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MY THOUGHTS THURSDAY: Patience
Last night's Bible study led me to a well known passage from 1 Corinthians:
Love is patient. First of all, we know that the only One who can ever truly love us is the Lord– but He calls us to love him with all we have, and to love our neighbours with all we have. This, therefore, can only be done through His Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ; and love is PATIENT. Even when anger bubbles under the surface, the Lord calls that love to be patient. To recognize that all feet fail but His hand will guide.
Love is kind. True love– love that is in Christ– radiates kindness. It is full of compassion and caring for the other.
Love doesn't envy. While, again, all OUR FEET fail from time to time, Jesus promises that His Spirit never envies. It knows that each was created in God's image for a reason and that envy is a mockery of the Lord's perfection in that.
Love does not boast; love isn't proud. Love in Christ doesn't boast about one's "betterness" nor does it boast about the love within the relationship. For that would be redundant because the love of Christ is the only boast able aspect, and that is equally available to ALL.
Love is never rude or selfish. Christ is never rude or selfish; while our human tongues can be, his Spirit never is. He guides with kindness and selflessness.
Love is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs. Love recognizes that HUMANS mess up; do things we don't like/wish they didn't/make mistakes; sin. But it knows that we are equal in that sin and trusts in the Lord's forever and eternal greatness, therefore quickness to anger, judgement, or walking away from a human because of a list of wrongs in the back of their mind is not love.
The love of Christ is something we are called to approach EVERY PERSON with EVERY MOMENT. Have each of us been guilty of one these wrongdoings? YES. With family? YES. In relationships? YES. In friendships? YES. With strangers? YES.
But the Holy Spirit NEVER HAS, NEVER DOES, and NEVER WILL.
And the Holy Spirit is ALWAYS among us, and in us.
In prayer and submission I am humbled at his feet… I want to laugh and sing and dance and praise Him… I think about how many times He has forgiven me and continues to love me more than ANY human mind could comprehend. Jesus Christ is the only true love in life; AAAAND by His Spirit, by the Grace of His life we are granted the blessing our son and selfishness is incapable of– to love others; our family and friends. To love another as a boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse, better and more fully by His Spirit each day.
What a common Bible verse that when broken down is enough time shake walls and lives and overwhelm to our knees.

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In the year 2435, photojournalist Jade discovers the truth about their so-called protectors, the Alpha Section
Name: Beyond Good & Evil
Format: Nintendo Gamecube
Released: February 27, 2004 (Europe)
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Milan
Publisher: Ubisoft
Beyond Good & Evil takes place in the year 2435 on the remote planet of Hillys, situated in the far reaches of the galaxy.
The planet is populated by a myriad of creatures including members of the human race. One of the human inhabitants is the photojournalist Jade who will be the protagonist of our story.
Life on planet Hillys is far from perfect. Every so often the population comes under attack by a race of beings known as the DomZ. These evil beings either capture their prey and drain their life force or convert them into slaves.
This is where the game begins with an attack on Jade's home which is a clifftop lighthouse. She shares the home with the orphans whose parents have been lost due to the multiple attacks from the DomZs.
Jade runs to the power switch to activate a shield that will protect the structure of the lighthouse and those residing within. However, when the shield fails to activate, she realises that the power bill hasn't been paid.
The DomZ attack the lighthouse and you must defend the children from attack. Despite Jade's best efforts some of the children are still taken.
The Alpha Section arrives but far too late to help. The Alpha Section is a military presence who claim to be trying to protect the residents of Hillys from these attacks by the Domz.
Jade realises she must take up a job to earn credits and pay the bills. Picking up a camera, she decides to photograph the inhabitants of Hillys both large and small for the science museum who will catalogue her findings.
Jade may only have her staff but it's all she needs to defeat these creatures!
Her photography skills are soon noticed by IRIS, an underground resistance movement who are convinced that the Alpha Section is working with the DomZ. They recruit Jade to collect photographic evidence for their theory, so they can prove to the inhabitants of Hillys the truth of their situation.
Beyond Good & Evil is primarily a third person action adventure with many elements of puzzle solving and item collection.
You will spend most of the game as Jade but there will also be times when you will control her friends such as Pey'J, an anthropomorphic boar who has been an uncle figure in Jade's life. This will come into effect usually during the solving of puzzle elements or when their special skills will help Jade during combat.
Jade doesn't use a gun but instead fights using martial arts and a staff. Dispatching bad guys will leave behind crystals that can be used to purchase inventory items from various shops. These include food items to increase health.
When Jade uploads her photographs to the science museum she is rewarded with pearls. These are harder to come by and are used to buy the bigger and more expensive items in the game, usually ship upgrades.
Beyond Good & Evil features a linear story set within an open world. There are many locations to visit, all of which are represented as different islands. To travel between them, you will be given the use of a hovercraft. It is this vehicle that will benefit from the upgrades bought from your acquisition of pearls throughout the game.
You can travel to most locations at nearly any time, but you'll soon encounter a problem that can only be solved by earning more pearls or gaining an item by completing a quest elsewhere on the map.
The hovercraft will also be used for racing. Whilst these are initially just a way to earn more money, one of the races will become essential to the main plot of the game.
The hovercraft is used to go from island to island. However, this Alpha Section patrol craft doesn't like you sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong!
I originally bought this game on its first release for my Nintendo Gamecube back in 2003. Unfortunately, my Gamecube and the collection of games I had acquired were stolen in a burglary, so I didn't manage to progress very far into the game.
Playing it again recently via the Nintendo Wii and I found I had become hooked. I had forgotten how much fun this game was.
Unfortunately, the game doesn't support the progressive scan mode of the Nintendo Gamecube which would allow a High Definition output of 480P, but this doesn't detriment from the game.
Developed by Ubisoft France, Beyond Good & Evil certainly does have a distinctive visual look that still holds up today. The graphics have obviously dated a little but not so much that you would call them ugly.
The characters in this science fiction tale have all been created with an exaggerated comic book style of art which made the game stand out from other titles from the time. Even though the graphics are nowhere as detailed as those of today's titles, they still look very good.
In terms of gameplay, I have to say it was enjoyable from start to finish. I'm a little bit OCD so I didn't mind trying to photograph all the inhabitants of Hillys to earn the extra pearls.
The missions in the game were a lot of fun and the mixture of puzzles and action feels just right. Towards the end of the game, there is a bigger stealth element that comes into play as just trying to kill bad guys gung-ho becomes an impossibility.
The main cast of Beyond Good & Evil. Double H, Jade, Secundo and Pey'j.
Unfortunately, the game's story is left hanging by the end. We discover part of the truth about who Jade really is, but not a completely satisfying answer. There is also a post-credits stinger that not only made me feel sorry for one of the characters but wondering where this story will go next.
Despite being critically acclaimed, the game was considered a commercial failure at the time of its release and this is why we have been left without another adventure with Jade for so long.
There have been many rumours for a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil for many years. A trailer first appeared in 2008 but Ubisoft remained quiet ever since.
In 2017, Ubisoft announced Beyond Good & Evil 2 at E3 where it was confirmed the story would take the form of a prequel. As of yet, there are no confirmed platforms or release date.
If you want to play the original Beyond Good & Evil, which I recommend you do, it can be found on the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube.
If you have a Microsoft Xbox360 or a Sony PlayStation 3, a remastered HD version is available from the respective online stores.
An excellent game that I enjoyed from start to finish. It may be fourteen years old now but it's still worth playing today!
Beyond Good & Evil trailer.


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ChAFTA and the TPP - Implications for Australian businesses
The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) was signed in Canberra on 17 June by Australian Minister for Trade and Investment, the Hon. Andrew Robb AO MP, and the Chinese Commerce Minister, Mr Gao Hucheng.Before the treaty comes into formal effect, however, both Australia and China must complete their domestic treaty-making processes.
For Australia, an important part of the process is the scrutiny of the treaty through Inquiries held by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The Committee met on 31 July in Sydney and will meet further in Canberra this week to consider the ChAFTA. Public submissions to this inquiry closed on 24 July and the committee is chaired by Liberal MP, Wyatt Roy.
The ChAFTA is expected to eliminate or significantly reduce tariffs on a wide range of Australian exports including on beef, dairy, sheep meat, wine, and horticulture, energy and resource products. It also delivers China's best services commitments to date, including the provision of new and improved market access for financial, legal, education and health and aged care services. China has been Australia's largest trading partner since 2007, with two-way trade valued at almost $160bn in 2013-14.
The successful ratification of ChAFTA will be a significant milestone for the Government given the tough negotiations surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Access for Australian dairy in Canada, sugar in the United States and intellectual property rights for American pharmaceuticals have stalemated negotiations. Jennifer Westacott, of the Business Council of Australia, has begun calling publicly for the expeditious ratification of the ChAFTA in the wake of stalled TPP negotiations.
It is expected bilateral trade deals such as those with Japan, South Korea and China will provide faster economic growth for Australia the TPP. This is particularly notable when considering these three countries represent $30bn more in trade to the Australian economy than all TPP countries together.
Two-way trade – a snapshot
The top Australian exports currently to China, including their value to the Australian economy, are:
- Iron ores and Concentrates, which are worth $57bn
- Coal, worth $9.3bn
- Gold, which is worth $8.1bn
- Education, which amounts to $4.1bn; and
- Copper, which contributes $2.1bn to the Australian economy.
The top imports from China are currently:
- Clothing
- Telecommunications equipment
- Furniture, mattresses, and cushions; and
- General consumer goods, such as toys and sporting equipment.
Political opposition to the ChAFTA
Unions have mounted a campaign against the ChAFTA, suggesting the deal will enable China to import its own workers.
The deal removes labour-market testing for the 457 visa program, potentially giving Chinese companies the ability to expedite semi-skilled workers to work on Australian projects, which the Unions claim will result in skilled Australian workers missing out on jobs to their Chinese counter-parts.
The CFMEU has also cited the removal of skills assessment for 10 occupations, including electricians, under the 457 program as possibly creating hazards when work is performed below Australian standards.
The Government counters these arguments by pointing out that Chinese workers will now simply come under the same regulatory category as workers with qualifications from countries such as the UK, the US, Canada, and Germany.
Potential outcomes for agribusiness
Agricultural products, including those from fisheries, exported to China are worth over $9bn to the Australian economy. The ChAFTA seeks to change the following:
Dairy: all tariffs on Australian dairy products will be eliminated within four to 11 years. This includes an elimination of the 15 per cent tariff on infant formula and the 10-19 per cent tariff on ice cream, lactose and casein, both within four years.
Meat produce:
- Beef: tariffs (currently ranging from 12-25 per cent) will be eliminated within nine years of the ChAFTA taking effect
- Sheep and goat meat: tariffs on all sheep and goat meat (ranging from 12-23 per cent) will be eliminated within eight years
- Pork: all pork tariffs (up to 20 per cent) will be eliminated within four years
- Hides and Skins: tariffs of five to 14 per cent on hides and skins including, sheepskin, cowhide and kangaroo hides and skins, will be eliminated within two to seven years
- Seafood: tariffs on all seafood exports will be eliminated within four years. This includes elimination of the 14 and 15 per cent tariffs on fresh abalone and rock lobster, respectively, within four years.
Wine and Spirits: tariffs of 14 and 20 per cent on wine and tariffs up to 65 per cent on alcoholic beverages and spirits will be eliminated within four years.
Horticulture: tariffs on all fruit, vegetables and nuts, ranging up to 30 per cent, will be eliminated, mostly within four years.
Barley and Sorghum: the three per cent tariff on barley and two per cent tariff on sorghum will be eliminated on entry into force.
Wool: Australia will receive an exclusive duty-free quota of 30,000 tonnes clean wool, which will grow by five per cent each year to 44,324 tonnes (clean) in 2024. This is in addition to the already existing quota of 287,000 tonnes (on which is imposed a tariff of one per cent).
Potential outcomes for energy, mining and manufacturing industries
In 2013-14, over one third of Australia's total exports to China comprised resources, energy and manufacturing products, equating to over $90 billion of value to the Australian economy. Key outcomes from the ChAFTA will include:
- Coking coal: three per cent tariff eliminated on entry into force of the ChAFTA
- Thermal coal: six per cent tariff eliminated within two years
- Alumina: eight per cent tariff eliminated on entry into force
- Aluminium (unwrought): five and seven per cent tariffs eliminated within four years
- Nickel (mattes and oxides): three per cent tariff eliminated on entry into force
- Zinc (unwrought): three per cent tariff eliminated on entry into force
- Titanium dioxide and titanium white (for paint): six and a half and 10 per cent tariffs eliminated within four years
- Orthopaedic appliances and hearing aids: four per cent tariff eliminated on entry into force
- Car parts and engines: 10 per cent tariff eliminated within four years
- Centrifuges: 10 per cent tariff eliminated within four years
- Plastic products: six and a half to 14 per cent tariffs eliminated within four years
- Precious stones – including opals: three and eight per cent tariffs eliminated within four years
- Pearls: 21 per cent tariff eliminated within four years
A zero-tariffs agreement for iron ore, gold, crude petroleum and liquefied natural gas will also be implemented, opening up significant opportunities for growth in current levels of exports. This may, however, have consequences for domestic supply and consumer pricing.


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SIBOS 2017: Meet us in Toronto from 16 to 19 october
Societe Generale is exhibiting at SIBOS 2017 in Toronto, from 16 to 19 October, to showcase its broad range of commercial banking, prime brokerage and securities services. The Societe Generale delegates will provide insight into the Group's growth ambitions and the various innovation projects underway.
SIBOS, organised by SWIFT, the global provider of secure financial messaging services, is an annual conference for the financial industry and brings together some 7,000 decision makers and experts from financial institutions, market infrastructures, multinational corporations and technology partners. SIBOS is the place to do business and collectively shape the future of the financial industry.
Attending for the 26th consecutive year, the Group is presenting products and services for corporate clients, financial institutions and brokers which include:
• Cash clearing services
• Trade services
• Cash management services
• Factoring
• Forex linked to transactions
• Global securities clearing services
• Execution to custody services
• Global and local custody
• Collateral management programs
• Brokerage
Societe Generale delegates have been invited to address current issues during dedicated conference sessions:
• Banking/technology stream – 16 October, 9.30am (conf. room 1): "What does the future hold for banks – evolution or extinction?" with our Head of Interbank relationships, Frantz Teissedre.
• Securities stream – 16 October, 3.30pm (conf. room 3): "How can middle and back-offices make use of artificial intelligence?" with Matthew Davey, Head of Business solutions at Societe Generale Securities Services
• Banking stream – 18 October, 1pm (Standards Forum, Exhibition): "The new frontier of digitisation in global Corporate treasury" with our Global Head of Global Transaction Banking, Benoit Desserre
• Banking stream – 19 October, 12.30pm (Conference room 4): "Digital Trade Chain : A unique collaboration initiative amongst banks" with our Global Head of Product Management & Innovation – Trade Services & Finance, Anne-Claire Gorge.
Societe Generale's delegates and solution experts will be present at booth H10.
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The Lincoln Park Skate Company is proud to present its annual Spring Ice Show. The show will take place on April 20th – 22nd and will feature skaters from the Lincoln Park Community Center Learn To Skate program along with skaters from the Skate Company Skating Club competitive freestyle program. We welcome skaters of all ages and levels to participate in this spectacular event.
Ice Show Dates and Times
We will have 4 performances. All skaters are required to skate in all 4 performances. The shows will be:
|Friday, April 20th
|Saturday, April 21st
1:00pm and 7:00pm
|Sunday, April 22nd
Groups will practice on ice starting in February (a complete schedule will be posted after January 20th). The week before the show we will have mandatory rehearsals with lights and costumes. Please see schedule of events to be posted after the first practice. There is a 3 excused absence rule for all groups. All absences must have written approval to be considered excused. Any skater with more than 3 absences will be considered for removal from a number. A tardy policy will be in effect to include after the 2nd tardy the skater will be marked as an unexcused absence.
Ice Show Fees and Deadlines
Deadline for Ice Show Registration is December 8th, 2017 . Costumes will be ordered by January 6th to allow time for delivery before pictures. A non-refundable deposit of 35% of your total amount due is required to register for the Ice Show. Your balance will be split into two payments. Payment one will be due by January 26th and payment two (final payment) will be due February 23rd.
- Package A – $235.00 – Includes 1 group #, 7-10 practices, coaches' fees, costume for 1 group #, and 1 pair of tights.
- Package B – $310.00 – Includes 2 group #'s, 7-10 practices per group, coaches' fees, costume for 2 group #'s, and 1 pair of tights.
- Package C – $385.00 – Includes 3 group #'s, 7-10 practices per group, coaches' fees, costume for 3 group #'s, and 1 pair of tights.
- Solo /Duet /Feature– $75.00 – Includes participation in a special part and your costume. This does not include your ice time and instructor fee to choreograph your special part.
Additional Optional Fees:
- High School Number – $25
- Pictures – Prices vary
- Featured Parts Tryout – $25
- Featured Parts fee – $75.00
- Program Ad – Prices vary
- Show Shirt – Prices vary
- Returning Skaters: Must support 3 sessions of SCSC Learn To Skate program or purchase
- First Time Participants: Must support 3 sessions of SCSC Learn to Skate program or purchase buyout.
- Skate Company Club Member: All skaters must be a member in good standing with Skate Company Skating Club by registration of show.
Costume fees are included in your package rate. All costumes will be ordered by January 6th. All skaters will be measured at time of registration and any questions regarding sizes will be decided between the Director and the parent. Each female skater will receive 1 pair of tights with their package. If you would like to order a second pair as a back-up you may do so at registration. (Male skaters will receive a $15 discount from package fees).
Advertisement and Program Books
A program book will be created to sell at the Ice Show. It will include pictures of all the groups and solo's involved in the show. You will also have the opportunity to place an ad in the program book featuring a skater or a business. Each skater is responsible to sell at least ½ a page of ads for the Ice Show program book. Also available in the program book are Love Ads. These are 1 and 2 line mini ads to be placed in the back of the book! The revenue from the program books is used to help defray the cost of ice expenses, lighting, and props. Any skater selling 3 ads will receive credit for 1 shift of before show volunteer work. Any skater selling two full pages of ads will receive two complimentary show tickets to the performance of their choice. For more information on selling program advertisements see the ad request forms available in December.
Skaters will have the opportunity to fundraise to defray the cost of their Ice Show fees. In order to fundraise legally all fundraising must be done thru Skate Company Figure Skating club. In order to participate, you must be a member in good standing with this club.
In order for the show to be a huge success we need a lot of parent involvement. You will be asked on your child's registration form to list a committee you are interested in helping with. Please choose one or more from the following list of areas that we need parents to help out with. If you have ever worked on any of these committees before please note that as well.
All skating families are required to volunteer a minimum amount of 5 shifts before rehearsal/show week, at least four (4) shifts/days during rehearsal/show week, and work at least one (1) shift/day after show for teardown. A shift must be a minimum one (1) hour except for Tear Down which consists of a minimum of
(2) hours of work. A $75 work deposit will be collected at costume pick up and held until all the required volunteer time has been met. If the volunteer time has not been met, the work deposit will be forfeited to the club. Included in this volunteer requirement is 1 mandatory date.
Set Up on Thursday April 19th – This is an all-day event. We understand that several families will be unavailable for help this day due to work schedules but we are requesting that you consider helping as much as you can this day. This is a vital day and this year we are limited to only one day for set up which will makes it even more crucial for multiple volunteers to be available.
MANDATORY Tear Down on Sunday April 22nd– each family is required to provide an adult to assist with the tear down and disassemble of the stage and set. This will immediately follow the final show.


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Ahead of his official visit to Washington, D.C. tomorrow, President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China shed some light on the views of the ruling Communist Party in a series of answers to submitted questions by the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. His answers were broadly compromising and conciliatory, but also reflected a growing assertiveness and alternate opinion that will likely clash with the U.S. position.
Relations between the two biggest economies of the world have been rough in 2010. China's reluctance to rein in North Korea's increasingly erratic and militant regime; U.S. sale of arms to Taiwan; China's unwillingness to revalue the Yuan, its domestic currency; and the second round of quantitative easing initiated by the Federal Reserve. It is on this economic front that the real clash is likely to happen between the leaders in their closed-door talks in the coming week, but other issues such as human rights and political reform will probably be raised in private.
China's argument against the Fed's actions reflects a general sentiment among the developing world that the inflationary efforts by the central bank is artificially devaluing the U.S. dollar and exporting inflation to other countries, often developing ones, that are experiencing increased money flows. The American argument against China's currency policy (or manipulation) points toward the cheapness of its exports that distort international trade surpluses and deficits. The U.S. economy, desperately in need of a boost, is trying to double its exports in the near future but will be hard pressed if cheap Chinese goods continue to flood the market. Many economists attribute China's increasing inflationary pressures on the undervalued currency.
But the real meat in President Hu's comments come in his not so subtle remarks against the international financial and currency system. "The current international currency system is the product of the past," he said, directly attacking the Dollar-dominated system that the world currently operates in and which the PRC government is an active participant. China's central bank is the largest holder of U.S. Treasury bonds that are all denominated in the Dollar. Moreover, President Hu highlighted the success of recent moves to allow Yuan trading in offshore sites such as Hong Kong and stated his hope that the Yuan will one day be an international reserve currency.
Whatever the rhetoric is from China, it is unlikely that there will be a substantial move by the central bank to try to replace the Dollar with the Yuan as the global currency. China itself is too much involved with the success and stability of the Dollar to want to change the system as it is. Moreover, the Yuan is not a freely traded currency, and only available for international settlement through Hong Kong, though a vibrant market, is limited in scope. Until China's currency is freely traded on the market and available for international transactions, there is little chance that either the central bank will pursue expansion, or investors/traders will be interested in trading in Yuan. The Dollar dominated system looks like it will stay for the foreseeable future.
Since President Obama's conciliatory tone toward China, coupled with a humbling visit in 2009, has produced little warming of relations or change of policy, many political pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle have been clamoring for the President to confront China on more fronts directly. The issue of human rights and democracy has been noticeably missing in the President's statements concerning China, and unlike the Clintoninan era where American officials often lectured their Chinese counterparts on economic and social policy, officials these days often avoid confrontational remarks and aim to compromise on all fronts. Given the President's need for a public boost and broadly intepreting China's reluctance to change, it may be Obama's best shot if he is seen in public to emphasis human rights and democracy and press the Chinese President for substantive reforms in the political system. Reformers, who seem to be led by the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, have been noticeably silenced in the past year on the issues of reform, as hardliners including President Hu and the military have dominated public appearances and the media. Although the President's attitude and statements are unlikely to change much at the top, it may be seen by activists on both sides of the Pacific as a rally to action and progress.


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Jennifer Hudson was forced to skip her performance on CBS' "Early Show" this morning after a case of food poisoning struck the singer, who was promoting new album "I Remember Me" on both the "Early Show" and CBS' "Good Morning America." Her rep said: "After performing on 'Good Morning America' earlier today, Jennifer Hudson went to the hospital due to severe abdominal pains. She was treated for food poisoning and released." (TMZ)
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Britney Spears' Madonna Cover Leaks
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26 September 2011
The Meandering Tale of the Missing Megan
I was shocked. And touched. I felt very Sally Field-ish, knowing that people like me, they really like me, enough to notice my absence. So, in a nutshell, this was my week:
Last Saturday, we had soccer, and threw a birthday party for Five at a cool gym with giant inflatables. Later in the day, Mom moved in for a week-long visit, while Pappou was traveling.
Tuesday the kids had a minimum day, just to torture me, and we had Back to School night at Four's school. I'm a little nervous about the amount of work he's being asked to complete, mostly because I think homework breeds school hatred.
Wednesday, took Mom for a haircut, then went to see my doctor about my extreme exhaustion, heart fluttering, and general aches and pains. Silently threatened her life when she uttered the word "perimenopause," then gave a few vials of blood to rule out Lyme disease, thyroiditis, and arthritis. Called to make a date with the podiatrist about my self-diagnosed plantar fascitis. You know, the reason I can't go on the treadmill.
Thursday, took Three to the orthodontist, so they could tell me his teeth had moved. Because he hadn't worn his retainer. They offered to take new impressions and cast new retainers, all for the bargain price of $550. We went home, and I told Three to shove those suckers back in his mouth, no matter how much it hurt.
Went to One's Back to School night. He is a "Fifth Year Senior," which gives him an opportunity to navigate school on his own, sans a personal aide, for the first time ever. He's taking really cool electives, in mainstream classes, in preparation for attending county college next year.
Friday, Mom woke up in pain, unable to move her shoulder or neck. We made an appointment with the chiropractor for 12:15. I went to school at 9:30 to collect Three for his sit-down with the pediatrician, to investigate the knee pain he'd had since Saturday's soccer game. We can now go see an orthopedist if we choose. I gave him more ibuprofen. Left the chiropractor with Mom at 2:00, in time to go get children at rainy bus stops, and deposit them at home.
Raced to pick up rental linens for father-in-law's surprise 70th birthday party. Drove to charming lake community club house to set up, walked into teen dance party. Drove to Costco instead to get the hors d'oeuvres, a case of bottled Coke from Mexico, and flowers.
Saturday, loaded the van with supplies, and met with the oil company rep about installing a new boiler. Realized She-Who-Cannot-Be-Trained (Cobie), was not in the house or the yard. Sent the Captain and assorted boys to look for her. Went to charming lake community club house again, met sister-in-law. Moved a lot of chairs and tables, draped them with the rental linens, and decorated them with old 45's and Gerbera daisies in the Coke bottle vases.
Got a call from the Captain, informing me Cobie had been impounded for the weekend by our town Animal Control officer. Yes, the girl dog is unregistered. Hell, I never registered Leo, and we've had him for four years. I was busy. I forgot. On the upside, this development eliminated my need for a party-time dogsitter.
Went home to shower and change, then returned to community club with Two and his helpful girlfriend. Set up hors d'oeuvres, greeted guests, and yelled "Surprise!" to stunned F.I.L. Danced with Mother, Brother, Sons, and Husband. Had fun, cleaned up, passed out.
Sunday, Four gently woke me at 7:00. Managed to stay in bed until 7:40, despite his repetition of the phrase, "Come on, it's time to get up now." The poor Captain awoke with a migraine, and Five crankily rose an hour later. Spent much time soothing him, and eating carbs. Felt like I'd been run over by a truck. Took Five to Toys 'r Us to buy Legos with his birthday money. Drove to Mom's apartment to help her find her cell phone, before loading her up to come spend another five days with us. Bonus! Yelled at teenagers to finish the god-blessed homework that I didn't know about until 5:00 on Sunday.
Ate Sunday dinner. Hopefully expressed the proper amount of love to Janet, who helped Three create a chart on the computer, and then pulled all the remaining chicken off the carcasses, so we can make pot pie tomorrow. Put little people to bed, then actually watched television! Yelled at teenagers to go to sleep. Kissed the still-suffering Captain goodnight.
Wrote this post, even though I'm certain I've already published some other boring version of it half a dozen times. Will now go empty and load the dishwasher for the third time today.
I missed you guys.
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Well, yeah, we did miss you and are glad you're back. Now go lie down and eat some chocolate. I thought my week was bad! Now I know why we stopped with two kids - my head would have exploded!ReplyDelete
What Karen said. Head asplode. Laughed my butt off at, "...I told Three to shove those suckers back in his mouth, no matter how much it hurt." Because I would have done the same thing. Followed by a threat to make him pay for it if I had to buy a new one. Glad you're back. :)ReplyDelete
Missed you! And I agree with "head asplode". I wanted four kids. Got zero. Now I'm glad that I didn't get four. Well, if I had a partner like the Captain, and the fortitude of you, maybe it would have been doable. I think you are totally awesome! I personally think you are quite gentle with them all, given the circumstances. :)ReplyDelete
Glad you're back. I missed you during my time away, too.
That sounds like some week. I like the coke bottle idea. It sounds very cool.ReplyDelete
I am not remotely bored by this post. I think I speak for everyone when I say, if you have time to write it, we are more than happy to read it. I am jealous about chicken pot pie. It is a personal favorite.
@Skye - I agree about The Captain. He's a Prince among men.
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Oh how we missed you!!! (And yes, I was one of the whiners who wanted to know where the hell you were. Fine. Now I know.) Please tell me that you schedule some "Mom rest" moments into your schedule someplace. (Lie if you have to.)ReplyDelete
Of course I felt the love!! Plus I didn't work all that hard. I spent half the evening watching ball games with the Captain while he folded laundry, which is a past time that I love a lot. And it was great to spend time with your large, handsome family.ReplyDelete
As June mentioned, we are happy to get whatever posts you decide to write. But - if I might make a request - I'm interested in hearing about Miss Cobie's stint in the Big House. The Pen. Stir. What have you.
I just hope she didn't come back all tatted up. That would be a shame.
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@Janet: I did have to ask her to surrender her shiv and extinguish the cigarette before she got in the van. She's more mellow now, so we think she may have been Scared Straight.
@Julie: I didn't think of it as whining. I thought your concern was very sweet! My mom rest moments are here in front of the computer. So, you see how that worked out last week! Also, I occasionally lie down now when overwhelmed by exhaustion. Which is why I went to the doctor, because I am unaccustomed to feeling exhausted. It bites to have limited energy.
@June: We're making your pot pie recipe, which is the only one I like! Yum. We might follow it up with your meatloaf, with the very-Bettyish bacon topping. Double yum.
@Skye: Yay, Skye is here! I'm not so much "gentle" as pragmatic. We've tried excessive force and it yields no better results. I do go back to it every so often, just to double check my data.
@Delia: You have a giant family (which is different than a family of giants), so why aren't you as crazy as me? I mean, you finish books and everything! I think it's because you're a Virgo. Even slacker Virgos have mad skillz.
@Karen: I don't mind admitting that I've hit the box of Mallomars more than once.
Uh...no. My kids, none of whom have yet hit puberty, all go to the same school. Two of them opted not to participate in fall sports (slacking is an inherited trait). Which means I have one kid in peewee soccer, three in CCD, one in Girl Scouts. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, I have no official obligations other than to get them on and off the bus. Also, their bus stop is at the end of our driveway. If I shift three feet to my left right now, I can see it. Slacker Virgo is still a slacker.ReplyDelete
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Of course we missed you.ReplyDelete
I did the retainer thing, they are such a pain in the arse I decided to stop wearing it...man did it HURT when I had to put it back in.
Glad to hear that you're ok.
Thanks for reading! Unlike other Diaries, this one isn't private. Feel free to share your thoughts. Politely, of course.


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NATIONAL FLAG, the TRICOLOUR
Our National Flag is represents the hopes & aspirations of people of India. It is a symbol of our freedom. It has gone through a series of changes since its first inception. The National Flag of India was designed by Pingali Venkayyaand and adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August, 1947.
The three coloured bands in the national flag of India hold specific meaning. The topmost saffron band indicates the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra while the last green band is a symbol of the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land.
In the center of the flag lies the Dharma Chakra. This Dharma Chakra depicted the "wheel of the law" in the Sarnath Lion Capital made by the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. The chakra intends to show the importance of continuity of life i.e. there is life in movement and death in stagnation.
The ratio of width of the flag to its length is 2:3. Its diameter is approximately equal to the width of the white band. The wheel contains 24 spokes.
Earlier one could see the Tricolour furling on educational institutions & government buildings only but thanks to the amendments in the National flag Code, now all Indian citizens can proudly hoist the Tricolour over their homes, offices or factories however there are certain do's & don'ts regarding the handling of our national flag and one must be aware of these in order to maintain the dignity of our national flag.
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- A member of public, a private organization or an educational institution may hoist/display the National Flag on all days and occasions, ceremonial or otherwise consistent with the dignity and honour of the National Flag.
- Section 2 of the new code accepts the right of all private citizens to fly the flag on their premises.
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- The flag cannot be intentionally allowed to touch the ground or the floor or trail in water. It cannot be draped over the hood, top, and sides or back of vehicles, trains, boats or aircraft.
- No other flag or bunting can be placed higher than the flag. Also, no object, including flowers or garlands or emblems can be placed on or above the flag. The tricolour cannot be used as a festoon, rosette or bunting.


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Have the arts been living in sin with the media? From April 6 to 8, the Walker Art Center and The Kitchen held a conference entitled "Sins of Change: Media Arts in Transition, Again" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to address this possibility. The first symposium about media arts held at the Walker in 1983 was remembered for its excitement about new possibilities, but the second time around, the taste for departure and transgression was muted, as if media arts had been forced out of a paradise of innocent exploration. To establish a context for discussion, six panels were convened: "pride" focused on media as art, institutions were addressed under the rubric of "covetousness", "sloth" debated the politics of access, "anger and gluttony" marked video art, net art was considered with "envy", and a discussion of interfaces was entitled "lust". Each panel brought together artists and curators, producers and critics to present and reflect upon the recent reception and transformation of media arts.
Symptomatic of post-industrial society and a global economy that no longer pivots around production but around attention, art that addresses the media commands special interest in the attention economy. Demand, it seems, exceeds supply; some of the artists invited to the conference - Vuk Cosic, Jordan Crandall, Natalie Jeremijenko - might show in London, Karlsruhe, New York, Minneapolis and San Francisco simultaneously. By the same token, most panelists agreed that the omnipresence of video and computer screens can make one forget, or momentarily repress, the history of media art, particularly its conflicts with art institutions. Such screen memories were analysed by Bruce Jenkins of the Harvard Film Archives, who traced changing attitudes about video art in major festivals over the past decade. Lynn Hershman, whose work in the 1970s was often excluded from exhibitions because sound and interaction were not accepted yet, considered the computer a filter for culture: one of her more recent interactive installations films visitors and divides their image between real time and deferral. Looped in 27 seconds of video or archived in a VRML structure, spectators become an integral part of her work.
While the conference made clear that there still is a digital divide, the participants did not make it a matter of ideological contention. At the same time, the mainstreaming of interfaces holds the peril of an overly familiar mediascape that loses its peculiar potential for art. Three different tactics were explored: critic and curator Lev Manovich insisted on the difference between design and art in his analysis of graphic interfaces since Apple's 1984 debut. Radical net artists like Olia Lialina, Cosic, and Simon Biggs on the other hand keep pushing the boundaries of net interfaces and their software, from visual metaphors such as icons, frames and desktops to packet switching codes and transfer protocols. Neither separating the core of his art from technology nor employing it to foreground the limits of technology, Crandall uses images from surveillance and infrared cameras in his work, raising the question whether his use of such gadgets would be recognizable without his commentary. Each approach positions itself differently regarding notions of distance, contamination, and appropriation of a medium by, or for, one's art.
Every panel raised the question of appropriate means to varying degrees. If visualization lacks surprise and pushes reflection into the background, it can stupefy, as Walter Benjamin writes in a note on museum pedagogy: to involve the audience, optical stimulation has to be reined in. (1) What is shown, in other words, cannot just be what is said; one expects an event, a trick of evidence: a picture is still supposed to say more than so many words. By the same token, such attention traps reduce any accompanying blurbs to simplifying catchphrases, slogans of common sense. The most generic blurb about media art is that boredom dumbs down, entertainment enlightens. Yet as Walter Benjamin first pointed out, mass viewership is no longer geared towards collective enlightenment; arguably, the old truism about boredom and enlightenment is partially reversed by the sensory overload of "irritainment" and "recreology", and more people appreciate the speed bumps on the information superhighway that gives digital pause.
For all its claims to acceleration, media art that seeks to last under the gaze must work with the long while, with the risk of boredom. In conceptual works such as Jeremijenko's suicide camera on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge or the intricate computer animations by Biggs, temporality is transformed in directly inverse relation to the associated attention span. Such work exploits the short or long while substituted for a real time we are thereby enabled to forget. This forgetting of real time is the constitutive experience of the attention-distraction dialectic that cleaves media and arts both apart and together. And once museum officials and independent curators ask their audience to invest their interest in the digital realm, the role of the institution also changes. Neither competing with television and the Internet nor truly compatible with them, museums and galleries must help artists and audiences access each other. However, television producers like Neil Sieling and art historians like Robert Atkins unanimously agree that more access does not necessarily mean more options, and so to strike a balance of politics and technology is not a question of a quantity of channels, sites or institutions. Emerging technology alone will not overcome sloth; cultural producers must try to lead through technology without leaving behind the audience they seek to build, as veteran activist Kathy Rae Huffman urged.
Billed as a media philosopher, French sociologist Pierre Lévy delivered a keynote address to start the intellectual debate. Introduced by Steve Dietz, the Director of New Media Initiatives at the Walker, Lévy offered a futuristic spin on collective intelligence. He posited cultural evolution as literal continuation of Darwinian, biological evolution, with cyberspace as the last step of the latter and a new beginning for the former. To Lévy, humans are mere adjuncts of a transformation of the post-cultural semiotic sphere. As the goal of this accelerating evolution, he proposed a collective intelligence of the biosphere. Fast-forwarding through the history of media, Lévy focused on creative reproduction at the cost of another Darwinian principle, selection. However, art and its institutions have as much to do with selection as with creative (re)production. Further, in his reduction of evolution to the single principle of self-reproductive life, Lévy neglected all factors of resistance. Insisting that his model does not exclude or select, supersede or overcome, every step was supposedly inclusive of what preceded. The irony of this single-mindedly "intelligent" thought-experiment is that in its all-encompassing embrace, it cannot account for resistance and soon loses all powers of distinction; for Lévy, "progressively capitalism becomes communism" since everyone has equity stakes. Yet arguably, both markets pivot around what one could call collective stupidity, a formidable resistance which one ignores at one's own speculative risk.
Lévy counseled artists to forget about mediation, yet the best art discussed during the conference highlighted the fact that media art does not allow for quasi-religious immediacy of content and context, but works with the medium, with the resistance, the static that always slightly distorts the signal. An installation by Jessica Bronson, for instance, juxtaposed screen noise or "snow" with the various toxic substances used in Hollywood to simulate snow, and the screen windows with the weather outside the gallery windows. On a different level, material resistance was also evident in the technical snags typical for any new media conference: digital projectors failed to connect, laptops froze, web sites did not load; poignantly, Lévy chose to rely on an old-fashioned overhead projector. When SFMoMA curator Benjamin Weil argued that the future task was to collect and preserve ideas and not objects, his point was well taken, but not surprisingly producers like Esther Robinson and curators like Sara Diamond of the Banff Centre for the Arts protested that certain material conditions still come first.
While the conference provided rich historical perspectives and raised interesting questions about contemporary challenges, the consensus among the discussants seemed to be that as an intervention, the entire event perhaps did not leave as strong an impression as the first such event held at the Walker in 1983. One of the "sins" not on the program for this "forget-together" of media and arts was nostalgia, but as in 1983, the conference ended with a performance by Bay Area culture jammers Negativland in the legendary downtown club First Avenue. If it was not nostalgia, it was their fast-forward into a future when it is no longer possible to distinguish between irony and propaganda - either way, what Negativland put on stage seemed dated in the same way that some transitional media art is relying on the déjà vu effect for recognition.
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