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Afternoon tea week!
by Britton Gildersleeve | Aug 14, 2018 | afternoon tea, cooking, food, Hao Ya A, love, ritual, tea, time
In a much-needed break from all the pain of the current national tragedy of government, let's take tea together. Virtually speaking, of course. Because in the UK, it's Afternoon Tea Week!
That means we need to talk tea, for at least a little bit. Almost as good as drinking tea is talking (or reading) about it. Just Saturday, I had a nice visit with Jack, who is opening Tea & Jam here in Blacksburg, later this month. I saw his van parking as I walked up to the Farmer's Market Saturday, and stopped to congratulate him on a great article, about his upcoming opening, in the Roanoke paper. We got to visiting about the health benefits of tea (numerous!), and Jack introduced me to a book I just ordered: Cancer Hates Tea. A family member is fighting cancer, and the book seemed timely.
But tea's healing qualities aren't just about polyphenols (one of the health-benefiting elements of tea). The magic is also, as tea drinkers know, about quiet. About the ritual of filling the pot (or cup) with boiling water, and taking a moment to let it steep. It's also about spoiling yourself just a bit, and taking a moment 'off' from your daily grind, whatever that may be.
It's about savouring the fragrance of peach matcha as you stir it, or watching milk cloud a cup of Earl Grey. It's about a moment when the world stops whirling & settles, for a warm comfy moment, into focus. You, the cup, the tea. The old be here now thing. Almost impossible to achieve with even the best cup of coffee (which I also like, just fyi). Coffee lacks the magic of tea, I confess. And don't we all need magic these days?
Sometimes folks ask me to 'recommend' teas. Unlike Jack, I don't own a tea shop. More like a tea way station, where I try to bring order to fractious days. At my house, if you're invited to tea, there will be a black tea (if you're a newbie tea drinker, probably just a good China black or maybe Earl Grey). And if you've told me you don't drink caffeine, there will be one of the tisanes or fruit teas I often sip in the late afternoon or evening. I'm partial to lemon verbena, or a fruit tea made with mango pieces.
But if you do drink caffeine, I might go with a flavoured or blended black tea. My favourites — especially if you're adventurous — are Lapsang Souchong, and a blend from Harney's tea, Victorian London Fog. Despite my younger son's dismissal of any tea using vanilla, I adore the London Fog tea, which is basically Earl Grey with lavender & a tiny soupçon of vanilla. And of course Lapsang Souchong is smoky & a bit wild. Good for days when it feels you're being smothered in everyday minutiæ!
There will be a tea tray w/ a tea cloth. Matching cups & tea pot, drawn from the far too many I own (and use!). A complementary creamer & sugar, as I like my black teas w/ both. And a little honey jar, one of 2-3 I have for various tea sets. And of COURSE there will be cookies! Maybe scones, too, if it's a mid-morning or mid-afternoon tea, where we need more sustenance. Probably ginger scones, unless I made ginger shortbread. (Can you tell how much I love ginger?)
The whole point of shared afternoon tea is just that: sharing. And the nurturing comfort that comes from someone baking something tasty just for you. Of, as M.F.K.Fisher said,
I am more modest now, but I still think that one of the pleasantest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my hands, have nourished my beloved few, that I have concocted a stew or a story, a rarity or a plain dish, to sustain them truly against the hungers of the world.
Tea's like that. A way to feed people on so many levels. And here's the best part of this open secret: you can do it for yourself! You can buy a package of tea bags or sachets (it doesn't have to be loose tea, if that intimidates you, although the ritual of scooping and filling a tea strainer is pleasant!), in whatever flavour you like, and pour boiling water into a cup where the tea bag nestles. Let it brew for a minute or two, and then add what you like. Or nothing at all!
Now: take a deep breath of the healing steam. Let it out. And enjoy your moment of peace & comfort.
teachers and love ~
by Britton Gildersleeve | Sep 14, 2017 | love, teaching, Uncategorized
I always have. Loved my students, I mean. N.B.: it's not that unusual. It's what teachers do. Daily. They enter their classes full of the girl who wasn't picked for play yesterday, and the boy whose dad beat the tar out of him last night, and the girl whose brother died five years ago and who still grieves and the boy who wonders how he never noticed his brother was gay, and the girl whose mother tells her daily what a loser she is. Or the child whose parents are gone, one in prison, one just gone. Now s/he lives with an exhausted grandmother. Each of these needy, broken children is in multiple classes. And almost certainly, s/he has a teacher who LOVES. Classes are brimming with these students, and underpaid, overworked teachers who♥♥♥.
It's what they do. Each day. Exhausted as they are, every teacher I know loves. Daily. Hourly. Loves the slightly crazy, very needy girl in the front row who is a not-quite-recovering cutter. Loves the very needy boy in the back who wonders if he will ever be enough. And those who teach little bitties? They wipe noses, blot tears, kiss scrapes, tousle heads, reassure, listen listen listen. And LOVE.
It's the job. And it's HARD. But it's also what makes teaching the calling it is for most of us. It's at the heart of that calling, and why it's soooo hard to evaluate — this recognition of the love at the heart of each teacher. It's why teachers cover their children's bodies w/ their own in a shooting (Sandy Hook) or a tornado (Moore, OK). It's why they put up with the scorn of other professionals, the relentless paperwork, and the crappy pay. L-O-V-E.
I think of teaching — the decades I did it, at least — as almost a Buddhist practice, or a Christian offer of blessing. A Jewish mitzvah, a gift of compassionate love, sometimes even tough love. And yes: teaching is (obviously) also a means of helping students — of all ages — learn. But as I used to tell my own students, sometimes what you are learning isn't the book, or even the content. It's not how to write a research paper, but how to figure out a way to access the pain that wells up when you consider the things you care about, & might want to write about. For a Russian orphan, it may be foreign adoption. For the recovering cutter, it may be wrist-cutting syndrome. For the boy who is coming to terms w/his brother's homosexuality, it may be how family can support gays.
A good teacher listens, and is, as Frost said, a gentle prod forward, along the path of self-knowledge & learning. Not 'quail shot'! And even the teachers who may not be Pulitzer winners, or brilliant physicists, or theoretical research chemists? They know more than most folks ever will about how to love. And how it is love — old-fashioned love — that opens students minds. The way to the mind, good teachers know, is through the heart. A good teacher is, as Frost also notes, not simply a 'teachers,' but an 'awakener.' Smart man, that Frost. But then, he knew much about love.
And teachers deserve a LOT of ours.
Grace, or, the boon of friendship ~
by Britton Gildersleeve | Mar 26, 2017 | family, Friendship, giving thanks, love, sisters
I never take friendship for granted. As a child, a teen, and then an adult, I moved too often to keep most friends I made along the way. There is one man from my senior year I still correspond with, via FB. I'm sure he has no idea how dear he is to me, not only for this important singularity, but also because for some unknown reason he values my friendship, too.
Over the years, I have lost far more friends than I have kept, most from the attrition of too many moves and too little time together. My oldest dear friend and I have worked hard to maintain the precious friendship that blossomed unexpectedly as we worked together years ago: over the more than 10 years we've lived across the country from each other, we've scheduled visits, telephone calls, FaceBook messages & Google Hangouts. Sent cards & presents. Tried hard to safeguard the fragile cup that holds this infinitely precious elixir.
That's what it is, friendship. A kind of magic draught that confers an inner sense of worth & comfort. Even if it sneaks up on you sometimes, blindsides you with how much you didn't realise you needed it right that minute. In, for instance, a made-with-love&care box of biscotti, colouring book postcards carefully tucked in. Just because she can, a newer friend says in a short note (no effusiveness for this girl!).
Perhaps because I don't take my friends for granted, I'm always surprised I have any! Please rest assured: I'm not playing the poor pitiful me card. I just know that I prose on far too much about esoteric subjects ~ tea, for instance. Who other than my younger son really wants to discuss the difference between a jasmine tea made with black tea leaves and a jasmine made with a far gentler combo of green & white teas? Who wants to hear me wax rhapsodic about an obscure poet, or try to process my dog's brain tumour? Who cares that my grandson told me his newest great thing?
My friends. The infinitely treasured men and women who have managed to wriggle past my fairly strong external personality — the voice that can part a sea of supermarket shoppers, the highly opinionated newshound, the besotted grandmother, the horrible punster. To whatever it is they see beneath that fairly thick veneer.
There's the man I met in a book club he started at my former employer's: he let me in to his deep grief when his beloved partner died. The dear girlfriend I mentioned earlier, who solaced me during a very bad patch of life, but can also make me laugh until I snort tea through my nose. The woman I met in a writing workshop, the friend of another dear friend, who became my own friend, making me laugh when I needed to, bringing me homemade comfort treats because she could. The man who worked with me, who shared his dreams of home & happiness with me. The younger girlfriend who doesn't take a busy 'no' for an answer, and cajoled me into tea at her house, with her adorable 2-year-old.
And of course there are my sisters. But somehow, you expect your sisters to love you. At least in my family we do, a family of 3 generations of sister/friends.
So here's to friends, who don't just tolerate our idiosyncracies, but celebrate them! Who talk too loud with us, bake for us, share their kids with us, show us their cat & dog pics, recommend books, send us music… In other words? Here's to the friends who share their lives with us. I don't deserve mine, but I'm profoundly grateful they don't seem to know that.
love, and what we cannot measure ~
by Britton Gildersleeve | Sep 5, 2016 | love, practice, Social justice
When I was a little girl — about 8 years old? — I remember thinking all I was very good at was love. It sounds more profound now than it was then. Mostly I just wished there were jobs for lovers (the legal kind ????). I loved everything, passionately: my grandmother, my great-aunt. My sisters, my teddy bear, my dog. The trees I climbed, the room I slept in. The way the wind lifted my hair when I held my head out the window of the old blue Buick. The fragrance of rain on hot grass. I swam in love, like a fish breathing water.
As I've grown older, I believe even more firmly that my assets aren't material, although I can cook. And garden. And 'm good w/ most animals and small children. Parrots and snakes love me. So do bees.
But none of the above ~ or even reading & writing, both of which I'm also pretty good at ~ bring in bucks. If you're fortunate (and I have been), you can make a modest living. Nor are such talents easily 'quantifiable.' Look at the huge hoopla over how to evaluate teachers! We pay lip service to how valuable the non-material things in life are, but as Doc & Steinbeck note in Steinbeck's masterpiece The Log from the Sea of Cortez:
We have definitions of good qualities and of bad …. [a]nd yet … the so-called and considered good qualities are invariable concomitants of failure, while the bad ones are the cornerstones of success. A man … while he will love the abstract good qualities and detest the abstract bad, will nevertheless envy and admire the person who through possessing the bad qualities has succeeded economically and socially, and will hold in contempt that person whose good qualities have caused failure. (p 80, SoC)
It doesn't matter to most Americans how 'good' you are if you make $$. This is just the cultural mindset, identified decades ago by a scientist and a writer. The recent controversial ad from Wells Fargo is an example of this attitudet: actors & ballerinas are inferior to botanists & engineers, it implies not very subtly. Even though (kudos to @DLChamplin for pointing this out) the highest paid actor in 2016 made $64 million, and the highest paid botanist only $165,000-ish. But there we go again, reducing things to $$ and ¢¢. Who is to say what is more important, ultimately? Some days I want botany — the names of flowers & trees, details on what to grow where. Other days? I want refuge for my weary mind: a farce, a comedy, two hours away from now, in the hands of master craftsmen. But I will confess: most days? I want ART. I want beauty, even if it terrifies; writing that may break my heart; dance that makes me catch my breath. Still — I can't live w/out engineering ~ the structural soundness of my deck enables me to watch the birds that bring me such joy. The botany explicit in the successful farming of the CSA I buy my tomatoes from is why they taste so very fine. The water that sluices from my shower is the result of advanced schooling, to make it all work.
In other words — like most of life, binaries are pretty damn reductive. Which leads me back to love… We say we respect it, admire it, wish to emulate it. But one of our candidates for president belittles it, rolls his eyes at the idea of political respect for other nations & backgrounds, and foments the very opposite of love. Or even respect. And millions of American admire & follow this man. Because he's 'successful,' he says. And because you cannot measure good, or kindness, or love. You certainly can feel them, but it's like trying to count the wind, or hold sunlight in a bottle. You can tell how fast the wind blows, but you can't really count IT. You can tell how hot the air is, but you can't hold sunlight in your hands. Money? That you can count. Success in material goods? Those you can measure (but not realistically, if you don't include the 'collateral damages' of unfair practices, theft, cheating…). And those you can aspire to. There is, we believe, no 'luck' about them. They are achievable by all.
Except, of course, they're not. More on that another time. Suffice to say that the deck is loaded against many Americans.
When the world breaks your heart — as it does mine at least twice a day, chipping away at the my thin candy shell — you have two choices. Love or removal. A temporary bridge into love for me is anger — I am quick to anger. Because of love, paradoxically. All I can do when I don't know how to take the next breath is try to return to love. And while I"m still good at the easy kind of love ~ the sturdy delicacy of a fly landing on my page as I write outside, laughing as the dogs chase each other ~ the 'returning to' part of it, coming back from the incandescent rage I feel at injustice? That's verrry hard! Still, I believe in it, love. Fiercely. The child of a mother who believed, literally, in the power of love. If you just love enough, she would say. Love can do anything. And so it can, I still believe, as my mother did before me. I just have to practice, that lovely Buddhist word that says I can keep trying; it doesn't have to be perfect. In fact, there is only the expectation of continuing, not perfection. So I just have to learn how to return to love, to employ it even when the objects of the exercise are sooo very unloveable!
love & marriage ~
by Britton Gildersleeve | Aug 11, 2016 | family, love, marriage
Today is my parents' 70th anniversary, if they were still alive. My mother would be 92, my father 99. Hard to believe it's been that long. Their marriage wasn't perfect. Not their first one, nor the 2nd, when they remarried each other following a divorce. As beautiful a couple as they were — and they looked like movie stars of their era: the tall war hero in his dress whites, the breathtaking bride in her perfect white suit — they often didn't 'fit' together.
They rarely 'talked,' in the sense we use it today. Oh sure: they talked about old times, or where we were going for dinner, or what to do on Sunday. But communicate about dreams, hopes, worries, and all the things I share w/ my beloved? I don't remember any of that. When my mother first sued my father for divorce, she had him served w/ papers — didn't discuss it first. He just opened the door to the papers. I do remember that.
Were they happy? I know they were, many years. They were happy when I was small, on the Christmas I still remember when despite our straitened circumstances (my father was on retiree pay, 1/2 his paltry light colonel's salary, with a wife & 3 small kids), my father bought my mother a diamond she wore ever after. I've no idea how he paid for it, probably traded it for one of his (many) rare guns.
And they were happy ~ I remember my mother reminiscing ~ when they were first married, living in a treed villa in Baguio, northern Philippines. My mother — in her early 20s — would talk of the shining teak floors, waxed by a maid younger even than she was, who skated across the floors with waxy rags tied to her feet. My father was overseas, his favourite place. I see this nomad's heart in my younger son, so much like his grandfather's. They pulled up roots routinely, resettling every few years.
Because of my father's jobs, my mother learned early to be a hostess, despite her working class background. She could make base housing into something comfortable & cosy in a matter of days, pulling together a home from a bleak series of rooms. Soon there would be fresh flowers, and a few potted plants she picked up at a local market. Linens would drape the scuffed table, and she would sew pillows for beat-up sofas & chairs.
While my father would go off to do what fathers did then ~ mostly travel for the government, in his case. Always there were hugging reunions on his return, and a long retreat to privacy. Passion, it seemed, was not a problem.
Still, I never wanted a marriage like my parents. Nor do I have one, despite certain superficial similarities (travel, moves, a long time not working outside the home, & passion, of course). I wanted more talking, more sharing, fewer secrets. I modelled love not on the ersatz storybook romance of my mother & father — so very beautiful — but on my beloved in-laws, who were beautiful in their own understated fashion. In the way that movies are never as complex (or as good) as the book, I wanted the messy, nuanced, complicated book. Not the preoccupation with roles and expectations played out in my parents' double marriage. I wasn't certain why they bothered to divorce (they still spent holidays together), nor did I ever really get why they remarried. I suspect it was the embers of that passionate early love: my father wanted, still, to take care of that beautiful girl he married. And my mother wanted, still, to care for that gorgeous hero.
Me? I wanted someone real, someone I could talk to. I don't remember my mother & father laughing together the same way I do w/ my beloved. And though they did many things together — entertained, traveled, made a family — I don't remember them talking books, or ideas the way my in-laws did.
What my parents' marriage did for me was show me that love comes in all colours and shapes and sizes. It can be friendly, and sharing, and entertwined like vines, as my in-laws' was. Or it can be full of drama and movie-star glamour, as my parents' was. That doesn't include the marriages of aunts, whom I watched like hawks to see how they too navigated the seas of love & marriage. I never intended to get married, to be honest — I didn't see my parents as all that happy with the institution. And then I met my beloved, and his parents' very different marriage. For years I revised what marriage could be, according to this very different story I learned from Mom & Dad.
Next month I will have been married 40 years to my beloved. We aren't a movie, by any means (we never were!). Nor are we the hard workers my in-laws were. We have created for ourselves our own version of love & marriage, inflected by both sets of parents, by the marriages of aunts & uncles & even books (well, at least I have!). And today, that seems like a huge deal, looking at pictures of that young couple so full of glowing promise. There has to be more than just the storybook romance, I learned watching my parents. Despite what my mother told me, I don't know that love really is enough, all alone. There have to be shared ideals, values, goals, even tastes, at some level. I don't know that Mother & Daddy shared those things. Luckily, what they did share was enough to last them through some rough times. And I guess, ultimately? That's what really matters.


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Martha Tilston
Date: Saturday 17 April 2021
Opening times: 19:00 - 22:45
Venue: Bristol Folk House
Ticket Price: £14.50 Early bird inc 50p admin fee
Genre: Folk/ Singer songwriter
Website: http://www.marthatilston.co.uk/
Martha Tilston , Saturday 17 April 2021
With a voice like spiderwebbed hollows and lyrics that inspire and captivate, Martha and band have built a large worldwide following and played on some of the world's most prestigious stages and festivals. She has recorded and released several critically acclaimed albums, gained a nomination for BBC best newcomer, appeared as a guest vocalist for Zero 7, toured internationally and played with some of the world's most inspiring musicians.
The core Band is made up of: Matt Tweed (bass bouzouki, 12 string), Matt Kelly (violin, effects, electric guitar) Camilo Tirado (tabla/ percussion). Together they present an unforgettable journey through emotions and stories with their raw vocals, fresh melodies, thought-provoking lyrics, film movements, tasty beats and earthy baselines.
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"Content is where I expect much of the real money will be made on the Internet, just as it was in broadcasting.
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San Luis Obispo surfer survives great white shark attack
Updated: 11:09 AM PST Dec 29, 2014
A man surfing off the coast of San Luis Obispo was dragged under water by a juvenile great white shark and bitten in the hip on Sunday before he could paddle to shore, witnesses said.The 11:30 a.m. attack happened at the Sand Spit Beach in Montana De Oro State Park.The man in his 50s used the leash cord from his surfboard to make a tourniquet for his leg before he got out of the water, Andrew Walsh told the San Luis Obispo Tribune.He received help from two doctors who happened to be on the beach."We're really blessed that he was still able to get himself to shore," Walsh said. "I was a few feet behind him, and we grabbed him and got him ... up on the sand, and very quickly these doctors were there, helping out and calling 911."The man, who lives in the San Luis Obispo area, sustained cuts to his right hip area and was flown to a local hospital for treatment, Supervising State Park Ranger Robert Colligan said.Walsh said he was surfing about 10 feet from the victim when the attack occurred."There was no warning at all. It was absolutely quiet. ... (The shark) came straight up out of the depths and got him and took him under the water."The victim was below the water for several seconds before he surfaced on his damaged board, he said.The beach remained open, but signs will be posted for three days warning the public of the attack, Colligan said. He noted that if there is another shark sighting, the signs will remain up for another three days.Sharks are native to the area, and Colligan said that they are spotted several times a year. He added that attacks like this are rare.A woman swimming with seals was killed by a shark in 2003 about 10 miles south of the most recent attack, Colligan said.
LOS OSOS, Calif. —
A man surfing off the coast of San Luis Obispo was dragged under water by a juvenile great white shark and bitten in the hip on Sunday before he could paddle to shore, witnesses said.
The 11:30 a.m. attack happened at the Sand Spit Beach in Montana De Oro State Park.
The man in his 50s used the leash cord from his surfboard to make a tourniquet for his leg before he got out of the water, Andrew Walsh told the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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He received help from two doctors who happened to be on the beach.
"We're really blessed that he was still able to get himself to shore," Walsh said. "I was a few feet behind him, and we grabbed him and got him ... up on the sand, and very quickly these doctors were there, helping out and calling 911."
The man, who lives in the San Luis Obispo area, sustained cuts to his right hip area and was flown to a local hospital for treatment, Supervising State Park Ranger Robert Colligan said.
Walsh said he was surfing about 10 feet from the victim when the attack occurred.
"There was no warning at all. It was absolutely quiet. ... (The shark) came straight up out of the depths and got him and took him under the water."
The victim was below the water for several seconds before he surfaced on his damaged board, he said.
The beach remained open, but signs will be posted for three days warning the public of the attack, Colligan said. He noted that if there is another shark sighting, the signs will remain up for another three days.
Sharks are native to the area, and Colligan said that they are spotted several times a year. He added that attacks like this are rare.
A woman swimming with seals was killed by a shark in 2003 about 10 miles south of the most recent attack, Colligan said.


Hi I have time data of hours worked by people on different data sources now i want to combine all the workers onto one sheet. However some log it on sharepoint and others log it else where. Now if on the main sheet i use for tableau the names of everyone is on there and they have a code to show which database they are using can i create a calculated field that will pull the data from the database the code is related to ie a calculated field of some sort with an if statement?
No, this will not work--at least, not with any built -in Tableau functionality.
For me, I prefer everything pulled into one database, either through SQL views or stored procedures whenever possible. Luckily, I have some help with this so I don't do all the work. This makes life a lot easier in Tableau, particularly for a beginner.


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Q: Issue on safari while capturing image of html including signature canvas I am working on a reactjs project and I am trying to capture the HTML for creating images including the canvas of signature. It's working on firefox and chrome but not safari. Image is generated with the empty canvas.
React Signature Canvas
Html To Image
this.setState({ formInput: document.getElementById("form-pdf") })

generateImage(data) {
    const input = this.state.formInput;
    let apiService = new ApiServices();
    if (input) {
        await htmlToImage.toBlob(input)
            .then((blob) => {
                console.log(blob,'blob')
                let file = new File([blob], "image.png", { type: "image/png" })
                if (data) {
                    let body = new FormData();
                    apiService.http.post(this.getAPINames().Upload, body, {
                        headers: {
                            'Accept': 'application/json',
                            'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
                        },
                        timeout: 100000,
                    }).then(response => {
                        console.log("Success")
                    }).catch(failure => {
                        hideLoader();
                        if (isDev) {
                            console.log("on upload image error:", failure)
                        }
                    });
                }
            })
            .catch((error) => {
                if (isDev) {
                    console.log(error)
                }
            })
    }
}

A: I've resolved this problem just with a double execution of the html-to-image  function, so in your case it could be like this:
generateImage(data) {
    const input = this.state.formInput;
    let apiService = new ApiServices();
    if (input) {
        await htmlToImage.toBlob(input)
            .then(function(){
                await htmlToImage.toBlob(input)
                .then((blob) => {
                    console.log(blob,'blob')
                    let file = new File([blob], "image.png", { type: "image/png" })
                    if (data) {
                        let body = new FormData();
                        apiService.http.post(this.getAPINames().Upload, body, {
                            headers: {
                                'Accept': 'application/json',
                                'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
                            },
                            timeout: 100000,
                        }).then(response => {
                            console.log("Success")
                        }).catch(failure => {
                            hideLoader();
                            if (isDev) {
                                console.log("on upload image error:", failure)
                            }
                        });
                    }
                })
                .catch((error) => {
                    if (isDev) {
                        console.log(error)
                    }
                })
            })
    }
}

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IHS Second Sunday after Easter—5 May AD 2019Feast of Pope Saint Pius V Ave Maria!
Support our Building Fund If today we're not Sunday we would be celebrating the feast of Pope Saint Pius V. Now most traditional Catholics associate Saint Pius' name with the Tridentine revision of the Holy Mass and the missal he decreed "in perpetuity" for the Roman Rite. But as important as that was, there are many more things we should acknowledge about this great Saint. Pius was born Antonio Ghislieri In 1504 to noble parents. He was educated by the Dominicans, and joined that Order in1518, taking the name Michele, and becoming a priest in 1528. He lived a life of very notable piety, denying himself the few creature comforts the monastery had to offer. He often walked—sometimes barefoot and without a cloak—instead of going on horseback. Even as Pope, he would be remembered for meditating before the Blessed Sacrament twice a day. He ate little, carefully observing the Order's rules for fasting and abstinence. He was faithful in offering Mass, preaching, and hearing Confessions. He was insistent that his Dominican brethren, likewise observe the rule of the Order. His preaching and his teaching were well known as an orthodox counterbalance to the heresies of the times. Indeed, he would become an important force in the counter-reformation. In 1556 he was made Bishop of the diocese of Sutri. The following year he was made a Cardinal and appointed Inquisitor General at Rome. In addition to doctrinal concerns, the Inquisitor was concerned with the behavior of the clergy. In an era when too many aristocrats thought of a diocese, an abbey, or a parish as little more than a revenue stream that could be maintained by a paid substitute, the Inquisitor insisted that bishops, abbots, and priests personally provide the pastoral care associated with their benefice—they were supposed to live in, and care for the people within their territory. He also opposed the vice of nepotism—the idea that bishops could appoint close relatives to rich benefices, even if the relative was utterly unqualified. He drew the wrath of his predecessor, Pius IV, who wanted to appoint a thirteen year old nephew to the College of Cardinals. In like manner, he drew the wrath of the German Emperor, Maximillian II, when the latter sought to abolish the celibacy of the clergy in his domain. Later, as Pope, he decreed the death penalty for unrepentant clergy who abused their subjects (and each other).[2] Pope Francis would do well to recognize that this problem and its solution were acknowledged a few centuries ago. Removed as Inquisitor for challenging Pius IV's nepotism, Ghislieri was elected Pope in his own right (January 1566), and took the name of Pius V. As a Cardinal, he had participated in the Council of Trent, and as pope he fulfilled the Council's edicts to provide a uniform rite for the Mass (1570) and Divine Office (1568), and an official Catechism (1566). The missal was to be used forever; by any institution not having its own rite is use for two hundred years or more,[3] Protestantism proved to be a political revolution in addition to its religious rupture. The countries of Europe were no longer united by a common Catholic Faith. This became critically important with the resurgence of Islamic naval activity in the Mediterranean. To meet this threat, Pope Pius recruited the remaining Catholic sovereigns into a "Holy League," which included the Papal States, the Knights of Malta, Habsburg Spain and the maritime powers of Italy. The League was commanded by Don Juan of Austria, and have a combined "force of 200 galleys, 100 other ships, 50,000 infantry, 4,500 cavalry and adequate artillery."[4] The victory in the Battle of Lepanto—fought under the patronage of Our Lady of the Rosary—secured the western Mediterranean against Moslem raiders. The battle was fought on 7 October 1571, which led to the establishment of the feast of Our Lady of Victories (later Our Lady of the Rosary) on the first Sunday of each October. Pope Pius died the following year (1 May 1572) at the age of 68. He was beatified precisely one hundred years later, and canonized about forty years thereafter on 22 May 1712, by Pope Clement XI.[5] One hundred and forty years was not an unusually long period for canonization in that era. The Church followed a rigorous process to insure the holiness and devotion to duty of Its saints. We are justly proud to be associated with this great and holy Pope, by virtue of the Holy Rosary and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. NOTES: [1] http://www.rosarychurch.net/images/arms_Pius_v.gif [2] http://wdtprs.com/blog/2019/04/30-april-no-st-pius-v-a-saint-against-clerical-depravity/ [3] Bull Quo primum tempore (1570) http://caer-glow.rosarychurch.net/quo_primum_tempore.html [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_League_(1571) [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_V


Listening to any number of bands, you can usually pick out one or ten of the influences that brought them to this point in their career. Whether it be bands who gave them ideas, or entire genres that made them fine tune their sound, everyone has the laundry list of those who came before that they tip their hats to. The greatest success, though, is being able to take those influences, and turn them into something wholly unique, something you can call your own. Otherwise you become a glorified cover band. Cyrax, a new five piece act from Italy, have given themselves quite the conundrum. Their influences are many and diverse, a huge sampling or artists both heavy and avant, new and old. But as they try to find their own way in this world we call metal, their feet seem to be finding paths of those who walked before, rather than trampling new ground. And, for better or worse, their debut album, "Reflections" is exactly what the name would seem to indicate. But that name is the first, and possibly last thing on this album that truly makes sense.
If you've come looking for something conventional, you may have stumbled into the wrong neighborhood. Techno beats begin Doom Against True Hell, enough to make you question whether you've selected the wrong album from your playlist. They don't leave, but merely fade into the background during the bulk of the song. However, their presence is off-putting much of the time, especially in an album that boasts a very classic metal sound. The precedent that would seem to set is a disturbing one, one that makes each tracks beginning to be an anxious moment. My Kingdom For A Horse a strange track when taken on its own, but even stranger when compared to what the album looks like as a whole. Even the song's vocal hook is hard to digest, repeatedly pounding the title into your frontal lobe. The rest of the track is a sing-songy journey, only salvaged by a great sense of melody in the guitar leads. With even progressive more complex riff, The Moore Of Venice is the most serviceable chunk on the album, leaning more towards classic prog rhythms and away from dance club thumping beats. But even here, the interlude detracts from much of the momentum that had been built. There is little to no sense of flow or structure, which wouldn't be an issue of things didn't feel as disjointed as they do. The midway point and surrounding pieces could pass for a b-side from UK avant metallers Hell, if not for the subsequent breaks.
A symphonic opening comes as a huge surprise, especially given the title of the song it precedes is Fight, but with this album, it may be best to throw any ideas of the norm aside. stuck between an orchestral beginning and some beautifully sung male and female operatic vocals is a straight forward heavy metal middle, complete with virtuosic guitar performance. But, as before, the rhyme or reason in getting from start to finish is lost somewhere. The second half of the album struggles to stay afloat, with few bright spots left to carry the immense weight. Thunderlight has all of the emotional feel of true power metal, but falls short in so many ways. Like an M. Night Shyamalan movie, there are enough twists to make each one progressively less effective. broken into 45 second chunks, you can find a lot to enjoy, but combined into one track, it is a mess. And when you've stumbled through five tracks, the sixth one, a skewed ballad, is not the sort of relief you need. The album isn't a trainwreck, despite many of the faults we've covered thus far, but Feel The Essence Of Blues is far from the ideal album closer. Horns, walking bass lines and a full chorus of voices sounds like a match made in heaven, but misses the mark.
It's completely OK to not get it. There are tons of albums that are released every year that many of us might listen to, shrug our shoulders and simply admit that we don't see the appeal. Cyrax is a band with a million influences, and they try to exercise all of them all of the time. Unfortunately, that just isn't a formula for success. The album feels hectic and disjointed, with many of the songs sounding like a handful of clips taped together. The flow that is so essential in modern music just isn't there, and it means the listener doesn't have any central theme or sound to hang on to. As a result, "Reflections" fails in the most fundamental way; it doesn't give people a reason to keep listening, start to finish, or come back for more. By no means am I speaking in absolutes or facts. Different strokes, after all. But if this musical collective wants to appeal to the masses, they are going to have to narrow the scope of their music, and go for quality of output rather than quantity of styles.


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My fortnight has been a perfect mix of light and dark. In plainer speak, a great mixture of FFS Material and Shiny Things.
Last Tuesday morning I was on my way back to bed after resettling Lady Pippa when my iPad and iPhone started binging loudly. And continuing to bing loudly. I couldn't find the blessed iPad and my iPhone was on the dock, next to Mr S's head. I went in to the bedroom to find him staring bleary eyed and very confusedly at the phone. 'Make it stop! What's going on?' I HAVE NO IDEA.
I spent the next hour working out how to unlock my iPad. My iPhone was unaffected because it has a passcode. Rest assured that the iPad now has a passcode. FFS.
My children are on a dinner strike. FFS.
Pippa's vocabulary is skyrocketing daily. Her response to dinner is 'Yuck'. FFS.
I wonder where she learned that, Millie? FFS.
I mean, it's fine. NO FFS.
Nope, I lied. IT IS NOT FINE. I spent an hour blitzing vegies and making a pasta bake with spaghetti in it because last night's dinner soundtrack was a toddler screaming because the spaghetti 'WAS NOT BIG SPAGHETTI I WANT BIG SPAGHETTI'. So a pasta bake with spaghetti instead. Sure thing. The response: "It's ingusting. So ingusting. I WANT SPAGHETTI.' FFS.
Guess who will eat a big breakfast tomorrow because there's no other food anymore. You can get out of bed and EAT YOUR DINNER. FFS.
I have started drinking after dinner due to the stress of dinner. Cider is my BFF. NO FFS.
Millie is big on sounds at the moment. She spends all day making SOUNDS. Just, SOUNDS. Usually some variation on a raspberry. ALL DAY. FFS.
I am still suffering with shin splints and ITB injuries, plantar fasciitis and various upper back issues related to carrying heavy toddlers around and being tall. FFS.
I NEED TO RUN. FFS.
My girls lie down on the floor with me, do their 'strachies', steal my tennis balls (plantar fasciitis) and my foam roller (ITB and shin splints) and try to eat my frozen peas (ice pack for shins). FFS.
They won't eat cooked peas so I'll take what I can get. NO FFS.
Pip's new favourite sound is her version of a siren, which is somewhat both ear splittingly loud in volume and quite an... unusual sound. FFS.
Millie's favourite song is "Roar" by Katy Perry. In case you're not sure of what is is, here you go.
We listen to it at least a few times per day. Pip was standing behind me when I was putting music on Spotify this week saying 'Oh oh oh oh-oh OH OH OH' and I wasn't sure what she was saying... then I realised she wanted to listen to "Roar". Child musical genius. NO FFS.
There are far worse songs with far worse messages that my children could want to listen to. NO FFS.
My third toddler (THE FREAKING CAT) refuses to sleep in past 5.30am if one of the two occurs: 1) Her food bowl is empty or 2) She has food in her bowl but wants you to show it to her. I'm getting well trained at sleeping with my fingers in my ears. FFS.
It's now three hours later than when I started writing this. I have now been fed, watered and cuddled by my family and feeling decidedly less stabby... this does not make for good writing. FFS.


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Q: Fitting linear regression on multi dimensional data with sklearn I am trying to fit a linear regression using sklearn on time series data. The only problem is that as far as I can understand the data does not fit the usual time series format.
Here is an example:
[
 [
 [
 [2312, 31242], [2312, 13212]
 ],
 [
 [2323, 21312], [12312, 1232]
 ]
 ],
 [
 [
 [9312, 91242], [2812, 73212]
 ],
 [
 [2393, 25612], [14162, 132437]
 ]
 ],
 and so on...
]

I apologize if this is a bit hard to read, but the idea is that each of the lists represents some context for the time, each list in that list (the list with two lists with two items). This would be ok except I have multiple contexts, but I want them all to be trained on the same model. Is there any way to do this?
Here is what I have tried:
model = sklearn.pipeline.make_pipeline(sklearn.preprocessing.StandardScaler(), sklearn.linear_model.SGDRegressor(max_iter=1000, tol=1e-3))
limiteds_np = np.array([i.numpy() for i in cache.limiteds_cache])
X = some data in the format I described
y = for each time series the next series in that series
model.fit(X, y)

Once again, I apologize that this code is not able to run, but I just need some insight into this problem so it can be solved.
By the way, when running the above code (with my data), I get this error as would be logical:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
TypeError: only size-1 arrays can be converted to Python scalars

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
/Users/sebastianlarson/Dev/arbi-blox/src/test_algorithm.ipynb Cell 10 in <cell line: 15>()
     13 X = np.array(X)
     14 y = np.array(y)
---> 15 model.fit(X, y)

File /usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sklearn/pipeline.py:378, in Pipeline.fit(self, X, y, **fit_params)
    352 """Fit the model.
    353
    354 Fit all the transformers one after the other and transform the
   (...)
    375     Pipeline with fitted steps.
    376 """
    377 fit_params_steps = self._check_fit_params(**fit_params)
--> 378 Xt = self._fit(X, y, **fit_params_steps)
    379 with _print_elapsed_time("Pipeline", self._log_message(len(self.steps) - 1)):
    380     if self._final_estimator != "passthrough":

File /usr/local/Caskroom/miniconda/base/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sklearn/pipeline.py:336, in Pipeline._fit(self, X, y, **fit_params_steps)
...
    858     raise ValueError(
    859         "Complex data not supported\n{}\n".format(array)
    860     ) from complex_warning

ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.

Because (continuing what I was saying above), sklearn wants data in this format:
[[12, 23], [324, 2345], [454, 234]]

Here is a snippet of the data I am using:
array([array([[[             1, 20230112060000],
               [         10000, 20230112060000]],

              [[             1, 20230108060000],
               [          7000, 20230109060000]],

              [[             3, 20221229060000],
               [          6929, 20221229060000]],

              [[             1, 20221227060000],
               [          3900, 20221227060000]],

              [[             1, 20221226060000],
               [          6500, 20221226060000]],

              [[             1, 20221221060000],
               [          4400, 20221222060000]],

              [[             1, 20221216060000],
               [          3888, 20221216060000]],

              [[             1, 20221205060000],
               [          5998, 20221205060000]],

              [[             1, 20221128060000],
...
              [[             1, 20220831050000],
               [          6000, 20220831050000]],

              [[             1, 20220829050000],
               [          8489, 20220829050000]]])], dtype=object)


Dealing with commercial real estate is definitely exciting; however, it is usually a massive endeavor with many aspects that have to be approached properly. Beginners may be at a loss as to how to begin and how to ensure they've covered all their bases. There's certainly a lot you need to learn before you get involved in commercial real estate, but this article will familiarize you with the basics.
Research your prospective brokers to see how experienced they are with the commercial market. Look for brokers who specialize in the type of commercial property that you're purchasing or selling. At that point, you might want to consider entering into an exclusive listing with that agent.
Don't depend on just one financier when purchasing commercial property. Ask friends or family members you can trust to help you finance property in addition to applying for bank loans. The more sources of financing you have, the more likely you are to obtain the cash you need to finance your purchases. When accepting loans from people you know, sign a contract just like you do when you accept a bank loan. State clearly the terms of the loan. Ideally, every lender should allow you to pay the loan back with interest on a monthly basis. You can also make arrangements in which you give the lender part of the income you receive from the property each month.
Any new space you acquire might need some improvements prior to you occupying it. This may be simple changes such as painting or rearranging furniture. Sometimes a new business will need to alter the floor space by moving interior walls. You should pre-negotiate the cost of these alterations with the landlord, and try to get them to contribute towards at least part of them.
If inspections are part of the deal on your real estate, be sure to check all the credentials of the hired inspectors. Always check the credentials of workers in insect and pest control as many of them aren't licensed. You want to avoid a future liability that can come after the sale, if the inspection was not correct.
Choose simple, strongly constructed buildings if your plan is to purchase real estate for the sole purpose of renting or leasing it. Tenants are more likely to move in when they know the property is well taken care of. Such buildings also usually need fewer repairs, which is an advantage for the tenants, as well as the landlord.
As is evident by this article, any good investment in commercial real estate requires solid research and a lot of hard work. It is also true that you have to keep at it. Keep studying and putting the tips into practice that you just read about. You will soon successfully buy your first commercial property.


Making life on the go a little easier.
Whether you're running errands, picking up the kids, or taking a trip out of town, here are a few simple tips, tricks and short cuts to help make your life on the go just a little bit easier.
If you get lost and need directions, look for a restaurant that offers delivery – delivery drivers always know their way around town.
Whether you're parking in an unfamiliar neighborhood or a new city, to remember where you parked your car, drop a "pin" on your mobile map.
To identify keys quickly and easily, use nail polish to paint the tops different colours.
To keep toys and books organized and within easy reach for your kids, hang a shoe organizer on the back of the seats.
Turn your seat heater on to keep take-out food warm. To keep pizza toppings from shifting on the drive home, slide a bottle of water under the box to keep it level.
Cut a pool noodle in half and secure it to your garage wall to protect your car door from dings and dents.
Use toothpaste to clean cloudy headlights.


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NSW records 15 new cases of COVID-19 linked to Northern Beaches cluster
7:44pm Dec 21, 2020
New South Wales has recorded 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, all of which have been linked to the Northern Beaches cluster.
There are now 83 cases linked to the cluster, but the exact source of the outbreak is still under investigation, NSW Chief Health Office Dr Kerry Chant said.
READ MORE: Get tested for coronavirus if you have been to these NSW venues
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says 15 new cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the Northern Beaches cluster. (Nine)
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said today's figures are a "pleasing" reduction from yesterday's case numbers, when 30 new infections were announced.
Record numbers of people have also come forward for testing, with 38,000 people tested in the last 24 hours.
"To date, every single case we've had to date has been linked to the Avalon cluster, and that's how we want to keep it," Ms Berejiklian said.
"Although, obviously some venues outside of the Northern Beaches have been impacted and there are issues that health officials are going through today."
READ MORE: Sydney on edge as government backs NSW in cluster fight
More cases linked to Sydney venues
Five of the new cases have been linked to the Turramurra Salon For Hair in Sydney's Upper Norther Shore.
"People who attended any time between Tuesday December 15 and Friday December 18 are close contacts and need to test and self-isolate for 14 days since they were last there," Dr Chant said.
Another case has also been linked to the Rose of Australia Hotel in Erskineville.
"That gives added urgency that everyone at that venue is, in fact, a close contact.
"If you were there on the evening of December 15 between 7pm to 9pm you are a close contact and need to get immediately tested and self-isolate, and can I thank all those who have already adhered to that or have responded to the message," Dr Chant said.
Sydneysiders urged to reconsider travel
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has urged people to be sensible if they are travelling to parts of regional NSW.
"A message for those living at the outer metro area of Sydney," Mr Barilaro said.
READ MORE: Can I still travel to regional NSW?
Members of the public are seen affront the Westfield CBD store in Sydney. (Sam Mooy)
"Be mature. Be understanding that you could cause some risk and anxiety, so if you have any symptoms, please get tested.
"Change your travel plans and maybe not visit regional NSW until we get on top of this issue."
All residents of the Northern Beaches who have already travelled to regional NSW have been asked to self-isolate where they are.
'Final call' on Christmas to be made on Wednesday
Ms Berejiklian said while she is pleased the number of new cases has halved overnight, "one day's results doesn't tell us it's a trend".
"Obviously, we have halved the number of cases overnight, but in a pandemic, there is a level of volatility, so we'll closely monitor what happens obviously to 8pm tonight and we'll be making a final call on Wednesday morning," she said.
"I appreciate how frustrating it is, and I would love to be able to tell everybody today what Christmas might look like in NSW or the Northern Beaches.
"But we're not in a position to do that yet."
Gladys Berejiklian


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KCS: What made you decide to create and sell dinnerware first?
CS: I'm very passionate about customer service and hospitality. Dinnerware is the easiest expression of that. And beyond that, it expanded into setting a scene. The idea is that we're making the tabletop ware to bring people together and we're making things that complement a space to make it look really warm and inviting.
KCS: How has the business evolved in the past few years since you started?
CS: Something I'm more interested in and passionate about is job creation. I'd like to bring in other designers, other people's products and be a hub for creativity in the ceramic world. I want to create a system that's really sustainable long-term. We're implementing a new system for the designs we have now, so hopefully by this coming Christmas we'll be able to debut a new line of dinnerware.
KCS: What does the future of Convivial Production look like?
CS: There are so many different roads, and it's hard to say right now. My experience with business decisions is based on opportunities that arise. The plan is to open a retail shop here in five years with a coffee portion or restaurant. We want it to be a holistic experience—customers can see where their dinnerware is made, use it in a setting and then they can purchase it. It just depends on how much is doable.
Convivial-Production016_JR_0517Before Shannon opened Convivial Production, her first dream was to enter into the event-rental business.
But she found that people were more interested in buying her creations than they were in renting them.
"That's where the business plan came from, and it just kind of evolved from there," Shannon says.
Now that she's added staff, she's been able to tap into her initial dream by offering dinner plates, dessert plates and serving dishes through Ultrapom, a local event-rental company.
"We've come full circle with it now that the production has picked up," Shannon says.


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The Ethnography Studio
Underground 2014
Report from Jing Wang
Overall, the workshop was a productive space for sharing different ideas among people work with diverse materials, topics, and concepts. After watching two videos related to the topic of underground, we divided into two groups and brainstormed about what we thought underground entailed, meant, referred to, etc. People reflected on the conceptualization of underground – the linguistic, phenomenological and affective dimensions of "underground" as a space and a concept. We all posted paper notes on the white board, drawing thin lines between the conventional and unconventional approaches to "underground." Then two groups reconvened and collectively discussed the paper posters on the board. Cross-questioning and brainstorming section was particularly interesting when people debated a lot about potentially unconventional approach to a concept like underground.
Personally, I am very intrigued by the idea of point or dot that emerged from the workshop. Although there were doubts about whether a dot-perspective is too isolated or is fundamentally opposed to "lines" as defined by Tim Ingold, I think the concept offers many possibilities for critical analysis and methodological design. From an architectural perspective (thanks to Yutian's original contribution), a dot is a point in space with no finite mass or space. In order to define a dot in space, there are multiple ways to do it rather than a line with a certain direction. Such as two examples below:
Conceptually, a concept of underground can then be considered as a point connected to other forms of knowledge in all directions rather than just a line moving along certain paths or trajectories. Methodologically, an actor or object related to underground can also be treated as a dot influenced by different vectors from all directions and still be connected to other actors or objects. Paraphrase Valerie's ideas on dot, she proposed to treat dot as a point for imagination, for projection, or for engaging with an idea, a space, an affect, etc. that we may never be able to get first-hand experience.
Report from Svetlana Borodina
Before, throughout and after the workshop it is questions rather than answers that have been crowding in my head. In the absence of clearly identified strategy, I, as other participants, faced the challenge to problematize conventional practices of academic work. When routine becomes broken – and in this workshop it did, due to undefined purposes, a too broad formulation of the topic of discussion and rather diverse participants' backgrounds and degrees of familiarity with the topic – one gets a great chance of accessing and assessing the mechanics of it, of the habits and assumptions that help this routine running as operative.
What kind of skills does one need to master in order to engage in these "open" spaces? How can one become "productive" and what "productive" means at all? What kinds of knowledge receive a warm welcome and which ones, concomitantly, are rendered illegible? It is often heard that loose frameworks and diminished regulation stimulate creativity and encourage a more "vital" engagement, yet personally, having gone through quite uncomfortable anxiety before and at the beginning of the workshop, I am urged to bring to the table the questions of how can we account for the immobilizing effect of the absence of regulation and what the method suggested by such differently organized spaces is.
Underground is a rather wide conceptual field. Many seemingly unrelated phenomena fall under the umbrella of this term: mining and Dostoevsky's philosophical and ethical elaborations, suppressed libido and organismic vitality in the deeper strata of the soil, racial and economic segregation in South Africa and romanticist aspirations of escapism all are made to meet and speak to each other because they all somehow have "underground" as a facet of their phenomenality. To confront them with each other and to allow each to pose questions to one another surely goes along the lines of the call for more "experimental" and "open" way of doing research. However, in the midst of celebrating the generativity of such unexpected encounters, I am tempted to slow down a little and pose a question of what constitutes the rigor of such an inquiry. What are the limits of portability of the concepts and contexts in which underground finds its incarnations?
I am immensely grateful for participating in the workshop, because it made me think and, consequently, act in regard to the way of doing research in which I find myself at home, it also posed so many productive questions the ongoing thinking about which drives me to the areas I was hardly aware of previously. The questions of methods, strategic and tactical organization of communication and learning spaces, and regulation of the development of my own inquiry. For me, a big part of doing anthropology is about asking questions. To ask an interesting and rather "opening" question is a craft one has to develop and this workshop, having led me through so dynamic and rich emotions and experiences, did contribute to the development of this skill.
Report by Lydia Smith, Anthropology and Visual Arts Major, Rice University
The Life Cycle and Legacy of the Underground Press in Houston: Space City!'s Self-Awareness of Opposition
The underground does not only define the physical space beneath our feet, but also collective cultural movements. I am interested in the underground as a non-physical space developed by the action of a community. The Underground Railroad, the Czech underground, and the Weather Underground are all examples of social movements that resisted mainstream society through the collective effort of a community. The underground symbolizes the other, the opposition, and the concealed[1]. While a movement is usually thought of abstract, impermanent, and morphing, these communities choose to label themselves after this physical type of space. However, unlike matter, which cannot be created or destroyed, each of these movements had a beginning and an end. After recognizing tendency, I have chosen to examine the "lifecycle" of the underground, or the cyclical nature of the self-imagined space.
In my research, I have focused on the publication "Space City!" which ran in Houston from 1969-1972. Space City was a part of the Underground Press, a counterculture movement in the 60's and 70's that generated alternative media to communicate the voice of the growing group of liberal radicals. "Space City," became a community organizer for these people, creating cartography of the counter-culture movement and developing space where people could exchange ideas. It defied almost every aspect of mainstream media: the content, the structure, and the visual format. It was run by a collective, with no editor or specific organizing structure, therefore creating a very open and fluid platform for people to become involved. However, at the same time, it was limited in terms of its ability to become a successful business platform. With these oppositions in mind, "Space City!" can be interpreted as vertical cartography of the underground culture, mapping the actions of the dissident community, while the mainstream media is considered horizontal.[2] At the point where these two planes meet, encapsulates the best representation of Texas culture at the time.
My investigation examines the short lifespan of the "Space City!," how it was formed and why it eventually dissipated. As with most resistance movements, the paper was founded on and driven by the radical energy of youths, who had little experience in the industry[3]. Because of this structure, I have discovered that the underground press's self-awareness as an opposing force to the mainstream media only reinforced this separation from its self-proclaimed antithesis, popular culture. However, by consciously identifying themselves as an "other," while simultaneously constantly encouraging self-analysis, the paper initially grew stronger but soon lost ability to adapt over time. For example, as the youthful energy that the founders experienced began to wear off, and they attempted to re-examine the identity of the paper, some members thought that this was a deviation from their collective agenda.[4] Therefore, I use "Space City!" as a case study for explaining the affects of this self-reflexivity on the lifecycle, identity, and legacy of the underground.
Ultimately I have found that the underground can be a space created through practice, a cultural phenomenon, and a force of opposition. The underground can be very animate, mimicking a living thing that goes through the process of birth and death. The self-awareness and reflexivity of the underground is a double edges sword as it strengthens the movement in the short term while limiting it in the long term.
As a supplement to my paper, I have created a zine that is inspired by the "Space City!" layout and design. Zines are considered today's version of an underground publication because they are not widely circulated, made by individuals or small groups, and cover a wide range of obscure topics. Stephen Duncombe discusses the sub-culture that surrounds these publications in more detail within his ethnography, Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture.[5] I thought it was appropriate to summarize my research in this format due to its DIY and easily accessible nature. The cover of my zine is displayed below.
Check Lydia's original Zine on this project here: http://issuu.com/lydroses/docs/underground_zine-_space_city-_onlin
[1] Banerjek, Koushik. "Sounds of Whose Underground?: The Fine Tuning of Diaspora in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Theory, Culture, & Society 17.3 (2000): 64-79.
[2] Elden, Stuart. "Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power." Political Geography 34 (2013): 35-51. Print.
[3] Leamer, Laurence. The paper revolutionaries: the rise of the underground press. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.
[4] Streitmatter, Rodger. Voices of revolution: The dissident press in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.
[5] Duncombe, Stephen. Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture. London: Verso, 1997. Print.
The Underground 2014


Has anyone worked with 1907 Land Company. We recently received an offer to purchase our minerals in McClain and wondered if anyone out there has experience in working with them?
Depending upon where you are in McClain, there is quite a bit of pending activity. Anytime someone wants to buy your minerals, they think they are going to make a profit. Canary in the mine indicator to me that I want to hang onto whatever they want because they know something that I know. I would rather have the profit and I am willing to wait to get it. Sometimes families have extenuating circumstances and need to sell. Cold calls just make me curious.
Is this still your opinion about McClain county? My siblings and I have leased 12 mineral acres each in Section 20-7N-2W (E/2 E/2 SW/4 and W/2 SE/4, and Section 29-7N-2W (N/2 NW/4 NE/4), under three year leases, and have been receiving numerous offers and letters of interest to buy, ranging from $2000 to $4000/ mineral acre, although the contacts seem to have slacked off in the past couple months. Should we consider selling?
Only you can decide about selling, but I can tell you that are getting offers to buy because BP has a pending horizontal well in 20 and 29. Section 33 which is catty corner to 29 has five wells, so that is what they are trying to buy is your future revenue. You should have gotten the mailings for the OCC cases. If not, then let me know and I can give you the numbers and you can look up the attorney and you can find out why not.
If I had acreage there and received an offer of $20,000/per acre, I would consider selling, but only on terms where they don't have a firm commitment from me until they hand me the check for the full purchase price. I wouldn't sign any drafts, letter agreements, or any other "deals".
Agreed Frank. Most of these outfits are making an offer, they feel like, will reimburse themselves after the first well, so they are really not risking much. That is why they make small offers.
We received the mailings but didn't really understand them, asked the agent who arranged our leases about it and he told us we didn't need to do anything because we already had leases. Is there anything we should do now to protect our interests,even though we didn't respond to those mailings at the time?
If you are leased, you do not need to worry about them, but they have very useful information in them and you should read them and try to understand them. They tell you a lot about the pending activity. Just keep an eye open if you ever get a pooling because they do require an answer within 20 calendar days or you will not have your choice in the matter.
it looks like Eagle Exploration was leasing in the section directly to the west of you (8-5n-3w) in Sept. of 2017 for $4750 per acre and 1/8 or $4500 per acre and 3/16. but the leasing in this same section as of 05/01/2018 is showing leasing from a company called Keith F. Walker Oil and Gas Company, LLC for $300 per acre and 20% and $350 per acre and 3/16. (these numbers are according to Mineral Insight) I dont think it hurts to reach back out.
I would say that it would likely be best to try and get some more offers if you can to get a true sense of the market. Looks like Eagle Exploration Production, LLC; Citizen Energy II, LLC; Keith F. Walker Oil & Gas Company; and Craig Elder Oil & Gas have taken leases in this area over the last couple of years. Good Luck!
Keith Walker probably leases to Eagle ! Those are the type of deals you do not want to be a part of!
Can't hurt to reach back out to them. Sometimes, landmen get busy and don't circle back or they get reassigned. Lots of other companies are leasing in the area as mjenz mentioned.
Reach back out. Letter could have got lost or the landman could have got busy and forgot to get in touch with you.


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Lack of awareness causes mental illness in over 6% Indians
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New Delhi: Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday presented stats in Rajya Sabha mentioning that over six percent of Indian citizens had a mental illness like schizophrenia and bipolar disorders due to lack of awareness. The National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health had conducted an assessment back in 2005, which revealed that approximately 75 million people in India had mental disorders like stress, depression and anxiety.
"In 2005, the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health reported that 10-20 million (1-2 percent of population) suffered from severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and nearly 50 million (5 percent of the population) from common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, yielding an overall estimate of 6.5 percent of the population," the Union Minister wrote to Rajya Sabha, according to a newspaper.
Though, the Union Minister mentioned that the data was examined in 2015, thus, a possibility of change in figures must be there due to changed lifestyle. He also gave the reasoning for the high ratio saying that the lack of awareness of symptoms of mental disorder is one of the biggest problems. The majority of the people suffering from mental disorders in India are unaware of them suffering from such illness.
There is a need to make people alert about such disorders and also treat patients suffering from it. Nadda mentioned that institutes and hospitals which treat such patients can be helpful. There are three centrally-run mental health institutes, 40 state-run medical hospitals and 398 departments of psychiatry in various medical colleges (183 in government and 215 in private) in rural and urban areas. Adding to the list, he also listed District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) (in 241 districts in all the 36 states/UTs) has been started by the government to treat mentally ill citizens. The DMHP offers help in school, workplace and also gives counselling on suicide prevention etc.
Moreover, common apprehensions of the illness are said to be emptiness or feeling sad or anxious, feeling hopeless or negative, irritability or restlessness, lack of interest in hobbies and other activities, loss of appetite and hallucinations in the case of schizophrenia. If one seems to have similar symptoms then there are chances one suffering from mental disorder and should consult a doctor.
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Grammar Schools in Concert
The success of our first musical collaboration with the boys' grammar school, Ilford County High
The past months have seen a number of new ventures in Music at Woodford. The repertoire has widened appreciably to include jazz, swing and a-cappella singing, and there have been new musical ensembles (a brass band, a guitar ensemble ,a flute sextet and pop groups) springing up everywhere to the evident delight of concert audiences.
The success of our first musical collaboration with the boys' grammar school, Ilford County High, has been the high note of this half term. A joint Spring Concert on Tuesday 7 May brought us an inspirational programme of music from Bach to Shostakovich, from Purcell to Bernstein. Students from the two schools played cheek by jowl in an orchestra the depth and tone of which moved us all. Items prepared separately by each school brought a frisson of competition to the proceedings, perhaps most evident in the consecutive performances of the two school choirs.
The concert certainly demonstrated the benefits of this form of collaboration and, in particular, the energy, tone and potential of a fully stocked orchestra. We look forward to many more such events in future and we record our thanks to the Music Departments of both schools for an evening thoroughly enjoyed.


Program: Union representation may be at an all-time low, representing less than 7 percent of the private sector workforce. There are many reasons for the decline in union support. For more information, see Jonathan Segal's article for Fortune at: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/07/19/unions-public-sector/.
However, complacency is the union organizer's best friend. Certain industries and regions are at much higher risk.
This seminar will provide: (a) an overview of the current election process; (b) recent cases on what is an appropriate bargaining unit; (c) who your statutory supervisors are (whom you can control); (d) key elements of supervisory training; (e) elements of an early detection and rapid response plan; (f) whether and how to educate your employees proactively; (g) union inhibitors, such as solicitation and distribution and off-duty employee policies; (h) social media and union organizing and (i) common employee relations drivers for union organizing.
To remain union-free, we need to prove to our employees, by our words and actions, that whatever problems may exist can be addressed more effectively without the intervention of, but what is in fact, another regulator.
And, we need to be careful not to suggest that we are "anti-union." Too many of our employees have union roots. I do, too. The key is to focus on how a union could make it harder for all of us to achieve the organization's mission.
Speaker: Jonathan A. Segal is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in the Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. He is also the managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute. The Duane Morris Institute provides training for human resource professionals, in-house counsel, benefits administrators and managers at Duane Morris, at client sites and by way of webinar on myriad employment, labor, benefits and immigration matters.
Jonathan has been cited as a national authority on employment issues in articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USAToday, Fortune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Business Week Online, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN Online, Business Week, Money and Monster.com, among others.
Also, we will be raising money for the Chester County SPCA. Please wear jeans and show your support for the SPCA by contributing $5 to the Chester County SPCA. Jonathan Segal, our speaker and Duane Morris Principal and Managing Partner, has kindly agreed to match what we receive in donations up to a maximum of $500. Donations can be made on the registration form above.


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