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A female worker in the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday sustained minor injuries when she was hit by a bullet from a weapon of one of the security operatives attached to the State House.
The identity of the woman could not be confirmed last night but the incident was said to have happened earlier in the day at the reception area located at the administrative entrance adjacent to the Vice President's wing.
It was learnt that the security agent was making an attempt to empty his pistol when the weapon inadvertently went off and injured him and the woman in the process. Specifically, the female worker was injured on her thigh, and a significant part of her back.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said he did not have information on the incident when contacted last night via a telephone call.
He directed The Guardian to channel his inquiry to the security authorities.
At press time, the woman was said to be receiving medical attention at the State House Medical facility located in Asokoro.
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Sick Sinus Syndrome SSS
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Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a type of bradycardia in which the sinoatrial (SA), or sinus node is not working as it should. The sinus node is a small cluster of cells in the upper right chamber, or atrium, of the heart. It contains special "pacemaker" cells that generate the electrical signals that regulate the pace and rhythm of the heartbeat. These signals travel from the sinus node to the AV node. From the AV node, the signal is conducted along pathways that spread into the ventricles, causing them to contract and pump blood into the lungs and throughout the body.
Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is not a specific disease, but a group of signs or symptoms that indicate the SA node is not functioning properly.
Some patients with sick sinus syndrome also have rapid heartbeats (tachycardia). Or the heartbeat alternates between too fast and too slow. This is called bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome. Often there is a long pause (asystole) between heartbeats, especially after an episode of tachycardia.
SSS affects about 3 out of every 10,000 people. It becomes more common as we age.
Types of Sick Sinus Syndrome
Sick sinus syndrome may be due to defects in the heart itself, or it can be related to factors outside the heart.
Some medications prescribed to treat high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and other conditions, for example, are known to cause bradycardia. This generally does not cause problems for most people, and drugs that slow the heart rate are useful treatments for some types of arrhythmias or other heart disorders. But they may cause low heart rates and bring out other symptoms of SSS in some individuals, such as elderly people with age-related degeneration of the SA node.
Bradycardia also can result from abnormalities of the atrioventricular (AV) node, the part of the heart's conduction system that conducts electrical signals from the atria to the ventricles. These problems are commonly called heart block.
Many people with sick sinus syndrome have no symptoms, or the symptoms may not seem serious enough for concern. The condition may not be diagnosed until it is in an advanced stage. Typically, the first sign an individual with SSS notices is a consistently slow heart rate or bradycardia. Often, the rate falls to 40 to 50 beats per minute or less before it is noticed.

For more information about the electrical conduction system of the heart and what can go wrong, go to The Normal Heart.
If you experience any sudden, unexplained episodes of fainting, consult your doctor.

Other symptoms may include:
People with unexplained symptoms that may be early signs of sick sinus syndrome should consult their doctor as soon as possible.

Seeing the Doctor

There are some signs that a doctor may discover during a physical examination that suggest a diagnosis of SSS, such as:
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
{Paper Smooches} Double Heat Embossing with A Blessed Christmas + Video!
Kim is sharing this card on the Paper Smooches Blog today and it will also be up on the Virtual Smooches Blog. It features the three wise men silhouette and a sentiment from A Blessed Christmas, as well as the Cityscape 1 and Dots & Dashes dies.
I heat embossed the three wise men twice, once on the Cityscape 1 die and again on the yellow panel. The sentiment was heat embossed in white on top of the black embossed silhouette using the double heat embossing technique. The shiny, layered silhouette and the raised words within it, make for an interesting yet clean and simple design.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
6 comments:
- Miriam Prantner said...
Love the double embossed look! I'm going to have to try that!
- September 23, 2014 at 1:08 PM
- Shelly said...
This is awesome, Emily! Love the embossing! Thanks for sharing!
- September 23, 2014 at 1:52 PM
- Lindsey said...
All the embossing looks terrific! Great colour choices, too.
- September 23, 2014 at 4:13 PM
- Larissa Heskett said...
AWESOME!! Such a NEAT Technique!! I LOVE this card Design!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing the Video too!! Sending Hugs~Prayers!! Have a Fabulous Week Sweet Emily!! =)
- September 23, 2014 at 11:22 PM
- icardeveryone01 said...
You are one brave lady, Emily... heat embossing over heat embossing? What a wonderful result! Adore the blue violet CS-
=] Michele
- September 24, 2014 at 8:08 AM
- Mary-Anne V said...
Wow i was surprised you double embossed with such great results! LOVE the effect you created with all the embossing!
- September 25, 2014 at 9:57 PM
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The term branded content itself really took hold as a labeled marketing technique in 2001, when The Hire was produced and distributed on the internet and DVDs. BMW decided to take its $30 million advertising budget and spent it on producing five 'mini' feature films.
The BMW film series The Hire is a series of eight short films (averaging about ten minutes each) produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, the shorts were directed by popular filmmakers from around the globe and starred Clive Owen as "the Driver" while highlighting the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles. The series made a comeback in 2016, fifteen years after its original run ended.
The plots of each of the films differ, but one constant remains: Clive Owen plays "The Driver," a man who goes from place to place (in BMW automobiles), getting hired by various people to be a sort of transport for their vital needs.'BMW Films' was an extremely brave and bold decision from a brand that has always strived to be ahead of the curve in its 100-year history.
On April 26, 2001, John Frankenheimer's Ambush premiered on the BMW Films website and, two weeks later, was followed by Ang Lee's Chosen. Soon after, director Wong Kar-Wai was tapped to make a third film entitled The Follow, a dramatic piece about a runaway wife being followed by "the Driver". The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and received rave reviews. It was followed by Guy Ritchie's Star and Alejandro González Iñárritu's Powder Keg.
The series debuted in October 2002, with the film Hostage. The film was followed by Ticker, directed by Joe Carnahan. The series replaced producer David Fincher with Ridley and Tony Scott due to Fincher's continuing work on Panic Room.
Season 2 continued with a dark action/comedy piece by Tony Scott called Beat the Devil. The movie, shot in Scott's trademark pseudo-psychedelic style, featured James Brown enlisting the Driver to take him to Las Vegas to re-work a decades-old deal he made with the devil which evidently gave Brown his "fame and fortune".
On September 20, 2016, it was reported that BMW Films has resurrected the series 15 years after the original production wrapped, with Clive Owen returning to reprise his role as the Driver. The first episode was revealed to be titled The Escape, which premiered on October 23, 2016 on BMW Films' official website.
Ambush (The Hire S01E01)
(2001) Directed by John Frankenheimer, written by Andrew Kevin Walker, with Tomas Milian, Featuring a BMW 740i.
While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stolen a large amount of diamonds. The old man claims to have swallowed the diamonds and that the men will likely cut him open to retrieve them. The Driver decides at the last minute to help him, participating in a car chase and shootout with the van. The Driver eventually evades his pursuers and watches their destruction. He then delivers the old man to a town nearby and asks the merchant if he did indeed swallow the diamonds. The client merely chuckles and walks away. The Driver then leaves.
Chosen (The Hire S01E02)
(2001) Directed by Ang Lee, written by David Carter, with Mason Lee, featuring a BMW 540i.
The Driver protects a holy Asian child that was brought to America by boat. The child gives the Driver a gift but says that he is not supposed to open it yet. After being pursued by many armed assassins, and being grazed in the ear, he delivers the boy to another holy man. The Boy however signals silently to the Driver that the man is not actually a monk, indicated by his footwear. The Driver defeats the impostor holy man and rescues the boy. As he leaves the Driver opens the gift which is revealed to be a Hulk bandage for his bleeding ear.
The Follow (The Hire S01E03)
(2001) Directed by Wong Kar-Wai, written by Andrew Kevin Walke, rwith Forest Whitaker & Mickey Rourke, featuring a BMW 328i Coupé and the Z3 roadster.
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the manager never to call him again.
Star (The Hire S01E04)
(2001) Directed by Guy Ritchie, written by Joe Sweet and Guy Ritchie, with Madonna, featuring an BMW M5.
The Driver is chosen by a spoiled and shallow celebrity to drive her to a venue. Unbeknownst to her, her manager has actually hired the Driver to teach the celebrity a lesson. Pretending to escape her pursuing bodyguards, the Driver recklessly drives through the city, tossing the hapless celebrity all around the backseat. They arrive at the venue, where she is thrown out of the car and photographed by paparazzi in an embarrassing end on the red carpet.
Powder Keg (The Hire S01E05)
(2001) Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Guillermo Arriaga and David Carter, with Stellan Skarsgård and Lois Smith, Featured the BMW X5 3.0i
The Driver is chosen by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from a hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the Driver's curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the camera film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, seemingly trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer Prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.
Hostage (The Hire S02E01)
(2002) Directed by John Woo, written by David Carter, Greg Hahn and Vincent Ngo, with Maury Chaykin and Kathryn Morris, Featured the BMW Z4 3.0i
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042. The Driver delivers the money, writing the sum on his hand as instructed by the hostage taker. After he is told that he holds the life of a person in his hand, he is ordered to burn the money. As he complies, the federal agents break in and attempt to subdue the man, who shoots himself in the head without revealing where the woman is hidden. The Driver then tries to find the hostage before she drowns in the trunk of a sinking car. As a twist, the kidnapped woman is revealed to be the hostage taker's lover. She coldly taunts the dying man in the hospital.
Ticker (The Hire S02E02)
(2002) Written and Directed by Joe Carnahan, with Don Cheadle and F. Murray Abraham, cameos by Ray Liotta, Robert Patrick, Clifton Powell and Dennis Haysbert as US agents, Featured the BMW Z4 3.0i
In an unnamed foreign country, the Driver drives a wounded man who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. During the attack the briefcase is struck by a bullet, causing a display on it to begin counting down, and it to leak an unknown fluid from the bullet hole. The Driver manages to cause the helicopter to crash, but refuses to proceed without knowing the contents of the damaged briefcase. It is revealed that the man guards a human heart for transplant to a statesman (shown in military uniform), whose life and peacemaking is needed for the continued freedom of the country's people. The case is delivered by the Driver in time for the surgery. Also present are another military officer whom the passenger had said would take over the country with tyranny if his superior died (and whose uniform matches the soldiers who had tried to intercept the heart), and US agents who ensure that he does not interfere with the surgery, and so is forced to give up his attempt to take the country by force.
Beat The Devil (The Hire S02E03)
(2002) Directed by Tony Scott, written by David Carter, Greg Hahn and Vincent Ngo, with James Brown, Gary Oldman, and Danny Trejo, cameo by Marilyn Manson, Featured the BMW Z4 3.0i
The Driver is employed by James Brown, who goes to meet the Devil to re-negotiate the deal he made as a young man in 1954 to trade his soul for fame and fortune. He is worried about his ageing and the fact he can no longer do his moves like the splits, and says his lessened ability to perform means he cannot maintain his fame and fortune. He proposes a new wager, for the stakes of the Driver's soul against another 50 years for his career, betting on the Driver drag racing against the Devil's doorman/driver Bob on the Las Vegas Strip at dawn. The race ends with the Driver swerving to pass around a train while the Devil's car crashes and explodes. Having won the race, the Driver leaves James Brown in the desert, but as he drives away he sees him as a young man again, who then does a handspring into the splits. The final scene shows Marilyn Manson who lives down the hall from the Devil, complaining that the noise is disturbing his bible reading, much to the Devil's fear.
The Escape (The Hire S03)
(2016) Directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Neill Blomkamp and David Carter, with Jon Bernthal, Dakota Fanning, and Vera Farmiga, Featured the BMW 5 Series (G30)
After the disappearance of geneticist Dr. Nora Phillips and the exposure of the Molecular Genetics company's illegal activities in human cloning, the FBI raids the facility to arrest its key people. One surviving specimen, Lily, is escorted by a ruthless mercenary and gunman named Holt to be delivered to an unnamed customer, who bought the specimen. The Driver is hired to transport the package with Holt "babysitting" him, ordering the hired driver to evade the FBI forces. En route to delivering Lily, the Driver develops a strong dislike for Holt's violent and inhuman treatment of Lily as an object rather than a human being. The Driver kicks the mercenary out of the car by subduing him and holding him at gunpoint. Holt pursues the Driver and tries to stop the car with a sniper rifle via helicopter, but the Driver incapacitates Holt's comrades and leaves him in the middle of the road to be arrested by the FBI, after a long and intense chase. Eventually, the Driver delivers Lily to the extraction point where she informs him that Dr. Phillips created her and three others, who are now gone. She's surprised to learn that Dr. Phillips is the actual customer, who takes maternal custody of Lily and leaves the soil with her at the docks.


text: Kate Winslet has been busy working her sexy side as the new face of luxury knitwear brand St. John and as a special treat, the company has released a behind-the-scenes video from the shoot for the actress's fall 2011 advertising campaign. In the clip above, shot at the historic Loew's Theater in New Jersey, a sultry Winslet talks about wearing clothing that simply feels good — and looks good, too. "The clothes are cut beautifully, the fabrics are elegant, you can look extremely chic without trying too hard," she says in the clip above. "You don't feel that the clothes are something that only a model would be able to wear." And with her own children to raise, Winslet said she feels inspired by fellow mothers and other women who give their all, one of the many reasons why she loves the ease of the brand. "The St. John collection is effortless and chic, and I think speaks to how real women live and dress today," she shares in a statement. Catch Winslet's ads when they launch in print in September. –Kim Peiffer


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We are so excited to have partnered with Chloe and Isabel for the personal development workshop: How to Be an Influencer On Campus. Welcome Chloe & Isabel Campus Merchandisers to The Branding Muse community! Below are some of the gems we shared during tonight's livestream.
On why personal branding is important:
It is important for the job search and to attract opportunities. The number one mistake that college students make is waiting until the spring semester of their senior year to get their act together and start creating an online presence that matters. They fail to utilize their connections and resources to become student leaders both online and offline, and that's really what employers look for. They want to hire someone who will add value and be a great representation of their organization.
Top tips for college students and young professionals who are building their personal brands online
Set a goal and work backwards. You have to think about what you want to accomplish during your time in college and once you leave. If you want to enter the fashion world after graduation for example, what are doing right now online that shows that you are an expert in that industry? One way to begin is with a blog or website.
Create a website/blog site that serves as your online hub. Here you will blog twice a month, share insights on what you have learned about your industry and showcase your writing skills. Consider yourself a campus reporter and attend events and workshops that relate to your areas of interest and live tweet from them. Afterwards, write a recap on your blog about it. You should use this as a digital resume and portfolio. I have a ebook available on my website outlining what a personal website should contain. Check it out!
In addition to your site, social media is a great way to create connections and share your expertise. You can do this with the LEAD theory: Listen, Engage, Acknowledge, Deliver
Listen - become an expert by monitoring everything in your industry. You can set up a Hootsuite account to monitor twitter lists, influencers and publications that share industry news.
Engage - use social media as a tool for relationship building. Nurture and grow your connections each day. It can be as simple as participating in Twitter chats or saying hello to your new followers.
Acknowledge - take online connections offline. By acknowledging those who mention you or even saying hello to someone new that you follow, you can start to build a rapport and eventually take that online connection offline.
Deliver - the creation of content is what will get you noticed on campus and in your career. You want to write blog posts, create newsletters, give presentations on campus, or write for your campus newspaper or magazine. These show people how you think and allow you to showcase your expertise.
On why it's so important for us to build our in-person brand as well:
It's about who you know and who knows you, and there is no one who can be successful hiding behind a screen. You have to nurture relationships and the way to do that is meeting in person or through a video conference. You must be genuine, authentic and relatable. These are the keys to building relationships and it is harder to portray that online. You want to make sure you get in front of people and let your personality shine through.
3 actionable steps for becoming an influencer on campus both on and offline
1. Create a website and newsletter and publish content at least twice a month
2. Become involved in a campus publication or sit on the executive board of a highly visible student organization.
3. Develop your executive presence by giving presentations on campus and sitting on panels for student organizations.
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Apr 30, 2009
PEDDLERS - THREE IN A CELL (CBS 1968) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve + 4 bonus
The Peddlers first met in a Manchester music shop. All three were looking for a new venture after their previous bands had folded. Following the teaming up the band began rehearsals with the clear intention of developing a new approach. Phillips described their syle as "blues based with a touch of rock and jazz ............ we are trying to set trends".The debut single "Let the Sun Shine In/True girl coupled an energetic r&b track with an uncomfortable attempt at merseybeat and started a run of five more singles and an EP for the Philips label, most of the which are collected on the 1968 compilation album "The Fantastic Peddlers". Highlights of which include Phillip's "Whatever Happened to the Good Times" and "Anybody's Fool".
In 1966 the group began a residency at Annies Room in London also playing the Scotch of St James and the Pickwick where the groups first album "Live at the Pickwick" was recorded. The album is a perfect "you are there" document of the mid-sixties London club scene complete with a trying hard to be hip Pete Murray introduction and a semi celebrity audience.
The Peddlers reputation as a live attraction spread and after becoming the first Brits to play the Flamingo in Las Vegas a deal with CBS was signed. The first album for CBS "Freewheelers" contained eleven cover versions of mainly standards with one original song. The follow up "Three in a cell" followed suit although this time Phillips provided four of the eleven tracks. The group also continued to release regular singles several of which were minor hits...[net]
The Peddlers were an underrated group who had in Phillips an excellent musician, vocalist and writer and in Martin and Morais a rhythm section second to none. They left behind some great records, a enviable live reputation and were a true sound of the 60's.
11 comments:
- 6D Music said...
Your last 2 posts are brilliant..MORE Peddlers!!! Thank You..Great work here. CZ
- April 30, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- 6D Music said...
Your last 2 posts are brilliant..MORE Peddlers!!! Thank You..Great work here. CZ
- April 30, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- frumious bandersnatch said...
I've never heard this band but I'm curious. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you again for your wonderful blog. So, thanks a lot !!!
- April 30, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- Gerard said...
Thank you!
- May 1, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- Jem said...
I just recently found your blog. What a great site. I have been sifting through your past posts and have found a ton of great music.
I had not heard of the Peddlers before and might well have passed this album by, but your podcast played "Say No More". What an amazing song! I downloaded the album immediately. Thanks for all the hard work. I look forward to hearing what you unearth next.
- May 4, 2009 at 8:42 PM
- Georgie Hirezola said...
You know...Peddlers LPs are not an ..easy listening at all!!!!!!
You have to be years listening to all kinds of music from all the decades..jazz, original casts,soundtracks,blues, early soul r&b,vocal 50's e.t.c & not just recently rock & pop hits....to find out how GREAT & UNIQUE was this group!
- May 5, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- Copacetic47 said...
this album was my introduction to the Peddlers ... great memories ... thanks!
- July 21, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Many Thanks!
- September 12, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Maricarmen said...
solo falta "three for all" y estariamos listos. thanx for your great blog
- February 20, 2011 at 7:23 PM
possibility of re-uping this album?
many thanks
- February 26, 2013 at 11:33 PM
- Newlyner said...
They don't come much better than The Peddlers.
Many Thanks
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text: OTTAWA — Canadians have cashed in almost $5 billion worth of Canada Savings Bonds since last November. Finance Minister Michael Wilson wants to know why. He has asked the Bank of Canada to come up with an answer. Wilson's theory: Rising interest rates. When interest rates climbed during December, January and February, the bonds, which carried a fixed interest rate of 8.5 percent for the year, might have lost their allure for investors. They reacted to the interest rate rise by cashing in the bonds.


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Siya – Houston Girls Ft. Kirko Bangz
Siya shares a fresh new track titled "Houston Girls" featuring Kirko Bangz.
As a versatile young artist, Siya has the unique ability to switch effortlessly between rap bangers and melodic, RnB focused melodies. For her latest track she recruits Houston native Kirko Bangz to create an infectious song about the women from Beyonce's hometown of Houston.
Speaking of the loyal, independent nature of Houston's women, Siya lays down a slick verse that sits perfectly atop the smooth instrumental.
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Pacers set up win for Karachi Blues
Karachi Blues 205 (Manzoor 62, Lal Kumar 5-49) and 329 (Rehman 161) beat Hyderabad 141 (Haroon 4-24, Anwar 3-27) and 279 (Sharjeel 101, Akbar 2-2) by 114 runs
Karachi Blues pacers set up a 114-run win on the last day of their first Super Eight fixture against Hyderabad. Set a target of 394, Hyderabad started the last day on 164 for 4 and the Blues' bowlers took less than 40 overs to dismiss them for 279. Only Sharjeel Khan anchored the innings at the top with an 80-ball 101, but the remaining batsmen could not provide much resistance against the Blues pacers.
Once Hyderabad chose to field on the first day, left-arm quick Lal Kumar picked five wickets to curb the Blues innings to 205 after Khurram Manzoor made 62. They were struggling at 154 for 9 but 41 runs from No. 10, Tabish Khan, took them past 200. Blues then turned the tables with their bowling, led by Tariq Haroon who finished with 4 for 24, to earn a 64-run lead. In the second innings, Blues piled up 329 with the help of 161 from Rehman and a fifty from Tabish Khan which set the stage for the Blues bowlers to finish the things on the last day.
Sialkot 254 (Jahangir 57, Maqbool 6-119) and 184 for 3 (Jahangir 101) drew with Karachi Whites 238 (Mohtashim 69, Nayyer 4-79)
The group A fixture in Islamabad, between Sialkot and Karachi Whites, ended in a drab draw after no play was possible on the first day. After Sialkot were put in to bat, their middle order batsmen helped them score 254, even though Atif Maqbool dismissed four of their top five batsmen. Karachi Whites looked set for a first-innings lead, being 132 for 1 at one stage, but Nayyer Abbas, Shoaib Malik and Ali Khan restricted them to 238 which eventually got them three points.
Sialkot batted again and Majid Jahangir scored a hundred on the last day but not much was left for them to achieve by then.


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Harold Brown, former secretary of defense and former president of Caltech in Pasadena, has been appointed to the institute's board of Trustees. Brown, who served as defense secretary under former President Jimmy Carter, also is chairman of Johns Hopkins Univeristy's Foreign Policy Institute. Also named to the Caltech board was Harry Conger, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Homestake Mining Co. of San Francisco.
Dale Salwak, professor of English at Citrus college in Glendora, has been awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities to study and research British author Kingsley Amis in England this summer. Salwak, who did his doctoral dissertation on Amis, began the research 12 years ago.
Richard P. Knerr, retired co-chairman of the board of Wham-O Manufacturing Co., has been reappointed to the county Fish and Game Commission by Supervisor Pete Schabarum. Knerr lives in Arcadia.


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The springtime ritual of manufacturers letting us drive concept cars from past auto shows is in full swing, and one of our recent (and favorite) joy rides was in the driver's seat of the Dodge Demon.
This was a particularly tantalizing prospect as the Demon made its first appearance in Geneva and this was the first time those of us who couldn't make it to Switzerland in March could see it in the flesh. Besides, the Demon is just tantalizing, period. Everyone deserves a chance to take a closer look and savor its surprisingly intricate details. With this roadster, the devil truly is in the details.
Viper Lite
Just as some see the Saturn Sky as a Corvette convertible on a weight- and price-loss plan, so too could we regard the Demon as a "Viper Lite." Both the Sky and the Demon have only a fraction of the horsepower and torque of their corporate relatives, but as we've seen with the Sky, that doesn't mean they offer only a fraction of the fun.
The same can be said for style. The roots of the Demon's grille, snake-eye headlamps, and fabulously sculpted hood are easily traceable to its big brother, but the Demon is distinctly more geometric all around and certainly goes its own way at the rear end.
The most distinct-if a bit odd-aspect of the concept involves its rear fenders, which intersect (as opposed to integrate) with the sloping fuselage to encompass the lovely 8.0-by-19-inch rear wheels (same as up front) and feature functional air ducts that allegedly cool the rear brake discs.
In spite of its somewhat haphazard styling elements, the Demon's look works. But we weren't entirely convinced until we saw it glistening in the California sun and then again on the boulevards of Grosse Pointe, an upscale suburb of Detroit. On the road, the proportions seem correct, and the Bright Amber Pearl paint-a sort of nuclear beer color-highlights intricate surface intersections not apparent in pictures. Truly, we haven't seen surface development done this well by Chrysler since the Crossfire.


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The popular net battle series reaches a dramatic climax as familiar heroes, Lan and Mega Man, find themselves on unfamiliar terrain both in the real and cyber worlds. In Mega Man Battle Network 6, Lans father has received a job transfer and the family moves to Cyber City, a town known for conducting various technological experiments. Lan will meet new people and build new friendships in the real world while Mega Man befriends helpful Navis and encounters dangerous new enemies on the virtual plane.
In addition to the shifting story, new features change up the gameplay. A new "Cross System" allows Mega Man to utilize the special power of allies in battle. While a Cross is equipped, Mega Man can also Beast Out, combining the forces of these two systems to maximize the power of the Crosses even further.


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The Chevrolet HHR is one of the models included in GM's recall of 1.6 million vehicles worldwide.
A Texas lawyer is asking a federal judge to force General Motors to tell drivers their recalled cars are not safe and to stop driving them.
GM has told owners of the vehicles with flawed ignition switches that they can safely drive the cars if they remove any extra weight from key rings.
In affected vehicles, the ignition can switch the car off while it is running, disabling the power steering and air bags. At least 12 deaths have been attributed to the issue. About 1.6 million vehicles have been recalled worldwide, including the Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR, Pontiac G5 and Solstice, and the Saturn Ion and Sky built in model years 2003 through 2007.
Related: Lawsuit alleges GM botched recall
Although GM has recalled the vehicles, it hasn't told owners to stop driving them.
Robert Hilliard, the attorney seeking the court order, represents the owners of a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt who claim the recall has diminished the value of their car due to growing consumer skepticism.
Hilliard's clients say they are concerned there are more than 1 million unsafe vehicles on the road putting other drivers at risk. They want GM to issue a "Park It Now" alert.
"It is a moral imperative that they send a letter to every one of their customers to park it now and do not drive it another foot," Hilliard said.
Related: Steps to a recall nightmare
Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos has agreed to hear the motion on April 4 in U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi, Texas.
GM (GM, Fortune 500) says that if owners follow its directions the cars are safe to operate.
"GM engineers have done extensive analysis to make sure if you use only the ignition key with no additional items on the key ring, the vehicle is safe to drive," GM spokesman James Cain said Thursday.
The automaker has urged dealers to provide customers worried about their cars with loaner vehicles. About 10,000 people have requested loaners since the cars were recalled in February. Repairs to the recalled cars will begin on about April 7, Cain said.


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Script Revision Lab in English
Call for Applicants
The Script Revision Lab in English gives independent screenwriters from around the world the opportunity to work intensively on their feature-length narrative scripts in an environment structured to foster professional collaboration and high-quality script development. The lab consists of a two-week residential workshop and one online follow-up session. For more information, click here.
The residential workshop will be held from Sunday, August 5th, through Saturday, August 18th, 2018, in Tzintzuntzan, a small town in the State of Michoacan, Mexico, approximately 50 km from the city of Morelia. The online follow-up session will be held in January/February 2019.
Saturday, March 31st, 2018.
10 filmmakers from around the world.
The lab will be held in English. All participants must have a good knowledge of English.
There is a non-refundable administrative application fee of 35 USD.
Cine Qua Non Lab covers with own resources of the organization the bulk of the cost of participation of each applicant accepted to the lab. Participants bear a portion of the total cost and are required to pay a 1,500 USD fee for attending the lab. This fee is required upon acceptance to the lab. In case of cancellation more than 15 days prior to the starting date of the lab, there is a 50% refund of the attendance fee. There is no refund in case of cancellation less than 15 days prior to the starting date. Fees are payable via PayPal.
Accommodations and meals throughout the two-week residential workshop are provided by Cine Qua Non Lab.
Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses to and from the residency. Participants must also submit proof of medical insurance covering the period of the residential workshop.
Participants must give official recognition to Cine Qua Non Lab in the future production of their work, by including an acknowledgement and the Cine Qua Non Lab logo in any published rendition of the script, in the project's website or when applying for additional development labs and funding for the same project. In addition, once completed, films that have been supported by Cine Qua Non Lab must indicate that support both in the opening and closing credits, by displaying the Cine Qua Non Lab logo and the caption "Developed with the support of Cine Qua Non Lab". Participants are also required to give recognition to the lab facilitator with an on-screen credit of script consultant.
All applications will be read and evaluated by a jury panel comprised of film professionals. Applicants short-listed by the Selection Committee for consideration in the final round of evaluations may be interviewed by videoconference. All applicants will be notified of the final decision of the Selection Committee in the last week of June 2018.


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We had an early release day today. The students were able to leave at 2 but we weren't allowed to leave until our normal time. But... plans changed and we got to leave at 3! :) We have a little assignment to do but I would much rather do it from home than stay at school to do it. What time do you leave work? On a normal day, we don't leave until 4:30. 8-4:30 is a long day for an elementary teacher, huh? It was AWESOME to be out at 3!
Speaking of AWESOME.....
I just finished up my absolute favorite digital paper pack... :) Photoshop is so fun and I love learning new little tricks each day.
The colors and lines just make me happy! :)
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And, because I love all of my followers so very much, click the picture below to grab a freebie.
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She was the winner of my St. Patrick's Giveaway! :) Thank you to all of you that entered!
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Welcome to my little corner of cyber space. I hope you'll linger for bit and take a look around.
My name might be relatively new to the writing world, but I'm not new to writing. I've spent much of the last eighteen years as a closet writer, honing my skills, yearning for the day when one of my manuscripts would be "perfect" enough for publication. A few years ago, using those stories as my foundation, and gripping a fresh manuscript in my hands, I ventured from my closet into the overwhelming realm of social media, critique partners, and query letters.
Thirty rejections later, I found a home with Clean Reads for my YA Christmas novel, Tinsel in a Tangle. To learn about my blundering teenage elf, who made her debut October 2017, skip on over to the Book page. If you want to read a little more about me, there's the…you know…About page. And if you care to peek further still into my personal life, click your way into my Blog.
Like what you see here? Consider signing up to receive my newsletters from time to time, and I'll send you a bonus chapter—let's call it a foretaste to Tinsel—as a "thank you." (No worries—I won't saturate your inbox with emails. We're talking maybe a monthly newsletter to give you my latest writing-related updates. ☺ )
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Fit Club Vodcast
You will be able to check out the weekly fit club vodcasts here :
Watch Simon's introduction here
Part 1 : Our first ever lot of exercises and they are so simple
Watch Simon doing the exercises here!!
Calf raises - Stand in front of a desk or other piece of furniture you can hold on to for balance. Raise your heels of the floor and slowly lower them. Repeat 20 times.
Football foot drill - At practice, football players practice rapidly tapping their feet in place, simulating a run. Do the same thing while seated, for 30 seconds at a go.
Arm pump - Pump both of your arms over your head for 30 seconds
Wall sits - Rest your back against a wall and move your feet away from the wall. The wall should be supporting the weight of your back and your knees should be bent. Hold the position as long as possible. repeat 4 times
Pretend jump rope - Hop either on both feet at once or alternating feet.Aim for 30 secs to begin then try to increase as you improve.
Part 2: Watch Simon doing the next lot of exercises here
Step ups onto bottom step of stairs and down - Bring right leg first onto step then bring left leg up to step then right leg down and left leg down.repeat 10 times . Then repeat left leg first 10 times. Do 20 each leg. Increase speed to add difficulty
Leg extensions - While sitting in your chair, extend your right leg until it is level with your hip. Hold as long as you are comfortable and then relax it. Alternate sides
Shadow boxing - Stand with fet apart in relaxed stance and bring fists up in front of shoulders. Punch straight out in front of you ith alternate arms as fast as possible and continue for 30 secs. Aim to improve to 1 min over practice.
Gluteal Squeeze - Tense up the muscles of your rear end and hold for a count of 10
Skip with pretend rope - Circling wrists and increase spedd of foot movement over 1st session speed. Bring knees up high for added difficulty.
Part 3: Watch Simon doing the exercises here
Hip flexions - While sitting in your chair, lift your right foot a few inches off of the floor. Keep your knee bent at a 90 degree angle and hold the position as long as you are comfortable.
Chair curls - Hold a water bottle or tin of beans in each hand. Rest upper arms against torso and curl up bottles from elbow to chest and lower under control. Keep upper arms firmly against torso as there should be no upper arm movement.repeat 15-20 times
Shoulder press - With water bottle or tins. Hols water bottles to side of shoulders and push up towards the sky. When arm fully extended bring back down to shoulder level under control. Slowly repeat 15-20 times
Lateral raises - Again with weights in each hand let arms hang to sides against body. Raise up arms outwards until they are parallel to floor. And arms are straight with hands at shoulder level. Bring down to sides. !5-20 each side in slow controlled fashion
Curl to shoulder press - Combine the 2 already previously described exercises. Curl up the weight and when weight is against chest press up overhead. Reverse movement. That's 1 repetition. Repeat 15-20 times


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When Sophie Corporan completed her early registration for the 2010 Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference, she had no idea what life had in store for her.
On Feb. 24, less than a month before the conference was to convene in Indianapolis, Corporan's husband, Marcelino, died of complications from an aortic aneurysm. His sudden, unexpected death at the age of 59 found Corporan and her family not only in deep grief, but also making arrangements for Marcelino's burial in his native Dominican Republic.
Upon returning to New Jersey just one week before the conference's March 15 opening, Corporan prayerfully decided to follow through with her original commitment, traveling to Indiana the very next Sunday.
"The conference helped me to come out from where I was," she said. "I felt like God brought me there and I was open to that."
The three-day conference, "Funding Mission Today and Tomorrow," was hosted by several presbyteries, synods and agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). In addition to keynote and workshop presentations on the biblical, theological and spiritual foundations of stewardship, the conference also encouraged its participants to embrace new ideas for campaigns and to learn ways to infuse stewardship with joy and reverence.
Corporan, who is moderator of the Presbytery of the Palisades and was recently elected as one of its two elder commissioners to the 219th General Assembly (2010), found herself uplifted by the vibrant speakers and the concepts they enlightened.
"I fervently believe in being a steward and that stewardship should be a year-round movement," she said. "Churches should be better trained in stewardship in order to have their members realize that when they're helping their church financially, they're helping themselves."
Corporan, an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Hackensack, N.J., has already shared her learnings with the church's session, encouraging them to continue to reach and to educate the congregation. As one of three members of the presbytery's Stewardship Committee who attended the Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference, she is also in the process of preparing a presentation for the whole presbytery.
"When you have a good thing, you have to share it with everyone," she said, "especially with those who weren't there."
The 2011 Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference will be held in Phoenix, Ariz., from Feb. 28-March 2. Learn more.
This story was originally published in the May issue of One in the Spirit.


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-- And Tyler Yates gets the save. I picked up Grabow. I chose ... poorly.
-- Chris Young looked sharp (AT HOME) in his return. I'd say grab him and start him at home the rest of the way.
-- Is Manny attempting to avoid facing tough righties by faking injuries? Or is it just Manny being Manny? You've got to think he's acting this way to make sure the Red Sox don't exercise his option. Yeah, it's for $20 million, but he'd much rather become a free agent and sign a 4+ year deal for $15-18 million per. Cuz' there's no friggin' way he's going to be getting that much cash per year a few years down the road. Plus, his new agent, Scott Boras, stands to make nothing from Manny unless he becomes a free agent, as Manny's current contract was negotiated by prior representation.
-- Jeff Baker, a few homers and stolen base over the last four or five games. Willie Harris: still not a believer.
-- John Lackey ... welcome to the "oh so close" club. You and Mike Mussina will have much to discuss.
-- I can't take much more of C.J. Wilson. I really can't. How can the Rangers? This is what it feels like every time C.J. Wilson takes the mound for my team:
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-- I had Mike Jacobs on my bench yesterday in two leagues. It hurts. Oh, it hurts.
-- Carl Crawford last stole a base in the year 2004. I'm pretty sure.
-- C.C. Sabathia ... is the slide beginning?
-- Carlos Delgado is rapidly catching up to Mike Mussina (who was lit up in his last start -- a start in which I benched Jeremy Guthrie) for inexplicable turnaround.
-- Grant Balfour, if he keeps this up, is going to enter legendary fantasy set-up man territory.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Fantasy Errata
Posted by Mike Bock
Labels: C.C. Sabathia, C.J. Wilson, Carl Crawford, Carlos Delgado, Chris Young, Grant Balfour, Jeff Baker, John Grabow, John Lackey, Manny Ramirez, Mike Jacobs, Tyler Yates, Willie Harris
2 comments:
- Quintilian B. Nasty said...
Hey, I picked up Denny Bautista. I know your pain.
Jeff Baker 0 for 14
Willie Harris 3 for 5 with a HR.
Baker is a team cancer.
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Can You Guess Whose Tattoo This Is?
This outspoken rocker hails from Canada but made his mark with a band out of New Jersey in the late '80s and early '90s. He's since parted way with that band but has gone on to release several solo discs.
This particular tattoo is more demure compared to the ink on his other arm that boasts a lyric from one of his ex-band's biggest hits.
That should be all the ammo you need to guess this one! Click below to find out if you're right.


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Lullabub Cot Rocker
Convincing babies to go to sleep can be a challenge. AT reader Catharine gives rave reviews to Lullabub Cot Rockers, which slide underneath the legs of your baby's crib. Using a remote control, parents can start and stop the motion of the crib, helping to soothe babies to sleep.
A 2006 Australian Design Award winner, Lullabubs emulate the movements of riding in a car, which, if Hollywood is to be believed, is the number one means of putting a baby to sleep in romantic comedies featuring infants.
They say it is quiet, and there is a lot of information on how to use the product safely, and how to check to see if your crib is compliant with the use of these, which we like to see. The time is preset to 30 minutes, so if you happen to doze off while your baby does, Lullabubs will turn off automatically.
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November 24, 2016
November, Continued.
I didn't mean for this to be The Month With Everything. But sometimes, when it rains, it pours, and all I can do is try to keep up with the deluge. So here we go…
"A Fine Balance" in Rich Horton's Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017!
The headline pretty much says it all! My latest F&SF story, "A Fine Balance," has been picked up for a Year's Best! I got this news a mere two weeks ago when I was in dire need of a pick-me up, and I'm still flying.
For the full Table of Contents, check out Black Gate. The book should be published in June 2017 and available in bookstores everywhere. You can even pre-order it soon!
"Eleusinian Mysteries" in You Are Here: Tales of Cartographic Wonders!
You Are Here is the latest anthology put together by the amazing folks of SFFWorld, and I'm pleased to be able to say that it includes my story "Eleusinian Mysteries." This is the tale of a 17th century engraver who finds a map of the moon.
You Are Here is available as an ebook now! You can get it from:
This Weekend in Toronto! A Workshop, Some Music, the Distant Skies
The Festival of House Culture wraps up this weekend, but my two events are yet to come. If you find yourself in Toronto this weekend, you can join me at 7:30pm on Friday, November the 25th for Words and Music 1, an evening of writing and music. Bring your work in progress for some workshopping, and enjoy some jazz while you are at it! Entry is PWYC. Check out the Facebook event for more details.
Then, on Saturday at 5pm, the Junction Trio & guests will be mounting our second performance of Distant Skies! This showing will be at CrossFit Lugal on St. Clair (right at Landsdowne) and will be more intimate than the first concert. Bring folding chairs or cushions, if you like, though there will be plenty of gym-equipment seating. You can RSVP for this show also on Facebook.
Hope to see you!
November 17, 2016
SFContario This Weekend!
Never one to let a fresh haircut go to waste, I will be reading at SFContario this weekend! This is traditionally Toronto's "downtown convention," but this year the organizers decided to take a bit of a breather and scale the event down. "Fannish Stone Soup" is this year's theme, meaning it'll be whatever it is, given the ingredients. Think of it as an extended BarCon!
The ingredients are looking pretty great, though. The Con Suite will open at 5pm Friday night for socializing, with most "special guests" booked for Saturday. Saturday's line up is as follows:
2:00 PM — Tonya Liburd
3:00 PM — Charlotte Ashley (that's me)
4:00 PM — Herb Kauderer
5:00 PM — Caitlin Sweet and Peter Watts
6:00 PM — Kari Maaren
7:00 PM — Peggi Warner-Lalonde
Earlier in the day, expect a variety of silly and fun activities, including sugary cereal breakfast in the Con Suite, electrifying pickles, and the David Hartwell Memorial Fancy Tie Contest.
For my part, I will be reading some or all of my latest F&SF story, "A Fine Balance," and talking about ACTION SCENES! I'll have copies of my stories on hand for sale, and flyers for the next Distant Skies show. For all SFContario-related info, visit http://www.sfcontario.ca/ or follow them @SFContario on Twitter!
November 15, 2016
Distant Skies – Tomorrow @ 7:30pm!
Well, what do you think? Do I look like I'm from the 25th century? My partner says I look like I'm from the '70s, which by today's very low standards, is pretty much the future. I am from the retro-future. The future that should have been.
Tomorrow is the big show. At 7:30pm, I will take to the stage with the Junction Trio and we will mount the first-ever performance of Distant Skies.
Okay, Charlotte. We've heard you talk about this show, like, constantly for the last two months. What on Earth is Distant Skies?
Distant Skies is my latest short story. It is also a chamber music concert, a collaborative dramatic performance, and a spectacle.
Through music and words, we will tell the story of Aerobelle, a community on the brink of change. Though Aerobelle's citizens are bound to her ancient towers by body promises – genetic, heritable contracts – they are about to discover older, even stronger promises their bodies have made. This is a story of love and loyalty, the familiar and the unknown, trust and resistance.
As I tell the story, the Junction Trio and two guest theremin players will present complimentary music, including works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Hayden, and a new work by Ivana Popovic. One part reading and two parts performance, Distant Skies is something else.
nervous excited as hell about this! I hope you'll come see one of our performances. You can get more details at the Facebook event here, or just come out on a whim. Wish us luck!
November 7, 2016
Nov/Dec 2016 F&SF Now Available!
It's here! The November/December 2016 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, which includes my story, "A Fine Balance," is in stores now!
"A Fine Balance" by Charlotte Ashley is a twisting and turning political story where the politics are based upon duels… This was well written and quite enjoyable." – Bob Blough @ Tangent Online
"A Fine Balance" has taken all that made "La Héron" exceptional, perfected it, and distilled it." – Haralambi Markov @ Tor.com
If your local magazine shop doesn't carry it, you can get paper copies and subscriptions directly from F&SF at: https://www.sfsite.com/fsf/toc1611.htm
NEW! You can now get DRM-free issues & subscriptions from Weightless Books!
Amazon sells the Kindle edition, of course.
If you are an SFWA member, you can check out any of F&SF's stories in the Nebula forums.
WORST CASE? You can buy one from me! I'll be widely available to the public myself this month.
You can join me at the first performance of "Distant Skies" with the Junction Trio at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, November 16th 2016.
You can come see me read & chat at SFContario 6 66/100 at 3 pm on Saturday, November 19th 2016.
Or maybe you'd like to join me for an evening of writing workshopping and jazz as part of the Festival 0f House Culture at 7:30 pm on Friday, November the 25th 2016.
Or maybe you'd prefer to come to the 2nd performance of "Distant Skies" on Saturday, November 26th, 2016, at CrossFit Lugal.
I will have copies of all my back issues of F&SF at these shows, as well as copies of Clockwork Canada. I'd be pleased to see you anywhere!


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Would Jesus have used social media in his mission? He did. To reach thousands with a message he connected with them from the mount. To target his message to teachers responsible for training he followed them to the synagogues. To disciple many he chose twelve to friend.
Leveraging social media for faith-based organizations does not lessen the importance and value of the Holy Scriptures, or gathering in community, shepherding a flock or discipling the faithful.
Not all social media marketers can effectively serve faith-based organizations. The message of the Gospel is more than keywords, jargon, URL links and cut-and-paste scripture verses. Only social media marketers that understand the passion for Christ, the mission to the unsaved and the hope of salvation in Jesus can faithfully assist in the ministry of the spreading of the Kingdom through social media.
Polka Dot Impressions can help you consider these questions:
How can you reach more people between services on Sunday? Is it possible to have daily contact with members of your congregation?
Are you making your disciple classes available to people at their convenience or only Wednesdays at 7 p.m.? How can you provide answers to the busy schedules of families rather than fight with the events vying for their precious time?
Are you praying with the people in your church daily? How is your church a viable part of daily life?
How can you get people to remember the announcements you listed in the church bulletin that got left behind in the seat last Sunday? The biggest problem in churches generally seems to be communication. How can improve on the most common problem in your faith community?
Is it still pastoral care if it is done online? Any pastor will tell you that the amount of pastoral they have done in emails, text messages and social media sites has increased drastically over the past few years. This access results in the congregation feeling very connected with their pastor/church.
How can you avoid all the negative posts, comments and questionable behaviors one can encounter in social media? What are people saying about your church? Your service? How can you leverage social media to make positive outcomes out of each of these concerns?


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'Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation.' –Groucho Marx
Most living things have an innate immune system: a set of mechanisms that fight off potential infections. Humans, for instance, have cells called phagocytes that eat invading bacteria, and bacteria have special enzymes that latch onto viral DNA and cut it to pieces.
But some organisms also have an adaptive immune system, which "remembers" diseases it has been exposed to, so the next time it meets them it can handle them better. This is the basis for vaccination, which uses weakened versions of a disease to prime us for the real thing. Until 2007, it was thought that only vertebrates had an adaptive immune system.
In fact, many single-celled organisms have one. Bacteria often carry repetitive genetic sequences called CRISPRs, which protect them against viruses.
When a bacterium is attacked by a virus, it copies a small piece of the virus's DNA and stores it among the CRISPRs. The bacterium will then be better at fighting off the virus: the bacterium can acquire resistance, just like a human acquiring resistance to a disease.
The CRISPRs are a library of diseases, storing samples of past infections. If the same kind of virus attacks again, the bacterium is ready. Any viral genes that enter the cell are quickly marked for destruction. […]
But the war isn't over. Viruses are notoriously adaptable. According to Andrew Camilli of Tufts University in Boston and colleagues, ICP1 has managed to turn the CRISPR system to its own advantage. […] At some point, the virus must have stolen part of the bacterium's arsenal and re-programmed it to target what was left.
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Reunion x2 (sorry again for ke-tai users!)
(a photo is uploaded. please check her official site)
This is a shot taken after the photo shoot for a magazine yesterday.
Woow these two look a lot like each other ... Hey! ( canned joke, huh)
Yeah, that's me 7 years ago and me yesterday.
I met up again with 16-years-old me --- !
Just looking at my old photos brings back memories and takes me back in the old days, and it feels even greater to see the life-size billboard of myself! It's amazing! It's something like "Gee, it's been a long time."
And I say Kuge-san, who brought this billboard, is pretty amazing too!!!!
That's another reunion. Or rather, the main reunion!
The photo shoot with Kuge-san for the first time in 7 years, since we did the shoot for "First Love" or "movin' on without you." It's unexpectedly realized as a work for a magazine.
He said he brought this life-size billboard as it was still in his office.
As it had been such a long time since we last saw each other, we were laughing all the time during the shooting. I mean, Kuge-san was laughing too hard! The grown-up (?) look on my face made him laugh a lot through the camera. I enjoyed the shooting very much, too!
There's this feeling that you can't go against time, as well as that time is not an axis but actually fun house with lots of hidden doors, free to explore as you like.
I feel like the concept of "simultaneousness" itself could not exist any more, as well as the world could be fully filled with "simultaneousness."
It's kinda like, "time" is not a long and thin baguette, but a big baumkuchen. Sounds yummy, huh
I wanna see him again! I love Kuge-san. Geez! I'm such a bold guy.
Hey hey, looking at the photo above do you think I've changed? Or not?


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I was watching the BBS Dzongkha programme known asLegshed-Lamzang where Venerable Khenpo Tandin Sithup was speaking to a folk of youths.
If you have watched and listened to the programme, a big question has been answered where many think a tradition where females are restricted the entry in Goenkhangs- the room reserved as the place for deities is gender bias.
He was speaking about the four immeasurable, 1. The immeasurable love and kindness, 2. Immeasurable compassion, 3.immeasurable joy and 4. immeasurable equanimity, to the young youths.
One of the youths asked him that, in his view the monastery not allowing women to enter the Goen-khang does not make sense while the Buddhism teaches to practice equanimity.
True, as he said, but this is not an issues of gender discrimination as in the context of the gender equality. It actually respects equality.
Khenpo said that first of all, a human body is never pure as it is composed of 36 filths. "A beautiful eye can be as disgusting as anything dirty on earth if it happens to be infected," Khenpo said.
So men or women every one is equally dirty and filthy by nature although we see it as handsome, beautiful and clean when we have fair skin wrapped in the most expensive attires.
Well, coming to the point of not allowing the women to enter Goenkhang, Khenpo said, that since certain nature of human filth is considered very powerful that effects the spirits that live there in the Goenkhag; the deities, it is therefore restricted.
Filth such as the women's monthly period, the madness in a men who killed his father, a men who had sex with a women on period are considered a powerful filth that can agitate the deities. "Therefore, since it is quite difficult to know a women in her period time, to avoid any accidental entry that is believed would create agitation in the deities, women are restricted from entering the Goenkhang and not because they are a women," Khenpo explained.
Khenpo also mentioned, that even if it is a men, if he had killed his parents are not allowed to enter the Goenkhang. A man who had sex with women in her period should also not enter the Goenkhang until he had passed three days after the action so my father told me. For some women, it takes weeks to end the period time.
Therefore, I think it answers the question where some argued that not allowing the women in Goenkhang is gender discrimination. This clearly says that it is not at all gender discriminatory.


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Play games to win prizes, scout out products from over 100 vendors, take a seminar on new motherhood in the city and pamper yourself at this year's biggest baby shower. Experts and educators will be on hand to answer parenting questions while you relax with a sweet treat or a mocktail. During the event, Big City Moms will be working with K.I.D.S. to collect essential baby goods like bottles, food and strollers for those affected by Hurricane Sandy. All ages.
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Zac Efron spent Thursday (October 10) hanging out with good friends Derek and Julianne Hough, Britanny Snow and Adam Shankman in Los Angeles, Calif. Derek posted a photo via Instagram and wrote: "Great time last night with great friends . Love this time of year."
The group all went on the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride together. Zac was seen giving Brittany, 27, a hug from behind.
See also: Zac Efron in Parkland
The Parkland actor recently returned with his dad from a trip to Peru. After news came out that he had spent time in rehab earlier in the year – he thanked fans on September 27 for their support.
Enstarz reports Glee's Lea Michele has gotten in touch with the 25-year-old. The two had starred together in New Year's Eve.
An insider revealed, "Lea called Zac and told him, 'I'm here if you need me.' She urged him to get serious about having a 24-hour sobriety coach and to only spend time with people who care about his welfare. Lea must feel sad that she wasn't able to prevent Cory from relapsing. She knows Zac well and would hate to see him go down the same path."
The unnamed source added, "Zac was really glad to hear from her. They have plans to go on a yoga outing together in LA later this year and he promised to discuss his state of mind with her weekly by phone or email."


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Part Two
Mary Ann began to ask me to babysit her daughter over the course of the next three years; once young Jennifer went to bed I would begin to snoop around Mary Ann's home. Mary Ann was a product of the early seventies she had little inhibition. I had never been in a Woman's house where Playgirl, the Hite Report, various sex filled novels were lightly concealed in the coffee table. I looked forward to babysitting like no other teenage boy. Once I had read everything three times and overcame my guilt. I decided to snoop farther.
I remember opening Mary Ann's panty drawer for the first time because the track was broken and I was worried that I would never be able to get it back in correctly. This was a hot summer night with no air conditioning. I could hear neighbors playing only yards away in the street. I was sweating for more than one reason. I spotted what would become the object of my lifelong fetish, her red and black silk bikini.
My constantly hard cock was bursting and I had not even picked them up yet. Quickly I dimmed the light. Quietly I crawled to close the window. I picked up the smooth, cool, red and black silk panties. Heart pounding, cock straining, I stripped naked and fell into her unmade bed. Forgetting my friends in the street or my parents next door I could smell her sweet perfume on her pillow. The panties smelled like dryer sheets meaning she had just laundered them. Mary Ann's sexy panties were about to encase my rock hard shaft. As I thought about her awesome body wearing these delicate and sexy panties; I stroked my cock, but I did not want to cum in her panties. I decided to caress my nipples with the lovely red silk panty. Suddenly without warning; my semen flew three feet in the air. I came so hard it hit me in the face and just missed the panties on my nipples. This was the first of many sessions with Mary Ann's panties. By the end of summer I was babysitting for free.


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Minnesota's Classic Resort, chosen by Conde Nast readers as 53rd Best Resort in the world, is located on over a mile of shoreline on a thousand acres in the heart of the Brainerd Lakes Area.
Madden's offers the finest in accommodations, unsurpassed dining, just about every recreational amenity imaginable, and 63 holes of golf, including The Classic, Minnesota's only 5-Star, Top 100 rated course.
Madden's offers something for the entire family-The Spa at Madden's, golf instructions with PGA professionals, two driving ranges, Adventure Cove Day Camp, Tennis & Croquet Club with lawnbowling, shuffleboard, basketball, sand volleyball, badminton, horseshoes, 3 sandy beaches, complete marina facilities, water ski school, 4 swimming pools, pickleball, kids wading pool, outdoor hot tub overlooking Gull Lake, miles of hiking and biking trails, fine and casual dining, lounges and nightly entertainment, art gallery, ice cream shop, coffee bar and shopping.
Madden's offers a variety of family vacation and golf packages. You can enjoy an ''all-inclusive'' package which includes breakfasts and dinners, golf on Pine Beach East and West, use of all recreational facilities, or an ala carte approach where each amenity is priced individually.
A variety of accommodations are available, including newly rebuilt Voyageur and Wilson Bay Sunset Villas, Madden Inn, Sunrise Villas, Golf Villas, Mission Point Bayviews, 1- and 2-bedroom cottages and multi-bedroom houses with kitchens. Just two hours from the Twin Cities, Madden's is easily accessible by air or car. Limited pet rooms available.
- Family owned and operated, celebrating 89 years of hosting vacationers
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5 Great Childrens' iPad Cases
If your child has an iPad, you either have a case or are looking for one. Cases not only protect the device itself, but in some cases make it easier to use and hold. We've tried several for our kids, but here are some ones that we think are the best.
GRIPCASE FOR iPad 2nd & 3rd Generation
The GripCase is a rubbery case that is thick enough to protect the iPad and gives your child a handle to carry it with. This is most suitable for younger kids. The handles are very strong and easy to hold for small hands. These cases have been successfully used in classrooms. Comes in several colors.
KaysCase KidBox for iPad 2 & 3
Here's another case with a nice built in handle. The material is soft and rubbery. Not only does the handle give the child a place to carry the iPad, but it doubles as a stand to make the iPad easier to see when lying flat on a table or desk. The volume and off buttons are accessible with this case. This case comes in several colors.
Griffin Survivor Military Duty Case for iPad 2&3
It's military grade – I can only assume that it's kid-grade too. This is a very sturdy rubbery case that is a little heavier that the other two. It does come with a screen protector as well. Some have said that the screen protector make the screen slightly less responsive to touch. This case has a kick stand as well, but it only works in portrait mode. The buttons are accessible, but the speaker is covered. This may be a good thing for the parents. If you use the video connection kit for the iPad, the case has to be removed to plug it in — this could be a downside.
This is a really cute case that provides rubbery protection, handles and stands up on its own. Speck, the manufacturer, makes really great cases for all of the Apple products. It's made of a light foamy material (similar to Crocs). Some have reported an unpleasant smell when new (also similar to Crocs), but it wears off quickly. This foam cover is thick enough that if the iPad falls on its face that the screen doesn't touch the floor, which is great. The only complaint I've heard is that it can be hard to get the charging cable into the case as it has to go under one of the arms and through the foam. With a little practice, this should be easy.
Speck ComfyShell Case for iPad 2&3
This is a great case for older kids. It's rubbery and provides a great gripping material for carrying the iPad. It also has this little beanbag that slides onto the back of case. The beanbag makes it great for holding in your lap or using it on a desk. If only the beanbag were a little thicker, it would hold the iPad up for watching movies on a desk or airplane tray. As it is, it provides a decent viewing angle when on a desk. Both of our kids love this case. It only comes in black. All of the buttons are accessible and it's easy to plug a charging cable into it.


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pencil, pen, watercolor
I started a new journal. This is a big deal for me. It always feels like turning a new page, no pun intended. But more, since having kids, I just have not been as reflective. I don't get to sit for hours with my journal, writing and drawing. This might surprise some of you who have followed me here, on my blog, as I move along on my creative journal. I'm much more project oriented now than I used to be. Before it was all about the process, and the journal was a private thing where I sought understanding over my thoughts, emotions, experiences and my world.
Now I run around with kids and clean the house and go to work and watch tv and crash exhausted. When I write, it is with purpose, to illustrate something, to convey something, to reflect on something in my blog, for just one little minute, that might enlighten someone else on whatever struggle has crossed my path that day. If I do write in my journal nowadays, it's usually about planning my day, or getting my head straight so I can do something productive.
Not only am I not as reflective, and do I not keep up with my journal the way I used to, but I've been in a creative slump for the last three months.
So this new journal for me marks a re-dedication to my own creativity and reflection. I'm ready to get back to who I used to be.... not just the me before this winter, but also the me before kids.
When I think about it, the very existence of this blog is really about me trying to regain my creativity. And it has helped me along the way.... from truly not being creative, to painting everyday, to writing again, to developing new craft skills, to being creative as a mother.
So, I think what I'd like to see the rest of the year for myself and my blog is a return to my big goals as an artist and a writer and a creative. And a teacher too, in case I forgot that.
So you know what? In order to avoid my tendency to "forget" all my goals for myself, I am going to put them out there in writing. Maybe someday one or two of you will call me on avoiding my real goals, and maybe I'll grumble about it, but maybe it will spur me to keep going when I get scared.
So here they are, my creative goals:
1. Finish that novel and get it out there in the world, find an agent, find a publisher.
2. Take myself seriously as an artist. Play big. Go deep.
3. Take myself seriously as a business woman and invest some time and money into my shop, and giving the world what I have to give.
4. Start a creativity workshop IRL. Start one online. I know this stuff, I'm not just faking it here. And I know people who should be doing it with me. Ahem. If you think I am talking to you, I probably am.
So here I am, ready to start my creative goals over again. Begin again.
But on a funny note, I am not beginning from zero. Everything I have done in the past 6 years, even though it seems to have taken me off in a different direction from where I started, has gotten me farther and farther along in my goals. Sideways and roundabout maybe, but I am more prepared now for my goals than I ever have been in my life.
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And these horrendous devices aren't cheap. The one above has a retail price of $107, even though you can get it online from $65.
I spend a lot of time looking for a replacement and finally found one. Its also not cheap, the brass version is $120.
Whitechapel Ltd
They fit on my W42 with very minor alterations to the screw holes. I am happy to support quality products.
They come with a set of shims.


text: Earl Warren (1891-1974) was a prominent 20th century leader of American politics and law. Elected California governor in 1942, Warren secured major reform legislation during his three terms in office. After failing to claim the Republican nomination for the presidency, he was appointed the 14th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1953. The landmark case of his tenure was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), in which the Court unanimously determined the segregation of schools to be unconstitutional. The Warren Court also sought electoral reforms, equality in criminal justice and the defense of human rights before its chief justice retired in 1969.


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This week, we go through the "Modern Team Practices" part of the Operations Report Card, and how it applies to DBAs.
Oracle's "Scale with MySQL" seminars:
Scale with MySQL Seminar, London, Tuesday 30 October
Bucharest Romania, Tuesday 13 November
Madrid, Tuesday 27 November
The call for papers for Percona Live: MySQL Conference and Expo 2013 has been extended through October 31st.
Call for papers for SCALE13, open until December 10th, 2012.
Percona Live, London Dec 3- Tues Dec 4. Millenium Gloucester Hotel.
MySQL Marinate, a FREE basic MySQL training course led by Sheeri.
DBA report card, part 2
We continue our discussion of the Operations Report Card and how it applies to DBAs.
"There are three categories [of what to document]: Things that you want to be consistent, things that you do infrequently and don't want to have to spend time re-remembering the procedure, things you do when panicking and don't want to have to think on your feet."
Design document definition from wikipedia.
Ear candy
Eric Bergen's article on shutdowns
At the Movies
This week in at the movies, we present a webinar by Gerry about "Introduction to TokuDB version 6.5". TokuDB 6.5 has new features for solid-state disk drives, also known as SSD's. You can also download the PDF slides.
Where you can see us
The next Seattle meetup will be held on Nov 5th at Pyramid Alehouse and will be a "get together and chat event", it's your opportunity to bring up what you'd like to talk about over the next 12 months and other issues around the organization of the Meetup.
Sheeri will be at CodeConnexx in Indianapolis November 8-9th speaking about "MySQL Query Optimization with EXPLAIN" and "The Art of Cat Herding: How to Manage Geeks".
Sheeri will also be at the November Boston MySQL User Group on Monday November 12th from 7-9 pm, which features a talk from ScaleArc about their transparent MySQL Server infrastructure software that achieves instant horizontal scaling, clustering and load balancing, connection multiplexing and connection pooling, transparent query-level caching, wire-speed filtering and higher availability…without requiring any changes or modifications to applications or MySQL databases at any point in time. In addition, ScaleArc provides real-time tools and Analytics to quickly troubleshoot problem queries, and then allows the user to take action to fix them.
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While investors were absolutely cheering the ECB's bond-buying program earlier this month, they've quickly reverted to their old pessimism, and now the market is trading like Europe is back on the ropes.
European stocks fell almost 1% today. Even the region's strongest link right now, Germany, is showing cracks. The German business sentiment index fell again in September, the fifth straight month it's done so. The index now trades at its lowest level since the beginning of 2010.
All this sourness dragged all three of the major indices lower this morning, only to see them regain most of the lost ground by late trading.
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Even though it was a down day though, two dow stocks still managed to roar higher.
Both of these stocks have done very well this year, posting 14% and 24% gains, respectively. Today's impressive performance could just be the beginning, too.
In addition to Moody's upgrading the creditworthiness of the big pharma industry as a whole, with favorable language about the sector's ability to weather patent cliffs, Pfizer has the added catalyst of spinning off their animal health-care unit to unlock money that can be piled back into future drug development. Analysts have argued that the division has been severely undervalued for some time. The company has also weathered the loss of patent for their blockbuster drug Lipitor, while maintaining a strong pipeline of other drugs, and developing strategic relationships with other healthcare heavies like Johnson & Johnson
JP Morgan continues to impress and has rebounded nicely from its London Whale trading loss that gave Jamie Dimon a black eye and savvy investors a beautiful entry point. The company is up 15% in the last three months alone, pays a great 2.9% dividend, and still trades for less than 10x earnings. Say what you will about future regulatory drag, the current interest rate spread is good news for big banks, and I think they'll do very well over the next few years. JP Morgan is still a best-in-class operator, with world class management, and trading for a deep discount.
At the end of it all, it makes more sense for investors to be buying great companies based on those companies' merits, not whether the Fed loads its QEIII bazooka, or whether the ECB bails out XYZ nation. Pfizer and JP Morgan show that there are still great picks on the dow today, even when things are going poorly in Europe.
But, as good as they are, there are even better picks out there, including the three dividend aristocrats highlighted in our report, The 3 Dow Stocks Dividend Investors Need. In it, we highlight our three favorite Dow stocks that pay you, including one that I've put my own money behind. Click Here to Read More.
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Old bank robbers never retire; if the heist is good enough they'll gather a crew and try again. In this film, a bank guard gives the inside dope to a retired robber. His thanks for this help, once the robbery is pulled off, is to be gunned down by the robber. The whole thing is photographed by a police-hating reporter who mails the incriminating shots to a newspaper anonymously.
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The expanded version of our Paxton II Plan features hardwood floors throughout the first floor with a Mud Room that has a boot bench off the Garage. You can access the fifth Bedroom/Office from the Mud Room. The Kitchen opens up into the Great Room and has a walk-in pantry with ample storage space, granite counter-tops and a generous size kitchen island. Double doors lead to a spacious Master Bedroom. The Master Bathroom features a jetted tub, double vanity and walk-in shower with a window. The walk-in closet has plenty of storage room, with access to the Laundry Room and Hallway for added convenience.


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In the market for a new family heirloom? You're in Luck (pun intended because Irsay so) because we just made you one.
The Colts are known for having leaders on the field. Unitas, Manning, Luck - all the players that can take over a game and make the right call. Now you can be like them. We're not saying you should grow a carney beard or start working for Papa John, but we pretty much are saying that if you want to make millions. A great with a great bow tie, like the many greats who came before from this franchise. Isn't it Goodell enough for you too?


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Android Central Podcast 108: Nonstop releases, baby!
Submitted by Phil Nickinson on September 14, 2012 - 06:14
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Thing 1 - 7 minutes of iPhone 5
- Samsung Galaxy S3 vs. the iPhone 5
- HTC One X vs. the iPhone 5
- Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD vs. the iPhone 5
- If you've seen one, you've seen the next one
Thing 2 - Motorola busts out three new RAZRs
- Droid RAZR M announced for Verizon, shipping next week for $99
- Motorola and Verizon announce the Droid RAZR HD
- Motorola and Verizon announce the Droid RAZR Maxx HD
- Motorola promises $100 credit towards a new phone if yours doesn't get Jelly Bean
- Droid RAZR M review
- Motorola reminds us we're going to the edge next week
Thing 3 - Other stuff
- Amazon Kindle Event Debrief - Kindle Fire HD, new features and more!
- Prepaid: Not just for burner phones anymore
- First look at the LG Intuition
- Zuckerberg admits fault in Facebook's HTML5 focus, pledges native Android app
- Android hits 500 million installs
- Nexus 7 can shoot 720p video from its front-facing camera, but is it really useful?


text: We the members of SFAJC urge you to vote NO! on the proposed Constitutional Changes made by GAMMONE. These changes will only provide Gammone with an Iron Grip on our UNION. Nothing good can come from the changes proposed by Gammone.The Changes will severely restrict our rights, as members. The SSSA has removed the only clause in our BYLAWS that state that they "must provide us with copies of the books". WHY are they hiding the truth from us? Last year we had to got to court in order to see some of the books. What we found was that they have been putting close to a Million Dollars a year into the 359 Atlantic Avenue Corp. Where did the money come from? It came from our dues. What did they do with our money? All we know is that they distributed a bunch of money to a few employees, Who they are we do not know, but we know one thing for sure they are hiding something.Stay Tuned! At least we tell the truth!Please read a letter sent to us from a track MS1


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Today's Black Pearls For Parents
Every weekday morning at 10am, I bring you a daily affirmation to remind parents of some of the things that we may seldom forget about in our daily interaction with our children.
This morning's entry was "Unconditional Love". So, as you go through this day and every day, promise yourself that you will pledge not to hold on to your wrath after an appropriate expression of it. Nor will you over punish your child by acting like he or she is the greatest disappointment in your life. Pledge to take a look at your own anger and think about how to make a learning situation out of a disappointment.
Today's BLK MVP Black Pearls for Parents entry is: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE


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Saturday, February 2, 2013
incredibly insensitive on the topic of infertility...
...is the best way to describe the play "Ching Chong Chinaman" playing at City Lights Theater in San Jose CA right now. There were a whole bunch of other reasons I didn't like this play, but the one relevant for this blog is the extremely badly handled infertility angle to the story. As someone dealing with this issue, I found the play to be very insensitive and upsetting. Thanks to the playwright for ruining my evening. Really, the last thing I needed.
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Zhang Huan: Altered States includes 55 of the artist's major works produced over the past 15 years in Beijing, New York, and Shanghai, including photographs and sculpture.
Born in 1965 in An Yang, Henan Province, China, Zhang Huan is best-known for his controversial early works in performance art. When he began his career in Beijing, his performances focused on physical endurance, pushing the limits of what was acceptable to authorities in the early 1990s, post-Tiananmen. The exhibition is curated by Melissa Chiu, Director of the Museum, Asia Society.


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James Thomson(1700-1748), Poet
Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
Poet. The son of a Scottish minister and educated at Edinburgh University, Thomson came to London in 1725 where he met Arbuthnot, Gay and Pope and wrote Winter, the first of his celebrated and influential Seasons which appeared from 1726 to 1730. His later work includes his long patriotic poem Liberty and the masque Alfred, containing 'Rule Britannia'.
Watch a film clip on the sitter from the BBC Archive in the Media section below
after John Patoun
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 18th century, based on a work of circa 1746
On display in Room 10 at the National Portrait Gallery
by Unknown artist
marble relief, after 1748
by James Basire, after John Patoun
line engraving, 1761 (circa 1746)
by and published by Peltro William Tomkins, after William Hamilton
stipple engraving, published 6 February 1798
by Thomas Cook, published by John Bell, after John Patoun
line engraving, published 26 August 1777
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Mine Tycoon brings the adventure of gold mining directly to your phone or PC. Design, manage and dig in a full 3D free roam sandbox where your in charge. Meet goals in single player mode, or invite your friends with Multiplayer. Starting off with a run down mine, you must make deciesions on everything from where to dig, to hiring a new crew. Recover the gold, and buy the neighboring claims to expand your mine. Do you have what it takes?
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