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Excavating Pitt-Rivers
studying the archaeological collections made by Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
Talk to Yorkshire Archaeological Society
On Saturday (22nd June) Carlotta gave a talk to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in Leeds. The talk focussed on the work that the project has completed on the Yorkshire material and highlighted the importance of the time that Pitt-Rivers spent working in Yorkshire. Yorkshire appears to have influenced Pitt-Rivers work considerably and it is a great shame that we know so little about his early work in 1867. We hope to build upon our existing knowledge as the project moves into a more research based phase.
One of the three rags collected by Pitt-Rivers from St. Helen's Well (PRM 1884.140.331 .1).
The society were incredibly friendly and provided great nuggets of information. One particularly interesting piece of information was about the three tied rags, from St. Helen's Well, that we have in our collection. St Helen's Well was, and by some still is still, known for its healing powers. People would leave rags tied to a near by tree or drop coins or stones into the well - they would then take a sip of the water. The idea was that the illness would pass from the person into the object and they would be cured.
The information and local knowledge that the project gained from the talk in Leeds really emphasised why it is so important to communicate with local societies. We look forward to our talks in London and Surrey in the near future.
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Antler and Bone
We have finally completed Sussex, the largest assemblage from a single county. It mainly consisted of ceramic sherds and stone tools. However the last few objects we looked at were a complete change; three beautiful weaving combs of antler from Lancing [PRM 1884.46.11-13]. Two of the objects photographed are decorated, one of which [PRM 1884.46.13] is broken where the handle was perforated for a rope or leather thong to pass through to allow the comb to be attached to the wearers belt.
PRM 1884.46.11-13 (left to right) were collected in Lancing by James Medhurst and purchased by Pitt-Rivers in 1879.
London, our next county, has a great variety of objects and is proving to be very interesting. The animal bones excavated from London Wall were identified by Professor Richard Owen, the first director of the Natural History Museum. His name is written on a number of objects as seen below.
PRM 1884.140.271 is a metatarsal identified as Red Deer by Richard Owen.
Lane Fox (1867: lxxvi) described some of the bone implements from London Wall as being of "ruder construction...cut through in the middle and roughly squared at the small end". He goes on to say that:
Professor Owen and Mr. Blake concur in thinking these implements may possibly have been formed with flint, but I cannot ascertain that they were found at a lower level than the Roman remains, nor have any flint implements, to my knowledge, been found in the place.
PRM 1885.118.260 is an example of a pinners bone found at London Wall.
The objects are in fact pinners bones from the Medieval and Post Medieval period. The shaft was worked into four flat facets and a saw used to make the grooves for holding the pin in place whilst it was filed and sharpened (MacGregor 1985: 171).
Other bone and antler objects excavated in London include chisels, points, knives, mattocks, bobbins, scoops and skates.
PRM 1884.118.190 is a mattock made from antler, excavated in August 1869 from peat bogs in Walthamstow.
PRM 1884.118.257 is a scoop made from the metatarsal of a horse, found in the excavations at London Wall in January 1869.
Lane Fox, A. 1867. A Description of Certain Piles Found near London Wall and Southwark, Possibly the Remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London, Vol. 5 (1867), pp. lxxi-lxxxiii
MacGregor, A. 1985. Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn: The Technology of Skeletal Materials Since the Roman Period. London: Croom Helm
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Out and about...
The town hall in Lewes - formerly the Star Inn where Pitt-Rivers stayed whilst excavating Mount Caburn in 1877-78.
As part of our public engagement programme, for the Excavating Pitt-Rivers project, Carlotta Gardner gave a talk to the Sussex Archaeological Society in Lewes on Saturday (8th June). It was an excellent opportunity to inform the society, with which Pitt-Rivers worked, about the project and our results from cataloguing and researching the archaeological material excavated by the General from Sussex which is held at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
The Sussex Archaeological Society on top of Mount Caburn
After the Talk a group of us went on a small field trip up Mount Caburn, where Pitt-Rivers excavated in 1877-78. The weather was perfect and we were able to see for miles around. As mentioned in a previous post Pitt-Rivers spent a considerable amount of time in Sussex studying and excavating a number of 'camps'. Mount Caburn was of particular interest to Pitt-Rivers and the Museum holds approximately 3,900 objects from his excavations there. In a letter to George Rolleston he described having to walk up the mount in order to be there before 8 am to set things up. Walking from Lewes would have taken around 30-40 minutes.
The walk up Mount Caburn (from Glynde)
Overall it was a wonderful day out and the Society were incredibly friendly and welcoming. We look forward to their visit to Oxford, to look at the Sussex collections, in October.
Panoramic view from the top of Mount Caburn.
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Pitt-Rivers and Cissbury
The Excavating Pitt-Rivers team continues to work through the material from Sussex. Among the many sites excavated in East and West Sussex, Pitt-Rivers spent a considerable amount of time excavating at Cissbury - a prehistoric site near Worthing in West Sussex. He wrote numerous articles and consulted multiple specialists about the finds from the three seasons of excavations and the geology of the site. From his published work and excavated material culture, the project is starting to consider the development of his understanding of the site, and its place in the development of his archaeological approaches.
A sketched plan of Cissbury from the Pitt-Rivers papers (courtesy of Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum; Pitt Rivers Papers, P Series).
Pitt-Rivers first identified the site's potential when he spent "a month of continuous walking over the Sussex downs". Cissbury stood out due to the quantity of flint flakes that he found and the presence of large pits in the southwest corner of the camp, which he describes as being "completely honeycombed". Previous excavations at the camp by George Irving, had not taken note of this abundance of flint flakes, and Pitt-Rivers proposed that the quantity of flintwork means that this site was a flint mine.
Pitt-Rivers, in his three field seasons at Cissbury (1867, 1868 and 1875), spent the majority of his time working and developing his theories regarding the flint mines he first identified in 1867. During the seven-year gap in his work excavations led by others took place; the results of which influenced the excavations he later completed in 1875.
A plan of the galleries and shafts under the ditch and rampart of Cissbury from a survey by Pitt-Rivers
(Lane Fox, 1875: PL XV)
His first excavations of the ditch in April 1875 did not produce the results that he was hoping for. He states in his article (Lane Fox, 1875: 368) that he was not willing to pay, without assistance, for future excavations and so went to the Anthropological Institute (now known as the Royal Anthropological Institute) to raise funds. In one night he was able to raise £30 (the equivalent of perhaps £3,000 today), and this funded excavations from June through to September. Whilst researching the material that the Pitt Rivers Museum holds, the team realized that the British Museum and the Ashmolean also hold material from Pitt-Rivers' excavations at Cissbury. We were kindly given access to the material at the British Museum last month, and whilst examining the material we noticed that a number of the flint tools were labelled as originally held by the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. We can perhaps infer from this that Pitt-Rivers gifted a selection of the material he excavated from Cissbury to the RAI in 1876 as a form of acknowledgement of the money donated to the excavations.
Flint scraper held at the British Museum (C.101) showing the sticker indicating it was given to the Anthropological Institute on the 13th March 1876 (Permission to use this image was kindly granted by Gillian Varndell, Curator of Neolithic Collections in the Prehistory and Europe department at the British Museum).
The Excavating Pitt-Rivers project has now finished looking at the material, held at the Pitt Rivers Museum from Cissbury. In total the Museum holds c.200 objects from the site, of which the majority is flint implements. A number of the flint objects are flint axes whilst others are cores, flakes and natural flint nodules. Almost all of the flint objects are completely covered in white patina that is chalky in texture - Pitt-Rivers also took note of this fact in his paper. The Museum holds relatively small quantities of pottery and bone from the site. The Museum's historic documentation records a model scapula shovel that Pitt-Rivers reconstructed and tested in 1875, the location of which is currently unknown.
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Southwest Print Fiesta! showcases ancient art form
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Montana printmaker James Bailey applies ink to a linoleum block Friday night during the kickoff to this weekend's Southwest Print Fiesta! outside the pop-up gallery at 209 W. Broadway. Bailey has taught printmaking at the University of Montana in Missoula for 22 years and is the visiting artist for this year's Print Fiesta.
Dozens of folks gathered outside the former FireCloud Traders building at 209 W. Broadway on Friday night to watch an ancient art process being created in a non-traditional way — with a steamroller.
The event was the kickoff to the second annual Southwest Print Fiesta!, which is running for three days this year, with an Artisan Marketplace, steamroller printing and a VIP artist mixer today and printmaking workshops, including one on Guerilla Street Printing, on Sunday.
New this year was the Friday night "Artist Proof" Invitational Exhibit Opening, with 47 artists from Silver City to Montana showcasing their work at a pop-up gallery inside the building, recently bought by Tucson artist Karen Hymer.
"The idea for the exhibition is to help artists sell their work," said Kevin Lenkner, executive director of the Mimbres Region Arts Council, which established the event last year. "The whole idea is that there is affordable art for sale. It also gives people a sneak peek of some of the vendors that will be at the Artisan Marketplace."
Many of Friday night's prints had a Day of Dead theme. That was intentional.
"We always wanted to make a connection between the Print Fiesta and the Day of the Dead," Lenkner said. "Then local artist Victoria Chick said she had a cousin who does Day of the Dead prints."
Chick's cousin, Montana artist James Bailey, has been teaching printmaking at the University of Montana in Missoula for 22 years. For the last 17 years, he has had a Day of the Dead steamroller project with his students. This year, he brought his talent to Silver City to show folks how it's done and is the Print Fiesta's first visiting artist.
"I started as a painter and took a couple of printmaking classes and was hooked," Bailey said, as he wiped black ink from his hands. "I loved the process and physical nature of cutting the blocks and the history of it. It dates back to 363 A.D. and started in Japan, with woodcuts and reliefs. And I like the fact that it can be a collaborative process, like this," he said of the steamroller project.
Folks strolled around the pop-up gallery eating appetizers and checking out the prints on display, while Billy Collins sat on a rented steamroller, waiting to be called into action. Bailey worked feverishly at a table outside, smearing black ink on carved linoleum block done by a wide variety of artists, ready to hand over the inked piece to Collins for him to perform his magic. After inking, Bailey laid the carved, inked pieces out two-by-two onto a wooden board, and placed a white cloth on top. Another board was laid over the cloth, before Collins rolled over the boards, and folks got to watch art being made, hot off the presses.
The freshly printed banners of skulls and skeletons will be used during the Dia de los Muertos parade, and the pop-up gallery will be open weekends through Nov. 1.
Of the 36 pieces for sale Friday night, with prices ranging from $20 to $400, at least five sold.
"It makes me feel part of the printmaking community," said artist Carmen Ruiz, who had three prints she created featured in the exhibit. "Once a year, printmakers come from all over the region and get together at this wonderful event."
Larry Bodine and Dorin Dvorak traveled all the way from Tucson, Ariz., to experience Silver City's art community and attend the event.
"This is our first time in Silver City," said Bodine. "We came for the art. I am impressed and it's a lot of fun. It was worth the drive."
The Southwest Print Fiesta! continues today and Sunday with an Artisan Marketplace from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today on the corner of Market and Bullard streets featuring work from 12 printmaker artists from three Southwestern states, as well as student work from Aldo Leopold and Western New Mexico University. There will also be artist demos, more steamroller street printing, live music by Santa Fe's Cloacas, printing activities for kids, and an art raffle to win a special collection of steamroller prints from five selected artists.
For artists and art collectors, there is a special invitation-only mixer tonight where they can mingle, and talk art and printmaking, at Little Toad Creek Brewery.
"Silver City is a great meeting place for people from Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso," Lenkner said. "Silver is in the middle."
Sunday's events include three workshops, including Guerilla Street Printing at 10 a.m., where participants get to use public street fixtures like manhole covers, utility grates and other urban props to create their own unique prints. Cost for that workshop is $25 and includes ink and tools to print, but bring your own material to print on (T-shirts, canvas bags, etc.).
Silver City's Kyle Durrie of Power and Light Press will teach Intro to Letterpress at 11:30 a.m. Cost for that workshop is $35 and includes materials, and artist Diana Ingalls Leyba will teach a monoprint workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. Cost for that workshop is $45 and also includes materials.
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Transgender Golfer Lana Lawless Sues LPGA for Right to Compete
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WATCH FemaleTransgender Golfer Sues the LPGA
A transgendered golfer has filed suit against the LPGA -- the Ladies Professional Golf Association -- saying the organization's rules that a player must be "female at birth" are outdated and discriminatory.
Lana Lawless, 57, said she was denied membership in the national women's golf governing body even though she is a post-operative transsexual and considered a woman by her home state of California.
She filed suit against the LPGA this week in U.S. District Court in San Francisco as well as against the Long Drivers of America, which has also prohibited her from competing in their golf tournaments.
"I'm not physically as strong as I used to be," Lawless said. "I'm well under the top end of testosterone levels for genetically-born females."
The suit also seeks an injunction to bar the LGPA and LDA from holding tournaments and qualifying events in California as long as they continue to deny post-operative transgender competitors.
"How I feel is, 'Here we go again,'" said Lawless, a retired police officer who says she has lost a commercial golf sponsor because she has been prevented from competing.
According to court documents, Lawless won the LDA's women's long drive championship in 2008, when the organization had no set rule on transgendered athletes. But a change in policy to mirror the LGPA's "female at birth" requirement both disqualified her from future competition, the lawsuit charges, and made her ineligible to reap the benefits from her 2008 win.
"I'm the only professional women's golfer in the United States. I'm the champion. They changed the rule," she said. "How can you say it's not directed at me?"
Lawless' lawsuit also names as defendants several sponsors of the LDA tournaments, including CVS, Dick's Sporting Goods and Re/Max.
Mike Scanlan, LGPA's public relations manager, confirmed the tour's "female at birth" policy but declined to comment on why it was in place when other sports associations, including the International Olympic Committee, allow transgendered athletes to compete with stipulations.
"We haven't been formally served with the lawsuit so we can't comment at this time," Scanlan said. "Our policy is what it is currently, and beyond that we don't have much to say."
Lawless underwent gender reassignment surgery in September 2005.
The vice president of the LDA referred comment to the organization's attorney, who did not return messages seeking comment.
Competition Rules Vary for Transgender Athletes
Legal protection for transgender athletes varies in the U.S.
Though Olympic-sanctioned sports such as track and field and swimming abide by the International Olympic Committee's policy on allowing male-to-female transgendered athletes, other domestic athletic governing bodies aren't held to the same rules.
The IOC ruled in 2004 that transsexual male-to-female athletes would be allowed to compete two years after gender reassignment surgery, provided they have undergone hormone therapy. Each instance is handled on a case-by-case basis.
"The issue is the education around transgender athletes in general," said Nancy Hogshead-Makar, senior director of advocacy for the Women's Sports Foundation. "There's a disconnect between what athletes are under the impression of, versus what the medical community has concluded."
Hogshead-Makar, a retired gold-medal winning Olympic swimmer, said the belief that transgender female competitors would have an advantage in strength is still common among athletes
"But the medical experts say no," she said, "that there is a wide variance among women between height and strength."
The Women's Sports Foundation's position on transgender athletes is parallel to that of the IOC.
"If indeed they don't have this unfair advantage over people who were born female, then of course they should be allowed to compete," Hogshead-Makar said.
Lawless pointed to the sole transsexual golfer on the European Ladies Tour, whose ranking is not anywhere near the top.
"By past practice ... she should be the Tiger Woods of ladies golf," Lawless said.
At the college level, the NCAA has a policy that transgendered students are allowed to compete as whatever gender is listed on their state-issued documents, such as driver's licenses and voter registrations.
The issue of gender identity in sports made headlines last year, when South African women's runner Caster Semenya was forced to undergo testing after allegations surfaced that she had an intersex condition that gave her an unfair advantage over other female runners.
Earlier this year she was cleared by the International Association of Athletic Federations to compete in the women's division, though the results of the testing were not released for privacy reasons.
Hogshead-Makar said the closest comparison to the Lawless lawsuit might be the legal battle waged in 1970s by tennis player Renee Richards. Born a man, Richards sued for the right to play competitive tennis as a woman after being denied entry into the U.S. Open. The New York Supreme Court later ruled in her favor.
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Fort Campbell honors those lost on 9/11
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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The reverberations from Sept. 11, 2001, are still felt by many.
For a military installation such as Fort Campbell, the results from that day haven't faded.
More than 650 soldiers from Fort Campbell have lost their lives since 9/11 and they continue to fight in the Middle East.
As Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, said, that's more than 650 families whose lives have changed, too.
Volesky said that's why the country can never forget.
'It is our duty to remember' Sept. 11
The commanding general and others at the post held a memorial ceremony Friday at Division Headquarters to honor those lost on 9/11 and in the subsequent wars.
"That's why this ceremony is so important, so we never forget what happened on that day," Volesky said. "And what it meant not only to our country then, but what it continues to represent to us today."
While a lot of the troop involvement is not near the height it was at a few years ago, troops from Fort Campbell continue to fight around the globe. The Army is also in the midst of a drawdown from 490,000 to 450,000 troops. However, with the rise of ISIS and other insurgent troops, the Army frequently calls on soldiers from the 101st.
"At times, it seems that the public's memories of 9/11 have faded," Volesky said during the ceremony. "Or worse, there are those that attempt to completely forget or acknowledge that it ever even happened.
"But for those who lost someone or families that have lost soldiers in subsequent operations in Afghanistan, their feelings and memories run deep."
The commanding general was the only one to speak at Friday's ceremony. Following his speech, Volesky and Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Nowak laid a wreath in front of four battlefield crosses as Staff Sgt. Sam Hunte played taps.
"The sense of shock and disbelief evokes the question of how this could happen in the United States and are burned in my memory," Volesky said. "But I also remember how that shock turned into resolve to find those responsible and hold them accountable and that's exactly what we've done for the last 14 years."
Volesky also praised the families and communities at and around Fort Campbell. Without them, he said, the past 14 years would have been much more difficult.
"In 32 years of service, I've never seen a community embrace soldiers and families the way our community does," Volesky said. "Nothing we accomplished would have been possible without this community's constant love and support."
Reach Ray Howze at 931-245-0750 or on Twitter @rayhowze_leaf.


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Excerpt from A History of the Great War by Arthur Conan Doyle (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1917), Vol. Two, pp. 48, 49 (describing the first mass gas attack on the Western Front).
[…] Up to the third week of April the enemy opposite the French had consisted of the Twenty-sixth Corps, with the Fifteenth Corps on the right, all under the Duke of Württemberg, whose headquarters were at Thielt. There were signs, however, of secret concentration which had not entirely escaped the observation of the Allied aviators, and on April 20 and 21 the German guns showered shells on Ypres. About 5 p.m. upon Thursday, April 22, a furious artillery bombardment from Bixschoote to Langemarck began along the French lines, including the left of the Canadians, and it was reported that the Forty fifth French Division was being heavily attacked. At the same time a phenomenon was observed which would seem to be more in place in the pages of a romance than in the record of an historian. From the base of the German trenches over a considerable length there appeared jets of whitish vapour, which gathered and swirled until they settled into a definite low cloud-bank, greenish-brown below and yellow above, where it reflected the rays of the sinking sun. This ominous bank of vapour, impelled by a northern breeze, drifted swiftly across the space which separated the two lines. The French troops, staring over the top of their parapet at this curious screen which ensured them a temporary relief from fire, were observed suddenly to throw up their hands, to clutch at their throats, and to fall to the ground in the agonies of asphyxiation. Many lay where they had fallen, while their comrades, absolutely helpless against this diabolical agency, rushed madly out of the mephitic mist and made for the rear, over-running the lines of trenches behind them. Many of them never halted until they had reached Ypres, while others rushed westwards and put the canal between themselves and the enemy. The Germans, meanwhile, advanced, and took possession of the successive lines of trenches, tenanted only by the dead garrisons, whose blackened faces, contorted figures, and lips fringed with the blood and foam from their bursting lungs, showed the agonies in which they had died. Some thousands of stupefied prisoners, eight batteries of French field-guns, and four British 4.7's, which had been placed in a wood behind the French position, were the trophies won by this disgraceful victory. The British heavy guns belonged to the Second London Division, and were not deserted by their gunners until the enemy's infantry were close upon them, when the strikers were removed from the breech-blocks and the pieces abandoned. It should be added that both the young officers present, Lieuts. Sandeman and Hamilton Field, died beside their guns after the tradition of their corps. […]
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"At the end of February 1918 the Eastern front had gone out of existence. Russia, disjointed and anarchical, lay helpless in the grip of harsh treaties, and Germany was able to bring westward sufficient troops to abolish the small Allied numerical superiority. Already she exceeded their numbers, and she could at will call up a further reinforcement which would give her a margin of more than a quarter of a million men. On the Allied side there was no chance of such immediate increment. The American forces were slowly growing, but at the normal rate of increase several months must still elapse before they could add materially to the trained numbers in the field, and it would be the autumn at least before they could form separate armies." John Buchan, History of the Great War, Vol. IV (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923)), p. 178.
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Decisions decisions…. It's always fun choosing materials in the lead up to a play space makeover. 🙂 These are all thrifted bowls, baskets, and tins that I will use for open shelving storage. Note: 1) they are all beautiful and unique, 2) they don't match, 3) they are neutral calming colors.
When you think sandbox, what comes to mind is probably some kind wooden framed box filled with sand and toys like buckets + spades, maybe some cars, sand moulds, and other things you get in those sand toy multi-packs.
Look after your sandbox! Your outdoor place spaces should be treated with the same love and respect as your indoor ones. The sand should be raked and watered (if very hot/dry) so it stays fresh and inviting – no one wants to play in a dry dirty desert scape.
Find a way to store all your toys and materials when your kids aren't playing in the sandbox. This will help things to last longer and it keeps your outdoor play space looking nice too.
Old pots, pans, and other baking supplies are fabulous tools/toys to encourage lots of cooking and potion making. Just like the toys you have inside, the less plastic closed-ended toys = the better and more engaged the play.
Replace your plastic shovels with real metal ones!
Get serious about your truck play and use vehicles that can actually dig and move the sand.
For big trucks out favorites are Bruder trucks (most which have been thrifted) and this Tonka big boy.
For small trucks you really can't go past classic metal Matchbox ones (also all thrifted).
Think about adding some toys like animal figurines to encourage small world play.
Add an old mirror (if your sandbox is next to a fence) for added dimension.
Rocks are awesome! One side of ours sandbox is entirely covered in rocks of different sizes. These are not only used in the sandbox, but also as an added element to my kids' play arcs (in and out of the sandbox).
Loose parts – we have baskets of loose parts around our outdoor play space with things like tubing, ropes, yard flamingoes, tools, safety cones bricks etc.
Water! If you have water restrictions, even just a little water added to the sand play can enhance the play. If you don't have water restrictions, don't be afraid to go all out. In the photos above my boys had the sprinkler going on the sandbox at a very low level. This completely changed the play and was the most compelling play initiation ever. Both my five and one-year-old didn't want the play to ever stop!
Create a platform next to your sandbox which your kids can use as a building surface, staging area, or even just a place to sit (we built a triangular one onto the side of our wooden box frame and have storage underneath it).
Sometimes people hire me for mostly organizational reasons, and this was one of those times. Kate's mum wanted to work together to get Kate's play space and bedroom reclaimed from the piles and piles of toys, books, and art materials. There was no need to buy extra storage of materials because she had everything she needed. She just wanted help and motivation to get it done.
putting things backs in an organized manner (we probably put back about 1/4 of what was originally there).
The end result* – cleaner more organized play spaces with obvious invitations to play, and a system that should make clean-up a breeze!
*There are still a few little extras things to finish up including a mirror over the little tables in her bedroom. We'll also be tackling Kate's brothers room in the near future.
Lego storage. So often it's just a bucket filled with a jumble of assorted pieces from sets long disassembled. This however doesn't work for me or my Lego loving five-year-old. He has big plans and knows the pieces he wants. Finding that tiny piece in a bucket with hundreds of others is next to impossible and causes frustration, upset, and usually disinterest in the Lego itself. It's also not much of an invitation to play in the first place.
My solution – an organized storage system with pieces sorted by color (in the tall drawers) and by type for more specific pieces (in clear sectioned trays and small drawers).
Does it take time to set up? Yes. Does it require my help at times to keep it managed. Yes. But it has changed the way he plays in such a huge positive way. He's more autonomous and creative. There is less frustration. And he has taken more ownership of the space and works hard himself to keep it organized and clean. So was it worth the time and effort. Heck yes!
***Gorgeous photo from a recent session we had with the insanely talented Juliette Fradin.
Created using a drawer found on the side of the road, scrap pieces of plywood for the dividers, and this mirror from Amazon (I made two identical trays). This tray was filled with natural items found on walks around our neighborhood. A pair of bamboo tongs were added, and this was delivered as part of a little one's play space make-over in April.


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Gov. Beshear orders flags lowered to half-staff in observance of Memorial Day
In News, State by OC Monitor Staff May 23, 2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. — In accordance with the U.S. Flag Code, Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day.
Memorial Day is a holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning those members of our nation's armed forces who died while in service.
Per 4 U.S. Code § 7(m), flags on Memorial Day "should be displayed at half-staff until noon only, then raised to the top of the staff."
Flags at state office buildings are currently flying at half-staff in honor of Kentucky's victims of the novel coronavirus disease and will remain so until noon on Monday, after which they will fly at full-staff.
Flag status information is available at https://governor.ky.gov/flag-status.
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When it comes to hiring a digital marketing agency, a large volume of businesses have reservations. Of course, in an ideal world your business would be able to hire an entire marketing department to make sure your brand is holistically represented across all social media platforms, but the overhead cost oftentimes makes this improbable.
It can be difficult for brands to accept that while it is incredible to have someone on-site constantly updated your businesses' social pages, the overhead cost and setbacks outweigh the benefits. Agencies allow you to set and forget your digital efforts, while making sure new and fresh content is being produced to help boost SEO optimization.
If you're considering hiring a full-time digital marketing agency to spearhead your digital efforts, here are five benefits your company will receive.
When you hire an agency you're receiving an entire team who specializes in social media marketing for less than the price of one full-time employee. While it may seem beneficial to have someone in-house handling your digital marketing, having an entire team of people to handle your social channels and content creation means that you have more time to focus on what matters: running your business to the best of your ability.
Much like a PR agency, a digital marketing agency comes with the benefits of having connections in the industry. By employing a full-service digital marketing agency representing you, they'll be taking the lead when it comes to building out strategic partnerships that are beneficial. They'll also be in charge of reaching out and coordinating with social media influencers who can be your brand ambassadors.
Influencer activations are creating huge buzz in the marketing world, with influencers having more purchasing power than friends or even family recommendations, making having a digital marketing agency who is able to coordinate with these influencers paramount.
Social Media Marketing is a big game of outreach, which is why having a team in your accounts daily will give your online presence the human touch it needs. An agency will be following other accounts in your geographical location and making sure you're speaking to your direct audience.
When it comes to exposure, very few businesses have the opportunity to be as connected to their consumer base online as they would like. With an agency helping your online efforts, you'll constantly be connecting with the people who are interested in your product and concept.
Having an online presence is crucial to helping your business grow, but with all that data the question remains: what do you do with it and how do you interpret it? With a digital marketing agency at the helm of your efforts they're able to provide you with reporting and insights into what is working and what is falling flat.
When it comes to things such as Yelp and Facebook reviews, it can be difficult to focus on your current customers while making sure your business' reputation remains intact. Which is why when you have a digital marketing agency on your side, they're in your social media accounts daily making sure every question, comment, and concern is answered. Your customers want to make sure they're being heard, and having a digital marketing agency running your accounts ensures that their opinions are properly reported back to you.


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1:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Joel Embiid heard the criticism directed at him by Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal. And, according to Embiid, they are right. "Maybe they're right. Maybe. I do think they're right. I think I need to be more aggressive, and just look to impose myself and look to dominate,"
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BOSTON — Joel Embiid heard the criticism directed at him by Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal.
And, according to Embiid, they are right.
"Maybe they're right. Maybe. I do think they're right. I think I need to be more aggressive, and just look to impose myself and look to dominate," he said.
"I think the whole season I haven't done that, and you can see the way it has affected my efficiency and my stats, so I guess I need to go back to having fun and just dominating. But I get what they are saying and I think they are right, man. I have to make a change."
Joel Embiid had 15 points and 13 rebounds in a season-opening 107-93 win over Boston. Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images
While Embiid had 22 points, 10 rebounds and six assists going up against fellow All-NBA center Nikola Jokic Tuesday night, that wasn't good enough in the eyes of Barkley and O'Neal, as they both criticized Embiid for his effort and failing to dominate games in the way they think he should.
"He's the toughest player in the league to match up with," Barkley said on TNT after it showed the game Tuesday. "But we don't talk about him the way we talk about Luka [Doncic], Giannis [Antetokounmpo], Anthony Davis, James [Harden]. We don't ever say that about him.
"It's frustrating for me, because I picked the Sixers to get to the Finals."
As for O'Neal, he said, "We're telling you, 'You can be great. You ain't playing hard enough.' Twenty-two [points] ain't enough to get you to the next level.
"Do you want to be great or do you want to be good? If you want to be good, keep doing 22 points. You want to be great, give me 28, give me 30. You want to be great, watch Giannis — he wants to be great."
Embiid's averages this season are still eye-popping — 22 points, 12.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists entering Thursday night's nationally televised game here against the Celtics — but his shooting percentage (45.8) is lower than last season, and he's clearly been impacted by the way the Sixers chose to remake their team in the offseason.
By moving on from J.J. Redick — who had brilliant chemistry with Embiid during their two seasons together in Philadelphia — and signing Al Horford, an already spacing-challenged offense became even more so. That, coupled with Embiid playing less minutes than he did last season in an effort to stay healthy for the playoffs, has left him trying to find a rhythm in a new environment.
"I mean, I said earlier that I want to get to the playoffs healthy," Embiid said. "The last two years I was not healthy. Two years ago it was my face, and then last year it was my knee and I was sick. This year, I kind of told myself I want to get there healthy.
"We got a new group. I'm still trying to get used to it. It's different. It's completely different. The way I'm being guarded this year, every time I touch the ball, heavy double-, triple-teams.
"[I'm] just trying to navigate through it. Just be a basketball player, make the right plays, if I get double-teamed my teammates know I'm going to pass it, so it's about balancing between trying to make something happen for your team and making the right play."
On a team with shooters around him, perhaps Embiid would have the kind of spacing that would allow him to relentlessly attack single coverage inside. But that isn't what his life in Philadelphia is like for Embiid. Instead, Philadelphia is the biggest team in the league across the board, leaning into the strengths of its best player and trying to beat its opponents into submission at both ends of the court.
That begins with Embiid, one of the league's best defensive players and its most dominant force in the post. But, he said, he knows that if he has an off game, people will look at him — like Barkley and O'Neal did — and expect more.
"That's the high standard that I guess that I set," he said. "It just feels like if I don't score 35 points or, I don't know, 40 points, it feels like it's a down game, even when I have 30. It's just the way it is. I signed up for it.
"I want to be great. I put the work in to be at this level and to be better, and I still feel like I have a lot of potential, and people feel the same way so it's only right for people to expect me to, like Shaq and Charles said, to drop 35 a night.
"I'm not a selfish player, I take whatever the defense gives me, if they're going to double-team me all night and I only take two shots, I'll do that, too. I've got to play within the concept of the game and follow whatever the team wants me to do. I've been following it, and if it takes me taking five shots a game I guess I've got to do it."
Gordon Hayward took a hit to the face Wednesday night in a loss to the Indiana Pacers, but the Boston Celtics said he is probable to play against the Sixers. Marcus Smart (eye infection) and Robert Williams (hip) remain out.
For Philadelphia, Horford — who is back here for the first time since he left the Celtics to sign with the Sixers as a free agent this summer — is questionable to play with a sore left knee and left hamstring tightness.


Nivedita and Sagar wanted to document this special phase in their life and I am so glad they thought of me ! Nivedita was going too have her Bengali Baby Shower "Shaad" and I have never got a chance to witness one so I thought of scheduling their Maternity shoot on the Shaad Day so I could see the ceremony and also take pictures!
Nivedita looked absolutely divine and the whole transformation from the dresses to the traditional Bengali saree made way to these beautiful images.
Her mum is a vision to behold ! I was so eager for her pictures after I had seen her at their wedding and didn't leave a chance to take her pictures. I am guilty of sidelining the couple because Nivedita's mum had all my attention !
You see the beauty runs in the family ! Nivedita with her sister Annindita !
I am excited for the baby due this month ! And excited more to schedule a photo-session with the baby in tow !
Shraddha a friend and a super talented photographer contacted me via Facebook to take some pictures for her sister's wedding. The brief was very simple, documenting the wedding and looking for pictures that normally photographers miss. The wedding was a four day long event with very interesting line-up.
Day 1: Rehersal dinner at the Chickoo Baug. This is the part that I was very excited about and very nervous too. Excited because the rehearsal dinner was hosted at 50yrs old Chickoo Baug with lush thick trees. And nervous because of the light but it ended up being the most magical evening I have witnessed.
Day 3 : The Wedding day.
Some portraits from the wedding day.
Day 4 : Documenting the Uday Baug farm.
Very magical four days documenting the bliss and love within the family and how much the farm means to them. I had such a beautiful time.
The available natural light plays a very important role in the photographs I take.
Mostly because I absolutely hate working with artificial lights. Initially the hate was because of the fear and not understanding how to use them well but I am learning it now and it's not that difficult. I did use a bit of artificial light in the following pictures and I am pretty happy with the results. The light doesn't over-power the subject so that makes me happy.
Baby and the pieces of nature from their home.
Baby P with her daddy.
Looking forward for my next picture-taking day with Baby P and her parents.
I have always wondered what makes a "stable relationship" or what makes a relationship "stable" !
Just something about a relationship between a man and woman, woman and a woman, man and a man !
I am always always intrigued by this idea of love. Isn't it something that makes us wake up with joy and makes us sleep sad at times ?
Just so many many people around me get together and fall apart, but just something about the "eternity" moves me. I am not saying that people should stay together if they are not meant to be but just, just people make things work, put an effort to something what they started is something that always moves me.
I don't follow any "celebrity" stuff but hey if its wisdom, I don't mind looking at it. I read this beautiful piece of love letter by Brad Pitt and its lovely. I dont know if he has actually written it but I would not be surprised if he really has written it. After this letter I googled them a bit and found some really lovely images Brad took of Angelina for W.
It's sweet, aint it ?! And all of these thoughts coming around our first anniversary was a bit of a mulling feeling. Mulling but peace inducing. You know, the kind of feeling that just quietly brings smile to your face. I love being in love and I don't remember my time when I was not in love. The kind of love that just gives you peace and you dont have to think about if it will be a forever, he/she is cheating or not, lying or not etc… The kind of love that just really liberates you, allows you to evolve to a better self. Exactly the kind of love I feel for Haruki Murakami literature. Even his name gives me an orgasmic sigh. This feeling is exactly the kind of feeling I will get if I am ever able to write a book that is half as good as what G writes. He inspires me.
Doing something going beyond your measure is what makes human, human. You and I are made to fight for that littlest beautiful thing in life, love. Love for your dog, love for your phone. Love for your work, love for your really old jeans. Love for your camera, love for the photographs you make. Love for his/her hands, love for the perfume. If your are gonna do it, do it till it exhausts you (Sounds cheeky : P) but hell yes, do it till it exhausts you completely!
I know I have been completely missing in action. I apologize for all the pending mail replies, I promise I will get back today, you are on my agenda. Just the above thoughts + first anniversary + travels have kept me busy but I am here now. I will finish all my work before the holidays weekend, awaiting the New Years !
Here's wishing you all beautiful, intimate, intricate and elaborate love with someone absolutely right for you !
I have found mine !
A bit of happiness on a Monday is not too bad !
Just last week I saw that I have a little over 500 followers on Instagram, 506 to be precise and it really makes me happy !
I have been on Instagram for over a year now and its been a wonderful time here. And my blog and Instagram are my favourite places to be !
Here are the few awesome Photo people I feel you should definitely look for as they are an absolute source of inspiration for me !
The queen of minimalism as she is, I think she has absolutely wonderful sense of composition which never fails to amaze me. She is my new favourite.
I also very recently found that she also has a blog and that to a very lovely one…I see her topping my "must follow" list.
Magali is a personal friend and an inspirational blogger. She has been quite instrumental towards me staring up my blog and running it on a daily basis.
Magali also authors her really famous blog Life Etc.
Her feeds are an absolutelt visual treat as are her stories good to hear.
She also writes and you can read her blog here.
My second current favourite ! And the fancy photographer behind The Unreal Bride.
You can also see her personal portfolio here.
I cannot not follow her. She has been my favourite from my Flickr days and I am so glad I could track her on facebook and now on Instagram and her blog.
Alpana took a few pictures of G and me on one of her trips to India in 2012. You can see the pictures here .
I have been following him for over two years now and is a constant source of inspiration.
His wedding photographs are iconic and his portraits truly capture the essence of the person. See them here.
Please do suggest if you feel I should follow a particular person on Instagram or a blog that I might have missed.
One more thing that I am excited about is that December is here and it is vacation time!
G and me are on a vacation for next half of the month starting 15th. I have planned a surprise trip for G and me for our anniversary. But looks like I am terrible at planning surprises when you have a very intelligent and a very doting husband around so I guess he knows it but he is being very kind and putting up an act of "not knowing".
So I guess this will be my last post in December but I am gonna try and write just one more before we go . Have you guys planned up for the new years, things you are looking forward to in the new year, tell me about it !
Its the new time of the year, a whole new begginning!
Every year around this, I am on a contemplating phase, hoping for growth, renewal and change. Likewise, this blog sees a change, a huge change that I see coming to my life. All the earlier posts on this blog are deleted giving way to everything new because I really feel I just made it busy and completely un-original. A new wave is coming!
I have been completely busy past few months with my wedding. I got married last december on 26th to a wonderful man. We got engaged in May followed by a December wedding. You can read all about it here.
Its a whole new life post marriage. Balancing work, with all new relationships, new responsibilities etcetra. Its a blessing to have G by my side. He does a lot many things but prefers to be known as a copy-writer. I am happy I get to read his stories.
I am also making some changes here keeping the basic format decided for this blog. I want this blog to reflect where I am in life is my aim writing and documenting here.


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Dino Fury Toys Hitting Shelves To The Delight of Power Rangers Fans
Posted by Mikhail Matusevich | Jan 12, 2021 | Power Rangers & Toku, Collectibles, TV | 1
As the New Year has arrived, the next season of Power Rangers, subtitled Dino Fury, is just around the corner.
It is the 28th season of the franchise and is based on the 43rd season of Super Sentai series, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger (2019). Both shows have used dinosaurs as a theme several times, but now there's an added twist. In the Japanese version, they are knights who came from ancient tribes that lived alongside dinosaurs to this present day.
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According to the trailer for the American counterpart, this season will go back to Angel Grove and deal with the origins of the Morphing Grid. While there are still several weeks to months left before the season premiers, the toy line is seen to have already been hitting the shelves at various retail stores.
Dino Fury Toy Line, Assemble!
First, there is the classic staple of any ranger, the Dino Fury Morpher. This item is recommended for ages 5 and up, with an estimated price of $19.99. The dino fury morpher is modeled after the morphers used on the show. While not using the same mold as the Japanese DX version used in the show, it still comes with light-up eyes and seemingly larger in size compared to the DX version, based on the pictures.
In the show, the rangers use Ryusouls (in the Japanese version) to morph, summon their zords and use a wide variety of auxiliary powers such as super speed, smell, sight, hardening, etc. Ryusouls are similar to Ranger Keys from Gokaiger (2011)/Super Megaforce (2014) where the item takes a miniature humanoid form and is then folded into a key shape (in Ryusoulger's case, dinosaur head) and is then inserted into the mouth of the morpher to use its ability.
Ryusouls have also been an integral part in forming the head of the megazord. Based on the images, it is noticeable that the "key" for the American version does not fold like the way the Japanese version does, and seemingly, it is inserted from the back of the dinosaur's head on the morpher instead of in its mouth. However, each key is supposed to unlock unique sounds for the morpher, and are collected by getting various other Dino Fury figures and toys sold separately, which include a key with the figure(s). Lastly, the morpher has motion-activated sound-effects as well.
The second item is the Dino Fury Battle Attackers 2-pack assortments. These sets are ages 4+ with an estimated price of $19.99. These are two sets of two miniature figures, each featuring a ranger versus a "sporix beast". One features the red ranger fighting Doomsnake and the other features the blue ranger fighting Shockhorn. Both sets have the ranger come with an attachable weapon and a lever to activate a kicking action.
Now for the meat of the toy release; four 6" action figures based on the Red, Blue, and Pink rangers, and the villainous general, Boomtower. All four figures are ages 4+ with an expected price of $9.99. All four of them come with multiple points of articulation in both arms and legs (though Boomtower would likely have fewer than the three rangers), a unique key, and personal weapons. Red gets a saber, blue gets twin daggers, and pink gets a club. Boom tower gets a chess rook themed sword like the one used in the show. As mentioned earlier, the keys the figures come with are used for the morpher to unlock unique sounds.
Are you excited for these new Dino Fury toys? Which ones do you plan on getting? Check out the rest at Ranger Command, and let us know in the comments below and on twitter.
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Since I first came to the US in 1995, I was immediately enamored with superheroes like Spiderman and Batman. Above all, I fell in love with tokusatsu such as Power Rangers and VR Troopers. I loved the stuntwork, costumes, special effects and writing. This developed into my passion for Kamen Rider, which I have thusfar seen every episode of. I used these passions to develop my own skills in martial-arts, filming, and creative writing. Combining these skills with my interest I ended up being part of a Kamen Rider focused podcast and a write for Illuminerdi.
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Paula Findlay
Name: Paula Findlay
Sport: Triathlon
5x ITU World Championship Series Gold Medalist
Hometown: Edmonton, AB
CAN Fund has allowed me to focus solely on training, while alleviating some of the financial stress that comes with being an athlete. Beyond the financial support, they are a supportive team of people who are behind us athletes and our families throughout our journey. I've used the funding for massage and physio treatments, travel costs, and groceries! Share 3 words to describe what CAN Fund is to you: Supportive, Community, Creative.
paula findlay, triathlete, for agenda sport marketing
Thinks of someone who has impacted your life. Share 3 words on who they are to you.
My Parents – Loving, Inspiring, Dependable
My parents have had the biggest impact on me, providing unconditional support but never putting pressure on me. They've been there during my highest moments, and they're the first people I want to talk to when I'm struggling or going through rough times. I absolutely could not do this without them.
What advice would you give to young kids or adolescents about following their dreams?
Never let anyone tell you that you can't do something. Believe in yourself, work hard, embrace the process, learn from your mistakes and maintain love and passion for what you do.
What is the biggest hurdle you have overcome to get to where you are today?
My injuries have been my biggest hurdles throughout my career, particularly before the London Olympics. Injuries are mentally and physically the most difficult thing that athletes have to face. They halt forward progress and require an enormous amount of patience, diligence and positivity. Ultimately they make you stronger, make you appreciate being healthy and appreciate when you have success even more.
What is or was the best part of representing Canada?
I love the camaraderie between the Canadian team members, especially at multi-sport games. I've met many great friends from different sports, all inspiring in their own ways.
My current major goal is to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games. The qualifying starts this summer, so I'm completely focused right now on being fit and ready to perform in August 2015. I would absolutely love to represent Canada at another Olympics, and it's what I work towards every single day.
What are your top 3 favourite songs to work out to?
When a Fire Starts to Burn by Disclosure Unbelievable by Emf One More Time by Daft Punk
What is your favourite book?
Open by Andree Agasi
What is your favourite recipe?
I love making smoothies after training.
Favourite Recipe: frozen bananas, blueberries, protein powder, almond milk, chia seeds and Greek yogurt. What is your favourite quote or words to live by?
"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy". – Guillaume Apollinaire
I find that I often get caught up in being a perfectionist, striving to achieve big goals, and having an idea of what the ultimate "happiness" would look like. However, it's important to remember to enjoy the journey, find happiness in the process of achieving my goals, and embrace the challenges. This quote is a good reminder for me to stay positive and find joy in the little things, every single day.
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It's hard to believe the changes that have taken place in Athens since my last visit in June. The whole city is for rent, prices of soft commodities are 3 times what they are in other countries (6 organic eggs €4.60 versus €1.55 in Berlin). Tax after tax is thought up and levied, the newest one – a 4 per square meter property tax paid yearly, if your flat is 100 sqm, you pay 400. That is on top of car taxes, pool taxes, VAT of 23%. I'm even at a loss for my fictitious "if I lived here, I would open a…" scenarios. Right now, there is nothing I can imagine opening. Sure, every other shop is for rent but let's say I opened a cake shop, a Victoria Sponge would cost me about €8 euros to make, if I were to then apply the industry standard mark up of 3x, I would have to sell it for €24. I invited my girlfriends over for lunch, like I always do. The mood was sober, these are young, talented, intelligent women who went to the same international school as I did. They were not / are not trying to cheat the system, a simplistic retort that people like to throw around in tandem with "Well, whatchadya expect?", but they don't have a single opportunity. To the point that one even closed her Etsy shop because she couldn't afford to pay the taxes, on her Etsy shop! The mind boggles.
In the once boisterous coffee shops, people talk in hushed voices, even the motorcycles are quieter, it's eerie. I find the Greeks themselves softer, like they've spent an extended period of time being rolled back and forth in the waves until their sharp edges have been filed down to smooth curves, like a sea glass you want to run your fingers over. It's only at the beach that the mood lightens up. Avlaki beach, the same beach I've been going to since I was a little girl. With a mountain range that looks like a reclining dog, minus its head. Not a thing has changed in 25 years (except for the prices and that people now smoke rollies instead of Marlboro or Camels), they still sell greasy cheese pies and Frappés so strong they give me heart palpitations. There are fat, thick legged children building sand castles as best as they can with the impediment of arm floaties. Whole families show up, grandmothers with epic breasts and backsides and, if they've survived 50 years of hen picking, their usually emaciated husbands, a few sprightly hairs dancing around on their otherwise bald heads. This is the Greece I remember growing up in.
"The Acropolis was besieged twice during those fourteen years; and it is said that during one siege the Turks, searching for iron to make bullets, started to break open the remaining marbles of the temple, hoping to find the metal clamps with which ancients had bound the stones of the building together. The Greeks were so horrified at this violation that they sent their enemies a consignment of ammunition, so that they could continue the battle without despoiling the building." It's coming to the end of fig season here, my sister and I foraged quite a few from overhanging branches in the neighborhood, they were small, red, the color of aged beef, hard to improve on in their natural state.
For my girls, I made a simple cheesecake with Greek yogurt and Philadelphia cheese. This cheesecake with a fresh curd cheese, like the one we used to get from The Dairy House in Weobley at Melrose and Morgan is pure ambrosia but it's impossible to come by, even in the UK. Philadelphia cheese on the other hand, has taken over the world. I think right now if you've got some money to invest it should go into Gold, the Swiss Franc and Philadelphia cheese, in that order. Gad! Am I prone to wander! Can you imagine me in my senile years? I apologise in advance to my future minder, who will have to chase me, as I run around bare bottomed with my adult diapers on my head.
Cheesecake. I stewed some fresh figs in orange juice and sugar, until they turned jammy. I stirred those into the tops of my unbaked cheesecakes. Baked them until they were just cooked and then served them with quarters of fresh peeled figs, a drizzle of Greek honey, slivers of toasted almonds, a spoon full of Greek yogurt and a few tiny flowers from the wild flowering basil the lady had tucked gratuitously into my bag at the market.
It ended up looking pretty fancy, which is what I was going for. It's a good recipe to have on hand when you are cooking in someone else's kitchen and missing most of your kit. You can eyeball the quantities of the cheese and yogurt. At a push, you could whip up the mix by hand, as long as everything was at room temperature. For best results, substitute whatever soft or stone fruit is in season.
1. Take all your ingredients out and let them get to room temperature.
2. Meanwhile, peel and chop the figs, add them to a small pan with the orange juice and sugar and simmer until they just start to fall apart and the liquid thickens.
3. Position an oven shelf in the middle of the oven. Pre-heat the oven to fan 180°C. Brush a 12 hole muffin pan with melted butter. Cut out 10 large strips of baking parchment, and position into the depressions so that you can use them to lift out the individual cheesecakes afterwards.
4. For the crust, melt the butter in a medium pan. Stir in the biscuit crumbs and sugar so the mixture is evenly moistened. Press the mixture into the bottom of 10 of the muffin pans and bake for 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack while preparing the filling.
5. With a mixer, beat the soft cheese at medium-low speed until creamy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer on low, gradually add the sugar, then the flour and a pinch of salt, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
6. Continue by adding the vanilla, lemon zest and juice. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl and whisk at least twice. Stir the 100ml of yogurt until smooth, but don't over-beat. The batter should be smooth, light and somewhat airy.
7. Pour in the filling – if there are any lumps, sink them using a knife – the top should be as smooth as possible. Add a spoonful of cooked figs to each cheesecake and swirl. Bake for 5 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to fan 110ºC and bake for 10 minutes more. If you gently shake the tin, the filling should have a slight wobble. Let cool to room temperature and then leave in the fridge overnight.
9. Serve with peeled and quartered figs, greek yogurt, honey and toasted flaked almonds.
So nice to visit your page again, after my long, summer hiatus. Your photos are as lovely as ever, and I so enjoy traveling with you, this time to Greece. But I'm sorry to hear of the effect of the economy and austerity measures on this beautiful country. Greece has lifted itself up before, and it will again. In the meantime, we feast on your Fresh Fig Cheesecake. I love figs!
Nice to see you back on your blog as well. That stuffed pepper recipe sounds yummy!
That story about the ammo brought tears to my eyes. We spent the summer before last with a very dear friend of mine in Greece and she's been keeping me up to date with all that's happened there. All the smart, beautiful girls I met there have lost their jobs. It's hard to know what to say to them, I mean, it doesn't look like it's going to get better.
No it doesn't. What I don't get is why they are entirely skipping over what this is doing to small businesses, which is really what Greece is all about. They should also think of some sort of stimulus to get small businesses opening instead of closing. But then again, what do I know. I'm not an economist, just a cook.
What is happening in Greece is very sad. It is especially sad for the people who have done the right thing and paid their taxes. Unfortunately too many people have avoided paying for years and now everybody suffers. I hope there is a solution for Greece. So many Greeks came to Australia decades ago and they are all hardworking people who have done very well here. Perhaps there will be another mass migration.
Your cheesecakes look wonderful. I will definitely be trying this recipe.
The best thing we can do for Greece is to go ther for a holiday. I've never been, I think it is time.
I was reading an interesting article in the FT on the weekend that was saying that in Greece and Spain the wealthy are very wealthy and very few in number where as in places like Italy for example, there are a far greater number of wealthy people. I gather the significance of that is that there were a few bad eggs that spoiled it for everyone. I mean, it's been the same two political families that have been running the country since I was a child!
First visit here and you have a lovely post with beautiful photos. I enjoy seeing other beautiful beaches and cities. It is so sad to hear how things are going in Greece, maybe we should all visit and help put some money back in.
Yes, except that it's gotten so expensive there. You can get' a coffee for under 3.50 Euro, even a frappe which is just instant coffee and water is 2.60 euro at the beach!
What an enlightening entry! Very timely and poignant almost feel wrong saying that cheesecake looks fantastic!
Hello! I just found your blog and this painful article. I am a Greek foodblogger (I write one of the few bilingual food-blogs in Greece, foodjunkie.eu) and I can tell you it has been a hard two years for us here in Athens. Oddly enough I spent all my summers in Porto-Rafti and Avlaki beach was one of my favourites! Anyway, it would be nice to meet up in Athens next time you're around.
Oh, and now I run a cake business from home (buttercup.gr). I thought about opening a shop, but it just can't happen right now with the prices of goods!


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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
"""

import os
import unittest

from mock import Mock, patch

# For local application imports, context_paths must be first despite lexicon ordering
import context_paths

from ef_config import EFConfig
from ef_service_registry import EFServiceRegistry

class TestEFUtils(unittest.TestCase):
  """Tests for 'ef_service_registry.py'"""

  def setUp(self):
    """
    Setup function that is run before every test

    Returns:
      None
    """
    self.service_registry_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../test_data/test_service_registry_1.json')

  def tearDown(self):
    """
    Teardown function that is run after every test.

    Returns:
      None
    """
    pass

  @patch('subprocess.check_output')
  def test_sr_loads(self, mock_check_output):
    """Can the default SR be loaded? (requires a default SR)"""
    mock_check_output.side_effect = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../test_data')]
    EFConfig.DEFAULT_SERVICE_REGISTRY_FILE = "test_service_registry_1.json"
    sr = EFServiceRegistry()

  def test_services(self):
    """Does services() return all the services?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertEqual(len(sr.services()), 7)

  def test_services_one_group(self):
    """Does services("fixtures") return only the services in that group?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertEqual(len(sr.services("fixtures")), 2)
    self.assertEqual(len(sr.services("application_services")), 1)
    self.assertEqual(len(sr.services("platform_services")), 3)
    self.assertEqual(len(sr.services("internal_services")), 1)

  def test_service_group(self):
    """Does the lookup for the group of a single service work?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertRegexpMatches(sr.service_group("test-instance-2"), "^platform_services$")

  def test_service_region(self):
    """Does the lookup for the region that was not specified of a single service work?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertRegexpMatches(sr.service_region("test-instance-2"), "^us-west-2$")

  def test_service_region_override(self):
    """Does the lookup for the region that was specified of a single service work?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertRegexpMatches(sr.service_region("test-instance-3"), "^us-east-1$")

  def test_service_region_override_negative(self):
    """Does the lookup for the wrong region that was specified of a single service fail?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertNotRegexpMatches(sr.service_region("test-instance-3"), "^us-west-2$")

  def test_valid_envs(self):
    """Does valid_envs return correct envs?"""
    sr = EFServiceRegistry(service_registry_file=self.service_registry_file)
    self.assertIn("alpha0", sr.valid_envs("test-instance"))
    self.assertIn("staging", sr.valid_envs("test-instance"))
    self.assertIn("mgmt.ellationeng", sr.valid_envs("test-instance"))
    self.assertNotIn("mgmt.ellation", sr.valid_envs("test-instance"))

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February 26, 2020 | McNeese Public Relations
McNeese State University's W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present an evening of chamber music featuring McNeese faculty member Jan Scott on clarinet, along with some of her friends, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in Squires Recital Hall. This free event is part of the department's Spring Faculty/Guest Recital Series.
The program will include: "Gerald McBoing Boing" by Dr. Seuss and Gail Kubick, "Sonata" by Keith Gates and "Sonata in F Minor" by Johannes Brahms.
She will be assisted with her program by Dave Scott, trumpet, Lina Morita, piano, and Lonny Benoit, percussion.
Scott is assistant department chair and heads up the Woodwind Studio for clarinet, saxophone and double reeds. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of North Texas and her master's degree from the University of Louisville.
Persons needing accommodations as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the ADA Coordinator at 337-475-5428, voice; 337-475-5960, fax; 337-562-4227, TDD/TTY, hearing impaired; or by email at cdo@mcneese.edu.
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We're counting down to Season 3 by recounting the WayHaught relationship from the beginning. In S2E10, Nicole fights for her life following a run-in with Widow #1, and Waverly finds out that what happens in Vegas, doesn't always stay in Vegas.
S2/E6: The gang gears up for operation sleep and Wynonna is ambushed by the Widows.
S2/E6: Tucker has abducted Hypnos' daughter, and Haught is hot on is trail.
S3/E5: Lucado has a bone to pick with Dolls, but her timing is terrible.
S3/E5: To exorcise Wynonna's demon ridden body, Dolls needs a sample of it.
S2/E4: Wynonna attempts to revive the sick Dolls, and he doesn't repay the favor.
S2/E4: Jaxon tortures the younger Earp sister with a blade sharper than a Ginsu.
S2/E3: Waverly is overcome with desire, and Nicole breaks unspoken Purgatory protocol.
S2/E3: Burlap sack man exerts his psychic force on Skip, and Nicole gets caught in the cross-hairs.
S2/E3: Waverly shows off her routine for Nicole. Not your thing? Nah, that's everybody's thing!
Wynonna and her old pal Mercedes talk boys and breakdowns. Ya know, the usual.
S2/E2: Doc gets his hands on Lucado's top-secret files, and Lucado gets her hands on him.
S2/E2: Waverly and Wynonna dissect pods filled with wonder and human remains.


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Pokémon GO Creator's Next Game Will Integrate Audio Cues into the AR Experience
Tuesday September 19, 2017 3:02 AM PDT by Tim Hardwick
Pokémon GO creators Niantic are looking at ways to incorporate audio into future AR game experiences, according to the company's chief technology officer.
Speaking on a panel discussing augmented reality at TechCrunch's Disrupt event, Niantic CTO Phil Keslin said that audio cues would mean players wouldn't have to awkwardly hold their phone up while interacting with games like GO.
"I can tell you from experience that people don't do this," he said, mimicking how people playing an AR game would hold their phones. "It's very unnatural. It makes them look like a total doofus if they're doing it for an extended period of time," he added.
"In Pokémon GO, the only time they really use it is to share their encounter with the Pokémon. To take that one picture, which is natural…. Everybody takes a picture, and then they're done. It's not walking around the world with the phone in front of their face," he said.
Considering alternative solutions, Keslin suggested audio could be integrated into AR experience. "Audio is different," he said. "You can hide that." Most people today walk around with their audio earbuds stuck in their ears all the time, he noted. "Nobody knows that they're being augmented then."
Keslin later explained that audio was something Niantic had toyed with when they were building Ingress, a location-based, augmented reality game considered a precursor to Pokémon GO.
Audio integration was considered in a variety of ways, according to the CTO, for example, suggesting to players which location they should visit, or having their phone call them with further clues when they reached a waypoint. Another possibility was combining audio with a phone's sensors, like an accelerometer, to know what a person was doing. "AR is not just visual," he added.
Asked if audio clues would ever come to Pokémon GO, Keslin told TechCrunch: "Maybe. Or maybe we'd use it in other games," he said, smiling. "We're not a one-game wonder."
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Caribbean Airlines' chairman Shameer Ronnie Mohammed has announced that the airline will be adding 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to its fleet.
The announcement was made at the company's customer appreciation event held at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Details are still very limited at this time, but if all goes to plan, the first MAX 8s should be joining the fleet in the last quarter of 2019. These new aircraft will come just in time to replace its current and aging fleet of 737-800s (some of which are approaching the end of their leases).
The 737 Max 8 will seat up to 160 passengers in Caribbean's three-class configuration.
In his time as CEO, Madera has implemented a number of sweeping changes, including adding premium economy seating, buy-on-board snacks and drinks, as well as free streaming content over WiFi. They have also partnered with other airlines within the Caribbean, as well as internationally to expand their coverage map.
The airline has also reported preliminary profits of TT $96 million (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) for the first nine months of 2018.


Can we do several things at once?
What happens when we're trying to do things that are not so simple?
It is the mark of effortful activities that they interfere with each other, which is why it is difficult or impossible to conduct several at once. You could not compute the product of 17 x 24 while making a left turn into dense traffic, and you certainly should not try.
frequent switching of tasks and speeded-up mental work are not intrinsically pleasurable, and that people avoid them when possible.
How to improve our performance?
The often-used phrase 'pay attention' is apt: you dispose of a limited budget of attention that you can allocate to activities, and if you try to go beyond your budget, you will fail.
Intense focusing on a task can make people effectively blind, even to stimuli that normally attract attention. The most dramatic demonstration was offered by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons in their book The Invisible Gorilla. They constructed a short film (video below) of two teams passing basketballs, one team wearing white shirts, the other wearing black. The viewers of the film are instructed to count the number of passes made by the white team, ignoring the black players.
This task is difficult and completely absorbing. Halfway through the video, a woman wearing a gorilla suit appears, crosses the court, thumps her chest, and moves on. The gorilla is in view for 9 seconds.
Many thousands of people have seen the video, and about half of them do not notice anything unusual. It is the counting task-and especially the instruction to ignore one of the teams-that causes the blindness. No one who watches the video without that task would miss the gorilla. Seeing and orienting are automatic functions of System 1, but they depend on the allocation of some attention to the relevant stimulus. The authors note that the most remarkable observation of their study is that people find its results very surprising. Indeed, the viewers who fail to see the gorilla are initially sure that it was not there – they cannot imagine missing such a striking event. The gorilla study illustrates two important facts about our minds: we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.
Still curious? Try reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains.


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Labour Leader Calls For Gov. Okorocha Resignation Over Killings In Market Demolition Protest
by Tunde Ogunmola
The President of United Labour Congress (ULC), Joe Ajaero has called for the immediate resignation of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, over the killing of innocent people in Owerri, as a result of the demolition of Eke Ukwu market in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
The destruction of the market, which was reportedly carried out overnight, was done on the directive of Imo State Government under the leadership of Governor Rochas Okorocha, and this subsequently led to a protest on Saturday, in which three people, including a 10-year-old boy, was killed.
However, in reaction to the ugly incident, the UCL President, Joe Ajaero, issued a statement, describing the demolition of the market as a continued militarization of Nigeria. The statement said thus: "We woke up early this morning to the news of the demolition of a popular market in Owerri, the Imo state capital called Eke Ukwu market by agents of the State Government allegedly supported by the Army, the Police and several illegally armed vigilante groups.
As at the time of this report, three people were killed, with scores seriously injured and properties worth billions of Naira lost. The president of the ULC goes further to say:"We condemn this as barbaric, unconscionable, and out of sync with the dictates of modern societies that thrive on strict adherence to the Rule of Law and natural justice. This once again is a national eyesore that leaves a deep gash on our collective conscience as a people and as a country.
"Our members in Imo having followed this matter through and investigations from the Headquarters of the ULC suggests that this matter is understandably in the Courts pending adjudication and Rochas, has chosen to circumvent this lawful process which the citizenry have subjected themselves. We are deeply worried that a State Government will allow itself to be dragged down this lane of infamy to unleash mayhem on its own people despite being illegal and amoral. We have unfortunately seen an increasing lawlessness and impunity not perpetrated by criminals in the society but by those who wield the instrument of Power scattered all over the nation.
"Every day when we wake up in Nigeria, we are regaled with one sad tale or another of the dubious use of the Military to destroy the lives of Nigerians by those who are in position of authority despite the fact that the military are needed somewhere else very urgent in the North East to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency including in other parts of the country to curb the murderous Fulani Herdsmen uprisings and others.
"We are aghast at the continued militarisation of Governance processes and the deployment of high-handed and violence methods in attempting to settle disputes arising out of Government decisions that the people considers wrong – headed or ill-advised. Any Governor that cannot patiently subject himself to the dictates of the Law loses the right to continue in Office. He becomes a threat to democracy and democratic practices as he places himself above the Law through which he in the first place assumed office.
"Through such actions, the affected public official undermines the basis of his government destroying the foundation of his office making it inchoate with the strictures of the Law thus creating a situation where he is no longer worthy of that office.
"ULC does not see any reason no matter how well thought – out for Rochas to embark on self-help and lawlessness in a matter that is before courts. He has not only shown disdain for the Courts but has also shown deep contempt for the people of the state and indeed the whole Nigeria. He is following a trend that we are scared stiff about in Nigeria.
"The emergence of small despotic gods in our hallowed halls of governance who have decided on their own to play with the lives of their citizenry without recourse to the rights and privileges of the people and to good conscience. A people in Power who believes that they are above all and everything are a danger to democracy and social stability.
"We therefore are forced to call for the immediate resignation of Rochas Okorocha on the basis of this perfidy and the threat he has become not only to his own people but also to Nigerians knowing fully that if he continues contributing to the destruction of our nation, Nigerian workers who we represent will be the first casualties. He has made his continued occupation of that exalted office tenuous and horrendous.
"It is wrong for the military to once again allow itself to be used by wicked and self-seeking politicians to mow down innocent lives that they were constitutionally sworn to protect and who are their employers and pay their salaries no matter what the situation is. It is also wrong for the Governor to have to bring in the military into a civil matter that does not in any way require the use of extreme force as the case has clearly demonstrated.
"Institutions of state can only maintain their integrity when they subject themselves to the rules setting them up. It is this integrity that guarantees their sustainability which can only obtained by continuously being allied with the people. When the military authorities therefore decide to be used, they not only whittle down the effectiveness of that institution they also undermine its capability and capacity to continue playing its role as the ultimate defender of the citizenry.
"ULC demands the immediate investigation of the circumstances under which the killings and maiming of innocent life was carried out in a peaceful time. We demand that the officers involved in this act be prosecuted by the courts and if found culpable incarcerated. This action has totally undermined the office of the GOC commanding the 36th military Battalion at Obinze whose officers may have constantly been used against the people. We therefore call for his immediate removal and prosecution.
"We want to remind Nigerians that just last Tuesday we alerted them on the increasing militarisation of the nation's governance processes and cried out on the dangers to lives and properties which this has become. This is another manifestation of this evil by the ruling elite. We call on all reasonable men of goodwill to immediately stand against this evil by condemning it in its totality to avoid being tarnished by the action of this Governor who has shown no respect for the people he claims to lead.
"All patriots must come together to build a network of morality and justice against this evil genie that seems to be stepping out of the bottle now before it shows up somewhere else with the attendant loses of lives and properties in its trail. It is time to stop the evil and impunity which Rochas has come to represent and it will only take not just responsible Imo citizens to condemn this action totally but also for all men of goodwill to gather themselves together so that Nigeria will be protecting from this rampaging bulls.
"Finally, we call on the President of the federal republic and the national Assembly to quickly call the military to order. We suggest that machineries are set in motion to audit the live operations of the military throughout the country especially in our workplaces and as it rears its head in Public to avoid this increasing fear that is being generated in the Land. Nigerians have not become this afraid in a very long time.
"It is time for all patriots to come together to stop our spiral into anarchy as a nation!"
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