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Join Spanish Yoga Retreat in this retreat to improve your physical and mental fitness! During this retreat, you will experience stillness in movement with yoga and mindful walking. Let go of stress as you become immersed in the richness of the present moment. Walking is a great way for you to practice mindfulness meditation and experience Extremadura's cultural and pristine natural beauty and you will improve your physical stamina and mental clarity for greater productivity and creativity.
The Posada is a 16th-century building stylishly and exquisitely decorated in a contemporary style. The studios have en-suite bathrooms, kitchen, terrace, underfloor heating and air conditioning, a television, and Wi-Fi. There is a library, a garden with a pool (and a lemon tree), and on-site parking. This is an intimate family-run place. The very friendly staff speaks fluent English, Dutch, and Portuguese as well as Spanish. Situated in the town center, it is just a five-minute walk from the yoga studio.
This hostel is a good choice if you are looking for affordable single-occupancy and are happy to use the local public facilities. There are two pools (open June - September). The Hostal offers clean, simple, and attractive rooms with en-suite bathrooms, central heating and air conditioning, and a television. All have windows, some have balconies. The Hostal is situated in the town center within a five-minute walk from the yoga studio.
During this retreat, yoga and mindful walking will become a great way to practice mindfulness meditation and experience Extremadura's pristine beauty. You will get guided instruction on how to keep your focus and remain present and alert to fully enjoy your experience. If you find sitting meditation challenging, walking is a great option for you. You will start the day with a soothing and invigorating yoga class. After lunch, you'll get some free time to relax and explore. The afternoon class alternates every other day between mindful guided walking and sitting meditations. After supper we enjoy a nightcap in Trujillo's town square, reputedly Spain's most theatrical, then retire at your leisure.
This retreat will take place in Trujillo, Extremadura in Spain. The city of Trujillo in central Extremadura houses a population of only 9,800 inhabitants, yet its size belies its cultural and historic heritage. Set on a high granite tor in wild, mountain-ringed country, the city sits in splendid isolation. Its 9th-century Moorish castle gives way to a labyrinth of shady streets and open squares housing the rich architectural heritage of nobility, merchants, and conquistadors, built for pleasure and good living as much as ostentation of power during Trujillo's long and colorful history. Today it's a place of beauty and tranquility. A place for relaxation and healing. Whether your preference is for activity or letting go and relaxing, for town or country, Trujillo has it all.
During this retreat, you will enjoy a daily lunch and dinner. Spanish Yoga Retreat prepares freshly cooked vegetarian meals which by default include eggs, cheese, and other dairy products and nuts. Special diet requests, including vegan meals, are available upon request. Spanish Yoga Retreat also has a strong preference for locally grown organic produce and will buy directly from the grower when the option is available.
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Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
227 km
Transfer available for additional US$80 per person
Please book your flight to arrive at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) in time for the 4 pm inbound airport transfer. The rendezvous is at Barajas terminal 4 arrivals meeting-point between 4:30 pm and 5 pm.
Spanish Yoga Retreat is able to arrange for an inbound-only transfer from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Trujillo by private car for 70 EUR per person. They can only provide this service for a minimum of 3 participants. The distance is 256 kilometers and takes about 2 hours.
The usual mode of travel is to take a taxi (30 EUR fixed price) or travel by metro from the airport to Estación Sur De Autobuses where there are numerous daily direct coaches to Trujillo, including non-stop services. Tickets are bookable in advance online where there are Spanish and English speaking options.
The easiest way of getting to the retreat center is by first-class express coach run by Avanza Bus (autoRes) from Estacin De Autobuses Sur (Metro: Mendez lvaro). If you need to get to the retreat center by yourself follow the signs to Plaza Mayor. Spanish Yoga Retreat will meet you on arrival, escort you to your accommodation, and assist with your check-in as necessary


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In alchemical tradition, the Moon was associated with silver. In many European languages, the word for Monday originates from Latin Lunae dies, i.e. "moon day", after Roman goddess Luna (lundi, lunedì, lunes, luni) or Germanic god Máni (maanantai, maandag, måndag, Montag, etc.). Other lunar deities include goddesses Anumati, Artemis, Chang'e, Hecate, Hina, Isis, Kuu, Mama Killa, Phoebe, Selene and Yemaya, as well as gods Ay Ata, Bahloo, Jarilo, Sin, Thoth and Tsukuyomi.
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The University of Sydney today announces the signing of a multi-year quantum computing partnership with Microsoft, creating an unrivalled setting and foundation for quantum research in Sydney and Australia.
The long-term Microsoft investment will bring state of the art equipment, allow the recruitment of new staff, help build the nation's scientific and engineering talent, and focus significant research project funding into the University, assuring the nation a key role in the emerging "quantum economy."
VIDEO teaser: Introducing Station Q Sydney (40 sec).
David Pritchard, Chief of Staff for Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence and Research Group and Douglas Carmean, Partner Architect of Microsoft's Quantum Architectures and Computation (QuArC) group, participated in the announcement at the University of Sydney's Nanoscience Hub.
The official establishment of Station Q Sydney today embeds Microsoft's commitment to kickstarting the emergence of a quantum economy by partnering with the University to develop a premier centre for quantum computing. Directed by Professor David Reilly and housed inside the $150 million Sydney Nanoscience Hub, Station Q Sydney joins Microsoft's other experimental research sites at Purdue University, Delft University of Technology, and the University of Copenhagen. There are only four labs of this kind in the world.
Sydney-born Professor Reilly, and Station Q Sydney Scientific Director - who completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University before returning to Australia - asserts that quantum computing is one of the most significant opportunities in the 21st century, with the potential to transform the global economy and society at large.
"The deep partnership between Microsoft and the University of Sydney will allow us to help build a rich and robust local quantum economy by attracting more skilled people, investing in new equipment and research, and accelerate progress in quantum computing - a technology that we believe will disrupt the way we live, reshaping national and global security and revolutionising medicine, communications and transport," Professor Reilly said.
The focus of Professor Reilly and his team at Station Q Sydney is to bring quantum computing out of the laboratory and into the real world where it can have genuine impact: "We've reached a point where we can move from mathematical modelling and theory to applied engineering for significant scale-up," Professor Reilly said.
Leveraging his research in quantum computing, Professor Reilly's team has already demonstrated how spin-off quantum technologies can be used in the near-future to help detect and track early-stage cancers using the quantum properties of nanodiamonds.
Microsoft's David Pritchard outlined the company's redoubled quantum efforts, a key strategic pillar within Microsoft's AI and Research Group; the quantum computing effort is being led by Todd Holmdahl, the creator of the Xbox and HoloLens.
Mr Pritchard said the partnership with the University of Sydney is important because Microsoft is looking forward to reaching the critical juncture where theory and demonstration need to segue and be complemented by systems-level abstraction and applied engineering efforts focused on scaling.
"There's always an element of risk when you are working on projects with the potential to make momentous and unprecedented impact; we're at the inflection point now where we have the opportunity to do that," Mr Pritchard said.
Douglas Carmean, based at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington headquarters, characterised Microsoft's ambitious goals for quantum computing as necessarily intensified and augmented through collaboration with the world's leading universities.
"It was only 40 years ago that the computing revolution really took hold, realising Microsoft's vision for personal computers to be on every desktop; Microsoft is now focused on what we see as potentially even more impactful - making the quantum leap," Mr Carmean said.
"Our significant investment in quantum computing is a collaborative effort between Microsoft and academia and this is what will ultimately accelerate the transition from pure research to the development of useful quantum machines."
University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Dr Michael Spence, described Professor Reilly as one of a select few international research leaders exploring how the quantum lens could throw fresh light on today's pressing issues, as well as yield insights into problems yet to be identified.
"Professor Reilly has helped create an international quantum hub in Sydney, resulting in a game-changing collaboration with industry leaders, building also on our whole-of-University commitment to multidisciplinary approaches to frontier research - as embodied in our Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST)," Dr Spence said.
"With cutting-edge nanoscience facilities and unique pathways to commercialisation, Sydney is now experiencing the emergence of a quantum economy, which has the potential to create untold educational and economic opportunities for NSW and Australia, just as Silicon Valley has done in California."
Meet the experts:
Professor David Reilly
Professor Reilly completed his PhD in 2002 at UNSW. From 2005-2008 he was a postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He returned to Australia in 2008 to lead a new quantum research group at the University of Sydney. Professor Reilly is a key factor in Australia's strong position in the race to build a quantum computer and establish the foundations for a local quantum industry.
Leading researchers acknowledge there are still significant barriers to building useful quantum machines. Barriers exist both at the level of basic physics and in developing new software to exploit certain qualities of devices known as qubits (qubits hold out the possibility of computing in ways not possible by today's digital systems).
Professor Reilly plays a crucial role in Microsoft's investment in building a scalable, fault-tolerant universal quantum computer. Such computers could have an impact on an array of areas, from drug design to cyber-security.
Professor Reilly leads the Australian branch of Microsoft's Station Q Sydney, one of four experimental groups that Microsoft has established in its pursuit of a workable quantum computer (under the leadership of Fields Medallist Michael Freedman). The work of Microsoft's Station Q comprises: groups at its Redmond headquarters and Station Q at University of California, Santa Barbara, complemented by experimental groups at the University of Sydney (led by David Reilly), Copenhagen's Niels Bohr Institute (Charlie Marcus), TU Delft (Leo Kouwenhoven) and Purdue (Michael Manfra).
The Station Q Sydney research group, directed by Professor Reilly, focuses on bridging the gap between theoretical quantum physics and engineering, a stepping stone considered essential to building quantum machines.
At the same time, Professor Reilly has continued to supervise students and researchers. He is the only physicist to be both a Chief Investigator in ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS) and a program leader at the UNSW-based Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T).
Doug Carmean
Doug Carmean is Head of Microsoft Research's Quantum Architectures and Computation (QuArC) group - a team of leading quantum computer scientists and engineers dedicated to developing real-world quantum algorithms, understanding their implications, and designing a comprehensive software architecture for programming such algorithms on a scalable, fault-tolerant, quantum computer. The QuArC mission is to advance the understanding of quantum computing and its applications and implementation.
The QuArC group collaborates closely with Microsoft Research Station Q in Santa Barbara and several universities worldwide, including the University of Sydney, TU Delft, the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr Institute and Purdue University.
Mr Carmean joined Microsoft in 2014, hired by Burton Smith, a well-known supercomputer designer who joined Microsoft from Cray in 2005 and moved to lead a new quantum hardware design group. Mr Carmean was an Intel Fellow who led the design of several of the firm's microprocessors.
David A. Pritchard
David Pritchard is Chief of Staff for the AI and Research Division at Microsoft and has been with Microsoft since November 1981. Mr Pritchard started out in the PR, Corporate Communications and Technical Publications Group and then worked in operating systems, IT, human resources and product development organisations.


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Artist – Third Eye Blind
Album – Third Eye Blind
Year – 1997
Genre – Alternative Rock
This is it. I can't believe I'm finally graduating from College! I couldn't think of a more appropriate song to end my time at school with, as Third Eye Blind's "Graduate" represents more than just graduating. It's a song about leaving behind a legacy, and making something of yourself. But the future is always open, and no one can decide your future except you. That's what both terrifying and amazing about the years to come. It's all up to me.
As of right now, I want to shout those opening words from the roof of my townhouse! The song begins with a super smooth guitar strum intro, before just launching full blast into some cathartic punk goodness. The whole band is just absolutely destroying on this track, and you can feel the energy with every drum hit. It's got such a high octane level that it's hard to miss some of the words, which really speak to how I'm feeling on the eve of such a big moment:
Can I look in faces that I meet
Can I get my punk ass off the street
I've been living on for so long
When I go home after four years of school, I know I'm going to want to sit around initially, but I know I have to get out into the world and explore what I can do. These lyrics really speak to the fact that I'm going to be meeting a lot of new people out in the world, and how I interact with them can change my life.
Keep in mind vocalist Stephan Jenkins just absolutely blows this song out of the water. His voice is that perfect blend of enthusiasm and anger/determination. He really conveys that sense of wanting to get out there and prove the world wrong. A world which has not seen what he sees in himself, hence these words:
To the bastard talking down to me
Your whipping boy calamity
Cross your fingers
I'm going to knock it all down
Those last two lines really hit home the point of not knowing how life will turn out, be he really does want to shatter everyone's expectations, and maybe even his own. The beastly riff that just backs the song up is really something in it's own right, and with the bombastic sound of this song alone, I can tell that this must be a blast live.
Do you live the days you go through
Will this song live on long after we do
Another way of reminding us to truly live every moment from this point on, because this is where we really can fall into the trap of monotony and day in/day out mentality. Create something in your life that's worth making, so that others will see it and it will live on after you are gone.
The whole second half of the song is chock full of really motivational lines that I'm going to try to keep in mind after I graduate:
Won't die on the vine
I'm not waiting here for you to die
You only have a limited time. Make the most of it. I think that's what this song is truly about. It may fit the current situation very well, but the song really applies to one's whole life. We all need to graduate from bad habits, and really any situation where we feel we can do better and we know we have more potential in ourselves. And we have that power. We can lift ourselves up and truly be great and do great things. I see that potential in everyone I meet, and especially all of my fellow 2015 classmates, and my closest college friends. I know all of you will go on to do wonderful things with your lives. Happy Graduation! This song is for you!
Thanks for reading and listening! Be sure to let me know you're opinion on the song in the comments!


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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Happy Sunday, Sweethearts.
5 comments:
- Heather said...
Happy Birthday Bobby! I hope you have a year of love, success, and happiness! Love from Houston, Heather
- October 2, 2011 at 10:42 AM
- Jaclyn Kaye said...
Happy to have found your blog through Big City Belle :) It's super fun and cute. Just linked up!
(your newest follower)
- October 2, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Veronika said...
Oh My God, Heather...she is an ABSOLUTE DOLL! =) I was SO happy to log on & see her sweet face! What a beautiful post & what a beautiful girl! Those lips...TO DIE! =) And she just seems like the sweetest little Angel...EVER! =) SO happy to "meet" her! =) Can't wait to...in person! Thank you so so much! I love you & hope you have a wonderful, beautiful week! Oh & I have to run a million errands right now, but I'll get back to your email when I get home! =) XO
- October 3, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Veronika said...
Oh & thanks so much for B's wishes! =) I read it to him & he loved it! =)
- October 3, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- Veronika said...
Awww...Welcome, Sweetheart & thank you so so much for following, AND for linking up! =) ALWAYS makes my day! =)(I'm now following you too!) And these YUM-ME'S...TO DIE! I am a toffee freak & I can't WAIT to try that one, but of course the others as well! The holidays are right around the corner & these are PERFECT to give away, have at the house... =) Great post & SUCH a pleasure to have you with us! =) Thanks again! Have a beautiful day & week! XO
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OPIC Workshop Draws Small Businesses from U.S. Gulf States
May 10, 2012
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A workshop for small businesses in the U.S. Gulf region organized by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government's development finance institution, drew dozens of small business owners from across the region today, educating participants about how OPIC products can help them take advantage of lucrative investment opportunities in emerging markets.
The Expanding Horizons workshop, held at the Sheraton New Orleans, was the latest in a highly successful series that has educated more than 1600 small and medium-sized business owners across the United States about OPIC products and services. Participants at today's workshop represented small businesses from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
"Small businesses are the essential engine of the American economy, generating two-thirds of U.S. jobs and roughly half of our GDP – yet they depend on the same opportunities to succeed as others. OPIC is uniquely positioned to enable SMEs in the U.S. Gulf region to make the most of investment opportunities in high-growth emerging markets – and business owners certainly took full advantage of that today," said OPIC Director of Public Affairs Dr. Lawrence Spinelli.
In a videotaped introduction to the workshop, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said, "I thank OPIC for putting on such a timely event. Small businesses and start-ups continue to lead us out of the recession by creating new and higher-paying jobs and lessening our trade deficit. By entering into international business, it is these businesses that will make our nation better able to compete and win in the global marketplace. That's what this workshop today is all about."
OPIC speakers outlined the innovative financial tools – among them financing and political risk insurance – that the agency has used for 40 years to help U.S. businesses successfully invest in emerging markets. Participants also received detailed guidance on applying for OPIC support.
Other speakers included senior officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, the U.S. Department of Commerce, including the U.S. Commercial Service, and Louisiana Economic Development.
OPIC has enjoyed a close relationship with the Gulf states, enabling many of the region's businesses to invest successfully in emerging markets. In addition to the financial commitments and jobs supported, OPIC projects involving Gulf companies have since 1971 generated $10.2 billion in U.S. exports and supported more than 45,000 U.S. jobs across the country. Goods and services provided by Gulf suppliers to OPIC projects are valued at $4.1 billion.
Organizations supporting the Expanding Horizons workshop were the Alabama Development Organization; Alabama International Trade Center; Asian Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana; Le Centre International de Lafayette; Louisiana Economic Development; Louisiana Small Business Development Center, State Office; Mississippi Development Authority; Mobile Minority Business Development Agency, Business Center; St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation; Tri-County Black Chamber of Commerce; and World Trade Center New Orleans.
Since 2006, OPIC has held Expanding Horizons events in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, Houston, San Francisco, Boston, St. Louis, Denver, Philadelphia, Orange (CA) and Raleigh.
OPIC is the U.S. Government's development finance institution. It mobilizes private capital to help solve critical development challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy. Because OPIC works with the U.S. private sector, it helps U.S. businesses gain footholds in emerging markets catalyzing revenues, jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC achieves its mission by providing investors with financing, guarantees, political risk insurance, and support for private equity investment funds.
Established as an agency of the U.S. Government in 1971, OPIC operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to American taxpayers. OPIC services are available for new and expanding business enterprises in more than 150 countries worldwide. To date, OPIC has supported more than $200 billion of investment in over 4,000 projects, generated an estimated $75 billion in U.S. exports and supported more than 276,000 American jobs.


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Hines re-signs for Daggers
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Dagenham & Redbridge have brought back winger Zavon Hines on a two-year deal.
The 25-year-old initially joined the Daggers last season after signing a one-year contract at Victoria Road following his release from Bradford City.
The former West Ham winger played a pivotal role in the Daggers campaign before picking up a season-ending knee injury in a development team game in March.
Hines had surgery on the injury almost immediately and has been on the road to recovery ever since. But despite the ex-Burnley man not likely to be fit until around November/December time, Daggers boss Wayne Burnett has opted to bring the Jamaican-born man back to the club.
He suffered a similar injury to one which currently sees him on the sidelines at West Ham, and that knowledge and experience of the injury has helped him this time around.


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So, I haven't posted in a while, as not much has changed.. Im still nauseated.. Im still tired... not much changes in my body. I did take an updated and better belly shot this week. While no REAL belly is showing, I do have a funny point below my bellow button that was never there before.
Kind of exciting but I'm really hunting for it. If there is anything good about the nausea, it is that I ALWAYS know I'm still pregnant. Because of this bump, it seems as though my jeans are a little more snug around the button. Im not at all ready for maternity clothes, but Im thinking ahead. I already went ahead and bought several pairs of pants from ebay. GO EBAY! I got some great designer jeans at a fraction of the cost and close to the same cost as buying new pants from old navy or gap! Yay! Just because Im pregnant, I won't have to give up my sense of style, not that I really had one to be begin with. But at least I won't have to give up comfy jeans!


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The dungeon-crawler Torchlight is due for an exclusive PC release on Oct. 27, but developer Runic wouldn't mind seeing the game offered on Xbox Live Arcade someday.
The Runic CEO Max Schaefer told 1Up that he and his team "talk about it a lot. We fantasize about getting the [Xbox Live Arcade] version, and that would probably be the one we did ... the XBLA one.
"We look at it and we say, 'This would really do great," Schaefer said.
Right now, Runic's priorities lie in another direction. The Runic team, which grew out of the ruins of Flagship Studios, will next be working on an MMO version of Torchlight, and Schaefer notes that "We have just one little team."
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Henry Oscar plays Gabriel Perry in this rusty-dusty British courtroom drama. Perry is the local justice-of-the peace; his wife is played by Olga Lindo. When Mrs. Perry discovers that Gabriel has committed murder, she can do nothing; after all, a wife cannot testify against her husband (or could not back in 1935). Margaret Lockwood, on the verge of stardom, shows up in a nondescript ingenue role. The Case of Gabriel Perry was adapted from Wild Justice, a play by James Dale.
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- jesse winchester said...
Lookin good Jason.
Nice soulful eyes here.
- Adam Temple said...
Thanks Jason! This story looks interesting. Nice sketch.
- W. K. Moore said...
Solid as a flapjack, sausage and egg eating lumberjack could ever be. You see this guy around the pines in Wisconsin's north woods Jason? Watch out when he throws the axe .. his aim is true. Can't wait to see the next work - oh yeah.. brilliant!
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Love the beard!
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Great one!
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Nice beard! :-)
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Can't wait.
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Awsome sketching, really.
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You may not know but you inspired me a lot and I copied several of your works. You may check my blog. My heartfelt thanks for sharing your talent.
- Damion009 said...
look at that garden of male power growing on his face... thats how you know its a real man! lol. no but really great fucking beard!!! you make me sick! ... with love! =D
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It is digital work or not?
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You might remember "this dress" (click) worn a while ago. Why not wear it as a skirt? Use youre clothes to the max and multi wear them, especially when your on vacation and can only pack little clothes. Thanks to the summery Curacao weather I get to wear these outfits around this time of year.
Dress worn as skirt; Lulu's (old), Top; H&M, Heels; Bamboo/Lulu's (last year's similar style here), Bracelets; Fauv + DIY, Rings H&M (last year's)
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Multidimensional Poverty Index 2013.
The Multidimensional Poverty Index or MPI is an international poverty measure developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) for the United Nations Development Programme's flagship Human Development Report in 2010. The innovative index reflects the multiple deprivations that a poor person faces with respect to education, health and living standards. This brief summarises a number of analyses of the MPI figures published in the HDR 2013, and shows how the MPI can be used.
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Wakkusuton; Raiton
Kekke Genkai:
-Pantheon is an ability that takes the form of body part transformation. Or at least, that is what they say. In actuality the user is breaking their seal, and releasing part of their true form, which is a demon of some sort. The appearance of the demon differs with the person, but the basic abilities remain the same. No matter what animal or other representation/theme their demon follows, they don't get any special abilities, only the abilities provided below. Each level of the release provides certain boosts and come with their own rank, meaning the user has to be at the proper level to use it. The releases go as such:
E- This level of the release allows the user to either change the property of their hands, feet, teeth, or eyes. This means that they can develop claws, fangs, or their eyes would change. If they develop claws the boon that they gain is rather obvious, being that they can scratch and slash at people and tear into their flesh. If they develop fangs the boon is, again, rather simple in that they are able to bite with more force and possibly tear flesh away. The morphing of the eyes is a bit more complex. The eyes are a gateway to chakra, and as such if they release the eyes they are able to produce a small amount more chakra than before, meaning that they can preform a maximum of one more D-rank jutsu or two more E-ranked justu.
D- In this level the features being changed remain the same, but they are able to choose two things to morph. Should they choose claws, they can morph both feet and hands while still being able to morph one more thing, unlike E-rank which only allows for either the feet or the hands. The boons remain the same.
C- In this level of release they gain access to a clan-specific element, which takes the place of a natural element(like Doton or Katon), this element is wax. They can utilise the element only in release form at this level, and while in sealed form have access to no elements, as they have used up their element for the wax element, or Wakkusuton. They can, however, choose to not take on the wax element at this level and retain their original element. In the C-ranked release, the user's limbs and eyes both morph. Which limbs morph is up to the user of the release, whether it be legs or arms. The boon in chakra is greater this time, allowing them two D-ranked jutsu or one C-ranked jutsu higher than they could normally use. Their limbs changing has varying effects, depending on the animal they choose. This only means that the appearance of the release changes, the boon remains the same. The boon is simple, if they change their arms their strength and taijutsu levels are enhanced, and if they choose the legs their speed and jumping levels are enhanced.
B- In this level they are now able to use Wakkusuton outside of the release state. They also gain a new element, one of the five natural elements. If the person had chosen to not take on the Wakkusuton at C-rank release, they may choose to do so now instead of gaining their second natural element. In B-ranked release they may morph both sets of limbs, as well as their eyes. The boon from the eyes increases once again, allowing them two C-ranked jutsu or one B-ranked jutsu more than they usually would have. Wakkusuton will also cost three fourths of their natural chakra cost at this level, as it becomes more natural to them and less difficult to utilize.
A- This state allows the user to morph both sets of limbs, the eyes, and even sprout a demon-specific trait of their own; this meaning that they might sprout a tail, cat ears, wings, or possible a weapon that comes naturally with the demon release. The boons they gain in this state are obvious, as they have been stated before. Unlike the other states, this time the chakra boon does not increase with the eye release, but their Wakkusuton techniques will cost one-half less chakra outside of release state, and three-fourths less inside of release state.
S- This state is not recommended unless used with a Fuuinjutsu expert nearby. Once they release this state they go full demon mode, doubling every aspect of their statistics(power, chakra, speed, etc.). They will no longer have any human aspect left, unless of course their demon form has human aspects, and will no longer be in control of themselves. The demon form of theirs will take over. Chakra for Wakkusuton techniques will now cost three-fourths less indefinitely, unless the technique is S-ranked, in which case it doesn't get a discount on chakra. The only way to return to human for after this release is to have a Fuuinjutsu expert utilise an A or S-ranked seal on the user of the release, sealing away their demon form once again.
Limits on Release time:
Academy Students - Can release E-ranked kekkei for three posts with a five post cooldown
Genin - Can release E ranked Kekkei for four posts with a six post cooldown, D-ranked Kekkei for four posts with a five turn cool down, or C-ranked Kekkei for three posts with a five turn cooldown.
Chuunin - Can release E-ranked Kekkei indefinitely, D-ranked Kekkei for five posts with a six post cool down, C-ranked for four posts with a five post cool down, or B-ranked for three posts with a five post cool down
Jounin- Can release E-C ranked indefinitely, B-ranked for five posts with a six post cool down, or A-ranked for four posts with a five post cool down.
Kage/S-ranked Ninja- Can release E-B indefinitely, A-rank for six posts with a seven post cool down, or S-rank at the risk of completely losing their mind. After using S-rank they will be limited to only C-ranked release for the next four topics, should they return to their human form at all.
-This is less a Kekkei Ability and more of a Clan-specific Element, except that it manifests with the Kekkei and doesn't require mixing elements. Wakkusuton is its own element involving forming the user's chakra into melted wax. It acts very much like the water element, except that the user can harden their chakra into solid wax at any point in time, making it function more like the earth element techniques. The wax can be produced at a heat so high that it causes up to third degree burns, or can be made a little bit more dense than glass.
Nagare is... How shall we put it? Oh yes, insane. That's how we put it. She is insane, masochistic, sadistic, and lacking in anything but that pain-induced pleasure. She feels nothing more than pain, the pleasure from pain, and the fear of her own life ending. Besides that, she's cold as stone and hard as it too. She taught herself to feel no emotion, eliminate everything that humans felt, and turn herself into the ultimate weapon. Nagare prides herself in her age, as age is more than just a number to her. It is a representation of power, wisdom, and venerability. Because she is so off her rocker, she tends to do very chaotic and random things. Someone greets her and in return she kills a nearby animal; to her this is perfect logic. She is also extremely tactical, in that she uses her body and wiles to get what she wants. She is a seductress, a succubus of sorts, and very effective one at that. She feels no empathy or mercy, in fact she is disgusted by it. She enjoys her own pain a bit more than the pain of others, but not that much more. Nagare likes to toy with her victims, fuck with their heads before causing them extreme pain and ending their life. The screams of agony are what turn her on, and keep her going; her victims cries are generally followed by her moans of pure ecstasy. Though her targets are usually male, she does take an interest in both genders; after all, everyone hurts all the same in the end. Nagare suffers from extreme scopophobia, or the fear of being stared at. This is only in her human form, however, as she is a bit more insecure in that form. She hates when people look at her or stare at her, because she feels like they're plotting against her or thinking or plotting of nasty things to do to her.
Nagare looks, and I know this will shock you, like an eighteen year old girl! Yeah, weird, right? I know. Anyway, like I was saying, Nagare is an eighteen year old girl. She has slightly tanned flesh, unmarred by acne or scars despite her age and career path. Standing at only five feet four inches, she appears to have reached her maximum height for life. Though she ways a little over one hundred pounds, you wouldn't know it from her appearance. She is nearly twig-thin, with a flat-yet visibly unmuscular- stomach. Upon the lower right side of this stomach is a tattoo of a black bird, her seal from the Pantheon KKG. Her arms don't appear to carry that much muscle in them, because her muscles are compact and wire-like. This is a result of more acrobatics and such than actual combat training. Nagare has a heart shaped face with sharp, defined features. Set in her eye sockets are matching cyan-colored eyes. These eyes are rimmed by black eye liner and eye shadow, bringing out the brilliant hue even further. Nagare's eyebrows are thin and arched, ebony in color just like her hair. Between those cyan eyes is a thin, bony nose. Her lips are also thin, and generally a light, rosy pink shade. She has high cheek bones, small round ears, and a regal air about her. Her smile is brilliant, revealing perfectly aligned, achromatic teeth, and her glare devastating as a storm at sea. She wears her ebony hair down around the sides of her head, pushing the bangs to frame her face, while the back is pulled into a ponytail that spans down half of her back. She enjoys wearing ear rings, though nothing massive and obnoxious. Moving on a bit lower, her neck is an average height, her shoulders not very wide. She has an average bust, which she generally keeps wrapped in a bikini top of some sort. Her favorite bikini top to wear is a white one with black pokadots, she has several of them. Within this bikini top, right between her breasts, is where she keeps five of her twelve throwing knives. They are fit into a tiny holster, allowing her for quick access to them. Her arms are long and slender, her hands small with longer, bony fingers. Fingernails painted black, both middle fingers containing ring blades. The ring blades take the form of dragons, with their jaws spread wide. Protruding from their mouth is a short, but lethal blade. This blade can collapse into the ring, or come back out with the click of the dragon's right eye, so she doesn't accidentally stab something she doesn't want to. Even further down, she has wide, shapely hips. This is because of her feminine qualities, brought on by puberty. She enjoys wearing jeans, which for some reason she finds much more comfortable than anything. Because she is so skinny, she will occasionally have to wear a black studded belt, to keep her pants from falling down. Her jeans are generally a navy blue or black in color, with black or yellow stitching. Wrapped around her shin, underneath the jeans, is the holster for her Grosse Messer; the biggest of her assassination arsenal. The almost short sword-like blade fits snugly in her jeans, since she broke off most of the cross guard on it to make it fit. On the other shin are the last seven of her twelve throwing knives. She prefers to wear converse sneakers, even when she is on a mission, for some reason. They have little traction and aren't great for climbing, but make little noise. She makes up for the lack of traction with her chakra climbing skills.
I am far too lazy to describe her demon form, so how about a pretty picture this time!?
Some great people are born, some people are born into greatness, some people are born on great days, and some people are born during great occurrences. Sadly, none of these instances were the case in the birth of Nagare Warui. Just as her last name implied, there was nothing great about her, or good at all really. But we won't find out about that for another twenty or so years. She was born from the womb of a woman who had never wanted her, in fact even the making her was far from her plans. She had been raped and nearly killed by a missing ninja, before being rescued and brought to Kumogakure. The labor was long and intense, and ended up at the point where it was one life or the other. However, the poor woman was never given the choice, and she would die during labor. Nagare was rescued and brought into the world, a lonely and very loud baby. The birth was a laborious event, and after ten minutes of screaming and crying, it took effect on the infantile Nagare. She would fall asleep and rest well that fateful day, and nothing else would happen. She would live a mostly boring life for the next five years, an orphan and unloved child with a twisted disposition. At the age of five she was caught strangling a kitten to death, smiling to herself as the cat writhed in agony as its lungs burned and eventually burst. At this point she was placed in a mental-health facility. For the next ten years she would be nurtured and kept captive, and she would begin to show "progress". In actuality she could easily out think the doctors, and trick them into thinking she was getting better. So at the age of fifteen she was let out, and went through a crash course in the shinobi arts. In under a year she became a genin, with all the skills she needed. She truly was a genius with ambition in their eyes.
The next three years would be when her life really started to pick up. She joined a squad with simpletons that she scorned for stupidity and incompetence. She would work with them for only two months, practically carrying the team herself; even the Jounin was a useless prick in her eyes. As she grew stronger and smarter, she began to develop a unique set of skills. She taught herself to feel no emotion, eliminate everything that humans felt, and turn herself into the ultimate weapon. Because of this she had no shame, she never grew embarrassed, and so seducing targets had become easier than her morning jogs. Only shortly after she developed this sadistic, twisted demeanour, her team was entered in the chuunin exams. The first third of the exam was easier than she could have possibly imagined, and so her team went on. The second exam was far more difficult for her; as it involved teamwork. Her team was absolutely useless to her, but if she didn't show up with them behind her, she failed the exam. So she kept them up to her pace, protected them, and got them through the exam by the skin of their nose. They would then enter the third chuunin exam. To Nagare's relief, this exam was far less team-oriented. She would excel in the preliminaries, due to an excessive number of shinobi passing the second exam. Her opponent, a bulky boy with two hammers as weapons, had the misfortune of facing off against her. The silly boy didn't even use a jutsu above D-rank, his mistake. Nagare would tear him apart like a rag doll through a paper shredder, leaving him a bloody mess and her the victor. Two weeks later, she returned for the real exams. Again she would show her superior intellect and power when she outmanoeuvred each and every one of her opponents, leaving them all in the dust. The end result; she was grudgingly given the Chuunin position. The only one of her exam that passed.
As a Chuunin she was excellent. Given actually competent allies, she used them like chess pieces in her missions, leading them to victories nearly every time. She was quite the tactician, though admittedly she failed in one-on-one combat against anything above a chuunin-level shinobi. Even then she struggled, though her intellect was superior; she just didn't have the right training for it. After a short year and a half she would be called into the office of the Hokage. It seemed she was getting a promotion. Even though she was an impressive leader, she had a set of skills much more useful for someone who could work alone. She was given the rank of Jounin, and would soon begin taking on almost all assassination missions, with only a few other missions mixed in there.
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This recipe was created especially for the "Creative Concoctions", an event which is held in Kopiaste.. to Greek Hospitality.
I decided to make a vegan cake, not only because more and more people are asking for vegan cakes nowadays, but because we are running a 50 day lend period before the Greek Orthodox Easter.
As I always do, I opened my fridge and kitchen cupboards and started gathering the ingredients which I thought could make a "tasty" marriage :-).
Below you can find the recipe which took me only 10 minutes to prepare. It is one of the easiest cakes I ever made and perfect with a cup of tea, coffee, cappuccino… Enjoy!!
Vegan Chocolate Cake
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons caster sugar
Juice of 3 fresh oranges
Zest of an orange
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
2 cups of all purpose flour (sifted)
1 cup of self raising flour (sifted)
2 teaspoons of baking powder
2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
½ cup of almonds (crashed, to sprinkle on top before baking)
Preparation Method
1) Preheat the oven to 170ºC (340ºF).
2) Mix all ingredients together with a hand whisk.
3) Spread mixture into pan and add on top the crashed almonds
4) Bake for 45 minutes in 170ºC (340ºF); then continue baking for another 15 minutes to 160ºC (320ºF).
5) Stand cake 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool.


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is Mr bean. I have to be as funny as a clown. I am
so EXCITED. IT'S too much for me to bear.
Day 1We have to make up ideas about the script we don't have.I am so EXCITED! it's too much for me to bear.
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Finley the script is finished and the ideas are growing biger and biger!
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Practices Practices Practices, but it's worth it I don't want to stuff up you know.
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I've got my costume at school today.
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First time on stage! It was nerve racking at first, but I got there.
Next weekI got my prop, it's a Keyboard. The musical Keyboard.
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Tacheometer is a Theodolite designed for rapid surveying measurements. Tacheometer is also called as Tachymeter. Tacheometer is an Electronic Theodolite that is used for rapid measurements and determines, electronically or electro-optically, the distance to target, and is highly automated in its operations. Tachymetry or tacheometry is the process of measuring distance indirectly. This can be done by measuring time and speed in a moving vehicle or by sighting through small angle a distant scale transverse to the line of sight.
Tacheometry is a branch of surveying in which horizontal and vertical distances are determined by angular observations with a tacheometer. There is no linear measurement. Tacheometry is not as accurate as chaining,but it is more rapid in rough and difficult countries where leveling is tedious and chaining is inaccurate and slow.
Tacheometric surveying used for preparing contour plans, hydrographic surveys, locations surveys of roads, railways etc. Instruments used in tacheometric survey are tacheometer, stadia rod, pegs, ranging rod, offset rods, etc.
Tachymeter scale is also used as the name of the scale sometimes inscribed around the rim of an analog watch, useful in converting time intervals to speed or other rates of events. Tacheometry in surveying include the use of stadia rods with theodolites or plane-table alidades. Another device used in tacheometry is the subtense bar.


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text: With the holidays approaching I thought of a way we might be able to avoid some bottlenecks at places like Grant Pass which appears to only have four stalls... if the TMC admins added a calendar to to the forum we could post when we plan to be at a specific SC. If I looked at Grants Pass and saw that there where 6 people planning to be there at 2pm the day I was traveling I could leave at a different time... not really a reservation.... just hey, if you'd prefer not to wait 2pm is probably not the best time to show up... thoughts? There's probably only a dozen or so days a year this would be helpful.


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After visiting the first Palazzo of the day, we then returned to the Palazzo Ducale, (where the dance class was held the night before). At the last minute Margarita had managed to arrange for us to view rooms in the palace that aren't usually open to the public.
Walking up the stairs again. :)
The central landing
I must apologise in advance for my serious lack of ability to remember interesting historical details about buildings and places - I don't understand why I forget them as I love history. Anyway instead of the facts I have lots and lots of photos. :)
Another gorgeous ceiling - sorry as with my previous post, this post is rather pretty ceiling-photo heavy. :)
I loved the doors
:) This one was exquisite
Napoleon's bed - I love sleigh beds.
I seemed to have taken this ceiling the wrong way round (sorry I completely forgot to rotate it before I uploaded it)
More of Napoleon's bedroom
A beautiful drawing room that was decorated and used by either Napoleon's second wife, or one of his sisters, I can't remember which.
The decor of this room was just goregous. I want a drawing room just like it (with maybe a little less gold. :) )
The dining room was covered, both walls and ceiling in an amazing landscape mural
Aurora and idea pretending to chat during a stroll in the woods (ignore the rather ugly modern chairs :) )
After the tour of Palazzo Ducale, we all went and had lunch at a resturant in a nearby piazza.
Next on the agenda, after lunch, was an historic walking tour of the city. It was conducted by a lovely Italian historian who simultaneously talked about areas and buildings etc in English then Italian, whilst walking backwards most of the time!!! A rather multi-talented guy! The talk was very interesting.
The outside of the old amphitheatre which is now houses and a lovely square or should I say circle!!
Inside the old amphitheatre
Our guide in the blue shirt
One of the stops on the tour was a palazzo with a gorgeous garden - Palazzo Pfanner. Sadly we didn't have enough time to go inside, but we were able to wonder round the garden.
The house from the garden
After taking rather a lot of photos in the garden - it was the perfect place for a photoshoot, we then carried on with the tour.
The next stop was a small alleyway which had a building where part of one wall was covered in 16th or 17th (I think) century graffiti!!
The final stop was the city main theatre - Theatre del Giglio
Here is the impressive facade. The building actually turned out to be in the piazza where we had lunch, so we did quite a bit backtracking and going round in circles that day!!
The interior was pretty, but not quite as impressive as I had expected - as it is quite well known and talked about as being a beautiful theatre.
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Basically a repeat of yesterday's - mini quiches (still have a whole giant box of them!) and edamame.
Thanks for all the concern on yesterday's post! I kind of ran out of here after posting and didn't really finish my thoughts. I responded to most of the comments (within the comment section) in case you missed it. I think I just have been pushing myself a little too hard in terms of exercise - last week, I logged more than 11 miles plus an aerobics class. Not really a lot, per se, but more than my usual 5-7 miles per week, and probably an awful lot to take on in the first week that I stopped eating any animal flesh (cuz last week was the first week not eating fish as well). I can't say I'm easing up on the exercise - last night, class was unexpectedly cancelled (after I already was waiting on campus almost an hour for it to start, argh!), so I rushed home and hit the gym, ran 2.52 miles then went home to relax a bit before sleeping - speaking of which, I thought it was just me, but looking over people's status messages on Facebook today, a LOT of people seemed to have had insomnia last night! I kept waking up every 30 minutes literally and getting so frustrated. I thought it was because I exercised too soon before sleeping, but seriously, 15-20 people or more on Facebook wrote about having trouble sleeping last night, and I received some oddly timed emails that included notes saying "I couldn't sleep so I decided to write to you," haha.
One last thing: 9 more days until the Meat Hiatus ends. Any ideas what to eat as my first meal back eating meat? Bear in mind that it's breakfast, and directly afterwards, I will be getting on a flight to Vegas, so it can't be anything too crazy (ie, have to travel into Manhattan to get at a specific restaurant - my flight is at 8:30 or 9:30am out of JFK, so that's too much rushing around) and too ridiculous that I might get sick from meat overload in one shot. I mean, I will be gorging myself on meat in Vegas, but I'll be okay getting sick there, at least I have the freedom to move around and not be stuck on an airplane for hours.
Okay, I'm off! And: http://twitter.com/feistyfoodie I joined like a month ago or something, and I just Tweeted for the first time. I don't anticipate I'll be updating frequently, but if you like, you can add me. :)
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Live-action Slam Dunk movie in production
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Chang Hong Television Group (Taiwan) and Shanghai Film and Television Group (China) will begin production work next week on a live-action adaptation of Takehiko Inoue's Slam Dunk manga.
The manga ran to for volumes and was the basis of a 101-episode anime series and four animated movies.
The live-action film will be shot in studios in Shanghai and on location in Taiwain. With a budget of US$10 million, it is slated for a Winter 2008 release. The cast will feature Jay Chou, Charlene Choi and Chen Bo-lin, while the crew includes art director Yee Chung Man (nominated for a costume design Oscar for Curse of the Golden Flower) and Tony Ching Siu Tung, the action director of both Curse of the Golden Flower and House of Flying Daggers. The cinematographer of Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhao Xiao Ding, will join the crew in that capacity as well. Slam Dunk is set to be directed by Kevin Chu Yin Ping ("Expect a Miracle").
Foreign distribution rights have already been sold for Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, and an international sales agent will be appointed in the next several months.
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text: COLUMBIA, Md., June 20 -- Optical-networking startup Trellis Photonics announced that Aharon Agranat, its co-founder and director, has won the Discover Magazine 2001 award for technological innovation in communications. The Discover Awards recognize the men and women behind technologies that promise to have a revolutionary impact on society. Agranat is the inventor of electroholography, a breakthrough in materials science that uses holograms inside crystals to route information in high-speed communications networks. "This is an honor for Trellis Photonics and a very important endorsement of our direction -- delivering advanced communication systems based on electroholography," said Trellis CEO Timothy K. Cahall. "With Electroholography as the cornerstone of our research and development, Trellis continues to pursue a variety of potential applications for all-optical networking." Trellis develops and manufactures all-optical switching systems based on electroholography, which eliminates the need for data to be converted from photons, or light pulses, to electrons and back as it travels through fiber optic networks.


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Police officers in Northamptonshire have discovered a suspected cannabis factory.
The house in Cambridge Street, Semilong was entered and searched by officers on Thursday afternoon.
Inside, they found more than 150 plants along with a sophisticated system to cultivate and harvest them.
It is believed the plants would have had a significant street value.
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We've been acquiring antiques and vintage items mostly from local estate auctions and in March of 2001 we opened this on-line shop with Ruby Lane as our web hosts.
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What a perfect discussion post to get me going through my stacks and favourites! Being Asian, I have a soft spot for stories that are set in Asia. In the course of the Travel the World in Books Reading Challenge, I have also recently discovered so many wonderful stories set in Africa.
The goal of Travel the World in Books Reading Challenge:
Explore countries other than the one where you live. Read as much as you can of books set in a different country or by an author from a different country. Read for your own pleasure or learning, read with your kids or both. Travel the world from the comfort of your own home and learn about different cultures. Expand your horizons and show publishers that #WeNeedDiverseBooks to promote cultural understanding and diversity in our reading. Support diverse authors and books.
Here are some books that I've read, loved and recommend. This is not an exhaustive list and I plan on getting to a full listing over time!
You can check also out my Book Map for the settings of all my reads. Check out my sidebar and look for the drop down "Travel the World in Books" which lists the country settings.
And here we go ... click on the titles for full reviews:
I've actually been to China but never got to see the Great Wall! Here are two very different books that celebrate this ancient country.
Home is a Roof Over a Pig by Aminta Arrington (non-fiction)
A charming and fascinating look into China and Chinese culture in this travelogue memoir. Definitely worth the read!
India has always fascinated me and books set in India will almost always captivate me by that mere fact. Here are a few outstanding books I've had the pleasure of reading.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (fiction)
A recent read for #Diversiverse! A devastating family secret is finally revealed in this tragic tale of struggle, love and grief set in India. A non-linear and poetic quality of a narrative, this award-winning novel has the power to intimidate you ... or entrance you. I hope it's the latter.
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Read this ages ago and I still can't let go of my copy.The White Tiger exposes the dark side of an impoverished India where the small are eaten up by the big, moneyed and powerful ... if they let them. A provokingly realistic read which I highly recommend!
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
I plan on rereading this because I remember how affected I was the first time around ... in 2007!
I have two go-to Japanese authors that I love and auto-buy. Unfortunately I don't seem to review their books much! Both Haruki Murakami have a minimalist and rather alienating writing.
After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
Other books I've read and I'd recommend written by Murakami are Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-Up Chronicle, The Elephant Vanishes, A wild Sheep Chase, and Blind Willow Sleeping Woman. I know, I know, I really should write those reviews.
N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto
Yoshimoto is well-known for her novel Kitchen, but I was most captivated by her short story collections N.P. and Asleep.
The Philippines
I hail from the Philippines and find it embarrassing not to be able to recommend more. It's because I haven't read very many to begin with, but I am slowly infusing my reading with books authored/set in my country.
Being a short story nut, I couldn't help picking this up. I highly recommend this collection of short stories by renowned Filipino author. Each story is a gem with its unique take on family life, love, and faith during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.
Gagamba: The Spider Man by F. Sionil Jose
F. Sionil Jose is a national artist for literature. I highly recommend this collection of vignettes of the common man and woman, a portrayed in this story featuring a disfigured beggar called Gagamba.
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
This won the Man Asian Literary prize and was funny! I couldn't understand why most people didn't pick up on the joke ... must be too snide? No, I was kidding -- it's because it's very culturally rooted and what is funny in the Filipino context may come across total differently for someone else.
Aunty Lee's Delights: A Singaporean Mystery by Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu
I loved my mysteries and this series of foodie mysteries set in Singapore featuring the nosy Aunty Lee appeals to me with its perfect combination of food, sleuthing with a distinctly Singaporean flavour!
This is a tragedy and an illumination of self-identity tied in to the symbol of the veil. I highly recommend this for those who enjoy multicultural stories and those who are looking for a better understanding of the pressures modern women face within traditional cultures.
A chilling collection of ghost stories which is an unusual treatment to drive home the themes of immigration, grappling with the past and tradition, and discovering one's identity. This is an unsettling read that I recommend this to those who enjoy immigrant stories, short stories, and those who'd like to experience a different type of scary.
AVietnamese immigrant's life story told in poetic snapshots. A story that I will keep close to me to remind myself that I too had a different life and have a world of possibility in this new life I've chosen.
While graphic and disturbing, these stories told by children in a conflict-ridden Africa, is a brave voice that speaks of the inequities and the horrors that exist in the world. A short story collection that will challenge and provoke you.
An eye-opener of a book about the moral dilemma of how poverty can drive people to a resourceful survival at the expense of integrity. While set in a Nigeria, readers will be able to relate to the timeless values of providing for and taking care of family, and the hope for a better life.
Have you read any of these? Which ones would you like to read?
Can you recommend any fantastic books you've read from Asia and Africa?


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Blood Suckers from Outer Space (1984)
Thom Meyers plays Jeff Rhodes, an amiable Texan hoping to make a living as a photographer, which puts him at odds with his farmer uncle Joe (Robert Bradeen). Making the acquaintance of comely stranger Julie (Laura Ellis), who gives him a lift when his car has a flat, he soon makes the discovery that a strange alien force - manifested as wind - is transforming the peaceable country folk into bloodthirsty ghouls. While Jeff and Julie simply try to survive, a gung-ho Army general named Sanders (Dennis Letts) thinks he knows how to take care of the problem. (IMDB Scott LeBrun)


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H GALLERY CHIANG MAI is closed until further notice.
Specializing in Thai & Asian Contemporary Art
H GALLERY CHIANG MAI is closed until further notice.
201 Sathorn Soi 12
How to get there:
For gallery enquiries please contact H Ernest Lee at:
H Gallery is one of Asia's leading venues for current art in the region and maintains a curated program of experimental works and international dialogues. Established in 2002 with an exclusive focus on Thai artists, the gallery has evolved as critical shifts in Asia's art scenes continue to ensure their transnational importance for the very notion of contemporary art.
The gallery roster includes Sopheap Pich, Somboon Hormtientong, Mit Jai Inn, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, and Jakkai Siributr. We have also worked with Zhang Enli, Shen Wei, Sakarin Krue-On, Michael Lee, Jedsada Tangtrakulwong, Jason Wee, Olivier Pin-Fat, Viet Le, Simon Larbalestier and a provocative variety of emerging and established talents. H Gallery keeps an extensive inventory of works which can be viewed on request.
February 14 - May 31 2015
Curated by Brian Curtin
H Gallery Chiang Mai is very pleased to announce an exhibition by Mit Jai Inn. Mit has emerged as one of Thailand's leading artists with a practice that shifts from lushly painted surfaces to site-specific and participatory installations. Pastorale is an ambitious showcase of specially created works.
Comprising large canvases with Mit's characteristic repetition of bold passages of color, the physicality of the works - both in scale and heavily-worked surfaces - begets metaphoric interest. 'Pastorale' is a type of music that idealizes rural or farming life. The surfaces of Mit's paintings strike a hypnotic note and their presence is all-encompassing. The title is a paean to the myths of a peaceful rural population as the seductiveness but ultimate bluntness of the artist's works reflect the complex dynamics of myth, gloss and a reality that inevitably bleeds through.
Mit Jai Inn is based in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand and exhibits internationally. Mit lived in Europe during the 80s where he worked with the renowned artist Franz West and also attended the Academia of Angewandte Kunst. Exhibitions include biennales in Singapore and Sydney, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and regional solo exhibitions including Phnom Penh.
Tuksina Pipitkul and Wantanee Siripattananuntakul
February 26 – April 26 2015
Curated by Brian Curtin
H Gallery is very pleased to announce the pairing of Tuksina Pipitkul and Wantanee Siripattananuntakul, two dexterous artists who employ the vernacular of popular culture to playful and provocative effect. State of the Ridiculous explores the tropes of the ridiculous – silly, laughable, derisive – as a means of social commentary while also claiming the inevitable ridiculousness of much that purports to give profound meaning to our lives.
Mounted across the gallery's main space and H Project Space, the exhibition is an integrated experience that carries visitors between the delightful and ominous. Themes include the fragility of social hierarchies, the flux of cultural symbols and the arbitrary attribution of value in personal and market exchange. State of the Ridiculous includes a major new installation by Wantanee that explores the often absurd appearances of societal inequality and disenfranchisement.
The politics of play and playfulness has long informed the serious work of alternative and critical cultures, from art to activism. This exhibition explores the depoliticizing sensibilities of local understandings of play and fun as a retreat into wilful ignorance and failure to face political realities. Oscillating between the carefree and the consequential, State of the Ridiculous subversively demands that we look again at how we can imagine and relate to difficult circumstances in the contemporary world.
Tuksina Pipitkul graduated from Thailand's Silpakorn University and holds an MFA from California State University, Northridge, California. She has held artist's residencies in Moriya, Japan at ARCUS project (2001) and also at the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2010). Tuksina has had solo exhibitions at the Cedar Art Center in California (2000), Conference of Birds Gallery, Bangkok (2008), the Japan Foundation (2001), and at the Oddyssee Gallery in Bangkok (2004). Group exhibitions include, 6+1+1 (2005) at the Art Center, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, AB-OVO (2005) 7th International Multimedia Art Festival (IMAF), Serbia, Constructors de Somnis (2006) Spain, Props (2011) at Yinka Shonibare's Guest Projects space in London, England, Wrap (2012) 1st Bangkok Creative Exhibition, Bangkok, and MDIII (2014) at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Bangkok.
Wantanee Siripattananuntakul lives and works in Bangkok. She graduated from Thailand's Silpakorn University in 1999. Her early exhibitions include Wantanee Siripattananuntakoon (Wantanee 1:03, Wantanee is here No.2, Wantanee is here, and Wantanee's sky) shown in Bangkok and Australia. While studying fine arts at The University of Art in Bremen, Germany, she developed the Manifesto Project (Wantanee's manifesto no.1, Wantanee's manifesto no.2, Wantanee vs Wantanee, Interview with Wantanee, and Wantanee's one man show) (2005 – 2007). Other exhibitions include, A Wantanee Retrospective (2007) at PSG Art Gallery, Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Wantanocchio (2008) exhibited in Bremen, Germany, and (2009) at the Thai Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, Wantanocchiobot'09 (2009) Ardel Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bangkok, and (2010) Bangkok Art and Cultural Center (BACC), Bangkok, (Dis)continuity (2012) The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Living with un common value (2012) Kuenstler Haus, Bremen, Germany, and III (2014) at The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.