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The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature collaborates with award-winning illustrators to produce exhibitions of their artwork that are distinctive, appealing to museum visitors of all ages, and of the highest quality. In addition to this unique artistic partnership, following its debut at the NCCIL gallery, each exhibition travels to museums, public libraries, and galleries nationwide.
To the local community, the NCCIL offers:
The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature exhibits, tours, collects, preserves and promotes original art from the finest children's literature.
Continuing to inspire and empower children to read and be creative. Through our programming and outreach, the NCCIL actively promotes children's literacy, both art and reading, in the Abilene community and beyond.
In December of 1993, former Abilene mayor Dr. Gary McCaleb was invited to a local elementary school to read William Joyce's Santa Calls. Inspired to learn that Joyce had set his story in Abilene, Dr. McCaleb invited Joyce to speak at the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council luncheon. When the two men met, they formed an immediate friendship. From this meeting the concept originated of a place that would honor the artwork of children's picture book illustrators. In March of 1997, the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) was incorporated as a non-profit organization. In 1999, a statue depicting the children from Santa Calls, "Childhood's Great Adventure" by Rick Jackson, was erected downtown. On September 14, 2000, the beautifully renovated Rhodes Building, circa 1920's, was opened to the public as the permanent location of the NCCIL.
Here's the story as told by William Joyce...
You know sometimes luck, fate, chance—whatever you want to call it—shines down so bright it makes life seem like something from a storybook.
That's how it happened for me and the city of Abilene. By chance I set my book Santa Calls there. The main character's name was Art Atchinson Aimesworth and I wanted him to wear a cowboy hat. So obviously he couldn't be from New Jersey or Boca Raton. Abilene, Texas fit like a four Beaver Stetson. It sounded just right.
Of course I'd never actually been to Abilene. I don't often visit the places I write about. Not the North Pole, or Mars or the Lost City of Atlantis. How was I supposed to know Abilene was a city of cock-eyed optimists and dreamers. The book had been out for about two weeks when I got a call from the Mayor. The next thing I know they'd built a museum, and erected a statue of my characters.
The NCCIL is a great achievement. They put art and literature on a pedestal there. They've made life more vivid and dreams come more alive for countless children and grown-ups.
Things like that don't happen in real life very often.
So in true storybook fashion I'm sure that the NCCIL and the town from which it sprang will live "happily ever after."
Listed as Site No. 774 and identified as a contributing resource in the narrative for the Abilene Commercial District, the Rhodes Building is a noteworthy example of an intact commercial building erected during Abilene's 1920's economic boom. Its prominent location along the railroad right-of-way, its architectural detail and craftsmanship, and its celebration of the expanding role of transportation in the Abilene economy make this building a significant part of the fabric of the District.
The Rhodes Building was renovated in 2000 utilizing design and construction methods that meet the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for Rehabilitation" of historic properties. The exterior of the building has been returned to its historic configuration. The original canopies on the east and south facades have been replaced and the doors and windows restored. The primary interior elements of the structure, the original wood roof structure, trusses and skylights, have been rehabilitated and are visible throughout the facility.
"Childhood's Great Adventure" by Rick Jackson celebrates the story of the Abilene children featured in the book Santa Calls by William Joyce: Art Atchinson Aimesworth, his sister Esther, and his best friend Spaulding Littlefeets. Located at the corner of Cypress Street and North First, the statue welcomes children to climb aboard and sail off on an imaginary adventure in their canoe.
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Posted March 30, 2006 – How should America treat the 11 million people who are living in the United States without proper documentation?
This issue brought thousands of students out of their classrooms this week, and prompted hundreds of thousands to join protests from California to Philadelphia and is at center stage in a summit between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
U.S. Immigration policy is also the hot-button issue fueling bi-partisan and partisan debates in Congress. On one side are those who want to tighten the nation's borders and crack down on the flow of undocumented immigrants across U.S. borders, particularly the borders the United States shares with Mexico.
On the other side are those who agree with President George W. Bush's call for a program that extends rights to people who enter the country illegally to work in what's called a temporary worker or "guest worker" program.
"There are people doing jobs Americans will not do," the president said Wednesday, noting that America is a nation of immigrants. "Many people who have come into our country are helping our economy grow. That's just a fact of life."
But many agree with union officials who say extending the guest worker program "is a bad idea" because immigrants take jobs away from Americans.
"Guest worker programs are a bad idea and harm all workers,'' AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said in a statement. ''They cast workers into a perennial second-class status, and unfairly put their fates into their employers' hands.''
Among the proposals being bantered about Congress is a plan that would:
Another Senate proposal championed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist would:
Both bills have nearly identical border security and enforcement plans.
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I'm starting to wonder whether "Pragmatism" any longer serves as a useful label for a branch of contemporary philosophy. (I'll use the capitalized word "Pragmatism" here to emphasize it is the philosophical theory I'm talking about.) Most of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy address either individual philosophers, or areas of philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, and Heidegger; Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and Early Modern Philosophy, for example. Only 3 others address particular traditions of thought with a definite point of view, on Feminism, Rationalism, and Relativism. None of the Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy address particular traditions, The series of Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture, numbering 117 at present, including ones on Postmodern Theology, German Idealism, and Critical Theory, does have one on Peirce, but none on Pragmatism. Christopher Hookway in his Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Pragmatism says in the introduction that, "The core of pragmatism was the pragmatist maxim, a rule for clarifying the contents of hypotheses by tracing their 'practical consequences'. In the work of Peirce and James, the most influential application of the pragmatist maxim was to the concept of truth. But the pragmatists have also tended to share a distinctive epistemological outlook, a fallibilist anti-Cartesian approach to the norms that govern inquiry." He mentions Rorty, Putman and Brandom as modern pragmatists, but points out that Putnam denies that he is a pragmatist.
This collection edited by Shook and Margolis is a large volume with over 430 pages and 38 contributions. It is divided into three sections: "Major Figures," "Transforming Philosophy," and "Culture and Nature." The 12 major figures include, in addition to the obvious candidates, F.C.S. Schiller, Jane Addams, Alain Locke, Quine, Putnam, and Habermas. The essays in this section include some biographical information and vary in their scope. Roger Gibson's article on Quine points out (twice, due to bad editing) that there are no distinctive tenets shared by card-carrying Pragmatists, and Gibson merely leaves it up to the reader to decide whether Quine should count as a Pragmatist. Harvey Cormier argues that Putnam is more of a Pragmatist than he realizes. Joseph Heath claims that Habermas can be helpfully seen as a Pragmatist philosopher, although in a confusing move, he devotes most of his short essay to comparing Habermas to Kant. They key to his argument is that seeing rationality in terms of social practices, he revives Kant's view that morality is tightly tied to rationality. Heath says nothing to explain why a focus on practices makes Habermas a Pragmatist, rather than, for example, a Wittgensteinian.
The second section has 12 papers mostly focusing on "-isms": rationalism, idealism, realism, dualism, naturalism, expressivism, Marxism, and an extremely big-themed chapter by Margolis on "Pluralism, Relativism, and Historicism." The authors examine the relevance of Pragmatism to these various positions, mainly through examination of central historical figures in the field. I was especially struck by the claims of BT Ramberg that Quine, Davidson and Dennett, and at the end, McDowell, all count as Pragmatists. He examines their naturalist anti-reductionist views through their interpretivism--probably most familiar in Dennett's idea that we attribute propositional attitudes to others through adopting an Intentional Stance and seeing them as rational.
The third section has, for me at least, the more interesting collection of papers. They address ethical, political, religious, aesthetic, social and scientific questions. Hilary Putnam discusses Dewey's critique of utilitarianism. Ruth Anna Putnam discusses Dewey's ethics, in which all one's values are subject to revaluation, and the democratic respect for other people's values, allowing for individual flourishing. Robert Westbrook surveys possible connections between Pragmatist thought and democracy. Judith Green argues that Pragmatist approaches to pluralism can aid in our conceptualizing deliberative democracy. Mark Johnson celebrates the anti-Cartesianism in Pragmatism and argues that now that cognitive science has come to see the importance of embodiment, it is possible for Pragmatism and cognitive science to work more closely together. Other papers address relatively sophisticated issues regarding truth and scientific realism.
This is a strong collection showing the variation in the different lines of thought stemming from the Pragmatists. All are relatively short, so even when they are technical, it is possible to follow them with careful attention. For those who are already knowledgeable about Pragmatism, this will be a good collection. For those who are looking to learn about the tradition, there are some useful papers here too. There are some obvious omissions: especially the lack of anything detailed on the work of Robert Brandom, and very little in applied ethics, especially regarding medical ethics and the resurgence of pragmatism there.
However, there remains the question I started with: is Pragmatism a useful label anymore? Given that it was never a well defined theory, and the collection of views under it has become more diverse in the last hundred years. While a Pragmatist theory of truth is relatively well defined, the range of other views covered in this collection is extremely broad. They generally fit into under some category of non-reductionism, nominalism and naturalism, but so do a large proportion of other contemporary theories in philosophy. This means that there is basically nothing distinctive about the general notion of a Pragmatist theory, and the main use for the label is simply to refer to a historical tradition.
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Christian Perring, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dowling College, New York.
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As the sun's embers gradually faded, there was time on my visit to the Lammas project in Pembrokeshire for another homestead plot to be explored before nightfall. This time it belonged to Melissa Holloway and husband. To read more click on the post title or image.
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Cwmcou Organics
Al Bryer and his partner, Lucy, took on the creation of CwmCou Organics back in 2013. Its a small farm of seventeen acres of pasture and woodland outside Cwmcou village, and a couple of miles from Newcastle Emlyn. In other words, a long way in many ways from anywhere but its another example of what can be done when land is reasonably priced and there is a responsive community around you To read more click on the post title or image.
Glebelands Wales
Swapping a geographically local market of some 2 to 3 million for the 20-odd thousand who live in a small town in west Wales, at first sight doest make any sense. But that's just what Adam York did when he moved to Manchester to Cardigan to set up Glebelands Market Garden. To read more click on the post title or image.
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The Lexington County Sheriff's Department in partnership with the Cayce-West Columbia Lions Club will begin collecting new and used eyeglasses and hearing aids that will be donated to South Carolina Lions Charitable Services in order to support its mission of assisting children and young adults who experience problems with their abilities to hear and see.
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The dust has finally settled on the 2016 NFL Draft. The picks have been made, and San Francisco 49ers GM Trent Baalke can now prioritize an after-thought – exercising a fifth-year option to FS Eric Reid. A priority that was on Baalke's to-do-list, it's clear Baalke wanted to wait until after the draft before making a decision.
"We're definitely looking at both options," Baalke said. "If we can get something done longer, I think we'll look at that. We're also looking at the fifth-year option, as well. I would expect him back [2017] for sure, one way or another," Baalke told beat writers leading up to the draft.
Reid, who only missed one game in his first three NFL seasons, enters the final year of his original four-year, $8.48 million contract. The fifth-year option is for the 2017 season with a scheduled base salary of $5.676 million. Baalke has the negotiating leverage to strike a long-term deal with his 2013 first-round pick (No. 18), but don't count on it.
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The team selected DB Jimmie Ward in the first-round (No. 30) of the 2014 NFL Draft. A head-scratcher to many, considering the team was set with Reid and recently signed SS Antoine Bethea – the addition of Ward made little sense at the time. However, Baalke gave his reasons on why the pick was made.
The more I think about the Jimmie Ward selection the more I fall in love with the pick. Defense wins Championships and he's very versatile
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"He's [Jimmie Ward] going to come in, we're going to expect him to learn the nickel position. We're going to expect him to learn the safety position and how he fits into the scheme," Baalke said shortly after selecting Ward. Fast forward to today and Baalke said Ward will now be doing the latter [safety] more often.
He will be making a "transition to the back-half [Safety]," Baalke told beat writers. And that's where I see Ward's at his best. Playing center-field while taking advantage of his ball-hawking ability.
Ward would team up with best friend and hard-hitting SS Jaquiski Tartt creating a dynamic duo that hasn't been seen since FS Dashon Goldson and SS Donte Whitner.
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Not surprising the team invested a third-round pick on (No. 68) CB Will Redmond. The Mississippi State product was clearly drafted to transition into Ward's nickel role in two years time. Should he have any setbacks as he recovers from his torn ACL, Redmond is this year's version of CB Chris Culliver in 2011-2012 and Ward (2014-2015).
Baalke believes that a player's development is a three-year window. But if past history is any indication of the future, that two year window gets expedited, if you're drafted to play the nickel role. Just look at Culliver and Ward [safety] as both moved onto larger roles in year three.
In 47 games, Reid has totaled 190 tackles, 7 interceptions and 25 PBUs.


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Not a philosophical thought or that I am turning spiritual, but the last few weeks have been interesting and challenging. A combination of various factors, some internal, some external and as many people on this planet think (at times), what was going wrong, or why am I so stressed up? Various answers, some sensible, some insensible (we all go through these moments)…. And wherever it led, the answer came back to me.. Could I have done something differently? As I delved more, interestingly, I got a message that could be attributed as God sent, or chance, or coincidence – and quite a lot of things fell into perspective:
- The food we eat, has to be digested and then thrown out of body in 24 hours, else we will fall ill.
- The water we drink, gets in our body and is thrown out in 4 hours, else we will fall ill.
- The air we breathe, has to be thrown out in 1 minute, else we will die.
- The house that we live in, has to be cleaned every day, or we fall ill.
Real? Facts? 100%.. It is ironical that the very things that we need to survive are things that we cannot store forever, that we cannot keep with us for long and things that we have no control on (barring the house), as they do not belong to us, nor do we have any rights on these. Now, if the things that are essential for me to survive are things that I cannot keep with me, as retaining them would in effect be the cause of my discomfort and very survival – the questions arises – why do we keep negatives with us?
Hatred, anger, jealousy, insecurity, revenge, grudges – We hold these in our in our body for days, months and years. We allow them to be a part of us, our very being, our very purpose of living, despite the fact that the more we keep them within ourselves, we fall ill, we are never at peace and these encompass our minds, our souls 100% even at the cost of propping us with psycho-somatic diseases and neurological conditions. We are willing to spend 000's if not millions spending on curing us via medicines, doctors, psychiatrists, meditation classes to be "at peace", but will not on our own cleanse these from our systems. We will allow these to be very cause of our existence and in many cases, if not all – we even "transfer" these as part of our legacies to our next generation and many a time, as proven in history, to entire communities, cultures for them to carry this on.
Civilizations have been destroyed due to these negatives, families destroyed, even at our final moments when the aim is to go in peace, the negatives come to haunt us, taking away that moment of bliss that is so very much needed at that time. Ill will, anger, jealousy all takes center stage at good moments leading us to never being able to enjoy precious moments of joy and happiness. Sorrow is part of everyone's life, challenges are a dime a dozen and if we allow ourselves to be clouded by such, is life worth living?
For sure – not an easy process, but if we are able to even let 10% of our negatives get out of our system, can only imagine how wonderful life would turn out to be.


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If you think women and girls are the only only ones who love and benefit from regular pedicures, guess again. Men and boys alike have joined their female counterparts in the joys of receiving pedicures as part of a proper foot care regimen. Giving a boy a pedicure can help prevent ingrown toenails, stave off foot fungus and keep feet smooth and presentable.
How-to Do a Pedicure for a Boy
Fill a basin with warm water. Add foot soak for aromatherapy purposes or as an aid to prepare the skin for exfoliation. Place both feet into the basin, and soak for 10-15 minutes.
Remove your feet from the basin, and cut your toenails with a toenail clipper.
Dry your feet with a towel. File your toenails to the preferred shape by placing the file underneath your nail and filing gently. Buff, polish and shine your toenails with the nail buffer.
Apply cuticle oil to the nail beds of your toes to soften them. Push back your cuticles with a cuticle stick.
Exfoliate your feet with bath gloves or by applying foot scrub. Remove any additional dry spots with a callus file.
Remove any additional dirt from under your toenails with a nail brush. Rinse both feet, and dry them with a towel.
Moisten your feet with a foot cream.
Apply a clear base or top coat nail polish to your toenails to prevent chipping or breaking.


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Trimble Introduces the Trimble VX Spatial Station
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Trimble introduced the Trimble VX Spatial Station, an advanced positioning system that combines optical, 3D scanning, and video capabilities and Trimble VISION technology to measure objects in 3D to produce data sets for spatial imaging projects. The VX Spatial Station enables users to blend accurate ground-based information with airborne data to provide comprehensive data sets for use in the geospatial information industry. It delivers millimeter positioning accuracy, 3D measurements and video imaging in one package. The VX Spatial Station features patented Trimble MagDrive servos, which spin the instrument more than 100 degrees per second to provide smooth control for precision pointing. The VX Spatial Station also offers Trimble VISION technology, which provides video streaming and image capturing capabilities. With VISION technology, the VX Spatial Station produces data that can be used to generate high-quality visual images in Trimble's RealWorks Survey office software.
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Maine now has a simple solution to deal with an odd law prohibiting bars and pubs from advertising alcohol content: Let them list the alcohol strength on menus and chalkboards in the same way it's stated on the beer's label. That means no exclamation marks. No embellishments. No posting of alcohol content as anything other than basic information.
Under an updated enforcement policy announced Tuesday by Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages & Lottery Operations Director Gerry Reid, and effective immediately, bars and pubs can still be cited for portraying alcohol content in an embellished way (Think: "Get wasted with this 18-percent alcohol brew"), but they will no longer face possible punishment for merely listing it.
The ultimate goal is to encourage consumers to make more informed decisions about how much to drink. It's a welcome change.
"A simple depiction or presentation of alcohol content, much as it is already presented on labels — the brand name and [alcohol by volume] — should be acceptable, and we should not warn or cite on-premise operators who choose to do that," Reid said.
The decision came about after brewpub owners objected to warnings issued by the bureau's enforcement team directing them to take down information about beers' alcohol content. Rep. Louis Luchini, D-Ellsworth, submitted a bill request to correct the problem.
With relaxed enforcement guidelines, legislation is no longer necessary, though Reid said he will work with the Legislature if it wishes to change the statute.
The statute has its roots in an old way of life that is now completely outdated, especially considering Maine's proliferation of microbreweries. In the 1930s, Maine lawmakers reasoned that if a bar advertised the alcoholic strength of its beer, customers might drink more of it.
Residents, after all, were getting back in the swing of drinking in public.
For more than 80 years, the state had banned, in one form or another, the manufacture and sale of liquor. As history buffs know, Maine earned the distinction of being the birthplace of the temperance movement when it became the first in the nation to ban alcohol in 1851. Though many Mainers ignored the law — think of farmers making their own hard cider — liquor was legally forbidden until the repeal of national prohibition in 1933.
In that context, perhaps one can rationalize why Maine lawmakers in 1937 sought to rein in the new fun. The name of the bill to do so pretty much covers it: An Act to Regulate and Restrain the Manufacture, Sale, Transportation, Importation, Traffic in and Use of Liquor, Malt Liquor, Wine and Spirits and to Increase the Fees for Licenses.
The bill — which prohibited the sale of alcohol "to any person visibly intoxicated, to any insane person, to a known habitual drunkard, to persons of known intemperate habits or to any minor under the age of 18 years" — didn't even draw floor debate in the Maine Legislature, according to the legislative record.
In addition to other changes, it prohibited the sale of liquor that had a label referring "in any manner to the alcoholic strength of the malt liquor" or using "such words as 'full strength,' 'extra strength,' 'high test,' 'high proof,' 'pre-war strength,' or similar words or phrases." Pubs and bars — and enforcement officers — took that to mean they couldn't list alcohol content.
Clearly, times have changed.
With the rise of craft beers and microbreweries in Maine, it's a matter of common sense and safety to know how much alcohol you're actually consuming. Beers vary. The 120 Minute IPA made by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery contains 15-20 percent alcohol by volume. Pabst Blue Ribbon? It's 4.74 percent.
As one online commenter put it, "I find myself looking for high quality beers that keep it under 6% or so, because I'd like to enjoy 2-3 without passing out in my chair."
Thankfully state officials acknowledged the changed reality and corrected the problem. We'll drink to that.


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Friday, March 29, 2013
Brooke Shields' Homely Home in The Hamptons
Apparently Brooke Shields has just purchased a fabulous house in Southampton. It is located in the heart of the village. If you have seen my older house posts then you know that I am a sucker for light houses with simple furnishings. I can imagine sitting on the porch reading a book and enjoying a (non-alcoholic) Long Island ice tea. Have a look.
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A Three Day GDPI Workshop was conducted for the first year students in order to groom them for their preparations for Summer Internship Placements. The Event was conducted for a batch of 30 students during July 2018
The Toastmaster club of NITIE conducts sessions twice every week
40 hours long Accent Neutralization Workshop wasconductedin two halves with the first half being conducted during November 2016 and the second half during January 2017. The training was aimed at minimizing the effect of native accents in English communication.
A four-hour long Email Etiquette Workshop was conducted on February 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to help students write formal emails in a business setup.
A four-hour long workshop on "Presentation Skills" in February 2018. The workshop aimed at honing the presentation skills of the students, which will be helpful in their professional life. The areas focused in the workshop were- Connecting with the audience; Structure of the presentation; Powerful slides and visual aid, Podium skills - Voice, Tone, Appearance, Skill practice through the individual presentation.
NITIE Centre for Communication Studies organized a workshop on Dining Etiquette aimed at helping the students to know the Do's and Don'ts of Corporate Dining. The session covered topics viz- Seating Strategy, Business Talk and Taboo Topics, Handling the Bill, Styles of Eating: Continental and American, The Dinner Napkin, Bread and Butter, The Different food courses, Passing Food and toasting, among others. Moreover, the participants were also encouraged to have the hands-on experience with the cutlery and the food.
A four-hour workshop on Corporate Grooming was organized with the aim of imparting skills to students to conduct oneself as a professional in a corporate setting. The topics coveredwere- the art of Introduction & addressing people at the workplace, Greeting people appropriately, Knowledge about types of Handshakes, Exchanging business cards appropriately, Following meeting etiquette, Nuances of dressing & grooming for the workplace. Role plays and exercises were used to improve the grasp on the topics covered.
NITIE Centre for Communication Studies (NCCS) conducted half-day workshop on "Being Proactive and Responsible Leader", by an international award winning speaker Dr Sunita Didi Chandak on February 09, 2017. Honorable Director of NITIE, Prof Karuna Jain inaugurated the session by lamp lightning. 50+ students grabbed the opportunity along with NITIE Professors. This workshop was highly interactive, practical, and activity based. Workshop participants identified several key factors to be taken into account when reacting to any particular situation, with respect to pro-activeness. This workshop will for sure help to the all the participants in their daily social, academic, professional and personal life.
Four-dayGlobal Leadership Experience was hosted jointly by IIT Bombay and NITIE Mumbai with the first two days session (22nd and 23rd November) at IIT Bombay and last two days (24th and 25th November) at NITIE Mumbai. A total of 100 students participated in the event. The staff of Common purpose Archana Bhaskar, Dikccha Gautam, Katie McEvoy conducted the event. This year's Global Leadership Experience addressed a pressing global issue: "How can you increase civic engagement in your city?"
A 'Picture Perception' competition was aimed at harnessing the creative writing and imagination skills of the students. The entries were judged on the following parameters – Clarity of thoughts, articulation, creativity and relevance and depth of the title.
'WHAT IF' was conducted in three rounds. In the first round, the participants were given a topic to write on within a given time frame. The answers were required to submit online. The topic given was 'What if India was never partitioned by the British in 1947?'
NITIE Centre for Communication Studies, launched a magazineTatva: Life and Musings. It is a monthly newsletter envisaged by the Personality Development Committee that will be emailed to the entire NITIE fraternity. It is intended to serve as a medium that will bring together all the batches of NITIE including IM, IE, ISEM, PM, MM, VLFM, the fellows and the faculty of NITIE
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- New Layout for Loving Pink. I've had an idea since July :S
- New Blog Posts, Scheduled posts
- New Link Exchanges :S
- Code code code
Yet everytime, I fail because I'm either uninspired or too tired. Sucks you know :S I hope I can do them soon though. Maybe I just need a little motivation, ugh no, MOTIVATION with all-caps I mean.
I need to do them little by little though. And I hope I make it XD It's very hard especially if you're that person like me who tends to lose track of time whenever you enjoy doing something.


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Last week's recipes linked up have led to me a single conclusion: you should all have me over for dinner! Join us for this week's link party where all links are pinned to Pinterest for maximum exposure!
Do you ever have one of those weeks where everything is about the mundane tasks needing to be completed? It seems all week, we've been at doctor's appointments for check ups, the grocery, or getting all of the 'boring' errands run. I must say, though, I'm thankful for the time but this gal is ready to add a little excitement into her day.
We are heading out to get some of that excitement now, so without further gabbing, here are this week's features!
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Sarah's Pick: I. Love. Hotwings. Simply put, this might be my favorite thing on the Internet right now!
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135th Annual Sunday School Picnic
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Fried chicken platters, sandwiches, sodas, ice cream, blue grass music. A summer tradition in the Village of Shipley since 1883. Church is located south of Westminster on Old Washington Road, just off Route 97 at Nicodemus Road.


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Snail Games USA today lifted the lid on a number of incredibly exciting projects in the MMO space following years of exploration in the mobile gaming market. Returning to their roots as developers of the hottest MMORPG games Snail Games USA have confirmed a number of new projects aimed at the hardcore gaming market on […]Read more
Snail Games today announced that the long-awaited release of their latest free-to-play mobile MMORPG on Android has finally arrived as Kingdom Warriors launches globally. The game was originally announced earlier this year and attracted some attention for its unique blend of RPG and RTS mechanics, something that has become commonplace in client-based MMORPG's but for […]Read more
Snail games today released an exciting new trailer to accompany the soft-launch of the highly anticipated martial arts MMORPG, Age of Wushu: Dynasty, which is now available to download and play on both iOS and Android in Canada. The trailer does a fantastic job showcasing some of Age of Wushu: Dynasty's greatest features but don't […]Read more
Popular MMO developer and publisher Snail Games today announced the first beta schedule for the upcoming testing window of the free-to-play martial arts MMORPG for mobile devices, Age of Wushu Dynasty. Based on the award-winning Age of Wushu MMO, Age of Wushu Dynasty promises to deliver many of the games most exciting elements in an […]Read more
LOS ANGELES – June 10, 2015 – Snail announced the next chapter in its popularly acclaimed Age of Wushu title with the reveal of a new upcoming mobile version known as Age of Wushu Dynasty. Set to be available for iOS and Android, Age of Wushu Dynasty aims to capture the unique martial arts world […]Read more
MMO Attack and Snail Games have teamed up to offer fans of Age of Wushu a new giveaway to celebrate the latest expansion in their free to play MMORPG.Read more
Nikita Online, the largest and most successful publisher of free-to-play games in the Russian market, today announced that their 19-million strong user-base can now explore the wonders of Black Gold Online via the new open beta client. Snail Games' Black Gold Online has already experienced a successful launch in both China and the USA, quickly […]Read more
MMO Attack and Snail Games have teamed up to offer fans of Black Gold Online a free gift pack to help players along in their journey through the latest free content update in the game.Read more
Snail Games and Age of Wushu today announced the sixth free expansion for their free to play Wuxia inspired MMORPG, Winds of Destiny.Read more
MMO Attack and Snail Games have teamed up to offer fans of Black Gold Online, an Inferno Pack that grants many items that will help you along your journey in the game.Read more
Snail Games have announced the title and release date of Black Gold Online's fist free content update, Campaign of Ashes.Read more
Our first impressions for the steampunk MMORPG from Snail Games, Black Gold Online.Read more
Snail Games, the developer of the free-to-play MMORPG Age of Wushu, has announced that King of Wushu will be coming to Xbox One.Read more
King of Wushu is a newly announced third person MOBA game from Snail Games. The new trailer shows off the six playable classes and some snippets of early gameplay footage.Read more
MMO Attack and Snail Games have teamed up to offer fans of Age of Wushu, a Challenger's Pack.Read more
Snail Games kind of caused a bit of a stir when it announced it would be implementing an alternative loot system for Black Gold Online. It's a convoluted, somewhat confusing monetization system, even now that it's been explained by the studio. It's also a god-awful example of the worst side of Free To Play.Read more


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Bread & Breakfast
Lemony Muffins!
I love the fresh flavor of lemon! If you do too, I think you'll love the recipe I've been workingRead more.
Granola Girl
Hello Sweetness, I hope this day found you well! It's fall here and the air is crisp and the lightRead more.
New German Pancakes
For nearly ten years, I've been hoping for a wheat-less German pancake recipe that actually tastes like German pancakes! TheRead more.
Banana Pancakes!
My daughter-in-law shared this recipe with me last week. It certainly is a hit with all the kids in ourRead more.
Simple and Smooth
Ladies! A simple, healthy idea for you sent with much love and best wishes on this weekday morning… First, theRead more.
Kitchen Coach Jenny- GF Cheese Bread
Here's another great idea- thanks Jenny! GF cheese bread 1/2 C. tapioca starch 1 C. sharp cheese, shredded (like freshRead more.
Kitchen Coach Jenny Pops Amaranth
Here's a little video by Jenny, and her helper. I love the amaranth idea and know-how, but more than that,Read more.
Re-Post: Natural Yeast
Here is a flash back to 2014's post on using natural yeast. I hope you enjoy it again! Hi! IRead more.
More Food Ideas
Are food ideas helpful to you? This was a very tasty lunch today, so I thought I'd share. Green ChiliRead more.
It's a little honey, coconut oil and blueberries… Followed by warm oatmeal… Then stirred and topped with milk. How areRead more.
Butternut Squash Muffins
I love squash! Any kind! And I really like using it in recipes that call for pumpkin. Several years ago,Read more.
Beautiful Breakfast
I love breakfast any time of the day! Here is a little oatmeal inspiration. Add in's are: -honey -coconut oilRead more.
New Bread!
I have a new recipe I've been working on, and I think it is pretty darn. Want to try it?Read more.
Smoked Turkey Omelette
Oh, I wish you could smell this! Well, tasting it is better, because I think Asiago cheese smells, hmm, notRead more.
Injera is Ingenius!
If you're wanting to make the flat bread (injera) I was telling you about, here are a few more tips!Read more.
Amaranth for Breakfast
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Wrap Up Something New
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Melissa's Teff Porridge
This is a new recipe I tried recently, shared by my dear friend, Melissa. She is a homemaker extraordinaire andRead more.
Lemon Poppy Seed Bread
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Today we talk with fantasy fiction author, army medic, and gaming enthusiast Wiliam Galaini. I met with Wiliam at the world famous DragonCon here in Atlanta where we discussed his motivations for writing, the transformative power of role play, his time in the army, and the spectacle that is DragonCon. Check out William's latest book "Trampling in the Land of Woe" on Amazon and learn more at williamgalaini.com.
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I'm not going to bog things down with excessive cleverness. Nope. I'm just directing you to check out the dope vignette below, featuring the half guard stylings of Jake MacKenzie. This is some seriously slick gentle art stuff. It's sharply contrasted from the clumsy heavy handed deep half guard one of my teammates attempted on me this morning. Enjoy this. It's a great way to start your weekend.*
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Just last week I had the pleasure of dining at an Olive Garden following a day of sightseeing with a very good friend of mine. Given that we chose to dine at the end of what we assumed would have been the height of lunch rush, we were able to find parking considerably easier than expected. Usually when deciding to dine out, parking is one of the top concerns for me, and if I find myself having to circle a parking lot more than once in hopes of finding a decent space, I will more often than not decide to patronize another establishment in the near vicinity. Little did I know this was just the first of many events that led to a lunch experience that I would not soon forget.
As many of you probably already know, waiting in the lobby for an open table while holding a disc that "buzzes" when you are ready to be seated at Olive Garden is par for the course. With this knowledge in mind, I wasn't surprised when I myself was handed one of the disc-shaped objects and told that there would be an open table quite soon. What did surprise me was the hostess's invitation to wait at the bar and enjoy a half priced glass of wine until our table was ready. Because I am quite the avid fan of a nice and crisp Moscato or Reisling, both my friend and I decided to take her up on the suggestion. The server at the bar offered both great conversation and knowledge of the available wines, even going so far as to suggest a nice Roscato after hearing my preferences. You can imagine my trepidation when a red wine was mentioned as opposed to the white wines that I have always enjoyed in moderation. Throwing caution to the wind, I accepted the offer while my friend decided to try a mixed berry sparkling water due to the fact that she was the one in charge of driving. I found the Roscato to be a sweet full bodied red that was far more pleasant than most reds that I've had the chance to sample.
I ordered a glass and almost directly after it had been poured our "buzzer" informed us that our table was ready. Considering it to be perfectly timed, we made our way towards the middle of the restaurant and once seated began to peruse the menu. Most of the dishes available were what I would refer to as "tried and true favorites", although I did notice that their seafood selection had grown since the last time I dined at the restaurant.
Because I had come with a want for seafood, I was quite pleased by both the selection and reasonable prices. It wasn't long before both of our orders had been placed and we had salad and breadsticks on the table. Personally I have always found their salad to be wonderful and wasn't disappointed. This along with the wonderful wine and good conversation made the time fly by and in what seemed like no time at all, our salad dishes had been gracefully removed and our plates deftly put into the space that had just been occupied.
My friend ordered a Shrimp Scampi and I couldn't help but to take note of the generous portions of both asparagus and shrimp. The placement and presentation of her dish was spot on and according to her, it tasted every bit as good as it looked. My own Seafood Lasagna Sautee looked equally as nice, and I rather enjoyed the color brought forth in the dish with the spinach and tomatoes against the contrast of the off white Alfredo sauce and scallops. The portion of shrimp on my own plate was equally as impressive and I enjoyed that the shrimp appeared to have been deveined. This was especially important to me because I find myself enjoying involving shrimp quite a bit less if this procedure has not taken place previous to serving.
Throughout the wonderful meal, our server made sure that we wanted for nothing and was quite attentive in terms of bringing fresh drinks, sparkling water for my friend and water for myself after the initial glass of Roscato, and packaging our meals for us when we could no longer continue eating, though not for lack of trying!
Our check was brought soon after with the promise of no rush, and we stayed for a while longer enjoying the relaxed atmosphere. When it came time to leave, we did so with smiles and general air of happiness. This was by far one of the best meals that we had been given the chance to have together, and we found ourselves excited both by the thought of a return trip and wonderful meal that was sure to be finished the following day! I would highly recommend stopping for a meal if you have the time and trying a glass of my new favorite wine Roscato!
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Diwali Abhyang Snan – Ritual Holy Bath on Narak Chaturthi
The 'Abhyanga Snan' is an important ritual that is observed during the Diwali festival. It is a body massage and a ritual bathing on the Narak Chaturdashi day during the Diwali festival.
In context to some regions, the Abhyanga Snan takes place before the sunrise. Most of the people wake up early in the morning, massage their body and head with the oil.Then the Utane i.e. the natural scrub contains ingredients like chandan (sandalwood), kapoor (camphor), manjistha, rose petals extracts, orange skin and haldi (turmeric) is usually applied instead of the soap.
Some people would prefer the Snan on Diwali and the following two days. This kind of the ritual bath is considered as the traditional cleansing and also rejuvenating. This ritual is more popular in Maharashtra and also the adjoining areas. Most of the people follow this ritual for about three days. Its main purpose is to ensure good health.
The main purpose is to clean the body, helps in the blood circulation and aromas used usually calms the mind. This helps to erase all the problems and have the calming effect on the mind. The holy bath on the first day of the Diwali is considered as sacred. Most of the experts also advice to perform this ritual as it has got many benefits. It also helps to reduce the stress levels and is highly beneficial.
Procedure of Abhyang Snan :
- Wake up before sunrise on this auspicious day
- Massage your entire body with a scented oil
- Let the oil get absorbed in the body for about half an hour.
- While bathing first apply uptan/utane/utnah. Thoroughly massage your body with this natural scrub. Rinse with water.
- Have a regular bath with the use of scented soaps. Soap with rose or sandalwood aromas are mainly used while bathing on this day. You can make use of any scented soaps.
- Wear your new clothes. People who follow traditional procedure prefer to wear traditional clothes on this day like sari, lehengas, churidar kurta, and salwar kameez.


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I am back to blogging...A-muse-a-Palooza (henceforth known as AMAP) was what got me started with this blog last year...posting was OK for a bit, then my blogging slowed down to a trickle and then stopped. UGH. Hope I can keep a trickle of posts going from now on.
Jennie's first challenge for AMAP is SQUARE! I love squares. I love clean lines. I love 4.25" square cards. This challenge is perfect! I ended up making two cards...
I started with the idea of using my tiny 1/4" square punch to make a frame of little squares around my main image...after playing around a bit, the idea morphed into making a mosaic out of the tiny squares to accent my main image. Once I got my main image stamped and matted, I decided the little mosaics were too much for it so I kept the card plain and accented the image with a sentiment stamped repeatedly as a frame. I once took an online class with Julie Ebersole (fab class, learned a ton!!). She had us plan and sketch our cards out in rough before making them. Although it was a great exercise, I can't seem to do it in real life...I'm too impulsive and just need to do things...thinking about things for too long before doing them is not my forte! So my creative process is very much "fly by the seat of my pants!".
Here is the first card that "happened":
Now I had two cute little 3/4" square mosaic tiles to use up...so I stamped a sentiment on the bottom right corner of a square card, made one more mosaic tile, played around with the position of the three tiles for half an hour (yikes!) and stuck 'em on with pop dots. I added a little paper piercing on the bottom (I love piercing, it's subtle but adds something). Done. Not at all what I envisioned at the beginning, but now I have 2 cards that will definitely use within the next week! Here is the mosaic tile card:
What's in card #1:
Stamps: a muse
Paper: SU very vanilla & basic black
Ink: palette hybrid noir & SU soft sky
Accessories: SAMJ
What's in card #2:
Stamps: a muse
Paper: a muse, SU basic black, very vanilla
Ink: palette hybrid noir
Accessories: SU 1/4" square punch, pop dots, MM paper piercer


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Toys and wrapping paper go together like milk and cookies. But toys that help you learn about science? Those are in a whole other category. Here are our top picks for STEM toys — that's science, technology, engineering, and math — that'll help little scientists chase their passions and older kids engage in hands-on learning.
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Puppies, just like human toddlers, need a completely puppy-proof area, either a crate or gated room. If your puppy grabs a forbidden item while you are watching him, quickly distract him with a sharp "Eh eh!" and when he drops it, redirect cheerfully with a toy that he is allowed to have.
Teaching tricks is a good way to give your pup appropriate outlets. A good one to start with is "Leave it." Follow this link to learn how.
Insufficient exercise and mental stimulation can drive your adult dog to find destructive forms of entertainment, so it's up to you to meet his needs. If ugly winter weather keeps you inside, play indoor games with him. Fetch, hide and seek, and tug-of-war (played correctly) are great fun and exercise for both of you. Here are some good indoor game ideas to try.
There are many entertaining dog puzzles on the market, too, and you can even make your own. Just remember that many of these are meant to be enjoyed with you and not left alone with your dog.
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Les Actes des Apôtres (English: The Acts of the Apostles) was a French royalist newspaper created in 1789 and dissolved in 1791, whose columnists vehemently defended the monarchy and criticized the institutions of the French Revolution.
Such was their conviction that the faction initiated several crimes including robbery or auto-da-fé. During the revolution, the group – led by Renard – entered in conflict with the Café Théâtre, a commercial front managed by the Assassins and their secret headquarters, because of their opposition to theatrical performances and satire. Due to this, the Assassin Arno Dorian foiled many of their plans on seperate occasions; he saved manuscripts from fire, protected the royal dressmaker Rose Bertin, retrieved Queen Marie Antoinette's necklace from the faction and finally assassinated their leader, Renard.


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Vacant fire stations may have a second life
BATON ROUGE, La. — Four of the East Baton Rouge city-parish's old fire stations could soon see new life.
City-parish leaders say they hope the structures, shuttered after the construction of six new fire stations over the past four years, can be used by groups that serve the community.
Public Works director David Guillory said four are being considered for auction. The Metro Council is slated to hold public hearings next week to discuss whether to declare the properties as surplus, a step necessary to start the process.
Plans are in the works for two other firehouses. The old Foster Street fire station is now being used by Baton Rouge Community College. Another will be torn down for a future road project.
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Apple has paralyzed several notable and popular VPN-based ad-blocking apps, that won't approve any more updates to stated apps because of their non-compliance using the company's App Store policy.
Apple particularly is claiming these apps violate point 4.2.one of the Application Store Developer Guidelines, which claims that "Apps should use APIs and frameworks for his or her intended purposes and indicate that integration within their application description".
While Apple has technically had these policies in position for a while, the organization has formerly been lenient with regards to enforcing them, which has permitted a multitude of blocking apps to the Store along with a boom within their recognition. Since Cupertino has made the decision to hack lower on enforcing the following tips, the creators of popular apps like Adblock and Weblock won't have the ability to upload updates towards the App Store, although existing versions have to date not been removed.
Some ad-blocking will be fine
Apple's apparent problem with these ad-blocking apps is the "VPN-based" operation, which installs certificates around the device to be able to block advertisements across all iOS browsers- including third-party choices like Chrome along with the Apple-owned Safari.
Formally, the only real types of blocking apps allowed in iOS are the ones that utilise the state Safari Content Blocker API which, as suggested by its name, only creates Apple's native browser, Safari.
Whether deliberate or otherwise, this appears to become one other way for Apple to enforce using its native internet browser on its iOS. Competing browsers already have to adhere to utilizing the same iOS WebKit as Safari (policy point 2.5.6), effectively coming to a other browser a "wrap" of Apple's own, which frequently has got the unfortunate results of poorer optimization and gratifaction.
At the moment, iPhone and iPad users can keep using any affected ad-blocking apps within their current condition, although given their lack of ability to update, they'll likely soon become incompatible with iOS and also the browsers they are equipped for.
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Note: This article discusses plot points through episode 8.
Considering we are halfway (definitely, maybe, depending on extensions) with the TvN drama, thought I would update my overall feelings on how this show is doing thus far. Savvy?
Oh dear-y, I haven't gone this head over heels for a rom-com since My Love from the Star*, and even then I fully believe this will be the better drama when it's all said and done.
*Maybe the trick for rom-com success is having horribly meandering titles that feature multiple name changes. Because seriously, no matter how you say it (King of High School, High School King of Savvy and/or Life Conduct) all suck and don't really speak to what this show is about.
I will attempt to refrain from total Seo In Guk fangirling, but come on, dude owns this role, totally making the Min-Seok character his own. He has such a naturalistic acting style, one that is not often showcased in K-Dramas, and even then he manages make each character different. There almost seems an improv like quality to this production, which can be shown from his character's off the cuff remarks (his grandpa exchanges), to group scenes (employees talking over each other). This is very reminiscent of a American style of comedy (I'm thinking of shows like The Office, Parks and Recreation, Parenthood, FNL) that has less rigidity to follow the script and allows for more free-following dialogue. I've read that many actors prefer this, and can even be a way to better get a feel for a character.
Reason 341 why the live shoot should die a horrible death: No way this format would be utilized if they were crunched for time in a full-on live shoot capacity.
One thing I have really appreciated in recent episodes is how they expanded the little sister character. Slowly they are giving her more to-do than just stalk and balk, such as the adorable relationship she has with her Unni/maternal figure. Which means I am already bracing for the freight train of age revelations to be revealed. And though we can all see the obstacles that lie ahead for our OTP, I remain thoroughly impressed in how organically it was all set up.
The sisterly bond is probably the highlight (non SIG related of course) of the show. Their relationship is so touching without being overly saccharine or dramatic. So even if little sis has some crazed stalker tendencies*, having her heart broken upon the realization her "hubby" could turn into brother in law (ouch) will and should make Soo-Young rethink things about her new boy-toy.
*And who am I to judge? In high school I became too infatuated with a Geometry teacher/lacrosse coach with the last name Flood. So, I created a "Flood Club", had people inform me of his whereabouts via "Flood Watches", even got a secret picture (a la' Say Anything), and a secret autograph on graduation day. Was I clinically insane? YES, but… he was perfection and… the hormones made me do it?
Oddly enough, I feel zero discomfort at the whole HS kid wants to mack on an adult who happens to be his employee. Perhaps because I've been there, (the employee-manger scenario, but was way past my teen years okay!) but more likely is the actors are much closer in age and unless Min-Soek's friends are around, I basically forgot the high school angle all-together.
That said, MS/SIG is totally believable as a high-schooler which is why it makes so much sense that a charismatic, self-assured teen with crazy hormones would feel the need to declare his love 5 episodes before k-drama adults do.
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*Love the tertiary character's also, like the little man employee that's always ignored, or the president's two lackeys.
*The entire sequence leading up to the kiss was wonderful. Everything from the building up and breaking down of typical romantic sequences (Running to the airport, near-misses, car accidents), to their eventual smoochy-time was perfection.
*Another instance of this show laughing in the face of normal K-Drama scenarios: when slightly annoying female worker owned up to not informing Soo-Young of the message. In 90% of other dramas this would become a huge deal that would be dragged out for episodes. Slow clap show.
*Slings are the new sexy.
*Soo-Young has sometimes careened into the overly pathetic/strange (though this was mostly confined to two episodes), but I stand firm that her character is a refreshing change in that she is actually that weird and not just "dream girl weird".
*Robert Pattinson has apparently become the new Brad Pitt for all future Hollywood references. As long as K-Stewart doesn't supplant Jolie than I shall allow it.
*No idea why I suddenly decided to let the personal info fly, but apparently the show gets to me in all the right ways.
*As for my prediction, still in play I reckon, though I don't think hyung will be coming back anytime soon. I heard there was a deleted scene featuring little sis and Jin-Woo, so you never know….


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Books I read in year 2017
2017 is not an easy year for me, therefore I read so many books to comfort myself. The books show above are just the top-10 books I rated. I can't remember how many times I have read "The old man and the sea". This time, I read it for my… Read more »


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Decision with no Return or A Sense of Territory
- Instalation
- Cinematic
- Collage
- Video
- 2017
Decision with no Return or A Sense of Territory is a video and installation piece, an investigative detective story on the new relationship between England and Europe after Brexit.
Decision with no Return or A Sense of Territory consists of a 8 min mashup video, three physical clues found in Greater Manchester and a series of nine acrilic paintings on canvas. The video made of 49 diferent sources features famous British detective television characters who investigate on a disturbing case, the decision of the British referendum of 23 of june 2016 to exit the European Union. The literary characters are Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, The Famous Five, James Bond, John Steed and Emma Peel, Monsieur Poirot, Mrs. Jessica Fletcher, Marlowe and Colombo as exceptions being either Belgium or American but born from Britsh authors. The selection was made acording to childhood heroes of the artist and the music is a hommage to 'Why can't we live together' by Timmy Thomas made in colaboration with Mirim Casal Madinabeita.
The physical evidence found at the surroundings of Manchester make up three clues. Used bullet cases from a toy gun, empty Nitric oxide (laughing gas) cartridges and DNA prooves in a dust ball.
The paintings are nine questionmarks, size 8 x 11 cm painted with Graham & Browne, the color that made Britain Great in Manchester Blue.
The project was made during a granted residency and exposed from the 22th to the 28th of february 2017 at Islington Mill, Salford.
Glass cabinet with 3 clues
Used bullet cases, NO2 cartridges, dust ball.
Projection of mashup video starring Emma Peel.
Projection of mashup video starring the Famous Five.
Video frame from mashup video starring Miss Marple.
Video frame from mashup video starring Sherlock Holmes.
Instalation to purchase a question mark.
More works
Resonancias is a choral, collaborative and experimental project on sexual diversity and pleasure from an LGTBI+ point of view.
Perder el tiempo o como levitar
Drawings, a mural and a performative reflection on the concept of wasting time and levitation as an answer.
Piratas Profetas Parasitoides
This is an experimental workshop in colaboration with Daniel Canet to reconfigure our digital identities and play with social media platforms.
Tomatl - the red gold
Tomatl - the red gold was a performance about the historic and contemporary cultivation and consumption and the political circumstances of the tomato fruit.
El Peso de mis Vecinas
The Weight of my Neighbours is a project about the marginality and migration of my moroccan neighbours in Barcelona and at the Melilla border through poetry and song.
Objects and Desires
The project compares the meaning of objects imported from Spain and the ones bought by tourist in Marrakech.
Nothing Left But Deep Sleep
A local spanish landline number. An add under SERVICES at the local newspaper. These are the traces of 2 lullybies texted, performed and registered for public use.
Laboratory of Doing Nothing
The Laboratory of Doing Nothing is a longterm artistic investigation on our tired working society through collaborative thinktanks, interventions and instalations.
El Manifiesto Del No Hacer
A manifesto against work and the working society, declared in collaboration with Mar Merino.
I would prefer not to
This work is a telephone performance. A telephone ringing until someone picks it up. A fragmented narration on resistance, string theory and Bartleby the escrivener.
Decision with no Return or A Sense of Territory
Decision with no Return or A Sense of Territory is a video and installation piece, an investigative detective story on the new relationship between England and Europe after Brexit.
Sala "X" con PERRA PERDIDA
Sala "X" PERRA PERDIDA is a guided performatic tour on loss, abandoned and forgotten. Presented in public in the context of the project "Perturbating Distribution" by Francesc Ruiz.
The Do Nothing Way
Do nothing is a instalation of a reading performance in a hammock and a series of nine fotographic prints.
Oooops, I have a plan
A video, a vinyl and a singing performance for the research project "Lightning Studies - CTCCC" curated by Renan Laru-an for the Encura Grant by Hangar.org and Curator's Network.
Washing Machine Spin Dry Lead Acid Battery Kill Flywheel
A youtubing performance on the artist mental power capacities and the veracity of the internet. In the framework of Liminal GR curated by Pilar Cruz and Marc Roig.
EL FER i el no fer
A multidiciplinary puzzle of reflections on the phenomenon of time and a labor addicted society. Sponsored by Nau Côclea and La Casa Elizalde, curated by Clara Garí.
"Say hi to Tom!"
A crowdsourced action, an invitation to participate in an online call for analog postcards. A distributive reply to mass tourism and the art world.
YOU your WALL and ME
Four site specific collage pieces have influenced transcendentally the vital moments of four participants found through an online call. Be part of my art.
Do Nothing II
A daily non-action of doing nothing during 30 days. Made visible in a blogspace. The posts were generated simultaneously with Clara Garí.
Limbic Love
"Limbic Love" was a multidisciplinary investigation on love in the framework of the exhibition "I don't believe in you but I believe in Love" curated by Paola Marugán.
Who is she?
"Who is she" is a live cinema performance about blood in colaboration with the performer Carme Vinyas. It was presented during re-act feminism at Fundació Tàpies.
Deseos Monstruosos
"Monstrous Desires" is a cinematic talk about hidden desires. Part 1 of a trilogy with graphic violence on gore subjects.
TrashfoodPorn is a quirky investigation on food and nurture. A talk, animation loops and melting sculptures. White bread is food. Sugar is Love.
Oma means grandmother in german. A film about work, love, gender and sex and a melancholic portrait of my grandmother. SoundMix by Parasythe Woman.
9 stop motion videoloops with 9 soundsamples. Made to combine randomly. Hard porn made soft. MusicMix by Lorenz Gneist.
16mm Stop Motion
These short movies were produced during 4 years and were never conceptualized. They are very pure and naif expressions of the will to communicate painful situations playfully.
A series of 6 oversized collages portraying childhood heroes. Idols and overcrowded references. All works are wooden framed.


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Ivy shares her wish for peace with her music.© John Hollingworth Photography
Ive beams with excitement in the dressing room.© John Hollingworth Photography
Ivy and her costar share a smile on stage. © John Hollingworth Photography
Ivy is a natural in front of the camera. © John Hollingworth Photography
It's a wrap! Ivy and her family celebrate after shooting the music video.© John Hollingworth Photography
Ivy is greeted by throngs of onlookers at her music video premiere at the EMP.© Brian David Casey Photography
Ivy is all smiles watching the world premiere of her music video.© Brian David Casey Photography
Ivy signs autographs for her new fans.© Brian David Casey Photography
[The wish] has been an inspiration, a motivator, a link between Ivy's former life and her brilliant future.
Danette, Ivy's mom
"Ivy has always been a great communicator. She entered this world vocalizing," said wish mom, Danette, about her daughter. Although only 15-years-old, Ivy possesses the raw talent, drive and skills that the stars are made of. And now, she has the professional video to prove it compliments of Make-A-Wish® Alaska & Washington.
Living with brain cancer, this teen from Alaska spent two, 12-hour days shooting her very own professional music video for the song "At Ease," which she had written and recorded prior to her diagnosis. She was inspired to write this insightful and poignant song when her teacher was sent off to war. Her song tells the beautiful story of a young couple in love who are separated by war, and their desire for peace.
The video is the product of many from professional producers, video production teams, commercial stages, set designers, hair and makeup professionals and many others from our Seattle community who have donated their time and talent to make her wish come true.
Dressed to the nines, Ivy arrived with her date in a vintage 1940s classic car and was greeted by 200 guests who lined a red carpet at the Experience Music Project (EMP) for the world premiere of her video. Ivy had very specific ideas on how the video be shot and produced and much of her creative direction can be seen in the finished 1940s inspired piece which got rave reviews. Her inspiring song is now available for sale on iTunes and is also on our Chapter's Youtube channel.
Special thanks: Wish granting volunteers Jenna Walsh and Eun Ju Lee; EMP - premiere host; Steven Edwon Schultz - video production; John E. Hollingsworth - photography; Seattle Grip & Lighting; British Motor Coach; Four Seasons Hotel; Vintage Costumers; Hansen's Sodas; Obadiah Salon; and Hollywood Lighting.
What a gift for this great communicator – to share this song, in this format, with all of us.
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Danette, Ivy's mom
This story makes me feel
Ivy's song, "At Ease," is available for download on iTunes.
Western Washington
I wish to be a superhero
I wish to go to a dude ranch
Goldenhar Syndrome
I wish to be a model
Work directly with wish children to grant their wishes. We are especially in need of volunteers in Anchorage, Longview, Olympia, Spokane, Tacoma, Tri-Cities, Wenatchee and Yakima.
Read wonderful wish stories and learn more about local activities and accomplishments happening right here in Alaska and Washington.


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Running Google Home on a Raspberry Pi
sounds really hard doesn't it?
What if I told you that Google have released an SDK to allow you to do so
in about 7 steps.
Google's own page about the SDK
Following the instructions couldn't be easier. It only took me about 20 minutes to get it up and running. If you want you can control devices like the Philips Hue with IFTTT and Google Assistant.
I have one of my Pi's connected to a Philips Hue and Todo list.
Oh and I did enable party mode…
When setting up your Pi make sure that you are using a Pi 3. I tried for a whole day trying to get it to run on an original Pi while getting errors like "this is not compatible with this platform" before reading the requirements list and finding that you have to use a Pi 3.
All I can say is sometimes it helps to read the instructions.
In the next coming months we should be seeing support for the Google Home App. This will be especially useful for connecting to music services like Spotify
and Google Play Music.
I've found that when configuring the audio you need to type "alsamixer" (no speech marks) and turn both the audio output and audio input up to the max if you have a particularly quiet speaker and mic like me.
In Conclusion:
Everyone can have a Google Home "like" device for under £40 if you have the (minimal) skills required to set it up.
Alternatively if you don't want to have Google Home then you can also install Amazon Alexa on the Pi instead but I am quite happy with the Google Option.
Have any problems? Drop me a comment below and I will see what I can do.
Archie at Dogbumblog


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Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
The NDSU MPH program received accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) October 2016 for the full five-year term extending through December 2021. Graduates from December 2014 to present are all included in the accredited program time frame and are graduates from an accredited program.
Thank you to the faculty, staff, students, administration, alumni, and stakeholders for your commitment to the success of the NDSU MPH program.
We encourage you to review the CEPH Full Report of accreditation decision of our program as well as our Self-Study. Further information is available upon request from:
Stefanie Meyer, PhD
Academic Coordinator/Lecturer
NDSU Department of Public Health
1805 Research Park Dr.
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Special Love Shape Gift Box for Valentine
A Special Love Shape Paper Gift Box for Valentine by Canon Creative Park.
Hi guys, soon there will be a special event for couples on February. I know it's kinda early but this blog received few hits from our friends just recently looking for Valentine's day papercraft so why not. And don't forget there will be Chinese New Year too. For this valentine I think I'll try to look for a common papercraft suitable for valentine such as paper boxes, gift boxes and cards. So please enjoy this valentine gift box first.
Red is for love and then the love shape, so I think it's suitable for Valentine. Do you think so? This gift box can be found at Canon Creative Park site. With free template pattern and assembling instruction. There are 2 type of template pattern, for A4 and letter size paper. But I'm not so sure about the box size. I think it fits small size gift alright.
There are also other papercraft for Valentine such as cards and photo albums through related content at the bottom so you can just check them yourselves if you are interested. Use the banner below to visit the site and grab your valentine gift box copy. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!


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A lawsuit filed against a Connecticut city by the family of three little girls who died in a house fire on Christmas morning in 2011 has been settled.
Stamford legal affairs director Kathryn Emmett announced the settlement late Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed, but include a $250,000 donation to fund a scholarship at a a charity or school to be determined.
Jury selection had started and the trial was expected to begin this month.
U.S. & World
The fire killed 7-year-old twins Grace and Sarah Badger, 9-year-old Lily Badger, and their maternal grandparents.
The girls' father, Matthew Badger, sued on their behalf, saying the city failed to properly inspect renovations at the home.
He died in February and his brother, Campbell Badger, took over as executor.
The city and Campbell Badger, released a joint statement on the settlement. City officials said, in part:
"The City is sympathetic to the tremendous losses suffered by the Badger family. Understanding the family's concern that the demolition of the house prevented them from being able to conduct their own investigation of the cause of the fire, the City has agreed to address the circumstances under which a fire ravaged home can be demolished."
"I appreciate that the Stamford defendants have agreed to resolve this case. This has been a great ordeal for my brother, for Madonna Badger, and for my entire family," Campbell Badger said in the statement.
The fire was blamed on fireplace ashes left in a mudroom.