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The Shape of Water might sound like a preposterous premise. But, argues EMMA JONES, it is actually the perfect modern romance
Boy-meets-girl on the silver screen is now girl meets fish in a stinky bath. The Shape of Water is an unreal film, in which a mute cleaner falls in love with a sea creature at work, bonding over a shared craving for hard-boiled eggs. But it's come-up smelling of roses, to become a big hit.
Director Guillermo del Toro realised that the contorting configuration of modern romance is a complicated beast. So, he made a fantasy film about it and it is the perfect metaphor for our times.
His vision of workplace flirting might be weird, but it is a reflection of isolation which resonates with today's lonely hearts. Sapped of the ability to speak to one another, daters' fear of political incorrectness has bleached seductive banter. Lost in our own voids, busy lives have called time's up on slow romance.
Consumed with our fake social media personas, we have fertilised a pasture of lovelessness. I went to see the film with a younger, hotter, female friend. Beautiful and intelligent, she is also wealthy and successful. It goes without saying, she is single, too. Neither of us are entirely convinced she needs a full-time man.
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My friend was stirred by the film, much more so than me. She said would go to see The Shape of Water again. Obviously, my friend's sentiments echoed those of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awarded it this year's Oscar for Best Picture.
The movie appeals to the old-fashioned romantic idea of finding a soulmate. Or a lemon sole mate. The idea of a romantic hero being a cold-hearted creature, unfathomable, with a humanity beneath his tough-skinned exterior is nothing new. This film perhaps takes it a little further.
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The romantic hero here is a cold-blooded creature, from deep under the fathoms, with a human beneath his tough-scaled exterior. What's fresh is, instead of being sexually ambiguous, the protagonist is amphibious.
'Fish God' is perfect – he is the ideal modern partner. He fits into an independent girl's life, no hassle. His needs are simple – a Lush bath bomb. A box of detoxifying salts on Valentine's Day. And you can keep him in the wetroom.
Ok, so he'll make a mess on the nice tiles, but it's a small price to pay for the renewable electricity he generates naturally. Not to mention the cute way his little fins prick up, when he's aroused, which is almost every time he looks at you. By the way, his private parts fold away very neatly and tidily. And he has exotic tastes.
But it's hard. The fact is, you just can't go for a drink in a bar these days, to meet a fish god. They are too scared of what Twitter might say to chat you up. You have to kidnap one.
Consensually. But how does that work? Unfortunately, once again, it's extremely complicated, in 2018. It only works, in fact, if the one doing the kidnapping is a woman. Think back to the days of old-fashioned movie heroes, like Richard Gere's aviator, in An Officer and a Gentleman.
Today, he would be slapped with a restraining order, for forcibly removing his romantic heroine from the factory floor. But in the case of Eliza, in The Shape of Water, it's OK, as she is acting in good faith legally, based on a risk assessment of health and safety issues in the work place, with particular regard to the Sea God's living conditions.
But you don't have to be a mute orphan like Eliza to fall victim to loneliness. It's all around us. We made it that way. The nearest thing to a drunk, clumsy fumble nowadays, is if someone swipes right. You do this while you're sat on your own on the couch.
You don't even get to feel the sensation. Priorities have changed.
There's just not much room to love others – when self-love is a full-time vocation. We have our digital personas, our selfie-dom to reign over, our 'likes' to upkeep. It's a 16-hour-a-day job. Where will it end? What will the new auto-heartbreak look like?
Victims of modern self-love are already emerging. Those who call themselves 'Instawhores' are to be seen, scattered on the social media highway, their imperfect bodies a testament to their failure to match their fabricated realities.
New Yorker Lissette Calveiro was in the news this week after she confessed she'd gone broke trying to live the instagram dream. 'I wanted to tell my story about this young millennial living in New York,' Calverio told the New York Post. 'I was shopping.. for clothes to take the perfect 'gram. I was living above my means.' It ended up costing her a fortune on holidays (she had to show she travelled) and shopping sprees (so she was never caught in the same outfit twice). 'I was living a lie,' Calverio said. The Instawhores are falling on their own swords and vowing to live more real lives.
We forgot to live in the real world. But what will happen to the films we watch in the future. What will become of the post-Weinstein Hollywood dream?
Romance in movies used to be one of simple pleasures. Dirty Dancing, would now be Unlawful Assault, Sex in the City, Celibacy in the Suburbs. Comedian Bill Maher points out that every plot-line makes Love Actually, more like Inappropriate Actually. Sleepless in Seattle would still be Sleepless in Seattle.
After the film has finished my beautiful friend asks me to take a picture of her for the new dating app she is trying out – one-tailor made for successful professionals. I take one and she looks great. But she's unsure and deletes it. I wonder how she'll actually appear in person on the date if the stakes are so high just for the photo. I guess a girl can always get a cat. Or a catfish.
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Weaving Issues into Art Textile Works Focus on Domesticity and the Environment
Degener, Patricia, St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
A SERIES of exhibitions devoted to various facets of contemporary textile art opened in St. Louis earlier this month.
Artists are drawn to textile (or fiber) art for a number of compelling reasons. It has a long and illustrious history to draw from, a history in which methods have remained constant. It presents a challenging range of possibilities to exploit, a variety of methods and choices of materials, which today can mean materials never imagined by fiber artists of the past.
Works can be flat or three-dimensional, large scale or miniature. Even more to the point, the nature of much of the material used and the long tradition of textile art (domestic and feminine) makes it a perfect vehicle for expressing some of the major issues afloat in the art world today, namely issues of family, domesticity, the body and the environment.
These issues surface in the survey of contemporary basket making at Craft Alliance, "Bridges" (devoted to the pioneers in the field) and "Breaking the Rules," curated by Jane Sauer, herself an internationally recognized basket maker.
With 108 baskets on view, this show represents the creativity released by the metaphorical and utilitarian possibilities of the vessel form, a repetition of what happened years ago in ceramics.
It takes a lot of looking to sort out the multitude of directions. There is everything from the small, intimate, pictorial, even narrative work , such as Judy Mulford's "The Family - Will We Survive?" that incorporates family photographs, text and tiny babies fitted in papoose-like cases, to formal sculptural concerns.
A basket can be a mere sketch in which the utilitarian aspect is minimal. This is the case in Gyongy Laky's architectural baskets, which are made basically of an open work circle of bound vines.
A highly successful example of a sculptural object whose skin encloses implied rather than visible interior space is Barbara Cooper's large-scale wall piece "Plexus," made of glued wood veneer strips in a random weave. Its entwined form and wrapped surface emphasizes twist, a dancer's movement. Rather than appearing as a small piece simply blown up, it achieves true sculptural presence.
In the same vein are Linda Kelly's dark, life-size baskets of woven reeds, examples technically of basic basketry. They are most effective seen in a grouping in a small room at the R. Duane Reed Gallery. The gallery is showing both Kelly's and John Garrett's work, who is also included in the Craft Alliance show.
Kelly's forms - vertical, dark, grouped like a small forest - are very lightweight, soft to the touch, even squishy, and have an uncanny, almost breathing human presence.
It is interesting to note that the most creative energy in art today seems to fall into polar extremes - a cool poetic minimalism and an obsessiveness bordering on chaos. This, I believe, is influenced by the interest today in so-called naive or outsider art. Maybe these are the only two choices left to us in viewing the state of affairs in the late 20th century.
The minimalist vein is beautifully exemplified in the work of the two Japanese basket makers, Hideho Tanaka and Hisako Sekijima. Tanaka's "Vanishing" series baskets, made of stainless steel wire, are formed into nest-like pod forms. His stated concern is how to make an object appear and disappear. Some have a handmade paper skin, part of which has been ceremoniously (in performance) burned away to reveal structure.
My favorites are the wire ones. They are dense, complex, light filled, evanescent containers. A beauty is in the St. Louis Art Museum exhibition, "Contemporary Fiber From St. Louis Collections," curated by Zoe Annis Perkins, textile conservator at the museum.
Sekijima's pieces at Craft Alliance are fragile looped envelopes that lie flat. They are minimalist studies in negative and positive space. …

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On March 29, a Shanghai court found four Rio Tinto employees guilty of accepting bribes and obtaining commercial secrets and sentenced them to jail terms ranging from seven to 14 years. The four were Stern Hu, a naturalized Australian citizen, who headed Rio Tinto's Shanghai office, and three co-workers, Liu Caikui, Wang Yong and Ge Minqiang.
The sentencing followed a trial held March 22–24. The first day of the trial focused on charges that the four had accepted bribes, amounting in total to more than $12 million. Each of the defendants pleaded guilty in part to those charges, while disputing the amounts cited by the prosecution. The second and third days of the trial focused on the stealing of commercial secrets. These proceedings were closed and specific details were lacking. Hu, Wang and Ge were reported to have denied stealing commercial secrets, while Liu did not dispute the charge.
In handing down the verdicts, the judge said by obtaining commercial secrets about Chinese steelmakers, the Rio Tinto staff contributed to the failure of 2009 iron ore price negotiations between major international iron ore suppliers and Chinese steel mills.
The iron ore market in China is two-tiered, with China's largest steel mills sourcing iron ore based on long-term contracts, while small- and mid-sized mills are left to scramble for spot-market supplies. The bribes taken were made by small- to mid-sized steel mills seeking supplies of iron ore at prices below those of the spot market. Bribery to obtain supplies is reported to be a common practice.
In a statement released shortly after announcement of the verdicts, Rio Tinto said it was unable to comment on charges regarding obtaining commercial secrets, because it had not had the opportunity to consider the evidence. Regarding the accepting of bribes, Sam Walsh, chief executive Rio Tinto Iron Ore, said, "Receiving bribes is a clear violation of Chinese law and Rio Tinto's code of conduct. We have been informed of the clear evidence presented in court that showed beyond doubt that the four convicted employees had accepted bribes. By doing this they engaged in deplorable behavior that is totally at odds with our strong ethical culture. In accordance with our policies we will terminate their employment.
"Shortly after the four employees were detained, we appointed independent forensic accountants and lawyers to assist us in carrying out an internal investigation into the claims," Walsh said. "This was done to the fullest extent possible. It did not uncover any evidence to substantiate the allegations of wrongdoing. Rio Tinto has concluded that the illegal activities were conducted wholly outside our systems.
"We have already implemented a number of improvements to our procedures, and we have now ordered a further far-reaching independent review of our processes and controls. We will introduce any necessary additional measures and safeguards the review recommends and will spare no effort in doing everything we can to prevent any similar activity."
The trial took place against a complex commercial and political backdrop. The four Rio Tinto employees were detained on July 8, 2009, and formally arrested on August 12. In prior events, on June 5, Rio Tinto had rejected a proposed $19.5-billion dollar investment from leading China metals company Chinalco, and on June 30, iron ore price negotiations between major international suppliers, including Rio Tinto, and the large Chinese steel producers ended without an agreement.
Based on those circumstances, Rio Tinto was held in low regard in the higher reaches of China's government and steel industry.
However, also in the background of the trial were ongoing efforts on the part of Rio Tinto and the Australian government to assure that the proceedings did not jeopardize commercial relations between the company and Australia on the one hand and China on the other.
On March 22, the first day of the trial in Shanghai, Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese was in Beijing to offer remarks at the China Development Forum, a meeting of China's top decision makers, economic planners, and academics, as well as leaders from the international business community.
Albanese noted Rio Tinto's commercial ties to China go back some 50 years. "Most of this time we have enjoyed a strong relationship with China," he said. "Only in the last year have we come upon some difficulties, which we are working hard to resolve." He cited recently announced intentions of Rio Tinto and Chinalco to form a joint venture to develop the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea as evidence that its relations with China were on the mend. (Details of the joint venture and the Simandou project are reported in the Africa regional news section of this issue of E&MJ.)


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WrestleMania host Hulk Hogan kicked off the night, accidentally calling the Superdome the "Silverdome", and welcoming all the Hulkamaniacs to tonight's PPV. Before he could get started, Steve Austin cut him off and made his traditional entrance. Austin first asked the crowd if they wanted to open a can of whoop-ass on the Hulkster, but the two shook hands and put each other over as the best of all time.
Enter: The Rock. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was the third icon to return, poking fun at Hogan for his Silverdome reference, and putting over both guys for their matches at WrestleMania. The three all hit their catchphrases to end the incredible segment, celebrating in the ring with about a dozen cans of Steveweiser.


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The Beacon Awards are about celebrating philanthropy. The awards are about recognising, celebrating, and inspiring people to give charitably, and to do it well. Each Beacon prize is awarded to someone who is powering philanthropy in their own fields.
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By highlighting a range of pioneering approaches to giving, we aspire to positively influence the philanthropy of future generations.
Beacon is looking for people who are using their resources to benefit society. The amount of money they give is not, on its own, important.
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I've been thinking about books and literacy for a while now, thinking I better master a new tech tool before returning to the same ol' job and finding effective ways to implement and teach … new literacies. I have developed and action plan quite yet, but Librarian by Day has got me thinking.
You don't know this about me, but not too long ago, I was functionally illiterate. I was unable to read, write and even speak, in the culture in which I lived. I lived in Taiwan but couldn't read or speak enough Mandarin for it to matter. I could successfully live on the fringes of the culture by using the Internet to find sites that had been translated into English and by having friends write useful phrases for me but I knew nothing about what was in the news, what the weather forecast was or even what students had to say about the day's lesson.
I was reminded of that existence when Will Richarsdon wrote about his children being illiterate because in their classrooms they're not meeting the National Council for Teachers of English definition of literacy which says they should be "designing and sharing information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes."
Remember when literacy simply meant being able to read and compute at a 4th grade level? I would call that basic, functional literacy at best today. The term 'literacy' has been attached to cultural-, science-, health-, financial-, math- and other terms to promote the essential information we need to have to survive in society.
For me, the essential literacy is 'information literacy'. I think children need to be able to acquire knowledge from a variety of sources, that they should have the ability to learn from/to read from a variety of platforms, but I'm still working with that concept.
Here's where it begins to get tricky for me. Students should learn how to read text, right? Some read it by sight, some by feel and some even within those two basic categories have a variety of ways they perceive information which makes reading text a challenge. So, we have audiobooks which provide the exact same information, but requiring a while new skill set. Rather than decoding letter combinations, they're listening for inflections and speech patterns. Are they giving up something by not reading text, I mean they're still acquiring information and isn't that the important thing, that they acquire information?
This is another definition of literacy from Ed Social Media.
The definition of literacy is dynamic, evolving, and reflects the continual changes in our society. Literacy has, for instance, expanded to include literacy in information and communication technologies and critical literacy (Cunningham, 2000; Harste, 1994; Leu, 2002; Mol1, 1994; Paris, Lipson & Wixson, 1994; Yopp & Singer, 1994).
I think this expands the definition a bit to say it's not enough to know how to read what's on a webpage but we need to know how to access it as well. There's a discussion of 'digital literacy' and knowing how to use cameras. I would ad being able to 'read' an image for information. If we don't know social networking, are we becoming illiterate?
I think my response found clarity on TheYoungandtheDigital which discusses the digital divide. While some think the numbers which indicate high usage of cell phones among African American and Latino teens for Internet access seems to indicate a closing of the digital divide, this article keenly points out not so! No, not if they're not using the more expensive smart phones instead of feature phones and not if they're not creating innovative learning experiences.
The issue, of course, is not that young people's adoption of mobile phones causes an achievement gap that began long before any of us ever heard of the Internet or mobile phones. Rather, what is the potential for learning and engagement with mobile media in closing the learning divides that exist between low and middle income students? The mere adoption of mobile phones is certainly not the solution to the achievement gap. Technology—social network sites, laptops, smart phones, games, tablets, interactive books and maps—alone will never close America's learning divide. This is the myth of the "digital native" narrative, the notion that youth can thrive in the digital world without any adult support, mentoring, or scaffolding of rich learning experiences. While a greater diversity of young people are using digital and mobile platforms than ever before not all media ecologies are equal. Thus it's very possible that if poor and working class students adopt technologies like mobile phones in environments that do not offer adult engagement and scaffolding the potential benefits in terms of learning and empowerment may not be realized.
It's back to my rant about blocking access rather than teaching how to use web services responsibly. Too many urban schools tell students they may not bring phones to school, may not use FB or Twitter under the guise of keeping them safe. Actually, they're intensifying the digital divide and adding to our children's illiteracy.
I don't think we have to be overly careful in defining 'literacy'. I do think exploring the term with educators, parents and students may begin getting more of us to see the ways education needs to change. While developing more literate students is critical, it's more important to kindle the flame, to have young minds that want to learn! Maybe they already want to learn and maybe the students already know some of the literacies they need, or maybe they just know the ones they don't need.
Can you believe people teach just for the paycheck?!
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Spartanburg, S.C.—OTO Development, a lodging company founded in 2004, added five contracts to its managed portfolio this month, continuing its growth as a third-party management provider. Specializing in upscale select-service hotels, the hospitality company will now provide operational management to the following properties: Hampton Inn & Suites Annapolis, Md.; Hilton Garden Inn Fredericksburg, Va.; Hampton Inn Sarasota-I-75 Bee Ridge, Fla.; Hilton Garden Inn Sarasota-Bradenton Airport, Fla.; and Hilton Garden Inn Fort Myers, Fla.
"Our success in management really comes down to our core principle of adding lasting value to each and every property in our portfolio. We're committed to driving revenue and increasing returns for our ownership groups. With the addition of these five properties, we're looking forward to even more opportunities for growth as we look ahead into 2017," said Jason Boehm, OTO's vice president of business development, in a prepared statement.
With a focus on Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott-branded properties, OTO's recent areas of interest include the Mid-Atlantic region, South Florida and California, with plans to expand.
"Ultimately, our goal is to bring in more revenue for our managed properties, providing more profits to their bottom line and benefiting the ownership groups we partner with," said Corry Oakes, OTO Development's CEO and founding partner.
OTO develops, owns and operates upscale select-service hotels in key markets across the U.S.
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Daniel Regan is Head of Cicero Elections.
"If we can win here, we can win across the country." – Mark Reckless, 21st November 2014.
Whilst recent focus has been on UKIP's high profile wins in the South East, an analysis of recent local elections across the UK shows that the party's support has grown across the UK. Cicero Elections, a political analysis site, has discovered that UKIP is far more popular with voters once they are in the voting booth than when they're approached by polling companies.
Yesterday, an Ashcroft poll showed UKIP support increase to 18%. Cicero Elections' 'real votes tracker' indicates that rather than this being a jump in UKIP support, it's simply national polling catching up with national sentiment.
Below is a map of England and Wales showing the local election results for UKIP in 14 local by-elections across the UK since mid-October 2014. In just one month, thousands of people across the nation cast their votes and UKIP averaged 27.8 per cent , almost double their national polling average. This is excluding a by-election in Sheppey on 21st October, where Farage's party won an astonishing 58.4 per cent of the vote.
Source: ALDC
Most interestingly about this map is the geographic spread of UKIP's support. Whilst the accepted view has been that UKIP's supporters are 'little Englanders' in the South East of England, this map shows that English and Welsh voters are turning to UKIP, a party that polled at only 3.1 per cent in May 2010. The myth that UKIP is only succeeding in the South East is over.
UKIP performance in marginals
The implications of UKIP's polling surge can be particularly seen in their performance in the marginal seats with low majorities which will become the key battlegrounds across the UK during the election. Cicero Elections' 'real votes tracker' has been following UKIP's performance in local by-elections within marginal constituencies this year, and comparing each of those results to the national polling figure on that day. The results are startling: when UKIP mobilise and campaign, they outperform their national polling figures almost every time.
Source: CiceroElections.com
In both Conservative and Labour marginals such as Thurrock, Amber Valley, and Walsall North, we are seeing significant UKIP support turn-out in local elections. Even if much of this support is 'protest' and drops away before the election, it will not take many to decisively influence the outcome of these seats. Unfortunately, vote share shifts aren't available from many of these local elections so it's difficult to tell which parties are suffering from UKIP's surge, but the key finding is clear: UKIP are more popular than the national polls would let you believe, and they're coming to constituencies near you.


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Cardiff is a compact city, it is probably about six miles from end to end, it's not hilly and there are three rivers going through it. The River Taff runs through the city centre, the Taff Trail providing a backbone route which joggers, walkers, leisure and commuting cyclists use. There is also a policy of 'ignoring' cycling in parks, so cyclists can use those to get around.
The aim of the general road layout is aimed at maintaining traffic flow, and cycling is marginal to that. The council have had similar [cycling] targets for years and they don't seem to be closer to achieving them.
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The council cycling officer left last autumn and whether they will be replaced remains to be seen. The old cycling officer found it very frustrating; she was one of the better ones and did achieve things, but often they get bogged down in one way or another.
Generally, the council makes the right noises, but their processes are so that when things go onto the ground they have been altered beyond recognition. If it is anything off-road then barriers, in the name of safety, are used in such a way that they can be more dangerous.
"We see quite a range of cyclists"
They seem to be done by people who don't understand cycling, and when there are major redesigns, like Cardiff Bay, cycling is seen as an add-on, if they can be bothered.
The council is keen to put cycling on the pavement, as an easy option. In some places that is appropriate, in other cases less so; shared pavement cycle paths are generally well signed but not where they end, and so people stay on the pavement, especially if it is a busy road.
We see quite a range of cyclists; you see quite a lot without lights and a lot who go through red traffic lights. I think that is pretty common across the country, and often used as an excuse: "Why should we spend money on cyclists when they break the law?"
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CW speaks with Vincent Walsh of Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign about a £20m Cycling City Ambition Grant
Cycling in my city: Belfast
Jonathan Hobbs from the Northern Ireland Greenways blog talks all things Grand Tour which comes to its shores this coming
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Andy Harrison and Sarah Crabtree talk about how modern China puts Europe to shame
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John Bennet from Push Bikes tells CW how Birmingham has increased its cycling investment from £250,000 to £12 million
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Anthony Snell talks all things cycling in the North-East as Lincolnshire Council senior transport officer
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James Styring of Cyclox talks about cycling in Oxford, where 30 per cent of adults cycle at least once a
Cycling in my city: Derby
Tony Roelich, campaigns Co-ordinator Derby cycling group, talks about his city and cycling
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Claire Fleming, Swindon Bicycle User Group and Swindon Borough Council travel plan officer, talks about her city and cycling
Cycling in my City: Southampton
Southampton is beginning to see change that will help cycling become a sustainable way to travel in the city
Cycling in my city: Nottingham
Political support grows for cycling in Nottinghamshire with the City Council now working closely with many partners to help improve
Cycling in my city: Newcastle
With recent investment injections Newcastle plans to have 20 per cent of all short journeys to be done on bikes


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Below is a NSFW picture that was allegedly taken at Sunday's Bills game. If you want a hint about what exactly you are going to see when you scroll down, please note that this post has been filed under the tag "BUTT ACTION."
I believe that girl is leaning in to take a selfie with her friends. If only everyone who ended up liking the resulting picture on Facebook knew what was really going on.
(Also, what the hell is it with Bills fans?)
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THE TRADE WINDS - "Mind Excursion" / "Little Susan's Dreamin" (Kama Sutra KA212) July 1967
New York based group The Trade Winds were centred around duo Peter Andreoli and Vincent Poncia who had been together previously as The Videls. They also wrote songs together which were recorded by Phil Spector's artists in the early 60s.
You'd expect a head rush of acid sounds with a song title like "Mind Excursion" but it demonstrates how straight groups co-opted the trend for utilizing a suggestive title that, in actuality, encouraged a positive physical adventure rather than a head trip. With it's gorgeous melody and distinctive 'harp' sounds sprinkled over the chorus the song had every chance to hit the Top 50 in USA, which it did. In some regions it even went Top 5 and stayed on radio playlists for several months after it's release.
For some reason The Trade Winds changed their name to The Innocence and continued releasing records during 1967.
"Mind Excursion" was recorded by several other artists during the late sixties including Wayne Fontana, check out the B-Side of his solo single "The Words Of Bartholomew" from May 1968.
Two version were released during 1969 one by Bob Dileo and another by Australian vocalist Lynne Randell.
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Rachel Frederickson: I Work Out Four Times a DAY!by Free Britney at .
When Rachel Frederickson left The Biggest Loser ranch, her goal was to keep the weight off and then some. She succeeded, to put things mildly.
Returning to the show 45 lbs. lighter than she left it, for a total weight loss of 155 lbs., the spotlight is now focused on whether she is too skinny.
Currently a size 0/2 and 105 lbs., Rachel Frederickson herself briefly addressed the controversy that has erupted following her amazing transformation.
"First and foremost, my goals are to be healthy and strong," the former competitive swimmer said about the backlash her slender frame has caused.
"I'm an athlete," she added. "I've been an athlete since I was a little girl. And I went on The Biggest Loser journey to find that confidence that I lost."
Asked about her diet and exercise regimen, The Biggest Loser winner said:
"I just continued to follow the support system that I had from The Biggest Loser's [diet] plan, Dr. Cheryl's nutritional advice and ... continued to eat super healthy."
Citing several recipes from the Ranch, she said egg white French toast and an egg white, spinach, tomato and mushroom omelet are her "go-to breakfasts."
At the same time, she's taking "maybe three, four classes a day" at the gym. "I even went home over the holidays to Minnesota, and I went running outside."
Reiterating that she is in "maintenance mode," she said she was excited for "this next part of my journey, as my body balances and, you know, it finds its rhythm."
Will she tone it down? Possibly, she says: "It's going to be about finding, maybe doing a yoga class this day, a gym class this day and I even, I think I'm going to try dance classes."
The Biggest Loser trainers Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper have declined to address the firestorm surrounding Frederickson and her body this week.
Her trainer, Dolvett Quince, spoke out, saying, "Rachel's health is and always has been my main concern and her journey to good health has not yet ended!"
Interesting wording there. Asked whether she felt she was now at a "healthy and sustainable" weight on Tuesday, Frederickson replied, "absolutely."
Do you agree? Vote below: Is Rachel Frederickson now too thin?


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Loniten is approved to help control high blood pressure. Specifically, this prescription medication should only be given in combination with other blood pressure medications and when high blood pressure is so severe it is damaging vital organs. One off-label use of Loniten includes treating hypertensive crisis, which is a life-threatening spike in blood pressure.
What Is Loniten Used For?Loniten® (minoxidil oral) is a prescription medication approved for the treatment of severe hypertension (high blood pressure). It is normally used in combination with other high blood pressure medications, including diuretics and beta blockers.
Using Loniten for High Blood PressureYour blood pressure is the measure of the force inside your blood vessels, both while the heart is beating and while it is relaxed. High blood pressure, known medically as hypertension, occurs when that force is too high. If you have high blood pressure, your heart has to work extra hard to pump blood throughout your body.
A blood pressure reading consists of two numbers: a systolic number (the top number) and a diastolic number (the bottom number). The systolic number is a measure of blood pressure when the heart is beating. The diastolic number is a measure of blood pressure when the heart is relaxed.
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May 19 - May 22, 2017 We stayed at Hostal Copacabana again, even in the exact same room we had over a month ago. That room was on the 3rd floor, and we really noticed the altitude. Rurrenabaque is at 676 feet, while La Paz is at 12,087 feet. For the first 2 days I had to sit down and catch my breath after climbing the stairs to our room.
May 15 - May 18, 2017 After our trip to Madidi, we took another rest day in Rurrenabaque. I don't remember doing anything besides catch up on the Internet and read. This is one of very few days where I didn't take any pictures. The following morning we made our way to the office of Bala tours, where we were picked up by a car that took us to Santa Rosa.
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May 8 - May 14, 2017 We arrived back in Santa Cruz in the evening after our visit to San Miguelito. The next day we decided to visit the zoo. It was closed, but we enjoyed it anyway, because of all the sloths we saw. The zoo has sloths free roaming through its trees, and they escape quite often. Walking around the outside fence, we spotted 6 or 7 sloths, 3 of which had left the zoo itself.


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At the dawn of the 21st century, two ambitious aficionados of the arcane decided to compile a documentary about just how weird things can get in the United States. The pair, Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran, eventually published "Weird U.S." in 2004 and their efforts proved conclusively that weirdness in America goes way beyond Dick Cheney.
But it also proved that some places in the United States have considerably more weirdness on a daily basis than others.
Admittedly, Illinois has its man-eating Piasa bird, Connecticut boasts of its eerie frog people and New Jersey has its own state demon, but most states simply don't measure up to California when it comes to wholesale weirdness on just about every street corner.
Sceurman and Moran became aware of this dubious distinction and have now published "Weird California" (2006, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, N.Y., $19.95, 301 Pages).
Don't be surprised if you take this book home and it starts levitating. Or screaming. "Weird California" is that weird.
It should be noted that Sceurman and Moran are the executive editors of this latest bit of weirdness. Evidence of strange goings-on in California were so widespread that a team of three authors – Greg Bishop, Joe Oesterle and Mike Marinacci – were needed to tie it all together.
What they found will undoubtedly make some Californians seriously consider moving to Iowa.
The trio, of course, covered all the basic state oddities. You'll find Bigfoot and the Winchester Mystery House in "Weird California," but these phenomena are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to weirdness in the slightly out-of-kilter place we've grown to know as the Golden State.
Bishop, Oesterle and Marinacci acquaint readers with such wonders as the Riverside Bridge monster ("…It didn't have any ears. The face was all round. The eyes were shining like something fluorescent and it had a protuberant mouth…") and Los Angeles' legendary underground city of the lizard people.
Underground lizard people scurrying about beneath Los Angeles? Hey, it doesn't get any weirder than that, amigos.
And there's much, much more.
Have you ever wondered about the attack midgets of Mt. Rubidoux or the eleven Satanic rules of the earth? Gotcha covered, pardner.
"Weird California" also will acquaint you with the late Emperor Norton of San Francisco, the giant rabbit of Tick Canyon – reputed to be more than five feet tall and weighing 150 to 175 pounds – and three-eyed beings that have been seen lurking in the shadow of Mt. Shasta.
Included in the volume are a visit to Colma, a Bay Area city that boasts 17 cemeteries within its two square miles, as well as a look at the intersection of Highways 46 and 41, where 1950s movie idol James Dean died in the twisted wreckage of his Porsche.
Litto's Hubcap Ranch in the Pope Valley and Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch near Helendale also are on the "Weird California" itinerary.
And then, of course, there are the monkey men of Napa…
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Yesterday, T-Mobile announced a new type of cell phone
plan idea, which is available immediately. They call their new arrangement "un-contract" and it's a pretty significant departure from the norm, at least here in the U.S.
With the new plans, a T-Mobile customer pays only for the plan. The cost of the phone is a separate line item on a monthly bill, or paid for up-front. This is HUGE news for people who want an iPhone 5 without being tied to a particular cellular provider.
CNET has done a great job answering the big questions on their full FAQ site, but here's the important stuff:
Smartphones are expensive. Some of the newer models cost between $600 and $700 at full retail price. Traditionally, wireless subscribers in the U.S. have asked customers to pay a fraction of that cost. Typically, the price is about $200. The carrier pays the rest of the cost of the phone. In exchange for this "deal," consumers agree to a two-year service contract. And if they leave the service early, they must pay an early termination fee.
T-Mobile is getting rid of the contract and the subsidy. This means that customers will have to pay full price for their phones.
What if I can't afford the cost of a new phone?
T-Mobile is offering a financing plan. For example, T-Mobile is offering the 16GB version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 for $549.99 if you pay at once. But if you can't afford that, you can put $69.99 down and pay an additional $20 per month on top of your service plan every month for 24 months. At the end of the 24 months, you own the phone outright.
This kind of sounds a lot like a contract/subsidy plan. What's the difference?
The big difference is that after you pay off the phone, your overall monthly bill goes down. It's just like when you finish paying off a car, or the mortgage on your home. Once the loan is paid off, you own the device outright and you can continue to use it. And because it's paid off, your monthly bill will go down by up to $20 a month.
This is different than the contract/subsidy model, because under that model, the carrier doesn't break out the additional cost of the device in your monthly bill. The price of that subsidy is bundled into the cost of the service you subscribe to each month. At the end of a two-year contract, the phone is likely paid for in full. And you are no longer bound to an early termination fee. But your monthly service is not reduced to reflect that the cost of the phone has been paid. Instead, you could continue to keep your old phone and still pay the same monthly service fee you were paying before it was paid for.
So, the big deal is that you can buy an iPhone up-front, and you own it. T-Mobile can't stop you from using a local SIM card in that iPhone when you travel internationally, or using that iPhone with another domestic carrier.
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The show-cause order requires Lincoln to respond within thirty days with an explanation of why FERC should not impose the proposed fine. Lincoln has several options with which to exercise due process and will work with legal counsel to choose the best.
Lincoln Paper and Tissue is a small, privately held manufacturer of specialty paper and tissue rolls based in Lincoln, Maine. The company employs 400 and indirectly provides employment to nearly 2000 in the region. Lincoln was founded in 2004 and has succeeded in a very challenging environment through the hard work of an excellent group of employees and suppliers and with tremendous support from very loyal customers. Lincoln is widely recognized for holding to the highest standards of integrity in dealings with all stakeholders and is very troubled by these meritless accusations, and therefore intends to exercise all of its legal rights to defeat them. We are confident we will prevail in this matter and are also confident that this will not have any impact on our ongoing business.


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Moooi Comes to DZINE
As part of our continuing efforts to showcase exciting and relevant design in San Francisco, we are thrilled to announce the arrival of Dutch brand Moooi to our showroom. Moooi's cutting-edge and eclectic collection of furniture, lighting, accessories and carpets is an inspiring addition to our space. In celebration of Moooi's arrival, we are honored to host Marcel Wanders for an evening reception on May 5. One of the foremost creative talents in the design industry today, Wanders is the co-founder and art director of Moooi and the driving force behind many of the brand's iconic designs.
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Marcel Wanders' creation of the iconic Knotted chair, which is in the collections of some the world's most prestigious art and design museums such as NYC's MoMA, Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum and Paris's Centre Pompidou, quickly brought him to the spotlight in the design industry in 1996. In addition to acting as artistic director for Moooi, Wanders heads his own design studio in Amsterdam and boasts an impressive roster of clients such as Alessi, KLM Airlines, Baccarat, Bisazza, Christofle, Kose/Cosme Decorte, FLOS, Mac Cosmetics, Puma, Swarovski, Louis Vuitton and Target. Lauded for his lighthearted and playful approach to design, Wanders was named the "Lady Gaga of Design" by The New York Times and lives by the philosophy to "create an environment of love, live with passion and make our most exciting dreams come true."
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19 August 2015
'Come and see Alex's great toy,' my friend gushed to her two year old daughter. What could this great toy be that my son had? Was it the latest computer fad? A child's electric car that he could drive? The latest talking 'Bob the Builder'? No. Wrong on all counts.
She was talking about my dog.
This episode happened over ten years ago, but it stays in my mind, especially with the work I do now, as an example of how even intelligent, educated people can get it so wrong when introducing their children to animals. So how do you get it right? How, in everyday life, can you easily reinforce to children that animals are not toys, existing only for their entertainment, but a living, thinking, feeling creature?
Alex, my son with the 'great toy', has Aspergers Syndrome. Many of the ideas I mention in my training sessions have originally come from ideas to develop his empathy and understanding of animals. It can be done in so many simple statements that you make, things you do and actions you take. So these are my top three tips on easily encouraging an empathy with animals.
1. Obviously if you have a pet animal in the home then you are a role model. The children learn from you about ensuring that the animal has everything that it needs and that it is respected as a living thing. Any animal will want a rest time and a quiet time - even an excitable puppy.
Ensuring that a dog or cat has a place it can sleep undisturbed and explaining that it's important not to disturb their quiet time is just a little way of encouraging the idea that the animal is not a plaything - that its needs matter too. Similarly, if you as the adult can tell that the rabbit/guinea pig/hamster has had enough of being handled or played with, then it is time for the animal to be left alone.
This is for the child's sake as much as for the animal's, as an irritable, tired animal is far more likely to scratch or bite. Far better to use this time as a lesson in respecting animals' needs, rather than a lesson in how much a bite from a hamster can hurt!
If you don't have pet animals, the chances are that you will still come into contact with them as some form of entertainment - at a zoo, open farm or sanctuary perhaps.
We want children to be interested in animals, and most usually are, but we also want them to recognise that the animals are more than just there for their entertainment.
A simple 'job' that I used to give to my son was to check all the animals were being looked after properly. He was never very interested in animals, but has always been interested in making sure everyone is following 'the rules'!
Once I explained about the Five Freedoms that all animals should have his mission when visiting anywhere that had animals was to check that they had enough food and water, enough space, company if they should have it, the right sort of environment and that they looked healthy.
The result of that is that neither of my children see animals as entertainment first - they are seen as animals that need to be cared for properly first and foremost.
I've accepted that I like meat too much to ever be vegetarian. However, I'm fortunate enough to be in a position where I can choose to pay a bit more and buy high welfare products.
My children have grown up knowing this and knowing what the 'Freedom Food' label looks like so that when I send my daughter to 'get a happy chicken' she knows what she's looking for.
The fact that my smart alec son will often come out with: 'You know Mam, it's really not thathappy... because it's dead…..' is a family joke, but they do understand the reasoning behind this is that it doesn't matter if that animal is eventually going to die to feed us, its life should still have been free from suffering. Even when shopping I'm constantly trying to reinforce the idea that animals matter - whatever their ultimate 'use' to us is.
There are so many little ways a respect and understanding of animals can be encouraged in children, that take no time really and little effort. I've only had the space in my blog to mention three, but on our website www.rspca.org.uk/education there are many more ideas, including a newly developed section simply for parents and carers.
And of course, not referring to any animal as 'a great toy' is always a good starting point too...
Before joining the education department of the RSPCA, Helen taught in Middle Schools in Northumberland for 14 years. Now in her role as a Prevention Programme Adviser for the RSPCA she provides training for foster carers, social workers and youth justice professionals on developing an empathy with animals in vulnerable and troubled children and young people. She is delighted to have been asked to blog for PACEY.
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[STARCAST-This is INFINITE #4] 1: 6 Win Hoya!
Hello~ INSPIRIT, and STARCAST readers and the viewers who enjoys watching our This is INFINITE~! I am 'Physical education king' Hoya~
In this week also, I am here to talk about the behind stories of This is INFINITE that was aired the day before~! It is nice to see me, right?
In this week's This is INFINITE, 1 VS 6, 'Win Hoya' episode in which I and 'Rest of the others' appeared was aired!
<1:6 Win Hoya Subtitle : Sung-kyu can also do it!> episode in which even the poster was made!! It was really the best episode! ^^;
To our INFINITE members who likes to either sleep or lie down whenever they have time, I am here to teach them the joy of exercising.
Really! Seriously! The members only sleep whenever they have time!!
Our L looks like a nice statue even when he is sleeping!
Sung-kyu is much more handsome when he is sleeping?
Sung-yeol, who likes the dream more
Our Dong-woo do not care about time and place!
This is how they are!! So, I am here!!
#Highlight 1 – The day of the final match of INFINITE the battle of the century!
The wall that INFINITE members cannot jump over! Yeah, but~I already knew that the result is going to end up like this~~ However, it is true that I am a little nervous due to Sung-yeol's desire to win that is comparable with mine. The truth is, the caterpillar fight of the members for the snacks was unexpectedly cute!! Do you guys agree? Haha
It did not appear on the highlight, but I will show a super cool picture! The red sports car during the opening!!
Cool?! No. Actually, it was so cold ㅜㅜ
#Highlight 2 – The nervousness that is just like short track! <Short track>
Sung-yeol's desire to win shined right here! Wow! The most powerful figure in dirty play that we can't do anything about! You are not supposed to do that~~ You will get beaten up by Sung-kyu~~
But the leader Sung-kyu looks way too weak to hit someone
A fool Myung-soo (L) who did so much body gag!
Ah, it is still so funny even when watching again, right? People who want to purchase L robot vacuum cleaner, raise your hands~~
Then, this is the real highlight of STARCAST!! The behind video of This is INFINITE that is only revealed on STARCAST!! The behind video begins with L's efforts to get attention. Also, look forward to the revival of pink zombie that was the center of attention since the 1st episode!! Out of all, unplanned battle is super funny!
Then, we reveal the behind video right away!!
Everyone can tell that our INFINITE members do not exercise after finishing watching all the videos, right? But!!! There are times when our INFINITE members exercise. When is it? It is right before they meet the fans! The evidence pictures are on the way~~
Sung-yeol is warming up prior to some concert. One, two!!
I wanted to upload pictures of other members exercising also, but since they were such rare pictures, I could not find them.
Oh, that reminds me, it will be possible to watch the members exercising again pretty soon, which is not that easy to see!! That is because!! At 7pm tonight, INFINITE world tour Seoul encore concert will take place!!!^^
I will take pictures secretly and will try to reveal it soon~~ Out of the fans who are reading this, there will be fans who came from far away to see today's performance and also the ones who are waiting for a long time. Dress warmly since it is cold! Do not forget the mask since there are a lot of tiny dust also~
Then, let's meet again~! Bye ^^
Ah!! One more thing!
The episode of next This is INFINITE is about this guy right here!
A gigantic picture surprised me when I was passing near my home few days ago. I could not pass by without taking the picture. Then, hope everyone have a happy Friday~ Bye!
Written by = INFINITE Hoya
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by Phil Wilayto, originally published on End the Wars at Home and Abroad, July 1, 2018 It's a beautiful evening here in Kaisaerslauten, a city of some 100,000 in southwestern Germany. There's a light breeze blowing, gently nudging the thousands of multi-colored flowers that seem to line every street. Couples, young families and older folks are strolling through this city whose beginnings go back to the time of the Roman Empire. And tomorrow. thousands of people are expected to gatherContinue reading
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Originally from Los Angeles, Clarisa attended University of California, San Diego, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience in 2002. After working in a small animal clinic in San Diego for a few years, she attended University of California, Davis, graduating in 2008 with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine.
From there, Clarisa went on to complete a rotating internship at Veterinary Medical and Surgical Group (Ventura, CA) in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery. After that, this California girl moved out to Minnesota where she completed a Neurology/neurosurgery residency and learned how to live in the cold!
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Hope you all are enjoying your Saturday! I just came back from visiting family.
And believe it or not, there are some people who STILL don't have the Internet.
AHEM, my Grandpa!
Anyway, I have been under the weather the last couple of days, so don't be too rough on these photos.
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Let me start by saying, this Loft skirt is where it's at. It has fringe, and it's tweed, so it hides all of my problem areas...don't pretend like you have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm secretly jealous of women that can wear a pencil skirt made of paper thin material.
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has released news that large scale brewer Molson Coors took advantage of the NDP's latest tax implementation on beer.
According to the news release, leaked emails reveal the brewer attempted to close the large price gap between their core brands and value brands with price increases that topped out at $5.82 for a 24 pack of their Brewhouse Pilsner.
This is just some of the fallout from the governments tax increase to $1.25 on beer regardless of origin.
Breweries outside of Alberta are now raising their prices and there are two pending lawsuits against the NDP, along with an Agreement on Internal Trade challenge.
In addition to breweries increasing their prices, Alberta breweries are also getting government incentives with a grant that covers the tax markup and also receiving subsidies under the Growing Forward 2 grant that allows them to receive money on the basis that they are an agri-product based industry.
It's obvious the NDP's markup policy is a terrible idea and the government should just get out of the way of these businesses. This government tax and grant program the NDP have put in place is unconstitutional.
For that matter, all government implemented subsidies across Canada are unconstitutional.
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A Simple Way to Teach Third Graders How to Write a Simple Paragraph
By third grade, many children understand how to create an idea or choose a topic for a story, use punctuation appropriately and spell most sight words correctly. Third-grade students can use these skills to recognize parts of paragraphs and write their own simple paragraphs. There are many components to a paragraph and coherent writing in general, but if you break these parts into simple steps, third-graders can grasp the concepts needed for writing.
Sentences as Complete Thoughts
Before you dive headfirst into teaching your third graders how to write a paragraph, review how to write a sentence. Third graders should understand that one sentence is just like one complete thought, according to Readingrockets.org. Read sentences aloud to your third graders, and pause at periods to allow these students to hear the natural pauses in between sentences, so they can hear a clear beginning, middle and end. Practice writing complete sentences as a group, and review grammatical concepts, such as capitalizing the first letter of a sentence and adding punctuation.
Identifying Parts of a Paragraph
Now that your third graders understand how to write sentences, explain that a paragraph is just a collection of sentences focused on one idea. Tell your third graders that in order to write a paragraph, they have to understand the parts, as suggested by Melissa Packer, author of "Write On! Step by Step Paragraph and Report Writing." A paragraph usually starts with a topic sentence, which is the main idea of the paragraph. The next part of the paragraph, called the transition, tells the readers what you want them to know about the topic. The final part of the paragraph, the conclusion, restates your topic sentence but should not be exactly the same. Practice identifying these parts by reading paragraphs as a group.
Making a Sandwich
One way to teach third graders something new is to compare the new thing to something these students already know. Tell your third graders that writing a paragraph is a lot like making a sandwich; you start with a piece of bread, also called your topic sentence, add some ingredients to the middle, which are like your transition sentences, and finish the sandwich with another piece of bread, or the conclusion sentence. Give your students an outline drawing of a sandwich with at least three ingredients, and ask them to write a sentence in each section. Share some paragraphs with everyone and analyze them by asking if the topic sentences were clear and if each transition sentence related to the topic.
Starting With Outlines
Another way to simplify writing a paragraph is to start with an outline. On a piece of paper, write the names of the parts of a paragraph: Topic Sentence, Transition 1, Transition 2, Transition 3 and Conclusion. Ask your third graders what they want to write about -- write the topic, such as "birthdays," next to the words "Topic Sentence." Prompt your third graders to come up with details about your topic; your students might come up with "birthday cake," "candles," "parties" or "presents" for the birthday topic. Write these words by the "Transition" words. Next to "Conclusion," rewrite the word "birthdays" to remind your students to restate the topic. Now write a paragraph using this outline.
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The League is an organization of U.S. Marines. It is composed of Marines and former Marines with Honorable service. It aims to perpetuate the traditions and spirit of the U.S. Marine Corps through the continuous association of Marines who served under the Globe and Anchor at any time, in war or peace.
There are League detachments all across the country. Regular meetings are conducted under a unified ritual, with the Marine Corps spirit and atmosphere predominating.
The only membership qualification is honorable service, in excess of 90 days in the Marines. This means that, regardless of rank held, regardless of when or where a Marine served, regardless of what division or wing he may or may not have served with, that Marine male, or female is welcome in the Marine Corps League.
A common trait of League members is the spirit of Semper Fidelis, the spirit of being "always faithful" to the Country, The Corps, and to their fellow marines, inservice and out. So deep is this ingrained in members that, long after most have hung up the uniform for the last time, they still dare to call each other "Marine". Each seems to hold the League slogan as a personal truth, that of "Once a Marine-Always a Marine."
Being a Marine is what it's all about. John A. Lejeune, who founded the Marine Corps League in 1923, put this first above all else. Although he was the Major General Commandant of the Corps, a decorated hero of the First World War, and the former Commanding General of the victorious Second Army Division, he said his first claim to fame was, " I am a Marine!" All his other attainments came farther down the list. There was nothing more important to him.
The U.S. Congress felt that the purposes of the Marine Corps League were so valid that in 1937 it granted the League a federal charter.
League members know a special bond of comradeship unique to those who have worn the Marine Emblem. The members look after one another and assist the widows and orphans of their Marines. They observe national holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans day, and days of special interest to Marines like "the Birthday," the landing at Guadalcanal, Inchon, and DaNang, the anniversary of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, and the day the Fourth Marine Brigade entered Belleau Wood.
Auxiliary members help carry out the purposes of the League. Their members as well as Leaguers may be seen almost any day in the wards of our veterans hospitals, visiting the sick and wounded under their volunteer program. Both assist our veterans with rehabilitation work, too, and their trained service workers often assist Marines in obtaining their veterans rights.
Perhaps the Marine Corps League performs its most important service on the local level through programs of benefit to the communities. Many detachments, recognizing the need, embark on special programs to help advance their towns and cities. Others have adopted on the League's national youth programs, the Young Marines, or the Youth Physical Fitness. These programs seek the mental, moral, and physical development of our youngsters.
The Marine Corps has continuously stood in the forefront or our country. The Marine Corps Leagues stands at the forefront, too serving in our hospitals, helping our communities, working with our youth, and assisting our Marines and veterans. Its members realize some of the greatest rewards of life, those of friendship and the sense of individual and group fulfillment.
Should you join the Marine Corps League? If you're a Marine, the answer is "Yes!" because you are needed in the ranks.
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- That those now serving in the Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged or retired, together in fellowship, may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy
- That, by fitting acts, they observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of peculiar interest to Marines, such as the Marine Corps birthday and decoration of Marine Graves.
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#31 - Doctor Popular on Truckr, Art, Tech, and Money
April 30, 2015
This week I talked with Doctor Popular, a San Francisco-based artist and game designer who launched a project in Oakland last weekend. (That was my excuse.) Doc works in a variety of different media and does a lot of art that isn't commercial. We talked about some of the work he's made, how he pays the bills, and how he's seen San Francisco change (or not) in the time he's lived here.
Doc was a professional yo-yoer for a while. Here's a great video of him doing some fancy yo-yo tricks.
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