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Since I last posted I have had a lovely time in Latvia, a glorious time in Croatia, a splendid time in Slovenia and had a few nights off going to comedy shows and gigs, the most inspirational of which was Bob Mould in Bristol which took me back to my yoof.
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Scarborough Hospital Declares Major Incident After 'Unprecedented Demand'
UPDATE 06 January 2015: York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has today 'stood down' the major incident at Scarborough Hospital, which was declared yesterday as a result of unprecedented pressure on its services.
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has declared a major incident at Scarborough Hospital in response to unprecedented demand for its services.
Mike Proctor, Deputy Chief Executive at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said:
"While the winter months are traditionally a busy time for all hospitals across the country, we have been experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand for our services and we have today reached a point in Scarborough where we have needed to enact our major incident plan."
"Doing this enables us to increase our focus on our most ill patients and step up our management of our resources to ensure that we are seeing, treating and admitting those who most need our care."
"Today in particular we have had people waiting in the emergency department before being admitted to a bed, and we need to make sure that our hospital beds and resources are saved for those who need them most."
"We have also had to postpone some planned surgery and other procedures, and we apologise to those patients affected by this."
"Both York and Scarborough Hospitals will continue to be here to help anyone who needs urgent assessment and care, however the public can really help us by only coming to the emergency departments in an emergency."
"Taking the appropriate action to treat your condition, which might mean contacting your GP or attending a pharmacy, walk-in centre or Minor Injuries Unit, will help to ensure that we are able to treat those patients whose need is greatest."
"Our staff are working extremely hard to maintain these services and are to be commended for continuing to provide excellent care in spite of the pressures they are facing."
The Trust has been working closely with its partner organisations, briefing them on the high demand for its hospital and accident and emergency services.
The major incident status will be reviewed regularly and will be stood down as soon as it is possible to do so.
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YSL Bleus Lumiere Summer 2014
I love it when summer collections go all swimming-pooly – YSL Bleus Lumiere Summer 2014 has got that whole luxy infinity pool thing going on with splashes of aqua colour everywhere.
These are the kinds of colours that are hard to wear any season other than high summer, but add a splash of sunshine to them and they burst into life. I've picked out a couple of my favourite blue-hued items but Chic Profile has the full story HERE.
I'm trying to figure out a way to wear Bleu Celadon and Bleu Cyclades together because they complement one and other so perfectly. I'm just not as in to my nail art as I used to be but I think this duo is asking for a feature nail or different-colour-tips although I'm thinking that for bikini days, Bleu Cyclades on toes with Bleu Celadon on fingers would be all kinds of nice (and far less faff).
The YSL Bleus Lumiere Summer 2014 limited edition 5 Ombre Eyeshadow Palette in Bleus Lumiere is much easier to wear than a lot of the harsher blues I've seen for summer. And, blue and coral are made for each other for that Mediterranean smoulder that needs a hot sunset to set it alight.
I love this collection; it seems more exciting somehow than many of the other summer collections with a little bit of unpredictability and plenty of sass. We'll see it in stores in the UK from May.
*all products are sent to me as samples from brands and agencies unless otherwise stated. Affiliate links may be used. Posts are not affiliate driven.
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I LOVE the blues, especially the varnish!
Wow I love the eyeshadow pallette that would perfect to pack for a hoilday. Plus the YSL packaging is always gorgeous! xx
Wow I love the eye shadow palette that would perfect to pack for a holiday. Plus the YSL packaging is always gorgeous! xx
I need a pastel blue nail polish for spring! 🙂
These colours are gorgeous and the tones in the eyeshadow all seem to compliment each other really well 🙂
Hope this isn't a selfridges exclusive, can see that palette going straight away! Do you know of a rough date in May? 🙂
So pretty – I love the nail polish, and being a blue eyed girl often use a pop of blue just to bring out the sparkle of my eyes.
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The Shadow Education Secretary spent this afternoon visiting Wetherby High School, and students and teachers made the most of their time with the high profile visitor.
Tristram Hunt MP had lunch with staff and met head boy Sam Kerry and head girl Emma Lees, who later hosted a Q&A session.
In a circle with Mr Hunt, a group of more than 10 students asked the MP about changes to the exam system, radicalisation in schools, and equality between men and women.
Asked about recent changes to education, Mr Hunt said there were some government policies with which he was not happy, but that consistency is very important.
Alterations to GCSE exams, for example, would be maintained for a time, however the free school programme would be stopped because 'it means investment is not going where it is needed'.
"What you can't do every time there is a change of government is change the exam system because teachers would go up the wall - there needs to be stability," he said.
Strong congratulations go to the leadership team here and the teaching community for stepping up to the plate.Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt MP
"The balance I always have to strike is between stability of the education system versus reordering or rectifying some of the changes we are not so happy with.
"More often than not I am coming down on the side of stability because I think what drives teachers mad is ministers coming in and changing things and them having to play catch up with the new decisions.
"Even if there are concerns, some stability in the system is important and I do think moving away from multiple entries is not a bad reform because schools were spending often too much money and sometimes too much time on entering students for examinations.
"But I more than understand those schools who use that system to develop a pathway for success for more challenging pupils and we just have to think more carefully about how we can do that within the constraints."
Mr Hunt, who is also the MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, spoke over lunch with Wetherby High's executive headteacher Simon Flowers, acting headteacher Lucie Lakin, and chair of governors Cindy Bentley.
After the Q&A that followed, he said he was thoroughly impressed with both the school pupils.
He said: "It was a pleasure to be invited here because this is a school going through an interesting transition and it shows the importance of really effective leadership and quality teaching and how in the absence of that children are being let down, but when you put it in you have a good result.
"Strong congratulations go to the leadership team here and the teaching community for stepping up to the plate.
"It is interesting that some teachers who didn't have the strength of leadership before now feel much more confident in their abilities to deliver results.
"They are not stopping the sport or the music or any creative subjects, they are doing all of it and showing how you can.
"You can achieve all of this without necessarily having massive structural reform and change and actually the local authority here has worked well to broker in agreement with a strong head and it is moving in the right direction."
The Shadow Education Secretary was invited to the school by the Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Elmet and Rothwell Veronica King, who also took part in the Q&A.
She said: "The reason I am in Labour is because of education. Both of my parents are teachers and I know it from their point of view of the importance of the investment made by Labour and so much of that has gone backwards under this government.
"I think for so many parents here there is no more important issue than education and there are so many lines in the sand between Labour and Conservatives on protecting the budget and making class sizes smaller.
"I know morale is really low among teachers and I understand how hard they work and how concerned they are because there is a lot at stake."
After the session was over, Mr Hunt and Mrs King spoke with the Wetherby News about what is important in education, including school buildings in urgent need of repairing, rebuilding, or updating.
Mr Hunt said: "There is a frustration when I go around that cash for repairs and rebuilding was not necessarily spread effectively or fairly, so we will look carefully at that. There is a backlog of repairs to make.
"On a policy point, in the future this is a government that wants to slash the education department budget. The Labour Party will secure the education budget in real terms so there are clear choices in this election between supporting teachers and schools like Wetherby High, or returning to the state it used to be before the last Labour government and we don't want that."
Mrs King added: "One of the things I am really keen to do, which is why I am here, is visit schools and I will be keen to meet with as many teachers and headteachers as I can, not only over the coming weeks but as part of working on those relationships, which is one of the early things I would want to do as MP, to find out what matters most to them."
As an interesting aside, during the Q&A all members of the circle were asked what their favourite sweet was as part of an ice-breaker.
Mr Hunt said he liked Milky Way, while Mrs King said she was quite partial to a Malteser.
After the visit, Mr Flowers said the visit was a chance for the students to talk about politics and issues, and to 'have their voices heard'.
"It is not often children get the opportunity to meet Members of Parliament and ask them questions and be asked questions by them," he said.
"It was a great opportunity to a group of students at Wetherby High School to enjoy a conversation about local and national politics.
"We really like to encourage children to better understand the world they live in and the opportunities they have to have their voice heard, and we work hard to make sure that inside the schools with our coaching programme our children know they are listened to and that it is their duty to listen."
Mrs Lakin added: "It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to show how proud they are to be a member of Wetherby High School and also be a member of the local community.
"One of the aspects of our work is not just securing academic achievement for the children but developing them as active, responsible citizens.
"The activities we like to do give them an opportunity to talk about issues that matter to them and their local community.
"One of the key themes for Wetherby High is about developing confident learners as well as responsible citizens and today was a wonderful chance for them to handle a high profile situation with enthusiasm and articulate their thoughts with such impressive confidence.
"We are really proud that Mr Hunt said how impressed he was with the students and of the characteristics we encourage in our children."
Mrs Bentley said: "I am absolutely delighted to welcome visitors to the school just to show how much progress has been made since May.
"I think we are well on the way now to becoming an outstanding school. More than that, I think it is the fact that the focus is entirely on what is best for the students."


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Geez, each and everyone of them would be wonderful to win ! ! ! !
Geez, each and everyone of them would be wonderful to win ! ! ! !
Kira, you asked for them - - - and I must admit I am not the originator of this idea of using wood beads and spools. I love these Dollies. I used marker pens, embellishments and the boxes are from Thimbleberries Thread sets I purchased a couple of years ago. The wallpaper in the background is used gift wrap.
The little vase is a garage sale purchase for a quarter. I did embellish it a little and think it's a cute as can be
Every Sunday morning grocery shopping trip I stop by the flower section and have been able to bring home some very lovely blossoms that perk up the place during these dreadfully dismal, rainy, misty, cloudy days we've been having lately. These roses are just one example of the choices I've brought home.
Last evening was spent knitting and crocheting with our monthly group of very creative needlers and hookers. Saw some cool projects, learned a couple of new techniques and a hot Chia Latte.
Isn't 'Garden Girl' just the cutest?
Well, she could be yours [though I do plan on winning her]
Sandy at 521 Lake Street is having her very first giveaway – however, the main attraction for me love of RETRO. Take a look a her blog just for the heck of it even if you're not interested in her adorable Garden Girl Jar.
was such an opportunity to visit so many blogs and see creative minds at work. Everyone who participated in Natasha's swap/challenge/party showed off her accomplishments. Oh, and what a variety of ideas! ! ! If your interest is piqued take at look.
In the meantime I've started a couple of new projects and haven't gotten very far with either one, but having fun doing them.
This is the beginning of my Lucy-style Ripple Blanket. It really does workup fairly fast. And it is an easy project. Check out Lucy's tutorial.
And then, because cold weather is upon us - - - - I've begun knitting a neck warmer. My inspiration is Melody's neckwarmer. Saw it and just had to make one. I think it'll be just the thing to keep that cold from creeping down the neck of my jacket this winter.
The beginning of a vignette?
It's Autumn in Jeff City.
Here it is ! ! ! ! ! My swap, for ME ! ! ! !
and she's inviting everyone ! ! !
I've cut and pasted part of her blog post so that you can get a preview of her post. When you've had your party-loving interest piqued, click A H'artfelt Christmas Blog Party to see how you can join her party.From Kelly's post:
""I love parties, and I love holidays!!! I also love the many talented artists out there in the blogosphere! So what better than an artful Christmas blog party? But never fear, you don't have to be an bonafide artist to join the fun. Making a creative blog post is an art in itself! Everyone is invited! Would you like to join the celebration? Read on...
How to join:
Make a post in your blog with the big announcement to let people know you're attending! Big catches people's attention. *winks*
Post the button in your sidebar with a link back to this blog for those who missed your grand announcement! (Plus it will help you not to forget too!)
Have your post ready to go on the 12th.
Post a comment here after you have made the announcement, and leave a link to your blog so I can add you to the guest list.
Once your post is up, make sure you make a comment on my blog post and link back to it from yours that day so everyone knows you have made your post and can also find the rest of the party posts.
Not sure what to post? Here are some suggestions:
Your holiday decorations
A story about your favorite present of all time
Your family traditions
And don't forget to include some pictures that incorporate your work if you are an artist, everyone loves to see that!
You're only limited by your imagination!"
See 'A H'artfelt Christmas Blog Party' button in my sidebar? You can click that to get there.
Now to get my creative juices flowing so that my post will be ready . . . . . . .
Debi at Life in My Studio is having her birthday Giveaway ! ! !
I found her blog while visiting Holly at Girls At Heart
These are two blogs not to miss, lots of girlie, girlie things.
Haute Whimsy has a weekly giveaway and guess who won - -why, I did. ! ! ! ! Thank you Jen.
This week's giveaway is a Cork Necklace designed and crafted by Cat at Uncorked
It's an entirely new 'green'.
is having a Debbie Bliss giveaway to celebrate her first blog-anniversary. I found this giveaway and the previous on Kitten With A Whiplash
And I believe there's one more giveaway listed thereOh, Dear . . . . . . there are so many cool links on Kitten With A Whiplash that you just better go there and take a look for yourself.
for a Pumpkin cubcake??? No, I didn't mispell cubcake. If you have doubts click on this link Yesterday's Glitter to check out this giveaway ! ! ! ! Just too cute.
has a wicked Giveaway going on now. Give her blog a look at Aileen's Wicked Tats – beware I believe there is a growing trend toward tatting. Blogland abounds with tatting blogs so it must be the up-and-coming thing. Better start looking for the shuttle now.
While visiting all my fav blogs Marty's Fiber Musings wrote of a very neat Giveaway at Patch Andi and what a Giveaway it is. Everyone has three chances to win. And it is so easy to do. Click on the hyperlink above and read all about Andi's generous offer and be certain to take time to visit her blog postings. While your blog-hopping check out Marty's blog, too.


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As you can see - things have changed. It's not just cosmetic either. I felt this blog was too cluttered and had too little focus.
In future I will use Twitter for all the casual, short postings - you can read those alongside.
Anything I post will hopefully have more in depth content and the tabs above will (hopefully) help keep me on track.
Gradually I'm working my way through older, more popular posts and linking them to the tabs above. For a while it means old posts will appear in the timeline as if they are new, when in reality they;re just republished.
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Helping others is one of the most important opportunities in life. Each year golfers join together to make a difference in the lives of many women, couples, children and families by seeking sponsorships for LifeCare's annual Golf Challenge. This is a fun-filled day of golf, food, and prizes as men and women from the community support the mission and vision of LifeCare.
Date: March 8, 2019
Location: River Hills Country Club, Valrico, FL
Time: 11:00am-5:30pm
Cost: $150 per golfer (fee includes lunch, dinner, golf shirts and goody bag)
Sponsorship Opportunities are available. Please contact Jessica Rickenbach at 813-654-0491 ext: 1005 for more information.


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The American Conservation Film Festival is an annual film festival held in
Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The ACFF features films from a diverse group
of conservation filmmakers from around the world. The 2019 American Conservation
Film Festival will take place October 4-6 and October 11-13. To learn more about ACFF
visit their website.
The Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education is a private, nonpartisan, and nonprofit
educational organization administered by the Congressional Education Foundation with facilities on the
campus of Shepherd University. The mission of the Center is to help foster a better public understanding
of the United States Congress and the Constitution through programs and research that engage citizens. The
Byrd Center occasionally hosts film series, especially political documentaries and other films related to
national politics. The Byrd Center also provides a venue for faculty or community sponsored films on a wide
variety of subjects. For more information visit their website.
Cinema Art Bethesda is an all volunteer organization that brings the
best in foreign and independent film to Bethesda and surrounding
Montgomery County communities. Screenings are held at the Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema, 7235 Woodmont
Avenue on Sunday mornings from
October through May. Each film is followed by a provocative
discussion with outstanding film experts. Theater doors open at 9:30 and films
start promptly at 10:00. Visit their
Friends of the Shepherdstown Library is a non-profit organization
working together with the Shepherdstown Library's Board of Trustees
and librarians to strengthen and expand library services through
fundraising, developing community awareness and participation, and
organizing volunteer activities.
FOSL sponsors outdoor films projected onto the back wall of the library
during the summer. View the schedule for
FOSL's back of the library films at their
This non profit cinema group, located in Winchester, VA, screened their
first film in 2001. They show one or two films each month. Their aim
is to provide a variety of film experiences to the community of the
Winchester area while enhancing the life of the city's historic downtown.
Visit their website.
Conducts international film festivals each spring and fall in
Huntington, WV. Visit their
The 2019 Maryland Film Festival will take place May 8-12, 2019. The
festival's mission is to create a world class film festival centered in
Baltimore and to bring filmmakers to Maryland as a way to encourage
future production in the state.
Visit their website.
The Maryland International Film Festival, Hagerstown took place March 29-31, 2019.
Visit their website.
The NCTC sponsors the Conservation & Community Public Lecture
Series in which writers, scientists, conservationists, and
historians speak at the NCTC's Byrd Auditorium. This series is
free and open to the public. To view the upcoming schedule for
this lecture series visit
The Scarborough Society is an arm of the Shepherd University Foundation
and it formed a partnership with the Shepherdstown Film Society
beginning with the spring 2009 film season. Its mission is to enhance
learning opportunities for Shepherd students, faculty, and its
communities through endowing and strengthening the Shepherd University
library system. In addition to financial support for the library
collections and technological services, the Scarborough Society hosts a
lecture series, literary receptions, art exhibits, bus tours, and an
annual gala.
Learn more
about the Scarborough Society and become a member.
The Shepherdstown Opera House is dedicated to presenting fine musical
entertainment in an intimate and friendly music hall, and showing the
best of foreign and American independent films on the silver screen.
The music ranges from Blue Grass to Blues, from Folk to Rock, from Jive
to Jazz, featuring up-and-coming new artists and nationally known legends.
If it's good, you'll see and hear it at the
Opera House!
The Star Theatre is located in the historic spa town of Berkeley
Springs, WV. The theater is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:00pm
year-round and also on Thursday evenings in the summer. It shows first-run films in a vintage, Depression-era movie house in the heart of
town. Visit their website.
The West Virginia Film Office is a member of the Association of Film Commissioners International
[www.afci.org] and provides clients with complimentary scouting, research, and logistical support
services; acts as a liaison between the production team and federal, state, county, city, and other
municipality agencies; acts as a liaison between the production team and private residential and
business property owners; assists in securing location permits; and provides general support to the
production team to ensure a wrinkle-free shoot. The WV Film Office also produces and distributes a
periodic electronic communication, the Email Blast, which contains a wide range of pertinent film
information, including upcoming film events in the state. Learn more or sign up to receive the Email
Blast by visiting the WV Film Office website.
This is a monthly film series showcasing WV films and filmmakers at
Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg. Visit their
The WVIFF's mission is to encourage, support, and promote the Film Arts; to plan, organize, and present
an annual Fall Film Festival of critically acclaimed and culturally diverse domestic and foreign language
feature films unlikely to be exhibited theatrically in West Virginia; to plan, organize, and present an
annual Spring Film Festival of critically acclaimed and culturally diverse domestic and foreign language
feature films and documentaries, West Virginia-produced/related films, and educational programming; to
conduct these activities for entertainment, educational, and audience-development purposes; to encourage
local and statewide film and video production; and to carry on any business connected therewith. Contact
them at www.wviff.org.
The Winchester Film Club partners with the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, VA to bring cult, classic,
indie, and foreign films to the community. Visit their
website or their
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Brussels, 18 May 2009
The Commission calls for proposals for €4 billion worth of energy investments
The European Commission has launched today a call for proposals covering key energy infrastructure projects such as energy interconnections, offshore wind energy and carbon capture and storage as part of the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR), on which the Council and the Parliament recently reached agreement. Project promoters are invited to submit their proposals by 15 July 2009. The Commission expects to sign the first grant agreements and decisions before the end of the year. In total nearly €4 billion worth of financial aid will be available to support new energy-related investments.
Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said: "The financing that has been made available will act as a role to secure and speed up investments in the energy sector. In addition, the funds allocated to projects will have a direct impact on the EU economy and on employment.
"It will also help to improve the security of supply of the most vulnerable Member States. The gas crisis earlier this year showed the vulnerability of Europe with respect to its gas supply. In addition this funding will assist in speeding up the implementation of the 20/20/20 objectives for 2020 by promoting for the first time on a large scale the development of Carbon Capture Storage technologies and the implementation of high power wind turbines."
The EU funding available for the implementation of the EEPR for 2009 and 2010 will be €3.98 billion, allocated as follows:
(a) gas and electricity infrastructure projects (€2.365 billion)
(b) offshore wind energy projects (€565 million)
(c) carbon capture and storage projects (€1.050 billion )
The list of eligible projects is indicated in the annex. The text of the call for tender, as well as the supporting documents, is available on the Commission's website.
ANNEX Eligible projects
1. Gas interconnections
2. Electricity interconnections
3. Small island projects
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For most of the year it will be colder than you expect, especially at night. And especially if you are from Massachusetts or farther south. Bring the appropriate clothes and
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. I go on my first trip of the year during the 3rd week in May and there is always snow at elevation. A few years, we needed snow shoes. I pack a fleece jacket and a windbreaker even in August. This point can not be overstated. It gets cold in the White Mountains, and if you get wet, you could die. Don't believe me? Go to the
Deaths Around Mt. Washington page.
This is a true example... (Notice the date. August. Snow storm. Get the point?)
103. August 24, 1986: McDonald Barr, 52, Brookline, Mass., died of hypothermia in a summer snowstorm on Mt. Madison.
The hills are tougher than they look. Although most of the summits in the Whites aren't terribly high, the starting elevations are correspondingly low, and the overall elevation gain can be strenuous. Many of the deaths in these mountains can be attributed to over-exertion.
Water can be very scarce in the summer. Be sure to pack enough. Lack of water can lead to #2.
Summer humidity is worse than most people expect. Be prepared to sweat. A lot. Gallons even. Bring enough water (see #2 and #3) and be prepared to limit your activity if necessary. Climbing steep hills when it is 80 degrees out with 98% humidity stinks!
Blackflies suck. Well, they bite really. And the bites itch like hell. Out in the White Mountains in Spring is no place for tie-dyed, sandal wearing, granola crunchin', sprout eatin', totally organic, natural fiber wearin', chemical fearing fools. Contrary to what you may have heard, Skin-so-Soft is only useful if you want skin that's, well ... so soft. To stay really comfortable, you have only two real choices. Either encase yourself in a complete mosquito net, or slather on the DEET, kidneys and liver be damned. Seriously. I never leave home without a supply of Ben's 100. You can minimize the risks by applying it to clothing instead of skin, or at least minimizing the skin you apply it to. And keep it away from the kids.
Crowds usually disappear within 1-2 miles of most trailheads. I'm not sure why -- my guess is that most people are lazy and get tired quickly. (NOTE: this doesn't apply to Mountain Summits).
There are many great hikes in the southern White Mountains. You don't have to head to the Presidentials. Look to the Kankamagus Highway and check the White Mountain Guide.
There are a few special regulation areas in the W.M.N.F. (also called Restricted Use Areas) where camping is restricted. These are often posted at the trailheads leading into an area. Whenever possible is wise to call or check ahead before you bring the whole group into the woods, or else you may find yourself with night approaching and still be 5 miles from the nearest legal camping.
The volunteer trail crews are amazing. The ice storm damage that most people heard about was almost completely clear within 5 months after the January 1999 storm. These people deserve our praise. Thank them at every opportunity.
You absolutely have to stop at the
Yankee Smokehouse
on Rt. 16 in West Ossippee on your way home. It is the best post-hike meal in existence.
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NORTH EASTON, Mass. — Twelve Poor Sisters of Jesus Crucified reside at their motherhouse with six young Vietnamese Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, who fill the Convent of the Sorrowful Mother with prayers, laughter and song.
"They love to sing," said Sister Mary Valliere, general superior of the Passionist community; and the young Dominicans giggled.
For the past five years, aspiring Stonehill College students from Vietnam have been tutored in the English language by the Passionist nuns at the convent.
Originally, there were two Vietnamese Sisters studying at Stonehill when Father Bau, a Jesuit priest, began looking for a place for them to stay.
"We were the closest convent that could house them," said Sister Valliere of the Brockton community.
A second set of Sisters would follow, spending the next two years with their Passionist teachers, and ultimately attending Stonehill.
"This new group will also live with us for two years, learning English, then moving on to different Catholic colleges that will offer scholarships to them," explained Sister Valliere. "Father Bau hopes that when this group is ready to move on to the college level, some of them will receive scholarships to Stonehill."
Since most of the Passionist Sisters are retired teachers, they felt the ministry was a good fit and a wonderful opportunity to help the Universal Church.
"They are still under Communist rule and cannot practice their faith openly in Vietnam," said Sister Valliere. "Hopefully, we will help to broaden their minds, and they can help their own Sisters. The previous group didn't even know what Vatican II was."
But the younger Sisters also have been a blessing to them, according to the general superior.
"They bring youth, and I think we see what we were like when we were young and why we entered the convent," she said. "Their Spirit touches our hearts, and reflected in these Sisters is the zeal we came into the convent with."
The nuns from Bui Chu Diocese were interviewed at the American Embassy in Vietnam.
"Only so many can come to America," said Sister Valliere. "They must prove that somebody is supporting them."
In their native country, the nuns work hard planting rice and vegetables, sewing and selling clothing, and teaching kindergarten. The government does not allow them to teach higher grades. Catholic children learn about their faith from their families and attend parish catechism classes in the villages.
The Vietnamese nuns shared stories about how they were called to religious life.
Sister Quyen Thi Ta, 30, traces her vocation back to the day when some nuns brought medicine to her family and asked her if she wanted to become a Sister.
"I was very young, about six or seven years old, and I just smiled," she said. "But my mother told me to answer them. So I told them: 'Yes, I want to become a nun.'"
"I like this country's freedom about religion and the lives the Sisters live," she added. "The Sisters are generous with us."
Sister Thoa Thi Phan, 29, will take her final vows next year.
"My father encouraged me," she said. "He wanted me to become a Sister."
But she wasn't sure about her vocation until a nun at her parish helped her understand their way of life.
"Then I wanted to follow my father's wishes," she added.
Sister Thuy Thi Thu Tran, 32, received her calling in high school.
"When I was looking back at my life, I felt I was a lucky person," she said. "I wanted to become a nun. God helped me in my life, and I wanted to give back to God."
One of her siblings also entered religious life and serves as a Dominican at another convent.
One of nine children, Lanh Thi Hoang, 33, said that she thought long and hard about life in the convent versus married life and made the right decision.
"I love God and wanted to give my life to Him," she said.
A sickly child in a family of seven children, Ngoc Thi Doan, 30, grew up destitute and hungry. She met some Sisters at her parish and asked her mother if she could become a nun like them.
"My family was very poor," she said (her eyes filling with tears). "Because I was sick, my mother didn't want me to go to the convent."
But then her mother changed her mind.
"If God was calling me to follow Him, then God would help me," she said, smiling.
Sister Yen Thitlai Pham, 32, said that she received a lot of blessings from God through her family.
"I wanted to become a holy nun, but I am still a human being. I will need a lot of prayers to become a holy nun," she said, laughing.
At the Brockton convent, the Vietnamese nuns rise early to pray and meditate, say the Divine Hours and attend Mass. English classes begin after breakfast.
"They would like some free time in the afternoon to sleep, but they found out that in America we don't nap," said Sister Valliere. "They volunteer at the nursing home in the afternoon. In the evening we get together for prayer. They have a little leisure time after supper. They like to listen to music and go swimming. We have a pool on the grounds."
While her charges travelled around the world to get here, Sister Valliere is deeply rooted in New England soil. A Brockton native, she was raised a mile down the road from the convent and attended Catholic schools.
"When I entered high school, I got to know the Sisters and saw them at work; and I wanted to serve God's people. But my reason for staying in the convent changed through the years. It was because I wanted to give my life totally to God."
The Poor Sisters of Jesus Crucified and the Sorrowful Mother welcome Catholic women between the ages of 20-55 of diverse cultures and life experiences. For more information, visit their website at www.cjcbrockton.org.


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Over the last 10 years, social networking has gone from a "pretty cool" feature, to a part of everyday life. Now, cell phones even come ready with applications and hook-ups to your favorite social networking sites.
Even in the last 5 years, the choices have grown and changed. MySpace has taken a shadow spot to Facebook, and Facebook isn't just for the .edu email holders anymore. Twitter has created its own following, 140 characters at a time, and the "@" symbol never got so much love. Google even has us Buzzing and chatting between emails.
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This Buddhist story was read to me last week by my psychologist as we were talking about anger and insults, and how best to understand it so we don't take on other people's blackness – and to help me understand my own anger. It's funny how life often brings us our lessons when we really need them.
The Story of the Angry Young Man
One day, the Buddha and a large following of monks and nuns were passing through a village. The Buddha chose a large shade tree to sit beneath so the group could rest awhile out of the heat. He often chose times like these to teach, and so he began to speak. Soon, villagers heard about the visiting teacher and many gathered around to hear him.
One surly young man stood to the side, watching, as the crowd grew larger and larger. To him, it seemed that there were too many people traveling from the city to his village, and each had something to sell or teach. Impatient with the bulging crowd of monks and villagers, he shouted at the Buddha, "Go away! You just want to take advantage of us! You teachers come here to say a few pretty words and then ask for food and money!"
But the Buddha was unruffled by these insults. He remained calm, exuding a feeling of loving-kindness. He politely requested that the man come forward. Then he asked, "Young sir, if you purchased a lovely gift for someone, but that person did not accept the gift, to whom does the gift then belong?"
The odd question took the young man by surprise. "I guess the gift would still be mine because I was the one who bought it."
"Exactly so," replied the Buddha. "Now, you have just cursed me and been angry with me. But if I do not accept your curses, if I do not get insulted and angry in return, these curses will fall back upon you—the same as the gift returning to its owner."
The young man clasped his hands together and slowly bowed to the Buddha. It was an acknowledgement that a valuable lesson had been learned. And so the Buddha concluded for all to hear, "As a mirror reflects an object, as a still lake reflects the sky: take care that what you speak or act is for good. For goodness will always cast back goodness and harm will always cast back harm."
– From Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents (Condra Enterprises, 2005).
You can have your insults and accusations back, I don't accept them. You tell me you used to blame yourself for what happened to Jessie, but you don't anymore because she was with me – it's my fault and I'm an unfit mother. It's so easy to lay blame and judge when you've chosen not to be around. The one time I did call you needing help years ago, you got your girlfriend to call back saying I had the wrong number. Two days later legal aid called saying you wanted contact – it turned out all you wanted was paternity testing done, but I'm still waitng for the test! You can have your hurtful, spiteful, nasty insults back.
Your audacity to continue contacting me, and feeling of entitlement angers me. But that is something I need to work on. The philosophy of this story helps me understand that all your hatred belongs to you, as mine does me.


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On the evening of June 21, 2009, I, Dr. Amy L. Beam, was watching the unfolding events of Iran simultaneously at my computer and on Al Jazeera and CNN TV. I am in Europe. The TV newscasters kept repeating that this had become a Twitter Revolution in Iran. I've never before used Twitter to search for news, but this prompted me to. I logged onto twitter.com and searched for "Iran demonstrations". I saw the top search term was #iranelections so I searched for this and kept updating my search every minute. Twitters were pouring.
This is how I saw the Twitter posting that had a link to the youtube video of Neda being shot in Iran. It had just been uploaded. About 120 people had viewed it within several minutes. I was curious to know the dead woman's name so I emailed the person who uploaded the video. He thought the name was Neda Soltani. He explained that this video had been sent to him, outside of Iran, by the doctor who had been at Neda's side as she bled to death. The doctor's friend shot the video with his cell phone. The doctor also sent an explanatory note.
So I went immediately to Facebook and searched for Neda Soltani. A number of Neda profiles came up along with photos. Some had last names similar to Soltani. I decided I would try to eliminate the Neda's who were still alive, so I wrote to Neda Soltani, the beautiful Iranian woman wearing a patterned headscarf whose photo has become famous:
"Dear Neda,
I am trying to identify the Neda Soltani shot to death in Tehran June 20. I can only do this by process of elimination. Please reply if you get this. Thank you.
She replied about an hour later:
"My Dearest Amy,
First, I should like to thank you for your compassion, and care.
It feels so good to know people around the world care for us!
I am not the one you are looking for, but I want you to know I am grateful.
Pray for the safety of my people.
Neda Soltani"
She and I then became "friends" on Facebook so we could post messages to one another. I also became friends with Hamed R. who is the man who uploaded the video file of the Neda who was shot to death.
Someone (not Neda Soltani as I originally stated by mistake) decided to do some research. That person found a website written in Farsi about the Neda who was killed and she translated it from Farsi to English. She then posted this on my Facebook wall. It has since been removed and I have not yet been able to retrace who posted it (and maybe never will be able to). And HERE'S WHERE THE MISTAKE WITH THE PHOTO HAPPENED:
The posting was shown under the thumbnail profile photo and the name of the living Neda Soltani, so visitors to my Facebook wall mistakenly assumed the photo of the living Neda Soltani was the woman who was Neda Agha-Soltan, the woman who was killed.
So the photo of Neda wearing the patterned headscarf was copied and reposted EVERYWHERE within minutes and hours.
By the time I woke up June 22, the wrong photo of the living Neda Soltani was being displayed on TV, blogs, youtube videos, placards and banners around the world. Neda Soltani emailed me via Facebook begging for help to correct the mistake. I have spent hours posting corrections and asking people to remove her photo. Most people do; some people seem hell-bent on ignoring the truth and they insist on spreading this photo as the symbol of the Neda who was killed.
Some people changed their own Facebook profile photo to that of the woman in the headscarf and changed their name to Neda Soltani. One young man explained he did it three days after Neda's death to honor her memory. I am sure people meant no disrespect; they only wanted to honor her. When informed of the mistaken photo they removed it. However, as fast as one false "Neda Soltani" Facebook page is removed or corrected, another one appears.
The real, living Neda Soltani has removed her photo from her Facebook. However, now when you search for Neda Soltani on Facebook a whole list of profiles comes up. Thus, the REAL Neda Soltani, who is very much alive and very distressed, can no longer use her Facebook which was pretty much her main form of communication. If all these people who changed their Facebook names to Neda Soltani only knew what a problem they have caused for her, I feel sure they would remove the name. I know they only mean to honor the Neda who was killed.
Now the dilemma arises of knowing who is the real living Neda Soltani and do I really speak for her. I have screen shots of my Facebook private message postings between us but wish to keep them private. I communicate with her by private email now.
On June 23, Neda Soltani again emailed me the following. I have thought hard as to whether to share her private email, but in order to make people understand the gravity of this mistaken identity with her photo and her request to the world to correct the mistake, here is her email to me. I have removed some of the content to protect her privacy:
Dear Amy,
I'm having a hard time accessing facebook.
and to tell you the truth, I'm very scared!!!!
All around the world they are talking about my photo, which has turned into The symbol of liberty, rebellion, etc.
i'm in danger!
i don't know what to do!
thanks for ur caring compassion
i wish i could see u, and embrace u...
take care
Post Script added June 28, 2009
Numerous journalists and other people unknown to me have asked to be listed as friends on my Facebook in order to see Neda's original postings on my wall. Of course, this is understandble because we are all trying to verify the accuracy of things flying around the web. However, as of today, I am blocking access to my Facebook for Neda's security and, frankly, may never use this form of social networking again now that I see the terrible damage it can do.


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Sean recently shot stings for eircom's sponsorship of RTE drama which are airing at the moment. The shoot involved building a sitting room in studio and turning it into various different crime scenes for the leading family.
A pleasure as always to work with Roisin, Pete and Aisling. Check out one of the stings here.
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Lee teamed up with Publicis to direct Done Deal's stings sponsoring X-Factor which are airing on TV3 right now. A lot of fun was had casting this one, with a colourful selection of acts to choose from. The end result are a fun take on X-Factor at its finest, and inspired Lee to take up the spoons.
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The alarm went at 0400, but we were both rather expecting it, so it was the work of a moment to leap up and be dressed, complete the last few items of packing, and be waiting at the driveway for David and Sue at 0430.
A clear run to Tullamarine (who else but international travellors would be up at this hour?) saw us finding a park in the long-term car park, and boarding a bus to the terminal. A interesting incident along the way - a bloke boarded the bus, plonked a couple of large bags by the door, then stood up next to the door, obviously expecting to be first off. But the driver anounced over the tannoy that all bags need to be in the luggage rack, and for people to take a seat. The bloke appeared to take no notice, so the driver repeated the instruction. "The man in the white shirt, he's talking to you!" I exclaimed, whereupon Mr White Shirt turned around to glower at me. But at that point, the driver came back, picked up the miscreant bags, placed them in the luggage rack, and again exhorted White Shirt to sit down. By now there were no seats, save for the very back of the bus, so that's where WS had to go. Of course, when the bus stopped, everyone in front of him leapt up to grab their bags, so Mr White Shirt had to wait, and was in fact the last person to get off the bus! Very poetic justice!
However, we were not in too much of a position to gloat, since when we arrived at the check in counter, we saw that our plane had been cancelled. There was one 15 minutes later, but we had to wait in the queue for half an hour while the various predicaments in front of us were sorted out. Then, when we did get to the front of the queue, the "service" woman effectively suggested that it was all our fault, as we, quote, "did not know when our plane was due to leave"! It took a lot of calming words from Barb not to make me lose my cool!
But we got our boarding passes, bought some breakfast/lunch wraps, and boarded our flight almost on time, for a pleasant (and food free) Air New Zealand 2 hour flight to Norfolk Island. Our luggage must have been last on, first off, because it arrived on the carousel quickly, and we were through customs and out on the forecourt before we knew it. Friendly staff from the Resort met us there, and stow our bags onto a trailer behind a bus. But we had to wait a bit, because the Robinson's luggage took much longer, and most of the passengers were through before they appeared.
Once all assembled, it was a short but bumpy bus ride to the Paradise Resort, where were again welcomed, this time with an island juice cocktail, and some explanation about the week's activity. The hire car which Jim had organized was also arranged, and each couple had a nominated driver (Barb in our case). Once ensconced in our cabins/rooms, and settled in, we all piled into the car for a short run into Burnt Pine, the main shopping strip on the island, and what would pass for a "high street" in most country towns. The population of NI is only 1700, spread across an island that is 8km by 5km (at its widest points), so it is a small place. But for a "town" this size, it does have a lot of jewellery/shoe/fashion shops, and the prices are usually less than the equivalent items in Australia, so it is rather a shopping paradise.
We checked out the market area (Saturday and Sunday mornings), the post office (a separate organization fro Australia Post, with its own stamps), and the one bottle shop in the island. For reasons that are not clear to me in retrospect, I did not buy any beer, a fact which I came to regret, since the bttle shop closed early on Saturdays, and was shut on Sundays, right when you need it! Although it was late (1500) by now, we did find a cafe that still had some lunch items, so Barb had a ham and cheese muffin, and John had a steak and cheese pie, together with appropriate coffees. The pie was very yummy! This was at the only supermarket mall on the island, and we followed that by a browse in the included newsagent's, where we saw lots of "Grumpy Old Man" T-shirts and caps. But we eschewed these for the nonce, and John bought a beer T-shirt instead.
We walked back to the resort from the shopping strip, a trip of perhaps 1000m, and Barb went for a swim in the pool. However, her expression(s) on entering the water somewhat discouraged the rest of us from following! Her comment was "bracing"! We elected to eat dinner in the "La Perouse" restaurant at 1800. John had fish and chips, with the local "trumpeter" fish, and Barb had a salad nicoise. John had a beer, the NZ brand Speights, an English style ale. They don't seem to have much in the way of pale ales, prefering the Australian lager styles (which was also true of the local bottle shop, and I suspect the two are related).
Given the earlyness of our arising, an early night was warranted, and Barb and I were asleep by 2130.
John started the day with a splash
Breakfast at Olive's
Wandered the market
Discovery Tour at noon
Dinner BBQ wth Trumpeter fillets from market
Breakfast at Golden Orb
Wandered the market
Dinner BBQ with ham steaks
A slightly later start to the day saw us taking breakfast in the Paradise Resort at 0830, as Donna's choice. Because the Island observes a time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Australian Eastern Standard Time, it is currently on the same time as Victoria and NSW, even though its solar time is more like an hour ahead. It is daylight at 0400, and by 0830 the sun is well and truly up.
The breakfast was good value at $11, which included the usual continental stuff. Barb and I had muesli with various stewed fruits and yoghurt, together with toast and coffee. Then we headed off to the township, Morgans and Hursts walking, Robinsons driving, to assemble at the Rawson Hall for a cooking demonstration.
There were two demos. The first was by Byron and Heidi, from the Bedrock Cafe, who cooked the local Trumpeter fish in a lemon-based vegatable mix. The locals are very proud of the fact that there vegetables are all locally grown, and that the only veggies that they import are onions, garlic and ginger. Well, almost. We discovered as the week wore on that several other eating stuffs are also imported, things that you might have thought could be grown locally, like coconuts, potatoes, and surprisingly (given the number of cows on the island!), milk.
This was followed by a much more polished delivery from a bloke who had just started up a charcuterie on the island, using local beef and pork. He had been a teacher, and it was clear from his background that he knew how to keep an audience listening. He explained how he made Haggis, Proscuitto, and Salami from these local ingredients, adapted for the local climate and culture. He had a copy of Robert Burns' "Ode to a Haggis", of which he read the first two lines, and then offered it to someone who could better do the accent. John accepted the challenge, and rattled off the first verse in a passable Scottish lilt, although to quote Ron Morrison, he may have been "muddderring the lungwage"!
Dinner at Paradise Hotel with the "Wild Wetls"
Walked to breakfast at Olive with David and Sue, Donna and Jim not coming because they were still full from last night.
Walked across to Cooking Demo in Rawson Hall at 1000. Two demos of three local staples: Binki showed us how to make green banana fritters (easy - if you can get green banabas!), followed by 4 school kids, who cooked firstly Tahititian Fish, which we knew from Tahiti as "poisson cru", and secondly, coconut bread.
After the demo, we went shopping in our various ways. Barb and I looked at milk jugs, and bought a blue spode mug.
Lunch ws skipped because of the giant dinner last night, plus we sampled the various offerings at the demo. We spent
Dinner was the Food Festival sampling at Kingston
Drove to Breakfast at Cafe Tempo with Donna and Jim. David and Sue did not come, again claiming that the previous night's dinner was sufficient. The service was slow, because although we were the first into the cafe, we sat down and chatted, while another group of four walked in up to the counter and ordered. So their orders got processed before ours. But we were in no hurry, since David and Sue decided to walk to Cascade Bay, and we were to pick them up there after breakfast.
Barb and shared a French Toast, which was very nice, while Jim and Donna shared some corn fritters, which they were less than enthusiastic about. After breakky, we drove out to Cascade Bay to pick up David and Sue, and inspect the rather short pier (the one people go for ong walks on!)
This pier is a rather contentious issue, as it is scheduled for extension by the Australian Government, and has been oft-quoted as one of the reasons why the Norfolk Island community needs to make itself more self suffient, or be taken over as an Australian Territory. The island desperately needs better port facilities. As I write this, the radio is announcing that there is no work unloading the ship today, because the conditions are not calm enough for the lighters to ferry goods to and from the ship, which has to anchor out in open waters. But without Australian money (from Australian taxpayers, NOT Norfolk Islanders who pay no Australian tax), there is no way that Norfolk Island can pay for such infrastructure.
We drove around on the way back from Cascade Bay, visiting the Cockpit Waterfall (not much water falling, though, because of the drought), and eventually returned to Paradise Resort. Barb and I felt the need for coffee, so we walked back the short distance to Hilli's. The others all argued that it was shut, but I had seen the umbrellas out and up, so I knew. When we did not return withing 10 minutes, the others did follow, so all six of us had coffee, before returning to Paradise, to wait for the bus to take us only slightly further around the corner of Queen Elizabeth Avenue to Mariah's Restaurant.
Mariah's was the next Food Festival event, which was a Thanksgiving Day Lunch. This was in the form of a very sumptuous buffet, with four kinds of baked fish - trumpeter, trevally, amberjack and king fish - with all kinds of local specialties of greeb banana fritters, coconut bread, pippies, poisson cru, kumera (local sweet potato), and so on.
Swim at Emily Bay
Time for a beer
Chocolat at the Ferny Park Theatre
A bit of a chance to sleep in this morning, since the bus was not due until 0845. But the radio announced that the ship was to be unloaded today, so David and Sue decided to walk out to Kingston to see the operation. Getting back was a problem, since the bus constrained how much time there was, so we arranged to drive out along the Kingston Rd to meet them coming back somewhere between 0815 and 0830. But this plan rather fell in a heap, since at about 0800 a message from the front desk came that said "The Morgans are staying at Kingston". I presumed that that meant they did not want to be picked up, but Barb thought it meant that we were to pick them up from Kingston. As it turned out, it was neither, but it was only on driving down there as a safety precaution in case our interpretation was wrong that we discovered the real reason - that the breakfast was at Emily Bay, only a short walk across from Kingston!
But then Jim had to drive the car back to get Donna, and, as luck would have it, for the first tie all week, the bus not only came on time, but it came early, and Donna had already caught it. Consequently there were some ruffled feathers all round about the ad-hoc planning that eventually got us all to the breakfast on time, but more by good luck than good management.
The Baunti Breakfast was good, with scrambled eggs, bubble and squeak, sausages, bacon, french toast, muesli and yoghurt, tomato juice, and the good local coffee to follow. Entertainment from the same singer as last night, some dancing from the Tahitian Dancers, and delightful views across both Emily Bay and Sydney Bay made for a very pleasant start to the day. Back to Paradise for a little R&R until the next tour.
Which was that in the afternoon we were picked up in a minibus by Eddie, who took us on a Farm and Industry Tour. First stop was the Kentia Palm Nursery, now actually exporting Norfolk Island Pine seedlings since the market for Kenta Palms fell from $1000/bushel to $20/bushell, and it became uneconomic.
Next stop was Farmer Lou's, where we met Lou, who explained all the crops he was growing (corn, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, bananas, mangoes, asparagus, leeks, etc., etc.), and then showed us over his piggery (pong!) where there were quite a few piglets (4 sows each with about 8 piglets, and quite a few weaned ones as well).
A welcome trip out to Bedrock for afternoon tea (the excellent local coffee again), and a chance to admire the view from the northernmost part of the island.
Then to Farmer Pat's place, who walked us around her farm, including some hydroponic lettuces that her son had started growing.
The final stop was the soft drink and liquer factory, where we had another opportunity to taste all the liquers that we didn't taste yesterday! Again, we bought two bottles, this time Macadamia and Sambucca, along with a stopper to go with them.
evening; progressive dinner and convict history
Up bright and early to drive down to Kingston to see the Southern Tiara ship being unloaded by lighters.
Then back to Paradise to drop off the car, and then walk to The Golden Orb, wher mushrooms were on the menu again!
To the market to buy some wetls for tomorrow night.
Back to Paradise in the car, and collected various belongings for a drive out to Ball Bay to inspect the oil unloading terminal, then further round the coast to Two Chimneys, where we looked at the view, then to The Two Chimneys Winery for tastings, and some small purchases (sparkling chamoscin and verdelho).
Checked out the SubLime Cafe for coffee, but it was shut, so back into town for coffee at Joel's Cafe (and the Robinsons had lunch, since they missed breakfast). Then back to Paradise to tog up for the glass bottom boat this afternoon.
We headed down to Emily Bat in the car (the bus being cancelled) just before 1400, to catch up with John Christian, the boat owner and driver, who was readying the boat on its trailer ready for launching. We watched him launch the boat in such a way that we were able to walk onto the boat trailer and then the boat, all without getting our feet wet or requiring a jetty.
The boat trip itself was very enjoyable, not so much from the things that we saw, although some of the fish were quite spectacular, but more from what we heard: John's easy patter about what we were seeing, and the reasons and stories behind it all. He explained for example, that one of the brightly coloured blue fish we saw was "George", whom he had observed himself for 14 years, and was reputed to be around 30 years of age.
We saw many fish, several sting rays, a banded eel, and, thanks to a group of small boys who had accompanied us, a sea urchin that they had found on the reef. One of them, Keanu, was John's son, and he and three mates (all about 12) sat on the fron deck spotting fish and rays, and guiding us through the shallow waters, until John dropped them on the reef where they went looking for urchins while we explored the coral formations.
We spent a pleasant hour stooging around Emily and Slaughter Bays, and then headed back to the Emily Bay beach, where alighted, and then went for a swim. All of us entered the water, even Jim and David, and we floated about enjoying the 23 degree waters (which is not really that warm!)
Then packing up, we returned to the car. I got stung on the left foot by a bee, at least I think that is what it was, as I walked across the grass. It was painful for 10 minutes, but gradually dissipated, and I was able to walk on it once we had returned to the Paradise Hotel, where we had time for a beer, and then got ready for dinner.
Dinner was at Dino's, out on the Bumbora Point road, and as we were early, we had time to visit the point and enjoy the view (and another sunset). The dinner itself was very nice: Barb had crab linguini, grilled local tuna, and licquorice ice cream for dessert, while John had gorgonzola souffle, grilled lamb, and chocolate baci cake for dessert. We shared the entree course by swapping plates half way through.
Then back to the hotel and bed.
The Morgans and the Hursts were off early to visit Anson Bay, which involved walking down a long winding track which was constructed in the early 1980s to install the ANZCAN cable from both Australia and New Zealand to Fiji and Hawaii, and then on to Canada, landing in Vancouver. It was completed in 1984, and decomissioned in 2002 - however the access track reamins, and is in good condition for walking. 100 metres from cliff top to sea level, but going down was easy. On the beach we watched the waves for a while, took some photos, and generally admired the ambience.
Returning to the top, we drove back to Paradise, picked up Donna and Jim, and set off for Norfolk Blue for breakfast. We went via the Moreton Bay fig avenue, and admired the huge trees, but that was where our joy ended, as the Norflok Blue was shut, with no hint of breakfast being offered on any day of the week, let alone today. So plan B, return to Burnt Pine and choose a restaurant there - Golden Orb as it happened, but they had by this stage (it was now 1000!) run out of mushrooms. So Barb had a quiche, and John had Eggs Benedict - not quite what we both had had in mind, but it served, and duly was served.
Then over the road, some to have a quick look at the market, some straight into the Bounty Toy Shop for a brwose, and poke around. The shop was somewhat more extensive than its street frontage would have implied, so it was nearly 1200 before the last of us left. Donna bought a few gifty things, but the rest of us managed to escape bag-free. We then made our separate ways back to Paradise, David walking, Barb and Sue shopping, and Donna and Jim driving. I walked back too, but via different shops, and was the fourth to return. Barb and Sue came back last, by which stage I was in the pool. Barb bought a new watch, a rather nice largish one with roman numerals as she likes.
Some swimming by various members ensued, then book reading, tea and beer drinking, blog writing, until ...
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I handle the book gently – it's an unlikely choice for a writer like myself, and former English major with a concentration in 19th Century English Literature. Called Heat Transmission, by William H. McAdams, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the tome was published in 1942. Drab green and a second edition, it features graphs, charts and formulas like this:
I run my fingers over the top left corner on page 1, close my eyes and pray. You know when your heart clenches and you marvel at the ferocious ache – and at the strange sweetness in that feeling? Well, it's like that.
Yesterday, Mom handed me this volume and three others, from Dad's former office in our home. Inside the front cover, "Joseph Robin" is printed in neat block letters. The chapters are marked by Dad's hand-labeled plastic tabs: "Conduction," "Radiation," and "Dimensionless Groups."
But for me, the true treasures are etched into the back and front pages in pencil. In back, Dad listed favorite music: "The Soldier's March from Faust by Gunot," "Waltz in D Flat by Chopin," "Minuet by Paderewski." At the bottom of the list are two that make me smile: "Love is so Sweet in the Springtime," and "When You're Pretty and the World is Fair."
In that upper corner of page 1, Dad printed "JMJ," dedicating his exploration of Heat Transmission to the hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
Dad always said that, from a young age, he wanted to be a strong man of God and raise a good, Catholic family. He never veered from that vision, even when he lost his first wife to a brain embolism, leaving him with four children under age seven. In time, he married a faithful, energetic young nurse and had three more, including me, the youngest.
Dad grew up "Back of the Yards," next to the Chicago Union Stockyards. He liked to joke that his first words as an infant were, "Get me out of here."
He served as a radar technician during World War II. Perhaps he studied Heat Transmission to help him in that work. And yet, his focus extended beyond that topic, to fine music and a vision of heaven. Self-improvement, striving toward excellence in work and play, thinking big: these were Dad's habits. As a boy, his dreams spoke more loudly than thousands of lowing cattle walking the labyrinth to slaughter, and were finer than the smells emanating on summer days, when people sweltered on front stoops or in tiny bungalows.
Dad died July 16, 2014, but not before retelling his stories.
"Write a book," he urged me. "These words are a part of you."
As a scrappy young boy, he climbed to the rafters of a building called the "Armory" to fly his hand-built model airplanes. He was ashamed to wear his ratty, old leather jacket to church, and missed his streetcar once, to jump on a kid in the street who made some snide comment about his garb. Dad was Irish-French and could be feisty.
But his parents passed on the Faith, and he served as an altar boy. Sr. Mary Kostka targeted both spirit and studies. She saw greatness in her students and invited Dad and others to meet with her after school and on weekends to drill them in grammar and math. Dad won a full-ride, four-year scholarship to Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, which helped prepare him to become a mechanical engineer. Dad worked overtime and Mom juggled night shifts at the hospital to put all seven of us through Catholic schools. Dad died this summer two weeks shy of age 96, on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
People said of Jesus, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" How can such an obscure village produce a great king? Well, how could "Back of the Yards" produce my Dad, who took his wife and kids on wilderness canoe trips into remote Quetico, Canada into his 50's, and worked until he was 80?
During the Depression era, when people were glad for any job and scrabbled to survive in that stockyards neighborhood, a casual passerby might have eagerly headed toward a nicer neighborhood. Yet on those gritty streets walked a young boy good to know, with bright, intelligent eyes, and dreams to be a great man of God.
Do we generalize and dismiss whole regions, ethnicities and economic groups in our towns and across the world? Do we feed within a subtle bias against those different from us, or the poor? Or do we look beyond Earth's patchwork of borders and appreciate the vast diversity of cultures and the wide range of personalities within?
Do we recognize that even the humblest have dignity and are good to know? Jesus was poor. His first apostles knew poverty well. The poor are precious to God and should also be precious to us.
After Mom handed me Heat Transmission yesterday, she gave me a clipping from her town newspaper. It told about a woman who never wanted to travel to India, until her husband felt called to go on a mission trip to provide AIDS orphans in Hyderabad dental treatment. The couple had a life-changing experience there, inspired by the devoted care offered castaways in the heart of a teeming city. Their 17-year-old daughter said she "fell in love" with the little orphans, who are shown in a photo with glad eyes, their arms wrapped affectionately around the girl.
We can help ourselves and our children expand beyond textbook lessons of geography, history and current events. In my last "World View Wednesday," I suggested families draw maps together and learn to pray for world needs.
Here's an added suggestion. Our continents conveniently distribute themselves over seven days of the week, so why not focus on praying for the needs of a different continent each day? We can show our children the region on a globe or map, read a tidbit of news from the area to focus on a prayer point, and then offer up a special prayer for that intention.
Teaching children that these regions are home to people with unique and precious personalities, can be as easy as pulling stories from missionary magazines such as Maryknoll, St. Anthony's Messenger, or Catholic Near East, or visiting online news outlets such as Catholic News Agency.
Do a little online searching to explore different regions. Did you ever visit web pages of dioceses overseas? They're a wealth of information. Visit Vatican web pages and keep up with global church news. Perhaps sponsor a child overseas, and strike up a pen-pal correspondence.
To follow Christ's call to truly love and serve the poor, we must reach out to family and neighbors, and then open our worldview. To keep motivated in prayer and action for people outside our borders, we have to humanize issues of conflict, natural disaster and poverty.
So, I'm honored to introduce you to my Dad, Joseph — poor city boy, who, in spite of ragged clothes and rough neighborhood, leaned on God and fulfilled his dreams. On every continent, even in the most remote villages, are boys and girls like him. The light in their eyes can be snuffed out by strife or calamity, so we must care for these little ones, work and pray hard for the spreading of the Faith and peace, respond when our parishes take up mission collections, and take home those cardboard "mite boxes" and fill them.
Let's all nurture a practical, warm-hearted concern for those deemed worthless by the world, and for the priests, religious and lay missionaries who serve them.
Copyright 2014, Marianna Bartholomew


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New Year's Eve with Teatro
December 31st @ 7:30PM
The highlight of the Teatro off-season is nearly upon us, and we're pretty excited. On December 31st at 7:30, we'll present our first new year's eve special in the brand new Varscona Theatre. It'll be a red letter version of what is already a one-of-a-kind event, filled with elegant amusements, celebratory music, and as always, a special premiere offering from Stewart Lemoine- a small play with a very large cast.
We'll have more information about who'll be appearing as we get closer to the event, but for now we can guarantee an sparkling good time, snacks at intermission, and everybody's favourite Varscona New Year's tradition... Celebrity Musical Chairs! The fun starts promptly at 7:30pm and the show runs approximately 2 hours, so you'll have plenty of time to get to wherever it is you'll be counting down to midnight. And we've got our own countdown… to the end of the show!
New Year's Eve with Teatro has played to sold out audiences for the past few years, and even with our increased seating capacity, we strongly recommend booking your seats as soon as possible.
Tickets are just $35, or $32 for students/seniors, or $30 for renewing (or new) Teatro subscribers.
All reservations for this event must be pre-paid.


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Mission & Philosophy
Grey Nun Academy is an independent, Catholic, coeducational, elementary and middle school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for students in PreK3 to eighth grade. In the tradition of Saint Marguerite d'Youville, Mother of Universal Charity, Grey Nun Academy welcomes children of all faiths and cultures. Within an academically rigorous environment, students progress developmentally through two distinct divisions: Lower School grades PreK-5 and Middle School grades 6-8.
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We design an academically rich curriculum that meets the unique needs of individual students, respecting the rights, interests and dignity of each child. It is this environment of respect and acceptance that instills these same qualities in our students. Our learning methods foster creativity and stimulate an inquiring spirit. In all, we enrich each child's intellectual, spiritual, social, emotional and physical development.
We advocate a partnership of teachers and parents as co-educators of our children. Therefore, teachers and parents interact with open communication and cooperation and we encourage and appreciate parental interest and participation in the school community. Working together, the members of the Grey Nun Academy Community educate children to function as productive students in secondary education and to mature as responsible members of their family, their faith and their world.