text: Employer Branding SHERATON BRAND SHERATON 2 EMPLOYER BRANDING Welcome Ina Masleva Professional Experience: 20 years with Starwood Hotels & Resorts International Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian Expertise: HR Professional, Training and Talent Management & Development SHERATON 3 EMPLOYER BRANDING Welcome International experience in Starwood Hotels & Resorts one of the world's leading hotel companies with more than 860 hotels in 80 countries. 1999 – 2000 Tashkent Sheraton Hotel – Director HR 2003 – 2006 Kuwait Sheraton Hotel and Four Points by Sheraton – Director of Training 2005 – Awarded 1st prize in terms of training results together with Westin Rome on the Top Ten within EAME Division in Starwood Hotels & Resorts SHERATON 4 EMPLOYER BRANDING What Creates Employer Brand? The objective of this presentation is to look at the most important elements that make the company an "Employer of Choice" by creating the Employer's Brand for the associates who are the company's internal clients and its most valuable asset. SHERATON 5 EMPLOYER BRANDING What is a Brand? A brand is a consistent product and/ or service that enables one to achieve premium pricing and loyalty SHERATON 6 EMPLOYER BRANDING What creates Employer Brand? Employer Branding Goals: • Consistency • Premium pricing – Value of the employees/ associates • Building long-term relationship and Loyalty SHERATON 7 EMPLOYER BRANDING Employer Branding What makes us aiming to be "The Employer of Choice" Talent Shortage – Fierce War for Talent Achieve Employee Engagement Talent Management – Learning & development Raising Employees' expectations & confidence "Your workforce is changing – Are you?" SHERATON 8 EMPLOYER BRANDING Employer Branding Customer Brand vs Employer Brand Customer Market – External Brand Talent Market – Internal Brand How to make this internal brand alive? Recruiting Tool – attraction, acquisition and hire Retention Tool – building trust & delivering the promise Culture Tool – Inclusivity/ Cultural diversity Employee Performance Tool – PMP It is the Employees/ Associates who walk the talk! SHERATON 9 EMPLOYER BRANDING Employer Branding Building Employee Value Proposition: Understand the focus Define each type of benefits (Functional, Economic, Psychological Benefits) Customer Focused (The Employee – Customer Mirror) SHERATON 10 EMPLOYER BRANDING Starwood Employee Value Statement "One Voice – One Vision" "We succeed only when we meet and exceed the expectations of our customers, owners and shareholders. We have passion for excellence and will deliver the highest standards of integrity and fairness. We celebrate the diversity of people, ideas and cultures. We honor the dignity and value of individuals working as a team. SHERATON 11 EMPLOYER BRANDING Starwood Employee Value Statement "One Voice – One Vision" We improve the communities in which we work. We encourage innovation, accept accountability and embrace change. We seek knowledge and growth through learning. We share a sense of urgency, nimbleness and endeavour to have fun too" SHERATON 12 EMPLOYER BRANDING Starwood Employee Value Statement 1. Consistency in meeting & exceeding expectations 2. Delivering excellence and highest standards 3. Celebrate cultural diversity - Inclusivity 4. Seek for knowledge & growth through learning and development SHERATON 13 EMPLOYER BRANDING Starwood Value Statement The Employee Value Statement helps Creating the Employer's Brand Delivering the promise and builds Employee engagement Harmоnizing with business strategy. SHERATON 14 EMPLOYER BRANDING Starwood Value Statement The Employee Value Statement helps: Building credibility Вuilding allignment Energizing SHERATON 15 EMPLOYER BRANDING Building Employee Value Proposition Employee Value Customer Value Shareholder Value Community Value SHERATON 16 EMPLOYER BRANDING Service – Profit Chain Employee Customer Revenue Satisfaction Satisfaction Growth SHERATON 17 EMPLOYER BRANDING Employee Satisfaction "Star Voice": Measures Employee Satisfaction Improves Employee's Morale Raises Accountability Helps solving problems Defines problem areas and needs for training SHERATON 18 EMPLOYER BRANDING Assessing Employee Performance "PMP" – Performance Management Programme The companies, that use Employee Performance assessment programs, are more profitable than those who don't . The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy and Performance. The Harvard Business School Press SHERATON 19 EMPLOYER BRANDING Assessing New Employees Employers, who assess new employees before hire, invest in a more loyal, more productive and more accountable for the organization personnel. HumanCapitalMag.com, May/June 2006 SHERATON 20 EMPLOYER BRANDING Where would you like to work ? SHERATON 21 EMPLOYER BRANDING Why Vita Futura ? SHERATON 22 EMPLOYER BRANDING What is Vita Futura ? Starwood's Graduate Management Program designed by two Starwood management trainees, with an ambition to create a program that no other company could match. They believed that the best learning and the best training can only be achieved through a creative participation of the graduates themselves. SHERATON 23 EMPLOYER BRANDING Welcome to Vita Futura Dear Future Hoteliers, It gives me great pleasure to present you VITA FUTURA, our Graduate Management Program, which is offered thoughout Starwood's EAME Division, with some placements available in the US. Our VITA FUTURA graduates tell us that joining the program was the best choice they made mainly as it offers flexibility to tailor the content Specifically to meet their changing needs. SHERATON 24 EMPLOYER BRANDING Welcome to Vita Futura We believe that all of our associates are unique. VITA FUTURA values each person by building on their existing skills and experience, and by opening the door to an exciting and challenging international career. I truly believe that this program is the best in the marketplace. I know it has and will continue to deliver real "stars" to our organization. If you think you have what it takes to succeed, then VITA FUTURA is the program for you. Roeland Vos President EAME SHERATON 25 EMPLOYER BRANDING The Aim of Vita Futura • Launched in the UK and Ireland in 1995. It offers opportunities throughout various continents, mainly in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. • VITA FUTURA aims to attract, develop and retain talented individuals with the ability to become great Starwood Leaders for tomorrow. SHERATON 26 EMPLOYER BRANDING How does Vita Futura Work The Organization provide the options. VITA FUTURA trainees make the choices. VITA FUTURA trainee simply chooses the options that are right for him/ her , usually with the advice of the Program Mentor and HR Department. Then, as the trainee develops, the program can be tailored to meet trainee's needs. SHERATON 27 EMPLOYER BRANDING Vita Futura Framework SHERATON 28 EMPLOYER BRANDING Vita Futura Framework 1st Stage: 8 months • 6 months in Operational Departments: i.e. FO, Concierge, Housekeeping, Reservations, Kitchen/ Stewarding, In-room Dining, Bar, Restaurants, Banqueting • 2 months in any other Administrative Departments:i.e. Events, F&B Control, S&M, HR, Finance, 6Sigma, Revenue Management SHERATON 29 EMPLOYER BRANDING Vita Futura Framework 2nd Stage: 6 months in two chosen by VITA FUTURA Trainee Departments – 3 months per Department 3rd Stage: 6 - 8 months in a chosen Department to specialize Full Length of the Program : 18 – 22 months SHERATON 30 EMPLOYER BRANDING Benefits of Vita Futura SHERATON 31 EMPLOYER BRANDING What are the benefits of being a Vita Futura ? Internal Networking Specialized VITA FUTURA Training: • Teambuilding • Interpersonal skills training • Presentation Skills Training • Sales & Marketing Training • Finance Training / Revenue Management "Be Our Guest" room discount rate Competitive Salary Excellent Career Fast Track Opportunity to work in a different country SHERATON 32 EMPLOYER BRANDING Recruitment for Vita Futura •Applications are screened for suitable candidates • Suitable candidates are invited for behavioral interview and testing • Successful candidates will then be put forward to attend an assessment centre in April/ May SHERATON 33 EMPLOYER BRANDING Application Process Vita Futura • Applications are sought from candidates BD graduates who are fluent in English • Required 1 year experience within the industry through study or employment • Recruitment generally begins in October for entry the following September. SHERATON 34 EMPLOYER BRANDING What happens after Vita Futura SHERATON 35 EMPLOYER BRANDING Vita Futura Successes SHERATON 36 EMPLOYER BRANDING Bulgarian Vita Futura Trainee Factfile: Aleksandar Prashkov Birthday: 6th December 1985 Home country: Bulgaria Current location: Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa Edinburgh, UK Education: BD in Hospitality Management Hotelschool The Hague, NL SHERATON 37 EMPLOYER BRANDING Bulgarian Vita Futura Trainee Motto: Plan for the best & prepare for the worst Hobby: High-tech gadgets, swimming, travelling What brought me to VF: Hard work, some luck & stubbornness and persistence Highlights VF: Really just being able to switch Dept., meet most of the people working in the Hotel Fun Key Learing: Pay attention to details & don't lose the big picture (learned when set up wrong conference room for an event) Aspiration: To be a Dept. Manager SHERATON 38 EMPLOYER BRANDING Vita Futura Class 2008 SHERATON 39 EMPLOYER BRANDING Interested other positions at Starwood • Four Points by Sheraton Hotels • Sheraton Hotels & Resorts • Aloft by W Hotels • W Hotels • Le Meridien • The Luxury Collection • Westin • St Regis Hotels & Resorts SHERATON Interested in other positions at Starwood ? CONTACT DETAILS: web: starwoodvitafutura.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Thank you! SHERATON More about Ina Masleva: I'M Consulting CONTACT DETAILS: Tel. +359 2 828 18 17 Mobile: 0888 810 318 Email: email@example.com Thank you! SHERATON


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By JOSE M. ROMERO
San Jose and Vancouver didn't look like two teams a long way from playoff contention Wednesday night at Buck Shaw Stadium.
In fact, it was almost a shame neither team — both were in need of a win — walked away victorious. Instead, both settled for a 2-2 draw.
Two star offensive players, the Earthquakes' Chris Wondolowski and the Whitecaps' Eric Hassli, scored two goals apiece. Three crossbars were hit. One defender from each team made a goal-saving play. And at least one former Earthquake had a return to remember against his former club.
Shea Salinas, a one-time Earthquake, assisted on both Vancouver goals and almost had another one in the 66th minute when his cross to Camilo turned into a header that went wide.
San Jose was on its way, it seemed, when Simon Dawkins looped a pass to Wondolowski, who was onside when he settled the ball and scored.
But as the first half went on, the Whitecaps began to play with more resolve, and in the 42nd minute Salinas got the ball to Hassli for his first goal.
San Jose took a 2-1 lead when Wondolowski headed in a free kick from Jacob Peterson in the 54th minute. Wondolowski was left alone in front of the goal when his defender stumbled.
Salinas and Hassli teamed up again in the 61st minute, Salinas dribbling deep into the box and crossing before the ball went over the end line to Hassli for the finish. That tied it at 2, then it got really exciting.
Wondolowski hit the crossbar. Then in the 74th minute, Camilo's free kick bounced toward Earthquakes keeper Jon Busch, who appeared to be shielded from seeing the ball until the last second, when he made the save. Steven Lenhart missed an open net wide right in the 83rd minute, Whitecaps keeper Joe Cannon tipped another Lenhart try over the goal a minute later — to the delight of plenty of San Jose fans who adored the former Quake — and San Jose defender Bobby Burling saved a goal when he bumped Camilo off the ball on a breakaway in the 86th minute.
Vancouver's Gershon Koffie tried a 35-yard rocket in the 89th minute that went off the crossbar out of Busch's reach, and the Whitecaps' Greg Janicki prevented a goal at the other end in stoppage time.
The Whitecaps (2-10-8) stopped a four-game losing streak in MLS matches while the Earthquakes (5-6-8) failed to win for the seventh straight game. San Jose's Ramiro Corrales picked up a rather silly yellow card just before the match ended and will miss the club's next game with his fifth yellow.
Sergio Hernandez
The Earthquakes really need to start winning their home games. I hope to see Convey back in the lineup. And what happened to Dawkins? I saw him hobble off, I hope it is not serious.
Jose Romero
Sergio… Dawkins left at half with right hamstring strain.
Sergio Hernandez
Thanks. That is too bad, seems like he can't stay healthy.
I am disappointed that Ampai has not played more for SanJose. I must admit I haven't seen him very often, but he did not look out of place on the team when I did and has made a couple assists.
Anyone seen enough of his play to venture a reason he is not getting more time?
I've seen him play a lot for Akron. He is good enough to start in MLS based upon how other college players have faired. But I'm not familiar with San Jose so I dont know how he fits in or why he's not playing more. He's still very new to MLS, these things take time.
Yallop blows
Hassli is the biggest All Star snub…amazing player to watch
I so agree. Ampai really helps with the attack going forward. He gives us more width, but i think he's a right mid, so he's gonna be second choice behind peterson.
the problem with the quakes is that we can either play great defensively and not score, or play decent offensively and leave too much open in the back.

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PHOTOGRAPHY VIEW; Looking at the Poor in a Gilded Frame
Published: April 9, 1995
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Some of Riis's photographs, which he cropped, have been reprinted full-frame in this exhibition. They are even more chaotic. One is vertically bisected by a pole that is seen so close up, it has neither base nor top; photography would not consciously present such obstacles until the modernist 20's. Riis's inelegant rule breaking gave his work power, but he knew this pole was "wrong." A century later it stirs our admiration.
New art always forces us to see the art of the past differently, but our fascination with Riis's unwitting modernism also betrays an attachment to style, which today has begun to edge aside subjects in importance. In his company, the five contemporary photographers on the same walls often look like formalists in search of distinctive signatures.
During the Depression, the nation was united in a sense of common humanity and social responsibility. Lange's photographs of migrants and rural workers, compassionate and moving, succeed in part because she was confident that the audience shared her feelings. Nicely balancing emotion and discretion, she expressed a communal belief in pluck and endurance in the face of overwhelming troubles.
Misgivings about documentary photography crystallized in her day. When Walker Evans went South with James Agee to photograph sharecroppers for Fortune magazine and the Farm Security Administration, Agee wrote, "It seems to me curious, not to say obscene and thoroughly terrifying, that it could occur to . . . an organ of journalism, to pry intimately into the lives of an undefended and appallingly damaged group of human beings . . . with a conscience better than clear, and in the virtual certitude of almost unanimous public approval." Agee charged on, bearing his guilt like a banner.
In hindsight, no photography of the time was entirely untainted by the sins of documentary. Shahn considered himself a worker like his subjects and identified with them; his photographs have a quiet humility of observation and a basic trust in the worth of ordinary people. His widow says he "could not tolerate the idealized figure of the 'worker' or the 'downtrodden' that in the early 1930's were becoming a distinct theme in the art world." In this light Lange's occasional use of a low angle and figures silhouetted against the sky looks suspiciously stereotypical.
BUT SHAHN HIMSELF OFTEN used a right-angle lens, the kind that lets you photograph people unobserved while apparently looking in another direction. Nothing could be more obviously exploitative, not to say lying, though in Shahn's defense it must be said that he did not catch people off guard in order to belittle them.
By the 70's, critics like Susan Sontag were excoriating documentary photographers and photography itself for exploiting the poor and turning them into objects of dubious beauty. Allan Sekula decried the cult of authorship, auteurism and personal expression that had grown up around Diane Arbus and extended to art photographers and professional documentarians: "At the heart of this fetishistic cultivation of the artist's humanity is a certain disdain for the 'ordinary' humanity of those who have been photographed."
Not an entirely new complaint, this has a certain ring of truth. In Salgado's splendidly but repetitively composed pictures, his command of light, recognizable style and relentless drive toward idealization take center stage, leaving the workers to play assigned roles in a drama directed by the photographer.
Serrano, doubtless aware of the narrow line between advertising and polemic, balances on it and falls over. His large, jaunty color portraits of the homeless look like advertisements for the newest grunge fashions, reminding us that advertising is becoming the culture's primary visual reference.
Photography in any form has an extremely limited capacity to convince those who do not want to be convinced, as the first Rodney King jury made painfully clear. It is also incapable of suggesting complex solutions without considerable assistance from text. By now the medium's power to provoke action has been somewhat dimmed, but it never did operate at all unless the proper response was immediately apparent and relatively simple, as Bosnia proved.
It is bad enough for documentarians to think that photographs cannot provoke action, worse to think they might be substituting for it. Even the museum audience may merely be paying lip service to compassion while hotly pursuing esthetics. Museums do not do exit polls on how many of their visitors are angry about welfare.
So fewer people are documenting poverty. Some newspapers still report pretty diligently on the poor, and photojournalists still provide a picture or two for the stories, but it is hard to shine a warm light in a cold political climate. The only real growth area in photographing the poor lies in covering violence. Joseph Rodriguez's pictures of Los Angeles gangs, also at I.C.P. uptown, include this caption: "The agency asked for more violence in my pictures. Violence sells magazines."
A few photographers seek alternative means and venues. Since the 70's, some documentarians have insisted on extensive texts in exhibitions to provide the context and explanations that photographs notoriously lack. Some show in labor halls and other places where art types seldom gather. Recently, pictures of the homeless by Mel Rosenthal, a New York photographer, were displayed in the lobby of the Syracuse Stage while Dickens's "Christmas Carol" was playing; close to 16,000 people saw both shows.
Some have even tried giving people who are always on the wrong side of the lens the means to shape their own images. Since 1985, Wendy Ewald has been teaching impoverished children from Appalachia to India to take photographs of their families, their lives and their dreams. In 1991, Jim Hubbard published a book and organized an exhibition of photographs by children living in shelters; the children documented a more playful and upbeat life than their better-off elders did.
THE 80'S ARE GONE, WHEN student photographers were so eager to forge their empathy credentials that sidewalk dwellers in New York were more likely to get a decent portrait than a decent meal. Now the favored subjects are safer, hotter and trendier: artistic nudes -- not so safe if they are under-age -- and the latest digital art in fancy combinations. Right now, futures traders in photography are placing bets on the computer rather than the poor. A shrinking cadre of documentarians soldiers on, trying to wrest information and meaning from pictures of poverty, while frost bites the toes of the poor and the hearts of the rich.
Photos: Slum Dwellers -- "Five Cents a Spot," by Jacob Riis--Documenting conditions at an illegal lodging in a Bayard Street tenement in Manhattan about 1890. (Jacob A. Riis Collection/Museum of the City of New York); Union Man -- "J. R. Butler, President of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, Memphis, Tennessee, June 1938," by Dorothea Lange. (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); Farmers -- "Untitled, 1938 (Public Auction, Ohio)," by Ben Shahn--A quiet humility of observation and a basic trust in the worth of ordinary people. (Library of Congress); Laborers -- "Coal Mine at Dhanbad, India, 1989," by Sebastiao Salgado -- A drama directed by the photographer. (International Center of Photography)(pg. 39); "Nomads (Bertha), 1990," by Andres Serrano, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art -- Do photographs in fine surroundings stir up just enough sympathy to assure us we have paid our emotional dues? (New Museum of Contemporary Art)(pg. 1)


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Open Dance
Masquerade! Grinning yellows, spinning reds
Masquerade! Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you
Masquerade! Burning glances, turning heads
Masquerade! Stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you
Masquerade! Seething shadows breathing lies
Masquerade! You can fool any friend who ever knew you
Masquerade! Leering satyrs, peering eyes
Masquerade! Run and hide, but a face will still pursue you.
Exert from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart
Jizabel's breathing was heavy and sweat was dripping down his face as he ran on. The summer nights seemed almost as warm as the days, except much more humid. The humidity left him gasping for air, but as always, the next sight he saw took away his breath better than if he had been punched in the diaphragm.
Sitting on the edge of the nostalgic pond was the angel of his memories. Noriko appeared almost ghost-like, in the pale moonlight. This time, her hair was not in tangles, but a high pony-tail with just a few delicate curls hanging around her face. The pond rippled out around her petite feet, and her dress flowed out around her as she lowered herself into the water. She twirled around with a sad smile on her face, as the water moved in sync with her. Once again, Jizabel sneaked down to the falls and stared in dumbfounded admiration. This time he did not sneak up on the angel. She twirled around and smiled weakly at him.
"Jizabel, do you remember the day I almost drowned here?"
"How could I forget? My mom had to take a week off work to care for you..."
It was fairly warm considering the time of year. The grass had begun to peek out from underneath it's shining blanket of white. I had run down to the little pond in hopes of seeing the boy again. He did tell me where his house was, but I was much too shy to approach the cute little cabin in my shabby dress. I had walked into town to see if anyone would spare a slice of bread and instead had gotten jumped by a boy my age, so I was even dirtier than usual. The pond was frozen over, but what did that matter to me: the lonesome sheep who's flock died long ago leaving her cold and hungry. I walked over to the edge and peered at the cloudy film covering the water. I gasped and let out a pitiful shriek as I slipped on the muddy banks of my memory. With a loud crack the ice broke and in I went to the black abyss. The pond was much deeper than the trees had given away and I felt myself losing consciousness in the ice cold depths. When I awoke, I was in what is now my very own home: the house that seemed too perfect for me. Jizabel was hovering over me with a frantic expression adorning his sweet child-like face, and I could hear a woman's voice telling him to give me space. I was trying my hardest to sit up, with much wasted efforts, when a face I could only dream of walked over. She was my ideal visual of a mother: kind green eyes, and long blond hair pulled back into a loose bun. She wore an apron over a light green dress, which she wiped her hands on before checking my temperature.
"Oh good! Your temperature is returning to normal. What on Earth were you doing down there in this weather?! And without a coat...! You're lucky Bell found you, or you would have either drowned or died of hypothermia!"
"Yeah...I was walking around the edge of the forest when I heard you scream. I ran in, and it was so pretty! There was steam everywhere and the mud in the pond was swirling around like water with mother's paint being poured into it! I was almost caught up in the beauty of it until I saw your hair under the surface and remembered why I came." Jizabel blushed.
"Our little boy carried you back here all by himself, you know?" A man with short brown hair and ice blue eyes appeared behind his wife, putting a hand on her shoulder as he spoke. He had a stern jaw and was well built.
"Sweetie, where do you live? Your parents must be worried sick..." Jizabel's mother smiled kindly at me.
"Oh...uh...I don't have any..." I looked down at my hands as I picked at a hole in my dress.
"Oh dear..." Mrs. Yagami turned to her husband with pleading eyes, and the two of them whispered amongst themselves for a moment, "Sweetheart, why don't you stay here, with us for a while?"
Noriko and Jizabel stared off into the water for a few long moments, reminiscing. Jizabel glanced at Nori to see her silently sobbing and waded over to her; The two of them sat on the edge, Jizabel with his arms around her, resting his chin on top of her head. The tears streaming down their cheeks mingled with the pond water, tears for the loss of not only Jizabel's parents, but for their childhood as well.
After they pulled themselves together, they headed back to the house, to put on their act once more.
The week past by in drone-like normality. It was Saturday, the day of the masquerade. Noriko awoke dreading the day to come. She clambered out of bed and threw her hair back into a loose pony-tail, before stumbling into the kitchen.
"Jizabel..." She yawned, "Why aren't the kids up yet?" Jizabel was readying the fire. He smiled lovingly, "I figured I'd let them sleep in. It's a beautiful morning isn't it?" He was right. The sun was just beginning to make it's appearance in the sky, adorning it with stunning pastel shades of pink, blue, yellow, and orange.
"Mmhm. What's for breakfast?"
"Well, I figured I'd fry up some eggs and toast some of the bread." Jizabel set to work at his task, while Noriko thought gloomily about the Masquerade.
They ate their breakfast in silence. Jizabel glanced over at Noriko occasionally; and almost confessed to buying her the dress and mask when he saw the sad, distant expression she wore. Finally, she left for work.
The diner was busy that day, as it always was on Saturday. It was so busy in fact, that Noriko had completely forgotten about the dance by the time she got home.
She slumped into the house as usual and glanced around. She had to work late on Saturdays, and since her decrease in pay, she took on a third shift. She had already done her usual two shifts and had been allowed to go home for dinner; she was expected to be back at the house by the time the sun had set. Normally Jizabel would be fixing up dinner and the children would be off playing at this time of day. It was only Noriko's exhaustion that kept her oblivious. She sat down into one of the kitchen chairs and glanced around.
"Jizabel...?" She called nervously. The bedroom door opened and out walked Jizabel in a black suit with his hair pulled back into a low pony-tail. A few strands of hair fell loose around the mask he wore. It looked like bat wings had been sown together and turned into a mask; except that the wings were red with orange highlights. Around the eyes there was a yellow fluff that made the mask appear even more like flames. Noriko's jaw dropped.
"I saw this flier," He held up the flier Nori left on her floor, "and I figured it would be fun to go somewhere together. You've been working so hard, I thought I should do something for you. You see...my parents left me some money, it's not much but...it was enough to get you this..." He smiled at the look on Noriko's face as he held up a dazzling green dress. It appeared to be form-fitting until about the waist-line, where the off-white frills shot out into a bell shape. The sleeves were about elbow-length and ended with more of the off-white lace. To go with the dress Jizabel held a mask that, like his own, were wings. Instead of seeming demonic like the Fire Bat, Noriko's mask looked more angelic. Jizabel's was made of leather, while Noriko's was made of genuine white dove feathers. Both seemed to be hand-made.
"Jizabel...Oh Bell, are these hand-made?!" Jizabel nodded, "Bell...they must have cost so much!" Noriko gasped and gawked for another minute or so before finally throwing her arms around Jizabel.
"Thank you so much Jizabeeel!!!!!" Noriko squealed and hugged him tighter. Jizabel laughed and held her for a minute.
"Nori, you deserve a better life than this-"Noriko opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off, "-I know you would hate me 'till the day I die if I forced you to into one, so I figured I would just make this one a bit better." He smiled and held her closer.
After a few minutes they broke apart and Noriko went to the bedroom to change for the Masquerade. She stood staring at herself in the mirror. Her hair was pulled up into a loose bun, a few curls hanging down around her face and neck. The emerald green in the dress complimented her auburn curls nicely. She took out an impressive silver chain that glittered in the lamplight. It had belonged to her great-grandmother, the only thing her parents had left her with the day they died. She couldn't remember her family, and the locals couldn't tell her a thing. She had been wandering, sad and alone, for as long as she could remember. It was Jizabel who had given her a life then, and it was Jizabel who had made her dreams come true now. Deep down, Noriko felt bad for not being able to make his dreams come true, not that she even knew what they were. She buried that thought away, for tonight was her dream come to life. Tonight was her Masquerade!
Jizabel led her by the arm to the doors of the Valvoja Linna, the palace of sorts, where the masquerade was to be held. The doors themselves were enough to make any commoner feel tiny and unwelcome. Noriko's heart fluttered like a wild bird in her chest. The doors to the Valvoja Linna seemed as if they could reach the heavens. Jizabel smiled under his mask and opened the doors with as much bravery as if he owned them.
A thousand different sounds hit them at once: Laughter, music, chatter, and the clinking of glasses. Then the scents: heavy floral perfumes, tiger lilies to match those in her kitchen, and the aroma of foods like she had never experienced before wafted towards her. Finally Noriko took in the sights. Oh what a sight it was to a poor peasant girl. The lights were the first visual to catch her attention; golden lights that made the room glisten as if it were a palace made of pure silver and gold. There were thousands of people dancing and mingling with friends, or were they strangers? It was always hard to tell at a masquerade.
Jizabel took her hand and led her inside, where the music almost overwhelmed her. This was her first time hearing music performed by professionals, she had almost begun to think that the only music that existed was Jizabel's shower-singing. Noriko's heart began to swell and she could have cried from joy.
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"You have friends?" Noriko joked with him, finally able to relax. They both laughed and ran off to join the dancers.
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Nori pouted playfully causing Jizabel to laugh, and they jogged over to the refreshment table. They each grabbed a drink and then walked out back to the courtyard. It had gotten sufficently cooler while they were dancing, but it wasn't too bad. The yard was lit with shining candles and warm torches that flickered in the light evening breeze. Noriko gasped when she spotted a small wooden bench under a flowering "weeping willow" tree. Jizabel led her towards it and helped her to the seat.
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The word religion quite naturally rubs many (especially the highly educated, and those free of the obsession of theistic extremism) in all the wrong ways. We get it. Atheists would surely be most likely to reject our movement merely for the very reason that ours is a Church that espouses a religious approach, in spite of the fact that this approach is centered not on God but on the celebration of the natural state of man and his potential for Genius. Yet it is such an approach, and such an approach alone, that shall keep the madness of religious extremism from eventually overtaking the nations, robbing its peoples of their free will, and ultimately wiping out civilization altogether, swept up as such extremists are in the passion of eschatological insanity. Reason alone can never win over zealous minds, as it lacks appeal for those whose aesthetic love for their respective religions exceeds all things. We can only win over the minds of extremists, away from the self-defeating madness favoring an impossible spiritual ideal against the natural Genius of man, towards the realization of man's own inherent divinity instead, by appealing to this aesthetic love out of which all their zealous passion derives, and reconstituting their respective systems to make them helpful, and not hurtful, to humanity in so many different ways.
The basic premise of theistic religion, in most cases, is that man is hopelessly mired in, and helplessly enslaved to, a corrupt natural state, and that the material world in which he lives — in which he suffers pain and death — is a revolting temporary prison from which he hopes to be redeemed to an imaginary spiritual paradise. His material condition, subject to suffering, is deemed base and evil, therefore its natural ways are considered vile and sinful, leading away from the salvation they imagine would direct the afterlife consciousness to redemption in the union with a personal spiritual God thought of as being free of such a condition with all its natural tendencies. As a consequence of this errant logic, the extremist views the world and even its inhabitants as ultimately dispensable, being as they are (per their warped logic) separate from the imagined perfection of the divine nature.
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Our religion, that of atheological Thelema, begins with the premise that human suffering is not evidence of separation from God at all, but is merely a requirement if its opposite, the appreciation of pleasure and the joy thereof, is to be realized. In order to experience a caress, in other words, one must also be subject to a crash. It is simple and irrefutable logic: the impersonal divine consciousness divides itself into countless points of individual realization, in all animal life, for the appreciation of joy, of beauty, of love, and of happiness; and in order for that to be, it must also subject itself totally to misfortune and pain. There simply is no other way. What this means, of course, is that all Prophets have been to some extent slightly misguided, even though their epiphany was of the same Genius that inspires us now. The inspiration of religious epiphany is valid, but it filters through the lens — always to some extent clouded by faulty perception or knowledge — of human thought and interpretation, which is never infallible (in spite of what the pope may claim). We do, therefore, respect and value the epiphany of Genius that manifested in all Prophets, while denying that their respective views were inviolable and their teachings beyond reproach. In this way, too, we can, over the course of time, through the successful promulgation of our atheology, rescue the world from dangerous religious extremism.
It is not to be assumed, at any rate, that this Church is held to be the exclusive path to salvation of any kind at odds with, or in competition with, any other similar institution. It can lead its members to enlightenment, provided they are not misguided, uneducated, possessed of inferior motives, or obsessed with superstitious ideas. But it is not the only way to enlightenment. Of course, there are various levels of enlightenment. This Church, while of the greatest value to the future of humanity in the long run, for its atheological perspective alone, is nonetheless but one of many of the houses of the holy. It is primarily a vehicle for atheology; but it is also a community of Thelemites, in which Thelemites of all persuasions may unite without discord, provided that they are willing to do so. They are all free to utilize its Sacerdotal methodology, should they will — though they become official representatives strictly by invitation only — but they are also free to avoid doing so, if not so inclined, and may abide in the laity instead. What we provide for the Thelemic community is a vehicle of communion for Thelemites to celebrate the Genius of humanity, to commemorate the Genius of Thelemic Saints (male and female) and that of Geniuses from all branches of art, literature, science, and religious epiphany, across all the ages of man. And what we contribute to that community is a fresh, new insight into the Law of Thelema — an atheological insight, which unlocks the innermost adytum of the key truth thereof.
It was recently impressed upon me that it would be in the best interest of the Church if we avoided the pitfall of a cult of personality by skirting the issue of the Child of the Prophet. I believe that I have done this by pointing out previously that all enlightened men and women are the Children of the Prophet — that is to say, Children of the Genius of the Aeons (or of that Genius which informed the Prophet of the Thelemic Age, as it also informed — in some measure — every Prophet and Oracle, male and female, from every era). It is a fact not commonly known that the praeterhuman Genius that drove the Prophet and the Scarlet Women had not merely one but numerous such mystical Children: we know this from the diaries of Leah Hirsig. (Her entry for October 2nd, 1924 e.v. lists not only C.S. Jones but also John Wilson Navin Sullivan, Raoul Loveday, Norman Mudd, Helen Hollis, Ninette Shumway, and Scarlet Woman Dorothy Olsen, as magical Children; and she would surely know.) But again (it simply cannot be overstated), no Prophet, great or small, is infallible, no matter how enlightened he or she is; and so no institution, however well-guided or how well-meaning, is beyond error or corruption. And no mission thereof, no matter how critical at a given point in time, is of paramount importance at all points in time. Thus, it would be foolish of us — or of any institution — to cling like sticks in the mud to any given dogma or tradition, resistant to change in the face of truth or to the changing needs of evolving man. Is not the law made for the benefit of man, and not man for the law? No law or plan, however vital to the needs of the moment, is absolute and final for all time. Sticklers for outworn tradition are ultimately forsaken by the Current of Genius which originally informed and inspired them, just as those species in nature which survive are not those that are strongest in their resistance to change, but those that adapt best to it.
I am not so special. I am worthy of no praise or even admiration for the work I do. I do what I do because I am sworn to do it, and because I have to do it, for the rectification of mistakes made prior to this life. It is not to be assumed that I believe — as so many "beasties" mistakenly do — that I was the Prophet of Thelema in a previous incarnation: I most certainly do not believe that I was any Thelemic Saint or Prophet in any previous lifetime. Aleister Crowley is, I believe, dead and gone. He is not incarnate in this world, in my opinion, nor will he be anytime soon. Of course, I could well be wrong in such an assumption, but it is my conviction that he is no longer with us and intends to keep it that way for however long. So it should be well understood that I require nobody's obedience or respect. I am simply doing what I must do, for the betterment of all men and women, for their liberation in the Law of the Holy Supernal Will of man's own greater Genius. My own will is completely self-serving, not because the path on which I travel is of any personal benefit –it most definitely is not –but owing to the fact that it sets right my own previous mistakes, which need not be divulged here (nor elsewhere for that matter). Time and again I have left this work in order to pursue more personally-rewarding endeavors, only to be dragged back kicking and screaming to this frustrating and thankless toil of what almost always seems to amount to head-banging against a dead-end wall. I hardly believe, as some have intimated privately, that I will see a successful conclusion to this work in my own lifetime. I would prefer it to be so, not for myself personally but for the opportunities it would provide for me to exercise other talents in my possession; but it is not necessary or the least bit expected. I would much rather devote myself to my chief joys in life: the writing of novels and screenplays (I have several partly done now), and the production of art (I used to draw and paint in my youth but now I work almost exclusively in digital art). But I have my duty, and that most certainly takes priority over mere mundane want.
The lust of result is always the bane of any inspired or impassioned but frustrated worker. All things do, after all, collapse with time. It is of utmost import to humanity that we do succeed in this particular mission, but it is, over the whole vast scheme of time, not really anymore important than the weaving of a spider's web. It is a construction of beauty, and a wondrous device of great practical value — for a time at least; but the winds of change shall surely blow it away one day, and nothing whatever will remain of it. Even so, the web must be woven, and once it is done, the spider certainly expects no applause.
No matter what happens to its founders (the members of its Apostolic Ministry), the Holy Thelemic Church is destined to live on and prosper, its enlightened and gifted members spreading its glad word far and wide, working hard (however they will) to promote its unique doctrine of atheology, and celebrating Genius wherever it exists. Who is to say what tree shall one day emerge from seeds planted today, or what fruit it will eventually bring forth? From what I have been given to see, such fruit shall someday be to the great delight of all seated at the table of the Feast of the Gods, partaking of the Gnosis of Apotheosis, who are informed thereby with the Holy Spirit of Atheos (or No God).
Soror Alania (the Oracle of the Apostolic Ministry) and I will be going offline again soon, unfortunately, owing to problems that need not be mentioned here. It is most unfortunate that it will keep me from writing in any capacity, and from releasing the Acta Apostolicae volume that is now nearly completed. This is not to say that the work will never come. However dark the night, there is certainty that the sun will arise: so it is equally certain that events will bring about a brighter future. The Scarlet Dawn shall come, and it when it does it will bring a baptism not of the blood of death but of rebirth unto a better tomorrow for all mankind.
The Church hopes to have a new Grand Minister in place very soon. I will make the announcement as soon as it is verified. We are taking no new members until the Autumnal Equinox, and by then I hope to return (though it is hardly certain at this time). In the meantime, rejoice! for the revelation that began over a century ago in Cairo continues to unfold today, in ways seen and unseen, and its glorious truth shall lead all in time to the Apotheosis of Atheosis, and to the ongoing regeneration of the earth in the Law of Do what thou wilt.
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Shallots, pearl onions and sweet onions mixed with chicken stock or water and nonfat yogurt. Seasoned with bay leaf, thyme, nutmeg and black pepper.
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8 small sweet onions, peeled
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8 fresh sprigs thyme
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Combine all onions, chicken stock, bay leaves and thyme in a medium pot. Simmer approximately 30 minutes; until onions are tender and most of the liquid has cooked out.
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Blazing eyes filled with hatred and evil intents, fire lapped at my heels and screams of anguish and agony screamed continuously. I felt my soul writhe inside of me, protesting at the sight of evil.
I heard hissing and scraping sounds behind me I wanted to turn around but I was afraid that if I saw what stood behind me I wouldn't be able to stop screaming.
Fear engulfed me within its unrelenting hold, paralyzing me in place.
I whimpered and fought back the sudden tears that blurred my eyes.
"Akiraaaaaaaaa…" A voice hissed from the shadows.
My breathing quickened and my pulse pounded in my throat.
"Wh-who are you?" I squeaked.
The voice wheezed and took me a moment to figure out that the voice was laughing.
"You already know." It whispered ominously.
My eyes snapped open revealing the familiar purple walls and posters of my favourite authors. The feint scent of vanilla flirted along my nostrils and the sounds of shouting sounded through my thin bedroom walls.
Groaning; I slowly climbed out of bed and did my normal morning routine.
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I thought back to last night and couldn't stop the small smile that tugged at my lips.
The kiss with Wolf had butterflies fluttering around in my stomach. But I remembered the sight of fire puff through his lips and darker inner flame shine through his cloudy eyes.
And the memory of Zane threatening to get Wolf fired.
I cannot let that happen, I told myself.
Wolf can't get fired, it's too early to lose him, I just found him.
With new found determination I made my way over to Zane's home.
I knocked on his front door.
It opened after a moments silence and Zane stood there, looking so angry, so tormented that my chest squeezed tight.
"Come to rub it in?" He snapped.
I flinched.
"No. I've some to ask you not to get Wolf fired." I said to him quietly.
He rolled his eyes and leant against the door frame.
"And what makes you think that I'll do as you ask?" He said with his head cocked to the side and his eyebrow rose mockingly.
"He doesn't deserve it. He didn't do anything wrong!" I shouted at him.
He straightened away from the door frame and loomed over me.
"Didn't do anything wrong? Akira he kissed you! That is wrong!" He argued.
I clenched my teeth together and glared at him.
"You're right, he did kiss me. But I kissed him too." I said to him quietly.
His face reddened and the veins in his neck stood out as his body vibrated in rage.
I backed away from him. And without uttering another word I turned and sprinted home.
Sprinting away from the dangerous human and yearning to go to the saftey I've come to know in a demon's tender embrace.
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I paused outside history class and bit back the grin I've worn all morning.
Taking a deep breath I sailed into the class room and took
the seat at the front.
I opened my text book and skimmed through the pages as I waited for Wolf to arrive to class.
After about five minutes later he shuffled into the classroom with a severe frown on his handsome face and his stormy grey eyes blood shot.
I shifted in my seat nervously and dug my fingertips into the text book to keep from running to him.
But my ruffled were smoothed when he glanced at me and his features softened.
I relaxed into my seat and listened to his rumbling voice all through the lesson.
"And don't forget that we have an assessment next week Thursday so study for it because there will be no re-sits." He said at the end of the lesson.
All of the class groaned and filed out of the door. I slowly stood up and backed my book into my bag.
I slung my bag over my shoulder and faced Wolf.
I smiled at him but it slowly faded when he didn't really smile back at me.
"How was your… hibernation?" I asked.
"Fine." He murmured.
I nodded and stood in front of his desk suddenly feeling awkward and unsure.
"I tried to talk to Zane yesterday." I said to fill the silence.
He rubbed at his eyes and sat down behind his desk.
"And how did that go?" He asked tiredly.
With tears clogging my throat I told him everything that happened.
The tears weren't for the memory of Zane's threatening pose and the danger that had emanated from him, but for the feeling of rejection that filled my heart.
"That boy needs to watch himself." Wolf growled.
I gave him a questioning look.
"I don't know what I'd do if he hurt you." He admitted to me.
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Vietnam and the Philippines were determined to oppose Chinese infringement of their territorial waters, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday, calling on the world to condemn China's actions in a rare public show of unity bound to infuriate Beijing.
China is embroiled in disputes with Vietnam, the Philippines and others over boundaries in the potentially energy-rich South China Sea and has said it seeks to resolve differences in one-on-one talks with the countries involved.
Beijing and Tokyo are also at loggerheads over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
"The president and I shared the deep concerns over the current extremely dangerous situation caused by China's many actions that violate international law," Dung said in a statement after talks with Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a two-day visit to Manila.
"In particular, China's illegal placement of the oil rig and deployment of vessels to protect the rig deep into Vietnam's continental shelf and exclusive economic zone have seriously threatened peace, stability, maritime security and safety, and freedom of navigation."
Anti-China violence flared in Vietnam last week after Chinese state oil company CNOOC deployed an oil rig 240km off the coast of Vietnam in waters also claimed by Hanoi. The rig was towed there just days after US President Barack Obama left the region.
The move was the latest in a series of confrontations between China and some of its neighbours. Washington has responded with sharpened rhetoric towards Beijing, describing a pattern of "provocative" actions by China.
"The two sides are determined to oppose China's violations and called on countries and the international community to continue strongly condemning China and demanding China immediately end its violations," Dung said.
Carl Thayer, an expert on Vietnam at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, said Vietnam had to play what cards it had as it was clear the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was not going to stand up to China.
"It's unprecedented for Vietnam to join a US ally and appeal directly for international support," he said. "It is an admission that Asean is not going to go to the mat on this one, so Vietnam has got to play some of the only options it has got left."
Dung's harsh words were similar to those he used at a summit of the 10-nation Asean in Myanmar this month in which he also urged the international community to protest against China's moves. Asean issued a summit communiqué that did not criticise China.
The Philippines has also faced increasingly tense tussles with China for control of islets and reefs in the sea over recent years.
In one high-profile incident in 2012, the Philippines lost control of a rich fishing ground 220km off its main island after initially deploying its largest naval ship against Chinese vessels but then withdrawing.
The Philippines lodged an appeal in March with a United Nations tribunal to rule that China's claims to most of the sea are illegal. China has refused to participate in the proceedings.
Dung and Aquino said their disputes with China had drawn their countries closer in defence and other spheres.
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