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Apple II at PAX East 2013
March 25th, 2013 10:41 AM
by Ken Gagne Filed under Game trail, Happenings;
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I'm currently recovering from an exhausting, exhilarating weekend spent at PAX East, the annual video game convention hosted by Penny Arcade. The event attracts to Boston 80,000 gamers of the board, card, computer, and video variety, among them many Apple II users. I have attended all four years of the event with Andy Molloy, and lately with Wayne Arthurton as well; even Jordan Mechner has made an appearance. But it wasn't enough to have Apple II enthusiasts in attendance; we wanted an Apple II there as well.
I reached out to Joe Santulli of the Videogame History Museum, an organization that, along with Digital Press Videogames, coordinates PAX's retro room. This dedicated space features consoles and computers from years past — everything from Commodore 64 to Atari 2600 to Sega Dreamcast. They'd never had an Apple II in the collection, and I asked Joe if I could rectify that. He gladly accepted.
I decided to take the role of coordinator rather than donor. I put out a call on Facebook, Google+, and the KansasFest email list, asking if anyone could donate some aspect of a complete 8-bit gaming rig. I received enough responses that, courtesy Wayne Arthurton, Paul Hagstrom, and Mike Maginnis, with logistical support from Thomas Awrey, I was able to put together an unenhanced Apple IIe with 5.25″ floppy disk drive, joystick, and bevy of memorable games.
The hardware and software was delivered to PAX as soon as the show opened Friday morning. I stopped into the room several times over the course of the three-day event to check on the machine. No matter the hour of the day, it was always in use, and even more people nearby were talking about it, usually to the effect of "I remember those" or "I can't believe they have an Apple II!" The computer was a hit! Oregon Trail was a popular choice, with Karateka a close second. Ghostbusters, Castle Wolfenstein, and even some BASIC programming also made appearances. Click the below thumbnails for evidence of its popularity (or visit Gamebits for a complete PAX East 2013 photo album).
Jordan Mechner would be proud.
An Imperial stormtrooper experimentally taps at the Apple.
Holding the joystick upside-down made sense to this console gamer, for whom the joystick is always to the left of the buttons.
Wayne, Mike, Ken, Paul, and Andy
This gentleman came all the way from Canada -- just to play our Apple II!
One attendee decided to revisit his BASIC roots!
Oregon Trail was a popular title this weekend.
Remember this game? These guys do!
The complete rig, set up and running in attract mode.
The Apple II was not just a temporary exhibit for PAX East; it has been permanently donated to the Videogame History Museum and will make appearances at conferences and conventions throughout the country, such as the Game Developers Conference, MAGFest, and PAX Prime.
My thanks to all contributors and attendees who've helped the Apple II spirit come alive at PAX!
What schools don't teach
Computers play an important role in education, be it in programming or game design. Retrocomputers like the Apple II can be especially valuable in any of these disciplines, especially programming. The finite, knowable universe of an 8-bit machine provides the perfect canvas on which budding programmers can craft their first algorithms.
But in many schools, the question isn't with what computers should programming be taught, but whether programming should be taught at all. Demand for programmers has never been higher, with the number of positions growing at twice the national rate. Yet ninety percent of schools offer no programming courses at all, leading to colleges graduating fewer computer science majors than they were a decade ago.
The non-profit Code.org is bringing attention to the need for more programming education in this country with a public service announcement (PSA). For this five-minute video, they have recruited the likes of Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and will.i.am, as well as some less likely suspects.
(There are also one-minute and nine-minute versions of this PSA.)
When I was in high school, a required course was geometry. I found it a challenging course, but reasonably so. The theorems and corollaries about alternate interior angles and their kin weren't intended to train me to be an architect; rather, they were lessons in logic, teaching me how to think and solve.
Programming is the modern geometry, offering similar value to students, whether or not they seek careers in computer programming. I do not consider myself a programmer, yet I have benefitted immensely from the languages I taught myself outside of school. I have occasionally tried to pass on these lessons to friends, showing them some (literally) BASIC concepts on the Apple II, such as variables and FOR loops. They remain completely mystified, with one going so far as to marvel at my own capacity to grasp programming: "You're a creative person, Ken, yet you can program. I've never met anyone whose mind can switch between those two modes so effortlessly."
But programming is creative. A relative who doesn't realize that basic tenet recently characterized programming to me as "Doing the same thing, over and over". How he confused programming with data entry is beyond me. But the fusion of creativity and logic is perhaps best found on this digital landscape, and students would benefit from being introduced to that sandbox — whether or not it's on an Apple II.
Lord British returns to Ultima
Kickstarter has been a boon not only for indie developers, but for established game designers looking to return to the virtual worlds upon which their careers were founded. Shadowgate, Space Quest, Wasteland, and Leisure Suit Larry are just a few of the franchises that got their start on the Apple II and are now slated for a well-funded modern resurrection.
But none of these games carry the impact, the longevity, or the fame as the Ultima series. Lord British has heeded the call of the fans and is turning to Kickstarter to return to Britannia.
On Friday, March 6, at 10 AM CST, Richard Garriott joined fellow Austin gaming company Rooster Teeth to host a live announcement:
The punchline was Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, a new computer role-playing game that lacks the Ultima brand that Garriott can no longer claim, but which only his team owns the legacy to.
The announcement didn't need the full hour that the above video runs, but the extra time gave Garriott and hosts Burnie Burns and Gus Sorola time to reflect on how Garriott built this empire. Working in a computer store at the age of 19, Garriott began selling Akalabeth, making twice as much money in one year as his astronaut father. Garriott brought along several artifacts from those early days, including the Apple II Plus on which he developed Akalabeth. Highlights from that interview are in this gallery of screen captures from the above video.
Fantasies written for Garriott's high school English class became the basis of the world of Brittania.
This notebook documents the origin of the Ultima series.
This source code was shown but not mentioned during the livestream. Is it Akalabeth's?
Graphics have come a long way.
Garriott brought his Apple II Plus to Rooster Teeth's Austin office for a hands-on demonstration.
The rare Ultima Zero.
It requires the occasional repair, but Garriott makes sure he always has a working Apple II.
The original Apple II Plus on which Garriott designed Akalabeth.
Remember cloth maps? For $125, this one can be yours!
Lord British wants YOU... to pull his finger.
As much fun as the reminiscing was, it wasn't hard to forget that it was a thinly veiled sales pitch. Garriott wants one million of our dollars via Kickstarter:
Donation levels include the $10 "Guilt Pledge" ("If you ever pirated an Ultima game or used an exploit to grief other players in Ultima Online, here's your chance to repent! For your $10 donation, you will receive a clear conscience and Lord British's undying gratitude") to the $10,000 "Lord of the Manor", which comes with one of 12 known copies of Akalabeth. For those of us with humbler wallets, $40 gets you early access (December 2013) to the final game (October 2014), while $125 will also get you a cloth map feelie — just like the old Ultimas!
It's been a long time since I've been a role-playing gamer, and even longer since I've done so on a computer instead of a video game console. Yet I didn't hesitate to fork over my money to Lord British. Some folks may not be sold on this heir to the Ultima empire:
Much love for what Garriott did more than a decade ago, but this sounds a little too much like a pitch from more than a decade ago.
— Matt Peckham (@mattpeckham) March 8, 2013
But there's no denying that Garriott has earned a chance to return to his world. As Benj Edwards tweeted:
I'm supporting Richard Garriott's new game even if I never play it, because the man made magic in the 80s-90s http://t.co/cNMp0Altlo
— Benj Edwards (@benjedwards) March 8, 2013
The Apple II goes to work
March 4th, 2013 11:27 AM
by Ken Gagne Filed under Hacks & mods, Musings;
It's been almost two months since my Apple IIgs and I left Computerworld. It's been almost as long that I've been in my new position — the first one ever to afford me an office with windows. As much as I love the view, it seems empty without a certain rainbow Apple logo somewhere in the room.
I wasn't sure how long I should be at the new place before making a request to move in my own personal desktop computer. But my easygoing boss had no problems with such a setup, as long as I ran it past our IT department, to be politic. All that accomplished was a remark about how "that Mac must be older than you, Ken!" — two false statements in one, both designed to set me on edge. But I focused on the fact that they had no objections and thus visited my office on a weekend to set up my machine.
I emptied out several drawers for the express purpose of housing my floppy disk collection.
My Apple II gets its own desk on the left; my main workstation is on the right.
This will do nicely.
The view at night is disrupted by my colorful Apple.
My Apple II seems quite happy in its new home. Other than turning the IIgs on to ensure it survived the disassembly and setup processes, I've not had the opportunity to use it — nor have I determined if this institution's network will accommodate my Uthernet interface, which is my preferred configuration for ADTPro.
Although that functionality is essential for certain projects, for now, I'm just happy that my office is beginning to feel like mine.


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ALLLIED FORCES MUST PREPARE TO COMBAT INNOVATIVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS
By Dr. Ross L Riggs, President SCI
Intelligence reports generated by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, United States Military Academy, by Don Rassler, indicate that in 2017 the Islamic State promulgated new innovations in propelling incendiary and explosive devices. Improvised explosive devices were no longer being disguised in doll babies and nondescript packages. An English proverb says the necessity is the mother of invention. The Islamic State faced necessities that brought them to the point of innovation if not invention.
According to the report, in October 2016, the Islamic State used a bomb-laden drone to kill two Kurdish peshmerga soldiers who found the device and were investigating it. In January 2017, the Islamic State released a propaganda video that "Showed nearly a dozen examples of the group releasing munitions on its enemies from the air with a fair degree of accuracy via quadcopter drones it had modified." Soon after, the IS had drones that would drop bombs and kill enemy combatants.
What is important for all in the intelligence field is how simply the Islamic State was able to obtain the drones they needed without raising any suspicion as to their planned use. By creating a device that used basic, commercial (off the shelf) devices, (the drones) they were able to acquire the commercial quad-copter drones and other electronic parts needed by buying globally with a layered suiipply chain that, according to Dan Rassler, included "16 different companies that were based in at least seven different countries."
Principally, companies that became sources for the quad-copters were in Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and Spain. Some of these companies provided the drones, others were established to move funds and purchase other dual-use components on behalf of the Islamic State. The Bangladesh local affiliate, created by two Bangladeshi brothers who orchestrated the program was named Dawlatul Islam Bengal.
Commercial, off the shelf components of a technical nature combined with low tech components and other add-ons, created a new methodology for killing enemy forces. Ingenuity and necessity are not the sole property , however of the Islamic State.
Sir Winston Churchill, during WWII was responsible for a number of off-beat ideas for trying to end the war successfullly. Perhaps one of the most bizarre is the following story.
After the fall of France, Winston Churchill vowed to "set Europe ablaze." To that end, British secret agents were equipped with an assortment of disguised explosive devices that would have made even James Bond jealous — bombs that were made to look like soap, shoes, bottles of chianti, bicycle pumps, suitcases — and even rats.[i]
Rassler, in his report to the Combating Terrorism Center has a list of six points to consider under Future Threats & Other Implications. Within those six are three specific items for which all those in intelligence should be aware. Those are paraphrased here:
Improvisation using inexpensive items readily available combined with advanced technology may bring threats to the fore ahead of our intelligence capabilities to prepare for them.
Hybrid warfare strategies may continue to come from the Islamic State as well as other terrorist groups that take their cue from IS.
Future expectations include:
"Drones similar to the Islamic State's bomb-drop capable ones to be used in different theaters and by different types of groups.
The use of different drone tactic, drone targets, and drone weapons.
More drones to be used: not just one drone, but multiple, and land and sea drones, too."
Acceleration of our drone countermeasures must be a priority.
Future hybrid threats created using low-cost equipment with more costly forms of technology require an ability to manage, track and degrade the access to these types of items before they can be made into weapons systems. "Important supply chain gaps of knowledge likely still exist."
Attention and effort toward preventing "the delivery of select dual use items to major conflict zone areas, to investigate and map out supply chain networks, and to retrace specific equipment after it has been found in the field."
I'll close this report with a quote Don Rassler used in his introduction. "There was a day (in early 2017) when the Iraqi effort nearly came to a screeching halt, where literally over 24 hours there were 70 drones in the air…At one point there were 12 'killer bees' if you will, right overhead and underneath our air superiority…and our only available response (at the time) was small arms fire." -General Raymond A. Thomas III, May 2017[ii]
[i] https://io9.gizmodo.com/11-jaw-dropping-weapons-from-world-war-ii-you-probably-511010752
[ii] Rassler, Don "The Islamic State and Drones: Supply, Scale and Future Threats" Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, United States Military Academy, July 2018.
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Since it's release, SONG READER has inspired several "D.I.Y." concerts across the globe. There is no definitive SONG READER album and each concert is a unique experience that brings people together to hear an "album" the way people did before there were… albums. The music is diverse and the song collection covers a range of styles that span the 20th century.
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Woohoo!!! After rewriting almost every single one of my posts from scratch, My blog is finally back in shape after the disaster with my photo links being broken. Phew! What better way to celebrate with some beautiful (postponed) photographs from my recent trip to Melbourne!
One of the favourite places I visited in Melbourne was China Town. It felt like stepping into another world away from the city! It seemed to emerge in a tiny gap from between the sky scrapers and alleyways revealing another little world. The red, gold, blue and green colours were everywhere from tiny paved surfaces, to lanterns hanging above the street.
China Town is an absolute mecca for delicious, authentic Chinese food; all it takes is rounding a corner down any tiny alleyway and you will find multiple doors leading into cosy hidden restaurants. In keeping with the Chinese theme, I had one of my favourite foods- vegetarian dumplings! inside a dimly lit, and well packed restaurant.
If you are heading to Melbourne, make sure you hunt down this beautiful precinct- Especially if you are a bit of a photographer...you can't help but take photographs of almost everything you stumble across!
Botched Photo's on my Blog...Issues with Flickr!
Hello lovelies, I do hope your weeks are all going well! As you may have noticed over the past 24 hours viewing my blog, that there are lots of missing links to photo's...a bloggers worst nightmare!!!!!
After indulging in a light panic attack, I am working furiously at getting it all fixed and am looking at changing my image host provider...any recommendations fellow bloggers?! Thank you all so much for putting up with ikky looking posts until I have this all fixed!...Meanwhile, Here is a pretty photo for you of my leisurely Saturday morning bike ride!
One dreary Saturday in Melbourne, Andrew headed to the Sandown Racecourse with his brothers and father where one of them races every other weekend. Us girlfriends of the brothers decided that rain, engine fumes and screeching tires were better left for the boys...so we opted to have a girls day on the Mornignton Peninsula! Despite the weather, we packed our day full of antique shopping and food & wine tasting! These are photo's of some of my favourite food stops from the day.
After spending the morning antique shopping and strolling around the streets and shops of Mornington, we worked ourselves up an appetite! We meandered further down the peninsula through hills and roads lined with eucalyptus (So typically Aussie!) until we reached the Montalto vineyard and olive grove. We ate alfresco under patio heaters in their Piazza Cafe looking out over the rolling hills. My favourite part of the meal was sharing a platter of Montalto tapenade, olive oil and dukkah with ciabatta! After eating I went for a quick stroll through their beautiful little vegetable garden. I even spied a little vintage car hidden in an old shed behind the beanstalks and cabbage patches! With our bellies full of food, we walked a couple of meters from the cafe to the Montalto wine tasting room. As I am quite a newbie to wine tasting, I was advised to start "light" and work my way up over the next few years to the more "full bodied" wines. My favourites were 2013 Pennon Hill Moscato and the 2011 Montalto Pinot Noir (Which you can check out here). This was the second vineyard I've ever visited and I am still yet to do a full on winery tour...I can see myself becoming quite the wine connoisseur when I am one day no longer bound by a student budget! It was so interesting learning about how the different wines were made, how to "swish" the glass around and describe the flavours. We also had a great time trying all of the delicious infused olive oils from their olive grove. In heading off from the vineyards, we decided that it really would be wonderful to do some cheese tasting; to our delight, just as we said 'Lets find some cheese!'- we saw a sign saying "Cheese- 50 metres"...how is that for good luck?! We meandered slowly down a long driveway into dense native Australian bush, damp and dewy from the mornings rain, where the Red Hill Cheese shop camouflaged its self between the trees. We ordered a tasting plate with 8 different types of cheeses. The idea was to work our way from the mildest to the strongest cheese, with a bite of water cracker between each cheese to cleanse the pallet. Red Hill Cheese specialise in sheep cheese, which I had never tried before... and it was delicious! Interestingly, sheep cheese has double the protein and fat of cows milk, but contains no saturated fat. I also learnt that people who are lactose intolerant can actually eat sheep cheese and milk. We left with the "Woolamai Mist" sheep cheese, "Granny's Blue" cow blue cheese and "Coolart Soft" cow feta cheese (which you can check out here) My absolute favourite was the Woolamai Mist because it was incredibly creamy and it actually oozed out the sides like melted liquid gold! (which you can see oozing out in the photo!) On our way back home with the fullest tummy I think I have ever had in my life, we made one more stop at Mornington Peninsula Chocolates...which I obviously didn't need, but what girl says no to chocolate!? You know the chocolate must be good if the shop is packed! Mornington Peninsula Chocolates specialise in using Belgian, French and Swiss chocolate making techniques. They have so many diverse and exotic flavours of chocolate; some of the more daring include chilli & tequila and strawberry & pink peppercorn. I absolutely loved the chai tea ganache and french earl grey ganache (tea and chocolate in one? yes please!). After getting our chocolate fix we drove home with a car full of antiques, wine, olive oil, cheese, chocolate, and very full tummies!


What is the transition from College to University like?
What is the transition from college to university like and what should I expect?
11 October 2016 by Claire Louise Sheridan.
Moving from school to University is such a momentous step. It's one of those milestones that so many of us await for years, and yet when it arrives, we can't help but feel nervous! There's no denying that it's a huge transition, but it doesn't need to be anywhere near as scary as you might imagine.
It's important to recognise that any concerns you may have are highly valid and even natural. Depression and anxiety – especially if you've suffered before – can rear their ugly heads during any stressful stages of life. Many students experience feelings of self-doubt; wondering whether university was the right choice and if they will succeed – the jump from college to university can be a really big one for some people. This may trigger some students to feel incapable of completing the tasks asked of them. Try to break things down into more manageable aspects, and remember that you always have choices.
If you still feel increasingly unhappy in these respects, you can seek professional help. Have a read of our guide to different aspects of the change for some advice!
For a lot of young people who have to leave their family home for University, moving into student accommodation is the first time they've ever lived independently. Liberty Living's student accommodation ensures that you have everything you'll need, whether that's a desk to work on those essays, or a big kitchen for you to prepare your food. Of course, you may still have to go without some familiar home comforts, and this can take some adjusting to! No more Sunday Roast from mum (although you can of course make your own…), and no more pets or siblings. Depending on how you look at it though, that last point might not be such an issue after all (!).
In all seriousness though, it can feel potentially very lonely to move out into the big, wide world on your own – especially when leaving family and friends that you've known since forever. A network will be the best thing you can create for yourself at University, so always be on the lookout for some common ground. You may even surprise yourself; University is a great place for forming bonds with people that you may never have imagined. You can always talk to your family and friends back home, but don't be afraid to reach out to your Uni if you're really struggling as well.
It's the workload that makes people most afraid of University, hands down. As to how big it's really going to be, that depends entirely on your course, the institution and the amount of effort that you're going to put in! Medical students and people studying things like science and architecture seemed to be busy non-stop. On the other hand, I'll be honest – as an Arts student, I felt like there wasn't a lot of work at all. In fact, I did more during my A Levels. I had about 8-10 hours of actual contact time per week at University, and they told me you were supposed to match that in your own time with personal study. I rarely did! At school, you have someone breathing down your neck if you're not doing certain things at certain times. In fairness, a lot of workplaces are like that as well. University is not. I've always been able to self-manage my time, although I'm a little chaotic with a short attention span, so procrastination is an issue. It's something you'll need to work on.
If you're not doing a lot of University work, make sure you use your spare time wisely. Find work experience or a part time job – but don't take on too much. That's one of the biggest lessons you'll have to learn!
Remember, during your first year, your grades don't count towards your final results. Use the time wisely, but don't worry if you struggle. You can seek help, and it's all a learning curve.
Some of the more intense courses can be very challenging, and you might feel overwhelmed or pressured. Your mental health in this respect is so important, as is your physical health if you're exhausting yourself. If you end up doing too much, you could seriously do yourself some damage. Talk to your tutors for some extra support, and please don't feel like a failure just for not wanting to burn the candle at both ends!
In school or college, everything's on a schedule and accounted for. You're in classes throughout the day during the week, and then weekends and holidays are free. At University, your schedule may well be erratic. You might only have lectures or seminars two days a week, at really random times a day. Your friends may well have a lot more hours of classes than you, or perhaps they're working the weekends when you want to go out. Whilst you might find yourself with more time of your hands, your friends might not have the same time on their hands as you! This can be complex, but it basically just means that you get to make more friends.
You should also make sure that you're filling your free time with balanced activities. Don't just go out and drink every night! Join some societies, cook some meals – even explore your new City.
You have a new-found freedom at Uni, but whilst it's a great time to do whatever you want, it's also a great time to discover some really worthwhile things that you actually enjoy! It's also a time to reflect on what you want as a person. There is no shame in seeking extra support at such a big stage in your life.


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'Ankit wanted to be a world class professor' | Meerut News
MEERUT: PhD scholar Ankit Khokhar, 40, who was murdered by his landlord over Rs 40 lakh that the statistician had lent the latter in October this year, wanted to become a world class professor and was planning to go to Germany to further study the subject, said Dr Vikrant Jawla, his close friend. The landlord, Umesh Sharma, 35, was arrested by the UP police on Wednesday.
Ankit was allegedly strangled by Sharma, with a towel on October 6. Sharma then chopped his body into four pieces with a saw and dumped the parts at several places, including the Ganga canal in Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar.
According to police, Umesh, a compounder at a private hospital in Modinagar, had borrowed the money to set up a business and killed him to avoid repaying the sum. The matter came to light, after six friends of Ankit filed a "missing" complaint with police on December 11.
Describing Ankit as a "master statistician", Jawla — Ankit's hostel roommate for three years who now runs a private coaching institute in Meerut — said that he had met him at Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) in Meerut for the first time in 2002. After completing MA in 2004, Ankit and Jawla pursued M Phil in statistics and MSc in mathematics, respectively, from CCSU (also called Meerut University) in 2005.
Ankit,a native of Mukundpur village in Baghpat, also qualified for NET with JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) in 2005. He then enrolled himself for a PhD course in BHU in 2008.
He later returned to Modinagar and lived in a rented room, and gave tuitions in between.
In 2017, Ankit decided to enroll himself for PhD in statistics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, and submitted his thesis in July 2022, added Jawla, who is now a mathematics teacher.
"I learnt statistics from him during my preparation for NET in 2004," Jawla further said, adding that "Ankit was also a good human being." Jawla's mother Omviri Devi said, "Ankit used to respect me a lot. He was like a son."
Meanwhile, local residents at his native village are shocked to hear about his murder.
Ankit's neighbour Sanjiv Chaudhary, the village head of Mukundpur, said, "Since childhood, Ankit had been a brilliant student. He used to spend most of his time studying."
Chaudhary added that Ankit's father, Rampal Singh, was a sports teacher at Lalkhedi inter-college in the district. Ankit had a well-built house equipped with all facilities in Mukundpur.
Around six months ago, he sold the place along with 18 bigha of ancestral land to pursue academics abroad.
"Ankit was not married. He used to say 'I am married to statistics'," said Chaudhary, adding, "Ankit considered Umesh a good friend and gave him full support. But, Umesh betrayed him."
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Shopping at Stonham Barns gives you the perfect opportunity to buy that special gift for somebody or just a treat for yourself, with a large range of unique and interesting shops to visit you will not be disappointed.
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Since taking over Stonham Barns in 2001, the Retail & Shopping Village and the rest of the park have grown and grown and is still being constantly improved on a daily basis. If you have been here before but was several years ago please come back and visit us and you will immediately see the difference just by turning in the entrance!! There is so much to do here now and will make a lovely day out with the family, with mini golf, owl sanctuary, meerkat castle, pottery painting and play areas you will certainly be busy. Also, do not forget to check our events page https://www.stonhambarns.co.uk/showground-events/ to see what shows we have coming up this weekend. We have some really exciting news about new attractions opening next year so please feel free to follow us on any social media to be updated with our latest news.
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Andy Cairns tells a great story about Therapy??s spring UK tour with The Stranglers. As the trio walked onstage in Kilmarnock, Scotland, their frontman noticed a solitary punter, three rows from the front, vigorously booing his band before a single amplified guitar chord had been struck. Each successive song in the set received the same vociferous, relentlessly hostile response. Two nights later, at Nottingham Rock City, the antagonist was back once more, front and centre, still booing, though with markedly less enmity than before. In Manchester, on the final night of the campaign, Cairns stepped from his tour bus to be confronted again by the by-now-familiar face of his new nemesis. This time, however, the guy was clutching a pen and a copy of Therapy??s classic 1994 album Troublegum. ?Could you sign this for me please?? he asked politely. ?I think we?d battered him into submission,? Cairns says with a laugh. It?s an instructive anecdote, both a testament to Therapy??s enduring capacity to win over hearts and minds with their singular, sui generis sound, and a reminder, in a broader sense, that even in the face of alienation, disaffection and discord, there remains hope for consensus, harmony and solidarity. Which brings us, neatly, to Therapy??s fifteenth studio album, Cleave. Roughly themed around notions of duality and division, the band?s follow-up to 2015?s acclaimed Disquiet - and their first recording for new label Marshall Records –is a sharply focused, fiercely intelligent, impassioned and empowering set of songs from a band operating at a creative and artistic peak. A scathing, incisive state-of-the-nation address, investigating the schisms in contemporary society and the motivations of those seeking to propagate disjuncture, it?s a powerful, challenging, uncompromising collection from a band never afraid to confront and dissect humanity?s darkest impulses.
close to their hearts. We?ve never been part of a trend, so we?ve never been cast aside when fashions changed. Cleave, to me, is Therapy? at our most focused. I love our more experimental side, but I also love that this record sounds like it was made by a band who?re all reading from the same script and moving forward with the same determination and hunger.?


Teen Challenge in Macon, Georgia for troubled boys -- a program and school for troubled teenage boys. – homes for troubled youth and boarding schools.
Are you looking for a Teen Challenge in Macon, Georgia? Prayer Mountain Boys Academy is a Teen Challenge boys program that isn't too far away. Our Teen Challenge ranch facility and home for boys is known for a high success rate.
Teen Challenge is a nationally acclaimed institution, boasting some of the top success rates of any programs in the field. Its success and inspiring testimonials have drawn attention from politicians, spiritual leaders, and medical professionals. It's clear that Teen Challenge in Macon, Georgia do what they do with almost unparalleled efficiency, Prayer Mountain is ready and willing to take in boys who are having difficulties in life.
We recognize that each student at Prayer Mountain Academy has their own past and unique set of troubles upon arrival. This Teen Challenge program is individually tailored and success is available to each of them.
Success is what we strive for at Prayer Mountain Academy. What that means is highly personalized, as is the rest of the program. Every boy has personal needs and goals and we start to work with them accordingly from day one. In addition to being assigned a counselor who works one-on-one with your boy, he will have the support from his entire peer group. Through the creation of a healthy network of positive peers and role models, we correct harmful behaviors and replace them with new ones that are demonstrated for your teenager from the moment he arrives.
Is your boy disobedient, angry, irresponsible, and battling with authority? Prayer Mountain can help boys from Macon, Georgia change these negative behaviors.
Boys from Georgia frequently come to this program blaming others and unwilling to see their part in their problems. They learn to take responsibility for their actions, both past and present. They will regain their self-confidence, and replace negativity with positivity. They learn respect for authority and the value of integrity. These things all become possible through this program and through a renewed relationship with God. Hope is alive and success is very possible at Prayer Mountain Boys Academy.
Like Teen Challenge in Macon, Georgia, we receive bountiful support from donors and local churches, so we can offer treatment for your troubled teens at rates that are significantly lower than comparable programs.
Because Teen Challenge boasts such a high success rate, our community is very thankful for the work that takes place at Prayer Academy. This is evidenced by their ongoing financial support of our program. In turn, we are able to provide our high quality services at prices much lower than similar programs in Macon, Georgia. This kind of opportunity should be available to all troubled teens, and, through this generosity, we are able to provide it for boys like yours at low cost.
Prayer Mountain Boys Academy, located in Georgia, is committed to creating successful young men at a low tuition. This Teen Challenge program has had much success with boys from Georgia and can benefit yours as well.
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We can also help you in your search for other alternative boarding schools, therapeutic schools, schools for troubled youth, teen boarding schools, or Christian therapeutic schools. This is a Teen Challenge boys ranch and boarding school program dedicated to helping troubled boys get a new start in life. Our boys ranch is a therapeutic program that offers hope and an opportunity for a new and more productive future for at-risk boys. Teen Challenge therapeutic boarding school and ranch providing behavioral therapy for troubled teenage boys.
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The ESMT Update was first published in 2009. The first issues highlighted the school's new developments. In 2011, ESMT started publishing thematic issues. After a design re-launch in 2014, the ESMT Update has turned into a knowledge-based magazine with highly topical articles that appeal equally to internal and external target groups.


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Vol. 10 No. 13 (2014): Eksiilkirjanduse erinumber /
Artiklid / Articles
Karl Ristikivi ajalooliste romaanide sari: võrdlus Dante Alighieri "Jumaliku komöödiaga" / Karl Ristikivi's series of historical novels: a comparison with Dante's Divine Comedy
Krista Keedus University of Tartu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7592/methis.v10i13.1302
Keywords: Karl Ristikivi, historical novels, Gothic, Divine Comedy
In depicting a comprehensive religious world view, Karl Ristikivi's series of historical novels is structured, like Dante's Divine Comedy, according to the philosophy of the gothic cathedral. With characters, events and themes corresponding with Dante's masterpiece, the novels form a tri-level structure based on Christian myths. The novels are delineated by associations with paradise (The Burning Flag, The Bridal Veil, Noble Hearts), purgatory (The Last Citadel, The Song of Joy, Dragon's Teeth) and hell (The Riders of Death, A Sorcerer's Apprentice, Double Play). Contrary to the philosophy of increasing light found in Divine Comedy, Ristikivi's historical series of novels portray the descent from light to darkness, from unity to fragmentation, from asceticism to sexuality, and from elevated language and style to comedy and grotesquery. In the first two trilogies, the characters' ethical bearing steadily deteriorates. As well as comparisons to paradise and its inhabitants, a key theme of the paradise novels is the kingdom of Christ. The virtuous heroes of The Burning Flag and The Bridal Veil, Konradin von Hohenstaufen and St. Catherine of Siena, symbolize two aspects of the kingdom of Christ: the empire and the church. Both characters are also associated with the image of a mountain where salvation is at the top. The model for this is the Mount of Purgatory in Divine Comedy, which has earthly paradise at the top. In the purgatory novels, the characters and motifs are associated, as in Dante's work, with the cultural sphere. These three novels are permeated with themes such as penitence, guilt and judgement. Brimming with inhumanity and discord, the hell novels feature themes related to the Tower of Babel and making a pact with the devil. Another of Ristikivi's novels, the metaphysical All Souls' Night also follows the structure of Divine Comedy and can therefore be regarded as part of the historical series. The world of All Souls' Night is labryinthian; hierarchies have crumbled in the contemporary atheistic world. The themes of Dante's masterpiece also appear in Island of Miracles, an interim story that parodies modern society. Similar to All Souls' Night, Island of Miracles blends paradise, hell and purgatory. The crumbling of hierarchies also appears in the third trilogy, which deals with the new age, symbolizing Ristikivi's scepticism about the secularised new and modern age. The works that feature chaotic hierarchies are in contrast to the series' orderly cathedral-like structure followed in the first and second trilogies that take place in the Middle Ages. Modeled after the structure of gothic cathedral and Divine Comedy, Ristikivi's historical series, with its repetitive and contrasting themes, forms a tightly linked whole. A vivid example of this structure is the motif of the heavenly carriage that reappears in Ristikivi's texts, inspired by Divine Comedy.
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Armando Durán fue un joven actor de la época dorada argentina.

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Actor de reparto de la época de oro del cine argentino, tuvo su paso esporádico en la pantalla grande y el teatro durante la década de 1940.

Se inició a fines de los 30's con la película ...Y mañana serán hombres, junto con Sebastián Chiola y Malisa Zini; y se despidió con Mi fortuna por un nieto estelarizado por Olinda Bozán y Augusto Codecá.

Trabajó con grades directores de la talla de Carlos Borcosque, Luis José Bayón Herrera y Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Filmografía
 1940: Mi fortuna por un nieto
 1940: Un señor mucamo
 1940: Los celos de Cándida
 1939: Muchachas que estudian
 1939: Cándida
 1939: El viejo doctor
 1939: ...Y mañana serán hombres

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Arnold care home makes former teacher's dream come true with visit to old school in West Bridgford
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An Arnold care home resident's dream of revisiting the primary school where she worked for 16 years has now come true.
Janet Marden, who lives at Coppice Lodge, last set foot at her former place of work, Abbey Road Primary School in West Bridgford, in 1988.
She joined the team in 1972 and taught five-year-olds for five years before moving on to teach 10-year-olds in 1977 until she retired. It's thought she taught almost 500 of Nottingham's children in total.
After almost 31 years since her last visit, Janet's trip forms part of Coppice Lodge's wish tree initiative, where residents can make a special wish and the care team does everything in its power to fulfil it.
PICTURED: Janet Marden outside Abbey Road Primary School in West Bridgford
During the visit, Janet took a tour of the school, hosted by headteacher Mrs Toom and school secretary Mrs McNeil, whom recalled very fond memories of Janet's time at the school, thanks to members of the school's current and former teacher's lunch club, of which Janet was once a part.
Janet said: "It was fantastic to be back at Abbey Road and it brought some lovely memories flooding back. The school hall hasn't changed one bit but it's lovely to see how the school has grown in recent years.
"A big thank you to everyone at Coppice Lodge for making this possible and to Mrs Toom and Mrs McNeil for showing me around."
Mrs Toom, headteacher at Abbey Road Primary School, said: "It was an absolute pleasure to show Janet around Abbey Road and to witness her joy when seeing young children at work and play. She had so many fond and funny memories and we loved hearing stories about our school from her time here.
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Coppice Lodge's lifestyle manager, Lorna Thornley, said: "It was a real joy to be able to grant Janet's wish and take her back to the school where she spent so much of her career. It was lovely to see her smiling throughout the visit and remembering some very happy times from years gone by."
Proud to be rated "good" by the Care Quality Commission, Coppice Lodge is operated by Ideal Carehomes and offers 24 hour residential and dementia care for up to 64 residents on an inclusive fee basis.
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The International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control (Board) was established by Order of the International Joint Commission (IJC) dated 12 September 1946 to ensure the implementation of the provisions of that Order relative to the alteration and operation of Zosel Dam. Zosel Dam was built in 1927 on the Okanogan River 2.7 km (1.7 mi) below Osoyoos Lake by the Zosel Lumber Company to create a log storage pond.
On January 31, 2013, The International Joint Commission announced that it had issued a Supplementary Order of Approval renewing the State of Washington's authority to operate Zosel Dam and making minor modifications in how water levels on Osoyoos Lake will be managed.
Please refer to the reports section of the website for more information on studies related to the Order renewal process and other documents of relevance to the Board of Control, including annual Board reports to the IJC. The records section of the Reports page contains records of past Board meetings and relevant IJC Orders of Approval for Osoyoos Lake.
The International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control is seeking digital photo submissions from members of the public for posting to this website. Specifically, we are accepting submissions of high quality scenic photos for use as home page sliders. Please see the attached submission criteria here and send us your best Osoyoos Lake pics!


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This facility is a buy-back location and recycling center that accepts common recyclable items and motor oil. We pay various amounts for CRV recyclable materials, such as aluminum, glass (sorted by color), plastics #1-7, and motor oil.
Other recyclable materials including scrap glass, tin food cans, corrugated cardboard, newspaper, mixed paper, shredded paper and household batteries are accepted for donation and will not be paid for.


Lawrence Gray has been my friend since 1984. "Lawrence" was what his wife, Maureen, called him when he had overstepped her mark. But he was unmistakably himself to us, always the person, the character, that he was: Laurie.
When I was first ordained in Leeds, it was Laurie and Maureen who took me under their wing, made sure I was never lonely as I started out, fed me, and gave me four years of laughter, joy, friendship - and a regard and understanding that I never deserved, but which held me up in good times and bad. I have never been worthy of the welcome I had into that family, and their encouragement then has lived with me to this day. Laurie had been a gifted footballer with a promising career ahead, which he gave up to marry Maureen and raise their large family. He is the hardest worker I ever met; and his dedication to the task in hand, and to what he felt mattered for people, inspired the same in others. He had no respect for those who didn't measure up, and if you were out of favour, you were out until you proved yourself again. Then you were back in – just!
After work in the Leeds metal and engineering industry (I think it was electroplating and that it badly affected his health and eyesight), Laurie was a much loved conductor on the Leeds buses, always ready with a la ugh on the No 2 from the Corn Exchange to Belle Isle and Middleton, I think it was. He would do anything for you; and, as was always the Leeds way, everyone was "love". When the conductors were phased out, the company was keen to keep him on, and they tried to train him as a driver; but a mix of poor eyesight and not feeling confident it was right for him meant in the end that he took on the management of the uniform stores. When he retired, he gave me his stout leather driver-conductor's lockable float-and-ticket machine bag, which I still use regularly.
It was at Church that the Laurie I knew was his truest self. He was hugely proud that his eldest son, Paul, was a chorister at Leeds Parish Church; and his own devout churchgoing was serious, devout, loyal, and unstinting. Our Church, St Wilfrid's, Halton, was (and is) a lively and mixed "village" church in the midst of east Leeds, set on the rise of Selby Road, a "city set on a hill" serving the remains of the old hamlet near the great Temple Newsam House, the post-war owner-occupier houses, the interwar suburban houses and bungalows, the long terrace of Victorian town houses on the ridge, where Laurie and Maureen lived, as did I, and the Halton Moor council housing estate. This was "The Parish that Came Alive" under the visionary Ernie Southcott, an energetic laboratory for his take on the "Parish Communion Movement" of pastoral liturgy that placed the Eucharist at the heart of the life and activity of the parish's people and their homes. But it was under the steady hand and more traditional approach of Canon Kenneth Stapleton that Laurie drank deep of the Faith, and raised his family in the heart and life of the Church. Laurie on Sunday was no different from any other day, except intense and focused at Church, where he served on the altar, when he was not a sidesman or warden. He used to tell me that it meant everything that there was Christ on the altar, then the priest, then him, then the people in a clear line of connection at communion "without a doubt" (as he would say), no one in Church more than three steps from heaven itself.
What a faith! It took him all through the week, though he never wore a religious heart on his sleeve: "I am not a Christian," he would say. "One day, perhaps, I can hold myself up and say so, without it all being a facade." He knew himself. He knew about the falling-outs and the arguments. No pretence, his humour and expressions were so gloriously ripe (though I do not ever remember him swearing - people didn't much then anyway – at least, I don't remember him swearing in front of me!). He didn't suffer fools gladly and could tell you unmistakably why; and if he had been hurt, he could keep a grudge on principle for years. This was a man of complete personal rectitude and integrity, driven to overcome his own odds, yet wise and accepting of others who struggled. He gave himself with without reserve because of love for his family. And because he understood himself, he was compassionate about other people's needs and shortcomings, the problems they found themselves in and the needs they had to be loved regardless - even if that sometimes meant the hurt of having to leave them be.
Sadly, in later years, changes in Church life and worship left him estranged, and that is a shame; but the belonging in which he had been formed did not leave him: they remained deep within his heart, still sustained through close family bonds, and by friends and neighbours too. These things do not go far away; and nor do we, in God who is understanding of us always.
At the very centre of his service at St Wilfrid's, something he loved deeply, were young people. He was completely committed to the Scout movement, and took it as seriously as serving in Church. Teaching, leading, inspiring young lads was in his bones, and they loved him for it, because they could see he was giving them everything of himself. He could be stern and demanding, and how they would moan; but it only increased your assurance. You would not want to cross him - not because of his wrath, but because no one would want to disappoint him. He had your back, and young people had no better protector. The walks, the canoes, the camps in the Lakes, the fell-walking with Wainwright and the treks in the Dales: it was unforgettable. He had everything covered and he opened up new worlds and possibilities to anyone willing to go along with him, to learn and play their part too. I also think that up in the dales and fells he felt the awe and wonder giving their dimension to his soul: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help," resonated with him. He didn't say much about these things, but that spoke volumes.
The sheer determination that carried him through life was nowhere better seen than in his unstoppable drive to build a dedicated new scout and guides hut - Laurie was the relentless fund-raiser and the builder too. He charmed the rich, and won the confidence of those with much less that it would all happen and it was worth their unstinting contribution too. It was all on, and no one could fail to be involved. He even got me, of all people, to be the Group Scout Leader, so that he had all the official backing he needed to see it through. And he did.
There are many people with state honours who have not done a fraction of what Laurie did from his heart for young people. It is my deep belief that now he has the greatest honour of all: he knew his own shortcomings well, but now he possesses freedom from them – from everything that holds human beings back in this life from being all they could have been, and from the gift of his heart's desire: the knowledge at last that he can call himself what his beloved mentor, Canon Stapleton, assured him he would be: a Christian.
Laurie, your journeys here included the No 2 bus to the Corn Exchange and the parish trips with the scouts to climb Ben Lomond. Everywhere you went in your imagination and wonder at creation is now your true homeland. Once you knew you were no more than three steps away from Christ on his altar. Now there are no more steps and He has you to His side. Well done, good and faithful Laurie: you got there, by God's grace. Now may you rest in peace.


And Then All I Thought About Was You | How one little man can change your whole world. The cries, laughs, shouts and screams and then the cuddles make it ALL worthwhile!!
Hello everyone, just a little heads up.
The reason I have been away for few days is because we have moved!
I know it is very exciting but And Then All I Thought About Was You has taken the plunge and moved to self hosting.
Please bear with me I am still tweaking but most things are in place, except a few blog badges and my blog roll, but I shall finish them asap. If you have a blog you want included then email me and I shall add you to the list!
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Thank you for reading this little old blog in the last year and I hope that you will enjoy the new one.
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Now I love you dearly, but I am really getting to the end of my tether! Why have you stopped scratching to let us know that you want to go out for a wee. We can't see the back door, so we don't know you are standing there, will you please go back to scratching like you used to. As I am fed up with the accidents in the hallway. You need to make a noise! You're a dog bark for goodness sake!
Today is And Then All I Thought About Was You's birthday we are officially one year old!
It has been a mammoth year that I never ever expected to happen, I have made friends with people, have met people and have actually had people read my blog! Which still amazes me to this day.
The Gallery – Body Parts! Ears!
So it is the first Gallery of the year and Tara has chosen the prompt Body Parts!
I thought about this long and hard, I thought I would use hands but ended up using them for my 365 Project and everything else I thought of worked around feet and I thought lots of people may do that. So I was stumped and thought that I wouldn't do the gallery this week.
Child and Mother. Hands together. From birth till the end of time. Obstacles may be in the way. But they will never break the tie!
Can a dog not lick his nose round here in peace anymore! Seriously!
I have a little issue, that I know my not seem an issue but it is slightly bugging me.
Over Christmas Baba got a brand new bed, not a toddler bed, but a proper full size single bed, and he loves it. As we were getting a new bed we knew that his Auntie was buying him a train table so rearranged all of his room so that finally some toys could go up there, due to my lounge looking like an extra from the ELC shop!


Living in the heart of the city has made me grow personally and professionally. If I thought being a college student living alone on campus shaped me to be become an adult, then living in the city alone goes above and beyond. Independence is real, what I dedicate my attention to is even that more crucial. As I am getting closer to graduation day with only a month left in the semester, every second counts. I do my best to be as productive and as time committed as I can. I am learning so much about myself, as a future social worker and as a student. Without a doubt I love the independence and city life. I am sure no one can argue with that!
My internship at New Moms is going great. I am finally dominating my position, but sadly I must leave soon. I am glad social work is a flexible career that can branch out in various directions. I have learned Chicago is such a great location where social work organizations set their roots and develop, such as New Moms. I feel fortunate to live in a city with many career opportunities as I myself venture off to pursue and explore my passion. Time and time again I am reminded how I can experience so much independence. I love it! Chicago has such a neat transportation system, I think people easily take it for granted. The night life, the unique street views, are all a beauty to live amoungst. The places I can discover on my own perhaps is my favorite thing about living in city.
Last Wednesday I was able to attend the Jane Addams Hull-House located on the campus of University of Illinois in Chicago. The Hull- House was a settlement from the late 1800s – 1900s which quickly expanded creating a movement of justice. One of the founders of the settlement, Jane Addams had a vision to provide homes for victims of a broken system. The Hull-House provided social, educational, and artistic programs to all those in need. It one of the last buildings standing after structures were demolished in order to build the surrounding UIC campus. I felt fortunate to visit a museum so significant to America's history. It was captivating to walk through the rooms where people poured their heart and soul, in sparking a change in society. It was amazing to see how the house itself is preserved and intact, made to resemble its era. It is a site I recommend students visiting to learn on its unique history and its famous landmark for paranormal events!
I have officially found my favorite place to get all my work done. A couple of blocks south of Canterbury is a Starbucks on Rush & Oak Street. It is 2-floors and has a balcony with a captivating street view. I love this Starbucks because it is not small or crowded as others are. On a daily basis one can find people working on their laptops or simply mingling. The last couple of times I have gone I have stayed until they close. It is by far my favorite place to be productive. In a matter of few hours I easily get my work done. Seeing everyone being productive motivates me even more to be productive. The city has so many places to explore, even simply discovering neat locations to study!


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A near pair of antique stone troughs from Worcestershire with original drainage holes through the curved fronts. Old stone troughs were individually carved by hand and it is unusual to find two troughs which are so closely matching that they can be used as a pair. They are typical pump troughs which would once have stood under a well pump and have the added benefit of good internal planting depth.


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Last September, Nette and I planned a bachelorette party for our friend Maria. We met for cocktails at Fleming's in La Jolla to plan the festivities and decided on a relaxing spa getaway where we could laze by the pool, eat delicious meals and celebrate Maria's last months of being single. We did not want a wild "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" style weekend. After a glass or two of wine, it was decided that the venue would be the JW Marriot Palm Desert Springs and Spa. The color of the evening....RED.


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Yoga is the science that has the ability to heal the body, mind, and the soul. Swing in the air without strain and make your spine young forever with Rope Wall Yoga Hardware.
Hitting the wall with the right yoga poses will helpha you in many ways. Wall is one of the best props one can use in yoga if done with safe and supportive apparatus. This is one the newest trends in the yoga domain and many like this new form of relaxation. Now you can fight your stress and anxiety disorders with all new wall yoga, go up in the air, and rejuvenate yourself. As you, all know yoga is a broader discipline that encompasses many techniques and practices that help to tone the body and the soul. Practicing yoga is one of the ultimate gifts one can provide to the body and mind. It helps to fight against anxiety and stress.
The wall yoga is a form of yoga based on BKS Iyengar principles of alignment. He was the Guru who used 'the wall' as a prop to practice asanas by opening and creating space in the body using therapeutic techniques. The basic "Yoga Wall" took on the form of ropes supported by wall hooks. This was one of the novel innovations in the field of yoga by BKS Iyengar. His techniques and practices are famous around the world and is indeed a blessing to the humanity.
The Yoga Wall evolved, and new systems emerged designed by authentic yoga gurus. Adjustable straps came into use that accommodated all body-types. Nowadays various supportive apparatus are there which one can use to practice wall yoga or you can just make use of the wall to practice basic yoga poses. Either way, you will improve the versatility of the body and gain an upper hand over stress and anxiety.
Can you practice Yoga to cure anxiety and stress? Absolutely. Wall yoga can definitely help you to deal with stress and anxiety, but it offers much more to the body. You can experience the gravitational force, work against this force with the help of props. This exceptional Yogacure practice utilizes a natural form of resistance and helps to develop a strong body and mind. There are many best type of yoga sequence for anxiety and depression Youtube videos available that will help you to grow emotionally and physically strong.
You will attain a healthy, flexible spine that cooperates with every move that you make.
Can the elderly people and people with injuries practice wall yoga?
Wall yoga gives great attention and improved focus on body alignment. BKS Iyengar started the use of "props" such as cushions, blocks, benches, straps, and sandbags. These props help beginners and elderly people to practice asanas more easily and fully than following the usual mat forms. Most of the poses that can be done only with several years of practice can be easily done using these props. Props make it easy for the elderly, injured, and tired people to enjoy the poses and align the body naturally without any strain. The best part is that they can achieve all the benefits of complex asanas with the help of fully "supported" props without giving any strain to the muscles.
How does wall yoga help to deal with anxiety and stress?
Yoga poses need to practice and only time can make one perfect enough to achieve all the benefits. Today in this busy schedule people do not find time to practice yoga routinely and therefore most of us leave the courses or programs in half way.
Wall yoga is different, here you do not need to have years of practice or expertise to do complex poses. You do not have to strain your muscles. For example, you can do a headstand easily with the help of adjustable straps against the wall. Headstand poses helps to improve blood flow to the brain and improve positive energy in the body. Various poses are available that help the body to attain better health and improved functions. When you start exercising the hormonal levels comes to a balance, your body tends to be normal. Your overall health will improve and you will start to feel the power of positivity. All these definitely help to prevent stress and anxiety issues.
How does wall yoga work?
The Yoga Wall is a different experience compared to the normal conventional floor or mat type yoga. This is a great step to the world of yoga for beginners as well as advanced levels. This type of yoga helps to understand the correct method of practicing an asana. It not only helps to form the correct shape but also helps to be self-aware. It makes one achieve proper alignment and work on the joint for greater flexibility. You can make simple adjustments to the body along with proper breathing techniques.
Wall yoga helps to improve stability and trains the mind to live a disciplined life. It helps to improve concentration and improves the overall nervous system functioning. One can easily achieve inner peace and close the gap between the mind and the body. One can easily do the downward facing dog, headstand, standing forward bend, child pose, reverse triangle pose and butterfly pose easily with the help of the wall. Not only these poses, one can practice a wide range of complex poses easily with the help of trained instructors and props.
Anxiety and stress are dreadful enemies that take away the quality of the life. If one learns simple techniques such as wall yoga, then it is easy to manage stress and anxiety. Yoga as a whole is a great remedy for various health issues.
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This story is incredible. You may recognize Michael Ketterer and his sweet family from his Golden Buzzer audition on America's Got Talent.
What you might not have known is that He grew up without a consistent father figure in his life, so the role of "father" was not one Michael identified with. In this film from I Am Second, Michael and his wife, Ivey, share how their children have shown them the transcendent, healing power of a Father's love. Get ready to be inspired.
Watch Michael's Tear-Jerker Audition on America's Got Talent!


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Valkyria Chronicles Sales Exceed Expectations on Steam
Daniel Bischoff Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Valkyria Chronicles
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Valkyria Chronicles, originally released on PlayStation 3 and reviewed on GameRevolution, has reportedly far exceeded the publisher's expectations in its Steam release for the PC platform.
Currently sitting in third-place on the digital distribution service's sales charts behind Football Manager 2015 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sega Senior VP of Commercial Publishing, John Clark said "We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fans for their support in the phenomenal success of this launch."
The publisher boasted that within the first 24 hours of availability, Valkyria Chronicles excelled beyond sales expectations and Clark additionally offered that "response from the Steam community which indicates that newcomers to the series are finding it as enchanting and engaging as those who have played it before."
For more on the series, click on the game titles below.
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Once Upon a Time: ABC Series Creators Take Season Six 'Back to Basics'
by Cindy McLennan, June 13, 2016
(ABC/Eike Schroter)
In its sixth season, ABC's Once Upon a Time TV show is going back to basics. During an ATX Television Festival panel for Freeform's upcoming Dead of Summer TV series, executive producer Edward Kitsis promised Once Upon a Time, season six, will differ from previous seasons.
For the past three seasons, ABC scheduled Once Upon a Time in two (largely) uninterrupted blocks of 11 episodes each. Creators Kitsis and Adam Horowitz took advantage of that and featured one story in the first half of the season and another in the second. Season six of Once Upon a Time, starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Robert Carlyle, and Colin O'Donoghue, will be approached as a 22 episode whole.
(ABC/Jack Rowand)
Deadline reports:
"This season is going to be different than the past seasons," Creator/EP Edward Kitsis told the crowd. "It's not going to be 'Hyde comes to town, we fight with him for 10 episodes, and then the winter finale he dies, we move on.' We kind of changed around what we're doing this year… going back to that season 1 mentality, with small town stories and smaller arcs. We're planning a 22 episode story, as oppose to just kind of breaking it up into 2 parts."
Per EW, Horowitz added, "We're also planning a 22-episode story as opposed to breaking it up into two halves this year. It's been really exciting and fun." Here's more:
In season 6, the show will be exploring more tales from the Land of Untold Stories, which opens up new and endless possibilities for storytelling. (Check out some of those possibilities here.) But that doesn't mean the heroes and villains we've come to know and love are taking a backseat — in fact, it's the opposite.
"That's actually providing the opportunity to look at our characters in a different way," Horowitz said. "What's really exciting about it is, for season 6, really being in Storybrooke again. As we hinted in the finale last year, in seeing the Evil Queen [Lana Parrilla] split, it's allowing us to do that for a lot of our characters — not as literally — but it's turning inward on a lot of these characters that we've been with for five seasons so far."
(ABC/Jack Rowand).
The Once Upon a Time season five finale, "An Untold Story," introduced Jekyll and Hyde (Hank Harris and Sam Witwer) who will feature in season six. Henry's (Jared Gilmore) girlfriend, Camelot native Violet (Olivia Steele Falconer) is the daughter of Sir Morgan, who, in the finale, was revealed to be Hank Morgan of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
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After the finale aired, EW pored over screenshots from the episode, looking for Easter Eggs that might provide a clue as to which stories from the Land of Untold Stories. At the New York City Public Library, Henry finds storybooks not unlike his own special tome.
Screenshots of the books in the EW article reveal stories including The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha; The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby; Gulliver's Travels; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; and Paul Bunyan.
Easter Eggs EW spotted in the scenes from the Land of Untold Stories include The Three Musketeers, the Knight of the Holy Grail, and oh-so-briefly, cowboys!
Some fans have identified Aladdin and Jasmine, as well as Esmerelda (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame). There was also a hot air balloon, pictured in the screencap, below. Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne), anyone?
Once Upon a Time TV show on ABC season five finale. Screencap via kissthemgoodbye.net.
The first season of the Once Upon a Time TV series remains a fan favorite. Some viewers have grown tired of the two mini-seasons-in-one format. A 22 episode story made up of small town stories with shorter arcs might be just the ticket for the sixth season of Once Upon a Time. What do you think?
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Jim J.
"Once Upon a Time"'s ratings were really low during its fifth season. The two-mini-seasons-in-one format must cause ratings to be lower in the second half of the season rather than the first half. The cancellation of "Galavant" (which aired during the midseason hiatus of "OUaT"'s fourth and fifth season) would allow some breathing room for "OUaT" next season, so I hope "OUaT"'s viewership rises for its sixth season now that the two-mini-seasons-in-one format has been dropped.
Cindy McLennan
The ratings are always lower in the second half of the season because Football always wins the night, but still, I think you're right that the format was losing viewers. I am looking forward to a 22 episode story.
Christopher Shulz
I am excited at this news of a change back. Ive been a bit bored at times the past couple of years & most of the time cant wait until the 1/2 year is wrapped up because I am so sick of the guest character (i.e., peter pan, hades). I was never close to not watching anymore, however…my love for the original cast prevents me from ever wanting this show to end!
I agree, Christopher.
Personally, I have loved every season and every storyline…always excited to see what storyline & characters will pop up next!!


Is it difficult to get young girls enthusiastic about energy efficiency and climate protection? Not at all: Heike Bordin-Knappmann, Senior Manager Learning & Development at ista and herself a mother of three girls, took up the challenge and was pleasantly surprised. On Girls' Day 2017, she went in search of energy guzzlers with the pupils from Borbeck Girls Grammar School.
It is 7:30 on Thursday morning and the corridors of Borbeck Girls Grammar School are already a hive of activity: pupils are running along the corridors, shouting hello to each other or putting their heads together to swap their latest news. I set off for classroom 114. It's quieter here. Only two young girls are already preparing a pin wall for our workshop. It is the International Girls' Day and the perfect opportunity for us to work intensively with the 5th and 6th form pupils to get them enthusiastic about technology and the sciences.
The subject of energy is right at the top of the agenda. Possibilities of saving energy are an important subject for Essen, European Green Capital 2017, especially this year. The grammar school is one of the five secondary schools that has been equipped with metering technology as part of the project "ista schools in energy efficiency". However, the new transparency about energy consumption is to benefit not just the school but above all its pupils. And that's why I'm also here today: together with my colleague Maike Böcker, I am championing the project.
By holding the workshop at the Borbeck Girls Grammar School, ista employees are playing an active role in energy saving and energy efficiency.
Together with 25 6th form girls, we track down hidden energy guzzlers and make real energy detectives out of the pupils. Our job is to explain to them how to find these energy guzzlers and introduce them to the newly installed technology which helps them to do this. We are supported by Magdalena Burger, Climate Protection Manager for Educational Institutions from the city of Essen.
I am normally only in schools for parent-teacher meetings or on polling days so walking along the school corridors is an unusual experience for me. But there is no time to be nervous. While I quickly talk through the workshop schedule with my project partners, the pupils are already streaming into the classroom. The girls take their seats and gradually quieten down. They are excited, I can see that. After a brief round of introductions, they start to liven up and we begin our topic in a fun way: "What do you think makes a good detective?" I ask them.
The pupils become energy detectives and have plenty of answers to the question of where energy is used.
One by one, hands shoot up. "He should be quiet so he is inconspicuous. And of course he should be a good observer," one girl replies. I like the answer and it fits in very well with their first task: the girls are to take it in turns to tell us what they did before they came to school this morning and where the use of energy was involved. The alarm clock was switched off, hair dried, toast made or cocoa heated in the microwave. The eager girls soon detect that they used a lot of electricity. Their task is to listen very carefully and stand up as soon as energy is involved.
Every detective has a mission. What is that mission for an energy detective? "Energy detectives track down 'crime scenes' where energy is wasted and think about how to prevent it," a pupil suggests. After a short time I have no doubt that there are plenty of 'crime scenes' in the school building. During the two-hour workshop, I myself discover that the heating in the classroom is permanently full on despite the mild temperatures outside. There are no thermostatic valves to regulate the heating. No wonder the pupils frequently open the windows wide to keep the temperature bearable in the room.
After just a few introductory questions, I already notice that the pupils are on the ball and I am really very impressed by how much they know about climate change and how great their interest in environmental and climate protection is. The girls are very much aware of how important saving energy is but so far they often have no opportunity to play an active energy-saving role, especially during their school day. So we go together in search of clues. In addition to the radiators which are full on, the main energy-guzzling culprits we discover are dripping taps and technical devices and appliances in stand-by mode.
The pupils learn how easy it is for them to introduce energy-saving measures.
To make sure things really change in future, we also show the energy detectives how the newly installed metering technology can help save energy. Just as an observant detective should, the girls soon discover the heat cost allocators on the radiators. We quickly dispel the rumour that heat cost allocators regulate the temperature. For electronic heat cost allocators are metering devices and record energy consumption which is then shown in the small display. But we take this opportunity to show the girls how they can optimally regulate the heat given out by the radiators using the thermostatic valves that are soon to be installed.
Heike Bordin-Knappmann shows the pupils how they can regulate the heat in a room using thermostatic valves.
By the end of the first workshop, I am already quite proud to see what effect the project is having in schools. The pupils are eager and playing an active role and I am sure they will remind each other and point it out if one of them should unnecessarily waste energy. By not only providing the schools with the technical equipment and so making energy consumption transparent, but also raising the pupils awareness as to how they themselves can become active with small and simple measures, we are enabling lasting changes to be made. The project is therefore worth its weight in good for both sides.
After the second workshop, I am exhausted but paradoxically euphoric and full of energy. This day has really changed my perspective in an exciting way. The pupils have infected me with their eagerness and I have realised: actually it's all about getting people enthusiastic whether you're holding a school workshop, or you're in training management or HR and management development.


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