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SF Giants News: Isan Díaz, Austin Dean, and next roster move
By Jeff Young
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With the news that the SF Giants decided to designate Tommy La Stella for assignment, this could create an opportunity for middle infielder Isan Díaz. As currently constructed, Brandon Crawford and LaMonte Wade Jr. are the only two left-handed-hitting infielders.
SF Giants News: Is Isan Díaz poised for a role in 2023
In the case of Wade Jr., the only infield position he plays is first base, so San Francisco needs more infield coverage from the left side. The Giants originally acquired Díaz from the Miami Marlins in exchange for cash at the start of last season.
The 26-year-old was one of the top prospects in baseball at one point, but he struggled to a .562 OPS in parts of three seasons with the Marlins before the trade. Díaz put together a strong season with the Sacramento River Cats, slashing .275/.377/.574 (131 wRC+) with 23 home runs, 61 RBI, and 60 runs in 332 plate appearances. This included a 13.0 percent walk rate against a 24.7 percent strikeout rate.
The middle infielder saw time at second base, third base, and shortstop with the River Cats. He has played primarily second base as a pro. The Giants rewarded him by adding him to the 40-man roster earlier this winter.
It felt like that along with the addition of Brett Wisely served as a precursor to replacing Tommy La Stella's role on the active roster. Assuming no other additions, Díaz should have an inside track at cracking the Opening Day roster.
SF Giants News: Outfielder Austin Dean finds a new home for 2023
Veteran outfielder Austin Dean has found a new home for 2023 after signing a one-year deal with the LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Ogranization (KBO). Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.Net reports that the deal includes $500,000 in guaranteed salary along with up to $200,000 in performance incentives.
The Giants claimed Dean off of waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals last winter. He was outrighted off of the 40-man roster in spring training, but remained with the organization. The right-handed bat tallied a .812 OPS with 17 home runs for the Sacramento River Cats in 2022.
He earned a late-season promotion where he recorded three hits in eight at-bats in a series against the Chicago Cubs. The Giants sent him back to Sacramento where he finished the season and elected free agency.
SF Giants News: What is the next roster move?
The Giants officially added Taylor Rogers to the 40-man roster on Tuesday. He inked a three-year, $33 million pact with San Francisco. San Francisco has one pending move to make and that is adding 29-year-old outfielder Michael Conforto to the 40-man roster.
The left-handed bat signed a two-year, $36 million pact last week. His contract includes an opt-out after the first season. All deals are pending a physical.
The Giants have not officially announced that move yet. However, given that the 40-man roster is full, they will need to make a corresponding roster move. There are not a ton of obvious moves, but Sam Long or Luis González could be candidates to be placed on waivers.


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Unveiling the root of fear in world where the sky is swollen with missing life and justice fights for existence.
The PHENOMENA
Cats missing - found cut in half
USA - There is something murderous and rampant on the loose in our world and it is attacking cats everywhere. Authorities say that human/s are responsible for these atrocities but if you think about it in the sense of practicality these "humans" appear to have abilities so far different from the rest of us in the complexity of the killings that they cannot possibly be of the human race.
The cats have a common theme, they are mutilated off site then "rained" back from where they were removed – all under a cloak of invisibility and silence. The phrase "raining cats and dogs" has taken on a whole new sinister meaning.
The numbers of oddly mutilated cats increase around summer and appear to cluster in an area before going away. Combine this with the towns and cities that are reporting large numbers of mysterious cat disappearances where there are NO bodies and one is left with a real bad feeling that the two are related.
WILMINGTON, NC, USA – "Something disturbing is happening to people's cats. It was half a cat. Cut, almost surgically, and then placed there. This is the second cat found and killed like this in that area".
LAKELAND, FL, USA – "Horrifying discoveries in a Lakeland community have neighbors scared and disgusted. At least two pet cats have been found cut in half. Several others are missing. It's happening along Newport Avenue. There was no hair, there was no blood, there were no guts, it was just the front half of the cat. We had one that went missing before we found the body of this cat and we, didn't think much of it, but then the sibling of that cat, she's just gone in seven days- no idea where she is. We're all scared. We're all scared for our animals for our children that's because just down the street another neighbour found the same thing this week. It was their neighbor's pet cat cut in half, in a way they describe as not jagged but nearly straight down the middle.""
SPRINGDALE, Utah, USA – "The cat was found severed in half. It had been cat trapped, drained of blood, surgically cut in half and had his heart and lungs removed before being left outside her home. The cat was lying in Teresa's lap while she sat in a chair reading a book until about midnight Saturday. Teresa then went to bed, leaving her sliding doors and windows open for fresh air. About 7am I saw a black lump about 100-125 feet from her home. It was like he had been gently laid there, he wasn't thrown, he wasn't in an odd angle – it's like, if he was alive, he would have been sleeping. I'm a wildlife biologist, it's my profession, and I looked at him and I just thought 'this is so odd, because he's not eaten on.' He was cut in half, heart and lungs were gone, and there wasn't a drop of blood anywhere, and he was laid there with his front paws crossed over each other. I just kept looking at him and I just thought, this is too strange. It was like surgical incisions, very, very clean cuts. Cat's skin is very tough, and when it's animals, they rip and tear, and that wasn't what this was. You could see along the rib cage where it had been cut."
HEIGHTS, Huston, USA – "The administrator of the Justice For Murdered Cats in Heights Facebook page, says that she has documented 23 cases of cat mutilations in that neighborhood. A couple woke up early Saturday morning to find their own cat lying dead and in pieces on their lawn. They had last seen the pet hours before. They believe that sometime between 3 a.m. and sunrise their pet was taken off and mutilated. Some of the cats found have been sliced in half, quartered, or disembowelled. This cat was friendly but many other cat victims would only go to their owners. These are clean cuts, no blood at the scene, which makes us think that there has to be a kill room or a kill spot the people responsible are using."
ONTARIO, Canada - "Wild animals in Ontario eat the intestines and the head, but in these cases those parts have been left, it's kind of frightening if there's the Jeffery Dahmer of cats out there. The body was cut in half and the cat's limbs were separated and left a few feet from the body. If you look at the bone, it's been clean cut, there is no evidence of gnawing or chewing, and there has been evidence of skinning. That's not normal. That's not what animals in Ontario do."
These type of killings became noticeable back about fifteen years ago.
DENVER, Colorado, USA - "Investigators were trying to determine whether the three killings were connected to a rash of cat, rabbit and squirrel mutilations in Denver and Aurora that began in July. It's the same kind of activity, but we don't have information that positively connects them. There had been 10 cats, a squirrel and a rabbit that have been killed and left out for viewing in Aurora and Denver since July 19. Whoever was mutilating pets in that area were killing them with an almost surgical precision. All were dissected in a surgically precise way, and some animals had their organs removed and their bloodless carcasses left near people's homes."
LEE, Massachusetts, USA - "There was little blood where the bodies were found, so the cats were apparently mutilated elsewhere. They say the number of missing cats in town has risen dramatically from just two or three in August 1995 to about 20 a year later. Some of the rise may be blamed on coyotes or traffic accidents, but we suspect that some of the missing cats fell victim to mutilation.
WHITE SALMON, Washington, USA – Goats are included with the mysterious mutilations. "Six of their female goats were dead in their front yard. The goats were all missing their udders, which were removed with surgical precision. No blood was spilled and detectives have no idea how the animals actually died. The whole herd was laying down with their feet up. Autopsies showed the goats' lungs were blackened and collapsed, hinting that they died from inhaling something."
As one commenter writes:
"This isn't an isolated incident. It's happening ALL over. Google it. This occurred two houses down from me. It's bizarre alright, but the way it is carried out takes intelligence. Surgical precision and ZERO blood? No organs? Might need to gather DNA from this cats nails. Check for extreme temperature tissue damage.. (nitrogen to QUICK freeze the cat to create such a precision cut maybe). Someone is REALLY going out of their way to do this specifically. And it's happening ALL over. Worth a deep inquiry."
Many people think the culprits may be teenagers because the killings pick up dramatically at the beginning of summer. There is frustration surrounding the lack of witnesses. "Someone has to have seen these people. They aren't ghosts. They are out there, and the next time it might not be a cat." In most cases, one part of the cat's body had been returned to the owner's property soon after the killing. In all of the cases, the cats had been let outdoors for a relatively short period of time before they turned up dead. Oddly, no one ever hears any noise, and dogs do not bark. There is never any blood on the ground, just a torn feline carcass on the front lawn when the sun rises. The mutilation phenomena stays in the area for a few months and "all of a sudden it stops".
http://www.wfla.com/story/25335879/lakeland-woman-says-cats-missing-found-cut-in-half
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2014/08/14/kss-mysterious-cat-mutilation-owner-seeks-answers-offers-2500-reward/#.VCMUrvmSz6V
https://www.facebook.com/HeightsJusticeDemanded/timeline
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/04/25/lakeland-cat-mutilation/8147707/
http://www.ontome.com/2007/08/29/cat-mutilation-cases/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/cat-mutilations-in-parker-may-be-linked-to-aurora-s
http://www.katu.com/news/4271981.html
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/10.28.99/mpnews2-9943.html
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961017/NEWS/310179949/0/
http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/10717/ON/CA/
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/13/us/cat-mutilations-spread-fear-of-cults-in-suburb.html
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/news/2014/09/cat_mutilated_timbergrove_lazybrook.php
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights/crime-courts/article/Cat-mutilations-in-the-Heights-continue-to-5772419.php
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2015/05/23/collier-county-cat-killer-lam/27866893/
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/31568172-story
http://wfla.com/2015/10/10/suspect-search-in-cat-mutilations-underway-in-st-pete/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7138430/Who-is-the-Croydon-Cat-Ripper-As-killing-spree-goes-nationwide-we-look-at-the-clues.html
Are dogs with strange wounds the new phenomena?
A MYSTERY ILLNESS IS KILLING DOGS ACROSS THE UK WITH BAFFLED VETS WARNING THEY HAVE NEVER DEALT WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
At least 19-pets have suffered agonizing deaths within 2 to 5-days of contracting the disease. The stricken animals develop skin lesions, which look like "PUNCTURE WOUNDS" but then turn into sores. The dogs then become listless, go off their food and vomit.
For those who don't know... PUNCTURE WOUNDS ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH STRANGE ANIMAL MUTILATIONS.
The description of symptoms are :- Unexplained cuts, ulcers, bruising or blisters, usually on the leg, between the toes , or on the head. Vomiting, loss of appetite, mucus or blood, acting depressed, cold limbs, runny nose and signs of Kidney failure.This so called disease has cropped up in these areas :- CORNWAL, SURREY, DEVON, NEW FOREST HAMPSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, CHESHIRE, YORKSHIRE, COUNTY DURHAM
There are hot spots from Cornwall right up to County Durham, as well as the 19-confirmed cases 17-dogs are suspected victims of the disease.
This next Sun extract is comments from a Vet :- Vet Fabio Procoli-- who`s team are probing the illness said;
"THIS IS A NEW DISEASE IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. IT STRIKES ALL BREEDS AND AGES IT IS NOT REGIONAL IS NATION WIDE. What causes it is a mystery; we have found no evidence of virus, fungus, bacteria or toxins. There also appears to be no genetic reason for the disease. "
Well you might think me crazy but there is something not right about this, why domestic dogs? Are foxes succumbing to the phenomena as well? We have areas with large numbers of cats going missing or sliced in half, now we have dogs picking up a disease which starts as puncture wounds. I have to ask the following questions:
(1) Has the cat killer phenomena mutated?
(2) Is some agency testing a virus for unknown reasons?
(3) Why dogs? How does a cat physiology differ from a dogs?
(4) Is there a connection to mass animal die-off`s ?
(5) Why did the vet say Europe? I have not heard of any cases in Europe? Unless that is still to come
(6) Am I just a stupid conspiracy theorist?
Nothing is straight cut anymore, no longer do I listen to or trust officialdom in white coats and suits, I ask my own questions, we were told at the beginning the disease was "ALABAMA ROT" now they do not know what it is.
The English Cognizant Citizen
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2587918/Mystery-killer-dog-disease-UK-death-toll-hits-21-canines-develop-lesions-kidney-failure.html
Rosetta and Philae
I have known for a while now, thanks to Richard C Hoagland, if I have understood him correctly, that NASA indulges in the use of Egyptian Symbolism to hide from the public; the real reason for some of their space missions.
That`s how it seems to me. Mr Hoagland has for over 40-years researched the possibility of a former Ancient-Solar-System-Wide High Tech Civilization. He has also undertaken extensive study of numbers and sacred mythology attached to celestial bodies, all of which you can find on his web site "Enterprise Mission" or listening to him being interviewed on various radio stations.
The reason I`m writing this is because of Mr Hoagland's encouragement for the wider public to look deeper into everything we are told by NASA or any other organisation or country involved in space travel. The other day I came across a report on the BT news site here in the UK that the European Space Agency had 10-years ago sent a craft across the asteroid belt in order for it to rendezvous with comet 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO.
The craft consisted of the main vehicle called Rosetta which carried a lander named Philae this would be sent down to the comet to collect and analyse samples, while the main craft Rosetta kept pace; very interesting I thought . Next to improve my knowledge I give the craft's names a little investigation, it was while doing this I stumbled on a piece of what could be numerical symbolism that was fascinating to say the least. I had vague knowledge of the name Rosetta but needed to be sure of its meaning so I thought Wikipedia would be a good place to improve on my knowledge.
To cut a long story short, Rosetta was from the Rosetta Stone. This stone was inscribed with a decree issued in 196 BC. Now Philae is 2-small islands situated in the Nile just above the first cataract near Aswan, on Philae there was an obelisk, well the etchings on this obelisk and those on the Rosetta Stone helped archaeologists understand and read Egyptian Hieroglyphics. So as these 2-stones lead to a greater understanding, likewise it is hoped these spacecraft will result in a better understanding of comets and the early solar system hence the names given (as stated by Wikipedia).
Now this is the interesting bit. Philae (the island) , as stated by Wikipedia, are 100 km or (62 miles) from Aswan.
Next, the orbit of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was known before Rosetta was launched to an accuracy of, again, 62-miles
And then we are told that the craft arrived at the comet at a distance of, yet again, 62-miles.
Is this a coincidence? Did they, because of the distance of the Philae isles from Aswan, incorporate the number 62 into their project to keep in line with the historical perspective, equally why was comet 67P`s orbit calculated to an accuracy of 62-miles before the launch of Rosetta ?
What is it with the number 62? I cannot, as yet, find any reason or explanation why the number 62 was used.
My curiosity got the better of me so I decided to e-mail Richard C. Hoagland, knowing how busy people like Mr Hoagland are, I was pleased to get a prompt reply, he confirmed that I had indeed discovered additional numerical symbolism connected to the project, and that he would soon be putting out on Enterprise Mission a full analysis of the mission. He also said that the Rosetta mission is filled with recurring Egyptian symbolism especially its choice of target comet,,he also said to expect more surprise`s concerning the true nature of Comet 67P.
From this point on I will leave it to the experts, I keenly await Mr Hoagland analysis report where I hope the number 62 will be explained along with his other revelations about the mission.
The distance Philae was from Aswan, as stated on Wikipedia is 100 km (62-miles). Wikipedia also states that the measurement was made by Groskurd. Now my son informed me that he could not find any other reference to the 62-miles indicated, even, after 5-hours on the internet, he believes someone has changed something.
Puzzled by what he had said I logged into Google Earth, using the "Ruler" icon I drew a line from where Aswan was to the area of Philae. No matter how much I tried, it did not show 62-miles; 62-miles was way past Philae or way into the desert. My son started to play with the numbers and this is what he came up with.
Distance indicated by Wikipedia of 100km (62 mile) between Philae ans Aswan is.... Wrong. So he subtracted 62 from 100 which left 38, he then compounded 38 which was (11). Then he added 100 and 62, which is 162, he then compounded this to (9).
So we end up with the notorious numbers (9/11).
This, you might say, is just playing with numbers, it's only when you think that they have scheduled Philae to land on comet 67/P on the 11th November 2014 that you start to scratch you head, the 11th day of the 11-month. On the day of Philae`s landing it will be Remembrance Day back here on Earth, which means most will be looking the other way 11:11:11.
I think the number 11 in the Bible means "Chaos".
Is this just accidental or is someone working to ritual?
They are saying that the 67/P as being a Contact Binary, in other words 2-comets have collided and stuck together. I also discovered that some of the images of comet 67P were put out on an internet site The Planetary Society, two guesses as to the date on the images yes you`ve got it, the 11th July 2014. why not the 9th or 10th or the 12th? Also on that site there was a time line of events as Rosetta made contact with comet 67P, at the bottom of the list was the time ESA (European Space Agency) would give a press briefing, yes again, it was listed to take place at 11 o'clock Universal Time or 4am local time. There`s no doubt they love the number 11, but why?
I just find it all strange.
http://www.astrovera.com/bible-religion/192-bible-number-11.html
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/07150633-quick-rosetta-update.html
http://home.bt.com/news/sciencenews/space-probe-on-course-to-meet-comet-11363924643332
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae
Men in Black of Cats?
It seems we are on the right track about how to find out what has been happening to the multitudes of cats that go missing in hot spots around the globe.
In the latest spate of "missing felines who seem to have gone astray without trace" a UK vet, Paul Thomas, director of Longridge Vets in Lancashire UK, advises owners to ensure their cats have a collar with ID and are chipped.
He then said it was possible to get a GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking collar costing around £100.
Recently a local cat owner had contacted the police after her cat bolted back into her home and she noted a black car and two men acting suspiciously nearby. Members of the public have since been told to be on guard and report anything suspicious to the police.
Paul said: "The numbers seem extremely high – it's not like they have been hit by cars or anything like that. It's cats of all ages. There doesn't seem to be any trail, they just vanish.
Obtaining a GPS tracking collar for your cat is exactly what we have been advising cat owners to do. You can read about that here:
http://www.enigmaticearth.com/2013/08/gps-tracker-for-high-mutilation-areas.html#.U_ZqTfmSz6U
The Lancashire newspaper article can be read here:
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/police-ask-pet-owners-to-be-alert-after-cats-disappear-1-6797173
There are many GPS tracking devices for pets available. It is best to talk to your local vet for his advice. Or visit http://pawtrack.com and decide if this might suit your cat.
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Even short moments sitting on a beach or exploring new birding venues can boost spirits and alleviate the summer doldrums. And what nicer way to revisit Port Aransas than with my daughter, grandsons and friends. The beauty of traveling with them now is that the burden of all the "doing" of things is not on me. Yes, I have finally arrived at that sweet moment in life when I can be totally free of responsibility and confidently place my care and well-being into the hands of loved ones. I LOVE IT!!!!
After a Saturday sitting in the canopy shade on the beach, listening to the surf, and being caressed by the ocean breeze, I set out early Sunday morning to explore some birding spots I had not seen before. First up was the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center located adjacent to the water sewage facility. Some might think this to be an unlikely place to encounter birds of any merit, but I was richly rewarded that morning. Walking through the gate and onto a well constructed boardwalk that snakes out over the salt marshes, I had the entire place to myself and immediately enjoyed three Magnificent Frigatebirds soaring high in the clear skies above me. Black Skimmers were flying low over the water ponds collecting breakfast, a Little Blue Heron flushed with my presence, a Common Gallinule creeped among the marshes closely followed by her baby chick, Cormorants, Black Vultures, Black-necked Stilts, Killdeer, Snowy and Great Egrets, one lonely Coot, gulls, terns, Tricolored Heron and a flock of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks made for a nice birding morning.
Next stop was Wetland Park where I was greeted by American Avocets, White Ibis, Common Sandpipers and Marbled Godwits. This stop was a spectacular one for me since I was able to identify by behavior, a Reddish Egret White Morph cavorting in the shallows. Surrounded by Great and Snowy Egrets, he was easily identified by his dancing skills.
Finally I visited Paradise Park, a very small swampish area located behind a local restaurant. A boardwalk twisted through the trees and as I strolled I spotted a GBH and then my third prize of the day, an Immature Little Blue Heron. Baffled by his white egret-looking body and light green legs, I finally realized what he was. Once again, location and behavior assisted me in the identification. Little Blues are mostly solitary and shy and even though this small pond is smack in the middle of a very urban area, it was well concealed by trees, brush, marshy reeds and brackish water.
My weekend was a great combination of family time combined with alone time. Great memories made in a close-to-home location.
A few years ago, I was determined to travel to Port "A" to see the Whooping Cranes. If ever there was a success story of bringing a species back from the brink of extinction, the Whooping Cranes are that story. Although they certainly aren't out of the woods yet, they have managed to bounce back from certain demise.
In 1941, the total world population of these birds numbered just 16. Loss of habitat, unregulated hunting, animal predators all took their toll on these magnificent birds. Conservation groups worked hard to try to protect the remaining 16 birds and through their efforts and the passing of the Endangered Species Act in 1967, the world population of these birds has grown to ~ 603. They are huge white birds with a distinctive red cap on the top of their heads. They have a large "bustle" of feathers on their rear which gives them a similar appearance to the Ostrich. They are five feet tall and have wingspans of seven feet. They migrate from Canada where they nest and hatch their young to Port Aransas Texas where they winter at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. The young are fed by their parents for up to eight months and migrate South with them. Current population of the only wild migratory "dance" of whooping cranes is ~310. Unfortunately, these birds still face survival challenges.
When I first visited them, I expected to see huge flocks of them, but was surprised to learn that usually they are in groups of three. Mom, Dad and Fledgling peacefully wintering by themselves on an area approximately one half mile in circumference.
Conservationists and wildlife experts recognized that one flock of Whooping Cranes does not assure the survival of these beautiful birds. There are too many exogenous forces….hurricanes, tornadoes, oil spills…which could decimate this one remaining flock. So there have been several projects launched in an attempt to establish another group. One of these, Operation Migration, involved the hatching of captive bred chicks in Wisconsin to be led by ultralight planes on their migration south to Florida Because these chicks did not have parents to "teach them the ropes" humans devised this unique experiment and set it in motion. The hope is to establish another migratory group and by so doing double the Whooping Cranes chances of surviving a catastrophic environmental event. The people who participated in this did not interact with the chicks in any way other than to dress in bird-like costumes when around the chicks and when they were teaching them to follow the ultralights. Over time, the chicks imprinted on the ultralights and did follow it on their migratory journey. On their journey south, the young birds are memorizing the terrain and will be able to return north without assistance to breed. Unfortunately, a large number of the first group of these transplanted chicks were killed by a huge storm that devastated Florida. To date, the efforts to re-establish another migrating flock of whoopers continues and as of February 2015, the count of the Wisconsin to Florida group is ~95.
A few weeks ago a newspaper article recorded the death of two whoopers. They were shot by a teenager and the birds were part of a small introduced flock in Louisianna. The punishment is so minor that it breaks my heart each time I hear of these happenings. Education efforts must be accelerated in our primary schools if we are to avoid such incidents in the future and enable the population of these endangered birds to grow beyond certain extinction numbers.
Birds in captivity are spread out over eleven different locations in the United States. Numbering 121 birds, they are used for egg collection and reintroduction programs. These birds are our insurance policy for the future survival of these very special Cranes.
When my daughter and her family moved to Southern California I was blessed to be able to enjoy this beautiful part of California and of course expand my birding opportunities when I visited. Some birds on the West Coast are different from ones that I live side by side with in Central Texas and on the Gulf Coast, so it was with great anticipation that I ventured out to explore different birding areas that I previously scoped out on the internet.
As one might imagine, the Southern California coastline is high dollar real estate and approximately 90% of it has been developed leading to the loss of natural wetlands that are imperative for the survival of many bird species. Fortunately there are pockets of these wetlands that have been protected to ensure that some of these areas remain for our bird friends. One in particular that I can't wait to revisit is the Tijuana Estuary at Imperial Beach. It is part of approximately 2500 acres that is part of the Tijuana River watershed.
On my first visit there, California was experiencing what they call a "California King Tide" which basically meant that the salt marshes and estuaries were flush with water. That translates into great birding opportunities. The tides flow in, fill the shallow estuary basins, providing food and shelter for many species of plants, animals and invertebrates. The depth of these ponds and the types of soil can determine what species live there. It is a careful balancing act that many times unfortunately can be upset by man.
On this particular day, a few we were fortunate to spot were Whimbrels, Egrets, cormorants, common rails, house finch, California Towhee, American Kestrel and Western Grebes.
Walking beaches and trails in search of birds makes one hungry. And what better way to satisfy that craving than seeking some street tacos to assuage our hunger. Easily available in a town bordering Mexico.
If you are lucky enough to be visiting Southern California check out this wonderful protected natural resource if you just want to enjoy some beautiful scenery or experience the thrill of finding a new "lifer" bird species. Find more information at http://www.trnerr.org.
Another walk, another beautiful day in the neighborhood. Lady Bird Lake gems.
Snowy Egret having a bad hair day!
Another great walk on Austin's beautiful Lady Bird Lake.
A beautiful winter day, blue skies, and 70 degree temperatures always inspire a walk along Lady Bird Lake. Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cardinal, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Lesser Scaups, Wood Ducks, Mallards, American Coots, Grackles, Cormorants, Rock Pigeons, Squirrels, and beautiful reflections on the water were all sprinkled throughout a leisurely stroll along one of Austin's greatest treasures. Here are few of the regulars that I captured along the way.
I started my walk today with the hope of spotting a Green Kingfisher that has been seen multiple times. Even though I didn't spot him, I had a very pleasant walk and a great visit with many of the Lady Bird Lake regulars and a few winter visitors.
Next time Mr. Green Kingfisher! Happy bird searching!!!
This past weekend I traveled to Burton,Texas to visit my sister. We had a lovely weekend doing sisterly things together and as usual I superimposed on my loved one my birdwatching passion. And my passionate flame was fanned by the revelation from one of her neighbors that they had spotted a Pileated Woodpecker hammering away at a dead pecan tree in their back yard.
The only time I have seen one of these birds was courtesy of the Cornell Live Bird Cam in Ithaca New York. I keep one of the live bird cams open as my screen saver while I am working because it gives me a window to the outside world. The day he popped into view I almost fell out of my chair. He was one of the most beautiful birds I had ever seen and I found myself salivating with the desire to see one in person. Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpecker in North America. Approximately 17-20 inches in length and with a wingspan of almost 30 inches, they are quite impressive to behold.
Then more recently, a friend of mine who is wintering in Alabama emailed me the news that she had spotted one in their area. So I was encouraged to know that when I visit her this coming April, I might be able to catch a glimpse of her Pileated Woodpecker.
So I was delighted to know that there was one living in Burton. My sister told me she had seen him many times during the summer when he was visiting her pear tree to help himself to its bounty. She didn't realize how special he was to me. So I spent a large portion of Saturday scouting for this bird. I was successful only because he flew to a telephone pole across the street and began his clattering again. The neighbor managed to capture him on a cell phone camera but I was too late with my camera to capitalize on his appearance. But in the birding world, a visual sighting or being able to recognize a bird by its call counts. Do I want my own photo of this beautiful bird? Most definitely, so the game is still afoot.
Walking a few blocks around town I spied other species. Starlings, white wing doves, cardinals, blue jays, mockingbirds, red bellied woodpeckers, a ladderback female woodpecker, black vultures perching on the town's water tower and the cedar waxwings had arrived and descended to begin their strip-mining operation of any berries in the area. A Red Shouldered Hawk sat high in a tree just behind my sister's house. We later spotted him sitting on a neighbor's fence with a squirrel running around on the ground perilously close.
On Saturday morning we drove to Lake Somerville to see what birds we could find. I love the countryside during the winter months. The trees are stripped bare of their leaves and the tree branches are much like skeleton arms and fingers reaching for the sky. We were rewarded for our efforts when we came upon a large squadron of American White Pelicans, a Belted Kingfisher, Mallard Ducks, American Coots, Great Egrets, and a Black Crowned Night Heron lurking in a marshy area created by recent rains which caused the lake to move beyond its boundaries and invade surrounding forest.


Go to sleep in a bookshop, wake up to a stormy sea and then go hunting for some dinosaurs. For a quiet seaside town, Lyme Regis offers a lot more than you might expect.
The best way to get to the town known as the Pearl of Dorset is by train; there are good connections to Axminster, where a regular bus service goes directly from the train station to the center of town (get off in front of the Post Office) in about 20 minutes. Once there, it is best to explore the compact town on foot, as there are many secret gardens, winding alleyways and surprising sea views to discover.
We stayed at the Book Lovers B&B, which sits just above The Sanctuary bookshop, where you can easily spend hours happily browsing the well-kept old volumes for sale. The B&B carries the theme and there are loaded bookshelves both in the bedrooms and the sitting room, so you won't be short of a bedtime read or something to while away a few rainy hours.
Prices start at 25 per person including breakfast but can be lower if you go in Winter or stay multiple nights. The B&B is very central and right in front of the beach. Close enough, indeed for you to hear the rhythmic music of the waves washing through the countless pebbles that line it. Flat shoes are mandatory if you are walking by the sea as finding your footing can sometimes be treacherous. If you don't fancy trudging through a few tons of rounded multicolored pebbles then there is a well-kept wide promenade just next to it so accessibility is not an issue.
On a sunny day enjoy a Mr Whippy ice cream and walk down to the arcade, where you can gamble away your pennies, or if you're more adventurous and fancy a bit of deep-sea fishing or sightseeing with a difference, there are boat operators that run trips all year round.
The star attraction of Lyme Regis, however, has to be the Cobb, which inspired countless artists and writers such as Jane Austen. The opening scene of The French Lieutenant's Woman with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons was shot there, and it is a breathtaking experience to stand atop its wall and face the sea.
Late April is a good time to visit because you can beat the summer rush and yet avoid the winter hibernation that inevitably hits a seaside town. Avoid coming on a Monday as many businesses close then and some pubs won't serve food. The weather is very fickle and changes from one season to the next in a heartbeat, but although this might mean you will get wet, it will also give you a chance to appreciate the beauty of wild storms as well as the pleasant sunshiny moments.
A very highly recommended walk at this time of the year will take you to the famous Fossil Beach via the fairy tale-like National Trust Bluebell Woods. There is something about the light filtering through clouds that makes the endless fields of blue flowers growing between the trees in the woodland floor truly magical.
Fossil Beach, the star of the Jurassic Coast is where you can chip away at rocks in the hope of finding dinosaur bones. Famous fossilist Mary Anning found the first complete plesiosaur here in 1824, but what you are most likely to encounter these days are probably small ammonites. Still, it is great fun and when the kid inside you gets tired of all that, a walk along the beautiful beach wraps up the day very nicely. If you haven't managed to get a fossil of your own, you could always buy one at the many shops that sell them near the beach and in Lyme Regis itself. There are also tours that guide you through the fossil hunting process and guarantee that you will get a fossil, or else they will provide you with one as part of the package.
There are a few good pubs and restaurants in Lyme Regis, and it is of course recommended that you try the seafood dishes as the produce is likely to be good value and local. For good pub food in big portions head for the Volunteer Inn, or for fresh seafood honestly priced go to the Jurassic Seafood Wine Bar, which has its own fishing boat. Don't let the huge plastic dinosaurs put you off, it is a good quality restaurant and not just for the tourists. Both places are just a short walk up the hill from the beach.
There are also many places in town where you can enjoy a typical English Cream Tea, and indeed this old-fashioned seaside town provides most things that are quintessentially English, so it shouldn't disappoint whatever the weather throws your way.


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Stone Sour and the Hydrograd Tour Hits Old National Centre
Posted on February 21, 2018 February 21, 2018 Author Andrew Duncan
Stone Sour, Red Sun Rising, and The Dead Deads Play to a Packed Audience
Venue: Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Dahlia Presents
You can see the look in their eyes. It's as if you stared into their souls and extracted sheer elatement. Visions of getting lost inside yourself and not giving a damn where, why or who you are. From the ear-to-ear grins to the passionate cries of camaraderie—singing along, cheering or just plain losing their minds—these are the people who came to escape inside the sanctuary of rock and form the audience for Stone Sour.
We stare like deer into headlights. Rows of light panels sit in the back and serve as attention getters long before they even are switched on. They are ominous throughout the opening sets. It did not help when The Dead Deads launched into "Nothing Will Be Fine," a song they wrote right after the 2016 Presidential election. Meta Dead sings, "Put your head down between your legs. This is the part where we lose our faith." It puts a subconscious tone to the surveillance vibe that looms. The crowd was receptive to the band's blend of social expressiveness (songs about sex, defiance, and introspection) and day glow angst. Their energy was exactly what this room needed to jumpstart a Sunday night. For them, they played like it was Saturday night.
The Dead Deads – Nothing Will Be Fine Music Video
Falling down a deeper emotional path, the philosophy of Red Sun Rising is tantalizing. If anyone deserves a headlining tour it is this band. There was a powerful charisma in which the group worked the audience. "Amnesia" highlights the band's prowess. With the stage opening up, each member illuminates their individual charms and craftsmanship as a live band.
Everything they performed from Polyester Zeal was an awakening, and as they reached "Emotionless," the world melted away.
Red Sun Rising – Amnesia Music Video
The realization came when they turned the lights on. We were momentarily in the dark until we heard, "Hello, you bastards." The stage became fully exposed while two eyes from Stone Sour's drum kit peered out at us. Those thundering chords from "YSIF" had a full house pumped. To say sparks were flying for "Taipei Person/Allah Tea" is not just metaphorical, they lit the damn stage up with pyro. This show just became an event and the crowd ate it up.
People danced, they lost their fucking minds. What is it that makes Stone Sour not your typical rock band? It's not just the roaring fury of rock muscle. The appreciation that pours out of the audience pushes back from the band, and you can feel that relationship in your bones. Corey Taylor says their mission is to prove rock and roll is still alive. As Taylor growls in "Fabuless," "It's only rock and roll and I like it, I like it," it's Stone Sour rock and roll and we all like it.
Stone Sour – Fabuless Music Video
The band worked like a well-oiled machine, which is saying something with Josh Rand temporarily away from touring.
The band's reaction to the packed Egyptian Room was humbling. Like a flash of light we were able to escape within the confines of rock and roll and walk away with a lasting impression. Each band was a glorious spectacle not only complimenting each other but themselves. And for Stone Sour? I believe their real mission was to prove to Indianapolis that after 16 years of gratitude, it has only made them stronger.
The Dead Deads
Dolly Dead
Daisy Dead
Meta Dead
Johnnie Dead
Red Sun Rising
Dave McGarry
Ricky Miller
Ryan Williams
Mike Protich
Mike Protich and Pat Gerasia
Johny Chow
Christian Martucci
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Self compassion: put your own oxygen mask on first.
Compassion is not just an emotion one might feel after reading something sad or heartbreaking. Our compassion is a source of energy and strength. It is the basis for our actions in the world.
As a young child, I flew the Atlantic several times to spend school holidays with my parents in Quebec.
It always seemed odd to me that the air stewardesses (as they were called in those days) gave this instruction.
A diet of British films, featuring the incomparable British stiff upper lip, had always given me the idea that it should be "Women and children first", not everyone look out for themselves. so it took a while to work it out.
I suspect that many of us feel uncomfortable putting ourselves first, thinking that this makes us selfish, bad people.
For some reason, in the West, something strange seems to happen when children get to be about eight years old. Instead of being nice to people, we start to be critical in quite subtle ways. We stop saying "That's a nice picture, what is it? " and instead say "Oh is it a horse? You got the head wrong".
Such incessant, minor criticism takes it's toll, and we internalise such remarks so that they become part of our model of who we are. This contributes to the modern trend to be self-critical about the things that we do, and we start to give ourselves a kind of psychic beating up.
Our self-esteem and self-worth suffer and contributes to increasing levels of depression and anxiety.
The antidote to such an unhelpful view of the world is to develop a new relationship to ourselves based on compassion. Adopting a self compassionate world view has many advantages.
A greater sense of personal wellbeing.
Compassion is about making a shift in perspective about ourselves and the world. Coming to see the connection between the everyday events in our lives and how we feel and think. Treating ourselves with the same gentleness that we would show to a friend or loved one in similar circumstances. When our child has a success or set back we share their pain, celebrating what they did well and worrying about their distress when things go wrong.
As humans we all share attributes in common. We all want a happy life with enough to eat, shelter, the least suffering, a good future for the next generation. If we reflect upon this we can come to see how complex are our relationships to other people in the world.
At the moment I am enjoying a glass of Tasmanian Pinot Noir. Several hundred people have played a role in bringing me this momentary pleasure. From the wine growers who originally brought the grapes from Europe, to the wine maker, loggers who chopped the trees down, coopers who made the barrels, truckers, glass makers etc.etc. Many of whom have had hard lives, working to feed their families and make a better life for themselves.
This complexity of interactions makes me appreciate the wine all the more. Our hunter gatherer ancestors gave thanks to the spirit of the animal they killed for food, taking no more from the environment than they needed. Perhaps it is time for modern man to pause and give thanks to all those who have worked to make our lives possible on a more regular basis, to recognise our common humanity, and what we all share in common rather than the things that set us apart.
True horrors are only really possible where humans become indifferent to others. The Killing Fields of Cambodia, Rwandan massacres and Hitler's ovens would all be impossible in a truly compassionate world.
Everybody struggles with the world, has their own successes and failures, joys and sadness. When we are alone, we tend to feel alone and isolated and that no-one else has been through our current experience. The perception that we are alone with our dilemma is inaccurate. Others get things wrong, make mistakes, fall ill, lose loved ones, and are rejected and fail just as often as we do.
The Buddha gently demonstrated this to a distraught mother whose child had died. She implored him to bring her baby back to life. He told her that to be able to do this he would need a mustard seed from a household where no-one had died.
The mother rushed off, going from house to house desperately imploring people to give her a mustard seed. However, she could not find a household where no-one had died. She slowly came to realise that she was not alone and that everyone shared her experience of death.
Such struggles are part of the shared human experience. The recognition of this enables us to become more understanding, kind and gentle. To treat both ourselves and others in the same fashion.
To do this, we need to develop an awareness, or mindful approach, to life and our inner world as it currently is. We become aware of our thoughts and their contents without being judgemental about them. Nor do we deny our thoughts or push them away and suppress them. The same holds true whether we see our thoughts as good or bad.
How can we go about developing greater levels of compassion towards ourselves?
This is an ability that improves with practice, and once we get over the initial self-indulgent feelings that many westerners have when doing this, it can lead to a general improvement in our sense of wellbeing and our mental and physical health.
The first step in this process is to become more aware of the times when we are not treating ourselves with compassion. It can be helpful to monitor our "self-talk", the background commentary that we provide to our lives. It is interesting to find out how often we are harsh and critical towards ourselves without our realising it.
What are the words that we use towards ourselves?
What tone of voice do we use?
What emotion do we feel towards ourself?
How would we treat someone to whom we are close in the same predicament?
If the language that we would use to other people in the same situation is different from that which we use to ourselves, then we are almost certainly being self-critical. We need to take stock and break into this critical cycle, treating ourselves with greater kindness.
Use milder, less critical language both towards ourselves and others.
Comfort ourselves physically by doing something that will get us out of our heads and into our bodies. Giving ourselves a hug, taking a bath or shower,.
Physical contact with someone we care about. This releases a hormone called Oxytocin into the bloodstream, this plays a significant part in the process of bonding and generating wellbeing. There is a good physiological reason why we tell each other to give ourselves a pat on the back.
With self talk we need to find other phrases that are gentle but true, to put in place of the harsh ones we are accustomed to use.
Practicing mindfulness and loving kindness meditations can be helpful here and the Buddha taught several ways to do this.
I find that the Wildmind site, run by Bodhipaksa and his small team, to be a very helpful resource for meditation. Several guided meditations are available to help. There is also an active on-line community of compassionate people on the Wildmind Google+ group.
and will greatly help with our first or other steps along this journey.
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Taking some kind of appropriate action in response, such as writing to a log, sending an error or recovery routine or sending a message.
The event handler may ultimately forward the event to an event consumer.
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Burlesque performer and model Bunny Bee poses inside La Burla Bee.
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Bunny Bee is the owner of La Burla Bee, a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs. She said she and her business partner and husband, Bee Radd, wanted to bring something new to downtown.
Chancey Bush, The Gazette
La Burla Bee is a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. The venue was set to open Friday, but the opening has been delayed due to storm damage.
photos by Chancey Bush, The Gazette
Burlesque performer and model Bunny Bee is the owner of La Burla Bee, a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
A piano at La Burla Bee, a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar, located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
La Burla Bee is a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
A display case of pasties worn by performers are showcased in the restaurant and bar of the new burlesque venue, La Burla Bee, a cabaret-style restaurant and bar located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Burlesque performer Bunny Bee is the owner of La Burla Bee, a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
"The Beehive," a dance floor and performance space at the new burlesque venue, La Burla Bee, a cabaret-style restaurant and bar located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Sparkly chandeliers are displayed at La Burla Bee, a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar, located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Photos of burlesque performs are showcased at La Burla Bee, a new burlesque venue and cabaret-style restaurant and bar, located in the space previously known as The Underground in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
New bar and burlesque venue in Colorado Springs ready to add sparkle to downtown
By Amanda Hancock amanda.hancock@gazette.com
Amanda Hancock
Dec 21, 2021 Updated Dec 22, 2021
Before going down the stairs and before getting swept up in all the sparkle and spectacle, pause for a moment in front of one photo.
Next to a placard detailing Bunny Bee's notable background in burlesque, there's a portrait of the blond woman wearing a silky red dress while sitting in a leather chair.
"That's Snoop Dogg's chair," she says, casually name-dropping the star rapper.
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This kind of detail confirms what the sign next to her photo spells out. Bunny Bee is a star in her own right. And opening this place — the cabaret-style restaurant and bar awaiting at the bottom of the stairs — has been her twinkly dream in the sky for over a decade.
After years of wishing and months of renovating, La Burla Bee is ready to shine — though Wednesday's windstorm has delayed things a bit.
The new late-night hangout and entertainment venue was set to open Friday near Nevada Avenue and Kiowa Street in downtown Colorado Springs, but damage from the storm has caused a delay; the opening is not expected to be put off for more than a couple of weeks, though.
To find La Burla Bee, open a red door next to Oscars Oyster Bar and head down a level to be greeted by a sleek bar with stone and brick for walls. The underground feel will be familiar to some patrons who visited this location during its years as The Underground, a popular gay bar that closed in 2018.
Bee said she shopped around for locations, but this one clicked as a way to carry on the building's LGBTQIA-friendly tradition.
"When this location came to be, it meant so much because so many people have so many memories here," she said. "And we get to bring it back to life."
As much as La Burla Bee is an ode to its owner, with toy bumblebees hidden in secret spots and an Italian food menu in honor of her heritage and a nod to her in the name, she says the place has a higher calling.
Bee, along with her business partner and husband, Bee Radd, wanted to bring something new to downtown Colorado Springs.
"We wanted to create a safe space, an inclusive space, for people to come in and experience what Colorado Springs has to offer," he said.
Bunny Bee also wanted to honor burlesque performers who have come before her and the art form overall. That's clear to see while walking through a hallway she refers to as "the museum of La Burla Bee." One wall is covered with photos of burlesque legends, past and present, and another serves as a scrapbook of memories.
"The photos on those walls are my heart," she said.
The native of Trinidad in southern Colorado and longtime resident of Colorado Springs made her burlesque debut in 2009 with local group Peaks and Pasties.
"From the moment I started doing this, I just fell in love with it," she said. "It's the art of empowerment."
Bee, also an experienced model, immersed herself in burlesque, becoming a well-known performer and leader in the industry. She's now the director of Peaks and Pasties, the co-owner of the Colorado Burlesque Festival and board chair of the Burlesque Hall of Fame, based in Las Vegas.
With those connections, you can expect to see top burlesque performers from around the world come to the La Burla Bee stage.
Or, more accurately, stages.
There's one stage in the front "vaudeville room," a bar and dining area that will host comedians, musicians and other entertainers. In the back, after winding through maze-like hallways, you'll find the bigger stage for burlesque shows. Keep going and you'll run into "The Beehive," a dance floor and performance space that will open to patrons after shows.
"We're calling it a circus without the animals," she said. "It's going to be an experience from the time we open to the time we close each night."
It's an experience just to take in the details of La Burla Bee, which has a capacity of 280 people and adds up to around 9,000 square feet.
There's a go-go cage for dancers, a display case of sparkly pasties worn by performers, glimmering chandeliers and a piano that Bee covered in glitter.
Glitter can be spotted elsewhere, sprinkled on the floors and bathroom sinks. The shimmering stuff is a reminder that La Burla Bee is a place for celebration. For the bar's namesake, it's a place to celebrate how far she has come and how far her city has come.
"There was a time that the idea of opening a dedicated cabaret would not have been received well in this town," Bee said.
Now, it's nearly here.
"Something like this is so needed in downtown Colorado Springs," she said. "We just want to share it with everyone."
La Burla Bee, 110 N. Nevada Ave., cabaret shows set for 7-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday weekly. For more information, visit laburlabee.com.
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Filed under: Audios,Blake's 7,Counterfeit,drwho,Novels,Sarah Jane Smith,Torchwood,twitter — Peter A @ 11:03 pm
The GallifreyOne people have kindly asked me to be on a number of discussion sessions at their forthcoming convention.
On Friday at 3:30 pm I'm doing something called a Kaffeklatsch. I'm not quite sure what that entails, though I imagine it involves having a coffee and a chat. People have to sign up for these things, apparently. My fellow chatter is the lovely and prolific Phil Ford, so perhaps I'll let him do all the talking while I pour cups of Nescafé Gold Blend.
Straight after that on Friday at 4:30 pm I'll be discussing the Doctor Who novels in a panel called "Back to the Pagoda," accompanied by fellow enthusiasts Simon Guerrier, Robert Smith?, Graeme Burke, and Shaun Homrig. Simon is a colleague among the novelists. Graeme is editing a series of guides with Robert. Robert sports the most famous Doctor Who eroteme since Sylvester McCoy's jumper. And Shaun is an Associate Attorney, and I am therefore legally unable to say anything more about him. I suspect most people will be at the other sessions during this time — Louise Jameson, Camille Coduri, Yee Jee Tso, and Daphne Ashbrook. But do come and visit us. (Even if it's only to ask which room the Louise Jameson interview is in.)
On Sunday at 2:30 pm I will accompany Gary Russell, Phil Ford, Jill Sherwin, Racheline Maltese, and Jennifer Kelley for a panel discussion called "Sarah Jane is My Doctor." Jill, Racheline, and Jennifer are stalwarts of this and other conventions, as well as writers themselves. Phil Ford will still be recovering from a coffee ovedose on the Friday. Gary Russell is, quite simply, my oldest and dearest friend in Doctor Who. Oldest because he is 84 years old. And dearest because he'll be making me pay for that comment all weekend.
Finally, at 5:30 pm on Sunday, I'm with Jason Haigh-Ellery and fellow story writers Simon Guerrier and Nigel Fairs on a panel about "Blake's 7 on Audio". My CD Counterfeit is released this month, so we'll be celebrating the launch of the new audio stories. West End Producer Jason is also the Executive Producer at Big Finish. Nigel is an actor, writer, and composer. And Simon is very tall. He's a tall story writer.
There will be autograph sessions on the three days as well, at which I shall be scrabbling for the sharpies with some of the aforementioned writers and producers. Depending on how famous one is, there are Premium Autographs, Sponsored Autographs, or Standard Autographs. I am in a category of my own (Bog-Standard Autographs) and will sign anything that gets within reach.
I am told by Lee Almodovar that there will be ribbons available, too. Not sure how those work, but a pass phrase or secret handshake may be involved. Check press for details.
If time and technology allow, I may tweet during the event. Hard to believe that the last time I was at GallifreyOne (back in 2009), Twitter was relatively unknown. Now the convention is almost twice the size, and I expect the #gally tag will be busy all weekend.
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Filed under: Audios,Blake's 7,Counterfeit,drwho — Peter A @ 10:56 pm
Snow permitting, I shall be at the Big Finish 2 day this Saturday, February 11th, from 9:00 am.
The event is at Barking Abbey School in, Barking, Essex. There will be actors, directors, producers, musicians, artists, sound designers, novelists, script writers, editors, and lots of merchandise. And me, sitting behind a school desk, wondering how I managed to leave my homework on the bus and hoping the big boys won't find me and flush my head down the toilet.
No, no, no. I must keep telling myself that such things do not happen to me whenever I go to school. It's just a painful old memory. And after last year's Big Finish Day, David Richardson has promised not to give me the porcelain rinse again.
So get in touch with Tenth Planet Events and arrange to come along for the day. See Tom Baker and Louise Jameson talk about the new Big Finish Fourth Doctor audios. Hear from Lisa Bowerman about the Benny Summerfield anniversary. Get Paul Darrow to sign your copy of my new Blake's 7 audio "Counterfeit." I might even sign it for you myself, once I've dried my hair.
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Feminism: Why This Matters
Posted by AnaMardoll at Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Edit
[Content Note: Abusive Relationships, Gun Violence, Child Abuse, Immigrant Deaths ]
Stone and Circles by George Hodan
I've been deconstructing popular literature online since 2010 and I hope to continue doing it until my fingers fall off from all this typing. I love doing what I do partly because I have always found literary deconstructions fun to read and engage in, but I also think that what I do here has enormous social value in understanding and furthering progressive causes.
Sometimes I receive comments which cast this point of view in doubt. "Aren't you maybe reading just a little too much into things?" is a response that not-entirely-cordially invites me to examine whether or not I am imagining things in the text. "Isn't it unlikely that older literature like this still influences anyone anymore?" is a query which helpfully ignores the fact that I myself (and others who share my age and subculture) grew up being influenced by this literature -- and that today's children living in the same subculture are even now reading this literature for the first time. (Not for nothing have the Narnia books been re-branded with shiny new covers to Appeal To The Youth!) "Is anyone reading this as anything other than a harmless fantasy?" is a question which neatly dodges the larger social issues in order to ask for a comprehensive examination of every individual reader. "Don't you think it matters that things were different back then?" is a suggestion that handily obscures the fact that social progress isn't always a linear progression.
I do not believe that every woman who reads Twilight goes off in search of an abusive relationship of her very own. I do not believe that every child who reads Narnia grows up to believe that violence solves all problems forever. Those are ridiculous strawman positions and a mischaracterization of what I do and what I believe.
Nor am I valiantly tilting at windmills, trying to convince authors and publishers to stop writing Alpha Male romances and Knight Errant fairy tales, while insisting that all the readers of the world stop enjoying these things. I have noted in the past that I think most-if-not-all art has problematic elements, and that the answer is not to not make or enjoy art, but to instead be aware of the problems once they are pointed out to us, and to use that knowledge of those problems as a stepping stone when working towards social justice.
I believe that society influences art and art influences society. The biases and prejudices and toxicity which surrounds us as part of our culture -- a culture which is often hostile to consent, to autonomy, to choice, and to any deviation from the designated privileged "norm" -- are frequently reflected in the books we write, whether the author intends for those unfortunate implications to come through or not. And in turn, the books which carry those same biases and prejudices and toxic messages as text (or subtext) on the page can influence the thoughts and creative processes of the people who read them.
By pointing out unfortunate implications in a work, I am not seeking to condemn authors. Once I accepted that "Intent is not Magic" and that harm can be done even with the best of intentions, I was forced to redefine my internal concept of Bad Person from "someone who does harm" to "someone who knowingly does harm". I believe that Good People can and do cause harm accidentally, without automatically losing the designation of Good Person; similarly, I believe that good authors can produce problematic works with the best of intentions without automatically being or becoming Bad People.
By pointing out unfortunate implications in a work, I am not seeking to judge readers. I do believe that personal reading preferences are things over which we do not entirely have conscious control. I may never understand why I, a disabled person, enjoy apocalyptic zombie literature despite the fact that the entire genre has an almost built-in hostility to people with disabilities, but I do accept that reading and writing within that genre does not make me a Bad Person and that as an individual I can indulge in fantasy without blurring the line between that fantasy and the actual reality in which I live.
The plain and simple reason why I point out unfortunate implications in a work is so that I and my readers can come to a greater awareness of the biases and prejudices in our cultures. It is sometimes easy to view individual incidents of social injustice as isolated and disconnected from one another, as though one abusive relationship or one public shooting occurs in a cultural vacuum from everything else. I think that it is easier to draw the cultural lines between these incidents in order to point out larger trends when we look at the popular media that our culture produces. The end goal is not to condemn or judge authors and readers, nor even necessarily to alter their writing and reading habits, but to raise awareness of problematic trends. Once we are aware of those trends, we can push back on them in our daily reality while still enjoying our nightly fantasy of choice.
I live in a world where abusive relationships are normalized as tender and romantic. I do not think that rape fantasies and fantasies featuring abusive romance partners are objectively wrong to read and enjoy. I talk about Twilight not because I condemn those fantasies, but because I want to raise awareness of why those fantasies work as fantasies only and why they are unsafe in real life. I do not subscribe to the insulting belief that women cannot tell fantasy from reality and that Twilight fans are all in search of an abusive relationship of their own. Yet I do recognize that I live in a world where a startlingly high number of people consistently fail to give aid to women caught in abusive relationships because those people cannot or will not recognize abusive relationships for what they are: abuse.
I live in a world where a prolific romance novelist who has been groomed to submit to an abusive relationship can write a non-fictional memoir about a currently on-going abusive relationship with a deeply abusive boyfriend without her agent or publisher ever once attempting to intervene. Multiple people were aware of the abuse in her relationship -- abuse that critics noted in the text -- yet not one of these people in the author's life tried to provide aid to a woman trapped in a life-threatening situation. This failure to provide aid is particularly egregious given that they themselves were not being directly groomed by an abuser to normalize abuse. Even worse is the fact that after the abuse escalated into rape and terrifying threats against the author's life, her agent asked her to cover up the truth of what happened (by deleting her blog posts on the subject) and her publisher shunned her once her real-life story inconveniently clashed with the romantic and ideological ideal of the Romantic Abuser.
There are a number of reasons -- a number of possible intentions -- why an agent, and a publisher, and a disheartening number of popular anti-feminist reviewers like Christina Hoff Sommers might choose to ignore and even encourage the abuse of an individual woman in order to further an anti-feminist agenda. I frankly do not care about their intentions, whether they were good or bad or thoughtless; I care about the fact that harm was done, period. And I while I cannot know what was going through the minds of those people who furthered the abuse of Alisa Valdes through their unwillingness to help her and their implicit encouragement to remain in an abusive relationship in furtherance of the memoir sales and an anti-feminist ideology...
...I can point out that this sort of event is more easily identifiable and more easily averted once we understand that we live in a culture that routinely employs art (like Twilight) in order to normalize abuse to seem romantic.
I live in a country where vigilantes walk public streets armed with destructive weapons. I do not think that Knight Errant fantasies and fantasies where good people with shiny weapons save the world from evil are objectively wrong to read and enjoy. I talk about Narnia not because I condemn those fantasies, but because I want to raise awareness of why those fantasies work as fantasies only and why an attitude that glorifies violence as a solution is unsafe in real life. I do not subscribe to the strawman belief that mere exposure to the glorification of violence through media (whether it be movies, books, or video games) results automatically in violent people. Yet I do recognize that I live in a country where a large number of powerful activists are willing to stonewall meaningful gun reform because they have lionized violence to the point that they see themselves as vigilantes for the cause of good in a dangerous world: literal Knights Errant.
I live in a country where it is not illegal for grown men to carry assault rifles through a crowded suburban neighborhood. Where only in a few select places is it immediately called out as deep, abiding privilege for those armed men to assert that fearful, unarmed people should approach them meekly and ask them their intentions (and believe their answers) rather than call the authorities. Where those same authorities could release a statement chastising the fearful, unarmed people for calling the authorities over something that was not deemed a "true emergency", and blaming those unarmed people who called -- rather than the armed people who made the call necessary -- for tying up valuable resources. And where those armed men literally invoke the fantasy of the Chivalric Knight in order to justify their actions, stating that 'knights wear their weapons on the outside'. And I live in a country where gun activists insist that violence is a one-size-fits-all solution, and that all the atrocities of the past could have simply been solved with more guns for more people.
There are a number of reasons -- a number of possible intentions -- why men might walk armed down the street, frightening unarmed people less than a month after a massacre in the same area, and why a privileged white man might assert that black people were partially responsible for their own enslavement as a combination of their unwillingness to procure enough guns and their inability to effectively use them to stage a sufficiently widespread violent revolt. I frankly do not care about their intentions, or what motivates these activists; I care about the fact that they are advocating violence as a solution in a country where gun deaths are projected to exceed traffic fatalities by 2015. And while I do not want to know what was going through the minds of those men who strolled the streets of Portland, Oregon frightening everyone they passed and causing countless emotional and psychological harm...
...I can point out that this sort of mentality is more easily identifiable and more easily averted once we understand that we live in a culture that routinely employs art (like Narnia) in order to glorify violence as a solution to complex problems and to romanticize privileged men with weapons as always good and protective and never "true" threats to marginalized groups.
I live in a state where marginalized people have minimal protection against abuse. I do not think that frontier fantasy and fantasies where hardworking people build homes from the ground up are objectively wrong to read and enjoy. I talk about Little House on the Prairie not because I condemn those fantasies, but because I want to raise awareness of all the other problematic things that are carried alongside those specific fantasies. I live in a state where frontier fantasies are routinely invoked in order to justify the religious and political abuse of marginalized groups, particularly women, children, immigrants, and people of color.
In Texas it is legal to strike children, despite the fact that almost every year at least one child dies in Texas from being struck by an adult. In Texas it is legal for children to marry with parental consent, and without consideration of the age difference between bride and groom, despite the fact that Texas is home to religious groups known for forcing children into abusive marriages. In Texas, hundreds of immigrants seeking a better life across the border die every year, while our legislators quibble over the availability of drivers licenses. In Texas, wealthy churches preach a Quiverfull doctrine which insists that the use of birth control and family planning is a sinful rebellion against a higher power, while the governor of Texas has used political power to limit access to women's health care, to limit women's reproductive rights, and to mandate the state-sponsored rape of women seeking abortions.
There are a number of reasons -- a number of possible intentions -- why privileged men might use political and religious pressure to systematically marginalize women and children, while using that marginalization as a means to reward male supporters by appointing them as minor-but-absolute governing heads in their own homes. I am not in the slightest bit interested in the intentions of these men and the reasons behind their doctrines; I care about the fact that they are misusing political power in an attempt to strip choice from women and children in ways that demonstrably cause tremendous harm. And while I do not want to explore the deep corners of my governor's mind as he continues to wage a costly battle against me in my beautiful home state...
...I can point out that this sort of religious and political abuse is more easily identifiable and more easily fought once we understand that we live in a culture that routinely employs art (like the Little House on the Prairie franchise) in order to glorify strict gender roles and patriarchal family dynamics.
Critics who insist that books from our past like Little House on the Prairie shouldn't be subjected to the same analysis as books written in modern times because of a perceived difference in ideologies between Then and Now conveniently forget that a number of politically powerful groups are right now using those same books as a role model to which they suggest we return. Discussing the implications of physical abuse and parental authoritarianism in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books is not a random pastime designed to make everyone here feel morally superior to Ma and Pa Ingalls -- it is an ongoing treatise on why men like Rick Perry and Doug Phillips are wrong to insist that child abuse and the sexual subjugation of women are good and necessary things for a healthy society.
Critics who insist that religious books like Narnia shouldn't be subjected to the same analysis as secular books because the religious themes outweighed all other considerations for consistency and unfortunate implications in the author's mind conveniently forget that those same books influenced generations of children and hundreds of non-religious fantasy works which rely on the same glorification of violence and privilege in order to defend the patriarchal hierarchy against progressive ideals for equality. Discussing the implications of privilege and power in C.S. Lewis' books is not a hobby intended to allow the reader to feel cleverer than a famous Christian apologist -- it is an ongoing exploration on why using violence to solve complex problems and to empower the privileged few to "protect" the marginalized many with powerful weapons does not actually result in an ideal social order.
Critics who deride the exploration of Twilight because it's merely a fantasy ... well, for the most part, they don't seem to exist. I've been deconstructing Twilight since 2010 and I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard someone suggest that Twilight isn't worthy of discussion because it's just fluffy fantasy rather than something that has meaningfully shaped and influenced our culture. And I think that omission is interesting. Maybe the difference is that Twilight was written by a female author, when Narnia wasn't. Maybe the difference is that Twilight is written for a primarily young adult female audience, when Little House on the Prairie isn't. Maybe the difference in that Twilight is new, whereas Narnia and Little House have the advantage of nostalgia and the mistaken idea that things from the past are somehow beyond the reach of criticism. I don't know.
What I do know is that at the end of the day, I discuss literature here because I live in a fundamentally broken culture that needs fixing, and I think the brokenness within my culture can be more easily identified through the literature that my culture both produces and popularly consumes. And given all that, and given the deep toxicity of the culture I live in, no, I don't think I'm reading too much into things.
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Where those same authorities could release a statement chastising the fearful, unarmed people for calling the authorities over something that was not deemed a "true emergency", and blaming those unarmed people who called -- rather than the armed people who made the call necessary -- for tying up valuable resources.
As I read it, the police statement did blame the armed people, and said it was perfectly reasonable for the fearful, unarmed people to call 911. In fact, at the end of that story the police are reported as reiterating that you should call if you see people with guns wandering around.
The problem is that the police couldn't do anything about the carrying laws. So they basically said, "Yeah, you can do this legally, and of course you know that you're no threat whatsoever, Mr. Big Hero. But nobody else knows that, so how about not being an asshole?" And then the two guys carrying were like "Nope, prefer to be assholes, thanks" and that was an end to it (since they were white).
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Concelho (pronuncia IPA ), in lingua portoghese, è la parola municipalità, quando si riferisce al territorio.
Il termine "municipio" (in portoghese ) viene utilizzato quando per comune si intende l'organo territoriale dello Stato. Questa differenziazione è ancora in uso in Portogallo e in alcune delle sue ex province d'oltremare, ma non è più in uso in Brasile.

Portogallo

Il Portogallo ha 308 concelhos, a volte aggiunge il Comune di Olivenza (in portoghese Olivença), territorio spagnolo rivendicato dal Portogallo.

Mozambico
Il Mozambico ha 33 municipi, creati nel 1998, avviando un processo di decentramento che mira ad aumentare l'autonomia delle città.

Brasile
Il Brasile ne ha 5.560 in 26 stati più il Distretto Federale; il municipio più popoloso del Brasile è San Paolo, con 10.927.985 abitanti su una superficie di 1.522,986 km² (censimento del 2005).

Voci correlate
 Freguesia
 Suddivisioni del Portogallo
 Distretti del Portogallo
 Comune di Macao

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Q: BLE Manufacture Advertise data In BLE manufacturer data, while converting from bytes to String, I am getting data like this:
JLG BLE

ÿS7452396��������ÿSPH90234380,100084,������������������.

Even converting from bytes to hex then hex to string printing like this only.
hex format :

02010608084A4C4720424C45020A0A0FFF530704373435323339360000000015FF5307504839303233343338302C3130303038342C000000000000000000.

In ios Manufacture data printing like this
1.Raw Data(Ascii):

53070355 52323031 39313130 33315048 39303233 34333830 2c313030
  3038342c

2.String Value:

SUR201911031PH90234380,100084,

So in Android, how can I print raw data and string value like iOS
I am getting scan result like this

ScanResult{device=D6:23:72:02:69:72, scanRecord=ScanRecord
  [mAdvertiseFlags=6, mServiceUuids=null,
  mManufacturerSpecificData={1875=[80, 72, 57, 48, 50, 51, 52, 51, 56,
  48, 44, 49, 48, 48, 48, 56, 52, 44]}, mServiceData={},
  mTxPowerLevel=10, mDeviceName=JLG BLE], rssi=-59,
  timestampNanos=34872779608333, eventType=27, primaryPhy=1,
  secondaryPhy=0, advertisingSid=255, txPower=127,
  periodicAdvertisingInterval=0}

private ScanCallback mScanCallback = new ScanCallback() {

    @Override
    public void onScanResult(int callbackType, ScanResult result) {
        try {

            BluetoothDevice btDevice = result.getDevice();
            String name = btDevice.getName();
          //  Log.d("advertisedData",);
            if (name != null && name.equalsIgnoreCase(JLGConstants.BLE_NAME)) {
                JLGBluetoothManufacturerData bluetoothManufacturerData = new JLGBluetoothManufacturerData();
                bluetoothManufacturerData.setBluetoothDevice(result.getDevice());
                bluetoothManufacturerData.setRssi(result.getRssi());
                Log.e("address",""+result);

                if (bluetoothManufactureDataList.isEmpty()) {
                    String scanHex = "";

                    SparseArray<byte[]> advertisedData = result.getScanRecord().getManufacturerSpecificData();
                    ScanRecord advertisedDataBytes = result.getScanRecord();

                    Log.d("advertisedData hex format",JLGCommonFunctions.bytesToHex(advertisedDataBytes.getBytes()));

                   Log.d("advertisedData  String format",JLGCommonFunctions.bytesToString(advertisedDataBytes.getBytes()));

                }

            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            JLGCommonFunctions.logExceptions(e);
        }
    }
    @Override
    public void onBatchScanResults(List<ScanResult> results) {
        /*do nothing*/
    }
    @Override
    public void onScanFailed(int errorCode) {
        /*do nothing*/
    }
};

A: The following bytes are in the raw data received both on Android and iOS:

39303233343338302C3130303038342C

Before this part, your JLG peripheral encodes different manufacturer data between Android and iOS.
Presumably, the iOS data include the private BLE address of the peripheral, because with iOS it is not possible to get the private address of an advertising BLE peripheral via the advertising packets using CoreBluetooth.
If it is necessary for your app to uniquely identify an unknown BLE peripheral, this identifying information must be supplied by the peripheral, as long as this information fits in an advertising packet.

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Andromache, eller Andromake, var i grekisk mytologi prinsessa och hustru till den trojanske hjälten Hektor och mor till dennes son Astyanax.

Efter Trojas förstörelse blev hon Neoptolemos slavinna och födde åt honom tre söner, däribland Molossos. Efter Neoptolemos död gifte hon sig med Hektors bror, Helenos. När denne dött, begav sig Adromache med sin son Pergamos till Asien.

Se även
 Homeros
 Iliaden
 Andromaque (opera)

Källor
 Carlquist, Gunnar (red.) (1929). Svensk uppslagsbok. Malmö: Baltiska förlaget, band 1, sid. 1074.

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Q: Is there a way to make a jnlp file use a 64-bit JRE? I have two versions of a .jnlp to launch an app, one with the java-vm-args="-Xmx4g" jvm option to be run on machines with more memory, and one with the java-vm-args="-Xmx1g" to be run on machines with less memory.
I would like the .jnlp with the -Xmx4g option to run on a 64 bit JRE if it is available, however, .jnlp files are always launched with Java(TM) Web Start Launcher, which by default always uses the 32 bit JRE if both the 32bit and 64bit versions of the same JRE release (I'm have both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Java 8 v121 installed).
Is there a way to make Java(TM) Web Start Launcher use the 64 bit JRE instead of the default 32 bit JRE for this particular .jnlp?  The users using this app in the field must also have a 32 bit JRE installed to run older legacy apps, so uninstalling the 32 bit JRE is not an option.

A: There must be a better way, but one workaround is to right click the jnlp and choose the 64bit java executable to launch the jnlp file.

A: You can instruct it in the jnlp file:
<resources arch="amd64">

From the documentation:

arch
Specifies the architecture for which this information element should
  be considered