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Vastavam web: The RBI has said that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, returned to banks when the government demonetised high value currency 15 months ago, are still being "processed for their arithmetical accuracy and genuineness".To a query on the number of demonetised notes, it said, "…subject to future corrections if any, arising in the course of verification process, the estimated value of specified bank notes received as on June 30, 2017 is Rs 15.28 trillion (lakh crore)".Asked to provide the details of the deadline for finishing the counting of demonetised notes, the RBI said "specified bank notes are being processed in an expedited manner".
As on date, 59 sophisticated Currency Verification and Processing (CVPS) machines are in operation in RBI for the purpose, it said.The government had on November 8, 2016 banned the use of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes and allowed the holders of these currency bills to deposit them with banks or use them at certain notified utilities.In its annual report for 2016-17 released on August 30 last year, the RBI said Rs 15.28 lakh crore, or 99 per cent of the demonetised notes, had returned to the banking system.
The central bank said in the report, for the year ended June 30, 2017, that only Rs 16,050 crore of the Rs 15.44 lakh crore in old high denomination notes had not returned.


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Open Data Day 2015 in Greece
On February 28th 2015 ODI Athens and the Greek Free/Open Source Software Society (GFOSS) celebrated the World Open Data Day (ODD15GR) at Innovathens, Athens. More than 200 people from different scientific and economic domains participated to the event to advance their common interest on open data.
Two sessions of four parallel workshops filled all available space of the Innovathens area. The workshops were organized in collaboration with partners from the public and private sector, including academic institutions and research centres such as the NCFSR "DEMOKRITOS", the National Documentation Centre, the Agro-know, the SciFY, the Computer Technology Institute "Diophantus", the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens and the Ministry of Interior, with the support of the project Freme.
The keynote speeches by Phil Archer, W3C Data Activity Lead and Elpida Prasopoulou captivated the audience which had overcrowded the room. One of the most significant highlights of the event was the announcement by Michalis Vafopoulos for the beginning of the operations of an Open Data Institute node, in Greece - ODI Athens.
The event concluded with three timely and inspiring speeches by Elpida Prasopoulou, Stavros Lounis and Iraklis Agiovlasitis, with regards to how open data can drive business innovation.
You can read more information and details about the event at odi.ellak and photos at Flickr_ellak.

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Watch: Chase Yentzer Tops 125 All Star Class at Unadilla
Monday, August 12, 2019 | 5:20 AM
Prior to opening ceremonies at the Circle K Unadilla National, the massive turnout of Upstate New York fans were treated to a 2-stroke showcase during the 125cc All Star Series. The morning brought cooler than normal temperatures, providing the perfect weather for more than 40 2-strokes to buzz around the legendary Unadilla MX track.
As the gate dropped on the start of the moto, Pennsylvania's Chase Yentzer got his KTM 125 SX off to a strong start, setting a blistering pace around the extremely challenging and technical racetrack. Yentzer, who previously won High Point, charged until the checkered flag to take his second 125 All Star win of the summer.
Behind Yentzer, New York's very own Trevor Schmidt and RedBud race winner Justin Cokinos duked it out for the final podium positions. Schmidt held on to take the runner-up finish, while Cokinos was just behind in third, making it an all KTM podium sweep.
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Vientiane struggles to keep up with road maintenance
Photo: the trucks drive very fast in Vientiane narrow roadWith heavy traffic, overloaded trucks and recent rains all taking their toll, many roads around Vientiane need urgent repairs to ensure traffic runs smoothly and safely during December's SEA Games and beyond.
"Our officials are working to repair damaged roads to ensure public safety and reduce road accidents," Deputy Head of Office of the Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department, Mr Khambay Sitthixay, said on Tuesday.
He said department officials have set their sights on carrying out repairs to the road leading to Sikhottabong district's Vientiane Vehicle Control Unit next month.
The road, the condition of which has been deteriorating in recent years, is showing signs of constant wear and tear from vehicle traffic.
A stretch along Road No. 13 North, about seven kilometres from downtown Vientiane, is also in need of repair, he said.
Mr Khambay said officials had already carried out some work which had eased travel problems. Other roads were also on the list for repair.
"We are planning to repair the road from Dondaeng to Tanmixay villages in Chanthabouly, a stretch of road in the area of Nonsengchanh village in Xaythany district, and another between Khamsavath and Dongkhamxang villages in Xaysettha district," he said.
Vientiane Urban Development and Administration Authority (VUDAA) is the organisation working to repair damaged roads and to seal others around Vientiane.
Some stretches of road in the four districts of Xaysettha, Sisattanak, Chanthabouly and Sikhottabong have become badly damaged from extended use, as well as increasing traffic including overloaded trucks.
Recently VUDAA repaired roads near the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Laos in Sisattanak district and near That Dam in Chanthabouly district.
In the 2007-08 fiscal year, VUDAA had a budget of 7 billion kip, a figure the authority sees as insufficient to repair all damaged roads and drainage systems around Vientiane.
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This project is a way of improving the mobility in our school, especially of high school students, and a way of responding to major problems in our city: poor mobility as well as carbon dioxide emissions that affect our health.
The ideas
The project came from our ecology class. The teacher asked us what we observed about mobility in our city: the good things, bad things, what was necessary to improve and what we would change. Then she asked what we observed about our school's mobility and if we thought there was a problem. We answered "yes". We realise that we did not care for that problem before and did nothing to solve it.
Not all of the students wanted to participate in a new project to improve our mobility, but many of us (10 out of 30 to be precise) did commit. Then we searched for help in other high school groups until we were 27 students and 4 teachers.
At the beginning we did not really know what to do. We decided to work with what already existed: Ciencias Route and TEN Transport. Neither of them worked well. Such as big school should have a good mobility system, because otherwise it becomes a big mess like the current one is. We gave ourselves homework: to think of new ideas. And we did.
We searched newspapers, internet pages and organisations' platforms for information that could give us a broad overview of the situation in our city.
Big cities always have big transport mobility problems, and Guadalajara does too.
This is what we found in our investigations. The problem of mobility is one of the biggest since we are 4.4 million people in Guadalajara. There are 2.5 million cars in the city (according to SITEUR and COEPO). This means that there are more vehicles than trees in the metropolitan area. It also represents inconvenience, production of tonnes of carbon dioxide and the loss of many working hours that affect the local economy. 30 km per hour was the average speed in 1995, but now we have reached an average speed of 19 km per hour (less than the Mexican capital).
Then we went to the guard at the entrance to our school and asked him he could count the number of cars coming into the school. He decided to support us. After he gave us this information we gave it to the school committee because it was really interesting information that helped us to get our next data.
Only in Instituto de Ciencias we are 2,900 students that arrive at school in more than 1,300 cars. Students travel an average total of 8 km to arrive at the institute. Adding what every student travels in a school year, we would complete 156 circumnavigations of the globe, consume 46 tanks containing 20,000 litres of gasoline and spend 9.3 million Mexican pesos a year.
The information obtained was astounding; it was unbelievable that this number of cars represented only half of the total students in our school. This is why there is a need for immediate solutions that produce a solid change in the long term.
We realised that current solutions as TEN Transport and Ciencias Route were not working, but they were not bad ideas. What we had to do was promote them more. We also had to implement more solutions and ways of communication. And so we thought of Collective Spin, Group Trip and Ciencias Ride.
To create a solid project we had to make a good survey. We had made a start, but we needed to know the opinion of the students. To make possible this idea we made a questionnaire in a computer programme that all of the high school students had to answer. In this way we obtained the information in an organised way.
The questionnaire started with an explanation of our project. Then we asked how students transport themselves to and from the school. Afterwards we explained different mobility options and asked which of them they would use. Lastly we asked them to name the area their homes we located in.
We were surprised by the quantity of students that made group trips and were very glad to know almost everybody was disposed to use at least one of our mobility options.
If we did not want to fail, we had to start our project with a smaller sample group. We decided that we would work initially only with sixth semester students. Working with less people would make our task easier and working with these older students would give us better results, since a large proportion of them have their own cars. So then if the project did not work, the lower grade students who would stay at school for at least one more year would not have the bad experience of a failed project and we could continue working with new strategies and ameliorations.
We also decided to leave the Ciencias Ride for a while until the project was established. This option will be way that high school grades communicate with the rest of the school. It consists of having a card in each car with a colour and a number which correspond to a certain area. If you see a card that you know corresponds to an area near your home, you can ask for a ride. For protection, these cards will not have any insignia of the school so that the general public cannot know what they are for.
The research was complete and it was time to plan the project.
To support the project we decided to allocate one day on the subject of mobility in 'Pro Ecology' week. Pro Ecology week creates consciousness about our habits and the environment. We also informed how we can reduce our consumerism and decrease harm to ecosystems. The special day for mobility was planned for 20 February 2014. This day we gave a place to the parents in charge of TEN Transport, to promote it and to obtain relevant information from interested students.
On 8 April 2914 we fostered another day, Collective Spin. We gave away a Ciencias Route t-shirt to all the students who arrived at school by bicycle. There were almost 30 students.
Also, to foster more people to use one of the strategies, our ecology teacher gave us some homework: to film us implementing one of our mobility options.
And as last effort, we pasted some posters of mobility consciousness that we got from a national competition.
The project will continue after 30 April 2014, as there are lower-grade students who are still interested in it. It will be implemented from the beginning of the next academic year, but now in all the school as we realise it is worth it.
The initiatives
After our investigations, we came to a conclusion: the problem is the lack of ecological consciousness and poor communication between parents and between students.
There exists a committee at an institutional level consisting of figures of authority such as principals and teachers, as well as students' parents from kindergarten to junior high school. High school students who are involved in the Ciencias Mobility project also have a place on this committee this year. This way, the section of the school where students have their own car, ride a bicycle or use public transport will be considered in the strategies for improving the mobility of school members.
We worked together with this committee, informing it of our progresses while we worked with project implementation in the high school.
On 6 March 2014 before implementing the project we had a meeting with the students that would guide the different meetings by area and the teachers who helped as support. The students explained how it would work and the things that were necessary (such as a laptop, a marker and a downloaded video). This meeting was a success because everybody understood what they had to do.
The next week, on 12 March 2014, the project began. The principal gave us permission to stop classes at 10:45; every sixth-semester student had to go to the classroom that corresponded to the area where they live. There was a list in each classroom that indicated the different area groups and the number of classrooms that corresponded to them. We tried to cover all the areas where the students live, but there were some where only one or two students live. Because of this, we asked a teacher, who was an expert on the metropolitan area to be in a classroom where all the students that did not know where to go could ask which group corresponded to him or her. And if there was no classroom allocated, they could stay with the teacher, listen to how the project would work and search for more ecological ways to transport themselves. There was no way to get lost.
The meetings began. There were little problems such as the audio and the lack of connections to project the video, but they were all solved. We had some classrooms with forty students and others with fifteen because of the different concentrations of students in the metropolitan area. We could not divide into smaller or bigger groups. In each classroom there was a minimum of one leader, sometimes up to three, with one teacher helping to organise and contribute ideas.
This is the information that was given to each classroom leader, and the way the meetings developed:
• Introduction
o Projection of the video 'Buenos días' (Good morning).
• Explanation of mobility alternatives
o Ciencias Route or Collective Spin: Ciencias Route consists of going to school by bike in the morning along a set route. There are different starting points which leave at 7:00, with the possibility to choose the closest. Collective Spin is an agreement with your neighbours to arrive at school by spinning together. It can be all days.
o Group Trip: To agree with your neighbours to attend school in a communal automobile.
o TEN Transport: A private bus hired by the school. You pay a monthly share to use it in the morning, at afternoon, or at both. There are different, specified pickup points. More can be added if the bus will pick up a minimum of required students.
• For Group Trip (write down names):
o Who is offering car
o Who needs a car
• For Ciencias Route or Collective Spin: Write down names and name a person in charge.
• For people interested in TEN Transport: Ask at the end to contact Claudia Castillo, the parent in charge of this mobility option.
• Name a person in charge that creates a group in either Whatsapp or Facebook, this improves communication between members of different areas.
• Make it clear that the project worked thanks to them and that their form of contribution is also possible because of their efforts.
Clearly, not all areas reached the objective; we cannot force anyone to participate. But the majority of the students could see who lives near them and agreed to travel to school together.


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Discussion in 'New Jersey Devils' started by Cowbell232, Aug 24, 2012.
Starting thread.
Sorry Scotty.
I still got my post in, so I'm cool.
Not drunk.
I miss college.
Just getting started.
Needless to say, the party's already getting started among the freshman crowd at Stevens.
I ****ing love college.
Don't be like me.
Nah. I cut myself off so I'd be able to make it home.
Living off-campus is a positive in that regard. If I kept going, I'd probably be passed out on the floor of my friend's dorm right now. Other than that, I'm ****ed up.
I'll be in here this weekend.
If you can make it back to your place you aren't ****ed up
Amen. I'm moving back into the city later today. Never have to worry about being ID'd again.
My cousin is in town this week. Last time I drank with him, I walked forty blocks through Philly drunk at 4 am with a cut hand bleeding all over my clothes. I think I might avoid him this time.
Staggering the whole way and walking into a bench and two sign posts...
You be the judge.
So you were intoxicated, but not ****ed up. Believe it or not, most people aren't exactly the most graceful after drinking a few. Doesn't mean they're ****ed up.
To me, ****ed up is being unable to stand, fading in and out of consciousness, vomiting, garbled and incomprehensible speech, or any combination thereof.
Meh, okay, then... I was just intoxicated.
****ed up? No.
Very drunk? Yes.
I'm still learning, guys.
Still learning is fine. Everyone starts somewhere. Just don't boast like you're a hot shot because you just started college. Unless you manage to drunkenly stumble across state lines and/or cross a major body of water by foot/swimming. Then I'll be impressed sooner rather than later.
drrrrrrurnk. i own the planet.
ill fight anyone who would disagree.
.......its cool. well have a pint after the tussle and laugh about it.........
**** off!
**** yo couch.
and good ****in night!
I don't care if I ever become a successful person with a lot of money to spare, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for bad vodka
Bad vodka is the life line for poor college kids. It helped me too often. Popov will forever be in my personal hall of fame.
No beer at the fair? What fun is funnel cake and demolition derby if you aren't half in the bag!
Indeed. God bless the fine people at Barton's.
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One of the areas of stress for many entrepreneurs and career professionals is about the number of fans or followers they have on social media. How many Facebook fans should you have? How can I get more Twitter followers? Is 500 the magic number for LinkedIn connections?
You see, humans like to wrap their heads around the tangible, and follower count seems like a tangible way to measure success on social media. Continue reading


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Police ask for help in finding bank robber who threatened teller with knife
Winston-Salem police are asking for help in identifying a bank robber who threatened a teller with a knife Monday morning.
The robbery happened at 10:48 a.m. at the Sun Trust Bank, 4306 N. Liberty St.
Police said the suspect, described as a man in his 50s, threatened a bank teller with a knife, while demanding money from the bank.
The robber then fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was wearing a gray sweat suit, white tennis shoes, multi-colored knit cap and a red scarf.
As the suspect reached the parking lot of the bank, he entered into the front passenger seat of a vehicle waiting in the parking lot.
The vehicle was described as a late model, burgundy-colored, four door, passenger car, and was last seen traveling north on Old Rural Hall Road.
The vehicle was driven by another man, who is believed to be involved in this crime.
No one was hurt during the incident.
Anyone with information about the incident or suspects is asked to call the Winston-Salem Police Department at 336-773-7700 or CrimeStoppers at 336-727-2800.


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PClassic Records boss and hitmaker, Mr. P comes through with another sensational track titled, "Too Late". This new jam was produced by Goldswarm.
"Too Late" is a good song that you won't regret listening to at any particular time in which the singer was inspired in fixing the broken homes with this track with his cool bars and matured wordplay with punchlines. This will touch your soul and make you repeat it forever.


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Prisma, a full-service marketing solutions firm based in Phoenix, Ariz., has significantly increased its capabilities in the folding carton market with the installation of a Heidelberg Easygluer 100.
Director of Technology nominated for Phoenix Business Journal award
Prisma is proud to announce that we have nominated Lisa Hunter, our Director of IT, for Phoenix Business Journal's 40 Under 40 awards.
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The devil knows me well. He knows my weaknesses, and he knows how to deflate me so much that it affects every aspect of my life. Lately he's been actively trying to convince me that life is of no value, which is exactly the opposite of what I am fighting for in my pro-life work. Coincidence? I think not.
Satan is so perverted that he is taking the core issue of my mission in life (defending the dignity and value of every human life at every stage), and he is trying to convince me that life has no meaning, beginning with my own. He tells me how worthless, unworthy, shameful, ugly, messed up and imperfect I am. He wants me to believe that I am beyond the power of Christ's redemption. He is doing everything in his power to blind me of my worth in Christ.
Satan's self-destructive thoughts spill over to how I view others. Sometimes I can only see people for their imperfections. Sometimes I question why any of us bother in life since we're just going to fail again. Sometimes I feel completely unmotivated to help others because "they're not worthy". How much pain this must cause Christ! I've been fed with Christ's truth before, and, therefore, I know these are damaging lies.
The devil wants nothing more than for me to lose hope. He wants nothing more than to see me suffer in this life and burn in hell for eternity. He'll do all he can to make me feel so unworthy of Christ so as to stop approaching Him in prayer, in the Eucharist, and seeing Him in others.
There is hope. There is help. Christ Our Lord has sacrificed the ultimate sacrifice in full. There is no redemption that we can possibly win for ourselves. It must hurt Him terribly when we choose to ignore Him and deny His love. What a slap in the face to tell God that He doesn't know what He's doing by loving someone so undeserving. He has a love that truly knows no limits. New life in Christ is His gift of love, and when I choose to accept it, I can truly love others more. I can love them for who they are and meet them where they are at, just as Christ has chosen to do for me.
With my experience in doing pro-life work, I have come to see the damaging effects of Satan's lies. In some cases, it's not just a question of proving when human life begins. Rather, it is a question of does this life have value? It's sad to hear people describe a child as a "product of rape" instead of a child. It's sad that many hold the idea that a child with a disability would be better to never have been born. It's sad to hear people prejudge a life by saying that abortion would be better so the child wouldn't have to experience the same cycle of poverty that he's born into.
The truth is, we will never know the potential of a human person, and everyone is born with same dignity in Christ. Jesus died for every individual, no matter how imperfect, just the same as he died for you and me. Yes, every one of us is broken, but thanks to Christ, we are broken and beautiful.
If you are struggling with some of the same things that I struggle with, I invite you to say this prayer on letting go and letting God take control.
Let Go and Let God
Dear God,
I let go of my need to be perfect, and I let You fill me with Your perfect love.
I let go of my ideas of fulfillment, and I let You fill me with what I truly desire.
I let go of what I think of myself, and I let You define my worth.
I let go of what others think of me, and I let You tell me who I am to You.
I let go of my appearance, and I let You shine through me.
I let go of my unreasonable standards, and I let You work through me.
I let go of my will for my life, and I let You reveal Your plan for me.
I let go of all of my past sins, and I let You forgive me.
I let go of my reliance on myself, and I let You be my Redeemer.
I let go of how I view others, and I let You love them through me.


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Title: Interview of Jules Olitski
Date: 1977
Physical Details: 2 videocassettes (U-Matic) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. ; 1 hr., 24 min., 23 sec.
Description: Interview conducted by Kenworth Moffett
Creator: Olitski, Jules, 1922-2007
Forms part of: Jules Olitski papers, 1959-2012
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Once I started keeping a focus of leaving things better than I found them, a new level of self-seteem came in. It is a subtle thing. On some level, it feels very good.
Most times what I do, is something very small, like pick up a piece of trash or straighten something up. If I can't find any little thing to do, I leave a prayer.
Of course, the choice about what is better is subjective. That's part of the fun. You get to decide what that is.
© 2011 Jeanne Litt, All rights reserved.


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CFP: Practical Philosophy & Philosophical Practice
Submission deadline: January 13, 2019
Conference date(s):
March 1, 2019 - March 3, 2019
Conference Venue:
Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Topic areas
Applied philosophy involves using philosophical theories and principles to address specific questions of practical relevance. Traditionally, this has meant the application of principles of moral and political philosophy to issues relating to public policy and social organization. Yet, as contributions within applied philosophy of language, metaphysics and philosophy of science highlight, this model may involve an unhelpfully restrictive view both of the range of philosophical principles applicable to practical concerns, and of the nature of 'practical relevance'. The traditional model is further complicated by the fact that, as both critics and proponents of applied philosophy have observed, the relation between practical context and philosophical principle is sufficiently dynamic as to problematize the ordinary use of the word 'applied', since the principles applied are often challenged and altered by empirical facts of a given context. For instance, recent work in applied epistemology and applied aesthetics has stressed the need for a theoretical approach that recognizes the interdependence of epistemic, aesthetic, and moral values in everyday life.
The aim of the 2019 PhilosoFest Graduate Conference is to bring together philosophers from across the disciplinary spectrum to explore the ways in which sustained philosophical engagement with a specific pragmatic context can both illuminate questions arising within that context, and interrogate and enrich existing philosophical concepts and methods. We welcome submissions that address specific problems within applied philosophy, discuss methodological and metaphilosophical questions raised by applied philosophy, or both. Papers may examine the socially-relevant, everyday, experiential, or interdisciplinary possibilities of any area of philosophy, including, but not limited to: ethics, political philosophy, epistemology, history of philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of law, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science.
Papers will be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion.
Please email abstracts of 400-600 words, in PDF or Word format, to: firstname.lastname@example.com


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WHETHER you're hosting an intimate Christmas Eve feast or a Christmas Day sit-down lunch, a beautifully styled table is sure to bring the festive wow factor.
Choosing a colour scheme is the first step to decorating a table, says Trilogy Furniture interior designer Dorien Copejans, who recommends a palette of two to three colours and continuing the scheme throughout the home, including the Christmas tree and even the wrapping paper.
This not only looks most effective but creates a sense of harmony and unity in the house.
"Colour coordinating your tablescape together with your tree and presents always looks sophisticated and less cluttered,'' she said.
"Make a festive statement using Christmas decorative pieces that match your tableware and glassware.
"Drape garlands or wreaths with beautiful candelabras across the table as your centrepieces."
If you don't have enough table space, Ms Copejans suggests hanging branches and decorations from the ceiling above your dining table to create a dramatic look.
White, ivory, gold and natural greenery are in this season, while clutter is out.
"Layering your table with linens, dinnerware and glassware will definitely make the occasion more glamorous,'' Ms Copejans said.
Bon-bons add a fun element to the table and are something the whole family can enjoy.
This year, Trilogy Furniture has been transformed into a sophisticated festive wonderland, with stunning handcrafted decorations from Belgium that are timeless and exclusive to the Claremont store.
"The items this year are larger statement pieces as well as 'collector' keepsakes,'' Ms Copejans said.
"All of these pieces are timeless and handcrafted by an extensive design team with each being uniquely different from the other."


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Can't earn it…don't deserve it.
Sitting face down on my bed praying, crying really, someone said something to someone else, gossip starts which creates distractions, hurt feelings and damaged relationships. I'm not sure how the snowball got formed or who pushed it down the snow covered hillside, but by the time it slammed into me it was a hard, cold, dirty and painful.
As I placed my head in my folded hands and cried, I wanted so desperately to cry out to God, intercede! I wanted to be bold like David before the throne and cry out to the Lord God of the universe to fight my battle, to carry His standard before me.
"I come to you, Lord, for protection; never let me be defeated. You are a righteous God; save me, I pray! Hear me! Save me now! Be my refuge to protect me; my defense to save me. You are my refuge and defense; guide me and lead me as you have promised. Keep me safe from the trap that has been set for me; shelter me from danger. I place myself in your care. You will save me, Lord; you are a faithful God." Psalm 31:1-5
I wanted so much to cry out for the Lord to fight this battle and defend me, but I felt unworthy. I sat there with my face to the floor wanting to cry out for my Father's help and couldn't because I know I'm not perfect. I wanted to go to my Father and show Him I was bleeding and ask for His help, but I was afraid because I was dirty.
Does any of this sound familiar? This was one of those moment where God truly spoke to me. David wasn't perfect, neither was Paul, neither was Peter. He doesn't call people because they are perfect, actually they are usually very very imperfect. In that moment the God of the universe showed me that His love, His protection, His defense was not dependent on my perfection, or even on my being worthy. It is only dependent on His love.
Let that sink in a moment… how often have we not gone to God because we feel we are unworthy?
There is a song on the radio right now by Cory Ashbury, Reckless Love, and it says:
There's no shadow You won't light up
Mountain You won't climb up
Coming after me
There's no wall You won't kick down
Lie You won't tear down
Coming after me
He fights for us, He chases us, there is no distance, no pain, no sin, no obstacle to big (or too small) that He can't – won't overcome to get to us. Hear me dear ones, there is NOTHING that can separate you, make Him love you less (or more). We all need to step out with the boldness of David and claim the amazing grace God has given to each of us. There is nothing out there that can separate you from Him.
I cried harder at the realization of the depth of God's love for me, than I did at the pain that this situation caused. He stands between me and trouble, He defends my right and left side, He goes before me and protects behind me. The only part I play in this relationship is to keep my eyes and heart on Him, and follow. He will guide my steps and lead me in the way of righteousness.
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School House Rock, still rockin' my world
A couple of weeks ago we attended my youngest son's school play. They did a rendition of School House Rock where a new teacher was having some serious conversations about whether or not he could cut it as a teacher. Throughout the program the School House Rock songs were used to illustrate how much this teacher really knew and build up his confidence to start his first day. It was a wonderful production and my synopsis doesn't really do it justice. However, one of the songs they played, truly brought a tear to my eye, not just because of the childhood memory it invoked, but because of how far we have fallen away from the very concept. To see a group of almost 100- 3rd graders from incredibly diverse cultural backgrounds holding hands, and singing The Great American Melting Pot, filled me with joy and sadness at the same time.
I don't think I realized at that moment, how much the moment affected me until this morning. The drive to get three of my kiddos to their various schools each morning takes me about an hour. During the second half of that drive, we travel through an economically depressed neighborhood. The street is lined with mobile home parks, and at the time of the morning we drive through, it is also lined with children walking to school. There are children from Somali families taking refuge here, there are Hispanic, African and Dominican children walking to school in large groups; the older children keeping an eye on the younger children. Many of the parents are walking with them.
What struck me this morning were the smiling faces not just of the children but of the adults as well. Many of them wearing yellow crossing guard vests as they man the street corners where children will cross to get to school. They smile and wave as many of the cars pass by. Then there are those who take this street as it's a cross between to major roadways. They are booking it down the road, way over the speed limit in their high end cars. They don't like the crossing guards, they don't like the school speed limit signs, they like to slam on their breaks and honk their horns…schools crossings are an inconvenience to their very busy and very important lives.
"Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor." Romans 12:10
I think that we've forgotten, that unless you are a full blood native american, you too probably come from a refugee family. Somewhere in your background either distant or recent, someone came to The Great American Melting Pot to start a new life, for a better chance for your children, to escape tyranny and oppression, there are so many reasons why. When did we become so much more important, more valuable and more entitled than everyone else?
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:34-35
This morning broke my heart! I felt nothing but love for the incredible people living in this city who, to some, are nothing more than a commute slowing bother. I applaud the courage it took to leave behind everything they knew, to start over, and work for something better for themselves, and their families. I am so grateful to be an American, my family came here, some on the Mayflower, to start a new life and to build something great, to be a better example for the world. Sometimes, I think we need a reminder of that. I'm a French, German, English, Irish and Native American Indian, American and I am so proud of that.
Christ called us to be disciples of ALL nations, not when it's convenient, not when it's safe, not when they look like us; ALL nations. How can we possibly be the people we are called to be if we are just rushing by at 55 mph in our cars with tinted windows, wearing our dark sunglasses, not making eye contact?
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20)
As I write this, I am praying that it will be received in the spirit with which it was written. It is written in love, for everyone, love takes time, intent and compassion. Please, don't lose sight of who we are called to be.


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By David Baugher
The Daily Record Newswire
ST. LOUIS, MO -- If Michael Downey has a rule on when not to take a client, he learned it a decade ago.
It was on the simplest of cases - a name change for two children. He asked around and was told the matter could probably be handled in chambers.
''The judge came out in his robe and said, 'Mr. Downey, call your first witness,''' recalled Downey, who hadn't known formal proceedings would be necessary.
''What happened was that a name change was no big deal. An appointment of 'next friend' for the name change was apparently a much bigger deal.''
Downey, now a partner in the St. Louis office of Hinshaw and Culbertson, eventually handled the matter.
But in the interim, the rookie attorney got a weeklong nightmare of paperwork and confusion and a lasting lesson: Not every client who walks through the door should be represented by you when he or she walks out.
The client who comes bearing a case outside your area of expertise is one type to avoid. But there are other clients to watch out for, as well.
As much as any professional hates to turn away business, especially in tough times, sometimes it's the best policy. Doing otherwise can lead to endless headaches, unpaid invoices and even malpractice claims.
Downey, who has just authored the book ''Introduction to Law Firm Practice,'' has a wealth of experience on the issue of screening for problem cases.
In fact, his area of specialty is working with attorneys and accountants on risk management issues.
''If lawyers ever got really good at selecting clients, I'd have less work,'' he says.
Here are nine kinds of clients to avoid:
1. The 'death or glory' client.
One warning sign any attorney should look for in a new client is a grudge, says Ed Poll, of LawBiz Consulting in Venice, Calif.
''Are they seeking to kill the other side?'' he asks. ''Are they looking for a hammer when a scalpel might work? If you are the scalpel, then you might not want to take that matter.''
2. The client who doesn't 'feel' right.
Attorneys often can smell disaster coming. If something seems amiss about the client, move on.
''They really need to rely on their gut instincts,'' says Steve Couch, vice-president of claims for The Bar Plan, which offers professional liability insurance coverage.
''Evaluate a prospective client just from an ability to get along with them. Is the client uncontrollable? Belligerent? In other words, is he or she the kind of individual who is going to be difficult to control and may be resistant to following legal advice?''
3. The conspiracy theorist.
Everybody has that one crazy acquaintance who seems to think the world is out to get him - literally. That person may make for a colorful and interesting friend, but don't let him become a client.
''If they start telling me that the judges are working with the FBI and the Russian secret police, I'm just not there,'' Downey says.
''My usual answer is that everything you're telling me may be absolutely true, but it's really not a case that I'm prepared to handle.''
Take on such an eccentric client and you take on another problem, too.
''Odds are at some point they are going to believe that you are working with the Russian secret police, too,'' Downey added.
4. The untrustworthy client.
Sometimes, especially in criminal defense work, attorneys work with clients whose history is checkered. Buyer beware.
''When you look at what results in the largest claims against law firms, it's almost always the dishonest clients,'' Downey says.
''They've done studies, and the really large judgments against law firms tend to come from a client who engages in fraud and the lawyers are accused of aiding and abetting the fraud.''
5. The overly confident client.
Think twice about the client who seems far more certain of the outcome than you are.
Make sure he has a strong sense of what can reasonably be achieved through your representation.
''If clients are convinced that they have a no-lose case, that's another red flag,'' Couch says.
''We all know that with litigation comes risk of loss. If clients do not recognize that risk, then it's likely that they are going to be looking for somebody to blame if it occurs.''
6. The overly principled client.
Clients often say that it's the principle of the matter, not the money.
Changes of heart on this point can lead to shifting expectations and demands. Attorneys should be aware of this.
''At some point, the reality is that after they've spent about $100,000, it's going to be about the money,'' Downey says.
7. The established deadbeat.
The best indicator of the future is the past. The client you need to reject the most may be the one you already have - especially if he or she isn't paying the bills. Don't throw good work down the hole.
''Your first loss is your best loss,'' says Poll, author of ''Getting Paid: Collecting Your Fee from Intake to Invoice.''
''Do not keep doing work for a client who doesn't pay you. Don't expect them to pay you a larger bill when they couldn't pay you the smaller one.''
8. The lawyer switcher.
Couch warns that if a client has a habit of hiring and firing attorneys, then expect him to continue that pattern with you, as well.
The corollary also is true. ''If a case has a history of lawyers withdrawing from or declining the representation, there's usually a reason for that,'' he says.
9. The serial filer.
People who sue a lot can be high-risk clients, Couch says.
''A similar concern is whether a client just has a history of being extremely litigious,'' he says.
''If that's the case, it certainly doesn't bode well if the client believes the attorney made a mistake. The lawyer can be the target of the next lawsuit that's filed.''
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I mentioned in the Liveblog yesterday that we visited some Roadside America sight called Jerry's Junk before the show last night.
At a quick glance, it's basically some dude's private collection of lawn jockeys and old bikes, you know the type of junk. And while it seems like it's all strewn about in arbitrary assortment, you start to notice that everything is in its place, and Jerry probably for sure knows where to find every last horseshoe.
We peeked in some of the windows and each room was stuffed with old shit. Mannequins. Disco balls. Yard flamingos. A suit of armor. From the various accounts I've read online, Jery also owns four other houses in the neighborhood, and they're all stuffed to the gills with more rusted oddities.
Henry was annoyed that I made him take us here, but I noticed he was strolling about at a leisurely pace, one hand behind his back like he does when he's feeing peaceful, stopping here and there to get a closer look at things. (Probably airplane shit.)
Chooch loved it because he got to play I Spy.
And then I explained to him about how those lawn jockey statues are racist so then he became angrily obsessed with them.
An educational experience!
Jerry didn't appear to be home. Various Roadside America tips said that speaking to him makes the experience even better, and I don't doubt it. I love eccentrics! And if we're being honest with each other here, I kind of saw my future in this place.
Later that night, we were at the Artifex Pereo, talking to the drummer Cory. He asked if we had gotten a chance to see much of Louisville and I excitedly blurted out, "Just Jerry's Junk!"
He waited a few beats and then said, "Oh…is that the guy who lives on Frankfort? With all the shit in his yard?"
God yes! That's the one!
And on the way back to the hotel after he show, our Lyft driver Nicholas asked us the same question, at which point I enthusiastically shot forward from the backseat (well Henry internally groaned) to tell him "WE SAW JERRY'S JUNK!!!"
Again, this was met with a few seconds of silence as he processed this information. Once it dawned on him what Jerry's Junk is (maybe the locals call it something different? That Jerkoff Who's Distracting from the Trendy Gentrification of the Neighborhood With All His Rusty Relics?
"Oh that guy! My girlfriend and I were there once and he came out to show us an Indian doll he had just got, that still had all its bits–he pulled down its pants to show us!"
Ugh, why couldn't that have happened to me?!
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I particularly appreciate the traditional red British phone box (occupied by E.T. no less!), since these days there are depressingly few of them actually in Britain.


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Another last minute score to win the game. But this time Wilmslow were on the receiving and went down 17-14 in a ding-dong battle at Vale of Lune.
The lead changed hands four times in an incident-packed, error-strewn contest hampered by some extraordinary refereeing decisions.
Wilmslow will admit they were the beneficiaries of some curious calls by Manchester Society ref Chris Higgins, but will feel let down by his final decision, which could have been the most costly.
The man in the middle blew up precisely on 80 minutes, despite there having been substitutions, injuries, blood changes and a full-on, 30-man brawl in the second half.
The Wolves' propensity for injury-time winning has been there for all to see in their previous two matches, but when the conversion failed after Vale's last-minute score, that was it.
Wilmslow will also admit that it was not the referee that cost them this pulsating league encounter at one of the prettiest grounds in the country.
Powderhouse Lane's giant pitch and natural amphitheatre was the scene of some of Lancashire's finest county victories under the legendary Bill Beaumont.
Neither Wilmslow nor their hosts could match the enjoyment of those games on Saturday and both will realistically be counting the cost of some poor decision making of their own that could have seen even more scores on the board.
Poor tackling was Wilmslow's worst enemy last week, despite Vale being bolstered by the arrival of South Sea Islanders in their team, who rarely shone.
Both home tries were well executed, but were also the result of poor tackles and defensive decisions from Wilmslow.
"There will be a lot of talk about the ref, but ultimately it was our own fault, said coach Giles Heagerty.
"How many times did we get a clean line break? Not one. How many tackles did we miss? Twenty at least.
"A number of big-game players came up short and they will be given short shrift. We were too flat, we were lethargic and looked disinterested.
"This game was there for the taking. When we restarted after half-time, I thought we were going to destroy them.
"Instead we made far too many errors and presented them with the game."
Despite the defeat, Wilmslow stay fifth in North One West and play fourth-placed Liverpool St Helens at home on Saturday, (ko 3pm). They won 22-10 at Leigh last Saturday and will be out to avenge Wilmslows 35-20 win at their place in the December gloom last year.
It took all of 30 minutes for the first score to go on the board, when full-back Bob MacCallum put Wilmslow ahead with a penalty. But Vale replied only two minutes later with a try from flanker Danny Lin from a pick-up behind a scrum in the Wilmslow 22.
The Wolves had dominated up front, marching the Vale pack back yard after yard in the loose. But they also failed to capitalise on their exciting back line by whipping the ball wide and fast to wingers Jordan Kennedy and Ben Day, back after a long injury lay-off.
The score remained 5-3 at half-time and MacCallum snatched back the lead six minutes into the second period with another penalty. Wilmslow's hard-working pack pinned Vale in their own 22 for another five minutes, lock forward Rob Cowley leading from the front, charging down a clearance kick and chasing hard to keep the hosts pinned down.
On 51 minutes, hooker Ollie Longmore and skipper Mike Clifford executed the perfect catch and drive from a five-metre lineout and Longmore was the last man up clutching the ball, taking Wilmslow six points ahead.
It was approaching the hour that Wilmslow's usually watertight defence let them down so badly. Vale winger James Hodder touched down. Neal Foster converted to give Vale the lead again.
An offside decision against the home side after Wilmslow had knocked on sent the Vale crowd into orbit, but MacCallum converted to snatch the lead back at 14-12.
It was while Wilmslow was repulsing a powerful Vale attack that all hell broke loose on the touchline near Wilmslow's try line. What appeared to be an exchange of handbags between two players escalated into a 30-man scrap, joined by players from the bench as well.
The referee, who had lost all control at this stage, thought best to witness the farrago from the centre of the pitch under the posts. If he wanted to see punches thrown and administer justice, he was not going to do it from there.
Seconds out, and the bell went for the final round.
It was all Vale. MacCallum combined with heroic centre Ricky Chadwick to execute a try-saving tackle. Minutes later, it was all over. Vale stretched the Wilmslow defence wide, flashed the ball along the line to winger Time Finau and that was that.


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By Pradeep Sukumaran, Open-Silicon Inc.
Published by intelligentsystemssource.com
Hardware IP vendors, such as ARM, and silicon providers that provide turnkey ASIC solutions, such as Open-Silicon, are collaborating on IoT SoC design. The result is SoC solutions that meet the performance, power, price and time-to-market constraints of the quickly evolving IoT Edge, Cloud and Gateway markets.
The Internet of Things (IoT) means different things to different people and it becomes a hotly debated topic when it comes to definitions, scope and how it impacts the future of almost everything. The semiconductor ecosystem, however, has a much simpler view, which is to categorize the many types of IoT SoCs into three simple segments, Edge SoCs, Gateway SoCs and Cloud SoCs. Through such SoC categorization, semiconductor companies can more easily devise strategies and offerings to address new markets and customers. Aiding this are two key players in the ecosystem, the hardware IP vendors who are now moving up the value chain, and the silicon providers who develop turnkey solutions. Both of these players have started to collaborate on critical aspects of SoC design and are helping make custom SoCs mainstream for IoT designs As a result, IoT SoCs are adapting nicely to performance, power, price and, most importantly, time-to-market demands.
Figure 1: SoC classifications in IoT, as seen by the semiconductor ecosystem.
Edge and Gateway SoCs are used in IoT edge nodes and gateway devices respectively, whereas Cloud SoCs are used in networking, telecommunications, storage and computing hardware. Examples on cloud side include, among many others, LTE base stations, satellite modems, enterprise storage devices, networking switches and HPCs. Turnkey ASIC vendors have been doing design and silicon manufacturing for cloud customers for more than a decade. Over the last 4 years, these companies are also seeing traction in the custom Edge SoC market driven by the proliferation of edge devices.
For custom SoCs, be it either edge, gateway or cloud SoCs, a key ingredient is mature and silicon-proven HW IPs. ARM's IP portfolio, for example, covers a huge spectrum of applications with its CPUs, GPUs, media processing engines, interface IPs, system IPs and even a Bluetooth radio IP. IPs such as these are predominantly used in microprocessor and microcontroller-based edge and gateway devices. However, they are now gaining popularity in cloud SoCs used in storage, networking and the newer micro-server market.
In the increasingly tighter time-to-market scenario, IP vendors are moving up the value chain by providing IP subsystems and even a standard or reference for SoC architecture. IP subsystems and reference design specification help ease SoC design and verification. It abstracts few complexities during integration, allowing developers to reduce time to tape-out, by at least a few weeks.
A good example of a reference design specification is ARM's Server Base System Architecture (SBSA). The target markets include private and public clouds, web serving, web caching, web search and a few commercial HPC loads. SBSA is a platform specification for ARMv8-A based 64-bit servers that helps standardize the hardware and software elements and, at the same time, spurs rapid innovation by allowing companies to focus on the differentiating IPs. Cloud technology is also being democratized by collaborations like the Facebook-initiated Open Compute Project, reference specifications like SBSA, and industry consortiums like CCIX, which is working on a specification for cache coherent interconnect for processors and accelerators. These could make the cloud side an interesting and growing market for more custom SoCs.
IP subsystems from ARM include CPU subsystems (ex: big.LITTLE technology for smartphones, IoT Subsystem), TrustZone Cryptocell, Cordio Radio IP etc. The IoT subsystem includes a Cortex-M CPU, AHB bus, and a few peripherals – all of them pre-integrated and verified, but still allowing for expansions on the AHB/APB bus. The TrustZone Cryptocell is a security subsystem that wraps key crypto blocks with a simple to use interface. The Cordio Radio IP is a Bluetooth 4.2 IP subsystem that includes a controller, PHY and RF along with BT software.
Enabling consolidation of critical features, like security within the CPU, the recently announced ARMv8-M architecture is a good step forward in IoT edge device designs. Combined with the AMBA 5 AHB5 interconnect and TrustZone CryptoCell subsystem, the next generation Cortex-M CPUs will further reduce the complexity of designing secure embedded solutions.
With these advances from IP vendors, it is important that the rest of the ecosystem reciprocates by also moving up the value chain and offering more to customers. Turnkey SoC providers can offer SoC platforms that further lower risk and reduce time-to-market. An example of an IoT Edge SoC platform that does this is one developed by Open-Silicon. The platform, employing ARM IP, is implemented on an FPGA and integrates the ARM Cortex-M4 subsystem with TrustZone Cryptocell and Cordio BT IP. ARM's mbed OS is the operating system used, and this allows easy integration of IoT-specific protocols. Such IP subsystems help to jumpstart and create SoC platforms, which in turn enables faster silicon tape-out.
Figure 2: Open-Silicon's IoT SoC platform, which gives custom SoC designs for edge devices a jumpstart.
In the application class of CPUs, ARM Cortex-A9 is a workhorse and is widely used in a variety of designs, starting with smartphone SoCs a few years ago, to set-top boxes, modems etc. It is also a good choice as an application CPU for gateway SoCs. An SoC with multi-core Cortex-A9 processors, special packet processing accelerators and high and low speed interfaces can be an ideal choice as the main SoC in an IoT gateway product. Open-Silicon has designed such an SoC in a TSMC 40nm LP process with quad Cortex-A9, running up to 1 GHz, which is one of its kind in the market. This SoC is currently in mass production and comes with a reference design based on Linux LTS OS and support for appropriate wireless communication modules like Zigbee, wireless-HART, Bluetooth, and LPWAN technologies like LoRa.
Figure 3: Open-Silicon's IoT Gateway SoC Block Diagram and HW Reference Board with Linux OS.
Open-Silicon's work on ARM-based SoCs are done as part of its ARM Technology Center of Excellence (TCoE), a focused initiative aimed at keeping in step with ARM's growing IP portfolio and identifying new areas of collaboration. It covers all key aspects of SoC design, including logic and physical architecture, design and verification, FPGA prototyping, CPU hardening and embedded software. As a part of the ARM TCoE, Open-Silicon has completed several custom SoCs for cloud customers and has successfully developed IoT Gateway SoC, including complete reference software. With new initiatives like the ARM Approved Design Partner Program, partners like Open-Silicon can be a turnkey solution provider for custom SoCs for IoT edge devices.
Figure 4: Technology Center of Excellence at Open-Silicon, which focusses on ARM technology. This has been successfully leveraged across multiple SoC designs.
About the author:
Pradeep Sukumaran is a Senior Solutions Architect at Open-Silicon. He has over 15 years of experience in engineering and management in the embedded hardware and software space. He specializes in technical solutions and serves on the company's strategy team where he works closely with customers and others in the IoT SoC ecosystem.


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Steaklocker Dry Aged Steaks At Home
Jun 19, 2014
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Some Contest Pictures
All I have to say is......you ladies are HOT!!!!! I mean look at all of your cheek bones, first of all. Great bone structure much????? Ashley, that is the best cat eye liquid liner EVER!!!!!! Mon, quite the temptress =). Stef...your eyes look AmAzInG!!!!!!! What brand did you use???? Thank you SO much for all of the entrees. I for SURE want to see more the next contest we have. I LOVE your pictures!!! Any ideas for the next one? I am thinking every six months. What do you think?
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- Jessica said...
Hi!! It was so fun to see you today!! I will call you and let you know as soon as we nail down the exact time for our make-up party. Have a great Sunday!! :)
- November 2, 2008 at 4:06 PM
- Stefany said...
Embarassing picture of me...you should have posted one of the others!!! Although I probably would have still felt silly! Oh well!
I used Cover Girl. It was the only thing I could find that had halloween colors in it at Walmart the night before halloween! And I had a dollar off coupon! :)
- November 4, 2008 at 3:45 PM
- ashley! said...
Thnx! But that was the first time I did it so, I guess watching Carmadie on What Not To Wear, really works! :)
- November 15, 2008 at 1:15 PM
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I now have enough companies to field two complete Colonial Spanish battles; I have almost every company type allowed. This rather large selection also morphs into my Royal English battle with the aid of the Hollander halberdiers and the English Adventurer longbowmen. Having two differently armoured 'conquistadors' means that they double as demi-lancers and border horse.
The scale, as always, is 15mm. The infantry are a mix of Essex (the priest, some of the targeteers and the Indian mercenaries), Eureka (the Indian archers), Grumpy (most of the rest). The cavalry are all Essex and the two large mastiffs are from Museum miniatures.
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Irregular Wars - Colonial Spanish
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Your army is splendid. Congratulations! I have the same project as you. The dogs of war are what manufacturer?
see you soon
I have looked it up and the war dogs are Museum miniatures. http://www.museumminiatures.co.uk/
Lovely units.ReplyDelete
Keep up the good work!
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by Sarah Dean
Sierra DeMulder is a Pushcart-nominated touring performance poet. In 2009 she won the National Poetry Slam, was awarded Best Female Poet at College Union Poetry Slam Invitational, and ranked 9th at the Individual World Poetry Slam. She lives in St. Paul, MN.
SARAH DEAN: Well, first off, congratulations on graduating from college and congratulations on diving back into full-time writing. How does it all feel to you?
SIERRA DEMULDER: It feels good. I originally was studying when I was your average college-aged student, and that's when I discovered poetry. My heart was somewhere else; it wasn't in the classroom, so that's when I became a full-time writer. But, at the time, I didn't have the experience to be a full-time writer. I'm thankful for the time I've had between then and now to learn who I am as a writer. I feel like I'm ready this time. I know how to be diligent. I didn't recognize it the first time I went to school. I'm really happy in the place I am now in my professional and creative life.
SARAH DEAN: Let's talk about your poem, "Today Means Amen." It has become a mantra of sorts for so many of your fans. What's the story behind it? What brought that poem to life?
SIERRA DEMULDER: I love this story. I'm glad you asked. It has longevity.
One of the very first spoken word pieces I wrote and performed was called Werewolf. It's about struggles with depression and self-harm. It was recorded and uploaded to YouTube back when YouTube wasn't what it is today. All of a sudden, it's on the internet where everyone – my friends, family, future employers, significant others – can see. Choosing to share a poem in front of an audience of strangers is one thing; at least you choose that, at least you have autonomy. But all of a sudden, I have this one poem a click away from people. I felt very vulnerable and anxious. I thought about asking for it to be taken down. I thought, People are going to think I'm crazy. Then, one of the most serendipitous things happened to me. I started getting emails and messages from people across the world. They said my sharing made them feel like they could share. It was a great reminder that none of us are ever alone, even if we think we are. I was gaining more and more publicity in the National Poetry Slam scene. I kept getting more and more messages.
In time, I went through my own journey of healing. When I step back and look at my life, I see a venue of people who followed me. When I wrote "Today Means Amen," I thought, What would I say to them now? What would I say to myself? Those people who found me in the darkness, who found solace in this dark place. With my poem, I just wanted to say to celebrate the moment that you made it right now. I feel very passionately about that.
SARAH DEAN: "Today Means Amen" is such a genuine and honest poem. It's very easy for poetry, for writing as a whole, to lack authenticity. How do you reach that certain level of authenticity in your writing, that specific something so many poems do not possess?
SIERRA DEMULDER: I genuinely love what I do. I love the opportunity that "Today Means Amen" gives me. Perhaps some of the genuineness you feel in that piece is that I also feel it so much. There's an emotional aspect to it.
Technically speaking, as a writer – in terms of craft – I often think of topics we think are cliché: love poems; broken heart poems. Those things are cliché not because they're bad but because they're so universal. They've been done before. But if you can write a good love poem, you take a cliché and make it new again. So much of my work is about communication, an exchange between the audience and performer. I think of the things I want to talk about and how I can relate them to my audience. I feel genuineness in everything I put out there.
SARAH DEAN: Many seem to steer clear of poetry because it appears inaccessible or too metaphorical. How do you strike a balance between defamiliarizing your audience while still writing accessibly? Do you think poets have a responsibility to write accessibly or be straightforward to a certain extent?
SIERRA DEMULDER: I try to have accessible topics or entry points for the audience or the reader. So, maybe I'm writing a poem about my sister. The audience doesn't have my sister, but they may have siblings. But to freshen it and make it new again, I try to use startling or innovative images. I always say in the classes I teach, "Make it weird" because then it's exciting.
If it's the poet's responsibility to write accessibly: professionally, every poet's relationship to their own poems is a personal one. However you want to deem your responsibility to the audience is up to you to gauge. But, if you choose to not purposefully think of your audience when you write, then you cannot hold them responsible for disengaging from your work. If you don't invite them to the party, then you can't hold them responsible for not showing up.
SARAH DEAN: How do you ensure that your poetry rises above the individual? Applicable to many instead of just you, so a poem won't seem like nothing more than a diary entry?
SIERRA DEMULDER: Trying to find that entry point, whether it's a specific memory or something you can just imagine. In a poem, if I say, "I walk into a room. I feel sad. My mom is in another room." Sure, I can relate to that, but there's no personal entry point. Adding details, which may only be specific to my life, make it real. It's making sure my story is one people will listen to.
Let's say you can't relate to my poem, you can still feel empathy, that human connection. I'm giving the audience and the readers a way to enter the poem, even if it's not about their lives at all.
SARAH DEAN: I want to talk a little about your work in slam poetry. You've won the National Poetry Slam twice. Is slam your preferred method of sharing your writing? If not, what is?
SIRRA DEMULDER: I'm lucky enough to be able to perform regularly in a noncompetitive setting. I'm so lucky that my art is also my job. I love performing; I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing if I didn't love it. I love the theatre of slam, the energy exchange between audience and performer. That being said, I think I have a different relationship with each of those things. I covet the image of a young writer reading my book late at night. I remember the first time I read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. I wanted to eat it, to drown in those words. I remember holding it so tight. Especially to the venue of audience I have, I am honored by the image I have of people who read my poems and hold them. I so often think of those people, so many young women, who hold my books late at night.
Right now in my career, I'm moving away from the slam poetry scene. I'm trying to get into the academic/publishing world. I owe everything and all of my respects to poetry slams and the art of my performance poetry. Even with the success I've found in the academic poetry world, I believe slam and performance is how I got started. I was at a very uppity poetry reading last night, at a country club. The audience was, maybe, sixty years older than I am. But, still, I found a connection to that audience. I think that academia can turn up its nose at things that the Average Joan doesn't automatically understand. I work a lot with high school students. So often I hear that they don't like poetry because they don't get it. That's the poet's fault for not reaching you; that's not your fault as a reader. Of course, this can vary. I still feel that poetry can be this aristocratic thing you can only get if you're smart enough to get it. The purpose of slam was to bring poetry to the people. You aren't saying that if you don't get the poem, then this poem isn't for you. Slams bring people together to listen to the arts. It's such a fascinating cultural experience. I believe in the human aspect of it and how it's influenced my work going forward.
I am constantly in awe of how magical my life is sometimes. This magic is just communication, open hearts. I still get those messages about Werewolf. But it's not even about me; it's about the poem. When I speak with these fans, I forget what piece we're even talking about. I only know that we make each other feel less alone and more alive and okay.
SARAH DEAN: What books do you reach for when you need inspiration or when you simply need to get out of your own head?
SIERRA DEMULDER: Louise Erdrich. I actually named my dog after one of her characters. She really taught me how to tease out characters, how to make day to day life a poetic act. Also, one of the first books of poetry I was given and read and therefore changed my relationship to poetry, was Sharon Olds' The Dead and The Living. It's really a gift for other writers to see how a writer evolves and is able to write for so long. It was published in 1984, and her newest was published in 2013.
And Jason Shinder. He's passed away, but his last book was published after his death. It taught me to let go of some of those formalities of writing – the accessibility – and the audience will follow because of the authenticity. Also Kevin Young, Rachel McKibbens, Toni Morrison, Cornelius Eady–the first person who taught me that a book of poems can be a series, the whole creates something more than the pieces do. I also have a Must-Read Spring list which includes the following:
Danez Smith: [insert] boy
Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz: The Year of No Mistakes
Hieu Minh Nguyen: This Way to the Sugar
Franny Choi: Floating, Brilliant, Gone
Rachel McKibbens: Mammoth
SARAH DEAN: You've talked a lot about human connection with your audience, your readers. One of the easiest ways for writers nowadays to keep connected is with social media. And you're quite active on social media. You update your Tumblr and Facebook page, you announce shows, and you share first drafts of poems on your blog for National Poetry Writing Month. A lot of writers feel social media is detrimental to their craft. What's your stance on that?
SIERRA DEMULDER: I think that has to do with your relationship to your writing. I am very lucky enough to say that my job is to be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to make a living off of this.
The two parts of your brain have to work together: an emotional artist who needs to create work, and the other half is a business, saying, "This is my job and I'll be damned if I don't work hard."
I see a level of pretention from a lot of artists, too. And I see a lot of creative people who don't want to put their work out there. Why can't we be our own biggest fans, our own biggest advocates? To quote Ru Paul, "If you can't love yourself, how the hell are you going to love anyone else?" If you can't treat yourself with the respect you deserve, how will anyone else? I have pride in my work and in my ability to reach people. I want people to say that they deserve success, too. I've been thinking of why we hide from pride. We teach humbleness as if it is the only option, especially for women and especially for artists. Elizabeth Gilbert's Ted Talk on nurturing genius, which everyone should watch, says that as artists we're trained to hate ourselves. If you write the best poem of your life at 30, how do you keep going? She's the author of Eat, Pray, Love. It's a huge bestseller; it was made into a movie. Obviously, the pinnacle of her career, they said. She says that that's the type of thought that makes her want to wake up and drink gin at 10:00 AM. I feel very strongly that self-love and art can exist at the same time.
A lot of my social media work is really enjoyable. I like connecting with people online over poetry. A huge motivation for me is trying to be as professional as possible, and that means having a social media presence in the 21st century. I think I have a broader audience because of it. I really love connecting with people. I don't want people to think that I wake up in the morning looking beautiful and then write a beautiful poem and get a million messages form fans who adore me. I work 50 hours a week, promoting and writing, being my own tour manager and publicist and bookkeeper. Social media can definitely be a distraction. For example, after we get off the phone, I really need to write some new poems.
SARAH DEAN: Besides writing a few new poems after we get off the phone, what exciting things are coming up for you?
SIERRA DEMULDER: I have several. In three weeks, I'm flying to Germany to perform for a week in different cities in Germany. The department of Urban Culture in Munich is paying for my flight. I've got a series of shows following that trip which you can see on my website. I've accepted a teaching residency at Get Lit in LA. It's basically a nonprofit to increase literacy for young people with the use of classic poems and spoken word. And, Write Bloody will be publishing a new chapbook of mine soon.


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