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We’re almost at launch day for the #1970 Club which begins on Monday 14th October! If you’re new to these, the Club Reading Weeks are low-pressure events, co-hosted by Simon at Stuck in a Book and myself. Basically we choose a year between 1920 and 1980 (because that’s a period we enjoy!) and encourage everyone to read, share, review and comment on any book from the year in question; you …

Photographer: John ChumackSummary Author: John Chumack Shown above is a lunar halo and an aurora as observed from the Chena River Recreational Area on March 15, 2024. I snapped this photo just after as a snow squall moved past. Though only about 1 cm of snow fell, the air was full of ice crystals, just right for refracting moonlight when the Moon emerged from the clouds. The air temperature was …

This was originally posted to the PauseTalk website. PauseTalk Vol. 92 took place on Thursday, October 10 at Bananafish New HQ, and we had another great mix of participants which made for a fun couple of hours of discussion, from the ups and downs of working on projects for western brands in China, to the art scene in Shanghai (and China in general), with other fun diversions in between – …

One of the complaints I’ve heard about the Apple Vision Pro is that there isn’t enough content made for the device. Apple has been quietly working on it and today debuts the first scripted film captured in Apple Immersive Video. From Apple News: Submerged: This immersive fiction thriller, available to Apple Vision Pro users around the world for free, invites viewers onto a WWII-era submarine and follows its crew as …

The full Apple Music description of GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR’s new album, NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD, reads “The Montreal collective continues to say so much without saying a word.” This in its own strange way, is projection. The title is a direct reference to the 2023-2024 Gaza genocide. It is a clear statement on what is happening in the world and the circumstances of the …

Some notes from three days of teaching a small cohort of leaders in the art of participatory leadership. —- When we teach the four fold practice of the art of hosting (also the art of participatory leadership) I’ve taken to doing it in a World Cafe. We use Cafe to essentially recreate the conditions that created the insights of the four fold practice 25 or so years ago. We invite …

New article from Special Needs Jungle: With Hope Dennis, Deaf 14-year-old. Intro from Matt Keer: Language deprivation is usually the most deep-rooted issue that deaf pupils face when starting school. Giving deaf babies and toddlers access … The post Invest in early specialist therapy for all deaf children, teenager, Hope, tells the Government appeared first on Special Needs Jungle. Special Needs Jungle ⓒ Special Needs Jungle 2008-2023 All Rights reserved

They followed John Henry through the barroom, past a crowded bar and towards the sounds of loud crashing music.Mr. Whitman took Milford's arm again and spoke into his ear."Hey, Mel, you got another five in that poke of yours?""What?" said Milford."Let me have a five-spot, will you? All's I got is twenties on me.""If you have twenties why do you need a five?""Come on, just let me have a fiver, …

Healees, a multinational band based in Paris with members hailing from the U.S., Sweden, Belgium, and France, are back with their debut full-length album Coin de l’oeil. Following their impressive 2022 self-titled EP, the band continues to show their mastery of dreamy, pedal-driven guitar pop, blending new wave and shoegaze influences. On Coin de l’oeil, […] The post <h2>New album: Healees || Coin de l’oeil</h2> <h3>An emotional, atmospheric guitar pop …

There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned holiday hissy fit in an elbow-to-elbow packed mall to help soothe your fraying nerves. Whether it’s the snotty-nosed toddler wailing on Santa’s lap, the sweaty snowsuit screamer on the floor of the toys section, or just your everyday baby bawler yelling to the food court heavens, it doesn’t matter. It’s just a migraine moment in the middle of mall mayhem. And whether you’re taking …

DURGE STAR WARS: CLONE WARS (HASBRO) Genndy Tartakovsky’s Star Wars: Clone Wars is something I don’t talk about with any real frequency, but that’s not for lack of love, I assure you. It’s easily the best thing from the prequel era released during the run of the three films, and even when you expand past that, it’s really only rivaled by the 3D Clone Wars, and that one needed a …

It was time to grab my camera and tripod and hit the road. The aurora was calling... and I had to answer.

School is back in session, sports are in full swing, we’re tossed and turned by the weekly routine. This past month has been a season of fixing and repair and I’m thankful everything went well and we’re (hopefully) through the hard parts. Fixing electrical problems Ramping up to Spooky Month, the lights in our house were acting up. We’ve always had the occasional power problem; lights dimming, oven clocks resetting, …

It was a dark and stormy night—or Tuesday as we call it here in Wivenhoe. We were meant to be catching the 6.57 bus that evening and for the previous 20 minutes it had been bucketing down, the rain accompanied by long rumbles of thunder. We were off to see Rhys Nicholson, Aussie comedian we know from various panel shows, The Week and the new Australian Taskmaster series. It looked …

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