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Hey all, this week we've added lots of new Silentes and Silentes sub-label items to the store for you (even more than what you see here), so visit the Amplexus / Silentes section of the Hypnos online store to check them out! Some items are in extremely limited supply, so visit soon to view the full selection while everything's still in stock.
T.A.C. – Splintered –$11.99
"T.A.C. sonic trip goes on through unexplored territories, forcing the borders between electronica and new psychedelic soundscapes, making room for gentle ballads merciless deconstructed …Enter now T.A.C.'s surreal and swirling world. The tribernetic shamans are back…" -soundohm.com
Listen to the track, "Rain Some Nights" from this album HERE.
Gianluca Becuzzi [Kinetix] – Memory Makes Noise –$11.99
"Gianluca Becuzzi, for the first time, presents his work under his birth name, confining the Kinetix as an extension of his name. The Tuscan sound-artist focuses his research on electro-acoustic sounds, livening 'Memory Makes Noise' with throbbing concrete noises, material manipulations and deep environmental reverberations." -coldspring.co
Machinefabriek – Dubbeltjes –$11.99
"This album from Machinefabriek is a collection of tracks released in small editions or in compilations so they were, in some sense, collector's items. As he write in the press notes the "short playing time formats […] are great to work with" as he can "experiment with and to create really focused, cristalised pieces". In fact, rather to be a classic compilation, full 3-inch cdr or 7″ are entirely included as they are constructed as a single piece developed in movements; however they are not constructed with a complex structure but with an almost ascetic economy of means so they sound like complex pop songs. The gentle guitar notes of "Huiswerk1″ introduce the listener in a sonic world where electronic is not a synonym for coldness while "Huiswerk2″ is subtler in his use of sparse noises. "Hilary" and "Jeffery" are focused on the manipulation of trombone's recordings but, while the first is more drone oriented, the second depicts a quiet soundscape. "Ontrafelde Tonen 1″, "Ontrafelde Tonen 2″ and "Ontrafelde Tonen 3″ are mainly focused on voice and field recordings and they reveals a parallel between tones of the voices and the resonances of the recordings. "My Funny Valentine" and "Oh Doctor Jesus" are reinterpretation of jazz classic done with an almost romantic mood. "Ax" and "Eeuw" are soundscapes developed from loops and sparse notes. "Danse Des Loops" closes this release, as the title suggests, with rhythmic knits constructed by the loops and colored by samples." -chaindlk.com
Listen to the album preview from Machinefabriek HERE.
Desiderii Marginis – Thaw –$11.99
"Of the Swedish wave of Dark Ambient acts from the 1990s, Desiderii Marginis is one of the few still active and definitely one of the finest. Desiderii Marginis has created and developed its own unique sonic palette merging digital and analogue: melancholic electronica with electroacoustic elements and intravenous rhythms. Over the course of 20 years, Johan Levin released 7 full-length albums (Cold Meat Industry, Cyclic Law, Kaosthetik Konspiration). His latest offering entitled "Thaw" compiles the compilation appearances and adds 3 tracks from the "Lost Signals From Unknown Horizons" split (Beast Of Prey, 2004). On the one hand, it is simply a collection of rare tracks, but, on the other, it may serve a purpose of a "best of" album. With the chronology unaltered, it gives you the full picture of the project and its progress. It is a history lesson of the last 20 years in sonic melancholia of Desiderii Marginis." -coldspring.co.uk
Listen to an untitled track from this album HERE.
Troum – Dreaming Muzak –$11.99
"Re-edition of "Dreaming Muzak", the first full-length album that TROUM originally released on tape in 1998 and later was re-released on a limited CDR (100 copies only) in 2005. This edition is the first one on CD format. "Dreaming Muzak" is composed by two drone ambient compositions very characteristic for the TROUM style. They were created as a muzak tuning our brainwaves into the proper dreaming stadium. The following prerequisites have been accompanying the duo for many years, hence they have become their credo executed on many excellent records and gigs. "Dreaming Muzak" is an excellent introduction to the adventures with TROUM and their music. -oldeuropecafe.com
Listen to "Dreaming Muzak, Part Two" from the album HERE.
micromelancolie – It Doesn't Belong Here –$11.99
"It Doesn't Belong Here" is the first release of Robert Skrzyński aka Micromelancolié on Zoharum. It contains almost an hour of music which will appeal to fans of ambient spheres, but also to seekers of less conventional sounds. "It Doesn't Belong Here" is a trial at merging two worlds together: traditional praise, wedding and funeral songs with contemporary avant-garde music. With electronics, field recordings, microsamples and archival tracks available on the creative commons basis, the artist created four experimental compositions based on glitches, noises, clicks created as a result of various (often deliberate) defects. They border on the areas of ambient, drone, clicks'n'cuts, even academic music. The title track features a guest performance by Mia Zabelka – a renowned composer from Vienna, Austria, considered one of the most innovative violinist in the field of free improv." -zoharum.bandcamp.com
LIsten to an excerpt from this album HERE.
Gianluca Becuzzi & Fabio Orsi – Muddy Speaking Ghosts Through My Machines –$11.99
"This is a collaboration between Fabio Orsi and Gianluca Becuzzi (Kinetix). The unexpected encounter between these different forces, experiences, and visions of these two artists melts perfectly on this album. Drones and rumors, pouring between distant voices and centenary blues songs from the Alan Lomax archive, tow off shreds of ballads, guitars and old keyboards floating on the vibrant surface of a fairy river. Rapture and sweet loss are the main sensations. This could be listed as avant folk, or experimental blues, or ambient roots, or contemporary aesthetics and aching nostalgia." -coldspring.co.uk
Ginaluca Becuzzi – We Can Be Everywhere –$11.99
"We Can Be Everywhere" includes collaborations with Deison, Svart1, Retina.it as well as solo tracks by Italian ambient / electronic music artist Gianluca Becuzzi. "We Can Be Everywhere" is his best work to date. And his darkest one." -alchembria.pl
Listen to the track, "Headless Shadows" from this album HERE.
Fabio Orsi – Find Electronica –$11.99
"Guitars, piano, old keyboards, field recordings, this Italian composer creates long instrumental tracks of repetitive, minimal and relaxing ambient music full of catchy melodies and hypnotic loops." -alchembria.pl
Fabio Orsi – Endless Autumn –$11.99
"Each new album by Fabio Orsi is an experience apart. The atmospheres created by the Apulian artist, who lives in Berlin, penetrate the smallest gaps of the cerebral cortex, just where the memory lives. "Endless Autumn" is a work that draws inspiration in its title from "Endless Summer", by Christian Fennesz, but shines with its own light. Recorded between Taranto and Berlin, it embodies the environmental sounds that come from Puglia and German capital. Orsi captures the essence of the landscapes that he loves to observe, letting the listener fly with his mind over Apulian sunny coasts and countryside, up to German lush forests. The sounds come together naturally with melancholic and slight electronic textures and guitar melodies."
Listen to an excerpt from this album and view a wonderful fan video HERE.


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India's nightmares from the World Cup final came flooding back as Australia plundered 2-347 from its 50 overs in the day-night tri-series cricket match at Bangalore.
Centuries to Adam Gilchrist and captain Ricky Ponting ensured it was Johannesburg revisited for the Indians and gave Australia a magnificent hit-out ahead of Tuesday's tri-series final in Calcutta.
In an eerie flashback to Wanderers, Ponting hit one four but seven sixes in his 15th one-day hundred to finish unbeaten on 108 (102 balls) with his second 50 coming up from 30 deliveries.
Damien Martyn swathed 61 not out from 50 balls.
The pair put on 149 for the third wicket from a contemptuous 98 balls after Gilchrist (111) and Matthew Hayden (44) brought up their eighth century stand from 79 balls.
Australia's total was its second-highest against India - behind only the 2-359 in the World Cup decider - and its third-highest overall.
Just as it was in South Africa in March, Gilchrist and Hayden took to India's bowlers immediately after Ponting won the toss and batted after they both sat out Sunday's win over New Zealand in Guwahati.
Gilchrist blasted three boundaries off the opening over from Ashish Nehra, who had not played since the World Cup final because of ankle surgery.
But he was not the only Indian reliving that drubbing.
Captain Sourav Ganguly, back for his first match of the tournament after a thigh injury, was jeered after a series of misfields, while stand-in keeper Rahul Dravid had a shocker and gave both Gilchrist and Ponting lives.
To compound India's reluctance to play a specialist keeper, Dravid put down an inside edge off Gilchrist when he was 15 and then fumbled when he should have stumped Ponting when the Australian skipper was on 29.
That was the stroke of good fortune Ponting needed after a lean tournament so far, and he brought his ton up from 99 balls.
Gilchrist took his series aggregate to 289 runs at a strike-rate of 110 by carving 14 fours and a six in his 104-ball stay.
Such was the form of the openers only a mix-up could bring them undone and Hayden paid the price after some confusion with his partner and was run out with the score on 119.
Ponting had a streaky start to his innings, twice just clearing mid-off.
But from there, his only concern was not being awarded his century when umpire Jayaprakash called a single a leg-bye.
He got his ton the next ball he faced.
In a dreadful day for India, at least 30 runs were conceded through misfields and overthrows and its bowlers were given a pasting.
Nehra finished with 0-80 from his 10 overs, Zaheer Khan 0-67 from 10 and Anil Kumble 1-60 from nine.
Australia has already won through to the final in Calcutta, where it will play the winner of Saturday's last pool match between India and New Zealand in Hyderabad.
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In the chaos aboard the sinking Titanic, Mair Parsons is separated from her infant daughter, Catherine, and her travelling companion and future mother-in-law, Ethel Jenkins. The disaster changes all their lives.
During her repatriation to Britain, Mair has time to reassess her life and knows that before she can find happiness she must find the truth about her absent mother, even if it means leaving her beloved Wales and Catherine behind. Her search takes her to London where she becomes a Nightingale Nurse at St Thomas's hospital and meets the exciting doctor Andrew Baxter. With new love and a new career, can she be truly happy?
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This opposites-attract, edge-of-your-seat lesbian romance is a glossy, sexy and fun romantic drama guaranteed to earn a fresh array of fans for veteran writer-director Nicole Conn.
Drop dead gorgeous Jessica Clark (Lilith on "True Blood") and TV icon Barbara Niven co-star in this glossy, sexy and fun romantic drama from writer-director Nicole Conn ("Elena Undone" and "Claire of the Moon").
When straight and married Rebecca (Niven) seeks out the sexual services of high-priced call girl Paris (Clark), she isn't expecting to fall in love. "A Perfect Ending" is filled to the brim with aching desire. The sexual chemistry between Niven and Clark is off the charts. The cast also boasts Morgan Fairchild, John Heard, Rebecca Staab and a cameo from celesbian actress/therapist Cathy DeBuono.


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My experience tells me he is in denial. Remember how he said he was hurt? Likely he felt some amount of shame for the behavior you pointed out to him and now he doesn't know how to deal with the situation. On the one hand, he misused your friendship, was annoyingly indecisive about what girl to be with, and on top of all of that he was down right selfish. When you pointed these things out to him in that tough love sorta way, that forced him to pause - if even for the slightest moment - to consider your points. Likely, he was able to see that you were right. So...what does he do with that? Does he come right out and say, "I want to thank you for settng me straight the other night. You were right and I just didn't see it." Is he that mature? Or, does he let it slide and act as if it never happened. Because he is "that" kind of immature?
My vote is that he is immature and not wise enough to know how to thank you for helping him see what he could not see.
The good news, of course, is that he has not written you off and that he wants to continue his friendship with you.
So...you have some options.
You can say, "It's great to hear from you again. I was a little worried that our friendship was going to end over our tough love conversation. Glad that didn't happen." In this way you acknowledge the conversation. And...open the door for him to comment on it.
Or...do you drop it altogether and smile internally knowing that he heard you, took your words to heart, and still wants to be friends.
It's your call...
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Okay thanks for confirming what I thought, that he's in denial....I asked him why he wasn't talking about what I said yesterday. He said he understood everything I said but he doesn't really need to bring it up again. I said okay and we went on with the day. So I guess it's best to just drop it...I guess he won't be complaining to me so much about his girl probs though. Hopefully because he'll decide to grow up some about the sitch.Thanks again Doctor!


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President Jacob Zuma's newspaper-owning friends, the Gupta family, will soon put a defiant toe into the shark-infested waters of 24-hour television news.
The channel, which will be their second foray into news media after the launch of the New Age national newspaper, will air on DStv in a slot apparently previously earmarked for an SABC attempt at the 24-hour game.
The New Age recently became the news instead of just reporting it when a political furore blew up around their acceptance of large scale sponsorship from state-owned companies such as utility company Eskom.
The sponsorships were solicited through a programme of breakfasts.
MultiChoice chief executive officer Imtiaz Patel confirmed that the New Age's holding company, TNA Media, had agreed a deal with MultiChoice to launch a 24-hour news channel, starting this year in July or August.
Industry leaders however, told the City Press that there had been no sign of an employment drive by TNA Media.


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By Tim Sumner, Pastor, The River, Little Falls
More and more people need relief from the mundane. More and more people need encouragement in their lives. More and more people need a hug.
As I saw them, and as I spoke to them, I saw tears. Tears of grief. Tears of sorrow. Tears that showed how close the person was to them who had passed from this life.
I stood before them and wanted to fix it. I wanted the pain to go away. I wanted them to not hurt any longer. My desire was for them to feel happy-go-lucky.
As I led the memorial service, I saw smiles begin to emerge as memories were shared about the person who was no longer present. Her antics and behaviors at events in her life resulted in smiles for those who remembered them.
But the pain of their loss remained. I would have liked to have been able to do something.
Life is filled with discouragement. Pain and suffering are all around us. Frustration has become a part of life. Grief and sorrow surround us.
People turn to some form of escape. It is easy and desirable to turn to drugs and alcohol, sex and pornography as well as other types of destructive behavior. Rather than live in a way that results in hope, there is a tendency to remain in hopelessness.
Many who live in a state of hopelessness believe that they have little value and little to offer others. As the younger child acts inappropriately in order to get some attention even if it is negative, the older person acts out throwing caution to the wind. Many times the result is a situation where their individual rights are taken away as they are sentenced to prison or forced to go through treatment.
There comes a time in our lives when we begin to question if there is something better than what we have been experiencing. There comes a time when we begin to ask if there is something beyond the confines of this world. The death of a loved one is one of these times. Sitting in jail or in treatment is also one of those times.
Is there anyone there? Is there anyone who cares? If there is a God, it feels like he is a million miles away. And if he is there, he certainly doesn't care. At least this is how we think when we go through the difficulties of life.
Life is hard. And it is not intended that we go through it alone.
Jesus stands with his nail-scarred hands opened to us saying: "Come to me, all of you who are weak, weary, and burdened and I will give you rest." Jesus said to us: "I stand at the door of your heart, knocking. If anyone will open that door and begin to let me in, I will come in, and fellowship with him, and he with me." Jesus wants us to open the door just a crack to begin to let the light of his love shine in. He wants us to see for ourselves who he really is and just how much he really loves us. He wants to go through life with us, giving us the strength and power to be victorious.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)


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THREE men have denied killing 21-year-old Reece James Menzies.
Wayne Stephenson, 33, Keifer Hutchinson, 22, and Jarome Parkinson, 24, all from London, entered not guilty pleas at a short hearing held at Winchester Crown Court yesterday.
They are charged, together with Kieron Wellington, 29, and Miss Terri Campbell, 22, both from Bournemouth, of the murder of the new father in Roumelia Lane in Boscombe on July 25 last year.
Stephenson, Hutchinson and Parkinson were arrested at addresses in London and the Folkestone area of Kent on August 21. Wellington and Campbell were arrested at an address in Westbourne on September 25 last year.
Mr Menzies, from London, was discovered dead in a flat at the junction of Roumelia Lane and Sea Road in the early hours of July 25.
He had been shot in the head.
A Contempt of Court Order is currently in place banning publication of the defendants' addresses following legal submissions from their solicitors, who argued it could have significant impact on the investigation or administration of justice.
Judge Cutler did not take a plea from Wellington and Campbell after their defence barristers said they would be submitting an application to dismiss the case against them.
Their applications will be heard at a later date.
Prosecution team Timothy Mousley QC and Simon Jones told the court that the trial, which has been set for April 15, was scheduled to last around seven weeks. All five defendants were remanded in custody.


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by Ashlinn Quinn
Procedures for Teachers
1) Ask your students if they can tell you what a "timeline" is. What kind of information is given in a timeline, and how is a timeline organized? (Guide your students to understand that a timeline is a chart listing important events in history, organized in the order in which the events occurred in time).
2) Ask your students if it would be possible to make a timeline that depicted the important events of their own lives so far. (Yes). Ask them what kinds of events might be listed in such a timeline (remind the students that these events should be markers of important beginnings, endings, or landmark changes in their own lives). Make a list of suggestions on the board. Some examples might include:
Student's birth
Births of siblings
Change of residence (moving house)
Starting school, or changing schools
People joining or leaving the household
Starting a new hobby, sport, or instrument
Acquiring a new skill
Joining a club or organization
Parents' or guardians' changing jobs
3) Distribute the "My Life, my History" worksheet to each student. Demonstrate how the students should begin constructing their timeline, by recording the year of their birth on the left-hand side of the timeline. In the box linked to the year, the students should write the month and day of their birth, and write "Born." The students may include the location of their birth as well. Direct the students to fill in the rest of the years on the timeline until they reach the present year. (If students are new to timelines, it may be helpful for you to construct a timeline of your own life on the board as an example.) Allow the students time to fill in important events from their lives to complete the timeline. Remind students that they do not need to have an important event for each year; and that for some years they may want to list several important events. Assist students in completing their timelines.
4) Once students have completed their timelines, remind them that these timelines consist of landmarks in the students' personal lives. Now, ask the students if they can recall any important historical events or developments that have happened during their lifetimes. If needed, remind students that historical events do not usually involve them personally, but are important to the community, the country, or the world. Depending on the student knowledge, you may have them suggest historical events, or provide them with a list. Here are some sample national and world events for the past 15 years (it may be useful to make a timeline on the board documenting recent historical events):
1989 (January) George H.W. Bush inaugurated as U.S. president
1991 (January-April) Persian Gulf War
1991 (December) Breakup of the Soviet Union, end of the Cold War
1992 (April) Rodney King riots in Los Angeles
1993 Birth of internet browsers and the "World Wide Web"
1993 (January) Bill Clinton inaugurated as U.S. president
1998 Internet search engine "Google" is launched
1999 (April) School shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado
2001 (January) George W. Bush inaugurated as U.S. president
2001 (September) Hijacked jets fly into the World Trade Center
2001 (November) Apple releases the iPod
2003 (March) Start of Iraq war
2004 (January) NASA Rover "Spirit" lands on Mars
2004 (December) South Asian Tsunami
2005 (August) Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Mississippi and Louisiana
5) Ask the students to think of which of these historical events they personally remember. Ask the students if they can think of any ways that these historical events influenced their personal lives. (Student answers may vary, accept all answers. If students are having trouble thinking of ways their lives were influenced by historical events, you might want to remind them that there are many ways in which their experiences may have reflected the history that took place during their lifetimes. For example, they might make use of the World Wide Web to search for information at school and at home; they may remember public discussion of the American electoral system in the wake of the close presidential election of 2000; they may know somebody who was deployed in the Iraq war, have gone to a protest or organized supplies to support the troops; or their school may have held a food or clothing drive for hurricane or tsunami victims). Allow students time to reflect on the connections between these historic events and their experiences. You may wish to make a list on the board of the connections students create.
6) After the students have reflected on how the events and developments in their own lifetimes have influenced their experiences, ask them if they think that local, national and world events would have had an effect on earlier generations as well. Would their parents', grandparents', and great-grandparents' life experiences be the same as the students' own? (Accept all answers, but guide students to understand that every person's life is influenced by what is going on around him or her in the community, nation, and world). Tell the students that they will now watch a clip showing someone thinking back on how his father's life was affected by trends and developments happening around him.
7) CUE the videotape to the point where Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says "So, my friend, Bishop T.D. Jakes, this is your family tree" and a picture of the Jakes family tree appears on the screen. Provide the students with a FOCUS FOR MEDIA INTERACTION: Ask them "Why did many African Americans move out of the Southern states in the early 20th century?" PLAY the video. PAUSE the video after the discussion of the Great Migration, when the narrator states "They were also escaping the segregation, racism, and violence that defined black life in the South." Review student responses to the focus question (Answers: Many African Americans moved out of Southern states because of the lure of jobs in the newly industrialized north. African Americans also experienced racism in the South and hoped to escape racism, segregation, and violence by moving northward. This movement of African Americans in the early 20th century was the largest population shift in American history, and is known as "The Great Migration.") If necessary, REWIND and REPLAY the video segment to reinforce comprehension.
8) Explain to the students that before moving to the North during the Great Migration, most African Americans did not live in cities. Instead, they lived in rural areas of the South. Ask the students if they can think of the kinds of jobs African Americans might have had in these rural areas? (Student answers may vary, but guide them to understand that, at the time, most African Americans in the South worked in the agricultural sector � farming the land and assisting in farm households). Tell the students that most of the African Americans who left the South during the Great Migration moved to cities, such as Chicago, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. Ask the students if many people who live in cities work as farmers? (No, most farmers do not live in cities). Ask the students how they think the farmers' lives might have been different once they moved to these cities? (Student answers will vary, accept all answers).
9) Tell the students that they will now see an example of what life was like for an African American family who moved to Chicago during the Great Migration. This experience comes from the family history of music producer Quincy Jones. FAST FORWARD the videotape to the segment discussing Quincy Jones' mother's move to Chicago. This segment begins when a black and white portrait of Quincy's mother, Sarah Frances Wells, is shown on the screen, and the narrator states "Quincy's mother started life on the run." Provide the students with a FOCUS FOR MEDIA INTERACTION: Ask them "What was life like for African Americans in Chicago in the 1930s?" PLAY the video. STOP the video when the narrator says "strangers in a most strange land." Review the focus question with the students. Ask the students what they learned about housing conditions, living conditions, and safety in 1930s Chicago. (Answers: African Americans lived in high-rise buildings on the south side of Chicago, in the biggest black ghetto that existed in America at the time. There were many gangs and a lot of violence and crime. The city was segregated, and it was rare to see white people in black neighborhoods.)
10) Ask your students to compare the experience of moving from one place to another during the Great Migration to doing the same thing today. Would the experience of moving be the same today as it was during the early twentieth century? Why or why not? (Student answers will vary).
1) Explain to your students that the conditions of segregation that were featured in the video clip they just saw were typical of a period of American history when laws existed to segregate black Americans from other Americans. The laws were known as "Jim Crow" laws after a popular 19th-century minstrel song that stereotyped African Americans, and the period itself is known as the "Jim Crow Era."
2) Tell your students that they will now be using Web resources to examine how the historical conditions of three different periods in United States history influenced the experiences of people who lived at the time. In this activity they will be focusing on three periods that were characterized by markedly different conditions for Americans of African descent: the period of slavery; the Jim Crow Era; and the Civil Rights Era.
3) Write "Slavery," "Jim Crow Era," and "Civil Rights Era" in a list on the board. Draw a blank timeline on the board and ask your students to help you place these three historical periods on the timeline in the correct chronological order. If needed, review a few main points of each era with the students to help them determine the correct order (for example, you could explain that during slavery, African Americans were considered the property of their masters; during the Jim Crow Era African Americans were free, but laws upheld the segregation of facilities for whites from those for blacks; and that during the Civil Rights Era segregation laws were struck down and blacks and whites started using the same facilities). Add "Slavery," "Jim Crow Era," and "Civil Rights Era" to the timeline and then have the students assist you with associating dates with each period (Slavery persisted in America from approx. 1619 to 1865; the Jim Crow Era dates from the 1870s to 1950s; and the Civil Rights Era from the 1950s to the 1970s).
4) Divide the students into groups of two or three and direct each group to a computer. Distribute a "Historical Memories" worksheet to each group. Provide the students with a FOCUS FOR MEDIA INTERACTION, asking them to use the worksheet to determine what the conditions of daily life were like for the people featured in the narratives. Direct the groups to visit the following three websites containing personal narratives given by African-Americans who lived in different periods of U.S. history:
a) Slavery and the Making of America's "Slave Memories" at
(this site contains text as well as audio files - the audio enhances the interactivity of the Web feature, but if you feel that the sound will be disruptive in the classroom setting, you may want to mute the student computers before beginning the exercise);
b) The History of Jim Crow's "Eyewitness to Jim Crow: Edith Veitch Ferris Remembers" at
; and
c) African American World's "History: My Story" at
5) Allow your students time to examine all three Web sites. When they have finished examining the Web sites, ask them to report back to the class what they learned about the experiences of the African Americans featured in the narratives. Ask your students what surprised them about the different narratives. How do the different experiences reported in the narratives compare to life today? The worksheets may be collected for assessment.
1) By now, the students have learned how local, national, and world events influenced the experiences of African Americans living in different periods in U.S. history. To relate the study of history to their own lives, the students will now interview family and/or community members to explore how the historical, cultural, and technological developments of the last century have affected their experiences. Depending on the students' readiness, you may choose to have them work individually or in groups of two or three to arrange, conduct, and interpret the interviews.
2) Tell the students that they will be conducting interviews with older relatives and friends to find out how local, national, and world history influenced the life experiences of people in their community. Arrange students into their interview groups. Explain that each group will choose an interviewee. Since older people have experienced more history than younger people have, they should ideally try to find a relative or friend who is over 60 years of age to interview (though younger adults can be interview subjects if no older adults are available). The interviewees should also live locally and be known to the students. Ask the students to think of people they might be interested in interviewing and to bring the names of potential interviewees to your next class meeting (the students may want to consult family members for ideas). Assist the students in making their choice of a potential interviewee.
3) Distribute the "Interview Tips" worksheet to each student. Review the worksheet as a class to strengthen students' interviewing skills.
4) Assist students as they prepare for their interviews: set deadlines for the project; have the students check in periodically to see where they are in the interview process; and facilitate practice interviews in the classroom. The History Channel's Guidelines for Oral History Interviews, available at
, has additional tips and worksheets that may be useful for your students.
5) To help students create questions for their interview, you may want to direct them to print and online history resources. Several useful websites with interactive timelines are provided at the end of this lesson. You may also want to provide some sample questions for younger students. Sample interview questions include:
What was school like when you were growing up?
What is most different about the way people live now, compared with when you were young?
What historical events that happened in your lifetime were most memorable to you? How did they affect you?
Do you remember when [insert event] occurred? How old were you and what were you doing when that happened?
What kinds of political issues do you remember being important in the [insert decade]?
What challenges did you face during your lifetime?
6) After the students have completed their interviews, ask the class to complete a culminating assessment activity that sums up what they learned from their interviews. You may choose to have the class contribute to one project, assign different projects to different groups, or let the groups decide which kind of culminating project they will complete. Here are some sample culminating projects:
A class book of essays addressing how the life of each interviewee was influenced by historical developments in their lifetimes.
A banner-sized timeline of the twentieth century that includes major historical events discussed in the interviews. Fanning out from the timeline are narratives written by students about how the event or development was experienced by an interviewee.
A biographical and historical play in which the students act out scenes from the interviewees' lives.
A series of songs, poems, or drawings that document the changing historical circumstances of life in the twentieth century, as experienced by the interviewees.
Comparative essays that address how different themes -- school, technology, housing, politics -- were experienced by the interviewees versus the students themselves.
Ask your students to imagine what their own lives might have been like if they lived during the period of slavery, in the Jim Crow Era, or in the Civil Rights Era. Ask students write a fictionalized narrative of a day in their life during one of these periods.
Instruct the students to take photographs of their interview subjects. Using photographs, quotations from each interview, and art materials, make a collage of the experience of history as told by the various individuals.
Invite a representative from a local historical society or museum to your class to discuss the institution's oral history collections.
Prepare a book of the students' oral history work to leave in the school library for future generations.
Have the students create year-by-year family scrapbooks that include family and world events.
Visit a senior center or retirement home with your class to develop partnerships between your students and local seniors.
SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA: "Slave Memories"
This interactive feature contains actual audio recordings of former slaves recalling their lives under slavery. Text is also given to chronicle some of the conditions mentioned by the former slaves (this site contains text as well as audio files - the audio enhances the interactivity of the Web feature, but if you feel that the sound will be disruptive in the classroom setting, you may want to mute the student computers before beginning the exercise). This site requires the Flash plug-in, available for free download at
THE HISTORY OF JIM CROW: "Eyewitness to Jim Crow: Edith Veitch Ferris Remembers"
A white woman recalls her memories of Jim Crow in the American South in this first-hand narrative.
AFRICAN AMERICAN WORLD: "History: My Story"
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges Hall became the first black child to desegregate an elementary school, in 1960. Her experiences during that year are recalled in this narrative.
History Channel's Guidelines for Oral History Interviews
The basics of conducting an oral history interview are covered in this workbook for students, including checklists and worksheets for student use.
Hyperhistory.com: Event Index
Important events in science, politics, and culture are organized by decade in this interactive timeline.
PBS PEOPLE'S CENTURY: Timeline
Starting from a broad outline of themes and trends in history over the twentieth century, this timeline allows the user to "zoom in" on each theme, providing specific dates and events related to trends in history.
Find more teaching aids at
PBS TeacherSource
Ashlinn Quinn is a lesson plan writer for AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES. She holds a Master's degree in Anthropology, and has been involved in producing educational content for museums, arts organizations, and educational media since 1997. She joined Thirteen in 2005 as an Outreach Producer in the LAB@Thirteen, the station's Educational and Community Outreach department.
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How about a pasta salad that has meat in it and becomes a meal? These can be a summer evening meal or a potluck dish that everyone will enjoy. – Pat
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2 cups julienned cooked roast beef
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup sliced celery
¾ cup chopped red onion
½ cup chopped sweet red pepper
1/3 cup chopped dill pickle
2 to 3 green onions, sliced
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½ cup milk
2 cups mayonnaise
1 cup (8 oz) sour cream
1 teaspoon dill weed
dash pepper
Cook the pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Place in a large bowl; add beef, green pepper, celery, onion, red pepper, pickle and green onions. For dressing, dissolve bouillon in water. Add milk, mayonnaise, sour cream, dill and pepper; mix well. Toss with pasta mixture. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Yield: 12-16 servings.
Chicken pasta salad
1 package (16 oz) bow tie or corkscrew pasta, cooked and drained
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
2 tablespoons olive or vegetables oil
¼ to ½ teaspoons garlic powder
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup Caesar or Parmesan salad dressing
1 tablespoon honey mustard or other prepared mustard
2 to 3 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 sweet red pepper, chopped
1 large tomato, chopped
1 cup shredded carrot
In a large bowl, toss pasta, chicken, oil and garlic powder. Cover and chill. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, salad dressing, mustard, curry powder, salt and pepper; cover and chill. Just before serving, add the red pepper, tomato, carrot and dressing to pasta mixture; gently toss. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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¾ cup fat-free mayonnaise
¾ cup salsa
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¼ teaspoon celery seed
1-1/2 cups reduced-sodium cubed fully cooked ham
1-1/2 cups sliced celery
1 medium green pepper, chopped
¼ cup chopped fresh tomato
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
Cook pasta according to package directions. Rinse in cold water and drain. Place in a large bowl; stir in the mayonnaise, salsa, mustard and celery seed. Cover and refrigerate. Just before serving. Stir in remaining ingredients. Yield: 9 servings.
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A MAN who became trapped between a wall in a shed for two hours has praised the emergency services who got him to safety.
As previously reported in Your Worcester News, firefighters has to carefully remove part of the wall brick by brick to rescue Steve Thomas, who slipped while he was cutting some fir trees back in his parent's garden and became wedged in a 15" gap between the back of a large shed and a wall.
The 34-year-old, who is currently living with his parents in Little Chestnut Street, Arboretum, suffered hypothermia and grazes to his body in the fall which happened on Thursday morning.
Firefighters from Worcester Blue Watch Fire Station, supported by an Urban search and rescue (USAR) team from Droitwich, were called just before 10amafter his worried parents tried in vain for an hour to get him out.
He was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital as a precaution and is now recovering at home.
"I am still shaken by the incident and my memory of it is still a bit hazy," he said. "It was a bit of a shock. I'm quite embarrassed by it. I had stood on the back of our wall, took a step back and over I went.
"I had my trainers on and they have no grip so I must have just slipped. I blacked out but when I came around I was convinced I could get out.
"But I couldn't move, I'm 6' 3" and 16 stone, that's probably why I got stuck down there. I didn't realise how bad it was at first.
"It's been a bit of a blur. I can't remember a lot of it because I hit my head on the way down and knocked myself out for a bit.
"I didn't really know what was going on, the next thing I knew I was on my way to hospital in an ambulance. I've got cuts and bruises all over and can't move my right arm properly yet."
Mr Thomas said he was glad his parents rang the fire brigade, otherwise he could have been there much longer.
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Kathleen Mary (Breitzmann) Gaboury, 74, formerly of Gothenburg, died Mar. 13 in Fullerton. She was born June 26, 1938 in Superior, Wis., daughter of Rudolph, Sr. and Rosa (O''Connell) Breitzmann.
Kathleen grew up in Superior; Pontiac, Mich. and Duluth, Minn. She graduated from St. Jean-Baptiste High School in Duluth, with the class of 1956.
She was married in Duluth and was the mother of four children: Paul, Lorraine, Deb, and Douglas. She lived in many places including St, Louis Park, Minn.; Rapid CIty, S.Dak.; in Nebraska - Gothenburg, North Platte, Kearney, Grand Island, Lincoln and Fullerton.
She worked as a police dispatcher for Gothenburg Police Department and the Nebraska State Patrol. She enjoyed her grandchildren, working crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles.
Surviving are two daughters Debra (Daniel) Metzger of Cozad; Lorraine (Rex) Messersmith of McCook; son Paul (Paulet) Gaboury of McCook; sister-in-law Anita Breitzmann, of Zimmerman, Minn.; 8 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren along with many nieces, nephews extended family and friends.
Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents; brother Rudolph Breitzmann, Jr.; son Douglas Anthony Gaboury.
Memorials may be given to the National Parkinson Foundation, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018.
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A sensitivity to noise in isolation (meaning without anything else that is concerning for any developmental problems or delays), really is just that. Some kids are very sensitive to noise, they either have good hearing, or a low threshold for tolerance of noise.
Basically if he is doing well otherwise I would not worry at all about this.
To give you a personal example, we had to sit out of Disney on Ice Princess with a real die hard princess fan for two years in a row because the sound was too much for my then 4 (and then 5) year old...after that I stopped taking her to loud events. She was unable to sit for a movie theater movie until around 6 for the same reason. Not all movie theaters are as loud as some are so you may be able to find one that is not overpowering. This same kiddo also complains that her classmates are so loud and recently would have headaches she attributed to the noise.....
Thus I would just take into account he is sensitive to loud noises, let his teacher now, and try to gradually increase his time at school if you can as he will get accustomed to the noise level there. If it is the first time he is going to school than the noise would be enough to scare him for a bit (coupled with the newness of being without you and in a new environment!).
In terms of movies and other loud events (like the Disney on Ice :) you can just avoid them for another year or so until you feel that he has become more adjusted to hearing loud levels of noise. There actually may be physical differences in his little hair cells that perceive sound in his ears from other kids, and they may move more with louder vibrations thus making loud noise physically uncomfortable for him.
This should get better though as he ages as we all "loose" sensitivity in these cells as we age.
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No problem, I'll give you a moment to catch up on what I have written above
ok thanks
all caught up
so it sounds like nothing to be too worried about right now
Not really no except to avoid the fireworks and other loud events! Although autistic kids have this sensitivity to sound as a general characteristic this is coupled with many many other characteristics that will lead you to believe there is a developmental problem. Just an isolated sensitivity to sound is not concerning.
You have brought back some funny memories though of my first one screaming in Disney on Ice and me embarrassingly taking her outside of the arena to listen from outside the doors!
well, sound and being around large groups of people, and some social interaction. But usually just until he gets to know the other kids. My wife is concerned that it may be something more serious, but I think it is just how some kids are.
I think she is comparing him to our 2 yo daughter that will just go start talking to anyone
He can be sensitive to sound and shy too and these things together aren't concerning. He may be "slow to warm up" but as long as he does eventually warm up and socialize well with his peers no worries! Amazing how sibling can be so different!
ya, I think that is all it is but am thankful for a professional opinion. I think he is just not happy with having to go to school and be away from his parents all day. he has never had to do that before.
but he will need to get used to it before Kindergarten anyway.
and this is his way of showing his displeasure
Maybe so, but to cut him some slack it is a totally different experience from all he has known and felt comfortable with before so give him some time to warm up to the idea. It is a good thing to have him go before kindergarten and this year will be really useful in teaching him how to start to get to know new kids and play with them well.
In a few months he will more than likely like to go and get bored at home :)
ya it will be good for him, it is just a difficult transition. We don't have any other option right now either, so I need to find a way to get him more comfortable as quickly as I can
This should work out well don't worry. Preschool at his age is actually thought to be beneficial for lots of reasons so hopefully he will adjust sooner rather than later so you can feel good about taking him.
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MAY 2017 update
The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) has appointed John Slater MRTPI as independent examiner of the East Meon NDP. The Examiner will assess whether the East Meon NDP meets certain legal requirements, known as 'basic conditions' and among other things will also consider the representations made during the SDNPA and the East Meon NDP consultations
The SDNPA and East Meon PC are currently preparing responses to the examiner as they arise – progress and documentation can be viewed at;
April 2017 update
The South Downs National Park (SDNPA) 6-week consultation concluded in early March, during which time their planning committee members also visited East Meon. Subsequently, at their 8th March monthly meeting in Midhurst the committee approved the NDP, with minor changes, for submission to the independent Examiner.
The examiner will now consider responses, the NDP's underlying evidence base and the four primary documents submitted;
- The Neighbourhood Development Plan
- The Village Design, supporting the NDP
- The Consultation Statement
- Basic Conditions Statement (compliances)
It is anticipated that the 'examination' will be concluded by the end of May when the Parish Council will make any further required or suggested changes as a pre-requisite for the final version of the NDP to be approved for a residents' referendum. The date for this is decided by East Hampshire District Council and will be advised when known, but could conceivably be late summer.
January 2017
The Plan has now been submitted to the South Downs National Park (SDNPA)
Here's what happens next….
- The SDNPA will now hold their own 6 week public consultation, commencing on 27th January 2017. This consultation is open to the public and all relevant statutory bodies.
If you wish to submit comments to the SDNPA go to their website; https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/neighbourhood-development-plans/east-meon-neighbourhood-plan/
- After the SDNPA consultation process, an Independent Examiner will determine any further required changes, prior to approving the Neighbourhood Plan for a residents' referendum which is organised and paid for by our local planning authority. (probably unlikely before June)
- The referendum question is simply;
"Do you want the South Downs National Park Authority to use the neighbourhood plan for East Meon Parish to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?"
Building upon the 2013 updated parish plan, since 2014, East Meon residents have had further opportunities to have their say on our landscape and green spaces, where homes should be built or not, and other issues affecting development in the village. Although a neighbourhood development plan (NDP) has many components, perhaps not surprisingly housing, landscape and traffic have again been the topics most frequently raised by residents. Residents have been asked where their preferred new sites for housing types and what they should look like.
The importance of the NDP has been to select the most sustainable sites for development and to ensure the policy framework will mitigate the impact on the landscape setting to an acceptable level and ensure the form, layout, housing density of these sites will form locally distinctive development clusters reflecting the character of the village and the National Park.
To access please click on;
- Neighbourhood Plan (includes links to supporting evidence bases)
- Pattern Book
- Responses to Consultation
Other Useful Links:
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Contact the Neighbourhood Development Team
To browse the Neighbourhood Plan pages on this website, please click on the picture above.
The East Meon Neighbourhood Plan.
The Localism Act, which received Royal Assent on November 15 2011, introduced new rights and powers to allow local communities to shape new development by coming together to prepare Neighbourhood Plans. This is a community-led framework for guiding future development and growth of an area. All Neighbourhood Plans must meet basic conditions and be aligned with the strategic objectives and policies of the South Downs National Park 'local plan' and the National Planning Policy Framework.
Note: For the Neighbourhood Plan to be approved it has to be robustly evidence based, credible and consistent and then must be passed by a majority vote at a parish referendum.
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The historic parish of East Meon is located six miles to the west of Petersfield, Hampshire. It lies in a wide valley, bounded on its southern and eastern sides by the South Downs. The River Meon rises from a source to the south of the village and then flows through the village centre.
East Meon was an important Minster and Hundred in Saxon times. Both before and after the Norman Conquest it was a Manor of the Bishops of Winchester, who built the magnificent parish church of All Saints and the mediaeval manor house, The Court House. The village contains a number of ancient hall houses. It was chosen to be the 'Domesday Village' in 1986. For information on the history of East Meon click here.


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We just booked our first cruise as a family to Bahamas(Nassau) for 3 days. We don't go on vacation often so we have to make the most of our stay. Any hints of "can't miss" things and "waste of time and money "things??
I see a few of you have been on fantasy..what did you think?
We're looking at possibly snorkeling, dolphins, pirate museum, Atlantis, Zoo... not all but looking at these things..dolphins look a bit high... there are 5 of us 2 adults and 3 kids ages 15,12,5
Shelby, you will have a great time on the Fantasy, she was re-furbished about a year ago and is in great condition. They have an awesome water slide at the pool that you and your children will enjoy. The Camp Carnival program is a great one also so your kids will have a blast.
As far as excursions, my only advice would be to choose maybe one or two, otherwise you will wear yourself out and not be able to enjoy everything on the ship. The Blue Lagoon is a great excursion. You have a 45 minute boat ride thorugh Nassau Harbor to Blue Lagoon. They have non motorized water sports for rent such as paddleboards, tubes etc. You can lay on the beach and soak up the sun, they also offer snorkling. They offer a full lunch menu and beverages. Then there is a 45 minute boat ride back to the ship. This excursion lasts about 5 hours. It is one of the most popular of Carnival's excursion. Of course if you want an excursion that has a little more party atmosphere you can always do the Yellow Bird Party Boat. It is free flowing rum punch (non alcholic for kids) a private island beach and snorkling offered for a fee. That one lasts about 3 hours, but believe me, the partying is the best part, there is a calypso band on board to keep you entertained.
Both of these excursions are usually in early afternoon, so you would still have time to get off the ship in the morning and explore Nassau, the Pirates Museum, and shop. Just a word of caution, while in Nassau you will be harrassed by some of the street vendors. They will even walk up to you and tell you that they are giving you a free bracelet or necklace, try to put it on you then after you accept it they will ask for a donation. Just tell them NO and walk away, don't even let them try to give it to you because if you accept it they will follow you and keep asking for money. Around the straw market they are really forceful, but just say a firm NO, not interested, and eventually they will leave you alone.
By the time you finsih shoppping and doing one of the excursions, you will be ready to go back to the ship, enjoy it and get ready for dinner.
Hope this helps some.
Thanks. I hadn't looked at the iternary myself..just was going by what hubby said but we just realized we are only in Nassau for one day. (we were thinking 2) So that will limit what our choices are , which could be a good thing. Hubby REALLY wants to do snorkeling. So I'm sure that will be on the list.
Have you gone on your cruise yet? I didn't remember seeing a sail date in your post. We are going on June 23. Let me know what you did and how you liked it!
We are leaving home on the 12th to go spend a few days with friends and Disney in Florida first. We board on June 19th.
Can't wait!
Sounds like we'll be passing like two ships in the night! http://images7.fotki.com/v142/photos...33/lol2-vi.gif Thanks for replying. You're the first one to reply out of the three other cruise boards I've registered in. DOesn't seem like many people sail on the Fantasy! We are also going early to stay with friends around Orlando and staying on a couple of days to visit NASA. Have a great trip.
Too funny- we are going to do a day of disney, visit friends, and hit NASA too.Our cruise is booked. I only found one guy on here that is going on our cruise. We had friends try to book after us and couldn't get a cabin.
Hey- What are you going to do in Nassau? We are still trying to decide. maybe Blue Lagoon.
Well, I reeally wanted to go snorkeling, we had done it once before in Cancun. But, the hubby wasn't too much for it since he has a mustache and his mask kept filling full of water!! So, we settled on the Garden, Zoo and city tour. I'm hoping if we get done in time, maybe we can spend some time on a beach somewhere! I read somewhere that you could do the same Blue Lagoon tour by just catching the ferry for about half of Carnival's price. Personally, for our 1st cruise, I'm glad I have everything already booked including our hotel and NASA afterwards.
Well I called Carnival today about the excursions. Our trouble was we have one non swimmer in our group and we really wanted to do snorkeling. I wanted an answer as to if we could all go snorkeling with one non snorkeler in the group but she wasn't much help. to get a ride to Blue lagoon and stay there , with their limited activites and buy your own food PLUS snorkeling it is 45 a person (35 if not snorkeing) That's not TOO bad I guess. Since it is from 11-5 about, that will give us a little time to explore before we go and then we will soend the rest of the day there so that should be our only purchase there... hopefully we can get the kids to wait till we get back to the ship for dinner.
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I'm a Starbucks kind of guy. Although I don't drink coffee, I do enjoy a latte and my favorite is made by Starbucks. Now, I know that many of you might disagree and argue for Peets or Coffee Bean or some local haunt. My taste loyalties, though, are with Starbucks.
Not that my preferences mean much for the purpose of this column; however, I was intrigued when I recently learned that Starbucks instructs its associates to treat customer complaints with the "latte" rule:
Listen to the customer
Acknowledge the problem
Take action to resolve the problem
Thank the customer for bringing it to your attention
Encourage them to return
This guiding rule is so basic. So simple. So humane. So smart. Yet, far too many places of business don't have a policy for dealing with customer complaints and don't have the right instincts for handling those complaints.
Years ago, the Anthropology Department of Harvard University did a joint study researching graffiti. The project's goal was to determine if there is a common theme among worldwide graffiti artists. They found that there is!
The common theme of all graffiti can be summed up in the phrase, "I am here." Graffiti artists are not seeking simply attention; they're seeking acknowledgment of their existence. And this is what we all hunger for: recognition.
A disgruntled customer can be angry for many reasons, but they all can be reduced to the fact that the person feels no one is paying attention to their needs. They think (rightly or wrongly) that they're being disrespected and ignored. Isn't this why you become irritated when you can't find a sales clerk to help you?
Offering a "latte" is the most reassuring thing we can give to an upset customer because it reassures them that we "see" them.
If you think about it, though, you don't have to be a barista to offer someone a "latte." A "latte" can be offered to anyone who feels ignored by you: a coworker, friend, relative, partner. To listen, acknowledge, act, show appreciation, and make normal the relationship are the five keys to dealing with someone in a difficult conversation.
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So next time you're dealing with a complaining customer (or friend), just remember to offer them a "latte"!


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For, step into Evergreen Classics and it's almost like walking into the sets of a period film. Stained glass lamps dangle from the ceiling, huge brass cauldrons stand stacked up on the floor, and the shelves are full of brass, bronze and silver knickknacks.
Set up in 1959, the shop has stayed with the family since its inception, along with an ever-growing treasure trove of valuable bric-a-brac - nothing for sale, only available to hire.
"My grandfather, Mohammed Usman, started the shop and most of these items are from his collection. They come from all over the country," says one of the present owners, named Mohammed Usman after his grandfather. The shop, now nearly 50 years old, he says, has always been run by the family. "First it was my grandfather, then his sons and now us grandchildren," says Usman, who holds a degree in interior design, but emphasises that this business requires an inborn talent.
While they began by renting their wares to the film industry, they have begun to diversify into weddings now and also provide them for wedding decorations and other events. "Some of them pieces are antiques, while some are recreations. Our speciality, however, are the chandeliers," says Usman, also adding that the shop is one of the oldest in the field, though several have been established in recent times as the industry grew.
Usman says art directors of various films come to meet them with detailed requirements. "As per the requirement of the script, they place orders and we execute them," he says. The many years of being associated with Bollywood set decoration means the family has interacted with and befriended several industry seniors. "K Asif, the director of Mughal-e-Azam, would come and meet my grandfather often," recalls Usman. He says that the family is amid plans to expand their business further.
After all, much of tinseltown's real glitter comes from here.


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What's the Foodie's Equivalent of "No White After Labor Day"?by Allison Milam in Holidays, Recipes, September 2nd, 2016
If you've ever decked yourself out in an all-white outfit in October in a defiant act of who-ever-decided-I-couldn't-anyway, then you aren't alone. Though fashion worshipers may call wearing white after Labor Day an extreme and unforgivable faux pas (because how dare you), it's one of those rules that either you follow or you don't. Around here, we have our own issues when it comes to accepting that (sigh) summer is over and we have to move on with our lives. Though foods don't necessarily fade out of style, they do fall out of season. There are a slew of foods that are on the summer-only list, though no food police is ever going to come after you if you eat them in another season. These are the dishes you should cook outdoors before Labor Day comes and goes (and they look mighty fine next to a pair of white jeans, might we add).
Once you put your rickety charcoal grill into storage, your chances of chowing down on a hot dog nosedive. That's because hot dogs just taste better when they're all juicy and char-marked — especially when you toast the buns on the grill too. Fire up the grill one last time for Bobby Flay's Grilled Link Hot Dogs with Homemade Pickle Relish (pictured above) before you put your hot-dog-eating pursuits on hold until next year.


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Lexus LF-LC Could Be A Production Reality
Typically at any big auto show, car companies come up with concept cars to not only attract the attention of the press, but also to bring buying consumers onto their show stand.
However, the only turns most concept cars ever see are on the turn-tables at auto shows, not the turns of a road. Some concepts however, have been able to leap into the real world. Car's like the original Audi TT, the 2002 Ford Thunderbird and the current Chevrolet Camaro started off in life as just concept cars, but strong press and customer response lead their makers to put the vehicles into production.
Now it seems that Lexus might be inclined to do the same regarding their LF-LC concept, which first showed up at the 2012 North American International Auto Show.
We first reported on this concepts favorable public reaction earlier this month. Since then, Lexus has taken the concept to the Geneva Auto Show, where it received a similarly positive reaction.
This has given Lexus and its parent company Toyota something to think about. So now, Lexus' product planning chief Karl Schlicht is saying the LF-LC's chances of making it to production are 50/50.
"A decision has not been taken," Schlicht said. "But we're now up to a 50 per cent chance from a zero per cent one. Every top Toyota Motor Company manager is aware of the great reception it has received and now we're talking about how we can do it and fit it into the product plan."
Schlicht said the only reason this vehicle is even being considered for production is because of the reaction the concept got, if it was just a drawing, it would not have gone much further.
Worth noting, the LF-LC was designed at the Calty Design Center in California and the only brief the designers were given was regarding the size of the vehicle and that it needed to be a 2+2 coupe.
Will this hybrid sports coupe concept make the leap into reality? We would certainly like to see that.
GALLERY: Lexus LF-LC
[Source: Autocar]


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With recent talk of the possibility of a UFC Uniform, there has been a rash of discussion about the subject. Some fighters, such as Felice Herrig, raised concerns that it could actually hurt the fighters. However, when asked about Uniforms at a recent media scrum, UFC President Dana White made his opinion on the matter very clear:
"First of all, we have no uniform deal. We haven't announced a uniform deal…we said that it's something that we're looking into…there's no fucking uniform deal. Somebody asked me a question one day and I said something about it…We announce no deal, there is no deal, but people are bitching about it. When we get a deal done, and I come out and announce it, and lay out the rules, and tell you how it goes…if that day ever comes, then we can talk about it…we're talking about something that doesn't even exist, and people are bitching about something that doesn't exist…it's like a fucking hair salon.Tags: Dana White, felice herrig, mma, MMA NEWS, ufc, ufc news, Uniform


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This article was published 10/9/2012 (1802 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A team of local researchers -- aided by four generations of a western Manitoba family -- has unlocked the secret to a mysterious blood disorder, which could lead to improved treatment for patients.
The small group of CancerCare Manitoba and University of Manitoba scientists has identified the genetic mutation responsible for an illness known as hereditary xerocytosis, a disorder that causes the rapid destruction of red blood cells. It was first identified in Manitoba four decades ago.
The cause of the syndrome had long baffled researchers. But two years ago, local scientists led by Dr. Ryan Zarychanski, a hematologist with CancerCare Manitoba's centre for blood disorders, organized a gathering of relatives of the Manitoba woman in whom the disorder was originally detected.
The research team set up shop in the community hall of a western Manitoba town where many members of the woman's extended family still live. (The family is not being identified due to privacy concerns.) The researchers obtained blood samples from more than 130 relatives, recorded their medical histories and performed physical examinations.
Then the detective game moved into the lab. With help from Yale University, the researchers employed a series of sophisticated DNA techniques to pinpoint the genetic mutation responsible for the disorder. They wound up discovering a protein that no one had ever linked to red blood cells.
"We nailed down the cause of the disorder that everyone's been looking for," Zarychanski said Monday, referring to efforts over the past decade in Italy, France and the United States.
The Manitoba group's discovery dominates the cover of the latest edition of Blood, the world's top journal on blood disorders.
Zarychanski's team includes Dr. Donald Houston (who trained him as a hematologist) and Brett Houston (no relation), a third-year U of M medical student who has won best student project awards in Canada and North America for her role in the research.
"It's been a wonderful opportunity," said Brett Houston, who is listed in the journal article as one of the study's authors. She said the opportunities that have come from her experience "are a little bit overwhelming."
Zarychanski said the mutated protein discovered by Manitoba researchers will likely help doctors to understand other inherited red-blood-cell disorders.
"I think it has the potential to be really neat," he said.


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Chittagong: With a semi-final spot at stake, Sri Lanka and New Zealand take on each other in a virtual knock-out match of Group 1 of the World T20, here, on Monday.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand are on four points each from three games and the winner of Monday's Super 10 match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium will decide which side will join South Africa in the semi-finals from Group 1.
South Africa have finished their Super 10 engagements and have qualified for the semi-finals with six points from four matches.
Sri Lanka came into the World T20 high on confidence after winning the Asia Cup and then they recorded two consecutive wins comfortably — against South Africa and minnows the Netherlands.
The win against the Netherlands was the shortest successful run chase ever in T20Is, as it was completed in just five overs after the Dutch scored just 39.
Sri Lanka, however, lost their next match against England by six wickets in a high-scoring match with their bowlers failing to stop Alex Hales from scoring 116 from just 64 balls.
The Lankans would look to return to winning ways against New Zealand on Monday and book a semi-final berth, but they will have to come up with an improved bowling display.
The Lankan bowlers were expensive in their loss against England and they cannot afford to do so against a New Zealand side, which have the likes of captain Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson.
As usual, much will be expected from Lasith Malinga. Though he didn't get a wicket against England, he has been in pretty good form in this tournament. Nuwan Kulasekara got four wickets in the last match, but what will worry the Lankans more is that their spinners went wicketless against England.
While Ajantha Mendis was expensive, giving away 52 runs from his four overs, Sachithra Senanayake did slightly better conceding 30 from his four.
Batting hasn't really been a headache for the Lankans with experienced hands like Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara being in pretty good nick. Tillekaratne Dilshan, too, got a half-century in the last match.
But Sri Lanka's biggest setback on Monday could be captain Dinesh Chandimal's absence. Chandimal will miss the match as he has been suspended for a game by the ICC following his team's slow over-rate.
New Zealand won against England courtesy the Duckworth/Leiws method in a rain-shortened match, lost a tight match against South Africa and then thrashed the Netherlands. McCullum and Taylor have been in good touch while New Zealand also have a big-hitting all-rounder in Anderson who can win a match single-handedly.


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The ballet "Coppélia" is a classic love story that seems to start at the end. The boy, Franz, has already met the girl, Swanilda, and they plan to marry at the town festival. Unexpectedly, Franz, played by St. Croix Ballet alum John Roesler, falls in love with a life-size doll created by the mysterious inventor, Doctor Coppélius. It is up to Swanilda, played by Caitlyn McDermott and Catherine Wessel, to save her beloved Franz from the doll, Coppélia, and make it to her wedding.
"It definitely has a strong female character in the lead," director Susan Hovey said.
"Coppélia" is based on two stories, "Der Sandmann" and "Die Puppe," by E.T.A. Hoffman, the same writer as the famous Christmas ballet, "The Nutcracker."
"Swanilda is a strong and spunky character," Wessel said.
"We hope the audience laughs during the whole show," McDermott said. "There are so many funny parts."
McDermott previously danced lead roles in St. Croix Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty" and "Cinderella," and was Sugar Plum in the Stillwater "Nutcracker." She is a senior at Stillwater Area High School, and this will be her last show on the St. Croix Ballet stage. Wessel, a junior at Stillwater Area High School, also danced the role of Sugar Plum in last year's "Nutcracker."
"'Coppélia' really is a comedy," Roesler said. "It has silly characters in a silly village."
Roesler has been dancing ballet for more than 15 years and been part of more than 30 shows.
"It isn't as well known, but it's definitely one of the more fun ones," Roesler said. "There are a lot of fun dances."
Hovey directs more than 100 dancers from St. Croix Ballet in the show, ranging from very young beginners to more skilled dancers.
"The spring show is a beautiful complement to the annual Stillwater 'Nutcracker,'" Hovey said. "There are dozens of advanced roles for these aspiring dancers, as well as delightful roles for our younger dancers."
One memorable scene in the first act features a dance from the young boys class, and had the entire studio laughing during rehearsals.
"The studio has a very strong program for young men and boy dancers, and the dozen male dancers on stage simply adds an incredible dimension and great fun to our shows," Hovey said. "It is something that you just don't see anywhere else."
Performances for Coppélia will take place at the Stillwater Area High School at 7 p.m. Friday, April 25; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26; and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27. Tickets are $14 and are available for purchase online at stcroixballet.com/tickets.
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The people at Inside the Magic have posted another video spotlighting a ride at an Orlando amusement park that shut down - a few months ago they showed the Jaws ride at Universal Orlando - this time, it's Test Track at Disney's Epcot Center.
Test Track originally opened in 1998, but every time I went to the park the ride was either broken, or long delays and lines meant it was not as much fun as I had hoped. If you did get to ride it on a day when it was open and running, the ride itself was pretty good - you got to ride in a "test vehicle" and perform different functions during the construction of a car, including the end when the ride "goes awry" and crashes through a wall, sending you on a 60mph journey around the outside of the building. This 24-minute video takes you through the entire ride, from waiting in line, riding the ride to the post-show gift shop walkthrough.
Disney says the new ride will be called the Chevrolet Design Center at Epcot, and will re-open in Fall 2012.
The blog has also posted two other videos: In this one, check out a "point-of-view" perspective on the ride:
In this video, watch all of the pre-show videos you get to watch while waiting in line to get onto the ride (Disney still is the best when it comes to entertaining its guests while they wait to get on a ride):
Keith Shaw rounds up the best in geek video in his ITworld.tv blog. Follow Keith on Twitter at @shawkeith. For the latest IT news, analysis and how-tos, follow ITworld on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.
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