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Jason Abrevaya, Chair 2225 Speedway, Stop C3100, Austin, TX 78712 • Admin: 512-471-3211 & Advising: 512-471-2973
Honor student receives Rapoport-King Thesis Scholarship for Senior Thesis
Jahiz Barlas is a junior majoring in Pure/Statistical Mathematics and Economics Honors.
Posted: November 7, 2005
Jahiz has served as the Assistant Editor for the Undergraduate Research Journal
at UT. Presently, he works as a Research Assistant for Professor Russell Cooper and as a Supplemental Instructor for Professor Marble's Introduction to Microeconomics class.
Jahiz intends to finish up his simultaneous degrees in Spring 2007, from where he plans to attend graduate school in Economics and obtain his Ph.D. In his spare time, he plays sports and builds model cars.


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Nissan Silvia
by admin on May.27, 2010, under Cars
a little impromptu/test shoot with a Nissan Silvia.
Anthony Henday/Stony Plain Overpasses by Mains Crane & Rigging
by admin on May.21, 2010, under Life
I had the opportunity to photograph some large lifts by Mains Crane & Rigging of Edmonton, AB. In these photos, they are installing girders for the Anthony Henday/Stony Plain overpasses. the girders weigh in at approximately 90 000lb a piece.
The crane in the photographs is a 300 Ton Manitowoc 2250 Series 3.
Mark and Erika – Maternity shoot
by admin on May.04, 2010, under People
Congratulations to the Dubbelboers!
Canon 5D markII
Canon 50mm F1.2L
Elinchrom D-lite4 Strobes
Pocket Wizard PlusII
a little studio work
by admin on Apr.30, 2010, under People
A little more testing with the studio set up
Canon 5DmkII
Canon 24-105 F4L IS
Shot on a white background with 2 Elinchrom Strobes.
Car season approaches
by admin on Mar.23, 2010, under Cars
Car season is approaching and since it is still too wet and muddy out to bring out the cars, I decided to start with some custom metallic blue Work Emotion CR rims.
Tegan and Sara Live at the Jubilee – Edmonton, AB
by admin on Jan.12, 2010, under People
Tegan and Sara play live at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton Alberta – January 11, 2009
Protected: Roxanne and John Engagement Session
by admin on Dec.29, 2009, under Life
Metric live in concert!
by admin on Nov.01, 2009, under Life
Tonight I had the chance to see one of my favorite bands performing live. Metric is a Canadian alternative/indie band, check them out at www.ilovemetric.com
Unfortunately I didn't have front row seats, but it was still a stellar concert.
Protected: Del Valle family session
by admin on Oct.22, 2009, under People
Congratulations Karen and Steven Dubbelboer!!!
by admin on Sep.15, 2009, under Weddings
Congratulations to Karen and Steve. I wish you both a long and loving marriage. It was a pleasure capturing your special day.

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The Good Vibrations independent erotic film festival once again touches uncharted territory
When one door closes another opens: as summer comes to an end, Good Vibrations gives us something to ensure that warm sensation continues — porn.
Yes, it's that time of year again. On Sept. 23, the Castro Theatre opens its doors to the Good Vibrations Indie Erotic Film Festival's short film festival competition, after a lead-up week of diverse, sex-positive programming at various venues. The annual contest, now in its fifth year, offers filmmakers the chance to share their unique erotic visions on the big screen.
"As heavily censored as film and TV are today, it's important to have a safe outlet," says Steffan Schulz, who is screening his film Lorelei. "More importantly, and specifically to an erotic festival, the Puritan mentality that dominates American society today is really kind of hypocritical."
The short films vary wildly in terms of gender, sexuality, and explicitness. While Schulz's Lorelei is more sensual than hardcore, Maxine Holloway and Lex Sloan's Outlaw is a bit more raw: the titular character is a nine-and-three-quarters-inch dildo.
"When casting, it was important for us to represent the queer community and show a diverse selection of sexualities and bodies," Holloway and Sloan explain in a jointly-written e-mail. "Which mostly entailed Maxine making a list of people she really wanted to fuck or make-out with and then asking nicely."
For most of the filmmakers, who range from local to international, these movies are a response to the limited scope of the mainstream porn industry. That means looking at groups who are too often sidelined and approaching erotica from a different perspective.
Spanish filmmaker Erika Lust is screening her fetish film Handcuffs, which she hopes will help open minds.
"Primarily I thought that practice of dominance and submission might still be kind of a taboo for most women," she says. "In general, I would like to see more of a female view ... until it seeps into the mainstream that women are not only there to provide something for the male gaze."
It's significant that so many of the films shown at the IXFF delve into realistic portrayals of female sexuality. After all, the porn industry has long been derided as degrading to women — or at least a dangerous perpetuator of the fake female orgasm. Humor is another area several of the filmmakers identified as sorely lacking from mainstream porn. Allegra Hirschman, who also competed last year, is showing T4-2, a film inspired by 1960s and '70s sitcoms. Naturally, there's a sexual twist, but that doesn't mean it isn't funny.
"Sometimes erotica is so serious it can become somber," Hirschman notes. "We think adding some hilarity can help erotica remain relatable. It can be playful and still retain its erotic power."
On a broader scale, the festival speaks to Good Vibes' sex-positive vision. It's all part of an exciting effort to celebrate and redefine erotica. Those who have attended in the past know that the films step into uncharted territory more often than not — sometimes even rendering co-MCs Dr. Carol Queen and Peaches Christ temporarily speechless.
"It is always riveting to see people getting sexy outside the lines and being turned on by something you didn't know moved you," Holloway and Sloan point out. "And to be really specific, we also would like to see more sex in cars, vajazzling, sex scenes with food, 1960s hairdos, ponytail butt plugs, and humor in our erotica."
Seems like a lot to cram into one film. But hey, there's always next year. (Louis Peitzman)
Sept. 18–23, various venues, $7–$10
[1] http://www.gv-ixff.org/film


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Join author Brian Trifon as he shows how to improve music and audio productions using virtual instruments in Logic Pro. This course tours the program's virtual instruments, including the ES2 hybrid synthesizer, Sculpture physical modeling synthesizer, EFM1 FM synthesizer, the EVOC 20 vocoder, the Ultrabeat drum synthesizer, and the EXS24 sampler, and shows how to achieve various effects with each instrument's parameters. The course also covers working with oscillators and filters, understanding signal flow, creating custom synthesizer patches, adding effects, synthesizing speech, creating a library of custom sound samples, and much more.
Virtual Instruments with Logic Pro will be updating on a monthly basis, eventually covering all the virtual instruments in the application. Look for the latest movies here and on the lynda.com blog.
So let's take a look at programming sequences in the Step Sequencer in Ultrabeat. I am going to turn on the Step Sequencer. You can see that I already have a bunch of sequence information that's happening here. What I want to do is actually clear this pattern, so that will clear all the sequence information for each choice. I am going to Ctrl+Click on the Pattern menu and then clear. There we go! Now I've got an empty pattern. I am going to select the closed hi-hat. So I want to program some hi-hat notes. So to add notes, there are a couple of ways I can do it. I can click in the step row and add in steps, and I can also click on it again if I want to get rid of them.
Another way I can do this is if I know I want to use a bunch of adjacent steps, I can just drag across and add them in. So that's useful. I can also delete the same way. So I just click and drag and I can get rid of them. That's another way that I can quickly program. Let's add in a few steps here, and I'll go ahead and hit play. You can see that maybe our sequence is a bit long, so I am going to adjust the number of steps. So instead of it being 32, I am going to set this to 16.
Now there are a couple of things I can adjust in terms of each step. I can adjust the velocity and the gate. So velocity is obviously the volume, and the gate has to do with the length of the notes. So to adjust the velocity, I can just drag down or up on any of the steps, and to adjust the gate, I can drag left or right. So I can make them actually quite long. So let's listen to what that sounds like. (music playing) Right now it sounds exactly the same.
The reason why is because in the output section of our voice here, we don't have the Gate mode enabled. So what's happening without Gate mode enabled is it's in one-shot mode. That means it's just going to play back the length of the envelope. So if I click the Gate button, then it's going to follow what I have in the Step Sequencer here. So let me adjust the gate of some of these. So I will make some of these short. Some of these can be long, and short. So let's listen to that. (music playing) All right! So you can hear they have different lengths now.
So that's how the Gate mode works. Now if I want to reset my Gate and Velocity settings, I can just hit the reset button right here. And there we go! So let's say I want to clear my sequence that I have so far. So I am going to go to my step row and Ctrl+Click and I can go to Clear, and that clears my sequence. You might have noticed there are actually a lot of other options in that contextual menu. So I am going to Ctrl+Click. One way we can save time is just use this Add Every Downbeat. So that's going to just automatically add the downbeats.
I can also, if I Ctrl+Click there again, Add Every Upbeat. So that's a faster way to program an eighth note pattern. A couple of other choices you have in here is I can Alter Existing Randomly. So it's going to just move the steps that I already have into different positions. Or I can reverse my existing sequence. There we go! And I can shift the steps to left or by half a beat, or by a whole beat, or shift them right. So let's just take a look at Shift everything 1 Beat to the Right.
So that's what it does. Then the one that's a little bit different is we have this Create & Replace Randomly. This will actually change the number of steps and where they are. So if I do that, you can see it just changed entirely what I had. So even if I clear my pattern, so if I Ctrl+Click and go to Clear and then I Ctrl+Click and go to Create & Replace Randomly, it just creates a sequence out of nothing. You have a couple of different options with that. You can create and replace Few, Some, or Many.
So that's different amounts of randomness. I am just going to go ahead and clear this pattern that we have. I am going to go ahead and add in an eighth note pattern. So we'll just do that quickly. So Ctrl+Click Add Every Downbeat, and Ctrl+Click once again, and Add Every Upbeat, and I can listen to this here. (music playing) If I adjust the velocities and things like that, it's a good way to help humanize the performance, because otherwise it can sound very mechanical. It can take a lot time though to individually adjust each velocity here, so I am just going to reset them real quick.
What I can do is actually use the contextual menu in the step grid here, so I am going to Ctrl+Click. And what I can do is Alter Velocity here. So that I will just make some fine adjustments to the velocity, and that will sound a little bit more human. If I want greater change, I can use Randomize Velocity. So I Ctrl+Clicked. I have this menu now, Randomize Velocity. So you can see that's a big change. I can do the same with the Gate length as well. So if I Ctrl+Click, I can alter the Gate length. So that's kind of more subtle change.
I will just reset it. And I can randomize gate as well, and that's going to be a more major change. So that's how that works and then, once again, if you want to reset it, I can press the Reset button here or in the contextual menu, I can hit reset. So we've taken a look at how to program one sound, but sometimes it's more useful to look at things as a whole, in terms of the pattern. So let's click on the full view so we can see all of our voices here, and let's take a look at just programming a really simple beat. So I am going to clear what we have so far.
So I will just clear. I am going to Ctrl+Click, hit Clear, and I will go ahead and hit Play and just add in. So we'll start with the kick drum, just do this every quarter note. (music playing) Okay Cool! So let's add in some rim shots in the second and fourth beat. (music playing) All right! So we need some hi-hat, so let's go to our Closed Hi-Hat 2 that's up here. So I am just going to drag across here. (music playing) Then let's add in some open hi-hats as well. (music playing) So notice how the closed hi-hat is cutting off the open hi-hat, because when you listen to the open hi-hat on its own, you can hear it actually sustains for a little while.
The reason for that is because they're assigned the same voice group. So let's go back to the minimize view so we can see the synthesizer section here. So if we look at open hi-hat, you can see that it's assigned to group 2 in the output section. And notice that there are eight groups that are possible. Let's take a look at this Closed Hi-Hat 2. That's also assigned to voice group 2. So if I take off the Open Hi-Hat 2, if I turn off its group, so I set it to off, now let's listen to this pattern. (music playing) So you can hear the Open Hi-Hat is ringing out over the Close Hi-Hat.
That's not really what we want, and that's why I'm glad that you can assign these to the voice groups. And so what happens is it allows you to cut off one voice with another voice if they're assigned to the same group. So let's hear it again with them now assigned to group 2. (music playing) So, much better. It sounds much more natural that way. So now that we've taken a look at how to program sequences in the Step Sequencer, in the next video let's explore how we can work with patterns.
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Not that I encourage leaving scathing ratings, but those ratings are there for people who use the modules, not for module authors to pat themselves on the back (thats just a bonus).]]>
use Acme::Goatse;
print goatse();
and see if the output tells you anything?]]>
I wouldn't mind tests failures resulting from not being installed/finished testing fast enough (and hence timeout) not counting though.]]>
From a business standpoint we've found raising our prices led to more sales, so we didn't end up becoming a slave to a few clients. The feedback we get is more valuable, and they complain a lot less. The 10k adhoc sales force is missing, but what is its net value when weighed against whatever fixed cost each customer has? Being used by a big customer is worth its weight in sales force, adhoc or not. This is all anecdotal, but it doesn't appear uncommon from what i've been reading in other blogs.
Our software, however, is not the type of software that we could ever sell 10k copies of, let alone for $10. There is a big discrepancy between a $10k piece of software/service and a $10 one, so it is hard to compare our arguments. I suppose my real argument would be to leave the pricing out of the developers hands and let a number cruncher figure out what your user base should be :)]]>
Its sexist to make statements like 'frat-boy humour scares women away', yet you don't seem to have a problem with that. Perhaps its because its not really crossing any lines, its just a dumb statement.]]>
There is a difference between a crappy joke and someone being a misogynist. Strawmanning/white knighting/etc just looks to create problems the majority doesn't recognize.]]>
if (0 == "zero") {
print "welp\n";
Excuse the hyperbole.]]>
Welcome to DBIx::Class::FilterColumn. For this specific example, I was getting spreads where certain letter strings and non alphanumeric characters needed to be represented numerically. To clarify, I wanted a decimal number (negative or positive), but would often times get spreads such as:
pk # means 0
-5-05 # means -5
ev-05 # means 0
½ # means .5
Not only does DBIx::Class::FilterColumn handle this for us, but if we wanted to spit the data back out its easy to replace and substituted characters back (we still lose anything we flat out removed, but for the scope of this post we'll stop here).
sub odds_to_storage {
return undef unless $_[1];
$_[1]=~s~\275~.5~; # convert ½ to .5
$_[1]=~s~-\d\d$|ev$|u\d+$|\+\d+$~~; # strip off vig
($_[1] eq 'pk') ? 0 : $_[1]; # pj -> 0
sub odds_from_storage {
$_[1]=~s~\.0~~; # strip off needless .0
$_[1]=~s~.5~\275~; # convert .5 to ½
($_[1] eq '0') ? 'pk' : $_[1] } # 0 -> pk
foreach my $col (__PACKAGE__->columns) {
$col => {
filter_to_storage => 'odds_to_storage',
filter_from_storage => 'odds_from_storage',
}) if __PACKAGE__->column_info($col)->{data_type} eq 'decimal';


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May 01 2008
"I Could Be Sitting in a Classroom Right Now."
One of the reasons homeschooling works for our family is, we have a year-round, built-in, ready-to-go work crew at our disposal whenever the need arises. Oh, I'm sure if someone wanted to get all technical, we might be violating some line item in some child labor law somewhere. But you know what? I think part of being a homeschooler is being somewhat of a nonconformist, somewhat of an anarchist, with a healthy amount of "freak" thrown in there somewhere, as well as an overall absence of good sense. And anyway, who SAYS a child has to begin school at 8:30 in the morning? Who SAYS they have to be in their seats bright and early, pencil in hand, ready to do arithmetic? Who SAYS you can't instead force 'em to put on their boots, grab a hot shot, and get out to the cattle pen to help their dad push calves down the chute so you can sit inside the house and sip coffee in peace?
Not me, that's who.
Though on mornings like these, I do sometimes wonder if she'd rather be sitting at a desk…
In a climate controlled classroom with other children her own age. …
"I heard it said once that there are other ten-year-olds in the world…but they only exist in my dreams…"
I'm sure she'd rather be wearing some trendy, more colorful clothes and donning the latest accessories…
Hey! What's wrong with THESE? Every ten-year-old girl should have some.
(Every 39-year-old girl should have some, too, and I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that my ten year old daughter and I now wear the same shoe size. )
And if she were sitting in a fifth grade classroom right now, she wouldn't have the distinct pleasure of working, side-by-side, with her kid brother…
…And dealing with her kid brother's extreme mood swings.
And his…wait. What kind of look is this? I find it difficult to define.
But like it or not, this is the life she's been given.
And as long as we all live on the ranch, there'll be work to be done.
"I could be sitting in a classroom right now…"
And the vicious circle continues.
466 Comments
Cary On Thursday, May 1 at 11:43 am
Great essay…the grass is always greener, eh?
Circle F On Thursday, May 1 at 11:43 am
Cary On Thursday, May 1 at 11:43 am
Funny when my comment first popped up, it was # -399!
Jenny R On Thursday, May 1 at 11:43 am
I think you have such a great family….Who care if they go to school or not
Nova On Thursday, May 1 at 11:44 am
cute kids Ree.
If they were in the class room they would want to be home working cattle.
Brooke in WI On Thursday, May 1 at 11:44 am
Awwww! The picture of your punk with the strange look makes me think he looks just like his Daddy. Besides that, school is overrated. They'll learn alot more at home. Maybe. hehe
Gretchen On Thursday, May 1 at 11:45 am
She may not appreciate it now, but she will look back on these as 'the good old days.'
Growing up in the country (though not as country as you), I didn't appreciate it. Now, I'm wondering how to get back there.
Carolina Caren On Thursday, May 1 at 11:45 am
Perplexed. I think he looks perplexed.
My kids are so glad we unschool, they go out of their way to thank me, especially when they see other kids with homework and long school days and no time to play.
KarateMom On Thursday, May 1 at 11:45 am
You know, the life experiences she and all your kids are having are a hundred times more valuable than the "socialization" they would be forced to have in a school setting!
Plus, if they were off at school, you'd have to pay someone to poke those calves down the chute (or whatever it is they're doing..I'm a city girl, what do I know?), so it really makes financial sense for you to keep them at home!
Jancd On Thursday, May 1 at 11:45 am
I'm sure many kids in the classroom would like to escape to a ranch right now. It's a trade-off either way. My grandchildren love school–kindergarten and first grade. But they would love the life your kids are living, too.
Peggy On Thursday, May 1 at 11:46 am
Everyone wants what they don't have. I'll bet the kids in the classroom would think what your kids get to do is a Field Trip
Isabel On Thursday, May 1 at 11:46 am
The classroom of life…can teach you how to be a human.
And what cute huanans you have.
(Regardless of the possible child labor…lol) My folks bent those rules a looooong time ago.
The Queen
melissa On Thursday, May 1 at 11:47 am
I'm sure there are many more advantages to home schooling than there are negatives. But I think that life's experiences are the greatest learning tool. I wish I had more patience to home school my kids.
Butler Beth On Thursday, May 1 at 11:47 am
I'm going to show my ignorance…what is the hot shot that she's grabbing?
Sister Honey Bunch On Thursday, May 1 at 11:47 am
Ree, I am pretty certain they are living a large life. You guys are so blessed.
val cox On Thursday, May 1 at 11:48 am
beautiful story!
AmandainTN On Thursday, May 1 at 11:48 am
You made me miss homeschooling. We sent our kids to a little bitty Christian school this year, after homeschooling FOREVER. They really love it, but most days, I wish we could still cuddle up for Reading Class in my bed! Oh well, you do what you must for Football! Enjoy your time, it is fleeting, unless you are trying to get your three-soon-to-be-four-year-old out of Pull-ups. Then, it just stands still. Argh!
Katie On Thursday, May 1 at 11:48 am
As a fellow homeschooler, I can say without reservation how totally blessed your children are to live the life they are living!!!!! And I have raised 3 to adulthood (so far) … homeschooled from preschool to graduation and they would not change anything! And the rest coming up love their lives too!
Keep up the good work Ree!!!!!
wendy On Thursday, May 1 at 11:48 am
I mean, how many kids get to play with fresh calf nuts?
Not enough, my friend. Not enough.
kristenita On Thursday, May 1 at 11:49 am
I LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOVE that last picture.
love it.
(love your blog, too!)
Robin On Thursday, May 1 at 11:49 am
You say it so much better than I ever could. Carry on. . .
Angie :) On Thursday, May 1 at 11:49 am
I think a hot shot is a cattle prodder with a little zing at the end…
I want to go to the school of Ree and I bet my son would love it too!
Valerie On Thursday, May 1 at 11:50 am
From one homeschooling mom to another… I think you are giving your children one of the best educations out there. Sitting in a desk every day cannot replace real life learning!
Lauren On Thursday, May 1 at 11:51 am
I don't think in "real" school they get to test the effects of electricity on a cow's heinie in science class.
Dana On Thursday, May 1 at 11:51 am
My guess is…. they would have the exact same looks IN a classroom too….ROFL!
Prolly worse.
They have a wonderful life. I am sure they know that though.
Beth&her3 in FL On Thursday, May 1 at 11:51 am
Wow, you're little man looks like Marlboro Man in that "perplexed" shot! Great post, Ree!
Heidi On Thursday, May 1 at 11:51 am
I loved the self-scheduling of homeschooling – if I'd been in a classroom, I wouldn't have been able to get all my schoolwork done in a couple hours and had the rest of the day to explore the barns and read! The majority of a formal school day is spent enduring crowd-control.
Donna On Thursday, May 1 at 11:52 am
You and MM have beautiful children.
Christine On Thursday, May 1 at 11:53 am
We homeschool, too. I absolutely agree with the definition you've given (freak, non-conformist, etc.)
My daughter would love to be in your daughter's shoes. But even so, she'd rather be homeschooled than strapped… I mean sitting at a desk 6-8 hours a day!
YAY for homeschooling!!
Amy On Thursday, May 1 at 11:53 am
Poster #6 hit it right on the money. That's just what I was thinking.
You just gotta do what's best for your family. Each situation is different. They are having experiences and learning lessons in a way that my children will never experience.
Miz Booshay On Thursday, May 1 at 11:53 am
Beautiful pictures of the girls. Really beautiful.
And your little guy, it looks to me like he is saying,
'You're kidding me, right?"
He is so cute.
I think it is only normal to wonder about such things…
I have been doing homeschooling for 14 years and I still wonder.
MAYBELLINE On Thursday, May 1 at 11:53 am
I would love to be able to be in HER classroom! LUCKY.
Suzanne On Thursday, May 1 at 11:53 am
These are some of my favorite pictures of your beautiful children!
Kerri On Thursday, May 1 at 11:54 am
The life lessons of hard work and dedication to family are things that cannot be taught or learned in a classroom. Your punks are definitely getting the better end of the deal, even if they moan and groan and give you dirty looks for making them wake up before the sun does! When they are all grown up and have kids of their own, you will get the appreciation you deserve!
Do you need any more punks to help out? I have a 13-year old who could use the discipline of ranching life for a while to make her appreciate that suburban life and it's niceties also require a little work and dedication, too. *grin*
momofseven On Thursday, May 1 at 11:54 am
As a homeschooling mom, you're giving them the gift of LIFE!! REAL LIFE! Sometime's life's not all that dandy. But, let's face it, it's a wonderful, wild ride, and those children see you more, MM more, and real life teaches lessons more valuable than story problems can! Keep it up. Not all of us should be stuffed into the same box, same form, same style (same desk!) as the rest! Being different is what makes life sweet!
BTW…the little boy's face that is undefinable is a FANTASTIC "name this photo" shot. Please, let us help define it!
Senator's Wife On Thursday, May 1 at 11:54 am
Way to funny shama!
Laura, VitaminSea On Thursday, May 1 at 11:54 am
Well, there's pros and cons to both homeschooling and the classroom, but I'd say the type of homeschooling your kids have just can't be beat! My girls loved school at that age, but every experience is different. In any event, I'd trade places with your kids in a heartbeat if I could go back to being 10 again.
ms ellie On Thursday, May 1 at 11:54 am
Beautiful pictures……….did you use that gue….fuzzy thing you used on Brandi's pictures?
Samantha On Thursday, May 1 at 11:55 am
Aren't ya gonna answer our questions from last week??
That little boy of yours is the cutest thing I've ever seen!
Ava On Thursday, May 1 at 11:55 am
It's a tough call. One I'm trying to make for my kids too.
Homeschool4bnd On Thursday, May 1 at 11:55 am
My homeschooled children just said they would rather be working at your place.
Krissa On Thursday, May 1 at 11:55 am
I think that's a look of incredulousness…so she deals with her little brother's incredulousness!
Say it 5 times fast, I dare you.
Diana from Colorado On Thursday, May 1 at 11:56 am
The education of life–there's nuthin' like it. Your children have a great advantage by receiving such great lessons now. When we used to hunt for calving momma cows before school ( it was only a 7 mile drive to school) in the wind and the rain and the cold or to look for those who didn't show up for the am hay call–they were 4-H babies so we had to know what was happenin with them….We learned a toughness that has stood us well over the years…not to mention all the other stuff that goes with it…
Someone asked my dad what was he going to do with that big barn and he said , "I'm raising kids"…He passed on a year ago. You are raising wonderful children who will (if not now) treasure this time and realize they are the lucky ones…Ree,you are doing great….Half the things being taught these days in public education I have a bone or two to pick with anyway….I hope children these days can learn to think for themselves because they are going to need to more than ever before. Stay true and choose the right. =-)
DiaryofWhy On Thursday, May 1 at 11:56 am
I can't wait til your kids get their own blogs and can tell the other side of the story.
Kristy On Thursday, May 1 at 11:56 am
Looks like the kiddos are getting a terrific education to me!
neffers On Thursday, May 1 at 11:57 am
Somehow, I don't think she minds. Your commentary is spot on – I think kid brother is saying "What the heck? Are you kidding me?" in that photo. Priceless.
Triple L On Thursday, May 1 at 11:57 am
My fifth grader is sitting at a desk right now-getting ready for the sceince fair- and I bet she would rather be working the cattle (I think). However, her clothes look the same except for the boots & hat.
Kate On Thursday, May 1 at 11:58 am
I think that after experiencing a day in classroom they would realize how lucky they are to be on the farm.
Julie in WA On Thursday, May 1 at 12:00 pm
I say it again…
that girl is BEAUTIFUL!
Erica On Thursday, May 1 at 12:00 pm
I have yet to meet one homeschooler that wishes he/she were in a classroom. And your life looks pretty good from here where my grass isn't quite so green…well technically we live in a west coast rainforest, so it IS really green, but metaphorically, your side looks greener.
Julie in WA On Thursday, May 1 at 12:00 pm
…and I LOVE the new header!!!
Wonders Never Cease On Thursday, May 1 at 12:01 pm
All that fresh air–even if it is tinged with cow manure–must be good for growing children!
I love those thoughtful expressions!
corrie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:01 pm
Oh the memories of school…. the tests, the teasing, the rules and the conformity!! Wow~ what a way to keep the brain growing without some of the worst petty societal boundaries… keep 'em home for schooling!
CJ On Thursday, May 1 at 12:01 pm
I don't want to alarm you, Ree, but that look is pretty close to the look my little brother got when he realized he had gotten on my last nerve and I was about to shove him into a feed bin.
He got his, though. He's now 6'4″, 250# and able to shove my head into a hay bale. Fortunately we no longer live near hay bales.
Debbie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:02 pm
Beautiful family – Beautiful life!
Cee On Thursday, May 1 at 12:03 pm
Hi…. Your kids have a wonderful life! …We thought our 11yr old son needed more friends his age and moved him from a little Montessori school to a big public school this year. Turns out he'd rather have the small community where everyone knows everyone else. In another year, a farm based Montessori middle school is opening nearby and my son will be first in line to go there! I wish he was getting a wonderful well-rounded education like the one your kids are getting!
Valerie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:03 pm
I always wondered how old you were. We're close to the same age…. but one of us is older ;o)
Lisaiz On Thursday, May 1 at 12:04 pm
LOVE the expressions on your kids' faces – priceless!
I agree with everyone else – the grass is always greener! My middle daughter is *begging* me to homeschool her because she hates getting up to catch the bus (lol). I should show her the pics of your kids feeding the horses and handling cattle early in the morning. Wait, no, that would backfire – my daughters would do ANYTHING for a horse. Last summer they gleefully mucked stalls so they could go to horse camp. Would a sane person ever put "gleefully" and "muck" in the same thought??
Your kids are getting an amazing education on the ranch. They are some very lucky punks! And awfully cute ones at that!
Valerie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:04 pm
BTW, I would LOVE for my 9 year old daughter to meet your 10 year old punk. She would totally unsissify my kid!!! (Is that even a word?)
Laura On Thursday, May 1 at 12:04 pm
Oh, they will be such well-rounded kids at the end of it all! They already look so level-headed, happy and capable.
I am a product of a home schooling family, and if I must say so myself : ) , we all turned out better for the child labor, unique schedule, and close sibling relationships. I wouldn't trade it for anything. And now in my 30's, my husband and I are getting ready to school our own little brood. I am so excited over being able to be the one who teaches and spends the day with my kids.
Take care, and have fun!
carson On Thursday, May 1 at 12:04 pm
I just love watching your kids grow up…which they seem to do every time you post a new picture. Twenty years from now, they'll look back on your archives and say, "hmm, I looked pretty dadgum good on the 3,732nd day of my life. Oh, but look at this one from day 3,819 – bad hair day."
sam On Thursday, May 1 at 12:05 pm
What they are learning is not taught in a classroom.
DJ On Thursday, May 1 at 12:05 pm
We homeschooled for years and our kids loved it. They begged nonstop to be allowed to go back to homeschooling after we enrolled them in school. Begged. Pleaded. Wept.
But, now that they are in a school that they like, they are forever bad-mouthing homeschooling. Except on tiring days, when they go back to begging to be allowed to homeschool again. Kids!
janel On Thursday, May 1 at 12:06 pm
right now i'd love to be pushing calves down the chute instead of sitting behind a desk!!
Stephanie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:06 pm
If only things were different for us, homeschooling my children (for as long as they wanted), would be the first thing I would do. I very much dislike the idea of them sitting at desks each day. A freer life with room to get to know one's self seems much more appealing.
Susan in Colorado On Thursday, May 1 at 12:07 pm
My kiddos think your kiddos are the luckiest kids in the world. Grass is always greener on the other side!!
blue On Thursday, May 1 at 12:08 pm
hey, i asked before, but don't know if you answered in one of your posts: where is a good source for boots? i'm hoping for more affordable, but cute is important too! i've always wanted a pair.
great pic. you're the homeschool diva Ree!
Laura On Thursday, May 1 at 12:08 pm
Life is about learning, and I think life is a lot more real outside of a classroom – but you know that already! And you hit on another one of my favorite reasons for homeschooling – nurturing those sibling relationships. My kids are best buddies… most of the time. My little guy gives his sister the exact same look as your little punk, but lucky for him she has the most patient soul I've ever met, and takes it all in stride. Your kids are getting a great education – keep it up!
Ann On Thursday, May 1 at 12:08 pm
Ree, we live similar lives, but I'm just about 10 years farther down the road…with homeschooling my three (two are teens and one in college, now) and farming and ranching with my Truelove. Our firstborn helped her dad pull calves this winter.
Wouldn't trade this life for anything!
Victoria On Thursday, May 1 at 12:09 pm
I just love the pictures of your girl's boots – don't quite know why it spoke to me, but it did. They're gonna love this life you're making for them when they're older. (I suspect they secretly love it now.)
Miranda On Thursday, May 1 at 12:09 pm
I agree with the above posters. She will grow up and be so grateful for the experience you and MM provide for her. Living in Iowa, I know many farming families and they all possess a certain breed of charisma that isn't attainable in any other way than farm life. I think you're doing splendid!
Judy @ In His Grip On Thursday, May 1 at 12:10 pm
And those kids sitting in classrooms right now wish they were outside working some cattle.
Sally On Thursday, May 1 at 12:10 pm
Do you and Marlboro Man ever consider giving up the ranching life and moving to the 'burbs?
Lesley On Thursday, May 1 at 12:10 pm
My kids are homeschooled. The other day my son was talking to a boy in the same grade but he goes to public school. The pb school boy was talking about in three years he gets to visit a musuem that we had just been the week before on a field trip. Then he went on to explain that again in three years he could go camping and miss three days of school. He talked of beating up the principal and the teacher. It was a great reminder why my kids are under my feet and into everything I do.
Erin Glee On Thursday, May 1 at 12:10 pm
So much of classroom time is waiting–doing nothing–listening to the directions again etc. etc.–but your kids are being productive! I wish I had what it takes to homeschool…
Denise On Thursday, May 1 at 12:10 pm
I'd love to send my 9 year old Delanie to your "school"! She could take her 7 yr old little bro too! Work it good for kids! Are you holding a summer camp? I'll send my kids down and you can send yours up to Alaska to visit us in the dead of winter!
Adina On Thursday, May 1 at 12:11 pm
I'm all for homeschooling if it's your bag baby. I choose not to because well, it's not my bag. We have a great elementary school and I don't feel AT ALL that my child is "strapped to a desk." My 1st grader has never complained about school, adores her teacher and has lots of friends her age. She's a happy child. I love it that we live in a free country that allows the parents to make the choice of what's best for your family but some of you homeschooling moms need to cool the knocking of public school. For real.
lissa On Thursday, May 1 at 12:11 pm
My homeschoolers wish they could trade places with yours.
Abbilicious On Thursday, May 1 at 12:12 pm
Homeschooling is so tempting and I admire you greatly for it!
Katie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:13 pm
My niece was put into public school after 3 years homeschooling and she hated it so much they took her back out. She said all she did all day was stand in line. It made me think how true that is. There's a girl I still have a grudge against after 24 years simply because she cut in front of my in line in first grade. Good for you and not making your kids line up, it can ruin everything.
KBear On Thursday, May 1 at 12:13 pm
that's definitely either a "what in tarnation are you DOING" look, or a "yeah.. ok there dude!" look
very cute.. i envy your daughters.. they have thicker heels on their boots than i do, but ive worn the same pair since i was 11:)
Lauren Hagerman On Thursday, May 1 at 12:13 pm
Was she razing him with her paddle?????
Paramecium Brain On Thursday, May 1 at 12:14 pm
I was homeschooled through all 12 years of school and I wouldn't trade it for anything. =)
Kmelion On Thursday, May 1 at 12:15 pm
That look?
Shirley J. On Thursday, May 1 at 12:16 pm
Wow, Pioneer Girl looks like she's getting tall. Her shoe size now matches yours, is she soon going to be as tall as you? Your girls are beauties. There's nothing better than kepping them out of public schools.
OH-Ang On Thursday, May 1 at 12:18 pm
I think that your school is the best! We would love to homeschool but I wouldn't know where to begin. My fear of the unknown and all that.
As far as Mom and daughter wearing the same size..My 8-year-old and I now wear the same size also!! I now get to tell her to treat her shoes nice so Mama can wear them when she outgrows them.
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Ree, they are sitting in a classroom! The classroom of life, they are learning all the things they need to be independent adults (with the exception of a room full of children their age) but they are with children and they are teaching and learning from each other. They are really fortunate and may not see it now but they will when they grow up.
~Madelyn On Thursday, May 1 at 12:20 pm
Your kids are ALL beautiful !
What a life ~
~Mad in Alabama
blue On Thursday, May 1 at 12:21 pm
Katie, #80, time to let that grudge go! ♥
NonnieM On Thursday, May 1 at 12:21 pm
My kids are in public school, but I admire how you're raising yours. Whatever works for your family (within the law, of course. ) My DD was just voted "happiest" in her senior class, so I guess we've done something right.
Diane On Thursday, May 1 at 12:21 pm
I'm sittin' at a desk right now and I'd much rather be pushing cows through the chute!
Jenn On Thursday, May 1 at 12:23 pm
I believe that look is called "You've got to be kidding me." I'm very familiar with it, thanks to my 8 and 4 year olds.
The Fisherman's Daughter On Thursday, May 1 at 12:24 pm
Must. Have. Those. Boots.
Please to tell where they can be gotten!
steph c On Thursday, May 1 at 12:24 pm
OMG, your oldest looks so much like you and your youngest punk looks so much like your husband, lol. You have such beauuutiful babies. Good job, Momma!
leslie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:24 pm
You and your children are fortunate to do the home schooling program. I have just returned from LA to Tulsa and the school system there as with most cities is deplorable!! My 2 grandsons (kindergarten and first grade) are in what is referred to as a "great school" by LA standards. Do you know what happened the first week of school to Christian? He had checked out a jump rope to play with after school while waiting for his mother to pick him up. There are teachers everywhere plus a 6 foot fence around the school yard. They boast about there after school program. After the police report was filed we found out how the situation came down. Two "older kids" came onto the school ground to pick up their younger sibling and they used the rope to tie my precious grandson to a tree!!! Where were the teachers, the school yard monitors? When another child informed a teacher what happened then she unties C.J. and they call my daughter. The police take pictures of the rope burns around his neck and the next day they want C.J. to go from class to class to see if he can identify the child whose siblings tied him up! How would you like to be not quite 7 yrs old and be expected to do this??? The sad part is that my children can not afford a private school, the cost of living is so incrediably high. My point is why should people have to put their children in private schools in the hopes to have a better, safer, learning environment? Why not just gid rid of all the children who are trouble makers?? No tolerance for this behavior!!! And these children are babies themselves. The homeshcool children are brighter, more civilized, and beterr rounded human beings than any I have seen in public schools. If the parents are taking the time to home school them it speaks volumns for their love for their schildren and they should be commended. Look at the bonding you have with your children—the good will outweigh the bad. Our society is failing and the familes suffer from this. The family is the heart of the society and you can seem the poor parenting skills and lack of natural affection all around us. I am hoping my children will return to oklahoma and I can homeschool my grandsons if my daughter works. Better to sacrifice financially than the family circle to suffer. Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. Just venting.
teetotaled On Thursday, May 1 at 12:24 pm
I am pretty sure there are a lot of public school kids sitting at desks right this very second saying, Boy I wonder what it would be like to spend the day outside?! You go Pioneer kids!
P.S. I know it'e been said over and over but dang your kids are cute!!!
Jennifer On Thursday, May 1 at 12:25 pm
I think the life you've made for your kids is awesome. Think of the stories they will tell their kids when they grow up.
I wish my feet were the same size as my daughter's. I know that when they are I will double my shoe wearing possibilities. It's not far now, but I can't wait.
Me On Thursday, May 1 at 12:25 pm
I LOVE homeschooling our kids. We can start whenever we want and be done before lunch!! It's such a *free* thing!
Sandie On Thursday, May 1 at 12:25 pm
I'd like you to know that when I was 10 y/o I would have
killed to have boots like her's. I'm in my 50's and I'd still like to have boots like hers. I've always wanted to live on a farm or ranch. I've been in the city all my life. Please excuse me; envey is oozing out of me & I need to clean it up..


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Richard Wolffe is doing the rounds, promoting his new book Revival: The Struggle for Survival Inside the Obama White House. Looks like the White House is in "blame Rahm" mode:
"[O]ther senior staffers believed that [former Chief of Staff Rahm] Emanuel's excess energy was a major part of the problem … In place of the rigid discipline of the presidential campaign, instead of their no-drama style and the strategic focus, ideas ricocheted around the West Wing with each firing of Emanuel's synapses. 'It's all tactics and no strategy,' said one of Emanuel's close colleagues. 'That's something the president feels very strongly he's missing. How do I get from here to where I want to go? It's all tactical and it's all Rahm. He has no follow-through and no management. Nobody is there to check that what was decided in the seven-thirty meeting actually happens. The problem with Rahm is that, yes, he's brilliant. But he is purely tactical, and he changes his mind based on a conversation he just had with Paul Begala. There are many times when Axe has to shout him down to drop an idea or a tactic. And his style is unbelievably bad. It's just too abusive." (p. 55-6).
Nobody dislikes Rahm more than me. But there are people in life that you never, ever mess with because they can hurt you way more than you can hurt them. Rahm is one of those people for this White House. He was the closest thing to a functioning press shop they had, he knows where the bodies are buried, and he knows how to get his message into the press without leaving fingerprints. He can cause havoc in virtually every major story written, and he'll have no choice but to do so if the Jarrett/Axelrod/Gibbs/Plouffe dipshit nexus start causing him problems in his mayor's race.
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President Obama's nomination of John Brennan, who currently serves as the White House Senior Advisor for Counterterrorism, should occasion a debate regarding how the United States can best confront, respond to, or mitigate our most pressing security challenges, including the current counterterrorism strategy. In particular, John Brennan's nomination as CIA director should spur re-evaluation of the U.S. strategy of using unmanned drone aircraft in conducting lethal strikes against suspected terrorists.
Though drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen over the past two years, use of drones has increasedexponentially in Yemen, and the number of attacks in Afghanistan last year spiked as well. As the appetite for active military engagement falls, with a nearly completed withdrawal from Iraq and impending drawdown in Afghanistan, the use of unmanned drones -- which offers deniability and no risk to American lives -- is alluring. Recent statements by administration officials demonstrate that there is increased reliance on drone strikes in U.S. counterterrorism strategy; indeed, their use might well spread to other countries in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, and North Africa. Congress should also be playing a role, as noted in a recent Washington Post op-ed by Representative Ralph Ellison (D-MN), who points out that the executive branch has been exercising unilateral authority over use of the drones with no oversight.
As the administration contemplates this expansion, Brennan's confirmation hearing is an opportunity to debate the existing policy of covert drone attacks -- not just on legal or ethical grounds, which also warrant consideration, but also on the question of effectiveness. This is particularly important in Yemen, a place the U.S. intelligence community has indicated poses the most important front against the growth of al-Qaeda and the spread of violent Islamist extremism.
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Manu Joseph is deputy editor and Mumbai bureau chief for OPEN magazine. Previously, he was National Features Editor of the largest newspaper in India, The Times of India, writer-at-large for Wired's website, wired.com, and has written for the Independent. In 2007 he became a Chevening Scholar, an annual British Government award for twelve journalists who will shape opinions in the future. This is his first novel.
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Funny, diverting and original Guardian Manu Joseph's first novel elegantly describes collisions with an unyielding status quo, ably counterpointing the frustrations of the powerless with the unfulfilling realities of power. With this astute comedy of manners he makes a convincing bid for his own recognition as a novelist of serious talent, the latest addition to a roster of Indian writers who are creating fine literary art from their country's fearsome contradictions Peter Carty, Independent Manu Joseph's satirical tale of an ostensibly new India still in thrall to its caste-ridden and sexist traditions is so much more than a mere comic caper ... Sophisticated entertainment Catherine Taylor, Guardian The finest comic novelists know that a small world can illuminate a culture and an age...with this sad-funny debut Joseph does just that Boyd Tonkin, Books to light up lazy days, Independent He has written a debut novel that skewers a society where new ambitions and older class divisions co-exist. From the contrasts of contemporary India, he extracts pointed, often bitter comedy Sunday Times The writing is exuberant TLS The absurdity and humiliation of social exclusion drives the comedy of one of the year's most auspicious debuts Independent A charming debut novel Guardian


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Zootopia. (2016)
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Gerencher adjusts one of the three seismometers in the sub-basement
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the basement of Collier Hall of Science, something earth-shaking
is going on.
In real time, too.
Or, as the scientifically cautious Physics and Earth Science
Department website puts it, "in near-real-time," as
though any layperson could tell the difference.
You can see it on computer monitors along one wall of the lab
of Joseph J. Gerencher Jr., professor of earth science. The jagged
lines on the screens are the contrails of actual seismic events,
recorded as they occur and translated simultaneously to other
in his network, which extends over the Internet to any location
in the world. Anyone can pick them up from the Internet by logging
in at www.physics.moravian.edu/seismic, then downloading and
running the "client" software.
Joe Gerencher began his earthquake monitoring project—its
formal name is SIMA, which stands for Seismic Internet Monitoring
Application—in the late '80s, with the help of software
written for the now-antiquated Apple IIe by student Ron Jackson '89,
who created it as an independent study project. Ron is now a
self-employed computer contractor in the Lehigh Valley.
The equipment, as Joe cheerfully describes it, is "not of
research quality." He made his first seismometer, which is
still at work in the lab, from such unscientific materials as a
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12,000 times to create a coil.
the 15 years since, Joe has added two other homemade seismometers
and a Teledyne commercial seismometer to his original network and
built a separate network of seismometers to monitor a different
kind of earthquake wave. Even the Teledyne was acquired as frugally
as possible (on eBay). Additional commercial seismometers, bought
at computer flea markets, will soon expand these networks.
All this time, some of the instruments have been using Ron's
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Journal of Geoscience Education.
Except for the two in his lab, Joe has set up the seismometers
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Popular as the Queen of Beaches, Calangute Beach in Goa is haven to beach lovers from all over the world. There are several reasons why you should be visiting Calangute Beach while in Goa for a honeymoon or leisure trip. Once a village for the fishermen community, the beach here gained prominence among the Hippie crowd. A line of coconut trees, palm fringes and divine beauty of the surroundings became its major draw by 1970s. Couples experience the sea and the sand the best here. Calangute became a perfect tourist destination with improved facilities of water sports, sunbathing area, seafood stalls, nearby hotels and a stretch of shops encircling the beach. Night parties, popular as trance music parties in Goa, have made the beach of Calangute a sought-after tourist draw.
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Calangute Beach borders the Arabian Sea and is located around 15 km away from Panaji, the capital of Goa. It is part of the North Goan territory and was a popular Portuguese settlement. The nearest airport is Dabolim, around 29 km drive from Panaji city. Karmali is the closest railhead to Calangute. From Mapusa town, a bus to Panaji takes around half an hour and the distance is just 8 km.
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By Air The nearest airport is at Dabolim, which is 29 km away from Panaji. Panaji is just half an hour's drive away from Calangute.
By Rail The nearest railway station is at Karmali 11 km away from Panaji. Panaji is just half an hour's drive away from Calangute.
By Road Calangute Beach is about ten minutes from Mapusa, and thirty minutes from the state capital, Panaji. There are frequent buses to Panaji and Mapusa from Calangute. Most buses from Panaji terminate at Calangute and a few trudge further on up to Baga. Mapusa is 8 km away from Calangute.
Calangute has a gripping and vibrant nightlife along with a bustling seashore during the daytime. Some of the popular tourist activities here are as follows:
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- Strolling around
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Calangute is one of Goa's main shopping hubs, especially for the Tibetan market that sells costume jewelry, shoes, hats and garments. Indian ethnic wear and handloom products are also sold in the market around Calangute beach. Shopaholics spend considerable time in these shops bargaining for silver jewelry, Kashmiri shawls and embroidery. Kashmiri traders are seen more during the peak season.
An excursion in and around Calangute will take you to the following places:
Beach – The main tourist attraction here is the pristine and beautiful beach that became a Hippie heaven. The surging crowd on Saturday nights at the beach makes it a pulsating place for fun and entertainment. During the day, tourists indulge in sunbathing and water sports. Experts guide you in underwater excursions like scuba diving and snorkeling.
Baga Beach – Situated in the northern part of Calangute beach, Baga is known for its tranquility. If you want to escape the noisy beach of Calangute, Baga is the best place. Dolphin cruises and water sports also make it an adventurous place.
Kerkar Art Complex – Just minutes away from the Calangute Beach, Kerkar Art Museum is an important tourist attraction. It is a center of art and culture with live dance performances taking place every week.
The St. Alex Church As the vast traffic on the CHOGM road reaches the village, the Church of St Alex greets with its two towers and a magnificent dome gracing the façade. The inside of the church is a display of the line and beauty of its architectural style and ornate altars. In 1996, Calangute celebrated the fourth centenary of its parish church.
The Kerkar Art Complex The Kerkar Art Complex, is the one and only of its kind on this beach. It is a popular center for exhibitions of arts and crafts of local artistes. On Thursdays and Fridays, connoisseurs of Indian classical music and dance can be an audience to various concerts.
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