The Cattle Raid of Cooley is a webcomic in the Ulster Cycle series by Patrick Brown, adapting the ancient Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge. In Iron Age Ireland (two generations after The Ulster Cycle: Ness) queen Medb of Connacht leads an invasion of the Ulster, seeking to deprive the rival kingdom of its prize stud bull. Thanks to the intervention of two watching deities, her army is opposed only by Cú Chulainn, a sixteen-year-old rookie border guard, and his charioteer Láeg. Like its predecessor, The Cattle Raid of Cooley is improvised in ink, without script or pencils. Unlike its predecessor, it is being serialised in its original colour - red.
It began in August 2008 and updates every Wednesday. The latest installment, page 198 (page 17 of chapter 8), was posted on 24 April 2013.
Seven print issues have now been published, and are available from paddybrown.co.uk for £3.50 each.
Pronounced "Maeve". Queen of Connacht. Her father was Eochu Feidlech, the High King of Ireland. She likes men generally, but hates Conchobar, king of Ulster, and has raised an enormous army to invade Ulster and steal its prize bull, Donn of Cooley.
Pronounced "AL-yil". He's Medb's husband, and king of Connacht, but he knows who's boss. Medb has the big ideas, Ailill has to work out how to make them happen.
Pronounced pretty much as it looks. A hero in his youth (see The Ulster Cycle: Ness), Fergus was once king of Ulster, but now he has defected to Connacht with a contingent of warriors. His relationship with Medb isn't entirely professional.
Pronounced as it looks. Nominal leader of Fergus's gang of Ulster exiles, Fergus's foster son, and eldest son of Conchobar, king of Ulster.
Promounced "DUV-thach" with a guttural ch as in Scottis loch or German Bach. Another Ulster exile, Fergus's oldest friend. Also appears as a much younger man in Ness. Never much of a warrior even in his younger days, Fergus values him for his good memory and his cynicism, a quality Fergus lacks.
Meaning "Culann's Dog" (we'll find out why at some point), and pronounced "KOO CHUL-in", with a guttural 'ch'. He's sixteen years old, graduated from Ulster's youth corps early thanks to his precocious talent, and on his first adult assignment, as a border guard.
For other depictions, see Cú Chulainn in comics.
Pronounced roughly "LOY". Cú Chulainn's charioteer and all-round logistical backup. From a lower class but more experienced than his master.
Pronounced "KON-uh-chuh-ver", with the 'ch' guttural as before. King of Ulster - a throne he and his mother conned Fergus out of. We've recently discovered why Fergus defected, and Conchobar's son Cormac followed him. Why does Medb hate him so much? We'll find out.
Pronounced roughly "LOO". God of, among other things, skill, martial valour and glory - the exciting side of war. He has personal reasons not to be neutral in this particular conflict.
Meaning "great queen", and pronounced, roughly, "MOR-ree-yan". Goddess of, among other things, carnage - the nasty side of war. Often appears as a crow.
"a tale full of earthy reality, full of the dirt of ancient lands and the blood of ancient races"
A different adaptation of the same story can be found in Cló Mhaigh Eo's Irish language graphic novel An Táin. Michael Hall and Gary Hamilton's Cúchulainn: Champion of Ulster adapts the legends of the hero's youth.
See Cú Chulainn in comics for others.


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These Small Business Productivity Tips can be helpful in you small business. If you create lengthy documents, you will love the ease of making a table of contents. They make it easier for your readers to find what they want in lengthy documents. Because the table of contents in Microsoft Word creates links to each heading, you can jump straight to the section you want.
This is the 7th post in the Small Business Productivity Tips series. This one is on using Microsoft Word Styles to save time and add emphasis to your documents. It shows some standard Styles including Heading 1 (the H1 tag); Heading 2 (H2 tag); Heading 3 ( H3 tag); and Heading 4 (H4 tag) strong, and normal plus how to create a custom style.
Have you ever wondered do you really need to use checklists in your small business? The answer to that is, it depends. Just how important is it that everything is done right? What will it cost you to miss a step or forget something? Although manufacturers wanting global business with major corporations use checklists as part of their quality movement, checklists are useful to small businesses too. John R. Aberle's Jing video presents Small Business Productivity Tips on uses for checklists in your small business.
Do you ever get tired of doing documents with the same layout time and again? Copying an old document to use again is one way. Creating templates is a better way. This is the 5th video in the Small Business Productivity Tips series. Today's video covers the why and how of creating a template in Microsoft Word.
As small business owners of a manufacturing company that makes specialty plastics for heavy equipment manufacturers, Tim and Joan Piper are always confronted with the need to find ways to save time, to be more productive. They discovered that small business productivity tips, while normal productivity tips amount to a few minutes per day, a screen capture tool is a very different. There are things that only a tool like SnagIt can do for you.
Small Business Productivity Tips are meant to give you little tools and actions that can improve your productivity in a real, though usually minor way. This week's video is about using Notepad, which is easy to ignore when compared to Microsoft Word or any of the word processors available with much more functionality. Never the less, Notepad can become a hero if it saves you from causing WordPress to crash or saves you from some other crisis caused by inserting lines of code into WordPress or Facebook.
As a small business owner or manager, you and your staff have a challenging time getting everything done that you need to do in a day. Every little tool that shaves time off your schedule and enables you to be more productive is reason to celebrate.
This second video in Small Business Productivity Tips Series shows ideas for using Microsoft OneNote. It makes it so easy to jot down ideas as they come to you and to grab images and content from the Internet when doing research.
Sometimes simple productivity tips can give a small business an efficiency edge by improving speed and accuracy for repetitive typing.


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Here are my most favourite collections this Spring, an eccentric mix of vibrant, mysterious, playful, extravagant and calming designs to feast your imagination and creativity.
If any of these designs 'tick the box' or simply just 'tickle your fancy' then please do get in touch and we can chat about your project further.
1. "Heritage" by Zimmer & Rohde combining metallic colour accents, structured surfaces and inspiration from abstract paintings.


Deficiencies in environmental sanitation—solid waste, wastewater, excreta disposal, drainage, and community hygiene—contribute significantly to the continuing high rate of infant and child mortality from diarrheal diseases and also play a role in vector-borne diseases. Many studies indicate that lack of sanitation puts people at higher risk for diarrheal disease than lack of safe water. Over two million children die each year of diseases that result from poor quality drinking water and inadequate sanitary facilities. This work includes, amongst other activities, providing safe drinking water, all forms of waste management, pest control and training on food hygiene.
The majority of these diseases are contracted as a result of poor quality drinking water, inappropriate hygiene practices or inadequate sanitary facilities. Effective sanitation and hygiene programmes need to combine interventions to change behaviour with the selection of the right technology. When people become infected with diseases such as cholera, typhoid and hepatitis A, their excreta will contain large amounts of the germs which cause the disease.
Environmental sanitation – the control of environmental factors that form links in disease transmission. Subsets of this category are solid waste management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial waste treatment and noise and pollution control.
The importance of waste isolation lies in an effort to prevent water and sanitation related diseases, which afflicts both developed countries as well as developing countries to differing degrees. It is estimated that up to 5 million people die each year from preventable water-borne disease, as a result of inadequate sanitation and hygiene practices.
Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faeces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known to have a significant beneficial impact on health both in households and across communities. The word 'sanitation' also refers to the maintenance of hygienic conditions, through services such as garbage collection and wastewater disposal.
Sanitation is the hygienic means of preventing human contact from the hazards of wastes to promote health. Hazards can be either physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of disease. Wastes that can cause health problems are human and animal feces, solid wastes, domestic wastewater (sewage, sullage, greywater), industrial wastes, and agricultural wastes. Hygienic means of prevention can be by using engineering solutions (e.g. sewerage and wastewater treatment), simple technologies (e.g.latrines, septic tanks), or even by personal hygiene practices (e.g. simple handwashing with soap).


Warning: You might start rooting for King James again.
1. When he greeted his young bicycle crew.
2. When he said "what up" to some old guy playing dominos.
3. When he raced this kid.
4. Then gave him some daps for practicing good bicycle safety.
5. During his intense workout montage.
7. And ruined this guy's day.
8. When he did his Rocky II impression.
9. When he surprised these kids at the park.
10. And proceeded to dunk on them.
11. When he gave the kid with a young Kobe 'fro his stinky kicks.
12. When he did his Forrest Gump impression.
13. When he didn't invite anyone into his mansion for water and orange slices.
Okay, maybe that's the same ol' LeBron, but in his defense there were a lot of people and he probably didn't have enough oranges.


Introduction This Expanded Table of Contents (ToC) provides links to all of the files and major entry points of Sam's Laser FAQ (Official overly long name: Sam's Laser FAQ - Safety, Info, Links, Parts, Types, Drive, Construction - A Practical Guide to Lasers for Experimenters and Hobbyists).... CW Laser Diodes. Continuously-emitting cw laser diodes are available in a wide range of wavelengths, from infrared to red, green, or blue. Fields of application include measurement technology, sensor technology, medical technology, and military applications.
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Talladega College was founded in 1867, and is Alabama's oldest private historically black liberal arts college. Located on 50 acres in the city of Talladega, Alabama, the wooded campus sits on a plateau about 700 feet above a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Talladega College was founded by two former slaves, William Savery and Thomas Tarrant. Savery and Tarrant were committed to the education of the children of former slaves because they regarded it as "…vital to the preservation of our liberties…" After the one-room structure which originally housed the school became too small for the student population, General Wager Swayne of the Freedmen's Bureau was instrumental in acquiring the nearby Baptist Academy building which was to be sold because of financial difficulties. The school was moved into the former Baptist Academy in 1867. Locating the school there was ironic because it was constructed using slave labor (including Savery and Tarrant), and was originally intended to house white students. For the two years following the move to the new building, the school was named Swayne School by parents of students enrolled there, to honor the assistance of General Swayne in acquiring the property. In 1869, however, Swayne School was issued a charter and became Talladega College.
One of Talladega College's long standing goals has been to train leaders in education, and to that end, it began offering normal courses for teachers early in its history. The first college level coursework catalog appeared in 1890 and the first class receiving bachelor's degrees graduated in 1895. However, as late as 1916 Talladega was offering courses ranging from elementary level education to college coursework. By the late 1920s the number enrolled in the college classes outnumbered those in the preparatory school for the first time.
Today, Talladega College is a private, co-educational liberal arts institution, affiliated with the United Church of Christ, serving approximately 350 undergraduate students. There are about
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For those of us who haven't jumped on the whisky bandwagon just yet, it might help to beef up our knowledge on the subject—to impress a visiting boss, outshine a savvy friend, improve on random trivia skills… or just to show Dad how we've grown up!
Whiskies come in grain or malt form. A grain whisky is generally made from any type of grain apart from barley, whereas a malt whisky is made from malted barley specifically. A single malt whisky, generally prized above other types, is made from a single distillery, but not necessarily from a single cask.
A blended whisky is a combination of different grain and malt whiskies. Whiskies are also defined by region or country, the prominent ones being Scotland, Ireland, America and Japan. According to Hong Kong bar Angel's Share's Charlene Dawes, American bourbon whiskies (think Maker's Mark), made mostly from corn, are generally fuller bodied and Japanese whiskies (think Suntory) are more easygoing. Scottish and Irish whiskies are more varied. Within Scotland, there are the Highlands (which includes the Islands sub-regions; they produce lighter-bodied whiskies), Lowlands (drier whiskies), Islay (peaty and smoky whiskies), Speyside (sweeter whiskies) and Campbeltown (full-bodied whiskies).
Use the right vessel, like a Glencairn glass. The shape of the glass helps to concentrate the aroma of the whisky.
Admire the whisky's color and nose it before you swallow.
When you sip, move it all around your mouth to detect different flavors; as it oxidizes, new flavors are brought out.
Drink your whiskies neat, a dash of water (spring water works best) opens up more flavors and aromas.
Try not to use ice as it "closes" the whisky, masking its complexity. Don't warm it like brandy either.
Bowmore ambassador Kay Wu also recommends a lighter, smoother whisky like the Auchentoshan from the Lowlands to go with a dessert, possibly something fruity or dark chocolate-based.
The age of the whisky is defined by the number of years the liquid has been aged in a barrel, and once bottled, it effectively stops aging, Arthur Motley explains. For example, a 1948 10 year old bottle is the same age as a 2010 10 year old bottle. A Scotch whisky must be aged at least three years to be deemed a true Scotch.


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Nearly everything we think we know about the world is wrong. We know this to be true because someone (IPSOS MORI) has taken the trouble to collect data in a public survey. This is called 'science', which Richard Feynman described as 'the best way we know of not fooling ourselves'. Sadly, while scientists might be good at applying it to their own fields, outside them (as I have found over a lifetime observing the species) they are as likely to behave and believe just as irrationally as everyone else.
As the Society's new Diversity Champion Tricia Henton points out this month, the Geological Society is lagging behind other scientific and technical bodies in the sophistication and extent of its data collection – particularly where this relates to diversity in the Society, its staff and the profession it represents. At the moment this information vacuum places us in a state little better than that which Lady Bracknell might have characterised as 'natural ignorance'. To show just how bad natural ignorance can get, we need only look at IPSOS MORI's recent survey.
The pollsters discovered a massive disconnect between most people's view of reality and known facts. For example, British citizens think on average that 21% of the UK population is Muslim (actually 5%). And while the true proportion of 'immigrants' to these islands is arguably 100%, most people think the proportion of people in the population whom they would class as 'non-native' is 24% - (actually 13%). We tend to think that almost a quarter of the population is unemployed, when actually only 7% are. The average guess gives 16% as the proportion of mothers giving birth in their teens, when the truth is only 3%.
Knowledge, or lack of it, is important because it affects the way people vote. Ignorance is a lot more useful in political campaigning than knowledge because it is easily manipulated and produces predictable results in short timescales. Education, on the other hand, produces unpredictable results over timescales that are closer to geological. The BBC may have an explicit mission to educate and inform, but it would be naive to attribute this noble aim to other media, because confirming readers' prejudices is more lucrative. The existence of such powerful forces goes a long way towards explaining the mismatches revealed by IPSOS MORI.
As a learned scientific and professional society, with an explicit mission to inform, we need to set a better example.
TED NIELD
@TedNield @geoscientistmag


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Katie Stump, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at innovation Research & Training. Dr. Stump received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from University of Kansas with a minor in Quantitative Psychology. Her broad research interests include children's peer relations and social development with a specific focus on power dynamics and friendship networks. At iRT, Dr. Stump's work has concentrated on mentoring of at-risk youth.
Currently, Dr. Stump is the Project Director for the Mentee Risk Status and Mentor Training project, an OJJDP-funded project designed to develop a youth relationship risk tool that can be used by mentoring programs and to create research-based, best practice recommendations about the most effect methods of mentor training and support.
Kupersmidt, J. B., Stelter, R. L., Rhodes, J. E., & Stump, K. N. (2017). Enhancing mentor efficacy and preparedness through web-based, pre-match training. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 7(3), pp. 197-216.
Kupersmidt, J. B., Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Predictors of premature match closure in youth mentoring relationship. American Journal of Community Psychology, 59(1-2), pp. 25-35.
Kupersmidt, J. B., Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring program practices as predictors of match longevity. Journal of Community Psychology, 45(5), pp.630-645.
Stump, K. N. , Ratliff, J. M., & Hawley, P. H. (under review) A dyadic analysis of power and friendship functioning .
Hawley, P. H., Stump, K. N. , & Ratliff, J. M. (2011) Sidestepping the jingle fallacy: Bullying, aggression, and the importance of knowing the difference. In D. Espelage & S. Swearer (Eds.), Bullying in North American Schools (pp. 101-115). New York: Routledge.
Stump, K. N. Ratliff, J. M., Wu, Y. P., & Hawley, P. H. (2009) Theories of social competence from the top-down to the bottom-up: A case for considering foundational human needs. In J. M. Matson (Ed.), Social behavior and skills in children (pp. 23-37). New York: Springer.


If you have just signed the papers on a new self storage unit, we are willing to bet that furniture will be one of the first things to reside there. Furniture is a self storage staple, and it's not hard to see why. Most items of furniture take up a little too much room to store at home. But they usually still have use and significance to you.
And that's why they're a perfect match for self storage! However, you can't just throw them in and forget about them. So what are some good furniture storage tips? Read on and find out!
#1 Timber furniture is susceptible to damage: our best tips to avoid this is wax your furniture!
Timber can last centuries with the right care and attention. But without it, your beautiful timber furniture can quickly deteriorate. And that is mostly because of timber's rocky relationship with moisture. Moisture is everywhere – it's in the atmosphere itself. So even the most secure self storage unit will still have some moisture floating around. If there's too much, it can make timber swell and split.
If there's not enough, it can make timber dry out and split. It's a tough balance to strike. Luckily, all it takes to avoid this is some TLC before the furniture goes into storage. And by that, we mean a quick wipe with a rag, and a fresh coat or furniture wax or polish.
Before it's time to think about storing your furniture, you have to think about moving it. Normally, this will involve a truck, trailer or ute. And that is rife with risk. Moving furniture in vehicles is the only way to do it, but it is also the most likely source of damage. One simple way to avoid those unfortunate scrapes and scratches is to wrap your furniture completely in moving blankets. Moving blankets are a great furniture storage tip because they are inexpensive and effective. You can even leave them on your furniture while it's in storage!
Storing plastic, metal, and glass is pretty straightforward. But storing natural materials is another matter entirely. And by natural materials, we mean timber and leather. Timber and leather furniture is some of the most beautiful furniture, but it needs a little extra care in storage. Most importantly, these materials need to breathe. So don't wrap them in plastic, whatever you do! Instead, use some of those moving blankets we mentioned earlier, or even some old bedsheets.
#4 Furniture is heavy, so this is the most important of all furniture storage tips: lift and pack safely!
No list of furniture storage tips would be complete without a mention of safety. Furniture is heavy, so storing it can be a little risky. Lifting and packing cumbersome items of furniture can result in injury, so you have to be careful. Always get a friend to help out on those heavier items, and never store them above chest height.
Some items of furniture are simply too large to move and store in one piece. So if you have a six place dining room setting, you may need to whip out the screwdriver and get to work on it. You can disassemble most items of furniture pretty easily, and it will make moving and storing a dream. And if you're having trouble, do some research online.
Finally, let's talk long-term furniture storage tips. Leaving things for the long term is a great way to get the most out of your storage unit. But you have to do it right, or else your furniture can progressively deteriorate. We recommend leaving space between each item as a good place to start. This will prevent items from denting or scratching each other over time.
And as always, for more great tips simply get in touch with the experts at More Space on (07) 5598 3355.


Pallion designs, manufactures and distributes precious metal products and related services. Commencing operations in 1951, today it is the largest fully integrated precious metal services group in Australasia and the result of the merger of the ABC Bullion and Palloys Group of companies. The group maintains its headquarters in Sydney and is a privately owned group of companies, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth as well as Hong Kong (SAR) and mainland China.
Pallion is comprised of eight entities: ABC Bullion; ABC Refinery; Palloys; AGS|PJW; A&E Metals; Regentco; Goldenage International; and Custodian Vaults. This group of leading precious metal brands offers the following services: Bullion; Refining and Minting; Casting and Jewellery; Fabricated Metals; Findings; and Vaulting.


I learn language like I learned to play the piano - by ear. I play with grammar, but I really learn by listening and mimicking what I hear. I'll be walking down the street and hear someone use a word or phrase and I'll begin repeating it and try working it into my conversations (when appropriate, of course).
The other day I was on my way to meet the boys at the Bar Amendola for our staff meeting and I walked past two men and a woman and overheard a snippet of their conversation. The woman kiddingly accused one of the men of pretending to be humble. In response, the man replied, "nonfolumile." Now say that fast. All together. No spaces.
Classic anconetano dialect. That is a four word, complete sentence, smashed into a word that could almost pass as a mono-syllabic grunt. Want to know what it means?
nonfolumile = "Non faccio l'umile."
I started jogging last August - I mean really jogging. I've 'jogged' in the past, but really just played at it, giving up after a couple of weeks because, come on, jogging is not fun! But I started jogging more seriously with my teammate Brian and we've stuck with it now for seven months, averaging two times a week. Over that period of time we've increased how long we've jogged and tried adding different things to keep building up our strength, to keep our weight loss going and basically to just be manly.
We jog at the Cittadella (which means literally 'city of the' but really means, the Citadel) which is an old Napoleonic fort-turned-park which has an incredible view and a pretty aggressive jogging track. Half of it is paved and the other half is gravel. The differential between the highest and lowest point on the track is about 50 feet which means we have a couple of inclines and slopes. The sharpest of these is actually a set of wooden, slippery stairs, at the base of which is a worn, triple set of chin-up bars.
Try as we might, we could never do it. We tried all kinds of different ways, but just could not do it. Chris has always been more athletic and muscular than I am, so he may have done it in the meantime, but I, over 20 years later, have never done it. (Mock if you will, but go out and try it sometime.) So it is with a dual-vision that I began glancing at these chin-up bars each time we jogged around this track. One - for the money. Two - for the manliness-proving show.
So I started. Here were my rules. I had to have a jogging-buddy witness. I could do them under-handed. They had to be full chin-ups, my arms have to lock all the way when I'm down. And absolutely no using my legs to pump. It had to be all muscle. The first time I tried I think I got 3 and my arms were angry. A few days later, 4. Then 5 and 6.
Yesterday I went jogging with Josh and I went all out. I got to 8 and was pulling up for the ninth but got to where my nose was even with the bar and could not pull myself up another millimeter. So, almost nine.
I'm getting close, Dad. Get ready to make the international bank transfer.
Eight years ago today, Heather, Jacob, Dan, Amy and I got off a plane in Rome and stumbled, dazed, scared, excited into the Eternal City. That first night we left our hotel and walked a couple of blocks until we found a little trattoria and ordered some food. I remember looking at each other across the table, through some hazy, cultural fog and breaking down in tears.
Eight years and the fog still comes and goes. Teammates have come and gone. Interns have come and gone. Visiting groups have come and gone. Italian believers have come and gone. Models and programs have come and gone. And the foghorn still calls out, loud and strong, calling ships into port.
Today I took Harrison to the park. Heather was in the Prayer Room and the big kids were in school. I sat on a concrete bench while Harrison played. I watched the fog roll through. Surreal. Like some ghostly sprite, it washed over the park and across the street. I could see wisps of its cloak trailing, flying past. And I reflected on the spiritual fog I've felt this week.
Our team seems tired, worn out. Kids are struggling with the language in school. Homesick - wish we could see our newborn nephew and the rest of our family. Massi, who became a part of our church community this last summer was checked into the hospital, his bone marrow disorder getting worse and causing other health problems. He finishes a round of chemo tomorrow and will be in the hospital two weeks to see what its effects will be...still waiting the transplant donor to work out. Then Sunday night Heather miscarried. Not sure how far along she was - four, five, six weeks. We'll see a doctor Wednesday but are left with a grieving, wounded spirit, lots of questions, lots of doubts. And the fog keeps rolling.
I got up at 1:30 this morning to come down and take a shift in the prayer room. Josh is in there right now and I'm sitting out in the main room studying, worshiping along with Shane & Shane, watching the thick fog roll past the street lamp. Shouts erupt downstairs and we run to the window to see half a dozen people in an all-out brawl, a real bru-ha-ha. A guy gets kicked in the face. Another lands a punch on a face and you can hear the hard, slapping sound from two floors up even though the fog muffles it.
We'll worship together. A mom who is grieving. Another expecting. One woman leaving her fiance' in a hospital bed for a couple of hours. Another couple struggling. Two other couples who work too much and are persistently tired. Another man struggling to truly hand himself over to God. Out of the fog, God calls us and in some sort of imperfect way we come together and we worship, we love on each other and encourage one another.
Eight years ago we landed in Rome, with a plan to be here five to seven. Seems like ages ago. I don't know how much longer it will take, but we cling to the Father and are grateful for how far he's brought us and for the church that He is calling up in this place. To all of you who have been a part of this journey with us, thank you. In times like this, it is good to know we're not alone.
It's that time again. Friday morning at 11:00 begins our next period of time set aside to spend in prayer before the Father. Please keep us in your prayers as we prepare ourselves logistically, spiritually and relationally. Pray that God would move in our hearts and that we would see his face. Go to our church site and click on the prayer link to watch as the slots fill up!
Well, our landlord called and said, 'Fals'allarme'. His son figured out another solution so we can stay. Aw shucks. We were starting to get excited. But thanks for the roller-coaster ride, Enrico!
OK - so that's 20 places. The longest I've ever been 'planted' is in the apartment we now call home. Seven years here. A couple of times over the last couple of years we've talked about moving to a new apartment with a yard but always come back to being grateful for what we have and made the best of it. For the record, it is a BEAUTIFUL place and we love it.
Yesterday afternoon the doorbell rang and my landlord walked in, his face long, sad. First words out of his mouth, "I have to tell you something you won't like."
"I need my apartment back."
"My son and his family need it so I need you to move out as soon as you can."
Gulp. "Do I have an option or is this for sure?"
"It's for sure. Take the time you need to find a place, but you need to move out."
As the door closed behind him I started looking around at this place that currently holds the record for the place I've lived the longest and I was filled with a certain sadness. Two of my kids were basically born in this home. We 'raised' this apartment from a bare-walled canvas with wires hanging from the ceiling to a colorful, warm, beautiful home.
'Tis the life of a missionary I guess - the nomadic one. And with that, 2008 becomes the year we move again.
Bad WORD or BAD Word?
OK, help me settle a monetary-less bet. When talking about words one shouldn't say, do you call them bad WORDS or BAD words (capital letters implies emphasis)? A teammate of mine (who shall remain nameless) thinks my kids pronounce it wrong. How do you say it?
This afternoon was the annual 'Carnevale' parade in downtown Ancona. Crowds, confetti, costumes...enjoy.
I go through fazes like this, don't you? Where you're just out of energy to say anything; where you're just, dry?
Well, in spite of that, things are going well here. Our team just got out of our latest retreat with some great goals for 2008. Family's doing well. Church continues to grow and take shape.
Stephen and Ashley Capps have been with us a couple of weeks. We met Stephen last home service visit at Ozark. They have long-range plans to serve in Ireland, but came to visit Ancona and help with childcare during our retreat. They have been GREAT - super positive, servants and have really enjoyed meeting some of our friends and exploring our city. Heading out the door to a birthday party for Maria Chiara and then date night...yeah buddy!


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Bryce Frederick, Staff writer
He has the skills and the speed, but sophomore forward Matt Lodge's key to success is simply having fun. From his pregame preparation to his post-goal celebrations, there's always a smile on Lodge's face, teammates said.
"He's easygoing and fun, but he knows how to work hard," sophomore forward Noah Wilkens said. "He makes the team seem more whole."
Of course, skill helps. Junior varsity head coach Aaron Urban-Zukerberg praised Lodge's abilities.
"Matt has incredible speed with the ball at his feet and also has a determined ability to find the back of the net," he said.
The team finished with a 6-2-1 record, netting 24 goals in nine games, eight of them being Lodge's. He considers his first goal of the season against Sparrows Point as the year's most memorable one.
"There was two minutes left in golden goal overtime, and I got a header to win the game, and I went a little bit nuts," Lodge said.
Lodge has found a balance between enjoyment and dedication that allows for personal success.
"When we get out of school, he'll be joking around, but when warm-ups come, he's ready to go," freshman goalkeeper Brandon Dabkowski said.
"He knows what to do, he knows how he plays, and he's going to stick to that," Wilkens said.
After the JV season ended, Lodge was added to the varsity roster.
"We're like one big family," Lodge said, "and, of course, we have our fun."
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In English language, why is the "Heart" analogy always used to describe the core or central theme?
There are commonly used phrases like "heart of the city" and "heart of the matter". Even to describe the nature of people, we use words like "kind hearted" and "evil hearted".
My question is, why is the emphasis so much on the heart? After all, it is just another organ of the body. In fact, the brain cells and the mind cause the thinking process that make people what they are, what does the heart do? Other languages don't seem to do that, as often.
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German seems to do it; so does Spanish, so does Polish to an extent; I'm trying to determine whether Hindi does. Traditionally, languages have seen emotions as seated in various organs of the body - the "just another organ of the body" view of organs is a very very recent development. – Matt Gutting Aug 18 '15 at 15:59
Historically, the heart was considered to be where all our emotions and thoughts came from. It may be wrong now, but no one knew that in 33CE. It's just naturally permeated our language ever since. – VampDuc Aug 18 '15 at 16:02
Core etymonline.com/index.php?term=core – TRomano Aug 18 '15 at 16:06
Even if not considered the center of emotion and thought, as VampDuc states, the heart is known to all cultures to be the most critical organ in a vertebrate. Plus it is physically the most central organ. – Hot Licks Aug 18 '15 at 17:47
Italians say "cuore d'oro" (heart of gold), "di buon cuore" (good heart/kind) "Nel cuore della notte" (in the heart "middle" of the night) etc. I'm pretty sure French has similar idioms. – Mari-Lou A Aug 18 '15 at 17:51
In European culture generally, the "heart" is employed as a metaphor for the innermost essence of something, the seat of its vitality. For instance, heartwood is the wood which is closest to the center of the tree, and Conrad's Heart of Darkness is the center of the Congo, the place where both literal and moral dark is deepest.
Only slightly more narrowly, the heart is seen as the seat of emotions and desires, opposed to the brain, seen as the seat of reason and intellect. The French philosopher Descartes, for instance, famously said that "The heart has its reasons which reason does not know".
This is by no means a universal symbolism. Biblical Hebrew, for instance, saw the heart as the seat of will, which has led to considerable misunderstanding of Biblical metaphor. For instance, Europeans who read that Pharaoh "hardened his heart" understand this to mean that he became hostile and merciless toward the Hebrews, when in fact it means something more like he stopped waffling and strengthened his resolve.
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And English in turn didn't always, or consistently, use only "heart" for this meaning - the bowels were also considered the seat of emotion in (e.g.) Middle English. – Matt Gutting Aug 18 '15 at 16:18
@MattGutting I think that as a matter of fact that one's another loan translation, from the Greek half of the Bible. OED 1 gives Wyclif as the first to use bowel in this sense. – StoneyB on hiatus Aug 18 '15 at 16:25
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I just bought Synergy Pro, and is currently trying to figure how to get it to work, the server side (OS X) shows "fail to get local IP address" after starting the application and tell me I need to manually enter server IP on the client side, which I followed, and put in the IP address of the server into my client computer (Win 10), unfortunately, nothing is working so far. I am on an eduroam WiFi network, which I think is a bit weird how they manage the internet and IP and such. I think Eduroam is why this is not working, but I'm not sure how to fix it.
@HowieTofu this should be a problem with the network where you are connected. That kind of network mostly restricts connections between devices that are connected to it.
@Paul Suarez So is there anything I can do to remedy this? Or is this never going to work as long as I am on this network?
You can try to contact the administrator of that network. If that's not possible, then you'll need to use a different network. I have personally tried connecting to my smartphone's access point and it worked. That'll be helpful if you don't have any router around.
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It may be difficult at times, but co-parenting and maintaining a respectful and cooperative relationship through co-parenting arrangements with your ex-spouse for your children will go a long way in helping them adapt to the changes in the family structure.
Here are some tips to try.
Redefine your relationship with your ex-spouse. You may no longer be husband and wife but you will always be parents to your children.
Come up with an agreed parenting plan that should include areas on decision-making, scheduling and even rules on co-parenting.
Discuss with your ex-spouse the way that you would like him or her to communicate with you. You may choose the telephone, text or e-mail messages. You may also continue to communicate through your lawyers.
Be willing to negotiate instead of remaining firm about getting your own way.
The divorce may be over and you may now have to cope with the responsibilities of being a single parent. Do not be afraid to seek help and support from your family members, friends, and the resources available in your community. You can also seek help from Divorce Support Specialist Agencies which provide an array of support for divorced parents and children.
When you are able to attend to your needs, you will be in a better position to help your children get through this difficult period of adjustment.
You could also help by focusing on your children's needs. Here are some ways to do that.
Spend special time with your children regularly. Be there for them both physically and emotionally.
Encourage and support the scheduled times between your children and the other parent. Agree together on a workable parenting plan..
Try to avoid letting your children see or feel the anger or frustration you have towards your ex-spouse.
Build up your children's self-esteem. Encourage their interests and abilities and recognise their efforts and achievements.
Consider your children's feelings above all else and think about how you can help them.
Gradually introduce new routines that will encourage the family to relax and have fun.
Maintain family traditions and rituals, especially the ones that are important to your children.
Consider your children's needs above all else.
Should you enter into a new relationship, introduce your new partner gradually into your children's lives.
Be kind to yourself and take time out for 'me' time.
The Divorce Support Specialist Agencies (DSSAs) have programmes to help divorcing couples and their families. To find out more about their programmes and how you can help your children cope with divorce, please visit DSSA Services and Programmes.
To better protect the interest of children affected by their parents' divorce, divorcing parents with minor children below 14 years of age (to include children below 21 years old at a later phase), who cannot agree on all matters of divorce including an agreed parenting plan for their children, will need to attend a mandatory parenting programme before they can file for divorce. The programme will cover a range of issues that may affect their children including housing, school, care arrangements and positive co-parenting after divorce. Divorcing parents would be able to apply for this programme online via the MSF divorce support microsite and other online platforms in mid-November 2016.


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Russia's Mig-35 Fulcrum Has Major Problems
As with many Russian military project, things are not always what they seem..
All is not what it seems.
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As with many Russian military project, things are not always what they seem... Such is the case with the new RSK-MiG MiG-35 Fulcrum-F [3].
The current iteration of the Mikoyan MiG-35 is not the advanced warplane that India rejected in favor of the French Dassault Rafale in 2011. Rather, the new MiG-35 is a somewhat upgraded land-based version of the MiG-29KR carrier variant of the long-serving Fulcrum. It has no thrust vectoring controls and lacks an active electronically scanned array radar even though Russia has the technology.
"The current plane is essentially an upgrade of the MiG-29KR," a Russian industry source told me. "There is no thrust vectoring. And the lack of an AESA radar is of a more cost problem from a procurement standpoint rather than a technical problem."
But why the elaborate video conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin if [4] the new fighter is just a rewarmed version of the MiG-29KR? The answer is simple: Marketing.
Indeed, the entire MiG-35 project has one goal—keep RSK-MiG in business. In Russia, there is precedent for such a project, the Sukhoi Su-30M2 project existed solely to keep airframe manufacturer KnAAPO in business.
"The entire MiG-35 project exists only in order to maintain the production line of RSK-MiG as well as for export," the source continued. "Technical specifications were a secondary factor. The MoD [Ministry of Defense] wants an AESA radar, but wants it [the MiG-35] as cheaply as possible. Foreign customers, who can buy MiGs, are still buying the jet without an AESA due to cost factors."
The radar that Putin referred to is a mechanically scanned version of the Zhuk rather an AESA. "It can follow from 10 to 30 targets at once, and can operate over land or sea. This is a genuinely unique and promising aircraft, 4++, you could say, very close to being fifth generation," Putin noted during the conversation. However, the radar is not nearly close to being comparable to an AESA.
The MiG-35 will eventually enter Russian service, but the aircraft is primarily geared toward export customers—which is why the video conference with Putin focused heavily on foreign sales. The Russian Air Force itself is much more interested in the Flanker series—which are much more capable and versatile aircraft.
"We have created a multi-spectrum system that was integrated into the armament system and additionally installed aboard the MiG-35, and along with other systems, we have developed the Generation 4++ complex," United Aircraft Corporation general designer and vice president for innovations Sergei Korotkov told Putin. " We hope that after the trials, the Defense Ministry will buy this machine and that foreign customers will also come to sign contracts with us."
Indeed, Korotkov statement is more of a plea than anything else as the MiG-35 is pretty much the Mikoyan design bureau's last hope for survival given Sukhoi's overwhelming advantage. Only time will tell if the MiG-35 gambit will payoff for RSK-MiG, but the deck is stacked against it.
Dave Majumdar is the defense editor for the National Interest*. You can follow him on Twitter:* @davemajumdar [5].
Image Credit[6]: Creative Commons.
--- This Story Originally Appeared inThe National Interest---


By any reasonable measure of solvency, the world banking system is broke. There is a major campaign going on to hide just how broke they are.
The banks are in survival mode and that means they will screw their best and biggest clients to survive. GE capital did it when they dumped billions in bad debt on a European bank. Major banks are getting federal subpoenas for screwing clients in auction rate securities.
The Swiss mega-bank UBS is accused of defrauding its biggest clients out of billions, they fired their head trader. The banking system is paralyzed because no one trusts anyone else and rightly so. The most sophisticated players are getting burned on the bad debt the banks are desperate to unload. This is about survival.
The kid gloves have come off. If the best and brightest minds in international finance are getting screwed on bad debts, you can image how treacherous it is for the little guy. So far this year, 7 banks have failed.
Just this weekend another two were quietly closed by the FDIC. One bank saw 22 branches locked down. Before the fat lady sings, you'll see hundreds of banks fail and among them the nation's biggest. And as I keep saying, the government does not come close to having the sufficient cash to bail them out.
Someone somewhere has to take a loss. For now, insured accounts have been covered but people above the insurance limits are seeing their accounts frozen and learning that they will get nothing. Soon banks will be nationalized and ALL accounts will be frozen. That's because the government simply cannot afford to pay the insurance on one major failure, let alone hundreds. The FDIC insurance fund is being drained very quickly and soon it, too, will be broke.


The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) says that, through its Imvaba Co-operatives Fund, it has disbursed a total of R80,7m to 153 cooperatives in the Eastern Cape – mainly to enterprises in agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors.
Speaking at the OR Tambo Farmer's Day and Potato Production Programme Launch in Mthatha, ECDC acting Imvaba Co-operative Fund manager Simphiwe Ntshweni says of the R80,7m, R3,357m went to seven potato producing cooperatives in the OR Tambo District Municipality last year alone. The funds were used to buy agricultural inputs such as fertilisers, seeds, and pesticides. The seven cooperatives have planted 26 hectares of potatoes in this their first season. Initial yield estimates indicate a yield of 1,500 10kg bags of potatoes per hectare at harvest at these cooperatives.
The seven cooperatives which have 61 members are Vukamntomtsha Agricultural Primary Co-operative (Mthatha), Ngethemba Agricultural Primary Co-operative, Mampingeni General Suppliers and Multi-purpose Primary Co-operative, Living Dreams Farming Primary Co-operative, Lusikiki Potato Farming Primary Co-operative, Xhamla Mzantsi Farming Co-operative as well as Masiphakamise Ulimo Agricultural Primary Co-operative.
"The OR Tambo Farmers' Day and Potato Production Programme Launch are a combination of the annual Potato South Africa's farmers' information day and the official launch of the joint support by ECDC, Kei Fresh Produce Market and Potato South Africa to local potato producers which coincides with their first harvest.
The Western Cape Investment and Trade and Promotion Agency (Wesgro) said on Monday it was closely monitoring the remaining leg of the first round of France's most contested and controversial election with the aim of growing business ties with France and the European Union (EU).
Widely considered a gateway to the EU, France remains an important connection for the Cape.
Europe is ranked as the Western Cape's strongest contributor to tourist arrivals and France was the province's fifth-largest tourist arrival source market in 2015 with 76,736 French citizens visiting the region.
Wesgro said it was taking steps to ensure continued tourism, trade and investment between France and the Cape in anticipation of a new administration.
In 2015, the Western Cape's dominant export product to France was wine, while nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances were the province's most prominent French imports.
A total of 15 foreign direct investment projects were recorded from France into the Western Cape over the period 2003-2015.
Innovate Ventures is running for a second year their tech start-up accelerator – The Innovate Accelerator. Launched in partnership with VC4A, Telesom and Oxfam as part of Work in Progress project, Innovate Accelerator saw over 180 applications submitted for last year's inaugural cohort.
This year the programme is extended to 12 weeks and the top 3 start-ups from the 2017 cohort will receive up to $15,000 in investment from Innovate Ventures Fund. The programme aims to support and invest in the next wave of tech start-ups in Somaliland and Somalia and grow the nascent start-up ecosystem in the country.
Applications will be accepted online from start-ups based in Somaliland or Somalia and founded by entrepreneurs under the age of 35. Initially, 12 to 15 start-ups will be selected for a one week long bootcamp based on the potential of the team, the scalability and commercial viability of the product or service espoused, and the traction attained to-date. From these start-ups 10 will be selected for the Innovate Accelerator programme and will receive mentoring and training on how to build a commercially viable and scalable technology business. The start-ups will also receive introductions to leading companies and investors in the Somali region.
The accelerator programme will culminate in a Demo Day where last year's graduates have received investment and clients. The top 3 start-ups will receive a total of $15,000 in equity investment from the Innovate Ventures Fund.
"Building on our previous success in supporting businesses in Somaliland and Somalia, this accelerator programme is intended to help further grow the tech scene and provide start-ups the mentoring and investment they need," says Dr. Abdigani Diriye, Director of Innovate Ventures.
The Innovate Accelerator has opened applications and will close on 30th June 2017. The next 2 months will see workshops and info sessions being run for start-ups, investors and potential applicants held jointly by VC4A and Innovate Ventures as part of their roadshow in Somaliland. Start-ups can apply for the Innovate Accelerator programme via the online application form.


The article reports that the economic recovery package recently signed into law, in the U.S., includes green jobs, education and training, the results on green schools funding was reportedly mixed. About dollars 10 billion of the state stabilization funds for education in the recovery package may reportedly be spent on school modernization with preference to green, but reportedly no specific amount has been set aside for green renovations of the U.S. Schools.
The article discusses various papers published within the issue including "Salaries and Structures: Two Types of Green Engineering," by Joyce Gioia and "Impact of Stimulus Money."
The article reports that as the 100 billion dollars in federal economic-stimulus aid for education runs out in the U.S., it may result into thousands of school layoffs and elimination of popular programs and services.


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India Launches A Massive Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Areas
by Medindia Content Team on August 9, 2006 at 1:43 AM AIDS/HIV News
The government's plan that was announced on Tuesday, to involve thousands of rural politicians towards the fight against an HIV/AIDS epidemic, which has spread deep into the countryside has been welcomed by all the major health groups in India.
It was reported that the focus on the rural areas had come after reports have indicated that nearly 60% of HIV positive people live in the country's villages. Reports now show that India has an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV virus, and that S.Africa being the only country with such a large problem.
Health officials have explained that poverty, migration, and limited access to health care are among the main reasons that are making rural India more susceptible to the disease. The government in partnership with UNAids had launched this new campaign on Tuesday, in the capital city of Delhi. Council leaders of around 500 villages attended the launch, and its primary aim was to try and enlist their support in controlling the spread of the disease.
Denis Broun, the executive director of UNAids stated at the convention that, "Aids is a disease of intimacy and has a lot to do with things that are personal, such as sex and death. The local-level bodies are the closest to the people, hence their cooperation is very important." Mr Broun further explained that the experiment of using mayors and leaders of local bodies for spreading awareness regarding HIV/AIDS has worked well in Africa and North America.
Sujatha Rao, the head of the National Aids Control Organisation, said that migrant workers and truck drivers have been identified as the core group, which take the infection to rural areas. She explained that the programme would train local leaders to help women with Aids, who generally suffer from a great deal of discrimination and isolation. Ms Rao further stated that local leaders would be encouraged to make sure that condoms would be more easily accessible and also to introduce Aids education in schools.
Currently the village councils manage rural development plans, community services, and public health and family welfare. Explaining that the council members usually belong to the village and have direct access to all the families in their area, the officials are of the opinion that due to this wide reach they would probably have the potential to make campaign a success.
The officials have explained that that the council members are now being encouraged to make HIV and Aids part of local-level planning and to concentrate on various myths that are associated with the disease. The health officials did however accept that even though the risk that the virus could cause to the population is very large, there is however a very little awareness especially among women regarding he spread and prevention of the disease.
Experts have also explained that the low social status the women specially in rural India enjoy could be a cause that would be making them more vulnerable to the many diseases that are sexually transmitted. Official reports have indicated that though India has suffered from HIV/AIDS from the past 20 yrs, the measures to control the disease had only begun in a serious note from the past 6-7 years or so. It had also reported that most of the awareness and prevention programmes have always focussed their attention on the high-risk groups.
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I always get emails from ladies, asking me how did i change my body, what do i eat, what do i train. So i thought i would make a quick blog on how i got to where I am today.
Firstly i want to say, you are all BEAUTIFUL in your own skin, dont try and be like anyone else, because you are you, love it, because there is no one else like you.
I believe a good healthy body comes down to a great balance, i have always had a mantra, if you eat clean during the week, endulge on the weekend ( within means ) and re start on Monday. I find having a naughty cheat "day" or "meal" will make all your hard work during the week worth it.
Heres the examples of my training routine for my legs and abs, these are the 2 most asked topics i get emailed about.
I always start with a warm up cardio, then a light warm up set on each exercise, just to get the body going, and the muscles prepared for whats ahead.
I train weighted abs 2-3 times a week, but majority of the time, I will finish each day training with ab planks, side planks and crunches.
Next blog i will talk about food. I am a strong believer, a good body is made in the kitchen.


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La Higuera (o Las Higueras) fue una estación ferroviaria y posteriormente un paradero que formó parte de la línea del Ferrocarril Santiago-Valparaíso de la Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado que unió a las ciudades de Santiago con Valparaíso. La estación se ubicaba en la comuna de Llay-Llay, Región de Valparaíso.

La estación fue construida junto con las obras principales del ferrocarril. En un momento esta cayó a la categoría inferior de paradero. La estación tenía un desvío local. Actualmente la estación se halla levantada y no quedan restos de esta.

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SUFFERHEADS
Ayodeji Rotinwa on Emeka Ogboh
Emeka Ogboh, Àlà, 2014, two-channel video, color, sound, 4 minutes.
ONE EVENING THIS PAST FEBRUARY, within the walls of DaDa, an exhibition space on the edge of Jemaa el-Fna, Marrakech's historic market square, I heard a nostalgic cacophony.
Nostalgic to me, at least.
The noise instantly returned me to Lagos, home to twenty-one million people (myself included) who are always on the move, negotiating, thriving, and suffering in a city the size of which seems insufficient to contain all the life there. I could hear the familiar sounds of chart-topping music blasting from mobile speakers; the radio jingles for wonder drugs that cure cancer and aids; the voice of a vendor soliciting customers to buy her dried fish. Most of all, I heard the distinct growls of the city's famous yellow-and-black buses—the danfos—and their conductors shouting out destinations.
This experience was part of Àlà, 2014, a video installation by the artist Emeka Ogboh in which the same sets of images are split across a wide screen, cascading into and reflecting one another. For Ogboh, Lagos is an orchestra and he its conductor. The core elements of Àlà's audio track are taken from his ongoing Lagos Soundscapes, 2008–, for which he records what he identifies as aural landmarks of the living, shifting history of the city, distilling its sonic architecture into something that can be experienced intimately through headphones in installations or listening booths at galleries, or at some distance through loudspeakers. No matter the method of presentation, the result is the same: immersion.
Ogboh is now based in Berlin, but Lagos is his adopted home. Born in 1977, he moved to the capital after attending the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in the state of Enugu, located in the country's southeastern region. There, he studied fine and applied arts, graduating in 2001. Seven years later, after a media class at the 2008 Winter Academy at the Fayoum Art Center in Tunis, Egypt, with Austrian multimedia artist Harald Scherz, he became interested in sound art, a novel medium at the time (and largely today) in Nigeria. After returning to Lagos, he began to record and curate the city's sounds.
Emeka Ogboh, The Way Earthly Things Are Going, 2017, LED display feed of live world stock indexes, sound. Installation view, Tate Modern, London. Photo: Andrew Dunkley.
His career took off around the same time that Lagos's art scene was starting to build institutional muscle and shape its identity abroad. Two not-for-profit art spaces, where he showed his work early on, were established: the Centre for Contemporary Art, run by the late, great Bisi Silva, and African Artists' Foundation, founded and helmed by Azu Nwagbogu, who continues to serve as its director. Both institutions, which grew to become pillars of the art world, encouraged artists to create outside the firmly set traditions of sculpture and painting.
In 2014, Ogboh exhibited at Dak'Art in Dakar, Senegal; at the 2015 Venice Biennale, his work was featured as part of "All the World's Futures," curated by the late Okwui Enwezor. Thereafter, he had solo exhibitions at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC, and at Tate Modern in London. He also exhibited at Documenta 14, Athens, and was short-listed for the Hugo Boss Prize. What is striking about his achievements is that he accomplished most of them without gallery representation, though he now works with Galerie Imane Farès in Paris.
As critic Massa Lemu has pointed out in his essay "Danfo, Molue and the Afropolitan Experience in Emeka Ogboh's Soundscapes," the artist's Lagos Soundscapes is significant to the history of art by African artists, expanding the legacies of, for example, South Africa's James Webb, who manipulates and incorporates sound—the beating of hands on doors, birdsong, heartbeats—into installations that explore the dynamics of communication; and Egypt's Magdi Mostafa, who probes the relationships among sound, space, and technology, often using "instruments" such as washing machines or industrial bread mixers to create acoustic experiences in site-specific installations that evoke what Mostafa calls the "phenomenological experience of the individual in the city.
Emeka Ogboh, Market Symphony (detail), 2015, speakers, enamelware trays, sound, dimensions variable.
But Ogboh's work goes further, participating in current debates about sustainable cities and archiving urban space in a time of painful, breakneck flux. For instance, the markets Ogboh has recorded—sounds from which he included in Market Symphony, 2015, exhibited in 2016 at the Smithsonian—may soon be no more. They could easily be reduced to rubble by a government hungry to build a megacity and replaced by shiny shopping complexes catering to a privileged few rather than to the masses who depend on the traditional tomato traders, shoe shiners, and fabric sellers. To underscore this point, Ogboh installed the work's speakers inside the enamel trays used to store food at home, and on which goods are sold in the markets or streets.
Ogboh does little to manipulate the sounds he records, preserving them as they are in the field. This is key to the power of his pieces. In "Afropolis: City, Media, Art," an exhibition hosted by Cologne's Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in 2010–11, he presented another ongoing series "Lagos by Bus," 2010–, for which he recorded the sounds passengers might hear as they're being ferried to their destinations. He makes the experience clear, palpable: One might hear conversations between candy sellers and cigarette sellers, and advertisements for bus routes booming through bullhorns. In Verbal Mapping II, shown in Africa Centre's Infecting the City Public Arts Festival in Cape Town in 2013, we hear a bus driver calling for passengers on one of Lagos's most famous routes. Lemu also notes that the artist recognizes that even urban sounds—"rumbling production machines," "supermarket muzak"—are not neutral but are products of capitalism, and compares Ogboh to the Beninian artist Romuald Hazoumè and the Ghanaian artist El Anatsui, arguing that what Ogboh does to sound is like what the other two do to the "found products of African modernity such as jelly cans and bottle tops."
Ogboh creates installations from other sounds as well. For The Song of the Germans, 2015, which he exhibited at the Venice Biennale, he recorded a choir of African immigrants singing the German national anthem in their own languages, including Bamoun, Duala, Ewondo, Igbo, Kikongo, Lingala, More, Sango, Twi, and Yoruba. With that piece, the Berlin resident asks questions about globalization, belonging, and migration. His 2017 installation at Tate Modern, The Way Earthly Things Are Going, featured a Greek lamentation song played over an LED display of stock-market indexes, evoking the precariousness of the global economy. Ultimately—and most especially in his plotless, wayward Soundscapes—there is no clear composition to comfort a listener, no audible progression, no narrative arc. To a Lagosian, Ogboh's work is charged with familiarity. To an outsider, it's an aural adventure. In "The Progress of Love," 2012–13, a three-venue exhibition that took place concurrently at the Menil Collection in Houston, the Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos, and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in Saint Louis, he installed an actual danfo at the Menil. "It shifted viewers' experience from the sonic to a more physical interaction with Lagos through its most iconic symbol," he said in an interview with Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, a longtime Ogboh collaborator and incoming curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at New York's Museum of Modern Art. "I think it created a more realistic experience of the city."
Although he has not shied away from being overtly political, with the Soundscapes, he passes up the opportunity for critique, directly perpetuating the empty, touristic appeal of the danfos as a signifier of Lagos without addressing the dysfunction they represent as a symbol of the government's failure to provide its teeming population with safe and dignified public transportation. Danfos are usually unkempt and barely regulated; they tend to arrive at their destinations only with the assistance of prayer and German efficiency, which helps the buses perform even when they're not particularly well maintained. Furthermore, this informal transit system feeds a violent, state-approved tax system, run by an organized syndicate of Lagosians that collects money from danfo drivers. Surprisingly, it was recently announced that Ogboh had collaborated with Horizn Studios, a premium-travel-luggage-and-accessories company, to create a "limited edition series of luggage and travel essentials inspired by Lagos and its yellow danfo bus." The collection includes suitcases, shirts, and stickers in the bus's signature yellow-and-black: another instance of Ogboh engaging with his subject matter on a merely aesthetic level rather than seizing the moment to say something more.
But in 2017, for Documenta 14 in Kassel, he collaborated with craftBee, a German brewery, to create a special beer, "Sufferhead," inspired by the experiences of migrants in Germany. Sufferhead is Nigerian slang and pidgin English for someone who endures negative experiences. Lagosians, by virtue of living in such a crowded city, are natural sufferheads; so are migrants who are made to jump through endless hoops to live and be integrated into a new country. Ogboh subverted the meaning of the word in this work, focusing on the strength and resilience of African migrants: By drinking the beer, a Lagosian would get a taste of home.
In "The City and the Artist's Archival Impulse: A Conversation," Nzewi suggested that even "gifted" painters or photographers might find their work inferior to Ogboh's: "In all these attempts to capture Lagos, however, none of the artists are really able to evoke the city's intensity or mirror its fluctuations. Lagos's dynamism cannot be captured in one frozen camera shot or in a single painting." Ogboh agrees with Nzewi. He also criticizes painting for being too limiting, for presenting "a singular view of Lagos, shorn of the city's legendary complexity." Arguably, however, representing the city exclusively through its danfos and open-air markets isn't terribly different; in fact, it is the easiest way to describe the place from the outside looking in, as it appears in Western media. Ogboh's chosen medium is certainly more evocative of its people and energies, but the city does have other markers—concerns that might be more complicated to capture. For example, Lagos is a sinking metropolis, alarmingly edging below sea level, facing a very present danger. This subject isn't as splashy as a market, but it raises the question of how an artist like Ogboh might represent it.
Beginning in August, Ogboh will show Ámà: The Gathering Place, an immersive installation that weaves together sound, textiles, and sculpture, at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The work will explore the social role of the museum's atrium in relation to the village squares in the Igbo region of southeast Nigeria, where people gather to listen to music and important news or to tell one another stories. Ogboh's Soundscapes carry cities to new environments—and audiences to a place that may or may not be familiar. I imagine visitors to the Cleveland Museum are in for an experience that will transport them, as it did me when I stood in that dusty building in Marrakech with my eyes closed—hearing the conversations, honks, and pitter-patter of feet—and quite suddenly found myself at home, though I was thousands of miles away.
Ayodeji Rotinwa is a Nigerian writer and journalist covering visual art, culture, and sustainable development across West Africa and beyond. He has been published in The New York Times, The Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar Arabia and other outlets.


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Meetings and Days of Special Interest in 2020
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January 8 (second Wednesday)
LONDON UNDERGROUND CATHEDRALS
– the world-class art, architecture and design of London Underground
Ian Swankie
The world's first underground railway has a wonderful heritage of architecture, ingenious design, powerful advertising posters and unique calligraphy. In this talk we plot the early development of the Underground, examine the legacy of Frank Pick and Charles Holden, look at some of the iconic posters, and celebrate the award winning architecture of the modern Tube in the Jubilee Line Extension. We'll also take a peek at some of the forthcoming Crossrail stations, designed by some of the world's top architects
http://www.rupertwilloughby.co.uk/
PIERRE BONNARD:
The Old Master of Modern Art?
Linda Smith MA is an art historian with a particular knowledge of British art and the art of the 20thC. Her MA is from Birkbeck, specialising in Postmodernism. Linda is an accredited Arts Society lecturer and an experienced Lecturer/Gallery Guide at both Tate Britain and Tate Modern, where she has worked for the past 17 years. Born near Paris, Bonnard studied law, but by the late 1880s had given this up for painting. In 1887 he met the artists Edouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis and Paul Sérusier. Taking their inspiration from Gauguin, in 1888 they formed the Nabis group (the name derives from the Hebrew word for 'Prophets'). In 1912 Bonnard bought a house in Vernonnet, a village on the Seine, north west of Paris. He spent most of his time there until 1925, when he moved to the south of France, but still returned to Vernonnet frequently. Bonnard's paintings are characterised by a great richness of colour and sense of warmth. As well as landscapes and domestic, interior scenes, Bonnard frequently painted his wife, naked in her bath or bedroom.
Siân Walters
Siân Walters is an art historian and lectures for the National Gallery, NADFAS (The Arts Society), The Wallace Collection, Friends of the Royal Academy, The London Art History Society, The Art Fund and many other art societies and colleges in the UK and Europe. At the turn of the 16th century, a Netherlandish painter who signed himself Hieronymus Bosch created one of the world's most fascinating and confounding works of art. The Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych, a three-part painting whose side panels can be closed like doors. Between Eden to the left and Hell to the right is Bosch's vision of naked bliss. But what does it all mean?
DAY OF SPECIAL INTEREST
NEW YORK, NEW YORK:
An Architectural Discovery
Bustling, noisy, vibrant, New York epitomises the modern city at its best (and occasional worst). We will explore its architectural story, from brownstones to Beaux Arts to Art Deco to modernism, revelling in such masterpieces as the Chrysler and Woolworth buildings, the Rockefeller Centre, Grand Central and the Empire State Building. We will also visit such gems as the Frick Collection. Sit back and marvel! Andrew is extra-mural tutor for London, Essex and The Open University; author of nine books, including The East End Nobody Knows; a frequent contributor to radio and television, he has lectured all over the world and organises walks to complement his lectures.
https://www.newyorkpass.com/
BASINGSTOKE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO
Rupert Willoughby
Basingstoke and its Contribution to World Culture is a whimsical, yet scholarly attempt to explain the phenomenon that is Basingstoke.
Sadly, Basingstoke is one of the most derided towns in England, famous for its pointless roundabouts, vacuous shopping centres and hostile modernist architecture. Thanks to demented post-War planners, this has been the fate of towns across Britain.
Rupert Willoughby is a prize-winning historian, a Classicist, a lecturer on the national circuit, a poet, a father and a wild swimmer with a passion for castles, lakes and uncovering the layers of the past. A graduate with First Class Honours in History from the University of London (where he immersed himself in the 'Byzantine', or medieval Greek Empire), he is the author of the best-selling Life in Medieval England for Pitkin.
Rosalynd Whyte
In 1936 Dame Laura Knight became the first woman to be elected a full member of the Royal Academy in London. In her extraordinary career she painted landscapes, portraits, seascapes and scenes from the circus, the ballet and the theatre. This lecture provides an overview of her fascinating career and some of her remarkable achievements. BA and MA from Goldsmith's College, and an MA (distinction) from Birkbeck College.
Rosalynd is an experienced guide at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, the Royal Academy and Greenwich and lectures at Tate, Dulwich Picture Gallery, to independent art societies and on cruises as well as leading art appreciation holidays.
DAME LAURA KNIGHT, In the Fields ...
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BORN OF THE LANDSCAPE:
Norwegian Arts from Stave Churches to Snohetta
Rosamund Bartlett
From the elaborate carvings on ancient wooden Stave churches to the ultra-modern design of Oslo-based practice Snøhetta ('Snow Hat'), the Norwegian arts have always had a close relationship with nature. This lecture will explore how Norways' dramatic, rugged and beautiful landscape has inspired and shaped its music, painting and architecture from the medieval period to the present day. Subjects to be discussed include the 'animal art' of the Viking-era Urnes Stave Church, the music of Edvard Grieg, the paintings of Munch and Astrup, and the cutting-edge landscape architectural projects commissioned for Norway's National Tourist Routes.
Stave churches in Norway | Urnes, Lom ...
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JACQUES MAJORELLE: Artist and Couturier
Caroline Holmes
The Majorelle Garden was designed by the French artist, Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962), son of the Art Nouveau ébéniste (cabinet-maker) of Nancy, Louis Majorelle. As a young aspiring painter, Jacques Majorelle was sent to Morocco in around 1917 to convalesce from a serious medical condition.
Caroline, with a passion for gardens, has lectured in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Europe, Japan and on cruises to the Baltic, Mediterranean, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. In 2017 she returned to The Arts Society in New Zealand. Lectures for the University of Cambridge ICE (Course Director for International Summer Programme), the Royal Horticultural Society, museums, and specialist travel companies. Consultant designer specializing in evoking historic, artistic and symbolic references. Author of 11 books including Water Lilies and Bory Latour-Marliac, the genius behind Monet's water lilies;
https://jardinmajorelle.com/ang/
GERTRUDE BELL:
Traveller, Archaeologist, Orientalist, Imperialist
For a woman of her time and class, Gertrude Lowthian Bell's achievements were extraordinary. She broke free of social constraint and convention to make outstanding contributions in the male-dominated worlds of exploration, archaeology, and imperial statesmanship. Partly because of this, however, commentary has tended to be gushing and uncritical.
Bell was a complex figure. The daughter of the one of the richest men in Britain, it was class privilege that made her achievements possible. Her politics were reactionary: she opposed women's suffrage, campaigned for volunteers for the trenches, and opposed anti-colonial movements after the First World War.
This lecture will assess the character, career, and contribution of Gertrude Bell to exploration, archaeology, and imperial politics in the context of the tumultuous age through which she lived.
Educated at King's College Cambridge and Institute of Archaeology UCL, Neil Faulkner works as lecturer, writer, archaeologist and occasional broadcaster. Research Fellow, University of Bristol. Editor, Military History Monthly. Director, Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project. Director, Great Arab Revolt Project. Author of The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain, Apocalypse, Hidden Treasure, Rome: Empire of the Eagles, and The Ancient Greek Olympics: a visitor's guide. Author of forthcoming Lawrence of Arabia's War. Major TV appearances include Channel 4's Time Team, BBC2's Timewatch, Channel Five's Boudica Revealed and Sky Atlantic's The British.
Gertrude Bell in 1909, visiting archaeological excavations in Babylon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bell
October 7 (following AGM at 10.30)
A TOUR OF BIG BEN
Tim Redmond
Tim spent his earlier career as a detective in the Metropolitan Police, working on murder, kidnap and anti-corruption investigations as well as in covert criminal intelligence. He finally retired as a Detective Superintendent and as the first police adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. During his career Tim often gave presentations to large audiences, either for operational briefings or at conferences.
On retirement Tim decided on a complete change of direction, becoming a City of London tour guide and working for a London tour operator, specialising in tours around the UK. He then used the knowledge gained to become a guide within the Palace of Westminster, specialising in tours of Big Ben.
https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/sightseeing/london-attraction/big-ben
DAZZLING DUFY:
Invitation to a Luminous Feast
Mary Alexander
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was a key player in early twentieth century avant garde art, design and literary/theatrical circles in Paris. As a widely travelled polymath, Dufy's charismatic personality, wit and curiosity about the world was infectious.
His imagination and technical virtuosity - across a range of media including painting and lithography, posters, book illustration, theatrical set design, textiles and fashion, ceramics and large murals - cut across all conventional boundaries. Whether a small intricate woodcut illustrating a love poem, or the truly gigantic 1937 world fair murals depicting the role of electricity in the modern age, the effect is mesmerising.
Dufy defies categorisation, constantly innovating and experimenting with new materials and effects. His analysis of the visual world is sophisticated and joyous in equal measure. Perhaps this goes some way to explain why some later critics fail to grasp its complexity and pigeonhole him a 'decorative artist', or misunderstand the irony.
With thirty years' experience as a lecturer, with a BA in History and History of Art and a MA with distinction in History of Art from University College London Mary Alexander's experience includes public lectures in museums, tutoring for the Open University, visiting lecturer at Christie's Education in London, museum curator at Platt Hall, the Gallery of Costume, Manchester. Now a freelance lecturer to various arts, heritage and antiquarian societies
Raoul Dufy, Regatta at Cowes, 1934, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Dufy
ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE IN RUSSIAN SOCIETY
Rosamund Bartlett follows her lecture in May by discussing three of her favourite topics - Art and Music and Literature - as they have developed in, been affected by and influenced Russian society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_culture
THE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS:
Contrary to popular myth, the Victorians thoroughly amused themselves - and particularly at Christmas.
In the 1830s and 1840s, a rapidly changing Britain saw the rise of important new traditions. Prince Albert's Christmas tree at Windsor, Rowland Hill and the penny post, the world's first Christmas card in 1843, Charles Dickens' 'Christmas Carol' published that same year, circus at Astley"s amphitheatre, Joe Grimaldi the clown and pantomime, Tom Smith's Christmas crackers.....
These festivities and more combined to create the Victorian Christmas. We will revel in their celebrations.
© 2017 The Arts Society West Essex Proudly created with Wix.com Ian Locks 07710099343


San Jose, CA, January 20, 2015 – NES Financial will be hosting the 2015 EB-5 Innovation Summit for EB-5 Regional Centers, developers, and other stakeholders. Speakers at the event will include some of the most respected experts in the industry who will discuss strategies to address some of the most pressing topics and market trends.
With the immigration reform bill, the renewal of the EB-5 Regional Center program, and Chinese visa retrogression all pending, 2015 is expected to be a year like no other for the EB-5 industry. The seminar series will include in depth discussion of many of the industry's most critical issues and will offer solutions to take advantage of the opportunities that will be presented during the year.
The NES Financial 2015 EB-5 Innovation Summit seminars are scheduled to take place in key markets across the country: February 24th at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York, February 26th at the InterContinental Miami in Miami, and March 10th at the Omni Los Angeles in Los Angeles.
The new products being introduced are part of the company's ongoing commitment to providing innovative EB-5 solutions to the market. Demonstrations for attendees will be available during each seminar.
Please contact an NES Financial representative for more information.
NES Financial provides technology-enabled services for the efficient middle and back office administration of highly specialized financial transactions. Our custom solutions include EB-5 administration, 1031 exchanges, and fund administration services. Many of the world's largest financial institutions and corporations rely on our proprietary technology, unparalleled expertise, and outstanding services to ensure the secure, transparent, and compliant management of funds. Recognized by Artisan Business Group as the 2013 EB-5 Service Provider of the Year and by Inc. Magazine's 500|5000 as one of the fastest growing private companies in America two years in a row, NES Financial helps companies lower operational costs, reduce risk, and improve ROI. For more information, visit nesfinancial.com.


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Interface Certified as Carbon Neutral Enterprise
Atlanta, GA, September 22, 2022-Interface is third-party certified as a Carbon Neutral Enterprise. This achievement demonstrates the company's voluntary and ambitious commitment to climate action.
To achieve this, Interface has transformed its factories, products, and supply chain, including using new carbon storing raw materials to dramatically reduce its carbon emissions. Today, verified emissions credits are necessary to balance emissions that Interface has not yet been able to reduce. Ultimately, the company intends to balance its carbon impact without them.
Interface believes in verifying its carbon management plans, as well as emissions and carbon credits, against rigorous, internationally recognized standards. The company's third-party verifier reviewed this information against PAS 2060 for 2021 to assure the Carbon Neutral Enterprise achievement. Interface plans to conduct an annual review and re-certification to maintain its status.
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Hans J. Wegner chose to use stainless steel in a durable and modern design, upholstered in either leather or fabric, for his CH401 lounge chair. The chair is part of the Kastrup Series that Wegner perfected for private and public spaces.
The CH401 lounge chair, designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1958, is part of the minimalist Kastrup Series that is still in use in the inviting interior of Copenhagen Airport to this day. The simple, tubular-steel design of the lounge chair proves that upholstered furniture does not need to be large or bulky. Wegner covered the mechanisms by which the upholstered fabric is attached to the frame with a slender, angled element of stainless steel, creating a clean and simple expression. The design is not only aesthetically pleasing – the CH401 lounge chair construction is also exceptionally durable for long-term use. The CH401 lounge chair's combined backrest and seat are upholstered in either fabric or leather. The Kastrup Series also includes elegant sofas in different sizes.


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I love using my prismacolor pencils with gamsol, love, love, love it. I learned about this at a convention several years ago and have been hooked ever since. For me it makes shading and getting the look I want super easy and I love easy!
My pencils have had various storage locations, but none of them have been handy for me. I had a soft sided velcro close pencil case (anyone want to buy it for cheap?) that was just too much of a bother for me, like I said I like easy! I then moved them into clamshell boxes that TAC stamps come in. I however had to dig through the boxes to find the ones I wanted and again, not easy enough.
Well while poking around the net I found the directions for a box with dividers in it made from paper coasters. Since I had just gotten a bunch of these I thought why not! So I gathered my supplies; Crop a Dile, corner rounder, modge podge, good scissors, foam brush, paper, ribbon, Designer Dries Clear glue, curved needle, ruler and coasters.
If you want just a simple box at this point you can take your crop a dile and punch holes in the sides of the 4 coasters. The holes should be spaced roughly 1/4" apart depending on how many holes you want., I have 5 per side. I put glue on the outside edge of the base coaster and glued the side pieces to it. Using the DDC it sets up pretty fast, especially when you don't use a lot and with this stuff a little goes a long way.
Once all sides were up, I threaded my needle with my ribbon (this needle is "C" shaped) and ran the ribbon through the holes twice, like lacing a shoe! If you want the dividers you will need 3 more coasters that you have covered with paper on both sides. On two of the coasters find the center and cut a slot, just a tad wider then the coaster. On the other coaster cut two slots at roughly 1 3/8" These slots slide together to form the divider, which I put glue on and glued into my box and here it is!