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11. Pull all the thread tails to the underside and tie off to secure. 12. If there is slight puckering around the design, steam from the wrong side and finger press to smooth the area. Do not touch the iron to the fleece. 13. Construct the garment per pattern directions. Nancy's Notes It's important to align the previously sewn welt under the outside groove. This has the welts spaced every other groove. If you were to sew the welts right next to each other in every groove, it would draw up too much fabric and distort the surrounding fabric.
Nancy's Hints #1 For an easy way to join the crazy patches, use an edgestitch presser foot as a guide for centering the seam. Use a wide multiple zigzag or serpentine stitch to join. These are not strong seams. Strength will be added when the seams are topstitched with trim strips. #2 For a stronger pieced front, cut out a complete right and left front from another base fabric such a muslin or lining. Arrange the crazy patch pieces on this base fabric. When the butted edges are sewn together with joining stitches, the base will be incorporated into the stitching.
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Penelope Levinson, owner of the Sunshine Cafe and wolf-dog shape-shifting firefighter cousins Kent & Tucker O'Mara and John & Jack Stephens have known all their lives they were destined to be together. So why won't the Mating Ceremony work? They've been trying since she turned twenty-five, and failure after failure is driving them apart. Mating has become a chore, not a pleasure and they are getting tired of people asking them when they are going to settle down, Mate and start a family.
They decide to give up on the ceremony if one last try doesn't work, but what does that mean for their relationship? Without the Ceremony, Penelope faces exhaustion trying to handle the demands of the four brothers.
And then there's Oliver McKay, the new doctor in town and a human. Why does Penelope suddenly find herself attracted to him? Does this mean it's time to give up on love with her wolves and move on?

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Home Progress: Living Room
The living room was one of the first areas that got the most attention because this is truly where the fam hangs out the most. There is an amazing tree (either a tipu or jacaranda, I'm terrible with tree species) right outside the large windows that provides shade (crucial in the hotter months), some privacy, and the best shadow patterns. The layout of this room was similar to my San Francisco apartment's living room, so I placed all the major furniture pieces in the same manner.
The sofa went in front of the window, bookcases flanked the fireplace with the tv placed along the long wall. I originally had a rectangular, ornate gilded mirror above my old fireplace, but that style just didn't feel right in this house. I replaced it with a simple framed round mirror and it was amazing how much lighter the space felt with just that simple change.
My bookshelves are not styled and I've since purchased a new rug, but this space is pretty much where it's at. I swapped out the live edge coffee table I've had for years with a vintage, round table which filled the space appropriately. I'm still in search of a new piece for the turntable and record player and I'm trying to restrain myself from adding any other pattern besides the rug. The living room is just the right amount of cozy and it's really starting to feel like home sweet rental home.
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Lady Loft Project
I've been working on a great project with a very great client and I can't wait to see this space completed. The space is a modern loft in LA and we've been focusing on the living room and dining room, which is essentially the same space. It was a challenge to give the two spaces their distinct looks while making sure they marry well, but I think we're close. Here's a look at the major components of the design…a bit of vintage and a bit of modern mixed with a touch of Oriental flair.
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5 Tips for Designing a Timeless Nursery
Nurseries have come such a long way from the traditional blue-for-boy and pink-for-girl baby rooms and although I'm all for gender specific design, what I'm not a huge fan of is designing a space that becomes too baby-ish too soon. Here are just a few tips to help you create a nursery that will grow with your child.
1. Think in terms of long haul when choosing furniture. If you purchase a chair only for nursing, you're only going to use it when you're nursing. Choose something that works for now and in the future.
2. Don't buy an expensive crib. The longest your babe will be in the crib is about 2 years (??), maybe even less, so spend your dollars elsewhere in the space.
3. Do invest in a dresser. A dresser will work as your changing table and provide storage. A piece of furniture that does double duty has the ability to morph into something else somewhere else in the home if needed.
4. Don't delve too heavily into a theme and do pick colors that aren't too juvenile. If you absolutely must have a "Frozen" themed room (I've never even seen the movie), do it in a way that the theme carries across in items that can easily be switched out, think pillows and accessories.
5. Don't go crazy with baby products. I have a feeling I'll have to take my own advice on this when my time comes around. You most likely don't have the space and you probably don't need all that extra stuff. Keep to the baby essentials.
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Home Progress: Front Porch
I've been super motivated to get my home sweet rental home "finished" because Spring is just around the corner. I know lots of people who rent their homes and there's always that feeling of "well, I don't know how long I'll actually be here" and then five years go by and they've lost all that time to live in a home-y space. I've also had a handful of clients that were waiting for the right property to buy and they end up in their rentals for years before they finally realize that even though their home is a rental, it deserves some attention. Of course, I would tell you to use your best judgement on where you should spend your hard earned money and do what you can when you can, but I promise you in the end, you'll be so glad you put some effort into your home because I am true believer that your home heals you when you put some thought into it.
So, welcome to my front porch. My house has that ranch-y curb appeal and I didn't want to do anything that was a total departure from the 50s ranch style. I knew I wanted some sort of seating situation and some potted plants to warm up the space. I also needed some pots to help block the possible deathly drop on either side of the step. This being where I live, I'm totally aware of the drop, but let's just say there were a few kids around Halloween that were trick-or-treating that weren't aware of it (thankfully everyone was fine).
I'm usually a collector and mixer of things, but this house seems to call for more simplicity. For a more uniform look, I used all terra cotta pots in different shapes and sizes and filled the existing chocolate pot with succulents. I potted a bunch of lavender because I'm really trying to keep the Ojai vibes going strong and I just can't get enough of the smell.
I purchased the bench at an antique store and accessorized with some goodies from Target.
Ilse Crawford Sinnerlig Collection for Ikea
Ikea has done it again and now we can only hope that we'll see some of this collection in the States. The DIY furniture giant has collaborated with London designer Ilse Crawford to launch the Sinnerlig collection which features natural materials with a neutral palette. There will be larger furniture pieces such as cork-covered tables and a daybed down to hand-blown glass bottles. Unveiled during Stockholm Design Week, the collection will be available at Ikea stores and online from August. Our fingers are crossed that this release includes the design hungry of the US of A. Cue the drool.
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Before & After: Double Duty Nursery
It's about that time in my life where I feel like so many women around me are having babies. It makes sense, they (and I) are of a 'certain age' and it's been really wonderful to see my friends transition into parenthood. I do not currently have a little human of my own, but designing other people's nurseries has been plenty of 'baby' in my life so far.
I've shared a few snippets of this nursery before, but I wanted to give you the full before and after tour. Seeing the 'after' is always great, but sometimes it's nice to have a reminder of what the 'before' was like to see the progress and complete transformation. You can see the design board here and below was the original inspiration.
The clients for this project were the owners of Tide & Pool so we knew the design direction was going to be beach-y, playful, modern and a space their baby could grow with. This nursery also needed to be gender neutral since the parents didn't know the sex of their baby and it also needed to function as a guest room.
I know you've heard it before, but paint can be so transformative! It's the most cost effective thing you can do that has the most impact. Of course, you can hire someone to paint for you, but if you're on a total budget, it's something anyone can do themselves. So, we painted and removed the unsightly blinds.
The nook behind the door was going to be wasted space until we decided to turn it into a reading corner.
And obviously, there was a crib and changing table.
We did a color block paint treatment on the walls and I seriously love how they turned out. The darker color on the bottom adds depth to the space without having to change anything architecturally.
The blinds were replaced with reed shades and then flanked with some whimsical, tasseled panels.
The daybed and dresser will do double-duty for many years.
The reading nook turned out better than I hoped…this little one is going to be such a reader.
I almost want to have my own baby just so I can design another nursery. Hope you enjoyed the tour.
Home Sweet Rental Home
It's been almost five months since the fam and I moved into our home in Ojai. It was a stressful search and after seeing some really terrible properties, like waiting for Honey Boo Boo to come around the corner terrible, we came back around to this house. It's a 50s ranch style home, cute curb appeal, cozy and good vibes on the inside, nice size yard (with nearly dead grass but great views of the mountains), and it's very comfortable for our lifestyle. The kitchen is a bit meh and the bathrooms are straight from the 70s (and not in the good way), but I have to remind myself that it's a rental and I'll get to design my dream kitchen and bathroom one day. Ideally, we'll start looking for a home to buy after one year here, we need to get a few ducks in a row first, but if we end up being here for a while, I'd be fine with that, too.
As soon as we moved in, we took off on our European adventure for a few weeks. When we returned to our new home, we returned to a sea of boxes, which I'm unclear how that was even possible since this house is so much larger than our SF apartment. The pre-move purge/garage sale had little affect. Anyone who has had to move, no matter how much stuff you have, knows it's a total process. So, I'm going through the 'process'.
Here's the living room. I love the large windows that look out to the front yard and there's a beautiful tipu tree that provides some privacy into the front room. The floors are original hardwood which is always a bonus.
The dining room is next to the living room and there's a buffet to store all my serving ware (and I have a lot). Still thinking about what I want to do with the ledge. Pumpkins occupied the ledge for Halloween and Thanksgiving, which then transitioned to garland for Christmas. It's currently empty and looking a little sad, but I have few ideas.
This bedroom was a tiny bit larger than the second bedroom, so it's the master. I'm okay with the vertical linen blinds in the living room and dining room because they're pretty neutral, but I knew these pink blinds had to go immediately.
This is the den and currently it's my office. I did have a dedicated office space in SF, but I would have to walk down the hall for the printer, or go into the kitchen pantry for my samples and supplies. Now I get to have it all one place which I'm pretty excited about it.
Here's the guest bedroom. Again, the vertical blinds need to go.
And here's the backyard. Did I mention there are citrus trees?!? If there were only an avocado tree, I would be in guacamole heaven.
I'll keep sharing updates, no major renovations, but there will definitely be some furniture shopping. Home sweet rental home.


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A large master bedroom with private balcony and ensuite sits quietly atop the four levels,
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From the double garage you will be welcomed into the entry foyer, arriving into spacious living calling you to relax, entertain and enjoy.
The seamless floorpan takes you from the media room and study to the open plan kitchen, family and dining to spill out onto the large outdoor deck, overlooking the sparkling inground pool.
Preparing meals in this gorgeous kitchen will be a pleasure. Not just because of the large
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*Four bedrooms all with a view and built ins; master with walk in robe, ensuite and private balcony
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*Huge open plan dining, kitchen and family space adjacent large decking
*Media room
*Bright, open study on first floor
*Freshly painted exteriors
*Recessed lighting on staircases
*Fully covered entertainers deck
*In ground pool
*Flat, low maintenance lawn
*Three toilets over 4 levels
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*Double car garage with internal access plus off street parking
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Archive for May 14th, 2008
Logo Ideas. Suggestions.
I'm trying to decide what banner to use until I come up with an original logo design (this is a hodge podge of cartoon characters from my strip "Nerd Girl" and a illustration of Lil' Kim.) I realized I needed a more gender neutral logo, as I do have a male readership (and I love you all). I don't want new readers to think this is not a penis friendly place. So, ideas? Suggestions?
BTW. For anyone who cares the characters are Rebecca, a biracial girly nerd, Jenitta, the fierce Alpha female and Glenn, a vain egotist. The character based on me, Maddie, is sort of to the left there, but that's an early rendering. I've changed her look some and I haven't scanned in any of the good ones of her yet. Maddie (short for Madeline), Rebecca and Jenitta are all main (female) characters. Glenn is one of Maddie's ex-boyfriends.
The three main male characters include Steve Feung, Jermaine and Budda X. All three are perpetual slackers. I'll eventually get around to posting more on the strip after I finish some other personal projects.
When Hillary Love Gets Kooky: Car Edition
A while back I did a few pieces on folks who took their love for Obama a "Barack too far." But did you know there are some folks who can go coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs on The Hills too? Like, what the hell is this abomination?
Those crazy, West Virginians. Trying to out crazy the Obama crazies. It's no Obama Messiah sculpture, but it ranks up there with the Obama Air Force Ones. Click here to see more on "Extreme Obama" love.
If you find evidence of people taking their love of Hillary OR Barack to unnerving levels please send the pictures to moi: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Profiles In Sexy: Jude Law Versus Jessica Alba
He's a whore. She refuses to get naked for pay. They're both sexy and awesome (even though one can't act her way out of a restroom stall). But who wins in this duel de sexy?
First Jude Law
@ He's British and The Snob loves men with British accents. I'm also partial to French, Spanish, American Southern drawl, Caribbean patois and whatever accent Wall of Sexy member Tawny Cypress butchered through FOX's canceled "K-Ville."
@ He's a cad. You can only be a cad if you're British. It sounds nicer than, say, "asshole" or "jerk who slept with our kids' nanny."
@ He can act.
@ He can act sexy.
@ He was murdered by Matt Damon in "The Talented Mr. Ripley," where Jude was, by far, the best and sexiest thing. And I like Matt Damon. Matt Damon is hot. But when Ripley kills Dicky the movie goes from a very sexy, somewhat homoerotic jaunt through Europe to dead white people everywhere and Damon's Ripley climbing back into the celluloid closet.
@ He's like a British Samuel L. Jackson. As in, there's no check he won't turn down no matter how abysmal the script. Granted, Jackson takes so many roles because he remembers his po', broke addict days when work was non-existent. Law is double-booking because he owes all kinds of child support and alimony. Keep it in the pants, Jude!
@ For every "Gattaca" there's "Alfie"or that Stanley Kubrick partial-birth abortion, stem cell harvested nightmare of "AI: Artificial Intelligence." That wasn't really Law's fault, but he didn't help any.
@ He cheated on his wife for Sienna Miller, who is a crappy actress, only to down grade further and do the help. What's next? Homeless people? Ann Coulter? Standards, Law! Have some standards!
And now for Alba. What's so great about her?
@ She's got a body that won't quit and the fresh face of an angel.
@ She's resisted fan boy pressure to show off her goodies. But, after that …
@ She's a terrible, terrible, terrible actress. This doesn't mean she's a lost cause by any means. She's always one role from redemption, but her resume reads like a trainwreck sandwiched between two super hero flicks just one step above the Daredevil spin-off "Elektra."
The Eye? Bill? Good Luck Chuck? The Ten? Into the Blue? Honey!
Would it kill this woman to do something she can handle like playing Vin Diesel's/The Rock's/Keanu Reeves'/Will Smith's girlfriend while shit blows up all around? I'm not saying she should lower her standards, but … she should lower her standards. She's no Rachel McAdams or Sanaa Lathan. She's not even "Ugly Betty's" Ana Ortiz. The ONLY good movie Alba's done in the last decade was "Sin City" and that movie wasn't good because of her. It was good because everyone in it who was not her, plus the man behind the camera, plus the man who illustrated the original graphic novel it was based on were brilliant. This was the ultimate open book test of films. All she had to do was NOT SUCK. She didn't have to emote. She didn't have think. She only had to do was what Hollywood likes to pay her to do — look really, really hot.
Of course, to the chagrin of fanboys she still kept her clothes on, but I actually give her props for keeping her top on. The pressure has to be SO enormous to just get naked for get the attention and box office gross. Many actresses have done the Full Femme Monty only to end up in the dust bins of film history. (Elizabeth Berkley … at least your film is a camp icon. That sort of makes up for having no career, right? Right?)
You go, Alba. At least you CAN keep it in the pants … And shirt. Which is more than I can say for Gigolo Joe over there.
That said. Who wins?
I lean pretty hetero so my urging places want me to go with Law. But I'm prone to girl crushes and Alba is so cute even though she is a horrendous actress. But, c'mon, is this really a contest? Part of being sexy is about being sexy in ways that don't involve your "goodies." Law is a hot, fey mess and Alba has a cute butt, but you have to have some there there. And Alba, honey, you played the Invisible Woman not once, but twice.
Enuf said.
Give me my screwed up, nanny fucking, broke-ass Brit Jude Law!
Crave more sexy? Please. Take a hike up the wall and gander at all the pretty people.
I heard the craziest thing today …
West Virginia had a primary! Who knew? And Hillary Clinton apparently won! Shocking! And am I being sarcastic? YES! YES, I AM!
Everyone (and by everyone I mean the punditocracy) say that what will REALLY matter is her victory speech. Will it be a go-along-get-along speech? Or will she show up on a motorcycle, shotgun in tow, half her face blown off to reveal she is, in fact, a cyborg, wearing sunglasses and proclaiming "I'll be back … in June!" while James Cameron's film score thunders in the background?
Because if she did that, that would be pretty fucking awesome. It would be annoying too. But I love Terminator 2, so it would still be pretty awesome all the same.
Now think! Think, Snob! How will Chris Matthews manage to make this all more important than it is by being overtly sexist? Ooo! Ooo! Glenn Close reference! Wait. Someone already did that. Aah, I know Sharon Stone reference. She is a Clintonista. No! Too sexual and creepy. And "Single White Female" and "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" aren't quite apropos.
I'll play it safe. He'll say something about pantsuits and her voice being irritating.
That, and how hopeless her campaign is …
And how he secretly hopes it never ends.


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Jessica Alba looked every bit stunning at the Paris Fashion Week this past weekend, as she wore a Lanvin black and white one-shoulder dress that was complete with gold embellishments on the top. She matched it with studded earrings and a big, black ring to complete the look.
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Katy Perry also stood out, as she once again opted for the color blue. At the Viktor & Rolf Fall 2012 show this past Saturday, the 26-year-old singer wore the label's black dress with eye-catching blue wave-like designs around the dress. She paired it with a matching blue jacket and shoes with an adorable clutch and dangling earrings.
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Life as a teenager is nearly always rough. A time of self-exploration, a time of mistakes, and sometimes the beginning of something that stays with us forever. Marlena, by Julie Buntin, explores these themes, coupled with addiction, alcoholism, and the haunting nature of memory. As Cat recounts a year of her life with imperfect hindsight, readers are taken down a horrifying, blunt, and, at times, crude memory lane where the end result is always the same: Marlena is dead.
The aspect of Cat's character that struck me as the most important in regard to the story is her unreliable nature. After her parents' divorce and her move to rural Silver Lake, Cat met Marlena and started drinking at the age of fifteen. She openly admits repeatedly throughout the novel that her memory isn't perfect, it's scarred and blurred with drugs and alcohol. At one point, she even admits to omitting things, casting Marlena in an ethereal, angelic light, even though she was a bad influence as well as a suffering young woman. One paragraph hit me in particular, blatantly telling me that Cat as a narrator is not to be trusted:
The truth is both a vast wilderness and the tiniest space you can imagine. It's between me and her, what I saw and what she saw and how I see it now and how she has no now. Divide it further---between what I mean and what I say, who I am and who I appear to be, who she said she was and acted like she was and also, of course, who she really was... Imagine all these perspectives like circles in a Venn diagram, a tiny period in the middle... Maybe that is the truth. But my version of the story is all we f*cking get (Buntin 231).With this admission, readers see Cat as not only unreliable but self-deprecating. Cat doesn't trust herself, therefore she doesn't inspire much trust from her readers. And yet, we believe her. The story is so intoxicating and absorbing that we ignore her misgivings. We ignore her warnings and try to see the truth behind the inconsistency of her memory. Cat plays to the reader so that we both understand her and Marlena. We see the struggle Cat has with her parent's divorce and how she loses interest in success and all she can think about is escape. I even think we recognize that as a feeling we've experienced. And in this, Marlena becomes a myth-like figure, a warning, an inspiration. Chaotically beautiful in her own destruction. All of this culminates in a pulling, a luring, in of the reader. Fed by the storyline and the prematurely revealed ending that Marlena is dead.
Through these recognizable, understandable, and emotional characteristics of Cat, readers are immediately drawn to her. She's a struggling adult who suffered physically and emotionally as a teenager, though much of it was self-inflicted. However, there are no feelings of blame elicited from the book. I didn't blame Cat's parents, Marlena, or Cat herself, which I found very interesting. Well, maybe I blamed Cat's dad a little bit... but still. The writing style of Buntin leaves room for reader interpretation and I love when a book does that.
The real hook for me in regard to the plot is that Cat has no idea what really happened with Marlena's death. The storyline follows Cat's family moving to Silver Lake, Cat meeting Marlena, the next door neighbor, and then falling down this rabbit hole of destruction that led to Marlena's death. The whole book seems to revolve around a promise Cat made to never forget Marlena and that has haunted her for the past fifteen plus years. Readers truly see how much Marlena's friendship and death affected Cat so that Marlena's memory became her albatross. Marlena is truly a book that haunts, a book that forces a change of perspective, a jaunt down memory lane that scars and blurs the surrounding landscape and especially a book that questions the reliability of memory. I would recommend Marlena to readers who enjoy unsolved mysteries, the exploration of friendship and relationships and those who don't inch away from danger and dirty secrets.
Rating: 3.5/5 Cups


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Tips for Beginner Wholesale Markets
Wholesale sales are key to high volume sales. They will increase your market's revenue and instill loyalty in your best producers. Even if your market doesn't currently include wholesale sales, it's easy to get started. Try beginning with a small local restaurant whose proprietors might not have the time to shop locally. Work your way up to larger resorts and institutions with one or two products.
Remember: Consistency, reliability, and time-savings are key to most chefs. Price is important too, but a superior product delivered without hassle is like gold to them. Make it easy for buyers, and it's an easy (high volume) sale for you.
Deliver a sample box in person to chefs in late morning. Go to the kitchen door. Ask who is in charge of purchasing, and hand them marketing material.
Ask what they need, what works, what time is best for you to check in.
Follow up with an email or phone call that day or the next.
Email a wholesale price list at the beginning of the week.
On the day before the order deadline, call or visit during the time they indicated.
Be ready to enter the order by logging into their account, so all they have to do is complete the transaction.
The first 3 times a wholesale buyer makes a purchase, call on delivery day to check on customer satisfaction. Once a routine is established, check in less periodically but at least once a month.
Thank your wholesale buyers by offering discounts, freebies, etc. This is relatively inexpensive and goes a long way to cement their loyalty.
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Nominees for BBC Sports Personality of the Year revealedThe 10 nominees for the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award are revealed.
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Interview: Rising British gymnast Claudia FragapaneSports Mole catches up with Great Britain's 17-year-old 'pocket rocket' gymnast Claudia Fragapane after a whirlwind year.
Nov 16, 14:40
Ian Metcalfe named new chairman of Commonwealth Games EnglandFormer rugby player Ian Metcalfe is named as the new chairman of Commonwealth Games England.
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English diver Nick Robinson-Baker retires at 27Team GB diver Nick Robinson-Baker announces his retirement from the sport at the age of 27.
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Denise Lewis: 'British heptathlon is red hot'Gold-medal winning heptathlete Denise Lewis tells Sports Mole that competition in the event is "red hot" at the moment.
Aug 22, 21:58
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Interview: Olympic gold medallist Denise LewisLegendary heptathlete Denise Lewis talks to Sports Mole about a great summer for British athletics, her high hopes for the future and the chance of a return to the track.
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text: Body Confidence, 2 words that have always been something hard for me to deal with and I know I am not the only one. I was talking to one of my friends and I asked her what should be my next blog post? Her reply to me was " A post all about Body confidence". Quickly my response to her was " How am I suppose to write about that when I struggle with it myself?". She told me exactly write about your struggles with it and tell people how you overcome it yourself, so that is what todays post is going to be about. Like I said before body confidence has been something I've dealt with ever since I was little. When I was younger I would always want to be "pretty" and wear those cute clothes that everyone else was wearing back in Elementary/Middle school and even as I grew up in High school. But I couldn't either because it just didn't look the same on me or it just wouldn't fit. I hated going to the beach or going to the pool with my friends because I didn't want people to see me in a bikini. To this day as a 21 year old I still don't like doing those things because I still struggle with my appearance. I have my days where I can't bother getting dressed up because I don't like what I see in the mirror and I don't like the way things look on me but I do have my days where I take a look in that same mirror and love what I see. I appreciate my curves, I will wear what I want because I love it and I don't care what people think, I have stretch marks I have pimples but thats what makes me a normal human being. We all have flaws nobody in this world is perfect. You will meet a lot of girls who struggle with the same thing. Fat, Skinny, Short, Tall. We shouldn't bring each other down we should always be kind whether it is to a stranger, a sister, a best friend. I've had my times where I was talked about on social media about my appearance back when I was in high school and I have had those friends who would be the nicest person to me but go behind my back and talk about my weight and looks to other people. But all you can do in those situations is brush it off. It always gets better. Everyday is a new day. Every morning when I wake up I always try to have a positive mind. Body Confidence will always be a constant thing I will deal with but as I got older the more it didn't bother me as much as it use to. I always have my friends and family who are there for me when I have days and if it wasn't for them I don't know where I would be today. Now and days you see girls who aren't the "skinniest" people in the world have so much confidence in themselves and they are recognized for their curves and they are beautiful just the way they are. It makes me feel so much better about myself and I know I am beautiful. So heres to all you beautiful people out in the world! Wear what you want and don't let ANYBODY tell you, you aren't beautiful in that dress because if you feel great then you look great!


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When The Lehman Brothers bank goes bust in 2008, Manhattan lawyer Samantha Kofer finds herself out of a job, alongside a lot of other lawyers. With a glut of legal talent on the streets and a lack of jobs, she's forced to take a job in Western Virginia for free, encountering a different world of problems…
In New York, Sam was a proof-reader who worked eighty hours a week, her eye on a nice corner office and a salary in six figures. In Western Virginia, she meets people who need a new will writing, people who have been thrown out of their homes for bad debts, people on Meth with kids. She plays social worker as well as lawyer to a fair few of these clients. And to her surprise, she discovers that actually being a lawyer who helps people has its own rewards.
Plot wise, there's no actually not that much going on in this book. It's more like a series of vignettes, strung together to form a novel.
Behind most of these cases is the appalling destruction of Western Virginia by the mining companies. They will come in, strip a mountain – as in tear it down, with all the environmental damage that entails – then move on. The terrible working conditions and the mess they leave behind is not their problem.
The environmental subject is clearly something Grisham feels strongly enough to write a novel about, but the mining-companies-are-awful thing does get wearing after a few hundred pages. Yes, we know, John: mining company bad. Mining company awful. No argument here (I've looked on Google Earth). Let's move on with the story.
There was a semi-feminist feel here as well. Most of the men Sam meets are evil and even the good ones bend and break the law when it suits them. Sam and her all-female team of lawyers are the only morally pure characters in the book, practically the only ones standing in the way of the nasty male miners.
Grisham is fine when he's working in a courtroom or a corner office. His dialogue is sharp and witty, and his legal knowledge seems outstanding. Unfortunately, his descriptive writing is his weakness. And when he's telling you how great the unspoiled areas are of West Virginia, he doesn't immerse you in it. You don't feel the breeze or smell the trees. In a book with such a heavy outdoor setting, it's a hindrance.


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This republic was created Entirely to serve YOU and your interests.
Some have forgotten.
We have not.
~ Founder, Voters for a Voice
What Is Gerrymandering?
You've probably heard this term tossed around the news a lot lately. The only thing less sexy that the name "gerrymandering" is the practice, itself. Take a look at our short video for a quick synopsis of how gerrymandering works in a nutshell.
And read below for some quick facts!
How Does It Happen?
EACH STATE IS SPLIT INTO VOTING DISTRICTS. These districts serve the purpose of electing members to representative bodies, including the U.S. House of Representatives and state legislatures. For the U.S. House, representatives are apportioned between states based on the states' population, as determined by the census conducted every 10 years. Each representative represents 1 district. Each district must contain roughly the same population as every other district in that state.
THE LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY CONTROLS REDISTRICTING. Even for states with commissions or bodies created to oversee redistricting, most states still require approval by the legislature. As such, the party holding the legislative majority typically controls the redistricting process.
PARTISAN ADVANTAGE - BECAUSE WHY NOT? The party controlling redistricting will draw the new districts to favor its party over another party because until now, there has been nothing prohibiting this. Give a politician an opportunity to achieve political advantage over an opposing party, and what do you think will happen?
CRACKING. So how exactly does the partisan gerrymandering take place? 2 primary strategies are called "cracking" and "packing". Cracking refers to splitting an area with a concentrated group of minority party voters into multiple districts that each bring in enough majority party voters to turn a single district easily winnable by the minority party into multiple districts easily winnable by the majority party. For a great example, look no further than the deeply blue city of Asheville, NC, shown at left sliced into 2 safe red districts in 2016.
PACKING. Packing, somewhat the opposite of cracking, is a tool that dilutes the influence of minority party voters by packing those voters into districts that they will win by landslides. The majority party will then create districts it will win by much smaller margins, thus more effectively spreading its voting base to capture the most seats.
What's So Bad, Though?
I'm glad you asked! In short, partisan gerrymandering is so bad for a few reasons:
- DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION - Partisan gerrymandering creates states with grossly disproportionate representation. In 2012, a Republican gerrymander in North Carolina allowed 49% of the voters (voting for Republicans) to capture 69% (9 of 13) of the seats - achieving a legislative supermajority with only a minority of the vote. Similarly, in 2012, Maryland Democrats won 88% of the U.S. House seats with only 62% of the popular vote. Is it fair for a minority of voters in a state to be awarded a majority of the state's representatives??
- INCREASED PARTISANSHIP - Partisan gerrymandering creates districts that follow predictable patterns. The majority is winning its districts by safe margins and losing the districts it planned to lose by landslides. Because all districts are much less competitive, lawmakers have much less incentive to reach across the aisle and compromise. If you want to know why it seems like nothing gets done in Washington these days, look no further than partisan gerrymandering.
- LOWER TURNOUT & LESS ACCOUNTABILITY - Less competitive elections are bad for EVERYONE. It depresses voter turnout (why vote in an election that is all but decided?) and makes representatives less accountable to their constituents. With partisan gerrymandering, politicians win and YOU LOSE.
What Is The Solution??
At Voters for a Voice, we are focused on real, attainable solutions to partisan gerrymandering. There are some proposed solutions that may have certain more desirable attributes than the solution we have chosen (e.g., a ranked-choice voting model), but we believe those solutions represent such significant shifts from our current model that their passage is simply not feasible in the current legislative environment. We believe it's important that the chosen solution is:
- NON-PARTISAN in nature. To have a realistic chance at passing redistricting reform, this reform must be inherently non-partisan. We believe any perception of partisanship surrounding the matter of gerrymandering itself is only situational in nature. When you boil it down, this issue is about protecting the voices of EVERY American citizen. In matters of redistricting, the victors of today are the losers of tomorrow.
- NATIONAL in scope. Not only is a national approach more efficient, it's the only way we will be able to realize reform in every state. States with the most egregious gerrymandering are controlled by a legislature often maintaining control because of the gerrymandering. These legislatures are of course not inclined to self-reform, as that may cost them their legislative majority. Citizens' primary recourse at that point is through referendums; however many states inhibit or completely prevent their citizens from enacting laws through referendum or ballot initiative. Citizens of such states have little option other than hoping for a national solution.
- PREVENTATIVE in nature. Much attention has been given to proposed solutions working their way through the courts at the moment, which focus on evaluating whether partisan gerrymandering has occurred through measurements like the efficiency gap method. However, such solutions are reactionary in nature - meaning they require gerrymandering to occur, be used in an election, then for a lawsuit to be filed, work its way through the courts, and eventually arrive at a decision. In the meantime, the beneficiaries of gerrymandering are sitting in office parring unpopular legislation. When maps are overturned, do they immediately lose their seats? Is the legislation they passed overturned? No and No. We need a preventative solution that changes the framework by which we redistrict to prevent partisan gerrymandering from occurring in the first place.
After researching every bill that has been proposed during the 115th Session of Congress and a myriad of state solutions, we have chosen the REDISTRICTING REFORM ACT OF 2017, introduced by Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-19). In short, this bill would establish a citizens' redistricting commission for each state, very similar to the model currently in place in California. For more about how this redistricting model works and why we think it's so great, check out our page on the R&R Act!
What Are We Doing??
We are currently diving headfirst into our End Gerrymandering campaign, and we need your help! Check out our campaign page to learn all about what we are doing to fight for YOUR voice in this republic that was created, quite literally, to serve YOU. Some may have forgotten, but we have not.


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The Inclusion Leadership Award
This Award recognizes an individual for his/her efforts aimed at promoting diversity awareness, representation and inclusion within the India Inc. S/he would have shown a passionate commitment towards D&I agenda other than their own KRAs and have been influencing their organizational team and stakeholders consistently to adopt the inclusive culture.
Disclaimer: The decision of the jury in the shortlisting process is final and binding on all participants and we will not entertain any queries on the same.
Past Recipients
2017 :
Deep Kalra
Deep is the Founder and Group CEO of India's leading online travel company, MakeMyTrip.com. Launched in India in 2005, MakeMyTrip (MMT) is today the largest travel company in the country. In August 2010, MMT became the first Indian travel company to list overseas through a highly successful IPO on NASDAQ. MMT has been consistently recognised among the 'best companies to work for' in India. In July 2016, it ranked as the No. 1 ecommerce company to work for by the Great Place to Work Institute, India.
2016 :
Patu Keswani, The Lemon Tree Hotel
The recipient Patu Keswani, Chairman & MD of The Lemon Tree Hotel Company, is the recipient for this award. Lemon Tree Hotel employs persons with disabilities and imparts relevant employability skills to them and sensitizes others too, to help them realize their full potential and live with dignity. 15 % of the employee base comprises of such persons; and doing this while ensuring the business context of customer delight truly makes him an Inclusive Leader.
2015 :
Dilip Kumar Ganta, Vodafone
Dilip Kumar Ganta, Sales & Marketing Head (Tamil Nadu), Vodafone is the recipient for the award. Dilip's efforts on promoting women in sales, and that too in remote locations, are commendable. The Jury was unanimous in their choice for the award as Dilip's work in the space, like mentoring women leaders in his organization, is exemplary. He has shown a passionate commitment towards D&I agenda and has been influencing his organizational team and stakeholders consistently to adopt the inclusive culture.


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Dear editor:
This is in response to the letter of the editor entitled "Needles an epidemic," which appeared in the Aug. 1, 2018 edition of the Fort Frances Times.
Addiction is a serious issue in Northwestern Ontario. Regional statistics show high rates of hospitalization for substances misuse, emergency department visits for alcohol misuse, and high smoking rates compared to the province.
My role as medical officer of health for the Northwestern Health Unit allows me to travel throughout our region and speak with many of our community partners and health-care providers.
I hear often about the challenges being faced in dealing with the increasing complexity of those living with addiction. This is further complicated by high rates of homelessness and mental health issues.
The causes of addiction are complex and cannot be brought down to one cause, and are certainly not caused by the presence of needle exchange programs (NEPs).
Evidence clearly has shown that NEPs do not cause addiction, and do not increase rates of addiction or prevent people from quitting. NEPs are an effective way of preventing the spread of serious infections such as HIV.
In communities where NEPs have not existed, HIV rates have gone up due to the sharing of needles and drug preparation equipment. NEPs are globally accepted as being a key program in protecting the health of communities.
The evidence behind 1:1 exchange polices are clear. Many cities, including, Ottawa tried 1:1 exchanges in the 1990s, which led to increased HIV rates. Based on research, best practice documents, and guidance from the Ministry of Health, 1:1 exchanges are considered harmful and have not been used in decades.
Although the risk of getting an infection such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV from an improperly-discarded needle is very low, the Northwestern Health Unit takes this issue seriously—and takes action to decrease the number of needles on the ground and to educate our communities about what to do if a needle is found.
Our actions include mounting outdoor sharps disposal units, providing indoor units to organizations, providing training and safe needle pick-up kits, and educating children in schools about what to do if they find a needle.
One needed correction [from the Aug. 1 letter] is that 800,000 needles were not distributed in Rainy River District in 2017. This is more than what was distributed in our entire region.
In 2017, approximately 110,000 needles were distributed in Rainy River District. I encourage everyone to ensure that they have correct and accurate information when forming decisions and opinions about NEPs.
A community forum will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 14 at 6 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. I encourage people to attend to learn more about our program and to engage in constructive dialogue.
Dr. Kit Young Hoon,
Medical Officer
of Health,
Health Unit


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Readers rant about dumped ducks, rave about bicycle help
RANT To the heartless person who dumped five domestic ducks on a Forest Service road trailhead. How could someone be so thoughtless? Those animals will not survive in the wild. I tried to catch them but couldn't. Shame on you!
RAVE To the four wonderful cyclists who helped me change flat tires twice on the Lake Washington trail, including giving me an extra tube, as I had only brought one spare. Their cheerful and freely given help will surely earn them plenty of bike karma!


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Rick Santorum had a testy exchange Sunday when asked by a Chicago radio host whether his statements about the president and child pornography could be compared to Penn State's response to sexual abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
Santorum's campaign website states that President Barack Obama "seems to favor pornographers over children and families" by failing to prioritize prosecution of child pornographers.
"If we were to replace 'Barack Obama' with the name 'Joe Paterno,' could we say that Joe Paterno seemed to be favoring a child rapist over the Penn State football program?" radio host Bruce DuMont asked Sunday, referring to the former Penn State football coach who resigned after allegations that he ignored reports that Sandusky had molested children.
Santorum attended Penn State and once sponsored Sandusky for a "Congressional Angels in Adoption" award. (The sexual abuse allegations had not yet surfaced at the time.)
"That's sort of an insulting question," Santorum replied, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "It's a ridiculous question, Sir, and I'm not going to answer it. You're welcome to ask a question. That doesn't mean I'm going to answer absurd questions."
Santorum repeated his claim that the president does not care about protecting children, saying "he's not."
DuMont later questioned Santorum, a member of the Catholic Church, about the church's history of covering up sexual abuse by priests.
"My job is not to grade the Catholic Church -- it [is] to talk about what I'd do as president of the United States ... I am concerned about protecting children," he said.


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Drawing paper, cardboard, string.
"Attachment and separation are inseparable. To become attached is to suffer the possibility of loss" Jeremy Holmes
My own experiences are my source of inspiration. My artwork expresses what, at times, is hard to verbalise. This piece expresses the feelings that emerged from endings in therapy and also in my personal life. Two parallel processes that sometimes made it difficult to separate the therapist from myself.
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Dinner & Wine with Jean-François Bourdy
Dinner & Wine Pairing with Jean-François Bourdy at The Lunatic, The Lover & The Poet
Legendary 15th-Generation Winemaker Hosts Intimate Event At Randolph Street's Acclaimed Wine Bar and Bistro
CHICAGO – OCTOBER 17, 2017 – The Lunatic, The Lover & The Poet will host the legendary Jean-François Bourdy of Caves Jean Bourdy in Jura, France for a rare and special evening on Thursday October 26.
The event will take place from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m., with a reception in the Skylight room, followed by an elegant four-course meal paired with selections from the wines of Domaine Jean Bourdy.
The wines of Domaine Jean Bourdy are unique and rare in the world of fine wine. The domaine was created between 1475 and 1500 and the brothers Jean-Philippe and Jean-François represent the 15th generation to maintain the family legacy. Tucked away in a corner of the leafy village of Arlay in Western Jura, the working winery has been designated as a living library but the French government, honored for its longevity and its winemaking culture.
The wines of Bourdy are completely traditional – sparkling, still, vin du voile, distilled. How to describe the wines? They taste of sunlight and earth and of time. They are wise when they are new; they are forever young when they are old.
What: 4-Course Dinner & Wine Pairing
Where: The Lunatic, The Lover & The Poet, 736 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60661
When: October 26, 2017 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Tickets are $125 per person (plus tax and gratuity) and are available for purchase by calling (312) 775-0069 or reserving at Eventbrite. Space is limited.


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Bulbury Woods Golf Course in Poole is not only a great place to play golf and practice your swing but it's also the perfect backdrop for your wedding day. Set amongst ancient woodland with spectacular views over the Purbeck Hills and Poole, Bulbury Woods is a stunningly beautiful wedding venue for a picture perfect special day.
In 2015 we offered a fantastic prize at the Bournemouth Wedding Fayre where one bride could win her wedding day on us. Katie Hollard (now Chappell) was the lucky winner and she had her wedding reception at Bulbury Woods on the 24th April 2016.
Bulbury's personal wedding service starts direct from the moment you contact us and this was exactly the same for the happy couple. Teaming up with local suppliers, Katie and her husband Danny worked with us to personalise their wedding to their taste. From the cake right down to the chair covers, everything was taken care of by the Bulbury Woods wedding team.
Just 10-minutes away by car is the picturesque village of Lytchett Matravers and the beautiful church where Katie and Danny chose to get married. You can also have your ceremony in the Bulbury Room at Bulbury Woods, suited for both an intimate or more extravagant celebration.
A main course and drink per guest was included in the prize and the happy couple chose to upgrade their package to canapés on arrival plus a delicious 2-course carvery. Should you prefer something a bit different our team are happy to discuss individual requirements and we can offer menus for everything from a buffet to a 3-course sit down meal.
With a dance floor and full facilities for DJ's or a band, the reception room was transformed ready for the evening reception. Entertaining guests was the fabulous DJ Phil Osborne who played the bride and grooms favourite music, including their first dance.
Nicci Short – Bulbury Woods Golf Course General Manager: "It was really exciting to be able to offer such a big prize of a free wedding reception and when we first spoke to Katie to tell her she had won it was a great feeling! I'm really proud of our facilities and capability to hold such important events and functions for people. The team at Bulbury did a fantastic job and it was a pleasure to host Katie and Danny's wedding."
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Mixed prints have been a controversial topic of fashionable debate for a long time. Recently, however, fashion houses like Dries Van Noten and Ungaro have sent their models down the runway wearing the mixed print look loud and proud, whilst celebrities have been donning more subtle version of the look.
I, personally, love a mixed print and find that some of the best outfits I've seen have been outrageous and daring combinations worn by my friends – clothing which I would have previously thought should never be worn together. However, when done incorrectly, mixing patterns can also go horribly wrong, so it's definitely a trend to be careful with.
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I've just started on section 3: A Colour Vision and so it's a good time to finally take a proper look at an iconic photobook that I bought some months ago and have been saving up until it was relevant to my studies: William Eggleston's Guide (1976).
William Eggleston (b. 1939) – and in particular his mid-1970s patronage by the Museum of Modern Arts' John Szarkowski that culminated in this book – is generally credited with legitimising the use of colour in art photography. Whether Eggleston's work can be classed as documentary photography is open to interpretation: he documents the banalities of modern life, particularly American life. There's no social documentary element to his work, it's simply chronicling.
My initial impression of the book was similar to my initial readings of The Americans and The Last Resort: underwhelmed; just couldn't see what the big deal was.
My second impression (of all three books) was borne out of my realisation that I must keep in mind how much of a departure this was from the norms of the time, and try to put myself in the shoes of a viewer contemporary to the time of publication – once one imagines the prevailing context it comes across just how much this work would carry 'the shock of the new'. So my sense was of an artist pushing forward the medium, even if I still couldn't find much to love in the images themselves.
My third, and lasting impression, is the most interesting one, and so I will go into this in a little more detail.
Not about the colour
I find Eggleston's reputation for bringing colour to art photography a little overworked. For a start, he was lucky to have been supported by Szarkowski and get his first major solo show at MoMA, with all the attendant publicity. He certainly wasn't the only photographer working in colour – for example, Saul Leiter (one of my favourite photographers) was doing so from the 1950s, just with less publicity.
More interesting to me though is how the colours seem to constitute only a minor part of his artistic vision – it's almost incidental in many of the pictures in Guide. Leiter, by comparison, made photos that are almost entirely of colours, with subject matter pretty incidental. Leiter used colour like a painter; Eggleston generally used colour in a much more subtle way, real rather than exaggerated, an accent for key details.
It's a shame that Eggleston's most famous image is the one of the blood-red ceiling (not in Guide) as this helped to cement his reputation as the colour-meister, yet it really isn't typical of his work. That's an image where (as I described above for Leiter) colour is the subject. In the vast majority of the photographs in Guide, Eggleston shows a mastery of using colour without it being overbearing.
Suburban inertia
Setting aside the distraction of the colour reputation, I sat down with the book to really look at the images and identify what I saw in them.
The course notes talk abut the qualities of dislocation and alienation in Eggleston's work (course notes: 62). What I saw was slightly different. The overriding sense I got was of being very static, rooted, almost trapped. A stillness, an inertia that verged on claustrophobia.
Two things contributed to this: first, composition choices. In this set he used a discernible style of central placement of subject, at odds with the general 'rule of thirds' advice that many photographers consciously or subconsciously follow. Central positioning is normally avoided as it makes the image look too static. I believe Eggleston knew this – in the introductory essay Szarkowski quotes Eggleston as saying "the pictures were based compositionally on the confederate flag" (Szarkowski 2002: 11) – and chose to make the images look static.
Another formal element that I saw recurring as a motif was the circle – it's everywhere once your eye is tuned into it. The idea of being stuck in the middle, going round in circles comes across in many of the images.
Secondly, the subject matter in many cases overtly or implicitly references being stuck in a place.
A plane is pictured, but it's grounded. A woman sits to stare at the camera lens, with a thick chain wrapped around the pole to her side. A pool is shot from outside, through a wire fence. A miniature house is shown in the grounds of a real house, appearing to shrink around the occupant. There are various interiors.
Most tellingly for me, the famous tricycle shot used for the cover can be read as a youthful desire to leave, but with added pathos of the background depicting the grownup means of transport resolutely parked under, almost in, the suburban home. To me this image whispers "you'll never leave…".
So the whole set reads to me as a statement about staying in the one place. Suburban inertia. It carries a melancholy air rather than an angry one, though. Maybe Eggleston liked staying in the same place.
The colour does form part of this mood. The banality of the scenes is not detached from the viewer via the artistic construct of black and white, it's rooted in reality by the deceptively vernacular look and feel.
I read around a little on Eggleston, in particular Guide, and found no other review that read his work in this way – maybe everyone was distracted by the colour and missed a deeper reading of the accumulated mood evoked by the set. Or maybe this is an entirely personal interpretation. Who knows. If we believe Barthes, my version is as good as anyone's, even Eggleston's own…
Eggleston, W. and Szarkowski, J. (2002) William Eggleston's Guide. 2nd ed. New York: Museum of Modern Art.
Imagine: The Colourful Mr Eggleston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZ_HkaTXh8 (accessed 10/06/2016)


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Henry Monro was the son of Edward Thomas Monro, F.R.C.P, and grandson of Thomas Monro, F.R.C.P, who had been the patron of many young artists, including Girtin and Turner, and who was himself an artist of considerable merit. Monro was educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. degree in 1839. He proceeded to his B.M. five years later, after studying medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He was the fifth in succession of a family of doctors to practise in mental derangement, and for many years was associated with St. Luke's Hospital. In 1864 he was elected president of the Medico-Psychological Association. At the Royal College of Physicians he was a Censor. Like his grandfather, he was an amateur painter, and he presented to the College a self-portrait in oils as well as portraits of some of his medical forebears. He married Jane, daughter of Sir William Russell, Bart, in 1842, and left several children.
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[B.M.J., 1891; D.N.B., xxxviii, 186; Al.Oxon., iii, 969]
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Timelines Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2017 Available
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metube 2 finished, sundance premiere mastered, online release in the planning 02.02.
Dear MeTubians, it's been a while since I had the time to publish something about the process finishing MeTube 2. As a matter of fact I couldn't find a single moment to lean back,relax and write. Since I have returned now from the Sundance Film Festival and became immediately sick, I found some time. So here it goes the merry message:
- The sequel is finished and we've enjoyed a fine time premiering it at the renowned Sundance Fest!
Simply said but challenging done. Side NFO: MeTube 2 is the first sequel short accepted by Sundance ever.
We (this means August, Philip, Eugen, Berny, Roli and me) got even a little financial travel backup from the awesome ACFNY (here we met the wonderful party person Arianna Fleur Kornreif supporting us on location) and not to forget the wonderful Austrian Consulate General with the amazing Consul General Ulrike Ritzinger gifting us a wonderful MeTube 2 reception in Deer Valley, supporting us financially (bearing partly the high costs of our accommodation). Thanks a lot also to Thomas Mikusz (from white bear PR) and Marijana Stoisits (Vienna Film Commision) welcoming the only film representing Austria in Sundance 2016 warm hearted.
It was a pleasure to be there and for me it seemed that no time has passed since we were raiding Sundance for the 1st time in 2014. The difference then was, that MeTube I was already available in the web for ecxactly a year. Now we went the old school way of premiering 1st in Sundance and soon we are aiming to hit the web. Why so yo might ask? The answer is pretty simple: We'd like to be present here in Vienna when we are partying the online release with approximately 250 teammembers. It would be a shame to hang around somewhere else while this happens. We' d like to release it in March and are currently looking for the right (party) occasion. If you have queer ideas, let us know. Meanwhile here some gathered pics of our stay in Park City


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Transcendent Spirituality
What do we truly know about ourselves?
It is apparent that we are human beings who have hearts, minds and seeking spirits. If we are to be true to ourselves and the call that has been placed in us we must feed each part of our beings. Therefore, we need fellowship and intellectual stimulation; we need to know what we believe and who we believe in and also why we choose to. We need to be doers of the Word and not just hearers. Our faith cannot be simply esoteric it must be practical. We cannot simply feed our bodies but neglect to feed our spirits. To do this we must first employ our intellectual reasoning.
Upon reading the book, Understanding Christian Spirituality by Michael Downey we can surmise that Downey attempts to define religion by adopting the definition of Friedrich von Hugel as stated in von Hugel's book The Mystical Element of Religion, the book informs us that 'humans are intrinsically religious' von Hugel believes that religion has various elements: and these elements are:
Institutional – it brings structure and is made visible (word & sacraments)
Intellectual– thought and reflection which clarify our understanding of the sacred
Mystical – speaking of the dimension of spiritual life as experience
(Definitions paraphrased)
Von Hugel believes that each of these elements must be present and also interactive.
"Because we are not pure spirits in our spiritual quest, we need structure, tradition, and community." Downey (p25) The repeated theme is that we must engage all of the elements to become balanced in our quest for deeper knowledge.
We Gain Structure from the Institutional Church
The institutional element (church) gives us structure and has been developed over time. Becoming part of the institution brings us into a community that has formalized our religious traditions. The institution provides us with sacred texts and teaches us about other sacred elements of our faith. There we participate in the reception of the Holy Eucharist. Our spirits and our intellects receive nourishment through the institution, as we fellowship and work with others our call to service finds fulfillment.
Our Faith Must be Questioned and Tested
Knowledge and reason are important elements in our search for religious truths. We must never accept without questioning, because that would be to deny our own intellect. (Blind faith is no faith at all.) For us to follow we must first know and believe that what we are being taught is truth. Often this means sifting information and filtering out the banal to find the truths at the centre of our quest for true Christian spirituality.
Mysticism Transcends Knowledge and Reason
The mystical element is the most difficult to describe because it has to be experienced. Mysticism can be described as having spiritual insight. Seeing with the eyes of our spirits. Our faith is often built on the stories of the experiences of others. Many of the saints had visions that we read about and are edified by. It is mystical for us to put our hands together and pray to an unseen God and receive answers to our silent prayers. Mysticism transcends knowledge and reason and can elevate our faith to the level of the divine.
Transubstantiation is the greatest divine and mystical mystery. The bread and the wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. We don't see the transformation physically but we accept and believe in the authenticity of this miraculous spiritual occurrence. "Blessed are those who do not see and yet believe." John: 20:29
Not All Expressions of Spirituality are Authentic
Downey endeavors to define "spirituality" in general terms as being " the deep desire of the human heart for personal integration in light of levels of reality not immediately apparent, as well as those experiences, events and efforts which contribute to such integration." (p26) Also he cautions that not all expressions of spirituality are authentic, and so are unable to lead to personal integration and human flourishing. Therefore he would seem to recommend for us to exercise caution and employ spiritual discernment in our search for authentic spirituality. (again cautioning against faith without reason)
Prayer is Talking to God – Meditation is Hearing from God
In an attempt to define my own journey towards a deeper relationship with Christ and the church, the tools I have found most beneficial are scripture. "Seek Me while I may still be found." Learning to listen to Jesus. "This is My own Beloved Son, listen to Him." Searching scriptures to understand the real character of Jesus in an effort to emulate what he lived. I find great comfort when I spend time before the Blessed Sacrament meditating on the amazing gifts that He has given to all His followers such as the Eucharist, the Holy Spirit, enumerable graces and spiritual gifts. I also love to pray and spend one on One time with God. Someone said once that prayer is talking to God and meditation is hearing from God. I like to do both.
We are Body Mind and Spirit
I believe that we are body, mind and spirit and that we have to care for and nourish each part. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. My mind is the part of me that can understand concepts and search out truths to share with others, the part where I can make the decision to strive for a higher awareness of Christian spirituality; my spirit desires to go deeper, to search for greater truths. My heart is the part that loves God, self and others which seeks a deeper relationship with Jesus through the integration of knowledge, structure and fellowship while also embracing some church tradition.
As Rowan Williams, The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross (Boston: Cowley, 1991) stated so eloquently:
"And if 'spirituality' can be given any coherent meaning, perhaps it is to be understood in terms of this task" each believer making his or her own that engagement with the questioning of the heart of faith which is so evident in the classical documents of Christian belief…The questioning involved here is not our interrogation of the data, but its interrogation of us…And the greatness of the Christian saints lies in their readiness to be questioned, judged, stripped naked, and left speechless by that which lies at the center of their faith." To which I say "Amen'.
Prayers for You
Hopefully these messages will resonate in your own heart, mind and spirit. God brought you here to find answers, keep on being a Godseeker and seeker of wisdom. I pray blessings on you, your circumstances and your loved ones.
Marion Sinclair-Simpson (c)