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If the nearness of the Beautiful Freaks Fest (it starts tomorrow at 9:00am, EDT) is making your muse (and you) feel a tad insane, know that you're not alone. So, be happy—feeling crazy, while in the company of other deliciously deranged people, is all kinds of cool. Seriously, this might be the easiest party to create things for…
…at least, it should be easy for us (proudly odd souls). It might come as an awful surprise to you, but most of the things we love and do seem freakish to the norms (unimaginative souls who have never appreciated the noble depths of Wednesday Addams, Igor, Edward Scissorhands, Arya Stark, Dobby *yes, a house elf who takes pride in fighting for freedom and wages is a beautiful freak*).
So, there is no need for panic. Unless panic makes you happy. If that's the case, then panic until you squeal with maddening delight. The following are examples of Beautifully Freakish stories, dolls, poems, sculptures, paintings…:
– "A Hauntingly Mad Tea Party", a very short story by Magaly Guerrero
– "Arabella", a doll by Emma Yardis (of @GroovyGothic)
– "Must Love Freaks", a poem by Magaly Guerrero
– "Baba Yaga Jar", a sculpture by Sharon Rawson (of @TouchOfTheGoddess)
– "Baby Ghoul", a painting by Gina Morley
– Pretty much anything involving characters created by Neil Gaiman, Tim Burton, Edward Gorey… and movies and books that remind you of these artists' work.
And if no fictionally creative idea comes to mind, just post a picture of yourself, caption it, "Isn't standing in a cave in the middle of the desert, with a sharp rock in your hand and a murderous smile on your face the coolest thing ever?" Really, my Luvs, post something like that, and you won't even have to explain why you are one of the Beautiful (and, perhaps, slightly terrifying) Freaks of the world.
The Beautiful Freaks Fest 2017, hosted by Emma Yardis and the Wickedest Writer of Them All, starts tomorrow at 9:00am EDT. I hope to read you there. And if you haven't entered my stitched poetry giveaway, follow the link.
"Isn't standing in a cave in the middle of the desert, with a sharp rock in your hand and a murderous smile on your face the coolest thing ever?"

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Day 1: A pretty poor turnout considering that we've had loads of boats in previous years. We expected to be roundly mullered by Peter & Mike, since they've done that to us virtually every other race this year. But in race 1, although they led up the first beat to B and across the first sucky fetch to M, they never got away. So we chased them down the broad leg to OL, across a fairly decent reach back to D, and off up to B again. Second time around we hung on up the beat, hung on down the fetch, and went fast enough down to OL to get an overlap at the mark. Then we just sailed away and won easily. Surely some mistake.
Mike had hurt his back, so they didn't even do race 2, resulting in an easy win for team Mike 'n' Paul.
Day 2: Buoyed up by our success on day 1, we set sail in high spirits on day 2. Spirits were raised further by the sight of Peter & Mike running aground on Musborough on the way to the start - the grounded Fred with the crew walking around it up to his knees in water had looked like a pretty good hint to me, so we went well wide and avoided any unpleasantness there. Start down near B (about half an hour late), for a short beat up through a narrow corridor of water between Musborough and that other new island up to X, and we popped out 2nd at the windward mark with Bob & Richard close behind and Peter & Mike close ahead. Kite up for a decentish reach to OL, which we almost went the wrong side of as I had remembered the course wrongly. Then a short beat to J, where we had to cover Bob & Richard, and I messed up the final tack, got the mainsheet around the tiller extension and nearly hit J as a result. Then a broad reach to D, where we took the lead for no apparent reason, followed by close reaches to A and then B. Those close reaches were quite tricky, and being just a bit too close, were not as much fun as they looked either. Anyway, round B, and a dull fetch back to the gate thereby wasting a bit more of the titchy beat, and off we go again.
Since we were ahead of Peter & Mike, and they apparently go upwind a lot better than we do, we spent every minute of every titchy beat sitting on their wind. Forget windshifts (which you couldn't do much with anyway due to having to sail up between the shallows), we just tacked when they did on the beats and luffed 'em up on the reaches. It was very hard work, and after the first 30 mins, not massively fun either. But we were going to win the damn race as a result...right up until the last leg from D to A. It was maybe a shade closer than before, maybe a shade windier, but for whatever reason we got blown down from the rhumb-line and they just charged past upwind, pointing higher and going faster. So we came 2nd in that one and were a bit despondant about it.
The PM race was basically the same scenario over a similar course, same titchy beat, same close reach to OL, but now we had a dead(ish) run down from OL to M, followed by a close reach to C and another to B. This time we had a fabulous lead at X and about 20 seconds in the bag at OL, but we blew it on the next beat and had to revert to tacking to cover again. Going upwind, every time Peter and Mike broke the cover they'd charge off and be level or just ahead when we came together again, and every time we would tack below them and sneak up under their bow and get our nose just ahead again. On one of the reaches from C to B we bagged our kite and spent some time contriving to stop them from overtaking us with theirs up, which was quite good fun (for us anyway). They finally drew level on the last run to M, and then for no very good reason we just edged out ahead again. With less wind than for the AM race, the close reaches were a bit easier to manage and we kept ahead for a win.
So far this has been less of a fleet championship event and more of a Mike & Paul sail round getting in Peter & Mike's way event - very hard work, very demanding, definitely very involving, but not necessarily a huge amount of fun. It has been tactical in the same way that a team racing event is tactical - lots of close quarters stuff with the boats staying together, and none of the usual windshift picking, "let's try that side of the beat, wooo, great lift" sort of stuff. What it needed was (say) Badders and Pete S to open it up a bit and keep us from getting too fixated on each other (plus a longer beat and fewer islands). I'd almost certainly have lost both races in that case, but I think we might have enjoyed it more as a result.


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I am so blessed to welcome Shirley Drost along on our journey of becoming Passionate Women. Shirley is a vital part of our local church and with her husband she has been one of the driving forces to see many families grow and mature in their relationships with God. Her beautiful confidence and a heart to serve others is something that I dearly look up to! She has three grown boys, two beautiful daughter-in-laws and one very loved grandson so far. Shirley is such an encouragement to many women including myself.
Shirley, thank you so much for taking the time to put this guest post together to encourage and inspire us. Your life is a life lived well, which has become a beautiful testimony to many that may not even know you. So thank you again for serving God with all of your heart and setting the road up for many of us to follow. Blessings to you and your family as it continues to grow through the years.
"Pregnant" With a Promise From God
by Shirley Drost
I have been honoured to have been asked by Nicole to share a few thoughts, ones that perhaps could encourage and inspire you.....or at least enable you to laugh with me, as God takes us all on this wonderful adventure we call Life. Nicole suggested I write about something that God has been stirring in me as He teaches and directs my daily steps. Well, that works, as I feel as I have been on a bit of a journey for the past year or two. It's been a journey of changes ....transition if you will. My life looks dramatically different than it did a few years ago........had you told me two years ago that this is what it would look like today, I likely would have spit my coffee out laughing. God's funny that way.
My journey sometimes seems to have not been so much about the destination, as God seems more interested on how well I handle the travelling from "there" to "here." Remember the children of Israel in the dessert..... 40 years versus a 10 day walk? Think they needed to learn something? God was as interested in their growth as He was in their Promised Land. I know God is very interested in my growth too, as well as where He is taking me. And here's hoping it doesn't take me 40 years......(having said that, I am two years in now!)
This brings me to an interesting and timely podcast I listened to from Paul Scanlon, a terrific Bible teacher and Pastor from the UK. He was sharing on transitioning into new stages of life.....and how each one of us handles it. Yep, a podcast just for me. He had made the comparison of giving birth to changes in our lives and how one "handles" the delivery of said baby. This is basically how he (and now I) unfolded the process.
When Baby is born, there are, at a minimum, three people involved and in the room – Mom, Baby & Doctor/Midwife. I know this can vary from just these three to multiple numbers of other groups and configurations, from Dad, siblings, grandparents to new neighbours down the street (....just kidding .....sort of J), but for this comparison, I just want to focus on the main three, and their perception / view point on what is happening during birthing process.
Let's start with Baby, as he is central to all the activity going on (I've all boys, so Baby is a he). Baby is not at all impressed nor happy during this delivery process. He's is quite content where he is. He's fed regularly, carried around, warm, comfy, safe, sleeps whenever he wants, wakes up whenever he wants....basically nothing demanded of him.....just to be and grow! And now, we want him to go "through there??!! Are you kidding me?" Baby's thinking, "I don't want to go through There, I've never been There before! I don't know what is on the other side of There. I've always been Here, it's what I know, it's where I feel safe.....don't make me leave!! Besides....it doesn't look like I fit through There! It must not be meant for me!" What Baby doesn't know is that Loving Parents, a New Life, Destiny wait for him on the other side of There.
But are we not like that sometimes. Is this how we react during a time of change? We like safe, secure, comfortable. Change is scary, mostly because of the unknowns, and we wonder if "it" may not be a "fit" for us. So in the middle of God's plans we have a bit of a freak out - ...."You want me to do what! There! Now!", and that becomes the focus. We lose sight of the fact that God has something wonderful on the other side of transition...Love, Life and Destiny! But if we only try to understand and see "Here", we can't see that.
And then there is Mom. Mom is all about getting Baby out......NOW! From her viewpoint, it's all about Pain Management! Yes, she knows Baby is on the other side of this, but right now it HURTS! Mom understands the Promise of New Life, but her every thought is how to get through that next contraction. "How can I lay, breathe, pant. If I close my eyes will it all go away? (this was my personal favourite....never really worked, but I tried each contraction). Whether it be a breathing technique, drugs, and certain way to lay, or stand, or walk, ICE CHIPS!! It's all intended to get her through that next contraction. My doctor, bless him, always referred to the contractions as my "discomfort".........I wanted to lob him upside the head with my heart monitor so he could share with me my "discomfort". Ah, but I digress.
Isn't this how we react though, or tend to focus on when we are in the middle of a time of transition? The Pain of Change! Moving into a new situation or event in life often comes with pain. We know that God has good for us, that a gift is on the other side of this change, New Life, New Joy, New Hope.....but in the process, sometimes we can only focus on the pain, and how to manage it! "God....just help me to get through this! How can I make this change hurt less?! I want what is on the other side, but it hurts right now!" We may even go through ebbs and flows of pain, like a contraction, where sometimes it feels manageable, but then, wham!....back in it again! And as with a delivery, it can definitely get more intense as the Promise comes closer.
And finally, the Doctor / Midwife. I'll go with Doctor, as that was my experience, but a Midwife's viewpoint would be the same. She knows Baby has to come from "There" and she understands Mom's pain, but her focus is to prepare for the Promise of the New Life. She is calm, soothing, helpful and ready to receive the Gift. But she doesn't just wait, she prepares for the Promise by readying the room for the Arrival, having a warm blanket, a bath, weight and measuring instruments available. When this New Promise arrives, he can be properly and safely received, with rejoicing and thanksgiving!
Can we be like that? Know God has promised a Great Gift, and despite what the world looks like around us, despite how we feel, we prepare for its arrival, and not get distracted by the unknowns or the pain it may bring. Whether that preparing means more Bible study time, purging a home of clutter, disentangling ourselves from a unhealthy relationship, volunteering more....can I just focus on getting ready for His Gift?
So this is my challenge to ....meJ, and feel free to be challenged alongside as well. I KNOW that I am in transition; I KNOW that God is requiring me to go where I have not gone before; I KNOW that it will require something from me that is new and stretching; I KNOW that pain is going to happen along the way.
And I CAN do this because I KNOW that all Good Things Come From Above, and He has a Great Future and Hope for me! So to all those of you that are pregnant with a Promise from God....where is your FOCUS?


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To celebrate the 100 glorious years of Indian Cinema and Delhi in 2012, the idea of 1st DIFF was conceptualised by The Social Circle. Delhi became an indelible part of cinematic history and got its only International film festival as DIFF. DIFF became the catalyst for getting people closer to Indian and world cinema in the year of its centenary celebrations.
After the grand successes of 1st and 2nd Delhi International film festivals in 2012, and 2013, 3rd DIFF 2014 was organized in 2014 and it received more accolades & applauses thus becoming even bigger success. As our purpose of never ending promotion of Cinema, Art & Culture, we are continuing our legacy with DIFF 2015
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Festival on: Dec 5-12, 2015
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As my Granny would have said, he's 'walking out.'
A delightful phrase – which doesn't mean that our youngest son is leaving home. It does mean that he has a girlfriend.
And 'walking out' is exactly what he's doing.
"I'm just going for a walk."
"I'm just popping out for an hour."
"Just going into town. Can you give me a lift?"
We smile and say "that's fine" and maybe we reach for the car keys. And then we have a talk with him…
No, no, not that talk. What do think the internet is for?
"Look, this is madness. You don't have to go out and freeze in the cold. Bring her home, just introduce us, go up to your bedroom. We don't bite. We're perfectly normal."
Ben smiles enigmatically. He's heard this twenty times before. But we're parents: hard-wired to repeat ourselves. He smiles again – they're elderly, they can't remember being young – and disappears into the cold.
"Madness," I say again, as I artfully multi-task by turning the TV on and filling my wine glass at the same time.
"He'll bring her home when he's ready," Jane says.
He will. The question is, will we be ready?
The nightmare scenario unfolds in front of me…
The front door opens. It's Ben. And he's not alone. He's taken us at our word: finally admitted it's too cold for love's young dream. But why didn't he warn us?
"Dad, this is Chloe. Chloe, this is my Dad. The one on the sofa watching football. Who hasn't shaved for three days and who's hurling abuse at the TV because his team is losing. Who's just finished the red wine and – judging by the fact he's wearing tracksuit bottoms – had a large plate of cheese to go with it…
…And this is my Mum. Who's wearing her dressing gown and drinking gin because she was absolutely convinced I'd stay out in the cold."
At which point Chloe tells Ben she'll be 'washing her hair' for the foreseeable future. And we rehearse the 'plenty more fish' speech.
Nope, if your son or daughter is bringing someone home for the first time you need some warning. And you need to do your research…
"What does she like to eat?"
"Will she be OK with the dog?"
And – most importantly, according to my wife – "Is there anything your Dad shouldn't say?"
The last time we were in this position was five years ago. Jessica was about to arrive with her first serious boyfriend: well, the first serious boyfriend I'd been told about. And here – not for the first time in my life – I must confess to the words 'hypocrite' and 'stereotype.'
Relaxed about my daughter's first boyfriend? Yes, of course I was relaxed about it. As relaxed as the Spanish Inquisition.
"So what's he do?" I demanded of my wife.
"Duh. He's still at school."
"What's he want to do?"
"Be a musician."
"What? What sort of career is that? Do we know his parents? Where's he live? What exams results is he going to get? What do you mean you don't know? She's our daughter…"
My wife told me to relax. She told me to relax about 618 times.
Whereas with Ben, I am relaxed. I know Chloe's name. Well, her first name. I have a vague idea of the A-levels she's doing. And that's it.
Clearly I'm older and wiser. Or maybe Ben just won't tell me anything…
"What's she like?"
"Yes, yes. But what do you like about her?"
"I like spending time with her."
"Well what – "
But it was no use. My son smiled, and went walking out. Again…
My apologies for the late publication of this post: as you'll see when 'Poor, Brave Soldier' is published, keeping the blog updated has been the last thing on my mind…


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Variety Theatre
11815 Lorain Avenue,
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They have a "friends of" Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-the-Historic-Variety-Theatre-219445750326/
The marquee has been renovated and is apparently turned on nightly. Not sure how much has happened inside but they have made progress!
This one opened on November 24, 1927.
The Variety is one of the 24 theaters in my new book, "After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theater," which is available on Amazon or your local bookstore
I only went after it had switched to concerts. I saw REM and INXS there in 1984 or 1985.
Community Circuit own this theater in the 60's and 70's. Shelly Silverman was the manger till he took over the village when it open. I was in there once.
I recently photographed the Variety Theatre check out the post at After the Final Curtain
My Grandfather, Sam Stecker, built the variety theatre along with his partner, Meyer Fine. My father worker as an usher there in his youth. Donald Stecker
I went to the Variety only twice, once in 1965 to see "Two on a Guillotine" and a second feature whose title escapes me, and ten years later to see "Tommy" in its second run. Nice theater but nothing special if I recall.
Great postings. Love Cinema Treasures. The Variety Theatre WILL be renovated. It's not a matter of IF only WHEN. Yes the economy has taken a toll on The Friends of the Variety Theatre's efforts BUT fear not- it will happen. I can say that efforts are underway as building owners to shore up our financial picture and in the future you will see changes and restoration coming. It's a slow (too slow for me-but that's the way these things go)and arduous process. The plan is to bring The Variety back to it's original splendor with a multi-use (see-Variety). We sponsored a "pop up" event in August 2011 and have plans for the next "pop up" on DECEMBER 3rd, 2011 from 12pm-5pm. There will be refreshments and entertainment throughout the afternoon in front of the Theatre. Plans are to showcase some elements of the outer and inner lobby so come on down! Hope to see you there December 3rd! Check our website (up again next week at www.varietytheatrecleveland.com for updates and more information). Here's to preservation of our past and renovation for our future.
This opened on Thanksgiving 1927. ad: View link
The restoration project may have stalled (probably due to the economy) but the project does have an active website with some pictures on its pages: http://www.varietytheatrecleveland.com/home
The Variety Theatre holds many treasured memories. Growing up in the neighborhood, I saw all the classic horror movies there, then some of the BEST concerts I have EVER seen in my life!
"They" have been saying for years that they are "restoring" it, but it has sat an empty ghost of multitudes, and we would love to see it
fixed and made into a concert hall again.
Some of the BEST concerts that I saw and met numerous bands are, Motorhead, Slayer, Saxon, Accept, Helix, Mercyful Fate, Queensryche, Fastway, and so many of the greatest of the 80's.
Cleveland does indeed LOVE Rock N Roll!
Chuck, Mike seldom cites his sources, so I don't know where the unquestioned dates he uses come from. The dates (and other bits of information) with question marks must be his surmises, or are taken from sources he thinks might be unreliable. I've often found his lists very useful, though I usually try to double check his information before I cite it here.
The multiple listing of individual theaters under their different aka's can be confusing, but can also be useful because they are arranged alphabetically. I've sometimes used Mike's list to track down aka's that are missing from Cinema Treasures pages.
As for seat counts, I've found just about everybody's to be questionable. It's not only because the original sources (managers, owners, Boxoffice stringers) are sometimes unreliable, but because seat counts often changed even in houses that hadn't been fully reseated or remodeled. A theater with declining business might close a balcony to save on upkeep costs (or to avoid hiring two projectionists), leading to a sudden drop in reported capacity; or seats from the front of the house might be moved to replace broken-down seats farther back (a fairly common practice) leading to a creeping reduction in overall capacity.
In more recent times, a drop in capacity of a dozen or so could be the result of retrofitting the house for wheelchair spaces. But seat counts are useful primarily to give an idea of the general size of a theater anyway, so if they are off by a handful I don't think it's a big problem. If they are off by hundreds, I'd like to know why.
Also note that Mike does revise his lists, making corrections and filling in gaps, often incorporating information that he finds at Cinema Treasures or CinemaTour (a couple of times he's even quoted from posts I've made here.) Cinema Treasures (and to a lesser extent CiemaTour) can update with corrections and new information more quickly, though, as they both have numerous contributors, while Rivest's Lists are apparently a one-man project.
Chas: Mike Rivest's list of Cleveland-Akron area theaters can be viewed online here at Scribd.
You can also download it in Excel spreadsheet format from a link on this page at Mike Rivest's web site.
Where can I find the list mentioned above? As a kid growing up in the 1950s, the Variety and Riverside where my two favorite hang outs.
The Variety Theatre at Cleveland was opened by the well-established regional circuit, the Variety Amusement Company. On opening it became the company's largest and most lavishly appointed theater. A 1927 issue of the Auburn, NY, Citizen ran an article about the Cleveland Variety's new resident manager, Edward J. Wise, who had previously been manager of the palace Theatre in Auburn.
I'm not sure when Warner took over operation of the Variety (though it was certainly by 1938, when it was mentioned in the March 19 issue of Boxoffice), but I know that they took over another Variety Amusement Co. house, the Alhambra Theatre at Canton, Ohio, in the mid-1930s. It's difficult to find information about the company, which is seldom mentioned in Boxoffice in later years, and then usually in the magazine's "Twenty Years Ago" features. It appears to have gone into decline during the depression years.
The Variety Amusement Company is mentioned in connection with several Ohio theaters in Mike Rivest's list of Cleveland theaters. The web site of the Lorain Palace Civic Center says that the company "…operated many theaters, primarily in Pennsylvania and Ohio, with 16 others in Northern Ohio alone."
Good times…never forget the Alarm, Long Ryders opened up—I caught one of the records thrown into the audience (records, has it been that long) and saw the legendary Jane Scott. Remember OMD too, IIRC, Home and Garden opened up. God, I wish. What's going on there right now? Anything?
The 1985 picture posted above was the Exciter show put on by JD 2 Productions. Ripper, the opener got into a fight with he crowd when power failure interrupted the show. Power was fixed and the show went off.
Motorhead was '84 I guess. We tried to get fast food from a drivethrough after the show. Ha! My brother and his friend promoted a later show with Exciter. We helped load in the amps, which most were empty cabinets for show. Got to see the concert from backstage.
The band that cracked the ceiling was Motorhead. I was at that show 1985 or 1986 I believe. Merciful Fate also played. Plaster was falling from the ceiling and the maintenance man tried to stop Motorhead from playing any more encores. He finally had to literally pull the switch on the breaker box, which really angered Lemmy from Motorhead.
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Here is a 1982 photo. I was wondering if that was the same Papa Johns that is now a national chain.
I was at that same Motorhead concert in 1984 w/ Merciful Fate, and i have also seen Metallica, W.A.S.P., Saxon, Armored Saint, Breaker, Wendy-o-Williams, Shok Paris….Those were the best concerts i have ever went too. Just the smell, atmosphere and energy nothing could ever match up to that. I grew up on West 117th by Halloran Park and i had a historic childhood, thanks to the Variety Theater. I hope they host concerts some day after they restore her.
Article in today's Plain Dealer about the restoration of the Variety and LaSalle theaters.
I was at the Variety Theater on 2/12/84 for the Motorhead show. Exciter from Canada and Mercyful Fate from Denmark opened for them.
The buzz outside the theater was the new record "Kill Em All" by a band called Metallica. Motorhead indeed was the loudest EVER, and I remember Lemmy saying to the crowd something like "they're kicking us off" (the stage). The next day I believe I failed my 11th grade chemistry test. Later, I remember there was an article in Circus magazine that detailed how the "plaster fell from the ceiling" at the Motorhead show. I wish I still had that article. Anyways, the Variety was a great place to see live music!


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It's been nearly a year since I updated. So much has happened that I can't begin to tell. I completed another semester at school. I have had a series of mental health issues. I have been hospitalized. I have gained a brother and sister. I have deferred a semester of school to get my life back on track. There is so much to say. I guess all I can really say is that when it rains, it pours, and when it pours my little newspaper umbrella gets really soggy. I have really gotten a dose of what it feels like for other people who maybe don't have it all together. I want to graduate with honors, but it just isn't to be. This last semester totally killed that dream. My grades weren't in the toilet, but they weren't what I wanted. At this rate I'll be lucky to graduate.
But I don't want to complain. There have been a lot of clouds these last few months, but I'm starting to see the silver lining. The person I thougt I was is a very different person than the one I'm seeing in the mirror lately. Most of my "suffering" has been brought on by my very own brand of Anderson stubborness and a good helping of simple pride. I have learned, though, that stubborness only gets you a sore head and an even sorer heart. The pride blocks out all the sunlight from Heaven that I've been avoiding like the plague, just because it isn't falling where I want it to.
These past few years have been a real lesson in patience, humility, gratitude, and the love that God has for each of His children. I'm not so sure I'm passing the test. I just got released from the hospital for reasons that will, for now, remain private. I was surrounded by people who were miserable, in all the meanings of the word. They had no hope for the future. They were stuck in the past. They felt they had nothing to live for, that nothing mattered anymore. I am ashamed to say that I felt much the same way when I entered the hospital. But I had a really good roommate who helped me to see that maybe my suffering and pain would be for the benefit of someone else down the road.
I have come to know some very simple things. These things are small and seemingly insignificant, but I know that if I focus on them, they will fill my vision with light and hope and peace. I know that God lives. I know He is intimately involved in each of His children's lives. I know that often He speaks to us through other people. I know that somehow, somewhere, sometime, all the things I'm getting to experience will be for my good and for that of others. I know I am His child. I am royalty. If I can humble myself, I have it made. There is no good thing that He will keep from me if I act in the manner befitting the daughter of the God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac. He will clothe me with an inner beauty that befits my station. He will open all doors to me, if I put my trust in Him and do my best to honor Him.
There are too many things in my heart to express. There are things that tongure cannot express, like in the scriptures. I'm looking forward to some sunlight after this storm.


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Hosting WCF service in Windows Azure and consuming in Window 7 phone appObjective
This article will give step by step walkthrough of hosting a WCF service in windows azure and then consuming that in windows7 phone application. You can see video of this article http://bit.ly/cVTHtFExpected outputStep 1Open Visual Studio 2010 as an administrator. Select File -> New -> Cloud Service. Click on Windows Azure cloud service template. Give name of the cloud service. After creating the cloud service select the type of role. There are many roles to choose from. For our purpose, we will choose ASP.Net Web Role.Now examine the solution explorer. There should be 2 projects. Called WebRole1 and CloudServices1. These names may different basis of the name you given at time of creation of cloud service project in step1.Step 2Creating the WCF Service Right click on WebRole1 project and add new item then select WCF service from the WEB project template. Modify contract and service implementation as per you. For my purpose , I am making it simple service as below. Contract IService1.svc
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
namespace WebRole1
public interface IService1
string GetMyName();
Service ImplementationService1.svc.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Text;
namespace WebRole1
public class Service1 : IService1
public string GetMyName()
return "Hello Windows7 Phone from Cloud ";
Change the Binding to basicHttpBinding. Make sure to do this.Note : make sure you have set WebRole1 as startup project .Step 3 Running on Local Development Fabric (Press F5)Run the application. This will run on the local development fabric. When we install azure SDK, local development fabric got installed. And when we run the cloud service local development fabric get started and host the application. This provides exactly the same environment as of azure in the cloud. This local development fabric could be used to debug the application before hosting into the cloud. Running the application on local development fabric See the URL in address bar of browser, in my case this is http://localhost:9375/Service1.svcStep 4Publishing to cloud (azure)Right Click on Cloud Service 1 project and select Publish.It will open the azure site and ask for the login. If first time, you are login to azure site for publishing browse to account section to redeem your token.Now either create a project for windows azure or select existing project. I have already a project created with the name of DJProject . I am selecting that. Since, I have already hosted in the project before. So I am getting the upgrade option. First time, you won't get upgrade option. First time on creation of Windows azure project it will ask you to give an URL for your project . Just give an URL, which you will use to access your application across. Click on upgrade option . It will ask for the package file and config file. Browse to CloudService1\bin\publish folder. CloudService1 is name of the application. It may be different in your case , depending on what name you have given in step1. After uploading package and configuration file , give a label name and click on deploy.It will take some time for deployment. After successfully deployment you will see a green sign against Web Role saying it is in ready state. You could directly click on Web site URL to test your application on cloud. Now when you open the URL , you will get the same page as output you got on the local development fabric. And now you successfully hotsed in cloud.
Step 4Consuming the service hosted in Windows Azure in Windows 7 phone application1. Create a Windows 7 phone application 2. Design the content grid as below; Put a button and a text block. 3. While adding service reference first adds URL of the service hosted on local development fabric. Copy the URL from Step 3 and right click on Console application and select Add service reference. In service URL paste the URL from step 3.After clicking OK, you can see ServiceReference1 is being added to the project. 4. Call the service hosted in local development fabric like below on the click event of button Output Open the ServiceReferenceClient.config and modify the address to address of service in azure. Again run the application and you will get the same output. For your reference Full source code is given below, MainPage.xaml
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using Microsoft.Phone.Controls;
using WindowsPhoneApplication4.ServiceReference1;
namespace WindowsPhoneApplication4
public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
public MainPage()
SupportedOrientations = SupportedPageOrientation.Portrait | SupportedPageOrientation.Landscape;
btnGetData.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(btnGetData_Click);
void btnGetData_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
Service1Client proxy = new Service1Client();
proxy.GetMyNameCompleted += new EventHandler(proxy_GetMyNameCompleted);
void proxy_GetMyNameCompleted(object sender, GetMyNameCompletedEventArgs e)
txtData.Text = e.Result.ToString();
ConclusionI hope this article was useful. Thanks for reading. Happy coding.
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Pictures of bookshelves and lots of them,
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I have to say these photos did get my creative juices flowing, and I have decided to do my own version of a wall of shelves for my "tall wall" as I like to call it. It is currently a work in progress... so you will have to check back to see how it turns out. It will probably be another 2 or 3 days till it's finished, cuz I got some painting to do!


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Cross Country Bucket Seat Cover
Item # BOW-CAR-CC-SNG-SEAT-CVR
Cross Country Bucket Seat Cover. This luxury pet car seat cover by Bowsers is rugged, stylish and functional! Featuring quilted microvelvet with sporty faux leather accents. Microvelvet repels pet hair and spills. To secure, place the nylon adjustable straps around the headrest and back of the seat. Metal hooks offer an extra way to secure the cover to the bottom of the seat.

Features:

- Microvelvet fabric cover

- Filled with high memory polyster fibre

- Machine wash and dry on cool setting. Quilting prevents fibre from shifting and clumping

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This series is hanging, at this time, at Studios on High Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, an artists' coop that has existed for over 22 years. I have been a proud member there for over 3 of those years; however, I recently made an agonizing decision to leave because I have some personal and professional goals that don't afford me the time or money to stay.
I am going to take the next 6 months or so to regroup, explore some new media, new techniques, new marketing strategies, BLOG MORE REGULARLY, and begin teaching. I am also planning on returning to Bolivia to work on the orphanage there and to ramp up some fund-raising efforts for it as well.
One of the most exciting things I'm doing right now is mentoring a promising young artist who is currently in 10th grade where she attends an inner city school which has no art classes. My heart broke for her and I just had to help. She is a wonderful girl and hungry for more art in her life. I feel a very strong need to provide just that.
It's always amazing to me how we are put just where we need to be, meeting just who we need to meet, and given just the right tools to do what needs to be done. Very humbling indeed.


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Inle Lake's Leg Rowers
David Van Camp 4/25/2008 9:13:04 AMGreat shot, Min! Excellent comp. #908281
Michelle Alton 4/25/2008 10:12:22 AMAnother big winner, Min. #5840585
Vladan D. Djordjevic 4/25/2008 6:50:16 PMFantastic photo with great composition, terrific colors, interesting subjects, lovely water surface. #5842459
Tammy J. Russotto 5/4/2008 12:40:38 AMThis is absolutely beautiful! #5880431
Raymond Pauly 5/7/2008 11:00:45 PMGreat composition and colors. #5898124
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 5/19/2008 10:38:20 AMplease tell us how you got these people together for this shot, thanx #5942921
Min Htike Aung 5/19/2008 11:30:36 AMThanks for the comments .
To The Judges
First, I am really glad my photos has been selected as a finalists.
About this photo, I took this photo in Shan State of Myanmar, INLE LAKE.
These people stays in the lake and they make a living by fishing and selling it to the markets.
I got this shot by a Great Great Great luck. By the time they were coming far away , I was setting up my camera waiting for them. As soon as they pass through I shout them "please stop " for a while and they stopped in the middle of the water and they were making me sick as they dont understand what I mean. So I requested them to row backward and row forward passing through my camera again and I took with Continous programme 5 frames per sec and got this very beautiful one :) #5943549
Laura L. Gonzales 5/19/2008 7:08:53 PMGongratulations on your fabulous and well deserved finalist!!!! Great work! Laura #5947498
Taken in Myanmar, Shan State , Inle Lake. People who born in Inle Lake live in the huts which are built on the water. They make the living by fishing and they are very special in rowing boats with their legs. I took this photo when four leg-rowers were on the way fishing. Taken with Canon 5D and 17-40mm f/4.
Exif: F Number: 14, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/160 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 21.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D
Uploaded on 4/25/2008 8:17:37 AM
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR Camera
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Kate Bosworth: London Calling!
Kate Bosworth dons a chic Burberry coat while leaving The London Hotel on Friday (January 14) in West Hollywood, Calif.
On Wednesday, the 28-year-old actress went grocery shopping in a pair of short shorts.
She then headed over to Barneys New York where she browsed the racks and indulged in some retail therapy.
No word yet on whether Kate and boyfriend Alexander Skarsgard will hit the Golden Globe after parties this weekend, just like they did last year when they first went public with their relationship!


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I've been asked this week to write what kind of impact this class has had on myself. I've had the same teacher for both english 2 and 3 and I have enjoyed both years so much. From reading warriors dont cry about the little rock 9 sophomore year to catcher in the rye junior year, I can say I have learned alot. Not only did she teach us about english and sometimes history, she taught us about life.
My english teacher always had stories to tell us when we walked in the classroom whether it be about her kids(mostly) or her numerous trips to vegas she always kept us entertained! I've always heard that good teachers know how to have fun while teaching at the same time and that is certainly true for her. My class always had fun. My favorite part of her class definitly had to be story time though. We could keep her talking for days!
The most important thing I learned in that class about english was that books are boring if you just read them. For a book to be good you have to be willing to understand what its about. You have to look beyond the words. The most important thing I learned from my teacher is that life's not always going to be a bright sunny day, there will be cold and rainy days. Its what you do with those bad days that counts.


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Pasco Native Jeremy Bonderman to Start for Mariners Today
Pasco, Washington native Jeremy Bonderman gets the start for the Seattle Mariners today when the M's (2-1) take on A.L. West favorite Los Angeles Angels (0-3) in Cactus League play.
The Mariners take a 2-1 record into the game against the winless Halos at the Peoria Sports Complex.
The Mariners signed the former flame-thrower during the off-season as a free agent after he was released by the Detroit Tigers.
Bonderman is trying to make the team and be a feel-good story for the ballclub.
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SOURCE: "Pushkin's Little Tragedies: The Controversies in Criticism," in Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. XXII, No. 1, March, 1980, pp. 80-91.
In the following essay, Karpiak surveys twentieth-century thematic criticism of Pushkin's dramas The Covetous Knight, Mozart and Salieri, and The Stone Guest.
"There is nothing more difficult," wrote Vissarion Belinskii, "than to speak about a work of literature which is great in its totality and in its parts." "To such works," he continues, "belong Skupoi rytsar', Motsart i Sal'eri, and Kamennyi gost'."1 The veracity of Belinskii's assessment of Alexander Pushkin's Little Tragedies (Malen'kie tragedii) as creations of high artistic merit and, at the same time, of high problematic complexity is well-substantiated. Important not only as masterpieces of Pushkin's oeuvre, but also as innovative developments in the evolution of Russian dramatic literature, this cycle of brief plays has long attracted the attention of scholars and has given rise to a voluminous...
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The FA Cup semi-final between Manchester City and Chelsea or Manchester United will take place on Sunday April 14, with a 4pm kick-off.
Having booked their place in the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday, Chelsea now know they face a trip to Russia to take on Rubin Kazan on April 11.
And with the FA needing to arrange the semi-final dates before the outcome of Chelsea's quarter-final replay with United has been determined, a Sunday fixture was automatic.
Wigan will face Millwall on Saturday April 13 (5.15pm kick-off).
Latics' game will be on ESPN while the Sunday semi will be screened on ITV.
It has also been confirmed that Millwall and Manchester City have been allocated the west end of the stadium and will receive 31,514 tickets.
Wigan and the other semi-finalists will get 31,863 tickets.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- A volcano, 2,272.3 m (7,450 ft) high, of west-central Mexico west of Mexico City. It erupted from a cornfield in February 1943 and grew more than 458 m (1,500 ft) in that year alone.
Sorry, no etymologies found.
I have a special interest in Paricutin volcano (Michoacan).
On the drive back to Guadalajara we came upon a sign near an exit with the word Paricutin on it, which is the name of a famous volcano.
In succeeding years of eruption, two villages, Paricutin and San Juan Parangaricutirimícuaro are lost beneath the lava.
But Siqueiros never loses sight of la tierra — the land — thanks in part to Dr. Atl, who documented the 1943 eruption of Paricutin in his 1950 monograph "How a Volcano Is Born and Grows," thus motivating Siqueiros to incorporate these lava domes into his work.
For starters, how about Paricutin Volcano, one of only a handful of new volcanoes to appear on land in historic times?
Did you know? Mexico has more World Heritage sites than any other country in the Americas.
His circulation problems may have been a direct result of camping for several months on the slopes of the newly-emerged Paricutin Volcano in the early 1940s.
The road is between the Paricutin turnoff and Paracho and paved all the way.
In Angahuan, the Centro Turistico Angahuan, Camino al Volcan Paricutin, has 13 cabins and camping and RV facilities in a truly rustic setting.
The village of Paricutin had been completely destroyed.
Of course we would also like to visit Morelia, Uruapan, hike Paricutin, and see the Monarchs.


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And then I ate cake.
Last night at a friend's house, I ate some cake, not a lot, but enough to make me feel like I've been hit in the head today. I am not efficient, I am not glorious, and I am not in control (at least of this cruddy brain fuzz).
Which brings me to thanking all of you for your very thoughtful responses to whether or not gluten-free diets are a fad. I didn't want to put my own opinions in the post, even though they are probably already pretty evident from previous posts.
One thing that a friend brought up that I hadn't considered before is that because of the gluten-free craze, people with celiac disease can easily get lost in the shuffle of optional gluten-free eaters. So people assume they are just being picky about what they eat instead of eating gluten-free out of medical necessity.
My feelings on it were pretty much summed up by Mary @ Fit & Fed:
To some degree it is a fad now. I have celiac relatives for whom it's absolutely necessary, and given that family history I've tried going gluten-free myself. Cutting out white flour would of course benefit anyone, so it's good for many people whether they need it or not. And I'm sure there are many degrees of gluten sensitivity other than celiac. For me, I've been doing it for a while but I don't even know for sure if it helps, I should probably run the experiment. My diet tends to be really good or else all fall apart at once, so it's been hard to tease out what the gluten-free does for me. But I can verify that when I suddenly have dairy, gluten, sugar, and alcohol, it's not good. I'm thinking now that the dairy is more of an issue for me than the gluten.When I started avoiding gluten, I simultaneously started avoiding processed sugar and dairy, so when I have a night like last night, where I down some cake that includes all three, it's hard to know which element of the dessert made me feel worse: gluten, dairy or sugar. Either way, when I avoid all three, I feel so much better. Much less of a someone-punched-me-in-the-face feeling, and much more of a clear headed feeling. When I make a choice about food, I know that it will directly affect how I feel emotionally and physically, so before eating junky food (for me gluten fits into that category), I try and decide whether or not it's worth a couple days of fogginess. Sometimes I decide it is, more often these days I decide it isn't.
So back to yesterday's success. I was able to go into Alabama Outdoors and redeem the free socks I won at Saturday's race (more race details to come). Even though the Rockin Choccolocco 50K was one of the hardest runs of my life, I won some socks. Good trade, right. I may not have any more toenails, but I'll at least have a pair of socks to cover it up.
I have not run a single bit since Saturday, but I'll be doing a fun run tonight with my group at Life Time. Not to give you too many unnecessary and unwanted details, but my toenails are still throbbing from Saturday, and I think I might have to bust out some drill action to relieve some toenail pressure.
What helps you be the most efficient during the day?
Have you ever drilled into a toenail? Only once about five years ago, and it felt so much better afterwards!


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We find it ironic that the parties to the previous Registered Employment Agreement (REA) namely AECI, ECA and TEEU have not made public the Labour Court notice of intention to conduct an examination into terms and conditions of electricians and apprentices employed in the Electrical Contracting Industry.
The Labour Court have issued the following:
Notice of Intention to Conduct an Examination into Terms and Conditions of Electricians and their Apprentices employed in the Electrical Contracting Industry Having had regard to the provisions of Section 15 (2) and (3) of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, the Labour Court hereby gives notice of its intention to conduct an examination of terms and conditions relating to the remuneration and any sick pay scheme or pension scheme applying to Electricians and their Apprentices employed in the Electrical Contracting Industry in the Electrical-Engineering sector.
Any person wishing to make representations in relation to the examination should do so on or before 14 September, 2016. Representations received after that date shall not be considered.
Any such representations should be sent by post to The Secretary, The Labour Court, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, or by E-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
PLEASE NOTE: All submissions received will be published on the Labour Court Website www.workplacerelations.ie once the closing date for submissions has passed. In this regard, Parties making a submission to the Court should ensure that submissions which will be published comply with all relevant legislation including Data Protection Legislation.
We are all aware of the difficulties experienced by all contractors when the Labour Court oversaw the previous Registered Employment Agreement (REA) which was found invalid by the Supreme Court in May 2013 and policed by the company EPACE.
It is time to stand and be heard again in relation to the terms and conditions within our industry. It never has been a one size fits all Industry.
We will be completing a submission to the Labour Court.
We would encourage everyone to recall the Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the previous terms and Conditions of the REA as this may be the way for the establishment of a new REA/SEO under the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 which was enacted on 22 July 2015 and came into force on 1 August 2015.
The Act makes provision for three main areas, namely:
1. it creates a new regime for registered employment agreements ("REAs");
2. it makes provision for sectoral employment orders ("SEOs");
3. it adjusts the Labour Court's jurisdiction, created by the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001, to make legally binding determinations affecting employers who do not engage in collective bargaining with trade unions.
What are REAs?
An employment agreement ("EA") is an agreement made between a trade union(s) of workers and an employer(s) (or a trade union(s) of employers), relating to the remuneration or conditions of employment of workers of any class, type or group, that is binding only on the parties to the agreement. An EA becomes an REA when it is registered in the Labour Court's Register of Employment Agreements.
What are SEOs?
SEOs are orders made by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, on the recommendation of the Labour Court and approved by resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas, which set out the minimum rates of remuneration and the minimum pension and sick pay entitlements of workers of a particular class, type or group within a specified economic sector. They are similar to REAs but their application is not confined to employees of the employer(s) party to them and their scope is confined to pay, sick pay and pensions.
What is the effect of an SEO?
An SEO will apply to every worker of the class, type or group in the economic sector to which it is expressed to apply and to their employers. If the contract of employment of a worker to whom an SEO relates provides for a lower rate of remuneration or less beneficial sick pay or pension entitlements than those set out in that SEO, the more favourable SEO provisions will be substituted for the equivalent provisions in the contract of employment.14 In addition, an employer must not penalise an employee for relying on their rights in relation to the SEO system.
Have you continued in business since the Supreme Court ruling in May 2013?
Have you witnessed or experienced the race to the bottom?
Has the greenshoots of recovery following the worst recession in the history of the State found you?
Be heard and complete your submission on the Electrical Contracting Industry that you work in to ensure your voice is heard.
The deadline for submissions is the 14 September, 2016.
Any such representations should be sent by post to The Secretary, The Labour Court, Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4,
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A man in Katsina State in northern Nigeria, Yari Inusa, has died while partaking in the marriage rites game known as Sharo.
The incident took place in Durmin Biri village, Kafur Area where the victim was reportedly hit on the head by his rival which led to his death.
Sharo involves two suitors flogging each other with canes in a bid to win a maiden's hand in marriage.
Yari, who was competing against another suitor named Saidu, was said to have flogged Saidu without any incident.
But Saidu hit Yari behind the head which led to the latter passing out and being rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
Saidu was later arrested while Yari's body was returned to the family for the funeral rites.
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Transfer deadline day passed yesterday with no Fratton Park movement.
Andy Awford had anticipated a quiet end to the January window and he was to be proven correct with no business conducted at Pompey.
The Blues will now turn their attention to the opening of the emergency loan window on February 10 should they feel the need to strengthen.
In the meantime, Paul Robinson, Matt Tubbs, Paul McCallum and Josh Passley have been the arrivals during the period of the January window.
In addition, David Connolly and Ricky Holmes both had their contracts cancelled and joined Pompey League Two rivals Northampton and AFC Wimbledon respectively.
However, Awford will be disappointed there have been no takers for Patrick Agyemang, who returned earlier last month following an unsuccessful loan spell at Dagenham & Redbridge.
Similarly, midfield pair Ben Close and Nick Awford have yet to find any loan suitors.
However, with the non-league game operating under different deadlines, there is still the opportunity for them to move from today.
The Blues are hoping to get the home-grown duo fixed up locally, enabling them to receive precious first-team opportunities during the remainder of the season.
Winger Jack Maloney is also available for loan following a successful three-month spell at Poole Town.
Danny East (Aldershot) and Bradley Tarbuck (Dorchester) are sampling first-team football as they look to secure their futures with Pompey.
Meanwhile, the Blues will this morning learn the outcome of Paul McCallum's Football Association hearing, as they await news on his suspension.


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Question by 777: What type of jobs can you get with a major in radio/televison broadcasting?
Also is there a good chance of you getting a job in this area right after college.
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Answer by Montana Guy
Our little town of Missoula takes young kids into broadcasting – send out a bunch of resumes with pictures. A tape of you speaking would be also nice if you get some bites.
What do you think? Answer below!


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I have finished the first task from my Flash module at Uni today. It is a game in which you can change properties such as size and rotation) of the various sea life. This is the brief for the task:
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Design and produce a movie in which a number of objects have a range of their properties controlled as a result of mouse and keyboard interaction. The code will include the appropriate techniques to listen for and handle events from the mouse; keyboard and enterFrame event. A timer event might also be included.
It was good fun to produce and it actually works quite nicely!
Keep checking because I have a new Mp3/Media player on the way as you read this post!
Check out these amazing pumpkin carvings! Seet the rest of the blog Here to catch a glimpse of even more and hopefully get yourself some inspiration for this Halloween!!
Taylor Consulting Media went live TODAY!! This website has taken weeks to program and develop and it's now fully functional and ready for your viewing pleasure !
The aim of the website is to provide articles in a newspaper format, representative of what's going on it the world today. They also offer satire articles which basically take the micky out of current and past affairs.
Click Here to see it.
I hope you enjoy it!
I did these flyers with my business partner Nick Tallents this week for club Thirteen in Cheltenham. It was all for a good cause and I think the promo campaign looks good!
This is a flyer I finished today for my good friends at Rocksteady Promotions for their show on July the 20th in Leeds. I hope it's a good gig for them and it certainly gave me a chance to show off my Photoshop skills for a change!


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By SARAH BULL
When it comes to standing out in sexy on-stage outfits, Katy Perry is a pro.
And the 28-year-old singer managed it once again on Sunday night to make a stunning appearance on The X Factor.
Katy wore a corseted tigress outfit as she belted out her hit single Roar, much to the delight of the eager audience and judges Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Louis Walsh.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Lucy is Ready for Christmas!
It's Kathy here today with a cute holiday card to share. I'm on a roll with Christmas cards, I've been making lots of them in the past few weeks, now the hard part, mailing them out. Anyone else ever make lots of them and just not get them in the mail? I'm determined this year to get them all mailed early!
Today's card features this little cute Christmas mouse from Whimsy and Stars called Lucy Christmas. She is so sweet and fun to color. Plenty of areas just screaming for glitter, too! There are so many cute Whimsy and Stars Christmas images in the store right now, and all are available for instant download, so check them out. And, even better, they are all on SALE!
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text: Picked up an Incredible yesterday to replace my dinosaur HTC Windows Mobile Touch Pro 2. Loving the phone so far, but want to root it to take advantage of free wireless tether for my iPad, etc. I have come across the unrevoked root method, and understand they should have an update today or tomorrow to go along with the recent OTA. Here's my n00b question - when I run this, will I need to reinstall the apps I am currently running? Thanks for the feedback.


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All Our Yesterdays 2
by Harry Warner Jr.
H.C. Koenig. Claude Degler
Most of us collect fantasy books, in a big or little way. But I don't think that anyone active in the field today collects them as H. C. Koenig of New York used to do. He hunted the best editions or the oldest editions of the fantasy classics. Then he proceeded to tell about these books in THE READER AND COLLECTOR, a publication which he issued through FAPA. Koenig has dropped out of sight lately, and never was really active in fandom, being twice and three times the age of most fans. Here are some of the things that made a lot of collectors drool, excerpted from the December, 1941, issue of his publication:
Incidentally, Koenig was the only person to my knowledge ever to produce fanzines as most of us dream of producing them. He wrote the stuff, then turned it over to his secretary for stencilling, duplicating, and assembling.
The days of the costume ball at science fiction conventions seem to be dying away. Here's how Milt Rothman described in the December, 1941, issue of the Southern Star, the getup worn at the Convention that night:
The Southern Star was the official organ of the Dixie Fantasy Federation. The people who were back of it have vanished completely. I think a virus must have gotten them, although the draft was blamed for a while. Joseph Gilbert, Harry Jenkins, Lee Eastman, Fred Fischer, Art Sennert, and others — where are they now?
Claude Degler and his Cosmic Circle were going strong in 1943, with plans for starting a colony of fans in the Ozarks, mimeographed publications in incredible profusion, and Degler himself hitchhiking from coast to coast on a "good will tour of fandom" that caused a spectacular set of fusses and feuds. He even planned a competitor for the PAPA as one of the minor facets or the Cosmic Circle, and issued a bunch of stuff reprinting one mailing of the Cosmic Amateur Publishers Alliance. Much of this mailing was devoted to Degler's complaints against T. Bruce Yerke, who had gone so far as to suggest that the Cosmic Circle might not be all that it was cracked up to be. Typical of Degler's pacification methods is the following excerpt from Cosmic Circle Commentator #4:
I make no effort to reproduce the more mysterious aspects of Degler's punctuation, and I resist the temptation to quote about eight pages of this magazine that sound suspiciously like a war of nerves in themselves. Instead, here are a few "Headlines" quoted from the same issue:
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Within the house, a cinema room, gym, sauna and steam room complement the seven bedrooms – perfect for entertaining guest. A concierge, housekeeper and private chef services add an extra level of luxurious leisure. Outside, a stunning infinity pool, complete with sunken day seats and a children's pool overlooks the sea, served by a lavish pool house, and a network of pathways lead to a pebble beach.
Notre Dame Du Val, France
Cushioned in 25 acres of orchards and olive groves, magnificent Notre Dame Du Val is aluxury villa in Provence, complete with a private pool and tennis court, that is perfect fortying the knot on your special day. An ornate fountain adorns the frontage of this graceful house, encircled by sitting areas under leafy shade, and looking across long lawns to the thousand trees. A gym now occupies the orangerie, the greens of an 18-hole golf course run alongside the grounds, and the picturesque streets of Aix-en-Provence are just 4km away, filled with fountains, cafés and boutiques.
Persephone, Cyprus
Persephone is a superb, spacious and stylish villa in Cyprus in the renowned Aphrodite Hills
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All this is overlooked by a shaded loggia which leads into the lavishly furnished villa andthere is a roof terrace with fabulous views. Excellent service for up to 10 guests starts each day with a 'Good Morning' basket of breads and pastries.
Mullin's Mill, Barbados
An idyllic setting for a wedding, this Mullin's Mill villa in Barbados is a delicious mix of old world charm and modern facilities, hill-top gardens and a beach house, sporting holiday and romantic retreat. Elegantly furnished with rich mahogany and rare antiques, the house is on the hillside with lovely sea views, a lagoon-style pool and Jacuzzi forming a focal point in the grounds.
Guest rooms are in three settings. The main house and mill each have one bedroom, romantically furnished with a four poster bed. An adjoining, two storey annexe has a twin room on each floor, and there are two more twin rooms in a guest cottage in the grounds. The beach house is three minutes away and Speightstown is a five-minute drive from the house.
Villa Cetinale, Italy
Sleeping up to 27 people, gorgeous Villa Cetinale boasts a swimming pool and sunbathing lawn,
a games room housed in the limonaia, and a tennis court. Within the villa, elegantly vaulted ceilings top beautifully furnished rooms on several levels; the sitting room, with its big stone fireplace, forming a social centrepiece; the kitchen in comfortable country style; and the frescoed dining room looking out to lovely views. This magnificent and historic house is ideal for a fabulous, formal wedding venue and will bring a sense of Baroque opulence to any occasion.
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And the ebullient, articulate 40-year-old, who loved riding motor bikes and horses, was hoping that something even more positive was about to come into her life this year. She and astronaut husband Mark Kelly, married since 2007, were expecting to announce on January 14 that in vitro fertilization treatments had been a success and a new baby was on the way for the Giffords-Kelly family.
But on January 8, Miss Giffords was shot in the head at point blank range by a mentally disturbed man at one of her Congress on Your Corner meet-ups in Arizona and her planned route took a very sharp detour. It's a miracle she survived; six others did not.
From the beginning of Miss Giffords' recovery for her speech and physical movement, Mark Kelly decided to film the healing journey, so that his wife would never have any doubt about what she had been through.
Mr Kelly's footage is the core of the ABC special with Diane Sawyer and an inspiration for brain injury patients. Mr Kelly's own take on his film project: optimism is a form of healing and hope is a form of love.
The TV special is, in part, a promotion of the book entitled Gabby by Mr Kelly and Miss Giffords. But any presumed ulterior motive quickly fades from thought as viewers watch a shaven Giffords struggle to remember words with her therapists, cry with frustration, then laugh, and even sing the Cyndi Lauper tune "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". The power of musical therapy proves extraordinary.
The show reveals a determined woman who has come a long way but has a long way to go. Interviewed sitting close to her husband, Miss Giffords cannot speak in complete sentences although her doctor says that in no way means that the thoughts are not there. Her husband said his greatest hope is that one day she will be able to "string a bunch of sentences together".
Laughing and healthy looking, she said she has no memory of the day she was shot. She has read about the six people who died and wants to visit each of their families.
Answers are sometimes suggested to her in the interview. In response to her husband's statement that she is strong, Giffords smilingly repeats "strong, strong, strong".
Will Miss Giffords return to Congress where she used to navigate 750 events a year? The filing date is next May and Mark Kelly said that only his wife will decide whether to run.
But Gabrielle Gifford's view about her life and future may best be reflected in her response to Sawyer's question about possible ill-feeling for her would-be assassin. "No, no, no," she states emphatically. He was a person who should have gotten help for his mental illness, her husband explains.


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Resources: Organizations and Listservs
Below are several organizations and listservs that we recommend for including important components in building a Multicultural, Multiracial Congregation.
Unitarian Universalist Allies for Racial Equity (ARE) exists as a response to a request by DRUUMM, a UU People of Color Organization, for a group of white anti-racist allies to serve as partners in the journey of transforming our faith movement and our world.
Our mission is to confront racism in ways that are accountable to communities of color and by creating opportunities for white UUs to understand white privilege and unlearn white supremacy.
Diverse Revolutionary U.U. Multicultural Ministries
As People of Color mobilized in an anti-racist collective, we unite to:
Work for self-determination, justice and equal opportunity,
Empower our various ministries,
Celebrate our diverse heritages,
Overcome racism through resistance,
Transform and enrich Unitarian Universalism through our multicultural experiences.
Equual Access is a newly formed affinity group that invites all UUs with disabilities, and all their friends, families, and allies – everybody who cares about full participation for people with disabilities in our faith community. Visit the Equual Access website:
We also have an accessibility chat list: firstname.lastname@example.com
Unitarian Universalists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns
Contact US: firstname.lastname@example.com or
At the Blog: https://multiculturaltrack.wordpress.com/
Resources: Online/Electronic
Below are several online materials that we recommend for including important components in building a Multicultural, Multiracial Congregation.
The Mosaic Project is an assessment project of the Identity Based Ministries Staff group, in cooperation with the Office of Youth Ministries, the Office of Young Adult Ministries, and other Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) staff, that focuses on identifying the Unitarian Universalist ministry needs of Youth and Young Adults of Color. The 2009 Mosaic Project Report provides the findings of the study and recommendation for congregations, districts, and the association.
UUA.Org Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multicultural Resource links
- http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/araomc/index.shtml
- http://www.uua.org/documents/congservices/araomc/anti-oppress_pointsofentry.pdf
Cultural Misappropriation/Cross Cultural Engagement UUA Resource links
- http://www25.uua.org/uumn/other_info/cultmisrep/index.html
- http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/tapestryfaith/makingmusic/chapter8/129382.shtml
- http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/leaderslibrary/interconnections/45522.shtml
Money and Ideas: Creative Approaches to Congregational Access (the Alban Institute and the National Organization on Disability)
Congregations seeking greater accessibility for people with disabilities often find that a key challenge is the availability of resources. How does a congregation find money, materials, or labor for a ramp, an elevator, or accessible restrooms? The 38 page booklet offers success stories and an annotated resource section. Congregations aiming at greater accessibility, but feeling stymied by a lack of resources, will find this booklet useful and inspiring. You can buy it from the Alban Institute or you can download it (in large print format) at:
Accessible Faith: A Technical Guide for Accessibility in Houses of Worship (the Retirement Research Foundation)
Increasingly, congregations are striving to welcome all members of the community into fellowship, with opportunities for full participation in worship, study, service, and leadership. This excellent publication is a comprehensive guide for congregations that are working on improving accessibility for people with disabilities, including the growing number of older adults. The 54 page book is designed to provide technical guidance in all aspects of accessibility; help congregations understand building-related codes; identify user-friendly design solutions.
Removing Barriers: Planning Meetings that are Accessible to all Participants (North Carolina Office on Disability and Health)
From the introduction: "This publication highlights basic guidelines and strategies to help organizations make their meetings accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities. An environment that is accessible, functional, and safe benefits everyone, regardless of age or level of ability. This principle, known as universal Design. serves as the basis for the information presented in this publication. The guide describes the benefits of providing both physical and communication access." The 53 page publication includes checklists and accessible meetings resources. The url:
There is abundant accessibility information at our UUA website: http://uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/index.shtml
Resources: Books
Below are several print materials that we recommend for including important components in building a Multicultural, Multiracial Congregation.
Emerson, M.O.; Woo, R. (2006). People of the dream: Multiracial congregations in the United States. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Hobgood, M. E. (2000). Dismantling Privilege: An ethics of accountability. Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press.
Johnson, A. G. (2001). Privilege, power, and difference. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Johnson, M. (2006). Disability awareness: Do it right. Louisville, KY: Avocado Press, Inc.
Law, E. H. F. (1993). The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: Spirituality for leadership in a multicultural community. St Louis: Chalice Press.
Lewis, J.J. (2008). The Power of Stories: A guide for leading multi-racial, multi-cultural congregations. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.
Takahashi-Morris, L., Roush, J., and Spencer, L. (2009). The arc of the universe is long: Unitarian Universalists, anti-racism, and the journey from Calgary. Boston, MA: Skinner House.
Soul Work: Creating Welcoming Multicultural Communities Blog
Welcome to the Multicultural Track blog!
This blog will provide you with information about U.U. University's Multicultural Track at General Assembly 2009. You will find presenter and program information as well as tips and resources related to anti-racism/anti-oppression/multiculturalism.
It is our hope that this blog will remain an active part of your resource library beyond U.U. University 2009 – Watch for updates and Share your stories, resources, and questions with us.
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