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A Georgian Residence
A Georgian Residence at No. 11 Moray Place Edinburgh, is a luxurious bed and breakfast in the centre of Edinburgh city. The accommodation faces south-west and enjoys magnificent views, not only of the private gardens to the front of the house, but also out over the Firth of Forth, from the bedrooms at the back.
The residence forms part of a Georgian terrace in the centre of Edinburgh's New Town, which has been described as one of the finest examples of Georgian Architecture in Britain.
The main stair Cupola, one of three in the house, is just one of the interior features.
1 Suite - bedroom (king-sized double bed), ensuite shower room & sitting room (can include a full size single divan bed, so appropriate for family of three). Details
3 Double bedrooms with two twin beds (2 x single beds) which can be linked to form a kingsize bed, and en-suite shower room. Details
All the rooms have television, a bookcase containing a variety of reading material, a hairdryer and tea and coffee making facilities with a selection of fine teas and herbal infusions.
Breakfast is served in the Dining room overlooking the garden.
We have wireless broadband for all those guests who need to work on their laptops. Sorry, we are unable to accept pets, We are also, of course, an entirely no-smoking accommodation.
Where we are: We are only three streets from Princes Street with various well known department stores on one side of the street and magnificent gardens on the other. Walk through the gardens and stop to admire the floral clock (now 100 years old) before visiting the newly refurbished and enlarged National Gallery of Scotland. From there you can continue up the Mound and explore the many features of the medieval town - the castle, St Giles Cathedral, Holyrood Palace and much more. There is a wide range of excellent eating places within a few minutes walk of Moray Place.
The Old Town and New Town were designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995. The Old Town includes the Castle, the Royal Palace of Holyrood House, St. Giles Cathedral and the old and new Scottish Parliaments. The New Town was constructed to a single architectural plan between 1750 and 1820. 11 Moray Place, facing south-west, overlooks not only the private gardens to the front of the house but also enjoys a magnificent view over the Firth of Forth from the bedrooms at the back. A key giving access to the gardens and to Lord Moray's Pleasure Garden (17 acres of garden overlooking the Water of Leith) is available for the use of our guests.
11 Moray Place
All year
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Montere eCollege
Montere eCollege is a new kind of training organisation which will deliver courses online. We're dedicated to providing high quality courses and building great working relationships with our students. We want our students to be fans!
We will be a B2B and B2C company.
We want to attract managers and individuals who are looking for high-quality online training for themselves or their staff, and are willing to pay for a value-added course.
Our students will generally be 35+ years of age and already hold a higher education qualification.
We are looking for a quietly sophisticated logo that promotes the college as being professional, of substance and dynamic. We would like the logo to include a clean, stylised image and convey a "journey to excellence" to prospective students.
The logo will be used on the company website and all stationery, marketing materials and student materials.
We have chosen strong/dark blue, strong/dark purple and gold as our colours. We would like to see layers of colours – blue on the bottom, purple in the middle and a small amount of gold on the top – perhaps in a mountain / sun image. However, you do not have to use this image. Please be creative! The font is up to you, however please make the lettering blue and the "e" in "eCollege" gold.
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The legendary English guitarist and a major influence on practically every fingerstyle acoustic guitarist for the past 50 years, Davey Graham, passed away on Monday of lung cancer which was detected only a few weeks ago. He was 68.
Born November 22nd, 1940 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, he took up the guitar at the age of 12. By the age of 19 Graham composed what would probably be his most famous piece, "Anji," released on his debut 1962 EP, 3/4 AD, and later covered by the likes of Pentangle and Simon & Garfunkel.
Here in the United States, Graham perhaps wasn't as well known as some of his contemporaries but he has been credited with single-handedly inventing the concept of the folk guitar instrumental in the U.K.-- simultaneous honors in the U.S would go to John Fahey, who was making similar innovations. Graham influenced a who's who of British guitarists from Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Richard Thompson, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Martin Carthy, and Jimmy Page -- Page's instrumental "White Summer" was heavily based on Graham's "She Moved Thru the Bazaar/Blue Raga."
In 1959 Graham first made headlines with his attention grabbing performance of "Cry Me a River' in the BBC television documentary Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts: The Guitar Craze, produced by Ken Russell. During the 1960s he played a major role in the British folk revival, releasing a series of eclectic solo albums that touched on a wide range of music, from jazz and blues to Indian and Arabic and gypsy. He introduced to many an aspiring young guitarist the DADGAD guitar tuning, whose chief appeal is the ability to improvise freely, yet maintain a solid underlying rhythm and harmony. But Graham's career was somewhat unpredictable; his concerts were often hit or miss. Much of his reputation was based on a couple of brilliant albums, both released in the same week of 1965, Folk Routes, New Routes in a duet with the folk singer Shirley Collins and Folk, Blues and Beyond, a mostly instrumental album that combined all his world music styles. His live playing was best captured and recorded in 1967 on an incredible album entitled After Hours, which was recorded in a student's dorm room on the campus of Hull University in front of an audience of about eight people. Nonetheless, and in many ways, even as impulsive as he may have been, Davey Graham was the first guitar hero … and certainly one of mine.
There will be a private funeral held for Davey Graham later this week. A public memorial service is being planned for January.


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Mint Chip Ice Cream
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2005
Prep Time: 8 min
Inactive Prep Time: 8 hr 0 min
Cook Time: 10 min
Level: Intermediate
Serves: 6 quarts
• 12 cups half-and-half
• 4 cup heavy cream
• 32 large egg yolks
• 36 ounces sugar
• 4 teaspoon peppermint oil
• 12 ounces chocolate-mint candies, coarsely chopped
Place the half-and-half and the heavy cream into a medium saucepan, over medium heat. Bring the mixture just to a simmer, stirring occasionally, and remove from the heat.
In a medium mixing bowl whisk the egg yolks until they lighten in color. Gradually add the sugar and whisk to combine. Temper the cream mixture into the eggs and sugar by gradually adding small amounts, until about 1/3 of the cream mixture has been added. Pour in the remainder and return the entire mixture to the saucepan and place over low heat. Continue to cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon and reaches 170 to 175 degrees F. Pour the mixture into a container and allow to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Add the peppermint oil and stir to combine. Place the mixture into the refrigerator and once it is cool enough not to form condensation on the lid, cover and store for 4 to 8 hours or until it reaches 40 degrees F or below.
Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker; add the chopped candies and process according to the manufacturers directions. This should take approximately 25 to 35 minutes. Serve as is for soft serve or freeze for another 3 to 4 hours to allow the ice cream to harden.


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My BMW experience--MUST READ
Hi all,
I hope this forum is appropriate for my post/experience.
Just so you all know, I was an avid BMW owner and driver prior to my last few months.
I feel its important that I give a background, so I may illustrate my loyalty to BMW, and its cars.
In 2006 I purchased a brand new 550i off the showroom floor, at the time I was 25 yrs old, and it was my first BMW. I feel in love with the car, immediately. I loved how the car handled; I loved the v-8 and the power it provided. I drove this car for 10 months and decided I wanted a 2007 M5. I obviously took a haircut on the sale, but I didnt care, I wanted to step it up.
I eventually found the M5 I wanted, I threw down my down payment, and took her off the lot. Prior to leaving the lot, the sales rep explained the smg transmission to me, he went into detail how the smg functioned and how it should be driven.
NOW, fast forward a few months, and the problems started. At approximately 13,000 miles my car would lurch forward/reverse frequently whenever engaging drive or reverse.
The car was obviously under warranty, therefore, it was repaired and returned to me. The service tech told me that a hydraulic valve wasnt working properly. I was happy with the service and I kept motoring.
At approximately 32,000 miles, while I was driving on the highway, my transmission sensor flashed, as did all my sensors, then I lost complete control of my car: the car lost all acceleration, power steering failed as did all electrical. Concurrently, a loud THUD occurred under my center console. I was able to steer the car to the right shoulder of the highway. I had the car towed to my dealership, and in for repair. The service dept explained that my fly wheel needed to be replaced, and a few other components within the car were also damaged. The car was in for service approximately 2 weeks. As I expected, my warranty covered all the repairs. At this point, I am becoming concerned with the frequency of issues I am having with this car. However, I am assured the car is repaired.
Fast forward again to 56,000 miles. Again, my smg components are damaged and the car needs to be repaired. I contact BMW-NA, they pull up the work history, and they decide to repair the car free of charge, because the issue with this repair is the same as the last repair at 32,000 miles. I was impressed with how BMW-NA stood behind their prior work, and this made me feel much better.
Fast forward again to 66,000 miles. Two months ago, I experienced a massive malfunction while on the highway with my family. I was driving at an approximate speed of 70mphs when a LOUD BANG went off under my center console. All the wheels locked up and my car started to skid, after a 20-40 feet the wheels began to spin again, however, I had lost all control of the vehicle including: power steering, acceleration, and electrical. This experience was very scary, I felt as if I was in danger due to the possibility of being rear ended and involved in a major car accident. The car was essentially dead. I had the car towed to my dealer and I contacted BMW-NA. BMW-NA contacted the dealership where my car was sitting, BMW-NA asked the dealership for a diagnosis on the issue and repair. After BMW-NA got the information from my dealership, they contacted me and stated We cannot repair your car due to the issue not being related to the past repairs. To be honest, I was happy, because this meant that the repair would be somewhat affordable and it wasnt the smg/transmission which would have been the 4th time! I contacted the service manager and asked him what is the damage and what will it cost? The service manger stated that he wouldnt know the extent of the damage till he removes the smg box and takes a look at the transmission more thoroughly. At this point, Im really surprised, because BMW-NA already told me that the problem wasnt related to my smg or transmission. Before I contacted BMW-NA, I asked the service manager to detail the damage with an approximate cost of repair.
Within one week, I was contacted by the dealership service manager, he explained that the damage was EXTENSIVE. The bell housing, clutch assemply, RT CAT, and converter. Total estimated repair cost: 19,000.00 dollars. I contacted BMW-NA within 10 minutes and explained to the woman the damages. I explained to her, that all the damage is components theyve repaired before and inspected. BMW-NA said that they would contact the dealership for clarification. At this point, Im really confused, how could BMW-NA contacted me prior to understanding the exact cause of the issue, and prematurely telling me that they would not cover the repairs due to the present damage not being related to past repairs.
After a week of waiting for an answer from BMW-NA, I finally got a call. BMW-NA explained that they were going to escalate my claim to the Marketing department.
After a week, I did get a call from BMW-Corporate, she heard my story and understood the damage and past repair history on my car. She explained to me that a Marketing manger would look over my claim and deliver a final verdict. After waiting 2 weeks, I finally got the answer from the Marketing manager. The answer I got from the Marketing manager was just a bit better than being punched in the face while he picked my pocket. His Final decision was to offer me 2,500.00 dollars toward my repair. I obviously explained to his Executive secretary that I was really disappointed furthermore, I felt cheated. She was kind and actually listened to me with genuine concern; at least I felt she was empathetic. However, the apathy shown by the Marketing manager is something else. I explained to the executive secretary that I have been an amazing loyal customer to BMW, furthermore, I feel that the issue with the car is the same issues Ive been having, but on a catastrophic scale. I explained to the secretary (I had to interface with her because, she explained that the Marketing managers dont interface with customers) that I have spent close to 180,000 thousand dollars with BMW, and given the damage with this car, I feel that I should at least be given the benefit of the doubt, or an option to have the car bought back. She explained the decision was final, and that 2,500 dollars was the best they could do.
Listen, I do understand that every car manufacturer has a few lemons that come off the line. I understand this all to well, I also understand that MY CAR is the exception to the BMW rule. I know that BMW makes a hell of a car, however, again, my car is that exception.
This whole episode has helped me come to a few conclusions:
1. BMW obviously does not stand behind their work and theyre not going to make a customer happy, especially if it doesnt make financial sense.
2. BMW will not admit an issue in a car, especially if the repair costs are HALF the estimated value of the car.
3. BMW will hide behind the so-called Marketing managers.
4. BMW will NOT stand behind their FLAGSHIP car.
5. BMW will blame the driver for the mechanical issues in a car that has recurring issues.
6. No matter how loyal or how much you have spent with BMW, if the bottom line of theirs is affected, BMW will NOT stand behind their product.
What I find most distressing, is that I have NEVER had any issues (besides the cigarette lighter breaking) with my car other than the issues stated above.
BMW, has chosen to blame me for the issues, this leaves me high and dry with a repair bill equaling an economy car cost, and full of stress.
I guess its true, the true colors of a company come to the surface when an issue arises. Unfortunately, BMWs colors are few shades of green, only.
Please, do keep in mind, I do believe that BMW makes great cars 90-95 percent of the time, but the 5-10 percent of the time when they make an inferior car is when a company should be admired or scorned, during these times is when the integrity is tested.
BMW FAILED MISERABLY HERE. If anyone does care to know, I did secure an attorney, and I will be following through with a lawsuit. At this point, if BMW called and offered me a free repair, I would reject it. I have no time to deal with a company that treats its customers as I have been treated. Never, will I buy a BMW again nor will my family, and all my friends and acquaintances will hear of the treatment I received.
I do hope that BMW-NA and the Marketing manager reads my post. I truly hope that they can get an accurate pulse on THEIR CUSTOMERS. I feel that BMW-NA and its Marketing managers have lost touch of what customer satisfaction is and why theyre in business.
I hope this post helped anybody in my shoes or with concerns. I do suggest that if your car has any issues, while under warranty, ASK FOR A COMPLETE INSPECTION AND IF YOU HAVE A RECURRING ISSUE, ASK FOR A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. Otherwise, BMW will not stand behind the repairs or product beyond the warranty.
If anyone has questions, i would be happy to answer them. However, some information may not be disclosed due to attorney instructions. If i have offended anybody, please accept my apology. The purpose of this post is not to offend anybody, the intent is to show my experience and the false sense of security I had for BMW.
Thank you
Sorry to hear that
I am on the fence now... not sure if I stay with the brand
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if bmw NA didn't want to help you, you may have to talk to a lawyer, but it is a long shot.
just bought a 2006 E60 yesterday...without warranty. 45K miles. I will be calling SOMEONE tomw to get a warranty on the vehicle. sorry to hear about your experiences. thank you for the post...but part of me wishes you hadnt posted it.
You think you've got problems, let me tell you. I got my m in Dec 2005 drove it one month and stored it for the winter. Took it out may and in June BMW had to replace the trans. Only took 6 weeks to get one. i now have 140k miles on it. Yes I drive a lot. I have had nothing but issues with this car and it just geets worse. I tried to get BMW Canada involved and have written several letters to the President. every letter was answered by a Customer service specialist who told me BMW's responsibility send at the end of the warranty period. About three months ago my video display lit up like a christmas tree. Every message relating to engine and a few more filled all the availabe space. After paying $4500 they told me that the catalytic converter had to be replaced. I have been vacilating about selling it so I told them I wasnt going to pay the $8000 to replace them. when i got the car back the engine light went cleared. I thought that they got a false reading. Well needless to say last week the christmas tree lit up again. took it in and they firat thought it was a run down battery becaseu of the readout. I drove it for almosst a week and was having difficulty geting pas t the min level. Turns out there is a recal on the battery cable insulated bulkhead connector and they replaced it. I know I cant sell the car becaseu some poor sucker will end up paying a fortune to get it back to normal. right now i am looking at an $8k repair bill for the cats or going 0 to 60 in 30 minutes. i hate this car, i hate BMW and I leave the car parked inmalls with the keys in it and engine running. No one is even interested in stealing the bloody thing. lol
My 2006 M5 has been reliable, 60k+ miles including several track events with no transmission issue whatsoever.
I enjoy the steering feel and suspension tuning of BMW.
With the free maintenance , it cost me less to maintain this M5 than my Acura MDX which I have to pay for service (oil, differential, etc) every 7500 miles.
Damn OP sorry to hear about your issues but stuff like this is why I went after the Manual and not the SMG or any M5 before 2008 MY. I am sorry this happen to you. When I had my E39 M5 I had a run in with BMW of Fairfax and BMWNA. It did not end well needless to say I am truly a DIY guy now. I love BMW and plan on buy the next M5 but stories like this makes me want to leave them.
Stories like these make me wonder how much abuse was done to the car?
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Besides having terrific family, we are fortunate to have wonderful friends who feel like family, too. Ben, Gray, and I enjoyed our annual Oswald & Jones Family Christmas outing tonight at Prestonwood's kid's event: Merry Christmas With Love. Gray, Reese, & Collin had fun petting animals at the live Nativity, doing a Christmas craft, sitting on Santa's lap (minus Gray, of course), decorating cookies, and having their faces painted. (Collin actually wins the award for sweetest, most patient baby in a stroller, but if he hadn't been that, Reese & Gray would have had significantly less fun.)
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Family Christmas
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Friday, October 21, 2011
State Fair of Texas 2011
I'm all about taking obligatory pictures when I go places like the State Fair. You know... standing in front of Big Tex, eating a funnel cake, etc. It's as if those pictures prove we were there and had fun. However, I'm learning those don't always happen while still having fun with a toddler. Pictures we did take include ones of Grayson wallering around on the Dart Train and staring rudely at our odd fellow passengers (he hasn't learned certain social graces yet), touching disgusting statues in downtown Dallas, petting filthy animals, and watching a corny, but amusing, kids circus.
*Note: an excessive amount of hand sanitizer was used during the filming of this event.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Good Morning
I'm not a morning person. Period. Therefore, the task of being chipper for my non-morning-person 18 month old is quite an undertaking. Daily.
Our typical routine is that I roll out of bed when it becomes exceedingly apparent that Gray is 100% ready to be out of his crib (and don't think for a second that I don't give him plenty of time to change his mind on the idea). I throw on my robe and pick up Mr. Sunshine and we grunt at each other as we make our way through breakfast - lovingly, of course. By the end of a cup (or two) of coffee for me and a kitchen's worth of groceries for him, we are both ready to take on the day.
Recently, however, Gray has transitioned from 2 naps to one. (Follow me here.) What this means is that there's no longer a built-in down time at 10:00 for me to get ready for the day. So guess what? I, as a responsible adult and parent, SHOULD be getting up an hour before Gray to get ready. It's been about a month since Gray changed his naps, and I've only accomplished the extra-early-morning feat a few times. Today is one of those. So guess what? I'm thoroughly enjoying being dressed, fed, and sitting quietly for a few minutes. I won't even have to fake a chipper attitude when I pick Gray up out of his crib this morning.
The big question now is whether or not I can convince myself tomorrow morning that it's worth getting out of bed when it's still dark to have this peaceful waking-up time. I should have more faith in myself...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
It Takes A Village
I've been feeling dragged down this week due to allergies or a cold or something, and today promised to finally do me in. Here's how this mother of a 17 month old made it out alive:
my kitchen had been freshly stocked with coffee,
I have my friend Beth nearby who owns and was willing to deliver Tylenol,
I have a terrific mother-in-law who's more than glad to take a toddler off my hands,
and a kind husband who is cooking dinner while I lay on the coach intermittently watching Vampire Diaries and blogging.
Thanks you guys!
Now what you're all really hoping for while reading my blog: pics of Gray pretending to drink coffee with me.
P.S. This is the first time for me to try using Blogger on my phone. We'll see how it works.
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Friday, September 09, 2011
Playroom in Progress
Ever since Gray started crawling, walking, and collecting toys, I have been dreading the issue of our house's storage limitations. A 3 bedroom + Office house should be plenty of space for a married couple and one toddler, but alas... it doesn't seem to be. So now I've bitten off more than I can chew (or than our house decorating budget can) in attempting to turn our office into a playroom for Gray and any subsequent children that happen to come along. The problem is that the "one" project involves a million small projects:
- clean out office closet (and therefore clean out Gray's closet, two hall closets, and guest bedroom closet)
- sell office furniture
- steal armoire out of guest bedroom & paint
- sell desktop computer and buy a laptop
- rewire printer and router
- pair down and organize Gray's toys from around the house
- create a guest bed/playroom cozy spot for when the guest room is no longer a guest room
- find creative, playful, cheap ways to dress up the playroom walls as appropriate for kids
- pair down Ben's & my book collection and find somewhere to put the one's we can't part with
- organize/pair down pictures in boxes that I never scrapbooked since I finally am admitting that I am too lazy or OCD to scrapbook
- Make the playroom a presentable place since it is the first room (with glass french doors) that you see when you enter our house (GULP!)
- and on and on and on the list goes
We're 1/100th of the way there! I'll post pictures as I finish stages of the conversion.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Where has the time gone?
I could mention how ashamed I am that the last blog I posted was in JANUARY!, but that would be a little redundant, as I seem to start off every over-due post with the same apology/embarassment. Oh well. That's life. It's crazy and I am a lazy, periodic blogger.
"So," you ask, "what's new with the fam?" Here's what... since January:
Gray is doing great these days. We made it through that rough season of no sleeping-no eating- $600/month formula (which insurance FINALLY started covering). Now we have moved on to walking (forwards & back), running, jabering nonsense, and the dreaded 2-1 nap transition.
Days with Gray are such simple, pure fun these days... Now we just need to have another baby to spice things up. No, I am not announcing anything; we are not pregnant. I just need to acknowledge that life has gotten "easy" these days and Ben and I would have to be crazy to want to mess that up. But we do. Eventually. I think. Maybe. The jury is still out.
So, you ask, what's the plan for fall for the fam? Here's what... since you asked:
Not Mother's Day Out if you must know. I chickened out and am SO glad. Instead of Gray being in someone else's care while I traipse around town like a free woman (Wait! I change my mind! JK), we have a full schedule:
Monday: Story Time @ Allen Public Library @ 11:15
Tuesday: Women's Bible Study @ Hope Fellowship & Afternoons with GiGi!
Wednesday: Tiny Tots and Tunes @ The Heights @ 9:30
Thursday: Gymboree
I can almost smell the fresh fall air now!
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Sunday, January 09, 2011
A Gray Winter
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In adults physical activity includes leisure time physical activity (for example: walking, dancing, gardening, hiking, swimming), transportation (e.g. walking or cycling), occupational (i.e. work), household chores, play, games, sports or planned exercise, in the context of daily, family, and community activities. In order to improve cardio and muscular fitness, bone health, reduce the risk of depression:
1. Adults should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.
2. Aerobic activity should be performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes duration.
3. For additional health benefits, adults should increase their moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity to 300 minutes per week, or engage in 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.
4. Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups on 1-3 or more days a week.
These recommendations are relevant to all healthy adults unless specific medical conditions indicate to the contrary. They are applicable for all adults irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity or income level. They also apply to individuals in this age range with chronic noncommunicable conditions not related to mobility such as hypertension or diabetes.
These recommendations can be valid for adults with disabilities. However adjustments for each individual based on their exercise capacity and specific health risks or limitations may be needed.
There are multiple ways of accumulating the total of 150 minutes per week. The concept of accumulation refers to meeting the goal of 150 minutes per week by performing activities in multiple shorter bouts, of at least 10 minutes each, spread throughout the week then adding together the time spent during each of these bouts: e.g. 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity 5 times per week.
Pregnant, postpartum women and persons with cardiac events may need to take extra precautions and seek medical advice before striving to achieve the recommended levels of physical activity for this age group.
Inactive adults or adults with disease limitations will have added health benefits if moving from the category of "no activity" to "some levels" of activity. Adults who currently do not meet the recommendations for physical activity should aim to increase duration, frequency and finally intensity as a target to achieving them.
Benefits of movments for adults:
Overall, strong evidence demonstrates that compared to less active adult men and women, individuals who are more active:
Have lower rates of all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, colon and breast cancer, and depression;
Are likely to have less risk of a hip or vertebral fracture;
Exhibit a higher level of cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness; and
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SMT - Seismic Micro Technology
I am the VP of Marketing for SMT - Seismic Micro Technology. We have made software since 1984 and have the leadership position for selling to petroleum geophysicists. Because our software is used by the largest companies on earth and across the globe, we focus on showing our breadth and scale for any environment. We have 2700 customers in 97 nations.
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For a feel for our solution go to http://www.seismicmicro.com. Looks on the front page or under products for Kingdom Advanced. The brochures available on those web pages will also give you a sense. And the short videos will show you how visually rich the product is.
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While any suggested relationship between art, fashion and photography has long enlivened — and indeed enraged — cultural commentators and art historians alike, the fact remains the three are moving towards one another in more ways than one.
Nowhere is that more evident than in Leonard Pollack's gorgeous townhouse in Germantown. Pollack, 62, a costume designer who spent 30 years in Hollywood, also paints and uses glass to render his own unique mosaic style. Pollack is beyond a character. His living room contains much of his artwork; his beautiful chandelier in the dining room comes from the Wiltern Theater in Hollywood, and the furniture reflects his love of art deco style.
Pollack took the chandelier from the Wiltern Theater when it was reported in the press that the theater was scheduled for demolition. (That decision was later reversed.) The lighting is subdued and pulses from all angles of each room. (Just imagine inlaid, brightly colored floor lighting and tract lighting in an upstairs hallway depicting men on high wires.)
Entering his master bathroom is almost like walking into the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. A Roman landscape of sunset, emerging moon and stars are skillfully painted on the walls and ceiling. Indeed, the room in chiaroscuro seems fluid, almost like stepping into a dream.
The son of Russian Jews, Pollack spent his formative years in South Philadelphia, and after graduation from Dobbins High School attended the Parsons School of Design in New York City's legendary Bohemian neighborhood, Greenwich Village. (A fellow classmate was famed fashion designer Donna Karan.) After graduation he worked for a Seventh Avenue fashion house, Mignon. which designed clothes for the cognescenti.
"They were big supporters of President Nixon" said Pollack, "and believe it or not, despite the fact that I was just an assistant, my designs so impressed them that I was chosen to design the inauguration outfits for the Nixon women. We made Women's Wear Daily that year, and it really launched my career."
It was during the era of the early '70s when Pollack gadded about New York City and his fondest memories were of Studio 54, meeting Bianca Jagger, Truman Capote, Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli and her mother, Judy Garland.
"It was an amazing time" muses Pollack. "I feel lucky to have lived through that period. Yes, it was utterly hedonistic, but it was so free. It was a time when eccentricity was laude … creativity was encouraged. The air seemed always to be sugared with promise."
In the late '70s Pollack moved to Los Angeles and began a career in costume design. "One of my first design jobs in Hollywood" he said, "was working with movie director Martin Donovan, who wrote the screenplay for 'Death Becomes Her.'"
It was the English director Ken Russell, however, whom Pollack remembers most fondly. "I had so admired his work; he was really ahead of his time, and the outrageous, somewhat sexual themes in his work were lambasted by the critics. Despite that, Russell won an Oscar for his direction of 'Women in Love.' He had a flamboyant, edgy style, reminiscent of the Italian director, Federico Fellini. It was after seeing Russell's musical, 'The Boyfriend,' that I was motivated to travel to England to try and meet him. We are still great friends.He is the most interesting person I ever met."
Pollack was asked by Russell's then-wife, Shirley Russell, to help on the movie, "Savage Messiah," and later on the costumes for a movie on Gustav Mahler, who was Leonard Bernstein's favorite composer. It was during the production of "Mahler" that Russell wrote the screenplay for The Who's rock opera, "Tommy," for which Pollack also designed many of the outrageous costumes. "Right after that I became special features photographer on 'Valentino,' starring Rudolf Nureyev. What a great experience it was to work with Nureyev. He was a real diva, but what presence!"
Pollack traveled to some of the most glamorous cities of the world during that time — Barcelona, London, Paris, etc. "Europe had a great influence on my work" he said. "Photography, painting, designing clothes."
Ten years ago Pollack moved back to Philadelphia to care for his ill mother, and he now devotes his time to interior design, painting, photography and, of course, his museum-quality mosaic work. Pollack has never been married and has no children. Of close family members, he has just one living sister.
Reflecting on his long career, Pollack muses, "I've had my highs, and I've had my lows, and I've loved every minute of it. I don't dwell on the past too much, and I don't think too much of what I will be doing in 10 years. Every minute is an adventure."
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From art to religion to politics, the Center for Intercultural Studies has held events focusing on a variety of interculturally diverse topics for more than five years.
Past Events
- Lecture on Art and Interculturality
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Joseph R. Allen, Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, on "Rewriting the Public Monument: Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese Reformulations of the European Equestrian Statue." The lecture will take place on Friday, October 14, 2011, at 3:00, Adorjan Hall, room 142.
The modernization program of Meiji Japan (1868-1912) adapted a wide range of cultural materials from Western nations, particularly Germany and France. Among those materials was European civic statuary, which was then at the height of its popularity (the so-called period of statumania). Versions of those statues, including of equestrian figures, were transferred to the new Japanese colony of Taiwan (1895-1945), where they went through further cultural transformations. These transformations continued throughout the Chinese Nationalist years, down into contemporary times. Professor Allen will examine the intercultural translations of these statues in the evolving social and political contexts of East Asia. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Lecture on Transnational Encounters
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Dr. Susanne Wiedemann, Assistant Professor with Saint Louis University's Department of American Studies, entitled "Transnational Encounters with America: German Jewish Refugees' Identity Formation in Berlin and Shanghai, 1939-1949." The lecture will take place on Friday, November 11, at 3:00, Adorjan Hall, room 142. This lecture examines a group of German Jews who, within the span of one decade, fled Nazi Germany, found refuge in Shanghai, and emigrated to the U.S. after the end of World War II. In Shanghai, they forged hybrid, transnational identities that were shaped by the past in Europe and the present in China, by encounters with U.S. culture from afar, by the regulatory power of different immigration and citizenship laws, and by intersecting ideologies of race, ethnicity, and class. The lecture is free and open to the public.
- Lecture on Religion, Cultural Mixing, and Creolization in the West Indies
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Dr. Teruyuki Tsuji, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center, entitled "Sharing Mothers: Creolization and East Indians in the West Indies." The lecture will take place on Friday, February 17, at 3:00, Adorjan Hall, room 142.
Each year, on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, Hindu pilgrims crowd a Roman Catholic Church in the small town of Sparia in southern Trinidad, West Indies, passionately praying at the feet of the statue of the dark-skinned Virgin Mary, La Divina Pastora. Two weeks later, the statue's believed healing power draws a large assembly of Catholic devotees to the same church. Using the yearly Hindu and Catholic pilgrimages in the West Indian island of Trinidad as an ethnographic case, this lecture critically reflects on the relevance of concepts of cultural mixing, particularly creolization.
- ATLAS WEEK Program at SLU
The Center for Intercultural Studies will be sponsoring four events at the 2012 Sam and Marilyn Fox ATLAS WEEK program. The primary goal of the Atlas Program is to increase awareness of the global issues that confront us today in an effort not only to promote discussion, but to inspire and inform action. It focuses on what we as global citizens can do to contribute to a better life for all people now and in the future.
Victims and Aggressors: Reflections on Reconciliation and Peace-Building
Efforts in Africa
Tuesday, March 27, 11:00-12:15 p.m., Busch Student Center, Room 253D
The Cultural Narratives of Conflict, Intervention, and Peace Building: The Case of Kenya
Dr. George Ndege (SLU Department of History)
Peace Building through Literature: South Africa and Rwanda
Dr. Joya Uraizee (SLU Department of English)
The Implementation of Reconciliation and Peace Building Efforts in Fragile States: Nigeria and Somalia
Dr. Emmanuel Uwalaka (SLU Department of Political Science)
"Asserting Self Through the Arts: Black Identity in 19th-century United States and Colonial Nigeria"
Tuesday, March 27, 2:15-3:30 p.m., Busch Student Center, Room 253D
Dr. Katrina Thompson (SLU Department of History)
Dr. Olubukola A. Gbadegesin (SLU Department of Fine and Performing Arts)
Film screening: Give a Damn?, dir. Dan Parris (92m, USA)
Wednesday, March 28, 12:45-2:15 p.m., Des Peres Hall, International Lounge
Synopsis: The documentary is about three friends, two Christian idealists and one militant atheist, who agree to attempt to live in extreme poverty, on $1.25 a day, across 3 continents to discover their responsibility to the poor. The story follows them as they leave their homes in St. Louis, hitchhike across the United States, backpack across Europe and travel to Africa. The film takes a devastating turn when two of them survive a deadly plane crash in Africa, and all three must fight in their own way to finish what they started. Cosponsors: Film Studies Program, Women's Studies Program, Global and Local Social Justice Program, Center for Intercultural Studies, the Micah Program, and Fifth Annual Africa World Documentary Film Festival
"Better Mus' Come: Religion, Music, and Politics in the Caribbean"
Wednesday, March 28, 3:45-5:00 p.m., Busch Student Center, Room 253A
Speaker: Dr. Teruyuki Tsuji
Dr. Teryuki Tsuji, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Center for Intercultural Studies, will speak on how religion, music, and national politics have mutually informed one another's development in the Anglophone Caribbean, particularly Jamaica, with special attention to reggae.
The Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies, Dr. Michal Jan Rozbicki will also take part in a panel discussion entitled "The Role of International Faculty in Shaping the Global Campus," sponsored by SLU International Faculty and Staff Association.
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In exploring the Atlas theme of empowering humanity through education and service, this one hour panel will examine the role of international faculty in shaping an increasingly global campus. Special attention will be paid to how globalization is shaping American higher education and the implications for SLU's global campus.
Moderator: Simone Bregni, Associate Professor of Italian; President of the International Faculty and Staff Association (IFSA).
Anastasios Kaburakis, Attorney at Law; Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management, Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business.
K. Ravindra, Interim Dean, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology.
Michal Rozbicki, Associate Professor, Dept. of History; Director, Center for Intercultural Studies.
Paaige Turner, Associate VP International and Academic Affairs; Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication.
- Intercultural Communication Metaphors
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Dr. Tatyana Permyakova, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at the Higher School of Economics in Perm, Russia, entitled "Intercultural Communication Metaphors." The lecture will take place on Friday, April 13, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. in Adorjan Hall, room 142.
Dr. Permyakova is currently Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Her research focuses on the study of metaphoric representation of intercultural communication on the basis of the English and Russian languages in academic and research literature. The main objective is to approach the major concepts of the discipline through the "intercultural metaphor" prism, and to reevaluate the understanding of intercultural communication impact in modern Russian- and English-speaking humanities. Methodologically, the project is based on the integrative methodology of contemporary communication studies that encompasses not only the most advanced approaches of linguistic (semantic, definition, morphological analyses, thesaurus modeling) and discourse research (stylistic, textual analyses, contextualization) but also borrows methods from a range of "bordering" humanities such as sociology and social psychology, which may help to interpret 'fuzzy' terms such as intercultural barrier, face negotiations, travelling languages, cultural crossroads/mirrors/windows, cultural dialogue, and communication across borders.
- Searching for Black Histories in Colonial-Era Photographs
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Dr. Olubukola A. Gbadegesin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Saint Louis University, entitled "Searching for Black Histories in Colonial-Era Photographs." The lecture will take place on Friday, September 28, 2012, at 3:00pm in Xavier Hall, Conference Room 332.
Most of our information about colonial African histories comes from written colonial records that often omit the voices of colonized African subjects. These records, however, involve Eurocentric privileging of the written word over other equally valid sources of knowledge. It is important to pursue these alternative sources because they often offer more nuanced accounts of contested histories. This talk discusses an ongoing research project that underscores how important images were to various facets of the colonial enterprise, and attempts to recover the photographic work and life history of an important transnational African photographer.
Lecture on Transnational Encounters
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Dr. Katrina D. Thompson, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Saint Louis University, entitled "'The Postures are lascivious and infamous': Conflicting Dance Cultures and the Sexualization of Black Womanhood." The lecture will take place on Friday, October 26, 2012, at 3:00pm in Adorjan Hall, Room 142.
Dance was a cultural signifier that played starkly different roles in the societies of West Africa and Western Europe during the era of slavery. Using travel narratives from the sixteenth to nineteenth century, and tying together dance culture in both Europe and Africa, Dr. Thompson examines how Western Europeans, informed by their own cultural and social norms, transformed West African dance performances into eroticized and exoticized scenes for consumption in a society increasingly structured by race.
- Lecture on Transnational Encounters
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture by Dr. Andrea Borella, an Italian anthropologist of religion, and author of Gli Amish (The Amish) and 101 modi per allenare la fede e lo spirito (101 ways for training faith and spirit). He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropological Sciences from the University of Turin, an M.A. in Political Sciences (2001), from the University of Milan, and an M.A. in Anthropology and Ethnology (2007), from the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. The lecture will take place on Friday, November 16, 2012, at 3:00pm in Adorjan Hall, Room 142.
This lecture focuses on the relationship between Amish eschatology and the rules of Amish tradition, that is the Ordnung. The argument is that, according to Amish worldview, the purpose of the Ordnung is not properly soteriological. Indeed, the laws of Amish communities are not considered as directly revealed by God, but can be seen as the cultural instrument that the Amish utilize for keeping their community aloof from the "outside world." This paper is based on an anthropological research conducted in the Old Order Amish congregation of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- Preserving Cultural Diversity while Seeking Economic and Political Unity: The Case
of Europe
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a forum with Jean-Philippe Pernet, the Director of International Programs at the Institut Catholique d'Arts et Métiers, Toulouse, France and Michal Jan Rozbicki, the Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies. The forum will take place on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at 3:00pm in Des Peres Hall's International Student Lounge.
The 2009 UNESCO world report on cultural diversity has stated that "globalization and the liberalization of the goods and services market will lead to cultural standardization, reinforcing existing imbalances between cultures." Samuel P. Huntington of Harvard University has claimed that "the clashes of civilizations are the greatest threat to world peace, and an international order based on civilizations is the surest safeguard against world war." This forum will look at Europe's current economic and political environment to explore how a better understanding of cultures and cultural identities can avoid increasing imbalances and tensions between cultures.
- Cultural Differences in Negotiating, Executing, and Watching Political Debates
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a lecture entitled "Cultural Differences in Negotiating, Executing, and Watching Political Debates: A Comparison of the United States, the Republic of Georgia, and South Korea," by Dr. Diana Bartelli Carlin, Associate Vice President for Graduate Education and Professor of Communication at Saint Louis University. The lecture will take place on Friday, April 26, 2013, at 3:00pm in Adorjan Hall, room 142.
Political debates have been a part of U.S. culture since James Madison and James Monroe debated for a Congressional seat in 1788. However, televised presidential debates were first introduced in 1960 and had a 16-year hiatus before becoming a regular part of U.S. elections. With the advent of new democracies throughout the world, the development of debate traditions quickly followed. Political communication researchers have examined the similarities and differences among U.S. debate formats and those of new democracies. This presentation examines research Professor Diana Carlin has conducted in the Republic of Georgia and South Korea on political debates, and compares the debate traditions and viewer research findings.
- Forum on Intercultural Dialogue
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a Forum entitled "Is Intercultural Dialogue Possible?" Friday, September 27, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at the Conference Room 124 A, Center for Global Citizenship (formerly Bauman Hall)
Opening remarks: Dr. Michal Jan Rozbicki, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies, Saint Louis University
Participants: Dr. Rudolf C. Heredia, Society of Jesus, independent writer and researcher in Mumbai, India, currently Visiting International Jesuit Professor of Social Justice at Saint Louis UniversityDr. Kara McBride, Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Saint Louis University Dr. George O. Ndege, Associate Professor, Department of History, Saint Louis University
Successful dialogue among different cultures is one of the greatest challenges of our time. While technology and globalization have made the world more interdependent than ever, people do not live in the world but in their local cultures. Because cultures provide collective identity and make sense of life by supplying order and meaning for people's experiences, they often resist outside influences. On the other hand, cultures constantly adapt to new circumstances caused by encounters with otherness. The forum will explore the ways in which intercultural dialogue - one that acknowledges differences, attempts to gain insight into others' beliefs, and examines concepts and assumptions that frame peoples' perceptions of the Other-can be pursued, and how obstacles can be overcome.
- The Idea of Global Citizenship
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a Forum entitled "The Idea of Global Citizenship" Friday, October 25, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. at the Conference Room 124A, Center for Global Citizenship (formerly Bauman Hall).
Opening remarks: Michal Jan Rozbicki, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies, Saint Louis University
Participants: Fr. John Padberg, Ph.D., S. J., Director, Institute of Jesuit Sources at Saint Louis University James Bohman, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and International Studies, Danforth Chair in the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University Ellen Carnaghan, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Chair of Department of Political Science, Saint Louis University
- Building Multicultural Bridges & Influencing Social Change Through the Arts
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents "Building Multicultural Bridges & Influencing Social Change Through the Arts," a discussion with Igal Ezraty and Rawda Sliman, Artistic Directors of the Arab-Hebrew Theatre in Jaffa, Israel, Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at the Conference Room 124A, Center for Global Citizenship (formerly Bauman Hall).
The Arab-Hebrew Theatre is home to two theatre companies that produce plays, both together and separately, in Hebrew and Arabic, with the participation of Jewish and Arab actors. The Arab-Hebrew Theatre is unique, both for its social and political mission; reaching out to diverse audiences to promote greater cultural understanding between Arab and Jewish communities both locally in Jaffa and across the world. This is a theatre where "multi-culturalism" is much more than a phrase, but is a fact of life and ideology with a unique mission and theatrical language.
The event is part of the International Education Week at Saint Louis University, and was made possible thanks to collaboration with the New Jewish Theatre and the Jewish Community Relations Council in St. Louis.
- Charity in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a Forum entitled "Charity in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Traditions" Friday, November 22, 2013, at 3:15 p.m. at the Conference Room 124A, Center for Global Citizenship (formerly Bauman Hall).
Julia Lieberman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Saint Louis University Philip R. Gavitt, Ph.D., Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Saint Louis University Luke Yarbrough, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History, History Department at Saint Louis University
Tzedakah, Caritas and Zakat are three terms often lumped together under one word-charity, as they refer to how Judaism, Christianity and Islam have historically addressed the needs of the more vulnerable members of their respective societies. Yet, behind these three terms stand very different histories and practices. This panel investigates the diverse attitudes towards wealth and poverty in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions.
This event is part of the International Education Week at Saint Louis University
- Writing that Breaks Stones: An Ugandan Child Soldier's Story
A Lecture by Dr. Joya Uraizee, Associate Professor of English
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents a Lecture entitled "Writing that Breaks Stones: An Ugandan Child Soldier's Story" Friday, January 24, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. at the Conference Room 124A, Center for Global Citizenship (formerly Bauman Hall).
In this talk, I will describe my recent research in Uganda where I studied the experiences of child soldiers who had lived through the ordeal of being forced to kill and injure people. I will discuss a memoir written about one of them, Keitetsi, entitled Child Soldier (2005) that brings these experiences into focus. Taking an intercultural perspective, I will reveal its socio-political context, its use of ambiguity, the puzzling question of authorship, and the ways in which redemptive or inauthentic values were transposed onto the narrative.
- Global Perspectives on Affirmative Action: Afghanistan and United States
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University presents an international debate entitled "Global Perspectives on Affirmative Action: Afghanistan and United States" Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 8:30a.m. at the Center for Global Citizenship Auditorium.
As part of Black History Month, the Cross Cultural Center, the Center for Intercultural Studies, and the Center for Global Citizenship invite the Saint Louis University community to an international debate on Affirmative Action. This live linkup between Saint Louis University students and students at Kabul University, Karwan University, Kardan University and Kabul Polytechnic University, in Kabul, Afghanistan will take place live in the Center for Global Citizenship auditorium on Thursday, February 6, at 8:30 a.m. The event will be re-broadcast at 7:00 p.m. on the same day. Using for format of British Parliamentary Debate, the event will explore the question: "Based on the U.S. history with Affirmative Action, the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan should implement affirmative action policies to ensure that Afghan women and marginalized groups have the educational and employment opportunities throughout Afghan society." The debate will be judged by Professor Mike Wolff, Dean of Saint Louis University School of Law, and Richard Harvey, Associate Professor of Psychology, in collaboration with debate judges in Kabul. This event is open to the Saint Louis University community. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
- The Sochi Olympics: Promise and Perils: A Roundtable
The Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University, Russian & East European Area Studies, Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Department of Political Science, Department of History, and the Center for International Studies present a roundtable entitled "The Sochi Olympics: Promise and Perils" Friday, February 21, 2014, at 3:10p.m. at the Center for Global Citizenship Seminar room 124A.
Dr. Michal Jan Rozbicki (Center for Intercultural Studies and History), Opening Remarks
Dr. Daniel L. Schlafly (History)
Dr. Elizabeth Blake (Modern and Classical Languages)
Dr. Yelena Belyaeva-Standen (Modern and Classical Languages)
Dr. Ellen Carnahan (Political Science)
Dr. David Borgmeyer (Center for International Studies), Moderator
When Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived the ancient Greek Olympic Games in 1896, the hope was that they would promote peaceful and friendly relations among the world's nations. Everyone would play by the same rules, with respect for fairness, and without any discrimination. This dream is still alive, and today billions of people are able to participate in the remarkable excitement of this global spectacle. But precisely because the Games are so prominent, they are also invariably politicized as partisan ambitions, ethnic tensions, historical resentments, issues of human rights violations, and terrorist threats are injected into its peaceful rivalries. The panelists will comment on all these themes from different disciplinary perspectives.
- The Sacred Art of Sand Mandala
Event Details: August 27 - August 29, Center for Global Citizenship
A team of Tibetan Buddhist monks will create a sand mandala at Saint Louis University from Wednesday, Aug. 27, to Friday, Aug. 29, in the Center for Global Citizenship. Parking is available in the large parking garage on the south side of Laclede Avenue.
From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. In Tibetan this art is called dul-tson-kyil-khor, which literally means "mandala of colored powders." Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks. Formed of a traditional prescribed iconography that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of ancient spiritual symbols,the sand-painted mandala is used as a tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants.
11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27: Opening Ceremony. The monks will chant prayers and begin work on the mandala. Then they will work until 7 p.m.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28: The monks will continue work on the mandala at the Center for Global Citizenship. At 7:30 p.m., the monks will give a free talk to the public in the Loyola Room of Jesuit Hall.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29: The monks will continue work on the mandala until the closing ceremony at 4 p.m.
This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Theological Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Mission and Ministry, Center for Service and Community Engagement, Simon Recreation Center, Center for Catholic Studies and the Center for Intercultural Studies.
- Cantigas de Santa Maria
A Lens for Interpreting Medical Miracles, Medieval Health Care, Religious Syncretism, Divisions and Cultural Hybridity among Christians, Muslims, and Jews
in 13th-Century Spain
Event Details: October 24, 3:15 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
Cantigas de Santa Maria is a collection of canticles, composed in Galician-Portuguese between 1252 and 1284 at the Court of King Alfonso X the Wise of Spain. The canticles include devotional and liturgical poems as well as narrative stories including over 350 Marian miracles. Many are illustrated and set to music. The miracles address numerous medical issues and provide precious insights into religious, cultural and intellectual spheres of contemporary life. Their visual, musical and poetic rhetoric illuminates a variety of interactions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
Julia Lieberman, Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Saint Louis University
Florian Thomas, Professor, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University
Francisco Gondim, Professor Adjunto de Neurologia e Semiologia, Head of the Neurology Service, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
Amos J. Lieberman, Graduate Student of Spanish Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Sarah Hermes Griesbach, M.A. Art History, Washington University, Docent at Saint Louis Art Museum
- The Intellectual Benefits of Internationalizing Research and Curriculum
A Workshop for Faculty and Graduate Students
Event Details: November 7, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
Whether it is history, law, medicine, or any other discipline, scholarship today requires incorporating knowledge that extends not only beyond one's own academic field but also beyond one's own cultural assumptions. Panelists will discuss the very substantial intellectual advantages of taking a global perspective in pursuing research goals as well as in teaching. It brings about a deeper understanding of cultural difference which, in turn, helps to formulate innovative questions and produce new knowledge.
Henry M. Ordower, J.D., Professor of Law, past Co-Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law
Charles H. Parker, Ph.D., Professor of History, Eugene A. Hotfelder Professor of Humanities
Sarah L. Patrick, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, past Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Centers for Disease Control.
Michal Jan Rozbicki, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies
- Bridging Cultures: Jesuits from the "Russian" Society in Early 19th Century America
A Lecture by Daniel L. Schlafly, Professor of History and Director of the Russian and East European Area Studies Program
Event Details: January 23, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
Catherine the Great protected the Society of Jesus in the Russian Empire from the general suppression in 1773, and she and her successors encouraged it to develop there. Before and after the general restoration of the Society in 1814, the "Russian" Society sent fourteen Jesuits to the United States. These European Jesuits successfully adapted to the quite different American setting, and made a crucial contribution to the American Society and the American Catholic Church as educators, administrators, pastors, and missionaries.
- Culture Clashes on Russian Peripheries: Encountering Fyodor Dostoevsky's Subversive
Catholic Underground
A Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth A. Blake, Assistant Professor, Department of Literatures and Cultures
Event Details: February 6, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
This lecture will explore Fyodor Dostoevsky's association of Catholicism with subversive conspiracies and armed resistance-an association informed by his experience in a Siberian prison with Polish insurrectionists, by his reading of various accounts depicting the 1863 Uprising in Warsaw, and by his witnessing transnational collaboration among Russian, Polish, Italian, and French revolutionaries in Geneva. His linking of Catholicism to socialism (The Idiot and A Writer's Diary) as well as his famous image of the Grand Inquisitor (The Brothers Karamazov) will be discussed in connection with his fears about the vibrant appeal of "the Catholic idea" for Westernized Russians as well as concerns regarding papal-sponsored unrest in the Russian borderlands.
- Ethnic Stereotyping in Hollywood Movies
A Panel Discussion
Event Details: April 17, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
A panel discussion on how ethnic stereotypes in Hollywood movies shape societal perceptions of the Other by creating reductionist categorizations, perpetuating prejudice, and preventing intercultural dialogue.
Michal Jan Rozbicki, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies
Vincent Casaregola, Professor of English and Director of Film Studies
Jean-Louis Pautrot, Professor of French and Center for International Studies
Janice McIntire-Strasburg, Associate Professor of English
Karen Secrist, Assistant Professor in Spanish and Latin American Studies Program
This event is part of the Sam and Marilyn Fox ATLAS Week and is co-sponsored by the Film Studies Program
- Islam's Jesus
A Lecture and Book Signing by Professor Zeki Saritoprak
Event Details: September 25, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
Professor Saritoprak will discuss the role of Jesus in classical Muslim theology, especially in Islamic eschatology. Few people realize that Jesus was a prominent messenger of God in Islam and that Muslims believe in the return of Jesus. Even among Muslims, it is not well known that there are diverse interpretations of references to Jesus in the Qur'an and the Hadith. Aiming to remedy this, Islam's Jesus takes a bold yet candid look at the highly charged topic of Jesus's place in Islam, exploring some of the religion's least understood aspects. The author argues that that the shared belief in Jesus presents an excellent opportunity for understanding between Muslims and Christians.
Professor Zeki Saritoprak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and the Beddiüzaman Said Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University. He is the author of numerous works on Islamic theology in English, Turkish, and Arabic.
This event is co-sponsored by the Niagara Foundation of Missouri
The World Knew - Jan Karski's Mission for Humanity
A 22 panel educational traveling exhibition.
Event Details: September 24 at 6:00 p.m. - November 1 at 3:00 p.m., Pius XII Memorial Library, 2nd Floor Gallery
About Karski: In July 1942, the German Nazis began mass deportations of Jews from occupied Warsaw to the Treblinka death camp. Jan Karski, a young diplomat-turned-courier for the Polish Underground took on a mission of mind-boggling significance. He volunteered to carry to the Free World an eyewitness report of the destruction of the Jewish people of Poland. Twice he penetrated the Warsaw Ghetto and later the Izbica Lubelska transit camp. Against overwhelming odds, using multiple false identities, Karski reached London by the end of November. There he prepared detailed written reports for the London-based Polish Government-in-Exile and briefed British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. He was then sent to Washington where he met with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office.
The tour of "The World Knew: Jan Karski's Mission for Humanity" traveling exhibition is organized by the Jan Karski Educational Foundation. The exhibition was created by the Polish History Museum with a major support from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is co-sponsored by the Rubin and Gloria Feldman Education Institute of the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, a department of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, the Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University and Saint Louis Polonia, Inc.
Expatriates as Scholars: The Intellectual Experience of Living and Working in a Foreign Culture
Event Details: November 13, 2015, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
A panel of four international scholars living in the United States will reflect on the effect of their intercultural experiences on academic research. Among the issues to be discussed are how expatriate scholars move about in a foreign cultural environment; how this new milieu affects the habits of thinking and assumptions that underlie their scholarship; and to what extent this dual cultural allegiance can generate creativity in scholarship.
Lingchei Letty Chen, Professor of Modern Chinese Language and Literature, Washington University
Hisako Matsuo, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Saint Louis University
Nitish Singh, Professor of International Business, Saint Louis University
Michal Jan Rozbicki, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Center for Intercultural Studies, Saint Louis University
- Beyond Fortress Europe: European Union and the Current Refugee Crisis
A Lecture by Dr. Wojciech Michnik, Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at Jesuit University Ignatianum in Cracow, Poland, currently Fulbright visiting scholar at Columbia University's Harriman Institute
Event Details: February 5, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
The recent crisis involving refugees from the Middle East and North Africa caught European Union's officials and societies by surprise. As waves of migrants arrived, Europe found itself in need for a coherent response. The way EU will handle its biggest refugee crisis since the end of the World War II will affect the crucial debate about political, moral and economic aspects of the European project and it will become a test of EU's ability to act in times of crisis.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Michnik received his PhD in International Relations from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. He has held fellowships from various academic and policy-oriented institutions, including Boston University, School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Western Washington University, NATO; European Commission; Utrecht University; Kokkalis Foundation; and German Ministry of Defense. He has also worked as foreign and security policy analyst at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Images of Ethnic Music and Dance in Southwest China from Prehistoric Times to the
Qing Dynasty
A Lecture by Dr. Ling Wang, Professor of English Language and Literature, Yunnan University, China
Event Details: March 18, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship
The historical development of ethnic music and dance in Southwest China will be presented consecutively by their images in prehistoric cliff paintings, on the bronze artifacts during the Warring States Period and the Western Han Dynasty, on the murals and painted bricks of the tomb chambers during the Eastern Han and Jin Dynasties, on the carvings and paintings during the Nanzhao-Dali Kingdoms periods, and on the murals during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The religious music and dance images of ethnic minorities in Yunnan will be exemplified by the Buddhist music and dance images of the Bai, the Tibetan, and the Dai peoples, and by the Dongba music and dance images of the Naxi people.
Crossing Confessional Boundaries: Religious Exemplars in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions An illustrated overview of work in progress
A Lecture by Dr. Jack Renard, Professor of Islam-Christianity/Comparative Theology, Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University
Event Details: April 22, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
An exploration of the historical role of religious exemplars in bringing members of the three Abrahamic faith families together. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic hagiographical literatures, supplemented by insights from cultural anthropology concerning "hybrid spaces and ritual," tell a rich, complex story that has until now largely been told only in brief and often isolated episodes. This project attempts to fashion a version of the larger narrative.
New Directions in Global History
A Lecture by Dr. Charles H. Parker, Professor of History, Eugene A. Hotfelder Professor of Humanities, Chair of the History Department, Saint Louis University
Event Details: September 30, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
The recent global turn in historical scholarship has reinvigorated established fields of research and provided new perspectives to longstanding questions. What are the new developments in global history? What are the opportunities and challenges for research? What are the prospects for new lines of inquiry?
Difficult Conversations: Intercultural Contact between Deeply Divided Groups
A Lecture by Dr. Don Ellis, Professor of Communication, University of Hartford
Event Details: December 2, 2016, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
The talk will focus on intractable ethnopolitical conflicts which are conflicts that are particularly resistant to resolution. Typically, they are conflicts where religion and ethnicity are highly implicated. Moreover such conflicts are over sacred issues such as holy land and firm historical identities. These conversations are particularly "difficult" because participants invoke God and unassailable warrants to justify their positions. Intercultural communication becomes especially taxing. Talk will analytically reflect on these issues and pose some solutions.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Ellis is the past editor of the journal Communication Theory and the author of numerous books and articles including Crafting Society: Ethnicity, Class, and Communication Theory, as well as the recent Transforming Conflict: Communication Approaches to Ethnopolitical Conflict.
- How Best to Deal with the World's Problems?
A Debate between Globalists and Localists
Event Details: January 27, 2017, 3:00 p.m.
Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
Among the countless ideas on how to make today's world a better place, two larger perspectives stand out: a globalist one, emphasizing a unified vision of the world, common humanity, and the need to do away with fragmentation leading to conflicts; and a localist one, stressing the centrality of indigenous cultures in peoples' lives, and encouraging dialogue and deeper understanding of otherness within an increasingly interconnected world.
Dr. Ronald Glossop, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Chair of the St. Louis chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions and a board member of the national board of Citizens for Global Solutions
Dr. David Oughton, Associate Professor of the World's Religions, SLU Department of Theological Studies. Board member of the St. Louis chapter and the national board of Citizens for Global Solutions
Dr. Peter J. Acsay, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Dr. Michal Jan Rozbicki, Professor of History and Director, Center for Intercultural Studies, Saint Louis University
George Ndege, Associate Professor of History, Saint Louis University
- Confident Pluralism
A Lecture by Dr. John Inazu, Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion, Professor of Political Science, Washington University Law, St. Louis, Missouri
Event Details: February 10, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
In recent years, the United States seems more polarized and divided than ever. With all of this turmoil in law and society and such seemingly irresolvable differences in our beliefs, values, and identities, we are forced to ask—can we really live in peace together? Professor Inazu argues that we can and must live together peaceably in spite of deep and sometimes irresolvable differences over politics, religion, sexuality, and other matters. We can do so in two important ways – by insisting on constitutional commitments that honor and protect difference, and by embodying tolerance, humility, and patience in our speech, our collective action (protests, strikes, and boycotts), and our relationships across difference. Confident Pluralism suggests that it is often better to tolerate than to protest, better to project humility than defensiveness, and better to wait patiently for the fruits of persuasion than to force the consequences of coercion.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Inazu's first book, Liberty's Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly, was published by Yale University Press in 2012. His second book, Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2016.
- The End of Colombia's Conflict? Domestic Actors and International Norms during Peace
A Lecture by Dr. Sandra Borda, Dean of Social Sciences at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia
Event Details: March 3, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
Dr. Borda will speak about the role that different actors, both inside and outside Colombia, have played in the negotiations to end Colombia's 50-year civil war, and the prospects for the successful implementation of the peace agreement.
- The Color Curtain: Richard Wright on Race, Rights, and Western Values
A Lecture by Professor Anders Walker, Lillie Myers Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law
Event Details: April 28, 2017, 3:00 p.m., Center for Global Citizenship, Seminar Room 124A
Long celebrated for writing "Native Son", a critical portrait of race relations in America, Richard Wright traveled to the Bandung Conference in Indonesia in 1955 to engage global questions, including the appropriate role of the United States in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Perhaps surprisingly, Wright advanced a strong case for western values, extolling secularism, rights-based legal reasoning, and scientific inquiry as positive traits capable of countering post-colonial rises in racial and religious sentiment.


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Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
#1 New York Times Bestseller
"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book – also unusual – because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." – Louise Erdrich, The New York Times
From Senator Al Franken – #1 bestselling author and beloved SNL alum – comes the story of an award-winning comedian who decided to run for office and then discovered why award-winning comedians tend not to do that.
This is a book about an unlikely campaign that had an even more improbable ending: the closest outcome in history and an unprecedented eight-month recount saga, which is pretty funny in retrospect.
It's a book about what happens when the nation's foremost progressive satirist gets a chance to serve in the United States Senate and, defying the low expectations of the pundit class, actually turns out to be good at it.
It's a book about our deeply polarized, frequently depressing, occasionally inspiring political culture, written from inside the belly of the beast.
In this candid personal memoir, the honorable gentleman from Minnesota takes his army of loyal fans along with him from Saturday Night Live to the campaign trail, inside the halls of Congress, and behind the scenes of some of the most dramatic and/or hilarious moments of his new career in politics.
Has Al Franken become a true Giant of the Senate? Franken asks readers to decide for themselves.
In the News
Not long after Al Franken won his three-hundred-and-twelve-vote landslide victory, in 2009, and became Minnesota's junior senator, I called his office to set up what I had hoped would be a series of interviews leading to a Profile in the magazine. We'd rather not, came the answer. Franken and his aides were all too aware of the road that such an article was likely to travel: a writer and star of "Saturday Night Live" goes to Washington. They just didn't want to hear more about Stuart Smalley, the self-help guru, or the Senator's incomparable Mick Jagger imitation, and they certainly did not want to field questions about who was doing how much coke in the bathrooms and writers' rooms of 30 Rock.Read more
The Atlantic: How Al Franken Got America to Take Him Seriously
In many ways, Al Franken is the perfect interlocutor for this odd current moment, with its attendant Kathy Griffin press conferences and presidential gripes at Rosie O'Donnell and Onion headlines come true. When it's hard to distinguish between a real Senate hearing and Saturday Night Live, get you a man who can do both. Franken, a 15-year veteran of the NBC comedy show, and, most recently, a two-term U.S. senator from Minnesota, certainly has some insight into the contemporary era of dysfunction. Or, as he succinctly summarizes it late in Al Franken: Giant of the Senate, his seventh book, "Lately, things have been trending crapshow."Read more
Christopher Buckley—Al Franken on Al Franken: from comic to (mostly) serious legislator
This may be the only memoir by a sitting U.S. senator in which the author warns a colleague standing in front of him at a presidential inauguration that he might "very well vomit the moment [the new president says] 'So help me God.' " It may also be the funniest memoir by a sitting — standing, recumbent, squatting — U.S. senator. Scratch that "may." It surely is. "Al Franken: Giant of the Senate" is an only-in-America story of how a grandson of Belarussian immigrants grew up in the Midwest, went to Harvard and then on to a brilliant career in comedy, and then decided what the heck, and ran for the Senate and won. Just typing that mini-CV made me tired.Read more


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