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Because 2012, DBS supported over one hundred social enterprises in Asia with grant funding. Social entrepreneurs are men and women with revolutionary options to society's most pressing social challenges. The movement contains both non-earnings that use company models to pursue their mission and for-income whose principal purposes are social. There are quite handful of schools that present a social entrepreneurship degree, and these are all post graduate research top to a Masters degree. Corporations are continually searching for techniques to raise corporate advantage through their social responsibility efforts.
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He explicitly comments, Not every single new small company is entrepreneurial or represents entrepreneurship." He cites the example of a husband and wife who open a further delicatessen store or an additional Mexican restaurant in the American suburb" as a case in point.
Social entrepreneurship achievement stories abound, such as Wendy Kopp, who launched, Teach for America, a highly productive movement to eradicate educational inequity in the nation by signing up the most promising college graduates to teach in low revenue communities.
There are diverse forms of social entrepreneurial organizations, like for-profit and non-profit organizations. Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which apply marketplace-based methods to accomplish a social objective. This need for achievement is directly connected to the course of action of entrepreneurship … Entrepreneur is an energetic moderate danger taker. In unique, markets do not do a superior job of valuing social improvements, public goods and harms, and added benefits for individuals who can't afford to spend. Several charities are social enterprises through and via: they do not rely on grants and donations, but alternatively earn the bulk of their earnings by means of selling goods and solutions. Run a quantity of programmes, such as Social Enterprise Locations , which recognises social enterprise towns, cities and villages in the UK.


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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced his plans to revoke the Common Core standards, sparking a political scramble and procedural tug-of-war in the state.
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(Episode starts at Pops' House)
Rigby:AAH!!!! Don't do that!!
Mordecai: Dude you gotta stop sleeping with your eyes open. It's creepy
Rigby: Whatever it's totally unatura-OH WHAT?! A 'Tonare 3500' (reference to the Atari 2600). Where did you get this?
Mordecai: I found it at my parents house. And look what else I've found. (throws a game to Rigby).
Rigby: (looks at the game) Whaaaat? Tim and Mark's Golden Badge Secret Adventure. You've never got pass level 65 because we were dumb kids who didn't how to play video games.
Mordecai: Oh I bet we can get pass level 65 now.
Rigby: Oh I bet we can beat the whole game right now.
Mordecai: Plus it's saturday, so we won't even have to get in trouble.
(Mordecai gets rid of their current console which looks like a SEGA Master System and Rigby places the Tonare 3500.Then Mordecai plugs in the cord to the outlet, Rigby puts in the game into the system, Mordecai plugs another cord into the TV then turns on the system. Then the startup screen with a woman's voice saying "TONARE!")
Mordecai and Rigby: So many memories.
(The title screen for Golden Blade Secret Adventure comes up.)
Rigby: Hpmh! Hpmh! This is only gonna take 20 minutes top.
('10 Hours Later')
Rigby: What's that?
Mordecai: Dude, it's the final boss. We're gonna beat it. (Still playing the game) 1...2...3!
(They beat the boss)
Mordecai and Rigby: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh! Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah.
Mordecai: Huh? (gasp) It's legendary game designer Maury Moto!
Maury: Congratulations. You are a super player. Claim your golden blade here.
Rigby: Wait? They're real?! Golden game badges are real?
Mordecai: Dude, take a picture we gotta save the map.
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CAIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The decision of a number of Arab countries to sever diplomatic relations with gas-rich Qatar would impose a strict regional isolation on Doha, Egyptian political experts said on Monday.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt cut on Monday diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing the Gulf state of supporting and financing "terrorism" as well as interfering in their internal affairs.
Later on the day, Yemen, the Maldives and Libya's eastern-based government also decided to sever diplomatic relations with Qatar.
"These steps have been taken after all mediation efforts made in the Arab-Islamic-American Summit last month have failed," Egypt's former assistant foreign minister, Hussein Hariedy, told Xinhua.
He said that severing ties with Qatar came after Doha determined to continue pursuing the same policies that support terrorism and are based on interference in the internal affairs of other countries.
"Apparently, Qatar had no desire to amend its policies which led these countries to sever ties with it," Hariedy.
In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Egypt decided to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar in light of the Gulf Arab state's persistence to take a path against Egypt, and the failure of any attempts to prevent it from supporting terrorist organizations, topped by the Muslim Brotherhood.
It added that Qatar is sheltering leaders of the Brotherhood who targeted security and safety of Egypt by conducting terrorist operations.
The statement attributed cutting ties with Qatar to the state's promotion of extremist thoughts of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, its support for terrorist operations in Sinai, as well as its intervention in Egypt's internal affairs in a way that threatens its national security.
The statement said Egypt would close all the air and marine spaces, ports for all the Qatari transportation means to preserve Egypt's national security.
Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE took similar decisions by closing all land, sea, and air contacts with the fellow Gulf country.
In 2014, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar to protest its support for the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that is labeled a terrorist organization in the three countries.
"The recent decisions to sever relations will isolate Qatar within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League as well," Ambassador Hariedy pointed out. "This will no doubt cost Qatar a lot."
These measures will intensify the isolation not only on the ruling regime but also on the people of Qatar, he revealed. "Qatar imports most foodstuff from Saudi Arabia, the only country Qatar shares borders with."
Qataris have business and connections in other Gulf states and the recent crisis will "for sure affect all of their trade as well as the deeply rooted family relations," he explained.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mohammad Kamal, a professor of political science at Cairo University, hailed the decision to sever diplomatic relations with Qatar as a "good step" and a beginning to impose "isolation" on Doha, adding that Qatar must revise its policy both within the GCC and in the wider Arab world.
Qatar should review its cooperation with terrorism, its support, funding as well as hosting of terrorist elements on its soil, in addition to a review of its role with regard to Iran, which is in sharp contrast to Gulf policies and policies, Kamal said.
The expert said that Egypt's decision to join Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain gave the issue an Arab dimension and a greater weight, and encouraged other countries to join and take similar steps.
"The ball is now in Qatar's court...the Gulf States and Egypt are waiting for Qatar's reaction and the steps it should take to regain their trust," Kamal said.


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My experience is in early childhood. I have a specialization in infant toddler, newborn care specialist. I have been a professional nanny, newborn care specialist, early education teacher and cofounder of a charter elementary school. Raising children may seem challenging and might even feel like it doesn't come naturally. I'm here to say that indeed it does. We all have our own experiences as a child and when we begin to have our own children we question the best approaches. We even question or traditions and values. All out of love for our newborn child, our Co parent and the whole family.
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Note: This review originally appeared in the August 1992 issue of the Illinois Entertainer. The issue featured J. Kevin Unsell's cover story on Ministry, along with Dag Juhlin's article on XTC, and Penelope Biker's profiles on locals bands Catherine and Charming Beggars. I reviewed this impressive new release from Peter Case.
Peter Case has a classic rock and roll voice that served him well with The Nerves, a trio that was well ahead of its time in the mid-1970s, and also with The Plimsouls, which he formed a few years later. Six Pack Of Love, his third solo effort, and the first with a full band backing him, marks a return to a more electrified type of pop. In fact, "It's All Mine" is similar in spirit and melody to the rambunctious "Magic Touch" from The Plimsouls' classic Everywhere At Once LP.
On "When You Don't Come," Case's guitar sounds like a buzz saw slashing through timber while his vocals convey the bitterness of waiting for a girlfriend who never arrives. "Vanishing Act," written with Tonio K, covers similar ground, while Case's collaboration with Billy Swan, "I've Been Looking For You" would fit right in on a vintage Hollies album. The harder-edged material on Six Pack Of Love is balanced by a few ballads, including the hauntingly beautiful "Last Time I Looked."


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Official Chang I was a great talker and enjoyed argument; he was capable of declaring black white and white black. Itinerant and braggart, he had a mouth that encompassed oceans and seas, and his tongue wagged as he boasted of seeing the curved roofs of mythical cities. This might be called the "colour" of windbags.
Finally, it should concern those who seek "colour" in writing and speaking that words and sentences have not only form but also sound.
Ah! Considering the vastness of the heavens and the earth, looking around at people and things, reading polished essays, listening to brave utterances, all these go together and make a whole and colourful world. How can colour be said to apply only to painting? Evan those who live good and pure lives are part of this world; they are like the landscapes in light ink by Ni Yun-lin at which the ignorant laugh and poke fun. Today so many people live in limited and colourless worlds. How may they be offered a fuller life and contentment? Pictures are one means, so let us speak of painting.
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Hey friends... I'm wondering do audiophiles like my self like to use Spotify set to max sound resolution 320kps which is not mp3, but is Spotify's own codec, which is called Ogg Vorbis. I do think it sounds surprisingly good! There's punch in sound, it's clear and nice. Of course cd side by side with Spotify with same remasters cd is of course better! But not my much in my book, or ears. Spotify sounds a bit narrower vs cd which sounds a bit more open. But if you play a non remastered cd then Spotify has no chance. I've tried Tidal. I think Tidal sounded a bit closer to cd then Spotify, but not by much. Their MQA Files only sounded different, not better. And Tidal app is well you know... But what surprised was the MQA files. They did not scream hallelujah to me. So in the end Tidal was not worth it. Do audiophiles use Spotify? Or is it Tidal that rules? Your own ripped cds? Thanks.
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Growing up, I could never see myself as the dancer I am today without Vlad. He shaped me as a dancer, but more importantly, a person with a good work ethic and respect for my peers. When Vlad asked me to perform with BTA, it was an absolute yes, especially when I found out I was partnering with my old duet partner. Perfectly Imperfect was my first show right after graduating from college. It gave me the confidence to audition for what I wanted, as well as helped me work on partnering that would later help me in casting opportunities. After BTA, I joined Visceral Dance Chicago for two years, where I got to perform some amazing rep and work with some very talented dancers. I'm currently in Loveland, Ohio teaching all over North America and starting a small pop up company. BTA provides experiences unlike any other. The hands-on choreography process prepares you for what it is like in all professional settings. Vlad is a creator, a teacher, and most importantly a dreamer. He produces incredible work. Becoming part of his dream is something I will cherish for the rest of my life.
Cody Szarko is a native of Toronto, Canada. He started dancing at the age of 12, falling in love with the art. He pursued a more serious approach under the direction of Vlad at Vlad's Dance Company in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Furthering his artistic ability, he obtained his BFA in dance at Point Park University with a concentration in Jazz. Upon completion of his degree, he was offered a contract with Visceral Dance Chicago, a contemporary dance company. Throughout his career, Cody has performed works by world renowned choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Monica Cervantes, Alejandro Cerrudo, Robyn Mineko Williams, Sidra Bell, Jamy Meek, and Banning Boudin. He has performed and filmed with the band Celtic Thunder, performed for the Lions Club International as well in the Miss America Organization as a guest artist. When not performing, Cody flourishes in teaching movement across North America connecting body and mind through his movement language.


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I just don't think you can ever have too many coupons. I will scour the internet for the best deal or code. I am relentless in my search for savings.
The first place I turn is usually CouponChief.com. The site is continuously updated and makes it so easy to find the best deal for me.
On our last few visits to Target Brenna has stopped to "feed" and brush the FurReal pony. She is infatuated with it! Doug has, very firmly, said "NO!" But still I watch the Target coupons- just in case. Because it would be cheaper than the real thing.
I really enjoy the ease of shopping online. One of my favorite retailers is eToys.com. Their prices are really nice, they can ship to multiple addresses (a BIG plus!) and they will gift wrap. Their customer service is really good, too. Last year I had a problem with a toy not being shipped and they took care of it and got it to Doug's niece just in time. They have a inflatable jumper that I am considering for Caelan at a really nice price, so I am watching for eToys coupons codes to save on the shipping.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 2:00 pm
Renee Stein, Director of the Parsons Conservation Laboratory at the Carlos Museum
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The International Council of Museums, in an effort to fight against illicit traffic in cultural goods, compiles the Emergency Red List of Egyptian Cultural Objects at Risk. This list aims to help art and heritage professionals and law enforcement officials identify Egyptian objects that are protected by national and international legislations. View the Red List for Egypt.


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Sunday, 23 December 2012
The Difference between Swedish and English Christmas
Normally I get the best (or worst!) of both English and Swedish Christmas. Usually I spend most of December in England and get to eat mince pies and drink mulled wine until I'm fed up with it. Then I go to Sweden just in time for Christmas to enjoy gingerbread snaps and "glögg" (The Swedish version of mulled wine served with raisins and almonds).
This year I've been in Sweden for the whole month and therefore I've missed out on all the English Christmas parties. To me it seems like the English Christmas is louder and merrier especially with the crackers and silly little hats. Swedish Christmas feels quieter and more holy. Already on the 13th we get a bit of holiness through Lucia, people dressing up in white, putting candles in their hair and singing carols.*
I'm not going to talk much about the food as I'm a vegetarian and both Swedish and English Christmas is very meat based, but to simplify it: Swedes eat ham and the English eat turkey (and perhaps roasted swede, but parsnip is more likely!). In England people usually get a plate with all the food while people in Sweden help themselves from a buffé known as a smörgåsbord.
Maybe the biggest difference is that Swedish Christmas is celebrated on Christmas Eve, and Santa knocks on the door and enters the house to deliver the presents. (In the picture last year's Santa knocks on the window.) In England Christmas is celebrated on Christmas Day and Santa usually leaves the presents in a stocking.
So what do I prefer?
Mince pies or gingerbread snaps (pepparkakor)?
Mulled wine or glögg?
Merry or holy?
Xmas Eve or Xmas Day?
Santa himself or a stocking?
The answer is of course ... I want all of it! I want a Swenglish Christmas
and therefore I got my brother to buy crackers from The English Shop in Stockholm.
*I'm aware that I'm generalising and what I'm writing is just personal observation. There are some Swedes that get very merry indeed after a few "snaps" (shots of spiced vodka). And there are some English people that have holy nights too.
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Sunday, 16 December 2012
Week 30: Last Week - Creations in the Countryside of Småland
I only had three hours sleep after the Stockholm drama last week,
but there's no rest for the wicked ...
When I arrived at my last host's place I had to participate in making cheese cake.
Swedish cheese cake is nothing like English cheese cake.
The biggest difference is that the Swedish version doesn't have a crumbly base
and it contains lots of almond, both sweet and bitter.
The milk we used came from local cows that had been milked that very morning.
Making cheese cake wasn't half as difficult as making Christmas cards though.
It took me two hours to make one single card at my host's work place.
And I relaxed even more taking a walk around Flisby in the county of Småland.
Minus sixteen degrees when driving to town one morning!
The Swedish winter tyres with studs were much needed.
One of the tasks my host gave me was to feed the birds.
We had some "Lussekatter" - Swedish Lucia saffron buns - left over and the birds loved them!
One Saturday morning we went out in nightie and pajamas and made snow angels!
As a grand final I made a painting as my host is a super cool artist and she often makes art with an abundance of glitter - Christmas or not.
Now I've arrived at my parents' place. It feels unreal that I've completed my thirty weeks of staying with thirty different people. So the big question is what's next?
The most important thing is of course to write my Swenglish book based on these thirty weeks, but first I need some rest. I have some ideas about where to go and what to do ...
However I still don't know whether to settle in England or Sweden. My ultimate dream is to have a flat in Brighton and a house in the countryside of Sweden.
A journalist who interviewed me this week suggested that I marry a Swedish farmer ... no way!
I was going to milk a cow the other day though. Unfortunately it was cancelled due to illness, but I'm going to do it next week perhaps. To be continued ...
I will still update this blog weekly, so see you later dear readers.
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Week29: Stockholm Drama
Sometimes it feels like Stockholm and Sweden are two different countries. I've spent four weeks in Stockholm with four different people during Swenglish, and what they have in common is that at least three of them are stressed, more stressed than people living in other cities.
Stockholm is where it all happens. Both good and bad stuff. This week I've been to the opera for the first time in my life and I've been to a PR event for a new magazine and I've been to a bar/club where only selected people got a stamp and an entry to the "secret" dance floor. I've seen two very good authors, Karl Ove Knausgård and Nina Björk. I've also been to McDonald's for the first time in twelve years, a place I would never have entered if it wasn't for this project and the fact that I have to shadow the person I'm staying with.
Now I'm on the train on my way South to Småland where I'll spend my last Swenglish week in Flisby, the village where my dad grew up. Hopefully it should be quiet, but I've learnt to expect the unexpected ...
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Week29: Winter Worryland
When I first saw snow back in October I was excited and felt very English – or perhaps childish – for pointing at the flakes saying "Look it's snowing!" as if I'd never seen snow before. Now when there's winter for real in Sweden the novelty is gone.
And I'm worried. Will I survive the Swedish winter? I haven't spent a whole winter in Sweden since 2002/2003. The snow is like an unexpected the guest that you are happy to see briefly in October and can put up with in December, but when that guest is overstaying until April you're very fed up. Perhaps this white guest will leave for a few weeks and you'll feel the vibes of spring, but just as you put your winter coat in the cupboard you can be sure that Ms White returns once again ...
At least the Swedes are better prepared for winter than the English. For a start: it is very warm indoors! No one is saving on the heating as most people who live in flats whether they're are renting or owning have the heating included in the rent or fees. The traffic doesn't stop even though there are delays.The schools and shops and libraries don't close. People don't panic buy food in the supermarket. In a way I miss the days of occasional snow in Brighton when I could leave work at 3pm because there was no public transport ... (Ironically my host this week couldn't leave work because they were removing snow from the roof outside her office.)
And I'm not just worried about the snow. I've only got two weeks left of Swenglish, two weeks of deciding whether the live in Sweden or England. The snow is definitely going against Sweden, but the standard of housing is a big big plus.
PS. If you wonder about the skull on my coat pocket, it's not a Christmas tree decoration as an English friend once thought. They are "reflectors" and a majority of people wear them in Sweden so they can be seen by cars in the dark.
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Week28: It's Me or the Cats!
Swenglish. I've had a couple of moments (like week8 when I was sick and staying in a caravan) when I've thought "I'll never make it to the end", but I've never been as worried as I am now.
With only two and a half weeks to go things are starting to go a bit wrong. Last week's host cancelled with a day's notice because her child was sick and I had to call a person on the waiting list who luckily said yes to hosting me. This week I've had a cat problem.
My host lives in a one bedroom flat with three cats. I'm aware that I'm a bit allergic, but thought I'd give it a try. I lasted two days. Then I got fed up with not being able to breathe properly because of my asthma, so we had two options: moving me or moving the cats. As you might know, dogs have masters and cats have staff. And it would have been a matter of removing all the hair as well, so it was easier to move me.
Now I'm back with last week's host who was kind enough to let me crash at his place, even though he's annoyed with me for leaving sock fluff everywhere and splashing water all over the bathroom. To his relief I'll still follow the cat mummy around in the daytime as I've promised to help her organise a birthday party. Her 40th. (I doubt I'll have to make cucumber sandwiches as was the case for the birthdays during week5.)
God knows what I'm doing in 10 years time ... all I can concentrate on is completing Swenglish. Let's hope I last another 2 weeks! I just got a text from host number 29: "Eat garlic so you don't get sick for our mad week! :D". Who said Swedes were boring?
PS. I really love cats, it's so unfair that they make me sneeze and itch and of course I can't help cuddling them even though I shouldn 't ...
PS. I really love cats, it's so unfair that they make me sneeze and itch and of course I can't help cuddling them even though I shouldn 't ...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Week27: Leading English Park & Winning Bandy Team
I had no idea that one of the most English parks in the world is situated in Sweden. I'm back in Stockholm and my host recommended that I walk through Haga Park near his work place. On an information board it said "one of the world's leading English parks". Apparently an English style park consists of view points, lawns, bushes, trees and winding paths. How original. I must admit I didn't see all of the park, but I came across a "Turkish Pavilion" – which reminded me a bit of the the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
Last week I tried my luck on the ice, this week I ended up by the side as a spectator, drinking beer. Bandy is a winter sport similar to ice-hockey, but instead of using a flat black puck, the game is played with an orange ball, a bit smaller than a tennis ball. The playing area is bigger than in an ice-hockey and usually the game is held outdoors.
My host is a fan of the south Stockholm team Hammarby and they won the game against GAIS from Gothenburg with 8-1. Even though I think it's quite an artful sport to watch, I lost interested after 4-1, feeling sorry for the losing team. I also felt a bit restless because I wanted to be on the ice myself, I quite liked bandy when I was little, as my hometown Nässjö is a "bandy town".
After doing so much sport last week I kind of got addicted to the endorphin kick. I'm not interested in competing or running faster or longer, but every time I've stayed with people who exercise a lot I've felt very happy and energetic, and I hope I can keep up with it after Swenglish is completed. One person I stayed with even used the gym as a substitute for anti-depressants. Normally my host goes running three times a week, but he's having a period of rest at the moment, so I'm climbing on the walls! (Not literally this time ...)
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Week26: Lou on Ice
I'm proud to say that I only fell over once. However another lady in the group was proud that she had fallen twice: before she had been afraid of falling, and to learn you have to be willing to take risks and be prepared to fall, so perhaps I'll fall over more next time ... If there's a next time! I think I prefer ice-hockey, because at least then you're allowed to wear proper equipment like elbow- and and knee pads.
I'm staying on the West Coast of Sweden in Halmstad which is a summer city, but no matter where you are in Sweden there's always an ice-rink where people do sports like ice-hockey, bandy or ice-skating. Before we went on the ice we had been running on the beach – including some cross fit exercises – so my legs were already a bit sore. And on Friday night I've been promised zumba dancing. This is the most sporty week since Swenglish Week 11 when I stayed with a girl who took me running and climbing. But she also took me to the pub after we'd been exercising. Here I get protein shakes and vitamin smoothies! The Swedes win when it comes to being healthy ...
Anyway, I'm very grateful that I got to try ice-skating. Through Swenglish I've realised that I feel the most alive when I try something new and challenge myself - no matter how scary it is.
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Week25: A Vegetarian's Nightmare
Swenglish I shadow my hosts at their workplace when possible. My childhood friend and current host spends her days cutting up pigs and making mince out of cows. Luckily I just had to observe rather than take part, but that was sickening enough.
In Sweden there are hardly any proper butcher's shops left. The closest you get to a butchers' is the "fresh" meat area of a supermarket, but even so that kind of business is dying down in favour of pre-packed meat.
The small supermarket where my friend works is situated in a village near my hometown where the local dialect is very strong. I found it amusing to listen to the customers who sounded very rude, even if they didn't mean to. There aren't any pleases and not too many thank yous in Sweden.
At the end of the day I helped with the washing up, rinsing off corpse parts from the trays and pouring bloody water down the sink. And I was close to puking when I was shown the ox tongue. My friend thought I would get used to it, but I declined her offer to spend another day at her workplace ... To me, eating pigs and cows and sheep is the same as eating cats and dogs and other pets, so that's why I find it so hard to handle meat.
I'm pretty convinced I'll remain a vegetarian for the rest of my life. It's better for the animals, the environment and the health. Even though it was a small supermarket, I was happy to find a few vegetarian and vegan products like oat ice-cream and soya sausages. In general I think there are more and better veggie options in English shops, and the labeling in Britain is great: you don't have to read the ingredients, just look for the wording "suitable for vegetarians" which doesn't exist in Sweden.
Friday, 26 October 2012
Week24: Subtle Differences - Size Matters?
Swenglish project the harder it gets to answer the question.
Apart from the obvious differences like the climate (it snowed last night in Stockholm!) there are the more subtle differences that I find interesting. They can be hard to discover, but last night I found out that size matters - or not.
I was at a film/poetry/music event with my host and I was going to order wine at the bar. 'Would you like a small or large glass?' I asked. My host looked at me, not quite understanding. In Sweden there's only one size when you order wine, generally large. Whereas in England you have a choice between 125/175ml or 250ml in most places.
It's the same with beer. I was out in a bar when I stayed in Malmö and my host asked if I wanted another beer. 'I don't know,' I said. 'Perhaps a half.' My host looked confused. In Sweden there's only one size: "en stor stark" which means "a big strong one". (Although in some places, like British or Irish themed pubs you can get different measurements.)
So what does this say about the cultures then? That the English are more nuanced with their difference sizes? And that Swedes just want to get more drunk? Or perhaps the English are just more fuzzy, bothering about size? Personally, I miss being able to order a small glass of wine or half a pint, because sometimes a big glass or a pint is too much, especially at the end of the night.
Friday, 19 October 2012
Week23: Community Life
This week I'm staying in the first and only community during my Swenglish journey. Four adults (five with me), two kids, one cat and one horse are part of the household. The house is from the 1850s and is located in the countryside outside Umeå. The forest is everywhere and it's quite close to the sea. Every day vegan food is served. Some days they eat together, sometimes they don't. There's a "cleaning spinner" to share the chores, but it's not in use anymore. Despite that it's as tidy as it can be with small children in the house. It's not at all as chaotic as in Lukas Moodyson's film "Together" ...
In England I stayed in some households with four or five people, but that didn't make it into a community. Just because you live with more than one other person who is not family or close friend it doesn't automatically become a community. In England, at least in Brighton and other bigger cities, people live together because they have to. Not only when they are students but also when they get to their 40s or 50s. It's common that people who don't know each other at all put their names on a contract and move in together.
In Sweden it's much more common that people live on their own and if you live together with someone you often choose to do so, and then it's not for economical reasons as was my experience in England. There are communities in England as well of course, and like in Sweden they are often based around political or spiritual beliefs. But what I'm trying to say is that in Sweden it's not as common to live with several other people if it's not a community and people here readily call a household with more than two people a community even if it's not. (In Sweden we don't even have any words for "housemate" or "flatmate".)
So what makes a community into a community? Why isn't it enough just to live with several other people? I haven't yet got a good answer, but the thing about having the same ideology and values seems to be a criteria. My host who is a "leftie" could not imagine living with people who are right-wing even if she has good discussions with them when meeting them out. She wouldn't be able to live with people who eat meat at home either. Why is it that it's almost always left-wing people and very often vegetarians that live in communities then? Why have conservatives and meet eaters not discovered community living?
I'm now well into my twenty-third Swenglish-week and have lived with so many different people in so many different places that I think I need to live completely on my own for six months just to find out what my own life-style and my own habits are. All my life I've adjusted myself so much to the people I've lived with that I don't know if I'm tidy or messy, if I'm an owl or a lark. Although after I've tried living on my own I'm not against the idea of a community. If only I've got a room where I can lock the door and write, things usually work out. It's quite nice having people around, being able to choose if you want to have company or be on your own. And if people have kids there are extra baby-sitters. (In Sweden the word for baby-sitter is "child guard" ... to guard someone doesn't sound quite right!)
Saturday, 13 October 2012
Week22: Up North
If someone had told me a year ago, when I had not yet come up with the Swenglish idea, that in a years time I would be in Umeå following an archaeologist for a week, I would have laughed.
I was stupid enough to go to the City of Birches without a winter coat and with boots that leek, so the first thing I did was to go shopping for welly boots with fleece soles. The seasons are more distinct in Sweden compared to England, maybe because there are more trees. I've never been so fascinated by autumn before; I can't stop looking at the leaves that shimmer in yellow, orange and red. The seasons is something many of the people I have stayed with would miss if they lived abroad, but last week's host said it would be enough to have winter every other year ...
If it wasn't for this project I would probably never have ended up so far North. Already when I changed trains in Sundsvall the air on the platform was like a curtain of ice. A bit like travelling from the South of England to Scotland. And it feels like I'm as far from my hometown as when I'm in England. In fact it takes the same amount of time to travel from Nässjö to Umeå as it takes travelling from Nässjö to Brighton.
The pace is more peaceful here. People speak more slowly and says "fara" ("journey") instead of "åka" (go). Every time they're going to visit a friend it sounds as if they were going travelling. Probably because of the distances up here. I've also learnt a new word: "he" that does't mean "he" as in English: it's a word for "put" – a word that doesn't exist in the South.
What is it like following an archaeologist then? Well, a bit like hanging out with a living history book. I've followed my host to places where she's been digging and they've found cooking spots from the iron age. But next week, when the frost comes it will be hard to dig. Now we're going to journey out in the swamplands to pick cranberries!
PS. I'm up North for a bit longer, next week I'll be staying in a community a bit outside Umeå.
PS. I'm up North for a bit longer, next week I'll be staying in a community a bit outside Umeå.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Week21: God = Aliens?
I spent the weekend at a conference with the Raelian movement as last week's host is a Raelian. What is a Raelian? They look like you and me and they want to make the world a better place through technical development that will free society from work. They believe that we were created by people on another planet that is 25 000 years ahead of us.
Apart from meditating, watching video clips about future technology and UFO sightings we had a lot of fun as you can see in the picture. Competing in the Swedish national sport "throwing the welly boot" isn't very high-tech, but the Raelians are so peaceful they forgot to count the scores ...
At night we went up the ski slope (no snow yet!) to watch the sky. I was happy to see a shooting star (my first ever!), and my host said that for him it's not important to see an UFO; he believes they're out there anyway, but that the aliens have better things to do than flying by the earth all the time.
The Raelians believe that it will be possible for us, human beings, to create life both here on earth and even on other planets, in a not too distant future. Perhaps I should go and live on another planet so I don't have to choose between Sweden and England!
PS. Simplified life forms have already been artificially created on earth. In 2010 a group of researchers at the J Craig Venter Institute created a new functioning DNA-code that was introduced in a cell.
'Artificial life' breakthrough announced byscientists
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Week21: Elks and Xbox
During Week10 of Swenglish I made fun of the fact that the English family I stayed with took me to a British Wildlife centre, but the wildest English animals we saw were otters and badgers. At the moment I'm staying in Lilla Edet, just an hour outside Gothenburg and on the forest walk my host took me on we saw two elks! (A mother and a baby.)
This is Week21 in total and the sixth week of my Swedish part of the journey: just like Week6 in England I got to try something new: gaming. But whereas my English host let me try a shooting game on the computer, my Swedish host let me have a go at an Xbox game where I rafted down a river, using my whole body. My host uses this activity as a substitute for exercise in winter when it's too cold and too much snow to go running in the forest.
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
WeekX: Shoes off!
The shoe culture is a bit different in Sweden compared to England. The policy is to ALWAYS take your shoes off when you enter a Swedish home, but I was surprised to find that you even had to take your shoes off to enter the children's area at the central library in Malmö.
A few weeks ago I was at a party in Småland. Quite a few people were drunk on homemade booze, but they still managed to take their shoes off every time they had been out for a cigarette or some fresh air. It wouldn't have happened in England where it's normal to walk into a house with your shoes on. (Unless you have stepped in poo or mud.)
This picture is from a birthday party in England. I was the only who had taken my shoes off. They looked quite lonely in the hallway and people kept falling over them because ...
In general England is not very good at hallways. In Sweden, no matter the size of your flat or house there are almost always hangers for your coat, a shelf for your hat and a rack for your shoes.
However, someone I stayed with in England who worked in an office tried to be creative in his work environment, but only two of the ten or so people in the room felt free to leave their shoes off. (I wasn't one of them. That day I felt very English and left my boots on.)
PS. This week I'm having a break from Swenglish as I'm signing books at the Gothenburg Book Fair. More info here.
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Week20: A bit of England in Sweden
I'm jealous of my current host. She gets to speak and hear English everyday because she's brought a bit of England to Sweden in the form of an Englishman. They live in a beautiful house on Österlen, the famous flatland in the south of Sweden where the sky is big and you're surrounded by a special light.
Everyday I've been for walks, walking for half an hour in each direction and I've come across a church and a few art galleries, but mostly there are fields and tractors among the scattered villages where people live. I pointed out that in England it would be unusual to walk for half an hour in the countryside and not come across a pub, and that I missed it. Not that I would go to the pub everyday, but just knowing that I had the option would make me feel less isolated. This turned into a heated discussion between my hosts about whether the Swedish countryside has a heart ... Of course it has! It's just different from England, perhaps to do with the population. Sometimes I find there's a freedom in the fact that you can't walk to a pub – there's nothing to escape to and you're forced to deal with yourself.
Apart from the English sausages in the fridge there's nothing particularly English about the lifestyle of my hosts, it's just the language really. After three days of having conversations in English I've gone back to thinking and dreaming and writing in English. In my head I switched to Swedish just a few weeks ago after having had English as my main thinking and dreaming and writing language for the past few years. Now I'm confused!
My host's feeling is that Swedish and English aren't just different because they're different languages, but the whole structure, how you express yourself and make your voice heard is different and creates one English identity and one Swedish identity. Because her boyfriend doesn't yet master Swedish she needs to keep her English identity even if she lives in Sweden. He in his turn misses to be able to speak in his Geordie accent with people from the same area.
If I decide to live in Sweden I hope to make some English friends because I miss my English persona and if I decide to live in England I'll make more of an effort to hang out with Swedish people – something I hated when first moved to Brighton. It can be confusing, but also enriching to keep two languages alive.
Friday, 14 September 2012
Week19: Play and Poo
'Poo!' her 5-year-old daughter replies.
It's the fourth week of Swenglish in Sweden and just like the fourth week in England, I'm hanging out with a single mum and her child (who is only a couple of months older than the child I stayed and played with in England). The everyday life is pretty much the same: food on the floor, pee in the bed, not wanting to get dressed and toys everywhere. But of course there are also the joys: being served (pretend) poo soup, taking part in a fashion show in the living room and having a pillow fight.
Through this project I've gone from being indifferent to kids to actually liking (some) kids – they're a good excuse to dress up in curtains and talk about poo, but I'm still not sure that I want my own ... Tonight I'll experience what it's like not being able to do what you want all the time. There's an author talk my host (and I) would like to go to, but instead we're planning to watch a film suitable for a 5-year old and eat crisps. All the parents I've stayed with so far say that the love they feel for their children make up for the worries and the stress of everyday life, and the things you have to sacrifice. I guess you don't understand what it's like until you're in that situation yourself ...
The emotions and everyday life for a parent might be the same in Sweden as well as in England, but I'm just beginning to understand that the childcare system works in a different way. In Sweden kids are allowed to be at pre-school from an earlier age and for longer hours which means that mums can work or study full time, and it's also common for dads to stay at home with their kids. In Sweden children now start school at the age of 6 as opposed to 7 when I went to school - English children start when they are 4 or 5, and in England it's not unusual for a mum to stay at home until then, but it's very rare for a dad to do the same thing. So far I've found that in general women in Sweden are more careeer focused than women in England. If this is because of better childcare I don't know.
Career or not, it's a full time job being a parent. As you might have gathered I love talking about pee and poo – it seems more accepted in Sweden! – but I'm not that keen on actually dealing with soaked sheets and wiping bottoms. You can't have one without the other though ...
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Week18: Trees or Seas, Concrete or Bees?
The deeper I get into my Swenglish project, the more decisions I have to make. I've realised it's not just about choosing between Sweden and England. There are other things to consider: work or study? Single life or partner/family life? City or countryside? Trees or seas? In the picture I'm not looking for water - I'm up in a hunting tower that people use to spot elks!
This week I'm staying deep in the forests in the county of Småland near the area where I grew up. When I was nineteen I hated the darkness, the tall oppressive tress and the silent lakes – I wanted to get away and see some "real" life: concrete and traffic and a general ugliness that would match my mood. (I've never lived permanently in the countryside though, just in a small town, surrounded by forest.)
I escaped to England and ended up in Portslade – at the outskirts of Brighton – and found it very romantic with the industrial port and its cargo ships. Boundary Road was bleak: a place where pasty pale people devoured their fish and chips (I pronounced it "ships" at the time) with their fingers. But Brighton was only a bus ride away and I fell in love with the sea and the hippified punks who hung out in the North Laines.
For years I preferred the sea to the forest, but now I've changed my mind. The most beautiful landscape I know is the countryside of Småland. Staying here makes me calm and creative. The other day my host practiced her guitar in the garden and I lay on the lawn among the fallen leaves and wrote poetry, listening to the buzzing bees. However, a sunny week in the beginning of autumn isn't the same as a grey week in winter when it's too cold to go outside and the road is a mush of slush. How long would it take before I got bored and restless? How long before I longed for the seafront in Hove? (Where it's sometimes warm enough to have a cup of tea on the beach in January.) My dream is to live by a forest lake in Småland in summer and by the sea in Brighton in winter. Or ideally spend the spring and autumn in Brighton and live somewhere truly warm like Thailand in winter.
Another thing I've been pondering – this blog post is rather long, it seems like there's more time in the countryside – is whether you always yearn for the landscape of your childhood at some point. I read an article about an old Greek in a Swedish rest home who was watching the sun go down behind the trees, but still imagined that the sun was setting in the sea on the Greek island where he grew up. I think that if I died in a deckchair on Brighton pier I'd dream of the Swedish forest, and if I died sitting under a tree in Småland I'd dream of the English channel.
The view from my bedroom window is of a 13th century church with a graveyard. There's also a tractor and some cows if I crane my neck. And in the room next door is a rehearsal studio. The countryside is not dead!
Sunday, 2 September 2012
Week17: The Stonehenge of Sweden
Yesterday my hosts took me for a ride in the countryside in the most Southern part of Sweden. This is where you can find Ales Stenar - almost as impressive as England's Stonehenge.
And this is the car that took me there!
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Week17: The Kettle in the Cupboard
'I can't be arsed to get the kettle out', my host said when I arrived on Sunday night. She offered me a cup of tea alright, but boiled the water in a pan instead of using the kettle. This isn't unusual in Sweden. My parents store their kettle in the cellar and find it a real hassle when I'm visiting and they have to get it out. Some Swedes don't even own a kettle. (Although they probably have three different kinds of equipment for making coffee.)
For lunch one day, when my host was at work, I had toast, but I had to rummage in the cupboard for the toaster as well. Tea and toast is not in fashion in Sweden. Coffee and open sandwiches are more popular.
When an English friend visited a while ago he couldn't believe there wasn't a toaster in my brother's flat. Instead he used the waffle maker ...
Friday, 24 August 2012
Week16: Swedish moral gone too far
I'm not a smoker and I'm by no means supporting smoking as I know people who have died painful deaths because of it. It's fair enough to ban smoking inside work places and perhaps stretch it to outside the work building if it irritates other people, but to ban it altogether? I'd call that discrimination. One reason for the ban is that "no customer or citizen should be exposed to people smoking or smelling of smoke during work hours". What's next? Will garlic be banned as well? And what if someone gets exposed to a member of staff chewing gum or sucking on a cough sweet? Isn't it your own responsibility if you want to ruin your lungs or teeth?
When I asked my host what she would not miss about Sweden if she lived abroad she said "It can be a bit too moralising sometimes, but it's not only bad, it depends on how much I agree". She's right. I think the smoking ban in pubs that came into force in Sweden in 2005 and in England in 2007 is great, but I don't mind if someone wants to smoke outside - whether it's during work or party hours doesn't matter.
Friday, 17 August 2012
Swenglish so far, a Poem
Swenglish - so far
I've been a fly on the wall,
a spy in the everyday life
of my friends
The walls between
me and other people
have become thin
like five-pound notes
I've shared their
fry-ups and Sunday roasts
their fish 'n' chips
and Marmite toast
I've read stories to little brats
and battled with wild cats
I've cleared up domestic mess
God bless the English
- keep calm and carry on!
I've met fussy tea drinkers
and heavy deep thinkers
Mediation and dance
Taking a chance
when quizzing in a pub
surviving the greasy grub
Bubbling and squeaking
I'm sick of toilets
that don't flush and I blush
like the Setting Sun
when I think of all the fun
conversations I've had
in bedrooms and bathrooms
I've slept in a caravan
in kitchens and public houses
Cheers! Another pint,
I feel frail after all the real ale
Beer Festivals and Red Tents
I've been up on the
for countryside strolls
and lost control
of weeds in gardens
I've climbed walls
and I've painted walls
I've been off the wall
and driven my friends up the wall
One woman nearly slapped me
but I felt more numb
when this guy rubbed my bum
Breaking down the wall
and Sweden England
I'm not Swedish, I'm not English
I'm Swenglish!
©Lou Ice 2012
I wrote this poem, looking back on the fifteen weeks I spent with fifteen different people in England this spring and early summer. I've only got a couple of days left of my break that I've spent in and around my hometown Nässjö. On Sunday I move in with the first person in Sweden who lives in Malmö in the South, and later on this autumn I'll go all the way up to Umeå in the North. I'm excited and ready to hit the road again!
If you want to know more about my project please subscribe to my blog posts by typing in your email address in the box to the right below the "about me" picture. You can read more about my Swenglish project here.
Photo by Adriana Pusha who works for Brighton and Hove TV that are making a documentary about Swenglish.
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
WeekX: Make a Wish - but Not for Vegetarians
The woman I stayed with during week 3 asked me if I wanted to make a wish. Sure, I said. But when I found out that the wish involved chicken bones I changed my mind ... It's an old English tradition to break off one part each of a chicken bone - whoever gets the biggest piece is allowed to make a wish. I haven't seen this tradition in Sweden, perhaps because I'm too young or because I mainly hang out with other vegetarians.
My host put all the chicken bones together and made a star. She called this piece of art "Unfulfilled" ...
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Week X: The Freedom to Roam - Allemansrätten
Over the weekend I went camping with my friends on Öland - a Swedish island in the Baltic sea. We took a chance and followed a dirt track down to the sea and put up our tent. It stank of cowpat and seaweed, but I experienced a real sense of freedom and the sunset was a beauty. Some of us also had a (naked) bath in the sea. The cows left us alone, although some birdwatchers woke us up in the morning ...
(I've camped in "the wild" in England too, so it's possible. Now I almost missed the excitement of the risk that a farmer would come by with his gun ... )
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Week X: Takeaway Pints
Swenglish book. In my hometown Nässjö there's only one pub, in an English town of the same size - 16 000 people - there would be about twenty pubs.
Once when I was in the Evening Star in Brighton, a friend said he was about to leave, but that he'd get some takeaway beer. I thought he was going to pop to the off licence - instead he went up to the bar and got takeaway pints of ale in old milk bottles! I've never seen anything like it in Sweden - it would be impossible anyway as the milk bottles here are all tetra pack.
Once when I was in the Evening Star in Brighton, a friend said he was about to leave, but that he'd get some takeaway beer. I thought he was going to pop to the off licence - instead he went up to the bar and got takeaway pints of ale in old milk bottles! I've never seen anything like it in Sweden - it would be impossible anyway as the milk bottles here are all tetra pack.
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OPINION: Man-hating radical feminism on the rise
I LIKE men. A lot.
There is a breed of radical feminism creeping in to our day-to-day discussions and it seems to me that the sole purpose is to hate men.
This blanket condemnation of men, based solely on gender, is wrong and makes me wonder if the pendulum is swinging in the wrong direction.
Sexual violence, domestic violence and equal pay are issues that exist and need to be looked at objectively and rationally.
However, a complete hostility towards men is unhelpful and fails to recognise that the majority of blokes are decent, caring, hard working men who are husbands partners, sons, fathers, brothers and mentors.
This blanket discriminatory hate fails to recognise our White Ribbon Day Ambassadors who are taking a stand against domestic violence.
I want to be very clear I love the ideals of feminism because I believe in gender equality.
I absolutely believe that men and women are equally capable but I cannot subscribe to double standards.
As a female criminal lawyers, in the past 10 years, the only experience I have had with the "boys club" has been to be welcomed by my male colleagues with open arms and no one blinked an eyelid that I carried a breast pump into the "inner sanctum".
The recent denunciation of the Gillette advertisement is a prime example that society is simply too sensitive.
This advertisement didn't degrade men or women.
The message was simple: "The best they can be".
It's only by challenging ourselves to do more, that we can get closer to our best.
Men are not my enemy.
I am entirely optimistic that equilibrium can be found when we work as a partnership regardless of gender.


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Don Khone is connected with Don Det by a bridge, and that bridge is one of several reasons why Don Khone is worth a visit. The bridge was built in the early 20th century when the French ruled the country and was part of the railway line that connected Don Det and Don Khone and helped the French shipping goods from the Lao part of the colony to the Cambodian part of French Indochina. Some old locomotives of this long gone era are still standing on the island as a reminder of different times. A few years ago the locomotives got covered so they will be preserved a bit longer for future generations to see them. Some interesting displays in both Lao and English are places around the iron machines to tell more about the history of the railway line and the area as a whole. Local goats are also happy with the roof and use them to take shelter for the rain.
Don Khone has some very interesting natural attractions as well. The waterfalls Lii Phi (Tat Somphamit) and Khone Pha Soi and the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin (in Lao named paa khaa or pa lo ma) are a few of them.
Visiting Don Khone will take you back into time and if you have some imagination you can still see the train making its way through the forests of Don Khone.


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I've recommitted to the 25 motif challenge.
So far in 2016, I've completed
Ornament cover:
|Pattern # 10 by Nadine Nunnelley
10 shawl crosses:
Wild Rose: http://picotsnkeys.blogspot.com/2016/01/wild-rose-22.html
And a snowman:
|Snowman by Melanie Cervi
|Shawl angel
4 down and 21 to go.
On the shuttles now:
Jane's TIAS
Another Shawl angel
Flag http://picotsnkeys.blogspot.com/2014/10/flag-with-red-stripe.html
That's pretty good for me! Just 3 UFO's!!
That encourages me that I can tat 25 motifs in 2016! Off to the shuttles……


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Cretodus semplicatus
This catalog contains very nice teeth from a large Lamnid shark - Cretodus semplicatus. These teeth are upon the most sought after Cretaceous shark teeth. These teeth were collected from the Grayson Formation of the Tarrant Co. (Coniacian - Upper Cretaceous - 90 million years ago) and several other locations. All teeth are complete and well preserved.


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Happy Fourth
Lyn, Mom and I all hope you have a Happy Fourth of July.
We are appreciative of the country we live in, warts and all. May your barbecues be tasty and your fireworks be entertaining.
Lyn and Mom will have a quiet evening at home as they do each year. Lyn doesn't like the noises associated with fireworks. They live in an area with a high risk for fires. Lyn tends to also worry that someone will cause a fire that will put them at risk.


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Vatican City, Feb 12, 2009 / 11:36 am (CNA).- The Church is "profoundly and irrevocably committed" to rejecting "all anti-Semitism" and to building better relations with the Jews, Pope Benedict insisted on Thursday as he spoke to a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Given the deluge of negative reactions after he removed the excommunication of four Pius X Society bishops, one of whom denies the extent of the Holocaust, Pope Benedict used today's meeting as an opportunity to once again reaffirm the Church's commitment to Jewish relations.
The Pope began his address to the Jewish leaders by recalling his first visit to a synagogue, in the German city of Cologne in August 2005. Also on his mind was a trip he made to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in May of 2006.
"As I walked through the entrance to that place of horror, the scene of such untold suffering," he said, "I meditated on the countless number of prisoners, so many of them Jews, who had trodden that same path into captivity at Auschwitz and in all the other prison camps."
"How can we begin to grasp the enormity of what took place in those infamous prisons? The entire human race feels deep shame at the savage brutality shown to your people at that time," Pope Benedict told the delegation.
The American Jewish leaders are paying a visit to Italy as part of their annual Leadership Mission to Israel, a trip that the Holy Father explained he will also be making soon.
"I too am preparing to visit Israel, a land which is holy for Christians as well as Jews, since the roots of our faith are to be found there," he said.
Thinking about the upcoming visit in May brought to mind an image the represents the Church's commitment to rejecting anti-Semitism that is seared into Pope Benedict's memory. "If there is one particular image which encapsulates this commitment, it is the moment when my beloved predecessor Pope John Paul II stood at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, pleading for God's forgiveness after all the injustice that the Jewish people have had to suffer," he recalled.
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Google News New Law Exits SpainTechnology December 11, 2014
On 11th December, Richard Gingras, head of Google News, wrote in a blog post
"We're incredibly sad to announce that, due to recent changes in Spanish law; we will be removing Spanish publishers from Google News and closing Google News in Spain,"
The news spread like a fire in jungle and catch eye balls of its users. Due to new law, publisher will charge all search engines if they use their content. Later the Google cleared that no any search engine is getting paid on publishing the news. The government of Spain has passed the law of copyright in October which demands fees for online content in bulk including Google News. According to them it's an effort to secure the country's industry of media. On the other hand, the decision of Google base not only on Spanish News but also no publisher of Spain could be facilitate its content with Google News Edition.
On Thursday Google cleared that its other content of news will not be linked with publishers on Spain on 16th December. It means that Google will not allow publishers to be displayed in any other services which could be an effective way to get massive traffic in selling ads.
The head of Google Richard give his statement:
The law which would allow Spanish publishers to charge Google "for showing even the smallest snippet from their publications" was not sustainable. Google News itself makes no money (we do not show any advertising on the site)."


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I've always wanted a Nurgle army and so I decided this is the time to get one.
Anyway, rummaging about around my lead (plastic?) mountain I discovered a Dark Imperium box set I'd forgotten that I'd bought some time ago, which includes some Nurgle troops.
I've kicked off with three of these little fellows in a bit of a colour shceme test. I'm happy with the results so this'll be the colour scheme of the army.
|The first three. I think the one in the middle is some sort of magic user.
|Bells are a theme, as are what I think are censers.
|I may need to work on the fliying beastie's wings. These fly-type wings are common int he army so i need to get them right.
Overall, I'm really looking forwards to building this force. I like painting grubby, rusty stuff.
Here are the steps I take in painting the above miniatures. Aside from the undercoat spray, all my paints are Games Workshop. With all basecoats, I use thinned paints and several coats to build up the colour without obscuring the detail.
1. Undercoat
I always spray, and usually undercoat in matt brown. Where a model has another dominant colour I'll typically undercoat in that colour. As these are mainly green I've used a green undercoat (matt green from Halfords).
So as not to obscure detail this goes on in a couple of fine coats.
2. The armour
I build this up from the base green in 4 layers.
Firstly I overbrush the armour in Death Guard Green. This fills in most of the colour but leaves the deep recesses with the undercoat showing.
Secondly I give a heavy drybrush of Ogryn Camo Green. This is actually somewhere between and overbrush and a drybrush. I focus on the highlighting details and putting a lighter tone on "upper" surfaces.
Thirdly I give the armour a careful undiluted wash of Athonian Camoshade (dark green).
Once this is fully dry I finish with a drybrush with Ogryn Camo Green, picking out the edges, details and cracks.
3. The iron
For me these models have two main metals; "iron/steel" and "bronze".
For the iron I paint it fully rusted as befitting the whims of Papa Nurgle! This is usually the weapons, chainmail, and mechanical pipework – anything that seems like it should be iron.
I built this up as follows:
Firstly a basecoat all the iron metal bits with Mournefang Brown.
Secondly I "blotch" and stipple on random patches of Skrag Brown.
Thirdly I "blotch" and stipple on random patches of Jokaero Orange. These patches are generally smaller that the stippled brown patches.
Fourthly I give a drybrush over the whole metal area using Boltgun Metal.
Finally I wash the metal with undiluted Agrax Earthshade (brown) wash.
If this darkens it too much a final drybrush of Boltgun Metal perks it up.
I've recently acquired a pot of Typhus Corrosion technical paint, and will dab small spots of this on. I think it'll have a greater effect on larger surfaces like vehicles.
4. Bronze
I basecoat all the bronze parts with Sycorax Bronze.
Next I give them an undiluted wash of Agrax Earthshade.
Then I put small washes of Nihilakh Oxide in the deeper recesses and where water might naturally collect, giving a bronze virdigris effect.
Finally I drybrush with a mix of Boltgun Metal and Runefang Steel.
5. The flesh & "horns"
For these Nurgle models I've seen all sorts of colours n the internet, and green skin seems common. However, for me, I intend to keep all the flesh, well...flesh coloured...albeit with sickly tones and bruised hues. This may vary a bit on the Nurglings (which I adore – they're so cute!).
Firstly I basecoat with Eldar Flesh. This lays down a nice bright tone to contrast the dark armour (although it won't stay that way).
Next I use an undiluted wash with Reikland Fleshshade. This gives a reddish stain.
This is followed by a spot wash of Agrax Earthshade, and then another of Carroburg Crimson. I use these more like glazes than washes, to give the skin a bloodied, and "dirtied up" appearance. For spilled entrails, or wounds, I also use spot washes of Druchii Violet and Nuln Oil (black). This can take a bit of time to blend it all up.
Its worth noting that these models are festooned with horns and other spiky mutations (gifts of the chaos god). I've decided to paint these in the same manner as the flesh, but I add more Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil to the layers. I also overbrush Abaddon Black towards the tips (as befitting diseased extremities). This makes them subtly different in tone but not a completely different "horn" colour.
6. Cloth (white)
I intend the predominant colour of these miniatures to be the green armour, rusted metals, and sickly flesh. In most cases I don't like painting more than three main colours on a model but these also have various layers of cloth on them. I'd considered maybe just going black with them, or other dark tones to take them out of the colour mix, however I don't think it would work. Mainly, such dark colours would overload with miniature with dull tones.
Looking on the GW "source" models (which are disconcertingly "clean" for rotting and pestilent troops) it appears these cloth parts are a mix of bright white and red.
So I decided to use these colours, but darken them down significantly.
How do you darken white?! Here's how I do it.
Firstly I put a basecoat of Celestus Grey.
Over this I layer a few thin coats of Ceramite White. I'm not looking for a smooth finish here but something a bit more patchy.
Then I use various spot washes of Agrax Earthshade, Nuln Oil, and Carroburg Crimson to give a filthy blood-stained appearance. This keeps the white accent colour but dirties it down to fit in with the overall tone.
7. Cloth (red)
Next I tackle the red cloth, which i want to be just a hint of red rather than bright.
I give this a basecoat of Khorne Red.
Over this I give two heavy layers of undiluted Nuln Oil black wash.
Finally I give a light drybrush of Khorne Red to re-establish some of the tone on the edges and upper surfaces. This gives a very dark red/black cloth that, like the white doesn't detract from the main colour trio.
8. Sickly smoke
Some of these models have sickly, pestilent smoke modelled onto them so I needed to come up with a way of painting it. I felt that it wouldn't look good in dark colours (I was intending to do a sort of dirty mustard brown/black) as again it would dull the overall effect. I also considered going orange, but felt this would be too far from the established palette and tone (although orange is a good contrast for green).
Turning to the GW sources again, it seems a bright yellow/green is commonly used so I settled on this. I'm still not sure about it an may amend to the dirty mustard gas effect if I really don't like it.
However, the effect was created as follows:
Firstly I basecoated the smoke in Celestus Grey.
Then I simply glazed the smoke with Lamenters Yellow and Waywatcher Green glazes. Several coats of both built up a nice strong tone, although the yellow may have been better over a pure white.
9. Details
Now comes the part that takes the most time, the details. It's difficult to say anything definite other than this is the stage when "it all comes together". Here I'll add in the fine details, like pus spots, soot stains, and other bits and bobs to make the model "pop".
10. Basing
I use a granular sand mix which I actually collected from "the wild" (in that its real sandy/stony earth).
I spray the base brown, and then mark where the model's feet will be.
I spread PVA glue over the base (leaving space clear for the feet), dunk in the sand mix, and then seal with heavily diluted PVA. Because I use "real" sand, I don't need to paint the basing as it looks natural enough.
I then file away the pain from the bottom of the model's feet, scrape clear where they'll fix to the base and glue. Job done!


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In early 2010, Green America's Responsible Shopper published a report about recycling in the airline industry. The results were pretty sad. In general the airlines aren't consistent or comprehensive with their recycling efforts. I can't say that I am really very surprised. I remember many years ago there was a short period of time during which flight attendants would carry two bags when they collected trash, one for trash, and one for cans/bottles/papers. Then that stopped happening. After that I started keeping any recyclable trash and carrying it into the airport myself to recycle when I got off of the plane since I wasn't comfortable assuming that the trash was being sorted behind the scenes. Most airports are pretty good about having recycling receptacles in the terminal for passengers, at least. Eventually, I got my steel water bottle and now I bring that (empty) to the airport, fill it from a water fountain after security, and drink from that on the plane. On short trips I decline a drink onboard to reduce the waste of the cup and napkin. For long trips, though, my water bottle is not enough and it is nice to get some ice.
The report is an interesting read, and helped put some context on a few things. I had noticed that on Southwest flights when you ask for water they don't give you a small bottle, but give you a cup instead. Apparently Southwest switched to canned water because the cans are easiest to recycle. It's true, from a container material perspective aluminum is at the top of the pile. Aluminum is lightweight, easy to recycle (just melt and go), and can be recycled into another can. Glass next because it is also easy to recycle (grind, melt and go), and can be recycled into another bottle. Glass is heavy, though. Plastic is at the bottom because it is hard to recycle (can't just melt and go), and can only downcycle. You cannot make another bottle out of the plastic.
Back to Green America's report. Since they put out the report, they have been doing a survey of the experiences of airline passengers. So last weekend on my flights (well, two of the four) to and from Boston, I asked the flight attendants about whether they would be recycling stuff. When I got home I filled out the web form to submit the answers I got. At the end of the year Green America is going to put out an updated report with the results of the survey.
On my flights the flight attendants said that they do recycle cans, bottles, and paper. Everything except papers went into the plastic trash bags, but since they didn't serve any bottles or cans (just cups) I guess it was all "trash". I did notice that they would tuck a newspaper under an arm instead of putting it in the trash bag, so I guess that is evidence that the paper really is recycled. On one of the flights the flight attendant was separating out the cups and stacking them in her hand. I asked if they recycle the cups and she said that they don't, but she stacks them separately so that they take up less room. That way the flight trash fits into a couple fewer bags, thus reducing the number of bags they go through. I could only wish all flight attendants followed that logic!


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Tonight (September 9th) from 6 – 8 PM, the Southeast Center for Photography, located in Greenville, South Carolina, will be holding an opening reception for its exhibition The Documentary Photograph, which features work by Szymon Barylski, Preston Gunnaway, Daniel George, Lauren Grabelle, Kat Olsen, Manel Quiros, Jared Ragland, Ibai Rigby, and Mark Sawrie.
Then, on Friday, the 10th from 10 AM – 1 PM, everyone is welcome to bring prints, thoughts and ideas, and their love of photography to Second Saturday Coffee, a casual opportunity to connect with other photographers over coffee and donuts.
And last but not least, the Center will be accepting submissions for its Color exhibition through Sunday, the 11th.
For more information on either of these events or the Center itself, please click here.
Photo credit: Manel Quiroa


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GSP Coloring
GSPs come in many colors and patterns and each is unique, it is one of my favorite things about GSPs! I will do my best to explain the differences here.
Roan V. White
Let's start with the basics, GSPs are either roan or white, this is their base pattern. If you look at the skin, under the hair, a roan dog will have gray/blue skin, while a white dog will have pink skin. Please note where you are looking though, the skin under ticking and patching can be gray/blue, even though the dog is white. Sometimes you can look at the paws, a roan dog's paws are nearly always gray, where as the white dogs often have a mix of pink and gray pads.
Patching is different from ticking in a number of ways. Patches are the large solid spots that are seen on the animal. Unlike ticking, and even roaning, you will see patching at birth and it will stay on the dog forever, at grow proportionally. Patching is very genetic, to include the amount and the location. Buster, my main stud, has a patch that is on his tail base, slightly to the right, many of his children have a variation of this patch in this same location.
Ticking is the little spots on a dogs coat. It can change the entire look of a dog. It can make a white dog look roan or it's absence can make a dog look the purest of whites. I find ticking can either be light or dark, not that the AKC has a way to specify this, however, notice that some of the ticked spots are really only on the skin, with very few colored hairs, many ticked spots have white hairs growing out of them, however the darker ticking actually has pigmented hair growing out of it. I refer to this difference as lightly ticked or dark ticked, but again, this is just my own distinction.


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How To Minimize Taxes When You Inherit An IRA
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You have two main options after inheriting a retirement account. Withdraw all of the money and receive a whopping tax bill, or move the inherited 401(k) or IRA into a Beneficiary IRA (aka Inherited IRA) and defer taxes until you make withdrawals. More>>


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The 2Kg/2Ltr Fire Extinguisher Cabinet is designed to house most types of 2Kg ABC Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers and 2Ltr AFFF Foam Fire Extinguishers and are ideal for protecting the extinguisher against damage etc.
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Please Note: This cabinet will accomodate most 2Kg Dry Powder and 2Ltr AFFF Foam Fire Extinguishers.
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Are you concerned with being scammed by a Psychic? Here's a topic I would like to discuss with anyone searching for a Psychic Medium. I've heard of people who claim to be a psychic or medium taking advantage of those searching for guidance.
What I believe is a sure sign of being scammed.
- Your given a set amount in advance and then upon arriving told or asked to pay more.
- The person immediately says you have bad energy.
- You are ...