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Photo Credit: CNS/Cristian Gennari, pool - Pope Francis listens during the opening Mass of the plenary assembly of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 23.
Synodal process looks to hear from voices on the margins of the Church
Pope Francis is inviting Catholics both in the mainstream of church life and on the margins to voice their dreams, ideas and concerns in preparation for the Synod of Bishops in 2023.
The process launches Oct. 17 in parishes and Dioceses worldwide. The pope is scheduled to formally open the synod process at the Vatican Oct. 9-10.
Under the theme "For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission," the pope is calling the church to practice synodality, that is listening to — and hearing — one another in all facets of Church life, two of the coordinators of the effort at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told Catholic News Service.
The October opening "is just the first step in a larger, longer-term process of really incorporating the fruits of Vatican II and becoming a synodal Church," said Julia McStravog, a former USCCB employee who is a consultant to the bishops on the process.
"We're going to have consultation. It's also going to be a learning process about how to actually engage in a synodal way," McStravog explained.
The launch begins a two-year process that culminates in the Synod of Bishops in October 2023. The synod is expected to adopt a final document that will guide the continuing development of a synodal Church going into the future.
The pope's call to synodality is rooted in his deep involvement as a cardinal in 2007 in drafting a document for CELAM, the acronym for the Spanish name of the Latin American bishops' council, which met in Aparecida, Brazil. The document issued repeated calls for a "continental mission," a Church that goes out in search of ways to proclaim the Gospel to all.
Starting in October, Dioceses and parishes will be engaged in nearly six months of discussions, or consultations, in which people from across the Church will be invited to participate, said Richard Coll, executive director of the bishops' Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, who is coordinating the effort for the USCCB.
Each Diocese is being asked to submit a summary of local discussions by April 1 to the USCCB, which will then take a month to synthesize in a final written presentation for the Vatican.
Coll said each Diocese is being encouraged to let the Holy Spirit guide discussions.
"The Synod of Bishops is saying don't focus on what the ultimate product is going to be. Focus on the process itself and how the Spirit will guide the Church, represented in part through subsidiarity in the work that you are doing at the diocesan level," Coll said.
The diocesan consultations also are an invitation to creativity, McStravog said.
"This is a moment to be co-creators with the Spirit. … It is a chance for reinvigorating an engaged community through creativity and the call to be open. There's a chance to reaffirm the good and reimagine some things that could be better," she explained.
To facilitate the effort, the Synod of Bishops, under Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general, introduced documents Sept. 7 to guide the process in Dioceses. The USCCB followed up by quickly developing a supplemental document as well.
The primary document is a "vademecum," or handbook, offering support for diocesan teams "to prepare and gather the people of God so that they can give voice to their experience in their local church."
It also explains the objectives of the synodal process, principles of the process, the timeline for the two-year process, and resources for organizing the process.
A complementary preparatory document offers background to the development of the process, which is rooted in Pope Francis' often-made invitation for "journeying together" in the world.
It states, "This journey, which follows in the wake of the Church's 'renewal' proposed by the Second Vatican Council, is both a gift and a task: By journeying together and reflecting together on the journey that has been made, the church will be able to learn through her experience which processes can help her to live communion, to achieve participation, to open herself to mission."
The USCCB document further defines the Vatican's documents. It a checklist of actions, proposed timeline for Dioceses to follow, and a listing of background materials to help walk parishes and dioceses through the initial process and ensure wide participation.
It stresses that during the churchwide synod that begins in October, and leads to the 2023 world Synod of Bishops, "the people of God are called to 'journey together.'"
An addendum, developed by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine Worship, offers ideas for liturgical celebrations to mark the opening and closing of the synodal process in dioceses and suggestions for Scripture readings and musical themes.
Coll said the USCCB has been communicating with Dioceses since May about forming teams to coordinate participation in the listening sessions. The Vatican documents were forwarded to Dioceses soon after they were received by the USCCB.
At its meeting Sept. 14-15, the USCCB Administrative Committee, which includes the USCCB's officers and the chairmen of the bishops' various committees, reviewed the materials. It agreed to allot time for discussion on the synodal process during its fall general assembly in November, Coll said.
As Dioceses prepare for the listening sessions, McStravog said the discussions present an opportunity for "gentleness and grace" to take hold within the Church.
"This is a spiritual exercise," she said. "It's not just a bureaucratic or ecclesial exercise. It's a spiritual exercise for the individual, for the parish, for the community, for the Diocese and for the Church in America at large."
Coll and McStravog also echoed the pope's Sept. 18 call to members of his Diocese, the Diocese of Rome, to go to the margins to ensure that "the poor, the homeless, young people addicted to drugs, everyone that society rejects are part of the synod."
"One of the questions is listening. How do we actually listen? It goes back to the invitation. The onus is on the diocese to really think through who is often excluded from our table. The Church needs to go out and invite people back in," McStravog said.
The vademecum also recognizes the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Church.
The document explains that the pandemic "has made existing inequalities explode" and shows that the entire human family is affected, requiring a unified response.
Secondly, the document continues, the pandemic poses logistical challenges for participation in diocesan listening sessions. It calls on dioceses to look for ways such as online gatherings, small group meetings or other safe means to gain insight from church members.
Once the Vatican receives the synthesized reports of diocesan meetings from bishops' conferences around the world, the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops will draft by September 2022 the "instrumentum laboris," or working document, to guide continental or regional ecclesial assemblies that will take place by March 2023.
Those assemblies will produce another set of documents that will help in the drafting of a second working document for the Synod of Bishops in October 2023. The synod is expected to produce a final document on synodality throughout the Church.
— Dennis Sadowski
Pope Francis, Evangelization and Catechesis, 'For a Synodal Church: Communion Participation and Mission', Synod
Talk therapy: Honest listening, discussion are key to fixing 'truth decay'
Christ Our Hope campaign update


Aha, as if this relationship isn't uncomfortable enough, Ted ups the ante with an unwelcome hug.
@KitKat and Sandi: I too am a life-long editor -- i.e., a fellow Word Nerd.
Ha ha! BTW, Ted literally "wraps up" his visit with Mary.
When I saw that second panel, all I could think of an episode of Spongebob Squarepants (Yes, I watch Spongebob, don't judge!) where Squidward says to Spongebob "Remember our conversation about personal space?"
I have a suggestion for the Charterstone jukebox, based on Ted's touchy feely moment: "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Scottie McW., Ted wraps up his visit before Mary raps him. Doesn't look like she wrapped up any muffins to go, either.
Wanders, thanks for injecting a welcome dose of reality with all those questions. This being Baren Koy's Worthiverse, none of them will occur to Mary. I fear that the rest of the week will be consumed by Mary musing about taking risks, probably with the always useless Toby.
"A Little Of Ted, Mary Realizes, Goes A Long Way".
Oh, if only Mary would ask even one or two of Wanders' excellent questions. But it will probably only take a warmly inappropriate hug to convince her that Ted can market unicorns and rainbows, let alone stodgy old blueberry and carrot muffins.
Who is the blonde kid in the photograph?
Scottie, KitKat, Sandi: Me too! (Or, I should say "I, too!") Meanwhile, Mary is about to join the #Me Too movement.
That's the kid Mary saved from kidnapping a few years ago.
The woman in the photo looks like the same one shown February 6. That one had no kid, and seemed to be on the other side of the door.
@Downpuppy: Mary changes the photos on display in her apartment on a daily basis, to make her think more people adore her.
One further question for Ted. Muffins? We need more muffins? Has anyone asked Ted what he sold?
Perhaps another good question for Ted - Are you aware that there is a big difference between sales and marketing?


Last May, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks with 6th graders in Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School in Iowa.
I had the wonderful opportunity to work with 6th graders for a few weeks. We explored the Crazy World of Rube Goldberg using Problem-Based Learning.
It was my pleasure to share this at the ITEC fair in Des Moines this month. I was joined by the 6th grade teacher and 3 of the boys who participated in this session. The guys did a great job of presenting their thoughts and actions as they were engaged in this process.
I also took this presentation and turned it into a video. I submitted it to the K-12 Online Conference and they accepted my proposal. My video was just posted on the K-12 Online Conference. It is an honor to be included in this group.
Join me in the journey our 6th graders took into the Crazy World of Rube Goldberg. You will experience the fun they had developing "complex chain reactions to accomplish simple tasks." Using a Problem-Based Learning format, these students explored physics while they built contraptions to drop a marble in a bucket, dip a chip in salsa, pop a balloon and even create a banana smoothie. Dr. Z shares how the inventors expressed their experiences through KidBlog and how these activities aligned with Common Core Standards in Science, Technology and Writing. It's 20 minutes of fun and exploration into exciting ways to learn.
I would love to hear your reactions and suggestions about this learning experience.
I just read this revealing post in the Washington Post blog. It is about an educator with 15 years of teaching experience who spent 2 days being a high school student. She sat through the lectures, took the tests, asked the questions, did the labs and sat through hours of teacher lecturing.
I found it quite interesting to read her TakeAways from the experience. She identified realizations that 1) Students sit all day and sitting is exhausting; 2) High schools students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90% of their classes; and 3) You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long.
I must admit that these are not the realizations that I would expect from this experience. What do you think? Is this the experience that your students are probably having? What are you doing to make it different?
There have been many mash-ups that use TV shows to explain the various levels of the original Bloom's Taxonomy but this is the first time I have seen them do one on the revised (1996) version of his work.
Do You Fit Any of These 7 Signs That You Are a Fast Learner?
So how many of these signs do you find in the way YOU learn?
How about in the ways your students learn?
How can you use this to support your students' learning?
What do YOU think? Does this fit your ideas about learning?
Lots of school districts are launching 1-to-1 initiatives in their schools, but they are necessarily providing the keyboarding instruction that their students need to receive if they are going to get the most out of their new computers.
Some teachers believe that the students need to take a full semester of keyboarding before they should be allowed to touch the computer. Other educators believe that the students already know how to keyboard (albeit Hunt-and-Peck) from all of the computer work they do on a day-to-day basis.
I would like to weigh-in on these issues by providing this brief posting as the framework of my argument and then linking you to my other postings that further explain these points. I will begin by discussing the 3 necessary elements in teaching keyboarding and then discuss how it would be most efficient to teach keyboarding in a school setting:There are 3 basic issues to consider when teaching keyboarding: Accuracy, Speed and Technique (including Ergonomics.) Certainly keyboarding classes worry about proper business letter format but that isn't keyboarding. That is business communication and technically is irrelevant to the act of keyboarding itself.
The most obvious method is to look at the keyboard, find the desired letter and press the key. This can be accurate but not too efficient. Everyday you see that students have learned to use the hunt-and-peck method to key but this limits their speed. Speed is ultimately important.
The more productive method of being accurate is to learn touch keyboarding. This is the method taught in schools. Keyboarders memorize which fingers are used to tap each of the keys. After sufficient practice, this connection becomes automatic and the keyboarders can accurately key without even thinking about it.
Speed is essential if we want to keep up with our students' thought processes today. One of the realizations that we need to make is that people use keyboarding differently than offices used typing in the 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s. Back then, we were training people to type what someone else has written. Often typing pools or executive secretaries would formalize the handwritten letters of their bosses. Today, people use keyboarding for original composition. Whether it is writing a paper, email or Instant Message, there is a flow of ideas coming from the keyboardist's thoughts that s/he is trying to capture. Poor speed can certainly get in the way here. I don't know how fast you type, but on a good day I can type 60+ words per minute. That means that I am striking at least 5 keys per second. Even with this speed, I often get frustrated because my thoughts are flowing faster than my fingers can move. I don't have any research to back this up, but I would guess that hunt-and-peck will limit a keyboarder's speed to 35 wpm.
Technique involves the methods that keyboarders should use to optimize their speed and the ergonomics that will lessen physical injuries. This is important and you will be able to read more about it in the articles I am going to recommend from my Keyboarding site. As you probably noticed, I have cataloged the research on this website by the categories in the right-hand column.
You can get a good review of the keyboarding research by reading the White Paper that I wrote for Sunburst and their software, Type To Learn 4. I was also the research consultant for their work. Type To Learn 4 won a national award for excellence in software in 2009.
How should you teach keyboarding? Everyday for 30-40 minutes for 4 weeks. This will provide a good basis. Here is an article that I wrote on this.
I hope that this is helpful and you might want to review more of the Keyboarding Research website to find the references that I didn't include here.
What are you doing in your schools to teach keyboarding. Have any of you decided NOT to teach your students how to keyboard?
Who is Attending the ITEC Conference Next Week?
Are you attending the ITEC Conference next week in Des Moines? You should!!!!
It will be an opportunity for over 1500 educators (1350 have registered now and all of the rest of the registration will be done on-site) to get together and share how they use technology to support learning in education. Who is attending? The majority of the attendees will be classroom teachers, but they also include tech coordinators, instructional tech integrationists, administrators, professors, vendors, IT administrators, IT support, parents, students and a plethora of other professional people.
WHO will be attending? Here is a Wordle picture of the names of the ITEC attendees who have already registered. Looks like you are pretty popular if your last name is Anderson . . . are you there?
Are you going to the ITEC Conference on Oct 12 - 14?
Will you be heading to Des Moines, Iowa to engage with 1500 other educators on October 12 - 14? It will be an incredible opportunity to learn about what other educators are doing with Educational Technology in their classrooms and schools.
Can't make it physically? Join us virtually.
Join our Online PD Community (OPDC) virtually through your computer or phone on Monday or Tuesday.
This is your opportunity to connect with speakers who are joining us from Shanghai, Sydney, Chicago, Atlanta and even Torrance, California. These are leaders who will be speaking on a wide range of topics including Maker Rooms, Badging, Flipped Classrooms, Coding for Kids and Digital Apps.
21+ Digital Learning Tools Every 21st Century Teacher Should Know!
NOTE to Virtual Attendees: We will be using the Zoom.us video conferencing platform for our broadcasting. I would suggest that you click on the Zoom link before the conference to download a small applet beforehand.
In my last posting, Getting to Know Your Online Students Through Truths and Lies, I was telling you about an online activity that I using Google Sheets. The activity went well during our first class meeting (instead of reviewing the syllabus and all of that boring stuff) so I thought that I would share it.
I was thinking about how I could easily share this activity with other educators and I submitted it to ISTE's EdTekHub. I worked with an editor, Andra Brichacek, and they published it with the title, Build Community Online with this Google Game.
Have you heard about ISTE's EdTekHub? It is a new online publication that ISTE is providing for educators to include the tips, how-to articles and practical guidance for members that used to be covered in Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L).
The beauty of EdTekHub is that it is completely interactive. Instead of the printed format of L&L, this online publication allows authors to augment their story lines using hyperlinks, videos, screencasts, soundtracks and an almost endless list of options. I published an article for their initial kickoff issue for the ISTE Conference, Create Collaborative Research Projects with Google Apps. This collaborative research project explained how to integrate Google Docs, Presentation, Forms, Sheets, Jing and Twitter to identify, collect, analyze and then present information on their research. This activity is really more about integrating collaborative tools than research, so I included 4 screencasts to demonstrate how these tools were used. It added multiple dimensions to the depth of the discussion.
Another exciting aspect of EdTekHub is that it is updated weekly. The editors are an exciting lot. They readily accept your work and turn it around in a timely fashion. Would you believe that I taught the Truth and Lies assignment in the last week of August and they just published it on the last day of September. I would strongly suggest that you submit the ideas, activities, realizations and insights that make your classroom the lively learning environment that it is. You can make a change in our schools by sharing what works for you.


"Headshot DOs & DON'Ts. What makes your headshots stand out? What makes for a good headshot? What is it that you might be lacking in a shot?" — This week a special industry guest gives insight on effective headshots for the successful actor. You'll see some 'scary' examples of what not to do along with examples of what makes a headhsot excel.
What makes your headshots stand out? What makes for a good headshot? What is it that you might be lacking in a shot?
One good answer to those actor questions by me — as a talent agency owner for nearly two decades — is an answer I've provided for many years: Since ninety-five percent of the performing artists out there might possibly be doing something wrong in their presentation of a headshot… what's gonna make you stand out is doing everything right. Below, I list a few major things which industry professionals, such as agents and casting directors look for in a headshot.
But let's get down-n-dirty first with what's being done wrong by some actors (we'll get to the good stuff later, I promise).
Many performers believe they have wonderful headshots. But often they're mistaken. And they don't realize that their shots aren't so wonderful until long after their headshot doesn't receive a response to audition inquiries. The actor with a bad headshot loses a lot of opportunities for work because of a sub-par headshot.
Many of the images which are sent in mailings are oddly angled and overly-lit, and many of them are airbrushed within an inch of their 8×10 lives. Often these travesties don't come close to documenting an authentic likeness and honest qualities of the artist who has set out to achieve for possessing a highly effective marketing tool.
Any opportunity an artist gets to have an opinion formed about them from casting, producers, directors or talent representatives is a valuable commodity. In my office, all of the headshots received in the mail have been looked at by either agents or assistants. What I find disappointing is the lack of knowledge that many artists have about the fact that bad headshots actually have a higher impact than the really good ones–in a really negative way. Bad headshots are so much more memorable… believe me!
My least favorite are the composite photographs where an actor feels it is necessary to include images of themselves in every costume possible, from preacher to rabbi and from doctor to old lady.
Too many artists are trying too hard to stand out. Their misguided efforts to be 'unique' often sacrifice quality. In the entertainment industry (as with life) the better the quality the better the response by goals and those you're seeking. As a professional in the business with a heart, that only wants the best for performers, I have to say that it is really important to get valuable feedback from an extremely reliable source before putting your materials out there to be criticized or judged in this business.
Your marketing materials are most likely to be scrutinized before they are praised.
About fifteen years ago, as a then young talent agent being fed up with clients of mine being charged thousands of dollars for terrible headshots, I enrolled in The New School's professional photography program. I wanted to be able to re-shoot my clients' headshots (pro bono), in order to get the audition appointments which I needed to get them work.
Low and behold, the payoff was tremendous! What I set out to learn was all true– all it took was a beautiful, honest, professional headshot to push the actor from being a possible appointment to becoming one of the select top-tier actors on the casting list for tapings and director meetings. My actors booked like wildfire because the new photos got them through the door. My clients already had the goods to book the jobs. They just needed casting to recognize their potential!
Finding a great deal of enjoyment in capturing images of my clients, I soon set out for, and was granted SAG approval to begin working as the only SAG franchised, professional headshot photographer in New York.
A good headshot photographer shoots headshots because of their affinity and connection to performing artists. Like you, the goal is to create a beautiful work of art that captures your look, energy and personality. It is an opportunity for both you and your photographer to bring out all of the qualities that make you unique and marketable. It's important to enjoy your time shooting… after-all your photographer wants to have you at your best. You work hard to be able to invest in your acting career.
Jack Menashe's history as a talent representative includes being the owner of Independent Artists Agency. As a headshot photographer Jack's clients include Golden Globe, TONY, Emmy winners and nominees.
His photography has appeared in New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Playbill, Dramatists Magazine, Back Stage, CD covers and in performing arts books which highlight his work as headshots-to-have. Visit JackMenashe.com for his portfolio and client feedback.
Did a profane playwright suggest to NYU-Tisch acting students to lie on their resumes by creating false credits?
Did a well-known playwright celebrated for buffaloing text with curses suggest to NYU-Tisch acting students to lie and create false resume credits? I hope the speedy plowman of dialogue, who honors the four-letter word as much as I, didn't f**k with the emerging artists' minds by encouraging falsified work history.
As told to me by a collective group of NYU students, allegedly the profane playwright suggested misrepresentation on the resume. Being that this startling information came to me second-hand I assume that the playwright's comments were misconstrued and/or taken out of context. But… if the black belt of f-bombs did instruct the impressionable young admirers to lie, fib, stroke, misrepresent…someday when those students are in an audition room they potentially must answer an awkward inquiry about a falsified credit on the resume. Only then will they quickly learn what it is to be fornicated by the anarchist of American theater.
In the first years of my acting career when ignorance, insecurity, and youth blinded me from making productive, honest choices I foolishly created a resume falsehood regarding my education. I was embarrassed for not having a secondary arts education. But shame is no excuse for an untruth. When work continually kept coming my guilt and growing maturity forced the fib from my resume. I felt freed from my nagging conscious once I obliterated the deceit. And I never, ever, embellished again. Nor should you. Have more respect for yourself.
When any of us create falsehoods the damage done is not in the moment of 'gothcha' as like when the actress with a resume lie baring my name sheepishly stood before me. No, it's your self-esteem that suffers a near-fatal blow. Lies like honesty cannot be permanently erased. Like the pictographs on cave walls etched millennia ago, a trace will remain. Somewhere. Or with someone. Most prominently with your conscious.
Be better to yourself. Be honest. We all begin with a blank page. Best to keep the page clean than mar it with falsehoods.
Two industry voices. Both Jack Menashe, senior agent, President of Independent Artists Agency, and casting director, director Paul Russell are candid in their views about the do's & don't's about the do's and don't's in pictures, resumes, emails and marketing.
As part of a three-part video series we begin with the first of several interviews filmed by Back Stage.
NOTE: Yes, I know about the jerry-curl hair flopping about my forehead in the video. It was just one of those days when a few errant strands felt like partying. But hey, look at my new headshot to the left; taken by none other than Jack Menashe — apart from his agenting he's multi-talented. With my endorsement Jack is offering Answers for Actors readers a major dicsount. When you contact him via JackMenashe.com just mention code: Jmen123.
O.K. onto the vid and my misbehaving curls… (grrrr).
You and I both know how difficult the challenge often is to garner attention in our business. I'm speaking of positive, career-forward recognition, not the Lindsay Lohan lapses of judgment.
So, yes, I and many casting directors, talent agents, artistic directors, directors, choreographers, managers, producers, anyone who gives the nod of affirmation for employ has seen their share of actors trying too hard to gain attention. And there's a single word for this act; desperation.
That noun describing an action or state of despair once displayed is difficult to remove from the memory of those who witness it. Kind of like the stench from when having a run-in with a skunk. The odor of desperation follows you. And sadly, people who make attempts for attention don't often see themselves as coming across as desperate. With noble intent they charge forward in a manner that turns off their objective. Think of one of your past loves who whined or were needy for you and how disenchanted you became of their arduous affections. They, with a heart full of great desires, were desperate. The cause? For each scenario that differs. Sometimes fear of failure lures one to desperation. But often insecurity is the main culprit that leads the innocent into committing an act of desperation.
While casting for the national tour of The Diary of Anne Frank my office received possibly one of the more misguided attempts to gain attention and an audition appointment. Below are images of her cover letter. The actress' name I've altered for privacy. Sadly the burn marks made by the sender for make-believe-authenticity are authentic to the actress.
Now take a closer look below and you'll see that the actress, in attempt at making her cover letter look as if it were ripped from Anne's diary, was summoning the departed victim of one of mankind's darkest hours.
The actress' intent went beyond desperate to bordering on an obsessive passion for the real-life character.
Entertainment is a business. When pursuing the employ of fantasy the pursuit should be as professional as with your approach to finding your survival jobs. I doubt that you would (and hope that you would not) send a query letter for employment like the above to a Fortune 500 company, the Trump Organization or any civilian employer.
Yes, it is a bit polished. No, you should not do similar. As a comp card? Possibly. As a headshot and resume which the above was intended to be? It's too slick for our purposes. It and the actor try too hard. Less is more. A simple headshot with on the back a résumé printed on clean, crisp, white paper. That package would have been more effective and apropos.
Oh, no he didn't. But oh yes he did.
Now you may be formulating the following thought, But Paul, he got your attention. Yes. Yes, he did. But it's not the kind of attention I believe he wanted. My initial reaction was, "My God, how much time and money did this young man spend to put together a mailing that overcompensates for lack of substance in his work history?" He was trying too hard to make up for a thin resume. Of which the latter (a thin resume) is not a crime or fault.
I and my colleagues would be thrilled to see the exampled actors here (and similar like them) succeed by making professional-in-appearance choices in their journeys instead of driving down dead-end driveways of desperation. I give hardball tough love here, in my book and in classes because I honestly want success for every actor I encounter. Their success is my happiness. Not because I arrogantly believe myself to be right but because I don't enjoy seeing actors fail as a result of simple mistakes they have made. Overcompensating is one of those easily tripped upon errors.
You know where we all should be trying too hard? At enjoying life. Living to our fullest potential has no odor of desperation.
The pre-pubescent use of sexually suggestive, "personality expressive", childish monikers misused and abused in e-mail addresses utilized for business correspondence has got to stop. Now. If you've read my book you know that I stress "this industry is all about image, image, image…" That's not a mirror mantra for the narcissistic. It's a reality of the entertainment industry.
Often as I go through the actor mail (hard copy and digital) I groan or sigh heavily in disbelief as I come across actors seeking professional work from a casting person or representation by an agent while utilizing e-mail addresses that are in no way professional.
Below is just a small sampling from the saturation of sophomoric e-mail addresses that I've found on actor resumes or spammed to my in-box. In order to spare these fools of flippant font further shame and protect the sillies from spam; the servers (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc) have been removed.
Really? Are these people kidding or are they just insane, myopic morons? This is a business folks. A profession. If the e-mail address in use for your professional correspondence resembles a fifth grader's ha-ha quotient (i.e. fart jokes and school yard nicknames) then I and others who hire will not take you seriously. Seriously.
Keep the silly and inane e-mail addys for friends and family who may be more forgiving than a business contact. Leverage your electronic loony-ness with them. Put a professional, digital image to your e-mail address when addressing professionals. Got it danceweasel? Good.


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Children in the city may be at higher risk of getting infected with measles as the health department has not been able to achieve its measles-rubella vaccination target. Mumbai is among the five districts in the state which are yet to cover over 95% of their target population.
Measles is a highly infectious viral disease causing illness and in severe cases, death due to complications such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, and infection in the brain. Rubella, also a virus, can infect pregnant women in the first trimester and children with congenital rubella syndrome may be born with heart problems, deafness, and blindness.
State officials said that all districts in the state except Mumbai, Thane, Aurangabad, Buldana, and Bhiwandi have close to reaching their target. Dr Archana Patil, additional director, directorate of health services, said it was disappointing to know that these districts have not achieved the targets despite mammoth efforts by local corporations. "We will try till March 31 to cover as many children as possible," she said.
As per the World Health Organization (WHO) and Indian government guidelines, it is essential to cover 95% of the 'target' population to contain the transmission of the virus. However, in Mumbai, only 89% of the target population of 25.17 lakh children in the age group of nine months to 15 years have been covered.
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A major setback in the campaign for the BMC's health department has been repeated refusal from around 36 schools to participate in the campaign. Of the 19.9 lakh children in the school-going age in the city, around 10% are yet to receive the vaccination. Civic officials said their last-ditch efforts to convince "high refusal" schools in the last two months have been in vain. "We have tried our best but these schools are not allowing us to conduct the drive," said Dr Chiplunkar.
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Mance Warner Pitches Creative Idea For He And New Jack
By Ross Kelly | May 16, 2020
Many think Mance Warner's style is reminiscent of the hardcore style seen in ECW back in the day. He got the chance to work with former ECW star The Blue Meanie at MLW's Philly show and he talked about that when he joined The Wrestling Inc Daily podcast.
"It was amazing. Everyone that gets into wrestling should look back at the history of pro wrestling. I had been in the arena before in Combat Zone," Warner said before adding he was thrown 20 feet off the cage of death at that arena.
"I debuted out in MLW in that same arena. So, to come back and I've got to pick a mystery opponent to take on Holliday. I brought in Blue Meanie. Me and him had some beers out in the ring and some beers out back. We had a good time and I got to learn a lot of stuff about Meanie. He's got a podcast out there – ya'll go listen to him – he knows what he's talking about."
Warner said he loved hearing stories from Meanie from back in the day in ECW and he stated that's how you learn in this business.
"You don't learn from just getting in the ring. You learn by talking to people and being backstage and making the drives," said Warner. "Wrestling is at a standstill right now, so now you've just got to watch on TV. You gotta go to MLW and subscribe to the YouTube channel. You've got to watch all the past shows that we've had and keep on learning. I've heard that they're doing some stuff with MLW Underground from 2002-03. I know Mike Awesome on there and Masato Tanaka. Those two had matches and I'm hoping to see Terry Funk, Dusty Rhodes. I can go on and on about this s***."
Warner then talked about how much ECW influenced his wrestling style.
"Everybody knows ol' Mancer loved WCW. That was the thing I grew up watching but I watched everything. I was watching WWF and ECW. ECW was one of those things that, the first time I saw anything about ECW in a magazine and I go, 'Jesus, what's this?' You see barbed wire matches. You see Terry Funk and all of this crazy stuff. Then they would run infomercials before PPVs and you'd see the ads on TV late at night. You'd get into that. So for me, I like to take a little bit of everything that I love doing and then make it my own," said Warner.
One of the most infamous ECW stars was New Jack who pushed the limits in terms of violence in wrestling. Warner was asked if he's ever stepped into the ring with New Jack.
"I've never gotten to wrestle New Jack or been around him in person. That's a guy that I'm sure we'd hit it off real well. I think we'd have a hell of a tag team run at some point. You never know," said Warner.
"You throw him and me in a tag team and we may destroy a building but I think there'd be a Part 3, 4 and 5 of Dark Side of the Ring right there. I was watching that episode and I saw them interviewing him after and I said, 'Damn I need to hit up whoever runs this. I need to get this job where I sit here and drink beers and interview the guys after the show.'"
Warner added that New Jack didn't want to talk to those regular guys as he wanted to talk to other crazy people.
"They should give us a reality show and have New Jack and Mancer running around, going grocery shopping and drinking. He could teach me how to cook that spaghetti out there," stated Warner.
Some wrestlers might cringe at being compared to New Jack but Warner had a different reaction with the comparison.
"That's amazing. You'll hear some wrestlers get offended when compared, but everybody that has ever said something to me has said Terry Funk or Cactus Jack or Austin or New Jack. All of those guys ain't bullsh**ing… so that's a compliment," said Warner. "I love hearing sh** like that – it keeps me doing what I'm doing."
At the same MLW Philly show that Warner teamed with Blue Meanie, he also got to tag with Savio Vega and he discussed that.
"It was amazing. We've done a couple of tag matches but the last one we did was one of the last shows ol' Mancer got to do before all this hit the fan. It was me and Savio against Mortiz and Pagano in Tijuana," recalled Warner. "Before that match K-Dog [Konnan] is giving us a speech of what this building represents. It's a building that Rey Mysterio debuted in and he's talking about Psychosis and all of these guys that Mancer loves. So, to know that in a couple of minutes I'm gonna get to go out there and tear this building up was crazy."
He noted that there were 6,000 crazed fans there and Konnan told them before they went out to not start a riot.
"I kid you not, seven minutes into the match a guy is throwing a beer and Savio knocks a beer out of his hands," said Warner. "Then all hell breaks loose and we started a riot out in the crowd [laughs] and doing the one thing we were told not to do. It was awesome. Then we're jamming skewers into Pagano's head and Mortiz – I catch him on fire. It was chaos, man. It was amazing."
In January Warner took on Jimmy Havoc in a no ropes barbed wire match at MLW Zero Hour. Warner emerged with the victory and he talked about that experience.
"I've been in matches where there's maybe a chair wrapped in barbed wire, but it's a whole another ballgame. With just the preparation for the fight, they've got to basically tear down the ring and then put up all the barbed wire. That took about 35 minutes or so. So just imagine, you're getting ready to go in there with a guy who you hate and you know you're trying to beat the sh** out of this guy. But then you've got to sit there and wait as they build all this barbed wire rope," stated Warner.
He then recalled that there were paramedics backstage and when he was about to go to the ring, he grabbed a steel chair that turned out to be one of the paramedics' chair.
"I basically told them to piss off because I'm gonna grab the chair and beat the sh** out of this guy. To fast forward, at the end of it none of them were helping me because I didn't want them too. I already pissed them all off and stole their chair. Now I'm gonna go out there and beat the sh** out of Jimmy Havoc in barbed wire. I love sh** like that," said Warner who was then asked to describe what it's like to get cut with barbed wire.
"I always describe barbed wire as, go take a pack of bologna and throw it against a little bit of barbed wire. Watch it tear up – that's what it does to your skin," said Warner. "I remember getting cut so bad in that match that if you go watch the re-run of that fight, I'm bleeding so bad that I couldn't see nothing. I remember at the end I'm looking up and I could just see the lights. I was so drained that I felt like I was gonna pass out from the blood loss. But I knew I had to beat this man to hit the pay window. So, I did what I had to do."
Mance Warner can be seen every Saturday night as part of MLW Fusion on BeIN Sports. For more information visit www.MLW.com. Mance's full interview with Wrestling Inc aired as part of a recent episode of our podcast, The Wrestling Inc. Daily. Subscribe to get the latest episodes as soon as it's released Monday - Friday afternoon by clicking here.
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City Slave Girls: Col. Abner Taylor Tells of the Good Results Following General Agitation
He Is of the Opinion That Sanitary Laws Backed by a Public Sentiment Will Do a World of Good
by: Nell Nelson | publication date: August 31, 1888 | Publication: Chicago Times | pages: 1-2
Col. Abner Taylor, the bachelor republican candidate for congress in the first Illinois district, said: "I don't know that legislation can do anything for work-women, except to regulate the sanitary condition of the shops and factories where they work."
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Death Squared is a puzzle game in which you have to navigate small robotic cubes safely through short but tricky levels, which is usually pretty life-threatening, as the title already suggests. The game was developed by SMG Studio in Australia and was recently released on PC, PS4, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch for about 10,- Euro.
The twist of Death Squared is that you have to control at least two of these small robots at the same time and keep them alive, even in singleplayer mode. To do this, only the two analog sticks are used, none the other controller buttons.
The scope of action is therefore extremely limited, you can not jump, not run or even shoot. You can only walk at slow speed through the 80 story levels of the game. This endeavour is anything but an easy walk, and this becomes clear relatively quickly, because every level is a merciless, interactive obstacle course.
The environment reacts in a variety of ways to the movement of the game figures. Obstacles move towards or away from the player characters, helpful platforms become deadly traps, spikes raise out of the ground and you are tracked by laser beams. All depending on the direction in which you are moving your Game figures. And there are of course numerous tricky floor switch puzzles.
The challenge of the game is to understand the internal logic of the levels, which is unfortunately only possible with Trial & Error. You have to send the game characters to certain death a few times to understand how the puzzles are built in each level. Since you have endless lives, and the levels always restart without much delay, this is fortunately not a too negative thing.
A very clever aspect of the game is the embedding of the narration, which consist purely of off-screen audio comments. David, an employee of a company called OmniCorp, supervises AI experiments that are performed on exactly the small robot cubes that are controlled by the player. David is assisted by a highly developed artificial intelligence called Iris, with which he keeps talking. This is extremely charming and reminds of the Portal Games. Though, it can sometimes be a bit annoying when comments and remarks are too often repeated.
It is obvious that Death Squared has been conceived as a multiplayer title. In singleplayer mode, the simultaneous control of several game figures basically works, but after a short time, you whish someone else takes over control of the second game figure. Unfortunately I only played the game alone and therefore I can not judge the multiplayer mode. However, I can imagine very well that Death Squared is only developing to its full potential with some friends in front of the TV – assuming the players have good communication skills.
The biggest flaw, next to the Trial & Error, are the controls. The Cubes are controlled relatively inaccurate. It happens all the time that one of them falls into the deadly abyss, because the player has steered a little too much in one direction or he misinterpreted the path because of the camera perspective.
Unfortunately, there is no way to rotate or adjust the camera. When playing in singleplayer mode, it is not indicated which of the sticks controls which game character. Dying is common because one of the characters falls into the abyss, although you actually wanted to move the other.
All in all, Death Squared is an intelligent and entertaining little game for puzzle enthusiasts. But it should only be played in multiplayer mode with friends, not alone and it is only negatively affected by the inaccurate controls and the high amounts of Trial & Error.


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Barry O'Brien is a Dublin based solo artist who's debut EP "Spark" is a soulful blend of past and present Powerpop and Rock influences. It also contains the beautiful acoustic ballad "Sisters in the Sky"which recalls the melancholic feel of both Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. The song was also used in a recent short film by Director/ Writer Patrick Thornton, called "Monster" in which Barry had a cameo role.
Born and raised in Dublin, he was brought up with the influence of his big brothers' record collection. He was inspired to take up guitar at the age of twelve and played with various bands until he attended Ballyfermot Music College.
Eventually forming the band "Peyote" he enjoyed success on the Irish gig circuit. When Peyote went their separate ways, Barry took a different route by taking up singing and immersing himself in the craft of songwriting.
Playing at various clubs around the city to develop his songs, he bought himself a 4-track recorder and formed his own band consisting of members from Mundy, Pugwash, Halite and Las Vegas Basement. Barry continues to tour and record for his forthcoming debut album.
Barry O'Brien's tunes have more hooks then a fisherman's tacklebox.
We drop the great Jason Falkner`s name here quite a bit as he`s an incredibly important and influential musician. Despite that flow of his name from these parts, rare in the band, the musician who can truly pull of sounding "like" Jason. Barry O`Brien *does*. O`Brien has that ability to write a sweeping, pumping pop melody that drives home its point hard but never losing the sweet effect. It can be lush and edgy ---- and crunchy, topped with a sugary-grit. These songs are effortless and elegant. He has nice use of key changes and tempo changes with simple melody lines, examples of true artistry. Who is this mystery melody man, strolling through the park tossing out pocketfuls of shiny links and segues while singing fervently and flawlessly like it`s second nature? Just when you think you`ve grabbed a chord it takes a tricky turn, just out of reach. Well, Barry O`Brien pulls it in. Shame it`s an EP, of course....but this `course` will do just fine. Very, Very Fine. Grade: A-.
Because "Spark" is head and shoulders above the sort of thing you usually asociate with an unsigned artist. The songwriting is sublime, the sound is urgent and fully realised and - while comparisons do raise their heads above the parapet - Barry stamps his presence all over these four beautifully-executed tunes.
"Cut Me Out" is the opening salvo and it soon establishes itself as dreamy, melancholic pop with a tinge of Mercury Rev in the guitar department and a languid, yearning vocal from Barry carrying the melody along. It's a haunting, chromaticically-inclined beauty and the occasional coating of ear candy (such as the weird, analogue synth) only serves to make the recipe more attractive.
Corking start and it's anything but downhill from there on in. Announcing itself with a maniacally souped-up intro, "The Strangest Game" has garnered a number of Elvis Costello comparisons and while that's undeniable, it's still a prime slice of funeful, new wave aggro that (to these battered ears) also recalls Graham Parker at his toughest and adds the sort of weird, cooing mini-korg sound Ric Ocasek used to slip into the early Cars records.
"Sisters In The Sky," by way of a contrast, showcases a softer, acoustic approach to Barry's oeuvre and here his love of Elliott Smith quietly leaks out. Having said that. it's also the kind of sadness-tainted beauty Andy Partridge excels at and with (I think) a mellotron filling in some extra colour, it has a lovely reflective feel.
He finishes up with "Under The Waves" which is possibly the catchiest of the quartet. This time, the ghost of XTC again hovers with the brisk, staccato riffing, but with drummer Aidan O'Grady supplying muscle and invention and bassist/ producer Keith Farrell inserting some Bruce Thomas-style counterpoint punctuations, it soon transcends the sum of its' parts and comes on like unashamedly timeless power pop of the first water.
The time-honoured singer/ songwriter stakes is a hotly-contested steeplechase and many of the runners and riders fall at early hurdles. However, compared to the much-vaunted quirky Dublin-based contenders such as Damien Rice (intriguing) and David Kitt (woefully over-rated), Barry O'Brien is a breath of fresh air and a man who knows intrinsically how to cut to the chase of a powerful pop song.
From first listen, I was lured with a sound resembling that of Duncan Sheik's electric guitar god, Jerry Leonard. "Cut Me Out" is a brilliant song about not caring when you're cut out of someone's life. If "Garden State" were a mellow film about anger, this song would have fit perfectly on the soundtrack due to its dreamy nature and alluring background noises. This album has an upbeat sound with some dark messages, but it was a professionally sounding rock-and-roll album that stood out to me. The only bad thing is that the rest of the tracks don't measure up to the first one. Still, there was a great Beatlesque, indie quality that appealed to me.
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In sum, my guess is if you gave this a spin for Sir Paul, he'd nod and grin and bob his head to the beat. It doesn't get much better than that.
"Spark" is a bright flash of power pop brilliance.
"Spark" is a bright flash of Power Pop brilliance. From the bouncy, horn-riddled pop of "Under The Waves" to the lushly perfect harmonies and guitar of "Sisters in the Sky", Barry O'Brien delivers a classic 4-song EP. "The Strangest Game" is a driving rocker that sounds much like something that could have been recorded by Jason Falkner or Brendan Benson while "Cut Me Out" is a breezy mellow blend of Morrissey and The Churchills. Let's home this EP "sparks" a flaming long-playing release very soon!
Featured Tracks: "Under The Waves", "The Strangest Game"
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Great E.P. with finely crafted tunes.
Just a great 4 song E.P. Obviously a great writer and talent. Can't wait for more.


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Peer Ali Khan (born: 1812; death: July 7, 1857) was an Indian revolutionary and rebel, who participated in the Indian independence movement. He was given capital punishment for participating in the freedom struggle of 1857.

Khan was a bookbinder by profession and he used to secretly distribute important leaflets, pamphlets and coded messages to freedom fighters. He conducted regular campaigns against the British government.

He was arrested along with his 33 followers on July 4, 1857.

On July 7, 1857, Khan was hanged in full public view by William Tayler, the then commissioner of Patna, along with 14 other rebellions, include Ghasita Khalifa, Ghulam Abbas, Nandu Lal alias Sipahi, Jumman, Maduwa, Kajil Khan, Ramzani, Peer Bakhsh, Peer Ali, Wahid Ali, Ghulam Ali, Mahmood Akbar and Asrar Ali Khan.

Commemoration
A road adjacent to the Patna Airport is named after him by Nitish Kumar's government in 2008. Also, Saheed Peer Ali Khan Park, a children's park in front of the District Magistrate's residence near the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, was named after him by the State Government of Bihar.

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Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Executed Indian people
Executed revolutionaries
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What Can You Do With A Drunken Sailor?
Posted on June 30, 2011 August 1, 2014 by Hockey Girl
We're 24 hours from July 1st, the beginning of NHL free agency and one of my favorite days of the year (don't judge). It's a time of excitement and anticipation for fans around the league. But for fans of the NY Rangers, July 1st is a day we've also come to approach with a very healthy dose of fear, anxiety and abject terror. Why, you might ask? GM Glen "Slats" Sather, that's why. Glen Sather on July 1 is like a drunken sailor. On shore leave. With money.
This year's crop of UFAs is not great. There's few players that any team is truly excited about. There's a couple of decent forwards and defensemen, a few goalies…and Brad Richards. Dallas' Brad Richards is far and away the marquee star available. Anyone looking to make a huge impact on their team, and who has the cap space, wants Brad Richards. And Glen Sather has been salivating at the prospect of signing Richards for months. It's the worst kept secret in the entire league. Sather wants Richards, and he wants him badly.
But here's the thing. I Don't Want Brad Richards. I don't. At least I think I don't. I've had my mantra for weeks…pleasedontsignbradrichards, pleasedontsignbradrichards. I've tried to rationalize it: He wouldn't be a good fit with this young, newly gritty and grinding Rangers team. He'll falter in the glare of the NY media spotlight. He's on the wrong side of 30. He's recently concussed. This is what I've been telling myself and others. But now, just a few days away from the possibility, I have to admit something about Richards. Honestly, he'd be great! He's an All-Star center (Hosanna!), a legit power play quarterback (Hallelujah!!) and he's already captained a team to a Stanley Cup (with current Ranger coach John Tortorella back in in Tampa). So I should be jumping for joy, giddy at the prospect. So what's the problem?
Will Richards do this with the Rangers?
Sather. Sather's the problem. Slats the Drunken Sailor + UFAs is always the problem. If you look at a list of the Top Ten Worst Free Agency Signings in NHL history, Slats is sure to have at least 2 slots. Maybe more. Let's have a look, shall we?
July 1, 2008 – Wade Redden– 6 years, $39 million. Every single person in the league is still laughing at us for this one. Everyone. And deservedly so. After two woefully bad seasons with the team, the Rangers essentially gave up, sending Redden to the minors. Yep, they're paying him $6 million dollars a year to ride the bus in the AHL. Awesome.
July 1, 2009 – Donald Brashear. DONALD BRASHEAR?!?!?!?! Are you f*ing kidding me? No, not even Sather is that stupid. That, by the way, is exactly what was uttered by every Ranger fan when the Brashear deal was announced. Oh, and Donald played only half of that season, and is currently employed as a Mixed Martial Artist. Fun!
July 1, 2007 – Chris Drury – 5 years, $35 million AND Scott Gomez – 7 years, $51 million. This was the start of a new era, right? Nope, not so fast, Ranger fans. Gomez barely seemed to give a damn on (or off) the ice, and two years later was, somewhat miraculously, traded to Montreal. Drury? Well, "Captain Clutch" played better for Team USA at the 2010 Olympics than he ever did for NY. After an injury plagued season in which he scored exactly ONE goal, the Rangers bought out the last year of his contract earlier this week. As a friend said to me, "It's pretty sad when the most "clutch" thing Drury ever did as Ranger was accept a buyout."
2002 – Bobby Holik – 5 years, $45 million. This contract was considered so ridiculous by the NHL that it played a large part in the salary cap that was instituted following the 2004 lockout. Way to go, Slats!!!!
When Ranger fans look at a prize player like Brad Richards and remember recent Ranger history, we get all kinds of twitchy. We see marginal players getting inflated contracts. We see good players who somehow come to NY and fail. We see ridiculous deals that make absolutely no sense to any other team, any other GM or any other sport. So yes, I'm scared to think about signing Brad Richards.
Listen, if we could get Richards for a decent amount of time and/or money, I'm all for it. But that's not how Slats works. Oh, no. Even if there's no real competition for Richards, even if the Rangers are far and away the only team willing to meet his demands, Glen will find a way to OVERPAY. Just 'cause. Richards is only asking for 5 years? Glen will give him 6, maybe 7. Just 'cause. Richards would take $7 million? No no, Brad. Take something extra, you've earned it, and I've got a reputation to maintain. A reputation as the most foolishly insane free agency buyer in all the land.
Would the Rangers be better with Brad Richards. Absolutely. Are we likely to feel slightly ill about all this come Friday? Undoubtedly. We know Richards is coming. Everyone in the entire league knows he's coming. And they're all ready to laugh at Sather (and us). Again.
Our GM is on the wagon, but we're pretty sure he's about to fall off.
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There will never be a door. You are inside. Works from the Coleção Teixeira de Freitas
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Ana María Martínez Sagi
La voz sola
Ana María Martínez Sagi (1907-2000) was born in Barcelona. She was an exemplary athlete in a wide variety of sports and gained a gold medal in the javelin throw at the first national championship of female athletics in 1931. A pioneer of Catalan feminism, in 1934 she also became the first female manager of a European football club: the Barcelona club. The political participation and promotion of women was a constant concern for Sagi and she collaborated in a varied number of diaries and journals during the Second Republic. She also supported journalism in both Catalan and Castilian Spanish, from which we have collected the best of her works, which stand out due to their modernity, social commitment and attention to the demands of women. Her chronicles on the Aragon front are also highlighted, which she wrote during the Spanish Civil War, despite being wounded. Sagi was considered the heir of Rosalía de Castro, developing her poetry in Castilian over more than forty years, since 1929. She was exiled to France, and later to the United States of America, where she worked as a Spanish and French professor at the University of Illinois. Upon her return to Spain in the 1970s, Sagi chose to seclude herself in the locality of Moià, having become disenchanted with the literary environment in Spain. She died at an old people's home in Santpedor.
The writer Juan Manuel de Prada (Baracaldo, Vizcaya, 1970) has prepared this anthological edition to vindicate the figure of this forgotten athlete, feminist and writer who, two decades ago, was celebrated in his novel Las Esquinas del Aire. Recently, in this same collection, he was in charge of the edition of Sinfonía en Rojo, a book dedicated to Elisabeth Mulder, a writer for whom Sagi had an amorous admiration all her life.
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Sinfonía en rojo. Prosa y poesía selecta
The work and life of the Barcelona-based writer, Elisabeth Mulder (1904-1987), is, undoubtedly, among the most intriguing in Spanish contemporary literature. A contemporary author of the Spanish generation of '27, Mulder was one of the most promising literary figures of her generation. Before reaching the age of thirty, however, she abandoned poetry and become an excellent novelist. The novels and short stories by Elisabeth Mulder were compared at the time with those of Somerset Maugham and Katherine Mansfield. This was due, in part, to both their cosmopolitan quality and their unconventional psychological perceptiveness. Mulder never ascribed to the trends of the time, nor did she defend any political persuasion and it was, perhaps, because of this that after her death, she was unjustly forgotten. However, notable novels such as La Historia de Java (The Story of Java) and El Vendedor de Vidas (The seller of lives) should be included, due to their merits, in any overview of Spanish literature dating from the 20th century. Many of Mulder's stories are near perfection and exude a Chekovian feel which may be appreciated by the discerning reader.
Sinfonía en Rojo (Symphony in Red) includes a sample of all the genres that Mulder developed, from poetry to novels, and including stories and journalistic articles. This work comprises a panoramic view of a literary work of both great originality and literary value.
Juan Manuel de Prada (Baracaldo, Vizcaya, 1970) is a writer who, for close to two decades has advocated the work of Elisabeth Mulder, as well as creating her as one of the characters in his book: Las Esquinas del Aire. He is also the author of the novels, Las Máscaras del Héroe (Ojo Crítico Award), La Tempestad (Planeta Prize, La Vida Invisible (National Narrative Award), El Séptimo Velo (Biblioteca Breve Award) and Mirlo Blanco, Cisne Negro, among others. De Prada's journalistic work has won him such prestigious prizes as the Mariano de Cavia Prize.
Carmen Laforet y Elena Fortún
De corazón y alma (1947-1952)
ESTEFANÍA MARTÍN SÁENZ
Tapa dura al cromo
Punto de partida. Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel
Marín Civera y Luis Abad
En pos de un nuevo Humanismo. Prosa escogida
The aim of this anthology is to provide a voice for two great Spanish intellectuals, unjustly forgotten, and whose philosophies are based on a visionary concern for the state of the human being. Because of this, they needed to be rescued in order to gain their justified privileged place in philosophical history, as figures from an era of transformation and doubt from which they have provided us with solutions for survival that are more valid than ever, now in the 21st century.
Marín Civera (Valencia 1900- México D.F. 1975), and Luis Abad Carretero (Almería 1895- Gádor1971) are two relatively unknown authors from the philosophical and essay spheres of Spanish literature over the past century. They can be considered literary masters, as well as hallmark pioneers, of contemporary and humanistic thought which, still today, can be considered as being both a revelation and contemporary. The Civil War and the exile that both suffered, influenced and guided their convictions, which were always in support of liberty and plurality. Civera was a supporter of possibilist unions, while Abad supported the Azaña party and was a favourite disciple of Ortega. Both attempt to seek a new humanism which can respond to the technical advances and, at the same time, offer a new solidarity among human beings, while harbouring a contemplative serenity in a world of haste and speed that they foresaw. The Valencian believed in a society where the presence of the Self would not be swamped by the technological beast, while the Almerian supported a personal renovation of the human nature, guided by vocation and the quest for happiness.
Ricardo Tejada (San Sebastián 1965) is a professor of Civilization of Modern and Contemporary Spain at the University of Le Mans (France) and a researcher of Philosophical Hispanism and exile. He has published books, such as De una sensibilidad por venir, Ensayos de estética contemporánea (2008), The critical edition of los Escritos sobre Ortega de Maria Zambrano (2011, Trotta) and Briznas del tiempo (2014 Endymion), as well as El pensamiento vivo de Séneca in Obras Completas de María Zambrano.
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Looking for something to get them on their feet? Fitness watches have been around for years, but the latest releases from Garmin are bringing them to a new level. There are plenty of options available so we've tried to narrow the list a little.
The fenix 5 also has a great battery life (up to 2 weeks in smartwatch mode, 24 hours in GPS mode, and 60 hours in UltraTrac). The fenix 5 is comparatively a heavier watch which I prefer, but that opinion might not be shared by everyone. The Forerunner series, for example, is made from lightweight plastics to minimise the added weight.
The Forerunner 935 is designed for triathletes, this watch records advanced metrics for running, cycling and swimming. The useful function for the forerunner 935 is its multisport functionality, you can quickly switch between modes, swapping seamlessly from running to cycling to swimming. This is ideal for anyone training for triathlon events, it will give you accurate information on your performance and detailed metrics on your training and how to optimise your recovery. The other significant advantage is the lightweight design it's been designed to minimise weight to keep you as light as possible.
The 935 features an optical HR monitor which like most Garmin wrist-based heart rate monitors is accurate in most conditions, however, is not as reliable a Garmin HRM chest strap. The battery in smart mode: is up to 2 weeks, GPS/HR mode: 24 hours and UltraTrac Mode: up to 60 hours without wrist heart rate.
This watch is excellent value for money, it comes with a whole bunch of handy running analytics and is designed to be extremely lightweight like the Forerunner 935. It can also link up to your smartphone to display smart notifications and control your music.
The forerunner 235 has a sleek design focused on 24/7 activity tracking. You can get all your vO2 max stats to give you the best information your recovery time between runs.
The only significant issue I have with the forerunner 235 is the inaccuracy of the Optical HRM (to be fair wrist-based HRM has never been super accurate), my solution is to treat it as a guide rather than gospel. If you want precise readouts I would recommend using an HRM-chest strap.
This is a great gift, I should know I received one. The vivoactive 3 is a powerhouse of a fitness watch, it's a step down from Garmin's flagship fitness watch the fenix 5, but it's still packed to the bezel with features and stats and is a more affordable option. Garmin has also added a new NFC chip which allows you to pay without a card called 'Garmin Pay'. At this point, it's only available for commonwealth bank customers, but Garmin has recently updated their site to reflect ANZ Visa cardholders will also be added to the mix.
You'll still have GPS accuracy for tracking your runs, and the barometric altimeter will help keep tabs on how many stairs you've climbed. The wrist-based optical HRM has also been updated to be a lot more accurate now. Additionally, you'll get a plethora of impressive stats like stress level, sleep cycle, resting heart rate, %HR Max and lots of sports and workout profiles to help you improve.


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Julian Henderson, Ancient Glass
An Interdisciplinary Exploration
Julian Henderson, Ancient Glass. An Interdisciplinary Exploration, Cambridge University Press, 2013, 450 pages, ISBN: 9781107006737
This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass in which technological, historical, geological, chemical, and cultural aspects of the study of ancient glass are combined. The book examines why and how this unique material was invented some 4,500 years ago and considers the ritual, social, economic, and political contexts of its development. The book also provides an in-depth consideration of glass as a material, the raw materials used to make it, and its wide range of chemical compositions in both the East and the West from its invention to the seventeenth century AD. Julian Henderson focuses on three contrasting archaeological and scientific case studies: Late Bronze Age glass, late Hellenistic–early Roman glass, and Islamic glass in the Middle East. He considers in detail the provenances of ancient glass using scientific techniques and discusses a range of vessels and their uses in ancient societies.
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Political Pendulum in Latin America: A Trend to the Left
In Latin America, the democratic transition and political pendulums are something normal and we should not be scared of them.
Only in this 2021, we had 5 presidential elections, of which 4 were with changes of governments, the only president who "competed" and won was in the Nicaraguan regime. Photo: Pexels
LatinAmerican Post | Santiago Gómez Hernández
Leer en español: Péndulo político en Latinoamérica: un tendencia a la izquierda
Only in 2021, we had 5 presidential elections, of which 4 were with changes of governments, the only president who "competed" and won was in the Nicaraguan regime. But there were not only changes of presidents, but also of economic models. Processes such as that of Chile, Honduras, Peru and (in theory) Ecuador are proof of this. In this way, it is demonstrated that in Latin America and in the world, democratic changes are vital, important and are a sign of a healthy democracy. As in the United States, Spain, France, or Germany, it is vital not to let fear prevent us from accepting defeat and understand that in a democratic process, there are periods for both parties. The important thing here is to defend the institutions since they are the ones that will guarantee us a healthy change of power.
Processes such as the Cuban, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan, and, currently, the Salvadoran are signs that fear should not be due to change or a government plan, the line should be populism and populism has existed in both political spectra. One example was how Donald Trump tried to stay in power in the United States.
Today the political pendulum in Latin America is more tilted to the left, but it may turn again in the future. This is why the Government that rises today, must defend the counterweights and the division of powers, since those who today are the ruling party, tomorrow will once again be the opposition.
After almost 200 years, the Honduran people made history and elected the country's first female president. Xiomara Castro arrives as a figure that represents the legacy of her ex-husband, Manuel Zelaya, who in 2009 suffered a military coup. The political transition and the return of a figure like Castro, who represents the government of her late husband, is a good example of Honduran institutions.
The country experienced a social outbreak in which Chileans demanded profound changes in the Chilean model, which has left decades of economic growth, but with few tangible results for the majority of the population. This resulted in a constituent assembly that will seek to create a new Magna Carta and with unorthodox elections where the movements furthest from the center were the favorites. Of these, German Boric was the winner of the elections and managed to seduce not only the leftist electorate but also the more moderate voters.
If we count that Lenin Moreno was elected under the banners of Correismo (despite the fact that he later distanced himself), Guillermo Lasso is the first right-wing president since 2007. Also a healthy democratic transition.
After passing from Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Martín Vizcarra, Manuel Merino, and Francisco Sagasti, all in the same presidential term, the election of Pedro Castillo represented a triumph for the institutionality. Away from the predecessor government parties, the leader of Peru Libre represents Peruvian democracy. However, the political crisis does not seem to have ended and Castillo's presidency is threatened (like that of his predecessors). All under the constitutional laws that guarantee an efficient division of powers and some clear political counterweights.
Elections in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Brazil
For 2022, 3 presidential elections are sighted that can change the party of Government. According to the polls in the 3 countries, the favorite is a candidate other than the current president (even Bolsonaro in Brazil could lose). The changes in the 2 most populated countries in South America and in one of the most democratic countries in Central America should not be traumatic as they want to be seen. The importance is not in who arrives, but in always having the guarantee that they will be able to leave. This is why a participatory democracy and a congress that serves as political control will be a fundamental pieces to maintain the institutionality.
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The most important thing is to maintain diplomatic relations and cooperation between all the countries of the region. No matter who is the president in Brazil, Chile, or Panama, as long as it is a democratic government, relations, and exchange between countries will be an advantage in the face of the post-pandemic economic reactivation. Adding to this, a greater and joint integration, will be the only way to have a greater voice and command in the international scene with global superpowers.