Dudes and Dudettes, guess what? Wedding Season is nearly upon us! And if you're here reading this right now, it likely means you're planning on having a Two Dudes photo booth at your wedding—or you're at least considering it.
We've got some suggestions about how can you get the utmost bang for your buck out of your Two Dudes photo booth experience!
Only the coolest of cool couples can pull off a gothic wedding dance party on a Sunday night in San Francisco, thank you Ali and Jon. Lucky enough we had our Vixen background to ensure our photo booth could stand up to the awesomeness of this group. How many ways can you say edgy, stylish, awesome (oops already said that, you get the point!)? Did I mention good taste? If you've never been to the club Mercer in San Francisco, it's intimate and hip in a way that only a San Francisco nightclub can be. Also mad props to the props the bride and groom brought which included a long black veil, furry red coat and skeleton mask. I want them all. I have a problem.
I'm not going to lie - when we walked through the doors and entered the Grand Hall at the Flood Mansion in SF, I took a moment to myself and imagined I lived in this classic Italian Renaissance designed mansion with stunning views overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Thirty seconds later, I was back on the job sprinkling the dolphin sweat and unicorn tears on our photo booth to make sure we were fully charged with portrait magic.
This Sunday, the Two Dudes teamed up with Openhouse, a wonderful non-profit group in San Francisco which provides housing, services, and community programs for seniors in the LGBT community.
Wedding season is upon us and the photo booth is humming!
This weekend, we headed out to the swanky St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco to celebrate Paul & Nicole's nuptials in style. We introduced some of our latest and greatest props and the fantastic black Mod About You backdrop.
In no time, we had some beautiful ladies lining up to give us their best look, and then we were off!
The Oyster Point Dragons are at it again! If you don't recall, we worked a fundraiser event for them recently and this time, they put on an awesome Easter Egg Hunt in conjunction with the San Mateo County Harbor District, featuring dragon boat tours, a live helicopter display, a sighting from the Easter Bunny and, of course, the best photo booth in San Francisco.
Cathy & Jerry were married several weeks ago overseas, but they wanted to have a party for their friends at home in the Bay Area, and what a party it was! In fact, it was such a party that some of Cathy's friends from Australia made the quick 18-hour trip just to see what all the fuss was about! As most everyone knows, Australians are the life of any party, and they were no disappointment this time, providing our first naked photo booth pics, and making sure to set a new booth record before we closed down for the night!
This weekend, we were thrilled to be a part of Thanh & Neil's wedding celebration at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The Asian Art Museum is one of the most amazing in venues in SF, and nothing classes up a swanky joint like that better than some gold sequins and a Two Dudes open air photo booth!
We had the pleasure of joining the Oyster Point Dragons racing team for their annual fundraiser last weekend. It was a fun night of Hawaiian/Polynesian music and dancing, delicious food, and of course fantastic photo booth antics!
Wow, it seems like just days since we setup our photo booth at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco for Neelav & Neha's incredible Indian wedding, and I guess that's because it was!
This time, we were up on the 32nd floor in Victor's Palace for an incredible night of drinking, dancing, and some more drinking as this wild band of rapscallions rocked the night away to the ultimate party music, courtesy of the man, the myth the legend - Diamond Dave Hosley!
We got to break out our Gatsby Gold & Black backdrop for it's inaugural run, and I have to say it certainly added a nice touch of class that fit perfectly with the classy venue, the classy music, and the classy attire!
We were honored to be included as part of Neha & Neelav's freaking-amazingly-incredible wedding at the Westin St. Francis recently! These two threw one heck of a party, even for Indian wedding standards and we were so happy to be part of their Big Day.
What a fun night, we love working with the staff (and venue!) at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, plus we LOVE LOVE LOVE working Indian weddings - they always provide the best of all things photo booth related - fun, friendly people who aren't afraid to get crazy, colorful outfits, and when we take a second to grab a bite to eat, the food never disappoints!


Inspired by my backyard pumpkin glut, this week I made pumpkin scones for the first time in several years. The scones were a hit, especially when served dripping in butter and golden syrup.
The beauty of pumpkin scones is that they don't really taste of pumpkin, which means my kids will eat them. Especially when I don't actually tell the said kids that the scones they are eating have pumpkin in them.
The recipe I use comes from Stephanie Alexander's The Cook's Companion, 1996. I previously published the recipe here, although this time I made small individual scones rather that a large round cut in wedges.


CHICAGO – Under the guise of "school reform," big corporate foundations, banking and speculative hedge fund investors are pulling out all stops to ram a measure through the Illinois state legislature that outlaws teachers' right to strike, and eliminates tenure and seniority rights.
The measure, deceptively called the Performance Counts Act, was actually written by these same interests and is expected to be voted on in the state House within days.
"The drafters of this legislation- Stand for Children and Advance Illinois – appear to have one goal in mind – turn teaching in Illinois into a low-wage, high-turnover job," declared Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union.
Stand for Children is a national organization based in Oregon, headed by Jonas Edelman, son of well known children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman. (She has no relationship to these efforts.) The foundation gets significant funding from billionaire Bill Gates and other wealthy interests.
Advance Illinois is a front group for investment capital based in Chicago, and co-chaired by former Republican Governor Jim Edgar and William M. Daley, a vice president of JPMorgan Chase, and brother of Mayor Richard M. Daley. Daley was recently named President Obama's chief of staff.
The director of the group is Robin Steans, whose father Harrison Steans is chair of Financial Investments Corporation and the Steans Family Foundation, a big backer of charter schools.
Some of these same interests are heavily involved with Mayor Daley's school privatization initiative known as Renaissance 2010.
Many see the legislative effort as opening wide the floodgates for school privatization and corporate investment in charter schools by eliminating or severely weakening the most powerful obstacle to the dismantling of public education – unions that represent over 200,000 teachers statewide.
Teachers and their unions are being demonized non-stop by the corporate mass media as the main enemy of "school reform." It is being said the only difference between good schools and bad schools are bad teachers that must be gotten rid of, without due process and at the discretion of the school principal.
The effort appears to be driven by Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, although it has widespread support among Republican lawmakers. It comes weeks after the same financial forces brazenly poured over $650,000 into nine key legislative races in the November elections.
Among those candidates backed were Democratic state Reps. Keith Farnham, and Jehan Gordon who received $100,000 each. Both were subsequently named to a hastily constituted "school reform" committee set up Madigan that has held hearings on the issue. The four-person bipartisan committee is co-chaired by Rep. Linda Chapa La Via, a charter school proponent.
While it is being rushed through the House, members of a similar Senate committee have stated they will take their time in considering any reform proposals, according to committee chair Sen. Kimberly Lightford.
The Illinois Education Association, Illinois Federation of Teachers and CTU recognize that not every teacher is cut out for the classroom. They have issued their own proposals for what they consider to be real school reform.
The "Accountability for All" Education Reform Legislation while protecting teachers' rights to due process (the heart of tenure), would streamline the process for removing underperforming teachers and resolve dismissals in a shorter time. At the same time it would give teachers all the assistance that they need in order to improve.
"Every student has the right to be taught by a top-quality teacher. Teachers will also continue to have the right to advocate for their students without fear of reprisal," said Dan Montgomery, president of the IFT.
Teachers and many educators believe the key to improving schools lies with adequate and equitable funding that would lower class sizes, limit instructional time spent on standardized testing and ensure a well rounded curriculum including art, music, physical education, foreign languages and vocational training.
"The message of this proposed law is that the state of Illinois does not respect teachers and that it intends to hold them solely responsible for students' test scores," said Diane Ravitch, who also testified before the House committee.
Ravitch was an assistant secretary of Education under Pres. George H.W. Bush, once touted school privatization and has since become an outspoken critic.
"This mean-spirited legislation will demoralize, demean, and dishearten the men and women who teach the children in the public schools of Illinois. Its other implicit goal is to delegitimize public education and prepare the ground for more privatization," she said.
Teachers and their allies are urging constituents to call their state legislators and express their opposition to the bill. For more information go to www.ctunet.org or call 312-329-9100 or the IFT at 800-752-2175.


Caroline Black, one of our Bingham alumni, currently serves with a ministry called MK2MK. MK2MK focuses on discipling teenage missionary kids so that they can go on to have an impact for Christ. Recently, Caroline asked one of our teachers, Danielle Hale to write a guest piece on her blog - you can read that entry and find out more about MK2MK by clicking here. We are thrilled to see how God is working in the lives of our former BA students to impact the world for His glory!


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use Mage\Command\BuiltIn\CompileCommand;
use MageTest\TestHelper\BaseTest;
use malkusch\phpmock\FixedValueFunction;
use malkusch\phpmock\MockBuilder;

/**
 * Class CompileCommandTest
 * @package MageTest\Command\BuiltIn
 * @coversDefaultClass Mage\Command\BuiltIn\CompileCommand
 * @uses malkusch\phpmock\FixedValueFunction
 * @uses malkusch\phpmock\Mock
 * @uses malkusch\phpmock\MockBuilder
 * @uses Mage\Console
 * @uses Mage\Console\Colors
 * @uses Mage\Command\AbstractCommand
 */
class CompileCommandTest extends BaseTest
{
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    /**
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    {
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    }
}

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Il Giro del Belgio 2015, ottantacinquesima edizione della corsa e valida come evento UCI Europe Tour 2015 di categoria 2.HC, si svolse dal 27 al 31 maggio 2015 su un percorso totale di 744,15 km. Il percorso era suddiviso in un prologo iniziale e quattro tappe in linea, due di pianura dedicate alle ruote veloci e due di media montagna. La corsa fu vinta dal belga Greg Van Avermaet con il tempo totale di 18 ore, 1 minuto e 16 secondi.

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Dettagli delle tappe

Prologo
27 maggio: Bornem – Cronometro individuale – 6,85 km

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1ª tappa
28 maggio: Lochristi > Knokke-Heist – 178,5 km

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2ª tappa
29 maggio: Knokke-Heist > Herzele – 201,1 km

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3ª tappa
30 maggio: Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure > Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure – 158,5 km

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31 maggio: Sankt Vith > Sankt Vith – 199,2 km

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Agri Labour Australia is seeking for diligent and hardworking persons to apply for the position of a Maintenance Fitter with salary paid hourly at the range of $36.00 – $41.40 per hour. Interested persons should not fail to apply for this position.
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HomeNewsBayern Munich Beat Real Madrid To Win Audi Cup
Bayern Munich Beat Real Madrid To Win Audi Cup
By Anirban Das
Updated on: March 6, 2016
Bayern Munich players celebrate with the trophy after winning the friendly soccer match against Real Madrid in the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Hosts Bayern Munich overcame Real Madrid 1-0 to win the pre-season Audi Cup tournament at the Allianz Arena.
Tottenham Hotspur clinched the third place as they beat AC Milan 2-0 on Wednesday.
The German giants wrapped up their first title of the season thanks to the late 1-0 winner by Robert Lewandowski, Xinhua reported.
The hosts controlled the proceedings on the pitch but they were unable to turn their advantage into a tangible reward in the first half.
Thomas Mueller rattled the post before Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego Navas denied Mario Goetze from a promising position just before the break.
The Spaniards nearly flabbergasted the hosts after the restart but Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer denied Toni Kroos' dangerous free-kick with a diving save.
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Bayern Munich responded at the 61st minute but Polish international Robert Lewandowski failed to tap in a cross by Douglas Costa into the open goal.
As the match progressed, the "Bavarians" pressed Real Madrid into the defence to open the scoring in the 88th minute.
Bayern's new arrival Douglas Costa crossed the ball from the right wing to the near post where Robert Lewandowski poked home the winner into the bottom right to seal the deal with two minutes remaining.
With the result the German record champions lift the Audi Cup trophy for the third time after 2009 and 2013.
Meanwhile, after losing to Real Madrid on Tuesday, Tottenham Hotspur claimed the third spot following a 2-0 victory over an uninspired AC Milan.
Tottenham started off on a bright note as midfielder Nacer Chadli broke the deadlock with just eight minutes played. AC Milan remained harmless and as they failed to score over 180 minutes in the Audi Cup.
The Premier League side put the game beyond doubt when midfielder Thomas Carroll tapped in from the edge of the box into the bottom left at the 71st minute.
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Opinion: On Jan. 6 anniversary, Republicans plumb new depths
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speak to members of the media Jan. 6, the first anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg)
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Exactly a year earlier, in and around the House chamber, Republicans and Democrats hid together, on the floor, behind chairs and under desks, as outnumbered police, guns drawn, kept President Donald Trump's mob at bay.
Yet out of that shared trauma came one of the most divisive acts in American political history.
Republican lawmakers spent most of the next 364 days trying to erase any trace of the insurrection and Trump's role in it. They opposed impeachment, they opposed an independent commission, they opposed (then sabotaged and boycotted) an investigative committee, and they embraced as gospel Trump's "big lie" that the 2020 election was stolen.
Even after that record of ruin, Republicans somehow managed to plumb new depths on Thursday's first anniversary of the insurrection. The House convened to hold a moment of silence for the police officers who one year ago saved democracy — and lawmakers' lives — and who died in the attack's aftermath. Republicans boycotted this, too.
At the stroke of noon on the House floor, Chaplain Margaret Kibben prayed: "On this anniversary of national discord and despair, send your healing spirit among us and tend to the dispiritedness and disagreement here within and around the people's house."
Marc A. Thiessen: Last Jan. 6, our institutions held — except the media
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rose to hail the "defenders of our democracy" on Jan. 6. "Because of them Congress was able to defeat the insurrection, to return to the Capitol that same night, to ensure that the peaceful transfer of power took place." She called for a moment of silence in memory of four officers who died in the aftermath of the attack and a subsequent attack at the Capitol.
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On the left side of the chamber, about 50 Democrats rose. Across the aisle, only one Republican lawmaker stood: Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a pariah in her party because she dared to condemn Trump's election lies. Next to her rose her father, former vice president Dick Cheney.
Democrats spontaneously lined up to greet father and daughter — a poignant reminder that there was a time, not long ago, when Republicans and Democrats could fight bitterly but be confident that their shared commitment to democracy would preserve the Republic.
No more. By shunning Thursday's commemoration of the Jan. 6 attack, Republican leaders, as usual, left a vacuum that let the wing nuts speak for the party. Trumpian Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced that they would give "a Republican response," on the Jan. 6 anniversary, and in the absence of any other Republican response, theirs became the Republican response.
"We did not want the Republican voice to go unheard, and we did not want today's historical narrative to be hijacked by those who were the true insurrectionists," Gaetz said. And so, in a meeting room in the Cannon House Office Building, two flights up from where Democratic lawmakers were at the same time recalling their personal horrors from Jan. 6, the duo spent 37 minutes telling reporters that Jan. 6 was a "fed-surrection," a plot perpetrated by the FBI.
"What if those Capitol Police officers are victims?" Gaetz asked. "What if they're victims of an orchestrated effort by the FBI or other federal law enforcement to increase the criminal acuity of that day?" Such "Department of Justice and FBI assets and informants," Gaetz alleged, were also responsible for the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).
Greene, chiming in, also blamed the FBI for the 2014 Bundy land dispute in Nevada. "Another example would be in 1968, the Democratic National Convention, when there were 10,000 protesters and one out of six were federal undercover agents," she continued.
It was the sort of rant that would cause a C-SPAN host to disconnect a caller. But on Thursday's anniversary, Gaetz and Greene were the unchallenged voice of the Republican Party — and Fox News's Laura Ingraham gave Greene a platform to make the same bonkers allegations the night before.
Is it any wonder the Republican Party's moral integrity has fallen so far, so fast?
As The Post reported this week, at least 163 Republicans who have embraced Trump's election lies are running to become senators, governors or other statewide officials with sway over elections. At least five candidates for the House were at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and at least 12 of the top Republican House recruits have accepted the "big lie." Six in 10 Republicans say the 2020 election was fraudulent, and 40 percent thought political violence could be acceptable, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll found.
In his address Thursday from the Capitol, President Biden asked: "Are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth, but in the shadow of lies? We cannot allow ourselves to be that kind of nation."
But the Republicans' ongoing attempt to disappear Jan. 6 shows that we already are.
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A 1-listen review of A-Q, Blaqbonez, M.I Abaga and Loose Kaynon's 'Behold the Lamb'
A remarkably tepid joint album
Written by Dennis Ade Peter - 07.Jul.2022
M.I Abaga, Blaqbonez, A-Q and Loose Kaynon kicked off a storm in the early days of 2019. A few months out from the 3-week album run that saw the consecutive releases of A-Q and Loose's brawny 'Crown', M.I's reflective 'Yxng Dxnzl: A Study on Self Worth', and Blaqbonez's exuberant 'Bad Boy Blaq', the quartet assembled for its first cypher, a gaudy display of lyrical skill with a vitriolic bent. They'd return a few months later with a meaner tone, which eventually snowballed into a bunch of controversies and arguably the biggest beef in Nigerian rap music history.
Last year, they reunited for "The Last Cypher," something of an attempted apotheosis. Apparently, that was just the prelude to a joint full-length album. Teased about a week ago, with each rapper sending out bare images of their letters in the LAMB acronym, 'Behold the Lamb' sees a semi-surprise release after its announcement less than a day before. Exclusive to Boomplay for almost 48 hours before making its way to other streaming platforms, A-Q sent out a tweet explaining that release route: "They [Boomplay] give a shit about Nigerian Hiphop."
Whether you think the reason is substantial or founded on hubris from seemingly getting a bag, a joint album headlined by four of the most prominent (English) rap artists in the game is intriguing. The 3-album run in August 2018 was generally impressive, Blaqbonez is now a legit star, M.I and A-Q delivered a stellar joint tape in addition to well-received follow-up projects, and the cyphers have been generally good, with great moments in between. All of that sets a pretty high bar for 'Behold the Lamb'—in my mind, at least.
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In Usual 1-Listen Review Fashion, All Reactions Are In Real-Time While The Music Plays. No Pauses, Rewinds, Fast-Forwards, Or Skip.
"Badman Size"
This is a curious way to start, sounds like something that could be in the middle of Blaq's 'Sex > Love'. The guitar riff is a phenomenal touch. I don't know, I was expecting a fiery start—or assertive, at least—from the jump, but I'm hearing M.I in a preppy, pop-rap cadence and it's throwing me off. Blaq really went from flinging battle raps to slinging playful hooks, I respect the evolution more than I wince at it. I like Loose Kaynon here, that brief double-time trick is nice. A-Q will find a way to attack a beat, he's going to be aggressive if there's a pocket. It's a nice verse, but this whole song isn't doing much for me as an intro. Expectation is the killer, huh?
"Groupie" (feat. Oxlade)
I expected every rap artist to line up for an Oxlade hook after "Mamiwota," and it sort of did, but not to the extent I wanted. We're still in mid-tempo pop terrain, but this is more sultry. Yeah, I do not like this beat. I get the synthwave-meets-log drums idea, but it's not glistening how it should. This sounds like another outtake from Blaq's album, and I hope it's not a recurrent theme for this project. This is the M.I I'm not a fan of, trying to pull off punchlines that don't really work, because what is that Shatta Wale line? LOL, I admire this man wanting us to vote, but that line is ridiculous in a terrible way. A-Q will rap-rap on any beat, the good thing is that he's becoming increasingly great at finding the right pocket. This flow is really good. Even Oxlade sounds relatively soulless to me right now. Yeah, get this song outta here. That Loose Kaynon covid line is irritating. Definite skip.
"Fame Sh*T" (feat. PsychoYP)
Jayy tag, along with what sounds like a harpsichord riff. Yeah, I might be up. I have sympathy for celebrities and the toll fame takes on them, but it sounds like whining if there's no depth to the complaints. Come on, Blaq, give me something. This beat knocking. YP! That cadence is always pristine. Bando man out here talking that talk. Forgive me, I thought they were lamenting, but it's a self-aware celebration, LOL. Is this M.I? What is this flow? I hate it. That racist line is irritating. I wish I could see my own face right now. They wasted a YP verse for this?! And a good Jayy beat as well?! It's always R.I.P to that man, anyways.
"Chasing Designers"
A third of the album and I'm waiting for something, anything to happen. I like the atmospheric nature of this, but again, this sounds like a Blaqbonez song that got cut. Bro, there's a hilarious irony here and Blaq is not selling it how he should. This is good writing but the delivery is tepid. "If I ever feel sad, I just spend more money" is a peak Blaqbonez line. Loose Kaynon's technique as a writer of rap verses is probably his greatest strength, and I can hear it here. There's some really good lived-in lines, even though it sort of counteracts Blaq's self-aggrandising. I don't like the mix of this song, and A-Q's verse is just exacerbating that. Lyrically and delivery-wise, it sounds…solid. I don't know, man.
"Snapchat Vs Facebook" (feat. Chike)
I like this slow build-up. Chike said he's got "the Snapchat for the baddies" and I do not believe a word of it. You can't have boo two times in the title of your album and attempt to be a Lothario. (Unrelated, but Ditto: Fireboy DML.) The fact that Blaq can easily slip into 'Mr Boombastic' mode is reinforcing the consistent theme that this is another outtake from his last project or the one he's working on. Chike is doing an Omah Lay impression, and it's not working. A-Q will sneak in a good vignette at the beginning of his verses, it's a good way to keep listeners engaged from the jump. Keep this song away from me, sha.
"Plus 254" (feat. Bien & Khaligraph Jones)
Halfway through this album and I swear, I just want to feel alive. Jayy tag. This feels grand, with a cinematic touch. I really like Bien's voice, even though he's effectively fallen behind Savara and Fancy Fingers in my order of favourite Sauti Sol members. This man went full raunchy since going solo and he hasn't looked back. Khaligraph Jones will find a good pocket, which is remarkable because he has such a burly voice and you wouldn't expect him to be very dynamic. These drums knock but they just don't have the oomph. Blaq was in Kenya not too long ago, so I'm assuming he worked on this with Khaligraph. Again, my theory might be true. Not a bad song. In fact, it might even be a highlight. Still not a keeper.
"Reciepts" (feat. Ko-Jo Cue)
Transitions have been mehhh, but this sounds like it could be something. Violin strings and thunderous bass? Count me in. Ko-Jo Cue has one of my favourite rap voices in all of Africa, he never sounds ruffled in any environment. I just hit the facepalm, like what is M.I really doing here? I get the playboy thing, but I'm sorry I can't get into it 'cause you have a wife now, man. That's not even the main reason, because that black lives line is so unnecessary. My GOAT is embarrassing me, man. He's back for a second verse? Please, Lord. Help me. This sounds more like it. I fuck with the conceited energy of these lines, even though it feels recycled from his projects since 'Illegal Music 3'. This hook, though. Absolutely amazing. Such an amazing beat as well. Will revisit.
Jayy tag. This has some soul in it, I'm hype. Yeah, these are the drums. Let's go, Blaq. Yeah, he's talking. "Life is too short to not be making my own decisions/and I cannot blame the label for my inhibitions." This is a verse! I repeat: This is a verse! This is a therapy session. This is a busted vein rapping. The honesty is engaging and refreshing and affecting and wholesome. Come on, A-Q. Give me something. Hehh, I don't like this diatribe here. I need someone to give me the first two-plus minutes of this song, that's all I need.
"Pray for the Crown"
Penultimate song. I'm happy, this gon be over soon. I liked Q's opening bars until that dentist bit, it felt forced. This man will find a rhyme scheme and run it ragged, which is mostly a good thing. I like his revolutionary bent, just wished he didn't ruin "Fears" with it. Haha, the raps are striking. A-Q would be an engaging standup comic if he had some comedic timing, because he goes all in on everything with a conversational verve, he'd just need to add the punchline every few minutes. Beat switch for Loose Kaynon, very foreboding, like it's welcoming the undertaker from the afterlife. Oh, that stakes line is nice. That cherries part is not so nice. Am I an armchair critic? Find out on the next episode of Dragonball Z. That verb line is a bar. Not a surefire keeper but I'll definitely revisit this.
"The Last Cypher"
I remember Blaqbonez tapping the Boomplay icon on his phone at the beginning of the video for this cypher, and I found it funny because the man is always focused on Apple Music as a gauge of his commercial success. As far as the verse, it's really good. Blaqbonez in his disrespectful bag is always a good trip. You could make the argument that Loose Kaynon didn't eclipse any of his colleagues in any of the cyphers. Maybe he outdid M.I here, because that man's verse here wasn't really it when I heard it, and I'm hearing some good bars here, like the villain one. That "all hair" line perfectly captures the era of rap Loose came into, shout-out to Lil Wayne and Fabolous is all I'mma say.
M.I knows how to sound royal, it's been a thing since "Short Black Boy." That Jerry Krause line is a phenomenal reference. Okay, I may have been wrong, this is a really good verse. Here he goes again, proselytising and stuff. That cadence switch reminds me of Sinzu. A-Q always raps like he's a jackhammer trying to break down reinforced concrete. Bro, he found a scheme after that blackout line and he ran it ragged. "I'm getting paper currency, don't tell me about your dogecoins" is such an emphatic and dismissive line. He cleared it up on the podcast with Osagz, but it's still giving "What the fuck is an NFT?" and that's word to Tyler Okonma. "Fuck smoke, I'm serving hot fuse" is a great way to close a verse out.
There's no way to sugarcoat it: 'Behold the Lamb' is remarkably tepid, and the reasons are obvious. For the majority of the album, all of the headline rap artists show up in uninspired form. A consistently fiery A-Q misses the mark, tone-wise, on a few occasions; Blaqbonez is in autopilot on almost every song; M.I barely performs at the expected level for one of the most dynamic rap artists in African rap history; and, even in his sparse appearances, Loose Kaynon is just reliable—which isn't a bad thing, but a transcendent showing wouldn't have been out of turn.
At first, I thought it was my expectations affecting the listening experience, but as the project wore on, it was quickly apparent that this was a set of not-so-good songs, flecked with some stellar moments. Like I wrote several times during my reactions, the majority of 'Behold the Lamb' feel like brazen outtakes from Blaqbonez's recent work. It's no surprise that the album's best moments feel like they weren't grabbed and reupped from the cutting floor, from the rumbling drill of "Receipts" to the soul-baring "Fears." In fact, it all reminds me of '2 Kings', the unremarkable joint project from Olamide and Phyno back in 2015, where the collaborating rappers phoned in drab performances over largely dull beats, so much so that they were easily upstaged by a protégé.
One obvious denominator is that both projects were aided by a corporate sponsorship—'2 Kings' happened courtesy of telecom company 9mobile. A-Q may have been right that Boomplay cares about rap music in Nigeria, but it's shocking and appalling that four of the most vital voices on the scene made an album that's not good enough to show that they care.
ICYMI: THE IMPORTANCE OF WELL-EXECUTED CYPHERS TO THE NIGERIAN RAP SCENE


Walking this morning (27 Oct 2012) across the moor at the side of Baildon Hill, overlooking the 17th fairway of the golf course, I had a pair of Stonechat perched on the gorse in the area. There were still a few Meadow Pipits around. Thanks Shaun.
Below is a photo taken in April last year of a male Stonechat not too far from the place Shaun mentions.
What to look out for in October.
still enjoy finding birds elsewhere around the fringes.
Greenfinch, Bullfinch and Robin are likely to be seen.
These are just a few of the birds you can expect to see out and about Baildon Moor.
We would love to receive by e-mail information about your local sightings.
Baildon Moor is a great place for wildlife and several bird species breed in the area. Later in the Spring there will be many birds nesting on the ground. We will all need to keep our eyes open to avoid these areas so that the eggs can hatch.
Fieldfare, a winter visitor, can sometimes be seen in their hundreds in some of the adjacent fields.
This year in February there are flocks of Starlings, Lapwings, Golden Plover and a few Curlew.
Click on the photo to go to flickr to see photos of the Golden Plover and Starlings.


On a whim, day of concert – found Ticket Master on the web and did a search for Fleetwood Mac. Figured there may just be one solo seat somewhere in Calgary's Saddledome. Voila. Second row of first balcony next to the aisle with a clear stage view. Click.
Ambience was quiet and friendly in eager anticipation. Folks next to me found tickets, same way. We all beamed in delight over our luck. Wouldn't you know it – new friend in next seat has a mutual acquaintance and we share a passion for squash.
Lights go down and up comes Second Hand News. Good opening number that immediately had me feeling that these guys are still hitting their notes. Looked to my new friend and exclaimed, it's like a time warp. Stevie's long blond locks still flowing softly with features that defy her age. Yes, monitors gave us the close ups while a digital backdrop added color and imagery.
Next comes The Chain which has always been a favorite. The moment seems surreal. I can't believe I'm sitting listening to these songs that I spun over and over again on my turn table in my bedroom as a teenager listening attentively distracted from homework. Never in a million years would I have thought that I would be listening to a favorite rock group going hard and strong 34 years later.
Stevie takes the wheel and demonstrates her unique vocal prowess with Dreams. This sentimental favorite has everyone settling in now. It's becoming apparent that we're going to get all the big hits and there's going to be no holding back. Incidentally, Stand Back was featured later on in the evening.
Lindsey speaks about Tusk and this creative foray in which he bemuses that Warner Brothers may not have actually expected this tangent on the heels of such a string of classic rock hits. In the spirit of Tusk's place in FM's ensemble, Lindsey offers up Not That Funny and only he with his guitar greatness could pull something off with this song lacking in melody.
Lindsey referenced creative forces still at work at this late stage in their career with a couple of tracks for EP release. Sad Angel was profiled along with Without You. Not gripping but an admiral effort.
The biggest surprises of the night were Lindsey's Big Love and I'm So Afraid guitar solos. Simply stellar performances. Lindsey Buckingham at 64 showcased lead guitar in such fashion that rivaled anything ever produced in a studio.
No Fleetwood Mac performance would be complete without Landslide. Stevie and Lindsey teased us with their chemistry with their glance and thought of one more chorus line on wrap.
A particular pleasure was the intros. They kept us guessing as to what was being led. Support musicians chimed in with rhythm and chord work whenever Lindsay wasn't standing alone. It would have taken the hundred plus plays of the classics from the past to appreciate the play on the rudiment riffs. Gold Dust Woman exemplified simplicity flavored with timely marks of musical magic in a calmness that the audience felt as Stevie's aura faded from the backdrop in a golden haze.
The climactic pulse of the event unfolded with and exhilarating version of Go Your Own Way. This enchanting rhythmic delight abounded in fun and fervor. The whole band came together and unleashed an energy only achieved by the harmonious inputs of a musical force aged to perfection.
Admittedly, Mick Fleetwood has lost some acumen with the drumsticks but with a boyish enthusiasm in his 65 year old body –he gave us his best drum solo with World Turning. Everyone was pulling for him and he came through in style.
I gave my new friend to the right a tap in my gesture of departure and walked the corridors alone. I discovered the back stage along concourse and caught a glimpse of Stevie Nicks and gave her a wave. Don't Stop has lyrics of positivity making for a fitting close.


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Serving the underserved: Experience gained from Pakistan to ENC helps honored professor improve access to psychiatry
Dr. Sy Saeed speaks with a caregiver remotely to demonstrate how telepsychiatry benefits patients across the state.
Deborah Griffin
Dr. Sy Atezaz Saeed has devoted his life and career to caring for those less fortunate.
His focus is on those isolated from proper medical care — either because of geography or economics. Inspired by many communities in rural eastern North Carolina, he created a pathway for patients to connect to doctors via technology to get desperately needed help — regardless of their ability to pay.
Because of his devotion to serving the underserved, he was granted the O. Max Gardner Award in May by the University of North Carolina system's Board of Governors, which esteems those who have "made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race."
The annual award, established 1947, is the the highest honor the UNC System bestows on faculty from its 17 campuses. The winner receives a $30,000 stipend.
Saeed has served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University since 2004. He is the ninth ECU faculty member to receive the award.
He is also director of the ECU Center for Telepsychiatry and e-Behavioral Health, and the founding director of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-Step) and Chief of Psychiatry at Vidant Medical Center.
"Most, if not all, of my career has been focused on how to provide the best care to people who need it," he said during an interview earlier this month.
Saeed grew up on the outskirts Peshawar, Pakistan, a city of almost 2 million people, located 100 miles from the border of Afghanistan.
In Peshawar, "there is a huge hospital and a big university," he said. "But if you drive a half-hour in any direction, you find yourself in an area which is very underserved.
"One hour outside Peshawar, you find yourself in a tribal area between Pakistan and Afghanistan — which is not governed by anyone," he added. "So seeing people with problems with access, not being able to afford care, and not being able to find it — is something I am familiar with."
Academics and intelligence provided the pathway for Saeed to escape the poverty of where he grew up.
He graduated from DOW Medical College in 1982 (a public medical school in Pakistan), and initially focused on family medicine in his home country.
As he met with patients, he became more and more interested in mental health.
"A lot of people come in not necessarily saying, 'I have anxiety and depression.' But you figure it out real quickly," Saeed said.
One in five people who visit their family physician have a diagnosable, treatable psychiatric illness, he added.
Primary care physicians have about 10 minutes with a patient, he explained.
"The patient doesn't want to bring up [anxiety or depression] in the first eight minutes. So care, many times, is less than adequate. I wanted to spend more time and be more focused on patient's mental health," he said.
Saeed came to America to do his post-graduate work at Illinois State Psychiatric Institute in Chicago.
At first, he planned to return to Pakistan.
"What drives me are two themes — to take care of the people not being served, and to provide the best care," he said. While living in America, he recognized underserved areas are universal.
"You look around and see that need is all over," he said.
Has not been back to Pakistan since 1998.
Before coming to America, he was working in an underserved community, in a different province than where he grew up, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
"I actually saw a lot of refugees coming from Afghanistan to Pakistan and I was right in the middle of that," he said.
"I saw stark differences. I saw extremely wealthy people running away from Afghanistan because of the warlords. I had not seen before the custom-designed Mercedes that were being driven in that province and the mansions that were being built. But the vast majority of the people I saw were extremely poor — I saw little children actually begging by the side of the road for food," he added.
"Those differences were just beginning. Pakistan has been under siege and war ever since. There are people who have grown up there, now in their 30s and 40s, that have never seen peace," he said.
Before coming to ECU, he served as professor and chairman in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria from 1995-2004.
He met his wife Janel when he was in residency school in Indiana. They married in 1991 and have four children — a 26-year-old son, Zackariah, who has Down syndrome, and three daughters. The youngest, Natalie, will attend John Paul II High School in the fall.
Sophia, a rising senior at ECU, is earning a degree in public health. She plans to go to graduate school and work with underserved populations. The oldest daughter, Karen, recently graduated from UNC. She will attend Wake Forest law school this fall, and also plans to work with the underserved.
"We are very proud they all have this to approach to human rights and taking care of people," Saeed said.
His children have never visited his homeland because of the unrest and busy lifestyles.
One of the biggest problems he sees in medicine is when care people are receiving is not consistent with what has been proven to be the best.
"That is theme number one of all my career — to look at what evidence of how to best care for people," he continued. "The second is the maldistribution of a physician workforce.
"Out of 100 counties in North Carolina, 31 have no psychiatrist," he said. "Fifty-eight have no mental health provider. Over 80 percent are considered, by Federal guidelines as 'mental health workforce-short areas.'"
These two factors — workforce scarcity and people not recieving the best care — are what led Saeed to develop the telepsychiatry program.
"If you can't take providers physically to a location, telepsych is the next best option," he added.
At hospitals, NC-Step serves people who come to the emergency department needing psychiatric help.
"Out of 108 hospitals in North Carolina, only 58 have a psychiatrist," Saeed said.
NC-Step serves provides telepsychiatry in 60 hospitals across the state.
"I can log in to a web portal and go into the health record of the patient — just as if I were there," he added. He then "sees" a patient via technology.
NC-Step also provides telepsychiatry in seven clinical sites. Six are in eastern North Carolina, one is in Macon County.
"Our goal is to have 20 or 30 such sites," he added.
"We want our providers as close in geographical proximity to the patient as possible. They know the availability of local resources and we can then link them," he added. "We also want them culturally as close to the patient as possible."
Saeed said sometimes it is difficult being in the spotlight for his life's work.
"I've lived my life mostly in the mode of serving. The first time I was nominated for [the Max O. Gardner Award] I said, 'Seriously, really? You think that is me?' Being the focus of that is flattering and humbling," he said. "The more people that know about the work is a good thing."
Saeed said he came to ECU when mental health was being reformed in the state. He saw an opportunity to serve.
"What brought me here was the same reason many psychiatrists were leaving. I saw I could replicate some of the things I was doing [in Illinois]," Saeed said.
Because of the reform, many ended up on the street without care, he said.
"The telepsych program actually was created to fix the problem of people showing up the emergency department because they had no other place to go," he said.
In 2013, the year the program started, 162,000 people showed up in emergency departments across the state with mental heath crisis — twice the national average.
"When a patient shows up at the ED, they get care whether they can pay or not. If you show up for care at a clinic and can't afford it, you don't get it," he explained.
The NC-Step program is in its sixth year.
"Less than 15 percent of our patients have private insurance and 32.8 percent of our patients have no insurance — and more than 50 percent have Medicaid and Medicare," he said.
But the program works by bringing different components together, he said.
The program he created exists to serve any and all who need mental health care, no matter if they can pay or not.
"We won't partner with anyone that is only for-profit and only takes insured patients," he said.
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85.15.060 Reexamination of properties on roll—Adjustment, periodic revision, of valuations.
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85.15.080 Roll and proceedings conclusive—Remedies.
85.15.090 Review by superior court—How taken.
85.15.100 Review by superior court—Transcript—Contents—Filing.
85.15.110 Review by superior court—Filing fees—Bond—Priority of cause.
85.15.120 Review by superior court—Scope—Judgment.
85.15.140 Levy is for continuous benefits to protected property.
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85.15.170 Concurrent use of other methods of raising revenue.
The maintenance, enlargement and extension of diking, drainage and sewerage improvement districts formed under chapter 85.08 RCW is essential to the public welfare and economy of the state. The influx of population and changes in land use since many such districts were formed, has made obsolete, expensive and unjust the method used under existing law to provide funds for the operation of such districts and for the maintenance and expansion of their systems of improvement.
Severability—1967 c 184: See note following RCW 85.05.610.
"District" means a diking, drainage or sewerage improvement district organized under chapter 85.08 RCW.
"Maintenance" means and includes not merely operating expenses and such upkeep and other work commonly classed as maintenance as shall be necessary to restore and preserve the district's systems of improvement and the machinery and equipment operated in connection therewith in the same or as good condition as when originally constructed and installed, but also the making of such changes in and betterments to the original works, improvements and installations as shall, subject to approval of the board of county commissioners, be by the board deemed necessary to put the systems of improvements into such condition as will provide protection and services as contemplated and intended by the original construction and any enlargement and extensions thereof thereafter made.
Property roll—Basis and requisites—Separate levies for prior indebtedness.
To operate under this chapter, the board of commissioners of the improvement district shall cause to be prepared and filed with the board of county commissioners a property roll. The roll shall contain: (1) A description of all properties benefited and improvements thereon which receive protection and service from the systems of the district with the name of the owner or the reputed owner thereof and his or her address as shown on the tax rolls of the assessor or treasurer of the county wherein the property is located and (2) the determined value of such land and improvements thereon as last assessed and equalized by the assessor of such county or counties. Such assessed and equalized values shall be deemed prima facie to be just, fair, and correct valuations against which annual taxes shall be levied for the operation of the district and the maintenance and expansion of its facilities.
If property outside of the limits of the original district are upon the roll as adopted ultimately, and the original district has outstanding bonds or long-term warrants, the board of county commissioners shall set up separate dollar rate levies for the full retirement thereof.
The notice shall be published at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the area involved. The last publication shall be more than fifteen days prior to date of hearing.
Roll constitutes valuations against which levy made and collected—Hearing on adjustments.
The roll approved and certified to the county officers by the board of county commissioners as in this chapter provided shall constitute the valuations of land, buildings and improvements furnished protection and services by the systems of the district against which valuation taxes shall be levied and collected annually in the same manner as general taxes for the continuing operations of the district and its systems. The valuations on said roll shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in the manner provided in RCW 85.15.060.
The board of county commissioners shall hold a hearing on such adjustments at the county seat at the time of equalization of real property assessments for the purpose of considering written objections to any revision of valuations filed at least ten days prior to the hearing and shall give published notice only of such hearing as provided in RCW 85.15.040.
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The decision of the board of county commissioners upon any objection made within the time and in the manner prescribed may be reviewed by the superior court of the county wherein the property in question is located, upon appeal thereto taken in the following manner: Any person aggrieved must file his or her petition for writ of review with the clerk of the superior court wherein the property is located within ten days after the roll affecting such aggrieved party was adopted by resolution, and serve a copy thereof upon the county treasurer. The petition shall describe the property in question, shall set forth the written objections which were made to the decision, and the date of filing of such objections, and shall be signed by such party or someone in his or her behalf. The court shall forthwith grant such petition if correct as to form and filed in accordance with this chapter.
Within ten days from the filing of such petition for review, the county treasurer, unless the court shall grant additional time, shall file with the clerk of the superior court its certified transcript containing such portion of the roll as is subject to review, any written objections thereto filed with the board by the person reviewing before the roll was adopted, and a copy of the resolution adopting the roll.
Review by superior court—Filing fees—Bond—Priority of cause.
The county clerk shall charge the same filing fees for petitions for review as in civil actions. At the time of the filing of such a petition with the clerk, the appellant shall execute and file a bond in the penal sum of two hundred dollars, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the judge of the court, conditioned upon his or her prosecuting his or her appeal without delay and to guarantee all costs which may be assessed against him or her by reason of such review. The court shall, on motion of either party to the cause, with notice to the other party, set the cause for trial at the earliest time available to the court, fixing a date for hearing and trial without a jury. The cause shall have preference over all civil actions pending in the court except eminent domain and forcible entry and detainer proceedings.
Appellate review may be sought as in other civil cases: PROVIDED, That review must be sought within fifteen days after the date of entry of the judgment of the superior court. The supreme court or the court of appeals may change, conform, correct, or modify the values of the property in question as shown upon the roll. A certified copy of any judgment of the supreme court or the court of appeals shall be filed with the county treasurer having custody of such roll, who shall thereupon change, modify, or correct such roll in accordance with such judgment as and if required.
Levy is for continuous benefits to protected property.
The dollar rate levies collected from time to time under this chapter are solely assessments for benefits received continuously by the protected properties, calculated in the manner specified in this chapter as a just and equitable way for all protected property to share the expense of such required protection and services.
Annual estimate of costs—Levy added to general taxes—Delinquencies—Disposition of revenue.
The board of any improvement district proceeding under this chapter shall, on or before the first day of September of each year, make an estimate of the costs reasonably anticipated to be required for the effective functioning of the district during the ensuing year and until further revenue therefor can be made available, and shall cause its chair or secretary to file the same with the board of county commissioners of the county containing the district and other benefited area. The board of county commissioners shall, on or before the first Monday in October next ensuing, certify the amount of the district's estimate, or such amount as it shall deem advisable, to the county treasurer. The amount so certified shall be applied by the regular taxing agencies against the benefit valuation of lands, buildings and improvements as shown by the then current complete roll of such properties certified to and filed with such county treasurer by the board of county commissioners. When thus levied, the amount of assessment produced thereby shall be added by the general taxing authorities to the general taxes against said lands and collected therewith as a part thereof. If unpaid, any delinquencies in such assessments shall bear interest at the same rate and in the same manner as general taxes and they shall be included in and be made a part of any general tax foreclosure proceedings, according to the provisions of law with relation to such foreclosures. As assessment collections are made, the county treasurer shall credit the same to the funds of the district.
In the case of an emergency or disaster occurring after the time of making the annual estimate of costs, declared to be such by resolution of the board, the board of the district may incur additional obligations and issue valid warrants therefor in excess of such estimate, in the manner provided by law for issuance of warrants by districts and the servicing thereof. All such warrants so issued shall be valid and legal obligations of the district and its taxable lands and improvements as shown upon the then current roll of the district filed with the county treasurer.


I played with pocket details and colors on this outfit. Having this many pockets will give an interesting volume to the overall outfit, and a dark red jacket like this is a fantastic companion with a wooden bag to create a vintage look.
We stopped at this railroad and decided to take today's pictures here. Any railroad makes me think of my crazy life that ended up being completely different from what I expected when I was in Japan.
Living in a different country/culture where exciting and unexpected (at least to me) things happen on a daily basis makes me appreciate the differences in each culture.
Now that I think about it, I haven't been out of the U.S. since last summer! It's time to start making a new adventure trip!


Google in a press release states that Gears "marks an important step in the evolution of web applications because it addresses a major user concern: availability of data and applications when there's no Internet connection available, or when a connection is slow or unreliable." They go on to say that making the browser environment more powerful is increasingly important (Google snatched up a couple of Firefox developers – this makes even more sense in the light of this announcement).
You can install this for a couple of operating systems, though Google warns that this is an early-access developer's release (which would be called Alpha, but Google calls it Beta). Like many recent announcements, this one too had been foreshadowed in Google's internal documents which leaked last year. By moving web applications into the offline sector, Google Inc is moving into Microsoft Office competition territory even more clearly.
Gears is also free & open source, so Google is hoping to get the community to accept this technology and run with it. Without developers, Gears won't be able to take off, which might explain the announcement around the time of the Developer Day. Already, according to Google's press release, other big industry players are in the boat, including Adobe (senior vice president Kevin Lynch: "[t]he Gears API will also be available in Apollo, which enables web applications to run on the desktop"), Mozilla (chief technology office Brendan Eich: "a significant step forward for web applications") and Opera (chief technology officer Håkon Wium Lie: "we're excited to work with Google to extend the reach and power of Web applications"). Google says their "long-term hope is that Google Gears can help the industry as a whole move toward a single standard for offline capabilities that all developers can use." Being so nice and open to turn a powerful online/ offline web framework into a commodity naturally makes business sense for today's web application leader, Google; we saw what happens when they figure something doesn't make business sense, even when it benefits developers.
Reader will add a green download button to the user interface. When you click the button, Reader will download the last 2,000 messages to your computer, preparing your computer to work offline or under a spotty internet connection.
At the live presentation in Mountain View, Google suffered from the web OS equivalent to the Windows blue screen (you know, a browser error message) but this may have had more to do with the connection Google set up for the presentation than product bugs.


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TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
"TRISTAN AND ISOLDE" by Edmund Blair Leighton
Before there were Romeo and Juliet, before there were Lancelot and Guinevere, there was another pair of star-crossed lovers, Tristan and Isolde.
The tragic tale of the love between the Cornish knight Tristan and Irish princess Isolde has been told and retold retold by numerous writers with as many variations. Virtually all versions evolve around conflicting themes of romantic love for one person and loyalty to another.
The best-known version is the one by Sir Thomas Malory, who set the story in Arthurian times. Malory's treatment of the material is notable for its concentration on Tristan's chivalric behavior and feats of valor.
"TRISTAN AND ISOLDE WITH THE POTION"
by J. W. Waterhouse
The name Tristran was sometimes spelled as Tristan, and Isolde's name has many variations, including Isold, Isolt, Iseult, Yseult, Ysolde. I will use the spellings Tristan and Isolde. Here is one version of their story:
Isolde was the daughter of Angwish, King of Ireland. She was betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. King Mark sent his nephew, Tristan, to Ireland to escort Isolde back to Cornwall.
Before Isolde left Ireland, her mother, fearing that Isolde might not love the much older Mark, gave Isolde's handmaiden a love potion, with strict instructions to keep it safe until they reached Cornwall. It was then to be given to Isolde on her wedding night. Sometime during the voyage, Isolde and Tristan drank the potion by accident and fell forever in love.
Isolde did marry Mark of Cornwall, but could not help but love Tristan. The love affair continued after the marriage. When King Mark finally learned of the affair, he forgave Isolde, but Tristan was banned from Cornwall. Tristan moved to King Arthur's court and later went to Brittany.
"TRISTAN AND ISEULT" by Herbert James Draper
There he met Iseult of Brittany (also known as Iseult of White Hands). He was attracted to her because of the similarity of her name to his true love. He married her, but did not consummate the marriage because of his love for Isolde.
After falling ill, Tristan sent for Isolde in hopes that she would be able to cure him. If she agreed to come, the returning ship's sails would be white, or the sails would be black if she did not agree. Iseult, seeing the white sails, lied to Tristan and told him that the sails were black. He died of grief before Isolde could reach him. Isolde died soon after of a broken heart. Iseult regretted her actions after she saw the love that the two had for each other.
The two were buried in Cornwall. From Isolde's grave a rose tree grew, and from Tristan's came a vine that wrapped itself around the tree. Every time the vine was cut, it grew again - a sign that the two lovers could not be parted in death.
"TRISTAN AND ISOLDE" by Sidney Harold Meteyard
As with the Arthur-Lancelot-Guinevere love triangle, Tristan, King Mark, and Isolde all hold love for each other. Tristan honors, respects, and loves King Mark as his mentor and adopted father; Isolde is grateful that Mark is kind to her, which he is certainly not obliged to be; and Mark loves Tristan as his son and Iseult as a wife.
The story has Celtic roots. Tristan may have been based upon a real person, the Pictish prince named Drust, believed to have lived in the Highlands of Scotland in c. 780. By the time story had reached south into Wales, Drust had evolved to Drystan. The Welsh Drystan was clearly a fictional and romantic figure, compared with that of the historical Drust.
From Wales, the story found its way to Cornwall and then arrived in France, where it circulated in Celtic folklore in the northern region of France known as Brittany (that region also being a Celtic stronghold). The legend was eventually set down in writing, including French romances by two poets in the 12th Century.
A hundred years later, the French "Tristan de Léonois" ("The Prose Tristan") appeared. Written by an unknown author, it provided the background for the writings of Malory, who completed "Le Morte d'Arthur" in 1470. Malory has Tristan appear as a full-fledged knight of the Round Table, for example, jousting with Sir Kay and (unknowingly) with Sir Lancelot, and saving King Arthur's life.
"TRISTAN AND ISOLDE" by John Duncan
Tristan and Isolde's conflict of love and loyalty is one of the classic tales of Western literature. Their tragic trajectory rivals and complements that of the later story of Lancelot and Guinevere, and likely influenced it.
The tale has had a substantial impact on Western art and literature since it first appeared. Matthew Arnold, John Masefield and Thomas Hardy have been among modern authors to retell the Tristan story. Painters, especially the Pre-Raphaelites, loved to portray the doomed lovers. Indeed, the tale of potion-induced passion has proved irrestible to artists in all media, including music. German composer Richard Wagner premiered his opera "Tristan und Isolde" in 1865.
"TRISTAN AND ISOLDE DRINKING THE LOVE POTION"
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The tale of Tristan and Isolde continues to be told to this day. The movie "Tristan and Isolde" was released in 2006. As mentioned above, there are many variations to the legend. The movie has Tristan and Isolde meeting and falling in love in Ireland. After King Mark discovers their affair, he forgives them both, partially because they had fallen in love before Isolde ever married Mark. From there, events in the movie are markedly different from the version printed above. In my research I did not see any versions that the movie might have drawn upon, so what occurs in the movie may be a brand new version.
Knowing very little of the legend before I saw the movie, I enjoyed it very much. The scene of splendly-dressed Isolde arriving for her wedding on her torchlit Celtic barge is alone worth the price of admission.
Scene from the movie "Tristan and Isolde"
with Sophia Myles and James Franco
Posted by Julie at 11:00 AM
Shopgirl said...
What a wonderful story...I also love the pictures.I also read the post before this one and it was really good too. You always find the best things to share...
gma said...
Tristan is my precious grandson.I'm partial to stories about him. Even liked the movie Legend of the Fall.
A very different story where Brad Pitt played Tristan.
Autumn Leaves said...
Star crossed lovers, bah! (I am so not a romantic! LOLOL) But I have to say that the artwork is stunning, Julie! I love that you find such beautiful paintings to share!
I never heard of this story ~ where have I been?
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and maybe it's getting a tad bit warmer.
Rowan said...
Tristan and Isolde is a beautiful story even though it's so sad, I didn't realise that a film had been made of it. I've known the story for most of my life from Malory's poem. I love the J.W.Waterhouse painting - lovely post as usual.
i lost myself in that for a few minutes julie- thank you! I do know the stories,as you would expect, but i really enjoyed reading again!
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Biography: Midfielder. Former Liverpool youngster who helped Carlisle win promotion to the second division and played in the old First Division with Derby County and Leicester City. Moved to the Island of Majorca to run a bar/restaurant in Cala Bona before returning home to England.
Carlin, Willie My father Tom signed him for Liverpool when a school boy , he was the only player my father disagreed with Shankly when letting him go. I met him in 1965 he was in city came to see Liverpool bring the FA cup around the town was a true red.
Carlin, Willie I went to st . Patrick's school in liverpool the same school as willie. I used to watch him play in lpool then we would get the bus home the number 26 or 27. His mate was a guy called frank twist, who was a pro at l. F. C .happy days.
Carlin, Willie Knew Willie when he had a paper shop in Melbourne ,derbys,used to get him rainbow trout from the rivers ,brilliant man ,and great footballer .
Carlin, Willie Williie and I played together for England Boys in 1956.He was at Inside-left myself at Inside-left.Great player lovely lad.
Carlin, Willie As a young Derby fan @1970 i loved Willie Carlin. He was a great player in a great team with Les Green, Kevin Hector and Dave Mackay. I thought he was even better than Archie Gemmill. One day my mum found me crying my eyes out on the front door step, and wanted to know what on earth was the matter. Apparently I sobbed, "they've........ sold...... Willie...... Carlin". I'm just about over it now, 48 years later.
Carlin, Willie As a young Derby fan in the late 60's and early 70's I briefly met Willie Carlin whilst having a knock around with a ball on the park. He let me tackle him and get away with it! As he knew my dad he took my autograph book first into Derby's dressing room and then Leicester City's dressing room. How many of the modern day footballers would do that. I still have that book now nearly 50 years later! Great man!
Carlin, Willie Remember you going to the same school as my sister Joan, and came recently when I brought your name up with a regular visitor to our table tennis club, Paul Carlin, who says you are his uncle. My sister Joan, we lived in Cotter Street, also remembers you and hopes you are keeping well.
Do you have any interesting, happy, or humorous memories of Willie?


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Tectonic Plates moving Again: Will South America split away from Central America?
March 6, 2013 crisisboom	Comments off
destination-yisrael.biblesearchers.com
Earthquakes heralding the Collapsing of the Nazca and the Cocos Plates along the Western Coastline of South America
One of the expectations of Earth Change researchers is that with the evidence of the folding of the tectonic plates under the Pacific Ocean and the collapsing or subduction of the Western Regions of the Ring of fire in the Far East, that these collapsing plates will eventually pull the Northern Regions of South America to the west into the Pacific Ocean and tear away South America from Central America.
Recently it was noticed that the buoys along the Cocos and the Nazca Plates were deactivated. At the same time the earthquakes along the eastern regions of those same plates that were jutting up against South America along the Andes, from the tip of South America upwards to Peru were increasing exponentially.
As the South American coastline is being pulled over the Nazca Plate, what has been called the "South American Roll" has been activating earthquakes that would have been noticed by the buoys rising or collapsing with the rolling earthquakes are now silent. It would be expected that the officials in charge of the buoys deployment and activation would hesitate to let the southern Read more…
Categories: Earth changes Tags: Nazca Plates, north america, south america, tectonic plates
Scientists eye threat of Pacific Northwest megaquake
February 23, 2012 crisisboom	Comments off
hawaiinewsnow
Scientists used a supercomputer-driven "virtual earthquake" to explore likely ground shaking in a magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake in the Pacific Northwest. Peak ground velocities are displayed in yellow and red. The legend represents speed in meters per second (m/s) with red equaling 2.3 m/s. Although the largest ground motions occur offshore near the fault and decrease eastward, sedimentary basins lying beneath some cities amplify the shaking in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Vancouver, increasing the risk of damage. (Credit: Kim Olsen, SDSU)
EWA BEACH (HawaiiNewsNow) – Scientists say there are parallels between recent earthquakes and ground movement in the Pacific Northwest and what happened in Japan before last year's devastating quake and tsunami.
The research was discussed over the weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach are well aware of the new research.
The disaster in Japan occurred because of stress from the Pacific tectonic plate sliding below Japan. The plates locked together, slowly pushing Japan westward, and then released, resulting in the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands. Japan moved about ten to 15 feet eastward in the quake.
Scientists said the same thing is now in the works off the coast of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, as the Juan de Fuca plate moves beneath the Pacific Northwest.
"The Pacific Northwest is being deformed because the plates are locked together, and the shoreline is sinking and the rest of the thing is being bent. We can see that," said Dr. Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist with the warning center. "It's just like Japan, only a mirror image."
According to Fryer, the last big earthquake in the Pacific Northwest happened in January 1700. Like the Japan quake, it also was a magnitude 9.0, and sent a destructive Pacific wide tsunami that reached Japan.
While there has been more ground movement in the northwest, there's still the question of Read more…
Categories: Earthquake Tags: earthquakes, Juan de Fuca plate, Pacific Northwest, Portland, seattle, tectonic plates, Vancouver
The Coming Apocalypse: The Pacific Ring of Fire has been Heating up over the last Two Years
February 1, 2012 crisisboom	1 comment
destination-yisrael
IRIS Earthquake 2-Year Historic Map of all Quakes along the Ring of Fire from January 20, 2009 to December 17, 2011
For those following earth changes for their relevance to the coming of the Messiah, here are two charts to comprehend. Both are IRIS maps published by the United States Geological Services. What is most important is to notice the dates of each map, and then begin to analyze the finer data that is including in regard not just to large earthquakes but most important to the flurries of smaller quakes (purples dots) that are caused by 'Planet Earth rocking and rolling' as it is buffeted by the strong electromagnetic force field of Nibiru, the Dark Twin Binary Brown (Red) Star that is returning as our Sun's Twin Solar System as an emissary of G-d's divine judgment.
The IRIS Earthquake map below shows the number of quakes on Planet Earth for a 5 year historical period between the years of January 20, 2004 to January 20, 2009. The IRIS Earthquake map above depicts the number of earthquake for only 2 year historical period between the dates of January 9, 2009 and December 17, 2011.
Take a close look and consider what is visibly obvious of how the number of large earthquakes have become more numerous and intensive in magnitude in the Read more…
Categories: Coming Events, Earthquake Tags: earthquakes, Pacific Ocean, ring of fire, tectonic plates
New Force Driving Earth's Tectonic Plates: 'Hot Spots' Of Plume From Deep Earth Could Propel Plate Motions Around Globe Discover Scripps Researchers
July 7, 2011 crisisboom	1 comment
nanopatentsandinnovations
Bringing fresh insight into long-standing debates about how powerful geological forces shape the planet, from earthquake ruptures to mountain formations, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have identified a new mechanism driving Earth's massive tectonic plates.
Reconstruction of the Indo-Atlantic Ocean 63 million years ago, during the time of the superfast motion of India which Scripps scientists attribute to the force of the Reunion plume head. The arrows show the relative convergence rate of Africa (black arrows) and India (dark blue) relative to Eurasia before, during and after (from left to right) the period of maximum plume head force. The jagged red and brown lines northeast of India show two possible positions of the trench (the subduction zone) between India and Eurasia depending on whether the India-Eurasia collision occurred 52 million years ago or 43 million years ago.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scientists who study tectonic motions have known for decades that the ongoing "pull" and "push" movements of the plates are responsible for sculpting continental features around the planet. Volcanoes, for example, are generally located at areas where plates are moving apart or coming together. Scripps scientists Steve Cande and Dave Stegman have now discovered a new force that drives plate tectonics: Plumes of hot magma pushing up from Earth's deep interior. Their research is published in the July 7 issue of the journal Nature.
Using analytical methods to track plate motions through Earth's history, Cande and Stegman's research provides Read more…
Categories: Earth changes, Earthquake Tags: Africa, earthquake, India, Seismic Activity, tectonic plates, volcanoes
Scientists warn volcanoes in Australia are due to erupt
thewatchers
Scientists are now warning that volcanoes in Western Victoria and South Australia are due to erupt. The prediction comes just hours after two earthquakes hit the state this morning.
Using new dating techniques, University of Melbourne scientists have found that the volcanoes usually erupt every 2000 years, with the last eruption at Mt Gambier, South Australia, 5000 years ago. It comes as Victorians are warned to brace themselves for more tremors after a shallow magnitude quake hit at 11.32am, sending shockwaves through towns and suburbs more than 100 kilometres away. A series of tremors lasting up to 15 seconds have been felt across Melbourne's CBD and southeastern suburbs. A second, smaller quake shook Korumburra, with reports it was again felt in Melbourne, at 12.37pm
Some Victorians say their houses shook violently for about 10 seconds, and many reported hearing the earth rumble. Experts say the quake struck 8 kilometres underground, and said the epicentre was about 7km west of Korumburra. So far, there are no reports of any major damage, except hairline cracks in some peoples' homes. The area in Gippsland is prone to Read more…
Categories: Australia, volcano Tags: Australia, earthquakes, Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific plate, Seismic Activity, tectonic plates, volcanoes
Extreme weather is moving tectonic plates, scientists claim
April 18, 2011 crisisboom	1 comment
People who are ridiculed for saying that earthquakes are a result of global warming could actually be right, scientists claim.
Long-term climate change has the potential to spin Earth's tectonic plates, according to a news study from the Australian National University.
Working with researchers in Germany and France, they have established a link between the motion of the Indian plate over the last ten million years and the intensification of Indian monsoons.
Movements of the earth: Tectonic plate movement could be sped up as a result of the weather
Monsoon rain increased by four metres every year, speeding up the motion in the Indian plate by one centimetre a year, said Dr Giampiero Iaffaldano from the ANU research school of earth sciences.
The scientists put information into a computer that indicated how monsoons had eroded the eastern Himalayas over the last ten million years.
They discovered that enough rocks were worn away from the eastern side of the plate to account for the plate's anti-clockwise movement.
Dr Iaffaldano said: 'The significance of this finding lies in recognising for the first time that long-term climate changes have the potential to act as a force and influence the motion of tectonic plates.
'It is known that certain geologic events caused by plate motions – for example the drift of continents, the closure of ocean basins and the building of large mountain belts – have the ability to influence the Read more…
Categories: Earth changes, Seismic Activity Tags: Africa, earth, earthquakes, Europe, monsoons, Seismic Activity, tectonic plates
Global planetary tremor sends seismometers into the black
theextinctionprotocol
April 12, 2011- JAPAN – Following the 6.2 quake that hit eastern Japan, telemetry data from seismographs across the planet registered very dense bands of seismic disturbances- indicating there were massive movements along tectonic plate boundaries. These events are happening now every 72 to 96 hours on average and have been increasing their frequency cycle of occurrence every since the massive 9.0 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that the planet is becoming more unstable after the mega-thrust quake ruptured the sea-floor off the coast of Japan and is now more sensitive to tectonic plate movements after the earthquake afflicted the planet. Below are recent readings from seismographs highlighting areas across the globe which registered strong disturbances. –The Extinction Protocol
(left) Dense bands of activity under China and Japan (right)
(left) Troubling patterns seen in Dominican Republic (Caribbean) and (right) Johnston Island in the Pacific
Categories: Seismic Activity, world Tags: China, Dominican Republic, earthquake, Japan, Seismic Activity, tectonic plates
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