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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
New Beginnings - IWSG
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I'm so very happy to having stayed up late today, for this way I'm the first to comment in your first post. Dragon hugs. Here it is a scaly shoulder you can lean on whenever you wish or need it. There's also a dragon hands, and a couple of wings, and some good fire in case you need to burn something down at no charge, except maybe for a few bolitas now and then. ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Ah! Firepower...that's good to know you'll assist me with infernos, Al! :) Thank you for being such a good friend and many hugs back at you!Delete
Applause, laughter and hugs are available anytime. I provide twisted humour for no extra charge.ReplyDelete
As an aside - I am flabber and ghasted, gob and smacked that any of you feel insecure. You all have talent oozing from every aperture, which no doubt means that your laundry costs are always high.Replies
I love your twisted humor, EC, and your hugs and laughter. You need your fair share too and I will freely give them.Delete
Flabber and ghasted - I love that! Yes, we ooze talent but also fear, sweat, tears, insecurities, and blood. That's why we write naked...the laundry costs are terrible.
Just stopping by from the IWSG :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your new blog!
The thing i LOVE about the blogging writing community is that there is always someone who will listen, encourage and support. You have come to a good place honey, you lean away :)
Thanks for stopping by, Vikki! I will be taking full advantage of leaning. :)Delete
Congrats on your blog and on the wise choice of joing this group. We are all here for you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Siv, and congrats on your new book!Delete
*hugs* And we'll be here to help. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Cherie. You've been a tremendous help all along and very supportive!Delete
Laura, my heart both aches for you in your pain and fear and pounds in excitement for you in what lies ahead once the turmoil finds its place. This journey that is carrying you isn't random but intentional. And along the way, you have friends on a similar journey waiting to greet you and hug you.ReplyDelete
And if you decide you need to run away to Colorado, let me know. :)Replies
Thank you for the postive way of looking at it, Julie. :) I need that kind of message right now. I would run away to CO if it weren't for that pesky altitude thing you've got going on. Gives me migraines. :(Delete
It was difficult for me to make the switch from Blogger to WordPress. I feared starting over...losing what I had already built (and it was only five months). But those who liked what I had to say stuck with me. I'm sure the same will be for you, because we LOVE you. (So...should I just desert the other blog?)ReplyDelete
M.L. Swift, WriterReplies
Hi Mike! Yeah, I switched from blogger to WP and now I'm back here with a different name. Only the toughest will find me. ;) Thank you for the love! As for the other one? I need to keep it for a while but I don't want to make twice the work for myself or anybody commenting. I'll probably blog 1x a week here and 1x a week there and see how it goes. *shrug*Delete
It's tough to deal with problems in your life and be a writer too. I kind of had an insecurity-related freak-out yesterday, utter despair about my writing ambitions, but today I feel a bit better. That's the way it goes, I guess. I hope your writing and your life will go well.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Nissa! (I love cats too!) Writers are a curious combination of insecurities and hubris, aren't we? :)Delete
Today was also my first post as a member of the ISWG. :) Your blog looks very nice! And I hope whatever your struggles are that you're able to push through them! I am here if you ever need to lean on someone. Even if I fall over, you can continue to lean. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
We'll both lay in a pile of rubble, Chrys! Thank you for the visual. It made me laugh. :DDelete
It's very nice to meet you, River. I hope you do reach out when you need support. It gives purpose to the rest of us. I'm guest hosting today, and very glad I am.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for the support and also for guest hosting, Joylene! One of Alex's minions... ;)Delete
Laura, we are here for you. Let this place be your stable rock.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's the ninja clone King himself! Hi, Alex, and thank you for being part of my stable rock. I shall anchor myself here and feel the wind on my face as I tilt it up towards the sun. :)Delete
Hi, from one IWSG newbie to another. Lean away and hope we don't fall over. LOL What a supportive group.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi, Diane, and welcome to IWSG. This blog is new to the group but I've known many of the participants for over a year now and they are so supportive! As for leaning over...hopefully we'll land in soft spots. :)Delete
Congratulations, River, on your new blog. I like the blog name, Seasoned with Words, and how appropriate the title of your first post is: "New Beginnings." Even though EC got a comment in on this one before I did, I'm going to show you my loyalty. Many, many hugs, River.ReplyDeleteReplies
I love the smell of competition between you and EC, Ron! *snort*Delete
Thank you for all the hugs. :D I surprised myself with the blog name. It just popped into my head which normally doesn't happen. I was immensely grateful, being in the middle of setting this up and not wanting to take the time to mull it over.
Lean all you want. We're here to listen or just share some chocolate.ReplyDeleteReplies
Christine! *squeal* You brought chocolate? I brought punch... ;)Delete
Yo River!ReplyDelete
How's it flowin', yall? Oh yeah, a new beginning, a second birthday and the continued delusional amazement by my human, Gary. Yes, the crazee dude still thinks that "IWSG" means, "I Was Seeking Gary."
On a serious note, my human friend, Gary and I and all your other friends, are here for you. All the beast, um best.
Stay chillin',
Snoop Bloggy Dog in da Gangsta's Pawadise!Replies
Wow! We must of crossed paths while sailing across the pond as I was just hangin' out in pawadise with snoop bloggy dog and chillin'.Delete
Yeah, that IWSG thing is for real, you know? I mean, Gary owns it and that's okay.
Thanks for being here for me with the beast and all. It means everything to me. I know I have some good friends here in the internet galaxy!
If you need morale support, you sure picked the right group! I hope your life eases into place and that you have more reasons to smile. I'm looking forward to your posts! :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Lexa! I'll practice easing on down the road...or going with the flow like a river...or something like that. ;) This group really rocks!Delete
River, you know my heart as you are going through all your life-poo. Hugs my friend. You are still my hero.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Julie! You're the bestest. :DDelete
Hi Laura or is it River ... it's a challenge you've set us .. and what about Mistress Snark .. has she disappeared for good .. the all those wonderful stories ...ReplyDelete
I'll catch up - I've been seeing the Queen today - well her house actually for an exhibition .. so I'm little out of the world ..
But welcome back! And be seeing you around .. big cheers - HilaryReplies
I just realized I wasn't following this new blog yet. I'm so sorry for all the pain you've been through and my shoulder is always available for you to lean on. Here's to a wonderful new beginning for you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ah...thanks, Julie! I appreciate the shoulder and I'll try not to drool on it. ;)Delete
New beginnings all around!
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Welcome to the club! Wishing you best of luck with your new beginnings and finding a place you can feel settled and at home.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, kelworth! I appreciate the warmth of this group. :)Delete
It's odd. Well, consider the source. How could it not be? The fact that I'm not actually sure I'm an official member of this group.ReplyDelete
I, fer shur, am a good candidate.
Glad to be able to comment on your new blog, River. A name I'm fond of...but then...dancers with great mental powers who can kick serious rear-end...what's not to like? :)
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Thank you, Kevin. :) Yes, we continue on with our journeys, kicking serious butt...Delete
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As the Paris Climate Change Agreement is open for signature, GRI is urging all businesses around the world to come together to attain the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions that has been spelt out in the agreement.
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On the International signing of the Paris Agreement, GRI persuades organizations to join in celebrating a positive step towards progress in climate action by going beyond carbon.

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Sergio and Veronica Podcast
Episode List
Episode 24: fidget stick
January 7th, 2019 | 24 mins 34 secs
Special extra tired episode with special guest Ed. we talk about xmaz, new years, Bourdain, drones, and ed has special announcement
Episode 23: Llego el pavo
November 22nd, 2018 | 26 mins 55 secs
Happy Thanksgiving! Veronica and Sergio talk about MLM, failing, more failing, and turkeyday.
Episode 22: Pokemon No
November 13th, 2018 | 32 mins 11 secs
This podcast we talk about Veterans Day, Haloween, People who hate Halloween, Podxestencial crisis & Detective Pikachu
Episode 21: The Void
November 7th, 2018 | 28 mins 18 secs
This podcast we talk about self destruction, VR, panoramical, pour painting, craft fairs.
Episode 20: Upgrade your corn dog
October 17th, 2018 | 38 mins 34 secs
We're back in our new studio with special guest Ed. We talk about the Big E and Inktober and other things
Episode 19: Tomb Raider
April 6th, 2018 | 27 mins 38 secs
art, iconography, painting, podcast
In this episode, Veronica talks about painting this year's Paschal Candle. She dives into the process and some of the meaning. We also talk a little bit about James turning 2! happy birthday James!
Episode 18: Fabio -or- New Baby
March 21st, 2018 | 23 mins 10 secs
Sergio and Veronica are back with new baby! Veronica shares her experience and we try to stay awake during this 2am podcast. This is probably our worst podcast yet.
Episode 17: SVP Interview: Becka Pilling - or - Total Eclipse
February 9th, 2018 | 28 mins 57 secs
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A Special episode today. Veronica is due next month so I put together an interview with writer, Becka Pilling. We recorded in a noisy coffee shop so sorry about the noise. We spoke about writing on the internet, finding a community of writers to help you get off ur butt and write.
Episode 16: Nü Year
January 4th, 2018 | 48 mins 18 secs
We talk about xmas, We got a switch! 2017 Hightlights, Creativity block aka C-Block. 2018 squad goals, Veronica learns to give up on goals, like baking. It all kind of falls apart in the end.
Episode 15: A Very Thanksgiving Part II
November 23rd, 2017 | 1 hr 41 mins
season 2, stranger things, thanksgiving
Second part of our thanksgiving episode with special guest Ed. We do a really long and boring spoiler filled discussion about stranger things 2.
Episode 14: A Very Thanksgiving Part I
November 23rd, 2017 | 47 mins 10 secs
A very special thanksgiving episode with special guest Ed. Part one is about thanksgiving, too many turkeys, depression, traditions, buying video games, and depression. Stay tuned for part two!
Episode 13: back on our bs
November 20th, 2017 | 42 mins 46 secs
Hey we're back! we talk about some stuff and we have a special announcement!
Episode 12: The Buttcast
August 18th, 2017 | 48 mins 4 secs
art, creativity, success
Garden update and vertical gardens.Veronica talks more about creative challenge. What success means? Critiquing your own work. Accepting compliments. And Veronica's place of work has a creative challenge.
Episode 11: Lack of hotdogs
July 26th, 2017 | 50 mins 58 secs
art, creative, hotdogs, music
Sergio and Veronica talk about rail safety, good hotdogs, why you shouldn't eat paint, and semi-deep dive on creative challenges.
Episode 10: The Electronic Three
June 15th, 2017 | 46 mins 44 secs
e3 2017, mario, nintendo, sony, video games, xbox x
Sergio messes with Veronica's garden, Veronica doesn't like first person shooters. They talk about E3 for most of the podcast. Probably interesting if you're following E3 2017, maybe not so much if you're not into the video games. We get a lot of stuff wrong so don't email us.
Episode 9: Seize the Carpet
June 6th, 2017 | 41 mins 56 secs
Sergio and Veronica are back, again, once more from a new location. They talk about James learning to walk, growing a garden on a deck, Eurovision, #fanartfridays and the meaning of this podcast.


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Even the striped face of a zebra stares off the wall of a highly trafficked street corner. Surrounded by flowers and birds native to the Dominican Republic — the place of origin of many of the area's residents — the zebra is part of a mural recently painted in the Miami neighborhood.
"Don't be fooled — that's a Dominican zebra, a 'debra,' " joked Ariel Cruz, the artist of Dominican origin who painted the mural, located in the corner of Northwest 17th Avenue and 36th Street.
La Bella Esquina, as the mural is titled, connects Allapattah's culture with the potential for economic growth and is a product of the Dominican American National Foundation's collaboration with University of Miami's School of Architecture. The mural is just one facet of a 2-year-old beautification initiative in the neighborhood, which is situated roughly between Northwest 28th and 36th streets, and 17th and 27th avenues.
DANF, a local nonprofit that offers social services to the community, was one of the organizations to work last spring with UM's School of Architecture to explore the potential for economic growth in the area.
Under the leadership of Chuck Bohl, a UM professor and project coordinator, the group analyzed the rehabilitation of old, vacant buildings and other methods to create a more vibrant economy with a "main street feel," keeping the neighborhood's Dominican identity as its engine.
"It was a local effort by the local community to brand the area as Little Santo Domingo," Bohl said.
Locals have called the area Little Santo Domingo for about a decade, but the neighborhood has been rekindled with a new kind of energy.
"It's more about creating a place where people want to come, like a Calle Ocho, where people want to come learn about the history and culture of people who live in this area," said Rudy Duthil, DANF chairman.
And over the past two years, the city has invested about $450,000 in a beautification project, leading to the renovation of 58 businesses' storefront facades and other repairs. City Commissioner Wifredo "Willy" Gort, whose district includes Allapattah, and other groups also have collaborated with property owners to allow Dominican style murals on their storefronts.
The Allapattah Business Development Authority, a local nonprofit active since 1983, is one of the main groups working with the city. The director, Xiomara Pacheco, says the façade improvement component of the beautification project is key to stimulate business activity.
"That's the only way to help businesses get more clientele because unfortunately for a few years we've had very high inflation and businesses haven't been able to fix their facades since 1992," said Pacheco.
But even as the community is moving toward achieving a more vibrant and revitalized economy, some are wary of doing too much too fast and sacrificing the neighborhood's cultural identity as Little Santo Domingo in the process .
"We would hate to see Allapattah become another ritzy Miami neighborhood," said Mileyka Burgos, DANF's president.
In other neighborhoods, such as nearby Wynwood, low income residents have been displaced by expensive development they can't afford and a by a quickly transformed environment where they no longer feel at home.
"And that's a really realistic fear," said Paul George, a South Florida historian and professor at Miami Dade College.
However, he stressed that with the right kind of local action and an emphasis on the area's identity as Little Santo Domingo, this transition can be avoided.
"We've seen what happened when visionaries developed other neighborhoods, but we've also seen what happened in Little Haiti, which was developed on a smaller scale and has kept its cultural identity," said George. "There's no reason why Allapattah can't do the same."
For this reason Burgos says an incremental approach to development with emphasis on the area's Dominican heritage is best for Allapattah.
"Our vision is to see Allapattah as a place where middle income families, young entrepreneurs and low income families live together," Burgos said. "Where we can see a mix that really represents what Miami culture is, what Dominican culture is."
Allapattah, a Native American word for alligator, was a predominantly agricultural region in the early 20th century with a thoroughly Deep South culture. It later transitioned to a blue collar working class area during the '60s but with little business investment, according to George, the historian.
George says that the influx of Dominican immigrants is a phenomenon of the last 25 years, when Dominicans began moving to South Florida from New York and the Dominican Republic.
Ana Francisco moved to Allapattah from the Dominican Republic in 1974. Like her, other Dominican immigrants chose to settle in the neighborhood because they were searching for a Spanish speaking area with a tropical climate similar to their own.
"They were looking for a place where they could have both the heat and the language of our country — where they could identify with our culture," said Francisco, a founding member of DANF.
Miami is South Florida's most ethnically diverse city with Dominicans just one in a long list of Hispanic communities, the fastest growing population in the nation.
Allapattah has been a magnet for many immigrant communities over the years including Cubans and Central Americans. Within the parameters of Allapattah, 72 percent of residents are classified as Hispanics, of which Dominicans comprise a significant portion.
This reality is evident from local restaurants' offers of meals such as sancocho and mangú to the naming of a park and portion of Northwest 17th street, a main artery of the neighborhood, after Juan Pablo Duarte, one of the Domincan Republic's founding fathers.
"In less than 20 years we've achieved a lot," said Johnny Matthews, a Dominican business owner in Allapattah. "At first we were a question mark, but now we're a statement."
Even as Dominicans have sunk roots in Allapattah, the area has struggled economically. The median household income in Allapattah is estimated at $19,141, far less than the median income for Miami as a whole, which was $29,762 from 2008-2012, according to U.S. Census data.
While Francisco still volunteers with DANF in Allapattah, she left the neighborhood for a home in Miami Gardens in part so her children could enroll in schools with stronger academic ratings.
Her decision to leave in search of better opportunities is one that many Dominican families have made over the years. Several residents and community leaders said that Allapattah does not yet offer a path to upward mobility, but they are hopeful that is changing.
For many, like Francisco, Allapattah is home. Even though she moved away, she returns often to do volunteer work with DANF.
"I work here to try and move the community forward, to try to help the kids that live here," she said.


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To assist with the addition of monthly in-service days in the Neenah School District, Youth Go has created the Open Doors Program to give our youth somewhere to go on those days.
Youth Go will be open from 8am-6pm for grades 5-12. We will serve meals, guided recreation time, crafts and movies.
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Essence Get Big Lashes and I Love Extreme Mascara Review and Swatches
I've been having a love affair with Essence ever since we got them here in the Great White North and the latest items I tried from the brand were a few of their mascaras.
Today I give you the two most popular mascaras from the brand: Get Big Lashes and I Love Extreme.
I have the waterproof version and despite not being a fan of water resistant formulas in mascaras, I like this mascara. I actually went swimming with it on and it stayed on well. It did clump after a while in the water but it wasn't runny nor did it smudge. I like this mascara a lot. The brush is very dense and it flares out and builds volume nicely. I find this mascara is great to achieve a natural, yet voluminous and flared out lash. No drama, great for day wear. Very nicely, actually. Once it dries it doesn't budge and it removes easily with a make-up remover.
This mascara has gotten a lot of hype on the internet which is what compelled me to buy and try it. Unfortunately it disappointed, as I expected much more from it after the raves and reviews it got on youtube. The brush is thick and it deposits way too much product. You really need to wipe it and make sure the bristles themselves are flared out unless you want to end up with clumps of lashes and mascara. If I am patient enough with it and use a spoolie in addition I do get great lashes. The pigment is rich and black as night and the formula is wet and buildable, just how I like it. I can easily build up 2-3 coats and get really dramatic lashes that last reasonably well through the day.
Overall, it's a good mascara and I find myself reaching for it when I have the time to make it work.
I liked both mascaras. Essence continues to impress me with it's products, despite their low prices. Definitely worth checking them out.


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ARLINGTON – Arlington police are asking witnesses to come forward in the death of a Marine who was likely the victim of a hit-and-run crash on Route 110.
Investigators believe Maddison Peterson, 22, a Marine stationed in D.C., was struck by at least two vehicles before someone called police.
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I'll keep this short as I'm sure you are as sick of the darn dress as I am. After my last Myrtle, I raised the under the arms by 1cm as I felt lowering it by 2cm was just too low for my liking. There's only so much armpit that is fit for human viewing I say! I think it's pretty much perfect now.
I was super dooper excited when I finished this dress and I planned to wear it to work for my last day at "the job" and to our team Christmas lunch. Of course the sewing Gods decided to punish me for my smugness and overnight the back neckline stretched out so much the dress was basically...ruined. Because of the way the bodice is constructed and enclosed it's pretty much impossible to fix this...into the recycle bag she goes. Lesson learned = stay stitch your necklines people. Each time I tried on this dress it stretched more and more.
Oh look, thread! Our whole house is basically covered with bits of cotton these days. Dave says it makes a nice change from the long hair that used to litter the floor and clog up the vacuum cleaner.
Pattern: Myrtle Dress by Colette Patterns
Size: XL
Modifications: Armholes changed to Size L; and then lowered at the arm pit by 1cm. Mmm, armpit - what a delightful word.
Fabric: Polyester Elastaine from Lizzie from Busy Lizzie in Brissie (thanks lovely lady)!
Notions: Elastic, thread and my tears
Changes for next time: None! Let's make this dress One. Last. Freaking. Time. and then move on!


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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Top young professional and philanthropic leaders were honored on the Near West Side Friday night.
Among the winners was ABC7's own Cheryl Scott, who showed off her school pride by wearing a Brown University cap.
She was recognized in part for her work on the American Red Cross Board of Directors.
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OUT & ABOUT: I attended a last minute night yoga class with Samantha on Monday. Instead of plastic water bottles, the yoga studio sells water in glass mason jars. Very granola but also pretty cool.
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Poet, Activist, Developmental speaker, and, aspiring Humanitarian are just a few words to describe Tiesha Robinson. The Houston resident grew up in Lake County, Illinois in a society structured with adversity. She found her voice in writing and the age of 15 she started reciting and assisting other poets to enhance their craft.
Tiesha's passion for the arts helped in the groundwork of building one of Houston's number one showcases, "The Writers Block live". She has performed at the Houston Improv, The House of Blues and many other venues.
Aware of the need in surrounding communities, and understanding firsthand what it's like to be homeless, Tiesha's goal is to make conscious efforts to feed the homeless in the Houston and Lake County area. Thus far she has fed over 1000 men, women and children. In 2015 she founded SheRose, an organization geared towards helping women find employment, spiritual growth and effective communication practices.
In September of 2015 the organization implemented its first annual walk for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to bring awareness as well as raise financial capitol in hopes for a cure. PCOS is a disease known as a silent killer that affects one in ten women with in the United States. In January of 2016 Sheroes Still Exist completed its first Career Expo for women in need. They teamed up with the Star of Hope taking six of their women through the full interview process and providing resume help, interview tips, professional clothing, hair and makeup, as well as onsite employers. This initiate of stabilization landed the organization in the Young Houston Magazine.
Tiesha uses her experiences, award winning poetry, innovation, charismatic personality, and determination to spiritually uplift and change the perception of every person she encounters everywhere. Currently She is the 2017 Miss Texas American Beauties Plus you can find her volunteering at Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen located in midtown Houston, reciting poetry, speaking at local schools encourage teens on Career days, and on Facebook live every Tuesday. At the top of the 2018 she is set to release her first book. This a woman who has decided to dedicate her life to.
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Romance Was Born's Mushroom Magic (2013)18 Apr
Nice shroomy show from an Australian fashion house.
Bruce Conner: Looking for Mushrooms (1967)6 Sep
In 1962, Bruce Conner left San Francisco and moved to Mexico, apparently intending to "wait out the impending nuclear holocaust". He spent about a year in Mexico before running out of cash and patience, and returning to the United States. During his year in Mexico, Conner hosted psychedelic guru Timothy Leary, who he had met on an earlier visit to New York. Conner and Leary occupied themselves with mushroom hunts in the Mexican countryside. It's not clear whether their hunts were successful. But Conner's staccato home-movies of their walks – combined with movies of previous mushroom hunts in San Francisco – became his film Looking for Mushrooms. The film rushes through the rustic landscape of rural Mexico, flitting past houses and through a crumbling graveyard.
Conner cut Looking for Mushrooms down to 100 feet in 1965 in order to fit it into an endless-loop cartridge for continuous projection. In 1967 he added a soundtrack by The Beatles ("Tomorrow Never Knows").
Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi – Planet Earth Attenborough BBC23 Feb
Beware of those mushrooms…
Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family – "1973"13 Dec
Directors Ben&Julia are two French-Swiss nutters, who do all sorts of graphics gigs and apparently love putting mushrooms everywhere. Take a look at their Vimeo channel and website for more, if you like the style.
Mushrooms- The outer space beings7 Oct
Where did mushrooms originate? Did they come from outer space like Terrence Mckenna suggested? One sure thing is that who ever watched mushrooms grow noticed that even the way they grow is psychedelic. The internet is full of time lapse videos of mushrooms growing. I picked a few of my favorites.
check out this Amanita Muscaria slowly turning into a spaceship:
The next video is a time lapse of a european forrest full of delights:
This last video should be watched on full screen! If you thought the forrests in europe are full of delights, now it's time for some amazonian forrest:


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Believe me when I tell you this is a constant struggle. It's one that I probably fail at a good portion of the time. I had some success with this particular one, and hence, I'm putting it here. Plus, I regularly help children focus on the small successes, those that build up to larger ones, so why not afford myself the same support?
My state's standards tell us that first graders need to be able to tell a story about each of five famous Americans. About each one, there are particular facts that they are required to know. There are 5 things they are required to know about George Washington, and we are studying him now. There are so many ways to teach it, and I'm always looking for new ones (please feel free to comment with any ideas if this sparks ideas of your own or you have ideas to share).
This is a project that developed out of one of those premade projects in resources like The Mailbox and various books with multiple blackline masters. The project had the children cut out puzzle pieces that had various facts about George Washington printed on them, then the children would cut out and put the puzzle together, and, voila! the Washington Monument!
So, sort of a cool project. Definitely something first graders would be highly jazzed about. But, the preprinted puzzle pieces didn't relate to the required knowledge that my state expects. So, I adapted it. My kids now receive a paper with the empty puzzle pieces and they draw representations of what they're supposed to know about Washington. Then they cut, arrange, and glue it, and still, voila! the Washington Monument! But with their own personality and their own work.
I like this way better. It connects to the children's learning; it meets the six year old desire to do projects with their learning, and it allows them to add other things that they know (either about Washington himself, or the monument) onto their picture. It also really helps me informally get a sense of who is integrating this learning into their schema and who needs more support from me about ways to connect it to their own learning.
It's not a perfect project, but three years worth of children have appreciated it, and they typically hold onto the knowledge (and more than just the expected 5 facts) rather well.
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Our aims to improve residents' ability to use computers and access services online, help remove fears and anxieties about the internet.
Tailored to people's needs… Our IT Junction scheme can cater for any level of learner, offering a range of online courses, including peer to peer support from our friendly Volunteer Team.
We work with unemployed people, supporting them with setting up an email account, filling in forms or applying for jobs.
Offering people with head injuries or learning difficulties help with independent living, cognitive skills and basic learning needs.
If you are working with or know anyone who wants to become more internet savvy then make a referral or just call us or get them to drop into one of our sessions.
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Hedo in T.O doesn't have a set location, rather they are a traveling party, hosting parties at various clubs for nightly parties. A quick word of warning, some of their parties have a select invitation list, so you better bring your A game...
Hedo In T.O. (Hedonism In Toronto) is an upscale, urban adult lifestyle network right here in Southern Ontario, Canada. We host private monthly events and dances for like minded adults in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area as well as other locations including; Durham Region, London, Windsor, Niagara Falls and in the US; Buffalo, Ohio and Upstate Michigan.
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Get ready to challenge your friends and family in the Ultimate Party Challenge! Play in a variety of high energy, over-the-top competitions, wacky sports activities, and quick brain challenges. Get your body moving by using the Wii mat and Wii remote to test your speed and rhythm. Jump into a world of colorful, fun, and interactive backdrops along with innovative Wii gameplay, offering a variety of multiplayer Modes that will keep everyone on their feet!
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I swear to Bob, the powers that be at Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment will just never fucking get it. After years of utterly clueless adaptations (the Fantastic Four films, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, et. al.,) it seemed as if we were finally seeing the beginnings of an era when the big studios would do comic book properties that appealed to the core audience as well as the "flyover states."
With its slate of films, Marvel has done something that was previously seen only with Star Trek: create one huge, planned, inter-connected universe for all its characters to play in. From Iron Man to Agents of SHIELD to the four upcoming Netflix series that will culminate in a Defenders line-up, everything Marvel has done since they had the power to do it is all the same mythology. There are even rumblings of letting Pixar do an animated Marvel film that would be canon… Hell, even the miserable Incredible Hulk, the first film to be a part of this universe, gets a, Easter egg in Ant Man to remind us that, "yes, it's a terrible film, but it's still ours, and we love it anyway."
And it's working. It's working really, really well.
Naturally, the studios that (sadly, oh so sadly) own several of Marvel's tentpole properties are trying to build their own interconnected worlds; Sony is giving Venom his own films to lead into Sinister Six. Shame it's all based on those shitty Marc Webb movies.
Fox, capable of turning any windfall into an embarrassment, is blowing the X-Men universe completely out of proportion, and possibly adding Josh Trank's DOOMED Fantastic Four reboot into the same continuity.
And then there's Warner Bros., owners of DC Entertainment. Holy fuck, do these people NOT know what to do with comic book properties. They say those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it, so let's take a quick jaunt down memory lane…
- Superman: The Movie thru Superman IV
- One great movie, a mediocre sequel (made watchable in the Director's Cut), an embarrassment and one of the worst films ever made.
- Supergirl
- Nominally, part of the same universe, though it isn't sure itself. Hey! That's five movies in the same mythology!
- Wonder Woman
- First, two TV movies with Cathy Lee Crosby… then, a TV series with Lynda Carter that has NOTHING to do with either them or the DC universe in general.
- Batman thru Batman and Robin
- Again, a solid first entry (though I'm not a fan at all), a silly, camp sequel (more suited to the Batman '66 series than the big screen), and two execrable follow-ups. A new world for Bruce Wayne, devoid of any other super-heroes to play with.
- Swamp Thing
- Let's make a crappy movie! And a crappy sequel! Then, let's follow them with a crappy TV series! Let's set them each in their own unique worlds!
- Superboy
- It's Superman as teen, because teenaged girls love teenage Superman! But not when he's part of a bigger universe, apparently.
- The Flash
- It's cheese! And even though it's on at the same time as Superboy, let's keep them separated, for their own good.
- Lois & Clark
- Superman reimagined as a shitty, half-assed, badly acted romance! Yes! And another Superman universe! Score!
- Steel
- Shaq, as a character from Superman, only… without… Superman…
- Smallville
- It's Dawson's Creek, but with super-heroes! No! It's Superman without Superman! And badly written and acted! And… not… connected to …anything…
- Birds of Prey
- It's a bunch of Batman characters we've really never seen before, but in New Gotham, and, uh… Batman has retired…
- Catwoman
- Well, we've learned our lesson! If we're going to make a terrible spin-off with a different actress, let's set it in a different universe with no Batman at all!
- Superman Returns
- It's a reboot! It's a sequel! It's… a mess, really. It references the Donner films, but is set in modern day, and everyone is suddenly twelve years old… who knows what universe this is part of?
Which more or less brings us to the modern era. That was just the way studios treated comic book properties then, so where do we stand now?
Well, let's begin with Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, which stands alone as it's own work. We have Green Lantern, which lives in its own retarded bubble. We have Man of Steel, which isn't part of Nolan's world, (despite being produced by him) because his was "too real, and too dark." I guess a patricidal, sociopathic, mass-murdeing Superman just isn't dark enough for The Dark Knight, so… another new continuity.
Of course, the courtroom drama sequel, Batman v. Superman takes place in the same universe, with a different Batman, and if they ever get that far, the Justice League film will be part of this continuity after a Green Lantern reboot, and a few other solo films. Personally, I'll believe it when I see it.
On TV, you've got Arrow and The Flash, both connected. However, they won't be part of the Justice League film continuity because, well, frankly, neither of those bozos can carry a lead on the big screen, especially child-bride, West Hollywood heartthrob Grant Gustin (seriously, is Barry Allen in fucking high school?) Also on the small screen, you've goth Gotham, the Batman version of Smallville, i.e., Batman with no Batman! So, er, just a crime drama, I guess? Stupid, AND NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING ELSE!
Let's not forget the Constantine film, and the new Constantine series, which are related neither to each other, nor the rest of any ongoing DC continuity.
Coming up, we'll be getting Guillermo del Toro's Justice League Dark, which features a team of DC's magic heroes, (including another John Constantine with no ties to either existing one), and which will also NOT be set in the Justice League universe. I mean, WTF?!? Why are they even called the Justice League then?!?
A few days ago, DC Entertainment announced that Shazam (you guessed it), will not be connected to any of the other DC films. Even though they had just figured out how to make him fit into the comics (Shazam, for those in the know, is really the only guy who can routinely kick the crap out of Superman, so he's a little bit of a problem.)
Lastly, and this was really the cherry on the sundae, a new Supergirl series was just announced, and odds are really high that, since it isn't on the CW, and since there's no Superman (that we know of) in the world of Arrow and The Flash, that it, too, will exist in it's own little bubble. It's fucking maddening.
Someone needs to stage an intervention. This is just absurd. I've never been a huge DC fan; I'm a Marvel guy to the core. But, seriously, don't Batman, Superman and the rest deserve better treatment than this?
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The music stopped, the gyrating couples walked to the crowded lines around the dance floor. Then, in a moment only a movie director could imagine, the exiting dancers revealed a lone man standing in the center. Kieri gasped in surprise. Grant strolled toward her with the same confident grin she remembered. Her stomach flip-flopped. His blonde hair had darkened to brown over the years. Brown eyes looked at her with affection.
"Hello, Kieri. Long time no see," he greeted. His sensual voice boosted her pulse.
Her eyes took him in as her gaze roamed over his body. The white oxford shirt hung open revealing a chest of muscles and hair. That is the sexiest thing I've ever seen. Tight black jeans hung low on his hips. His transformation to the man that stood before her now, from the boy she dreamed of often over the years and loved with a girl's heart took her breath away.
"Hello, Grant. You look great."
"So do you." He bent down and kissed her cheek. "Would your grandmother approve of such a display of affection?"
Her insides churned with welled-up desires. "You know, she would have issues with it."
Suddenly, a slow, dramatic, tempo blared from the speakers. "I think they're playing our song," The smoke dissipated from around them, his hands reached for her. "You still dance?"
Walk away! A voice inside warned. He'll break your heart again. She pushed the inner voice aside. She and Grant at one time danced together as competition partners for their dance company. "Yes. Every day."
He nodded once, a cocky little nod that moistened her panties again. "Good, shall we?"
She let him lead her to the dance floor. He pulled her close to his naked chest. The hard muscles captivated her. The smells of salty sweat and sweetened spice filled her tummy with a powerful craving to taste him. His bared flesh shuddered under her hand at her touch and his brown hair tickled her arm. She tensed when he wrapped his free arm around her.
"Relax…" he whispered, "let the music guide you in ways you've never imagined."
She exhaled, easing the nervousness building inside her as she yielded to the magic of his nearness, and let him direct her in their sultry dance. "Ballroom, ballet, and country dances are one thing, but this kind of dancing is something…different."
"Just think of it as a sexy rumba or Latin number. Think sensual…teasing…belly grinding, belly dancing."
"Latin dances with sexual overtures are done to gain the audience's attention," she said.
Grant's hands skimmed her back, her sheer over shirt yielding little barrier to the hot touch of his fingers on her near exposed back. He positioned himself behind her now, swaying his hips against her bottom, rocking her hips into a torturous level of awareness almost too sweet to endure. "Look around, I think we have their attention."
Kieri saw the crowd of people point and whisper while they watched her and Grant sway to the rhythmic music. Goose bumps dotted her skin. They enjoy the number. "Just like old times."
He laughed. "I hope not. This isn't exactly tame."
She let him bend her forward, his bulging manhood cradled between her legs. When he lifted her up, she thrust her hips forward. "I've been watching you since you came into this room," he whispered in her ear. She moaned. "It's been too long," he added, his hand resting under her breasts. He guided her in a quick step and spun her around in a complete circle. She landed in his grasp, leaning against his back, her legs entwined between his. The heat of his breath tickled her ear.
"I've dreamt of dancing with you again for so long now," she confessed softly. His thumb grazed her breast and she almost came in her panties.
"I've had the same dreams." He turned her around to face him. "What brings you here tonight?"
She opened her mouth to speak, but the soft touch of his thumb on her earlobe, and his palm on her jaw line almost undid her. Taking a deep breath to fight the urge to hump him on the dance floor, she answered. "Investigating rumors. And you?"
His brown eyes danced with mischief. "I'm here to fulfill a fantasy."
"Oh?" her eyebrow lifted. "What fantasy is that?" she asked in complete rapture of what made this man tick. Her attraction for him grew. While small glimpses of the young man peeped through, the way he danced was a big change. His handsomeness made him better looking than she remembered. The soft gentle light in his eyes awakened her young girl's fantasies.
"Investigating curious women."


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Bashar al-Assad, Syria's "President," is not a stupid man. On the contrary: he is a doctor who practiced ophthalmology in London until he was called back to Syria to assume power on the death of his brother. And he is married to the glamorous Asma al-Assad, who is much beloved by Vogue magazine.
Yet Assad is a butcher. To take just one example, we wrote here about the torture killing of a 13-year-old boy who was swept up in the Assad government's crackdown on dissidents. Assad has not hesitated to murder thousands of his countrymen who have risen up in revolt against his corrupt dictatorship.
One of the most notable Syrian rebels is the cartoonist Ali Farzat, who has had the temerity to ridicule Assad. Here is Farzat in happier times:
Most recently, Farzat drew a cartoon of Assad hitching a ride out of Dodge (or Damascus) with Moammar Gadhafi that was widely circulated in Syria.
Here in the U.S., we use the word "courage" in connection with politics much too freely. The truth is that it takes no courage at all to participate in politics in this country. One can disagree with, and criticize, President Obama with impunity, and a few years ago liberals could denounce President Bush as "Bushitler" without any fear of the consequences that would have followed if Bush had, in fact, been the slightest bit like Hitler.
In Syria, it actually requires courage to criticize Assad's regime. Farzat's courage was punished when Assad's goons kidnapped him, beat him severely and broke his hands. In the Arab world, this passes for a subtle hint that Farzat should stop drawing cartoons. Someone took photos of Farzat in the hospital; here is one:
The Associated Press describes Assad's attack on Farzat:
The widely popular cartoonist, who works late into the night, left his studio at 4 a.m. Thursday, the relative and several activists familiar with the attack told The Associated Press.
A jeep with tinted windows soon started trailing him and cut him off on a Damascus street. Four masked gunmen dragged him out of his car, bundled him into the jeep and drove him to the airport road just outside Damascus, beating him and making threats all the while. …
"This is just a warning," the gunmen told Ferzat, according to a relative who asked that her name not be used for fear of reprisals. "We will break your hands so that you'll stop drawing."
The men then singed the artist's beard, put a bag over his head and dumped him on the side of the road.
What can the United States do to help bring down Assad's regime? Perhaps nothing. At a minimum, though, let's stop supporting it. Within the last few months, our bizarrely clueless Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, hailed Assad as a "reformer." That was, apparently, part of the Obama administration's "smart" policy of engagement with our most intractable enemies. Unlike a number of Arab states, we have not withdrawn our ambassador from Damascus. That, apparently, is also "smart." Maybe the Obama administration could forget about being smart for a moment, and do the decent thing. At a bare minimum, let's create some distance between Vogue magazine and American foreign policy by standing foresquare in opposition to Assad's brutal dictatorship.


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• Power Line Always Gets There First: Greg Weiner of Assumption College, author of a fine book about Pat Moynihan, has a fine article out today on RealClearPolitics about Trump and the complaints of the left that Trump doesn't tell the truth. Good stuff—close to what we wrote here last week.
We are beginning to encounter middle-of-the-road politicians who will seemingly say anything. We approach a fantasized condition.
In 2016, we arrived at that condition, and the Left found itself theoretically disarmed. How was a movement that had long rejected the idea of truth to accuse Donald Trump of falsehood? For him, truth was exactly what Michel Foucault had asserted it to be: a means to power. . .
The institutions that should check every statistic are increasingly allergic to stating anything in the language of truth. The academics experiencing apoplexy over Trump's rhetoric have in fact spent decades dismantling the philosophical infrastructure of truth. They have done so in the name of a moral relativism intended to inhibit the imposition of cultural norms. Now, finding moral objectivity suddenly useful—such as insisting on truth and civility in political conversation—it is unavailable to them.
This assumes an especially ironic cast in the case of the media, whose very objectivity becomes an excuse for refusing to state objective fact. Consider The New York Times' obituary of Fidel Castro. A caption under a photograph of the Cuban tyrant gingerly allowed that he "was seen as a ruthless despot by some and hailed as a revolutionary hero by others."
Power Line, last week:
It was Nietzsche who remarked that "there are no facts, only interpretation." From this small beginning the entire contemporary world of "post-modernism" was born, reaching its apogee in the swamp of the Frankfurt School, Foucault and other nihilist thinkers who argue, among other things, that there is no objective basis for making a "truth claim"—and that even language itself it a purely subjective exercise in exerting power. "Non-foundationalism" is all the rage at the universities these days, as I explore in a certain forthcoming book. . .
Who is it that created this "post-truth" climate? Once again, it was liberalism. And just how vigorously has the mainstream media ever stood against this nihilist undertow? That would be zip, zilch, nada.
Nice to have good company on this important point, as well as a reminder that Power Line always gets there first!
• Al Gore is coming out with a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. Can we really be this lucky? First the British Labour Party picks Jeremy Corbyn as its leader, the Democrats nominate Hillary Clinton for president, re-elect Nancy Pelosi as its leader in the House, and may yet install Keith Ellison as their party chair. Did clueless liberals at the Center for American Progress and Tom Steyer's Pacific Heights mansion really sit around wondering, "How can we be even more egregiously out of touch? I've got it! Let's inflict another Al Gore climate documentary on the world!"
Good times indeed. Problem is, it means I'm going to have to suit up agaiun, update my own climate Power Point show, and make a new video of my own. But nothing's too big a chore when it comes to Gore.
• Speaking of the climatistas, the (New Jersey) Star-Ledger last week ran a nice profile of the eminent Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson, who was Albert Einstein's successor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton many years back. I did once get to speak with Dyson on the phone along with his equally skeptical distinguished colleague Will Happer. Here is the best part of the story:
Dyson came to this country from his native England at age 23 and immediately made major breakthroughs in quantum theory. After that he worked on a nuclear-powered rocket (see video below). Then in the late 1970s, he got involved with early research on climate change at the Institute for Energy Analysis in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
That research, which involved scientists from many disciplines, was based on experimentation. The scientists studied such questions as how atmospheric carbon dioxide interacts with plant life and the role of clouds in warming.
But that approach lost out to the computer-modeling approach favored by climate scientists. And that approach was flawed from the beginning, Dyson said.
"I just think they don't understand the climate," he said of climatologists. "Their computer models are full of fudge factors."
A major fudge factor concerns the role of clouds. The greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide on its own is limited. To get to the apocalyptic projections trumpeted by Al Gore and company, the models have to include assumptions that CO-2 will cause clouds to form in a way that produces more warming.
"The models are extremely oversimplified," he said. "They don't represent the clouds in detail at all. They simply use a fudge factor to represent the clouds."
Dyson goes on to lay out the view that the climate crusade has become a form of religion, which seems right. And then he ups the ante:
"There are people who just need a cause that's bigger than themselves," said Happer. "Then they can feel virtuous and say other people are not virtuous."
To show how uncivil this crowd can get, Happer e-mailed me an article about an Australian professor who proposes — quite seriously — the death penalty for heretics such as Dyson. As did Galileo, they can get a reprieve if they recant.
I hope that guy never gets to hear Dyson's most heretical assertion: Atmospheric CO-2 may actually be improving the environment.
"It's certainly true that carbon dioxide is good for vegetation," Dyson said. "About 15 percent of agricultural yields are due to CO-2 we put in the atmosphere. From that point of view, it's a real plus to burn coal and oil."
In fact, there's more solid evidence for the beneficial effects of CO-2 than the negative effects, he said. So why does the public hear only one side of this debate? Because the media do an awful job of reporting it.
If you have 15 minutes, here's Dyson explaining his reasons for his "heresy" about "the consensus." It's just one of several videos of Dyson you can find on YouTube. It would be fun to see him debate Al Gore, but Gore refuses ever to appear alongside anyone who doesn't conform to his rigid orthodoxy.


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Talk may be cheap, but education isnÆt as District 11 mulls money-saving ideas
District 11's budget woes could lead to changes that would affect the Westside next school year.
And then again, they may not.
During a March 10 evening presentation in the Coronado High School auditorium, D-11 Superintendent Nick Gledich described as ōunder conversation onlyö such publicly discussed money-saving ideas as expanding West Elementary into a grades K-6, limiting Holmes Middle School to grades 7-8 and closing West Middle School altogether - all in pursuit of improved school utilization.
Still, the ōconversationö is not dying down. Contacted for an update this week, D-11 spokesperson Elaine Naleski said that because the state (also-money-starved) has not clarified how much it will make available for public schools in its June 2011-to-July 2012 fiscal year, the district is ōprobably no closer to making a final decision than we were a few weeks ago.ö
What state legislators eventually decide is key because over the past 25 years the state's share of school financing has been going up. Where districts themselves used to pay about 60 percent of their costs (and the state 40 percent), now it's almost reversed, explained D-11 Chief Financial Officer Glenn Gustafson, who gave the main presentation at the Coronado meeting.
Adding to the district's concerns, the state is looking at a $1 billion overall deficit in a budget that normally dedicates nearly half its funds for K-12 spending. The reason for the state's problem is chiefly that in the current economy corporate tax revenues ōare way, way down,ö Gustafson said.
While cautioning people that the district has weathered hard times in the past and will surely do so again, the former D-11 student and long-time CFO used the words ōkind of scaryö to describe the current money situation. The district expects it will have to cut $12.5 million for 2011-12, he said.
Adding to the problem is District 11 seeing its own mandated costs go up (such as for water, up 16 percent; and transportation, higher gas costs), reduced federal aid (no more ōstimulusö funds after this fiscal year) and a lower ratio for state per-pupil funding.
An unknown is what kinds of raises, if any, the the Colorado Springs Education Association, which represents D-11 teachers, will negotiate with the Board of Education. In the current fiscal year, salaries were frozen.
The 2011-2012 year will be the fourth straight of district budget cuts (including $11 million in the current fiscal year). Until now, Gustafson said the district has tried to keep the cuts from directly affecting the classroom, but now that ōexcess dough,ö as he put it, is gone.
A potentially controversial money-saving idea being talked about for next year is slightly increasing class sizes. A silver lining is that plan is, because of dropping enrollment, district class sizes now are actually less than they were 10 years ago, Gustafson noted.
Other school utilization enhancements could include turning several elementaries into K-6 (instead of K-5) schools and setting up others as K-2 only or 3-5 only.
It's possible too that occasional ōfurlough daysö could be planned. These would be normal days when schools simply would not open. This is based on the premise that it costs the district $1 million every day the schools are open, Gustafson said. One way to use the furlough option would be to expand the Thanksgiving holiday from three days into a one-week ōfall breakö (the way some districts do) - as it stands now, the Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week are rife with absenteeism, he said.
While the district continues to ōconverseö about ideas, no absolute date has been set to make a budget decision. Gledich said he wanted ōto see what happens over the next several weeks.ö He added that the district is ōworking on a surveyö to put before the public at some point this spring ōto get input and ideas.ö
Coronado's was the first of six similar financial presentations that Gustafson was to give at different district high schools in March. Gledich and Gustafson were joined at the Coronado session by assistant superintendents Mike Poore and Mary Thurman.
Westside Pioneer article


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Salman Ahmed Shaikh
It is observed that many of the developing countries are countries with Muslim majority population. In fact, if we flip this, almost every country with Muslim majority population seems to be underdeveloped. Is this a coincidence or has it anything to do with Islam and its principles. Below, we would like to make few important observations.
First, there are exceptions to the two statements above throughout history. Even in modern history, there are exceptions and in fact many Muslim countries have achieved progress and development even in western sense of the term. Malaysia and Turkey are good examples. In last thirty years, even the countries like Bangladesh and Indonesia have improved on several development indicators. Moreover, there are millions of Muslims that live in Europe and North America that have contributed to their respective nations and achieved professional success in diverse areas including academics, science, technology, commerce, arts, sports and public offices. Increased acceptance of Islam in developed world supports the notion that modern education and science has not given any reason to not believe in Islam to say the least.
Second, the message of Islam historically over the many centuries had been accepted by people of all regions, race, color, gender and whether they live in Muslim majority areas or Muslim minority areas and whether they had been poor or rich. Plus, the message of Islam is much more than the recent attributes which are negatively associated with Islam. That is the only reason why the following of Islam and new converts have even increased in recent times.
Third, most Muslim majority countries are not ideological states and had not seen religious parties or authorities ruling the state in most cases. In fact, for once, it happened recently in Egypt through a democratic process. It is for everyone to see how it was made to fail by vested interests.
Fourth, most critics like Kuran (1997) make a common mistake of equating Muslim history or Muslim civilization of past or present as representative of Islam. Advent of religion of Islam dates back to the beginning of human existence on earth. The concept of unity of Allah and belief in life hereafter had remained in every prophet of Islam's teachings. Muslims believe in all prophets (pbut) including Moses (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh). Muhammad (pbuh) is the last of all prophets (pbuh) and the book revealed to Him (pbuh) is the true representative of Islam and its teachings.
There is need for understanding this clear separation. A major part of Quran is a historic narration of wrongdoings of the people who were addressed by prophets (pbut) in person while spending their lives within them. Islam neither in those times nor now will be reflected by how it is received, taken and followed by Muslims. In fact, there have been several instances in holy Quran where the pious believers who lived during the life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are also admonished, warned and asked to correct their mistakes.
Presently, the systems and institutions that prevail and especially how they are being managed by the ruling authorities in Muslim majority countries represent gross deviation from Islamic principles. Mirakhor & Askari (2010) clarified this by writing that the claims of any society to call itself Islamic must be validated by the existence and effective operations of the institutional structure (rules of behavior). They opine that in today's Muslim societies, the core elements of the institutional structure that would designate a system as Islamic are, by and large, notable for their absence.
But, still we see misnomers like 'Islamic world' in debates and academic literature. Part of the mistake is attributed to Muslims too who have followed the authorities (religious and political) who have misused the name of Islam for their benefit. But, this clear separation has to be understood by all so that debates and dialogues can be directed towards principles rather than actions of minority groups taken as Islamic. They are not even taken as Islamic in Muslim majority areas. At least, if electronic and print media cannot put up sensibility for commercial reasons, the academic discourse needs to avoid such misnomers. Indeed, there are internal shortcomings in Muslim countries that have led to underdevelopment. But, it has nothing to do with following Islam.
Kuran, Timur, "Islam and Economic Underdevelopment: An Old Puzzle Revisited," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 153 (March 1997): 41–71.
Mirakhor, Abbas & Askari, Hossein (2010), Islam and the Path to Human and Economic Development, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.


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Weekly Education News Round-up
Rejected Indian Students turned to US Universities
Some toppers from India have been rejected by the top colleges at Delhi University, but are accepted by some of the best colleges abroad like Ivy League schools in the US. However, they could not make it to top colleges in Delhi University because they did not score 98% or 99% in their class 12 examination.
Source: 15th October, 2011, NDTV.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Australian DIAC will accept PTE scores for Student visas
On Monday, Pearson, a leading learning company has announced that the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) will soon accept PTE Academic scores submitted with student visa applications. The PTE academic scores are likely to be accepted in the beginning of November, by 5th November.
Source: 17th October, 2011, Newskerala.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Three Indian Students bagged NASA awards
Three Indian students from top Indian educational institutions bagged NASA awards. These students have designed and launched their own satellites and have won the US space agency's student competition (foreign category) challenge. These three students are from IIT-Kanpur, Anna University of Chennai, and SRM University.
Source: 14th October, 2011, Siliconindia.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Bangalore University is all set to sign MoU with a US based varsity
Bangalore University is all set to sign a MoU with a US based university, Georgia College and State University. The aim behind this MoU is to strengthen the academic infrastructure and online education, which will smoothen the progress between the professors and students of Bangalore University and Georgia College.
Source: 17th October, 2011, Bangaloreeducation.net Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Common Entrance Test for Medical and Dental Admissions
MCI and the President of the Dental Council of India Dr Dibyendu Mazumdar have decided to conduct a common entrance test for admission in both Dental and Medical colleges in India. NEET, a common entrance exam for admission in medical colleges across India, will now be applicable for admission to dental colleges as well.
Source: 17th October, 2011, Indiastudyinfo.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Don't agree with Narayana Murthy on education quality: Kapil Sibal
HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, had repudiated Infosys Chief, Narayana Murthy's view about slump in the quality of education in IITs. He said that, we are capable of producing world class institutions like IITs and IIMs and we need to increase the number of such institutions so that aspiring candidates will be able to get into these institutes.
Source: 11th October, 2011, Sify.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
FDI in Education Sector welcomed by US varsities
US Universities have proposed a plan to permit foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indian education sector. About 21 schools and universities are part of this mission and are keen to build partnerships with their Indian counterparts in areas of teacher training, technology, curriculum and student exchange programmes. The delegation is visiting various parts of the country to explore co-operation in education sector.
Source: 14th October, 2011, Deccanchronicle.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Shutdown of TASMAC B-School U.K Campus endangers Future of Indian Students
A UK Campus of Pune-based TASMAC B-School was ordered to be shut down by British authorities. Drastic changes in the visa regulation by United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) have led to the shutdown of this b-school. This sudden shut down of the TASMAC B-School will also lead to a lapse of the visas of the foreign students in two months.
Source: 11th October, 2011, Minglebox.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Wharton Business School launches Business Certificate Program in India
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has launched a new non-degree business certificate program in India and it will commence from January, 2012. It is being called as the Accelerated Development Program (ADP), and is designed to meet the current needs of global business leaders with high potential in India.
Source: 12th October, 2011, Marketwatch.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Indian higher education leadership programme with Yale University
India and U.S are getting into a collaboration to enhance the level of higher education in India. The Indian higher education leadership program is a first of its kind program and it has been developed in collaboration with Yale University. The programme was supported by the University Grants Commission of India and the Ministry of Human Resource Development was developed in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.
Source: 18th October, 2011, Yahoo.com Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Asian School of Business joins hands with Kansas University School of Business
The Asian School of Business (ASB) has ties up with Kansas University School of Business. The purpose of this collaboration is to groom young managers by providing them with a global exposure. Under this the students of ASB will get chance to study abroad, interact with foreign students, learn under international faculty, develop overseas business networks and become global managers.
Source: 17th October, 2011, Indiaeducationdiary.in Compiled by www.shiksha.com
Amity University received prestigious IET, UK Accreditation
Amity University is India's first university to receive the prestigious Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK Accreditation for its B. Tech Degrees. The accreditation gives students the advantage of registering themselves as incorporated engineers. It will also entail students to join a network of professional engineers and enhance their career prospects across the globe.
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PORT CHESTER, N.Y. -- The Port Chester-Rye Brook Library wants to show off its new 3-D printer.
The library is hosting a workshop from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, to show people how the printer works.
The printer really can print just about anything, including jewelry, phone covers, toys and flowers. You come up with a design, and the printer will print it. You can also download designs from the Internet.
If you can't make the workshop, the library will also present special programs on how to use the printer to schools, camps and youth groups.
Admission to the workshop is free. The library is at 1 Haseco Ave. For information, call 914-939-6710 or visit www.portchester-ryelibrary.org .
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Efficient Democracy
By W. J. CAMERON, of the Ford Motor Company
A Series broadcast over the Nation-Wide Network of the Columbia Broadcasting System from Detroit, January 26, 1941
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VII, pp. 275-276
MOST of us probably have discovered that we instinctively dislike the word "defeatism." We dislike the appearance, the sound and the spirit of it. All of which should be sufficient evidence that it is not our word. And indeed, it is not our word. The nation that coined this word succumbed to it last June. But the spirit the word represents is by no means a stranger to us—it pops up every little while in the most unexpected places.
We had a bad attack of economic defeatism several years ago, when it was the fashion to say that economically we were finished and done. The defeatists diagnosed ours as a dying economy." Well, that had a long and rather fashionable run, until common sense protested that our economy was not
dying. And so the diagnosis, "our dying economy," was dying economy." Well, that had a long and rather fashionable streamlined overnight into "our mature economy" which meant precisely the same thing, namely, that our American economy had passed its prime and now declined toward old age and death. But in good time all that defeatist phraseology passed away and now is rarely heard.
Those were the days when to many of a certain type among us, almost anything in the world looked better than things American. We were regaled with choruses of admiration for every new political or social experiment east of the English Channel. But when the highly lauded alien systems began to divulge their real nature, their American admirerscame straggling home to Uncle Sam—things American were not so contemptible after all.
Thus, as you will observe, "defeatism" with us usually takes the form of admiring the alien thing and depreciating the American. That tendency is not altogether abated. Its latest phase was the disparaging comparison of the democracies with the dictatorships on the score of efficiency. It was grudgingly agreed that democracies may be civilized but they are not efficient; if you want to get things done, we were told, you must throw the democratic method overboard. We heard that or read that and then repeated that without analyzing it, thereby becoming phrasemongers, and mongers of foolish phrases at that.
Now, it is not true that compared with totalitarian systems, democracy has proved itself delinquent or slow or inefficient, and it is a very simple matter to produce facts to support that statement. The comparison, of course, is not made on the high ground of human freedom, or efficient economic supply, or general progress toward general happiness, for in these high matters everyone admits that the democracies lead; the comparison is made on the lower level of military enterprise. We are asked to behold and be astounded by the dictators' efficiency in the production and use of military equipment, and we are asked to believe that in this field the democracies are helpless children.
Well, if you take time to look and to think you will find that everything attributed to totalitarian efficiency was actually created by democracy. Air force? That is an invention of democracy; the man who gave the world the airplane is living tonight in Dayton, Ohio. The tank? The tank is an invention of democracy; a "secret weapon" in the last war; called a "tank" because people were innocently led to suppose that its purpose was to carry water to the troops in the field. Parachute troops? In the year 1784, a man of the American democracy—Benjamin Franklin by name—wrote down the whole rationale of parachute troops. You may find it all in his published letters. And Mass Production by which the militarists got these things in such large quantities, is the gift of the American democracy to the whole world. In view of these facts, and they are only a few out of many, where would you say the credit for efficiency rests? The dictators borrowed from us all we had, except our decent regard for human rights.
We shall have to admit that we are incompetent in some things. We could no more train ourselves to utilize a time of peace and the instruments of peace to prepare war for our neighbors than we could persecute human beings because of race or religion—if doing that is what you call efficiency. We shall have to admit that others can descend to the abyss of violence with much greater facility and with much less reason than we, because we are so constituted that we must take our principles along with us—if that's inferiority and inefficiency, then we are inferior and inefficient. And we certainly must confess that in the matter of surreptitious boring into the vitals of our neighbor nations to demoralize them, we should probably be the most inefficient people in all the world. But we have observed that efficiency in these black arts has brought to the people who are most expert in them nothing but privation, collapse, and world isolation.
There is an efficiency so-called that is the essence of blundering, and there is that the thoughtless call inefficiency that is the height of skill and power. This latter, which thus far is the type of efficiency toward which our people lean, always has had the last word.