AS`AD AbuKHALIL: How Iran Allowed Israel to Attack
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/20/asad-abukhalil-how-iran-allowed-israel-to-attack/
When the history of this period is written, Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with the U.S. administration of a lame-duck president will be depicted as a trap. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The attack on Iran was not surprising;…
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Characterization In The Buffyverse—Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 5, Episode 8

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'Mannen met grootheidswaanzin die oorlog beginnen' |

"Zoveel mensen waarvan het leven wordt afgepakt", zegt Yora Rienstra. "Alleen maar omdat een stel mannelijke leiders met hun verziekte ego’s en onverdraagzaamheid het idee hebben dat de wereld van hun is."
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HOUSEWARMING

https://www.morpurgomedia.nl/columns-blogs/2025/2025-06/housewarming

#housewarming #woning #kopen #renoveren #amstelhoek #n201 #amstelveen #woningnood #MorpurgoMedia @mijnAmstelveennieuws

🌟 Vers van de pers: eerder vanavond werd bij Kunststof (NPO Radio 1) bekendgemaakt dat Lieke Marsman de Constantijn Huygens-prijs heeft gekregen. De prijs, een jaarlijkse onderscheiding, kreeg ze voor haar gehele oeuvre van romans, gedichten en essays. De uitreiking is volgend jaar op zaterdag 24 januari tijdens het Writers Unlimited Festival in Den Haag. Ga je mee?

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https://www.walknews.com/944397/ 天皇杯初戦は石川県代表の金沢が相手。セレッソ戦をベースにさらに積み上げた内容で勝利を狙う【2025 天皇杯2回戦vs. ツエーゲン金沢 Preview／無料公開】 : 青赤20倍！トーキョーたっぷり蹴球マガジン #★無料公開 #COLUMN #FC東京 #INTERVIEWS #Ishikawa #Ｊ１ #Jリーグ #KODAIRA #Match #photo #PICKUP #PREVIEW #サッカー #ツエーゲン金沢 #国内サッカー #天皇杯 #後藤勝 #東京 #松橋力蔵 #松橋力蔵監督 #石川 #石川県

'Van alle verloren gegane zalen in Rotterdam, vind ik het ’t meest jammer van Waterfront.' #column #minkeweeda @lotdrotterdam.bsky.social #Waterfront #Rotterdam muziscene.nl/2025/06/17/w...

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[+] Israëlische politicoloog: ‘We zitten in de slechtst denkbare situatie’ | https://www.parool.nl/aanval-israel-op-iran/israelische-politicoloog-we-zitten-in-de-slechtst-denkbare-situatie~b69cbde1/ | gisteren 🕣20:36 | #parool #column #opinie

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https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-de-dag/drie-akkoorden-en-een-leugen-van-onze-liberale-bard~bbbce202/
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[+] Opinie: ‘Mijn seksualiteit zou geen politiek statement moeten zijn – maar dat is het ineens wel’ | https://www.parool.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-mijn-seksualiteit-zou-geen-politiek-statement-moeten-zijn-maar-dat-is-het-ineens-wel~b2ad78e7/ | 🕒03:00 | #parool #column #opinie

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TUIN

https://www.morpurgomedia.nl/columns-blogs/2025/2025-06/tuin

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2025-06-08 - Illustration - Angélique Épée

Elle est là-haut depuis plusieurs années, et on sait toujours pas ce qu'elle y fait. Certains pensent que c'est juste une statue.

Personnage - Marève
~5h, Marqueurs Alcool, A7

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Daughter, Wife, Widow, Screenwriter: The Heroines’ Journey of Dorothy Davenport – Dr. Rosanne Welch, Script Magazine, June 2025

The Lunts and Barrymores may be more famous as theatrical families, but during their heyday, Dorothy Davenport’s parents, Alice and Harry, were also staples of the vaudeville circuit and expanded into motion pictures. Alice Davenport appeared in many films with Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and Harry appeared in more than 150 films through the 1950s.  Born in 1895, their daughter, Dorothy joined them on stage as a child, moved into acting in films where she met her husband, actor Wallace Reid. They married in 1913 and appeared together in nearly 100 short films. After Davenport gave birth to their son in 1917, she retired—or so she thought.  

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https://rosannewelch.com/2025/06/11/daughter-wife-widow-screenwriter-the-heroines-journey-of-dorothy-davenport-dr-rosanne-welch-script-magazine-june-2025/

#screenwriting #history #women #writing #movies #film #tv #education #column #article #script #scriptmagazine

NCAA Tournament Expansion Makes Sense – It’s Still a Bad Idea https://www.rawchili.com/nba/91386/ #a #and #bad #Basketball #CollegeBasketball #column #Expansion #FrontPage #hammer #idea #it #makes #Men'sBasketball #ncaa #NCAABasketball #ncaab #rails #s #sense #still #Tournament

NCAA Tournament Expansion Makes Sense – It’s Still a Bad Idea https://www.rawchili.com/4319261/ #a: #and #bad #column #expansion #Football #FrontPage #hammer #idea #it #makes #Men'sBasketball #ncaa #NcaaFootball #NCAAF #rails #s #sense #still #tournament

A WALK IN THE PARK WITH SHARL SMITH

I met artist Sharl Smith for a walk on Sandrock Trail near her home in Kitchener. We strolled through her neighbourhood before connecting up with the trail through paths which felt like a secret entrance to the green space hiding in plain sight. 

“It was one of the first places where I fell in love with the region,” Smith said. “This is just accessible to everyone.” 

Smith took us to her favourite place on the trail, where large stones lie across Detweiler Creek, forming a natural bridge. The spring cardinals flew above us as we stepped onto the rocks to get a closer look. 

“[U]sually [the brush] is so thick you can’t even see the river,” Smith said.  

“I like to come here and sit and meditate. And when my son was born, I brought him here.” 

The flowing water brought back childhood memories for Smith, of catching tadpoles and crayfish in the river where she grew up in Jamaica. 

She moved from Jamaica to the U.S. in the late nineties to attend the New York Institute of Technology where she obtained a Bachelor of Architecture degree. She then moved to Berkeley, CA, for work. 

“I knew I didn’t want to work in corporate architecture,” Smith said. “I just thought my soul would die. So, I got a job in a firm that did residential architecture.” 

The firm taught Smith about working meticulously, something that would be essential for her as an artist. She returned to the New York area after several years in California to be with her ailing father. He passed shortly after her return and that loss, combined with the financial crisis of 2008 and Smith’s own struggles with her health, changed her life and working situation. 

It was at that time that Smith discovered beadwork and jewelry making, which launched her into the world of art. In Ithaca, New York, she learned about seed beads, small glass beads that can be stitched, so named from their origins when fine beadwork was done with actual seeds. 

“I would go to grief counseling, stop at [the craft store] Michaels, go home and make something,” Smith said. “I just needed to make things. It was really therapeutic.” 

This period became a time of spiritual awakening for Smith, who began to explore her own upbringing. She read about different philosophies and histories and attended a Buddhist retreat that affected her deeply. 

Smith soon discovered sculptural beadwork, and working in three dimensions changed and shaped her artistic practice. She started an Etsy shop and took her beaded creations to stores in her area. 

“One place in Soho took my little flowers and sold them,” Smith said. “And I was so happy.” 

Not long after, Smith and her partner moved to Kitchener, where he was from, to be closer to family and stability. From that point on, Smith worked as an artist. 

“I’ve always been an artist…but I grew up with the idea that you can’t be an artist,” Smith said. “That’s not something serious people do.” 

But it is something that Smith did. In 2015, she started Sun Drops Studio in Waterloo where she creates works of art through bead stitching. She scaled up her work and created sculptures with mirror gazing balls that functioned as hollow steel beads, using steel cables as thread. These large works allow Smith to occupy more space with her art and underlying themes. 

“It’s a way of…centering women’s history and anything that’s undervalued,” Smith said. “[I]t ends up being about more than just women’s rights. It becomes about anything that’s other.” 

Smith has had exhibitions of her work at the Art Gallery of Ontario where she was an artist-in-residence, the Canadian Clay and Glass Museum and Homer Watson House and Gallery, to name a few. For Smith, arts and culture are the soul and spirit of a city. Fueling that artistic energy requires a community of creators, Smith sought that out upon moving to the region. She joined the board of the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA), serving as Chair for four years. She is also passionate about breaking down barriers to art. 

“We have to try to include everyone,” Smith said. “Include people who don’t think like you, don’t look like you, who are not from your same economic circle…to me, that’s community building.”  

She acknowledges the hard work involved in developing community and organizing, but Smith sees the value in arts organizations working together to facilitate involvement from all corners. Whether through mentoring emerging artists, getting the word out about events, or connecting with underrepresented populations, Smith is committed to furthering the artistic landscape in the region for everyone. 

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Column Marcel Schoemaker: Doorschoof
https://www.hetdeventernieuws.nl/2025/06/10/column-marcel-schoemaker-doorschoof/
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Column Afscheidshuis: Kleurrijke veldbloemen
https://www.hetdeventernieuws.nl/2025/06/10/column-afscheidshuis-kleurrijke-veldbloemen/
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