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We took advantage of our 3-day weekend, packed our 27 bags, and drove to Bakuriani, a ski resort town about two and a half hours from Tbilisi. Our kids are not the greatest car travelers and honestly, packing up so much stuff to manage two nights away is a lot of effort. Still, I want to enjoy Georgia and these opportunities while we can. I booked a two-bedroom apartment with decent reviews and then put on my game face to tackle the packing situation.
I will say that buying packing cubes has been a total game changer for me. It makes it so much easier for me to pack up each family member in one cube, and then put all of our stuff into one larger bag instead of hauling individual bags for each person. It limits my overpacking. I still overpack, but I only put in as much as I can fit in the packing cube. I bought a few different brands in multiple colors so I can color code. When it was all said and done, we had one huge clothes bag, an extra bag for just the snow gear, a stroller, extra blankets, toy bag, food bag, and a cooler. Oh and the pack n' play and extra mattress for my precious William's sleep. I felt like I'd done so well but that is really a LOT for two nights away.
We stayed at the Hotel King David in their newly opened two bedroom apartment. The apartment itself was great. The kitchen had all the basics, including a full size fridge, microwave, two burners, and dishes. It is set a few feet apart from the hotel so it felt a little secluded and it was pretty quiet, which we appreciated. It was centrally located so we could walk anywhere we needed to go and had free parking. The parking was a bit annoying the morning we went to leave because a car had parked right up to our back passenger door, leaving me no way to get Abby strapped into her car seat. Also when JR started loading the car that morning, the front door to the hotel was locked. He couldn't get out. There wasn't an attendant at the front desk so he went down to the kitchen for assistance. He tried to explain how concerning the locked door was, that there could have been a fire, and the woman just kept smiling at him and saying, yes but there is no fire! You see, it's fine! Breakfast was included but not served until 9am. My kids are awake by 6:30 so that didn't do us much good. Overall, we were happy with the space, but a little concerned about the locked doors and the price was a bit high for the area.
There were two main kid-friendly areas, one right near the ski slopes and the other a few minutes in the opposite direction that had an ice skating rink, sledding hill, play areas and small rides and attractions. A few weeks ago I took Abby ice skating here and she really liked it, so we waited for the rink to open (website says 10am but what they really mean is 11am). The skating rink had an option for a half hour skate with an instructor, so Abby was off for her second lesson while William played in a special area for little ones. They both loved being pulled around on the sled, Abby especially enjoyed making JR pull her up and back down the little hill a few dozen times.
We are not skiers, but Abby said she wanted to try. I wasn't sure if she'd really go for it, but the ski instructor seemed really nice and she happily went off with him up the hill. It was awesome watching her come flying back down the hill, with a huge smile on her face and asking to go again. I'm really glad she tried it and hope I can take her again.
Abby also absolutely loved being in a hotel. She thought it was so much fun and kept telling me she wanted to stay there for "the long day", which is her way of staying for a long time.
Even though it's not exactly relaxing to travel with our kids, the long weekend went by quickly and we were glad to enjoy a weekend away exploring more of Georgia.


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How Can You Benefit From Allentown Gyms? Most of us neglect our health and fitness these days. Many people think that they do not have time to hit the gym. Maintaining good health becomes important to reduce stress in everyday lives. There are several benefits of joining Allentown gyms. As Continue Reading

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Plaque: Roman girl
Erection date: 17/4/2007
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To the spirits of the dead, the unknown young girl from Roman London lies buried here.
{Our Latin expert, David Hopkins, tells us that "Dis manibus" is a standard phrase of dedication to the "Manes", the spirits of the dead. Effectively they are being warned that there's another one on the way.}
{On the ground in front of this text is a dark grey slab also bearing an incised wreath. This presumably is the actual burial site.}
Prior to every development in Central London MOLA gets the opportunity for archaeological investigations. Here in 1995 they found, among other Roman remains, the skeleton of a young Roman girl who had been buried over 1600 years ago. The remains were taken to the Museum of London while the Swiss Re Tower was erected and in 2007, 12 years later, were reburied at the original site.
Foster + Partners have photographs of the procession and dedication ceremony and: "The skeleton was that of a young person of around 13-17 years of age, probably a young woman …. appeared to be an isolated burial and not part of a cemetery …. The burial would have lain just outside an early boundary ditch marking the edge of the Roman city. The body was supine, with the head to the south and the arms folded across the body (with the right forearm over the left). Pottery found in association with the burial has been dated to AD 350-400."
The ceremony was attended by the Lady Mayoress, i.e. the wife of the Lord Mayor who was John Stuttard. Looking this up we discovered that there has only ever been one female Lord Mayor. Shame on you, City of London.
Site: Roman girl (1 memorial)
EC3, St Mary Axe, 30
The reburial was accorded proper ceremony. First a service was held at St Botolphs Church, Aldgate. Then a procession to the burial site was followed by "a dedication with music and libations".


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Outmatched Card Game
A history/geography card match game that is a deep dive into Ancient History and will challenge your students as well as provide lots of memory reinforcement. Fast-paced once the basics are mastered, this game provides eight card decks which are used and mastered separately. There is a basic game which centers around "say it to play it", which means that as a card is played it is read aloud. Likewise, when a match is identified, it is also read aloud. It's the repetitious audible recitation of the information that cements it into memory. There are several advanced options for games as well as the basic one. The eight card decks each include 48 cards plus an Answer Key card, a Kicker Card (extra questions for advanced play), and a Tracker Card (for recording "win" information). Ancient History card decks are: Ancient Greece, Greco-Roman World, Ancient Greece (Archaic and Classical), Ancient Egypt, Rome, Rome (Fall of the Empire), Mesopotamia, and Israel/Judah. Kits include the card decks, a Quick Start Guide, an Instruction Booklet, and two score-keeping pads. There is also information for accessing downloads that provide additional extras and support information.


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I was wondering, would 14 year old Maria Kirilenko and 13 year old Tatiana Golovin have been better off playing the 2001 Eddie Herr 16u instead of the 18u? What do you think? What would have been better for Maria and Tatiana. Playing and advancing further in the 16u, or playing the 18u, and playing well against 17 year old Eva Birnova, the #1 ranked junior girl? As much as I would like to have seen them dominate play in the 16u, I think it's a better experience for Maria and Tatiana to play well against the better competition in the 18u. Do you agree?


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Countrywide Extends Successful 'America's Open House' Campaign
Responding to the high demand of its successful "America's Open House" initiative launched in September, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., announced that it will extend the sought-after program through Dec. 2, 2007. The America's Open House campaign brings expert mortgage guidance and information to residential open houses - nearly 25,000 to date - across the country, empowering prospective home buyers with the tips and tools needed to better understand today's home financing options.
"The positive response to this campaign has been overwhelming, and we are pleased that Countrywide can continue to help more individuals and families realize the American dream of homeownership through this effort," said Dan Hanson, managing director of Countrywide Home Loans. "It is just one more way that we work together with local real estate professionals and builders to deliver one-stop convenience for potential home buyers and help them make informed, responsible decisions about their mortgages."
It is just one more way that we work together with local real estate professionals and builders to deliver one-stop convenience for potential home buyers and help them make informed, responsible decisions about their mortgages.
Through America's Open House, more than 7,000 of Countrywide's loan experts have joined forces with local real estate agents at weekend open houses since September 29 to educate home buyers about the basics of the real estate market and give them the tools they need to shop for a home loan. Countrywide representatives also are visiting new home sales offices and working with home builders to provide the same types of services and information.
"This educational initiative not only benefits home buyers, but it also helps our valued business partners better serve their customers - so everyone wins in seizing the opportunities of this buyer's market," noted Hanson. "We've met a number of potential buyers who were disillusioned by media reports and had nearly abandoned their dream of owning a home, but since America's Open House they have gained confidence by better understanding their options and knowing that they can turn to a lender they trust. Many also have been pleasantly surprised by the range of home financing solutions still available and the prospect of financing the home of their dreams."
As part of the campaign, Countrywide's home loan consultants outline specific mortgage options tailored to the open-house properties they visit and have tools on hand to provide qualified open house visitors with mortgage pre-approvals. By arming home shoppers with pre-approvals, Countrywide aims to help them shop with the increased confidence of knowing up front how much house they can afford.
America's Open House underscores Countrywide's mission to offer a wide range of mortgage solutions to suit qualified buyers' individual needs and financial situations.
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By ANDREW LEE
Imagine eating a meal that was entirely printed. That's what New York Times columnist A.J. Jacobs did early this summer with the help of a Cornell scientist.
Jacobs discussed the process in his Sept. 21 column, "Dinner Is Printed." Although Jacobs initially tried to print his own 3D items by himself, he said he found the process "surprisingly hard" and "mind-numbingly slow." He then brought in the person he described as "one of the nation's top 3-D printing experts," Prof. Hod Lipson, mechanical & aerospace engineering, computing & information science.
"What a difference a Ph.D. makes," Jacobs said.
Jacobs had a 3-D printed full course dinner in mind. According to Jenna Witzleben '15, a lab assistant who worked closely with Lipson on the project, the entire project was designed in-house at Cornell labs.
"Many of the actual objects were printed at Shapeways in NYC," Witzleben said in an email.
With 3-D printing, users can create solid, three-dimensional objects from digital models. The printer builds the object layer by layer until the object is complete. Cornell is a powerhouse in the 3D printing field: early in February, Cornell scientists created an artificial ear that looks and behaves exactly like a natural ear.
Lipson, who is also the director of Cornell University's Creative Machines Lab, has vast experience in 3-D printing. The editor-in-chief of the "3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (3DP)" scientific journal, Lipson has been invited to speak about 3D printing at various conferences in the past.
Jacobs described the resulting dinner as "perhaps the most labor-intensive meal in history," and said that while the 3D pizza "tasted like a slightly chewier version of non-3D-printed pizza," the eggplant was "too gummy to enjoy."
As far as its use in food preparation, 3-D printing still has a few obstacles to overcome before it could see widespread adoption among consumers, according to Witzleben.
Safety concerns rank chief among them.
"The food is safe," Witzleben said. "However, the 3-D-printed materials used to make the silverware and dinnerware, with the exception of certain ceramics, have to be made food-safe using some type of food-grade coating."
Witzleben said that additional steps were needed before the 3-D printed tableware was safe to eat off.
"We had to coat the glasses with silicone so that [Jacobs] could drink out of them," she said.
Additionally, 3-D printers also remain pricey for most consumers, a fact Jacobs noted in his column.
"A few of the smaller printers can go anywhere from a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars, depending on where you get it from," Witzleben said.
Besides the printers themselves, the material used to create the object itself can be expensive, Witzleben said. For example, a stainless steel fork would cost more than a plastic one.
Jeffrey Lipton grad, the project's head of contact on design, added that the time required to print an object was another factor that made the entire process too costly for most consumers.
"It takes too long," he said. "I can see 3-D printers being used a wide range of industrial and commercial settings."
Witzleben echoed Lipton's sentiment, adding that people were more likely to use printers to create jewelry for a party or replacement parts to fix their bike.
"That's easier than having to prepare an entire meal," said Witzleben. "There was a lot of preparation that went into it. The cheese had to be melted before it went into the printer, and the pizza and noodles had to be cooked after they came out of the printer."
Still, Lipton and Witzleben remain optimistic about future 3-D food production. Lipton added that multi-material 3-D printing was an example of an exciting prospect in the technology's development.
"It will enable the production of parts with different properties from what can be made today," he said. "I see automation of food production as being the next great challenge of robotics."


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The results!
At least in this little poll, our e-book overlords seem to have already won.
The percentage of people who said you'd have to pry paper books out of their cold dead hands:
2007: 49%
2008: 45%
2009: 37%
2010: 30%
2011: 25%
The percentage of people who welcome their coming e-book overlords:
2007: 7% (!)
2008: 11%
2009: 19%
2010: 32%
2011: 47%
I believe that's what's called a trend.
Here are some other fun links and comments sections to check out. E-book prognostications from 2007! When the Kindle had just come out and cost $400. Can you believe the original Kindle cost $400?! Wow. My how things change.
When Will E-Books Take Over?
Kindle Kindle Burning Bright
And of course…


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Finding appropriate business insurance in Alameda is unfortunately much more than just doing an online search and going with the first results that pop up. To find the best insurance agent and company, you will want to meet with several over the phone or in person and ask some important questions. Here are just a couple questions you should plan to ask any prospective insurance agent.
How Friendly and Knowledgeable Is Your Office Staff?
While this is by no means the most crucial consideration when buying your business insurance in Alameda, it does deserve some recognition. The office staff should be friendly and at least knowledgeable enough to be able to answer your basic questions when you call in.
Are You Up To Date On The Latest Insurance News And Practices?
Being a business owner yourself, you know how important it is to keep up to date with the latest news and practices associated with your industry. An insurance agent is no different in that he or she should constantly be keeping himself or herself educated and relevant to the business insurance industry.
Ensure the Best Deal with a Qualified Agent
These are just a couple of the questions you will want to ask prospective agents when shopping for business insurance in Alameda. Asking the essential questions will help you ensure that you get the best rate from an agent and company that cares about you.


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12/27/2013 – On Jesus the Light of the World
"The Bible says that Jesus is 'the' light of the world. If you know you are in his love, and that nothing can snatch you out of his hand, and that he is taking you to God's house and God's future–then he can be a light for you in dark places when all other lights go out." – Timothy Keller
12/17/2013 – On Prayer
"To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can be taken over by love and joy and peace and patience and kindness and goodness and faithfulness and gentleness and self-control." – Richard Foster ("Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home," p.6)
12/16/2013 – On the Holy Spirit
"We're meant to live this way, full of the Spirit, filled daily like jars with the oil of joy." – Mike Mason ("Champaigne for the Soul", p. 67.)
10/29/2013 – On Jesus and Prayer
"If the key is prayer, the door is Jesus Christ. How good of God to provide us a way into his heart. He knows that we are stiff-necked and hard-hearted, so he has provided a means of entrance. Jesus, the Christ, lived a perfect life, died in our place, and rose victorious over all the dark powers so that we might live through Him. This is wonderfully good news. No longer do we have to stand outside, barred from nearness to God by our rebellion. We may now enter through the door of God's grace and mercy in Jesus Christ." – Richard Foster ("Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home", pp. 2-3.)
8/21/2013 – On Prayer
"We tell ourselves, 'Strong Christians pray a lot. If I were a strong Christian, I'd pray more.' Strong Christians do pray more, but they pray more because they realize how weak they are. They don't try to hide it from themselves. Weakness is the channel that allows them to access grace." – Paul E. Miller
8/20/2013 – On Pain
"Yes, I pray that my pain might be removed, that it might cease; but more so, I pray for the strength to bear it, the grace to benefit from it, and the devotion to offer it up to God as a sacrifice of praise." – Joni Eareckson Tada
8/15/2013 – On Comfort
"If you aspire to be a person of consolation,if you want to share the priestly gift of sympathy, if you desire to go beyond giving commonplace comfort to a heart that is tempted, and if you long to go through the daily exchanges of life with the kind of tact that never inflicts pain, then you must be prepared to pay the price for a costly education- for like Christ, you must suffer." – Frederick William Robertson
6/18/13 – On Self Control
"I do not know of anyone who died as a believer exercising self-control who wished he had been an atheist or had lived an indulgent life, but I have known many in the reverse situation." – Ravi Zacharias
5/30/2013 – On Tolerance
"Forgiveness is held as a virtue by many in our world… We know we don't do it, by and large, but we think we should. The result of this, unfortunately, is that we have developed a corollary that is neither love nor forgiveness–namely, tolerance." – N. T. Wright
5/25/2013 – On Virtue
The Christianly virtuous person is not thinking about his or her own moral performance. He or she is thinking of Jesus Christ, and of how best to love the person next door. – N. T. Wright
5/16/2013 – On Love
"…love is a virtue. It is a language to be learned, a musical instrument to be practiced, a mountain to be climbed via some steep and tricky cliff paths but with the most amazing view from the top." – N. T. Wright
5/10/2013 – On Community
"I've watched so many people totally miss God's gift of community in the midst of a Plan B situation because they assumed God wasn't with them. They assumed nothing good could come out of their pain. They failed to appreciate or even recognize the "me too" people who appeared in their lives, offering comfort and strength in the midst of darkness." – Pete Wilson (Plan B, p. 125.)
5/8/2013 – On Circumstances
"Every day we have this choice to make: Am I going to define God by interpreting my circumstances or am I going to simply trust God is who He says He is?" – Andy Stanley
4/17/2013 – On Discipleship
…until we pour into others' lives we're going to hit a ceiling in our own life spiritually. As long as it's just about us, then our sanctification will not happen as effectively as it would if we are working to lead others to faith in Christ. – David Platt ("Radical Calling," Leadership Magazine, Winter 2013, p. 27.)
3/12/2013 – On Salvation
The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man. – John Stott
2/19/2013 – On Patience
1/25/2013 – On Remembering
Go back… a little way to the choice mercies of yesterday, and though all my be dark now, light up the camps of the past; they shall glitter through the darkness, and thou shalt trust in the Lord till the day break and the shadows flee away. – Charles Spurgeon
2/15/2012 – On Purpose
Follow the grain of your own wood. – Howard Thurman
2/1/2012 – On Prayer
"Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God." – Oswald Chambers
1/31/2012 – On Receiving Praise
"You just collect roses, the praise and compliments, during the day; you hold them, put them together in a bouquet, then at the end of the day, you get on your knees and say, 'Here, Father, these were yours all along. I just held them for you.'" – Corrie Ten Boom
1/30/2012 -On Power
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but it you want to test a man's character, give him power." – Abraham Lincoln
1/23/2012 – On Persecution
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble. – G. K. Chesterton
12/31/2011 – On Opportunities
One day is worth a thousand tomorrows. – Benjamin Franklin
12/22/2011 – On Christmas
The real reason Christmas should be a festive holiday is because in the birth of Jesus, the Lord God came into our midst—and didn't kill us! If we are not absolutely overwhelmed by the Christmas story, we are not reading carefully enough. – M. Craig Barnes (Sacred Thirst, p. 197.)
12/21/2011 – On Christmas
Jesus not only died among criminals but was numbered as one of them, and therein lies the heart of the gospel. … At his birth He was surrounded by beasts, and now, in His death, with criminals. Let no one say that God has stayed aloof from the brokenness of our fallen world. – Erwin W. Lutzer (Cries From the Cross, p. 54.)
12/20/2011 – On Christmas
"Blessed of God? Highly favored? Great things? Not if 'blessed' means knowing a life of ease and prosperity. Not if 'great things' have to do with earthly power and prestige and success. How then, was Mary blessed? Ah, she knew the glory of living for divine purpose." – Stanley C. Baldwin(When Death Means Life, p. 32,33.) [This quote was the origin of the song I wrote, "O Mary."]
12/19/2011 – On Christmas
"If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost." – Corrie Ten Boom
12/16/2011 – On Parenting
"A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children." – Dave Barry
12/15/2011 – On Originality
No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought. – C. S. Lewis (From "Membership" in The Weight of Glory, p. 119.)
12/14/2011 – On Opportunity
The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look under foot." You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.—John Burroughs
12/13/2011 – On Obedience
"But the word which we fail to do is no rock to build a house on. … That is why as soon as the hurricane begins we lose the word, and find that we have never really believed it. The word we had was not Christ's, but a word we had wrested from him and made our own by reflecting on it instead of doing it. So our house crashes in ruins, because it is not founded on the word of Jesus Christ." – Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Disciplines for the Inner Life, p.127.)
12/12/2011 – On Negativity
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. – Isaac Singer
12/9/2011 – On Motivation
"The greatest treason is to do the right thing for the wrong reason" – T.S. Eliot
12/5/2011 – On Mothers
The relationship between a teen and his or her mother is the most important relationship of all. Teens who said they were not emotionally close to their mothers were three times more likely than other teens to describe themselves as "lonely." Teens close to their mothers exhibit longer-lasting and closer friendships than those not close to their mothers. – Larry Keefauver (Lord, I Wish My Teenager Would Talk With Me, p. 137.)
12/4/2011 – On Morality
The virtue of man ought to be measured, not by his
extraordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct." ~Blaise Pascal
11/30/2011 – On Mistakes
When Jacques Plante, the great National Hockey League goalie, retired, someone asked him how he liked being a goalie. He quipped, "How would you like a job where if you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and eighteen thousand people boo?" – Ben Patterson (He Has Made Me Glad, p. 115.)
11/29/2011 – On the Mind
"A man is what he thinks about all day long." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11/28/2011 – On Missions
"Let's face it… 99% of us (maybe more) are scared silly of the word missions. We really like the idea of someone 'forsaking all for Christ and the Gospel'… as long as that someone is someone else." – Sid McCollum (Quoted in In The Gap, p. 53.)
11/24/2011 – On Gratitude
"Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it." – Harvey Mackay
11/23/2011 – On Mercy
"Only Jesus Christ, who bids us follow him, knows the journey's end. But we do know that it will be a road of boundless mercy." – Detrick Bonhoeffer (The Cost of Discipleship, p.41)
11/18/2011 – On Mentoring
If the mantra regarding the value of real estate is "location, location, location," then the core ingredient in making disciples is "relationship, relationship, relationship." – Greg Ogden (Transforming Discipleship, p. 135.)
11/17/2011 – On Meekness
"They show by every word and gesture that they do not belong to this earth. Leave heaven to them, says the world in its pity, that is where they belong. But Jesus says: 'They shall inherit the earth." – Detrick Bonhoeffer (The Cost of Discipleship, p. 123.)
11/16/2011 – On Mediocrity
"The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore – on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe." –
Dorothy Sayers (quoted in Living in the Light of Eternity, p.157.)
11/15/2011 – On Marriage
"The problem with most troubled marriages is that both partners are trying to accomplish far too many things in the world, and in the process, like Martha in Luke 10:42, they neglect the 'one thing needful'. Next to the love of God, the 'one thing' that is by far the most important in the life of all married people is their marriage, their loving devotion to their partner. Nothing on earth must take
precedence over that, not children, jobs, other friendships, nor even 'Christian work'. – Mike Mason (The Mystery of Marriage, p.
11/14/2011 – On Love
"I will love Him in the hungry person. Not only for a piece of bread, but hungry for understanding love. I will love Him in the naked person who is not only naked for a piece of cloth, but naked for that human dignity and respect that has been taken away. I will love him in the homeless person who
longs not just for a home of bricks, but for a home of understanding love." – Mother Teresa (Introduction to Evangelism, p.120.)
11/10/2011 – On Listening to God
Perhaps we do not hear the voice because we do not expect to hear it. Then again, perhaps we do not expect it because we know that we fully intend to run our lives on our own and have never seriously considered anything else. The voice of God would therefore be an unwelcome intrusion into our plans. – Dallas Willard
11/9/2011 – On Listening
"I was sitting, torn by grief. Someone came and talked to me of God's dealings, of why it happened, of hope beyond the grave. He talked constantly, he said things I knew were true. I was unmoved except to wish he'd go away. He finally did. Another came and sat beside me. He just sat beside me for an hour and more, listened when I said something, answered briefly, prayed simply, left. I was moved. I was comforted. I hated to see him go."
– Joseph Bayly (Written after the death of 3 of his sons, quoted in Stories from the Heart, p.213.)
11/8/2011 – On Limits
A refusal to work within limits is a stubborn, rebellious refusal to receive life as a gift. … Limits don't limit us from being fully human. They only limit us from being God. A violinist does not complain that her violin has only four strings. A poet doesn't rail against the limit of fourteen lines in the sonnet he is writing. Every so-called limit is access to gift, a gift of love, a gift of beauty, all gifts on offer to be received by open hands. – Eugene Peterson (Tell it Slant, p. 184.)
11/3/2011 – On Legalism
Legalism has no pity on people. Legalism makes my opinion your burden, makes my opinion your boundary, makes my opinion your obligation. Nothing will keep a Christian more immature than trying to keep a long list of rules." (Up Words, May 1993)
11/1/2011 – On Learning
"If I have learned anything, I owe it neither to precepts nor to books, but to a few opportune misfortunes. Perhaps the school of misfortune is the very best." – Louise Honorine de Choiseul (1734-1801)
10/31/2011 – On Leadership
There's a fine line between delegating authority and turning the asylum over to the inmates. – Bill Parcels (quoted in The Ministry Playbook, p. 141.)
10/28/2011 – On Justice
A Christian can fight what is wrong in the world with compassion and know that as he hates these things, God hates them too. God hates them to the high price of the death of Christ. – Francis A. Schaffer (The God Who is There, p. 117.)
10/27/2011 – On Judgment
[A] boy… wired his mother that he had flunked all his exams and 'please prepare Father.' He got a wire right back, "Father is prepared. Prepare yourself." – George B. Gilbert (Forty Years a Country Preacher, p. 3.)
10/26/2011 – On Joy
"You and I were created for joy, and if we miss it, we miss the reason for our existence… if our joy is honest joy, it must somehow be congruous with human tragedy. This is the test of joy's intregrity: is it compatible with pain?… Only the heart that hurts has a right to joy." – Lewis Smedes
10/25/2011 – On Jesus
To do them justice, the people who crucified Jesus did not do so because he was a bore. Quite the contrary; he was too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have declawed the lion of Judah and made Him a housecat for pale priests and pious old ladies." – Dorothy Sayers
10/24/2011 – On Integrity
"Integrity is keeping my commitments even if the circumstances when I made those commitments have changed." – David Jeremiah
10/22/2011 – On Influence
Every man is a missionary. … He may be a blot radiating his dark influence outward to the very circumference of society, or he may be a blessing, spreading benediction over the length and breadth of the world. But a blank he cannot be. – Thomas Chalmers, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during the 1800s (Quoted in Outreach Magazine, January/February 2007, p. 19.)
10/21/2011 – On Initiative
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one. – Dolly Parton
10/20/2011 – On Idolatry
"Follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money and your allegiance. At the end of that trail, you'll find a throne; and whatever, or whomever, is on that throne is what's of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship." – Louie Giglio, The Air I Breathe
10/19/2011 – On Hypocrisy
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
10/18/2011 – On Humility
"Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less." - Ken Blanchard
10/17/2011 – On Hope
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. – Thomas Fuller (quoted in Overcoming Overload by Steve and Mary Farrar, p. 29.)
10/13/2011 – On the Holy Spirit
The Spirit does not lend Himself to such tangible human categories, descriptions or definitions. Our vocabulary, our language, even our theology clouds the Spirit and conceals more than reveals. Light cannot be put into a bushel or the ocean into a bucket. – Edward J. Farrell (Surprised
by the Spirit, quoted in Disciplines for the Inner Man, p. 34, Bob Benson, editor.)
10/12/2011 – On Holiness
He may fear God's power and admire His wisdom, but His holiness he cannot even imagine. – A. W. Tozer
10/11/2011 – On Growth
I saw a sign on a strip of highway once that I would like to have copied on my gravestone. It said, "End of construction. Thank you for your
patience." —Ruth Bell Graham, poet, writer, and wife of evangelist Billy Graham (1920–2007)
10/6/2011 – On Gratitude
Here ends another day during which I have had eyes, ears, hands, and the great world around me, and tomorrow begins another. Why am I allowed two? –
G. K. Chesterton (Quoted by John Ortberg in Love Beyond Reason, p. 106.)
10/4/2011 – On Grace
"… God makes room in His agenda for those hapless failures who are committed to keep on going. This is a God of the second chance! Consequences? Of course. Restoration and hope? Most definetly. No one need run or hide. His grace calls us out into the open, to a
fresh start." – Gordon MacDonald (Rebuilding Your Broken World, p.51)
10/3/2011 – On Goodness
Small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practiced in our daily lives, give a greater charm to the character than any display of great talents or accomplishments. – M.A. Kelty
10/1/2011 – On Forgiveness
"If I say, 'Yes, I forgive, but I cannot forget,' as though the God, who twice a day washes all the sands on all the shores of all the world, could not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of Calvary love." – Amy Carmichael
9/30/30 – On Fellowship
"He who leaves his father for Jesus' sake does most assuredly find father and mother, brothers and sisters again, and even lands and houses. Though we all have to enter upon discipleship alone, we do not remain alone. If we take him at his word and dare to become individuals, our reward is the fellowship of the Church. Here is a visible brotherhood to compensate a hundredfold for all we have lost." – Detrick Bonhoeffer (The Cost of Discipleship, p.113)
9/29/2011 – On Fear
I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil. I live better by faith and confidence than by fear, doubt and anxiety. – E. StanleyJones
9/28/2011 – On Fathers
[My father] never once told me he loved me, and he never had a loving hand to lay on his children," Cash noted. "He said once that he didn't have to tell people he loved them for them to know it, and perhaps that was true. Still, it would have meant an awful lot for me to have heard it, just once, before he died. – Johnny Cash (The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash, p. 11.)
9/27/2011 – On the Faithfulness of God
No one yet has ever set out to test God's promises fairly, thoroughly,and humbly, and had to report that God's promises don't work. - Peter Marshall
9/26/2011 – On Faith
Some people think the prayer of faith is crawling out on a limb and then begging God to keep someone from sawing it off. But that is not real prayer, that is presumption. If God makes it clear that he wants you out on a limb, fine–you will be perfectly safe there. If not, it is presumptuous to crawl out on that limb, expecting God to keep you there. – Ray C. Stedman in Man of Faith
9/24/2011 – On Failure
"Failure is an event, not a person." – Zig Ziglar (Courtship After Marriage, p. 50.)
9/23/2011 – On Eternity
"He who provides for this life but takes no care for eternity is wise for a moment but a fool forever." – John Tilotson (Living in the Light of Eternity, p. 147.)
9/22/2011 – On Enemies
The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
– Abraham Joshua Heschel (In A Passion for Truth)
9/21/2011 – On Encouragement
"One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement… It is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet." – William Barclay (Quoted by Charles Swindoll from Strengthening Your Grip, p. 48)
9/20/2011 – On Empathy
[Definition of] Empathy: Your pain in my heart. – Jess Lair.
9/19/2011 – On Emotions
"We have choices when it comes to our emotions: we can master them, or they can master us." – John Maxwell (from Leadership Wired newsletter. Cited in Preaching Now Newsletter, August 6, 2002.)
9/17/2011 – On Discipleship
"…being a disciple means living a disciplined life, and it is not likely that you will get other disciples, unless you are one first." – Evelyn Underhill
9/16/2011 – On Disappointment
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
9/15/2011 – On Depression
"Faith is not denying the weather that sweeps over your life. It's believing that behind the clouds and beyond the storms waits a faithful God." – Dave Dravecky (When You Can't Come Back, p. 169)
9/14/2011 – On the Cross
….it is safe to say, [there is] no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion,
ours is not the religion of Jesus. – John R. W. Stott (The Cross of Christ, p. 68.)
9/13/2011 – On Criticism
"He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help." - Abraham Lincoln
9/12/2011 – On Creation
God's creative genius is endless. He never, fatigued and unable to maintain the rigors of creativity, resorts to mass-producing copies. Each life is a fresh canvas on which he uses lines and colors, shades and lights, textures and proportions that he has never used before. – Eugene Peterson (Run With the Horses, p. 13.)
9/10/2011 – On Courage
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. – Karl Barth
9/9/2011 – On Contentment
"The person with the discontented heart has the attitude that everything he does for God is too much, and everything God does for him is too little." – Don Kistler
9/8/2011 – On Consequences
The thorns that I have reaped are of the tree I planted. They have torn me and I bleed. I should have known what sort of truth would
spring from such a seed. – Lord Byron
9/7/2011 – On Conflict
It's safe to say that no Christian can advance the cause of Christ while punching the bride of Christ. – Mark Atteberry (The 10 Dumbest Things
Christians Do, p. 109.)
9/5/2011 (Labor Day)
"It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it." – A.W. Tozer
9/1/2011 – On Confidence
Shortly after I became a Christian, someone wrote in the flyleaf of my Bible these words: "When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds." – Howard Hendricks
8/30/2011 – Brennan Manning on Confession
"One of the most healing words I ever spoke as a confessor was to an old priest with a drinking problem. 'Just a few years ago,' I said, 'I was a
hopeless alcoholic in the gutter in Fort Lauderdale.' 'You?' he cried. 'O thank God!'" When we bring a smile to the face of someone in pain, we have brought Christ to them." – Brennan Manning
8/29/2011 – Ravi Zacharias on Compassion
…at the end of your life one of three things will happen to your heart: it will grow hard, it will be broken, or it will be tender. Nobody escapes. Your heart will become coarse and desensitized, be crushed under the weight of disappointment, or be made tender by that which makes the heart of God tender as well. – Ravi Zacharias (The Grand Weaver, pp. 39-40.)
8/27/2011 – On Church
As we come to believe that the Holy Spirit alone can fill our thirsty souls, we are set free from seeking this living water at other wells. The church is one of these "other wells." It cannot satisfy our thirst, for it is never more than a community of thirsty people. But when we return to this community, no longer expecting it to be more than it is, we are able to receive the gifts it has for us. – M. Craig Barnes (Sacred Thirst, p. 153.)
8/26/2011 – On Character
Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden, the legendary college basketball coach
8/25/2011 – On Change
God creates out of nothing—wonderful, you say: yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. –
Soren Kierkegaard (The Journals included in A Kierkegaard Anthology, ed. Robert Bretall, p. 10.)
8/24/2011 – On Caring
…most seekers won't pay attention to our gospel before they have seen our love and care for them as persons. If our hearers do not sense that the motive for our proclaiming the gospel message is love, then all of our efforts will be perceived as "a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal" (1 Cor. 13:1). – Rebecca Manley Pippert (Out of the Saltshaker, p. 150.)
8/23/2011 – On Busyness
Our two greatest problems are gravity and paper work. We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paper work is overwhelming. — Dr. Wernher von Braun (German rocket scientist, aerospace engineer)
8/22/2011 – On Burn Out
Many leaders expend their personal well-being in the pursuit of ministry goals that go far beyond their assigned mission. They attempt to do their part, everybody elses's part, and God's part too! Burned out leaders forget how to count blessings—all they can see are the burdens. – Wayne Schmidt (Lead On, p. 160.)
8/20/2011 – On Boredom
If you are living a hum-drum life, and you do nothing to change it, ten years from now you will be a product of ten more years of hum-drumidness. – David Campbell
8/19/2011 – On Bitterness
For the sweetest thing turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. – William Shakespeare (Sonnett #94, Poetry:
Past and Present, p. 97.)
8/18/2011 – On the Bible
"If you would follow on to know the Lord, come at once to the open Bible expecting it to speak to you. Do not come with the notion that it is a thing which you may push around at your convenience. It is more than a thing, it is a voice, a word, the very Word of the Living God." – A. W. Tozer (The Pursuit of God, p. 82.)
8/17/2011 – On Awe
The world is not lacking in wonders, but in a sense of wonder. – G.K. Chesterton. (Leadership, Vol. 12, no. 4.)
8/16/2011 – On Authenticity
There is something frightful in the fact that the most dangerous thing of all, playing at Christianity is never included in the list of heresies and schisms. – Soren Kierkegaard
8/15/2011 – On the Attributes of God
A comprehended god is no god. – St. John Chrysostom (345?-407)
8/13/2011 – On Ambition
Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people – which is what I think it does mean – then it is bad. If it means simply wanting to do a thing well, then it is good. It isn't wrong for an actor to want to act his part as well as it can be possibly be acted, but the wish to have his name in bigger type than the other actors is a bad one." – C. S. Lewis (God in the Dock, "Answers to Questions on Christianity," pp. 55, 56.)
8/12/2011 – On Alertness
But we who would be born again indeed, must wake our souls unnumbered times a day. – George MacDonald (Spiritual Discipline Handbook, p. 29.)
8/11/2011 – On Agnosticism
Once we have been born, trying to put off deciding what to do about God is like jumping off a diving board and trying to put off actually entering the water. – John Ortberg (Faith and Doubt, p. 30.)
8/10/2011 – On Aging
"I am so sick of being fifteen years old! I wanna be old enough to drive! I wanna be old enough to go places! I wanna be old enough to make a difference."- Son
"That's funny. I'm old enough to do all of those things, and I'd rather sit here and watch Jeopardy." – Father
"Age is wasted on the Aged." – Son
– Zits Cartoon by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman (Zits Calander, Jan 8th, 2004)


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United Quietly Hikes Flight Change Fee By $50, Hopes No One Notices
UPDATE: Not one to be late to the party, U.S. Airways has proved it's a joiner by also increasing its flight change fee to $200. The change appeared on the site just today. Oof. This doesn't look good, folks.
Just last week, United Airlines, along with its fellow domestic carriers, was accommodating enough to waive flight change fees for travelers affected by the bombings at the Boston Marathon. But that show of goodwill perhaps helped distract customers from another bit of fee news — United quietly raised its flight-change fee from $150 to $200 on April 18. Who knew?
From the looks of scattered reports across the media, no one really caught on to the policy tweak until yesterday. The $50 hike is for domestic itineraries (including Canada), notes USA Today. The country's biggest airline also increased the fee to $300 for changes on certain destinations in South America, up from $250, while it remains at $250 for other international destinations.
"We carefully manage our seat inventory and incur costs when a traveler elects not to fly in a reserved seat," United spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said. "We adjusted this fee to better compensate us for those costs."
The move could prove unpopular with travelers, as this is the highest change fee any of the five biggest airlines in the country charge. American, Delta and US Airways all charge $150 for changes to nonrefundable tickets, while Southwest doesn't have a fee in place.
It's highly unlikely that Southwest will suddenly start charging to change flights, but the others? Well, we'll be keeping a watchful eye out on that front. If they don't raise their fee to match, United could back down, as often happens with fare hikes as well.
United Airlines ups domestic change fee to $200 [USA Today]
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IICAI Spatial Temporal 2009 : Special Session on Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
|Link: http://www.iiconference.org/iicai09/str.html
Call For Papers
A Special Session on Spatial and Temporal Reasoning will be held during the 4th Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09). The session invites papers in all areas of spatial and temporal representation and reasoning.
The field of qualitative spatial representation and reasoning has evolved as a sub-division in its own right within the broader field of Artificial Intelligence -- recent years have witnessed remarkable advances in some of the long-standing problems of the field. For instance, new results about tractability for spatial calculi, explicit construction of models, characterization of important subclasses of relations, as well as in the development of new areas such as the emergence of integrated spatio-temporal calculi and the importing of non-monotonic techniques for dealing with various aspects intrinsic to dynamic spatial systems. Inextricably lined to space is time, i.e., spatial configurations change over time. Spatial change may also be perceived as being spatio-temporal and a lot of recent work is being devoted to providing useful and well-grounded models to be used as high level qualitative description of spatio-temporal change. Furthermore, reasoning about space also typically involves reasoning about changing spatial configurations, and in more realistic scenarios, integrated reasoning about space, actions and change. Recent work supporting this paradigm has also explicitly addressed the potential interactions between the spatial reasoning domain and the field of reasoning about actions and change.
Driven by cognitive approaches that characterize the processing of spatial information within qualitative spatial reasoning, there has been considerable influx of people from other areas within AI such as computer vision, robotics etc, working on qualitative representation and reasoning about spatial change, spatio-temporal interactions, and the formal modelling of dynamic spatial systems in general. Qualitative conceptualizations of space and tools/techniques for efficiently reasoning with them being well-established, there is now a clear felt need within the community to utilise the tools and formalisms that have been constructed in the recent years in novel application scenarios and, gauging by the content of upcoming events, even a focus on evaluation standards and benchmarking problems for qualitative formalisms.
Session Chairs
Mehul Bhatt (primary contact)
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition
Universität Bremen
P.O. Box 330 440, 28334 Bremen, GERMANY
Shyamanta M Hazarika
Department of Computer Sc & Engineering
School of Engineering, Tezpur University
Tezpur - 784028, Assam, INDIA
Stefan Wölfl
Department of Computer Science
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Geb. 052, Room 00-043
79110 Freiburg, GERMANY
Program Committee
Amitabha Mukerjee (IITK, India)
Anthony Cohn (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
Björn Gottfried (University of Bremen, Germany)
Brandon Bennett (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
Christian Freksa (University of Bremen, Germany)
Diedrich Wolter (University of Bremen, Germany)
Hans Guesgen (Massey University, New Zealand)
Nico Van de Weghe (Ghent University, Belgium)


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There is a Natural Ground for using a piece of equipment known as a Tote Pump and this blog post will concern itself with explaining this situation. The many readers of the Natural Ground Blog will know very well that this blog was founded under the principle that people should only use those products and services which are in possession of what we call a "Natural Ground." But what exactly is a "Natural Ground" within the context in which we intend? Again, our regular readers already know the answer to this question but for the benifit of our newer readers let us provide a little more explanation.
Consider the drum pump. This is a piece of equipment used to extract the liquid contents of an industrial drum out of the drum for use in the world in which we live. There is a "Natural Ground" for this product in that it is natural for people to want to use a liquid stored in an industrial drum that was synthesized in order to be used for a specific purpose. In other words, although the liquid itself might not be natural in that it is not normally found in nature, the desire to use it for a specific purpose is natural because it was designed for that specific purpose.
That is to say that if there were no natural ground to use that particular liquid then it would never have been synthesized in the first place. Now one might reasonably argue that under this logic, everything in existence would have a natural ground because it was either found in nature or was synthesized for a particular purpose. This is true to a certain extent but there are some notable exceptions, the exploration of which will have to be the subject of another blog post.


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Claire is Head of Modern Languages and Research Area Studies working as part of a transdisciplinary (Chinese, Francophone Hispanophone and Germanophone studies) postcolonial / post-Marxist research group looking at cultural responses and resistance to dominant discourses in the postcolonial and post-Marxist world.
Dr Sorcha Gunne (University of Lincoln)
Danielle Hall (Leeds Beckett University)
Colonial and postcolonial literature (particularly from/about Bengal and Bangladesh); nationalism; postcolonial and feminist theory
Alex Hastie (University of Sheffield)
Maghrebi-French Cinema; Francophone Cinema; North African Cinema; Beur and Banlieue Cinema; Postcolonial Theory; Transnational Theory; Memory and Trauma Studies; Algerian War; Rachid Bouchareb
Dr Caroline Herbert (Leeds Beckett University)
Postcolonial literature; South Asian literature in English and translation; cities and urban spaces; neoliberalism, housing and poverty; postcolonial film
Christinna Hobbs (Liverpool John Moores University)
Postcolonial literature and cultures; world literature; theories of modernism and globalisation; comparative literature; Nordic literature; contemporary Greenlandic literature; post-war German literature; memory and trauma studies; the politics of translation; Halldor Laxness; Eco-criticism
Dr Sarah Ilott (Teeside University)
Postcolonial British literature and film; multicultural comedy; postcolonial gothic
Natalie Emma Ilsley (Keele University)
The intersection of postcolonial literatures and cultures, migration and diaspora; arts-based research as a form of inquiry; representations of migrant women; the concept of resilience; representations of contemporary migration between Africa and Europe and the idea of a postcolonial Mediterranean.
Sarah Irving (University of Edinburgh)
Palestine, Israel, Zionism, Jewish Studies, literature, historiography, heritage, archaeology/anthropology and colonialism, Yemen, translation, tourism
Natasha Israt Kabir (Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Contemporary issues in South Asia, including: colonialism & nationalism; peace and conflict resolution; environmental issues; regional cooperation; diaspora study; sociology of disaster; China in international politics
Beatrice Ivey (University of Stirling)
French-Language Cultural Production; the Mediterranean; Memory Studies; Theories of Gender
Rena Jackson (University of Manchester)
Thomas Hardy; empire; class; cultural materialism; postcolonial theory; theories of nationalism; world-systems theory
Ella Johnson (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool)
Literature and Humanitarianism/International Development; Literature and Human Rights; Family livelihood strategies in Botswana
Dr Philip Kaisary (University of Warwick)
The Haitian Revolution; the 'Black Atlantic'; law and literature; human rights; legal and cultural responses to 'natural' disasters
Dr Judy Kendall (University of Salford, Manchester)
Poetry composition; visual text; Edward Thomas and early twentieth-century poets; creative process in poetry, short fiction set in Zimbabwe and exploring Zimbabwean Englishes, visual text and haiku; cross-disciplinary creative collaboration (digital media, translation, musical composition and performance, photography, choreography etc.); Japanese aesthetics
Dr Michelle Keown (University of Edinburgh)
Postcolonial literature and theory, particularly that of the Pacific region; postcolonial translation studies; postcolonial ecocriticism; postcolonial stylistics; the politics of language in postcolonial writing; postcolonialism and the medical humanities
Hannah Charlotte Kershaw (University of York)
Contemporary British literature; the Muslim experience of multiculturalism in Britain. Member of the ESRC-funded White Rose network 'Reshaping Multiculturalism through Cultural Practices', which is supported by academics at the York, Leeds and Sheffield universities
Dr Sam Knowles (Leeds City College)
The effects of travel on the literary output of late-20th- and early-21st-century authors from South Asia, the UK, and North America; the different media — such as the graphic novel form — that can be used to represent the experiences of postcolonialism
Professor Uma Kothari (University of Manchester)
Critical analyses of histories, discourses and representations of international development; transnational migration and diasporas
Dr Ole Birk Laursen (University of Copenhagen)
Anti-colonialism; nationalism; anarchism; black and Asian British literature and history; riots and revolutions; comics
Dr Claire Launchbury (University of New South Wales/University of Leeds)
French and Cultural Studies; the francophone Middle East, especially Lebanon
Nicolas Leresche (University of Geneva)
Gah-Kai Leung (University College London)
Modern and contemporary literatures of Australia, Canada (including Francophone Quebec) and New Zealand; politics and literature; popular culture and world politics; indigenous issues; LGBT studies; cross-cultural encounters in the early modern world; ethics and international affairs.
Dr Justin Livingstone (University of Glasgow)
Colonialism and postcolonialism; travel literature; African novels in English; life-writing; literature and religion; digital humanities
Dr Lucienne Loh (University of Liverpool)
Postcolonial literature and theory; new literatures in English; contemporary British fiction; comparative literature; nationalism/transnationalism; race, identity, globalisation and the nexus between politics and literature; texts and cultural representations which engage with legacies of the British empire in the British countryside and in postcolonial rural spaces; Black British literature and heritage
Cath is a retired specialist health visitor for refugees and asylum seekers who volunteers with Rainbow Haven Drop-in and Freedom from Torture, and provides training and consultancy around migration and health. Cath also works with the NHS to provide better and more appropriate health care for vulnerable migrants.
Dr Caroline Magennis (University of Salford, Manchester)
Contemporary fiction; modern and contemporary British and Irish literature; Northern Irish culture; memory; critical theory
Doireann Mangan (University of Manchester)
Jenna Marshall (Queen Mary, University of London)
International relations, political philosophy, economics, political economy, decolonial thought, decolonial methodologies, Latin America and the Caribbean, international development, education, global political economy, Caribbean development
Mairead McAleenan (Queen's University, Belfast)
Caribbean and post-colonial literature; women's writing; migration studies
Dr Joseph McGonagle (University of Manchester)
Colonial and postcolonial visual culture in France and the Maghreb; settler colonialism in French North Africa; postcolonial diaspora in France and Algeria
Dr Robert McKay (University of Sheffield)
Contemporary novelists in English and ethical questions around human-animal relations; representations of animals in culture; J.M. Coetzee; Justin Cartwright; Angela Carter; Alice Walker; Margaret Atwood; animal ethics in literary criticism and theory
Professor John McLeod (University of Leeds)
Postcolonial studies; representations of diasporic and transcultural locations; Caribbean and black British writing, with particular focus on the work of Caryl Phillips, Derek Walcott and V. S. Naipaul; post-war British literature; J.G. Farrell; transcultural fictions of adoption
Filippo Menozzi (Liverpool John Moores University)
Postcolonial writing; world literature; South Asian women's writing; migration narrative; Marxism and literature; critical theory; literature and ethnography
Professor Victor Merriman (Edge Hill University)
Postcolonialism; late twentieth-century Irish theatre; performing arts
Dr John Miller (University of Sheffield)
Animals, ecology and empire from the nineteenth century to the present, with particular emphasis on the late Victorian period; Henry Rider Haggard; globalization and heterotopia; wolves, werewolves and the gothic; nineteenth-century transatlantic literary ecologies
Johnny Mills (University of Salford, Manchester)
Cultural Studies; postcolonial studies; global modernisms; postmodernism; Modernist literature; cricket; sports history and culture; Marxist theory
Dr Lindsey Moore (Lancaster University)
Arab world; Muslim world; postcolonial women's writing; postcolonial theory; South Asia
Dr Michael Morris (Liverpool John Moores University)
The cultural history of the Atlantic world, particularly in the long eighteenth century; Caribbean slavery in a Scottish context; Scottish and British identity
Dr Julie Mullaney (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Settler-colonial studies; critical indigenous studies, postcolonial film and screen cultures; Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific; Southern Africa; Ireland; Animal Studies; Postcolonialism and the Environmental Humanities
Professor Barry Munslow (University of Liverpool, University of Manchester)
The analysis of conflict, and transitions from conflict to sustainable development; the design and delivery of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Humanitarian Assistance training programmes; complex emergencies and conflict worldwide
Dr Bhabani Shankar Nayak (University of Salford, Manchester)
Political economy of public policy, inequality and development; economy and religion in South Asia; gender, faith, freedom, globalisation and governance; Hindu modes of capitalist accumulation; the impacts of neoliberalism on social, cultural and economic transition of indigenous communities in South Asia, India and Odisha; the relationship between Hindu right wing forces, Hindu religion and global capitalism
Professor Valérie Nicolet-Anderson (Institut Protestant de Théologie de Paris)
Religious studies; postcolonial studies; gender studies; feminist theory; hermeneutics
Dr Mariangela Palladino (Keele University)
The intersection of postcolonial literatures and cultures, migration and diaspora; narratology and narrative ethics; the ethical import of narrative in Toni Morrison's fiction; the concept of heterotopia; representations of contemporary migration between Africa and Europe and the idea of a postcolonial Mediterranean; identity, space culture and the environment.
Dr Razia Parveen (University of Huddersfield)
Postcolonial literature and theory
Professor David Peimer (Edge Hill University)
Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock (University of Sheffield)
Aztec and Spanish American history and the Atlantic world, with a particular interest in issues of gender, violence, and cultural exchange
Sam Perks (University of Leeds)
Representations of environmental transformation in Singapore, through pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods; environmental humanities, world-systems analysis, and urban geography; the ecological dimensions of museum installations and commemorative events that memorialize various histories of Singapore
Dr Terry Phillips (Liverpool Hope University)
Irish literature and conflict literature, in particular the literature of the First World War; early twentieth-century Irish literature; conflict and memory in twentieth-century Europe
Dr Simon Philpott (Newcastle University)
Western media and Asia, electronic games and Islam/Muslims, documentary film and mass killings (Asia), international politics, Southeast Asia, Australia
Naomi Popple (University of York)
Postcolonial studies; Indo-Canadian literature
Edward Powell (University of Leeds)
Postcolonial theory and criticism; post-foundationalist political philosophy; Marxism and cultural materialism; South African fiction, politics, and society
Professor Marcus Power (Durham University)
Critical geographies and genealogies of (post)development; energy geographies and low carbon transitions; post-colonialism, Portugal and Lusophone Africa; post-socialist transformations in Southern Africa; China-Africa engagement; vision, visuality and 'popular' geopolitics
Dr Muzna Rahman (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Postcolonial studies; food studies; anthropology; gender and sexuality; film theory; hybridity; diaspora studies; transnationalism; postcolonial feminism
Dr Anandi Ramamurthy (Sheffield Hallam University)
Race and postcoloniality in media and culture; social movements; photography and commodity culture
Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri (University of St Andrews)
South Asian diasporic literature and culture, as well as cultural representation and memory of war and conflict. My central research question is how and why individuals and societies remember their past, and the uses to which these memories are put to in the present. I am currently working on a book about the memories of the India/Pakistan partition of 1947 (forthcoming with OUP in 2015), and on another book about nostalgia among the South Asian diaspora (forthcoming with Rowman and Littlefield in 2017)
Samantha Reive (University of Leeds)
Postcolonial literatures; black British writing and black British women's writing; cosmopolitanism; conceptions of 'Englishness'; contemporary British & Irish fiction; post-War Caribbean fiction; memory; black British aesthetics
Leighan Renaud (University of Leicester)
The contemporary Caribbean novel, looking specifically at representations of matrifocal communities
Dr James Renton (Edge Hill University)
The British Empire in the Jewish and Middle Eastern worlds and its legacies; the First World War and its afterlives; the ideas of the West, the Middle East, the Jew, and the Arab; Zionism and the Zionist-Palestinian conflict; anti-colonial nationalism; the relationship between anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; the British and French imperial partnership; the origins of conflict in the Middle East; the political public sphere in the colonial world after 1914
Dr Graham Riache (University of Oxford, University of Amsterdam)
Postcolonial Literature; World Literature; Aesthetics; Literature and other art forms; Literature of Empire; Contemporary Literature; Global Modernism
Prof Alan Rice (University of Central Lancashire)
African American Studies; Transatlantic Cultural Studies; Ethnic Studies
Dr Reshma Ruia (University of Manchester)
Post-Colonial literature, Female Diasporic writers with particular reference to American fiction, the role of nostalgia and identity in creating a sense of home and belonging. Fiction from the Indian Sub-continent vis a vis the Indian diaspora.
Dr Amy Rushton (Nottingham Trent University)
African literature; postcolonial theory; World literatures; film studies; feminism; Diasporas; British women writers; queer theory; popular culture; sociology; nationalism; social theory
Phoebe Ryan (University of Leeds)
Dr Humaira Saeed (Nottingham Trent University)
Contemporary fiction and film from Pakistan, with a focus on women's cultural production; postcolonial and transnational feminist / queer theories and practices; literature and sexual dissidence; queer (South Asian) diasporas; post 9-11 British culture; gendered nationhood, affects of national belonging, and national geographies; trauma, cultural memory and the politics of emotions
Shelley Angelie Saggar (University of Leeds)
Postcolonial disaster; indigenous studies, Third and Fourth cinema; critical posthumanism
Dr Ana María Sánchez-Arce (Sheffield Hallam University)
Contemporary literature, specifically the relationship between identity and form and the impact of social changes in the UK on the reception of literary texts and the authors who write them; post-9/11 British narrative communities; social conflict in the UK and protests against literature
Lotta Schneidemesser (University of York)
Homecoming in Pacific and South Asian Literature
Dr Maggie Scott (University of Salford, Manchester)
The study of names (onomastics), specifically place-names in the United Kingdom; the history and lexicography of English and Scots; modern perceptions of Scots and Scottish English
Dr Lisa Scullion (University of Salford, Manchester)
Lisa is Reader in Social Policy and Associate Director of the Sustainable Housing & Urban Studies Unit (SHUSU) at the University of Salford. She leads the migration area of research within SHUSU, which includes projects focusing on refugees, skilled migration, A8/A2 migration and Roma migration and inclusion. Her work focuses on the impact of specific policies, from the perspective of a range of different actors (including policy makers, practitioners and those subject to the policy).
Justine Seran (University of Edinburgh)
Indigenous Studies; Australian Aboriginal Literature; Maori Literature; Pacific Islands Writing; Postcolonial Feminism; Medical Humanities; Sociolinguistics; Memory Studies
Dr Lhoussain Simour (Hassan II University, Morocco)
Cultural studies, colonial discourse analysis, performance studies, and Moroccan postcolonial literature
Rachel Smith (University of Edinburgh)
The postcolonial uncanny; diaspora; settler studies; notions of remembrance and memory; drone theory; globalisation and neocolonialist narratives
Dr Rob Spence (Edge Hill University)
Twentieth century and contemporary fiction; Anthony Burgess; British poetry of the urban and rural environment; travel writing; technology-enhanced learning in the humanities
Dr Robert Spencer (University of Manchester)
Postcolonial theory and literary criticism; the philosophy and aesthetics of modernism, particularly the relationship between modernism and empire
Dr Andy Stafford (University of Leeds)
The work of Roland Barthes; francophone literatures (Maghreb, Africa, Caribbean) and comparative literature; the short form (essay, poem, photo-text, short story) in relation to francophone Africa and the Caribbean
Katy Stewart (University of Sheffield)
Francophone and Lusophone African cinema and literature, comparative literature, representations of childhood and memory within postcolonial African cultural production
Sarah Stewart (University of Edinburgh)
Literatures of displacement and asylum; postcolonial literature and theory; feminism and gender studies; indigenous and settler literatures (especially of Abya Yala Latin America and Aotearoa New Zealand); Testimonio literature; comparative literature; trauma; human rights
Dr Casey Strine (University of Sheffield)
Dr Juliette Taylor-Batty (Leeds Trinity University)
Literary studies; translation studies; comparative literature; world literature; literary multilingualism and the use of translational processes in literature
Dr Shirin Teifouri (University of Sheffield)
Postcolonial Studies, Critical theory, World literature, Persian literature
Emily Timms (University of Leeds)
Ageing in postcolonial contexts; postcolonial literature (specifically Indigenous and Caribbean diasporic literatures and cultures); medical humanities; gerontology and ageing studies; postcolonial film; global health and social care leadership and governance; contemporary poetry. Editorial Assistant at Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writing and Editorial Assistant at Stand Magazine.
Meghan Tinsley (University of Manchester)
Carmen Thong (University of Warwick)
World literatures; World-Systems theoryl postcolonial studies; critical theory; travel writing; science studies; mediation; methodology; reconciliation; science fiction and fantasy; human-animal studies
Dr Fiona Tolan (Liverpool John Moores University)
Contemporary literature, particularly British and Canadian fiction; the history of second wave feminism
Dr Anastasia Valassopoulos (University of Manchester)
Postcolonial literature and culture of the Middle East and North Africa; cultural production and reception of Arab women's film and music, such as the work of Moufida Tlatli and Umm Kulthum; Arab cinema of the 60s and 70s and the impact of other national cinemas on Arab film; the revolutionary cinema of the PLO and the cinema of the Arab Diaspora
Dr Lena Wånggren (University of Edinburgh)
Gender, class and race in late nineteenth-century British literature and culture; gender and feminist theory, especially postcolonial, transnational and black feminism; Scottish literature; literature and technology; medical humanities; critical pedagogy
Dominique Walker (Liverpool John Moores University)
Dr Claire Westall (University of York)
Legacies of the British Empire in contemporary literature; postcolonial literature and theory; anglophone Caribbean literature and culture; literary representations of sport and sporting culture, particularly cricket; questions of Englishness; links between England, English Literature and devolution in Britain
Dr Natalie Zacek (University of Manchester)
The Caribbean; plantation landscapes; popular memory; public history; tourism
Dr Emily Zobel Marshall (Leeds Beckett University)
African-American, Caribbean, African and Black British literature; forms of cultural resistance and cross-cultural fertilisation in the face of colonialism; Caribbean literature and folklore and she has published widely in this field. Her forthcoming book, 'American Tricksters: Trauma, Tradition and Brer Rabbit', will be published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2016


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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Ride 'em Cowboy
We've been into Southampton Art Gallery this afternoon, and it's amazing what they have in there on display, including a beautiful Rodin that I'd not seen before.
We also walked the walls of Southampton, which was fun. So much history to discover on your own doorstep. After discovering that a certain voyage to America originated in fact, from West Quay in Southampton - and that's why our theatre is called the Mayflower!
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Give us this day our daily bread
Friday, February 26, 2010
A whole lotta bread
Today has been a fabulous sunny day, we went for a walk at lunchtime, Miranda pedaling alongside. A bit cols to sit down for long on Shore Road, but we watched a cruise liner coming in and then beat a hasty retreat for home!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The boys wanted to play grown up Scrabble so in the interests of harmony I took Miranda to play something more suitable. Postman Pat snap and Fuzzy Felt was the order of the day, followed by 'The Giant Jam Sandwich' and 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'
Lewis ran in the cross country tournament today, the rain was falling heavily and it was terribly muddy - but he finished well up in the field and came home radiant with his performance.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Greg is getting quite good at model making disappearing for a few hours and emerging with a finished object in his hands....
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tonight I got Lewis to read a Paddington story, and quite by chance it was 'Riding High' the one about the school gymkhana. It was hilarious, and such a joy to be able to sit and listen to him reading it, even though I enjoy doing the honours myself.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Carry on Camping
"Yes OK Miranda!"
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Barton on Sea
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Hello Gran
Friday, February 19, 2010
Weekend Rundown
This was Greg as he just managed to get the gate closed in front of me. He can be a real toad when he's in the mood...
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Very tasty indeed!
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
It's stuck...
Note to self - get down ion the floor more!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wenty Eight.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Now, as I was saying...
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Less action
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
What's on the box?
The sharp eyed will notice from the clothes that this is another alternate take culled from my archive, that I found earlier this week, too good never to see the light of day. I think I chose one that had all three in orginally, although this one has slightly better interplay. A fresh arty b+w process and Bob's yer Uncle...
Friday, February 12, 2010
New Forest Ponies
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Point of view
similar image before but not this one - it's amazing what lies on the cutting room floor! Midway through loading his Lewis appeared on the stairs and was promptly sick, and Miranda (who still needs the odd prompt to visit the loo) threw a tantrum when I directed her in a similar direction. Oh Lordy Ten o'clock and all hell is breaking loose. Just like the photo then really, reality check....
Really sad to hear about Alexander McQueen this afternoon - why are the highs so high, and the lows sometimes so low? Watch Nick Night's revealing interview if you want to see the man himself.
Really sad to hear about Alexander McQueen this afternoon - why are the highs so high, and the lows sometimes so low? Watch Nick Night's revealing interview if you want to see the man himself.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Dazed and confused
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Racetrack Charlie
Miranda came out for a bike ride lunchtime which impressed me as it was unbelievably cold. We even had some flurries of snow. Now that's all we need - more snow!
Monday, February 08, 2010
Saturday's Post really
Caroline had been at a training course, and we were just about ready to come back when Miranda decided that she'd had a little accident, well quite a big accident really. A quick clean up and I thought I really needed to rinse her debris before getting back to the car, so I tootled down to the water's edge and a huge wave appeared from nowhere and broke over the top of me. What felt like a ton of water, and I was bloody soaked! Looking at this photo which I'd taken earlier, makes me laugh, what a muppet. Didn't laugh at the time though.
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Sunday, February 07, 2010
Wait a minute Mr Postman!
She was soon bossing me around, berating me for not knowing what I was supposed to do, but it soon all became clear (as mud)
There was a time with Lewis when I felt like I was aware of all the things going on in his life, and it's a reminder of how far things can move on when you blink.
On the flipside, we had a nice walk in Rans Wood this afternoon. And whilst Lewis and I busied ourselves taking photographs, Greg and Miranda entertained themselves quite happily playing one game after the next.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Superman and Spiderman
Lewis has been practicing for 'talent show' in school, and I've been encouraging him to do one of his guitar and vocals pieces, but he's a bit shy. When he plays at home he's full of confidence but unfortunately peer pressure is putting him off
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Extension of a Man
I,m listening to Teddy Pendergrass - Only You
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Age, manual focus lenses, cantankerous kids; I can take them all in my stride!
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Sunday, August 31, 2014
In Grandan's Garage
Lewis had the pleasure of pottering around in Julian's workshop, and this sailing boat which he found was in fact my father's father's toy, which he partially restored, but then lay unfinished.... So this is Ronald Seymour Brown's plaything
Lewis was very keen to get stuck into the rigging of this beautiful boat.
Maybe one day when we have a bit more time we'll get this finished!
Just in case anyone in trying to get in contact our landline is down - pls email or mobile us for a response.
Just read this on Deborah Parkin's blog and I wholeheartedly agree...
"Look at the life you live, and photograph the beautiful things in your everyday life. Photograph your family, your kids, your friends, your co-workers, the neighborhood you live in, your workplace, around your workplace– and find the positivity and beauty that permeates around you."
Friday, August 22, 2014
The Vendor of Sweet Things
Here's Miranda and her goody stall filled with home made wares for sale for the Regatta at Calshot. She wouldn't let a sale go unclosed, and she made some good money for the Sailing Club!
Just downloaded a few photos from my phone, and these taken at Brecon when we met up with Lola and Otto need to go on the blog. Secretive, furtive antics at the table, followed by the boys being mischievous when my attention turned to things more relaxing. I enjoy recording my beery divesions, and this Birra Moretti was an especially fine one. I also had Moretti on the Isle of Wight last weekend but it wasn't a patch on this one. I really should namecheck the good source - Roberto's in the Square in Brecon; good food too.
All hands on deck
I have spotted him on the helm on the 29er too this year so watch this space!
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Little Finger
I was in the clubhouse when I spotted this scene unfolding. Down on the beach Miranda had managed to engage John and Sam on the safety boat, and having swum out to meet them was being given a ride...
She's Miranda!
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Tuesday Night Race Meet
Good results guys...
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Bridgend Inn Crickhowell
My father painted the pub which features in the above photograph. They used to stop for a drink when the opportunity arose, and thus it entered my consciousness. During our recent trip to the Brecon Beacons we took a day trip on our bikes across the hillside at Llangattock and stopping for lunch at the Bridgend Inn. After lunch the kids went skinny dipping in the river and Greg noticed the Salmon spawning upstream, and having seen too many National Geographic photostories about the Bears, joined in the fun.
Allegedly more than 62 were caught and then released. Hopefully they were not too traumatised...
When we were Young
The steam age had ended but a few still worked the back alleys, and my Dad was fascinated by them. I never had a train set as a child, but then again I never needed one.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Bembridge IOW
This was at the sunny stage with rather flaky wind. By Sunday the wind and tide was against us and we had a hellish return leg, going backwards on a number of tacks as we beat up the Solent. Lewis was having a snooze at this point as we had time on our hands before arriving at Bembridge, unable to cross the sand bar.
Frustratingly we'd not managed to get any provisions, having had a 6.30 start, so we were not eating cake. Cracking spot of lunch at the cafe on the beach when we arrived though, not to mention dinner on the beach too on the other side of the river. Live music in the pub topped off the evening nicely.
Bembridge seems well served for food and drink, worthy of another visit I think.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The Eye of Miranda
This is what I took directly before she took mine.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Popsie on the trigger
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Lewis and the Scorpion
Greg on the Fridge
Tuesday, August 05, 2014
Evening training at CSC
Friday, August 01, 2014
Sugar Loaf
The walk was superb, and the views did not disappoint. Magically we saw the rains come from Pen Y Fan direction and we did get a little wet. This was as we were coming down with brooding clouds all around and the journey home to enjoy...
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