D. Candidate, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2009-present.
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2004.
M.Sci., Physics, University of Bristol, 2001.
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A Hybrid Adjoint Approach for Complex Flow Simulations
I am currently implementing a discrete adjoint solver into the ADL's open-source code, SU2. The software already includes a continuous adjoint solver, and adding this discrete capability will help compare these two methods and fully understand how to build a hybrid adjoint, and what features it would want to incorporate. This coding project will also create, alongside the existing continuous code, much of the framework that will be needed in writing the hybrid adjoint solver.
At the same time I am working through the required mathematical derivations for the hybrid adjoint in two- or three-dimensional flows. Many of the difficulties with this have already been explored in a quasi-one-dimensional case, but there are some unique differences in higher dimensions, especially with regard to the treatment of boundary conditions.
Though I have already implemented the hybrid adjoint in the case of supersonic quasi-one-dimensional flow with a simple combustion model, I am also adapting this code to handle shocked flow cases. This requires more careful treatment at the boundaries, including the development of true hybrid boundary conditions.


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Inspired by a true story, Antonio Banderas stars as Pierre Dulaine, the world famous professional dancer who donates his time to teach in the New York City public school system. But when his classic methods clash with his students' hip hop flavor, he teams up with them to create a new style of dance, becoming their mentor in the process.
When Pierre Dulaine (Banderas) decides to use his dancing talent to try and keep a bunch of New York public school students off the streets and out of trouble, he comes to realize that his ballroom methods clash with the students' hip-hop ways. He must figure out how to create a new style of dance in order to conquer the barrier that lies between them. In the process, not only do they create a new art form, but they also learn many valuable life lessons about pride, self-esteem, respect and honor.
The plot-line of Take the Lead is one that should be quite familiar to everyone by now- Inspirational teacher arrives at tough, inner-city school, determined to make a difference and inspires the lives of troubled teens- however, you're going to be checking out Take the Lead for the dancing, not for the original story and inventive script-writing. Delivering an inspiring performance as a dance teacher to underprivileged teens forced to serve detention, Antonio Banderas seems to carry an incendiary presence on screen. Initially the students are reluctant to entertain this box-stepping ballroom dancer, but eventually they succumb to the infectious sensuality of ballroom dancing and add their own hip-hop influenced intensity to the classic discipline. Simply based on its own merits, Take the Lead is thrilling and the dancing is infectious. Regardless of whether you're a dancing enthusiast or a reluctant dance-a-phob, you can't help but succumb to the thrill and the high-octane explosion when of hip-hop meets the sensuality of ballroom dancing. This flick is thoroughly recommended if you're in the mood for something exciting and inspiring and, above, all something that's undeniably enjoyable- and, hey, it's got Zorro in it- so if that ain't reason enough, I don't know what is.
Review by Emma Loggins
Grade: B+
Official site: http://www.taketheleadmovie.com/
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One man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.
2002 99 min
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Yimou Zhang
Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Chiu Wai Leung, Ziyi Zhang
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 37 wins & 34 nominations.
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Synopsis: The Family Guide Project was designed to increase access to mental health services for disadvantaged urban children of color. Using an adapted model of the Family Connections Project, Family Guide was designed to address major problems associated with mental health services, namely initiation and continuance. Prior to program operation a Parent focus group was held to identify what neighborhood parents felt were obstacles. The outcome measures of Family Barriers Checklist, F-Copes and Family Empowerment scale will be discussed.
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Very few theories have generated the kind of interdisciplinary and global engagement that marks the intellectual history of intersectionality. Yet, there has been very little effort to reflect upon precisely how intersectionality has moved across time, disciplines, issues, and geographic and national boundaries. Our failure to attend to intersectionality's movement has limited our ability to see the theory in places in which it is already doing work and to imagine other places to which the theory might be taken. Addressing these questions, this special issue reflects upon the genesis of intersectionality, engages some of the debates about its scope and theoretical capacity, marks some of its disciplinary and global travels, and explores the future trajectory of the theory. To do so, the volume includes academics from across the disciplines and from outside of the United States. Their respective contributions help us to understand how intersectionality has moved and to broaden our sense of where the theory might still go.
Intersectional analysis need not focus solely on differences within or between identity-based groups. Using intersectionality for cross movement mobilization reveals that, contrary to criticism for being divisive, attention to intersecting identities has the potential to create solidarity and cohesion. In this article, we elaborate this argument with a case study of the intersection of race, gender, and disability in genetic technologies as well as in organizing to promote a social justice approach to the use of these technologies. We show how organizing based on an intersectional analysis can help forge alliances between reproductive justice, racial justice, women's rights, and disability rights activists to develop strategies to address reproductive genetic technologies. We use the work of Generations Ahead to illuminate how intersectionality applied at the movement-building level can identify genuine common ground, create authentic alliances, and more effectively advocate for shared policy priorities.
This article advances an intersectional perspective in the analysis of racial inequities in special education so that theoretical refinement of this problem will strengthen educational equity research and theory. Racial disproportionality in some disability categories continues to affect a sizable number of students in the United States, with dire long-term consequences for the educational trajectories of these learners. After more than four decades, the problem continues to be debated in research, practice, and policy circles. There is consensus among researchers that the racialization of disability embodies complexities that defy linear explanations. But this debate has overlooked the potential of intersectionality to document complexity and to transcend the individual-structure binary that tends to permeate previous scholarship. Indeed, intersectionality's explicit attention to how the complexity of people's everyday experiences is connected to larger historical processes could offer key insights. I analyze how disproportionality research has addressed the intersections of race and disability (along with other markers of oppression) through a contrapuntal reading of works framed with medical, social, and cultural disability models. I conclude with reflections for future research on racial disparities in special education that is mindful of intersectional complexity.
To the extent that intersectionality is becoming a common term in mainstream social science, it is as a methodological justification to separate out different racial, ethnic, gender, class, and other social groups for empirical analysis. One might call this the "intersectionality hypothesis," and in its best incarnation, it is about getting the facts right and finding the differences that matter. But an intersectional analysis in the social sciences often involves more than this. An intersectional approach also leads to potentially different interpretations of the same facts, or what we term a different social explanation. It is not only the intersection of categories that defines an intersectional project, then, but the theoretical framing that informs the analysis and interpretation of the subject under study. This framing often leads to an analysis of multiple and even conflicting social dynamics that enable certain kinds of social understanding that are otherwise invisible when scholars focus on a single set of social dynamics. Because the social theoretical aspects of research on intersectionality are rarely discussed, relative to the more methodological and ontological aspects of intersectionality, this is our main subject matter in this article. We focus on the process of developing social explanations rooted in the intersection of multiple social dynamics in several examples from our own research and across a variety of topics in social science research.
Psychological science that examines racial and gender bias, primarily located within social psychology, has tended to discount the ways in which race and gender mutually construct each other. Lay conceptions of racial and gender discrimination tend to see racism as primarily afflicting men and sexism primarily afflicting White women, when in fact race and gender are interrelated and work together intersectionally. Ignoring women's experiences of racial discrimination produces androcentric conceptions of racisms—in other words, many definitions of racial discrimination are to some degree sexist (Goff et al., 2008). Similarly, privileging the experiences of White women produces narrow definitions of gender discrimination—in other words, many definitions of gender discrimination are to some degree racist, such that they serve to reinforce the current societal hierarchies. Psychological science sometimes appears to reflect such conceptions. The result is that the social science principally responsible for explaining individual-level biases has developed a body of research that can undervalue the experiences of non-White women (Goff et al., 2008). This article examines features of social psychological science and its research processes to answer a question suggested by this framing: is the current psychological understanding of racism, to some extent, sexist and the understanding of sexism, to some extent, racist? We argue here that the instruments that much of social psychological science uses to measure racial and gender discrimination may play a role in producing inaccurate understandings of racial and gender discrimination. We also present original experimental data to suggest that lay conceptions parallel social psychology's biases: with lay persons also assuming that racism is about Black men and sexism is about White women.2 Finally, we provide some suggestions to increase the inclusivity of psychology's study of discrimination as well as reasons for optimism in this area.
Although intersectionality analysis originates in a critique of legal doctrine and its confining approach to subject formation, intersectionality has been adopted widely outside of legal scholarship—nationally and internationally—to explain how fields of power operate and interact to produce hierarchy for any limitless combination of identities. Yet, within law, some scholars have raised questions precisely about the capacity of intersectionality to grapple with subjects who occupy multiple social positions and those with "partially privileged" identities in particular. Thus, over roughly a decade, a critique took shape about the theoretical capacity and normative commitment of intersectionality theory to address particular subgroups.
This essay tells part of the curious story about how a race-sexuality critique of intersectionality emerged, what may have motivated it, and how it has facilitated an emerging progressive masculinities literature that is "post-intersectional," i.e., positioned over and against intersectionality. Like other post-intersectionality approaches, multidimensionality theorists decidedly seek to 'get beyond' something, and that 'something' that underwrites the turn away from intersectionality appears not as substantive theoretical or analytical content, or as political strategy, but rather, as identity-driven and engendered.
This article identifies a set of power relations within contemporary feminist academic debates on intersectionality that work to "depoliticizing intersectionality," neutralizing the critical potential of intersectionality for social justice-oriented change. At a time when intersectionality has received unprecedented international acclaim within feminist academic circles, a specifically disciplinary academic feminism in tune with the neoliberal knowledge economy engages in argumentative practices that reframe and undermine it. This article analyzes several specific trends in debate that neutralize the political potential of intersectionality, such as confining intersectionality to an academic exercise of metatheoretical contemplation, as well as "whitening intersectionality" through claims that intersectionality is "the brainchild of feminism" and requires a reformulated "broader genealogy of intersectionality."
This paper considers how a taxonomy of conjugality—marriage, common-law marriage, and visiting relationships—emerged as a specialized vocabulary to apprehend and govern the postcolonial Caribbean. Although the metaphor of intersections does not fully capture the ways these categories relate to each other to produce social meaning, I employ an intersectional framework to offer a close reading of the routes through which these and other social differences and equivalences are produced as dimensions of citizenship in specific historical contexts, such as the period of decolonization and Caribbean nation-formation. In so doing, I illustrate how the categorization of intimate relationships codified a hierarchy based on intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation, and established rough moral boundaries for a heterosexual Caribbean nation. The lives of working class Black women animate the categorization. I show how by centering these women in intimate relationship codes their sexuality is contained and patriarchy naturalized. In this paper, I suggest that we should mark the role intersectionality plays in constituting categories of intimate association, explore how these categories shape sentiments about belonging, and articulate the social costs of their instantiations.
This essay examines the case of Kelley Williams-Bolar—an African American single mother from Akron, Ohio—who in 2011 was arrested, charged with a felony, and jailed for sending her two daughters to a predominantly White suburban public school in Copley Township without meeting the township's residency requirements. This essay closely examines the case with particular attention paid to the important but often unacknowledged intersections of race, gender, economic privilege, spatial containment, and racialized criminalization that shaped the case. The Williams-Bolar case became a public site of contesting narratives, some obscuring these intersections, others acknowledging them. Those who supported Copley Township's prosecution of Williams-Bolar relied on a law and order mandate and fiscal responsibility that supported the dominant racial narrative while appearing to be race, gender, and class neutral. But many were critical of Williams-Bolar's arrest and the story used to justify it. Their response was a massive and heated online challenge that inspired existing and newly outraged parents and educational activists from a wide range of backgrounds, triggering petitions signed by hundreds of thousands of people requesting that the Governor of Ohio pardon Williams-Bolar.
This essay places the case in the context of what I call the "invisible intersections of colorblind racism," the racial privileges of housing and educational resource hoarding via private property taxes for suburban upper-middle-class Whites and the expanded application of the criminalization of the Black poor to Black mothers who receive state assistance by the judicial system, in political discourse and mass media narrative. Williams-Bolar's supporters used the power of social media to build community activism and to generate alternative narratives that countered the discursive and structural forces that were at work. Finally, this article considers the value and impact of alternative narratives about Williams-Bolar and her actions as generated by supporters.
In this essay, I call for an "unshackling" of intersectionality from the narrow and restrictive ways in which legal scholars and activists interpret and mobilize the theory and critique the single-axis framework that has been deployed by legal scholars and advocates in the context of mass incarceration. Specifically, I assert that a single-axis analysis of mass incarceration is insufficient to capture the broad impact of the prison and the raced and gendered logics that animate its operation. As a consequence of the failure to engage intersectionality in the context of the prison, legal scholarship on incarceration tends to obscure the centrality of Black women's gender in the racialized system of control and posits Black men as the primary targets of mass incarceration. This undertheorization of incarceration also hinders the development of a framework that can account for why both Black women and Black men are vulnerable to multiple systems of social control.
"Black male exceptionalism" is the premise that African American men fare more poorly than any other group in the United States. The discourse of Black male exceptionalism presents African American men as an "endangered species." Some government agencies, foundations, and activists have responded by creating "Black male achievement" programs. There are almost no corresponding "Black female achievement" programs. Yet empirical data does not support the claim that Black males are burdened more than Black females. Without attention to intersectionality, Black male achievement programs risk obscuring Black females and advancing patriarchal values. Black male achievement programs also risk reinforcing stereotypes that African American males are violent and dangerous. An intersectional approach would create space for Black male focused interventions, but require parity for Black female programs.
In this essay, I contend that the elevation of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, and the evisceration of civil rights it has enabled, should be understood in part to reflect a tragic mistake on the part of Black America writ large. I will argue it represents the absence of a fully embodied vision of racial justice—one that genuinely symbolizes the entire panoply of concerns that must be addressed if the quest for racial equality is to ever be fully realized in the United States. Importantly, what this essay will point to is a political and discursive failure to center the concerns of Black females at the heart of our racial justice agenda.
In 1989, Kimberlé Crenshaw published Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics, an article that drew explicitly on Black feminist criticism, and challenged three prevailing frameworks: 1) the male-centered nature of antiracist politics, which privileged the experiences of heterosexual Black men; 2) the White-centered nature of feminist theorizing, which privileged the experiences of heterosexual White women; and 3) the "single-axis"/sex or race-centered nature of antidiscrimination regimes, which privileged the experiences of heterosexual White women and Black men. Crenshaw demonstrated how people within the same social group (e.g., African Americans) are differentially vulnerable to discrimination as a result of other intersecting axes of disadvantage, such as gender, class, or sexual orientation.
This essay builds on that insight by articulating a performative conceptualization of race. It assumes that a judge is sympathetic to intersectionality and thus recognizes that Black women are often disadvantaged based on the intersection of their race and sex, among other social factors. This essay asks: How is that judge likely to respond to a case in which a firm promotes four Black women but not the fifth? The judge could conclude that there is no discrimination because the firm promoted four people (Black women) with the same intersectional identity as the fifth (a Black woman). We argue that this evidentiary backdrop should not preclude a finding of discrimination. It is plausible that our hypothetical firm utilized racially associated ways of being—performative criteria (self presentation, accent, demeanor, conformity, dress, and hair style)—to differentiate among and between the Black women. The firm might have drawn an intra-group, or intra-intersectional, line between the fifth Black women and the other four based on the view that the fifth Black woman is "too Black." We describe the ease with which institutions can draw such lines and explain why doing so might constitute impermissible discrimination. Our aim is to broaden the conceptual terms upon which we frame both social categories and discrimination.
Here is a dazzling book, one that offers a rich genealogy for reflection about our current preoccupations. Open up any newspaper. Switch on any television news program. What you will read and hear is a cacophony of voices, many of them discordant, on how to fix, fund, and perhaps shrink the federal government's spending on those insurance programs first created in the 1930s by the New Deal welfare state. Equally factious are the debates on immigration policy that some hope will resolve how the republic will meet its future labor needs and how it will placate its rising Latino voting public. Will we deport eleven million workers? Will we construct electrified fences to protect our southern border from "illegal" invasion? Will we offer unauthorized immigrants a path to citizenship? Stay tuned. And while racial politics are clearly at the covert center of these polemics, the discussion of race is rarely overt probably because some now pronounce us a post-racial society.
In the early 1930s, with worldwide economies sinking deeper into what would become the Great Depression, upwards of 400,000 people crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. They were en route to what for most would be permanent relocation to Mexico.1 Though many traveled from established enclaves in the Midwest and Northeast, the vast majority came from the Southwest, where Mexican America was concentrated. Claims on both sides of the border to the contrary, the mass exodus could hardly be described as voluntary. In addition to the tens of thousands of immigrants subject to stepped-up deportation efforts and state-sponsored repatriations, countless individuals and families were intimidated, "scare-headed" (the term used by an influential local official to describe the Los Angeles campaign) or otherwise coerced into leaving lest they become burdens on the country's overtaxed relief rolls. Significant numbers of the departed were U.S. citizens, swept up in what the progressive journalist Carey McWilliams called "a determination to oust the Mexican."2
Thanks to the work of numerous scholars, it is now well understood that African Americans were incorporated into the early twentieth-century welfare state—as it was then constituted—on a decidedly unequal basis. If African Americans were not altogether excluded by design from some programs, government officials were frequently less generous in determining the scope and extent of the benefits received by them compared to those received by Whites.


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Expressions of caring after tragedy have healing powers
The horrific shootings that occurred in Newtown, Conn., this past Friday broke the hearts of the nation. Debates quickly sparked about gun control and inadequate mental health care. However, along with outrage came an outpouring of compassion and prayers for those directly affected by the massacre. In the wake of a tragedy, people often feel powerless. Yet the power we do have resides in our compassion and our kindness to others. This is how we help.
One did not have to directly experience this tragedy to empathize with the pain felt by the families and survivors. The feelings of shock, numbness, denial, anger and overwhelming sadness are common to loss on any scale. Support pours in immediately following the event. After Hurricane Katrina, cities across the nation opened up their doors to give refuge to those displaced. After losing a loved one, people come to your home. They bring food, they clean, they take care of you.
Help and humanity in the immediate aftermath of trauma has been shown to have long-lasting, positive effects and can reduce the likelihood of developing post-traumatic stress disorder. However, working in mental health care has shown me that there is no timetable for grieving or trauma, regardless of what diagnostic mental health care says. The intense pain may wane, but those feelings of sadness, anger and loneliness will continue to come and go. This is when we must remember our compassion. Those affected by this tragedy need our continued thoughts, our continued prayers and our continued support. They will need it in three months, in three years, in 30 years.
We held our loved ones close this weekend and said thanks for our blessings. We cannot forget to do this every day, tragedy or not. Kindness and altruism are the emotions shown to have the most positive effects on both our mental and physical health. For if there is no timetable on grief and pain, then there is no timetable on love.
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Gathering my Thoughts on the Eve of Lent./
Outside my window: It's snowing--a soft, sweet, sort of wimpy snow.
Listening to: kitchen sounds as my children fix themselves lunch..
Clothing myself in: Yoga pants and a Mason soccer sweatshirt. I've worn a variation of this almost every day since the beginning of January. And I've gone almost nowhere since the beginning of January:-)
Talking with my children about these books: Christian is taking an intensive class on the Civil War. He's reached out for some help, so Stephen and Nick are jumping in to provide community. We're all talking about Uncle Tom's Cabin this week.
And, of course, we're stocking the book baskets with these perennial favorites for the Lent and Easter season.
In my own reading: I've just cracked open The Awakening of Miss Prim. Looking very forward to it. One thing on the my list of things I will cherish this Lent (CHERISH is the word for 2016) is reading from books chosen for me. I spend a whole lot of time reading with my kids, even my adult kids. I know I need to not neglect the dimension that is fed by personal reading. I'll keep you posted.
The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need From Grownups arrived today. I was so excited about this book when I pre-ordered it last fall. I think I may wait a bit on reading it now, though. For the first time in my adult life, there are no preschoolers. It's been a long time since I taught preschoolers in a classroom. Mine own sweet preschoolers are grown well beyond that age. And after having our favorite baby and then toddler come hang out without us several days a week for a couple of years, we are soon to settle into the new normal of watching her become a preschooler via Skype. I don't really have the heart to read this book just now.
Mary Beth has a whole school of preschoolers keeping her busy these days. Perhaps I will borrow them in time;-).
Thinking and thinking: Oh, about things too tender to share.
Pondering: "The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."
--Anna Quindlen
Carefully Cultivating Rhythm: This has been an odd winter rhythm. It is punctuated by the gurgle of the vaporizer and broken by unexpected spasmodic coughing. It's been six weeks since the first diagnosis and antibiotic. I don't really want to settle into a rhythm of being intentional about these days because I still go to bed every night thinking the next day will be "all better" day. I believe in the sanctity of suffering and the holy ground of plans gone awry. I'm praying I understand what God desires from me in the time I spend recovering. One thing that I think about as I sit mostly silently (still laryngitis), is what God hopes I hear in this bubble made quiet by my silence. I had so many clear, well-defined goals for this year. This year has barely started and those plans have been mostly blown away. For several weeks, this unrelenting re-writing has rocked me. Now, though, I'm beginning to understand that building it all again from scratch when I have no strength for such a task, leaves God able to do what He will. I cannot think it an accident that Lent begins tomorrow and with it, Restore. Two years ago, I wrote Restore--it is where I was (and still am) sure I heard God most clearly. Now, it sits waiting for me, ready to walk me through restoration and healing. I'd love it if you join me.
Creating By Hand: Katie and I are giddy with excitement over beginning to share Scripture time with one another using these. She has literally been counting the days. Today was to be the day, but it looks like it's been delayed a week or so. All in God's time, right? That's the theme.
Learning lessons In: Mama guilt. I think midlife for women is marked by "What did I do?" or "What could I have done differently?" When we are open to life, to bringing these new people into the circle of our lives without reservation and pouring ourselves into them with reckless abandon, we think they'll know--always know--how precious they are and how much we want for us to always be US, across time and space and generations. We learn that they make their own decisions and their own mistakes. They choose different priorities and different paths. Again and again, I hear women saying, "Wait? This doesn't work? This intentional, life-giving mothering to which I've dedicated all my childbearing years?" They're surprised that grown children reject family values or seem not the least inclined to buy into the vision or even the faith of their parents. And women feel terribly guilty. They are sure it's something they did wrong. Not so, at least not to the degree we beat ourselves with it. When they start the conversation--begin to talk with other women--women with grown children learn they're not alone. Not at all. And they begin to understand that it's not their fault. Children grow up to be adults who make their own choices. There is peace in letting go of Mama Guilt. Mama Sorrow? That's another story. Sorrow comes with the afternoon of mothering. It is what happens when you raise a child and live long enough to see her go wherever she chooses and do whatever she believes. So, yay for living long!
Encouraging learning in: Civil War studies. Here are my notes. We'll adapt.
Keeping house: The Jesse Tree is still up. It's coming down today, a final admission that I will not be well enough to read aloud all the stories I wanted to share. I left it up because we never finished before Christmas, so I thought I'd grant myself some grace and just finish up in January. Okay then, but I didn't have a voice at all in January. It's time to hide the Alleluia. We shall concede that the Jesse Tree didn't happen this year. Hide the Alleluia. Pack away the Jesse Tree. Move on to the next season. It's a theme:-)
Crafting in the kitchen: For tonight,we are all about Fat Tuesday. Waffles and sausage and whipped cream, oh my!
To be fit and happy: Hah! A sweet friend encouraged me at the beginning of the year with a membership at Run the Year. I haven't tracked a mile since January 7. However, that gift is a treasure. I still have every intention to run the year. It will happen. Let's see how God lets it be so.
Giving thanks: For a good weekend with my youngest boys. Patrick, Nick, Stephen, and I watched the Super Bowl together at my dad's. Then, Stephen and Nick and I went to Lynchburg on Monday. While the boys did a campus visit, Ginny and I had a lunch visit with Ann. I cannot overstate how grateful I am for my time with my boys and my time with two women who hear my heart even when my words are soft and strained.
Loving the moments: I will forever treasure Nicholas' enthusiasm yesterday afternoon. He was so excited about what the next few years could hold for him and it was such a happy thing to see hope shine in his eyes.
Living the Liturgy: Lent, my friends. We shall hide the Alleluia and talk together about what we hear God calling for us this year. My children know that sometimes, you don't really get to choose your Lent. Life brings with it suffering beyond the sacrifice of chocolate. And they know (even the littlest one) that this season will undoubtedly have some of that for them. So we talk today, about how to suffer well and how Jesus walks with us in every season, tenderly binding wounds and restoring souls.
I intend to share the season with you in the most raw, honest way this medium allows. Please take a moment or two to read what I am offering and maybe to watch the video we made?
Planning for the week ahead: Mike comes home today. He's been gone ten days! He has a date tomorrow morning to have breakfast with Sarah and Mary Beth at the Montessori school. I have very little on my calendar. I'm looking forward to getting to know some new friends as Restore begins tomorrow and I'm looking forward to slowly getting back into the groove of caring for my home and family. Only as He wills...
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MorganEve Swain is The Huntress and Holder of Hands. A multi-instrumental string player, vocalist and songwriter, Swain is widely known as half of the music duo, Brown Bird, with her husband, Dave Lamb. The duo, who enjoyed national and international success, spent over six years performing and touring until Lamb's untimely passing, at age 36, from leukemia in April 2014. That summer, Swain launched The Huntress and Holder of Hands, which began as a creative vessel for exploring both her grief and her growth. Her original songs were home-recorded and solo-performed using multi-layer tracks of voice and strings. Live, The Huntress and Holder of Hands employs five musicians with duties on cello, string bass, electric bass, voice and drums, with Swain primarily on five-string viola and guitar. Deeply rooted in Swain and Lamb's shared experience, The Huntress and Holder of Hands pulls creative energy from the same emotional place as Brown Bird, building unique harmony, string and bass-driven pieces influenced by Eastern European, Americana and Middle Eastern music, among other genres, and offering an intense musical and lyrical experience that explores love, loss, power and strength. The debut album, Avalon, was released in September 2017.
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Follow Footballbible on Facebook and Twitter to get up to date football related news from the English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and other leagues around the World. News From Chelsea, Everton, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool.
Chelsea are set to lose Eden Hazard to rivals Manchester United, with The Express reporting that United are keen on taking the Belgian ace to Old Trafford.
Hazard has been in sensational form this season, and Mourinho who worked with him in a title winning season back in 2014 is keen to reunite with him at Old Trafford, and is willing to break the British transfer record in a £90 million move.
Man United have already broken the English transfer record twice, when they signed Pogba for £89 million and Lukaku for £75 million in a deal which could rise to £90 million, they have the funds to do it again and Ed Woodward will be looking at that possibility.
The winger has already turned down a £300,000 a week deal at Stamford bridge amid interest from Real Madrid and PSG, and has previously declared his interest in joining Real Madrid.
United however will have to fend off competition from Real Madrid for Hazard's signature.
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Signing hazard will be a great one and l want jose to sell either martial or mata for isco or bale
The addition of Hazzard into the United team will bring an interesting and amazing change to the game at Old Trafford come next season.
Mourinho is so envious


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In Hyderabad? Go to the NALSAR Film Festival [March 22-23]
The NALSAR Film Festival is being organised for the second time in recognition of the need to create meaningful dialogue between socially committed artists, intellectuals and the student community in order to fully comprehend India's complex socio-political reality.
The organizers aim at embracing the arts in an effort to broaden the ambit of traditional legal notions of justice.
The film festival shall bring together independent directors from across India to screen their work at NALSAR and follow it up with open discussions on the issues raised in each documentary.
The dates for the event are March 22 and 23, 2014. The film festival will see an eclectic mix of students from various fields interacting with directors in order to query social justice concerns and understand the myriad perspectives that exist for any issue.
The first edition, held in August 2012, saw acclaimed directors such as Chalam Bennurkar, Amudhan R P, Deepa Dhanraj and Sanjay Kak sharing the stage with first time directors such as Nakul Sawhney, Oishik Sircar and Debolina Dutta. Award winning documentaries by the mentioned artists on subjects as varied as environmentalism, casteism, sex-work and transgender activism were screened.
The NALSAR Film Festival is open to all.
Buses will ply from Jubilee Bus Stand, at 9.30am and 1.30pm on Day 1 and at 10.30am and 1.30pm on Day 2.
For further details, follow @NALSARFilmFest on Twitter and the NALSAR Film Festival page on Facebook or our website www.nalsarfilmfestival.com.
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NSF Study
Why Do Trials Cost So Much?
May 23, 2011
Clinical research is indisputably expensive. Plenty of small life science companies go bankrupt discovering that. The real question is how expensive trials are.
Estimates of clinical research costs almost always draw upon just two sources: the Bain consulting firm or the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, both of which have taken on a Rorschach-like importance. Whether you find any estimates of clinical research costs credible depends, in large part, on what you believe should be included in the tally and where you work. Both sets of numbers are politically charged, and neither has been updated recently.
The Chart
Now there is a new effort to determine the cost of developing new drugs. The effort is being funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and run out of the National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER). The project will study the trends in the costs of industry-based clinical trials. The NBER has produced a large number of Nobel prize winners in economics, and generally includes the most eminent academic minds in the field.
The lead economist on the effort is Iain Cockburn, a professor at Boston University's business school. He has specialized in C-suite R&D strategy, the life sciences and intellectual property. Here is some of his peer-reviewed work.
Cockburn probably knows that the industry has memorized, after repeated viewing at every presentation at every event, the same obligatory chart. It has two intersecting lines: one with rising research costs, the other with a falling number of new drugs. Cockburn hopes to confirm that the first line is rising, and then understand why. He's not focusing on the second line.
High Level Look
"The government is very interested in getting a handle on R&D more broadly," Cockburn says. "If the total budget for the industry goes up every year, is it that [research] is just getting more expensive, and we're not doing any more [trials]? Or is that we are doing a lot more at the same price? Being able to answer that question is very important."
His research will provide a high-level look at the 1995-2005 time period; there will not be a hot-off-the-press quality to any of his findings. All of the underlying data have been anonymized so that no individual clinical program or sponsor firm will be assessed separately.
Cockburn sounds hopeful that clinical research is moving in the same direction as other industries: namely, that IT and globalization have helped keep a lid on costs. "We kind of hope the productivity has gone up, with the benefit of IT and instrumentation," Cockburn says. "We would like to believe you can get more procedures done." (Whether global trials are so unimaginably complex that they can't possibly be done on time was the topic of this series of articles on ClinPage last autumn.)d9A2t49mkex
Geographical Shift
Even though the economic research is at a high level of clinical development, Cockburn will attempt to zero in on the most profound aspects of the industry's economic predicament. Are trials becoming more difficult? Are there more tasks? What types of trials are contract research organizations (CRO) being used for? As Cockburn explains: "Is it that more is being done? Or is it that the price per unit is going up?"
Cockburn says the study won't examine specific elements of clinical trials such as investigator fees. "The overhead components—auditing, monitoring, data management—we're not focusing on that," he notes.
Nor will the initial publication from his effort have highly specific cost figures comparing Singapore, say, to Argentina. But Cockburn is hoping to understand a more strategic question: whether cost savings are achieved by moving research offshore. "Are there cost savings or additional costs associated with multicenter trials? The notion that it's cheaper in South Asia or Eastern Europe may not stand up," he says.
Medidata Data
By now many readers are wondering where Cockburn and his colleagues are getting their data. Medidata, the electronic data capture firm, owns several databases of clinical trial costs and grants. In all, the firm has 15 million data points based on 27,000 protocols, 8,000 CRO contracts and 250,000 site grants.
"We're very fortunate to get access to this data," says Cockburn. "It's a very large and rich database. It goes back a long way in time. I will be surprised in the end if it's not representative of the activity in the industry as a whole." There's more information about one of Medidata's products here.
Cockburn sounds aware of but not intimidated by the politically sensitive aspect of the project, given that the industry and its critics may both attempt to wield any juicy findings to their own ends. He's eager to publish the first installment of his work before the end of the year.d9A2t49mkex


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Discover the charming neighbourhood Montmartre during this 2-hour guided tour! Montmartre is an iconic area of Paris filled with narrow streets and feeling of the old Paris. Here you'll see both the Sacré Coeur, Place de Tertre and much more!
- Enjoy a 2-hour guided tour in Montmartre
- Admire the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur from the outside
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Explore the Charming Montmartre Area
Your local guide will show you Montmartre's highlights and best spots. Discover the lively Place du Tertre where many painters, portraitists and caricaturists sell their work. Admire the beautiful Basilica of the Sacré Coeur on the very top of the hill.
You'll also experience the Place du Calvaire, the famous Vignes de Montmartre, the windmill Moulin de la Galette and the bustling Abbesses quarter with the Rue Lepic and the famous 'Bar des 2 Moulins.'
The tour ends by the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Montmartre, so you can continue on exploring the charming neighbourhood on your own.
How do I get my tickets?
Shortly after your booking is complete your e-ticket will be sent directly to your email, just print it out and bring it on your tour.
Where does the tour begin?
The tour starts in front of the tourist information by the metro station Anvers. The address will be clearly stated on your e-ticket. Please be there 30 minutes before the tour starts.
Where does the tour end?
The tour ends at the Moulin Rouge in Montmartre.
How long does the tour last?
The tour lasts approx. 2 hours.
What languages is the tour available in?
The tour is available in English, Spanish and French.
Are there children's tickets?
Yes, children's tickets are available for children between age 3-11. Children between under 3 are free when accompanied by a paying adult.
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From the NY Times, a little more about the cable industry's ad gambit known as "Project Canoe." The plan is to use data from cable subscribers' set-top boxes to create an ad targeting network. That's supposed to help the cable guys turn their meager ad revenues into something significant -- and give them a viable alternative to Google, which is trying to get into the same business.
Six of the biggest U.S. cable operators are on board -- - Cablevision is sitting this one out -- and have committed $150M to fund the project. Comcast had previously said it would spend between $50 and $70 million to fund the joint ad platform.
The project is being guided by Comcast COO Steve Burke and Time Warner Cable COO Landel C. Hobbs. The group estimates that building a national TV ad-targeting platform will boost cable's annual share of TV advertising from $5 billion to $15 billlion.
Interesting that the two leading satellite TV operators, DirectTV and Dish Network are going in a different direction, partnering with TNS and Google TV, respectively.
One major downer for cable: The NY Times cites Starcom research claiming that after all the investments the cable industry has made in infrastructure and digital set-tops, only 1% of TV viewing is represented by cable's on-demand services. That's less than the 2% now watching TV online, and a lot less than the 7% of viewing of recorded shows on DVRs.


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An Author among us! Congratulations Lauren Pressley. Lauren wrote a book, "So You Want To Be A Librarian" http://laurenpressley.com/library/?p=922 BTW, she will be signing copies at ALA booth 1637, Exhibits Hall, McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago at 10am, Sunday, July 12, 2009.
New article on women in librarianship
FYI, a new article just came out in The Library Quarterly (v.79, no.3 July 2009) by Kate McDowell entitled "Surveying the Field: The Research Model of Women in Librarianship, 1882-1898." It concerns the historic development by women of a qualitative and systematic research model developed for the study of youth services in libraries. For those with online access to U. of Chicago Press journals, the link is available here.
WSS Members Published in C&RL News
WSS Members Jane Nichols (Oregon State University) and Rebecca Tolley-Stokes (East Tennessee State University) both had articles published in the May 2009 issue of C&RL News. Check out their research here: Library a la Carte: Research and course guides made to order, by Jane Nichols Try on a new pair of sensible shoes: What libraries can learn from Zappos about customer service and organizational culture, by Rebecca Tolley-Stokes
Collection Development Survey
Michelle M. MartÃnez, Assistant Professor & Reference Librarian at Sam Houston State University, is researching collection development policies and would appreciate a response to the short survey below. She is finding that the majority of academic libraries are very broad in their collection development scope, and while that's quite useful for purchasing power, it may backfire when it comes to needing to justify a purchase to an irate or offended.. Read More
CFP: ACRL Women' Studies Section Poster Session
The Women's Studies Section will hold its second annual Research Poster Session during our General Membership Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on Saturday, July 11, 2009, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. The forum seeks to provide an opportunity to present newly completed research or work in progress. Both beginning and established researchers are welcome to apply. Participants may receive collaborative feedback and recommendations for future publishing and/or new initiatives… Read More


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FBI, Tribal Police Investigating Suspect's Death in Officer-Involved Shooting
A Yakama Nation police officer was involved in a shooting near Toppenish that left one man dead Friday morning, according to a Yakima County sheriff's spokesman.
Sgt. Mike Russell said the 42-year-old man fled from the Wapato area in a vehicle, and the tribal officer pursued him. The suspect reportedly shot at the officer during the chase. The man eventually stopped in Toppenish, got out of the car and fired multiple times at the officer.
Russell said the officer returned fire, striking the man.
The pursuit began after police answered a disturbance call around 8 a.m.
Russell said the sheriff's office was at the scene to assist. He said the FBI and tribal police are handling the investigation.
Yakima County Coroner Jack Hawkins identified the shooting victim as Ira Arquette.


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Julep Free 8-Piece Beauty Gift with Subscription Review
Julep Maven is a monthly nail polish and beauty subscription. (Each month they release a new collection and you can customize which items you want or skip that month).
Right now, they have the best FREE Welcome Box offer I've ever seen (this 8-piece, $150 value box), so I thought it would be good to review it!
This box was sent to us for review purposes. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
Julep is offering a free 8-Piece Gift Set when you sign up for a Julep Maven monthly or 3-month subscription:
The free gift set includes a blush stick, an eyeliner, an eyeshadow stick, three lip colors and two polishes, plus a cosmetics bag sized just right for travel.
Use coupon code COLOR8 to get this free gift when you sign up!
This box is $24.99 with a monthly subscription or $19.99 with a 3-month subscription. Check out our Julep Maven reviews to learn more about this subscription!
Details: All Maven plans automatically renew, and you may cancel anytime. Billing occurs on the 27th of each month. Once you join, you'll be able to customize your monthly Maven box with your favorite nail colors & beauty products from a brand new Julep collection (or wait for a surprise). Your free welcome gift includes three nail polishes and one beauty product.
Julep It's Balm Full-Coverage Lip Crayon in Dusty Orchid Shimmer – Retail Value $20
I love a lip product I can keep in my purse and not need a mirror to apply – and this is it! It has a moisturizing stick in the middle (pictured below), and the color is close to my natural lip color. The finish is a subtle gloss, and it is very moisturizing.
Julep Skip The Brush Creme-to-Powder Blush Stick in Moonlit Sand – Retail Value $24
This formula is easy to apply and blend – in general, I love my makeup in stick-form! This does have a lot of shimmer though, so I recommend applying it sparingly!
Here is a look at the lip crayon core:
Julep It's Whipped Matte Lip Mousse in XOXO – Retail Value $20
I've sampled this lip product before, and I'm a fan! It has a matte finish while still being somewhat moisturizing. The color is gorgeous and the pigment is great too. The only thing I had an issue with is that this isn't an "all day wear" product like it says in the description. (To be fair, I don't think I've found any lip product that really lives up to that promise). After eating I had to completely reapply the product. Not a big deal – but thought it was worth mentioning.
Julep Lip Gloss in Graceful – Retail Value $20
This lip gloss adds a lot of shine and just a hint of color. I hate sticky lipgloss, and this isn't in that category, but it has just a touch of stickiness – nothing too bothersome, though.
Julep Eyeshadow 101 Creme to Powder Eyeshadow Stick in Slate Shimmer – Retail Value $18
Julep eye makeup products are my favorite beauty category they make, so I'm glad to see they included two of those products in this welcome free box!
This eyeshadow stick glides on so smoothly and provides a lot of pigment in one swipe. The smudger tool on the flipside is useful, too. I found it has pretty good staying power, but I still recommend using a primer underneath.
Julep Long Lasting Eyeliner in Smoky Taupe Shimmer – Retail Value $16
This liner goes on so smoothly! It matches well with the eyeshadow stick, too.
Here are all the swatches:
- Julep It's Balm Full-Coverage Lip Crayon in Dusty Orchid Shimmer
- Julep Skip The Brush Creme-to-Powder Blush Stick in Moonlit Sand
- Julep It's Whipped Matte Lip Mousse in XOXO
- Julep Lip Gloss in Graceful
- Julep Eyeshadow 101 Creme to Powder Eyeshadow Stick in Slate Shimmer
- Julep Long Lasting Eyeliner in Smoky Taupe Shimmer
Julep Nail Color in Rosie – Retail Value $14
Julep Nail Color in Phyllis – Retail Value $14
Rosie is described as a charcoal grey with magenta glitter, and Phyllis is a soft petal pink crème. Here are both shades on from Julep:
Julep Cosmetics Bag – Value $5?
This bag is well-made and has a bright yellow lining:
Very cute!
Verdict: I think this is an awesome Welcome Box from Julep – they've picked great products to introduce new customers to their line. I like about 85% of the Julep beauty products I've sampled over the years, and this box is 100% for me! (Their mascara formulas just never deliver the volume and length I want.)
If you are interested in the Julep Maven subscription, I think this is a great way to start! And good to know about Julep – you can skip any month you aren't interested in.
(If you're interested in trying out Julep products but don't want to try a subscription yet, I also recommend their monthly mystery boxes, or swapping for a few Julep products!)
What do you think of the Julep 8-Piece Welcome Gift?


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Courage isn't the absence of fear but the conquering of it, when facing the most scariest circumstances at your property, resist the notion that fear must subside before taking action! Instead remember that your faith is the cure and with it you will win!
Inspired by Psalm 23:4 & Deuteronomy 31:6Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."