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When sixty-three year old film director Otto Preminger set out to make what would become the most disastrous film of his career and even more maligned than his megabomb Saint Joan (1957), he had good intentions. Preminger had read Doran William Cannon's script Skidoo about the culture clash between the Establishment (who, in this case, were represented by The Mafia) and the youth culture of the late 1960's, and enjoyed the irreverent vibe. Preminger himself had always scoffed at conservatism and was known for breaking the rules in his previous work: from tackling taboo themes such as rape and drug addiction to employing all African American casts in the 1950's to hiring blacklisted talent during the height of McCarthyism. Cannon's script was, in fact, written in earnest. (Cannon would pen another "head" film just a few years later, 1970's Brewster McCloud.) At the time, Cannon thought Skidoo, "delivered an important message of peace and love at a time when America was engaged with the war in Vietnam." Preminger's desire to take on his screenplay was also sincere. At the time he was itching to make a comedy and had grown interested in the counterculture - most importantly, with LSD. Preminger was at the time dabbling with acid himself, and in 1968, he was not alone. Acid had become the drug of choice among the nation's youth, and its popularity was beginning to make its way to the big screen. Preminger no doubt wanted to ride the wave.
1968 in fact was a big year for acid movies. Psych-Out, Wild in the Streets, Alice in Acidland, Mantis in Lace and others were released in the wake of Roger Corman's The Trip (1967) and Easy Rider (1969) was just around the corner . Preminger's unique arrangement with Paramount allowed him the freedom to tackle the modern subject material; his record of always delivering on schedule or under budget didn't hurt either. However, the always-efficient director found himself butting heads with screenwriter Cannon. The writer wanted the mafia to be depicted in a serious manner; Preminger saw them as comical cartoon figures. Preminger wanted Cannon to write in more violence; Cannon, a pacifist, refused. Soon others were brought in for rewrites (including Elliott Baker, author of A Fine Madness) and the script further deviated from Cannon's original vision. After the final and most absurd draft of the film was delivered, it was quickly cast with an equally bizarre group of old and young Hollywood talent: Jackie Gleason, Frankie Avalon, Carol Channing, Mickey Rooney, John Phillip Law, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, Austin Pendleton and perhaps most strangely, Groucho Marx (it was the comedian's final film role).
As filming began on Skidoo, some cast and crew members immediately sensed that the story might be too bizarre for its own good: A retired mobster named Tony (Gleason) is called upon by his former Mafia boss (Marx, simply referred to as "God") to make one last hit. His one time friend Blue Chips Packard (Rooney) was sitting pretty in solitary confinement in Alcatraz after being busted, but has since become an informer against his old gang. Tony is instructed to sneak into the jail and eliminate Packer.
Meanwhile, Tony's teenage daughter Darlene is in dubious company herself, hanging out with members of San Francisco's hippie community. She starts dating a tuned-out long hair (John Phillip Law) and espouses the ideals of peace and love. Tony's wife Flo (Channing), the more sympathetic of the couple, feels for her daughter and invites the whole psychedelic clan back to their house to live. Tony is none too happy about this new crowd, yet befriends a hippie in the clink known as "The Professor" (Austin Pendleton, the unsung hero of the film). He turns Tony onto acid accidentally one day, and during his trip, Tony begins to understand the pitfalls of his violent past. He decides to "make love, not war" against ol' Blue Chips.
With Tony now enlightened, he wishes to make his final exit from mob life. Unfortunately he must "take it up with God" and "The Professor" orchestrates a dramatic escape from the jail for the both of them, which includes spiking the kitchen soup with LSD. As the inmates and hacks are floating on Cloud Nine, Tony and Professor do a little floating themselves: namely, they fly a homemade hot air balloon, made out of bags and garbage cans up, up, and away right out of Alcatraz and onto God's yacht, where the hippies have already made their ambush. In the end, God himself is not immune to the tenants of peace of love, and is seen on a sailboat in the distance with "The Professor," smoking a joint merrily.
Even though it looked like Skidoo was quickly turning into some strange absurdist play, Preminger stood by his new film and presented the film to Paramount with a straight face; studio heads were more than unimpressed. He had attempted a fun, topical comedy but was too removed from what he was satirizing due to his age and life experience. As a result, Skidoo appealed to no one in 1968. Older audiences found its celebration of drugs offensive and younger viewers thought it was akin to your grandfather asking to borrow your records. The film was contrived and overbearing. The hippies seem stilted and forced while the older cast members overact and ham it up, often resorting to broad slapstick. The film moved from scene to scene without any real sense of direction and sometimes relied on weird, sped-up flashback sequences. At the end of the day the critics and the cinema-going public scoffed at this sixty-three year old man's pathetic acid trip. It was in theaters a week before it was pulled, and then Skidoo was buried in film history as a bad mistake; To this day, the film has not been released on home video.
Ironically, it is the "bad mistake", the overcalculation of Skidoo that makes watching it such a fun, enjoyable experience today. Much like the accidental hilariousness of a 1950's education filmstrip, the notion of Skidoo being made in earnest, that Preminger filmed acid trip sequences the exact way he experienced them himself, gives the film a strange staying power. A simple viewing of it will make you think you're on an acid trip of your own. The LSD sequences are truly bizarre; a surreal mix of muted audio and mind-warping visuals (the movie's most trippy moment has to be what Preminger himself called "The Dance of The Garbage Cans"). Most unbelievable however, is the cast that Preminger assembled for this one-of-a-kind oddity. It's hard to believe that Jackie Gleason was ever talked into acting out an acid trip. And between seeing Carol Channing in only a bra and tights and Groucho Marx's head on a cartoon depiction of a screw, you truly feel like you've stepped into another dimension. And just when you think you've seen it all, the ending is interrupted by Preminger himself imploring you to stay through the credits as 60's folk troubadour Nilsson actually sings the entire list of cast and crew.
While Preminger and his cast and crew may have created box office poison with Skidoo in 1968, it is simply too unique to be ignored any longer. It's become a hilarious relic of the time period. Consistent bootlegging of the film has introduced Skidoo to a new generation of viewers, who celebrate it as a garish clusterf*ck. In fact, Skidoo is the true essence of a cult film: made with love, immediately reviled and buried, and subsequently rediscovered by a new audience, basking in its strange, hypnotic allure
Producer: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Screenplay: Doran William Cannon
Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Film Editing: George R. Rohrs
Art Direction: Robert Emmet Smith
Music: Harry Nilsson
Cast: Jackie Gleason (Tony Banks), Carol Channing (Flo Banks), Frankie Avalon (Angie), Fred Clark (Tower Guard), Michael Constantine (Leech), Frank Gorshin (The Man), John Phillip Law (Stash), Peter Lawford (The Senator), Burgess Meredith (The Warden), George Raft (Captain Garbaldo), Cesar Romero (Hechy).
by Millie de Chirico
Skidoo (1968)
Faye Dunaway, under contract to Otto Preminger at the time, refused to appear in Skidoo after she scored a huge success in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). She was sued by Preminger but it was settled out of court.
Skidoo screenwriter Doran William Cannon was first hired for the Preminger film Too Far To Walk. Cannon's agent was a former secretary for Preminger and had sent him the Skidoo screenplay as a writing sample to get Cannon hired for Too Far To Walk.
The director admired the anti-establishment tone of the Skidoo script and the fact that Cannon pitted the hippies against the mafia so Cannon asked, "Why not just make Skidoo?" And since Preminger thought he would be able to make it cheaply, he agreed to do it.
Preminger had already done research on the drug scene for Too Far To Walk.
Cannon and Preminger butted heads over how the Mafia would be portrayed in Skidoo. Cannon wanted them to be realistic and played straight; Preminger wanted them to be cartoonish with the comedy played broadly. Cannon remembers, "I told Otto from the start that if he directed Skidoo the way he directed In Harm's Way [1965], it would be funny." Preminger also thought the mafia members should be violent a suggestion that Cannon was vehemently against, as he claimed his screenplay was about "the powers of nonviolence".
Preminger initially asked Mel Brooks to help with the rewrite, although he told Cannon later, "I am not going to hire [Brooks]. Between you and him I would go crazy." Instead Cannon suggested Elliott Baker (author of A Fine Madness).
TV screenwriter Stanley Ralph Ross (The Monkees, Batman) was also brought in to rescue the script, although by the time Ross was called in Skidoo was halfway done and all the scenes Ross suggested be cut were already shot and edited into the film. Preminger still paid Ross anyway.
Cannon's friend Austin Pendleton (the Professor) tried out for the film by taking a drive with Preminger around San Francisco. They didn't speak of the movie at all during their drive and instead discussed politics. Right as he dropped him off at the airport, Preminger told Pendleton, "I like talking to you; you don't need to do the test because the part is yours." Pendleton sensed that the movie would probably fail and had initially turned him down. After offering him a little more money, Pendleton reluctantly agreed to do Skidoo.
After Pendleton's first scene (the jail scene in which the new recruits are asked to strip down naked and answer questions about their lives on a computer), he begged his agent to be released from Skidoo, although Preminger liked Pendleton immensely and wanted to expand his part. Soon after on set, Pendleton missed his marks and Preminger exploded, calling him "an amateur" and claimed he "didn't know how to behave on camera". Pendleton agreed with the director and asked, "Mr. Preminger, can you help me?" and Preminger melted. From that point on he gave Pendleton more coaching than anyone else on set.
Jackie Gleason and Preminger reportedly didn't communicate at all on set, and Pendleton observed that Gleason was "not hostile but depressed". Gleason never wanted to rehearse and had no humor offstage. Pendleton said he was a "prima donna who made his wardrobe man kneel down to tie his shoes."
Cannon initially wanted Preminger to play the God character but he refused, so instead Cannon suggested Groucho Marx. Preminger claimed Marx was too old but hired him anyway.
Reportedly when Groucho showed up on the set, he asked Preminger if he was drunk. Preminger resented the comment and would yell at Marx continuously through the shoot. A person on set claimed that there were "many tense moments with Groucho, who was gross, uncouth, and extremely unpleasant to everyone." Preminger reported picked on Groucho so much during the filming that Gleason physically threatened Preminger to never try the same bully stuff with him.
Preminger forced Groucho to wear his trademark mustache for the film.
Carol Channing claimed Preminger, "was a wonderful producer but I didn't like working with him. He enjoyed beating me up in front of the company."
Preminger's film In Harm's Way is seen during the opening sequence where Tony and Flo are watching television. Preminger always complained that his films were edited after being shown on television, and in the sequence Flo is heard saying, "I never watch films on TV...they always cut them to pieces."
Preminger reportedly wanted Bob Dylan to score Skidoo. He invited Dylan and his wife to a screening of the movie in his mansion. After the screening Dylan wanted to see the film again (much to everyone's surprise in the room, who had thought it was terrible) but under one condition: he wanted to see it alone with his wife in the house while it was playing. Dylan ended up not scoring the movie and later admitted the only reason he requested a private second screening was because he was fascinated by the dcor in Preminger's house and wanted to use some of the ideas for his own house.
The Skidoo wrap party was at The Factory, a hip disco in Los Angeles. Preminger wore a Nehru suit and was seen having a great time.
Director Peter Bogdanovich was present when Preminger screened Skidoo for Paramount executives (including head Robert Evans). Bogdanovich said, "There wasn't one laugh or titter the entire film."
Preminger arranged for the Skidoo premiere to be in Miami as a fundraiser for the not-yet-built Miami Arts Center. Pendleton recalls it being, "...beautifully orchestrated...a feeling of a big, important premiere you'd have thought it was the Atlanta opening of Gone with the Wind [1939]...but twenty minutes after the film started there began an ever gathering parade of rich people exiting. I knew then that we were in trouble."
Skidoo opened in Los Angeles on December 18th, 1968, to qualify for Academy Award consideration.
Skidoo opened in New York on March 5th, 1969.
Groucho Marx, who reportedly took LSD at the time of Skidoo, was profiled in an article by Yippie founder and publisher of The Realist, Paul Krassner. It was titled "My Acid Trip With Groucho".
Compiled by Millie de Chirico
The Cinema of Otto Preminger by Gerald Pratlow
Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King by Foster Hirsch
The Worst Movies Of All Time or What Were They Thinking? by Michael Sauter
Psychotronic Magazine Number 12
Skidoo (1968)
Skidoo was filmed in San Francisco, California.
Shooting began on March 18th, 1968 and wrapped no less than two months later on May 17th. It was released on December 19th, 1968.
The tagline for Skidoo was: "It takes two to Skidoo."
Doran William Cannon also wrote the screenplays for Brewster McCloud (1970) and the supernatural thriller Hex (1973) starring Keith and John Carradine.
Skidoo was Groucho Marx's last film.
John Phillip Law was brought in to play the main hippie, Stash. His brother Tom was also hired, who was at that time a real hippie.
Skidoo was referenced in the Rob Zombie movie The Devil's Rejects (2005).
LSD guru Timothy Leary appears in the Skidoo trailer.
The outside scenes of the prison were filmed at Alcatraz in San Francisco. Most of the other scenes were also filmed in real places, including the house of Gleason and his wife. The only set that appeared in the film was Frankie Avalon's bachelor pad.
God (Groucho Marx)'s yacht actually belonged to John Wayne. (Preminger had previously directed him in In Harm's Way, 1965).
In the marriage sequence towards the end of the film when God's yacht is overtaken by the hippies, George Raft is holding a book called The Death of God.
Singer Harry Nilsson wrote and sang the closing credits to the film, along with some of the other songs in the film such as "Living in a Garbage Can" and "I Will Take You There."
John Phillip Law turned down Midnight Cowboy (1969) to be in Skidoo.
Preminger played Mr. Freeze in the Batman television series and employed other Batman-regulars such as Frank Gorshin, Cesar Romero, and Burgess Meredith for the film.
A young Richard Kiel (Eegah, 1962) also appears as a prisoner in Skidoo.
The naked Green Bay Packers that were seen in one of the acid trip sequences were actually members of a local college team dressed in Packers uniforms.
Compiled by Millie de Chirico
The Cinema of Otto Preminger by Gerald Pratlow
Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King by Foster Hirsch
The Worst Movies Of All Time or What Were They Thinking? by Michael Sauter
Psychotronic Magazine Number 12
Skidoo (1968)
"Skidoo is something only for Preminger-watchers or for people whose minds need pressing by a heavy object...the movie has the form of comedy, but its almost complete lack of humor, its retarded contemporaneousness...its sometimes beautiful and expensive looking San Francisco locations; and its indomitable denial that disaster is at hand (apparent from almost the opening sequence) - all give the film an almost undeniable Preminger stamp."
Vincent Canby, New York Times
"Otto Preminger's Skidoo fails mostly because it lacks spirit...Preminger seems unable to invest his film with any lightness or spontaneity."
Roger Ebert, December 27th, 1968
"Skidoo opens and closes in clever fashion, but in between, Otto Preminger's film is a dreary, unfunny attempt at contemporary comedy. Screenplay is a sort of updated Damon Runyon plot, in which allegedly loveable, old-time gangster types are foiled by hippies. Static photography and tame editing compound a weak script."
Variety, January 1st, 1968
"Making Zabriskie Point [1970] look like Easy Rider [1969], Preminger and screenwriter Doran William Cannon (also responsible for Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud, 1970) misconceived a story involving a mob hit man who is recalled from retirement to take out a jailed ex-colleague....With his unerring feel for the taste of stoned teenagers, Preminger loaded up his cast with a bevy of bloated B-list stars, from Carol Channing to Cesar Romero to Frank Gorshin, not to mention a loony Mickey Rooney, whose lysergic dance number is one of the movie's "highlights." The movie's total unavailability has turned it into a cult object, a status it hardly deserves, although its mind-boggling ineptness is impossible to tear your eyes away from.
- Sam Adams, Philadelphia City Paper
"...in my view, Skidoo offers irrefutable proof that not only was Preminger capable of making a comedy, but that he was years ahead of his time with that wonderfully loopy and much-maligned creation...Skidoo is such a wild assault on the sense that it's hard to imagine the film was ever made. Under Preminger's direction, LSD is a liberating and empowering tool...It also allows an astonishing number of guest stars in the Alcatraz sequences (including Rooney, Peter Lawford, Richard Kiel, Burgess Meredith and Frank Gorshin) to pretend they are tripping on acid. The last two actors are especially fun imagine the Penguin and Riddler on acid!"
- Phil Hall, Film Threat
"This is one of my favorite celluloid misfires of all time! A hip, fab, counterculture wannabee, featuring a severely-screwball line-up of Hollywood cronies, all trying to keep their careers afloat by jumping blindly onto the '60s bandwagon of groovy hippies, free love and hallucinogenic chemicals...how can you NOT love a movie that ends with Groucho and Austin toking a roach as all the end credits are SUNG!? I guess it all seemed like a good idea at the time -- and while under the influence, it still is. Truly, this is a movie to be cherished by Badfilm Aficionados for centuries to come.
- Steven Puchalski, Shock Cinema
"Skidoo is certainly more eccentric than Preminger's more acclaimed, conservative films (Laura [1944], The Man with the Golden Arm [1955], or Anatomy of a Murder [1959]). The narrative is sometimes too 60s, being irritatingly kooky, but as a fine comedic treatment of drug-taking, this is a real treat."
- www.channel 4.com
"Abysmal mishmash with top talent abused; clearly intended as satirical farce, but in fact one of the most woebegone movies ever made."
- Halliwell's Film Guide
" Unspeakable..."
- Illustrated London News
Compiled by Millie de Chirico
Skidoo (1968)
The Professor: "Have you ever heard of acid?"
Tony: "Acid?"
The Professor: "LSD. It's a drug. It's odorless, tasteless, and colorless. And it makes you hallucinate."
Tony: "What are you getting at?"
The Professor: "Acid is soaked into my stationary."
The Professor: "You are going on a trip. If you fight it, it can be a bad trip. If you ride with the waves, it will be a good trip."
God: "You're a hippie, ain't you?"
Stash: "If labeling is your thing, yes."
God: "And what does a hippie want from God?"
Tower Guard: (looking at a hot-air balloon) It's a great, big, beautiful blob of nothing!
Tower Guard: Yeah!
Tower Guard: It wants me. It wants me. It loves me... but why is it going away?
Tony (during his acid trip): "I want a flower!"
Man (after taking LSD): "I'm an angel! I'm a goddamn angel! Hallelujah!"
Tower Guard One (while tripping): "Hey, you look like a flower!"
Tower Guard Two (also tripping): "That's funny. I feel like a flower!"
God (smoking pot): "Mmm, pumpkin!"
Leech (talking about acid): "Hey, maybe if I took some of that stuff I wouldn't have to rape anybody no more!"
Tower Guard Two: "I see the Green Bay Packers...and they're all naked!"
God: Garbaldo! Garbaldo! What the hell's goin' on up there?
Captain Garbaldo: There's a stiff wind from the east, sir.
God: I don't care where it's comin' from! Stop it!
Compiled by Millie de Chirico


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Delicious Leftover Finger Sandwiches with pork left over from the previous night.
Miso Macerated Pork
1 ( 1 kg ) piece of pork loin
3-4 tbsp of miso paste
2 tbsp of honey
3 chopped cloves of garlic
2-3 tbsp of soy sauce
Mix together miso, honey, garlic and soy sauce to make the marinade, rub the pork with the marinade until it's all covered. Keep in a plastic bag or air-tight container over night. Next day put your pork in a pan and cover tightly in aluminum foil, when you are ready to cook your pork switch the oven on full whack ( 250 C), when the pork has been in the oven for 15-20 min put the temperature down to 120 C and roast for about 3-4 hours. Keep checking the pork until very tender and it literally falls apart.
For sandwiches, slice nice white bread, smother bottom of bread with blackcurrant jelly, put some pulled pork on, and top it off with some fresh watercress.

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Shortbread Cookies (adapted from Food Network)
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. fine salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 cup strawberry jam (no seeds)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl.
- In another bowl, whip the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla until just combined. Slowly beat in dry ingredients in 2 additions, mixing just until incorporated.
- Divide dough in 6 parts and roll out and use a heart shaped cookie cutter. Flip and coat with sugar crystal and place on the mat with the sugar facing up.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- Store cookies in a tightly sealed container for up to 5 days.
Huge hit from the boys.
It feels like Christmas around here but it's only Valentine's and we get to enjoy some sugar cookies for breakfast. Yummy!
He's never done this before. He actually smiled for me.
Ryan loved it too!
Pink fingers from the sugar crystals.
We also made some Strawberry Thumbprint cookies for Dada. I just used the extra dough
Dada's card from the boys. :)
I made a cake from scratch. Never done this before. I might just bake our cakes from now on. It was pretty good.


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Challenge Twenty-One: Winter Holidays Past
Title: Mrs Black's First Christmas
Author: lewlinx
Wizard/Witch: Sirius Black/Hesper Gamp
Rating/Warnings: NC-17 Adults Only
Genre: Romance/Passion
Word count: Exactly 500
Prompt: 23. Emerald encrusted snuffbox
Summary: In 1900, Hesper celebrates Christmas morning as the new Mrs Black.
Sirius stood at the top of the grand staircase, eyebrows knitted together. The family honour and his betrothal to Hesper were in jeopardy because his sod of a brother had fallen in love with a filthy Muggle.
If he felt any remorse at all, Phineas didn't show it. He walked out of the study and past the staircase, shoulders squared, nose upturned. A wintry chill filled the foyer as he opened the door.
Sirius wasn't sure why he'd called him. What was there to say? He certainly didn't condone his brother's behaviour. It was obvious as Phineas turned to look at him, hand never leaving the door, that there was no lost love between them. Phineas smirked and walked out the door for the last time.
Arrangements and assurances were hastily made. In less than a fortnight, Sirius Black was married to Hesper Gamp, just as he planned.
The crackling fire warming their bedchamber was a stark contrast to the heavy snowstorm falling outside.
Hesper's nude body lounged placidly against Sirius. Her petite hand lightly travelled down his chest, while she trailed small kisses from the crook of his neck to his chin.
"I dare say you get great enjoyment from tempting me, Mrs Black."
Hesper giggled against Sirius's chest as he caressed her back.
"I was under the impression you enjoyed my ministrations, Mr Black." She gave him an impish smile, one perfect eyebrow arching for emphasis.
Eyes slightly out of focus, Sirius sighed against her brown curls. "You play an unfair game," he rasped against her ear.
"I can stop, if that's your wish," she whispered back.
Her hand slid to his erect manhood. He kissed her deeply, pressing her hand against him.
"There is something I would like to do before we continue," he whispered back.
Surprised he wanted to stop, Hesper kept her hand where it was.
"Accio box!" A silver package flew towards them, and Sirius dexterously caught it mid flight.
"Merry Christmas, Mrs Black," he offered, grinning at her.
Hester moved to lean against his chest and unwrapped an emerald encrusted snuffbox. Caressing it daintily she looked over at Sirius. He smiled and nodded encouragingly. Her eyes shone with excitement at the exquisite emerald necklace and earrings she found within.
Sirius took the necklace from the box and placed it over her bare neck. "They're family heirlooms, and I want you to wear them to the ball tonight."
Hesper smiled, lightly caressing the cool emeralds against her skin.
Tilting her chin up to him, Sirius kissed her softly, lightly nibbling her lips, while her hand snaked down his chest again. Hesper tilted her head to deepen their kiss, their tongues met just as her hand found her mark, and he moaned into her mouth.
She would take on her role as the new Mrs Black tonight, but until then, nothing stopped her from enjoying her husband's body as much as she desired. She smiled as she heard him moan again. Merry Christmas, indeed.
Author's Notes: A while ago I re-read some of the stories from Challenge Ten: Pride and Prejudice, and started thinking about the pair I wrote back then, wondering about the life I had long ago crafted for them. When I started writing this challenge, Sirius and Hesper happily accepted to join me, allowing me to explore their happy life a bit more. The Sirius Black in this story lived from 1877-1952.
seaislewitch, thanks for looking at this last minute! I dont know what would I do without you always there to save my sorry neck! ILU!
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Also called journal is a record (originally in handwritten format) with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience .
Tuesday , January 20 , 2015 / just an ordinary day plus rain . I woke up quite early even though my white warm sheets were luring me back to bed , a hot shower & a coconut scents body butter were just the right ingredients to wake me up | well , and a large cup of coffee , of course .
While I was looking for my lighter , I found something , something I forgot long ago , a precious notebook | brown suede leather with gold letters encrusted on it & filled with lost memories , my journal ...
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Appearing in "East Coast/West Coast, Conclusion"Edit
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- Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
- Dagger (Tandy Bowen)
- New Avengers
- Reginald Mantz (Impersonates Cloak)
- Pride
Other Characters:
- Father Lantom
- Danielle Cage (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
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- Captain America's Uniform
- Iron Man Armor Model 25
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- Abstract
Synopsis for "East Coast/West Coast, Conclusion"Edit
Most of the Runaways, except Molly Hayes, fly to Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Wolverine, Captain America, and Iron Man tell Father Lantom they are looking for Cloak. Molly punches Wolverine out of the cathedral, telling Cloak to run for it while she holds the rest of the New Avengers. Cloak refuses, saying he is sick of running. As he turns himself in, Iron Man receives a message that Cloak's impostor has been spotted in Dagger's hospital room.
Reginald Mantz, assuming Cloak's powers with MGH, absorbs Dagger's healing light. Luke Cage and Spider-Woman show up to stop him, but the cloaked man easily overpowers them. On the hospital roof, Mantz encounters the Runaways. He absorbs Nico's sunburst spell, and knocks Gert off the side of the building, though Victor saves her. Chase uses the Staff of One to cast a detoxification spell on Mantz, causing him to lose his powers regular form. Cloak returns the team to Los Angeles as the NYPD surround the hospital.
Elsewhere, a group of four people surveil the Runaways with an "eye-spy" cauldron. One person uses the Pride's book The Abstract, to predict that one of the Runaways will die by the year's end.
- This story was reprinted in Runaways TPB Vol 2 #2 and Runaways Omnibus #2.
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Psalm 46:10King James Version (KJV): 10 Be still, and know that I am God"
Many of you know within your heart just how strong this verse is. We have read it and seen it time and time again as we've gone through our daily struggles, spiritual battles, and stressful hours. As my mom was sick and passing away a year ago, I was naturally upset and worried. There were so many questions running through my mind as days and nights passed at her bedside, helping her through her struggle as she fought for her own life. In the middle of it all, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and brought this verse to my attention with a simple, "Be still, and know." Those few words were so soothing to me as each moment passed with her, and then the passing of my dad.
If we as children of God can calm our spirits, even in the hurricanes of life, and stand on those simple words, we will be able to overcome anything that comes our way. I encourage you to keep your eyes on the Lord and know that he is the Alpha, the Omega. The beginning and the end. Our Abba and our Savior.
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I hate when shortened links using tiny url or bitly websites don't work. There's no figuring out why, at least in my admittedly limited grasp of things internet related. And there also seems to be no fixing them. Create them again and you get the same configuration of characters and they dont work either.
But that's what has happened in my previous blog about the south of France stories I wrote last month. One of them is something I am really proud of, but people have let me know that it comes up "not found" when they use the link I created and listed. The idea is to make a shorter link.. one that fits into the 140 character parameters of twitter posts.
But the story I really want you to see can be found at http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2012/07/07/life/nh5626467.txt That's the long link, not the shortened one. You should be able to click on it and go right to the story. ... or cut and paste it into your browser and see it that way.
Now if that doesn't work, all I can suggest is that you rely on the print edition of the paper. I'm a subscriber myself, are you?


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The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR) owns or manages approximately 15 miles of over-sand vehicle trails accessible with a permit. From Katama to Cape Poge gut at the end of Chappaquiddick, vehicle beach trails give residents and visitors access to uncrowded fishing, clamming, and picnicking spots, and a beach experience that is unique to the Vineyard.
Over the years, The Trustees have performed a delicate balancing act designed to protect nesting shorebirds and still provide beach access as soon as possible, sometimes by rerouting trails behind existing dunes.
This summer, that flexibility will be sharply curtailed because the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program has indicated that if piping plover chicks should wander north of Dike Bridge, the existing dunes and grass do not provide a sufficient physical barrier between the sole vehicle access trail leading to Cape Poge and the beach.
That view represents a change, not in the guidelines, but in the agency's evaluation of those dunes.
State guidelines say that when chicks are on a barrier beach, managers have to draw a line through where the chicks are located and close shoreline to shoreline, and provide a buffer 100 yards up and down the beach. No vehicles are allowed near that zone.
However, when there is a physical barrier, for example a steep dune face or heavy vegetation that keeps the chicks from feeding on one side, vehicles may be allowed to bypass chick sites.
After years in which the dunes north of Leland Beach were considered sufficient to prevent piping plover chicks from wandering onto vehicle trails, Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife zoologist Scott Melvin has determined that is no longer the case.
Off-road vehicle users currently can only access the beach at the Dike Bridge. Once across they may turn right and use an inner or outer trail traveling south to reach Wasque Point, a popular fishing spot. Or they may turn left and travel north along a single trail that connects to an inner and outer trail leading to the 516-acre Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge.
Chris Kennedy, Martha's Vineyard TTOR superintendent, said three pairs of plovers are nesting along the south section of Leland Beach in the direction of Wasque, two are located on the Edgartown side of Norton Point Beach and three pairs are out along the elbow of Cape Poge.
A returning tern colony is situated about one and a half miles down Norton Point beach on the Katama side. "We can probably expect to have a colony in excess of 2,000 birds when all is said and done," he said.
The plover eggs are expected to hatch in mid-June. What is uncertain is what the chicks on Leland Beach will do once they begin feeding.
If they should move north along the beach, TTOR would be required to close the Leland trails and the Cape Poge vehicle trail that runs behind the primary dune and along the channel that connects Cape Poge Bay to Poucha Pond, shutting off access to miles of beach.
"The guidelines are the guidelines, and the only interpretation that allows us to provide for vehicle access through areas where there are chicks is if we can prove to the Commonwealth that there is a physical barrier," Mr. Kennedy said.
"Dr. Melvin did not look at the dunes north of Leland, but he did tell us that the dunes along the length of Leland do not constitute a sufficient barrier in his opinion. Likewise he told us the dune system on Norton Point does not constitute an adequate physical barrier.
"The dunes north of Leland, part of Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, look exactly like the dunes that run the length of Leland, thus the inference we took away is that nowhere on our property does he believe that we have an adequate physical barrier, which would allow us to route vehicles around shorebird chicks."
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In a telephone conversation last week, Mr. Melvin said he visited Chappaquiddick in late March. "My interpretation of the conditions out there on Leland and East Beach was that there were not physical barriers to prevent plover chicks from moving back and forth from the ocean side to the pond side," he said.
Mr. Melvin said the birds have exhibited that behavior in the past, according to shore bird monitors. Asked about The Trustees' track record of protecting shore birds, Mr. Melvin referenced one chick run over by a vehicle in the mid-90s, ironically during a visit by state wildlife officials.
Mr. Melvin said the guidance his agency is providing The Trustees is the best guidance "about what needs to be done to prevent plover or tern chicks from being killed, harmed, or harassed."
He added, "It is our experience, our belief, and our recommendation that if vehicles are traversing those inner dune routes when there are unfledged plover chicks around there is a reasonable likelihood that they could be killed."
Mr. Melvin discounted past practices and said he was not certain what The Trustees' interpretations were in the past. He said that if the conditions were the same in the past then The Trustees were taking a big risk. "And clearly someone was taking a big risk last year," he said.
The reference was to an incident last summer when the then-beach manager allowed a vehicle to traverse a trail where tern chicks were present. That resulted in a required report to the state of a "take," language that encompasses any disturbance including the death of a protected bird.
"That was completely inconsistent with state guidelines and we almost had those chicks run over," he said.
Asked what he would say to the many people on Martha's Vineyard who face the likelihood that they may not be able to traverse the beach, Mr. Melvin said, "I would explain what the laws are that protect these birds, what the performance standards are, and why we believe it is necessary to impose them. Clearly, this is nothing new."
TTOR will comply
The Trustees, Massachusetts oldest private nonprofit conservation group, manages the 516-acre Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge and 200-acre Wasque Point property.
In April 2006 TTOR took over management of the county-owned Norton Point Beach following years of neglect.
The Trustees' mission promotes responsible use of its properties as a means of enlisting public support. Trustees rangers patrol the beaches to assist visitors and protect the properties.
Over the past decades new, more stringent, state and federal regulations have affected beach managers across the state. Potential tern and piping plover habitat must be marked off and protected. TTOR currently employs three fulltime seasonal bird monitors.
Mr. Kennedy said it is still too early to say what the season will bring in the way of closures. Natural predators, wave overwash, and weather conditions all play a role in determining nesting behavior, chick survival and feeding habits.
As for previous interpretations of the degree to which the dune provided a barrier, Mr. Kennedy said The Trustees have always been very upfront with the state about beach management. He expressed surprise at the notion that somehow the beach had slipped under Mr. Melvin's radar.
"We have always been very upfront with the state about what we are doing and as far as our interpretation of the guidelines," Mr. Kennedy said. "I do not know what to say if Dr. Melvin wasn't aware of it. Clearly, we've never tried to hide any of that."
Mr. Kennedy said that under the law the Trustees were required to report the incident last summer when one of its tour buses stopped right on top of Least Tern chicks. "That constitutes a take and we are required to inform the Commonwealth."
Mr. Kennedy said he did not know the extent to which that incident factored into state review. "There is no question that was a mistake on our part but we have been committed and we stay committed to adhering to the guidelines and adhering to the Endangered Species Act."


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Begin by knowing who protagonist is at the climax
Locate what your story says about life, the deeper meaning. For PB, the take-away
Open with a character minus the skills, strengths & abilities needed at the climax
Commit to the primary plot of your story
Know who carries the emotional weight of your story, the heart
Break your story into ¼ The Beginning, ½ The Middle, ¼ The End
Use the protagonist's flaw to interfere with reaching her goal
Start at the end and plot your way backwards
Turn episodic events into scenes with cause and effect
Establish protagonist's flaw in scene #1
Rather than tell the protagonist's backstory in summary, show what she is unable to do
Plot the territory of the antagonist in the middle as an exotic world to the protagonist
Love 1st ideas & replace with depth more closely tied thematically to the whole
Optimize character development by keeping an eye out for the gift she brings
Take your story from beginning to end before going back and starting again
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Public transportation improves the quality of life in communities across the country by providing safe, efficient and economical service. It also serves as a vital component necessary for a healthy economy. Not only does public transit benefit the people who use it, it also benefits society as a whole.
Public Transportation Enhances Personal Opportunities:
Public Transportation Saves Money
Public Transportation Fosters More Livable Communities
Public transportation facilities and transportation corridors are ?쐍atural focal points for communities??that serve to encourage economic and social activities and help create strong neighborhood centers that are economically stable, safe, and productive. When commuters ride public transportation or walk, their contact with neighbors tends to increase, which helps bring a community closer together.
Public transportation has a major impact on land use development patterns. In many situations, improved accessibility can stimulate development location and type. As a strategy in relieving congestion, public transit can be more effective with policies and actions that expand transit oriented development or provide for mixed-use and pedestrian design in development of major public transportation corridors.
Transit-friendly walkable communities reduce reliance on cars and promote higher levels of physical activity. These more traditional settings may generate half the automobile trips of similarly sized modern day suburbs.
Public Transportation Provides Economic Opportunity:
Public Transportation Creates Community Benefits:
Public Transportation Offers Mobility for Seniors
By the year 2025, 20% of the U.S. population will be 65 and over and many will be unable to drive. In fact, one-fifth of persons 65 and older do not drive.
A 2004 AARP/Surface Transportation Policy Project report found that 50% of non-drivers age 65 and older stay home on any given day partially because they lack transportation options. They make 15% fewer trips to doctors and 65% fewer trips for social, family, and religious activities.
Meeting the transportation needs of seniors is a major community objective as well as a national goal. Public transportation services, including regular route service and mini-buses, represent a lifeline for seniors.
The 2005 White House Conference on Aging ranked transportation options for older Americans among the top three priorities facing seniors.
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Ten extraordinary kids and teens from across the country came together for three days in New York City to highlight their work as changemakers, learn how to expand their impact, and inspire other youth to take action. These 10 young people have been recognized as Hasbro Community Action Heroes for their outstanding work in their communities and beyond by generationOn, the youth service division of Points of Light, and Hasbro Inc.'s as part of the company's BE FEARLESS BE KIND initiative.
The nonprofit sector spends a lot of time agonizing over organizational strategy and how to meet mission with increased demand and fewer resources. Though volunteers seem like an oversimplified solution to the problem, through strategic volunteer engagement, they can be viable and, oftentimes, necessary assets to nonprofit capacity building.
Millions of people from more than 75 countries around the globe will take part in Good Deeds Day 2017. If you want to be a part of the global movement of doing good and are still looking for ways to get it all started, we got you covered with our little guide on how you can get involved.
Volunteer service is a great way to connect with and improve your community, a chance to help your neighbors and create positive change. As a newcomer to Washington, D.C., in 2006, Shaterri Casteel, program manager for Points of Light's ServiceWorks program, used service as an opportunity to become more acquainted with the issues facing her new community.
At first glance, Jersey Cares Success Coach Marc Wolensky and college student and ServiceWorks alum Christian Illescas don't seem like two people whose paths would be likely to cross – but looks can be deceiving.
In difficult times, we often look to humanitarian groups to support those in need. Since the onset of the refugee crisis, this has certainly been the case in Brazil. To supplement governmental support, which can be quickly overwhelmed by an influx of immigrants, Atados used a project model that revolutionizes the way volunteers become involved in solving social crises.
In a small canvas tent inside a warehouse in Vasilika, Greece, five shoeless Americans silently huddled with an 8-year-old Syrian refugee and her mother. We were hiding from the Greek police, who had officially banned foreign visitors from entering the refugee camp, inhabited by 1,200 people stranded here after fleeing their countries. Beside me, my wife of three months, Lisa, was shaking with fear; we'd learned that we would be arrested if found inside, but we couldn't resist visiting the "home" of our new friend, Helena.
The Points of Light Monument, a one-mile walkway in Washington, D.C., honors the actions and service of famous Americans who have transformed our nation and the world. During Black History Month, we recognize and celebrate the significant contributions that African-Americans have made throughout our history, recognizing their achievements and the great economic, social and political issues these points of lights dedicated their lives to.
As millions of refugees around our country and the world continue to strive for safety, freedom and opportunity, there are volunteers who act as points of light on the long and arduous journey to a better life. These volunteers give their time, talent and voice to refugees both at home and abroad, and serve as examples of the ways in which one can get involved.
With winter drawing near, you might be thinking about how to take your volunteering to a warmer, cozier location. As temperatures drop and frost or snow covers the ground, outdoor projects become less feasible, giving way to a new crop of volunteering options that you can do from the comfort of your own home.
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Business Meet-Up (BMU)
The Business Meet-Up (BMU) is a regular event organized in different locations throughout the Netherlands in which entrepreneurs from the Middle East region meet with local business people. The events are hosted by different companies and provide a space to meet informally and discuss possible business opportunities. The Business Meet-Ups create networks, which promote innovation and integration in society. Check the calendar for the upcoming BMU in your area. We look forward to welcoming you to the next meeting - please register on-line
If you want to host a BMU as a company,
please contact us!
Corporate team building events
Are you looking for an original team building event for your company or department? Connect with us and we can discuss how we organise a Middle Eastern Cooking Class.
Are you a refugee who loves to cook and participate in a cross cultural experience, connect with us and you can join in the next team building event. Contact us!
Cross-cultural training
Restarter provides tailor-made courses for companies or groups of refugees in cross cultural communication. Please contact us for more information.
Restarter dinner experience
One of the ways to learn about cultures is food. Restarter Dinner Experiences provides an opportunity for individuals to learn about each other's culture while enjoying a wonderful Middle Eastern dinner prepared by chefs from the region. Companies and/or individuals can buy a table with their friends/colleagues and meet with refugees from the MENA region while enjoying Middle Eastern hospitality. Are you a refugee and would like to participate in hosting a table? please let us know! Connect with us to book your table at the next dinner event!


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Eugène François Vidocq was an 18th century French crook-turned-cop who was a confidant of at least two famous contemporary French writers and an inspiration for many others around the world. Victor Hugo based not one but two characters in Les Miserables on Vidocq – both Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert. Honore Balzac's character Vautran, in Pere Goriot, was also modeled after him.
Vidocq's legendary crime-solving reputation was also lauded in Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue and in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The fugitive in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations was also inspired by Vidocq's real-life exploits.
Vidocq's life story is amazing. As a fugitive from French justice, he first offered his services as a police spy and informer. Later, he became so successful at catching criminals that he was named the first chief of the Sûreté, in 1811. Vidocq eventually directed a force of 28 detectives, all of whom were also former criminals.
Eugène François Vidocq is considered by historians and those in law enforcement to be the father of modern criminal investigation. Monsieur Vidocq:
After he resigned from the Sûreté, Vidocq published Memoires, a book which became a best-seller in Europe and firmly established him as the world's greatest detective.


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May 10, 2017
2017 PSUAC Baseball Champions: Mont Alto
Penn State Mont Alto baseball is headed to Glenn Falls, New York to participate in the 2017 USCAA Baseball Small College World Series. The event will be held at East Field Park, which is a 7,000 seat stadium that is home to the Double A affiliates of the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. #7 seeded, Mont Alto, will face #10 seeded, Marygrove University on Monday, May 15th at 11:00am on the first day of the 10-team double elimination tournament.
Penn State DuBois will also be representing the PSUAC at the national tournament. #6 seeded DuBois will take on the number three seed, Wright State, Lake Campus at 9:00pm.
Go to the USCAA website for more information.


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I have always loved creating with fiber; my Barbie dolls never went on dates with Ken unless they had first visited the local couture shop conveniently located on the other side of my room. Half my lifetime ago, I found quilting, and it became an instant passion and guiding force in my life. Quilting is a perfect fit for me, and now that I've designed my Wild Onion Jacket patterns, I can quilt and sew clothes.
With shelves stacked with store-bought fabric, I have recently turned my attention to creating my own fabrics. I dye, discharge, and distress greige goods; in addition, I explore creating the actual fabric using my longarm quilting machine, fibers of all sorts, and dissolvable film. Recently, I have begun using these new fabrics to create my wearable art. I'd rather be in my studio than anywhere else, except a fabric shop. Or a shoe store.
I live in a small mountain town in California, surrounded by oak trees and horses. My husband and 2 young sons all compete with my fabric for my attention. Sometimes, they win.
One last thing: Wild Onion is not just some crazy name I made up! I am a native Chicagoan, and I wanted to honor my hometown. "Wild Onion" is the translation of Chicago.


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ILAN CarGlass Ltd. established in 1960, is leader in glazing for motor vehicles in Israel.
Unparalleled Quality
ILAN CarGlass Ltd. imports windscreens from established labels such as Sekurit, PPG, Pilkington and AGC. EEC and DOT standards are upheld, ensuring optimal optical standards of glass, tinting and impact resistance. In addition ILAN CarGlass Ltd. maintains the international standard ISO 9002 and ת.י. 2002.
The Network
ILAN CarGlass Ltd. has a national distribution service that supplies its clients all over Israel. A fleet of trucks transports automotive glass and accessories to all destinations from north to south. ILAN CarGlass Ltd. has service stations all across Israel to service its clients, storing all types of automotive glass, mirrors and accessories. The success of the company is based on a standard that each client receives prompt and quality service.
Special Products
ILAN CarGlass Ltd. manufacturer`s a variety of products such as:
Aluminum frames for all industrial motor vehicles in Israel.
Bands and fits Polycarbonate side glasses- a hard, transparent plastic material for security needs.
Specializes in tinted windows using the ILAN CarGlass "Anti Sun" system that transforms standard clear glass into anti glare, privacy windows, using a special electric process.
Specializes in bullet proof automotive glass installation.
ILAN CarGlass Ltd. supplies government offices, organizations, hi-tech companies, municipalities, car leasing companies, industrial corporations, private companies, public transportation companies and individuals.
Insurance Services
ILAN CarGlass Ltd. has a department devoted to insuring car automotive glass and has exclusive agreements with the largest insurance companies in Israel, which lists hundreds of thousands of customers. ILAN CarGlass Ltd. also handles coverage for radio theft.
Exclusive V.I.P service
ILAN CarGlass Ltd. offers a special and unique service for it insurants and privet costumers- automotive glass replacement specialist come to you!ILAN CarGlass Ltd. has a fleet of service minivans and a staff of professionals that replace automotive glass at costumer`s homes and offices. ILAN CarGlass Ltd. is the only company in Israel that offers this service to its clients.


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The struggle for a solid internet connection is real. Google certainly doesn't want you to lose any content when you're offline, so it's beefing up Chrome's ability to help you surf faster on a slow connection and save content for later.
According to the Google Chrome Blog, the data compression mode can now save up to 67 percent when viewing MP4 format videos. The promised savings to regular browsing is up to 60 percent, though I usually see around 20 percent or so in my own usage. It'll be worth checking up on this number to see how well Google's promises match up.
Chrome is also getting smarter about low-coverage situations by downloading what it thinks are the most important pieces of a website when connectivity is low.
Google says these optimized pages will save you up to 90 percent on your data usage. To try these claims out for yourself, you'll want to turn on Chrome's data compression.
But if you're bound for an airplane or somewhere else where the connection is spotty, you can save a webpage completely offline. You'll find a download button in the settings.
These pages and other content are now in a specialized Downloads section of Chrome.
Lastly, Chrome's new tab page has been revamped to suggest content and show a button to sites you frequent. It's essentially like the Google app's stream of suggested articles that are based on your browsing history and other interests that Google knows about you.
All the features are rolling out to the latest version of Chrome for Android.
The impact on you: The browser marketplace on Android is more wide open, with Opera, Firefox, and other browsers pushing their own innovations. To keep pace, Chrome's latest features give you some solid reasons to stick with it, particularly since rural areas and some well-constructed buildings can leave you without a solid connection.
This story, "Chrome for Android is getting some extra tools to battle poor connections" was originally published by Greenbot.


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As Chair of Arts Development UK I am writing to share with you a very difficult discussion that the trustees needed to have about the future of the organisation. Arts Development UK has a long and successful history stretching back over 35 years, and has done much to raise the profile of arts in local communities and to develop our sector. However, as you are aware, the landscape for Arts Development UK has become more and more challenging over the past few years. Significant numbers of local authorities have lost their arts development services and officers, or have had to operate with greatly reduced budgets, and our ability to raise income through subscriptions has reduced year on year.
Careful financial management has meant that the charity has been able to operate within those reducing means, however over the past year this has been at the expense of the conference, seminar programme, and administrative support. The over-riding principle for trustees has always been the consideration of how to meet the objectives of the charity: to provide effective support to you, our membership. The trustees therefore concluded that Arts Development UK has reached the point where it could not provide that effective support and remain sustainable on its current income level. This has been despite all of our best efforts to increase membership, including from the H.E. sector and bidding for grants. This was a difficult decision to reach, however all the trustees were in agreement that the charity could not carry on as it had been.
At the last Trustees meeting, and after careful consideration with our Regional Coordinators, Trustees agreed that it was not appropriate to charge subscriptions for another year, and that the only possible next step would be to carry out a managed closure of Arts Development UK. To this effect, a resolution to close Arts Development will be put to the membership at the AGM on 22nd March 2018, taking place at Toynbee Studios in London. All members are welcome to attend.
Alongside the winding up process, our first priority has been to make sure that all our members were able to join an appropriate alternative organisation, able to provide the support they require. We know that members particularly value the regular communication provided by the e-zine, the CPD opportunities of the conference and seminar programme, and the knowledge that we are all part of a national voice. Therefore, we have opened up strategic discussions with other carefully identified organisations, including the Chief Culture and Leisure Officers Association (cCLOA) and the Artsworks Alliance to support our members in England and in Wales to identify new ways to provide these from April 2018 onwards, and Pete Bryan, our administrator, will be sending out more information about these and other professional membership organisations that some of our members may wish to join in the coming days.
Above all else, I hope that you can find a new home with either one of the organisations we have been talking to, or with another, so that you are able to contribute to and benefit from the networks, professional development, and national advocacy that can be only be achieved through collaboration.
If you have any questions or concerns please do get in touch. Contact details for myself, the trustees, and our national administrator are listed below.
Jane Wilson
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Welcome to the ECD Evaluation section of our site. This section provices information about ongoing work that Succes By 6 and a number of partners have undertaken in BC to develop shared measurement evaluation systems.
The Early Childhood Development [ECD] Evaluation project created a shared measurement evaluation and reporting system for two types of early childhood development programs in BC:
- parent education and support programs
- community capacity building initiatives
Shared measurement evaluation – using common tools for a range of different programs with similar goals - is quite different than evaluation of a single program or numerous programs of the same kind. There are many benefits to both funders and agencies, including: reducing duplication, providing information for program improvement and allowing for province-wide and regional reporting.
The project was led by a cross-sectoral group of BC funders and agencies with funding support from the Max Bell Foundation and the BC Ministry for Children and Family Development, and managed by the United Way of the Lower Mainland.
To learn what the project achieved, see Results of the Project and Lessons Learned.
The BC Early Childhood Development Evaluation system is a community – government collaboration that has created an integrated evaluation and reporting system for programs supporting healthy early childhood development in BC in the areas of:
- Parent education and support.
- Community capacity building
A governing body, composed of representatives from both the community and government sectors, provides overall direction and coordination. Those represented are:
- Ministry of Children & Family Development
In addition, a reference group provides advice and support in the ongoing work.
Success By 6 is taking the lead in the supporting the ongoing administration of the community capacity building evaluation. The Early Years Team in the Ministry of Children and Family Development is taking the lead in supporting the ongoing administration of the parent education and support evaluation.
Survey technology through FluidSurveys provides a user-friendly platform for users to enter data and retrieve reports. In addition, because common evaluation tools are used, the results can be rolled up regionally and provincially, providing overall evidence of impact.
For more information on partner roles and data access, please see the Operational Terms of Reference and the Governance Terms of Reference.
More about ECD Evaluation:
The ECD Evaluation Project - Why It Matters
Quick Guide to Progress of the BC ECD Evaluation Project
BC Evaluation Project Report: Can We Agree on Common Child Outcomes for BC?, February 2006 by Carol Munro. This is the founding document that identified research related to evaluation frameworks and outcomes for early childhood development in BC, in Canada and internationally. It is through this process that BC ECD Funders agreed to four Ultimate Outcomes for children in BC.
In the fall of 2005, the BC Early Childhood Development [ECD] Funders agreed to work together to test whether it was possible to identify and agree upon common child outcomes for BC. After reviewing relevant research, the BC ECD Funders network adopted the following vision and ultimate outcomes for ECD in BC:
Vision: Children are healthy and develop to their full potential.
Ultimate Long-Term Outcomes:
- Mothers are healthy and give birth to healthy infants who remain healthy.
- Children experience healthy early child development, including optimal early learning and care.
- Parents are empowered to nurture and care for their children.
- Communities support the development of all children and families.
These four Ultimate Outcomes reflect the reporting requirements of the provinces to the federal government and most ECD programs in BC have one or more of these goals. The next steps in the process involved developing evaluation frameworks [logic models and shared measurement tools] for two of the outcomes:
3. Parents are empowered to nurture and care for their children.
4. Communities support the development of all children and families.
Some key principles that have guided the evaluation project are:
- Purpose of the evaluation is clear
- Information collected is useful
- The tools are simple to use
- One report can be used for multiple funders
- Users are involved in the design
- Support is provided to build local evaluation capacity [training, webinars, User Guide, resources and contact person]
The process for developing evaluation tools and reporting systems for each of the two outcomes involved:
- Developing a logic model which shows relationships between the resources, activities, outputs and outcomes of a program
- Developing tools to collect the data
- Involving a trial group of users in reviewing the logic model and tools and then pilot testing the tools
- Ensuring users receive their data, along with suggestions about how to interpret the data
- Refining the process and tools based upon what is learned in the pilot
- Providing opportunities for ECD groups throughout BC to participate in the evaluation.


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If the whole or part of the population of an occupied territory is inadequately supplied, the Occupying Power shall agree to relief schemes on behalf of the said population, and shall facilitate them by all the means at its disposal.
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Lately, I haven't been feeling well. To be honest, it's not something I'm super-comfortable talking about. I was raised to feel poop shame. I could spend years tracing it back, in fact, but instead I'm just going to say I don't feel well and hope everyone can follow along. Today, I'm, you know, not feeling well and (having time to think) started wondering whether the 5# box of fresh strawberries I've been eating from twice daily had anything to do with the situation. I have a history of overindulging on fruit, particularly when I have lived through a winter of hothouse produce that pales in comparison to the real thing, faux fruit, if you will. For the past four days, I've grabbed several to-go handfuls of six fragrant, ripe strawberries, where two will fill a palm, and eaten them during my breaks at work. The first day, I also drank a triple espresso drink, something I haven't done in ages, and so I attributed the intestinal fatigue to that culprit, most likely also a factor. However, day two through four, still the ongoing discomfort persists, sans espresso. I am wondering whether these lovely berries were grown in devil soil or perhaps I am paranoid following the weird pet food recalls. I will keep monitoring progress until the second half of my flat of berries has been consumed. It's really the only way I'll know the truth.
As great as I've been feeling today, I almost passed on cooking dinner, but after my fruitful trip to Whole Foods and a 1# stack of asparagus I accidentally purchased for $4 (yes, $4! —I should have paid better attention), I absolutely HAD to use them while crisply fresh. I also used my bulk rice purchase, a quarter of the price of the pre-packed Arborio, and some nice white onions. (Completely unrelated to this recipe and therefore relegated to parenthesis, I grabbed several handfuls of something called "Sesame & Nut Mix" in the bulk aisle, and this has turned out to be an amazing new snack for me.)
Parmesan-Asparagus Risotto
2 T olive oil
2 T butter
1 stalk celery, minced
1 large carrot, minced
1 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 c. Arborio rice
1/2 c. white wine
8-10 c. vegetable broth
1# asparagus, trimmed & cut into 1" pieces
juice of 1/2 a lemon
2 c. grated parmesan cheese
salt & pepper
Fair warning: If you haven't made risotto before, please don't start unless you have a good 30 minutes to stir this pan. In a 4 qt (or larger) saucepan, heat the butter and oil until hot over medium-high heat. Sauté the celery, carrot, onion and garlic until slightly soft, about 3-4 minutes. While you are doing this, warm the vegetable broth in the microwave (or using another pan) to have ready. The warmer the stock, the faster this goes. Add the rice to the vegetables sautéing and cook until the butter and oil are mostly absorbed, about 2 minutes more, then add the white wine, stirring briskly to combine. Add the vegetable broth a cup at a time, stirring slowly and continuously until each addition is absorbed before adding another cup. When you're about halfway through the broth, add the asparagus into the rice. Continue adding broth as usual. Taste the rice to see how ready it is, if there's still a hardness inside the grain, you'll need the extra broth. If it's quite tender with a nice bite, add the lemon juice and parmesan, stirring to combine. Salt and pepper to taste. Now take the pan off the heat and cover it. Let it sit while you set the table or for about 5 minutes — this is my secret to creamy risotto and a good way to finish steaming the rice. Eat while it's good and hot, with a baguette if you've got it!


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CNN Experiment Shows Black and White Children Have Bias Toward Light Skin… Duh
Nearly 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling segregated US schools and more than a year after the election of the country's first black president, white children have an overwhelming white bias, and black children also have a bias toward white, according to a new study commissioned by CNN. I'm shocked! Next thing you know, someone will discover that fat meat is greasy.
First of all (black people love to say that), why is CNN commissioning this study? Am I the only one that finds this odd? I need answers Soledad. But, I digress.
A white child looks at a picture of a black child and says she's bad because she's black. A black child says a white child is ugly because he's white. A white child says a black child is dumb because she has dark skin. No shit, we needed a whole study to figure that out?
Renowned child psychologist and University of Chicago professor Margaret Beale Spencer, a leading researcher in the field of child development, led the study. She designed the pilot study and led a team of three psychologists: two testers to execute the study and a statistician to help analyze the results.
According to CNN, her team tested 133 children from schools that met very specific economic and demographic requirements. In total, eight schools participated: four in the greater New York City area and four in Georgia.
Spencer's test aimed to re-create the landmark Doll Test from the 1940s. Those tests, conducted by psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark, were designed to measure how segregation affected African-American children.
The Clarks asked black children to choose between a white doll and — because at the time, no brown dolls were available — a white doll painted brown. They asked black children a series of questions and found they overwhelmingly preferred white over brown. The study and its conclusions were used in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, which led to the desegregation of American schools—which btw, was fucking brilliant.
In the new study, which is friggin boring , Spencer's researchers asked the younger children a series of questions and had them answer by pointing to one of five cartoon pictures that varied in skin color from light to dark. The older children were asked the same questions using the same cartoon pictures, and were then asked a series of questions about a color bar chart that showed light to dark skin tones. (yawn)
The tests showed that white children, as a whole, responded with a high rate of what researchers call "white bias," identifying the color of their own skin with positive attributes and darker skin with negative attributes. Spencer said even black children, as a whole, have some bias toward whiteness, but far less than white children. Another shocker.
"All kids on the one hand are exposed to the stereotypes" she said. "What's really significant here is that white children are learning or maintaining those stereotypes much more strongly than the African-American children. Therefore, the white youngsters are even more stereotypic in their responses concerning attitudes, beliefs and attitudes and preferences than the African-American children."
Spencer says this may be happening because "parents of color in particular had the extra burden of helping to function as an interpretative wedge for their children. Parents have to reframe what children experience … and the fact that white children and families don't have to engage in that level of parenting, I think, does suggest a level of entitlement. You can spend more time on spelling, math and reading, because you don't have that extra task of basically reframing messages that children get from society."
OK, I'm no scientist, but isn't the more likely reason black kids have a less bias toward whiteness because African-American children are simply exposed to a broader array of African-Americans whereas many white children's only exposure to black people is through the media?
As an African-American woman, I know how diverse and dynamic other black folks are because I live the experience every day. Why is it so shocking that white kids embrace more stereotypes? We often stereotype what we don't understand. I had stereotypes about the Middle East until I traveled there. We are all guilty of stereotyping other cultures, regions, religions etc. If a white child's only exposure to black people is popular culture, then we can't be surprised when they believe we are all dumb thugs, hookers, rappers, ball players and criminals. White children being more "stereotypic in their responses" seems to be a direct product of their environmental influences.
Also, I'm not sure where she's going with this, but her implication that white parents are able to spend more time teaching spelling and math because black parents are focused on having black power meetings in the basement with their children is a little looney. On the bright side, now we can say our kids don't do well in school because black parents are too busy teaching how-to-be-black-in-america classes, to deal with silly spelling and math stuff.
And as for the issue of white entitlement, as little black kids growing up we were told that we had to be twice as good to be considered equal to our white peers. White kids' parents don't have to tell them that. White entitlement exists. Duh. Study over. Can someone go work on prostate cancer or Parkinson's Disease now?
As our society becomes more diverse and children are exposed to other cultures in the classroom and workplace more often, tests like these will become less and less relevant.
Instead of focusing on this notion of "white entitlement" and making white kids less "racist" perhaps this should be a wake-up call for the African-Americans to look at the images we present of ourselves through the mainstream media and the type of portrayals of ourselves that we support. We must remember we are in global society and the images we present of ourselves are sometimes the only exposure other cultures have to us. I think working on this aspect of our culture is far more important than making white kids like black kids more. Perhaps, if the only black people they saw weren't Ray-J, Lil Wayne, Medea, or the fool on the 6 o' clock news, we could get somewhere.
CNN reports that Spencer said the study points to major trends but is not the definitive word on children and race. It does lead her to conclude that even in 2010, "we are still living in a society where dark things are devalued and white things are valued." No shit Sherlock.
You know what, I'm going to call CNN right now and ask if they'll pay me to do a study to see if the lack of fathers in the home has affected the black community. Just watch, the results will be explosive!


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There are two paths out of suffering.
The first is ownership and transformation, the second is defeat and regret.
Neither path is right or wrong, each depends on your own unique situation and life state.
Whatever cards life has dealt you, we must stand and fight.
And through that suffering and pain, a beautiful lotus flower will blossom.
And through that suffering and pain, a beautiful lotus flower will blossom.
You are the flower, and the mud is your suffering.
No matter how dark the night the dawn will always come.
We must battle with everything within us that holds back the potential for the beauty to blossom within this life.
All human beings are born with infinite potential, however seldom is that potential realised.
Forgiveness is our most powerful tool and the antidote to even the greatest of poisons. These poisons act like a cancer on our spirit crushing us from the inside out. Like a black hole pulling all the light from our lives to it's centre.
Each of us has the capacity to offer unconditional love, and with this capacity we can transcend even the greatest of all suffering.
What has been done, can not be undone, but we have the power within us to turn poison in to medicine and realise our potential as beings of light and love.
You are a gift to this universe and no matter how dark the sky gets, remember there is so much love in this world.
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In barely 200 years, Western culture morphed from one shaped by religious organizations to one shaped by the state. Then, in a matter of decades, we became a culture shaped by corporations - most notoriously, a culture shaped by the multinational oil companies and the defense and armaments firms that President Dwight D. Eisenhower targeted in his January 17, 1961 Farewell Speech, when he warned us of the the rise of the 'military-industrial complex.'
In a contemporary warning delivered at the Omega Institute, controversial author, John Perkins ("Confessions of an Economic Hitman"), a one-time economist for the strategic-consulting company Chas. T. Main, a firm with alleged ties to the U.S. National Security Agency, warns that "these are deeply revolutionary times," when all of us will have to play a part in reclaiming our lost culture.
"This is a time that requires incredible courage on our part," Perkins notes. Are we willing, he asks with all the fervor of a convert, to take courage and "stand up to a system that we know we can deeply improve upon?"
"Being fearless, at this point," he observes, "requires tremendous courage and the recognition that there is something much greater than 'my' immediate needs and 'my' immediate life, and that looks at the whole integrated planet and its future."
Perkins' "Dream Change" organization is dedicated to shifting consciousness and promoting sustainable lifestyles for the individual and global community. He has deep roots in Ecuador, having served in the Amazon with the Peace Corps. before entering upon a truncated career as a consultant to U.S.-based multinational corporations.
Below, Perkins talks about the holistic worldview of native Ecuadoran tribal life, and the Amer-Indian "Prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor."