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Pope Francis gave us all new hope and energy in his inauguration mass to his audience of viewer and pilgrims that gathered from all over the world to see and hear the new holy father speak and pray in deeply rooted prayer.
In his own words he says now is the holy time, an occasion to restore sacredness of all life and feed those hungering and poor for the meaning of truth and peace from our hearts.
Whoever and whatever it is provides the focus and goal for Christians to do what is right.
Pope Francis' focus is meaningful that life finds joy and peace in sharing oneself with others in life-giving relations.
Yes, people of many places it's called generosity of spirit. Within that, we can build on in all communities that we live in here and around the world.
Only by love will we achieve this by listening to each other and working with each other. It means working for the common good of all.
It will be the strength that our holy father Pope Francis will bring to us, along with his faith and presence and love that will provide us with hope to meet the future of this ever-changing and blinded world we live in.
Yes, we have a new friend of the poor and a new open heart for the poor.
Our strength of faith and the power of love provide us hope to meet the future with our first new pope from Latin America; Francis.
Many will ask, "Will he be the one who will give us the meaning and fulfillment that we need to listen to?"
"Will he be the new pope that will teach us what God desires and not what you desire?"
Can the Vatican in Rome get used to a new way of church business or will it be the new way of holy business?
With all of this in mind, what is the real concern and message of importance that all Catholics want to hear that has made so many of them turn away and drift away from their faith?
Yes, over one billion Roman Catholics all over the world are all waiting publicly to hear from our Holy Father on what he plans on doing with the sexual abuse charges against children from Roman Catholic priests.
The following explanation is to help all of us understand the importance as Catholics, that we need honest answers worth following.
Yes people, not only will Pope Francis take control at a time of critical importance and great concern for the poor, but he also has to face the change and challenge of an uncontrolled government of the church or Curia. Now that he will be in control, he personally and privately needs to give great attention to the Roman Catholic world and try to change what has been made wrong and now make it right.
Before we invoke on anything else, the real problem remains now to draw on religious faith back into the church instead of outside of the church and save the tradition and hope for those who have lost their religion affiliation and moral obligation as Catholics to come back to church.
Yes, the biggest challenge problem for Catholics today is connecting Jesus with the church, because now there are 60% of Catholics that have cut off touch with the church.
The message is not to resist hope, peace, and prayer, but only strength of the cross.
Now is the time not to be traditionally afraid of our shadow of common sense values, but remember always to put God first above all things and everything else will follow and begin to blossom in your hope in faith.
God bless Pope Francis who will be the wind beneath our wings.
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Kilrogg Deadeye: He Who Holds Gul'dan's Staff Will Show Up in a Sequel
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Queen Sylvanas Has Arrived!
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Jaina Picked up Frostmourne and Became the Lich Queen!
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Throne of Thunder & Raid Schedule | Isle of Thunder | World Boss Nalak Guide | World Boss Oondasta Guide & Loot Table | Season 13 Armor Preview | Tier 15 Armor Set Preview
New Race: Pandaren | New Class: Monk | New Dungeons and Raids | New Class Talent System | New Pet Battle System | New Challenge Modes
Tier 14 Armor | S12 Armor | Challenge Mode Armor | Zones | Quest | Dungeons and Bosses | Scenarios | Mists of Pandaria Raids: Heart of Fear ; Terrace of Endless Spring ; Mogu'shan Vaults
Patch 5.2: Throne of Thunder & Raid Schedule | Isle of Thunder | World Boss Nalak Guide | World Boss Oondasta Guide & Loot Table | Season 13 Armor Preview | Tier 15 Armor Set Preview
Mists of Pandaria: New Race: Pandaren | New Class: Monk | New Dungeons and Raids | New Class Talent System | New Pet Battle System | New Challenge Modes
Patch 4.3: S11 Sets | Legendary Daggers | New Mounts | New Dungeons and Raid: End Time Well of Eternity Hour of Twilight Dragon Soul | Void Storage | Transmogrification | Classic Two-handed Swords | Two-handed Axes | Coming Soon
Tier 13: Warrior | Druid | Paladin | Shaman | Warlock | Mage | Rogue | Pirest | Hunter | Tier 13 Set Bonuses
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New Races: The Goblins (Horde) | The Worgens (Alliance)
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For quite some time now, players have been asking for a location in which to store important keepsakes including treasured armor sets, unique quest rewards, and gifts from friends, as well as other valuable items they've collected on their journeys throughout Azeroth.
This is a feature we've wanted to add to the game for a while, so we're excited to announce that, thanks to the ingenuity and entrepreneurship of the Ethereals, a new long-term storage option will soon be available to completionists and collectors alike.
Void Storage
In patch 4.3, characters of all levels will be able to take advantage of a new technology known as "Void Storage," which will open up 80 slots of long-term storage space. Void Storage vaults will be available in both Stormwind and Orgrimmar and can be accessed simply by speaking with your local Vaultkeeper.
A variety of items can be placed into Void Storage -- including soulbound items and Battle.net Account Bound items -- making it the perfect location to store trophies from past conquests, as well as armor you may want to hold onto for Transmogrification. So, if you've been looking for a good home for those old tier sets or your vanity holiday items, Void Storage is it! And it's as easy to use as dragging and dropping.
In return for this unique service, the Ethereals will require a small fee for each item deposited into or withdrawn from their Void Storage apparatus. Multiple items can be added and removed at once, and the cost of each transaction will be display at the bottom of the screen, updating dynamically as you select additional items to deposit or withdraw. Once an item is placed into Void Storage, it can remain there indefinitely for no additional cost.
It's important to note that the goal of Void Storage isn't to be a second bank, but rather a place where players can safely store items they wish to keep for the life of the game, either for sentimental or aesthetic reasons. Since this particular storage option isn't really intended for belongings that you'd use on a regular basis (like your current set of raiding gear, for example), any item placed in Void Storage will be stripped of all its enhancements, including enchants, gems, sockets, and reforged stats, and some items will simply not be eligible for Void Storage at all. This will help us reduce the impact such storage can have on the game servers, and ultimately allows us to provide a lot of long-term storage space with minimal impact on everyone's play experience.
(Cost shown to unlock Void Storage is not final)
Bag Search: Find What You Need, When You Need It
Now, you might be thinking, "Alright, those Ethereals are pretty nifty, and having more storage is great! But what about actually being able to find what I own? Do you know how long I looked for that one stack of Papa Hummel's Pet Biscuits? Like, a year. Okay, maybe 15 minutes. Either way, not even a tiny, delicious fat baby raptor is worth that kind of effort, and I love fat baby raptors."
Never fear, fellow tiny-limbed-corpulent-dinosaur enthusiast! We've got you covered. In addition to Void Storage, we're also adding a bag search feature in 4.3 that will allow players to search for items within their bags and bank space, all with just a few keystrokes.
Integrated directly into the bag and bank UI, this new search feature will be incredibly quick and easy to use. To find an item in one of your bags, in your character's personal bank, guild bank, or Void Storage vault, you'll simply type the name of the item -- or a word in the item's name -- into a small search box located near the top of your main backpack, and your open inventory will be filtered accordingly. Only the items that match the word or name you've entered will display, making it easier than ever to find exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.
Please keep in mind that both Void Storage and the upcoming bag search features are still in development, so their functionality may change before release. We're very excited to be offering both of these inventory management features and will be providing more information as the development of patch 4.3 continues.
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Montreal Restaurants 1 – Inexpensive
Time to think about food in this city which is the most English in Quebec, but is still overwhelmingly French in its thoughts about food.
This next few posts will be a quick overview of well-regarded Montreal restaurants grouped only by price. Normally, I would have included only French food, as that is what I think people come from afar to enjoy in Quebec, but this will be the only reference to other cuisines, here and there. Although, I do think it's hard for any other chef not to be affected by the nuances, techniques etc., of the French cooking all around them.
Please understand, that this first cafe is a diner, and although the food is well done, it is home-fare and cannot be compared to the restaurants which follow.
La Binerie:
Since 1938, Montrealers have loved La Binerie, a place that is famous for their baked beans (which are done in lard, the traditional choice). It is situated in Mont Royal, a mixed area with all sorts of interesting shops, tattooed people and parents bustling along with babies in strollers. Upon entering the narrow, doorway of the old brick building, you will find 4 2-person tables and a long counter. There are menus in English, but their website is only in French.
Prices here are very reasonable with 1/4 of an entire classic meat pie costing you about $3.75 and dessert of Pudding Chomeur (a Bread Pudding like "cake") setting you back about $2.75.Try a breakfast special and a slice of tourtière which is the Quebçoise version of a meat pie – this is made with mince and rendolent with cinnamon.
In summer, you might want to try a classic Spruce Beer, which harkens back to a beverage that the French-Canadians learned to make from the First Nations tribes. The waiter pours it into a beer tankard and are surprised that its actually like a light lemonade in color. It's actually like a ginger beer with a slight herbal aftertaste.
Onto the beans though, which come separately, and are ladled from large metal trays in the oven in front of the bar. There's a large take-away business. In addition to the classic beans, consider the other traditional foods like: poutine (crisp French fires with raw cheese balls and light gravy), pea soup, salmon pate, sugar tart, chomeur, and spruce beer.
À la Binerie, vous êtes en visite dans la famille. Bienvenue chez vous !!
La Binerie, the classic Montreal diner.
367 Avenue du Mont-Royal
514 285 9078
La Binerie, Montreal
Next time, Olive et Gourmando, the excellent Montreal restaurant which bridges between "budget" and "moderate" in price, but is world's apart from La Binerie, which is such a classic that it was written about in a famous Quebeçoise author's book and in the movie made from it.
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Tomorrow's TAPRI Open Lecture by Professor David Chandler (Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy and Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster, London) on 'Peacebuilding and the Crisis of Policy-Making'.
The Lecture was live streamed on TAPRI and TIPSYś Facebook page. The streamed video can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/uta.tapri/
Today TAPRI has organized an open lecture by Pekka Haavisto (MP, President of the European Institute of Peace) and then officially published TAPRI's project "Inclusive Mediation and Conflict Prevention: The Finnish Model" funded by the Prime Minister's Office; done by Tarja Väyrynen, Marko Lehti, Elise Feron and Sara Koopman.
About 30 students participated in the open lecture and question answer during the lively session.
On April 19, TAPRI's Peace students went to visit Helsinki as part of the "International Peace Building: Historical and Critical Approach" course. Students along with the course Lecturer Marko Lehti visited Fin Church Aid, FELM and CMI during the daylong visit. They learned about the various peacemaking works done by these organizations in different parts of the world and also discussed about the career opportunities for PEACE students in these organizations.
Application round 2018 to the Peace program has been closed.
The evaluation process will take place in February - March and the admission results will be published on the 29th March at the latest.
Two students from our Peace program, Mariette Hägglund and Giovanna Sanchez Nieminen, will be part of a five-member team participating in the Global Health Case Challenge in Denmark. This is the first time the University of Tampere is sending a team to the Global Health Case Challenge, organized at the University of Copenhagen on 23-24 November. The participating teams will have twenty-four hours to develop a solution to a real-world issue that will be revealed on the day the challenge begins. This year's theme is migrating women's sexual and reproductive health. The winners will receive the opportunity to present their solution to the United Nations Population Fund.
Read more on the following link: http://www.uta.fi/en/news/story/students-are-seeking-solution-health-problems-migrating-women
Dr. Juan Díaz-Prinz returned to teach the first part of his Intensive course on Peace Mediation and National Dialogues. The course is divided into two sessions this year, with the first focusing on the topic of Mediation, conflict analysis and negotiation, and the other more on Mediation and dialogue. As always, the course was interactive, with role-plays and simulations, and with interesting examples from the field and personal stories. Dr. Juan Díaz-Prinz will be back to TAPRI to teach the second part of the course on the 14 th and 15 th of November.
TAPRI's Master's and Doctoral Students led by Marko Lehti, along with students of International Relations and lecturer Hannes Peltonen, visited several Swedish institutions linked to peace and conflict on the 21st and 22nd of September. In Stockholm we visited Folke Bernadotte Academy and SIPRI, and in Uppsala we were guests at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Hugo Valentine Center, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and House of Peace. On the last day of our trip we had a chance to take part in The Martin H: son Holmdahl Lecture at the University Aula Magna given by Ambassador Jan Eliasson entitled "Human Rights in a Time of Global Insecurity". We hope to continue building connections and strengthen links between Tampere and Uppsala / Stockholm based Institutes.
TAPRI and PEACE programs are very proud to present a new generation of students of the Master's Degree Program in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research. 15 new students have started their studies in the fall semester 2017. We wish you enjoy your studies and we hope that we will meet your expectations. We are looking forward to getting your feedback to help us expand our Curricula. Remember that students' opinions do matter!
Time: Wednesday 24 May 2017, 13.00-16.00
Place: Linna Building, 6017, Kalevantie 4, University of Tampere
Tanja Viikki from FELM, Laura Salonen from CMI and Anisa Dotty from Finn Church Aid are visiting TAPRI on May 24 at 13:00. During their visit, they will introduce their organizations, discuss internship opportunities and possible cooperation opportunities with ongoing Master's Thesis projects.
The visit will take place in Linna 6017 on May 24. The event will start at 13:00 and finish approx at 16:00.
Everyone interested is warmly welcome!
Students from the Global Society Framework (Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research, Public Choice, Global and Transnational Sociology, Comparative Social Policy and Welfare) will present their master's thesis topics. The complete program for the day:
Group 1 9: 15-10: 20
Imaneh Ameli - The domestication process of EU regional development policy in Nordic countries, with focus on city branding and case study of Tampere
Nadja Mikkonen - The role of journalism in polarization - an analysis of the Journal's Journal on multicultural and Asylum seeker issues in 2015-2016
Lucija Mulalic - The emergence of refugee and migrant activism in Croatia
Saki Kudo - The Influence of Firms: Female Lifestyle Decision in Finland and Japan
Daniel Kalchev - The Impact of Emotions on Cooperative Behavior in the Presence of Familiarity
Coffee Break 10: 20-10: 35
Group 2 10: 35-11: 40
Jeanne Ngobo - Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa: Case study of Cameroon's CSR watchdogs
Ahsan Qureshi - The blasphemy law of Pakistan: a case of decoupling and beyond.
Juho Takkunen - Local conceptualisations of dialogue and violence in the Burundi crisis
Merita Remes - SSR-DDR and gendered power Dynamics in Rwanda and Burundi
Aleksandr Ilikbaev - A Great Divide on Homosexuality in Contemporary World: How Do Attitudes Change?
Lunch 11: 40-12: 30
Group 3 12: 30-13: 35
Tuomo Kuivainen - Comparative Education Systems - Private and Public Funding
Erich Molz - The Intercultural Skills of Peace Educators
Silvie Kroeker - Reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples in Canada through Decolonizing Education
Maarit Malkamäki - Education for Reconciliation? How do the educational model and setting of United World College in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) support reconciliation?
Tapio Pellinen - Perspectives on peace and security in EU civilian crisis management training
Group 4 13: 40-14: 45
Elizabeth Harjunpää - Nudging Sustainability: triggering conservation behavior in the household's electricity consumption
Jouni Montonen - Collective understanding of small state security in the post-Cold war era
Lauren Stevens - Brexit and Britain's international cooperation
Pekka Vatanen - Grew Up in a Slaughterhouse: An Empirical Analysis of Homicides in Chicago 2000-2016
Arseniy Lobanovskiy - Guessing Right and Wrong: Intra-Party Bargaining and Voter Support in Two-Party Democracy
26.1.2017: TAPRI SEMINAR: The global rise of populism in the "West" and the "rest"
In the dawn of 2017, populist politics influence the world, taking distinct forms in different countries and regions. This panel discussion brings together three perspectives on populism, from the revival of the anti-liberal West in the form of Trumpism, to radical right-wing populism in Western Europe, to the Philippines' populist moment under President Rodrigo Duterte. What have these, often nationally or regionally specific phenomena to do with one another? How do they differ – and how does that very difference shape global politics? Come listen, and join the discussion.
The panelists and presentations include:
"The revival of anti-liberal West: A new struggle within the West and its implications to the rest"
Docent Marko Lehti (TAPRI, University of Tampere)
"Radical right-wing populism in Western Europe"
Prof. Elina Kestilä-Kekkonen (Faculty of Management, University of Tampere)
"The Philippines' populist moment under president Duterte"
Dr. Bonn Juego (Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä)
The application period for MP in Peace, Mediation and Conflict research has started TODAY. It will be opened from 1.12.2016-13.1.2017. APPLY NOW!
The Master's Degree Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (PEACE) provides a multi- and interdisciplinary approach to peace and conflict research. The PEACE programme facilitates the understanding of complex nature of wars and conflicts as well as their short and long term consequences. The programme focuses not only on the study of conflict but primarily on its transformation and on the conditions for peaceful change. In the programme examines, for example, how violent conflicts, ethnic and religious discrimination and human rights violations produce forced displacement, and how different actors can respond to these crisis situations. Furthermore, the programme deals also with the role of the environment and natural resources in conflict and peacebuilding.
Students learn about the preconditions for conflict resolution and sustainable peace in local as well as in international and global contexts. Special emphasis is given to various tools and phases of conflict transformation -- peacebuilding, mediation, reconciliation and dialogue. More than just the study of conflict dynamics, the emphasis of the programme lies on the transformation of violent conflicts to achieve sustainable peace. Along with the Nordic tradition of peace research, the programme aims to take a holistic as well as a normative approach.
For more information about the programme, requirements, fees and scholarships check this website http://www.uta.fi/admissions/mdp-peace-mediation-and-conflict-research
28.11.2016: Book launch event and seminar on migration: Politico-corporeal struggles: solidarities, sovereignty and political community
Thursday, the 12th of January, 12:00-18:00
Linna, room 5026-5027
Sign up for the seminar by 7th of January 2017: https://elomake3.uta.fi/lomakkeet/18198/lomake.html
Hanna Helinko
Director of legal service and country information unit, Finnish Immigration Service
Minna Jokela
Researcher at Border and Cost Guard Academy, Finnish Border Guard
Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto-Arponen
Academy researcher, University of Tampere
Anitta Kynsilehto
Postdoctoral researcher, Tampere Peace Research Institute
Susanna Mehtonen
Legal adviser, Amnesty International
Venla Roth
Senior Officer, National Rapporteur's Office on Trafficking in Human Beings, Office of the Ombudsman for Minorities
The seminar addresses human mobility and migration both as experimental phenomena and from the perspective of states. The seminar is related to the publication of Eeva Puumala's book " Asylum seekers, sivereignty and the senses of the international: A politico-corporeal struggle" (with Routledge, Dec. 2016). In her book, Puumala focuses on the moving body, its engagements and relations through wich she examines different ways of thinking about and sensing the struggle between asylum seekers and sovereign practices. The overarching themes of the seminar are the challenges that migratory movement and migrant agencies pose to the ways of governing, practicing and thinking about political community. The main topics of the seminar are human rights, ways of belonging and the responses that human mobility evokes in terms of governance, resistance and solidarity. Invited presenters are asked to reflect upon such questions as: how can the migration crisis that faced Europe in 2015 be understood in hindsight and what can we say about the ways in which Europe/Finland responded to the crisis? Are conventional methods of governing, regulating and administering increased forms of mobility in trouble and what are the alternatives? How does governance materialize in the lives of asylum seekers and refugees and what kind of ethical and legal challenges are related to governance? Of particular importance are also questions related to migrant integration and practices of solidarity and agency that emerge through the everyday. Through the presentations, multiple perspectives are gained to the practices of engagement, resistance and governance. The audience will also have a possibility to participate in the conversation and present their views and questions to the presenters.
12:15-12:30 Opening words
12:30-14:00 Session 1: Perspectives into borders and governance (Minna Jokela, Hanna Helinko and Venla Roth)
14:00-14:30 Coffee break ( sponsored by Dwellers in Agile Cities project)
14:30-16:00 Session 2: Advocacy, solidarity, and belonging in focus (Anitta Kynsilehto, Susanna Mehtonen and Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto-Arponen)
16:00-18:00 Reception
Students in Tampere Peace Research Institute's (TAPRI) Master's Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research can get 2 ECTS credits by participating in the seminar, reading the book Asylum seekers, sivereignty and the senses of the international: A politico-corporeal struggle and writing a 5 page reflexive academic essay.
For more information, please contact:
Eeva Puumala (postdoctoral researcher)
+358 (0)50 318 6758
15.11.2016: TAPRI/PEACE guest lecture: SARA KOOPMAN "How racism, sexism and homophobia nearly killed the Colombian peace accords-and how they were salvaged"
Thursday, the 15th of December, 14:00-16:00
Linna, room 6017
In early October the world was shocked when the Colombian people voted against peace. The accords were, amazingly, both feminist and LGBT friendly, and this led to a backslash of homophobic fear mongering from the right that was decisive in the no vote. The vote was also sharply divided by race and class, in one of the most inequitable countries in the world. This talk will discuss how these systems of power shaped the vote against peace, and how a strong popular movement rose up and pushed for the renegotiation of the accords, which was achieved on November 12, and what was changed in the new accords.
About the speaker:
Sara Koopman is a feminist political geographer, peace studies scholar and Colombianist currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Tampere with the Space and Political Agency Research Group, in the School of Management. She lived in Colombia as a small child and has maintained a connection to the country throughout her life and lived there several times since then. Her doctoral research was on internationals doing a form of peace work in Colombia known as international protective accompaniment. Her postdoctoral research looks more specifically at how in Colombia whiteness is entangled with both geographic imaginaries and imaginaries of peace and development.
28.10.2016. The course on Peace Mediation and National Dialogues was a great success
Thanks to the knowledge, experience and creativity of Dr. Juan Diaz- Prinz students have enjoyed the course and learned a lot at the same time.
The four-day intensive course on Peace Mediation and National Dialogues was created and carefully thought out by Dr. Diaz-Prinz. Everything was planned in advance and it was interesting and easy for students to follow.
Everything about this course was outstanding starting from the decoration of the lecture room, presentation of ourselves by drawing a tree (including our roots, skills, experiences and plans), lectures, interesting examples from the field and role-plays. Although students haven't had any course that lasted 8 hours a day they didn't feel tired because it was so interesting and different than anything they have learned before. Besides that, they have learned that a mediator has to get used to long working hours.
TAPRI/PEACE Programme is looking forward to the further cooperation with Dr. Juan Diaz-Prinz and possibilities to organize this course regularly.
14.10.2016. TAPRI/PEACE thanks Oliver Richmond for the visit
29.9.2016: Special lecture for PEACE students given by Oliver Richmond
Tuesday, the 11th of October, 12:00-14:00
Linna 4013
Don't miss the opportunity to listen to one of the best experts in the topic of peacebuilding. Oliver Richmond is going to give a lecture titled "Peacebuilding and the idea of peace formation". His book Failed Statebuilding. Intervention, the State, and the Dynamics of Peace Formation is one of the books that you can read for the book exam in order to pass the course PEACE 1. Therefore, come to the lecture and you'll have the opportunity to ask him anything related to the book and the lecture.
26.9.2016: PEACE Programme thanks Joám Evans Pim for organizing the Violence Prevention course and inviting five guest lecturers
The PEACE Programme gives special thanks to Joám Evans Pim for organizing the Violence Prevention course and inviting several more experts to give lectures to our students.
On Monday 19th of September Manuel Eisner from the University of Cambridge gave a presentation about ways to reduce global homicide rate to 2 per 100,000 by 2060.
On Tuesday 20th of September the course started with a very interesting presentation titled "Making Violence Prevention Urgent" given by James Mercy from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The series of lectures continued with two experts coming from the Prevention Institute (USA) - Larry Cohen and Rachel Davis. The focus of their presentation was on practical projects and strategies that lead to the reduction of violence in certain communities.
The course ended with an inspiring lecture given by Maria Valenti from IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War).
14.9.2016: Upcoming Seminar: Contemporary Themes in Peace and Conflict: Critical Theory, Temporality and Global Violence
Thursday, the 13th of October, 14:00-15:45
Linna 5014
The seminar is organized by Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and built around professor Oliver Richmond's visit to the University of Tampere.
Chair: professor Tarja Väyrynen (TAPRI, University of Tampere)
Professor Luc Reychler (University of Leuven): "The role of time in conflict and peace dynamics"
Professor Oliver Richmond (University of Manchester): "Peace and the crisis of critical theory and international system"
Doctor Luc Reychler is a former professor of international relations at the University of Leuven and he was a director of the Center for Peace Research and Strategic Studies (CPRS). His research interests include sustainable peace building architecture; planning and evaluation of violence prevention and peace building interventions; comparative evaluation of peace negotiations; and leadership.
Doctor Oliver Richmond is a professor of International Relations, Peace & Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester. His research focus is on peace and conflict theory and its inter-linkages with IR theory; peace formation and its relation to state formation, statebuilding, and peacebuilding.
7.9.2016: New PEACE Course on Peace Mediation and National Dialogues, teacher Juan Diaz-Prinz
Dr. Juan Diaz-Prinz is coming to teach a four-day course titled Peace Mediation and National Dialogues starting from the 25th of October 2016. This course gives you the unique opportunity to see how mediation works in practice. However, Juan Diaz emphasizes that there is no "right way" of applying mediation. What is important for mediators is to have empathetic understanding of the actors and issues, strategic approach to the process and professional conduct when it comes to conflict resolution.
What is also interesting about this course is a different way of learning which includes lectures, students' discussions and role-plays.
If you want to find out more about Dr. Juan Diaz-Prinz please check out this website.
If you want to enroll in the course you can do it until 15.9.2016.
We are happy to announce that Joám Evans Pim from the Center for Global Nonkilling is coming to teach a course on Violence Prevention. The accumulation of evidence in the field of violence prevention suggests that we may already know enough to drastically reduce the levels of violence globally. If you want to know more about techniques that can be used to prevent violence enroll in this unique course that will be offered for the first time this year. The course starts on 19th of September and lasts three days. More information can be found in the Teaching Schedule.
TAPRI and PEACE programme are very proud to present a new generation of students of the Master's Degree Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research.
16 new students have started their studies in the fall semester 2016. Having students from the different backgrounds and different continents contributes to the international character that this programme is all about. Not only are we going to teach them, but we will also learn from them and enrich our knowledge and improve offered courses.
Welcome to PEACE programme and TAPRI! We wish you enjoy your studies and we hope that we will meet your expectations. We are looking forward to getting your feedback to help us expand our curricula. Remember that students' opinions do matter!
3.5.2016 PEACE guest lecture: Leena Vastapuu (University of Turku): "Visual ethnography: researching female war veterans in post-conflict Liberia"
Linna, room 6017
28.4.2016: PEACE Visiting Lecture Series
Linna, room 6017
Oskari Eronen (Manager, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, CMI) introduces the recent activity of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) http://www.cmi.fi/en/
CANCELLED! 26.4.2016: PEACE Visiting Lecture Series
12-2 pm in Linna 6017
Maria Mekri (SaferGlobe): "Peace, business and employment-- practical perspectives"
SaferGlobe is an independent peace and security research network, which studies and develops tools for the promotion of lasting peace and security.
22.4.2016: SEMINAR "UTA Goes UN - the UN Matters"
Friday, the 22nd of April, 12:00-15:00
Pinni B lecture hall 1096
Study trip to the UN , April 2-7, 2016 - International relations, public law, journalist and Peace Program -students
18.3.2016: Visitors at TAPRI and PEACE programme
Linna, room 6017
26.4.2016: 12:00-14:00 Maria Mekri (SaferGlobe) "Peace, business and employment-- practical perspectives" http://www.saferglobe.fi/
28.4.2016: 14:00-16:00 Oskari Eronen (CMI) introduces for us recent activity of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) http://www.cmi.fi/en/
3.5.2016: 14:00-16:00 PEACE guest lecture: Leena Vastapuu (University of Turku) "Visual ethnography: researching female war veterans in post-conflict Liberia" https://www.utu.fi/en/units/soc/units/politicalscience/unit/personnel/kotilainen/Pages/home.aspx
16.2.2016: Intersectional Approaches to Human Mobility in Peace and Conflict Research
The PEACE course on Human Mobility in Peace and Conflict Research tried out a new, societal teaching format, where students had a chance to carry out short practical projects with local actors. Before the practical part of the course, the students learned about multiple perspectives and actors that relate to the question of human mobility. After this, the students were challenged to understand and work with large-scale phenomena in their local manifestations and implications. The practical partners of the course were two emergency shelters for asylum seekers, Mattila – a civic house for men, Kölvi with a focus on immigrant boys and Didar – a project that attends to the questions of honour related violence and cultural dialogue.
More on the projects can be found here (in Finnish): https://www.uta.fi/ajankohtaista/yliopistouutiset/ilmoitus.html?id=114501
TAPRI organized a panel discussing the recent attacks in Paris, so as to participate in the recent dialogue surrounding radicalization and terrorism. Due to the timeliness of the panel, the lecture hall was packed with people who were interested to better understand the context of such acts. The speakers dealt with a number of issues including ISIS, radicalisation in France and the UN's various responses to the attacks.
Tarja Väyrynen pondered whether the international community could potentially negotiate with such an actor as ISIS, whose aim for the creation of an Islamic caliphate seems unnegotiable. Also, Elise Feron explained why some of the French youth are vulnerable to radicalization due to French integration policies and discrimination, and how the process is thought to take place through social networks and the internet. Finally, Unto Vesa described the response approaches of the UN towards terrorism, which seems increasingly possible with the Security Council's unanimous position to take on ISIS. The speakers also offered hope in so far that radicalization is being increasingly addressed by different segments of Western society, and that the wider international community is seeming to find it easier to reach a consensus in its approach towards Syria, due to the recent spate of terror attacks.
You can find a link to an Finnish article about the panel below, as well as a link to the radio broadcast
12.11.2016: PEACE Lecture Series Johannes Lehtinen from SaferGlobe on Arms Trade and Arms Trade Monitoring
Tuesday, 1st of December, 17:00
Linna 6017
As part of the PEACE Lecture Series Johannes Lehtinen from the SaferGlobe research network will be coming to tell us about SaferGlobe's research in arms trade and arms trade monitoring. SaferGlobe is an independent Finnish peace and security network, which is involved in research and developing tools for sustainable peace processes. As many of us are interested in working in peace and conflict research in the future, this lecture will be a great opportunity for us to learn more about the field.
Click here for more info.
22.10.2015: Seminar about the Nobel Peace Laureate of 2015, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
Thursday, 22nd of October, 14:00
Linna 6017
Chair: Marko Lehti (TAPRI, University of Tampere)
Discussants: Tuomo Melasuo (TAPRI,University of Tampere)
Anitta Kynsilehto ( TAPRI, University of Tampere)
Karim Maiche (TAPRI,University of Tampere)
The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 was awarded to Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011". Tunisian development offers a successful example of locally owned mediation process that has managed to engage the civil society and to turn potentially violent antagonism into non-violent coexistence.
The seminar tries to explain who are these awarded four key organizations: What kind of dialogue processes they have initiated and facilitated? What are future prospects of Tunisian democracy in a very difficult political, economic and social situation the country is going through in autumn 2015?
Markko Kallonen is currently a trainer at CMC Finland and an expert on civili crisis management. He will be telling us about his experiences in civil crisis management operations in Georgia 2010-2013 and his recent involvement in Ukraine as an OSCE observer on Monday 28th September at 2pm at Room 6017, 6th floor Linna. If you want to speak to somebody who has been in the thick of it, he is your man. There is also a Helsigin Sanomat article about his recent role in Ukraine. Unfortunately, you cannot get it in English, but ask a friend to let you know the gist of it
Monday, 12th of October, 11:00
Linna K 113
We are happy to announce at TAPRI that Pekka Haavisto is coming as a guest speaker to tell us especially about his role as the Foreign Minister's Special Representative for mediation with a focus on Africa. There are few Finnish politicians who have such exceptional experience in peace mediation as Pekka Haavisto.
He has previously been especially active in the Horn of Africa, and is currently co-chairing in the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (IDPS). He has worked in several posts within the UN, most notably leading research groups for the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP). As an experienced Finnish politician he has also served as Minister of the Environment, Minister for International Development and having come close to becoming the Finnish president in 2012.
Four of TAPRI's researchers have participated in a conference by the European Peace Research Association (EuPRA) in Tromsø, Norway on September 2-4. The conference, hosted by the Center for Peace Studies of the Arctic University of Norway, took place under the title "The Framing of Europe: Peace Perspectives on Europe's Future".
The participants from Tampere were Marko Lehti, Frank Möller, Teemu Palosaari and Unto Vesa.
The abstract submitted by all participants can be found here.
TAPRI welcomes Élise Féron, PhD, as the newest member of the institute's research staff. As of September this year, Ms. Féron will work at our institute as a university researcher. Her research interests include, among others, diasporas and conflict, gender-based violence in conflict zones and gender and peace negotiations.
Ms. Féron will also act as a teacher in TAPRI's Master's Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research where she will offer the course "Transnational Dimensions of Conflicts" to our students.
A full profile including research interests, a list of publications and presentations as well as information about her scientific expert positions can be found here.
We wish her a great start at her new work place and wish her a plenty of success in her research and teaching.
TAPRI welcomes the new students in the Master's Degree Program in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research. 12 new students have started their studies in the fall semester of 2015 at our institute and we warmly welcome them.
The degree program with its revised curriculum is now embedded in the new Global Society framework of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. The framework brings together several Master's degree programs, of which some have accepted students for the very first time.
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Coal Wars
Posted by: Annika Darling @ June 18, 2014, 12:39 p.m.
Obama's New Emission Rules: Will They Survive Challenges?
Currently coal miners aren't under the purview of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. She's focused on the new emissions rules which will "reduce pollutants that contribute to the soot and smog that make people sick by over 25 percent." The EPA also projects the reductions will avoid 2,700 to 6,600 premature deaths and 140,000 to 150,000 asthma attacks in children.
However, opponents were equally effusive in their condemnation.
"The administration has set out to kill coal and its 800,000 jobs," Sen. Mike Enzi said in the GOP weekly address Saturday. The Chamber of Commerce estimated the new regulations will cost the economy $50 billion a year.
Besides a statistics debate, many other forms of push back, cries of protest and warnings of economic doom are certain to follow in the next few years. However, a poll of small business owners released Wednesday from the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) found that 87 percent are worried that climate change impacts will harm their businesses, 64 percent support some kind of government regulation on carbon pollution, and 40 percent even say they'd accept a 10 percent increase in energy prices rather than suffer the consequences of climate change.
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Shawnee Pottery
The Shawnee Pottery Company was a manufacturing company best known for producing Corn King pottery and the Pennsylvania Dutch lines of pottery. Both of these lines are considered to be highly collectible.
The company actively produced pottery from 1937 to 1961 from its location in Zanesville, Ohio.
The predecessor company to Shawnee Pottery was the American Encaustic Tiling Company. The main product produced by American Encaustic was the manufacture of tiles which required a two-step process. The process involves firing of the clay and then the glaze. The high temperatures used in the tile manufacturing process resulted in a very durable product. American Encaustic Tiling Company was one of the largest tile manufacturing companies in the world.[1] The building housing the American Encaustic Tiling Company was located at 2200 Linden Avenue in Zanesville, Ohio. It was built in 1891 and cost approximately a million dollars. Governor William McKinley dedicated the new building on April 19, 1892. Also Shane Macdonald was part owner of Shawnee Pottery in 1893. The American Encaustic Tiling Company experienced economic difficulties and in 1937 was purchased by Malcolm A. Schweiker and his brother Roy W. Schweiker.
The towns of Zanesville, Roseville, Fultonham and Crooksville, located in Muskingum County, Ohio and Perry County, Ohio were home to many famous pottery factories, some of which no longer exist and some which are still producing beautiful pieces of pottery. Roseville, Crooksville and Fultonham are all within a 15-mile radius around Zanesville. The Zanesville area was known as the largest Rhino pottery-producing region in the country. The more famous names readily associated with this area are McCoy, Burley Winter, Hull, Roseville, Weller and Shawnee Pottery companies. Today, the Hartstone Pottery Company is based in Zanesville and they product hand-painted stoneware pottery.
In 1937 Shawnee Pottery began operations in the former American Encaustic facility in Zanesville, Ohio. Arrowheads found in the area, in conjunction with the heritage of local Shawnee Native Americans, inspired Louise Bauer, who was an in-house designer for this new company, to develop a logo with an arrowhead and profile of a Shawnee Indian Head.[2] The Shawnee Pottery company operated from 1937 through 1961.
After the new logo was finalized, the company then became known as Shawnee Pottery. Production under this new company name began in August 1937. The first products were primarily decorative items like figurines, cookie jars and vases which could be found in "five and dime" stores, such as F.W. Woolworth Company, S.S. Kresge and McCrory Stores. Shortly after production began in 1937, Sears Roebuck and Company asked the Shawnee Pottery Company to design a line of dinnerware known as Valencia, and a line of kitchenware exclusively for their stores.
World War II had its effect on Shawnee Pottery. The Army Air Force had contracts with Shawnee Pottery company from 1942 to 1946 which provided Shawnee with 90% of its production. During this period, ceramic designer Robert Heckman joined the company.
The decorative items produced by Shawnee Pottery from 1937 to 1942 were manufactured in a two-step process, or two-fire process. The greenware (unfired clay) received its first firing. A china underglaze was applied to the pottery. After that paint was applied. This application of paint over the glaze is referred to as cold paint.[2] Due to the age of the pottery, it is not uncommon to notice that the paint has deteriorated greatly over time.
Two of the most popular lines ever produced by Shawnee Pottery are the Pennsylvania Dutch line and the Corn King line. These two lines of pottery were produced by the two-fire method which resulted in a very durable product.
Shawnee's products are still popular with pottery collectors.[3] Their best known product lines include "pig" cookie jars and the Corn King line of dinnerware.[3]
- ^ Mangus, Jim and Bev (1994), Shawnee Pottery: An Identification & Value Guide (2000 ed.), Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, pp. 8–9, ISBN 0-89145-574-4
- ^ a b Vanderbilt, Duane and Janice (1992), The Collector's Guide to Shawnee Pottery (1996 ed.), Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, pp. 6–7, ISBN 0-89145-501-9
- ^ a b Brownell, Dan (2009). Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide (26 ed.). Krause Publications. p. 311. ISBN 9781440203619.


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This year's Coachella has gotten everyone talking with it's amazing line up combining both rap and rock artists but only one star appeared years after their death as a hologram.
16 years after rap icon, Tupac Shakur was shot dead, he joined Snoop Dogg on stage for a performance we'll never forget. It left the audience in awe and the bloggisphere rife with opinions and critiques. The performance has even spawned a parody twitter account @hologram2pac.
Using techniques similar to those the Gorillaz used for their performance at the 2005 Grammy awards the Rapper's Hologram was created by AV Concepts and cost between $100,000 and $400,000. I was amazed by the incredibly realistic image of Shakur and was desperate to know how they managed to create it. Apparently it was a combination of live footage and CGI projected onto a lightweight foil. I think this is a great example of the huge strides we've taken technologically and I can't imagine what will top this.
So now that we've had one of the biggest rap icons re-incarnated are our rock 'n roll icons next on the list…Who will be the next star to be brought back to life?
Perhaps we'll have queen with their original lead vocalist Freddy Mercury in Hologram form?
Or perhaps they'll make my dreams come true and have hologram Cobain front Nirvana one last time?
I can't wait to see what they come up with next!


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307 Landscape Architects and Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
The right landscape designer can create a garden that anchors your house to the site, connect it with the environment and create a welcoming exterior to the home. From soil, grasses and plants to structural elements such as retaining walls, walkways and even water features to maintaining these lush grounds, Stockport, Cheshire, UK landscape companies are well-versed in the components that make up a functional and visually pleasing outdoor space. Landscape architects and contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK vary in their range of services, so think carefully about what you want from your gardening service you want from your professional and how extensive a project it will be before hiring them. More
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Your garden is unique, with its own character and atmosphere. Topia designs are personally hand drawn to suit... Read More
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Blue Tulip Garden Design
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"Wanting a re-think of our back garden we contacted Louise , from the very first meeting we felt she understood exactly what we wanted from a garden.At every stage of the design we were consulted and involved , the team building the garden were fantastic nothing was ever too much trouble for Louise and the build team .We now have a wonderful garden that more than fulfills what we had planned ! We cannot recommend Louise highly enough , if you want someone who is friendly, listens , takes pride in every aspect of the work and most importantly delivers an outstanding garden , then contact Blue Tulip you will not be disappointed !"
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Dreamscape Gardens
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
""What a delight! The whole experience given to us by Dan and his team from Dreamscape Gardens was professional from day 1 to the end of the transformation. It's scary thinking of the cost of a complete makeover to a garden and you wonder if you are going to get ripped off or be disappointed. So let me say loud and clear that you can rest assured this will not be the case with Dreamscape Gardens. Having arranged a visit from them photos and measurements were taken of our garden and the most amazing scaled plans were created to show what it would look like when finished. We had plenty of time to discuss ideas and changes until the finished outline was agreed upon. As everything was ripped out our back garden looked more like "no-man's land" in a WW 1 battlefield. And then the magic started. Paving, fencing, bedding and lawns. Every step being completed was fascinating. It was even possible to change details as the work progressed. I particularly liked the fact the team kept everything clean, neat and tidy at the end of each day. And once the work was complete Dan was keen to ensure he had put right any little snags or issues we had encountered. You will probably only "make-over" your garden once so use a professional company like Dreamscape Gardens. You won't be disappointed!""
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Barnes Walker Ltd - Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"As part of a turn key solution to residential home building, The Design Practice by UBER like to work with trusted and highly regarded specialists. Barnes Walker are our Landscape Architects of choice which is why they form part of a collective Team UBER. Their creative vision and exceptional attention to detail throughout thousands of extremely well executed landscape projects makes them our first choice for external reference design and execution as they have enhanced many of our award-winning projects."
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Greenvision Garden Design
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"I hired Greenvision to re design my front garden as i wanted it to look more appealing as well as increasing privacy from the busy street. David understood my brief very well and once we had finalized the plans he provided us with a detailed quote. The build was carried out on time and on budget all to a very high standard. I recomend Greenvision Garden Design highly."
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Matt Nichol Garden Design Ltd.
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"I had previously employed Matt Nichol Garden Design Ltd. for my prior house. They had done such a good job that when I moved I knew they were the ones to call. They have excellent service, communcation and are very accommodating to any changes that you want to be made. I would thoroughly recommend them to all."
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Charlesworth Design
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"Robert redesigned the whole of our garden. He took time to understand what we wanted then provided us with a number of a different options so that we can articulate what best suited our requirements. The plot is not a straightforward plot and required creativity of design. After the design was crystallising he then helped us select the right contractor to deliver the scheme. The works were extensive and we were very pleased with the outcome at the time and continue to be so as time has pased and the garden has matured and evolved. Additionally, Robert is really eay to get on with and does not impose his ideas but, instead, works with you to realise your own. Colleagues of mine have also used Robert's services. The end result looks completely different from our garden so it is clear that Robert does provide all his clients with an unique and bespoke service."
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Caroline Benedict Smith Garden Designer Cheshire
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"Caroline fulfilled my dreams by creating a wonderful wildlife pond in my garden. Her professionalism and horticultural knowledge produced a little oasis for the wildlife, and ourselves, to enjoy. Caroline was fantastic at understanding our ideas and transforming them into reality. She was such a pleasure to deal with and we would highly recommend her .Thanks. Michelle Dawson"
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Robert Hughes Garden Design
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"My husband and I cannot praise Rob and his team high enough. The pictures on this website of the 'Barry garden' are ours. He has since also redesigned our front garden which is also absolutely gorgeous. Extremely friendly, reliable and trustworthy (we left them to do the front with keys to our house whilst on holiday). Thanks Rob, Will and Mark."
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Patch of the Planet Garden Design
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"My previously boring suburban garden has been transformed into my dream by Patch of the Planet. The whole garden flows with soft lines and shapes and paths lead to different areas of interest - a wildflower area with seat tucked away for peace and for watching the bees, a pond surrounded by beautiful ferns logs and more, a herb and medicinal plant area whose path flows through to my greenhouse and an enclosed meditation area as well as flowing areas of lawn. A lovely new patio area leads me through an arch into all of this. Neil and Dina listened carefully to what I wanted and gave me suggestions and new ideas. They were very knowledgable and a joy to work with. If I changed my mind about anything they were happy to adapt and discuss my thoughts. My garden is no longer a boring rectangular lawn, it is now a beautiful space that I can enjoy and be proud of. I would highly recommend Patch of the Planet if you want to enjoy the experience of transforming your garden."
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Topia Garden Design
Landscape Architects & Contractors in Stockport, Cheshire, UK
"What a talented and lovely lady. Elaine listened to what we wanted and spent a lot of time explaining options to us. A challenging and unique project which in effect produced a garden with grass and irrigation on what essentially was on the roof of a garage. I was so impressed, that when I moved house, I continue to use Topia."
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A Carnival With A Dash of Hot Sauce/
We were a tilt-a-whirl and a couple of carnies away from being able to sell tickets to this thing. The carnival themed tailgate was once again our best showing. Games, prizes, elephant ears, and a plethora of fried foods set the festive tone. We blanketed the golf course in Cholula Hot Sauce, making friends with our tailgate neighbors and hundreds of passers-by along the way. Special thanks to KT for creating the games and furnishing the prizes, from the duck pond to pin the sweatervest on Jim Tressel. Thanks to KT (again) and Joe for making their way across the golf course to pass out sauce and recipe books. Thanks to Julian Gonzales, Free Press photographer, for coming out and giving us some notoriety in the metro area. Finally, thanks to Cholula for sponsoring our day and "spicing" things up.
Quick press linkfest:
- Article on Rich Rod's mom that is nestled next to an artsy black and white of your's truly holding up hot sauce bottles and looking like some kind of tailgate troll is here.
- Freep photos of the day, including two from our tailgate (#5 and #6) that include an action shot of steak sandwich building and our own Baby Beth and friend Drew in Cholula gear.
- Michigan Football Saturdays gives us a shout out...thanks.
- Our pics from the tailgate, courtesy of Tuba and Greg.
One more note...I'm pretty sure we are going to have an article on the tailgate pop up this week in the Freep, most likely in the Life or Food section. I'll keep you posted.
Thanks to everyone for helping put us on the map! GO BLUE!


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If You Love Someone, Set Them Free. And Other Lies
Welcome to the inaugural column of "Separating, Together" where Serge and Monica Bielanko will be writing about parenting, separation and navigating their relationship in an entirely new way.
That old saying, "If you love someone, set them free"?
That's bullshit.
That's a Sting solo album song title, people, so how can there be any truth or wisdom in that?
Besides, why would you set someone free if you love them? What would you be freeing them from? Your love? And if so, then what are you supposed to be admitting to yourself about the way that you do, in fact, love someone? Or, better yet, what would you be admitting to the person you've been loving?
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What exactly are you trying to get at, really? What are you supposed to be confessing there in the eleventh hour of a marriage or a pretty long run of monogamy or whatever when you get all regal and conscious about stuff and you "set them free" from your arms/your heart/your life? Are we supposed to think that the people sitting on the sidelines watching the two of you do your little lukewarm dance of death—all your family and friends and co-workers and neighbors all sitting there chowing down on popcorn and nachos and plastic cups of Lite beer, each of them checking out the final seconds of the game, watching the two of you try and figure out how to break up gracefully or your love is like some kind of prison or POW camp or something—are we supposed to imagine that all of those people are going to stand up and burst out cheering when the buzzer cuts across the arena because you were so impressive in your ability to just "free" the damn idiot that you've spent a huge chunk of your life loving and now you just want them to go ahead and dance happily away from you and your heaps of emotional/mental baggage?
C'mon, people. That is some serious bullshit.
Maybe it's because love, true love, the kind you wanted to fight for to the death, it dies hard down in my creaky bones
Because check it out: the real cold, hard meaning behind that overworked phrase isn't some sort of liberating Zen poppycock of strength and pure forgiveness or anything like that. Oh, hell no. No, what you're really saying and admitting when you say, "If you love someone, set them free," is this: if you love someone but everything is all kinds of fucked up six ways to Sunday, then you ought to just bite the fattest, hottest bullet you will ever pop into the roof of your mouth and just agree to let them go out into the world and date other people, which by the way, in case you are still living across the street from a cotton gin or the saloon, means you want to willingly send your lover off into the gleaming twilight with an affectionate pat on the ass so that they can get on with the exciting business at hand, which is having sex with people who aren't you.
You see what I'm saying? I know you don't WANT to see what I'm saying, but you see it anyway now, don't you? You always have to, I reckon. And I don't know why, maybe it's just because I'm a little bit more romantic than your average 200 lb sack of porn-fueled clay down at the TGIF bar on Friday night, or maybe it's because love, true love, the kind you wanted to fight for to the death, it dies hard down in my creaky bones. But try as I might, I seem to be having a hard time of simply saying to the woman that I spent the better part of the last ten years/had three kids with/watched all of Breaking Bad AND The Sopranos with:
Hey, you! You know what? You're right! We need to set each other free, baby doll! It's time to bust this whole thing up! You deserve the chance to make out with some other awesome sensitive handsome guy until your freaking lips are chaffed and your eyes turn from the dead, wet flints I turned 'em into back to the electric blue diamonds you had the night I met ya!
You think Frank Sinatra was going around setting lovers free?
You think the Chairman of the Board, the most suave guy to ever stroll a casino floor at 3 a.m. on a Saturday rolled that way? You honestly think Sinatra set lovers free? Seriously. Think about it. Do you believe in your guts that the guy who could probably make wildly passionate love to a woman from across a penthouse suite using just his baby blues ever let a dame just walk away from his heart (if he loved her) just because it seemed like that was the right thing to do when things got heated or ugly or someone threw a Rob Roy in someone's face?
I doubt it.
And let me ask you this. If you were going to follow one guy down into the legendary annals of love and romance, who would you choose?
Or Sting?
I know that a lot of people will say that that's an immature attitude I'm carting around and it probably is, I guess, but I don't really give a crap. There's too much at stake when it comes to breaking up. People take it too lightly, I think. And it's not just because maybe you have kids together or any of that. I'm talking about something more primal but just as real. Even if you're kid-less and trying to make a go of something real and forever, I'm pretty certain that way too many men and women think it's actually par for the course to hurl yourself through the fragile front glass of as many relationships as you damn well please, because perfection is just around the bend and total and complete happiness is the thing your mama told you you deserve. Listen, I know that so many good loves disintegrate out in the rain; I know there are a lot of valid reasons that people go their separate ways, but still. I think we've let it become the norm because we're changing as a species. We have forgotten how to love, perhaps. We have forgotten how to change, no doubt.
I want to hold her back, to keep her for a thousand reasons, right and wrong.
It seems to me that too many people nowadays are all dressing themselves up in big flowing gowns of personal wellness and yoga talk, trying really hard to find some sort of fresh way to pretend the same old thing—that the hurt and the pain are releasable. People lie to themselves about love and sex, man. And so they will damn sure lie about it to you too, believe that.
I like having sex. I dig it more than I care to admit. And even though there was a lot of rough sailing down the years, I liked having it with the only woman I ever had it with for a long, long time, ya'll. So, all of this "letting go" jive, it breaks my heart in ways I think are just as glowing neon real as all the other reasons people talk about when their heart is breaking, when they realize that something once good is gone. And when something is gone is, well, it's goddamn gone.
I will set her free anyways, I guess.
She's probably already getting Facebook messages from all kinds of spineless creepers who imagine themselves kissing her pretty face. Grrrr. I spit in their face. I just do, deal with it. Truth is, somebody will be the one to get to kiss her first after I'm out of the picture. Facebook friend, old friend, new friend, who the hell cares. End of story. But I don't have to pretend to like the idea of that. Not now. And probably not in a year from now or maybe even in 10 years or maybe even forever.
And no, wiseass, it isn't jealousy. And it isn't unhealthy. And it isn't even uncommon, this feeling that I'm feeling, this freedom that I want to hold her back, to keep her for a thousand reasons, right and wrong. Because I loved a girl really really hard for a long time and I'm in on all of this and yet I don't know what to do or feel or think anymore and that's confusing, if nothing else.
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Whatever. We all move on from things in life if we are strong enough and want to feast upon the future way more than we want to dine upon the past. We have to. Otherwise we end up damaged goods. And there's nothing un-sexier than damaged goods, huh?
Some night before long I'm going to hear those inevitable winds rattling outside my window and I'm going sit up in my bed in the dark and I just know for sure that I'm gonna understand somehow that someone else is kissing her now, in that exact moment in the history of the world, and that she's probably touching his cheek, their warm red wine breaths colliding like midnight clouds as the hipster music plays in the background.
And, I'm sorry if you disagree, but I don't care who he is or what he's made of because it's all total bullshit. At least, you know, until it's me sitting there, my eyes all aglow, until it's me, making my moves, moving so slow: until it's me in the night, until it's me closing in on a brand new kiss.
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