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Calcutta: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) appointed South African Gregory Allen King as the new physical trainer of the national team Friday.
The post had been vacant since the resignation of Adrian le Roux, who took up a South African assignment recently.
The 30 year-old King a fitness trainer and sports scientist with the Border Cricket Board of South Africa since 1998 and a rehabilitation specialist was chosen after the Board scanned a number of applications.
We were flooded with applications (for the post), which were referred to the panel consisting Team India coach John Wright, captain Sourav Ganguly, physio Andrew Leipus as well as Le Roux himself.
Eight, including three from Australia and one from India, were shortlisted before the panel gave its verdict in Kings favour, BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters Friday.
Kings appointment was okayed following the trainers meeting with Wright, Sourav and Dalmiya at a city hotel Friday morning. He will take up his new assignment on August 1.
King left with Wright for Chennai to attend the coaches seminar. He will later join Leipus in Bangalore at the seminar for fitness trainers and physiotherapists, conducted by the National Cricket Academy.
We thought it necessary to maintain a continuity with the methods and techniques practised by Le Roux, so that it would be easy for the Indian players in terms of adaptation and application.
In fact, Le Roux also spoke highly of King, Dalmiya pointed out.
The BCCI is likely to finalise Kings contract at next months working committee meeting and Dalmiya hinted it could be till the 2004Champions Trophy. The fitness camp of the Indian squad for the New Zealand series is likely to start in Bangalore on August 14.
Meets involving Pakistan
Meanwhile, the BCCI announced a host of tournaments involving Pakistan which were decided at the recently-held Asian Cricket Council meeting in the next few months.
Dalmiya clarified that the Colombo tri-series in August will feature the three national academies of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and not the A teams, as wrongly reported by the agencies from Colombo Thursday. In fact, that an academy-level tournament is on the cards, was reported by The Telegraph on June 5.
Following the Colombo meet, Pakistan will host an under-19 quadrangular in September, with Bangladesh being the fourth team. India will then host an A level tri-series, featuring Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in November-December.
We have got the Union governments clearance to play these tournaments. But nothing has been finalised on the resumption of bilateral ties at the senior level between India and Pakistan, Dalmiya said.
Dual captaincy issue
The president described the dual captaincy controversy of the India A squad, currently touring England, a result of communication gap and the lack of coordination among the five selectors.
Shiv Sundar Das was originally chosen captain for the entire tour. But later, the Orissa opener was named skipper of the longer-version games while Hemang Badani was made captain for the one-dayers. It was decided before the A squad left for England that everybody would be tried out on the tour. Those suitable for one-dayers were unlikely to play the longer games and vice-versa, Dalmiya said.
However, if a situation arose where both Das and Badani have to be included in the one-day XI, the former will be the leader, since he was named overall captain of the side, he clarified.


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There is no single route to radicalisation.
Radicalisation can occur quickly, or over a long period. Sometimes there are clear warning signs, in other cases the changes are less obvious. Teenage years are a time of great change and young people are often solitary, quick to anger and distrustful of authority. As a teacher, you are well placed to recognise when a student is acting out of character. The behaviours described here are intended as a guide to help you identify possible radicalisation: have confidence in your professional judgment and seek advice if something feels wrong.
Pupils may become argumentative and unwilling to listen to other people's points of view. They may refuse to engage with or become abusive to peers who are different to themselves, perhaps on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexuality. They may also become susceptible to conspiracy theories and feelings of persecution.
Changes in friendship groups and appearance can also be an indication: students may distance themselves from friends, both online and offline, convert to a new religion, significantly change their appearance or clothing, and reject activities they used to enjoy.
Pupils at risk may also change their online identity, including their social media name or profile image. Some will have two parallel online profiles – one their 'normal' or old self and the other an extremist identity, often with another name. They may spend excessive amounts of time online or on their phone, and be secretive and reluctant to discuss what they're doing.
More explicit signs include expressions of sympathy for extremist ideologies and groups or justification of their actions, accessing extremist material online, including on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, possessing other forms of extremist literature, being in contact with extremist recruiters and joining or seeking to join extremist organisations.


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92 Years of the Operatic Society at Weymouth Pavilion Comes to an End
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A group who've been performing at Weymouth Pavilion for nearly a century have had to pull the plug on their performance this year.
The Weymouth Operatic society are moving their shows to Hope Church at Brewers Quay due to the venues uncertain future.
The society has only ever stopped performances at the Pavilion during the two world wars.
Ralph Ricardo, treasurer of the operatic Society, says the group feel shaken by the uncertainty.
"It feels like the foundations have been taken away from the society. Hopefully there will be a future there in some shape or form, but it is a little bit upsetting"
The Weymouth Pavillion's will close the end of May, so as a result the show will now be held at Hope Church on July 23rd to the 27th with extra dates added to allow for the limited seating of the church.
Ralph explains that although they have performed small concerts at the church before, the performance as a whole will have to be reduced in size.
"We do perform small concerts at the church, the difference is when we do a large show, we're used to having a massive set that we hire, a mass of costumes and a ten piece orchestra, and in the church that has to be scaled down."
He went on to add: "This should be the only break the society has to take away from the theatre".
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I am not a clean freak, but I have friends who are. I love observing my clean freak friends because I discover they have certain habits that can help non-clean freaks like myself keep our homes tidy in less time and with less effort.
One thing I have observed is that my neat and tidy friends don't tend to have set cleaning routines and yet their homes are sparking clean. How do they manage that?
It is because they clean all day, but they don't. Sounds confusing–yet it is really pretty simple. You see clean freaks clean in those little moments that us messies tend to mismanage time-wise.
How To Keep Your Home Tidy In Less Time
Step 1: Discover Your Little Moments
What parts of your day are you just basically standing around waiting?
-Waiting for your teenager to finish gathering all their stuff so that you can drive them to their after school events.
-Waiting for your husband to find his keys and wallet so you can leave on your date.
-Waiting for the hamburger to fry a bit so you can turn it over and fry it a bit more.
-Waiting for the coffee to brew
-Waiting for..?
You get the idea; those little moments that are often just wasted standing around.
Step 2: Discover What Chores Fit In those Little Moments
The key here is to know just how long chores really take. For the next week or so use the timer on your smartphone to time how long it takes you to:
-scrub a toilet
-wipe down the kitchen counters
-sweep up the entrance floor
-pick up the shoes in the mudroom
-pick up toys in the family room
-clear off the kitchen table
-attack the clutter hot-spots of your home
-clean the…?
Essentially you should time every chore and then make a list of those that take 5 minutes or less to complete.
Now, next time you are stuck waiting look at your list of 5 minute or less chores and tackle a few.
At first I would suggest placing a typed list of them on your fridge with the time it takes to do each one and cross them off as you go, but eventually you should be able to just know what area is in need of attacking next and attack it. Whatever suits your personality type best.
The results
Within just a few days of doing this myself I discovered that our home was much tidier come cleaning day. In fact, within a few weeks I really only needed to devote 1 to 2 hours a week to clean the things I wasn't able to get to in my tiny moments.
I also noticed I didn't panic as much when someone dropped by unexpected because the house started being generally tidy.
If you want to spend even less time cleaning, delegate some of the longer chores to other family members. After all–a family that makes a mess together should clean it up together.
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12 Tones To Get Attention II
New Problems of 12-tone guitarists, Schoenberg's old solutions- and a link to our well known Buckethead.
Obviously, this seems very random to a guitarist's eye. You have a field of notes and have to hit every section exactly one time. And we see trivially that there are 3 strings which aren't totally used. Regarding these questions, I want to go back in history again: As we might imagine, Schoenberg had the same or even more difficult questions. He didn't write for a single guitar, but for a whole orchestra. He had a buch of instruments on the one hand and a new, difficult music theory on the other hand. How to manage that? Schoenberg had a very simple answer to the question: Solving the problem of randomness with the instrumentist's experience. Sound philosophical, but in fact, it's really easy. He had to bring some order into the chaos of randomness, so he introduced "clusters" to his own theory: - What is a cluster? A cluster is a flied of notes. example: [C to E] is a cluster, it's a field of notes containing C, C#, D, D# and E. In this field you can play whatever you want the musician can play any order of these 5 notes. It is even allowed to play notes twice he plays: E, C#, D#, C, E, D - the E twice. You can also play all notes at once or he plays an (impossible) chord with all 5 of them Schoenberg found a valid solution: The smaller the size of a cluster, the better the safety --> control The bigger the size of a cluster, the bigger the chaos --> emotion If you have a piano, go over an play the cluster [C to E]. (Just ramm your fist onto the keyboard in the area of D ZYABLA^HUYABLA) You hear how awkward it sounds- and thats the effect we want to learn. You get the idea of it. Oh, and of course there are cluster which are not chromatically. Our [C to E] cluster in C major just contains [C,D,E]- only those 3 notes! ... Back to our guitars: I'm personnally confronted with one, huge problem now: I have no idea how to write a cluster as a tab. So what you see here, is my personal try to write a cluster. There is no rule yet, so I just do it with some logic ;) :
e|---|---|---|---|---|---|-- B|---|---|---|---|---|---|-- G|---|---|---|---|---|---|-- D|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|---|---|-- A|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|-X-|-X-|-- E|---|---|-X-|-X-|-X-|-X-|-- 3 4 5 6 7
... Put the theory into practice: I remember one of the buckethead lessons which is perfect for our topic:
e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| [] marks the beginning and the end of a cluster G|----------------------------------------| commas in clusters mark single notes, dashes mark fields of notes D|----------------------------------------| A|--[3-7]-----------------------[3,5,6]---| E|----------------------------------------| | | that'S our [C-E] cluster that's [C-E] in a chromatic scale in C Major e|-------------------------| B|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| D|--[0-2]------------------| Now it's up to the guitarist to choose A|--[3-7]------------------| where to play which note E|-------------------------| | that'S our [C-E] cluster in a chromatic scale
(better try hybrid pickingZYABLA^HUYABLA) This is a simple chromatic scale- with octaves in it. That lick improves your left hand skills a little bit, your hybrid picking as well and- most important- accustoms your brain to new chromatical patterns. The pattern would be: (the o's mark the last 4 notes which obviously don't fit into the 12-note pattern)
e|-----------------------------3---5-| B|---------------------4---6---------| G|---------2---4---6---------4---6---| D|-----5-----------------2-----------| A|---------------3---5---------------| E|---2---4---6-----------------------| repeats, every time one fret higher
So: we finally have a really interesting new pattern and we know what clusters are and what they are used for. I just can repeat the exercise from last lesson. Now, do them with the new pattern! Reminder: Use your metronome! (or http://www.metronomeonline.com/) [BRAIN&FINGER EXERCISE +] measure 4/4; play all 12 notes without any tone repetition! [BRAIN&FINGER EXERCISE +] measure 3/4; play all 12 notes without any tone repetition! [BRAIN EXERCISE +] think of chords that can be build in this pattern And: Post your way of how to write clusters in a tab in the comment section below, if you deny my way ;) Have fun :D Martin Messner
e|---|---|--o|---|--o|---|-- B|---|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|-- G|---|-X-|---|-Xo|---|-Xo|-- D|---|-X-|---|---|-X-|---|-- A|---|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|-- E|---|-X-|---|-X-|---|-X-|-- 2 3 4 5 6


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Media giant News Corp. Nov. 17 named 18-year Fox Entertainment Group veteran Peter Levinsohn president of Fox Interactive Media, replacing cousin Ross Levinsohn, who resigned.
Peter Levinsohn has been president of digital media at Fox Entertainment since 2004 where he headed Fox's development of the video-on-demand (VOD) business and electronic sell-through for film and television product, including recent deals with iTunes, Amazon, AOL, MSN, MovieLink, and CinemaNow.
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Currently Softwing flexible wings equip both a platform for high-tech competition and a series of racing trimarans for cruising:
- the Pi28 " Gonet & Cie " on the lake of Geneva : Pi28 is a boat foil developed by Hugues de Turckheim and Sebastian Schmidt. Its aim is to win various speed records on the lake of Geneva. This yacht was built in 2011 and was used to test two prototypes of the flexible wing Softwing. A third prototype, which includes a series of improvements studied in previous trials is navigating during the 2013 season: the results in terms of performance, manoeuvrability and reliability are extremely positive to date (see also next section).
- The T29s: a series of 29 foot racing trimarans are under construction in Sweden. The first unit is currently being equipped with a flexible wing conducted by SoftWing, while a second unit has a classic rig, which will allow comparative tests in Baltic Sea in the upcoming weeks.


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The Capitol's halls are lined with portraits of past presidents, House Speakers and history-making lawmakers, which is why it would be easy to miss two standout works of art tucked into a quiet corridor off the Senate floor.
Italian artist Antonio Salviati was so successful in blending his media that both portraits look like paintings from just a few feet away. But up close, an observer can discern intricate patterns of small squares that make up the subjects' facial features, the shades of color in their dress, and the waves in their hair.
Salviati set both portraits in round frames, creating an almost halo-like track of tiles in concentric circles around each president. The flattering form reflects Salviati's regard for both men; according to the Senate's Catalogue of Fine Art, Salviati thought of Lincoln as "one of the world's greatest heroes."
Salviati used such small tiles of various color that he was able to depict the different tones of Lincoln's skin around his beard line and the tinges of grey in his thick, black hair. The artist even captured the glint in the statesman's eyes with a white dot set in his pupils. In Garfield's portrait, small tiles running counter to the larger pattern stand out to illustrate the white wisps in his ruddy beard and hair.
Associate Senate Curator Melinda Smith said these unique works of art require different care than other pieces in the Capitol art collection.
"Our mosaic portraits are very hardy," she said, explaining that they are much less susceptible to humidity, dirt and other environmental factors than the collection's oil paintings. "However, because they are made of tile, they are heavier than most of our other portraits, and our primary interest is in making sure that they are hung with sturdy wire and anchor bolts. We've never had any issues with their exhibition."
Throughout their time in the Capitol, the portraits have traditionally been displayed together, Smith said. Before being placed just outside the Senate floor, they hung on the Capitol's third floor.
"The current location for the portraits was selected so that they could hang together and be enjoyed for their unique craftsmanship," she said.
Smith said the two pieces of art are "outliers" not only because of their unique medium but also because their subjects are presidents, whereas most of the art that hangs near the Senate floor features senators. In the 1990s a private citizen alerted the Senate Curator's Office to a third Salviati mosaic of a U.S. president, this one of George Washington, but it doesn't belong to the Capitol's art collection, and its whereabouts are unknown.
Salviati founded a business in 1859 that was dedicated to restoring the art of the mosaic, according to the Catalogue of Fine Art, and had offices in both Venice and London. He exhibited his work around the world and was celebrated as a master of mosaic. He also decorated a church on the Stanford University campus with mosaics, but they were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Congress received Salviati's Lincoln mosaic in 1866 and his Garfield portrait in 1883.
Smith said one of the reasons Salviati's two pieces of art stand out in the Senate is because mosaics are more often incorporated into architecture, whereas these two are stand-alone works. She noted that Salviati tried to make mosaics more accessible, because they were traditionally known to be lavish and expensive.
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This exciting conference recognises the global uncertainties of the Anthropocene and will reflect on utopia (and dystopia) explore how societies shape, and have been shaped by, complex im|mobilities, from microbial to big data mobilities, from horse-drawn carriages to driverless cars, from migration to planetary jet streams.
The conference fee includes refreshments during each working day plus the banquet on Friday 3rd November. Evening meals on Thursday and Saturday are not included but can be booked individually below or delegates can make their own evening arrangements. There are several eateries on the university campus.
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CF Webber Gallery Opens 'Summer Spotlight' May 22
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The Visual Artists' Society's "Summer Spotlight XVII" opens Thursday, May 22, at the College of Central Florida Webber Center Gallery, 3001 S.W. College Road. The public is invited to attend the opening reception from 4-6 p.m.
The annual judged exhibit displays the talent and imagination of local artists who are members of the Visual Artists' Society.
University of Florida professor and CF adjunct instructor Charlie Cummings, whose art is in public and private collections including that of the Crocker Museum and the Dalai Lama, judged the exhibit.
This exhibit runs through June 27. The gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Gallery is closed Saturdays, Sundays and college holidays. For more information call 352-873-5809.


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The Talmud is a collection of instructions that form a central text in Rabbinic Judaism. There are actually two versions, the Babylonian Talmud was created by Babylonian Jews and is widely accepted as authoritative. A second, Jerusalem Talmud exists, but it's not generally taught or accepted.
There are several interesting events written in the Babylonian Talmud that occurred between AD 30 and the destruction of the temple in AD 70.
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Our Rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple the lot ['For the Lord'] did not come up in the right hand; nor did the crimson-coloured strap become white; nor did the westernmost light shine; and the doors of the Hekal would open by themselves, until R. Johanan b. Zakkai rebuked them, saying: Hekal, Hekal, why wilt thou be the alarmer thyself? I know about thee that thou wilt be destroyed, for Zechariah ben Ido has already prophesied concerning thee: Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
It would seem that up until the temple was destroyed, 40 years after the death of Jesus, that four strange things commonly happened:
- The Lot for the Lord was not correct. This was a bit like rolling dice. The priest would cast the lots and take up two, one in the left hand and one in the right. If the lot for the Lord was in the right hand then all of Israel was joyful, but if it came up in the left they were not. It seems God was not happy that Israel rejected Jesus.
- The strip was not white. The strip was a piece of cloth tied to the Azazel goat, with a portion of the red cloth tied to the Temple door. Each year the cloth would turn white and signify the atonement of Yom Kippur was acceptable to the Lord. This annual event happened until AD 30 when the cloth would no longer turn white. Jesus is now the only acceptable sacrifice God will accept.
- The light did not shine. The seven candle-stick Menorah in the Temple went out and would not shine for 40 years. For 12,500 nights in a row this lamp would not stay lit.
- The doors would open themselves. The Temple doors would swing open every night of their own accord. This also happened for the 40 years following the crucifixion of Jesus.
I don't place the same measure of authority on the Talmud as I do the scriptures, but these historical records are interesting. I'll leave it up to you to study these events in more depth, but the point is the Jewish leadership of the day recognized something was amiss between 30 AD and 70 AD.
What was amiss? The fact that the Jewish people missed their Messiah. They were looking for a Messiah that would deliver them from the oppression of Rome. He would build an everlasting temple and usher in an era of peace. They failed to recognize the verses Jesus fulfilled in his first coming. These prophecies spoke of his being mocked (Psalm 22:7). They spoke of his hands and feet being pierced (Psalms 22:16). He would be rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3). He would be a rock of offence for both houses of Israel (Isaiah 8:14).
Romans 11 tells us that one day Israel will return to God Rom 11:25,26 "For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved;"


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We turn to the BBC for the details on the British story. At a security conference in Munich on Saturday February 5th, 2011, David Cameron criticized "state multiculturalism" in his first speech as prime minister on radicalization and the causes of terrorism. He argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism. He also signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism, suggesting there would be greater scrutiny of some Muslim groups which get public money but do little to tackle extremism. He also suggested that ministers should refuse to share platforms or engage with such groups, which should be denied access to public funds and barred from spreading their message in universities and prisons. "Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and much more active, muscular liberalism," the prime minister said.
The full transcript of Mr. Cameron's speech is available HERE.
Naturally, the British National Party, the only significant political party in the United Kingdom which has faithfully opposed multiculturalism, reacted favorably. BNP Chairman Nick Griffin characterized the speech as a further huge leap for BNP ideas into the political mainstream. Griffin further observed:
"In acknowledging that the multi-cult theory has encouraged racial and cultural divisions that have in turn fuelled the flames of Islamic extremism and contributed to the growth of home-grown Muslim terrorism, Mr. Cameron is stating an obvious truth – and one that my colleagues and I have been viciously attacked for daring to speak out about these problems before it became 'respectable' to do so."
On February 10th, French National Front leader Marine Le Pen praised David Cameron for effectively endorsing her party's patriotic views on multiculturalism and immigration. She suggested that Mr. Cameron's speech on the failures of multiculturalism showed he was taking Britain's Conservatives towards her stance on the issue. "It is exactly this type of statement that has barred us from public life [in France] for 30 years," she told the Financial Times. "I sense an evolution at European level, even in classic governments. I can only congratulate him."
Naturally, French President Nicholas Sarkozy couldn't allow himself to be upstaged by his opposition, so he fired some salvos of his own. When asked about the policy of multiculturalism which advocates that host societies welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious immigrant groups, Sarkozy said "My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure". Sarkozy explained that while we must all respect differences, we do not want a society where separate communities coexist side by side, saying "If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France". Sarkozy also opined "We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him."
This is what we need to say to foreigners who emigrate to the United States. We should tell them that they are welcome to observe their culture, celebrate their holidays, and speak their language amongst themselves. But we should also tell them that they are not welcome to impose their culture upon us, force us to conduct public business in their language, replace our flag with their flags on our public buildings, and call us "racist" and "nativist" when we object. A big chunk of the blame goes to the elite who have imposed multiculturalism upon us -- specifically, the liberal self-hating guilt-tripping white elite who feel they must do this to "make up" for our history.
If the United Kingdom and France get it, why not us? We need to get behind those relatively few patriotic lawmakers who put America's interests first -- specifically, Rep. Stephen Sandstrom (R-Orem), who's come under ferocious pressure to water down HB70, his immigration enforcement bill. Fifty years ago, Sandstrom would have been considered a hero. Today, he's treated like a political outcast. Multiculturalism has NEVER worked and cannot work -- it is contrary to human nature. Assimilation is the only way.


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Garden club
The Lewistown Valley Garden Club will hold its annual picnic July 23, at 6 p.m., at Leiby's Grove. For more information, call (570) 668-4288.
The most recent meeting was held at the home of Evelyn Adams and included a tour of her gardens and a discussion on the different varieties of plants and trees she grows.
President June Leiby conducted the business session, which focused on the upcoming Schuylkill County Fair. There have been some changes this year, reducing the number of categories to five. A section of the exhibition building will now house FFA students' Agricultural Education Horticultural Exhibits. Garden club members will compete in the Artistic Arrangements sector. All entries must be submitted on July 27, between noon and 5 p.m.
Cross Country teams
The Tamaqua Cross Country Boosters are calling all team alumni to participate in a picnic and 5K Fun Run on Aug. 18. The event will be held at the Tuscarora State Park. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the Tamaqua Cross Country Alumni page on Facebook.
Senior citizens
The Tamaqua Senior Citizens group met July 11 at the Masonic Lodge in Hometown, with 79 members in attendance. President Jean Machamer conducted the business session.
Jacque Patrick provided an inspirational reading. Reports were given by the secretary and treasurer. June and July birthdays will be celebrated at the Aug. 1 meeting. A trip to Shady Maple is being planned for some time in August. A sign up sheet is now available for the annual picnic. The meeting concluded with cards and social games.
The seniors meet at 1 p.m. every Thursday at the Masonic Lodge, located on SR54 (East) in Hometown. Anyone 55 or older is welcome to join. The center is handicap accessible.
Stuff the bus
The Schuylkill United Way is again sponsoring its annual "Stuff the Bus" campaign, collecting school supplies for county students from low income families. In addition to collection locations at the Schuylkill Mall, Cressona Mall and Fairlane Village Mall, donations will also be collected at the Tamaqua Salvation Army and the Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce office.
Backpacks, pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks, binders, folders, rulers, crayons, highlighters, mini staplers and markers are needed. The items will be collected during the entire month of July.
Raider Band
The Tamaqua Raider Band will hold its next summer rehearsal from 9-11 a.m. on July 23 for the instrumentalists.
Old and New Night will be held on July 30. New members will rehearse from 4-6 p.m. All instrumentalists and majorettes will rehearse from 6-8 p.m.
Band Camp will begin at 8 a.m. on Aug. 5. Camp is mandatory for all band members.
All rehearsals will be held in the band room.
Bethany EC
The Rev. Kevin Roberts will officiate at the 8 a.m. traditional service this Sunday in Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church. A contemporary service will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Tamaqua YMCA. Sunday school is held at 9:15 a.m., at the church.
Also on Sunday, the monthly service at the Hometown Nursing Center will be held at 2:30 p.m.
Activities for next week will include: Monday through Friday, 5 Day Club at 1 p.m. at the South Ward Playground; Tuesday, Playground Pals at 11:30 a.m. at the South Ward Playground, kitchen and social commission meeting at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, Waterside Whistle Stop at 2:30 p.m. at the Bungalow, Tamaqua Youth Ministry meets at 6:30 p.m., TYM staff meeting at 8 p.m.; Thursday, Bethany night at Heisler's, 7 p.m., for an evening of mini golf; Saturday, musician practice at 8 a.m., praise rehearsal at 9:30 a.m.


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Things that scared me as child:Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
We've been through this. It might have scared the beejesus out of me but I watched it anyway. And it totally gave me nightmares every now and then. And yes, yes I was afraid of the dark.
When I found out how babies were really made and brought into the world (none of that stork nonsense), I was grossed out. I told my mother that I wasn't about that life. I would have the sex and she would birth the children. I'm not sure how I thought that would work out...
Freddy Krueger
As mentioned above, I was the kid that liked watching scary things even though they legitimately scared me (probably why I like Halloween so much). When I watched Nightmare on Elm Street as a kid, I was only mildly scared. But then I woke up to real flames one night licking at my window (the house behind ours had caught on fire), and although my dear ol' dad saved me of course, lifting my paralyzed-with-fear body from my bed and carrying me outside in my nighty, I've been afraid of the serial killer ever since. Well, not ever since. The fear subsided after I forced myself to watch Nightmare on Elm Street as a teenager because Johnny Depp was in it. Nothing like a teeny-bopper crush to get you over your fears.
Getting in trouble with my parents
Utter the words "I'm telling your father" and I was liable to fall apart right there. It's not like my dad was a particularly scary man. He had a full beard and a very commandeering personality, but I was his baby girl (his only girl, his only child) and he softened tremendously when it came to me. But still, the possibility of getting in trouble had me quaking in my little cowgirl boots, every time.
Shots & Vaccinations
I still don't like them, but I really hated them as a kid. Getting me to sit still for a routine shot was a process. Somehow I convinced myself that being sick at all meant I was going to get a shot. So it'd pretend not to have a tummy ache or try to hide my sniffling, which always ended with my mother noticing (because moms know everything!) and giving me a lecture about telling her when I'm hurt.
Getting sucked down the drain or into a sewer by a balloon-wielding clown.
Either I was a sneaky little thing or someone wasn't paying attention, but 7 year old me definitely watched Stephen's King's IT. This scene with Georgie and Pennywise... *shudders* I just watched it again and it still creeps me the eff out.
Things that scare me now:
The Big What If?
The question that has the ability to drive me completely bonkers. What if I'm not enough? What if I'm not doing enough? What if this isn't my path? What if I have no path? Maybe it's just all part of that quarter-life crisis I talked about many posts ago, but one of my biggest fears is living my life with 'what ifs?' I don't want to miss an opportunity or make a wrong decision. I don't want these big regrets looming over me.
Disappointing my parents.
The remnants of the "ooo, you're in trouble." In my twenties, I'm not worried about trouble (although my parents still try lol). I'm more afraid of letting my parents down. Now that I'm older, I can clearly see all those sacrifices they made for me, the ones they talked about years ago. And although I know they'd do it 100x over, I feel like I have to make it worth it for them.
To not be in control of my surroundings.
Specifically not being in control of what happens to me. Going with the flow is hard for me. I like to know what I'm doing and when I'm doing it. I don't like riding in cars with drivers I don't know and I'm hard to surprise. I mean, I like surprises, but at the same time, the idea of not knowing what's going on makes me uncomfortable. Most importantly, I really don't like not being in control of myself. In college, my experimentation with 'certain things' was incredibly limited because of this. (Not that I'm advocating these things.) I was always afraid of becoming too affected by a substance and doing things I normally wouldn't do or not remembering what I'd done the following day. Don't get me wrong - there were plenty of "fuzzy recollections, fill in the details" kind of mornings, but never any "blacked-out, why am I naked" moments. I couldn't have handled any of those.
Not having children
I know this is a very sensitive subject and I really don't mean to offend anyone, but its a legitimate fear of mine. Growing up I was never the girl who dreamed of marriage, I wasn't really concerned with it, but I always knew I wanted a child to experience life with. And the idea of not being able to have a child of my own is really unsettling for me. I know that there are other ways to be a parent, and that it's not the end of the world. In fact, I admire those who adopt. But I want to birth a little mini-me. I want to look into the tear-streaked face of my tantrum-throwing 4 year old and see my grandmother's pout or my father's intensity.
Living for other people
It's funny. As a kid, we all wanted to be exactly "like everyone else". I actually uttered that phrase a few times during my rebellious adolescent years. We basically lived for our peers. But now, now that I'm aware of herd mentality and crowd wisdom, I find myself constantly questioning the things I "want" and whether they are solely my own desires or a societal influence. Do I really want a white and gold living room scheme or is it just all the pretty Pinterest pictures? Do I just love Pride & Prejudice because everyone else does? (FYI: Nay, I love it because it's the best novel ever written!) Do I wear makeup because it enhances what I find beautiful or because it makes me look like everyone else? Sometimes I wonder if we're all just living for the approval of others, and that thought is terrifying.
Serial Killers
A stowaway from childhood, but I'm still not to fond of the idea of being kidnapped in my sleep and brutally murdered. Call me crazy. I love scary movies and can watch them all day, but... umm... I still have nightmares from time to time. Eeep!
What are you afraid of? Is it dramatically different from your childhood fears? As always, link-up below if you've written any Fall-O-Ween related posts this month!
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With all this talk of scary things and last Sunday's post about Halloween specials on television, the excitement for scary Halloween movies is building. Although I can't wait for some of my favorites to be played on t.v., I'm also ready for the new releases in theaters. And if you are too, then this is the perfect giveaway for you. Enter below for your chance to win a $25 Fandango giftcard! The card will be redeemable anywhere in the U.S. for any film ticket. And I'll deliver it to you electronically as soon as the winner is chosen. Happy Haunting!
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Outfit overload!
Remember that ASOS comp? Well, my first blog for the website went live today! You guys got the first scoop on most of it in my LFW post, but if you'd like to read it anyway and humour me, it's HERE! They also filmed a little video interview with me at fashion week, so if you want to dip your toes in the river of cringe: be my guest!
I thought I'd share a few outfit pictures from the last week, as I haven't really been posting outfit pictures much at all lately!
This is the only outfit picture I have from Saturday at LFW! I was rummaging in my bag freaking out about losing my phone or something like that. As ever, I hadn't lost anything! I was wearing a mini pencil skirt on the bottom half, FYI! (Via Not Just Medical)
(jacket - topshop, tee - h&m, clogs - moheda courtesy of sarenza, bag - charity shop)
This was my comfy first day of uni outfit. I'm quite into lippy at the moment. It counteracts my boy-boots that are pretty much my trademark these days.
(sweater - topshop, bodycon skirt - h&m)
This was what I wore today for some post-uni charity shop perusal. Fruitless, unfortunately. Rather unflattering photo, but it's nice to have a change of background!
(t-shirt dress - primark, belt - primark, jacket - topshop, shoes - charity shop)
And just a little lifey update....
♥ Alex started uni this week as a 'mature student'! At 25 years of age, he's decided to get back into education after his rock 'n' roll years of being in a band. He's spent this week mainly dodging fresher's events where possible and sending me text messages like 'That was bullshit'. Enjoy, Alex! It doesn't get much better!
♥ I've decided to change my dissertation topic, but haven't decided what to. Are any of you doing a dissertation? Gimme some inspiration. I was going to do mine on bloggy stuff, but I figured studying blogs 24/7 might take the fun out of keeping one! I think I want to keep it simple. If 10,000 word essays can be described as such.
♥ Roxy lost her homo-tastic bright pink leopard collar. Probably some sort of protest. She's quite the diva.
♥ I had a bit of a haircut last week. It's very subtle but my fringe isn't hanging lifelessly in my eyes anymore, so this is a plus.
♥ I have a super busy weekend coming up. Might be going to meet Henry Holland at a Debenhams event tomorrow eve (train fare costs permitting). Then back to Sussex to see my mommy. It's her birthday on Friday so we're going to Brighton (♥ x10) for the day. Then I'm coming back to Canterbury for a friend's leaving do. Then on Saturday I'm going to London to visit one of my favourite humans ever, Hannah. Can't actually wait! Am hoping my student loan rears it's sexy head tomorrow or I'm a bit screwed!
Anyway, I'm off to chill before my crazy 4-day weekend. It's nice to be busy but I'm looking forward to some down-time soon... I'm used to living the quiet life!
PS - If you like a lol, here's the highlight of my life. Watch this first, then watch THIS!
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Well done on the ASOS front, really loved your coverage and cute little video haha! Roxy the diva, that made me laugh :3 I'm so with you on the student loan front. Need. Now. Desperately.ReplyDelete
Gem, love the last outfit! And the lippy in the second photo... honestly can't express how much I love that on you! You look seriously gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Im wanting to go to Uni, by the time i get there I will be classed as a mature student even though i'll be 21/22.ReplyDelete
Loved this post =) Your hair and style is so amazing =)
Good luck with your dissertation
Waaaah just watched the interview vid too! it's super super cute... really professional.ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, those videos. HAHA. loved it.ReplyDelete
hahaha! Love that video of the witness. Could only be in America....ReplyDelete
Loving you outfits too! Nice one :)
Chloe... x
Congrats on the ASOS win :) I like the way you blog, it's personal but easy to read at the same time. Will be faving this when I'm done xReplyDelete
Congrat's again kitten on the ASOS dealyo, you have earned it. Oh you should do your paper on blogging, you could highlight that fact that in the age of the internet we know can feedback directly to the industry and show our style, want we what and the real 'trends' on the street. That the youth of today may seem disconnect, but we are connecting in different ways and letting people into our lives via blogging.ReplyDelete
Plus anyone and everyone can blog, it is not for a higher power of elite rich lists. It is something for everyone to enjoy and for those who connect with a wider group, have the chance to be part of a world that is usual cut off from non designer/celeb culture. Plus most people look to blogs now for information on events and lastly looks, Style bubble and Kingdom of Style are great examples. Well good luck with it. I'm sure you will come up with something.
Hahhaha mature student at 25, their is no hope for me when I go back than. :P Well done again on the ASOS going to check it out now xxxxx
I adore all of these outfits! And your hair is looking fantastic as always.ReplyDelete
Oo, I'm about to go check out your ASOS blog now! Have a great time away!
My dissertation was on the perpetuation of stereotypes through fashion. I concentrated on goths and discussed clothing as a form of identification within the subculture. It was such fun to write and I got to interview some aaaamazing people!ReplyDelete
My advice is write about something that interests you, that you're passionate about. Then the 10,000 words won't seem so long! xx
well done on the asos blog - you did good!ReplyDelete
i second the 'write about something which interests you' advice - i had to write 20,000 words, started by thinking i would struggle badly, but in the end i really got into the subject and struggled to keep to the word limit
Hahaha Gem your video recommendations are wonderful - bed intruder song has been a huge hit with my friends ha.ReplyDelete
Re dissertation, I agree with the above comments really, think of what you really enjoy doing and try to tailor your dissertation to reflect that!
jazzy ♥
what's in that 'eccentric' lady's hair? I WANT ONE. must make one now..ReplyDelete
Congrats on the ASOS, that's awesome! You are too gorgeous, love the red lips. I've been trying red lips lately, but it's still too hot here to wear fall clothes, so red lips just look weird. Lovely blog, happy to be your newest follower!ReplyDelete
Haha that Backing up song is ace! :) xxReplyDelete
all your asos stuff is dead impressive, you should be really proud.ReplyDelete
outfits look really lovely my dear
the backing up song is hilar, im off to show it to my housemates now ha! xx
it's dissertation year for me too - i'm doing "the effect of celebrities and celebrity culture on fashion" which, i like to think, gives me an excuse to read things like heat, but is actually loaded with really complicated sounding theory. not so fun.ReplyDelete
though i only have to do 6000 words, which doesnt sound like that much until you factor in the full collection i have to make and the various live projects. OH GOD WHAT HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO!
a blog-based topic was one of the ones i pitched, but i figured it's quite a popular topic these days, and while it might be easy to find articles on the subject; there are less likely to be books and other such sources....
Your asos video is so cute Gem! The lippy really suits you, I always have to wear lippy when I wear jeans so that i feel a bit girlier heheReplyDelete
The video was so cool, you're a natural! Well done! xReplyDelete
love love love your ASOS stuff; no need to be embarrassed haha!ReplyDelete
And mega LOLZ at those YouTube vids - hilarious!
My dissertation topic was the ideology and impact of microcredit in Bangladesh, so I'm afraid I'm not much help! :PReplyDelete
Have a lovely weekend and have a nice time with your mum! :)
♥ Leia
yay, well done on the ASOS post, go girl! :)ReplyDelete
have just had my hair cut short and died, umm, well kinda purple from shoulder lenght blonde, was quite a change, but I guess it's in a similar kinda shape to yours now I look again - having a nightmare keeping the short bits flat at the back though - and bedhead is hilarious!! ... have also noticed it doesn't really work the same with sharp little dresses, so looking to girly up trousers etc - lippie's definitely a good way to go
i ended up watching all the asos videos, you come across really well. bet you had a great time.ReplyDelete
Loving the jacket Gem - bang on trend.ReplyDelete
Oh yes and well done on the ASOS comp and all your hard work. It's going to be so worth it :)
Sarah Betty xx
Love the Asos stuff,ReplyDelete
and your outfits are kick ass x
Lovely ASOS post :). Congrats on winning the battle of the bloggers.ReplyDelete
Since when are cats not divas?I'm pretty sure my one definitely is (not too mention miss flirt who stays upstairs).
Gem - you come across as so cool, grown up and savvy on that video! Absolutely awesome, well done! xReplyDelete
Gem - you come across as so cool, grown up and savvy on that video! Absolutely awesome, well done! xReplyDelete
Looking gorgeous, I love all your outfits! I was trying to describe your haircut to my hair dressers cos I think it's super ace, really inspirational. I finished my MSc dissertation about a month ago, 20,000 words of agony but all the hard work was worth it in the end. Writing something your interested in makes the whole experiences much more enjoyable so doing it on blogging could be a good decision or like you said spoil the whole thing. Good luck any how xReplyDelete
Good luck with uni,3rd year is hard but awesome. A year out of graudating and I actually MISS the library...ReplyDelete
I did my dissertation on individuality within fashion.. It was a street style study.
It's an interesting world!
I can recommend if you want to do it fashion based then reading Elizabeth Wilson's book 'Adorned in Dreams' and the article that changed my whole world by Andrew Hill called 'People Dress So Badly Nowadays:Fashion and Late Modernity'.
Good luck!
Love your first post for ASOS and that comfy outfit. My cat used to have a fab sparkly pink collar but it went missing, I think my Mum threw it away, she really hated it!ReplyDelete


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Mixed Berry Slab Pie
Each year on my blog Inspired by Charm, I pick a food-related challenge. In 2013 I focused on yeast-based recipes. I've always had a fear of yeast, so last year I made breads, pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, and lots of other goodies. By the time December rolled around, I was happy to have produced some wonderful recipes and overcome my fear. With that challenge behind me, this year I decided to tackle pie.
When I was growing up, my maternal grandmother was in charge of the pies. And, of course, they were always fabulous. Several years ago my mom decided to learn the skill from my grandma. It took my mom a few attempts to nail the art of crust making, but now her pies are just as wonderful.
Since I've avoided making crust because I heard it can be tricky, I thought that this year would be the perfect time to master the skill. I started off my challenge with an apple pie. For my second pie, I decided to try a recipe from BHG. When I came across this Double Cherry Slab Pie (and instantly started salivating), I knew this would have to be my next creation. I was also happy to see that the crust was a little different from the first recipe I used. As you can imagine, there are several ways to make a crust. I'm hoping to try as many as possible to figure out what I like best.
So far, I've yet to have any major crust failures. One tip I picked up from this recipe is using wax paper to roll out the dough. This is especially helpful when it comes to transferring the dough to the pan. Since the crust is fairly large, the wax paper makes it easy as … er … pie.
After Graham Cracker Creme, berry pies are probably my favorite. As you can tell, I decided to swap out the cherries in the original recipe for a combination of blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
If I say so myself, the resulting pie was absolutely delicious. I mean, you can't go wrong with sweet berries stuffed into a light and flaky crust. It's truly magic for the mouth.
You can get the full recipe for this Slab Pie here. As I mentioned above, I adapted the filling of this pie to make it my own. For the mixed berry option, follow the following recipe adjustment:
7 cups fresh berries
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
In a large mixing bowl, combine berries, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice. Use this filling in place of the cherry filling listed in the recipe.
I also dusted the top of my pie with sanding sugar.
Happy baking, friends! (I'm off to have another slice of this deliciousness.)
Michael Wurm, Jr. – Inspired by Charm
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Michael, I wish you had the recipe in a printable form instead of me having to piece the filling with the recipe. Am I just not seeing it all in one place?
Cannot wait to make this.
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I, too would agree, where is the pie crust recipe??? this sounded wonderful, but it was too much work to print a copy f the recipe. Sorry, but life happens
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to print the ingredients and not include the method, or the oven temp. and how long to bake
is a dirty trick, and a loss of respect for you and
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February 22, 2014 at 9:08 pm , by Stephanie Baker
For God's sake, people! The link for the recipe is right there! Just click the link then click 'print recipe!' Michael is just giving us his version of the berry filling instead of the cherry! He may be too nice to say it, but I'm not…if y'all can't figure out the two steps it takes to print the recipe, you won't be able to figure out how to bake a pie.
Michael , thanks for the berry option…berry pie is my favorite, too! ;)
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Yesterday Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another year under house arrest in Yangon. The 61 year old political opposition leader has been in detention since 2003 and denied since 1990 of being able to form a democratically elected government after winning Myanmar's general election. You can find plenty of coverage and explanation of the background to Suu Kyi's detention on Google News.
I bought a copy of Justin Wintle's biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, Perfect Hostage, a couple of weeks ago to read while I was travelling in Australia. I didn't get to it in the end (I was engrossed in Steve Coll's Ghost Wars, which is a fascinating if terrifying crash course in the recent history of Afghanistan and the rise of Osama Bin Laden – the usual light beach reading) but I will be taking Perfect Hostage with me when I go away again this week.
Perfect Hostage is the first major biography of Suu Kyi, and as her life is inextricably bound up with the fate of her country, it's obviously also a biography of sorts of Myanmar itself under military dictatorship since 1962. Since my own backpacking trip in Myanmar, I've become a lot more interested in Burma's history, both in its recent troubled times but also its ancient splendour at the turn of the first millennium and the British colonial period too. Perfect Hostage seems like a good place to start with getting an overview of Suu Kyi's and Myanmar's current struggles.
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Joseph will start England's pursuit of a record-equalling 18th successive Test victory at 13.
In a campaign in which they have started slowly, Vunipola's selection as a replacement after his three-month absence following knee surgery could be particularly crucial, and Joseph shares Dylan Hartley's positivity surrounding the number eight's recall.
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I just got tagged by Andy Abramson in a game of blogger tag, via Jeff Pulver. The game is pretty simple. Most bloggers are known by their blogs. Publish five little known facts about yourself, and then tag five of your blogger pals to participate. Here goes:
- You may have seen the odd post here about hot peppers, but that's really only scratching the surface of another of my hobbies. Gardening has been an enduring obsession in my life. I've owned three homes in the last 20 years, and installed at least 10,000 square feet of flower beds in them. That's about a quarter of an acre of gardens.
- I seriously considered a career as a musician. I played the piano, french horn, and cello as well as singing in choirs throughout most of school. I was once a "pickled boy" in a performance of Benjamin Britten's St. Nicholas Cantata. In fact, I hated mathematics until 11th grade, when I learned what a computer was. A year later,  I got my first job in the computer industry, working part-time at Digital Equipment's Kanata facility, packing backplanes and other boards into shipping boxes.
- Although many people know I enjoy wine, I was and still am, a serious beer geek. I brewed my own, off and on, for 15 years, going so far as to maintain a collection of unusual beer yeasts in petri dishes in my beer refrigerator, and making my beer from scratch by mashing my own malts. Few ordinary beer drinkers can tell you the difference between alpha and beta amylase, and the temperatures at which they operate in the mashing process. You can taste it though. Similarly, most don't care about the differences between saccharomyces carlsbergensis (lager yeast) and saccharomyces cerevisiae (ale yeast). You can taste that too!
- I'm a fan of indigenous peoples' art, especially the art of native North American peoples. Some of my favorite artists include woodland artists Norval Morriseau and Daphne Odjig, plains artist Jane Ash Poitras, and west coast artists Bill Reid, Don Yeomans, and Robert Davidson.
- You may also know from reading this blog that I enjoy travel, especially when it includes adventure sports like scuba. However, during the seven years my family and I lived in Seattle, we became avid hikers and mountaineers. Annually, I'd participate in at least one multi-day backpacking expedition in the mountains, or on the beaches. The photo below was taken halfway between Rainy Pass (on the North Cascade Highway), and the Canadian border — a six day backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail with no road access, just a few backpackers and the bears.
Next up: Andrew Hansen, Jon Arnold, Randy Morin, Matthew Saunders and Craig Fitzpatrick. Tag! You're it! And let's see if we can get Om Malik to play along too…