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The age of big cruisers is over. Titanic has sunk deep down and it's time to embrace smaller and more diverse fleets. And when I say more diverse fleets, I don't mean racial or gender diversity. I'm talking about diversity in expertise and background. I'm talking about partnerships.
Partnerships are the foundation of business in the 21st century, especially in the tech industry. We all know how a partnership with another tech company can help one improve their stack and work towards common goals, which is natural and good, but we seem to forget that most crucial partnerships are one with traditional industries.
"But, but, they don't even know the difference between relational and No-SQL databases. They have never heard of Node.Js and they think that GIT is just another fancy word."
And you probably don't know the difference between different banking products and the processes behind them. But that's okay and that's natural. So for that reason, we partner up. We group to form stronger entities.
Well, well, well… Apple is a back once again to try and conquer the payment industry. What is different this time? They are not alone. Apple has partnered with a New York investment bank giant and now they are ready to ride. I won't spend time in this article speaking about the solution itself, you can watch the event video yourself, I will rather use an opening paragraph of fantastic Bloomberg Apple's Credit Card Gives Goldman Sachs Rare Customer Role article, just to give you the feel of what's going on.
"Apple Inc. launched a credit card last month, hoping to upend a $175 billion industry much like it did the phone business. At a splashy event, the company made a simple sales pitch and showed off the titanium product in a slick video. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook called it the "most significant change" to cards in 50 years." — Mark Gurman and Jennifer Surane
Let's see what is really going on here. We have two multi-billion businesses trying to enter the consumer payment industry. Everyone here is going with their own knowledge and resources to fill the gap of the other. Goldman Sachs main value to Apple is to fix the problems that they were not able to address properly with Apple Pay and that are disputes. As David Deninzon, Vijay D'Silva, and Rohit Sood from McKinsey explained:
Exhibit 1. Source: Payment disputes in banking: A pathway to deeper customer relationships — McKinsey & Company
"Globally, customers continue to move away from cash and checks toward electronic payments (Exhibit 1). Overall, this trend is a positive development for banks and card issuers, but as card transactions grow, so does the number of disputable transactions (and the incidence of fraud), putting pressure on dispute processes that often are already overextended, and leading to increasesi operating costs of hundreds of millions of dollars."
In the article above we can see that the main benefit of handling disputes properly are strengthened trust with users, lower operating costs and overall better quality of service. All important aspects of overall company success and customer satisfaction so it's easy to see why Apple choose a partner that can address these issues better than them in their new payment venture.
Many may wonder now why Goldman Sachs choose Apple as their partner of choice for their entrance in the payment market. What is the value of Apple to Goldman Sachs, it's quite easy users. And not just the ordinary users, but a loyal user base that's already in Apple ecosystem for years and years… Apple has it. They have the users, they the ecosystem, they have the infrastructure. Not just in the U.S. but around the world. For me, this is proof of the right partnership between the right companies, filling the right gaps. This is how business should look like in 2019.
Sadly we still have a lot of companies sitting alone in their thinking boots, startups raising a ton of money trying to do everything by himself, and all of this is contributing to the number we all know and fear and that is a 90% of startups eventually failing.
My proposal is: build your partners network based on the mutual value you share. Be like Apple. Own the ecosystem. It doesn't need to be a technological ecosystem, but the ecosystem of value. Gather partners around the same idea, the same value — and encourage them to share knowledge and resources. As Tod Kunsman said in his article The Art of Knowledge Sharing: A Necessity for Your Company Success on EvryoneSocial:
"Having a knowledge army of experts will only benefit your business for the foreseeable future and give you a leg-up on competitors who lag behind in this area."
In his article, he was talking about individual companies sharing knowledge among employees, but I encourage you to find partners with whom you could share knowledge and fight the market battle together.
Partnerships make us stronger; partnerships make us better; partnerships make tech companies more innovative.

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German 390/Comp. Lit. 396/Engl 363/CHID 498/JSIS 488/Lit 298
"Freud and the Literary Imagination"
Lecture Notes: The Oedipus Complex
I. The Five Libidinal Phases of a Child's Psycho-Sexual Development
(See Handout: to view handout, click here)
II. The Oedipus Complex
A. Background: Sophocles (c. 495-406 BC): Oedipus Rex
-- Analytical Play: recounts events leading up to present circumstances.
-- Oedipus solves riddle of the Sphinx, frees Thebes of pestilence, and is pronounced king.
-- He marries Queen Jocasta, whose husband, Laius, has been murdered.
-- New pestilence occurs: Murderer of Laius must be identified and banished.
-- Blind seer Teiresias names Oedipus as Laius's murderer.
-- Revelation: Oedipus abandoned as child due to prophecy: he would murder his father and marry his mother. Rescued from death by mother.
-- Oedipus unwittingly murdered Laius, who turns out to be his biological father. Jocasta is his mother. She hangs herself upon this revelation.
-- As punishment, Oedipus stabs out his own eyes and goes into exile from Thebes: blindness tied dialectically to insight (Teiresias).
Freud as Oedipus? Parallel between Oedipus and the Motives of Psychoanalysis
Oedipus (in Prologue): "Then once more I must bring what is dark to light."
-- Parallel to Freudian project of psychoanalysis;
-- Oedipus as the "great interpreter"; but his interpretation sheds light ultimately on himself;
-- This is also the paradigm of psychoanalysis: exposing secrets, task of "detective," who ultimately exposes his own "guilt".
Oedipus Rex as a kind of nodal point of Freudian themes: the "myth" underlying psychoanalysis as interpretive project—it is a literary myth, one of literary origin.
Freudian themes:
1) Oedipus as representative of all people (of his Theban subjects);
2) truth as "dreadful"; yet we are driven to expose this dreadful truth;
3) Oedipus as self-tormentor; (this is the thesis of psychoanalysis)
4) resurgence of "shadowy memory" and its repression (murder of Laius at crossroads);
5) Oedipus: "The flooding pain of memory, never to be gouged out."; irrepressibility of memory, its association with pain and trauma;
6) Jocasta: "How many men, in dreams, have lain with their mothers!"
B. Two Fundamental Features of the Oedipal Complex
1) Triangular structure between the child and the parents:
father> <mother^child^
2) Constitutional bisexuality of all human beings
-- This is what allows the identification of the child with both parents, regardless of biological sex of the child.
-- Implication: Sexuality is the sole basis of loving affection, attraction.
C. Four Positions of Child in Oedipus Complex:
1) Identification with FATHER AS SUBJECT.
2) Identification with MOTHER AS SUBJECT.
3) Love of FATHER AS OBJECT.
4) Love of MOTHER AS OBJECT.
BOYS tend toward 1) and 4)
GIRLS tend toward 2) and 3)
Oedipal situation: child must sort out these conflicting impulses.
A) Orientation toward a specific subject position;
B) Choice of an appropriate libidinal object ("cathexis" [German: Besetzung] = investment of libido in someone or something).
D. Phase One of the Oedipal Complex (gender neutral)
E. The full-blown Oedipal complex can take on either of two forms, the so-called "positive" ("true") or "negative" Oedipal relationship. To view a diagram, click here.
The "negative" Oedipus complex (Female Model)
-- Girl's libidinal investments emerge in pattern opposite to boy's.
-- Girl invests her libido in the father as object.
-- She simultaneously assumes the subject-position of the mother, taking an affectionate, "feminine" attitude toward the father.
-- This results in JEALOUSY of and HOSTILITY toward the mother.
-- BOYS can also follow this pattern. This is the reason for the designation "negative." In this manifestation, the boy exhibits "girl-like" behavior = he assumes an affectionate, feminine attitude toward the father (instead of feeling ambivalence) and develops jealousy or even hostility toward the mother. According to Freud, this can lead to homosexuality.
-- Similarly, GIRLS can follow the (for them) "false" pattern, the one usually pursued by boys (the "positive" Oedipal Complex).
-- Thus, whether the Oedipus complex ends in a positive or negative result determines the future sexual identity of the child.
-- CONSTITUTIONAL BISEXUALITY as reason for potential to pursue either path.
F. Dissolution of the Oedipal Complex
1. In "normal" development the Oedipus complex is dissolved or destroyed; if it is merely repressed, this can lead to an abnormal sexual development (see Freud Reader 664).
-- The son now identifies with the father; he no longer views him as a rival.
-- The son develops affection for, not libidinal attraction to the mother. The sexual libido directed toward the mother has been "aim-inhibited"; it is sublimated and becomes non-sexual affection.
> The son seeks a female (sexual) partner other than the mother.
2. Results:
-- Incest taboo established;
-- Super-ego created;
-- Libidinal attachment to the mother is SUBLIMATED into sexual attraction for other women (substitutes);
-- Son successfully REPLICATES (reproduces, but does not "imitate") the father/mother relationship.
G. "Anatomy is Destiny": The Castration Complex
Tied to the phallic stage of psycho-sexual development.
1) Castration complex dissolves the phallic stage and leads into latency stage; it constitutes the primary motivator for the dissolution of the Oedipus Complex.
-- Why castration? In "phallic phase," phallus as source of physical pleasure: urination, bed-wetting.
2) Sources of the castration complex:
-- punishment for masturbation
-- punishment for bed-wetting
-- Parental discipline: "If you don't stop doing that, we'll get rid of it (the penis, the hand)."
3) This fear or threat becomes real upon the observation of the female genitalia, which appear to be "castrated"
-- Note that Freud takes the presence of the penis to be the sexual "norm" and assumes that this "norm" is part of our constitutional make-up. "More is better!" Girl sees herself as not "well endowed"; the clitoris as a miniature, shrunken penis.
4) "Anatomy is destiny" (Freud Reader 665): this statement holds for Freudian psycho-theory.
5) Boy: Intense conflict between narcissistic self-interest (retaining the source of his pleasure, the penis) and libidinal investment in parental love-object.
-- Boy sacrifices parental love to retain source of his pleasure, the penis. This narcissism (pleasure principle) plays a fundamental role in the dissolution of the Oedipal Complex and the ascension to "normal" sexual identity.
6) Girls accept "fact" of their own castration; but they seek compensation for the "lost" penis; they find this in the baby upon whom they can heap affection.
-- Implication: The sense of "motherhood" results from the castration complex, the sense of "loss" or "inadequacy" based on an "inferior" physical endowment in the genital region.
III. The Emergence of the Super-Ego (or Ego-Ideal)
A. The super-ego is born at the moment the Oedipus complex is dissolved.
1) Super-ego = moral conscience, self-disciplining mechanism; it operates by producing a sense of guilt.
2) The super-ego is formed by a process Freud calls "introjection" = the internalization of parental, especially paternal authority.
-- The authority of the father is assimilated by the son into his own psychic constitution.
3) The super-ego is a form of mimesis, imitation of the father; but this imitation also caries with it the prohibition of being exactly like the father.
-- Father imitated generically, but not individually = the son must learn to be his own person, similar (in kind) to the father, but not exactly like him.
4) The super-ego is the source of religious feelings: it is a substitute for the lost father, just as for Freud "God" is a substitute for the lost father.
5) Super-ego forms the basis of social bonding = we feel closer to those whose super-egos have a similar constitution to our own.
B. Consequences of Creation of the Super-ego.
1) The super-ego is the source of religious feelings: it is a substitute for the lost father, just as for Freud "God" is a substitute for the lost father.
2) Super-ego forms the basis of social bonding = we feel closer to those whose super-egos have a similar constitution to our own.
-- Common disciplinary rules as the basis for social bonding;
-- Not similar "egos," but similar super-egos form sense of community;
-- "Culture" as shared sense of discipline; also basis of sense of community.
3) The super-ego is allied with the id. This re-maps the conflictual terrain of the psyche.
-- The id/ego conflicts that shape the early development of the child give way to super-ego/ego conflicts.
-- No longer just pleasure principle versus reality principle; demands of the super-ego, which call for renunciation, must also be met.
4) Shift in psychoanalytic theory from id-analysis to ego-analysis: no longer just drives and instincts that are psychoanalytically significant, but also (semi-)conscious operations in the psyche.
-- Displacement of conflict to a "higher" terrain: Struggle of individual becomes a cultural or communal struggle.
5) Freud elucidates this by referring to Wilhelm von Kaulbach's (1805-1874) painting "The Battle of the Huns." (Freud Reader 645)
To view the painting, click here.
-- The defeated Huns in the lower portion of the painting continue their struggle (in spirit, as it were) in the upper portion.


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Founded 1905
Registered Charity : No. 286615 (UK)
As Franciscan sisters, an autonomous part of the Society of St. Francis, our primary vocation is to live the gospel in the places to which we are called. The context is our life in community, under vows. Our wide range of backgrounds, abilities and gifts contributes to many ways of expressing the three elements of prayer, study and work. Prayer together and alone, with the Eucharist being central, is the heart of each house and each sister's life. Six sisters are priests; and three live the solitary life. Study nurtures our spiritual life and enables and enriches our ministries. Work encompasses practical domestic tasks and a wide range of ministries: currently these include hospitality, spiritual direction, hospice and theological college chaplaincy, administration, teaching computer skills, supporting people with various disabilities, parish work and missions, preaching, leading quiet days and retreats, writing, being a presence in poor urban areas, and work with deaf blind people. Some of this work is salaried, much is voluntary. Each new sister brings her unique gifts, thus enriching our shared life. Now in our second century, we are excited by the challenge of living the Franciscan life in today's world.
Name: Sister Helen Julian CSF
Minister General, assumed office February 2012
Address: Saint Alphege Clergy House,Pocock Street, Southwark, London, SE1 0BJ, England
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.franciscans.org.uk
Founded 1848
Registered Charity : No. MAR 210 254
Most people face times of transition when they are asked to let go of known securities and responded to new and challenging circumstances. As a small Community, we find ourselves in such a position, believing our stewardship of a large house is coming to an end and it is time to hand it on to others, who will have a Christian ministry The five members of the Community have found a smaller house we hope to move to in Birmingham, so please pray for this time of waiting and preparation.
What is so important about this move? We hope to maintain a ministry welcoming people to the house for quiet days and spiritual accompaniment that will meet their need for quiet reflection. Another hope is that Sisters will have more time for reading, study, developing their own ministry and time for recreation.
All smaller Communities are facing similar situation; an opportunity for discovering how Religious life might be lived in a new way.
Name: Sister Christine CSJD & Sister Margaret Angela CSJD
Leaders of the Community, assumed office April 2007
Address: St John's House,652 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 3NS, England
Tel: +44 (0)121 327 4174
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.csjd.org.uk
Founded 1921 (UK)
Registered Charity : No. 236464
The Society of St Francis has diverse origins in a number of Franciscan groups which drew together during the 1930s to found one Franciscan Society. SSF in its widest definition includes First Order Brothers, First Order Sisters (CSF), Second Order Sisters (OSC) and a Third Order (TSSF). The First Order shares a common life of prayer, fraternity and a commitment to issues of justice, peace and the integrity of creation. In its larger houses, this includes accommodation for short-term guests;in the city houses, the Brothers are engaged in a variety of ministries, chaplaincies and care for the poor and marginalised. They are also available for retreat work, counselling and sharing in the task of mission in parishes and schools. They also work in Europe and have houses in the Americas, Australasia, the Pacific, and Korea.
Name: Benedict SSF
Minister Provincial, European Province, assumed office June 2012
Address: 25 Karnac Road, Leeds, LS8 5BL, England
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.franciscans.org.uk
Founded 1911
Registered Charity : No. 800080
The Community was founded to serve Africa by a life of prayer and missionary work, bringing to Africans a knowledge of God's love. After the Church in Tanzania gained independence, and the Community of St Mary of Nazareth and Calvary (CMM), which they nurtured, became self-governing, CSP withdrew from Tanzania and now offers support from England. Much of the help is channelled through CMM to whom they offer encouragement, advice and financial support. The Sisters also collect money for some of the work that they founded, including the Polio Hostel at Kwa Mkono, caring for disabled children, and building work at the Nursing School at Muheza to cater for extra student nurses and modern equipment. At Shoreham, the Sisters offer hospitality for small day events and meetings. They are involved in guidance of individuals and have various contacts in the local community. The Sister who lives in Clapham is involved with the World Community for Christian Meditation and has contacts with people of various faiths. Prayer remains the foundation of the life of the Community.
Name: Mother Philippa CSP
Mother Superior, assumed office 30 August 1999
Address: The Convent of the Sacred Passion,22 Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5UB, England
Tel: +44 (0)1273 453 807
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1953
This monastery is set in woodland. The Community of men and women lives a contemplative life, uniting silence, work and prayer in a simple life style based on the Rule of St Benedict. The Community is especially concerned with uniting the traditions of East and West, and has developed the Liturgy, Divine Office and use of the Jesus Prayer accordingly.
Name: Father Colin CSWG
Father Superior, assumed office 3 April 2008
Address: The Monastery of the Holy Trinity,Crawley Down, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 4LH, England
Tel: +44 (0)1342 712074
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1960
The Community seeks to live a common-life centred upon daily work, prayer and worship. The corporate pattern of the monastic life is at the heart of our life together; which aims to be informal and inclusive both in worship and hospitality. From its beginning, CGA has had a vibrant sense of mission which we try to maintain through our friendship with those who stay or visit, and also through involvement with people in the local area.
Name: Sister Jean CGA
Address: The Priory,38 Green Park Way, Chillington, Devon, TQ7 2HY, England
Tel: +44 (0)1548 580 939
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1960
The Community seeks to live a common-life centred upon daily work, prayer and worship. The corporate pattern of the monastic life is at the heart of our life together; which aims to be informal and inclusive both in worship and hospitality. From its beginning, CGA has had a vibrant sense of mission which we try to maintain through our friendship with those who stay or visit, and also through involvement with people in the local area.
Name: Brother Simon CGA
Prior, assumed office 20 May 1993
Address: The Priory,26 Helmers Way, Chillington, Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 2EZ, England
Tel: +44 (0)1548 511 474
Fax: +44 (0)1548 511 474
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1869
Registered Charity : No. X33170
A Community following the Rule of St Vincent de Paul and so committed to the service of those in need. The Sisters are involved in parish work and the Community also has a nursing home in Plympton.
Name: Mother Elizabeth Mary SC
Revd Mother, assumed office 21 April 2003
Address: 237 Ridgeway,Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 2HP, England
Tel: +44 (0)1752 336 112
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1935
Name: Reverend Mother FSJM
Address: Posbury St Francis, Crediton, Devon, EX17 3QG, England
Founded 1861
Registered Charity : No. 240675 (UK)
The Community was founded by Benjamin Lancaster, a Governor of St George's Hospital, Hyde Park, London. He wished his poorer patients to have convalescent care before returning to their homes. The Sisters also nursed cholera and TB patients, and opened orphanages and homes for children and the elderly. They were asked by priests to help in the parish and they were asked to go to Korea in 1892. They have close links with the Society of the Holy Cross in Korea, which was founded by the Community.
Since the closure of their Nursing,Care Home, new work is undertaken outside the Community in the way of continued care, using Sisters' abilities, talents and qualifications. The Sisters live in houses located where they can carry out their various works and ministry. They recite their fourfold daily Office either together in their houses or individually.
Name: Sister Angela CSP
Leader, assumed office 2015
Address: St Peter's Convent,c/o St Columba's House, Maybury Hill, Woking, Surrey, GU22 8AB, England
Tel: +44 (0)1483 750 739
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1858
The Community seeks to glorify God by a life of loving dedication to him, by worship and by serving Him in others. A variety of pastoral work is undertaken including Quiet Days, spiritual direction and ministry to individuals in need. The spirit of the community is Benedictine and the recitation of the Divine Office central to the life.
Name: The Sisters CSPH
Leadership team, assumed office 4 August 2014
Address: St Peter's Convent ,14 Spring End Road, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorks, WF4 6DB, England
Tel: +44 (0)1924 272 181
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1892
Registered Charity : No. 232670
The Community consists of priests and laymen living a life of worship, work and study within the monastic life. They undertake a wide range of pastoral ministry including retreats, teaching and counselling.
Name: Father George Guiver CR
assumed office 29 December 2002
Address: House of the Resurrection, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 0BN, England
Tel: +44 (0)1924 494318
Fax: +44 (0)1924 490489
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.mirfieldcommunity.org.uk
Founded 1913
The Oratory of the Good Shepherd is a society of priests and laymen founded at Cambridge (UK), which now has province in North America, Australia, Southern Africa and Europe. Oratorians are bound together by a common Rule and discipline; members do not generally live together in community. The brethren are grouped in 'colleges' and meet regularly for prayer and support, and each province meets annually for retreat and chapter. Every three years, the General Chapter meets, presided over by the Superior of the whole Oratory, whose responsibility is to maintain the unity of the provinces.
Consecration of life in the Oratory has the twin purpose of fostering the individual brother's personal search for God in union with his brethren, and as a sign of the Kingdom. So through the apostolic work of the brethren, the Oratory seeks to make a contribution to the life and witness of the whole Church.
In common with traditional communities, the Oratory requires celibacy. Brothers are accountable to their brethren for their spending and are expected to live simply and with generosity. The ideal spiritual pattern includes daily Eucharist, Offices, and an hour of prayer. Study is also regarded as important in the life. During the time of probation which is for two years, the new brother is cared for and nurtured in the Oratory life by another brother of his College. The brother may then, with the consent of the province, make his first profession, which is renewed annually for at least five years, though with the hope of intention and perseverance for life. After five years, profession can be made for a longer period, and after ten years a brother may, with the consent of the whole Oratory, make his profession for life.
Name: Peter Walker OGS
Provincial, assumed office August 2013
Address: 38 Glynde Crescent, Felpham, West Sussex, PO22 8HT, England
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.ogs.net
Founded 1861
Registered Charity : No. 244321
In the mid 19th century Elizabeth Ferard felt called to restore the diaconate of women. She was authorized by the Bishop of London, A. C. Tait, to begin an Institute to train women as Deaconesses which started on St Andrew's Day, 1861. The Bishop commissioned Elizabeth as the first Deaconess of the Church of England on 18 July 1862. The Bishop laid hands on the head of each person to be made Deaconess, give her his blessing and she would be admitted to the Community of the London Diocesan Deaconess Institution. From about 1887 the Community evolved into a Religious Community known as the Deaconess Community of St Andrew: thus the dual vocation of life commitment in community and ordained ministry in the Church. The fundamental ministry is the offering of prayer and worship, evangelism, pastoral work and hospitality, now mainly through retirement ministries. In 2011 we celebrated our 150th anniversary as a Community. Because the restoration of the Deaconess Order began with us, in 2012 we co-sponsored the celebration of 150th anniversary of the Deaconess Order of the Church of England at Lambeth Palace.
Name: Mother Lillian CSA
Mother Superior, assumed office 6 November 2000
Address: St Mary's Convent & Nursing Home,Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 1YA, England
Founded 1866
Registered Charity : No. 209261
Living under the Rule of St Benedict, and dedicated to St Mary at the Cross, the vocation of this community is to stand with Christ's Mother beside those who suffer; its heart in prayer, the Divine Office & the Eucharist are central to its life.
Beginning in Shoreditch, Mother Monnica Skinner and Revd Henry Nihill worked together, drawn to the desperate poverty and sickness around them. Awareness of the needs, especially of 'incurable children', led to the building of a hospital, marking the beginning of the community's life work. Developing to meet the needs of each generation, this ministry continues today in the provision of Henry Nihill House, a 30-bed care home with nursing for disabled and elderly frail persons, in the beautiful grounds of Edgware Abbey.
Edgware Abbey is a haven of peace which enfolds many visitors. All are offered Benedictine hospitality with space for rest and renewal. The small comfortable Guest Wing provides short stay retreat accommodation, and space for parish Away Days and meetings. All guests are welcome to participate in the Community's offering of the Divine Office and Eucharist. Edgware Abbey is easily accessible from the M1, AI, tube and rail.
Name: Rt Revd Dame Mary Therese Zelent OSB
Abbess, elected 30 March 1993
Address: Edgware Abbey,94A Priory Field Drive, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 9PU, England
Tel: +44 (0)20 8958 7868
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.edgwareabbey.org.uk
Founded 1866
The Society of Saint John the Evangelist is the oldest of the Anglican orders for men, founded at Cowley in Oxford in 1866 by Father Richard Meux Benson. From it grew the North American Congregation and we were also involved in the founding of several other Communities around the world both for men and women. SSJE worked as a Missionary Order in several countries, most notably India and South Africa. In 2012 the English Congregation closed its last House in London and went into retirement where they continue to live out their vows.
Name: Father Peter Huckle SSJE
in retirement
, England
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1855
Registered Charity : No. 231926
The Convent at Chiswick is one of the autonomous Convents that constitute the Society of St Margaret, founded by John Mason Neale. The Sisters' work is the worship of God, expressed in their life of prayer and service. At Chiswick they care for elderly people in a nursing home and have guests. There is a semi-autonomous house and a branch house in Sri Lanka. There are two Sisters in retirement flats in Uckfield who offer intercessory prayer, spiritual direction, pastoral support and other involvement in the life of the town and parish.
Name: Mother Jennifer Anne SSM
Mother Superior, assumed office 2 March 2015
Address: St Mary's Convent & Nursing Home,Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 2QE, England
Email: Click here for email
Website: http://www.saintmarysconventchiswick.org/
Founded 1855
St Saviour's founded 1866
Registered Charity : No. 230927
St Saviour's Priory is one of the autonomous Houses which constitute the Society of St Margaret founded by John Mason Neale. Exploring contemporary ways of living the Religious life, the community seeks, through a balance of prayer and ministry, to respond to some of the needs that arise amongst the marginalised in East London. The Office is four-fold and the Eucharist is offered daily. The Sisters' outreach to the local community includes: working as staff members (lay or ordained) in various parishes; supporting issues of justice and racial equality; supporting the gay community; Sunday Stall and Drop in Centre; Dunloe Centre for the homeless and alcoholics;complementary therapy;individual spiritual direction and retreats; dance workshops;art work and design. The Sisters also share their community building and resources of worship and space with individuals and groups.
Name: Sister Judith Blackburn SSM
Leader of the Community, assumed office 2013
Address: St Saviour's Priory,18 Queensbridge Road, London, E2 8NS, England
Tel: +44 0207 739 9976
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.stsaviourspriory.org.uk
Founded 1921 (UK)
Registered Charity : No. 236464
The Society of St Francis has diverse origins in a number of Franciscan groups which drew together during the 1930s to found one Franciscan Society. SSF in its widest definition includes First Order Brothers, First Order Sisters (CSF), Second Order Sisters (OSC) and a Third Order (TSSF). The First Order shares a common life of prayer, fraternity and a commitment to issues of justice, peace and the integrity of creation. In its larger houses, this includes accommodation for short-term guests;in the city houses, the Brothers are engaged in a variety of ministries, chaplaincies and care for the poor and marginalised. They are also available for retreat work, counselling and sharing in the task of mission in parishes and schools. They also work in Europe and have houses in the Americas, Australasia, the Pacific, and Korea.
Name: Samson Siho SSF
Minister Provincial, Solomon Islands, assumed office 2015
Address: Patteson House,PO Box 519, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Tel: +677 22386
Fax: +677 258 10
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1855
Registered Charity : No. 255152
In January 1994, the Priory of Our Lady at Walsingham reverted to being an autonomous house of the Society of St Margaret. The Sisters are a Traditional Community whose daily life is centred on the Eucharist and the daily Office, from which flows their growing involvement in the ministry of healing, and reconciliation in the Shrine, the local parishes and the wider Church. They welcome guests for short periods of rest, relaxation and retreat, and are available to pilgrims and visitors. They also work in the Shrine shop and the Welcome Centre.
Name: Sister Mary Angela SSM
Leader, assumed office March 2015
Address: The Priory of our Lady,Bridewell Street, Walsingham, Norfolk, NR22 6ED, England
Tel: +44 01328 820 340
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.ssmwalsingham.moonfruit.com
Founded 1950
We follow a contemplative tradition that is eight hundred years old with a fresh and informal spirit. In the pattern of St Clare, hierarchy is tempered by mutuality and warm relations within the community. As the Second Order of the international Society of St Francis, we have brothers and sisters in the First and Third Orders, and we enjoy close, though informal, ties with the Roman Catholic Poor Clares.Our worship and prayer throughout the day are interspersed with domestic tasks in the convent and guest house, and environmentally friendly work in the large garden and grounds where we raise fruit and vegetables to eat, and keep hens who give us eggs. We also engage in our industries (altar breads, printing, cards) which with the guest house help us to earn our living, and where possible to share with others.
Responding to God's call in our daily lives within the enclosure, we also enjoy visitors, holidays and the use of books, newspapers and the internet for a wider view of daily life.
Name: Sister Damien Davies OSC
Abbess, elected 13 May 2013
Address: St Mary's Convent,178 Wroslyn Road, Freeland, Witney, Oxon, OX29 8AJ, England
Tel: +44-(0)1993 881 225
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.oscfreeland.co.uk
Founded 1852
Registered Charity : No. 236939
Founded by Harriet Monsell and Thomas Thelluson Carter to help women rejected by the rest of society, we are now a Community of women who seek to offer our gifts to God in various ways. These include parish and retreat work, spiritual direction, and ministry to the elderly. Two sisters are ordained to the priesthood and preside regularly at the Community and College Eucharist. One is part od the College Chaplaincy team and the other assoists in local benefices. Sisters are also available to facilitate quiet days.
We have close links with the sisters of our affiliated community at Mendham, New Jersey, USA; and we also have links with the Justice and Peace Movement.
Daily life centres on the Eucharist and the Divine Office, and we live under the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Following the Rule of St Augustine, we are encouraged to grow into 'an ever-deepening commitment of love for God and for each other as we strive to show forth the attractiveness of Christ to the world'.
Name: Sister Jane Olive CSJB
Sister Co-ordinator, assumed office February 2014
Address: Harriet Monsell House,Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, OX44 9EX, England
Tel: +44 (0)1865 877 100
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.csjb.org.uk
Founded 1848
As Sisters of CSMV, we are called to respond to our vocation in the spirit of Mary, Mother of Jesus: 'Behold, I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.' Our common life is centred in the worship of God through the Eucharist, the Divine Office and in personal prayer. From this all else flows. For some, it will be expressed in ministry in neighbourhood and parish, in offering people a quiet place for reflection and in pastoral care for the elderly. For others it may be expressed in spiritual direction or in art work. A CSMV sister is making vestments with the All Saints Embroiderers who now meet at the Convent.
In February 2014, we closed our Smethwick house and are now focussing on ways of living together cooperatively in one place, at present at the Convent. This involves being open and welcoming to those who wish to stay on the Guest Wing and share something of our life. We have recognised that we need to move out of the Convent buildings in Wantage and are actively searching for a property more suited to our vision and circumstances. We hope to be engaging more directly with those living around us.
Name: Sister Jean Frances CSMV
Sister-in-charge, assumed office January 2013
Address: St Mary's Convent,Challow Road, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9DJ, England
Tel: +44 (0)1235 763 141
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.csmv.co.uk
Founded 1920
Registered Charity : No. 270317
When the Community was founded, the first Sisters were all teachers living alone or in small groups but coming together during the school holidays. In 1943, West Ogwell House in South Devon became the Mother House and the more usual form of conventual life was established as well. The work of Christian education has always been of primary concern to the Community, whether in England or overseas, although not all the Sisters have been teachers.
In 1996, the Community moved to Windsor to live and work alongside the Community of St John Baptist, while retaining its own ethos. The Community aims 'to express in service for others, Christ's loving care for his flock.' At present, this service includes offering help and encouragement to those seeking to grow in the spiritual life through spiritual direction and prayer, and especially the befriending of the elderly, lonely, deaf and those in need.
In 2012, the Community moved with CSJB to Ripon College, Cuddesdon.
Name: Mother Ann Verena CJGS
Mother Superior, assumed office 20 March 1996
Address: Harriet Monsell House,Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, OX44 9EX, England
Tel: +44 (0)1865 877 103
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1906
Registered Charity : No. 261722
SLG Charitable Trust Ltd : registered in England 990049
A contemplative community with a strong monastic tradition founded in 1906, which seeks to witness to the priority of God and to respond to the love of God - God's love for us and our love for God. We believe that we are called to live a substantial degree of withdrawal, in order to give ourselves to a spiritual work of prayer which, beginning and ending in the praise and worship of God, is essential for the peace and well-being of the world. Through offering our lives to God within the Community, and through prayer and daily life together, we seek to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ and one another. The Community has always drawn upon the spirituality of Carmel; life and prayer in silence and solitude is an important dimension in our vocation. The Community also draws from other traditions; therefore our Rule is not specifically Carmelite. Another important ingredient is an emphasis on the centrality of Divine Office and Eucharist together in choir, inspired partly by the Benedictine way of life.
Name: Mother Clare-Louise SLG
Reverend Mother, assumed office 27 May 2015
Address: Convent of the Incarnation ,Fairacres, Parker Street, Oxford, OX4 1TB, England
Tel: +44 (0)1865 721301
Fax: +44 (0)1865 250798
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.slg.org.uk
Founded 1941
Registered Charity : No. 221617
The contemplative community of monks and nuns sold their former monastery in Burford in 2008 and bought a farm near Worcester and transformed it into a monastery incorporating as many 'sustainable' features as possible. Having moved into their new home in November 2010, the Community is seeking to maintain an atmosphere of stillness and silence in which the Community and its guests are enabled to be open and receptive to the presence of God. The recitation of the Divine Office and the celebration of the Eucharist constitute the principal work of the Community. The ministry of hospitality, the development of the surrounding 40 acres of land (which comprises a large kitchen garden, orchard, newly-planted woodland and hay meadows), the production of incense for a world-wide market, and various income-generating crafts provide a variety of manual work for members of the Community and those guests who wish to share in it. The monastery seeks to celebrate the wonder and richness of Creation and to model a responsible stewardship. The Community's concern has always been to pray for Christian Unity, and it now rejoices in having a Methodist presbyter in its number. Dialogue with people of other faiths and those seeking a spiritual way, either within or outside an established religious tradition, is a priority.
Name: Rt Revd Brother Stuart Burns OSB
Abbot, elected 14 October 1996
Address: Mucknell Abbey,Mucknell Farm Lane, Stoulton, Worcestershire, WR7 4RB, England
Tel: +1 (0)1905 345 900
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.mucknellabbey.org.uk
Founded 1914
Registered Charity : Pershore Nashdom & Elmore Trust - No. 220012
The monastery aims to provide an environment within which the traditional monastic balance between worship, study and work may be maintained with a characteristic Benedictine stress upon corporate worship and community life. To this end, outside commitments are kept to a minimum.
Name: Very Revd Dom Simon Jarratt OSB
Conventual Prior, elected 13 December 2005
Address: St Benedict's Priory,19A The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EB, England
Tel: +44 (0)1722 335 868
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1851
As a small Community, we have the God-given opportunity to recognise the very diverse gifts and callings of each individual. Returning to the charism of our Founder, we believe that God calls us to be channels of love to those in need, however the Spirit may move us.
Freed from management responsibility, Sisters continue to be involved in St John's Home for frail and elderly people, Helen and Douglas House, Hospices for children and young adults, and the Steppin' Stone Centre for adults who are homeless or vulnerably housed.
The heart of our Community life is the worship of God in the daily Office and the Eucharist and our personal commitment to prayer and spiritual reading.
God renews our calling day by day, both as a Community and as individuals and we welcome any who are discernign God's will for them.
Name: Sister Jean Raphael ASSP
Community Leader, assumed office 18 October 2010
Address: All Saints Convent,15A Magadalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RW, England
Tel: +44-(0)1865 249127
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.asspoxford.org
Founded 1905
Registered Charity : No. 900512
We are a contemplative community whose particular work within the whole body of Christ is worship, thanksgiving and intercession. Within these ancient Abbey walls, which date back to 1266, we continue to live the Augustinian monastic tradition of prayer, silence, fellowship and solitude. The Eucharist is the centre of our life, where we find ourselves most deeply united with Christ, one another and all for whom we pray. The work of prayer is continued in the Divine Office, in the Watch before the Blessed Sacrament and in our whole life of work, reading, creating, and learning to live together. This life of prayer finds an outward expression in welcoming guests, who come seeking an opportunity for quiet and reflection in which to deepen their own spiritual lives, or to explore the possibility of a religious vocation.
Name: Sister Victoria Mary SPB
Reverend Mother, assumed office 6 August 2011
Address: Burnham Abbey,Lake End Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 0PW, England
Tel: +44 01628 604 080
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.burnhamabbey.org
Founded 1866
Registered Charity : No. 226582
The Sisters of Bethany (SSB) are the founding community of a wider Bethany family that includes Associates, Oblates and the Order of Companions of Martha and Mary (OCMM). Associates are a body of close friends who live in their own homes and accept a simple Rule of Life. Oblates are a recent development (2014), who also live in their own homes. They have adopted the Rule of Life used by the Sisters, modified appropriately to their own circumstances. Oblates and Sisters live by a spirituality derived from the Salesian Rule of the Visitation Order. They share times of study and ongoing formation.
The Sisters' online ministry using Twitter ([email protected]) and Facebook ([email protected]) engages with nearly 8,500 people, meeting them where they are and helping them see God in the 'everyday'.
Each member of the Bethany family makes the offering of herself in the hidden life of prayer, praying daily for the unity of Christians and, by prayer and activity, seeking to share in Christ's mission reconciling the divided Churches of Christendom and the whole world.
Name: Mother Rita-Elizabeth SSB
Reverend Mother, assumed office 22 October 2009
Address: 7 Nelson Road, Southsea, Hampshire, PO5 2AR, England
Tel: +44 02392 833 948
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.sistersofbethany.org.uk
Founded 1891
Christians are called to seek and serve God in many different ways. The Rule of St. Benedict provides a way of life for those whose vocation is to seek God through prayer and life in community. We express this Benedictine tradition in our daily Eucharist and seven-fold sung Office, in personal prayer and lectio divina. These are complemented by work in the house and large gardens and hospitality to our many guests. Times for recreation, study, literary and artistic work and various crafts complete a full and satisfying day. A newcomer who wishes to explore her vocation to the enclosed Benedictine life is welcomed, first for several weeks as an aspirant, then for at least six years of training and discernment before she makes her solemn life vows. Each novice is encouraged to make her own unique contribution to the common life, while also entering into the community's heritage and traditions. These include our concern for God's creation, our work for Christian unity and interfaith dialogue, and the practical care of the Abbey's Norman and medieval buildings.
Name: Mother Abbess Mary David Best OSB
Abbess, elected 16 September 2008
Address: St Mary's Abbey,52 Swan Street, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6JX , England
Tel: +44 (0)1732 843309
Fax: +44 (0)1732 849016
Website: www.mallingabbey.org
Founded 1879
Registered Charity : No. 233026
The Community was founded for mission work at home and overseas. The remaining Sisters live in individual accommodation. The present dispersed community of men and women live with a Rule of Life based on the monastic virtues and a particular ministry towards encouragement in the practice of prayer and active service. There is a Board of Trustees responsible for financial matters.
Name: Mrs June Watt
Leader, assumed office October 2010
Address: 57 Archers Court,Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3WE, England
Founded 1870
Registered Charity No. for CSC : 200240 (England)
Founded by Emily Ayckbowm in 1870, the Community of the Sisters of the Church is an international body of lay and ordained women within the Anglican Communion. We are seeking to be faithful to the gospel values of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience, and to the traditions of Religious Life while exploring new ways of expressing them and of living community life and ministry today. By our worship, ministry and life in community, we desire to be channels of the reconciling love and acceptance of Christ, to acknowledge the dignity of every person, and to enable others to encounter the living God whom we seek.
The Community's patrons, St Michael and the Angels, point us to a life both of worship and active ministry, of mingled adoration and action. Our name, Sisters of the Church, reminds us that our particular dedication is to the mystery of the Church as the Body of Christ in the world.
The Eucharist and Divine Office (usually fourfold) are the heart of our Community life. Community houses provide different expressions of our life and ministry in inner city, suburban, coastal town and village setting.
Name: Susan Hird CSC
UK Provincial, assumed office September 2008
Address: St Michael's Convent,56 Ham Common, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 7JH, England
Tel: +44 0208 940 8711
Fax: +44 (0)20 8948 5525
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.sistersofthechurch.org
Founded 1893
Founded in 1893 by Father Herbert Kelly, the Society is a means of uniting the devotion of ordinary people, using it in the service of the Church. Members of the Society share a common life of prayer and fellowship in a variety of educational, pastoral and community activities in England, Australia, Japan, Lesotho, and South Africa.
Name: Father Jonathan Ewer SSM
Provincial, assumed office February 2014
Address: The Well,Newport Road, Willen, MK15 9AA, England
Tel: +44 (0)1908 241 974
Email: Click here for email
Founded 1874
Registered Charity : No. 220282 (UK)
The Community was founded in 1874. The Sisters cared for the 'Treasures' of the Church - those in need of love and care, including elderly ladies. In 2001, the Community moved to a new purpose-built convent in Southwell, adjacent to Sacrista Prebend Retreat House and the Cathedral. The Convent closed in 2012.
Name: Sister Dorothea CSL & Sister Margareta Mary CSL
Address: Convent closed 2012, England
Founded 1855
Registered Charity : No. 230143
We are a group of women with diverse personalities and gifts called together in a common commitment to prayer and active work under the patronage of the Saints. Central to our life are the daily Eucharist and the Divine Office, combined with time for personal prayer, meditation and spiritual reading. Together they draw us deeper into the desire to "serve Christ in one another and love as He loves us". This overflows into our active works - particularly in our ministry of hospitality, expressed mainly through our Guest Houses, Spiritual Direction, and leading Retreats for individuals and small groups. It also includes some pastoral ministry at our All Hallows Hospital and Nursing Home, which were founded and developed by us, but now form a separate Charity. In addition there is a large Conference Centre and a Day Nursery within our grounds. Our former convent building opposite is now home to an Emmaus community for the homeless.
The ministry of hospitality and prayer continues to flourish at our house in Rouen Road, Norwich, which is closely linked with the adjacent Julian Shrine and Centre.
Name: Sisters Rachel & Sheila CAH
Joint leaders, assumed office 2013
Address: All Hallows Convent,Belsey Bridge Road, Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2DT, England
Tel: +44 (0)1986 892 749
Fax: +44 01986 895 838
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.all-hallows.org
Founded 1884
Registered Charity : No. 229216
The monks follow the Rule with its balance of prayer, work and study, supported by the vows of stability, conversion of life and obedience. A wide ministry of hospitality is offered, and visitors are welcome at the daily Mass and Divine Office. The purpose built monastery is built around two cloister garths; the Abbey Church dates from the beginning of the twentieth century. Set in extensive grounds, with contrast between areas that are cultivated and others that are a haven for wildlife, the Abbey is situated about four miles from Alton.
Name: Rt Revd Dom Giles Hill OSB
Abbot, elected 2013
Address: Alton Abbey,Abbey Road, Beech, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 4AP, England
Tel: +44 (0)1420 562 145
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.altonabbey.org.uk
Founded 1915
Registered Charity : No. 271117
Founded as an educational order, the sisters have diversified their work in UK to include hospitality, retreats and spiritual direction, hospital chaplaincy, inner city involvement, preaching and mission, and development work overseas.
The Mother House is at St. Hilda's Priory, Whitby. Some sisters work in the adjacent Sneaton Castle Centre, which caters for a wide variety of day and residential groups. Other UK houses are in York, Dormanstown (near Redcar), Bishopsthorpe and Sleights (near Whitby).
The Order has had a long-standing commitment to Africa since 1926. Most of the work begun by the sisters has been handed over to local people who continue to run the projects. The Order has two houses in Ghana. In Jachie, Sister Aba runs an eye clinic while Sister Alberta makes tie-dye and batik. In Sunyani, Sister Mavis and Sister Benedicta Anne make communion hosts, have a shop and are beginning a small vocational school teaching computer and crafts to girls who were unable to complete their education. Both houses still foster vocations to the Religious life. Central to the Order's life in all its houses are the Divine Office and Eucharist, and a strong emphasis on corporate activity.
Name: Sister Carole OHP
Prioress, assumed office November 2015
Address: St Hilda's Priory,Sneaton Castle, Whitby, North Yorks, YO21 3QN, England
Tel: +44 (0)1947 602079
Fax: +44 (0)1947 820854
Email: Click here for email
Website: www.ohpwhitby.org


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A set of a short chain necklace and earrings.
Material: They are handcrafted of well-selected buffalo horn that has the thickness of 0.16" (0.4 cm). There is also a high quality lacquered finish with many layers and a natural sun-dried process, therefore our product is sustainable through tough weather.
- Necklace: 21" length. Each link is 0.8"x1.5"
- Earrings: 1.57" length


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MacLaine relishes role as newcomer
Long after The Apartment, Irma la Douce and Terms of Endearment, Shirley MacLaine will reach new audiences as Martha Levinson — mother of Cora, Countess of Grantham — with the return tonight of the PBS series Downton Abbey.
"It's a very intelligent show," MacLaine said. "I keep asking (creator) Julian Fellowes: 'Who is really writing this? It can't be you.'??"
Martha, of course, has a thoroughly American character, which puts her on an inevitable collision course with the embodiment of British aristocracy: her daughter's mother-in-law, Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham — played by Dame Maggie Smith, 78.
"I keep hearing, 'It's you vs. Maggie,'??" said MacLaine, also 78 and just a few months older than Smith.
"But it's not like that. It's not Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. It's kicked up a few more notches."
Downton Abbey, a fictional series that depicts the lives of an aristocratic family — and their servants — in the post-Edwardian era on a Yorkshire country estate, first aired in 2010 in the United Kingdom and in 2011 in the United States. Season three has already aired in Britain.
MacLaine considers herself among the zealous fans of Downton Abbey.
"It's a brilliant show," she said. "I've even been asking myself, 'Why is this show so obsessively addictive?' Even I can't figure it out.
"I don't think it's about the upper class versus the lower class. . . . I think there is something more sophisticated going on, and it's hidden. Of course, a lot of it is good writing and a good environment for the show. The series is full of truth and authentic touches. It's full of class flashes, but still there is something else going on here."
The period costumes, however, are a bother.
"Oh, I hate them," MacLaine said. "For one scene, I had to have two costume people button me up. Those dresses have those teeny, tiny little buttons. It's no wonder that those people had to have servants. That was the only way they could get dressed."
It's been almost 60 years since MacLaine made her screen debut in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Trouble With Harry (1955) and almost 30 years since she won an Oscar as best actress for her performance in Terms of Endearment (1984) after five previous nominations. She has roles in eight upcoming films and is always on the lookout for more.
"I still love acting," she said. "I picked the right profession — or it picked me."
Shirley MacLean Beaty grew up in Richmond, Va., where her father was a professor of psychology, a public-school administrator and a real-estate agent. Her mother was a drama teacher who passed her interest down to both Shirley and her younger brother, Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker Warren Beatty.
"I was born with weak ankles," MacLaine said, "so my mother took me to acting and dancing classes. I fell in love with music and dancing. When I eventually wanted to get out of the house, the dancing led to a career in music and then acting and writing."
An understudy role in the hit Broadway musical The Pajama Game (1954) led to Hollywood when producer Hal Wallis spotted her filling in for star Carol Haney and signed her to a five-year contract.
In the early 1960s, MacLaine hung out with the "Rat Pack" — Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin — and appeared with Sinatra and Martin in Some Came Running (1958) and Ocean's 11 (1960).
In the 1980s, she showed the public a new side, emerging as a new-age guru with books such as Out on a Limb (1983) and Dancing in the Light (1986). They became best-sellers, as did several subsequent volumes, but the actress was widely treated as a kook for her interest in crystals, pyramids, reincarnation and UFOs.
"I was ahead of my time," she said.
These days she often writes about aging, a natural topic for a 78-year-old.
"I'm shocked at that number," she said, "but I don't feel 78. I feel about 50. I do have some wisdom now, but I can't do the full Jane Fonda workout, which is crazy anyways."


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So finally, I've decided to start blogging images from my recent trip to Europe. I ran away for the month of February to visit the old world once more, visiting friends and meeting amazing new people. Through that process I documented and shot portraits of the people I met and spent time with.
One of my most enjoyable experiences was shooting on The Impossible Projects 20 x 24 super large format 'Polaroid' Camera. Yes, you heard right, a 24 x 20 Polaroid. It was quiet an experience. Thanks to Alexandra Senes who I had the pleasure of meeting in South Africa a few months back I got the to connect with the Impossible Works, the company which operates the large format camera. The Impossible works are a Paris based company which build their collection of images by collaborating with Photographers around the world by getting them to shoot different subjects on the Large format camera, in this way building their collection.
Below are the images from the portrait set up at Alexandra's event at the 'Ecole De La Chambre Syndicale de la couture parisienne', I have also included a portrait of Alexandra into the mix.
Thanks again to Alexandra Senes and Valerie Hersleven (The Impossible Works) for this amazing experience and the impending results. Please see more info on the Impossible Works on their website - http://www.impossible-works.com
kawaïi Junko - Japanese Journalist
Susie Bubble, Fashion Blogger - http://stylebubble.typepad.com/
Paolo Calia - Decorator & Parisian Socialite
Beatrice Ardisson - DJ / Musician (wife of famous TV personality Thierry Ardisson) & daughter Ninon Ardisson - Young fashion designer studying at Central St. Martins in London.
Electric Guest - Band from the USA http://electricguest.com/
Marko Matysik - Stylist, Writer and editor of Vogue International
Baptiste Roger Lacan & Liora Jaccottet - Students
Alexandra Senes - http://www.alexandrasenes.com/
Marko Matysik with his image.
Self Portrait.


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Postman Pat and I have a daily doorstep conversation about my mail.
I think it is unlikely that his name is
Pat. He doesn't drive a smart red van, nor (as far as I can tell) does he own a black and white cat named Jess. He is, however, our postie and a cheery chap he is too, always ready to listen to my whingeing and moaning about the post he has delivered
and to nod in friendly agreement. He clearly understands that I am not laying any blame at his door.
Monday is the worst day. "It's the usual Monday rubbish!" I report to Mr B when
he asks about the clutch of letters in my hand. I have already had this conversation with Postman Pat, of course, as a kind of rehearsal for filling Mr B in on the absence of anything meaningful on the Correspondence Front. Is it only us - or does your Monday
post consist of nothing but circulars, letters inviting us to buy a new boiler before the onset of winter and large envelopes containing hefty brochures for cruise holidays of a lifetime?
I think I may have whinged and moaned on a past Daily Blog about the latter. We had to cancel our planned "holiday of a lifetime" cruise a couple of years ago when Mr B's deteriorating health made travel impossible.
Every inviting brochure that lands on our doormat is tantamount to rubbing our noses in our misfortune. I have tried writing "Return to Sender, please remove us from your mailing list" on every envelope and posting them back - but it makes no difference.
They just keep on coming. Postman Pat hands each one over with an apologetic grin; he knows they will end up in the bin, after much Grinding of Teeth on my part.
today, guess what? A super duper post which has brought smiles to my face. Postman Pat was so pleased to see the delight with which I greeted his appearance on the doorstep this morning. I could just tell it was going to be a Bumper Post.
There's a £3.50 coupon from the supermarket (Every Little Helps) and a catalogue I've been waiting for. Then there's a square cardboard box containing a craft
kit I ordered a couple of weeks ago - I was only complaining at my crafty group yesterday afternoon that it seemed to be taking a long time to be delivered. The company concerned obviously agrees because enclosed with the kit is a little note telling me how
sorry they are for the delay and giving me a code for 15% off my next order. I am completely won over. It doesn't take much to turn me from a Whinger and Moaner into a Happy Bunny.
However the best is yet to come! I save it for last, an envelope addressed to me in granddaughter Hazel's best handwriting. Here is proof that she has remembered where to find the nearest letter box to her lodgings. She has used
one of the note cards and stamps I sent her, plus a new pen set which apparently has so many colours that she feels like a child again. She has thoughtfully only used one colour pen to write to me, possibly for fear that a more psychedelic approach might be
a little too much for one who has reached what Faris the Rascal might call A Great Age.
It's one of those letters which, even as you are reading the words,
you can hear the writer chatting in your ear. It's full of her latest news, questions for me, and acutely perceived observations on life as she knows it. She hasn't been well and has lost her sense of taste - "for your information, when you
can't taste pork chops, they are VILE!" which has given her a new insight, she says, into how her Grandad, as in Mr B of course, sees food. She can't wait for Christmas and ponders on how, much as she loves living in London, it makes family
time at home extra special.
Hazel tells me that my weekly letters, when they arrive, are the highlight of her day. Hers to me are just as eagerly anticipated,
every word savoured, every line read and re-read. So few people write letters these days and, I suspect, even fewer teenagers.
Aren't I the lucky one to
have such a Very Special Pen-Pal?
lovely and heartwarming - an inspiration to us all x
Love this story told as ever beautifully.x
What a super account of a special event. I loved meeting you last night and seeing your creation come together. I'm so pleased you got so much from the activity
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Start by scoring a piece of CS at 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 Inches. Cut off the last three quarter inch to leave a small flap.
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Antiqued Votive Lantern Tutorial
Start by scoring a piece of CS at 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 Inches. Cut off the last three quarter inch to leave a small flap.
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Ohhhh hey I think I could even do this!! What a wonderful tutorial!!!! I know my MIL would love these!!!!! Hope you all had a Teeeeerific Turkey Day!!!!ReplyDelete
wow!!! This is stunning!ReplyDelete
This is wonderful Melanie! And I can't believe you made it with paper and vellum. It certainly doesn't look like paper! I thought it was a real lantern! And to make it on Thanksgiving Day PLUS cook a meal, I'm really impressed.ReplyDelete
Wow...so gorgeous, Melanie!! Great tutorial too!!ReplyDelete
I love this! It is beautiful and really looks like it would match wrought iron.ReplyDelete
These are beautiful. And the mottled look is REAL. Wonderful! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving - sounds like you did - family, fun and stamping too!ReplyDelete
This is very cool. Those are great trees.ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous! I didn't realize it was paper until you said so! Just curious wiht the dimensions is the flame far enough away so it doesn't burn?ReplyDelete
this is so nice!! pretty flowers tooReplyDelete
What an elegant lantern. Seems simple enough after watching your tutorial...but that's what I always think when someone does a good tutorial. Thank you!ReplyDelete
wow! you just rocked that to the next level! Fantastic idea! you are one super duper artiste!!!!ReplyDelete
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After putting down former middleweight champ Rich Franklin in his Octagon return at UFC 103, Belfort and "The Spider" were set to tango for the title at UFC 112 but a shoulder injury forced the challenger to withdraw. Silva has successfully defended his belt twice since their meeting fell through, but Belfort knows the outcomes would have been different had he been the one inside the cage.
"If I hit him like Demian [Maia] and [Chael] Sonnen did, it's going to be different because I have much more firepower," he matter-of-factly stated. "Still, a fight is a fight, and we know we're two well-conditioned champions. The most important thing is to be well-trained and focused on each second of that fight.
"I know Anderson knows that if my hands hit him, he will not be able to stand on his feet. No matter who's on the other side of the cage, whether it's Anderson or someone else, I'm going forward. If you look at my last fights, you're going to see how focused I am. I know what I want. I have no doubt about what I want or what I'm able to do, so I'm very motivated."
Now that Sonnen has been granted an immediate rematch, Octagon brass decided to pit Belfort against Japanese stud Yushin Okami to determine who gets next dibs. If the planet's baddest 185-pounder were to lose his strap in the mulligan, Belfort would be just fine with facing Sonnen as well.
"I really want this belt. I want to face whoever has the belt," Belfort said. "Today, it's Anderson, so I really want to face him. He can't fight this year, and I won't wait for him until next year."
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Delft researchers artificially create the building blocks of cell membranes
Andrew Scott, working at the Christophe Danelon Lab of TU Delft, has taken an important step in the effort to create a synthetic cell. Scott has reconstituted the protein machinery to synthesize phospholipids, the molecules that make up cell membranes.
Creating life by reverse engineering the biological cell. That, in a nutshell, is the goal of the Christophe Danelon Lab. The research group is taking a 'global' approach to this grand challenge, trying to reconstruct every essential cellular function. Ambitious? It certainly is. But the researchers are proving that their approach may very well be the way to go. The latest breakthrough coming out of the Danelon Lab is the result of a study carried out by Andrew Scott. After 4.5 years of PhD research, Scott has managed to synthesize phospholipids, the molecules that make up the basic structure of membranes.
Layer of lipids
Membranes are important elements of cells. They function as barriers, shielding the interior of a cell from the outside environment. They can also be found within the cell, surrounding the various organelles, the 'little organs' that execute the basic cellular functions. The fundamental structure making up membranes is called the 'phospholipid bilayer', which is only a few nanometers thick and consists of two layers of lipid molecules. These molecules, in turn, are composed of a water-loving (or 'hydrophilic') head and a water-fearing (or 'hydrophobic') tail. When brought into contact with water, the lipids spontaneously assemble to form a sealed compartment, much like a Macedonian phalanx.
It starts with genes
Phospholipid molecules are created through a series of complex chemical reactions that are set in motion by specialized proteins (enzymes). Starting with DNA containing the genes encoding for these enzymes, a mixture of compounds that convert the DNA program into protein and simple 'precursor' molecules of phospholipid, Scott managed to copy these reactions in a test tube. The DNA he used was originally extracted from E. coli, a relatively simple and well-understood class of bacteria that can be found in the human gut. 'The DNA was then purified, undergoing multiple molecular biological steps in order to end up as the final DNA template that we could use', says Danelon.
In the same way that a series of commands can boot up a computer program, the DNA reading started the cascade of biochemical reactions that ended with the production of phospholipid molecules. 'So we synthesized not only the lipids, but also the chain of proteins involved in this pathway' explains Danelon.
Interestingly, producing the lipids was not the most difficult part of this research project. 'The biggest challenge was developing a significantly sensitive method to detect the phospholipids', says Scott. 'I struggled for a year and half with various techniques that did not have the necessary resolution.'
In the end, the arrival of an mass spectrometer made it possible to detect tiny amounts of lipids. 'Once we were able to detect these lipids, exploring the functionalities of the various enzymes was fairly simple and fruitful.'
Combining the parts
So far, the Danelon Lab has reverse engineered several key cellular mechanisms. An important next step will be the optimization of all of these different modules. The amount of lipids that was produced in this study, for instance, was quite modest. This means that the compartments they form will not be able to grow and divide, as normal cells are wont to do.
Looking even further ahead, the challenge the Danelon group faces is combining the various biological modules into one living, self-replicating cell. Most likely, merely putting the parts together will not be enough, because the processes that are to make up the minimal cell as envisaged by the Danelon Lab require a mere 150 genes. However, the simplest life form known so far is an artificial bacterial cell created in the Craig Venter Institute, which consists of 473 genes, quite a few more than 150. Moreover, it is not at all clear what the exact function of about twenty percent of these 473 genes is. This is something that also needs to be addressed in the future.
As complex as a city
This much is obvious: there is still a lot of work to do. When asked if he believes creating a synthetic cell is even possible, Scott answers that he does. 'But I think we should expect such a cell to be at least as complex as a modern city, meaning that no individual will understand all the parts', he says. So how much longer do we have to wait? 'I'm afraid that's impossible to say given our current knowledge of biology, says Danelon. 'But one thing is for sure: this project will keep us busy for quite some time to come.'
'Cell-Free Phospholipid Biosynthesis by Gene-Encoded Enzymes Reconstituted in Liposomes' by Andrew Scott, Marek J. Noga, Paul de Graaf, Ilja Westerlaken, Esengul Yildirim and Christophe Danelon was published in Plos One on 6 October 2016.


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Live to Dance: Best Dance Act in America
Right now, much of the United States is about edgy, razzle dazzle pyrotechnics as far as much dance is concerned. Even the new and heightened awareness of the art of ballet, due to the popularity of the movie, Black Swan, is that kind of special effects shock effect with the reprieve of the artistry visible in the film through the choreography of New York City Ballet's Benjamin Millepied.
I can see why some of the performers doing well on Live to Dance are getting acclaim. Most of it seems to be a competition for dance routines… acts… the kind of showcase performances and recitals that are the bread and butter of many American dance schools. Show dancing. A very few give me the art of dance and the craft of it.
The group, Twitch, represents this edgy kind of dancing. I wanted to know who did their choreography and who taught and rehearsed them. This is a high power, acrobatic group that wowed us with their gifts. I felt I was seeing a professional modern dance company at times. These high school dancers gave 110%, were well-rehearsed and dynamic. I had a difficult time deciding between them and Dance Town Chaos. Twitch's dramatic fast non-stop action and costumes made me think of another young people craze, the Twilight Saga. Twitch's male soloist looked a little stiff and off at one point when he was in the spotlight, but that was the only solo that stopped me for a moment.
I do wonder if this kind of sharp, thrown, attack-the-space choreography isn't a flavor of the month craze. But I haven't watched the show each time to know what kind of range in choreography Twitch has, nor what they can do that might use another side of these fine young dancers. Thumbs up.
White Tree Fine Art is altogether different. Two sweet people whose choreography at times speaks to the heart and at other times seems a little plain and nondescript. They are a breath of fresh air to all the frantic sharp pow antics of most of the other performers. Unfortunately after the last performance of theirs I saw, this time the piece they did felt ordinary and a bit dated. Since I know exceptional ballet technique when I see it, I didn't find either performer to have the highest caliber technique and they felt a bit limited in what they can do. With masterful choreography, perhaps they'd fare better. Thumbs down this time.
The Vibe. On past viewings of this group, I found them dynamic and unusual. This time, I found the choreography chaotic with no core, theme or focus for my eye. There were moments – flashes – of design and then those were lost. I view this group like a dance company and as such I have seen so many companies that knocked my socks off. Such companies used choreography that was theatrical, well-performed and a feast for the eye. Something happening everywhere isn't necessarily a plus, unless we're at the circus. Cirque du Soleil comes to mind. But even Cirque uses thematic material and the work is choreographed to be viewed – to lead us somewhere, emotional or thought-provoking or stimulating in its design.
Chaos can be a theme but I don't think that was the intent behind The Vibe's performance. What does The Vibe want to say – each time? What does its choreographer(s) want us to get from a viewing? A pure adrenaline rush? I was grabbed as I said, at moments. But somehow because whatever was behind this performance wasn't clearly defined to engage me, I didn't feel involved – as I did with Twitch and as I did later in the program. This is where craft comes in.
Dance is a visual kinesthetic form. With so much going on all over the stage, it's difficult to be affected kinesthetically or artistically and especially emotionally. Where am I supposed to look? What could I feel – learn – appreciate? I could take little in because I was flustered looking from one spot to another. I couldn't connect.
Kendall Glover. Wow. This soloist – at age 11 – did what no one else did for me all evening. She had it all–technique, charisma, passion and choreography that allowed me to see her, connect with her and all she has to offer. I had tears in my eyes during her performance. Why? Because she listened to the judges and grew. She was totally present – effective in sharing her dancing with the viewing public.
Although her choreography remains too similar for my taste, since I first saw her Kendall learned to connect each movement into a whole which made this a dance rather than isolated gestures and acrobatics flung haphazardly. She's a little spitfire. Her dancing this time had more nuances – she held certain extensions so that I could see her control and technique and musicality. She also lets us in: she's so eager, determined and honest. I loved her and what she shared. A big thumbs up.
Dance Town Chaos. Wonderful. They gave me all that I ask for in a performance. The choreographer's eye for design – incredible. Unison work amazing. This group was innovative and offered a challenge to young men everywhere – a call to the dance – and what dance, dance that is athletic, beyond sports, dance that is challenging, engages the spirit and has incredible growth potential. Thumbs up.
D'Angelo & Amanda. They're adorable. They're serious. They've learned technique. However, they're difficult for me to judge because somehow instead of being able to be children which they are and which Kendall was allowed to be, they looked like mini-adults copying an aesthetic that they couldn't possibly know in their hearts or minds. They've learned to dance in a way that seems superficial. I didn't see a uniqueness or individuality or choreography that took me in and let me feel them in some personal way, whether musically or through characterization, story, or pure dance.
Because Amanda's growing and long-legged, I found her body a bit all over the place and that was distracting, interrupting my focus on the pair and on the style of dance. What might help is if she learned to have more control instead of throwing her limbs. Still, these two youngsters had great technique for their ages. Unfortunately, what they did didn't affect me deeply or engage me in any kind of visual excitement the way choreography by Derek Hough on Dancing with the Stars usually does. Once they learn to gift us with who they are and their choreographer decides how to best show them off, and it may take some maturity, they may be an amazing pair. Thumbs down.


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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
~ Edgar Degas
The first time I marveled at a painting was in elementary school as we studied Vincent Van Gogh's "Stormy Night." I'm not sure if it was the sense of ordered chaos or the way the colors popped off that page that caught my eye, but that painting has always stuck with me. Art is often called the great equalizer and that sense of connectedness is on display every day at Moorhead's Rourke Art Gallery & Museum.
"Art is about expressing and evoking a feeling. All humans have emotions and can react to art in this way," said Rourke Program Director Trudy Sundquist. "While art is for everybody, it is important to note that artists use their creativity to express how they feel or what they see in their surroundings, which might include gender, race, religion, etc."
The Rourke Art Gallery & Museum was founded in June 1960 by James O'Rourke, who had a desire to showcase the stellar work of local and regional artists. In 1996, the organization expanded to its current space in the former Moorhead Post Office building on Main Street. Since that time, the Rourke's permanent collection has grown to approximately 4,000 works, including regional art, important 20th-century artists and art movements, and global art.
Sundquist shared with me a little-known anecdote involving O'Rourke and the first purchase of his collection. Apparently, when O'Rourke was a student at Concordia College in the 1950s, he visited an exhibit at the college and collected his first work of art, a small sculpture based off of an Ashanti gold weight. O'Rourke didn't have any money (like most college students), so he sold a suit coat to purchase the piece.
O'Rourke's estate was closed on February 22, 2016, and encompasses over 4,600 objects valued at over $1.3 million, including that gold weight statue. His bequest to the museum is the single most valuable donation of art in the history of the FM area.
Although Sundquist has only worked at the Rourke for a little over a year, she already recognizes the central role the museum plays in the local art scene. "The Rourke strives to present and preserve local and regional art and artists," she said. "I am relatively new to the FM area and it's been a wonderful opportunity to get to the know the fantastic and very talented artists of this area."
Through a Lake Region Arts Council grant, the museum recently developed the Rourke Art Academy, consisting of classes for both kids and adults. These classes are free of charge and according to Sundquist, aimed at "connecting locals with area art educators to learn about new and 'outside-of-the-box' forms of art."
Some classes last term were Aerosol Street Art Interactive Demo and Lecture with Jared Frober, Cory Gillerstein, and Micah Leitel (for all ages), Holiday Up-Cycling Craft Party with Chelsea Thorson (for all ages), and Acrylic and Mixed Media with Emily Williams-Wheeler (5th-8th grade). The Rourke will host another set of class in the fall and winter of 2016-17. Exact offerings are still being finalized.
Currently on display in the Rourke is the 57th Midwestern Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art. Although the exhibition is over September 4, there are still a few days to peruse the exceptional collection. Lasting a bit longer is the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists' (FMVA) Art Educator's Exhibition. Open to all art educators that feel the need to create and communicate why art is essential in our communities, the exhibition will be on display through September 18.
Admission to the Rourke Art Gallery Museum is only $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and free for children and students. The Rourke is open Friday through Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Updated information on exhibits and classes can be found on the museum's Facebook page or via http://www.therourke.org/rourke-art-academy.html.
By Jamee Larson