and had left me a birthday button to wear---and of course, I did wear it!
But then had a brain cramp when someone unexpectedly wished me a happy birthday, wondering how they knew! We had ice cream and cake, too!!
But wait there is more...when I arrived home my sweetheart gave me roses and more balloons!
Now you can check out the cookie I stamped with the Sweet Pressed Cookie stamp--love it!
My oldest came to stamp, too---an extra special treat for me!
My sweetheart treated my stampers and me to a Carvel ice cream cake--yummy!!
But the celebration didn't end there....the next day my little daughter painted and decorated my toes before my sweetheart took us to lunch. Awesome cream of crab soup and crab cakes!
My dinner -- house curry was super yummy!
chocolate cake with raspberry cream for my dessert---with a candle!
The owner gave me a cookie--a pink flamingo! Super Cool!!
I even got a hand stamped card!
another present just for me!
The last 3 for $5 card night of July is this Tuesday July 31st, 7 to 9pm. Stop in and make 3 cards; the sentiment can be easily changed (get well, thinking of you, sympathy, etc). These cards can be completed in about an hour; class cost includes envelopes. Please RSVP asap. Thanks!
Stamp clubs meet next week and a couple of spots remain. All clubs and classes are held from 7 to 9pm in my home. RSVP now to reserve your spot. Please bring your favorite adhesive, craft scissors, and bone folder to class.
Tuesday, August 7th--Techniques club meets on Tuesday, August 7th; the technique of the month is 3D flowers.
Friday, August 10th--The Christmas club meets Friday, August 10th. Interested in attending either club? Call me today to save your spot!
Tuesday, August 14th, 3 for $5, make 3 Thinking of You/Sympathy cards.
Wednesday, August 15th, learn to make tags for a variety of occasions; make 8 tags, 2 each of 4 designs.
Tuesday, August 21st, 3 for $5, make 3 birthday cards.
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While attending Stampin Up's 2012 convention I attended some fabulous classes---one of the great benefits of being a demonstrator!
Want to know a little about them? Well I am glad you asked!
On Thursday it was, I am Reaching Out presented by Emily Montoya and I am Open for Business presented by the fabulous Carrie Cudney.
More great classes on Friday, with Emily Montoya's presentation "I am Starting Out" and I am Doing Business "My Way" by Tami White and Ronda Wade.
I attended an extra (special) class with the Stampin Up design team--I am Creative, facilitated by Shannon West. We learned more traditional and non-traditional techniques to use on our paper craft projects; these "secrets" will give projects a secret-sauce design boost!! I feel a little like Forrest Gump in saying it was beyond awesome...that's all I got to say about that!
Saturday I sat in on the last 2 classes of the convention--"I am Having Fun" by Shannon West and "I am Savvy" with presentations by Dawn Griffith, Meg Wheeler, and Laura Milligan.
A big THANK YOU to all the presenters for sharing their valuable knowledge! I learned so much and can't wait to start putting it too good use!
My convention swap & Shelli's creative challenge--a little summer fun!
I fell in love with the idea of putting a pinwheel on a card and couldn't wait to give it a whirl so to speak! And to make it even more fun, I had a chance to use some of the new products in the new Stampin Up annual catalog.
I used several new SU products on this card---the designer series paper used for the pinwheel along with the birthday greeting and coordinating framelit die are all from the new SU annual catalog.
Speaking of fun, I had a blast at the SU convention--check out some of my recent posts to see how much fun! I'm already making plans to attend next year, the 25th anniversary of SU; I'm sure it will be an amazing celebration!! Join my SU team now and start planning to attend with me!
Daffodil Delight cs 4 x 5.25"
Polka Dot Parade Designer Series paper (DSP) 3.25" x 3.25"
Emboss the Real Red cs using the polka dot folder; adhere to the Daffodil Delight cs.
Adhere the 3" wooden skewer piece using glue dots to the card front. Slide a small piece of the red ribbon under the skewer and tie it.
Lightly draw a pencil line on the backside of the DSP corner making an X. Cut each line toward the center, stopping about 3/4" from the center. Erase lines.
With the DSP right side face up bring a corner of one cut section to the center and glue down; it doesn't matter whether it is the right or left corner piece just be consistent with the other pieces. Bring the next corner to the center and adhere; repeat until 4 corners are attached to the center.
Pierce a hole in the center where the corners meet; insert a glimmer brad.
Adhere the pinwheel to card front with a dimensional, covering the top part of the wooden skewer.
Stamp the happy birthday greeting in Real red ink on the scrap piece of white cs; cut it out with the coordinating framelit die. Adhere over the wooden skewer using glue dots.
The next sessions of monthly hostess stamp clubs start this week....and you can still join these fun stamping groups.
The Techniques club meets once a month for 6 months and each member receives hostess benefits once during the 6 month session. Club member places a minimum $25 order each month; Christmas club meets 4 times with a monthly minimum order of $35---by October each member will have 16 extra-special hand stamped cards ready to be mailed--and members also get hostess benefits once during the 4-month session.
The first Christmas club meets tomorrow, July 23, 7 to 9pm. Members will make 4 cards, 2 each of 2 designs. Look at the beautiful cards club members will be sending this year....Only two spots left email me ASAP if you want to join!
I have a treat for this class....a sneak peek project using a couple of items from the new holiday catalog. It's going to be fun!
Techniques club begins on Tuesday July 24th and meets 7 to 9pm. I'll be teaching a variety of sponging techniques.... samples of the cards we will make are below. A few spots are left, contact me today to reserve your spot!
Don't forget that you are invited to my birthday stamping celebration this Thursday, July 26th, 6-9pm. I have planned many make and take projects, plus there will be cupcakes and lots of new inspiring samples I picked up at Stampin Up convention last week. RSVP ASAP for extra chances on some great door prizes; bring a friend new to me and you both get more chances!
I'll be giving a special discount on orders placed on my birthday (July 26th) (this WILL NOT include online orders, orders must be placed directly with me, call or email me at 410-647-4011 or terhare@hotmail.com.
Click here to Shop now at my online store!
Last day of convention--it was a good one!
Stampin' Up's 2012 Convention has come to end but not before I got some great stamp sets!
Chris and I made our make & takes today before we went to the closing session...and where we recieved another stamp set. WhooooHoo! I love Stampin Up!
Stampin Up Convention 2012--oh the fun!!
I am having such a great time--learning all about new Stampin Up products and being inspired everywhere I look!
lots of other demonstrators are also enjoying convention!
lots of swapping taking place!
The prize patrol visited Chris!
One of the swaps I received--love it, must copy it!
Stamping is fun! Convention is full of awesomeness!!
It's my birthday and you're invited to celebrate by stamping with me!
I am inviting you to an evening of stamping fun to celebrate my birthday. Please join me on my birthday for some stamping projects, cup cakes, prizes, and hear the latest news from Stampin Up (I'll be just back from convention with lots to share!).
We'll make a couple of cards and a couple of other fun projects--bring your favorite adhesive, scissors, and bone folder.
There will also be great prizes, you won't want to miss it! Bring your friends!
Please RSVP--each RSVP will give you more chances to win prizes; bring a friend new to me and have even more chances to win!
I'll be giving a special discount on any orders placed on my birthday (WILL NOT include online orders, orders must be placed directly with me, call or email me at 410-647-4011 or terhare@hotmail.com.
Stamping is fun---and even more fun with friends. Hope to see you next week!
Reminder clubs start on Monday, there is still time to join the Christmas or Techniques club.
Tools & Techniques Club - Club members will learn tips and techniques for a variety of tools--sponging, brayer, aqua pen, watercolor wonder crayons, crystal effects, blender pens, etc. The club will meet once a month, July through December. Members are guaranteed to receive at least $25 in Stampin Up hostess benefits during their hostess month. Space is limited! First class is Tuesday, July 24. Contact me today to reserve your spot!
Christmas club - you'll be done with your cards in October! This club meets 4 times (once a month, July through October) and makes 4 Christmas cards at each meeting (2 each of 2 designs). Members are guaranteed to receive at least $25 in Stampin Up hostess benefits during their hostess month. Class begin on Monday, July 23. 2 spots left! Contact me today to reserve your spot!
I'm at Stampin Up's convention!
Convention has barely begun and I have already taken 53 photos! Here is a sample of some of the great cards and projects I have seen so far. I haven't even got to the sample boards yet!!! Stamping is fun!!
PS--email me with any questions. I'd be happy to take photos of sample cards/stamp sets/projects you are interested in. Email me at terhare@hotmail.com with SU2012 in the subject line.
A stamped card---and a reason to smile!
The power is back on---come stamp with me!


Then the conversation goes a little dull. But no fear, the parents are here! Just kidding, but I couldn't have done this convention without my co-creator (AKA mom!) We are a great team, and you can leave all of the planning to us!
Basically, my point is, the planning for this was hard, but hard work leads to an amazing outcome!
Slimetopia is a fun slime event for people of all ages! Bring your friends, parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, etc.! We will have fun activities for everyone! Meet slimers, famous and small! Trade slime, buy slime, make slime, play with slime, and more slimey fun! This is an event you will never want to miss!


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Q: Batching OpenGL sprites i have been learning OpenGL and have been able to create a successful 2d drawing system using triangle strips. I wrote a particle generator to test batching the geometry and everything works well, i'm able to render 30k+ vertices at 60 fps on an iPhone 5. I use degenerative triangles to connect the particles and draw them at once. What i am trying to accomplish is batch rendering without using degenerative triangles as that would reduce the amount of data being sent to the GPU by 1/3 the amount which would be huge.
I am attempting to use glDrawElements with triangles to draw 2 sprites with the following code
//the vertices for the square (2d)
GLfloat square[] = {
    50, 50,  //bottom left
    100, 50, //bottom right
    50, 100, //top left
    100, 100, //top right

    150, 200,  //bottom left
    200, 150, //bottom right
    150, 200, //top left
    200, 200 //top right
};

//texture coords
GLfloat tex[] = {
    0,0,
    1,0,
    0,1,
    1,1,

    0,0,
    1,0,
    0,1,
    1,1
};

GLubyte indices[] =
{
    0,2,3,
    0,3,1,

    0,2,3,
    0,3,1
};

//actual drawing code
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
glVertexAttribPointer(ATTRIB_VERTEX, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0, square);
glVertexAttribPointer(ATTRIB_TEX, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0, tex);

glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, image);

glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, 12, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, indices);

This code draws the first image without issue, but the second image is distorted. I have been looking online but have been unable to figure out how to make this work correctly.

A: First of all, you're currently using the same indices for both quads, so the second image shouldn't even be visible at all.
Other than that your vertex data for the second quad is messed, you have the point (150, 200) two times, the first one should probably be (150, 150).

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Movie of the Month: April 2017
Posted in Movie Of The Month, tagged A Quiet Place, Audition, Avengers: Infinity, Battle Royale, Beast, Death Wish, Every Day, Funny Cow, Ghost Stories, Thoroughbreds, Wildling on April 30, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Avengers: Infinity is going to be the biggest movie of the year so there is no competition for the movie of the month. Things aren't that simple. Here are the movies seen this month:
A Quiet Place – A family try to survive in dystopian near future by avoiding monsters who hunt by sound. Instead of the usual walls we see people hiding behind in other movies, the family live in a fortress of silence. What's the point of walls and locked doors when the monsters can rip through them! Comprising of essentially just two acts, built on tension rather than horror. The slow build-up is perfectly paced to setup the excellent finalé. The ideas aren't necessarily new or original, but they are used well; the simplest of building materials as Chekhov's gun! The cast are all excellent from John Krasinski (who also directs and co writes – very much against type) and Emily Blunt to the kids who include Millicent Simmonds who we will be seeing later this month in Todd Haynes' Wonderstruck. Keeping explanation and exposition to a minimum works in the movies favour to create a very satisfying horror thriller.
Thoroughbreds – I went into this movie knowing virtually nothing about it. I hadn't read a review or synopsis and hadn't seen a trailer. I am really glad I saw it this way and for that reason I advise the same of anyone wishing to see it and will not give a synopsis myself. Billed as a drama/thriller, it is also darkly funny. Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke have proven to be two of the most exciting young actresses in their short careers to date. Here they are perfectly cast and give stunning performances. Utilising a small cast, mainly focussing on its two leads it's no surprise that writer-director Cory Finley conceived it as a play. Shot with confidence and visual flair, it is amazingly Finley's first movie in any capacity. Surly a film to divide opinion, I loved it.
Ghost Stories – Professor Goodman (Andy Nyman) works as a debunker of the supernatural. Things start to get a bit weird when he is asked by a fellow sceptic to investigate three cases he believes to be real. The structure makes it feel like the portmanteau horror's that Hammer used to make, and like those movies it isn't as satisfying as regular narrative. The overall tone is of quirky weirdness rather than horror. One of the three stories creates a real sense of dread, but the film is never scary, in fact a lot of the tension is undercut by comedy. Written and directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman who originally produced it as a stage play, I understand this is more successful than the film version.
Death Wish – The 1974 Michael Winner/Charles Bronson movie has a poor reputation; although I haven't seen the film for over 20 years, I remember it being good and think its reputation is based more on the increasingly poor sequels. Horror director Eli Roth's remake moves the action from New York to Chicago; Bronson's architect becomes Bruce Willis, trauma surgeon. The characters new profession is well used within the plot. The script by Joe Carnahan really isn't bad, its derivative and predictable but it holds up as a narrative. Willis does a good job playing Bruce Willis and the action is understated and gritty. The film fails to say anything important or original about crime, justice or, vigilantism but as a disposable genre movie it works well.
Beast – A troubled (they always are in a film like this) young woman lives with her overpowering mother, and farther who appears to be suffering from dementia. In the shadow of the perfect life of her sister and out of step with the world, until she meets an equally troubled young man. As the "us against the world" romance blossoms the subplot of a murder mystery comes to the fore making the viewer wonder who the beast of the title actually is. First time director Michael Pearce fills the movie with metaphor, and keeps just enough mystery and ambiguity to keep the story compelling. The cast are all excellent from the young leads to the more recognisable supporting players. The setting, the Channel Island of Jersey is used to full effect creating an environment that is sometimes inviting, at others hostile, the skill that the changes are traversed belies the directors lack of experience.
Funny Cow – Told with a very effective nonlinear narrative, Maxine Peake plays a female stand up comedian in 70/80's Northern England. Unnamed throughout the film, Peake's character is credited as Funny Cow, a honour placed upon her by a fellow comedian. Don't be fooled by the synopsis or title, this is far from a comedy. Dealing with abusive fathers and husbands, depression and alcoholism it is a far darker film than you would ever expect. It is however, filed with fantastic performances, particularly from Maxine Peake. There are also enough moments of brevity and levity to keep the viewer engaged. A hard film to love but a compelling one you can't turn away from.
Every Day – Don't be put off by the lukewarm reviews, there is more going on here than many are giving it credit for. A teenager wakes up in a different body every morning. He/she spends a day borrowing someone else's form, and tries not to impact too much on the hosts life; until he starts to form a relationship with a girl. Comparisons have been made to the TV show Quantum Leap, but this character has no mission, and no self to return to giving freedom to explore many things including identity and morality. The film also has great fun playing with the tropes of teen and high-school movies. The high high-concept is let down by inconsistent pacing and a lack of focus, it is still an enjoyable watch.
Wildling – A young girl is raised by her father in isolation before being exposed to the outside world. Billed as a horror, this movie is more of an adult fairytale, but these genres are so closely linked, it really doesn't matter. The concept is good, and the conclusion is satisfying if a little predicable. Bel Powley is excellent and perfectly cast in the lead, but Liv Tyler is given nothing to do and is totally wasted.
Avengers: Infinity – Ten years of Marvel movies have been leading up to this point, the arrival of Thanos, the franchises chosen big, bad. The series so far has introduced so many characters, it would be impossible to service them all. Amazingly the film manages to give everyone (except a few characters left on the sidelines for future use) reasonable screen time without slowing the narrative. The action scenes are fantastic and the character interactions are often devastatingly funny. The problems are with the narrative; I can't expand on this and keep this spoiler free, beyond saying that it is most likely part of the setup for the next film, a setup that could be satisfying or infuriating.
Battle Royale & Audition – I also went to a double bill screening of these two Japanese modern classics; both are just as brilliant and messed up as I remember.
The obvious choice is the brilliant horror, A Quiet Place. Beast came totally out of leftfield and has really stayed with me, on reflection, my letterboxed score was a little low. But none of these is movie of the month, that honour goes to: Thoroughbreds.
The Amazon Show You Should Be Watching
Posted in TV stuff, tagged Amazon, Amazon Prime, Amazon Video, Bosh, Michael Connelly, Mickey Haller Junior, Netflix, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Man in the High Castle, Titus Welliver on April 24, 2018| 2 Comments »
Amazon Prime seems to be falling behind Netflix when it comes to original and exclusive TV show, not because their show are inferior, simply because of the onslaught from Netflix. While there is a constant stream of new things on Netflix, Amazon seems to be more sporadic in its releases and less consistent in its quality. But Amazon has got at least one gem of a show that can stand toe to toe with the best Netflix, Sky Atlantic and all the rest of the traditional television Networks have to offer. I am not referring to the high concept, The Man in the High Castle, although that is excellent, I am talking about Bosh.
I'm not a massive fan of police procedural's both in print of on screen so probably wouldn't have rushed to see the first season that appeared on Amazon Video (as it was then) in 2014. However, some of the marketing caught my attention. Based on a series of novels by Michael Connelly, Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch is the half brother of Michael "Mickey" Haller, Junior aka The Lincoln Lawyer played by Matthew McConaughey in the excellent and somewhat underrated 2011 movie. I had just re-watched The Lincoln Lawyer on TV and really enjoyed it so thought I could give the Bosch a try.
I was vaguely aware of Titus Welliver who seems to specialises in police and military types with the odd villain thrown in for good measure. His most notable role that I have seen was in the TV show Deadwood. Without having read the books, I don't know how close Welliver is to the character, but he is perfect for the show. The casting as a whole is excellent and aided by well drawn characters is supporting roles. Although the show is very much about Bosch, It is this fantastic cast of characters that gives the show the colour and depth that set it apart from lesser shows.
Reading up on the character biography, it appears they have done a good job of updating the character for the screen. The first book was published in 1992, over 20 years before he made it to screen. The character in the books had been in the 1st Infantry in Vietnam, the updated screen version, he is a veteran of the first Gulf War in 1991 who became a police officer after military service. He re-upped with the Army after 9/11 serving in Afghanistan, something I am led to believe many real life LAPD officers did. None of this is told through excessive exposition, it simply comes up naturally as the story progresses. After forty episodes we are still learning things about the characters.
The LA setting is important to the story. The wealth gap and social diversity are always on the radar. The Rampart scandal and LA Riots are directly referenced. It is no accident that the Bosch lives above all this looking down from his hillside home. It is explained early on in the first series that Bosch once worked as a consultant on a Hollywood film based on him. The royalties paid for his hillside home with stunning views of LA. Presumably it also paid for his Rolex and his HiFi system that cost about as much as a small car! (McIntosh preamp and valve power amp, Ohm Walsh speakers and an old Marantz record player). The house (I understand described in the book as being on Woodrow Wilson, off Mulholland Drive) features heavily in the show, with the HiFi and a poster for the "The Black Echo" (the film Bosch worked on) both prominently displayed.
Each season is a mere ten episodes, and takes its is inspiration from multiple books. Each season has a main overriding story arc and at least one other sub plot. The killing of Bosch's mother when he was a child has featured in all four seasons. Bosch's ex wife and teenage daughter become increasingly involved. There are also a couple of other stories that stench across seasons. As good as the stories are, the greatest strength of the show is the characters, Bosch in particular.
If you haven't already, time to start binging.
Avengers 2.0
Posted in Comic Book Movies, Movie Blog, tagged Age of Ultron, Avengers 2.0, Avengers Infinity War, Black Panther, Black Widow, Black Widow Thor, Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Don Cheadle, Iron Man, Jane Foster, leave Ant-Man and the Wasp, Lieutenant James Rhodes, MCU, Mjolnir, Natalie Portman, Natasha Romanoff, Peter Parker, Robert Downey Jr, Sam Wilson, Sebastian Stan, Spider-Man, Steve Rogers, T'Challa, The Winter Soldier, Thor, Tom Holland, Tony Stark, War Machine, White Wolf on April 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The beginning of the end is near. The next movie in the MCU, Avengers: Infinity War is less than a month away. That will just leave Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel (a prequel to existing films rather than a continuation), and then an as yet untitled Avengers film, with it Phase Three will be over. And with the end of Phase Three we will potentially see the end of some of the characters. It has been reported that the following actors intend to hang-up their super hero costumes next year: Chris Evans (Steve Rogers aka Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark aka Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor).
This will leave just Tom Holland (Peter Parker aka Spider-Man), and Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa aka Black Panther) as the only remaining Avengers deemed significant enough to have their own films. They will be joined by any surviving cast. They can't simply recast, this will be conspicuous at best, disastrous at worst. There is another answer within the existing cast: Natalie Portman (Jane Foster), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier aka White Wolf), Don Cheadle (Lieutenant James Rhodes aka War Machine).
In the comic books on which the MCU is based, these characters have all taken on the part of other heroes: Bucky Barnes – Captain America, James Rhodes – Iron Man, Jane Foster – Thor.
There have been many other incarnations of the comic books where existing characters have taken on the mantle of other heroes, they include Sam Wilson aka Falcon as Captain America and Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow as Thor.
You may remember the scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron when the Avengers take it in turns to try and lift Mjolnir, all except Black Widow, should this tell us something?
Having said all this, they could just introduce some new characters!
Exciting Times?
Posted in Movie Blog on April 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
We keep being told that there are no mid budget films being made at the moment, we only get big blockbusters (usually franchises) and very low budget films. While this is true, I am expecting something exciting to happen soon.
When I was a student, around two decades ago, I made some short films. The best format available to me was SVHS, one step up from home video cameras. I could only dream of being able to make something of cinema quality. Around this time, I read Rebel Without a Crew, Robert Rodriguez's account of how he made El Mariachi for $7,000 (about $11,500 in today's money). Rodriguez's managed to get his hands on an old Arriflex 16S 16mm camera, I seem to remember him mentioning that he purchased film a roll at a time as he didn't want to waste money on it if the camera stopped working.
But things have changed with two high profile films: Tangerine (2015) and Unsane (2018) made by Sean Baker and Steven Soderbergh respectively, both using just iPhones. Baker used an Apple iPhone 5S, Moondog Labs anamorphic adapter allowing him to present the movie in 2.35:1 widescreen. Soderbergh went for the later model iPhone 7 Plus but without the additional lens.
Whether you love, hate, or haven't even seen these movies is irrelevant, the important thing is that they exist, or more to the point that they can exist. At no time in the history of filmmaking, have the tools of the trade been so readily available to so many people and at such a respectively low price. The next Spielberg or Scorsese may not come from film school, or learning their trade at the side of an existing filmmaker, they could be shooting in their neighborhood and editing in their bedroom.
Taking it to the next level, Gareth Edwards made Monsters (2010), a full special effects Sci-Fi movie for around half a million dollars rendering all the visual effects at home on his own computer. Six years later his third feature set in a galaxy far, far away had a budget four-hundred times that of monsters.
The most exciting thing, the film I describe could already be in production.


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A $900 Billion Plan Would Help the Economy, but Not Fix It
The economic recovery, slowing for months, is in danger of going into reverse. That's why a growing list of economists, business lobbyists and other advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to rally around the $908 billion aid package currently gaining bipartisan support in Congress.
A plan of that size would fall short of doing everything that economists argue Congress should do to help workers and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. But they said that if lawmakers could get the details right, Congress should do it anyway.
"It's within the range where you could argue it does enough good that it would be worth taking it," said William E. Spriggs, a Howard University economist who served in the Labor Department under President Barack Obama. "But it leaves a ton on the table, and still leaves us with a big problem going forward."
The $908 billion compromise is not even a legislative proposal yet. It is a bipartisan framework, assembled by a group of senators led by Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia. Many of its details are still being negotiated, including how the government ought to distribute more aid to small businesses.
Once the bill is complete, its success is not assured: Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, has stopped short of endorsing it, and so has President Trump, who would need to sign any legislation approved in the lame-duck congressional session. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California has backed it as a starting point for renewed negotiations, and President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Friday that he was "encouraged" by the effort.
Experts say the plan would provide relief to several battered corners of the economy. It includes nearly $300 billion for small-business aid, $180 billion for unemployed workers, and $160 billion for state, local and tribal governments.
The plan wouldn't help everyone who needs aid, and the support might not last long enough to bridge the economy to the rebound that is expected to come when coronavirus vaccines are widely distributed. And much depends on the details, particularly when they come to Americans who have been unemployed for months and small businesses that struggled to tap government programs early in the pandemic.
But if the plan was passed soon, it would send money out quickly. And with virus cases rising and economic gains stalling, a growing number of politicians are willing to accept such a compromise.
"You get most of the way there, you don't turn around at the end," said Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio, one of several Republican governors who has called for more federal aid. "We can't stop now, and I guess I would say that to my friends in Congress: We need your help one more time here. Help get us through what's going to be a very tough winter."
November employment data released by the Labor Department on Friday underscored his point. Job growth slowed to 245,000, the weakest monthly gain of the recovery so far. The number of people trapped in long-term unemployment rose to nearly four million. Restaurants and retailers, whose rehiring of furloughed workers helped power the rebound in earlier months, cut jobs in November. The number of people who have lost their jobs permanently rose, the latest sign that the crisis will leave lasting economic scars.
"I do feel a greater sense of urgency now, especially after seeing the jobs report," said Karen Dynan, a Harvard economist and former Treasury Department official in the Obama administration. "We're really starting to see the cracks now."
Perhaps the top goal for the aid package is preventing millions of families from losing their only source of income the week after Christmas.
As many as 13 million Americans are receiving benefits under two programs that expanded and extended the existing unemployment insurance program. Those programs, created by Congress in the spring, are set to expire at the end of the year — an outcome that members of both political parties have said they want to avoid.
The aid package being discussed in Congress would extend both programs, while also reviving the extra unemployment benefit that expired over the summer, most likely at half the original $600-a-week level. But depending on how the negotiations go, it may not further extend eligibility for people who are close to the end of their benefits already.
Putting money into the pockets of the unemployed could be good for the broader economy: Research has found that unemployment benefits are among the most effective forms of economic stimulus because recipients are likely to spend rather than save the money. And by helping families avoid foreclosures, evictions and debt defaults, unemployment benefits can prevent the financial damage from spreading.
But the most compelling argument may be not economic but humanitarian: Without the money, many families could go hungry, become homeless and face other hardships.
"If households are in financial catastrophe, then we have a moral obligation as a country to help households regardless of what their spending or not spending does to the aggregate economy," said Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy arm of the Brookings Institution.
Money in the proposal would similarly provide a lifeline to some small businesses that risk closing for good amid weak demand between now and when vaccines become available. Even large companies could be hurt if many smaller firms go under, which is one reason large business groups have called for immediate aid to small companies.
"Jobs created by small businesses impact big businesses' ability to sell to those people," said Suzanne Clark, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "So we're really worried about the totality of the ecosystem and the number of small businesses just hanging on by a thread."
But many business groups warn that the compromise plan does not include enough money, potentially leaving some companies without aid, in a repeat of the government's initial round of Paycheck Protection Program loans in the spring. Lawmakers could again find themselves almost immediately facing pressure to allocate more money to the program.
The structure of the aid is unlikely to provide a long-term bridge for certain types of businesses, including many in the hospitality industry, that might not return to pre-pandemic levels of activity for months or years.
The deal would provide money to state and local governments, though the $160 billion being discussed is a small fraction of the $1 trillion that Democrats initially proposed last spring.
State and local aid has been a major sticking point in negotiations, with Mr. McConnell dismissing it as a "blue-state bailout." But Republican-led states face some of the biggest revenue gaps.
States and local governments, which have been battered by pandemic-related costs and collapsing tax revenues, have already cut more than 1.3 million jobs, and much deeper cuts loom. Those cuts could have both short- and long-term consequences. A new round of public-sector layoffs and furloughs, combined with slowing private-sector hiring, could derail the precarious recovery. And cuts to schools, public transportation and other services could make it harder for the economy to regain momentum once the pandemic has passed.
Even if Congress does reach a deal before the end of the year, Mr. Biden warned Friday that lawmakers would need to spend more once he took office. "The country's going to be in dire, dire, dire straits if they don't," he said.
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The purpose for publication of this document is to expose the IRI Lobby, Agents and 5th Column in America. Iran Politics Club as the largest Iranian Website and Network in the globe and the voice of the Iranian Opposition has a Journalistic Integrity and a Media Duty to the Iranians, Americans and the Global Public. The mission is to mass expose the IRI Iranian Hezbollah Agents in America.
Freedom of Press, the Press Shield Laws, and the Journalistic Integrity gives IPC the right to mass expose the IRI 5th Column in America. IRI Lobby Groups in America have put themselves in the forefront of the American political scene as active political organizations and as public figures. This would grant IPC the right to research, criticize, and mass expose them to the public.
There are a number of Islamic organizations in the US that are tied to the Iranian regime, disseminate its ideology and attempt to generate support for its political agenda. The vast majority of American Muslims follow a moderate Islam and reject extremist views including the Iranian regime's ideology. Subsequently, Iran's influence is limited to a very slim portion of US Muslims, predominantly in the Shiite community.
Obama has flourished the IRI Lobby in USA and Established the IRI Regime in Iran!
Obama Betrayed the Iranian Opposition in 2009 and 2015.
In 2009 Obama backed the IRI Regime and not the Opposition protests.
In 2015 Obama paid 1.7 Billion Dollars to the Mullahs and not the Opposition.
Obama supports the Mullahs Regime and not the Iranian People.
Hussein Obama as a Muslim supports the Islamic Republic Regime.
Pro-Iran lobby is a coalition of organizations and politicians, led by US corporations and accompanied by an army of pundits and Iran experts that regardless of what Iran is doing, asks the US government to adopt a friendlier policy with Iran and remove sanctions. At the center of this lobby are small Iranian-American organizations that are tied to various factions of the Iranian regime.
IRI (Islamic Republic of Iran) is the greatest State Sponsor of Terrorism in the globe.
If lobby for State Sponsored Terrorism is illegal, then how come Trita Parsi is not in jail?
…. And this season's "Shiite of The Season Award", goes to Mr. Jahanshah Javid!
Jahanshah Javid, the same as a chameleon changes colors, shapes and sites to lose track, but we manage to find him!
Jahanshah Javid is a Weasel Chameleon who changes colors, shapes and political affiliations like under wears! One day he is Hezbollah, one day Islamist Reformist, one day Islamist Apologist, one day IRI Lobby Media, one day Marxist Leninist, one day "Intel-Egg-Chew-All" Left (Intellectual Leftist), one day American Patriot, one day Liberal Leftist, one day Human, one day Weasel, and the next day Insect! The reality is that he is a Chameleon with many faces, a weasel with no principles, and an IRI Media Agent performing his role for the IRI Lobby and IRI Islamist Regime of Tehran.
* Notice when he went back to Iran, he changed his name from Jahanshah Javid to Mohammad Jahanshah Javid. He changed Jahanshah (Persian) to Mohammad (Arabo-Islamic) to better blend in with his Hezbollah buddies.
This IRI Agent tends to lose track. Do not lose the track of this IRI Agent.
How Trita Parsi & NIAC Advance IRI Iran Agenda in USA?
How Trita Parsi and NIAC Advance IRI Iran's Agenda in USA?
If lobby for the State Sponsored Terrorism (IRI) is a crime, then how come Trita Parsi is not being trialed for treason, jailed or at least deported?
How a small pro-Iranian lobby became part of a vast propaganda machine to push the nuclear deal that helped reshape the Middle East?
Since its creation in 2002, NIAC has dedicated most of its activities and resources to ease the pressure off the Iranian regime and helped Tehran to advance its strategic goals.
Why does Iran fight in Syria?
NIAC AKA IRI 5th Column must be stopped now!
Trita Parsi is Sahar Nowrouzzadeh's Boss and head of NIAC which is in fact the IRI's 5th Column in USA paving the way to appease IRI and making deals with the Mullahs. If lobbying for the State Sponsor Terrorism (IRI) is illegal, then how come Trita Parsi is not in jail?
I am an American Patriot and a Persian Nationalist. I am a member of the American National Populist Movement. I am a member of the Iranian Opposition Movement. It is my American Patriotic Duty and my Persian Nationalistic Duty to expose the enemies of America and Iran because the enemies of the American people and the Iranian people are the same and they are the IRI Agents operating in America; therefore, I am here to expose wide open the criminal activities of IRI (Islamic Republic of Iran's Regime), NIAC (IRI's 5th Column in USA), Trita Parsi (IRI Lobbyist and NIAC Boss), Reza Marashi (Trita Parsi's Right Hand) and Sahar Nowrouzzadeh (Trita Parsi's Left Hand). Sahar Nowrouzzadeh is an IRI Agent in Washington DC working for the State Department!
Namazi Iran Oil Mafia Family in Masks!
Left to Right: Babak Namazi, Baquer Namazi and Siamak Namazi of Namazi Iran Oil Mafia Family under Masks! We will unmask them.
Namazi Iran Oil Mafia Family Unmasked!
Left to Right: Siamak Namazi and Baquer Namazi of Namazi Iran Oil Mafia Family.
Namazi Family are not Innocent Iranian American Prisoners in Iran. They belong to the Reformist Hezbollah Fraction of IRI (Islamic Republic of Iran). They are in prison because of the internal political fractions' rivalries of Iran. Namazi Family are the creators and benefactors of the Iran Lobby in USA.
Trita Parsi is the Con Man Leader of the IRI 5th Column in America who does the Mullahs' Dirty Deeds and Lobby in USA. NIAC is Trita Parsi's Iran Lobby Group in USA.
The Big Shiite which wouldn't flush down!
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One enterprising Iranian expat family and its allies successfully pushed for U.S.-Iran rapprochement—and now stands to make a fortune from sanctions relief.
When the world's major powers struck a deal over Iran's nuclear program in Vienna in July, it represented a victory not just for the Islamic Republic, which has now been granted international legitimacy as a nuclear threshold state, but also for a small but increasingly influential lobby in America, one which has long sought rapprochement between Washington and Tehran and now seeks to leverage a successfully concluded nuclear deal as a means to that end.
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Why the Media Lies about the Namazi Family?
Are bombarded with Fake News, Propaganda, Articles, Bribes and Money from NIAC and Iran Lobby Groups to deceive the American public and hide the reality about the Namazi Family. What media portrays about the Namazi Family and what the reality dictates, is basically the distance from the Earth to the Moon!
You have heard and read all the media lies, now it is time to read the truth hidden from you by the media, government and politicians!
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Abbas Edalat head of Iran Lobby Group CASMII in UK and US was detained in Iran by the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) due to the internal conflict between the IRI (Islamic Republic of Iran) fractions. Abbas Edalat regularly visits Iran but this time he was arrested by the IRGC. Abbas Edalat belongs to the "Reformist Fraction" and "Moderate Fraction" of the IRI but IRGC groups who arrested him belong to the "Fundamentalist Fraction" of IRI. They are different fractions of the Iranian Mafia.


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Investors take money off the table ahead of Trump address to Congress
By Trevor Hoey. Published at Mar 1, 2017, in Features
Wall Street got the jitters ahead of President Trump's address to Congress, falling from the previous day's close of 20,837 points to hit a low of 20,781 points.
While some of the lost ground was recovered in afternoon trading, the index still finished in negative territory at 20,812 points.
The NASDAQ was even more volatile, falling from the previous day's close of 5861 points to hit a low of 5817 points before closing at 5825 points, a decline of 0.6%.
UK and European markets made small gains, mainly assisted by stocks that could benefit from the increase in defence spending flagged by Trump.
The FTSE 100 gained 10 points or 0.1% to finish at 7263 points.
In mainland Europe the DAX and the Paris CAC 40 were up 0.1% and 0.3% respectively.
While the oil price trended downwards for most of the session, a late rally saw it recover most of the lost ground to finish 0.2% lower, still hovering in the US$54.00 per barrel.
Gold gave up some of its recent gains to finish at circa $1250 per ounce.
Iron ore came off slightly but remains firmly above US$90 per tonne.
Base metals were mixed with small gains across copper, zinc and lead, while nickel fell less than 1% to finish at US$4.93 per pound.
The Australian dollar was relatively unmoved finishing at US$0.766.
It should be noted that broker projections and price targets are only estimates and may not be met. Also, historical data in terms of earnings performance and/or share trading patterns should not be used as the basis for an investment as they may or may not be replicated. Those considering this stock should seek independent financial advice.
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Two individuals linked to a break-in that took place in Keselwatta have been arrested.
The arrests were made in the Wattala and Kolonnawa areas.
The robbery which had occurred last Monday (15), involved gold jewellery worth Rs.4929500 and foreign currency worth Rs. 579500 being stolen from a house on Bandaranayake lane, in Keselwatta.
Police did manage to find Rs.33000, pieces of gold jewellery and foreign cash with the two individuals during the arrest.
The arrestees believed to be residents of the Walampitiya and Maligawatha areas, will be presented to the Hultsdorf Magistrate's Court today (23).
Police are continuing their investigation processes on the matter.


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Q: Is it against the law to break someone's wand?
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*Wands do break

*They are very personal; linked to and learning from their owner

*They are (somewhat) sentient and unique

*Essentially, on the surface a very nice stick

Is there any special law regarding the breaking of someone's wand or is it (as seen by the law) comparable to any other form of property damage?
Are there any occurrences of malicious wand-breaking throughout the books?

A: I can think of two cases in the novels that we know of wands breaking.

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*When Hagrid was expelled

*When Ron's wand was broken by the
whomping willow.

Hagrid's wand was broken by the order of the state, so we can't tell if this is not legal. What it seems would be illegal is him buying another one as Olivander both know that he was expelled and makes sure that the wand was destroyed (it was not of course). So it does seem that wand breaking can be a form of exile from performing magic.
Ron's wand was broken maliciously but not by a person (I'm not sure if the whomping willow is sentient or not). However, we can see by the reaction of people to this that it is not that serious a matter. Harry and Ron are at the time in a lot of trouble, and the broken wand was an afterthought. If there were special circumstances around wand breaking you would think that it would be noted at this point. AS it is, it is seen as an annoyance by Ron rather than any special loss. Like a laptop or phone breaking, rather than the loss of a pet for example.
So in the absence of any contradictory evidence, I would say there is nothing special about wands breaking or being broken.


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Home News The Roundup, Bull Magazine: Award winning publications
The Roundup, Bull Magazine: Award winning publications
Samantha Bravo
Members of the Media Arts Department attended the 2017 Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) state convention to participate in various workshops and compete in on-the-spot contests in writing, photography and broadcasting.
The convention was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento from Thursday, March 30, through Sunday, April 2. The Roundup and Bull Magazines won 10 awards.
Robert O' Neil, instructor of Media Arts Department, has been attending JACC since 1980 and recommends any aspiring journalist to attend this conference.
"The newspapers and magazine both got general excellence awards which was really really nice," O'Neil said.
Editor-in-Chief of the Roundup newspaper Victor Rodriguez was able to attend 14 different workshops throughout the three days at JACC.
"When students attend this conference, they have the opportunity to enter on-the-spot journalism competitions where their work is judged by industry professionals," Rodriguez said. "They are also encouraged to attend workshops, also run by industry professionals, about whatever subjects or specialties they'd like to go into."
"I feel like a completely new journalist," Rodriguez said. "All of these seminars and workshops are information that you're not going to get from your professors—they have their own lesson plan, and people who are working in this specific field know what it takes to make it; they're living the jobs we want."
Editor-in-Chief of the Bull Magazine Tanya Castaneda said she learned about what it's like to be a woman in the sports industry and how she could take advantage of it as a journalist.
"[JACC] was a good experience," Castaneda said. "Once you're there, it's a completely different story because it's one thing to be in your own newsroom at school, but it's a whole other world to step out of your comfort zone, get out there and meet new people that have the same career goals as you. Once you start meeting these new people, the more motivated you get and the more excited you get to keep wanting to learn more and experience more."
The JACC convention happens twice a year with different speakers and, depending on the organizing committee, a different focus for the keynote speakers to address.
Each speaker and participant attend the convention with a variety of skills to share with each other to further techniques and knowledge to apply in newsrooms.
"Most of the seminar leaders that I talked to repeated that it's not about your degree, it's not about you finishing your education; it's about you being qualified and having the skillset to actually do the job," Rodriguez said.
"If you have the opportunity, I recommend any young journalist to attend this conference," Rodriguez said. "Don't focus so much on competing, invest more in yourself, in your knowledge; that's really what's going to take you there."
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Gadkari, Sitharaman, Ratan Tata, Anil Ambani give Vibrant Gujarat Summit a miss
Sohini Ghosh
The Indian Express 19 January 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019 in Gandhinagar on Friday. (Express Photo: Javed Raja)
Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman, Tata Sons' chairman emeritus Ratan Tata, chairman of the Reliance Group Anil Ambani were some of the big names who were conspicuous with their absence on the inaugural day of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit Friday.
Gadkari, who is the Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, posted on Twitter pictures of him and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating phase two of Ramjhula railway overbridge in Nagpur on Friday afternoon. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel addressed the first session of a seminar on 'Port-Led Development and Strategies to Establish India as the Transshipment Hub of Asia' that Gadkari was supposed to address.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was supposed to speak at a seminar on 'Make in India', which was addressed by State Energy Minister Saurabh Patel. The welcome address for the session on 'Ease of Doing Business, Make In India achievements, Make in India 2.0' of which Sitharaman was expected to be a part of, was supposed to be delivered by M K Das, Principal Secretary of Gujarat Industries. Instead, the welcome speech was delivered by Mamta Verma, Commissioner of Gujarat Industries.
Sitharaman was also supposed to deliver the keynote speech at the seminar on 'Opportunities for Industry in Defence and Aerospace' which was announced at a press meet ahead of the summit. Instead, Secretary, Defence Production Ajay Kumar delivered the keynote.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda's name has also gone missing from the final schedule for the Vibrant Gujarat health seminar to be held on Saturday. That he would deliver the keynote speech at the seminar was announced at a press conference by the state health department last month.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who has been attending Vibrant Summits since the past several years, is away to the US for medical reasons.
Among the prominent industrialists, Ratan Tata remained absent. Tata Motors Chairman N Chandrasekharan, however, attended the summit and spoke at the inauguration. Anand Mahindra of the Mahindra & Mahindra group also did not attend the summit this year.
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Посольство Финляндии на Украине () — дипломатическое представительство Финляндской Республики в столице Украины городе Киеве.

История
Первым дипломатическим представителем Финляндии на Украине был приехавший в Киев в 1918 году Герман Гуммерус (интересы Украины в Финляндии представлял Константин Владимирович Лосский с резиденцией в Стокгольме).

30 декабря 1991 года Финляндия признала независимость Украины, а 26 февраля 1992 года были установлены финляндско-украинские дипломатические отношения.

С 3 апреля 1992 года в Киеве открылось посольство Финляндии, а в декабре того же года начало действовать посольство Украины в Хельсинки.

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7 maps that show how our understanding of the world changed dramatically
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Google Maps is one of the most downloaded apps, and for good reason: It tells us where we're going.
But centuries before we had satellite imaging, high altitude photography, or smartphones, people were jumping into ships and measuring distances between land masses to draw maps.
Those measurements, of course, made for less accurate maps. But since then, our view of the world has sharpened.
Here are seven maps that show how far we've come in our understanding of the world.
SEE ALSO: This video shows the entire history of the world's cities in 3 minutes
Ptolemy's "Geographia" was one of the first treatises on geography in the Western world.
Ptolemy's world map, originally described in the year 150, was one of the first to show longitude and latitude. It placed the meridian, or longitudinal center, in the then-unidentified "Fortunate Isles" to the west of Africa. That meridian would be used up until the Middle Ages.
The map was adapted and reprinted for centuries. The version shown above is German cartographer Nicolaus Germanus' 1467 iteration of Ptolemy's Geographia. In it, the Mediterranean Ocean borders a blocky African continent, which also appears to cover the entire southern end of the map, giving the impression that Africa connects back to Asia.
The Mercator world map made it easier for sailors to navigate.
By the time this map was created in 1569, Christopher Columbus had sailed. Spanish conquistadors had brought back measurements — so many, in fact, that in 100 years, the rest of Asia was filled in, and the Americas, albeit looking like a blobby child's drawing, were finally described in detail.
Finnish cartographer Gerardus Mercator's world map was a product of these discoveries. It allowed for sailors to draw "rhumb lines," straight navigational lines on Mercator projected maps that allowed them to steer ships in one direction without constantly adjusting for the earth's curvature.
This early Dutch map, called the "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula," shows a slightly more accurate America.
Drawn by Henricus Hondius in 1630, this map provided new additions: Australia and New Zealand. Australia's outline is shown as New Holland, and New Zealand's presence is recognized though not entirely defined — its eastern and southern borders are cut off.
California is also depicted here as an island — an idea that first came about when Hernan Cortés briefly traveled to Baja California in 1535 and mistook the peninsula for a large island. North America's Pacific Northwest remains wholly undiscovered on this map, as does the part of Russia that extends out towards North America.
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The Mysterious Life Of The Heart
Writing From The Sun About Passion, Longing, And Love
In fifty personal essays, short stories, and poems, The Sun's writers explore the enigma of love with unremitting candor, leading us through heartbreak and ecstasy, anger and forgiveness, fleeting crushes and lasting relationships. The result is vibrant, messy, mysterious, and enduring.
Contributors include Poe Ballantine, Cheryl Strayed, Sparrow, Steve Almond, and many others.
Table of ContentsX
Fiction by Steve Almond
How Far Did You Get?
Poetry by Chris Bursk
Doug Crandell
Beach Boy
Still Life With Candles And Spanish Guitar
Fiction by Kirk Nesset
Alone With Love Songs
Poetry by Edwin Romond
I Will Soon Be Married
Fiction by John Tait
Poetry by Larry Colker
The Woman With Hair
Fiction by Robert McGee
The Boy With Blue Hair
Evening Voices
Poetry by Jeff Walt
Fiction by Leslie Pietrzyk
My Fat Lover
Judith Joyce
Blue Velvis
Fiction by Theresa Williams
Box Step
Poetry by Todd James Pierce
Au Revoir, Pleasant Dreams
Rosemary Berkeley
An Hour After Breakfast
Poetry by Matthew Deshe Cashion
The Empty House Of My Brokenhearted Father
Fiction by Poe Ballantine
Poetry by Kathryn Hunt
Suzy Joins The Sex Club
Fiction by Alison Clement
On Catching My Husband With A Cigarette After Seven Years Of Abstinence
Poetry by Patry Francis
Fiction by Suniti Landgé
Her Shoes
Poetry by Alison Seevak
And Passion Most Of All
Michelle Cacho-Negrete
Prayer For Your Wife
Poetry by Kathleen Lake
Everything I Thought Would Happen
Ashley Walker
Poetry by Lee Rossi
The Kitchen Table: An Honest Orgy
Denise Gess
Poetry by Lou Lipsitz
My Marital Status
James Kullander
The Song Of Forgiveness
Genie Zeiger
Bleeding Dharma
Stephen T. Butterfield
Poetry by Eric Anderson
The Year In Geese
Fiction by Rita Townsend
Smashing The Plates
Poetry by Alison Luterman
Finding A Good Man
Jasmine Skye
Eight Love Poems
Poetry by Sparrow
Brenda Miller
Fiction by Robley Wilson
Fiction by Laura Pritchett
I Am Not A Sex Goddess
Lois Judson
Blowing It In Idaho
Stephen J. Lyons
The Woman In Question
Poetry by John Hodgen
My Accidental Jihad
Krista Bremer
Poetry by Michael Hettich
Blue Flamingo Looks At Red Water
Fiction by Katherine Vaz
Sixteenth Anniversary
Poetry by Tess Gallagher
Fiction by Colin Chisholm
Hello, Gorgeous!
Fiction by Bruce Holland Rogers
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When I was in my twenties, I came across a new essay by Henry Miller, then nearly eighty, about his obsession with a beautiful, mysterious, and, as I recall, not entirely available young woman. One of the twentieth century's most influential writers, a fearless cultural provocateur and irrepressible ladies' man, Miller was shamelessly in love. Hopelessly and pathetically in love. He thought of the woman constantly. When he couldn't be with her, he wrote to her every day. At the end of his rope — unable to work, unable to sleep — he was, he admitted, as confused and insecure as a love-struck teenager.
Not that many years removed from adolescence myself, I didn't know whether to be discouraged or relieved. On the one hand, I'd always assumed that, as I got older, I'd get better at handling this elusive and tempestuous force called love. Surely by the time I was thirty, say, or forty, I'd have developed a modicum of self-possession and would have stopped running around with my emotional shirt-tails flapping in the breeze. Perhaps I'd even be able to look at an attractive woman without assuming she was put on earth to fulfill my longing for completion. Yes, in a decade or two, I'd have it all worked out. But Miller's misery suggested that Cupid didn't care if you were a young fool like me or an old fool like Miller: those cute little arrows were going to pierce you, and, before you could even find out the perfect stranger's name, you'd have stained carpet with cute little drops of blood.
Yet Miller's honesty also had a liberating effect on me. If — despite his genius, his worldliness, his many marriages, his innumerable affairs — he'd been brought to his knees by this latest infatuation, maybe I didn't have to judge myself so harshly for regularly tripping over my own feet. Were the cultural icons I worshipped smarter than me? Yes. Were they more accomplished? Of course. But why assume they were any better at loving another person or at dealing with the pain love inevitably brings? It seemed as if we were all in this together, the geniuses and me.
On some level, I already knew this. But it's one thing to realize something intellectually; it's another to experience it viscerally because a writer is unafraid to be naked on the page. By laying bare his emotions without embellishment or embarrassment, Miller had given me something of great value. He'd shown me the power of being vulnerable, and he'd helped me feel less alone.
Decades later, as editor and publisher of The Sun, that's the kind of writing that moves me the most, and it's what you'll find in The Mysterious Life of the Heart.
All the works in these pages originally appeared in The Sun, a magazine that has been published monthly out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since 1974, when I sold the first copies on the street. The Sun itself has been something of a romantic endeavor: born of youthful idealism, built by the hard work of many people, and kept alive by passion — for the written word, for an honest story well told, for fragile humanity in all its guises.
Love is a house with many rooms, and The Mysterious Life of the Heart explores only one of them: not a child's love for a parent or a parent's love for a child or a love between siblings or love between friends. It's about the room upstairs at the end of the hall, shared by two lovers who've decided to stay — for a weekend or forever, no one can say. Sometimes they kiss, sometimes they bite. They dream they're in heaven. They swear they're in hell. That room.
The sheer volume of writing on this subject that's appeared in The Sun made it difficult to decide what to include. Choosing fifty essays, short stories, and poems out of the hundreds we considered might have been easier if we hadn't already fallen in love with and published them all. So we set to work reading and rereading, Venus sitting on one shoulder and Mars perched on the other, and when we finally finished making our choices, what did we end up with? Exactly twenty-five works by men and twenty-five by women. Well, how about that! We'd hit the bull's-eye without even trying.
This isn't a book in which you'll find the seven steps to connubial bliss, with exercises at the end of each chapter to simultaneously tighten your buttocks and open your third eye. But that doesn't mean the stories, essays, and poems are randomly arranged. Instead, we follow a winding, sometimes treacherous path from the innocence and impetuousness of young love through marriage and devotion, temptation and betrayal, divorce and heartbreak, and finally forgiveness and mercy. When read from front to back, The Mysterious Life of the Heart is a journey worth taking. (Naturally, you're free to ignore our counsel, begin reading anywhere, and jump from piece to piece, just as you're free to throw caution to the wind and jump into bed with the next attractive person you meet. Don't say we didn't warn you.)
This book is the fruit of many people's labor. That we managed to publish it while also putting out a monthly magazine is a testament to the intelligence and hard work of my colleagues at The Sun. Specifically, I'd like to thank art director Robert Graham for his elegant design and fine eye for detail, and photographer Nicole Blaisdell for her evocative cover photograph; manuscript editor Colleen Donfield for helping to determine the final selections; senior editor Andrew Snee for his sensitive editing of every piece; and managing editor Tim McKee, who shepherded the book from idea to finished product. My deepest gratitude goes to the writers themselves, whose willingness to share their glorious and painful experiences is itself and expression of love.
As the editor of a book about love, I'd be guilty of hubris, and all but inviting the gods and goddesses to smack me silly, if I didn't acknowledge that, despite being marginally wiser than I was in my twenties, and despite having been married most of my adult wife (to three different women, though not at the same time), I'm hardly an authority on the subject. For if you took everything I've learned about love from the women I've lived with and the nights I've spent alone; from the sacrifices I've made and the sacrifices I've foolishly demanded of others; from the unforgettable moments I've already forgotten and from the ecstasy of spirit I'll never forget, that ineffable state beyond the veil of separateness where the "I" that says "I love you" is no different from the "you" that hears it — yes, if you took everything I've learned about love and dropped it in the ocean, there would be a little splash, and there would still be room for an ocean.
Sy Safransky
Editor and publisher
P.S. The best place to read The Mysterious Life of the Heart is in a quiet corner away from the usual distractions. (Avoid public places where laughing or crying is frowned upon.) The publisher grants permission for portions of the book to be read aloud to a loved one, by candlelight, between the hours of 10 P.M. and 2 A.M. But using this book to try to seduce someone or justify the unbelievably selfish way you acted last week is expressly prohibited.
by Steve Almond | June 2001
How Far Did You Get
by Chris Bursk | March 1999
Often the first
question other boys would hit
a boy with, as if the kid
hadn't gone out on a date
but tried to
swim the English Channel,
and they knew he couldn't
cross such a distance
without their help,
and this was their way
of helping him. Go on,
tell us exactly how far,
not knowing yet how to
understand what a boy did
with a girl,
except by measurements:
how long,
how often,
the precise calculations
of sex. What was a kid to say
to his buddies? It was like
grabbing hold of a boat
and being pulled aboard
after treading water
for days. I lay there
like someone who'd been rescued,
looking up at the stars
as if they'd been part
of the search party, too,
the breeze on my neck,
the whole dark
sky. Imagine a boy
telling that to his friends.
It is more
than they wish to know.
by Doug Crandell | July 2008
Our failing family farm had two trailer homes sitting vacant. To make ends meet, my parents rented one to Valerie, a pregnant, unwed twenty-three-year-old with tomato red hair who worked at the Kroger deli, where my mother was the manager.
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6 Tuition-Free Colleges
BY Scott Allen
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The cost of higher education leaves many students wondering if they can afford to go to college. For those who want to avoid being saddled with huge student loan debt, here are six schools that offer tuition-free educations (besides the military academies).
1. College of the Ozarks
Several schools share the "Linebacker U" and "Quarterback U" monikers in reference to the NFL talent that their college football programs produce, but the only "Hard Work U" is located in Point Lookout, Missouri. In 1973, a Wall Street Journal reporter bestowed that title on the College of the Ozarks, where students pay no tuition and work at least 15 hours a week at a campus work station. Jobs are taken seriously at the school of 1,400; students are graded on their work performance in addition to their academics.
History: In 1906, Presbyterian missionary James Forsythe helped open the School of the Ozarks to provide a Christian high school education to children in the Ozarks region, which spans parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The school added a two-year junior college 50 years later and completed its transition to a four-year college program in 1965. The school was renamed College of the Ozarks in 1990 and has established itself as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.
Notable: College of the Ozarks was No. 6 on the Princeton Review's list of the top 10 Stone-Cold Sober schools in 2014.
Famous Alum: Actress and model April Scott, who played Daisy Duke in the straight-to-DVD prequel Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning. Scott has also appeared in Entourage, as a briefcase-toting model on Deal or No Deal, on various magazine covers, and as the host of Model Turned Superstar.
How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Silver Dollar City, an amusement park in nearby Branson, Mo., harkens back to simpler times with its 1880s theme. In addition to featuring craftsmen tents, the roller coasters at the park offer scenic views of the Ozarks.
2. Deep Springs College
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Deep Springs is a two-year, all-male liberal arts college located on a cattle ranch and alfalfa farm in the Inyo-White Mountains of California's High Desert. To get an idea of just how isolated the school is, consider the explanation for its policy forbidding smoking in any of the school's buildings or near hay bales: "We're 45 minutes from the nearest emergency services, so a fire could be disastrous." Every student admitted—10 to 15 per year—receives free tuition, room, and board, and works at least 20 hours a week on the ranch. The manual labor ranges from washing dishes to milking cows. Most students complete their degrees at prestigious four-year schools after leaving Deep Springs.
History: Deep Springs was founded by Lucien Lucius Nunn, a pioneer in electrical engineering who helped design the Ontario Power Plant at Niagara Falls. While working for the Telluride Power Company, which provided power to gold mines, Nunn invited young men to work for him in exchange for an education. The work-study program became known as the Telluride Institute in 1905. Nunn was driven out of the company in 1912 by a powerful stockholder who believed Nunn's unconventional means of attracting workers was detrimental to the business. Nunn decided to start a completely new educational endeavor at Deep Springs, which admitted its first class of 20 in 1917.
Notable: Academics, labor, and self-governance are the three pillars of the Deep Springs experience. Students have a say in what subjects to study, what professors to hire, and even what applicants to admit.
Famous Alum: William T. Vollmann, a novelist and journalist with a propensity for writing about dangerous firsthand experiences, including a trip into Afghanistan with the mujahideen in 1982. Vollmann has written more than 20 books, including Europe Central, which won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction.
How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Given that students are generally prohibited from leaving the ranch during the semester, online shopping via the somewhat reliable Internet connection is one of the only viable options.
3. Berea College
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Thanks to a large endowment, every student admitted to Berea College in Kentucky receives a full-tuition scholarship valued at more than $90,000. Students are required to work at least 10 hours a week in one of more than 140 departments, and while room, board, and books are not covered, the work-study program enables some of the 1,500 students to lighten their financial load even more. Berea offers degrees in 28 fields.
History: Berea was founded in 1855 by Rev. John Fee—an ironic name for the founder of a tuition-free college if there ever was one—as the first interracial and coed college in the South. Classes at the school were fully integrated until the Kentucky Legislature passed a law in 1904 that prohibited school integration. The law was amended in 1950 to allow integrated education above the high school level and Berea returned to its roots, becoming the first school in Kentucky to re-open its doors to African-Americans.
Notable: Berea's motto is "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth."
Famous Alum: Carter G. Woodson, an African-American historian, journalist, and author. After graduating with a Bachelor of Literature degree from Berea, Woodson earned his PhD and taught at Howard University. He pioneered the celebration of "Negro History Week" in 1926, which would serve as the precursor to "Black History Month" as we know it today.
How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Berea is home to the Kentucky Artisan Center, a 25,000-square-foot facility that showcases Kentucky-made arts and crafts in a variety of exhibits.
4. Olin College of Engineering
Olin College is a school of 300 in Needham, Mass., where every admitted student receives four years of free tuition valued at $130,000. The school is funded by a $400 million grant from the F.W. Olin Foundation and ranks as one of the top undergraduate engineering programs in the country. There is great emphasis placed on philanthropy at Olin; students are encouraged to develop creative ideas that address societal needs and help make the world a better place.
History: The school is named for Franklin W. Olin, who founded the Olin Corporation and made a fortune selling ammunition. Olin was a great philanthropist, too. Since 1938, the F.W. Olin Foundation has contributed more than $300 million in grants to colleges and universities throughout the country. The same foundation financed the development of Olin College, which was completed in 2002. The school graduated its first class in 2006.
Notable: Indicative of the entrepreneurial spirit of the school, six Olin students are taking a year off to develop educational Internet software—think Google Docs meets Facebook—for local middle school students. The students expect the software, which will include built-in features that allow parents and teachers to interact with and monitor their students' work, to be operational by mid-April.
How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Honor the legacy of F.W. Olin, who played two years of professional baseball after graduating from Cornell, with a trip to Fenway Park in nearby Boston.
5. Curtis Institute of Music
Like Juilliard, the Curtis Institute of Music is considered one of the most prestigious performing arts conservatories in the world. Unlike Juilliard, tuition at Curtis is free. Every student admitted to the school of 160 in Philadelphia is provided a full scholarship, and all piano, harpsichord, composition, and conducting majors are lent Steinway grand pianos. As part of their training, students at Curtis host over 100 public concerts each year, and receive one-on-one instruction from the musically accomplished faculty.
History: Mary Louise Curtis Bok founded the Curtis Institute in 1924 as a place for talented young performers to prepare for careers as professional musicians. She named the school in honor of her father, Cyrus Curtis, the founder of Ladies' Home Journal and a fellow music lover.
Notable: According to the school's website, 17 percent of the principal chairs in America's top 25 orchestras and four music directorships in the top 50 are held by Curtis-trained musicians. More than 60 alumni have performed with the Metropolitan Opera.
Famous Alum: Anthony McGill, who has been the principal clarinetist of the Metropolitan Opera and now the New York Philharmonic, he was in the quartet (along with Yo-Yo Ma) that played at Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration. Also: Leonard Bernstein.
How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Buy a membership to the Franklin Institute to supplement your musical education.
6. Alice Lloyd College
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All students at Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Ky., are required to work at least 10 hours per week in exchange for free tuition. Students who need additional financial aid to pay for room and board may work up to 15 hours per week. Jobs at the school of 550 are assigned based on a student's work experience and personal preference.
History: Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd, a former publisher and editor of The Cambridge Press, moved from Boston to Eastern Kentucky in 1916. With the help of June Buchanan, Lloyd chartered what was then called Caney Junior College in 1923. The school became an accredited four-year college in 1980.
Notable: The call letters for Alice Lloyd College's non-commercial radio station, which has broadcast inspirational programming around the clock since 1998, are WWJD-FM.
Famous Alum: Carl D. Perkins, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 until his death in 1984. Perkins's legacy lives on in the form of the Perkins Loan, a need-based Federal student loan.
How to Spend the Money Saved on Tuition: Elk were introduced to Kentucky in 1997 as part of a restoration project and Knott County, which includes Pippa Passes, is now known as the elk capital of the East. Tours are available through several outlets.


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Pirates extend win streak to four
Solid pitching, good hitting gets team back on track
Kevin Mertens - Register Staff Writer (kmertens@faribaultcountyregister.com) , Faribault County Register
The Blue Earth Pirates made it four in-a-row as they went on the road to defeat the Janesville Jays 5-1 behind a strong pitching performance by Garrett Anderson.
Anderson struck out 17 Janesville batters to pick up the win as the Pirates evened their record at 9-9 with their third win in three days.
The Jays touched Anderson for one run in the bottom of the first inning but it was the end of their scoring for the day.
Lee Hodges rounds third base and heads for home in a recent Pirate victory. Three consecutive wins on the road last weekend gave the Pirates four consecutive victories and enabled the team to even their record at 9-9 as they head into the final weeks of the regular season and prepare for the playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Pirates pushed one run across the plate in the top of the second inning to tie the game 1-1. Kane Malo singled, Lee Hodges walked and Brandyn Olsen singled to load the bases. Aaron Wendt hit into a double play which allowed Malo to score from third.
Blue Earth took the lead in the top of the third inning. Cody Sukalski singled, stole second and went to third base on a passed ball. Hunter Bleess hit a ground out to the first baseman to score Sukalski and give the Pirates a 2-1 lead.
Kaylan Legred singled in the fifth inning for the Pirates. He then stole second base and came home on a double by Sukalski, who moved to third on a passed ball. TJ Schmidtke executed a safety-squeeze bunt to bring home Sukalski with Blue Earth's third run of the game.
The Pirates added two more in the top of the seventh inning. Legred hit a one-out single and then stole second and third base. Sukalski walked and stole second base. Both runners scored on an error by the Jays shortstop to account for the final two runs of the game.
Legred ended the day with two hits and three stolen bases. Sukalski and Olsen also had two hits apiece while Hodges went 1-for-3 with a double.
Pirates 3, Morries 0
Lee Hodges had a stellar outing on the mound for Blue Earth as he shut out the Morristown Morries on the way to a 3-0 victory for the Pirates in a game played at Morristown.
Blue Earth scored two runs in the top of the fourth and one in the top of the ninth inning for their three runs.
Hodges reached first base on a swinging strike out in the fourth inning when the catcher could not handle the ball. Garrett Anderson singled. Joe Schavey's grounder to the third baseman turned into an error which allowed Hodges to score. Trent Sonnicksen, who went 2-for-4 for the day, followed with an RBI single to score Anderson and give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
Blue Earth added an insurance run in the top of the ninth inning. Kaylan Legred hit a one-out single, stole second base and eventually scored on a passed ball.
Pirates 18, Bulls 4
Blue Earth rallied from a 3-2 deficit to score 16 runs in the top of the eighth inning to defeat the host Jackson Bulls 18-4 in eight innings.
Zach Schonrock was the starting pitcher for the Pirates and threw three complete innings. Logan Jahnke took over in the fourth inning and pitched 4 2/3 innings to get credit for the win. Lee Hodges came in to record the final out in the eighth inning.
Jackson was holding on to a slim one-run lead before Blue Earth had their big inning.
The Pirates scored nine runs after the Bulls had recorded two outs. Blue Earth also had nine consecutive batters score.
Hodges was 4-for-6 including a grand slam home run in the eighth inning. Jahnke had three hits including a double. Joe Schavey was 2-for-2 while Hunter Bleess was 2-for-5. Garrett Anderson had a double over the centerfielder's head to drive in two runs.
The Pirates were off until Sunday, July 7, when they were scheduled to host Eagle Lake in a 2 p.m. game. Blue Earth will also be at home against Morristown on July 10, at 7:30 p.m. Results of those contests will be in next week's edition of the Faribault County Register.