CALGARY, March 20, 2019 /CNW/ – Mosaic Capital Corporation ("Mosaic" or the "Company") (TSX–V Symbols: M and M.DB) has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Company's financial statements and management's discussion and analysis ("MD&A") can be accessed under Mosaic's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.mosaiccapitalcorp.com.
on March 14, 2019 Mosaic divested a second property that was classified as held for sale within the Real Estate segment for net proceeds of $2.7 million.
Mosaic's fourth quarter 2018 results represent record achievements in revenue and Adjusted EBITDA generation and were supported by solid year-over-year gains in all business segments. In combination with the record third quarter 2018 results for the Company, these achievements illustrate the successful efforts by Mosaic and its subsidiary operating partners to drive improvements in a number of underlying portfolio companies after experiencing a difficult first half of 2018.
Underpinned by these strong fourth quarter results, Mosaic achieved several milestones in fiscal 2018, including the delivery of record annual Adjusted EBITDA and a Combined Payout Ratio below 100%. Additionally, the successful divestment of certain assets held for sale within the Real Estate Segment has served to reduce outstanding net debt and, importantly, free up management time to pursue incremental growth initiatives.
As we progress through the first quarter of 2019, we look forward to demonstrating continued year-over-year gains in financial performance which should position the Company to deliver further improvement in our payout ratio and overall leverage metrics. With this positive outlook, we remain committed to the current dividend policy.
Mosaic's growth strategy is centered on the acquisition of controlling equity interests in new portfolio companies with a specific focus on growing Free Cash Flow per share while maintaining a strong balance sheet. Supplementing this, Mosaic's management team adds value with operational and strategic focus by actively engaging with its portfolio companies to build long-term value.
Mosaic's pipeline of high quality, Canada-wide acquisition opportunities remains robust and the Company will continue to pursue its strategy to grow through acquisitions with a focus on building an increasingly diversified portfolio of private, mid-market companies that offer strong Free Cash Flow while maintaining a healthy balance sheet.
Management will hold a conference call to discuss the 2018 results on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM ET. All interested parties are invited to join the conference call by dialing 1-855-353-9183 from within Canada or the U.S. or 403-532-5601 from Calgary or internationally, then entering the participant Code 63121#. A recording of the conference call will be made available on Mosaic's website at www.mosaiccapitalcorp.com.
Selected financial information for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2018 are set out above and includes the following measures that are not recognized under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and are non-generally accepted accounting principles ("Non-GAAP") measures: Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, Preferred Distribution Payout Ratio and Combined Payout Ratio. This information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and the annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2018 available under Mosaic's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Further information regarding these Non-GAAP measures is contained in Mosaic's MD&A.
the Company's expectation to maintain its current dividend policy.


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Vice President for Research, Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jonathan S. Dordick is the Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he is also the Vice President for Research. Prof. Dordick received his B.A. degree in Biochemistry and Chemistry from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has held chemical engineering faculty appointments at the University of Iowa (1987-1998), where he also served as the Associate Director of the Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1998-present) where he also holds joint appointments in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Biology. Prof. Dordick's research group includes chemical engineers, bioengineers, materials scientists, biologists, chemists and microbiologists all focused on gaining a quantitative understanding of biological principles and applying them to advance bioengineering and biomanufacturing, drug discovery, nanoscale hierarchical assemblies.
He has received numerous awards, including the 2007 Marvin J. Johnson Award and the 2007 Elmer Gaden Award both of the American Chemical Society, the 2003 International Enzyme Engineering Award, the 1998 Iowa Section Award of the American Chemical Society, and an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1989. He was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2015, the American Chemical Society in 2010, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2004, and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers in 1996. He presently serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards for several biotechnology companies and venture capital firms, and has cofounded several companies, including EnzyMed (now part of Albany Molecular Research, Inc.), Solidus Biosciences, Inc. and The Paper Battery Co. (an energy storage device company). Dr. Dordick has published 335 papers and is an inventor/co-inventor on nearly 40 patents and patent applications.

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Music Video of the Day: Mossy "Dumb Terror" (2017)
February 21, 2017 / Sosefina Fuamoli
Sydney's Mossy has returned with a new music video, this time for "Dumb Terror". As we continue to watch our current social and political climates battle to find their way to some kind of sanity and balance, Mossy's latest single was written as a response to all the chaos. As he explains, "For me, "Dumb Terror" is about…
From Brisbane with Love: Larry Heath's musical highlights from the best BIGSOUND ever
September 12, 2016 / Larry Heath
The few days we spend at BIGSOUND in Brisbane is best described as an annual escapade into a fine slice of the best in Australian music – a sample of what's been round the traps recently, what's returned after some time away and what's coming next. Across the three nights of live music – two official…
Middle Kids, Buzz Kull, Jaala and more join the Volumes Festival line up
Sydney's Volumes Festival just got bigger, with the addition of the second round of artists being unveiled this week. Joining the likes of Mossy, Koi Child and Nicholas Allbrook on August 26th and 27th this year is this talented group of artists: BUZZ KULL CORIN FELIX LUSH GUSSY JAALA KATO KIMCHI PRINCI LOW TON MAKEDA MIDDLE KIDS MORNING TV PRIVACY THHOMAS…
ICYMI: A look back at our favourite music videos of May 2016
Continuing our look back at our favourite music videos, we turn the spotlight to May, where we became introduced to some more rad artists and their latest visuals; from MOSSY's "Ginsberg", to Modern Baseball's brilliant video for "Wedding Singer", there were definitely all angles covered. Hit 'play' and revisit them below! PLAYLIST Tim Wheatley – "78 Benz"…
ICYMI: A look back at our favourite music videos of February 2016
Our ICYMI series continues this week, as we take a look back at the music videos we vibed on throughout February this year. From Troye Sivan's "Youth" to Violent Soho's "Viceroy" and Bullet For My Valentine's "Worthless", the second month of 2016 saw some big hitters drop impressive visuals. Hit play on the below and take a look/listen! Playlist Troye…
Music Video of the Day: Mossy "Ginsberg" (2016)
May 24, 2016 / Sosefina Fuamoli
Sydney artist and newest member of the I OH YOU family, Mossy, has recently released a new music video, this time for "Ginsberg", a definite highlight cut from his debut EP. The clip, shot out in California at creative collaborator Kris Moyes' house, marks the second time Mossy and Moyes have worked together, the first being on the…
Music Video of the Day: Mossy "Electric Chair" (2016)
Mossy is the latest unearthed talent to join the I OH YOU roster, the Sydney artist bringing some great psychedelic-infused pop music flair to the family already known for releases by Violent Soho, Montgomery and DMA's. His debut single "Electric Chair" dropped last week and has since wasted no time in captivating the attention of…


So i've heard it before. "My husband doesn't want to have his photos taken" What do you do NOW?
Let me tell you a little tale, well a true story, but tale sounded nice. Anyway, when I first started taking photos, my husband wasn't the keenest on getting his photo taken, smiling for the camera, willingly posing. So what changed? He saw the results, the special moments captured. The snuggles, the pictures forever saved that will forever allow his daughters and himself to see their relationship. Him as a protector, a comforter, to witness his love. Those memories and these visuals will live on after he's gone. The ones of our family, the ones of us as a couple, the ones of him as a dad and even the ones of just him.
So what do you do to try to let your husband/boyfriend/ finance let them know how much it means to you?
1. TELL THEM. No seriously, gently explain from your heart, how much it means to you to document whatever your special moment is.
2. ASK THEM. This goes hand in hand with number one. Ask and explain. Nothing ventured nothing gained right?!
4. HELP HIM GET DRESSED. A lot of guys do not like to pick out clothes, let alone have to coordinate with the entire family. Help him by helping to pick out his outfit! Something that he likes, but still works with the family/the feel of the session.
5. TELL HIM HE LOOKS GREAT. Just like how women need a little self-confidence boost, sometimes guys do to. Compliment him! Whisper in his ear, tell him he looks handsome.
Most of all remember to HAVE FUN. This is a no pressure, go with the flow, joking environment. Here at CHP, that is a goal, Capture love and beauty, through fun and have everyone leave with a smile. Guy's too.


A proposal to annex 183 acres of Air Force Academy land into the city will be aired at a public meeting at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 17 in City Council chambers, 107 N. Nevada Ave.
The annexation would accommodate Blue and Silver Development Partners' plan to build a visitors center on 57 acres near the Academy's north gate.
Blue and Silver's visitors center complex is part of the Springs' City for Champions tourism venture and will include a hotel and office building. The city says only 57 acres will be developed; the balance will remain open space.


To see a world in a Grain of Sand,
 And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
 Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
 And eternity in an hour.
Thou art a Man, God is no more.
 Thy own humanity learn to adore.
O why was I born with a different face?
 Why was I not born like rest of my race?
As I was walking among the fires of Hell,
 delighted with the enjoyments of Genius;
 which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
 I collected some of their Proverbs.
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Finish Your Halloween Costume Fast as These Anime Characters
October 29, 2022 Kara Dennison
The spookiest night of the year is almost here. Are you prepared? No? No worries. We've got some fast, cheap, and simple Halloween costume ideas. Best of all? They're all anime-related! At the absolute most, you might need a quick run to the thrift store, …Read more »
Gundam Wing VA Saori Sugimoto Passes Away at 58
Content Warning: Eating disorders Sad news came out of Japanese talent agency Aoni Production today, with the announcement that voice actor Saori Sugimoto has passed away at age 58. Known in Japan for her work on children's programming, Sugimoto passed away on October 21 as …Read more »
How to Make the Perfect Cosplay with a Simple H&M Purchase
You don't always have to break the bank to get in on some cosplay fun. In fact, with around 25 bucks you could be on your way to dressing up as a truly iconic anime character. As pointed out on Twitter, this can be done …Read more »
New Gundam Wing Figure Gets the Nostalgia Juices Flowing
Many U.S. anime fans' first exposure to the world of Gundam was through Toonami's airing of Gundam Wing , the 90s series that takes place in the After Colony timeline. So there are plenty of folks for whom this figure will evoke more than a …Read more »
Gundam Wing Heads to Blu-ray and DVD This Year
March 3, 2017 Joseph Luster
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 's return to North American home video is official. Nozomi Entertainment confirmed plans on Twitter , announcing that the series will be coming to Blu-ray and DVD this year. They followed that up with a note that the release will include …Read more »
Hulu Adds Gundam Wing and Four More Gundam Anime
February 21, 2017 Joseph Luster
Looking to stream some of Sunrise's many Gundam mecha anime series? You're in luck, because Hulu just added five to its library, including 1995-1996 TV anime Mobile Suit Gundam Wing , 1996 OVA Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team , the remastered version of 2002's …Read more »
Vertical Adds Gundam Wing Manga, Nichijou Spin-Off
February 8, 2017 Joseph Luster
North American manga publisher Vertical Comics announced a pair of new licenses today, starting with the latest addition to their Gundam lineup. This one will definitely be nostalgic for a certain age set, because it's New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz: The Glory of …Read more »
Japan's Coming of Age Day Inspires 1997 Anime Nostalgia
January 9, 2017 Matt Schley
In Japan, the second Monday of January is Coming of Age Day, when everyone who's turned 20 over the previous celebrates coming into adulthood. The occasion has inspired a wave of nostalgia on Twitter in Japan, as anime fans celebrate the anime that also turn …Read more »
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz now streaming
November 3, 2014 Matt Schley
A lot of comments we got on our post about Gundam Reconguista in G the other day were some variation on "my favorite Gundam is still definitely Gundam Wing !" The mid-90s Gundam series, which ran for 49 episodes, gained a lot of popularity in …Read more »


The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 1937 square feet (180 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers concierge services, dry cleaning/laundry services, and 24-hour room service. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
Macdonald Bear Hotel is a smoke-free property.
Located in the heart of Woodstock, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Oxfordshire Museum and Blenheim Palace.
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and self parking. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, 24-hour room service, conference space, and concierge services are onsite.
All 54 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, plus free WiFi and TVs with digital channels. 24-hour room service, coffee makers, and free bottled water are among the other amenities available to guests.
Macdonald Bear Hotel offers 54 forms of accommodation with complimentary bottles of water and coffee/tea makers. Digital televisions are provided. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit, a complimentary bathrobe, complimentary slippers and complimentary toiletries. This Woodstock hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Additionally, rooms include a hairdryer and an iron/ironing board. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 10 AM.
The Restaurant – This restaurant specialises in British cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The Churchill Lounge – This bar specialises in British cuisine and serves lunch, dinner and light fare.
Late-night fare is available from 24-hour room service.
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of GBP 15.00 per pet, per night.
Guests must contact this hotel in advance to reserve a crib (infant bed) or rollaway bed. please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.


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And there he was. Home. And on oxygen support. And it felt like we hit a brick wall. So, when it was our duty as Jax's parents to stay home and snuggle up on our couch to keep his immature lungs from being exposed to germs and sickness – oh yes! We liked that!
I only left the house to take Jax to doctor's appointments. Some days, I didn't leave the house at all. And the glorious, comfortable weeks turned into long, lonely months and the months turned into never-ending. And then we were sick of our house and, quite frankly, of each other! And when spring came around and we got the go ahead from Jax's doctors to begin socializing him with other kids, we jumped for joy! And this summer? We were living large: parties and Early Childhood and Family Education classes and friends and family – and now it's sinking in that all that has to stop.
We're really not going to like it!
But as parents of a micropreemie with Chronic Lung Disease and bronchomalacia, we know how important isolation is for keeping him safe and sickness-free.
Babies who are born early, like Jax, often have lungs that are not fully formed. Many preemies, especially those with Chronic Lung Disease (or Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia), spend years trying to "catch up" and grow new, healthy lung tissue. Because of immature lungs and other conditions, RSV and related illnesses can mean serious trouble and even hospitalization for a preemie.
So, our family has a True HEPA air purifier that removes viruses from the air, and we use cleaning supplies that have built-in antibacterial properties. We are extremely aware and careful and we will definitely be breaking out the giant bottle of hand sanitizer, wearing masks around Jax if we get sick, and be on the look out for sniffly noses.
Will you be spending time with a preemie or child with lung problems this winter? Here are some ways you can help keep them safe.
Wash your hands immediately when you walk in the door. And then wash them again after you use the bathroom, touch garbage, blow your nose, or eat. Wash them again before you touch the child.
Visit www.lung.org to learn about how to prevent RSV.
Get a flu shot and a Pertussis vaccine. For real.
Please plan to remove your shoes when you visit.
Please do not smoke before visiting, or shower and change your clothes prior to visiting. Third-hand smoke is real and babies with lung disease are extremely sensitive to smoke.
So, we're ready! We will print this list and tape it to our doors. We will send an email with this information to all of our family and friends so they are all on board with prevention in mind. Feel free to do the same! We have a Respiratory Action Plan and we know what to do when Jax gets sick. We're gearing up for RSV season – BLAH!
Parents, what are some strategies you use to keep your kids healthy during cold and flu season?
I have 8 month triplets who were born 33 weeks. I was told in the NICU they would qualify for the second season this year. (they were born in Feb.) The pediatrician says they do not qualify and they are too healthy. Is this possible? They are healthy, we only have feeding and developmental issues, but are their lungs strong enough yet? They were 33 weeks, 4#10oz. 4#12oz. and 3#6oz. they also have 2 older brothers one is in first grade.
Tammie – congratulations on your triplets! I'm glad they are doing well. Did they receive the Synagis shots last season? I know there is a list of criteria that is used to determine if a baby is eligible for Synagis. Jax's pulmonologist shared it with us at our last appointment. Maybe you could ask your pediatrician to go over that list with you and ask him why he made his recommendation. I know that every kid is different. Good luck!
Silas is adorable! I hope the article can help your family!
This is a great post. I am so glad you shared it. It is so important to educate people on RSV. I shared this on my facebook and google+ pages!
Thanks for sharing, Jennifer! The more awareness we can raise, the better!
Thank you again for this article. My boys did receive the rsv shot during the season they were born in. I was told they qualify for the second season before we brought them home from the NICU. I have called the Pediatrician and the NICU and I have found list of qualifications online. (woa! tons of research) I have finally talked the Pediatrician into at least sending in the paperwork to our insurance!! I understand the guidelines have been changed and made a lot stricter, especially for the second season babies. Thank you so much for your article and feedback.
Great info, we did all of this last year for our preemie that has reactive airway disease. I would love to know what essential herbs you user for his breathing, and how you use them.
Hi Raszuana – I'm so sorry it took me so long to respond to you, but I just saw your comment now. We use DoTerra Essential Oils with our son. They have a blend of oils called Breathe that we use. We diffuse it in his room at night and it seems to help him breathe a bit easier. I'm learning about other essential oils and how they might be able to help!


January 29, 2018 (El Cajon) -- Kickoff on America's favorite past time is just about ready to start. For many football fans, when it's time for Super Bowl LII, everyone's a fan…and Fans Don't Let Fans Drive Drunk. The California Office of Traffic Safety, Police, Sheriff and the CHP are huddling up for a special designated driver reminder to urge football fans across the nation not to drop the ball on this issue.
Impaired driving near or above the .08 BAC limit can be deadly, and even small amounts of alcohol can impair judgement to make driving unsafe. In 2016, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported there were 10,497 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involving drunk drivers nationwide. California recorded 1,059 DUI deaths at .08 BAC or above according to the NHTSA.
The El Cajon Police Department supports the new effort from the Office of Traffic Safety that aims to educate all drivers that "DUI Doesn't Just Mean Booze." Drug-impaired driving is a problem on California roadways. Like drunk driving, drugged driving is impaired driving, which means it is dangerous and illegal. Whether the drug is legally prescribed, an illicit drug or marijuana, driving while drug impaired poses a threat to the driver, vehicle passengers, and other motorists, and driving high can lead to a DUI.


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You don't have to shell out for a fancy spa experience to get the relaxing, rejuvenating moment you're craving. Instead, transform your own bathroom into an at-home spa with these scented fizzing bath balls from Sabon NYC. Just drop one of these balls into the tub and enjoy luxuriating in the fizzy, scented waters. You'll love the aromatherapy effects while taking a moment to breathe deeply and savor the peace and quiet. Meanwhile, the natural ingredients will diffuse through your bath to replenish your skin.
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Any one having any idea about above error it thrown in Event view and crashes the apache server

A: Are you using the IIS management functions to handle an IIS server through Apache? If not, just inactivate that extension in your php.ini
You can read more about that extension here:
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I guess it's crashing because you're running an Apache server. Do you even have IIS installed?

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In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, communication protocols, and tools for building software.
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"A touchstone of what Toronto was, is and can be"
All Saints', Sherbourne Street, is the masterpiece of Richard C. Windeyer, who has designed the adjacent 1884 schoolhouse/parish hall, and John Fallon. It is an outstanding example in Canada of High Victorian polychrome brickwork, an outgrowth from the Gothic Revival movement in 19th century architecture. The former curator of the Royal Ontario Museum, Corey Keeble, has called it "this nation's perfect Gothic Revival realization of the synthesis of architecture and applied art advocated by Augustus Welby, Northmore Pugin, William Morris, and the legitimate pioneers of the Modern Movement…"
All Saints Church Community Centre stained glass window above the altar. April 11, 2011, Toronto, Canada. Photo/Michael Hudson
In addition to the distinctive brickwork and hammerhead arches of the church, Keeble lauds the stained glass windows from Toronto's McCausland studios, the oldest surviving stained glass studio in North America, and its 1870's stencil glass – "the best of its kind in Toronto." McCausland's chancel window for All Saints', designed at the beginning of the 1880's, was intended to challenge the English-designed chancel glass at St. James' Cathedral. "The All Saints' chancel window is in in fact epoch making in the history of Canadian stained glass."
Keeble concludes, "All Saints is so important that it justifies virtually any expenditure in terms of its restoration and preservation for future generations. This is a structure that must be preserved. It is too important to be lost to the city, the province and the nation." That it has now become a home for the homeless and destitute, he adds, means "its history has encompassed all states and levels of society and humanity within Toronto. In this sense, it has been a genuine microcosm of Toronto and Torontonians.. .a touchstone of what Toronto was, is and can be."
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2018 Dart Awards & World Press Freedom Day Commemoration
Video coverage of the 2018 Dart Awards celebration and winners' roundtable, featuring Neil Barsky, John Woodrow Cox, Azmat Khan, and Lizzie Presser; plus a special World Press Freedom commemoration featuring Columbia Journalism School graduate students Ali Anisi Tehrani and Davi Merchan.
Welcome: ECD Global Reporting Institute
Bruce Shapiro welcomes 30 journalists from 17 countries to Columbia Journalism School for the Dart Center's Early Childhood Reporting Institute: Covering Trauma, Resilience and the Developing Brain; June 28, 2018.
Bruce Shapiro shares closing remarks at the Dart Center's four-day Early Childhood Reporting Institute: Covering Trauma, Resilience and the Developing Brain; July 1, 2018.
What Makes a Child-Friendly City?
July 28, 2018 by Tara Eisenberg, Patrin Watanatada
Full video and powerpoint presentations from "What Makes a Child-Friendly City? ECD-driven urban design"; June 30, 2018.
Future Directions in Communicating the Science of Early Childhood Development
July 28, 2018 by Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Full video and powerpoint presentation from "Future Directions in Communicating the Science of Early Childhood Development"; June 30, 2018.
Interviewing Children: Multi-disciplinary Approaches
July 28, 2018 by John Woodrow Cox, Lynne Jones
Full video from "Interviewing Children: Multi-disciplinary Approaches; Diverse Contexts"; June 30, 2018.
What is "Solutions Journalism"?
July 28, 2018 by Mikhael Simmonds
Full video and powerpoint presentation from the workshop "What is "Solutions Journalism"? How Can Journalists Straddle the Line Between Reporting on What's Wrong and Reporting on How to Fix it?"; July 1, 2018.
How to Inject ECD into Every Beat
July 28, 2018 by Jenny Anderson, Tania Opazo, Jane West
Full video and powerpoint presentations from "Making your beat an ECD beat: How to inject ECD into every beat"; July 1, 2018.
ECD Database Overview / Speed Tutorial
July 28, 2018 by Esther Goh
Full video and powerpoint presentation from "ECD Database Overview / Speed Tutorial"; July 1, 2018.
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across the Life Course
July 28, 2018 by Nadine Burke Harris
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Beach Boys' SMiLE Date, Tracklisting
You know you're gonna
buy the 5-disc version…
Back in March it was announced that after all these years
the Beach Boys' legendary unreleased SMiLE album was finally going to see an official release. Brian Wilson, of
course, resurrected it in recent years in concert, but aside from several
bootleg iterations (including a limited edition box that became a best-seller
on the underground market), it's never truly seen the light of day in a
sanctioned format. Yesterday Capitol/EMI disclosed the release date: November
The SMiLE Sessions will
come in multiple formats, including a standard 2CD edition and a deluxe 5CD
version (which boasts vinyl goodies and a hardbound book). That's really all
you need to know if you are a Beach Boys and Wilson freak. But for your
edification, below is the full, lengthy press release the label issued
outlining the project and listing all the tracks. (If you've got the bootleg box it's fascinating to compare the two sets' tracklistings to see what session material was chosen and what was omitted.) Watch for full coverage from
BLURT, and meanwhile, start salivating.
From Capitol/EMI:
With the full
participation of original Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Brian
Wilson, Capitol/EMI has, for the first time, collected and compiled the band's
legendary 1966-'67 sessions for the never-completed SMiLE album.
Capitol/EMI and The Beach Boys are pleased to announce November 1 (October 31
internationally) as the release date for the long-awaited arrival of The SMiLE
Sessions in multiple physical and digital configurations. Artwork and complete
tracklists are also unveiled for what Rolling Stone magazine recently called
"the most famous unfinished album in rock & roll history."
In numerous sessions between the spring of 1966 and the
summer of 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a bounty of songs and drafts for an
album, SMiLE, that was intended to follow the band's 1966 masterpiece, Pet
Sounds. The master tapes were ultimately shelved, and The Beach Boys' SMiLE
has never been released. Drawn from the original masters, The SMiLE
Sessions presents an in-depth overview of The Beach Boys' recording sessions
for the enigmatic album, which has achieved legendary, mythical status for
music fans around the world.
2CD lift-top box, double vinyl LP, digital album, and iTunes LP formats
feature an approximation of what was intended to be the completed SMiLE album,
compiled from The Beach Boys' original session masters. Additional session
highlights and bonus tracks are also included, including demos and stereo
mixes.
An expanded, boxed
edition of The SMiLE Sessions will also be released physically and
digitally, featuring the main SMiLE album tracks, plus four CDs of additional
audio from the legendary sessions, a double vinyl LP set, and two 7″ vinyl
singles. The deluxe box will also contain a 60-page hardbound book with
rare and previously unseen photos and memorabilia from The Beach Boys' archive
and newly-written essays by Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, and
Bruce Johnston, as well as by Beach Boys historian and author Domenic Priore
and many other inner-circle participants.
Produced by Brian Wilson, Mark Linett, Alan Boyd and Dennis
Wolfe in Los Angeles,
all of The SMiLE Sessions' physical and digital configurations include an
assembled collection of core session tracks, while the box set delves much
deeper into the sessions, adding early song drafts, alternate takes,
instrumental and vocals-only mixes, and studio chatter. The SMiLE Sessions
invites the listener into the studio to experience the album's creation, with
producer, singer and bassist Brian Wilson's vision leading the way as he guides
his fellow Beach Boys, singer Mike Love, drummer Dennis Wilson, lead guitarist
Carl Wilson, rhythm guitarist Al Jardine, and newest member Bruce Johnston (who'd
replaced Brian Wilson in the touring group during 1965), through the legendary
sessions.
Artwork for all of The SMiLE Sessions' physical and digital
configurations has been created with and inspired by Beat-Pop artist Frank
Holmes' original 1967 LP sleeve art and booklet designs intended for the SMiLE album.
With its three-dimensional shadowbox lid, The SMiLE Sessions box set offers a
whimsical peek inside the storied 'SMiLE Shop.'
Several special SMiLE
Sessions packages will be available for purchase exclusively on thebeachboys.com, including:
– The SMiLE Sessions 2CD edition paired with a limited
edition SMiLE t-shirt
edition autographed lithograph
– The SMiLE Sessions limited edition box set with light-up SMiLE
Shop window on lid, autographed
Shop window on lid, autographed, paired with a custom-made SMiLE surfboard by
The Beach Boys are
embracing technology and crowdsourcing to produce the first official music
videos for "Good Vibrations" and "Heroes And Villains" by
partnering with Tongal, the leading creative social platform. In Tongal's
first-ever music video initiative, fans can now collaborate to create the
official music videos, as the project begins today (August 30) on Tongal.com,
and consists of two phases – a concept phase and a video phase. The
concept phase calls for fans to conceptualize the music video for "Heroes and
Villains" or "Good Vibrations" in 250 characters or less. In the video phase,
Tongal users can select one of the five winning concepts from phase one and
produce a music video based on it. The video can be animated or
live-action, trippy or classic – it can be whatever the fans want, as long as
it's their own. Cash prizes and special items, including an autographed
custom Hobie longboard, will be awarded to Tongal users for the top
The SMiLE Sessions box
set will include details about Operation Smile, an international medical
charity organization with a presence in more than 60 countries dedicated to
healing children's smiles. Since 1982, Operation Smile – through the help of
generous supporters and medical volunteers – has provided free surgeries
worldwide for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lips and
cleft palates. Every three minutes, a child somewhere in the world is born with
a cleft. For more information on how to be involved or donate to Operation
Smile, please visit www.operationsmile.org or
call 1-888-OPSMILE (888-677-6453).
The best efforts have
been taken by The Beach Boys, the producers, and Capitol/EMI to present the
SMiLE album sessions' most vital and fascinating elements. However, there
will no doubt be some debate amongst Beach Boys fans around the world who,
during the past four decades, have become familiar with a variety of
widely-traded bootlegged bits and pieces from the sessions. As recently
explained by the Detroit Metro Times, "No album, released or not, has generated
a more personal relationship with its audience, since no two people can ever
agree on its content and purpose."
Beginning with "Good Vibrations," The Beach Boys'
best-selling record in a long string of hits, Brian Wilson had begun to
construct songs in a modular form, crafting individual sections that would
later be edited together to form a coherent whole. In several intense
bursts of creative energy, Wilson, drawing on
the talents of the finest studio musicians in Los Angeles and utilizing the best studio
facilities available on any given day, laid down dozens of musical fragments,
all designed to fit together in any number of possible combinations. No
one had done this before in pop music, and his next endeavor would be an
album-length version of this unique and luxurious songwriting parlance: SMiLE.
In 1965, Brian Wilson met an up-and-coming session keyboard
player and songwriter, Van Dyke Parks. Noticing Parks' conversational
eloquence, Wilson
felt that he could help to volley The Beach Boys' songwriting into the wave of
broader-messaged and socially-conscious rock 'n' roll that would come to define
the '60s. They were soon collaborating on keynote songs for SMiLE,
including "Heroes And Villains," the band's follow-up single to "Good
Vibrations." Wilson and Parks would also co-write "Surf's Up,"
"Vega-Tables," "Cabin Essence," "Do You Like Worms," "Wonderful," "Wind
Chimes," and other pieces of the SMiLE tapestry. Parks also introduced
Frank Holmes to create album sleeve art and a booklet interpreting the album's
James Joyce-mode lyrics.
The reason SMiLE did not see a release in 1967 had more to
do with back room business that obscured the creative side of the program than
anything else. In late 1966, The Beach Boys formed Brother Records,
initially to produce outside artists. Soon, however, The Beach Boys would
become embroiled in a court action with Capitol Records with the goal to become
the top-selling artists on their self-owned, independent label. The group
withheld "Heroes And Villains" and announced they would instead release "Vega-Tables"
– recorded with the band's own money in April of '67 – on Brother
Records. By July of 1967, Capitol Records and The Beach Boys had come to
terms, with Capitol agreeing to distribute the band's Brother Records, and it
was agreed that SMiLE was no longer to be the band's next album.
(2CD; Digital; iTunes LP)
CD ONE
1. Our
Prayer (1:06)
2. Gee
3. Heroes
And Villains (4:53)
4. Do You
Like Worms
(Roll Plymouth Rock) (3:36)
5. I'm In
Great Shape (0:29)
6. Barnyard
7. My Only
Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My Sunshine) (1:57)
Essence (3:32)
9. Wonderful
10. Look (Song For
Children) (2:31)
11. Child Is
Father Of The Man (2:14)
12. Surf's Up
13. I Wanna Be
Around / Workshop (1:23)
14. Vega-Tables
15. Holidays
16. Wind Chimes
17. The Elements:
Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow) (2:35)
18. Love To Say
Dada (2:32)
19. Good
Vibrations (4:13)
20. You're Welcome
21. Heroes And Villains
(Stereo Mix) (4:53)
22. Heroes And
Villains Sections (Stereo Mix) (7:16)
Demo (1:46)
24. He Gives
Speeches (1:14)
25. Smile Backing
Vocals Montage (8:30)
26. Surf's Up 1967
(Solo Version) (4:09)
27. Psycodelic Sounds:
Brian Falls Into A Piano (1:30)
CD TWO
1. Our Prayer "Dialog"
(9/19/66) (3:02)
2. Heroes And Villains: Part 1
4. Heroes And Villains: Children Were
Raised (1/27/67) (2:07)
5. Heroes And Villains: Prelude To Fade
6. My Only Sunshine (11/14/66)
7. Cabin Essence (10/3/66)
8. Surf's Up: 1st Movement
(11/4/66) (4:55)
9. Surf's Up: Piano Demo
(12/15/66) (3:53)
10. Vega-Tables: Fade (4/12/67)
11. The Elements: Fire session
12. Cool, Cool Water (Version 2)
(10/26-10/29/67) (3:32)
13. Good Vibrations Session
Highlights (8:20)
Box Set (5CD+Double LP+Two 7″ Singles; digital)
Villains (Stereo Mix) (4:53)
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
Prayer "Dialog" (9/19/66) (3:01)
Prayer (10/4/66) (6:37)
Heroes And Villains Session (10/20/66)
And Villains: Verse (Master Take) (0:57)
And Villains: Barnyard (Master Take) (1:12)
And Villains: I'm In Great Shape (10/27/66) (4:59)
And Villains: Intro (Early Version) circa 12/66 (0:35)
Heroes And Villains Session (1/3/67)
7. Heroes And
Villains: Do A Lot (0:53)
And Villains: Bag Of Tricks (2:58)
And Villains: Mission Pak (0:55)
Villains: Bridge To Indians (1:47)
Villains: Part 1 Tag (1:19)
Villains: Pickup To 3rd Verse (0:55)
Heroes And Villains Session (1/27/67)
Villains: Children Were Raised (2:07)
Villains: Part 2 (Cantina track) (1:21)
Villains: Whistling Bridge (1:14)
Villains: Cantina (1:36)
Villains: All Day (2:19)
Villains: Verse Edit Experiment (0:48)
Villains: Prelude to Fade (3:43)
Villains: Piano Theme (2:43)
Villains: Part 2 (2:31)
Villains: Part 2 (Gee) (Master Take) (2:36)
Villains: Part 2 Revised (1:54)
Villains: Part 2 Revised (Master Take) (0:48)
25. Heroes And Villains:
Part 3 (Animals) (Master Take) (1:18)
Villains: Part Two (Master Take) (2/27/67) (1:44)
Villains: Fade (2/28/67) (6:35)
Villains: Verse Remake (4:16)
Villains: Organ Waltz / Intro (2:04)
Villains: Chorus Vocals (0:48)
Villains: Barbershop (1:50)
Villains: Children Were Raised (Remake) (1:06)
Villains: Children Were Raised (Master Take Overdubs Mix 1) (0:26)
Villains: Children Were Raised (Master Take A Capella) (0:27)
Villains Piano Demo (incorporating "I'm In Great Shape" and "Barnyard") Brian
with Van Dyke Parks and "Humble Harve" Miller, KHJ Radio (11/4/66) (4:17)
37. Psycodelic
Sounds: Brian
Falls Into A Microphone
Sounds: Moaning Laughing (11/4/66) (1:09)
CD THREE
DO YOU LIKE WORMS (ROLL PLYMOUTH ROCK)
Do You Like Worms
Session (10/18/66)
Like Worms:
Part 1 (5:21)
Part 2 (Bicycle Rider) (1:55)
Bicycle Rider Overdubs (Heroes And Villains Part 2) (1/5/67) (0:22)
MY ONLY SUNSHINE
(THE OLD MASTER PAINTER / YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE)
Sunshine: Parts 1 & 2 (11/14/66) (6:51)
Sunshine: Part 2 (Master Take With Vocal Overdubs) (2/10/67) (0:45)
CABIN ESSENCE
Cabin Essence Session (10/3/66)
Essence: Verse (2:14)
Essence: Chorus (2:28)
10. Cabin Essence:
Tag (2:31)
11. Wonderful
(Version 1) (8/25/66) (2:59)
Wonderful (Version 2 "Rock With Me, Henry") Session (1/9/67)
(Version 2) (3:25)
(Version 2 Tag) (2:54)
(Version 3) (4/10/67?) (2:41)
LOOK (SONG FOR CHILDREN)
15. Look (8/12/66)
CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN
Father Of The Man (Version 1) (10/7/66) (4:57)
Father Of The Man (Version 2) (10/11/66) (5:38)
18. Surf's Up: 1st
Movement (11/4/66) (4:54)
19. Surf's Up:
Talking Horns (11/7/66) (3:42)
Piano Demo (Master Take) (12/15/66) (3:52)
I WANNA BE AROUND / WORKSHOP (FRIDAY NIGHT)
Around (11/29/66) (3:08)
VEGA-TABLES (VEGETABLES)
Vegetables Sessions (4/4/67 – 4/11/67)
22. Vegetables:
Verse (Master Take Track) (4/4 – 4/11/67) (2:02)
Sleep A Lot (Chorus) (2:34)
Chorus 1 (Master Take) (1:05)
2nd Chorus (Master Take Track And Backing Vocals) (1:03)
Insert (Part 4) (Master Take) (0:37)
CD FOUR
VEGA-TABLES (VEGETABLES) (continued)
Vegetables: Fade (4/12/67) (5:25)
Vegetables: Ballad Insert (4/14/67) (1:03)
(9/8/66) (7:32)
4. Wind
Chimes (Version 1) (8/3/66) (6:46)
Wind Chimes (Version 2) Session (10/5/66)
Chimes (Version 2) (5:00)
Chimes (Version 2 Tag) (2:51)
THE ELEMENTS: FIRE (MRS. O'LEARY'S COW)
7. The
Elements (Fire) (11/28/66) (8:27)
LOVE TO SAY DADA / COOL, COOL WATER
Da Da Session (12/22/66)
8. Da
Da (Taped Piano Strings) (1:00)
Da (Fender Rhodes) (1:21)
Love To Say Dada Sessions (5/16/67 – 5/18/67)
Dada: Part 1 (5/16/67) (1:22)
Dada: Part 2 (Master Take) (5/17/67) (1:21)
Dada: Part 2 (Second Day) (5/18/67) (2:00)
COOL, COOL WATER
14. Cool, Cool
Water (Version 1) (6/7/67) (2:21)
Water (Version 2) (10/26/67 & 10/29/67) (3:31)
SMILE ADDITIONAL SESSIONS
17. You're With Me
Tonight (6/6-6/7/67) (2:46)
18. Tune X
(3/3/67-3/31/67) (2:18)
19. I Don't Know
20. Three Blind
Mice (10/15/65) (2:11)
21. Teeter Totter
Love (Jasper Dailey) (1/25/67 & 2/9/67) (1:49)
22. Psycodelic Sounds –
Underwater Chant (11/4/66) (1:45)
23. Hal Blaine
Vega-Tables Promo Session (11/16/66) (1:28)
Villains: Early Version Outtake Sections (1/67 – 2/67) (5:04)
CD FIVE
GOOD VIBRATIONS SESSIONS
1. Good Vibrations: Gold Star 2/18/66 (The "Pet Sounds"
Session) (7:27)
2. Good Vibrations: Gold Star 4/9/66 (6:57)
3. Good Vibrations: Western 5/4/66 (First Chorus) (2:24)
4. Good Vibrations: Western 5/4/66 (Second Chorus &
Fade) (3:28)
5. Good Vibrations: Sunset Sound 5/24/66 (Part 1) (1:20)
6. Good Vibrations: Sunset Sound 5/24/66 (Parts 2 & 3)
8. Good Vibrations: Western 5/27/66 (Part C) (3:32)
9. Good Vibrations: Western 5/27/66 (Chorus) (3:04)
10. Good Vibrations: Western 5/27/66 (Fade Sequence) (1:56)
11. Good Vibrations (Inspiration): Western 6/2/66 (Part 1)
14. Good Vibrations: Western 6/16/66 (Part 1) (6:24)
15. Good Vibrations: Western 6/16/66 (Part 2 & Verse)
16. Good Vibrations: Western 6/16/66 (Part 2 Continued)
19. Good Vibrations (Persuasion): Western 9/1/66 (1:49)
20. Good Vibrations: Western 9/1/66 (New Bridge) (3:39)
21. Good Vibrations: Session Masters (6:13)
22. Good Vibrations: Single Version Stereo Track (3:49)
23. Good Good Good Vibrations (First Version With Overdubs)
3/66 (3:41)
24. Good Vibrations: Alternate Edit 8/24/66 (3:32)
Double LP
(Roll Plymouth Rock)
I'm In Great Shape
My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are My
Sunshine)
I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
Vega-Tables
Love To Say Dada
Side Four
You're Welcome – Stereo Mix
Vega-Tables – Stereo Mix
Wind Chimes – Stereo Mix
Cabin Essence – Session Highlights and Stereo Backing Track
Surf's Up – Session Excerpt and Stereo Mix
Two 7″ singles
Heroes And Villains "Smile" single
Vega-Tables single
A side: Heroes And Villains Part
One A side: Vega-Tables
B side: Heroes And Villains Part
Two B side: Surf's
(2LP vinyl)
1. Our Prayer
3. Heroes And Villains
4. Do You Like Worms
5. I'm In Great Shape
7. My Only Sunshine (The Old Master Painter / You Are
My Sunshine)
8. Cabin Essence
2. Look (Song for Children)
3. Child Is Father Of The Man
4. Surf's Up
1. I Wanna Be Around / Workshop
2. Vega-Tables
4. Wind Chimes
5. The Elements: Fire (Mrs. O'Leary's Cow)
6. Love To Say Dada
1. You're Welcome – Stereo Mix
2. Vega-Tables – Stereo Mix
3. Wind Chimes – Stereo Mix
4. Cabin Essence – Session Highlights and Stereo Backing
5. Surf's Up – Session Excerpt and Stereo Mix
This entry was posted in Blog on August 31, 2011 by Stephen Judge.
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I took it on to help out a friend, who needed someone to help out with the team on fleshing out the creative side of client briefs and campaigns. I was the go-to person when it comes to working out imagery that would work; the piecing together of visuals, style and form to form an effective campaign. That I did.
It came in small whispers – it doesn't feel right. You're not happy. I had a knot in my neck that didn't seem to go away. I felt as though time was slipping away like sand between my fingers as I tried to hold on as tightly as I could. Where did the time go?
Although I loved working with great colleagues, it wasn't for me; it ate away at the time which I'd rather spend on other things – like Pikaland. Having the amount of hours you could spend on something you love cut short by other commitments really helped me refocus and find clarity. For example, I had been faffing around with the redesign of the blog for a few months, but when I left my position, I instantly got to work and got everything out there within a week. I started with just an inkling of an idea and turned it around into a full-blown working website design within a few days. I felt incredibly happy.
Maybe it was a burst of timely inspiration. And maybe it was. But more importantly, it was me realizing and thanking the universe for the gift of time that has been given back to me. And I didn't want to waste time in getting back to the work I felt I was meant to do.
When I was working at the PR firm, I asked myself constantly – what could I be doing with my time instead? Don't get me wrong – having built up a creative direction for a campaign really convinced me of what I was capable of. But I didn't just want to do work that I was capable of. I wanted to do more. I wanted to do work that thrills me to no end (well, maybe for the most part!) I want sleepless nights not because of clients and their imminent deadlines breathing down my neck – but because I was excited that I couldn't wait till morning came so I could get right to it.
It was a great opportunity, many people said. "You're crazy – I would relish the opportunity," said one. I thought so too – if it were 5 years ago. But the beauty of it was that if it were indeed 5 years ago, I wouldn't be given the same opportunity. I could only laugh at the irony of it all.
What I gave up might be an wondrous opportunity for others, but I knew it wasn't for me. So instead of hanging on to a title that would eventually kill me, I'd rather part ways to focus on things that wake me up with purpose. Plus, on the flipside, I like to tell others that it isn't very nice to hang on to positions/jobs that doesn't quite fit you – what if someone who really loves it comes along, only to have it occupied by someone else?
I didn't regret the experience one bit – if anything, I know better what I am capable of. Learning through stretching myself has always surprised me in good ways, and I am grateful for the amazing experience that was offered to me. Rory Cochrane once said: "I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do." – and it certainly rang true in my case.
The good thing about having your time given back to you? You'll appreciate it that much more. I know I do.
I'd like to know – if you could reclaim your time, what would you do with it?
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If i could reclaim some time, aside from having a tidy home, I would spend more reclaimed time creating new designs, illustrating more and just less time doing the business part of things. and the packing side of things!
If I could reclaim time I would paint more (and maybe be an artist) and would start up a vegetable farm!
i actually had a similar situation like yours – i was a storyboard artist for a company, without having prior experience on the job whatsoever, and like you, i pretty much just took it for the challenge. i'm an aspiring comic artist so i wanted to perhaps get better at drawing through this job.
I would make a lot more art! I work full time right now, but I make a point of taking as much time as I can everyday, on my lunch hour, after my daughter goes to sleep, whenever I can, to make art, with goal of making illustration a full time career.
I'd like to get the time back I've wasted feeling insecure and not confident about my skills as an artist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for writing this post ! 25 years ago I did something similar.
I had worked for years to get to be hired by what I thought was "the ultinate job" in my field. I worked for several years when I realized that I felt 'empty', and might never being comfortable living in the area of the country that the job required me to be in.
The position was high paid and filled with a variety of amazing benefits. When I resigned (in order to move to a small, rural, island), my boss (who was also a friend) asked me if I really knew what I was giving up. I thought that I did. That was 25 years ago. I did have to totally re-invent myself since the work that I had done for 15 years was no longer appropriate to where I lived, but everyday I am grateful for "my" island and for the life that I have built here.
I made/make MUCH less money, but I am/was happy, and most of all, I had time to explore many creative fields that I would not have had time to do had I remained in the high pressure job that I left. There are always choices, and leaping into the unknow is frightening at times, but taking chances is often well worth the "jump".
I have a sort of full time job (30 +hours a week.) My heart lies in the arts though, and have been exploring that side of me more and more. It's hard being a single parent, and being happy with the work you do. I understand what you felt like, and wish I was able to leave my job and dive in, but I know not to until I am sure I can earn a living creatively. Thanks for sharing with us.
hi Amy, I really like your blog and your story, I'm always on that situation, have to take a full time job because of the money, and in that time I achieve a lot of work for the company, and always thinking of all the things I could make on that time for my own projects, but when I quit the job, it seams I have no more energy for my things 🙁 and I work really slow and can't really focus… sometimes I wonder if I just need a boss who puts pressure and dealings on me. So for me is not what I want to do with my time but more how I want to use my time successfully and in a effectively way. Any suggestions? I need a coach!!
I would love to be as true to me as you are to yourself, you are inspiring me .
Many days spent thinking, "What could I be doing right now???
I've just stumbled across your blog and this post in particular has really struck a chord.
Four months ago I left my full time job as a lawyer, putting seven years of training and five years of full time practice behind me in favour of a seriously fledgling illustration career.
I'd been asking myself "is this what I really want" for years and, like you, would constantly wonder what I could be doing with my time. I've now finally taken the plunge and though it is petrifying at times, I'm so much happier and appreciate every single second of every day. I've never been so productive and I very excited about the future.
The "you must be crazy" vibes from many people continue but I know I've made the right decision for me.
Nic – good on you! One day, you'll reach the point where you'll be thinking the same thing ("I must be crazy") and you'll have a good laugh about it! I know I have, on many occassions.
Sometimes there are cycles to my energy levels and it's good timing when it falls on the days I work at my day-job, so I have more energy on those other days! But I am so excited for the day when my art businesses are my day-to-day life and I can quit the other job. I think I'm getting close!
Hurrah Aijung!!! I know the feeling exactly – those ups and downs are much easier to weather when we get outside of ourselves for a little bit. Having your own personal space to return to after being away does wonders. I find my ideas when I'm away from my desk as opposed to just sitting there hoping to squeeze out some creative juice!


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Swedish post-punk outfit Principe Valiente return with "Porcelain," an epic ballad heralding the release of the band's first new album in four years, following 2017's critically acclaimed album Oceans.
The song is the first of ten from the forthcoming new album Barricades. Here the music is familiar post-punk reverie the band is known for, but now more cohesive, honing all the atmospheric drama, spellbinding romance, and rich cinematics alluding to all the most beautiful dreams and fantasies stirring in the collective unconscious.
The album's moving soundscapes encircle the warm vocals of frontman Fernando Honorato's like art nouveau vignettes, with songs composed through melodies and chords as a starting point, rather than traditional guitar riffs.
Lyrically, Honorato has charted new territory, shining a lantern on hope in times of darkness.
"I haven't had the same need to express desperation and frustration this time. Now I wanted to try to sing more sensitive ", Honorato explains.
Barricades is an album whose songwriting is profoundly affected by the global pandemic. with band members developing and recording their contributions from alone at home. This has yielded an introspective atmosphere to the music, most evident in the vocals and lyrics.
"I've had more time to reflect freely both in terms of lyrics and recording, I've been able to try different ways. In the end, I knew exactly what I was doing with the vocals", adds Honorato.
Previously, while Principe Valiente could have been considered a solo project, this time all four members – Honorato, guitarist Jimmy Ottosson, keyboardist Rebecka Johansson, and drummer Joakim Janthe have all contributed to the album.
"There are more ideas coming together now. Everyone has added their different perspectives to the songs and it's much more of a collaboration together with Jimmy during the songwriting", says Honorato.
"Our records never turn out the way we imagine them when we start working, but I'm very happy with Barricades. It feels like it's the best album we've done so far", adds Honorato.
If "Porcelain", is any indication, Honorato may be correct in his assessment. The song is spellbinding and oceanic. With a bassline culled from the era of classic 4AD via Cocteau Twins, and guitars that shimmer like shoegaze luminaries on creation records, the vocals glide with an earnestness that can be both overwhelming and enveloping, transporting the listener to both a magical place and time—the intangible realms of the heart.
Watch the video for "Porcelain", directed by Giannina Panfichi, below:
The single release of "Porcelain" features remixes by Agent Side Grinder, Ash Code, and TRAITRS.
"Porcelain" is the first single from Principe Valiente's forthcoming album entitled Barricades, set for release on March 18th, 2022 on Metropolis Records.
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, indicating that his Administration had made a "good beginning toward a regime serving the interests and needs of all our citizens." He was staying at the State game lodge in the Black Hills, the same lodge which had housed President Calvin Coolidge when he vacationed in the area in 1927. The President would remain there until Saturday morning, when he would fly to Hanover, N.H., and on Sunday would receive an honorary degree from Dartmouth College, speaking later in the day at ceremonies dedicating Sagamore Hill, the home of President Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, on Long Island, N.Y. On this day, he was planning to go trout fishing, his planned round of golf having to be forgone because there was no golf course nearby. He should have gone up on top of the Mount Rushmore Memorial and teed off on each one of the four Presidents' heads in succession, letting "Fore!" each time echo down the mountainside, just to let the spectators and press know who was boss. Look out, fish…
The Army this date announced it was closing seven more camps and installations as an economy measure, estimating the savings to be about 11 million dollars during the first year and 30 million dollars in succeeding years.
Lamar Caudle of North Carolina, former head of both the criminal and tax divisions of the Justice Department at separate times during the Truman Administration, testified this date and the previous day before a House Judiciary subcommittee probing Justice Department operations in recent years. This date, he agreed that a settlement of a Minneapolis doctor's tax fraud case in 1948 had not been fair to the Government, in accepting a $35,000 settlement on a $118,000 tax liability, following the doctor's plea of guilty to one count of fraud, for which he was fined $10,000 and provided a suspended one-year sentence. The previous day, he testified that the settlement had been arranged through then-Attorney General Tom Clark and his deputy, Peyton Ford. Mr. Ford had been scheduled to testify this date, but had failed to show up, his testimony postponed until the following Wednesday. Mr. Caudle said that he indicated his disagreement with the settlement of the doctor's case but that there was nothing he could do about it.
In Montréal, a man was hanged this date in Bordeaux jail for the 1951 murder of his wife of two months, for which he had been convicted the previous May. The prosecution had claimed that he wanted his older wife's $30,000 estate.
In Raleigh, Dr. Carey Bostian, 46, was unanimously elected this date to become the new chancellor of N.C. State. He was presently director of instruction in the School of Agriculture at the college. He would begin his new post on September 1, succeeding John Harrelson, who was retiring. The Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University elected Dr. Bostian after he had been recommended by an executive committee and approved by Gordon Gray, president of the University. There had been reports that two men who had been considered for the position had turned it down because they felt the present code gave the chancellors of the three units of the Consolidated University, which also included Woman's College in Greensboro, too few powers.
In Knoxville, Tenn., a proposal to banish bees from the city had the populace "buzzing" and the City Law Director's telephone ringing, such that one might say that "he's busy as a bee". One caller had observed that bees had rights like everyone else. But the problem was that bees were attracted to people, especially barefoot children trying to beat the heat. One residential neighborhood had six beehives and some of the barefoot children had been badly stung, causing neighbors to complain about the proliferation of the bees. The City Council responded, proposing a ban on bees, until the outcry of bee-lovers arose in response, with one irate caller suggesting that an ordinance ought be passed to require children to wear shoes to ward off the bees. Another called it rank discrimination and suggested that the proposed ordinance ought be enlarged to include hornets, wasps and dirt daubers. One caller suggested that the ban could leave city gardens, flowers and fruit trees without required pollination, but the City Law Director advised that country bees were better at that job than city bees. One citizen had wondered whether the ban might cause the necessity of having a new bee inspector, but the Director assured that it would not. Another caller indicated that the City would be the first violator, as there had been a swarm of bees for years in the Market House, owned by the City.
On the editorial page, "Wheat Glut Has Benson on the Spot" indicates that the U.S. had enough surplus wheat to fill 4,000 3,000-ton freighters and still have enough to send the million tons to Pakistan, which had been proposed by the President the previous Wednesday. In the coming weeks the wheat surplus would be as significant as the surplus in dairy products owned by the Government, amounting to 200,000 tons of butter and 100,000 tons of cheese. The wheat surplus was also growing larger, likely requiring Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson to seek acreage and marketing controls designed to reduce the 1954 wheat output by 15 percent. Under law, he would have to make a decision by the following month, which would then be subject to approval by two-thirds of the farmers. They could choose not to abide by the quotas even if two-thirds of them approved. But farmers who planted more than the quota would not then be able to sell any of their wheat at the regular 90 percent of parity support price, instead being relegated to the Secretary's discretion in designating a level of support, probably at about 50 percent of parity.
It indicates that the limitations were necessary to prevent the wheat surplus from increasing further. It was, however, only a temporary answer, with the final solution coming when wheat exporters found new markets and grain farmers diversified, growing produce more in demand, that if that did not solve the problem, then Congress would have to adjust the support price of wheat to make it less profitable to farmers and less costly to the taxpayer.
"A Guessing Game, with a Possible Answer" indicates that it was always interesting, and sometimes profitable, to speculate on what turn history might have taken if something else had occurred, citing South Korean President Syngman Rhee as an example. The Truman Administration had been criticized after the invasion of South Korea by North Korea in June, 1950, for not having provided stronger military forces in support of South Korea and withholding military aid voted by Congress.
It finds that there had been much truth in those assertions and that history would likely find the Truman Administration at fault for not foreseeing and forestalling the attack—in reliance, it fails to point out, on the bad intelligence collected by General MacArthur's G-2 and his assertions that there was no such threat of an imminent Communist invasion of the South.
But it suggests that if the U.S. had furnished the officers, the matériel and money to train a modern, well-equipped South Korean Army, it might have been possible for the fiery President Rhee to have found an excuse in some border incident to justify an offensive attack on North Korea in an attempt to unify the nation. Had he done so and met with initial success, Communist China would have undoubtedly intervened, as it had in November, 1950 when General MacArthur had pushed U.N. troops to the Yalu River after the end-around invasion of North Korea via the port of Inchon. In that event, the U.S. would have been forced to choose between coming to the aid of South Korea and letting it fall—just as was the case at the time of the invasion in June, 1950.
It indicates that it was idle speculation, but gained credibility from President Rhee's behavior of late.
Though Chiang Kai-shek was a more moderate man than President Rhee, he also cherished the goal of returning to mainland China, and the U.S., while having the responsibility to shore up Formosa's defenses against attack by Communist China, had to be careful not to equip him to the extent that he could launch an attack on the mainland and precipitate a major war which might ultimately require the intervention of the U.S.
Though not involving a Nationalist Chinese attack on the mainland, such involvement of the U.S. nearly led to general war in 1958 regarding the Communist Chinese threat to the outlying islands of Quemoy and Matsu, where Formosa had established military outposts close to the mainland.
"The Road to Real Democracy" indicates that the magazine Pathfinder had performed extensive research on the subject of who really ran America and came up with certain conclusions, that 75 percent of the Senators represented predominantly rural states, that 61 percent of all Representatives were from predominantly rural districts, and that 60 percent of the members of state legislatures lived in rural areas. In addition, three-forths of the Senate seats were controlled by 36 rural states, even though less than half of the nation's population lived in those states. The same rural domination carried over into the committees of each house.
Pathfinder had interpreted the facts to mean that "Congress and the state legislatures are in safe hands … controlled by conservative, commonsense people." The piece generally agrees with the opinion, but also finds that the other opinion expressed, that rural Americans were "well grounded in the fundamentals of our way of life" and were hence to be trusted with minority control of government, did not stand up under examination. It finds that no minority group, however wise and well grounded in Americanism, had any right to permanent dominance of the political institutions of the country, that there were also many good Americans in the large cities, who had an equal right to fair representation at the state and Federal levels. It posits, however, that it would be some time before the cities would obtain their properly apportioned representation, as the representation was fixed in the Senate by the Constitution, and districting for the House was done by state legislatures, in turn primarily controlled by small rural counties. It concludes, however, that fair representation was an objective which had to be constantly placed before the people, as it was the only road to real democracy.
"Quiet on the Congressional Front" indicates that one of the heartening aspects of the Korean truce negotiations during the previous few days had been the attitude of members of Congress, who, almost without exception, had maintained a discrete silence regarding the matter. The piece had only noted that Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada, who agreed with South Korean President Syngman Rhee that the war should not be ended in stalemate, had been the only member of Congress to speak out against the proposed truce. The piece views the silence as appropriate during the delicate latter stages of the negotiations. It suggests that possibly the membership had heeded the advice of Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Alexander Wiley, who had urged a stronger sense of caution and restraint among his colleagues when discussing difficult matters of foreign policy. It finds the restraint being practiced admirable.
A piece from the Greensboro Daily News, titled "Key Word: Diversification", indicates that the impending location of a woolen and synthetic yarn manufacturing plant near "Little Washington" in North Carolina emphasized again the need for diversification in the Eastern part of the state and the cooperative effort required to obtain it. Washington civic leaders, including the Chamber of Commerce, had joined with State Treasurer Brandon Hodges and the State Department of Conservation and Development to bring the new plant to the state. Prevalence of a good labor supply undoubtedly had played a major part in the company's decision, but the town's natural advantages would not have attracted the attention of the New York company absent considerable work on the part of all agencies and individuals concerned.
Eventually, the plant would employ between 500 and 600 persons and would mean a great deal to the economy of the Beaufort County region. The piece indicates that it was what was needed to relieve Eastern North Carolina from the dependence on tobacco and agriculture generally, that diversification was the secret word for the state's development. Attracting such new industry to communities such as Washington was the job of Governor William B. Umstead's new model Conservation and Development Department.
Drew Pearson indicates that Speaker of the House Joseph Martin remained optimistic that a truce would be worked out between the President and Republican chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, Daniel Reed, in the battle regarding extension of the excess profits tax, set to expire at the end of June. The President wanted it extended until the end of the year. Privately, however, the Speaker was becoming increasingly worried, as opposition to the President's position was beginning to mount in the Committee, as evidenced by the intense questioning of Undersecretary of the Treasury Marion Folsom. Meanwhile, another major roadblock was forming against the President, in that Mr. Reed had told friends that he was not going to call up the bill for a Committee vote to report it out to the floor if he had reason to believe that a majority of the Committee would vote to recommend the extension, and the chairman had that power under the archaic rules of Congress. But at present, he did not have to block the bill, as it appeared most of the Committee opposed the extension. At present, it appeared that only three Republicans of the Committee would support the President's position, in addition to seven Democrats supporting it, out of 25 total members of the Committee. The President's only hope was to use his personal popularity to take the matter directly to the people.
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson had a regular weekly meeting with the President each Tuesday, but the prior Tuesday, the President's appointments secretary had explained that since the President had to entertain the Disabled War Veterans at a garden party on Wednesday, he would change his usual golfing afternoon from Wednesday to Tuesday, interfering with the Secretary's appointment, and therefore asked the Secretary to meet with the President shortly before the garden party. But the Secretary failed to understand, asking the appointments secretary to repeat the statement, after which he declared again that he did not understand, and the appointments secretary explained it a third time, after which he cupped his hand over the telephone receiver and said under his breath to his secretary that he wondered how they had ever explained the Chevrolet to Mr. Wilson, former president of G.M. (All they had to say was, "See the USA!" and Charlie was right on board in a nanosecond, down by the levee.)
The President had told Republican leaders that he was opposed to calling back Congress for a special session in the fall, which meant that most of his program would have to be postponed until the following year, including the St. Lawrence Seaway, statehood for Hawaii and revision of Taft-Hartley.
James Cosgrove, a spokesman for the oil industry, had rushed to Washington to testify that it did not make any difference to the oil companies whether the Federal Government or the states had title to the offshore oil lands. But he was kept waiting a week by Senators Price Daniel of Texas and Russell Long of Louisiana, finally indicating that he would have to return home because he had run out of shirts and, being large, could not find a size 19 in Washington.
Following California Congressman Samuel Yorty's outcry against the Air Force budget cuts, Deputy Secretary of Defense Roger Kyes had asked for a report on his background, including the number of aircraft companies located in his district, receiving the response that Mr. Yorty did not represent a single airplane manufacturer.
During his round-the-world tour, former Illinois Governor and former Democratic nominee for the presidency in 1952, Adlai Stevenson, had bypassed Iran, at the urgent request of the State Department, which feared that Mr. Stevenson might innocently set off explosive rioting, just by being an American dignitary.
One of the most popular bosses in town was the new head of the CIA, Allen Dulles, brother of the Secretary of State.
Marquis Childs reviews the extensive preparations made by the Administration in Washington, leading up to the truce in Korea, with the first effort having been to convince Republican Senators that a truce short of complete victory would be the only way to avoid extensive additional loss of American soldiers. The other effort was directed at U.S. allies, who were doubtful that the U.S. really wanted to end the fighting. First, a truce proposal drawn up recently had made concessions to South Korean President Syngman Rhee, by proposing to release all North Korean prisoners as civilians immediately after the signing of the truce, if the Communists did not readily agree to the proposed terms. But Britain, Canada and India, among others, considered that a radical departure from the Indian resolution proposed and accepted by the U.N. the prior December, whereby a commission comprised of neutral nations would examine the issue of repatriation of prisoners while the Communists were permitted time to convince those Communist prisoners not desiring repatriation that it was safe to return to their homelands.
The Communist negotiators had rejected the proposed release of the North Koreans and a new start had to be made on the negotiations. Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith was Acting Secretary in the absence of Secretary of State Dulles, on a tour of the Middle East, India and Pakistan. General Smith asked leading Republican Senators to meet with him, at which time he explained the Administration's position on the truce, that a decision had been reached to follow the Indian resolution, with only minor variations, that the allies were being consulted and he had confidence that there would be a unified approach to the truce. He believed that if the Communists then rejected it, the U.N. would be in an invulnerable position, as the allies could not refuse to go along with the steps which the U.S. would consider essential to ending the war by force of arms. Several of the Senators did not like the plan, opposing what appeared to them to be a surrender to Communist demands regarding the prisoner repatriation issue. Undersecretary Smith pointed out that a way could be found to ensure the territorial integrity of South Korea following a truce.
After some discussion, some of which had been acrimonious, Senator Bourke Hickenlooper had summed up the view of the reluctant Republicans by saying that he did not like the proposal, that he was afraid of it, but that if the Administration wanted it, he would put aside his prejudices and go along with ithe plan. Senator Taft, ill in the hospital, was not present. While the speech read by his son in Cincinnati a few days afterward, that the U.S. should consider going on its own, apart from the U.N. allies, if there were no peace effected soon in Korea, had caused concern in the Administration, ultimately the Republican Senators went along with the plan.
At about the same time, Secretary Dulles was in New Delhi having a series of talks with Premier Nehru of India, wherein he explained the U.S. position on the truce. It was the first time that a sitting Secretary of State had visited India and the talks had gone well, after which Prime Minister Nehru gave his public approval to the U.N. truce proposal.
The decision of the Administration to follow the Indian U.N. proposal on the truce was reached after long consideration, with the final decision having been made by the President, whose greatest desire, after having served 41 years in the Army, was to bring peace to the world. He understood that with the Communists dedicated to international aggression, the truce was a calculated risk.
James Marlow indicates that Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson had made his job tougher for himself by the way he had handled his public relations. During the confirmation process before the Senate, he had issues raised regarding his retention of G.M. stock, a company of which he had just resigned as president, before finally agreeing to divest himself of the stock, with Senators warning him that he would not be confirmed otherwise. His delay in doing so had caused him a lot of bad publicity.
His greatest decision thus far as Secretary had been to cut some five billion dollars from the Air Force budget, reducing the planned number of Air Force wings from the 143 goal of the Truman Administration down to 120 by the end of 1955, causing concern in the Congress and with the public. Had he anticipated that reaction and prepared a full presentation of his rationale for the cuts in advance, he could have avoided a great deal of the criticism. His explanations for the cuts had been made in piecemeal fashion and he had even come into conflict with his own Defense Department. For instance, chief of staff of the Air Force General Hoyt Vandenberg had been critical of the budget cuts as weakening the minimum requisite national defense and retaliatory capabilities of the Air Force sufficient to deter Soviet air-atomic strikes, whle not allowing for adequate air defense of Western Europe.
The previous day, Mr. Wilson had replied to a number of questions sent to him in writing by Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, in which he contended that the Air Force would actually have 170 wings at its disposal by the end of 1955, including those of the Navy and Marines, and that it would be as strong as the proposed Air Force under the Truman Administration budget.
Mr. Marlow indicates that in the end, Mr. Wilson might be proved correct and General Vandenberg wrong, but the Secretary could have saved himself a lot of time and concern by stating his position more fully at the inception.
When Mr. Wilson had been president of G.M., he had a public relations staff around him to help, and did not have to endure public questioning on the operations of the company, beyond justification to stockholders. But now, as Secretary of Defense, whenever he made a major decision, he had to face public questioning before he could implement that decision. All the citizens were stockholders in the Government.
A letter from the resident engineer for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, from Hamlet, comments on an article in the newspaper of June 9, titled "Attention All You Seedy Characters", finding it correct in stating that there were approximately 61,000 square yards of grassing on the project, but that it had been incorrect in stating that they needed two pounds of Bermuda grass seed per square yard, that in fact they only needed one pound per hundred square yards, along with two pounds of Sudan grass seed. He says that he did not want the readers to think that the railroad was extravagant.
What was the project? Are you trying to grow grass on the rails so that the wheels will not be so noisy in the night as they go clickety-clack, clickety-clack, singing along the railroad tracks?
A letter writer congratulates the newspaper for its support of the recent bond election to complete the construction of the new auditorium and coliseum, and finds it typical of the outstanding work the newspaper had done in an effort to make the future of Charlotte bright.
A letter writer from Pittsboro comments on two editorials appearing June 9, "The Lesson of the Korean War", which he hopes the country had learned, and "The Court Juggles a Hot Potato", regarding the decision of the Supreme Court to order re-argument of Brown v. Board of Education in the fall term, indicative of the Court taking quite seriously the issue of desegregation of public schools and the potential overruling of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson doctrine of "separate but equal". He indicates that the Korean War had originally been precipitated by an attempt by North Korea to reunite a family which had been forcibly divided by outsiders, and disagrees with characterizing that attempt as "aggression", that it was merely an attempt to correct an injustice. He finds that with respect to the issue of school desegregation, the suggested amendment to the Constitution which the piece had made, would likely not produce a solution, suggesting that there was no forcible way of resolving the issue, that it had to occur by "evolution". He thinks the argument was being confused by regarding segregation as equivalent to second-class citizenship for black students, that segregation was "an expression of nature and runs through most, if not all of animate life," including the fish, the fowl, and the inhabitants of the wilderness and jungles, that man lives in a segregated society. He says that when he had been a student at UNC just after the turn of the century, there was segregation and the fact was still true, based on what he had been advised. He indicates that he had not been a member of a fraternity but did not develop any inferiority complex by the fact. He was not a second-class student and was not a second-class citizen, though he had been "'segregated'" from many of the social and political organizations of his day. He believes that black citizens should "take time out and develop some race pride", that if so, they would "love and develop their own educational and social institutions, and stop trying to 'horn' in where they are not welcome or wanted."
Are you calling the Negroes honkies? If so, you know what they are going to call you. Moreover, you sound like a Communist sympathizer regarding Korea. Are you a Commie?
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There is an entry phone system and communal hallway.
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There is allocated resident parking to the rear.
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Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Moscow, 5 million people live within its limits. The city was founded in 1703 on Neva River. Its name was changed several times throughout the city's history: first to Petrograd in 1914, then to Leningrad in 1924 in honor of Lenin.After the fall of the Soviet regime the city was renamed back to its original name. From 1713 to 1728 and from 1732 to 1918 the city served as the capital of the Russian Empire.
Saint Petersburg is a unique urban reserve of architectural styles that were popular in Europe over the last three centuries. One of the reasons for this was the fact that the capital was moved to Moscow and most of the new Soviet-style buildings were constructed there, allowing St. Petersburg to preserve its unique atmosphere. The city is home to over 200 museums, 2000 libraries, 80 theaters and 50 galleries; plus, it hosts more than a hundred festivals and other cultural events annually. Because of this the city has become incredibly popular with tourists, instagram and youtube bloggers, and hundreds of various guided tours, excursions of Saint Petersburg are available to tourists in English, French, German and other languages. Many locals, especially younger people, speak English, so you will never get lost in the city.


Whitney Rupp for Shaw Media Katie Sowa of Cary-Grove takes a shot over Katelyn Skibinski of Dundee-Crown Saturday, Jan. 20 at Cary-Grove High School.
Whitney Rupp for Shaw Media Vanessa Morris of Cary-Grove tries for a pass while being guarded by Payton Schmidt of Dundee-Crown Saturday, Jan. 20 at Cary-Grove High School.
Whitney Rupp for Shaw Media Cary Grove's Bailey Steinkamp drives the ball down the court against Dundee-Crown Saturday, Jan. 20 at Cary-Grove High School.
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Whitney Rupp for Shaw Media Dundee-Crown girls basketball coach Sarah Miller addresses her team during a timeout at Cary-Grove High School Saturday, Jan. 20.
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EYE CARE CENTRE is the remodel of an existing office to create an opticians with consulting rooms, waiting and staff areas. Our concept uses a warm timber panelled wall with hidden doors to separate public and private zones. With the interior decoration we paid particular attention to important issues such as hygiene whilst maintaining a fresh and homely feel. (Designs for Gutman + Lehrer Architects).


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Figure out the "why do we exist" factor and write it down. Make sure it's somewhere public where the rest of the group can see it. This will be your backbone to support all your future decisions.
Have some activities planned out. This doesn't have to be too complicated. It could be something as simple as a meet & greet or video game night and go from there.
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Lighting the Lantern: Visions of a Virtual All-Women's Law School
Nancy E. Shurtz
"Lighting the Lantern: Visions of a Virtual All-Women's Law School" is a fictional narrative of a hypothetical all women's law school. It is written in non-traditional form in the hope that it will prompt the reader to view the law, academic institutions and societal constructs in ways more consistent with an evolving society that should embrace all differences, whether those differences are gender or racially based.
The mission of the All Women's Law School is threefold: "First, to teach specific lawyering skills and disseminate knowledge in a context designed to help students function effectively in the existing culture while working to change it. Second, to develop a feminist consciousness through a grounding in a variety of feminist thought, emphasizing the broad effect of the law upon women of all social classes, races, nationalities, religions and sexual orientations. Third, to create a mutually supportive living and learning environment in which women are provided with the tools and encouragement to develop their personal strengths, and their own philosophies regarding women, justice, the law and women's relationship to the larger community." This narrative demonstrates ways in which the architecture, the admissions process, the student body and faculty composition, the teaching methods and curriculum can be modified to transform legal education from the current assimilation model to one of at least "partial" resistance. This piece in effect advocates the transformation of the field of law teaching and law curriculum from its present station of static defender of a liberal social model that canonizes individual autonomy, the free market, and defines justice as a competitive endeavor, to a place where its mission includes the active eradication of social injustice and its agents, such as those hierarchies of power and domination that oppress women.
Nancy E. Shurtz, Lighting the Lantern: Visions of a Virtual All-Women's Law School, 16 Hastings Women's L.J. 63 (2005).
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