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I wake up in a situation which I "moved heaven and earth" to get to, and wonder "what am I doing?".
All the voices of those people who care about me are in the background of my mind wondering the same thing. I assume that they assume I know exactly what I'm doing, but I am living by faith and instinct.
They cannot immediately see how I'm walking the road of finance, retirement, security, companionship, or emotional well-being. It may even look like I've ran into the ditch on a few or all of these roads.
All of these judgments and thoughts are not mine of course, they are the thoughts of others diluting my point of creation on this blank canvas. The journey here was rich with amicable people, willing assistance and mechanical soundness.
The answer finally came into focus. It is simple. I am here to do something I've never done, and I'm doing it alone.
If I wasn't alone, I would simply be a supporting actor in someone else's dream, but this is my dream.
-via Eve Featherstone
*move heaven and earth - To do everything possible to bring about something desired


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Do you like Nicky Haslam or Rose Uniacke?ReplyDeleteReplies
Love love love Nikki Haslam and I love love love Rose Uniacke.Delete
Ellie you are such an inspirationReplyDelete
I love stairs too something so regal about them!
I live in Miami the capital of tacky! I couldn't agree with you more in spite of what many think you can't buy taste , you can rent a good decorator but it'll be their taste. Taste is something innate, can't be taught
When you said, I want to go back to work...hugely inspiring that was!! Loved the staircases . Fav was the stone with the iron banister with the clock to the top right.ReplyDelete
I didn't renew my AD subscription last year. I just didn't love it like I used to. I always like to inspect magazine photos to see how so often furniture is squeezed together impossibly close to fit into a frame. my favorite was a house beautiful cover last year where they edited a kitchen for the cover that would have been an 8 inch space between the range and island. I so agree with you on having an eye or not. I have an eye for proportion and scale and think it gets ruined if I try to be too precise. But I have trouble stepping back and managing the big picture.ReplyDelete
Your grandmother's staircase is so beautiful. And I love that your mother was married there! I'm in serious staircase envy myself. My friend is building a big white colonial (my dream house, although I'm liking monochromatic Tudors lately) and it has a three story foyer with a swirling staircase and she's painting the walls fuchsia. And will have pretty much all her blue and white in there. I know it sounds like it could go bad, but I know it won't. She's so talented. And so nice, so I can't hate her for building my dream house and not giving it to me. But I drive by it all the time and my eyes flare a little with envy.
You really don't have time for ALS and I'm over it so get better. I say plan the chateau, the staircase, the garden. I'm sure it's so annoying when people say this but miracles do happen. I've experienced two first hand. Three if you count my hair.
Guess what I made last night? I'd imagine they were a part of your childhood as they were mine-deviled eggs! A deviled egg with a dirty martini may be the best food/spirit pairing I have ever experienced. Perfection.Replies
Stephen, this is a formal invitation for you to be my best friend. Definitely need to see pictures of your friends house. The fuchsia will look perfect with the blue and white. You won't believe this but guess what Gracie made last night? Deviled eggs! Swear to God! Need to see more pictures of your house. XOXODelete
Oh I accept. Let's get matching Cartier cuffs. I can't believe Gracie made deviled eggs last night!!! I hope they turned out well. Mine were fantastic. Also hope she's feeling better!Delete
Dirty martini and a deviled egg. Dirty martini and a deviled egg. I know that a) there really is a whole lot of other things to respond to here (most certainly Ellie's idea of going back to work) and b) it is only 11:50am as I type (granted it is Sunday so maybe I am in brunch mode?) but I cannot get that pairing out of my head. Like a skipping record. I haven't had deviled eggs in yeeeears. That needs to be changed. Pronto. Ok, this evening but still, merci, Stephen.Delete
Beautiful Ellie, I think that design and good taste is like fashion and style. You have it or you don't. As for your advice to travel and keep your eyes open? I think that is the best advice FOR LIFE (excuse the caps borrowing, Elizabeth!) not just for aesthetics.
And one last thing? If you were only going to have one staircase in your life, lord knows you had a great one. Your Mother was so pretty on her wedding day too. We had a really beautiful one when I was growing up in our Victorian house. If I can find a photo of it I will email it to you. But I do love a staircase and have been known to swan down one just a tiny bit after the guests have arrived. We all need an Auntie Mame Moment from time to time. ;)
Now all I want are deviled eggs and a dry martini. Stephen we need a recipe for both. Heather definitely send me a photo of your Victorian house!Delete
Devilled eggs are what I take as appetizers almost everywhere I go! Honest. I even own a special egg plate...never tried them with a martini though and I adore Ken Maytag's Junipero gin....it is THE BEST.Delete
I do not have the gift for decor but fortunately for me I am married to a very talented architect. I believe in miracles AND modern science.
Sent! Along with an unnecessarily long email because that, m'dear, is how I roll.Delete
I will get the recipe posted this week. It's one of the few things I make that actually has a recipe. I actually prefer a vodka martini. Although I did make a blood orange martini with Bombay gin this weekend that was sublime!Delete
Bless YOU!I totally agree with YOU about the decorating thing!Either your born with it or NOT!The travel and INTEREST do HELP.........You of course were BLESSED as you were EXPOSED to some of the BEST.ReplyDelete
I have met TWO of your DESIGNERS..........AXEL at his CASTLE in BELGIUM....talk about a beauty of a staircase........in the circle part going up from the kitchen I think there was a DOVE sitting in an alcove same size as the DOVE!I think I have that SNAP should I send to YOU!Axel, couldn't be MORE gracious..........German Tellie was there filming as I got a private tour with his ASSISTANT because I contacted a COUNT a REAL COUNT about his GARDEN SHOW and told him he was my second choice as I really wanted to go see AXEL'S castle but I couldn't get a flight for that week when it was open to the public.......MY COUNT who is a COUNT THREE TIMES OVER says to me on the phone,"I know AXEL I can get you into see his CASTLE!"And he DID!!!!That was a GORGEOUS trip............I took MY BEST friend for her BIRTHDAY a BIG ONE and she then DUMPED me two years later..............
Then there was TIMOTHY..........YOU would LOVE what he wrote in my BOOK.I stood in line after the FALL ANTIQUE SHOW to meet him and buy his book!He has a THEATRE at his CHATEAU..........and HE WANTS ME TO COME PUT ON THE FIRST PRODUCTION!!!!!!!!!!ARE you GAME ELEANOR............YOU and I could have SO MUCH fun with THAT!!!!!!!!Shall I contact him and say WE are coming...............MAY JUNE or JULY..............YOU PICK!XOXOXOReplies
Wait, what? I am speechless! And I want in!! Hello? Former Yale School of Drama trained actress here? ;)Delete
You meet the most amazing people and of course they love you because how could they not?
I agree with you Heather! Everyone falls in love with Elizabeth. She is truly magical. You definitely need to be involved in that production Mrs. Yale School of Drama! Hello!Delete
OF COURSE, YOU DO!!!!!!Where are my MANNERS!!!!!I will fly into PARIS swoop up ELEANOR then DRIVE down to get MS.YALE SCHOOL of DRAMA and head OUT!ANYONE else game for OUR PRODUCTION.............???!!!!Delete
I do not remember how that came about but he did talk about his theater in his TALK and I probably said, I will come put a PRODUCTION ON FOR YOU as I was standing there saying HELLO!!!That year he spent ONE WEEK only at the CHATEAU...........ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know what is more entertaining, reading your blog, which is so wonderful (entertaining and enlightening), or the comments of your fans (followers).
ALWAYS brightens my day. Many many thanks. Alex (to Paris)
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2015 at 11:37 AM
This was a great post with so much good information. Love the old pictures at your grandma's. So cool. And all the wonderful staircases. You were learning about décor at a young age without even being aware of it.ReplyDelete
Yes, Ellie, you hit the nail on the head; you must have good taste. And a sense of proportion is vital. And it doesn't equate to how much money is involved. Everything I have is from the back markdown room, estate sales, garage sales, and other cheapy sources. And my house looks great. Or at least I think it does!
Am I the only person who goes into other people's houses and then, after seeing and admiring everything, starts mentally rearranging the furniture and the pictures? (They're usually too high.)
"DITTO" Tomorrow I show a bit of the inside of MY HOME on the BLOG............Delete
YOUR right about the pictures!!!
I do feel my home is more ENGLISH then ITALIAN.............
I once traveled around England with a BOYFRIEND and MY MOTHERS fur coat in an old RENALUT.The one where the roof folded back.............we managed to get into some of these homes and OH BOY WAS I IN HEAVEN!WE also got stuck in the MUD!AND I was GRACIE's AGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOOD GRIEF................must find those photos!XX
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM
By the way, Ellie, could you do a post on the Marche aux Puces and which areas are the best and worst? All the ins-and-outs please!ReplyDelete
And maybe another one on some of the other neighborhood fleas.
Hi Sheila! I will definitely do a post on the Puces but I have to wait until it warms up here before I head over to the fleamarket. Too cold to be outside looking at furniture right now. I went to another fleamarket at the 14th but I had a panic attack there so I'm never going back even though they had a painting I still think about. It was not so much furniture as it was bric-a-brac though. I love to go to another fleamarket near Avignon. It is my favorite. Field trip in the spring. XOXODelete
Villeneuve on Saturdays!! Which is about a fifteen minute drive from my house. Just saying. I believe that Stephen has already volunteered to be the field trip driver, correct? Voila. So it is a done deal.Delete
First of all, who could chose a favorite among those staircases. I never saw Bonapartes rooms at the Lourve.I guess I'll just have to return to Paris. An eye? Taste? Yes it happnes in all the ceative professions. A friend who is an excelent draftsman, superb I might add, paints the worst pictures known to mankind. Well maybe I exaggerate, but still they are paintings that are perfectly executed and the most boring things to look at. So you're not a snob you're just stating the obvious. I'd hire you in a minute to decorate anything! So you're hired.ReplyDeleteReplies
ME neither SANDRA............BONAPARTES ROOMS...............I am FASCINATED by that ELLIE.Which floor???For my next trip...........XODelete
Oh and by the way. You have connected two of your admiresers. La Contessa and I have become buddies beccause of you. We're going to connect either and or both up in Northern California and or at The Ivy in L.A. I am officially The Empress to her La Contessa. I've really, really always wanted to be an Empress. But maybe I should adjust my sights a little lower and become a Duchess. What say you?ReplyDeleteReplies
Empress Sandra has a nice ring to it. So glad you have connected with La Contessa. She is a rare gift. I used to work at the Ivy in Los Angeles. I was the hostess when I was 18 years old! I could not love that place more. Have the crabcakes and the Apple Tarte Tartin!Delete
EMPRESS!!!!!!!!Her MOTHER worked for the RUSSIAN CZAR............Eleanor, she has a BLOG and she paints ROSES!AND there is SO MUCH more..........go take a PEEK!!!!XOXODelete
ELLIE........Penelope introduced me to THEM too!I found HER on INSTAGRAM which I do believe is the daughter.......I practice my ITALIAN with her on IN!She has the MOST ADORABLE DOGS........BORGIA and ? oh senior moment happening........they are HYSTERICAL.Always in the their GORGEOUS yard with plastic baby pool and BALLS!Come to find out the EMPRESS walks by their home everyday!I asked her if she would meet be there........and NOW YOU ARE TELLING US YOU WORKED THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!These CONNECTIONS are PRICELESS.........XODelete
Agree with you that taste is inherent. It can be improved upon with education (of both the formal and non formal variety), but if you don't have it to start with, you're never going to get it no matter how many years of design school you attend/ how much money you spend.ReplyDelete
I am almost ready to cancel AD. It puts out so many ghastly homes in issue after issue, then they do one good one, so I relent and keep going.. only to be disappointed again.
But I have to disagree with your list of decorators!! You missed all the great English decorators and designers. They have a perfect way of making things look just a little 'undone' and as if it's always been like that.Replies
Dear Heidi, you have to read more carefully… My list was just a teeny tiny preliminary list of decorators. :-) I love love love the great English decorators and designers. I might even go as far to say as English design might be my favorite for exactly what you said… "They have a perfect way of making things look just a little "undone" and as if it's been always like that. That is exactly what I love. A curated look with objects of love. I agree with you about AD. I need to be dazzled and lately I have not been. XOXODelete
OMG. Today on my blog I have the Finest Houses of Paris!!! True story! Luf it. Gave it to Mr FF in 2004 and I type this staring at my 1750 Louis XV buffet with a marble top that you would LUFF!!!!! xxReplyDeleteReplies
I have poured over that book so many times. My mother copied the black lacquer dining room with bookshelves for her Santa Barbara house. Gorgeous. I also love Givenchy's maison in the book. I already love your buffet. Going to go read your blog… Follow me everyone.Delete
We love you, too, Ellie.ReplyDelete
Ellie... love every one of these gorgeous staircases. Your grandmother's was magnificent! I look forward to your entertaining posts. I agree with Brown Eyed Girl - love reading all the comments. Hope you are doing well.ReplyDelete
A good eye and great taste!! That's a sure winner, but you also have to have a super sense of scale. And a touch of fearlessness. Love your designer top choices--except for one, about whom I will remain silent. xoxo MaryReplyDelete
Including Miles Redd on the list of faves is an insult to the other decorators. Other than that, I couldn't agree with you more on EVERYTHING else. As a grown-up (hahaha) I went back to school, too. Took drafting, sketching, fibers & textiles, all that, and...the most amazing and life-changing class...FURNITURE HISTORY! It's really socio-political history reflected through style, who knew? Years later, my interior design business is still thriving - there are still people who care about good design.ReplyDelete
I don't bother to read most magazines these days. They USED to be aspirational. Now the finished rooms look like the "befores". There's still gorgeous design out there, it just takes a little extra effort to find it.
Love those staircases! And how could your mother NOT get married on that staircase? I got married at home, too, almost 40 years ago, and as I stood at the top of a pretty-but-mundane staircase, I said to my father, "I can't do this, I can't do this!" He, very wisely, just said "Shut up and start walking". (Do all brides get the jitters at the beginning of the wedding aisle? Just wondering.)ReplyDelete
Anyway, about your contention about "good taste". I think I have pretty good taste and others agree, but maybe its because they like the same things I do? But to me, the thing worse than having "bad taste" is having "no taste". By that I mean, people unable to "take a chance" on their decorating, keeping a totally bland, decoratorish palate. You know,, kind of like a room at the Ritz Carlton, but in a private home. Beautiful...but empty. I actually get a bit "spooked" when I'm in a house with "no taste". Give me something gauche anytime and I'll be glad I don't live there, but I'm appreciative of the chance to get to know the person living in that space. But that's just me and the feelings of design.
Your grandmother's staircase bannister must have completely irresistible for sliding down. Did she have rules about it? Totally agree with you about being born with taste or a good eye. Education can develop and sharpen it, but the innate essence needs to be in a person from the start. Love your list - at the top of mine are Rose Tarlow, Christian Liagre, Axel Vervoordt and John Saladino.ReplyDelete
I was lucky to have a lengthy chat with Rose Tarlow at a design center seminar - bad weather kept all but a few people away, and so after her presentation we sat and talked for quite awhile. She is as lovely as her designs!
Lovely staircase at Le Grand Lucé! And I will look for the Finest Houses of Paris!ReplyDelete
- stephanie s.February 8, 2015 at 9:03 AM
YES... get back to work!!!!ReplyDelete
And merci, merci, merci for all your posts, words of wisdom and comical relief bits. You have been a huge point of inspiration and motivation for me.
Sounds like I need to go to the brocantes and antique markets in Paris....It should be warmer by May. Those staircases are wonderful for making an entrance in a gown...it is not surprising that your mom and her sisters got married on that grand staircase.ReplyDelete
I saw Faux Fucshia had that book on her blog and when I read that you had it too I was thinking of how close we all are in this bloggy world!
Btw I use curry powder when I make my devilled eggs....
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2015 at 10:11 AM
After this person Nikki Haslam was mentioned, I looked him up. Everyone should.ReplyDelete
The whole story of him is literally Un-be-liev-able!
- AnonymousFebruary 8, 2015 at 3:44 PM
He is FANTASTIC!!!!ReplyDelete
I love all those decorators! Mario Buatta? Fantastic too! His new book (kinda new) has 50 years worth of his work! Totally timeless!
I love staircases too! When we built our little house on a very small budget I insisted on having a wooden banister that felt good under my hand- not too wide or narrow - and it had to be continuous through the three levels like french staircases. I love it!ReplyDelete
I look forward to your posts every day and am never disappointed! It is hard to decide which is better - the post itself or the comments that follow! I too love staircases and have a board full of them on my pinterest where I just added several of these. I heard Timothy Corrigan speak about a year ago and was smitten and your list of designers is perfect. Diana was right - the eye must travel. Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for writing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 10, 2015 at 7:58 PM
You are wonderful! I felt the same way back in the day when I took Int 115 - History of Architecture and furniture. I do not think I have exceptionally good taste, but I do know good stuff when I see it. You are right, one is born with most of it and then the rest is developed if you are lucky to travel and be exposed. I agree with your designer list and found some I need to check out. I thoroughly enjoy your blog, thanks for sharing you. KarenReplyDelete
- Jeannie KartisFebruary 11, 2015 at 11:28 AM
Im usually bitching when i go up and down my staircase because of my knee. well no more miss ellie, I'm looking at it in a new light..I removed the carpet and just had them stained...I must say they look pretty fab...btw im ready for a martini & deviled eggs too..xoReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2015 at 6:26 PM
Have you seen the staircase at the St Pancras Hotel in London? It is amazing. Thanks for all of your great advice, you are priceless!ReplyDelete
Somehow missed this Ellie! Thanks so much for the lovely shout out! Timothy's staircase is indeed divine - Susanna and I loved how the shallow steps made running up and down seem effortless! - StaceyReplyDelete
Love the recipe and the 'secrets' to perfect hummus! Love the sister stuff even more! Is your sister older than you?ReplyDelete


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Basic Economics is for those students who want to go deeper into the schools of thought about economics and the interplay of government and economics.
It covers the macro-economics topics that you find in most high school texts such as markets, supply and demand, scarcity, monopoly and competition, and the stock market. However, it does not discuss personal finance—checking accounts, credit cards, loans, mortgages, etc.—as we find in many high school economics courses.
Instead, Basic Economics allocates space to the history of economics, government actions and their effects, the morality of economics, and international economics. An entire chapter addresses "Society and Morality," examining the Judeo-Christian roots of free markets, moral absolutes versus moral positivism, and utilitarianism. The last third of the book studies the "Politico-Economic Systems": the manorial feudal system, mercantilism, free enterprise, corporatism, welfarism, and communism. The chapter on corporatism features significant changes from earlier editions of this text. The category was formerly labeled "capitalism." Because of confusion over the relationship between free enterprise and capitalism, Paul Cleveland updated the chapter with a nuanced explanation of corporatism which encompasses capitalism. He points out that capitalism does not always go hand in hand with free enterprise but is sometimes manipulated by the government at the expense of other aspects or competitors within the market.
The text reflects the Austrian school of economics' viewpoints that lean toward free enterprise and limited government as well as a biblical Christian worldview. An example of the former is the text's treatment of the New Deal in a fairly critical manner. An example of the Christian worldview would be the reference to the Ten Commandments' prohibitions against stealing and coveting as one of the bases of property rights.
The text goes beyond the superficial to raise challenging questions. For example, in discussing zoning laws, it points out the desire of people to not have noisy factories built next to their homes. But then it raises the problem of fragmented families because people often travel long distances to the workplace rather than working close to home, partly because of zoning laws.
Each chapter concludes with a "Study Guide." The study guide has a summary of the chapter which is very helpful for students who might get overwhelmed with information and ideas. "Points of Emphasis," identifies key points to remember. A series of questions probes for both comprehension and thoughtful analysis; these might be used either for discussion or written responses. Students might write out definitions or explanations for the list of key words, terms, and names. Suggested activities include both independent and interactive projects, most of which require some research. Each study guide includes at least one debate question such as, "Debate the following proposition: 'Working conditions would be horrendous if it were not for the efforts of labor unions'" (p. 208). Recommended reading concludes most of the study guides. A glossary, an index, and brief biographical sketches of influential economists are at the back of the book.
While Basic Economics is ideologically oriented, it is an orientation with which many home educators would agree. On the back cover it summarizes the book's purpose: "...Western culture has turned from the sound principles of political economy that it once knew and on which it was founded. Indeed, as the abandonment of these principles has taken place, Western culture has plunged headlong into squandering the cultural capital and wealth of our forefathers. It is hoped that this third edition of Basic Economics can serve to call the United States of America home."
Basic Economics should be read by mature students in eleventh or twelfth grade. It could be used as a complete course on its own if students complete the work in the study guides. Another option might be to use it in conjunction with R.C. Sproul Jr.'s DVD course Economics for Everybody to comprise a half/credit course to meet graduation requirements, albeit without coverage of personal finances. (Economics for Everybody assigns chapters from Basic Economics for each DVD class session.)
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Americana at Brand developer Rick Caruso and the owner of the Golden Key Hotel on Tuesday agreed to last-minute negotiations over a controversial proposal to expand the 15.5-acre mixed-use mall.
The City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency, had gathered before a standing-room-only crowd to vote on competing development plans filed by Caruso and hotel owner Ray Patel, but after an hour-and-40-minute delay in which both parties met hurriedly behind closed doors, they emerged and asked for a weeklong delay.
"I'm giving them the opportunity to discuss this matter again with me," Patel said.
Caruso declined to comment after the council rescheduled the hearing for Feb. 22.
The action renewed the possibility of a negotiated solution to what was gearing up to be a clash between Patel's private-property rights and the city's power to remake the urban landscape in a redevelopment zone.
In November, Caruso told the city he wanted to take over the Golden Key Hotel site and an empty adjacent building, with plans to spend $40 million or more to add retail space to the Americana, build a new pedestrian entry to the mall and widen Colorado Street. He estimated the upgrade would generate $800,000 a year in new sales tax revenue.


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Is it possible for people who never met each other to miss each other? Maybe...?
The idea seems random and illogical but it could be, no?
I miss you...
No. Not you who left silently and cowardly.. It's you over there. Yes, you! I miss you ^^
Now that we discuss this, which one do you think is better, to meet and then to separate (there's always possibilities with various reasons) or not to meet at all? You... what do you think?


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|Dress: H & M
Shoes: Geox
Bag: Louis Vuitton
Necklace: Tiffany's
This outfit post is upon request for my good friend Vicky. This dress has been getting a lot of love lately- I've been wearing it recently to work, to my son's SK graduation and out to dinner with the ladies. It's the perfect summer dress, light enough for those sweltering muggy days (which Toronto has had 0 of lately) and loose enough to fit in a few buffet meals. For those of you that don't know me, I
|Yes, I am playing catch with my Louis Vuitton. Clearly I am running out of posing ideas.
Another great thing about this dress was the price- it was $39!!! Can you believe it??? And what about the shoes? I.LOVE.THOSE.SHOES. Even though the heel is a little higher then I normally wear they are surprisingly comfortable and very lightweight. Geox is known for comfortable footwear but I never thought that I would find a pair this stylish:
And.... this is completely off topic but last night I had the pleasure of seeing the one and only LIONEL RITCHIE in concert here in Toronto. We were dancing ALL NIGHT LONG (hehe) as Lionel certainly knew how to work the crowd! And thanks to bucket loads of botox he looked awesome as well. If you ever get the opportunty to see him in concert go check it out (and don't worry if the crowd looks like a Depends convention, you'll still have a blast!).
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The riots
/ the fire of youth /
By all accounts Alexis Grigoropoulos was an unlikely martyr. A "good kid", top student and nice with friends, he was born into relative upper middle class privilege and wealth. He attended good private schools. His mother and father were successful professionals. He didn't hang out in Exarchia regularly, and all his friends agree that he wasn't some sort of anarchist. A progressive kid, sure, but not someone who habitually clashes with the police.
He seems to have been, however, in the wrong place, the wrong time and he didn't realize the "cops" who are patrolling Exarchia, meant deadly business - more like rival gang members than cops. This was about to cost him his life and produce the most violent extensive and persistant rioting the country has ever seen in peacetime, since the Polytechnic uprising against the Junta in 1973.
[by: murplejane]
So it started: like something seen ten times daily in the neighborhood. The "anarchist heartland" of Athens, the Mecca of local protest. A no-go area for the police, supposedly, despite the fact that the neighbourhood has been frequently overrun by the authorities. It is a weird kind of lawlessness: it was, and probably still is, the safest neighborhood say, for a woman to walk alone at night (in a generally safe city, comparatively speaking).
Because of the frequent skirmishes with various anarchist and anti-authoritarian groups (understand that the majority aren't Wobbly activists, nor Kropotkin scholars - they are mostly teenagers with a very broad and possibly slanted idea of what anarchism is: they don't like cops mostly) the cops send the "worst" kind of police: untrained ramboid "special guards".
Two of those Special Guards were on patrol Saturday night. Witnesses state that they were jeered when passing by Exarchia square by a group of kids. Water-bottles were possibly thrown at the patrol car. The two officers left, they parked their car a couple of blocks away, they notified a squad of riot police that were in the area, and they proceeded to the square. There they start threatening and swearing at the group of kids - quite possibly (though this is still murky AFAIK) a different or larger group of kids - from a distance of possibly twenty meters. The kids swear back. It's like a street quarrel, only one side is armed and dangerous. No side moves towards the other. There are dozens of witnesses to all of this because the area is packed with cafes and shops. The police officer by all eyewitness accounts raises his gun, aims and shoots at a figure from the other side. he shoots at Alexandros Grigoropoulos, 15, not an "Exarchia regular", who dropped by that day to meet some friends. The bullet hits the kid in the heart. He drops. Friends think he slipped and try to pick him up. They realize he's dead. The news spreads like wildfire.
I reported the following in a comment here, on December 7th:
It's difficult to describe, because it is unfolding right now even, but we're seeing large-scale, uncontrollable riots here, going on for a second night. Although there is a long history of anarchist and autonomist actions and (mostly) reactions, bordering often on a cowboy-and-indian style ritualized confrontation with the cops, last night (and today and tonight), the rioting was unprecedented in participation, in speed of reaction and in geographical extent. As I write this parts of Athens are burning, main University buildings are occupied by students, and looting has started. Most shops in Athens' main commercial boulevard, Ermou Str. have been burnt or smashed, and riots are ongoing in the country's second largest city, Thessaloniki, as well as Patras, Ioannina, Mytilene, Iraklion ,Chania, Agrinio, almost every town larger than 20k people it seems. From what I understood from the description of the Paris riots three years ago, this is pretty close in terms of the extent of damage inflicted on the city.
The trigger was the murder of the 16 year old kid in Exarchia, the alternative/atiauthoritarian hotbed of Athens, in what eyewitnesses describe as a shooting in cold blood by a Special Guard (like a policeman only less trained and more eager to shoot as not a few recent incidents have shown). But the tension that has created the possibilities of riots has been brewing for some time now, certainly since last year's student protests, when the police started a de facto feud with anyone under 30. And it isn't just the youth. The police were pelted with lemons thrown by apartment residents of all ages from their balkonies, I heard, as they were passing through Alexandras Ave and the composition of the crowd yesterday (2500 three hours after the event at midnight, of all ages), included some not so young faces.
There is a climate of utter disappointment with the government (and the political system as a whole I'd say), coupled with the grimmest mood I can remember, insecurity, high unemployment, high cost of living along with low paying and precarious work especially for young people - plus of course the ominous shadow of the Crisis.
IOW, in terms of societal weather: its rioty with a good chance of local revolts.
Rioty indeed. Even tonight the heat is still on and it seems like its not abating. Fires are still burning. There were up till a short while ago possibly 1000 people barricaded inside the Polytechnic schools. Looters were near lynched in down-town Athens. Neonazis "assisted" shopowners against the rioters in the port city of Patras.
Since Saturday there seems to have been few towns in Greece without some sort of disturbance: In the usually pacific island of Chios there was a demonstration of 1000 people. Protests were reported in the staunchly conservative town of Gytheio in the SOuthern Peloponnese. Down-town Thessaloniki is burning since Saturday.
Monday was the day the schools sprang into action. Pissed off but cheery, mourning but laughing, they flooded town and city senters. In Athens a humongous demonstration poured in from the more or less affluent Northern and Southern Suburbs, from the working class Western Suburbs, from the city's downtown semi-ghettos, from everywhere in Attiki. They marched to besiege Attiki Police Headquarters. There, students hurled stones and invective against the guards. At some point three students moved towards the building, stripped and fell on the steps of the Police HQ, as corpses:
In Pireus (Athens' port), students turned the square where the local police is headquartered into a... well a rather original work of conceptual art, but flipping over all civilian police vehicles:
Moving stuff, that had even conservative commentators "understanding" the students' rage. But the violence kept coming and it wasn't just clashes with the police, or against ministries and banks (I noticed that no one minded when banks were burned: everybody seems to love a burning bank these days). Monday night along with massive, and strong demonstrations of the parties of the left, small anarchist groups spread chaos by breaking shop windows, burning and/or looting shops of all sizes. This was a first and an indication that this wasn't your run of the mill anarchists who had up till now the political sense not to antagonize small business owners by destroying them. The looting spread. In Pireus' Str and Patission str. near the Polytechnic, rather poor commercial areas, looters that had nothing to do with the demonstrations rampaged through the broken shops, large and small. A certain part of the young demonstrators from all over the suburbs (local and immigrant) came to the demonstration singing football chants and ready for a different type of action. The poor and the marginalized in the city's center saw this as an opportunity. With cops overwhelmed and unprepared for anything of this scale (no longer 50-100 "anarchists" - they were facing over a thousand people going berserk, drunk on the joy of destruction) the ability of the police to intervene collapsed. It was a free-for-all of looting in the city center. The same more or less for the country's biggest cities - and beyond Greek students occupied the Greek embassy in Berlin for a while, demonstrations of Greek students happened outside the embassies in London, paris and Madrid (I think). The state seemed to collapse.
As Athens' huge Christmas tree was burning early Tuesday morning, along with tens of cars, there was certainly no joyful festive mood.
Today, events started slow. Students had the day off (officially: the ministry of education declared the day a holiday). The teachers demo was pretty much uneventful. Minor skirmishes down-town were tame enough for spectators to gather around them. The funeral of Alexis was respectful, silent, grieving and massive. Then the police units near the funeral started displays of strength. There were pistol shots fired by the police's motorcycle squad members. Violence broke out nearby. Then as the day ran out the riots continued, all over Greece again. A friend who was checking out the situation from up close described the people on the street breaking stuff as "undercover police, common law criminals and assorted bums" (but yet another as "the true face of modern disadvantaged proletarian youth bereft of any political ambition whatsoever). These are people a lot of anarchists even, are pissed off with.
There is, I repeat, no obvious end in sight. The government is at a loss. The police is demoralized, pissed-off, incompetent and dangerous at the same time. Will the riots fizzle off? Will the students back down? I don't think so, though there is an obvious difference in intent and consequences between the organized students (and not just schools - the universities have also joined the demonstrations and the hullabaloo) and the shop-window smashers (though the intersection of these two sets is certainly not null). Will the latter give up?
Tomorrow the unions in both public and private sectors have called for a general strike (planned before the riots started) protesting against the government's economic policies (in short 28 billion Euro bail-out for the bankers - who haven't even offered proof that they need it - versus half a billion for the cohesion/anti-poverty fund - less than half of what was promised last year). The mix might be very dangerous. The papers are suggesting that if the riots continue past Thursday the government is considering enacting "special measures". Meanwhile the fascists are already in the streets mingling with infuriated shop-owners, building their base for the next decade possibly. The Conservative government has also the suicide option of quitting - but it seems unlikely that it would voluntarily do so since they are trailing in the polls by as many as 7 points behind the Socialists, despite a total Green/Left vote that surpasses the 20% mark.
Lastly, let me sum up the reasons that have converged to bring this enormous riot to a start: ubiquitous police brutality against youth, immigrants, the weak - brutality that routinely goes unpunished as it is swept under the rug; deep systemic corruption and perception of corruption; increasing income gaps; entry level monthly wages in specialized jobs < 700 euro that don't visibly lead to something better; precarity for the under 35s; a life-suppressing yet utterly ineffective educational system; the death of hope; the break-up of existing social patterns; the decay of public services; a justice system plagued with scandal itself; massive bailouts for the bankers - the same bankers who simply refuse to enact laws that they don't like (no, really). And on top of that the Crisis promising even more immiseration and discomfort... Now that I look at the list, the question really is: why didn't this explosion happen sooner?
[cross-posted in the European Tribune]


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[1] And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: [2] And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow. [3] And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him. [4] And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. [5] And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.
[6] And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid. [7] And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them, Arise, and fear not. [8] And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus. [9] And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision to no man, till the Son of man be risen from the dead.
Now and forever. Amen.
I know I haven't posted anything for a couple of weeks, and I feel like I owe you, dear reader, an apology. I recently started a new job, and to say the least it's been stressful (unfortunately). So, coming home after work, I've been highly motivated to simply vegetate until going to bed. However, today I had a pretty good day, and I've been feeling like I've been neglecting my blog, so here I am, ready to go.
Now, the Transfiguration is the fourth of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary. For me, it is one of the most mystical events in all of Scripture. And, as you can see above, there isn't a great deal written about it. Mark and Luke recount the same event in their Gospels (Mark 9:[1]-12 Luke 9:[28]-36), and there is some variation between the three accounts, but they, altogether, tell the same story.
It is both a vision, and not a vision. Though Mark recounts the event straightforwardly, as though they went up the mountain, Jesus was transfigured, they heard a voice from heaven, and then they came down the mountain (this is a big abbreviation of his account, but it's the gist), the other Gospels indicate something more was going on here. In Matthew, Jesus actually refers to what they saw as a "vision," while in Luke, we are told that the Apostles (Peter, James and John) were very sleepy, and that they saw Jesus transfigured after they "woke up".
It is typical in general that visions take place while in an "altered state," and most visions in the Old Testament occurred as dreams, though not all did. Yet, though this is called a vision, and the Apostles had been sleepy, this vision occurred, as recounted in Luke, when they Apostles were "awake." This is interesting, because it gives this vision a unique character among Biblical visions, in that it was a vision received with clarity, unlike the typical visions we read about where things are anything but clear, and much interpretation is required to understand what is happening because so much of it is strange imagery.
So, what's the content of this vision? I would say that there are five significant points that make up this vision: Jesus is brilliant, Moses and Elijah appear and dialogue with Jesus, Peter speaks, the Father speaks, then there was only Jesus. So, how's about a closer look?
His Face Shone Like the Sun
It is this aspect of the event that gives it its name. By "transfigured," we specifically mean this, that the glory of God shone through Him, that the Divinity He kept hidden during the whole of His life, He allowed to shine forth in this singular event.
But what does this signify? Throughout ancient art, not just in Christianity, or Judaism, but religious art across the ancient world, you will find what we call "halos." It is typically drawn as a circular disk, either around someone's head, or around their entire bodies, and it is usually colored gold, or yellow, or white, to signify brilliance. We see this, for example, in ancient Buddhist art in depictions of the original Buddha, and with Bodhisatvas. It is an especially prevalent motif within Christian art.
The halo signifies holiness, or goodness, or sainthood. It is thought to be a representation of a real phenomenon, whereby an aura, or brightness sometimes can be seen around very saintly people. We might think about the transfiguration in this sense, that Jesus' holiness is shining forth. And the fact that this brilliance is as bright as the sun, as it's described, might indicate the staggering greatness of His virtue.
However, notice something very important described here. Jesus face shone like the sun. In other words, this wasn't merely an aura settling about Him, but rather it emanated from within. The implication of this is that He, Himself, is the source of the holy aura. This is in stark contrast to Jewish thought about holiness, that obedience to the Law would make you pure and righteous, but that you, yourself are not the source of the holiness. So, if an Old Testament saint received such brilliance, it would be considered a gift of his fidelity to Yahweh, not a revealing of his own greatness.
But, we see here that Jesus, Himself, is the source of this brilliance. This holiness radiates outward from within. He, Himself, is so bright that His very clothes appear to be as white as snow. That is the greatness of His holiness.
But, this brilliance has particular meaning in Jewish tradition, which goes beyond what you typically see in depictions from other ancient religions.
In the book of Judges 5:31, we see that this "shining" comes from God, for those who love Him.
In Psalm 88:38, the throne of David also shines like the sun, as a faithful witness. This should take on particular significance when we understand that Jesus sits on the throne of David.
In the Song of Solomon 6:9, Wisdom itself is said to shine like the sun. Moreover, within the Christian tradition, we also understand the Song of Solomon to be a mystical poem about the Church, who is the Bride of Christ. The perfect Bride and Bridegroom shine forth as the brilliant marriage of the ages.
Ecclesiasticus 27:12 reinforces the vision of Wisdom as brilliant as the sun.
And again, Ecclesiasticus 50:7 shows us again that righteousness, and fidelity to the Law, shines forth like the sun.
But, this event has significance later in the New Testament, as well. In the book of Revelations 1:16, and 10:1, we see that this characteristic, a face shining as the sun, is something certain angels bear as well. So, it is a spiritual character, and angels are even referred to as beings of pure light (and likewise demons as beings of darkness).
God is the source of Light (Let there be light!), and this is why we say that the transfiguration reveals Jesus' Divinity, as the light emanates from Him, from His very being; and all virtue and justice and righteousness are revealed as light.
Moses and Elijah
During the vision, Moses and Elijah appear and speak with Jesus. Now, remember, Moses had died (he was denied entry into the Promised Land for his transgression), but Elijah was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind. Yet, both appear here, and there doesn't seem to be any distinction in the quality of their appearance here. They're simply here, speaking with Jesus.
Now, we aren't given any detail about the content of their discussion(s) with Jesus. Thus, the importance here is simply the fact that they're speaking with Him, not what they're speaking about. In order to understand the significance of this, it's really important to understand the significance of these characters in Jewish tradition.
Remember that Moses freed the Israelites from Egypt, worked signs and miracles among them, and most importantly gave them the Law. But, Moses inscribed the Law twice! Remember? He went up the mountain, was there for a long time, inscribed the Law on tablets, came down the mountain, saw the Israelites worshipping an Egyptian calf god, got angry and broke the tablets, then had to go back up the mountain and received the Law a second time!
Moses freed the Israelites from Egyptian oppression, and once they were free, He received the Law to pass on to them. The Law, then, is supposed to be a work of freedom, in continuity with the freedom that Yahweh had already bestowed upon them. Not only were they to be free, physically and politically, from Egyptian rule, but they were also to be free from Egyptian religion, and tradition, which was steeped in sin and wickedness. And that freedom was to come by way of the Law.
Elijah was a prophet of God during the reign of Ahab. Now, remember, Ahab was wed to princess Jezebel of Phoenicia, a priestess of Baal, a Canaanite god. During Ahab's reign, the religion of Baal was brought into Israel in a big way, and Elijah spoke strongly against this, warning of catastrophe for Israel if the nation did not repent and turn back to Yahweh. He directly challenges the king (Ahab), Jezebel, her priests, and the people of Israel.
He is a prophet, and as all prophets of God do, he challenges Israel to repentance. He performed great miracles before the people, including raising the dead! But this is the essence of a prophet, to reveal our own hearts, and challenge us to reform, and return of God.
So, what you have here are the two great pillars of the Jewish Faith: the Law and the Prophets, symbolized by Moses and Elijah, respectively. And they are in dialogue with Jesus. Now remember, Jesus, during His ministry, makes it clear who He is claiming to be: not just the Messiah, but God, Himself, the Great I Am. More than that, Jesus was deliberately placing Himself at the center of the Jewish tradition.
Both Moses and Elijah spoke very harshly against the worship of false gods. Moses was furious and broke the precious gift of the Law in his anger, because the Israelites were worshipping a false god. Elijah's very name means "My God is Yahweh." The fact that these two giants of Yahweh are here seen in dialogue with Jesus ought to have impressed very strongly upon the Apostles the authenticity of Jesus' claims, about Himself, and His teachings. What He preached, about Himself, about the Kingdom, about our own actions, should then be seen in continuity with the Law and the Prophets, not in contrast with them.
And that's important to grasp, because we have a tendency to think of Jesus as doing away with the Law. This vision contradicts that thought. Indeed, if we could think about the Law and the Prophets in another way, I would suggest this: the Law guides our bodies, our actions, our behavior, while the Prophets guide our hearts. It seems that Jesus speaks more about our hearts, as we might think when we look at His sermon on the mount (which I spoke about last time), but the truth is, He does not deny the truth of the Law, but He takes the Law into the realm of the heart, and in this way, He unites the Law and the Prophets in a new way. In this way, the Law no longer simply governs our external actions, but our internal ones as well, which is really the goal of the Prophets.
Peter Speaks
There is an odd phraseology here. The text does not indicate that Peter was spoken to, but the text says, "And Peter answering," which kind of implies that, doesn't it? I would submit to you that, by this, it is simply mean that Peter is answering the vision. He witnesses this vision, and it impacts him, it demands something of him, just the witness of it demands an answer. And that makes sense, because being a faithful Jew, what he is witnessing here, with all its historical significance, had to have challenged his faith, in its scope and meaning.
So, how does he answer the challenge? He says to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias."
Not only does he accept the implications of the vision, he recognizes the Divine character of it. He offers to make three tabernacles, or, in other translations (and it really means the same thing), tents. This is important, because when the Israelites were in the desert, they worshipped God, in the Ark of the Covenant, in a tent, or tabernacle. The tent here represents a place of worship of Yahweh. The Temple itself grew out of this tradition.
But why three? Obviously, there are three people in the vision, but the Jews only ever had one Temple (which was rebuilt twice), and the "tent of worship" was singular, because it housed the Ark of the Covenant, which housed the Shekinah of God (or presence of God). So, suggesting three tabernacles is strange.
However, if you understand that Moses and Elijah, here, represent the Law and the Prophets, then this seems to make more sense. Peter is recognizing here that God's presence, which is deserving of worship, resides not only in the Law, but also in the Prophets, and most significantly, in the Person of Jesus. He is confronted with this vision, he is challenged by it, and he responds by recognizing the presence of God, both in the different aspects of Jewish Tradition (Law and Prophets), but also in Jesus before him.
Immediately following this suggestion, even as Peter is still speaking, something awesome takes place.
The Father Speaks
As though in confirmation of the insight Peter has about this vision, we hear the Father speak. He says, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him."
In the Old Testament, the Jews are commanded to obey the Law. And again, throughout the Old Testament, God sends prophets to His people, and commands them to obey His prophets. Finally, He speaks one last time: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.
And just as on the Mount of the Commandments, where Yahweh spoke out of a cloud to Moses, who received the Law, and just as the prophets hear God through the cloud of vision, so too do we hear the Father speak again from a cloud.
And the Apostles immediately recognize who is speaking. They are familiar with the Lore of the Patriarchs. He who speaks out of the cloud is Yahweh God, and they reacted with terror, and hid their faces, for they knew that no one who looks upon the face of God will live.
And isn't it interesting? What does Father God say about Jesus? "Hear ye him." Listen to Him! But, isn't that exactly the last thing we hear Jesus' mother say about Him also? At the wedding feast of Cana, the last thing she says that's recorded in the Gospels is "Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." Listen to Him! Mother Mary teaches us exactly what Father God teaches us: Listen to Jesus, do what He tells you to do.
After Mother Mary tells us this, He transforms water into wine, prefiguring the Eucharist. So, the first command He gives us after we hear His mother command this (to do whatever He tells you), is to give us a sign of the Eucharistic meal. This should, then, be understood to be the central activity of our Faith: communion with Him.
But what's the first thing He commands us here, after Father God commands this (hear ye Him)? "Arise, and fear not." Listen to Him!
There Was Only Jesus
Finally, we have the conclusion of the vision. After Jesus touches them (communion), and commands them to Arise, and fear not, they look up, and see no one, but Him. Is this because the vision is over? Or is this the conclusion of the vision? Jesus touches them, so this might indicate a kind of "grounding in reality" to demonstrate the vision had ended. However, remember that Peter participated in the vision, so interaction doesn't necessarily mean this.
I suggest that this is the conclusion of the vision, the fact that in the end there was only Jesus. The implication here is that, in the Person of Jesus, we may find the Father, we may find the Law, we may find the Prophets. Jesus doesn't need the Law, because He desires to do righteousness anyway. More than that, He only ever does what is right, according to Divine Law, but not because He has to, but because He desires to do this from His own will. Jesus doesn't need the Prophets, because His heart is already rightly oriented toward the Father. And the Father already dwells within Him, because they are One, Eternal.
So, in Jesus, we may find all of these, and that is the significance here. In the end, there was only Jesus. We have our marching orders: you used to have to obey the Law, and you used to have to obey the Prophets, now I require only one thing from you: obey Him. You don't need all these other things. Right now, you just need Him. For, in Him, you are made righteous, and pure, and holy, and when you work, He works in you. So...
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The article in the url suggests that financial regulators are ahead of politicians in preparing for the environmental changes that are coming:
"Regulators around the globe are researching potential risks to financial stability from a failure to contain climate change or a sudden collapse in the value of fossil-fuel assets. Institutions such as the Bank of England, the Financial Stability Board and the European Systemic Risk Board are examining how banks, insurers and pension funds would cope if policies designed to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions led to a sharp drop in the share price of oil, gas and coal companies."
As a result, investors need to understand that companies directly involved in the extraction business will find their license to operate increasingly constrained:
"They are looking at new rules to disclose exposures to both stocks and bonds in such companies, conducting stress tests based on different climate scenarios or even requiring additional capital buffers."
The concern among regulators is that, if investors suddenly wake up to the potential danger after ignoring it for so long, there could be significant economic dislocation as the financial world adapts to a new reality:
"'A wholesale reassessment of prospects, especially if it were to occur suddenly, could potentially destabilize markets, spark a pro-cyclical crystallization of losses and a persistent tightening of financial conditions,' Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, said in a recent speech.
Like all macroeconomic policy attempts to manage the global financial system, however, regulators are wielding a sledgehammer that can do as much harm as good unless it hits the right target:
"'We have got to make sure that we don't somehow create a whole artifice for one type of risk, which is different from the artifice of others,' says Spencer Dale, chief economist of BP and a former executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England. Mr. Dale says only around 2% to 3% of proven fossil-fuel reserves are actually featured on energy majors' balance sheets, limiting the danger of a sudden drop in the companies' value due to climate-change policies. 'The idea that somehow that we have a carbon bubble—in the sense that the assets that are currently on oil companies' balance sheets are overpriced, because they won't be able to use them—I don't think makes any economic sense,' he says."
The upshot is that there is a great deal of uncertainty about how exposed companies are, given that the full extent of the risks is also unknown. As such, regulators are trying to change the direction of the financial industry, without really knowing where they want to go:
"Because there are no unified disclosure rules, it is difficult to put a number on financial companies' exposures to carbon-heavy assets—and the risks associated with them. Estimates used by the ESRB suggest that banks, pension funds and insurers based in the European Union hold more than €1 trillion, about $1.1 trillion, in equity and debt of fossil-fuel companies and that major stock indexes could fall by as much as 20% if assets are revalued in line with a 2-degree scenario."
All of this wouldn't matter so much, except the stakes are so high.
Take care
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Educational games can add up to a lot of fun, as World Maths Day goes to show. The annual event encourages thousands of students from around the world to take a break from standard maths lessons. Instead, they take part in competitive maths-themed games, with the chance to win certificates and prizes. The aim is to help raise standards of numeracy.
Since it was founded in 2007 by the organisation 3P Learning, World Maths Day has seen its popularity multiply fast. It's now part of the World Education Games, linking schools from many parts of the globe, and in 2010 the event established a world record for the largest-ever online maths contest. Children as young as five can get involved, competing against others from abroad in real time. It is also possible to play via mobile phones so that even more youngsters can discover the number-themed activities.


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A week later, De La Hoya's top fighter, former light-middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, will fight hard-punching James Kirkland at Minute Maid Field in Houston.
De La Hoya told the Los Angeles Times in a Tuesday interview that he expects a sellout crowd of 45,000 for Alvarez-Kirkland.
And from there, Alvarez will still be aligned for his own mega-fight against middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto in September, De La Hoya said.
Talks for an Alvarez-Cotto fight on May 2 crumbled in January, when Cotto dragged his feet to commit to the bout while Mayweather negotiated with Pacquiao.
"We had to hold our ground," said De La Hoya, who promised Alvarez the May 2 date unless Mayweather-Pacquiao was made.
"I feel a little bit responsible, along with the fans, [CBS Corp. President and Chief Executive] Les Moonves and [Pacquiao promoter] Bob Arum, that we cornered Mayweather. The fans get the best fight. We were adamant about not moving from May 2 unless it was Mayweather-Pacquiao, and sure enough....
"We already had a Plan B for May 9 to Houston, and now it's on."
De La Hoya said Alvarez-Kirkland, to be televised on HBO, will retain a Cinco de Mayo feel, opening with a news conference that day with weeklong festivities in Houston.
Alvarez (44-1-1, 31 knockouts) is expecting a slugfest against Kirkland (32-1, 28 KOs), who last fought in December 2013 in a powerful display, a sixth-round TKO of Glen Tapia.
"It's a dangerous fight, and more importantly, it's an exciting fight," De La Hoya said. "When you have Kirkland and Canelo in the ring, you're going to have an explosion. Canelo is motivated, ready to go and wants to fight three times this year: May, September, December."
De La Hoya's recently signed middleweight David Lemieux (33-2, 31 KOs) is being pointed to the May undercard.
Cotto has a June fight scheduled against Cornelius Bundrage, and De La Hoya said he'll push toward a September super-fight renewing Puerto Rico and Mexico's decorated history in major bouts.
De La Hoya is also promoting another anticipated brawl featuring light-welterweights Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov on April 18 at Turning Stone Resort in New York.
As for Mayweather-Pacquiao, De La Hoya, who has fought both, said for the first time in a long time he's picking Mayweather.
"They're not the same fighters of five years ago, but they're fresh enough to still make it a great fight," De La Hoya said. "Mayweather has the superior boxing skills. I might have to give him the edge.
"Unless Pacquiao is rejuvenated, remotivated, 100% in the fight game. If he's distracted with basketball, politics, it's going to be a long night for him.
"I do believe [trainer] Freddie Roach will have Pacquiao fully focused. I strongly feel if Pacquiao can focus 100%, he can beat Mayweather. If not, Mayweather has an easy time with him."
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The Ignorant Fairies
|The Ignorant Fairies
|Directed by
|Ferzan Özpetek
|Produced by
|Tilde Corsi
Gianni Romoli
|Written by
|Ferzan Özpetek
Gianni Romoli
|Margherita Buy
Stefano Accorsi
Serra Yilmaz
Gabriel Garko
Erika Blanc
Andrea Renzi
Koray Candemir
|Music by
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Release date
|16 March 2001 (Italy)
September 2002 (U.S.)
Running time
|106 minutes
The Ignorant Fairies (Italian: Le fate ignoranti; released on DVD in the US as His Secret Life) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek.
The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband had been having an affair.
When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele. Although she's initially devastated by the news and hostile toward Michele, she soon develops a friendship with him and his and Massimo's circle of gay, transgender, and straight friends, among whom are a Turkish immigrant, a playwright and a boutique owner. As she gets to know these people and become a part of their lives, the new relationships dramatically transform Antonia.
The director Ferzan Özpetek, who is himself gay, has a cameo appearance in the scene where two characters are searching gay companies to find a friend of theirs, who is sitting next to them, and viewing some photos on the Internet, where Özpetek is clearly seen.
- 3 Nastro d'Argento Prizes (Best Actress: Marghertia Buy - Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi - Best Producer: Tilde Corsi and Gianni Romoli)
- Public's Choice, Image-Nation Festival
- Best Film, New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
- Best Film, Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival
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Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Sahulat Microfinance Society, New Delhi in collaboration with the Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is organizing a Two Days Training Program on Quantitative Methodology in Social Sciences on 2nd and 3rd April 2016. This training program is designed to impart knowledge on Research Methodology in the context of quantitative research with special focus on application of SPSS statistical package across the various fields of Social Sciences.
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The training program will be conducted on 2nd and 3rd April 2016. The training program will be held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Registration Fee
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Students: ₹ 750
How to apply
Interested candidates may submit duly filled in registration form on or before 31st March 2016 at Sahulat Office along with prescribed registration fee.
Registration form can also be downloaded from our website: www.sahulat.org
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Originally I started this blog as a more general purpose hacking site, however it's been a little more dedicated to sports sensors and ANT+ the last few months. I've talked about Kickstarter a lot lately and its potential role with my powermeter project, so it goes without saying that when something cool pops up I'd let my followers know about it.
The short: Easy to use Cell phone data technology for Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Some cool additional boards too!
Keep in mind that my V3 power meter was Arduino based, so this could be a cool extension for ANT+ technology. Switch my code into receiving mode and broadcast your data for live triathlon / race telemetry for coaches, friends, and data / tech geeks like me on the web! If interested sign up for the kickstarter here. These guys have the engineering skills and creativity to make this product happen!
So what could you use it for? Followers of the Tour De France will likely know that the HTC Columbia team did something very interesting with their ANT+ enabled phone here. Their ANT+ sensors (speed, cadence, heart rate and power) talked to their ANT+ enabled cell phones and the cell phone relays that data to the HTC website. Up until now recreating this would be a very difficult prospect – few phones are ANT+ enabled (even HTC ones) and you'd have to deal with making a server to receive and display the data. Sparkfun has some cell modules but they've always come off difficult to me and not very inviting to use.
SparqEE is doing the heavy lift on this! They are going to have libraries for easy coding with both Arduino and Raspberry Pi as well as having a server for your projects to communicate with! This means easier cell phone enabled projects. Wouldn't it be cool for a coach to watch your data in a competitive tri, or a hard training ride remotely?
They also have some really cool low cost add on modules to help fill out your projects in addition to the easy to use shields for using the same module on either an Arduino or Raspberry Pi. The add on board that entices me most is a relatively low cost GPS board. Low cost bicycle tracker? Call it up and find a stolen bike so long as it has GPS signal / power / isn't in the middle of nowhere. How about a remote g-force logger – lots of sporting applications. Track that "24 hours of Lemons" race or your downhill skiing and snowboarding. People involved in SAE competitions like Formula SAE or Mini Baja can now easily add telemetry! Great experience and all for a about a hundred dollars to set it up.
Some other suggestions for the SparqEE that comes to mind:
Garmin sells a online tracker for about $200 dollars. You could easily build your own for less and add a lot of feature sets such as relaying other useful data. Track your fellow Nordic Skiers on a trail perhaps? Or your Dog?
Competitive Geocaching – track others as they get close to difficult to find / challenging to reach caches! Relay their locations to your cell phone and race them to the goal.
Or maybe do you own Top Gear Style race with a Google maps tracking. This is my favourite. I'm a cycling enthusiast but I also love spirited driving. I'd love to have a distance race between friends!
This project has a lot of potential, and I've been avoiding the obvious things: Household monitoring, finding your car in a parking lot, finding your significant other in the parking lot before you find your car, etc. Take a look at it and see if it suits your application here!
Some other items of interest from the team shown below
Press Release: http://www.sparqee.com/kickstarter/20130820_pressRelease.html
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There is a special mechanism to report bugs available. You can create tickets (if not let me know so I'll reconfigure things a bit) and that would make things easier for me because I would have a clear list of things which require fixing, improving etc. When I go through mails and forum I sometimes forget about something important and so it stays unfixed.
Of course you can post here as well (eg. in a more detailed way) but I'll be really thankful if you could report issues there.


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Sigalit Landau's artwork moves beyond traditional artwork materials such as pencil, charcoal and paint to instead utilizes the power of sea salt to transform everyday objects into sculptural crystals. The pieces feature items such as instruments, clothing and more that has been completely dunked in the Dead Sea. The salt from the water clings to the object and, over time, renders it calcified into a oceanic work of art.
Landau's pieces explore how salt from the sea can be used to transform the alchemy in different items as a way to interpret different emotions and metaphoric symbols. For example, one of Landau's pieces features a wedding dress that has been dipped several times in the Dead Sea. As the dress opens up a conversation about notions of marriage and death as it becomes a solid crystallized rock.
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