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Urban Soil, Urban Agriculture 406C Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-4328 ... Jeffory A. Hattey Professor Soil Management, Soil Science Education, Animal Waste Management, ...
Corn Growth in Hot and Dry Conditions
are starting to see some leaf rolling in corn. Some of this may be related to reductions in soil ... result in reduced growth rates. Leaf area may decrease under stress conditions leading to less area ... available to photosynthesize, and internodes may not lengthen as much leading to shorter plants. Moisture ...
Ohio State soil scientist awarded World Food Prize
pioneering agricultural methods across the globe that not only restore degraded soil but also reduce global ... work on management and conservation of agriculture's most cherished natural resource, the soil, set him ... Story by Alayna DeMartini A soil scientist at The Ohio State University whose research spans five ...
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Hydrangeas Webinar
The Miami County Master Gardener Volunteers will present "Hydrangeas" at the next session in the ... Coffee with the Master Gardeners series on August 7 at 10 a.m. The session will be taught by Norma ... Follstaedt, who has been a Master Gardener Volunteer since 1993. Norma will share all about the different ...
Sue Hogan: National Excellence in Urban 4-H Programming Award Winner
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Keep your vegetable garden happy all summer
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On April 22nd and 23nd. Dancewear Corner hosted the model search for Oh La La Dancewear.
All the dancers auditioning got to meet Lilly K. and take pictures with her.
Here are some pictures from the day because pictures can speak louder than words.
Everyone was so great that it took the judges longer than expected to pick out the dancers that will get to model Oh La La DanceWear.
After the event, the chosen dancers then got to take pictures with @staceyk.photography.

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Where is your favourite family holiday spot in Australia, and why?
Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea and just two hours' flight from Sydney or Brisbane. It is so peaceful and there's something for everyone – surfing, fishing, diving, snorkelling with turtles, bike riding. It's great for kids as it is safe, there are hardly any cars and you can really relax as a family
Where is your favourite family holiday spot internationally, and why?
We just did a ski trip to Park City, Utah which we loved. The kids did ski school nearly every day for two weeks and got really good at skiing. The weather is great, the resorts have heated pools and some of the best food and shopping you can imagine.
What's your fondest childhood holiday memory?
Camping at Noosa in the days before it was crowded, with my mate and his dad, catching mud crabs, surfing and fishing. The simple things in life are always the best
What is your top tip for a family driving holiday?
That's easy, portable DVD players! And make sure the kids get some exercise before you head off.
Any hints for flying with kids?
If they have some books to read, some colouring to do and an iPod or iPad for them to watch their favourite shows they will be alright. And pack good healthy snacks they like, like fruit and sushi.
Describe your funniest holiday moment?
I was in San Sebastian, Spain about eight years ago and the local soccer team had won the country's national tournament and the whole city turned into a giant party. The locals were so crazy I was too scared to leave the hotel.
Do you have a dream family destination?
T o be honest, I actually can't go past Park City, Utah. It offers the best fun for all of us.


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What to name the new bridge connecting Kentucky and Indiana? Yum Brands, parent company of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, has an idea.
The company is waging a social media campaign in support of naming the new Interstate 65 bridge "The Colonel Harlan Sanders Memorial Bridge," in honor of the man who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken.
According to Louisville Courier-Journal, support for #ColonelBridge is gaining momentum.
KFC's official Twitter account posted this image in early February:
After all, Yum Brands points out, what could be more appropriate than naming a bridge after the man who actually bridged Kentucky and Indiana with his Secret Recipe of 11 Herbs & Spices?
The Colonel may have some stiff competition from President Ronald Reagan, who is also a contender in the battle for bridge-naming honor. The Kentucky legislature recently proposed a very straightforward resolution to designate the new bridge as the "Ronald W. Reagan Memorial bridge and erect appropriate signs."
Supporters of #ColonelBridge say that it's time for us to start paying proper respect to our cultural figures.
But detractors question whether The Colonel should be placed in such company as President John F. Kennedy, after whom the adjacent bridge is named.
Others just wonder whether bridge designers can incorporate KFC vibes into the new bridge project.
While Yum Brands continues to drum(stick?!) up support for #ColonelBridge, they'll need to submit a written petition to the transportation cabinet and hold a public hearing. Fusion will be watching this story and will continue to provide updates.
Alexandra DiPalma is a producer for Fusion Lightworks, Fusion's In-house Branded Content Agency.


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When I was living in Japan I got the chance to eat authentic Japanese cuisine-- those in side streets, prepared by seasoned cooks, those that weren't necessarily expensive but you'd know they're authentic.
One of the best (if not the best) ramen I've tasted is Ippudo Ramen, which is located just outside our dorm (but they have several stores around Japan). It was very tasty, rich, authentic! You should try, if ever you go to Japan.
And then there was the Ramen Museum in Yokohama, which deserves its own post! (Perhaps I'd write about it one of these days!)
Last week I got to reminisce my love for this Japanese noodle dish when I ate at Ramen Bar in Eastwood.
This was their ramen selection.
First order that came out was the Shoyu Ramen (PhP 280), which was soy infused tonkotsu ramen topped with tamago, naruto, negi, chasyu, butter and corn. If you see the eggs beside it, it's an order of Tamago (PhP 50).
Next up was an order of Chasyu (PhP 120), which very much resembles the Chinese Cha-sho (Asado).
We also tried the Yakiniku Beef Rice Topping (PhP 165), which very much tastes like Japanese gyudon to me.
This is the Spicy Kakuni Rice Bowl (PhP 185), which is pork belly with rice.
Overall, the eating experience reminded me of how we used to enjoy Japanese cuisine in Japan, probably one of the best types of food around.
There's more kinds of ramen to try. Not only from this restaurant, but also from others. I'm looking forward! If you'd like to recommend any ramen restaurant, kindly comment in the comment box at the end of this post and I'd be sure to try.
P.S. Check out my new site, http://dannelim.com if you have time. In there is my graphic design folio, blog, among many other things!
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To Ibrahim Sadiq :
1) Has anyone considered a national advertising campaign?
I'm sure lots of people on here think that a national advertising campaign would be wonderful. The big problem is cost. To raise funds and ensure your advert hits the target audience costs big bucks. We're trying to raise the profile of what is really going on in the world over at www.1984brigade.com (blatent plug!). We're currently developing a webcast to make our voices heard out across the internet. If anyone wants a slot in our broadcast to shout about ID cards please drop me a line and get involved. Even doing things on a shoe string budget still costs money plus time and effort.
2) Does anyone think it's a good idea to get unions on side?
The unions have little or no power and some of them just tow the labour party line. Also a lot of employers fail to recognise unions these days.
3) The government is saying that people may not be able to work without an ID card number if we could find businesses to employ people cash-in-hand.....?
Sticky wicket that one. I assume employers will be duty bound to record details of both employees and contractors so you'll still need an ID card. Even today your accounts would show an outgoing of cash and the Revenue will want records of where it is going.Duane Phillips, 14 years ago.


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Here's an opinion piece written to proclaim "Los Angeles is Ours Now"
Thanks to Michelle Malkin for the link to this blog.
We want to be an open hearted society but it gets even harder when things like these show up and are the beliefs behind the Reconquista (La Raza, MEChA) movement. Here's a wonderfully illuminating video narrated by some of the biggest political names in California state politics who claim (every last one of them) that the Latinos are taking over so get used to it.
6 thoughts on "The Movement Behind the Pro Illegal Alien Protests"
More people need to pay attention to Juan Jose Gutierrez, President of Moviemento Latino USA. I do believe he is the same Gutierrez, founder of the La Raza Unida political party, who declared: "We have an aging white America…They are dying…..We have got to eliminate the gringo, and what I mean by that is if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him".
Hey , Ms Victoria, the backlash has begun! Every mehican flag shown is a million more voices for secure borders and real i.d.
Down in Apache Junction yesterday, students raised a Mexican Flag over top of an American flag. Other students came along and took it down. It was raised again and taken down again and burned by a student. A shoving match ensued involving 6 students.
The one student who took the Mexican flag down and burned it was arrested for arson! I guess flag burning is only protected if you burn an American flag.
In Denver, after a week of protests from pro-illegal students waving Mexican flags, a group of students came to school with American flags to wave them. The principal confiscated the American flags and refused to let them be displayed as he considered the American flag devisive. He also now says no Mexican flags either.
Students being denied a right to display the American flag walked out of school, but the same Principal says he will not discipline them.
Also in Arizona, radio transmission towers broadcasting Spanish stations were toppled with no one taking credit for the act, so far. Someone with a torch cut the guide wires holding them up.
Can we say, Backlash?
Right, wrong or indifferent, it's here and it looks like it will get messy.
Who would have ever thought we'd see the day when illegal aliens would have the balls to riot in the streets?
Juan Jose Gutierrez is a closet homosexual who must be stopped.
Gutierrez has to be stopped because of his ideas. Personal attacks only discredit the poster.
This is not the first time immigrints have rioted in the streets. Back in late 1979 Iranin students rioted over the shah in LA.
My answer to the protests and violence and attitude of "Stolen America" with no respect whatsoever to the fore fathers and men who died for freedom of this land, I will be celebrating Cinco de Nada next month as a public statement, It is to ask in this hour …is it ok to hate this country and what it stands for and be just given a pass?
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The Australian war memorial collections contain historical data about the various aspects of the life during the World War I. The collections contain a large number of document images comprising, letters, diaries, forms, other forms of handwritten and printed communication. Text information present in the images are not machine readable or rather not editable by a text processing system. In order to effectively manage the large volume of image/video data it requires proper indexing based on keywords or other information. This requires the images to be manually annotated and tagged with a keyword. Most of the search utilities/tools to date use keywords to retrieve information from databases. This process becomes cumbersome while searching videos/images and might produce inconsistent results as a different keyword might be associated with a video/image which the user is interested in. Real-time manual annotation of such a large number of videos is not feasible due to the large amount of man power involved and the time required for processing each video/image. Hence, automatic annotation is a better and more feasible approach in this situation. In automatic annotation, text present in images (e.g. text on letter, diaries, forms etc.) can be used to generate keywords, which can be used for the effective retrieval of the appropriate videos/images. Thus, text present in the video/image plays an important role in automatic indexing and effective retrieval of videos/images from the database.
Textify is an application which does the automatic annotation and keyword tagging for effective indexing and retrieval. It is an application which is developed using the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques. The following are the functionalities of the application:
1. Optical character recognition (OCR) of a document to automatically create a machine readable/editable version of the document images. This are particularly useful for reprinting/reproducing the diaries/letter etc.
2. Automatic keyword generation for indexing of the images, using the machine readable version of the text information.
3. Automatic clustering of similar documents/images based on keywords
4. Searching document images based on custom text/keywords.
The application will be very useful for digital document management and for managing both historical and the recently digitized documents. State and national libraries maintaining large volumes of image/video data will be highly benefitted with the proposed application. Common people will have the benefits like creating editable form of text images when required and also have the access to a reproduced version of historical books/diaries/letters etc.
The archived document images/books/letters/diaries etc. from Australia and New Zealand state archives will be reused. Most of the cultural, educational, life style, etc. during 1900's are hidden in the document images. Thus, having an editable/machine readable form of the text information will definitely provide large and meaningful information. The document images will be also automatically tagged to keywords found in the text present in the images for indexing. OCR makes it easy to reproduce the books/diaries etc. which in turn create business opportunities for the publication industries.


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"…beneath this sweet exterior lurks a rock 'n' roller. "
— Frank de Blasé, CITY Newspaper.
Nashville-based guitarist, songwriter, and singer, Meg Williams, performs at notable venues across the country with her full band, as a solo/duo act, and as a guitarist for other artists. She competed in the 2019 International Blues Challenge (Memphis, TN), representing the Kentucky Blues Society after winning the Kentucky Blues Challenge. Meg was additionally selected as the house band director for the International Women in Blues Showcase during the IBC's. Shortly after returning to Nashville, after a very eventful week in Memphis for the IBCs, Meg signed with Nola Blue Records and went on to record her full length album, 'Take Me As I Am: The Muscle Shoals Sessions,' at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. Meg's album has since been played on Sirius XM's Bluesville and radio stations world-wide – 'Take Me As I Am' has reached #27 on Top 50 Blues Album Charts & #9 on Top 50 Blues Rock Album Charts (Roots Music Report). Meg's song 'Little Bit of the Devil' reached #2 Top 50 Blues Rock songs & #9 Top Blues Song (Roots Music Report). Earning high respect and feedback internationally, 'Take Me As I Am' won a Bronze Medal for the 2019 Global Music Awards.
Meg recently performed at the 2019 Ann Arbor Blues Fest and the inaugural Lone Star Blues and Heritage Festival, as a guitarist & bassist for blues legend and festival headliner, Benny Turner (brother & bassist of the late Freddie King). She additionally performed at the 2019 Tall City Blues Fest (Midland, TX) 2019 Robert Johnson San Antonio Sessions (San Antonio, TX) & main-stage at 2018 Venice Blues Festival (Venice, FL). She has also performed at the Tennessee Motorcycle & Music Revival at Loretta Lynn's Ranch, the 2019 Island Hopper Songwriter Festival (Fort Myers, FL), the Smoky Mountain Songwriter's Festival (Gatlinburg, TN), and the highly selective 2019 Nashville Guitar Community Showcase. Meg is set to perform at the 2020 Cincinnati Guitar Festival & has also been selected as 2020 Women in Blues Showcase - House Band Guitarist (Memphis, TN).
Meg has been interviewed & featured on Blues Radio International during the Blues Music Awards (BMA's) in Memphis, TN with percussionist Kirby Newman, Knoxville's WDVX Blue Plate Special (3x), Acme Radio Live (Nashville, TN), on 'Gear Gab' with Eric Dahl, and has been featured in Vintage Guitar Magazine (Oct '19 and Nov '19 issues). Meg has performed at notable venues nationwide, including: 3rd and Lindsley (Nashville, TN), Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar (Nashville, TN), City Winery (Nashville, TN), The Stanhope House (Stanhope, NJ), Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2 (NYC), BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups (St. Louis, MO), Knuckleheads Gospel Lounge (Kansas City, MO), Sam's Burger Joint (San Antonio, TX), Lafayette's (Memphis), BB King's Memphis (Memphis, TN), and many, many more.
"A lot of people say that Nashville is a 10 year town – well, Meg Williams fit 10 years into 3 years"
— Eric Dahl, Acme Radio Live
- 2019 Lone Star Blues and Heritage Festival w/ Benny Turner (Grapeland, TX)
- 2019 Island Hopper Songwriter Festival (Fort Myers, FL)
- 2019 Nashville Guitar Community Showcase (Nashville, TN)
- 2019 Ann Arbor Blues Festival with Benny Turner (Ann Arbor, MI)
- 2019 Tall City Blues Fest (Midland, TX)
- Winner of the 2018 Kentucky Blues Challenge (Bowling Green, KY)
- House Band Director for the 2019 Women in Blues Showcase (Memphis, TN)
- 2018 Venice Blues Festival (Venice, FL)
- Robert Johnson Sessions (San Antonio, TX)
- Blues Radio International during the BMA's (Memphis, TN)
- Tennessee Motorcycle & Music Revival (Loretta Lynn's Ranch, TN)
- Smoky Mountain Songwriter's Festival (Gatlinburg, TN)
- WDVX Blue Plate Special (Knoxville, TN)
- 3rd & Lindsley, Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar, The 5 Spot, Listening Room Cafe, ANALOG (Nashville, TN)
- BB King's Memphis, Lafayette's, Huey's Midtown (Memphis, TN)
- Sam's Burger Joint (San Antonio, TX)
- Rockwood Music Hall - Stage 2 (NYC)
- Stanhope House (Stanhope, NJ)
- Knuckleheads Gospel Lounge (Kansas City, MO)
- Summer NAMM (Re-Axe Booth, Nashville, TN)
- 2016 Nashville Blues Challenge (Nashville, TN)
- Rochester Fringe Festival, Park Avenue Festival, Fairport Food and Music Fest, Fairport Canal Days (Rochester, NY)
- BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups, Old Rock House (St. Louis, MO)
- CMA Fest (guitarist for Dakota Danielle, Nashville, TN)
- Cheyenne Frontier Days (guitarist for Ciara Rae, Cheyenne, WY)
- Whiskey Jam (with Jenny Teator)
"Meg Williams balances her big guitar playing with a sweet and sultry vocal style and razor-sharp lyrics…"


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In an online update, the ATO has announced that tax practitioners who have clients in the building and construction industry, will begin to receive a list of their clients and the years overdue for their TPAR obligations.
"If your clients have not lodged their 2018 or prior year taxable payments annual reports, now is the time to get them back on track to avoid penalties," said the ATO.
In October, the taxable payments reporting system (TPRS) was extended to the courier and cleaning industries, with a retrospective start date of 1 July 2018.
This was closely followed by an extension to the road freight, security, investigation, surveillance and information technology (IT) industries, with a start date of 1 July 2019.
The TPRS is a transparency measure that was first applied to the building and construction industry, recouping an extra $2.3 billion in its first year of operation in 2012.
Tax practitioners and bookkeepers have been urged to start educating clients on their obligations and ensuring that business clients start keeping records of contractor payments.
It is understood that the new, online TPAR form will allow further functionality, including the ability for tax and BAS agents to see client taxable payments annual report lodgment history.
"This form will be made available to inpiduals in business via MyTax initially, then progressively being made available in the Business Portal, Online Services for agents, and third party software," the ATO BAS Agent Association Group said last year.
Jotham Lian
30 January 2019
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This card uses a really cute image from Mo's Digital Pencil, he is coloured using my promarkers. Matted onto some kraft card which I cut using my perfect layers rulers. The hessian looking paper came in a kit from Create and Craft, the swirl card came from a local craft shop that has sadly long gone. I made the sentiment in word and again used my promarkers to colour it the ribbon was in my stash and I believe it came from docrafts.
This card is for the following challenges:
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Metallic blue wallet wedding invitation. WC243
Metallic blue laser cut wallet wedding invitation with insert.
Wallet Size: 210mm X 100mm
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There's no limit to our cards, choose a design or style and we'll modify and adapt it according to your preference.
You can mix 'n' match any design, change images, logos, colours, religious symbols and add some sparkle.
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A platform upgrade will be performed on the Atrium Institutional Repository from Monday, July 13 to Wenesday, July 15, 2020 (inclusive). During this time, users will not be able to submit new items to the Atrium. Users will still be able to browse, view, and download items that are already available in the Atrium. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Expect no primary school graduates this schoolyear 2013 because of the updated and Enhanced Basic Education Act or K12 Program in the Philippines.
Some parents don't feel good about this especially those who live below the poverty line. While some feel skeptic about this because it is just extending time of kids in school but the quality of the education is the most important part to improve in the system.
Has anyone see the new curriculum? What is your take on this new education system in the country?
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
On Enhanced Basic Education Act or K12 Program
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Azur Lane Characters - Acrylic Smart Phone Mobile Stand (Unicorn, Takao, Saint Louis)
Stock available, shipped within 3 to 5 days
This is a brand new anime character Acrylic Smart Phone Mobile Stand from Azur Lane featuring our favorite characters.
The Acrylic stand is made to the highest quality, and it is truly collectible item for all the Azur Lane fans out there.
Series: Azur Lane / アズールレーン
- Azur Lane Unicorn / ユニコーン
- Azur Lane Takao / 高雄
- Azur Lane Saint Louis / サン・ルイ
Material: Acrylic
Azur Lane is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android operating systems


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As a technology fellow at Battery Ventures, there are many cool things I get to do as part of my job: These include diving into the technology infrastructures that enable cutting-edge startups to disrupt the enterprise, and working with early adopters of these bleeding-edge technologies—and disruptors in their own right—as they transform their organizations.
One early adopter that I've had the pleasure of working with recently is Capital One. The company's goal is to be a disruptor in the financial-services industry. By fostering relationships with venture-capital firms, the team there has eagerly explored innovative new solutions and is well on its way to adopting transformative technologies such as cloud and DevOps. As the company leverages cloud, open source and a DevOps culture to disrupt their industry, I've seen them eagerly adopting innovative and transformative ideas like microservices and lightweight containers.
I recently visited Capital One's headquarters in Virginia, where I did a tour of the company's technology labs, presented my "Fast Delivery" talk to the engineering team, and shared a version of my State of the Art in Micro-services talk during a recruiting event hosted that evening (find the slides here and here). Here are a few photos from my visit:


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This seminar will explore the current state of thinking about the relationship between identity, politics and legal regulation. In particular, attention will be paid during this upcoming semester to the situation in Puerto Rico. Among the topics that will be considered are the roles that race and colonial identity have played in leading to Puerto Rico's current political status ("foreign in a domestic sense"). We will also consider how these factors (and others) have played into the current debt crisis that the Commonwealth is facing. In addition to Puerto Rico, we will also have discussions of other topics connecting to the broader theme of Law, Identity and Politics such as the Gender Gap in Legal Employment, the future of the Voting Rights Act, and the litigation over the Travel Ban.
Every week, students will be asked to do reaction papers to presentations by guest speakers. These guests are a set of scholars who are doing some of the most current research on the above-mentioned topics.
The requirements for the class are completion of the reaction papers and active participation in the debates over the papers being presented. There will not be a final exam or final paper. There will be one class meeting most weeks; on one occasion though we will have two sessions.
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Destiny 2 PC will go live at 10 am PDT on October 24th, with it also featuring 4K resolution support, an uncapped frame rate and 21:9 triple monitor support.
The PC port will be released nearly two months removed from the game's initial PS4 and Xbox One launch, though it's set to boast a number of improvements over its console counterpart. Along with the aforementioned performance and visual upgrades, Destiny 2 PC will also boast custom key bapping and an adjustable field of view, among other things.
Activision's statement to press reads: "Destiny 2 on PC is optimized to take full advantage of the PC platform and features 4K resolution support, uncapped frame rate, full mouse and keyboard support with custom key mapping, text chat, adjustable field of view, a detailed PC settings screen, 21:9 and triple monitor support, and HDR. Destiny 2 PC is playable on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10."
Also: 5 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Starting Destiny 2 PC
Many have been holding out on purchasing the console version of the game in order to wait for Destiny 2 PC's release, with Bungie delivering a slew of improvements made possible by the platform. Before heading into the game, feel free to join our notorious GameRevolution Destiny 2 clan, which has spent the past two months handing out engrams to its members like they're going out of fashion.
Where can I buy Destiny 2 PC?
With Destiny 2 being published by Activision, it won't be available on the likes of Steam or GOG. Players will instead have to head over to Battle.net, which also houses the likes of Overwatch and World of Warcraft, in order to purchase the game. Buyers can pre-purchase it, though the game's servers won't go live until 10 am PDT.


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おはようございます!南の島、グアムから帰ってきました^^ 良い天気に恵まれて楽しい休暇でした。これからは写真を整理して少しずつアップしたいと思います。
Hi everyone! I'm back from Guam. The island was lovely and we had a great time. It was fun to speak three languages all at the same time: English (with the Americans from the mainland), Filipino (with the immigrants from the Philippines that make up about a quarter of the population) and Japanese (with the tourists from Japan that make up the majority of visitors to the island). 😀
My husband was very happy with his newly acquired tan, while I did my best not to get browner than I already am (my original skin color rivals that of toast) 🙂
I need to sift through the myriad photos and write a couple of blog posts about our experiences. In the meantime, here's a pic of a hibiscus.
So, what do you think of this photo? Please share your thoughts and opinions in the Comments section below.


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koskela is now online – be still my beating heart!
I never used to believe in love at first site until I walked into Koskela. Once I was there, I realised my one true homewares love had been found. Now, this Sydney mecca for all things marvellous has opened an online. Everyone in Australia can appreciate their glorious pieces. I did a Store Tour there a few months back and adored everything they had to offer, so I'm beyond excited that y'all get the chance to get in on the action!


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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh elects new bishop
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Rev. Dorsey McConnell, a Yale-educated former agnostic whose classical theology moves him to build relationships with those on the other side of divisive issues, has been elected the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Like the other four nominees, he has an extensive background in bringing together people of opposing viewpoints on gay ordination and other theological issues. That was considered critical in a diocese that split in 2008, with the majority of its clergy and laity leaving the Episcopal Church to form the more conservative Anglican Church in North America. However not all the conservatives left, and the Episcopal diocese remains theologically diverse.
He won election on the sixth ballot, after going head-to-head in earlier rounds with the Rev. Stanley Runnels from Kansas City, Mo. Rev. Runnels, a longtime advocate of gay ordination and gay marriage was the more liberal candidate. Although Rev. Runnels led among lay voters on five ballots, the final vote was 47 laity and 31 clergy for Rev. McConnell and 35 laity and 10 clergy for Rev. Runnels.
Bishop-elect McConnell had a majority of clergy from the first ballot.
Bishop-elect McConnell, 58, is rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Chestnut Hill, Mass. He has also served in Seattle and New York City.
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Labels: Bishop election, diocese of Pittsburgh, tec
The Ripped, Bikini-Clad Reverend
From The "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department-
I stood by the mailbox holding a package that weighed about as much as an apple. Inside, I knew, there was a bikini. I was almost afraid to open it. How could something so small hold such a big risk?
As an Episcopal priest, I am usually more interested in what is going on inside a person than in what shows on the outside. Most days, if I have official duties, I put on my black clergy shirt, my white collar and a suit that looks decent and head out looking like a priest.
Now here I stood with my package, wondering how "priestly" I would look in its contents. The fabric was fire-engine red; a sprinkling of rhinestones along the edge caught the light.
I needed the bikini for the physique competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. I started training the year before. I loved how strong it made me feel. Now I was about to compete in front of hundreds of people.
The competition would be on a Sunday morning, a day I had requested off for "a personal enrichment experience." I would not know many people in the crowd. No one from church would be there. Men and women would perform poses of "front double biceps," "side triceps" and "back lat spread," while at the other end of the exhibit hall, judges would award ribbons for apple pie and pickled beets. This was a wholesome environment; still, I knew I couldn't share widely what I was doing.
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Members debate budget process, consequences of racism
From ENS-
The Episcopal Church's Executive Council wrapped up its work of the 2010-2012 triennium here on April 20 by discussing its on-going work against racism and issuing a memo saying that the proposed draft budget released to the church "is not exactly" the one it passed.
"We've tried to give a non-blame but descriptive, supporting document," council member Fredrica Thompsett (Diocese of Massachusetts) told her colleagues in presenting the memo for their approval.
The memo says there are "potentially many explanations for the multiple errors in the document," including "too many spreadsheets, too little time" and the "rapid discourse" involving two different budget proposals on the final day of council's January session.
And, the council said, a decision to schedule the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance's meeting on the budget to begin the day after council adjourned in January required council to agree "to a final document before the treasurer's office had adequate time to draft the document for final review by Executive Council."
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Labels: executive council, Katharine Jefferts Schori, tec
Friday, April 20, 2012
Episcopal bishop vote set Saturday
From Pittsburgh-
Five finalists seeking to become the first permanent bishop of Pittsburgh's reconfigured Episcopal diocese have strong records in mediating and listening to people, a church official said.
"We are clearly looking for people who are healers and reconcilers," said the Very Rev. George Werner, former dean of Trinity Cathedral and former president of the house of deputies of the Episcopal Church, the national church's second highest position.
In addition to mediating well, he said, the candidates "are people who build the community." Among the finalists is the Rev. Canon Scott T. Quinn, 57, of Crafton.
Certified church deputies, clergy and designated diocesan leaders will vote Saturday at Trinity Cathedral, Downtown, until a nominee gets more than 50 percent of the vote. Anyone can attend the electing convention and tonight's pre-convention meeting at 7 o'clock at the cathedral.
The bishop will take the job after a fractious decade in which the Pittsburgh diocese split in 2008. Then-Bishop Robert Duncan tried to realign it with more theologically conservative churches that opposed the U.S. leadership's support for keeping abortions legal and the 2003 consecration of openly gay pastor V. Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire.
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The Church of England faithful left to fend for themselves
From London-
Members of the congregation at St Michael and All Angels parish church in Croydon, south London, don't ask for much. A decent sermon, perhaps a few rousing hymns; clean pews; a tidy garden at the back; someone to help with Sunday school. But this month, they need something rather more important: a new vicar, to replace the one who converted to Catholicism and took 69 of his flock with him to a church up the road.
A "Parish priest: vacant" sign now stands outside the towering red-brick church behind West Croydon train station. Seven weeks ago, it housed 100 parishioners and a vicar who had served there for 16 years. Today, St Michael's has less than half its original congregation, after the Rev Donald Minchew quit his post and was received into the Catholic faith at St Mary's, 500 yards away.
This extraordinary leap of faith was prompted by the Rev Minchew's decision to join the Ordinariate, a structure within the Roman Catholic Church that allows Anglicans to enter into full communion while retaining some of their C of E heritage. The practice started last January, when three former Anglican bishops were ordained as Catholic priests, following a decree from Pope Benedict XVI to heal division between the faiths. Since then, dissatisfaction with aspects of Anglican doctrine – including the Church's attitude towards homosexuality and its willingness to consider female bishops – has led hundreds to take up the offer of conversion.
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Church to re-dedicate Napoleonic chandeliers
From North Carolina-
All Saints' Episcopal Church's four brilliant chandeliers were first lit at the original downtown Concord church May 9, 1937.
But they had burned long before that – by candlelight – in the Paris palace of Prince deRohan Bonaparte, cousin of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, according to church archives.
At morning worship April 22, a simple ceremony of re-consecration and re-dedication, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the four chandeliers as part of the church, will be observed in the sanctuary of the building on Lake Concord Road that All Saints' Episcopal erected in 1972.
Leading the service will be the Rev. Nancy Cox and the Rev. Chip Marble, assistant bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. A reception will take place after in the parish hall.
A writer covering the first local lighting for the Concord Tribune wrote that even the royal pomp and ceremony of the coronation of King Edward VI of England couldn't match the brilliance of those chandeliers
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Ex-diplomat installed as rector of Trinity Episcopal in Ashland
From Oregon-
Fresh from 25 years as a U.S. diplomat — most of it on the front lines of international political and cultural interactions in China — the Rev. Anthony Hutchinson was installed Thursday as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland.
Hutchinson, 58, who was ordained in the Hong Kong Anglican Church in 2008, took the Ashland post on Jan. 1. He says he brings a church tradition rooted in thoughtfulness and faith, not "bumper-sticker slogans."
"I bring an international Anglican breadth to the church, a sacramental view," he says, noting the Episcopal Church is rooted in Protestant and Catholic traditions. "It's a prayer made manifest."
From 2009 to 2011, Hutchinson served as assisting pastor and minister of music at the Congregation of the Good Shepherd in Beijing, where his parishioners hailed from a wide spectrum of Christian faiths. He also had served as chaplain at St. John's Cathedral, and taught biblical languages and literature at Minghua Theological Seminary in Hong Kong.
In the Foreign Service, he specialized in public diplomacy in China and also served in Africa. In China, Hutchinson was a right-hand man for ambassadors, sometimes providing the prayers for the embassy's solemn occasions, including on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
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Five vie to lead Episcopal Diocese of Western Mass.
From Western Massachusetts-
The panel charged with drawing up the slate of nominees to replace retiring Bishop Gordon P. Scruton, the spiritual head of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, which includes Worcester County, apparently cast a wide net — selecting candidates from Connecticut, New York, Idaho and California.
Church officials last night announced that five clerics, one of them a woman, are under consideration to become the diocese's ninth bishop.
They are: the Very Rev. Richard A. Demarest, 55, the dean at St. Michael's Cathedral in Boise, Idaho; the Rev. Dr. Douglas John Fisher, 57, the rector at Grace Church in Millbrook, N.Y.; the Rev. Nancy Gossling, 60, the rector of St. James' Church in Glastonbury, Conn.; the Very Rev. Ron W. Griffin, 58, the rector of Christ Church in Eureka, Calif.; and the Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton, 49, the dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford.
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Labels: Bishop election, tec, Western Massachusetts
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Executive Council looks to future near end of triennium
From ENS-
The Episcopal Church's Executive Council began its last meeting of the 2010-2012 triennium contemplating its leadership role — and emotional investment — in the church's journey to its future.
The council has spent much of the last three years exploring how the Episcopal Church must change in response to the challenges facing all mainline churches, including declining memberships and thus declining finances, demographic shifts and cultural changes in the place and authority accorded to religious communities in society. When General Convention convenes in July in Indianapolis, deputies and bishops will grapple with a variety of calls (some of the proposals can be seen here) for changes in the church's structure that their proposers say will help the church meet those challenges.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson and Bishop Stacy Sauls, Episcopal Church chief operating officer, all addressed the impact and implications of those challenges during their opening remarks April 18.
Jefferts Schori reminded council members that they began the current triennium "just past a major budget cut [made by the previous meeting of Convention] that forced a public and painful reduction in church center staff."
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Pawn-ticket trail leads to suspects
From New York-
From pulpit to pawn shop is a journey few burglars or cops take.
And it's a long trip when the path to pawning religious artifacts leads two alleged criminals on a bus ride to New Haven.
Police in that Connecticut city charged Joseph Plouffe, 32, of 310 25th St., Watervliet, and James Zaremski, 30, of 25 Holland Ave., Albany, with third-degree grand larceny, accusing them of intending to pawn sterling silver items stolen this past weekend from St. John's Episcopal Church in Troy.
Plouffe was apprehended Tuesday at Superior Exchange after the pawn shop notified police of the religious items. Zaremski was collared at the intersection of Chapel and Church streets on the New Haven Green a short time later.
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Episcopal Diocese set to announce 5 bishop nominees
From Western Massachusetts-
The Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, which encompasses Worcester and four other counties, is expected to announce today the five nominees under consideration to replace retiring Bishop Gordon P. Scruton.
Bishop Scruton, who was consecrated in 1996 and who served at one time as rector of St. Francis Church in Holden, announced last June that he would step down as spiritual shepherd of the local church at the end of 2012.
The process to find a replacement formally began last August with the appointment of Search and Transition committees.
"At this point, we're coming near the end of our search for a new spiritual leader," said the Rev. Tanya Wallace, the chairman of the Transition Committee and rector of All Saints Church in South Hadley.
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Labels: Bishop election, tec, Western Massachusetts
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Seeds for souls: A vegetable garden to feed the poor
From Florida-
Heirloom tomatoes are ripening beautifully in Tim Hadsell's "give back" garden, just weeks after the Greenacres man planted his first crops in the fertile lot behind his local Elks Lodge.
It was a rather neglected patch of land, overgrown with melaleucas and weeds, but in it Hadsell saw great, green possibilities.
Green like the broccoli, lettuce, zucchini and robust heads of lettuce that are now sprouting in the varied patch he planted in February.
Great like the mission these crops serve: to feed the needy at St. George's Episcopal Church and Community Center in Riviera Beach.
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Labels: florida, good stuff, hunger, tec
It started in a schoolhouse
From The Diocese of Bethlehem-
A worship area that 100 years ago served as a schoolhouse offers a glimpse of the history and tradition at Church of the Epiphany in Glenburn.
On April 20, as part of the yearlong centennial celebration, the Rt. Rev. Jack Croneberger, Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, will join the Rev. Craig Sweeney, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, in a rededication of the church's renovated parish hall and centennial celebration . A catered dinner dance will follow with Big Band and Jazz music provided by the Jim Welsh Band. A host of activities for youngsters, including a movie, games and music catered to their taste will round out the event. Seniors will be treated to a free shuttle service and babysitting for children will be available at no charge.
The formation of the church began on the Festival of the Epiphany, January 6, 1912, at a small gathering of residents of the Abingtons held in the 1876 Centennial Schoolhouse in Glenburn. The meeting was cut short because the potbelly stove provided insufficient heat to encourage extended discussion. Enough interest was expressed though, and the schoolhouse was subsequently purchased and renovated; it serves to this day as the worship area of the Church of the Epiphany.
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Joint Statement from Truro Anglican Church, Fairfax and the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
From Virginia-
Truro Anglican Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia announced today a settlement that concludes five years of litigation that arose after Truro Anglican and other parishes left the Episcopal Church in 2006 to become part of what is now the Anglican Church in North America.
The settlement follows a January ruling in which the Circuit Court of Fairfax County held that all real and personal property held by the parishes at the time they left the denomination belongs to the Diocese.
Under terms of the settlement, the Diocese has given Truro Anglican a rent-free lease of the church buildings at 10520 Main Street in Fairfax, as well as two rectories, until June 30, 2013. Truro Anglican will deed the properties to the Diocese by April 30, 2012, and will pay the operating costs of the properties during the term of the lease. In addition, the Diocese has the option to use a small portion of the church building during the lease, as determined between the Rev. Tory Baucum, rector of Truro Anglican, and the Rt. Rev. Shannon S. Johnston, bishop of the Diocese of Virginia.
Labels: schism, tec, Virginia, Virginia Property
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Sends Message to the Archbishop of Sudan On Latest Violence
South Africa and Sudan-
The Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town has written to the Most Revd Dr Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, expressing the support of his church in the light of increasing tension and violence between Sudan and South Sudan.
Writing in Easter Week, Dr Makgoba highlights his 'reflections on what it means to be each other's neighbours in living out the renewed hope of Eastertide'. He assures Dr Deng of prayers for a successful outcome to negotiations, delivering a settlement between Sudan and South Sudan 'which will bring lasting peace with justice to both nations and all who live within their borders' and also offers prayers for those killed, bereaved, injured or otherwise harmed by the violence.
The full text of the letter follows below.
Letter to the Most Revd Dr Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan
My Dear Brother in Christ,
The good news of Easter, and my own reflections on what it means to be each other's neighbours in living out the renewed hope of Eastertide, compel me to write to you, to assure you of our continued support and prayers for you and the people of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and indeed all the people of the Sudan and South Sudan, especially in the light of news of increasing tension and violence.
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Labels: Anglicanism, south africa, sudan
Anglicans Welcome International Development Select Committee's Report
From Sudan-
UK Parliamentary recommendations on the Church's role in education and peacebuilding have been welcomed by Anglican Alliance partners in the UK and South Sudan.
The recommendations come in the report from the UK Parliament's International Development Select Committee who held an inquiry into prospects for peace and development in the world's newest country.
The Anglican Alliance brought together the Episcopal Church of Sudan, the Diocese of Salisbury and Lambeth Palace to provide evidence to the inquiry.
Rebecca Coleman, representing the Episcopal Church of Sudan, and Canon Ian Woodward of the Diocese of Salisbury, gave oral evidence to the Select Committee, focusing especially on the church's education services in South Sudan, and the role played by the Church, in particular by Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul Yak, in peace-building.
The Select Committee report, which comes against a background of renewed and growing conflict between Sudan and South Sudan, concludes:
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Labels: africa, Anglicanism, Church of England, sudan
Silver artifacts taken from Troy church
From Troy NY-
City police are investigating the theft of nine religious artifacts from St. John's Episcopal Church over the weekend.
The theft of the sterling silver pieces occurred Friday evening or Saturday morning from the church at 146 First St., police said Monday.
Stolen from the sanctuary were two chalices (goblets), two lavaboes (which hold water for the washing of hands), two patens (small plates), one cruet (a vessel), one ciborium (a container for the host) and one collection plate.
In an unusual twist, the thief "was able to 'swipe' his way into the church, defeating electronic security measures," Capt. John Cooney said.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
When spirituality and religion collide
From USAToday-
Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion, recently announced that he would step down by year's end. A few days later, the Church of England rejected a Williams-backed unity plan for global Anglicanism, a church fractured by issues of gender and sexual identity. The timing of the resignation and the defeat are probably not coincidental. These events signal Anglican's institutional failure.
But why should anyone, other than Anglicans and their American Episcopal cousins, care? The Anglican fight over gay clergy is usually framed as a left and right conflict, part of the larger saga of political division. But this narrative obscures a more significant tension in Western societies: the increasing gap between spirituality and religion, and the failure of traditional religious institutions to learn from the divide.
Until recently, the archbishop of Canterbury was chief pastor for a global church bound by a common liturgy and Anglican religious identity. Expectations for religious leaders were clear: Run the church with courage and vision. Bishops directed the laity, inspiring obedience, sacrifice and heroism; they ordered faith from the top.
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Labels: Anglicanism, Rowan Williams, Unity
Cardboard Anglican cathedral planned in New Zealand's quake-hit Christchurch
From New Zealand-
New Zealand's Anglican church will build a temporary cathedral made of cardboard in earthquake-devastated Christchurch as it works towards a permanent replacement for its 131-year old landmark destroyed last year.
The Victorian-era, Gothic-style cathedral, which dominated the city's central square, was badly damaged in the February 2011 quake, and is being demolished.
The replacement, an A-frame structure designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will be built on the site of another historic church, which was also destroyed in the 6.3 magnitude quake.
"The Transitional Cathedral is a symbol of hope for the future of this city as well as being sustainable and affordable," spokesman Richard Gray said.
The temporary cathedral will be made of cardboard tubes, timber beams, structural steel and a concrete pad, and is intended to last more than 20 years. It is expected to be finished in time for Christmas services in December.
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Labels: Anglicanism, natural disaster, new zealand
Temple breaks ground at tri-faith campus
From Omaha-
What's special about the project, organizers said, is that it's part of a plan to build a tri-faith campus that will include the synagogue, a mosque, an Episcopal church and a center for all faiths.
The American Institute of Islamic Studies and Culture and the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska will join Temple Israel on the campus. The groups heard the others were looking to build and decided to work together.
The mosque, the church and the tri-faith center each will be on about four acres. The remaining nine acres are green space, including the humorously named Hell Creek.
It's expected that the project, when completed, will draw wide attention to Omaha.
"It's amazing that it's going to be right here in Omaha," Sherman said. "We don't know of any other place in the world where this has come together."
Rabbi Aryeh Azriel said the tri-faith center will be a place where all religions can come "to study, to learn and to celebrate. It's going to be a home."
The synagogue is scheduled for completion in August 2013. The mosque, church and center will come later.
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Labels: ecumenism, interfaith dialogue, nebraska, tec
Grayslake church distributes clothing, good will
From Chicago-
Elijah's Mantle is a bible story concerning the transfer of clothing (mantle) from the Prophet Elijah to his son Elisha.
But more than clothing, it's also about transferring knowledge and spirit.
For the past seven years, a group at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (located at the corner of Lake and Park in Grayslake) has been serving up a generous amount of clothing while also serving up an equal portion of heart-lifting spirit at its Elijah's Mantle clothing giveaway the second Saturday of every month.
Marjie Jobes, 74, of Grayslake recently led a tour to show how the well-oiled giving machine works.
People in need of children's clothing come in and fill out a form and get a number. A personal-shopper volunteer takes the person through the well stocked department store that's set up in the church where each child gets two outfits and a pair of clean underwear if they have the right size. Some sizes are tough to get.
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Labels: chicago, good stuff, outreach, tec
Ministry is third career for local Episcopal Vicar
From Maryland-
In this day and age, it seems all of us have used the phrase "multitasking," but few can appreciate the challenges of this skill as well as Vicar Theresa Brion.
At the beginning of this year, Brion accepted the position of vicar at both St. George's Episcopal Church in Mount Savage and Holy Cross-St. Philip's in Cumberland. This is in addition to her position as bishops' deputy for Western Maryland for the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
The path that led Brion to this region is as diverse as the families she now serves.
Ministry is not the first career choice for Brion, or even the second. She came to ministry after serving as a professional in both the fields of education and law. She earned her law and teaching degrees at Washington and Lee University School of Law and Longwood University, respectively.
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Orthodox Christians take steps toward unity
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-
As Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter today, they have resurrected a movement toward unity in America, where they are divided into a hodgepodge of overlapping ethnic jurisdictions. On orders from patriarchs in Constantinople, Russia, Serbia and elsewhere, all Orthodox bishops in this country are working on a plan for one American Church.
The patriarchs say they want to approve such a plan at a yet-unscheduled Great and Holy Council of global Orthodoxy. The last such council was in A.D. 787. In 2010, 66 American bishops formed the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, to devise the plan.
"This has great potential," said Bishop Melchisedek of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania in the Orthodox Church in America, which is self-governing but has Russian roots. He cited existing differences on matters such as divorce or re-baptism of converts.
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Read Cynthia Cohen's notes on feminist epistemology, aesthetic ways of knowing and peacebuilding
Video: Presentation by the Ulafa'a Visual Artists of Bahrain
Read Reflection on Farhat Abgaria's Visit by Cynthia Cohen
Exhibit: BLUE - Read the interview on BrandeisNOW
Anna Khandros: The Politics Perspective on Peacebuilding
Program works with art to create peace
Past Events
April 8, 15, and 17, 2019
Presentations of Creative and Scholarly Work
by Candidates For Faculty Position
With the Interdisciplinary Minor In Creativity, The Arts, And Social Transformation (CAST)
April 2, 2019
Book Launch and Mini-Symposium and Concert:
Let's Make a Better World: Stories and Songs by Jane Sapp
February 25, 2019
Presentation: "From University to Pluriversity: The Fair-Trade/Decolonial Education Model"
Aug 31 - Sept 3, 2018
IMPACT Design Lab
March 6-12, 2018
De-Colonizing Approaches to Arts-Based Peacebuilding
Dr. Babu Ayindo in Residence at Brandeis University
May 2, 2017
Film Festival: Documenting the Immigrant Experience
February 4, 2017
Activism Through Song: Advancing Social Justice Through Folk Music, A Concert and Discussion with Magpie
October 13, 18, & November 1, 2016
Imagining Freedom | Creating Justice
Salon Series
April 14 - 17, 2016
Shout the Big Dreams - Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts
February 2, 2016
Freedom Underfoot: Performance by Germaine Ingram
September 28 - October 8, 2015
Now As Then: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest
Events focusing creative attention on the struggle for voting rights
April 24, 2015
A Mini-Festival of Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation
March 2 - 5, 2015
Fatu Gayflor and Toni Shapiro-Phim in Residence
November 5, 2014
Music and the Cultural Survival of Indigenous Peoples: The Andean Q'eros and Amazonian Wachiperi Peoples of Peru
May 2014
A Call to Action - A Way Out of No Way: Learning from Jane Sapp's Life, Stories and Songs via Indiegogo
February 1-10, 2014
"Seeking Lives of Purpose"
Part of 'DEIS Impact 2014
January 28-29, 2014
Possibilities and Dilemmas of Incorporating Sacred Elements into Art for Social Change
September 17-19, 2013
Panel on Resilience, the Arts and Social Transformation
Vancouver, Canada
June 20-21, 2013
Community Arts Lab - Arts Festival and Conference
Utrecht, Netherlands
April 19-28, 2013
Bahrain/Brandeis: Ulafa'a
Reconciliation Art Project
September 21-23 &
28-30, 2012
Facilitating Encounters through Art
December 1-2, 2011
Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence
October 23, 2011
"Acting Together on the World Stage" Boston Premiere
October 21-23, 2011
Weekend Intensive:
Peacebuilding and the Arts: Community Cultural Development
April 12, 2011
Nexus of Arts and Social Transformation
Read about the Acting Together launch on BrandeisNOW. More details on the Ethics Center website.
Facilitating Encounters through Art
A workshop for artists working in zones of violent conflict
Past Event - September 2012
9/21–23 (Session I) & 9/28–30 (Session II)
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Application period has closed.
Facilitated by Farhat Agbaria, coexistence facilitator from Givat Haviva and Seeds of Peace, and Cindy Cohen, director of the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts, Brandeis University.
This workshop is designed for artists, cultural workers and leaders of cultural institutions, who work or plan to work in zones of violent conflict around the world, including the United States. It will consist of an exploration of the relationship between dialogue and art, focusing on questions such as:
- How can making and witnessing art be understood as dialogue?
- How can artists and facilitators support members of divided communities to deepen and process their experiences of encounters with art?
- How can artists and facilitators extend people's heartfelt understanding of the other through engaging with the arts?
- How can facilitated encounters with the arts inspire actions that lead toward justice and peace?
- What are the risks of doing harm – to the artistic integrity of works, to people who have lived through trauma, to the indigenous expressive forms of communities – and how can these risks be minimized?
The workshop will be co-led by Farhat Agbaria who has facilitated encounters between Israelis and Palestinians for decades. He has run dialogue sessions and trained countless facilitators at Seeds of Peace since the program's inception in 1993, working with teenagers and adults from the Middle East, the former Yugoslavia, South Asia and the United States. Farhat was the field director for Interns for Peace and the co-director of the Face-to-Face program at Givat Haviva in Israel, where he continues to work. Farhat will be joined by Dr. Cynthia Cohen, Director of the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts at Brandeis University, who teaches, conducts research and advocates for the field of peacebuilding and the arts. Cindy led the project "Acting Together on the World Stage: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict," a seven-year collaboration with Theatre Without Borders that culminated in a two-volume anthology, documentary film and toolkit. She has written extensively on the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of peacebuilding, including, with Farhat, "Working with Groups in Conflict: The Effects of Power on the Dynamics of the Group."
The workshop itself will be facilitated using frameworks that are drawn from group dynamics, conflict transformation, personal growth, and educational theories. Exchange of expertise of participants as well as facilitators will be encouraged; teaching and learning will be both experiential and didactic. The facilitators invite changes in self-awareness, awareness of the other, integration of emotions, understanding of conflicts, and commitments to act in the world.
Application period has closed.
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If you have any questions, please contact Naoe Suzuki, email@example.com.
Download the workshop flier
This workshop is programmed in conjunction with the art exhibition "Dor Guez: 100 Steps to the Mediterranean" at the Rose Art Museum, as a part of the Dor Guez Exhibition Programs.
Programs in conjunction with Dor Guez Exhibition at the Rose Art Museum:
Peacebuilding Tours
Deepen your experience with a group tour hosted by Cynthia Cohen, director of the Brandeis Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts; and Farhat Agbaria, coexistence facilitator at Seeds of Peace and Givat Haviva. Visit the Rose Art Museum website or call 781-736-3434 for dates and times.
Fazal Sheikh
Wednesday, October 3, 2:00 pm
Rose Art Museum, Lee Gallery
Artist's Talk and Exhibition Catalogue Release with Dor Guez
Tuesday, October 30, 6:00 pm
Rose Art Museum, Foster Gallery
Panel Discussion: "Exposures: Photography and the Politics of Looking"
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2:00-5:00 pm
Rose Art Museum
Join a panel of international artists and human rights activists for a discussion of the Dor Guez exhibition. Speakers include Catherine Cissé van den Muijsenbergh, director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, the Netherlands, and Dor Guez, with others TBD.
See more programs in conjunction with Dor Guez Exhibit at the Rose Art Museum.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences; Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies Program; the Department of Theater Arts; and the Interfaith Chaplaincy.


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I cannot leave Small Town with out a post about what church has been like for me. One thing I love so much about my church is that everyone has the opportunity to participate in one way or another; sometimes as a teacher, sometimes in a leadership position, sometimes working in the nursery with the little kids. There are constant opportunities for growth and learning.
Here in Small Town I have had the chance to work with the women's organization called the Relief Society. When I am not chasing my kids around, visiting the big shrimp or monkeys, or blogging :), I am usually working on church stuff. It often feels like a part-time job, but in a good way. There have been times when I have been so bored or lonely or both that it was the only thing I had other than my family.
The Mexican women have been so kind to me despite the fact that I am a "gringa" and don't speak their language perfectly. They have let me in to their homes and have shared their heartbreaks and triumphs with me. Last week they had a farewell for me; they sat around in a circle and each one took a turn to tell me what they appreciated about me, something they learned from me, or some memory of something we had done as a group. It was very moving for me as I don't think we are very open like that in the States.
So, I wanted to share some photos of some of the things we have done the last two years.
Our church emphasizes food storage and emergency preparation; not in a "doomsday" kind of way but more of a "if ye are prepared ye shall not fear" way. After a couple of unique experiences in Venezuela, I am a huge fan of these concepts, and so when I saw they hadn't caught on too much down here, I bought a Mylar pouch sealer machine from the States, learned how to use it, and then taught them how to dry pack food:
We did this in my home every month. Some months only one or two women would show up, but at least it was a start.
We had cooking classes:
We made hygiene kits for victims of Hurricane Stan:
One of the most memorable activities was last Christmas. We collected new underwear, socks, and sandals for 96 kids living at a local orphanage. This was so much work, but well worth it.
Here we are at my house before we delivered the gifts:
delivering the gifts:
The kids we gave the gifts to:
Each one came up and gave a kiss to the woman who had their gift; it was so sweet:
And then there were activities that aren't photo-worthy, but much more worthy in substance. One woman I worked with is a psychologist and she gave numerous classes to try to raise the self-esteem of the woman. Our purpose in offering such classes were, first, to try to break the cycle of poverty that is so prevalent here; the number of young teenage girls that got pregnant in the last two years was very disturbing. And second, so that wives won't find it acceptable when their husbands abuse them. Luckily this dear friend of mine will be staying in Small Town and continue working on issues like these.
It has been a lot of hard work last 2 years and I feel tired, but happy. It has strengthened my belief that you will love those whom you serve; you can't help but love them. Even though I am ready to leave Small Town, it is hard to leave so many people that care about me and my family.
(On the other hand, my kids can't wait to go to an English-speaking ward in Big City Mexico. They have never gone to Primary in their own language other than on vacation!)
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Best of Small Town-Church
I cannot leave Small Town with out a post about what church has been like for me. One thing I love so much about my church is that everyone has the opportunity to participate in one way or another; sometimes as a teacher, sometimes in a leadership position, sometimes working in the nursery with the little kids. There are constant opportunities for growth and learning.
Posted by Gabriela at 12:04 PM
16 comments:
- Millie said...
It's wonderful that you and your kids have had such enriching experiences. You've brought to mind so many things I never would have thought of in "White Bread Land" - you and NCS have provided a glimpse of what it's like to live somewhere other than the U.S. I appreciate it more than ever.
Sounds like you've done an excellent job with your calling. I wish you were in my ward. :)
- Anonymous said...
While you never served a "full-time mission" you life has been one huge missionary experience since you joined the church. You amaze me. Everyone in small town is lucky to have known you. I feel the same way.
- Super Happy Girl said...
WOW Gabriela, what a wonderful post.
It brought tears to my eyes :')
Happy tears
What amazing adventures you have with your family, we need more people like you in the world (and I'm not saying that just because you are my BOFF).
An English-speaking ward, that's so awesome!
- Brooke said...
I love sisterhood at church. I work in the Primary right now and have enjoyed my friendship with the other ladies in the presidency. I'm about to be released, though, and I'm excited to be able to attend the Sunday Relief Society lesson.
- Kathryn Thompson said...
I love this post. I really needed this today, the reminder of service and the blessing it is to everyone involved. I am glad you're moving but I know all about missing the place you leave.
- ShelahBooksIt said...
Sounds so cool. I have loved my small, tight-knit wards in the "mission field" but also have appreciated the big established ward.
Good luck with the move!
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for sharing those memories. They'll live forever in the lives of you and Guapo and most importantly, in the lives of your kids (in spite of going to Primary in Spanish). Congrats for reaching the last week in Small Town with no straight jacket in sight. That in itself is an achievement!!
- Code Yellow Mom said...
OK, I started bawling as I read this post and looked at pictures. I love this church.
And how amazing for you to be a part of teaching and learning in so many different countries of the world, and it's true wherever you go!
Can I ask what BOFF stands for?
- Super Happy Girl said...
BOFF=Best On-line Friend Forever
Group hug everybody!
The Church rocks
- Gabriela said...
Thanks for covering for me BOFF.
Thanks for all the praise, but you should all know that sometimes church made me grouchy as well. Lots of frustration at times, but still, all worth it.
- the lizness said...
BOFF indeed! *do you know your atom feed isn't working? my bloglines can't find your website anymore.
- Grammy said...
You are so right! It is through our service that we grow and learn to love. You do a wonderful job - above and beyond what is neccessary. No wonder your sisters love you. I came to appreciate this about you so much when we worked together in YW in Caracus. It's part of how I came to love you so much. Working together was a great beginning.
- utmommy said...
Sounds like you've done an amazing job with your calling. I'm sure the people of that ward will miss you immensely. You are a great example of what hard work and service can do!
- Lana said...
Sounds like you guys had an awesome ward, and like you did a lot of good while you were there. I'm sure your next one will be great as well, that's one of the neat things about the gospel it true everywhere you go~and you can find those trying to live it and make friends with them anywhere too.
- Anonymous said...
What wonderful experiences you have had while serving in Relief Society. It is so fun to belong to an organization that is constantly doing good deeds.
- Erickson Family said...
Some of my favorite wards were in Hispanic countries both on my mission and when we lived in Mexico. The people are so warm and accepting and it makes you part of an instant family.
I also totally bonded with my last ward where there was so much work to do. With 800 on the rolls and less than 200 attending, there was plenty for the active to do. It was exhausting at times, but now that we are gone, I miss it. I'm grateful for my strong spiritual ward, but I have to admit, I don't feel as close to people here. You're so right -- you grow to love the ones you serve.


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Series history: Tied 3-3.
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It may have been possible for Cal and Skye to rebuild some kind of compromised, but still loving family, were it not for their domineering matriarch. Jiaying has presented herself as this saintly leader of the Inhumans, ready to be a mother and mentor to Skye, dangling the possibility of a reunited family to Cal. But tonight, Jiaying's true face is unveiled, as her murderous manipulations are brought into the light. While I don't think Jiaying is as frightening as Daniel Whitehall, she's a much more compelling villain. Her turn into a filicidal supervillain was a little sudden, but her motivations always clear and understandable. Dichen Lachman imbues Jiaying with warmth and calm, but also a fierce and icy viciousness. When Skye confronts her on the carrier deck, Jiaying no longer sees a daughter in Skye, but an obstacle to her goal of Inhuman supremacy.
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Several major characters die this episode, but Kara's is the biggest knife-to-the-gut. After morphing her into a blind acolyte, Ward is tricked into killing her. Reeling at Kara's death, Ward tries to reconnect with Hydra, but finding the organization in shambles. He decides to build a team of his own, but this feels like a reactionary move. Ward's entire identity was molded and shaped by John Garrett, and he still hasn't figured out how to function alone. Ward is the perfect spy, every interaction a calculated manipulation, but without Garrett, Ward has nothing to work toward. At this point, Ward is deceiving no one moreso than himself.
Bobbi is confronted by her past tonight; Kara seeks vengeance for Bobbi betraying her to Hydra. Bobbi is tough in the face of torture, sneering to Kara that she'd do it again. But the episode's end reveals that Bobbi was putting on a facade. Bobbi presents Kara's sacrifice as a numbers game, giving up one S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to protect twenty. But by episode's end, Bobbi has reached her breaking point. After infiltrating both Hydra and Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. and betraying so many friends and allies, she tearfully tells Hunter that she wants out.
May looks at Bobbi and sees herself. In a touchingly succinct conversation, May calls her ex-husband and tells him things have gone bad. After the worst mission of her career, May distanced herself from her emotions, seeking comfort in the arms of war instead of the arms of her husband. But now May is reaching for a lifeline. After seeing how broken Bobbi is, May is realizing that it shouldn't be this way. Ming Na-Wen is already announced to return for S.H.I.E.L.D. season three, but I'd be perfectly happy if tonight was May's last episode, quitting S.H.I.E.L.D. to live a life on her own terms.
Let's ignore my identity theme for a moment to talk about how fucking badass Mac is. From stalking through the carrier with a goddamn ax, to beaning Lincoln in the head with a hammer, Mac gets no shortage of awesome moments in this episode. He also gets the two best lines, introducing himself to Gordon as "the guy who kills Gordon," and, "I thought my mom was bad when she started watching Fox News!" Upon episode's end, it seems like he's heading a prototype of S.W.O.R.D., the S.H.I.E.L.D. agency focused on alien artifacts.
Mac has been served well by the second half of season two, and Henry Simmons is one of the unsung heroes of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Mac's become the moral center of the team. Unlike Coulson, who makes decisions based on impact, Mac weighs every decision morally. And for him, S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't always in the right: he's the only agent on the show to scream at Coulson, and he was pretty damn justified in doing so. Mac has become one of the most complex characters on the show, and Simmons has given him real emotional depth. As S.H.I.E.L.D. introduces cosmic superheroes and globetrotting mercenaries into its mix, it's good that Mac keeps the team grounded and human.
I think that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s third season will embrace the monsters. Coulson and Skye talk about keeping their team of warriors ~~secret~~ anonymous, but the Terrigen crystals have leaked into the global food supply. Will the Terrigenesis trigger for latent Inhumans? Or more horrifyingly, will the tainted fish cause regular humans to turn brittle and into dust? Will instances like these lead world leaders to call for some kind of Superhuman Registration Act?
But that's the future. For now, we have Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2, which is the best offering from Marvel Television. S.O.S. is S.H.I.E.L.D. at its finest, weaving complex character themes, compelling setups, and expansive Marvel lore into a compelling package. S.H.I.E.L.D. has outgrown the shadow of Marvel's films, firmly standing in the light.
5 Mack Cold-Clocks Out of Five. Comments section, can you make me a gif of Mac's out-of-nowhere hallway clobber? It's simultaneously one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s most badass and funniest moments.
For once, S.H.I.E.L.D. has an episode T.I.T.L.E. that actually justifies its use of caps and periods.
R.I.P. Raina, Kara, Gordon, possibly Jiaying, and probably Simmons. Tonight, pour one out on Cal's face for your fallen homies.
Jiaying is probably dead and staying that way; her death fulfills both Skye's and Cal's arcs. But I'm hesitant to buy her demise, considering Whitehall literally disemboweled her. It seems like she should be able to walk off a neck-snapping.
I'm pretty sure Simmons is a goner, and I can't say I'll miss her too much. She was one of my favorite characters in season one, but S.H.I.E.L.D. had no clue what to do with her this season, reinventing her character every few episodes. Elizabeth Henstridge will return in season three, likely as some sort-of Kree super weapon. This is surprisingly common in Joss Whedon joints: killing a character, but having the same actor play a god-like being. See also: Angel, Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Okay, one last thing on Simmons: my very last note watching the episode is "WTFWTFWTF". The monster gobble is the show's best jump-scare by far. It's an infuriating place to end the season. Why is season 3 so far away?
In the comics, Calvin Zabo transforms into Mister Hyde, a grey-skinned hulking monster. On Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Calvin Zabo transforms into Nick Nolte. Skye takes after her father when it comes to superpowers: when Cal finally has super strength, he flips and rattles the flimsiest props in the room.
I'm particularly fond of the scene in part 2 where Coulson and Fitz catch up with Mac. Coulson and Mac chat about their approach to fighting Gordon while Fitz zips around the room, placing devices to limit his teleportation. Director Billy Gierhart kept the long conversation as a single roving shot, making the scene very kinetic and fun to watch.
Fitz's pipe through Gordon's chest is a great bit of misdirection, especially since Simmons set him up perfectly for him to die. Between Fitz and Hawkeye, Marvel is having a lot of fun this month bait-and-switching supporting hero deaths.
I've been insisting all season that the aircraft carrier is a Helicarrier, but that's clearly not the case. Marvel clearly saved their surprise Helicarrier appearance for Age of Ultron.
I forgot Mac's third badass line. When Simmons asks to examine the morphing Kree rock: "We're not opening that damn box in a thousand years."
I'll close with some of Cal's final words to Skye, which beautifully capture my thoughts about Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2: "You know, you're better than I imagined. I imagined you perfect. You're way more interesting than that."


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Call (419) 935-3030 or order pizza delivery online now! Why keep your hunger waiting any longer?