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A luncheon at the Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson, brought together people from a range of ages to talk about Emmitt Till's death. They discussed it's influence on the civil rights movement. Till's cousin, Tougaloo College Professor Edelia Carthan, says his brutal murder motivated people to act.
"People from all over the world, white people, black people got involved in the Civil Rights Movement. One hundred days later, the Montgomery Bus Boycott started," said Carthan.
Till was killed August 28,1955, for whistling at a white woman while visiting cousins in Money, Mississippi. The black Chicago teen was brutally beaten, shot in the head, his face disfigured and a hole drilled through his head. Barbed wired and a fan were wrapped around his neck before he was thrown into the Tallahatchie River. His mother, Mamie Till Mobley, had an open casket funeral to show what done to her son.
"I can remember that feeling like it was yesterday, wondering was I going to be attacked? Was I going to be murdered,?" said Zambrano.
Till's murder scared Ignacio Zambrano as a child. Now 27, he told the audience he's become fearless and they can be too.
"Not being the person that's afraid to stand up for what you believe in, afraid to show who you are, to show what you can do, what you're supposed to do," said Zambrano.
That's the message Till's relatives want young people to get. Know their history and act. Tougaloo student Barquita Stanton.
"We as a generation need to start a new movement and sticking together more and learning more about the past because it very important, because we can have an impact on those coming up with us," said Stanton.
Relatives say a movie is being made about Emmitt Till's death.
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You are too, I know that. And I appreciate you reading about my life and how I spend my time! I want to blog more often, but I just can't bring myself to sit down at the computer and tap out anything that seems valuable and worth your time! So, I guess I'll do what I can, when I can, and maybe come up with a bit more.
Plus, when I have quiet time, I don't necessarily want to be typing! I want to be sleeping. Or sewing. Or folding laundry. Okay. Haha. Not really. I don't want to be folding laundry. I want it folded and put away, I just don't want to be the one to do it! :)
But anyway, this is about works in progress. All I've been working on is this:
I'm almost done with the top of the Hope Takes Flight (take 2) quilt. I just have to put on the borders, then sew 2 pieces of the backing together, and then it's ready for quilting! And, no. I'm not doing it (all) at home. I can't. I won't!!
My plan is to quilt the swirls in the butterflies on the long arm and do some long basting stitches in the white, then bring it home and quilt the straight lines in the white on my home machine. That part didn't take long, once I got it all figured out. :)
My other WiP is going to be on-going. I've jumped on the Project Life bandwagon. Have you heard of it? It's a simplified method of memory keeping. I don't call it scrapbooking, because it isn't what we usually think of when we say "scrapbooking". While it is a book of memories, it's not a book of carefully designed and cropped and embellished pages. If you're on Pinterest or Instagram or Flickr, search under Project Life, and you'll find a TON of images of people's pages. And the blog post that pushed me over the edge was written by my friend, Traci. You can see her ADORABLE family over here.
While I have purchased some things, I scored all of this off of CraigsList today:
The binder isn't a Project Life product, but since I don't know what I want my overall book to look like, I thought a practically free binder would be a good thing to have. :) For $30, I got a new box of assorted page protectors, a pack of 6x12 sleeves, and the binder.
I can already tell that being a Lifer is going to be a good thing. Just going back and logging what we have done for the past 23 days of 2013 has been great! There are SO many things I would have forgotten!!
And I really hope to record the REAL elements of life. And include ME!! You know how we mamas are. All the pictures have the kids, but none of the mama. All the stories are about the kids, but not the mama. In 3 years - or 30 - I want us to be able to look at this and see that I was doing things, too. That I was having fun, or that I wore the same sweatshirt for 3 days in a row, or whatever. I want my children to know what life was REALLY like for us. I have no memories like this of, or from, my mother, and I wish I did. And I know my kids wish I did!! Mookie, my 4 year old, asks about my mom a lot (calls her my "first mom"), and I have very little to show her. And as the years go on, I won't be able to show her much about my life as a child, either.
And I want that to end. Now.
I want pictures of windy days at the park:
And the backyard picnic in 68 degree weather, 2 feet from unmelted snow (Colorado weather is so confusing!)

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Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes All Thanks to a Moment of Impulse by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang is one of the Chinese novels that I really like. I like how the story starts with the scene of the female lead Xiao Xiang Zi and the male lead Chu Kong try to kill each other off with their bare fists.
I like that instead of directly enamored with his good looks and heavenly air, the female lead finds his appearance and attitude offensive. I like how instead of meekly accepting his highhandedness she chooses to stand her ground and teaches him a lesson or two or three.
Xiao Xiang Zi – the lowly cloud fairy, whose ambition in life is to do nothing but enjoying her little nap works for the extremely stingy God of Moon. That is why she loves money. It takes her forever to accumulate just a small amount enough to buy herself a fan.
For her money counts. It has a lot of sway in her decision making.
But her laziness and no ambition attitude disguise a temper, a sharp mind and an even sharper tongue which the Celestial God Chu Kong has the misfortune to learn firsthand.
Their fists fight has destroyed the red threads in the God of Moon's temple, or that is what other people think. Those red threads are destinies that tie lovers together.
Since they destroy other people's love lives they are being punished by the Jade Emperor to spend seven lifetimes as mortals who are tied together in a love fate.
Xiao Xiang Zi suffers the punishment in silence since she couldn't tell the Jade Emperor that it was Yue Lao who messed all those threads when he was drunk and not their fight.
But she could no longer hold her temper when she hears Chu Kong asking the Jade Emperor to give her a heavier punishment and when she hears him telling the delicate Ying Shi that he'll make her seven lifetimes hell before coming back to count the stars with her.
I love how Xiao Xiang Zi decides then and there that she will not let that happens. If someone is going to suffer for seven lifetimes that someone is not going to be her.
I love how she escapes the underworld to the mortal world for their first life time with her memory intact and a determination to making Chu Kong's life hell.
I love how she plots to wrap Chu Kong around her little finger. And she does manage to make her little husband head over heel in love with her but on the other hand unknown to her she is also being wrapped around his little finger right from the moment he opened his eyes.
Not the one to take a beating kindly Chu Kong manages to keep his memory intact in their second life time and takes revenge on Xiao Xiang Zi for making his first life time hell.
Xiao Xiang Zi who is left behind was fuming with rage after Chu Kong forced her to drink Madam Meng's soup of oblivion. Her rage is increasing by folds when she learns that in the mortal world she will be an idiot because she drinks too much of that oblivion soup.
Just imagining how Chu Kong will turn her life hell is enough to make her want to die or slave away in hell for eternity. She doesn't even pay attention to Yanwang who tells her not to worry because although she will be an idiot, Chu Kong who has fallen in love with her won't have an easy life either.
What does it matter if Chu Kong won't have an easy life either? She will be the idiot who will be bullied and tortured by him day and night for a life time.
I really really love how this love story is being written. Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes Thanks All to a Moment of Impulse is such a delight. A rare treasure that I never thought exists in the land of Chinese novels.
Xiao Xiang Zi is such a darling. I love how she manages to make Chu Kong's life hell by wrapping him around her little finger every single time even when she becomes an idiot who doesn't even remember that she hates his guts.
I love how despite not knowing her true feelings for Chu Kong she willingly sacrifices her life for his sake. She always does her best to do what is best for him every life time.
It's not love at first sight on the contrary it's hate at the first sight/fight.
But I love how the strength of love is being shown by this couple during their love wars. I love how life and death or even memory lost have no effect in their love.
Their love grows from companionship, from growing together, from knowing how the other person feels about things, from understanding the other person characters.
Love is without a doubt the strength of this story but I need to mention that this novel is hilarious. You can't help but fall in love with this feuding couple that make you cry and laugh at the same time.
Xiao Xiang Zi might turn into an idiot in her second life time. But this is where she has the most brilliant idea ever.
She needs a husband. Why? What for? To help her do all those chores that Chu Kong heaps on her idiotic head. She needs a husband so that she could have time to be her lazy self. She needs a husband who can do her chores and then give her all the money that she needs. I love her.
For the sake of those who don't like spoilers suffice it so say that this novel totally worth your time. It's hard not to fall in love with the couple or the story when they are being written this way.
Jiu Liu Fei Xiang is awesome!
Thanks a lot to the wonderful translator at rosyfantasy who shares this beautiful story with us. The beauty of this story could only be felt and savored because of your excellent translation. Thank you so much!


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Run like hell, that's what I would do! Although this is crazy bright and not at all my cup of tea, I was totally fascinated by it. I just couldn't stop admiring my zany snake skins.
This started with two coats of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening. This quick dry yellow was not exactly neon, but it was the brightest yellow I own. I would have loved to do this with a "highlighter" yellow, but I just can't justify adding one to my stash as I would probably only use it for this.
Next I stamped with Shany SH225 and Finger Paints Iconic Orange. Finally I stamped with Shany SH225 and Finger Paints Black Expressionism.
As always, thanks for looking and commenting! Check the other neons.


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Michael Wagg
Michael Wagg is an actor and writer. His blog is at ducksong.wordpress.com
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I'm prepared to suffer for my art, but an accident during Friday's matinee performance in Geneva pushed things to the limit.
A fortnight into the tour and we're all getting a little hazy about where the show ends and reality begins.
We have rehearsed and prepared with military precision but, as we begin our 13-week European tour, will our play blaze into action or crash and burn?


text: Passengers at Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport debark from 50-passenger DASH-7 De Havilland aircraft used by Ransome Pan Am Express that began service Sunday between Allentown and New York's Kennedy International Airport. Daily departures on the shuttle service are 6:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m. and 5:10 p.m., and plane taxis directly to the Pan Am terminal, avoiding use of airlines circuit bus by inbound Lehigh Valley passengers heading for 58 overseas cities. Ransome Express also will switch passengers' baggage directly to their overseas flights.


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- A simplified, systematic approach to the understanding of a complex subject written in a unique, simple, easy to understand language the enables a quicker grasp for the student.
- The law stated in this book is as amended by the Finance Act, 2017. Even the last minute changes in the law have been incorporated and it is, therefore, the latest and most upto-date book on the subject for Assessment Year 2018-19. The amendments made by the aforesaid Finance Act, 2017 have also been given by way of 'Highlights of Amendments' in the beginning of the book to enable the readers to know the latest at a glance.
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Right from the purchasing of the land, this family faced lots of difficulties. After purchasing the land, Parvathamma took a small rented portion of a house in that small Sindhu Valli village to make the land suitable for cultivation. From this rented house, she used to go to the field, supervise the workers, cleared all the bushes etc. That area being very dry, they had to dig eight borewells and in all the eight no water was available. The concerned persons themselves said – now we can stop. All has come to an end. But Parvathamma remembered Chinmayaranyam – once a deserted land, literally a much dry area with people walking many kilometers for even the drinking water. She remembered Pujya Swamini Sharadapriyananda amma, how with her unshakable faith told to dug the place for the borewell where Gurudev has washed His hands and the exact place where the water poured from His hands. To everyone's surprise water gushed out from the hole and once really a desert like place became an 'Aranyam', forests.
With those thoughts invoking the Guru and Bhagvan's grace, Parvathamma told that they will dig not one but two more borewells. The people around were dumbfounded when they saw both the borewells sprang up the waters in the sky. With the same faith and devotion, she started cultivating various vegetables, banana plantations, different types of beautiful flower plants in all the 10 acres. Many experienced persons warned her that she was taking a big risk. The expected rain did not come. But she did not stop. We cannot even not believe what she did. For six months, every single say, she carried 100 pots of water which she took from the tap and poured all over the land. In between all these, she called her Chinmaya Mission Acharya and discussed about these problems. He advised her to install Hanumanji in their land and HE will protect the devotees. Immediately the work to build a small temple dedicated to Hanumanji started and it was decided to bring the same form of Hanumanji as in Siddhabari Ashram. The same Hanumanji in small form was installed and was given the name rightly as "Siddha Hanuman". On June 2nd, Hanumanji's prathistha was done by her Acharya, Pujya Swami Satyatmanandaji, of Chinmaya Mission Ongole.
All the plants they had cultivated were becoming dry even after all her efforts. The workers who helped her in the cultivation literally cried. That day Parvathamma prayed to God sincerely that she had come here only to do sadhana and service in the form of cultivation and not to gain any profit and become rich. If God does not want that, she said she will accept that and will go back to her place Ongole. With this prayer she went to sleep. At around midnight her sleep was disturbed by some noise and when she came out and saw, she could see Bhagavan's grace – rains showering. All the plants survived. Hanumanji was there watching this devotee silently, as a witness and there is no one else there. She was overjoyed and woke up her husband.


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It's easy to create tests because you just drag and drop objects instead of writing code.
It's easy to create tests because you just drag and drop objects instead of writing code.
We have a major upgrade of the two key applications I automated. This will be the first time we have an automated regression to run.
It would be great if AscentialTest supported the license server being in the cloud.
6 months.
Excellent.Technical Support:
My company had an outside vendor as well as one of our employees try to complete an automated solution using Selenium. A framework was created but the automation was never completed.
In 2015, after my company went through several failed attempts at automating one of the key applications at my company, my boss and I decided I would give it a try. We were somewhat invested in Selenium and I had past experience with QTP, but I hadn't done any coding since 2003 and really didn't want to script.
I decided to do a formal tool evaluation. I evaluated tools, services, and scripting languages. See list below. Note AscentialTest is not on the list. We selected SmartBear's TestComplete.
Fluent Lenium
HP Tools (QTP)
qTest eXplorer *** Not an automation tool. Captures manual test steps.
Pyramid Consulting *** Not an automation tool. Service vendor.
TestComplete was very affordable and it was very easy to capture user work flows with TestComplete. But once I tried to capture and playback some of the unique aspects of our applications, was when I ran into problems. I spent 6 months working with technical support to resolve each hurdle. At the end they agreed there were too many manual interventions (a.k.a. hacks). They said they had never seen anything like it.
Fast forward to the 2016 QUEST Conference and Expo. I stopped by the Zeenyx booth and met with Brian Le Suer. He gave me an overview and demo of AscentialTest. I was really impressed and excited about the tool and sorry I didn't know about the tool the year before. I started working with a trial version right after the conference.
It's been really easy to automate the same applications TestComplete struggled with. I have been able to automate two of our key applications in just a few months. I haven't even taken their training yet.
My boss is also happy with AscentialTest and he's only seen two things I've automated.
The initial setup was very easy and straightforward. I only had questions when switching from the trial to the licensed version.
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Prakhar Bansal, CFA
Assistant Vice President, Managing Director of Strategy
Prakhar Bansal is the Assistant Vice President, Managing Director of Strategy focused on the development and management of the overall investment strategy for the endowment. He joined the Office of Investments in 2003 as the manager of quantitative research to spearhead risk management and asset allocation. Prakhar was manager of absolute return investments from 2006 to 2009 and was promoted to senior portfolio manager for the public markets (global equities and fixed income) and absolute return portfolio, a position he held from 2009 to 2012. This portfolio's strategy was featured in an article he co-authored, "A Framework for Manager Selection" for the NMS Exchange. From 2012 to 2014, Prakhar was senior portfolio manager for real assets, responsible for the University's investments in natural resources and real estate. Prior to joining the University, Prakhar was a senior quantitative analyst with Morningstar; a firm he was with from 1996 to 2003.
Prakhar holds an MBA in analytic finance and economics with high honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS from The Ohio State University, and B.Tech. from The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He is a CFA Charterholder.


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Proposals would see dull strip of grassland transformed
Exciting new plans have been unveiled to transform a dull strip of grassland into a vibrant ecology zone on Rossall seafront.
I think it will be lovely to have something to look at and I was particularly interested to find out there were lizards up there, and that they will be providing a habitat for them.
It will include ponds, pathways and viewing areas as well as an abundance of flora and fauna – and even a safe haven for lizards.
The investment is all part of Wyre Council's £1.5m Five for Fleetwood scheme which is rapidly changing much of the seafront to incorporate a range of new leisure facilities.
The draft plans for the ecology zone, on the landward side of the new sea defences, will brighten the area for residents.
It will also provide a draw for visitors as the entire stretch of Fleetwood's coastline is set for a total revamp.
The strip of grassland, from West Way to Fairway, is already classed as a biological heritage site because of the rarer species of plants that grow there.
For decades the area has been popular for dog walkers and has been a vital part of the sea defence system acting as a gully from waves and sea spray bashing over the sea wall.
But now it will be redesigned to create a much more attractive and vibrant feature and to let people get closer to nature.
Balfour Beatty will carry out the work which it is hoped will start at the end of the year.
The zone will include:
Meandering water channel and reed bed habitat
Salt marsh mosaic
Salt sprayed short grassland
Reed swamp
Seeded path with a geogrid structure
Safe habitat for lizards
Multi-use green space with added potential for wild play
The plans were put on show at Larkholme Community Centre and feedback has been positive.
A council spokeswoman said: "There was a steady stream of people coming to talk to us and feedback was very positive and the main feeling was it will be an improvement on what's there now.
"People were also very helpful in giving their views on things like the inclusion of benches and shelters and what materials they should be made of.
"All these views will be incorporated into the next stage of designs."
The project team is due to meet this week to discuss feedback and proposed amendments to the design.
A revised plan will then be submitted for planning permission, possibly in May.
The project falls within the landscape budget of the Rossall sea defence project with extra cash from Coastal Communities funding.
Local resident Alan Marsh, who lives close to the site, said: "Its going to be superb when everything is completed.
"One of my only concerns is who is going to maintain it?
"I would hate to see in six to 12 months that it's wrecked, it will need someone from Wyre Borough Council to keep an eye on it and to maintain it.
"I also think it needs furniture because its a long walk from one end to the other without somewhere to sit down."
Mr Marsh suggested that the multi-use space incorporates adult fitness equipment which he says is currently not being used on a green space off Roundway.
He added: " I think it would be an ideal opportunity to move it to the ecology zone to create a family area for adults and children alike."
Port resident Sheila Williams, who went along to see the plans with her husband David, added: "We were pleasantly surprised by the plans.
"I think it will be lovely to have something to look at and I was particularly interested to find out there were lizards up there, and that they will be providing a habitat for them.
"I've walked my dog for years up there and I never knew there were lizards living there!"
Plans will also be available online shortly at wyre.gov.uk/fiveforfleetwood, alongside details of the other projects that make up the wider improvement scheme.


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Massachusetts Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics
National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse
For Parents
Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence
Winchester Special Education Parents Advisory Council
National Parent Information Network
Internet Tips for Parents
Parent's Guide to the Internet (U.S. Department of Education)
Plato Meets Technology (Washington Post article)
Education for gifted and talented children (Article by Beth Ladow)
Colleges & Universities
Financial aid, applications, College Board, etc.
Campus Tours (Colleges & Universities)
Harvard University Tour
Educational Resources
The MarcoPolo Program (Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom)
Virtual Reference Room (Art, history, music, science, etc. links)
Encyclopedia Brittanica
Researchpaper.com (On-line guide to research papers)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Educational Resources (Library web site)
Quia (Quintessential Instructional Archive)
Search Engines
Yahooligans (7-12-year-olds)
Ask Jeeves for Kids (7-12-year-olds)
Searchopolis (10-18-year-olds)
General Search Engines
Online Magazines
Education Week
The Chronicle of Higher Education
General High School Resources
High School Hub
Science and Mathematics Resources
Cornell University Math and Science Gateway (Grades 9-12)
Mathematics Resources
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Thursday's Classroom (by Science@NASA)
Chemistry Guide (High School Hub)
Mathematics (High School Hub)
Biology (High School Hub)
Physics (High School Hub)
Children's Literature Web Guide
Academic Studies
International Study (Boston College)
American School Directory (K-12; subscription fee)
Test Results
MCAS Results
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Monday, July 6, 2009
I Hated Chasing Destiny!
But sometimes Dickey leaves me flat. To be fair, I will give you an example. In Milk in my Coffee, that book led you too believe that it was a tale of interracial romance but it kept giving you real, not so subtle, hints that our Female lead was not European American but an Afrikan American. How? By continually mentioning the Woman's Booty three or four gajillion times! Early on in the book I figured that out but it went all the way til the end of the book before it finally confirmed what I figured in the second act.
So over the years I kinda hesitate when grabbing an Eric Jerome Dickey book. But I do like the Brothas books so I grabbed Chasing Destiny!
Quick Peep! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! If you have not read the book and want to then go read Mista Jaycee's Sex Tape Posts and come back after you read the book!
The book focuses on the love affair between soon to be divorcee Keith and his Girlfriend "Billie/Ducati. Keith is in a very messy divorce with Carmen, a high powered Lawyer who like the Wicked Witch of the East uses all of her powers to make Keith's life miserable. Keith's crime, he wants a divorce! Carmen is determined that she and her hubby will continue to be a family, married til death do them part. And she means til Death do them Part! Caught up in the middle of all this is Keith's 15 year old daughter Destiny. Destiny is book smart and understands that her Parents marriage is dead and done. She understands this even if her Mother and her Grandparents don't!
The book does a great job of illustrating Destiny's confusion and fear. Her Mother is manipulative and mean! Destiny sneaks out and meets up with a few fellas she met in at the Beverly Center. She ends up in a fight, ends up drugged and gang raped. Worse! They filmed it and now they are selling it as part of Hoodrats Part Five all up and down Crenshaw!
Parents Moment to Pause....Shudder and Throw Up!
OK! Pause over! Now back to why I didn't like the book! Billie rides a Ducati and is supposedly a part of the Black Biker scene but Dickey got lazy cause he didn't really flesh out the Black Biker scene. Instead he gave us some eye candy, some Lipstick Lesbian Biker Chicks poppin wheelies at the Starbucks on Crenshaw. That is not the Black Biker scene. Billie instead is just a good looking Woman on a Motorcycle not part of a culture. Dig? EJD said that Billie was part of the scene not just a weekend Biker dig? It's glossed over! Hey Eric! Los Angeles has a long history of Black Motorcycle Clubs that are still active! The Chosen Few, Brothers of the Sun, Royal Aces! You could have talked with them and used them. There are also tons of Female Motor Clubs too. You should have definitely used them!
Billie tells Keith she's pregnant just as he's about to break it off. Why? Cause Wicked Witch Carmen got him by the short and curlies and he don't know what to do. That's why! EJD diverts us with Raheem, a very rich Afro/Latino dude that wants Billie! He buys a Ducati that he can't ride just to get next to her.
Now....I know it's getting crazy but you remember how I mentioned EJD's gift for interconnecting his characters right? Billie's roommate, an over sexed Korean raised by a Black Man, has a lil Bi-racial Sista that's running round with the Producers of Hoodrats Five. Raheem's proud of his niece who attends USC Film school but is completely unaware that she is the real producer of Girl Fights and Hoodrats Five. Raheem's niece, Lupe, rides up Crenshaw Blvd. scoping and stalking young talent for her to films. She lures the unsuspecting teenagers into sex parties or coaxes one of the girls to beat up a girl she may randomly choose on the street. Lupe, got the whole game on lock. She has the equipment, she employs the goon squad to hawk her tapes and scout for talent.
Raheem's niece, Lupe, is a piece of work! She's pimpin everybody! She pimps Destiny! First, she coaxes Q, Vivian's(Billie's roommate) lil Sis (Billie, Vivian and Destiny have no idea they are interconnected) to fight Destiny. Destiny hits her with her purse and ruins her model worthy face. Then Destiny goes to a party where she is drugged and well I told you the rest. (Barf!)
The book dedicates alot of ink to Carmen is stalking Billie, berating her and finally bribing her to take her Baby and leave Keith alone. The book gets lost from Destiny and Billie and Keith's relationship and gets lost in Carmen and Keith drama. In between this we have scenes of Destiny is on a revenge quest for all those involved in drugging and gang raping her. Billie is looking to kill Carmen who she believes tried to run her down and what about Grandpa?
All and all there was no real resolution. All of the characters had this six degrees of separation thing going on but none were connected at the end. The connections were not realized!
That's what I call Lazy writing. You wanted to write a story using the Black Biker culture but you did none of the homework. You wanted to tell a multilayer story, cool! But you didn't tie up the loose ends.
The Mo character gets his whole Southern region blown off! But Destiny is never shown to be implicated. Destiny is shown plotting to eliminate Billie, the problem, but never shown to stand up to her manipulative Mother. Destiny is shown disfiguring Goldie but leaving Lupe, hurt but alive even after she realizes that it is Lupe who is the puppet master. Worse of all I can't feel sorry for Destiny cause she managed to destroy alot of the DVDS.
Ultimately you didn't live up to the title. You didn't really make the focus on Destiny! Sure she was confused, angry, raped and exploited but Keith never really let his daughter know you are the most important person in my life. You are my Child! He never really allowed Billie and Destiny to build any kind of relationship. Destiny's life is wrecked but where is the Justice for her? All the characters ended up hurt in some kinda way but not punished and held accountable for their misdeeds!
Well luckily EJD will write a few hundred more for me to enjoy. Tell me what you think.
BE Prayerful!BE Mindful! BE Careful!
10 comments:
- Keli said...
I actually liked the circular writing in Chasing Destiny...
I was not a fan of how it all came together at the end.
- July 6, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I have to admit, this one has been my least favorite so far, but his most recent books show his growth. Loved the Gideon series.
- July 6, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- LaQT said...
I was kept on the edge with this one. I loved the way the stories were interconnected. I will agree that the ending was not pleasing at all. And your right, Destiny wasn't really the focus. But I guess that's kind of the point...maybe. While all the drama was going on Destiny's life/childhood slipped right throught the cracks.
- July 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Okay okay... I don't know if I want to keep reading.. guessing maybe I might consider reading that book...but you hated it? Wow..well I'll continue to read no need in wasting money!
- July 7, 2009 at 11:58 AM
- Mista Jaycee said...
Go! Read the book! Books are great even if you end up hating a book. EJD just choked at the end on this one. Destiny, was a real good character. Carmen was a great character cause she was layered. She wasn't evil all the time. She had valid points that she made to Billie. I think EJD just got caught up with too many different storylines. Destiny's revenge quest was vivid but it didn't end up with anyone really looking out for her. She went to jail! Where is the section of her trail? She blew a fellas equipment off! She blinded, burned and slashed! Where is the wrap up that shows that she was justified?
Why in the Hell would Billie/Ducati keep talking with Raheem after he revealed his knowledge of Carmen? Why was Keith so broken down? Why didn't he stand up for more than just the fact that he'd gotten a raw deal?
So many loose ends! UHHHHHHHGH!
- July 7, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- Lil Honey B said...
Oh! I liked this book alot! The ending was a lot more bitter than sweet, but it bees like that a times. EJD is my favorite!!!
- July 10, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- Pretty Tira said...
Yesss I love him & his books too! Zane is better though =) good post
- July 11, 2009 at 7:12 AM
- asia kismet said...
EJD used to be my guilty pleasure...but after reading pleasure [it think that's what one of the recent ones was called.] i've realized i've just moved on. the relationship i used to have with his writing just isn't there anymore.
- July 11, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- Hadassah said...
Oh man I shouldn't have read this cause I have chasing destiny sitting on the book shelf that I bought two years and I haven't read it yet.
- July 15, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Mista Jaycee said...
Go on and read the book. That's the only way we will have fair discourse.
Years ago I read Terry Mcmillan's Waiting to exhale. Wow! What a turd that book was but it has given me hours of informed conversation so it was not a waste.
- July 16, 2009 at 8:10 AM


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An Accidental Masterpiece: Trent Harris' "Beaver Trilogy"
by Aaron Krach
Trent Harris' "Beaver Trilogy" is by far the most exciting and heart-breaking piece of cinema this critic has seen in years. The film/video hybrid (on display at the opening of the New York Video Festival last Friday) begins in 1979 in a parking lot outside a television station in Beaver, Utah. A young man, known only as the Beaver Kid, begins a conversation with a cameraman, whose footage you are now watching. The conversation leads to an upcoming talent show at the local high school where the Beaver Kid will perform a personal tribute to Olivia Newton-John in drag. The camera follows The Kid from make-up to performance, capturing a transformation that is as incomplete as it is all encompassing, at least for the Beaver Kid.
Before the viewer is allowed to figure out what is going on, the story begins again. This time in scratchy black and white, and now The Kid is played by a very young Sean Penn. There are slight changes to the story, but they are enough to send the viewer's mind racing, trying to figure out just what the differences are and why. The story reaches the same basic conclusion before beginning again, a third and final time. The story is now in saturated color. The inimitable Crispin Glover is now the Beaver Kid. By the time Glover gets to his Olivia Newton John performance, the story of the outsider finding his voice through the pop star's words has folded over and inside itself so many times that it becomes almost unbearably touching to watch.
Harris is a filmmaker ("Ruben & Ed," "Plan 10 from Outer Space"), professor and writer who lives in Salt Lake City. He was the cameraman who happened upon the original Beaver Kid in 1979. A year later, so taken by the story and living in Los Angeles trying to make it as a filmmaker, he shot the first fictionalized version, ("Beaver Kid #2") with a then unknown Sean Penn. Four years later, after moving back to Utah, Harris shot the version with Glover and called it "The Orkly Kid." As a short, "Orkly" screened at several festivals. In the '90s, Harris made "Ruben & Ed" for Columbia Tri-Star and "Plan 10," which premiered at Sundance 1994. Then last year, exactly 20 years since meeting the original Beaver Kid, Harris decided to put all three together "to see what would happen." He was, quite simply, "amazed" at the result: a feature made from three shorts, so powerful that you can't imagine the pieces having ever been separate. indieWIRE spoke with Harris about the "first-person camera," Penn, Glover and making movies that don't fit the mold. "Beaver Trilogy" will screen in Edinburgh later this summer.
indieWIRE: Who is the original Beaver Kid? He isn't identified anywhere, not even in the credits.
Trent Harris: He's just a guy. Actually he asked me to keep his name private. He's an incredible guy, though. He knows all about the film.
iW: By never giving any explanation as to what is going on during the film, of what is documentary and what is fiction, or even saying when each part was shot, viewers are really left not knowing what is going on.
Harris: Well, join the crowd. That's been my experience with the whole thing. I don't know if there is such a term as "first-person camera," is there?
iW: There is now.
Harris: It's when you are seeing things at the same time I'm seeing them, and the audience is discovering things at the same time I'm discovering them. I've actually been expanding on that a lot. That's all I shot, or all I've been trying to do now. It's like following your nose and seeing where it goes. The whole project has been like that initial meeting in the parking lot. It's all been fascinating and it's all been interesting enough to just ride with it. It's like, Don't argue with it, and just ride with it. Opportunities present themselves and you just have to go with them. You don't get a chance very often.
iW: When did you realize that you had something so special in this story?
Harris: I've done, Oh God, I bet I've probably worked on a hundred documentaries and very seldom do I ever actually film something that is real. You just never really do. I think maybe that's happened twice or three times in my life. That encounter in the parking lot was definitely the first time and I think the best, that I actually got something that developed on film as opposed to filming something that happened in the past or filming someone talking about something that happened in the past. You are actually filming something happen, this transformation of character.
iW: It is also different from when you film someone who knows they are on camera and performs for it. They change. This guy was just so on.
Harris: Oh, he's an incredible person, just incredible. And then there is the subtext of what's going on. He's saying something and we are reading something else. I think that's what makes it work.
iW: Then there is the Olivia Newton-John song, which sounds so cheesy at first, but after hearing it several times becomes devastating.
Harris: Oh I know. The words are incredible. That's why I wanted to stick with the song and not switch to another song. I have a whole new appreciation for Olivia after this.
iW: Has Olivia Newton-John or "her people" seen the Trilogy?
Harris: I hope so. We invited her to it. Oddly enough, Sean (Penn) bought Olivia's house. Actually it was when he was married with Madonna, they bought their house in Malibu from Olivia. I tried to get her to look at it and I can't remember if she ever did or not.
iW: Penn made Beaver #2 right after he was in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," are you still in contact with him?
Harris: Yeah. I don't think he's seen the Trilogy, but he's seen "The Orkly Kid" and the one he did, #2. In fact, someone just sent me an article from Canada where they were interviewing him and asked, "If people didn't know who you were and you wanted them to see one film to get a sense of who you are, which would you tell them to watch?" He said, "The Beaver Kid" by Trent Harris. He said, "If people looked at that thing, they'd leave me alone in restaurants." No, he was really supportive of the whole thing. That shoot was like three days. I used that piece to do the film version. Sean was going to do that version, but in the mean time he got famous and ended up on the cover of Rolling Stone. I kind of lucked out though, because I think Crispin did a really good job.
iW: Each part looks drastically different; what formats did you shoot in?
Harris: It starts out on 3/4 inch video with a camera. The second one is another kind of video. The reason it is black and white is that, well, video does not hold up particularly well. What happened was, when I went back and looked at that stuff years later, it had degenerated to such a point that I put the stuff into my computer and digitized it. I tried to clean it up. But what happened was I ended up taking the color out of it because it was just so "scawampus." The last part is film. The kind of abstract scene in it is, as well. That scene looks pretty funky on film, too. It is actually Crispin on top of his roof, but it came out like you're up on that mountain.
iW: What happened to Crispin Glover? He's had a very low profile lately.
Harris: He's here in Salt Lake. We have a mutual friend, David Brothers, who's kind of a genius at building sets and stuff like that. Crispin is making a movie here, that he's producing and writing and all that kind of stuff. Sometimes he's on to something and sometimes he's not. I think he might be on to something with this one. There's a friend here that we've all known, named Steve Stewart, who's a paraplegic. What's he got? Oh, cerebral palsy, that's it. And he's kinky. He's a kinky son of a bitch and funny too. He has all these fantasies about washing newswomen's hair. Crispin is doing the movie with Steve as the lead character. So look out. Crispin and Dave are co-directing it. They are shooting the whole thing on these built sets. I think this one will rattle a few cages.
iW: Your earlier films are classified as "low art," albeit the best kind of "low art." Now "Beaver Trilogy" is playing at Lincoln Center, the epitome of "high art." How comfortable are you traveling back and forth between those unfortunately segregated worlds?
Harris: I don't pay a bit of attention to it. I find that usually my stuff is too weird for mainstream and not arty enough for museums. To me, that's kind of a good place to be, somewhere in this realm. Basically, I've given up thinking about that stuff and just try to make movies that I like. That's really the point. If I can make something that I like, I am quite happy.
[Aaron Krach is a contributing writer to indieWIRE.]
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It's such an essential exercise. Just imagine for a
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It's an inherently risky business, because the better
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Gurruella Games seems to be on top of things with Killzone 2 already as a new patch has been released today. The patch is coming directly after server maintenance and should already be out in most regions. If not be calm, Seb of GG said the patch will be availble after service maintance and will hit Europe and then followed by North America. Just boot up the game and download the update when notified. The patch includes all of the following:
Stability issue regarding randomly named games resolved.
Stability fix when rapidly tapping (X) can cause crash on spawn-select.
Stability issue regarding Saboteur's disguise ability resolved.
Stability fix on 'Creating game' with a blank name.
Stability fix for repeatedly entering exiting game.
The Ignore list functionality corrected.
Unlock of "Frontrunner" Medal now functioning correctly.
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Battle Replay for Corinth Crossing not appearing correctly on www.killzone.com.
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Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa formally opened his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, billing himself as the not-from-Washington candidate who would strive to renew a forgotten sense of community across America and offer common-sense judgment in foreign policy.It begins. A presidential campaign to chart a new course for the nation and bring a close to the radical right wing agenda of today's Republicans won't be finished at least until the next presidential election. Vilsack is clearly a moderate; the only caution I would urge is not to emphasize too much the idea of not being from Washington. That was Jimmy Carter's main theme in 1976 and although he won, his lack of knowledge about Washington did not serve him well.
Mr. Vilsack, who is stepping down in January after two terms as governor, was the first Democrat to declare his presidential intentions officially. He staged a rally in his adopted hometown, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, before setting off on a five-day tour to the early primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, as well as his native Pennsylvania.
"I have always been an underdog and a long shot," Mr. Vilsack said, addressing one of the biggest challenges he faces in a fiercely competitive 2008 campaign. "I've always been inspired by the stories of ordinary citizens who worked hard, overcame adversity and succeeded."
Vilsack, like possible presidential candidate Bill Richardson, has the advantage of being a governor and therefore the image of a seasoned executive. Though Bush had the same initial image of being a governor and an executive, voters will be more discerning this time and Vilsack will come across as a capable candidate. As of now, Vilsack inherits the advantage that Mark Warner would have had by running as a former governor but Warner has definitely dropped out to pursue a different course.
Tom Vilsack, however, lacks some of the foreign policy experience some of the other likely candidates have but he's off to a good start by simply talking about common sense—something that has been lacking from our foreign policy for the last six years.
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The neck wasn't right though and I simply couldn't fit collar with the original design so I changed (and added )a few things :
He may have to make allies where he can...
That's a superb conversion and paint-job, I love your painting style and your putty skills are impressive JB.
He has quite an aloof demeanor, I could see him being quite foppish/dandyish wherever he roamed and whatever situation he finds himself in.
Cheers Jonah but I'm afaraid my putty-fu is nowhere near yours ! I opted for a nervous and rapid paintjob instead of spending time blending things as I needed this model done for a gaming WE soon. I aimed for efficiency first. As my RPG character in an ongoing campaign , he's proven quite fun to play with thanks to his revolting condescending attitude and very loose manners... (a large difference from my goody two shoe paladin).Delete
Excellent work again here, JB. A rich vein of form methinks. Was looking forward to seeing how the trousers came out. Nice subtle striping effect there, as it as it should be!ReplyDelete
Those pants really drove me mental, I don't liek stripes for starters but with all the mess in front of them it was a chore to get those lines thin and parrallel enough...
Anyway, he's done and looks reasonably good so i'm fine with it !
Cheers Ed !
Wow, very nice mini ! I had never seen this illustration and I have to recognize you did great putting it in 3D.
I very much like the colors you chose, particularly the sleeves which colors I find very well chosen.
Well I didn't really shoose any colour really, I just applied what was in the illustration ! ^^'
I did opt for a slightly less yellowish brown for the leathers but other than that it's just replication !
Thanks mec !
I found your greyish purple very efficient and I found the red canister to be just perfect. :)Delete
teah, I cheated on this one too and desaturated the purple a little. The red canister doesn't make much sense if you consider colour harmony but it's precisely because of that that I chose it ! ^^Delete
The striped breeches are fantastic JB and the miniature is immediately recognisable.
Great work, I'm looking forward to seeing it in hand.
Believe me, I almost lost my sanity on those pants and they still don't look OK to me. They'll have to do though and the rest is pleasing enough fo rme to close my eyes on those stripes really. ^^
It's going to be great to have that galactic piece of human turd on the table being his annoying, condescending twatish self.
Haha, that's so great! :D Certainly a bon vivant, now he needs some proper servants!ReplyDelete
I'll write more about him soon as he's my RPG character but I'm working on his sidekick as we speak ;)
Cheers amigo !
That is a fantastic tribute to the illustration, lovely modelling and painting and he exudes a really snobby nature. Where did you get the little lizard miniature from?ReplyDelete
Cheers mate, the lizard comes from a lizard swarm for the lizardmen (don't know which edition but I guess early 2000's or something). None had the exact iguana look I was looking for but this one hits close enough for my needs.Delete
What a great conversion! I love this poncy nob with his pet Lizard. And I bet he is an artist with his pistols because only some one who is supremely skilled would dare walk around dressed like that.ReplyDelete
From our RPG sessions , he's actually proven to be quite a shot actually with a signature move being a double called shot to the crotch.
Cheers ;)
I think your assessment of your own GS skills is vastly underestimated JB. You've heard me whine about my GS ineptitude on many occasions, but I'll not hear you complain about yours when you can bang out mini conversions like this! He looks great! The green on the lizard scales turned out top notch too.
I look forward to seeing more of your crappy GS work in the future buddy :p
It really is basic stuff I'm doing it honestly but I have a RTB01 beakie in the pipes (it's been in it for a year now) that might get some more putty. I've aslo started a whole pantheon of RTed up chaos greater demons... I just don't enjoy pushing putty much but that's OK.
Cheers buddy, can always use a good pat on the back ;)
Yeah, I much prefer to convert & paint...in that order :)
Being nice is overrated :)
That's a fantastic realisation of the illustration! I like that it's not a slavish copy, but it does capture the spirit of the character wonderfully. Especially love the lizard!ReplyDelete
I wouldn't have been able nor willing to do a slavish copy really. The pose is dull and details wouldn't work ported to a 28mm scale. So I kept the essentials which I think works fine.
The lizard didn't take much time but was very rewarding a sculpt.
Thanks a lot !
Oh, I've been waiting to see this guy for far too long, and he certainly doesn't dissapoint. Wonderful job mate, from top to bottom... love it!ReplyDelete
Cheers, glad you like him, it's true he's taken a bit of time but I couldn't be arsed pushing putty for a while. In the end it wasn't that painfull and got him done in a couple of sessions before painting.
He's a fun dude i'll be happy to game with. ;)
That is an impressive conversion, and one that leaps so well off of the pages of Rogue Trader. I am looking forward to seeing what you show us next!ReplyDelete
Cheers ! In the coming posts I should have some boring stuff but some slightly more interesting stuff since I have this guy's sidekick on the table right now ;)Delete
Just incredible! The conversion captures the essence of the character, and the painting is tremendous. I love how ridiculous and pompous he looks - it speaks volumes about his pumped up ego. A perfect scifi dandy!ReplyDelete
You know the character so it's nice you can see this added dimension I gave him ! I wanted a guy you love to despise and vice versa. ;)
Thanks !
Damn mate, that's a fine transition from old 980's image, to 3D model. And your GS skills are better than mine, so stop complaining. (Not that I'm any good mind.)
Such a high born twit needs sycophants. I hope you have interesting characters planned for this?
Aha thanks !
I do have a sidekick on the table right now but to be honest (middle guy in the first WIP shot) but the conversion doesn't really do it, that was just a way to play. I am considering giving a proper retinue but I'll make sure every member is as strange looking as possible ;)
Great conversion, and the paint job is excellent. I think my dad owns pants like that... and I like how the lizard looks very sullen on the end of his lead.ReplyDelete
Cheers, I had all the elements in the illustration so it was only a matter of following them as closely as possible while keeping things easy. The lizard isn't only here for decration I can tell you. ;)Delete
Sublime work here JB...all around top shelf!ReplyDelete
Cheers Chris, fun projects like these are always rewarding !Delete
Fantastic job!!ReplyDelete
Cheers Phil !Delete
Oh et heureuse coïncidence, je suis né à Bourg en Bresse ! ;)Delete
Incroyable ça, surtout que mon était, habitude oblige, dans la langue de Shakespeare...Je reviendrai donc forcément flâner de ce côté, j'ai visionné quelques posts et c'est vraiment chouette...
Ami bressan,
mon 'commentaire'...fallait-il ire...Delete
Je suis basé à Grenoble maintenant mais qui sait ? ;)
Merci à toi !
Seriously dude (I know, I know, no ones says dude anymore) ... that's a fantastic combination of colours. Love it!ReplyDelete
The colours don't clash as badly as I would have thought. A fun exercise anyway.
Thanks bro ;)


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Not only for a Mum, but for anyone who is rushing to work in the morning or Tired after a long day, it would be boring and sometimes exhausting to blow dry after every shower. I prefer to have a shower before the school run always and still remember the days when I had to run with the kids to the school with wet hair 😦 and trying to hide it somehow!
I have tried quite a good number of shower caps to protect my hair during shower . They are either too big or too tight or just don't cover the entire head properly. Sometimes even does not have a long life :(. So when "Save the Blow Dry" asked me to review their new shower cap, I was looking forward to see how different it is from the normal shower caps I have used so far and why it is priced so!? It claims to be the Moisture Eliminating Queen of Shower caps.
So Whats so special in Save the Blow Dry shower cap and what it claims to do
- Super roomy – covers even the longest, thickest styles!
- Comfortable fab-flex grip stops strands escaping!
- Really banishes bathroom frizz and squashed hair styles!
And did it work for me!?
A Big YES. It did served its purpose really well and did what is intended to do. When it says Super Roomy, It is.- May be it should Say "Massive" roomy. Mine is a Wavy Hair and up to the shoulders and it has covered each and every bit of the hair during my shower and didn't fall off, didn't loosen, Just stayed perfect and protected my hair. You definitely look like a Big head though But as far as you can save your time and not to run for a blow dry, I feel it does not matter.
The protective outer layer is Phalate free and proved to be more safer. The internal layer is made of super-absorbent micro weave towel which zaps humidity and condensation, bathroom-proofing hair to leave it dry and bouncy. This is SO SOFT that you wouldn't even feel it on your head. The Elastic is super soft, still firm to keep it intact around your head.
And, Most importantly, Since it is in attractive, Pink colour, I know DD would love to try it. She has a very long straight hair ( trying to be a tangled) and more thicker than mine, I find it hard mostly for her hair to save it from being wet in shower and this was an excellent product and most loved.
The only thing that was making to think twice is the Price. At first, I really thought, for a shower cap, 15£ !? But then it is well worth it, You get a nice super absorbent towel inside, it is massive enough. And they are partnered with Khandel Light, a charity that is doing great work to greatly improve the lives of communities in and around Khandel, Rajasthan, India. Every Save the Blow Dry sold through our website, directly funds a fortnight's safe drinking water for a family in the desert region of Khandel, making a basic, but vital difference to people living with constant drought, where temperatures soar to 45 degrees.
Here are the Important Tips For Best Results from Save the Blow Dry.
- Brush hair.
- If hair is long, gently clip up with a clasp or slide.
- Push any stray strands up into hat and ensure the hair line is covered.
- Happily bathe or shower, whilst looking super cute!
- Dry your body and face before removing SAVE THE BLOW DRY™ !
- Shake SAVE THE BLOW DRY™ ! To remove excess water and ideally hang up to dry.
Dual Usage Benefit from Save the Blow Dry.
Turn hat inside out (so the towelling doesn't get wet and yuckie) and put on over your favourite hair treatment allowing it to work on hair more effectively.
Because of this fact, , Mum likes it a lot and doing her best to take it from me. And on the other side, being Pink and flowery, My daughter loves it and Just to use it everyday, she is happily getting into the shower in the morning and evening. Now….. I got a big job of reminding them that the shower cap is Mine.. and no one should ever demand to own it! It has got all our love and Thumps up. Click here to own one for you – Save the Blow Dry. Sure you will love it.


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Standing Rock, #NoDAPL, and Mni Wiconi
Thousands of Water Protectors from more than three hundred Native nations, as well as allied supporters from a range of social movements, gathered at the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in Cannon Ball, North Dakota during 2016 to halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The DAPL threatens to cross under the Mni Sose (the Missouri River), which is the fresh-water supply for millions of humans and countless nonhuman relations. By blocking settler access to capital through direct action, the enactment of political counterclaims to the land and river through ceremony and legal challenges in U.S. courts, #NoDAPL front-line protectors are directly challenging the fossil-fuel industry's centrality in colonial accumulation and demonstrating that climate change is indelibly linked to historic and ongoing colonialism and Indigenous erasure and elimination. Contributors to this Hot Spots series consider the social, historical, cultural, and political significance of the #NoDAPL movement, situating it within Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) history, leadership strategies and direct action/organizing, Indigenous anticolonial resistance across Turtle Island, and conditions of ongoing state violence against Indigenous bodies and lands.
The essays are accompanied by images taken by photographers Jaida Grey Eagle and Vanessa Bowen.
Jaida Grey Eagle is an Oglala Lakota photographer born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has been photographing since she was a young child, often using disposable 35mm cameras, and she received her first digital camera at eighteen as a birthday present from her parents. Her work mainly focuses on historical events in the Indigenous community, but also includes naturally lit portraits and landscapes. Her work from Standing Rock is rooted in her concern for access to clean water and her desire to help provide coverage in the fight against environmental racism. Anpetu wanji mni ki iyotan otehinka kte lo is a Lakota prophecy translated by her family to mean "One day, water will be more precious than anything."
Born and raised in New Mexico, a proud member of the Navajo Nation, Vanessa Bowen began creating art in childhood. Since then she has expanded her creativity from design into photography. Bowen's project at Standing Rock seeks to capture the humanity and resilience of Water Protectors and, ultimately, to prove that our society needs to move away from fossil fuels. The photographs from Oceti Sakowin camp will be featured in her documentary Water Is Life, which aims to educate viewers about the many fossil-fuel disasters on tribal lands and about why it is essential to protect the Missouri River from the Dakota Access Pipeline.


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CategoriesCommentary, Craft, Criticism, Essay, Issue #3
The Literary Acoustics of Marlon James: Hearing Loss, the Noisy Novel, and A Brief History of Seven Killings
By Ed Garland
The audiologist might ask you how you feel about spending three grand on a set of hearing aids, and you might tell them you intend to explore other options, such as getting more of your sonic satisfaction from words. To find a new way of appreciating sound without bothering my ears, I began to assemble the list of what might be called Sonic Fiction, the Literature of the Ear, or the Noisy Novel. And Marlon James's A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel saturated with sound and explicitly concerned with hearing and listening, comes very close to taking the title of 'the noisiest novel ever'.
CategoriesCommentary, Craft, Criticism, Essay, Issue #2
Lazy Storytelling, Rory Gilmore, and Why Fictional Women Should Write More Than Their Autobiographies
The benefits of women taking and using their authentic voices to tell their stories from a place of authority are far-reaching and largely very positive. But when we box women writers into a selective space that disallows exploration of themes, subjects, and topics outside of memoir, we open the door to women writers only to shut them into the foyer.
CategoriesCommentary, Craft, Criticism, Interview, Issue #2, Past Issue
An Interview with Lee Kofman
By Antic
A candid discussion about memoir, voyeurism and the body with author Lee Kofman.
CategoriesCraft, Criticism, Essay, Issue #2, Past Issue
A Review of Nicholas John Turner's 'Hang Him When He Is Not There'
By Eugen Bacon
How we approach a short story, any story, influences our interaction with the text, where pre-reading judgements affect the intercourse between the author and reader. My approach to this collection was of a reader expecting to notice characteristics of the archetypal short story. As I immersed myself into the act of reading, I experienced subtle and then significant movement from being resistant to being enticed by the author's voice and style.
CategoriesCommentary, Craft, Criticism, Essay, Issue #2
Remembering Forgetting with Lydia Davis
Davis has been called, dismissively, 'a writer's writer's writer', which gives the impression that her work exists somewhere on the ethereal edges of what can be enjoyed by the average person. It's true that Davis's prose is often very close to poetry in its meticulous attention to the verbal. But to dismiss this kind of writing as gratuitously abstruse, available only to other writers, is to ignore the true gift that Davis gives us in her work: the gift of noticing, or 'vigilance', as one of her Booker-prize judges called it.
New Fidelities
By Antonia Pont
What do our choices (our likes) – as writers now, as makers – say, if anything, about how we see the world? In other words, do preferences around style speak to the ontologies to which we subscribe, knowingly or not? Does style (in the broadest sense here) betray our most pressing existential worries, our particular way of squirming and daring? And, as an upshot, does what we experience as the spoken or unspoken rules of writing (or of particular writing enclaves and positions on writing) have anything to do with power and politics?
A History of Rests
What did Christina Stead see when, in 1930, she left Paris – largely to avoid meeting the mother-in-law of her de-facto partner, William Blech, who, awkwardly, was married to someone else – for Salzburg, Austria, in order to attend a festival devoted to the work of Mozart, that city's most famous son? The Salzburg Tales, published four years later, was based largely on her time there, and that book's first word discloses to us in terms that could not be more literal what Stead saw when she arrived: 'Salzburg'.
Endless Wars in Infinite Universes
By Adam Rivett
Comic books, above all, trade in a kind of closed door policy – the long unknowable road of past narrative, which at this point in comic book history resembles a mirror now shattered into millions of shards. Back stories, alternate histories, side issues, spinoffs, retcons. At some point when writing anything like this there's always a question you ask yourself: how much comic book lore do I discuss?


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Thursday, April 22, 2010
0 Recipe #100: Panang Curry (Quinoa, Tofu, & Tomatoes in a Lemongrass-Ginger-Garlic-Basil Sauce)
Recipe #100 is here at last!!!!!
Panang curry (แกงแพนง) has the most wonderful, aroma. Today, I as I was making it for lunch, it filled up the entire kitchen with its heady scent. My stomach growled in response, & suddenly, I began to cook a little bit faster. ;)
This particular recipe is fairly true to its traditional Thai roots, with the exception of the quinoa, which gives the dish a little twist. Of course, this blog wouldn't be this blog without its little twists & turns. ;)
1 Tbsp. garlic, peeled & finely minced (about 2 large garlic cloves)
1 shallot, peeled & finely minced
2 stalks fresh lemongrass, sliced crosswise into small rounds (dried will also work)
1-2 large kaffir lime leaves, center rib removed & finely minced (optional)
1/2 tsp. galangal root, cut into matchstick-sized pieces (optional)
1 tsp. rice wine vinegar
1 tsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. sesame seed oil
1/4 tsp. honey
2 tsp. freshly-squeezed lime juice
1/2 tsp. lime zest
1/2 tsp. sea salt (or, to taste)
1/2 tsp. ground cumin (or you can also use toasted cumin seeds)
1/8 tsp. red chili pepper flakes
1/2 c. fresh coconut juice (reserved from a fresh coconut)
1/2 c. silken tofu, diced into 1/2" cubes
1 whole scallion, sliced crosswise into small rounds
1/4 c. fresh cilantro, finely minced
Directions: Prepare curry paste by mashing paste ingredients into oblivion with a mortar & pestle. If this is too Paleolithic for you, then toss everything into a food processor instead, & pulse until smooth. Set aside.
Wash quinoa grains to remove starchy coating. To do this, place the quinoa grains in a small bowl, fill the bowl with just enough water to cover the grains, let them soak for a few minutes, & then stir them a bit with a spoon (or clean hands). Drain the water, & repeat a few more times until the water is no longer cloudy.
Next cook quinoa in water & coconut juice in a small sauce pot on low heat. About 5 minutes into cooking, add tomatoes, tofu, scallion, basil (or mint), & fresh cilantro, & gently stir to combine ingredients. Cook another 5-7 minutes. (If necessary, add more water to the pan during the cooking process.) Remove from heat, let quinoa mixture stand for 5 minutes, & then fluff. While mixture is resting, sprinkle chopped scallions on top & then prepare peanuts: Either crush them (with a mortar & pestle) or grind them (in a food processor or spice/coffee grinder) & then toast. Transfer ingredients to plate, sprinkle crushed/ground peanuts on top, then garnish with a sprig of cilantro, & serve. Enjoy!
Chef's Notes: Of course, if you'd like, you can always substitute beef or chicken for the tofu.
Yield: 1-2 servings. (Recipe can easily be double or quadrupled, etc., to accommodate more diners.)
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Papercuts You Want To Have - Stunning Paper Art
You have a blank sheet of paper in front of you. What do you do with it? While most people would write on it or fold it into some form of origami, artist Peter Callesen creates amazing sculptures and cut-outs from his paper.
Born in Denmark, Peter Callesen studied at Goldsmith's College in London. His work explores the relationship between two and three dimensions and is incredibly imaginative. He seems to use the theme of fairytales as many of his work deals with dreams and the impossible. He explores the lost land of childhood, centering between dreams and reality.
Peter says this about his choice of paper: "I find the A4 sheet of paper interesting to work with, because it is probably the most common and consumed media and format for carrying information today, and in that sense it is something very loaded. This means that we rarely notice the actual materiality of the A4 paper. By removing all the information and starting from scratch using the blank white 80gsm A4 paper as a base for my creations, I feel that I have found a material which we all are able to relate to, and at the same time is non-loaded and neutral and therefore easier to fill with different meanings. The thin white paper also gives the paper sculptures a fragility which underlines the tragic and romantic theme of the works."
I love the detail in his artwork. Some of these cut-outs just pop out at you and others make you wonder 'Wow, how did he do that?'
This kind of work makes me wonder one thing though: How many papercuts do you think he gets from his art?
Copyrighted images used with permission. Many thanks to Peter Callesen!
If you enjoyed these paper cut-outs, check out Paper Cut Clouds: 6 Truly Magical Cloud Lamps.


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Thursday, April 26th, 7:00PM at the historic Del Mar Theatre in downtown Santa Cruz Tickets available at the Del Mar box office for $10
Santa Cruz, CA (April 26, 2012) – In celebration of the dedication of Santa Cruz as a World Surfing Reserve, the Surfrider Foundation (Santa Cruz Chapter) and Del Mar Theatre are teaming up to feature local surf films by Dana 'Skimshady' Baldzikowski and Rocky Romano, followed by the featured award-winning documentary, 'Minds in the Water'.
The evening will begin with a film from the winner of the Surf-Shorts film competition, Dana 'Skimshady' Baldzikowski, followed by a special screening of 'Danger' by Rocky Romano. Selected from amongst many quality Santa Cruz related film entries, Skimshady's film epitomizes the current, local surf scene through high-energy footage of many Santa Cruz surfers. Romano's film, 'Danger,' highlights the athletes, sport, culture, and realities of Big Wave Surfing in Half Moon Bay, California at the legendary "Mavericks" wave.
The featured film, "Minds in the Water", is an award winning documentary following the quest of professional surfer Dave Rastovich and his friends to protect dolphins, whales and the oceans they all share. Through Dave's journey—a five-year adventure spanning the globe from Australia to the Galapagos, Tonga, California, Alaska and Japan—we see one surfer's quest to activate his community to help protect the ocean and its inhabitants. A Q&A will follow the screening of "Minds in the Water" with co-producer/writer Steve Barilotti.
On Saturday April 28th World Surfing Reserves and the Santa Cruz Local Stewardship council are officially dedicating Santa Cruz as a World Surfing Reserve. The World Surfing Reserves initiative creates a global network of Surfing Reserves designed to educate the world about the tremendous universal value of these special places and provide tools to help local communities better protect cherished surf breaks. Santa Cruz will join Manly Beach, Australia; Ericiera, Portugal; and Malibu, USA as the fourth World Surfing Reserve. For more info visit http://www.worldsurfingreserves.org/.
About Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world's oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 250,000 supporters, activists and members worldwide. For more information on the Surfrider Foundation, visit www.surfrider.org.
Contact: Jonathan Lariviere
Surfrider Foundation
Mobile: (618) 303 5576
Office: (831) 467 7667
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I just took a peek at our momma Cardinal and the daddy was there too. They both looked like they had food so the babies may have hatched! I threw some old bread out there too. So sweet. Wish I could get a close up shot of them, but I'd rather not scare any of them.
Looks like China made an announcement for agencies to counsel with their clients against traveling, but are not stopping them from coming and are giving out travel approvals. If they get sick while they, they do have to seek medical attention. I guess the worst it could be would be a quarantine for them.
As for referrals...they WILL be coming out this week.
The latest poll on chinaadopttalk.com is as follows:
Had fun making my own background with this one. These are pics that Dennis had taken right before his half marathon. I had him do the journaling at the bottom.
#of families/dossiers and date logged in (LID)
17 for Mar 9th
19 for Mar 10th
1 for Mar 11th
1 for Mar 12th
11 for Mar 13th
62 for Mar 14th
Not completely accurate since not everyone is voting on the poll. But that's about 111 families/dossiers total. So it all depends on the availability of children/babies. We're mixed in with the 62. So we will see. We could get that call this week!!!
It was National Scrapbooking Day Saturday, so over the weekend, Scrap in Style TV had lots of challenges and games going on. I did manage to do one challenge by Ravenea (Michelle). It was to scrap something from your profile. I had said that I've always liked to make things, I like to scrap for fun , and I do it as an outlet, so that's how this layout came about...had fun using the Kitschy digitals that I printed out for this and lots of Hambly and houndstooth to go along with the fun and sentimental feel of it.
More fun with making backgrounds. Inspired by another layout I had seen to do this one. So much inspiration all around and so many talented people.
My lucky sister-in-law and her friend, Lisa.
And did this for the Scrapping to the Music challenge blog site for the latest song. Used the pic I had taken of the momma Cardinal and used the feathers from the Kitschy Digitals feather accent kit. They look so real.
I was at the grocery the other day and happened to pick up this book, not realizing exactly what it was, but then had to get it! It's all about teaching your child how to treat animals. It's got both cats and dogs in there and repeats the phrase "pat them gently." Just love it...$3 too!
I was so shocked when I went to October Afternoons blog to see that I had one a paper pack from them!!! It's from one of their new lines. Check them out here. I haven't known about them for very long, but I also had a hard time finding their products. But did find that Two Peas does carry their line, and will soon have the new things coming out. So perfect for Emma. I had posted a comment on their blog about what I would do if I won a paper pack. I said that I would use it to create a mini-album of our trip to adopt Emma from China and use any left overs for layouts and mini-albums for my mother-in-law...and make cards too! I just love the old vintage look of these new lines. I know I'll be scrapping a lot of Emma adjusting here once she's home and we're all settled. It'll be stressful and a lot of adjusting I'm sure, but I think it'll be important to scrap those times. Check their new lines out and watch for them on Two Peas!
Hopefully, I'll be posting about a referral this week. If not this time around, it has got to be next month!


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This homemade costume for kids entered our 2013 Halloween Costume Contest.
A word from Cindy, the 'Zazu, Simba, and Nala' costume creator:
My children are wearing the costume. I made for a school musical. They also used for Halloween. I made a simple hoody out of old blankets, added ears and a tail. The face was done... Read more »