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|My House in Umbria
Actors: Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Fürmann, Giancarlo Giannini
Director: Richard Loncraine
Genres: Indie & Art House, Drama, Television, Mystery & Suspense
UR 2003 1hr 43min
Based on the acclaimed novel by William Trevor, My House in Umbria is a charming, evocative drama about a group of travelers in Italy who find solace and friendship after being thrown together by tragedy.
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IVOR I. from CHICAGO, IL
Reviewed on 5/12/2017...
Alan Bennett, hunh? I really enjoyed this suitably eccentric character study, but should probably prewarn anyone looking for 'Enchanted April'-type fare that this character study is almost brutal in its lack of sentimentality, making the film all the more effective as the gorgeous Italian rustic countryside exists in its own pungent reality in opposition to the terrorism, both literal and metaphorical, of the distant urban world. This film should give your emotions an overtime workout. Dame Maggie Smith is riveting as an aging alcoholic romance novelist, Contessa Dalahanty, with a scandalous past as both an escort and a mistress. Well coiffed and coutoured, she is, nevertheless, not even slightly elegant, and, despite a persona of immaculate, booze-fueled 'honesty,' somehow always manages to have lipstick on her teeth. Her performance, especially when she's placed in opposition to Chris Cooper's stuffed-shirt Yankee academic opportunist is nakedly brilliant. The plot involves a surprise terrorist bombing, this-and-that bla bla-bla, but really is just a vehicle for Dame Mags to plumb the depths of her depression as she drinks like a sailor on leave, obsessing on her old age, the realities of decrepitude, the prime of her sexuality long gone. If Smith is impressive, it may be because the film's director, Richard Longcraine, seems to have pulled a kind of unique kind of relaxed performance out of the whole brilliantly cast vehicle. Next to Cooper, the German actor Benno Fürmann(star of the brilliant 'North Face' (2007) as Werner, the young German terrorist is surprisingly soulful. The Contessa becomes deeply attached to a young orphaned girl and although the plot fools you into believing that emotional bonding can supersede ties of blood, is kind of wishy-washy and neither here nor there until we realize that the true love affair here is the platonic one between Smith and her personal Man Friday/Concierge/Servant/Irish stud, expertly performed by the perrless Timothy Spall with a supremely charming North Dublin accent. A fine film, but not for the 'Masterpiece Theater' crowd. Last, but not least, for mention is the barbed, semi-comedic pen of Alan Bennett. My idol as a kid as head writer for the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore satirical T.V. vehicle, 'Beyond the Fringe,' he has gone on to write 'The Madness of king George' and the underrated 'History Boys for stage and screen. 'My House in Umbria' may not be Bennett's masterpiece, but it's a dastardly clever vehicle for Dame Maggie.
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Karin M. from CALDWELL, TX
Reviewed on 4/30/2011...
I enjoyed this movie very much and am planning to watch it again at a later time.
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Peter Q. (Petequig)
Reviewed on 12/3/2010...
Excellent story of Hope rising from Tragedy. Beautiful scenery.
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S A A. (Learned2Heal)
Reviewed on 3/3/2009...
I have to give this movie a very mixed review. On the one hand, the storyline, the script, the score and the acting are fairly reliably horrendous throughout. The storyline is weak, choppy, and drags on miserably. The characters are not very likable (to put it mildly...), and even the most gifted ones (Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Chris Cooper and Giancarlo Giannini) are effectively dragged down and their abilities trampled by the leaden script and the absolute lack of talent of some of the other actors. In particular, Bernard Furmann turns in a devastatingly feeble performance that makes you wonder if he's ever darkened the doorstep of an acting school.
However, on the other hand, the Italian scenery, that wonderful house, with its beautiful garden and setting, and the cinematography are beyond amazingly gorgeous - all of them. As such, I have now seen this movie at least half a dozen times in the past few months, trying to ignore the fallow storyline and the lame acting, and am quite determined to retire in that region of Italy and, preferably, in that very house.
Take from that what you will....
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"I saw this lovely film on HBO, and it's to their immense credit that this film was seen at all. This film would never be released by a major studio these days. They are only concerned with huge blockbuster movies, yet anyone who cares about a strong, emotional story, set in gorgeous Umbria and starring Maggie Smith shouldn't miss this gem.Maggie Smith stars as an aging romance novelist living in splendid isolation in her villa in the Umbrian countryside. On a shopping trip, the train she's traveling on is bombed by terrorists. When the dust is settled, Smith, and several of the travelers who shared her compartment, are in the hospital, including a little girl who has lost her parents. Smith generously offers her home as a refuge for the survivors to recuperate. The traumatized little girl can't speak. Smith's heart goes out to her, and she does her best to make her as comfortable as possible. Smith's rather bohemian character, as well as her fondness for cocktails makes her a slightly madcap, tipsy hostess. Rather lonely of late, this unexpected intrusion in her life makes her feel needed. There's a young man with a secret to hide, and an older pensioner who round out the group. Then the little girl's uptight uncle (played with unstated eloquence by Chris Cooper) comes to take custody of his brother's orphaned daughter. Smith is devasted by his coldness, his disapproval, and senses that he simply is taking the girl out of a sense of duty to his brother. I won't give anymore of the plot away. Dame Maggie won a well-deserved Emmy for her superb portrayal of a middle-aged spinster, lonely for love, and with her own tragic past, who finds a purpose in her life in the aftermath of tragedy. The script is superb, the Italian settings and the gorgeous period costumes as well as fine work from a strong cast, make this a memorble viewing experience. Nobody captures loneliness as truthfully as Dame Maggie. She's been doing it throughout her long career, as Rod Taylor's assistant in the bloated VIPs, as the headstrong teacher in THE PRME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE, as the actress nominated for an Oscar in CALIFORNIA SUITE, and countless other memorable screen portraits. Highly recommended."
Maggie's Showcase--For Better or Worse
Pintorini | Saint Louis, Missouri United States | 02/20/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Writer Alan Bennett has been quoted as saying that we're "lucky to be living in her time." He was talking about Maggie Smith.
Bennett's observation seems a tad bittersweet. Yes, we're lucky to be living in her time because she's fabulous, but also because, unless we happen to catch her live on the West End stage, we aren't likely to see her in much of a leading part, ever. In fact, the noteworthy films in which this two-time Oscar winner has played the principal role basically consist of this made-for-HBO endeavor and *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* (1969).
The upshot is that *My House in Umbria* has a tremendous weight to bear--that of a legendary actress's best screen vehicle in thirty-five years. It seems a little unfair to judge it based on whether it's worthy of such a distinction, and I can't help wondering whether this accounts for some of this rather plotless film's, shall we say, generous critical reviews.
Still, the more times I see it--and it speaks volumes when I'm able to watch a movie more than once--the more I appreciate its leisurely, picturesque style, and the more uplifted I feel by its timely and refreshing theme: that of injured survivors being "set free" by their enjoyment of nature and each other.
And, ultimately, I begin to think of this movie as a vehicle worthy of its star, and as one in the recent string of high-quality HBO films that have been so good I've almost wanted to send the company a fan letter. Go, HBO.
We should all learn to forgive
Alane M. Downes | Harpswell, ME United States | 01/05/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"You can read some of the other reviews to get more of the gist of the plot, but I just want to add that this movie is well worth seeing. This movie should move you. Dame Maggie Smith,portraying an aging romance novelist, is elegant, understated, and honest. She shows in her anguish the depths of her depression as she senses old age coming upon her and her appeal as a woman all but snuffed out. The girl (I don't have her name on hand, unfortunately) who played the child who had lost both her parents in the bomb blast and was still in the early stages of recovery when her uncle wanted to uproot her from her new home in Umbria, was breathtakingly luminous. The young actress plays the part with such sincerity. She does not have much of a speaking role, but she becomes by way of the intermingling of the characters, the focal point of the movie. Her interaction with Mrs. Delahonte (sp?)(Maggie Smith) and with Werner, the young German, is deeply moving.As Mrs. Delahonte (sp?) becomes deeply attached to the young girl and it appears that this relationship will be tragically severed, you realize that the notion of family and emotional bonding is never defined by blood ties alone. The relationship between Mrs. Delahonte and the young girl is beautifully portrayed. This movie is timeless in its message: we all should forgive because we all have something for which we need to be forgiven."


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Book Review: If I StayAuthor: Gayle Forman
Published: April 2009
Series: If I Stay #1
Genre: YA Contemporary
The Setting - Taken from Goodreads
Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind?
Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters.
If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.

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Towering over the city of Puerto Plata is the 2,600 feet (792m) Mount Isabel de Torres, which is a popular tourist attraction in its own right. The mountain offers visitors the chance to take a spectacular seven-minute cable car ride up the mountainside to explore the summit.
At the top of the highest point of Puerto Plata, there is a botanical garden which boasts an amazing array of flora and fauna, as well as a cruciform statue of Jesus Christ, replicating the famous Christ the Redeemer of Rio de Janeiro. There is also a restaurant, from which diners can enjoy breathtaking views of the city and coastline.


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My very first blog haul.. Yay! :)
So I was up in Newry this weekend (I live in Southern Ireland) and decided to grab a few things that I've heard about in the blogging world. Making a quick trip to Boots, I bought :
Boots Botanics Soothing Eye Makeup Remover
So far I have been using Nivea Visage Eye Makeup remover, which works quite well, but I decided it was time for a change (Also, Botanics was buy one get one half price ;) ) So I got two bottles of this stuff, and a review will be coming soon.
I also got Neutrogina Visibly Clear 2 in 1. It's both a face wash and mask.. Which is pretty cool I must say.
The thing is though, it somehow got lost in transit (That is, the 40 minute drive back down south) and I havn't seen hair nor tail of it since. I'm keeping my hopes up that it'll turn up soon :) And if it does I'll try and do a review on that too!
I was also hoping to make a trip to Superdrug (Love it!) while I was there, but to my dismay it closed earlier than I was expecting. For that reason this is all I got today *sniff*, apart from a cute top in A-wear and a pair of earrings.
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Caring For Your Pewter
Cleaning Glass, Ceramic or Pewter
The following paragraphs apply only to glass, ceramic or pewter steins whose surface decoration is intact. If there is any pre-existing damage, such as paint-flaking, washing the stein may make it worse. Steins have a lot of surface crazing (like faience) and should not be immersed for washing, as the water may penetrate the crazing. Instead, these steins should be cleaned with only a soft, damp cloth. Never wash wood or ivory steins; they require special cleaning techniques.
Most steins made of glass or ceramic have had the decoration fired on, so that it becomes fused with the body. These decorations cannot be washed off. On the other hand, use of an abrasive cleaner will cause scratches in glass, ceramic or metal, and can seriously mar the surface. Portions of the design which have been decorated with gold deserve special care. Gold is a very soft metal, and unlike enameled decoration, will wear off. Always treat gold decoration gingerly.
Partially fill the kitchen sink with warm, soapy water. Do not let the water get too hot, as this runs the risk of cracking the stein. Consider placing a towel in the water as a cushion for the stein during cleaning. Letting the stein soak will soften even heavy deposits of dirt and oil. It cannot be over-emphasized that handling the wet, soapy stein will be difficult. Gripping it by the handle, when possible, usually provides a secure grip. Use your hands, a sponge or a toothbrush to complete the job. Rinse the stein, inside and out, in warm water, and then dry it thoroughly. A few drops of water may continue to accumulate on the inside, so you might want to leave the lid cocked open for a few hours while the stein air dries.
Cleaning Pewter
Over time, if exposed to the air, pewter will oxidize and acquire a patina. Most collectors today prefer this patina to the original shiny appearance, so polishing pewter is not recommended. However, you can clean pewter by washing it as described above, or by the limited use of a mild abrasive (soft scrub) to remove dirt and grime. This should be done sparingly and slowly, checking the pewter as you proceed, to make sure no damage is done. Be sure to rinse the pewter thoroughly in clear, warm water when you are done.
Damaged Pewter
Pewter is a soft metal, and is damaged very easily. It also has a low melting point, and it changes from solid to liquid state very quickly, so attempts to solder it are best left to the experts. Bent thumblifts, finials and rims can sometimes be improved by applying heat (hot water is one possibility) to soften the pewter, and then gently trying to bend it back into its original shape or position. This must be done with patience, however, with only slight changes at a time, since the older pewter gets, the more brittle it becomes. Probably as often as a thumblift is straightened another is broken off entirely, so think about this carefully before attempting it.
Exposure to Heat (and Cold)
Extremes of heat and cold induce stress in glass and ceramics, and should be avoided. We noted above not to use hot water when washing steins, but care should also be taken not to display your steins where they will be subject to prolonged periods of direct sunlight, which can heat them up also.
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The Sketchbook Challenge (TSC) blog hop is about to begin!
Give a mixed media artist some watercolor, washi tape & scissors, and watch out!
Starting this Monday, September 9, 2013, you'll find a new post on TSC blog related to this month's theme, "Houses and Hideaways". And for the next 21 days, this is how TSC team is celebrating this month's theme.
Here's my project sneak peak!
Daily posts at the TSC blog will include a link to the artist's blog where you can find more tutorials, videos, studio tours, exciting giveaways and more! Take a look at the line-up of artists below and visit TSC blog to get inspired!
I'm a little nervous because guess who's the first one to go!
Sept 9 Gina Lee Kim http://ginaleekim.blogspot.com/
Sept 10 Jacqueline Newbold http://djnewbold.blogspot.com/
Sept 11 Sue Bleiweiss http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog
Sept 12 Jackie Bowcutt http://stitchworks-jackie.blogspot.com/
Sept 13 Kristin La Flamme http://kristinlaflamme.com/musings
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Sept 16 Terry Grant http://www.andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/
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We're delighted to announce the good news that our SSHRC Connection Grant has been awarded funding for "Oecologies: engaging the world, from here," which is a two-day, international, and multi-institutional conference that we will host at the downtown Vancouver campus of Simon Fraser University (SFU) from 1-3 October 2015.
By inviting an international group of established scholars and local university graduate students and faculty members who specialize in literature before 1700, we aim to scrutinize what "engaging the world" (SFU's brand) "from here" (UBC's brand) entails historically and geographically. As such, the conference will provide the space to explore the tension between parts of the environmental movement summarized as its cultural or "human dimension"—its literature and stories—and ecological crisis. It draws inspiration from our keynote speaker, Professor Ursula Heise, Professor in the Department of English and at the Institute of the Environment & Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. In Sense of Place and Sense of Planet (2008), Heise traces the fraught relation between "ecolocalism" and the idea of the global in environmentalist advocacies (mainly North American and German) from the mid-twentieth century to the present moment. Our contributors will bear in mind Heise's call for an "eco-cosmopolitanism," which aims to articulate "ways of imagining the global that frame localism from a globalist environmental perspective," even as they add further historical depth to the environmental history that Heise outlines.
This conference will focus on the theoretical dilemmas of place and identity that generally inform ecocriticism and the Humanities' engagement with the environment. Through a transhistorical exploration, our participants question how the premodern continues to press upon the present. Rather than build on analysis from a single location, the multi-continental composition (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America) of the conference thus begins in a common literature but extends to an examination of how the context of different environments and policies shapes the reception of the premodern literary past.
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So, it's Tuesday and here's what I think about that:
1. I need the wee one to learn how to ride her bike before we leave for camping next week. But I don't want to teach her. And I don't want to pay the ridiculous Pedalhead price of $160 to have someone else teach her something the rest of us learned for free. Because that's how it went back then. We got on our bikes and we learned how to ride them. Now we pay people, no more qualified than ourselves, to do it for us. I'm not so sure what this says about our lazy society but what it says about me is that I'm cheap.
I can't teach her though because I'm low on patience and I figure I should start stock piling it for the 10-days-of-camping-with-just-me-and-4-children extravaganza coming up.
2. Next Tuesday I leave for 10 days with 4 children to camp. In a tent. Just me. And them.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
3. Back to the bike thing. I offered any and all other children in this house $20 to teach her so I don't have to. They went out an hour ago and I haven't seen or heard from anyone so not only is it quiet but children are learning things and making money.
4. I am fully expecting some big juicy tears to come through the front door anytime now.
5. My truck is dying. Which may impede my ability to camp next week but let's hope not since I have already started the list making for this grand event and that is no easy feat!
6. Tents and coolers and 4 kids. 10 days. I may have mentioned........
7. I just threw away ANOTHER pair of Amelia's shoes that I just caught the dog eating. This is the thing. A couple of months ago I went out and bought her 4 pairs of $5 shoes. So it doesn't make me nuts when she eats them but come on dog! Enough.
8. Yesterday the dog ate a bottle of suntan lotion. That's gross, right? Why doesn't she believe me when I tell her it's gross to eat that stuff.
9. And also, yesterday she ate half a brick of unsalted butter. In one gulp.
Honestly. Dogs are dumb. I've taken to calling her Dummy because, really, what else is there to call someone who eats unsalted butter and suntan lotion?
10. I'm super excited about the day camp happening at the church across the street. Along with the lawn mowing it's so tranquil around here I feel as though I'm not about to slip into madness at all.
11. I am hoping that mid-July is a perfectly normal time to start the crazed craving for the children to go back to school. And if not, then I am way ahead of schedule and being ahead is always a good thing.....no?
12. Last night my brother teased me on the twitter by saying he was waiting to find out if his wife was pregnant or not. It was not cool. Not cool at all!
13. I used to dream about people being pregnant and then finding out they were. It hasn't happened in a long time but I wish it would because I appreciated the head's up.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
anyway, it's tuesday.......
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You are a brave woman - camping alone with 4 kids. I don't think I could do it! We still need to get Bowen off his training wheels as well. Ashton just managed a couple of weeks ago but because we had waited so long it only took about 10 minutes!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 17, 2012
I am so with you on teaching how to ride a bike! I keep thinking this might work: "ust let my son push the bike with his feet on the ground! He'll get so sick of how slow and cumbersome that is, he'll figure out how to ride all by himself! lol.ReplyDelete
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The era in which we now live has been called many things, including post-modern and even post-Christian. Perhaps that's true, and perhaps we, especially we Americans, are the authors of our own crises.
If it isn't happy-happy, a pseudo-love fest, shiny, new, attractive, or electronic, we deny it or dispose of it. Just like we do to our once-venerated elderly. Just like we do to our once reverenced dead.
The last nature we will control is our own human nature and then we shall have destroyed humankind as we know it. (C.S. Lewis, Abolition of Man)
As C.S. Lewis writes in his Abolition of Man, we have gone from stewards to controllers to destroyers of Nature. As C.S. Lewis writes, we were once stewards of Nature, and then we strove and are striving to control Nature. The last nature we will control is our own human nature and then we shall have destroyed humankind as we know it. Humanity will have been abolished. Are we approaching that point now, where, as in C.S. Lewis, we have lost all sense of morality and elect few are making the rules, defining the morality by which we live? We have the great modern prophets but only very few of us read them.
The great age of horror films and modern morality plays on screen have been filed away in the archives of cinematology; they made us think about the unthinkable, our own souls, our fears, our itinerary through life cycles. There was crass exposé but also beauty and elegance. What do we have today but the product of computer algorithms and sound mixing, "entertaining" or rather "distracting" from the real issues and blunting human intelligence and sensuality with a pornography of death, a pornography of violence, and a degradation of the human spirit. You have become a means to the materialist capitalist end; you have become examples of ethics most abhorrent violation: A human being should never become a means to an end. But you say, some of this travesty of humanity does some good. We do some good in the Third World. Blind. Horribly blind. Another ethical principle states that an evil act shall not be used to achieve a good end. We make too many excuses for our bad behaviour and we correct pitifully little. Can we still make a claim to a moral high ground? Do we even remember what the moral high ground is? At what price do we take the post-modern, post-Christian high ground?
"We arrive at the destination without every having experienced the trip." (Anthony DeMello, S.J.)
The late Jesuit psychiatrist and motivational speaker, Anthony DeMello, described our human condition so aptly in his little parable about the people on a train. DeMello: "We are like people riding on a train to a final destination. The train is passing through some breathtakingly beautiful scenery but we have the shades drawn on the windows and don't appreciate what's outside of the car. We are all very busy arguing and discussing what we will do when we arrive, and who will be in charge. We arrive at the destination without every having experienced the trip." We're too busy doing and not being, no living.
I am a professional bereavement chaplain, a thanatologist. I deal with the dead, both the reposing and the walking ones. I see firsthand how shallow, lost, afraid people are when faced with mystery. I also see how institutionalized religion has failed them. Religion has failed them in the past because it attempted to use spurious and unconscionable means to control the faithful by fear, ignorance, and coercion. In today's world, institutionalized religion attempts to control by more insidious means, more hypocritical means. Relativism has entered the Church through a small crack, just as Paul VI warned about the liturgical reforms instituted by Vatican II, "The smoke of Satan has entered the Temple through a small crack." We are paying a steep spiritual price for trying to renew something that is not in need of renovation.
In his masterwork, The Space of Death, Jean Ragon quotes Jean Ziegler (Les Vivants et la Mort, 1975), "The dead are human beings who have ceased to function…They no longer produce or consume." How poignant. How thought-provoking. Ragon continues in his chapter on "Functionalism and Death":
"The men of the Renaissance and the classical age saw the human body as architecture; the men of our industrial civilization tend rather to compare it to a machine; a machine which wears out, parts of which may be replaced, and which one day will become unusable."
In 1969, in Great Britain, a bill was proposed intended to legalize social euthanesia on the grounds that no useful purpose was served by prolonging human life beyond a certain age. The legislators fixed the "useful age" at eighty. Think of it this way: the post-modern elites will brainwash you from age 5 to 17 or 18, impoverish you by "educating" you from 18-24, use you until age 65, then retire you until age 80. At 80 you get the needle. Nice? The bill may not have passed in 1969, but in 1970 the English translation of the Vatican II documents were completed and reached the English-speaking world. Spiritual euthanesia followed. After spiritual euthanesia, moral and political depravity followed: we have abortion, even partial-birth abortion; we have been stuck with the biomedical model of health and healthcare for more than 100 years; we have assisted suicide in which even physicians participate; we are ruled by a corporate elite; we have been insidiously desensitized, dehumanized, blunted. Relativism has become our guiding light.
In the mid-19th century Friedrich Nietsche announced that "God is dead." A new god had to be created. A race of superhumans would arise to create that god and to rule over the masses. Guess what?
As a thanatologist I can freely say that for most, their flavor of a god is either dead or dying. I can include the general pubic as well as clergy in that statement. We no longer have a model of morality or saintliness. Even popes have become politicians … wait, did I write "have become?" Mea culpa!
By denying the destination we deny the journey; by denying death, we deny life.
We need to throw open the shades on our train and take in the landscape through which we are passing…before it's too late. for many of my readers, they've already missed most of it and for some, well, they're already detraining. We are conceived in sleep, we are born in sleep, we go through life asleep and we die…ASLEEP. By denying the destination we deny the journey; by denying death, we deny life.
That's why I'd like to encourage you, my dear readers, to visit the Thanatology Café resource.
A New Feature: Articles and Essays
Learn More about Death and Dying.
I am Principal Facilitator at Thanatology Café and I write about a number of subjects relating to death, dying, grief, and the funeral services profession. Published on several blogs these articles have stimulated interest among people who never thought they'd be talking about the dread subject of death, and those readers and participants in local Thanatology Cafés have asked for more about the subject of thanatology; so many readers have requested copies of "the Chaplain's" essays and articles; responding to every individual request has been quite a task. To make it easier for anyone interested in reading my essays and articles (my homilies are published on Homiletics and Spiritual Care), I've decided to create an online page on the Thanatology Café blog, where you can click on the essay title and either read the article online or download it. It's that easy!
The article "Interfaith Bereavement Chaplain — An Essential Asset" is actually an article written for the benefit of funeral homes and funeral directors, and gives them a good talking-to about how they are failing to provide the bereaved with essential grief services and aftercare. It's a must read if you are going to make pre-arrangements or are making arrangements for a loved one. Local funeral homes like Babcock Funeral Home (Ravena), especially (!) with their expensive and shoddy services, and A.J. Cunningham (Greenville and Ravena), the Capital District's very own "factory funeral home", Newcomer Funeral Home, could learn a lot from that articel.
The article, "Why is Funeralization Desirable and Necessary" is directed more to the consumer than to the funeral director, although funeral directors could benefit considerably from this article. It focuses mainly on the benefits of the traditional funeral for survivors and mourners. It's a must-read for anyone who is or will be involved in funeral arrangements — that means everyone!
One of the most interesting articles is "Plain Talk About Cremation," which is a real eye-opener for anyone considering cremation as a final disposition of their mortal remains.
Those articles and more are available on the Thanatology Cafe Blog page, "Articles & Essays."
Click this link to go directly to New Feature: Articles and Essays.
As soon as we have it, we'll also be publishing the September and October Thanatology Café program for the RCS area. Stay tuned and stay informed! That's the best place to talk about death, dying, grief, mourning and other death-related topics.
Please let me know how you like "the Chaplain's" new service.
Source: A New Feature: Articles and Essays
Other blogs by the Chaplain include:
- Church, Ministry, Pastoral Care
- Pastoral Care
- Bereavement and Grief Care
- Homiletics and Spiritual Care


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We started learning a little about Presidents this week. Our unit on money was the PERFECT intro! Over the last few weeks, the kids have been learning all about coin identification & the Presidents on each… First up, George Washington. We read the perfect little biography that kept the kids really engaged. They were fascinated by the fact that G. Dub didn't go to school!! How in the world was that even possible?! We created a circle map and gathered tons of facts about our first President and then carried over our new learning into a little writing piece. We were reviewing statement & question sentences {using the correct punctuation} so I had my kids write one telling sentence & one question sentence including facts we learned from our reading. I also had the kids make their own little George Washingtons using half a paper plate, flesh colored paint {orange & white paint mixed together ;)}, construction paper, & cotton balls. They turned out pretty dang cute and I was so proud of their writing! It took NO time to cut out the hats {steps below} and the kids used construction paper to make the eyes, nose, & mouth. The art piece to this little project was really pretty quick! For the hat… Cut a 12×4 piece of blue construction paper Fold in half {bring the left side over to the right} Cut off the right side bottom corner {diagonally} and cut an upside-down triangle on the top. Now open it up and VOILA! George Dubya's hat 🙂 More President's Day activities to come!!
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Weight: 9.36 ct
Size: 16.2 x 16.1 x 6.2 mm
Amethyst with typical inclusions in form of "tiger stripes" (o "zebra stripes") which are very frequent in natural amethysts with Brazilian-law twinning.
Despite such inclusions were also experimentally obtained in synthetic hydrothermally grown amethysts, they are highly indicative for natural origin of amethyst. Also, they cannot be observed in any other kind of gemstone.
The cavities that form each "stripe" are so tiny that it's impossible to be sure about the phase filling of these inclusions. Only in very few cases in larger cavities two-phase liquid-vapor or single-phase liquid filling can be observed.
Fantastic sample for collectors and gemology students!
Cut: round cabochon
Origin: Brazil


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CAROLINE MUNRO (Golden Couch) - 8X10 Autographed Photo
Caroline Munro, a frequent guest at our MONSTER BASH CONFERENCES has signed this 8X10 photo for us. Caroline has appeared in Hammer Horror Films, James Bond Films, Ray Harryhausen's GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, music videos and many classic horror and science fiction adventures.
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Contributor : Added by Administrator
Tribal Affiliation : ~ Cherokee ~
Orgin of Recipe : Offered by Karen Fischer ... who learned this from my husband
Type of Dish : Today's Native Dishes
Build a roaring fire in your grill or pit. you want flames that last. While your fire is making, take your fish and cut off the head and take out the entrails, DO NOT SCALE the fish. Rinse the fish and place it (them) on a grate over the fire, you want the flames to almost touch the fish. When the side facing the fire is black, and the meat at the neck cut flakes off, turn the whole fish over and do the other side the same way.
When both sides are black and the meat at the neck cut up by the spine is flaky, remove the grate, fish and all to a spot away from the fire.
Peel back the skin, the scales will have protected the skin and the meat from burning. Pick out pieces of meat, place on bread, salt and pepper if you like, top with catsup, if you like, put another slice of bread on to make a sandwich, pour yourself a cup of fresh coffee and eat up.
Note: This is best when made along the waterside while camping or on an overnight fishing trip. The bones pull out whole and you don't have to worry about them.
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2007 CREATE ConferenceAcademic Language and Content:
A Focus on English Language Learners in the Middle School
QuEST (Quality English and Science Teaching)
Dr. Diane August
View the PowerPoint associated with this presentation.
Read the transcript of this presentation.
Research overview: Project QuEST
Sample QuEST lessons: Week Eight
Recommended Readings
These readings were cited in connection with this presentation.
August, D. & Shanahan, T. (Eds.). (2006). Developing literacy in second-language learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on language minority children and youth. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Biancarosa, G., & Snow, C.E. (2004). Reading next: A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy. Report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
Guthrie, J.T., Wigfield, A., Barbosa, P., Perencevich, K.C., Taboada, A. et al. (2004). Increasing reading comprehension and engagement through concept-oriented reading instruction. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 403-423.


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The high-profile winners were not surprises: NYC-based Tom Colicchio won for Outstanding Chef (in his acceptance speech he thanked immigrants, because "without them, we wouldn't have a [food] industry.") Others included NYC-based Marea for Best New Restaurant, NYC-based Daniel for Outstanding Restaurant, and the NYC-based Keith McNally for Outstanding Restaurateur. (To be fair: New York City is very very large and is known for having a number of decent restaurants, and Chicago-based Alinea took the Outstanding Service Award.)
Food celebs in attendance were legitimately too numerous to mention, but this writer very much enjoyed the initial shock of seeing someone turn up wearing orange Crocs, only to look up and realize that it was Mario Batali.
Of course, the truly fun part of an awards ceremony is when people are genuinely floored for some reason. Often because they are truly surprised, but sometimes because once they take the podium and stare out at the warmly approving tuxedo- and fancy dress-clad masses, the honor of the thing just hits home. Some of the best unscripted moments of the night:
"Wow, that was awesome. Looks like I'm gonna have to start raising prices tomorrow," (Mark Kotlick of Calumet Fisheries), "I can't feel my feet," (Bernard Sun of Jean Georges, NYC), "I might throw up," (Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink of Miami), and, of course: "Holy shit. Does anybody got a flask?" (authored on the fly by the genuinely verklempt Sean Brock of McCrady's in Charleston, South Carolina).
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As you get to know us, you will notice we have an emphasis on community. We trust you will feel comfortable getting to know other people during our informal gathering before our Sunday worship service. You are welcome to help yourself to the food and conversation. A host will help you with any questions you may have. Tuesday nights is a time we share a meal together, openly discuss current topics, and pray for one another.
You will notice we have an emphasis on worship. Jesus is at the center of our attention. While we are sure you will enjoy our worship team, our goal is to understand how to worship in all we do. The music is excellent, but simply a means to allow us to express in the deepest and most personal way our appreciation of who God is and what He means to us.
You will notice we have an emphasis on growing as followers of Jesus. Our teaching is based on the Bible and our passion is not to just become smarter but to apply what we learn. We take seriously Jesus' command to make disciples and so our church activities have some component of being a disciple or making disciples.
As you begin to attend regularly, you will notice that we have a team of teachers. The reason for this is that as a community based church we believe the work of the church is to be done by people of the church. Focused on the community aspect of growing together in Christ, many of our gatherings are interactive. We believe that this is one of the best ways to learn about and apply the Word of God to our lives.
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You can earn upto Sh300,000 in three months from one acre of watermelon. This is from a yield of 20tons @20 per kg earning you almost Sh 400,000.
What matters is how you handle the watermelons when harvesting and while transporting to the market. If not properly handled, spoilt watermelons will indeed reduce your income. The cost of production is estimated at Sh100,000 per acre.
Watermelon is planted directly from seeds. Although other people prefer planting them on nursery then transferring the later. It all comes to your own decision.
There are several varieties that are suitable in Kenya. They include:
- Sukari F1 Hybrid- this averages 7kgs per fruit and is very popular due to its size and sweetness.
- Early scarlet F1.
- Sugar baby, who fruits average 3-4kgs and crops mature early 62-80days.
- Charleston grey variety fruits that average 9kg and is late maturing 85-110 days. It is also the best drought resistant variety.
- Pato F1 it's as sweet as Sukari F1.
- Sweet beauty- which it takes 80 days of maturity and has red-flesh.
- Golden midget which takes 70days to mature. Bears petite, yellow skinned with pink flesh.
Spacing of watermelon generally is 1.5m from row to row and 1m from plant to plant. Watermelon can grow best in hot dry areas under irrigation and rain-fed in marginal areas. Watermelon can also perform well in higher areas during hot season under irrigation. When under irrigation develop a good systematic watering system since fruits become stressed when the pattern changes and this affect the fruit development and spray program.
Watermelon requires lots of water and nutrients. Thus a farmer must have a stable source of water and the soil should be rich of nutrients. If not, a farmer should add organic fertilizer.
While Watermelon requires a lot of water it also needs a lot of sun. It is good to note that watermelons do not cope well with extreme weather conditions. Humid and foggy conditions are the best weather conditions for fungal diseases and this will wipe out all the watermelon in no time. Thus, temperatures of about 20c-25c are the best to grow and ripen watermelons.
Start the water melon seeds in the ground, right where they are supposed to grow. Though some people do transplant them, it is better to know that they may not adapt well at first after the transplant hence others may die or take time to recover. In order to get it right, put manure to the ground before planting and plough well to make sure they mix well with the soil. Watermelons grow well in soils with alkaline PH. It is therefore advisable to add lime to the soil so as to maintain the alkaline PH. This should be done at an interval of 3 years.
Remember that watermelons germinate in 7 days and the first fruits are seen from day 30. It's believed boron helps the plants to produce sweet fruits.
Taking care of watermelons
- Mulching with black plastics will serve multiple purposes: it will warm the soil, hinder weed growth, and keep developing fruits clean.
- Watering is very important from planting until fruit begins to form. While melon plants are growing, blooming, and setting fruit, they need 1 to 2 inches of water per week.
- Keep the soil always moist but not waterlogged. Water at the vine base in the morning, and try to avoid wetting the leaves and avoid overhead watering. Reduce watering once the fruits are growing. Dry weather produces the sweetest melons.
- If you choose to fertilize make sure it delivers more nitrogen than phosphorous and potassium. However after flowering begins use a fertilizer with less nitrogen.
- Pruning isn't necessary, but vine productivity may be improved if you do not allow lateral vines to grow and stick to the main vine. When the plant is young, just cut off the end buds as they form before they become vines. You can also pinch off some blossoms to focus the energy on fewer melons .
- Vines produce male and female flowers separately on the same plant. They often begin producing male flowers several weeks before the males appear. Do not be concerned if the male flowers fall off. The female flowers, (which have a swollen bulb at the base) will stay on the vine and bear a fruit.
- Blossoms require pollination to set fruit, so be kind to the bees.
- As fruit is ripening, prevent rotting by gently lifting it and putting some cardboard or straw between the fruit and the soil.
It's important to weed the land by removing weeds that compete for water and nutrients with the plant. This can be done the third or the second week after germination using herbicides or jembes.
Watermelon's maturity depends on the breed. As stated above, some species vary from the other but all fall under a maturity period of 80-100 days. In order to see if the fruit is ready for market turn the fruit around to see if the fruit is having a yellow patch on the side on which its lying on the ground with. If it is difficult to pass your finger nail in the watermelon, it's well ready for harvest and you can even confirm by cutting one to see if it has matured. They are ready for harvest if matured. You can also thump it. If the watermelon sounds hollow, its ripe. You can also check on the tendrils. If it's green, wait. If it's half dead the watermelon is nearly ripe or ripe.
The major and common diseases of watermelon are the leaf spot, dumping off, powdery mildew and blight. It can also be attacked by Beetles, mites, leaf miners and thrips.
Dumping off is a fungal disease that causes the seed to rot before they germinate.
Spider mites are serious pests of watermelons especially during hot, dry weather and they feed on the plant sap and can defoliate vines in a few weeks. Leaf miners cause injuries to leaves resulting to destruction of leaf tissue.
Thrips are insects which invade flowers and feed on plant juice, they are visible to the naked eye.
Always use recommended fungicides, insecticides and herbicides and this are available in local agrovets. Always read the labels and follow instructions. This will not only help to protect your plant, but will also protect your health and environment. Apply chemicals using appropriate equipment at the recommended application rate. The labels should provide information on recommended use, ingredients, mode of action, and formulation of the product.


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- Ashley Freytag
- Dane Fuller
- Julie Evans
- Justin Hodge
- Katrina
- Kermit Okamura
- Leah King
- Sandra Carruthers
- Teresa Moore
- Vianne Curiel
Ashley Freytag
My journey began in May of 2013. With the encouragement from a couple friends that already belonged to CFY, I took the plunge that has forever changed my life. I made a commitment to me, and to my overall well-being. I am a busy wife and mother of two daughters. It hasn't been easy putting me first, but I knew I needed to do this.
I was in a really bad place before CF. I was overweight; I didn't exercise regularly; I ate a horrible diet and worked a job that was very stressful. People search to find what exercise programs work for them and their busy schedules. Not only did I find a great program that benefited my schedule in CFY, but I found my workout passion. It has changed my life mentally and physically. I am leaner, stronger, and happier than I have ever been before. I am doing things I never thought possible. I have also learned a lot about nutrition and how to fuel my body properly. I have lost almost 20 pounds and have dropped 3 pant sizes. I still have a ways to go, but for the first time, I feel like I am on the right track. My 15 year old daughter has recently started at CFY, and I am so excited to share this experience with her.
I can't express my gratitude to the coaches at CFY. They are there to make sure you have proper technique and form. They encourage you every step of the way. They have pushed me beyond what I thought were my physical and mental limits. They challenge me every time I walk into the box. The trainers genuinely care about everyone that walks through the door. I love the comradery and competitive environment. It's so encouraging to work out at a gym that pushes people to be stronger than they think possible. Whether you've been an athlete your whole life or have never picked up a set of weights, they will help you with whatever goals you have in mind. There has been many times where I struggled to finish. Sometimes I needed an alternate or modified exercise, and often times I finished last. No matter where I am on my fitness journey, there is always someone there to cheer me on and encourage me through to the end.
Dane Fuller
Dane Fuller
Throughout high school I never really committed to one sport or a certain work out schedule. I was never dedicated to my fitness until January of my junior year, when I decided to join the Air Force and try my hand at a special operations position in their Pararecue program. I was dedicated and motivated to ready my body and mind for the following journey that would put me in a day to day ass kicking for weeks. My problem, I had no idea where to begin preparation for my future trials. I had the basics down; swimming, pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and the occasional run. Knowing this wasn't enough, my Dad asked me to attend a Saturday class at Crossfit of Yuma, where he had started a couple of weeks prier. Thinking it would be interesting to try, I attended one Saturday class with the family. I quickly discovered that Crossfit's high intensity workouts not only got me winded fast, but the following morning, I felt a soreness like no other, which prevented me from moving from a stationary position in my bed, or sitting on the couch.
A couple classes later, I was hooked, as my personal records climbed, so did my confidence in my own physical abilities. One of the requirements for entering the Pararescue program, and to have a chance at getting a contract, was to pass a Physical Ability Stamina Test (PAST), which is a series of exercises that starts with a 500 meter swim, followed by a 1.5 mile run, then pull ups, sit ups, and push ups. After my first attempt at the test I barely passed by the skin of my teeth, but along with dedication, perseverance and most importantly, Crossfit Yuma, I finished my last PAST with not only a passing score but with iron man numbers. Now I feel like I have a fighting chance at my dream job, and I owe a special thanks to all the trainers at Crossfit Yuma for their help in getting me prepared.
Julie Evans
The coaches and athletes of CrossFit Yuma have inspired me and kept me motivated during my journey and there is still more great things to come!
Throughout my career in the Navy I have seen and tried many different diets and workout schemes, falling off all of them for one reason or another. Then, when my family moved here in 2012, my daughter Katelynn and I decided to give Crossfit a try. We participated in our first WOD,Fran, and were hooked from that day. CrossFit Yuma has changed my life and my body!!!
Oh CrossFit. Where do I start? I found CrossFit when I needed something big to come in and save me from myself. I was petrified of all the CrossFit horror stories like missed box jumps and ripped hands (both have happened to me, but it's a small price to pay), but I decided to give it a try anyway, and made myself commit to nine months. If I hated it, good riddance!
I suppose the beginning is a good place to start. I was born in a…. Ha. Kidding. I used to be really active. I taught yoga and was a massage therapist, but all that ended quickly when a back injury stopped me in my tracks, leading me to Barrows hospital and a L5/S1 fusion. I recovered swiftly, but started round after round of IVF (9 rounds total) to try and get our dream child. Depression and hormones are a bad mix, and I reached 220 lbs.
After Farrah joined us, I went to the gym five days a week, where I'd jump on the elliptical while listening to bad techno music, getting frustrated that weight wasn't falling off with bicep curls. I finally followed my girlfriends to CrossFit Yuma, and my life changed.
I have about as much coordination as a giraffe on roller skates, but I became closer to an athlete than I ever have been in 40 years. With the help of my coaches and hard work, 40 lbs melted off, I've grown stronger physically and mentally, and I've acquired a whole new family. I couldn't be happier, and I can't wait to see how much more I can accomplish.
Thanks CrossFit Yuma!
Kermit Okamura
I've never had much of a problem expressing myself, however, I find it very hard to convey how much it means to me to be a member of CFY. My wife and I joined CFY right after we got home from a vacation in Hawaii, after looking at some of the beach photos and seeing how out of shape I was, it really had me take a long hard look at my overall health and fitness. I have always enjoyed "working out", mostly lifting and playing sports and other types of things that are considered work outs by 98% of anyone you speak to. I had heard about CrossFit from a friend and I tried doing some of the WODs off of the website crossfit.com on my own but without proper guidance andinstruction I found it to be fun and different but not beneficial in making solid gains in strength or endurance. Since joining CFY I've lost twenty pounds of fat, gotten stronger, faster, and am eating much healthier and feel great. At 32 years old I can honestly say that I am in the best shapeof my life.
After my college football days, I never had a burning desire to make it to the gym or ever felt guilty for not going, I had a very melancholy demeanor about working out. I would join different gyms here and there to check them out to and to see if I could get reinvigorated and energized to have kick ass workouts and pumps like I did while working out with my football team. It would always end the same way I'd go for about a month and then get bored and move on to another gym or stop working out all together. CFY really creates an atmosphere that promotes individual and group camaraderie that I enjoyed while in college. The spirit of competition and the strive for perfection runs rampant with all of the members both novice and elite. That spirit is infectious and spreads quickly which enables everyone to push the other members to "do your best", "use good form", and it's not uncommon to hear people cheering you on to sounds of "you got this!".
The CFY coaches and members really make you feel as if you are a part of a family when you're there. In fact, I've never been to a gym where everyone knows everyone's name and children's names. My wife and I enjoy coming to class everyday and we especially enjoy the company of our new found friends from the gym. We also noticed that there are a lot of couples at the gym, like my wife and I, who share the same enthusiasm about Crossfit, CFY, and their health and lifestyle. My wife and I often find ourselves talking about Crossfit with friends and family numerous times throughout the day… everyday.
If you are reading this testimonial to get a feel to see what you may be signing up for, or are on the cusp of joining CFY. Try it! You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. There are no mirrors, and therearen't people watching you or judging you (except for maybe improper form or technique on OLY lifts, but that is for good reasons, primarily your safety). I guarantee you that there is no other place in Yuma that you'll enjoy more or have a better experience while kicking you own butt and taking your mind and body to its limits than at CFY.
Leah King
Leah King
I have always been overweight. I have tried many fad diets, exercise programs, and numerous weight loss pills during my adult life. Prior to pharmacy school, I had lost 40 pounds with a mail-order food program. Of course boredom set in, I started pharmacy school, and by the time graduation rolled around, I had gained 30 of those 40 pounds back. By the time I found a job, nearly 6 months later, the last 10 pounds had magically reappeared as well. Once I settled into my new job and community, I decided it was finally time to do something for myself and try to at least get back to where I was before school. I had tried gym memberships in the past, but would always lose interest after the first month or so. I never really saw any results and I was always bored going to the gym. The same thing happened with running, I lost 10 pounds through changing my eating habits and starting a C25K program, but I didn't feel any different, I had to drag myself out the door for my run and got bored along the way.
I ran across CrossFit while reading an online profile, and looked it up. I thought it sounded interesting, but didn't think my new little town would have access. To my surprise, I found several options, and decided to try CrossFit Yuma. After just one class I was hooked. I may have been the slowest runner and my partner for the WOD carried the weight (literally, each round of running included a medicine ball carry, and I didn't carry it once, thankfully), but I made it through that workout and felt like I had accomplished something. Not only did I feel good about myself, everyone around me was telling me good job too. I had never felt support from fellow gym members in the past, rather I always felt like they were looking down on me, as I certainly didn't look like them. But, at CrossFit Yuma, I have never felt like I wasn't good enough or athletic enough to be there. The support I receive from my fellow CrossFitters is absolutely amazing. I'm still the last runner to come in from a warm up run, and generally the last one to finish a WOD, but I always have people around cheering/coaching/pushing me to the finish. Many times, I will find myself heading out for the last run of a WOD, and someone who has already finished will catch up with me and run along side me, helping me to keep pace.
I have been at CFY for about six months. I have lost over 30 pounds and dropped 2 pant sizes, but more importantly, I have gained confidence in myself. I enjoy the camaraderie of my fellow members and I enjoy working out. Oh, don't get me wrong, there are things about CrossFit I don't really like (namely Burpees and the Inchworm), but even though I may complain, I'm thankful for the opportunity to be at each and every class. I am amazed at the progress I have made, I can now do band assisted pull-ups (I started out doing ring rows)! I have a long way to go before I reach my goals, but thanks to CFY and all of the awesome coaches, I am well on my way!
Sandra Carruthers
When my friend first mentioned CrossFit Yuma, my initial thought was CrossFit is not for me. I thought CrossFit was only for athletic, competitive, and fit people. I could not have been more wrong. Since my first day at CFY, I immediately felt welcomed by everyone and I have never once felt intimidated. Coaches Mike and Joey took the time to show me every single exercise and pushed me to reach new goals.
Since I started CrossFit Yuma a year ago, I have lost 25 pounds and I have seen my body change every day since then. I know this could not have been possible without the coaches pushing me to reach new limits, along with everyone else there cheering me on. Everyone at CFY inspires and motivates me to keep moving forward. I found motivation at CFY I had NEVER had before. I now aspire to be healthy and stay fit. Working 4 to 5 days a week 10hrs a day and having two kids can be hard to find time to work out but it's not impossible. I have realized that one size doesn't fit us all. I have developed goals for myself and am confident that I will reach them with the help of the CFY staff. It is so rewarding when people compliment me about my weight loss. I know my hard work and dedication are paying off.
Thank You CrossFit Yuma…
Teresa Moore
Life changing! It's that simple. CrossFit Yuma changed my life. Not only has it changed and trimmed my body, it has made me mentally stronger! At 35 years old I found my self at my heaviest weight and the worst shape of my life with little energy. I grew up being tall and skinny, never fit. I didn't play any sports nor participated in any kind of physical activities. After having two kids I gained weight. I joined gyms, went walking/running at the parks, bought every single video and DVD shown on infomercials. Nothing stuck, I didn't enjoy them and didn't continue exercising. My brother had been going to CrossFit for a couple of years and had told me about it. I saw pictures and videos and immediately became scared and intimidated of CrossFit, I didn't believe I had what it took. When my 63 year old dad joined CrossFit Yuma I knew that I had no more damn excuses! Thanks Louie and Tata!!! I was very scared and hesitant but decided to join not knowing that it was going to change me in so many ways 🙂 After my first foundations class I cried to Joey (coach and owner). I felt frustrated, sad, mad… I couldn't believe that I had let myself get to this point. Joey reassured me and said come back tomorrow, and I did. I decided that the squats, cleans, snatches, pull-ups, wall balls, dead lifts, burpees (the list goes on) would not defeat me, that I would beat them and overcome my feelings of inadequacy. One year later, 20 pounds lighter and stronger than I've ever been!! To be able to say that feels amazing! At 36 years old I am in the best shape of my life, I never thought that was possible. I will continue to get stronger and fitter everyday!! My husband and family have been by my side through this journey, encouraging me and helping me believe in myself! Thanks guys! This has been the hardest thing that I have ever done, both physically and mentally. But I love it! I love my coaches, words cannot describe how GREAT they truly are! They push me, they encourage me, but most importantly……. they believe in me 🙂 I love all of the wonderful friendships that I have made, everyone encourages you and helps you through the WODs. Nobody looks down on you or judges you because you are weaker or slower, it's the complete opposite. The commodore is wonderful!! Thank you Joey, Mike, Jenn and all of the CrossFit Yuma family 🙂
Vianne Curiel
My journey with CrossFit Yuma has been amazing and quite a long ride. I left my dream city to come back home and work extra hard to pursue everything I set my mind to. I knew it wasn't going to be an easy battle and it was going to take a lot of time and patience, but I have pulled through with ups and lots of downs. I visualized myself, that if I worked hard enough everyday to be better, it would bring me closer to my goals and dreams. I have found so much support in what I call home Crossfit Yuma since day one, that's why I'm still there. I've faced so many challenges along the way but have never given up. This year I decided I wanted a bigger change in my life and I knew it would mean sacrificing a lot, even losing friends, parties and more! I knew that if I committed to a better lifestyle I would inspire myself more and others around me. So with the help of my coaches I have done work and I have seen change physically, mentally and emotionally. My life has changed for the better. If you work, you get results. PERIOD! It's a hard journey but not impossible, it's an on going inner battle! I thank everyone who is part of my journey and continues to be there! When you set your mind to change, change occurs.
This year I received an invitation to give my first speech at the Women's Expo, it was super emotional for me and that's when it clicked: This is why you've been through what you have been through Vianne, to motivate those who need motivation. It was a magical experience!
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Emblazon is ITE's annual combined dance concert, organised by ITE Centre for Music and The Arts (CeMTA) and Student Development Departments of the 3 ITE Colleges. Exploring the theme of (R)evolution this year, Emblazon symbolizes the igniting of ITE students' passion for dance, and showcases the capabilities of ITE talents in staging a professional dance performance.
Amongst the three ITE Colleges (College Central, College East and College West) are established student dance groups who have been performing in external and ITE events. ITE Dance Emblazon 2015 is the third time that these dance groups are coming together in a dance-only concert to showcase their talents and skills.
- Develop ITE dance talents by providing an opportunity for them to learn from professionals and each other.
- To establish ITE as an Arts Hub.
- To expose ITE dance talents to the local dance community for future collaborations.
- To provide an authentic learning platform for the Higher Nitec in Performance Production course students, who will be assuming stage crew positions in Emblazon.
The Artistic Director for Emblazon is Mr Zaini Tahir, renowned dance educator and choreographer, and Artistic Consultant of Republic Polytechnic's The Republic Cultural Centre. For Emblazon, Zaini will be choreographing the finale item, which will bring together selected members from all featured dance groups in a dance production. The song for the finale item is specially arranged by ITE graduates, Mr Mizahairi Bin Mahadi and Mr Danial Bawthan.
Emblazon will feature 8 ITE dance groups, and a total of 250 dance talents. There will also be a guest performance by NUS Dance Ensemble.
Commencement of Emblazon
Special Combined Opening Item by all ITE Dancers
Korean Dance Wave (ITE College West) Blossom
ITE Modern Dance (CeMTA) Seeing the light
West Style District (ITE College West) Heaven beneath her feet
ITE College Central Malay Dance (ITE College Central) Gempaq!
East Squad (ITE College East) Evolution
ITE College Central Kpop Dance Club (ITE College Central) The Pursuit
Artistari Gentari Malay Dance (ITE College West) Mel:ayu
Urban Central Statement (ITE College Central) Colours in Motion
Guest Performance: NUS Dance Ensemble One People One Nation
Finale: Selected Dancers, 3 ITE Colleges
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Last spring my cousin said she wanted to spin her own yarn, and would I make her a spinning wheel? Sure, I'll give it a shot. My father found a pattern in Workbench magazine, March-April 1983 issue. I did not keep track of the time I have in this project, I worked on it in spurts over the summer and fall. It is made from Poplar, and Elm. Most of this was turned on my lathe. It's the first time I've turned spindles. I found it to be quite a job to get all the spokes and other pieces turned to match. I didn't have any thick wood on hand so most of the parts were glued up. I made the wheel, then fine tuned it on the lathe by gluing it to a piece of plywood using a glue/paper joint. To finish the last side of the wheel i made the plywood smaller and used a press fit to keep it on the lathe.
If you get all the spokes the same length, and you drill all the holes the same depth, the wheel won't wobble like it is out of round.
I found a few things in the pattern that did not work for me so I changed things slightly. I had, or made, all the hardware and various other parts so I didn't have to buy anything. The washers and some parts of the treadle are made of leather.
Looking back I thought I had taken more pictures, but I guess not. Here are a couple more.!https://s3.amazonaws.com/vs-lumberjocks.com/nxb6a6h.jpg!
This last picture is ( I forget the name) what I call the yarn fetching tool.
All in all it was a fun project even with the occasional frustration. All comments and questions welcome. Good or bad, tell me what you think. Thanks for looking.
-- Jeff in central Me.
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#1 posted 11-04-2015 09:57 PM
That is a really cool project! Thanks for showing.
-- Paul, Duvall, WA
#2 posted 11-04-2015 10:53 PM
Congrats on completing an intense project!
#3 posted 11-04-2015 10:56 PM
I am very impressed with your spinning wheel. Making the spokes and large wheel to run true must have been difficult. Somebody should be very happy with it.
#4 posted 11-04-2015 11:02 PM
Hammerthumb and waho6o9 , Thank you both.
Redoak49, Thank you, it did try my patience but turned out alright.
-- Jeff in central Me.
#5 posted 11-04-2015 11:06 PM
Jeff…on the cool stuff-o-meter..that's pegging at least a 12 on the 1 to 10 scale. WOW!!! That is an awesome project. In your honor oh great one, I am tossing my lathe out yonder door and vow to never touch it again. Oh BTW, the two seasons mentioned add up to what? Three weeks in Maine? That's awesome. Some day I can say….I know that farmerdude!!!!
-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)
#6 posted 11-04-2015 11:28 PM
BusterB, stay calm dude, DO NOT HURT THE LATHE! I don't want to hear about any tool tossing down there. Believe it or not, summer and fall are longer than you might think. We just get more weather swings during that time than you do. Thanks for the comments, and behave yourself, or I'll have to come down there.
-- Jeff in central Me.
#7 posted 11-05-2015 01:10 AM
Jeff, that is a fantastic project. Absolutely heirloom quality. I'm thinking your cousin owes you a cashmere sweater.
#8 posted 11-05-2015 01:12 AM
This is a project that I have always wanted to try, where did you say that those plans are available?, You sure did a beautiful job on yours
-- Rockbuster,Ft. Wayne,In It is far better to remain silent, and appear the fool, than it is to open ones mouth, and remove all doubt.
#9 posted 11-05-2015 01:36 AM
BurlyBob, thank you. and I agree on the sweater. If it takes her as long to make it as I did on the build I will freeze.
Rockbuster, thanks, the plans were in an old magazine, Workbench, issue is March – April 1983. Something my father had around.
-- Jeff in central Me.
#10 posted 11-05-2015 07:17 AM
Nice work. Is she using it yet?
-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
#11 posted 11-05-2015 07:33 AM
Farmerdude! she's a real honey (I love the mix of modern (perspex) and Trad. (wood/leather) A friend of mine in the Hebrides finished a spinning wheel his Dad started (but died before completion) it turned out ok but the wheel was a bit wonky – Very dificult, you've done a fine job – hats off Dude! it's going on my fave list
-- Live Forever...............or Die Trying
#12 posted 11-05-2015 01:57 PM
Jeff that is a fine piece of work. Congratulations and what a wonderful gift.
helluvawreck aka Charles
-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
#13 posted 11-05-2015 02:03 PM
Outstanding turning work. You are amaizingly skilled in that. This is a nice piece of textile tool history.
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
#14 posted 11-05-2015 03:03 PM
Very impressive. Strong work, Jeff. I'm glad I took a look.
-- Drew -- "The greatest wealth is health".
#15 posted 11-05-2015 04:49 PM
Great looking spinning wheel. I have had plans for that spinning wheel for about 40 years. didn't have the tools or skill set when I got the plans. I was just thinking about getting those plans out when your project is posted. I have a couple projects ahead but definitely put this on the calendar. Thanks for the inspiration.
-- Bruce, Boise, ID
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The wait is almost over. My husband picked up CraftSanity Magazine Issue 2 from the printer today and we'll be shipping out all subscription and pre-order copies tomorrow. (Thanks for ordering!)
We'll be making deliveries to area retailers tomorrow, too. I'll post a list of retailers tomorrow and you can expect to find the magazines on the shelves of Grand Rapids-area stores by Friday.
I'm really excited to share the projects in this issue with you. Soft toy fans are going to LOVE the Spring Bunny pattern by Abby Glassenberg. And knitters will be treated to a special sneak peek Barn Cat pattern excerpt from Susan B. Anderson's forthcoming book (due out later this month), "Spud and Chloe at the Farm."
I've made both the bunny and the barn cat, and the projects have been big hits with my kids. But kids are not required to enjoy these projects. Truth be told, I plan to keep my bunny and barn cat on the bookshelf in my office.
Ok, I'm going to get back to work addressing envelopes, but will be back soon to post the retailer list and tell you about more projects from this jam-packed issue. Click here to order your copy. The $1 off pre-order sale will continue through the end of the day today.
Thanks so much to those who have already ordered. I hope you enjoy issue 2!
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Summer is well and truly here and what better way to spend your day than with a picnic with family and friends?
Here is our top eight places in and around Doncaster to get out your tartan rug and enjoy the sunshine.
Sandall Beat Wood - lies close to the heart of Doncaster and offers great opportunities for having a picnic, enjoying its many play facilities or simply exploring its vast woodland.
Black Carr Plantation - originally designed as an exclusive private woodland for the gentry to go hunting, Black Carr Plantation is a woodland now thriving with various wildlife and open to the public.
Boston Park - a family business which includes tearooms, Maize Maze and horse liveries as well as an 800 acre arable farm.
The Crags - a series of north facing-slopes leading into the Don Gorge, is an area with fantastic views and an interesting history.
Fishlake - surrounded by countryside and is filled with lots of wildlife to see.
Shaw Wood - also known as Bluebell Wood and Basil Wood, Shaw Wood is a large woodland just northwest of Armthorpe. The oldest part of the woodland is said to date back over seven centuries ago.
Melton Wood Country Park - historically a typically English mature oak woodland, Melton Wood Country Park's rolling countryside now makes it an ideal place for cycling, with several routes taking in bridle paths, country lanes and short stretches of main road.
Howell Wood Country Park - Dating back to the 1700s, Howell Wood was planted mainly as a game reserve. The northern part of the wood is now a country park and is open to the public all year round.


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Friday, February 24, 2012
Freedom to Read Week
According to the Freedom to Read website: Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Freedom to Read Week is organized by the Freedom of Expression Committee of the Book and Periodical Council.
Freedom to Read Week is February 26 - March 3, 2012.
Each year a Canadian author is awarded the Writers' Union of Canada's 2012 Freedom to Read Award. This year's recipient is Lawrence Hill who was honoured because of "his reasoned and eloquent response to the threat to burn his novel The Book of Negroes," according to Greg Hollingshead, chair of the Writers Union.
The full story was covered in a past entry about Lawrence Hill. A Dutch group called Foundation Honor and Restore Victims of Slavery in Suriname had planned to burn Hill's book to protest the use of the word "negro" in the title. Ironically, the Book of Negroes' title comes from an actual historical document which recorded the names of 3,000 African slaves who were moved from New York to Nova Scotia, then to Africa.
It is not the first time the title has stirred controversy. The Book of Negroes was called Someone Knows My Name in the US and Australia, while in Quebec, it was given the name of the main character and titled Aminata.
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A Brooklyn imam whose relatives were arrested in a raid of a New Mexico compound spoke out Thursday to combat rumors that have transformed what he described as a months-long family drama into allegations of terrorism.
Law enforcement officials raided the barren compound in northern New Mexico last week and found the body of a young boy and 11 hungry children, who officials said were clothed in filthy rags and living without running water or electricity.
They arrested the imam's son, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, who was wanted since last year on suspicion of abducting his critically ill 3-year-old son, as well as four other adults who were with him. The imam confirmed Thursday that those adults were also family members.
The child's body has not been identified, the Taos County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
All five adults have been charged with 11 counts of felony child abuse.
County authorities have alleged, without publicly releasing evidence, that the adults were training the children to carry out school shootings, and that the group subscribed to "extremist" Muslim beliefs.
Siraj Wahhaj, the Brooklyn imam, confirmed during an impromptu news conference on Thursday that he is the father of suspects Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40; Hujrah J. Wahhaj, 37; and Subhannah A. Wahhaj, 35. He said he also is the father-in-law of Lucas Allen Morten, 40, and Jany N. Leveille, 35, who also were suspects taken from the compound. All 11 children found on the compound are his grandchildren, two of them through his daughter-in-law's previous marriage, Wahhaj said.
But he said he had no knowledge of the group's intentions when they disappeared last December, and that they quickly "cut ties, not only with me, with their brothers and their sisters and their mother," and that the family has had "no direct contact with any of them" since then.
After Siraj Ibn Wahhaj disappeared with his son, Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, the boy's mother filed a missing-person report in the Atlanta suburb where they live.
Hakima Ramzi, the mother, said the boy suffers from a severe brain condition that causes seizures and that his father did not have the boy's medication.
Ramzi's attorney said Thursday that Siraj Ibn Wahhaj had been acting "differently" and "more argumentative" for a few weeks before his disappearance, but gave no other warning of what was coming.
Wahhaj said Thursday that his son was "a little bit high-strung" and sometimes prone to anger, and that he was licensed as a private security guard to carry guns.
Wahhaj said he was unaware of any political or religious beliefs, or violent intentions, that could have motivated his son and daughters' disappearance.
"I don't know what his thinking is, because to do something as extreme as this, it doesn't make sense," he said. The idea that his son was plotting school shootings "sounds crazy," he added. "But I don't know. I'm not making any judgments yet because we don't know."
Hints of the circumstances surrounding the disappearances emerge in Facebook posts and message exchanges between relatives over the months, but many details remained unclear.
The posts indicate that Ibn Wahhaj and Hakima Ramzi were experiencing marital strife, and that another brother, Mohammed Wahhaj, had been involved in trying to mediate before Ibn Wahhaj's sudden departure.
The group disappeared without warning last December, and Wahhaj and other family members have worked closely with local law enforcement and the FBI ever since in an effort to track them down, he said.
"We have been meeting with law enforcement since day one," Wahhaj said. "They've been in my house: FBI, law enforcement from Atlanta, Georgia."
The search came to an end last week, after Subhanah Wahhaj contacted another family friend, he said.
"She said, 'We need some food, we're starving,' " the imam said. Subhanah provided a location to send food, and the family turned that over to the police.
"That's why the police came in," he said. "Because of the information we gave them."
Alice Crites and Eli Rosenberg in Washington, Neda Semnani in New York, Sonam Vashi in Atlanta and Ben Neary in Albuquerque contributed to this report.


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Southeast Asian
Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast Asian Concert, Sunday October 26, 2008
[Note: this video is divided into two clips. Please scroll down to see footage of the gamelan performance that followed the concert]
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Thai fiddle music: Supeena Insee Adler, saw oo
- Piece 1 (:10-4:52)
Balinese Gender Wayang: Pete Steele, Andrew McGraw, Brita Heimarck, and Lisa Gold
- Introduction (4:53-6:17)
- Sulendro (6:18-13:23)
- Merak ngelo (13:24-19:00)
West Javanese Tembang Sunda: Henry Spiller, kacapi, Sean Williams, voice, and Andrew Weintraub, suling
- Introduction (19:01-21:01)
- Tembang sunda set (21:02-29:42)
West Javanese Jaipongan Dance: Ening Rumbini, dance
- Introduction (29:43-32:18)
- Sonteng, choreographed by Gugum Gumbira (Jugala Dance Company) (32:19-end)
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|From 'Story of the Day' by StoryPeople
"Finally, I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." Frederick Buechner
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
We remember 9/11
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Story People--how I managed to miss this ever, but from now on, I'm on and passing it on!
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Yes, it's wonderful for 9/11 but for all those times when we lift ourselves up and choose to be giants.
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The Hollywood Ten
The project is for an art show titles:"Hollywood Disasters" Created 2 posters based on the" Hollywood Ten" in the fifties. "Many of the Hollywood Ten writers continued producing screenplays under assumed names after they were blacklisted. Using the pseudonym Robert Rich, Dalton Trumbo penned the script for "The Brave One," which earned an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1957."


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Sandy Booth who lives in Perkinsville, NY gave me permission to post.
"I understand the old DL&W depot in Perkinsville, NY will be razed soon. A good portion of the roof has already collapsed in. Just thought I'd make note here in case anyone was interested in seeing it one last time. So sad..."
I asked her about someone saving it, and she said " I guess not, I heard the town paperwork has gone through for demolition."
Thought I should post here, am curious if anyone else has heard this. Anyone? No one has yet reported on it.
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Plot Summary:"The film begins with the return home of a wwII veteran who was the recipient of a "Dear John Letter". After swiftly dispatching a courting couple in a Gazebo we leap to present day where a college celebration becomes the hunting ground for a uniform clad killer."
This gory slasher from Director Joseph Zito, opens with a touching letter
from the titular lady to her lover, being read aloud. In it she explains
as kindly as possible that she can no longer wait for him to return from
the war.
Obviously he receives the letter as poor Rosemary is soon found during the
graduation dance pinned to her new beau via a huge pitchfork!!
35 years later, school reporter Pam submits an article about the anonymous
killer who was never caught and soon he is stalking Pam and her friends.
The main problem I had with this film is that it has all been done before.
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As always, Tom Savini's fabulous creations add a lot to the horror of it
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disrobing, skinny dipping and doing everything wrong. Perhaps the
'Scream' generation of movies has left me expecting more smart female
characters because this was quite disappointing.
Worth a watch, but post 'Scream' this leaves a lot to be desired.