Art happens, no matter what. Neither poverty, madness, clueless critics or an unappreciative public can kill the relentless drive to re-imagine the world. Sadly, however, all but a lucky few artists must waste valuable creative energy in soul-crushing regular jobs to survive. But no amount of dog-walking, poop-scooping, telemarketing, sperm-donating or even doctoring or lawyering will stop a real visionary. The Dallas artists you're about to meet persevere in telling their stories through dance, photography or found objects, on canvas or through sculpture. They make their marks on this city with paint, sweat and tears.
Awarded to three cutting-edge local artists from a variety of media, our $2,000 MasterMinds grants aim to help our winners keep creating in a city not known — yet — as a haven for great artistic innovators. We hope our second annual MasterMinds awards will encourage and support homegrown talent and help artists fund new projects — or simply pay the rent.
Our MasterMinds were selected by a panel of seven judges: the Observer's own art director Alexander Flores, theater critic Elaine Liner and arts and culture editor Merritt Martin; 2010 MasterMinds winners Karen Blessen and Matthew Posey; and two guest judges, photographer Allison V. Smith and visual artist and interior designer Leslie Ezelle (recognizable from her stint on the most recent season of HGTV's Design Star). From 45 nominations, the judges narrowed the selection to 10 finalists (see sidebar, page 16). From there, two additional rounds of votes provided the three winning MasterMinds.
Congratulations to our winners Frank Lopez, Katie Toohil and La Reunion, and to all of our finalists.
The silver nitrate stains on his hands will turn black for a few days, dark as the oil beneath an auto mechanic's fingernails, but Lopez wears them like a badge of honor or, more realistically, the subtle and easily ignored remnants of that morning's shoot.
He sits at a table at a restaurant in Deep Ellum, just a few blocks from his home and studio, where he produces black glass ambrotype photographs from a 19th century formula. The antique process uses photographic plates dipped in a light-sensitive chemical solution and loaded into a camera with a Civil War-era lens. Exposure times are long, and he must race against time to capture and develop his photographs while the plates are still wet. The results are rich, one-of-kind images.
Lopez sips green tea as he talks about cutting and shaving the glass plates that he uses to create art. He's also learning how to restore original 19th-century Union Cases, which will eventually house tintypes for an upcoming show in January. The decorative boxes were once commonly used for displaying photographs, and those Lopez has acquired need new hinges and velvet linings, but their intricate cover designs are in gorgeous condition. He hopes that he will soon be able to reproduce them on his own.
Good with his hands, Lopez grew up watching his father, an auto mechanic, who taught him the family trade and instilled in him a scientific creative process that relies on critical thinking and problem solving as much as Lopez's natural, romantic eye for breathtakingly powerful scenes. As a result, Lopez is an artist unafraid to disassemble his tools just to see how they tick; most of his gear is rebuilt, modified or self-manufactured. Recently, he has retrofitted his truck as a darkroom, so he can process images on location. (Photographers in the 19th century often built horse-drawn mobile darkrooms to allow them to create landscapes using the wet-plate process.) He proudly showed us the big wooden cabinet in his trunk and the tarp he awkwardly drapes over it to work his photographic alchemy away from the studio.
"So, I'm 8 years old and my mom pulls over in this pasture in Oak Cliff — this is when there was still countryside there — and I take a portrait of this horse with a Polaroid. It won an award. There was something magical about that instantaneous result, that capturing of a fleeting moment made permanent," Lopez recalls. In high school, Lopez took a film class in which fell in love with capturing images, and he was the yearbook staff photographer. After a year working in his father's garage, he attended East Texas State University, where he earned a degree in photography in 1990 and worked as an adjunct professor. Today, he teaches honors students at Greenhill School, a private secondary school in Addison where he says his course is as challenging as any college-level class he's taught.
As far as his signature style goes, Lopez is largely self-taught. He attended a one-day workshop in 2005 at the Amon Carter Museum and slowly collected the equipment to produce wet-plate ambrotypes and tintypes, which cast dark-shadowed prints, utilizing a primarily monochromatic chiaroscuro, with bright, almost metallic bursts of unexpected light that "imbue a sense of alternate reality," he says. When Lopez speaks about the technical aspects of his craft, he sounds more like a chemist than artist. His work requires him to delicately fine-tune the "fickle" materials needed to produce the simple tones and shadows that emphasize emotion in his artwork.
Similarly, he is interested in pinhole photography, which, depending on the conditions surrounding the shoot, often creates landscapes with the ephemeral images of passersby, like a fog of spiritual visitors, giving them an almost palpable sense of movement. Surprisingly, Lopez has recently taken to using his iPhone — and color — to capture unexpected and occasionally surreptitious shots. Unlike the considerable setup required for his atavistic wet-plate or pinhole equipment, the iPhone affords him a more subtle, fly-on-the-wall observer's view through which he captures candid moments of life in progress.
That is Lopez's unquestionable modus operandi. Rather than focusing on controversial or polemical subjects, he gravitates toward a poetic open-narrative, occasionally lighthearted but often Kafkaesque. In fact, that's the perfect word to describe his series from Prague, which includes a stunning shot looking out to the brightly lit street from within the Franz Kafka Cafe. A lover of buildings and architecture, Lopez deftly catches mere rust stains on a bridge as if they were purposely placed to highlight the structure's unusual beauty. He captures Big Tex in mid-assembly, head rolling about the grass like a toppled Goliath. His sense of mystery intrigues a viewer from first look.
Lopez developed this skill traveling internationally and becoming "lost" in remote countries, often unable to speak the native language. He prefers this, he says, because an interpreter, or perhaps even language itself, loses the "essence of communication." By communicating primarily through gestures and body language, and by using vintage cameras that suggest his goal is art, rather than a political or some other nefarious purpose, he says he feels as though he helps return a democratization to photography. These language-free sessions become more of a deliberate, collaborative process in which his subjects take a leap of faith in him as an artist. He first realized this possibility in Vietnam while photographing the baby blue car that Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc took to Saigon before immolating himself in 1963. Pilgrims happened into the shot, but rather than waiting for them to clear, Lopez envisioned a moment of symbolic human interaction, spanning cultural barriers and time itself.
International travel has been so significant to Lopez's personal development, and has so acutely informed his self-identity as an artist, that he says if money were no object, he would form a foundation to fund similar trips for students in less affluent schools. As an educator, he believes this type of cultural immersion through art and imagery teaches students to become citizens of the world, no longer mere users, but also contributors. More modestly, he hopes to buy equipment for a bigger camera that he is refurbishing and more glass to continue his ambrotypes, in addition to offering a workshop for underserved students. While teaching can be draining at times, he says he will likely never stop. "If the work's important to you, if you're passionate, you'll find time for it," he says. And Lopez always finds time to get a new shot.
"I'll help you do yours," Katie Toohil says when somebody asks about her long, sandy-colored dreadlocks. "Dreading hair is kind of something I'm into."
We meet up with Toohil, a 27-year-old Oak Cliff girl, at the all-vegan Spiral Diner while she's on her lunch break from her job in creative advertising. Anyone who has seen photos from her recent production, Grieve, could recognize her in a heartbeat. From stretched earlobes to studs in each nostril, Toohil stands out in all of the right ways.
"One of my friends calls me a 'freelance go-getter.' I really love that description," she says about the dreading, just one of her eclectic pursuits. Go-getter she is. As part of her healing process following the unexpected death of her father last January, Toohil thrust herself into her first original dance production, Grieve, a combination of dance modalities from carefully planned choreography to ecstatic movement, all set to the indie-rock playlist that Toohil had assembled in the days following his death. For Toohil, the music is where dance begins, and she chose songs based on images that formed organically, and sometimes unexpectedly, in her mind. "The songs in Grieve were ones that caused me to have to pull over while driving because I was suddenly crying. Or songs that made me feel angry or lost or hopeful."
Toohil listened to the songs repeatedly and in different ways — sometimes with headphones, sometimes on a car stereo and other times at home. After hearing the songs so many times, she says she started picking out rhythms that weren't immediately obvious, and in uncovering those hidden beats she began sketching unexpected, dynamic movements. A dancer since she was a child, Toohil had always planned on someday returning to her passion and perhaps even producing a show of her own, but she'd never taken the opportunity. For many would-be dancers, the art form becomes a body-breaking, endless search for perfection, all-consuming and destructive. Many people don't have the "right" body for it, and those who do often wind up losing their passion in grueling training.
Having given up her dreams of dancing professionally at 16, Toohil studied performance at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and stayed involved in theater production. The unexpected loss and subsequent trauma she faced last winter encouraged her to return to dance in order to find her way back through the pain and darkness. Devastated, but not defeated, Toohil believed she could create, rather than destroy. After her father's death, she says, she felt a sense of purpose, as if the universe was telling her it was finally time to dance again.
"There's not a lot that you can do in the grieving process, but I didn't want to just sit around or retreat into myself," Toohil says. "I wanted to feel that, if my dad could see me, from wherever he has disappeared into the ether, he would be proud of me for moving, getting up and pushing that grieving energy out of my body. I knew I needed something to help me get over the hump of wanting to disconnect and withdraw."
Raised in western Massachusetts, Toohil first came to Dallas to pursue another passion, a long-term relationship with a "long-haired hippie" from Balch Springs, whom she met nearly a decade ago on the message boards on the Dallas-based Polyphonic Spree's website. Today, one would be hard-pressed to find a more fervent Oak Cliff evangelist. "I always felt a connection with Dallas because of the music here, but I really only thought it would be a place I would visit," she says. "Now, I'm moving everyone I know down. I look around in Oak Cliff, and these are my people."
Toohil's relationship with Dallas seems symbiotic. She has not only produced a piece that enriched and enlivened our arts scene, but she also shared the intimate details of her process on the Observer's culture blog, Mixmaster. Toohil says she loves Dallas because, despite the city's size, it still has the vibe of a smaller city. She feels as though she is on the ground floor of an arts revolution in a place where she can carve a niche. Unlike other cities historically saturated with world-class artists — and their egos — here, finding help with artistic projects is less about "Who do you know and what can you do for me?" than "What can we create?" she says.
That certainly rings true with regard to the help she found for Grieve. Acting as both creative director and logistical manager, Toohil was able to work out a series of deals with local business owners for rehearsal space, even cleaning one studio in exchange for time there. She says she believed patrons responded so positively because they could relate to her work from their own experiences. Ultimately, she learned that great things come to those who are willing to humble themselves and just ask.
So she asked. She held formal auditions, publicizing as much as possible, but initially gained the interest of a modest six dancers whose skills ranged greatly. Toohil pressed forward and soon found herself contacted by others who had missed the initial round of auditions but who hoped there might be room for them. Toohil added to her team an eclectic group with skill levels ranging from a professional ballroom dancer to those who had danced only in front of the bathroom mirror. For Toohil, Grieve was less about technical ability and more about individuals who were willing to confront such a personal and sensitive subject head-on. As long as they had a heartbeat, she says, the moves would find them. "Grieve wasn't about making a polished production so much as making a program for people who needed it. It was mediation through movement." Toohil tells of her struggle to cast Grieve in her forthright second Director's Notes installment on Mixmaster, "When Low Audition Turnout Becomes Surprisingly Rewarding."
Raw honesty is just how Toohil operates. As she speaks, the dancer's mannerisms are both controlled and joyful, and when she looks you in the eyes, you believe you're about to hear something unquestionably true. Today, Toohil has stepped back and reflects on the production as a vastly meaningful, but complete, period of her life. "Now, everything is pointing toward the future," she says, "I feel like I accomplished what I needed through Grieve as part of my personal process."
Toohil, who carries a notepad at all times, has returned to her eager listening, compiling playlists and finding songs that move her. She says that if she were to come across an unexpected windfall she would refocus that gift by giving back to local arts programs, investing a significant portion into developing herself as a dance and performance art teacher and squirreling some away for the future project simmering in her earbuds.
Most of all, Toohil just wants to connect with you by unabashedly sharing her pain and passion, joy and freedom. "Telling stories is really my jam," she says with a smile and shrug. "It's what turns me on."
Reunion Tower stands as an indelible signature on the western edge of the Dallas skyline, but few Dallasites know the history of its namesake, La Reunion, a 19th-century artists' colony founded in 1855 by Victor Considerant, a follower of French philosopher François Marie Charles Fourier. A socialist utopian experiment in which both men and women could vote and individuals could own private land, La Reunion comprised skilled artisans from France, Belgium and Switzerland, but few, if any, farmers or ranchers. While the population initially flourished, with some accounts suggesting it reached nearly 800 at its zenith, the community quickly floundered, unable to produce adequate food. In 1860, the land that now surrounds Reunion Tower was incorporated into the city of Dallas, and the artisans dispersed, some settling in the city — along Swiss Avenue, for instance — and forever changing the cityscape.
Mostly forgotten, the spirit of La Reunion was revived in 2006 by founders Catherine Cuellar and 2010 MasterMind finalist Sarah Jane Semrad, who hoped to improve upon the original model of love, justice and art by enlisting sophisticated economic managers, such as interim Executive Director Catherine Horsey. A geologist, conservationist and financial ace, Horsey has a long record of nonprofit management and was even honored with an official "Catherine Horsey Day" in 2000 by former Mayor Ron Kirk for her contributions to the city. While Horsey does play left-handed mandolin and right-handed banjo, she considers her role at La Reunion to be that of regeneration, reinforcing La Reunion's vision from a practical, fiscally solid perspective. Today, La Reunion is an artists' residency in the making that aims to foster creative development both for the artists there and in the community at large while maintaining fiscal and ecological sustainability. It is a tall order, but if anyone can do it, Horsey can.
The past five years have seen great strides in realizing Cuellar and Semrad's vision of La Reunion's revival, though much of that time has been spent sorting out legal issues regarding ownership of the bucolic 35 acres that will someday be home to artists. The battle was recently resolved with the signing of a 50-year lease, and the community is finally ready to begin accumulating capital, some of which will restore a two-bedroom house and studio space and prepare them for residents. Horsey says this refurbishing will require very little money and, because the organization has already been successful with leveraging expenses for community programming — for instance, UNT recently paid for lunches for school children who were taking part in a workshop — she believes the biggest future expense La Reunion will face will be the artists' stipends.
Chosen by a jury, these artists will come from a variety of backgrounds and will work in diverse fields, from studio painting to dance or poetry. They will remain at La Reunion for a specified period of time, "whether two weeks or two years," based on individual needs and tailor-made residencies. As part of their contract, the artists in residency will take part in community programming, further enriching current projects such as Art Chicas, a 5-year-old program that allows female Dallas artists to mentor high-school girls. Horsey projects that La Reunion will be ready to host its first artists in residency next fall. She hopes for a mix of local artists and implants who can bring the city an outsider's perspective.
While La Reunion awaits the day when it can house artists, the organization has already begun cultivating the space with installations, some of which consist of ephemeral, decomposing eco-art. Horsey tells us of one exhibition in which the artist reworked thin pieces of lumber, sharpening the ends to a point and drilling a hole in the middle before inserting colored PVC pipe to create the effect of a multitude of massive colored pencils. The installation was interspersed around trails to greet visitors as they tour the property. Such large-scale, natural pieces are, in fact, one of the unique advantages of a private art haven — the land itself becomes a canvas. Predominantly black-land prairie and, according to Horsey, one of the most endangered eco-systems in North America, La Reunion contains rolling hills, old trees and springs that run all summer. Because of its vulnerable nature, La Reunion requests that all visitors call ahead for tours and be accompanied by members of the development staff to ensure preservation of the land as a historical treasure. If the land itself isn't culturally significant enough, it boasts one particularly fascinating permanent "installation," an iconic, 45-foot concrete trestle, a ghostly remnant from the Interurban Railway, now celebrated as a monument to "where we are," memorializing the pastoral life outside the city limits and untouched further by industrialization.
Until now, the bulk of La Reunion's capital has been spent to ensure the land's rightful ownership. As La Reunion moves to this next phase, Horsey, a consultant on resource-efficient buildings, says that a MasterMinds grant will make huge strides in rehabbing the property's house, and she believes there will be remaining funds to begin building future residents' stipends. Dedicated to the enrichment of both individual artists, the larger arts community and the city at large, La Reunion sits eagerly on the cusp of a new beginning.
Meet the artists and celebrate their work with food, fashion and music at Dallas Contemporary, 161 Glass St., 8 to 11 p.m. this Saturday.


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There are 30 full-time teachers educating a total of 373 students. 169 students receive a free lunch while 42 receive a reduced-price lunch.


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Satan's America
Written by: Jason Charles
There was a time in this country where men and woman were so imbued with Christian morality, values and principles they would rather die than give up those Christian beliefs. Their way of Christian living celebrated morality, chastity, Godly devotion, modesty, humility and truth. This was back when God was feared rather than ridiculed.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams
The ignorant masses that now make up America love making sport of these virtues. Current American society would rather celebrate displays of lewdness, kids are publicly educated to hate God, little girls are whores from 14 years of age on up, men are rewarded for bombastic displays of ego and thrill seeking, and the mantra of the culture is there is no accountability corporately or individually. What America has now embraced is the text book definition of Satanism. Here is a quote from the Church of Satan's website as to the definition of what they believe to be the core values and absolutes of a satanic world view,
"In The Satanic Bible, LaVey rhetorically asks whether Devil-worshippers are "practicing Satanism in its truest sense." He points out that previous definitions of Satanism were merely Christian propaganda, whereas he is expressing "Satanic thought from a truly Satanic point of view."
Unlike its theoretical caricature, genuine Satanism evolved from atheism. After all, the mythological Satan doesn't worship any gods above Himself. Neither do we. Every Satanist is his or her own god. You can't get more Satanic than that!" (ChurchofSatan.com)
You see that, Satan doesn't worship any God, being a god himself. This is the worldview and path that our media, universities, politics and culture promotes now, they all say there is no accountability above oneself.
The Idols of the New American Religion
As defined above by the founder of satanism, satanism is self-worship. The kind of self-worship that is so absorbed in one's own lusts, thinking, and behavior that they have no concept or ability to view the world outside of their own perspective. This new religion in America has manifested any many ways, seeing that there are many paths that lead to satanism. Most of which are provided by the cultural obsessions that have now become idols. Sports, Sex, Music, Money, Entertainment, Popular Culture, and Political Theater all carry with it the universal demand of worship and obsession. These things have all been used to choke the virtue out of our society as people flock to the altars of these idols.
Satan loves these societal idols, they all create self-pleasers and moral relativists just like him. No matter what it is, those who buy into our satanic culture become his followers, they bear his mark as those that put their own lusts, pursuits, and obsessions above the responsibilities and duties to their families, communities, mankind, and our creator God. Again this selfishly devilish way of thinking manifests in so many ways, but here are some theoretical examples of how people start down the road towards Satanism.
Giving Yourself Over to Cultural Demons
One weekend night a 15 year girl having watched thousands of hours of TV, and listened to thousands of hours of hyper-sexualized music is easily pressured into having sex with her equally sexualized boyfriend. She gets pregnant and is now waiting in a Planned Parenthood clinic hoping they can kill the baby, before the baby kills her future. She is now fully actualized into the satanic worldview, she is the god of her own destiny.
A young teenager influenced by the rhetoric of #blacklivesmatter is running with a mob in a Milwaukee suburb when he spots a car with an elderly white couple in it. He incites the mob to attack the car in which they pull the couple out and beat them to death as a way of atoning for slavery. He is never found or convicted of the crime and as a result he feels like he was justified in his actions. He has become judge, jury and executioner and has rationalized this evil just like Satan would have him do, he has embraced his satanic impulses.
A middle-aged man, is sick of hearing his wife interrupting his football games every Sunday with requests to take the garbage out, mow the lawn, help with their 5 month old baby and in a fit of drunken rage he hits her so hard it shatters her eye socket. He has no remorse, nor does he take personal responsibility for the damage he caused his family when she leaves him. He has accepted his own will over that of the care and responsibilities of the family God placed him with, just as Satan would have him do.
A financial planner, enters into a contract with a client. The client trusts that he will honestly and thoroughly invest a large sum of money that he had just inherited. Instead he invests a portion of it and sets up an hidden account to embezzle this money into his own holdings. His conscience sees nothing wrong with this and he simply discounts it as an additional fee for his superior knowledge and talent that he levied not only on this client, but many others for his own personal enrichment. As a result he can use that money for his satanic selfishness to gamble with in Vegas and see prostitutes. His lust and love of money has become his obsession. In so doing he has bowed himself to the idols that Satan had set up in his life.
A Pastor of a large church, who has a vast knowledge of scripture knows that Jesus and His Disciples warned against the perverting nature of the Judaiziers mentioned in scripture. One day he receives a phone call from a prominent Zionist that tells him that there are large donations, private planes and donations available to him if he would teach that Christians must support the nation of Israel if they are to be blessed. As a result of these promises he compromises the truth he knows to be in scripture for the power and monetary enrichment promised to him by the Zionist influencer. As a result he becomes a false prophet of the devil as he begins to water down his messages in favor of a Israel first doctrine.
A politician who is deeply embedded into the shadow government infrastructure of the Pentagon, is requested to find ways to secretly funnel money and weapons to a proxy army called ISIS in a secret war against democratic regimes. She having an intimate knowledge of the underbelly of government and intelligent assets decides to empower a group of drug lords who can then use the drug money to create an endless supply of money that is off the books. With this drug money she begins making large purchases of weapons and equipment from a foreign government. These weapons are then used to harm not only the targeted state but because of the erratic nature of the ISIS terrorists they also use those weapons in retaliation against Western Countries. She could care less about the damage and blowback of her actions to her own countrymen and ally countries, all she cares about is the march to power. She is a god in her own mind, without accountability to government or anyone. With this knowledge and protection she goes on to steel a primary election, and potentially the highest seat of political power. Satan rewards those who prove themselves worthy of his call on their lives.
In Romans the Apostle Paul talks about how God literally gives people over to the satanic mind. It is part of societies punishment for forgetting the commandments and laws of God.
"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient" Romans 1:28
This is what has become of our American society, the paths people take are all part of the mechanism of evil that Satan has institutionalized in this country. There are more people walking the broad path in this country than walking the straight and narrow path of Jesus Christ. As a result everything has become polluted and corrupted with selfish men and woman. They are in government, teaching our kids, our neighbors, our bosses, even the pastors of hugely recognized churches have bowed themselves to the idols of our culture.
As a result, this country is no longer populated by selfless people who love righteousness, but a culture that is populated by animals with no concept of right or wrong. Our society is no longer God's, welcome to Satan's America, and as long as it is Satan's we can only expect things to get infinitely worse.
The Bible speaks of the broad path and the narrow path. The broad path being Satan's, and the narrow being Jesus Christ. As the broad path grows bigger and bigger in these latter days, and the narrow path is shunned, ask yourself how has our evil culture impacted you? How have you compromised yourself to some of the cultural idols? How are you going to help rid ourselves of these idols seeing that it is the path of societal destruction? Please Sign up for our Newsletter and also help build our facebook page by liking it.
As you begin this journey away from Satanic America I would just remind you to always remember we can do nothing without Christ Jesus, and the first step one must take to remove themselves from the broad path is to accept Jesus as Lord and savior of your life. Then allow him to use you to help others down that path as well, before the full wrath and judgment is poured out on this nation. Something at this juncture seems like and inevitability.
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:" -Matthew 7:13
Article posted with permission from Wake The Church
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Jason Paul Charles is a filmmaker, researcher and activist who has spent years working to expose the global elite and bring attention to the New World Order agenda. As a founding member of the Colorado branch of We Are Change, Jason confronted many insiders on their involvement in the 9/11 cover-up and helped bring awareness to whistle-blowers and evidence through his work as Producer on the award winning film Core of Corruption: In the Shadows(2009). He has spearheaded initiatives, rallies and conferences with the aim of building community awareness of the most pressing issues our nation faces. In 2010 Jason helped bring about the landmark Faith and Liberty conference in Denver, Colorado that featured notable guests such as Alan Keyes, Chuck Baldwin, Katherine Albrecht and others. During this time Jason helped form the activist community called Wake the Church which aims to wake the biggest demographic in the US, that of the evangelical Christian community. Jason has currently made this his focus. Knowing full well that without the church understanding the Biblical principles of liberty and the way our spiritual enemy Satan has utilized the US government and military to expand the New World Order agenda we will lose our country to this conspiracy. Jason's newest film is called Christ Alone(2014) a 3D animated break down of natural law, how God set up the Biblical institutions of mankind, the Family, Church, Society and Government as a check and balance on the evils of human nature. It then shows how the enemy has worked to compromise each of these critical institutions in an attempt to bring about his New World Order.

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Keith excelled as a high school and college athlete who also struggled with being an overweight as a child as well. He can empathize with mostly anyone who walks into the gym which allows a relationship to form before the training even starts.
Keith prides himself in being someone who coaches and trains athletes and people at all skill levels to help them improve their strength physically, psychologically, and emotionally which is an incredibly rewarding experience.
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Ryan Citro from Cudahy, WI has been an all-around athlete all of his life. From diving, competitive gymnastics, college baseball, dunking for the Milwaukee Bucks Rim Rockers, and aspiring to become a golf Long Drive competitor, it is hard to put a limit on what he can't do. His love for sports led him to pursue a degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Upper Iowa University, while becoming a college athlete for their baseball team. Experienced with over 8 years of personal training his wide sports background gives him the adaptability to custom fit your workout needs. Ryan's hardworking character and drive for fitness will be noticed every time, constantly challenging you to push harder and be stronger.
She recently graduated from UW-Milwaukee having earned her Bachelors in Kinesiology and a minor in Nutrition. Athletics has always been a part of C's life, starting in middle school. Her background contains two years as an Assistant Volleyball Coach and over two years as a Bodybuilder, which has developed and added to her knowledge of the human body. These experiences have contributed towards C's role as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist giving a unique perspective of the challenges that people face while pursuing their personal health and wellness goals.
Health and Wellness could be misinterpreted as a fad, but her training consists of encouraging her clients to make consistent habits that are maintainable for a lifetime. Her highest priority is to help educate clients with the science behind exercise and nutrition, by providing them with an injury prevention training style and individualized resources to keep them on track towards their achievable goals.
Katie attended Muskego High School where she played basketball all four years. She was a 2010 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Star selection. She averaged 17.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game on 43.2 percent shooting as a senior on her way to first team all-state honors from the WBCA. Katie was named the Waukesha County Player of the Year, and also named Inside Wisconsin Magazine Athlete of the Year. She helped Muskego to its second-straight Southeast Conference title as a senior. She also set the Southeast Conference record for points in a single-season with 426. Katie earned Sporting News Magazine Honorable Mention All-America honors prior to her senior year. She earned first team all-state honors from the WBCA as a junior as well. She averaged 15.6 points and 8.5 rebounds per game as a junior, while leading Muskego to a perfect 16-0 conference record. In 2009, she earned third team all-state honors from the Associated Press. Katie earned three varsity letters in both basketball and volleyball, and earned second team all-state honors in volleyball as a senior after helping the Warriors to the Wisconsin state title.
Katie played four years of Division I basketball at the University of Evansville (Indiana). After her college career, she came home to pursue her passion for teaching. She is now an elementary teacher in Muskego and a girls high school AAU coach in the summers (for the past four years). Her excitement for sharing knowledge on and off the court has driven her to coach and help young men and women to thrive in the basketball world.


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Mineshaft and his family were major winners over the Feb. 24-25 weekend. On Saturday, Little Belle took the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct. A daughter of A.P. Indy, she is out of Dubai Belle, a Mr. Prospector mare who is three-parts sister to Prospectors Delite, the dam of Mineshaft (Dubai Belle is by Mr. Prospector out of Flagbird, a grade I winning half sister to Prospectors Delite). All of this makes Little Belle a seven-eighths relative to the 2003 Horse of the Year.
Meanwhile, Mineshaft's stud career took a major step forward when Cool Coal Man - a member of his first crop - took the Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II), to become the first graded scorer for his sire. Cool Coal Man is out the Rubiano mare Coral Sea, and the A.P. Indy/Rubiano cross - which has also produced graded winners Teammate and Ecclesiastic - has already done enough to earn an A++ TrueNicks rating. Of course this is an extension of a cross that has already proved very potent in preceding generations, A.P. Indy being very good with both Rubiano's sire, Fappiano, and of course, his sire, Mr. Prospector.


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Behemoth – I Loved You At Your Darkest
Shaun Brown
Riffs: 10/10
Vocals: 9/10
Originality: 9/10
Pros: Stunning musicianship | Beautifully crafted songs | A barrage of destructive riffs
Cons: Not quite as phenomenal as The Satanist
Following up the modern classic that was 'The Satanist' was never going to be easy.
Behemoth's magnum opus changed the game in the world of extreme metal, raising the bar and challenging peers, contemporaries and all future artists to up their respective games and attempt to knock the Polish quartet off of their blackened pedestal. The underground has responded phenomenally in recent years, making I Loved You at Your Darkest, Behemoth's eleventh studio release, perhaps their most important record to date.
Before even pressing play, the album's title – a direct quote from the bible – gives you an idea of the kind of blasphemous hellride that you're about to be taken on. Opening up with the sound of chanting children (always a terrifying prospect whatever you're listening to), 'Solve' provides a suitably eerie introduction to what is arguably the most highly anticipated extreme metal release of the year.
'Wolves of Siberia' drags you fully back into the swirling chasm that's become a Behemoth trademark; cataclysmic instrumentation acting as a platform upon which Nergal can spit forth his throat-ripping growls. Even from this early stage it's clear that Behemoth have chosen to once again embrace and build on the grandiosity that came to the fore on 'The Satanist', with classical elements and influences permeating the destruction throughout. The sinister children from the opening track make another appearance on the ridiculously titled 'God = Dog', and their voices add to the sense of grandeur while upping the creep factor at the same time.
The riffing on this record is near flawless, with focused bursts of technicality and flair being preferred to the full-on aural assault of previous records. While Behemoth have always been pacey, they've never been the kind of band that could be described as stomping, however on 'Ecclesia Diabolica Catholica' there's a real gallop that ditches furious aggression in favour of a more traditional thrash-esque sound.
The opening drums on 'Bartzabel' reverberate through your entire body as if you're on the front lines of a battlefield, but instead of grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and treating you like a ragdoll, you're taken on a more serene journey with restrained guitar passages and less of a focus on simply battering you with a wall of hellish noise.
This record is a much more experimental than its predecessor in terms of pacing; changes of tempo coming thick and fast with plenty of short, punchy tracks that hark back to the Apostasy/Evangelion era. Despite spreading their wings to touch the fringes of more genres than ever, this is still a blackened death metal record at heart, and it dedicates a good deal of its runtime to simply battering you with wave after wave of destructive, metallic brilliance.
One aspect in which this record does disappoint slightly is in its ability to push the creative boundaries, as there are less stand-out, jaw-dropping moments than on 'The Satanist'. To simply say it's not an ambitious record would be doing it a huge disservice, but when you've shifted the goalposts into the stratosphere it's clearly going to be difficult to live up to your own standards, not just in terms of quality but in terms of evolving that signature sound even further.
Tracks like 'Sabbath Mater' do however showcase the more inventive side of the band, and it's in these moments where you're truly reminded of how talented this collective is. 'Havohej Panto' is perhaps the highlight of the record, with a hook of 'Our father who art in hell' acting as the building block of a thunderous yet strangely ethereal slab of earth shattering extremity.
This record is best enjoyed then as its own entity, as while it's not quite at the same level of its older sibling, it is undeniably still one of the best records of 2018. Behemoth are currently on one of the hottest streaks of the past two decades, and they've shown no signs of slowing down in the slightest on 'I Loved You at Your Darkest'.
It may not be the flawless masterpiece that some may have expected, but it's still a stunning work of art that will one day take its rightful place in the pantheon of the 21st century's most exceptional metal albums.
I Loved You at Your Darkest is released on the 5th of October through Nuclear Blast Records.
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It is said that one useful indicator of a successful man's self-image: his wristwatch. Once his jacket sleeve is crept up, the sole piece of acceptable jewelry beyond a wedding ring reveals the wearer's sense of taste and occasion. Are you a successful man?
For watch No. 2, you have a more scope to select. This is your recreational timepiece, and you can wear it wherever from the beach to the ski slopes or for pottering around in the garden. Whether a sub-GBP 50 Swatch, or a close-to-unbreakable Rolex, it will means that you don't have to worry about a quick dive in the pool or a round of golf. This is your casual watch.
Last is the formal watch. If you find yourself wearing black tie more than once a year, or if film premieres, opera visits or smart restaurant bookings keep appearing in your diary, your daily watch may lack occasion. For this final part of the trilogy, you may go one of two ways: a classical, slim, time-only gold dress watch -- or blatant bling. The presence of diamonds on your watch will accomplish this for you.
Where to start? One's first watch is often a gift -- anything from a Timex on up -- received at graduation, confirmation, first job or Bar Mitzvah. It will never be exactly what you want, but you will wear and cherish it from your teens until your first pay is checked. Then you will be seduced by Omega or Rolex, that all depending on your budget. It will be your first 'real' watch.
Buying well is the key, and it's not as tricky as you might think. And there are some quite good tips on the selection of watch. First, only buy watches you want to wear. That way you'll never feel like you're stuck with an 'investment piece.' Second, buy from a reputable retailer. This will ensure you'll enjoy decent after-service care. Also, it's the only guarantee that you're not buying a fake. Some rip-offs are so convincing that only a watchmaker can spot the difference. Last but not the least, if funds are limited; choose a watch with a strap over one with a bracelet. Bracelets add considerably to the cost. A good watch on a strap is better than a so-so watch on a bracelet at the same price.


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You don't have to jump straight into reading Ulysses if you want to improve your mental strength, and in fact trying to read something too difficult might turn you off reading entirely. Instead, focus on reading things you enjoy. Westerns, romance novels, and long-form magazines are all good ways to read.
Try replacing an hour of television each evening with reading, instead. Invest the time that you might normally spend idling, chatting with friends, or watching the tube in reading a good book.
Try to learn something new every week. Ever get the feeling that each day looks a lot the same? As we get older, our mental pathways are more and more defined. Where each summer day seemed to last forever when we were kids, the weeks peel off more quickly as you age. Mental strength requires that you continue building new neural pathways by learning new things.
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wikiHow is a great resource for learning new things. Learn how to play chess, change your oil, or play guitar.
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Iniziò la sua carriera politica come giornalista, e in seguito entrò a far parte del PDPA del quale fu segretario generale dal 1965 fino alla sua morte. Fu anche presidente del Consiglio rivoluzionario dall'aprile del 1978 al settembre del 1979. Il suo partito, il PDPA, partecipò al rovesciamento della monarchia afghana e all'instaurazione della Repubblica dell'Afghanistan. Dopo l'uccisione del presidente Mohammed Daud Khan e della sua famiglia durante un colpo di Stato (la cosiddetta rivoluzione di Saur), venne instaurata la Repubblica Democratica dell'Afghanistan e Taraki salì al potere dal 1978 fino all'anno dopo, allorquando venne rovesciato e ucciso dal suo rivale all'interno del partito, Hafizullah Amin.

La presidenza di Taraki, seppur di breve durata, fu caratterizzata da controversie durante tutto il suo corso, a causa delle riforme volte a trasformare la società afghana in una società comunista, considerate da alcuni troppo estremiste. Sotto il governo di Taraki si verificarono varie rivolte in tutto il paese e buona parte dell'esercito volle disertare.

Biografia

Nur Muhammad Taraki nacque da una famiglia Pashtun nel quartiere Paghman di Kabul il 15 giugno 1913. Lavorò come impiegato a Bombay (oggi Mumbai), dove frequentò i corsi serali e imparò l'inglese. Era un convinto sostenitore dell'indipendenza dei pashtun. Studiò prima economia politica presso l'Università di Kabul, e poi a quella di Columbia nella quale ricevette il Master. Poi andò all'Università Harvard e ottenne un dottorato in Economia e commercio. Si convinse delle tesi marxiste e presto entrò a far parte del PDPA che promuoveva gli ideali e i valori comunisti.

La maggior parte degli osservatori alle elezioni del 1965 le descrisse come libere. Taraki venne eletto al parlamento quello stesso anno e diede avvio ad uno dei primi grandi giornali di sinistra afghani, Khalq, che venne pubblicato per poco più di un mese prima che chiudesse a causa di un decreto del governo. Nel 1967 il PDPA si divise in due fazioni: la più estremista e più indipendente dall'URSS guidata da Taraki, e la più moderata Parcham guidata da Babrak Karmal.

Presidenza
Il 19 aprile 1978 un militante di sinistra, Mir Akbar Khyber, venne assassinato e Taraki accusò il governo di Mohammed Daud Khan di esserne il responsabile, opinione diffusa all'interno del partito. La sua morte portò ad un riavvicinamento dei comunisti e Mohammed Daoud Khan, temendo un possibile colpo di Stato, fece arrestare o mettere agli arresti domiciliari vari leader del PDPA. Il 27 aprile 1978 si diede inizio al colpo di Stato sotto ordine di Hafizullah Amin, ancora agli arresti domiciliari. Il giorno dopo Daoud venne ucciso con la maggior parte della sua famiglia.

Presto il PDPA prese il controllo del paese e Taraki venne eletto presidente il 1º maggio. Il paese fu rinominato Repubblica Democratica dell'Afghanistan, nome che mantenne fino al 1992. Taraki divenne presidente, primo ministro e segretario generale del PDPA, tuttavia la rivalità tra le due fazioni interne Khalq e Parcham continuò. Il governo si divise tra le due fazioni, da un lato Taraki e il vicepresidente Hafizullah Amin, dall'altro Babrak Karmal e Mohammad Najibullah.

Nei mesi successivi al colpo di Stato, il governo avviò una serie di riforme: fece distribuire le terre a 20.000 contadini, abrogò l'ushur (ovvero la decima dovuta ai latifondisti dai braccianti) e l'usura, regolò i prezzi dei beni primari, statalizzò i servizi sociali garantendoli a tutti, diede il riconoscimento al diritto di voto alle donne, legalizzò i sindacati, vietò i matrimoni forzati e lo scambio di bambine a scopo economico, sostituì leggi tradizionali e religiose con altre laiche, mise al bando i tribunali tribali e rese pubblica a tutti l'istruzione, anche alle bambine che in precedenza non potevano andare a scuola.

Dopo tre mesi, Taraki inviò vari leader del Parcham in altre parti del mondo come ambasciatori: Babrak Karmal in Cecoslovacchia e la sua compagna, Anahita Ratebzad, in Jugoslavia, Mohammad Najibullah in Iran e altri in India e Turchia. Poi Taraki fece arrestare o giustiziare altri membri del Parcham. Karmal venne richiamato in patria ma andò in Unione Sovietica seguito da Anahita Ratebzad e Mohammad Najibullah temendo una sua possibile esecuzione al suo ritorno. Allora Taraki li destituì da tutti i loro ruoli ufficiali, e il 28 marzo 1979 Amin divenne primo ministro, mentre Taraki rimase presidente. Il 5 dicembre 1978 sponsorizzò un trattato di amicizia con l'Unione Sovietica (in seguito usato come pretesto per quello che la CIA definisce come l'invasione sovietica). Dopo questo trattato le rivolte aumentarono.

In veste di Presidente dell'Afghanistan partecipò ad una conferenza dei Paesi non allineati a L'Avana. Al ritorno, il 20 marzo 1979, raggiunse Mosca per incontrare Leonid Il'ič Brežnev. Secondo i marxisti dell'Afghanistan tuttavia l'incontro fu dovuto solo alle affinità ideologiche tra i due capi di Stato. L'allora premier dell'URSS Aleksej Nikolaevič Kosygin disse a Taraki (anche se alcuni riferiscono che la frase fosse rivolta a Babrak Karmal): «Noi crediamo che sarebbe un errore fatale mandare le nostre truppe in Afghanistan. Se ci entrassero la situazione non migliorerebbe. Anzi, peggiorerebbe. Le nostre truppe dovrebbero combattere non solo con dei nemici esterni, ma anche con una parte della popolazione».

Successivamente Brežnev avvertì Taraki che l'intervento sovietico avrebbe solo fatto il gioco dei loro nemici comuni; gli consigliò inoltre di moderare le radicali riforme sociali e di cercare più supporto tra la popolazione, infine gli caldeggiò la rimozione di Amin dalla carica di primo ministro avvertendolo che stava probabilmente preparandogli un attentato. La grande rivalità tra Taraki ed Amin all'interno del partito aumentò: dal settembre 1979 i seguaci di Taraki attentarono più volte alla vita del rivale.

Al ritorno di Taraki dal viaggio a Mosca, chiese un incontro con Amin, il quale acconsentì solo a condizione che l'ambasciatore sovietico Alexander Puzanov garantisse per la sua sicurezza e tale garanzia gli fu concessa. Quando però Amin giunse al Palazzo del Popolo, si verificò una sparatoria. Amin rimase illeso e tornò più tardi al palazzo con dei suoi sostenitori ed usò la Guardia di Palazzo per prendere Taraki prigioniero.

Il 4 settembre 1979 Amin assunse il controllo del governo e pochi giorni dopo il governo di Amin annunciò che Taraki era morto per "una malattia misteriosa". Meno di tre mesi dopo, ritenendo Amin un uomo della CIA, l'URSS invio' prima i consiglieri militari in Afghanistan destituendolo e mettendo al suo posto Babrak Karmal. In seguito a quello che la CIA definisce come invasione sovietica dell'Afghanistan venne data un'altra versione della morte di Taraki, secondo la quale, una volta fatto prigioniero Taraki, Amin ne ordinò la sua esecuzione.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Presidenti dell'Afghanistan
Capi di Stato assassinati
Primi ministri dell'Afghanistan


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Clélie est une héroïne romaine des débuts de la République romaine, qui marqua la guerre contre Porsenna d'un exploit en 507 av. J.-C. Son nom a pour origine latine Clelia, provenant du verbe  qui pourrait être interprété par « avoir de la renommée ».

Contexte
Après la proclamation de la République en 509 av. J.-C. et l'expulsion des Tarquins hors de Rome, ceux-ci se réfugient chez le roi étrusque Porsenna et le persuadent de combattre à leurs côtés pour les rétablir sur le siège . La guerre, d'abord à l'avantage de Porsenna qui prend le Janicule, se transforme en un siège formidable . Et les Romains ne purent que céder, donc pour calmer le conflit, ils livrèrent des otages (dont Clélie), en échange de la paix.

Exploit
La rusée Clélie traverse le Tibre à la nage, elle a eu recours à un certain stratagème pour échapper à la surveillance des soldats : elle a demandé à se baigner dans le fleuve et une fois sur la berge, elle refusa que les soldats la voient nue. Revenue dans Rome, elle n'y reste pas longtemps car Porsenna la réclame avec d'autres femmes romaines, et les Romains acceptent pour ne pas rompre la paix. Elle est ramenée, accompagnée par le consul Publicola, mais, sur le chemin du camp étrusque, les Tarquins lui tendent une embuscade qui échoue. Cependant, le roi étrusque, pris d'admiration pour son exploit, la congédie et lui permet de prendre avec elle les otages qu'elle veut. Elle choisit les enfants, ainsi que les femmes, d'après Aurelius Victor. Il s'agit pour elle de leur épargner des atteintes à leur pudeur. Elle est acclamée pour son courage extraordinaire — on lui reconnaît une  — et une statue équestrelui est érigée sur la Voie Sacrée.

Interprétation
La mythologie comparée trouve des similitudes entre le diptyque formé par Horatius Coclès et Mucius Scaevola, le Borgne et le Gaucher, dans le récit historique, et les frères Pandava dans le mythe indien du Mahabharata. Clélie, sauveuse des Romains, serait de même l'homologue de Draupadi, la femme des Pandava, qui exige leur libération de leur ennemi Duryodhana. Elle se distingue donc de la structure de l'action pour . Pour Georges Dumézil, elle incarne alors ce que l'on a appelé les trois fonctions indo-européennes : la fonction sacrée, par la fascination qu'elle exerce envers Porsenna — non seulement pour son courage, mais aussi pour son corps, auquel le roi étrusque refuse que les Tarquin s'attaquent —, la fonction guerrière, par son exploit viril — et les récompenses viriles qu'elle reçoit, notamment le cheval — et la fonction reproductrice, lorsqu'elle sauve les femmes et les enfants.

Clélie dans l'art
Les nombreuses peintures qui représentent Clélie, comme celles de Rubens ou de Stella au musée du Louvre, ou encore de Beccafumi, s'attachent pour la plupart à l'exploit initial, l'héroïque traversée du Tibre telle que la décrit Tite-Live, mais montrent pourtant une Clélie épanouie, presque lascive, dont les compagnes se baignent avec candeur chez Stella. On retrouve donc la contradiction propre au personnage de Clélie : elle fuit Porsenna — en cela elle l'offense — en même temps qu'elle se fait désirer de lui, et que c'est ce désir même qui donne de la valeur à son exploit.

En littérature, Clélie, histoire romaine est un célèbre roman de Madeleine de Scudéry, publié de 1654 à 1660, et considéré comme emblème de la littérature précieuse. Madeleine de Scudéry y entrelace les personnages et événements de l'histoire de la royauté à Rome tels que relatés par les historiens comme Tite-Live avec des personnages fictifs, souvent faits pour servir d'allusions à telle ou telle personne réelle de son entourage au sein du salon littéraire qu'elle anime. Le roman contient une part d'aventure, une part d'intrigue politique, et de nombreuses conversations au sujet de l'amour, de l'amitié et plus généralement des relations sociales.

Notes et références

Bibliographie

Sources primaires
 , II, 13
 , V, 4
 , « Vie de Publicola »
 , 13 — « Clélie »
 Madeleine de Scudéry, Histoires romaines

Études modernes
 Dominique Briquel, Mythe et révolution. La fabrication d'un récit : la naissance de la république à Rome, Éditions Latomus - Bruxelles, 2007

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Annexes

Articles connexes
 Histoire de Rome
 Place des femmes dans la Rome antique

Personnalité féminine de la Rome antique
Personnalité des origines de Rome
Personnalité romaine du VIe siècle av. J.-C.


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21 Colchester Castle – Join us at the castle to learn about medieval armour & weapons & surgery through time. We're supplying the medieval and WW1 elements. (Colchester Council).
30, 31 & 1 April – Colchester Castle – Come and try on some medieval armour and learn about medieval armour & weapons in our timed talks.
3-6 Dover Castle – We will be at Dover running our medieval toys, clothing and armour displays. EH.
25-26 Dover Castle – Join us for the castles annual, St Georges day event, meet the dragon and St George! We'll be running our medieval criminal trials and surgery displays. Plus lots more. EH.
2-4 Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire– Our first time at this lovely property. It's Victorian month. Come and visit us and play some Victorian games. There's also a musician and punch and judy man. EH.
24-25 – Wrest Park – Wrest at War event. This is an annual event about WW1 & WW2. Come and join us to learn about rationing and WW2 crime. EH.
26-31 – Bodiam Castle – Come and play some medieval toys or make your own toy for £2.50 from Bodiam Wood to take home with you. All proceeds go to Bodiam. NT.
14 – Penshurst Village Fete – Our first time at this village fete, taking place in the grounds of Penshurst Place. We will be running our medieval toys & games and milling displays. 12.00 to 5.00 PM. £2.00 entry, free for under 16s.
22-26 Bodiam Castle – Medieval week for schools. Would you like to visit Bodiam Castle, why not make your students visit even more special by visiting Happening History at the castle. All week we will be running displays on medieval life. Students can learn about clothing, food, marriage, try on armour, hold a weapon or learn about medieval surgery. Booking is essential so please contact the castle directly or we'd be happy to pass on your details. Displays for all Key stages. NT.
June 29 -30 and July 1-3 Bodiam Castle – Medieval week for schools. Would you like to visit Bodiam Castle, why not make your students visit even more special by visiting Happening History at the castle. All week we will be running displays on medieval life. Students can learn about clothing, food, marriage, try on armour, hold a weapon or learn about medieval surgery. Booking is essential so please contact the castle directly or we'd be happy to pass on your details. Displays for All Key Stages. NT.
12 – Pullingshill Wood & Marlow Common – We are running our WW1 Tommy and nursing displays. Wel will be doing assault course, rifle drill. I'll be running my 'Treating Tommy' talks. Our first event at this site and for the Woodland Trust.
3-4 – Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire – Another first for us. Wel will be running his medieval trials. Be put on trial for your crimes or be part of the jury and help decide their guilt or innocence!
7 – Chesterfield Museum – Learn about the history of the penny through time. Mint a medieval coin (small charge of 50p to cover costs) or print your dream cheque (for free) on our 1920s cheque writer. 10-4. Free entry. CHESTERFIELD COUNCIL.
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15-16 – Kenilworth Castle – We will be running our Medieval surgery and medieval clothing displays. Time talks on surgery throughout the day.
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19 – Priory House, Dunstable – We will be running our 18th C trials at this new site for us. Come and be put on trial and learn about the bloody code, transportation, highwaymen and body snatchers! We are also running our Penny Through Time display. Mint a medieval penny or print your dream cheque. Learn about the history of the penny from it's first appearance to the present day.
28 September to 2 October Bodiam Castle – Medieval week for schools. Would you like to visit Bodiam Castle, why not make your students visit even more special by visiting Happening History at the castle. All week we will be running displays on medieval life. Students can learn about clothing, food, marriage, try on armour, hold a weapon or learn about medieval surgery. Booking is essential so please contact the castle directly or we'd be happy to pass on your details. NT. Suitable for all Key Stages.
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12-16 Bodiam Castle – Medieval week for schools. Would you like to visit Bodiam Castle, why not make your students visit even more special by visiting Happening History at the castle. All week we will be running displays on medieval life. Students can learn about clothing, food, marriage, try on armour, hold a weapon or learn about medieval surgery. Booking is essential so please contact the castle directly or we'd be happy to pass on your details. NT. Suitable for all key stages.
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The Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday announced that e-Sports will now get regular status in Pakistan.
The minister took to Twitter and wrote that the Pakistan Sports Board and the Pakistan Science Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard.
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Popularity of e-Sports in Pakistan
Like the rest of the world, Pakistan too has a booming community of gamers, as reported by Geo News. And since the coronavirus lockdown, there has been an exponential increase in the number of gamers and spectators alike as people struggle for ways to keep themselves busy.
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He insisted that the pro gaming career, contrary to popular belief, was a sustainable one and urged for the need for familial support for rising gamers.
"Gaming is a very respectable way to earn. You just need the passion and support to do so," he said.
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