Below is my piece for the next East End Arts Club exhibition which is happening in December. Called 'Tate the Biscuit', it is based on proverbs and sayings and surely going to rival the success of last years 'One Ton Show'. It has a great line up of people taking part including street artists, fine artists and illustrators who have all interpreted proverbs and phrases in their own unique way.
The great thing about the Shoreditch Town Hall location is the East London Design Show is on at the same time upstairs so you can get all your Christmas shopping done at the two shows! The show is on from Thursday 3rd – Sunday 6th December, details on the website – Hope to see you there!
This is my piece, Make Alphabet Not War – the prints are also available to buy from the East End Arts Club online shop.
The brilliant Go Make Something blog gave my work a mention some time ago and they have been kind enough to feature my work again. The blog is so inspiring with lots of instructions and advice on how to make a wide range of crafty things. And the owner Lisa Vollrath obviously has very good taste!!
…is allkindsofnew.wordpress.com and the lovely Katy who runs it has been kind enough to do a profile on me and my artwork. All Kinds of New is a one stop resource for all that's new in design and style. Make sure you check out all of the amazing products, artists and illustrators she has blogged about but beware – your bank balance may not thank you!!


By Marc A. Thiessen Aug. 8, 2018 Updated: Aug. 8, 2018 1:14 p.m.
Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to witnesses during a committee hearing on foreign influence operations and their use of social media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond.
When police raided his home, they found 200 rounds of ammunition as well as receipts for an assault rifle and handgun and books with titles such as "How to create a foolproof new identity," "Middle Eastern Terrorist Bomb Designs" and "Silent But Deadly," instructions for making homemade silencers.
Here's an idea: If we are really concerned that the state of our political discourse is going to get someone killed, then maybe people on both sides should cut it out. I've been outspoken in my criticism of those on the right who engage in divisive rhetoric. It would be nice if voices on the left would do the same on their side. Journalists are not "the enemy of the people," and don't deserve to be called such. But while they express understandable outrage over being labeled enemies, they should also be doing a better job of calling out Democrats who compare Republicans to our actual enemies. Because demonizing our fellow Americans is not only wrong and dangerous when Republicans are the ones doing the demonizing.
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By now you might have heard that quinoa is another one of these "super foods" that you should be incorporating into your diet (which is super easy to do given how versatile it is.) I use it as a substitute for other grains such as rice and pasta, in my salads and as a breakfast porridge. There are dozens of other ways quinoa can also be used, I personally am looking forward to using it for baking , for making a vegan quinoa burger and since the holiday season is upon us I am thinking of ways to incorporate it into stuffing etc.
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I usually purchase a 4lb bag of quinoa from Costco, which lasts me for a pretty long time since the bag contains 42 servings. If you go to Pinterest and search Quinoa, the amount of recipes that show up can almost be overwhelming so go ahead and get crazy and creative with your quinoa exploration!


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Tara and I spent some time doing research to really be clear on what we want to accomplish and get for the entire trip. Tara, being a professional photographer, and me, being a person who loves taking pictures, based our initial list on the images that came up in Google. We did a search for "indigenous peoples" + Philippines and if a particular picture would catch our interest, we would look it up further.
We also spent time going back and forth with our contacts from these places, found through doing a Google search and through Couchsurfing.org. And, this provided a bit of structure and clarity in terms of our itinerary, but there were a lot of room for spontaneity and adventure, which are both Tara's and my kind of travelling.
The flight schedules were based mainly on times of departure and arrival as well on the activities we would want to do at a particular destination. We also took into consideration the fare prices but were not very much limited by it.
Before our scheduled departure, we also bought our tickets from Victory Liner Kamias for our 7 PM trip to Tabuk, Kalinga (Php 569.00), which turned out to be a smart move (we learned from our guide in Kalinga that there were three other travelers who were going to visit Tinglayan the same day that we were there but didn't get to because there were no more tickets to Tabuk).
Here's our itinerary, sort of, and the expenses incurred for each (I did not include those that we could've done away with). And, if you would like to know more about the experiences we had on the places and communities we visited, please click on the links (those texts in orange) or find them all here.
Four (4) nights in Kalinga: If you're planning on following how we did it, you will spend around Php 4,079.00. It's quite a big amount because the guide fee was split only between Tara and me. To get a big traditional Kalinga tattoo, like Tara's, prepare an additional Php 2,500.00 for which.
Tara and I took the bus from Victory Liner Kamias to get to Tabuk, Kalinga, the tickets for which we purchased the day before at Php 569.00 each.
We got to Tabuk at around 5:30 AM on November 30. Upon arrival, we had breakfast and coffee at a turo-turo (Php 50.00).
We then rode a jeepney to Tinglayan, Kalinga (Php 120.00 each). Since we were one of the first passengers, we got to sit in front; otherwise, we would've been on the roof of the jeepney, which would've been a bit uncomfortable given that the trip took about two (2) hours on rough road.
When we got to Tinglayan, we were welcomed by our guide, Francis Pa-in. He brought us to his sister's house, which would be our home for the next few days that we would be staying in Tinglayan. Manong Francis cooked lunch for Tara and me and also served us coffee.
After which, we freshened up and went around the village and crossed hanging bridges, met tattooed Kalinga women, and witnessed a local pounding coffee beans while singing in their native dialect. We also enjoyed the view of Sleeping Beauty and of the Chico River.
In the evening, we met our lovely hosts, Ate Concepcion, Ligalig, Bullet, Chavez, and Baron, and had dinner and did yoga with them.
The following day, December 1, we had a conversation with our hosts about their love story. In the afternoon, we crashed a wedding and had the opportunity to witness the traditional Kalinga wedding dance using gangsa (gongs).
Our breakfast, lunch, and dinner were served by our hosts. We also had their native coffee anytime we wanted.
Before we left for Fang-od's on December 2, we paid our hosts for our home-stay fee. We gave them a total of Php 1,000.00 each (Php 200.00 per night x 3 nights, Php 50.00 per meal x 6 meals, Php 100 for tip). Ate Concepcion said that it was too much but both Tara and I knew that what we gave was fair. We left most of our stuff with them and waited for the jeepney that would bring us to the foot of the mountain, getting to Buscalan.
The jeepney ride to Tulgao, for which we paid Php 20.00 each, was the start of our adventure of getting to Fang-od's community. Tara and I rode on the roof. It was scary at first given that I am afraid of heights and that the locals seemed like they weren't too comfortable with the load of the jeepney either. But, when I finally let go of the fright, I got to enjoy the beautiful Chico River and the mountains surrounding it. The experience would prove to be one of the most amazing things I would encounter for this trip.
Upon alighting in Tulgao, we hiked to Buscalan, where we found Fang-od's community.
When we finally got to Buscalan, I felt like we were in a different world all together. I had planned on just sleeping through most of the day because of the tedious hike that just happened. But, being with Fang-od, the native houses, the community, the mountains, the air, just washed the tiredness off. It was wonderful having had this opportunity to visit the village.
After Fang-od served us lunch and coffee, Tara got her tattoo. It was simply amazing seeing the 92-year-old tattoo artist having so much focus and precision in her craft. Equally amazing would be how candid and cute she was being when we had our conversation with her later that afternoon about life, love, family, and community.
In the evening, Fang-od's family cooked dinner for us. Tara also paid Php 2,000 for her tattoo. Then, we slept on Fang-od's wooden floor.
On December 3, our last day in Buscalan, Tara decided that she would get another tattoo line from Fang-od, for which she paid Php 500.00. So, after breakfast, they went to work. And, Tara got her complete tattoo by the last Kalinga tattoo artist!
Before we left Fang-od's place, we gave her Php 250.00 for the overnight stay and for the food that they served us. We also left matches and detergent soaps for Fang-od. There was also an eco-tourism fee of Php 50.00 per visitor.
Then, we went back to Tulgao, waited for the ride to Tinglayan so we could get our stuff from our hosts' house. After which, we planned on catching the last trip to Bontoc. But, because of an unforeseen landslide, we missed our trip. When our ride to Tinglayan finally got to Tulgao, we hopped in and paid Php 20.00 each.
Upon arrival in Tinglayan, we had lunch at our hosts' place, paid our guide a total of Php 2,000 each (Php 500.00 per day x 3 days, Php 500.00 tip) and spent the rest of the day re-packing our stuff and enjoyed exchanging "pick-up lines" with the kids and re-charged for the next leg of our trip.
Two (2) nights in Mountain Province: For our entire stay in Bontoc up to when we got to Manila, I spent about Php 1,402.50. We didn't spend anything on lodging because we stayed with our couchsurfing host Russell in Sabangan and Dominika in Guina-ang.
Early in the morning of December 4, we rode the jeepney from Tinglayan to Bontoc (Php 20.00). We had breakfast at the hotel and I paid Php 105.00 for my food and coffee. There, we also got the chance to charge our phones and camera batteries and, while at it, encountered the creepy man of Bontoc.
Because our host in Sabangan couldn't meet us until later that afternoon, Tara and I walked around Bontoc and got to visit the Bontoc Museum. The entrance fee for which was Php 40.00 but it was worth it, if you would really like to learn about their history. They also had replicas of tribal houses, in one of which a couple of couchsurfers we would meet on this trip had the pleasure of sleeping. We then took a bus from Bontoc to Sabangan and paid Php 20.00 each.
When we got to Sabangan, we met our couchsurfing host, Russell. We visited the house of a lady weaver, who is part of his projects, Trashure. He also treated us to dinner and he and Tara shared expenses for the chips and beer for our evening's conversation about community projects, love, life, travel, and passions.
On December 5, we had an oatmeal and coffee breakfast at Russell's place. Then, we went around the community to look at Russell's recycling art projects, including this mandala co-created by Russell and the Sabangan kids.
We also enjoyed watching kids playing by the Chico River while we were on a hanging bridge and had ice cream (Php 25.00) and buko (for which Russell paid for) while having a conversation with one of the locals and waiting for our ride to arrive.
We took the bus from Sabangan to Bontoc and paid Php 25.00 each. In Bontoc, we had lunch at Chico Inn and, from there, ordered food for dinner (Php 242.50 each).
Because we weren't sure of how the schedule for the following day would be like, I used the internet and printed copies of our itinerary receipts and boarding passes for our flight to General Santos (Php 50.00). Before leaving Bontoc, we also bought tickets to Manila with Cable Tours and paid Php 650.00 each.
We took the last jeepney from Bontoc to Guina-ang and paid Php 25.00 each. Then, spent the night with our lovely couchsurfer friends, Dominika, Piotr, and David, and our wonderful hosts Lola Tayno and Frederick.
In the morning of December 6, we had breakfast at our hosts' place, cooked by Tara. We also had wonderful Sabangan coffee brought by Russell. Then, we got our bags and trekked back to the jeepney terminal.
Before leaving Guina-ang, we got the chance to meet the lovely kids of the village. When they saw my camera, they just posed in front of me and seemed like they were playing the "I want to be in the picture!' game. They were so adorable.
Then, Dominika, Piotr, Tara and I took the last jeepney going back to Bontoc (Php 25.00) and rode on the roof of, enjoying the beautiful view of the Bontoc mountains. We had lunch at Midtown Restaurant (Php 80.00) and, while waiting for our bus to leave, we had coffee at Chico Inn for free!
At 3:00 PM, our bus from Bontoc to Manila left. At a stopover, Tara and I had dinner and I paid Php 95.00 for mine.
Four (4) nights in Lake Sebu: From Manila and for our entire stay in Lake Sebu, I spent a total of Php 1,557.00. This does not include the money I spent for the pasalubong.
When we got to Manila on December 7, we walked to Tara's apartment in Scout Borromeo and left some of our stuff there. We took a cab to the airport and paid Php 150.00. We, then, flew to General Santos. We bought the tickets for this a couple of weeks before the trip started, for which we paid Php 2,874.56 each.
When we got to General Santos, we took a multi-cab to (Php 50.00) to Bulaong terminal, had siopao, chips, and water for lunch (Php 70.00), and rode the Yellow Bus Lines to Marbel (Php 85.00) and then to Surallah (Php 27.00). The last ride for the day was a van to Lake Sebu, for which we paid Php 35.00.
The School of Living Traditions would be our home for the next four days. Manang Oyog, the leader of the community, and the kids welcomed us.
A few minutes after we got there, the T'boli kids started playing with Tara and me and did their "ugly" faces for the camera. They also played the drums, sang, and danced for us for the first night. It was so amazing and a privilege living with a community where everyone's just so talented and smart!
We had dinner at Greenbox for Php 42.50 each.
The following day, December 8, our hosts served breakfast for us. We spent the day with the kids, teachers, and dream weavers of the School of Living Traditions. Tara, being from the Ojibwe tribe of Canada, shared with the kids and teachers of the school how they do their bead work.
We also got to interview the dream weavers and learned about tinalak.
We had late lunch at Greenbox (Php 42.50) and, for dinner, our hosts fed us because the store was already closed by the time we got hungry.
On our second full day in Lake Sebu, December 9, we again had breakfast with our hosts and spent most of the day with the kids of School of Living Traditions. We played with them and Tara taught me how to do bead work, the Ojibwe tribe way.
After having lunch at Greenbox (Php 42.50), Tara and I decided to take a stroll along the highway of Lake Sebu. We haven't gotten far yet when we saw a couple of the teenage boys from our host family. They accompanied us in going around, visiting shops selling indigenous products and just laughing through most of the time. We treated them to dinner (Tara and I shared and spent Php 150.00 each). By the time we were ready to go home, it started raining. And, because our cameras were with us, we decided not to risk walking in the rain without umbrellas. We took the habal-habal (Php 20.00), where the four of us rode on, plus the driver. Fun but quite scary too!
When we got back to SLT, we were welcomed by the rest of the students of the school. We had conversations with them and showed them a bit of yoga and how to use the camera.
Before going to bed, the teenage boys, Tara and me had a hilarious conversation about some fantasy story Tonton had.
On December 10, we again had breakfast served by our hosts and lunch at Greenbox (Php 42.50). We walked around Lake Sebu to buy more pasalubong for our friends and relatives. There were three kids who invited us to their house, where their creations could be found. We stopped by several other houses and, in between, a couple of kids gifted me with a bracelet and a purse that they made. Sweet!
In the evening, our hosts cooked dinner for us and introduced us to the other traditions of the T'boli tribe. Tara and I spent the rest of our night goofin' around with the kids and the rest of the family.
Before leaving the following day, Tara and I paid a total of Php 800.00 each for the four (4) evenings that we stayed in Lake Sebu (Php 200.00 x 4 nights).
Two (2) nights in Bohol: From leaving Lake Sebu and for the entire time that we were in Bohol, I spent Php 1,987.00.
After saying good-bye to our hosts in Lake Sebu on December 11, we took a van to Surallah (Php 35.00) and then a bus to General Santos (Php 83.00). From there, we took a trike to the plaza (Php 10.00), where we had lunch (Php 100.00) and used the internet to check if there were emails from our contacts in Bohol and Samar (Php 25.00). We were looking for the multi-cabs going to the airport but not one of those we asked knew where they could be found or if they actually existed. So, we just took a trike (Php 10.00) to where we could find a cab because, as you can guess, there was no cab in the plaza (weird). The cab to the airport costed us Php 150.00 each.
We flew to Cebu, using the ticket we purchased a couple of weeks prior to the start of this trip (Php 1,571.36). In Cebu, my buddy, Therese, picked us up from the airport and treated us to lunch at their restaurant, Casa Verde, in IT Park. She also treated us to merienda at Casa Verde main. Both meals were delicious!
Then, she brought us to the port where we took the ferry to Tagbilaran. We rode Oceanjet and paid Php 820.00, round-trip. When we got to Tagbilaran, we took a trike to our host's house, for which we paid Php 10.00 each. There, we were welcomed and fed dinner by the mom of Malou, our couchsurfing host in Bohol.
We left to visit the Eskaya tribe in Duero, Bohol, on December 12. Our host served breakfast and gave us fried bananas to get us through the day.
Finding the Eskayas was quite tricky, since there were very few write-ups about them and on how to get to them. We took a trike to the terminal (Php 10.00) from our host's home. We then took a bus going to Ubay, which was two towns from Duero (Php 76.00), not knowing if we would actually find the tribe that we so wanted to meet and know more about. In Duero, we met a store owner who have heard of the Eskayas in the village of Taytay. He introduced us to his friend, an 8-year veteran habal-habal driver and who's familiar with the place since he used to deliver bread to the community. We paid him Php 300.00 each for the trip to the Eskayas and back to town.
We spent a couple of hours with the Eskaya tribe and learned about their scripts and their commitment to preserve their culture. We also got the chance to listen to them sing the Philippine National Anthem in the Eskaya dialect. It was a privilege.
We then left for the Chocolate Hills. We took a bus to Loay (Php 50.00) and then another one to Carmen (Php 30.00). We alighted at the foot of the entrance to the viewing deck of the hills. Since it was already sunset, we were lucky that there was a lone trike that would get us to the viewing deck; otherwise, we would've missed the chance of seeing the beautiful Chocolate Hills. We paid the driver Php 30.00 for the ride to and back and paid Php 50.00 for the entrance fee to the deck.
We rode the bus back to Tagbilaran (Php 83.00) and alighted at the terminal. We met our host, Malou, for the first time at a mall near the terminal. We all took a trike (Php 10.00) to Acacia de Bubu, where we had dinner (Php 95.00) and had a wonderful conversation about life, travel, and adventure.
We then headed back to Malou's place (Php 10.00) and prepared for the next leg of our trip.
One (1) night in Samar: From leaving our host in Bohol's place up to the time we got back to Quezon City, I spent a total of Php 1,247.00.
After saying good-bye to our lovely hosts in Tagbilaran on December 13, Tara and I took a trike to the port (Php 10.00). Then, we boarded the ferry, the ticket for which we have already paid for when we bought tickets to Tagbilaran.
In Cebu, we took a jeepney (Php 8.00) to Casa Verde main branch, where we met up with Therese. Then, Therese brought us to lunch at her relatives' restaurant, STK. We had awesome scallops, among other tasty dishes. For the entire meal, we only paid Php 200.00 each.
Therese, Tara and I went to the airport together. Then, Tara and I paid for the boarding fee (Php 200.00), boarded the plane to Tacloban (Php 1,011.36), the ticket for which we bought a couple of weeks before the trip started.
When we got to Tacloban, we took the jeepney to the town proper (Php 8.00) and then walked to the mall, where we met our couchsurfing host, Fernz. The three of us took a jeepney (Php 8.00) to the terminal, where we bought bread (Php 20.00) and then hopped on a van that would take us to Marabut in Samar (Php 120.00). We alighted at French Kiss Resort, where we would spend the night. We had dinner at a nearby resort (Php 120.00) and spent the rest of the evening having conversations about life and adventures.
In the morning of December 14, we swam on the beautiful rocky beaches of Marabut.
We had buko for breakfast (Php 15.00) and then paid for our overnight stay (Php 267.00).
We took the bus to Basey (Php 30.00) and enjoyed the beautiful creations of the community.
After which, we visited a church in Basey and admired the old houses. We had lunch at a turo-turo (Php 75.00) and then took a bus back to Tacloban (Php 30.00). We said good-bye to our host, Fernz, and then Tara and I took the jeepney (Php 8.00) back to the mall, where we had early dinner (Php 75.00).
We took a jeepney to Tacloban airport (Php 8.00). We waited for about an hour before our plane to Manila (Php 1,459.37) left. When we got to Manila, we took the shuttle service (Php 30.00) from NAIA to MRT Taft and hopped on the MRT to Quezon Avenue (Php 15.00).
Wow! I'm planning to immerse with indigenous communities too – and you did it north and south of the Philippines. I really believe in ancient indigenous wisdom. Your post makes me want to make my plans a reality all the more.
And, aside from the North and Mindanao, we also visited the Eskayas in Bohol. And, I didn't know they even existed up until we found them while researching for this trip!
Thank you for the warm welcome to PTB!
This is a long post..
but made me curious about Kalinga..
I'll be visiting them soon, for an outreah trip.
just after the election this year.
Normally I don't research much of a particular place before visiting them, so the anticipation would be heightened.
Sound like its a great place to immerse in culture..


"Best Practices for Developing and Executing an Offshore Legal Outsourcing Strategy"
ACI's January 2008 Legal Process Outsourcing Summit was the very first event dedicated to legal outsourcing, a practice which is increasingly being adopted by in-house counsel and law firms alike. Other events have since followed, but none have received such a positive market response or such an industry-wide following. Therefore, in response to market demand, ACI is proud to announce a Fall India LPO Summit, to take place September 15-16 in New York.
This event is designed for both in-house counsel and law firms who are still evaluating the viability of offshore outsourcing, plus those who already have outsourcing operations in place but who want to stay ahead of the latest industry developments to optimize their business practices.
Sonia Baldia will be a featured speaker.


His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is very active and concerned about the protection of the environment. His influence and recommendations affect thousands of people around the world. These are already creating a more environmentally conscious atmosphere and outlook throughout Kagyu monasteries and practitioners in Tibet, India and in many countries.
His Holiness the Karmapa's, clarity, honesty and environmental awareness have touched us at Active Remedy. He continues to be a source of inspiration for us. It is for this reason that we have on many occasions spoken with His Holiness about the efforts, goals and achievements of Active Remedy. He has been positive, encouraging and has expressed his approval for the work that we are doing along with his blessings for success.
In 2007 he requested that we create an exhibition for the Kagyu Monam. The Kagyu Monlam is a large prayer festival held in Bodhgaya, the enlightenment place of the Buddha in India. The main focus of this festival is world peace and preserving the environment. We did create and display this exhibition and found it to be a very worthwhile experience. We were able to communicate with many different people from across the Himalayan regions and also to listen to His Holiness speak more deeply on the subject of environmental conservation.
In 2009, in Dharamshalla, N.India, His Holiness the Karmapa gave Active Remedy his blessings and a letter of support for the Active Remedy project.
We are very happy and honoured to have the continued encouragement and support of His Holiness the Karmapa.
We hope that this support will encourage monasteries and individuals within the Kagyu lineage to look more seriously at the global importance of mountain ecosystems and freshwater. We also hope that they will therefore join together with us in addressing the global situation of degraded mountain ecosystems and a seriously threatened global water cycle, while there is still yet a chance to remedy the situation.


We are a new company opening a Delicatessen this summer. We require a logo to begin the branding process. We will be selling local as well as continental produces with a particular focus on Italian foods.
We will be selling everything from Palma Ham to fresh bread. With daily specials cooked by our top chef.
We need a logo designing for our new shop. It will also appear on all our marketing material menus and promotion and advertising.
We are all about cooking fresh produce on the premises serving top quality food and bringing a taste of the continent to your door step. Our warm friendly staff will ensure a "family" atmosphere and the passion and care we show for our food will shine through in the care that we take.
- What I'm looking for is a traditional rustic design with a blended contemporary look and feel. Utalising an image based on the food we sell. Something like fresh bread or Palma Ham or a large rack of hanging smoked ham.
- Well, just show us what you have got, all ideas and takes on this brief welcome!!


Project: LCDNAV PCB - 8x2 LCD with 5 button navigator keypad.
They actually sent 24 boards "" 2 blocks of 12 each.
Boards look great. Built device and it just worked.
Am I happy? Yes, I'm happy!
BTW AFAIK seeedstudio uses the same PCB maker for the same deal.
Was that $24.90 per board? Or $2.49 per board?
Were you charged extra for routing the corners and the cutout?
That was $24.90 total for 10 boards + $5 shipping. But since they sent 24 boards that's about $1.25 per board. It is a flat rate for up to 10cmx10cm board size. You can get 5cm x 5 cm boards at 10 for $9.90. Yeah, I'm amazed.
They didn't charge for the corners and cutout.
So you can see why I said 'I'm happy'. I just hope they can sustain this business model.
BTW, this was a September special, their normal price is $28.00.
I've used them for three sets of boards, and am very happy with their service. They took from 11 days to two weeks to arrive from when the files were sent and most of that time was in the post, they typically took four days to make the boards.
Pretty impressive! No tool restrictions like Olimex use to do.
I'm impressed! Perhaps I'll use them.
Yeah, that's the one. More specifically, this is the link to the PCB service. I had one board printed there and I am also quite satisfied with the results.
I tried castelations but they didn't clear the hole well..
Can you tell me how you did those castelations? Did they plate through? What sort of connector do you use with them and where do you source them?
Those buttons appear to just be silkscreen on a soldermask on a copper pour, with thermal grid. How can those function as buttons?
I think they function as touch (capacitive?) buttons.
Those castellations were done by using ordinary round pads with holes, and putting the board outline over them. They are probably intended for surface-mounting the board on another PCB. The technique should work OK with a manufacturer with tighter tolerances.
If you trace the switch terminals through to the bottom side you will see that one is grounded and the other goes to a pin that is pulled high by a resistor; standard configuration.
As Leon answered, Castellations don't require any type of connector, they make the PCB into a surface mount device, very cheap alternative for module type boards.
And I wouldn't attempt them any smaller than 2.54mm pitch, but YMMV.
PNP is correct, they are capacitive buttons. I used the Atmel part AT42QT1070 which is a seven button i2c enabled touch sensor. In terms of price, it's comparable to cheap mechanical hardware.
The AT42QT10xx devices have a lot of features, automatically adjust to the environment and work extremely well with the default settings.
PNP is correct, they are capacitive buttons.
Aahhh, so now we are discussing two board designs; smiley's that is posted and a link about which dksmall has commented without distinguishing which he was referring to .... recipe for misunderstanding IMHO.
Your review couldn't come at a better time for me. I just finished (today) laying out a 2" x 1" AVR RS-485 node board. If I just shrink the 2" dimension by 0.8mm (not a problem) I can take advantage of their 5cm pricing. I've been meaning to givem them a try anyway. Thanks for the comments.


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Q: SQL Server rows per minute I'm sorry, I couldn't come up with a better title.
I have a table that has a row inserted every time someone hits my JSON api. In essence it has 2 columns, Ipaddress (nvarchar) and date (datetimeoffset).
Part of my problem is, I'm not sure exactly how to define what data I want, but overall I'm trying to figure out if someone is playing shenanigans on my api.
I think what I'm looking for is average requests per second/minute per ip address.
Could anyone help me write a query that does that?

A: To see today, by IP, per minute:
DECLARE @day DATE = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

WITH x AS (
  SELECT Ipaddress, m = DATEADD(MINUTE, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, @day, [date]), @day)
  FROM dbo.tablename
  WHERE CONVERT(DATE, [date]) = @day
)
SELECT Ipaddress, m, c = COUNT(*)
  FROM x
  GROUP BY Ipaddress m
  ORDER BY c DESC; -- OR ORDER BY m

You could further derive averages from that data and filter depending on what you consider to be indicative of "shenanigans"...

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Bulls were again able to prevent a bearish follow through on prior day's selling. Also working in bulls favour was the higher volume accumulation.
The S&P is well prepared to mount a new challenge on 1,260 resistance and push on towards the 200-day MA. Technicals continue to strengthen in support of the rally.
The Nasdaq enjoyed an intraday spike low into 2,616 support. This sets up an opportunity for a new challenge on 200-day MA resistance. The next break of the 200-day MA may be the one which sticks.
Nasdaq Market Breadth continued its improvement - the Summation Index has enjoyed smooth sailing with market reversals typical at 0 or higher; it closed today at -85.
And the Russell 2000 may yet negate Tuesday's 'bull trap'. Today's rally left the index just below 731 resistance.
The likelihood of the week finishing as I had expected it to start (i.e. weak) will depend on whether resistance breaks tomorrow. Monday offered the initial opportunities for resistance breaks which were undone by Tuesday's selling. Wednesday saw markets recover to leave them nicely primed to break resistance for a second time. However, bears will eventually seize one of the opportunities their offered. Should tomorrow close down then Friday could see such opportunities seized with pushes down to 20-day MAs. First hour of Thursday's trading will be interesting.


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(Music Composer/ Singer) – Pritam Chakraborty is a noted Indian music director, composer, singer, instrumentalist and record producer for Bollywood films. In a career spanning nearly one and a half decades, Pritam has composed music for more than a hundred Bollywood movies, covering many genres and becoming one of the most versatile music composers in India. He has won 2 Filmfare Awards, 4 Zee Cine Awards, 3 Star Screen Awards and 3 IIFA Awards among many others. Pritam's composing career started in Bollywood, when he was signed for the film "Tere Liye" . After that he composed for many hit movies like "Dhoom", "Gangster", "Dhoom2", "Life in a metro", "Race", "Jab we met", "Bhool bhulaiyaa", "Jannat", "Kismet connection", "Singh is king", "Tum mile", "Jab prem ki ghazab kahani", "Love aaj kal", "Bodyguard", "Once upon a time in Mumbai", "Ready", "Cocktail", "Golmaal 3" , "Phantom", "Bajrangi bhaijaan", "Yeh jawani hain deewani", "Yaarian" and more.


In anticipation of a strike held by the Association of Icelandic Pilots, Icelandair has announced the cancellation of 26 flights scheduled to fly to and from Keflavík International Airport tomorrow, May 9.
The strike is scheduled to run from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. "Even though negotiations are still ongoing," read the travel alert on Icelandair's website, "we need to act now to prevent the confusion that would occur on Friday in a strike situation." 4,500 passengers will be affected by the cancellations, and should have received email or phone notifications directly from the airline. Passengers can contact their travel agent or Icelandair directlyto arrange for full refunds on their flight tickets or to re-book on later flights.
In addition to the cancelled flights, passengers traveling to Copenhagen, Oslo, Denver, Seattle, Orlando, Edmonton, Toronto, Boston and New York can expect delays of two to five hour flight delays. Departures are expected to begin around 19:30, with check-in starting early afternoon.
Tomorrow's pilot strike is occurring in the wake of two recent strikes held by employees of ISAVIA, the company which owns and manages Iceland's airports. In that case, a three year collective bargaining agreement was reached with the employees just before the third strike was scheduled to begin.


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by: Lizzie Renck Feb 16, 2014
In a recent interview with ET, Steve Aoki spoke about his forthcoming album, Neon Future, which is expected to release on Ultra Music this summer. Fans can expect to see collaborations with the likes of will.i.am, Snoop Dogg, Machine Gun Kelly, Mac Miller, Waka Flocka, and Linkin Park — a strong effort on Aoki's part to further blur the line between electronic and opposing genres such as rap and rock.
"Whenever I work with different artists I expand as a song writer, as a producer, and I always want to try and find that bridge between my world and their world. And that's what we did with the Linkin Park collaboration, "A Light That Never Comes." Find that place between the Linkin Park world and the EDM world," the Dim Mak head honcho explains.
He continues on to pledge that Neon Future will continue to "break down genres." Although a daring statement that creates tremendous expectations, Aoki has already given fans a preview of his vision for the future of dance music. Having recently completed his Aokify America Tour with Waka Flocka, Borgore and Pharrell Williams, it's not too shocking that we will be seeing at least one of these names on Steve's sophomore album.
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I do not know how much Seda is chasing us, praised Liberec Hybš from Bolesław's goal
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Goalkeeper Mlada Boleslav Jan Šeda in a duel with Liberec.
Radek Petrášek. CTK
Was it your goal to be liberated?
When you score in the 88th minute and you do not change as much as before, we can break free. We tried to do it as much as we could. Unfortunately, the whole match did not fall. Pay the Lord that Fila found him.
I suppose you unknowingly said that you must be patient. How difficult was it?
In the first half we played what we wanted, firstly. We have significantly eliminated Komličenka. The hunters played it great and played more or less in the middle. There were some good impressions from the game, Pots (Potočný) did not decide to punish. We have said, however, that we must equally patiently play the same patience and chances that they will come. We said we would give this goal. Fortunately, yes.
They lost the goal gathered just before the end
FC Slovan Liberec – FK Mlada Boleslav 1: 0 (0: 0)
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– FK Mlada Boleslav (@fkmladaboleslav) November 5, 2018
If this does not happen, it will be a painful loss of two points due to the course. Do you agree?
Of course. It was also an important match due to the position in the table. We had the same points as Mladá Boleslav, so we needed three points to break away. At the time when we did not score, it would certainly be a loss considering how many chances we had.
Why is Liberec so disturbed in the end?
I believe that today's win will kick us again. The performance of the game was good, it is enough to score, and this victory is probably more valuable than if we won 5: 0. From Tuesday we focus on Slovácko, and at the end of the week we will work on improving it in the next game. Sometimes it's a fortune. Now we have nothing left, so please, sir, they hit the target.
And sometimes he is a goalkeeper. How do you rate the performance of Jan Šedy & # 39; ego?
He was a match man. I do not know how many goals he got there. We had many opportunities there and he won it today.
Did you mention how difficult it was to eliminate the best marksman in the leagues of Nikolai Komličenk, to whom you did not allow too much?
I think it was a good overall performance. From the whole team, both forward and backward. Not only defense, but also halves helped us. Taras (Kačaraba) and Karafiát took good care of Komličenka, which was crucial. We all know that it has a form, and the Boleslav points that it does can relax. They have eliminated him today. With a few hints in the second half, when we thought it was too open, but fortunately it did, Bolesław did not have anything.
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Making a restaurant: Welcome to Culture
Jon Bleiweis
jbleiweis@dmg.gannett.com
Initially%2C the target start date for Culture was Earth Day. But in the weeks since the Wrights were able to get into the space%2C they%27ve been able to push up the goal date to April 1.
The theme of Culture will change annually%2C starting with Peruvian rotisserie.
It had been Travis Wright's dream for a decade to run his own Peruvian rotisserie restaurant, as a nod to his high school days, growing up in northern Virginia, where they flourished.
"You walk in there and smell everything," he said. "The food is just so darn good and it was all about the chicken and the sauces that go with."
And for a decade, every time he brought up the idea of starting one to his wife, Jody, she said no. There were so many reasons why it was not even close to something they could do, she said.
At the end of the day, it would come to a business decision and she didn't think it could sustain itself. The Wrights were already busy enough running the business they already have — The Shark on the Harbor in West Ocean City.
"My conservative thought was always on the marketing side of this," she said. "We've had chicken places here and they've been good but they go away."
In September 2013, the Wrights were eating at a Peruvian rotisserie restaurant near Travis's hometown when he mentioned to her, once again, how he wanted to start a Peruvian restaurant. Jody, once again, began with her list of reasons on why she thought it wasn't viable. But then something hit her.
She didn't know where the thought came from, but she said to him, "What if we center it around the culture and it wasn't just about the chicken?"
That's when they thought maybe it could work.
"We weren't terrified anymore," she said. "We felt like we could do it."
The Culture concept
The Wrights frequently travel the world to explore new cultures and cuisines. In their travels, they have noticed that food in other countries is typically healthier. Jody thinks that's for two reasons.
"We're fast here in the states," she said. "We're all moving all the time, so we cut corners to just grab something to eat. When we go to these other countries, it's not like that."
The second reason is because these other countries don't have the means to process food like the United States does, and it has worked to their benefit, when it comes to healthier food, she said.
Enter the concept behind Culture Authentic Eatery, the Wrights' new endeavor — an authentic eatery based on what they do when they travel. The theme of Culture will change annually, starting with Peruvian rotisserie.
The restaurant, itself, is fast casual in nature. Patrons will order at a counter and pick up food to go or have it served to them at a table.
"We just don't really have that around here," she said. "It's kind of the blend of fast casual restaurant with that Barnes and Noble mentality. That's the beauty of a fast casual. It's not limited."
Culture will open at the site of the former Peppers Tavern on Route 611 in West Ocean City.
But the process for finding the ideal spot for a restaurant started nearly a year-and-a-half ago, when friends approached them about space. They took a look around at the stripped down space, and it got them to think about numbers and what it would take to start a new business and have their idea become a reality.
It turned out, it wasn't a match. But it got them thinking.
By spring, they realized they had passed a point when it would be feasible to open a business, as they still had to operate The Shark on the Harbor in the summer. Once the summer came and went, they began to reach out to friends. They looked at the spot again, but it was already committed to in a verbal agreement.
After Peppers Tavern owner Dennis "Denny-O" King unexpectedly died in September, the Wrights were approached about the possibility of operating a business in the space. It was something they were interested in discussing, but they wanted to wait.
"It was a confusing time and it was an emotional time for us and all of Denny's friends and all the employees of Peppers," Jody said. "We kept looking at other spots, considering what other locations might work, but we weren't being very aggressive about it. We just wanted to find a location that worked for us."
In December, when Peppers was coming to an end, the Wrights started moving forward with agreements to get a lease for two of the three lots that Peppers occupied. For the Wrights, the second spot for a restaurant location was a perfect fit.
"For us to have two spaces and really give them the dedicated attention they deserve, there couldn't be an easier set up," Jody said. "We can zip back and forth from one to the other if we need to do that. That made it a very attractive option."
Initially, the target start date for Culture was Earth Day — April 21. But in the weeks since the Wrights were able to get into the space, they've been able to push up the goal date to April 1.
The impetus for the switch was being able to select a contractor who was able to start right away, Travis said.
"That made a huge difference," he said. "Then to get into our groove here and see how quickly we were able to turn this room around. The fact that things are just falling into place, we're in a nice rhythm now."
But there's also a philosophical reason why opening earlier in the year important to the Wrights — being able to walk the talk of being a year-round establishment from day one.
She has concerns that the natural perception of a place that opens on May 1 is a seasonal summer spot that closes in the fall. Being able to pull off an April 1 opening and position Culture differently, to Jody, is worth it.
"We want this to be known as a local spot, which is why we're here in January paying rent on a space that is not operational yet," she said. "We want it to be ready early. We want it open and known as a locals' place."
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WELCOME TO CULTURE SHARK
You read all the time about new restaurants opening up in the local resort communities. But never before have we chronicled a restaurant from idea to opening day.
In Culture Shark, we'll take you through what it takes to start a restaurant from the ground up. Reporter Jon Bleiweis has been following the process of Culture's development since the day owners Travis and Jody Wright — who also own The Shark on the Harbor just down the street in West Ocean City — got the keys and will provide updates along the way in this new series.
What is Peruvian food? What are the hurdles that need to be accomplished in order to open a restaurant? What can a restaurant do to make it stand out in a resort area where restaurants pop up left and right? What can make or break an ideal opening date?
Installments of Culture Shark will be printed in Beachcomber on Fridays and The Daily Times on Wednesdays, but you'll be able to read them as soon as they're done on DelmarvaNow.com, along with exclusive photo galleries and videos.
Feedback can be sent to Jon at jbleiweis@dmg.gannett.com, on Twitter at @JonBleiweis or on Facebook at Facebook.com/byJonBleiweis.


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Iffy Schedule / 'Pain-Capable' Protection Act Good Enough for West Virginia
What's Wrong with a Sonogram? / Texas Lawmakers Step Up Defunding Campaign
Shrinking? / Worthy New Venture / Planned Parenthood a 'Safe Haven'?
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Iffy Schedule
BECAUSE OF IMMINENT TRAVEL PLANS, the schedule for publishing Life Advocacy Briefing will be uncertain for the next couple of weeks. We do not prefer to suspend publication while Congress is in session, but our ability to stay on schedule while traveling is "iffy," as we write. We will publish if we can, but we ask our readers please not to expect us before the June 29 edition, which we plan to publish around June 26.
'Pain-Capable' Protection Act Good Enough for West Virginia
WHILE THE PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT SITS in the US Senate without having been referred to committee, the late-term abortion ban has taken effect in West Virginia without legal challenge.
"'We're very proud to be the eleventh state to pass the bill and the ninth state to have it go into full effect without being challenged,'" commented West Virginians for Life president Dr. Wanda Franz, who is the former president of National Right to Life, in a report for OneNewsNow.com by Charlie Butts.
"Pain-capable" protection laws are being challenged in court in just two states. Though the abortion industry passionately opposes this threat to their killing business, the risk of losing a court challenge against such legislation is high. And that loss could be in the ultimate venue: the US Supreme Court. That is why some abortion advocates have been reluctant to trumpet the federal district court ruling against Idaho's 20-week ban; that ruling was upheld – blocking enforcement of the law – just last week by the notoriously left-wing 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, potentially paving the way for a high court hearing.
For her part, Dr. Franz explained to Mr. Butts in the interview that she "'would not have objected at all to being able to see the [West Virginia] bill go into the courts and have it tested. … We believe it's Constitutional; we believe that it would be upheld … . [Still] It's wonderful,'" she said, "'to have it in effect.'" Its effect on the late-term abortion trade is likely to be substantial, and that is life-saving. What is more, the measure's popularity was shown by the legislature's eager override of the West Virginia governor's ill-advised veto.
Next stop: US Senate? We ask our readers to contact Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at 1-202/224-3135 and urge him to schedule a vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act as soon as he can ascertain likelihood of its passage. And we ask our readers further to contact your own home-state Senators via the Capitol switchboard (1-202/224-3121) and ask them to vote for and advocate the Pain-Capable Protection Act.
What's Wrong with a Sonogram?
SO WISCONSIN's GOVERNOR THINKS ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY IS 'COOL' and had the nerve – in July of 2013 – to sign legislation requiring abortion customers to undergo ultrasonography before having their children killed. He said at the time, quoted by the Associated Press, that the law – ninth in the nation at the time – would "'improve a woman's ability to make an informed choice that will protect her physical and mental health now and in the future.'"
What a controversial view! That a licensed medical doctor should fully inform a woman about to undergo surgery or chemical treatment about the consequences of the procedure.
But Gov. Scott Walker has two strikes against him in the media world: First, he is pro-life; and, second, he is contemplating a campaign for the Republican nomination for President.
Those characteristics, as far as the mainstream – and left-wing – media are concerned, apparently disqualify him from expressing an opinion on legislation which he himself signed.
"The Republican Presidential hopeful found himself on the receiving end of a media feeding frenzy," writes Ben Johnson for LifeSiteNews.com, "as several leading mainstream media outlets misquoted him and implied that he thought forcing women to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound was a 'cool thing.'"
The frenzy stemmed from comments he made, notes Mr. Johnson, "in a conversation with Dana Loesch, a talkshow host with 97.1 FM in St. Louis. 'Most people I talk to – whether they're pro-life or not,'" he said, quoted by Mr. Johnson – "'I find people all the time will get out their iPhone and show me a picture of their grandkids' ultrasound and how excited they are. That's a lovely thing,' he said. 'My sons are 19 and 20. We still have their ultrasound picture; it's a cool thing out there.'"
We find it unsurprising that the abortion lobby and their media allies have difficulty relating to someone who sees an ultrasound photo as "cool" – or that they would intentionally, even fiercely, seek to smear a normal dad for offering such a warm endorsement of fatherhood and of the human nature of the unborn child.
However Gov. Walker's campaign develops – if it does – we look forward to more common sense from Wisconsin's governor, as we do from his fellow candidates of apparent patriotic motivation and shared American values.
Texas Lawmakers Step Up Defunding Campaign
WHEN PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT A POLICY INITIATIVE – and are rewarded by re-election giving them extended tenure in office – persistence can reinforce policy.
Such developments are apparent in the Texas Legislature's pursuit of Planned Parenthood defunding.
"Three years ago," notes Fr. Mark Hodges, reporting for LifeSiteNews.com, "Texas lawmakers took Planned Parenthood off the Medicaid-based Women's Health Program, which doles out contraception. The Republican-led legislature," he reports, "slashed the state's budget for 'family planning' by two-thirds in 2011 in an effort to prevent health providers even loosely affiliated with abortion providers – like Planned Parenthood – from receiving state tax dollars."
But during the current legislative session, Planned Parenthood funding eligibility was uncovered in another budget line, and the lawmakers took action. "Updated budget language removes Planned Parenthood from the Breast & Cervical Cancer Services (BCCS) program," writes Fr. Hodges, "by stipulating that providers must be eligible for the Texas Women's Health Program" – certainly a reasonable requirement. But the Texas Women's Health Program was the very program from which Planned Parenthood was – and still is – excluded by law.
This spring's tightening of the state budget screws, reports Fr. Hodge, "costs Planned Parenthood approximately $1.2 million a year in taxpayer money."
And the abortion behemoth's Texas spokesman "complained to the Austin Chronicle," writes Fr. Hodge. "'Once again,'" Planned Parenthood's Yvonne Gutierrez said, "'Texas legislators have ignored their constituents and jeopardized the lives of Texas women. … We will fight this shameful attack … .'" Right.
Shrinking?
TWO MIDWEST PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOPS CLOSED the last weekend in May, one in Des Moines, Iowa, and one in Grandview, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City.
The Des Moines facility, which called itself "myHealth Express," according to a LifeSiteNews.com report by Dustin Siggins, did not offer on-site abortions but did refer vulnerable mothers for baby-killing operations. Des Moines Right to Life has been raising the alarm about the deceptive allure of the supposedly "colds and flu" clinic since 2013.
The closure brings to 13 the number of Iowa abortion shops to have closed in recent years. The Iowa abortion death toll has dropped by about one-third, reports Mr. Siggins, between 2007 and 2013. Iowa is left with nine shops where abortion is committed and four other Planned Parenthood locations which refer customers for the deed.
In western Missouri, Planned Parenthood for many years occupied space in the same building as a pregnancy resource center called Women's Clinic of Kansas City; in fact, according to Live Action News, the two facilities "shared a wall. …
"On Sunday [May 31], the Women's Clinic became the only one with an active business, when the Grandview, Missouri, Planned Parenthood quietly shuttered for good." Live Action News describes the abortion shop as "an active feeder facility … that sent women to its large facility in neighboring Overland Park, Kansas. It also," notes LAN, "provided the morning-after pill."
LAN attributes the closure in part to the Life Initiatives department at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, which "used the common wall as a place of prayer." Said the prayer team's leader in the LAN report, "'We would lay hands on the common wall and pray for the Planned Parenthood to turn into a center for Life. For a solid year and a-half,'" he said, "'we prayed and saw more and more young women come to the Women's Clinic instead of the Planned Parenthood.'"
The prayers availed much, evidently, as the team leader noted in the LAN report, "that as time went on, they learned that 'the numbers of women increased for the Women's Clinic and decreased for the Planned Parenthood. … It was like they just didn't want to go in there any more.'"
LAN points out the demographic significance of the closing of Planned Parenthood in Grandview, a town of fewer than 25,000 people, some 40.8% of whom are of African-American descent. This made Grandview "a prime market," notes LAN, "for Planned Parenthood."
Worthy New Venture
ONE OF THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT's MORE INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS – Colorado Springs-based Save the Storks – is offering a sexual health kit that could intercept many of Planned Parenthood's most vulnerable customers.
It's called "Assure Me," and it consists of easily marketed product kits including self-administered tests for pregnancy, sexually transmitted infection or date rape, along with feminine products. Included in the Assure Me brochure is a pledge that condoms will "at no time" be included in such kits.
"Assure Me dispensers," the brochure states, "offer products to women in venues that have previously been out of reach for pregnancy resource centers, such as bars, night clubs, restaurants, rest areas, convenience stores [and] universities." Additionally, the brochure indicates the group is "able to provide women who may be victims of sex trafficking with a number to call for help and freedom."
Pregnancy centers and others who may wish to promote or provide for the installation of Assure Me dispensers may contact the group at 1-970/387-8675.
Planned Parenthood a 'Safe Haven'?
IN WHAT COULD BE TERMED 'THE IRONY OF THE DECADE,' Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is calling its Vermont operation "a safe place" for distressed mothers to abandon their babies.
The state has approved Planned Parenthood, reports Fr. Mark Hodges for LifeSiteNews.com,
"as a safe haven for newborns up to 30 days old." That is, if they succeed in becoming born.
Vermont's Baby Safe Haven Law defines acceptable safe havens, writes Fr. Hodges, "as any 'fire or police station, healthcare facility, place of worship [or] adoption agency licensed in Vermont.' Parents may deliver a child younger than 30 days old to any 'safe haven' in the state, no questions asked. That," notes Fr. Hodges, "includes Planned Parenthood."
Planned Parenthood's ad promoting its new service offers to aid the distressed mother "'with medical care, counselling referrals and more,'" Drop off your baby, in other words, and become a Planned Parenthood customer for future "needs!"
The LifeSiteNews story quotes a pro-life speaker, Monica Kelsey, "who was safely abandoned at a hospital in Indiana in 1973 [and] posted a picture of the Planned Parenthood ad on her Facebook page asking, 'Say What?
"'Are they serious??' [Ms.] Kelsey commented," quoted in the Hodges story. "'I called and asked to make sure, and, yep: You can relinquish your child at Planned Parenthood a few minutes after it was legal for them to rip the child apart through abortion.'"
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GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum (former US Senator from Pennsylvania), quoted by Family Research Council president Tony Perkins in his FRC Action memo of June 1, 2015: "I think it's important to understand that the Supreme Court doesn't have the final word. It has its word. Its word has validity. But it's important for Congress and the President, frankly, to push back when the Supreme Court gets it wrong."
Major excerpt from May 29, 2015, LifeSiteNews.com report by Drew Belsky
Around 20% of hospital patients condemned as "brain-dead" are misdiagnosed – that is, those patients could be conscious and likely to recover. In fact, they may be as likely to respond to questions as healthy patients – they just lack the ability to communicate with the outside world.
Neurosurgeon Adrian Owen of the University of Western Ontario and his colleagues performed brain scans on hospital patients diagnosed as being in what some call a "persistent vegetative state" – i.e., completely unresponsive and lacking brain activity. They asked the patients questions, and a brain scan showed that "a significant proportion" of the patients, despite showing no external response, answered the questions mentally.
"We've seen a lot of patients," all of them diagnosed as being in the vegetative state," Owen reported in his neurological study in 2006. "And about one in five of them [is] entirely unresponsive at the bedside but will reliably produce these [brain] activity patterns in the scanner."
Owen, joined by neuroscientist Lorina Naci, followed up his work with a second study in 2014 that found that non-responsive patients' reactions to stimuli were "nearly identical" to those of healthy control subjects. These findings have profound implications for the "death with dignity" or pro-euthanasia movement, whose adherents support the right to have doctors kill non-responsive people.
There is a problem of definitions in the euthanasia debate, which is heated and controversial. Doctors and others squabble over what constitutes consciousness, and thus when non-responsive patients can be deprived of life-preserving care.
"The problem for people working on consciousness is that none of us can agree on what it actually means," Owen has said.
Similarly, doctors draw distinctions among states of non-responsiveness. A patient who is "minimally conscious" is more responsive than one "in a vegetative state," who is in turn more likely to recover than a patient in a coma. While "vegetative" patients are "awake but not aware," comatose patients are neither awake nor aware.
What Owen's work shows is that one in five patients diagnosed as "vegetative" is in fact "minimally conscious." These patients are at significant risk of being killed by hospitals. …


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Biografia
Studiò all'università di Marburgo preistoria, archeologia e germanistica. Nel 1929 si laureò con la tesi Die Grabfunde mit Bronzeschnabelkannen sotto la guida di Paul Jacobsthal (1880-1957). Langsdorff partecipò dal 1929 al 1933 a numerose spedizioni archeologiche in Egitto e in Iran. Nel 1932 diresse assieme a Donald McCown gli scavi di Tall-i Bakun nei pressi dell'antica Persepoli.

Langsdorff prese parte dal 27 marzo 1916 al primo conflitto mondiale con il grado di sottotenente nel 35º reggimento fucilieri del Brandeburgo. Pochi mesi dopo venne catturato dai francesi e internato fino al 12 giugno 1919. Dopo la guerra, prese parte al Putsch di Monaco nel novembre 1923. Il 1º giugno 1933 entrò nel Partito Nazionalsocialista dei Lavoratori tedesco e il 28 ottobre dello stesso anno nelle SS con il numero di matricola 185091. Nelle SS compì una rapida carriera che lo portò, dal 1934 al 1944, dal grado di caposquadra a quello di colonnello. Dal dicembre 1938 al febbraio 1944 egli venne aggregato allo Stato maggiore personale del Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, con compiti presso l'Ahnenerbe (Società di ricerca dell'eredità ancestrale). In questo periodo gli venne assegnato anche un posto ai musei statali di Berlino. Dal febbraio 1944 al 30 aprile 1945 fu il direttore del "Kunstschutz" per l'Italia. Egli fu responsabile nell'estate 1944 del trafugamento e trasferimento di alcuni dei maggiori capolavori dell'arte rinascimentale italiana da Firenze in Alto Adige. Morì il 15 marzo 1946 nell'ospedale di Eutin in seguito ad una embolia polmonare.
Fu cugino di Hans Langsdorff, comandante della corazzata tascabile Admiral Graf Spee, autoaffondata il 17 dicembre 1939 a Montevideo.

Matrimoni
Nel 1931 Langsdorff si sposò per la prima volta e divorziò il 2 ottobre 1940. Il 7 gennaio 1941 si risposò con Marie-Luise Schneidewind, nata Stockmann (1917-1984). Da questo matrimonio ebbe un figlio, Peter Desiré, e una figlia, Mareile Langsdorff Claus, nata l'11 ottobre 1943 a Berlino.

Pubblicazioni
 con lo pseudonimo Sandro: Fluchtnächte in Frankreich. Stuttgart und Berlin 1920 (rist. con il nuovo titolo: Flucht aus Frankreich: Kriegserlebnisse eines jungen Soldaten. Munich 1934 [trad. franc. Nuit d'évasion, souvenir d'un allemand prisonnier en France (1916-1919), Villers-sur-Mer 2014]).
 con Paul Jacobsthal: Die Bronzeschnabelkannen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des vorrömischen Imports nördlich der Alpen. Berlin 1929.
 Auf den Spuren unserer Ahnen: Die Erdenburg bei Köln, eine germanische Wallberg, in "Das Schwarze Korps", 1/19, 8, 10 luglio 1935 e 1/21, 11, 24 luglio 1935.
 con Hans Schleif, Die Ausgrabungen der Schutzstaffeln, in "Germanien", 8, 1936, pp. 391–99 e 10, 1938, pp. 6–11.
 con Donald McCown:  Tall-i Bakun A, A Season of 1932. Oriental Institute Publication 59. Chicago, 1942.
 Verzeichnis und Karte der durch den bevollmächtigten General der deutschen Wehrmacht in Italien geschützten Baudenkmäler. s.l., s.n., 1945.

Bibliografia
 M. H. Kater: Das "Ahnenerbe" der SS 1935–1945. Ein Beitrag zur Kulturpolitik des Dritten Reiches. Stuttgart 1974.
 L. Klinkhammer, "Die Abteilung 'Kunstschutz' der deutschen Militärverwaltung in Italien 1943–1945", in "Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken", 72, 1992, pp. 483–549.
 Jonathan Petropoulos: Art as Politics in the Third Reich. Chapel Hill, NC 1996.
 Uta Halle: "Die Externsteine sind bis auf weiteres germanisch!". Prähistorische Archäologie im Dritten Reich. Bielefeld 2002.
 Reinhard Bollmus: Das Amt Rosenberg und seine Gegner. Studien zum Machtkampf im nationalsozialistischen Herrschaftssystem. München 2006 .
 Günther Haase: Kunstraub und Kunstschutz. 2 voll. Norderstedt 2008.
 Bernard Mees: The science of the swastika. Budapest-New York 2008.
 Ilaria Dagnini Brey: Salvate Venere! La storia sconosciuta dei soldati alleati che salvarono le opere d'arte italiane nella Seconda guerra mondiale. Milano 2010.

Ufficiali delle SS

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Cho H1, Pinkhassik E2, David V3, Stuart JM4, Hasty KA5.
Campbell Clinic-University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.
Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, CT.
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Campbell Clinic-University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN. Electronic address: khasty@uthsc.edu.
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>(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source license and I have the right under that license to submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless I am permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated in the file; or
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>(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
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>(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution are public and that a record of the contribution (including all personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with this project or the open source license(s) involved.

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