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Two years ago at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, the curators of this year's Whitney Biennial were handed a book of the Puerto Rican artist Beatriz Santiago Muñoz's film writings. They were at Muñoz's launch party, and were struck by the varying textures and die-cuts inside the publication. Fast-forward to 2017, and that book's creators are behind this year's Whitney Biennial catalogue. "It was like destiny. They came up to us at Bea's launch and told us we'd been on their radar," says Olga Casellas, the founder of this San Juan-based studio Tiguere Corp.
The catalogue is a serious black tome speckled with mathematical yet mystical symbols, and expresses the exhibition's conceptual emphasis on negating binaries, encrypted messaging, spirituality, and queerness. "We're a low-profile studio from a tiny island in distress, so getting the Whitney job was interesting," says Casellas. "We didn't even have a portfolio up online; most of our clients come to us through word of mouth."
Tiguere Corp is more social think tank than conventional graphic design agency. Founded five years ago, the collective of six graphic designers, project managers, architects, and industrial designers extend their interest in design not just to the development of products and brands, but towards the structure of wayfinding systems, business plans, and neighborhoods. A few years ago, Casellas began venturing into ecological agriculture, applying her training and thinking as a graphic designer to developing a system that would allow farmers to make more money from harvesting organic produce.
In terms of Tiguere Corp's graphic output, the studio has primarily worked with artists in Puerto Rico on catalogues and project-based publications; a central concern is the way an object will sit and feel in your hands. "That's why we use videos on our portfolio instead of stills," says Casellas, keen to emphasize the tactile experience that's central to Tiguere Corp's editorial approach.
It's only been since releasing the Whitney catalogue that the studio has had a serious online presence at all; the idea of a portfolio makes Casellas shudder, she's certain that when a client makes an approach based on work they have already seen, it's because they want it repeated. A portfolio can discourage innovation.
"With Tumblr and the way work is displayed online, design is reaching a point where a client wants you to be a stylist," says Casellas. "This isn't how we like to work. We don't know what we're going to do before we start; instead we make sure that the concept is solid. If it's solid, then the design won't look like anything else. Sometimes thinking in this way means fighting with our egos, but a piece of design should look like what it's supposed to be, not like something that's been done elsewhere and for someone else."
An element of personal experience is still central to the Tiguere Corp design process, as becomes clear when looking closely at the studio's catalogue for the Whitney. "During our initial meetings with the curators, they were very clear about the conceptual framework for the biennial. It was a couple of months before Trump, but the themes of queerness, social movement, and spirituality were very much present in their vision—all ideas close to us. The curators were open to our interpretation of these themes, and wanted us to have our say."
To organize the catalogue, Tiguere Corp created a series of circular symbols for the top of each page. As each section of the catalogue waxes, more symbols get tacked onto this top section, animating like a flip book as the icons increase in number. With this, Tiguere Corp evokes a progress bar and digital encryption, yet the design of the circles and crosses, which resemble symbols cut into stone, draws vaguely from the studio's Puerto Rican backgrounds and Casella's own fascination with mysticism.
"We looked a lot at Ifá, a system of divination that has modified forms throughout the Americas, West Africa, and the Canary Islands," says Casellas. "We were drawn to how the Ifá method of divination works using only 'yes' or 'no' answers." For a biennial dealing in part with the exploration of restrictive binaries, Tiguere Corp's research centered on what a binary visual language could look like. The evocative circles and crosses that draw very subtly from Ifá are one answer to evoking dualism—but also, in alluding to magic and the spiritual, they represent mysterious, indefinable things that cannot be categorized.
This design detail is ambiguous but stems from political thinking in its exploration of binary, and it's disappointing that the sensibility of political awareness it so abstractly suggests hasn't translated to the show itself, as recent protests around the exhibition's disrespectful choice of displaying Dana Schutz's painting Open Casket have made clear.
"This catalogue has been key for us," says Casellas when I ask her about the design scene in Puerto Rico as a whole, where the studios that survive function more as ad agencies, and post-Colonial economic and political hardship has restricted creative freedom and experimentation. "It's symbolic and important for us to work outside of Puerto Rico, and for other designers and artists here too."


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Asalam alaikum warhama tullahi wabarakatul.
Hello readers.! Apologies for yet another delay in blogging . alhamdullilalh today the boys are in bed and its not even 7 yet.now if only I could keep this up lol.
Anyways I promised to be updating on some of the things we have changed or introduced.
First of all homeschooling with a newborn is not EASY! BUT
Its doable n yes the time is very short and they no longer newborns.so I took the advice of just going with flow and enjoy the moments.
Talking about going with flow I decided this time it will do us good if we had some sort of a curriculum we can follow through.And have the main subjects intact.as M is at the school age now.
Both boys attend a weekend madrasa that teaches quran and arabic . alhamdullilalh M is improving his tajweed.and most importantly they are both reading with their teachers.
So for his english we r using the jolly phonics,add sight words games.we are onto grammar bk 1.for maths first wanted to go with MEP but thought I should try the Singapore as have heard good reveiws from it.then for science we will go with his interest.use that interest to research, google, read books about it ,youtube it….etc.
B is 4 now alhamdullilalh.am working on his fine motor skills as he still struggling to use his fingers.so lots of painting,playdough,cutting though he hates it lol.he aint ready for any paperwork at the moment.planning to
get him really active in shaAllah,as hes more of a hands on in learning mashaAllah.
So watch the space in sha Allah as we share some of the most loved fun activities and the hated ones too lol.

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Posted on August 12, 2012 in Identity Introspection Reality As Such
So I've been living a life of quiet desperation, as is the English way. Primarily this is because after something on the order of 7 years of service this long-standing artifact bit the dust.
I try not to be too worked up about objects, but I am already suffering profoundly facing the morning without it.


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Mercedes S500 AMG 2014 review
We stretch the legs of long-wheelbase V8 flagship Mercedes S500 AMG line on British roads
The way this Mercedes S500 AMG line harnesses the latest technology while retaining the hallmarks of a luxury car is remarkable. And the way the S-Class lowers your blood pressure as soon as you climb in is unique. If you do fancy pushing on, body control is excellent, and it feels bonkers quick from behind the wheel for a two-tonne car. Who on earth needs to spend £31,435 more on the S63 AMG?
We've already named the new S-Class as our luxury car champion – it just pipped the Range Rover in an epic group test in October. Back then, we were driving the S350 BlueTEC diesel (expected to be the overwhelming best seller), but now it's time to see how well the V8-powered Mercedes S500 acquits itself on British roads.
A faster, more expensive S-Class is available in the form of the £119,565 S63 AMG, although in the standard S-Class line-up the S500 is king. There's more to its range-topping status than replacing the S350's V6 diesel with a 449bhp twin-turbo V8, too. In the UK, the S500 is only available with an extended wheelbase. This boosts rear legroom significantly and boot space by 20 litres to 530 litres. It's also the only model with the option of the £4,340 Magic Body Control suspension.
S-Classes have always brought pioneering new technology to the market. In the past, anti-lock brakes and catalytic converters were all seen first on an S-Class, and Magic Body Control is this generation's party piece. By scanning the road up to 15 metres ahead using a camera at the top of the windscreen, it can prepare the air-suspension to suit the upcoming road surface.
For the most part you don't notice the system working its magic – it isolates you from the road just as well as its predecessor. Cruise over a speed bump, though, and it feels like witchcraft: there's a noise as the tyres hit the bump, but no discernible vertical movement.
The combination of the brilliant ride quality, virtually zero road noise and silky smooth engine and gearbox combination makes the S500 an incredibly relaxing way to travel – whether in the back as a passenger or from the driving seat. There's not much feel through the steering wheel or brake pedal, but an S-Class is about detaching you from the outside world – and in that respect it's a masterpiece.


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I have fixed myself another writing-routine in order to ensure enough I actually do some writing whilst holding a demanding day job albeit one that is very related to writing. Now I do my two hours writing first. And I'm alternating working on my novel and some academic writing. I have a list of academic projects and that does actually include some competition entries etc. It's a good variety.
Yesterday was an academic writing day and I managed more than my 2,000 words in under two hours. I was actually preparing a short article about point of view for the Virtual Learning Environment, Blackboard. I find that my students – and other inexperienced writers - make more mistakes with point of view than almost anything else. The article was almost written and I'd actually got to the easy final couple of paragraphs.
On Wednesday I'd worked on my novel Peace Child. Now that I am spending some time every other day on it it is flowing better. However, I only managed 1657 words in the time. This is because I also had to digest and respond to some editorial comment to its prequel, Babel.
I generally do find non-fiction, apart from very intellectual academic papers, easier to write. It requires less concentration and I can listen to music while I write. When I'm writing fiction, even the birds singing in the garden can become annoying. On the other hand, I have little trouble planning fiction: I have story theory down to a fine art. Non-fiction I find difficult to marshal. A collection of given facts can be arranged in so many different ways. But once I know what I'm doing, the writing just flows.
I do actually enjoy the contrast, though.
Today is fiction: I'm anticipating editing Babel.
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While hardly a novel claim - in the past many have warned that Australia's housing and stock market are massive asset bubbles (which local banks were have been forced to deny as their fates are closely intertwined with asset prices even as the RBA is increasingly worried) - so far few if any have gone the distance of putting their money where their mouth was. That changed, when Australian asset manager Altair Asset Management made the extraordinary decision to liquidate its Australian shares funds and return "hundreds of millions" of dollars to its clients according to the Sydney Morning Herald, citing an impending property market "calamity" and the "overvalued and dangerous time in this cycle".
"Giving up management and performance fees and handing back cash from investments managed by us is a seminal decision, however preserving client's assets is what all fund managers should put before their own interests," Philip Parker, who serves as Altair's chairman and chief investment officer, said in a statement on Monday quoted by the SMH.
The 30-year investing veteran said that on May 15 he had advised Altair clients that he planned to "sell all the underlying shares in the Altair unit trusts and to then hand back the cash to those same managed fund investors." Parker also said he had "disbanded the team for time being", including his investment committee comprising of several prominent bears such as former Morgan Stanley chief economist and noted bear Gerard Minack and former UBS economist Stephen Roberts.
Altair chairman and chief investment officer Philip Parker.
Parker said he wanted "to make clear this is not a winding up of Altair, but a decision to hand back client monies out of equities which I deem to be far too risky at this point."
"We think that there is too much risk in this market at the moment, we think it's crazy," Parker said with a candidness few of his colleagues are capable of, at least when still managing money.
"Valuations are stretched, property is massively overstretched and most of the companies that we follow are at our one-year rolling returns targets – and that's after we've ticked them up over the past year. Now we are asking 'is there any more juice in these companies valuations?' and the answer is stridently, and with very few exceptions, 'no there isn't'."
Parker outlined a list of "the more obvious reasons to exit the riskier asset markets of shares and property". These include:
- the Australian east-coast property market "bubble" and its "impending correction";
- worries that issues around China's hot property sector and escalating debt levels will blow up "later this year";
- "oversized" geopolitical risks and an "unpredictable" US political environment;
- and the "overvalued" Aussie equity market.
But, to Parker, it was the overheated local property market that was the clearest and most present danger. "When you speak to people candidly in the banks, they'll tell you very specifically that they are extraordinarily worried about the over-leverage of the Australian population in general," he said. He flagged how exposed the country's lenders were to a correction.
"If they get a property downturn anything similar to 1989 to 1991 then they are going to have all sorts of issues," Parker said.
Parker's decision comes after a robust year of double-digit gains on the ASX. Not only that, but he is acting on his convictions by returning money to clients and abandoning the fees attached to a $2 billion advisory agreement.
Parker, however, displayed little nervousness about making such a significant decision. In fact, he said he has never been more certain of anything.
"Let me tell you I've never been more certain of anything in my life," Parker said. "I am absolutely certain we are in a bubble in this property market. Mortgage fraud is endemic, it's systemic, it's just terrible what's going on. When you've got 30-year-olds, who have never seen a property downturn before, borrowing up to 80 per cent to buy three and four apartments, it's a bubble."
In a rather dire forecast, Parker outlined a situation where the stock market could fall as low as 5200 points in the coming months, depending on the confluence of his identified risk factors.
"Australia hasn't had its GFC event, we've been living in this fool's paradise. But if China slows down the way the guys think it will towards the end of this year, then that's 70 per cent of our exports [affected]. You can see already that the commodity market is turning down."
Some speculated whether there is another motive behind the sudden shuttering, but Parker stridently denied any suggestion that there were other factors at play other than a pure investment decision. No personal issues, no position that has blown up and forced his hand. "No, God no," he said. "We've sold out all of our positions at huge profits for our clients."
"This game is all about reputation. I feel that we are right."
For now, Mr Parker said he was happy to take some time off. "I've never had more than five weeks off in a row. I'm probably going to have four months in a row, and if something happens in between, I'll think about it. Otherwise I'll enjoy the time off."
Come to think of it, in this "market", that may be the smartest thing to do.


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SIGIR Update
July 15, 2008
From POGO's blog:
We have heard from Ginger Cruz, deputy to the SIGIR, Stuart Bowen, regarding our recent blogs. Whereas we had reported that the Integrity Committee of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, the coordinating body for IGs, was still continuing its administrative inquiry into questions about SIGIR, Cruz forwarded us a "clearance letter" from the Integrity Committee, showing that its investigation had been closed. We are happy to provide this letter to our readers, and also to seize the opportunity to point out that a little more transparency on the part of the Integrity Committee--particularly when allegations such as those against SIGIR have been widely disseminated--would be good for all involved.
Cruz further offered a rather lengthy response to many of the allegations that have been brought forward, which we are also glad to make available. We will continue to maintain a strong interest in SIGIR and its important mission.
Founded in 1981, the Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO's investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government.
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FARMINGTON — The Farmington High School soccer and football teams will experience a fall of the homesick blues. Because of work being done on the field they share, all three teams will play their entire 2015 schedules on the road.
Last year the Farmington School Board, according to athletic director Dan Chick, voted to appropriate up to $140,000 to repair the multi-use field, which is home to the varsity football team, as well as the varsity boys and girls soccer teams.
The work was put out to bid on July 1 and Chick said it should be awarded in the next two to three weeks. Chick said work should be able to begin immediately after the bid is awarded.
Chick said the field will be torn up to put in a new irrigation system. There has been a problem with drainage, so the field will also be crowned. The surface will either be resodded or reseeded, Chick said.
"The project will be finished by the end of this year and the field will be ready for use by soccer and football for the fall of 2015," Chick said.
All three varsity teams will hold their homecoming and senior night games at Kingswood Regional High School.
The football team opens the season on Sunday, Sept. 14, at Somersworth at 6 p.m. The boys soccer team will play its first game on Aug. 29 at Kingswood, 4 p.m., while the girls team will start its season also on Aug. 29, but at Newmarket at 4.
The three teams will share practice space on the baseball and softball fields, as well as the field below the Valley View Community School.
It will be business as usual for the volleyball and golf teams. The Tiger volleyball squad will play its home matches in the high school gymnasium, while the golf team will host matches at the Farmington Country Club.


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West Papua (Papua Barat) is one of Indonesia's provinces. It is located on the western part of the New Guinea island. With Manokrawi as its capital city, this province was previously named West Irian Jaya, based on The Law Number 45 of 1999 (Undang-undang Nomor 45 Tahun 1999).
Then why did it change? On April 18, 2007, the government of Indonesia had their regulation on Government Regulation Number 2 of 2007 (Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 2 Tahun 2007). That was how West Irian Jaya had become West Papua up to now. Along with Papua, West Papua is a province with a special autonomy.
West Papua had their first local election on April 5, 2004. Before that, it has gone through a lot throughout the course of history. The Dutch colonialists were some of the parties who refused to give this up to Indonesia.
West Papua: Between Indonesians and The Dutch Colonialists
August 17, 1045 was the proclamation of Indonesia's independence. It was the beginning of Indonesia as its own nation. At that day, West Papua (West Irian Jaya back then, with the capital city Jayapura), was already considered a part of The Maluku (Moluccas) Province. For the government of Indonesia, this placement was suitable because it was one of the areas once colonized by the Dutch.
Ironically, this had not automatically changed the fact that the Dutch colonialists still controlled West Irian Jaya. It had gone under the name: Nederlands Nieuw Guinea. Since August 24, 1828, the Dutch settlers had also claimed Nieuw Guinea (The New Guinea) as their territory.
Ideally, Indonesia's proclamation of Independence covers the territory of all former Indies Nederlands from Sabang to Merauke. However, back then, Bung Hatta (President Soekarno's vice president Moehammad Hatta) refused to include West Papua or West Irian Jaya as part of Indonesia.
AJ van Delden, the Commissioner of the Dutch East Indies Government, read out a proclamation statement. On behalf of and for The King of The Netherlands, The Prince of Oranje van Nassau, The Great Hertog of The Luxembourg, and so many more, the parts that belonged to the Nieuw Guinea (New Guinea) and the inland areas ranging from the 140 degree meridians East Greenwich on the south coast to the west and southwest and north to the Goede Hoop peninsula on the north coast, belonged to the Dutch.
Mansarai, Karondefer, Ambarpura, and Amparpon areas were the exceptions, because they belonged to the Sultan of Tidore. To emphasize their claim on the New Guinea, the Dutch colonialists raised their country flag and fired 21 shots from their cannon.
In his book called "Pertumbuhan Pemerintahan Provinsi Irian Barat dan Kemungkinan-kemungkinan Perkembangan Otonominya di Hari Kemudian" (The Growth of The Provincial Government of West Irian and The Possibilities of Autonomous Development in The Future), The Liang Gie mentioned about August 19, 1945. It was the time when The Preparatory Committee of Indonesian Independence stipulated the division of the governmental territory of the Republic of Indonesia.
The Territory and Where West Papua Had Stood Back Then:
In the beginning, Indonesia consisted of eight different provinces with a governor as the leader. Those eight provinces included:
- West Java.
- Central Java.
- East Java.
- Sumatera.
- Borneo or Kalimantan.
- Sulawesi.
- Little Sunda or Sunda Kecil.
- Maluku or Moluccas.
As mentioned earlier, Indonesia had put West Irian Jaya (or West Papua now) as part of Maluku. This was actually the same thing with the time when Indonesia was still called The East Indian Netherlands. West Irian was part of Residentie Molukken (The Moluccan Resident). It was why Indonesia considered this province as part of their independent nation.
After the Second World War, the Dutch Government issued a declaration to proclaim the Province of Netherlands in the New Guinea. This policy was made after the Round Table Conference (Konperensi Meja Bundar) between the Netherlands and Indonesia. This situation forced the Dutch government to accelerate the process of the government and the formation of political parties in Nederlands Nieuw Guinea.
Based on their proclamation, West Irian (West Papua) was officially part of Nederlands Nieuw Guinea Province in the South Pacific Ocean. However, Indonesia refused to let that go easily. The tension between Indonesia and the Netherlands grew.
Adolf Bastian, a German anthropologist, stated that the Papuans were part of the areas of Melanesian cultures in them. It was no wonder that the Dutch government and the Australian government had worked on a unification between Australia's Papua New Guinea with Nederlands Nieuw Guinea as the unified "Papua New Guinea".
On April 1961, the Dutch formed their political parties. After that, there was the raising of the Morning Star (Bintang Kejora) flag and the Papuan anthem sung. President Soekarno responded to that by declaring three commands (Trikomando) on December 19, 1961. One of the commands was that the Dutch-made Papuan country be disbanded.
Whether there had been another conspiracy theory regarding the claim on West Papua, it remains a mystery. What was answered was the reason the Dutch colonialists refused to give West Papua up.


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About Us
Children's Well-Being Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) registered not-for profit organization providing medical care for the underprivileged in Costa Rica. The Foundation offers free medical, psychological, eye exams, and dental care to children and adolescents from communities with limited access to health services.
The Beginning
Throughout his medical career, Founder and President Dr. George Whitelaw has spent time volunteering and providing care in Burma, Nepal, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Ukraine, and Costa Rica.
During this time, Dr. Whitelaw was contacted by the parents of a young girl. Paulette was from Costa Rica, just 9 years old. She had been diagnosed with a flesh eating bacteria and told by her doctors that she should "go home and make her peace with God." Her parents asked Dr. Whitelaw for help. They didn't believe that their daughter was meant to die this young. He worked with the family and did everything he could to get her to the United States for the surgeries that she desperately needed. It took nine months and she almost died in the process. Because of this situation, Dr. Whitelaw knew he wanted to help more children and change the system. The Children's Well-Being Foundation was born.
Why Costa Rica?
Costa Rica's public health insurance system is available to all legal residents and citizens. But with a number of citizens who live in impoverished areas, those who don't know how to work the system, and immigrants, who are not eligible, there are still too many people who do not receive care. With the support of the socialized medical system, the Children's Well-Being Foundation is able to provide medication and specialized care, if needed.
Under our business model, the Children's Well-Being Foundation consults with the local government to figure out where the "gaps" are in their system and then works with them to fill those gaps. By coordinating with local authorities and other organizations, our operations are truly efficient in meeting the needs of the Costa Rican people.
Our Services
The Children's Well-Being Foundation is making a significant difference in Costa Rica – we are providing health care to thousands of children who otherwise would have fallen through the cracks of their healthcare system. We provide primary care services, dental care, eye exams, and psychological services. We work with local and international partners to ensure the sustainability of the clinics and training opportunities for future doctors who are encouraged to pursue medical volunteerism.
The clinic in Guanacaste, which has recently closed, has treated 13,824 children and reached more than 6,000 through various health campaigns and community outreach. We are now operating in San Jose and surrounding communities and hope to increase these numbers.


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GAZA, PALESTINOW.COM — Israeli occupation army on Saturday morning arrested four Palestinian youths who allegedly attempted to cross the border fence in northern Gaza and sneak into the 1948 occupied territories.
Israeli army in a brief statement said that four Palestinians tried to cross the border fence in northern Gaza before an Israeli military force arrived at the place and caught them.
The statement added that the four detainees were taken for interrogation and claimed that a knife and an ax were found in their possession. (PIC)


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Gravesend Borough Market to screen Royal Wedding
PUBLISHED: 09:06 16 May 2018
Gravesend Borough Market is hosting a Royal extravaganza on Saturday May 19, to celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Join in at the market to watch the Royal Wedding on a big screen and take part in fun activities, including:
·Make your own crown – a craft workshop so you too can be a crown prince or princess for the day
·Cream teas to celebrate in true British style
·Cupcake decorating classes
·Prosecco truck for a glass of fizz to toast the happy couple
·Face painting – why not get a British flag painted on your face?
Activities will start from 10am with the screening at noon.
You can come dressed as a prince or princess and be in with the chance to win a prize.
Judging will take place at 2pm by the Mayor of Gravesham, cllr David Hurley.
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Are you an Asheville business planning to host a holiday party, corporate dinner, seminar or business expo? Launching a new line of products or opening your doors for the first time? Celine and Company caters many types of corporate functions. Our team is happy to accommodate you at your business, our event venue "On Broadway" or one of Asheville's event venues. Whether you are hosting 500 people for a grand opening of a business or treating your most valuable employees to an elegant plated meal, we work closely with you to design the perfect menu. Create a welcoming atmosphere for your guests and help to ensure your event has a comfortable flow from beginning to end.
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For events with presentations and guest speakers, "On Broadway" comfortably accommodates up to 275 guests with theater-style seating and up to 200 guests with classroom-style seating.
We provide all staff, tables, chairs, linens, china, flatware, glassware. Beverage service with both open bar and cash bar options. And of course, delicious food!
We can help to arrange the rentals of a stage, podium and appropriate AV equipment.


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Systemic Proteolytic Enzymes for Scar Tissue
Have you ever noticed how children or younger adults don't tend to scar as easily? Or that scars don't fade or disappear as easily as you grow older? Perhaps you remember your mom telling you not to pick at a scab or it will scar. This adage is true to an extent, since a healing wound will overcompensate with extra tissue growth when the normal repair process is interrupted. Ideally our bodies are designed to repair and replenish areas of trauma. They also have the added benefit of naturally occurring systemic proteolytic enzymes that will dissolve excess scar tissue over time.
The problem is that our bodies only have so many of these enzymes. In today's high stress world, there are many factors that trigger or simulate "picking at" areas of injury the body is trying to repair. The more the area requires repair, the faster the natural systemic enzymes are depleted as they try to reduce the excess tissue that overlaps and strengthens with each repair attempt.
Eventually, there just aren't enough systemic enzymes left to break down the extra scar tissue (or fibrin). In addition, natural enzymes levels begin to diminish around age 30 no matter what. This includes digestive and systemic enzymes. As a result, many people find that supplementing with systemic enzymes may help.
Systemic Proteolytic Enzymes May Help Reduce Scar Tissue (Fibrin) *
- In breasts or uterus (Fibroid tumors)*
- After injury*
- After surgery*
When we think of scars, in general, we think of them as outside evidence of an old injury or surgery. The fibrin that makes up the scars we see, is also present inside the body. It's a fibrous tissue that acts like a bandage in areas where the body is healing. Blood clots and fibrin interlocks creating a tough protective barrier over and around the injured site.
Ideally, our bodies will only build the necessary amount of fibrin in a repair site and naturally occurring systemic enzymes will dissolve extra tissue once the site is healed. Think of the difference between a wound covered in a thick scab versus the smooth, small bump that remains months later.
However, when our bodies are out of balance, these mechanisms no longer function correctly. As a result, excess fibrin builds and grows when there are not enough naturally occurring systemic enzymes available. This excess fibrin collects around areas of trauma, such as after a major surgery or injury. Excess fibrin may also be evidence of hormone imbalances such as estrogen dominance, and end up storing in areas of the body, such as the uterus or breast tissue.
How do Systemic Proteolytic Enzymes Reduce Scar Tissue After Injury or Surgery?
Systemic (proteolytic) Enzymes "eat" the fibrin proteins that make up scar tissue and have the unique ability to "know" what is necessary versus what is excess in the body. With adequate amounts of active systemic enzymes in the body, only a minimal amount of scar tissue remains after repairing the damage.
According to jonbarron.org, "Proteolytic enzymes dissolve (digest) proteins. Scar tissue is made of protein … Fibrin is another name for this type of scar tissue."
As a part of the inflammation response, especially when there is an imbalance, chronic issue, or reduction in systemic enzymes, excess fibrin begins to build up. The body doesn't have the resources to dissolve and remove it, so fibrin continues to produce.
Serrapeptase: Secret of Silk Worms Breaks Down Scars
Serrapeptase (serratiopeptidase) is a form of proteolytic enzyme supplement which breaks down protein into the smaller components of peptides and amino acids. It comes from the digestive system of the silk worm and is the substance used by silk worms to break down their cocoon! If you understand how strong silk is, you understand how strong serrapeptase is! It is the main ingredient in systemic enzyme formulas designed to reduce excess fibrous growth such as fibroid tumors or inflamed joints.
Bromelain and Papain: Proteolytic Plant Enzymes Reduce Swelling and Remove Dead Cells
By combining the additional proteolytic enzymes bromelain and papain in a systemic enzyme formula, additional factors which contribute to scaring such as swelling or dead cell build up, are also eliminated.
The amazing thing about systemic enzymes is that they only "target the excess or damaging fibrin/scar tissue and help regulate normal, healthy fibrin levels needed to recover from occasional incidents such as surgery or an injury." – Systemic Enzyme Therapy, WorldNutrition.net
In a detailed article on Systemic Enzyme Therapy, World Nutrition describes the primary symptoms associated with excess internal scar tissue. This excess fibrin is the main component of fibrous cysts in the reproductive system, and blood clots. "Scar tissue and adhesions are the result of excess fibrin that accumulates when a lack of systemic enzymes prevents the body from knowing when to stop producing fibrin during the healing process."
Excess Scar Tissue Can Make Things Worse
Perhaps the most notable reason to reduce scar tissue through systemic enzyme supplementation is that it can reduce the chances of further issues.* When an area of the body is already burdened by excess fibrin, and additional trauma occurs, the condition may worsen. New scar tissue forms over old scar tissue, creating a tougher barrier and more discomfort in areas such as joints or surgery sites.
Numerous European studies have shown that systemic enzyme use significantly reduces discomfort and increases recovery time for athletes as well as post-surgery patients.*
Dosage and Timing of Taking Systemic Proteolytic Enzymes
There are variations to the effects of initial use of systemic enzymes. Some may consider these side effects, but really they are just the normal symptoms of the elimination of excess fibrin. For this reason, it is recommended to start at a maintenance dose (amount listed as recommended dose on the package), and work your way up to a higher dose where you and your medical practitioner feel is best for your situation.
Taking higher levels isn't necessarily more beneficial, though it will lead to faster results. Eventually you will want to take enough to offset both normal and excess fibrin or scar tissue. The higher the dose, the more systemic enzymes there are at one time to break down scar tissue and help the body to eliminate it. But a regular dose slightly above a maintenance level will eventually lead to a reduction in scar tissue or fibrin.*
Take Systemic Enzymes on an Empty Stomach!
Since proteolytic enzymes will also break down the protein in the food you eat, it's important to take systemic enzymes on an empty stomach. This way none of the enzyme activity is lost to the digestive process. Look for a systemic enzyme which is enteric coated to ensure the capsule maintains all its integrity and active enzymes as it journey through the digestive system and finally dissolves in the large intestine where it will then enter the blood stream and begin to work.
Systemic Proteolytic Enzyme Products
Vitalzym Extra Strength
Vitalzym Extra Strength capsules are a highly concentrated (168mg per serving) proprietary blend of enzymes including bromelain, papain, rutin, amylase, protease, lipase, amla, and serrapeptase. These potent proteolytic enzymes are designed to support health and promote healing and repair. It's an extremely effective systemic enzyme blend with a high Serrapeptase content.
Vitalzym Original Hybrid Formula
Vitalzym Original Hybrid Formula combines systemic and digestive enzymes for total system support. To be taken in between meals. It contains protease, serrapeptase, papain, bromelain, amylase, lipase, rutin and amla in the original concentration amounts.
Enzyme Defense Extra Strength
Enzyme Defense Extra Strength contains a potent combination of enzymes, including 80,000 SPU of serrapetpsate, 300,000 HUT protease Thera-blend, calcium citrate, magnesium citrate and more.
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I have Crohn's disease and as a consequence of constant inflammation and healing I have scar tissue inside my intestines that are causing partial bowel blockage symptoms. I want to take Serrapeptase and would like to know a safe but effective starting dose please. Also is Serrapeptase safe for long term treatment at this dose?
How many milligrams is considered a regular dose and how many is considered a high or therapeutic dose?
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Character Name
Year of birth
March 1984
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Eastern USA
Have you read all the posts on the Recruitment Forum and General & News Forum?
Do you agree to the Mission Statement?
What is your preferred spec?
Are you open to try other specs? Or respec if needed for specific runs?
What are you trade skills and professions?
eng, fishing, cooking
What raids and/or times do you anticipate being able to register for?
Do you know someone who will give you a recommendation that is currently in the guild?
No =(
Explain your prior guild experience.
3 guilds, up to tier 5 content
Explain your prior raiding experience.
All of tier 4
What was your last guild? Why do you (or did you) want to leave?
<anonymous>, I don't feel that they are using me to my full capabilities
How do you feel about loot? Receiving, loot policies, passing, acquiring, etc...
If someones deserves loot, than they should get it
What are you looking for in a guild?
skilled players who know what they're doing
Why do you want to join Insomnia?
i hear you are good and are progressing, that is what I am looking for most
Describe your personality.
Explain how you handle criticism and/or suggestions.
Well, and I learn from it
Why would you be good addition to Insomnia?
Cause I am amazing
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This is happening to me too. It's not going to help me win the epilog challenge.
My notes not saving! Answered
OK I try to put notes on my pictures and they're not saving it just says saving your note but I left it for at lest an hour and it still did not save it just kept saying saving your note? Help?I have done notes on an windows internet explorer on an windows xp.
get the images up, and do a decent write-up in the introductory text, you'll be fine.
Thanks, yeah that,s what I've been doing. I might try firefox if it's free.
It is - just download it from the Mozilla website.
Yeh I know!
I tried in both Firefox & Chrome... not saving on certain images in the photo viewer instructable. Of course it's the images that need a little explaining... Murphy's law. Just wanted to note.... I'll try again later.
See also: https://www.instructables.com/community/Add-Image-Notes-feature-broken/
Some members have reported better success with FireFox as their browser.
ok thanks!
There is a known but inconsistent issue with image notes which the code-monkeys have some ideas about, but it looks like fixing it is going to take a rewrite of the entire autosave javascript.


text: CERT Vendor-Initiated Bulletin VB-95:04 June 14, 1995 Topic: Logdaemon/FreeBSD vulnerability in S/Key Source: Wietse Venema (wietse at wzv.win.tue.nl) To aid in the wide distribution of essential security information, the CERT Coordination Center is forwarding the following information from Wietse Venema, who urges you to act on this information as soon as possible. Please contact Wietse Venema if you have any questions or need further information. ========================FORWARDED TEXT STARTS HERE============================ A vulnerability exists in my own S/Key software enhancements. Since these enhancements are in wide-spread use, a public announcement is appropriate. The vulnerability affects the following products: FreeBSD version 188.8.131.52 FreeBSD version 2.0 logdaemon versions before 4.9 I recommend that users of this software follow the instructions given below in section III. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Description An obscure oversight was found in software that I derived from the S/Key software from Bellcore (Bell Communications Research). Analysis revealed that my oversight introduces a vulnerability. Note: the vulnerability is not present in the original S/Key software from Bellcore. II. Impact Unauthorized users can gain privileges of other users, possibly including root. The vulnerability can be exploited only by users with a valid account. It cannot be exploited by arbitrary remote users. The vulnerability can affect all FreeBSD 220.127.116.11 and FreeBSD 2.0 implementations and all Logdaemon versions before 4.9. The problem exists only when S/Key logins are supported (which is the default for FreeBSD). Sites with S/Key logins disabled are not vulnerable. III. Solution Logdaemon users: ================ Upgrade to version 4.9 URL ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/security/logdaemon-4.9.tar.gz. MD5 checksum 3d01ecc63f621f962a0965f13fe57ca6 To plug the hole, build and install the ftpd, rexecd and login programs. If you installed the keysu and skeysh commands, these need to be replaced too. FreeBSD 220.127.116.11 and FreeBSD 2.0 users: ====================================== Retrieve the corrected files that match the system you are running: URL ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/libskey-126.96.36.199.tgz MD5 checksum bf3a8e8e10d63da9de550b0332107302 URL ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/libskey-2.0.tgz MD5 checksum d58a17f4216c3ee9b9831dbfcff93d29 Unpack the tar archive and follow the instructions in the README file. FreeBSD current users: ====================== Update your /usr/src/lib/libskey sources and rebuild and install libskey (both shared and non-shared versions). The vulnerability has been fixed with FreeBSD 2.0.5. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S/KEY is a trademark of Bellcore (Bell Communications Research). Wietse Venema appreciates helpful assistance with the resolution of this vulnerability from CERT/CC; Rodney W. Grimes, FreeBSD Core Team Member; Guido van Rooij, Philips Communication and Processing Services; Walter Belgers. =========================FORWARDED TEXT ENDS HERE============================= CERT bulletins, CERT advisories, information about FIRST representatives, and other information related to computer security are available for anonymous FTP from info.cert.org. CERT advisories and bulletins are also posted on the USENET newsgroup comp.security.announce. If you would like to have future advisories and bulletins mailed to you or to a mail exploder at your site, please send mail to cert-advisory-request at cert.org. If you wish to send sensitive incident or vulnerability information to CERT staff by electronic mail, we strongly advise that the e-mail be encrypted. The CERT Coordination Center can support a shared DES key, PGP (public key available via anonymous FTP on info.cert.org), or PEM (contact CERT staff for details). Internet email: cert at cert.org Telephone: +1 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline) CERT personnel answer 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4), and are on call for emergencies during other hours. Fax: +1 412-268-6989 CERT Coordination Center Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA CERT is a service mark of Carnegie Mellon University.


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I usually only have enough ecumenical indignation (how's that for an oxymoron?) to berate one religious leader per quarter. I'm clearly over my quota now because here I am writing about Barack Obama and Pope Francis again, and that's two religious leaders for the second time this week. What is the world coming to?
The repetition is unavoidable because Pope Francis has accomplished exactly what I knew he would. Through his 200 plus pages of EVANGELII GAUDIUM, Pope Francis has provided a papal beard for totalitarians to push their Leftist agendas to the demise of individual liberty as if it was God's plan for all mankind to live under the boot heel of authoritarianism…well, all mankind except for Harry Reid's staffers who clearly require an exemption from the whole sordid mess.
Here's my take on Pope Francis's EVANGELII GAUDIUM if you missed it. I'm linking to it because it lays the foundation for my argument that this Proclamation of the Gospel poses a grave danger not only to liberty, rugged individualism and free will, but to the United States as it was founded and the Catholic Church as it was founded.
Now, I'm going to speak plainly here and we can expect this will offend those who are prone to feeling offended, but the Vatican has been at odds with America and vice versa for so long that it's almost embarrassing. I, however, recognize the feud between the Catholic Church and the United States as the necessary history that got us where we are today. It is what it is.
Vatican Catholics…yes, this is how far back it goes…resent the fact that the Catholic colonies, which predated all other settlements (they will be quick to remind you of that fact) fell into the hands of the Protestants and they are not likely to forget it anytime soon. Never mind that all you have to do is look at the sad state of the Vatican Bank to understand how such a thing might have happened. Perhaps the Pope would consider detouring from his "Shame on America" trickle-down diatribes long enough to balance the checkbook unless he considers accurate bookkeeping to be as evil as the free markets.
Frankly, Vatican Catholics are maybe wonderful humanitarians, but they are not known for their business acumen. The Pope just recently told the Swiss Guard to abandon their posts and go out to perform acts of charity. I don't know if this demonstrates a complete lack of self-preservation on the part of the Holy See or the colossal waste of money that the Swiss Guard represents. Either way. This is a sweet overture, but there are clearly reasons that England got its firm hold on the colonies. Holding a grudge won't change that fact. The Church leaders might consider taking their own "turn the other cheek" advice and just get over it.
And then there's the institutional disdain for Catholicism that has promulgated centuries of distrust here in America. It is idiocy pure and simple. Pope's Day…also known as Guy Fawkes Day for those of you who enjoy quirky serendipity… was a prime example of specifically anti-Catholic merriment. This from the Massachusetts Gazette of 1765:
"It has long been the custom in this town on the Fifth of November for numbers of persons to exhibit on stages some pageantry, denoting their abhorrence of POPERY and the horrid plot which was to have been executed on that Day in the Year 1605."
That this pageantry often degenerated into violence beginning with the burning of papal effigies and ending with the burning of homes owned by blameless Catholic scapegoats is quite beside the point. Such were the roots of the nation's anti-Catholic traditions that nevertheless managed to secure religious liberty for all Americans including those abhorrent papists.
But the disturbing Guy Fawkes, anti-Catholic coincidence aside for a moment, politics makes strange bed fellows. It shouldn't surprise anyone that Pope Francis and Barack Obama are talking the same talk if not exactly walking the same walk…and you know what I mean. The Pope at least rejected traditional papal living quarters in favor of something a little more subdued and I very much doubt he's played even one round of golf since taking office. I suspect that there isn't a hint of irony in his progressive tendencies.
"Birds of a feather…" as the old saying goes. Like-minded world leaders traditionally flock to one another as a means of moral support in the face of hash opposition. Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II come to mind as the moral triumvirate of the 1980s. Very different leaderships, very different backgrounds, yet they all moved in the same direction – either consciously or subconsciously, toward a common goal. That goal was nothing less than the collapse of communism, because they all recognized that communism is a force for evil in the world. Yet here we are:
"Not to share one's wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood. It is not our own goods which we hold, but theirs."
This is a direct quote from the pope's EVANGELII GAUDIUM. And holy guacamole, Batman! Saul Alinsky could not have said it better himself.
"It was Adam Smith, the father of free market economics, who once said, "They who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged." And for those of you who don't speak old English (laughter) let me translate. It means if you work hard, you should make a decent living. If you work hard, you should be able to support a family."
That's a quote from Barack Obama as he sidled up to the Evangelii Gaudium in order to underscore international commitment to wage increases for fast food workers.
To be clear, it should not be particularly troubling that a pope walks in philosophical lockstep with an American president because the nation and the religion have shared similar values dating from way-way back. I made the point in my last article that regardless of the mutual distrust that is experienced between the US and the Catholic Church, the American Constitution and Church traditions have always valued Natural Law and the necessity to protect each human's right to his exercise of free will with remarkable fidelity.
What should be troubling is that Pope Francis expresses particularly acerbic ridicule of America's historic protection of liberty, individualism and property and then rails against the abundance that these traditions produce as if our success precludes the success of any other nation willing to duplicate the example. It's unconscionable that such a distortion has taken hold in official papal proclamation. This fuels the progressive rhetoric of not only the American Catholic Church which is elbow deep in the willful perversion of social justice teachings, but also non-Catholic progressives who will look to Pope Francis's profound distortion of charity – not as a justification for their advancement of Marxism, for they no more seek the Pope's approval for their actions than they seek mine – as a propaganda windfall.
"The poor and the poorer peoples are accused of violence, yet without equal opportunities the different forms of aggression and conflict will find a fertile terrain for growth and eventually explode. When a society – whether local, national or global – is willing to leave a part of itself on the fringes, no political programs or resources spent on law enforcement or surveillance systems can indefinitely guarantee tranquility. This is not the case simply because inequality provokes a violent reaction from those excluded from the system, but because the socioeconomic system is unjust at its root."
This politically charged rhetoric cannot be varnished as a message against "spiritual worldliness" as Cindy Wooden of the Catholic News Service reports. I cannot tell you how much I dislike having the American Catholic media downplaying significant changes in attitude toward free market capitalists. It is beyond an outrage. It's a lie of omission. Per Cindy Wooden:
"He warns of spiritual worldliness which leads apparently good Catholics to be concerned almost exclusively with power or appearances or judging others rather than recognizing their own sin and reaching out to others with the same mercy God offers them."
She writes nothing more about capitalism's supposed corrupting influence and it's nothing like what Pope Francis actually said:
"This imbalance is a result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of States, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. A new tyranny is thus born…In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile – like the environment – is defenseless before the interests of a deified market.
Behind this attitude lurks a rejection of ethics and a rejection of God."
If the Catholic Church – American or otherwise – thought that Pope Francis was speaking anything like a "Joy of the Gospel" which is what Evangelii Gaudium actually means, it wouldn't have to be sanitized to mollify an American audience.
Why has the Catholic News Service chosen to sidestep the Pope's call to action against free will in his promotion of forced redistribution of wealth?
There's not as much joy to be found in the first apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis as is being falsely advertised, and the Pope can blame it on a world that wants to take him out of context if he so chooses. That is between him and his own conscience. As for me, I will take my papal inspiration in this barren wasteland of covetousness where I can get it. When in doubt?
Where self-interest is suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control that dries up the wellspring of initiative and creativity.
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Interpol spokesperson Klaus VanHubing provided prepared remarks to international journalists today regarding the investigation, "We are making no accusations at this time, but it is strange that the theft of an object treasured by fascists world-wide coincides with a huge convention devoted to international fascism." The Climate Change Conference is in Copenhagen, Denmark - about 1000 km from Warsaw and easily accessible by road and rail.
He went on to say "We are investigating several different crackpots and radicals, but at this point all roads seem to lead back to Copenhagen."
Additional reporting by The Hell Gazette.
There was Dear Leader "Bobby" Mugabe:
The anti-capitalist theme was picked up on by Mr Mugabe, Zimbabwe's veteran President, who is the target of Western sanctions over alleged human rights abuses.
"When these capitalist gods of carbon burp and belch their dangerous emissions, it's we, the lesser mortals of the developing sphere who gasp and sink and eventually die."
and Comrade Fry:
The lead negotiator for the small island nation of Tuvalu, the bow-tie wearing Ian Fry, broke down as he begged delegates to take tough action.
"I woke up this morning crying," and that's not easy for a grown man to admit," Mr Fry said on Saturday, as his eyes welled with tears.
"The fate of my country rests in your hands," he concluded, as the audience exploded with wild applause.


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Today we ate lunch on the floor. When I said, "Why don't we eat on the rug today?", the kids were squealing with delight. I didn't offer this because I was trying to be a super fun mom. I did it because the kitchen table was littered with craft supplies. I just didn't want to clean it up before we ate!
As we lay on the floor talking, the kids asked about Fifi and Fluffy. Fifi and Fluffy are a fictitious dog and cat I made up when my daughter was potty training. In order to keep her sitting on the potty, I'd tell her stories about Fifi and Fluffy. Basically, the animal duo would just do what my daughter had done that day, but told from their perspective, she thought it was riveting! (And in turn, stayed on the potty!)
Today, I told the kids a story about how Fifi and Fluffy built a clubhouse and had a picnic inside it (my kids have a fascination with clubhouses). After my story, my son told one about two frogs. Then my daughter told one about her cousins. There weren't the most interesting stories, but it was so fun watching them show off their story-telling skills in front of each other.
Now, I don't know for sure, but I think when they have their own kids, they are going to be telling Fifi and Fluffy stories. It's just one of those things that our family does. We tell stories. About made up dog and cat best friends.
{Read my full post at Family Your Way…there are some FABULOUS ideas for fun family times and traditions! I'd love for you to add yours.}


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Coast girl, 7, who pulled her family from crash wreckage
BREAKING: The uncle of a seven-year-old girl who rescued her baby brothers after the car they were travelling in rolled twice has hailed her a hero.
Pelican Waters resident Wade Valli said his niece Olivia was "incredibly brave and a dead-set little champion" for her actions when a routine drive from Nambour to Toowoomba to drop off his brother and Olivia's father to work ended badly.
"Having just taken his last week of holiday to stay at home to help his partner Amber as their three kids Olivia, Mason, 3, and Flynn, 2, had all been taking turns at having chicken pox, it came time for James, who works away on a fly-in-fly-out roster, (to go back to work)," he said.
"On the 1st of November he was scheduled to head back to work, and as they live in Nambour, he needs to make his way to Toowoomba, approximately 230km (away), where he is either flown or bussed out to work for two weeks at a time.
"Having only the one car, James either has a work colleague on the same roster give him a lift out, or if there is no one available his partner Amber has to drop him off, which is what happened on this day."
Wade said everything had gone normally on the trip to Toowoomba but on the way home Amber lost control of the car causing it to roll twice.
"With Amber unconscious in the driver's seat, Olivia was able to get herself out of her seatbelt and she then proceeded to pull her two younger brothers out of the wrecked car," he said.
"Olivia was incredibly brave and a dead-set little champion to do what she did. After being in a car that rolled two times, all she was thinking about was her two little brothers and getting them to safety."
While the three children were uninjured, Amber had to be airlifted to Nambour Hospital and suffered a fractured skull and fractures to her T4, T6 and T7 vertabrae.
Wade said she was expected to make a full recovery, but with her in hospital it meant James had to take unpaid leave from work and the family had lost their only car.
"Unfortunately having three kids, one at school and two still at home, Amber is full-time mum while James is the only income earner," he said.
"...with James having time off work until Amber is able to fully recover to look after the kids, and with no car in the meantime they find themselves in this unfortunate predicament."
Wade had set up a GoFundMe page to try and raise some money for the family to get through the difficult time.
To donate visit https://www.gofundme.com/olivias-family-car-fund.


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TITAS presents
Shen Wei Dance Arts
Dallas Debut!
8:00PM Thursday, June 19, 2014
Internationally recognized for the breadth and scope of his artistic vision, Shen Wei is a prolific choreographer and stage director; set, costume, lighting and make-up designer; painter; and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known as the lead choreographer for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which won worldwide acclaim. The New York Times proclaimed, "If there is something to write home about in the dance world, it is the startlingly imaginative work of the Chinese born choreographer Shen Wei."
This amazing performance is in collaboration with an exhibition and salon discussion hosted by the Crow Collection of Asian Art. For more information on the Crow Collection of Asian Art, please visit them here
Content Advisory: Please note that one piece in this production contains some partial nudity
Event Information
Venue Winspear Opera House
Dates 8:00PM Thursday, June 19, 2014


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Twice last week I crossed the paths of Catholic priests garbed in cassocks on the streets of Versailles. A rather comforting sight, even for my non-Catholic self, and one that is more unusual than not these days.
The ankle-length garment was once everyday clerical wear here; today it is little used except for religious services.
que Dieu soit loué: God be praised; thank heavens; an expression of relief
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Hello! I just wanted to pop in and give you a little wave. I have been very busy researching and writing a new book – and I am liking doing that very, very much.
I am 11 000 words into the current work-in-progress non-fiction book and 28 000 words into a novel and 22 000 words into a different non-fiction book. I'm all over the book-y shop, but I'm focusing on the one that I am burning to write and pushing on. It's writing itself pretty nicely, with a bit of back-up from the researcher in me, so that feels great.
Apart from the writing, I've also been reading a lot (I just finished H is for Hawk and I loved it so much!) and crocheting a little and planting a windowsill herb garden and watching some late evening Netflix. Have you watched 'Big Dreams, Small Spaces' on Netflix? It is brilliant and I love it A LOT. I've also been watching Home Fires Season 2 (the jumpers! OMG!) and Unreal (brilliant!)
I've been roasting cauliflower and tomatoes (scattering some turmeric and paprika and oregano over them in a wildly inclusive spice sprinkle – plus olive oil and garlic) and eating it with a big splodge of hommus and some fresh mint.
And making pumpkin soup (pumpkin, potato, carrot, stock, garlic, onion – simmered until squishy, blended and then returned to the pan with a slosh of cream, black pepper, a bit of dried, crushed chilli and some freshly snipped chives.) And eating pumpkin soup, obviously.
I've been having a birthday (on Tuesday it was my birthday!) and going to see Tea with Jam and Clare (with Zoe Foster Blake and bonus cake!) at the Town Hall. Doesn't that sound quaint? The Town Hall. It's not quaint, it's very grand, but I like it that it sounds like a rickety wooden building tucked under some trees on a well-trodden lawn.
Clare (of Tea with Jam and Clare) and I are good pals and I haven't seen her for a while, due to my new staying-home-and-not-seeing-people hobby, so it was excellent to spot her cute face and remember that it's quite nice to go out and do things sometimes (even if you are feeling like a total emo catastrophe and think everyone is side-eyeing you, wondering what your problem is!)
I have been popping into second hand bookshops and looking for wilderness memoirs, bird books and OLD books about growing herbs (I like the old stuff better than the new stuff). I've also been reading about the different kinds of Ayurvedic body types/person types and it's very interesting and making me very hungry and a bit confused because COMPLEX. * nods *
PLUS – I've been enjoying the RAIN. It's raining today!!! Is it raining where you are? This is perfect weather for a bit of platypus spotting, I reckon.
There's been tea and toast and lots of work and seeing my kiddos too. But not much blogging. Which is okay because that's just the way the cookie crumbles some of the time. Sometimes you want to be out there doing your life instead of slowing down to write about it, you know? Just sometimes. I promise it's only sometimes.
What have you been doing? Any fun or interesting things? Do you have any nature/herb/bird/soup/cauliflower related news? Tell me now. Plz.
x Pip
PS: There are more Tea With Jam and Clare events planned, so keep an eye on CB's Facebook page for news of those. The next one sounds AMAZING and features a very excellent woman as special guest!!


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Labour's new spin doctor made excuses for the Charlie Hebdo killers
As Guardian columnist Seumas Milne is announced head of communications for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party, journalists who now have to deal with him should know how cheaply he values their lives.
Just days after the Paris murders at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in January, Milne took to the pages of the Guardian to rehearse for his new role as spin doctor – only this time for the killers.
In a column titled 'Paris is a warning: there is no insulation from our wars', and sub-headed, 'The attacks in France are a blowback from intervention in the Arab and Muslim world. What happens there happens here too', Labour's new spinner-in-chief gets his deniability in early:
"Nothing remotely justifies the murderous assault on Charlie Hebdo's journalists, still less on the Jewish victims singled out only for their religious and ethnic identity."
Despite this proviso, Milne proceeds to list at length more justifications than had even occurred to the killers. After explaining that the cartoons and jokes in Charlie Hebdo were a 'repeated pornographic humiliation' for French Muslims, he casts a wide net:
"Of course, the cocktail of causes and motivations for the attacks are complex: from an inheritance of savage colonial brutality in Algeria via poverty, racism, criminality and takfiri jihadist ideology.
Everything, in short, except the agency of the killers themselves. (One could argue that the role of religious ideas in the murder of cartoonists for drawing a religious figure is more significant than the Algerian war of independence, which wound down in 1962, but leave that aside for now.) Milne's apologia hits its stride as he asserts:
"But without the war waged by western powers, including France, to bring to heel and reoccupy the Arab and Muslim world, last week's attacks clearly wouldn't have taken place."
Clearly? Given his articles after 9/11, 7/7 and the Woolwich murder of Lee Rigby, the only thing clear is Milne's consistent victim blaming when it comes to Islamist terrorism.
Milne goes on to invoke the authority of the dead killers to make excuses on their behalf, repeating their self-serving propaganda in a liberal newspaper:
"Cherif Kouachi insisted the attacks had been carried out in revenge for the 'children of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria'. Ahmed Coulibaly said they were a response to France's attacks on Isis, while claiming the supermarket slaughter was revenge for the deaths of Muslims in Palestine."
He then quickly reassures readers who might be getting the wrong end of the stick that 'such wanton killings are, of course, entirely counterproductive to the causes they are supposed to promote'. Of course. Poor misguided terrorists. If only you had listened to Seumas!
'Why does this matter?' you might ask. 'Milne has written countless god-awful things. Why is this of particular significance now?' Well, I think for this reason.
Journalists who cover British politics will now presumably deal with Labour's new head of comms on a regular basis. Due to this professional necessity, they deserve to know what he thinks of them.
When Milne says there is a 'gulf that separates the official view of French state policy at home and abroad and how it is seen by many of the country's Muslim citizens,' adding 'That's true in Britain too, of course', he means that his apologia for terror would apply to the murder of British journalists as well.
Hacks might have hated Lynton Crosby and Alistair Campbell, but at least they could rely on them to be solid on the right of journalists not to be shot in their workplace.
The same cannot be said for Campbell's successor.
In Seumas Milne, journalists will be sitting down to lunch or speaking on the phone with a man of whom they know the following to be true:
If a fanatic stormed into their offices tomorrow and stuck a gun in their face – either out of dislike for something they had written or to act out some political grievance – Milne would be willing to say, in public, that this was at least partly their own fault.
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141 Responses to "When fanatics kill journalists, Seumas Milne blames something else"
Splits, Spits, and Shits – welcome to Corbyn's Labour Party.
Well put, Tyronen.
Esmee Phillips
Tory troll.
Esmee Phillips
Trolling the same rubbish here as on Labour List, I see.
Does ConHome pay double time?
Esmee Phillips
How very dare Milne oppose the enlightened humanitarianism of the State Department and its employers in the big investment banks and the Fortune 500?
Jennifer Hornsby
Milne, I take it, was interested in how a certain sort of killer is bred. Nothing wrong with that. It explains how someone could be motivated to kill without in anyway justifying killing.
Esmee Phillips
Milne in the passage quoted offers a complete non-exculpation of terrorism, while attempting an explanation of why it happens. A distinction too subtle for the writer, it seems.
In a world whose holy book is the Dodgy Dossier, that sort of 'moral equivalence' is not allowed. You are either with the US-Israeli junta or you are against it. An awful lot of the 4.5% refuseniks and bitter-ayers are with it… and have been ever since the glorious 'Euston Spring' of the 'Decent Left'.
The mark of their 'moderate' Labourism is their willingness to tolerate the drone, the phone tap and Gitmo. With a tear in their liberal-humanitarian-interventionist eye, of course. But sometimes those primitive Middle Easterners have to be taught a lesson.
Esmee Phillips
You won't be in the least shocked to hear that MacGuffin is a Tory troll.
Esmee Phillips
You socialise with no-one. You are a crawlbot.
Jeremy Poynton
Must be. After all, Corbyn's a HUGE hit with all of the Labour MPs, as has been widely reported. You can't really think this man will be get elected? After Brown and Miliband? The Labour Party has a suicide wish – e.g. they all knew Brown was not fit for power, yet waved him into Number 10. You then elect a bizarre Marxist dweeble from Hampstead. He's told to go take a dump. So you then elect an even bizarrer Marxist dweeble from Islington.
Mad. And hugely entertaining.
Jeremy Poynton
Brown – Jack Straw's autobiography notes that he knew Brown was not fit for Number 10, but said nothing, as he didn't want to hurt the Labour Party. No, he just wanted to hurt the country (as he did). Tribalism at its most base.
You fear me because you know I am not a Tory troll. Even on Labour List you are outnumbered. Your sweaty Corbynista fantasies are turning into a nightmare before your eyes.
Jeremy Poynton
When they aren't teaching each other a lesson…
""Forty years after the Swedish parliament unanimously decided to change the formerly homogenous Sweden into a multicultural country, violent crime has increased by 300% and rapes by 1,472%. Sweden is now number two on the list of rape countries, surpassed only by Lesotho in Southern Africa."
I guess that's all the fault of the West?
How silly.
Adam Barnett's view appears to be that it does not matter how many terrorists there are, or how many vicitims of terrorism there are. The only thing that matters is that we directly blame the perpetrators of terrorism, and that we don't go near any kind of analysis of what gives rise to terrorism.
As long as blame is attributed in the right place and the right proportion, everything is in happy balance. Fatal terrorist attacks in the UK could double in ten years time from now and we would have no business trying to anlayse why that might be – or how it could be stopped – in terms of the historical, political and cultural contexts. That would be apologism. Just keep on blaming the right people and it doesn't matter how many victims there are.
Milne is very clear that "Nothing remotely justifies the murderous assault on Charlie Hebdo's journalists". But you'd almost think Adam thinks it's Milne fault for giving them apologist cover!
What next – a witch hunt for psychologists who seek to understand the behaviour of sexual offenders? Many of them claim it can help prevent offending behaviour, but they're clearly just a bunch of apologists for pedos, innit.
Esmee Phillips
It is the fault of cheap-labour sweaters, who imported these people to undermine the social solidarity of organised labour country by country.
The globalists know no patriotism. They inhabit their privileged and secure world, guarded from the evils they have unleashed on the rest.
The cheerleaders for unrestricted intercontinental immigration are the useful idiots of the 1%, tirelessly enforcing silence or equivocation on the victims of adulteration. But perhaps resentment will not be contained so easily much longer, even in poor docile Sweden.
Esmee Phillips
Tory troll. Ladies do not sweat, btw.
Esmee Phillips
Congratulations on your flawless perception of the result of the next general election. Why are you hanging round here when you could be making a fortune on dogs or horses?
You're no lady. You're a Trot.
reactionary cad
This is how Milne "explained" the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad's 2009 election and the social basis of the subsequent student protests. Readers of the following lovely excerpt might care to remember that this was published two days before Neda Agha Soltan was gunned down in the street:
"Of course the movement behind opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi spreads far beyond the capital's elite, as did the supporters of Winston Churchill against Clement Attlee. In Iran, it includes large sections of the middle class, students and the secular. But a similar misreading of their own social circles for the country at large appears to have convinced the opposition's supporters that it can only have lost last Friday's election through fraud.
That is also reflected in the western media, whose cameras focus so lovingly on Tehran's gilded youth and for whom Ahmadinejad is nothing but a Holocaust-denying fanatic."
Supporters of Milne's appointment by Corbyn might care to ask themselves whether this is really what is meant by "new politics"? The man's worldview is poison and the choice by Corbyn demonstrates that he is unfit to lead the Labour Party. Remember Milne has not been hired to empty the bins, he is Director of Strategy and Communications. The only assumption one can make is that Corbyn has been reading the finely honed bile that Milne has cranked out at the Guardian and agrees with it.
Jeremy Poynton
Would that I was a betting men 😉
Esmee Phillips
Others deem me to be a Tory, however. The concept of an independent thinker is sooooo tough for the automatons of this world to get their CPUs round.
Clearly you have never studied philosophy, or if you have, you completely failed to understand cause and effect. Everything Milne says is only understandable if you accept that the killers would not even be there if the wars against Islam had never taken place. I accept that Islam, especially the Ottoman Turks, attempted to colonise Europe and actually got to the gates of Vienna, but it was a war of conquest, not revenge, as are today's Islamist attacks.
"Many of us on the left"? Don't thinks so mate, your pretending you are on the left but you are clearly not, no way or else you would not complain. No one I know on the left attacked the appointment, Mandelson and company yes. Dont think you know your left from right.
Henry Krinkle
Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?"
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it." – 60 Minutes (5/12/96)
An example of the right kind of liberal atrocity apologist.
Jeremy Poynton
I assume that by "perception" you mean "prediction"?
Esmee Phillips
No, your confidence is absolute; so 'perception' describes your verily supernatural powers, which so many commenters on UK politics seem to share.
Jeremy Poynton
You are too kind. However, if you think Corbyn has any chance of becoming PM, you are completely deluded. Unlike the British people. Sorry. It would seem that most of the Labour party agree with me, so might I suggest, assuming you are a Labour supporter, that you turn your attention to your own party rather than me.
Paul Glendenning
Lol 🙂
Oh, it's aaaaaaalllllll about you. Others deem you to be a Tory, do they? Should I care?
But, wait, that's not far-fetched enough! Let's appoint a Stalinist sympathiser as spin doctor! That'll work!!!! You couldn't make it up!
Anti Divide and conquer
Noam Chomsky makes an interesting point on the hypocrisy of the west in contrast to the Serb tv bombings by western military. Will Self makes a good case stating the cartoons were racist and designed to bait. This isn't as simple as the author implies. This article is another example of western exceptionalism and is probably using a deeply sensitive issue to undermine Corbyn's Labour. This i find profoundly appalling .
Esmee Phillips
At least nobody deems you to be anything other than a Tory troll.
Esmee Phillips
Jeremy Poynton
A Stalinist who sends his kids to The TIffin, and owns a £2 million house. He'll keep the Red Flag flying high. Retarded development, like his new boss.
Jeremy Poynton
Lost me there. You take care.
Really? Why am I not surprised? Do as I say not do as I do! Like Tony Benn, a millionaire socialist who married an American multi-millionairess, left nothing to the Party, and set up trusts to avoid Inheritance Tax!! The workers flag is brightest pink, it's not as red as people think!!
There is a total absence of intellectual analysis in this demonization of Milne. He is NOT apologising for the vile acts of terrorists but searching for the deep political and military triggers for such violence. You sound like the blinkered Daily Mail hacks
you're all idiots. while you felate each other with facile self-congratulatory remarks about 'stalinist' this and 'apologist' that, you do nothing other than reveal the simple fact that you're incapable of turning a critical eye to the actions of western liberalism (something which by the way is not synonymous with being a 'terrorist apologist' or a 'stalinist'). 'muslim on muslim violence' indeed, and i suppose our illegal military intervention in iraq and subsequent decade of cock-ups there has nothing to do with current crisis going on, right? or maybe we're just well-meaning humanitarians who made an honest mistake? Grow up. your blatant defence of western sovereign interests is myopic to the point of being delusional. Atleast have the decency to admit that's what you are defending. 'left foot forward' my arse, the vacuity of this liberal closet-tory blairite tripe amazes me – 'stalinist ideologue'? are you listening to yourself? you sound deranged. It is YOU who are the ideologues. Atleast some people have the courage to defend the oppressed of this world instead of arrogantly dismissing any shred of legitimacy they lay claim to because of the actions of a handful of psychos who fancy themselves 'matryrs of god', yes, they do happen to either speak the same language, share the same religion or have the same skin colour as the rest, although i don't know what that has to do with anything. Are you responsible for the excesses of national socialism? they were white, they were european. Or the genocides of the belgian congo? or abu graib? or the great indian famine? i suppose the thousands of civilians killed in drone strikes orchestrated by the 'great liberal democracies' of the west over the past 15 years don't qualify as terrorist attacks in the same way as the murders of 12 white europeans. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
Is this the webpage where the Blairites come to die. Lol
Why do you think that so many Conservatives and UKIP supporters did what I did, paid up £3 and voted for Corbyn? Do you think we did it to get a radical left-wing government?
Watching the left jumping deliriously around, convincing itself that it has the mood of the nation and appointing progressively more extreme Trots to frighten the horses makes that the best £3 I ever spent!
Liam Large
Pure nonsense. Acts such as the Charlie Hebdo slayings have a political context. They aren't someone murdering someone in a rage in the pub, these are acts undertaken for a reason. Milne states clearly that there is nothing to excuse the acts of murder, then seeks to uncover some of the context behind such atrocities. You are entitled to debate the conclusions he comes to but to accuse him of sheer victim-blaming and terrorist apology is counter-intellectual bullshit. Unless you are one of these religious types who sees all acts of violence as taking place in their own moral vacuum i.e. spaces where the only possible motivations are wicked thoughts emerging from wicked minds. But in this case you can stop discussing the roots and context of all crimes, and all wars, now that you've established yourself as a believer in pure good and pure evil.
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Gcse English/English literature Shakespeare coursework essay
Analyse the ways in which the prologue and act 1 , scene 1 lines 1 to 94 prepare the audience for the rest of the play. How might a director interpret these opening lines to prepare the audience for what follows?
The prologue offers the audience an insight into events which will take place in the play. It tells you of the rivalry between the families and Romeo and Juliet's relationship. The opening scene starts to introduce the ideas of love and violence where Sampson's and Gregory's chauvinistic attitude to the Montague women will deeply contrast with Romeo's and Juliet's loving relationship. On stage the prologue needs to be performed with the mood of sadness when telling of the lovers deaths, while the opening scene should highlight the atmosphere of violence between the two families , even their servants and contrast with the prologue.
The prologue prepares the audience for certain issues. It tells the audience the main facts of the feud between the families and how the play ends with the lover's deaths. It reveals the ending so the audience can see how trivial and pointless servants' squabbles are. It also intensifies the final tragedy creating dramatic irony as the early love scenes almost seem pointless as they are doomed to die from the start. The phrase " star-crossed lovers" means that the lovers were doomed by fate and was used in the prologue. This phrase emphasizes the role fate plays for the characters it also creates more sadness for the lovers. The prologue makes the audience expect tragedy and love but the opening scene contrasts completely as it contains violence and comedy which is quite a surprise for the audience. On stage the director needs to be able to create a sober mood, he could do this by using soft lighting with the chorus sitting on the gravestones of the lovers with a red light highlighting the graves as red is the colour of blood and blood is...


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- Wedding: October 2014 - Church
We have everyones thank you gifts taken care of, except for my father. I have no idea what to get him. What are you getting your father???
We have everyones thank you gifts taken care of, except for my father. I have no idea what to get him. What are you getting your father???
i got my dad a hankerceif with the verse:
"today a bride, tomorrow a wife, forever your little girl" and our wedding date embroidered on it in our wedding colours.
he loved it (burst into tears when he opened it!!) and has it framed next to our wedding photos on their mantel.
I got my dad these cufflinks, that's me and my dad when I was a baby 🙂
He will only use them for the wedding, but I had no clue what to get him. I got my mom a Kate Spade Mom Idiom bracelett, and an 8×10 Kate Spade silver frame, I plan on taking a photo of me and the groom holding my parents wedding photo to send them after the wedding for the frame, so the frame kinda doubles as a gift for both of them.
Does your dad love sports? How about tickets to a football/baseball/basketball game for just the 2 of you. I do this with my father and my son a lot of times for father's day and it is an awesome bonding experience for the 3 of us. Your dad might like an afternoon with you!
I got my parents a frame with the "Today a bride, tomorrow a wife, forever your little girl" quote on it. For my dad individually I got a tie bar on etsy with his initials on the front and <3 my nickname on the back. I also got his tie for the wedding. He was in the Navy so it had battleships on it and happened to be in the wedding colors so it was perfect.
My dad is impossible to shop for too. I got him a picture frame from from Kohls with the words "no matter how old, i'll always be daddy's girl" to put a father/daughter dance pic in after the wedding.
I'm getting my dad dress socks that say "father of the bride" and a tie to wear on wedding day. After the wedding, I'll get my parents canvas prints of wedding pics.
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