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I've written here before about struggling for balance between tangible creative output in the form of art: short stories and now photos and multimedia narrative, and tacit outcomes through raising daughters and mentoring young writers in the college writing classroom and now rural-community storytelling projects. I've written about how I firmly believe that teachers must be practitioners of what they teach, and yet for years, the best I could do on that score in my creative writing classes was to keep a writing notebook with bits and pieces of conversations, character sketches and snatches of scenes. Later on I did the same with image/text and digital-story fragments and shards. Nothing complete, though. Nothing finished, very little put out into the world except through the personal space of my blogs. Academic thinking/writing/presenting, on the other hand, was easy to do from inside the walls, and is much more challenging now. I am sloughing off my academic self for someone who works in the unpredictable, shifting spaces of local community and personal creativity, and some days I'm just plain old nowhere.
And so, I turned my classrooms into disruptive creative studio spaces. We were going to do something, go somewhere, explore, experiment, create against the grain, to put our ideas into contact zones, to adopt a practice, to commit to that practice. As my students went on to pursue creative lives that included writing, teaching, mentoring, activism, I told myself that whatever loss I felt at not being in full touch with my own writing was more than made up for by the magic going on in class.
But now, a year out of the classroom, I feel new and shiny in my creative skin, somewhere between tacit and tangible creativity, between searching for form and having to conform to forms already given, between mentoring and practicing. I've had photos accepted in a show and now one ("Heading Home" just above) in an online annex to another show; I'm deep into short stories again, even experimenting with sharing drafts on bgexperiments–I'd love to have your feedback) while writing a white paper on storytelling and participatory planning, and continuing my work with rural communities and storytelling. I watch Laura working on a book, Jen writing like crazy, Keira dreaming up learning parties–all women who left the higher ed scene; all mothers; all still sharing knowledge, connecting, mentoring, teaching, but just look at them finding deep pleasure in their creativity.
Sure none of us is raking in the dough. And it's easier for me as I'm a bit older than they are, with children in college and beyond. I don't have the same pressures of saving up for tuition, much less paying the rent or mortgage. When I was in that position, I was teaching. I didn't have the courage and will that they do. They are my heroes.
So maybe I still don't have the mix down, and I'll continue to struggle with the balance, but being in this disruptive space sure feels good.
You are my hero. It was you who gave me the courage to leave, to jump into the unknown. I know that feeling of having abandoned the thing that you teach, but watching students embrace. My former students are emailing me now with their successes, one with a potential job at Twitter of all places, another setting up social networks to raise money for a local library, another using online tools to communicate on behalf of women's rights. And there's more. And there are those I don't know about. And I miss that direct influence, but I also know that it took energy to mentor them and left me with little energy for my own similar pursuits. Blogging is a way of continuing to reach out to them.
I am truly enjoying what I'm doing now. I wish it were balanced with something that brought in some case, but I'll worry about that later. 🙂 I'm about to complete the first draft of the book, and that's exciting, but I know there's some hard work ahead of editing and shaping and making into something better. It's good to feel that sense of accomplishment again, something I haven't felt in quite a while. From what I can tell of your work, you should be feeling that too!
Aw, thanks, Laura. I love the story of your students continuing to contact you about their social media use. Very cool. You are a model blogger, giving all the time of yourself. I don't know how you do it! Every day!
I am reveling in this creative life. If everyone had time to pursue their creative interests in a sustained practice (instead of the wild dabbling most people have time for), what might the world look like?
Ah, this post struck to my heart, Barbara. What a caution! See, I don't think of myself as a creative person. And now that my digital storytelling work is growing, I, er, don't have much of my own d.s. to show.
I am going to ponder this for a while.
PS: you're definitely one of my heroes!
You don't think of yourself as a creative person, Bryan? Say it ain't so–you're one of the most creative thinkers I know.
But I'm also not surprised that you haven't been playing around with your own ds as much as you'd like–with work and family and farm, how could there be time? And yet, it's important to be practicing the very thing you are an expert on… the tangle, the tangle!
Oh, czars of employment, everyone in this so-called creative economy should be given time for noodling, for playing, for art. I wonder what that would do to our health, our well-being, heck, our job effectiveness..
I was led to your blog through Glenn Groulx at Athabasca University. I thing the creative side of teaching is the most common thread. I like changing to nudge me along and sometimes I like to leap to the next chapter.
Thanks for this creative blog.
That's the opposite of where our economy is, alas. Hence the rise in productivity.
How long did it take for FDR to start funding arts, about 2 years?
…you're awfully sweet, Barbara. Am thinking about this.
It's an honour to be on this crazy journey into penury with all of you artists and teachers. You are touchstones- bg, and all the commenters here.
I too am filling notebooks with stories, snatches of poems etc. About a year ago I had a realization that I'm an artist and a writer and that I'm about 13 years old in my development. I feel about 17 now, maybe, so that's something. It's still a long way off from feeling like a confident, adult practitioner but my life makes more sense to myself when I own that. The reasons for quitting a demanding, creative and relatively well-paid day job make more sense.
Quitting the dayjob- ack- it's a wild, rough ride. Not that it wasn't on the inside. I'm grateful as hell I could quit and go slowly broke (first the pension fund, then the parental gifts, now the credit line).
There's a comfortable mid-size sedan worth of privilege that allows me to step outside, increasing debt-load not withstanding. But slowing down and living more like an artist, rooted in a particular patch of earth feels pretty right in many ways. Yes, even with the incessant inner voices casting doubt and mostly external indifference.
It's why being mentioned in a beautiful post like this is so deeply validating. On the one hand I have many days I feel very vulnerable, isolated and invisible and yet the nonsense of that- I read something from bg or these commenters blogs and get gobsmacked. I've had more meaningful collaborations with people in my community in 2 years than I did in the last 10.
Such power and possibility in this unfolding conversation and in these inter-connected experiments.Thanks Barbara for connecting us.
I so love your response–thank you for deepening and expanding the post. You capture much of how I feel about this space, about the "mid-size sedan worth of privilege" and the countering sense that to live a creative life is something we all could work towards to the benefit of the world.
I don't remember if I googled this or linked from another(think it was the latter). I am excited to find this blog. While I do not know if I have any goals to be published, I enjoy writing character sketches and sharing them with friends. I also write some poetry, but have to be in the right mode to have anything that I like. I have no children. Yet, I don't seem to meet much in the way of my creative goals. I work full-time. I have problems writing things down on paper and my email doesn't work from my home computer so I don't have a way to store what I write in a meaninful way. I really admire parents of minor children who write or go to school. I look forward to exploring this site. Your community story telling is something that really interests me as well.
I've been thinking of you often. Over break, I've been spending time writing short (nonfiction) stories. It is in the writing that I feel that I am tying tiny strings that I didn't know were untied.
I've been thinking of you for ages–first, when I took Rosalie to see Williams and we visited Mass MOCA, for the first time! Loved it, and couldn't believe I hadn't gone earlier after all those years of hearing about your visits there with students. Can't wait to take the boys this Feb. Meant to send you an email then and couldn't find your new email address. Then I saw your photo in an exhibit at the town hall. I love your photos–so clear, so focused on something simple that makes us really look and slow down. So thanks for being out there in the art world–we all need the affirmation for paying attention to art, outside and inside.
Would you send me your new email address?? So glad I found you here on your blog! Also love the quote by Maxine Greene–she's so wonderful!
I'm beginning to see why I was attracted to blog on this site since I've been reading the other responses here, not just the blog's originator, Barb, who makes interesting art/photos/posts.
What is quality time for creativity like? — What is too much "time" that is not focused.
What is too little time that is over stressed.
I'm more like go for it whenever I can — but I have a lot of interests and sometimes just need to see art that grabs my attention and my sense of being alive and connected.
In spite of my long silences, the blog still prompts some of you to respond–thank you! You have me thinking about how to weave this reflective blogging back into my life.
I love hearing about you, Barb and Cloe and Jo Ann, turning to art in spite of the demands on your time, and how crucial it is to keep the creative parts of the self engaged.
Catharine, I'm delighted to hear that you went to MassMoca–what a great place sure to stir the creative fires. Thanks for your kind words about my photos. Right now I am so focused on a paper for work that I rarely reach for my camera so as not to disturb the focus–see there I go again, unable to stay balanced. But perhaps just knowing that in a week or so I will be done with the paper is enough. Unlike the old days, there is only this paper and not another one waiting on my desk, and then another after that. Email is bgblogging@gmail.com Would love to hear from you!


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by EMILY BALSERSeptember 8, 2018 GMT
The Highlands School District will be starting this school year without its top administrator.
Superintendent Michael Bjalobok has been on medical leave since July 2. Assistant Superintendent Monique Mawhinney will serve as substitute superintendent indefinitely.
Mawhinney will receive a monthly stipend of $1,500 on top of her $130,000 salary while she fills in for Bjalobok. Officials don't know how long he will be on medical leave.
"We were not given any specific date of return," said district spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg.
Mawhinney, who just started at the district in April, has been filling in for Bjalobok since July, so she's had some time to settle into the position.
Mawhinney said she is up for the challenge and looking forward to the first day of school on Aug. 30.
"I'm very excited," she said. "Over the summer, I really had a chance to dive into what we needed to get started on."
Mawhinney said her two main areas of focus this school year are student achievement and improving district communications.
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Former Highlands Elementary Center Principal Cathy Russo will be stepping into a new district administration position this school year. She will now serve as the district's coordinator of curriculum, which will focus on developing the district's curriculum and analyzing student achievement.
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Samantha Perlik will move up from assistant principal to principal at Highlands Elementary Center.
The district hired Kristie Gizienski to be the new assistant elementary principal at a salary of $70,000.
The administrative moves add to the changes already expected for this school year, including the reconfiguration of schools.
Highlands will start the new year with a reconfiguration and renaming of its buildings. Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students will attend the Early Childhood Center, formerly Fairmount Primary Center; first through fourth grades will be at Highlands Elementary School, formerly Grandview Upper Elementary; fifth through eighth grades will attend Highlands Middle school; and ninth through 12th grades will be at Highlands High School.
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Someone remade the new It trailer using clips from the 1990 TV miniseries
By Anthony Breznican
This is kind of a brain-bender: Someone decided to remake the trailer for the remake of Stephen King's It — using pieces of the original 1990 TV miniseries.
It's a peculiar exercise, but YouTube user Matt Skuta went through the earlier Tim Curry version of the scary clown movie to harvest elements that roughly corresponded to things featured in yesterday's promo for the Sept. 8 film, featuring Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise.
The most 1-to-1 comparisons involve the opening sequence, in which a little boy floats his paper boat directly into the clutches of the formless evil monster.
There was no slide projector scene in the earlier film, but Skuta uses a sequence in which the Losers' Club looks through an old album of photos instead. While the projector cycles through to reveal a woman who gradually evolves into Pennywise, the older film simply involved a photo coming to life and Curry's clown lashing out at the children from the pages of the book.
If you can't get enough evil clowns, it's a fun compare and contrast.
For more on Stephen King's It, here's EW's deep-dive gallery showcasing all the references to the 1986 novel in the new trailer.
By Anthony Breznican @Breznican


The Lazy Goblins step into the world of Horrors, Oozes, Shamen, Aetherborn, Imps, Rogues, Samurai, and Insects! It's a challenge dedicated to the lesser known tribes of Magic, and for at least one of our contestants, maybe it should have stayed lesser known. Who gets the dreaded GAME OVER text on GDS3's highly readable webpage?
I'm really enjoying your analysis and looking forward to further episodes!
One note tho: my understanding is Chris Mooney is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns, which may be a thing to keep in mind for future recording sessions?
Hey, thanks for the kudos! I'm glad you're enjoying the episodes!
I did not know that about Chris and will make sure to get a correction into the next recording for them. I'm really enjoying their work so far. Thanks for the heads up!
By the way, multiple people did pick Oozes. Jay was the second one.
Thanks for the information! I'm not surprised by that, Oozes seem to be the creature type with the most open scope for developing gameplay. I wonder if any of the designers built the gameplay they were looking for first, then chose a creature type to fit.
No problem; I found it buried in the Magic article. Looking forward to the next episode! Playtesting for Jeremy was a lot of fun, and it's really interesting to finally see other people discussing his cards.
It seems like dunking on the judges is going to be much harder than for GDS2 without a certain Simon Cowell wannabe, which is a shame. Loving the content nonetheless =).
As long as we don't have a judge talking about one of the contestants booking flights for everyone, it's a net positive in my book. Glad you're enjoying the podcast!
This is great, and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series.
–Maybe I'm just weird, but I don't know understand why just having activating abilities is so taboo for newbies? You get creatures who can can do more things than just attack. That's cool! There are finicky things that come up at higher levels, but having your creatures cast their own spells is so flavorful and fun I don't understand why you'd want to limit it to "more experienced" players.
As I understand it, the problem is asking new players to understand the difference between activating an ability versus triggering an ability, which is something that Jay's cards require.


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Saint Just (en latin Justus, prononcé par les Lyonnais Saint Ju') est le  évêque de Lyon. Il succède à Vérissime au milieu du . Il est vénéré comme saint par les catholiques et les orthodoxes, et fêté le 2 septembre.

Enfance et formation

Il serait né dans la première moitié du  à Tournon sur les bords du Rhône, et issu d'une famille aristocratique.

Il aurait suivi l'enseignement religieux de saint Paschase, l'archevêque de Vienne de l'époque et devint diacre de l'église de Vienne.

L'évêque de Lyon

Il est par la suite élu évêque de Lyon par les fidèles de la ville à une date inconnue après le milieu du . On le retrouve en tant qu'évêque de la capitale des Gaules parmi les participants du Concile de Valence de 374 sur la discipline religieuse des clercs et des fidèles.

En 381, on le retrouve au concile d'Aquilée. Un concile général avait été demandé par les évêques ariens Pallade (Palladius), évêque de Ratiaria, et Sécondien (Secundianus), évêque de Singidunum, soutenus par l'impératrice Justine pour revoir la position de l'Église sur l'arianisme. Saint Ambroise refuse la tenue d'un concile général, consentant uniquement à un concile provincial, mais l'empereur Gratien permet la venue d'autres évêques. Les évêques de Gaule envoyèrent des délégués dont Just qui fut l'un des 32 évêques de ce concile. Il y exprima clairement son rejet de l'arianisme et condamna Pallade et Sécondien.

À cette époque, il entretient une correspondance avec Ambroise de Milan, dont il ne subsiste que deux lettres d'explications des Écritures adressées par Ambroise à Just.

L'ermite

Rentré à Lyon après le concile d'Aquilée, il ne put empêcher le lynchage d'un criminel qui avait trouvé refuge dans sa cathédrale malgré l'immunité que conférait le lieu et s'en tint pour responsable. Il rendit les insignes de sa charge épiscopale et partit, accompagné de son clerc, saint Viateur, faire pénitence jusqu'en Égypte dans le désert de Scété, où il se retira dans un monastère comme un simple moine.

Un pèlerin l'ayant reconnu, les Lyonnais, désireux de retrouver leur évêque, envoyèrent une délégation menée par Antioche, un prêtre de Lyon, pour le retrouver et le ramener dans son diocèse. Antioche ne put convaincre le saint ermite ni de revenir ni de l'accepter auprès de lui. Il revint donc en Gaule et fut nommé plus tard évêque de Lyon. À la mort de Just, les lyonnais firent rapatrier dans leur ville le corps de leur évêque, ainsi que celui de son compagnon Viateur, mort peu après, et les firent déposer dans la basilique des Macchabées qui devint la basilique Saint-Just.

Culte et postérité

À la fin du , une Vita sancti Justi, Lugdunensis episcopi, retraçant dans un style hagiographique la vie de Just, est écrite par un prêtre lyonnais.

L'Église de Lyon célébrait autrefois saint Just à quatre reprises dans l'année : son ordination le , la translation de ses reliques à Lyon le , sa mort le  et son passage en Égypte le . La fête de la translation de ses reliques est encore célébrée dans le diocèse de Lyon, en plus de sa fête, jusqu'au .

À Lyon, lui est dédié une basilique, aujourd'hui détruite et remplacée par une autre église. Autour de la basilique s'est développé un bourg du même nom qui est devenu au  un quartier de Lyon.

La chapelle du lycée de Tournon (Lycée Gabriel Faure) porte aussi son nom.

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Liens externes

 Histoire et hagiographie de saint Just, évêque de Lyon de Marie-Céline Isaïa, musée du diocèse de Lyon
  Biographie de saint Just de Lyon, Jean Marilier, Sancti e Beati
 Association culturelle des sanctuaires de saint Irénée et saint Just

Évêque de Lyon
Saint catholique et orthodoxe du IVe siècle
Saint catholique et orthodoxe de France
Saint de Rhône-Alpes
Évêque du IVe siècle
Naissance à Tournon-sur-Rhône
Décès en 390

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For young Elliot Ortiz, war runs in the family. The dramatic and poignant experiences of the young Ortiz drive the story of "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue." The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Finalist play is coming to Los Angeles' Kirk Douglas Theatre, where it will run until Feb. 25.
"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" is the first part of a trilogy written by Tony Award-winning Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes. The prolific writer is best known for her rousing musical "In the Heights," which took home the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2008. Hudes wrote "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" a year earlier, with help from the Page 73 Fellowship, an arts and culture fellowship that supports the work of young, emerging talent. "Elliot" continues Hudes' tradition of telling powerful stories about the inner workings of Latino-American families, a subject matter that's more important than ever in America's current political climate.
"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" follows the young Puerto Rican soldier as he sets out to honor the tradition of his father and grandfather before him, who served their country in Vietnam and Korea, respectively. Despite their strong tradition and shared experiences, the Ortiz family struggles to connect. When Elliot returns to active duty following a visit home, the family tries to retain their happiest moments with him. As we learn more about each family member and their connection to Elliot, the play's scenes take on an abstract form mirroring the structure of a fugue, complemented by the music of Bach. The music forms a poetic expression of loss and love. "Elliot" weaves a profound tale of a disconnected family whose deepest feelings are expressed through music rather than words.
The Kirk Douglas Theatre production of "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" represents a bold initiative from the Center Theatre Group. The leading Los Angeles non-profit theater company is bringing all three of Hudes' "Elliot" plays to one city for the first time. The trilogy, which includes "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" "Water by the Spoonful" and "The Happiest Song Plays Last" will play in three local theaters for the next two months. This invites audiences to partake in the unique thrill of viewing all three of Hudes' plays concurrently, creating a complete narrative experience. The Center Theatre Group is also holding two free events, called Community Conversations, in which the public is invited to partake in discussions about the real-life issues that permeate the "Elliot" trilogy. The events will take place on February 9th and 21st.
The Los Angeles production of "Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" is directed by Shishir Kurup, who has enjoyed a prolific career in television, film and theater as an actor, writer, composer, and director. His theatrical directing credits include "Seed: A Weird Act of Faith," "Love on San Pedro," "On Caring for the Beast," and "The Unrequited." Kurup also directed productions of "Water by the Spoonful" and "The Happiest Song Plays Last" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, making Kurup the definitive directorial voice on Hudes' "Elliot" trilogy.
The cast of the Kirk Douglas Theatre production includes Rubén Garfias, Peter Mendoza, Jason Manuel Olazábal and Caro Zeller in the lead roles. The creative team includes Set Design by Sibyl Wickersheimer, Costume Design by Raquel Barreto, Lighting Design by Geoff Korf, Sound Design by John Nobori, and Production Stage Management by Maggie Swing.
"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue" runs at the Kirk Douglas Theatre from Jan. 27 until Feb. 25. You can buy tickets here.


He's 65 next, has hands like a back street bone yard, swore ages ago that he'd ended his 45-year glove affair with wicket-keeping.
At the weekend, however, Dave Morrison picked up both a Darlington and District League championship medal and - in the shape of a serious shiner - a cricket trophy every bit as lustrous.
Keeping canny? "Well I was until then," he insists.
"It's the third time it's happened on the last day of the season, just as we were going on holiday. Things aren't too good at home just now."
"It's not him who's had to wash the blood out of the pillow case," says Valerie Tait, his long-suffering partner, herself nursing a broken wrist after an accident in a supermarket car park.
"I took a short cut and jumped off a wall," she admits. "Daftness must run in the family."
Long familiar in North-East club cricket - he started at East Cowton as a 14-year-old - Dave returned this summer to Barton, between Darlington and Scotch Corner, after an NYSD League career that included Darlington, Darlington RA, Richmond and Northallerton.
"I'm up and down all day at home. Keeping wicket isn't really much different," says the old croucher.
When last he appeared in the column, however - September 2002 - he swore that wicket-keeping was at last behind him, in order to improve his batting technique.
Though the Northern Despatch once called him the league's best No. 11 - "I was quite proud of that" - he's never so much as scored a half century in 50 years at the crease.
That decision had been accelerated by a broken thumb in the season's first game, for the RA.
"The doctor couldn't believe it, took photographs of my hands, said he wanted to use them in his lectures," recalls the former Darlington newsagent, sub-postmaster and publican.
No peace for the wicket keeper, he joined Barton after playing in 2006 for Masham - and then promising Val that he'd finally retired.
"He conned me," she says. "He thought he'd have difficulty keeping his weight down, bought an exercise bike for the spare bedroom and then a mountain bike which so far he's taken out once.
"A few weeks off and then he's back playing for Barton as if nothing's happened - then he creeps home on Saturday night with yet another black eye."
Barton had beaten neighbours Aldbrough St John - Morrison three catches and six not out - to clinch the A division title for the first time.
The following day they played Coundon in a cup final at Lands, on Cockfield Fell - which is when he caught one in the eye.
"I've stood up to our fast bowlers all season, never a problem.
"We've this lad who's slower, bowls one down the leg side and it goes straight through my gloves.
"Lands isn't known for paramedics so after a bit I carried on.
"It's like falling off a bike, you just have to get on again, but I've never had a shiner like this one."
Coundon won off the last ball, Dave - now in Scruton, near Northallerton - still able to see his way to wishing them well. "We had a tremendous night on Saturday and then several of the lads lost 7-0 playing football on Sunday morning, but Coundon deserved it. "
Despite it, he insists he won't be pensioned off - "I'm under contract for next season" - despite Val's dismay.
"I've told him that his eyes have gone, his fingers have all been broken and he's far too old for wicket keeping, but he just won't listen. Then again, he never did."
Also still behind the stumps - though just a bit bairn of 60 - Tom Stafford reports that Yorkshire, the holders, lost to Kent in the semi-final of the Over 40s county championship.
"We lost the toss on a wet wicket and consequently didn't get enough runs," says Tom, still keeping for Yarm.
Sessay's John Flintoff hit a half century in 138-8. Tom wasn't required to bat.
Still with the old guard, we hear of a quite remarkable milestone while the column was on holiday for 67-year-old Charlie Walker, the Demon Donkey Dropper of Eryholme. More, with luck, on Friday.
Just one football match while on holiday, the FA Cup preliminary round tie between Glapwell - managed by former Darlington defender Les McJannet, 100 matches between 1988-91 - and the memorably named Stone Dominoes. Stone's in Staffordshire.
The club began in 1985 as a youth team attached to St Dominic's church, the kids themselves asked what they wanted to be known as.
The admirable Raye Wilkinson, Middleham based northern organiser of Racing Welfare - the stable workers' charity - reports vacancies for four or five teams on the annual golf day, at Ripon on October 1.
For a joint entry of £180, four-man teams get the chance to play alongside leading trainers, jockeys and other racing figures.
The fortnight-back column on the reunion of Bishop Auckland's fabled fifties' footballers mentioned that they might spend Saturday nights partying at June Laverick's - "the future actress who married comedian Dickie Henderson."
Bonny lass, mind. "Deliciously pretty, beautiful and graceful, 1950s' cheesecake," says a synopsis for the film The Duke Wore Jeans, in which she starred.
This image from a 1050s edition of Picturegoer magazine suggests that the synopsis was, indeed, gospel.
Stan Coates remembers her well. Like June he was born in Redcar in 1931, attended primary school with her, knew that her only "marriage" to Dickie Henderson was in Henderson's long-running 1960s television series.
But what, asks Stan - now in Guisborough - was she doing kicking round with the footballers from Bishop Auckland?
June Laverick was born in Laburnum Road, Redcar, went to ballet school and Sadlers Wells, saw a performance of Brigadoon (of all the buoyant fripperies) and decided she wanted to concentrate on light entertainment.
Her parents ran a pub in Bishop Auckland - the Castle, memory suggests, though it might have been the Aclet, or both - before they moved back to the Royal in Redcar.
After retiring in her 30s, she moved back to Redcar, marrying an ICI process worker and briefly taking over the Royal's licence before returning south alone. Colin Hurworth's 1999 history of ICI Wilton shows her, tab in hand, meeting the workers.
The Queen visited ICI Wilton about the same time, but would never smoke Woodbines in public.
Though she never did marry Dickie Henderson, Stan Coates recalls the rumour that June was "close to" contentious quizmaster Hughie Green. It was undoubtedly true: for years they lived in adjacent flats, next to Baker Street Tube station in London.
June Laverick, when last heard of, remained there. Actress and the Bishops, she is reluctant to talk about her past.


The Permaculture Design Course in Cloughjordan offers the unique opportunity to learn permaculture embedded in a real living community. Tutors include: Graham Strouts of Kinsale College of Further Education, Suzie Cahn of Carraig Dúlra, Hannah Mole, and Davie Philip and Ben Whelan of Cultivate.
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Transport: Situated 143km from Dublin (Cork 156km, Limerick 57km) Cloughjordan is easily accessible from all parts of Ireland by train, bus or car. Cloughjordan has its own train station and is just off the M7 motorway where Bus Eireann buses serve the nearby town of Moneygall every hour. See the Cloughpedia for more info on travel options.
Hannah Mole has permanently muddy hands, she has grown up food producing and farming organically in County Roscommon, and has spent 3 years working on organic and alternative permaculture projects in France. She trained in U.K as a Permaculture tutor. Back in Ireland now she likes to bring creativity and fun to the learning environment and has facilitated a number of independant permaculture courses alongside teaching the Green Works Permaculture module in Sligo, Galway and Tipperary. In between times she can be found designing and applying permaculture solutions to 25 acres of farmland in the Northwest.


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HIV/AIDS Campaign Launched in Tanzania to Address Issue of Multiple Sex Partners
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The group Femina Health Information Project has launched a campaign in Tanzania to raise public awareness about issues surrounding multiple concurrent sex partners in an effort to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the Guardian/IPP Media reports. The campaign, called One Love, was formed in response to the high rates of HIV/AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa and also includes nine Southern African Development Community countries, including Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
A recent study carried out by Femina HIP and the University of Dar es Salaam showed that multiple concurrent partnerships -- the practice of having more than one partner at the same time, or MCPs -- is common among men and women in Tanzania. The One Love campaign will be localized and adapted to fit the social and cultural environment of the country and is endorsed by the Tanzania Commission for AIDS. Research in the Morogoro and Iringa regions of Tanzania conducted by Femina HIP revealed that a major reason people have multiple sex partners is a lack of communication. "Some people have sexual preferences but they are either afraid or ashamed to communicate this with their partners. As a result, they look for other partners," Femina HIP Executive Director Minou Fuglesang said. The research prompted Femina HIP to design a plan to curb the spread of HIV by reducing MCPs. Because the group promotes partner communication as a way to reduce MCPs, the main message for the One Love campaign is "protect, respect and communicate."
During the program's launch, Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania Staffan Herrstrom said other factors -- such as cultural and societal norms, poverty and alcohol use -- can prompt people to have multiple sex partners. According to Chicu Lwena of a Dar es Salaam-based TV station, another cultural factor attributed to the practice of MCPs is that women are not economically empowered. She said, "Women are just not empowered economically to be independent, so they enter into sexual relationships for money and material possessions" (Philemon, Guardian/IPP Media, 10/24).
Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv. The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, by The Advisory Board Company. © 2008 by The Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Q: Resize ubuntu partition after removing windows on dual-boot A long time ago I was using dual-boot and I reserved a 100gb partition for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on a 1 tb hard disk. Now I have deleted windows via the OS-uninstaller tool and I want to merge the remaining partition to the partition with Ubuntu. There are a few files in the remaining section. Is there a way to merge the partition without formatting it?
# fdisk -l

Device          Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1        2048    1085439    1083392   529M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2     1085440    1290239     204800   100M EFI System
/dev/sda3     1290240 1757923327 1756633088 837,6G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda6  1757923328 1953523711  195600384  93,3G Linux filesystem

Also can I format the partition where the Windows recovery environment is located?
NOTE: I cannot resize using GPARTED tool. I think, the reason is /dev/sda3 not free space. I'm not sure...


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Beddgelert (en anglais : Gelert's Grave, en français : La tombe de Gelert) est un village de Snowdonia, dans la région de Gwynedd, au pays de Galles.

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Il existe à proximité immédiate du village une attraction touristique censée être la tombe de Gelert. C'est au cours du  qu'un hôtelier local, David Prichard, a relié la légende de Gelert au village afin de stimuler le tourisme. Le nom du village provient probablement d'un missionnaire chrétien, Celert (ou Cilert), qui s'est implanté localement au .

Voir aussi

Village au pays de Galles
Parc national de Snowdonia


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Overcoming an Identity Crisis
Alumnae of Oklahoma State University and Texas A & M are known as Aggies, and we Aggies wear the label proudly. But someone in the course of time began making up "Aggie jokes." Take this one for example:
An Aggie alum was driving through rural Texas when he spotted a strapping young 18-year old boy trying to row a boat through a plowed field. He was bent to the oars, sweat pouring from his face. The Aggie stopped his car and strode over to the fence where he hollered, "Hey! What are you doing out there?" To which the kid replied with a grin as big as Dallas, "I'm on my way down to Texas A & M to enroll." "You idiot!" the Aggie screamed, arms windmilling. "here some of us are trying our best to create a better image for A & M, and it's idiots like you who give us a bad name! If I could swim, I'd come over there and give you a whuppin'!"
I believe Satan has millions of Chris tians chained to the oars of such a boat. It's bow is headed in the right direction and, although, the people are struggling to row it, the boat never moves. The name of the boat is the "Who-Am-I?" Of all people, Christians should not be the ones living in an identity crisis, overwhelmed with guilt, thinking their Heavenly Father is ashamed of them, and believing that God's acceptance is based on how they act.
Let me illustrate your identity this way: A squirrel buries a pecan, and in time a pecan sprout appears. As this sprout becomes two inches thick, four inches thick, ten inches thick, does it get pecanier and pecanier? Of course not; once a pecan, always a pecan. It doesn't undergo a change in its identity — birth determined that. It simply becomes an increasingly more mature pecan tree until the Lord calls it home to pecan-tree heaven.
The metaphor holds a truth for you. As you set your mind on your true identity in Christ and as you act like Christ expressing His life through to accomplish His wil l on earth, can you become more righteous than righteous? More forgiven than forgiven? Holier than holy? Absurd, You can't get more of any of those awesome characteristics.
1 John 4:17 says, "…as [Christ] is, so also are we in this world."
1 Corinthians 3:17 says, "…for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are."
Colossians 2:9-10 says, "…for in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete."
Your spiritual nature is Christlike. You are holy! You are complete! How can you improve on perfect? That is not to say that you are a perfectly finished product in Christ, but that you are a perfectly made product. That's who you are. That's your true identity as a Christian. So quit trying to row your way out of your identity crisis field, and believe what God says about you.


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Hi there. My name is Hailey and I'm a Labrador/Boxer Blend. I was dropped off at PVAC all the way back in May of 2015. I was medically and behaviorally evaluated the same day I was admitted. It took a while for me to hit adoptions because at that time I was only 3 months old and there is a lot of observing us to make sure we are healthy enough for adoptions. I patiently waited and it paid off. I was eventually moved into playgroups where I got to run around a play with the bigger boys and girls here. I played so well that I was immediately moved into adoptions to have my chance at finding a forever home. After about a month and a half I was adopted out to a young man who was head over heels in love with me. While I was in his care, he took me to get spayed and just loved me and showed me off to all his friends. I thought this was it, I found my new family. He taught me how to play with a ball and we were working on me being potty-trained. Then one day, out of nowhere Animal Control picked me up with all my papers and when I realized where they had taken me, I couldn't believe it. What I had thought was my forever family had signed me over in hopes I would find another forever home. I am not too sure why they returned me as I was nothing but loving and loyal. I guess sometimes it just doesn't work out. I pray this time I will find that special someone who is willing to take me in and keep me forever and ever as that is all I ever wanted in life.
Hidey ho there folks. My name is Dyson and I'm a 1 year old, male, Terrier Blend. I am a super loving boy who would want nothing more than to go home with you today. I was actually almost adopted the other day by two gentlemen who just fell in love with me at first sight. They were just a little nervous because they already have an 11 year old Poodle who just doesn't seem to do well with others. So they decided to bring him by to visit with me and I must say, I thought we did great together. He did try to correct me when I jumped up on him to play since I am much younger than he is, and I got it. I backed off and didn't try to jump up on him again. When his owners would play with me and let me lick them to show how happy I was that I may be going home with them, their poodle didn't seem to mind. I thought everything was going my way. They took both of us walking side by side and we did great. No pulling or fighting, almost as though we had been a family for a lifetime already. So when it was time to start the paperwork, they decided to wait. They were nervous about if they were to leave us home alone together that something bad may happen to me. Not purposely, but because their baby had been the only one for so long that they just didn't want any jealousy to arise. That's ok with me because they do come and visit me daily and I know they would be thrilled if I were to find my forever home today.
Hello again. You may remember me because this isn't the first time I made it into the paper. I was actually highlighted back in August with my brother Price. Fortunately for him, he got adopted to a loving family. If you aren't familiar with me let me introduce myself. My name is October and I'm 3 month old, female, Terrier Blend. Some say I may have a little Chihuahua and others say I have some Shepherd blended in my blood line. As far as what breed I am, does it really matter? What I am is a small, cute, playful, loving girl who will jump up on my kennel door and jump around hoping that you will notice me. I have also made appearances on our Facebook page while I was being highlighted at Petsmart in Edinburg. Either way, it is starting to get lonely here without my brother and I dream every night about it being my day that I get adopted into a great loving family. What better way to end your day than coming by to visit with all of us here at PVAC and adopting one of us today.
Are you looking for a handsome man to greet you at the door every day when you come home? Or are you looking for someone to cuddle with and watch a good flick on the television or maybe take a nap with? Well my name is Julius and I would be exactly that man you're looking for. I am a 3 year old, neutered, Domestic Shorthair Blend. It will be very hard to miss me when you come for a visit. I will be the very vocal boy sitting at the door waiting for you to come in and say hi. I pretty much get along with everyone I meet, whether it is another cat, kitten, or even human. I cannot say much about how I do with dogs because we just don't get introduced to them over here. Which honestly, is quite fine with me that we don't meet. So what are you waiting for? Stop searching for the perfect man because as I mentioned before, here I am just waiting on you.
Who out there doesn't love candy? Well that is a relief that you all love it, because my name is Candy and I am sure to be the sweetest thing out there. I'm a 3 month old, female, Domestic Shorthair Blend who is sure to be a big treat when adopted. I enjoy playing, even though being in this kennel alone I don't have much playtime. I fantasize all the time about having a home to be able to run around in and just be the silly kitty that I am meant to be. Other cats in the house? No problem, it would just add to all the fun I would have. Oh my goodness, please be sure to fill out an application when you come to meet me. This way my adoption counselors will have no problem taking me out of my kennel so that we may visit. Ask to go into the room next door so we could actually play for a bit. I just can't wait. Hope to see you soon.
What is white, super soft and cuddly and you just wouldn't want to put back after being introduced? Give up? Well it's me. My name is Snow and I'm a 3 month old, neutered, Domestic Shorthair Blend. You're probably thinking of bitter coldness when you think of snow, but that is just the opposite of me. I am warm, loving, playful and just looking for someone to share all my goodness with. The only thing snow and I may have in common is that I may just melt in your arms when your holding me tightly. I was actually brought in with 6 of my siblings. Some of them have been adopted and the other few are still here waiting patiently with me to go home and start the life we all want. We want to find comfort in your arms and in return we will love you unconditionally for the rest of our lives. Be sure to ask about me and all my brothers and sisters who are still here waiting for their happy ending. Adoption fees include first series of shots; spay/neuter operation, microchip, and a month of pet insurance. For more information on adopting Hailey, Dyson, October, Julius, Candy, Snow or any of our other adoptable pets, visit the Palm Valley Animal Center at 2501 W. Trenton in Edinburg or call 956-686-1141 today. You can also see a list of all of our adoptable animals 24 hours a day at www.pvaconline.com.


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Q: How to do String Quotes in Jquery How do i put the variables  in this single quotes and double quotes iam confused
  var rdb ='<input type="radio"  id="rdb_"'+ i +' data-value1='+  labelvalue[1]  +'  data-value2='+ data[i].value +'>';
   t += '
'+rdb+'
';

Here  variable "i" is dynamic , "labelvalue[1] " is dynamic   and "data[i].value " is dynamic
Due to this iam not able to produce the Dynamic Radio buttons  .  So the View source looks in this way

How do i correctly produce this using single quotes and double  quotes
     input type="radio" id ="rdbacc_0"  data-value1="testRYSTAYTYTAST"  data-value="007"

A: If you are using jQuery this would probably function and read much better:
$('<input />', {
    'id':'rdb_'+i,
    'type':'radio',
    'data-value1':labelvalue[1],
    'data-value2':data[i].value
}).appendTo('
		');

A: For the most part, you were fine — just missing an end-double-quote after the id value and quotes around your data-values:
var rdb ='<input type="radio"  id="rdb_'+ i +'" data-value1="'+  labelvalue[1]  + '" data-value2="'+ data[i].value +'">';
t += '
'+rdb+'
';

The best thing to do is to pick a consistent choice of which quote you'll use (which you did), in this case double quotes for the actual markup and single quotes to delimit the code, and then start with what you want to end up with and make sure the quotes are correct, so for instance:
var rdb ='<input type="radio"  id="rdb_{i}" data-value1="{dv1}" data-value2="{dv2}">';
t += '
'+rdb+'
';

Then go back and add ' + x + ' in place of the bits in curly brackets. (You don't have to use curly brackets, that's just an example.)
You may also find the new jQuery templates plug-in useful for this stuff.

A: You might want to replace such "constructs" with an Array. That has a better readability and in most cases is faster than string concat by +.
var rdb = [
    '<input type="radio"  id="rdb_"',
    i,
    '"data-value1="',
    labelvalue[1],
    '"data-value2="'
    data[i].value,
    '>'
];

rdb.join('');

A: you seem to be almost there, some of your quotes are in the wrong place
 var rdb ='<input type="radio"  id="rdb_'+ i +'" data-value1="'+  labelvalue[1]  +'"  data-value2="'+ data[i].value +'">';
   t += '
'+rdb+'
';

A: this should do it ..
var rdb ='<input type="radio"  id="rdb_'+ i +'" data-value1="'+  labelvalue[1]  +'" data-value2="'+ data[i].value +'">';

A: var rdb ='<input type="radio"  id="rdb_'+ i +'" data-value1="' +  labelvalue[1]  +'"  data-value2="'+ data[i].value + '">';

t += '
' + rdb + '
';

should do it

A: Hmm, here's some thinking outside the box. Don't put yourself in such a difficult to read situation. Use .attr().

A: you can use the helo variable in you string
var helo = "'"+ ok +"'";
OR
use this directly in your string
""" + color + """;


Fireworks, big parties, parades, and other possible contributors to anxiety are right around the corner. If you get anxious due to loud noises, this Fourth of July may be a doozie. But you don't have to worry! We have natural solutions to anxiety issues!
We know that loud noises and big crowds cause a lot of people, young and old, discomfort and anxiety. Independence Day celebrations are right around the corner – and those are filled with all sorts of anxiety-inducing situations.
Here are five natural remedies you can use to help you cope!
1. Try Rescue Remedy. Rescue Remedy is a product that comes in a spray, drop, or gum and can be used by people of all ages. This herbal solution is filled with stress-reducing botanicals that can help ease anxiety and reduce levels of fear.
Many supplements and herbs can help you fight anxiety or help keep you stress-free. Take time to find what works best for you!
*Helpful hint: Between each sniff, clear your nasal passages by inhaling the scent of coffee beans. This will help keep you from confusing scents or having to deal with odd scent combinations.
4. Eat an anxiety-reduction diet. Some foods can contribute to anxiety and others can help to alleviate symptoms.
Unfortunately, one of the significant contributors to anxiety and stress is something many of us indulge in during this holiday. That is sugary foods like candy, ice cream, and cupcakes. To top it off, that beer or whiskey you may be tempted to chug over the Fourth can also contribute to your stress and anxiety levels.
Another food type to avoid during Independence Day is your standard barbecue fare: hot dogs, sausages, and hamburgers. Processed food like these can contribute to depression and stress during this big holiday.
So, instead of going for the standard Independence Day cookout, try barbecuing up some lean meat, grilling salmon on cedar planks, and adding a few veggies to the mix. It's okay to have a beer or two – but don't overdo any celebratory drinking and switch to water before the night's festivities. And, instead of ice cream or sugary treats, make some popsicles or some frozen yogurt with natural sweeteners like fruit, honey, dates, or maple syrup. All of these foods can keep things low stress, help boost your omega 3's, stimulate serotonin and dopamine production, and increase your B vitamin levels.
5. When all else fails, wear earplugs. Yes, we know this is a simplistic solution. But, if you or someone in your family gets startled easily or is anxious due to loud noises, using earplugs to block the sound of a fireworks display can significantly reduce the stress and anxiety caused by waiting for the loud pop.
Finally, if you get stressed out or anxious easily, you may want to consider craniosacral therapy. It's not just for headaches – it can help with sleep issues, stress/anxiety relief, emotional release, and much more.
Let us know if you'd like to discover more natural anxiety and stress reducers. We are here to help you live life to the fullest through naturopathic health care.


Vervet Logic Unveils XML Pro v1.0 - InternetNews.
Vervet Logic this week introduced version 1.0 of its XML editor, XML Pro, a tool that enables users to design and edit documents using the XML language, the new document standard that was recently ratified by the World Wide Web Consortium.
XML Pro, one of the first visual XML editors to be offered to the developer community, is actually an advanced XML Editor with an intuitive interface that enables developers to generate valid, well-formed XML documents.
Vervet said XML Pro is designed to provide developers with a quick, functional solution for the editing of XML documents.
The tool is available from the Vervet Logic Web site for an introductory price of $99.95, good until July 1, after which it will be priced at $149.95.


Queen Black 1977 Tour Jacket. Shiny black nylon or acetate shell with tan cotton lining, belonging to Chris "Crystal" Taylor. Black and cream striped jersey cuffs, collar, and waist band. Two slash pockets. White snap button front. "Felco" label sewn inside, marked Men's size Small. Crew member name "Crystal" embroidered in cream thread on the left breast; "1977 Tour" embroidered in cream thread on the right breast. Large Queen emblem embroidered on jacket back. Chris Taylor was an assistant and roadie to Queen. The band's 1977 tour was known as "The News of the World Tour". Very Good Minus condition; a small hole in the design on the back, spots of staining to interior lining, chipping to button pain, and a separation of stitching on right sleeve.


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Всеволод Дмитрович Сафонов (; 9 квітня 1926, Москва, Російська РФСР — 6 липня 1992) — радянський російський актор театру та кіно. Народний артист РРФСР (1974).

Біографія
Закінчив Театральне училище ім. Б. В. Щукіна (1949). Працював у Камерному таетрі (з 1949 р.), у Театрі Сатири (з 1950 р.), у Театрі групи радянський всійськ у НДР (з 1952 р.), у студії кіноактора при «Ленфільмі» (з 1955 р.), у Театрі-студії кіноактора (Москва) (з 1958 р.).

У кінематографі дебютував в епізоді у 1950 році. Зіграв близько сотні ролей у кіно і телефільмах («Солдати» (1956, лейтенант Юрій Керженцев), «Шторм», «Мета його життя» (1957, Олексій Костров), «Справа "строкатих"» (1958), «Легке життя» (1964, Юрій Лебедєв), «Гіперболоїд інженера Гаріна» (1965, Шельга), «Крах», «Щит і меч» (1968, курсант Гвоздь), «Білоруський вокзал» (1970, Кирюшин Олексій Костянтинович), «Випадкова адреса» (1972, Павло Миколайович Тимаков, підполковник), «Розповіді про Кешку та його друзів» (1974), «Фронт без флангів» (1975), «Відкрита книга» (1977), «Стратегія ризику» (1978), «Атланти і каріатиди» (1980), «Ніжність до ревучого звіра» (1982, Разуміхин — роль озвучив актор Фелікс Яворський), «Вогняні дороги» (1982, 1984), «Берег його життя» (1984, Джон Робертсон), «Подвиг Одеси» (1985), «До розслідування приступити» (1986—1987), «Дежа вю», «Блакитна троянда» (1988) та ін.).

Помер від раку. Похований на Хованському кладовищі.

Вибрана фільмографія
 1957 — «Мета його життя» — Олексій Костров
 1958 — «По той бік» — Матвєєв
 1959 — «Однолітки» — Аркадій
 1961 — «Сплав» — Єгор Нікітін
 1966 — «Дикий мед»
 1972 — «Приборкання вогню» — Леонід Сретенський
 1973 — «Всі докази проти нього» — Чекан
 1973 — «Випадкова адреса»
 1983 — «Непереможний» — Подвойський Микола Ілліч

Родина
Був двічі одружений.
Перша дружина: Валерія Іванівна Рубльова — режисер «Мосфільму».

Дочка: Сафонова Олена Всеволодівна — російська і французька актриса.

Друга дружина: Леждей Ельза Іванівна — радянська і російська актриса театру і кіно.

Примітки

Посилання
 Фільмографія (kino-teatr.ru)

Народні артисти Росії
Радянські актори
Російські актори
Театральні актори
Випускники театрального інституту імені Б. Щукіна
Поховані на Хованському кладовищі


Best piece of advice for saving?
Hi everyone! I'm curious to know - what's the best piece of advice you ever got about saving? And did it work for you?
When I was saving for my house deposit, I made heaps of small changes to how I spent my money. So, instead of buying my lunch, I took something from home, and I didn't buy takeaway coffees every day. I calculated what I was saving daily and put that money into my RapidSave house deposit account at the end of each week - I managed to save about $400 in a month! Stoked!
I am like Krystal get me a savings account that makes it painfull to withdraw funds against. At the same time give me that account where I get bonus interest if my balance goes up. I use a seperate savings account for my rainy day savings and if i dip into that I am all good, no penalty and I expect this account to fluctuate.
My and my partner have gone from living on student allowance, to saving everything we earn except for what we would have got from student allowance. We put the extra into a savings account that we both have to sign withdrawals off on. I think it all depends on where you're prepared to make sacrifices for saving. Because we're used to living on a student budget, the transition has been relatively easy with little sacrifice of lifestyle. I guess my recommendation is, any additional income you earn, or money you come into, just put it aside, because otherwise it will just get swallowed up. You managed to get by on your current inflows before so you should be able to continue doing so.
My husband and I are saving up for a house at this moment, which demands us to make a lot of changes to our lifestyle. Little things like getting your own luch, ditching takeaway coffees really work.The other things that worked for us to be really proactive and look for other areas where we can save money, like switching power companies, make sure bank accounts, cards etc all up to date so we don't end up paying any fees, interest etc. Every bit helps. The thing that worked best for us is trying to live on 1 person's income and try save the entire of the other income each fortnight.
Tighten-up on the 'little things'.
Both being great pieces of advice which can certainly help achieve the right result.
As for my own experiences, I prefer to have all of my funds available, although I am disciplined enough not to touch it. However, I appreciate that the 'more restrictive' accounts do generally offer better rates of interest. Each to their own, I suppose!
First and foremost - make a budget, but make a budget that's realistic for your circumstances and something that you're happy to save/spend to. Once you've made a budget, the whole process becomes much easier IMHO.
During a recent saving period, I was able to save 2/3 of my income - that was a one-off though. Typically, I am able to save about 1/2.
Mlyglied - what an awesome post! Based on my experience budgetting is the best, sometimes it makes it easier once you see everything in front of you. Along with prioritising, thinking about what you need as opposed to what you want. I saved a lot by sacrificing my morning coffee The thing to remember is money goes in and money goes out. It's our responsibility to dictate how much stays in.
I've managed to really knuckle down on savings in the last year, by eliminating frivolous spending (no takeaway coffees, no taxis, buying GrabOne deals…). I get paid monthly so in order to save, I have to be conscious of what I need to live off and not just hope that there's something left to Save in the ol' cheque account at the end of the month!
I use a combination of the sorted.org.nz budgeting calculator and YouMoney to control my spending. I put aside enough in accounts like 'Car' and 'Medical' and 'Christmas' to ensure I never get slammed with a surprise bill, and I have multiple savings accounts for different goals, as well as one major Savings account with high penalties.
Rebecca153: No problem. It wasn't until I actually wrote my spending down, at which point I could see where most of my money was going. The biggest spend was food.
Whilst I would regard rent/mortgage as my largest outgoing, it's pretty much a given and not something you can easily reduce (depending on your circumstances). It does, however, form part of ones budget. Food was by far the easiest item to reduce spending on; i.e. $5 coffee per weekday = $25 = $100 per month!!
RC: There are some great online services available. I personally use YouMoney, however I believe it's graphing/in-out displays could be improved.
Hi Yvonne… my biggest peice of advice is to have a VISION for what you are saving for. If your vision is just to save for the sake of saving, I think the motivation to make sacrifices (such as not buying that morning coffee) quickly loses appeal. But if you have a vision of what you are saving for and keep that vision front of mind, we are much more willing and likely to make the necessary changes to our lifestyle in order to see that vision materialise. Its about putting the 'why' before the 'how'.
So what's your VISION?..A house? A new car? Financial freedom in retirement? A 5 star holiday?
I totally agree with Mlyglied. Once you actually look at your statements, you can see where the big spends are. We're trying to buy a house at the moment, so looking to save wherever we can, but we're loathed to drastically alter the lifestyle we've come to enjoy. Breaking down our spends into type, and then deep diving into the big ones, gave us a much better idea of where we could change some habits to make some big savings. Things like moving down a brand at the supermarket, e.g. from the finest organic, to a standard brand, to a value brand, etc. I've become well acquainted with PaknSave, rather than Countdown/New World. It was a shock to see how much went on filling up the car, so we looked at buying a smaller one, and taking things like the heavy pram etc out, to reduce the weight. A massive winter cost in heating, especially in our poorly insulated bungalow. We ended up wearing our ski pants in the evening, and invested in an extra water bottle or two for night time!
@Rebecca153; like your thought about what goes in / out. For me, saving is about being conscious. A few years ago my wife and I were possibly heading overseas. It turned into a long drawn out process which eventually fell-over but during the months of negotiations, we started to think differently about our house as we didnt know if we would be about to put everything into storage for a few years. This meant we asked ourselves, do we need to buy that vase, do we really need to change those curtains etc. We retrained our brains to start thinking need and not want. Its become a powerful thought in my brain - do I really need a new pair of trainers, or do i just want them? its amazing how much money you stop spending, and then become more conscious of the times you do spend out of 'want', which feels better as it feels more earnt.
I can't give tips on saving as I am so bad at it! I know where I am going wrong, I have absolutely no willpower and find it difficult to stick to a budget. I think I would seriously love to have a "Personal Money Coach" to help me get started and see just where I am going wrong!
red_rav, I know EXACTLY where you're coming from! When my willpower fails me, I turn to automatic payments. If you get paid on a regular basis and a regular amount, have the money go out as soon as it goes in. One handy thing that happens in the banking system is that if you get paid overnight, our systems work in such a way that if you have AP's/DD's etc going out the same night your pay goes in, you don't go into unarranged overdraft. So for me, my pay goes in, and the very same night, my rent, insurances, and bills all go out.
Another thing I like to do is challenge myself to hit a certain saving threshold by a certain time; it's a great motivator to drop an extra few dollars into your savings account on top of your regular AP, and it makes you feel great.
As for the personal money coach, sorted.org.nz is a good place to start, or possibly the Citizen's Advice Bureau, who are also able to help with budgeting.
At the end of each day, put your coin from your purse into a jar. When the jar is full deposit the funds. It is amazing how quickly the jar fills up.
Here's one of the oldest savings tips in the book. Put an outline of the image that you want. Break the cost into 4 $$$ and draw 4 lines across it so you can colour the space in when you hit the 1/4 stage goal. Pop it on the wall, the fridge or even better as your screensaver !!! Visual reminder is an amazing motivator to reach your goals . Get saving NZ !!!
use internet banking to monitor money coming in and out of your accounts daily, pay bills as you receive them and transfer money into a rapid save account each pay check to take advantage or bonus interest rates. Have a simple budget that is the same period of time as your pay cycle and update every week to account for variable expenses so you know how much you can save from each pay.


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Eddie Murphy urged actors to "never play a spaceship" at the Critics' Choice Awards
The 58-year-old star was presented with the Lifetime Achievement prize at the prestigious ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday night (13.01.20), and he referenced his role in 2008 comedy flop 'Meet Dave' during his acceptance speech
Addressing the audience, he said: "I've played everything, I've been a cop and a robber and a doctor and a professor, I've played different ethnicities, I've been animals, I've been a donkey.
"I even played a spaceship once. That's the one thing, when young actors come up to me on the street and they say, 'Do you have any advice?'
"I say, 'Never play a spaceship.' "
In 2021, Eddie - who was introduced by his 'Dolemite Is My Name' co-star Keegan-Michael Key - will celebrate 40 years "making movies", and he described his job as "a privilege and a blessing".
He added: "I've been making movies, next year, for 40 years.
"I've been doing it for a minute now, and being able to make a living as an actor is a privilege and a blessing, and to make your living making people laugh - you're the luckiest person on Earth to be able to do that."
Meanwhile, the former 'Saturday Night Live' performer said the recognition came after a "great year" in 2019, which saw him return to host the iconic comedy show for the first time in 35 years.
In an emotional moment, Eddie gushed: "This is perfectly timed. I had a great year, and this is a great way to top the year off.
"And thank you, Critics' Choice Association, for giving me something to acknowledge my whole body of work. I really appreciate it."
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DETROIT (AP) - Hyundai is recalling nearly 88,000 cars in the U.S. because an electrical short in the antilock brake system could cause engine compartment fires.
so . . . electronics which have no function when the car is not moving, but which stay hot with the key off, can catch the car on fire?