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This was Christmas, this year.

I unexpectedly had a great Christmas. We lost our dad about two months ago, and I didn't really expect it to be so neat! It's important to know that during the holiday season some want to be with family, yet they cannot, because they have passed on. Some families don't even get along much, which places a damper on things.

This Christmas I went outside and enjoyed some snow, few smiles, took pictures of pretty things, and ate some good food. They ... Читать дальше...

As 2017 draws to a close, the time has come to look back over the year on the blog. Usually this involves simply highlighting the most-read items or personal favourites, but this time around Invisible Bordeaux has decided to organize its own awards ceremony, so congratulations to all the winning subjects who will be delighted to be enjoying some more exposure!
The “Best-Kept Secret” Award: Jardin des Remparts

pineapple tidbit salmon salad

Ingredients

• ¼ cup mayonnaise, can use low fat
• 2 Tbl. mustard, classic yellow
• 3 Tbl. Gourmet Garden Basil Stir in Paste, can substitute basil pesto
• 2 (5 oz. each) pouches salmon (skinless and boneless) or chicken breast meat
• 1 ¾ tsp. sea salt, divided
• 1 ¾ tsp. coarse ground pepper, divided
• 1 can (20 oz.) Dole Sunshine Pineapple Tidbits.drain well, reserve ¼ cup juice
• 2 cups celery, with green leaves... Читать дальше...

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Life, Alice McKinley feels, is just one big embarrassment. Here she is, about to be a teenager and she doesn’t know how. It’s worse for her than for anyone else, she believes, because ...

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Explore life’s complexities through the old man’s eyes as you experience his heartache, regret, and hope.

Facebook is the world's biggest and most well known online social community. The number of FACEBOOK users is increasing every day and it gloats 1.79 billion dynamic clients and tallying. It has become a fundamental part of an individual and FACEBOOK is one among the other social networks people crave for.

I'm over traditional Christmas movies. Christmas Story, Home Alone, Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Elf, Love Actually...you name it, I've had to watch it at least too many times over the years. That's why I'm completely on board with watching non-traditional Christmas movies like over the holidays, a point of view which proved oddly contentious in the great "Is Die Hard a Christmas movie or not?" debate of 2017. However, since this has also been the golden year of horror (at least at the box office)... Читать дальше...

A Guest Post by Dr. Harold Goldmeier

I’m a baby boomer. American born Mom was the child of Polish Jews scrapping-by through the Great Depression in the land of plenty. They lost everything.  Nothing went to waste ever again. We barely threw a garbage bag out once a week.
Her favorite times of year were the baseball and holiday seasons. She loved winter-time songs, so many written by Jewish immigrants and their first born. The music reminded her of good times during a rocky early life. Читать дальше...

We typically ask the question the wrong way around: “How much God was in Jesus?”  When we begin with this question we start fussing about the virgin birth (or “virginal conception for the sticklers).  And we fear that the humanness of Jesus will be pushed aside by all that divine glory.  We don’t want a magic Jesus who hovers several inches off the ground and thinks sublime thoughts.

Until we do right by immigrants & refugees, we forfeit the right to claim we know what Christmas is about. https://t.co/vJ3nl3B7a2— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) December 24, 2017
One of the definitive messages of the Christmas story — perhaps more definitive for many of us who are LGBTQ and Christian — is the message of no room: there was no room anywhere for Joseph and Mary as they came to Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth.

Tweet after tweet and essay following on essay in the past few days repeats... Читать дальше...

Note: This consolidates several older posts and, in the last section, adds a bit of detail.Roman Jakobson’s poetic function[1] is one of the best-known and most obscure ideas in modern poetics. I believe that it extends beyond the kinds of examples Jakobson himself gave, to include, for example, ring-form narratives. It may as well be considered a computational principle applying to texts considered as strings of word forms.
Literary Form
Two years ago Sandra MacPherson wrote[2] that she's... Читать дальше...

As a Christmas present to myself I finished my third book yesterday. I’ll be posting details once the title is finalized. And “third” is only an approximation. I wrote another non-fiction book before this one which I decided not to send to publishers. That “fourth” book joins the six completed but unpublished novels resting on my hard-drive. Writing, for some of us, is a way of life. Not a way to make a living, mind you, but a way of life nevertheless. Literacy is a gift too often taken for granted. Читать дальше...

Nativities from around the world displayed in the Connecting Cultures Mobile Museum remind me of our own collection, gathered over the years, often as we have traveled around the world. As we celebrate this holiday season with its message of joy, hope, peace and goodwill, we send best wishes to all of you for a veryHAPPY HOLIDAYandJOYOUS NEW YEAR!

The College of Humanities at EPFL invites applications for a junior faculty position. We seek individuals who will develop and drive an interdisciplinary research program at the intersection of the humanities and engineering and who are dedicated to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

@ Musée de l’air et de l’espace, Le Bourget, France

December 2016

Bathed by the setting Paris sun, this Viggen was an aircraft added to the collection since my last visit here in 2003. First flown in 1967, this distinctive Swedish Air Force aircraft was the first production aircraft to incorporate canards. The SK 37E was an electronic warfare trainer, one of ten converted from obsolete SK 37 training aircraft. Nikon D500 w/18-200 mm.

Director: Chris Peckover

Writer: Chris Peckover, Zack Kahn (Screenplay) Zack Kahn (Story)

Starring: Virginia Madsen, Patrick Warburton, Olivia DeJonge, Dacre Montgomery, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould

Plot: On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it’s far from a normal home invasion.

Tagline – You Might Be Home But Your’e Not Alone

Runtime: 1 Hour 29 Minutes

There may be spoilers the rest of the review

Verdict... Читать дальше...

Lizzie Feidelson in the NYTimes:The children who enter these competitions train up to 30 hours per week, primarily on weekends and after school. Because children must compete in many styles — hip-hop, ballet, jazz and others — versatility is essential, and training can be rigorous to the point of extremity. Each competition bestows its own regional titles, and bigger events also offer national ones. Studios choose which competitions to attend based on careful consideration of cost, quality and competitiveness. Читать дальше...

Thanks for supporting Ventipop as we learn to walk on wobbly legs. Maybe by this time next year, I'll have figured out what this little endeavor is going to grow up to be. However, the excitement always rests in the unknown.

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The young Royals take center stage!

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have finally been photo’d together.

 Meghan Markle and Prince Harry joined Prince William and Kate Middleton for Christmas service at St. Mary Magdalene Church.

Meghan wore a brown hat, a beige Sentaler coat and Stuart Weitzman ...

Even before the rise of craft beer, there have been those who have sought out the world’s rarest beers. In much the same way as a collector of fine wine seeks out rare vintages from the best producers, beer collectors seek beers made by brewers – both foreign and domestic – that may have seen very limited distribution and yet are of the highest quality. Rare beers fall into three categories: whales, white whales and ghost whales.

Merry Christmas, fellow crusaders! Today, I wish you and yours the happiest of holidays.

Many companies are quick to say that they support their communities. But often, this means putting money in the pockets of nonprofits and going about their business day. Direct donations are vital to nonprofit sustainability, but what if companies did more? How many organizations put their money where their mouths are and get their hands dirty, too?

by Nina
Happy Holidays! Or Happy Last Week of December if you're not celebrating a holiday! Or Happy New Year a bit early! I'm feeling in a festive mood, so this week is going to be an entire week of presents.

Today's present is the third chapter "Yoga for Strength" from our book Yoga for Healthy Aging: A Guide to Lifelong Well-Being published by Shambhala. Along with background information about strength and aging and how to foster strength with yoga, this chapter contains four complete sequences... Читать дальше...