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2055 W 29TH Place, Los Angeles CA, 90018 (Residential)
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Back in Madrid after camp #2, various projects have been filling the remainder of my summer. Last week, for instance, I spent quality time in Atención al Ciudadano offices trying to jump through the hoops required to renew my foreigner card. This is the less-than-glamorous side of living abroad, as the bald patch on my scalp will attest.
Additionally, this past week I was hit with a brick of homesickness. I miss: friends and family, carpet, open spaces, the color green, dinner conversation outside on the deck, the oodles of fresh basil from my parent's garden, PBS programming, and cars (driving in them, as opposed to playing frogger).
Is summer still summer without bare feet on grass?
I was laid low at an inopportune time, as I was signed up to talk to the upcoming Fulbrighters about working as an English Teaching Assistant in Madrid. I reminded myself of the high points of the year and jumped into the conversation. The presentation went fine, and I was tickled when one of the listeners came up to tell me that the session was the most helpful one they'd had at orientation. I had taken some of the info from emails exchanged earlier in the summer with the new Fulbrighter at my school as well as another friend who was moving to Madrid. Since writing them down was an exercise in reflection on my year here, I wanted to share them with you.
As for preparing for being a teaching assistant, are there things that I should bring or prepare in advance?
While I was told that I wouldn't need to have experience teaching English for this position, it most certainly helps to have a good foundation of grammar so that you can explain rules and avoid the "I-don't-know-why-it's-this-way-it-just-sounds-good-to-me" fluff answer. I would recommend that you brush up on some certain grammar basics by getting a grammar or other helpful book. You can't be expected to know everything, but it helps if you have the tools at your disposal.
Are there other preparations that I should do or materials I should bring to help me do a better job? I don't want to waste suitcase space on things I don't really need!
Good question. Luckily with the internet there are oodles of ESL websites that can help you plan your lessons at the spur of the moment. I have run to them many a time whenever a teacher asks me to prepare a lesson for the next day or even the upcoming hour.
Since you have a few months before your bag flies to Spain, my advice would be to amass items specifically related to American culture. Co-teachers love it when you can work culture into the lesson–they also get to learn! I would recommend that you bring materials and have general lesson plan ideas for American holidays and other important dates from the English-speaking world. For example, on Valentine's Day we spent an entire period passing out conversation candy hearts and explaining what the phrases meant. Other examples: celebrating birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, St. Patrick's Day, etc. Also: recycling in your town, slang teenagers use, a typical American school day, pop songs.
Thinking of suitcase space, what is the dress code at the school? Is it fairly formal or more laid back? I don't want to bring things I am not going to wear.
When my coordinator met me at school the day before classes started, he was wearing a shirt with a picture of The Simpsons. While a few teachers consistently sport dressy ensembles, it is much more common to see laidback attire. You won't see ratty pants or sweat suits (okay, well minus the gym teacher's), but you won't see formal business wear, either. A typical outfit might include nice slacks with a collared or button-up shirt. Jeans are often the pants of choice. In winter, boots and scarves also appear.
Is there anywhere specific you would advise for or against living in Madrid? I was thinking of trying to get somewhere semi-close to the city center so that I will be in a centralized location because I don't know where I'm placed yet.
The city center is definitely a fun place to be, but it does come with a steep price tag. Wherever you end up you can bank of spending around 48 euros a month for the monthly metro pass. If you live or work in a B1 or B2 area, you will pay more.
The area of Lavapiés, in the center, is a neighborhood with a lot of immigrants and diversity. This is the place to go if you want to find ethnic restaurants or grocery stores. I enjoy walking around…but in the daytime. I have friends who live in the heart of the neighborhood and love it; they also tell me they get hit up all the time to buy pot.
If you look at the metro map, there are a few neighborhoods I've been told to avoid at night: Simancas on the orange line and Villa de Vallecas on the light blue. I used to give private lessons in La Elipa, on the red line, and was always a bit unnerved whenever I walked back to the metro in the dark after some stories that I heard and the groups of shady-looking people I passed.
To the other extreme, extra-expensive areas in the city center include the area around Colon/Serrano/Velzquez. Some apartment-owners in the center may ask and arm and a leg for a chinzy place—I saw 3 different pisos that were downright disgusting but were still expensive because of the central location.
A more residential neighborhood that I really like is on the purple line, between Estrella and Pavones. This general area is known as Moratalaz, and I'm familiar with it because I have private classes in Vinateros. I don't know how much apartments go for there, but I always feel safe there and enjoy the general atmosphere.
Anyway, the best way to get a feel for the different areas is to simply make appointments to view apartments in many different parts of the city.
And finally, have you been to Salamanca? My parents are coming at Christmas, and we are spending 5 days in Madrid and then want to spend some time, about 4 days, outside of the city. I thought Salamanca might be nice, but I have read that there is not much to do there. Do you have any suggestions of someplace nice (and a good place to spend New Year's Eve) within 4 hours of Madrid?
If possible I would urge you to rearrange your dates so that you can be in Madrid on New Year's Eve. The excitement of being in the Puerta del Sol with a wig-wearing crowd, slurping down grapes in time to the bell chimes is an unrivaled experience in all of Spain.
I have been to Salamanca and would recommend it as a side-trip from Madrid. However, I'm not sure you can really spend 4 days there, especially if things such as the famous university are closed for the holidays. It's a quaint, university town which might even become quainter due to the dates. Castilla y León is also notoriously cold so do keep that in mind, as well.
Zaragoza, a 4-hour bus ride from Madrid, is another city that might be a good choice. It's Spain's 5th largest city and offers enough for a laid-back 3 or 4-day trip. Here you can visit a UNESCO site with mudejar architecture, a few museums, a beautiful basilica which wraps around a huge square, plus shopping, pintxo restaurants, etc. If you find that the sites will be closed for Xmas, or if you want a city with more to do, consider heading to Valencia.
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"This picture was taken right as the helicopter was having some problems … that's what it feels like because I remember Hillary [Clinton] putting her hand over her mouth at that point," Obama said in an interview on "Rock Center With Brian Williams" set to air Wednesday night. "There's silence at this point inside the room."
Secretary of State Clinton told Williams that "that's the way I usually look when my husband drags me to an action movie."
Obama sat down with Williams in the White House Situation Room to mark the one-year anniversary of bin Laden's death. The setting for the interview, along with an Obama campaign ad that suggested Republican Mitt Romney wouldn't have made the decision to target bin Laden, has led to some GOP criticism of Obama's use of the anniversary.
"The killing of Osama bin Laden was a momentous day for all Americans and the world, and Gov. Romney congratulated the military, our intelligence agencies and the president," said Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul. "It's sad to see the Obama campaign seek to use an event that unified our country to once again divide us, in order to try and distract voters' attention from the failures of his administration."


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St. Patrick's Day erupted through the horns of tritons at the Forsyth Park fountain Friday.
A yell of delight broke through the crowd as green water spilled down the horns of the fountain's half-serpent iron men. A fine green mist sprayed into the unseasonably warm air, and the throng that ringed the fountain pushed forward, cameras outstretched.
With pomp and circumstance, St. Patrick's Day parade officials, assisted by their children and grandchildren, began shortly after noon pouring plastic watering cans of rich green dye into the fountain.
It took several minutes for the dye to do the job. Fred Elmgren Jr., 2004 Parade Adjutant and the emcee for the fountain greening more than a decade, urged the pourers on. They'd have to get going if they planned turn that water emerald.
Meanwhile, Gregory Pinckney was working his secret magic. Pinckney — whose nickname, Baby Boy, is emblazoned on the breast of his workman's shirt — is one of three Savannah Park and Tree Department employees who stood at the south end of the fountain quietly pouring dye into its pump.
"We're the men behind the curtain," Pinckney explained after the ceremony.
Ask people on the St Patrick's Day Parade Committee when the greening began and you'll get different dates, Elmgren and 2012 parade Grand Marshal Tim Ansley said in an interview, but it's believed to have started in the late 80s or early 90s.
It was the city's idea, they said.
According to city spokesman Bret Bell, the plan was to stop illegal greening. People were finding some pretty creative ways to turn Savannah's fountains emerald, he said, like paint, resulting in expensive repairs to their pump systems. The Forsyth Park fountain is the only one for which an official greening ceremony is held, but all fountains in the city turn emerald within an hour of Forsyth, he said.
Since the crazy 80s, the greening has been transformed from late-night shenanigans to a family affair. And what began with a few parade officials posing for a photo beside the Forsyth fountain has turned into an event that attracts hundreds and is a favorite for local children.
Take Savannah Heaton, 3, named for her parents' favorite city. Ohio natives, the Heatons vacationed in Savannah for three years, always for St. Patrick's Day, before moving to the city last Christmas. Wearing a Dora the Explorer St. Patrick's Day T-shirt emblazoned with the name she shares with the city, Savannah clutched her chihuahua as she watched the greening. Mrs. Peacock, an 81-year-old Alzheimer's patient from Shadowmoss Plantation who wore a big green construction paper shamrock on her head, doted on the little girl.
"My mother said they have three inches of snow and 30 degrees today," Savannah's mom, Shawn, said. "I don't miss it at all."


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TRIBUTES to Black Caviar have flooded social media from famous names inside and outside sport after the champion mare's retirement.
Black Caviar has been retired effective immediately #foreverperfect— Gerard Whateley (@GerardWhateley) April 17, 2013
It's a sad day as #BlackCaviar retires #greatest— Shane Crawford (@SCrawf9) April 17, 2013
That'll do horse, that'll do #BlackCaviar— Wil Anderson (@Wil_Anderson) April 17, 2013
Congrats to @blackcaviar2006 on a great career. What a horse! #25from25 #champ #legend— Billy Slater (@billyslater) April 17, 2013
Incase you have not heard its all over for the mighty mare black caviar! #timetohavebabies— Mark Ricciuto (@markricciuto) April 17, 2013
Would have loved her 2 have conquered Royal Ascot 1 more time but what an amazing horse and career. Privileged to have seen her live #25/25— Campbell brown (@Browndogg_30x) April 17, 2013
Black caviar retires on a perfect number 25!!! What a horse enjoy having babies #neverseeherbrilliantsagain 🏇— Brendan Fevola (@BrendanFevola25) April 17, 2013
The greatest of all time, undefeated, unbeatable, the people's champion! @blackcaviar2006 thanks for the memories! #champion #retired #sad— Dale Thomas (@DT_13) April 17, 2013
Will #BlackCaviar pull a Pope Benedict on this whole retirement thing and also give up the red shoes?— Rove McManus (@Rove) April 17, 2013
Fantastic racing career from @blackcaviar2006 loved watching her run every race knowing she was going to win! #bestever— Steve Smith (@stevesmith49) April 17, 2013
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On the homepage today, we have the last part in our series on Tom Cotton, the amazing young Arkansan running for Congress. A reader writes,
In reading about Tom Cotton, it occurs to me that the future is bright. When looking at our up-and-comers, I see Cottons and Rubios and Cruzes and Ayottes and . . . a lot of women and men of clear mind and purpose.
I would have to look a little harder to be sure, but I don't see the promise on the other side. A Debbie Whatshername Schultz will not hold up for the long run, in my opinion. I am sure there are some who will, so a conservative future will not be automatic or easy, but we have the horses, so to speak. I've taken up knife-making as a hobby so we'll have the bayonets too.


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Lumière team members brightened the day of numerous cancer patients as they cooked a special meal at American Cancer Society Hope Lodge - St. Louis. Executive Chef Adreas Baecker and the FB staff prepared a delicious barbecue.
In March the Lumière Outreach Team prepared meals for the St Patrick Center Shamrock Club.
According to the Missouri Gaming Association's website Lumière Casino has donate $148,242 to charity.
Lumière Casino has 16 redemption kiosks on the casino floor. The CP Charities system could add approximately $20,000 monthly to help support local charities in the St Louis area.


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A long time ago, before education ruined me, I used to love Christmas. I loved the trappings of the holiday as perhaps only a child growing up in the tropics can love them: the snowy landscapes of greeting cards; the fireplaces and twinkly yellow lights glowing in the December dark of favourite books and films; the carols on my family's Bing Crosby and Jim Reeves records; the Christmas pudding and fruit cake my Aunty Edith made; the whole comforting Englishness of it, at once familiar and exotic, reliable and exciting.
But education forces you to confront the reasons for which you love the things you do. Thus it was that as soon as I encountered postcolonial theory, I had to question my fondness for Christmas pudding, grey weather, and cluttered Victorian rooms. It's generally true that the more you analyse your taste for a poem or a food or a piece of music, the less you are able to lose yourself in it. That the joy of true discovery becomes rare after childhood is a cliché, but fewer talk about the bliss of an untutored appetite past childhood. We tell ourselves that the more we learn about literature or music or ourselves or our histories, the better we'll be able to appreciate the nuances of these things. This is of course true; I'm not trying to romanticise an uneducated state here. I know I'm lucky to have had the education I've had, and most of the time I value what it's brought into my life, but sometimes — when I can't switch off my analytical brain while listening to the Moonlight Sonata, or reading Agatha Christie, or eating a Bourbon Cream — I do think about what was lost in the process.
Christmas is one of those times: on an intellectual level I resist every aspect of the holiday. I'm only one link in a long, variegated chain of people who have pointed out the indefensible absurdity of Christ's Mass: Jesus was not born anywhere near the winter solstice; Jesus never asked his disciples to celebrate his birth; Jesus's birth had nothing to do with evergreen trees, holly, mistletoe, snow, or gift-giving, all of which came to be associated with the holiday through the church's ham-fisted attempts to co-opt pagan winter festivals. Christmas was banned in Reformation England, then forbidden by the Puritans and the Plymouth Brethren. In Peter Carey's wondrous novel, Oscar and Lucinda, Oscar's father — a devout member of the Brethren church — flies into a rage over the clandestine making of a Christmas pudding under his roof. Long before I ever read Oscar and Lucinda, one of my uncles, happening to listen closely to the lyrics of Jim Reeves's hit, railed against its unrelenting nonsense: "What? Mary's boy child Jesus Christ? The boy child's name was Jesus Christ, is it? And what now, what is this? He was born on Christmas Day? Is that so? And man shall live for ever more because of Christmas Day, it seems. Because of Christmas Day!"
I was ten or eleven years old when I bore delighted witness to this rant, but at the time I still believed in God, still called myself a Catholic. I saw the validity of my uncle's objections, but as historically inaccurate as Christmas might be, it was still a symbol of God's love. Now, my faith a thing of the past, I have to look for other ways to bring light into the midwinter darkness. There's nothing necessarily wrong with celebrating Christmas shorn of its religious meaning: we could (and do) still put up a tree, make gingerbread men, buy presents, just as families across Europe and North America do solely for cultural reasons. But it's not just the religious layer of Christmas I resist; it's also the hegemony of Christmas over other winter festivals, the pervasiveness of its symbols and trappings, the impossibility of escaping Christmas no matter where you go in the world. Why should children all over the world recognise Santa and his reindeer — why should I have grown up seeing angel-topped trees and holly wreaths in every hotel and department store in Ipoh in the 1980s — when it is perfectly possible, even today, to grow up in Glasgow or Chicago without the faintest idea of what a diya is, or a sufganiyah, or tang yuan?
No need to answer that question — thanks to my education, it's rhetorical. I ask it only to convey the resentment that gets in the way of my celebrating, truly celebrating, even a non-religious Christmas. Added to all this my memories of spending Christmas as a guest in other people's houses, the foreign student rescued from the empty dorms to sit awkwardly through hours of unwrapping. No holiday more clearly divides family members from outsiders: yours is the small courtesy gift of socks or a Santa mug, theirs the towers of gifts so tall that lists must be written of who gave whom what because the recipients can't be expected to remember. It's not that you actually covet all those gifts; no, the most painful challenge is managing to convey your lack of envy, arranging your face in a smile that you can maintain for the three or more hours that gift-unwrapping sometimes takes, a smile to reassure the family that they needn't pity you or torture themselves with guilt.
It doesn't take having been a non-family Christmas guest in someone else's home to be discomfited by all the forced gift-giving, of course; it's become mainstream to deplore the commercialism of Christmas, the piles of plastic toys with which the children are bored by Boxing Day; the mountains of wrapping destined for the bin. The sight of a post-Christmas living room gives many people the same slight sensation of physical illness it gives me. It's the undisguised evidence of excess, of trying to buy happiness, of the fleeting pleasure of acquisition. Sometimes you do hit upon the one gift that is exactly right for someone you love, and that, I will concede, is truly magical for both the giver and the recipient, but why should finding such a gift be anything but a rare pleasure? Why should one be expected to find such gifts for everyone "on their list" on a yearly basis, and not just on a yearly basis but in that narrow window dictated to us by Big Business? The gift that declares how well you know someone is worth giving at any time of year; the gift that says I hardly know you, so I had to get you this scented candle/pair of socks/bottle of lotion because I could not cross the chore of Christmas shopping off my list until I'd done so should simply never be given. The giver doesn't need the chore, the recipient doesn't need the gift, and the planet doesn't need the mindless consumption.
Before I had children I was happy mostly to ignore the entire season, perhaps making a pot of mulled wine here and there, making a Christmas pudding one year because I felt like it, reluctantly buying gifts when it seemed expected of me. But something about having small people in my life has pushed me to look for family traditions we can keep happily, without feeling like hypocrites. I find myself researching solstice traditions and Yule, wondering what — like the Church — I can co-opt for my own ends. No to the animal sacrifice and the sprinkling of blood with sacrificial twigs; yes to the feasting, the gathering around fires, the reverence for the Earth's natural cycle. So it was that this year on Solstice night we drank mulled wine, lit candles and read The Tomten aloud with our two small girls. So it was that on Christmas morning we exchanged a small number of gifts, none of which were from Santa. So it will be that I will teach them about Odin and Freyr and the Modra, about Lakshmi and Vishnu, about Mary and her boy child (who was not named Jesus Christ), about St. Nicholas in his many incarnations, because all of these tales are equally true, which is to say that none of them are factually true, but all of them seek to fill the same human needs at this dark, hungry time of year.
Images: Winter Solstice by Kimberly Ruble and Ian Bloom in www.guardianlv.com; Dickens Village at night by Kevin Dooley on www.indytheatrehabit.com; English ale-soaked Christmas pudding by Karen Thomas in The Telegraph; Christmas Tree Wallpaper on fanpop.com; Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Pavilion Shopping Centre, December 25th 2010 (stock photo)


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The influence of price on school enrollment under Uganda's policy of free primary education
This study uses household survey data to estimate determinants of schooling in Uganda, with a model that includes the price of school. Uganda's universal education policy offered free tuition, fees, and supplies to up to four children per family, including two daughters. The empirical method includes an estimation of a child-specific price of schooling. Despite widespread subsidies, the cost of primary school remained an obstacle under this policy, but the effects of price were similar for boys and girls. Regressions by wealth quintile estimate nonlinear effects of wealth and price, suggesting that there are opportunities to expand education through targeted cash transfer and subsidy policies.
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For those thinking of working at Walmart, these tips and secrets are for you.
It might sound ridiculous, but a part of me was sad when I had to leave my gig at Walmart. I never planned to stay forever, but for the time I spent working at Walmart, I learned a lot. I even began to love it.
When I applied for a part-time job on the Walmart website, I didn't think much of it. I'd been out of work for more than a month and my unemployment checks weren't covering rent. The location was just a few miles from my apartment, so I thought working there part-time would be an easy way to earn a paycheck. Plus, I'd read that Walmart offers benefits, including health care and a 401(k), for both its full- and part-time employees.
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Chapter 1 : Loco Over Choco
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Summary: Over mugs of hot chocolate, Ginny asks questions and Harry answers.
Harry didn't want to acknowledge the reason why he kept staring into the Common Room fire. He was hoping he could delude himself into thinking that he simply loved the bright display made by the intertwining red and gold flames.
But he really couldn't see the fire. Not tonight. Not for the nights since he returned to Hogwarts two weeks ago.
What he was seeing was Sirius's head popping in, a big roguish grin on his haggard features. But of course, that image was merely a memory, solely formed in Harry's mind's eye, because in reality, Sirius wasn't going back.
Harry leaned against the armchair he was sitting on, feeling quite exhausted. He knew that what he was doing was unhealthy, both in the physical and emotional sense. It was already one in the morning, and the Common Room was empty except for him. He should be sleeping just like everyone else, especially when there were early classes tomorrow, but he didn't feel like doing so. He preferred to be wide awake and left alone this way.
But he wasn't left alone for long. The portrait door swung open, and Ginny Weasley, a pitcher in her hand, climbed in.
"Oh, hi, Harry," she said, looking startled upon seeing him. "I didn't know you're still up."
"Well, I still am," he said with a shrug as she marched straight to the armchair opposite him. She sat down purposefully and placed the pitcher on the table in between their chairs, much to his dismay. Ginny had every look of someone who intended to hang around for quite a time, and he didn't want any company.
"Filch almost caught me on my way back here. Thank goodness I was able to run around a corridor or else I'll have another detention," she said conversationally.
Felling curious in spite of himself, Harry asked, "What have you been doing?"
She sighed and replied, "Oh, I just got off from detention with Snape. He made me scrub the floors of the Potions classroom 'cause I was late for his class for five minutes. Five lousy minutes!" She wrinkled her nose in great distaste. "He'll never be fair, that greasy git. Anyway, I went down to the kitchens after to get hot choco. I just love drinking a cup before going to bed. Want some?"
Not waiting for his answer, she cast a spell, and two empty mugs appeared. She poured the hot chocolate into the mugs, filling them to the brim, and handed a cup to Harry.
He reached for it and placed it on the table, not intending to drink it anytime soon.
Ginny frowned a little as she looked at him over the rim of her own mug, from which she was drinking. "C'mon, take a sip. It tastes delicious, and it'll make you feel a bit better."
"I don't need to feel better," he said defensively.
"I really don't know why you feel the need to act so proud," she said with a shake of her head, looking at him sadly.
"I'm not proud."
"Yes, you are."
"I'm not."
"This conversation is a perfect example that you are," she retorted, slamming down her mug on the table.
"Oh yeah?" he asked, annoyed.
"Well, you seem to know me better than I do myself, so Miss Weasley, will you please tell me your analysis?"
She flinched a little, but her features were set, and he knew she wasn't about to back down.
"Hermione told me that you won't talk to her and Ron since Sirius died, and that you even treat them rather rudely. They're your friends, you know. They've been risking their lives for you, and yet you don't even have the decency to deal with them in a nice way," Ginny said, a challenging look in her eyes, as if daring Harry to contradict her. "And don't give me rubbish about you caring for Sirius more than anyone else, because you're not the only one who loved him, but you're the only one who's acting like prat."
Harry gritted his teeth. He flinched inwardly at every word she just said because he knew she was telling the truth. He had thought the same things before, and felt guilty, but he had always managed to find excuses for his behavior.
But now…it stung to have these things hurtled right at him in such a blunt manner.
"It hurts because it's the truth, isn't it?" Ginny said softly, as if reading his mind.
"I can talk to anyone! I can even talk to you if I choose to!" he said angrily. He wouldn't let her get away with assuming she knew him.
"If you choose to! But you would not!" she exclaimed, her face unnaturally red. She looked like she would spout steam at any moment.
"I choose to, now. On my honor, I'll answer honestly, so ask me anything, everything if that makes you happy!" he said heatedly.
Ginny looked insulted for a moment, but her expression quickly changed to that of determination. "First question, why do you push your friends away? And don't tell me you don't, because you do."
Harry could lie, but aside from the fact that he promised on his honor, he also felt too tired to fabricate a story. He briefly wondered if the truth could really set him free.
"I…I don't know why I do the things I do," he answered, surprised with what came out of his mouth. It wasn't what he was planning to say, but he realized, just now, that it was the truth. "I'm not lying."
Ginny was looking at him closely, and odd expression on her face. "I still have another question. You told me I can you ask anything."
He sighed in resignation. "Fire away."
"What brand of shampoo do you recommend for Snape?"
"What?" Harry exclaimed in surprise, not sure if he heard her right.
She just shrugged. "Well, I think the reason why he's bitter is because he has greasy hair, you know. Maybe if his hair gets all soft and shiny, women will love him, then he'll be happy and not be such a git," she said, the corners of her mouth twitching. "Eww, bad mental image. I see Snape snogging with a woman in my head." Then, without warning, peals of laughter escaped from her.
Harry couldn't help himself—he burst out laughing as well. The thought of Snape being all lovey-dovey with a woman might not be impossible, but it didn't make it less hilarious. And the whole suggestion about Snape having soft and shiny hair was funny in itself.
"You're—you're—s-so bad, y-you—know," he managed in between gasps, his sides aching from laughing.
Ginny had calmed down a bit, and was now watching him with a pleased look on her face. "I'm sorry for being so blunt earlier. It's just that I don't know how to get through you, and we're all just worried." She took a deep breath and added, "It's so nice to see you laugh again."
Harry's laughing fit started to die down, and his breathing was returning to its normal rate. Still gasping a little for breath, he looked around for a glass of water, but found the mug of hot chocolate instead. He grabbed it from the table and downed the contents in one big gulp. Even though the drink was already on the warm side, it indeed tasted delicious with the way it smoothly rolled off his tongue and down his throat.
He set down the mug back again, wiped his lips with the sleeve of his robes, and said, "The hot choco's really good, and…and it feels nice to laugh again, yeah." He smiled at Ginny, feeling a surge of gratitude for her.
She smiled back at him. "No problem. "
"Do you still have hot choco?" Harry asked.
She pointed to the pitcher. "Yes, lots and lots of it still in there."
"You sleepy already?" he asked again.
"Curiously enough, no," she replied. "Why?"
Harry grabbed the pitcher and both of their empty mugs and poured hot chocolate into them. "Let's have another round of drinks."
Ginny sat up straighter on her armchair. "I'd like that, and oh, that means another round of questions, too."
"Fire away, then."
"Well, Dad and I watched this popular Muggle show on a display telly when we visited Muggle London, and maybe you can help me out with this one, because I bloody don't get it. What do you think Miss Piggy and Kermit's kids would look like??? Would they be frogs with snouts, or pigs with green skin???"
Harry could not remember a time when he had laughed as hard as he did during those so-called dead hours he spent with Ginny, who taught him that laughter was the best medicine.
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I always refer to Fontvieille as the "new part of Monaco". Perhaps I should stop. It's been finished since the 1970s. You'll find it on the other (south-western) side of the Rock from the older port and Monte-Carlo. It is nothing less than an 100-acre district gained from the sea in yet another of Monaco's extraordinary civil engineering feats. It is well worth a stroll.
Much of the area is devoted to business and light industry: that's why it was built. But much isn't - and that's our interest. Focal point is the Port de Fontvieille itself. Boats cluster along the quays, which themselves are now home to restaurants and some pretty hip bars. They offer a cool alternative to Monaco-Ville on the Rock and to Monte Carlo. Across the district is the Louis II stadium, where Monaco AFC play in France's first division (not too brilliantly this season).
In between, and more usefully, is the Fontvieille Park. A splendid Sculpture Trail will lead you through, via some arresting works of modern art. Choice spot, though, is the Princess Grace Rose Garden. Princess Grace was a beautiful woman, and this is the garden she deserved.
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The Minister of State for External Affairs of India H.E. Mr. M.J. Akbar led a high-level delegation in the '2nd Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Ministerial Blue Economy Conference: Financing Blue Economy' held in Jakarta from 8-10 May 2017.
Addressing the Ministerial Meeting on 10 May, Minister Akbar said, "India's Indian Ocean outreach termed 'SAGAR' seeks a future for the Indian Ocean that provides security and growth for all in the region. We seek a more cooperative and integrated future for the region through overall development of Blue Economy, promoting increased cooperation in trade, tourism and investment, infrastructure development, marine S&T, sustainable fisheries and protection of marine environment."
H.E. Ms. Mercykutty Amma, Minister for Fisheries, Harbour Engineering and Cashew Industry of State Government of Kerala attended the Working Session on 8 May and gave a presentation highlighting the opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture in Kerala.
The Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of IORA on 9 May was led by Mr. Amarendra Khatua, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs & DG, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). The Jakarta Declaration on Blue Economy was negotiated during the SOM and adopted by the Ministers on 10 May.
On the sidelines of the visit, Minister Akbar held meetings with the Foreign Minister of Indonesia H.E. Ms. Retno L.P. Marsudi and the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs of Indonesia H.E. Mr. Luhut Pandjaitan to discuss issues of mutual interest. Minister Akbar also met with the Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, Dr. Aqil Sirodj, who briefed the Minister about the organization's history, ideals and philosophy. The Minister also had engrossing discussion with the Editor-in-Chief of the Jakarta Post Mr. Endy Bayuni and Chief Editor of Tempo Ms. Yuli Ismartono. He also interacted with prominent members of Indian diaspora.
A Knowledge Paper on 'Blue Economy Vision 2025: Harnessing Business Potential for India Inc and International Partners', prepared by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was presented during the Conference and shared with IORA member countries.
With the growing importance of the Indian Ocean as an active trade route and with the concept of Blue Economy as a new pillar of development, India plays a significant role in IORA. India has worked together with partner countries to combat piracy in the Malacca Straits and the Gulf of Aden. India is committed to promoting sustainable ocean-based growth and economic models in the Indian Ocean region.


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"The only thing better than winning the America's Cup is losing it... and winning it back." 11 September 1992 Drama, Action 126 mins
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Australian crew. Determined to get the prize back, Will convinces Morgan to finance an experimental boat designed by his ex-girlfriend Kate's new beau, Joe Heisler. When the boat is completed, the Americans head to Australia to reclaim the cup.
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A month-long display of art work from the West Broad Street YMCA Loop it up Savannah project will open from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
The program features westside area grade-school age children working with fiber arts, allowing them to learn about creating and expressing with different materials including knitting, quilting, sewing and mixed media construction.
The Y hosts the program made available by the Hodge Foundation, Savannah College of Art and Design and community support.
Kids from the Y's program participate in the program with children from the Boys and Girls Club at nearby Kayton Homes.
Molly Lieberman, a SCAD student and creative force behind Loop it up, said the kids' efforts are "amazing.''
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If nothing else, New York City is a place to reinvent yourself. Apparently that's exactly what the folks of Park 51 are doing. You may better recognize the name Park 51 as the Ground Zero Mosque or Cordoba House, which garnered the attention of Americans nationwide and even moose-shootin' Sarah Palin a few months back. […]Continue reading
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ESCONDIDO -- Since 1963, the city of Menlo Park in the San Francisco Bay Area has had a strict overnight residential parking ordinance in place that city officials say has helped keep the streets safe, clean and free of the congestion of too many parked cars.
"We believe it keeps crime down," Susie Eldred, records and parking supervisor for the Menlo Park Police Department, said Thursday. "It keeps cars off the streets in residential areas at nighttime."
The Escondido City Council said Wednesday it hopes a similar ordinance will do the same thing here, and in the process reduce the overcrowding in the city that some council members blame largely on illegal immigrants.
The proposal is the latest attempt by some council members to rid Escondido of illegal immigrants after it passed a controversial and ultimately doomed ordinance punishing landlords who rent to them last year. That ordinance was abandoned in the face of a costly legal battle with the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups.
Councilman Sam Abed said Wednesday that basing Escondido's law on the already existing Menlo Park one would ensure it is legally sound and would be an "ACLU-approved" way the city can combat the effects of illegal immigration.
But what might that new ordinance look like?
Menlo Park's law
The Menlo Park ordinance created more than four decades ago wasn't meant to deal with the effects of illegal immigration, but simply to improve appearance and safety in the city that now has almost 30,800 people, city officials there said.
The law has been approved by voters several times, but not everyone supports it, officials said.
"It's one of those ordinances where people either love it or hate it," Eldred, of the Menlo Park Police Department, said.
The law prohibits any vehicle from parking between 2 and 5 a.m. on all residential streets, or within 300 feet of a residential area, every day of the year. City residents can request up to 100 temporary overnight parking permits per year per household.
Cars parked during the restricted hours first receive a courtesy warning to inform the owner about the law. For subsequent offenses the cars are cited and the owners are fined $37.
The Menlo Park police Web site lists several benefits that have resulted from the ordinance, such as that suspicious, stolen and abandoned vehicles are more easily checked and removed; there is less overnight crime; the empty streets allow for regular street cleaning and maintenance; and emergency responders have easier access to residences at night.
Two neighborhoods even require a special permit for residents to park there at all, day or night, Eldred said. However, that ordinance was created at the request of residents in those areas, she said.
Eldred said some people have opposed the law because they use their garages for storage or other purposes. But residents often clean out their garage or find other solutions when faced with the restriction, she said.
"Usually people that want parking can find it when they need it," Eldred said.
And because some apartment complexes are allowed to use street parking to provide spaces for their tenants, special year-round street permits are issued for some residents in those areas, she said.
However, the parking restrictions haven't prevented some neighborhoods from being overcrowded, Kim Trask, records officer for the city of Menlo Park, said last week. Overcrowding hasn't created more overnight parking violations either, she said.
"On the east side of Menlo Park, we have multiple families living in houses, and we haven't really had a problem with too many cars being parked on the street," Trask said.
Parking in Escondido
But the affluent Menlo Park isn't Escondido.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Northern California city had a median household income of $84,609 in 1999, compared with $42,567 in Escondido that year. The per capita income was $18,241 for Escondido and $53,341 for Menlo Park.
The city had less than a quarter of the population of Escondido in 2000 and was slightly less diverse, with more whites and fewer Latinos. Escondido now has about 140,000 residents.
Jon Brindle, Escondido's community development director, said Thursday that his staff will create an ordinance appropriate for Escondido, but based on Menlo Park's.
"It certainly is a model, and that's one of the things we will be studying now, to see if there are any modifications needed for Escondido," said Brindle.
Escondido already requires that apartments and houses have a certain number of parking spaces, he said.
City codes created in 1967 require apartment complexes to provide one parking space for a studio apartment, 1.5 spaces for a one-bedroom apartment or condominium, 1.75 spaces for two bedrooms, and two spaces for three bedrooms, Brindle said.
Apartment or condominium complexes, of which there are about 17,000 in the city, also must have one guest space for every four units, he said, but are allowed to use street spaces to help meet that requirement, much like in Menlo Park.
Single-family houses -- Escondido has almost 26,000 of them -- are required to have two covered parking spaces, such as a garage, which must be 20 feet from the property line, he said. This creates space for two more cars in the driveway, and even the smallest single-family lot allowed in the city -- at 6,000 square feet -- should be wide enough to provide two parking spaces on the street out front, Brindle said.
Mixed public opinion
Before Brindle returns to the City Council with a recommendation on writing the new ordinance, he and other city staff members will conduct a community forum to get the public's input, as the council had directed. More information on the proposed ordinance soon will be available at www.escondido.org, Brindle said.
At Wednesday's meeting, council members heard from five residents about the proposal. Three spoke in favor of it and two were against it. Several other residents interviewed Thursday at the U.S. Postal Service satellite office on Escondido Boulevard said they didn't like the idea.
"I don't think that's right," said Rene Mancilla, 22, a house framer who has lived in Escondido most of his life.
He said that he wouldn't be affected by the ordinance because there is plenty of parking at his apartment complex, but his family would. His parents, sister, brother-in-law and young niece live together in a house here.
"They have four cars, and their driveway only fits two," Mancilla said. "They have to park in the street."
Tess Beloro, a 54-year-old nurse and 18-year Escondido resident, and Chuck Velasquez, 70, who has lived here for 45 years, both said the law would be yet another unnecessary restriction by the government.
Carol Williams, 65, a retired teacher and 26-year Escondido resident, said she wasn't sure the ordinance was a good idea, but said there are some overcrowding problems in Escondido.
"I think it's very evident that there's more than one family in a lot of homes, so it does add to how many vehicles there are," she said.
Contact staff writer Paul Eakins at (760) 740-5420 or firstname.lastname@example.com .
Overnight parking ban
The Escondido City Council wants to put in place overnight parking restrictions on residential streets based on an existing ordinance in Menlo Park in Northern California. Included in that ordinance:
- Vehicles can't park from 2 to 5 a.m. on all residential streets, or within 300 feet of a residential area;
- City residents may receive up to 100 temporary overnight parking permits per year per household;
- For a first offense, car owners receive a courtesy warning to inform the owner about the law;
- For subsequent offenses, cars are cited and the owners are fined $37;
- Some exceptions exist, such as providing year-round street parking permits for residents of some apartment complexes.
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The Premier League fixture list is sprinkled with a large dose of six-pointers this Saturday, with second-bottom Wolves playing host to third-bottom Bolton. Both teams come into the match in a wretched run of form behind them, the Trotters having picked up a draw last weekend at Fulham to stop of dismal sequence of four consecutive losses while Wolves haven't won in nine matches, including six losses in that period.
Moving on, Sunday sees Everton play host to high-flying Spurs with the Toffees having not won in the league at Goodison Park since September. Further, Spurs have a more than decent record at Everton in recent seasons, the Lillywhites having picked up three wins and two draws in their past five visits, and with the Scousers nursing a horrifically long injury list (Vaughan, Neville, Anichebe, Jagielka, Arteta, Rodwell and Osman) the omens look good for the Londoners that they can pick up some points this round of fixtures too.
Believing that both Bolton and Spurs will pick up points away from home this weekend, we are staking four £2 bets on Bolton winning (11/5) & Spurs winning (6/4), Bolton winning (11/5) & Spurs drawing (23/10), Bolton drawing (11/5) & Spurs winning (6/4) and lastly Bolton drawing (11/5) & Spurs drawing (23/10). Should any of these combinations prove true, at worst we will collect a £16 return while at best we will collect a £21.12 return.
Staying in England, three home bankers look on the cards in matches in the Championship and League One. On a run of five straight wins, table-toppers Newcastle welcome Watford to St. James' Park this weekend, with the Hornets having struggling away from Vicarage Road in their previous few matches in which they were hammered 5-nil by the Baggies and 3-nil by the Eagles.
Dropping into League One, Leeds are running away with the league having recorded seven wins and a draw in the last eight games, and this weekend they welcome Huddersfield (six defeats in the previous eight away games) to Elland Road. Second-place Charlton are also threatening to breakaway from the chasing pack having strung three wins and a draw in their last four games, and they host middle-of-the-road Southend (five straight away defeats) at the Valley on Saturday.
Backing Newcastle (1/2), Leeds (6/4) and Charlton (8/13) to all win we hope that a £2.50 stake will blossom into a £10.10 return.
Lastly, Sunday night in Rome sees the mouthwatering derby between Roma and Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. Claudio Ranieri's Roma appear to have turned a corner in recent weeks having come from behind to beat Atalanta in their last Serie A outing while they progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League following the 2-1 victory over Basel. Further, talisman Francesco Totti has been in sparkling form of late grabbing four goals in three matches while Mirko Vucinic has also been in the goals with three in his last four outings.
The complete opposite is true for Lazio who have a winless run that stretches to a massive 12 games. To add further insult to injury Davide Ballardini's side were knocked out of Europe this week at Salzburg despite having fielded a full-strength side.
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Middlesbrough's newest signing Kevin Thomson insists his ambition is to play in the Premier League.
Boro have been one of the busiest Championship clubs this summer and swelled their ranks even further on Friday by signing Thomson.
The former Rangers man is the fourth player to join from Scotland following the captures of Kris Boyd, Stephen McManus and Andrew Halliday.
Boro are now among the favourites to win promotion to England's top flight and Thomson is desperate to play in the Premier League.
Thomson is relishing the new challenge facing him at The Riverside and believes the time was right to move on after three seasons at Ibrox.
New challenge
"It's a new challenge and a fresh start for me," Thomson told the club's official website.
"The Rangers fans were great to me and I'll never forget my three-and-a-half years there.
"I won back-to-back titles, we reached the Uefa Cup final and we picked up a couple of cups along the way too, so it was a successful time.
"Now I'm ready to take a new step in my career. My ambition is to play in the Premier League and I think I can do that with Middlesbrough.
"When you move you have to look at the whole package because you're moving to a new club and you're moving your family too.
"But there are six or seven Scots down here already and there are so many of them who I know, while the manager knows pretty much what I'm all about.
"All that, together with the challenge of helping the club win promotion, meant the whole package felt right."


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Los Angeles Little Osaka Now Officially Called "Sawtelle Japantown"
We've written before about the marvelous location that our West Los Angeles apartment building is in, a neighborhood that has for a long time been referred to by locals as Little Osaka. We are now excited to report that after last week's City Council vote that the city of Los Angeles has officially designated this neighborhood known as Sawtelle/Little Osaka/West L.A. as Sawtelle Japantown!
Located off of Sawtelle Boulevard between Santa Monica and Olympic Boulevards, this neighborhood has a diverse population but is richly dominated by Japanese culture. There are specialty shops, sushi bars, karaoke bars and markets that specialize in other Japanese goods.
But why such a concentration of Japanese businesses within such a small parcel of land? Historian and author Randy Sakamoto has written that the large concentration of Japanese businesses in the area is due to the unfortunate and unfair race-based restrictions Los Angeles had on buying homes from the early 1900s to the 1950s.
Greg Ericksen of the West L.A. Neighborhood Council said the renaming will "honor the historical and cultural roots of our Japanese American citizens and also bring together synergies around our community to engage new residents and new community members to participate in our neighborhood council and participate in our city."
Congratulations to the area of West Los Angeles now officially known as Sawtelle Japantown and the many men and women behind the businesses that have contributed to the continued growth and regeneration of such a historic neighborhood!


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I've been planning a D600 /24-120 purchase when I get back to the States.
I stopped at a local shop to look at the combo yesterday. It's heavy. The D600 feels fine and is only a little bigger/heavier than my faithful D80. But that lens is a mutha, in terms of travel.
I travel v light and was thinking this would be a good one-lens solution. Now I'm thinking twice.
Are you guys using this lens for travel, to walk around with all day? 28-300 seems like too much of an IQ compromise. Not sure what to do. Both these zooms seem overpriced, but there's no real competition.
(BTW, in Russia D600 body is about $2400; 24-120 about $1500.)
I strongly believe there were underperforming or bad copies of the lens made and perhaps more than what's an average.
My lens really is very nice and I almost feel sad to part with it but I won't have a use to it on d600 for what I do. The OP needs to rethink his shooting approach entirely if 24-120 fx range seems to him too bulky in form of this lens. Using the primes just only seems very limiting but it gets different a lot when one adopts 'fixed FL lens shooting style'.
One just can hardly ask for more compact lens than this short zoom lens that balances very well on d600. It's really compact for what range it gives to you. And on a good sample it's a very nice Nikkor lens indeed. Its fx performance peaks at 70mm where it is simply excellent border to border, not to mention the centre (at proborder apertures e.g. f8). It seems to me that copies that have undeveloped sweet spot at about 50mm are not representing what this lens can do whereas the copies with sweet spot at 70 show this lens' potential in full (there is a faster drop behind this spot than before it). It has been my experience and some resolution charts on web look to agree with this as well as quite a high inconsistency in reports or reviews. And also a few cases here from this forum I am recollecting (a big difference after a copy replacement). It could be matter of bad batches (or worse – good ones) in some countries or on the whole. The good sample is not a miracle but it does seem to me that it makes all the difference between when people turn away from the lens or love it.
If the weight for FL range is the issue there using more compact lens solutions is the way, if your needs or you require the range I think the zooms aren't that terrible for fx at all (the f2.8 zooms probably are). As for the price, well only you can decide for you. It's good to separate perception of the price from a general point of view and your personal one.
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DIsmayed readers send me signs of racism at East River festivities this weekend.
Marine veteran Lynn Hart spotted a camper next door flying the traitor Confederate flag during the Flandreau Wacipi Saturday. (I'd embed the video, but Hart got a little worked up and used some cuss words.)
Hart, who is a little bit darker than I am and who has voiced concerns about public displays of the traitor flag elsewhere in South Dakota, took his concerns to Flandreau Santee Sioux tribal chairman Tony Reider. Hart suggests that Chairman Reider asked that "such symbolism of negativity" not be flown over tribal lands (and in his relief and to mine, Hart drops no f-bombs in this video:
Meanwhile, at the Stampede Rodeo parade in Mitchell Saturday, a visitor spotted the Rasta Monkey on the float from Mike's Gun Repair:
Lest I invite an angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin argument about whether we are allowed to show animals enjoying reggae or doing other people things, there's a long and ugly history of associating blacks with monkeys which goes back to Europe's first encounters with Africa and which has scientifically demonstrated implications for ongoing racial discrimination.


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In which we chat with the artist Stephen Zerbe about beds, binaries, and which hashtags best describe his work.
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Tell me about your current show, Bed Sized Works (pictured, above).
It emerged for the most part fully formed from my head, and also through a specific series of social events involving a young girl, a sexual woman, a Land Rover, and a bed frame that I built in a dungeon on Orchard Street. The bed frame used my painting on a wooden panel ("Coral Field") as the surface to support the mattress. The pieces in the show are human scale and based on different modes of sleep, sexuality and other daily minutiae such as eating in bed, feeling like your wires are all bundled, floating in space, getting dressed, merging souls with someone else, or packing a box.
How does it relate to your previous piece, Hunter and Prey Gradient. Why this work? Why now?
Hunter and Prey Gradient is part of a series of fabric pieces that attempt to manually represent my ultimate goal of making a perfectly gradated, industrially-manufactured yard of fabric. For example, one that transitions smoothly and without breaks from cotton into nylon. Or tree bark into spandex. I have some leads on how that could be possible, but the unfinished attempt may be the ultimate point of the work. Switching pieces back and forth from one material to another creates interesting geometric shapes.
You're continuing to work reconstructing textiles and garments in Bed Sized Works—is this an evolution of themes you started considering with Hunter and Prey?
This series of works aims to highlight the modes of existence between the "binary" poles . . . I grew tired of having items from different origins "bizarrely juxtaposed" and wanted to create something new that could have more than one meaning. The desire to change, also known as growth, is a great spring of inspiration. Gradients are a shorthand for intermodal existence that will hopefully eventually not be classified along a spectrum at all.
Tell me about the hashtags "#identity #desire #art" you used in this Instagram. Are #identity and #desire key themes in your #art?[My work is] definitely about identity—clothing being one of the most visible ways that people can express themselves. In that way these works make the viewer consider anthropology in a direct way, in a way that an abstract painting could not. [The work is] really about the subject matter . . . pushing these materials into a recognizable fine art shape is just how I make them communicate with the rest of the world.
You work in so many different mediums. As you interact with these different materials, do they begin to feel more or less alike? Do you interact with them differently?
All the different materials are being used in the same way as I would use paint on a canvas. The techniques of sewing, sanding, gluing, soldering, etc. are still employed to create a visual impact on a mostly flat surface on the wall.
Do you think about the apocalypse a lot?
I don't think about the apocalypse because what does that even mean?? Prophets are bullshit, but if they're right and we all die then you can kill me.
Bed Sized Works is on view at Tanja Grunert gallery until July 19th.
Above: Zerbe at work. "Went to the gallery at night, tweaked a few of the works, mopped the floor with bleach," said the artist on his Tumblr of his current exhibition at Tanja Grunert Gallery. "Show has been up for a week, looking good. A few decipherable signatures in the sign in book."


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Britain's Secret Seas (4 x 60′) – Paul Rose, Tooni Mahto and marine archaeologist Frank Pope explore the seas around Britain, and reveal that they can be every bit as dramatic, colourful, and surprising as the oceans anywhere else in the world and provide a home to extraordinary creatures, spectacular seascapes, underwater cities and a source of food. Featuring scientists and their latest research, the series will examine the threats facing British waters and reveal the steps that are being taken to protect them.
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Offering the industry's largest product breadth of right angle modular jacks means that Molex has the right jack for your application. For example, high-speed jacks provide Category 5e performance for networking and Fast Ethernet applications. Magnetic Jacks feature integrated magnetics, capacitors and resistors. The modular jacks with lightpipes replace typical LED modular jacks and lower the electrical noise found in these LED jacks. Inverted (top latch) modular jacks allow for easy mating and unmating. Furthermore, right angle jacks are offered in flanged, flangeless and flush mount versions in many port sizes from single port to stacked multi-port for a variety of design applications.
Various soldering processes are accomodated by either surface mount or through hole versions. Finally, shielding is available on many jacks to prevent electromagnetic interference. Avaliable in three profiles, low profile, standard profile and stacked.


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Today it felt like spring! There was not a cloud in the sky and the temperature rose to over 15°C! In the sun it was actually really warm. Even Hugo (who was sitting in the stroller while we snapped these) took off his shoes and socks! We made the most of it today as the forecast for the rest of the week is shocking. Snow and a 20°C plunge in temperatures. Just when I thought we were over the worst of it.
On a lighter note, the lovely people at Meltin' Pot recently sent me these great chinos! I actually squealed when I saw they had started making chinos too, and salmon pink no less! They were perfect for today's temperatures. And you would be forgiven if you thought I was on holidays, but in my head I kinda was. During the week I also became obsessed with the idea of wearing suspenders. I haven't worn them since my pre-teen days when I needed them to hold up my trousers. I found these in a menswear store, and liked how simple they were. I think they add a new dimension to the outfit. What do you think?
In other news Manu and I are celebrating nine years together! How fast the time goes! I can't believe how lucky I got when I met him, and I would never have imagined all the adventures we have shared. We have a ton of plans just now, and I can't wait to turn them in to reality!
Pants – c/o Meltin' Pot, T-shirt – Monoprix, Bag – Topshop, Shoes – H by Hudson, Hat – Country Road, Suspenders – Celio
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