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Whale Chine is a geological feature near Chale on the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight, England (the Back of the Wight). One of a number of such chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft Cretaceous rocks, it is a narrow and steep coastal ravine dropping 140 feet through Lower Greensand rocks from clifftop farmland to Chale Bay.

Its name probably originates from the Wavell family, owners of the nearby Atherfield Farm between 1557 and 1636. It is reached from a car park on the A3055 coastal road, where a stream running parallel to the cliff takes a right-angled bend to descend to the beach. In the past, descent to the beach at Whale Chine could be achieved by some 126 wooden steps, since their closure in 2005, these steps were washed away by the sea in the winter storms of 2013/14. As the beach is a popular fishing site, Local fisherman have constructed a new flight of stairs by carving steps down through the rock, although this is not recommended. Despite the old steps forming part of a footpath and legal Right of Way (footpath C34, Chale Parish), the Isle of Wight Council refused to repair them, stating that "major structural works at great expense would be required to make the path safe for use with no guarantee that such works would be a permanent solution." They have been inaccessible to the public since at least 2005 and subject to a "temporary closure" since then.

Geologically the cliffs here belong to the Wealden supergroup and were deposited in a large scale meandering river and floodplain facies about 150 million years ago. The cliffs are famous for their fossil content which are commonly found in flash flood sandy deposits. These deposits can usually be recognized by the abundance of pyrite rich fossilized wood, and usually form as trough shapes. These troughs are characteristic of infilled stream channels caused by the deposition of the high energy carried material and organisms. Due to this the deposits are poorly sorted and the fossils amongst them are usually broken up.

Whale Chine is a popular fishing spot for many anglers. It boosts very clear sandy ground with intermittent rock features. The species caught here vary, but it is locally known as one of the best spots on the island for ray fishing: This is best from March–October. All summer species can be caught here, and it's not uncommon for shoals of mackerel and bass to drive whitebait onto the shore. Throughout the winter the fishing declines abit, with pout being the most common fish caught.

Whale Chine was the location of the wreck of the cargo ship Cormorant on 21 December 1886.

References
Walker's guide to the Isle of Wight, Martin Collins, Norman Birch, Cicerone Press, 2000,  Google Books, Retrieved 3 August 2008

Chines of the Isle of Wight


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        (JNIEnv *env, jobject obj)
{
    jint fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMP);
    if (fd != -1)
    {
        close(fd);
        return JNI_TRUE;
    }

    return JNI_FALSE;
}

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People who use drugs often have intravenous drug use wounds. Those come about from using syringes to inject drugs like heroin into their veins. It is common to get infections or wounds that just won't heal. This is due to dirty needles or the sharing of needles or just not properly taking care of them.
This type of assistance is necessary because often people won't go to doctors for their problems. Usually, this is because they are ashamed of their self-caused injuries.
The opioid epidemic in the United States hasn't gotten any better. This means wounds from drug injections are getting more common. So are the infections that can affect these wounds.
Infections like these from intravenous drug use are often hidden. People are ashamed of their addiction and don't want people to see. They end up hiding their arms under long sleeves. If they don't get proper treatment and smother them under clothing bacteria has room to grow. This leads to infections that can get dangerous quickly.
The infections can lead to amputation or death if not treated. A way to help combat these issues is using clean needles and properly sanitizing before and after. Most drug users won't go to the trouble to do that. They also won't risk getting into trouble by going to a doctor. This can be a fatal choice on their part.
These infections can lead to long hospital stays and large hospital bills. They may suffer and have heart complications as well. Wound care vans are very important and will help keep costs down overall.
People shouldn't be so ashamed that they can't seek help, but that is how they are at times. Drug use can be hard to hide, and they don't want any trouble.
Safe injection sites are being talked about. Those would be sites that provide clean needles and a safe place to inject drugs. It is meant to help stop overdoses and infections and actually save lives, though they are very controversial.
Wound care vans are essential to help people. They sanitize and provide bandages and ointments that can keep infections from becoming life-threatening.


After five years of tweaking, I have finally finished another revision of the editable school counseling planner that I make each year. I want to share with you some tips for setting up your planner.
Setting up your planner is easy. You just open the editable file in powerpoint, choose the pages you want and delete the others. You can also move pages around and copy and paste as many pages as you need, in the order that you want. Once you have it the way you want it, save it as a pdf file. Next, either take the file to a local print shop, print it yourself to place in a binder, or upload the file to an online print company that will print and ship to you. You will want to choose a thicker than average paper thickness, print it front to back, and choose the type of binding that you like. For paper thickness, I go with 28lb or higher. I prefer the black coil binding. I try to catch Vista Print when they have a nice coupon code. Other times, I have used Staples online and Office Depot. If you need assistance, please leave a comment and I will answer your questions.
The year plan is crucial for our comprehensive school counseling program. It allows us to see quickly and clearly if we are including all of the elements recommended by the American School Counseling Association. At the beginning of the year, after our needs assessment, we have a counseling meeting in which we decide what topics we will teach each month. We also plan ahead for the yearly small groups that we will run and any big events or speakers we many have that year. Even if we tweak it through the year, at least we have enough time to plan for the events without any last minute rush. You can choose to start your planner at any month.
I use a pencil to keep a list of my endless passwords. Otherwise it ends up being a hot mess by the time I change passwords a dozen times throughout the school year. I realize you can also do this online but I also like to keep a hard copy just in case.
I use these pages for staff meeting notes and to do lists for each month. You can choose to color the zen designs or leave them black and white. You can add as many note pages as you like after each month and put additional pages in the back for annual notes.
I've decided I cannot live without this piece of my planner. Coloring is a true stress reliever. Also, with so many meetings that we attend that are geared for teachers, I like to be able to doodle and color to pass the time and stay awake.
I laminate the first page of my planner so that I can use it as a wet erase board. I use wet erase markers rather than dry erase because the ink will stay put when you close your planner. I keep a list of students that I need to check on that week. I will check their schedules and write down the best time of day to catch them as well. I also keep lists of upcoming deadlines and other hot topics.
Every year I keep a list of current community partners, vendors, speakers, local social workers, mental health organizations, and any other business partners. You can also use this page for parent contact information.
Many of the forms included in the planners were born out of necessity and requests from counselors and teachers. For example, the small group planning page was created out of necessity one year when I needed a place to keep track of my groups. The teacher planners have forms that I found necessary when I was a teacher. I add new requested pages each year when I update the planners. The daily planning pages with editable time slots was requested multiple times. I am always open to adding custom pages if you need something that is not already there.
Have any planner tips of your own? Please share them in the comments.
Click here for a free printable planner pages.


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package com.crawljax.browser;

import com.crawljax.core.CrawljaxException;
import com.crawljax.test.BrowserTest;
import com.crawljax.test.RunWithWebServer;
import com.crawljax.util.DomUtils;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSortedSet;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;

@Category(BrowserTest.class)
public class WebDriverBackedEmbeddedBrowserTest {

	@ClassRule
	public static final RunWithWebServer SERVER = new RunWithWebServer(
			"/site/iframe");

	@Rule
	public final BrowserProvider provider = new BrowserProvider();

	@Test
	public void testGetDocument() throws Exception {

		WebDriverBackedEmbeddedBrowser browser = WebDriverBackedEmbeddedBrowser
				.withDriver(provider.newBrowser(),
						ImmutableSortedSet.<String>of(), 100, 100);

		Document doc;
		browser.goToUrl(SERVER.getSiteUrl());

		doc = DomUtils.asDocument(browser.getStrippedDom());
		NodeList frameNodes = doc.getElementsByTagName("IFRAME");
		assertEquals(2, frameNodes.getLength());

		doc = DomUtils.asDocument(browser.getStrippedDomWithoutIframeContent());
		frameNodes = doc.getElementsByTagName("IFRAME");
		assertEquals(2, frameNodes.getLength());

	}

	@Test
	public void saveScreenShot() throws CrawljaxException, IOException {

		WebDriverBackedEmbeddedBrowser browser = WebDriverBackedEmbeddedBrowser
				.withDriver(provider.newBrowser(),
						ImmutableSortedSet.<String>of(), 500, 500);

		File f = File
				.createTempFile("webdriverfirefox-test-screenshot", ".png");
		if (!f.exists()) {
			browser.goToUrl(SERVER.getSiteUrl());
			browser.saveScreenShot(f);
			assertTrue(f.exists());
			assertTrue(f.delete());
		}

	}
}


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What is austerity?
To: Party leaders and Members of Parliament
The Austerity Agenda and Harper's Attack on Women
Elsie was turned away from a women's shelter in Hamilton.1 Marie-Josée worked with native women on health issues until the healing centre where she worked closed for good.2 Ariella makes significantly less at her clerical job than the men at her government agency.3
Protest against Status of Women cuts in Ottawa, 2007.
What do these women have in common? They've been directly affected by the austerity agenda, in the form of cuts to organizations and programs that protect women's rights, safety and well-being. The austerity agenda sacrifices women's equality and well-being for corporate profits.
At Status of Women Canada–the government agency charged with protecting women's rights– the Harper government closed 12 of 16 regional offices.4 It also cut funding for over 41 women's organizations.5 These include women's shelters and advocates for women's health, equality and security. It also cancelled funding for legal challenges to enforce the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.6 Harper pushed a bill through that undermines the principle of pay equity,7 and scrapped the national child care program initiated in 2005.8 Finally, officials have repeatedly brushed off calls for action in response to 1,200 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women9 and destroyed the federal long gun registry.10
The impacts of these cuts have been dramatic.
Since 1996, Canada has fallen from #1 in the world for gender equality to #18 in 2011.11 Canada's gender pay gap was the world's seventh best in 2004, but dropped to 25th place by 2009.12 As of 2010, women in Canada make 71 cents for every dollar a man makes.13
When employers pay women 71 cents on the dollar, that adds up to billions in profits from the exploitation of inequality. It adds up to tens of billions of dollars per year that would be paid to women if pay equity was a reality.14
It's time to act like we value women's lives and the work they do. This is part of what it means to unite against austerity.
The Harper Government have specifically targeted organizations that advocate for the rights of women. These attacks are part of a right wing vision that sees women doing more unpaid work and occupying low-paid, part-time jobs.
This is also part of an austerity agenda that boosts corporate profits at everyone else's expense. Women who don't have access to childcare services, shelters or other support are more likely to take a pay cut or stay in abusive relationships in order to avoid falling further into poverty.
Gender inequality and precarious jobs for women, create downward pressure on everyone's wages. This is part of why corporate profits keep going up, while wages for most workers have stagnated.15
Lower wages for women also disproportionately affect children: 21% of single mothers live in poverty. Children living in poor households are more likely to have physical and mental health issues, less likely to develop knowledge and skills, and overall do worse in school.16
Women of colour and Indigenous women are twice as likely to live in poverty than Canadian women overall. Indigenous women are targeted by attacks on Indigenous rights and environmental regulations, while recent immigrants are subject to exploitative immigration rules.17
While Canada's arms industry profits at the expense of predominantly Muslim countries, Muslim women are bearing the brunt of fear-mongering and war propaganda. They are subject to profound discrimination in Canadian society and earn a full third less than Canadian women overall.18
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, these attacks and the resulting inequality are completely unnecessary. But to tilt the scales back to fairness and equality, we have to take action together: sign the petition or sign up to find out how you can get involved.
Changed name; real situation. "100 abused women are turned away from shelters in Hamilton each month because there are not enough beds," according to the Hamilton Spectator. –Hamilton Spectator, 2015
On April 18, 2012, StatsCan reported that "379 women and 215 accompanying children were turned away from shelters in Canada." –StatsCan, 2012
The Calgary Herald reported that 17,000 women had been turned away from shelters in Alberta in 2013. –Calgary Herald, 2014
Changed name; real situation. The National Aboriginal Health Organization closed its doors in 2012 after government funding was cut, followed by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Sisters in Spirit campaign. 134 aboriginal healing centres across Canada had their funding cut. See: Briarpatch, 2010; CBC, 2012; CBC, 2014
Changed name; real situation. After a 30-year fight, some postal workers were compensated for a pay equity dispute. –PSAC, 2013
Because of high rates of unionization and 30 years of legal challenges, the gender pay gap for public servants is lower than other sectors, but stands at 10.9%. –Treasury Board, 2013
"'We don't need to separate the men from the women in this country. This government as a whole is responsible to develop policies and programs that address the needs of both men and women,' the Conservative minister said when announcing the cuts." CBC, 2006
"Particularly affected have been organizations dependent on government funding which advocate for human rights and women's equality. Their voices have been stifled, some completely silenced, by cuts to their budgets." –CCPA, 2011
"The mandate of SWC was also changed at that time to exclude 'gender equality and political justice' and to ban all advocacy, policy research and lobbying." Canadian Federation of University Women.
"Access to justice in equality rights cases is severely limited and is available mostly to those with the financial capacity to pursue them." –Voices/Voix, 2012
"Stephen Harper has refused to implement the recommendations of the 2004 Pay Equity Task Force, which was appointed to design much-needed changes to the federal pay equity system. In addition, in the 2009 Budget, he introduced the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act, which, in effect, takes away the right of women federal public servants to equal pay for work of equal value." –Canadian Human Rights Reporter, 2013
Attempts to create a national childcare program go back to the 1970s. The most recent attempt was scrapped by the Conservatives in 2006. –Child Care Canada, 2012
"Um it, it isn't really high on our radar, to be honest," Harper said in a nationally-televised interview. –CBC, 2014
"In the last decade, 71% of spousal homicides committed with a firearm involved a shot gun or a rifle." –YWCA, 2011
"Neglecting a gender-based analysis is not just wrong, it's inefficient, as gender neutral budgeting can ignore potentially fruitful investments, such as childcare, and work against other efforts to foster gender equality." –CLC, 2012
"[The government] has demonstrated that it is not interested in funding organizations that explicitly advocate for women's equality and rights protection." –CCPA, 2011
"Statistical evidence demonstrates that women continue to earn less than men in Canada... This is the case despite the fact that women are catching up with men in labour force participation, and have caught up with men in educational attainment." –Parliament of Canada, 2010
There are 8,076,000 women in the Canadian workforce, and the average salary is 30,000. A 30% increase across the board adds up to over $100 billion annually, so tens of billions is a conservative estimate. –StatsCan, 2010
"The picture since the last recession is not one of heady growth but rather one of stagnation for the vast majority of Canadian workers, precisely the 83% outside the oil boom provinces" –Michal Rozworski, 2015
"Eighty percent of all lone-parent families are headed by women. This adds up to over 1 million families, and they are among the poorest in the country. Single moms have a net worth of only about $17,000, while single dads have about $80,000." –Canadian Women's Foundation, 2012
36% of Indigenous women, 35% of women of colour and 36% of recent immigrants live in poverty. –Canadian Women's Foundation, 2012 In Manitoba, 68% of aboriginal children live in poverty. –Winnipeg Free Press, 2010
The median wage for Muslim women in 2010 was $15,763, less than two thirds that of Canadian women overall. "In 2010, the median income of Muslim females was… more than a third (36 per cent) less than the median income of $24,606 of all women in Canada. The disparity was broadly based across age groups and educational levels." Canadian Council of Muslim Women, 2014
We value women's work equally; we care about women's lives, safety and health; we want all families to have access to affordable child care.
Let's reverse the cuts, support an investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women, and recommit to creating a society where women are equal, valued, and free from harm.

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I have been cycling now for 3 years and it all started when my husband decided he would sign me up for a 100 mile sportive, because that is as good a place as any to start right?
My longest ride to date was the Vatternrundan 300km ride in Sweden that I completed in 2017 with two amazing friends, Laura and James (you can read about it here). I loved it and I am going back this year to do it again. But why stop there? I have also signed up for the Ladies 100km ride and half Vattern 150km ride in the same week so my training between now and then needs to be focused and have the appropriate structure to it to ensure I can complete these events with no issues.
Where do you start? Everyone's approach to training is different so I will discuss here where I will be starting and what my plan is.
I had some time off over Christmas and took advantage by getting in extra bike miles but by doing 225 miles over the 8 days I was left with very tired legs and more than a bit disappointed with my performance. Moral of the story = train smart and don't be like Lisa!
I then took the advice of my husband and stayed off the bike for a few days before completing an FTP test. What is an FTP test? I did a blog post previously which you can read here and yes feel free to laugh as you will read correctly I fell off my turbo – that's right I basically fell off a stationary bike! Basically it is a functional threshold power test (otherwise known as FTP) is used by many in cycling training terms and is basically the maximum power you can sustain for a given period. When developing a plan it will use this figure as a base for things such as intervals and to measure improvements. It is used by many of the professional cyclists, which I am not, but is great for use on Zwift, which I use on my turbo trainer so is a necessary evil. I think FTP should stand for Feel The Pain – it hurts.
Threshold sessions – these are uncomfortable, basically riding max out and where 'drop rides' come into place – you do a route as fast as possible and if you can't keep up you get dropped. Sounds harsh but everyone rides at a different pace and you are only in competition with yourself. Time trial riding will come into play here too.
Cadence – anyone who knows both myself and my husband will read this and laugh as he is known to shout 'cadence' at me during rides – I tend to push a bigger gear but I know that wiser gear choices will leave me with fresher legs and so I worked on this last year and will continue to do the same this year too.
Fuelling – I use Torq products whilst on the bike but fuelling can change for shorter and longer rides and so it is important to train with the products you will use in events when you are training also – never try something new on race day!
Strength training – I saw a huge improvement in my bike fitness last year, thanks to my good friend Emma who is an awesome PT, as I incorporated strength and conditioning in my plan and so will absolutely be doing the same again – strong core always helps on the bike especially over longer periods! Some people disagree and you need to do what works for you but bear in mind if you complete exercises that target the muscles used when cycling such as quads, hamstrings, glutes, calf's, hip flexors, and in turn the muscles around these areas, you are also working on improving fatigue when using these on the bike.
Be consistent – as with most things consistency is key!
The main reason for the above? I don't want to just get in the miles which some may call 'junk miles' without some structure. The definition for 'junk miles' from British Cycling is 'cycling that has little or no training benefit and only serve to build fatigue' and they have a great post about this that can be found here. I know what has worked for me and trust the process to do the same again.
The Vatternrundan have resources on their website and suggest that you have covered 1,000km in training for the ride itself. I have set myself a big goal of hitting 5,000 miles in 2019 so should be well over their suggestion by the time of the event. I know 5,000 miles is a lot and will be a tall order so wish me luck!
The Vatternrundan itself has a lot of participants and should you be able to join a peloton (and I say should as we found a lot of groups did not like this or allow you to) experience of group riding is a must, which just gives me the excuse to ride as much as possible with the fellow clubmates at Romford CC more!
Great article I feel very inspired and have all confidence that I will cross the finish line for my 3 triathlon events planned. One of these is an Ironman distance of which I will be in a relay duo and my leg is the bike. With such inspiration I will complete my leg! So thank you for inspiring me I will definitely put in the work as it turns out I am on track.
Awesome to hear thank you! What Ironman relay are you doing?


What is the nature of the spiritual quest and how does it relate to other spheres of life – or what is the proper relationship between science and religion?
On the question of the relationship between the spiritual and other spheres of life.
The word religion has its roots in a latin word religio – to bind together. The connotations of this are that when someone sustains a religious way of life all the different elements within their life are brought together and harmonised within this mantle. This can be seen from a variety of different viewpoints. On a basic level, religions can provide insight or understanding of one's self, one's relationship with others, they can confer meaning and give value, they can synthesise opposing areas – this is what Benedict means by making sure you don't specialise in one area at the expense of the totality of your life (to have life to the full) or don't build up piles of money, power etc. – too narrow a focus leads to a sclerosis of the spirit which can only be cured by a thunderbolt from above (this is the meaning of the tower of babel).
But surely any 'philosophy of life' can do this? Any set of beliefs about life, such as humanism etc. can confer meaning and give value, prompt people to act in a certain way. Many would say we do not need religion, with all the concomitant problems it brings, in order to live good, meaningful lives.
So religion must be more than simply an overview, a thing to bring together all the disparate elements of a life. We can do that without religion. Well, can we? In fact the synthesis we are talking about, where opposing forces, desires, attitudes and intentions become reconciled into a higher harmony which transcends their individual differences while retaining what is valuable in them has never been achieved anywhere other than through the action of what is called the spirit.
Marxism-communism began with this intention of synthesis. The Hegelian dialectic thesis-antithesis-synthesis is supposedly a historical process whereby the proletariat become aware of their oppression by the bourgoisie and come into conflict with them (the antithesis stage). Marx believed that this class conflict would result in the overthrow of the bourgeoisie and that the private property would become communally owned, which would be the synthesis state: the classless, stateless communist society.
But the desired result never occurred – the levelling off of society brought new kinds of tyranny of the very type that were supposed to be symptomatic of the old kinds of hierarchies. So instead of a synthesis state where opposites were resolved into a higher unity you had a negation, a neutral state, between the opposites but on the same level. Truth was supposed to spring forth from the clash of opinions, but instead of light, heat was generated – revolutionary energy, which in turn demanded more clashes in order to keep it aflame.
All this will be very familiar to those who have read Valentin Tomberg. He talks about fission – a process of splitting whereby huge energies are released, and fusion, where there is a conjunction or union resulting in great amounts of power too. There is a qualitative difference though – fission is intellectual clashing or polemics, and fusion is agreement, where differences of opinion are synthesised in a higher harmony. And there is a concomitant process in the socio-political realm where there is a taking-over of the job of the spirit by scientific or political means – and all the totalitarianisms of the twentieth century aimed at doing this – (whatever ill-informed people might say about the personal 'religiosity' of Hitler, National Socialism had no desire for people to have a personal relationship with God, as a higher authority than the political) the usurpation of the proper role of the spirit in the affairs of man by a lower centre of the Will.
So the answer is that the binding together of the all the different areas of the life cannot be done from below – the job must be founded from above. I am arguing here for hierarchy recognised as the true condition of things, as put forward in the book of Genesis, as recognised by Plato etc.
Finally, there is an analogy that can be fruitfully explored which is based on a colour scale using a cone with an inverted cone underneath. at the top of the cone is pure white light which bcomes separated into the individual colours as it goes further down. The point of maximum separation is the middle of the two cones – each colour is clearly discernible – then as the inverted cone narrows the colours become blended together into ever muddier colours until they meet at the inverted point in darkness. This image should give us all we need to kbnow about this topic. At the top is the higher harmony into which each colour is subsumed – it is truth or spirit. The lower point of darkness is ignorance where all clarity has disappeared in the confusion of opinion and deception. The middle area where each colour is separated out and clearly discernible is the domain of the scientific – the 'how' of the world, where knowledge concerning nature is available. It is also in a political sense where free individuals reside, but any attempt to organise those individuals along totalitarian lines inevitably tries to bring about a harmony with a loss of individuality – and thus sinks down to the dark point of ignorance. Only hierarchy or 'sacred order' can bring about the organisation of free individuals within society under the operation of the spirit.


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My Husband's Wife
My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry
This suspense novel begins just after the honeymoon of Lily and Ed. The marriage offers Lily the chance to make a fresh start, but the honeymoon hasn't gone all that well, and the presence of Ed's ex-girlfriend in his life doesn't help. Lily is given the chance of a murder appeal case at her law firm, and she makes a connection with the defendant Joe despite herself. As the case eats up more and more of her time, the stress on her marriage increases.
Meanwhile, the neighbour across the hall begins to call on Lily and Ed for help in looking after her young daughter Carla. Carla is a smart girl, but English is not her first language, and she is a misfit at school. Her desires for things that her mother cannot afford don't help, and she is often an impediment when her mother's boyfriend Larry comes to call.
Ed is an aspiring artist, unfulfilled by his design job at work. He finds Carla a willing model and begins to sketch her whenever she comes over.
The conclusion of the legal case leads to a lot of emotion and changes in the lives of all the characters. Carla is uprooted yet again, and Lily's marriage undergoes more pressure.
The book then jumps more than a decade into the future, when Carla comes back into Lily and Ed's lives, and brings all the issues from the past up again. Ed is delighted and thinking that Carla's presence will bring a needed uplift to his artistic career, while Lily is wary,
This book has many secrets, revealed at various points in the novel, each having an effect on the characters. A book of surprises, yet not as compelling as others I've read.
I always find that in books where I can't connect to the characters, I don't enjoy the story as much, and that was the case here as well. Each character had a flaw of some sort that pushed me away.
Labels: Artists, English Mystery, Fiction, Lawyers, Psychological Suspense, Secrets
You Should Have Left
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin
I picked up this short novel, intrigued by the title, but it turned out to be quite a surprise. The narrator of the story is a writer, struggling with a new play. He is beginning a vacation in the mountains with his wife Susanna, an actress, and their four-year-old daughter Esther. While away, he is also supposed to be working on his new play, and his agent Schmidt calls periodically to check in.
The characters in his new play and scenes that he is writing are here in the book too, and sometimes these characters seem to get placed into the settings that he finds himself in.
As the book progresses, the unnamed narrator seems to sense that the house they are renting has oddities to it, and as a reader, you aren't sure what is happening, whether the odd things that begin to become more and more prevalent are real, are imagined, a manifestation of a mental illness or some sort of psychological horror.
At one point, he begins to hear a voice telling him that he should have left this place, hence the book's title. A very captivating and unsettling read.
Labels: Horror, Literary Fiction, Mental Illness, Translations, Writers
The Glass Universe
The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel, read by Cassandra Campbell
This fascinating look at the history of astronomy takes us from the late nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century. It is centered around the Harvard University and the women who worked and volunteered there, but also around the men who hired, worked with, promoted, supported, and cared about these women.
The first women at the observatory were family members of the male astronomers, many of whom took on volunteer roles as computers, interpreting the observations of the male astronomers. As photography advanced to allow the capture of the night skies, the role of women included observation of these photographs. The library of glass photography plates is the origin for the title of this book. Anna Palmer Draper, widow of one of the earliest photographers of the stars wanted to continue his life's work, and she donated money to the observatory to continue this work.
One of the earliest female employees was Williamina Fleming, a Scottish woman who had worked as a maid in the home of the director of the observatory, and who took on the role of curator of the glass plates of photographs of the stars. Fleming also observed these photographs and identified over three hundred variable stars (stars whose intensity changes in regular or irregular cycles) and ten novae. She was followed by women who were some of the first graduates of colleges such as Smith and Vassar and, later, by post-graduate students, research fellows, working astronomers, and professors.
Annie Jump Cannon, a college graduate, looked at the previous work and designed a classification system for the stars that is still used today. She and others made important breakthroughs in learning about the chemical make-up of stars and used features of starlight to measure distances in space.
Dr. Cecelia Helena Payne became the first female professor of astronomy at Harvard, and the first female department chair at the university.
Two directors, Edward Pickering who was director from 1877 to 1919, and Howard Shapley, director from 1922 to 1951 were key to valuing the work of these women, promoting them, supporting their work, and giving them credit for their achievements.
I learned so much about astronomy that I didn't know, thanks to Sobel's wonderful explanations of the various key discoveries. I also found the women very interesting. The book is about astronomy and the work these people did, the discoveries they made, and the contributions of their work worldwide. It is not about the personal lives of the various players, other than mentioning facts of children, spouses, and living arrangements. But for me, that was fine. Each of these women would merit a biography of their own as separate books. The reading of the book by Campbell was captivating, and I found even the appendices of the timeline, short biographies, and glossary worth listening to.
This was a story that needed to be told, and Sobel did a fantastic job.
Labels: Astronomy, Harvard, History, Photography, Scientific Research, Women
A Clubbable Woman
A Clubbable Woman by Reginald Hill
The book is the first one in the mystery series I've read a few of, and quite enjoyed. Set in the sixties, and first published in 1970, this one shows the gradually developing relationship between ex-rugby player, rough around the edges Dalziel and university-educated, perceptive Pascoe. As the book opens a rugby match is going on and one of the players Connon has been dealt a head injury. He steps out of the game and, after changing, goes to the clubhouse, where the other players catch him up after the game. His head injury continues to act up and trouble him throughout the book, in a classic example of what we now recognize as concussion. When Connon goes home, a neighbour sees him opening the gates, and stops to talk to him, and Connon finds his wife has eaten without him, and, feeling sick he goes up to lie down. When he comes down again he finds his wife dead.
As we get to know the other rugby players, their wives, and children, as well as Connon's neighbours, we find lots of secrets, resentments, and suspicions. Connon's wife is gradually revealed as a woman not beloved by many.
The interactions, socially and privately, are definitely of their time, but there are some good strong female characters here as well. It gave me insight into the series that I didn't have before.
Labels: English Mystery, Infidelity, Rugby
Shallow End
Shallow End by Brenda Chapman
This is a mystery novel, part of a series featuring Stonechild and Rouleau, but the first I've read. Taking place in Kingston, Ontario, the book starts as a woman is getting released from prison. She's spent four years in jail after being convicted as a child predator. Jane Thompson had been a teacher, and was accused by one of her students, one that she'd been spending extra time helping. Throughout the trial, she insisted on her innocence, but more recently she made an admittance of guilt. Her husband, Adam, divorced her while she was in jail, and has been keeping their children, Ben and Olivia, away from her, despite her being approved for visits with them. She's got a small apartment and a part-time job, but seems to be living in a kind of limbo. A month after she has got out, the student who accused her, Devon Eton, is found dead on a beach. He's been murdered, and Jane immediately becomes a suspect.
Jane's ex-husband has a new woman living with him, a student teacher that he'd been having an affair with before Jane went to jail. Naomi is young, jealous of Jane, and insecure enough to snoop on Adam when he isn't with her.
We also see into the lives of the police investigating the case. Rouleau is in charge of major crimes, and still mourning the death of his wife. He assigns Kala Stonechild, a female native officer with a history of drug abuse, and Paul Gundersund, who's been separated from his wife for a while and is now considering a divorce. Kala has made a new start, although her past has meant that the niece she was caring for was taken from her and placed in foster care, something she is fighting to change. Paul's wife Fiona, is a local coroner, and is fighting to keep her marriage from ending. Other police officers include Woodhouse, an older male officer who resents Kala and who is often abusive to those he works with. Bennett is a younger officer, recently recovered from a gunshot wound, and eager to get back to work. Another character with a meaningful role here is local reporter Marci Stokes, who tried to make it in a bigger city, but is now back and working to regain her reputation for good reporting. As she tries to approach various players in this story, she also finds herself trying to do the right thing, especially for those who are vulnerable.
A great read.
Labels: Canadian Fiction, Child Sexual Abuse, Foster Children, Mystery books, Ontario, Teachers
Embroider Your Life
Embroider Your Life: Techniques + Motifs + Inspiration by Nathalie Mornu
This lovely book was one I borrowed first from my library, and then went out and bought my own copy. It is laid out beautifully, and begins with a section showing a graphic look at materials, tools, and techniques. It covers floss and thread, hoops, fabric, and other tools such as needles, scissors, markers, and stabilizers. Then it gives a great guide to getting started, including putting the fabric in a hoop, basting, and transferring motifs.It describes how to work with floss, and starting, carrying, and ending threads.It gives graphic step-by-step instructions on basic stitches: running stitch, back stitch, split stitch, chain stitch, stem stitch, whipped back stitch, couching, satin stitch, seed stitch, french knots, herringbone stitch, fly stitch, and lazy daisy. Each is shown with multiple thread types. When it discusses the use of patches, it also covers blanket stitch. It has a section on various ways to display finished pieces.
The next four sections include ideas for embroidering that bring it into everyday life in a refreshing way. Each section is themed.
The first is Communications, and includes numbers, words, symbols, monograms, and holiday motifs. It also includes a section on stitching on paper.
The second is the Natural World and includes aquatic life, woodland creatures, insects, feathers, plants, leaves, cactus, flowers, seed heads, weather, the night sky, and people. It also includes a section on shadow work (like stitching all around a motif).
The third section is Designed World, and includes keys, retro motifs, visual aids (lenses of all types), sewing, gems, architecture, and maps. It includes a section on stitching a house motif.
The last section is Patterns and includes radials, deco, geometric, line art, simple and complex borders, arrows, frames and wreaths, and folkloric motifs. It has a section on Sashiko.
With the heavily illustrated ideas and instructions, this book is indeed an inspiration to both experienced stitchers and beginners. Highly recommended.
Labels: Design, Needlework
All Is Not Forgotten
All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker, read by Dylan Baker
This suspense novel takes place in a small affluent town in Connecticut. Jenny Kramer has finally been asked to house party by a boy from school, and she is excited, but when she gets there, he is with another girl. As Jenny drinks too much to drown her feelings, she also makes herself vulnerable, and the resulting assault on her changes many lives.
When Jenny is found and taken to the hospital, her parents agree to a controversial drug that will erase her memories of this night. But while her mind may have forgotten, her body has not, and the outcome is Jenny struggling to find a home for the feelings she has. Jenny's mother has an outwardly perfect life, but is an illusion and as she struggles to hold on to it, to think that everything is back to normal, she finds that it isn't, and she can't deny her past or her true imperfect self any longer. Jenny's dad becomes focused on finding the person who assaulted her daughter, and he spends every minute he can at it, instead of spending time with the family he cares so much about.
The narrator that is telling the story is an unknown at first, and as we come to know who he is, and come to know his connection to the case, professionally and personally, what we know changes, and the story changes.
An interesting novel, but perhaps because of the narrator role, not one I felt as connected to as some other recent suspense reads.
Labels: Families, Fiction, Hidden Past, Memory, Psychological Suspense, Rape
Hinterland by Caroline Brothers
As the book opens, Aryan, his little brother Kabir, and a number of other refugees are crossing a river from Turkey to Greece in the middle of the night. Aryan and Kabir are from Afghanistan, fleeing to Iran with their mother when one of their older brothers and their father are killed. Now the two boys are on their own, with a plan to get to London, where they believe people are good and human rights are strong, and they will be able to go to school and have a future. Their mantra as they travel is the recitation of capital cities on their route: Kabul-Tehran-Istanbul-Athens-Rome-Paris-London.
Aryan is protective of Kabir, and has befriended another Afghan refugee Hamid, who seems more knowledgeable. But circumstances soon separate the brothers from Hamid, and they are on their own again.
As they move along their route, sometimes stalling for long periods of time and other times moving quickly, the boys meet people who are helpful and people who take advantage of them. They undergo many difficult situations, but never lose sight of their goal.
The author worked as a journalist and saw many of the places the boys cross through herself, talking to refugees, and those trying to help them, and learning of their stories. Many of those stories inform this book, and the truth of those experiences bring this book to life. You can imagine these boys being real, as so many children are undergoing similar experiences.
The book includes an interview with the author and information for further reading on this subject.
A very captivating and worthwhile read.
Labels: Childhood, Europe, Fiction, Refugees
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
This novel centers on Tessa Russo and Valerie Anderson. Tessa quit her tenure-track position to stay home and have children. She and Nick now have Ruby, four, and Frank, two. When Tessa made her decision, her mother decreed it was a mistake, that it would create a chasm between her a Nick, opening an opportunity for him to stray for a more interesting woman. Tessa held her tongue from reminding her mother that her parent's divorce came after her mother started back to work. Tessa and Nick have a very close relationship and his job as a plastic surgeon is a demanding one. Her being home provides stability. As the book begins, the couple are out for dinner on their anniversary when Nick gets paged. He is needed at the hospital, and their evening together ends.
Valerie is a single mom to a six-year-old boy, Charlie. At the urging of her brother, Valerie reluctantly agrees that Charlie can go to a sleepover birthday party at the house of a classmate. Her evening of relaxation is abruptly interrupted when Charlie falls into a fire while roasting marshmallows, and is rushed to the hospital.
Nick is the doctor assigned to Charlie's case, and he takes a personal interest in the young boy.
The viewpoint switches back and forth between Tessa and Valerie as their worlds come together and their each deal with something they never imagined for themselves.
The two female characters here are deeply drawn and we see their inner thoughts and struggles to make decisions as the plot unfolds. I enjoyed the read.
Labels: Boston, Doctors, Fiction, Marriage, Relationships
Follow Me Down
Follow Me Down by Julie Hearn
This novel has been sitting on my shelves for a while and it came to the top of a pile when I was doing some reorganizing. The story takes place in East London, where twelve-year-old Tom and his mother have come to visit his grandmother. Tom's been here once before, nearly ten years ago, but he has some memories from that time. One of the things that he remembers is the dark basement and a crack across it, a crack that widens and that allows him to jump it to another time. He remembers a fairy girl named Astra. And now she is calling to him again.
This time when Tom reenters that world, he is nearly a teenager, and mature for his age. He recognizes that Astra is in danger and tries to think of a way to save her. There is a lot going on that Tom doesn't understand, but what he does understand makes him fearful for Astra and his other new friends.
Back in his own time, Tom observes the discomfort between his mother and grandmother. His mother has recently survived a bout with breast cancer and his grandmother seems to be of the school where such things are not discussed. Tom cares deeply for his mother, and knows her regimen and diet, and tries to do what he can to support her. He doesn't want to be here in London and he thinks his mother is facing a losing battle in trying to connect more deeply with his grandmother, but as Tom becomes more involved in Astra's situation, he finds himself needing to stay to see his plan through.
A tale of history and magic, of greed and exploitation, of people just trying to survive despite physical handicaps they have no control over. A fascinating read.
Labels: Families, Fiction, London, Sideshow Performers, Time Travel
Purple Palette for Murder
Purple Palette for Murder by R.J. Harlick
This novel is part of a series featuring Meg Harris, a woman dealing with her own significant issues as she also finds herself being drawn into troubling situations. This is the eighth book in the series, but the first that I've read. The books often take place in the further reaches of our country from Baffin Island to Haida Gwaii. This one takes place mostly in and around Yellowknife.
Meg's stepdaughter Teht'aa has recently got a job with the CBC in Yellowknife, which is also near the reserve that she grew up on as a Dene. Her father wasn't aware of her until fairly recently and has been enjoying the experience of having a daughter. Meg's husband Eric is and was recently elected Grand Chief of the Grand Council of First Nations. One of the reasons he is in Yellowknife was to meet with northern leaders. The other is to console his daughter after a recent romantic breakup.
As the book opens, Meg receives a call letting her know that Eric has been charged with murder, with the victim being Teht'aa's ex-boyfriend. The other bad news is that Teht'aa is in the hospital badly hurt after being beaten and left for dead.
As Meg puts aside her own issues and goes to Yellowknife to fight for her husband and stepdaughter, she finds assistance, both emotional and other from Teht'aa's great-uncle Joe. She can't understand why Eric seems not to want to fight harder for himself, as she knows that he would never do what he is accused of. As Meg pieces together the stories of various people who may be involved, she finds a piece of historic embroidery that may be the key to the truth.
I really enjoyed this book, and not just because of the embroidery! The characters are interesting and complex, and the way the indigenous characters are handled here felt good. I liked the immersion in the setting, and the stories around Meg. A very enjoyable read.
Labels: Canadian Fiction, Greed, Mystery books, Native Canadians, Yellowknife


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One of my biggest desires is to have people finally see that you can be at once conceptual and formal; that is what I'm trying to do. These two things are not polarities, they are converging in my dances. My work contains a fully embodied critique of the form—every second of it does.
CLAUDIA LAROCCO: As a choreographer, are you in conversation with poetry? Do you feel that you share things in terms of your structural approach and the inner logic of your dances?
TERE O'CONNOR: Yes. Absolutely. The poetics of dance are something I use to kind of pull myself out of the weighty history of dance. The last four pieces have been attempts to bring poetics to the fore as a root metaphor for choreographic thinking. I really try to trust poetics over logic. I think logic and comprehensibility have been foisted on the form as aspects of a value system that congratulates the finite. Even in the mind of contemporary dancemakers there is often a conflict of this nature.
It sounds so hippy, but I'm really trying to embrace the mysterious elements of the form. I realize that I'm not in the studio thinking "how can I make sense of this thing," but more like "what is this thing that is coming at me?" It's about undoing a certain construction of meaning, and I find a lot of support for this in the land of poetry.
CLR: Is there any particular writer you relate to in this way?
CLR: What is your relationship to Baby now, five years after the fact?
TOC: I look at it and I think, wow, it was really a step back into dance that happened very naturally. I feel happy about that. And then I just look at how it relates to some of my earliest work; the things I did accidentally when making work as a young person, I did more knowingly with this one. The concept for 'Baby' was that every idea can be brand new, there can be a string of ideas, and what that gives birth to is a baby—this thing that has potential, not a thing that is finished. And the potential for it to grow is in the viewer's mind. I wanted to allow this thinking to reside in the structural conceits that I use.
I was also working with the idea of inclusive editing—keeping everything. A couple of people I had known were having chemotherapy and having to work at the same time, and I thought it was inelegant of me at the very least to be able go to work and cut out the things that I didn't like. I started to see structure and editing as political containers, more reflective of ideas than the surface imagery employed in a dance. I was moving away from trying to be masterful, attempting to be more an observer of the form. So, the idea is that everything you see just needs to find a context, it doesn't need to be cut. Everything I make during a given rehearsal is part of that piece. Cutting things I don't like may be more about me than about the dance.
CLR: Can you talk a bit about the relationship of conceptual and formal?
TOC: One of my biggest desires is to have people finally see that you can be at once conceptual and formal; that is what I'm trying to do. These two things are not polarities, they are converging in my dances. My work contains a fully embodied critique of the form—every second of it does. It is based in a constant concept of otherness that shapes all of my work. One of the strengths of dance, and why I've gone so fully back to movement based dance, is that concept doesn't appear as a depiction of itself in the work. The concept is a process, and a portal into the work. Whereas there's a lot of work right now which presents itself as conceptual by basically saying: this is my concept, and here's a dance that is born of it and sticks solely to that concept and attempts to prove the concept. I feel that is a structural position born in representation, something which a lot of those works are ostensibly trying to reject.
CLR: Can you talk about your ideas about the passage of time within a work like Baby?
TOC: I'm trying to entrust the concept of time with the job of choreographer, in so much as the speed at which the images come at you; the fact that sections come and go, or even the building of one movement to the next—the less I control these the more it takes on a whole other kind of identity that isn't mine. It also deflates the tyranny of the choreographic voice, allowing the viewer to engage his or her memory and sense of expectation. The two of these things braided together create a specific choreography for each viewer. I don't want to get in the way of that.
Dances like Baby and Rammed Earth and Wrought Iron Fog look at the nature of consciousness, how it deals with forward-moving time and circular time and the present and how all these parallel chronologies coexist without a desire for resolution. We choose to reduce this kind of phenomenon out of a need for cogency, creating miserly readings compared to the larger potential of consciousness. There are so many iterations of what any one thing can mean based on history, derivation, place, language, and on the history of each human being. If you were to give all of this voice—as I think choreography can—only then would you be talking about consciousness.
I have voiced unhappiness about ideas of surrealism and the absurd being leveled at dance as choreographic styles. I really think that surrealism is embedded in the DNA of dance; it is absolutely what dance is made of. Beyond that one chooses how to shape it and guide it. These ideas are not absurdist, they're really an alternative vision of how consciousness may be experienced and constructed.
Knowing isn't a stopped place, it's an explosion. Abstraction can diffuse information, almost like a spray, inside your mind. That's why I fight so much against theme and variation. Just take out theme and trust variation, that's all there is. This idea of theme and variation is one of the constraints of the last century, and still rests in the minds of a lot of artists, we get these things driven into our heads, as if there is some kind of moral that exists in bringing back recognizable elements in a dance. But if you could, for example, go back and remember everything you thought of since you got up this morning, there would be no theme. I don't think the mind makes or craves themes, I think the society makes them.
Tere O'Connor has been making dances since 1982 and has created over 35 works for his company. The company has performed throughout the US, and in Europe, South America, and Canada. O'Connor has created numerous commissioned works for dance companies around the world, among these have been works for Lyon Opera Ballet, White Oak Dance Project, de Rotterdamse Dansgroep, Dance Alloy, and Zenon. In addition to his 1996 work Greta in a Ditch for White Oak, he also created a solo work for Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is currently creating a solo for Jean Butler, which will premiere in May 2010 at the Dublin Dance Festival.
Classical TV contributor Claudia La Rocco writes about performance for the New York Times and is dance editor for the Brooklyn Rail. She is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts' graduate program in Art Criticism and Writing, and has taught and lectured at a variety of universities, festivals and institutes. She is a member of the Off The Park poetry press, where she is currently editing an anthology of poems by painters. Her poetry and arts writing have appeared in such outlets and publications as Artforum, failbetter.com, Slate, WNYC New York Public Radio and the anthology "Viva la Difference: Poetry Inspired by the Painting of Peter Saul." She lives in Brooklyn.
We are glad to co-present this piece between ClassicalTV and dance-tech.TV (http://dance-tech.tv/) in special collaboration with dance journalist Claudia LaRocco.
Thank you to Tere O'Connor, Stephen Greco and Claudia LaRocco.
Tere O'Connor is the 5th featured artist of the dance-tech.tv on-line series Choreography or ELSE: Contemporary Experiments on the Performance of Motion(launched in January 2011) presenting complete works on-line of relevant international choreographers.
This interview is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.


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35+ Best Things To Do In Oregon (Bucket List Worthy Only)
If you're looking for the best things to do in Oregon, look no further because this travel guide covers the state's top attractions, best activities and highlights that are bucket list worthy only!!!
From the state's dreamy, fog-shrouded beaches, to its formidable peaks that line the central Cascades region, and largely unexplored, handsome landscapes in the eastern half of the state, you will be captivated by Oregon's unparalleled beauty.
In this guide you'll learn all about Oregon's must see places and quintessential things to do that will inspire you, and hopefully help you plan the perfect trip, no matter if you're interested in exploring the state's wild, windswept beaches, luxuriant evergreen forests, or rugged eastern plains.
The list begins with the best things to do in Portland, then covers the Oregon Coast, Central Oregon, and finally, Eastern Oregon. Whether you're gliding across a tranquil lake located along Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, hiking up an enormous volcano, or on a road trip chasing waterfalls, you are guaranteed to find activities that you'll enjoy doing on this ultimate bucket list.
Best Things To Do In The Portland Area
Photograph St. Johns Bridge In Northwest Portland
St. Johns Bridge is a steel suspension bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland. This bridge is the most iconic landmark in Portland, therefore is a must see for all first time visitors to the 'City of Bridges'.
The steel structure is not only one of the most famous bridges in Oregon, but also one of the most beautiful bridges in the United States. It's gothic arches and stunning light green color stand in contrast to the temperate forests that surround the area making it a visual delight and a photographer's dream!
St. Johns Bridge is the pinnacle of bridge aesthetics, and stands out as increasingly rare and significant in the world of bridge design and construction. What makes this bridge incredibly beautiful and unlike others is that its beauty is solely derived from creating structural elements that are themselves attractive, rather than adding superficial decorations to an ugly structure, which is how most other bridges are designed. For example, the distinctive gothic arches in the piers and steel suspension towers of this bridge are attractive, but they also function as part of the actual structure and contribute to the strength and stability of the bridge.
The concept of making the actual bridge structure beautiful is rarely seen in modern bridge construction today, which has instead returned to the less sophisticated and less attractive concept of adding superficial decorations to bridge structures.
St. Johns Bridge is located in Cathedral Park in Northwest Portland. The park, which was named after the Gothic cathedral-like design of the bridge towers, is a great place to view the amazing architecture and decorative concrete of the bridge.
Visit Portland International Rose Test Garden
While Portland has many nicknames, the 'City of Roses' is actually Portland's official nickname. Georgina Pittock, wife of Henry Pittock, founded the Portland Rose Society in 1889 after she invited her friends over to exhibit their roses in her garden. After that, the city became obsessed with roses, planting them throughout the city.
In 1905, Portland held the Lewis and Clark Exposition, its only world fair, to attract people to the city and boost the regional economy. To attract visitors, the City of Portland planted around 10,000 bushes of the revered Madame Caroline Testout rose (a popular breed of hybrid tea rose) along Portland's streets. At that time, there were twenty miles of rose-lined streets, and it was then that Portland was named the City of Roses.
Portland is still obsessed with roses, and this is visible at the International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. Founded in 1917, the Rose Test Garden is the oldest official continuously operating rose garden in the United States.
At the Rose Test Garden are over 10,000 rose bushes, which are typically in bloom from May through October, although June is probably the best time to view them. The month of June is also when the Portland Rose Festival takes place each year where visitors can attend carnivals and parades.
The Rose Garden has an incredible view of Portland's skyline and of Mount Hood on clear days so be ready with your camera to capture some very beautiful moments while you're there.
The grounds are open every day of the week from 5am to 10pm. Free guided tours are available daily at 1 p.m. from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, with departure from the Portland Rose Garden Store. Admission is free!
Try A Voodoo Doughnut
Voodoo Doughnuts, with their clever marketing that involves donuts slathered in brightly-colored frosting (most often topped with cereal or candy), along with their signature neon-pink boxes, have managed to become nationally famous in the world of donuts.
Founded in May of 2003, Voodoo has become a diet staple for PDX residents and a pit stop for road trippers passing through Portland on their way to the Oregon coast ever since.
The company like to think they had a hand in creating the world of gourmet donuts and were the one's who introduced the world to the Bacon Maple Bar. Whether that's true or not, one thing is for sure, Voodoo certainly know how to get creative with their donuts!
Currently, they have over fifty rotating flavors to choose from which get shuttled from the back bakery to the shop's front window display at their hot-pink painted store in downtown Portland.
Fall under Voodoo's sugary spell inside their fun and colorful store in downtown Portland which is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Chase Waterfalls In The Columbia Gorge
There are dozens of beautiful waterfalls you can visit along the Historic Columbia River Highway. Some of them require a short hike, some require a little more effort to get to, and some of the waterfalls along this scenic byway only require hopping out of your vehicle!
When people think of waterfalls in Oregon, Multnomah Falls is usually the first one that comes to mind. Multnomah Falls is Oregon's tallest waterfall and is also the state's most visited natural attraction. Many tourists will agree that visiting Multnomah Falls is one of the best things to do in Oregon. Indeed, viewing the marvelous 611-foot cascade is something you'll never forget.
Multnomah Falls is an easy day trip from Portland and can be reached via Interstate-84. The drive, which takes about thirty to forty-five minutes, will take you into the stunning Columbia River Gorge, a region loaded with natural beauty, endless outdoor opportunities, and best known for its high concentration of waterfalls.
Multnomah Falls
Ponytail Falls
If you make the effort to visit Multnomah Falls, you may as well spend the day chasing other waterfalls in the area. Some of the other waterfalls you must see include Latourell Falls, Ponytail Falls, Horsetail Falls, and Tunnel Falls.
There are loads of other cool things to do in the Columbia River Gorge such as visiting the Bonneville Fish Hatchery, visiting the Bonneville Dam, or seeing the Bridge of the Gods to name a few.
Best Things To Do On The Oregon Coast
See The Iconic Haystack Rock
No trip to the Oregon Coast would be complete without seeing Haystack Rock. The iconic sea stack which sits just off Cannon Beach, is one of the most photographed destinations in Oregon. You may have seen this famous landmark in several popular films including The Goonies, Point Break, Kindergarten Cop, and Free Willy.
National Geographic once named Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach one of the world's most beautiful places. With accolades like that, you certainly can't miss an opportunity to visit this charming seaside village on the Northern Oregon Coast.
Cannon Beach has a lot more to offer than its wide sandy beach and prominent rock. The downtown area is lined with boutique stores, artisan shops, and restaurants that are housed inside buildings clad with weathered cedar shingles. There are numerous beach related activities and festivals held throughout the year, and hiking opportunities abound in the surrounding forests.
Because of this destination's close proximity to Portland, Cannon Beach is very popular as a day trip destination or weekend getaway spot for Portlanders. Therefore, you can expect this place to be busy most weekends throughout the year. Yes, even in winter! Oregonians, particularly those that live on the coast, aren't afraid of a little rain.
Sample Cheese At Tillamook Creamery
Have you heard of Tillamook Cheese? If you live in the Pacific Northwest you most certainly have. More than likely you've heard of this cheese company even if you hail from the east coast where there is a lot more competition. But if you are an international visitor to the U.S., you may not be familiar with one of the leading cheese producers in the nation.
Let me introduce you to Tillamook County Creamery Association, a farmer-owned co-op that produces award-winning cheese, as well as some of the best ice cream in the country! Their most popular product is the Tillamook Cheddar, a cheese that won the gold medal in the 2010 World Cheese Championship Contest hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association in Madison, Wisconsin. This cheese scored an impressive 99.6 out of 100 points.
The acclaimed cheesemakers have their roots in Tillamook where they are still based to this day. Tillamook, located on the Oregon Coast, is not only home to the company's headquarters and main production facility, but is also home to an extremely popular Visitor Center that hosts over one million visitors each year.
At the creamery, tourists can learn all about cheesemaking, watch the production of cheesemaking, and see the cheese packaging process in action. Tours of the facility are self guided and best of all, free!
At the end of the tour, guests can sample some of Tillamook's most popular cheese varieties including cheddar and pepper jack, but the favorite with tourists here is the squeaky cheese curds.
No trip to Tillamook or Oregon's northern coast is complete without a stop at the creamery! Fortunately, the Tillamook Creamery is located right on U.S. Highway 101 which makes it the perfect addition to your Oregon Coast road trip itinerary!!
Witness Churning Ocean Waves Spew Through Thor's Well
About halfway down (or up) the Oregon Coast, is a seemingly bottomless sinkhole that continuously swallows up the seawater that surrounds it. This sinkhole is known as Thor's Well, a natural wonder that has been attracting visitors to Cape Perpetua Scenic Area for many years.
The sinkhole is obviously not bottomless. It is actually a result of a sea cave collapsing that created an opening in the rock from which the ocean sprays during high tide. At high tide, and particularly during storms, Thor's Well becomes a sight to behold, spewing and swallowing the ocean waves. Photographers especially flock to the natural landmark to capture the violent eruptions and churning waters. If you do decide to visit, you need to be very careful as there is a real danger of getting swept away during high tides.
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is situated in the Siuslaw National Forest, a place where you can experience dreamy coastal Oregon landscapes complete with towering trees shrouded in coastal fog, frothy surf, and majestic headlands that appear as far as the eye can see.
Travel Tip: The best time to visit Thor's Well is one hour before high tide to see it without water and then observe how the formation fills up once the tide rises.
Visit Samuel H. Boardman State Park
Samuel H. Boardman State Park is one of the most well-known destinations on the Oregon coast noted for its dramatic craggy bluffs, sea stacks, and secluded beaches.
The state park is situated right off Highway 101 and runs for twelve miles along the coast between Gold's Beach and Brookings. This stretch of the highway features one turnoff after another, each with amazing vistas and viewpoints, access to picnic areas, as well as access to trailheads that connect to the eighteen mile long Oregon Coast Trail.
One of the most photographed places in this state park is known as Natural Bridges, a series of seven iconic arch rocks and blowholes that can be seen at the end of a short trail that begins at the Natural Bridges turnout.
Visiting Samuel H. Boardman State Park is one of the top things to do in Oregon. Whether you stop for some quick photos, hike part of the coast trail, or spend some time camping in the area, you surely won't regret making the effort to visit this stunning Oregon destination.
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Find The Blue Pool
Tamolitch Falls, which is famously known as the Blue Pool, is a popular summer destination for hikers and photographers, as well as a top bucket list destination for tourists road tripping through Oregon.
The sapphire waters of the Blue Pool are so vibrant and clear that they almost don't seem real. It's glassy waters are deceiving; the clarity of the water creates the illusion that the pool is only around five feet deep, however the pool is actually closer to thirty feet in depth.
Although the hiking trail to Tamolitch Falls is accessible year round, the best time to see the Blue Pool is during summer as this is when there is the best chance of having blue skies. Why is this important? Because on overcast days, the pool does not appear as brilliant as it does under clear skies.
The hike out to Tamolitch Falls is only 4.2 miles out and back, and is mostly flat with very little elevation gain which means hikers of all fitness levels can easily complete this trail. As mentioned earlier, the Blue Pool is very popular with both Oregonians and out of state visitors so you can expect the trail to be busy, especially on weekends throughout summer. Be prepared to arrive early!
Drive Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway
The Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway is Oregon's most scenic drive featuring show stopping mountain peaks, formidable volcanoes, and dazzling alpine lakes. This road trip takes motorists through the central Cascades region of Oregon which is an outdoor lover's paradise!
Outdoor recreation abounds along this stunning stretch offering endless hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing, fishing, and camping opportunities. Photographers will also be in heaven traveling through this landscape full of dark green forests, bright green meadows, big blue skies, and interesting volcanic landscapes.
The sixty-six mile scenic drive begins in Bend, and it won't be too long before you round a curve in the road where a stunning view of Mount Bachelor emerges. Soon after this magnificent sight, Broken Top and South Sister mountains will appear which is when you'll be truly awestruck.
Some of Oregon's most picturesque lakes can be found along Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway like tranquil Sparks Lake and the vividly-colored Devil's Lake.
While the drive can easily be completed in one day, it is best to allocate at least two days to spending time in this area so you can enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, swimming, kayaking, fishing, or camping.
>>Read: Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway: Where Oregon's Alpine Lakes & Snowcapped Peaks Are Showstoppers
Summit South Sister
The South Sister hiking trail is a bucket list hike in Oregon for many hikers. Not only is it one of the most challenging hikes in the USA, but it's also one of the most rewarding because of the incredible views that can be seen from the mountain's summit. On a clear day you can almost see every peak in the eastern half of the Cascade Range including Mount Washington, Three Fingered Jack, Mount Jefferson, and even Mt Hood.
This twelve mile return trip hike leads to the summit of Oregon's third tallest summit, South Sister, which stands at 10,363 feet. Its sister mountains, North Sister and Middle Sister, are the fourth and fifth highest peaks in Oregon. Unlike its sister peaks, South Sister has an uneroded summit crater which you can walk around once you reach the top.
South Sister is actually a volcano that last erupted two thousand years ago. Its peak and flanks are home to some of the last remaining glaciers in Oregon. Sitting below the summit is Teardrop Lake, the highest lake in the state.
Of course this hike is no stroll in the park. It is very challenging to say the least, but summiting one of Oregon's most iconic peaks will be an accomplishment you can brag about for years to come. If you're interested in learning more about this trail such as when is the best time to hike, whether you need a permit, and what to expect, see this guide to hiking South Sister Mountain.
Tick Crater Lake National Park Off Your National Park Bucket List
If one of your life long goals is to tick off every national park in the United States, then visiting Crater Lake National Park obviously needs to be on your Oregon bucket list.
Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth oldest national park in the United States, and the only national park in Oregon. The park protects Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. At 1,949 feet deep, Crater Lake is not only the deepest lake in the U.S., but also the ninth deepest lake in the world.
This striking blue lake actually sits inside the caldera of an ancient volcano which was created about 7,700 years ago when a violent eruption triggered the collapse of Mount Mazama's peak. Mount Mazama, which originally had an elevation of about 12,000 feet, was reduced to 8,157 feet after the volcanic eruption. The eruption is the largest that has happened within the Cascade Volcanic Arc in the last one million years. Although Mazama is currently dormant, some scientists believe eruptions in the future are very likely.
One of the coolest things about Crater Lake is how unbelievably blue and clear its waters are. The lake's color and clarity is due to the fact that it is entirely fed by rain and snow only. Crater Lake has no streams flowing into or out of it which is what makes it one of the most pristine lakes on earth.
Crater Lake is best visited in summer because this is when the park's popular Rim Drive is fully open. The scenic thirty-three mile road loops around Crater Lake offering breathtaking lake and forest views, plus access to panoramic vista points, picnic sites, and hiking trails.
>>Read: Best National Parks To Visit In Summer And Why
Best Things To Do In Eastern Oregon
Attend The Pendleton Round Up, Oregon's Largest Rodeo Event
Thousands of people flock to Pendleton annually in the second week of September for the week long rodeo event that is the Pendleton Round Up. The Pendleton Round Up has been running since 1910 and has grown to become one of the best and biggest rodeo events in the USA.
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The week begins with a dress up parade held on the Saturday before round up week, followed by the Outdoor Kick-Off Concert which is held in the arena. Previous artists have included country legends like Reba McIntire, George Strait and Scott McCreery.
Events during Round Up week include bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, steer roping, steer wrestling, team roping and tie-down roping. The All-Around Cowboy award goes to the competitor who earns the most prize money in more than one event.
Strong Native American participation is one of the many draws to the annual roundup. The Happy Canyon Night Show, which celebrated its 106th anniversary earlier this year in 2022, begins with the portrayal of the early American Indian culture and depicts the settling of the American West. North of the stadium is where you'll find the largest annual Indian encampment in North America, set up by members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indians.
Pendleton Round Up is held in Pendleton, and visiting during the event is one of the best times to visit the city (besides during the weekend of Pendleton Whisky Fest) because the main street closes down for the entire week to become a carnival grounds hosting vendors, live music and other nightly shows.
Be Amazed By The Painted Hills
Vivid greens, fiery reds, burnt orange, and shimmering pink and gold colors cover the landscape at this surreal Oregon destination. It's not hard to see why the Painted Hills are one of the '7 Wonders of Oregon'.
The Painted Hills get their name from the intensely-colored stratification in the soil which can be seen splashed across the hillsides here. Different volcanic eruptions and changing climate patterns mixed with different soils, mineral, and plant matter, over the ages resulting in what can be seen here today.
At the Painted Hills, visitors can view colorful hills and mountains from several viewpoints. There are also a few short hiking trails including a boardwalk that leads visitors between two intensely painted mounds known as the Painted Cove.
The Painted Hills are part of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, along with the Clarno Unit and the Sheeprock Unit. All three units are worth visiting if you are in the area and have time on your travel itinerary. There is also a great museum nearby called Thomas Condon Paleontology Center where you can learn all about the tropical landscape and large mammals that dominated this part of the state once upon a time.
Take A Drive Along The Highest Road In Oregon
Little Wildhorse Lake
Steens Mountain, in the remote southeast corner of Oregon, stretches some fifty miles from north to south, rising steeply from the desert floor. This impressive mountain, which has a summit elevation of 9,738 feet, is curiously not part of any mountain range, but is just a single mountain – the largest fault block mountain in North America.
There is a 52 mile-long road named Steens Mountain Backcountry Byway which takes adventuring motorists to the mountain's summit along the highest road in Oregon, providing access to spectacular scenic viewpoints that look over Kiger Gorge and the Alvord Desert below.
This mountain sits inside the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area which offers outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities that include hiking, backpacking, fishing, and camping.
Camp Out On The Alvord Desert Floor
The Alvord Desert is a twelve by seven mile wide, dry lake bed that sits on the eastern side of towering Steens Mountain. Here, snow-capped peaks soar high above the salt flats of this desert playa.
The parched desert landscape which sees on average seven inches of rain per year, is unlike anywhere else in Oregon. This region is stark, desolate, and one of the least visited destinations in Oregon. There are few landmarks in the area, and even fewer towns. However, this does not mean you shouldn't make the effort to visit.
As a matter of fact, Alvord Desert's desolation and remoteness are exactly the reasons you need to plan a trip out here. In a world where social media has seemingly put every little-known outdoor destination on the map for many people, the Alvord Desert has managed to stay under the radar.
What this means is visitors who choose to explore Oregon's remote corner will find a world of solitude, silence, dark skies, and bright stars. One of the best ways to enjoy the Alvord Desert is to camp out on its cracked desert floor. Kick back in your camp chair and watch the sun set behind North America's largest fault block mountain before the stars come out to play. If you're patient, you're likely to see several shooting stars. And sunrise? You'll have to see it for yourself.
In case all of the above wasn't enough to convince you to plan a trip to the Alvord Desert, perhaps the five hot springs that are located around the perimeter of the desert will be enough to persuade you to start packing your bags.
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The following Coimbra Group universities are participating in the 2021 edition of the scheme:
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University of Siena (Italy)
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preferably of doctoral/postdoctoral or equivalent status.
In most universities the language of instruction is that of the country itself, but in many universities it is possible to use English as the working language.
Candidates will be able to select one university only. Multiple applications will not be considered valid.
Applicants should identify a research supervisor in the host university (through the website of the university of your choice or by contacting the contact at the university of your choice – see table below). You should provide his/her contact details in the application form. Applicants are expected to take contact with their research supervisor at the university of their choice and submit a letter/e-mail of acceptance together with their application form which proves that the candidate has been accepted to carry out research under his/her supervision.
Applications which do not fulfil this requirement will not be considered. The Coimbra Group Office is unable to help you with finding a supervisor.
Information should be submitted in English. The Coimbra Group Office will individually acknowledge each application received. Within two weeks of submitting the online application, you should receive an email from the Coimbra Group Office confirming whether your application has been validated or not. This will be your only acknowledgement of receipt. If you do not receive the confirmation message it means that your application was not submitted correctly or there was a technical problem. In that case, please contact info@coimbra-group.eu, no later than 30 April 2021.
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The administrative check of applications will be undertaken by the Coimbra Group Office in order to select candidates who meet the eligibility criteria. The selection of candidates will be undertaken by the host universities. When selection has been agreed upon, the host university may send a letter of invitation directly to the successful candidate. The Coimbra Group Office will contact all candidates and inform them about the result of their application by the end of June 2021. Successful candidates currently employed by a University are responsible for ensuring that their home institution will grant them leave of absence to undertake the proposed visit.
Application Deadline: April 16th, 2021.
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Skating over history
By Leanne Star,
Brian Cassella for the Chicago Tribune
Chicago is an urban lasagna, a city of layers: multi-level Wacker Drive; skyscraper apartments stacked one over the other; River Point tower — one million square feet of office space suspended above a public park above active Metra and Amtrak rails above the Blue Line.
Then there are the unseen layers: history itself. A recent Chicago Tribune photo of seven-year-old girls skating with their moms in Hyde Park evoked 1893 for me.
The Skating Rink at Midway Plaisance Park ices over what was the site of the biggest carnival attraction at the World's Columbian Exposition: the world's first Ferris wheel. Fair planners in Chicago wanted to one-up Paris's 1889 Exposition Universelle, with its iconic Eiffel Tower.
Designed and built by Pittsburgh engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr, the Chicago Wheel began to take shape the winter before the fair. Workers thawed the ground with jets of steam. A massive grillage of steel and concrete supported the 71-ton wheel, its size impressive even by today's standards. Each of its 40 cars could carry 60 people, enough to spin as many as 2,160 riders at a time. Compare that to the 2016 Centennial Wheel at Navy Pier, which can twirl a maximum load of only 414 passengers in its intimate gondolas. The top of Navy Pier's wheel reaches 196 feet, but the original Ferris Wheel soared to 264 feet — about a quarter of the height of the static Eiffel Tower but taller than all but a couple structures in Chicago at the time, offering kinetic, eye-popping views.
View from the Ferris Wheel of the brand-new University of Chicago campus
The wheel outlasted the fair into the following spring, when it was dismantled and later rebuilt at an amusement park in the 2600 block of North Clark Street, now occupied by a McDonald's — another layer of history. At that location the wheel made an appearance in a 1896 film shot by the Lumiere Brothers, but by 1903 it was dismantled again and shipped to St. Louis for that city's 1904 fair, after which it met its end by dynamite.
Apple Michigan Avenue; photo by Eric Allix Rogers
Seeing the photo of the ice rink on the Midway, I thought of other Chicago stories hidden below ground. Apple Michigan Avenue, the snazzy emporium of all things Apple designed by Foster + Partners and completed in 2017, occupies the spot where after the Revolutionary War Chicago's first non-indigenous settler, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, established a trading post and married Kitiwaha, a Potowatami local.
Wigwam convention center
The Sauganash Hotel, which sprang up in 1831, has been called Chicago's first hotel — although Chicago wasn't incorporated until 1837. That hotel made way in 1860 for the Wigwam convention center, where Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president. The wood-framed Wigwam was a temporary structure that held on for a few years after the convention, when it was demolished to make room for something else. Today the Chicago Landmark plaque that marks the spot is affixed to 191 N. Wacker, an elegant 2002 office tower designed by KPF.
Chicago's history is layered all around us. I won't go on about it — OK, just a quick peek under the Stevenson Expressway for vestiges of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, later supplanted by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
I'm not complaining about these changes. I'm glad that the park district operates a skating rink on the site of the world's first Ferris wheel, and I understand why Apple would covet the same spot on the Chicago River that made Point du Sable want to put down roots. Sometimes the old must make room for the new.
Accepting transience is the bargain we make for being alive, a feeling heightened during this time of pandemic. What more can we do than look at lives lost and celebrate them? That first Ferris wheel was grand in its day. A community skating rink is grand in its own way.
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This will make the most-called or least called records pop to the top.
You could also sort by status. On the prospects page, just click "attempt" a few times in the header row.
Note: There's no CSV export on purpose at this time, as some company owners don't want their employees to have the ability to export their entire list of leads presumably to avoid any temptation. We are working on a system to export all the non-responders, which is part of the "flush dead leads" task i.e. a system to flush out "not interested" etc. – however, this function will only be available to the account who imported the data, to again avoid any disgruntled employees from taking off with data.
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