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World Mission Studies, Global Catholicism, The Church in Brazil, Mariology, Consecrated Life, Franciscan Studies, and Theological Education
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In 1990, Sr. Guider joined the faculty of Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in 2008, she became a member of the ecclesiastical faculty of the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. Working in the area of Systematic Theology, her teaching and research interests focus primarily on ecclesiology and missiology. Currently, she is working on a book length manuscript entitled With Hearts Broken Open: U.S. Franciscan Missionaries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa (1879-2019). Among her most recent publications is a co-edited volume entitled The Grace of Medellín: History, Theology and Legacy: Reflections on the Significance of Medellín for the Church in the United States. Miami: Convivium Press, 2018). Sr. Guider is the Past-President of the Association of Professors of Mission and former president of the American Society of Missiology. She has served as an advisor and consultant for numerous religious institutes and missionary societies as well as a trustee and board member for a variety of Catholic institutions and organizations. Sr. Guider is a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate (Joliet, IL)
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"The Glocalization of Theological Education: A Roman Catholic Perspective." Locating American Theological Education in a Global Context: Conversations with Higher Education. Edited by Henrick Pieterse. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2019.
"The Grace of Medellín and the Transformation of U.S. Missionaries." The Grace of Medellín: History, Theology and Legacy: Reflections on the Significance of Medellín for the Church in the United States. Edited by Margaret Eletta Guider, Félix Palazzi and O. Ernesto Valiente. Miami, FL: Convivium Press, 2018.
"Lidando com o dragão devorador de almas." Os Desafios morais da formação presbiteral hoje. Organizado por José Antonio Trasferetti, Maria Inês de Castro Millen e Ronaldo Zacharias. São Paulo, SP: Paulus, 2018.
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This month, we had the pleasure of speaking with our very own alum Gleyribel Rodriguez, Mount Pleasant High School class of 2008 and University of Rhode Island class of 2012. Gleyribel is a CV three-fer—a CV alum, a current CV advisor, and a CV donor. Gleyribel is an amazing combination of compassionate and dedicated youth worker, and highly organized fund development coordinator. We are very lucky to work with her. Thank you for sharing your story Gleyribel, and thanks for everything you do to support CV!


Jeju Hello Kitty Island Discount Ticket available for Jeju NY(Nam Yang)taxi tour customers only.
On the first floor, you can see a history of Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty's house, and the art and music education halls. Did you know that Hello Kitty's height is measured as 5-apples tall?
On the second floor, there are exhibits about Hello Kitty around the world, a constellation education hall, art galleries, Hello Kitty's room, and the Hello Kitty Cafe.
On the third floor is the 3D theater and an outdoor gallery. The theater has a 3D show about Hello Kitty and her friends that runs for 8 minutes every 30 minute.
The Hello Kitty Cafe is located on the 2nd floor. It has Hello Kitty themed seats and sofas.
Dear fans of Hello Kitty (and all things cute), Hello Kitty Island on Jeju is a special museum dedicated to Sanrio's iconic figure, Hello Kitty. Here, you can see and eat Hello Kitty-inspired creations.


As a natural born rebel and hedonist I've always deeply believed that life is too short for enjoying ice cream only in spring and summer. Actually, I believe it's even better in colder season – you get an ice cream, not an ice cream soup. But today let's talk frozen yogurt.
The story of frozen desserts goes back thousands of years to India and Asia. Frozen yogurt as we know it appeared in the 70s. And in my life it appeared only several years ago and ever since it keeps those nostalgic memories of a greek vacation.
It's not hard to find a frozen yogurt place in Paris, but I am always serious about my desserts. I degustated, compared, degustated again and picked my favorite – Rosa Kiwi.
While (let's be honest) the yogurt itself is almost identical in all of these places, Rosa Kiwi stands out (and now let my inner fat kid talk!) with the best selection of toppings and seasonal froyo flavors, the nicest employees and comfortable and funky interior. Apart from frozen yogurts Rosa Kiwi has cookies, cakes, various hot drinks, juices and smoothies. They also have a fidelity card and I'm not even ashamed to have mine almost complete.
Besides it all, there is something truly extraordinary about Rosa Kiwi. This place is opened every day till 10:30 pm and MIDNIGHT twice a week. I don't know how they do it, but it's magical.
Address: 4 Rue Mouffetard, 75005 Paris.
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The 9 Best Graphic Design Programs on Windows
Eric Schoon @ericpschoon
Graphic design is complicated work, so it requires complicated tools. There are plenty of options for software today from well-known programs that have been around for decades to newer contenders trying to prove their worth. With so many options available, it can be difficult to choose which program you'll spend hours mastering—especially for new designers. So, we rounded up the best of the best for this list to make that choice a little easier.
Some Stuff to Know First
If you're new to the world of graphic design, you'll need to know some basic terminology before choosing a program.
Vector Images: Vector images are vital in the design world, as you can resize them as much as you want without losing any image quality. If you were to take a raster image (a typical JPEG and PNG images) and resize it, quality would be lost as you increased its scale. This is especially bad for logos and graphics as they're usually used in a variety of sizes. It's why design-centric programs are useful, as they specialize in editing vector images (although some also feature raster-editing capabilities).
Desktop Publishing: This form of design is used when creating online or printed publications. It involves rearranging text and images to be clearly understood and visually interesting. Everything from magazines and email newsletters, to the website you're on right now, is an example of desktop publishing to some extent.
Artboards: In a graphic design program, an artboard is just your workspace. This is where you actually create your logos, graphics, and artwork.
RGB and CYMK: These are the two main color models used in the graphic design world with RGB (red, green, and blue) being better for online and electronic design, while CYMK (cyan, yellow, magenta, and black) is better for printed publications.
Now that you know the basics, let's talk about how these programs should perform.
What to Look for in a Graphic Design Program
With so many options, there's no need to settle for subpar applications. Here are some things to consider before picking a program.
Intuitive: Graphic design programs are complicated pieces of software, and as such, it can be difficult to design them intuitively. Developers can still find ways to make it work though, whether that's through built-in tutorials or tooltips that explain various tools and options to new users.
Performance: Design programs can easily bog down your computer's performance. While this is expected to a point, it doesn't excuse programs for being poorly optimized.
Basic Tools: Any graphic design program should allow you to do the basics: object creation (creating shapes and lines), object manipulation (moving, resizing, and warping those shapes), text creation, and access to color models (like the previously mentioned RGB and CYMK).
Advanced Tools: The most powerful graphic design programs have so many advanced features that we couldn't possibly list them here. Boolean operations (which, simply put, allows for creating more complex shapes) in particular though, are very useful for creating unique graphics.
Pricing Model: Many programs have turned to subscription-based payment models over large one-time payments. Regardless of how you feel about that, there are still quite a few options in both camps.
Finally, we're going to quickly mention photo-editing programs, as they also have some graphic design capabilities. We focused on design-centric programs for this list, but a good photo editor is still a useful tool for a designer to have.
With all that out of the way, let's start talking about the actual software.
Well-Known Powerhouses: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
You probably already know about Adobe. Adobe offers some of the best creation programs available today and, no surprise here, this translates to its graphic design programs as well: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.
Illustrator is just a great vector image editor. It has a huge toolset with support for third-party plugins, and its connection to the rest of Adobe's products can prove vital for certain situations. For example, if you need to touch up a photo before placing it in a graphic, you can easily edit it in Photoshop or Lightroom and then throw it into Illustrator with no complications.
Illustrator is easily one of the most powerful graphic design programs around, and for professional and high-end users it's an easy choice to recommend—especially for its high adoption rate in the industry. It covers all the basics and features a wide assortment of advanced tools like in-depth object creation and graphing tools (great for infographics).
Illustrator, like all of Adobe's products, uses a monthly subscription payment model. You can use Illustrator for $20.99 a month, or get it as part of the Creative Cloud subscription for $52.99 a month (which includes all of Adobe's programs.)
Buy Adobe Illustrator
While Illustrator is for vector editing, InDesign focuses on desktop publishing. Posters, magazine pages, and business cards can all be easily created in InDesign—and that's just scratching the tip of the iceberg. Similar to Illustrator, when it comes to this form of design, InDesign is one of the most powerful options on the market.
And just like Illustrator, InDesign can also be used in tandem with other Adobe products. Arguably, it's even more useful here, as you'll likely be using images and artwork made in other programs in your layouts. You can also install third-party plugins here, too.
InDesign's pricing model is the same as Illustrator's, $20.99 a month for it individually, and $52.99 a month to get it as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.
Buy Adobe InDesign
The Adobe Rival: Affinity Designer and Publisher
Serif has made its intentions with the Affinity line of software pretty clear—these programs are made to rival Adobe's, and that's easy to see with Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher.
Affinity Designer is a great vector graphics editor. It can easily match Illustrator feature-wise and has a more modern design that runs silky smooth. You have full access to both vector and raster editing, and can switch between them at the click of a button. You can create unlimited artboards, use in-depth placement grids for easy centering and aligning, and view a live preview of how your graphic will look after exporting.
Designer can also be used together with Affinity Photo (Serif's Photoshop alternative) and Affinity Publisher (which we'll be talking about next) for some added versatility.
Between the broad feature set and more modern design, Affinity Designer is an easy recommendation to both experienced and brand-new designers. It even manages to come in at a cheaper price point than Illustrator, costing only a one-time payment of $49.99.
Buy Affinity Designer
Affinity Publisher has a lot of the same characteristics as Designer, just for desktop publishing. You get a lot of the same powerful tools here as Adobe InDesign, alongside a more modern and smooth UI. Publisher also features a "Live Preflight Checking" feature, which will scan your layouts for any hard-to-notice mistakes (such as images overlapping each other)—this could definitely save your skin a few times.
Just like Designer, you can also use Publisher in conjunction with Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. And, as we said in the InDesign section, it's extremely useful to have a simple way to edit graphics and photos before placing them in your layouts.
Affinity Publisher follows the same pricing model as Designer, costing a one-time payment of $49.99.
Buy Affinity Publisher
Free and Open-Source: Inkscape
All the programs we've talked about so far have fairly hefty price tags attached to them, which makes sense as they're some of the most powerful programs on the market. However, not only does Inkscape manage to rival those programs (even if it doesn't fully match them), it is also completely free.
This is largely because Inkscape is open-source—meaning anyone can open up the source code and mess around with it. This opens the door to third-party alterations and add-ons, which means it's easy to adjust Inkscape to your liking. With how varied graphic design can be, it's nice to have a program that can be adjusted to your needs.
Even without third-party content, Inkscape is still an impressively powerful vector editor. You can do all the basics you would expect, like object creation and manipulation, access both RGB and CYMK color models, and in-depth text creation options. It also covers some of the more advanced features like boolean operations.
And, as we said, Inkscape is completely free.
Download Inkscape
Online Design: Vectr
Design programs can be pretty intensive on your system, so it's always great to see web-based options pop up that can alleviate how much your computer is processing. That's part of what makes Vectr so great, but it's not just for those with limited computing power—Vectr has another key feature that makes it an invaluable tool in any designer's toolkit.
The best part about it is that every design you work on will have a unique URL that can be accessed by anyone to make changes or to review. This makes Vectr a fantastic collaborative option for designers working together, or just to show a client. Vectr, at its core, is a streamlined vector graphics editor that's easy to learn but still powerful—just not as powerful as some of the prograde options we've already listed.
Vectr is free to use, but you will have ads on the side of your screen. However, there will be a pro subscription in the future to get rid of those.
Check out Vectr
Dual Use: Gravit Designer
Gravit Designer is another web-based option, except this one can also be used offline. It's a powerful vector-based editor available either on the web or as a downloaded program—whichever you prefer. You can hop back and forth between the two versions with cloud storage, which is great for designers who switch devices a lot.
Other than that, it's just a plain good piece of software. The UI is easy to understand, it covers all the basic features designers need (plus some more complicated ones including boolean operations), and you have access to a large library of included fonts and templates for your designs.
Gravit is free to use, but you'll be missing some options when it comes to colors and exporting. For the full Gravit experience, you'll want the pro version, which costs $99.00 a year. You can find out more about the pro version on Gravit's website.
Buy Gravit Designer
A Suite of Design: CorelDraw Graphics Suite
CorelDraw is a suite of seven programs all focused on design, including vector editing, desktop publishing, and more. All seven programs can be used together for maximum functionality, and it's easy to collaborate on projects with other designers. (cCollaboration is done with the program CorelDRAW.app included in the suite.) You can also create easy-to-share previews of your work for clients—it even includes chat windows for feedback.
CorelDRAW is the biggest draw of this pack for designers though, as it's an advanced vector editor that covers graphics, desktop publishing, and features a customizable UI. Besides that, there's also Corel PHOTO-PAINT (a powerful photo editor), Corel Font Manager (manages downloaded fonts and lets you install new fonts), CAPTURE (basic screenshot program), and Aftershot 3 (which is an HDR and RAW image editor).
The CorelDraw suite is available for the subscription cost of $249.00 a year, or a one-time payment of $499.00 (though you lose out on the collaborative features in the one-time payment option).
Buy the CorelDraw Graphics Suite
All-Rounder: Xara Designer Pro X
To finish off our list, we'll go with a program that tries to do it all: Xara Designer Pro X.
Xara Designer Pro X covers vector graphics, photo editing, web design, and desktop publishing all in a single program. Considering how much this program packs in, it's a pretty great option for designers wanting to broaden their skillset, or ones who do a large variety of work.
Xara Designer Pro X still manages to have solid feature sets for all the forms of design it covers. On the vector graphics side of things, you'll find all the tools you'll need to bring your ideas to life. For desktop publishing, you can create layouts and designs alongside some other useful features, such as the "Magic Color Match" (which will match the color of text and shapes to images in the design). For web designers, Xara Designer Pro X comes with customizable templates and 2 GB of web storage for your website (plus an included domain of your choosing).
Xara Designer Pro X is available for a one-time payment of $299.00.
Buy Xara Designer Pro X
Eric Schoon
Eric Schoon is a writer for Review Geek and has spent most of his life thinking about and analyzing products of all shapes and sizes. From the latest games to the hottest smartphones, he enjoys finding the greatest strengths and weaknesses of everything he gets his hands on and then passing that information on to you. Read Full Bio »

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Nayanthara's upcoming Tamil thriller Kolaiyuthir Kaalam is remade in Hindi and the film is in its final stage of production. The Hindi remake is titled Khamoshi and it will feature Prabhu Deva and Tamannaah.
The latest we hear from Bollywood daily is that Prabhas has signed the film and he will be doing a small cameo. Tamannaah and Prabhas have become one of the best pairs on-screen post Baahubali and this news has thrilled their fans. It can be recalled that Prabhas did a cameo in Prabhu Deva's Action Jackson and this time he will be doing a cameo alongside Prabhu Deva and Tamannaah for director Chakri Toleti in Khamoshi. So, this will mark his second cameo in Bollywood.
Khamoshi is a woman centric film directed by Chakri Toleti. The film's music is scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the songs are expected to release in next few months, while, the film is expected to release towards the end of the year.
People looking for online information on Khamoshi, Nayanthara, Prabhas, Prabhu Deva, Tamannaah will find this news story useful.


The ongoing war between Apple and Samsung fans will flare up again. With the release of the iPhone X S Max, Apple has presented a stronger opponent for the previously released Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Both get along well and thus offer two of the best experiences on their respective operating systems.
Now that Apple has joined Android in 6-inch screen format, there are no glaring differences anymore. Samsung is no longer able to consume video by default because of its larger screen. Instead, they exchange blows; Everyone has some advantages over the other. The result is the two best phones on the market and the best we've seen in years.
Samsung was well aware of the praise The iPhone X's display was received, even though it was developed by Samsung. With the Galaxy Note 9, they have developed almost perfectly and created a screen that is not only 27% brighter than its predecessor, but also offers a 32% higher contrast so DisplayMate. Almost every aspect of the screen has been improved, including color accuracy and color shifts at steep viewing angles. The result is DisplayMate's highest A + grade and the most accurate display ever.
The Galaxy Note 9 is equipped with a 6.4 "Super AMOLED display, a display notch, but curving the screen on the left and right sides. It has a 2960 x 1440p Resolution that allows you to manage a pixel density of 516 PPI.
While we do not know k How to test the iPhone X S Max on the DisplayMate, we expect it to fit the Galaxy Note 9 again or better. "For one of the first times in the ongoing battle, Apple actually managed to beat Samsung in screen size, releasing the largest screen on any iPhone at 6.5 inches. Like its competition, this is an OLED display, It supports a Super Retina HD display (the same as the iPhone X S ) and supports 3D Touch and True Tone.
Now Samsung has additional Safety Precautions Finally, you could increase the battery capacity of the Galaxy Note series, resulting in the largest battery in a 4,000 mAh Galaxy Note phone, even with its massive 6.4-inch display and 1440-pixel resolution Battery and much more more.
Samsung put a lot of room in the presentation of the 512 GB variant The conference: With a 512 GB microSD card, the Galaxy Note 9 can store up to 1 TB. With this large capacity, the Galaxy Note 9 could also serve as an external hard drive to back up your files.
Apple has also introduced a 512GB internal memory variant, for whopping $ 1,449, the iPhone X S Max does not support microSD, so there's no way to expand that storage. But for those who do not need that much memory, there are 64GB and 256GB options, while the Galaxy Note 9 only has a smaller 128GB storage level.
First introduced in the Galaxy S9 +, Samsung introduced its dual rear variable-iris camera array to the Galaxy Note 9. The primary lens has the ability to automatically and manually adjust its aperture to set more or less light for the picture. The second lens is a telephoto lens and provides up to 2x optical zoom for remote shooting. Both camera sensors are 12 MP.
The iPhone X S Max has a similar dual-camera setup, with two 12-MP lenses. The layout is similar to a ƒ / 1.8 wide-angle lens and a ƒ / 2.4 telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom. New with the iPhone X S Max (and iPhone X S and XR) comes Depth Control. After taking the picture, you can adjust the depth of field on your phone and change the picture. The result can be a more detailed or blurry background when shooting photos in portrait orientation.
These are the best two phones you can get now both sides of the pond. No phone has much, the other does not, commercial pranks in most categories. Honestly, compared to some previous years, it's a toss-up. Whichever operating system you prefer will likely lead to your decision.
What do you think about iPhone X S Max? Are you Team Galaxy or Team iPhone? Is there a feature of what you want on the other? Let us know in the comments.


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York Springs es un borough ubicado en el condado de Adams, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos. Según el censo de 2020, tiene una población de 683 habitantes.

Geografía
La localidad está ubicada en las coordenadas  (40.009331, -77.115907).

Demografía
Según la Oficina del Censo, en 2000 los ingresos medios de los hogares de la localidad eran de $41 250 y los ingresos medios de las familias eran de $41 071. Los hombres tenían ingresos medios por $28 173 frente a $24 583 para las mujeres. Los ingresos per cápita para la localidad eran de $14 379. Alrededor del 11% de la población estaba por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

De acuerdo con la estimación 2016-2020 de la Oficina del Censo, los ingresos medios de los hogares de la localidad son de $57 917 y los ingresos medios de las familias son de $63 542. Alrededor del 25.2% de la población está por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

Referencias

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Boroughs de Pensilvania
Localidades del condado de Adams (Pensilvania)

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Not the Usual South Asian Muslim Suspects
February 26, 2016 • By Neelanjana Banerjee
IN THIS TIME of rampant Islamophobia, narratives revealing the lives of Muslims as complicated, transgressive, and devoutly human seem crucial. Tanwi Nandini Islam's debut novel Bright Lines is a robust, multi-voiced story spanning from Brooklyn to Bangladesh and back; she introduces us to South Asian American characters we've never seen before. Family patriarch Anwar Saleem was a reluctant freedom fighter in the bloody 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, who, upon arriving in the US in the early 1980s, commandeered a neighborhood crack house and refurbished it for the sprawling family home. He now self-medicates his trauma with an epic garden, GMO marijuana, and an insatiable desire for his upstairs tenant. Saleem's wife Hashi runs a beauty salon out of the basement, while his aspiring fashion designer daughter Charu sneaks boys into her bedroom and sews fashion-forward hijabs. Adopted niece Ella tries to figure out where she fits in, as she endures psychedelic visions that began after the murder of her parents when she was a child.
Islam was born in Carbondale, Illinois, and spent her childhood moving between cities like Houston, Colombia, Missouri, and St. Louis, before her family finally settled in upstate New York. Bright Lines — which she began work on in an MFA program at Brooklyn College — was nominated for a Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named one of the best literary debuts of 2015 by BuzzFeed. Islam also recently started a botanical product business called Hi Wildflower. We spoke on the phone while the author was in Oakland, California, on book tour.
NEELANJANA BANERJEE: Tell me a little bit about your process of becoming a writer. Was literature something you were always interested in? Was it an important part of your family culture?
TANWI NANDINI ISLAM: My first foray into writing happened at a very young age, as a child in Columbia, Missouri. I'd write stories and leave them on the student books table, where any handmade books students made could be read by others. I must have written more than a dozen books. At the time, my mother was a geography student at Mizzou, and my father a chemist in search of a steady job — and both of them were completely insistent on literacy. My mother taught me to read Bangla, which blew my mind, the phonetics of it. Meanwhile, any time I read a book, my father "demanded" a synopsis of each book on a notecard, to be filed away in a little notecard box. I hated that so much, but it taught me to record and remember the stories I read. Spelling bees, the Scripps Howard contest where Desi kids seem to win a lot, were a part of life too. I still remember the words I lost out on: "onerous" and "sporran." In the process, I learned a lot of words. Library trips were a staple of our childhood, because it was a free place we could visit and then magically come home with new things, which was about all my folks could afford back in the late '80s.
How did all the moving around you did as a kid affect you?
I love that I moved around now. I think it really helped me to see how completely different parts of the country are. All my experiences with racism happened at a really young age. There was this kind of othering of me as an Asian person in a very black and white Alabama. In Missouri, it was intense being one of the only Muslim people when the Gulf War was really on people's minds.
What was the origin of Bright Lines?
The earliest iteration of Bright Lines, a prototype of where the novel is today, began when I was selling shawls in the French Riviera for a Kashmiri businessman for 100 euros a day. It was the summer of 2008 and nobody wanted shawls, especially that summer when the world's economy was falling apart. But I was able to read for 12 hours a day in the hotel. I read Márquez, Morrison, Baldwin, French dictionaries — anything and everything. When I finally got fired, I'd made just enough money to live in a hostel for the rest of the summer. That area is super colorful. A lot of the impressionist painters were inspired by it. I was dating a painter. There were a lot of colors. A lot of the images at the beginning of the book are really about the color of that landscape — and I transported it to New York.
Did you always set out to write a novel that featured so many points of view? What were some of your inspirations?
I do think that close-third POV that Bright Lines employs is inspired by novels I love by writers like Toni Morrison or Zadie Smith, these big novelists that have big stories where each chapter can be from a different person's POV and create a much larger narrative. I think Toni Morrison is my favorite American writer who employs that so beautifully in her fiction, and you'll just get a real sense of each character and how they contribute this stream of their reality, and this reality is being questioned and pushed with each new POV. In Bright Lines, I think Anwar is our slightly unreliable but beginning POV, and then we get to see the other side of his POV, which are his daughters, Ella and Charu — and they are the inheritors of all of his dreams, his fumbling, you get to see how people who grew up under that turn out. It's like where one character leaves off, the others pick up. It's almost like passing a baton between each narrative to kind of complete the entire story. It just feels more whole and more rich.
I thought Anwar was a very interesting character. As a Bengali myself, he was familiar to me, as this philosophical dreamer type, but beyond that, he had other traits that I hadn't seen before, like the fact that he smoked so much marijuana, and also that he carries out a sexual affair with his tenant Ramona. He was surprising, but intriguing. What a risk to write this kind of character. Is he based on anyone in particular?
I think he is really based on … that type of Bengali man: dreamy and philosophical. The kind of man who smokes cigarettes and waxes poetic and doesn't really know where he is going, but knows a lot about life. These are the men I end up talking to through innocuous conversations in a taxi, or drinking chai in Jackson Heights. It will be a very simple moment where I'll fall into conversation that goes everywhere, and it will be laced with this repressed desire after we get to the end of the conversation, and it will be like: "Whoa, there is so much here that no one really knows."
Across South Asia there is this deep repression that a lot of people have dealt with creatively, but I wanted to write a book where everyone fulfills their desires and wishes and deals with the guilt that comes from that moment of fulfillment. We read a lot about characters who have never fulfilled it, who are dealing with that pressure, who have a love affair and then get an arranged marriage. I was just not interested in writing that, even though I have read a lot of books that have done that well. I thought it would be cool to write about that moment that comes after you come. Charu has sex for the first time in the back of a van in a pretty funny scene, so I wanted to deal with both the levity and the gravity of these choices.
Anwar's adopted niece — the other major point of view in the book — is dealing with a myriad of issues: she's an orphan, she's trying to figure out her sexuality and feels uncomfortable in her body, and on top of that she's suffering from visions that trace back to the early trauma of losing her parents. What were the origins of Ella's story?
The kernel of Ella came from being a gawky and awkward person for most of my life. The person I am now didn't start to emerge until I was 16. Up until then I felt very much weird in my body — I was very confused about who I was. I think that's normal. I think taking that kernel and going with it led to Ella: a character who is completely confused and abandoned by virtue of a tragedy at the very beginning. I wanted the novel to be about a search for home, and if you don't even feel at home in your own body, then you are really disconnected from everything. The search for home is driving Bright Lines in so many ways, but for Ella, it is not just "Where do I belong? What family? What country?" But it is also: "What body?" I think the hallucinations were a way to show that there is imagination and play and survivorship that arises from trauma that I thought could be beautiful, and could be a place for El to experience something beautiful and something out of this world.
One of the aspects of the novel that I was most excited about was the inclusion of diverse voices: there are black characters, Latino characters, Muslim characters, and more. What were some of the challenges of bringing those diverse voices to your work?
I don't think I had much choice in terms of what I see as my worldview. I didn't want to write a book in which [the characters] were only in relation to white characters. A lot of South Asian fiction in America is written in relation to white characters. I wanted to mess with some of those narratives, only because that is not my experience. I have grown up with a very diverse life, and that means, race, gender, sexuality. And my community in New York is representative of the world in Bright Lines. Perhaps Anwar's generation might not have as many friends across races as we would like it to be, but when you have a small business — I have a small business now, too — you just interact with so many other business owners. You share space, you share resources, you share so many things that you have to navigate that. I wanted Anwar to be the person who owned this hub, and in this hub, you have this intersection of characters. I wanted to see what would happen to create these living spaces where patterns emerge, and patterns based on human life emerge, and characters who have parallel lives exist together — and have this moment when their lives intersect, like Anwar and his tenant Ramona, who is a Mexican nurse-midwife. You get to see them sharing their stories. Same with Bic [a black friend and neighbor] and Anwar — they are sharing their war stories of surviving and becoming the men that they are. And that is very common in the states, you have people who would never know each other in their home countries, and here they have to interact all the time.
The 1971 war looms over the characters of the novel from when we find out what happened to Ella's parents, but you wait until the third act to really go into detail about this violent war. What kind of research did you do?
I always knew that I wanted Anwar to be somebody who survived the war. Most people his age were survivors of the war if they were in Bangladesh. My parents did not fight in the war. My mother was a teenager, and my father was a pacifist. I definitely didn't grow up hearing war stories, but I did really want to dig into what it meant to be a reluctant participant in the war. I'm not really so into the noble soldier narrative. El's father Rezwan is that kind of character, but I think Anwar grapples with guilt in so many ways — a lot of people do who leave their home. In terms of research, I did talk to people who survived the war. But I talked to my friend Tarfia Faizullah about taking history and molding it into something new. There was a story about Anwar and Rezwan finding women who had been kept in a house by soldiers, and that is something that just came to me. I was traveling and there were these huts and I presumed that people lived there and I thought, what an opportunity to write a scene. I really wanted to talk about the landscape, how it helped the Bangladeshis win the war. They disappeared into the countryside.
Did you visit Bangladesh often as a child?
My first trip to Bangladesh was when we lived in St. Louis. My parents couldn't afford to do a whole family trip for years. So my first cognizant trip, when I wasn't a baby, was when I was 10 — right before we moved to New York. I just remember feeling very overwhelmed by Bangladesh and homesick for America and not enjoying myself, getting sick, all the things you deal with when you go to South Asia for the first time. Since that trip, I have been able to go every seven or so years.
Did you take a specific trip to research the novel?
I went in 2014. I knew I wanted to write about Sylhet, on the border of Meghalaya. And in the South, to the Bay of Bengal. Those are the places I think that historically Islam really took hold. In my book, they play an important role. In Sylhet, I love how that border to India is so porous. And obviously the ocean. It's the end of the country, the end of all the rivers; it's the first line of defense against typhoons. There is a lot of topography and geography and botany that I wanted to explore. So I went on a trip in March of 2014 with my sister and with my mother's cousin to explore these places.
Anwar and Ella are obsessed with plants and botany — the garden at their house is like their own secret garden in Brooklyn. Are you equally obsessed? Is that how you started your own botanical products business?
I did grow up in a family where my parents had very green thumbs, but I wasn't up in the garden. I was always like: I don't want to help. I was such a bratty kid about it, so it's kind of funny that I got so into it in Bright Lines. When we do read books about South Asia, it's always like it's teeming with life. I knew that's how the book would get read. But I think the grittiness of New York can also be a lush and verdant world, so I thought about how creating that lushness out of this house, this former drug den, would be magical without being magical realism.
Ella's faith is in these plants, but the nature of plants is this constant pollination and sex. I wanted to tie that into Ella's passion, because it is the only way they can experience sensuality in terms of planting things and holding the earth and watching things grow, and that's something I wanted them to experience. And for Anwar, the inner conspiracy theorist wants to have a stash in case the world ends — that's why I imagined he would have the Seed Library. And if you think about it, anyone who has experienced a war is pretty sure the world has ended. That's how people felt in New York after 9/11. This is a post-9/11 book even though I don't address it explicitly. But I think that end-of-days feeling is one that I wanted to impart throughout the book. It's almost like building this botanical arc … something to provide grounding to these two characters who are lost for much of their life.
The last image of the book is really where my business Hi Wildflower begins. I see it as a continuation of the themes of Bright Lines and a way for me to be an entrepreneur and independent and not be in an office working nine to five, with no sunlight. I can't do that anymore. I'm not saying what I do now is easier or better — it's really hard. There's a lot of debt, a lot of risk, but it is very alive and it's exciting and it's a way for me to tell stories through objects that are beautiful and have all this experience and wonder laced into them. I thought that I would think about the book forever, but when it was finally done, I was kind of like: "Shit, what am I going to do now?"
I saw you read in the Unslain Words event to celebrate slain Bangladeshi bloggers during the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival. What is your connection to what is happening with freedom of speech in Bangladesh?
I am connected to what's happening in Bangladesh, very much so emotionally, but also in other ways. Avijit Roy was a blogger — and the murdered publisher who was related to my mother's fam is Faisal Arefin Dion. It's pretty crazy — the people who are being killed have families and lives. They are like us, artists and writers and publishers and thinkers. It is deeply traumatic. I think it is scary. My mom is a reader and commenter on these specific blogs, and has a lot of friends who blog. They are a really great way to provide these dissenting opinions in a pretty repressive place. And I am definitely aligned with those people who are speaking out. I am writing about gender and sexuality in fiction, so I don't know if I would be a target of the same kind of attacks. But it does scare me, I'm not going to lie. Being a feminist and being an atheist pretty much aligns me with the same kind of thing — having the freedom to be who I want, wear what I want, think what I want — this is what bothers the fundamentals.
Neelanjana Banerjee is a co-editor of Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry (University of Arkansas Press, 2010).
Neelanjana Banerjee
Neelanjana Banerjee's fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, The Liner, PANK Magazine, The Rumpus, World Literature Today, The Literary Review, Asian Pacific American Journal, Nimrod, A Room of One's Own, Desilit, and the anthologies: Desilicious (Arsenal Press, 2003), The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry (HarperCollins India, 2012), and Breaking the Bow: Speculative Stories Inspired by the Ramayana (Zubaan Books, 2012). She is a co-editor of Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry (University of Arkansas Press, 2010).
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Edward Newman (13 May 1801 – 12 June 1876) was a founder member of the Entomological Club. In 1832 he was elected as editor of the club's journal, The Entomological Magazine, and the following year became a fellow of the Linnean Society and one of the founder members of the Entomological Society of London.
We never recollect addressing ourselves to a task which we so heartily wished to avoid, as that on which we are now about to enter ; nothing but the call of imperative duty could induce us to undertake it. We have been angry, but we shall not commit ourselves ; the first burst of indignation has passedaway, and in sorrow, in deep sorrow, do we ascend the tribunal which we are compelled to occupy, and judge between the offender and the offended.Most of our readers are already aware of the painful subjectto which we allude ; it is one of those unwarrantable attacks of one author on another which, for years past, have occasionally disgraced the paths of science, and, in this instance,it appears under the peculiarly aggravated circumstances of being unfounded in truth, and perpetrated at a time when misfortune had entitled the subject of the attack to universal sympathy.Mr. Curtis has thought proper to publish, as an appendageto a description of Cercopis ++, merely, as he says, because" there is space for an observation or two," a charge against Mr. Stephens, that, in the second edition of the Nomenclature,he has " copied column after column from the Guide," adopted the plan of the Guide," and made the Nomenclature" rather a second edition of the Guide than of the Nomenclature: " than the first and last of these charges, we nevermet with more gratuitous or untenable assertions : we pronounce this after having compared the two works word for word. With regard to the plan, i. e. in the addition of consecutive numbers to the genera and species, and the adoption of the mode of printing, Mr. Stephens has, we are aware,imitated ; he could not have done otherwise ; but in what manner this is an injury to Mr. Curtis, we defy human ingenuityto point out. Is it not the every-day custom to adopt any new mode or fashion in the getting up of a book ? The only portions of the two works which bear any similarity are those in which the Ichneumonidae occur, and the cause of the similarity here is, not that either has copied from the other, but that both have copied from another work, " Gravenhorst's Ichneumonologia," [to which Stephens,Curtis, Haliday, Walker and Hope were all subscribers]  and this surely can be no just cause of complaint ; the right of copying a foreign work cannot be confined to a single individual.The cruel allusion to the affair with Rennie,—an affair which we consider reflects any thing but credit on the laws of this country, is the most unfeeling of all, and betrays a spirit of deep-rooted animosity and revenge which lowers our opinion of our kind. We presumed that the circumstances under which Mr. Stephens was placed had rendered him an objectof kindly feeling with all scientific men ; we imagined that self-respect would have prevented a Briton from striking another in distress ; we supposed British honour would have ourselves,—we have been leaning on a reed.How strenuously, how enthusiastically, have we laboured to eradicate the base and injurious party-spirit which has so long pervaded the paths of science ;—and is this the fruit ? is this the brotherly spirit we invoked ? is this the endeavour, of which we urged the necessity, to forgive the past and to avoid offence for the future ?We see no termination to the mischief now a-foot : we seethat a fresh question may now, in self-defence, be agitated:we see that Mr. Curtis's title to the copyright of this List maybe examined ; this attack is a fair challenge to the inquiry.We fear that Mr. Curtis will find that he had better, far better,have committed the whole copy of that tainted number to the flames, than have ventured to risk it on the excited wave of public opinion.
++As there is space for an observation or two, I wish in justice to myself to state, that I am preparing a second edition of my Guide , which cannot fail to resemble Mr. Stephens's Nomenclature, for this palpable reason,—that he has not contented himself with correcting it from my Guide, andcopying column after column from it, but he has actually adopted the style and plan of my work : so that his book now hears the exact resemblance of mine, and is rather a second edition of my Guide than of his Nomenclature ;—a very modest act for one who has brought an action against another for the same trespass! I may add, that when I began my Guide, Mr. Stephens, I believe, had no idea of printing a Nomenclature; I therefore could have no intention of interfering with his undertaking ; and in truth my little Guide could not affect the sale of his ponderous Catalogue, and that was not published when the first sheet of the Guide appeared. From the assistance promised me by some of our ablest entomologists,I hope to make the second edition of my Guide much better than that parasite which has been grafted upon it, and to render it by far the most useful and complete Catalogue of British insects that has ever appeared.
Sitting of the 16th November, 1836.[Entomological Society] Present,—Messrs. Bennett, W. Christy, Davis, E. Doubleday, Hoyer, Showell, and Newman. Mr. Davis in the Chair. After the minutes of the last sitting had been read, a discussion of some length took place, as to the propriety of publishing the minutes of the Entomological Club. Mr. W. Christy observed, that as no notice whatever was taken of the proceedings of the Entomological Society, he thought the publication of the minutes of the Club might be construed, by those who were disposed to cavil, into something like an act of hostility Mr. Christy had not the slightest wish to shun publicity, as he was sure that the more widely the acts of the Club were known, the more they would be approved; but he questioned the expediency of publication, at a time when all notice of the Entomological Society was abandoned.Mr. Bennett thought that the better way of getting rid of all such appearance of hostility,—he said appearance, for he knew of no hostility whatever existing towards the Society on the part of the Club,—was to notice the proceedings of the Society;and he regretted that such notice had been abandoned.Mr. Davis inquired who would undertake to attend the meetings of the Society, in order to take minutes of the proceedings.Mr. Newman said, that there was a great difficulty in obtaining any correct information on the subject (especially as to the list of donations ;) and this was the only reason why, as Editor of the Entomological Magazine, he had not noticed theSociety's proceedings. The accounts prepared for the morning papers were, to use the mildest terms, grossly erroneous. A recent report he had seen, stated that Mr. Curtis, F.L.S., took the chair at the October meeting: he found, on inquiry, that Mr. Curtis not only had never presided, but was not a member of the Society. It would never do to copy this as correct information.
Mr. Curtis's name was omitted in the two last lists, as a Subscriber for five copies of the Entomological Magazine. The Editor was not aware that Mr. Curtis continued to take them ; no further reason for the omission existed.
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A tribute to Jed…
Gerald (Jed) Hapel. "A Tribute"
I knew Jed as we all knew him for over forty five years.
As one of the original members of the "bashing fraternity" known as the "Birmingham Road show" in the mid 1970's, he remained a permanent fixture in the Birmingham railway scene until his recent death.
Jed was a character whom a lot of people couldn't understand. I knew that as a young man and a worker, he had an "issue" which profoundly affected his later life.
He had a problem in that he said what many only thought and that occasionally got him into a bit of bother.
Still if I may quote a Latin saying "de mortuis nil nisi bonum" which translates as "of the dead nothing unless good". Do not speak ill of the dead as they can't speak back.
Jed was noted for his appearance being a tall and well built man.
No one kicked sand in Jed's face unless they were suicidal!
I've heard normals refer to him as "Giant Haystacks" after the wrestler. Some bashers called him "The Yehti" to most of us he was plain Jed.
With the advent of travel cards in the late 1970's Jed gave his name to the off-peak West Midlands card as the "Jed-Card". He would be out on the Wolverhampton-Coventry "corridor" nipping home around 3.30 pm and back out after 6pm. In the 1980's and 1990's there was always a chance of something "turning up" and Jed didn't was to miss anything.
He could be helpful if you were about and needed to know about a particular working. He would give you the "gen" but did become a bit awkward if he thought that you were with-holding something. Can you blame him?
He coined a new phrase to describe a lack of "gen" from somewhere as being "A Black Hole".
The early morning coach from Birmingham to London was christened the "Jed Liner" I think it came from Manchester and "Doomsday Derek" from Hyde gave a vivid description of a huge figure boarding the coach in Digbeth at "stupid o clock" in the morning. Jed was a regular user of the service.
Jed certainly got about a bit and on one occasion trekked up to Boness for a DRS 66 on the preserved line. He was not happy when shortly after it worked a return rail tour from Carlisle. I won't repeat his quote!
Jed certainly could not be called a fashion icon! I certainly never saw anyone wearing a torn overcoat with gaffer tape holding it together.
The problem with the coats is that as Jed got older he got bigger as he couldn't really exercise. He did try and did gym work and swimming.
Earlier the coats fitted him and I can claim to have seen Jed with the coat off! It was one Christmas in the late 1970's and the road show was in the Mercat Cross pub Jed came in and the said overcoat was taken off to a massive round of cheering.
Jed always wore boots and I'm glad they never came off!
At this time a small group of us were invited back to his house for a slide and film show. I can still remember the huge pile of empty Rothmans cigarette packets on the mantelpiece, I never found out why. Jed smoked in those days and then went on to roll ups and finally stopped.
As a reformed smoker myself (forty two years) I can applaud Jed for his willpower.
Do you remember Jed on rail-tours? He would not buy coffee or tea and who can blame him. He would bring his own teabags/coffee and milk and cadge hot water from the buffet.
You may ask why Jed came out every day and went on "sentry duty" at Solihull? I think that I can answer this quite simply.
Jed needed to get out for his own sanity; at home in Edgbaston he probably felt the walls closing in. Goodness knows what the pandemic did to him.
I used to see him at Moor Street and Solihull on the odd occasions I was out there and would always advise him of anything interesting or what freights were out. In turn he would pass me little snippets of information.
Saturdays I would have an early morning run from The Hawthorns to Stourbridge Junction and back. Jed would seek me out. I think he realised that I understood things and took any mild ragging from me in fun. I put a smile on his face
Some of the younger bashers took to Jed. I think they saw him as a mentor.
Jed was an eccentric during his lifetime and it felt strange at Solihull the other day with no Jed there. At that time I had not been told of his death. If I had I would have downed a second pint for him in the White Swan (Solihull Weatherspoons).
I was not surprised at Jed's passing as I had seen him slowly "running down". However he did affect a lot of people's lives and I think for the good.
He was active right to the end and was chatting to other bashers on a rail tour quite recently
I still smile when I recall him and some of his doings and sayings.
The Giant is a now "upstairs" and no doubt in receipt of a new overcoat and a perpetual "Jed Card" and automatically booked on the Late Mr Farrows rail tours.
Rest in Peace Mate.


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Google took over Android Incorporation in August 2005, making Android Incorporation a entire owned property of Google Incorporation main employees of Android Incorporation, including Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and Chris White, stayed at the company after the possession of Google. Not much was known about Android Incorporation at the time of the acquisition, but people conclude that Google was planning to penetrate the mobile phone market with their weapon i.e Android.
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Motorola unveils first Linux smartphone
The mobile-phone maker has put its first Linux-powered handset on the market, launching an ambitious strategy of competition with Symbian and Microsoft
By Matthew Broersma | August 22, 2003 -- 15:30 GMT (08:30 PDT) | Topic: Hardware
Motorola has launched its first handset powered by Linux, in a move being closely watched by those who see a bright future for the open-source operating system on portable devices.
The US handset maker introduced the A760 handset on Friday in Taiwan, along with eight other models, ahead of the Taipei International Telecommunications & Networking Show, which begins on Saturday. The A760 is a high-end smartphone whose functionality includes a PDA-style personal information management suite, a video player, a music player, and an instant messaging tool. It will initially be available only in the Asia Pacific region, with plans for European and US availability later.
Motorola has said it plans to eventually use Linux in most of its handsets, including more inexpensive models. The phone was announced in February of this year, at the same time as Motorola's ambitious Linux plans -- it is the only major mobile-phone brand using Linux in handsets.
Linux is collectively created by a large group of open-source programmers, many of whom work for companies such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard that sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of high-end server computers running the Unix-like operating system. Now, though, several companies are advocating the use of Linux in smaller devices.
But in the market for smartphones, Linux won't have an easy time competing against earlier arrivals from Microsoft, Palmsource and the Symbian consortium, which is a group that includes Motorola.
IDC believes that by 2006, Symbian will have increased its market share of high-powered phones to 53 percent, from its current 46 percent. Microsoft will have about 27 percent of the market, with Palm at 10 percent. Linux is predicted to take as much as 4.2 percent, according to IDC.
Linux is available for free, but cost wasn't the reason Motorola made the move, the company said. It believes it can develop products faster by tapping into the rapid pace of the open-source community that cooperatively produces Linux.
Motorola's Linux phones will run Java, which is a programming language and related software from Sun that overcomes differences between the particular processor and operating system used by a computing device. Motorola leads a multi-company consortium that defines Java for small devices like mobile phones, with participation from companies including Nokia, Vodafone, Samsung, NTT DoCoMo and Symbian.
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Motorola's involvement with embedded Linux extends beyond mobile phones. Last December, the company's Metrowerks subsidiary moved to increase its ability to supply software and development tools for non-PC gadgets with the acquisition of Embedix -- one of the first companies to put Linux into embedded hardware.
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Herculez Gomez Goal Earns Dominant USA A Huge Win Over Jamaica
By Ryan Rosenblatt Sep 11, 2012, 7:41pm PDT
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TAMPA, FL - JUNE 08: Forward Herculez Gomez #9 of Team USA celebrates his goal against Team Antigua and Barbuda during the FIFA World Cup Qualifier Match at Raymond James Stadium on June 8, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
The United States did everything that they couldn't do on Friday night. They played with width, they kept the ball and they created chances, all while quickly pressuring Jamaica and winning the ball back quickly whenever they lost it. It only barely paid off, as a series of incredible saves and terrible lucky kept the Americans from scoring as many goals as they deserve, but a Herculez Gomez free kick proved to be enough in a 1-0 win at Crew Stadium.
The Americans pressured from the very start and after 10 minutes it was clear that they were going to boss the match. They knocked the ball around with ease, using Steve Cherundolo and Fabian Johnson expertly to push forward and create width, while Danny Williams was finally allowed to play in his natural central midfield position to tremendous results.
But despite the Americans' fine play, they couldn't turn it into a goal. Graham Zusi hit the bar, as did Danny Williams, while Dwayne Miller put on his Superman cape to rob the U.S. on several occasions.
At halftime, the U.S. could claim dominance, but couldn't point to the scoreboard as proof of it. It was still 0-0.
The U.S. came out in the second half looking much like they did in the first half. They had possession, they used the flanks and they opened space, but it took 10 minutes before they got their goal.
A foul gave the Americans a free kick from 28 yards, right in the middle of the pitch. It was in a perfect spot for Jose Francisco Torres, who is a tremendous free kick taker, but instead it was Gomez who got the chance. He hit it over the wall and then curled it inside the post as it dipped. Miller got to it and probably should have saved it, but the soccer gods that worked against the U.S. all first half smiled upon this time as Miller failed to keep it out of the net. Crew Stadium erupted and the U.S. had a lead they so thoroughly deserved.
Up a goal, Klinsmann decided to take his foot off the gas and it almost backfired. Brek Shea, Maurice Edu and Jozy Altidore all came on as substitutes as the U.S. tried to kill the match instead of continuing to keep the ball. Jamaica found a spark as Williams struggled out on the right, there was a big gap in the center and the Americans failed to keep the ball.
Luckily, the changes didn't hurt the U.S. They may not have finished the match strong and a 1-0 win may not impress, but there was no doubt who the better team was. The Americans fixed many of their problems from a week ago and walked away with a vital three points that they most certainly earned.


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This was a difficult Holy Week for me. Difficult because Maggie has decided to act 2. (For parents of 2 year olds, I doubt I need to say more.) I just felt very disconnected at the services on Holy Thursday and Good Friday - probably because I missed so much being out in the vestibule with the 2 year old. (She has learned to talk, so now we talk all the time ... and her volume is either ON or ASLEEP.) We have been talking a lot about being at Jesus' house (or "Jeezy Hoos") and using our quiet voice there but she's 2, so the lesson has not yet been grasped. In her defense, I am asking her to be at church for an hour and a half, at 7:30pm on a weeknight, so it's completely off her normal routine. Still, it was disheartening to have missed so much good church, ya know?
Mass this morning was AMAZING, and totally got me back on track. Maggie was busy (and tired) but never got out-of-hand, and I felt totally connected to worship and community. It was fantastic! I do love the Easter service - it is such a joyful celebration! Plus, Eddie James and crew were here celebrating Easter with our parish, and I always enjoy it when he is in town.
After Mass, we all gathered at Hubby's parents' for lunch and Easter egg hunting. This was Maggie's first time and y'all, she had a blast! Those eggs were hidden multiple times because she didn't want to quit!
This is working backwards, I suppose, but here is a picture of Maggie and me dying eggs yesterday (she's wearing one of Hubby's old t-shirts as a smock).
Two songs really touched me at Mass today, so I'm sharing them with you. Of course, they are both favorites of mine ... enjoy, may God bless you, and Happy Easter!


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Dundas Peak Complete Guide (2022): Including Tew Falls + Webster Falls
One of the most spectacular things to do in Southern Ontario is to visit some of the 150+ beautiful waterfalls and jaw-dropping lookouts atop the steep cliffs found around the city of Hamilton.
Situated perfectly along the Niagara Escarpment, it's no wonder Hamilton has earned the name "City of Waterfalls."
At the top of your list of waterfall adventures and hiking trails should without a doubt be the popular spots of Dundas Peak, Tew Falls and Webster Falls. The three sites sit boldly along the Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area just outside of Hamilton in the town of Dundas.
Perfect in any season, a day trip to Dundas Peak and its neighbouring waterfalls will fulfill your sense of awe, adventure, and connection to the outdoors.
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Our Wrap Up: Dundas Peak, Tew Falls and Webster Falls
Dundas Peak is one of Hamilton's most beautiful lookout spots along the Niagara Escarpment. It is a rocky outcropping above the Spencer Gorge that boasts stunning panoramic views of the nature and city below.
"Dundas Peak" refers to the lookout spot itself, however, it has come to be synonymous of the lookout, its neighbouring Tew Falls, and its nearby sister site of Webster Falls.
Because each of these three nearby sites offer something unique, we recommend making the point to visit all three in the same day.
Dundas Peak and Tew Falls are located in the Spencer Gorge Conservation Area, which is 15 kilometers west of the city of Hamilton, in the town of Dundas. Webster Falls is also located in the conservation area, but has a separate entrance.
Dundas Peak Parking Lot
Visitors to Dundas Peak and Tews Falls must park in the designated lot at the address of 581 Harvest Rd, Dundas. The entrance fee as of April 2022 is $15.50.
Note: The parking fee of $15.50 can be transferred for parking for any of the Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites that you visit on the same day. This is all the more reason to get out and see as much as you can in one day!
Webster Falls Parking Lot
The best way to access Webster Falls is to park at the designated lot at 99 Fallsview Rd, Dundas. This is the official Hamilton Conservation Authority parking location. The entrance fee is $15.50, but your parking ticket can be transferred to multiple HCA locations for same day use.
There is also the option to pay for parking at Greensville Optimist Park (277 Brock Road, Dundas). This involves a slightly further walk to Webster Falls, by the on-road trail (on Fallsview Road).
We believe it is important to support the conservation authority who maintains the sites, and so we recommend parking at the official falls parking lot and using the transferrable parking pass to visit more sites the same day.
Note: There are multiple signs around Webster Falls and Tew Falls/Dundas Peak informing drivers that it is illegal to park along the roads. Our understanding is that there really is no free parking anywhere in the general vicinity of either falls, and parking illegal could land you a hefty $250 fine!
Both sites of Dundas Peak/Tew Falls and Webster Falls are open everyday from sunrise to sunset.
Dundas Peak Reservations
Before visiting Dundas Peak, Tew Falls and Webster Falls, it is best to check whether reservation requirements are in effect. During peak season (starting May 21, 2022), the Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) requires reservations for weekends and holidays, in an effort to eliminate crowding at the sites and guarantee parking spots.
The reservation fee is an additional $10 on top of entry fees to the park. A separate reservation is needed for Dundas Peak (including Tew Falls) and Webster Falls, and reservations are for a 2-hour time slot. Reservations can be made up to 1 week prior to the date of arrival (no same day reservations), and can be made at the HCA website.
Prior to the spring of 2020, visitors on weekends and holidays during the peak season of April-October could only visit the peak and its falls by parking at Christie Lake Conservation Area and taking the shuttle to each site. This shuttle service is no longer in place and has been replaced with the current reservation system (if visiting during peak times).
Webster Falls
Tew Falls holds the title of being Hamilton's tallest waterfall (and second to Niagara Falls in Southern Ontario), with its 41-meter tall cascade straight down into a limestone basin.
The Dundas Peak Lookout offers a beautiful panoramic view of the surrounding area, that peaks in popularity during the fall when the leaves are changing colours. While autumn is arguably the best time to see the sites, Dundas Peak is worth the visit anytime of the year.
To hike the Dundas Peak Trail to Tew Falls and the Dundas Peak lookout, your adventure begins at the Tew Falls Parking Lot. There are multiple signs directing you in the way of Tew Falls and Dundas Peak (along Tew Falls Side Trail), and warning you of caution along the cliff. The trail is often well trafficked, particularly around the various lookouts.
Within a few short minutes of walking you will get to the first of two lookouts.
From here, you will reach a set of stairs that will take you up to the second lookout.
Tew Falls offers beautiful views in all seasons! Of course, when there is more rainwater, the falls offer the most picturesque view, but the snow-covered icy view is arguably just as beautiful (and certainly worth weathering the cold temperatures).
After viewing Tew Falls, you can continue along the Tew Falls Side Trail which is well-marked with blue (and at some points, orange) markers. The trail to Dundas Peak is wide, and fairly easy, with some inclines that could get slippery when wet.
It is not a difficult hike and is quite accessible even to people not accustomed to hiking. Good footwear with traction is a must if you're hiking with snow or wet ground.
The Tew Falls Side Trail leads you along the edge of the Niagara Escarpment atop the canyon of the Spencer Gorge. You will find a few natural lookout spots to rest and enjoy the view before reaching the Dundas Peak lookout.
From Tews Falls to the Dundas Peak lookout, the hike takes about 30-40 minutes, depending on how quickly you walk and how long you stop to enjoy the views.
Note: The trail is also called Spencer Adventure Trail and is technically part of the Bruce Trail.
Reaching the Dundas Peak
You will know that you have reached the Dundas Peak lookout when you get an area lined with black metal fencing, leading you to a large lookout.
If you've seen pictures prior to late 2020, you may have been expecting the Dundas Peak lookout to be unfenced with a short graffiti-filled brick wall that was popular for social media photos.
Dundas Peak prior to fencing
In 2020, this wall was removed and a metal fence was installed to line the entire peak area. This came as a way to improve safety and discourage risky (and sometimes fatal) photo-ops on the rocky edge of the cliffs.
While this does limit the thrill of the cliff, it is definitely better safe than sorry. Fortunately, the view is still spectacular!
After spending time at the Dundas Peak lookout, continue on the main trail for another couple minutes.
You will then see a sign with arrows pointing left, directing you onto the Glen Ferguson Side Trail. This is the return side of the loop trail that will lead you back to Tew's Falls and the parking lot.
Note: You can continue straight instead of turning left, for more of the same type of view along the escarpment. This trail eventually leads down the escarpment into the town of Dundas, but it would be illegal for you to make the trail's eventual crossing at the CN Rail tracks. Turning around is therefore your only safe and legal option.
Hiking the Dundas Peak loop trail from the parking lot at Tew's Falls to the Dundas Peak Lookout should take you around one and a half hours, if you stop to enjoy the views. If you are an avid hiker, you will find the trail relatively easy and you may complete the loop in an hour.
Webster Falls is Hamilton's widest waterfalls, with a crest of 30 meters. It is completely picturesque and definitely one of the highlights among the 150+ falls that make Hamilton the "Waterfall Capital of the World."
The paved trail between the Webster Falls parking lot and the falls is short (about 100 meters) and is wheelchair accessible. There are beautiful stone bridges and walkways around the falls, with picnic tables and large grassy clearings.
There is a short, easy loop trail along the escarpment that can be walked within minutes. This is not a site for a long hike, as the former trail connecting Webster Falls to Dundas Peak is now closed.
Visitors can no longer access the bottom of Webster Falls. There used to be a staircase to the bottom of the falls, however, there are now fences that prevent access below.
Trickle of Webster Falls during a dry summer
Hikers used to be able to hike from Webster Falls to Tew Falls and Dundas Peak by taking the Webster Falls Side Trail (Spencer Adventure Trail), however, hiking between the two falls is no longer permitted.
It is now illegal to hike the Bruce Side Trail to get from Dundas Peak to Webster Falls, as it requires crossing the CN Rail line at undesignated crossing spots. HCA authorities monitor this path and trespassing is a serious offence.
Note: The section of trail connecting Webster and Tew Falls was previously called Webster Falls Side Trail. It is now closed and the whole trail has been renamed to Tew Falls Side Trail.
Getting to Dundas Peak from Toronto will take about an hour (if you avoid rush hour!). Take Highway 403 W towards Hamilton. Take Exit 74 (Highway 6 N) for about two minutes. Turn left onto Highway 5 (signs for Paris). Continue for about 5 minutes then make a left onto Ofield Rd S. Turn right at the first intersection, onto Harvest Rd. After about one minute you will see the entrance to the Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area for visitors to Tew Falls and Dundas Peak.
Note: This is the only entrance to Tew Falls and Dundas Peak. While hikers used to be able to hike from Webster Falls to Dundas Peak, it is no longer legal to do so. Additionally, images on Google Maps for this entrance to the Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area are deceiving, as they primarily show Webster Falls, which has a separate entrance.
Travelling by Public Transportation
If you don't have access to a car or prefer to use public transit, rest assured that it is possible to access Dundas Peak without a car. It will just take a little extra planning!
If travelling from Toronto, take the GO Train/GO Bus to Hamilton. From Hamilton, you can take the HSR city bus Route 5 to Dundas. From here, you will need to walk on paved roads to get to both sites. Since this would take quite a bit of time, you might want to consider taking a taxi or an uber.
Note: It is no longer legal to hike from the base of Dundas Valley (including the town of Dundas) to Dundas Peak, as this requires crossing a CN Rail line, which is considered trespassing. It is also illegal to hike the trails to get from Dundas Peak to Webster Falls, as it also requires crossing the CN Rail line. HCA authorities monitor this path and trespassing is a serious offence.
Day Tour to Dundas Peak, Tew Falls and Webster Falls
If you're looking to book a tour, Parkbus offers a daytrip from Toronto to the three sites of Dundas Peak, Tew Falls and Webster Falls, via Christie Lake Conservation Area in Dundas.
Note: Current to April 2022 Parkbus has suspended this tour until further notice while they work on resuming operations.
Our Wrap Up: Dundas Peak, Tew Falls & Webster Falls
If you find yourself in the Hamilton area with a few hours to spare, we highly recommend strapping on your hiking shoes and visiting these three, beautiful sister sites.
This site would also be complimented by a visit to the many other spectacular waterfalls and mountaintop views that you can find along this part of the Niagara Escarpment. Remember to keep your parking pass for free admission (same day) to other HCA locations!
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