The Sala IV constitutional court has found legal flaws in the last piece of legislation designed to implement the free trade treaty with the United States.
The Poder Judicial reported the decision Thursday.
The summary of the decision said that the constitutional flaws were in the way in which the legislation was adopted. The measure is a change in certain Costa Rican laws to better protect intellectual property, such as copyrighted materials, software and designer clothes.
The executive branch immediately expressed its dismay and said it was concerned that the country might not be able to meet a deadline at the end of the month.
extension to get its legal house in order so that the treaty would enter into force here. Oct. 1 is the deadline.
Costa Rica signed the treaty in August 2004 and the executive branch has pushed during all of the Óscar Arias Sánchez administration to get it passed. The country supported the treaty by a narrow margin in a referendum Oct. 7.
Then Costa Rican officials asked the United States and the other countries that signed the pact for the extension to bring local law up to what was required by the treaty. Some 11 other measures have passed the legislature.
They have a honey of a show planned for Sunday in Heredia.
Some 20 of the nation's beekeepers will have a day-long exposition of their trade and products.
The event is being staged by the Centro de Investigaciones Apícolas Tropicales of the Universidad Nacional and the Cámara Nacional de Fomento de la Apicultura.
It will be at the Centro Comercial Paseo de las Flores.
The day is being integrated with the Día de la Independencia, and at 6 p.m., as is customary all over the country, those at the shopping mall will stop their activities to sing the Costa Rican national anthem.
That will be followed by a presentation by the Ballet Folclórico Barbac.
The day starts at 11 a.m. with a showing of "Bee Movie," the animated comedy with Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger providing the voices of the principal characters.
The PG-rated 2007 film features a bee character, Barry B. Benson, (Seinfeld), who ventures into the real world and finds out honey is for sale on grocery shelves.
He decided to sue the human race for stealing the precious liquid.
Ms. Zellweger provides the voice of a human florist who becomes a friend of the talking bee.
Barry Benson would be additionally upset by activities that follow the movie. The beekeepers will be providing honey tasting and sales.
Organizers also promise the Orquesta Latinoamericana de Cuerdas, cheerleaders, the Compañía Cámara Danza, an exhibition of martial arts, stories for youngsters and a faroles contest.
Faroles are replicas of 19th century street lanterns that are traditional on independence day.
The nation's environment police are going to Batán de Matina in the province of Limón today to investigate the death of fish in the Río Madre de Dios. Residents blame the death of the fish on agrochemicals used on nearby farms.
The environmental watchdog, the Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo, said it would follow up on work already done by the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía employees in the area.
Dead fish and a dead reptile, probably a crocodile, were found in the Canal de Gochen, according to Carlos Arguedas, a member of the board of directors of the Asociación Ambientalista de Protección de Cuencas de Siquirres, said the tribunal. The canal is fed by water and runoff from local farms, the tribunal said.
An earthquake due south of the border between Panamá and Costa Rica in the Pacific Ocean rattled southern zone residents and was felt in the Central Valley at 7:36 a.m. Wednesday.
The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico said the epicenter was 90 kms (56 miles) south of Punta Burica and set the magnitude at 5.6. The U.S. geological Survey said the magnitude was 4.6. This is an area with frequent quakes because it is the junction between two tectonic plates.
Everyone has heard the excuse that we can not reduce crime until we have more money for police salaries here. Yes I believe this is very important but at the same time there are things that we can do right now that will cost little or nothing at all to implement.
• Let's get rid of this crazy law that says if you rob someone and the amount of the stolen property is less than $500 you can go free. Is this not a license to rob someone every day? It would not cost anything to remove this law and put the fear of being put in an over crowded jail into the minds of the criminals.
• A North American has a argument with his live-in girl friend and she calls the police claiming verbal abuse, then they remove him from his home. It take months for him to get his house back or pay her off to move out, but a guy can steal your $499 laptop and be back on the street before sunset.
• When judges put criminals back on the street even in some very violent crimes, this, too, sends a signal to the criminals.
• Nobody seems to know if these judges are being paid off or they never figured out that their job is to assess crimes and hand out the appropriate punishments that will make criminals think twice about committing their next crime.
• Recently a Heredia policeman was found guilty of being a member of a drug gang and providing tactical information and more, and then he was slapped on the wrist and told he could not be a policeman for three years. Did this not send a signal to all police officers here that it is OK to help criminals for pay?
• Maybe so but we have an old prison in the Golfo de Nicoya that sits empty and is being looked at for another tourist attraction. A prison doesn't have to be a country club, just clean and secure, if we don't get a handle on crime we won't need another tourist attraction.
These measures will not take alot of money to implement but they will have an immediate effect on reducing crime in this wonderful country that deserves a better way of life for everyone that lives and visits here.
Actually I am not a very political person when it comes to writing letters but I feel these are things that can be done without much funding and should be brought to the attention of the powers that be.
When we deport a known criminal and his parting words are "See you next week" something is very wrong here.
When a hit-man is caught trying to assassinate a politician and simply deported to be set free or even come back, what will the next guy think.
When people are beaten, murdered, and robbed in their own homes, what do we tell our children as we tuck them into their beds each night?
It is said that "all of the good people in Costa Rica live behind bars and all of the criminals are free to roam the streets" Change is needed all over the world to make it a better place as we all know but there are simple things we could do right now that would greatly improve the quality of life here for everyone that visits or chooses to call Costa Rica their home.
As I have outlined above, some of these things can be done without much money and will have an immediate effect on the future of this country and generations to come.
Please accept this letter as the sharing of Ideas to make Costa Rica a better place, with the bright and prosperous future it deserves.
An apprehensive Arath Smith, 15 months, awaits his first dental session while Kerry Barrantes Martínez, 5, already is in the chair.
About a dozen Bribri women shade themselves from the smoldering sun in a thatched hut. They sort through black garbage bags filled with clothes as the screams of a child cut through the heavy air.
The women's group plans to sell the clothing to help the local health clinic in the Bribrí village of Suretka. And the boy screaming is not being harmed. He's simply getting some work done on his teeth.
Last week a group of more than 20 dentists and dental students visited the Reserva Indígena Talamanca, home to the Bribri, to bring free services to some 600 patients by performing 2,000 procedures, said the leader of the group, Dr. Peter Aborn of San Pedro.
Over the years all sorts of people have visited the native Talamanca region. Many of the visitors, whoever they might be: missionaries, do-gooders, or researchers, give and give without realizing that there could be consequences, said Javier Pereira González, one of two dentists permanently stationed in the Talamanca region.
The purpose of Aborn's non-profit group, Proyecto Talamanca, is not only to give needed dental care, but to enable locals in the community to receive training. Aborn, originally from New York, has been in Costa Rica since 1995 and is also a professor at Universidad Latina in San Pedro. Recently Proyecto Talamanca helped a young Bribri woman get accepted with a scholarship to study dentistry at the Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología.
With an average income of $8 a day, many of the Bribri and Cabécar people would rather have better jobs than handouts, said a Bribri community leader in Suretka.
Not that donations are bad, but when that's the only resource for people, some start relying on the gifts rather than fighting for government help or creating new job infrastructures, said Pereira. Also gifts like high-heeled shoes and fancy clothing aren't exactly necessary in a place where people walk hours every day through rivers and up rocky inclines, said Pereira, who has lived in the region for two years.
Many in the region don't have electricity or running water, and Hermógenes Morales, Cabécar leader, who said last week there are 25 people in his village without houses.
Many times visitors travel to the region wishing to do humanitarian work. They visit once but don't return, said Aborn. "No one comes back," he said.
After a flood devastated the area in 2005, Aborn, and Costa Rican dentists Luis Boza and Pereira decided to do something. The group formed campos de trabajo and began to provide supplies and medical care to many of the hard-to-reach communities in the area.
Although the native people of Costa Rica are not permitted legally to sell land, locals in Suretka have offered to donate a plot to Aborn's dental group. The building would house the dentists and allow them to store supplies and transport equipment more easily among villages.
The Bribri women's group that raises money for the clinic, Dama Voluntarias, use clothes donated from members of Proyecto Talamanca to sell in their fundraising. Group coordinator María de los Ángeles Mayorga Oliver said one day the women would like to build a home for patients of the government health clinic.
Many patients travel to Suretka for days and are then told they must wait a week for the next opening or come back repeatedly, said Ms. Mayorga.
Pereira has a dental assistant from the Cabécar region and said the people have showed great interest in becoming more involved in their own medical care and obtaining medical jobs. The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social employs a few native people in the area in entry level health care positions, but more advanced medical study for the native peoples is almost never seen.
Javier Pereira, the Caja dentist in Talamanca, explains to the kids that they shouldn't be afraid because nothing bad will happen. This is after one boy cried for over an hour.
María de los Ángeles Mayorga Oliver, coordinator of Dama Voluntarias, sorts clothing to help support the clinic.
Pereira who sometimes travels four or five hours with a mobile dental unit powered by an electric generator, said he never wants to leave. As he drives his green SUV through rivers, miles of gravel, and muddy inclines, he taps his horn with his knuckles and waves at each friend he passes.
After nearly 50 honks in a span of two hours, it's a wonder the horn still functions.
The sense of hospitality and friendliness did not go unnoticed by dental students as they worked on teeth in the blistering heat and got to know the villagers, some of whom had traveled by foot for three days to receive dental care.
Ari Herrera, a dental student at Universidad Latina, said the trip was the experience of a lifetime. "I've gone on trips to Siquirres, Guápiles, Tirrases, and La Carpio, but these are the worst conditions I've seen, and the people have such limited resources." Ms. Herrera said the trip and people were amazing.
Dental student Sol Fernandez said she was surprised at the attitude of the people and how grateful they were.
Members of the dental project return as often as funds allow it, said Aborn. The most recent trip was the biggest and most successful yet, he said.
Today, Sept. 11, thousands will stop to remember the victims of the U.S. terrorist attacks seven years ago.
The commemoration comes just after the results of an international poll show that many people do not believe the attacks were the work of the al Qaida terror network. For example, 30 percent of those polled in México said the tragedy was the work of the U.S. government.
There is a memorial ceremony today at 8:30 a.m. in Sabana Norte as there has been every year since. An embassy spokesperson, when pressed, said today's ceremony is open to the public. However, newspeople are being required to register in advance with names and cédula numbers. There was no indication how the public would be screened.
Columnist Jo Stuart was barred from a similar ceremony in 2006 because embassy officials called it a private event. The event today is at the same place, the Parque 11 de Setiembre which overlooks the Sabana branch of the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano.
The security overkill is one spinoff of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The terrorism spawned Homeland Security, walking barefoot at airports, overseas wiretaps of Americans and a host of other restrictions on personal liberties. An indirect spinoff is the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
A moment of silence at 6:46 a.m. Costa Rican time will mark the point when the first plane hit the World Trade Center's North Tower. Nearly 3,000 people died as hijackers crashed four commercial planes into the twin towers, the Pentagon in Washington and a field in Pennsylvania.
The attacks disrupted air traffic for a week, and Costa Rica suffered a severe blow to its tourism.
U.S. President George Bush will deliver remarks later this morning at the unveiling of a memorial to honor the 184 people who died at the Pentagon.
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama also will participate. Obama will attend a ceremony near the World Trade Center site, while McCain will attend a ceremony in Pennsylvania.
Earlier this week a memorial honoring the victims of the terrorist attacks was dedicated at Boston's Logan International Airport. The airport was the departure point of two of the hijacked flights.
An independent U.S.-based group called World Public Opinion.org took the survey of 16,000 people in 17 countries and asked who they thought was responsible for the Sept. 11 terrorism.
Majorities in only nine of the 17 countries believed that al Qaida was behind the attacks, a finding that surprised World Public Opinion.org's director, Steven Kull.
He said the result is very striking, given that even Osama bin Laden has publicly made statements affirming that al Qaida was behind the Sept. 11 attacks.
"In Turkey, 36 percent have this view, Turkey, one of our allies. Palestinian territories, 27 percent have this view. In Mexico, 30 percent have this view, and perhaps most surprising of all, in Germany, 23 percent have the view that the United States was behind the 9/11 attacks."
Of those who said the United States was the perpetrator, Kull said many believe it was an attempt to justify an impending U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Some 7 percent of the people polled blame Israel for the 9/11 attacks, and one in four questioned say they do not know who was responsible.
People in the Middle East, especially Muslims, were especially likely to tell the pollsters they believe the United States plotted the attacks.
Kull says he interprets the global ambivalence about the origins of the 9/11 attacks as a result of doubts about the United States' role in the world.
After weeks of problems, suspicions, people falling ill and allegations of illegalities, the national water company still does not know where the water at Avalon Country Club in Santa Ana comes from, said a representative from the company Tuesday.
Residents of the condominium project continue to worry about their safety as some said they became ill from drinking the water.
Workers from the Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantrillados company shut the water off Aug. 18 when they learned developers had been taking the water without permission before the project was complete, said Pedro Barrantes of the institute's Santa Ana office.
The water has not been turned on since, said Barrantes by telephone Tuesday. The only water the utility company is providing to the Avalon project is through a three-quarter-inch pipe meant to be used only for construction purposes, said Barrantes. The water from the construction pipe is potable, said Barrantes, but it would not be sufficient for all the residents in the condominium project. Barrantes said he did not know from where Avalon developers were getting the water for tenants.
A three-quarter-inch pipe would be the size installed to provide service to a medium-sized single-family home.
One resident, Marcia Jiménez, said she paid to have her water tested and that the results confirmed Wednesday that the water was potable. Ms. Jiménez said the water test made by Laboratorios Labin in Santa Ana put her fears at rest and she has no problems living in the development.
doesn't feel clean when he gets out of the shower and that he would rather be back camping in Alaska than live in Avalon. He rents.
The Avalon administration has not been forthcoming in the case, and reporters have been unable to reach the owner of the condominium project, identified as Alberto Rampoldi. The project is supposed to have 350 units.
A receptionist at Avalon Country Club said Wednesday she did not know if the water was safe to drink and hung the phone up on a reporter. Residents say the former administrator, Margel Giacometto, recently quit as have a number of administrators before her.
The woman said to have taken her place, Hazel Vargas, did not return a reporter's call.
During the period that the water company completely cut its services off, Avalon Country Club residents did not have water for almost a week, they said. Residents received water for about two hours per day, said Ms. Jiménez. That is the time when her husband got sick.
After the water was cut off, residents reported seeing water trucks bringing in the water for about five days. That suddenly stopped and now no one seems to know exactly where the water is coming from, said a resident.
According to Eduardo Solano, a representative from Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, developers were never supposed to have moved people in before the project was finished.
Maillet said he and his wife were told when they moved in that the project was almost complete. The phone lines, supposed to be available right away, took three months, he said.
There is still a gym, a swimming pool, and three more buildings that have not been completed and construction starts at 6:30 every morning, he said.
On top of it all, both renters and owners paid a monthly condominium fee of more than $100 each month, they said. Part of that fee was meant to go towards the water, according to residents.
There is at least one group of homeowners that has hired a lawyer and wants to take the case to court to see the payment records, said residents.
Demonstrators in eastern Bolivia clashed with police and broke into government offices Tuesday, as protests escalated against President Evo Morales' planned economic reforms.
Mobs in Santa Cruz raided the state-run telecommunications company, the tax agency, and the state-run television station. Video footage showed the protesters kicking down doors, entering offices, and smashing property.
Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, who fought back. It was not immediately clear how many were injured.
An e-mail from a protester in San Cruz called the Channel 7 television outlet a hated propaganda arm of the Morales government. The writer said the country was in full scale revolution.
In the southern city of Villamontes, demonstrators tried to seize control of a key gas plant. Officials said protesters failed to disrupt the gas flow from Bolivia to Brazil.
Opposition groups in Bolivia's oil-rich eastern provinces began a series of large-scale demonstrations last month, to protest Morales' plans to redistribute natural gas revenues to the poor.
The president's critics are also concerned about his plans to write a new constitution. They say Morales leans too far to the left and is allied too closely with Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez.
Mr. Morales denounced Tuesday's violence as a "civic coup."
Russian news agencies are quoting Defense Ministry officials as saying that two Russian strategic bombers have landed in Venezuela as part of military maneuvers.
The media reports say the Tu-160 bombers arrived Wednesday and that North American Treaty Organization fighters followed the Russian planes during the long flight to Venezuela.
The reports also say the bombers will remain for several days, carrying out training flights over neutral waters before returning to Russia.
Earlier this week, Russian officials said they would send a naval task force to the Caribbean later this year for possible joint exercises with Venezuela.
Brian Ruiz scored a goal in both the first and the second half to propel the Costa Rican national team to victory Wednesday afternoon over Haiti. The game was played on a soggy field in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the final score was 3-1.
The win puts Costa Rica at the top of its four-team group half way through the initial round in preparation for World Cup berths. Costa Rica could clinch its Group C qualification in a return match with Suriname Oct. 11. Costa Rica beat Suriname 7-0 Saturday.
Haiti's Alain Vubert evened the score 22 minutes later. Ruiz scored again toward the end of the second half, and teammate Alejando Alpizar put in an insurance goal a few minutes later.
In other action, the U.S. team beat Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 in a game played in Illinois. And México defeated Canada 2-1 in a game played south of the border.
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football will send three and perhaps four teams to the world cup matches in South Africa in 2010. Three slots are certain but the fourth depends on a conference team beating the fourth place team in another conference.


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Shack, The (2017)
Title: The Shack
Directed by: Stuart Hazeldine
Written by: John Fusco, Andrew Lanham and Destin Daniel Cretton
Based on the book by: William P. Young
Starring: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer and Tim McGraw
After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips [Sam Worthington] spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa [Octavia Spencer]. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Title: Hacksaw Ridge
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Written by: Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths and Vince Vaughn
HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Memoriams:
Andrew Lesnie
The Desmond Doss Council &
Cumberland Association of Seventh-Day Adventists
Dave Cress – President
Jim Frost – Vice President
Keeping Room, The (2014)?
Title: The Keeping Room
Directed by: Daniel Barber
Written by: Julia Hart
Starring: Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Sam Worthington, Muna Otaru and Kyle Soller
Left without men in the dying days of the American Civil War, three Southern women – two sisters and one African-American slave – must fight to defend their home and themselves from two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the fast-approaching Union Army.
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After Credits? Unknown
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
Title: Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Writer: William Brookfield
Based on the book by: Peter R. de Vries
Stars: Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington and Anthony Hopkins
The inside story of the planning, execution, rousing aftermath and ultimate downfall of the kidnappers of beer tycoon Alfred "Freddy" Heineken, which resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for an individual.
Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission
TITLE: Sabotage
Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
Drift (2013)*
TITLE: Drift
In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
Clips of surfing play alongside the credits.
TITLE: Wrath of the Titans
Special thanks to Zak for this submission
Man on a Ledge (2012)
TITLE: Man on a Ledge
Terminator Salvation (2009)
TITLE: Terminator Salvation
TITLE: Rogue

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Traditional punjabi jadau jumki. These articles are handmade, and crafted by expert artisians. Bright yellow 24K gold color plating gives this jewellery a real fell. Must for every woman.
Color : Gold Plated, Multi color Stones and beads.


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In Nunavut, a record label grows strong and free
CARLY LEWIS
Nancy Mike, Andrew Morrison and Steve Rigby – members of Iqaluit-based band Jerry Cans – created their own record label, Aakuluk Music.Michael Wojewoda
The first Nunavut-based record label was formed out of necessity, according to Aakuluk Music co-founders Nancy Mike and Andrew Morrison.
Both Mike and Morrison are members of the Iqaluit-based alt-country band the Jerry Cans. When the band was making its third album in 2015, prospective labels turned them away, fearing that Inuktitut lyrics would be a tough sell among English-speaking audiences and radio programmers.
"There is so much pressure to sing in English if you want to get on the radio," says Morrison, who founded the label alongside Mike, his wife and Jerry Cans bandmate Steve Rigby. "Even just pitching to station managers … The road to success is established through English."
So the trio took it upon themselves to forge their own way. "We decided to make this record label and see where it takes us," Mike says.
Inuusiq/Life was released this past November, marking Aakuluk's first official offering. Today, the label is home to five acts – the Jerry Cans, metal band Northern Haze, which released North America's first Indigenous language album in 1985 (Morrison calls them "rock stars," admiringly emphasizing the band's legendary status in the North), and blossoming solo performers Ivaluarjuk, Riit and Agaaqtoq. Most of the music released by Aakuluk is performed in Inuktitut. The Jerry Cans' lead single Ukiuq, from Inuusiq/Life, was released in both English and Inuktitut. Mike's first language is Inuktitut.
"We sing about life up north and we sing about all of the greater issues that Canadians are talking about right now," Morrison says, "whether it's songs about youth suicide or the seal hunt or how awful the government is sometimes. … We're very happy to translate that, because it allows people access to these stories." Morrison notes that English-speaking audiences do, in fact, sing along in Inuktitut at the band's live shows.
Currently, Iqaluit is the only Canadian capital that lacks a performing arts centre, so most concerts take place at the Royal Canadian Legion. Three or four sound technicians do live audio when needed. "That's progress," Morrison says with a laugh. "We used to have no sound guys."
Included in Aakuluk's ethos is a genuine interest in mentorship. The hope is that Nunavut youth can grow up to become audio engineers, publicists, music bookers and label managers without having to leave home, thereby strengthening Nunavut's increasingly self-reliant music-business infrastructure. Part of this plan is owing to logistics – Morrison and Mike note that the intermittent Internet strength in Iqaluit can slow productivity and make tasks such as Skype meetings or sending press images a challenge. At the heart of Aakuluk, though, is a mission to ensure that the culture, language and spirit of Nunavut music remain vibrant, so it never has to relinquish its essence to break through.
"[Aakuluk Music] acts as a microphone to the musicians they work with," says Nancy Guyon, the Government of Nunavut's director of tourism and cultural industries. "As many challenges and opportunities in Nunavut are specific to the territory, a Nunavut-based label was definitely needed."
"Young people still express themselves in Inuktitut and they should have every right and opportunity to do that," says Morrison, who moved to Nunavut at the age of 2.
"When we were starting out, it was a struggle for us, but there are so many talented artists in Nunavut," Mike says. "We hope that they don't have to go through that struggle."
One of those artists is Rita Claire Mike-Murphy, who performs as Riit, a 21-year-old singer from Panniqtuq, Nunavut. Her debut album, which was recorded in Morrison and Mike's home, will be released via Aakuluk on June 9.
"In the last few years, a lot of Inuit have been using music to save the language," Mike-Murphy says. "I'm happy to be a part of that. I think it's working. … I never thought I'd be played on CBC Radio."
Riit's song Imiqtaq played on CBC Radio 2's Drive show in April.
"It's funny," she continues, "I'll meet people when I'm travelling, and they call my music 'traditional.' There is throat-singing in there, yes, but when people sing in English is that considered 'traditional' English music?"
Mike-Murphy says she and other contemporary Nunavut musicians are stylizing Inuktitut lyrics in a way that is unique to this generation of songwriters.
"When I hear Inuktitut music, I think of the familiar experiences that all Inuit have been through, but I also see it becoming more poetic – rhyming more, using words that aren't often used in daily conversation, shortening words, using slang," she says. "Old Inuktitut music is about storytelling. I'm seeing changes now in the type of songwriting artists are doing."
Mike-Murphy cites the musician Beatrice Deer, whose EP Fox came out in 2015, as an example.
"I always say Iqaluit has the best music scene in Canada," Morrison says. "What we lack, we make up for in strong community. Everybody works together. … What the hell does reconciliation mean to the music industry? We all have a role to play."


Intro: Our lesson today continues in the book of Micah, as we study our through the Minor Prophets. I want to look at some of the more prominent passages in the book.
The most familiar characteristic of a prophet is his ability to forecast the future. Although the word itself does not mean one who tells the future, the true prophet cannot claim to be one without this ability. After Moses relates the familiar Messianic prediction that God would raise up a prophet like Moses, he gives the people some important guidelines on true prophets: Deut 18:20-22 – But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.' 21 And if you say in your heart, 'How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?' — 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
I. Micah's Phenomenal Prediction: Here's a challenge for you today: In the election of 2214, where will the President elected be born? The odds are astronomical that you could get this right. But that is only 200 years from now. Micah lived 700 years before Christ was born, yet he precisely predicted the place of His birth. Micah 5:2 – 2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting." The authenticity of the Bible is verified by the numerous fulfilled prophecies contained in its pages. None are more impressive than Micah's prediction in this passage.
Why is this prophecy about Jesus' birth so remarkable?
B. Bethlehem is mentioned on a few occasions in the OT. The name means "bread house".
Bethlehem first appears in the Scriptures, nearly 2000 years before Jesus, as the burial place of Rachel (Gen. 35:19, 48).
It is mentioned as one of the towns captured by Joshua (Josh. 19:15).
The judge Ibzan was from here and was buried here (Judg. 12:8, 10).
The story of Ruth and Boaz occurs in Bethlehem (Ruth 1:1).
C. And Luke records the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem without even noting the fulfillment of Micah's prophecy. Have you considered from the human standpoint how truly astounding the odds are that Joseph and Mary would fulfill this single prophecy?
1. Joseph and Mary – We know that both of them were from the Galilean city of Nazareth. Luke 1:26-27 – Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. Luke goes on to tell us that an angel of the Lord, Gabriel, appeared to Mary – Luke 1:31-35 – "And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." 34 Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?" 35 And the angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. (we may take a closer look at this remarkable prediction tonight).
a. How did God get Mary (and Joseph) to Bethlehem? Luke 2:1-2 -1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. Scholars tell us that this census order was issued by Augustus around 9-8 BC. He had no idea he was participating in the fulfillment of Jehovah's prophecy. Archaeological evidence from the period suggests that registration for tax purposes and censuses were taken every 14 years in the empire. Jesus' birth is timed just right.
b. The census order required the travel of Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem. And all were proceeding to register for the census, everyone to his own city. (Luke 2:3) It is interesting to note that most census' did not require people to move. The counters came to the people. But this census required that people return to their ancestral family's origin (his own city) An Egyptian papyrus from the Roman period contained these words about a census.. has been found with instructions to a ruler concerning the requirements of the census: "Because of the approaching census it is necessary that all those residing for any cause away from their homes should at once prepare to return to their own governments in order that they may complete the family registration of the enrollment and that the tilled lands may retain those belonging to them".
c. Yet this does not guarantee the fulfillment of Micah's prophecy. It would provide occasion for the movement of some people, but what about Joseph? In order for the prophecy to be fulfilled the father Joseph had to be of the family of David since only the male descendants of David would return to Bethlehem, the city of David. Luke 2:4-5 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. But even this does not guarantee the fulfillment of the prophecy.
d. Joseph and Mary must go to Bethlehem at the time that Mary's pregnancy was coming to full term and stay long enough to give birth to the child. The census did not require that they relocate to Bethlehem, and there is no indication that they intended to stay. They sought lodging in an inn. But their travel plans corresponded perfectly with her due date… So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. . (Luke 2:6-7) What remarkable timing.
e. The few lines devoted to the telling of the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem do not describe the rigorous nature of the trip. It was 70 miles of mostly uphill travel. Mary is close to giving birth. It would have taken them about a one week each way. Did they understand their part in the fulfillment of Micah's words? Although they had been told the identity of Mary's unborn child, it is unlikely that they understood the magnitude of what was happening and why. But we do.
f. Later the wise men followed the star to Jerusalem and inquired where the king was to be born. Herod did not know (Herod didn't care much about spiritual things) but some of his advisors knew Matthew 2:1-8 – 2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 5 So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet: 6 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, Are not the least among the rulers of Judah; For out of you shall come a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.'" 7 Then Herod, when he had secretly called the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the young Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and worship Him also." Herod's intentions were wicked, and he subsequently slaughtered all the young children in Bethlehem in an attempt to destroy Jesus. But God was in control, and He preserved His Son alive.
A. God utilizes weak things to make strong affirmations. What is there about the birth of Jesus that might have been predicted?
If men were fabricating the story or predicting how God would bring His Son into the world would they have chosen these circumstances? The obscure town of Bethlehem, born in a stable, in a feeding trough, to unknown and somewhat outcast parents? There is nothing about this story that bears the marks of human invention.
Micah's prophecy concerning Bethlehem confirms the source of his words and gives us confidence in what God has revealed in the pages of our Bible. Romans 15:4 – 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
The selection of a small, rather obscure village; the selection of Joseph and Mary even though they live far to the north; God puts all these unlikely events together at just the right time, to serve His purposes. This event tells me God is capable of doing what He intends to do. He keeps His promises.
It gives patience and endurance because it shows me that just because I cannot always observe God's workings and providence does not mean He's not there. He is at work.
He has our best interests at heart, and therefore my hope in Christ is reasonable (Colossians 1:27 – 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
The One who would come out of Bethlehem would be Ruler in Israel – He is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords.. At the right hand of God above all authority.
His goings forth are from of old, from everlasting. This One who was born in a stalbe in the tiny town of Bethlehem was God. Micah was not only right about the WHERE. He was also right about the WHO. Have you confessed Him before men? Have you obeyed His words..


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AND IF YOU'RE NEW
Quick Lists to Interesting Places
Feel like Wiki-ing?
A sampling of delightful topics!
Welcome to Madness1)! This is Improbable Island's how-to-play Wiki.2)3)4)5) Here, you'll find a labyrinth of misinformation about the game in a delicious 50/50 black forest cakemix of true tales and the taller kind 6). So grab your ball of string, tie it tight to your nearest sturdy item of furniture and get ready for a ramble through a maze of Dunbernarding proportions.
Read this. READ THIS. Believe us, this section's pages are very important. We know it's confusing, first off, to be faced with all these billions of pages flapping around in your face like broken-hearted pigeons on steroids, but we promise that a quick whiz7) through the next three in this section is going to be Very Good For You.8)9)10)
On that note, take a look at the Rookie Advisory and theFAQ11)12)13). They are both lie-free14)! You probably need to read these to survive.15)
How to Win Friends and Influence Roleplayers And, if you're going to roleplay on the Island, read this also!
Advanced Roleplaying And when you're done reading that one, you should have a look at this as well!
After you've finished with the basics of roleplaying, it's time to get acquainted with the setting and backstory of Improbable Island, known as the Canon.
How to Greet Rookies For when you're settled in a bit and want to pass on the friendly vibes.
And when you're done to death with the wiki, head over to the Forum of Filth 16) and see what the argument of the day happens to be17)18)!
Here are things you might want to read if you want to know what a Zolotisty is, or where not to sleep for the night, or why those people have many more arms than you, or why you've been dropped naked into the middle of an outpost, or even what the hell a Chat Channel is. These links are for you, for when you need details on anything, you want to get a grip on how people write or you just feel like enjoying a few scenes we've hijacked into existence for your visual delectation. Flit around! It's all there for your well-being and general warm fuzzies.
The Scene Index is where we list most of the madder stories. Or just the ones we've remembered to scrape up and put down.
This list is where many characters are paired with their biographies. Feel free to add your own.
Here are the mods chanting in unison!
Right here is the Enquirer's classifieds section. Place an advert, or look to see what's available! 19)
And HERE is a record of most of the Places on the Island.
This is where you want to go if you're interested in building a Place of your own, and would like to know how to do it. 20)21)
This page is the Clans page, the list of all the clans on the island. Useful, no?
The GreaseMonkey Page is a list of GreaseMonkey scripts you can use to customize and improve your Island experience. 22)
More GreaseMonkey, and Other Fine Tools: A collection of useful scripts and tools made by Rentoraa. 23)
Snippets of the best roleplaying.
Titles and what they signify!
History Mister Stern doesn't know. A compendium of the major events of the Island that aren't recorded in the NewHome Museum.
Outposts The towns!
Races A mostly reliable listing of Who is What.
Food, (Nom nom!) What all those funny numbers in restaurants mean. How it all works.
Meat The list of what gives you the finest cuts, and the worst.
Monster List A possibly reliable listing of What is What.
Monthly Mementos list for those curious what those things in the Fancy Shoebox do.
Mighty Magpie Cards A list of the cards in the world's greatest Island fan-art project that you can actually play games with.
Quests The in-game quests Dan doesn't send you on. WARNING: canon plot spoilers!
Text Color List
Been gone a while? Check out What's New!
A nifty keen tool to help you write stuff on the Island!24)
It's not too difficult to set up an account at the Enquirer, and once you have one, you can edit, add to, vandalize or change this page and any others in any fashion you see fit. Check out this page for instructions on how to edit a page; then try your hand at editing one here. Please bear in mind that you'll have to decide for yourself how much truth any individual page contains. The Wiki of Lies25) is like that.
So! Make some pages. Soon26). Don't forget to lie.
Use the Sitemap in the bottom right corner as a reference guide when you're creating a page, so you don't go creating multiple pages that contain the same info (such as Housing vs. Dwellings, Cake vs. The Cake).27) Pages are indexed in the Sitemap automatically.
Links! Green! Red! Other red! Half-assed efforts and unobtainable ambitions! Pointless references to songs and/or poems! In-jokes that don't make any sense anymore! Memes from 2008!
The Game28)
Improbable News Network
Improbable Events 29)
Roleplaying A list of large-scale plots people have, and have had going in the game.
Camping Out
Enquirer, for if you ever get curious about what it is, exactly, that you are holding. It's a half-assed collection of lies printed to obfuscate the true whereabouts of the Enquirer's staff full of immutable facts.
List of Things You Can Do to Gremlins
Too Much II
And that's just a small slice of what we have to offer! Here's your ball of string, there's your own personal labyrinth of Crete Crate,30) and there's your sanity. You can wear it like a hat as you explore. Enjoy!
1) -Gasp- I'm already mad!
2) Are you sure about that?
3) No, you're going to learn how to play Improbable Island, not how to play Wiki, you idiot.
4) But I want to learn how to play wiki...
5) ...aren't you playing it now?
6) Lies. We mean lies. Lightly sprinkled with treason. And also lions, though those aren't outright. They're actually sneaky bastards.
7) Don't forget to flush!
8) Castor oil not included.
9) Side effects will vary with intensity of dosage's
10) Improbability is a hell of a drug, MMMK?
11) This link currently does not work when clicked here, due to the FAQ affecting your navs. You can view the FAQ under any chat in game.
12) Not to be confused with the effayque
13) Also not to be confused with the very out of date FAQ.
14) Free lies?! Hot diggity Damn! I gotta get me some of that!
15) Or at the very least, need it to know how the hell you play this game. And yes, the Rookie Advisory IS lie-free.
16) It's quite clean, we promise- Marly mopped it all up yesterday.
17) It's clam chowder. It's always clam chowder.
18) Some Veterans claim it was once tomato soup. They are wrong.
19) It's free to use... unless you want people to have contact information. That'll cost you.
20) Learn how not to drive a nail through your thumb, or your neighbours'!
21) Driving your neighbours through your thumb stings.
22) These are all player created, and quite good!
23) Free to use! But cigs are always nice :p
24) Nifty means "particularly good, skillful, or effective" and keen means "having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm." While this tool is particularly good and effective, it can not be truly defined as having or showing eagerness, nor enthusiasm, because it is inanimate, making this tool simply a nifty one to help you write stuff on the Island.
25) And Treason
26) Or now, if you feel like it.
27) Then again, maybe you want to create duplicate pages. Who knows what your goals are?
28) Don't click this if you value your last shreds of sanity.
29) Like everything in your life now. Don't be a Joker.
30) Complete with bloodthirsty Full Metal Lion in the center, wondering why one would need a ball of string to get out of a labyrinth; a labyrinth is, by definition, simply a single unicursal nonbranching path that twists and turns but ultimately-- hey, where are you going?
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Control of rectification and gating of cloned KATP channels by the Kir6.2 subunit.
KATP channels are a functional complex of sulphonylurea receptor (SUR1, SUR2) and inward rectifier K+ (Kir6.1, Kir6.2) channel subunits. We have studied the role of the putative pore forming subunit (Kir6.2) in regulation of rectification and gating of KATP channels generated by transfection of SUR1 and Kir6.2 cDNAs in COSm6 cells. In the absence of internal polyvalent cations, the current-voltage relationship is sigmoidal. Mg2+ or spermine4+ (spm) each induces a mild inward rectification. Mutation of the asparagine at position 160 in Kir6.2 to aspartate (N160D) or glutamate (N160E) increases the degree of rectification induced by Mg2+ or spermine4+, whereas wild-type rectification is still observed after mutation to other neutral residues (alanine-N160A, glutamine-N160Q). These results are consistent with this residue lining the pore of the channel and contributing to the binding of these cations, as demonstrated for the equivalent site in homomeric ROMK1 (Kir1.1) channels. Since Kir6.2 contains no consensus ATP binding site, whereas SUR1 does, inhibition by ATP has been assumed to depend on interactions with SUR1. However, we found that the [ATP] causing half-maximal inhibition of current (Ki) was affected by mutation of N160. Channels formed from N160D or N160Q mutant subunits had lower apparent sensitivity to ATP (Ki,N160D = 46.1 microM; Ki,N160Q = 62.9 microM) than wild-type, N160E, or N160A channels (Ki = 10.4, 17.7, 6.4 microM, respectively). This might suggest that ATP binding to the channel complex was altered, although examination of channel open probabilities indicates instead that the residue at position 160 alters the ATP-independent open probability, i.e., it controls the free energy of the open state, thereby affecting the "coupling" of ATP binding to channel inhibition. The results can be interpreted in terms of a kinetic scheme whereby the residue at Kir6.2 position 160 controls the rate constants governing transitions to and from the open state, without directly affecting ATP binding or unbinding transitions.


When one thinks of the country of Lebanon, dairying is not the first thought that comes to mind. Most people associate Lebanon with its civil war, the suicide bombing of U.S. Marines back in 1983, the 2006 war and being right next door to the current conflict in Syria. Let me share with you another side of Lebanon, hidden from most people: its dairy industry.
This video and article discusses NCBA CLUSA's Farmer-to-Farmer Special Program Support Project in Madagascar.
This article was originally posted by Partners of the Americas Farmer-to-Farmer Blogspot and written by Andrés Varona.
Over the last two years, I traveled to the towns of Kumasi, in southern Ghana, and Haasto, near the capital of Accra, to help farmers cultivate mushrooms as an ACDI/VOCA volunteer for the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) Program.
Chilomoni Integrated Fish Farmers (CIFF) was founded in 2004 through the Malawi Government project called Irrigation, Rural Livelihood and Agriculture Development (IRLAD) to produce maize, sugarcane, vegetables, and farmed fish. Since IRLAD ended, the farmers took full control of CIFF and chose to focus on aquaculture due to the high demand for fish in the Blantyre region. Despite the demand, the group lacked knowledge on modern fish farming practices and struggled to afford the expensive fish feed, both challenges hampered production. Therefore, CIFF requested technical assistance through the USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Ask Brian Coffey how he started his summer and he can tell you about faraway lands and hard-working people.
For the last 26 years, Winrock has facilitated more than 5,000 volunteer assignments in 58 countries as part of the USAID John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) program – but what does volunteering mean in a development context? Who typically volunteers with Winrock, and what do they do? Jen Snow, Winrock's associate director of volunteer programs, tells us more.
In a new Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) project, ten volunteers will provide training to Colombian smallholder farmers and agricultural extension agents in post-conflict rural areas under a grant implemented by New Mexico State University (NMSU). The Colombia Agricultural Network Development Opportunity, also known as "Can Do," aims to develop agricultural extension models to ensure delivery of applied agricultural research news and information to farmers. The one-year grant is supported by Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA)'s Farmer-to-Farmer Special Program Support Project (SPSP).


They were requested not to quarrel with others. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word quarrel?
In the circuit shown below what is the output voltage (vout)if a silicon transistor Q and an ideal op-amp are used?
For the given ideal op-amp, negative terminal will be also ground (at zero voltage) and so, the collector terminal of the BJT will be at zero voltage.
i.e.,the base collector junction is reverse biased (zero voltage) therefore, the collector current (IC ) can have a value only if base-emitter is forward biased.
only the option (A) does'nt satisfy the condition therefore, 5K HZ is not a valid sampling frequency.
Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE for a continuous time causal and stable LTI system?
All the roots of the characteristic equation must be located on the left side of the axis.
For a system to be casual, the R.O.C of system transfer function H(s) h which is rational should be in the right half plane and to the right of the right most pole.
options (A), (B), (D) satisfies an LTI system stability and causality both.
But, Option (C) is not true for the stable system as, ƖsƖ =1 have one pole in right hand plane also.


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O Torneio de xadrez de São Peterburgo de 1914 foi uma competição de xadrez realizada na ocasião do décimo aniversário da Sociedade de Xadrez de São Petersburgo realizado entre os dias 21 de abril e 22 de maio. Os membros do comitê organizador eram Boris Maliutin, Peter Alexandrovich Saburov, e O. Sossnitzky. Eles tinham a intenção de convidar os vinte melhores jogadores do mundo, além do atual campeão mundial Emanuel Lasker, o desafiante José Raúl Capablanca e os dois vencedores do torneio russo de mestres dos anos de 1914/1914. (Alexander Alekhine e Aron Nimzowitsch). Infelizmente, Amos Burn, Richard Teichmann, e Szymon Winawer declinaram por motivos particulares e Oldřich Duras, Géza Maróczy, Carl Schlechter, Rudolf Spielmann, Savielly Tartakower, Milan Vidmar e Max Weiss não puderam aceitar devido as tensões entre a Rússia e a Áustria-Hungria no ano de 1914. Por fim, os onze melhores jogadores da Alemanha, França, reino Unido, Estados Unidos, Cuba e Império Russo participaram.

As partidas foram disputadas no clube de xadrez da cidade, e o controle de tempo utilizado foi de 30 movimentos em duas horas, seguidos de 22 movimentos em 1½ horas e 15 movimentos para o resto da partida.

Preliminar
As preliminares foram um torneio de todos contra todos, no qual os cinco melhores se classificariam para a final. Capablanca venceu e a grande surpresa foi a eliminação de Akiba Rubinstein. Os resultados foram:

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! # !! Jogador !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! Total
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| 1 || align=left | José Raúl Capablanca ||*||½||½||1||½||1||½||1||1||1||1|| 8.0
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| 2 || align=left | Emanuel Lasker||½ ||* ||½ ||½ ||½ ||0 ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||1 || 6.5
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| 3 || align=left | Siegbert Tarrasch||½ ||½ ||* ||½ ||½ ||1 ||½ ||1 ||1 ||0 ||1 || 6.5
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| 4 || align=left | Alexander Alekhine||0 ||½ ||½ ||* ||1 ||½ ||1 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 || 6.0
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| 5 || align=left | Frank James Marshall|||½ ||½ ||½ ||0 ||* ||1 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 ||½ || 6.0
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| 6 || align=left | Ossip Bernstein||0 ||1 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||* ||½ ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 || 5.0
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| 7 || align=left | Akiba Rubinstein||½ ||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||½ ||* ||½ ||½ ||1 ||1 || 5.0
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| 8 || align=left | Aron Nimzowitsch||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||½ ||½ ||½ ||* ||0 ||½ ||1 || 4.0
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| 9 || align=left | Joseph Henry Blackburne||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||½ ||½ ||1 ||* ||0 ||1 || 3.5
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| 10 || align=left | Dawid Janowski||0 ||0 ||1 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||1 ||* ||½ || 3.5
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| 11 || align=left | Isidor Gunsberg||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||½ ||* || 1.0
|}

Final
O torneio final foi em round-robin duplo entre os cinco jogadores restantes, com os pontos da fase preliminar sendo mantidos. Lasker venceu o torneio e recebeu um prêmio de 1200 rublos, Capablanca 800 rublos, Alekhine 500 rublos, Tarrasch 300 rublos e Marshall 250 rublos. Foram pagos também prêmios por brilhantismo onde Capablanca recebeu 125 rublos por sua vitória sobre Bernstein, Tarrasch 75 rublos por sua vitória sobre e Blackburne 50 rublos (Prêmio especial) por sua vitória sobre Nimzowitsch.. O resultado final foi:

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! # !! Jogador !! Prel. !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !!| 4 !!| 5 !! Total
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| 1 || align=left | Emanuel Lasker ||6.5 ||** ||½1 ||11 ||1½ ||11 || 13.5
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| 2 || align=left |José Raúl Capablanca|| 8.0 ||½0 ||** ||½1 ||10 ||11 || 13.0
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| 3 || align=left | Alexander Alekhine || 6.0 ||00 ||½0 ||** ||11 ||1½ || 10.0
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| 4 || align=left | Siegbert Tarrasch || 6.5 ||0½ ||01 ||00 ||** ||0½ || 8.5
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| 5 || align=left | Frank Marshall || 6.0 ||00 ||00 ||0½ ||1½ ||** ||8.0
|}

Desporto na Rússia em 1914
1914 no xadrez
Competições de xadrez da Rússia


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How does the statute of limitations impact personal injury in Alaska?
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The statute of limitations is a legal term that refers to the time period an injured party has to bring a claim against the individual or business responsible for their injury. A failure to file within this time period can negate the ability of the injured individual to file suit. Each state legislature makes a determination for the appropriate statute of limitations for each type of claim.
When does the statute of limitations begin for civil lawsuits in Alaska?
Claims that an individual makes against another party for an injury are civil lawsuits. One of the first questions an injured party must figure out is when the statute of limitations begins. Generally, this time period begins to toll when the party either actually or reasonably should have discovered the injury.
In some cases the discovery of an injury is obvious - such as a broken arm or leg after a car accident. In others, like injuries sustained during birth or to the brain, the presence of the injury may not be apparent until long after the incident that led to the injury.
What types of personal injury claims are governed by a statute of limitations?
The statute of limitations for a personal injury claim is generally two years. For example:
Injury to a person. This first, broad category includes most accidents that lead to an injury like motor vehicle accidents. The state legislature has set this statute of limitations at two years after discovery of the injury.
Injury from an animal bite. These types of injuries often fall into the same time period limitations as the above "injury to a person" category. As such, a person generally has two years to file a claim against the pet owner for an animal bite related injury.
Injury because of malpractice. There is also a specific statute set for injuries that are the result of a professional who fails to provide an accepted standard of care. In Alaska, lawmakers have set a two-year time period after discovery of the injury.
There are some exceptions to the time limits noted above. Injuries to minors, for example, often begin to toll after the minor reaches the age of 18. This can result in a much longer statute of limitations for children compared to the time period available for injured adults.
How do I file a personal injury lawsuit in Alaska?
The statute of limitations is just one component that will impact a personal injury lawsuit. The next step involves filing a complaint. A complaint is, essentially, an explanation of what went wrong that led to the injury. The complaint may lead to settlement negotiations or a trial.
A victim can hold the party that is responsible for the accident liable for costs that result from the injury. These monetary awards are referred to as damages. Damages available can include past and future medical expenses, lost income, property costs and, in some cases, pain and suffering.
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Change Homes for Climate includes: (1) a solar incentive (2) the EnerGuide rebate for home evaluations and labels and (3) the Change for Climate Guides.
The new solar program, which launched June 21, 2018, provides additional incentives to those provided by Energy Efficiency Alberta to help residents install a solar system at home. Homeowners could now receive up to ⅓ of the cost with both incentives. This program has been designed to produce renewable energy, decrease carbon emissions, and increase employment in the solar industry.
The EnerGuide for Homes program provides $400 against the cost of a home energy evaluation, which gives residents a roadmap on how to make their homes more energy efficient.
The Change for Climate Guides include the Change Homes for Climate Guide, which outlines what you should look for in buying or renovating a home in terms of energy efficiency, and the Change Habits for Climate Guide, which offers tips on a sustainable lifestyle whether you own or rent your home.
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New AirPods with "Hey Siri" Capability Released
Mar 20, 2019 - 2 Comments
Apple has released an updated version of their AirPods wireless headphones today.
The new AirPods include performance improvements for faster connect times and longer talk time. Additionally, the new AirPods support "Hey Siri" for hands-free voice initiated interaction with Siri.
The new AirPods also are available with an optional wireless charging case, which allow for using a Qi-based charger to charge their battery.
The AirPods with Wireless Charging Case cost $199, while the standard wired charging AirPods cost $159. The Wireless Charging Case can also be purchased separately for $79.
Orders for the new AirPods start today on apple.com and will deliver towards the end of the month.
Setting up AirPods is incredibly easy with an iPhone or iPad, and they work seamlessly with the Mac, Apple Watch, and because they're Bluetooth they even work with Android or Windows hardware too.
The quiet release of new AirPods comes during the same week that Apple has also quietly released updated iPad Air 10.5″ and iPad mini 7.9″ and updated iMac hardware too. It's possible that Apple will release yet another new product or updated hardware on the remaining days of the week, with various rumors circulating about the eventual release of the much anticipated AirPower wireless charging mat (which presumably would go well with the AirPods with Wireless Charging Case), a possible update to iPod touch, and updates to the 12″ MacBook.
Apple is set for a media event on March 25 where the company will apparently unveil a TV show effort to compete with Netflix and other similar streaming video providers.
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If you are stupid enough to spend money on these, ask them/Siri "why do these airpods sound like crap?"
Better idea, don't waste your money, get some real ear buds with a real connection, not a bandwidth limiting BT crap like these.
AirPods are great, but if you're an audiophile or own a really nice pair of headphones then I can understand wanting a direct line hardware cable which is now more difficult without the headphone jack.
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Gregory:沒有使用直接的動物製品,無法確定整段生產過程是純素的。Thank you for your recent email and interest in Gregory products.Please be advised, we do not use any direct animal products in our technical products, including the Baltoro.
However we don't manage our raw material suppliers to the level of being able to claim that our products are vegan. There could be animal by-products used in some process associated with the production of our fabrics, etc without our knowledge.
Mystery Ranch:大部分產品都是純素材質,除了某些使用皮製Logo的小包包。Thanks for your interest in Mystery Ranch. None of our products are certified as vegan, but most of our items are made exclusively with synthetic materials so they should qualify as vegan. (The excusions would be some of our smaller day packs that feature a leather logo label.)Again, we do not have any official vegan product certification, but the entirety of the Glacier is built of synthetic materials.


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Simon is a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff, first published in 1953. It is set during the First English Civil War, primarily focusing on the final campaign of 1645-1646 in the West Country and shows the effect of the conflict on two friends, who find themselves on opposite sides.

Plot summary
Apart from 'The Chronicles of Robin Hood,' Sutcliff's three previous novels, The Queen Elizabeth Story, The Armourer's House and Brother Dusty-Feet were aimed at a younger audience and set in the 16th century. 'Simon' shows a significant shift in both tone and subject matter and is generally acknowledged to be the first to feature the mastery of subject and style for which she is now remembered.

The story begins in the West Devon town of Torrington, on the eve of the First English Civil War in 1642. The protagonists are Simon Carey, son of a local farmer who supports Parliament and his best friend, Amias Hannaford, son of the Royalist town doctor. The two friends fall out when the war begins; Simon's father goes off to fight for Parliament but orders him to finish school first.

Amias joins the Royalist forces in April 1644, while Simon helps a regiment of Parliamentary cavalry escape after their defeat at Lostwithiel in September. With the help of an officer he met then, he joins the New Model Army in early 1645 as a Cornet in the regiment of the Army commander, Sir Thomas Fairfax. His corporal is an Ironside trooper called Zeal-for-the-Lord Relf.

The story covers the decisive Parliamentary victory at Naseby in June 1645; when Zeal-for-the-Lord deserts to seek revenge on a former friend, he is flogged and dismissed from the army. The rest of the book covers the final campaign in the West Country; Simon takes part in the July 1645 Battle of Langport, then helps capture a house at Okeham Paine held by the Royalists, where he finds himself fighting against Amias. He is badly wounded and then sent home as a scout to gather information on the Royalist army led by Ralph Hopton; here he meets again with both Amias and Zeal-for-the-Lord, who is now with the Royalists and gives him the information he needs.

Simon rejoins the army for the Battle of Torrington; this results in a Parliamentary victory but a huge explosion blows up the church, killing over 200 prisoners. Simon helps the injured Amias, who is suspected of causing the explosion and is also arrested for 'harbouring the enemy.' Zeal-for-the-Lord is one of the wounded recovered from the explosion and before he dies, helps clear Amias. Simon is also freed and the story ends four years later in 1649, after the Second English Civil War with the two resuming their friendship.

In 'Simon,' Sutcliff addresses a theme that re-appears in many of her works ie that of conflicting personal and societal loyalties and what keeping faith with one can mean for the other. Thomas Fairfax also appears in Sutcliff's novel 'Rider of the White Horse,' written from the perspective of his wife Anne Fairfax.

Historical background
Rosemary Sutcliff wrote that it is a fiction based on real events; "Most history books deal with the final campaign of the civil war in a single paragraph, and the Battle of Torrington they seldom mention at all.  In this story I have tried to show what that final campaign in the west was like, and to re-fight the battles fought over my own countryside.  Most of the people I've written about really lived; Torrington Church really did blow up, with 200 Royalist prisoners and their Parliamentary Guard inside, and no one has ever known how it happened, though Chaplain Joshua Sprigg left it on record that the deed was done by 'one Watts, a desperate villain.'"

While the fact of the explosion is historically correct, other sources claim the prisoners were Parliamentary soldiers held by the Royalists (Sutcliff has it the other way round), while the actual number killed is unclear. The battle itself features in local historical re-enactments.

References

External links
 Website on Simon and all Rosemary Sutcliff books by her godchild and literary executor

1953 British novels
1953 children's books
British children's novels
Children's historical novels
Novels by Rosemary Sutcliff
Novels set during the English Civil War
Novels set in Devon
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Why Does This Family Practice Sufism In Secrecy?
Sufism on the brink of extinction in Kashmir.
Sufism is deeply ingrained in the culture of Kashmir, yet very few people practice it. Sufis believe in oneness with God and the purity of souls, which is why they have a special place in the hearts and minds of Kashmiris. The people of Kashmir respect their belief system and pay homage at their shrines. Then why does this family practice Sufism in secrecy?
Located in a village of Kashmir, a house with a shrine of their own is celebrating the death anniversary of a Sufi saint. A group of musicians are singing songs in Kashmiri that take verses from poets like Amir Khusro, celebrating the saint's life of devotion. When I enter the room, the feeling of spirituality is almost palpable. I instantly connect with the room's energy and find a spot to sit, trying not to disturb the people. But I'm chided by the woman of the house for not covering my head. In Islam, especially in Sufism, a woman must cover her head at all times. I instantly put on the hood of my jacket but that's not good enough. She instructs one of the girls to get me a 'dupatta' to cover my head properly, along with a part of my face. I concur.
Music and a palpable spiritual energy fill the room.
The woman has an angelic face and the discipline of someone hardened over time. I ask about the goings-on in front of us. Just then a woman in the group starts convulsing uncontrollably. A few women rush to cover her up. Seeing me confused, she explains that the woman is in ecstasy. She's being covered because they are known to tear their clothes in a trance.
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Her eyes sparkle as she tells me about her father-in-law, the Sufi saint whose death anniversary I was attending. They are a small family of Sufis, the few remaining in Kashmir who still practice Sufism for its teachings and not just its art forms. Together with her husband, the saint's son, they are trying to keep the teachings alive and preach a more humane way of life, rather than complete submission to any religion.
The singing and euphoric dance, the shrine on their property, and the ritualistic practices in uniting with Allah set them apart, thus creating a divide between them and rest of the people in their village. As I probed more to know about the "difference," I could see a hint of fear and sadness in her eyes as she tells me that they need to practice it in secrecy because of its contrary beliefs from conventional Islam.
Collapsing in ecstasy. Image Source: Reuben Vicente
As she was talking about the beauty of Sufism, her tone dropped a few notches as she told me how precarious it is for them to practice this philosophy in its entirety. It's often considered opposing to Islamic principles, and therefore heretic. As a family, they faced exclusion from their neighbours, and sometimes open threats for following a different path to Allah.
Related: My Solo Travel To Kashmir And A Brush With Kashmiriyat
I don't know if it was fear or denial, but she volunteered an explanation that she is an honest Muslim who prays five times a day, observes thirty days of Ramzan, and celebrates Eid in fervor. However, she also believed in meditation, giving children the freedom to practice what they believe in, and living a life of spiritual oneness with God that is not dictated by any religion. This was Sufism to her, a belief largely unacceptable to the people of Kashmir who follow a strict code of Islam as decreed by Sharia.
Practicing Sufism in secret with a shrine in the house.
My conversations with the small sect of Sufis and majority of Kashmiri Muslims led me to believe that Sufism is deeply embedded in the Kashmiri culture, giving it the tolerance and hospitality that we all know too well as Kashmiriyat. However, as far as its practice is concerned, to each his own seems to be the general consensus.
Sufism has always intrigued me. Its music is like no other, its poetry like songs. But it was only after my visit to Kashmir and this family that I understood it completely. I respect the fact that the family didn't wish to be named, and was thankful for their warm hospitality. I know I will be back.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are independent views solely of the author(s) expressed in their private capacity and do not in any way represent or reflect the views of 101india.com.
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We are back at Sheffield Doc/Fest this year for two fun-filled nights playing of I'd Hide You.
I'd Hide You is a video streaming game of stealth, cunning and adventure like no other. Jump onboard with your chosen team of illuminated runners live from the streets of Sheffield as they roam the city trying to film each other without being spotted. See the world through their eyes as they stream video: ducking and diving, chatting to passersby, taking you down the alleys to their secret hiding places.
Play against your friends online at the same time. Use your wits to choose which runner to ride with. Get a snap of another runner onscreen without getting snapped to win points. Get snapped and you lose points.
Take part Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th June, 8pm – 11pm.
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Notice on the Wikipedia page dedicated to this phenomenon tries to explain this 1970's discovery by French nuclear scientists/miners not in terms of modern science; but in terms of speculative assumptions from a 1950's nuclear physicist.


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Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound saw agitation on March 17, as scores of Jewish settlers and foreigners overtook the site, vexing Palestinian and other Muslim worshippers.
The settlers marched onto the grounds of Islam's third holiest site, known to Israeli Jews as the Temple Mount, allegedly under "heavy protection of Israeli police," according to the Jordan News Agency.
That same day, the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ordered another shutdown of Bab al-Rahmeh, one of several gates into the holy site, amid a court case involving the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf - the administrator of both Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
In early March 2019, two senior religious officials were banned by Israeli police from entering the holy site - one week after both officials were arrested in raids on their Jerusalem homes.
A mosque guard was also banned.
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U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov called for "restraint" on both sides.
"Places of worship are for prayer, not for provocations and violence," he said in a statement on Twitter.
Bab al-Rahmeh was previously closed by Israeli authorities in 2003 after claims were made the site was being used by an organisation with ties to Hamas.
It has seen a spate of closures and openings since then, though Palestinian and other Muslim worshippers have fought to continuing praying at the holy site.
Metal detectors, turnstiles and CCTV cameras were installed at the compound in July 2017 after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli Al-Aqsa guards.
The installation drew criticism from religious officials and Palestinian government authorities, saying it constituted an attempt by Israel to increase its control over the holy grounds.
The Waqf called for a prayer boycott and civil disobedience in response to the security measures, and Israel capitulated to Palestinian protests—a rare move by the state and a celebrated victory for Palestinians.
The measures were fully removed by early August of 2017.
Shortly after the removal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Palestinians who kill Jewish settlers should themselves face the death penalty.
Subsequently, a policy was introduced, preventing men over 50 from praying on the site.
Netanyahu's claim and policy action resulted in further Palestinian protests, as reported by The Intercept.


Looking back over the past 12 months, the way December beckons that kind of review, one encounter stands out as perhaps the best thing to happen to me in this terrible, wonderful year.
"Tell me more," I said (after taking a breath). And from that point we started a new, more substantive conversation – one that's still ongoing.
Truth and honesty have a way of doing that, of changing a conversation for the better, even if it's hard in the process.
This particular lunch conversation happened in the spring, and it started, in my small, little life, a chain of challenging events that required fortitude, persistence, and coming to terms with some uncomfortable realities in order to make a fresh start.
As my friend Elizabeth used to remind me: Never, ever, ever give up. Because despair will somehow always be saved by grace, though sometimes late in the 11th hour, and often not in any conventional form or shape. Grace might even look like despair, because the two so often go hand in hand.
Yes, it was a wonderful, terrible year, rife with all the usual things happening all around us: births, deaths, marriages, divorces, windfalls, bankruptcies, suffering, and joy – all of which, though usual, seemed to carry extra drama, perhaps because living on high alert for so long makes everything seem dramatic.
It was, for me, from start to finish, a year of full of unexpected beauty, the comfort of friendships, tests of courage, and proof that the only way out is through.
It's possible that I read more in 2017 than in any year prior (other than the years I was in school). I read news and editorials, because the requirement to keep up with such things felt more compelling this year than in others. But the news was often depressing, and I'm prone to depression; so I made a concerted effort to read feature stories and other columns that offer insight into what it means to be human, living with other humans.
One of my favorites, on a regular basis, is the New York Times Modern Love series which always offers a good story. This year's year-end top 10 list ("How to Love Better") includes two particularly good pieces: Amy Krouse Rosenthal's heart-wrenching final essay, and this lovely exploration of how friendship can be a different, but no less powerful, kind of romance.
If you're contemplating your approach to the new year, here's Connie Schultz on New Year's resolutions – five minutes of pure delight.
Need a lift? Meet Zia Caterina, the taxi therapist for young cancer patients in Italy (also pure delight, though a little longer than a 5-minute read).
And, while in Italy, read about the discoveries unearthed while building the new subway in Rome.
Back here in the U.S.: If lifting the protection on park lands made you feel depressed, you'll be inspired learning about the largest single gift ever to The Nature Conservancy (again: never, ever, give up hope).
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Tom Lee's Bitter Southerner essay about Doug Jones.
Charlie Pierce's essay about Al Franken's departure and the absence of moral high ground.
As for books? Yep, still reading – though not as many as I'd like. And I'm still keeping track of what I'm reading, and what I've enjoyed. A couple of the books I read and enjoyed came from – you won't believe this is true – book clubs.
Yes, I actually, for real, participated in a couple of book clubs this year, one for work (with an ad hoc group of nonprofit CEOs) and one to reconnect with an old friend whom I haven't seen nearly enough in the past 15 years. The best find from the professional book club was Patrick Lencioni's The Advantage, which happened to be exactly the right book at the right time for my work.
The book-club book club (meaning a social group that meets monthly to discuss, over dinner and wine, a book read for pleasure) selected Outline, Rachel Cusk's deft blend of auto-biography, memoir, and fiction. The best part of that book club selection, though, was the discussion of the book, which sounded like a dissection of a party we'd all attended, each of us with a different, and highly subjective, take on what had transpired, even though we were all at the same place (or reading the same book) at the same time. It was delightful, organic, and wandering, the way companionship can (should) be.
Touring high schools with my daughter, I discovered two treasures, the first of which was a series of maps.
In 1938, as America struggled to recover from the Great Depression and Europe was edging toward war, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers hired a geologist named Harold Fisk to map a history of the world's 4th longest river. The intent, Fisk suspected, was to help the Army tame the Mississippi, to force conformity on that wild, living body of moving water. It was an idea with which Fisk reportedly disagreed, but he took the job.
In 1944, as the Allied troops mustered courage to make a last push, Fisk delivered his 170+ page report: "Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River." Plate 22 of the report features 15 beautiful, hand-colored maps that detail the river's evolution – a sort of topographical protest to show that any single moment in time is irrelevant in a larger context, and that the river will always find its own way.
The "Mississippi Meander" maps are public domain images, available to anyone with an interest in looking at them. Anyone wanting to contemplate the organic, uncontrollable, changing path of a river. Anyone willing to believe that every drop of rain pushing the water one way or another can change an entire river's course, over time.
That's how Bernard described his photographer friend from Wyoming, a woman I'd also known, separately, briefly, growing up in Memphis. When she died unexpectedly, at a very young age, her family wanted to create a special tribute, a place that would honor her vibrant spirit.
That's the second unexpected treasure I found, on that ordinary Thursday, visiting a school with my daughter. I had finished my tour and was waiting for her to finish hers and meet me, and then we could go home.
I was standing alone in the open area, just waiting, with nothing much to do.
And there it was, this beautiful thing: a shutter, with filmstrips for stair railings, and a skylight aperture at the center top, like a bright, shiny bubble of happiness.
She was lovely, and her loveliness lives on.
This time last year I was full of resolve and energy, ready to stand up and speak up, though I wasn't fully sure what I would need to be standing and speaking up for (or against). Had I known what was coming, I might have elected to hide in bed all year instead.
But I didn't know, and so I simply made -and kept – a commitment to Art Harder (a phrase I borrowed from The Bloggess). Art was my spiritual food for much of the year, a ready retreat whenever I needed to crawl in, and a constant source of joy.
At the end of the year last year, as in the several years prior, I made a photo compilation, "My year in Hipstamatic." Then, for grins, I put five years' worth of slide shows in one post – that showed five years of taking almost exactly the same pictures, over and over again.
And now that a new year is mere hours away?
My plan (if I have one) (which, really, I don't) is simply to keep going in 2018, to Art Harder, longer. Maybe with a broader definition of "art" that includes all manner of making.
Also: Keep learning, listening, thinking, and exploring.
Also: Dinner. I am going to get a grip on dinner, since my teenage children have retreated into the realm of pizza and chicken fingers. So I want to reclaim dinner, before it's too late. I even have an idea for the long-ago-abandoned dinner prompt concept, which maybe I'll get to, someday.
What a lovely year-end gift! Not just a delightful post, but a raft of curated articles and essays to entertain and enlighten me for days. Thanks, Jenny. The best to you in 2018.
Thanks, Donna, and the same to you!
I needed this today. In looking at this year I see it slipped away in so many ways. Your reminder to never give up, whatever the thing, is a heartening one and as always, now that I've read your gorgeous musings, I'm breathing more deeply, seeing more beauty.
Thank you for the reading recommendations! I also enjoyed your photos. Did I tell you that I took your photo of the beach (about #21) and had a friend paint it for me? Joy Rout is a good friend of mine and every year I ask her to paint something for me. This year it was your photo of the beach. Next year it may be the one of the river ! Happy New Year!
Love it! Happy new year to you, Rhea, and peace to you and your family.
Thank you, Rhonda. Happy new year!
Wishing you beauty, health and joy in the coming year! I usually read your posts early on a weekend morning, with a hot cup of coffee and a quiet house, and I thank you for being with me as a source of comfort and inspiration.
And all the same to you!
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